DeA Capital — Leveraging financial strength to grow AAM

DeA Capital (MI: DEA)

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DeA Capital — Leveraging financial strength to grow AAM

DeA Capital (DEA) is exploiting its financial strength and leading Italian position in alternative asset management (AAM) to further grow and internationalise its AAM platform, extend its customer reach and enhance its product capability. The recent agreements with Quaestio Group and its main shareholders mark a further important step in this process. Before any contribution from Quaestio, H119 results show good year-on-year growth in AUM and asset management fees.

Martyn King

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Martyn King

Director, Financials

Financials

DeA Capital

Leveraging financial strength to grow AAM

H119 results

Real estate

1 October 2019

Price

€1.35

Market cap

€351m

Holding company net financial position (€m) at 30 June 2019

81.5

Shares in issue
(excluding treasury shares)

260.0m

Free float

30.4%

Code

DEA

Primary exchange

BIT

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

4.8

6.0

6.3

Rel (local)

0.9

2.0

1.2

52-week high/low

€1.56

€1.23

Business description

DeA Capital, a De Agostini group company, is Italy’s leading alternative asset manager of real estate, private equity and NPLs, with AUM of c €11.7bn at 30 June 2019. The investment portfolio, including co-investment in funds managed, investment in the asset management platform, and direct investment, amounted to c €353m.

Next events

Q319 results

7 November 2019

Analyst

Martyn King

+44 (0)20 3077 5745

DeA Capital is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

DeA Capital (DEA) is exploiting its financial strength and leading Italian position in alternative asset management (AAM) to further grow and internationalise its AAM platform, extend its customer reach and enhance its product capability. The recent agreements with Quaestio Group and its main shareholders mark a further important step in this process. Before any contribution from Quaestio, H119 results show good year-on-year growth in AUM and asset management fees.

Year end

Closing AUM (€bn)

AAM fees* (€m)

NAV/share
(€)

DPS (declared) (€)

P/NAV
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/17

11.7

59.8

1.92

0.12

0.70

8.9

12/18

11.9

63.3

1.84

0.12

0.73

8.9

12/19e

12.0

61.2

1.72

0.12

0.78

8.9

12/20e

12.5

60.5

1.64

0.12

0.82

8.9

Note: NAV as reported, including goodwill. *Divisional AAM fees before group consolidation adjustment for own funds managed. Forecasts do not include proposed Quaestio investment.

H119 growth in AUM, fees and platform earnings

Alternative AUM was more than €11.7bn at end-H119, up from c €11.2bn at end-H118 but slightly down from €11.9bn at end-Q119. The year-on-year increase in AUM includes a significant contribution from new fund launches, partially offset by fund maturities and liquidations. The small decline in Q219 AUM was primarily the result of the write-down of assets on a real estate fund focused on development properties and drives a small reduction in our FY19 and FY20 AAM forecasts. H119 platform management fees (DeA Capital Real Estate and DeA Capital Alternative Funds) increased from €30.6m in H118 to €31.3m and the net operating result (DeA’s measure of recurring earnings) increased 8.8% to €7.4m from €6.8m. Group NAV per share was €1.69 and a strong holding company net financial position was maintained: €81.5m, or c 18% of NAV, after payment of c €30m in distributions.

AAM platform growing in scale, reach and capability

The Quaestio transactions agreed in July and expected to complete in early 2020 will see DeA invest c €25m and add c €2.5bn of non-performing loans (NPLs) to DeA alternative AUM directly and significantly broaden its capabilities. The Quaestio Holdings stake will be equity accounted but including the traditional liquid AUM retained by Quaestio SGR, the broad DeA group AUM will increase to more than €20bn. Through the Quaestio transactions, DeA expects to benefit from increased scale in AAM, broader product capabilities, enhanced investor reach and both directly and indirectly (through its equity investment) from the product and marketing partnership with Quaestio.

Valuation: Low P/NAV and high yield

At c 0.8x H119 IFRS NAV, DeA has the lowest P/NAV among a range of peers and also has the highest yield. The discount to our adjusted NAV per share of €1.83 (see page 7) is larger still. Our forecasts do not yet include the Quaestio transaction although we believe it has the potential to positively impact valuation by increasing the scale and growth prospects of AAM while lifting sustainable ROE.

Summary of H119 developments

The year to date has seen significant progress in the development of DeA’s AAM platform. In H119 this includes completion of the buyout of minorities in DeA Capital Real Estate and the further international roll-out of DeA’s real estate activities internationally. Since the end of H119 DeA has entered a series of agreements with Quaestio Group and its main shareholders that upon completion will increase assets under management (AUM), enhance DeA’s NPL management offering and broaden its product capabilities and investor reach. The key features of the H119 financial report were:

In H119 the AAM platform, comprising DeA Capital Alternative Funds and DeA Capital Real Estate, increased AUM year-on-year. At 30 June 2019 (end-H119), AUM was more than €11.7bn, up from c €11.2bn at end-H118 but slightly down from €11.9bn at end-Q119. The year-on-year increase in AUM includes a significant contribution from new fund launches, partially offset by fund maturities and liquidations. During FY18 new funds launched and managed by DeA’s AAM platform amounted to c €1.3bn, including nine new DeA Capital Real Estate funds (c €1.0bn), and the launches of IDeA Capital Agro Fund (€80m commitment) and the shipping segment (CCR Shipping) of the IDeA Corporate Credit Recovery II Fund (€170m commitment). During H119, DeA Capital Alternative Funds launched the DeA Endowment Fund, a closed-end fund of funds intended for investment by banking foundations, and was awarded the management of a portion of the Azimut Capital managed ‘Azimut Private Debt’ closed-end fund. Together, these new mandates added €114m to AUM. The small decline in Q219 AUM was primarily the result of the write-down of assets on a real estate fund focused on development properties.

H119 AAM platform management fees and core profitability also increased. Platform management fees increased from €30.6m in H118 to €31.3m and the net operating result increased 8.8% to €7.4m from €6.8m. Net operating result is DeA’s measure of recurring earnings, excluding investment gains/losses, non-recurring items, and other adjustments. Group management fees also include c €0.4m earned by DeA Capital Real Estate France which completed the structuring of its first real estate transaction in Q2 as well as a small consolidation adjustment in respect of management fees on DeA’s investment in its own managed funds. Compared with H118, platform management fees benefited during H119 from growth in average AUM and also from performance fees (we estimate c €2.5m in Q119), partly offset by a non-repeat of one-off fund sales fees on a real estate fund (€0.5m in respect of Omnicon Plus Fund) and some overall erosion of average management fee margins.

The group investment portfolio, comprising its investment in the AAM platform (€183.7m), as well as its direct (€46.7m) and fund investments (€123.0m), was €353.4m at end-H119 compared with €366.6m at end-FY18.

Exhibit 1: Summary of net asset value

Adjusted for distribution*

30 June 2019

31 December 2018

€m

€ per share

€m

€ per share

AAM

DeA Capital Real Estate

135.0

0.52

140.4

0.56

DeA Capital Alternative Funds

41.6

0.16

43.4

0.17

Other (inc YARD, DeA Capital RE France/Spain)

7.1

0.03

6.8

0.03

Total AAM

183.7

0.71

190.6

0.76

Private equity investment

Private equity/real estate funds

123.0

0.47

125.0

0.49

Direct shareholdings

46.7

0.18

51.0

0.20

Total private equity investment

169.7

0.65

176.0

0.69

Total investment portfolio

353.4

1.36

366.6

1.45

Other net assets/(liabilities)

4.4

0.02

3.4

0.01

Holding company net financial position

81.5

0.31

65.3

0.26

Net asset value (NAV)

439.3

1.69

435.3

1.72

Source: DeA capital. Note: *31 December 2018 adjusted for subsequent €0.12 per share distribution.

The reduction in the carried value of the AAM platform during H119 primarily reflects €22.9m of distributions (H118: €7.5m) paid to the DeA holding company. This was partly offset by c €8m of investment to eliminate the remaining minority interest in DeA Capital Real Estate. The small reduction in the value of the fund investments during H119 included €1.9m of capital calls in excess of distributions, offset by negative fair value movements and withholding tax on the distributions. The group’s residual investment commitment to the funds at end-H119 was €99.4m although we continue to believe that a portion of this, relating to older vintage funds, is unlikely to be called. We continue to expect strongly positive net distributions from own-managed private equity fund co-investments with perhaps c €100m net distributions over the next three years, driven by maturing private equity funds. Our forecasts assume a net positive cash-flow from the balance of fund calls/distributions of €15m in H219 and €30m in FY20. The recently announced intention by Coca Cola Company, via an Italian subsidiary, to acquire Acque Minerali (or Lurisia), the Italian mineral water and sparkling beverage company in which the IDeA Taste of Italy fund has a 33% stake, for €88m should generate a significant distribution from the fund in H219. DeA has an 11.55% commitment to the fund.

The reduction in the valuation of the direct shareholding investments in H119 was driven by the indirect investment in Turkish retailer Migros, owned via its shareholding in Kenan Investments, which reduced from €19.4m at end-FY18 to €16.7m at end-H119. The reduction in value was driven by weakness in the Migros share price and a depreciation of the Turkish lire versus the euro, although both have improved since the period end (see the Valuation section of this report).The valuations of the investments in the listed special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), Cellularline and IDeaMI, were little changed.

Exhibit 2: H119 movement in fund investments

(€m)

Fund holdings at 31 December 2018

125.0

Capital calls

7.1

Distributions

(5.2)

Withholding tax

(1.3)

Fair value movement

(2.6)

Fund holdings at 30 June 2019

123.0

(€m)

Fund holdings at 31 December 2018

Capital calls

Distributions

Withholding tax

Fair value movement

Fund holdings at 30 June 2019

125.0

7.1

(5.2)

(1.3)

(2.6)

123.0

Source: DeA Capital

The net financial position of the holding company remained strongly positive at €81.5m, or c 18% of NAV, providing resources for ongoing investment and shareholder distributions. Before allowing for the expected c €25m Quaestio investment (not yet included in our forecasts) but assuming a continuing €0.12 per share annual distribution, we expect a holding company net financial position of close to €100m at the end of this year and next.

Group NAV at H119 was slightly higher than at end-FY18 (adjusted for the distribution subsequently paid) but was slightly lower in per-share terms at €1.69 compared with €1.72. The number of shares in issue was increased by the treasury share settlement of the DeA Capital Real Estate minority acquisition.

Other developments during H119 and since include:

In July 2019 DeA announced a series of agreements with Quaestio Group and its main shareholders that mark a further important step in the development of DeA’s AAM platform. We wrote in detail on this complex transaction in our note published in August and refer readers to that. The agreements include:

The acquisition by DeA of the NPL management business of Quaestio SGR, a Milan-based independent asset management company, mainly comprising the management contracts for the Atlante Fund and Italian Recovery Fund. This will add c €2.5bn of NPL AUM directly to DeA Capital Alternative Funds and extend its business into the small-ticket NPL/UTP sector, complementary to the IDeA CCRI and IDeA CCRII funds.

The acquisition by DeA of stake of up to 44% in the Quaestio Holding (the parent company of Quaestio SGR) by acquiring shares from its founder and from minority interests. This will make DeA the single largest investor in Quaestio Holdings, cementing a product and marketing partnership between the two companies whereby Quaestio will offer DeA’s AAM products to its clients and DeA will offer to its clients the liquid asset-based products that will be the focus of Quaestio SGR. DeA will gain access to Quaestio’s added-value investment solutions and capital allocation capabilities.

The agreements are expected to complete in early 2020, subject to regulatory and investor approval (for the transfer of the NPL asset management contracts to DeA). The near-term profit impact is unclear at this stage and the transaction is not included in our forecasts. However, we would expect the transaction to be accretive of earnings and return on equity as DeA plans to fund its c €25m investment (up to €12.2m for the NPL business and c €13.2m for the Quaesio Holdings stake) from its substantial cash resources, which currently contribute little to earnings. The acquisition of the NPL business and increase in DeA’s alternative AUM should be positive for DeA’s AAM earnings. The stake in Quaestio Holdings will be equity accounted but should also contribute positively. Including the traditional liquid AUM that will be retained by Quaestio SGR and equity accounted through the Quaestio Holdings stake, the broad DeA group, AUM will increase to more than €20bn. Beyond the immediate benefits, over the medium term DeA hopes to leverage benefit from its additional scale in alternative AUM, broader product capabilities, enhanced investor reach and both directly and indirectly (through its equity investment) from the product and marketing partnership with Quaestio.

Following the launch of DeA Capital Real Estate France in September 2018, the internationalisation of DeA’s real estate business, building on its leading position amongst independent real estate asset managers in Italy, DeA Capital Real Estate Iberia was launched in February 2019 and DeA Capital Real Estate Poland in September 2019. The French and Iberian companies are majority owned by DeA (and the balance by experienced local management) and the Polish company is a 50:50 joint venture between DeA and Ksiazek Holding, which in turn holds a controlling stake of Marvipol Development, a facilities management provider listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange with which a collaboration agreement has been signed. Each of the businesses aims to develop real estate advisory and consultancy activities for fund-raising and real estate management. As noted above, DeA Capital Real Estate France completed its first transaction in Q219.

The cancellation of 40m treasury shares (approximately 17% of the share capital), which was approved by shareholders in April, took place in August. This has no impact on the group’s financial position, NAV, earnings or EPS. Neither does it affect liquidity in the shares as the treasury shares were excluded from this measure, although as a percentage of the total capital (including the remaining treasury shares) the free float has increased from c 24% to c 30%. We welcome the move as we believe it shows management’s confidence that the significant net positive financial position is sufficient to support its current growth plans without the need to reissue the now cancelled treasury shares. Should this situation change, management can make the case for new share issuance based on the merits of the investment opportunity. As the shares are in any case withdrawn from the market, cancellation should have no negative impact on share trading liquidity.

Forecasts and valuation

In this section we update our forecasts and valuation for the H119 reported data. Our forecasts do not yet allow for the Quaestio transaction (either in terms of earnings or cash flow) and we will incorporate this as more financial details become available ahead of the expected completion date (by early 2020).

AAM

Our updated AAM division earnings are shown in Exhibit 3 along with a comparison to our previous forecasts. The AAM division as it is reported in the DeA financial statements comprises the AAM platform (DeA Capital Real Estate and DeA Capital Alternative Investments) plus other asset management activities (primarily the 45%-owned associate YARD which provides property services to the real estate sector as well as the recently created European real estate businesses in France, Iberia and going forward, Poland). Our adjusted earnings forecasts (adjusted for intangible amortisation/impairment, non-recurring investment earnings and other items) is reduced slightly for both FY19 (by 4% to €11.2m) and FY20 (by 5% to €10.0m). The reduction is driven by slightly lower real estate AUM and fee margins in H119 than we had expected, partly offset by lower costs and a slight increase in our expectations for DeA Capital Alternative Funds AUM in FY20, allowing for planned new initiatives in corporate credit recovery and a follow-on to the successful Taste of Italy Fund. The forecast reduction in FY20 management fees versus FY19 results from our assuming no performance fees in FY20 (c €2.5m in Q119) although this may prove conservative. The negative contribution to the AAM division from ‘Other’ in both years results from the investment spending to establish the pan-European platform, likely to run at €2.5–3.0m pa. We have assumed no recurring income from these new operations as they establish themselves. This may prove conservative and we note the c €0.4m in transaction fees generated in Q2 by the French operation. Q2 expenses within ‘Other’ were c €0.4m above our expectation and we believe that in part this reflects costs associated with the Quaestio transaction.

Exhibit 3: AAM division summary and forecast

Reported/forecast

Last published forecasts

Change

€m unless stated otherwise

2017

2018

2019e

2020e

2019e

2020e

2019e

2020e

Period-end AUM (€bn)

DeA Capital Alternative Funds

2.190

2.430

2.534

2.634

2.534

2.534

0

0.100

DeA Capital Real Estate

9.542

9.451

9.497

9.897

9.711

10.111

(0.214)

(0.214)

Total period-end AUM (€bn)

11.732

11.881

12.031

12.531

12.245

12.645

(0.214)

(0.114)

Period average AUM (€bn)

DeA Capital Alternative Funds

1.944

2.230

2.520

2.545

2.521

2.534

(0.001)

0.011

DeA Capital Real Estate

9.282

9.266

9.339

9.697

9.491

9.911

(0.153)

(0.214)

Total period average AUM (€bn)

11.226

11.495

11.858

12.242

12.012

12.445

(0.154)

(0.204)

Management fees/AUM bps

DeA Capital Alternative Funds

95

105

87

78

87

78

DeA Capital Real Estate

45

43

42

42

43

42

INCOME STATEMENT

DeA Capital Real Estate

41,381

39,768

38,947

40,727

40,383

41,626

(1,437)

(899)

DeA Capital Alternative Funds

18,438

23,483

21,886

19,750

22,055

19,765

(169)

(16)

Other (European RE platform)

405

405

Total AAM fees

59,819

63,251

61,238

60,477

62,438

61,391

(1,201)

(914)

Income from equity investments

822

717

498

1,174

1,160

1,189

(662)

(16)

Other income/expense

1,676

(4,212)

1,592

2,080

2,545

2,267

(953)

(186)

Income from services

703

1,867

33

3

30

Revenue

63,020

61,623

63,361

63,731

66,146

64,848

(2,785)

(1,117)

Total expenses

(91,116)

(47,539)

(45,450)

(46,716)

(46,928)

(47,314)

1,478

598

Finance income/expense

13

(39)

(117)

(100)

(17)

Profit before tax

(28,083)

14,045

17,794

17,015

19,118

17,534

(1,324)

(519)

Taxation

(2,991)

(4,817)

(6,325)

(5,774)

(6,607)

(5,940)

282

166

Profit after tax

(31,074)

9,228

11,469

11,241

12,511

11,594

(1,042)

(353)

Minority interests

13,575

(109)

377

190

187

Attributable profits

(17,499)

9,119

11,846

11,241

12,701

11,594

(855)

(353)

Edison adjustments (net of tax & minorities)

PPA

592

543

305

165

688

420

(384)

(255)

SFP impairment**

2,460

632

Goodwill impairment

24,897

Other income/expense

(839)

2,948

(973)

(1,456)

(1,781)

(1,587)

808

130

Provisions against investment impairment

Edison adjusted attributable earnings

9,611

13,242

11,177

9,950

11,608

10,427

(431)

(477)

o/w DeA Capital Real Estate

5,889

7,103

8,097

8,439

8,260

8,701

(163)

(262)

o/w DeA Capital Alternative Funds

3,153

6,114

4,643

2,978

4,513

3,177

130

-199

o/w other (inc YARD and European RE platform)

569

25

(1,563)

(1,466)

(1,165)

(1,451)

(397)

(16)

Source: DeA Capital accounts, Edison Investment Research. *Purchase price amortisation. **The SFP asset relates to financial equity instruments within DeA Capital Real Estate that represents DeA share in the carried interest of certain funds.

Other group

As previously, in addition to our estimates for the AAM profit contribution, our NAV forecasts seek to capture at least part of the potential for growth in NAV from the majority of the investment portfolio that is not captured in the AAM segment. This includes the private equity and real estate fund holdings and the direct investments (Kenan Investments/Migros, Crescita/Cellularline and IDeaMI). We assume 7.5% per year ‘normalised’ growth in the carried value of all of the private equity fund investments and 4% per year for real estate funds (substantially representing the expected income returns), whether carried as available for sale investments, consolidated or equity accounted. We believe this is a useful way to capture at least some of the returns that may be earned on these investments, even though our approach differs from the way these assets are actually managed, seeking to maximise the internal rate of return (IRR). Our forecasts assume no change to the last published value of (or income from) the quoted investments, Migros (Kenan Investments), Cellularline (formerly Crescita) and IDeaMI, although for valuation purposes our adjusted NAV (see below) does mark these to market values.

On this basis, and updating for the H119 reported results, our forecast FY19 IFRS NAV per share is now €1.72 compared with €1.73 previously. We also forecast a continuing strong holding company net financial balance of almost €100m (prior to completion of the Quaestio transaction with an expected investment of €25m).

Edison adjusted NAV per share now €1.83

Our adjusted NAV replaces the stated book value of the AAM platform with our assessment of a fair value based on P/E multiples observed across a global peer group of both alternative and more conventional asset management companies. We also mark to market DeA’s quoted investments. Our updated adjusted NAV per share is €1.83 compared with our last published value of €1.75.

In the AAM division, from the stated NAV of €202.6m we have reallocated the value of the real estate funds owned to what we call the ‘investments’ division. We value the division at €156.6m on a multiple of 14.0x our forecast FY19 adjusted earnings of €11.2m. Our previous valuation was €162.5m or 14.0x our previous forecast for adjusted earnings of €11.6m. An increase or reduction in the multiple to 15.0x/13.0x would lift or reduce adjusted NAV by c €0.04.

The ‘investments’ shown in Exhibit 4 include the €169.7m of direct and fund investments shown in the breakdown of NAV in Exhibit 1, plus the value of the real estate funds that we have reallocated. We have also marked to market the indirect investment in Migros held through Kenan Holdings using a Migros share price of TRY20.3 and a TRY/€ exchange rate of 6.2. Both the Migros share price and the value of the Turkish lire are higher than at end-H119 (TRY13.53 and TRY/€ 6.58). In aggregate, the market values of Cellularline and IDeaMI show no significant change from end-H119.

The ‘other’ column represents the holding company net financial position (predominantly cash) and other net assets, shown in Exhibit 1.

Exhibit 4: Summary of Edison adjusted NAV

€m except where stated otherwise

AAM

Investments

Other

Total

€ per share

NAV

183.7

169.7

85.9

439.3

1.69

Adjustments

(55.0)

55.0

Kenan mark to market

8.6

Adjustment to earnings valuation

27.8

Adjusted NAV before dividend payment

156.5

233.3

85.9

475.7

1.83

FY19 earnings

11.8

(9.6)

2.2

Adjustments

(0.7)

Adjusted earnings

11.2

P/E (x)

14.0

Source: Edison Investment Research

Exhibit 5: Financial summary

Period ending 31 December (€000's)

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019e

2020e

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

AAM fees (after inter-company eliminations)

66,045

62,416

59,114

57,944

62,422

60,820

60,054

Income (loss) from equity investments

(786)

(539)

524

3,898

(59)

797

1,904

Other investment income/expense

(56,149)

72,464

12,338

8,633

37,848

(753)

9,067

Income from services

19,176

18,496

8,509

2,208

2,505

197

0

Other income

3,204

288

144

141

30

0

Revenue

28,286

156,041

80,773

72,827

102,857

61,091

71,025

Expenses

(87,957)

(128,514)

(66,888)

(98,616)

(56,232)

(53,847)

(55,516)

Net Interest

2,905

4,982

(1,220)

(84)

485

(318)

0

Profit Before Tax

(56,766)

32,509

12,665

(25,873)

47,110

6,926

15,509

Tax

1,720

6,452

(199)

(420)

(5,765)

(4,459)

(3,245)

Profit After Tax

(55,046)

38,961

12,466

(26,293)

41,345

2,467

12,264

Profit from discontinued operations

(887)

286

0

682

0

0

0

Profit after tax

(55,933)

39,247

12,466

(25,611)

41,345

2,467

12,264

Minority interests

(1,668)

1,825

(39)

13,959

(30,275)

(266)

(997)

Net income (FRS 3)

(57,601)

41,072

12,427

(11,652)

11,070

2,201

11,266

Profit after tax breakdown

Private equity

(60,739)

78,322

7,859

8,327

39,152

(3,210)

5,717

Alternative asset management

9,464

(37,304)

7,309

(31,073)

9,228

11,469

11,241

Holdings/Eliminations

(4,658)

(1,771)

(2,702)

(2,865)

(7,035)

(5,791)

(4,695)

Total

(55,933)

39,247

12,466

(25,611)

41,345

2,467

12,264

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

273.8

266.6

263.1

258.3

253.8

258.9

258.9

IFRS EPS (c)

(21.0)

15.4

4.7

(4.5)

4.4

0.9

4.4

Distributions per share (declared basis)

0.30

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

0.12

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

786,141

558,086

559,335

454,156

372,650

369,319

350,291

Intangible Assets (inc. goodwill)

229,711

167,134

156,583

117,233

114,768

114,284

114,284

Other assets

39,988

38,590

35,244

10,305

8,939

24,621

24,621

Investments

516,442

352,362

367,508

326,618

248,943

230,414

211,386

Current Assets

117,585

173,882

141,521

178,161

185,446

164,528

164,704

Debtors

50,711

20,694

15,167

32,955

18,729

12,449

12,449

Cash

55,583

123,468

96,438

127,916

143,767

128,029

128,205

Other

11,291

29,720

29,916

17,290

22,950

24,050

24,050

Current Liabilities

(36,193)

(31,294)

(26,979)

(34,783)

(37,902)

(35,256)

(35,256)

Creditors

(35,833)

(30,643)

(25,757)

(34,583)

(37,698)

(30,740)

(30,740)

Short term borrowings

(360)

(651)

(1,222)

(200)

(204)

(4,516)

(4,516)

Long Term Liabilities

(40,911)

(15,514)

(12,830)

(12,475)

(14,414)

(27,901)

(27,901)

Long term borrowings

(5,201)

0

(19)

0

(2,859)

(16,182)

(16,182)

Other long term liabilities

(35,710)

(15,514)

(12,811)

(12,475)

(11,555)

(11,719)

(11,719)

Net Assets

826,622

685,160

661,047

585,059

505,780

470,690

451,838

Minorities

(173,109)

(138,172)

(131,844)

(95,182)

(39,299)

(25,331)

(26,329)

Shareholders' equity

653,513

546,988

529,203

489,877

466,481

445,359

425,510

Year-end number of shares m

271.6

263.9

261.2

255.7

253.8

258.9

258.9

NAV per share

2.41

2.07

2.03

1.92

1.84

1.72

1.64

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

188,419

188,492

19,148

91,146

96,408

30,487

31,292

Acquisitions/disposals

(1,476)

70

(290)

(633)

(275)

(452)

0

Financing

(157,756)

(38,148)

(4,362)

(26,073)

(46,994)

(8,240)

0

Dividends

0

(82,432)

(33,494)

(32,962)

(33,098)

(37,531)

(31,116)

Other

Cash flow

29,187

67,982

(18,998)

31,478

16,041

(15,736)

176

Other items

0

(97)

(8,032)

0

(190)

(1)

0

Opening consolidated cash

26,396

55,583

123,468

96,438

127,916

143,767

128,030

Closing consolidated cash

55,583

123,468

96,438

127,916

143,767

128,030

128,206

Financial debt

(5,561)

(651)

(1,241)

(200)

(3,063)

(20,698)

(20,698)

Closing consolidated net (debt)/cash

50,022

122,817

95,197

127,716

140,704

107,332

107,508

Holding company net financial position

40,600

90,016

79,739

92,301

100,600

98,513

98,689

Source: Company data, Edison Investment Research estimates


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