Quarterly Report • May 11, 2016
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This document has been translated into English for the convenience of readers outside Italy. The original Italian document should be considered the authoritative version.
Date of issue: 11 May 2016 This report is available online in the Investors section of www.eurotech.com
EUROTECH S.p.A. Registered offices: Via Fratelli Solari 3/A, Amaro (Udine), Italy Paid-in share capital: EUR 8,878,946 fully paid in Tax code and Udine Company Register no.: 01791330309
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| Performance highlights |
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| Revenues by business line |
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| Summary of results |
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| Information for shareholders |
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| The Eurotech Group | 9 |
| Summary of performance in the first quarter of 2016 and business outlook |
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| Introduction 11 |
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| Reporting policies11 | |
| Operating performance in the period14 | |
| Financial statements and explanatory notes16 | |
| Consolidated income statement16 | |
| Consolidated statement of financial position 18 |
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| Net financial debt 19 |
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| Working capital 19 |
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| Cash flow 20 |
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| A – Eurotech Group business 21 |
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| B – Basis of consolidation 21 |
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| C – Revenues 22 |
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| D – Costs of raw & auxiliary materials and consumables used24 |
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| E – Service costs 24 |
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| F – Payroll costs25 |
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| G – Other provisions and costs25 |
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| H – Other revenues25 |
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| I – Amortisation, depreciation and write-downs26 |
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| J – Financial income and expenses 26 |
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| K – Income taxes 27 |
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| L – Non-current assets27 |
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| a – Intangible assets 27 |
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| b – Property, plant and equipment28 |
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| M – Net working capital28 |
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| N – Net financial position 29 |
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| O – Changes in equity29 |
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| P – Significant events in the quarter29 |
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| Q – Events after 31 March 2016 30 |
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| R – Risks and uncertainties 31 |
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| S – Other information31 |
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| Declaration of the Financial Reporting Manager33 |
| Board of Directors | |
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| Chairman | Roberto Siagri 7 |
| Director | Giulio Antonello 1 2 3 |
| Director | Sandro Barazza 1 4 |
| Director | Riccardo Costacurta 1 2 3 5 6 |
| Director | Alberto Felice De Toni 1 2 |
| Director | Chiara Mio 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 |
| Director | Dino Paladin 1 |
| Director | Giuseppe Panizzardi 1 6 |
| Director | Marina Pizzol 1 5 |
The Board of Directors currently in office was appointed by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of 24 April 2014 and supplemented by the Annual General Meeting of 24 April 2015 and of 22 April 2015; it and will remain in office until approval of the 2016 financial statements.
| Board of Statutory Auditors | ||
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| Chairman | Claudio Siciliotti | |
| Statutory auditor | Michela Cignolini | |
| Statutory auditor | Giuseppe Pingaro | |
| Substitute auditor | Laura Briganti | |
| Substitute auditor | Gianfranco Favaro | |
The Board of Statutory Auditors currently in office was appointed by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of 24 April 2014, and will remain in office until the approval of the 2016 financial statements.
Independent auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers
The independent auditor was appointed for the period 2014-2022 by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of 24 April 2014.
| Corporate name and registered offices of the parent company | |
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| Eurotech S.p.A. | |
| Via Fratelli Solari, 3/A | |
| 33020 Amaro (UD), Italy | |
| Udine Companies | |
| Register number 01791330309 | |
1 Non-executive Directors.
2 Independent Directors pursuant to the Corporate Governance Code issued by the Italian Corporate Governance Committee for Listed Companies.
3 Member of the Committee for Related Party Transactions.
4 Corporate Financial Reporting Manager as from 29 May 2008.
5 Member of the Control and Risks Committee.
6 Member of the Remuneration Committee.
7 Member of the Appointments Committee
8 Lead Independent Director.
| (€'000) | 1Q 2016 | % | 1Q 2015 | % | % change | |
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| OPERATING RESULTS | ||||||
| SALES REVENUES | 12,448 100.0% | 14,511 100.0% | -14.2% | |||
| GROSS PROFIT MARGIN | (*) | 6,031 | 48.4% | 7,142 | 49.2% | -15.6% |
| EBITDA | (**) | (692) | -5.6% | (1,386) | -9.6% | 50.1% |
| EBIT | (***) | (1,925) | -15.5% | (2,724) | -18.8% | 29.3% |
| PROFIT (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES | (2,246) | -18.0% | (1,809) | -12.5% | -24.2% | |
| PROFIT (LOSSES) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS |
(152) | -1.2% | (172) | -1.2% | 11.6% | |
| GROUP NET PROFIT (LOSS) FOR THE PERIOD |
(1,887) | -15.2% | (1,910) | -13.2% | 1.2% |
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Income statement net of the accounting effects of purchase price allocation
| (€'000) | 1Q 2016 adjusted |
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| OPERATING RESULTS | ||||||
| SALES REVENUES | 12,448 100.0% | 14,511 100.0% | -14.2% | |||
| GROSS PROFIT MARGIN | (*) | 6,031 | 48.4% | 7,142 | 49.2% | -15.6% |
| EBITDA | (**) | (692) | -5.6% | (1,386) | -9.6% | 50.1% |
| EBIT | (***) | (1,342) | -10.8% | (2,090) | -14.4% | 35.8% |
| PROFIT (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES | (1,663) | -13.4% | (1,175) | -8.1% | -41.5% | |
| PROFIT (LOSSES) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS |
(152) | -1.2% | (172) | -1.2% | 11.6% | |
| GROUP NET PROFIT (LOSS) FOR THE PERIOD |
(1,535) | -12.3% | (1,527) | -10.5% | -0.5% |
(*) Gross profit = difference between revenues from sale of products and services and consumption of raw materials.
(**) EBITDA, an intermediate figure, is earnings before amortisation, depreciation and impairment of non-current assets, financial income and expenses, the valuations of affiliates at equity and of income taxes for the period. This is a measure used by the Group to monitor and assess its operating performance. Since the composition of EBITDA is not regulated by the reference accounting standards, the determination criteria applied bythe Group may not be the same as that used by others and may therefore not be comparable.
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(***) EBIT, or earnings before financial income and expenses, the valuations of affiliates at equity and income taxes for the period.
For a breakdown of effects arising from purchase price allocation, see the notes on page 14.
| €'000 | at March 31, 2016 |
at December 31, 2015 |
at March 31, 2015 |
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| NET NON-CURRENT ASSETS | 94,874 | 96,204 | 99,609 |
| NET WORKING CAPITAL | 15,768 | 16,991 | 17,834 |
| NET INVESTED CAPITAL* | 103,326 | 105,556 | 108,823 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 103,088 | 105,337 | 111,105 |
| NET FINANCIAL POSITION | 238 | 219 | (2,282) |
(*) Non-current non-financial assets, plus working capital, less non-current non-financial liabilities.
| at March | at December | at March | ||
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| 31, 2016 31, 2015 |
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| NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES | 325 | 333 | 362 | |
The business lines covered by the Group are those of 'NanoPCs' and 'HPCs' (High Performance Computers). The NanoPC line comprises miniaturised electronic modules and systems and software platforms for machineto-machine (M2M) integration that are currently for the transport, industrial, medical, logistics, defence and security sectors, while the HPC line consists of highly energy-efficient supercomputers, which has in the past targeted universities and research institutes, and now also has applications in services and industry.
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The ordinary shares of Eurotech S.p.A., the Parent Company of the Eurotech Group, have been listed in the STAR segment of the Italian stock exchange since 30 November 2005.
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Share capital Euro 8,878,946.00 Number of ordinary shares (without nominal unit value) 35,515,784 Number of savings shares - Number of Eurotech S.p.A. treasury shares 1,319,020 Stock market capitalisation (based on the share's average price in March 2016) Euro 46 million Stock market capitalisation (based on the share's reference price at 31 March 2016) Euro 47 million
Relative performance of EUROTECH S.p.A. shares 01.01.2016 – 31.03.2016
Eurotech is a global company with a strong international focus, which generates sales on three continents. It's a Group that has operating locations in Europe, North America and Japan, led and coordinated by the headquarters in Italy.
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The technological paradigm followed by Eurotech is 'pervasive computing' or 'ubiquitous computing'. The pervasive concept combines three key factors: (1) miniaturisation of 'smart' devices, i.e. devices capable of processing information; (2) their spread in the real world – inside buildings and equipment, on board vehicles, on people, and disseminated in the environment; (3) their ability to connect with each other in a network and communicating.
In this perspective, Eurotech carries out research, development and marketing of miniaturised computers for special uses and M2M platforms (NanoPCs) together with supercomputers with high computing capacity and high energy efficiency (HPCs). NanoPCs and HPCs are the two major classes of devices that, by connecting to and cooperating with each other, form the pervasive computing structure previously known as the 'pervasive computing grid', which today we call the 'Internet of Things'.
In the NanoPC segment, the Group's traditional offering historically varies according to the positions of the various products in the value stack. The NanoPC is typically a miniature computer that can take the form of:
All these NanoPCs have wireline or wireless communication channels to ensure their interconnection. It is this combination of computing and communication capabilities that makes Eurotech's NanoPCs key elements of the pervasive scenario that the company wants to create.
The Group's NanoPC offering is used in several application fields, both conventional and emerging. Eurotech is most active in the transport, industrial, medical, defence, security and logistics sectors. The feature common to many of our customers in all these sectors is they are seeking not only a supplier but also a centre of technological competence – and they often see in Eurotech a partner for innovating their products and their way of doing business. They choose Eurotech because they want to minimise the total cost of ownership of their projects or systems. They want to reduce their time-to-market and focus on their core businesses. They often need solutions for harsh operating conditions and for mission-critical applications, or supplies assured for long periods.
In the HPC segment, Eurotech designs and creates green supercomputers with huge computing capacity, occupying little space and highly energy efficient, created via mass and parallel connection of highperformance miniaturised computers. These supercomputers – in the past aimed at cutting-edge research institutes, computing centres, and universities – are turning out to be indispensable in advanced sectors such as nanotechnology, biotechnology and cyber security. Moreover, significant impacts on the medical and industrial fields in the near future are beginning to be seen.
While we continue to improve our traditional offer of embedded computers, we are increasingly focused on the challenge of creating end-to-end solutions to seamlessly connect distributed smart devices and transmit essential data between machines, using Cloud IT infrastructure.
Any object that is equipped with a small interconnected computer can generate a flow of data and potentially become a web-monitored asset, whether it be a vending machine, a bundle of bank notes, an agricultural vehicle or a level crossing. But to create the 'Internet of Things', the interface between the real and the digital worlds, between sensors and the web, and between devices and the Cloud, have to be managed.
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At Eurotech, we know how to process significant data from assets in the real world, transport them in the Cloud and make them usable in business processes and applications. Today, our systems and devices can be easily integrated within a Cloud infrastructure, whether public or private, via our Everywhere Cloud software platform, which rapidly connects smart objects to business applications to build distributed systems for M2M and IoT solutions. Thanks to our platform, our partners and customers can create flexible solutions that support value-added service provision and asset monitoring systems in a whole range of operating contexts.
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The interim management statement of the Eurotech Group at 31 March 2016, which has not been independently audited, and the statements for comparative periods were drawn up according to the IASs/IFRSs issued by the International Accounting Board and endorsed by the European Union.
The Group's results at 31 March 2016 and comparable periods were prepared according to the IASs/IFRSs in force on the date of preparation and the statements drawn up according to Annex 3D of the Italian Issuers' Regulation no. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as amended and supplemented.
Due to the sale of the security and traffic business unit of the subsidiary IPS Sistemi Programmabili S.r.l., which was completed on 29 February 2016, the business results were classified under "Net profit (loss) from discontinued operations and assets held for sale". For a clearer representation of the Group's operating performance, the compared historical data (first quarter 2015) from the income statement were reconstructed taking account of the classification of these assets as discontinued operations.
The consolidated financial statements were drafted on the basis of financial statements to 31 March 2016 prepared by the consolidated companies and adjusted, where necessary, to align them with the Group's IFRScompliant accounting and classification policies.
The accounting policies and consolidation methods used to prepare the Consolidated Quarterly Report are consistent with those used in the Consolidated Annual Financial Report at 31 December 2015, to which we expressly invite readers to refer, except for the adoption of new standards, amendments and interpretations in force at 1 January 2016.
Taxes have been calculated based on the best possible estimates. According to the criterion used for translation into euro of accounts expressed in different currencies, statement of financial position items are translated at the exchange rate in effect on the final day of the accounting period, and income statement items are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. Differences arising from translation of the statement of financial position and income statements are posted to a shareholders' equity reserve.
Unless otherwise specified, the financial statements, tables and explanatory notes are expressed in thousands of euro (€'000).
In accordance with Consob requirements, income statement figures are shown for the quarter under review and are compared with data for the same period in the previous financial year (FY). Restated balance sheet figures, which refer to the closing date of the quarter, are compared with the closing date of the previous FY. The format of the financial statements is the same as that used in the Half-yearly Report and in the Annual Financial Statements.
This document presents some alternative performance indicators to allow for better evaluation of the Group's economic and financial performance. These are as follows:
Non-current assets and groups for sale are classified as held for sale if their book value will be recovered through their sale rather than their continuous use, and are represented separately from other assets and liabilities in the balance sheet. Non-current assets and groups for sale classified as held for sale are first recognised pursuant to the specific IFRS/IAS applicable to each asset and liability and subsequently recognised at either their carrying value or their fair value, whichever is lower, net of sales costs; the carrying values of each asset and liability not within the scope of application of the measurement provisions of IFRS 5, but which are held for sale, are recalculated pursuant to the applicable IFRSs before the fair value net of sales costs is recalculated. Individual assets relating to companies classified as held for sale are not depreciated, while the financial income and expenses attributable to liabilities held for sale continue to be recognised. Any subsequent impairment is recognised directly as an adjustment to non-current assets classified as held for sale with a contra entry in the income statement. The corresponding values in the balance sheet for the previous year are not reclassified. A discontinued operation represents a part of the business that has been discontinued or classified as held for sale and:
Assets held for sale and/or transferred are not included in the result from operations and are shown in the income statement on a single line.
On 29 February 2016 the subsidiary IPS Sistemi Programmabili signed an agreement to sell the Security and Traffic business unit. The consideration for the transaction was set by the parties at €2.45 million. This amount was adjusted based on the working capital of the business unit at 29 February, which proved to be negative in Eurotech's favour for €108 thousand. The consideration of €2.45 million was collected on the date the contract of sale was signed, while the adjustment that had just been defined and agreed upon by the parties will be settled shortly.
Pursuant to "IFRS 5 - Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations", the operating results of the sold business unit, for both 2015 and 2016, were classified among the results of the assets sold (Net profit (loss) from discontinued operations and assets held for sale). The capital gain coming from the sale is instead classified under the item "Other revenues", and amounts to €1.705 thousand.
The following is a summary breakdown of the income statement entries of the transferred entity for the two months of 2016 and the three months of 2015:
| OPERATING RESULTS | 2M 2016 | 3M 2015 |
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| Revenues from sales of products and services |
101 | 239 |
| Cost of materials | (45) | (159) |
| Gross profit | 56 | 80 |
| Operating expenses | (179) | (265) |
| Other revenues | - | 38 |
| Profit before depreciation and | (123) | (147) |
| amortization (EBITDA) | ||
| Depreciation & amortisation | (36) | (17) |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | (159) | (164) |
| Finance (expense) income | 7 | (7) |
| Proventi | - | (1) |
| Profit (Losses) before taxes from a | (152) | (172) |
| discontinued operation | ||
| Income tax | - | - |
| Net profit (loss) from discontinued operations |
(152) | (172) |
The main asset and liability classes of the transferred entity were as follows at 29 February 2016:
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| ASSETS | ||
| Intangible assets | 356 | |
| Property, Plant and equipment | 108 | |
| Other non-current assets | 0 | |
| Inventories | 745 | |
| Crediti vs clienti | 613 | |
| Other current assets | 13 | |
| Assets from Discontinued operations | 1,835 | |
| LIABILITIES | ||
| Total non-current liabilities | 8 | |
| Debiti vs fornitori | 1,155 | |
| Current liabilities | 35 | |
| Liabilities from Discontinued operations | 1,198 | |
| Net Discontued operations | 637 | |
The company pursued the policy that marked the previous year also during the first quarter of the year including, as a result, internal investments in order to support the expected growth in both the characteristic sector of embedded computers and the innovative sector concerning the new offer of M2M/IoT platforms.
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Moreover, coordination between the various Group structures, also outside the single national borders, on both the technological and product levels, are generating good results and the new products that have been presented to the market are attracting the interest of old and new customers.
In this climate of economic uncertainty, a market situation causing a prolonged time for finalising opportunities and generating the expected turnover is encountered, despite Eurotech's strategy is to become shorty one of the reference leader in technologies and solutions in the field of industrial IoT, thus giving the opportunity to grow in a market, that industry analysts predict booming from year to year and from which we expect to get a significant increase both in terms of turnover and profitability.
Group investments in technology and knowledge are continuous although in proportion to the resources available based on the constant attention management has to dedicate to controlling the costs of both materials and the structure in general.
Group revenues in the first quarter of 2016, as forecasted in the budget, totalled €12.45 million, compared to €14.51 million in the first three months of 2015 with a decrease of 14.2%.
With reference to the location of the Group's businesses, the USA area continued to be the one that generated the highest turnover during the quarter, posting 39.7% of the total (first quarter 2015: 38.0%), followed by the Japanese area with 31.7% (first quarter 2015: 35.4%), while the European area represented the remaining 28.6% (first quarter 2015: 26.6%).
Historically, the performance of the first quarter is not very significant because it is the weakest of the year. However, the prospects in terms of new opportunities and negotiations, and the positive signals received particularly from the USA area already since last year, lead us to believe that the direction taken is the right one.
Before commenting on the income statement figures in more detail, we must point out that some of them reflect the effects of the recognition in the accounts of purchase price allocationA relating to the business combinations of Dynatem Inc. and Advanet Inc..
The following is a summary of interim results with and without the effects of PPA:
EBIT would have come out at €-1.34 million, rather than €-1.92 million;
Rather than -€2.25 million, the pre-tax result would have been -€1.66 million;
The gross profit margin of the first quarter 2016 amounted to €6.03 million, with a percentage of sales of 48.4%, compared to the percentage of 49.2% in the first quarter of 2015 and of 50.2% at year-end 2015. Compared to both the quarter of the previous year and the end-of-year figure, the decrease is due to several sales in the Japanese area on an annual basis that should not jeopardize the objective that Eurotech has always set for itself, namely that of a gross margin close to 50%.
A More specifically, the effects of recognition in accounts of PPA relating to the business combinations of Dynatem Inc. and the Advanet Group are as follows:
depreciation, amortization and impairment: €583 thousand (€634 thousand at 31 March 2015), due to higher amortization of amounts allocated to intangible assets (particularly customer relations), the higher amortisation is attributable to the higher values assigned to the Eurotech Inc. cash generating units Advanet Group and, only for 2015, also Dynatem Inc.;
lower income taxes: €231 thousand (€251 thousand at 31 March 2015) resulting from the tax effect on adjustments made.
During the three months of reference, operating costs before adjustments decreased by €184 thousand, falling from €9.00 million of the first quarter of 2015 to €8.82 million of the first quarter of 2016.
Owing to the revenues performance commented on above, gross operating costs rose as a percentage of revenues, from 62.0% in the first quarter of 2015 to 70.8% in the first quarter of 2016.
The slight decrease in absolute terms reflects the attention dedicated and controls implemented to reduce operating costs and, together with the other revenues earned and the performance of the gross margin, that affected the Group's EBITDA.
The item other revenues indeed includes €1,705 in capital gain earned from the sale of the security and traffic business unit of the subsidiary IPS Sistemi Programmabili S.r.l., as previously mentioned in the relevant note.
EBITDA totalled €-692 thousand (-5.6% of revenues) for the first three months of the year, compared with €- 1,386 thousand for 2015 (-9.6% of revenues)
EBIT came to €-1.92 million (-15.5% of revenues) in the first three months of 2016, from €-2.72 million in the first three months of 2015 (-18.8% of revenues), reflecting performance of both the gross profit margin and the operating costs and other revenues.
This performance also reflects the effects of the depreciation and amortisation charged to the income statement in the first quarter 2016, which derive from both the operating assets becoming subject to depreciation up to 31 March 2016 and the effects arising from price allocation relating to the acquisition of Dynatem Inc. (effect completed on 31 December 2015) and Advanet Inc. The effect on EBIT of the PPA amounts in the three months of 2016 was €0.58 million, versus €0.63 million in the three months of 2015.
Financial management during the first three months of 2016 was negative for €321 thousand, compared to a positive value of €915 thousand in the same period of 2015. This management in particular was affected by the different performance of the currencies in terms of average value during the periods considered, and by the slightly increased financial expenses to a lesser extent.
For greater detail, readers should refer to the comments made in explanatory note "J".
The pre-tax loss on current operations in the three months of reference was €2.25 million, versus a loss of €1.81 million in the first three months of 2015. The €437 thousand increase reflects the combined effect of the higher EBIT (€0.80 million) and the negative performance of financial management (€1.24 million) owing to the different performance of exchange rates.
The effects of price allocation on the pre-tax loss on current operations amounted to €0.58 million in the first three months of 2016 and €0.63 million in the first three months of 2015.
The Group registered a net loss in operating assets of -€1.73 million for the quarter, compared with a net loss of -€1.74 million in the same period of 2015, caused by tax burden of the Group's different units. Not only does it reflect the changes in the pre-tax result, but the performance also was caused by the different tax burden recorded on the whole of the Group's various units.
The net loss from discontinued operations and assets held for sale amounted to €152 thousand and refers to the result attained in the two months of the year by the BU of the subsidiary IPS which was sold on 29 February 2016.
The Group's net result totalled -€1.89 million (-€1.91 million in the first three months of 2015).
The trend in operating performance can be seen in the restated consolidated income statement and is shown below, in both absolute amounts and percentage terms:
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| CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT | change (b-a) | ||||||
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| (€ '000) | Note 1Q 2016 (b) | % | 1Q 2015 (a) | % | amount | % | |
| Sales revenue | C | 12,448 | 100.0% | 14,511 | 100.0% | (2,063) | -14.2% |
| Cost of material | D | (6,417) | -51.6% | (7,369) | -50.8% | (952) | 12.9% |
| Gross profit | 6,031 | 48.4% | 7,142 | 49.2% | (1,111) | -15.6% | |
| Services costs | E | (2,942) | -23.6% | (3,025) | -20.8% | (83) | -2.7% |
| Lease & hire costs | (444) | -3.6% | (438) | -3.0% | 6 | 1.4% | |
| Payroll costs | F | (5,178) | -41.6% | (5,210) | -35.9% | (32) | 0.6% |
| Other provisions and costs | G | (254) | -2.0% | (329) | -2.3% | (75) | 22.8% |
| Other revenues | H | 2,095 | 16.8% | 474 | 3.3% | 1,621 | 342.0% |
| EBITDA | (692) | -5.6% | (749) | -5.2% | 57 | -7.6% | |
| Depreciation & Amortization | I | (1,233) | -9.9% | (1,338) | -9.2% | (105) | -7.8% |
| EBIT | (1,925) | -15.5% | (2,724) | -18.8% | 799 | 29.3% | |
| Finance expense | J | (491) | -3.9% | (425) | -2.9% | 66 | -15.5% |
| Finance income | J | 170 | 1.4% | 1,340 | 9.2% | (1,170) | -87.3% |
| Profit before tax | (2,246) | -18.0% | (1,809) | -12.5% | (437) | 24.2% | |
| Income tax | K | 511 | 4.1% | 71 | 0.5% | (440) | n.s. |
| Net profit (loss) of continuing operations before minority interest |
(1,735) | -13.9% | (1,738) | -12.0% | 3 | 0.2% | |
| Minority interest | O | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | n/ a |
| Profit (Losses) from discontinued operations |
(152) | -1.2% | (172) | -1.2% | 20 | -11.6% | |
| Group net profit (loss) | O | (1,887) | -15.2% | (1,910) | -13.2% | 23 | 1.2% |
| Base earnings per share | (0.055) | (0.070) | |||||
| Diluted earnings per share | (0.055) | (0.070) |
| (€/000) | 1Q 2016 | 1Q 2015 |
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| Net profit (loss) before minority inerest (A) | (1,887) | (1,910) |
| Other elements of the statement of comprehensive income Other comprehensive income to be reclassified |
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| Net profit/(loss) from Cash Flow Hedge | (8) | 44 |
| Tax effect | - | - |
| (8) | 44 | |
| Foreign balance sheets conversion difference | 1,170 | 7,042 |
| Exchange differences on equity investments in foreign companies |
(1,559) | 3,986 |
| Tax effect | - | - |
| (1,559) | 3,986 | |
| After taxes net other comprehensive income to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods (B) |
(397) | 11,072 |
| Items not to be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods: |
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| Actuarial gains/(losses) on defined benefit plans for employees |
49 | 0 |
| Tax effect | (13) | - |
| 35 | 0 | |
| After taxes net other comprehensive income not being reclassified to profit orloss in subsequent periods (C) |
35 | 0 |
| Comprehensive net result (A+B) | (2,249) | 9,162 |
| Comprehensive minority interest | 0 | 0 |
| Comprehensive Group net profit (loss) for period |
(2,249) | 9,162 |
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See explanatory note on page 22.
| (€'000) | Notes | at March 31, 2016 | of which | at December 31, 2015 | of which |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| related parties | related parties | ||||
| ASSETS | |||||
| Intangible assets | 88,370 | 89,682 | |||
| Property, Plant and equipment | 3,174 | 3,325 | |||
| Investments in affiliate companies | 930 | 930 | |||
| Investments in other companies | 298 | 308 | |||
| Deferred tax assets | 1,482 | 1,351 | |||
| Other non-current assets | 620 | 608 | |||
| Total non-current assets | L | 94,874 | 96,204 | ||
| Inventories | 20,413 | 20,198 | |||
| Trade receivables | 10,860 | 883 | 15,715 | 742 | |
| Income tax receivables | 497 | 180 | |||
| Other current assets | 1,688 | 1,650 | |||
| Other current financial assets | 76 | 76 | |||
| Cash & cash equivalents | 11,908 | 11,430 | |||
| Total current assets | 45,442 | 49,249 | |||
| Total assets | 140,316 | 145,453 | |||
| LIABILITIES AND EQUITY Share capital |
8,879 | 8,879 | |||
| Reserves | (40,304) | (33,719) | |||
| Share premium reserve | 136,400 | 136,400 | |||
| Net profit (loss) for period | (1,887) | (6,223) | |||
| Other reserves | (42,191) | (39,942) | |||
| Group shareholders' equity | O | 103,088 | 105,337 | ||
| Equity attributable to minority interest | O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total shareholders' equity | O | 103,088 | 105,337 | ||
| Medium-/long-term borrow ing | 3,841 | 3,401 | |||
| Employee benefit obligations | 2,144 | 2,127 | |||
| Deferred tax liabilities | 4,455 | 4,572 | |||
| Other non-current liabilities | 717 | 940 | |||
| Total non-current liabilities | 11,157 | 11,040 | |||
| Trade payables | 11,719 | 471 | 14,381 | 1,038 | |
| Short-term borrow ing | 8,365 | 8,316 | |||
| Derivative instruments | 16 | 8 | |||
| Income tax liabilities | 220 | 866 | |||
| Other current liabilities | 5,751 | 5,505 | |||
| Total current liabilities | 26,071 | 29,076 | |||
| Total liabilities | 37,228 | 40,116 | |||
| Total liabilities and equity | 140,316 | 145,453 |
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Pursuant to the CESR recommendation of 10 February 2005, the following table shows the Group's net financial debt at 31 March 2016, breaking it down by due date and comparing it with the situation at 31 March 2015 and 31 December 2015:
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| at March 31, | at December 31, | at March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (€'000) | 2016 | 2015 | 2015 | |
| Cash & cash equivalents | A | (11,908) | (11,430) | (11,279) |
| Cash equivalent | B=A | (11,908) | (11,430) | (11,279) |
| Other current financial assets | C | (76) | (76) | (2,889) |
| Derivative instruments | D | 16 | 8 | 52 |
| Short-term borrow ing | E | 8,365 | 8,316 | 9,172 |
| Other current financial liabilities | F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Short-term financial position | G=C+D+E+F | 8,305 | 8,248 | 6,335 |
| Short-term net financial position | H=B+G | (3,603) | (3,182) | (4,944) |
| Other non current financial liabilities | I | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Medium/long term borrow ing | J | 3,841 | 3,401 | 2,662 |
| Medium-/long-term net financial position | K=I+J | 3,841 | 3,401 | 2,662 |
| (NET FINANCIAL POSITION) NET DEBT pursuant to | ||||
| CONSOB instructions | L=H+K | 238 | 219 | (2,282) |
The Group's working capital as at 31 March 2016, compared with the situation at 31 March 2015 and 31 December 2015, is as follows:
| at March 31, | at December | at March 31, | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (€'000) | 2016 | 31, 2015 | ||
| (b) | (a) | (b-a) | ||
| Inventories | 20,413 | 20,198 | 17,798 | 215 |
| Contracts in progress | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 |
| Trade receivables | 10,860 | 15,715 | 18,370 | (4,855) |
| Income tax receivables | 497 | 180 | 302 | 317 |
| Other current assets | 1,688 | 1,650 | 2,438 | 38 |
| Current assets | 33,458 | 37,743 | 38,993 | (4,285) |
| Trade payables | (11,719) | (14,381) | (13,435) | 2,662 |
| Income tax liabilities | (220) | (866) | (434) | 646 |
| Other current liabilities | (5,751) | (5,505) | (7,290) | (246) |
| Current liabilities | (17,690) | (20,752) | (21,159) | 3,062 |
| Net working capital | 15,768 | 16,991 | 17,834 | (1,223) |
| (€'000) | at March 31, 2016 |
at December 31, 2015 |
at March 31, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash flow generated (used) in operations | A | 258 | (3,503) | (3,778) |
| Cash flow generated (used) in investment activities | B | 77 | (459) | (1,129) |
| Cash flow generated (absorbed) by financial assets | C | 378 | 419 | 1,148 |
| Net foreign exchange difference | D | (235) | 869 | 934 |
| Increases (decreases) in cash & cash equivalents | E=A+B+C+D | 478 | (2,674) | (2,825) |
| Opening amount in cash & cash equivalents | 11,430 | 14,104 | 14,104 | |
| Cash & cash equivalents at end of period | 11,908 | 11,430 | 11,279 |
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The Group operates in the segments of miniaturised computers for special uses and M2M platforms (NanoPCs), and green supercomputers (HPCs).
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The NanoPC business line is represented by miniaturised electronic modules and systems and by software platforms for M2M integration, currently targeting the transport, industrial, defence, security, medical and logistics sectors.
Activity in this line is carried out by Eurotech S.p.A. and I.P.S. Sistemi Programmabili S.r.l., which mainly operate in Italy, Dynatem Inc. and Eurotech Inc. (USA), which mainly operates in the United States, Eurotech Ltd. (United Kingdom), which mainly operates in the United Kingdom, Eurotech France S.A.S. (France), which mainly operates in France, and Advanet Inc. (Japan), which mainly operates in Japan. Our products are marketed under the trademarks Eurotech, Dynatem, IPS and Advanet.
The HPC line consists of energy-efficient high-performance computing capability supercomputers currently targeting universities, research institutes and data-processing centres.
Eurotech shares (ETH.MI) have been listed on the STAR segment of the Italian stock exchange since 30 November 2005.
The companies included in the basis of consolidation on a line-by-line basis at 31 March 2016 are as follows:
| Company name | Registered offices | Share capital | Group share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent company | ||||
| Eurotech S.p.A. | Via Fratelli Solari 3/A – Amaro (UD) | Euro | 8,878,946 | |
| Subsidiary companies consolidated line-by-line | ||||
| Aurora S.r.l. | Via Fratelli Solari 3/A – Amaro (UD) | Euro | 10,000 | 100.00% |
| Dynatem Inc. | Mission Viejo (USA) | USD | 1,000 | 100.00% |
| Eth Devices S.r.o. | Bratislava (Slovakia) | Euro | 10,000 | 100.00% |
| EthLab S.r.l. | Viale Dante, 300 – Pergine (TN) | Euro | 115,000 | 100.00% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurotech Inc. | Columbia (USA) | USD | 26,500,000 | 100.00% |
| Eurotech Ltd. | Cambridge (UK) | GBP | 33,333 | 100.00% |
| E-Tech USA Inc. | Columbia (USA) | USD | 8,000,000 | 100.00% |
| Eurotech France S.A.S. | Venissieux Cedex (France) | Euro | 795,522 | 100.00% |
| I.P.S. Sistemi Programmabili S.r.l. | Via Piave, 54 – Caronno Varesino (VA) | Euro | 51,480 | 100.00% |
| Advanet Inc. | Okayama (Japan) | JPY | 72,440,000 | 90.00% (1) |
(1) Officially, the Group owns 90% of the company, but as Advanet holds 10% of the share capital in the form of treasury shares, it is fully consolidated.
| Chengdu Vantron Technology Inc. | Chengdu (China) | 45.00% |
|---|---|---|
| eVS embedded Vision Systems S.r.l. | Ca' Vignal2, Strada Le Grazie 15 – Verona | 24.00% |
| Emilab S.r.l. | Via Jacopo Linussio, 1 – Amaro (UD) | 24.82% |
| Rotowi Technologies S.p.A. in liquidation | Via del Follatolo, 12 – Trieste | 21.31% |
| (formerly U.T.R.I. S.p.A.) | ||
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| Other smaller companies valued at cost | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kairos Autonomi | Sandy (USA) | 19.00% |
No changes took place with regard to subsidiaries compared with 31 December 2015.
The following table provides information on the exchange rates used to translate foreign companies' financial statements into the Eurotech Group's presentation currency (the euro). The rates correspond to those released by the Italian Foreign Exchange Bureau (Ufficio Italiano Cambi).
| Currency | Average 3Months 2016 |
As of March 31, 2016 |
Average 2015 | As of December 31, 2015 |
Average 3Months 2015 |
As of March 31, 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British pound sterling | 0.77037 | 0.79155 | 0.72600 | 0.73395 | 0.74336 | 0.72730 |
| Japanese Yen | 126.99726 | 127.90000 | 134.28658 | 131.07000 | 134.12063 | 128.95000 |
| USA Dollar | 1.10200 | 1.13850 | 1.10963 | 1.08870 | 1.12614 | 1.07590 |
Revenues earned by the Group in the first quarter of 2016 amounted to €12.45 million (€14.51 million in the first three months of 2015), a decrease of €2.06 million (14.2%) on the same period of last year. This performance is due to a different distribution of the turnover on an annual basis and is not significantly affected by the foreign exchange difference at the time of conversion. A continuous increase in the USA area to the detriment of the European and Asian areas is however highlighted. Prospects are still positive, also in consideration of the opportunities that have been generated and the market successes that the local management in every geographic area is achieving.
For operating purposes, the Group is organised in business lines, also known as business segments: "NanoPC" and "HPC" (high performance computers) are the relevant segments. In view of the current predominance of the NanoPC segment it has been decided to provide disclosure on it on a geographical basis, in terms of the location of the Group's companies and based on the same criteria for monitoring activities as is currently used by top management.
The Group's geographical areas in the NanoPC segment are defined according to the location of Group assets and operations. The areas identified within the Group are: Europe, North America and Asia.
Revenues by individual business line and related changes were as follows:
| SALES BY BUSINESS SEGMENT | 1Q 2016 | % | 1Q 2015 | % | Var. % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NanoPC | 12,427 | 99.8% | 14,463 | 99.7% | -14.1% |
| High Perf. Computer | 21 | 0.2% | 48 | 0.3% | -56.3% |
| T OTALE SA LES A ND SER VIC E R EVEN UE |
12,448 | 100.0% | 14,511 | 100.0% | -14.2% |
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NanoPC revenues, €14.46 million in the first three months of 2015, were €12.43 million in the first three months of 2016.
HPC line revenues were rather insignificant also during the first quarter of 2016: €21 thousand compared to €48 thousand in the first three months of 2015. The HPC business line is still marked by large orders for a limited number of customers, historically attributable to the science and research sectors, and today to the services sector as well, and this makes distribution of revenues over time extremely varied.
As specifically regards the NanoPC segment, revenues of the operating units by geographical area can be further detailed as follows:
| (€' 000) | North America | Europe | Asia | Correction, reversal and elimination | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Q 2016 | 1Q 2015 | % YoY Change |
1Q 2016 | 1Q 2015 | % YoY Change |
1Q 2016 | 1Q 2015 | % YoY Change |
1Q 2016 | 1Q 2015 | % YoY Change |
1Q 2016 | 1Q 2015 | % YoY Change |
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| Third party Sales | 4,940 | 5,520 | 3,537 | 3,804 | 3,950 | 5,139 | 0 | 0 | 12,427 | 14,463 | |||||
| Infra-sector Sales | 143 | 201 | 903 | 622 | 45 | 66 | ( 1,091) | ( 889) | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Total Sales revenues | 5,083 | 5,721 -11.2% | 4,440 | 4,426 0.3% | 3,995 | 5,205 -23.2% | ( 1,091) | ( 889) -22.7% | 12,427 | 14,463 | -14.1% |
The North American business area's revenues totalled €5.08 million in the first three months of 2016 compared with €5.72 million in in the first three months of 2015, up 11.2%. This decrease is due to reduced turnover of the company Dynatem following a fall in new orders at the end of 2015, while the larger US company kept its turnover constant and posted an increase in new orders in the period compared to the previous one. The prospects that are materialising in the USA area are still interesting by virtue of the orders present, which should generate a higher turnover, particularly in the second half of the year. The policy of developing turnover implemented with key customers with substantial orders is fundamental for medium-longterm turnover growth in the area.
The European business area remains basically constant, reporting an increase from €4.43 million in the first quarter of 2015 to €4.44 million in the first quarter of 2016. In looking at the European area as a whole, the still stagnant economic situation generates difficulty in growth of demand in the European area countries.
The Asian business area has shown a 23.2% decrease, down from €5.20 million to €4.00 million following a distribution of the orders of several historical customers different from last year.
The following table shows the geographical breakdown of revenues based on customer location:
| BREAKDOWN BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA |
1Q 2016 | % | 1Q 2015 | % | var. % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1,299 | 10.4% | 1,185 | 8.2% | 9.6% |
| European Union w ithout | |||||
| Italy | 945 | 7.6% | 1,077 | 7.4% | -12.3% |
| United States | 5,486 | 44.1% | 6,048 | 41.7% | -9.3% |
| Japan | 3,946 | 31.7% | 5,125 | 35.3% | -23.0% |
| Rest of the World | 772 | 6.2% | 1,076 | 7.4% | -28.3% |
| T OTALE SA LES AND | |||||
| SER VICE R EVEN UE | 12,448 | 100.0% | 14,511 | 100.0% | -14.2% |
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As regards the figures by geographical area shown in the table, revenues in the US fell 9.3% and this, following the decline in the Japanese area, led it to contribute 44.1% of total turnover in the first three months of 2016 as compared to 41.7% of the same period last year.
The Japanese area posted a fall as described above, and contributes 31.7% of Group turnover, while in 2015 it recorded a 35.3% share of the total.
In Europe, again with reference to customer location, turnover increased by 9.6%, and accounted for 10.4% of total revenues.
Costs of raw & auxiliary materials and consumables used, which strictly relate to sales, rose in the period under review from €7.37 million in the first three months of 2015 to €6.42 million in the first three months of 2016. Therefore, a €0.95 million change (6.6%) was recorded in the period under review, higher than the - 14.2% decrease in turnover. This imperfect proportion is partly due to the different mix of products sold in the two periods compared and partly to the different performance of finished products and components, especially in the Japanese area.
Costs for raw and auxiliary materials and consumables as a percentage of revenues rose from 50.8% in the first three months of 2015 to 51.6% in the first three months of 2016.
Service costs remained basically stable in the 2015 and 2016 periods considered, and amounted to €2.94 million. Due to the reduced revenues, this cost item increased as a percentage of revenues from 20.8% in the first three months of 2015 to 23.6% in the first three months of 2016.
In addition to referring to routine management, the costs refer to the investments that the Group is making mainly in the new business lines of the M2M platforms for applications in industry and services. These investments concern not only the research and development area, but also - and above all - the sales and marketing area in order to get closer to the customers and develop a presence in the markets.
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In the period under review, payroll costs decreased by 0.6%, from €5.21 million (35.9% of revenues) to €5.18 million (41.6% of revenues). Payroll continues to be an area management is paying attention to, also by virtue to the new recruitments taken on and the expertise necessary to align the operational structure with the strategic vision.
Compared to 31 December 2015, staff dropped from 333 to 325 units. The figures shown are already less the 8 units belonging to the IPS security and traffic business unit sold on 29 February 2016.
| Employees | at March 31, 2016 |
at December 31, 2015 |
at March 31, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | 8 | 10 | 13 | |
| Clerical w orkers | 293 | 297 | 322 | |
| Line w orkers | 24 | 26 | 27 | |
| T OTAL | 325 | 333 | 362 |
The table below shows the number of Group employees:
At 31 March 2016, this item included a provision for doubtful accounts of €52 thousand (€73 thousand in the first three months of 2015), and refers to provisions made for the possibility of uncollectable trade receivables. Other provisions and costs as a percentage of revenues were 2.0%, slightly lower than the 2.3% in the same period in 2015.
The item other revenues rose from €474 thousand in the first three months of 2015 to €2,095 thousand in the same period this year. Other revenues comprise the capital gain earned from sale of the IPS business unit for €1,705 thousand, capitalisation of development costs for new solutions featuring highly integrated standard modules and systems for €287 thousand (€476 thousand in the first three months of 2015), miscellaneous income of €98 thousand (€36 thousand in the first three months of 2015), and operating grants totalled €5 thousand (no value in the first three months of 2015).
This item decreased by €105 thousand, from €1.34 million in the first three months of 2015 to €1.23 million in the first three months of 2016, mainly due to a reduction of the depreciable net amounts.
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Depreciation and amortisation relating to the PPA at 31 March 2016, totalling €0.58 million, relate exclusively to customer relationships.
The increase in financial expenses from €0.43 million in the first three months of 2015 to €0.49 million in the first three months of 2016 was mainly due to increased losses on foreign exchange rates relating to trends in the US dollar and the UK pound.
The absolute value and percentage on revenues of the main financial expenses items were as follows:
Financial income went down due to the foreign exchange rate trend and amounted to €0.17 million, compared to €1.34 million of the first three months of 2015.
| (€'000) | 1Q 2016 | 1Q 2015 | change % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exchange-rate losses | 380 | 318 | 19.5% | ||
| Interest expenses | 99 | 93 | 6.5% | ||
| Interest expenses due to the discounting | 0 | 0 | n/a | ||
| Expenses on derivatives | 1 | 0 | n/a | ||
| Other finance expenses | 11 | 14 | -21.4% | ||
| F inancial charges | 491 | 425 | 15.5% | ||
| (€'000) | 1Q 2016 | 1Q 2015 | change % | ||
| Exchange-rate gains | 165 | 1,328 | -87.6% | ||
| Interest income due to the discounting | 0 | 4 | -100.0% | ||
| Interest income | 3 | 5 | -40.0% | ||
| Other finance income | 2 | 3 | -33.3% | ||
| F inancial inco mes | 170 | 1,340 | -87.3% | ||
| N et financial inco me | ( 321) | 915 | -135.1% | ||
| % impact o n sales | -2.6% | 6.3% |
Income taxes at 31 March 2016 were positive as a whole for €511 thousand (of which €5 thousand for current taxes and €516 thousand for net deferred tax assets), compared with €71 thousand at 31 March 2015 (of which €163 thousand for current taxes and €234 thousand for net deferred tax assets), representing a positive change of €440 thousand.
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The decrease in non-current assets between 31 December 2015 and 31 March 2016 of €1.33 million is mainly due to reclassification of the value at 31 December 2015 of the discontinued operations of €0.48 million and the foreign exchange rate changes.
Net investments in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets of €0.42 million are more than balanced with the depreciation and amortisation totalling €1.23 million.
The most significant increases were due to the intangible assets item, and primarily to the development activities that concern projects to develop new products, for the total amount of €0.27 million.
The table below shows their breakdown and main changes during the period:
| DEVELOPM ENT COSTS |
GOODWILL | SOFTWARE TRADEM ARKS PATENTS |
ASSETS UNDER CONSTRUCTIO N & ADVANCES |
OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
TOTAL INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,539 | 72,171 | 8,304 | 2,396 | 4,272 | 89,682 |
| - | - | 2 | 266 | - | 268 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - Amortisation and impairment in period (-) ( 398) |
- | ( 28) | - | ( 598) | ( 1,024) |
| ( 381) | - | ( 7) | - | - | ( 388) |
| 1,491 | ( 361) | 203 | ( 1,608) | 107 | ( 168) |
| 712 | ( 361) | 170 | ( 1,342) | ( 491) | ( 1,312) |
| 3,251 | 71,810 | 8,474 | 1,054 | 3,781 | 88,370 |
The carrying value of goodwill and trademarks with an indefinite useful life allocated to each of the cashgenerating units is as follows:
| at March 31, 2016 | at December 31, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C ash generating units | Go o dwill | T rademark with an indefinite useful life |
Go o dwill | T rademark with an indefinite useful life |
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| Advanet Inc. | 43,602 | 8,280 | 42,548 | 8,079 | |
| Eurotech Inc. (ex Applied Data Systems | |||||
| e ex Arcom Inc.) | 21,549 | - | 22,532 | - | |
| Eurotech Ltd. (ex Arcom Ltd.) | 5,518 | - | 5,950 | - | |
| Eurotech France S.a.s. | 1,051 | - | 1,051 | - | |
| Other | 90 | - | 90 | - | |
| T OTAL | 71,810 | 8,280 | 72,171 | 8,079 |
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The table below shows their breakdown and main changes during the period:
| (€ '000) | LAND AND BUILDINGS |
PLANT AND M ACHINERY |
INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL EQUIPM ENT |
OTHER ASSETS | ASSETS UNDER CONSTRUCTION & ADVANCES |
LEASED ASSETS |
TOTAL PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPM ENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OP EN IN G BALANCE (A ) | 1,199 | 480 | 528 | 1,057 | - | 61 | 3,325 |
| Changes as at March 31, 2016 | |||||||
| - Purchases | - | - | 55 | 49 | 1 | 49 | 154 |
| - Disposals | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - Amortisation and impairment in | |||||||
| period (-) | ( 9) | ( 45) | ( 60) | ( 83) | - | ( 12) | ( 209) |
| - Discontinued operations | - | ( 22) | ( 56) | ( 32) | - | - | ( 110) |
| - Other changes | - | 4 | 5 | 4 | - | 1 | 14 |
| Total changes (B) | ( 9) | ( 63) | ( 56) | ( 62) | 1 | 38 | ( 151) |
| C LOSIN G B A LANCE (A +B ) | 1,190 | 417 | 472 | 995 | 1 | 99 | 3,174 |
Net working capital rose from €16.99 million at 31 December 2015 to €15.77 million at 31 March 2016, registering a €1.22 million decrease due to not only to the sale of the IPS business unit, which had an effect of €0.32 million, but also to the different performance of collection and payment flows as usually occurs during the first half of the year.
The €4.28 million negative change in current assets is for the most part due to the reduced trade receivables that amounted to €4.85 million, only partly offset by the increase in inventories and tax receivables.
The €3.06 million decrease in current liabilities is attributable to the lower trade payables and income tax payables.
The Group had net financial debt of €0.24 million at 31 March 2016 against net financial debt of €0.22 million at 31 December 2015.
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The change is primarily attributable to the use of cash for current operations and investments made, also in consideration of the traditional seasonality of the Eurotech Group's revenues, which generate greater liquidity during the second half-year period.
See also Cash flow on page 20.
Please note that the short-term borrowings (applying what is set out in IAS 1.65) includes, as also done at 31 December 2015, the medium/long-term portion (€1.33 million ) of an existing loan relating to which one of the covenants provided for in the respective loan agreement was not met based on the consolidated date on 31 December 2015.
Medium-/long-term financial liabilities include principal on bank loans and finance leases falling due beyond 12 months.
Short-term financial liabilities mainly consist of current account overdrafts, the current portion of mortgage loans, and payables to other lenders falling due by 31 March 2017.
| (€'000) | Share capital |
Legal reserve |
Share premium reserve |
Conversion reserve |
Other reserves |
Cash flow hedge reserve |
Actuarial gains/(losses) on defined benefit plans reserve |
Exchange rate differences reserve |
Treasury shares |
Profit (loss) for period |
Group shareholders' equity |
Equity attributable to Minority interest |
Total shareholders' equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance as at December 31, 2015 | 8,879 | 1,200 | 136,400 | 10,601 | ( 47,761) | ( 8) | ( 372) | 5,718 | ( 3,097) | ( 6,223) | 105,337 | - 105,337 |
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| 2015 Result allocation | - | 185 | - | - | ( 6,408) | - | - | - | - | 6,223 | - | - | - |
| Profit (loss) as at March 31, 2016 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ( 1,887) | ( 1,887) | - | ( 1,887) |
| Comprehensive other profit (loss): |
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| - Hedge transactions | - | - | - | - | ( 8) | - | - | - | - | ( 8) | - | ( 8) | |
| Actuarial gains/(losses) on defined benefit plans for |
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| employees | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 | - | - | - | 35 | - | 35 |
| - Foreign balance sheets conversion difference |
- | - | - | 1,170 | - | - | - | - | 1,170 | - | 1,170 | ||
| - Exchange differences on equity investments in foreign companies |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | ( 1,559) | - | - | ( 1,559) | - | ( 1,559) |
| Comprehensive result | - | - | - | 1,170 | - | ( 8) | 35 | ( 1,559) | - | ( 1,887) | ( 2,249) | - | ( 2,249) |
| - Other changes and transfers | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Balance as at March 31, 2016 | 8,879 | 1,385 | 136,400 | 11,771 | ( 54,169) | ( 16) | ( 337) | 4,159 | ( 3,097) | ( 1,887) | 103,088 | - 103,088 |
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The significant events of the quarter were announced in the press releases listed below (the full text can be consulted on the Group website www.eurotech.com on page http:// http://www.eurotech.com/en/press+room/news ):
21/01/2016 Eurotech is exhibiting at Cebit 2016
25/01/2016 Eurotech is exhibiting together with Red Hat at IoT Evolution Expo 2016
27/01/2016 Eurotech's Everyware Software Framework wins the 2015/16 Internet of Things Award in the IoT Software and Tools category
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The company also took part in the Star Conference 2016 in Milan on 16 March.
Other than those discussed in previous paragraphs, no other particularly significant events occurred in the quarter.
For the significant events after 31 March, please refer to the press releases listed below (the full text can be consulted on the Group website www.eurotech.com on page http://www.eurotech.com/en/press+room/news ):
Please refer to the sections "Main risks and uncertainties to which the Group is exposed" and "Financial risk management: objectives and criteria" in the document 2015 Consolidated Financial Statements, in which the risks to which the Eurotech Group is exposed are explained.
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We also specify that:
at 31 March 2016 the company held 1,319,020 treasury shares for a total value of €3,097 thousand. The changes follow:
as regards the requirements of Article 150, paragraph 1, of the Italian Legislative Decree no. 58 of 24 February 1998, no members of the Board of Directors have executed transactions with Group companies in situations of potential conflict of interest
Amaro, 11 May 2016
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Signed Roberto Siagri Chairman
Amaro, 11 May 2016
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PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 154 BIS, PARAGRAPH 2 – PART IV, TITLE III, CHAPTER II, SECTION V-BIS, OF THE ITALIAN LEGISLATIVE DECREE 58 OF 24 FEBRUARY 1998: "CONSOLIDATED FINANCE ACT, PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 8 AND 21 OF LAW 52 OF 6 FEBRUARY 1996"
I, Sandro Barazza,
Financial Reporting Manager of Eurotech S.p.A., with reference to the Consolidated Interim Management Statement at 31 March 2016 approved by the company's Board of Directors on 11 May 2016,
in compliance with the matters set forth under ex - art. 154 bis, paragraph 2, part IV, title III, chapter II, section V-bis of the Italian Legislative Decree 58 of 24 February 1998, to the best of my knowledge, the Consolidated Interim Management Statement at 31 March 2016 corresponds to the accounting entries.
The Financial Reporting Manager Signed Sandro Barazza
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