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Fidia

Quarterly Report Feb 22, 2023

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Half-Year Report at 30 June 2022 Fidia Group

Board of Directors

18 November 2022

Fidia S.p.A. Registered office in San Mauro Torinese, Corso Lombardia, 11 Share capital €5,123,000.00, paid in Turin Register of Companies Taxpayer's Code 05787820017 Website: http://www.fidia.it - http://www.fidia.com e-mail: [email protected]

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Governing and Supervisory Bodies 3
Powers of the chair, chief executive officer and deputy chair
5
Organization of the FIDIA Group 6
Interim Report
7
Economic and financial performance of the group 8
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
14
Segment reporting
23
Research & Development
24
Intra-group relations and relations with related parties
27
Trends in Group companies 28
Significant events during the first half of the year
32
Outlook for operations, going concern and significant events after the end of the first half of the year
32
Consolidated Income Statement (*) 41
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 42
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
43
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
44
Overview of changes in shareholders' equity
45
Consolidated Income Statement
46
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
47
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
48
Notes to the consolidated financial statements as at 30 June 2022
49
Outlook for operations, going concern and significant events after the end of the first half of the year
50
NOTES
58
FIDIA Group companies at 30 June 2022
79

Date issued: 18/11/2022 This Report is also available on the internet at: www.fidia.com

GOVERNING AND SUPERVISORY BODIES

Board of Directors

Chairman and Managing Director Giuseppe Morfino (a)
Deputy Chairman Luigi Maniglio (b) (d)
Directors Luigino Azzolin (c) (1) (2)
Paola Savarino (c) (1) (2) (3)
Laura Morgagni (c) (1) (2)

(a) Appointed Chairman and CEO by the Board of Directors on 29 April 2020.

(b) Appointed Director on 28 October 2021; appointed Deputy Chairman on 22 January 2022 to replace Mr. Secondo Dentis who was in turn appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting of 29 April 2020 until the approval of the financial statements for the period 2022; appointed Deputy Chairman by the Board of Directors on 29 April 2020 and lapsed on 28 October 2021.

(c) Appointed at the Shareholders' Meeting on 29 April 2022 until the approval of the financial statements for the period 2022.

(d) Deputy Chairman Luigi Maniglio was given separate authority for Administration, Finance and Control by the Board of Directors

on 22 January 2022.

(1) Member of the Internal Control and Risk Committee

(2) Member of the Remuneration Committee.

(3) Lead Independent Director

Board of Statutory Auditors (*)

Statutory Auditors Massimo Ceraolo -
Chairman
Giuseppe Chiappero
Mariarosa Schembari
Alternate Auditors Ombretta Cataldi

Silvia Cornaglia Stefano D'Orazio (d)

(*) Appointed at the Shareholders' Meeting on 29 April 2022 until the approval of the financial statements for the period 2022.

(d) Alternate Auditor Stefano D'Orazio was appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting on 8 July 2022.

Independent Auditors (**)

Deloitte & Touche S.p.A.

(**) Appointed at the Shareholders' Meeting on 29 April 2020 for the nine-year period 2021-2029.

POWERS OF THE CHAIR, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DEPUTY CHAIR

S/he is the legal representative of the company with regard to third parties and courts of law, with separate signature, to exercise any and all, and the broadest powers of ordinary and extraordinary administration; s/he is entitled to appoint and revoke special attorneys for specific transactions, with the sole exclusion of the powers and rights expressly reserved to the Board of Directors, under the law or the company By-laws. The Board of the Directors retains the following powers:

  • purchase, disposal, and contribution of equity investments;
  • disposal, contribution and/or lease of the company or any units thereof;
  • purchase of companies or business units of companies;
  • purchase and/or disposal of real estate and/or property rights and/or rights of way thereto;
  • registration of mortgages on company property;
  • definition of company strategies relating to the purchase and sale of equity investments, business units or real estate.

As Chair, s/he is also vested with the capacity of "employer" as well as person in charge of the plants, emissions and wastes.

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors: Dr. Luigi Maniglio with separate authority related to Administration, Finance and Control.

ORGANIZATION OF THE FIDIA GROUP

SHAREHOLDERS AND TREND OF FIDIA STOCK

FIDIA S.p.A. is listed on the Euronext Milan (EXM) segment of Borsa Italiana S.p.A. The following chart shows share price performance from 1 January 2022 to 11 November 2022.

Fidia SpA (FDA-MIL)

In the first half of 2022 the number of ordinary shares, equal to 5,123,000, was unchanged compared to 31 December 2021.

The holders of ordinary shares at 30 September 2022 are:

Giuseppe Morfino 2,665,516 shares, equal to 52.03%;

Market 2,447,484 shares, equal to 47.77%;

Treasury shares 10,000, equal to 0.20%.

No categories of stock other than ordinary shares or bonds were issued.

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE GROUP

The Reclassified Consolidated Income Statement of the Fidia Group as at 30 June 2022 is shown below; please note that comparative data for the first half of 2021 have not been presented because the Group did not prepare the Condensed Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements as at 30 June 2021 for reasons that were contingent at the time. For further interpretation of period performance, for management purposes only, the Group's consolidated results for the first half of 2022 are compared with selected unaudited financial information as at 30 June 2021.

The first half of 2022 was characterised by revenues of €9,436 thousand, i.e., 40% of the turnover recorded in 2021.

This value was affected by dynamics related to the difficulties experienced in the markets, which led to a slowdown in machine deliveries in the first part of the year.

This dynamic, together with the effect of arrangement, and the specific performance of the group companies, affects differently the various profitability indicators (particularly EBITDA, EBIT, EBT and net profit). In particular, EBITDA is negative because it has been impacted by delivery delays and related missed margins, which will be accounted for at the time of delivery. In addition, an additional factor that decreased profitability is the COVID-19 situation in particular in the Chinese market, whose "zero contagion" policy and lockdowns do not allow free movement and thus the performance of service and other activities by our personnel.

EBT includes the effects of discharge in bankruptcy resulting from arrangement approved on 22 June 2022 and amounting to €11,100 thousand (value including arrangement costs)

In the first half, sales performance recorded a slight increase over the same period and new orders were substantially greater than the performance recorded in the same period of 2021, totaling €5,259 thousand compared to €4,535 thousand in the first half of 2021 (+16.0%).

More specifically, the reclassified income statement of the first half del 2022 is as follows:

(€thousand) 1st Half 2022 %
Net revenue 9,436 84.2%
Change in inventories of finished goods and work
in progress
1,211 10.8%
Other revenues and income 553 4.9%
Value of production 11,200 100.0%
Raw materials and consumables (4,042) -36.1%
Commissions (224) -2.0%
Transport (259) -2.3%
Contractors (255) -2.3%
Other services and operating costs (2,466) -22.0%
Added value 3,953 35.3%
Personnel costs (5,294) -47.3%
EBITDA (1,341) -12.0%
Provision for bad debts (18) -0.2%
(€thousand) 1st Half 2022 %
Depreciation/amortisation/write-downs of fixed
assets
(864) -7.7%
Operating income from ordinary business (2,222) -19.8%
Non-recurring (Charges)/Income - -
EBIT (2,222) -19.8%
Net proceeds from discharge in bankruptcy 11,100 99.1%
Net finance expenses and revenue (174) -1.6%
Profit/(Loss) on foreign exchange (253) -2.3%
Earnings before tax (EBT) 8,450 75.4%
Income taxes (current, paid and deferred) 18 0.2%
Profit/(loss) for the period 8,468 75.6%
- (Profit)/Loss of non-controlling interests (111) -1.0%
- Profit/(Loss) of Group 8,579 76.6%

ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

Please note that comparative data for the first half of 2021 have not been presented because the Group did not prepare the Condensed Consolidated Half-Year Financial Statements as at 30 June 2021 for reasons that were contingent at the time. For further interpretation of period performance, for management purposes only, the Group's consolidated results for the first half of 2022 are compared with selected unaudited financial information as at 30 June 2021.

Revenues

The first half of the year ended with revenues of €9,436 thousand, down 8.7% from the same period of the previous year (unaudited figure).

The trend is due to the mechanics segment (HSM) which recorded revenue of €3,888 thousand compared to €4,576 thousand in the first half of the previous year (-15.0%), to the Service segment, which reported negative results compared to the first half of 2021 with revenue at €4,744 thousand (-5.3% compared to €5,012 thousand at 30 June 2021), and the electronics segment (CNC), which stood at €804 thousand (+26% compared to €638 thousand at 30 June 2021).

The trend in revenue per business line is shown in the table below:

(€thousand) 1st Half
2022
% 1st Half
2021
% Change
%
Numerical controls, drives and software 804 8.5% 638 6.2% 26.0%
High-speed milling systems 3,888 41.2% 4,576 44.8% -15.0%
After-sales service 4,744 50.3% 5,012 49.0% -5.3%
Overall total 9,436 100% 10,226 100% -8.7%

The revenues by geographical region is illustrated in the following tables:

(€thousand) TOTAL TOTAL
GEOGRAPHIC REVENUES REVENUES Change %
REGION 1st Half 2022 % 1st Half 2021 %
ITALY 1,623 17.2% 1,033 10.1% 57.1%
EUROPE 2,314 24.5% 2,045 20.0% 13.2%
ASIA 3,514 37.2% 4,948 48.4% -29.0%
NORTH and SOUTH
AMERICA
1,985 21.0% 2,200 21.5% -9.8%
REST OF THE
WORLD
0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0%
TOTAL 9,436 100% 10,226 100% -7.7%

Numerical controls and software

The revenues of the electronic segment were up 26.0% compared to the first half of 2021 at €1,623 thousand versus €1,033 thousand in the same period of the previous year.

High-speed milling systems

The high-speed milling systems revenue (HSM) was down from the previous year, reaching a total value of €3,888 thousand compared to €4,576 thousand in the first half of 2021 (-15.0%).

After-sales service

Revenues of the Service segment, which comprise revenues from the after-sales service, from the sale of spare parts and from scheduled maintenance recorded a decrease (-5.7%) compared to the same period of the previous year, amounting to €4,743 thousand (€5,010 thousand at 30 June 2021).

Business

Business in the first half was less than the same period of the previous period. This result is mainly due to the effect of the pandemic and the continued crisis in the automotive and aerospace industries.

The following tables show the trend in the order backlog and in the new orders in the two periods under consideration.

With reference to the Service segment the commercial data (new orders and order backlog) are not be shown because they almost match with the revenues as the time to fulfill the intervention requests is very short.

(€thousand) TOTAL TOTAL Chg.
30/06/2022 30/06/2021 %
Order backlog at 1/1 15,947 16,556 -3.7%
New orders 5,259 4,535 16.0%
Revenues -5,547 -12,064 -6.4%
Order backlog at 30/6 15,659 15,947 -1.8%

Other revenues and income

Other revenues and earnings in the first half of 2022 were equal to €553 thousand.

This item mainly includes:

  • research grants from the EU and Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) as part of the funded research activity carried out by the parent company Fidia S.p.A. (€278 thousand at 30 June 2022). Applied and basic research and development activities are a structural component and are carried out on an ongoing basis by Fidia S.p.A.;
  • capital gains from transfers (€21 thousand at 30 December 2022);
  • the reabsorption of the warranty provision (€139 thousand at 30 June 2022);
  • damages from insurance companies, recovery of costs incurred, contingent assets, and others (€115 thousand at 30 June 2022).

Value of production

In the first half, the value of production (represented by net revenues, change in inventories of finished goods and work in progress, and other revenues and income) amounted to €11,200 thousand and was strongly characterised by the change in inventories of finished goods (€1,211 thousand or 10.8% of the total).

Added value

Value added was in absolute terms €3,953 thousand as at 30 June 2022 or 35.3% of the value of production. These values are affected by the lack of margin on machines not yet delivered.

Personnel

The following tables illustrate the trends in staffing and labour costs.

1st Half 2022 1st Half
2021
Abs. change Change %
Executives 8 10 -2 -20.0%
Office workers and middle managers 158 182 -24 -13.2%
Workers 37 40 -3 -7.5%
Total employees 203 232 -29 -12.5%
Total average headcount in the first half 205 241 -36 -15.0%
1st Half 2022 1st Half
2021
Abs. change Change %
Labour cost (€thousand) 5,294 5,347 -53 -0.99%

Personnel costs are substantially in line with the values reported for the first half of 2021, despite the decrease in personnel. This is due to the lower use of temporary redundancy in relation to the existing workforce.

Personnel cost as a percentage of the value of production at 30 June 2022 was 47.6% due to the lower value of production realised and the resulting lower absorption of overheads.

From 1 January 2022, again for both locations, the extraordinary redundancy fund for company crisis was activated pursuant to Article 21, paragraph 1, letter b) of Italian Legislative Decree No. 148/2015, following on from the previous redundancy arrangement, for 12 months until 31 December 2022, in line with the cost containment actions undertaken by Management to cope with the current situation of reduced demand, also as a result of the pandemic.

EBITDA

EBITDA was negative and amounted to -€1,341 thousand. This value was strongly determined by deferred machine deliveries and the performance of the Chinese subsidiary as described below. Therefore, percentage performance was strongly influenced by the decrease in revenues, which caused a lower absorption of overhead costs, despite the cost containment actions taken by Management and which ensured greater flexibility of the cost structure.

Operating income from ordinary business

The operating result of ordinary business at 30 June 2022 was negative, amounting to -€2,222 thousand.

This performance is due to the reasons explained above, plus the impact of amortisation, depreciation and write-downs for the period, which are in line with the first half of 2021.

In terms of impact on turnover, however, the loss of profitability was due to the lower absorption of overheads in relation to the decrease in turnover in the first half of 2022.

Non-recurring income and charges

In the first half of2022, this item included the value resulting from the incorporation of the effects arising from the arrangement.

EBIT

EBIT at 30 June 2022 was positive at €8,877 thousand.

For a comment on the performance of this item, please refer to the discussion on the operating income from ordinary business.

Finance expenses and revenue - Net foreign exchange differences

Expenses related to financing activities were slightly better than in 2021 while remaining broadly in line at the annual level (net expenses of €174 thousand as at 30 June 2022 versus net expenses of €364 thousand in 2021). Net differences in foreign exchange, either realised or resulting from measurement in the financial statements, generated net expenses of €253 thousand versus net expenses of €337 thousand in 2021.

Earnings before tax (EBT)

Earnings before tax (EBT) was a profit of €8,450 thousand compared with a loss of €3,257 thousand as at 31 December 2021.

Net Group profit/(loss)

Group profit for the period after taxes of €18 thousand and after losses of NCIs (€111 thousand) amounted to €8,579 thousand versus a loss of €3,202 thousand as at 31 December 2021.

The Group reclassified statement of financial position was as follows:
-- -- -- -- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(€thousand) 30/06/2022 31/12/2021
Net tangible assets 9,507 10,027
Intangible fixed assets 1,501 1,569
Non-current financial assets 16 19
Deferred tax assets 1,009 1,235
Other financial assets 23 206
Capital assets – (A) 12,056 13,054
Net trade receivables from customers 3,518 7,396
Closing inventories 14,338 12,823
Other current assets 3,305 1,933
Short-term (current) assets – (B) 21,162 22,152
Trade payables to suppliers (6,098) (3,679)
Other current liabilities (13,411) (11,467)
Short-term (current) liabilities – (C) (19,510) (15,146)
Net working capital (D) = (B+C) 1,652 7,006
Termination benefits (E) (1,999) (2,188)
Other long-term liabilities (F) (456) (614)
Net invested capital (G) = (A+D+E+F) 11,253 17,258
Financial position
Available-for-sale financial assets -
Cash on hand, bank deposits (4,462) (5,267)
Current financial liabilities 1,937 7,354
Short-term financial position (receivable)/payable (2,525) 2,087
Long-term loans, net of current portion 5,961 6,450
(Assets)/liabilities for long-term derivatives - 158
Non-current trade and other payables 4,333 10,300
Net financial position (receivable)/payable (H)(*) 7,770 18,995
Share capital 5,123 5,123
Provisions (6,236) (4,255)
Net earnings pertaining to Group 8,579 (3,202)
Total equity of Group 7,466 (2,333)
Total equity of non-controlling interests 494 596
Total shareholders' equity (I) 7,960 (1,737)
Equity and net financial position (L) = (H+I) 11,253 17,258

(*) This representation transposed the communication issued by ESMA on 04/03/2021 on "Guidance on disclosure requirements under the Prospectus Regulation" (ESMA 32-382-1138) having effective date of application on 5 May 2021.

Compared to 31 December 2021, capital assets decreased substantially due to depreciation/amortisation for the period.

Net working capital was down mainly due to the discharge in bankruptcy as a result of the inclusion of the effects of the agreed arrangement and to the trend of receivables and payables driven by the decrease in revenue and related costs, and the increase in inventory.

Along with a positive economic result, the foregoing resulted in a negative net financial position of €11,253 thousand at 30 June 2022, better than at 31 December 2021. Please refer to the following paragraph for further information on the Net Financial Position.

TREND IN NET FINANCIAL POSITION

Below follows the trend in net financial position.

Financial Position (€thousand) 31/12/2021
A Cash 4,462 5,267
B Cash equivalents - -
C Other current financial assets - -
D Liquidity (A+B+C) 4,462 5,267
E Current financial debt 1,402 4,414
F Current portion of non-current financial debt 535 2,939
G Current financial indebtedness (E+F) 1,937 7,354
H Net current financial indebtedness (G-D) (2,525) 2,087
I Non-current financial debt 5,961 6,608
j Debt instruments - -
k Non-current trade and other payables 4,333 10,300
L Non-current financial indebtedness (I+J+K) 10,294 16,908
M Total financial indebtedness 7,770 18,995

The detail of assets and liabilities inside the net financial position is illustrated in the table below:

Cash on hand, bank deposits (€thousand) 30/06/2022 31/12/2021
Fidia S.p.A. 1,632 1,970
Fidia Co. 1,343 1,347
Fidia GmbH 358 479
Fidia Iberica S.A. 184 175
Fidia S.a.r.l. 492 459
Beijing Fidia Machinery & Electronics Co., Ltd 361 695
Fidia do Brasil Ltda. 34 30
Shenyang Fidia NC & M Co., Ltd 58 111
Total cash and cash equivalents 4,462 5,267
Financial payables (€thousand) 30/06/2022 31/12/2021
Short-term loans and advances
Fidia S.p.A. (1,366) (6,700)
Fidia GmbH (66) (65)
Fidia Iberica S.A. (48) (38)
Fidia S.a.r.l. (162) (177)
Beijing Fidia Machinery & Electronics Co., Ltd (14) (370)
Fidia do Brasil Ltda. (281) (3)
Shenyang Fidia NC & M Co. Ltd. - -
Total (1,937) (7,354)
Long-term loans, net of current portion
Fidia S.p.A. (4,564) (5,063)
Fidia GmbH (97) (130)
Fidia Iberica S.A. (175) (197)
Fidia S.a.r.l. (9) (12)
Fidia do Brasil Ltda - -
Fidia Co (1,118) (1,048)
Total (5,961) (6,450)
Assets/(liabilities) for non-current derivatives
Fidia S.p.A. - (158)
Total - (158)
Total financial payables (7,898) (13,962)

As at 30 June 2022, the net financial position showed an improvement of €11,225 thousand; the value of the Group's Net Financial Position comprises, together with the evolution of liquidity resulting from normal operating phases, the effects of the debt write-off resulting from the publication, on 24 June 2022, by the Court of Ivrea of the decree approving the arrangement with creditors as a going concern.

The following table provides a condensed statement of cash flows at 30 June 2022 showing the cash flows composing the net financial position.

SHORT CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

(€thousand) 1st Half 2022
A) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period (*) 5,198
B) Cash from/(used in) operating activities (1,271)
C) Cash from/(used in) investing activities (132)
D) Cash from/(used in) financing activities 62
Currency translation differences 361
E) Net change in cash and cash equivalents (980)
F) Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 4,218
Breakdown of cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and cash equivalents 4,462
Overdrawn bank accounts and short-term advances (244)

(*) the opening balance incorporates the payback of overdrafts

ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

In this report, in addition to the conventional IFRS financial indicators, a number of alternative performance indicators have been provided in order to allow for a better assessment of the economic and financial trends.

Said indicators, which are also found in the Report on Operations of other periodic reports, do not replace in any way whatsoever the mandatory IFRS indicators.

Below are the alternative performance indicators used by the Group, accompanied by an explanation that reflects their content and calculation basis:

  • EBITDA ("Earnings before interest, tax and amortisation"), which is calculated by adding the item "Depreciation, amortisation and write-downs of fixed assets", the item "Accrued provisions" and the item "Non-recurring income/expenses" to "EBIT" resulting from the financial statements.
  • EBIT (Earnings before interest and tax), operating income from ordinary business, which is obtained by adding any extraordinary cost items not falling under EBIT,
  • EBT (Earnings before tax);
  • Adjusted EBITDA, EBIT and EBT: as the table below shows, there are no adjustments to these figures for the first half of 2022 and the reporting period 2021 and therefore these adjusted figures correspond to the same non-adjusted figures.
€thousand 30/06/2022 Adjustments 30/06/2022
(adjusted)
31/12/2021 Adjustments 31/12/2021
(adjusted)
EBITDA (1,341) - (1,341) 418 418
Accrued
provisions
(18) - (18) (65) (65)
Depreciation/amo
rtisation/write
downs of fixed
assets
(864) - (864) (1,933) - (1,933)
Non-recurring
income/(expenses)
- - - - - -
EBIT (2,222) - (1,580) - (1,580)
Net
income/(expense)
from discharge in
bankruptcy
11,100 - 11,100 - -
Net finance
income/(expense)
(174) - (2,222) (364) - (364)
Profit/(loss) on
foreign exchange
(253) - (174) (337) - (337)
EBT 8,450 - (253) (2,281) - (2,281)

Other parameters mentioned:

  • "Value of production", which is given by the algebraic addition of the items "Net revenues", "Other revenues and income", and "Changes in inventories of finished goods and work in progress";
  • "Value added", which is the result of the algebraic addition of the items "Value of production", "Raw materials and consumables used", "Commissions, shipping and outsourced work" and "Other services and overheads".

For comments on the alternative performance indicators mentioned above, reference should be made to the paragraphs above.

The following table also shows the indicators of financial structure and financial and economic situation:

FINANCIAL RATIOS

INVESTMENT MIX RATIOS

RATIOS 30 June 2022 31 December 2021
1) Weight of fixed assets
Capital assets 12,200 13,054
Total assets 37,824 =
32.25%
=
32.25%
40,473
2) Weight of working capital
Current assets 25,624 27,419
Total assets 37,824 =
67.75%
=
67.75%
40,473
LOAN MIX RATIOS
RATIOS 30 June 2022 31 December 2021
1) Weight of current liabilities
Current liabilities 21,447 32,605
Total liabilities (except
shareholders' equity)
29,863 =
71.82%
=
77.24%
42,210
2) Weight of non-current liabilities
Non-current liabilities 8,364 9,605
Total liabilities (except
shareholders' equity)
29,863 =
28.18%
=
22.76%
42,210
3) Weight of own capital
Own capital 7,960 =
73.71%
(1,737)
=
(10.06)%

The analysis of the invested capital mix indicators shows a prevalence of short-term net assets in the total assets. This result is basically consistent with that of previous years.

  • the loan mix ratio shows a prevalence of short-term loans, which is consistent with the level of investing activities;
  • a decrease in the hedging of net invested capital with equity, due to the profit in the first half of 2022.

FINANCIAL POSITION RATIOS

LIQUIDITY RATIOS RATIO 30 June 2022 31 December 2021 Current assets 25,624 = 1.19 27,419 = 0.84 Current liabilities 21,447 32,605 CAPITAL ASSETS COVERAGE RATIO RATIO 30 June 2022 31 December 2021 Own capital 7,960 = 0.66 (1,737) = (0.13) Capital assets 12,056 13,054 CASH RATIO RATIO 30 June 2022 31 December 2021 Short-term assets 21,162 = 1.08 22,152 = 1.46 Short-term liabilities 19,510 21,249

The analysis of the financial ratios reflects a substantial improvement resulting from the recapitalisation following the effectiveness of the arrangement items in discontinuity with the previous year.

In particular, the liquidity ratio shows a substantial improvement between current assets and current liabilities.

The capital assets ratio of fixed assets shows an increase in capital assets coverage with equity compared to December 2021, the result of incorporating the effects from the arrangement that increased equity.

Finally, the cash ratio shows a short-term prevalence of current assets over current liabilities of the period.

ECONOMIC POSITION RATIOS

ROE - RETURN ON EQUITY

30-june-22
Net Profit attributable to shareholders of parent
company
8.579
Share capital and reserves attributable to
shareholders of parent company
=
114,90%
7.466
ROI - RETURN ON INVESTED CAPITAL
30-june-22
Operating Income -2.222
Invested Capital =
-6,69%
33.218
ROS - RETURN ON SALES
30-june-22
Operating Income -2.222
Sales =
-23,55%
9.436

ROE, which measures return on equity, was positive due to the recapitalisation resulting from the arrangement effects accruing in the first half of 2022.

ROI, which measures return on operations, shows a negative value given the operating loss registered by the Group in the first half of 2022.

ROS, which represents average operating income per unit of revenue; in this case as well, the operating profit negatively affected the value of this ratio, which was negative.

SEGMENT REPORTING

Economic performance by line of business

Below follow the consolidated economic results broken down by sector. The data of the Group are presented with a breakdown into three sectors (Numerical Controls - CNC -, High Speed Milling Systems - HSM -, and Service).

The last column shows those items that cannot be classified; these items are mainly general and administrative costs and costs for advertising, promotion and trade fairs incurred for all three business lines.

Cross-sector revenues consist of numerical controls, switchboards and components and electromechanical systems transferred by the electronics sector to the milling systems sector and of the milling heads manufactured by the milling systems sector and transferred to the electronics sector for sale.

Consolidated income statement by business sector

Data at 30 June 2022
(€thousand)
CNC % HSM % SERVICE % N/A Total
Revenues
812 92.2% 3,859 100.0% 4,765 99.7% - 9,436
Cross-sector revenues 69 7.8% 0 0.0% 14 0.3% 0
Total reclassified revenues
881 100.0% 3,859 100.0% 4,779 100.0% - 9,436
Changes in inventories of finished goods
and W.I.P.
67 7.6% 748 19.4% 396 8.3% 0 1,211
Raw materials and consumables
(306) -34.7% (3,274) -84.8% -
637
-13.3% (24) (4,240)
Cross-sector expenses 44 5.0% (127) -3.3% 1 0.0% 0 0
Commissions, transport and contractors (74) -8.4% (501) -13.0% -
163
-3.4% (1) (739)
Sales margin 612 69.4% 706 18.3% 4,375 91.6% (24) 5,668
Other operating revenue 176 20.0% 1,915 49.6% 107 2.2% (1,141) 1,058
Other operating costs (62) -7.1% (301) -7.8% -
649
-13.6% (1,681) (2,693)
Personnel costs (508) -57.7% (1,690) -43.8% -
2,144
-44.9% (978) (5,319)
Depreciation, amortisation and write
downs (124) -14.1% (295) -7.7% -
63
-1.3% (453) (935)
Operating profit/(loss) 93 10.6% 335 8.7% 1,626 34.0% (4,276) (2,222)

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

R&D activities have always been one of the strengths of the Group and received substantial investment over the years. A team of 30 people, also supported by specialised consultants, is currently dedicated to R&D activities.

The costs incurred by the Group at 30 June 2022 amounted to about €0.797 million, equal to about 8.4% of revenues (€0.961 million in 2021 equal to about 4.0% of revenues), and were recorded mainly by the parent Fidia S.p.A.

Since the R&D activities are mainly carried out with internal resources, the costs are almost entirely represented by personnel expenses. The capitalized costs amounted to approximately €95 thousand (€47 thousand in 2021).

Through its R&D activities, the Group pursues the objective of constantly adapting its products to the needs of its customers, of always being at the forefront of technological innovation in the reference product sector and of enhancing its knowledge not only in order to protect market sectors that are considered driving forces and have greater potential, but also with the objective of opening up new areas. Investment in research and development made in recent years has enabled the Group to consolidate its presence in the aerospace industry and to acquire major orders both in the field of machinery for machining moulds and equipment for the automotive sector and in the field of machinery for processing innovative and non-ferrous materials (for example, carbon fibre, titanium or clay used for modelling cars). Research covers both business lines of the Group.

In the numerical controls and drives sectors, the main R&D activities that characterised activities during 2022 were:

  • CPU-Z The project aims to develop a new CPU board (called CPU10) in single board computer format based on a new concept of System On Chip (SoC) that integrates both multiple computing units based on ARM architecture and programmable logic. CPU10 represents a change of pace in the design of FIDIA products and is the new architectural solution that meets the growing demands of the market. The solution takes advantage of the high integration present in the new SoC families to provide better performance and products that are flexible/adaptable to the growing demands of the market.
  • HiMonitor SW suite designed to monitor the details of operations performed on machines equipped with FIDIA numerical control. It analyses actual machining times, downtime and key events during machining in order to monitor and identify issues and determine the maintenance required to achieve maximum efficiency. HiMonitor is FIDIA's answer to the demand for an integrated machine monitoring tool capable of improving workshop control and managing maintenance operations more carefully and effectively. It features remote machine status control via phone, tablet and PC. HiMonitor is one of the solutions in line with the Industry 4.0 criteria that equip FIDIA numerical controls.
  • nCservice The project aims to develop a set of tools and facilities for the maintenance, management and calibration of machine tools. Following the renewal of the graphical user interface, the new service tools are also developed with a modern style capable of making setup and maintenance operations easy.
  • nC20/40 Work has been carried out to bring a number of improvements to the nC20 and nC40 numerical controls, such as the creation of numerical control configurations, remote I/O peripherals, the development, integration and replacement of I/O devices for the C-series numerical controls, and the development of numerous board configurations, to make FIDIA's numerical control increasingly competitive.

  • CNCV6 Sixth generation of FIDIA numerical control software. The goal of the project is to respond to market and customer demands by implementing axis control logic that further improves high-speed machining, both in terms of accuracy and machining quality.

  • Xpower series expansion: The project aims to expand the Xpower drive series with new devices aimed at both increasing performance and expanding product offerings. In particular, a new digital axis control board will be developed that will provide sufficient speed and computation time to expand low-level control logic and a new encoder protocol interfacing of the current board to ensure compatibility with new products.

In the field of high-speed milling systems, the Group has pursued a development strategy centred on the one hand on expanding its machine offerings and on the other on finding technological and architectural solutions to improve its offerings.

The main projects that characterised 2021 were:

  • Automatic Pallet Change and FMS Systems The growing demand for increasingly complex and modular FMS cells has led to the creation of a new tool dedicated to the management of machining cells with automatic pallet change. The synchronisation of loading and unloading operations, the start of machining programmes and the complete management of pallets will be centralised in a single tool that will allow a single operator to manage the entire cell from a single location.
  • R45: This project aims to develop a new RAM configuration of the machines of the DL family that achieves great thermal symmetry in RAM while maintaining the stiffness of these machine series. This development will enable ever greater milling accuracy.
  • Machine Thermal Conditioning: The project aims to contain the thermal drifts of all new FIDIA machine tools due to variations in room temperature that affect the machining accuracy required in the mould and aerospace industries. Several strategies exist to thermostatise the machine tool and make it insensitive to changes in room temperature or non-uniformity of temperature change.

Finally, throughout 2022 the Group continued its activities in the research collaboration field. The year 2022 saw the participation of Fidia as a partner in 4 projects co-financed by the European Commission under Horizon 2020.

FIDIA is also continuing the activity of preparing new project proposals with the objective to support and consolidate the level of product and process innovation that distinguishes the Group.

An overview follows below of the areas of intervention in which there are major financed projects.

  • BLU-SPARK Project started in April 2020 and coordinated by C.F.M.AIR, a company in the aerospace sector, aims to produce hybrid aircraft, using combustion and electric motors. Fidia is responsible for the development and supply of drives capable of providing the additional features related to hybridisation.
  • ZDMP Zero Defects Manufacturing Platform, a project launched on 1 January 2019 thanks to an investment of €19 million covered 30% by 30 partners (companies, universities and research centres) and 70% by the European Commission, with the aim of strengthening Europe's position in the production of high quality products. The project covers 48 months and the mission is to develop and establish a digital platform for the Smart Factory to support new Zero Defect production processes for the smart and connected factories of the future, including SMEs.
  • I4Q This project, involving 30 partners from across Europe, aims to develop software tools for collecting and analysing qualitative data from various types of manufacturing processes.

Within the project, FIDIA will test these technologies to further improve milling surface quality while keeping production time and cost down.

SHERLOCK - The project aims to develop technologies for human-robot collaboration. In particular, the partners aim to combine artificial intelligence and cognitive systems for the development of exoskeletons that can improve the quality of workers and manual assembly operations that require both the high flexibility of human beings and a high dose of strength and physical endurance.

The results of these projects have significantly contributed to the definition of the Group's main lines of product development in the medium and long term.

INTRA-GROUP RELATIONS AND RELATIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

Relations among the Group's companies are governed at market conditions, considering the nature of the goods and services provided. These relations are basically of a commercial nature.

On 29 September 2021, the Board of Directors prepared and approved the updateof thespecific internal procedures called "Guidelines and criteria for conduct regarding "particularly significant", "atypical or unusual" and "related party"transactions (the "Guidelines")—originally approved on 11 November 2020—which implement both the criteria set forth in the Corporate Governance Code and the Regulation containing provisions regarding related parties adopted by Consob Resolution No. 17221 of 12 March 2010 as amended by the latest Consob Resolution No. 21624 of 10 December 2020 (effective 1 July 2021).

These procedures can be found at the company website, www.fidia.com, under corporate governance in the Investor Relations section.

The manufacturing of milling systems, mechanical components and electrical systems is carried out entirely by Fidia S.p.A. following the mergers in previous periods.

The foreign subsidiaries of Fidia deal with the sales and service of the Group's products in the relevant markets and for this purpose they purchase these in general directly from the Parent Company. Intra-group sales relations are carried out based on transfer pricing applied in a continuous and uniform manner between companies. Supply relations are carried out based on normal market prices.

Supply relations are carried out based on normal market prices. With regard to the joint-venture Shenyang Fidia NC & M Co. Ltd., it manufactures and sells numerical controls and milling systems designed by Fidia for the Chinese market. The strategic components are purchased from the parent company Fidia S.p.A. at normal market conditions and the remaining parts from local suppliers.

The economic and financial relations in the period between the parent company Fidia S.p.A. and its subsidiaries and associates are illustrated in Note 33 of this report.

Information on relations with related parties whose definition was extended according to Accounting Standard IAS 24, as required by Consob Resolution of 28 July 2006, is illustrated in Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements and Note of the Financial Statements respectively.

Based on the information received from the Group companies, there were no atypical or unusual transactions as defined by Consob.

Under Article 7.2, item c) of the above-mentioned "Guidelines", it is hereby stated that in 2021 there were no transactions with related parties that can be defined as having "major relevance".

In first half of 2022 Fidia S.p.A. signed no supply contract falling among ordinary contracts and concluded at arm's length exceeding the materiality threshold set out pursuant to Annex 3 of CONSOB Regulation 17221.

TRENDS IN GROUP COMPANIES

A brief overview of the performance of the Group companies during the first half is provided below. The data refer to financial statements prepared in accordance with IAS/IFRS, and all companies are consolidated on a line-by-line basis.

Fidia S.p.A. Fidia GmbH Fidia Co. Fidia S.a.r.l. Fidia Iberica
S.A.
Accounting currency EUR EUR USD EUR EUR
Period of reference of 30.06.2022 30.06.2022 30.06.2022 30.06.2022 30.06.2022
balance sheet information
ASSETS
Non-current assets
- Property, plant and equipment 7,748,948 179,253 1,222,068 26,667 116,839
- Intangible assets 1,486,137 1 15,647 - -
- Equity Investments 6,646,104 22,867 - - 3,366
- Other non-current financial assets 143,916 - - - -
- Non-current trade and other receivables 368,881 223,880 89,444 18,522 -
- Pre-paid tax assets 14,805 - 1,187 7,155 -
Total non-current assets 16,408,792 426,001 1,328,346 52,343 120,204
Current assets
- Inventory 9,617,715 1,048,874 3,258,248 139,908 209,842
- Trade receivables and other current
receivables
7,138,829 433,039 1,442,954 121,415 281,102
- Cash and cash equivalents 1,646,778 358,160 1,394,723 492,177 183,724
Total current assets 18,403,322 1,840,074 6,095,925 753,500 674,669
Total assets 34,812,114 2,266,075 7,424,271 805,844 794,873
LIABILITIES
Shareholders' equity
- Share capital 5,123,000 520,000 400,000 300,000 180,300
- Other reserves (13,232,742) 864,340 7,582,956 (13,171) (12,400)
- Profit (loss) of the period 15,844,113 (401,718) (4,093,656) (12,895) 14,080
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 7,734,371 982,621 3,889,300 273,934 181,980
Non-current liabilities 616 - - 79,823 -
- Other non-current payables and liabilities 1,999,320 - - - -
- Termination benefits 88,185 270,508 - - 15,528
- Deferred tax liabilities
- Other non-current financial liabilities
- - - - -
- Non-current financial liabilities 4,563,925 96,889 1,161,260 8,820 173,601
Total non-current liabilities 6,652,047 367,396 1,161,260 88,644 189,129
Current liabilities
- Current financial liabilities 1,587,261 66,131 - 161,797 48,416
- Trade payables and other current
payables
17,591,575 812,012 2,315,827 277,466 369,784
- Short-term provisions 1,246,861 37,915 57,884 4,003 5,563
Total current liabilities 20,425,696 916,057 2,373,711 443,266 423,763
Total liabilities 34,812,114 2,266,075 7,424,271 805,843 794,873
Fidia S.p.A. Fidia GmbH Fidia Co. Fidia
S.a.r.l.
Fidia
Iberica S.A.
Accounting currency EUR EUR USD EUR EUR
Period of reference of
balance sheet information
30.06.2022 30.06.2022 30.06.2022 30.06.2022 30.06.2022
INCOME STATEMENT
- Net sales 5,657,627 1,326,560 1,734,731 359,713 749,093
- Other revenues and income 639,055 12,713 147,213 14,398 22,790
Total revenue 6,296,682 1,339,273 1,881,944 374,111 771,883
- Changes in inventories of finished
goods and
1,378,548 (105,720) (172,542) 53,429 35,671
work in progress
- Raw materials and consumables 3,533,618 338,744 241,385 128,215 329,725
- Personnel costs 2,633,452 593,933 819,426 138,289 275,601
- Other operating costs 2,311,950 294,010 779,360 105,327 159,095
- Depreciation, amortisation and
write-downs
575,251 46,407 86,038 18,526 27,863
Operating income from ordinary
business
(1,379,041) (39,541) (216,806) 37,184 15,270
- Non-recurring income/(expenses) - - - - -
Operating profit/(loss) (1,379,041) (39,541) (216,806) 37,184 15,270
- Net income/(expense) from
discharge in bankruptcy
17,396,335 (362,671) (3,857,102) (49,395) -
- Finance revenue (expenses) (169,804) (11,700) (18,174) (684) (1,576)
Profit (loss) before taxes 15,847,490 (413,913) (4,092,082) (12,895) 13,694
Income tax (3,377) 12,195 (1,574) - 387
Profit/(loss) for the period 15,844,113 (401,718) (4,093,656) (12,895) 14,080
Fidia do Brasil Ltda Beijing Fidia
M.&E.Co. Ltd.
Shenyang Fidia NC&M
Company Ltd
Accounting currency REALS RMB RMB
Period of reference of
balance sheet information
30.06.2022 30.06.2022 30.06.2019
ASSETS
Non-current assets
- Property, plant and equipment 81,564 1,882,517 413
- Intangible assets 396 - -
- Equity Investments - - -
- Other non-current financial assets - - -
- Non-current trade and other receivables 162,919 1,692,430 79,181
- Pre-paid tax assets - - -
Total non-current assets 244,879 3,574,947 79,594
Current assets
- Inventory 890,789 6,882,514 8,186,582
- Trade receivables and other current
receivables
569,011 7,532,701 450,921
- Cash and cash equivalents 184,180 2,514,631 405,463
Total current assets 1,643,981 16,929,846 9,042,966
Total assets 1,888,859 20,504,792 9,122,560
LIABILITIES
Shareholders' equity
- Share capital 399,798 12,814,480 42,517,648
- Other reserves (2,771,484) 16,870,418 (37,656,957)
- Profit (loss) of the period 506,781 (21,930,646) (1,605,326)
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (1,864,904) 7,754,252 3,255,365
Non-current liabilities
- Other non-current payables and liabilities - - -
- Termination benefits - - -
- Deferred tax liabilities - 8,868 -
- Other non-current financial liabilities - - -
- Non-current financial liabilities - - -
Total non-current liabilities - 8,688 -
Current liabilities
- Current financial liabilities 606,726 1,955,857 -
- Trade payables and other current payables 3,144,429 10,785,815 5,867,195
- Short-term provisions 2,609 - 0
Total current liabilities 3,753,764 12,741,673 5,867,195
Total liabilities 1,888,859 20,504,792 9,122,560
Fidia do Brasil Ltda Beijing Fidia M.&E.
Co. Ltd.
Shenyang Fidia NC&M
Company Ltd
Accounting currency REALS RMB RMB
Period of reference of
balance sheet information
30.06.2022 30.06.2022 30.06.2022
INCOME STATEMENT
- Net sales 2,151,108 6,254,255 43,805
- Other revenues and income 643 1,830 30
Total revenue 2,151,751 6,256,084 43,836
- Changes in inventories of finished goods
and work in progress
(42,678) - 102,595
- Raw materials and consumables 1,241,372 1,759,633 764,623
- Personnel costs 339,410 5,229,755 736,220
- Other operating costs 494,475 1,480,764 68,396
- Depreciation, amortisation and write
downs
59,622 700,611 176,740
Operating income from ordinary
business
(25,804) (2,914,679) (1,599,549)
- Non-recurring income/(expenses)
Operating profit/(loss) (25,804) (2,914,679) (1,599,549)
- Net income/(expense) from discharge in
bankruptcy
- (18,084,094) -
Finance revenue (expenses) 517,542 (989,020) (2,361)
Profit (loss) before taxes 491,737 (21,987,794) (1,601,909)
Income tax 15,101 57,149 (3,416)
Profit/(loss) for the period 506,838 (21,930,646) (1,605,326)

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR

On 11 March 2022, the court-appointed commissioner filed the Report pursuant to article 172 of the Bankruptcy Law in which, as a result of the analyses, findings and assessments carried out, he found that the Arrangement Proposal allowed for a better and faster satisfaction of the creditors, compared to the only practically feasible alternative, i.e., bankruptcy. In addition, in his Report pursuant to Article 172 of the Bankruptcy Law the court-appointed commissioner requested that the Company be able to proceed with the approval of the financial statements 2021 no later than the hearing for the approval of the arrangement procedure.

On 27 April 2022, a meeting of creditors was held at which sufficient affirmative votes were cast to secure a majority of affirmative votes in Class 2, but not in Class 1.

On 19 May 2022, the court-appointed commissioner submitted the final statement of the acceptances received within the 20-day period following the meeting, confirming that the majorities (in all classes) required by Article 177 of the Bankruptcy Law for approval of the proceedings had been achieved.

On 22 June 2022, the Court of Ivrea issued the order approving the arrangement as a going concern and then ordered the Company to carry out the fulfillments of the arrangement plan filed at the time and thus the fulfillment of the provisions contained in the same plan and the planned capital increase transactions. Pursuant to Article 186 of the Bankruptcy Law, the court-appointed commissioner will supervise its fulfillment in the manner set forth in the approval ruling, reporting to the court any fact that may prejudice creditors.

OUTLOOK FOR OPERATIONS, GOING CONCERN AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AFTER THE END OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR

Business Outlook

The Group closed the first half with a net profit of approximately €8.6 million, which was mainly due to the incorporation of the economic effects of approval, i.e., the write-off of debts resulting from the approval of the arrangement with creditors as a going concern and the related publication on 24 June 2022 by the Court of Ivrea of the related approval decree, which more than offset the reduction in business volume and decrease in new orders as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic that characterised the first months of 2022, which added to an already general tension in some of the markets in which the Group operates and slowed investment demand.

The Fidia crisis

The Company's economic and financial crisis, which broke out in the year 2020, forced the Company to initiate the arrangement procedure that took place on 13 November 2020.

In the year 2021, despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting difficulties and freeze in markets, the Company managed not to worsen the economic and commercial performance, substantially holding ground in terms of sales and pursuing a careful cost-cutting policy. During 2021, the Company monitored its business and financial activities on a monthly basis with periodic reporting to the Board of Directors and the court-appointed commissioner. In addition, it carried out an important activity in collaboration with the professionals in charge of drafting the Arrangement Plan, especially, in order to obtain the ruling approving the arrangement, which was handed down by the Court of Ivrea on 22 June 2022.

The reasons for the economic and financial crisis of Fidia, and consequently of the related Group, appear to be attributable mainly to the spread of the Covid -19 pandemic and its impact on the markets in which the Group operates stably. The pandemic difficulties thus added to the crisis that had already affected the automotive and aerospace sectors in 2019.

The latter sector was hard hit by the China-U.S. trade war starting as early as May 2019, which effectively blocked the Chinese market, which is particularly important to the Company.

The Covid-19 health emergency

The outbreak of Covid-19 unfolded in China starting in the second half of January 2020, then expanded to a global scale during February and significantly hit Italy. This epidemic was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. In addition to the already known health effects, macroeconomic uncertainty had negative effects on the company's economic performance.

In terms of the economic and financial effects related to Covid-19, the Company also experienced the actual negative effects resulting from the pandemic in the year 2021.

Actions taken by the Company to tackle the Group crisis

In 2021, the Company continued the operational and related activities of the Arrangement Plan, already undertaken since 2019 and referred to here in full.

In order to preserve the economic and financial balance, during 2019 and 2020, Fidia's Management initiated, on the one hand, a series of specific actions to reduce and contain costs, including the activation of the solidarity contract for the San Mauro Torinese site (as of 2 September 2019) and for the Forlì site (as of 2 January 2020), and on the other hand, a series of operational actions set out in specific business plans, also one very close to the other.

Specifically, prior to the initation of the arrangement in continuity, the BoD took the following actions:

    1. approval of a (first) business plan for periods 2020-2022 (of which 2020 was the budget year) with a forecast of recovering operating profitability as early as 2020 and recovery of the order backlog and revenues for the next two years, also based on forecasts of dynamics in the target market issued by trade associations;
    1. filing of an application in March 2020 for standstill with major lending institutions, later granted, aimed at maintaining short-term credit lines and a moratorium in the payment of principal installments due on medium- to long-term loans until 31 July 2020 (later extended in July 2020 until the end of the year);
    1. preparation of a new business plan with the support of an external Advisor for fiscal years 2020-2024 in order to reflect the effects of Covid-19 in the forecasts.

As illustrated above, the actual losses as at 31 March 2020, together with the losses accrued in previous years - as reflected in the economic and financial situation as at 31 March 2020, the draft of which was approved by the Board of Directors on 29 June 2020, resulted in an overall loss exceeding one third of the share capital, making the provisions of Article 2446 of the Italian Civil Code applicable. On 31 July 2020, the shareholders' meeting - convened for this purpose "without delay" - passed a resolution (together with the approval of the financial and economic situation as at March 31, 2020) to carry forward losses pursuant to and in accordance with Article 6 of Decree Law 23/2020, converted into Law 40/2020.

With regard to the trend in Fidia's net equity for the period under consideration, due to the loss recorded in the first half of the year, as at 30 June 2020, there was still an overall loss of more than one-third of the share capital (referring to the statement of financial position of Fidia S.p.A. prepared as part of the consolidated half-year financial report).

In the light of the situation that had arisen - aggravated by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic - the BoD took action "without delay" - pursuant also to the requirements of Article 2086, paragraph 2, of the Italian Civil Code - "for the adoption and implementation of one of the tools provided by the law for overcoming the crisis and the recovery of going concern," identified in the arrangement with reserve, functional to the filing of a plan and a proposal for an arrangement with direct business continuity pursuant to Article 186 bis of the Bankruptcy Law. This decision was considered the most appropriate, in light of the state of crisis of the Company, to ensure the protection, even partial, of the rights of creditors and the continuation of operations.

Fidia's Arrangement Procedure

In light of the foregoing, with a motion filed on 13 November 2020, Fidia requested the Court of Ivrea to be admitted to the arrangement procedure pursuant to Article 161, sixth paragraph, of the Bankruptcy Law, with the granting, pursuant to and for the purposes of the same provision, of a term of one hundred and twenty days for the filing of the proposal, plan and documentation pursuant to Article 161, second and third paragraphs, of the Bankruptcy Law, or of the application for approval of a debt restructuring agreement, pursuant to Article 182bis, first paragraph, of the Bankruptcy Law, as well as to determine the periodic reporting obligations (pursuant to Article 161, eighth paragraph, of the Bankruptcy Law), including those related to the company's financial management, to be fulfilled until the expiration of the aforementioned deadline.

By a decree communicated on 1 December 2020, the Court of Ivrea admitted the Company to arrangement with creditors with rights reserved to file ancillary documents at a later date, giving a deadline until 31 March 2021 for the filing of a final proposal for arrangement with creditors (with the plan and complete documentation referred to in Article 161, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Bankruptcy Law) or an application for approval of debt restructuring agreements under Article 182bis of the Bankruptcy Law.

During the period of the reservation phase of the Procedure, in compliance with the provisions of the opening decree of 1 December 2020, the Company filed periodic information memoranda, accompanied with the relevant updated financial statements, meeting all the required deadlines.

Following Fidia's motion, in line with the favourable opinion issued by the court-appointed commissioner, the Court granted the extension pursuant to Article 161, paragraph 6, of the Bankruptcy Law, thus postponing the deadline for filing the plan and the proposal of arrangement by an additional 60 days to 31 May 2021.

Upon an additional motion and upon finding concrete and justified reasons pursuant to the Covid-19 emergency regulations under Decree Law No. 23/2020, the Court further postponed the deadline for filing the Arrangement Plan and Proposal to 29 September 2021, ordering that the Company file, as it did, the relevant periodic disclosures by 31 July, 30 August and 15 September 2021.

It is necessary here, to confirm that since the start of arrangement the Company has been conducting its business activities in terms of ordinary management in accordance with its corporate purpose and as a going concern, in order to preserve the value of its assets and, with them, the possibility of better satisfying creditors. At the same time, Fidia started a complex process of searching the market for possible third-party investors who would be interested in supporting the company's continuity and, with it, the successful outcome of the current arrangement procedure.

At the end of this search, the Company identified Futuro all'Impresa S.r.l., supported by the financial entity Negma Group Limited, as partners willing to support restructuring under this arrangement procedure and subject to the finality of the approval decree.

In light of the above and in accordance with Article 161, paragraph 3, of the Bankruptcy Law, the Company then filed the Plan and the Proposal for Arrangement, together with all the documentation referred to in Article 161, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Bankruptcy Law, within the terms set by the Court.

More specifically:

The Plan provided for the analytical description of the manner and timing of fulfilling the Proposal, as required by Article 161, paragraph 2, letter e), of the Bankruptcy Law and thus direct continuity of the company's business, pursuant to Article 186 bis of the Bankruptcy Law;

The Arrangement Proposal provides for a comprehensive financial and capital consolidation operation to be implemented, in short, through the continuation of the Company's business activity, aimed at ensuring its continuation as a going concern. This capital and financial consolidation operation is covered by the irrevocable and guaranteed commitment of the Investors, contained in the offer and Investment Agreement agreed upon and submitted to the Company. In detail, the offer includes:

  • i. the establishment by FAI of a limited liability company based in Italy, with a share capital of €100,000 and managed by Mr. Enrico Scio. This company was incorporated on 13 April 2022 under the name FAI Bidco Uno S.r.l. ("FAI Bidco Uno");
  • ii. an increase in the share capital of FAI Bidco Uno in the amount of €4,132,413 ("Aucap Fai Bidco Uno S.r.l."), within 30 days of the approval of the Arrangement Plan, to be carried out only if fully subscribed and in two tranches:

  • the first, totaling €2,132,413 (of which €80,000 was nominal and €2,052,413 was share premium), subscribed and paid for by Mr. Morfino, in kind, through the contribution of all the shares held by him in Fidia's share capital;

  • the second, in the amount of €2,000,000 (including €220,000 in nominal amount and €1,780,000 as premium), subscribed and paid in cash by Negma Group investment Ltd;

  • iii. the issuance of a convertible bond cum warrant by Fidia in the total amount of €10,000,000, to be issued in one or more tranches, excluding option rights ("POC"), which Negma has committed to subscribe and pay in full. Specifically, having taken note of the postponement of the date of the Company's capital increase, on 21 October 2022 Negma Group Investment Ltd. confirmed its willingness to continue with the investment, now scheduled for 18 November 2022, and declared its readiness to carry out the capital increase in Fai Bidco Uno S.r.l. by the same date, subject to the Company carrying out all the steps deemed necessary to proceed with the capital increase in Fidia S.p.A. within the timeframe indicated above.

  • iv. the execution of an overall capital increase with the exclusion of option rights, in the total amount of €14,000,000, divided as follows:

a. €2,000,000, to be reserved for subscription in cash by FAI Bidco Uno S.r.l. ("Reserved Capital Increase");

b. €10,000,000 to be allocated for the conversion of the POC subscribed by Negma Group Investment Ltd (the "POC Capital Increase");

c. €2,000,000 to service the possible exercise of warrants.

Thus, the Arrangement Plan provides, in addition to the full payment of procedural costs and claims as a preferential creditor:

• payment in full of general preferential claims (other than the exposure for VAT collected at source degraded due to insufficient earnings under Article 160, paragraph 2, of the Bankruptcy Law);

  • the division of ab-initio unsecured creditors divided into two classes, which provide:
  • Class 1: unsecured claims and exposure for VAT collected at source degraded due to insufficient earnings under Article 160, paragraph 2, of the Bankruptcy Law, which will be satisfied in the guaranteed amount of 10.15% by 29 February 2024;
  • Class 2: unsecured receivables that in addition to the guaranteed amount of 10.15% by 29 February 2024 - will be satisfied by the additional assets resulting from the execution of the commitment guaranteed by Mr. Morfino, thus increasing - as a result of the contribution of third-party resources other than the company's assets - the related satisfaction.

Following the filing of the Plan and Proposal for Arrangement and the filing of additional clarifications requested by the Court, by order dated 29 November 2021, Fidia's arrangement procedure was opened, setting the meeting for 27 April 2022.

Significant events occurring after the first half

As a result of the discussions between the Company and the Investors following the approval of arrangement, the parties agreed to increase the total amount of the Capital Increase, from €14,000,000 to €22,000,000, specifically providing for an increase in the Capital Increase to service the possible exercise of the warrants from €2,000,000 to €10,000.000, as resolved by the Company's Board of Directors, which on 6 October 2022 approved the Directors' Explanatory Report prepared in accordance with Article 2441, paragraph 6, of the Italian Civil Code, by which it submitted the relevant capital increase proposals (the "Capital Increase Proposals") to the Company's Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting, convened today. Today's Meeting resolved:

  • the issuance of a bond convertible into Fidia shares cum warrant in the total amount of €10,000,000;
  • the capital increase pursuant to Article 2420-bis, Paragraph 2 of the Civil Code, in tranches, with the exclusion of option rights, pursuant to Article 2441, Paragraph 5, of the Civil Code, for a maximum amount of €10,000,000, by issuing ordinary shares to service the conversion of the Loan;
  • the issuance of the Warrants named "Warrant Fidia 2022-2024" to be assigned free of charge to the subscribers of the Fidia Bonds
  • the capital increase, in tranches and by payment, pursuant to Article 2441, paragraph 6, of the Civil Code, in one or more installments to service the exercise of the Warrants, up to a maximum amount of €10,000,000, by issuing ordinary shares to service the conversion of the Loan;
  • the capital increase, with the exclusion of option rights, pursuant to Article 2441, paragraphs 5 and 6, of the Civil Code, for a maximum amount of €2,000,000, by issuing ordinary shares;

Today, the finalisation of the Fai Bidco Uno S.r.l. Capital Increase is also expected. It will put it in a position to subsequently make the Capital Payment into Fidia S.p.A., thanks to which the latter will have the necessary resources to finance the expected financial requirements.

In light of the above, it can be reasonably ruled out that judicial measures will be taken to interrupt the course of action initiated before 21 November 2022.

Moreover, postponement, mainly due to the multiple obligations necessary in order to complete the transaction, is not considered by the directors, also based on the opinion of their lawyers, to be an obstacle to the successful completion of the transaction.

Going concern assumption

As explained above, on 6 October 2022 Fidia's Board of Directors resolved:

  • i. to execute the transactions provided for by the arrangement proposal and the Plan, with approval of the Explanatory Report prepared pursuant to Article 2441, paragraph 6, of the Civil Code
  • ii. to approve the Investment Agreement related to the bond loan and warrants to be submitted for approval to the Fidia S.p.A. Shareholders' Meeting held today, instrumental and preparatory to the implementation of the Arrangement Proposal.

This proposal was approved today by the Fidia Shareholders' Meeting.

The Arrangement Plan process is still in the execution phase and, in particular, as of the date of preparation of these condensed consolidated half-year financial statements, the capital increase of Fai Bidco Uno S.r.l., preparatory to the Capital Increase in Fidia S.p.A. reserved for Fai Bidco Uno S.r.l. of € 2 million, which according to the Arrangement Proposal should have been executed within 30 days of the approval of the Arrangement Plan on 22 June 2022, has not yet been executed. As a result of the following discussions between the parties, the Bidco capital increase is scheduled today, and both Mr. Morfino and Negma Group Investment Ltd. have confirmed their intention to follow up on this capital increase, also taking into account Negma's commitment dated 21 October 2022 mentioned above.

For the purpose of executing Fidia's capital increases, the agreement governing the issuance of the Bonds and Warrants (the "Agreement"), to which the POC Regulations (the "POC Regulations") and the Warrant Regulations are attached, was also signed.

Given that the steps required to implement the Arrangement Proposal have not yet been completed, in the opinion of the directors, there is significant uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the ability of Fidia and the Group to continue operating on a going concern basis. Moreover, this uncertainty is associated with the risk of failure to finalise the forecasts contained in the arrangement plan that have not yet been completed to date, including the planned capital increases, which to date have not yet been finalised and are necessary in order to provide the Company and the Group with the necessary resources to finance the expected financial requirements.

Nevertheless, taking into account Negma Group Investment Ltd.'s confirmation of its commitment to execute the undertaken capital increase in Fai Bid.Cco, Uno S.r.l.—and the simultaneous confirmation of the timing, through the signing and official delivery to the Company of the timetable that sets the date of November 18 as the date of approval by the Shareholders' Meeting of the Fidia capital increase—, providing it with the necessary resources to carry out the capital increase reserved to it of €2 million and the approval by the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of the Proposed Capital Increases and the subsequent execution of these capital increases and issuance of the POC to the extent necessary to cover the Company's and the Group's financial requirements over the foreseeable future, and having carried out the necessary checks, the Directors believe that the arrangement plan process can reasonably be completed.

In addition, with reference to the short-term cash needs (next 12 months) of the Company and Group, based on the flows processed for the period from September 2022 to December 2023, the Directors are confident that upon successful completion of the planned capital increases, there will be no financial shortfall for the Company and the Group. Based on these assumptions, therefore, the directors consider it appropriate to use the going concern assumption for the preparation of the condensed consolidated half-year financial statements as at 30 June 2022 as follows:

  • the Proposal was approved by a majority of eligible creditors, having reached the quorum required by law;
  • the approval of the Arrangement Plan by the competent court took place on 22 June 2022;
  • the business plan prepared by the Company for the period 2022-2025 envisages a recovery of volumes and profitability with related benefits on cash flows;
  • the Report pursuant to Article 172 of the Bankruptcy Law assessed positively the main assumptions underlying the business plan of the Company's restructuring path and thus the prospect of continuity, an inseparable element of the Arrangement Plan submitted by the Company;
  • the investment offer and the related Investment Agreement signed by the investors for the injection of new funding through the execution of a capital increase and the subscription of the convertible bond (for a total injection of €12,000,000, of which €4,000,000 is earmarked for the implementation of the business plan and the efficiency of business continuity) is still valid and effective, as well as validly guaranteed by the updated set of guarantees both at the meeting of creditors by the investors and in the following months;
  • in the year 2020, and in particular while the debt-relief plan application was pending, the Company continued its business operations in terms of ordinary management with the overriding goal of preserving its ability to continue as a going concern. In particular, downstream of this period, Fidia represented and demonstrated that it was achieving operational management (although not without physiological difficulties) with the overall effect of not absorbing, but generating liquidity;
  • in the years 2021 and 2022, the Company recorded an improvement in general economic and financial trends, a turnaround from the period 2016-2019, partly due to the still partial implementation of the business plan underlying the restructuring path, which will be fully implemented only after the capital increase has taken place.

The benefits expected in the Arrangement Plan relating both to the ordinary operation of the business and to the equity and financial effects related to the execution of the Plan, in connection with the write-off of debts and the planned capital increases, are expected to restore financial stability and ensure the coverage of the financial obligations of the Company and the Group for a time horizon of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these draft condensed consolidated half-year financial statements.

Based on the net result of the period 2021, the parent Fidia S.p.A, recorded a negative equity of €8,505 thousand. In relation to the provisions in the Civil Code for this case, the directors should have taken appropriate action at the shareholders' meeting convened to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2021. The directors considered at that time that, based on the benefits that would become apparent following the approval of the arrangement agreement with the write-off of debts admitted to the bankruptcy proceedings, these losses would be immediately and fully reabsorbed, thus restoring financial stability. In light of the findings presented in this report, this expectation has been confirmed.

FIDIA GROUP Condensed consolidated half-year financial statements at 30 June 2022

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT (*)

(€thousand) Notes 1st Half 2022
- Net sales 1 9,436 94.5%
- Other revenues and income 2 553 5.5%
Total revenues 9,989 100.0%
- Changes in inventories of finished goods and W.I.P. 1,211 12.1%
- Raw materials and consumables 3 (4,042) -40.5%
- Personnel costs 4 (5,294) -53.0%
- Other operating costs 5 (3,205) -32.1%
- Depreciation, amortisation and write-downs 6 (881) -8.8%
Operating profit/(loss) from ordinary business (2,222) -22.2%
- Non-recurring income/(expenses) - -
Operating profit/(loss) (2,222) -22.2%
- Net income/(expense) from discharge in bankruptcy 7 11,100 111.1%
- Finance income/(expense) 8 (428) -4.3%
Profit/(loss) before tax 8,450 84.6%
- Income tax 9 18 0.2%
Profit/(loss) for continuing operations 8,468 84.8%
- Profit/(loss) for discontinued operations - 0.0%
Profit (loss) for the period 8,468 84.8%
Profit/(loss) attributable to:
- Shareholders of parent company 8,579 85.9%
- Non-controlling interests (111) -1.1%
(EUR)
Earning per share 10 1,678
Diluted earnings per ordinary share 10 1,678

(*) According to Consob Resolution No. 15519 of July 27, 2006, the effects of relations with related parties on the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income are posted in the relevant Income Statement Schedule illustrated below and are described in Note No. 33.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(€thousand) Notes 1st Half 2022
Profit (loss) for the period (A) 8,468
Other comprehensive profit/(loss) that may subsequently be
reclassified in profit or loss:
Profit/(loss) on cash flow hedges
(cash flow hedge)
20 300
Profit(loss) on translation of financial statements of foreign
companies
20 483
Tax effect pertaining to Other comprehensive profit/(loss)
that may be reclassified in profit or loss
20 (72)
Total Other comprehensive profit/(loss) that may
subsequently be reclassified in profit or loss, net of tax
effect (B1)
711
Other comprehensive profit/(loss) that may not subsequently
be reclassified in profit or loss:
Net actuarial gains/(losses) on defined benefit plans 20 220
Tax effect pertaining to Other comprehensive profit/(loss)
that may not be reclassified in profit or loss
20 (53)
Total Other comprehensive profit/(loss) that may not
subsequently be reclassified in profit or loss, net of tax
effect (B2)
167
Total Other comprehensive profit/(loss), net of tax effect
(B)=(B1)+(B2)
878
Total comprehensive profit/(loss) for the period (A)+(B) 9,346
Total comprehensive profit/(loss) due to:
Shareholders of the parent company 9,449
Non-controlling interests (103)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

(*)
(€thousand) Notes 30 June 2022 31 December 2021
ASSETS
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
- Property, plant and equipment 11 9,507 10,027
- Intangible assets 12 1,501 1,569
- Equity investments 13 16 16
- Other current financial receivables 14 144 -
- Other non-current receivables and assets 15 23 206
- Pre-paid tax assets 9 1,009 1,236
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 12,200 13,054
CURRENT ASSETS
- Inventory 16 14,338 12,823
- Trade receivables 17 3,518 7,395
- Current tax receivables 18 406 400
- Other current receivables and assets 18 1,617 1,533
- Cash and cash equivalents 19 4,462 5,267
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 24,341 27,419
TOTAL ASSETS 36,541 40,473
LIABILITIES
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
- Share capital and reserves attributable to shareholders of
parent company
7,466 (2,333)
- Non-controlling interests 494 596
TOTAL CONSOLIDATED EQUITY 20 7,960 (1,737)
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
- Other non-current payables and liabilities 21 80 257
- Termination benefits 22 1,999 2,188
- Deferred tax liabilities 9 376 521
- Provisions for risks and charges 27 - 31
- Other non-current financial liabilities 23 - 158
- Non-current financial liabilities 24 6,135 6,450
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 8,590 9,605
CURRENT LIABILITIES
- Current financial liabilities 24 1,764 7,354
- Trade payables 25 6,098 11,220
- Current tax payables 26 1,190 1,107
- Other current payables and liabilities: 26 9,805 12,229
- Provisions for risks and expenses 27 1,134 695
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 19,991 32,605
TOTAL LIABILITIES 36,541 40,473

(*) According to Consob Resolution No. 15519 of July 27, 2006, the effects of relations with related parties on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position are posted in the relevant Statement of Financial Position Schedule illustrated below and are described in Note No. 33.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(*)
(€thousand) 1st Half 2022
A) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 5,198
B) Cash from/(used in) operating activities during the period: (1,271)
- Result of Group and non-controlling interests 8,468
- Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets 859
- Capital gain from arrangement (11,096)
- Net loss (gain) on disposal of tangible assets (21)
- Net change in provision for termination benefits (189)
- Net change in provisions for risks and charges 408
- Net change (assets) liabilities for (pre-paid) deferred taxes 82
Net change in working capital:
- receivables 2,023
- inventory (1,515)
- payables (**) (290)
C) Cash from/(used in) investing activities (132)
- Investments in
property, plant and equipment (81)
intangible fixed assets (95)
- Proceeds from the sale of:
property, plant and equipment 44
non-current financial assets
D) Cash from/(used in) financing activities 62
- Net change in loans (***) 113
- Loan repayments (495)
- Dividends paid -
- Changes in capital and reserves 746
- Net change in other current and non-current financial assets and
liabilities
(302)
Currency translation differences 361
E) Net change in cash and cash equivalents (980)
F) Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 4,218
Breakdown of cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and cash equivalents 4,462
Overdrawn bank accounts (244)

(*) According to Consob Resolution No. 15519 of 27 July 2006, the effects of relations with related parties on the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows are posted in the relevant Statement of Cash Flows Schedule illustrated below.

(**) of which €0 thousand in taxes paid

(***) of which €118 thousand in interest paid

OVERVIEW OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

(€thousand) Share
capital
Treasury
shares
Capital
reserves
Retained
earnings
Cash flow
hedge
reserve
Translation
reserve
Reserve for
actuarial
profit/loss
Other
reserves
Result for
the period
Total Group
Shareholders'
Equity
Non
controlling
interests
Total
Shareholders
'
Equity
Balance at 31 December 2021 5,123 (45) 1,240 (7,535) (117) 2,232 (241) 213 (3,202) (2,333) 596 (1,737)
Allocation of profit - - - (3,202) - - - - 3,202 - - -
Distribution of dividends - - - - - - - - - - - -
Comprehensive result for the
period
- - - - 228 475 167 8,579 9,449 (103) 9,346
Other changes - - - 351 351 351
Balance at 30 June 2022 5,123 (45) 1,240 (10,386) 111 2,707 (74) 213 8,579 7,467 494 7,960

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

pursuant to CONSOB Resolution No. 15519 of 27 July 2006

(€thousand) Notes 1st Half 2022 Of which
related
parties
- Net sales 1 9,436
- Other revenues and income 2 553
Total revenues 9,989
- Changes in inventories of finished goods and
W.I.P.
1,211
- Raw materials and consumables 3 (4,042) 4
- Personnel costs 4 (5,294) 145
- Other operating costs 5 (3,205) 65
- Depreciation, amortisation and write-downs 6 (881)
Operating profit/(loss) from ordinary
business
(2,222)
- Non-recurring income/(expenses) -
Operating profit/(loss)
- Net income/(expense) from discharge in
bankruptcy
7 11,100
- Finance income/(expense) 8 (428)
Profit/(loss) before tax 8,450
- Income tax 9 18
Profit/(loss) for continuing operations 8,468
- Profit/(loss) for discontinued operations -
Profit (loss) for the period 8,468
Profit/(loss) attributable to:
- Shareholders of parent company 8,579
- Non-controlling interests (111)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

pursuant to CONSOB Resolution No. 15519 of 27 July 2006

30 June Of which 31 December Of which
(€thousand) Notes 2022 related
parties
2021 related
parties
ASSETS
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
- Property, plant and equipment 11 9,507 10,027
- Intangible assets 12 1,501 1,569
- Equity investments 13 16 16
- Other current financial receivables 14 144 -
- Other non-current receivables and assets 15 23 206
- Pre-paid tax assets 9 1,009 1,236
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 12,200 13,054
CURRENT ASSETS
- Inventory 16 14,338 12,823
- Trade receivables 17 3,518 7,395
- Current tax receivables 18 406 400
- Other current receivables and assets 18 1,617 17 1,533 16
- Cash and cash equivalents 19 4,462 5,267
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 24,341 27,419
TOTAL ASSETS 36,541 40,473
LIABILITIES
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
- Share capital and reserves attributable to
shareholders of parent company
7,466 (2,333)
- Non-controlling interests 494 596
TOTAL CONSOLIDATED EQUITY 20 7,960 (1,737)
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
- Other non-current payables and liabilities 21 80 257
- Termination benefits 22 1,999 2,188
- Deferred tax liabilities 9 376 521
- Provisions for risks and expenses 27 - 31
- Other non-current financial liabilities 23 - 158
- Non-current financial liabilities 24 6,135 6,450
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 8,468 9,605
CURRENT LIABILITIES
- Current financial liabilities 24 1,764 7,354
- Trade payables 25 6,098 - 11,220 2
- Current tax payables 26 1,190 1,107
- Other current payables and liabilities: 26 9,805 368 12,229 359
- Provisions for risks and expenses 27 1,134 695
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 19,991 32,605
TOTAL LIABILITIES 36,541 40,473

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

pursuant to CONSOB Resolution No. 15519 of 27 July 2006

(€thousand) 1st Half 2022 Of which
related
parties
A) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 5,198
B) Cash from/(used in) operating activities during the
period:
(1,271)
- Result of Group and non-controlling interests 8,468
- Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets 864
- Capital gain from arrangement (11,100)
- Net losses (gains) on transfers of tangible fixed assets (21)
- Net change in provision for termination benefits (189)
- Net change in provisions for risks and charges 408
- Net change (assets) liabilities for (pre-paid) deferred taxes 82
Net change in working capital:
- receivables 2,023 (1)
- inventory (1,515)
- payables (291) 9
C) Cash from/(used in) investing activities (132)
- Investments in
property, plant and equipment (81)
(95)
intangible fixed assets
- Proceeds from the sale of:
property, plant and equipment 44
non-current financial assets
D) Cash from/(used in) financing activities 62
- Net change in loans 113
- Dividends paid (495)
- Change in capital and reserves 746
- Net change in other current and non-current financial assets
and liabilities
(302)
Currency translation differences 361
E) Net change in cash and cash equivalents (980)
F) Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 4,218
Breakdown of cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and cash equivalents 4,462
Overdrawn bank accounts (244)

(*) of which €0 thousand in taxes paid

(**) of which €118 thousand in interest paid

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 30 JUNE 2022

FORM AND CONTENT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The condensed consolidated half-year financial statements of the Fidia Group as at 30/06/2022 have been prepared on the assumption of the prospect of the company's business continuity and in compliance with IFRS international accounting standards, as well as with the laws and regulations in force in Italy.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared, in condensed form, in accordance with IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting," and therefore do not include all the information required by the annual financial statements and should be read together with the annual financial statements prepared for the year ending 31/12/2021, to which reference should be made for further details.

The condensed consolidated financial statements of the Fidia Group are presented in euros, which is also the currency in the economies where the Group primarily operates.

Foreign subsidiaries are included in the condensed consolidated financial statements as of 30/06/2022 according to the principles described in the Note "Accounting Standards" of the consolidated financial statements as at 31/12/2021, to which reference is made.

Figures from the statement of financial position as at 31/12/2021 have been presented for comparative purposes, while comparative figures for the income statement and cash flow statement have not been presented because the condensed consolidated half-year financial statements as at 30 June 2021 have not been prepared because the stringent timelines resulting from the approved arrangement plan arising from the need to bring the group back to profitability from an economic and financial as well as operational point of view did not allow it.

The Group presents the statement of comprehensive income by nature of expenditure, which is deemed more representative compared to so-called presentation by function. The form chosen complies with the internal reporting and business management methods. Within said statement of comprehensive income by nature, under the profit/(loss), a specific distinction has been made between profit/(loss) of ordinary business and those charges and earnings that are the result of non-recurrent transactions in ordinary business management, such as the restructuring expenses and any other atypical revenues/(charges), as these can be treated like the former. It is deemed that this allows for a better measurement of the actual performance of the normal business management, it being understood that any atypical expenses and earnings are specified in detail

The definition of atypical adopted by the Group differs from the one set by Consob Notice of 28 July 2006, by which atypical and/or unusual transactions are all those transactions whose significance/relevance, nature of the counterparts, subject-matter of the transaction, transfer pricing method and timing of the event (near year end) can give rise to doubts on: correctness/completeness of information posted, conflict of interests, safeguard of company equity, safeguard of minority interests.

With reference to the statement of financial position, the "non-current and current" format of presentation has been adopted according to the provisions of IAS 1. The statement of cash flows was drawn up by applying the indirect method. Finally, please be noted that with reference to Consob Resolution n° 15519 of July 27, 2006 on financial statements, supplementary schedules for the statement of comprehensive income, statement of financial position and statement of cash flows were added in order to underscore significant relations with related parties and not to impair the overall readability of the financial statements.

DRAFTING PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA

ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND CONSOLIDATION PRINCIPLES

The accounting policies and consolidation principles adopted in the preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements as at 30/06/2022 are consistent with those used in the annual consolidated financial statements as at 31/12/2021, to which reference should be made.

Regarding the Accounting Standards endorsed but not yet applicable or not yet endorsed by the European Union, please refer to the specific paragraph in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements as at 31/12/2021, which is still current.

USE OF ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

The preparation of an interim financial statements requires Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the interim financial statements. In the future, should such estimates and assumptions, which are based on management's best judgment, deviate from the actual circumstances, the original estimates and assumptions will be modified as appropriate in the period in which the circumstances change. Specifically, in the condensed consolidated financial statements as at 30/06/2022, the income taxes for the period of the individual consolidated companies are determined based on the best possible estimate in relation to the available information and on the reasonable expectation of the year's performance until the end of the tax period.

This Half-Year Financial Report was authorised for publication by the Board of Directors on 18/11/2022.

OUTLOOK FOR OPERATIONS, GOING CONCERN AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AFTER THE END OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR

The Group closed the first half with a net profit of approximately €8.6 million, which was mainly due to the incorporation of the economic effects of approval, i.e., the write-off of debts resulting from the approval of the arrangement with creditors as a going concern and the related publication on 24 June 2022 by the Court of Ivrea of the related approval decree, which more than offset the reduction in business volume and decrease in new orders as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic that characterised the first months of 2022, which added to an already general tension in some of the markets in which the Group operates and slowed investment demand.

The Fidia crisis

The Company's economic and financial crisis, which broke out in the year 2020, forced the Company to initiate the arrangement procedure that took place on 13 November 2020.

In the year 2021, despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting difficulties and freeze in markets, the Company managed not to worsen the economic and commercial performance, substantially holding ground in terms of sales and pursuing a careful cost-cutting policy. During 2021, the Company monitored its business and financial activities on a monthly basis with periodic reporting to the Board of Directors and the court-appointed commissioner. In addition, it carried out an important activity in collaboration with the professionals in charge of drafting the Arrangement Plan, especially, in order to obtain the ruling approving the arrangement, which was handed down by the Court of Ivrea on 22 June 2022.

The reasons for the economic and financial crisis of Fidia, and consequently of the related Group, appear to be attributable mainly to the spread of the Covid -19 pandemic and its impact on the markets in which the Group operates stably. The pandemic difficulties thus added to the crisis that had already affected the automotive and aerospace sectors in 2019.

The latter sector was hard hit by the China-U.S. trade war starting as early as May 2019, which effectively blocked the Chinese market, which is particularly important to the Company.

The Covid-19 health emergency

The outbreak of Covid-19 unfolded in China starting in the second half of January 2020, then expanded to a global scale during February and significantly hit Italy. This epidemic was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. In addition to the already known health effects, macroeconomic uncertainty had negative effects on the company's economic performance.

In terms of the economic and financial effects related to Covid-19, the Company also experienced the actual negative effects resulting from the pandemic in the year 2021.

Actions taken by the Company to tackle the Group crisis

In 2021, the Company continued the operational and related activities of the Arrangement Plan, already undertaken since 2019 and referred to here in full.

In order to preserve the economic and financial balance, during 2019 and 2020, Fidia's Management initiated, on the one hand, a series of specific actions to reduce and contain costs, including the activation of the solidarity contract for the San Mauro Torinese site (as of 2 September 2019) and for the Forlì site (as of 2 January 2020), and on the other hand, a series of operational actions set out in specific business plans, also one very close to the other.

Specifically, prior to the initation of the arrangement in continuity, the BoD took the following actions:

    1. approval of a (first) business plan for periods 2020-2022 (of which 2020 was the budget year) with a forecast of recovering operating profitability as early as 2020 and recovery of the order backlog and revenues for the next two years, also based on forecasts of dynamics in the target market issued by trade associations;
    1. filing of an application in March 2020 for standstill with major lending institutions, later granted, aimed at maintaining short-term credit lines and a moratorium in the payment of principal installments due on medium- to long-term loans until 31 July 2020 (later extended in July 2020 until the end of the year);
    1. preparation of a new business plan with the support of an external Advisor for fiscal years 2020-2024 in order to reflect the effects of Covid-19 in the forecasts.

As illustrated above, the actual losses as at 31 March 2020, together with the losses accrued in previous years - as reflected in the economic and financial situation as at 31 March 2020, the draft of which was approved by the Board of Directors on 29 June 2020, resulted in an overall loss exceeding one third of the share capital, making the provisions of Article 2446 of the Italian Civil Code applicable. On 31 July 2020, the shareholders' meeting - convened for this purpose "without delay" - passed a resolution (together with the approval of the financial and economic situation as at March 31, 2020) to carry forward losses pursuant to and in accordance with Article 6 of Decree Law 23/2020, converted into Law 40/2020.

With regard to the trend in Fidia's net equity for the period under consideration, due to the loss recorded in the first half of the year, as at 30 June 2020, there was still an overall loss of more than one-third of the share capital (referring to the statement of financial position of Fidia S.p.A. prepared as part of the consolidated half-year financial report).

In the light of the situation that had arisen - aggravated by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic - the BoD took action "without delay" - pursuant also to the requirements of Article 2086, paragraph 2, of the Italian Civil Code - "for the adoption and implementation of one of the tools provided by the law for overcoming the crisis and the recovery of going concern," identified in the arrangement with reserve, functional to the filing of a plan and a proposal for an arrangement with direct business continuity pursuant to Article 186 bis of the Bankruptcy Law. This decision was considered the most appropriate, in light of the state of crisis of the Company, to ensure the protection, even partial, of the rights of creditors and the continuation of operations.

Fidia's Arrangement Procedure

In light of the foregoing, with a motion filed on 13 November 2020, Fidia requested the Court of Ivrea to be admitted to the arrangement procedure pursuant to Article 161, sixth paragraph, of the Bankruptcy Law, with the granting, pursuant to and for the purposes of the same provision, of a term of one hundred and twenty days for the filing of the proposal, plan and documentation pursuant to Article 161, second and third paragraphs, of the Bankruptcy Law, or of the application for approval of a debt restructuring agreement, pursuant to Article 182bis, first paragraph, of the Bankruptcy Law, as well as to determine the periodic reporting obligations (pursuant to Article 161, eighth paragraph, of the Bankruptcy Law), including those related to the company's financial management, to be fulfilled until the expiration of the aforementioned deadline.

By a decree communicated on 1 December 2020, the Court of Ivrea admitted the Company to arrangement with creditors with rights reserved to file ancillary documents at a later date, giving a deadline until 31 March 2021 for the filing of a final proposal for arrangement with creditors (with the plan and complete documentation referred to in Article 161, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Bankruptcy Law) or an application for approval of debt restructuring agreements under Article 182bis of the Bankruptcy Law.

During the period of the reservation phase of the Procedure, in compliance with the provisions of the opening decree of 1 December 2020, the Company filed periodic information memoranda, accompanied with the relevant updated financial statements, meeting all the required deadlines.

Following Fidia's motion, in line with the favourable opinion issued by the court-appointed commissioner, the Court granted the extension pursuant to Article 161, paragraph 6, of the Bankruptcy Law, thus postponing the deadline for filing the plan and the proposal of arrangement by an additional 60 days to 31 May 2021.

Upon an additional motion and upon finding concrete and justified reasons pursuant to the Covid-19 emergency regulations under Decree Law No. 23/2020, the Court further postponed the deadline for filing the Arrangement Plan and Proposal to 29 September 2021, ordering that the Company file, as it did, the relevant periodic disclosures by 31 July, 30 August and 15 September 2021.

It is necessary here, to confirm that since the start of arrangement the Company has been conducting its business activities in terms of ordinary management in accordance with its corporate purpose and as a going concern, in order to preserve the value of its assets and, with them, the possibility of better satisfying creditors. At the same time, Fidia started a complex process of searching the market for possible third-party investors who would be interested in supporting the company's continuity and, with it, the successful outcome of the current arrangement procedure.

At the end of this search, the Company identified Futuro all'Impresa S.r.l., supported by the financial entity Negma Group Limited, as partners willing to support restructuring under this arrangement procedure and subject to the finality of the approval decree.

In light of the above and in accordance with Article 161, paragraph 3, of the Bankruptcy Law, the Company then filed the Plan and the Proposal for Arrangement, together with all the documentation referred to in Article 161, paragraphs 2 and 3, of the Bankruptcy Law, within the terms set by the Court.

More specifically:

The Plan provided for the analytical description of the manner and timing of fulfilling the Proposal, as required by Article 161, paragraph 2, letter e), of the Bankruptcy Law and thus direct continuity of the company's business, pursuant to Article 186 bis of the Bankruptcy Law;

The Arrangement Proposal provides for a comprehensive financial and capital consolidation operation to be implemented, in short, through the continuation of the Company's business activity, aimed at ensuring its continuation as a going concern. This capital and financial consolidation operation is covered by the irrevocable and guaranteed commitment of the Investors, contained in the offer and Investment Agreement agreed upon and submitted to the Company. In detail, the offer includes:

  • iii. the establishment by FAI of a limited liability company based in Italy, with a share capital of €100,000 and managed by Mr. Enrico Scio. This company was incorporated on 13 April 2022 under the name FAI Bidco Uno S.r.l. ("FAI Bidco Uno");
  • iv. an increase in the share capital of FAI Bidco Uno in the amount of €4,132,413 ("Aucap Fai Bidco Uno S.r.l."), within 30 days of the approval of the Arrangement Plan, to be carried out only if fully subscribed and in two tranches:

  • the first, totaling €2,132,413 (of which €80,000 was nominal and €2,052,413 was share premium), subscribed and paid for by Mr. Morfino, in kind, through the contribution of all the shares held by him in Fidia's share capital;

  • the second, in the amount of €2,000,000 (including €220,000 in nominal amount and €1,780,000 as premium), subscribed and paid in cash by Negma Group investment Ltd;

  • iii. the issuance of a convertible bond cum warrant by Fidia in the total amount of €10,000,000, to be issued in one or more tranches, excluding option rights ("POC"), which Negma has committed to subscribe and pay in full. Specifically, having taken note of the postponement of the date of the Company's capital increase, on 21 October 2022 Negma Group Investment Ltd. confirmed its willingness to continue with the investment, now scheduled for 18 November 2022, and declared its readiness to carry out the capital increase in Fai Bidco Uno S.r.l. by the same date, subject to the Company carrying out all the steps deemed necessary to proceed with the capital increase in Fidia S.p.A. within the timeframe indicated above.

  • iv. the execution of an overall capital increase with the exclusion of option rights, in the total amount of €14,000,000, divided as follows:

a. €2,000,000, to be reserved for subscription in cash by FAI Bidco Uno S.r.l. ("Reserved Capital Increase");

b. €10,000,000 to be allocated for the conversion of the POC subscribed by Negma Group Investment Ltd (the "POC Capital Increase");

c. €2,000,000 to service the possible exercise of warrants.

Thus, the Arrangement Plan provides, in addition to the full payment of procedural costs and claims as a preferential creditor:

• payment in full of general preferential claims (other than the exposure for VAT collected at source degraded due to insufficient earnings under Article 160, paragraph 2, of the Bankruptcy Law);

• the division of ab-initio unsecured creditors divided into two classes, which provide:

  • Class 1: unsecured claims and exposure for VAT collected at source degraded due to insufficient earnings under Article 160, paragraph 2, of the Bankruptcy Law, which will be satisfied in the guaranteed amount of 10.15% by 29 February 2024;
  • Class 2: unsecured receivables that in addition to the guaranteed amount of 10.15% by 29 February 2024 - will be satisfied by the additional assets resulting from the execution of the commitment guaranteed by Mr. Morfino, thus increasing - as a result of the contribution of third-party resources other than the company's assets - the related satisfaction.

Following the filing of the Plan and Proposal for Arrangement and the filing of additional clarifications requested by the Court, by order dated 29 November 2021, Fidia's arrangement procedure was opened, setting the meeting for 27 April 2022.

Significant events occurring after the first half

As a result of the discussions between the Company and the Investors following the approval of arrangement, the parties agreed to increase the total amount of the Capital Increase, from €14,000,000 to €22,000,000, specifically providing for an increase in the Capital Increase to service the possible exercise of the warrants from €2,000,000 to €10,000.000, as resolved by the Company's Board of Directors, which on 6 October 2022 approved the Directors' Explanatory Report prepared in accordance with Article 2441, paragraph 6, of the Italian Civil Code, by which it submitted the relevant capital increase proposals (the "Capital Increase Proposals") to the Company's Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting, convened today. Today's Meeting resolved:

  • the issuance of a bond convertible into Fidia shares cum warrant in the total amount of €10,000,000;
  • the capital increase pursuant to Article 2420-bis, Paragraph 2 of the Civil Code, in tranches, with the exclusion of option rights, pursuant to Article 2441, Paragraph 5, of the Civil Code, for a maximum amount of €10,000,000, by issuing ordinary shares to service the conversion of the Loan;
  • the issuance of the Warrants named "Warrant Fidia 2022-2024" to be assigned free of charge to the subscribers of the Fidia Bonds
  • the capital increase, in tranches and by payment, pursuant to Article 2441, paragraph 6, of the Civil Code, in one or more installments to service the exercise of the Warrants, up to a maximum amount of €10,000,000, by issuing ordinary shares to service the conversion of the Loan;
  • the capital increase, with the exclusion of option rights, pursuant to Article 2441, paragraphs 5 and 6, of the Civil Code, for a maximum amount of €2,000,000, by issuing ordinary shares;

Today, the finalisation of the Fai Bidco Uno S.r.l. Capital Increase is also expected. It will put it in a position to subsequently make the Capital Payment into Fidia S.p.A., thanks to which the latter will have the necessary resources to finance the expected financial requirements.

In light of the above, it can be reasonably ruled out that judicial measures will be taken to interrupt the course of action initiated before 21 November 2022.

Moreover, postponement, mainly due to the multiple obligations necessary in order to complete the transaction, is not considered by the directors, also based on the opinion of their lawyers, to be an obstacle to the successful completion of the transaction.

Going concern assumption

As explained above, on 6 October 2022 Fidia's Board of Directors resolved:

  • iii. to execute the transactions provided for by the arrangement proposal and the Plan, with approval of the Explanatory Report prepared pursuant to Article 2441, paragraph 6, of the Civil Code
  • iv. to approve the Investment Agreement related to the bond loan and warrants to be submitted for approval to the Fidia S.p.A. Shareholders' Meeting held today, instrumental and preparatory to the implementation of the Arrangement Proposal.

This proposal was approved today by the Fidia Shareholders' Meeting.

The Arrangement Plan process is still in the execution phase and, in particular, as of the date of preparation of these condensed consolidated half-year financial statements, the capital increase of Fai Bidco Uno S.r.l., preparatory to the Capital Increase in Fidia S.p.A. reserved for Fai Bidco Uno S.r.l. of € 2 million, which according to the Arrangement Proposal should have been executed within 30 days of the approval of the Arrangement Plan on 22 June 2022, has not yet been executed. As a result of the following discussions between the parties, the Bidco capital increase is scheduled today, and both Mr. Morfino and Negma Group Investment Ltd. have confirmed their intention to follow up on this capital increase, also taking into account Negma's commitment dated 21 October 2022 mentioned above.

For the purpose of executing Fidia's capital increases, the agreement governing the issuance of the Bonds and Warrants (the "Agreement"), to which the POC Regulations (the "POC Regulations") and the Warrant Regulations are attached, was also signed.

Given that the steps required to implement the Arrangement Proposal have not yet been completed, in the opinion of the directors, there is significant uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the ability of Fidia and the Group to continue operating on a going concern basis. Moreover, this uncertainty is associated with the risk of failure to finalise the forecasts contained in the arrangement plan that have not yet been completed to date, including the planned capital increases, which to date have not yet been finalised and are necessary in order to provide the Company and the Group with the necessary resources to finance the expected financial requirements.

Nevertheless, taking into account Negma Group Investment Ltd.'s confirmation of its commitment to execute the undertaken capital increase in Fai Bid.Cco, Uno S.r.l.—and the simultaneous confirmation of the timing, through the signing and official delivery to the Company of the timetable that sets the date of November 18 as the date of approval by the Shareholders' Meeting of the Fidia capital increase—, providing it with the necessary resources to carry out the capital increase reserved to it of €2 million and the approval by the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of the Proposed Capital Increases and the subsequent execution of these capital increases and issuance of the POC to the extent necessary to cover the Company's and the Group's financial requirements over the foreseeable future, and having carried out the necessary checks, the Directors believe that the arrangement plan process can reasonably be completed.

In addition, with reference to the short-term cash needs (next 12 months) of the Company and Group, based on the flows processed for the period from September 2022 to December 2023, the Directors are confident that upon successful completion of the planned capital increases, there will be no financial shortfall for the Company and the Group. Based on these assumptions, therefore, the directors consider it appropriate to use the going concern assumption for the preparation of the condensed consolidated half-year financial statements as at 30 June 2022 as follows:

  • the Proposal was approved by a majority of eligible creditors, having reached the quorum required by law;
  • the approval of the Arrangement Plan by the competent court took place on 22 June 2022;
  • the business plan prepared by the Company for the period 2022-2025 envisages a recovery of volumes and profitability with related benefits on cash flows;
  • the Report pursuant to Article 172 of the Bankruptcy Law assessed positively the main assumptions underlying the business plan of the Company's restructuring path and thus the prospect of continuity, an inseparable element of the Arrangement Plan submitted by the Company;
  • the investment offer and the related Investment Agreement signed by the investors for the injection of new funding through the execution of a capital increase and the subscription of the convertible bond (for a total injection of €12,000,000, of which €4,000,000 is earmarked for the implementation of the business plan and the efficiency of business continuity) is still valid and effective, as well as validly guaranteed by the updated set of guarantees both at the meeting of creditors by the investors and in the following months;
  • in the year 2020, and in particular while the debt-relief plan application was pending, the Company continued its business operations in terms of ordinary management with the overriding goal of preserving its ability to continue as a going concern. In particular, downstream of this period, Fidia represented and demonstrated that it was achieving operational management (although not without physiological difficulties) with the overall effect of not absorbing, but generating liquidity;
  • in the years 2021 and 2022, the Company recorded an improvement in general economic and financial trends, a turnaround from the period 2016-2019, partly due to the still partial implementation of the business plan underlying the restructuring path, which will be fully implemented only after the capital increase has taken place.

The benefits expected in the Arrangement Plan relating both to the ordinary operation of the business and to the equity and financial effects related to the execution of the Plan, in connection with the write-off of debts and the planned capital increases, are expected to restore financial stability and ensure the coverage of the financial obligations of the Company and the Group for a time horizon of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these draft condensed consolidated half-year financial statements.

Based on the net result of the period 2021, the parent Fidia S.p.A, recorded a negative equity of €8,505 thousand. In relation to the provisions in the Civil Code for this case, the directors should have taken appropriate action at the shareholders' meeting convened to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2021. The directors considered at that time that, based on the benefits that would become apparent following the approval of the arrangement agreement with the write-off of debts admitted to the bankruptcy proceedings, these losses would be immediately and fully reabsorbed, thus restoring financial stability. In light of the findings presented in this report, this expectation has been confirmed.

CONSOLIDATION AREA

The Group's consolidated financial statements as at 30 June 2022 include Fidia S.p.A. and 8 consolidated subsidiaries in which Fidia S.p.A. exercises control.

The companies comprised in the consolidation area are listed below:

Name / Place of business Curren
cy
Share
capital
Equity interest
at 30/6/2022
Equity interest
at 30/06/2021
Fidia Gmbh, Dreiech - Germany EUR 520,000 100% 100%
Fidia Co, Rochester Hills (USA) USD 400,000 100% 100%
Fidia Sarl, Emerainville – France EUR 300,000 100% 100%
Fidia Iberica S.A., Zamudio - Spain EUR 180,300 99.993% 99.993%
Fidia do Brasil Ltda, Sao Paulo - Brazil Reals 399,843 99.75% 99.75%
Beijing Fidia M&E Co Ltd, Beijing - China Rmb 12,814,480 100% 100%
Shenyang Fidia NC & Machine Company Ltd,
Shenyang – China
Rmb 42,517,648 51% 51%
OOO Fidia, Moscow, Russian Federation Rouble 3,599,790 100% 100%

There was no change in the consolidation area compared to the consolidated financial statements at 31 December 2021.

It should also be noted that Fidia Sarl is 100% subsidiary of the parent company Fidia SpA (directly through its 93.19% interest and indirectly through its 6.81% interest held in Fidia Gmbh).

Figures shown in the notes are in thousands of euros.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

1. NET SALES

Turnover by line of business are illustrated more in detail in the following table:

(€thousand) 1st Half 2022 %
Numerical controls, drives and software 804 6.4%
High-speed milling systems 3,888 43.6%
After-sales service 4,744 50.1%
Overall total 9,436 100%

2. OTHER REVENUES AND INCOME

Other revenues and earnings in the first half of 2022 were equal to €553 thousand.

This item mainly includes:

  • research grants from the EU and Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) as part of the funded research activity carried out by the parent company Fidia S.p.A., amounting to €278 thousand. Applied and basic research and development activities are a structural component and are carried out on an ongoing basis by Fidia S.p.A.;
  • capital gains from transfers (€21 thousand);
  • the reabsorption of the warranty provision in the amount of €139 thousand and the provision for bad debts in the amount of €70 thousand.

3. RAW MATERIALS

These are:

(€thousand) 1st Half 2022
Production materials 2,952
Service materials 715
Consumables 10
Equipment and software 1
Packaging 9
Others 50
Change in inventory raw materials and consumables 304
Total 4,042

4. PERSONNEL COSTS

Personnel costs are composed as follows:

(€thousand) 1st Half 2022
Wages and salaries 3,939
Social security charges 1,054
TFR 179
Other personnel expenses 122
Total 5,294

Changes in the headcount during the first half of 2022, broken down by category, are shown below:

31/12/2021 Inbound Outbound Change 30/06/2022 Period average
Executives 9 -1 8 8.5
Office workers and middle
managers
170 4 -16 158 164.0
Workers 38 -1 37 37.5
Total 217 4 -18 203 210.0

5. OTHER OPERATING COSTS

Other operating costs are detailed as follows:

(€thousand) 1st Half 2022
Outsourced work 259
Travel expenses 380
Transportation and customs 255
Rent paid for offices and plants (contracts not falling under IFRS16) 100
Technical, legal and administrative consulting 1,020
Utilities 240
Commissions 224
Car rental expenses 31
Warranty provisions 12
Other provisions 54
Auditors' emoluments 34
Insurance 163
Advertising, trade fairs and other commercial costs 1
Non-income taxes 73
Maintenance and housekeeping 104
Personnel-related expenses 75
Bank services 28
Motor vehicle management expenses 36
Costs related to stock market listing 42
Costs for repairs and interventions 456
Research project costs 29
Entertainment expenses 6
Contributions and payments 17
Contingent liabilities 13
Others 37
Total 3,688

Other operating costs totaled €3,688 thousand including also €471 thousand related to arrangement costs.

6. DEPRECIATION, AMORTISATION AND WRITE-DOWNS

(€thousand) 1st Half 2022
Amortisation of property, plant and equipment 695
Amortisation of intangible fixed assets 169
Write-down of trade receivables 17
Write-down of intangible fixed assets -
Total 881

7. NET INCOME AND EXPENSES OF DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY

In the first half of 2022, the effects arising from the arrangement approved on 22 June 2022 were accounted for, in particular the impact arising from discharge in bankruptcy and the associated arrangement costs. For more details, see the arrangement plan filed on 29 September 2021 and the references below.

8. FINANCE REVENUE (EXPENSES)

Finance revenue and expenses consist of:

(€thousand) 1st Half 2022
Finance revenue 6
Borrowing costs (182)
Net profit/(loss) on derivatives 1
Profit (loss) from foreign currency transactions (253)
Total (428)

Finance expenses consist of:

(€thousand) 1st Half 2022
Interest expense on loans from banks and leasing companies -
Interest paid on M/L-term borrowings from banks -
Borrowing costs on termination benefits 4
Other borrowing costs -
Total 4

Expenses on derivatives include the fair value measurement of an interest rate swap contract entered into by the parent Fidia S.p.A. to hedge the risk of interest rate fluctuations on a real estate leasing contract.

Profit (loss) on foreign currency transactions consists of:

(€thousand) 1st Half 2022
Realised exchange gains 98
Unrealised exchange gains 12
Realised exchange losses (351)
Unrealised exchange losses (14)
Total (253)

9. INCOME TAX

Income taxes for the first six months of 2022 show a balance of €18 thousand related to the balance of positive deferred taxes of €18 thousand.

At 30 June 2022, the net balance between prepaid taxes and deferred tax liabilities incurred by the individual consolidated companies is made up as follows:

(€thousand) 30 June 2022 31 December 2021
Deferred tax assets 1,009 1,236
Deferred tax liabilities (376) (521)
Total 633 715

Assets for pre-paid taxes were allocated by every Group company by critically evaluating the subsistence of the prerequisites for future recoverability of said assets based on updated tax plans.

10. EARNING PER SHARE

The calculation of the earnings per share is based on the following data:

1st Half 2022
Net earnings pertaining to Group €thousand 8,357
Profit/(loss) of ordinary shares €thousand 8,357
Mean number of ordinary shares in circulation in
the period
Number 5,113,000
Earning per share EUR 1.634
Diluted earnings per ordinary share EUR 1.634

There is no difference between the earnings per share and diluted earnings per share as Fidia S.p.A. has no financial instruments with diluting effects.

11. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The table below shows the changes in property, plant and equipment during the first half of 2022:

(€thousand) Land and
buildings
Total plant,
machinery and
equipment
Other
assets
Assets under
construction
and advances
Total
Net carrying amount at 31/12/2021 9,341 199 484 2 10,027
Increases and acquisitions 50 15 18 - 83
Reclassifications/transfers - - 7 - 7
Decreases and disposals - - (23) - (23)
Depreciation (492) (59) (144) - (695)
(Write-downs)/Write-backs - - - - -
Foreign exchange gain/(loss) 96 2 10 - 108
Net carrying amount at 30/06/2022 8,995 157 352 2 9,507
Of which rights of use:
Net value at 31 December 2021 8,203 - 138 - 8,341
Increases 46 - - - 46
Decreases - - - - -
Depreciation (480) - (54) - (534)
Foreign exchange gain/(loss) 12 - - - 12
Net carrying amount at 30/06/2022 7,781 - 84 - 7,865

At 30 June 2022, the Group has no buildings burdened by collateral, but, by virtue of the lease contract entered into for the purchase of the industrial building renovated by Fidia S.p.A., this asset is in the name of the leasing company.

Capital expenditure does not include capitalized borrowing costs.

This item was not subject to impairment test as at 30 June 2022. At the reporting date, Management has considered possible changes in the assumptions made at the time of closing the financial statements at 31 December 2021 without noting significant impacts.

12. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

The table below shows the changes in intangible fixed assets during the first half of 2022:

(€thousand) Development Costs Licenses Software Assets under
development
Total
Net carrying amount at
31/12/2021
961 1 18 589 1,569
Increases - 2 95 97
Reclassifications/transfers - - - -
Depreciation (165) - (4) - (169)
Foreign exchange gain/(loss) - 2 - 2
Closing net carrying
amount at 30/06/2022
796 1 20 684 1,501

Increases in intangible fixed assets at 30 June 2022 amounted to €97 thousand; they related to projects not yet amortised (as they had not yet been completed) and projects completed and reclassified at the end of the period, which have therefore not yet begun to produce the related benefits.

All costs of research (both basic and applied) are instead charged to profit or loss in the year they are incurred.

Intangible fixed assets in progress consist mainly of development projects that at the closing date have not yet been fully completed and whose economic benefits are expected to flow to subsequent years.

This item was not subject to impairment test as at 30 June 2022. At the reporting date, Management has considered possible changes in the assumptions made at the time of closing the financial statements at 31 December 2021 without noting significant impacts.

13. EQUITY INVESTMENTS

This item, amounting to €16 thousand and unchanged compared to 31 December 2021, is made up of investments in associated companies valued at equity and investments in other companies valued at cost.

14. OTHER NON-CURRENT FINANCIAL LIABILITIES

This item represents the fair value of the interest rate swap contract entered into to hedge (cash flow hedge) the risk of variability of interest expense flows of a real estate lease contract entered into by the parent Fidia S.p.A. Other non-current receivables and assets include the following items:

(€thousand) 30 June 2022 31 December 2021
Cash Flow Hedge Notional Fair value Notional Fair value
Interest rate risk -
INTESA Interest
Rate Swap
144 2,815 (158)
Total 144 (158)

Financial flows relating to cash flow hedges impact on the statement of comprehensive income of the Company consistently with the timing with which the hedged cash flows occur.

15. OTHER NON-CURRENT RECEIVABLES AND ASSETS

The other non-current receivables and assets are detailed below:

Saldo Saldo
(migliaia di euro) 30 giugno 2022 31 dicembre 2021
Depositi cauzionali 12 166
Crediti per IVA estera 10 19
Risconti attivi pluriennali 1 5
Crediti vari - 16
Totale 23 206

16. INVENTORY

The breakdown of the item is illustrated in the following table:

(€thousand) Balance
30 June 2022
Balance
31 December 2021
Raw materials 9,689 9,582
Provisions for write-down of raw materials (3,687) (3,334)
Net value of raw materials, subsidiary materials and
consumables
6,002 6,248
Semi-finished products and work in progress 3,993 2,036
Finished products and goods for resale 3,801 4,169
Provisions for write-down of finished products (685) (657)
Net value finished products and goods 3,116 3,511
Advances 1,228 1,028
Total inventory 14,338 12,823

Inventory at the end of the first half of the year was approximately €1,515 thousand greater than at 31 December 2021. The increase is mainly attributable to higher inventories of work-in-progress and semi-finished products.

The provisions for write-down equivalent to €4,372 thousand (€3,991 thousand at 31 December 2021) were reported to hedge the non-utilisation of some components in period under consideration; these phenomena result, in particular, from the need to ensure customers that spare parts are available for servicing even beyond the period of ordinary marketability of the components.

Hereinafter is the detail of the changes in the provisions for raw materials and finished products depreciation during the first half:

(€thousand) Balance 31 December 2021 Provisions/(release) Exchange
rate effect
Balance
30 June 2022
Provisions for write-down of raw
materials
3,334 311 42 3,687
Provisions for write-down of finished
products
657 (12) 40 685
Total 3,991 299 82 4,372

17. TRADE RECEIVABLES

At 30 June 2022 these amounted to €3,518 thousand, down by a net amount of €3,880 thousand compared to 31 December 2021. Trade receivables are detailed as follows:

(€thousand) Balance Balance
30 June 2022 31 December 2021
Trade receivables from customers 4,724 8,650
Provision for bad debts (1,206) (1,255)
Total trade receivables 3,518 7,395

Receivables were aligned at the expected realisable amount by means of accrued provision for bad debts equal to €18 thousand. In application of IFRS 9, the Group assesses trade receivables using an expected loss approach; the Group has therefore adopted a simplified approach, whereby the provision for bad debts reflects expected losses based on the life of the receivable; in determining the provision, the Group has relied on historical experience, external indicators and prospective information.

It is deemed that the net carrying amount of trade receivables is near their fair value.

The changes in the provision for bad debt illustrated below.

Balance at 31 December 2021 1,255
Accrual 18
Uses/write-backs (70)
Foreign exchange gain/(loss) 3
Balance at 30 June 2022 1,206

18. TAX RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT RECEIVABLES AND ASSETS

(€thousand) Balance at 30 June 2022 Balance at 31 December 2021
Current tax receivables:
Receivables from tax authorities for VAT 41 44
Tax receivables for income tax and IRAP 116 109
Other tax receivables 249 247
Total current tax receivables 406 400
Other current receivables:
Current receivables for EU grants 10 12
Receivables from banking institution for undue
compensation
331 331
Receivables from welfare organizations 138 120
Sundry prepayments 197 149
Pre-paid expenses 16 10
Receivables from employees 269 269
Advances from suppliers 640 604
Other current receivables 16 38
Total other current receivables 1,617 1,533

There are no receivables due beyond five years.

It is deemed that the book value of Other current receivables and assets is near the fair value.

19. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The overall amount of cash of the Group amounted to €4,462 thousand (€5,267 thousand at 31 December 2021) and consisted of temporary cash in bank deposits pending future use. It is deemed that their carrying amount is aligned to the fair value at the reporting date.

Credit risk correlated with cash and cash equivalents is limited because the counterparts are leading Italian and international banks.

20. SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Consolidated shareholders' equity amounted to €7,960 thousand and increased by €9,697 thousand compared to 31 December 2021, due to the combined effect of profit for the period (€8,468 thousand), the recognition of actuarial profits on Termination Benefits (TFR) (€167 thousand, net of the tax effect valued at approximately €53 thousand), the fair value measurement of hedging derivatives allocated to the cash flow hedge reserve (€228 thousand, net of the tax effect valued at approximately €72 thousand), the effect of foreign exchange fluctuations from the translation of financial statements of subsidiaries denominated in currencies other than the euro (€484 thousand) and other minor changes (€351 thousand).

For more complete disclosure on the Company's share capital, see Note 20 to the consolidated financial statements at 31 December 2021.

Treasury shares consisted of 10,000 ordinary shares issued by Fidia S.p.A. for a value of €45 thousand (unchanged from 31 December 2021).

21. OTHER NON-CURRENT PAYABLES AND LIABILITIES

This item, amounting to €80 thousand (€257 thousand at 31 December 2021), is represented by medium- and long-term payables to personnel of the subsidiary Fidia Sarl.

There are other minor items.

22. TERMINATION BENEFITS

Termination benefits reflect the residual obligation of Fidia S.p.A., the only Italian company in the Group, relating to the indemnity paid to employees and settled upon termination of employment. Under specific conditions, a part of it can be paid in advance to the employee during his working life. This is an unfunded defined benefit plan.

Changes in the termination benefits are illustrated in the table below (€thousand):

(€thousand)
Amount at 1 January 2022 2,188
Amount accrued and allocated in year 182
Benefits paid out in year (9)
Amount transferred to State Fund and complementary pension scheme (137)
Borrowing costs on termination benefits 4
Accounting of actuarial losses (220)
Substitute tax (9)

Actuarial profit and loss are stated off the statement of comprehensive income and directly carried over to equity (see Note No. 19).

Please be noted that the interest on charges relating to the defined benefits plans for employees are comprised under finance costs, hence leading to an increase in finance costs of the period in the amount of €4 thousand.

Termination benefits are calculated based on the following actuarial assumptions:

At 30 June 2022 At 31 December 2021
Discount rate EUR Composite AA curve EUR Composite AA curve
Future inflation rate 2.1% 1.75%
Frequency of request for advances 3.0% 3.0%
Relative frequency of resignation/dismissal middle managers,
officer workers, workers and apprentices
3.0% 3.0%
Relative frequency of resignations/dismissals managers 5.0% 5.0%

The discount rate used to determine the present value of the obligation was derived, in accordance with paragraph 83 of IAS 19, from the AA rating EUR Composite curve recorded at the measurement date:

23. OTHER NON-CURRENT FINANCIAL LIABILITIES

This item was zeroed as at 30 June 2022 because the fair value of the interest rate swap contract entered into to hedge (cash flow hedge) the risk of variability of interest expense flows of a real estate lease contract entered into by the parent Fidia S.p.A. became positive.

(€thousand) 30 June 2022 31 December 2021
Cash Flow Hedge Notional Fair value Notional Fair value
Interest rate risk - INTESA Interest Rate Swap - 2,815 158
Total - 158

Financial flows relating to cash flow hedges impact on the statement of comprehensive income of the Company consistently with the timing with which the hedged cash flows occur.

24. CURRENT AND NON-CURRENT FINANCIAL LIABILITIES

Financial liabilities amounted to €7,898 thousand as per the schedule.

(€thousand) Balance at 30
June 2022
Balance at 31
December 2021
Overdrawn bank accounts and short-term advances 244 2,099
Financial accruals and deferrals - 23
Loan - ISP "3.500" (part short term) 35 350
Loan - BNL "2.500" (part short term) 289 525
ISP "3.000" loan (part medium/long term and part short term) 110 1,075
Loan - BPM "1.500" (part medium/long term and part short term) 66 650
UNICREDIT loan (Plafond Supercash Rotativo) 54 543
Loan - ISP "1.500" (part medium/long term and part short term) 64 627
BNL loan (short term) 56 556
Société Générale loan (part medium/long term and part short term) 75 75
Banque CIC Est. loan (part medium/long term and part short term) 75 75
Banco Santander loan (part medium/long term and part short term) 218 225
PNC Bank loan (part medium/long term and part short term) 852 805
PPP Loan 266 244
Loans and financial liabilities with credit institutions 2,404 7,872
Mediocredito Italiano (Forli' property lease) 4,430 4,590
San Mauro Torinese property lease (IFRS16) 555 648
FIDIA GMBH property lease (IFRS16) 154 182
FIDIA SARL property lease (IFRS16) 6 18
FIDIA BEIJING property lease (IFRS16) 281 370
FIDIA do BRASIL property lease (IFRS16) 14 3
Car leases Italy (IFRS16) 26 78
Foreign car leases (IFRS16) 19 30
Lease - Skoda Bank 9 13
Liabilities for leases 5,494 5,932
Total 7,898 13,804

The allocation of the financial liabilities by due date was as follows:

(€thousand) Within 1
year
Within 5
years
Beyond 5
years
Total
Overdrawn bank accounts and short-term advances 244 - - 244
Medium-to-long term bank loans 553 30 - 583
Short-term bank loans 92 - - 92
Real estate lease - Mediocredito Italiano 107 1,379 - 1,486
Loans and financial liabilities with credit institutions 260 1,651 2,520 4,431
San Mauro property lease (IFRS16) 190 365 - 555
FIDIA GMBH property lease (IFRS16) 58 95 - 153
FIDIA SARL property lease (IFRS16) 6 - - 6
Fidia Beijing property lease (IFRS16) 194 86 - 280
FIDIA do BRASIL property lease (IFRS16) 14 - - 14
Car leases Italy (IFRS16) 26 - - 26
Foreign car leases (IFRS16) 10 9 - 19
Lease - Skoda Bank 8 1 - 9
Total 1,762 3,616 2,520 7,898

The table below shows the movements in loans during the year.

(€thousand) Balance at
31
December
2021
Foreign
exchange
delta
New
loans
Repayments Write-off
under
arrangement
Balance
at 30
June
2022
Loan - ISP "3.500" (part short term) 350 - - - (315) 35
Loan - BNL "2.500" (part short term) 525 - - - (236) 289
ISP "3.000" loan (part medium/long term and
part short term)
1,075 - - - (965) 110
Loan - BPM "1.500" (part medium/long term
and part short term)
650 - - - (584) 66
UNICREDIT loan (Plafond Supercash
Rotativo)
543 - - - (489) 54
Loan - ISP "1.500" (part medium/long term
and part short term)
627 - - - (563) 64
Short-term BNL loan No. 1873555 556 - - - (500) 56
Société Générale loan (part medium/long
term and part short term)
75 - - - - 75
CIC loan (part medium/long term and part
short term)
75 - - - - 75
Banco Santander loan (part medium/long
term and part short term)
225 - - (7) - 218
PNC Bank loan (part medium/long term and
part short term)
805 72 - (25) - 852
PPP Loan 244 22 - - - 266
Loans and financial liabilities with credit
institutions
5,750 94 - (32) (3,652) 2,160
Mediocredito Italiano (Forli' property lease) 4,590 - - (160) - 4,430
San Mauro Torinese property lease
(IFRS16)
648 - - (93) - 555
FIDIA GMBH property lease (IFRS16) 182 - - (28) - 154
FIDIA SARL property lease (IFRS16) 18 - - (12) - 6
FIDIA BEIJING property lease (IFRS16) 370 - - (89) - 281
FIDIA do BRASIL property lease (IFRS16) 3 - 19 (8) - 14
Car leases Italy (IFRS16) 78 - - (43) (9) 26
Foreign car leases (IFRS16) 30 - - (11) - 19
Lease - Skoda Bank 13 - - (4) - 9
Liabilities for leases 5,932 - 19 (448) (9) 5,494
Total 11,682 94 19 (480) (3,661) 7,654

It is deemed that the carrying amount of fixed and floating rate financial liabilities at the reporting date is a reasonable estimate of their fair value.

25. TRADE PAYABLES

(€thousand) Balance
30 June 2022
Balance
31 December 2021
Payables to suppliers 6,096 11,202
Payables to subsidiaries 2 18
Total trade payables 6,098 11,220

Trade payables, amounting to €6,098 thousand as at 30 June 2022, decreased by €5,122 thousand compared to 31 December 2021 mainly due to the effect of the discharge in bankruptcy arising from the arrangement in continuity.

26. TAX LIABILITIES AND OTHER CURRENT PAYABLES AND LIABILITIES

(€thousand) Balance at 30 June 2022 Balance at 31 December
2021
Current tax payables:
- withholding taxes 773 774
- Tax payables for income tax and IRAP 138 133
- Payables to tax authorities for VAT 201 129
- Other short-term tax payables 78 71
Total current tax payables 1,190 1,107
Other current payables and liabilities:
Payables to employees 2,633 2,416
Social security payables 1,237 1,295
Advance from customers 4,106 6,076
Payables for emoluments 361 353
Payables for dividends 0 136
Payables to lending institution for undue compensation 35 331
Accrued trade payables 44 64
Sundry accruals and deferrals 620 888
Miscellaneous payables 769 669
Total other current payables and liabilities 9,805 12,229

Payables to personnel refer mainly to accrued holiday pay and deferred payment of wages and salaries; the change compared to 31 December 2021 is due to the accrual during the year of indemnities (typically 13th month's salary) which are paid at the end of the period.

Down payments from customers include advances from customers for orders yet to be processed and for sales of milling systems already delivered but still in course of acceptance, which according to IFRS 15 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers, cannot be stated in the revenue.

27. PROVISIONS FOR RISKS AND CHARGES

Provisions for risks and charges were zero in the period under review. The provision for current risks amounted to €1,134 thousand as shown in the relevant table.

(€thousand) Balance
31 December
2021
Accrual Utilization/
Release
Reclassificati
ons
Exchange
rate
differences
Balance
30 June 2022
Warranty provision 31 - - (32) 1 -
Total other provisions
for non-current risks
and expenses
31 - - (32) 1 -
Warranty provision 523 11 (138) 32 6 434
Other provisions 172 528 - - - 700
Total other provisions
for current risks and
expenses
695 539 (138) 32 6 1,134

Other provisions includes provisions for risks related to arrangement (€474 thousand)

28. COLLATERAL GUARANTEES AND OTHER CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Sureties issued on behalf of others

At 30 June 2022, sureties issued on behalf of third parties totalled €467 thousand (€467 thousand at 31 December 2021).

This item consists almost solely of guarantees for business transactions with foreign customers for down payments received or coverage of obligations undertaken by contract by the Company during the warranty period.

Contingent liabilities

At 30 June 2022, Fidia Group, although it is exposed to various risks (product liability, legal and fiscal risks), is not aware of circumstances that might generate foreseeable contingent liabilities or contingent liabilities the amount of which may be estimated and therefore does not believe it necessary to make any further allocations.

If it is probable that an outlay is due to meet obligations and said amount can be reliably estimated, the Group has made specific provisions for risks and expenses.

29. OTHER INFORMATION

The following table shows the exchange rates used to translate the values of companies outside of the euro area into euro:

Currency 1st Half 2022 At 31 December 2021
Average At 30 June Average At 30 June
USD 1.0934 1.0387 1.1827 1.1326
Real - Brazil 5.5565 5.4229 6.3779 6.3101
RMB - China 7.0827 6.9624 7.6282 7.1947
Rouble - Russia 88.3971 N/A 87.1527 85.3004

SEGMENT REPORTING

Within the Fidia Group, three business areas have been identified at the primary level (i) high-speed milling systems (HSM) sector, (ii) numerical controls, drives, software (CNC), and (iii) after-sales service (Service) activities.

Below follow the consolidated economic results broken down by sector at 30 June 2022:

Data at 30 June 2022
(€thousand)
CNC % HSM % SERVICE % N/A Total
Revenues 812 92.2% 3,859 100.0% 4,765 99.7% - 9,436
Cross-sector revenues 69 7.8% 0 0.0% 14 0.3% 0
Total reclassified revenues 881 100.0% 3,859 100.0% 4,779 100.0% - 9,436
Changes in inventories of finished goods
and W.I.P. 67 7.6% 748 19.4% 396 8.3% 0 1,211
Raw materials and consumables (306) -34.7% (3,274) -84.8%- 637 -13.3% (24) (4,240)
Cross-sector expenses 44 5.0% (127) -3.3% 1 0.0% 0 0
Commissions, transport and contractors (74) -8.4% (501) -13.0%- 163 -3.4% (1) (739)
Sales margin 612 69.4% 706 18.3% 4,375 91.6% (24) 5,668
Other operating revenue 176 20.0% 1,915 49.6% 107 2.2% (1,141) 1,058
Other operating costs (62) -7.1% (301) -7.8%- 649 -13.6% (1,681) (2,693)
Personnel costs (508) -57.7% (1,690) -43.8%- 2,144 -44.9% (978) (5,319)
Depreciation, amortisation and write
downs (124) -14.1% (295) -7.7%- 63 -1.3% (453) (935)
Operating profit/(loss) 93 10.6% 335 8.7% 1,626 34.0% (4,276) (2,222)

The last column shows those items that cannot be classified; these items are mainly general and administrative costs and costs for advertising, promotion and trade fairs incurred for all three business lines.

Inter-segment revenues consist mainly of numerical controls, switchboards and components and electromechanical systems transferred from the electronics sector to the milling systems sector and reciprocally of mechanical assemblies supplied to the electronics sector for particular applications.

Segment assets consist of the operating assets that are employed by the segment in carrying out its operations and can be directly attributed or allocated, in a reasonable manner, to the segment. These assets do not include income tax assets.

Segment Liabilities consist of the operating liabilities that result from carrying out the segment's operations and can be directly attributed or allocated, in a reasonable manner, to the segment. These liabilities do not include liabilities for income taxes.

Below follow the consolidated statements of financial position by segment at 30 June 2022 and 31 December 2021.

Data at 30 June 2022
(€thousand)
CNC HSM SERVICE N/A Total
Property, plant and equipment 22 6,977 74 2,433 9,507
Intangible fixed assets 1,017 463 - 21 1,501
Equity investments - - - - -
Deferred tax assets - - - 16 16
Other non-current receivables and
assets
- - - 144 144
Other non-current receivables and
assets
- 3 - 20 23
Deferred tax assets - - - 1,009 1,009
Total non-current assets 1,039 7,443 74 3,644 12,200
Inventory 1,470 6,735 6,129 - 14,334
Trade receivables and other
receivables
661 2,100 2,127 250 5,139
Current taxes receivable - - - 406 406
Other current financial assets - - - - -
Cash and cash equivalents - - - 4,462 4,462
Total current assets 2,131 8,835 8,257 5,118 24,341
Total assets 3,170 16,279 8,331 8,762 36,541
Other non-current payables and
liabilities
- 1 53 9 63
Deferred tax liabilities - - - - -
Termination benefits 356 1,135 179 330 1,999
Long-term provisions - - - 393 393
Other non-current financial liabilities - - - 324 324
Non-current financial liabilities - 4,170 9 1,458 5,637
Total non-current liabilities 356 5,305 241 2,515 8,416
Current financial liabilities 5 279 9 1,645 1,937
Other current financial liabilities - - - - -
Trade payables and other current
payables
1,342 7,944 677 5,940 15,902
Current taxes payable - - - 1,190 1,190
Short-term provisions 1 109 324 700 1,134
Total current liabilities 1,348 8,331 1,010 9,475 20,164
Total liabilities 1,704 13,636 1,251 11,990 28,580
Shareholders' equity - - - 7,960 7,960
Total liabilities 1,704 13,636 1,251 19,950 36,541

30. FAIR VALUE HIERARCHIES

In relation to financial instruments recognized in the Statement of Financial Position at fair value, IFRS 7 requires that these values are classified on the basis of a hierarchy that reflects the significance of the inputs used in determining fair value.

The levels are as follows:

  • Level 1 quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
  • Level 2 inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable either directly (i.e., as prices) or indirectly (i.e., derived from prices);
  • Level 3 inputs that are not based on observable market data.

At 30 June 2022, the Group held financial liabilities measured at fair value represented by derivative financial instruments to hedge interest rate risk, for an amount of €144 thousand, classified within Level 2 of the hierarchical assessment of fair value.

31. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Group has relations with associates and other related parties at market condition deemed normal in the relevant reference markets.

In particular, these relations regarded:

  • salary to Mr. Luca Morfino, employee of Fidia S.p.A.;
  • compensation to the Board of Directors and Board of Auditors.

The impact of these transactions on individual items is shown in the appropriate supplementary income statement, statement of financial position, and cash flow statement schedules and is detailed in the tables below.

Counterpart Raw materials
and
consumables
Other
operating
costs
Personnel
expenses
Finance
expenses
Revenu
es
Other
operating
revenue
Finance
revenue
Other related parties (Giuseppe and Luca
Morfino and Carlos Maidagan)
4 31 4
Compensation Board of Directors - - 140
Compensation Board of Statutory Auditors - 34 -
Total other related parties 4 65 144
Counterpart Trade
receivables
Other
current
receivabl
es
Other
current
financial
assets
Trade
payables
Other
current
payable
s
Current
financial
liabilities
Other related parties Prometec Consortium
Other related parties (Giuseppe and Luca Morfino) 17 7
Other related parties (Payables to BoD) 105
Other related parties (Payables to Board of Statutory
Auditors)
257
Total other related parties 17 369

32. NET FINANCIAL POSITION

In accordance with the provisions of Consob Notice of 28 July 2006 and in compliance with the notice issued by ESMA on 4.03.2021 on "Guidance on disclosure requirements under the Prospectus Regulation" (ESMA 32-382-1138) having application effective 5 May 2021, we report that the net financial position of the Fidia Group as at 30 June 2022 was as follows:

(€thousand)
30 June 2022
31 December 2021
A Cash 4,462 5,267
B Cash equivalents - -
C Other current financial assets - -
D Liquidity (A+B+C) 4,462 5,267
E Current financial debt 1,402 4,414
F Current portion of non-current financial debt 535 2,939
G Current financial indebtedness (E +F) 1,937 7,354
H Net current financial indebtedness (G-D)
(credit)/debt (I-E-D)
(2,525) 2,087
I Non-current financial debt 5,961 6,608
J Debt instruments - -
K Non-current trade and other payables 4,333 10,300
L Non-current financial indebtedness (I +J+K) 10,294 16,908
M Total financial indebtedness (H+L) 7,770 18,995

33. NON-RECURRING EVENTS AND TRANSACTIONS

In accordance with the CONSOB Communication dated 28 July 2006, it is hereby stated that no atypical and/or unusual transactions were undertaken during the first half of 2022. As defined by said Communication, atypical and/or unusual transactions are those that, due to their significance, the nature of the counterparts, the object of the transaction, the methods of determination of the price of transfer, and timing (proximity to year-end) may give rise to doubts as to the accuracy/completeness of the information in the financial statements, conflicts of interest, the safeguarding of an entity's assets or the protection of minority shareholders.

Pursuant to Consob Resolution No. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as amended, an integrated list of the Group's companies and significant holdings is provided below.

The list shows the entities broken down by type of control and method of consolidation.

The following are also displayed for each company: company name, registered office, country of incorporation, and share capital in the original currency. Additionally, the percentage consolidated and the percentage interest held directly by Fidia S.p.A. are also shown.

COMPANIES CONSOLIDATED ON A LINE-BY-LINE BASIS
Name / Place of business Currency Share
capital
Consolidated
equity
investment
30 June 2022
Percentage held
by of the parent
company
30 June 2021
Parent Company:
FIDIA S.p.A San Mauro Torinese (TO) EUR 5,123,000
Foreign Subsidiaries:
Fidia Gmbh, Dreiech, Germany EUR 520,000 100% 100%
Fidia Co, Rochester Hills, U.S.A. USD 400,000 100% 100%
Fidia Sarl, Emerainville, France EUR 300,000 100% 93.19%
Fidia Iberica S.A., Zamudio, Spain EUR 180,300 99.993% 99.993%
Fidia do Brasil Ltda, Sao Paulo, Brazil Reals 400,843 99.75% 99.75%
Beijing Fidia M&E Co Ltd, Beijing,
China
Rmb 12,814,480 100% 96%
Shenyang Fidia NC & Machine Co Ltd,
Shenyang, China
Rmb 42,517,648 51% 51%
OOO Fidia, Moscow, Russian
Federation
Rouble 3,599,790 100% 100.00%
COMPANIES CONSOLIDATED WITH THE EQUITY METHOD
Name / Place of business Currency Share
capital
Size of equity investment
30/06/2022 30/06/2021
Consorzio Prometec - Bruzolo di Susa (TO) EUR 10,329 20% 20%

San Mauro Torinese, 18 November 2022 On behalf of the Board of Directors The Chairman and CEO Mr. Giuseppe Morfino

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