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| Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
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| Rotork Plc | LSE:ROR | London | Ordinary Share | GB00BVFNZH21 | ORD 0.5P |
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| Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
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| Indl, Coml Machy, Equip, Nec | 719.15M | 113.14M | 0.1314 | 23.99 | 2.71B |
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Rotork PLC
27 February 2017
27 February 2017
Rotork plc
2016 Full Year Results
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OCC (2)
2016 2015 % change % change
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Revenue GBP590.1m GBP546.5m +8.0% -8.0%
Adjusted(1) operating
profit GBP120.6m GBP125.3m -3.7% -18.4%
Adjusted(1) operating
margin 20.4% 22.9% -250bps -260bps
Profit before tax GBP91.1m GBP101.9m -10.6% -20.5%
Adjusted(1) profit before
tax GBP117.9m GBP122.8m -4.0% -18.9%
Basic earnings per share 7.7p 8.6p -10.5% -19.9%
Adjusted(1) basic earnings
per share 10.0p 10.4p -3.8% -18.7%
Full year dividend 5.10p 5.05p +1.0%
(1) Adjusted figures are before the amortisation of acquired intangible assets.
(2) OCC is organic constant currency which has all the acquisitions removed and are restated at 2015 exchange rates.
Summary
-- Stabilising trading environment -- 10% currency tailwind
-- Successful cost management programme delivered GBP9.2m of savings in 2016, a further GBP4.2m expected in 2017
-- Continued investment in product portfolio and infrastructure -- GBP16.3m acquisition of Mastergear -- Strong cash generation at 130% -- Full year dividend increased by 1.0% to 5.10p (2015: 5.05p)
Peter France, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, said:
"In the second half of 2016, the trading environment saw some stabilisation and we benefited from a strengthening currency tailwind. The acquisitions completed in 2015 and 2016, along with the introduction of a number of new products, also supported our growth.
We anticipate that any near-term growth in energy markets will remain modest. Our focus will remain on providing our customers with innovative, high quality products and services, reducing their cost of ownership and improving plant efficiency.
Cost management will remain a priority in the current year as we look to mitigate any inflationary pressures through our highly flexible operating base.
We continue to target growth through organic development and acquisition that will enhance our broad product portfolio, diverse end market exposure and wide geographic presence.
Whilst mindful of continued macroeconomic uncertainties, at this stage of the year the Board believes Rotork is well placed to make progress in 2017."
Rotork plc Tel: +44 (0)1225 733 200 Peter France, Chief Executive Jonathan Davis, Finance Director Sarah Matthews-DeMers, Director of Strategy and Investor Relations FTI Consulting Tel: + 44 (0)20 3727 1340 Nick Hasell / Susanne Yule
There will be a meeting for analysts and institutional investors at 8.30 am GMT this morning at the offices of FTI Consulting, 200 Aldersgate, Aldersgate Street, London EC1A 4HD. The presentation will also be webcast (audio only). Please register at www.rotork.com.
Chairman's statement
Looking back on 2016, I am able to report a return to a more stable trading environment for Rotork following the sharp downturn in oil and gas markets in the second half of 2015. Whilst there has been some improvement in market sentiment following a modest recovery in the oil price, activity levels in the Group's oil and gas markets remain below those seen before the downturn.
Against this backdrop, Rotork has delivered a solid set of full-year results, with adjusted operating margin lower than in 2015, as anticipated, but in excess of 20% - a key achievement for the Group. This performance resulted from a combination of focusing on end markets and geographies showing the greatest resilience, and a concerted effort in driving cost efficiencies throughout all areas of our business.
Whilst Rotork's trading environment was more stable during 2016, it was a year that brought increased geopolitical uncertainty, notably in Europe and the USA following the outcome of the EU referendum in the UK and the US Presidential elections. We will continue to closely monitor these developments and evaluate their potential impact but the Board remains confident that Rotork's diverse end market, geographic spread and highly flexible operating base leaves it well placed to optimise its performance under a range of potential future scenarios.
Financial highlights
Order intake increased 9.6% on the prior year as a result of contributions from acquisitions and currency tailwinds. On an organic constant currency (OCC) basis, order intake reduced by 6.1%, reflecting the current market conditions. Revenue increased by 8.0% (-8.0% OCC) to GBP590.1m on a reported basis, also supported by acquisitions and currency tailwinds.
Adjusted operating profit reduced GBP4.7m to GBP120.6m (GBP102.3m OCC), with adjusted operating margin 250 basis points lower at 20.4%. This reflected the mix effect of newly-acquired businesses at slightly lower margins and the impact of lower volumes, partially offset by GBP9.2m of material cost and overhead savings from our cost reduction programme and effective control over material and labour costs.
Acquisitions
Our principal focus was on the integration of the six businesses acquired in 2015, and in particular on delivering their anticipated synergies. We completed one acquisition during the year, acquiring Mastergear in June for GBP16.3m. The Mastergear business operates from bases in the USA, Italy and China and sits within the Gears division.
Board composition and performance
As announced last April, Bob Arnold retired in August 2016 as President of Rotork Controls Inc. and a member of the Board after a long career at Rotork.
We are also announcing that John Nicholas retired from the Board on 24 February 2017. John has served on the Board for nine years, latterly as the Senior Independent Director. I would like to thank John on behalf of the Board for his excellent contribution during this period. Sally James has replaced John as the Senior Independent Director and Lucinda Bell has replaced Sally as the Chair of the Audit Committee. We are currently in the process of recruiting a non-executive director to fill the vacancy that John's departure has created.
The Board now comprises two executive directors, three independent non-executive directors and myself as Chairman, which is in compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code). In addition, more than 25% of the Board are women which exceeds our stated aim that at least 25% of our independent non-executive directors are women.
The annual performance review of the Board took place during February and March 2016.
Corporate governance
The Board continues to be committed to the highest standards of governance which we see as essential to the delivery of increasing long-term shareholder value. During the year, the Board and Audit Committee were involved in work related to risk appetite and monitoring and disclosure of risk, building on the work that was done during 2015.
Employees
I would like to thank all of our employees for their continued high level of commitment and professionalism during 2016.
Dividend
The Board recommends a final dividend of 3.15p per share, a 1.6% increase over the 2015 final dividend. Taken with the 2016 interim dividend, the total dividend is 5.10p per share (2015: 5.05p), representing a 1.0% increase in the total dividend on 2015. The final dividend will be payable on 15 May 2017 to shareholders on the register on 7 April 2017.
Outlook
We anticipate that any near-term growth in energy markets will remain modest. Our focus will remain on providing our customers with innovative, high quality products and services, reducing their cost of ownership and improving plant efficiency.
Cost management will remain a priority in the current year as we look to mitigate any inflationary pressures through our highly flexible operating base.
We continue to target growth through organic development and acquisition that will enhance our broad product portfolio, diverse end market exposure and wide geographic presence.
Whilst mindful of continued macroeconomic uncertainties, at this stage of the year the Board believes Rotork is well placed to make progress in 2017.
Martin Lamb
Chairman
27 February 2017
Chief Executive's statement
The Group's trading environment became more stable during the year, although we continued to see caution from our customers in terms of large-scale investments in projects. Geopolitical tensions also affected certain key markets. Our reported numbers benefited from a contribution from acquisitions and currency movements. We continued to invest in infrastructure, including IT, which will improve our operational performance, and we made good progress on our previously announced cost reduction programme, exceeding our initial target.
Full year order intake was up 9.6% on a reported basis, but 6.1% lower on an OCC basis. Whilst reported revenue increased 8.0% to GBP590.1m, underlying revenue decreased 8.0% to GBP502.6m which was the main driver of the reduction in adjusted operating profit to GBP120.6m (GBP102.3m OCC). Our accelerated cost management programme delivered savings of GBP6.6m in respect of material costs, which was more than sufficient to mitigate the impact of any pricing pressure, which we continue to carefully monitor and manage. A further GBP2.6m of savings was found in other areas including overhead savings.
In 2016, we continued to implement our long-term strategy for growth by introducing new products and investing in new and existing markets through developing our sales channels. Our focus on selling additional products and services to our existing customer base through cross-divisional initiatives, and new product training for our sales force, had a positive impact. We also introduced a Group-wide initiative to improve our success rate on sales quotes.
During the year, oil and gas represented 52.4% of revenue, a decline of 70 basis points on the previous year, with an increase in the percentage of our sales to upstream and midstream but a decrease in downstream. In the water and industrial markets, underlying revenue increased over the prior year by 10.0% and 5.3% respectively, demonstrating that our strategy of diversifying our end markets continues to make progress. Our sales in the power market, down 6.4%, continued to be affected by China's economy, although we saw an increase in activity levels in China in the second half of 2016. USA revenues increased year-on-year, with growth in the water market but weakness in oil and gas. The Latin American market remained difficult due to our exposure to oil and gas in that region. However, the Middle East and Africa had positive sales momentum and we saw an increase in activity in certain territories in Asia.
Cost saving initiatives included the consolidation of facilities in the USA and Italy, resulting in a reduction in the number of our manufacturing facilities and offices. We now have 27 manufacturing sites, 69 national offices, and 84 regional locations in 38 countries. In total, we have over 861 sales channels in 101 countries. Our strong global presence remains a core part of our strategy. As well as consolidation of sites, we have focused on the roll-out of a global value engineering programme in support of increased customer demand for "smarter" lower cost solutions and measures to rationalise our supply chain and better leverage our global purchasing spend. We also accelerated the roll-out of our global ERP system to improve operational effectiveness and facilitate future scaleability.
We welcomed Mastergear into the Rotork family in June 2016 which expanded our Gears portfolio with new products in motorised and manual gears as we continued to consolidate our market leadership in this segment. Our focus during the year was on integrating Mastergear and the six acquisitions that we completed in 2015 and leveraging their product portfolios to drive growth.
The long-term drivers of our markets remain positive with population growth, urbanisation and automation continuing to drive increased demand for flow control products and services. Our customers are also increasingly focused on reducing power consumption, increasing efficiency, maximising cost reduction, improved safety and minimising their carbon footprints, which will drive long-term growth in our markets.
The broadening of our product portfolio, developing our geographic reach and expanding our end markets remain the key elements of our strategy. Our sales proposition of providing innovative market leading products and services locally to our customers continues to serve us well.
Customers have always been at the heart of what we do and in 2017 we are introducing a number of measures that will further enhance our customer-facing processes to reflect market requirements and to ensure that we remain competitive. This includes the introduction of a Group wide initiative, Project Energise (2017), focused on improving the customer experience.
Rotork Controls
GBPm 2016 2015 Change OCC(2) Change Revenue 298.4 286.7 +4.1% -6.5% Adjusted(1) operating profit 87.3 85.5 +2.1% -8.4% Adjusted(1) operating margin 29.3% 29.8% -50bps -60bps
Order intake was GBP295.2m, a 6.6% increase compared with the prior year, with revenue up 4.1% to GBP298.4m, reflecting benefits from currency tailwinds. On an OCC basis order intake and revenue decreased by 4.3% and 6.5% respectively.
Adjusted operating profit of GBP87.3m was up 2.1% with an adjusted operating margin of 29.3%, 50 basis points lower than in 2015. Excluding the impact of currency, the underlying figures reduced, compared with 2015, by 8.4% and 60 basis points respectively, reflecting the effect of lower volumes but partly offset by continued resilience in our pricing and control of costs.
Our exposure to oil and gas reduced again in 2016, with the proportion of revenue down from 48% to 45% with reductions in midstream and downstream. The power market remained slow and although our market exposure declined slightly year-on-year we will continue to focus on expanding in this area. Incremental gains were seen in all the other end markets, including water. Our newer developing territories (Turkey, Poland and Chile) all delivered growth in 2016 and most of Europe, Middle East and Africa had positive sales momentum, with an increase in activity levels seen in South East Asia. Whilst the USA benefited from growth in the water market, overall we saw a decline in this region due to continued challenging conditions in the oil and gas market. Latin America also had its challenges due to our exposure to the oil and gas markets in that region.
In 2016, we launched further extensions to our IQ3 range, enabling us to offer more cost effective solutions. We also replaced a number of the original IQT3 variants with improved designs. Single phase and modulating variants of our Centork range were launched in Europe and China and will be sold outside these territories once the required electrical certification has been obtained. We are developing an intelligent asset management system that will collect and analyse field data from our installed actuators to ensure that our preventative service activities are optimised.
Rotork Fluid Systems
GBPm 2016 2015 Change OCC(2) Change Revenue 145.3 149.2 -2.6% -12.4% Adjusted(1) operating profit 6.2 15.2 -59.4% -64.1% Adjusted(1) operating margin 4.3% 10.2% -590bps -600bps
Order intake was down 4.8% on a reported basis to GBP134.7m and down 14.2% to GBP121.4m on an OCC basis, with revenue down 2.6% to GBP145.3m (-12.4% to GBP130.7m OCC). Adjusted operating profit was down 59.4% to GBP6.2m and adjusted operating margin decreased 590 basis points (-64.1% to GBP5.5m OCC). Despite actions to consolidate facilities, a redundancy programme in one location and material cost saving initiatives, these were unable to fully cover the fall in volume and the impact of mix and pricing which were most pronounced in Fluid Systems.
The division's exposure to oil and gas remained broadly similar to 2015 at 69%. There was some positive Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) activity and an increase in projects in Saudi Arabia helped offset overall lower activity elsewhere in this sector. Exposure to each of the other markets also remained broadly similar to the previous year. Our North American market saw a small increase, with a strong performance by our Gulf Coast subsidiary as a result of good LNG activity offsetting a general decline in other markets in this region. Europe remained broadly similar to the previous year, with the modest increase in the Eastern European market offsetting the decrease in Western Europe. Latin America was a weak performer, largely due to significant project delays as a result of both market and political instability that continues to impact business levels in Venezuela, Mexico and Brazil. Our Malaysia, India and Middle East subsidiaries performed well but the Far East, including China, reported lower activity overall, mainly due to ongoing project delays within oil and gas.
2016 saw significant value engineering efforts on our core products that we expect to continue to benefit the division during 2017. This will be supported by our ongoing low cost country sourcing programme that will benefit both our European manufacturing facilities and enable our regional China and India manufacturing operations to better address their regional markets.
Product development continued to be a focus for Fluid Systems in 2016. We expanded our SI3 range (our third generation Skilmatic electric fail safe actuator) with the launch of quarter turn and linear variants. We introduced a stainless steel option in our GT range (pneumatic rack and pinion actuators). A new ELB (electronic line break) detection system designed to detect and isolate leaks in major pipeline infrastructure was also launched.
Rotork Gears
GBPm 2016 2015 Change OCC(2) Change Revenue 72.4 58.6 +23.4% -4.0% Adjusted(1) operating profit 14.1 12.0 +17.2% -14.1% Adjusted(1) operating margin 19.4% 20.5% -110bps -220bps
Gears performed well over the period, with order intake increasing 22.7%, including contributions from the recent acquisitions, Roto Hammer and Mastergear. On an OCC basis, order intake declined by 4.8% relative to a strong comparable year.
Revenue grew 23.4% including contributions from the acquisitions and currency tailwinds. On an OCC basis, revenue fell by 4.0%, primarily due to the impact of the slowdown in oil and gas. Adjusted operating profit increased 17.2% to GBP14.1m but fell 14.1% excluding the effects of acquisitions and currency as the lower volumes reduced OCC adjusted operating margin by 220 basis points.
Oil and gas accounted for 54% of revenue, assisted by the contribution from the recent acquisitions. Upstream remained flat, but midstream and downstream both grew. Water grew 16% over the prior year. North America experienced good sales growth, mainly in the Gulf Coast and we saw an increase in activity in China.
The acquisition of Mastergear was completed in June 2016 for GBP16.3m. Mastergear has its main centres of operations in Italy and the USA, with a further operational presence in China. It has a well regarded product portfolio of manual and motorised gearboxes and will enable us to offer our customers a more comprehensive range of products and services.
In 2016, we introduced new products across many of our gearbox ranges: a quarter turn gearbox for use with motorised applications (ABM range); a bronze worm gearbox for steam distribution applications in manholes and vaults (BR range); a hand operated quarter turn worm gearbox for use in the water and pipeline markets (QTW150 range); and a hand operated bevel gearbox for use on gate valves, globe valves and penstocks (HOB range). We also unveiled a fugitive emission detector gearbox which is a new smart gearbox designed for leak detection and which will be launched in 2017. We changed the standard baseplates on all our gearboxes in the IW range to a new improved flat design. We also launched a new Smart Position Indicator which mechanically displays the position of the valve for in-field notification and digitally signals its open/closed position, helping to create a safer working environment.
Rotork Instruments
GBPm 2016 2015 Change OCC(2) Change Revenue 91.2 67.3 +35.4% -3.9% Adjusted(1) operating profit 20.1 18.3 +10.0% -16.6% Adjusted(1) operating margin 22.1% 27.2% -510bps -360bps
Instruments benefited both from the acquisitions completed in the prior year and favourable exchange rates, with order intake increasing 42.3% or 5.7% on an OCC basis. The closing order book increased by 22.8% during the year to GBP9.3m before a GBP0.5m increase due to currency is included.
Revenue increased by 35.4% with contributions from acquisitions and currency tailwinds. On an OCC basis, revenue declined by 3.9% as a result of the challenging conditions in the oil and gas market and on--going tight conditions in the tyre market. Instruments supplies a number of components to Fluid Systems, and the weak revenue growth in that division also affected Instruments as a result.
As anticipated, the 2015 acquisitions were dilutive to the division's margins in 2016. Adjusted operating profit grew by 10% (-16.6% OCC) but adjusted operating margins decreased 510 basis points to 22.1% (-360 basis points to 23.6% OCC). We made additional investment in the division's engineering resource, although the overall margin at Instruments remains above that of the Group as a whole.
Instruments' exposure to the oil and gas market increased from 44% to 50% in 2016 following the acquisition in 2015 of Bifold, which increased the level of business derived from the upstream market. There was some softness in the North American market and continuing delays in large rail projects. However, the other markets we are now serving include a wider variety of geographies and end markets, including industrial automation, commercial vehicles, rail and life sciences.
In 2016, we continued to develop our product range by updating existing products and introducing new variants. Bifold launched a digital filter booster which integrates a complete control panel into a single unit and a new range of pressure transmitters specifically tailored to the oil and gas market; Rotork Fairchild launched a new PAX1 linear actuator which can be used by itself or paired with a variety of pressure regulators enabling remote control of pneumatic pressure for a variety of applications and a new range of low pressure transducers for use in the medical and precision test rig markets; YTC Positioners were re-engineered and certified for hazardous area use in North America and Canada; Rotork Midland launched a redesigned stainless steel filter regulator; and RI Wireless, a device which provides wireless valve monitoring in the process industry, was re-engineered.
Rotork Site Services (RSS)
Our global service network is a key differentiator for us in our industry. Our highly trained service team provide service and support to our customers around the world through preventative maintenance contracts, onsite and workshop service, retrofit solutions and through the Client Support Programme which offers maintenance contracts tailored to our customers' specific needs. In 2016, we continued to invest in our aftermarket business with 430 directly employed service engineers and other service technicians employed by our agents around the world, an increase of 7% on the previous year (2015: 402).
Research and Development (R&D)
In 2016, we accelerated a number of product introductions as we continued to widen our product range and improve our existing products to remain competitive. Our investment in R&D is led by Gary Jacobson, who was appointed as Group Innovation Director following the acquisition of Bifold in 2015, and during the year this increased by 5.9% to GBP10.2m. The increase is partly attributable to the pipeline of Bifold, whose strong history of product development was a key rationale for its acquisition. In addition, we are making a major investment in Bath to replace our mature factory and corporate headquarters and develop a state of the art R&D centre, to be completed by the end of 2018. Innovation and organic product development remains a key part of our strategy for growth.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
CSR values continue to be an integral part of our business model. We take our responsibilities to our stakeholders very seriously and continuously look for ways to improve our performance. The work in this area is led by our CSR committee and sub-committees who met throughout the year.
We supported WaterAid and Sightsavers again in 2016 and also Seva Bharathi (an NGO in India) and The Forever Friends Appeal (Royal United Hospitals Bath, UK), donating a total of GBP102,000. Our employees also gave support to their local communities with the Group contributing a further GBP157,000 to support these causes. This brought the total Group contributions in the year to GBP259,000 (2015: GBP297,000).
Our people
Our culture and values are key to Rotork's success. Rotork aims to be an employer of choice and our annual employee satisfaction survey is used to improve employee engagement and guide changes in how we work. Our annual survey for 2016 was completed by over 2,300 employees, with the response rate being slightly down (67% compared to 71% last year), and the overall satisfaction score remaining the same as last year at 3.6 out of 5.
The global results showed that on average people are most satisfied with Rotork's products and services, our approach to health and safety, and our values and ethics, and that Rotork is considered a great place to work by the majority of our employees. One clear message that came out of the survey related to employee involvement and understanding of the Group strategy. I am currently looking at the ways we share the Group strategy with all employees and how we might more fully engage employees in a dialogue on strategy in response to this.
We increased our training activities for employees during the year, including the introduction of new training materials for our sales engineers and the roll-out of new e-learning modules throughout the business.
Rotork's total employee numbers in 2016 were 3,754, broadly in line with the previous year. This included 55 employees who joined following the Mastergear acquisition. Excluding this, the total number of employees decreased by 59 as a result of the cost management initiatives that were implemented during the year.
Rotork's success is due to the dedication and hard work of our employees. I would like to personally thank them all for making Rotork the industry leading business that it is today.
Acquisitions
In June we completed the acquisition of Mastergear, a leading manufacturer of manual and motorised gearboxes focused on the oil and gas, water and distribution, chemical processing and wider industrial markets, for GBP16.3m. Along with the prior year acquisition of Roto Hammer, this makes our gears product range one of the most complete in the industry.
GBP6.8m of the consideration for Mastergear was attributed to intangible assets which will be amortised and GBP5.3m is goodwill which will be subject to an annual impairment review. The increased value of acquisitions over the last three years led to a rise in the amortisation charge related to acquired intangible assets to GBP26.8m (2015: GBP20.9m). In order to adjust the income statement to show a like-for-like period for each acquisition, 2016 revenue has to be reduced by GBP32.6m and adjusted(1) operating profit by GBP5.4m. The profit margins of the acquired businesses were slightly dilutive in aggregate, at 16.7%.
During 2015, we completed a total of six acquisitions, the most significant of which was Bifold. Each provided access to a new product range, end user market or new geographic market in line with our stated acquisition strategy. We are pleased to report that the integration of these businesses is progressing well and once fully assimilated into the Rotork global sales portfolio, we expect their overall adjusted operating margins to improve.
Accelerated cost management programme
In 2015 we announced an accelerated cost management programme as part of our response to the changing market environment which identified GBP8m of annualised savings, split equally between material costs and overheads. The 2016 benefit of these initiatives was GBP2.8m of material cost savings and a GBP2.1m saving in overheads in addition to the GBP5.4m benefit already delivered in 2015.
In 2016 new initiatives were identified targeting a further GBP7.0m of annualised savings. These have so far delivered material cost savings of GBP3.8m and GBP0.5m in relation to other costs, bringing the total benefit in 2016 to GBP9.2m.
The material cost savings resulted in a decrease in the material cost percentage of 180 basis points net of the impacts of pricing and mix. The initiatives to reduce overheads delivered greater savings than anticipated. The consolidation of our facilities along with our headcount reduction initiatives were the largest contributors to the annualised savings. Not replacing leavers and consolidating roles led to a net headcount reduction of 59 people, including some senior posts, before the 55 people added with acquisitions are reflected.
A further GBP4.2m of savings are anticipated from these actions in 2017. We are also targeting a further GBP4m of annualised savings from new initiatives to be identified.
Currency
The progressive strengthening of the US dollar and euro during the year gave the Group a foreign exchange translation tailwind. The US$/GBP average rate was $1.36 (2015: $1.53), a 17 cent tailwind. The EUR/GBP average rate was EUR1.22 (2015: EUR1.38), a 16 cent tailwind. This, along with movements amongst the other 16 currencies that are home to one or more of our subsidiaries, benefited reported revenue by GBP54.9m, or 10%.
The impact of currency on the Group is both translational and transactional. Given the locations in which we have operations and the international nature of our supply base and sales currencies, the impact of transaction differences can be very different from the translation impact. We are able to partially mitigate the transaction impact through matching supply currency with sales currency, but ultimately we are still net sellers of both US dollars and euros. It is the net sale of these currencies which we principally address through our hedging policy, covering up to 75% of trading transactions in the next 12 months and up to 50% between 12 and 24 months. Net of these mitigating actions adjusted(1) operating profit was GBP12.9m (10.3%) lower than it would have been at 2015 rates.
In order to estimate the impact of currency, at the current exchange rates we consider the effect of a 1 cent movement versus sterling. A 1 euro cent movement now results in approximately a GBP250,000 (2015: GBP235,000) adjustment to profit and for US dollar, and dollar related currencies, a 1 cent movement equates to approximately a GBP450,000 (2015: GBP400,000) adjustment.
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
Our asset-light business model and strong profit margins mean Rotork generates a high ROCE. Our definition of ROCE is based on adjusted(1) operating profit as a return on the average net assets excluding net debt and the pension scheme liability net of the related deferred tax. This means that as we make acquisitions our capital base grows when the associated intangible assets and goodwill are recognised. The average capital employed increased year-on-year by 17.8% to GBP516m as a result of the full year impact of the additional intangibles and goodwill acquired in the last two years. This, combined with the lower adjusted operating profit resulted in a reduction in ROCE to 23.4% (2015: 28.6%).
Taxation
The Group's effective tax rate reduced slightly from 26.5% to 26.2%. The Group continues to operate in many jurisdictions where local profits are taxed at their national statutory rates, ranging from nil to over 35%, compared to a UK statutory rate of 20.0% for the year. In the year, the reduction in the effective rate resulted from the 25 basis points decrease in the UK statutory tax rate and the change in profit mix across the Group. In addition, the Group continues to benefit from the UK patent box regime and R&D tax relief. The Group's approach to tax continues to be to operate on the basis of full disclosure and co-operation with all tax authorities and, where possible, to mitigate the burden of tax within the local legislation.
Cash generation
Our strong cash generation and disciplined working capital management resulted in a reduction in net debt of GBP16.2m to GBP55.0m at the end of the year. Our cash generation KPI shows a conversion of 130.1% of operating profit into operating cash. This allowed us to invest GBP17.6m in capital expenditure and GBP16.3m on the Mastergear acquisition, pay dividends of GBP43.9m and after currency movements and tax payments of GBP32.9m, we reduced net bank borrowings used to fund the prior year acquisitions.
Control of working capital as defined in the cashflow statement, using average exchange rates and excluding acquisitions, is key to achieving our cash generation KPI. Inventory reduced by GBP14.4m in the cashflow but currency and acquisitions reduced the impact to a GBP1.4m reduction between balance sheets. As a function of revenue, reported inventory reduced from 16.0% to 14.5%. Trade receivables increased by GBP13.1m as reported, with debtor days outstanding reducing by 1 to 61 days, however in the cashflow receivables generated a GBP2.5m inflow. In total, net working capital decreased to 30.2% of revenue compared with 31.0% in December 2015 and generated an GBP18.2m inflow in the cashflow statement.
Retirement benefits
The most recent triennial valuation for the UK scheme took place as at 31 March 2016 and showed a decrease in the actuarial deficit of GBP1.5m to GBP32.5m and an increase in the funding level from 78% to 82% as investment outperformance, favourable changes in assumptions and additional Company contributions offset the negative impact of the continued reduction in gilt yields, which is the key driver behind the value of the scheme's liabilities. A recovery plan has been agreed with the Trustees resulting in required annual contributions from the Company of GBP5.5m during 2016, 2017 and 2018, at which time the next valuation will take place.
On an accounting basis the deficit on the schemes increased from GBP23.3m to GBP58.5m during the year and the funding level decreased from 87% to 75%. The company paid total contributions of GBP8.5m in the year and the scheme assets increased slightly in value. This was offset, however, by the largest drivers of the increased deficit which were the lower discount rate due to the fall in AA corporate bond rates and increased inflation rates.
Dividends
The Board is proposing a 1.6% increase in the final dividend to 3.15p per share. When taken together with the 1.95p interim dividend paid in September, the 5.10p represents a 1.0% increase in dividends over the prior year. This gives dividend cover of 1.5 times (2015: 1.7 times). Our dividend policy is to grow core dividends in line with earnings and supplement core dividends with additional dividends when the Board considers it appropriate to do so having considered the near-term expected cash requirements of the Group.
Peter France
Chief Executive Officer
27 February 2017
Consolidated income statement
For the year ended 31 December 2016
2016 2015
Notes GBP000 GBP000
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Revenue 2 590,078 546,459
Cost of sales (328,410) (296,944)
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Gross profit 261,668 249,515
Other income 629 427
Distribution costs (5,138) (4,613)
Administrative expenses (163,165) (140,877)
Other expenses (217) (66)
----------------------------------------------------- ----- --------- ---------
Operating profit before the amortisation of acquired
intangible assets 120,588 125,272
Amortisation of acquired intangible assets (26,811) (20,886)
----------------------------------------------------- ----- --------- ---------
Operating profit 2 93,777 104,386
Finance income 3 1,744 1,740
Finance expense 3 (4,451) (4,257)
----------------------------------------------------- ----- --------- ---------
Profit before tax 91,070 101,869
Income tax expense 4 (23,897) (27,012)
----------------------------------------------------- ----- --------- ---------
Profit for the year 67,173 74,857
----------------------------------------------------- ----- --------- ---------
Basic earnings per share 9 7.7p 8.6p
Adjusted basic earnings per share 9 10.0p 10.4p
Diluted earnings per share 9 7.7p 8.6p
Adjusted diluted earnings per share 9 10.0p 10.4p
----------------------------------------------------- ----- --------- ---------
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 31 December 2016
2016 2015
GBP000 GBP000
----------------------------------------------------- -------- -------
Profit for the year 67,173 74,857
Other comprehensive income
Items that may be subsequently reclassified to the
income statement:
Foreign exchange translation differences 36,854 (6,511)
Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash
flow hedges net of tax (6,414) (1,448)
------------------------------------------------------ -------- -------
30,440 (7,959)
Items that are not subsequently reclassified to the
income statement:
Actuarial (loss) / gain in pension scheme net of tax (30,732) 8,049
------------------------------------------------------ -------- -------
Income and expenses recognised directly in equity (292) 90
Total comprehensive income for the year 66,881 74,947
------------------------------------------------------ -------- -------
Consolidated balance sheet
At 31 December 2016
2016 2015
Notes GBP000 GBP000
-------------------------------------- ----- ------- -------
Non-current assets
Goodwill 251,407 222,086
Intangible assets 109,019 118,555
Property, plant and equipment 83,766 72,008
Deferred tax assets 25,259 13,698
Other receivables 6 146 2,234
-------------------------------------- ----- ------- -------
Total non-current assets 469,597 428,581
Current assets
Inventories 5 85,772 87,210
Trade receivables 6 131,891 118,801
Current tax 6 4,349 4,458
Derivative financial instruments - 25
Other receivables 6 22,341 13,225
Cash and cash equivalents 7 61,423 48,968
-------------------------------------- ----- ------- -------
Total current assets 305,776 272,687
-------------------------------------- ----- ------- -------
Total assets 775,373 701,268
-------------------------------------- ----- ------- -------
Equity
Issued equity capital 8 4,350 4,349
Share premium 10,482 10,018
Reserves 26,451 (3,989)
Retained earnings 392,803 397,424
-------------------------------------- ----- ------- -------
Total equity 434,086 407,802
-------------------------------------- ----- ------- -------
Non-current liabilities
Interest bearing loans and borrowings 10 51,303 69,756
Employee benefits 11 62,593 26,320
Deferred tax liabilities 24,848 28,973
Derivative financial instruments 2,483 431
Provisions 12 11,947 11,990
Total non-current liabilities 153,174 137,470
Current liabilities
Interest bearing loans and borrowings 10 65,108 50,352
Trade payables 13 39,652 36,724
Employee benefits 11 14,256 11,118
Current tax 13 13,352 14,276
Derivative financial instruments 8,143 3,601
Other payables 13 41,999 34,612
Provisions 12 5,603 5,313
-------------------------------------- ----- ------- -------
Total current liabilities 188,113 155,996
-------------------------------------- ----- ------- -------
Total liabilities 341,287 293,466
-------------------------------------- ----- ------- -------
Total equity and liabilities 775,373 701,268
-------------------------------------- ----- ------- -------
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
Issued Capital
equity Share Translation redemption Hedging Retained
capital premium reserve reserve reserve earnings Total
------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Balance at 31 December 2014 4,346 9,422 1,799 1,644 527 359,057 376,795
Profit for the year - - - - - 74,857 74,857
Other comprehensive income
------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Foreign exchange translation
differences - - (6,511) - - - (6,511)
Effective portion of changes
in fair value of cash
flow hedges - - - - (1,790) - (1,790)
Actuarial gain on defined benefit
pension plans - - - - - 9,704 9,704
Tax on other comprehensive income - - - - 342 (1,655) (1,313)
Total other comprehensive income - - (6,511) - (1,448) 8,049 90
------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Total comprehensive income - - (6,511) - (1,448) 82,906 74,947
Transactions with owners, recorded
directly in equity
Equity settled share-based payments
transactions - - - - - (1,447) (1,447)
Tax on equity settled share-based
payment transactions - - - - - (799) (799)
Share options exercised by employees 3 596 - - - - 599
Own ordinary shares acquired - - - - - (2,785) (2,785)
Own ordinary shares awarded
under share schemes - - - - - 4,257 4,257
Dividends - - - - - (43,765) (43,765)
------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Balance at 31 December 2015 4,349 10,018 (4,712) 1,644 (921) 397,424 407,802
Profit for the year - - - - - 67,173 67,173
Other comprehensive income
------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Foreign exchange translation
differences - - 36,854 - - - 36,854
Effective portion of changes
in fair value of cash
flow hedges - - - - (7,822) - (7,822)
Actuarial loss on defined benefit
pension plans - - - - - (37,923) (37,923)
Tax on other comprehensive income - - - - 1,408 7,191 8,599
Total other comprehensive income - - 36,854 - (6,414) (30,732) (292)
------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Total comprehensive income - - 36,854 - (6,414) 36,441 66,881
Transactions with owners, recorded
directly in equity
Equity settled share-based payments
transactions - - - - - 1,557 1,557
Tax on equity settled share-based
payment transactions - - - - - 74 74
Share options exercised by employees 1 464 - - - - 465
Own ordinary shares acquired - - - - - (1,019) (1,019)
Own ordinary shares awarded
under share schemes - - - - - 2,202 2,202
Dividends - - - - - (43,876) (43,876)
------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Balance at 31 December 2016 4,350 10,482 32,142 1,644 (7,335) 392,803 434,086
------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Consolidated statement of cash flows
For the year ended 31 December 2016
2016 2016 2015 2015
Notes GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
------------------------------------------------ ----- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit for the year 67,173 74,857
Adjustments for:
Amortisation of intangibles 26,811 20,886
Amortisation of development costs 2,226 1,814
Depreciation 11,759 9,759
Equity settled share-based payment expense 3,759 2,810
Profit on sale of property, plant and equipment (254) (280)
Finance income (1,744) (1,740)
Finance expense 4,451 4,257
Income tax expense 23,897 27,012
------------------------------------------------ ----- -------- -------- --------- ---------
138,078 139,375
Decrease in inventories 14,416 731
Decrease in trade and other receivables 2,511 15,664
Increase / (decrease) in trade and other
payables 1,309 (6,931)
Difference between pension charge and cash
contribution (5,297) (5,051)
Decrease in provisions (496) (56)
Increase / (decrease) in employee benefits 1,047 (4,226)
------------------------------------------------ ----- -------- -------- --------- ---------
151,568 139,506
Income taxes paid (32,876) (35,716)
------------------------------------------------ ----- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Cash flows from operating activities 118,692 103,790
Investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (14,692) (11,762)
Development costs capitalised (2,957) (3,063)
Sale of property, plant and equipment 648 1,508
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash
acquired (16,109) (133,857)
Contingent consideration paid (257) (4,536)
Settlement of hedging derivatives (25,867) 1,949
Interest received 180 1,103
------------------------------------------------ ----- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Cash flows from investing activities (59,054) (148,658)
Financing activities
Issue of ordinary share capital 466 599
Own ordinary shares acquired (1,019) (2,785)
Interest paid (2,649) (1,759)
(Decrease) / increase in bank loans (3,619) 98,326
Repayment of finance lease liabilities (253) (100)
Dividends paid on ordinary shares (43,876) (43,765)
------------------------------------------------ ----- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Cash flows from financing activities (50,950) 50,516
------------------------------------------------ ----- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Increase in cash and cash equivalents 8,688 5,648
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 48,968 46,816
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on
cash held 3,767 (3,496)
------------------------------------------------ ----- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 7 61,423 48,968
------------------------------------------------ ----- -------- -------- --------- ---------
Notes to the Group Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016
Except where indicated, values in these notes are in GBP000.
Rotork plc is a company domiciled in England. The consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2016 comprise the Company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as the Group).
1. Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The consolidated financial statements of Rotork plc have been prepared and approved by the directors in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union (IFRSs as adopted by the EU), IFRIC Interpretations and the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies reporting under IFRS.
New accounting standards and interpretations
The following narrow scope amendments which were issued as part of the IFRS Annual improvement cycles have been applied from 1 January 2016:
-- Amendments to IAS 1, 'Disclosure Initiative' -- Amendments to IFRS 10, IFRS 12 and IAS 28, 'Applying the consolidation exemption' -- Amendments to IFRS 11, 'Accounting for Acquisition Interests in Joint Operations'
-- Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38, 'Clarification of Acceptable Methods of Depreciation and Amortisation'
-- Amendments to IAS 27, 'Equity Method in Separate Financial Statements' -- Amendments to IFRS 5, 'Changes in methods of disposal' -- Amendments to IFRS 7, 'Servicing contracts' -- Amendments to IAS19, 'Regional market issue'
Application of these standards and amendments has not had any material impact on the disclosures or on the amounts recognised in the Group's consolidated financial statements.
Recent accounting developments
IFRS 15, 'Revenue from contracts with customers' has been issued but is not yet effective and has not been adopted as application was not mandatory for the year. The new standard requires the separation of performance obligations within contracts with customers and the contractual value to be allocated to the performance obligations. Once a performance obligation is satisfied revenue should be recognised on that element of the contract. The introduction of the standard is likely to have some impact on Rotork but this is unlikely to be material due to the relatively straightforward contractual terms and conditions with customers. An exercise is in process to confirm the impact of this standard before it becomes effective in January 2018.
IFRS 9, 'Financial Instruments' has been issued but is not yet effective and has not been adopted as application was not mandatory for the year. The directors anticipate that the adoption of this standard will not have a material impact on the disclosures, net assets or results of the Group.
IFRS 16, 'Leases' has been issued but is not yet effective and has not been adopted as application was not mandatory for the year. The new standard will eliminate the classification of leases as either operating or finance leases and result in operating leases being treated as finance leases. This will result in previously recognised operating leases being treated as property, plant and equipment and a finance lease creditor. The introduction of the standard will increase the value of property, plant and equipment and the finance lease liability on the balance sheet but it is unlikely to have a material impact on profit in any year. An assessment will be carried out to understand the full impact of the standard before it becomes effective in January 2019.
Going concern
After carrying out a detailed review of the viability of the business, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. In forming this view, the directors have considered trading and cash flow forecasts, financial commitments, the significant order book with customers spread across different geographic areas and industries and the net debt position.
Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year to 31 December 2016. The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date that control commences until the date control ceases. Intra-group balances and any unrealised gains or losses or income and expenses arising from intra-group transactions are eliminated in preparing the consolidated financial statements.
Status of this preliminary announcement
The financial information contained in this preliminary announcement does not constitute the Company's statutory accounts for the years ended 31 December 2016 or 2015. Statutory accounts for 2015, which were prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU, have been delivered to the registrar of companies, and those for 2016 will be delivered in due course. The auditors have reported on those accounts; their reports were (i) unqualified, (ii) did not include a reference to any matters to which the auditors drew attention by way of emphasis without qualifying their report and (iii) did not contain a statement under section 498 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006. Full financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016, will shortly be posted to shareholders, and after adoption at the Annual General Meeting on 28 April 2017 will be delivered to the registrar.
2. Operating segments
The Group has chosen to organise the management and financial structure by the grouping of related products. The four identifiable operating segments where the financial and operating performance is reviewed monthly by the chief operating decision maker are as follows:
Controls - the design, manufacture and sale of electric actuators
Fluid Systems - the design, manufacture and sale of pneumatic and hydraulic actuators
Gears - the design, manufacture and sale of gearboxes, adaption and ancillaries for the valve industry
Instruments - the manufacture of high precision pneumatic controls and power transmission products for a wide range of industries
Unallocated expenses comprise corporate expenses. Transfer prices between business segments are set on an arm's length basis in a manner similar to transactions with third parties.
Geographic analysis
Rotork has a worldwide presence in all four operating segments through its subsidiary selling offices and through an agency network. A full list of locations can be found at www.rotork.com.
Analysis by operating segment:
Fluid
Controls Systems Gears Instruments Elimination Unallocated Group
2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Revenue from external customers 298,381 145,317 60,802 85,578 - - 590,078
Inter segment revenue - - 11,577 5,592 (17,169) - -
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Total revenue 298,381 145,317 72,379 91,170 (17,169) - 590,078
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Adjusted operating profit* 87,293 6,181 14,051 20,130 - (7,067) 120,588
Amortisation of acquired intangible
assets (3,860) (1,582) (1,698) (19,671) - - (26,811)
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Operating profit 83,433 4,599 12,353 459 - (7,067) 93,777
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Net finance expense (2,707)
Income tax expense (23,897)
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Profit for the year 67,173
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Fluid
Controls Systems Gears Instruments Elimination Unallocated Group
2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Revenue from external customers 286,708 149,228 46,072 64,451 - - 546,459
Inter segment revenue - - 12,562 2,875 (15,437) - -
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Total revenue 286,708 149,228 58,634 67,326 (15,437) - 546,459
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Adjusted operating profit* 85,479 15,215 11,991 18,306 - (5,719) 125,272
Amortisation of acquired intangible
assets (3,326) (2,300) (990) (14,270) - - (20,886)
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Operating profit 82,153 12,915 11,001 4,036 - (5,719) 104,386
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Net finance expense (2,517)
Income tax expense (27,012)
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
Profit for the year 74,857
------------------------------------ -------- -------- ------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------
*Adjusted operating profit is operating profit before the amortisation of acquired intangible assets
Fluid
Controls Systems Gears Instruments Unallocated Group
2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
------------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----- ----------- ----------- -------
Depreciation 5,429 2,571 1,546 2,170 43 11,759
Amortisation:
* Acquired intangible assets 3,860 1,582 1,698 19,671 - 26,811
* Development costs 1,628 211 281 106 - 2,226
Non-cash items: equity settled share-based
payments 1,709 680 480 473 417 3,759
Net financing expense - - - - (2,707) (2,707)
Acquired as part of business combinations:
* Goodwill - - 5,317 - - 5,317
* Intangible assets - - 6,816 - - 6,816
Capital expenditure 6,975 4,575 1,741 1,357 13 14,661
------------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----- ----------- ----------- -------
Fluid
Controls Systems Gears Instruments Unallocated Group
2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015
------------------------------------------- -------- -------- ----- ----------- ----------- -------
Depreciation 4,585 2,560 1,194 1,369 51 9,759
Amortisation:
* Acquired intangible assets 3,326 2,300 990 14,270 - 20,886
* Development costs 1,514 148 67 85 - 1,814
Non-cash items: equity settled share-based
payments 1,911 549 351 103 (104) 2,810
Net financing expense - - - - (2,517) (2,517)
Acquired as part of business combinations:
* Goodwill 1,321 - 3,933 69,206 - 74,460
* Intangible assets 3,048 - 4,951 58,685 - 66,684
Capital expenditure 5,093 4,970 811 818 46 11,738
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Balance sheets are reviewed by subsidiary and operating segment balance sheets are not prepared, as such no further analysis of operating segments assets and liabilities is presented.
Geographical analysis:
Revenue by location of subsidiary 2016 2015
---------------------------------- ------- -------
UK 74,144 64,415
Italy 63,040 57,254
Rest of Europe 112,759 92,908
USA 145,473 137,898
Other Americas 27,365 30,698
Rest of the World 167,297 163,286
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590,078 546,459
---------------------------------- ------- -------
Rest
Other of
UK Europe USA Americas World Group
2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
------------------------------------- ------ ------ ------ --------- ------ -------
Non-current assets:
* Goodwill 81,329 64,984 62,730 740 41,624 251,407
* Intangible assets 52,138 17,595 20,674 - 18,612 109,019
* Property, plant and equipment 26,099 29,812 10,348 527 16,980 83,766
------------------------------------- ------ ------ ------ --------- ------ -------
Rest
Other of
UK Europe USA Americas World Group
2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015
------------------------------------- ------ ------ ------ --------- ------ -------
Non-current assets:
* Goodwill 81,328 53,645 48,817 740 37,556 222,086
* Intangible assets 60,917 20,833 16,827 - 19,978 118,555
* Property, plant and equipment 25,675 22,362 7,834 618 15,519 72,008
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3. finance Income and EXPENSE
Recognised in the income statement
2016 2015
----------------------------------- ----- -----
Interest income 934 1,119
Foreign exchange gains 810 621
----------------------------------- ----- -----
Finance income 1,744 1,740
----------------------------------- ----- -----
2016 2015
---------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Interest expense (2,970) (1,811)
Interest charge on pension scheme liabilities (767) (1,181)
Foreign exchange losses (714) (1,265)
---------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Finance expense (4,451) (4,257)
---------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Recognised in equity
2016 2015
---------------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow
hedges (8,772) (1,123)
Fair value of cash flow hedges transferred to income statement 950 (667)
Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations 36,854 (6,511)
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29,032 (8,301)
---------------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Recognised in:
Hedging reserve (7,822) (1,790)
Translation reserve 36,854 (6,511)
---------------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
29,032 (8,301)
---------------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
4. Income tax expense
2016 2016 2015 2015
-------------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Current tax:
UK corporation tax on profits for the year 3,671 3,154
Adjustment in respect of prior years 4 (668)
-------------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- ------- -------
3,675 2,486
Overseas tax on profits for the year 28,487 28,995
Adjustment in respect of prior years (413) (232)
-------------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- ------- -------
28,074 28,763
-------------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Total current tax 31,749 31,249
-------------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Deferred tax:
Origination and reversal of other temporary differences (7,937) (3,540)
Impact of rate change (127) (732)
Adjustment in respect of prior years 212 35
-------------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Total deferred tax (7,852) (4,237)
-------------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Total tax charge for year 23,897 27,012
-------------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Effective tax rate (based on profit before tax) 26.2% 26.5%
Profit before tax 91,070 101,869
Profit before tax multiplied by the blended standard
rate of corporation tax in
the UK of 20.0% (2015: 20.25%) 18,214 20,629
Effects of:
Different tax rates on overseas earnings 6,381 7,910
Permanent differences 301 1,331
Losses not recognised 224 463
Research and development credits (899) (1,724)
Impact of rate change (127) (732)
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of prior
years (197) (865)
-------------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Total tax charge for year 23,897 27,012
-------------------------------------------------------- ------- ------- ------- -------
A tax credit of GBP74,000 (2015: GBP799,000 expense) in respect of share-based payments has been recognised directly in equity in the year.
The reduction in the effective tax rate from 26.5% to 26.2% is primarily due the mix of where profits are generated. The Group continues to expect its effective rate of corporation tax to be higher than the standard UK rate due to higher rates of tax in the USA, China, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and India.
There is an unrecognised deferred tax liability for temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries. Rotork plc controls the dividend policies of its subsidiaries and the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences. The value of temporary differences associated with unremitted earnings of subsidiaries for which deferred tax has not been recognised is GBP282,541,000 (2015: GBP307,714,000).
5. Inventories
2016 2015
------------------------------ ------ ------
Raw materials and consumables 59,398 60,604
Work in progress 10,211 8,890
Finished goods 16,163 17,716
------------------------------ ------ ------
85,772 87,210
------------------------------ ------ ------
Included in cost of sales was GBP204,729,000 (2015: GBP196,826,000) in respect of inventories consumed in the year.
6. Trade and other receivables
2016 2015
--------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Non-current assets:
Other non-trade receivables 146 2,234
--------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Other receivables 146 2,234
--------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Current assets:
Trade receivables 139,108 124,285
Less provision for impairment of receivables (7,217) (5,484)
--------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Trade receivables - net 131,891 118,801
--------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Corporation tax 4,349 4,458
--------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Current tax 4,349 4,458
--------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Other non-trade receivables 7,600 2,025 Other taxes and social security 7,333 6,002 Prepayments 7,408 5,198 --------------------------------------------- ------- ------- Other receivables 22,341 13,225 --------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Included with non-trade receivables is GBP2,334,000 (2015: GBPnil) which relate to collateral held by a third party in respect of the Group's outstanding forward exchange contracts.
7. Cash and cash equivalents
2016 2015
-------------------------------------------------------- ------ ------
Bank balances 50,110 35,013
Cash in hand 65 63
Short term deposits 11,248 13,892
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Cash and cash equivalents 61,423 48,968
Bank overdraft - -
-------------------------------------------------------- ------ ------
Cash and cash equivalents in the Consolidated Statement
of Cash Flows 61,423 48,968
-------------------------------------------------------- ------ ------
8. Capital and reserves
0.5p 0.5p
Ordinary Ordinary
shares GBP1 shares GBP1
Issued Non- Issued Non-
and fully redeemable and fully redeemable
paid preference paid preference
up shares up shares
2016 2016 2015 2015
------------------------------------ ---------- ----------- ---------- -----------
At 1 January 4,349 40 4,346 40
Issued under employee share schemes 1 - 3 -
------------------------------------ ---------- ----------- ---------- -----------
At 31 December 4,350 40 4,349 40
------------------------------------ ---------- ----------- ---------- -----------
Number of shares (000) 870,051 869,738
------------------------------------ ---------- ----------- ---------- -----------
The ordinary shareholders are entitled to receive dividends as declared and are entitled to vote at meetings of the Company.
The Group received proceeds of GBP465,000 (2015: GBP599,000) in respect of the 312,540 (2015: 458,990) ordinary shares issued during the year: GBP1,000 (2015: GBP3,000) was credited to share capital and GBP464,000 (2015: GBP596,000) to share premium.
The preference shareholders take priority over the ordinary shareholders when there is a distribution upon winding up the Company or on a reduction of equity involving a return of capital. The holders of preference shares are entitled to vote at a general meeting of the Company if a preference dividend is in arrears for six months or the business of the meeting includes the consideration of a resolution for winding up the Company or the alteration of the preference shareholders' rights.
Within the retained earnings reserve are own shares held. The investment in own shares held is GBP2,738,000 (2015: GBP3,920,000) and represents 963,000 (2015: 1,406,000) ordinary shares of the Company held in trust for the benefit of directors and employees for future payments under the Share Incentive Plan and Long Term Incentive Plan. The dividends on these shares have been waived.
Translation reserve
The translation reserve comprises all foreign exchange differences arising from the translation of the financial statements of foreign operations.
Capital redemption reserve
The capital redemption reserve arises when the Company redeems shares wholly out of distributable profits.
Hedging reserve
The hedging reserve comprises the effective portion of the cumulative net change in the fair value of cash flow hedging instruments that are determined to be an effective hedge.
Dividends
The following dividends were paid in the year per qualifying ordinary share:
2016
Payment date 2016 2015
------------------------------------- -------------- ------ ------
3.10p final dividend (2015: 3.09p) 16 May 26,933 26,835
1.95p interim dividend (2015: 1.95p) 23 September 16,943 16,930
43,876 43,765
---------------------------------------------------- ------ ------
After the balance sheet date the following dividends per qualifying ordinary share were proposed by the directors. The dividends have not been provided for and there are no corporation tax consequences.
2016 2015
----------------------------------------------------- ------ ------
Final proposed dividend per qualifying ordinary share
3.15p 27,407
----------------------------------------------------- ------ ------
3.10p 26,962
----------------------------------------------------- ------ ------
9. Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share
Earnings per share is calculated for both the current and previous years using the profit attributable to the ordinary shareholders for the year. The earnings per share calculation is based on 868.7m shares (2015: 867.8m shares) being the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (net of own ordinary shares held) for the year.
2016 2015
----------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders 67,173 74,857
----------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Weighted average number of ordinary shares
Issued ordinary shares at 1 January 868,332 867,258
Effect of own shares held 273 428
Effect of shares issued under Sharesave plans 61 131
----------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Weighted average number of ordinary shares during the year 868,666 867,817
----------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Basic earnings per share 7.7p 8.6p
----------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Adjusted basic earnings per share
Adjusted basic earnings per share is calculated for both the current and previous years using the profit attributable to the ordinary shareholders for the year after adding back the after tax amortisation charge.
2016 2015
----------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders 67,173 74,857
Amortisation 26,811 20,886
Tax effect on amortisation at effective rate (7,035) (5,538)
----------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Adjusted net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders 86,949 90,205
----------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Weighted average number of ordinary shares during the year 868,666 867,817
----------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Adjusted basic earnings per share 10.0p 10.4p
----------------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
Diluted earnings per share
Diluted earnings per share is based on the profit for the year attributable to the ordinary shareholders and 872.0m shares (2015: 869.3m shares). The number of shares is equal to the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (net of own ordinary shares held) adjusted to assume conversion of all potentially dilutive ordinary shares. The Company has two categories of potentially dilutive ordinary shares: those share options granted to employees under the Sharesave plan where the exercise price is less than the average market price of the Company's ordinary shares during the year and contingently issuable shares awarded under the Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP).
2016 2015
------------------------------------------------------------ ------- -------
Net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders 67,173 74,857
------------------------------------------------------------ ------- -------
Weighted average number of ordinary shares (diluted)
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the year 868,666 867,817
Effect of Sharesave options 870 1,214
Effect of LTIP share awards 2,498 300
------------------------------------------------------------ ------- -------
Weighted average number of ordinary shares (diluted) during
the year 872,034 869,331
------------------------------------------------------------ ------- -------
Diluted earnings per share 7.7p 8.6p ------------------------------------------------------------ ------- -------
Adjusted diluted earnings per share
2016 2015
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Net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders 67,173 74,857
Amortisation 26,811 20,886
Tax effect on amortisation at effective rate (7,035) (5,538)
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Adjusted net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders 86,949 90,205
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Weighted average number of ordinary shares (diluted) during
the year 872,034 869,331
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Adjusted diluted earnings per share 10.0p 10.4p
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10. Interest bearing loans and borrowings
This note provides information about the contractual terms of the Group's interest bearing loans and borrowings.
2016 2015
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Non-current liabilities
Preference shares classified as debt 40 40
Bank loans 51,260 69,645
Finance lease liabilities 3 71
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51,303 69,756
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Current liabilities
Bank loans 65,039 50,098
Finance lease liabilities 69 254
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65,108 50,352
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Terms and debt repayment schedule
The terms and conditions of outstanding loans were as follows:
Interest
Currency rates Year of maturity 2016 2015
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Non-redeemable preference
shares Sterling 9.5% - 40 40
Bank loans and overdrafts Sterling 0.6-1.1% 2018-20 115,180 118,560
Bank loans and overdrafts Euro 1.4% - 4.5% 2017-32 1,119 1,183
Finance lease liabilities Sterling 1.9% - 10.6% 2017-19 72 325
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116,411 120,108
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Repayment profile
Finance leases and bank loans are payable as follows:
Minimum Minimum
Principal Interest payments Principal Interest payments
2016 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015
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Bank loans less than one year 65,039 310 65,349 50,098 386 50,484
Bank loans more than one and less
than five years 50,565 81 50,646 68,987 73 69,060
Bank loans more than five years 695 101 796 658 99 757
Finance leases less than one year 69 2 71 254 7 261
Finance leases more than one and
less than five years 3 0 3 71 2 73
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116,371 494 116,865 120,068 567 120,635
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11. Employee benefits
2016 2015
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Recognised liability for defined benefit obligations:
* Present value of funded obligations 236,543 180,406
* Fair value of plan assets (178,045) (157,131)
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58,498 23,275
Other pension scheme liabilities 356 239
Employee bonuses 10,824 8,601
Long term incentive plan 216 80
Employee indemnity provision 3,359 2,495
Other employee benefits 3,596 2,748
76,849 37,438
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Non-current 62,593 26,320
Current 14,256 11,118
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76,849 37,438
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12. Provisions
Contingent Warranty
consideration provision Total
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Balance at 1 January 2016 11,775 5,528 17,303
Exchange differences 190 713 903
Increase as a result of business combinations - 96 96
Provisions utilised during the year (257) (1,707) (1,964)
Charged to the income statement - 1,212 1,212
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Balance at 31 December 2016 11,708 5,842 17,550
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Maturity at 31 December 2016
Non-current 10,000 1,947 11,947
Current 1,708 3,895 5,603
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11,708 5,842 17,550
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Maturity at 31 December 2015
Non-current 10,147 1,843 11,990
Current 1,628 3,685 5,313
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11,775 5,528 17,303
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The warranty provision is based on estimates made from historical warranty data associated with similar products and services. The provision relates mainly to products sold during the last 12 months and the typical warranty period is 18 months.
Contingent consideration relating to the Bifold acquisition is GBP10,500,000. GBP10,000,000 will become payable in 2018 if an EBITDA target is achieved in respect of the 2017 financial year. Other contingent consideration relates to amounts outstanding in respect of the GTA Group, Masso and SMS acquisitions.
13. Trade and other payables
2016 2015
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Trade payables 39,652 36,724
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Corporation tax 13,352 14,276
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Current tax 13,352 14,276
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Other taxes and social security 10,806 8,592
Payments on account 7,053 6,674
Other payables and accrued expenses 24,140 19,346
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Other payables 41,999 34,612
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14. Related parties
The Group has a related party relationship with its subsidiaries and with its directors and key management. Transactions between two subsidiaries for the sale and purchase of products or the subsidiary and parent Company for management charges are priced on an arm's length basis.
Severn Trent plc was a related party of Rotork plc by virtue of M Lamb's non-executive directorship which ended on 20 July 2016. Sales to subsidiaries and associates of Severn Trent plc totalled GBP504,000 during the period to 20 July 2016 (2015: GBP1,229,000 during the year).
Key management emoluments
The emoluments of those members of the management team, including directors, who are responsible for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Group were:
2016 2015
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Emoluments including social security costs 3,370 2,972
Post-employment benefits 229 269
Pension supplement 202 208
Share-based payments 848 (309)
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4,649 3,140
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15. Financial calendar
27 February Preliminary announcement of annual results for 2016 2017 6 April 2017 Ex-dividend date for final proposed 2016 dividend 7 April 2017 Record date for final proposed 2016 dividend 28 April Announcement of trading update 2017 28 April Annual General Meeting held at Rotork House, Brassmill Lane, 2017 Bath, BA1 3JQ 8 August Announcement of interim financial results for 2017 2017 23 November Announcement of trading update 2017
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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