Earnings Release • May 5, 2011
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Public limited company with share capital of €360,000,000 Registered office: 163 Quai du Docteur Dervaux, 92600 Asnières-sur-Seine, France Registered in the Nanterre Trade and Companies Register under no. 709 802 094
5 May 2011
| In millions of euro | st quarter 1 2010 |
st quarter 1 2011 |
% change |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONSTRUCTION of which Property |
838 91 |
831 104 |
-0.8% |
| PUBLIC WORKS | 701 | 741 | +5.7% |
| ENERGY | 756 | 749 | -0.9% |
| METAL | 168 | 181 | +7.7% |
| Sub-total contracting activities | 2,463 | 2,502 | +1.6% |
| CONCESSIONS (excluding IFRIC 12) | 446 | 486 | +9.0% |
| TOTAL GROUP (excluding IFRIC 12) | 2,909 | 2,988 | +2.7% |
| of which: | |||
| * France | 2,485 | 2,556 | +2.9% |
| * Rest of Europe | 400 | 398 | -0.5% |
| * Rest of world | 24 | 34 | +41.7% |
| Construction revenue of Concessions (IFRIC 12) | 52 | 49 | n/s |
Consolidated sales reported by EIFFAGE for the first quarter of 2011 came to almost €3bn, up year-on-year by 2.7% on a reported basis and by 2.5% at constant consolidation scope and exchange rates.
At the Contracting activities, sales increased to €2.5bn, up by 1.6% on a reported basis and by 1.3% at constant consolidation scope and exchange rates.
Construction: sales of €831m (down 0.8% on a reported basis and down 0.9% at constant consolidation scope and exchange rates)
Energy: sales of €749m (down by 0.9% on a reported basis and by 1.2% at constant consolidation scope)
Metal: sales of €181m (up by 7.7% on a reported basis and by 5% at constant consolidation scope)
In Concessions, traffic on the APRR network, as measured by the number of kilometres travelled, remained upbeat, increasing 4.1% compared with the first quarter of 2010. Light vehicle traffic continued to grow steadily, up 3.4%. The recovery in heavy goods vehicle traffic was confirmed in the first quarter of 2011, with an increase of 7.5% year-on-year. Given this favourable trend and since toll rates were raised by 2.1% on average on 1 February, toll receipts increased by 6.7% in the first quarter of 2011, as a result of which APRR contributed sales of €469m, up from €440m in the first quarter of 2010.
Traffic on the Millau Viaduct rose by 7.4%, with increases of 3.7% for heavy goods vehicles and 8.1% for light vehicles. These good performances were due partly to a calendar affect and to favourable weather conditions at the start of the year. Tolls receipts in the first quarter of 2011 increased by 12.9% to €5.2m.
Kilometres travelled on the Pau-Langon motorway, operated since 16 December 2010 by A'Liénor reached 76 million in the first quarter of 2011, generating €9m of toll receipts. Traffic has risen steadily since the motorway was opened.
The fibre optic networks operated by the Group under concession arrangements and ongoing public private partnerships generated revenue of €3m in the first quarter of 2011 compared with €2m in the first quarter of 2010.
After being designated as preferred bidder in January 2011, it was confirmed on 14 April 2011 that EIFFAGE had been selected for the public private partnership to design, build, maintain and finance the Bretagne Pays-de-la-Loire (BPL) high-speed rail link. EIFFAGE has now secured all the financing and the corresponding agreements are in the process of being finalised.
In January 2011, APRR issued a further €1bn of bonds maturing in 2017. The success of this issue demonstrated anew APRR's capacity to raise significant amounts at attractive conditions in the capital markets and constitutes a first step towards refinancing the debt contracted in February 2006 in connection with the acquisition of APRR.
In May 2011, EIFFAGE renewed its trade receivables securitisation programme amounting to €400m for five years. This comes after a five-year bank credit line amounting to €700m was negotiated in December 2010. The Group has now achieved its objectives of consolidating and extending its liquidity lines.
The order book stood at €11.7bn on 1 April 2011 (and as yet does not include any orders in respect of the BPL project), which represents an increase of 13.2% year-on-year. The order book is equivalent to 12 months of activity. It supports management guidance drawn up at the start of the year, which is for sales of €13.7bn in 2011.
Investor contact: Philippe Delmotte – Tel: 33 (0)1 41 32 81 05 – E-mail: [email protected]
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