Earnings Release • Jul 1, 2016
Earnings Release
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Saint-Denis, July 1st, 2016 – EuropaCorp, one of the leading independent film studios in Europe, film producer and distributor, today reports its annual consolidated income for FY2015/2016, which ended on March 31st , 2016, as approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting on June 28th, 2016.
| € million | FY2015/2016 | FY2014/2015 | Δ 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 147.3 | 226.9 | (79.6) |
| Cost of Sales | (110.0) | (155.4) | 45.4 |
| Operating margin (before overhead) | 37.3 | 71.5 | (34.2) |
| % of revenue | 25.3% | 31.5% | (6.2) pts |
| Operating profit | (22.3) | 19.5 | (41.8) |
| % of revenue | -15.1% | 8.6% | (23.7) pts |
| Net income (Group share) | (27.7) | 16.2 | (43.9) |
| Equity | 155.2 | 184.7 | (29.5) |
Revenue from International sales was €55.5 million or 37.7% of total revenue.
Revenue from Theatrical distribution in France and the U.S. was €9.8 million or 6.6% of total revenue.
Revenue from Home Entertainment in France and the U.S. was €15.2 million or 10.3% of total revenue.
Revenue from Television distribution of feature films in France and the U.S. was €23.8 million or 16.2% of total revenue.
Revenue from TV Series was €21.8 million or 14.8% of total revenue.
Revenue from Multiplex increased to €7.5 million for the year.
Revenue from licenses, partnerships, music publishing and post-production services was €7.0 million.
Revenue from Events was €2.6 million.
Subsidies from production and distribution were €4.2 million over the financial year.
In the 2015/2016 financial year the operating loss was €(22.3) million, compared with a profit of €19.5 million; this loss is primarily due to:
The financial result amounted to €(19.6) million, compared with +€4.7M for the previous year, and was principally affected by interest charges generated by the Senior and Secondary credit lines over a full year, the accrual of exchange rate risk and the amortisation of bank commissions related to the introduction of the credit lines.
Taking into account the positive tax effect of €15.1 million, the Group's net loss was €(27.7) million, compared with a profit of €16.2 million in the previous financial year.
The Group equity share was thus €155.2 million at March 31st , 2016, compared with €184.7 million at March 31st , 2015.
The net gearing ratio (net debt to equity) amounted to 1.22 at March 31st, 2016 (versus 0.46 at March 31st, 2015).
The net cash flow related to the business was €81.7 million, compared with €145.8 million over the previous financial year. This decrease is essentially due to a reduced level of film distribution, particularly the reduced level of films with broad worldwide appeal.
FY 2015/2016 was marked by higher investments in films and TV series with global reach. With €175.9 million invested, compared with €102.9 million in the previous year, the Group is significantly enriching its film and television line-up for the future.
Investments include not only the film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, the filming of which was completed on 3 June of this year, ahead of schedule and on budget, but also 8 feature length films and more than a dozen TV series/one-offs.
1 For further details about FY2015/2016 consolidated revenue, please refer to the press release published on May, 24 th , 2016
Under the guidance of new senior management, the Group has set the following priority objectives for the coming years:
As witnessed by the abundant list of films and TV series below, EuropaCorp has a solid and competitive line-up:
Eight English-language films, either produced or acquired by EuropaCorp, are currently in post-production or completed:
The number of films distributed in H1 FY2016/2017 will be relatively limited, with most releases planned to occur over the second half.
Also, the new comedy directed by Dominique Farrugia, Room(H)ates, with Gilles Lellouche and Louise Bourgoin in the main roles, started shooting on June 20th, 2016.
EuropaCorp's next TV project with worldwide reach is the series Taken, a 10 one-hour episodes prequel of the hit trilogy, coproduced with Universal Television for NBC. The series is currently in production and its first broadcast is scheduled early 2017. Alexander Cary (Homeland) is the showrunner and Alex Graves (Game of Thrones) directs its pilot episode.
Two English-language TV series are in a mature stage of development and already under agreement with North-American networks:
Three other series in English language are in an active development phase as well, to strengthen the line-up:
EuropaCorp Television will produce several French language productions during FY2016/2017, including two new 90' from the Mary Higgins Clark collection for France 3, as well as a 90' fiction entitled Un Ciel Radieux (Hare Yuku Sora) for Arte, an adaptation of the graphic novel by Jirō Taniguchi, directed by Nicolas Boukhrief.
EuropaCorp Television is currently developing numerous projects with different French networks, among them notably:
EuropaCorp Television will be pursuing collaborative efforts with all the French and international broadcasters to diversify its genres.
General meeting of shareholders: September 2016 HY2016/2017 revenue and consolidated income: December 2016 FY2016/2017 annual revenue: May 2017 FY2016/2017 annual consolidated income: June 2017
EuropaCorp is one of Europe's leading film studios. Founded in 1999, EuropaCorp has operations spanning production, theatrical distribution, video and VOD, and French TV sales, as well as the operation of theaters since the opening of the first EuropaCorp multiplex in Aéroville in 2013. EuropaCorp also has international rights, partnerships and licensing, production and soundtrack publishing activities. The Group has also been producing TV series since 2010. EuropaCorp's integrated business model allows it to benefit from diversified sources of revenue. With a line-up boasting various types of films and a very strong foothold in international markets, the Group has produced France's biggest international hits in recent years. In February 2014, EuropaCorp joined forces with Relativity Media to create RED, a distribution joint venture in the United States, allowing it to fully control its distribution in the United States and maximize the visibility of its films in international markets. EuropaCorp was founded by French filmmaker, screenwriter and producer Luc Besson. The Group owns a catalogue of 500 movies and has 150 permanent employees.
For more information, go to www.europacorp-corporate.com
EuropaCorp Group Pierre-André Junne | Investor Relations | [email protected] Régis Lefèbvre | Communication | [email protected] Tel: +33 1 55 99 50 00 Financial communication NewCap | Julie Coulot | [email protected] | +33 1 44 71 20 40 Media relations CLAI | Victor Boury | [email protected] | +33 1 44 69 54 00
EuropaCorp is listed in Compartment C of Euronext Paris ISIN code: FR0010490920 – Ticker: ECP
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