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Altri SGPS Interim / Quarterly Report 2016

May 5, 2016

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ALTRI, SGPS, S.A. Public Company

Head Office: Rua do General Norton de Matos, 68, r/c – Porto Fiscal number 507 172 086 Share Capital: 25,641,459 Euro

Financial Information – 1 st Quarter of 2016 (Unaudited)

This document is a translation of a document originally issued in Portuguese, prepared using accounting policies consistent with the International Financial Reporting Standards and with accordance with the International Accounting Standard 34 – Interim Financial Reporting, some of which may not conform or be required by generally accepted accounting principles in other countries. In the event of discrepancies, the Portuguese language version prevails.

The financial information was prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Income Statement - 1Q 2016 - a quarter of records

thousand Euro 1Q 2015 1Q 2016 1Q16/1Q15
Var%
4Q 2015 1Q16/4Q15
Var%
Total Revenues 154,078 161,706 5.0% 170,546 -5.2%
Costs of sales
External supplies and services
Payroll expenses
Ohters expenses
Provisions and impairment losses
58,545
40,490
7,735
1,017
-288
60,240
40,325
7,789
1,254
8
2.9%
-0.4%
0.7%
23.3%
58,646
41,695
10,802
-460
1,928
2.7%
-3.3%
-27.9%
-372.9%
-99.6%
Total Expenses (a) 107,499 109,616 2.0% 112,611 -2.7%
EBITDA (b)
Margin
46,580
30.2%
52,090
32.2%
11.8%
+2,0 pp
57,935
34.0%
-10.1%
-1,8 pp
Amortisation and depreciation 13,155 13,263 0.8% 13,577 -2.3%
EBIT (c)
Margin
33,425
21.7%
38,827
24.0%
16.2%
+2,3 pp
44,358
26.0%
-12.5%
-2,0 pp
Gains/Losses in associated companies
Financial costs
Financial gains
Financial results
160
-9,271
3,364
-5,747
258
-6,569
1,466
-4,845
61.4%
-29.1%
-56.4%
-15.7%
821
-7,781
1,827
-5,133
-68.6%
-15.6%
-19.7%
-5.6%
Profit Before Income Tax 27,677 33,982 22.8% 39,225 -13.4%
Income tax
Minority interests
-5,514
6
-8,865
0
60.8%
s
s
-6,269
0
41.4%
s
s
Profit for the period attributable to parent company's shareholders 22,157 25,117 13.4% 32,956 -23.8%

(a) Operating costs excluding amortisation, financial expenses and income tax

(b) EBITDA = Earnings before interests, taxes, depreciation and amortisation

(c) EBIT = Earnings before interest and taxes

The first quarter of 2016 was characterized by a decrease in the pulp price of 5% (both in USD and EUR) in relation to the last quarter of 2015, which had the same impact on revenues. In the first quarter of 2016 the pulp price was 1.7% and 4.6% higher than in the same period of 2015, in USD and EUR, respectively.

In detail, the total revenue of the first quarter of 2016 amounted to 161.7 million Euro, an increase of 5% comparing to the first quarter of 2015 and a decrease of 5% compared to the amount recorded in the previous quarter (4Q2015).

During the first quarter, the three industrial units of Altri produced around 250.7 thousand tons of pulp (-2% comparing to the same period of 2015), of which 23.1 thousand tons were dissolving pulp (-7% comparing to the same period of 2015). In terms of sales, during the first quarter of 2016, they were sold 253.5 thousand tons of pulp (+2% comparing to the first quarter of 2015), of which 25.8 thousand tons were dissolving pulp (+2% comparing to the same period of 2015).

During the first quarter of 2016, Caima – Altri's industrial unit in charge of the dissolving pulp production - performed its scheduled annual stoppage for maintenance.

In terms of exports, during the first quarter of 2016, Altri exported 232.0 thousand tons of pulp (+1% comparing to first quarter of 2015).

The revenues from sales of pulp of the first quarter of 2016 amounted to 139.4 million Euro, an increase of 8% comparing to the first quarter of 2015 and a decrease of 4.1% compared to the amount recorded in the previous quarter (4Q2015).

Quarterly EBITDA amounted to 52 million Euro

The operating costs increased 2% when compared to the same period of 2015 in line with the sales evolution. Total costs, excluding depreciation, interest and taxes, on the first quarter of 2016, amounted to approximately 109.6 million Euro, which represents a decrease of 2.7% compared to the last quarter of 2015.

The EBITDA of the first quarter of 2016 reached 52.1 million Euro, a decrease of 10% comparing to the EBITDA recorded in the previous quarter and an increase of 12% compared to the same period of 2015.

The financial result amounted to a net charge of around 4.8 million Euro.

Net profit of Altri reached 25 million Euro.

Net debt of 412 million Euro: reduction of 30 million compared to 2015

Altri´s nominal debt net of cash and cash equivalents as of 31 March 2016 amounted to 412.2 million Euro, representing a decrease of approximately 30.4 million Euro compared to net debt of 442.6 million Euro recorded in the end of 2015.

The total net investment (CAPEX) made in the 1 st quarter of 2016 by the industrial units of the Group amounted to 4.0 million Euro.

The scheduling of Altri's remunerated gross debt maturity is as follows:

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Bank loans - 14 31 24 16 - -
Commercial paper 41 28 - - - - 25
Bonds - - 105 110 50 35 -
Other loans (includes factoring) 43 - - - - - -
TOTAL 83 42 136 133 66 35 25

Altri Group issued, in April 2016, a bond loan of 40 million Euro, with maturity in 2024.

Key balance sheet indicators

thousand Euro 2015 1Q 2016 Var%
Biological assets 101,472.9 102,038.2 1%
Tangible assets 364,119.6 354,196.7 -3%
Goodw
ill
265,531.4 265,531.4 0%
Investmens available for sale 10,691.1 10,691.1 0%
Others 42,756.7 43,575.7 2%
Total non current assets 784,571.7 776,033.1 -1%
Inventories 56,396.6 64,027.9 14%
Customers 91,521.3 89,427.5 -2%
Cash and cash equivalents 243,154.2 107,398.4 -56%
Others 19,597.6 23,930.5 22%
Total current assets 410,669.6 284,784.4 -31%
Total assets 1,195,241.4 1,060,817.5 -11%
Shareholder's equity and non controlling interests 322,349.6 347,455.6 8%
Bank loans 153,587.5 78,000.0 -49%
Other loans 413,733.4 353,078.0 -15%
Reimbursable incentives 17,439.1 17,439.1 0%
Others 45,566.5 44,601.9 -2%
Total non current liabilities 630,326.6 493,119.0 -22%
Bank loans 10,775.0 6,000.0 -44%
Other current loans 105,438.1 82,746.5 -22%
Reimbursable incentives 558.9 558.9 0%
Suppliers 61,243.4 55,963.0 -9%
Others 64,549.8 74,974.4 16%
Total current liabilities 242,565.3 220,242.8 -9%

Pulp Market

In accordance with information from the Pulp and Paper Products Council (PPPC Global – 100 flash report), during the first quarter of 2016, total demand for hardwood pulp increased by 1.3% (comparing to the same period of 2015). It is highlighted the eucalyptus pulp, which recorded an increase in demand of 5.5% in the same period.

Geographically, the consumption of hardwood pulp in Europe increased 1.4% while in China the increase reached 6.9%. In relation with eucalyptus pulp, the demand grew 3.8% in Europe and 13.1% in China. The market share of eucalyptus pulp increased, in the hardwood segment, from 68.9% in the first quarter of 2015, to 71.4% in the end of the reporting period (1Q2016).

The 1st quarter of 2016 in terms of prices evolution of BEKP pulp, was characterized by a decrease of 5% of the price (both in USD and EUR), when compared to the previous quarter. The average price in the first quarter of the year amounts to 762 USD / ton (vs. 802 USD / ton in the previous quarter and 750 USD / ton in the same quarter of 2015), while in Euro recorded 693 EUR / ton (vs.732 EUR / ton in the previous quarter and 663 EUR / ton in the same quarter of 2015).

Evolution of BEKP pulp price in Europe since 2003 until April 2016 (EUR) Source: FOEX

Future Perspectives – 2Q 2016

During the second quarter of 2016 it is scheduled the annual stoppage for maintenance for the remaining industrial units of the Altri Group: Celtejo on April and Celbi and May. Consequently the production and productivity will be affected by these annual stoppages.

Concerning the pulp market, it is expected a decrease of the price in Euro on the second quarter of 2016.

Altri – Business Profile

Altri is a reference in European eucalyptus pulp producers. In addition to pulp production, the Company is also present in the renewable power production business from forest base sources namely industrial cogeneration through black liquor and biomass. The forestry strategy is based on the full use of all the components provided by the forest: pulp, black liquor and forest wastes.

Currently, Altri has under its intervention over 82 thousand hectares of forest in Portugal entirely certified by Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®)1 and by the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), two of the most worldwide acknowledged certification entities.

Currently, Altri has three pulp mills in Portugal with an installed capacity that reached in 2015 1 million tons/year of bleached eucalyptus pulp. The Group is concluding a series of ongoing small projects for optimizing operating efficiency.

Porto, May 5, 2016

The Board of Directors

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1 FSC-C004615

ALTRI, SGPS, S.A.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 MARCH 2016 AND 31 DECEMBER 2015

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Portuguese) (Amounts expressed in Euro)

ASSETS 31.03.2016 31.12.2015
NON CURRENT ASSETS:
Biological assets 102,038,220 101,472,915
Tangible fixed assets 354,196,685 364,119,629
Investment property 113,310 113,310
Goodwill 265,531,404 265,531,404
Intangible assets 63,939 83,821
Investments in associated companies and joint ventures 12,266,332 12,008,219
Investments available for sale 10,691,097 10,691,097
Other non current assets 3,511,234 3,490,469
Deferred tax assets 27,620,894 27,060,866
Total non current assets 776,033,115 784,571,730
CURRENT ASSETS:
Inventories 64,027,878 56,396,615
Customers 89,427,529 91,521,269
Other debtors 10,614,161 8,401,481
State and other public entities 10,625,934 8,469,842
Other current assets 2,690,431 2,726,281
Cash and cash equivalents 107,398,419 243,154,160
Total current assets 284,784,352 410,669,648
Total assets 1,060,817,467 1,195,241,378
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS AND LIABILITIES 31.03.2016 31.12.2015
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS:
Share capital
Legal reserve
25,641,459
4,336,498
25,641,459
4,336,498
Other reserves 292,360,622 225,998,128
Advance on profits - (51,282,918)
Consolidated net profit / (loss) 25,117,063 117,656,401
Total shareholders' funds attributable to the parent company's shareholders 347,455,642 322,349,568
Non controlling interests - -
Total Shareholders' funds 347,455,642 322,349,568
LIABILITIES:
NON CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Bank loans 78,000,000 153,587,500
Other loans 353,078,027 413,733,394
Reimbursable incentives 17,439,139 17,439,139
Other non current creditors 22,892,549 23,854,161
Deferred tax liabilities 15,871,624 15,871,624
Pension liabilities 778,000 778,000
Provisions 5,059,690 5,062,741
Total non current liabilities 493,119,029 630,326,559
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Bank loans 6,000,000 10,775,000
Other loans 82,746,543 105,438,128
Reimbursable subsidies 558,872 558,872
Suppliers 55,962,984 61,243,404
Other current creditors 6,489,376 3,908,405
State and other public entities 28,459,852 26,453,118
Other current liabilities 39,878,502 34,047,041
Derivatives 146,667 141,283
Total current liabilities 220,242,796 242,565,251
Total shareholders' funds and liabilities 1,060,817,467 1,195,241,378

ALTRI, SGPS, S.A.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PROFIT AND LOSS FOR THE THREE MONTHS PERIODS ENDED 31 MARCH 2016 AND 2015

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Portuguese) (Amounts expressed in Euro)

31.03.2016 31.03.2015
Sales 157,663,504 149,202,715
Services rendered 2,198,818 2,163,624
Other income 1,843,640 2,712,027
Cost of sales (60,239,977) (58,545,465)
External supplies and services (40,325,058) (40,490,003)
Payroll expenses (7,789,024) (7,734,658)
Amortisation and depreciation (13,262,855) (13,155,046)
Provisions and impairment losses (8,196) 288,345
Other costs (1,253,979) (1,017,027)
Gains and losses in associated companies and joint ventures 258,113 159,957
Financial expenses (6,569,155) (9,270,788)
Financial income 1,466,100 3,363,787
Profit before income tax 33,981,931 27,677,468
Income tax (8,864,868) (5,514,084)
Profit after income tax 25,117,063 22,163,384
Consolidated net profit 25,117,063 22,163,384
Attributable to:
Parent company's shareholders 25,117,063 22,156,960
Non controlling interests - 6,424
25,117,063 22,163,384
Earnings per share:
Basic 0.12 0.11
Diluted 0.12 0.11