ENAV's Board of Directors approves the 2021 draft Financial Statements and the 2021 Group's Consolidated Financial Statements
Solid air traffic recovery and revenue increase from non-regulated business
• En-route and terminal traffic grew YoY by 44.9% and 36.2% respectively, in terms of service units1 vs. 2020;
• Consolidated revenue of 836.6 million euro, 8.5% increase vs. 2020;
• Revenues from non-regulated business at 33.0 million euro, 22.3% increase vs. 2020;
• Consolidated EBITDA at 222.4 million euro, 5.5% YoY increase; EBITDA margin at 26.6%;
• Consolidated Net Profit of 78.0 million euro, 44.6% increase vs. 2020;
• Dividend: the Board of Directors proposal to pay a dividend of 0.1081 euro per share for 2021.
Rome, 21 April 2022 - ENAV SpA Board of Directors meeting, held today under the chairmanship of Francesca Isgrò, approved the 2021 draft Financial Statements and the 2021 Consolidated Financial Statements of the Group.
Although the impact of Covid-19 pandemic was still visible, 2021 saw a progressive and solid increase in the number of flights, especially in the second half of the year, with the beginning of the summer season, managing up to approximately 90% of 2019 traffic in the last few months of the year, with peaks at pre-pandemic levels on certain summer days.
The increase in en-route air traffic volumes in Italy (+44.9% compared to 2020) was higher than the one recorded by main European countries' and better than the average data recorded by Eurocontrol and including all Member States which was +26.9% in terms of service units compared to 2020. In detail: Germany +12.9%, Great Britain +8.5%, Spain +43.9%, and France +30.8%.
ENAV's CEO Paolo Simioni stated: "We are proud of the economic and financial results of the Group, which exceeded our expectations, but we are even more satisfied for the solid and stable traffic recovery and for the excellent operating performance of our personnel, who is supporting the sector's upturn. This has also allowed us to return to propose the remuneration of our shareholders to the AGM. At the same time, we are moving further on our path towards digitisation and innovation of Group' systems and the implementation of our outlined strategies. The solid performance obtained in the non-regulated business are among the tangible outcomes achieved through investing in our personnel's professional growth and in the recruitment of new digital native people. In the near future, we will continue to be a main actor in supporting the sector's sustainable evolution, where the development of drones and urban air mobility are expected to play a key role."
1 a conventional weighted measurement unit which takes into account the aircraft certified take-off weight and, in case of en-route traffic, the distance travelled in the Italian airspace.
En-route traffic, in terms of service units, increased by 44.9% vs. 2020. Specifically, domestic traffic (flights both taking off and landing within the Italian territory) grew by 51.3% and international commercial traffic (flights taking off or landing from an Italian airport) increased by 36.7%. Overflight traffic (flights passing through the Italian airspace)
went up by 51.2%.
En-route traffic | Change | |||
(service units) | 2021 | 2020 | no. | % |
Domestic | 1,373,896 | 908,068 | 465,828 | 51.3% |
International | 1,826,296 | 1,336,127 | 490,169 | 36.7% |
Overflight | 2,447,068 | 1,618,124 | 828,944 | 51.2% |
Paying total | 5,647,260 | 3,862,319 | 1,784,941 | 46.2% |
Military | 122,561 | 114,869 | 7,692 | 6.7% |
Other exempt | 13,076 | 12,656 | 420 | 3.3% |
Total exempt | 135,637 | 127,525 | 8,112 | 6.4% |
Total reported by Eurocontrol | 5,782,897 | 3,989,844 | 1,793,053 | 44.9% |
Exempt not reported to Eurocontrol | 2,672 | 2,208 | 464 | 21.0% |
Total | 5,785,569 | 3,992,052 | 1,793,517 | 44.9% |
Terminal traffic2 in 2021, in terms of services units, increased by 36.2% compared to 2020. This increase in traffic volumes was recorded throughout Italy.
Terminal traffic (service units) | 2021 | 2020 no. Change % 27,347 39,743 102,698 169,788 1,666 6.1% 20,140 50.7% 53,930 52.5% 75,736 44.6% 45,707 102,314 77,644 225,665 395,453 4,316 9.4% 28,651 28.0% 38,387 49.4% 71,354 31.6% 147,090 37.2% 330 1,084 7,445 8,859 404,312 (29) -8.8% (513) -47.3% 62 0.8% (480) -5.4% 146,610 36.3% 0 28 754 782 0 n.a. (1) -3.6% 27 3.6% 26 3.3% 73,384 143,169 188,541 405,094 5,953 8.1% 48,277 33.7% 92,406 49.0% 146,636 36.2% |
Domestic Chg. Zone 1 | 29,013 | |
Chg. Zone 2 | 59,883 | |
Chg. Zone 3 | 156,628 | |
Total domestic SUs | 245,524 | |
International Chg. Zone 1 | 50,023 | |
Chg. Zone 2 | 130,965 | |
Chg. Zone 3 | 116,031 | |
Total international SUs | 297,019 | |
Paying total | 542,543 | |
Exempt | ||
Chg. Zone 1 | 301 | |
Chg. Zone 2 | 571 | |
Chg. Zone 3 | 7,507 | |
Total exempt SUs | 8,379 | |
Total reported by Eurocontrol | 550,922 | |
Exempt not reported to Eurocontrol | ||
Chg. Zone 1 | 0 | |
Chg. Zone 2 | 27 | |
Chg. Zone 3 | 781 | |
Total exempt SUs not reported to Eurocontrol | 808 | |
Total by Charging Zone | ||
Chg. Zone 1 | 79,337 | |
Chg. Zone 2 | 191,446 | |
Chg. Zone 3 | 280,947 | |
Total | 551,730 | |
2 The take-off and landing activities within a radius of about 20 km from the airport runway.
ECONOMIC-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Total consolidated revenue in 2021 amounted to 836.6 million euro, increasing by 8.5% vs. 2020. Revenue from operations stood at 504.3 million euro, with an increase of 43.2% compared to 2020, mainly due to the higher traffic volumes managed. The effect of balance3, an essential component of revenues from operations, was positive for 294.4 million euro. Balance was determined in line with the European Commission's (EC) Decision issued on 4 November 2020, in compliance with the targets issued on 2 June 2021, and considering the Performance Plan submitted to EC in November 2021. The European Commission, after receiving in March 2022 the positive opinion of the Performance Review Board (PRB), a body appointed by the EC to assess the operational performance of Air Navigation Service Providers, on April 13, with document n° C(2022) 2294 final, has notified the Italian State that the performance targets, included in the Performance Plan submitted in November 2021, are compliant with the EU wide targets for the Third Regulatory Period as set in Decision n° (UE) 2021/891.
Revenues from non-regulated business achieved a record level result in ENAV Group's history, reaching 33.0 million euro with an increase of 22.3% compared to 2020, mainly due to revenue from the subsidiary IDS AirNav. The revenues refer to the sale of software licensing, to the provision of services and maintenance connected to products sold, to aeronautical consultancy, to flight inspection and engineering services, traded to various clients worldwide.
Total operating costs stood at 614.2 million euro, up by 9.6% vs. 2020 mainly due to an year-on-year increase in the number of managed flights. External costs grew by 11.9% vs. 2020, due to the recovery of both, the "core" business and the subsidiary companies' activities. Personnel costs amounted to 499.2 million euro, with an increase of 8.3% compared to 2020, mainly coming from increased variable retribution due to recovery of operations, and as an effect of the use of outstanding holiday entitlement by all our personnel, which had a negative impact of 1.4 million euro in 2021 compared to 2020, when it had a positive impact of 10.1 million euro due to the almost complete utilization of the previous years' backlog.
These results contributed to reach an EBITDA which stood at 222.4 million euro, with an increase of 5.5% compared to 2020. EBITDA margin was 26.6%.
Consolidated EBIT stood at 98.3 million euro in 2021, with an increase of 38.2% compared to 2020, due to lower amortisation and depreciation throughout the year. 2021 EBIT margin was of 11.7%.
Consolidated net profit stood at 78.0 million euro in 2021, up by 44.6% compared to 2020, mainly thanks to the positive effect of financial management.
The net financial position at 31 December 2021 showed a balance of 483.5 million euro, a drop of 238.4 million euro compared to 31 December 2020. This negative variation is due to the effect of income and payment dynamics related to day-by-day operations which produced a negative cashflow, despite the larger amount of air traffic managed in
3 The mechanism that allows ENAV to partially recover from or return to carriers, the amounts resulting from the difference between the planned air traffic and the actual traffic, as well as the recovery of costs and traffic for services provided to Terminal Zone 3 airports - those with less than 70,000 movements per year
comparison with the previous year - traffic, which have not yet reached the 2019 levels - and to higher non-current trade payables mainly referred to the balances accrued in 2021.
The Group to cope with cash burn, used external financing, taking advantage of favourable market conditions, obtaining funds to utilize for daily operations. In addition, it should be noted that the Group has short-term committed and uncommitted credit facilities still unused as of 31 December 2021, amounting to 294 million euro.
Sustainability Report 2021
The Board of Directors meeting held today approved ENAV Group's 2021 Sustainability Report and Consolidated Non-Financial Statement.
Management's Foreseeable Development
The uncertainty coming from both the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent tragic events related to the potential escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, could have an impact in the year 2022. As of today, taking into account the positive trend of air traffic in the first months of the year, current estimates on traffic volumes for 2022, amounting to around 85% of the pre-pandemic period, have been confirmed, in line with Eurocontrol's forecasts.
In this context, the Group foresees to maintain continuity in the management's conduct and activities taken so far even throughout 2022; this continuity will touch on the control of expenditure, the implementation of industrial strategies, the improvement of net financial position and the maximization of operational capacity which allowed the achievement of the positive results of 2021.
The Group will also pay utmost attention in developing activities on the non-regulated market, linked to both pending orders and new acquisitions.
SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
The Board of Directors resolved to convene a Shareholders Meeting on single call-in ordinary session for 3 June 2022 to approve, among other items, the Financial Statement as at 31 December 2021 and for the appointment of the Board of Statutory Auditors for the three-year period 2022-2024 and the establishment of the relative remuneration.
Corporate Governance
In today's meeting, the Board of Directors approved the Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure Report laid down in art. no. 123-bis of the Italian Legislative Decree no. 58 of 24 February 1998 (Testo Unico della Finanza - Consolidated Finance Act).
The BoD also approved the Report Report, as for art. no. 123-ter of Testo Unico della Finanza, which will be subject to the Shareholders Meeting's resolutions which are binding for the first section of the report, pursuant par. 3-bis of the article, and non-binding for the second section of the report, pursuant par. 6 of the article.
The Reports, together with all additional meeting documents, will be made available to the public within the modes and times provided for by the law, also in the Company's website atwww.enav.it.
Dividend proposal 2021
The BoD agreed to submit to the Shareholders Meeting the proposal to pay 2021 dividends amounting to 58,506,483.25 euro, corresponding to 0.1081 euro per share.
The BoD also proposed to pay the dividend on 26 October 2022, with receipt date of 24 October 2022 and record date of 25 October 2022.
Purchase of treasury shares
The Board of Directors resolved to submit to the Shareholders' Meeting the authorization proposal, pursuant to articles 2357 of the Civil Code, 132 of Legislative Decree 58/98 and 144-bis of Consob Regulation 11971/1999, to treasury shares, for a maximum duration of 18 months from the date of the Shareholders' Meeting resolution of 3 June 2022, up to a maximum of no. 1,300,000 shares as well as to the disposal without time limits and even before having exhausted the purchases of all or part of the treasury shares subject to the purchase authorization in question as well as those already held. The authorization in question is functional to the Company's variable share-based incentive plans, as well as for any activities to support market liquidity, in line with the practice accepted in this regard by Consob, in accordance with Article 13 of the Regulation (EU) n. 596/2014, pursuant to art. 180, c. 1 letter c) of Legislative Decree 58/98.
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
2021 | 2020 AmountChange % | |||
Revenues from operations | 504,307 | 352,216 | 152,091 | 43.2% -23.2% 6.1% 8.5% 8.3% -1.0% 11.9% 9.6% 5.5% |
Balance | 294,398 | 383,378 | (88,980) | |
Other operating income | 37,874 | 35,701 | 2,173 | |
Total revenues | 836,579 | 771,295 | 65,284 | |
Personnel costs | (499,241) | (460,957) | (38,284) | |
Capitalised costs | 27,442 | 27,727 | (285) | |
Other operating expenses | (142,404) | (127,280) | (15,124) | |
Total operating costs | (614,203) | (560,510) | (53,693) | |
EBITDA | 222,376 | 210,785 | 11,591 | |
EBITDA margin | 26.6% | 27.3% -0.7% | ||
Net amortisation of investment grants | (120,724) | (128,501) | 7,777 | -6.1% -69.8% 38.2% |
Writedowns, impairment (reversal of impairment) and provisions | (3,366) | (11,160) | 7,794 | |
EBIT | 98,286 | 71,124 | 27,162 | |
EBIT margin | 11.7% | 9.2% 2.5% | ||
Financial income/(expense) | 4,500 | (6,125) | 10,625 | n.a. |
Income before taxes | 102,786 | 64,999 37,787 58.1% | ||
Income taxes | (24,755) | (11,027) | (13,728) | n.a. |
Profit (loss) for the year | 78,031 | 53,972 24,059 44.6% 54,283 24,089 44.4% (311) (30) 9.6% (thousands of euros) | ||
Net profit/(loss) pertaining to shareholders of the Parent Compan | y 78,372 | |||
Net profit/(loss) pertaining to non-controlling interests | (341) | |||
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