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RE. R.e.a. Holdings Plc

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R.E.A. Holdings plc: Half yearly results (725841)

21/09/2018 7:03am

UK Regulatory


Dow Jones received a payment from EQS/DGAP to publish this press release.

 
 
 R.E.A. Holdings plc (RE.) 
R.E.A. Holdings plc: Half yearly results 
 
21-Sep-2018 / 07:00 GMT/BST 
Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement that contains inside information 
according to REGULATION (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR), transmitted by EQS Group. 
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 
 
R.E.A. HOLDINGS PLC (the "company") 
 
HALF YEARLY REPORT 2018 
 
The chairman, David Blackett, commented: 
 
?Production levels have materially increased. Operational initiatives 
successfully implemented across the business combined with currently more 
normal weather conditions give management confidence that FFB production for 
the full year will be at record levels. 
 
Although the benefits to the results from the strong operational performance 
were largely offset by weak CPO prices during the six months to 30 June 
2018, higher production will rapidly be reflected in financial performance 
once CPO prices improve. 
 
The sale of the group's interest in PBJ to the Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad 
("KLK") group, which completed on 31 August, has reduced the group's 
indebtedness and significantly improved the group's financial position. 
 
HIGHLIGHTS 
 
?Financial 
 
  · Revenue up 4 per cent to $48.2 million (2017: $46.3 million) following a 
  continuation of the recovery in cropping that started in 2017 
 
  · Gross profit up 30 per cent to $6.9 million (2017: $5.3 million); 
  production cost per tonne of palm oil reduced by 10 per cent 
 
  · Pre-tax profit of $1.3 million (2017: loss of $15.7 million), largely 
  due to exchange gains of $10.4 million (2017: loss of $4.2 million) 
  arising from the decline in value of the rupiah against the dollar 
 
  · Average selling prices (FOB Samarinda) for CPO of $549 (2017: $622) and 
  for CPKO of $977 (2017: $1,290) 
 
  · Two new medium term rupiah bank loans, totalling some $32.5 million, 
  drawn in August 2018 to replace the earlier repayment of a rupiah term 
  loan and revolving credit facility, together amounting to $10.2 million, 
  and to augment working capital 
 
Agricultural operations 
 
  · 35 per cent increase in FFB production to 324,955 tonnes in six months 
  to 30 June 2018 (2017: 241,235 tonnes) 
 
  · Record crops for the group in July and August of, respectively, 80,767 
  tonnes (July 2017: 43,596 tonnes) and 89,210 tonnes (August 2017: 51,279 
  tonnes) 
 
  · Extraction rates averaging 22.8 per cent (2017: 22.1 per cent) 
 
  · ? Improved harvester availability, expanded transport fleet and 
  infrastructure improvements should further improve crop collection and 
  extraction rates 
 
  · New planting until end August 2018 concentrated on PBJ so as to maximise 
  sale proceeds 
 
Sale of PBJ 
 
  · Sale of 95 per cent interest in PBJ to the KLK group completed on 31 
  August 2018 
 
  · Cash inflow to the group of some $56.4 million to be utilised to reduce 
  group indebtedness, further augment working capital and to provide funding 
  for planned extension planting 
 
  · Bank debt of some $24.1 million owed by PBJ repaid in full 
 
Coal operations 
 
* ?Mining operations resuming: the loading point on the Mahakam River now 
established; the conveyor that runs from the group's concession to the 
loading point under refurbishment; and dewatering of the existing pit now 
started 
 
* Disposal of the existing stockpile to be completed imminently 
 
Outlook 
 
  · Improved production seen in the first half of 2018 expected to continue 
  into the second half of the year and to be maintained going forward; full 
  year FFB crop expected to surpass previous highest level 
 
  · Indications that restocking in India and China may gradually lead to 
  some recovery in CPO prices through to the end of 2018, underpinned by 
  ?increased biodiesel mandates and a firmer petroleum oil price 
 
  · ?Subject to confirmation that PU will not be affected by a recently 
  announced Indonesian government moratorium on oil palm expansion, rapid 
  planting out of PU planned to start around year end as soon as necessary 
  compliance procedures completed; in the meanwhile, planting of up to 900 
  hectares on PBJ2 to be progressed 
 
  · Agricultural operations expected to generate increasing cash flows, 
  further augmented by positive cash from the main coal concession 
 
     SUMMARY OF RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 JUNE 2018 
 
                                         6 months to 6 months to 
                                             30 June     30 June 
                                                2018        2017 
                                               $'000       $'000 
Revenue                                       48,170      46,275 
Earnings before interest, tax,                10,947       8,348 
depreciation and amortisation 
Profit/(loss) before tax                       1,336    (15,708) 
Loss for the period                            (635)    (14,449) 
Loss attributable to ordinary                (4,514)    (14,144) 
shareholders 
Cash generated/(utilised) by operations        9,565       (799) 
 
Loss per share (US cents)                     (11.1)      (34.6) 
 
     INTERIM MANAGEMENT REPORT 
 
     Results 
 
?Key highlights of the income statement for the six months to 30 June 2018, 
with comparative figures for 2017, were as follows: 
 
                           6 months   6 months     Year to 
                         to 30 June to 30 June 31 December 
                               2018       2017        2017 
                                $'m        $'m         $'m 
Revenue                        48.2 46.3             100.2 
Gross profit                    6.9        5.3        12.9 
Profit/(loss) before tax        1.3     (15.7)      (21.9) 
 
?The year 2018 to date has seen a continuation of the marked recovery in 
crops that commenced in 2017 with crop collection for the first six months 
being well ahead of the same period last year. However, the benefits of the 
increased crop collection were largely offset by the steady decline in CPO 
pricing that was experienced in the six months to 30 June 2018. To place 
this in context, had the average price realised per tonne of CPO in that 
period been the same as that achieved in the six months to 30 June 2017, it 
is estimated that revenue and gross profit would both have been $5.4 million 
higher. 
 
Reported profit before tax benefited from mark to market exchange gains of 
$10.4 million (2017: loss of $4.2 million). These gains were primarily 
caused by a decline in the value of the rupiah against the dollar. 
 
Earnings before interest, depreciation, amortisation and tax amounted to 
$10.9 million for the six months to 30 June 2018 (2017: $8.3 million). 
 
Specific components of the results 
 
Cost of sales for the six months to 30 June 2018, with comparative figures 
for 2017, was made up as follows: 
 
                                6 months   6 months     Year to 
                              to 30 June to 30 June 31 December 
                                    2018       2017        2017 
                                     $'m        $'m         $'m 
Depreciation and amortisation       11.3       10.8        22.2 
Purchase of external FFB             8.9        7.1        14.4 
Estate operating costs              22.6       21.2        49.7 
                                    42.8       39.1        86.3 
 
?Whilst total cost of sales increased slightly to $42.8 million (2017: 39.1 
million) during the period, the marked increase in crop collection has 
resulted in a 10 per cent reduction in the cost per tonne of palm oil 
produced. 
 
As noted in previous reports, the amendment of IAS 41 Agriculture effective 
1 January 2016 has resulted in the discontinuation of the previous movement 
in the fair value of biological assets and its replacement by a depreciation 
charge. Whilst this change has no effect on the group's cash flows, it means 
that the group now reports a depreciation charge that is higher and profits 
that are lower than they would have been applying the previous accounting 
provisions of IAS 41. 
 
The increased cost of purchasing external FFB reflected a substantial 
increase in the volume purchased offset by a reduction in purchase price. 
 
Reported operating costs are similar to those of the same period of 2017 
reflecting the essentially fixed nature of these costs. Increased 
expenditure on harvesting, road upkeep and weeding as part of the work on 
the rehabilitation of the mature areas continues. 
 
Administrative expenses at $6.8 million were lower than the $7.3 million 
incurred in 2017. This was the result of savings from staff changes and the 
combination of the former Jakarta and Samarinda offices into the group's 
current head office in Balikpapan that took place in 2017. 
 
Investment revenues in 2017 benefited from interest in respect of a tax 
refund. This was a one-off item and, as a result, investment revenues for 
the six months to 30 June 2018 were substantially lower at $0.1 million. 
 
The $10.4 million of exchange gains referred to above has been set off for 
reporting purposes against interest and other finance costs amounting to 
$8.9 million resulting in a finance credit of $1.5 million (2017: charge of 
$13.5 million). Interest incurred of $11.1 million was lower than in 2017 
($12.2 million) reflecting an improvement in the group's net debt position. 
 
The tax charge for the six months to 30 June 2018 of $2.0 million (2017: 
credit of $1.3 million) has been stated after providing $0.9 million (2017: 
$0.9 million) against deferred tax credits previously recorded against 
losses which may not now be capable of use prior to time expiry. 
 
Dividends 
 
?The fixed semi-annual dividend on the company's preference shares that fell 
due on 30 June 2018 was duly paid. Although the operational performance and 
financial condition of the group is improving, the directors do not consider 
that the results reported for the six months to 30 June 2018 reflect a 
sufficient improvement to justify the declaration of an interim ordinary 
dividend in respect of 2018. 
 
Agricultural operations 
 
The key agricultural statistics were as follows: 
 
                              6 months to 6 months to 
                                  30 June     30 June 
                                     2018        2017 
FFB?crops (tonnes) 
Group harvested                   324,955     241,235 
Third party harvested              80,463      52,780 
Total                             405,418     294,015 
 
Production (tonnes) 
Total FFB processed               393,382     288,477 
CPO                                89,638      63,867 
Palm kernels                       18,649      12,776 
CPKO                                7,456       4,583 
 
Extraction rates (percentage) 
CPO                                  22.8        22.1 
Palm kernel                           4.7         4.4 
CPKO                                 40.3        37.2 
 
Rainfall (mm) 
Average across the estates          1,673       2,034 
 
?The recovery in operations that began in 2017 has continued into 2018 with 
the FFB crop for the first six months of the year reflecting a noticeable 
upturn in production from March onwards. The positive trend is continuing 
with record group crops in July and August of, respectively, 80,767 tonnes 
(July 2017: 43,596 tonnes) and 89,210 tonnes (August 2017: 51,279 tonnes). 
As a result, FFB harvested in the eight months to August 2018 amounted to 
494,932 tonnes (2017: 336,110 tonnes). Bunch counts indicate that crop 
availability through to the end of 2018 will remain at good levels. 
 
The significantly better crop yields being achieved must be attributed in 
part to weather factors with the negative impact of the 2015 and 2016 El 
Niño weather phenomenon now over. Weather, however, has not been the only 
factor involved; of equal, and probably greater, significance have been the 
enhanced fertiliser programmes introduced into the mature areas with effect 
from 2016 and programmes to improve upkeep and access. The group believes 
that completion of these latter programmes may result in some further 
enhancement of yields. 
 
The increase, by comparison with the preceding year, of slightly over 50 per 
cent in third party FFB purchases during the six months to 30 June 2018 has 
been maintained in July and August. Whilst, as with the group, weather 
factors have facilitated increased production by third party growers, third 
party purchases also reflect the increasing maturity and expanding area of 
smallholder plantings in the vicinity of the group's estates. 
 
?Harvester numbers have been increasing since the beginning of the year and 
incentive targets and work programmes have been adjusted in response to the 
cropping demands. The road improvement programme, instituted in 2017, is 
continuing and the truck fleet has been expanded by some 30 per cent. 
 
With the increasing crop levels the group is pushing ahead with the 
expansion of the group's newest mill to increase the capacity of that mill 
to 80 tonnes per hour. The expansion is scheduled to be completed during 
2019. 
 
Significantly higher CPO production in Indonesia and increasing stock levels 
at origins, exacerbated by changes in Indian tariffs on imported CPO, have 
led to a steady downward drift in the CPO price since the first quarter of 
2018. Opening the year at $677.5 per tonne, CIF Rotterdam, the price stood 
at $655 at the end of June 2018 and is currently close to the low for the 
year at $540. Indications are that prices are at or around their bottom and 
that restocking in India and China may lead gradually to some price recovery 
in the closing months of 2018 underpinned by a firmer petroleum oil price. 
Further ahead, consumption growth and limitations on oil palm expansion are 
expected to support prices positively. 
 
?CPKO prices have been similarly affected, whilst maintaining their premia 
over CPO, opening in 2018 at $1,260 per tonne, CIF Rotterdam, declining to 
$910 per tonne at the end of June 2018 and currently at $860 per tonne. 
 
?The average selling price for the group's CPO for the six months to the end 
of June 2018, on an FOB basis at the port of Samarinda, net of export levy 
and duty, was $549 per tonne (2017: $622 per tonne). The average selling 
price for the group's CPKO, on the same basis, was $977 per tonne (2017: 
$1,290 per tonne). 
 
?Pending closing of the sale of PBJ, as discussed below, the concentration 
of the group's planting programme to the end of August was on completing the 
520 hectares of 2018 planting that were required at PBJ to maximise the sale 
proceeds. After completion of necessary bunding and land compensation 
arrangements, the required additional area was duly planted. Concurrently, a 
further 220 hectares were planted at CDM to round off certain larger, near 
contiguous, blocks and thus optimise the efficiency of the CDM development. 
 
Going forward, the primary focus of the group's expansion programme will 
initially be PU. Plantings in this area can only start once the necessary 
environmental compliance procedures have been completed. Completion is 
expected towards the end of 2018, following which the group plans to proceed 
rapidly with the planting out of PU subject to confirmation that a just 
announced Indonesian government moratorium on oil palm expansion will not 
apply to PU. In preparation for this, the group is currently establishing 
nurseries sized to provide the volume of seedlings that the development of 
PU will require. Pending commencement of planting at PU, the group plans 
during the remaining months of 2018 to commence planting out an area of PBJ2 
adjacent to REAK of up to 900 hectares (of which part may be allocated to 
smallholder cooperatives). 
 
Sale of PBJ 
 
?As previously announced, on 25 April 2018, the group reached an agreement 
for the sale by its subsidiary, REAK of REAK's 95 per cent interest in PBJ 
to the KLK group, subject to certain conditions. Such conditions having been 
met, the sale was completed on 31 August 2018. 
 
The consideration for the sale of REAK's interest in PBJ was settled on 31 
August 2018 on an estimated basis but remains subject to adjustment 
following agreement or determination of certain figures as at the date of 
completion. The bank debt owed by PBJ and the net debt owed by PBJ to the 
group were refinanced by the KLK group at completion and have been repaid in 
full. 
 
?The planted area of PBJ at completion was just short of 7,500 hectares (of 
which slightly over 800 hectares were mature). 
 
Stone and coal operations 
 
?Following the previously reported purchase of loading facilities on a 
property adjacent to the group's coal concession at Kota Bangun, the group 
is pushing ahead with plans to resume mining operations. The loading point 
on the Mahakam River has been established in recent weeks and work to 
refurbish the coal conveyor that crosses the group's concession and runs to 
the loading point is now in hand. Dewatering to provide access to the mine's 
northern deposit has commenced and disposal of the coal stockpile is 
expected to be completed imminently. 
 
The limestone quarry adjacent to the group's PBJ property has continued to 
provide crushed stone for hardening roads on PBJ. Under the terms of the PBJ 
sale, arrangements are in place for a member of the group to retain use of 
the existing stone crushing site in PBJ and to supply stone to KLK as 
required. 
 
For the present, the group is continuing to prioritise the stone and coal 
operations that offer the greatest certainty of returns in the near term. 
Once the prioritised operations are generating cash flow, the group will 
reconsider the options for developing and operating the andesite stone 
concession. 
 
Sustainability 
 
?The RSPO annual surveillance audits for all of the group's certified 
estates, its two older mills and its bulking station downstream of Samarinda 
were successfully concluded in June and July 2018. Work to resolve the 
outstanding High Conservation Value ("HCV") compensation liability in 
respect of a small area of some 20 hectares in the SYB northern estate area 
is continuing. The group has instructed an independent third-party to obtain 
satellite imagery in accordance with RSPO criteria and guidelines so as to 
define the original land cover and coefficients before land clearing 
commenced. Thereafter, once the appropriate compensation liability has been 
determined and the settlement period agreed, the process for RSPO 
certification of the group's third and newest oil mill and its supply chain 
will commence. 
 
The HCV assessments for PU and certain SYB planned plasma areas are being 
reviewed and updated in preparation for new plantings in accordance with the 
RSPO New Plantings Procedures. The RSPO compensation panel has approved in 
principle an HCV compensation plan in respect of an area of CDM with 
payments to be settled over several years. 
 
ISPO certification of SYB, which was outstanding at the time of publication 
of the group's 2017 annual report, has now been obtained following issuance 
of an outstanding palm oil mill effluent permit in May 2018. 
 
Certifications of the estates, mills and bulking station under ISO 
14001:2004 Environment Management System continue to be renewed as they 
expire. 
 
As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting smallholder farmers in the 
vicinity of the group's estates, the group has been conducting surveys of 
smallholder FFB production to understand better the challenges faced by such 
farmers. The results of these surveys are now being analysed so that 
relevant further training and ongoing support can be offered to smallholders 
with a view to improving smallholder crop yields and fruit quality. 
 
Household take-up of renewable energy distributed to local villages via the 
Indonesian national electricity company, PLN, continues to grow each month. 
 
Following the installation of new camera traps in REAK and CDM in 2017, 
further surveys are being conducted in 2018 and continuing into 2019 to 
verify the current status of the orangutan population. 
 
The group is giving increasing attention to encroachment within the 
boundaries of its estates. Satellite imagery has been acquired from 
Satelligence, together with a land cover map for 2017, in order to define a 
baseline forest cover, degraded areas and planted oil palm areas within the 
estate areas and in close proximity to their boundaries. The map is being 
used for land cover planning and rehabilitation of previously encroached and 
degraded areas. Through Satelligence, the group has also implemented a 
forest cover monitoring system that generates bi-weekly updates on forest 
cover, land clearing and oil palm development within the group's estates and 
within a five kilometre buffer zone around the estate boundaries. This 
allows the group to monitor and investigate any illegal activity within the 
estates that may be damaging to the environment. 
 
Financing 
 
?At 30 June 2018, the group continued to be financed by a combination of 
debt and equity (comprising ordinary and preference share capital). There 
was a decrease in total equity including non-controlling interests to $269.3 
million from $276.7 million at 31 December 2017. 
 
Group indebtedness and related engagements at 30 June 2018 totalled $194.5 
million against $220.0 million at 31 December 2017. Against this 
indebtedness, the group held cash and cash equivalents of $2.3 million (31 
December 2017: $5.5 million). The composition of the resultant net 
indebtedness of $192.3 million was as follows: 
 
                                                           $'m 
7.5 per cent dollar notes 2022 ("2022 dollar notes") 
($24.0 million nominal) 
 
                                                          23.7 
8.75 per cent guaranteed sterling notes 2020 
 
("2020 sterling notes") (GBP31.9 million nominal)           40.8 
Loan from related party                                    8.2 
Loans from non-controlling shareholder                    29.7 
Indonesian term bank loans                                45.5 * 
Drawings under revolving credit facilities                46.7 
                                                         194.6 
Cash and cash equivalents                                (2.3) 
Net indebtedness                                         192.3 
 
* ??Excluding $25.1 million of Indonesian term bank loans that have been 
reflected within the net balance representing assets held for resale in the 
accompanying consolidated balance sheet at 30 June 2018. 
 
?As announced on 28 August 2018, the group has recently arranged and drawn 
down two new medium term rupiah loans equivalent in total to some $32.5 
million. In anticipation of this, on 8 August 2018 the group repaid rupiah 
term loan and revolving credit facilities amounting to $10.2 million. The 
proceeds of the new loans will be used to refinance the monies used for that 
repayment and, as to the balance, in augmenting the group's working capital. 
 
Subsequent completion of the sale of PBJ, as described above, resulted in 
the bank debt of PBJ, equivalent to some $24.1 million being repaid in full. 
The cash inflow to the group arising from the sale amounted to some $56.4 
million which will be used to reduce group indebtedness, further augment 
working capital and provide funding for the group's planned expansion 
programme. 
 
The group is continuing discussions with its Indonesian bankers with a view 
to reducing interest costs and to better aligning the repayment profile of 
its bank loans to its projected future cash availability. 
 
Outlook 
 
?The latest bunch census indicates that crop levels for the remaining months 
of the year will be maintained at close to recent levels. The directors 
therefore expect a record FFB crop for the year with every likelihood of 
still higher crops going forward. With improved harvester availability, an 
expanded transport fleet and more resilience in the group's infrastructure, 
crop collection should further improve. 
 
Whilst higher crops and better extraction rates should continue to enhance 
operational performance, the benefit to revenue and profits is currently 
being reduced by low CPO prices. The current CPO price weakness follows a 
significant increase in CPO production during 2018 to date but there are now 
indications that growth in palm oil consumption, supported by increases in 
mandated use of CPO in the manufacture of bio-fuels, should have a positive 
effect on prices in the coming months and 2019. Any increase in the price of 
CPO will directly flow through to group revenue, profits and cash flow. 
 
The resumption of mining operations at the group's main coal concession, 
following on from the imminent sale of the existing coal stockpile, will 
have a further positive impact on future results. 
 
Following completion of the PBJ sale and with new bank facilities of some 
$32.5 million in place, the group is now funded to press ahead rapidly with 
development of the new planting areas and necessary expansion of oil mills. 
 
With the significant improvement in the group's financial position and with 
recent successful operational initiatives helping to secure the recovery in 
the group's operations, the prospects for the group going forward are 
markedly better. 
 
     Approved by the board on 20 September 2018 and signed on its behalf by 
 
     DAVID J BLACKETT 
 
     Chairman 
 
     RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES 
 
     ?The principal risks and uncertainties, as well as mitigating and other 
  relevant considerations, affecting the business activities of the group as 
  at the date of publication of the 2017 annual report (the "annual report") 
 were set out on pages 36 to 41 of that report, under the heading "Risks and 
   uncertainties". A copy of the report may be downloaded from the company's 
 website at www.rea.co.uk. Such risks and uncertainties in summary comprise: 
 
Agricultural operations 
 
Climatic factors Material variations from the norm 
 
Cultivation risks Impact of pests and diseases 
 
Other operational factors Logistical disruptions to the production cycle, 
including transportation and input shortages or cost increases 
 
Produce prices Consequences of lower realisations from sales of CPO and CPKO 
 
Expansion Delays in securing land or funding for the extension planting 
programme 
 
Environmental, social and 
 
government practices Failure to meet expected standards 
 
Community relations Disruptions arising from issues with local stakeholders 
 
Stone and coal operations 
 
Operational factors Failure by external contractors to achieve agreed 
targets 
 
Prices Consequences of stone or coal price weakness 
 
Environmental, social and 
 
government practices Failure to meet expected standards 
 
General 
 
Currency risk Adverse exchange movements between sterling or the rupiah and 
the dollar 
 
Funding Meeting liabilities as they fall due in periods of weaker produce 
prices 
 
Counterparty risk Default by suppliers, customers or financial institutions 
 
Regulatory and country exposure Failure to meet or comply with expected 
standards or applicable regulations; adverse political or legislative 
changes in Indonesia 
 
Systems access and controls Weakness in IT controls and financial reporting 
system 
 
?An independent review of the group's IT access and control systems and 
procedures was completed in July 2018. The review made certain 
recommendations that are currently being implemented to ensure compliance 
with best practice and with the group's policies on internal control. 
 
The directors continue to monitor and assess the impact of the UK's 
prospective termination of membership of the European Union on the group's 
operations. So far, the effect has been limited to a positive impact from a 
decline in sterling against the dollar. The directors do not at present 
foresee that the prospective termination poses any significant risk to the 
group's operations. 
 
At the date of the annual report, the directors considered the risks in 
relation to climatic and other operational factors, produce prices and 
funding to be of particular significance. In the case of climatic and other 
operational factors and produce prices, the directors' assessment reflected 
the negative impact on revenues that could be caused by adverse climatic 
conditions or operational circumstances and, in the case of funding, the 
considerations referred to in the "Viability statement" in the "Directors 
report" on page 43 of the annual report. 
 
Improving operational performance, recent initiatives to improve the group's 
funding position and the sale of PBJ, all as described in the Interim 
management report above, have reduced the significance of funding risk. 
Subject to that, the directors consider that the principal risks and 
uncertainties for the second six months of 2018 continue to be those set out 
in the annual report as summarised above. 
 
GOING CONCERN 
 
?In the statements regarding viability and going concern on pages 43 and 44 
of the 2017 annual report published in April 2018, the directors set out 
consideration with respect to the group's capital structure and their 
assessment of liquidity and financing adequacy. 
 
Since that time, and as noted under "Financing" in the Interim management 
report above, the group's financial position has been materially 
strengthened by completion of the sale of its 95 per cent subsidiary PT 
Putra Bongan Jaya ("PBJ") to the Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad group. The sale 
resulted in a cash inflow to the group of $56.4 million and the repayment of 
PBJ's external borrowings equivalent to some $24.1 million. 
 
Revolving credit facilities that fell due for renewal in July 2018 were duly 
renewed and, on 28 August 2018, the group drew down a new rupiah term bank 
loan equivalent to $32.5 million. This effectively replaced previous term 
loan and revolving credit facilities equivalent to $10.2 million. The group 
is continuing discussions with its bankers on replacing the remaining 
revolving credit facilities (which are equivalent to $14.9 million and fall 
due for renewal in July 2019) and other shorter term bank debt with new bank 
facilities better aligned to the projected profile of the group's future 
cash flows. 
 
With the continuing improvement in production, the group's plantation 
operations can be expected to generate increasing cash flows going forward. 
These should be augmented by positive cash from the group's main coal 
concession which is expected to recommence production shortly. The group is 
confident that this improving operational outlook and the cash resources now 
available to the group will permit the bank discussion to be successfully 
concluded and will ensure that the group is able to repay or refinance 
impending debt repayments of which the most material are represented by the 
remaining revolving credit facilities (which are equivalent to some $14.9 
million and fall due for renewal in July 2019) and the GBP31.9 million nominal 
(equivalent to some $42.0 million) of 8.75 per cent sterling notes that fall 
due for repayment on 31 August 2020. 
 
Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company 
and the group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence 
for the foreseeable future and they continue to adopt the going concern 
basis of accounting in preparing the accompanying financial statements. 
 
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES 
 
The directors are responsible for the preparation of this half yearly 
financial report. 
 
The directors confirm that: 
 
* the accompanying condensed set of financial statements has been prepared 
in accordance with IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting" 
 
* ?the "Interim management report" and "Risks and uncertainties" sections of 
this half yearly report include a fair review of the information required by 
rule 4.2.7R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial 
Conduct Authority, being an indication of important events that have 
occurred during the first six months of the financial year and their impact 
on the condensed set of financial statements, and a description of the 
principal risks and uncertainties for the remaining six months of the year; 
and 
 
* ?note 15 in the notes to the consolidated financial statements includes a 
fair review of the information required by rule 4.2.8R of the Disclosure and 
Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority, being related party 
transactions that have taken place in the first six months of the current 
financial year and that have materially affected the financial position or 
performance of the group during that period, and any changes in the related 
party transactions described in the 2017 annual report that could do so. 
 
The current directors of the company are as listed on page 42 of the 
company's 2017 annual report. 
 
Approved by the board on 20 September 2018 
 
     DAVID J BLACKETT 
     Chairman 
 
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 JUNE 2018 
 
                                               6       6 Year to 
                                          months  months 
                                              to      to 
                                         30 June 30 June 31 
                                                         Decembe 
                                                         r 
                                            2018    2017    2017 
                                    Note   $'000   $'000   $'000 
Revenue                                2  48,170  46,275 100,241 
Net gain/(loss) arising from 
changes in fair value of 
agricultural produce 
 
                                       4   1,557 (1,830) (1,069) 
Cost of sales: 
Depreciation and amortisation            (11,281 (10,837 (22,215 
                                               )       )       ) 
Other costs                              (31,522 (28,280 (64,062 
                                               )       )       ) 
                                         _______ _______ _______ 
Gross profit                               6,924   5,328  12,895 
Distribution costs                         (502)   (563) (1,378) 
Administrative expenses                5 (6,756) (7,254) (13,681 
                                                               ) 
                                         _______ _______ _______ 
Operating loss                             (334) (2,489) (2,164) 
Investment revenues                          135     263   1,072 
Finance costs                          6   1,535 (13,482 (20,770 
                                                       )       ) 
                                         _______ _______ _______ 
Profit/(loss) before tax                   1,336 (15,708 (21,862 
                                                       )       ) 
Tax                                    7 (1,971)   1,259 (3,039) 
                                         _______ _______ _______ 
Loss for the period                        (635) (14,449 (24,901 
                                                       )       ) 
                                         _______ _______ _______ 
 
Attributable to: 
Ordinary shareholders                    (4,514) (14,144 (27,408 
                                                       )       ) 
Preference shareholders                    4,260   3,720   7,777 
Non-controlling interests                  (381) (4,025) (5,270) 
                                         _______ _______ _______ 
                                           (635) (14,449 (24,901 
                                                       )       ) 
                                         _______ _______ _______ 
 
Loss per 25p ordinary share (US        8  (11.1)  (34.6)  (67.0) 
cents) 
 
All operations in all periods 
are continuing 
 
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 JUNE 2018 
 
                                   30 June   30 June 31 December 
                                      2018      2017        2017 
                             Note    $'000     $'000       $'000 
Non-current assets 
Goodwill                            12,578    12,578      12,578 
Intangible assets                    3,063     3,956       3,477 
Property, plant and                414,017   472,469     482,341 
equipment 
Land titles                         32,848    34,761      35,178 
Stone and coal interests            41,342    38,232      37,877 
Deferred tax assets                 11,116    12,702       9,867 
Non-current receivables              4,354     2,142       4,996 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
Total non-current assets           519,318   576,840     586,314 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
 
Current assets 
Inventories                         19,421    10,379      11,497 
Biological assets                    3,226     1,832       1,927 
Investments                              -     4,930       2,730 
Trade and other receivables         36,000    43,611      39,280 
Assets available for sale      11   56,423         -           - 
Cash and cash equivalents            2,269     2,974       5,543 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
Total current assets               117,339    63,726      60,977 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
Total assets                       636,657   640,566     647,291 
                                   _______   _______       __ __ 
Current liabilities 
Trade and other payables          (89,769)  (19,267)    (62,212) 
Current tax liabilities               (13)       (8)        (11) 
Bank loans                        (27,996)  (29,398)    (28,140) 
Sterling notes                           -  (10,803)           - 
Other loans and payables          (10,239)   (5,400)    (10,469) 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
Total current liabilities         (128,017  (64,876)   (100,832) 
                                         ) 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
Non-current liabilities 
Bank loans                        (64,145)  (99,844)    (96,991) 
Sterling notes                    (40,823)  (39,877)    (41,364) 
US dollar notes                   (23,686)  (23,614)    (23,649) 
Deferred tax liabilities          (81,017)  (79,124)    (79,600) 
Other loans and payables          (29,681)  (36,553)    (28,120) 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
Total non-current                 (239,352 (279,012)   (269,724) 
liabilities                              ) 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
Total liabilities                 (367,369 (343,888)   (370,556) 
                                         ) 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
Net assets                         269,288   296,678     276,735 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
 
Equity 
Share capital                      132,528   121,426     132,528 
Share premium account               42,401    42,585      42,401 
Translation reserve               (56,003)  (33,473)    (50,897) 
Retained earnings                  133,717   147,338     135,074 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
                                   252,643   277,876     259,106 
Non-controlling interests           16,645    18,802      17,629 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
Total equity                       269,288   296,678     276,735 
                                   _______   _______     _______ 
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 
 
FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 JUNE 2018 
 
                             6 months to 6 months to     Year to 
                                 30 June     30 June 31 December 
                                    2018        2017        2017 
                                   $'000       $'000       $'000 
Loss for the period                (635)    (14,449)    (24,901) 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
Other comprehensive income 
Items that may be 
reclassified to profit or 
loss: 
Actuarial losses                   (219)           -       (205) 
Deferred tax on actuarial             55           -          41 
losses 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
                                   (164)           -       (164) 
Items that will not be 
reclassified to profit or 
loss: 
Exchange differences on 
translation of foreign 
operations 
 
                                   1,933       5,575    (11,419) 
Exchange differences on          (4,321)       (278)       (279) 
deferred tax 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
                                 (2,388)       5,297    (11,862) 
 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
Total comprehensive income       (3,187)     (9,152)    (36,763) 
for the period 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
Attributable to: 
Ordinary shareholders            (7,066)     (8,847)    (39,270) 
Preference shareholders            4,260       3,720       7,777 
Non-controlling interests          (381)     (4,025)     (5,270) 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
                                 (3,187)     (9,152)    (36,763) 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY 
 
FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 JUNE 2018 
 
                                                            Non- 
            Share   Share Translation Retained   Sub controlling  Total 
          capital premium     reserve earnings total   interests Equity 
            $'000   $'000       $'000    $'000 $'000       $'000  $'000 
At 1      121,426  42,585    (39,127)  161,839 286,7      22,827 309,55 
January                                           23                  0 
2017 
Total           -       -       5,654 (10,781) (5,12     (4,025) (9,152 
comprehen                                         7)                  ) 
sive 
income 
Dividends 
to 
preferenc 
e 
sharehold       -       -           -  (3,720) (3,72           - (3,720 
ers                                               0)                  ) 
            _____   _____       _____    _____ _____       _____  _____ 
At 30     121,426  42,585    (33,473)  147,338 277,8      18,802 296,67 
June 2017                                         76                  8 
Total           -       -    (17,424)  (9,014) (26,4     (1,173) (27,61 
comprehen                                        38)                 1) 
sive 
income 
Sale of 
sharehold 
ing in 
sub-group 
                -       -           -      807   807           -    807 
Issue of 
new 
preferenc 
e shares 
(cash)     11,102   (184)           -        - 10,91           - 10,918 
                                                   8 
Dividends 
to 
preferenc 
e 
sharehold       -       -           -  (4,057) (4,05           - (4,057 
ers                                               7)                  ) 
            _____   _____       _____    _____ _____       _____  _____ 
At 31     132,528  42,401    (50,897)  135,074 259,1      17,629 276,73 
December                                          06                  5 
2017 
Total           -       -     (5,106)    2,903 (2,20       (984) (3,187 
comprehen                                         3)                  ) 
sive 
income 
Dividends 
to 
preferenc 
e 
sharehold       -       -           -  (4,260) (4,26           - (4,260 
ers                                               0)                  ) 
            _____   _____       _____    _____ _____       _____  _____ 
At 30     132,548  42,401    (56,003)  133,717 252,6      16,645 269,28 
June 2018                                         43                  8 
            _____   _____       _____    _____ _____       _____  _____ 
 
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 JUNE 2018 
 
                             6 months to 6 months to     Year to 
                                 30 June     30 June 31 December 
                                    2018        2017        2017 
                        Note       $'000       $'000       $'000 
Net cash from/(used in) 
operating activities 
 
                          13       2,381    (13,253)      19,670 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
Investing activities 
Interest received                    135         263          29 
Purchases of property,          (13,959)    (11,871)    (31,960) 
plant and equipment 
Purchases of intangible                -           -       (112) 
assets 
Expenditure on land                    -       (701)       (949) 
titles 
Investment in stone and          (3,595)     (1,024)       (669) 
coal interests 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
Net cash used in                (17,419)    (13,333)    (33,661) 
investing activities 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
Financing activities 
Preference dividends             (4,260)     (3,720)     (7,777) 
paid 
Repayment of bank                (7,933)     (1,544)     (6,754) 
borrowings 
Repayment of borrowings                -           -     (7,400) 
from related party 
Proceeds of issue of 
preference shares, less 
costs of issue 
 
                                       -           -      10,918 
Redemption of 2017                     -    (20,048)    (20,156) 
dollar notes 
Redemption of 2015/2017                -           -    (11,154) 
sterling notes 
Proceeds of sale of                2,730       4,925       7,078 
investments 
New borrowings from 
non-controlling 
shareholder and related 
party 
                                   8,227      22,000      23,986 
Deposit received 
relating to sale of 
subsidiary 
 
                                   8,000           -           - 
New bank borrowings                4,973       3,222       6,356 
drawn 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
Net cash from financing           11,737       4,835     (4,903) 
activities 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
Cash and cash 
equivalents 
Net decrease in cash             (3,301)    (21,751)    (18,894) 
and cash equivalents 
Cash and cash 
equivalents at 
beginning of period 
 
                                   5,543      24,593      24,593 
Effect of exchange rate               27         132       (156) 
changes 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
Cash and cash                      2,269       2,974       5,543 
equivalents at end of 
period 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 
1. Basis of accounting 
 
?The condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ended 30 
June 2018 comprise the unaudited financial statements for the six months 
ended 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2017, neither of which has been reviewed by 
the company's auditor, together with audited financial statements for the 
year ended 31 December 2017. 
 
The information shown for the year ended 31 December 2017 does not 
constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of section 435 of the 
Companies Act 2006, and is an abridged version of the group's published 
financial statements for that year which have been filed with the Registrar 
of Companies. The auditor's report on those statements was unqualified and 
did not contain any statements under section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies 
Act 2006. 
 
The condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ended 30 
June 2018 have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, "Interim Financial 
Reporting" as adopted by the European Union, and should be read in 
conjunction with the annual financial statements for the year ended 31 
December 2017 which were prepared in accordance with International Financial 
Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as adopted by the European Union. 
 
The accounting policies and methods of computation adopted in the 
preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements for the six 
months ended 30 June 2018 are the same as those set out in the group's 
annual report for 2017. 
 
For the reasons given under "Going concern" above, the financial statements 
have been prepared on the going concern basis. 
 
The condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ended 30 
June 2018 were approved by the board of directors on 20 September 2018. 
 
     2. Revenue 
 
                      6 months to 6 months to     Year to 
                          30 June     30 June 31 December 
                             2018        2017        2017 
                            $'000       $'000       $'000 
Sales of goods             47,516      45,708      99,956 
Revenue from services         654         567         285 
                          _______     _______     _______ 
                           48,170      46,275     100,241 
Investment revenue            135         263       1,072 
                          _______     _______     _______ 
Total revenue              48,305      46,538     101,313 
                          _______     _______     _______ 
 
     3. Segment information 
 
   ?The group continues to operate in two segments, being the cultivation of 
    oil palms and the stone and coal operations. In the period ended 30 June 
  2018, the relevant measures for the stone and coal operations continued to 
   fall below the quantitative thresholds set out in IFRS 8. Accordingly, no 
     segment information is included in these financial statements. 
 
     4. Agricultural produce movement 
 
     ?The net gain/(loss) arising from changes in fair value of agricultural 
produce represents the movement in the fair value of that inventory less the 
amount of the movement in such inventory at historic cost (which is included 
     in cost of sales), together with movements in the value of current 
     biological assets, which represents growing produce on oil palm trees. 
 
     5. Administrative expenses 
 
                             6 months to 6 months to     Year to 
                                 30 June     30 June 31 December 
                                    2018        2017        2017 
                                   $'000       $'000       $'000 
         Loss on disposal of         207           -           - 
         property, plant and 
                   equipment 
       Indonesian operations       5,923       6,184      14,685 
                 Head office       3,326       3,520       5,665 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
                                   9,456       9,704      20,350 
         Amounts included as     (2,700)     (2,450)     (6,669) 
   additions to fixed assets 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
                                   6,756       7,254      13,681 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
     6. Finance costs 
 
                             6 months to 6 months to     Year to 
                                 30 June     30 June 31 December 
                                    2018        2017        2017 
                                   $'000       $'000       $'000 
Interest on bank loans and         7,107       7,505      15,665 
overdrafts 
Interest on US dollar notes          901       1,639       2,669 
Interest on sterling notes         1,832       2,324       5,184 
Interest on other loans            1,317         760       1,896 
Change in value of sterling 
notes arising from exchange 
fluctuations 
 
                                     740       3,069       4,800 
Change in value of bank 
loans and overdrafts arising 
from exchange fluctuations 
 
                                (11,142)       1,110     (1,190) 
Other finance charges                694         468         817 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
                                   1,449      16,875      29,841 
Amount included as additions 
to property, plant and 
equipment 
 
                                 (2,984)     (3,393)     (9,071) 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
                                 (1,535)      13,482      20,770 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
     7. Tax 
 
                         6 months to 6 months to     Year to 
                             30 June     30 June 31 December 
                                2018        2017        2017 
                               $'000       $'000       $'000 
Current tax: 
UK corporation tax                 -         136          28 
Overseas withholding tax         638         494       1,538 
Foreign tax                        7          16          27 
                             _______     _______     _______ 
Total current tax                645         646       1,593 
                             _______     _______     _______ 
 
Deferred tax: 
Current year                     449     (2,830)       (794) 
Prior year                       877         925       2,240 
                             _______     _______     _______ 
Total deferred tax             1,326     (1,905)       1,446 
                             _______     _______     _______ 
 
Total tax                      1,971     (1,259)       3,039 
                             _______     _______     _______ 
 
?The tax charge for the period of $2.0 million (30 June 2017: credit of $1.3 
million) is based on the reported results of the operations in each 
jurisdiction, using relevant rates of tax, adjusted for items which include 
non-taxable income/expense, prior year reduction in the carrying value of 
Indonesian tax losses and Indonesian withholding taxes not utilisable in the 
UK. If the income mix in the second half of 2018 differs materially from 
that of the first half, it may result in a disproportionate movement in the 
effective rate of taxation for the full year. 
 
     8. Loss per share 
 
                             6 months to 6 months to     Year to 
                                 30 June     30 June 31 December 
                                    2018        2017        2017 
                                   $'000       $'000       $'000 
Loss for the purpose of          (4,514)    (14,144)    (27,408) 
calculating loss per share* 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
* being net loss 
attributable to ordinary 
shareholders 
 
                                    '000        '000        '000 
Weighted average number of 
ordinary shares for the 
purpose of loss per share 
 
                                  40,510      40,510      40,510 
 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
     9. Dividends 
 
                             6 months to 6 months to     Year to 
                                 30 June     30 June 31 December 
                                    2018        2017        2017 
                                   $'000       $'000       $'000 
Amounts recognised as 
distributions to equity 
holders: 
Preference dividends of 9p 
per share per annum (2017: 
9p per share) 
 
                                   4,260       3,720       7,777 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
                                   4,260       3,720       7,777 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
     10. Capital commitments 
 
??Capital commitments contracted, but not provided for by the group as at 30 
June 2018, amounted to $4.5 million (31 December 2017: $8.2 million, 30 June 
2017: $2.4 million). 
 
11. Assets available for sale 
 
                                    30 June 
                                       2018 
                                      $'000 
Non-current assets 
Property, plant and equipment        71,097 
Land titles                           2,441 
Deferred tax assets                     532 
Non-current receivables               1,254 
Current assets 
Inventories                             691 
Trade and other receivables           6,540 
Cash and cash equivalents             2,753 
Current liabilities 
Trade and other payables            (3,788) 
Bank loans                         (25,097) 
                                    _______ 
Reclassified as available for sale   56,423 
                                    _______ 
 
12. Fair values of financial instruments 
 
?The table below provides an analysis of the book values and fair values of 
financial instruments, excluding receivables and trade payables and 
Indonesian stone and coal interests, as at the balance sheet date. 
Investments, cash and deposits, dollar notes and sterling notes are 
classified as level 1 in the fair value hierarchy prescribed by IFRS 7 
"Financial instruments: disclosures". (Level 1 includes instruments where 
inputs to the fair value measurements are quoted prices in active markets). 
All other financial instruments are classified as level 3 in the fair value 
hierarchy. (Level 3 includes instruments which have no observable market 
data to provide inputs to the fair value measurements.) No reclassifications 
between levels in the fair value hierarchy were made during 2018 (2017: 
none). 
 
                30 June 2018     30 June 2017     31 December 
                                                      2017 
                 Book     Fair    Book     Fair    Book     Fair 
                value    value   value    value   value    value 
                $'000    $'000   $'000    $'000   $'000    $'000 
     Cash and   2,269    2,269   2,974    2,974   5,545    5,545 
    deposits* 
Investments**       -        -       -        -   2,730    2,730 
         Bank   (833)    (833)   (150)    (150)   (295)    (295) 
  debt-within 
   one year** 
         Bank (27,163 (27,163) (29,248 (29,248) (27,845 (27,845) 
  debt-within       )                )                ) 
    one year* 
         Bank (16,176 (16,176) (18,395 (18,395) (17,936 (17,936) 
   debt-after       )                )                ) 
more than one 
       year** 
         Bank (47,969 (47,969) (81,449 (81,449) (79,055 (79,055) 
   debt-after       )                )                ) 
more than one 
        year* 
 
    Loan from (8,227)  (8,227) (5,400)  (5,400)       -        - 
      related 
 party-within 
    one year* 
   Loans from 
non-controlli 
           ng 
shareholder-a 
    fter more (29,681 (29,681) (29,516 (29,516) (29,864 (29,864) 
     than one       )                )                ) 
        year* 
    US dollar (23,686 (23,254) (23,614 (23,915) (23,649 (23,074) 
notes-repayab       )                )                ) 
    le 2022** 
     Sterling       -        - (10,803 (10,651)       -        - 
notes-repayab                        ) 
           le 
  2015/2017** 
     Sterling (40,823 (42,948) (39,877 (41,479) (41,364 (42,857) 
notes-repayab       )                )                ) 
    le 2020** 
               ______   ______  ______   ______  ______   ______ 
 Net debt and (192,28 (193,982 (235,47 (237,229 (211,73 (212,651 
      related      9)        )      8)        )      3)        ) 
  engagements 
               ______   ______  ______   ______  ______   ______ 
 
* bearing interest at floating rates 
 
** bearing interest at fixed rates 
 
?The fair values of cash and deposits and bank debt approximate their 
carrying values since these carry interest at current market rates. The fair 
value of investments approximates their carrying value. The fair values of 
the dollar notes and sterling notes are based on the latest prices at which 
those notes were traded prior to the balance sheet dates. 
 
A one per cent increase in interest applied to those financial instruments 
shown in the table above which carry interest at floating rates would have 
resulted over a period of six months in a pre-tax profit (and equity) 
decrease of approximately $0.6 million (year to 31 December 2017: pre-tax 
profit (and equity) decrease of $1.3 million; six months to 30 June 2017: 
$0.7 million). 
 
     13. Reconciliation of operating profit to operating cash flows 
 
                             6 months to 6 months to     Year to 
                                 30 June     30 June 31 December 
                                    2018        2017        2017 
                                   $'000       $'000       $'000 
Operating loss                     (334)     (2,489)     (2,164) 
Amortisation of intangible             -         201         811 
assets 
Depreciation of property,         11,281      10,467      21,419 
plant and equipment 
(Increase)/decrease in fair 
value of agricultural 
produce 
 
                                   (258)       1,830       1,137 
(Increase)/decrease in value     (1,299)           -         110 
of growing produce 
Amortisation of land titles            -         169           - 
Amortisation of sterling and 
US dollar note issue 
expenses 
 
                                     237         547         648 
Loss on disposal of                (207)           -           - 
property, plant and 
equipment 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
Operating cash flows before 
movements in working capital 
 
                                   9,420      10,725      21,961 
(Increase)/decrease in 
inventories (excluding fair 
value movements) 
 
                                 (8,357)       3,558       3,133 
(Increase)/decrease in          (17,132)    (10,461)         649 
receivables 
Increase/(decrease) in            26,304     (6,227)      20,174 
payables 
Exchange translation               (670)       1,606       (101) 
differences 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
Cash generated/(utilised) by       9,565       (799)      45,816 
operations 
Taxes paid                          (34)        (34)     (6,627) 
Tax refunds received                   -           -       5,398 
Interest paid                    (7,150)    (12,420)    (24,917) 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
Net cash from/(to) operating       2,381    (13,253)      19,670 
activities 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
     14. Movements in net borrowings 
 
                             6 months to 6 months to     Year to 
                                 30 June     30 June 31 December 
                                    2018        2017        2017 
                                   $'000       $'000       $'000 
Change in net borrowings 
resulting from cash flows: 
Decrease in cash and cash        (3,274)    (21,619)    (19,050) 
equivalents 
Net decrease/(increase) in         2,960     (1,678)         398 
borrowings 
Interest in non-controlling 
shareholder and related 
party borrowings 
 
                                 (8,227)    (22,966)    (16,586) 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
                                 (8,541)    (46,263)    (35,238) 
Redemption of 2015/2017                -           -      11,154 
sterling notes 
Redemption of 2017 US dollar           -           -      20,156 
notes 
Amortisation of sterling           (200)       (471)       (537) 
notes expenses 
Amortisation of US dollar           (37)        (76)       (111) 
notes expenses 
Redemption of US dollar                -      20,048           - 
notes 
Transferred to assets             22,344           -           - 
available for sale 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
                                  13,566    (26,762)     (4,576) 
Currency translation               8,610     (3,607)     (4,780) 
differences 
Net borrowings at beginning    (214,465)   (205,109)   (205,109) 
of period 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
Net borrowings at end of       (192,289)   (235,478)   (214,465) 
period 
                                 _______     _______     _______ 
 
     15. Related parties 
 
   ?Transactions between the company and its subsidiaries, which are related 
parties, have been eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed in this 
     note. 
 
  During the period the company has drawn a short term unsecured dollar loan 
 from R.E.A. Trading Limited, a company controlled by Mr R M Robinow and his 
family, on normal commercial terms as to interest. At 30 June 2018, the loan 
  amounted to $8.2 million. Other than this loan during the first six months 
of 2018 there have been no other new material related party transactions and 
  only those related transactions which were disclosed in the company's 2017 
     annual report have continued. 
 
     16. Events after the reporting period 
 
     ?On 25 April 2018, the group reached an agreement for the sale by its 
  subsidiary, REAK of REAK's 95 per cent interest in PBJ to the Kuala Lumpur 
 Kepong Berhad ("KLK") group, subject to certain conditions. Such conditions 
     having been met, the sale was completed on 31 August 2018. 
 
  The consideration for the sale of REAK's interest in PBJ was settled on 31 
     August 2018 on an estimated basis but remains subject to adjustment 
   following agreement or determination of certain figures as at the date of 
   completion. The bank debt owed by PBJ and the net debt owed by PBJ to the 
group were refinanced by the KLK group at completion and have been repaid in 
     full. 
 
  Pursuant to the terms of the sale, the agreed consideration was subject to 
    reduction if the additional area of oil palms planted at PBJ during 2018 
ahead of completion fell short of 520 hectares. Such additional area remains 
 subject to final survey but the group estimates that it is in excess of 520 
     hectares. Including these 2018 plantings, the planted area of PBJ at 
completion was just short of 7,500 hectares (of which some 800 hectares were 
     mature). 
 
The group recently arranged and, on 28 August 2018, drew down two new medium 
term rupiah loans equivalent in total to some $32.5 million. In anticipation 
   of this, on 8 August 2018 the group repaid rupiah term loan and revolving 
     credit facilities amounting to $10.2 million. 
 
  Otherwise there have been no material post balance sheet events that would 
     require disclosure in, or adjustment to, these financial statements. 
 
     17. Rates of exchange 
 
             30 June 2018      30 June 2017    31 December 2017 
            Closing  Average  Closing  Average  Closing  Average 
 
Indonesian   14,404   13,813   13,319   13,344   13,548   13,400 
 rupiah to 
 US dollar 
 US dollar   1.3203     1.37   1.2990     1.27   1.3435     1.29 
  to pound 
  sterling 
 
     Reference to "dollars" and "$" are to the lawful currency of the United 
     States of America. References to rupiah are to the lawful currency of 
     Indonesia. 
 
     18. Cautionary statement 
 
This document contains certain forward-looking statements relating to R.E.A. 
 Holdings plc ("the group"). The group considers any statements that are not 
 historical facts as "forward-looking statements". They relate to events and 
     trends that are subject to risk and uncertainty that may cause actual 
results and the financial performance of the group to differ materially from 
 those contained in any forward-looking statement. These statements are made 
   by the directors in good faith based on information available to them and 
     such statements should be treated with caution due to the inherent 
uncertainties, including both economic and business risk factors, underlying 
     any such forward-looking information. 
 
     19. Shareholder information 
 
 The company's half yearly report for the six months ended 30 June 2018 will 
     shortly be available for downloading from the company's web site at 
     www.rea.co.uk [1] 
 
Press enquiries to: 
 
R.E.A. Holdings plc 
 
Tel: 020 7436 7877 
 
?References to group companies in this report are defined below: 
 
?CDM PT Cipta Davia Mandiri 
 
KKS PT Kartanegara Kumalasakti 
 
KMS PT Kutai Mitra Sejahtera 
 
PBJ PT Putra Bongan Jaya - now divested 
 
PBJ2 PT Persada Bangun Jaya 
 
REAK PT REA Kaltim Plantations 
 
SYB PT Sasana Yudha Bhakti 
 
PU PT Prasetia Utama 
 
The terms "FFB", "CPO" and "CPKO" mean, respectively, "fresh fruit bunches", 
"crude palm oil" and "crude palm kernel oil". 
 
References to "dollars" and "$" are to the lawful currency of the United 
States of America. 
 
References to "rupiah" are to the lawful currency of Indonesia. 
 
ISIN:          GB0002349065 
Category Code: IR 
TIDM:          RE. 
LEI Code:      213800YXL94R94RYG150 
Sequence No.:  6049 
EQS News ID:   725841 
 
End of Announcement EQS News Service 
 
 
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