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Sogefi Interim / Quarterly Report 2017

Aug 4, 2017

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2017 HALF-YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT (Translation into English of the original Italian version)

JOINT-STOCK COMPANY - SHARE CAPITAL EURO 62,293,395.84 MANTOVA COMPANY REGISTER AND TAX NO. 00607460201 COMPANY SUBJECT TO MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION BY CIR S.p.A. REGISTERED OFFICE: VIA ULISSE BARBIERI, 2 - 46100 MANTOVA (ITALY) - PHONE 0376. 2031 OFFICES: 78286 GUYANCOURT (FRANCE), PARC ARIANE IV- 7 AVENUE DU 8 MAI 1945 PHONE 0033 01 61374300 OFFICES: 20121 MILAN (ITALY), VIA CIOVASSINO, 1/A - PHONE 02.467501 WEBSITE: WWW.SOGEFIGROUP.COM

CONTENTS

CORPORATE BODIES page 3
BOARD OF DIRECTORS' REPORT ON OPERATIONS OF THE GROUP
IN THE FIRST HALF-YEAR
page 4
SOGEFI GROUP CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2017
-
Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
page 19
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Explanatory and supplementary notes to the Condensed Interim
Consolidated Financial Statements
page 25
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List
of Group Companies as at June 30, 2017
page 88
DECLARATION OF THE CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2017 PURSUANT TO
ART. 81-TER OF CONSOB REGULATION NO. 11971/99 AND
SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS page 93
HOLDING COMPANY INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT
JUNE 30, 2017
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Separate Financial Statements
page 94

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT page 101

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Honorary Chairman CARLO DE BENEDETTI

Chairman MONICA MONDARDINI(1)

Managing Director and General Manager LAURENT HEBENSTREIT(1)

Directors PATRIZIA CANZIANI (3) RODOLFO DE BENEDETTI ROBERTA DI VIETO (3) - (4) GIOVANNI GERMANO (2) MAURO MELIS (2) RAFFAELLA PALLAVICINI PAOLO RICCARDO ROCCA (2) - (3) - (4) - (5)

Secretary to the Board NIVES RODOLFI

BOARD OF STATUTORY AUDITORS

Chairman RICCARDO ZINGALES

Acting Auditors GIUSEPPE LEONI CLAUDIA STEFANONI

Alternate Auditors ANNA MARIA ALLIEVI MAURO GIRELLI LUIGI MACCHIORLATTI VIGNAT

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

KPMG S.p.A.

Disclosure under Consob Recommendation no. 97001574 of 20 February 1997:

(4) Members of the Supervisory Body (Italian Legislative Decree no. 231/2001).

(5) Lead independent director.

(1) Powers as per Corporate Governance.

(2) Members of the Appointment and Remuneration Committee.

(3) Members of the Control and Risk Committee and of the Committee for Related Party Transactions.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS' REPORT ON OPERATIONS OF THE GROUP IN THE FIRST HALF YEAR

This 2017 Half-Year financial report contains the condensed interim consolidated financial statements of the Sogefi Group, the explanatory and supplementary notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial statements and the interim financial statements of the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. (the latter submitted voluntarily, although not provided for in Italian Legislative Decree no. 195 of November 6, 2007), prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards ("IFRS") issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") approved by the European Union and prepared according to IAS 34 applicable on interim financial reporting.

INFORMATION ON OPERATIONS

In the first half of 2017, the world's automotive market saw a 2.8% increase in production. After sustained growth in the first quarter, the second quarter was in line with the corresponding period of 2016.

Production in Europe declined by 1.2%, with a very different trend between the first quarter (+3.6%) and the second quarter (-5.8%), significantly influenced by a "calendar effect" which resulted in more work days in the first quarter and a smaller number in the second quarter of 2016. North America recorded a sharp market downturn (-0.7% in the first half) with a negative second quarter (-3%) due to the trends in the United States. In South America production grew by 18.2%, in Asia by 3.8%.

In this context, in the first half year Sogefi reported revenues of Euro 866 million, up 8.4% from Euro 798.6 million in the same period of 2016 (+7.7% exchange rates being equal). After the 12.6% increase in the first quarter, the company's growth in the second quarter was slow yet still significant at 4.5%, better than the market in all geographic areas.

Revenues increased by 2.6% in the first half of the year despite a contraction in the second quarter (-2.7%) due in particular to the decline in motor vehicle production for the negative "calendar effect". Growth in North America continued (+11.6% in the half year despite the market slowdown in the second quarter) and especially in Asia (+32.1% in the half year, with greater acceleration in the second quarter): today the two regions account for 27.5% of the Group's sales. Finally, in South America revenues increased by 26.1% (+16.3% at constant exchange rates), reflecting the recovery in the market.

(in millions of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016 % change Year 2016
Amount % Amount % 1h 17/1h 16 Amount
Europe 536.5 62.0 522.8 65.5 2.6 988.9
North America 158.0 18.2 141.5 17.7 11.6 290.6
South America 99.6 11.5 79.0 9.9 26.1 172.2
Asia 80.6 9.3 61.0 7.6 32.1 135.0
Intercompany eliminations (8.7) (1.0) (5.7) (0.7) 52.9 (12.6)
TOTAL 866.0 100.0 798.6 100.0 8.4 1,574.1

The table below shows a breakdown of sales by key markets.

All business units recorded revenue growth in the first half year: +10.1% (+9.3% at constant exchange rates) for Air and Cooling, +9.4% (+8.6% at constant exchange rates) for Filtration, and 6.1% (5.6% at constant exchange rates) for Suspensions.

(in millions of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016 % change Year 2016
Amount % Amount % 1h 17/1h 16 Amount
Suspensions 307.2 35.5 289.5 36.3 6.1 562.8
Filtration 296.2 34.2 270.7 33.9 9.4 535.1
Air&Cooling 264.7 30.6 240.4 30.1 10.1 480.2
Intercompany eliminations (2.1) (0.3) (2.0) (0.3) 5.0 (4.0)
TOTAL 866.0 100.0 798.6 100.0 8.4 1,574.1

The main customers of Sogefi are Ford, FCA, Renault/Nissan, PSA, GM and Daimler, which together represent 64.3% of revenues (64.7% in the first half of 2016).

(in millions of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016 % change Year 2016
Group Amount % Amount % 1h 17/1h 16 Amount
Ford 107.8 12.4 102.4 12.8 5.3 198.0
FCA/CNH Industrial 107.1 12.4 90.9 11.4 17.8 177.5
Renault/Nissan 100.4 11.6 97.2 12.2 3.3 181.7
PSA 91.9 10.6 92.3 11.6 (0.5) 169.7
GM 81.5 9.4 70.1 8.8 16.3 157.6
Daimler 68.4 7.9 63.3 7.9 8.1 127.2
Volkswagen/Audi 36.2 4.2 33.9 4.2 6.8 64.7
Toyota 26.1 3.0 20.9 2.6 24.9 43.5
BMW 23.1 2.7 23.2 2.9 (0.4) 45.4
Other (including
Aftermarket) 223.5 25.8 204.4 25.6 9.3 408.8
TOTAL 866.0 100.0 798.6 100.0 8.4 1,574.1
(in millions of Euro) 1st half 2017
1st half 2016
Year 2016
Amount % Amount % Amount %
Sales revenues 866.0 100.0 798.6 100.0 1,574.1 100.0
Variable cost of sales 615.5 71.1 570.0 71.4 1,120.2 71.2
CONTRIBUTION MARGIN 250.5 28.9 228.6 28.6 453.9 28.8
Manufacturing and R&D overheads 80.3 9.2 74.6 9.4 147.5 9.3
Depreciation and amortization 35.6 4.1 33.6 4.2 68.8 4.4
Distribution and sales fixed expenses 22.7 2.6 23.1 2.9 44.9 2.9
Administrative and general expenses 44.8 5.2 42.7 5.4 85.0 5.4
Restructuring costs 6.0 0.7 3.5 0.4 5.3 0.3
Losses (gains) on disposal (0.2) - - - (0.7) -
Exchange (gains) losses 0.7 0.1 (0.6) (0.1) 1.8 0.1
Other non-operating expenses (income) 10.8 1.2 15.1 1.9 26.7 1.7
- of which not ordinary 1.0 8.4 10.2
EBIT 49.8 5.8 36.6 4.5 74.6 4.7
Financial expenses (income), net 12.8 1.5 16.8 2.1 31.5 2.0
Losses (gains) from equity investments - - 0.4 - (3.6) (0.2)
RESULT BEFORE TAXES AND
NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS 37.0 4.3 19.4 2.4 46.7 2.9
Income taxes 14.9 1.7 8.5 1.1 32.6 2.1
NET RESULT BEFORE
NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS 22.1 2.6 10.9 1.3 14.1 0.8
Loss (income) attributable to
non-controlling interests (2.1) (0.3) (2.6) (0.3) (4.7) (0.2)
GROUP NET RESULT 20.0 2.3 8.3 1.0 9.4 0.6

The following table provides comparative figures of the income statement for the first half of the year and the corresponding period of the previous year.

The EBITDA1 , amounting to Euro 93.9 million, grew by 25.8% compared to Euro 74.7 million in the same period of 2016. This increase is due to growing sales revenues and improved profitability, which rose from 9.3% to 10.8%.

Profitability increased as a result of the higher contribution margin and a lower impact of indirect expenses. The impact of overall labour cost on revenues fell from 21.7% in the first half of 2016 to 20.8% in the same period of 2017.

EBIT, equal to Euro 49.8 million, grew by 36.1% compared to the first six months of 2016 (Euro 36.6 million) and represents 5.8% of revenues. The first half year result includes Euro 6 million writedowns on fixed assets in Brazil.

Result before taxes and minority interests amounted to Euro 37.0 million (Euro 19.4 million in the first half of 2016), after financial expenses of Euro 12.8 million, down from Euro 16.8 million in the corresponding period last year due to lower interest expense and fair value gains of Euro 1.2 million.

The net result amounted to Euro 20.0 million (Euro 8.3 million in the first half of 2016).

1 EBITDA is calculated by adding to "EBIT" the item "Depreciation and amortization" and the amount of writedowns of tangible and intangible assets posted in "Other non-operating expenses (income)" for Euro 8.5 million in the first half of 2017 (Euro 4.5 million in the corresponding period last year).

Regarding the risks resulting from the claims made against Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S. (formerly Systèmes Moteurs S.A.S.), in the first half of 2017 there were no significant developments2 .

As at June 30, 2017, Sogefi Group's workforce was 6,799 (6,801 as at December 31, 2016), broken down as follows:

June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016 June 30, 2016
Number % Number % Number %
Managers 111 1.6 106 1.6 106 1.6
Clerical staff 1,871 27.5 1,874 27.5 1,879 27.6
Blue collar workers 4,817 70.9 4,821 70.9 4,810 70.8
TOTAL 6,799 100.0 6,801 100.0 6,795 100.0

As at June 30, 2017, equity, not including non-controlling interests, was Euro 187.4 million (Euro 172.9 million as at December 31, 2016), as illustrated in the table below.

(in millions of Euro) Note* June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016 June 30, 2016
Amount % Amount % Amount %
Short-term operating assets (a) 396.1 358.1 392.3
Short-term operating liabilities (b) (380.8) (356.0) (373.9)
Net working capital 15.3 3.2 2.1 0.4 18.4 3.6
Equity investments (c) 0.1 - - - - -
Intangible, tangible fixed assets
and other medium and long
term assets
(d) 609.7 126.1 634.2 130.0 629.4 123.1
CAPITAL INVESTED 625.1 129.3 636.3 130.4 647.8 126.7
Other medium and long-term
liabilities
(e) (141.6) (29.3) (148.3) (30.4) (136.5) (26.7)
NET CAPITAL INVESTED 483.5 100.0 488.0 100.0 511.3 100.0
Net financial indebtedness 280.4 58.0 299.0 61.3 326.2 63.8
Non-controlling interests 15.7 3.2 16.1 3.3 16.9 3.3
Consolidated equity of the
Group
187.4 38.8 172.9 35.4 168.2 32.9
TOTAL 483.5 100.0 488.0 100.0 511.3 100.0

(*) See the notes at the end of this report for a detailed explanation of the reasons for the reclassifications that we have made.

The net financial position as at June 30, 2017 was Euro 280.4 million, showing a year-over-year increase of Euro 18.6 million (Euro 299 million as at December 31, 2016) and was down by Euro 45.8 million when compared to June 30, 2016 (Euro 326.2 million).

Free Cash Flow was positive Euro 19 million in the first half year 2017, compared to being equal in the same period of 2016 (Euro -0.2 million). This increase is attributable to the improved operating performance of the group.

2 For more details see the "Explanatory and Supplementary Notes to the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements", Note 2, "Principles of consolidation and valuation criteria".

(in millions of Euro) Note* 1st half 1st half Year
2017 2016 2016
SELF-FINANCING (f) 72.3 47.7 109.1
Change in net working capital (16.8) (16.3) (2.1)
Other medium/long-term assets/liabilities (g) 0.8 6.2 17.5
CASH FLOW GENERATED BY
OPERATIONS 56.3 37.6 124.5
Sale of equity investments (h) - - -
Net decrease from sale of fixed assets (i) 0.2 0.2 0.3
TOTAL SOURCES 56.5 37.8 124.8
Increase in intangible assets 13.6 14.8 30.3
Purchase of tangible assets 23.5 18.9 58.8
TOTAL APPLICATION OF FUNDS 37.1 33.7 89.1
Exchange differences on assets/liabilities and
equity (l) (0.4) (4.3) (4.5)
FREE CASH FLOW 19.0 (0.2) 31.2
Holding Company increases in capital 0.9 0.1 0.8
Increases in share capital of consolidated
subsidiaries 0.1 0.1 0.2
Dividends paid by subsidiaries to
non-controlling interests (2.6) (5.2) (8.2)
Change in fair value derivative instruments 1.2 1.3 (0.7)
CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (0.4) (3.7) (7.9)
Change in net financial position (m) 18.6 (3.9) 23.3
Opening net financial position (m) (299.0) (322.3) (322.3)
CLOSING NET FINANCIAL POSITION (m) (280.4) (326.2) (299.0)

The table below shows a breakdown of the cash flows of the period compared with first half and full year 2016:

(*) See the notes at the end of this report for a detailed explanation of the reasons for the reclassifications that we have made.

Net financial indebtedness is mainly comprised of medium and long-term debts, which account for 78% of gross indebtedness as shown below:

(in millions of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016 June 30, 2016
Cash, banks, financial receivables and
securities held for trading 76.4 99.6 102.2
Medium/long-term financial
receivables 6.8 15.8 12.5
Short-term financial debts (*) (81.3) (148.6) (146.5)
Medium/long-term financial debts (282.3) (265.8) (294.4)
NET FINANCIAL POSITION (280.4) (299.0) (326.2)

(*) Including current portions of medium/long-term financial debts

RECONCILIATION BETWEEN THE HOLDING COMPANY'S STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The following is a reconciliation of the Group's net result and equity at the end of the year with the equivalent figures for the Holding Company.

Net profit for the period

(in millions of Euro) 1st half 1st half
2017 2016
Net profit per Sogefi S.p.A. financial statements 21.5 13.8
Group share of results of subsidiary companies included
in the consolidated financial statements 30.7 22.6
Elimination of Sogefi S.p.A. dividends (32.4) (23.7)
Elimination of unrealized gains deriving from
intercompany transactions and other consolidation
adjustments, net of the related deferred taxation 0.2 (4.4)
NET PROFIT PER CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS 20.0 8.3

Shareholders' equity

(in millions of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Shareholders' equity per Sogefi S.p.A. financial
statements 222.4 197.9
Group share of excess equity value of investments in
consolidated companies over carrying value in Sogefi
S.p.A. financial statements (40.6) (29.9)
Elimination of unrealized gains deriving from
intercompany transactions and other consolidation
adjustments, net of the related deferred taxation 5.6 4.9
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY PER CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 187.4 172.9

PERFORMANCE OF THE HOLDING COMPANY SOGEFI S.p.A.

Net result in the first half of 2017 amounted to Euro 21.5 million compared to Euro 13.8 million in the corresponding period of the previous year.

The increase was mainly attributable to the higher dividends distributed by subsidiaries (+Euro 8.7 million) and to lower net financial expenses (-Euro 0.9 million) partially offset by higher non-operating expenses related to the cancellation of intercompany receivables from a Brazilian subsidiary (Euro 1.8 million).

(in millions of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016 Year 2016
Financial income/expenses and dividends 24.8 15.2 29.9
Other operating revenues 7.0 10.8 22.5
Operating costs (9.6) (13.6) (25.7)
Other non-operating income (expenses) (1.7) (0.5) 0.3
RESULT BEFORE TAXES 20.5 11.9 27.0
Income taxes (1.0) (1.9) (0.7)
NET RESULT 21.5 13.8 27.7

The following table shows the main items of the statement of financial position as at June 30, 2017, compared with the figures as at December 31, 2016 and June 30, 2016:

(in millions of Euro) Note* June 30, December 31, June 30,
2017 2016 2016
Short-term assets (n) 8.7 13.2 16.7
Short-term liabilities (o) (7.9) (8.2) (9.8)
Net working capital 0.8 5.0 6.9
Equity investments (p) 416.4 416.7 424.1
Other fixed assets (q) 55.6 56.9 61.2
CAPITAL INVESTED 472.8 478.6 492.2
Other medium and long-term liabilities (r ) (1.1) (0.6) (1.0)
NET CAPITAL INVESTED 471.7 478.0 491.2
Net financial indebtedness 249.3 280.1 307.6
Shareholders' equity 222.4 197.9 183.6
TOTAL 471.7 478.0 491.2

(*) See the notes at the end of this report for a detailed explanation of the reasons for the reclassifications that we have made.

"Net working capital" decreased by Euro 4.2 million compared to December 31, 2016, mainly due to the payments from the parent company Cir S.p.A. of net receivables of Euro 4.1 million from the tax filing system.

"Shareholders' equity" as at June 30, 2017 amounts to Euro 222.4 million, up from Euro 197.9 million as at December 31, 2016, substantially thanks to the results of the first half of 2017.

The following table shows the main items of the statement of financial position of the Company as at June 30, 2017, compared with the figures as at December 31, 2016 and June 30, 2016:

June 30, 2017 2016 June 30, 2016
19.6 25.1 36.8
137.4 154.1 131.1
(149.5) (210.0) (198.6)
(256.8) (249.3) (276.9)
(249.3) (280.1) (307.6)

(*) Including current portions of medium/long-term financial debts

The item "Medium/long-term financial receivables to third and subsidiaries" includes the receivable of Euro 25 million as at June 30, 2017 for dividends resolved by French subsidiaries, the collection of which is scheduled within the second half year.

The table below illustrates the cash flow statement of Sogefi S.p.A.:

(in millions of Euro) Note* 1st half 1st half Year
2017 2016 2016
SELF-FINANCING (s) 23.8 15.5 34.2
Change in net working capital (t) 4.2 0.5 2.4
Other medium/long term assets/liabilities (u) 1.4 1.5 2.6
CASH FLOW GENERATED BY
OPERATIONS 29.4 17.5 39.2
Sale of equity investments 0.4 - 7.0
TOTAL SOURCES 29.8 17.5 46.2
Increase in intangible assets 0.9 0.5 1.1
Purchase of tangible assets - - 0.1
Purchase of equity investments 0.2 20.1 20.0
TOTAL APPLICATION OF FUNDS 1.1 20.6 21.2
FREE CASH FLOW 28.7 (3.1) 25.0
Holding Company increases in capital 0.9 0.1 0.8
Change in fair value derivative instruments 1.2 1.2 (0.1)
CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 2.1 1.3 0.7
Change in net financial position (v) 30.8 (1.8) 25.7
Opening net financial position (v) (280.1) (305.8) (305.8)
CLOSING NET FINANCIAL POSITION (v) (249.3) (307.6) (280.1)

(*) See the notes at the end of this report for a detailed explanation of the reasons for the reclassifications that we have made.

Free cash flow generated in the first half of 2017 was positive at Euro 28.7 million, compared to Euro 3.1 million negative flow in the first half of 2016.

In addition to higher profitability and an improvement in net working capital realised in the first half of 2017, in the same period of the previous year the Company had undersigned a capital increase of Euro 20 million in favour of a Chinese subsidiary.

PERFORMANCE OF THE FILTRATION BUSINESS UNIT

In the first half of 2017, the Filtration business unit generated revenues of Euro 296.2 million (Euro 270.7 million in the first half of 2016), recording a growth of 9.4%, mainly due to strong sales growth in Asia and South America. Sales in Europe and North America increased by 4.1% and 5.7%, respectively.

EBIT amounted to Euro 13.0 million, down from Euro 14.9 million in the first six months of 2016 due to writedowns of fixed assets in Brazil for Euro 6 million.

Employees of the business unit at June 30, 2017 were 2,741 (2,735 at December 31, 2016).

PERFORMANCE OF THE SUSPENSIONS BUSINESS UNIT

In the first half of 2017 the Suspensions business unit generated revenues of Euro 307.2 million, up 6.1% compared to the first half of 2016. In contrast with moderate growth in Europe (+2.0%), the business unit recorded higher rates of growth in other geographical areas, particularly in South America.

The EBIT amounted to Euro 22.2 million, an improvement of Euro 18.1 million in the first six months of 2016, with an increase in the impact of revenue from 6.2% to 7.2%. The higher incidence of raw materials due in particular to the increase in the price of steel was more than offset by some efficiencies in variable costs and the lower incidence of fixed costs.

Employees of the business unit at June 30, 2017 were 2,610 (2,625 at December 31, 2016).

PERFORMANCE OF THE AIR & COOLING BUSINESS UNIT

In the first half of 2017, the Air & Cooling business unit reported revenues of Euro 264.7 million, up 10.1% compared to the same period last year; the increase was driven by North America, China and India.

The EBIT amounted to Euro 18.1 million (Euro 12.2 million in the first half of 2016). This increase reflects the positive performance of revenues and the lower impact of total labour costs.

Employees of the business unit at June 30, 2017 were 1,386 (1,381 at December 31, 2016).

PERFORMANCE IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2017

The following table provides comparative figures of the income statement for the second quarter and the same prior year period.

(in millions of Euro) Period Period
4.1 - 6.30.2017 4.1 - 6.30.2016 Change
Amount % Amount % Amount %
Sales revenues 426.8 100.0 408.4 100.0 18.4 4.5
Variable cost of sales 301.3 70.6 289.0 70.8 12.3 4.3
CONTRIBUTION MARGIN 125.5 29.4 119.4 29.2 6.1 5.1
Manufacturing and R&D overheads 40.4 9.5 38.3 9.4 2.1 5.6
Depreciation and amortization 17.7 4.1 17.0 4.1 0.7 3.8
Distribution and sales fixed expenses 11.6 2.7 11.6 2.8 - (0.4)
Administrative and general expenses 22.5 5.3 21.6 5.3 0.9 4.5
Restructuring costs 1.3 0.3 1.6 0.4 (0.3) (16.6)
Losses (gains) on disposal (0.1) - - - (0.1) -
Exchange (gains) losses 0.8 0.2 (1.7) (0.4) 2.5 -
Other non-operating expenses (income) 8.2 1.9 10.4 2.5 (2.2) (20.9)
- of which not ordinary 0.2 6.4 (6.1)
EBIT 23.1 5.4 20.6 5.1 2.5 11.8
Financial expenses (income), net 6.5 1.5 8.4 2.1 (1.9) (22.9)
Losses (gains) from equity investments - - 0.4 0.1 (0.4) (100.0)
RESULT BEFORE TAXES AND
NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS 16.6 3.9 11.8 2.9 4.8 40.1
Income taxes 7.2 1.7 5.1 1.3 2.1 41.9
NET RESULT BEFORE
NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS 9.4 2.2 6.7 1.6 2.7 (38.8)
Loss (income) attributable to
non-controlling interests (1.0) (0.2) (1.3) (0.3) 0.3 25.0
GROUP NET RESULT 8.4 2.0 5.4 1.3 3.0 54.5

In the second quarter 2017, Sogefi posted revenue growth of 4.5% (amounting to Euro 426.8 million) and an increase in the contribution margin from 29.2% to 29.4% of revenues.

The EBITDA totalled Euro 48.8 million (Euro 40 million in the corresponding period of 2016), with a growth of 21.9%. The increase in sales and a lower impact of indirect costs more than offset the higher incidence of material costs.

EBIT amounts to Euro 23.1 million (Euro 20.6 million in the second quarter 2016).

Result before taxes and non-controlling interests was positive at Euro 16.6 million (Euro 11.8 million in the second quarter 2016), after financial expenses of Euro 6.5 million, lower than the Euro 8.4 million of the same period of the previous year.

The Group's net result in the second quarter 2017 was positive at Euro 8.4 million (Euro 5.4 million in the same period of the previous year).

INVESTMENTS AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

The investments totalled Euro 37.1 million in the first half year 2017 (Euro 33.7 million in the first half of the previous year). In detail, investment in tangible fixed assets amounted to Euro 23.5 million (Euro 18.9 million in the first half year 2016) and investment in intangible fixed assets amounted to Euro 13.6 million (Euro 14.8 million in the first half year 2016).

As for material investments, these were mainly geared to increasing production capacity, industrialisation of new products, improvement of industrial processes and productivity growth.

TREASURY SHARES

As at June 30, 2017, the Holding Company has 2,763,749 treasury shares in its portfolio, corresponding to 2.31% of share capital, at an average price of Euro 2.28 each. In the first half year 2017, treasury shares decreased after they were assigned to beneficiaries of stock-based compensation plans.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Information on the most important economic transactions and balances with related parties is provided in the explanatory and supplementary notes to the Condensed interim consolidated financial statements, in the section entitled "Related Party Transactions".

Dealings between Group companies are conducted at arm's length, taking into account the quality and type of services rendered.

We point out that no transactions have been carried out with related parties or with entities or individuals other than related parties that, according to the definition used by Consob, are atypical or unusual, do not relate to the normal business activity or have a significant impact on the Group's results, balance and financial position.

In 2010 in accordance with Consob Resolution no. 17221 of March 12, 2010 and subsequent amendments, the Company's Board of Directors appointed the Related Party Transactions Committee, establishing that the members are to be the same as those of the Control and Risks Committee and approved the "Discipline for relatedparty transactions", which had previously received a favourable opinion of the Control and Risks Committee. The purpose of this Procedure is to establish the principles of conduct that the Company is bound to observe to guarantee the correct management of related-party transactions. This Discipline is available on the Company's website at www.sogefigroup.com, in the "Investor - Corporate Governance" section.

In accordance with Art. 2497 bis of Italian Civil Code, we point out that Sogefi S.p.A. is subject to management and coordination by its parent company CIR S.p.A.

DISCLOSURES PURSUANT TO ART. 70 AND 71 OF CONSOB RULES FOR ISSUERS

Under a resolution of the Board of Directors of October 23, 2012, the Company adopted the simplified procedure provided for by art. 70, paragraph 8 and art. 71, paragraph 1-bis of Consob Regulation issued under Consob Resolution no. 11971 of May 14, 1999 as amended, and made use of the exemption from the obligation to publish the information documents required for significant transactions consisting in mergers, spin-offs, capital increases by means of the conferral of assets in kind, takeovers and transfers.

SIGNIFICANT SUBSEQUENT EVENTS AFTER JUNE 30, 2017

No significant events occurred after June 30, 2017.

OUTLOOK FOR OPERATIONS

With regard to the global automotive market, the forecasts for 2017 show a positive trend, albeit to a lesser extent compared to the first half. The European market is expected to grow in the second half, while the North American market is expected to further decline.

In this context, Sogefi expects to achieve percentage growth in revenue in the midsingle digits in the second half year. The company also expects to improve its profitability on an annual basis over 2016 despite an increase in raw material costs.

Milan, July 25, 2017

THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR

ANNEX: NOTES RECONCILING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SHOWN IN THE DIRECTORS' REPORT AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THE NOTES TO THE CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE HOLDING COMPANY'S STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH IAS/IFRS

Notes relating to the Condensed interim consolidated financial statements

  • a) the heading agrees with "Total working capital" in the Consolidated Statement Of Financial Position;
  • b) the heading agrees with the sum of the line items "Trade and other payables", "Tax payables" and "Other current liabilities" in the Consolidated Statement Of Financial Position;
  • c) the heading agrees with the sum of the line items "Investments in joint ventures" and "Other financial assets available for sale" in the Consolidated Statement Of Financial Position;
  • d) the heading agrees with the sum of the line items "Total Tangible and Intangible fixed assets", "Other receivables", "Non-current trade receivables", "Deferred tax assets" and "Non-current assets held for sale" in the Consolidated Statement Of Financial Position;
  • e) the heading agrees with the line item "Total other long-term liabilities" in the Consolidated Statement Of Financial Position;
  • f) the heading agrees with the sum of the line items "Net result", "Non-controlling interests", "Depreciation, amortization and writedowns", "Accrued costs for stock-based incentive plans", "Provisions for risks, restructuring and deferred taxes" and "Post-retirement and other employee benefits" in the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement;
  • g) the heading agrees with the sum of the line items of the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement "Exchange differences on private placement", "Recognition in the income statement of the fair value reserve in cash flow hedge" and "Other medium/long term assets/liabilities", excluding movements in Income Statement, of the fair value reserve no longer in hedge accounting;
  • h) the heading corresponds to the line item "Sale of subsidiaries (net of cash and cash equivalents) and associates" in the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement;
  • i) the heading agrees with the sum of the line items "Losses/(gains) on disposal of fixed assets and non-current assets held for sale", "Sale of property, plant and equipment" and "Sale of intangible assets" in the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement;
  • (l) the heading agrees with the line items "Exchange differences" in the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, excluding exchange differences on medium/long-term financial receivables and payables;
  • (m) these headings differ from those shown in the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement as they refer to the total net financial position and not just to cash and cash equivalents.

Notes relating to the Holding Company's Statutory Financial Statements

  • (n) the heading agrees with "Total working capital" ("Totale attivo circolante operativo") in the Holding Company's statutory Statement Of Financial Position;
  • (o) the heading agrees with the sum of the line items "Trade and other payables" ("Debiti commerciali e altri debiti"), "Tax payables" ("Debiti per imposte") and "Other current liabilities" ("Altre passività correnti") in the Holding Company's statutory Statement Of Financial Position;
  • (p) the heading agrees with the sum of the line items "Equity investments in subsidiaries" ("Partecipazioni in società controllate"), "Equity investments in associates" ("Partecipazioni in società collegate") and "Other financial assets available for sale" ("Altre attività finanziarie disponibili per la vendita") in the Holding Company's statutory Statement Of Financial Position;
  • (q) the heading agrees with the sum of the line items "Total Tangible and Intangible fixed assets" ("Totale immobilizzazioni"), "Other receivables" ("Altri crediti") and "Deferred tax assets" ("Imposte anticipate") in the Holding Company's statutory Statement Of Financial Position;
  • (r) the heading agrees with the line item "Total other long-term liabilities" ("Totale altre passività a lungo termine") in the Holding Company's statutory Statement Of Financial Position;
  • (s) the heading agrees with the sum of the line items "Net profit" ("Utile netto d'esercizio"), "Depreciation and amortization" ("Ammortamenti immobilizzazioni materiali e immateriali"), "Accrual to Income Statement for fair value of cash flow hedging instruments" ("Stanziamento a conto economico fair value derivati cash flow hedge"), "Accrued costs for stock-based incentive plans" ("Accantonamenti costi per piani di incentivazione basati su azioni"), "Exchange differences on private placement" ("Differenze cambio su private placement"), "Net change in provision for phantom stock options" ("Variazione netta fondo phantom stock option"), and "Net change in provision for employment termination indemnities" ("Variazione netta fondo trattamento di fine rapporto") as well as the change of deferred tax assets/liabilities included in the line "Other medium/long-term assets/liabilities" ("Altre attività/passività a medio lungo termine") of the Holding Company's statutory Cash Flow Statement;

  • (t) the heading agrees with the sum of the line items "Change in net working capital" ("Variazione del capitale circolante netto"), "Change in tax receivables/payables" ("Variazione dei crediti/debiti per imposte") and "Waived trade receivables from the subsidiaries" ("Rinuncia crediti commerciali verso società controllate") of the Holding Company's statutory Cash Flow Statement;

  • (u) the heading is included in the line item "Other medium/long-term assets/liabilities" ("Altre attività/passività a medio lungo termine") in the Holding Company's Statutory Cash Flow Statement, excluding movements relating to financial receivables/payables;
  • (v) these headings differ from those shown in the Holding Company's Statutory Cash Flow Statement as they refer to the total net financial position and not just to cash and cash equivalents.

DEFINITION OF THE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

In accordance with recommendation CESR/05-178b published on 3 November 2005, the criteria used for constructing the main performance indicators deemed by the management to be useful for the purpose of monitoring Group performance are provided below.

EBITDA: EBITDA is calculated as the sum of "EBIT", "Depreciation and Amortization" and the writedowns of tangible and intangible fixed assets included in the item "Other non-operating expenses (income)".

"Other non-operating expenses (income)" include amounts that do not relate to ordinary business activities such as:

  • writedowns of tangible and intangible fixed assets
  • imputed cost of stock option and stock grant plans
  • allocations to provisions for legal disputes with employees and third parties
  • product warranty costs
  • strategic consulting services
  • other writedowns of non-ordinary financial items

"Restructuring costs" include voluntary redundancy incentives for all employee categories (managers, clerical staff, blue collar workers) and costs relating to the shutdown of a plant or the discontinuation of individual business lines (personnel costs and related costs associated with shutdown).

"Losses (gains) on disposal" include the difference between the net book value of sold assets and selling price.

Please note that at June 30, 2017 there are no non-recurring charges as defined by Consob in its communication no. DEM/6064293 of July 28, 2006.

Normalised EBITDA (used to calculate covenants): it is calculated by summing "EBITDA" and the following expenses and revenues arising from non-ordinary operations: "Restructuring costs" and "Losses (gains) on disposal".

CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

ASSETS Note June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents 4 73,057 93,661
Other financial assets 5 3,387 5,881
Working capital
Inventories 6 171,157 164,977
Trade receivables 7 190,738 158,466
Other receivables 7 6,469 6,820
Tax receivables 7 22,099 24,192
Other assets 7 5,602 3,689
TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL 396,065 358,144
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 472,509 457,686
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE FIXED
ASSETS
Land 8 12,767 12,818
Property, plant and equipment 8 237,454 243,263
Other tangible fixed assets 8 5,485 6,401
Of which: leases 6,767 8,105
Intangible assets 9 273,216 281,650
TOTAL TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE
FIXED ASSETS 528,922 544,132
OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Investments in joint ventures 10 - -
Other financial assets available for sale 11 66 46
Non-current trade receivables 12 4 4
Financial receivables 12 6,764 15,770
Other receivables 12 30,460 29,818
Deferred tax assets 13-19 46,916 56,810
TOTAL OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS 84,210 102,448
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 613,132 646,580
NON-CURRENT ASSETS HELD FOR SALE 14 3,418 3,418
TOTAL ASSETS 1,089,059 1,107,684
LIABILITIES Note June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Bank overdrafts and short-term loans 15 13,259 11,005
Current portion of medium/long-term
financial debts and other loans 15 62,344 137,203
Of which: leases 1,594 1,721
TOTAL SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL DEBTS 75,603 148,208
Other short-term liabilities for derivative
financial instruments 15 5,726 400
TOTAL SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL DEBTS
AND DERIVATIVE FIN. INSTRUMENTS 81,329 148,608
Trade and other payables 16 363,377 339,086
Tax payables 16 9,027 8,664
Other current liabilities 17 8,379 8,197
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 462,112 504,555
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
MEDIUM/LONG-TERM FINANCIAL
DEBTS AND
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Financial debts to bank 15 93,756 48,291
Other medium/long-term financial debts 15 188,593 209,906
Of which: leases 7,563 9,039
TOTAL MEDIUM/LONG-TERM
FINANCIAL DEBTS
282,349 258,197
Other medium/long-term financial liabilities for
derivative financial instruments 15 - 7,550
TOTAL MEDIUM/LONG-TERM
FINANCIAL DEBTS AND DERIVATIVE
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS 282,349 265,747
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-term provisions 18 84,226 89,317
Other payables 18 15,262 15,046
Deferred tax liabilities 19 42,095 43,950
TOTAL OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES 141,583 148,313
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 423,932 414,060
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Share capital 20 62,293 62,065
Reserves
and
retained
earnings
(accumulated losses) 20 105,087 101,537
Group net profit (loss) for the period 20 19,971 9,336
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE HOLDING
COMPANY
187,351 172,938
Non-controlling interests 20 15,664 16,131
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 203,015 189,069
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 1,089,059 1,107,684

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

Note 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Amount % Amount %
Sales revenues 22 865,974 100.0 798,557 100.0
Variable cost of sales 24 615,510 71.1 569,972 71.4
CONTRIBUTION MARGIN 250,464 28.9 228,585 28.6
Manufacturing and R&D overheads 25 80,291 9.2 74,531 9.4
Depreciation and amortization 26 35,559 4.1 33,616 4.2
Distribution and sales fixed expenses 27 22,725 2.6 23,069 2.9
Administrative and general expenses 28 44,827 5.2 42,700 5.4
Restructuring costs 30 5,962 0.7 3,486 0.4
Losses (gains) on disposal 31 (168) - 17 -
Exchange losses (gains) 32 645 0.1 (566) (0.1)
Other non-operating expenses (income) 33 10,793 1.2 15,127 1.9
- of which not ordinary 984 8,359
EBIT 49,830 5.8 36,605 4.5
Financial expenses (income), net 34 12,806 1.5 16,843 2.1
Losses (gains) from equity investments 35 - - 391 -
RESULT BEFORE TAXES AND NON
CONTROLLING INTERESTS 37,024 4.3 19,371 2.4
Income taxes 36 14,937 1.7 8,456 1.1
NET RESULT BEFORE NON-CONTROLLING
INTERESTS 22,087 2.6 10,915 1.3
Loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interests (2,116) (0.3) (2,579) (0.3)
GROUP NET RESULT 19,971 2.3 8,336 1.0
Earnings per share (EPS) (Euro): 38
Basic 0.171 0.072
Diluted 0.170 0.062

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Note 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
22,087 10,915
(13,211)
20 (483) 2,510
(10,701)
2,703
(649)
(2,660)
(9,196) (606)
(6,835) (11,307)
(392)
(2,833)
1,954 2,441
20
20
20
20
2,844
2,361
2,446
(587)
(11,055)
15,252
13,298

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

(in thousands of Euro)
1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Cash flows from operating activities
Net result 19,971 8,336
Adjustments:
- non-controlling interests 2,116 2,579
- depreciation, amortization and writedowns 44,048 38,439
- expenses recognised for share-based incentive plans 265 120
- exchange rate differences on private placement (10,138) (2,046)
- (not paid) interest expense on bonds 1,822 1,704
- provision in income statement of fair value derivatives in cash flow
hedge 9,182 2,084
- losses/(gains) on disposal of fixed assets and non-current assets
held for sale (168) 17
- provisions for risks, restructuring and deferred taxes 6,275 (1,474)
- post-retirement and other employee benefits (407) (316)
- change in net working capital (16,770) (16,251)
- other medium/long-term assets/liabilities (497) 4,672
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 55,699 37,864
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (23,477) (18,944)
Purchase of intangible assets (13,630) (14,781)
Net change in other securities 2,230 -
Sale of property, plant, equipment and businesses 357 133
Sale of intangible assets 53 43
NET CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES (34,467) (33,549)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Capital increase in subsidiaries from third parties 72 131
Net change in capital 901 104
Dividends paid to Holding Company shareholders and non-controlling
interests (2,544) (5,230)
New (repayment of) bonds (12,587) -
New (repayment of) long-term loans (26,345) (23,026)
New (repayment of) finance leases (915) (650)
NET CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES (41,418) (28,671)
(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (20,186) (24,356)
Balance at the beginning of the period 82,656 104,048
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (20,186) (24,356)
Exchange differences (2,672) (4,615)
BALANCE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD 59,798 75,077
ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS OF CASH FLOW STATEMENT
Taxes paid (5,502) (2,066)
Financial expenses paid (12,475) (15,000)
Financial income collected 1,036 766

Note: this table shows the elements that bring about the change in cash and cash equivalents, as expressly required by IAS 7. The cash flow statement included in the Report of the board of directors on operations shows the various operational components of cash flow, thereby explaining all of the changes in the overall net financial position.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(in thousands of Euro) Attributable to the shareholders of the parent
company
Total
Share Reserves Net result Total interests
capital and retained for the
earnings period
(accumula
ted losses)
Balance at December 31, 2015 61,681 108,042 1,120 170,843 19,553 190,396
Paid share capital increase 52 52 - 104 131 235
Allocation of 2015 net profit:
Legal reserve - - - - - -
Dividends - - - - (5,230) (5,230)
Retained earnings - 1,120 (1,120) - - -
Recognition of share-based incentive
plans - 120 - 120 - 120
Net purchase of treasury shares - - - - - -
Other changes - (46) - (46) 46 -
Comprehensive result for the period
Fair value measurement of cash flow
hedging instruments - 2,703 - 2,703 - 2,703
Actuarial gains (losses) - (13,211) - (13,211) - (13,211)
Tax on items booked in Other
Comprehensive Income - 1,861 - 1,861 - 1,861
Currency translation differences - (2,522) - (2,522) (138) (2,660)
Net result for the period - - 8,336 8,336 2,579 10,915
Total Comprehensive result for the
period - (11,169) 8,336 (2,833) 2,441 (392)
Balance at June 30, 2016 61,733 98,119 8,336 168,188 16,941 185,129
(in thousands of Euro) Attributable to the shareholders of the parent
company
Non
controlling
interests
Total
Share Reserves Net result Total
capital and retained for the
earnings period
(accumula
ted losses)
Balance at December 31, 2016 62,065 101,537 9,336 172,938 16,131 189,069
Paid share capital increase 228 673 - 901 72 973
Allocation of 2016 net profit:
Legal reserve - - - - - -
Dividends - - - - (2,544) (2,544)
Retained earnings - 9,336 (9,336) - - -
Recognition of share-based incentive
plans - 265 - 265 - 265
Net purchase of tresury shares - - - - - -
Other changes - (51) - (51) 51 -
Comprehensive result for the period
Fair value measurement of cash flow
hedging instruments - 2,446 - 2,446 - 2,446
Actuarial gains (losses) - 2,844 - 2,844 - 2,844
Tax on items booked in Other
Comprehensive Income - (1,070) - (1,070) - (1,070)
Currency translation differences - (10,893) - (10,893) (162) (11,055)
Net result for the period - - 19,971 19,971 2,116 22,087
Total Comprehensive result for the
period - (6,673) 19,971 13,298 1,954 15,252
Balance at June 30, 2017 62,293 105,087 19,971 187,351 15,664 203,015
EXPLANATORY AND SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES TO THE CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: CONTENTS
Chapter Note no. Description
A GENERAL ASPECTS
1 Content and format of the Condensed interim consolidated financial statements
2 Consolidation principles and accounting policies
B SEGMENT INFORMATION
3 Operating segments
C NOTES ON THE MAIN ITEMS OF THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
C1 ASSETS
4 Cash and cash equivalents
5 Other financial assets
6 Inventories
7 Trade and other receivables
8 Tangible fixed assets
9 Intangible assets
10 Investments in joint ventures
11 Other financial assets available for sale
12 Financial receivables and other non-current receivables
13 Deferred tax assets
14 Non-current assets held for sale
C2 LIABILITIES
15 Financial debts to banks and other financing creditors
16 Trade and other current payables
17 Other current liabilities
18 Long-term provisions and other payables
19 Deferred taxation
20 Share capital and reserves
21 Analysis of the net financial position
D NOTES ON THE MAIN INCOME STATEMENT ITEMS
22 Sales revenues
23 Seasonal nature of sales
24 Variable cost of sales
25 Manufacturing and R&D overheads
26 Depreciation and amortization
27 Distribution and sales fixed expenses
28 Administrative and general expenses
29 Personnel costs
30 Restructuring costs
31 Losses (gains) on disposal
32 Exchange (gains) losses
33 Other non-operating expenses (income)
34 Financial expenses (income), net
35 Losses (gains) from equity investments
36 Income taxes
37 Dividends paid
38 Earnings per share (EPS)
E 39 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
F COMMITMENTS AND RISKS
40 Operating leases
41 Investment commitments
42 Guarantees given
43 Other risks
44 Contingent assets and liabilities
45 Subsequent events
G 46 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
H GROUP COMPANIES
47 List of Group companies

A) GENERAL ASPECTS

1. CONTENT AND FORMAT OF THE CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The interim condensed Condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the period January 1 - June 30, 2017 have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") and adopted by the European Union and have been prepared according to IAS 34 - "Interim Financial Reporting", applying the same accounting principles and policies used in the preparation of the Condensed interim consolidated financial statements at December 31, 2016. "IFRS" also means the International Accounting Standards ("IAS") currently in force, as well as all of the interpretation documents issued by the International Financial Reporting Standards Interpretations Committee ("IFRS IC", formerly "IFRIC") previously called the Standing Interpretations Committee ("SIC"). To this end, the figures of the financial statements of the consolidated subsidiaries have been appropriately reclassified and adjusted.

As a partial exception to IAS 34 provisions, these interim condensed financial statements provide detailed as opposed to condensed statements in order to provide a better and clearer overview of the changes that have taken place in the Company's assets and liabilities, financial position and results during the half-year.

They also contain the disclosures required by IAS 34 with the supplementary information considered useful for a clearer understanding of these half-year financial statements.

The interim condensed financial statements as at June 30, 2017 should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements as at December 31, 2016.

With reference to IAS 1, the Board Directors confirm that, considering the economic forecasts, the capitalisation and the financial position of the Group, the same operates as a going concern.

The interim condensed financial statements as at June 30, 2017 were approved by the Board of Directors on July 25, 2017.

1.1 Format of the Condensed interim consolidated financial statements

The financial statements as at June 30, 2017 are consistent with those used for the annual report as at December 31, 2016.

The Income Statement also provides the following intermediate results in order to give a clearer understanding of the typical results of normal manufacturing activities, the financial side of the business and the impact of taxation:

  • Contribution margin: it is the difference between sales revenues and variable cost of sales;
  • EBIT: it represents the profit before financial items, tax and profit attributable to minority interests;
  • Result before taxes and non-controlling interests;
  • Net result before non-controlling interests;
  • Group Net result.

1.2 Content of the Condensed interim consolidated financial statements

The interim condensed Condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the six-month period ending June 30, 2017 include the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. and its controlled subsidiaries.

Section H of this note gives a list of the companies included in the scope of consolidation and the percentages held.

These financial statements are presented in Euro and all figures are rounded up or down to the nearest thousand Euro, unless otherwise indicated.

The interim condensed Condensed interim consolidated financial statements (prepared on a line-by-line basis) include the financial statements of Sogefi S.p.A., the Holding Company, and of all the Italian and foreign companies under its control, except for the subsidiaries Sogefi Suspensions Heavy Duty Italy Srl and Sogefi Suspensions Passenger Car Italy Srl that have been valued at cost since such companies are not operative as at June 30, 2017.

It should be noted that in the first half year 2017 subsidiary Sogefi Suspensions S.A. increased its percentage of ownership in subsidiary S.ARA Composite S.A.S. from 95.65% to 95.98% through a share capital increase (Euro 1,890 thousand, not declared and paid out) subscribed by non-controlling interest shareholders that led to an amount of Euro 51 thousand being reclassified between non-controlling interests and Group's shareholders' equity.

No further changes were made to the scope of consolidation during the period.

1.3 Group composition

As required by IFRS 12, Group composition as at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was as follows:

Business Unit Region Wholly-owned subsidiaries
June 30, 2017 December 31,
Air&Cooling Canada 1 1
France 1 1
Mexico (*) 1 1
Romania 1 1
China (**) 2 2
Luxembourg 1 1
USA 1 1
Hong Kong 1 1
Filtration Italy (***) 1 1
France 1 1
Great Britain 1 1
Spain 1 1
Slovenia 1 1
USA (****) 1 1
Brazil 1 1
Argentina 1 1
Morocco (*) 1 -
Suspensions Italy (*) 2 -
France 2 2
Great Britain 2 2
Germany 2 2
The Netherlands 1 1
Brazil 1 1
Argentina 1 1
Sogefi Gestion S.A.S. France 1 1
TOTAL 30 27

(*) This subsidiary works also for Suspensions business unit.

(**) These subsidiaries work also for Filtration and Suspensions business units.

(***) This subsidiary works also for Suspensions and Air&Cooling business units.

(****) This subsidiary works also for Air&Cooling business unit.

(*****)These subsidiaries are not active at June 30, 2017.

Business Unit Region Non-wholly-owned subsidiaries
June 30, 2017 December 31,
Air&Cooling China 1 1
Filtration India (**) 1 1
Suspensions France 1 1
Spain 1 1
China 1 1
India 1 1
TOTAL 6 6

(******) This subsidiary works also for Air&Cooling business unit.

2. CONSOLIDATION PRINCIPLES AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The consolidation and accounting policies applied in preparing the condensed financial statements for the six-month period ended June 30, 2017 are consistent with those used for the annual financial statements as of December 31, 2016 to which the reader should refer, except as reported below.

The preparation of the interim condensed financial statements requires Directors to make estimates and assumptions, which affect the values of revenues, costs, assets and liabilities and the information regarding potential assets and liabilities as at the date of the interim condensed financial statements. If in the future said estimates and assumptions, which are based on the best estimates of the Directors, should change due to actual circumstances, they will be adjusted accordingly in the period in which said circumstances change.

It should also be noted that some measurement processes, in particular the more complex ones, such as the calculation of any impairment of non-current assets, are generally fully made only when the annual financial statements are prepared, when all of the information that may be required is available, with the exception of the cases in which there are impairment indicators that require the performance of an impairment test.

The main items affected by these estimates are as follows:

  • goodwill (Euro 126,639 thousand as at June 30, 2017): the goodwill impairment test conducted as of December 31, 2016 confirmed that there was no need to recognise any impairment loss to the values shown in the financial statements. The trend of operating results of the business units in the first half year 2017 and the forecasts for the full year 2017 are basically in line with the projections included in the 2017 - 2020 multiyear plan for the Group as approved by the management. Hence there are no indications that the goodwill might be impaired in the first half of 2017;
  • recoverability of deferred tax assets related to tax losses (Euro 11,753 thousand as of June 30, 2017): as at June 30, 2017 deferred tax assets related to tax losses incurred during previous years (relating to the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. and subsidiaries Sogefi Italy S.p.A., Allevard Sogefi U.S.A. Inc., Sogefi Suspensions S.A., Sogefi Filtration Ltd, United Springs S.A.S., Sogefi Filtration Spain S.A.U. and Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S.) were accounted for to the extent of the generation of future taxable income - within the time frame of the business plan - against which they can be utilised for subsidiaries was deemed probable. Such probability is also determined based on the fact that such losses have originated under extraordinary circumstances, such as past or on-going restructuring, that are unlikely to occur again in the future and that these losses may be recovered throughout an unlimited or long-term time frame.

With reference to the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A., taxes are recognised in the income statement under "Current taxes" to the extent that the loss is actually offset against taxable income generated within the CIR Group tax filing system. Tax losses carried forward in excess of the offset amount were recognised as deferred tax assets as they are likely to be recovered taking into account that the Holding Company has joined the CIR Group tax filing system permanently. The ability to recover such tax is based on expected future taxable income according to the forecasts involving the companies participating in the CIR Group tax filing system;

  • pension plans (Euro 49,568 thousand as of June 30, 2017): actuaries who offer their consulting services to the Group use different statistic assumptions in order to anticipate future events for the purpose of estimating pension plan expenses, liabilities and assets. Such assumptions concern discount rate, expected return on pension plan assets (this particular assumption concerns nearly exclusively British pension funds), future wage inflation rates, mortality and turnover rates;
  • derivatives (Euro 7,321 thousand for assets and Euro 5,726 thousand for liabilities as at June 30, 2017): the estimate of derivatives fair value and the efficacy test on derivatives held for "hedge accounting" were performed with the aid of external consultants based on valuation models commonly used in the industry;
  • provision for product warranties (Euro 16.3 million)/Other non-current receivables (Euro 9.7 million).
  • 1) With regard to provision for product warranties, there are claims in progress by two customers relating to a defective component supplied starting from 2010 by subsidiary Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S. (formerly named Systèmes Moteurs S.A.S., "SM") before and after it was purchased by Dayco Europe S.r.l. (in 2011). The Company believes that the defect was caused by a thermostat manufactured by a supplier of SM and in 2012 filed a law suit against that supplier at the French courts seeking indemnity for any damages it might have to pay to its customers.

In June 2012 the court appointed a technical expert to write an expert witness report, initially for the purpose of determining the causes of product defect. Subsequently, the subsuppliers and the customers, and lastly Dayco took part in the investigation process.

The court's expert is tasked with determining the nature of the defect, the liability of the different parties involved and the amount of damages.

The expert established that the defect was caused by the thermostat manufactured by the supplier of SM.

With regard to the liability of the parties involved, the expert is analysing the different phased of the type approval procedure to allocate liability among the different parties involved (thermostat supplier, its subsuppliers, SM as first-tier supplier, and the customers).

With regard to the determination of damages, the expert was asked to evaluate whether the damages claimed by the customers are appropriate for the purpose of allocating final damages among the parties involved.

2) Customers have recently reduced the total amount of their claims from Euro 188.5 million to Euro 165.4 million, broken down as follows:

  • Euro 112.4 million for past and future campaigns (previously Euro 111.3 million);

  • Euro 31.5 million for interest and other costs (previously Euro 11.3 million);

  • Euro 21.5 million for damage to reputation and loss of future income (previously Euro 65.9 million).

Based on existing proceedings, the Company and its legal counsel deem that there is only a remote possibility that a liability will arise from the latter claim in the amount of Euro 21.5 million.

Regarding the request for Euro 31.5 million for interest and other costs, the Company, supported by its legal counsel, recalculated the amounts for which details were provided by the customers and then based on the current situation fully and prudentially assessed the amounts for which details have not yet been provided.

3) Based on the foregoing, the claim considered by the Company today amounts to Euro 132.9 million (previously Euro 122.6 million) without this having an impact on the Company's accruals.

The Company investigated such claim thoroughly to identify the concerned production periods and – prior to the allocation of liability, if any – according to its estimates Euro 64.1 million relate to products manufactured before the SM acquisition, and Euro 68.8 million to post-acquisition periods.

In this regard, in May 2016, the Company obtained an arbitration award in the international arbitration proceedings initiated against Dayco to recover the costs incurred by SM after the acquisition.

In short, the award confirmed that Sogefi has a general right to indemnification for the claims relating to products manufactured before Sogefi purchased SM, and ordered Dayco to pay Euro 9.4 million to Sogefi for the claims already paid (including the amounts paid in connection with the above mentioned defective component). The award amount had been paid at the end of the year 2016. In 2017, an additional amount of Euro 0.3 million was collected for further claims still pending between Sogefi and Dayco at the end of 2016.

If appropriate, the Company will claim such general right to indemnification against Dayco in connection with amounts paid to customers for production lots of the defective components before Sogefi purchased SM.

The award ordered Sogefi to pay any claims relating to production lots manufactured after the acquisition.

4) The Company estimates the claims relating to production lots manufactured after the acquisition at Euro 68.8 million in total before liability is allocated among the different parties involved (thermostat supplier, its subsuppliers, SM, and the customers).

The Company, supported by its legal counsel, feels that the expert can recognise only a portion of these sums.

5) SM paid Euro 21 million on a provisional basis for claims filed by customers. These amounts were paid under standstill agreements, without any admission of liability. Such amounts will be adjusted or partly refunded as required when the Court decides on the merits of the case or under subsequent settlement agreements.

At the end of the year 2016, the Company's provision for product warranties – less total amount paid of Euro 21 million – amounted to Euro 16.3 million. This amount was re-analysed in the first half of 2017. The Company, supported by its legal counsel, confirmed this provision as being prudent.

6) With regard to the indemnities owed by the seller of SM shares, it is worthwhile pointing out that the Sogefi Group entered an indemnification asset totalling Euro 23.4 million in the Condensed interim consolidated financial statements in 2011, because the seller Dayco had provided contractual guarantees relating to defect liability claims existing at the time of the acquisition, including those noted above. Based on the outcome of the arbitration proceedings, in 2016 the Company reduced the amount expected to be recovered from Dayco by Euro 4 million

and consequently wrote down the indemnification asset by the same amount. After the payments of 2016 and 2017, the residual value of the indemnification asset as at June 30, 2017 was Euro 9.7 million.

Please note that both Sogefi and Dayco appealed parts of the award before the Court of Appeals in Milan. Sogefi appealed the part of the award ordering it to pay the claims concerning the products manufactured after the acquisition; Dayco appealed the part of the award confirming the validity of the indemnities in favour of Sogefi provided for by the acquisition contract. It should be noted that the validity of such indemnities was confirmed by both the award and a preliminary ruling of the Court of Appeals in Milan, that rejected Dayco's petition to stay enforcement of the award and confirmed that the award is enforceable.

It should be noted that these are complex proceedings that involve passing judgement on technical, juridical and commercial matters, and present uncertainties connected with the outcome of the proceedings before the French courts and the arbitration award. Estimates concerning risks provision and the recovery of booked assets are based on the information available at the time of preparing the financial statements. The estimate is subject to change as events evolve.

Accounting Standards, Amendments and Interpretations adopted from January 1, 2017

No new IFRS accounting standards, amendments and interpretations have become applicable on January 1, 2017.

IFRS and IFRIC accounting standards, amendments and interpretations approved by the European Union but not yet compulsorily applicable and not early adopted by the Group

The Group has not adopted the following new and amended standards that have been issued but are not yet applicable:

IFRS 15 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers (issued on 28 May 2014 and supplemented with additional clarifications on 12 April 2016) bound to replace IAS 18 – Revenue and IAS 11 – Construction Contracts, as well as the interpretations IFRIC 13 – Customer Loyalty Programmes, IFRIC 15 – Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate, IFRIC 18 – Transfers of Assets from Customers and SIC 31 – Revenues-Barter Transactions Involving Advertising Services. The standard provides for a new revenue recognition model, which will be applicable to all agreements made with customers, with the exception of those falling under the scope of application of other IFRSs, such as leases, insurance contracts and financial instruments. The main steps for revenue recognition according to the new model are:

  • o identifying the agreement in place with the customer;
  • o identifying the performance obligations under the agreement;
  • o defining the transaction price;
  • o price allocation to the performance obligations under the agreement;
  • o revenue recognition criteria when the entity satisfies each performance obligation.

This standard is applicable as from 1 January 2018, though early adoption is allowed. The amendments to IFRS 15, Clarifications to IFRS 15 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers, published by IASB on 12 April 2016, have not yet been endorsed by the European Union.

OEM/OES contracts with car manufacturers generally include three major contractual obligations:

  • development of the production process for the manufacture of the goods, based on the specifications supplied by the customer;

  • supply of tooling, like equipment and moulds used in the production of goods;

  • supply of the goods.

The Group concluded that the supply of goods represents a distinct performance obligation, while the development of the production process does not meet the requirements to be identified as a separate performance obligation (related revenues will be recognised on the same duration of the performance obligation identified by the supply of goods); this does not constitute an alteration in the manner in which revenue from these contractual obligations is recognised in relation to the current situation.

The Group is completing the analysis of the supply of tooling where there are legal agreements with different clients in the different jurisdictions in which the Group operates (the ownership of the tooling could be transferred to the car manufacturer before the start of mass production in exchange for a fixed fee or at the end of mass production, when revenue from the sale of tooling is included in the sale price of the individual goods).

With the exception of tooling, where the analysis is still ongoing, when supplying car manufacturers the control is transferred to customers upon shipment/delivery of the goods, and, as a result, revenues will be recognised at that time, without generating any differences from the current revenue recognition policy.

The Group has analysed the contractual obligation for the warranties for the supplied components, concluding that it does not represent a distinct performance obligation because it does not provide additional services that benefit the customers. Warranty costs will continue to be recognised under IAS 37 - Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets.

The Group has identified an impact on the presentation of revenues from aftermarket customers. This is due to the marketing contributions provided to customers who meet the definition of "consideration payable to customers" in IFRS 15 and that have to be presented net of revenues. These costs are currently presented in the item "Variable cost of sales" because they are considered marketing costs provided by customers to the Group.

During the second half of 2017 the Group will finalise its analysis of the impacts arising from the application of the new standard (tooling, presentation, disclosure requirements etc.) also for the purpose of defining guidance for the year 2018.

  • Final version of IFRS 9 Financial instruments (issued on 24 July 2014). The document includes the results of the classification, valuation, impairment and hedge accounting phases relating to the IASB project pending the replacement of IAS 39:
  • o it introduces new criteria to classify and measure financial assets and liabilities;
  • o with reference to the impairment model, the new standard requires the losses on receivables to be estimated based on the expected losses model (instead of the incurred losses model of IAS 39) using information that can be evidenced, available free of charge or without unreasonable effort and including historic, current and forecast data;
  • o A new hedge accounting model is introduced (additional types of transactions can be designated for hedge accounting, different accounting method for forward contracts and options when they are included in a hedge accounting transaction, changes to effectiveness test).

The new principle, which supersedes the previous versions of IFRS 9, must be applied to financial statements as of January 1, 2018 and thereafter.

Directors expect IFRS 9 to have an impact on the balances and the relevant disclosures in the Condensed interim consolidated financial statements of the Group. Still, it will be impossible to provide a reasonable estimate as to the effects until the Group completes a detailed analysis.

IFRS and IFRIC accounting standards, amendments and interpretations not yet endorsed by the European Union

The European Union has not yet completed its endorsement process for the standards and amendments below reported at the date of these Condensed interim consolidated financial statements.

IFRS 16 – Leases (issued on 13 January 2016) is to replace IAS 17 – Leases, as well as IFRIC 4 Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease, SIC-15 Operating Leases—Incentives and SIC-27 Evaluating the Substance of Transactions Involving the Legal Form of a Lease.

The new standard provides a new definition of lease and introduces a criterion based on the control (right of use) of an asset to differentiate between lease and service agreements according to: asset identification, right to replacement of the asset, right to obtain all economic benefits arising out of use of the asset and right to control the use of the asset underlying the agreement.

The standard introduces a single lessee accounting model for recognising and measuring lease agreements, which provides for the underlying asset – including assets underlying operating leases – to be recognised in the statement of financial position as assets and leas financial liability. Lessees may elect to not recognise agreements for low-value assets or with a term of up to 12 within the scope of this standard. No significant changes are introduced for lessor accounting.

The standard applies for reporting period beginning on or after 1 January 2019. Early application is only allowed for early adopters of IFRS 15 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

Directors expect that the adoption of IFRS 16 will have a significant impact on lease accounting and the relevant disclosures included in the Group's Condensed interim consolidated financial statements. Still, it will be impossible to provide a reasonable estimate as to the effects until the Group completes a detailed analysis of the relevant agreements.

  • Amendment to IAS 12 "Recognition of Deferred Tax Assets for Unrealised Losses" (published on 19 January 2016). This document provides clarifications on the recognition of deferred tax assets for unrealised losses under certain circumstances and on the estimation of taxable income for future periods. The Directors are evaluating the possible effects of applying these amendments to the Group's Condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
  • Amendments to IAS 7 "Disclosure Initiative" issued on 29 January 2016. The document provides some clarifications to improve information on financial liabilities. Specifically, the amendments require such disclosures as to allow the recipients of the financial statements to understand changes in liabilities generated by financing operations. The amendments apply as from 1 January 2017. They do not require a presentation of comparative information relating to previous years. The Directors are evaluating the possible effects of applying these amendments to the Group's Condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
  • Amendments to IFRS 2 "Classification and measurement of share-based payment transactions" (issued on 20 June 2016). This document provides clarifications on how to account for the effects of vesting conditions in cashsettled share-based payments, how to classify share-based payments that include net settlement features and how to account for changes to the terms and conditions of a share-based payment that change that payment from cashsettled to equity-settled. The amendments apply as from 1 January 2018, though early adoption is allowed. The Directors are evaluating the possible effects of applying these amendments to the Group's Condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
  • Document "Annual Improvements to IFRSs: 2014-2016 Cycle" (published on December 8, 2016) with major changes concerning:
  • o IFRS 1 First adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards - The changes eliminate some exemptions from IFRS 1 as the benefit of these exemptions is deemed to have been superseded. These

amendments are to be applied for financial periods beginning on January 1, 2018.

  • o IFRS 12 Information on equity investments in other entities The change clarifies the scope of application of IFRS 12, specifying that the disclosure required by the principle also applies to investments classified as held for sale, held for distribution to members or as discontinued operations in accordance with IFRS 5. The amendment aims at standardising the information required by IFRS principles 5 and 12. These amendments are to be applied for financial periods beginning on January 1, 2017
  • o IAS 28 Equity investments in subsidiaries and joint ventures– The amendment clarifies that the option for an investment entity in risk capital or another entity qualified to measure the investments in subsidiaries and joint ventures values at fair value posted to the income statement (rather than by applying the equity method) is performed for each single investment upon initial recognition. These amendments are to be applied for financial periods beginning on January 1, 2018.

Directors do not expect any significant effect on the Condensed interim consolidated financial statements of the Group when these amendments are adopted.

  • IFRIC 22 "Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration" (issued on 8 December 2016). This interpretation provides guidelines on foreign currency transactions when non-monetary advance consideration paid or received is recognised before recognition of the relating asset, expense or income. This document clarifies how an entity is to determine the date of the transaction and consequently the spot exchange rate to be used for foreign currency transactions whose consideration is paid or received in advance. IFRIC 22 applies as from 1 January 2018, though early adoption is allowed. Directors do not expect any significant effect on the Condensed interim consolidated financial statements of the Group when these amendments are adopted.
  • Amendments to IAS 40 "Transfers of Investment Property" (issued on 8 December 2016). These amendments provide clarifications on the transfer a property asset to, or from, investment property. Specifically, an entity should only reclassify a property asset to or from investment property when there is evidence of a change in use of that asset. Such change in use must be supported by a specific event occurred in the past. A change in intention by the entity's management alone is not sufficient. These amendments apply as from 1 January 2018, though early adoption is allowed. Directors do not expect any significant effect on the Condensed interim consolidated financial statements of the Group when these amendments are adopted.
  • Amendments to IFRS 10 and IAS 28 "Sales or Contribution of Assets between an Investor and its Associate or Joint Venture" (issued on 11 September 2014). The purpose of these amendments was to resolve the conflict between IAS 28 and IFRS 10 concerning the measurement of profit or loss arising from transfers or assignments of a non-monetary asset to a joint venture or associate in return for its shares. The IASB has suspended the application of these amendments for the time being.

IFRIC 23 – Uncertainty over income taxes treatment. In June 2017, the IASB published the interpretation of IFRIC 23 - Uncertainty over income tax treatments. The interpretation clarifies the application of recognition and measurement requirements in IAS 12 Income Taxes when there is uncertainty about tax treatment. These amendments are to be applied for financial periods beginning on January 1, 2019.

Exchange rates

The following exchange rates have been used for translation purposes:

1st half 2017 1st half 2016 F.Y. 2016
Average 06.30 Average 06.30 12.31
US dollar 1.0825 1.1412 1.1155 1.1102 1.0541
Pound sterling 0.8601 0.8793 0.7785 0.8265 0.8562
Brazilian real 3.4393 3.7600 4.1350 3.5898 3.4305
Argentine peso 16.9981 18.8857 15.9898 16.5810 16.7476
Chinese renminbi 7.4416 7.7387 7.2934 7.3757 7.3201
Indian rupee 71.1238 73.7463 74.9625 74.9625 71.5820
New romanian Leu 4.5364 4.5523 4.4956 4.5235 4.5391
Canadian dollar 1.4445 1.4785 1.4854 1.4384 1.4188
Mexican peso 21.0261 20.5846 20.1613 20.6356 21.7723
Hong Kong dollar 8.4161 8.9071 8.6655 8.6133 8.1753

B) SEGMENT INFORMATION

3. OPERATING SEGMENTS

In compliance with the provisions of IFRS 8, the following information is provided by operating segments (business segments).

The operating segments and performance indicators have been determined on the basis of the reports used by the Group's Managing Director for taking strategic decisions.

Business segments

With regard to the business segments, disclosures concerning the three business units are provided: Suspensions, Filtration, and Air and Cooling. Figures for the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. and the subsidiary Sogefi Gestion S.a.S. are also provided for the purpose of reconciliation with consolidated values.

The tables below provide the income statement and statement of financial position figures of the Group for the first half of 2016 and 2017:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2016
Air & Suspensions Filtration Sogefi SpA / Adjust Sogefi
Cooling Sogefi ments Group
Gestion consolida
S.A.S. tion
REVENUES
Sales to third parties 239,876 288,814 269,867 - - 798,557
Intersegment sales 493 691 835 10,783 (12,802) -
TOTAL REVENUES 240,369 289,505 270,702 10,783 (12,801) 798,557
RESULTS
EBIT 12,152 18,074 14,921 (3,945) (4,597) 36,605
Financial expenses, net (16,843)
Income from
equity investments -
Losses from
equity investments (391)
Result before taxes 19,371
Income taxes (8,456)
Loss (profit) attributable to
non-controlling interests (2,579)
NET RESULT 8,336
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
ASSETS
Segment assets 289,871 422,699 353,872 642,275 (736,146) 972,571
Unallocated assets - - - - 163,887 163,887
TOTAL ASSETS 289,871 422,699 353,872 642,275 (572,259) 1,136,458
LIABILITIES
Segment liabilities 171,861 282,310 242,481 488,766 (234,089) 951,329
TOTAL LIABILITIES 171,861 282,310 242,481 488,766 (234,089) 951,329
OTHER INFORMATION
Increase in tangible and
intangible fixed assets 8,717 11,158 13,419 541 (110) 33,725
Depreciation, amortization
and writedowns 8,493 14,175 13,491 1,680 600 38,439
(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017
Air & Suspensions Filtration Sogefi SpA Adjust Sogefi
Cooling / Sogefi ments Group
Gestion consolida
S.A.S. tion
REVENUES
Sales to third parties 264,256 306,393 295,325 - - 865,974
Intersegment sales 441 829 920 14,535 (16,725) -
TOTAL REVENUES 264,697 307,222 296,245 14,535 (16,725) 865,974
RESULTS
EBIT 17,609 22,182 15,670 (5,062) (569) 49,830
Financial expenses, net (12,806)
Income from
equity investments -
Losses from
equity investments -
Result before taxes 37,024
Income taxes (14,937)
Loss (profit) attributable to
non-controlling interests (2,116)
NET RESULT 19,971

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

316,832 409,854 334,591 606,612 (726,254) 941,635
- - - - 147,424 147,424
316,832 409,854 334,591 606,612 (578,830) 1,089,059
183,488 260,668 253,148 424,367 (235,628) 886,044
183,488 260,668 253,148 424,367 (235,628) 886,044
10,057 13,441 12,852 949 (192) 37,107
9,781 12,578 19,369 1,745 575 44,048

Please note that the Air and Cooling business unit figures include the net book value of the Systèmes Moteurs Group (company name is now Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S.), deriving from local accounts – in other words, not including the fair value adjustment of net assets after the Purchase Price Allocation of 2011 – and only the adjustments arising from the Purchase Price Allocation and relating to the change in product warranty provisions (contingent liabilities booked upon PPA); the remaining adjustments arising from the Purchase Price Allocation are posted in column "Adjustments".

Adjustments to "Intersegment sales" mainly refer to services provided by the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. and by subsidiary Sogefi Gestion S.A.S. to other Group companies (see note 39 for further details on the nature of the services provided). This item also includes intersegment sales between the business units. Intersegment transactions are conducted according to the Group's transfer pricing policy.

The adjustments to "EBIT" refer to depreciation and amortization linked to the revaluation of assets resulting from the acquisition of 40% of Sogefi Rejna S.p.A. (later merged into Sogefi Italy S.p.A.) and its subsidiaries in the year 2000, and of the Systèmes Moteurs Group in the year 2011.

In the Statement of Financial Position, the adjustments to the item "Segment assets" refer to the consolidation entry of investments in subsidiaries and intercompany receivables.

Adjustments to "Unallocated assets" mainly include the goodwill and the fixed assets revaluations resulting from the acquisitions of: the Allevard Ressorts Automobile Group, 40% of Sogefi Rejna S.p.A., the Filtrauto Group, 60% of Sogefi-MNR Engine Systems India Pvt Ltd and the Systèmes Moteurs Group.

Item "Depreciation, amortization and writedowns" includes writedowns of tangible fixed assets for Euro 3,825 thousand, primarily referred to the subsidiary Sogefi Filtration do Brasil Ltda., writedowns of intangible assets for Euro 4,666 thousand, mainly referred to European subsidiaries and to Sogefi Filtration do Brasil Ltda.

These assets were written down based on the recoverable value of assets at the end of the first half of 2017.

Information on the main customers

Revenues from sales to third parties as of June 30, 2017 accounting for over 10% of Group revenues are shown in the following table:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017
Group Group BU Filtration BU Air & BU
Cooling Suspensions
Amount %
Ford 107,784 12.4 28,496 42,741 36,547
FCA/CNH Industrial 107,117 12.4 44,708 35,166 27,243
Renault/Nissan 100,355 11.6 30,807 22,416 47,132
PSA 91,878 10.6 27,963 31,805 32,110

Information on geographic areas

The breakdown of revenues by geographical area is analysed in the Directors' Report and in note 22.

The following table shows a breakdown of total assets by geographical area:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2016
Europe South America North
America
Asia Adjust
ments
Sogefi Group
consolidation
TOTAL ASSETS 1,475,219 101,323 140,402 73,129 (653,615) 1,136,458
(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017
Europe South America North
America
Asia Adjust
ments
Sogefi Group
consolidation
TOTAL ASSETS 1,462,363 92,777 130,221 70,605 (666,907) 1,089,059

C) NOTES ON THE MAIN INCOME STATEMENT ITEMS: STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

C 1) ASSETS

4. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash and cash equivalents amount to Euro 73,057 thousand versus Euro 93,661 thousand as of December 31, 2016 and break down as follows:

June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
73,002 93,607
55 54
73,057 93,661

"Short-term cash investments" earn interest at a floating rate.

For further details on changes in the various components of the net financial position, please see note 21.

As of June 30, 2017, the Group has unused lines of credit for the amount of Euro 286,317 thousand. These funds are available for use on demand, because the conditions required for their availability are met.

Please note that this item includes Argentine Peso 26,686 thousand, i.e. the equivalent of Euro 1,413 thousand at the exchange rate in force on June 30, 2017 (Argentine Peso 18,595 thousand, the equivalent of Euro 1,110 at the exchange rate in force on December 31, 2016) held by the Argentinian subsidiaries.

5. OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS

"Other financial assets" can be broken down as follows:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Financial receivables 1,130 1,676
Held-to-maturity investments 1,700 3,950
Assets for derivative financial instruments 557 255
TOTAL 3,387 5,881

"Assets for derivative financial instruments" refer to the fair value of forward foreign exchange contracts not designated in hedge accounting.

6. INVENTORIES

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Write Write
Gross downs Net Gross downs Net
Raw, ancillary and consumable
materials 66,061 4,374 61,687 63,216 4,690 58,526
Work in progress and semi
finished products 17,496 534 16,962 16,251 384 15,867
Contract work in progress and
advances 43,105 70 43,035 41,001 54 40,947
Finished goods and goods for
resale 55,861 6,388 49,473 55,955 6,318 49,637
TOTAL 182,523 11,366 171,157 176,423 11,446 164,977

The breakdown of inventories is as follows:

The net value of inventories increased by Euro 6,180 thousand compared to December 31, 2016 (at equal exchange the increase would be Euro 9,959 thousand). This increase was due to Euro 2,088 thousand for the tooling to be resold to customers included in the item "Contract work in progress and advances", and, for the remainder, to the usual seasonal trends mainly observed in European subsidiaries.

7. TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES

Current receivables break down as follows:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Trade receivables 190,874 157,163
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts 3,595 4,977
Trade receivables, net 187,279 152,186
Due from Parent Company 3,459 6,280
Tax receivables 22,099 24,192
Other receivables 6,469 6,820
Other assets 5,602 3,689
TOTAL 224,908 193,167

"Trade receivables" are non-interest bearing and have an average due date of 33 days, against 34 days at the end of the previous year.

It should be noted that as of June 30, 2017, the Group factored trade receivables for Euro 104,890 thousand (Euro 98,937 thousand as of December 31, 2016), including an amount of Euro 54,860 thousand which was not notified (Euro 60,804 thousand as of December 31, 2016) and for which the Group continues to manage collection services. The risks and benefits related to these receivables have been transferred to the factor; therefore these receivables have been derecognised in the Statement of Financial Position debiting the consideration received from the factoring company.

Excluding the factoring transactions (Euro 104,890 thousand as at June 30, 2017 and Euro 98,937 thousand as at December 31, 2016) and the positive effect of exchange rates (Euro 5,410 thousand), net trade receivables show an increase of Euro 46,456 thousand mainly as a result of the increase in the Group's business activities which occurred in the second quarter of 2017 with respect to the end of the previous year. "Due from Parent Company" includes net receivables resulting from the participation in the Group tax filing system, due to Italian companies from the Parent Company CIR S.p.A.. Outstanding receivables as at December 31, 2016 were collected for a total of Euro 5,882 thousand in the first half of 2017. For further details, please refer to note 39.

"Tax receivables" include tax credits due to Group companies by the tax authorities of various countries. The decrease in the item, equal to Euro 2,093 thousand, mainly refers to VAT receivables.

It does not include deferred tax assets which are treated separately.

"Other receivables" break down as in the following table:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Amounts due from social security institutions 138 103
Amounts due from employees 202 202
Advances to suppliers 3,508 2,690
Due from others 2,621 3,825
TOTAL 6,469 6,820

The decrease in "Other receivables" refers for the most part to subsidiary Allevard Sogefi U.S.A. Inc. for insurance indemnities received.

"Other assets" mainly consist of accrued income and prepayments on insurance premiums and indirect taxes on buildings.

The increase in this item is seasonal and it is mainly due to the prepaid insurance policies, the indirect taxes on buildings, and the IT maintenance fees paid in the first few months of the year but relative to the year as a whole.

8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

The net carrying amount of tangible fixed assets as of June 30, 2017 amounted to Euro 255,706 thousand versus Euro 262,482 thousand at the end of the previous year and breaks down as follows:

(in thousands of Euro)
Land Buildings, Other Assets under TOTAL
plant and assets construction
machinery, and
commercial payments on
and industrial account
equipment
Balance at December 31, 2016
Historical cost 12,881 831,790 28,639 35,157 908,467
of which: leases - gross value - 16,239 89 533 16,861
Accumulated depreciation 63 622,635 22,238 1,049 645,985
of which: leases - accumulated
depreciation - 8,667 89 - 8,756
Net value 12,818 209,155 6,401 34,108 262,482
of which: leases - net value - 7,572 - 533 8,105
Balance at December 31, 2016 12,818 209,155 6,401 34,108 262,482
Additions of the period - 7,058 396 16,023 23,477
Disposals during the period, net - (68) (122) - (190)
Exchange differences (56) (5,041) (279) (897) (6,273)
Depreciation for the period - (18,782) (1,178) - (19,960)
Writedowns/revaluations during
the period 5 (3,619) (211) - (3,825)
Reclassification of non-current
assets held for sale - - - - -
Other changes - 11,120 478 (11,603) (5)
Balance at June 30, 2017 12,767 199,823 5,485 37,631 255,706
Historical cost 12,767 833,791 28,384 38,680 913,622
of which: leases - gross value - 15,646 82 - 15,728
Accumulated depreciation - 633,968 22,899 1,049 657,916
of which: leases - accumulated
depreciation - 8,879 82 - 8,961
Net value 12,767 199,823 5,485 37,631 255,706
of which: leases - net value - 6,767 - - 6,767

Investments during the period amounted to Euro 23.477 thousand and mainly regard "Assets under construction and payments on account", "Buildings, plant and machinery, commercial and industrial equipment".

In the category "Assets under construction and payments on account", the main investments related in particular to the subsidiary Sogefi Filtration Ltd for the development of new products and the improvement of production processes; the subsidiary Sogefi (Suzhou) Auto Parts Co., Ltd for the new Chinese plant for the Suspensions business unit and for investments in terms of health and safety; the French companies Sogefi Filtration S.A., Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S. and Sogefi Suspensions S.A. for the development of new products, increased production capacity and improvement of production processes; Sogefi Italy S.p.A. and Sogefi Suspension Brasil Ltda for increased production capacity and extraordinary maintenance; and Allevard Sogefi USA Inc. for the development of new products.

Among the most important projects in the category "Buildings, plant and machinery, commercial and industrial equipment" are the investments of the subsidiaries Sogefi Air & Cooling Canada Corp., Sogefi Engine Systems Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. and Allevard Sogefi USA Inc. for the development of new products, Iberica de Suspensiones S.L. and Sogefi-MNR Engine Systems India Pvt Ltd to increase production capacity.

During the first half year 2017, no relevant disposals were made.

"Depreciation for the period" has been recorded in the appropriate item in the Income Statement.

"Writedowns/revaluations during the period" totalled Euro 3,825 thousand and mainly relates to the subsidiary Sogefi Filtration do Brasil Ltda.

"Other changes" refer to the completion of projects that were under way at the end of the previous year and their reclassification under the pertinent items.

Guarantees

As of June 30, 2017, tangible fixed assets are encumbered by mortgages or liens totalling Euro 3,935 thousand to guarantee loans from financial institutions, compared to Euro 5,580 thousand as of December 31, 2016. Existing guarantees refer to subsidiaries Sogefi Air & Cooling Canada Corp., Allevard IAI Suspensions Private Ltd. and Sogefi Filtration do Brasil Ltda.

Purchase commitments

As at June 30, 2017, there are binding commitments to buy tangible fixed assets for the amount of Euro 2,675 thousand (Euro 2,373 thousand as at December 31, 2016). Said commitments will be settled for the most part within 12 months.

Leases

The carrying value of fixed assets under financial leases as of June 30, 2017 was Euro 15,728 thousand, and the related accumulated depreciation amounted to Euro 8,961 thousand.

The financial aspects of the lease payments and their due dates are explained in note 15.

9. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

At June 30, 2017 intangible assets amount to Euro 273,216 thousand against Euro 281,650 thousand at the end of the previous year and break down as follows:

(in thousands of Euro)
Develop
ment
costs
Industrial
patents and
intellectual
property
Other,
assets under
constructi
on and
Customer
Relationship
Trade name
Systemes
Moteurs
Goodwill TOTAL
rights,
concessions
licences and
trademarks
payments on
account
Balance at December 31, 2016
Historical cost 211,718 65,031 25,253 19,215 8,437 149,537 479,191
Accumulated amortization 130,327 32,317 4,281 5,362 2,356 22,898 197,541
Net value 81,391 32,714 20,972 13,853 6,081 126,639 281,650
Balance at December 31, 2016 81,391 32,714 20,972 13,853 6,081 126,639 281,650
Additions of the period 8,014 1,004 4,612 - - - 13,630
Disposals during the period, net (53) - - - - - (53)
Exchange differences (1,237) (1) (510) - - - (1,748)
Amortization for the period (12,792) (1,744) (349) (495) (217) - (15,597)
Writedowns / revaluations during
the period
(4,504) - (162) - - - (4,666)
Other changes 6,133 12 (6,145) - - - -
Balance at June 30, 2017 76,952 31,985 18,418 13,358 5,864 126,639 273,216
Historical cost 218,881 65,790 22,915 19,215 8,437 149,537 484,775
Accumulated amortization 141,929 33,805 4,497 5,857 2,573 22,898 211,559
Net value 76,952 31,985 18,418 13,358 5,864 126,639 273,216

Investments in the half year amounted to Euro 13,630 thousand.

The increases in "Development costs" refer to the capitalisation of costs incurred by Group companies to develop new products in collaboration with leading motor vehicle manufacturers. The most significant investments refer to the subsidiaries Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S., Sogefi Filtration S.A., Sogefi Engine Systems Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. and Sogefi Air & Cooling Canada Corp..

Increases in "Industrial patents and intellectual property rights, concessions, licences and trademarks" refer mainly to the development and implementation of the new information system across the Sogefi Group. This integrated information system is amortised on a ten-year basis, based on its estimated useful life, starting from the date of implementation in each subsidiary.

Increases in "Other, assets under construction and payments on account" refer mainly to a large number of investments in the development and implementation of the new information system across the Sogefi Group. The largest investments were made in subsidiaries Allevard Sogefi U.S.A., Inc. and Sogefi Suspensions S.A..

"Writedowns/revaluations during the period" totalled Euro 4,666 thousand and mainly relates to no longer recoverable research and development projects of the European subsidiaries and the subsidiary Sogefi Filtration do Brasil Ltda.

There are no intangible assets with an indefinite useful life except for goodwill.

The specific goodwill of CGU "Filtration" amounts to Euro 77,030 thousand; the goodwill of CGU "Air and Cooling" amounts to Euro 32,560 thousand; and the goodwill of C.G.U. "Car Suspension" amounts to Euro 17,049 thousand.

The impairment test conducted as of December 31, 2016 confirmed that there was no need to recognise any impairment loss to the values shown in the financial statements. In light of the operating performance of the divisions in the first half of 2017, there are no indications that said assets have suffered any impairment loss in the first half of 2017 as the trend of the business units in the first half of 2017 and the forecasts for the full year 2017 are basically in line with the projections included in the 2017 - 2020 multiyear plan for the Group as approved by the management.

10. INVESTMENTS IN JOINT VENTURES

As of June 30, 2017, this item amounts to zero.

11. OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR SALE

As at June 30, 2017 they amount to Euro 66 thousand (Euro 46 thousand as at December 31, 2016).

12. FINANCIAL RECEIVABLES AND OTHER NON-CURRENT RECEIVABLES

Financial receivables total Euro 6,764 thousand (Euro 15,770 thousand as of December 31, 2016) and refer to the fair value of Cross Currency Swap (CCS) hedging contracts. For further details, please refer to note 46.

"Other receivables" break down as follows:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Indemnification asset 9,735 9,955
Other receivables 20,725 19,863
TOTAL 30,460 29,818

"Other receivables" include an indemnification asset of Euro 9,735 thousand owed by the seller of Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S.' shares. – booked upon the PPA of the Systèmes Moteurs Group – relating to the recovery of expenses charged by customers following claims on the quality of products sold, based on warranties given by the same seller.

Please refer to note 2 for further details, "Consolidation principles and accounting policies".

The item "Other receivables" also includes tax credits relating to the research and development activities of the French subsidiaries, other tax credits and non-interest bearing guarantee deposits for leased properties. These receivables will be collected over the coming years. Item increase compared to December 31, 2016 is mainly due to tax assets of the French subsidiaries.

13. DEFERRED TAX ASSETS

As of June 30, 2017, this item amounts to Euro 46,916 thousand compared to Euro 56,810 thousand as of December 31, 2016.

This amount mainly relates to the expected benefits on deductible temporary differences, booked to the extent that it is likely to be recovered.

This item also includes deferred tax assets for tax losses of Euro 11,753 thousand (Euro 17,164 thousand as at December 31, 2016), all related to tax losses incurred in previous years.

Deferred tax assets for tax losses incurred in previous years relate to the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. (Euro 1,185 thousand as of June 30, 2017; Euro 1,259 thousand as of December 31, 2016) and subsidiaries Allevard Sogefi U.S.A. Inc. (Euro 5,593 thousand as at June 30, 2017; Euro 8,221 thousand as at December 31, 2016), Sogefi Suspensions S.A. (Euro 3,420 thousand as at June 30, 2017, Euro 3.651 thousand as at December 31, 2016), Sogefi Filtration Ltd (Euro 37 thousand as at June 30, 2017; Euro 807 thousand as at December 31, 2016), Sogefi Filtration Spain S.A.U. (Euro 1,001 thousand as at June 30, 2017; Euro 2,310 thousand as at December 31, 2016), United Springs S.A.S. (Euro 297 thousand as of June 30, 2017; Euro 493 thousand as of December 31, 2016) and Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S. (Euro 204 thousand as of June 30, 2017; Euro 380 thousand as of December 31, 2016) and Sogefi Italy S.p.A. (Euro 16 thousand as at June 30, 2017; Euro 43 thousand as at December 31, 2016 ).

With regard to the above mentioned subsidiaries, these taxes were recognised because it is believed to be probable that taxable income will be available in the future - within the time frame of the business plan - against which such tax losses can be utilised. Such probability is determined based on the fact that losses have originated under extraordinary circumstances that are unlikely to occur again, such as restructuring plans currently under way or occurred in the past.

It should also be noted that the losses incurred by the UK subsidiary can be carried forward indefinitely. The losses of the French and Spanish subsidiaries can be carried forward indefinitely but new law passed in 2012 in France and in 2016 in Spain has maintained a limit for the amount that can be utilised each year, making recovery time longer. The losses of the US subsidiary can be carried forward over a period of up to 20 years since they were incurred. The losses of the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. and of subsidiary Sogefi Italy S.p.A. are likely to be recovered taking into account that the companies have joined the CIR Group tax filing system in the past.

14. NON-CURRENT ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

As at 30 June 2017, non-current assets held for sale total Euro 3,418 thousand (Euro 3,418 thousand as of December 31, 2016) and relate to the plot of land and building of the Lieusaint site owned by subsidiary Sogefi Suspensions S.A., which were classified to "Non-current assets held for sale" as they will be sold in the next twelve months.

C 2) LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

15. FINANCIAL DEBTS TO BANKS AND OTHER FINANCING CREDITORS

These break down as follows:

Current portion

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Bank overdrafts and short-term loans 13,259 11,005
Current portion of medium/long-term financial debts
of which: leases
62,344
1,594
137,203
1,721
Total loans maturing within one year 62,344 137,203
TOTAL SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL DEBTS 75,603 148,208
Other short-term liabilities for derivative financial
instruments 5,726 400
TOTAL SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL DEBTS AND
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS 81,329 148,608

Non-current portion

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Financial debts to banks 93,756 48,291
Other medium/long-term financial debts
of which: leases
188,593
7,563
209,906
9,039
TOTAL MEDIUM/LONG-TERM FINANCIAL
DEBTS 282,349 258,197
Other medium/long-term liabilities for derivative
financial instruments - 7,550
TOTAL MEDIUM/LONG-TERM FINANCIAL
DEBTS AND DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL
INSTRUMENTS 282,349 265,747

Bank overdrafts and short-term loans

For further details, please refer to the Analysis of the net financial position included in note 21 and to the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement included in the financial statements.

Current and non-current portions of medium/long-term financial debts

Details are as follows (in thousands of Euro):

Balance at June 30, 2017:

Company Bank/Credit Institute Signing date Due date Original
amount loan
Interest rate Current
portion
Non-current
portion
Total amount Real
Guaran
tees
Euribor 3m + 153
Sogefi S.p.A. BNP Paribas S.A. Sept - 2014 Nov - 2019 35,000 bps variable - 24,980 24,980 N/A
Euribor 3m + 190
Sogefi S.p.A. ING Bank July - 2015 Sept - 2020 30,000 bps variable 5,000 24,896 29,896 N/A
Euribor 3m + 225
Sogefi S.p.A. Banca Carige S.p.A July - 2011 Sept - 2017 25,000 bps variable 1,364 - 1,364 N/A
Euribor 3m + 110
Sogefi S.p.A. Mediobanca S.p.A Jun- 2017 Jun- 2020 20,000 bps variable - 19,970 19,970 N/A
Euribor 3m + 130
Sogefi S.p.A. Banco do Brasil S.A. Sept - 2015 Sept - 2018 19,000 bps variable 7,600 3,766 11,366 N/A
Euribor 6m + 130
Sogefi S.p.A. Banca Carige S.p.A Nov - 2015 Jun - 2019 10,000 bps variable 2,866 2,861 5,727 N/A
Euribor 3m + 75
Sogefi Filtration S.A. Société Générale Apr - 2017 Oct - 2019 5,000 bps variable - 5,000 5,000 N/A
Sogefi (Suzhou) Auto
Parts Co., Ltd Intesa SanPaolo S.p.A. May - 2017 Aug - 2017 1,200 2 % fixed 1,200 0 1,200 N/A
Sogefi (Suzhou) Auto
Parts Co., Ltd Intesa SanPaolo S.p.A. May - 2017 Dec - 2017 4,764 120% PBOC 3m 4,764 - 4,764 N/A
Sogefi (Suzhou) Auto
Parts Co., Ltd Unicredit S.p.A. Jun - 2017 Dec - 2017 6,401 125% PBOC 3m 6,401 - 6,401 N/A
Sogefi (Suzhou) Auto
Parts Co., Ltd
Sogefi Air & Cooling
Commerz bank Jan- 2017 July - 2017 711 120% PBOC 6m 711 - 711 N/A
Canada Corp. Ge Capital Sept - 2015 Sept - 2019 4,058 4.207% fixed 1,024 1,342 2,366 YES
Sogefi Filtration do
Brasil Ltda Banco do Brasil July- 2014 Aug - 2017 3,013 8 % fixed 3,047 0 3,047 N/A
Sogefi Filtration do
Brasil Ltda Banco do Brasil Sept - 2015 Aug - 2018 2,660 17.96% fixed 1,101 183 1,284 YES
Sogefi Filtration do
Brasil Ltda Banco Itau May - 2017 Nov - 2017 634 5% fixed 634 0 634 N/A
Sogefi Filtration do
Brasil Ltda Banco do Brasil Apr - 2017 Apr - 2018 1,857 4.05% fixed 1,857 - 1,857 N/A
S.C. Sogefi Air & ROBOR 3m +
Cooling S.r.l ING Bank May - 2016 May - 2020 4,710 2.8% 1,449 2,898 4,347 N/A
Sogefi Suspensions Euribor 3m + 75
S.A. Société Générale Apr - 2017 Oct - 2019 5,000 bps variable 1,243 3,757 5,000 N/A
Sogefi Air&Cooling Euribor 3m + 75
S.A.S. Société Générale May - 2017 Nov - 2019 5,000 bps variable 1,243 3,757 5,000
Other loans 20,840 346 21,186
TOTAL 62,344 93,756 156,100

Line "Other loan" includes other minor loans, as well as financial lease payments in accordance with IAS 17.

Company Bank/Credit Institute Signing date Due date Original
amount loan
Interest rate Current
portion
Non-current
portion
Total amount Real
Guaran
tees
Euribor 3m + 190
Sogefi S.p.A. BNP Paribas S.A. Sep - 2014 Sep - 2017 25,000 bps variable 24,939 - 24,939 N/A
Euribor 3m + 190
Sogefi S.p.A. ING Bank July - 2015 Sep - 2020 30,000 bps variable - 29,879 29,879 N/A
Euribor 3m + 225
Sogefi S.p.A. Banca Carige S.p.A July - 2011 Sep - 2017 25,000 bps variable 4,026 - 4,026 N/A
Euribor 3m + 315
Sogefi S.p.A. Banco do Brasil S.A. Dec - 2012 Apr - 2017 15,000 bps variable 3,742 - 3,742 N/A
Euribor 3m + 130
Sogefi S.p.A. Mediobanca S.p.A July - 2015 Jan- 2017 20,000 bps variable 19,996 - 19,996 N/A
Euribor 3m + 125
Sogefi S.p.A. Mediobanca S.p.A Dec - 2015 June- 2017 20,000 bps variable 19,983 - 19,983 N/A
Euribor 3m + 130
Sogefi S.p.A. Banco do Brasil S.A. Sep - 2015 Sep - 2018 19,000 bps variable 7,600 7,552 15,152 N/A
Euribor 3m + 130
Sogefi S.p.A. Banca Carige S.p.A Nov - 2015 June - 2019 10,000 bps variable 2,848 4,289 7,137 N/A
Sogefi (Suzhou) Auto
Parts Co., Ltd ING Bank Mar - 2015 Jan - 2017 9,358 160% PBOC 1y 9,358 - 9,358 N/A
Sogefi (Suzhou) Auto
Parts Co., Ltd Intesa SanPaolo S.p.A. Nov - 2016 May - 2017 5,350 120% PBOC 3m 5,350 - 5,350 N/A
Sogefi (Suzhou) Auto
Parts Co., Ltd Unicredit S.p.A. Nov - 2016 Nov - 2017 4,097 115% PBOC 3m 4,097 - 4,097 N/A
Sogefi (Suzhou) Auto
Parts Co., Ltd
Commerz bank July- 2016 June - 2017 3,005 105% PBOC 6m 3,005 - 3,005 N/A
Sogefi Air & Cooling
Canada Corp. Ge Capital Sep - 2015 Sep - 2019 4,229 4,207% fixed 1,045 1,938 2,983 YES
Sogefi Filtration do
Brasil Ltda Banco do Brasil July- 2014 Aug - 2017 3,322 8 % fixed 3,322 - 3,322 N/A
Sogefi Filtration do
Brasil Ltda Banco do Brasil Sep - 2015 Aug - 2018 2,915 17,96% fixed 1,206 804 2,010 YES
Sogefi Filtration do
Brasil Ltda Banco Itau Mar - 2016 Mar - 2017 2,591 6,2% fixed 791 - 791 N/A
S.C. Sogefi Air & ROBOR 3m +
Cooling S.r.l. ING Bank May - 2016 May - 2020 4,723 2,8% 1,090 3,633 4,723 N/A
Shanghai Sogefi Auto
Parts Co., Ltd Bank of China July - 2016 Jan - 2017 2,049 105% PBOC 6m 2,049 - 2,049 N/A
Other loans 22,756 196 22,951
TOTAL 137,203 48,291 185,494

Balance at December 31, 2016:

Other short-term liabilities for derivative financial instruments

The item includes the short-term portion of the fair value of exchange risk hedging contracts and interest risk hedging contracts.

Please refer to chapter G for a further discussion of this matter.

Other medium/long-term financial debts

Details are as follows:

Company Bank/Credit Institute Signing date Due date Original Interest rate Total Real
amount loan amount at guarantees
June 30,
2017
Fixed coupon
Sogefi S.p.A. Private placement May - 2013 May - 2023 USD 115,000 600 bps 71,717 N/A
Fixed coupon
Sogefi S.p.A. Private placement May - 2013 May - 2020 Euro 25,000 505 bps 24,960 N/A
Fixed coupon
Sogefi S.p.A. Equity linked bond May - 2014 May - 2021 Euro 100,000 2% year 83,826 N/A
Leasing 7,563
Other financial debts 527
TOTAL 188,593

Please note that an amount of Euro 14,396 thousand relating to the bond issue of USD 115,000 thousand was classified under "Current portion of medium/long-term financial debts" because redemption will occur by June 30, 2018.

The line "Other medium/long-term financial debts" includes other minor loans.

Company Bank/Credit Institute Signing date Due date Original Interest rate Total Real
amount loan amount at guarantees
December
31, 2016
Fixed coupon
Sogefi S.p.A. Private placement May - 2013 May - 2023 USD 115,000 600 bps 93,228 N/A
Fixed coupon
Sogefi S.p.A. Private placement May - 2013 May - 2020 Euro 25,000 505 bps 24,953 N/A
Fixed coupon
Sogefi S.p.A. Equity linked bond May - 2014 May - 2021 Euro 100,000 2% year 82,035 N/A
Leasing 9,041
Other financial debts 649
TOTAL 209,906

As of December 31, 2016, details are as follows:

In the first half of 2017 the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. entirely repaid the loans outstanding at December 31, 2016 with Mediobanca S.p.A., stipulated in July 2015 and expiring in January 2017, for a total of Euro 20 million and with Banco do Brasil S.A., stipulated in December 2012 and expiring in April 2017, for the balance of Euro 3.8 million. The loan of Euro 20 million granted by Mediobanca S.p.A in December 2015 and expiring in the month of June 2017 was replaced by a loan of the same amount and signed with the same institution in June 2017 and expiring in the month of June 2020 at a floating rate of 3-month Euribor plus a spread of 110 basis points. With reference to the bond loan originally for Usd 115 million expiring in May 2023, as per the relative contract the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. paid the first instalment in May, for a total sum of Usd 16.4 million.

The existing loans are not secured by the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A.'s assets. Furthermore, note that, contractually, the spreads relating to the loans of the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. are reviewed every six months on the basis of the computation of the consolidated NFP/normalised consolidated EBITDA ratio. For an analysis of the covenants relating to loans outstanding at the end of the period, please refer to the note 21 below entitled "Analysis of the financial position".

Other medium/long-term financial liabilities for derivative financial instruments Please refer to chapter G for a further discussion of this matter.

Finance leases

The Group has finance leases as well as rental and hire contracts for building, plant and machinery that, according to their type, cover almost the entire useful life of the asset concerned. The assets held under these leases, rental and hire contracts are booked in accordance with IAS 17 as though they were fixed assets owned by the company, disclosing their historical cost, depreciation, financial cost and residual liability.

Future payments deriving from these contracts can be summarised as follows:

(in thousands of Euro) Instalments Capital
Within 12 months 1,989 1,594
Between 1 and 5 years 7,136 6,230
Beyond 5 years 1,365 1,333
Total lease payments 10,490 9,157
Interests (1,333) -
TOTAL PRESENT VALUE OF LEASE PAYMENTS 9,157 9,157

16. TRADE AND OTHER CURRENT PAYABLES

The amounts shown in the financial statements can be broken down into the following categories:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Trade and other payables 363,377 339,086
Tax payables 9,027 8,664
TOTAL 372,404 347,750

Details of trade and other payables are as follows:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Due to suppliers 285,161 262,884
Due to Parent company 2,556 3,254
Due to tax authorities for indirect and other taxes 12,255 11,359
Due to social and security institutions 19,727 20,668
Due to employees 34,751 31,992
Other payables 8,927 8,929
TOTAL 363,377 339,086

Amounts "Due to suppliers " are not interest-bearing and are settled on average in 68 days (66 days at December 31, 2016).

The amounts "Due to suppliers" increased by Euro 22,277 thousand (by Euro 27,232 thousand exchange rates being equal); this is mainly due to business growth in the second quarter 2017 compared to the last quarter 2016.

Amounts "Due to the parent company" refer to the debt amounting to Euro 250 thousand with the Parent Company CIR S.p.A. for services rendered in the first half of 2017 (Euro 250 thousand in the first half of 2016); Euro 831 thousand reflect the consideration due for the fiscal surplus transferred by companies that have joined the CIR Group tax filing system; the amount Euro 1,421 thousand reflects the tax liabilities in connection with the CIR Group tax filing system. This item also includes Euro 54 thousand for remuneration due to Directors.

The increase in item "Due to tax authorities for indirect and other taxes" mainly refers to VAT debts and withholding taxes.

The increase in amounts "Due to employees" is highly seasonal and is due mainly to provisions for vacation accrued and not yet utilised and the Italian 13th month salaries that will be paid to employees in the coming months.

17. OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

"Other current liabilities" include adjustments to costs and revenues for the period so as to ensure compliance with the accruals based principle (accrued expenses and deferred income) and advances received from customers for orders still to be delivered.

18. LONG-TERM PROVISIONS AND OTHER PAYABLES

Long-term provisions

These are made up as follows:

June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
49,568 53,198
5,829 5,996
2,260 2,106
18,514 19,081
8,055 8,936
84,226 89,317

Details of the main items are given below.

Pension funds

Changes in this item over the period are shown below:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Opening balance 53,198 42,575
Cost of benefits charged to income statement 1,751 3,380
Amounts
recognised
in
"Other
Comprehensive
Income" (2,844) 12,929
Contributions paid (2,007) (2,939)
Exchange differences (530) (2,747)
TOTAL 49,568 53,198

The following table shows the balances of pension funds by geographical area of the relevant subsidiaries:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Great Britain 19,085 23,007
France 27,104 26,734
Other 3,379 3,457
TOTAL 49,568 53,198

Provision for employment termination indemnities

Changes in this item over the period are shown below:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Opening balance 5,996 6,316
Accruals for the period 71 147
Amounts
recognised
in
"Other
Comprehensive
Income" - (13)
Contributions paid (238) (454)
TOTAL 5,829 5,996

Provision for restructuring

These are amounts set aside for restructuring operations that have been officially announced and communicated to those concerned, as required by IAS/IFRS.

The provision changed as follows during the period:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Opening balance 2,106 5,194
Accruals for the period 1,261 1,216
Utilizations (769) (3,621)
Provisions not used during the period (334) (758)
Other changes - 25
Exchange differences (4) 50
TOTAL 2,260 2,106

The "Accruals for the period" mainly refer to subsidiary Sogefi Filtration S.A.

"Utilisations" (recognised to decrease the provisions previously set aside) primarily refer to the French subsidiaries.

Changes in "Accruals for the period" net of the "Provisions not used during the period" (amounts set aside during previous years in excess of amounts actually paid), are booked to the Income Statement.

Provision for product warranties

The provision changed as follows during the period:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Opening balance 19,081 19,716
Accruals for the period 617 2,279
Utilizations (1,176) (2,422)
Provisions not used during the period - (515)
Other changes - 37
Exchange differences (8) (14)
TOTAL 18,514 19,081

The item reflects for the most part liabilities connected with product warranty risks of the Systèmes Moteurs Group for the amount of Euro 16,300 thousand. Please refer to note 2 for further details, "Consolidation principles and accounting policies".

Other payables

The item "Other payables" amounted to Euro 15,262 thousand (Euro 15,046 thousand at December 31, 2016) of which Euro 8,997 thousand (Euro 8,997 thousand as at December 31, 2016) relating to the fair value of the liabilities arising from the put option held by minority shareholders of the subsidiary Sogefi-MNR Engine Systems India Pvt Ltd (estimated fair value of the option exercise price) for a 30% stake of the company. The option can be exercised by October of each year.

19. DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

As of June 30, 2017, this item amounts to Euro 42,095 thousand compared to Euro 43,950 thousand as of December 31, 2016.

This amount relates to the expected taxation on taxable temporary differences.

20. SHARE CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Share capital

The share capital of the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. is fully paid in and amounts to Euro 62,293 thousand as of June 30, 2017 (Euro 62,065 thousand as of December 31, 2016), split into 119,794,992 ordinary shares with a par value of Euro 0.52 each.

As at June 30, 2017, the Company has 2,763,749 treasury shares (2,878,451 as at December 31, 2016) in its portfolio, corresponding to 2.31% of share capital (2.41% as at December 31, 2016), at an average price of Euro 2.28 each.

Reserves and retained earnings (accumulated losses) These are made up as follows:

(in thousands of Euro) Share
capital
Legal
reserve
Share
premium
reserve
Reserve for
treasury
shares
Treasury
shares
Stock
based
incentive
plans
reverve
Translation
reserve
Cash flow
hedging
reserve
Actuarial
gain (loss)
reserve
Tax on items
booked in Other
Comprehensive
Income
Other
reserves
Retained
earnings
Net result
for the
period
Total
Balance at December 31, 2015 61,681 12,640 14,924 7,425 (7,425) 4,661 (31,587) (11,767) (29,422) 8,565 12,201 127,827 1,120 170,843
Paid share capital increase 52 - 52 - - - - - - - - - - 104
Allocation of 2015 net profit:
Legal reserve
Dividends
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Retained earnings - - - - - - - - - - - 1,120 (1,120) -
Credit to equity for stock-based
incentive plans
- - - - - 120 - - - - - - - 120
Fair value measurement of
embedded derivative (conversion
option) - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Other changes - - 764 (764) 764 (762) - - - - - (48) - (46)
Fair value measurement of
cash flow hedging instruments:
share booked to equity
- - - - - - - 1,861 - - - - - 1,861
Fair value measurement of
cash flow hedging instruments:
share booked to income statement - - - - - - - 842 - - - - - 842
Actuarial gain (loss) - - - - - - - - (13,211) - - - - (13,211)
Tax on items booked in
Other Comprehensive Income
- - - - - - - - - 1,861 - - - 1,861
Currency translation differences - - - - - - - (2,522) - - - - - (2,522)
Net result for the period - - - - - - - - - - - - 8,336 8,336
Balance at June 30, 2016 61,733 12,640 15,740 6,661 (6,661) 4,019 (34,109) (9,064) (42,633) 10,426 12,201 128,899 8,336 168,188
Balance at December 31, 2016 62,065 12,640 16,159 6,572 (6,572) 2,992 (30,594) (9,555) (42,338) 10,091 12,201 129,941 9,336 172,938
Paid share capital increase 228 - 673 - - - - - - - - - - 901
Allocation of 2016 net profit:
Legal reserve
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dividends
Retained earnings
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9,336
-
(9,336)
-
-
Credit to equity for stock-based
incentive plans - - - - - 265 - - - - - - - 265
Other changes - - 262 (262) 262 (292) - - - - - (21) - (51)
Fair value measurement of
cash flow hedging instruments:
share booked to equity - - - - - - - 1,604 - - - - - 1,604
Fair value measurement of
cash flow hedging instruments:
share booked to income statement - - - - - - - 842 - - - - - 842
Actuarial gain (loss) - - - - - - - - 2,844 - - - - 2,844
Tax on items booked in
Other Comprehensive Income
- - - - - - - - - (1,070) - - - (1,070)
Currency translation differences - - - - - - (10,893) - - - - - - (10,893)
Net result for the period - - - - - - - - - - - - 19,971 19,971
Balance at June 30, 2017 62,293 12,640 17,094 6,310 (6,310) 2,965 (41,487) (7,109) (39,494) 9,021 12,201 139,256 19,971 187,351

Share premium reserve

It amounts to Euro 17,094 thousand compared to Euro 16,159 thousand in the previous year. The increase by Euro 673 thousand accounts for share subscriptions under stock option plans.

In the first half year 2017, the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. credited Euro 262 thousand to the Share premium reserve after the free grant of 114,702 treasury shares to 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Stock Grant beneficiaries.

Treasury shares

Item "Treasury shares" reflects the purchase price of treasury shares. Movements during the year amount to Euro 262 thousand and reflect the free grant of 114,702 treasury shares as reported in the note to "Stock-based incentive plans reserve".

Translation reserve

This reserve is used to record the exchange differences arising on the translation of foreign subsidiaries' financial statements.

Changes during the period show a decrease of Euro 10,893 thousand mainly due to the South American, Chinese and American subsidiaries.

Reserve for actuarial gains/losses

This reserve reflects the net impact of the application of the amendment to IAS 19 "Employee Benefits" on other actuarial gains (losses) as at 1 January 2012. The item also includes actuarial gains and losses accrued after 1 January 2012 and recognised under Other Comprehensive Income.

Cash flow hedging reserve

This reserve has changed as a result of accounting for the cash flows deriving from instruments that for IAS 39 purposes are designated as "cash flow hedging instruments". Changes during the period show an increase of Euro 2,446 thousand which breaks down as follows:

  • increase of Euro 1,179 thousand as a consequence of the change after December 31, 2016 in the fair value of the existing effective contracts;
  • increase of Euro 1,267 thousand reflecting the portion of negative reserve relating to contracts no longer in hedge accounting that will be recognised in the Income Statement over the same period of time as the differentials relating to the underlying hedged item (which residual part as at June 30, 2017 is 2,322 thousand).

Stock-based incentive plans reserve

The reserve refers to credit to equity for stock-based incentive plans, assigned to Directors, employees and co-workers, resolved after 7 November 2002, including the portion relating to the stock grant plan approved in 2017.

In 2017, further to Stock Grant Plan beneficiaries exercising their rights and due to the corresponding free grant of 114,702 treasury shares, the amount of Euro 292 thousand, corresponding to the fair value at right (Units) allocation date, was reclassified from "Stock- based incentive plans reserve" to the "Share premium reserve" (for Euro 262 thousand) and to the "Retained earnings reserve" (for Euro 30 thousand).

While the increase by Euro 265 thousand refers to the cost of accruing plans.

Other reserves

This item amounts to Euro 12,201 thousand (unchanged compared to 31 December 2016).

Retained earnings

These totalled Euro 139,256 thousand and include amounts of profit that have not been distributed.

The decrease of Euro 21 thousand refers to the following events:

  • the interest held by subsidiary Sogefi Suspensions S.A. in S.ARA Composite S.A.S. increased from 95.65% to 95.98% through a share capital increase (Euro 1,890 thousand, declared and paid out) not subscribed by noncontrolling interests that led to an amount of Euro 51 thousand being reclassified between non-controlling interests and Group's shareholders' equity;
  • reclassification from the above mentioned "Stock-based incentive plans reserve" (Euro 30 thousand).

Tax on items booked in Other Comprehensive Income

The table below shows the amount of income taxes relating to each item of Other Comprehensive Income:

(in thousands of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Gross Net Gross Tax effect Net
Amount Tax effect
Amount
Amount Amount
- Profit (loss) booked to cash
flow hedge reserve 2,446 (587) 1,859 2,703 (649) 2,054
- Actuarial profit (loss) 2,844 (483) 2,361 (13,211) 2,510 (10,701)
- Profit (loss) booked to translation reserve (11,055) - (11,055) (2,660) - (2,660)
Total Other Comprehenive Income, net of tax
effect (5,765) (1,070) (6,835) (13,168) 1,861 (11,307)

NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS

The balance amounts to Euro 15,664 thousand and refers to the portion of shareholders' equity attributable to non-controlling interests.

The reserve increased by Euro 51 thousand during the first half of 2017 (decrease is booked to "Other changes" in the "Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity") traced back to the above mentioned changes in the interest held in subsidiary S.ARA Composite S.A.S.

Details of non-controlling interests are given below:

(in thousands of Euro) % owned by third parties interests Loss (profit) attributable
to non-controlling
attributable to non Shareholders' equity
controlling interests
Subsidiary's name Region June 30,
2017
December
31, 2016
June 30,
2016
June 30,
2017
June 30,
2016
June 30,
2017
December
31, 2016
S.Ara Composite S.A.S. France 4.02% 4.35% 4.57% (38) (190) 340 326
Iberica de Suspensiones S.L. Spain 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 2,273 2,837 12,271 12,496
Shanghai Allevard Spring Co., Ltd China 39.42% 39.42% 39.42% (55) (31) 2,452 2,695
Allevard IAI Supensions Pvt Ltd India 25.77% 25.77% 25.77% (70) (38) 531 545
Sogefi-MNR Engine Systems India Pvt Ltd India 30.00% 30.00% 30.00% - - - -
Sogefi Italy S.p.A. Italy 0.12% 0.12% 0.12% 6 1 70 69
TOTAL 2,116 2,579 15,664 16,131

Specifically, 50% owned company Iberica de Suspensiones S.L. is treated as a subsidiary because the Group controls the majority of votes of the Board of Directors, which is the corporate body tasked with deciding on the entity's relevant activities.

21. ANALYSIS OF THE NET FINANCIAL POSITION

The following table provides details of the net financial position as required by Consob in its communication no. DEM/6064293 of July 28, 2006 with a reconciliation of the net financial position shown in the report on operations:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
A. Cash 73,057 93,661
B. Other cash at bank and on hand (held-to-maturity
investments) 1,700 3,950
C. Financial instruments held for trading - -
D. Liquid funds (A) + (B) + (C) 74,757 97,611
E. Current financial receivables 1,687 1,931
F. Current payables to banks (13,259) (11,005)
G. Current portion of non-current indebtedness (62,344) (137,203)
H. Other current financial debts (5,726) (400)
I. Current financial indebtedness (F) + (G) + (H) (81,329) (148,608)
J. Current financial indebtedness, net (I) + (E) + (D) (4,885) (49,066)
K. Non-current payables to banks (93,756) (48,291)
L. Bonds issued (180,504) (200,216)
M. Other non-current financial debts (8,090) (17,240)
O. Non-current financial indebtedness (K) + (L) + (M) (282,350) (265,747)
P. Net indebtedness (J) + (O) (287,235) (314,813)
Non-current financial receivables 6,764 15,770
Financial indebtedness, net including non-current
financial receivables (as per the "Net financial position"
included in the Report on operations) (280,471) (299,043)

Details of the covenants applying to loans outstanding at the end of the first half year 2017 are as follows (see note 15 for further details on loans):

  • loan of Euro 50,000 thousand from Unicredit S.p.A.: the ratio of consolidated net financial position to consolidated normalised EBITDA has to be less or equal to 3.5; the ratio of consolidated normalised EBITDA to consolidated net financial expenses must not be less than 4;

  • loan of Euro 70,000 thousand from BNP Paribas S.A.: the ratio of consolidated net financial position to consolidated normalised EBITDA has to be less than or equal to 3.5; the ratio of consolidated normalised EBITDA to consolidated net financial expenses must not be less than 4;

  • loan of Euro 30,000 thousand from Société Générale S.A.: the ratio of consolidated net financial position to consolidated normalised EBITDA has to be less or equal to 3.5; the ratio of consolidated normalised EBITDA to consolidated net financial expenses must not be less than 4;

  • loan of Euro 20,000 thousand from Mediobanca S.p.A.: the ratio of consolidated net financial position to consolidated normalised EBITDA has to be less or equal to 3.5; the ratio of consolidated normalised EBITDA to consolidated net financial expenses must not be less than 4;

  • loan of Euro 30,000 thousand from Ing Bank N.V.: the ratio of consolidated net financial position to consolidated normalised EBITDA has to be less or equal to 3.5; the ratio of consolidated normalised EBITDA to consolidated net financial expenses must not be less than 4;

  • bond issue of USD 115,000 thousand: the ratio of consolidated net financial position to consolidated normalised EBITDA has to be less than or equal to 3.5; the ratio of consolidated normalised EBITDA to consolidated net financial expenses must not be less than 4;

  • bond issue of Euro 25,000 thousand: the ratio of consolidated net financial position to consolidated normalised EBITDA has to be less than or equal to 3.5; the ratio of consolidated normalised EBITDA to consolidated net financial expenses must not be less than 4.

As of June 30, 2017, the Company was in compliance with these covenants.

D) NOTES ON THE MAIN INCOME STATEMENT ITEMS: INCOME STATEMENT

22. SALES REVENUES

Revenues from sales and services

In the first half of 2017, the Sogefi Group reported revenue growth of 8.4% at Euro 866 million (+7.7% exchange rates being equal).

Revenues from the sale of goods and services break down as follows:

By business sector:

1st half 2017
Amount % Amount %
307,222 35.5 289,505 36.3
296,245 34.2 270,702 33.9
264,698 30.6 240,370 30.1
(2,191) (0.3) (2,020) (0.3)
865,974 100.0 798,557 100.0
1st half 2016

All business units recorded revenue growth in the first half year: +10.1% (+9.3% at constant exchange rates) for Air and Cooling, +9.4% (+8.6% at constant exchange rates) for Filtration, and 6.1% (5.6% at constant exchange rates) for Suspensions.

By geographic area:

(in thousands of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Amount % Amount %
Europe 536,492 62.0 522,816 65.5
North America 157,976 18.2 141,543 17.7
South America 99,589 11.5 78,967 9.9
Asia 80,656 9.3 61,047 7.6
Intercompany eliminations (8,739) (1.0) (5,816) (0.7)
TOTAL 865,974 100.0 798,557 100.0

Revenues increased by 2.6% in the first half of the year despite a contraction in the second quarter (-2.7%) due in particular to the decline in motor vehicle production for the negative "calendar effect". Growth in North America continued (+11.6% in the half year despite the market slowdown in the second quarter) and especially in Asia (+32.1% in the half year, with greater acceleration in the second quarter): today the two regions account for 27.5% of the Group's sales. Finally, in South America revenues increased by 26.1% (+16.3% at constant exchange rates), reflecting the recovery in the market.

The incidence of non-European countries on the Group's total revenues increased to 38% from 34.5% in the first half of 2016 thanks to the positive contribution recorded in the South American and Asian markets.

23. SEASONAL NATURE OF SALES

The type of products sold by the company and the sectors in which the Group operates mean that revenues record a reasonably linear trend over the course of the year and are not subject to particular cyclical phenomena when considered on a likefor-like basis.

Sales by half-year period for the past two years are shown below:

1st half 2nd half Total year
763,744 735,306 1,499,050
798,557 775,534 1,574,091

24. VARIABLE COST OF SALES

Details are as follows:

(in thousands of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Materials 467,428 429,393
Direct labour cost 66,594 64,115
Energy costs 18,567 19,468
Sub-contracted work 23,544 19,523
Ancillary materials 10,853 10,581
Variable sales and distribution costs (*) 25,674 25,094
Royalties paid to third parties on sales 3,457 3,590
Other variable costs (607) (1,792)
TOTAL 615,510 569,972

The impact of "Variable cost of sales" on revenues stands at 71.1%, down from 71.4% in the first six months of the previous year.

"Other variable costs" represent the portion of direct labour cost and fixed cost included in the increase in the inventory of finished goods and semi-finished products.

25. MANUFACTURING AND R&D OVERHEADS

Details are as follows:

(in thousands of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Labour cost 57,480 57,023
Materials, maintenance and repairs 15,156 14,200
Rental and hire charges 5,372 4,665
Personnel services 4,321 3,920
Technical consulting 4,530 3,397
Sub-contracted work 1,293 984
Insurance 1,591 1,408
Utilities 652 812
Capitalization (12,859) (14,261)
Other 2,755 2,383
TOTAL 80,291 74,531

"Manufacturing and R&D overheads" show an increase of Euro 5,760 thousand. Increase is Euro 5,184 thousand exchange rates being equal.

Items "Labour cost" and "Sub-contracted work", to be read in conjunction, posted an overall increase of Euro 766 thousand mainly due to the French subsidiary Sogefi Filtration S.A. for research and development project operations, to the South American subsidiaries due to inflation and to the Mexican subsidiary Sogefi Engine Systems Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. for the development of the new production line dedicated to the Suspensions business unit.

The increase in "Materials, maintenance and repairs" by Euro 956 thousand is mainly related to bigger maintenance operations aimed at rising volumes.

"Technical consulting" increased by Euro 1,133 thousand compared to first half year 2016 as a consequence of a more extensive use of external consultants for research and development and improving the production performance mainly in the French subsidiaries Sogefi Filtration S.A., Sogefi Gestion S.A.S. and Sogefi Suspensions S.A..

Item "Capitalization" increased by Euro 1,402 thousand as a result of the decreased capitalisation of research and development expenses mainly in the European subsidiaries.

Total costs for Research and Development (not reported in the table) amount to Euro 19,480 thousand compared to Euro 19,628 thousand as of June 30, 2016.

26. DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION

Details are as follows:

(in thousands of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 19,961 19,472
of which: assets under finance leases 802 507
Amortization of intangible assets 15,598 14,144
TOTAL 35,559 33,616

Item "Depreciation and amortization" amounts to Euro 35,559 thousand compared to Euro 33,616 thousand in the first half year 2016, with a variation of Euro 1,943 thousand (the impact of exchange rates is not significant).

Depreciation of tangible assets amounted to Euro 19,961 thousand, increased by Euro 489 thousand compared to the same period of the previous year.

Amortization of intangible assets increased by Euro 1,454 thousand, for the most part relating to European and North American subsidiaries that are the most active in research and development.

27. DISTRIBUTION AND SALES FIXED EXPENSES

(in thousands of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Labour cost 14,998 15,233
Sub-contracted work 2,339 2,798
Advertising, publicity and promotion 2,361 1,687
Personnel services 1,216 1,389
Rental and hire charges 893 806
Consulting 554 616
Other 364 540
TOTAL 22,725 23,069

The table below shows the main components of this item:

"Distribution and sales fixed expenses" decreased by Euro 344 thousand. Exchange rates being equal, this item increased by Euro 601 thousand.

Items "Labour cost" and "Sub-contracted work", to be read in conjunction, posted a decrease of Euro 694 thousand, mainly due to the French subsidiaries Sogefi Filtration S.A. and Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S. due to reductions in the workforce.

"Advertising, publicity and promotion" increased by Euro 674 thousand as a result of an increase of marketing and communication activities in the aftermarket segment of the French subsidiary Sogefi Filtration S.A.

28. ADMINISTRATIVE AND GENERAL EXPENSES

These can be broken down as follows:

(in thousands of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Labour cost 20,161 19,839
Personnel services 2,615 2,265
Maintenance and repairs 815 986
Cleaning and security 1,089 943
Consulting 4,829 2,806
Utilities 1,695 1,551
Rental and hire charges 1,925 2,172
Insurance 760 824
Administrative, financial, tax-related and other
services provided by Parent Company 308 250
Audit fees 903 916
Directors' and statutory auditors' remuneration 478 418
Sub-contracted work 577 283
Capitalization (919) (470)
Indirect taxes 4,333 4,318
Other fiscal charges 1,832 1,828
Other 3,426 3,771
TOTAL 44,827 42,700

"Administrative and general expenses" increased by Euro 2,127 thousand, which would have been Euro 1,849 thousand exchange rates being equal.

The increase was mainly related to the item "Consulting" (up Euro 2,023 thousand compared to the first half of 2016) for more administrative services in the subsidiary Sogefi Filtration S.A. and for more general consulting services related to the group information system in the subsidiary Sogefi Gestion S.A.S.

The item "Capitalization" shows an increase of Euro 449 thousand attributable to the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. for increased capitalised IT activities compared to the first half of 2016.

"Indirect taxes" include tax charges such as property tax, taxes on sales revenues (taxe organic of the French companies), non-deductible VAT and taxes on professional training.

"Other fiscal charges" consist of the cotisation économique territoriale (previously called taxe professionnelle) relating to the French companies, which is calculated on the value of fixed assets and on added value.

29. PERSONNEL COSTS

Personnel

Personnel costs can be broken down as follows:

(in thousands of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Wages, salaries and contributions 157,010 154,056
Pension costs: defined benefit plans 1,226 1,114
Pension costs: defined contribution plans 979 1,043
Imputed cost of stock option and stock grant plans 265 120
Other costs 104 86
TOTAL 159,584 156,419

With respect to the first half of the previous year, "Personnel costs" have risen by Euro 3,165 thousand (+2%). Exchange rates being equal, this item would have increased by Euro 2,402 thousand (+1.5%).

The impact of "Personnel costs" on sales revenues has decreased to 18.4% from 19.6% in the first half year 2016.

"Wages, salaries and contributions", "Pension costs: defined benefit plans" and "Pension costs: defined contribution plans" are posted in the tables provided above at line "Labour cost".

"Other costs" is included in "Administrative and general expenses".

"Imputed cost of stock option and stock grant plans" is included in "Other nonoperating expenses (income)". The following paragraph "Personnel benefits" provides details of the stock option and stock grant plans.

The average number of employees broken down by category is as follows:

(Number of employees) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Managers 109 108
Clerical staff 1,866 1,871
Blue collar workers 4,822 4,785
TOTAL 6,797 6,764

Personnel benefits

Sogefi S.p.A. implements stock-based incentive plans for the employees of the Company and of its subsidiaries that hold important positions of responsibility within the Group. The purpose is to foster greater loyalty to the Group and to provide an incentive that will raise their commitment to improving business performance and generating value in the long term.

The stock-based incentive plans of Sogefi S.p.A. are first approved by the Shareholders' Meeting.

Except as outlined at the following paragraphs "Stock grant plans", "Stock option plans" and "Phantom stock option plans", the Group has not carried out any other transaction that involves the purchase of goods or services with payments based on shares or any other kind of instrument representing portions of equity. As a result, it is not necessary to disclose the fair value of such goods or services.

In addition to the plan issued in 2017, The Group has issued plans from 2007 to 2016 of which the main details are provided blow.

Stock grant plans

The stock grant plans provide for the free assignment of conditional rights (called units) that cannot be transferred to third parties or other beneficiaries; each of them entitles to the free assignment of one Sogefi S.p.A. share. There are two categories of rights under these plans: Time-based Units, that vest upon the established terms and Performance Units, that vest upon the established terms provided that shares have achieved the target price value established in the regulation.

The regulation provides for a minimum holding period during which the shares held for the plan can not be disposed of.

All shares assigned under these plans will be treasury shares held by Sogefi S.p.A. According to the regulation, a pre-condition for assigning the shares is a continued employer-employee relationship or the continued appointment as a director/executive of the Company or one of its subsidiaries throughout the vesting period of the rights.

On 26 April 2017, the Board of Directors executed the 2017 stock grant plan approved by the Shareholders' Meeting on the same day to assign a maximum of 750,000 conditional rights, restricted to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, who were assigned a total of 287,144 Units (117,295 of which were Time-based Units and 169,849 Performance Units).

Time-based Units will vest in tranches on a three-monthly basis, accounting for 12.5% of their respective total, starting on 26 July 2019 and ending on 26 April 2021. Performance Units will vest at the same vesting dates established for Time-based Units, provided that the increase in price value of Sogefi S.p.A. shares at each vesting date is higher than the increase of the Sector Index (as defined in the Regulation) at that date.

The fair value of the rights assigned during 2017 has been determined at the time the rights were assigned using the binomial option pricing model (so-called Cox, Ross and Rubinstein model) for US options and amounts to Euro 1,106 thousand overall.

Input data used for measuring the fair value of the 2017 stock grant plan are provided below:

  • curve of EUR/GBP/SEK/CHF-riskless interest rates as at 26 April 2017;

  • prices of the underlying (equal to price of Sogefi S.p.A. share as at 26 April 2017, and equal to Euro 4.324) and of the securities included in the benchmark basket, again as at 26 April 2017;

  • standard prices of Sogefi S.p.A. share and of the securities included in the benchmark basket during the period starting on 25 March 2017 and ending on 25 April 2017 for the determination of the stock grant Performance Units limit;

  • historical volatility rate of stock and exchange rates during 260 days, as at 26 April 2017;

  • null dividend yield for stock grant valuation;

  • historical series of the logarithmic returns of involved securities and EUR/GBP, EUR/SEK and EUR/CHF exchange rates to calculate the correlation among securities and among the three non-EUR denominated securities and associated exchange rates (to adjust for estimated trends), calculated for the period starting on 26 April 2016 and ending on 26 April 2017.

The main characteristics of the stock grant plans approved during previous years and still under way are outlined below:

• 2011 stock grant plan to assign a maximum of 1,250,000 conditional rights, restricted to the Director who filled the post of Managing Director of the Holding Company at the date of issue of the relevant plan and to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, who were assigned a total of 757,500 Units (320,400 of which were Time-based Units and 437,100 Performance Units).

The Time-based Units were scheduled to vest in tranches on a three-monthly basis, accounting for 12.5% of their respective total, starting on 20 April 2013 and ending on 20 January 2015.

The Performance Units were scheduled to vest at the same vesting dates established for Time-based Units, provided that the price value of shares at vesting date is at least equal to the percentage of the initial value indicated in the regulation. On 20 January 2015, 92,354 Performance Units expired as per regulation.

• 2012 stock grant plan to assign a maximum of 1,600,000 conditional rights, restricted to the Director who filled the post of Managing Director of the Holding Company at the date of issue of the relevant plan and to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, who were assigned a total of 1,152,436 Units (480,011 of which were Time-based Units and 672,425 Performance Units).

The Time-based Units were scheduled to vest in tranches on a three-monthly basis, accounting for 12.5% of their respective total, starting on 20 April 2014 and ending on 31 January 2016.

The Performance Units were scheduled to vest at the same vesting dates established for Time-based Units, provided that the increase in price value of Sogefi S.p.A. shares at each vesting date is higher than the increase of the Sector Index (as provided for by the Regulation) on that date. On January 31, 2016, 421,164 Performance Units expired as per regulation.

• 2013 stock grant plan to assign a maximum of 1,700,000 conditional rights, restricted to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, who were assigned a total of 1,041,358 Units (432,434 of which were Time-based Units and 608,924 Performance Units).

The Time-based Units were scheduled to vest in tranches on a three-monthly basis, accounting for 12.5% of their respective total, starting on 20 April 2015 and ending on 31 January 2017.

The Performance Units were scheduled to vest at the same vesting dates established for Time-based Units, provided that the increase in price value of Sogefi S.p.A. shares at each vesting date is higher than the increase of the Sector Index (as provided for by the Regulation) on that date. On January 31, 2017, 175,109 Performance Units expired as per regulation.

• 2014 stock grant plan to assign a maximum of 750,000 conditional rights, restricted to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, who were assigned a total of 378,567 Units (159,371 of which were Time-based Units and 219,196 Performance Units).

Time-based Units will vest in tranches on a three-monthly basis, accounting for 12.5% of their respective total, starting on April 20, 2016 and ending on January 20, 2018.

Performance Units will vest at the same vesting dates established for Time-based Units, provided that the increase in price value of Sogefi S.p.A. shares at each vesting date is higher than the increase of the Sector Index (as provided for by the Regulation) at that date.

• 2015 stock grant plan to assign a maximum of 1,500,000 conditional rights, restricted to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, who were assigned a total of 441,004 Units (190,335 of which were Time-based Units and 250,669 Performance Units).

Time-based Units will vest in tranches on a three-monthly basis, accounting for 12.5% of their respective total, starting on 20 October 2017 and ending on 20 July 2019.

Performance Units will vest at the same vesting dates established for Time-based Units, provided that the increase in price value of Sogefi S.p.A. shares at each vesting date is higher than the increase of the Sector Index (as provided for by the Regulation) at that date.

• 2016 stock grant plan to assign a maximum of 750,000 conditional rights, restricted to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, who were assigned a total of 500,095 Units (217,036 of which were Time-based Units and 283,059 Performance Units).

Time-based Units will vest in tranches on a three-monthly basis, accounting for 12.5% of their respective total, starting on July 27, 2018 and ending on July 27, 2020. Performance Units will vest at the same vesting dates established for Time-based Units, provided that the increase in price value of Sogefi S.p.A. shares at each vesting date is higher than the increase of the Sector Index (as provided for by the Regulation) at that date.

The imputed cost for the first half year 2017 for existing stock grant plans is Euro 265 thousand, booked to the Income Statement under "Other non-operating expenses (income)".

The following table shows the total number of existing rights with reference to the 2011-2017 plans:

June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Not exercised/not exercisable at the start of the
year 1,286,966 1,877,871
Granted during the period 287,144 500,095
Cancelled during the period (244,937) (717,307)
Exercised during the period (114,702) (373,693)
Not exercised/not exercisable at the end of the
period 1,214,471 1,286,966
Exercisable at the end of the period 62,304 149,724

Stock option plans

The stock option plans provide beneficiaries with the opportunity to exercise an option to subscribe to newly-issued Sogefi shares at a set price and within a specific period of time. According to the regulation, a pre-condition for exercising the option is a continued employer-employee relationship with or the continued appointment as a director/executive of the Company or one of its subsidiaries throughout the vesting period.

The main characteristics of the stock option plans approved during previous years and still under way are outlined below:

• 2007 stock option plan restricted to employees of the foreign subsidiaries for a maximum of 715,000 shares (0.6% of the share capital as of June 30, 2017) with an initial subscription price of Euro 6.96, to be exercised between September 30, 2007 and September 30, 2017. On 22 April 2008, the Board of Directors, under the authority vested in it by the Shareholders' Meeting, adjusted the exercise price from Euro 6.96 to Euro 5.78 to take into account the extraordinary portion of the dividend distributed by the Shareholders' Meeting on the same date;

• 2008 stock option plan restricted to employees of the foreign subsidiaries for a maximum of 875,000 shares (0.73% of the share capital as at June 30, 2017) with a subscription price of Euro 2.1045, to be exercised between September 30, 2008 and September 30, 2018;

• 2009 stock option plan restricted to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries for a maximum of 2,335,000 shares (1.95% of the share capital as of June 30, 2017) with a subscription price of Euro 1.0371, to be exercised between September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2019;

• 2009 extraordinary stock option plan restricted to beneficiaries of 2007 and 2008 phantom stock option plans, still employed by the Company or by its subsidiaries, after having waived their rights under the above-mentioned phantom stock option plans, for a maximum of 1,015,000 shares (0.85% of share capital as of June 30, 2017) of which 475,000 (first Tranche options) with a subscription price of Euro 5.9054, to be exercised between June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2017 and 540,000 (second Tranche options) with a subscription price of Euro 2.1045, to be exercised between June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2018;

• 2010 stock option plan restricted to the Director who filled the post of Managing Director of the Holding Company at the date of issue of the relevant plan and to employees of the Company and its subsidiaries for a maximum of 2,440,000 shares (2.04% of the share capital as of June 30, 2017) with a subscription price of Euro 2.3012, to be exercised between September 30, 2010 and September 30, 2020.

June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Number Average Number Average
price of price of
the the
Not exercised/not exercisable at the start of period period
the year 2,254,737 2.77 4,190,737 3.16
Granted during the period - - - -
Cancelled during the period (1,073,200) 2.66 (306,800) 3.26
Exercised during the period (438,537) 2.05 (738,400) 1.04
Expired during the period - - (890,800) 5.87
Not exercised/not exercisable at the end of
the period 743,000 3.35 2,254,737 2.77
Exercisable at the end of the period 743,000 3.35 2,254,737 2.77

The following table shows the total number of existing options with reference to the 2007-2010 plans and their average exercise price:

The line "Not exercised/not exercisable at the end of the period" refers to the total number of options, net of those exercised or cancelled during the current and previous years.

The line "Exercisable at the end of the period" refers to the total amount of options matured at the end of the period and not yet subscribed.

With reference to the options exercised during 2017, the average weighted price of the Sogefi share at the exercise dates is Euro 4.62.

Details of the number of options exercisable at June 30, 2017 are given below:

Total
Number of exercisable options remaining at December 31, 2016 2,254,737
Options matured during the period -
Options cancelled during the period (1,073,200)
Options exercised during the period (438,537)
Number of exercisable options remaining at June 30, 2017 743,000

Phantom stock option plans

Unlike traditional stock option plans, phantom stock option plans do not envisage the granting of a right to subscribe or to purchase a share, but entail paying the beneficiaries an extraordinary variable cash amount corresponding to the difference between the Sogefi share price in the option exercise period and the Sogefi share price at the time the option was awarded.

In 2009, as shown in the paragraph entitled "Stock option plans", the Holding Company gave the beneficiaries of the 2007 and 2008 phantom stock option plans the opportunity to waive the options of the above-mentioned plans and to join the 2009 extraordinary stock option plan.

It is noted that on March 31, 2017 the phantom stock option plan 2007 ceased.

Details of the number of phantom stock options as of June 30, 2017 are given below:

June 30, 2017
Not exercised/not exercisable at the start of the year 840,000
Granted during the period -
Cancelled during the period (840,000)
Exercised during the period -
Not exercised/not exercisable at the end of the period -
Exercisable at the end of the period -

30. RESTRUCTURING COSTS

The "Restructuring costs" amount to Euro 5,962 thousand (Euro 3,486 thousand in the first half year of the previous year).

This item is comprised of costs incurred and paid during the half-year in the amount of Euro 5,035 thousand, and of allocations to "Provision for restructuring" net of the provisions not used during the period in the amount of Euro 927 thousand.

31. LOSSES (GAINS) ON DISPOSAL

Net gains on disposal amounted to Euro 168 thousand compared to Euro 17 thousand net loss in the first six months of the previous year.

32. EXCHANGE (GAINS) LOSSES

Net exchange losses as of June 30, 2017 amount to Euro 645 thousand (Euro 566 thousand net exchange gains as of the first half year 2016) and mainly refer to the South American subsidiaries.

33. OTHER NON-OPERATING EXPENSES (INCOME)

These amount to Euro 10,793 thousand (Euro 15,127 thousand in the first six months of the previous year).

The following table shows the main elements:

(in thousands of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
of which ordinary
Write-downs of tangible and intangible fixed assets 8,491 4,434
Imputed cost of stock options and stock grant 265 120
Other ordinary expenses 1,053 2,214
Total expenses (income) ordinary 9,809 6,768
of which not ordinary
Product warranty costs 984 4,673
Write-downs of assets - 3,686
Total expenses (income) not ordinary 984 8,359
TOTAL
OTHER
NON-OPERATING
EXPENSES
(INCOME) 10,793 15,127

The item "Writedowns of tangible and intangible fixed assets", amounting to Euro 8,491 thousand, includes Euro 6.019 thousand for writedowns of fixed assets in Brazil, Euro 2,414 thousand for writedowns mainly related to research and development projects capitalised in previous years by subsidiaries for which the capitalisation requirements no longer exist and the Euro 58 thousand of lesser writedowns.

Item "Other ordinary expenses", amounting to Euro 1,053 thousand, mainly refers to legal disputes with employees and strategic advisory costs.

The item "Product warranty costs" refers for the most part to subsidiaries Sogefi Filtration S.A. and Allevard Sogefi U.S.A. Inc.

34. FINANCIAL EXPENSES (INCOME), NET

Financial expenses are detailed as follows:

1st half 2017 1st half 2016
6,532 6,483
2,235 3,714
236 306
552 619
2,564 2,357
- 37
2,867 4,093
14,986 17,609

Financial income is detailed as follows:

1st half 2017 1st half 2016
577 575
1,145 -
146 133
312 58
2,180 766
12,806 16,843

Net financial expenses posted a decrease of Euro 4,037 thousand due to lower interest expenses and the positive contribution of the change in the fair value of IRS contracts no longer in hedge accounting.

The item "Costs of interest-rate hedges" includes the differential between fixed rate and floating rate in the first half of 2017 in respect of all interest rate swap contracts in force in the period (regardless of whether they qualify for hedge accounting or not).

It should be noted that as at June 30, 2017, the impact of the change in fair value of IRS contracts no longer designated in hedge accounting is positive by an amount of Euro 1,145 thousand (negative by Euro 37 thousand as of June 30, 2016), and is comprised of:

  • a financial charge of Euro 1,267 thousand reflecting the portion of the reserve previously booked to Other Comprehensive Income that will be reclassified to Income Statement over the same period of time expected for the differentials relating to the former underlying hedged item;
  • a financial income of Euro 2,412 thousand corresponds to the change in fair value of these contracts compared with December 31, 2016.

35. LOSSES (GAINS) FROM EQUITY INVESTMENTS

The item is equal to zero at June 30, 2017 (negative for Euro 391 thousand at the end of the first half of 2016).

36. INCOME TAXES

The detail is given below:

(in thousands of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Current taxes 7,477 6,920
Deferred tax liabilities (assets) 6,629 615
Expenses (income) from Group tax filing system 831 921
TOTAL 14,937 8,456

The effective tax rate as of June 30, 2017 is equal to 40.3% (43.6% as of June 30, 2016) and is penalised by the failure to recognise deferred tax assets on the losses of the period of some subsidiaries as well as the cancellation of prepaid tax assets on tax losses of previous years as they are no longer recoverable (Euro 1,122 thousand).

37. DIVIDENDS PAID

No dividends were paid to the Holding Company shareholders during the first half year 2017.

38. EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS)

Basic EPS

June 30, 2017 June 30, 2016
Net result attributable to the ordinary shareholders
(in thousands of Euro) 19,971 8,336
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
during the period (thousands) 116,550 115,802
Basic EPS (Euro) 0.171 0.072

Diluted EPS

The Company only has one category of potential ordinary shares, namely those deriving from the potential conversion of the stock options granted to Group employees.

June 30, 2017 June 30, 2016
Net result attributable to the ordinary shareholders
(in thousands of Euro) 19,971 8,336
Average number of shares outstanding during the
period (thousands) 116,550 115,802
Weighted average number of shares potentially under
option during the period (thousands) 1,754 906
Number of shares that could have been issued at fair
value (thousands) (1,045) (602)
Shares arising from the potential conversion of the
convertible loan - 18,572
Adjusted weighted average number of shares
outstanding during the period (thousands) 117,259 134,678
Diluted EPS (Euro) 0.170 0.062

The "Weighted average number of shares potentially under option during the period" represents the average number of shares that are potentially outstanding under stock option plans (only for potentially dilutive options, i.e. with an exercise price lower than the average fair value of the ordinary shares of Sogefi S.p.A. in the first half of the year), for which the subscription right has vested but has not yet been exercised at the end of the reporting period. These shares have a potentially dilutive effect on Basic EPS and are therefore taken into consideration in the calculation of Diluted EPS.

The "Number of shares that could have been issued at fair value" represents the normalisation factor, being the number of shares that would have been issued dividing the proceeds that would have been received from subscription of the stock options by the average half-year fair value of the Sogefi S.p.A. ordinary shares, which in the first half of 2017 amounted to Euro 3.6327, compared to Euro 1.5617 in the first half of 2016.

Please note that the Diluted EPS calculation does not include 375,000 shares because their exercise price is higher than the average fair value of the ordinary shares of Sogefi S.p.A. in the first half of 2017.

E) 39. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

See IAS 24 and the related communications from Consob for the definition of related party transactions.

The Group is controlled by the Holding Company CIR S.p.A. (which in turn is controlled by the ultimate Parent Company F.lli De Benedetti S.p.A.), which as of June 30, 2017 held 55.48% of the total shares (56.79% of outstanding shares, excluding treasury shares). Sogefi S.p.A.'s shares are listed on the STAR segment of Mercato Telematico Azionario managed by Borsa Italiana S.p.A.

The Group's Condensed interim consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the consolidated companies, listed in chapter H along with the stake held in the same by the Group.

Dealings between Group companies are conducted at arm's length, taking into account the quality and type of services rendered.

The Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A., because of its role of Holding company, provides administrative, financial and management services directly to the three French sub-holding operative companies (Sogefi Filtration S.A., Sogefi Suspensions S.A. and Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S.) which, in turn, beside dealing with the services provided by the Holding Company to the companies operating in the relevant business units, provide directly to the latter support services as well as operating and business services. The Holding Company also debits and credits interest at a market spread to those subsidiaries that have joined the Group's cash pooling system. The Holding Company is also charging royalties fees on the Group "SAP" information system to those subsidiaries at which implementation has been completed.

The subsidiary Sogefi Gestion S.A.S. carries out centralised functions and charges Group companies for administrative, financial, legal, industrial and IT services.

As part of its activity, the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. makes use of the services provided by CIR S.p.A., its Parent Company, in areas such as strategic development and of an administrative, financial, fiscal and corporate nature. This relationship is regulated by contracts at arm's-length conditions and the cost is commensurate to the effective value of such services to the Sogefi Group in terms of the resources devoted to them and the specific economic advantages obtained as a result. It should be noted that Sogefi's interest in the provision of services by the parent company is considered to be preferable to services provided by third parties because of, among other things, its extensive knowledge acquired over time in its specific business and market environment.

Services provided to Sogefi S.p.A. by the Parent Company CIR S.p.A. as of June 30, 2017 amount to Euro 250 thousand (Euro 250 thousand in the first half of 2016). At June 30, 2017, amounts payable to the Parent Company CIR S.p.A. by the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. totalled Euro 250 thousand.

The Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. has entered into a rental contract with the Parent Company CIR S.p.A., effective from January 1, 2017, on the offices located in Milan, via Ciovassino 1/A where Sogefi has its offices.

The Italian companies of the Sogefi Group had receivables for the amount of Euro 3,173 thousand owed by CIR S.p.A. in connection with their participation in the group tax filing system, and payables for the amount of Euro 1,421 thousand. Outstanding receivables as at December 31, 2016 were collected for a total of Euro 5,882 thousand in the first half of 2017.

At the end of the first half of 2017, the subsidiary Sogefi Italy S.p.A. recorded an income of Euro 286 thousand following the transfer of fiscal surplus to companies that have joined the CIR Group tax filing system in order to have an interest deduction; the receivable as at June 30, 2017 of the subsidiary Sogefi Italy S.p.A. to the parent company CIR S.p.A. for this consideration is equal to Euro 286 thousand.

At 30 June 2017, the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. records a liability amounting to Euro 831 thousand (Euro 921 thousand in the previous year) reflecting the consideration due for the fiscal surplus transferred by companies that have joined the CIR Group tax filing system. The amount payable by Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. to Parent Company CIR S.p.A. for such consideration as at June 30, 2017 is Euro 831 thousand.

As regards economic transactions with the Board of Directors, Statutory Auditors, the Chief Executive Officer and the Managers with strategic responsibility, please refer to the attached table for remuneration paid in the first half of 2017.

Apart from those mentioned above and shown in the tables below, at the date of these interim financial statements, we are not aware of any other related party transactions.

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31,
2016
Receivables
- for the Group tax filing to CIR S.p.A. 3,173 5,867
- for income following the transfer of fiscal surplus to the
CIR Group 286 413
Payables
- for purchases of energy/gas from Sorgenia S.p.A. 8 8
- for services received from CIR S.p.A. 250 -
- for expense due to fiscal surplus received from the CIR
Group 831 1,390
- for Director's remuneration 54 114
- for the Group tax filing to CIR S.p.A. 1,421 1,750
(in thousands of Euro) 1st half 2017 1st half 2016
Costs
- for services received from CIR S.p.A. 250 250
- for rental contract from CIR S.p.A. 58 -
- for expense due to fiscal surplus received from the CIR
Group 831 921
- for services from other related companies - 41
Revenues
- for income following the transfer of fiscal surplus to the
CIR Group 286 413
Compensation of directors and statutory auditors
- directors (*) 402 345
- statutory auditors 76 73
Compensation and related contributions to the ex
General Manager of the Holding Company (ended in - -
Compensation and related contributions to the General
Manager (**) 422 396
Compensation and related contributions to Manager
with strategic responsibilities ex Consob resolution no.
17221/2010 (***) 214 213

(*) including also compensation of the director of the Holding Company for Euro 60 thousand transferred to the Parent Company CIR S.p.A..

(**) including also the imputed cost of stock grant plans for Euro 64 thousand (Euro 42 thousand in the first half 2016) booked under the item "Other non-operating expenses (income)".

(***) including also the imputed cost of stock grant plans for Euro 19 thousand (imputed cost of Euro 13 thousand in first half 2016) booked under the item "Other non-operating expenses (income)".

F) COMMITMENTS AND RISKS

40. OPERATING LEASES

For accounting purposes, leases and rental contracts are classified as operating when:

  • a significant part of the risks and benefits associated with ownership are retained by the lessor;
  • there are no purchase options at prices that do not represent the presumable market value of the asset being leased at the end of the period;
  • the lease term is not for the major part of the useful life of the asset leased or rented;
  • at the inception of the lease, the present value of the minimum lease payments is not equal to the fair value of the asset being leased.

Operating lease instalment payments are booked to the Income Statement in line with the underlying contracts.

The main operating leases existing as of June 30, 2017 regard the following companies:

  • Sogefi Filtration do Brasil Ltda for the rental of three production plant in Jarinu, under a contract that will expire in August 2034. As at June 30, 2017, remaining payments amount to Euro 27,366 thousand, Euro 1,506 thousand of which due by the end of the year. For this contract, the company signed a bank guarantee of Euro 1,912 thousand.
  • Sogefi (Suzhou) Auto Parts Co., Ltd. for the rental of the production plant in Wujiang, under a contract that will expire in September 2033. As at June 30, 2017, total remaining payments amount to Euro 13,629 thousand, Euro 690 thousand of which due by the end of the year. The Group has not given any guarantees whatsoever for this
  • Sogefi Filtration S.A. for the rental of the offices in Guyancourt. The two contracts will expire in March 2020 and May 2021, respectively. As at June 30, 2017, the remaining payments amount to Euro 2,899 thousand, Euro 778 thousand of which due by the end of the year.

The Group has not given any guarantees for this contract;

  • Sogefi PC Suspensions Germany GmbH for the rental of the production plant in Völklingen. The contract expires in September 2020. As at June 30, 2017, the remaining payments amount to Euro 1,249 thousand, Euro 384 thousand of which due by the end of the year.

The Group has not given any guarantees for this contract;

  • Sogefi Air & Cooling Canada Corp. for the rental of the production plant in Montreal. The contract expires in December 2021. As at June 30, 2017, the remaining payments amount to Euro 3,978 thousand, Euro 1,055 thousand of which due by the end of the year.

For this contract Sogefi S.p.A. provided a guarantee equal to approximately 100% of the residual instalments still to fall due;

  • Sogefi Engine Systems Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. for the rental of the production plant in Monterrey. The contract expires in June 2031. As at June 30, 2017, the remaining payments amount to Euro 22,300 thousand, Euro 1,441 thousand of which due by the end of the year.

For this contract Sogefi S.p.A. provided a guarantee equal to approximately 100% of the residual instalments still to fall due.

41. INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS

At June 30, 2017, Group companies have binding commitments for investments relating to the purchase of property, plant and equipment for Euro 2,675 thousand (Euro 2,373 thousand at December 31, 2016), as already disclosed in the explanatory notes regarding tangible fixed assets.

42. GUARANTEES GIVEN

Details of guarantees are as follows:

(in thousands of Euro) June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
PERSONAL GUARANTEES GIVEN
a) Sureties to third parties
b) Other personal guarantees in favour of third
7,367 7,373
parties 2,273 2,463
TOTAL PERSONAL GUARANTEES GIVEN 9,640 9,836
REAL GUARANTEES GIVEN
a) against liabilities shown in the financial
statement 4,161 7,433
TOTAL REAL GUARANTEES GIVEN 4,161 7,433

The guarantees given in favour of third parties relate to guarantees given to certain customers, to suppliers for operating lease contracts and VAT tax authorities and for other indirect taxes; guarantees are shown at a value equal to the outstanding commitment at the reporting period. These accounts indicate risks, commitments and guarantees provided by Group companies to third parties.

The "Other personal guarantees in favour of third parties" relate to the commitment of the subsidiary Sogefi HD Suspensions Germany Gmbh to the employee pension fund for the two business lines at the time it was acquired in 1996; this commitment is covered by the contractual obligations of the seller, who is a leading German operator.

"Real guarantees given" refer to subsidiaries Sogefi Air & Cooling Canada Corp., Allevard IAI Suspensions Private Ltd, Sogefi-MNR Engine Systems India Pvt Ltd and Sogefi Filtration do Brasil Ltda, which pledged tangible fixed assets, inventories and trade receivables as real guarantees to secure loans obtained from financial institutions.

43. OTHER RISKS

As of June 30, 2017, the Group had third-party goods and materials held at Group companies worth Euro 14,120 thousand (Euro 12,719 thousand as of December 31, 2016).

44. CONTINGENT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Sogefi Group is managing environmental issues in some production plants. No relevant costs are expected.

In January 2014, the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. received two notices of assessment relating to fiscal period 2009 under which tax authorities disallowed deduction of the costs for services performed by the Parent Company CIR S.p.A. during the year 2009 for a taxable amount Euro 1.8 million from IRES tax base and consequently their eligibility for VAT tax deduction.

It is noted that said assessments have already been processed by the Provincial Tax Committee and the Regional Tax Committee with a favourable outcome.

In October 2016, the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. received four notices of assessment relating to fiscal periods 2011 and 2012, as a result of a tax audit carried out during the first half year 2016, with two irregularities: i) undue detraction of Euro 0.6 million of VAT paid on purchases of goods and services, ii) non-deductibility from IRES tax (and relating non-deductibility for VAT of Euro 0.2 million) of the expense for services performed by parent company CIR S.p.A. (same irregularity found in the notices relating to the year 2009) for a total taxable amount of Euro 1.3 million.

The notifications have already been appealed before the Provincial Tax Commission, which issued a ruling favourable to the Company.

Based on the tax advisor's opinion, with regard to all notices of assessment, Directors believe said arguments to be groundless and inconsistent with the applicable tax regulation in force and, for the moment, the risk of losing to be possible but not likely.

This is why the Company did not set aside any amount for tax risks in financial statements as at June 30, 2017.

45. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

No significant events occurred after June 30, 2017.

G) 46. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

A) Exchange risknot designated in hedge accounting

As at June 30, 2017 the following forward sale contracts were maintained to hedge the exchange risk on intercompany financial positions:

Company Forward purchase / Date opened Currency Spot price Date closed Forward Fair value* at
Forward sale exchange price 06.30.2017
Sogefi S.p.A P GBP 5,000,000 06/21/2017 €/currency 0.87515 08/21/2017 0.87618 (27)
Sogefi S.p.A P GBP 3,000,000 06/19/2017 €/currency 0.87430 08/21/2017 0.87540 (20)
Sogefi S.p.A S USD 11,500,000 06/26/2017 €/currency 1.11690 07/26/2017 1.11900 219
Sogefi S.p.A S USD 7,500,000 06/22/2017 €/currency 1.11480 07/24/2017 1.11700 156
Sogefi Filtration S.A. P USD 400,000 04/27/2017 €/currency 1.08910 07/20/2017 1.09329 (16)
Sogefi Filtration S.A. P USD 500,000 05/17/2017 €/currency 1.11070 08/04/2017 1.11490 (11)
Sogefi Air&Cooling
Canada Corp.
P USD 2,000,000 05/23/2017 CAD/currency 1.34750 07/05/2017 1.34700 (70)
Sogefi Air&Cooling
Canada Corp.
P USD 1,000,000 06/14/2017 CAD/currency 1.32000 08/03/2017 1.31990 (16)
Sogefi Air&Cooling
Canada Corp.
P USD 1,000,000 06/23/2017 CAD/currency 1.32850 08/03/2017 1.32780 (22)
Sogefi Engine systems
Mexico S. de R.L. de
C.V.
P USD 8,000,000 03/29/2017 MXN/currency 18.93580 07/10/2017 19.21280 (446)
Sogefi Suspension Brasil
Ltda P
EUR 374,000 05/24/2017 USD/currency 1.12060 07/21/2017 1.12570 (6)
Sogefi Suspension Brasil
Ltda
S USD 250,000 06/08/2017 BRL/currency 3.28290 07/06/2017 3.30120 -
Sogefi Suspension Brasil
Ltda
S USD 250,000 06/08/2017 BRL/currency 3.28290 07/13/2017 3.30580 -
Sogefi Suspension Brasil
Ltda
S USD 250,000 06/08/2017 BRL/currency 3.28290 07/20/2017 3.31050 (1)
Sogefi Suspension Brasil
Ltda
S USD 250,000 06/21/2017 BRL/currency 3.32200 07/27/2017 3.34470 1
Sogefi Suspension Brasil
Ltda
S USD 250,000 06/21/2017 BRL/currency 3.32200 08/03/2017 3.34900 1
Sogefi Filtration do
Brasil Ltda P
USD 720,489 05/26/2017 BRL/currency 3.28900 11/27/2017 3.23598 6
Sogefi (Suzhou) Auto
parts Co., Ltd P
EUR 2,000,000 05/31/2017 CNY/currency 7.67000 08/31/2017 7.78000 5
Sogefi MNR Engine
systems India Private
Limited
P EUR 2,000,000 04/28/2017 INR/currency 69.80000 08/28/2017 71.78000 79
Allevard IAI
Suspensions Private Ltd P
EUR 350,000 05/30/2017 INR/currency 71.96000 08/30/2017 73.79000 6

* Positive fair value was recognised in "Other financial assets – Assets for derivative financial instruments", whereas negative fair value was recognised in "Other short-term liabilities for derivative financial instruments".

B) Interest rate risk - in hedge accounting

During the year 2013, the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. entered into the following interest rate swap contracts (intended to hedge interest rate risk of the Group's future indebtedness) that started to exchange their flows from 2016. Originally these contracts were designated to hedge future indebtedness of the Group. During the year 2015, they were associated with the new loan from ING Bank N.V. for a total of Euro 30 million and passed the effectiveness test under IAS 39, as at June 30, 2017:

Description of IRS Date opened Contract
maturity
Notional Fixed rate Fair value at
06.30.2017
Fair value at
12.31.2016
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/21/2013 06/01/2018 10,000 1.660% (198) (293)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/19/2013 06/01/2018 10,000 1.650% (197) (291)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/21/2013 06/01/2018 5,000 1.660% (99) (147)
TOTAL 25,000 (494) (731)

C) Exchange rate risk - in hedge accounting

During 2013 the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. entered into three cross currency swap (Ccs) contracts maturing in June 2023, designated in hedge accounting, in order to hedge interest and exchange rate risk relating to the private placement of originally USD 115 million bonds. Under these contracts, a fixed interest receivable of 600 basis points on subscribed notional USD amount is collected by the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A. on a quarterly basis against payment of a fixed interest payable on a notional amount in EUR corresponding to the USD notional amount converted at the fixed exchange rate of 1.3055 (currently totalling Euro 75,504 thousand).

Description of CCSwap Date opened Contract maturity Notional (in thousands of Usd) Fixed rate Fair value at 06.30.2017 Fair value at 12.31.2016 Private placement USD 115 million (05/03/2013 maturity 06/01/2023), coupon 600 bps 04/30/2013 06/01/2023 47,143 6.0% USD receivable 5.6775% Euro payables 3,289 7,646 Private placement USD 115 million (05/03/2013 maturity 06/01/2023), coupon 600 bps 04/30/2013 06/01/2023 34,285 6.0% USD receivable 5.74% Euro payables 2,324 5,396 Private placement USD 115 million (05/03/2013 maturity 06/01/2023), coupon 600 bps 04/30/2013 06/01/2023 17,143 6.0% USD receivable 5.78% Euro payables 1,151 2,728 TOTAL 98,571 6,764 15,770

Details of these contracts are as follows:

D) Derivatives no longer designed in hedge accounting

At June 30, 2017, the Group holds the following interest rate swap contracts that, based on the effectiveness tests carried out on June 30, 2014 (first table below) and December 31, 2014 (second table below) have become ineffective.

The purpose of most of these derivative instruments was to hedge the risk of fluctuations in the cash flows arising from expected future indebtedness of the Group, so that the hedging relationship was discontinued and the derivative contracts were reclassified as speculation instruments. The change in fair value compared to the last effectiveness test is recognised immediately in the Income Statement, whereas the reserve booked to Other Comprehensive Income (if any) is reclassified in

the Income Statement over the same period of time as the differentials relating to the former underlying hedged item.

Details are as follows:

Derivatives held by the Holding Company Sogefi S.p.A.:

Description of IRS Date opened Contract
maturity
Notional Fixed rate Fair value at
06.30.2017
Fair value at
12.31.2016
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/10/2011 06/01/2018 10,000 3.679% (392) (575)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/23/2011 06/01/2018 10,000 3.500% (384) (570)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 03/11/2011 06/01/2018 10,000 3.545% (388) (577)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 03/23/2011 06/01/2018 10,000 3.560% (388) (578)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 03/28/2011 06/01/2018 10,000 3.670% (401) (596)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 05/13/2011 06/01/2018 10,000 3.460% (379) (564)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 06/24/2011 06/01/2018 10,000 3.250% (358) (533)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 06/28/2011 06/01/2018 10,000 3.250% (358) (533)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 11/28/2011 06/01/2018 10,000 2.578% (290) (431)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/11/2013 06/01/2018 5,000 1.225% (77) (114)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/01/2013 06/01/2018 10,000 1.310% (163) (240)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/06/2013 06/01/2018 10,000 1.281% (160) (236)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/11/2013 06/01/2018 5,000 1.220% (87) (129)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/12/2013 06/01/2018 5,000 1.240% (78) (115)
TOTAL 125,000 (3,903) (5,791)
Description of IRS Date opened Contract
maturity
Notional Fixed rate Fair value at
06.30.2017
Fair value at
12.31.2016
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/07/2013 06/01/2018 15,000 1.445% (264) (391)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/11/2013 06/01/2018 5,000 1.425% (87) (129)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/19/2013 06/01/2018 10,000 1.440% (176) (260)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/11/2013 06/01/2018 5,000 1.420% (77) (113)
Hedging of Sogefi S.p.A. future
financial indebtedness 02/13/2013 06/01/2018 5,000 1.500% (91) (135)
TOTAL 40,000 (695) (1,028)

The non-application of hedge accounting described above had the following impact on the financial statements as of June 30, 2017:

  • a financial expense of Euro 1,267 thousand was recognised in the Income Statement; this amount reflects the portion of the reserve previously booked to "Other Comprehensive Income" that was recognised in the Income Statement over the same period of time as the differentials relating to the underlying hedged item (effective financial indebtedness of the Group);
  • a financial income of Euro 2,223 thousand reflecting the change in fair value compared to December 31, 2016 was recognised in the Income Statement;

E) Fair value of derivatives in hedge accounting and no longer in hedge accounting

The fair value of all derivatives was calculated using the forward curves of exchange and interest rates as at June 30, 2017, also taking into account a credit valuation adjustment/ debit valuation adjustment. The fair value amounts of derivatives are classified as Level 2 in fair value hierarchy, based on the significance of the inputs used in fair value measurements.

H) GROUP COMPANIES

47. LIST OF GROUP COMPANIES AS AT JUNE 30, 2017

SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED ON A LINE-BY-LINE BASIS

Currency Share capital Number of
shares/
units
share Par value of
the interest
held
Euro 21,978,316 99.88 1 21,950,990
Euro 94,522,280 4,726,113 99.99998 2
0
94,522,260
Euro 34,000,000 1,999,964 99.998 1
7
33,999,388
USD 20,055,000 191 100 20,055,000
Euro 100,000 10,000 100 1
0
100,000
USD 13,000,000 (1) 100 (2) 13,000,000
Euro 54,938,125 36,025 100 1,525 54,938,125
USD 37,400,000 (1) 100 (2) 37,400,000
21,950,990 % held Par value per

* The company changed name from Sogefi Rejna S.p.A. to Sogefi Italy S.p.A. on 2 August 2016.

** The company changed name from Sogefi Filtration France S.A. to Sogefi Filtration S.A. on 1 January 2017. *** The company changed name from Sogefi Suspensions France S.A. to Sogefi Suspensions S.A. on 1 January 2017.

**** The company changed name from Sogefi Air & Refroidissement France S.A.S. to Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S. on 1 January 2017.

(1) Share capital is not subdivided into shares or units.

(2) Without nominal unit value.

Indirect equity investments Currency Share capital Number of
shares/
units
% held Par value per
share
Par value of
the interest
held
FILTRATION BUSINESS UNIT
SOGEFI FILTRATION Ltd GBP 5,126,737 5,126,737 100 1 5,126,737
Tredegar (Great Britain)
Held by Sogefi Filtration S.A.
SOGEFI FILTRATION SPAIN S.A.U. * Euro 14,249,084.96 2,370,896 100 6.01 14,249,084.96
Cerdanyola (Spain)
Held by Sogefi Filtration S.A.
SOGEFI FILTRATION d.o.o. Euro 10,291,798 1 100 10,291,798 10,291,798
Medvode (Slovenia)
Held by Sogefi Filtration S.A.
FILTER SYSTEMS MAROC S.a.r.l. ** MAD 1,000,000 1,000 100 1,000 1,000,000.00
Tanger (Marocco)
Held by Sogefi Filtration S.A.
SOGEFI-MNR Engine Systems India Pvt Ltd INR 21,254,640 1,487,825 7
0
1
0
14,878,250
Bangalore (India)
45% held by Sogefi Filtration S.A.
24.98% held by Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S.
0.02% held by Systemes Moteurs China, S.à.r.l.
SOGEFI FILTRATION DO BRASIL Ltda BRL 78,488,474 78,488,474 100 1 78,488,474
São Bernardo do Campo (Brazil)
81.643962% held by Sogefi Filtration S.A.
18.3560366% held by Sogefi Filtration Spain S.A.U.
0.0000013% held by Sogefi Suspension Brasil Ltda
SOGEFI FILTRATION ARGENTINA S.A. ARP 57,235,407 57,235,405 99.999 1 57,235,405
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
99.4242% held by Sogefi Filtration S.A.
0.5757% held by Sogefi Italy S.p.A.

* The company changed name from Sogefi Filtration Spain S.A. to Sogefi Filtration Spain S.A.U. on 24 March 2017.

** Company founded on 27 April 2017

Indirect equity investments Currency Share capital Number of
shares/
units
% held Par value per
share
Par value of
the interest
held
AIR&COOLING BUSINESS UNIT
SOGEFI AIR & COOLING CANADA CORP. CAD 9,393,000 2,283 100 (2) 9,393,000
Nova Scotia (Canada)
Held by Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S.
SOGEFI AIR & COOLING USA, Inc. USD 100 1,000 100 0.10 100
Wilmington (U.S.A.)
Held by Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S.
SYSTEMES MOTEURS CHINA, S.à.r.l. Euro 12,500 125 100 100 12,500
Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Held by Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S.
S.C. SOGEFI AIR & COOLING S.r.l. RON 7,087,610 708,761 100 1
0
7,087,610
Titesti (Romania)
99.9997% held by Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S.
0.0003% held by Sogefi Filtration Spain S.A.U.
SOGEFI ENGINE SYSTEMS MEXICO S. de
R.L. de C.V.
MXN 20,003,000 100 20,003,000
Apodaca (Mexico)
0.000005% held by Sogefi Air & Cooling S.A.S. 1 1
99.999995% held by Sogefi Air & Cooling Canada 1 20,000,000
Corp. 1 2,299
SOGEFI ENGINE SYSTEMS HONG KONG
Ltd
HKD 1,000 1,000 100 1 1,000
Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
Held by Systemes Moteurs China, S.à.r.l.

(2) Without nominal unit value.

Indirect equity investments Currency Share capital Number of
shares/
units
% held Par value per
share
Par value of
the interest
held
SUSPENSIONS BUSINESS UNIT
ALLEVARD SPRINGS Ltd GBP 4,000,002 4,000,002 100 1 4,000,002
Clydach (Great Britain)
Held by Sogefi Suspensions S.A.
SOGEFI PC SUSPENSIONS GERMANY
GmbH Euro 50,000 1 100 50,000 50,000
Volklingen (Germany)
Held by Sogefi Suspensions S.A.
SOGEFI SUSPENSION ARGENTINA S.A. ARP 48,858,410 48,853,430 100 1 48,853,430
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
90.19% held by Sogefi Suspensions S.A.
9.80% held by Sogefi Suspension Brasil Ltda
IBERICA DE SUSPENSIONES S.L. Euro 10,529,668 5,264,834 5
0
1 5,264,834
(ISSA)
Alsasua (Spain)
Held by Sogefi Suspensions S.A.
SOGEFI SUSPENSION BRASIL Ltda * BRL 37,161,683 37,161,683 100 1 37,161,683
São Paulo (Brazil)
99.997% held by Sogefi Suspensions S.A.
0.003% held by Allevard Springs Ltd
UNITED SPRINGS Limited GBP 4,500,000 4,500,000 100 1 4,500,000
Rochdale (Great Britain)
Held by Sogefi Suspensions S.A.
UNITED SPRINGS B.V. Euro 254,979 254,979 100 1 254,979
Hengelo (Netherlands)
Held by Sogefi Suspensions S.A.
SHANGHAI ALLEVARD SPRINGS Co., Euro 5,335,308 1 60.58 (2) 3,231,919
Ltd
Shanghai (China)
Held by Sogefi Suspensions S.A.
UNITED SPRINGS S.A.S. Euro 5,109,000 2,043,600 100 2.5 5,109,000
Guyancourt (France)
Held by Sogefi Suspensions S.A.
S.ARA COMPOSITE S.A.S. Euro 13,000,000 25,000,000 96.15 0.5 12,500,000
Guyancourt (France)
Held by Sogefi Suspensions S.A.
ALLEVARD IAI SUSPENSIONS Pvt Ltd INR 372,000,000 27,613,186 74.23 1
0
276,131,860
Pune (India)
Held by Sogefi Suspensions S.A. (1)
SOGEFI HD SUSPENSIONS GERMANY
GmbH **
Euro 50,000 100 50,000 50,000
Hagen (Germany)
Held by Sogefi PC Suspensions Germany GmbH

* The company changed name from Allevard Molas do Brasil Ltda to Sogefi Suspension Brasil Ltda on 15 January 2017.

** The company changed name from Luhn & Pulvermacher-Dittmann & Neuhaus Gmbh to Sogefi HD Suspensions Germany Gmbh on 22 January 2017.

(1) Share capital is not subdivided into shares or units.

(2) Without nominal unit value.

EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES CARRIED AT COST

Direct equity investments Currency Share capital Number of % held Par value per Par value of
shares/ share the interest
units held
Sogefi Suspensions Heavy Duty Italy
Srl*
Euro 10,000 1 100.00 10,000 10,000
Puegnago sul Garda (Italy)
Sogefi Suspensions Passenger Car Italy
Srl*
Euro 10,000 1 100.00 10,000 10,000
Settimo Torinese (Italy)

* Companies founded on 23 January 2017

EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED USING THE EQUITY METHOD

Indirect equity investments Currency Share capital Number of
shares/
units
% held Par value per
share
Par value of
the interest
held
MARK IV ASSET (Shanghai) AUTO
PARTS Co., Ltd
Shanghai (China)
Held by Sogefi Engine Systems Hong
Kong Limited
CNY 5,000,000 (1) 5
0
(2) 2,500,000

EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES CARRIED AT COST

Indirect equity investments Currency Share capital Number of
shares/
units
% held Par value per
share
Par value of
the interest
held
AFICO FILTERS S.A.E. EGP 14,000,000 24,880 17.77 100 2,488,000
Il Cairo (Egypt)
Held by Sogefi Italy S.p.A.

(1) Share capital is not subdivided into shares or units.

(2) Without nominal unit value.

DECLARATION OF THE CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PURSUANT TO ART. 81-TER OF CONSOB RESOLUTION No. 11971 OF MAY 14, 1999 AND SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATIONS AND INTEGRATIONS

1. The undersigned:

Laurent Hebenstreit –Managing Director and General Manager of Sogefi S.p.A. Yann Albrand – Manager responsible for preparing Sogefi S.p.A.'s financial reports

hereby certify, having also taken into consideration the provisions of Article 154-bis, paragraph 3 and 4, of Italian Legislative Decree n. 58 of February 24, 1998, that:

the administrative and accounting procedures for the preparation of the condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the 2017 first half:

  • are adequate with respect to the company structure and
  • have been effectively applied.
    1. No relevant aspects are to be reported on this subject.
  • It is also certified that:

  • 3.1 the condensed interim consolidated financial statements as at June 30, 2017:

  • have been prepared in accordance with international accounting standards as endorsed by the European Union through Regulation (EC) 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 19, 2002;
  • correspond to the books and accounting records;
  • provide a true and fair representation of the financial position, result of operations and cash flow of the issuer and the subsidiaries included in the scope of consolidation.
  • 3.2 the interim report on operations of the Group includes a reliable analysis of the significant events that occurred in the first half of the year and their impact on the half-year condensed interim consolidated financial statements. In addition, the report includes a description of the main risks and uncertainties for the remaining six months of the year and a reliable analysis of the information about any significant related party transactions.

Milan, July 25, 2017

Managing Director and General Manager

Manager responsible for preparing financial reports

Laurent Hebenstreit Yann Albrand

INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE HOLDING COMPANY SOGEFI S.p.A.

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

ASSETS June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents 19,618 25,150
Cash pooling current accounts with subsidiaries 48,984 57,885
Other financial assets 459 200
Loans and financial receivables similar to loans
with subsidiaries 25,106 218
of which dividends from subsidiaries not yet collected 25,019 -
WORKING CAPITAL
Inventories - -
Trade receivables 7,256 11,979
of which from subsidiaries 4,736 6,766
of which from parent company 2,520 5,213
Other receivables 19 173
Tax receivables 531 324
Other assets 875 675
TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL 8,681 13,151
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 102,848 96,604
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
FIXED ASSETS
Investment properties: land 13,172 13,172
Investment properties: other 8,588 8,588
Other tangible fixed assets 229 257
of which leases - -
Intangible assets 29,384 29,946
TOTAL FIXED ASSETS 51,373 51,963
OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Equity investments in subsidiaries 416,453 416,719
Equity investments in associates - -
Other financial assets available for sale - -
Loans and financial receivables similar to loans 62,864 95,770
of which from subsidiaries 56,100 80,000
of which other medium/long term assets for derivatives financial
instruments 6,764 15,770
Other receivables 49 20
Deferred tax assets 4,128 4,937
TOTAL OTHER NON CURRENT ASSETS 483,494 517,446
TOTAL NON CURRENT ASSETS 534,867 569,409
TOTAL ASSETS 637,715 666,013
LIABILITIES June 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Bank Overdraft and short term loans 24 -
Cash pooling current accounts with subsidiaries 110,961 109,242
Current portion of medium/long term financial debts and other
loans 33,343 100,494
of which leases - -
of which to subsidiaries - -
Capital shares of subsidiaries subscribed and not yet paid - -
TOTAL SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL DEBTS 144,328 209,736
Other short-term liabilities for derivative financial instruments 5.138 268
TOTAL
SHORT-TERM
FINANCIAL
DEBTS
AND
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS 149,466 210,004
Trade and other payables 7,859 7,985
of which to subsidiaries 1,883 3,031
of which to parent company 1,134 1,504
Tax payables 63 133
Other current liabilities 9 9
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 157,397 218,131
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
MEDIUM/LONG TERM FINANCIAL DEBTS AND DERIVATIVE
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Financial debts to bank 76,359 41,579
Other medium/long term financial debts 180,503 200,216
of which leases - -
TOTAL MEDIUM/LONG TERM FINANCIAL DEBTS 256,862 241,795
Other medium/long term financial liabilities for derivative
financial instruments - 7,550
TOTAL MEDIUM/LONG TERM FINANCIAL DEBTS AND
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS 256,862 249,345
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-term provision 580 593
Other payables - -
Deferred tax liabilities 465 27
TOTAL OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES 1.045 620
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 257,907 249,965
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Share capital 62,293 62,065
Reserves and retained earnings (accumulated losses) 138,648 108,131
Profit (loss) for the period 21,470 27,721
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 222,411 197,917
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 637,715 666,013

INCOME STATEMENT

First half 2017 First half 2016
FINANCIAL INCOME AND EXPENSES
1) Income from equity investments 32,407 23,678
2) Other financial income 16,406 6,573
of which from subsidiaries 1,767 2,157
of which exchange gains 12,916 3,834
3) Interests expenses and other financial expenses 24,025 15,054
of which to subsidiaries 32 44
of which exchange losses 13,287 3,932
TOTAL FINANCIAL INCOME AND EXPENSES 24,788 15,197
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE VALUE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS
4) Revaluations - -
5) Writedowns - -
TOTAL VALUE ADJUSTMENTS - -
6) OTHER OPERATING INCOME 7,024 10,804
of which from subsidiaries 7,002 10,783
OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES
7) Non-financial services 2,468 5,820
of which to subsidiaries 929 2,984
of which to parent company 310 310
8) Leases and rental 2,886 2,978
of which to parent company 58 -
9) Personnel 2,178 2,876
10) Depreciation, amortization and writedowns 1,538 1,458
11) Provisions for risks - -
12) Other provision - -
13) Other operating expenses 517 426
TOTAL OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES 13,558 14,201
NON-OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES
14) Non operating income 80 -
15) Non operating expenses 1,856 556
NON-OPERATING PROFIT (LOSS) (1,776) (556)
PROFIT (LOSS) BEFORE TAXES 20,449 11,887
16) Income taxes (1,021) (1,899)
NET PROFIT 21,470 13,786

STATEMENT OF OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

First half 2017 First half 2016
Profit (loss) for the period 21,470 13,786
Other comprehensive income (losses):
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss:
- Actuarial gains (losses) on defined-benefit plans - -
- Tax effect on items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss - -
Subtotal of items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss - -
Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss:
- Profit (loss) from fair value measurement of cash flow hedge derivatives 2,446 2,692
- Profit (loss) from fair value measurement of financial assets available for sale - -
- Tax effect on items that may be reclassified to profit or loss (587) (646)
Subtotal of items that may be reclassified to profit or loss: 1,859 2,046
Other Comprehensive Income net of tax effect 1,859 2,046
Total Comprehensive profit (loss) for the period 23,329 15,832

CASH FLOW STATEMENT

(in thousands of Euro)

First half 2017 First half 2016
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net profit for the period 21,470 13,786
Adjustments:
- non collected dividends (25,019) (15,001)
- trade receivables waiver from subsidiaries 1,764 -
- depreciation and amortisation of tangible and intangible fixed assets 1,538 1,458
- reclassification to income statement of cash flow hedge reserve 8,993 2,072
- expenses recognized for share-based incentive plans 129 17
- exchange rate differences on private placement (10,138) (2,046)
- (not paid) interest expenses on bonds 1,822 1,704
- net change in provision for employment termination indemnities (12) (104)
- change in net working capital 2,787 1,214
- change in tax receivables/payables (278) (737)
- other medium/long-term assets/liabilities 630 319
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 3,686 2,682
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Paid share capital increase in subsidiaries (20) (13,000)
Repayment share capital from subsidiaries 421 -
Net change in intangible and tangible fixed assets (948) (541)
Net change in other financial assets (480) 404
NET CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES (1,027) (13,137)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Paid share capital increase 900 104
New (repayment of) medium/long term loans (31,182) (11,520)
New (repayment of) bonds (12,587) -
Net cash pooling position 10,622 (4,499)
Loans and other financial receivables from subsidiaries 24,032 17,869
NET CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES (8,215) 1,954
(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (5,556) (8,501)
Balance at the beginning of the period 25,150 40,241
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (5,556) (8,501)
BALANCE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD 19,594 (31,740)

NB: this table shows the elements that bring about the change in cash and cash equivalents, as expressly required by IAS 7 (in particular the net balance between "Cash and cash equivalents" and "Bank overdrafts and short-term loans"). For a better understanding of the various operating cash flows and hence the changes in the overall net financial position, reference should be made to the cash flow statement included in the Report of the Board of Directors on Operations.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF CASH FLOW STATEMENT First half 2017 First half 2016
Interests collected 2,472 2,664
Interests paid (8,667) (8,965)
Dividends collected 7,388 8,677
Current income tax collections (payments) 5,520 5,471

STATEMENTS OF CHANGE IN EQUITY

(in thousands of Euro) Share Reserves Profit Total
Capital and retained for Shareholders'
earnings the equity
(accumulated period
losses)
Balance at December 31, 2015 61,681 112,622 (6,781) 167,522
Increase in share capital restricted to the employees of Sogefi
S.p.A. and its subsidiaries 52 52 - 104
Allocation of 2015 net loss:
- Retained earnings reserve - (6,781) 6,781 -
Recognition of share-based incentive plans - 120 - 120
Comprehensive income for the period:
- Actuarial gains (losses) on defined-benefit plans - - - -
- Fair value measurement of cash flow hedging instruments - 2,692 - 2,692
- Fair value measurement of financial assets available for sale - - - -
- Tax on items booked directly to equity - (646) - (646)
- Net result for the period - - 13,786 13,786
Total other comprehensive profit for the period - 2,046 13,786 15,832
Balance at June 30, 2016 61,733 108,059 13,786 183,578
(in thousands of Euro) Share Reserves Profit Total
Capital and retained for Shareholders'
earnings the equity
(accumulated period
losses)
Balance at December 31, 2016 62,065 108,131 27,721 197,917
Increase in share capital restricted to the employees of Sogefi
S.p.A. and its subsidiaries 228 672 - 900
Allocation of 2016 profit:
- Retained earnings reserve - 27,721 (27,721) -
Recognition of share-based incentive plans - 265 - 120
Comprehensive income for the period:
- Actuarial gains (losses) on defined-benefit plans - - - -
- Fair value measurement of cash flow hedging instruments - 2,446 - 2,446
- Fair value measurement of financial assets available for sale - - - -
- Tax on items booked directly to equity - (587) - (587)
- Net result for the period - - 21,470 21,470
Total other comprehensive profit for the period - 1,859 21,470 23,329
Balance at June 30, 2017 62,293 138,648 21,470 222,411