BBA Aviation : Final Results to 31 Dec 2019

March 03, 2020 at 02:11 am EST

Signature Aviation plc

2019 Final Results

Results for the year ended

31 December 2019

For further information please contact:

David Crook, Group Finance Director(020) 7514 3999 Kate Moy, Investor Relations

SIGNATURE AVIATION PLC

David Allchurch / Sunni Chauhan

(020) 7353 4200

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A video with Mark Johnstone, Group Chief Executive, and David Crook, Group Finance Director, is now available on www.signatureaviation.com

A live audio webcast of the analyst presentation will be available from 08:30 today on www.signatureaviation.com

FINAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019

Highlights

Signature FBO network outperformed the US B&GA market by 90 basis points
Sale of Ontic to CVC for $1,365 million and $833.6 million of capital returned to shareholders
Total Group underlying operating profit $441.1 million, Continuing Group underlying operating profit $320.8 million
Total Group operating profit on a statutory basis up 19.6% at $312.7 million (2018: $261.5 million) due primarily to the adoption of IFRS 16 on 1 January 2019
Signature:

Signature FBO organic revenue up 1.1%, with new commercial initiatives contributing to our outperformance of the US B&GA market

1. US B&GA market growth of 0.2% in the twelve months to 31 December 2019
1. Improved market outperformance of 100 basis points in H2 2019
1. Signature underlying operating profit $361.0 million
Discontinued operations:
1. ERO delivered underlying operating profit of $52.8 million through robust trading, and with the benefit of

continued suspension of depreciation and amortisation

1. ERO impairment of $124.7m to reflect fair value less cost to sell. Disposal process making good progress o Ontic contributed underlying operating profit of $67.5 million for the ten months of ownership
Total Group free cash flow of $187.2 million continues to highlight inherently strong free cash flow generation
Leverage reduced to 2.2x net debt/underlying EBITDA on a covenant basis (including the EBITDA of Ontic for 10 months but excluding a tax payment relating to the Ontic disposal), target range of 2.5-3.0x on a covenant basis to be maintained
Underlying Total Group adjusted basic EPS of 25.6¢. Total Group basic unadjusted EPS of 65.2¢
Final dividend increased by 5% to 10.57¢ per share (FY dividend also up 5% to 14.77¢) reflecting continued confidence in the Group's future growth prospects and inherently strong free cash generation

Mark Johnstone, Signature Aviation Group Chief Executive, commented:

"2019 has been a transformational year as we continued to invest in our core Signature business and fully recognised the strategic value of our Ontic business. Signature Aviation had a solid year, with a good Signature FBO performance in a flat US B&GA market. We are encouraged that progress on our new commercial initiatives improved our market outperformance to 100 basis points in the second half.

Looking forward, Signature is focused on continuing to improve its level of outperformance against the US B&GA market. With our singular focus on the cash generative FBO business, we reiterate our progressive dividend policy and will look to further enhance returns to shareholders as we maintain our target leverage range, while continuing to invest to grow the business.

The Board is confident of delivering further progress and market outperformance in 2020 through our Signature strategic growth initiatives."

Underlying results1

	2019	2019	2018	2018
$m	Total Group2	Continuing	Total Group2	Continuing	Change5
				(Restated)3
Revenue	3,017.4	2,260.5	2,880.9	2,131.3	4.7%
EBITDA	607.6	482.0
IFRS 16 impact	147.0	133.3
EBITDA (Pre IFRS 16)	460.6	348.7	456.4	346.2	0.9%

Operating profit	441.1	320.8
IFRS 16 impact	57.3	44.4
Operating profit (Pre IFRS 16)	383.8	276.4	375.2	277.3	2.3%
Profit before tax	292.0	177.2
IFRS16 impact	(17.3)	(25.8)
Profit before tax (Pre IFRS 16)	309.3	203.0	308.0	211.6	0.4%

Basic adjusted EPS	25.6 ¢	16.3 ¢
IFRS 16 impact	(1.3)¢	(1.9)¢
Basic adjusted EPS (Pre IFRS 16)	26.9 ¢	18.2 ¢	23.3¢	16.3¢	15.5%

Statutory results

	2019	2019	2018	2018
$m	Total Group2	Continuing	Total Group2	Continuing	Change5
				(Restated)3
Revenue	3,017.4	2,260.5	2,880.9	2,131.3	4.7%

EBITDA	565.5	439.9
IFRS 16 impact	147.0	133.3
EBITDA (Pre IFRS 16)	418.5	306.6	431.5	323.8	(3.0)%

Operating Profit	312.7	204.9
IFRS 16 impact	57.3	44.4
Operating Profit (Pre IFRS 16)	255.4	160.5	261.5	180.4	(2.3)%
Profit before tax	722.2	23.4
IFRS 16 impact	(17.3)	(25.8)
Profit before tax (Pre IFRS 16)	739.5	49.2	174.3	100.6	324%

Basic unadjusted EPS	65.2¢	4.0¢
IFRS 16 impact	(3.0)¢	(1.9)¢
Basic unadjusted EPS (Pre IFRS 16)	68.2¢	5.9¢	13.4¢	8.0¢	409%
Dividend per share	14.77¢	-	14.07¢	-	5%

ROIC, Cash Flow and Net Debt1

	2019	2019	2018	2018
$m	Total Group2	Continuing	Total Group2	Continuing	Change5
				(Restated)3
Return on invested capital	9.9%	8.6%
IFRS 16 impact	(190)bps	(190)bps
Return on invested capital (Pre IFRS 16)	11.8%	10.5%	11.4%	10.5%	40bps
Free cash flow	187.2	129.1
IFRS 16 impact	-	-
Free cash flow (Pre IFRS 16)	187.2	129.1	224.8	205.2	(16.7)%

Net debt	(2,250.7)
IFRS 16 impact	(1,242.4)
Net debt (Pre IFRS 16)	(1,008.3)		(1,332.2)	-	(24.3)%
Net debt to underlying EBITDA4	2.2x		2.8x	-	(0.6)x

Defined and reconciled to reported financials under Alternative Performance Measures (APMs). See pages 34 to 44. Where applicable and for comparability these are presented on a pre IFRS 16 basis.
From continuing and discontinued operations.
Restated following the presentation of Ontic as a discontinued operation.
Net debt to underlying EBITDA calculated on a covenant basis.
Change represents the year over year difference for the total Group.

NOTE ON IFRS 16:

As previously noted, we have adopted the modified retrospective approach available within the new accounting standard and therefore we have not restated our comparative disclosures for the impact of IFRS 16, which came into effect from 1 January 2019. Our statutory results have been split out to show the IFRS 16 impact to aid comparison year on year.

We reiterate that the adoption of IFRS 16 has no impact on the economic prospects, strategy, cash generative nature of our business or on our progressive dividend policy or our stated capital allocation policy.

At adoption on 1 January 2019, IFRS 16 has significantly impacted several key financial metrics with regard to reported performance, financial position, financing costs and associated financial leverage.

The approach we have taken to ensure consistency and comparability is to report APMs (non-GAAP metrics) that convert and reconcile IFRS 16 reported financials back to the historical accounting treatment of leases. This historical accounting treatment of leases is the basis on which we are and will continue to be tested under our banking covenants.

FINAL RESULTS 2019

Overview

Overall Signature Aviation performed in line with our expectations, with Signature FBO growing ahead of a flat US B&GA market. We have made further progress with the implementation of our strategy and continue to deliver against the business case for the EPIC acquisition. The ERO disposal process has made further progress in the second half and we will update the market in due course. We booked an impairment on our ERO business of $124.7 million in the year. Fair value less cost to sell for the ERO business now stands at $177.6 million.

Continuing Group revenue increased by 6.1% to $2,260.5 million (2018 restated: $2,131.3 million) including an additional six-month contribution from EPIC and a first-time contribution from IAM Jet Centre of $235.5 million in total.

Signature FBO organic revenue grew 1.1% during 2019 after adjusting for the first-time contribution from IAM Jet Centre ($5.3 million), the impact of lower fuel prices ($45.1 million), foreign exchange movements ($9.1 million), FBO divestments ($1.4m) and the impact of adopting IFRS 16 ($4.5 million). TECHNICAirTM and EPIC saw organic revenue declines during 2019 of 3.1% and 10.8%, respectively.

Continuing Group underlying operating profit was $320.8 million (2018 restated: $277.3 million).

Underlying operating profit performance in Signature was $361.0 million (2018: $320.6 million) which includes $43.6 million relating to the adoption of IFRS 16. Performance on a comparable pre IFRS 16 basis was marginally weaker at $317.4 million (2018: $320.6 million) due to lower first half performance, which recovered to be marginally up in the second half.
Underlying central costs were down at $25.9 million, on a comparable pre IFRS 16 basis $26.7 million (2018: $28.3 million).

Continuing Group operating profit on a statutory basis increased 13.6% to $204.9 million (2018 restated: $180.4 million) primarily due to the adoption of IFRS 16 ($44.4 million), partially offset by $36.5 million of indemnification provisions and associated legal fees in respect of previously disposed businesses.

Continuing Group underlying net interest, including the impact of IFRS 16, was $143.6 million (2018: $65.7 million). The increase of $77.9 million resulted primarily from the adoption of IFRS 16, with the introduction of additional net interest on lease liabilities of $70.2 million. The increase in underlying net interest on a pre IFRS 16 basis was as expected.

Continuing Group underlying profit before tax was $177.2 million (2018 restated: $211.6 million). The decrease primarily resulted from the adoption of IFRS 16 ($25.8 million).

Profit before tax on a statutory basis for the Continuing Group was $23.4 million (2018 restated: $100.6 million). The decrease arose from the adoption of IFRS 16 ($25.8 million), indemnification provisions and associated legal fees in respect of previously disposed businesses ($36.5 million), net settlement of USPP make-whole to facilitate the Ontic disposal ($25.4 million) and the impairment of our charter joint venture investment ($12.5 million).

The Continuing Group underlying tax rate was 6.8% (2018 restated: 20.6%). The decrease in the underlying tax rate primarily reflects the tax deductibility of deferred interest charges following the refinancing of the Group, previously written off in 2017 upon the implementation of US tax reform. Cash taxes increased in line with expectations to $41.7 million (2018: $27.1 million). This increase largely represents timing of payments between 2018 and 2019.

Continuing Group basic adjusted earnings per share was 16.3¢, on a pre IFRS 16 basis 18.2¢ (2018 restated: 16.3¢). Continuing Group basic unadjusted earnings per share decreased to 4.0¢, on a pre IFRS 16 basis 5.9¢ (2018 restated: 8.0¢) principally as a result of the adoption of IFRS 16.

Exceptional and other items after tax, for continuing and discontinued operations, totalled $400.0 million of income (2018: $102.6 million loss) of which $524.1 million of income (2018 restated: $17.7 million loss) related to discontinued operations. Key components of this for continuing operations are the non-cash amortisation of acquired intangibles accounted for under IFRS 3 ($73.8 million), restructuring expenses ($5.6 million) as part of a multi-year restructuring programme, indemnification provisions and associated legal fees in respect of previously disposed businesses ($36.5 million) and impairment of $12.5 million relating to the Continuing Group's investment in the charter management joint venture. Exceptional and other items on discontinued operations, net of tax, include a $724.0 million gain on the disposal of Ontic, partially offset by the $124.7 million impairment of ERO.

Total Group free cash flow reduced to $187.2 million (2018: $224.8 million). This reduction resulted primarily from the execution of the direct fuel supply agreement which resulted in an as anticipated one-off $69.2 million outflow, due to revision of payment terms, partially offset by a turnaround in working capital within our ERO business following the significant working capital outflows in 2018. Free cash flow for the Continuing Group, excluding the direct fuel supply agreement impact and exceptional cash flows was broadly flat at $212.0 million (2018 restated: $216.7 million).

Total Group gross capital expenditure amounted to $80.6 million (2018: $93.1 million). Principal capital expenditure items include investment in Signature's FBO developments at Teterboro (TEB), and Palm Beach (PBI). The lower than expected capital expenditure resulted primarily from revised timing of projects due to ongoing discussions with the associated airports and local authorities.

Cash flows on exceptional and other items were an outflow of $16.4 million (2018: $19.5 million outflow) and are largely a result of restructuring expenses, settlement of legal matters and costs associated with the disposal process of the ERO business.

The total Group made $8.0 million of pension scheme payments (2018: $5.9 million). An additional pension payment of £30 million was made during 2019 as agreed with the Trustees of our UK defined benefit plan to facilitate the disposal of Ontic. This payment is recognised as a cost to dispose of Ontic. During 2019 the Group completed and signed off the 2018 actuarial review of its UK defined benefit pension scheme. Deficit contributions of £2.7 million per annum through to March 2030 have been agreed.

Net interest payments increased to $141.5 million (2018: $58.3 million) following the recognition of interest on lease liabilities under IFRS 16 and the non-repeat of swap gains in the prior period.

Dividend payments amounted to $980.9 million (2018: $140.7 million) reflecting a core dividend of $147.3 million, increased by 5% compared to 2018, and a special dividend of $833.6 million in respect of the net proceeds from the Ontic sale.

Acquisition spend during the year was $65.3 million, net of cash acquired (2018: $210.6 million). Total spend on acquisitions included the acquisition of IAM Jet Centre ($33.5 million), deferred consideration on an Ontic licence acquired in December 2018 ($11.5 million), the acquisition of new licences by Ontic during 2019 ($17.4 million) and the final working capital settlements in respect of EPIC and Firstmark ($3.3 million), all net of $0.4 million cash acquired.

Net debt on a reported basis increased to $2,250.7 million (2018: $1,332.2 million) following the adoption of IFRS 16 which results in the recognition of an additional $1,242.4 million in lease liabilities within the definition of net debt. Our banking covenants are tested on the accounting standards in force prior to IFRS 16, consequently they are not impacted by the adoption of IFRS 16. Net debt to underlying EBITDA on a covenant basis decreased to 2.2x (FY 2018: 2.8x). Interest cover on a covenant basis decreased to 6.9x for the 12 months to 31 December 2019 (FY 2018: 7.9x).

Total Group Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) was 9.9%. On a comparable pre IFRS 16 basis it improved to 11.8% (FY 2018: 11.4%).

Business Review - Continuing Operations

Signature (continuing operations)

Signature ("Signature FBO", "TECHNICAirTM" and "EPIC") provides specialist on-airport services including refuelling, ground handling, hangarage, card services and line maintenance to the business & general aviation (B&GA) market.

2019	Signature FBO	TECHNICAirTM	EPIC	Signature
$m
Revenue	1,725.1	68.1	467.3	2,260.5
Organic revenue growth	1.1%	(3.1)%	(10.8)%	(0.6)%
Underlying operating profit	355.3	0.0	5.7	361.0
Underlying operating profit (Pre IFRS 16)	311.7	0.0	5.7	317.4
Constant fuel margin	20.6%	0.0%	1.2%	16.0%
Constant fuel margin (Pre IFRS 16)	18.0%	0.0%	1.2%	14.0%
Operating profit (on a statutory basis)				284.7
Underlying EBITDA				521.2
Underlying EBITDA (Pre IFRS 16)				389.4
Operating cash flow				421.6
Operating cash flow (Pre IFRS 16)				298.0
Divisional return on invested capital				9.6%
Divisional return on invested capital (Pre				11.8%
IFRS 16)
2018	Signature FBO	TECHNICAirTM	EPIC1	Signature
$m
Revenue	1,761.0	74.1	292.5	2,127.6
Organic revenue growth	3.0%	(3.4)%	n/a	2.7%
Underlying operating profit
Underlying operating profit (Pre IFRS 16)	315.7	3.7	1.2	320.6
Constant fuel margin
Constant fuel margin (Pre IFRS 16)	18.4%	3.7%	0.5%	15.6%
Operating profit (on a statutory basis)				244.6
Underlying EBITDA
Underlying EBITDA (Pre IFRS 16)				389.1
Operating cash flow
Operating cash flow (Pre IFRS 16)				350.0
Divisional return on invested capital				11.8%
Year on year change	Signature FBO	TECHNICAirTM	EPIC	Signature
Revenue	(2.0)%	(8.1)%	n/a	6.2%
Organic revenue growth	(1.9)%	0.3%	-	(3.3)%
Underlying operating profit
Underlying operating profit (Pre IFRS 16)	(1.3)%	(100)%	-	(1.0)%
Constant fuel margin
Constant fuel margin (Pre IFRS 16)	(40)bps	(370)bps	-	(160)bps
Operating profit (on a statutory basis)				16.4%
Underlying EBITDA
Underlying EBITDA (Pre IFRS 16)				0.1%
Operating cash flow
Operating cash flow (Pre IFRS 16)				(14.9)%
Divisional return on invested capital
Divisional return on invested capital (Pre				no change
IFRS 16)

1 EPIC acquired 1 July 2018

Signature FBO revenue increased 1.1% on an organic basis. On a reported basis revenue was down 2.0% to $1,725.1 million (2018: $1,761.0 million) as a result of lower fuel prices of $45.1 million, foreign exchange movements of $9.1 million, divestments of $1.4 million and the impact of adopting IFRS 16 of $4.5 million. These impacts were partially offset by the acquisition of IAM Jet Centre generating revenue of $5.3 million. This was delivered against a backdrop of US B&GA movements (source: FAA) which were up 0.2% for the twelve months to 31 December 2019, representing outperformance of 90 basis points for the year as a whole but an improved second half outperformance of 100 basis points, against 70 basis points in the first half. Heavy jet traffic (over 5k gallon uplifts) was down within our Signature FBO network, which has limited our ability to outperform the overall US B&GA market at our usual levels, though initiatives undertaken in the second half have reduced this impact.

We continue to believe the US B&GA market is a long-term structural growth market, highly correlated with US GDP growth. The FAA continues to forecast long term growth in US business jet flight hours of an average 3.1% per annum through to 2028. However, short term uncertainty around the US trade tariffs, Gulf tensions and a slowdown in China continues to impact business confidence and discretionary flying, which has been most notable in our charter customer segment.

Furthermore, we have experienced challenges, in what has been a low growth market, as the long tail value behaviours become more pronounced.

Underlying operating profit in our Signature FBO business (on a pre IFRS 16 basis) was down 1.3% to $311.7 million (2018: $315.7 million) as the impact from fuel and non-fuel commercial initiatives were offset by wage and other cost inflation that we were unable to fully pass on in a flat market showing continued and marked monthly volatility. Operating profit performance was broadly flat in the second half compared to the same period last year as cost initiatives started to take effect. We remain confident in Signature's ability to deliver significant longer-term value creation across our market leading network, supported by the continued implementation of our strategic growth initiatives presented at the Capital Markets Day in November 2018.

Underlying operating margin, on a pre IFRS 16 basis, in Signature FBO was 18.0% (2018 on a constant fuel price basis: 18.4%) and reflects the wage inflation experienced in a tight US labour market.

TECHNICAirTM continued to face challenges in 2019 with a revenue decline of 8.1% to $68.1 million (2018: $74.1 million) as we further rationalised our footprint. Organic revenue declined 3.1% during 2019. Underlying operating profit on a pre IFRS 16 basis decreased to $nil million (2018: $3.7 million). TECHNICAirTM is now a smaller and lower risk business and expected to be reported within Signature FBO going forward.

EPIC contributed revenues of $467.3 million and underlying operating profit of $5.7 million, on a pre IFRS 16 basis. This represented an increase in revenue of $174.8 million (2018: $292.5 million), with $230.2 million resulting from an additional six months' contribution compared to 2018, offset by a reduction in fuel prices of $26.7 million, foreign exchange of $0.1 million and organic revenue decline of $28.6 million. In 2019, our first full year of ownership, we made good progress on penetration of the fuel card within the Signature FBO network and delivered the direct fuel supply savings from 1st July onwards for the combined Signature FBO and EPIC gallons.

Signature's overall revenue, which includes Signature FBO, TECHNICAirTM and EPIC, increased by 6.2% to $2,260.5 million (2018: $2,127.6 million). Organic revenue decreased by 0.6%.

Operating profit on a statutory basis of $284.7 million increased by 16.4% (2018: $244.6 million) primarily due to the adoption of IFRS 16.

Operating cash flow for Signature, on a pre IFRS 16 basis, decreased to $298.0 million (2018: $350.0 million), principally due to the expected working capital outflow associated with the direct fuel supply agreements.

Return on invested capital on a pre IFRS 16 basis was flat at 11.8% (FY 2018: 11.8%).

Our FBO network

There are 198 locations in Signature's market leading owned global network, including 19 Signature Select® franchise locations. EPIC services 176 privately owned, EPIC branded independent FBOs and a further 119 unbranded locations. Our existing Signature Select® branded locations are complementary to EPIC's FBO locations and are now managed as part of the EPIC network. This creates an unrivalled branded network of over 370 FBO locations, with network relevance of over 70%, with around a third of our owned locations being sole source. The quality and network relevance of our real estate asset base provides us with an unrivalled platform across which we will leverage our strategic initiatives.

Signature strategic initiatives

In 2019 we refreshed our strategic pillars to ensure they were appropriate for our focused Signature business.

Growth

In the current low growth US B&GA market we have continued to invest in our Signature FBO network either through the addition of FBO locations, such as the five sole source locations acquired with IAM Jet Centre, lease renewals or through investment in new technology. During the year we rolled out our enhanced EPoS technology across the US network and deployed our revenue optimisation tools to enhance our fuel and non-fuel revenue management capabilities. Our rational approach to capital allocation continues, as evidenced by a couple of FBO divestments during the year.

Pre-acquisition, EPIC partnered with Signature as its FBO fuel card provider and Signature now has full end-to-end management of this card programme, associated transaction processing and data capture, which can be used as a platform for an enhanced service offering across our entire owned and non-owned network. Over time, we have committed to deliver $4-8 million of underlying operating profit from deeper penetration of the branded fuel card within the Signature network. We are pleased to have made good progress in 2019 on increasing Signature fuel card usage by our customers, which has now grown to c.9% in the Signature FBO network, up from c.3% at the time of acquisition.

With regard to new services that will contribute over the next few years, we have made positive initial progress on a US roll- out of the ELITE ClassTM service (for commercial passenger interconnect). The existing VIP suite service offered at the IAM Jet Centre locations in Barbados (BGI) and Grenada (GND) has enhanced our offering and build is underway for a dedicated suite at our Atlanta Hartsfield (ATL) sole source FBO. We believe this is further evidence of Signature redefining the market reach for B&GA infrastructure.

We continue to evaluate initiatives to further enhance and fortify Signature's unique real estate network as we lead the development of the B&GA industry.

Operational efficiency and process improvement

During the year we concluded our direct fuel supply agreements on the combined Signature and EPIC gallons of around 500 million gallons per annum. This new agreement took effect on 1 July 2019 and creates c.$7 million of cost savings on a full

year basis. As previously noted, in the current tight US labour market, the benefits of this new deal have been used to mitigate some of the impact of higher wage costs.

On the cost side we are in the process of rolling out labour efficiency benchmarking across the US network as part of our Labour Efficiency and Equipment Productivity (LEEP) initiative. In the case of labour, we will utilise a new tool using information from our SIGnet 2.0 FBO management system to enable field teams to more efficiently forecast, plan and manage labour demand. For our fleet of Ground Service Equipment (GSE) we are focused on providing the right level of GSE at each location, while reducing the total cost of ownership per operating hour and we are working with our supply chain to deploy low emission, efficient and/or electric models. In Q4 2019 we deployed more than 40 new GSE assets in the US while retiring around 60 legacy units, with an average age of 20 years. Transaction data from the SIGnet 2.0 system has also enabled the streamlining of many back office processes.

Employee experience

Our strategic aim is for Signature Aviation to be a company where everyone wants to work and thrive. We have recently undertaken our second annual employee engagement survey, the results of which show good improvements across all metrics, including the participation rate. During 2019 all teams across the Group launched local engagement action plans to improve on areas identified in our 2018 survey.

We have recently launched a new global Manager in Training (MIT) programme to provide visibility on career progression to our employees in the field. Diversity and inclusion training is also being rolled out, and a steering committee has been established to promote this at a local level.

Customer experience

This initiative is to ensure we deliver a personalised experience right, the first time and every time. To do this we are focused on better understanding our customer needs and then meeting them. During the year we launched 'test kitchens' for new products, service offerings, technology and other customer facing enhancements. Utilising new customer survey data, from a survey programme launched in late 2019, will ensure we focus on areas which will achieve the best results. A refresh of our loyalty programme is also under consideration.

We are focused on delivering improved yield management from our real estate footprint through first class customer experience using customer segmentation and technology. We are planning to roll out plane side mobile devices to all front line ramp team members, which will replace numerous paper-based processes and provide our ramp operations teams with real time data on customer requests. Initially we will deploy the technology across our US locations before including our EMEA locations.

Environmental and Social

We are committed to working in ways that limit the impact of our business activities on the environment and to proactively manage environmental resources. Environmental considerations are embedded into our investment decisions to deliver more environmentally friendly buildings (FBO terminals and hangars) and customer and crew services such as charging points for electric cars.

Real estate - we have five Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified and LEED Silver certified FBO buildings in the network and ten hangars and a further three LEED FBO projects, including our new Atlanta (ATL) terminal building, in progress. On three further projects at Teterboro (TEB), Newark (EWR) and Stewart (SWF) International we are working to deliver LEED equivalent sustainability standards set by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Operations and ground support - we have many electric items in our ground support equipment (GSE) fleet, as well as hybrid electric crew cars available at 11 locations. Alternative technology models of heavier items such as fuel trucks are not yet commercially available, so our renewal programme is focused on vehicles with low emission, efficient diesel engines. As a large purchaser of GSE, we have a significant opportunity to influence our supply chain and drive new product development as well as support new models coming to the market.

Uber Elevate partnership - given our focus on remaining at the forefront of industry developments, in 2019 we partnered with Uber Elevate to facilitate ground based operations to support skyport infrastructure for UberAIR, which plans to operate a network of electric air taxis in cities worldwide. These electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) differ from helicopters as they are quieter, safer, more affordable and more environmentally friendly. This partnership will leverage Signature's leading scale, distribution and aviation expertise with Uber's innovative services and technology leadership to forge a vision for the future of transportation. Signature is also the ground based operator of choice for Uber's helicopter services in Manhattan.

Central costs

Underlying central costs were reduced in 2019 (excluding support costs of discontinued operations) to $25.9 million. On a comparable pre IFRS 16 basis underlying central costs were $26.7 million (2018 restated: $28.3 million).

Support costs

Support costs relating to the discontinued ERO and Ontic businesses were stable at $14.3 million (2018 restated: $14.3 million). The costs associated with supporting the ERO business will be addressed post completion of the ERO disposal or upon completion of the associated Transitional Support Agreement (TSA) period, as appropriate. Similarly, the Ontic support costs are currently being paid for by CVC, as part of the TSA, and we will work to eliminate these costs when the TSA period concludes.

Business Review - Discontinued Operations

Ontic revenue for the 10 months of ownership to 31 October 2019 increased to $218.6 million (2018: $216.0 million for 12 months) and Ontic delivered a strong underlying operating profit performance of $66.9 million on a pre IFRS 16 basis for the 10 months of ownership (2018: $62.9 million for 12 months).

In 2019 ERO's revenue increased to $555.3 million (2018: $533.6 million) on a pre IFRS 16 basis. In stable markets, ERO's

underlying operating profit on a pre IFRS 16 basis was $40.5 million (2018: $35.0 million). ERO's underlying operating profit improvement includes an incremental benefit from the suspension of depreciation and amortisation of $5.7 million for the year to 31 December 2019, this being the required accounting treatment while the business is held for sale. In the year an impairment charge of $124.7 million was taken on the net assets of ERO. The fair value less cost to sell of ERO is now $177.6 million.

The ERO disposal process is ongoing and we expect to update the market in due course.

Pensions

The Group's net defined benefit pension and other post-retirement benefits liabilities increased to $38.0 million during 2019 from $28.2 million at 31 December 2018 and $32.7 million at 30 June 2019. The increase in the net deficit of $9.8 million since 31 December 2018 is primarily due to a lower discount rate, net of deficit contributions.

During the first half of 2019 the Group completed and signed off the 2018 actuarial valuation of its UK defined benefit pension plan. As a result of this valuation and the initial recognition of past service liabilities in line with the recent High Court ruling in the Lloyds Banking Group case on Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) equalisation, we had agreed to make additional payments of £8.5 million in total between July 2019 and September 2021. These payments were reconsidered during the process to dispose of Ontic and a revised funding arrangement was agreed with the scheme Trustees for the UK defined benefit pension plan to pay a lump sum of £30 million. This payment was made in full upon the legal completion of the Ontic disposal and in addition we have agreed to make an annual deficit payment of £2.7 million in quarterly instalments for the period to 31 March 2030, the first payment being for the quarter ended 31 December 2019.

Dividend

The Board is declaring an increased per share final dividend of 10.57¢ (2018: 10.07¢) up 5%, reflecting the Board's progressive dividend policy and its continued confidence in the Group's future growth prospects.

A dividend reinvestment plan is in operation. Those shareholders who have not elected to participate in this plan, and who would like to participate, please register via the share portal www.signalshares.com. The deadline for elections is 5:30pm on 1 May 2020.

Outlook

We will continue to lead the industry in innovative and sustainable ways as we deliver on our strategic priorities.

Our focus remains on delivering the growth initiatives laid out in our Capital Markets Day: revenue optimisation through pricing, including increasing the yield on our valuable real estate, delivering on our non-fuel services, particularly further increasing penetration of the fuel card in our Signature network and adding new services from our ELITE proposition and Uber Elevate. We will improve customer experience and increase our operational efficiency, particularly with regard to our environmental impact, and working with our supply chain to deliver a more sustainable future for the business and general aviation industry. Delivery of these initiatives is underpinned by key training and engagement initiatives we have in train to enhance employee experience.

These initiatives will continue to improve our level of outperformance against the US B&GA market in the medium term. Given ongoing trade discussions, high levels of global economic uncertainty and the US election in November, we expect similar conditions in 2020 in the US B&GA market to those experienced in 2019. We are continuing to monitor the COVID- 19 situation and will update the market in due course.

Signature Aviation is focused on a high quality and strongly cash generative FBO business which will enable us to grow and deliver shareholder value, supports both a progressive dividend policy and the prospect of further returns to shareholders while remaining within our target leverage range of 2.5x to 3.0x on a covenant basis.

Going concern

The Directors have carried out a review of the Group's trading outlook and borrowing facilities, with due regard to the risks and uncertainties to which the Group is exposed, the uncertain economic climate, including Brexit (the impact of which is not expected to be significant) and the impact that this could have on trading performance. Based on this review, the directors believe that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Directors' responsibilities

The responsibility statement below has been prepared in connection with the Group's full Annual Report for the year ending 31 December 2019. Certain parts of the Annual Report are not included within this announcement.

We confirm that to the best of our knowledge:

the financial statements, prepared in accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority and principles of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as adopted by the European Union, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of the Group and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole; and
the management report, which is incorporated into the Directors' Report, includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Group and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties they face.

Signed on behalf of the Board,

Mark Johnstone	David Crook
Group Chief Executive Officer	Group Finance Director
2 March 2020	2 March 2020

This final results announcement contains forward-looking statements including, without limitation, statements relating to: future demand and markets of the Group's products and services; research and development relating to new products and services; liquidity and capital; and implementation of restructuring plans and efficiencies. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will or may occur in the future. Accordingly, actual results may differ materially from those set out in the forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including, without limitation: changes in interest and exchange rates, commodity prices and other economic conditions; negotiations with customers relating to renewal of contracts and future volumes and prices; events affecting international security, including global health issues and terrorism; changes in regulatory environment; and the outcome of litigation. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

This report is available in electronic format from the Company's website www.signatureaviation.com

Consolidated Income Statement

						Restated3
			2019			2018

			Exceptional			Exceptional
			and other			and other
For the year ended 31 December		Underlying1	items2	Total	Underlying1	items2	Total
Notes	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

Continuing operations
Revenue	1	2,260.5	-	2,260.5	2,131.3	-	2,131.3
Cost of sales		(1,807.6)	-	(1,807.6)	(1,716.3)	-	(1,716.3)

Gross profit		452.9	-	452.9	415.0	-	415.0
Distribution costs		(11.9)	-	(11.9)	(12.1)	-	(12.1)
Administrative expenses		(127.8)	(73.8)	(201.6)	(128.1)	(74.5)	(202.6)
Other operating income		6.2	-	6.2	1.3	-	1.3
Share of profit of associates and joint ventures		4.1	-	4.1	4.0	-	4.0
Other operating expenses		(2.7)	(36.5)	(39.2)	(2.8)	(13.5)	(16.3)
Restructuring costs	2	-	(5.6)	(5.6)	-	(8.9)	(8.9)

Operating profit/(loss)	1, 2	320.8	(115.9)	204.9	277.3	(96.9)	180.4
Impairment of assets		-	(12.5)	(12.5)	-	(14.1)	(14.1)
Investment income		3.7	7.5	11.2	0.7	-	0.7
Finance costs		(147.3)	(32.9)	(180.2)	(66.4)	-	(66.4)

Profit/(loss) before tax		177.2	(153.8)	23.4	211.6	(111.0)	100.6
Tax (charge)/credit	3	(12.1)	29.7	17.6	(43.6)	26.1	(17.5)

Profit/(loss) from continuing operations		165.1	(124.1)	41.0	168.0	(84.9)	83.1
Discontinued operations
Profit/(loss) from ERO discontinued operations, net of tax	8	40.0	(104.2)	(64.2)	24.2	(5.0)	19.2
Profit/(loss) from Ontic discontinued operations, net of tax	8	54.4	628.3	682.7	48.3	(12.7)	35.6

Profit/(loss) for the year		259.5	400.0	659.5	240.5	(102.6)	137.9

Attributable to:
Equity holders of Signature Aviation plc		259.1	400.0	659.1	240.2	(102.6)	137.6
Non-controlling interest		0.4	-	0.4	0.3	-	0.3

		259.5	400.0	659.5	240.5	(102.6)	137.9

Earnings per share		Adjusted1		Unadjusted	Adjusted1		Unadjusted
Total Group
Basic	5	25.6¢		65.2¢	23.3¢		13.4¢
Diluted	5	25.4¢		64.7¢	23.1¢		13.2¢
Continuing operations
Basic	5	16.3¢		4.0¢	16.3¢		8.0¢
Diluted	5	16.2¢		4.0¢	16.1¢		8.0¢
Discontinued operations
Basic	8	9.3¢		61.2¢	7.0¢		5.4¢
Diluted	8	9.2¢		60.7¢	7.0¢		5.2¢

Underlying profit and adjusted earnings per share are stated before exceptional and other items and include the impact of IFRS 16 which was adopted on 1 January 2019. The Group has applied the modified-retrospective transition method approach and consequently the comparatives have not been restated.
Exceptional and other items are defined in note 2. All Alternative Performance Measures are reconciled to IFRS measures and explained in note 10.
The Group has presented Ontic discontinued operations in the current year, and accordingly the prior period has been restated as required by IFRS, see note 8. In addition, ERO discontinued operations is presented in the current year and in the comparative period.

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

For the year ended 31 December		2019	2018
Notes	$m	$m
Profit for the year		659.5	137.9
Other comprehensive income
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Actuarial (losses)/gains on defined benefit pension schemes		(56.1)	51.2
Fair value movements in assets classified as financial instruments through other comprehensive
income		(3.3)	(1.8)
Tax credit/(charge) relating to components of other comprehensive income/(loss) that will not be
reclassified subsequently to profit or loss	3	7.2	(9.0)

		(52.2)	40.4

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Exchange difference on translation of foreign operations		2.2	(27.5)
Recycling of translational exchange differences accumulated in equity upon disposal of subsidiary		24.2	-
Fair value movements in foreign exchange cash flow hedges		2.3	(2.9)
Transfer to profit or loss from other comprehensive income on foreign exchange cash flow hedges		(0.6)	(1.0)
Fair value movement in interest rate cash flow hedges		(2.4)	5.9
Transfer to profit or loss from other comprehensive income on interest rate cash flow hedges		(2.2)	(6.3)
Tax relating to components of other comprehensive income that may be subsequently reclassified
to profit or loss	3	1.3	1.7

		24.8	(30.1)

Other comprehensive (loss)/income for the year		(27.4)	10.3


Total comprehensive income for the year		632.1	148.2

Attributable to:
Equity holders of Signature Aviation plc		631.7	147.9
Non-controlling interests		0.4	0.3

		632.1	148.2

Consolidated Balance Sheet

As at 31 December		2019	2018
Notes	$m	$m

Non-current assets
Goodwill		1,111.1	1,191.1
Other intangible assets		966.1	1,329.4
Property, plant and equipment		749.4	779.9
Right of use assets		1,099.5	-
Interests in associates and joint ventures		41.9	53.5
Trade and other receivables		45.8	18.8
Deferred tax asset		9.1	-

		4,022.9	3,372.7

Current assets
Inventories		44.0	120.3
Trade and other receivables		205.4	260.2
Cash and cash equivalents		113.2	109.3
Tax recoverable		1.2	1.1
Assets held for sale	8	358.1	407.6

		721.9	898.5

Total assets		4,744.8	4,271.2

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables		(354.6)	(439.2)
Tax liabilities		(108.7)	(39.8)
Borrowings	6	-	(1.5)
Lease liabilities		(53.0)	(1.1)
Provisions		(17.5)	(23.0)
Liabilities held for sale	8	(180.5)	(146.8)

		(714.3)	(651.4)

Net current assets		7.6	247.1

Non-current liabilities
Borrowings	6	(1,141.0)	(1,436.6)
Lease liabilities		(1,128.8)	(3.2)
Trade and other payables due after one year		(3.9)	(7.6)
Pensions and other post-retirement benefits		(38.0)	(28.2)
Deferred tax liabilities		(82.4)	(162.8)
Provisions		(30.3)	(37.2)

		(2,424.4)	(1,675.6)

Total liabilities		(3,138.7)	(2,327.0)

Net assets		1,606.1	1,944.2

Equity
Share capital		510.1	509.3
Share premium account		1,594.5	1,594.5
Other reserve		(10.5)	(7.2)
Treasury reserve		(95.7)	(95.3)
Capital reserve		56.6	56.2
Hedging and translation reserves		(82.2)	(105.7)
Retained earnings		(369.1)	(9.9)

Equity attributable to equity holders of Signature Aviation plc		1,603.7	1,941.9

Non-controlling interest		2.4	2.3

Total equity		1,606.1	1,944.2

Details of the restatement made to the opening retained earnings as at 1 January 2019 arising from the adoption of IFRS 16 can be found in the accounting policies and note 11.

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

For the year ended 31 December		2019	2018
Notes	$m	$m

Operating activities
Net cash flow from operating activities	7	467.0	368.3
Investing activities
Interest received		4.4	12.7
Interest received on sublease assets		1.8	-
Receipt of capital element of sublease assets		2.7	-
Dividends received from joint ventures and associates		3.2	2.0
Purchase of property, plant and equipment		(68.4)	(85.3)
Purchase of intangible assets1		(12.2)	(7.8)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment		5.1	4.7
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired		(65.3)	(210.6)
Investment in assets classified as financial instruments measured through other comprehensive
income (FVTOCI)		-	(5.0)
Investment in joint venture and associates		-	(10.0)
Proceeds from disposal of subsidiaries and associates, net of cash disposed	9	1,224.3	-

Net cash inflow/(outflow) from investing activities		1,095.6	(299.3)

Financing activities
Interest paid		(71.5)	(70.9)
Interest paid on lease liabilities		(76.4)	(0.1)
USPP make-whole, net		(25.5)	-
Dividends paid	4	(980.9)	(140.7)
(Outflows)/inflows from realised foreign exchange contracts		(8.5)	4.5
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares net of issue costs		0.8	0.3
Purchase of own shares2		(4.9)	(5.5)
(Decrease)/increase in loans		(313.3)	117.1
Payments of lease liabilities		(71.0)	(0.4)
Decrease in overdrafts		(1.5)	(2.3)

Net cash outflow from financing activities		(1,552.7)	(98.0)

Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		9.9	(29.0)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year		111.3	153.5
Exchange adjustments on cash and cash equivalents		1.2	(13.2)

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year		122.4	111.3

Comprised of:
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year		113.2	109.3
Cash included in Assets held for sale at end of the year	8	9.2	2.0

Purchase of intangible assets includes $1.1 million (2018: $1.2 million) paid in relation to Ontic licences and $5.3 million paid in relation to the ERO discontinued operations (2018: $0.2 million) not accounted for as acquisitions under IFRS 3.
Purchase of shares includes the share purchases for the share buy-back scheme, shares purchased for the Employee Benefit Trust and shares purchased for employees to settle their tax liabilities as part of the share schemes.

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

			Share	Retained	Other		Non-controlling	Total
		Share capital	premium	earnings	reserves	Total	interests	equity
	Notes	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
Balance at 1 January 2018		509.0	1,594.5	(50.1)	(121.7)	1,931.7	1.5	1,933.2
Profit for the year		-	-	137.6	-	137.6	0.3	137.9
Other comprehensive income for the year		-	-	43.9	(33.6)	10.3	-	10.3

Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the year		-	-	181.5	(33.6)	147.9	0.3	148.2
Dividends	4	-	-	(140.7)	-	(140.7)	(0.3)	(141.0)
Issue of share capital		0.3	-	-	-	0.3	-	0.3
Movement on treasury reserve		-	-	-	(5.5)	(5.5)	-	(5.5)
Credit to equity for equity-settledshare-based
payments		-	-	-	8.2	8.2	-	8.2
Tax on share-based payment transactions	3	-	-	0.5	-	0.5	-	0.5
Change in non-controlling interests		-	-	(0.5)	-	(0.5)	0.8	0.3
Transfer (from)/to retained earnings		-	-	(0.6)	0.6	-	-	-

Balance at 31 December 2018		509.3	1,594.5	(9.9)	(152.0)	1,941.9	2.3	1,944.2

Balance at 1 January 2019 pre IFRS 16		509.3	1,594.5	(9.9)	(152.0)	1,941.9	2.3	1,944.2
Adoption of IFRS 161	11	-	-	5.3	-	5.3	-	5.3
Balance at 1 January 2019 after adoption		509.3	1,594.5	(4.6)	(152.0)	1,947.2	2.3	1,949.5

Profit for the year		-	-	659.1	-	659.1	0.4	659.5
Other comprehensive (loss)/income for the year		-	-	(47.6)	20.2	(27.4)	-	(27.4)

Total comprehensive income for the year		-	-	611.5	20.2	631.7	0.4	632.1
Dividends	4	-	-	(980.9)	-	(980.9)	(0.3)	(981.2)
Issue of share capital		0.8	-	-	-	0.8	-	0.8
Movement on treasury reserve		-	-	-	(4.9)	(4.9)	-	(4.9)
Credit to equity for equity-settledshare-based
payments		-	-	-	8.6	8.6	-	8.6
Tax on share-based payment transactions	3	-	-	1.2	-	1.2	-	1.2
Change in non-controlling interests		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Transfer to/(from) retained earnings		-	-	3.7	(3.7)	-	-	-

Balance at 31 December 2019		510.1	1,594.5	(369.1)	(131.8)	1,603.7	2.4	1,606.1

1 Further information on the restatement of opening retained earnings as at 1 January 2019 due to the impact of adopting IFRS 16 is outlined in the accounting policies and in note 11.

Accounting Policies of the Group

Basis of preparation

The preliminary consolidated financial information has been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adopted for use in the European Union (EU) and the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies reporting under IFRS.

The financial information for the year ended 31 December 2019 contained in this preliminary announcement was approved by a duly appointed and authorised committee of the Board of Directors on 2 March 2020. The announcement does not constitute statutory accounts of the Company within the meaning of section 435 of the Companies Act 2006, but is derived from those accounts.

Statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. Statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2019 will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies following the Company's Annual General meeting.

The Group's annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019 have been reported upon by the Group's auditor. The report of the auditor was unqualified, did not include a reference to any matters to which the auditor drew attention by way of emphasis without qualifying their report and did not contain a statement under section 498(2) or 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006.

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies, presentation and methods of calculation as set out in the Group's consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019.

The financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention adjusted for the revaluation of certain financial instruments. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied with the prior year except where noted.

For comparability with prior periods, the financial information disclosed in Note 11 is presented excluding the impact of adoption of IFRS 16. Note 10 presents APMs on a pre and post IFRS 16 basis with a reconciliation to the equivalent statutory measure.

New financial reporting requirements

IFRS 16 Leases

The Group adopted IFRS 16 Leases from 1 January 2019. IFRS 16 replaced IAS 17 'Leases' and IFRIC 4 'Determining whether an arrangement contains a lease'.

IFRS 16 requires lessees to account for most contracts under an on-balance sheet model, with the distinction between operating and finance leases removed. In addition, the standard makes changes to the definition of a lease to focus on, amongst other things, which party has the right to direct the use of the asset.

The Group has applied the modified-retrospective transition method approach and consequently the comparatives have not been restated. A one- off transitional impact on reserves has been recorded as a result of recognising finance lease subcontracts under the standard. The impact on reserves is set out in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity.

The Group's weighted average incremental borrowing rate applied to lease liabilities as at 1 January 2019 was 6.7%.

Practical expedients adopted on transition

On initial adoption, the Group has elected to use the following practical expedients permitted under the standard:

The application of a single discount rate to a portfolio of leases with reasonably similar characteristics
IFRS 16 has been applied to contracts that were previously classified as leases under IAS 17 and IFRIC 4
Right of use assets have been adjusted by the carrying amount of onerous lease provisions at 31 December 2018 instead of performing impairment reviews under IAS 36

Practical expedients also exist to not recognise lease liabilities for short-term or low value leases, however on transition the Group has elected not to adopt these expedients.

Significant judgements applied in the adoption of IFRS 16 included determining an incremental borrowing rate where the rate implicit in a lease could not be readily determined.

Impact on lessee accounting

Former operating leases

IFRS 16 changes how the Group accounts for leases previously classified as operating leases under IAS 17, which were off-balance sheet.

Applying IFRS 16, the Group now recognises right of use assets and lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet, initially measured at the present value of the future lease payments.

Lease incentives are recognised as part of the measurement of the right of use asset whereas under IAS 17 they resulted in the recognition of a lease incentive liability, amortised as a reduction of rental expenses on a straight-line basis.

Under IFRS 16, right of use assets will be tested for impairment in accordance with IAS 36 Impairment of Assets. This replaces the previous requirement to recognise a provision for onerous lease contracts.

Under IFRS 16 the Group recognises depreciation of right of use assets and interest on lease liabilities in the consolidated income statement, whereas under IAS 17 operating leases previously gave rise to a straight-line expense in the income statement.

Under IFRS 16 the Group separates the total amount of cash paid for leases that are on balance sheet into the principal portion (presented within financing activities) and interest in the consolidated cash flow statement. Under IAS 17 operating lease payments were presented as operating cash outflows. Under both IFRS 16 and IAS 17 there is no difference to net cash flow.

Former finance leases

The main differences between IFRS 16 and IAS 17 with respect to assets formerly held under a finance lease is the measurement of the residual value guarantees provided by the lessee to the lessor. IFRS 16 requires that the Group recognises as part of its lease liability only the amount expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee, rather than the maximum amount guaranteed as required by IAS 17. This change does

not have an effect on the Group's consolidated financial statements. Former finance leases are presented together with new leases taken on balance sheet as part of the transition to IFRS 16.

The impact of adopting IFRS 16 is summarised in Note 11 which details the Group's Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

Finance leases and operating leases for the comparative year ended 31 December 2018 were recognised and measured in accordance with IAS 17 Leases. The accounting policies set out below are those applied to the current period, in accordance with IFRS 16.

Accounting policy for leases

When a contractual arrangement contains a lease, the Group recognises a lease liability and a corresponding right of use asset at the commencement of the lease.

At the commencement date the lease liability is measured at the lease liabilities present value of the future lease payments, discounted using the Group's incremental borrowing rate where the interest rate in the lease is not readily determined.

Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability include:

Fixed lease payments (including in substance fixed payments), less any lease incentives;
Variable lease payments that depend on an index or rate, initially measured using the index or rate at the commencement date;
The amount expected to be payable by the lessee under residual value guarantees;
The exercise price of purchase options, if the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise the options; and
Payment of penalties for terminating the lease, if the lease term reflects the exercise of an option to terminate the lease

In general, where extension options exist, the Group recognises these as part of the lease liability as invariably these are exercised.

The lease liability is presented as a separate line in the consolidated statement of financial position.

Subsequently, the lease liability is adjusted by increasing the carrying amount to reflect interest on the lease liability, reducing the carrying amount to reflect the lease payments made and remeasuring the carrying amount to reflect any reassessment or lease modifications.

The Group remeasures the lease liability (and makes a corresponding adjustment to the related right of use asset) whenever:

The lease term has changed or there is a change in the assessment of exercise of a purchase option, in which case the lease liability is remeasured by discounting the revised lease payments using the discount rate appropriate at that point in time
The lease payments change due to changes in an index or rate or a change in expected payment under a guaranteed residual value, in which case the lease liability is remeasured by discounting the revised lease payments using the initial discount rate (unless the lease payments change is due to a change in the floating interest rate, in which case a revised discount rate is used)
A lease contract is modified and the lease modification is not accounted for as a separate lease, in which case the lease liability is remeasured by discounting the revised lease payments using the revised discount rate.

The right of use assets comprise the initial measurement of the corresponding lease liability, lease payments made at or before the commencement day and any initial direct costs.

In addition, on transition, the right of use asset is adjusted for:

The value of any lease incentives on the Balance Sheet at 31 December 2018
The value of any onerous lease provisions on the Balance Sheet at 31 December 2018

The right of use asset is subsequently measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Whenever the Group incurs an obligation for costs to dismantle and remove a leased asset, restore the site on which it is located or restore the underlying asset to the condition required by the terms of the lease, a provision is recognised and measured under IAS 37 and included in the related right of use asset.

Right of use assets are depreciated over the shorter period of the lease term and the useful life of the underlying asset. The depreciation starts at the commencement date of the lease. With the exception of certain engine leases within our ERO discontinued operations, the Group does not have any leases that include purchase or transfer options of the underlying asset.

The right of use assets are presented as a separate line item on the consolidated statement of financial position, however the categories used are the same as those used for owned tangible assets - namely Land and buildings and Fixtures and equipment.

Variable rents that do not depend on an index or rate are not included in the measurement of the lease liability and the right of use asset. The related payments are recognised as an expense in the period in which the event or condition that triggers those payments occur and are generally included within cost of sales in the consolidated income statement.

Subleasing

The Group has several contracts in place to rent space or assets to third parties, predominantly across its FBO portfolio.

The Group assesses these contracts to determine firstly whether they constitute leases under IFRS 16, and secondly, where they do, to assess whether these should be accounted for as a finance sublease.

Where such contracts constitute leases, the assessment considers both the term of the master lease against any subcontract; and the present value of the master lease liability against the present value of the subcontract rental income stream.

Where finance subleases exist the associated right of use asset is derecognised and instead a receivable recognised from the lessee (also referred to as "net investment in the sublease"). The lease liability pertaining to the master lease remains unaffected.

Financial Instruments

In September 2019, the IASB issued 'Interest Rate Benchmark Reform - Amendments to IFRS 9, IAS 39 and IFRS 7'. These amendments modify specific hedge accounting requirements to allow hedge accounting to continue for affected hedges during the period of uncertainty before the hedged items or hedging instruments affected by the current interest rate benchmarks are amended as a result of the on-going interest rate benchmark reforms.

The application of the amendments impacts the Group's accounting in relation to a proportion of US dollar denominated fixed rate debt which is fair value hedged using US dollar fixed to US dollar LIBOR interest rate swaps. The Group has in the past, and may in the future, also undertake cash flow interest rate hedges as part of its interest rate risk management policy which may also expose the Group to US dollar LIBOR interest rates. The amendments permit continuation of hedge accounting even if in the future the hedged benchmark interest rate, US dollar LIBOR, may no longer be separately identifiable. However, this relief does not extend to the requirement that the designated interest rate risk component must continue to be reliably measurable. If the risk component is no longer reliably measurable, the hedging relationship is discontinued.

The Group has chosen to early apply the amendments to IFRS 9 for the year ending 31 December 2019, which are mandatory for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2020. Adopting these amendments allows the Group to continue hedge accounting during the period of uncertainty arising from interest rate benchmark reforms.

IFRIC 23 Uncertainty over income tax treatments

The Group has adopted IFRIC 23 'Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments' for the first time in the current year. IFRIC 23 sets out how to determine the accounting tax position when there is uncertainty over income tax treatments. The methodology for establishing provisions for tax uncertainties has been consistently applied with the prior year and consistent with IFRIC 23.

Financial reporting standards applicable for future financial periods

Certain new EU-endorsed standards and amendments to existing standards and interpretations, are effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2020 and have not been early adopted in preparing the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Group, with the exception of the early adoption of 'Interest Rate Benchmark Reform - Amendments to IFRS 9, IAS 39 and IFRS 7'. These standards are not expected to have a material impact on the Group in the current or future reporting periods.

Going concern

The directors have, at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. Further detail is contained in the directors' statement of going concern on page [85] of the Directors' Report.

1. Segmental information

IFRS 8 requires operating segments to be identified on the basis of internal reports about components of the Group that are regularly reviewed by the Group Chief Executive to allocate resources to the segments and to assess their performance.

The Group provides information to the Chief Executive on the basis of components that are substantially similar within the segments in the following aspects:

the nature of the long-term financial performance;
the nature of the products and services;
the nature of the production processes;
the type of class of customer for the products and services; and
the nature of the regulatory environment.

Based on the above, the operating segment of the Group identified in accordance with IFRS 8 is Signature, which comprises Signature FBO, TechnicAir and EPIC Fuels. The discontinued operations segment results show the effect of the ERO business which is held for sale at year end and the Ontic business which was sold in October 2019.

The businesses within the Signature segment provide refuelling, ground handling, line maintenance and other services to the Business and General Aviation (B&GA) and commercial aviation markets.

Sales between segments are immaterial.

All Alternative Performance Measures are reconciled to IFRS measures and explained in Note 10.

		Discontinued		Unallocated
Business segments	Signature1	operations5	Total	corporate2	Total
$m	$m	$m	$m	$m
2019
External revenue
External revenue from continuing and discontinued operations	2,260.5	756.9	3,017.4	-	3,017.4
Less external revenue from ERO discontinued operations, note 8	-	(538.3)	(538.3)	-	(538.3)
Less external revenue from Ontic discontinued operations, note 8	-	(218.6)	(218.6)	-	(218.6)
External revenue from continuing operations	2,260.5	-	2,260.5	-	2,260.5
Underlying operating profit
Underlying operating profit from continuing and discontinued operations	361.0	106.0	467.0	(25.9)	441.1
Less underlying operating profit from ERO discontinued operations	-	(52.8)	(52.8)	-	(52.8)
Adjusted for intergroup charges for ERO discontinued operations3	-	11.4	11.4	(11.4)	-
Less underlying operating profit from Ontic discontinued operations	-	(67.5)	(67.5)	-	(67.5)
Adjusted for intergroup charges for Ontic discontinued operations3	-	2.9	2.9	(2.9)	-
Underlying operating profit/(loss) from continuing operations	361.0	-	361.0	(40.2)	320.8
Underlying operating margin from continuing operations	16.0%	-	16.0%	-	14.2%
Exceptional and other items
Exceptional and other items from continuing and discontinued operations	(76.3)	(12.7)	(89.0)	(39.4)	(128.4)
Less exceptional and other items from ERO discontinued operations	-	-	-	-	-
Less exceptional and other items from Ontic discontinued operations	-	12.5	12.5	-	12.5
Exceptional and other items from continuing operations	(76.3)	(0.2)	(76.5)	(39.4)	(115.9)
Operating profit/(loss) from continuing operations	284.7	(0.2)	284.5	(79.6)	204.9
Impairment of fixed assets6					(12.5)
Underlying net finance costs					(143.6)
Exceptional net finance costs - USPP make-whole, net					(25.4)
Profit before tax from continuing operations					23.4
Other information
Capital additions4	63.9	15.1	79.0	1.6	80.6
Less capital additions from ERO discontinued operations	-	(11.0)	(11.0)	-	(11.0)
Less capital additions from Ontic discontinued operations	-	(4.1)	(4.1)	-	(4.1)
Capital additions from continuing operations	63.9	-	63.9	1.6	65.5
Depreciation and amortisation	234.0	17.8	251.8	1.0	252.8
Less depreciation and amortisation from ERO discontinued operations	-	-	-	-	-
Less depreciation and amortisation from Ontic discontinued operations	-	(17.8)	(17.8)	-	(17.8)
Depreciation and amortisation from continuing operations	234.0	-	234.0	1.0	235.0
Balance sheet
Total assets	4,253.3	360.2	4,613.5	131.3	4,744.8
Total liabilities	(1,458.6)	(180.5)	(1,639.1)	(1,499.6)	(3,138.7)
Net assets/(liabilities)	2,794.7	179.7	2,974.4	(1,368.3)	1,606.1
Less net assets/(liabilities) from ERO discontinued operations	-	(177.6)	(177.6)	-	(177.6)
Net assets/(liabilities) from continuing operations5	2,794.7	2.1	2,796.8	(1,368.3)	1,428.5

		Discontinued		Unallocated
Business segments	Signature1	operation5	Total	corporate2	Total
$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

2018 restated
External revenue
External revenue from continuing and discontinued operations	2,127.6	753.3	2,880.9	-	2,880.9
Less external revenue from ERO discontinued operations, note 8	-	(533.6)	(533.6)	-	(533.6)
Less external revenue from Ontic discontinued operations, note 8	-	(216.0)	(216.0)	-	(216.0)

External revenue from continuing operations	2,127.6	3.7	2,131.3	-	2,131.3
Underlying operating profit
Underlying operating profit from continuing and discontinued operations	320.6	82.9	403.5	(28.3)	375.2
Less underlying operating profit from ERO discontinued operations	-	(35.0)	(35.0)	-	(35.0)
Adjusted for intergroup charges for ERO discontinued operations	-	10.7	10.7	(10.7)	-
Less underlying operating profit from Ontic discontinued operations	-	(62.9)	(62.9)	-	(62.9)
Adjusted for intergroup charges for Ontic discontinued operations3	-	3.6	3.6	(3.6)	-
Underlying operating profit/(loss) from continuing operations	320.6	(0.7)	319.9	(42.6)	277.3
Underlying operating margin from continuing operations	15.1%	-	15.0%	-	13.0%
Exceptional and other items
Exceptional and other items from continuing and discontinued operations	(76.0)	(21.7)	(97.7)	(16.0)	(113.7)
Less exceptional and other items from ERO discontinued operations	-	1.1	1.1	-	1.1
Less exceptional and other items from Ontic discontinued operations	-	15.7	15.7	-	15.7

Exceptional and other items from continuing operations	(76.0)	(4.9)	(80.9)	(16.0)	(96.9)

Operating profit/(loss) from continuing operations	244.6	(5.6)	239.0	(58.6)	180.4
Impairment of fixed assets6					(14.1)
Net finance costs					(65.7)

Profit before tax from continuing operations					100.6

Other information

Capital additions4	66.1	22.5	88.6	4.5	93.1
Less capital additions from ERO discontinued operations	-	(18.2)	(18.2)	-	(18.2)
Less capital additions from Ontic discontinued operations	-	(4.3)	(4.3)	-	(4.3)

Capital additions from continuing operations	66.1	-	66.1	4.5	70.6

Depreciation and amortisation	143.0	26.6	169.6	0.4	170.0
Less depreciation and amortisation from ERO discontinued operations	-	(3.7)	(3.7)	-	(3.7)
Less depreciation and amortisation from Ontic discontinued operations	-	(22.9)	(22.9)	-	(22.9)
Depreciation and amortisation from continuing operations	143.0	-	143.0	0.4	143.4

Balance sheet

Total assets	3,198.8	984.2	4,183.0	88.2	4,271.2
Total liabilities	(354.5)	(221.8)	(576.3)	(1,750.7)	(2,327.0)

Net assets/(liabilities)	2,844.3	762.4	3,606.7	(1,662.5)	1,944.2
Less net assets/(liabilities) from ERO discontinued operations	-	(260.8)	(260.8)	-	(260.8)

Net assets/(liabilities) from continuing operations	2,844.3	501.6	3,345.9	(1,662.5)	1,683.4

Operating profit/(loss) from continuing operations includes $4.1 million profit (2018: $4.0 million profit) relating to profits of associates and joint ventures.
Unallocated corporate balances include debt, tax, provisions, pensions, insurance captives and trading balances from central activities.
Costs previously allocated to ERO and Ontic which has now been classified as discontinued operations.
Capital additions represent cash expenditures in the year. Capital additions include additions to property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets including Ontic licences not accounted for as acquisitions under IFRS 3.
The Discontinued operations results include the former ERO (Middle East) business which is not part of the ERO discontinued operations. This business did not trade in 2019, however, in 2019 it incurred $0.2 million of exceptional and other items (2018: revenue of $3.7 million, an underlying operating loss of $0.7 million, exceptional and other items $4.9 million; statutory loss of $5.6 million) and its net asset position at the end of 2019 was $2.1 million (2018: $11.2 million).
The impairment of fixed assets of $12.5 million (2018: $14.1 million) relates to the Signature segment.

	Revenue by	Revenue by	Capital	Non-current
Geographical segments	destination	origin	additions1	assets2
$m	$m	$m	$m

2019
United Kingdom	84.0	288.5	6.2	209.2
Mainland Europe	217.0	56.3	0.9	85.7
North America	2,580.2	2,650.2	73.5	3,699.3
Rest of World	136.2	22.4	-	1.9

Total from continuing and discontinued operations	3,017.4	3,017.4	80.6	3,996.1

Less ERO discontinued operations	(538.3)	(538.3)	(11.0)	-

Less Ontic discontinued operations	(218.6)	(218.6)	(4.1)

Total from continuing operations	2,260.5	2,260.5	65.5	3,996.1

2018 restated
United Kingdom	62.7	288.6	3.8	269.7
Mainland Europe	237.8	64.7	0.5	60.8
North America	2,465.4	2,500.8	88.4	3,027.9
Rest of World	115.0	26.8	0.4	1.8

Total from continuing and discontinued operations	2,880.9	2,880.9	93.1	3,360.2

Less ERO discontinued operations	(533.6)	(533.6)	(18.2)	-

Less Ontic discontinued operations	(216.0)	(216.0)	(4.3)

Total from continuing operations	2,131.3	2,131.3	70.6	3,360.2

Capital additions represent cash expenditures in the year. Capital additions include additions to property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets including Ontic licences not accounted for as acquisitions under IFRS 3.
The disclosure of non-current assets by geographical segment has been amended to exclude deferred tax of $9.1 million (2018: $nil) and financial instrument balances of $17.7 million
(2018: $12.5 million) in all periods, as required under IFRS 8.

An analysis of the Group's revenue for the year is as follows:

	Revenue from		Revenue from
	sale of goods		services
		Restated
	2019	2018	2019	Restated 2018
	$m	$m	$m	$m

Signature	1,685.2	1,591.5	575.3	536.1
Discontinued operations	223.4	233.8	533.5	519.5

Total from continuing and discontinued operations	1,908.6	1,825.3	1,108.8	1,055.6

Less ERO discontinued operations	(34.3)	(31.0)	(504.0)	(502.6)
Less Ontic discontinued operations	(189.1)	(199.1)	(29.5)	(16.9)

Total from continuing operations	1,685.2	1,595.2	575.3	536.1

A portion of the Group's revenue from the sale of goods denominated in foreign currencies is cash flow hedged. Revenue from the sale of goods of $1,908.6 million (2018: $1,825.3 million) includes a gain of $0.6 million (2018: gain of $1.0 million) in respect of the recycling of the effective amount of foreign currency derivatives used to hedge foreign currency revenue.

2. Profit for the year

Profit for the year has been arrived at after charging/(crediting):

Exceptional and other items

Underlying profit is shown before exceptional and other items on the face of the Income Statement. Exceptional items are items which are material or non-recurring in nature, and include costs relating to acquisitions which are material to the associated business segment, costs related to strategic disposals (including those previously completed) and significant restructuring programmes some of which span multiple years. This is consistent with the way that financial performance is measured by management and reported to the Board and the Signature Leadership Team, and assists in providing a meaningful analysis of the trading results of the Group.

Other items includes amortisation of acquired intangibles accounted for under IFRS 3. The directors consider that this gives a useful indication of underlying performance and better visibility of Key Performance Indicators. Exclusion of amortisation of acquired intangibles accounted for under IFRS 3 from the Group's underlying results assists with the comparability of the Group's underlying profitability with peer companies.

All Alternative Performance Measures are reconciled to IFRS measures and explained in note 10.

Exceptional and other items on discontinued operations are presented in note 8. Exceptional and other items on continuing operations are as follows:

							Other
			Other			Administrative	operating
		Administrative	operating	Restructuring		expenses	expenses	Restructuring	Total
		expenses	expenses	costs	Total	2018	2018	costs	2018
		2019	2019	2019	2019	Restated	Restated	2018	Restated
	Note	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

Restructuring expenses
ERO Middle East		-	-	0.2	0.2	-	-	4.9	4.9
Costs rationalisation		-	-	5.4	5.4	-	-	4.0	4.0

Other
Pension GMP equalisation		-	-	-	-	-	11.1	-	11.1
Amounts related to previously
disposed businesses		-	36.5	-	36.5	-	-	-	-
Other exceptional items		-	-	-	-	-	2.4	-	2.4

Acquisition-related
Amortisation of intangible assets
arising on acquisition and valued
in accordance with IFRS 3		73.8	-	-	73.8	74.5	-	-	74.5

Operating loss on continuing
operations		73.8	36.5	5.6	115.9	74.5	13.5	8.9	96.9

Impairment loss					12.5				14.1

USPP make-whole, net					25.4				-

Loss before tax on continuing
operations					153.8				111.0

Tax on exceptional and other items					(29.7)				(26.1)
Loss for the year on continuing
operations, net of tax					124.1				84.9

Loss from ERO discontinued
operations, net of tax	8				104.2				5.0
(Profit)/loss from Ontic discontinued
operations, net of tax	8				(628.3)				12.7

Total exceptional and other items					(400.0)				102.6

Net free cash flow from exceptional items was an outflow of $16.4 million (2018: outflow of $19.5 million). Net cash flow from other items was $nil

(2018: $nil). Net cash flow from exceptional items including completed disposals was an inflow of $1,182.4 million (2018: outflow of $19.5 million).

Net cash flow from other items was $nil (2018: $nil).

The impairment loss of $12.5 million (2018: $14.1 million) relates to fixed assets in the Signature segment.

3. Income tax

		Restated
Recognised in the Income Statement	2019	2018
$m	$m

Current tax expense	132.5	41.5
Adjustments in respect of prior years - current tax	(1.7)	(4.6)

Current tax	130.8	36.9

Deferred tax	(66.1)	2.8
Adjustments in respect of prior years - deferred tax	(2.0)	(3.3)

Deferred tax	(68.1)	(0.5)

Income tax expense for the year from continuing and discontinued operations	62.7	36.4

Less: ERO discontinued operations	15.1	(7.9)
Less: Ontic discontinued operations	(95.4)	(11.0)

Income tax (credit)/expense for the year from continuing operations	(17.6)	17.5

UK income tax is calculated at 19.0% (2018: 19.0%) of the estimated assessable profit for the year. Taxation for other jurisdictions is calculated at the rates prevailing in the relevant jurisdictions.

EU State Aid

The Group continues to monitor developments in relation to the EU State Aid investigation including the European Commission's decision in April that concluded the UK's Controlled Foreign Company regime partially represents State Aid and the UK authorities' subsequent appeal of this decision. In common with many other UK-based multinational groups whose arrangements were in line with UK CFC legislation, the Group may be affected by this decision. We have calculated our maximum potential liability to be approximately $117.9 million. We do not consider that any provision is required, based on our current assessment of the issue. On 6 November 2019, the Group filed an appeal with the EU General Court seeking to annul the EU State Aid decision.

The total charge for the year can be reconciled to the accounting profit as follows:

		Restated
	2019	2018
	$m	$m

Profit before tax on continuing operations	23.4	100.6
Tax at the rates prevailing in the relevant tax jurisdictions 24.3% (2018: 24.3%)	5.7	24.4
Tax effect of offshore financing net of UK CFC charge	(2.3)	(14.8)
Tax effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit	11.4	12.8
Items on which deferred tax has not been recognised	(3.9)	0.4
Recognition of previously unrecognised tax attributes	(20.5)	-
Tax rate changes	0.1	(0.2)
Difference in tax rates on overseas earnings	(4.4)	2.8
Adjustments in respect of prior years	(3.7)	(7.9)

Tax expense for the year on continuing operations	(17.6)	17.5

The applicable tax rate of 24.3% (2018: 24.3%) represents a blend of the tax rates of the jurisdictions in which taxable profits have arisen.

In 2017 the Group derecognised deferred tax assets associated with interest relief following the implementation of new US interest limitations rules introduced with US tax reform. In 2019 the Group issued new senior unsecured notes and used the proceeds together with some of the Ontic disposal proceeds to prepay existing external debt and unwind various intra group financing structures supporting the US businesses. Management believes that it is probable that the revised intra group debt profile together with the US projected taxable profits that the Group will benefit from access to the previously limited interest deductions. Accordingly the Group has recognised a deferred tax asset for the interest available to the continuing group and taken the associated credit of $20.5 million in the continuing tax charge.

Tax credited/(expensed) to other comprehensive income and equity is as follows:

Recognised in other comprehensive income	2019	2018
$m	$m

Tax on items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Current tax other	0.1	0.7
Deferred tax credit/(charge) on actuarial gains	7.1	(9.7)

	7.2	(9.0)

Tax on items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Current tax credit on foreign exchange movements	0.9	0.8
Deferred tax credit on derivative instruments	0.4	0.9

	1.3	1.7


Total tax credit/(charge) within other comprehensive income	8.5	(7.3)

Recognised in equity	2019	2018
$m	$m

Current tax (charge)/credit on share-based payments movements	(0.2)	0.8
Deferred tax credit/(charge) on share-based payments movements	1.4	(0.3)
Total tax credit within equity	1.2	0.5


Total tax credit/(charge) within other comprehensive income and equity	9.7	(6.8)

4. Dividends

On 24 May 2019, the 2018 final dividend of 10.07¢ per share (total dividend $103.9 million) was paid to shareholders (2018: the 2017 final dividend of 9.59¢ per share (total dividend $99.3 million) was paid on 25 May 2018).

On 1 November 2019, the 2019 interim dividend of 4.20¢ per share (total dividend $43.4 million) was paid to shareholders (2018: the 2018 interim dividend of 4.00¢ per share (total dividend $41.4 million) was paid on 2 November 2018).

On 13 December 2019, the 2019 special dividend of 80.71¢ per share (total dividend $833.6 million) was paid to shareholders (2018: $nil).

In respect of the current year, the directors propose that a final dividend of 10.57¢ per share will be paid to shareholders on 29 May 2020.

The proposed dividend is payable to all shareholders on the register of members on 12 April 2019. The total estimated dividend to be paid is $88.5 million. This dividend is subject to approval by shareholders at the AGM and, in accordance with IAS 10: Events after the Reporting Period, has not been included as a liability in these financial statements.

5. Earnings per share

All Alternative Performance Measures are reconciled to IFRS measures and explained in note 10.

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

	Continuing		Total

		Restated
	2019	2018	2019	2018
	$m	$m	$m	$m
Basic and diluted
Earnings:
Profit for the year	41.0	83.1	659.5	137.9
Non-controlling interests	(0.4)	(0.3)	(0.4)	(0.3)

Basic earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders	40.6	82.8	659.1	137.6
Exceptional and other items (net of tax)	124.1	84.9	(400.0)	102.6

Adjusted earnings for adjusted earnings per share	164.7	167.7	259.1	240.2
Impact of adopting IFRS 16 on basic earnings (note 10, 11)	19.1	-	30.3	-
Impact of adopting IFRS 16 on exceptional and other items	-	-	(17.6)	-

Adjusted earnings for adjusted pre IFRS 16 earnings per share	183.8	167.7	271.8	240.2

Underlying deferred tax	(1.6)	21.0	5.7	26.1

Adjusted earnings for pre IFRS 16 tax adjusted earnings per share1	182.2	188.7	277.5	266.3
Number of shares
Weighted average number of 3717/84p ordinary shares (2018: 2916/21p ordinary shares)2:
For basic earnings per share	1,011.5	1,030.1	1,011.5	1,030.1

Dilutive potential ordinary shares from share options	7.8	8.9	7.8	8.9

For diluted earnings per share	1,019.3	1,039.0	1,019.3	1,039.0

For diluted losses per share	1,011.5	1,030.1	1,011.5	1,030.1

Earnings per share
Basic:
Adjusted pre IFRS 16	18.2¢	16.3¢	26.9¢	23.3¢
Adjusted	16.3¢		25.6¢
Cash pre IFRS 161	18.0¢	18.3¢	27.4¢	25.9¢
Unadjusted pre IFRS 16	5.9¢	8.0¢	68.2¢	13.4¢
Unadjusted	4.0¢		65.2¢
Diluted:
Adjusted pre IFRS 16	18.0¢	16.1¢	26.7¢	23.1¢
Adjusted	16.2¢		25.4¢
Cash pre IFRS 161	17.9¢	18.2¢	27.2¢	25.6¢
Unadjusted pre IFRS 16	5.9¢	8.0¢	67.6¢	13.2¢
Unadjusted	4.0¢		64.7¢

The cash EPS is presented for the LTIP issued in 2017 and 2018

As disclosed in the 2018 Annual Report, the Remuneration Committee decided to simplify the earnings per share measure used for the LTIP and use underlying earnings per share. For more information refer to the "Implementation of policy in 2019" on page 82 of the 2018 Annual Report.
On 22 November 2019, the Company undertook a consolidation of shares on the basis of four new shares with nominal value of 3717/84 pence for every five shares held on that date.

Potential ordinary shares only treated as dilutive when their conversion to ordinary shares would decrease earnings per share or Increase the loss per share.

Cash earnings per share pre IFRS 16 is presented for LTIP 2017 and 2018, calculated on earnings before exceptional and other Items (note 2) and using current tax charge, not the total tax charge for the period, thereby excluding the deferred tax charge.

Adjusted earnings per share is presented pre IFRS 16, and calculated on earnings before exceptional and other Items (note 2) for the purpose of the LTIP awards. Both adjustments have been made because the directors consider that this gives a useful Indication of underlying performance.

For discontinued earnings per share, refer to note 8.

6. Borrowings

	2019	2018
	$m	$m

Bank overdrafts	-	1.5
Bank loans1	(5.0)	565.3
US private placement senior notes	-	376.8
US senior notes	1,145.7	494.2
Other loans	0.3	0.3

	1,141.0	1,438.1
The borrowings are repayable as follows:
On demand or within one year	-	1.5
In the second year	-	448.2
In the third to fifth years inclusive	(5.0)	345.8
After five years	1,146.0	642.6

	1,141.0	1,438.1
Less: Amount due for settlement within 12 months (shown within current liabilities)	-	(1.5)

Amount due for settlement after 12 months	1,141.0	1,436.6

1 $5.0 million issue costs have been capitalised and are being amortised over the life of this facility. There were no drawn amounts of the multicurrency revolving bank credit facility as at 31 December 2019.

Current year bank loans and US senior notes are stated after their respective transaction costs and related amortisation.

				2019

				Amortisation	Fair value
Type	Facility amount	Headroom	Principal	costs	adjustment1	Drawn	Facility	Maturity
$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	date	date

Multicurrency revolving bank credit
facility	400.0	400.0	-	(5.0)	-	(5.0)	Mar 2018	Mar 2024

Total bank loans	400.0	400.0	-	(5.0)	-	(5.0)

$500m US senior notes	500.0	-	500.0	(8.5)	17.4	508.9	Apr 2018	May 2026
$650m US senior notes	650.0	-	650.0	(9.2)	(4.0)	636.8	Nov 2019	Mar 2028

Total US senior notes	1,150.0	-	1,150.0	(17.7)	13.4	1,145.7
Total bank and loan notes	1,550.0	400.0	1,150.0	(22.7)	13.4	1,140.7

Bank overdraft - UK cash pool						-
Other loans						0.3

						1,141.0

1 The fair value adjustment relates to the change in fair value of hedged risk for notes which are subject to fair value hedging.

As at 31 December 2019, included within liabilities classified as held for sale is $nil (2018: $3.0 million) of Other loans (see note 8).

				2018

	Facility			Amortisation	Fair value
Type	amount	Headroom	Principal	costs	adjustment	Drawn	Facility	Maturity
$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	date	date

Multicurrency revolving bank credit facility	650.0	528.0	122.0	(4.9)	-	117.1	Mar 2018	Mar 2023
Acquisition facility bank term loan - Facility C	450.0	-	450.0	(1.8)	-	448.2	Sep 2015	Sep 2020

Total bank loans	1,100.0	528.0	572.0	(6.7)	-	565.3
$300m US private placement senior notes -
Series B	120.0	-	120.0	(0.3)	0.2	119.9	May 2011	May 2021
$300m US private placement senior notes -
Series C	60.0	-	60.0	(0.2)	(1.2)	58.6	May 2011	May 2023
$200m US private placement senior notes -
Series A	50.0	-	50.0	(0.2)	0.1	49.9	Dec 2014	Dec 2021
$200m US private placement senior notes -
Series B	100.0	-	100.0	(0.3)	(0.8)	98.9	Dec 2014	Dec 2024
$200m US private placement senior notes -
Series C	50.0	-	50.0	(0.1)	(0.4)	49.5	Dec 2014	Dec 2026

Total US private placement	380.0	-	380.0	(1.1)	(2.1)	376.8
senior notes

$500m US senior notes	500.0	-	500.0	(9.8)	4.0	494.2	Apr 2018	May 2026

Total US senior notes	500.0	-	500.0	(9.8)	4.0	494.2
Total bank and loan notes	1,980.0	528.0	1,452.0	(17.6)	1.9	1,436.3

Bank overdraft - UK cash pool						1.5
Other loans						0.3

						1,438.1

During the first half of 2019, on the first anniversary of the $650 million multicurrency revolving credit facility (RCF), the lenders approved an extension to the facility for an additional year which extended the RCF maturity date to March 2024. The RCF includes a second option, which is at the lenders' option, to extend the maturity date for a further year at the second anniversary.

As part of the refinancing undertaken in October, the RCF was amended to reduce the facility size to $400 million and amended certain covenant levels and related definitions. Signature Aviation plc (formerly known as BBA Aviation plc) and Signature Aviation US Holdings Inc. (formerly known as BBA US Holdings Inc.) continue to be borrowers under the RCF.

As at 31 December 2019, the RCF was undrawn (2018: $122 million in the name of Signature Aviation US Holdings Inc.).

During Q3, the Group redeemed its outstanding US private placement (USPP) senior notes for an aggregate redemption price of $417.0 million (comprising $380 million of outstanding notes, $5.5 million interest expense and $31.5 million make-whole payment). The redemption of the USPP notes was funded principally by a new $400 million two-year term debt facility dated August 2019.

On 1 November 2019, Signature Aviation US Holdings Inc. issued $650 million 4.00% senior notes due 2028 with the proceeds being used to repay the drawings under the new $400 million term debt and $250 million of the Facility C acquisition debt which was due to mature in September 2020. The remaining $200 million of the Facility C acquisition debt was repaid from the proceeds of the Ontic disposal.

As at 31 December 2019, the Group had $1,150 million (2018: $500 million) of US senior notes outstanding with $575 million (2018: $250 million) accounted for at fair value through profit and loss as the fair value interest rate risk has been hedged from fixed to floating rates. The remainder is accounted for at amortised cost.

Under IFRS hedge accounting rules the fair value movement on the loan notes is booked to interest and is offset by the fair value movement on the underlying interest rate swaps. These notes were issued by Signature Aviation US Holdings Inc.

The Group excludes the fair value movement on its loan notes from its definition of net debt (refer to Alternative Performance Measures in note 10), as this movement is offset by the change in fair value of the underlying interest rate swaps. The fair value loss on its US senior notes at 31 December 2019 was $13.4 million (2018: $4.0 million loss).

All other borrowings are held at amortised cost.

The carrying amounts of the Group's borrowings are denominated in the following currencies:

	Sterling	US dollar	Total
	$m	$m	$m

31 December 2019
Bank loans	-	(5.0)	(5.0)
US senior notes	-	1,145.7	1,145.7
Other loans	0.3	-	0.3
	0.3	1,140.7	1,141.0

31 December 2018
Bank overdrafts	1.5	-	1.5
Bank loans	-	565.3	565.3
US private placement senior notes	-	376.8	376.8
US senior notes	-	494.2	494.2
Other loans	0.3	-	0.3

	1.8	1,436.3	1,438.1

The average floating interest rates on borrowings are as follows:
		2019	2018

Sterling		1.8%	1.6%
US dollar		4.0%	3.9%

The Group's borrowings are funded through a combination of fixed and floating rate debt. The floating rate debt exposes the Group to cash flow interest rate risk whilst the fixed rate US senior notes expose the Group to changes in the fair value of fixed rate debt due to changes in interest rates. Interest rate risk is managed by the combination of fixed rate debt and interest rate swaps in accordance with pre-agreed policies and authority limits. As at 31 December 2019, 51% (2018: 44%) of the Group's borrowings are fixed at a weighted average interest rate of 4.6% (2018: 4.2%) for a weighted average period of seven years (2018: five years).

Bank overdrafts are repayable on demand. All bank loans and loan notes are unsecured.

7. Cash flow from operating activities

All Alternative Performance Measures are reconciled to IFRS measures and explained in note 10.

	2019	2018
	$m	$m

Operating profit	204.9	180.4
Operating profit from ERO discontinued operations	52.8	33.9
Operating profit from Ontic discontinued operations	55.0	47.2
Less: share of profit from associates and joint ventures	(4.1)	(4.0)

Profit from operations	308.6	257.5
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment	67.8	69.0
Depreciation of right of use asset	89.7	-
Amortisation of intangible assets	95.3	101.0
Profit on sale of property, plant and equipment	0.7	3.4
Share-based payment expense	8.6	8.2
Decrease in provisions	(2.5)	(12.4)
Pension scheme payments	(8.0)	(5.9)
Other non-cash items	19.2	1.8
Unrealised foreign exchange movements	(0.4)	(1.0)

Operating cash inflows before movements in working capital	579.0	421.6
Increase in working capital	(70.3)	(26.2)

Cash generated by operations	508.7	395.4
Net income taxes paid	(41.7)	(27.1)

Net cash inflow from operating activities	467.0	368.3

Dividends received from associates and joint ventures	3.2	2.0
Purchase of property, plant and equipment	(68.4)	(85.3)
Purchase of intangible assets1	(11.1)	(6.6)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment	5.1	4.7
Interest received	4.4	12.7
Receipt of capital element of sublease assets	1.8	-
Receipt of sublease assets	2.7	-
Interest paid	(71.5)	(70.9)
Interest paid on lease liabilities	(76.2)	(0.1)
Payments of lease liabilities	(69.8)	-

Free cash flow	187.2	224.8

Purchase of intangible assets excludes $1.1 million (2018: $1.2 million) paid in relation to Ontic licences, not accounted for as acquisitions under IFRS 3 since the directors believe these payments are more akin to expenditure in relation to acquisitions, and are therefore outside the Group's definition of free cash flow. These amounts are included within purchase of intangible assets on the face of the Cash Flow Statement.
There is no IFRS 16 impact on free cash flow as a result of adopting IFRS 16.

8. Disposals and assets and associated liabilities classified as held for sale ERO divestiture

It was announced in March 2018 that ERO was under strategic review. At the end of May 2018, management committed to a plan to sell substantially all of the ERO business and as such at that point the relevant assets and liabilities were classified as held for sale. At that time, as a major line of the Group's business, the ERO operations were also classified as a discontinued operation. ERO Middle East was not classified as a discontinued operation as it has been closed.

Following its classification as held for sale the asset group is held at the lower of fair value less costs to sell and net book value.

The fair values of the assets held for sale are categorised within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy on the basis that their fair value has been calculated using inputs that are observable in active markets which are related to the individual asset or liability.

Results of ERO discontinued operations

			2019			2018

			Exceptional			Exceptional
		Underlying1	and other items	Total	Underlying1	and other items	Total
	Notes	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

Revenue	1	538.3	-	538.3	533.6	-	533.6
Cost of sales		(440.9)	-	(440.9)	(449.8)	-	(449.8)

Gross profit		97.4	-	97.4	83.8	-	83.8
Distribution costs		(33.1)	-	(33.1)	(29.3)	-	(29.3)
Administrative expenses		(22.9)	-	(22.9)	(30.3)	-	(30.3)
Other operating income		-	-	-	0.1	-	0.1
Restructuring costs		-	-	-	-	(1.1)	(1.1)

Operating profit/(loss) including Group charges		41.4	-	41.4	24.3	(1.1)	23.2
Elimination of internal Group charges		11.4	-	11.4	10.7	-	10.7

Operating profit/(loss)	1, 2	52.8	-	52.8	35.0	(1.1)	33.9
Transaction costs2		-	(2.8)	(2.8)	-	(5.9)	(5.9)
Finance costs		(4.6)	-	(4.6)	(0.9)	-	(0.9)
Impairment and other charges on classification
as held for sale			(124.7)	(124.7)	-	-	-

Profit/(loss) before tax		48.2	(127.5)	(79.3)	34.1	(7.0)	27.1
Tax (charge)/credit	3	(8.2)	23.3	15.1	(9.9)	2.0	(7.9)

Profit/(loss) for the year		40.0	(104.2)	(64.2)	24.2	(5.0)	19.2

Attributable to:
Equity holders of Signature Aviation plc		40.0	(104.2)	(64.2)	24.2	(5.0)	19.2
Non-controlling interests		-	-	-	-	-	-

Profit/(loss) for the year		40.0	(104.2)	(64.2)	24.2	(5.0)	19.2

Earnings per share	Note	Adjusted1		Unadjusted	Adjusted1		Unadjusted
Basic	5	3.9¢		(6.3)¢	2.3¢		1.9¢
Diluted	5	3.9¢		(6.3)¢	2.3¢		1.8¢

Underlying profit and adjusted earnings per share is stated before exceptional and other items.
Transaction costs of $2.8 million (2018: $5.9 million) comprise costs to sell incurred to date.

Cash flows from ERO discontinued operations

	2019	2018
	$m	$m

Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities	51.8	(7.2)
Net cash outflow from investing activities	(10.8)	(16.1)
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from financing activities	(20.0)	23.6

Net cash inflow for the year1	21.0	0.3

1 Net cash flows in the year comprise $52.8 million (2018: $33.9 million) operating profit, $2.6 million (2018: $5.9 million) transaction costs, $2.6 million (2018: $44.2 million) inflow working

capital movement, $0.6 million (2018: $0.6 million) non-cash items and $0.2 million (2018: $0.2 million) tax received in relation to ERO discontinued operations.

Effect of the disposal group on financial position of the Group

	2019	2018
Notes	$m	$m

Assets held for sale
Non-current assets
Other intangible assets	1.9	17.7
Property, plant and equipment	6.5	80.8
Right of use assets	48.6	-

	57.0	98.5

Current assets
Inventories	167.0	168.2
Trade receivables	120.5	133.1
Other receivables	4.4	5.8
Cash and cash equivalents	9.2	2.0

	301.1	309.1

Total assets held for sale	358.1	407.6

Liabilities held for sale
Current liabilities
Trade payables	(75.4)	(92.2)
Other payables	(38.9)	(49.8)
Lease liabilities	(9.3)	-
Borrowings	-	(3.0)
Provisions	(0.8)	(0.9)

	(124.4)	(145.9)

Non-current liabilities
Other payables	(0.8)	-
Lease liabilities	(54.4)	-
Provisions	(0.9)	(0.9)

	(56.1)	(0.9)

Total liabilities held for sale	(180.5)	(146.8)

Net assets held for sale1	177.6	260.8

1 The net assets of the ERO business held for sale as at 31 December 2019 exclude deferred tax assets of $18.7 million (2018: $15.3 million deferred tax liabilities) and tax liabilities of $3.8

million (2018: $0.2 million) which remain within the Group tax position.

Ontic divestiture

It was announced in July 2019 that, following significant inbound interest, management was assessing value maximising options for the Group's investment in the Ontic business, part of the then Ontic segment.

On 30 July 2019, the Group announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell the Ontic business to Bleriot US Bidco Inc, an entity controlled by CVC Fund VII for cash consideration of $1,365 million on a cash-free and debt-free basis. The transaction completed on 31 October 2019.

Results of Ontic discontinued operations

			2019			2018

			Exceptional			Exceptional
		Underlying1	and other items	Total	Underlying1	and other items	Total
	Notes	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

Revenue	1	218.6	-	218.6	216.0	-	216.0
Cost of sales		(111.5)	-	(111.5)	(109.0)	-	(109.0)

Gross profit		107.1	-	107.1	107.0	-	107.0
Distribution costs		(0.6)	-	(0.6)	(1.6)	-	(1.6)
Administrative expenses		(41.9)	(12.5)	(54.4)	(46.1)	(14.3)	(60.4)
Other operating expenses		-	-	-	-	(1.4)	(1.4)

Operating profit/(loss) including Group charges	1, 2	64.6	(12.5)	52.1	59.3	(15.7)	43.6
Elimination of internal Group charges		2.9	-	2.9	3.6	-	3.6

Operating profit/(loss)	1, 2	67.5	(12.5)	55.0	62.9	(15.7)	47.2
Finance costs		(0.9)	-	(0.9)	(0.6)	-	(0.6)
Gain on disposal2	9	-	724.0	724.0	-	-	-
Profit/(loss) before tax		66.6	711.5	778.1	62.3	(15.7)	46.6
Tax (charge)/credit	3	(12.2)	(83.2)	(95.4)	(14.0)	3.0	(11.0)

Profit/(loss) for the year		54.4	628.3	682.7	48.3	(12.7)	35.6

Attributable to:
Equity holders of Signature Aviation plc		54.4	628.3	682.7	48.3	(12.7)	35.6
Non-controlling interests		-	-	-	-	-	-

Profit/(loss) for the year		54.4	628.3	682.7	48.3	(12.7)	35.6

Earnings per share	Note	Adjusted1		Unadjusted	Adjusted1		Unadjusted
Basic	5	5.4¢		67.5¢	4.7¢		3.5¢
Diluted	5	5.3¢		67.0¢	4.7¢		3.4¢

Underlying profit and adjusted earnings per share is stated before exceptional and other items.
The gain on disposal of $724.0 million reported in exceptional and other items includes $40.0 million of transaction costs, $24.2 million recycling of translational differences accumulated in equity, and the gain/(loss) on disposal.

Cash flows from/(used in) Ontic discontinued operations

	2019	2018
	$m	$m

Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities	37.8	56.5
Net cash (outflow) from investing activities	(33.4)	(128.8)
Net cash (outflow)/inflow from financing activities	(2.3)	1.7

Net cash inflow/(outflow) for the year1	2.1	(70.6)

1 Net cash flows in the year comprise $55.0 million (2018: $47.2 million) operating profit, $31.7 million (2018: $4.8 million) outflow working capital movement, $1.1 million (2018: $5.1 million)

non-cash Items and $0.1 million (2018: $0.2 million) tax paid in relation to Ontic discontinued operations.

9. Disposal of subsidiary

The net assets of Ontic at the date of disposal, 31 October 2019, were as follows:

	31 October
	2019
	$m

Goodwill	99.5
Intangible assets	314.5
Property, plant and equipment	17.7
Right of use asset	12.3
Inventories	112.1
Receivables	52.2
Cash	3.8
Payables	(40.8)
Provisions	(10.2)
Lease liabilities	(12.9)
Pension	(1.9)
Deferred tax liabilities	(13.7)

Net assets	532.6
Transaction costs	40.0
Recycling of translational differences accumulated in equity	24.2
Gain on disposal	724.0

Total consideration	1,320.8

Satisfied by:
Cash consideration	1,320.8
Net cash flow arising on disposal:
Consideration received in cash and cash equivalents	1,320.8
Transaction costs	(33.3)
Pension scheme payments	(39.0)
Directly attributable income taxes paid	(20.4)
Cash and cash equivalents disposed of	(3.8)

Proceeds from disposal of businesses, net of cash disposed of	1.224.3

There were no disposals of subsidiaries in 2018.

The gain on disposal is included in the profit for the year from Ontic discontinued operations.

10. Alternative Performance Measures Introduction

We assess the performance of the Group using a variety of Alternative Performance Measures. We principally discuss the Group's results on an 'adjusted' and/or 'underlying' basis. Results on an underlying or adjusted basis are presented before exceptional and other items.

Alternative Performance Measures have been defined and reconciled to the nearest GAAP measure below, along with the rationale behind using the measures.

As set out in Note 1 Basis of preparation the Group adopted IFRS 16 on 1 January 2019. Under the transition option adopted by the Group comparatives are not restated. For comparability and where applicable, a reconciliation has been presented below to a pre IFRS 16 basis.

The Alternative Performance Measures we use are: organic revenue growth, underlying operating profit and margin, EBITDA and underlying EBITDA, underlying profit before tax, underlying deferred tax, adjusted basic and diluted earnings per ordinary share, return on invested capital, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash conversion and net debt. A reconciliation from these adjusted performance measures to the nearest measure prepared in accordance with IFRS is presented below. The Alternative Performance Measures we use may not be directly comparable with similarly titled measures used by other companies. Where applicable, divisional measures are calculated in accordance with Group measures.

Exceptional and other items

The Group's Income Statement and segmental analysis separately identify trading results before exceptional and other items. The directors believe that presentation of the Group's results in this way is relevant to an understanding of the Group's financial performance, as exceptional and other items are identified by virtue of their size, nature or incidence. This presentation is consistent with the way that financial performance is measured by management and reported to the Board and the Signature Leadership Team and assists in providing a meaningful analysis of the trading results of the Group. In determining whether an event or transaction is treated as an exceptional and other item, management considers quantitative as well as qualitative factors such as the frequency or predictability of occurrence.

Examples of charges or credits meeting the above definition and which have been presented as exceptional items in the current and/or prior years include costs relating to acquisitions which are material to the associated business segment, costs related to strategic disposals (including those previously completed), significant restructuring programmes some of which span multiple years asset and impairment charges. In the event that other items meet the criteria, which are applied consistently from year to year, they are treated as exceptional and other items. Other items include amortisation of intangible assets arising on acquisition and valued in accordance with IFRS 3. These charges are presented separately to improve comparability of the Group's underlying profitability with peer companies.

Exceptional and other items are disclosed and reconciled to the nearest GAAP measure in note 2 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Organic revenue growth

Organic revenue growth is a measure which seeks to reflect the performance of the such, organic revenue growth excludes the impact of acquisitions or disposals, fuel on the trends in organic revenue growth.

Group that will contribute to long-term sustainable growth. As price movements and foreign exchange movements. We focus

A reconciliation from the growth in reported revenue, the most directly comparable IFRS measures, to the organic revenue growth is set out below.

		Restated
	2019	2018
	$m	$m

Revenue prior year (continuing operations)	2,131.3	1,648.5
Revenue prior year (ERO discontinued operations)	533.6	513.3
Revenue prior year (Ontic discontinued operations)	216.0	208.8
Revenue prior year (ASIG discontinued operations)	-	38.4

Reported revenue prior year (continuing and discontinued operations)	2,880.9	2,409.0
Rebase for foreign exchange movements1	(9.6)	6.0
Rebase for fuel price movements2	(71.8)	138.2
Rebase for disposals and discontinued operations3	(754.3)	(760.5)
Rebased comparative revenue	2,045.2	1,792.7
Reported revenue current year (continuing and discontinued operations)	3,017.4	2,880.9
Add: Impact of adopting IFRS 16 (continuing)	4.5	-
Less: Contribution from ERO discontinued operations (note 8)	(538.3)	(533.6)
Less: Contribution from Ontic discontinued operations (note 8)	(218.6)	(216.0)
Less: Contributions from acquisitions	(235.5)	(292.5)

Organic revenue4	2,029.5	1,838.8
Organic revenue growth from continuing operations	(0.8%)	2.6%

Impact from foreign exchange is calculated based on the prior year revenue translated at the current year exchange rates
Impact from fuel price fluctuations is calculated based on the prior year revenue recognised at the current year fuel prices
Included within the rebase for disposals and discontinued operations is $4.7 million relating to closures of FBOs (2018: $nil)
Organic revenue includes the former ERO (Middle East) business, this business did not trade in 2019 (2018: $3.7 million)

Underlying operating profit and margin

Underlying operating profit and margin are measures which seek to reflect the underlying performance of the Group that will contribute to long-term sustainable profitable growth. As such, they exclude the impact of exceptional and other items. We focus on the trends in underlying operating profit and margins.

A reconciliation from operating profit, the most directly comparable IFRS measure, to the underlying operating profit and margin is set out below.

					Restated	Restated
	2019	2019	2019	2018	2018	2018
	Total	Continuing	Discontinued	Total	Continuing	Discontinued
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

Operating profit	312.7	204.9	107.8	261.5	180.4	81.1
Add: Exceptional and other items
Amortisation of intangible assets arising on acquisition and valued
in accordance with IFRS 3	86.3	73.8	12.5	88.8	74.5	14.3
Acquisition-related transaction costs	-	-	-	1.4	-	1.4
Amounts related to previously disposed businesses	36.5	36.5	-	-	-	-
Restructuring costs	5.6	5.6	-	10.0	8.9	1.1
Other exceptional items	-	-	-	13.5	13.5	-

Exceptional and other items	128.4	115.9	12.5	113.7	96.9	16.8

Underlying operating profit	441.1	320.8	120.3	375.2	277.3	97.9

Underlying operating margin	14.6%	14.2%	15.9%	13.0%	13.0%	13.0%

IFRS 16 impact on operating profit
Operating profit	312.7	204.9	107.8
Impact of IFRS 16	(57.3)	(44.4)	(12.9)

Operating profit pre IFRS 16	255.4	160.5	94.9

Operating profit pre IFRS 16 margin	8.5%	7.1%	12.5%

IFRS 16 impact on underlying operating profit
Underlying operating profit	441.1	320.8	120.3
Impact of IFRS 16	(57.3)	(44.4)	(12.9)

Underlying operating profit pre IFRS 16	383.8	276.4	107.4

Underlying operating profit pre IFRS 16 margin	12.7%	12.2%	14.2%

EBITDA and underlying EBITDA

In addition to measuring the financial performance of the Group and lines of business based on underlying operating profit, we also measure performance based on EBITDA and underlying EBITDA. EBITDA is defined as the Group profit or loss before depreciation, amortisation, net finance expense and taxation. Underlying EBITDA is defined as EBITDA before exceptional and other items. EBITDA is a common measure used by investors and analysts to evaluate the operating financial performance of companies.

We consider EBITDA and underlying EBITDA to be useful measures of our operating performance because they approximate the underlying operating cash flow by eliminating depreciation and amortisation. EBITDA and underlying EBITDA are not direct measures of our liquidity, which is shown by our cash flow statement, and need to be considered in the context of our financial commitments.

A reconciliation from Group profit to EBITDA and underlying EBITDA, is set out below.

					Restated	Restated
	2019	2019	2019	2018	2018	2018
	Total	Continuing	Discontinued	Total	Continuing	Discontinued
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

Profit for the year	659.5	41.0	618.5	137.9	83.1	54.8
Add: Finance costs	185.7	180.2	5.5	67.9	66.4	1.5
Less: Investment income	(11.2)	(11.2)	-	(0.7)	(0.7)	-
Add: Tax charge/(credit)	62.7	(17.6)	80.3	36.4	17.5	18.9
Add: Depreciation and amortisation	252.8	235.0	17.8	170.0	143.4	26.6
Add: Impairment and other charges	140.0	12.5	127.5	20.0	14.1	5.9
Less: Gain on disposal	(724.0)	-	(724.0)	-	-	-

EBITDA	565.5	439.9	125.6	431.5	323.8	107.7
Acquisition-related transaction costs	-	-	-	1.4	-	1.4
Restructuring costs	5.6	5.6	-	10.0	8.9	1.1
Other exceptional items	36.5	36.5	-	13.5	13.5	-

Underlying EBITDA	607.6	482.0	125.6	456.4	346.2	110.2

The following tables summarises the impact of adopting IFRS 16 on the Group's profit for the year, EBITDA and underlying EBITDA for the year ended 31 December 2019.

	2019	2019	2019
	Total	Continuing	Discontinued
	$m	$m	$m

IFRS 16 impact on profit for the year
Profit for the year	659.5	41.0	618.5
Impact of IFRS 16	30.3	19.1	11.2

Profit for the year pre IFRS 16	689.8	60.1	629.7

IFRS 16 impact on EBITDA
EBITDA	565.5	439.9	125.6
Impact of IFRS 16	(147.0)	(133.3)	(13.7)

EBITDA pre IFRS 16	418.5	306.6	111.9

IFRS 16 impact on underlying EBITDA
Underlying EBITDA	607.6	482.0	125.6
Impact of IFRS 16	(147.0)	(133.3)	(13.7)

Underlying EBITDA pre IFRS 16	460.6	348.7	111.9

Underlying profit before tax

Underlying profit before tax is a measure which seeks to reflect the underlying performance of the Group that will contribute to long-term sustainable profitable growth. As such, underlying profit before tax excludes the impact of exceptional and other items. We focus on the trends in underlying profit before tax.

A reconciliation from profit before tax, the most directly comparable IFRS measure, to the underlying profit before tax is set out below.

					Restated	Restated
	2019	2019	2019	2018	2018	2018
	Total	Continuing	Discontinued	Total	Continuing	Discontinued
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

Profit before tax	722.2	23.4	698.8	174.3	100.6	73.7
Exceptional and other items excluding tax effect	(430.2)	153.8	(584.0)	133.7	111.0	22.7

Underlying profit before tax	292.0	177.2	114.8	308.0	211.6	96.4

The following table summarises the impact of adopting IFRS 16 on the Group's profit before tax and underlying profit before tax.

	2019	2019	2019
	Total	Continuing	Discontinued
	$m	$m	$m

IFRS 16 impact on profit before tax
Profit before tax	722.2	23.4	698.8
Impact of IFRS 16	17.3	25.8	(8.5)

Profit before tax pre IFRS 16	739.5	49.2	690.3

1 In addition to the application of IFRS 16 which has an impact of $(8.5) million we have recognised $22.7 million for the impairment of the right of use asset as part of our ERO discontinued operations

IFRS 16 impact on underlying profit before tax
Underlying profit before tax	292.0	177.2	114.8
Impact of IFRS 16	17.3	25.8	(8.5)

Underlying profit before tax pre IFRS 16	309.3	203.0	106.3

Underlying deferred tax

Cash adjusted basic and diluted earnings per ordinary share set out in note exceptional and other items and underlying deferred tax to better reflect the

5 to the Condensed Financial Statements are calculated by removing underlying basic and diluted earnings per share.

A reconciliation from deferred tax, the most directly comparable IFRS measure, to the underlying deferred tax is set out below:

					Restated	Restated
	2019	2019	2019	2018	2018	2018
	Total	Continuing	Discontinued	Total	Continuing	Discontinued
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

Total deferred tax (credit)/charge	(68.1)	(30.2)	(37.9)	(0.5)	(8.6)	8.1
Adjust for exceptional deferred tax credit/(charge)	64.4	22.2	42.2	26.6	29.6	(3.0)
Impact of IFRS 16	9.4	6.4	3.0	-	-	-

Underlying deferred tax charge/(credit) pre IFRS 16	5.7	(1.6)	7.3	26.1	21.0	5.1

Cash basic and diluted earnings per ordinary share

As set out in note 5 to the Condensed Financial Statements, the adjusted basic and diluted earnings per ordinary share are calculated using the adjusted basic and diluted earnings.

A reconciliation from the basic and diluted earnings per ordinary share, the most directly comparable IFRS measure, to the cash basic and diluted earnings per ordinary share is set out below.

					Restated	Restated
	2019	2019	2019	2018	2018	2018
	Total	Continuing	Discontinued	Total	Continuing	Discontinued
	¢	¢	¢	¢	¢	¢

Unadjusted basic earnings per share pre IFRS 16	68.2	5.9	62.3	13.4	8.0	5.4
Adjustments for adjusted measure	(40.8)	12.1	(52.9)	12.5	10.3	2.2
Cash basic earnings per share pre IFRS 16	27.4	18.0	9.4	25.9	18.3	7.6

Unadjusted diluted earnings per share pre IFRS 16	67.6	5.9	61.7	13.2	8.0	5.2
Adjustments for adjusted measure	(40.4)	12.0	(52.4)	12.4	10.2	2.2

Cash diluted earnings per share pre IFRS 16	27.2	17.9	9.3	25.6	18.2	7.4

Return on invested capital (ROIC)

Measuring ROIC ensures the Group is focused on efficient use of assets, with the target of operating returns generated across the cycle exceeding the cost of holding the assets.

ROIC is calculated by dividing the last twelve months underlying operating profit for ROIC by invested capital for ROIC, both of which are at the same exchange rate which is the average of the last 13 months' spot rate. The invested capital for ROIC is calculated by adding net assets for ROIC and net debt for ROIC, both of which are calculated by averaging their respective balance over the last 13 months.

A reconciliation from underlying operating profit to underlying operating profit for ROIC is set out below. In addition, a reconciliation from net assets, the most directly comparable IFRS measure, to invested capital for ROIC is set out below.

					Restated	Restated
	2019	2019	2019	2018	2018	2018
	Total	Continuing	Discontinued1	Total	Continuing	Discontinued1
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

Underlying operating profit	441.1	320.8	120.3	375.2	277.3	97.9
Adjustments for FX	0.3	0.1	0.2	-	-	-

Underlying operating profit for ROIC	441.4	320.9	120.5	375.2	277.3	97.9

Impact of IFRS 16	(57.3)	(44.4)	(12.9)
Adjustments for FX	0.1	0.1	-

Underlying operating profit for ROIC pre IFRS 16	384.2	276.6	107.6

Net assets2	1,606.1	1,428.5	177.6	1,944.2	1,193.0	751.2
Adjustments for FX and averaging2	405.0	(55.9)	460.9	(0.1)	103.9	(104.0)
Net assets for ROIC	2,011.1	1,372.6	638.5	1,944.1	1,296.9	647.2

Add back impact of IFRS 16	25.4	11.2	14.2
Adjustments for FX and averaging	(20.7)	(4.3)	(16.4)

Net assets for ROIC pre IFRS 16	2,015.8	1,379.5	636.3

Borrowings	(1,141.0)	(1,141.0)	-	(1,441.1)	(1,438.1)	(3.0)
Lease liabilities	(1,245.5)	(1,181.8)	(63.7)	(4.3)	(4.3)	-
Cash and cash equivalents	122.4	113.2	9.2	111.3	102.2	9.1
Adjustments for FX and averaging	(178.9)	(169.6)	(9.3)	(3.0)	(1.8)	(1.2)

Less net debt for ROIC	(2,443.0)	(2,379.2)	(63.8)	(1,337.1)	(1,342.0)	4.9

Add back lease liabilities recognised under IFRS 16	1,242.3	1,178.6	63.7
Adjustments for FX and averaging	(48.9)	(59.3)	10.4

Net debt for ROIC pre IFRS 16	(1,249.6)	(1,259.9)	10.3


Invested capital for ROIC	4,454.1	3,751.8	702.3

ROIC (%)	9.9%	8.6%	17.2%

Invested capital for ROIC pre IFRS 16	3,265.4	2,639.4	626.0	3,281.2	2,638.9	642.3

ROIC pre IFRS 16 (%)	11.8%	10.5%	17.2%	11.4%	10.5%	15.2%

ROIC from discontinued operations has been calculated excluding $14.3 million (2018: $14.3 million) of support costs borne by the continuing Group. For the purposes of the ROIC calculation only, the 2018 Balance Sheet has been presented to show ERO and Ontic Discontinued Operations separately.
Averaging adjustments are calculated on average net assets which included Ontic up to 31 October 2019. Closing net assets of $177.6 million for discontinued do not include Ontic.

Operating cash flow

Operating cash flow is one of the Group's Key Performance Indicators by which our financial performance is measured. Operating cash flow is defined as the aggregate of cash generated by operations, purchase of property, plant and equipment, purchase of intangible assets less Ontic licences not accounted for under IFRS 3, and proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment.

Operating cash flow is primarily an overall operational performance measure. However, we also believe it is an important indicator of our liquidity.

Operating cash flow reflects the cash we generate from operations after net capital expenditure which is a significant ongoing cash outflow associated with investing in our infrastructure. In addition, operating cash flow excludes cash flows that are determined at a corporate level independently of ongoing trading operations such as dividends, share buy-backs, acquisitions and disposals, financing costs, tax payments, dividends from associates and the repayment and raising of debt. Operating cash flow is not a measure of the funds that are available for distribution to shareholders.

A reconciliation from Group net cash flow from operating activities, the most directly comparable IFRS measure, to adjusted operating cash flow, is set out below.

	2019	2018
	Total	Total
	$m	$m

Net cash flow from operating activities (note 7)	467.0	368.3
Less reported purchase of property, plant and equipment (note 7)	(68.4)	(85.3)
Less reported purchase of intangible assets (note 7)	(12.2)	(7.8)
Add income tax paid	41.7	27.1
Add Ontic licences not accounted for under IFRS 3 (note 7)	1.1	1.2
Add reported proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment (note 7)	5.1	4.7

Operating cash flow	434.3	308.2

Impact on Net cash flow from operating activities pre IFRS 16
Net cash flow from operating activities	467.0
IFRS 16 impact	(141.6)

Net cash flow from operating activities pre IFRS 16	325.4

Impact on operating cash flow pre IFRS 16
Operating cash flow	434.3
IFRS 16 impact	(141.6)

Operating cash flow pre IFRS 16	292.7

Cash conversion

Cash conversion is a key part of the Group strategy for disciplined capital management with absolute cash generation and strong cash conversion. Cash conversion is defined as operating cash flow as a percentage of continuing and discontinued operating profit. Operating cash flow has been reconciled above to the most directly comparable IFRS measure, being cash generated from operations.

	2019	2018
	Total	Total
	%	%
Cash conversion	139%
Cash conversion (pre IFRS 16)	115%	118%

Free cash flow

Free cash flow represents the cash that a company is able to generate after spending the money required to maintain or expand its asset base. Free cash flow is set out in note 7 to the Condensed Financial Statements and reconciled to net cash inflow from operating activities, the most directly comparable IFRS measure.

Net debt

Net debt consists of borrowings (both current and non-current), less cash and cash equivalents, the fair value adjustment on the US private placement senior notes and the fair value adjustment on the US senior notes.

Net debt is a measure of the Group's net indebtedness that provides an indicator of the overall balance sheet strength. It is also a single measure that can be used to assess both the Group's cash position and its indebtedness. The use of the term 'net debt' does not necessarily mean that the cash included in the net debt calculation is available to settle the liabilities included in this measure.

Net debt is considered to be an alternative performance measure as it is not defined in IFRS. The most directly comparable IFRS measure is the aggregate of borrowings (current and non-current), and cash and cash equivalents. A reconciliation from these to net debt is given below.

	2019	2019	2019	2018	2018	2018
	Total	Continuing	Discontinued	Total	Continuing	Discontinued
	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m	$m

Reported borrowings (note 7)	1,141.0	1,141.0	-	1,441.1	1,438.1	3.0
Amortisation costs (note 7)	22.7	22.7	-	17.6	17.6	-
Fair value adjustment on US private placement senior notes	-	-	-	2.1	2.1	-
Fair value adjustment on US senior notes	(13.4)	(13.4)	-	(4.0)	(4.0)	-

Total principal of borrowings	1,150.3	1,150.3	-	1,456.8	1,453.8	3.0
Reported cash and cash equivalents	(122.4)	(113.2)	(9.2)	(111.3)	(109.3)	(2.0)

Total net principal of borrowings	1,027.9	1,037.1	(9.2)	1,345.5	1,344.5	1.0
Amortisation costs	(22.7)	(22.7)	-	(17.6)	(17.6)	-
Lease liabilities for covenants1	-	-	-	4.3	4.3	-
Net debt for covenants purposes	1,005.2	1,014.4	(9.2)	1,332.2	1,331.2	1.0

Lease liabilities	1,245.5	1,181.8	63.7	-	-	-

Net debt per Cash Flow	2,250.7	2,196.2	54.5	1,332.2	1,331.2	1.0

1 In 2018 net debt for covenant purposes includes lease liabilities previously accounted for as finance leases under IAS 17. In 2019 the net debt definition changed to exclude all lease liabilities including the original IAS 17 leases of $3.1 million. The incremental Impact of adopting IFRS 16 in the year on total Group Net debt Is an Increase of $1,242.4 million.

11. Impact of IFRS 16

The following table summarises the impact of adopting IFRS 16 on the Group's condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 1 January 2019. Impact on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 1 January 2019

	As at		As at
	31 December	IFRS 16	1 January
	2018	impact	2019
	$m	$m	$m

Non-current assets
Goodwill	1,191.1	-	1,191.1
Other intangible assets	1,329.4	-	1,329.4
Property, plant and equipment	779.9	-	779.9
Right of use assets	-	1,088.2	1,088.2
Interests in associates and joint ventures	53.5	-	53.5
Trade and other receivables	18.8	24.4	43.2

	3,372.7	1,112.6	4,485.3

Current assets
Inventories	120.3	-	120.3
Trade and other receivables	260.2	2.6	262.8
Cash and cash equivalents	109.3	-	109.3
Tax recoverable	1.1	-	1.1
Assets held for sale	407.6	61.8	469.4

	898.5	64.4	962.9

Total assets	4,271.2	1,177.0	5,448.2

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables	(439.2)	24.9	(414.3)
Tax liabilities	(39.8)	-	(39.8)
Lease liabilities	(1.1)	(52.9)	(54.0)
Borrowings	(1.5)	-	(1.5)
Provisions	(23.0)	0.5	(22.5)
Liabilities held for sale	(146.8)	(61.8)	(208.6)

	(651.4)	(89.3)	(740.7)

Net current assets	247.1	(24.9)	222.2

Non-current liabilities
Borrowings	(1,436.6)	-	(1,436.6)
Trade and other payables due after one year	(7.6)	-	(7.6)
Pensions and other post-retirement benefits	(28.2)	-	(28.2)
Deferred tax liabilities	(162.8)	(1.8)	(164.6)
Lease liabilities	(3.2)	(1,083.8)	(1,087.0)
Provisions	(37.2)	3.2	(34.0)

	(1,675.6)	(1,082.4)	(2,758.0)

Total liabilities	(2,327.0)	(1,171.7)	(3,498.7)

Net assets	1,944.2	5.3	1,949.5

Equity
Share capital	509.3	-	509.3
Share premium account	1,594.5	-	1,594.5
Other reserve	(7.2)	-	(7.2)
Treasury reserve	(95.3)	-	(95.3)
Capital reserve	56.2	-	56.2
Hedging and translation reserves	(105.7)	-	(105.7)
Retained earnings	(9.9)	5.3	(4.6)

Equity attributable to equity holders of Signature Aviation plc	1,941.9	5.3	1,947.2
Non-controlling interest	2.3	-	2.3

Total equity	1,944.2	5.3	1,949.5

The following tables summarise the impact of adopting IFRS 16 on the Group's Consolidated Income Statement and Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 December 2019 and the Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2019.

Impact on the Consolidated Income Statement

	Year ended		Year ended	Year ended
	31 December 2019	IFRS 16	31 December 2019	31 December 2018
	as reported	impact	pre IFRS 16	restated
	$m	$m	$m	$m

Continuing operations
Revenue	2,260.5	4.5	2,265.0	2,131.3
Cost of sales	(1,807.6)	(46.0)	(1,853.6)	(1,716.3)

Gross profit/(loss)	452.9	(41.5)	411.4	415.0
Distribution costs	(11.9)	-	(11.9)	(12.1)
Administrative expenses	(201.6)	(0.9)	(202.5)	(202.6)
Other operating income	6.2	(2.0)	4.2	1.3
Share of profit of associates and joint ventures	4.1	-	4.1	4.0
Other operating expenses	(39.2)	-	(39.2)	(16.3)
Restructuring costs	(5.6)	-	(5.6)	(8.9)

Operating profit/(loss)	204.9	(44.4)	160.5	180.4
Impairment of assets	(12.5)	-	(12.5)	(14.1)
Investment income	11.2	(1.8)	9.4	0.7
Finance costs	(180.2)	72.0	(108.2)	(66.4)

Profit before tax	23.4	25.8	49.2	100.6
Tax credit/(charge)	17.6	(6.7)	10.9	(17.5)

Profit from continuing operations	41.0	19.1	60.1	83.1
(Loss)/profit from ERO discontinued operations, net of tax1	(64.2)	11.2	(53.0)	19.2
Profit/(loss) from Ontic discontinued operations, net of tax1	682.7	-	682.7	35.6
Profit for the year	659.5	30.3	689.8	137.9

Attributable to:
Equity holders of Signature Aviation plc	659.1	30.3	689.4	137.6
Non-controlling interests	0.4	-	0.4	0.3

Profit for the year	659.5	30.3	689.8	137.9

1 (Loss)/profit from ERO and Ontic discontinued operations includes $5.7 million of finance costs of which $4.4 million represents finance costs relating to the adoption of IFRS 16.

Impact on the Consolidated Balance Sheet

	31 December 2019	IFRS 16	31 December 2019	31 December 2018
	as reported	impact	pre IFRS 16	as reported
	$m	$m	$m	$m

Non-current assets
Goodwill	1,111.1	(0.8)	1,110.3	1,191.1
Other intangible assets	966.1	-	966.1	1,329.4
Property, plant and equipment	749.4	-	749.4	779.9
Right of use assets	1,099.5	(1,099.5)	-	-
Interests in associates and joint ventures	41.9	-	41.9	53.5
Trade and other receivables	45.8	(23.4)	22.4	18.8
Deferred tax asset	9.1	-	9.1	-

	4,022.9	(1,123.7)	2,899.2	3,372.7

Current assets
Inventories	44.0	-	44.0	120.3
Trade and other receivables	205.4	(3.0)	202.4	260.2
Cash and cash equivalents	113.2	-	113.2	109.3
Tax recoverable	1.2	-	1.2	1.1
Assets held for sale	358.1	(48.6)	309.5	407.6

	721.9	(51.6)	670.3	898.5

Total assets	4,744.8	(1,181.3)	3,569.5	4,271.2

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables	(354.6)	(30.1)	(384.7)	(439.2)
Tax liabilities	(108.7)	(0.2)	(108.9)	(39.8)
Borrowings	-	-	-	(1.5)
Lease liabilities	(53.0)	52.0	(1.0)	(1.1)
Provisions	(17.5)	-	(17.5)	(23.0)
Liabilities held for sale	(180.5)	62.8	(117.7)	(146.8)

	(714.3)	84.5	(629.8)	(651.4)

Net current assets	7.6	32.9	40.5	247.1

Non-current liabilities
Borrowings	(1,141.0)	-	(1,141.0)	(1,436.6)
Lease liabilities	(1,128.8)	1,126.7	(2.1)	(3.2)
Trade and other payables due after one year	(3.9)	-	(3.9)	(7.6)
Pensions and other post-retirement benefits	(38.0)	-	(38.0)	(28.2)
Deferred tax liabilities	(82.4)	(7.5)	(89.9)	(162.8)
Provisions	(30.3)	(3.0)	(33.3)	(37.2)

	(2,424.4)	1,116.2	(1,308.2)	(1,675.6)

Total liabilities	(3,138.7)	1,200.7	(1,938.0)	(2,327.0)

Net assets	1,606.1	25.4	1,631.5	1,944.2

Equity
Share capital	510.1	-	510.1	509.3
Share premium account	1,594.5	-	1,594.5	1,594.5
Other reserve	(10.5)	-	(10.5)	(7.2)
Treasury reserve	(95.7)	-	(95.7)	(95.3)
Capital reserve	56.6	-	56.6	56.2
Hedging and translation reserves	(82.2)	-	(82.2)	(105.7)
Retained earnings	(369.1)	25.4	(343.7)	(9.9)

Equity attributable to equity holders of Signature Aviation plc	1,603.7	25.4	1,629.1	1,941.9
Non-controlling interest	2.4	-	2.4	2.3

Total equity	1,606.1	25.4	1,631.5	1,944.2

Impact on the consolidated cash flow statement

	31 December 2019	IFRS 16	31 December 2019	31 December 2018
	as reported	impact	pre IFRS 16	as reported
	$m	$m	$m	$m

Operating activities	467.0	(141.6)	325.4	368.3
Net cash flow from operating activities
Investing activities
Interest received	4.4	-	4.4	12.7
Interest received on sublease assets	1.8	(1.8)	-	-
Capital element of finance sublease assets	2.7	(2.7)	-	-
Dividends received from associates	3.2	-	3.2	2.0
Purchase of property, plant and equipment	(68.4)	-	(68.4)	(85.3)
Purchase of intangible assets	(12.2)	-	(12.2)	(7.8)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment	5.1	-	5.1	4.7
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash/(debt) acquired	(65.3)	-	(65.3)	(210.6)
Investment in assets classified as financial instruments measured through
other comprehensive income (FVTOCI)	-	-	-	(5.0)
Investment in joint venture and associates	-	-	-	(10.0)
Proceeds from disposal of subsidiaries and associates, net of cash
disposed	1,224.3	-	1,224.3	-

Net cash (outflow) from investing activities	1,095.6	(4.5)	1,091.1	(299.3)

Financing activities
Interest paid	(71.5)	-	(71.5)	(70.9)
Interest paid on lease liabilities	(76.4)	76.3	(0.1)	(0.1)
USPP make-whole, net	(25.5)	-	(25.5)	-
Dividends paid	(980.9)	-	(980.9)	(140.7)
Gains/(losses) from realised foreign exchange contracts	(8.5)	-	(8.5)	4.5
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares net of issue costs	0.8	-	0.8	0.3
(Purchase)/sale of own shares	(4.9)	-	(4.9)	(5.5)
(Decrease)/increase in loans	(313.3)	-	(313.3)	117.1
Payments of lease liabilities	(71.0)	69.8	(1.2)	(0.4)
(Decrease)/increase in overdrafts	(1.5)	-	(1.5)	(2.3)

Net cash outflow from financing activities	(1,552.7)	146.1	(1,406.6)	(98.0)

Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	9.9	-	9.9	(29.0)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year	111.3	-	111.3	153.5
Exchange adjustments	1.2	-	1.2	(13.2)

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year	122.4	-	122.4	111.3

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