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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of July, 2015

Commission File Number 001-36487

 

 

Abengoa Yield plc

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Not Applicable

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Great West House, GW1, 17th floor

Great West Road

Brentford, TW8 9DF

United Kingdom

Tel.: +44 20 7098 4384

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

x  Form 20-F            ¨  Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ¨

 

 

 


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This Report on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into each of the Registration Statements on Form F-3 of the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 2015 (File No. 333-205433, File No. 333-205435 and File No. 333-205436).


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

PART I-FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.    Financial Statements    4
Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    34
Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    50
Item 4.    Controls and Procedures    51
PART II-OTHER INFORMATION   
Item 1.    Legal Proceedings    52
Item 1A.    Risk Factors    52
Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities; Use of Proceeds    52
Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities    52
Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures    52
Item 5.    Other Information    52
Item 6.    Exhibits    52
Signature      

 

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Definitions

Unless otherwise specified or the context requires otherwise in this quarterly report:

 

    references to “2019 Notes” refer to the 7.000% Senior Notes due 2019 in an aggregate principal amount of $255 million issued on November 17, 2014, as further described in “Item 5.B—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Financing Arrangements—2019 Notes” in our Annual Report;

 

    references to “Abengoa” refer to Abengoa, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires;

 

    references to “Abengoa ROFO Assets” refer to all of the contracted assets in renewable energy, conventional power, electric transmission and water of Abengoa in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia and the European Union, and four additional assets in other selected regions, including a pipeline of specified assets that we expect to evaluate for acquisition in 2015, 2016 and beyond under the terms of the ROFO Agreement;

 

    references to “ACBH” refer to Abengoa Concessoes Brasil Holding, a subsidiary holding company of Abengoa that is engaged in the development, construction, investment and management of contracted concessions in Brazil, comprised mostly of transmission lines;

 

    references to “Annual Consolidated Financial Statements” refer to the audited annual consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 and for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, including the related notes thereto, prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB (as such terms are defined herein), included in our Annual Report;

 

    references to “Annual Report” refer to the annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2014 and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2015;

 

    references to “Asset Transfer” refer to the transfer of assets contributed by Abengoa prior to the consummation of our initial public offering through a series of transactions.

 

    references to “cash available for distribution” refer to the cash distributions received by the Company from its subsidiaries minus all cash expenses of the Company, including debt service;

 

    references to “COD” refer to commercial operation date of the applicable facility;

 

    references to “Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements” refer to our unaudited consolidated condensed interim financial statements as of June 30, 2015 and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB (as such terms are defined herein), included in this report;

 

    references to “Credit Facility” refer to the amended and restated credit and guaranty agreement, dated June 26, 2015 entered into by us, as the borrower, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, HSBC Bank plc, as administrative agent, HSBC Corporate Trust Company (UK) Limited, as collateral agent, Bank of America, N.A., as global coordinator and documentation agent for the Tranche B facility, Banco Santander, S.A., Bank of America, N.A., Citigroup Global Markets Limited, HSBC Bank plc and RBC Capital Markets, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for a Tranche A facility, and together with Barclays Bank plc as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner and UBS AG, London Branch as joint bookrunner for the Tranche B facility;

 

    references to “EMEA” refer to Europe, Middle East and Africa;

 

    references to “euro” or “€” are to the single currency of the participating member states of the European and Monetary Union of the Treaty Establishing the European Community, as amended from time to time;

 

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    references to “Further Adjusted EBITDA” have the meaning set forth in Note 4 to the Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements included in this report;

 

    references to “gross capacity” or “gross MW” refer to the maximum, or rated, power generation capacity, in MW, of a facility or group of facilities, without adjusting by our percentage of ownership interest in such facility as of the date of this quarterly report;

 

    references to “GW” refer to gigawatts;

 

    references to “IFRS as issued by the IASB” refer to International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board;

 

    references to “ITC” refer to investment tax credits;

 

    references to “MW” refer to megawatts;

 

    references to “MWh” refer to megawatt hours;

 

    references to “operation” refer to the status of projects that have reached COD (as defined above);

 

    references to “PPA” refer to the power purchase agreements through which our power generating assets have contracted to sell energy to various offtakers;

 

    references to “ROFO Agreement” refer to our agreement with Abengoa, as amended from time to time, that provides us a right of first offer to purchase any of the Abengoa ROFO Assets offered for sale by Abengoa;

 

    references to “Support Services Agreement” refer to our agreement with Abengoa pursuant to which Abengoa provides certain administrative and support services to us and some of our subsidiaries.

 

    references to “U.K.” refer to the United Kingdom;

 

    references to “U.S.” or “United States” refer to the United States of America; and

 

    references to “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refer to Abengoa Yield plc and its subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements

  

Consolidated condensed statements of financial position as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014

     5   

Consolidated condensed income statements for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014

     7   

Consolidated condensed statements of comprehensive income for the six-month periods ended June  30, 2015 and 2014

     9   

Consolidated condensed statements of changes in equity for the six-month periods ended June  30, 2015 and 2014

     10   

Consolidated condensed cash flow statements for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014

     11   

Notes to the consolidated condensed interim financial statements

     12   

 

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Consolidated condensed statements of financial position as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014

Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars

 

     Note (1)    As of
June 30,
2015
     As of
December 31,
2014
 

Assets

        

Non-current assets

        

Contracted concessional assets

   6    $ 8,562,689       $ 6,725,178   

Investments carried under the equity method

   7      50,683         5,711   

Financial investments

   8&9      343,308         373,561   

Deferred tax assets

        195,161         124,210   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

      $ 9,151,841       $ 7,228,660   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Current assets

        

Inventories

        13,785         22,068   

Clients and other receivables

   12      232,813         129,696   

Financial investments

   8      608,167         229,417   

Cash and cash equivalents

        528,164         354,154   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

      $ 1,382,929       $ 735,335   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

      $ 10,534,770       $ 7,963,995   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Notes 1 to 21 are an integral part of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

 

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Consolidated condensed statements of financial position as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014

Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars

 

     Note (1)    As of
June 30,
2015
    As of
December 31,
2014
 

Equity and liabilities

       

Equity attributable to the Company

       

Share capital

   13    $ 10,022      $ 8,000   

Parent company reserves

        2,398,612        1,790,135   

Other reserves

        9,349        (15,539

Accumulated currency translation differences

        (55,062     (28,963

Retained earnings

        (78,547     (2,031

Non-controlling interest

        136,057        88,029   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

      $ 2,420,431      $ 1,839,631   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

       

Long-term corporate debt

   14    $ 374,685      $ 376,160   

Long-term project debt

   15      4,740,329        3,491,877   

Grants and other liabilities

   16      1,705,334        1,367,601   

Related parties

   11      67,538        77,961   

Derivative liabilities

   9      373,572        168,931   

Deferred tax liabilities

        56,971        60,818   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

      $ 7,318,429      $ 5,543,348   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities

       

Short-term corporate debt

   14    $ 2,409      $ 2,255   

Short-term project debt

   15      500,882        331,189   

Trade payables and other current liabilities

   17      270,361        231,132   

Income and other tax payables

        22,258        16,440   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

      $ 795,910      $ 581,016   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity and liabilities

      $ 10,534,770      $ 7,963,995   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Notes 1 to 21 are an integral part of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

 

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Consolidated condensed income statements for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014

Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars

 

     Note (1)    For the six-month period ended June 30,  
            2015             2014      

Revenue

   4    $ 308,569      $ 169,808   

Other operating income

        36,376        59,416   

Raw materials and consumables used

        (24,201     (12,083

Employee benefit expenses

        (1,794     (1,794

Depreciation, amortization, and impairment charges

   4      (110,350     (57,196

Other operating expenses

        (70,463     (78,175
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating profit/(loss)

      $ 138,137      $ 79,976   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial income

   19      3,517        1,342   

Financial expense

   19      (136,285     (104,000

Net exchange differences

        (1,473     (708

Other financial income/(expense), net

   19      4,331        (1,298
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial expense, net

      $ (129,910   $ (104,664
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method

        3,342        (429
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit/(loss) before income tax

      $ 11,569      $ (25,117
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax

        (6,428     (2,706
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit/(loss) for the period

      $ 5,141      $ (27,823
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss/(profit) attributable to non-controlling interests

        (5,814     (410
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit/(loss) for the period attributable to the Company

      $ (673   $ (28,233
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands)

   20      85,279     

Basis earnings per share (U.S. dollar per share)

   20    $ (0.01 )   

 

(1) Notes 1 to 21 are an integral part of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

 

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The consolidated condensed income statements include the following income (expense) items arising from transactions with related parties:

 

     For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
   2015      2014  

Sales

   $ 14,599       $ 4,046   

Construction costs

     —           (38,565

Services rendered

     147         1,636   

Services received

     (46,379      (16,444

Financial income

     289         954   

Financial expenses

   $ (1,140    $ (8,000

 

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Consolidated condensed statements of comprehensive income for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014

Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars

 

     Note (1)    For the six month-period ended June 30,  
            2015             2014      

Profit/(loss) for the period

      $ 5,142      $  (27,823

Items that may be subject to transfer to income statement

       

Change in fair value of cash flow hedges and available for sale financial assets

        26,104        (77,970

Currency translation differences

        (40,261     (15,007

Tax effect

        (11,450     22,934   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income/(expenses) recognized directly in equity

      $ (25,608   $ (70,043
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges

        19,913        14,070   

Tax effect

        (5,576     (4,221
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transfers to income statement

      $ 14,337      $ 9,849   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income/(loss)

      $ (11,270   $ (60,194
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the period

      $ (6,129   $ (88,017
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to non-controlling interest

        4,245        7,173   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to the Company

      $ (1,884   $ (80,844
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Notes 1 to 21 are an integral part of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

 

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Consolidated condensed statements of changes in equity for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014

Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars

 

    Share Capital     Parent company
reserves
    Other reserves     Retained earnings     Accumulated
currency
translation
differences
    Total equity
attributable to the
Company
    Non-
controlling
interest
    Total equity  

Balance as of January 1, 2014

    —          —        $ (36,600 )    $ 1,245,510      $ 9,009      $ 1,217,919      $ 69,279      $ 1,287,198   

Profit/(loss) for the six-month period after taxes

    —          —          —          (28,233     —          (28,233     410        (27,823

Change in fair value of cash flow hedges

    —          —          (59,277     —          —          (59,277     (4,253     (63,530

Currency translation differences

    —          —          —          —          (10,660     (10,660     (4,347     (15,007

Tax effect

    —          —          17,325        —          —          17,325        1,276        18,601   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income

    —          —        $ (41,952     —        $ (10,660   $ (52,612   $ (7,324   $ (59,936
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

    —          —        $ (41,952   $ (28,233   $ (10,660   $ (80,845   $ (6,914   $ (87,759
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Initial Public Offering and Asset Transfer

    8,000        1,813,831        78,552        (1,195,862     1,651        706,172        —          706,172   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2014

  $ 8,000      $ 1,813,831        —        $ 21,415        —        $ 1,843,246      $ 62,365      $ 1,905,611   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of January 1, 2015

  $ 8,000      $ 1,790,135      $ (15,539   $ (2,031   $ (28,963   $ 1,751,602      $ 88,029      $ 1,839,631   

Profit/(loss) for the six-month period after taxes

    —          —          —        $ (673     —        $ (673   $ 5,814      $ 5,141   

Change in fair value of cash flow hedges and available for sale financial assets

    —          —          40,319        —          —          40,319        5,698        46,017   

Currency translation differences

    —          —          —          —          (26,099     (26,099     (14,162     (40,261

Tax effect

    —          —          (15,431     —          —          (15,431     (1,595     (17,026
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income

    —          —        $ 24,888        —        $ (26,099   $ (1,212   $ (10,059   $ (11,270
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

    —          —        $ 24,888      $ (673   $ (26,099   $ (1,884   $ (4,245   $ (6,129
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Asset acquisition under the ROFO Agreement (a)

    —          —          —        $ (75,843     —        $ (75,843   $ 52,273      $ (23,570
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dividend distribution

    —        $ (54,812     —          —          —        $ (54,812     —        $ (54,812
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Increase

  $ 2,022      $ 663,289        —          —          —        $ 665,311        —        $ 665,311   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2015

  $ 10,022      $ 2,398,612      $ 9,349      $ (78,547 )    $ (55,062 )    $ 2,284,374      $ 136,057      $ 2,420,431   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) See Note 5 for further details.
(1) Notes 1 to 21 are an integral part of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

 

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Consolidated condensed cash flow statements for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014

Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars

 

         

For the six-month period ended

June 30,

 
     (1)    2015     2014  

I. Profit/(loss) for the period

      $ 5,141      $ (27,823

Financial expense and non-monetary adjustments

        206,103        155,265   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

II. Profit for the period adjusted by financial expense and non-monetary adjustments

      $ 211,244      $ 127,442   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

III. Variations in working capital

      $ 379      $ (130,217
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net interest and income tax paid

        (132,314     (66,721
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

A. Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities

      $ 79,309      $ (69,496
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment in contracted concessional assets

        (93,170     (77,297

Other non-current assets/liabilities

        3,143        (2,283

Acquisitions of subsidiaries

        (481,845     —    
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

B. Net cash used in investing activities

      $ (571,872   $ (79,580
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

C. Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities

      $ 674,960      $ 9,261   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

      $ 182,397      $ (139,815
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period

        354,154        357,664   

Translation differences in cash or cash equivalent

        (8,387     (504
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period

      $ 528,164      $ 217,345   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Notes 1 to 21 are an integral part of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

 

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Notes to the consolidated condensed interim financial statements

 

Note 1.- Nature of the business

     13   

Note 2.- Basis of preparation

     15   

Note 3.- Financial risk management

     17   

Note 4.- Financial information by segment

     18   

Note 5.- Changes in the scope of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements

     24   

Note 6.- Contracted concessional assets

     25   

Note 7.- Investments carried under the equity method

     26   

Note 8.- Financial Investments

     26   

Note 9.- Derivative financial instruments

     27   

Note 10.- Fair Value of financial instruments

     27   

Note 11.- Related parties

     27   

Note 12.- Clients and other receivable

     28   

Note 13.- Equity

     29   

Note 14.- Corporate debt

     29   

Note 15.- Project debt

     30   

Note 16.- Grants and other liabilities

     31   

Note 17.-Trade payables and other current liabilities

     31   

Note 18.- Income tax

     32   

Note 19.- Financial income and expenses

     32   

Note 20.- Earnings per share

     33   

Note 21.- Subsequent events

     33   

 

 

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Note 1.- Nature of the business

Abengoa Yield plc (‘Abengoa Yield’ or the ‘Company’) was incorporated in England and Wales as a private limited company on December 17, 2013 by Abengoa, S.A. (‘Abengoa’ or ‘the Parent’) under the name Abengoa Yield Limited. On March 19, 2014, Abengoa Yield plc was re-registered as a public limited company, under the name Abengoa Yield plc.

Abengoa Yield plc is a total return company that owns, manages, and acquires renewable energy, conventional power, electric transmission lines and water revenue-generating assets, focused on North America (United States and Mexico), South America (Peru, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay) and Europe (Spain). We also have a minority presence in Africa and we intend to expand to certain countries in the Middle East, maintaining North America, South America and Europe as our core geographies.

The Company’s largest shareholder is Abengoa, which currently owns a 49.1% stake in Abengoa Yield. Abengoa, listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Global Select Market, is a leading engineering and clean technology company with operations in more than 50 countries worldwide that provides innovative solutions for a diverse range of customers in the energy and environmental sectors. Abengoa has developed a unique and integrated business model that applies accumulated engineering expertise to promoting sustainable development solutions.

On June 18, 2014 Abengoa Yield closed its initial public offering issuing 24,850,000 ordinary shares. The shares were offered at a price of $29 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $720,650 thousand. The underwriters further purchased 3,727,500 additional shares from the selling shareholder, a subsidiary wholly owned by Abengoa, at the public offering price less fees and commissions to cover over-allotments (“greenshoe”) driving the total proceeds of the offering to $828,748 thousand.

Prior to the consummation of this offering, Abengoa contributed, through a series of transactions, which we refer to collectively as the “Asset Transfer,” ten concessional assets described below, certain holding companies and a preferred equity investment in Abengoa Concessoes Brasil Holding (“ACBH”), which is a subsidiary of Abengoa engaged in the development, construction, investment and management of contracted concessions in Brazil, comprised mostly of transmission lines. As consideration for the Asset Transfer, Abengoa received a 64.3% interest in Abengoa Yield and $655.3 million in cash, corresponding to the net proceeds of the initial public offering less $30 million retained by Abengoa Yield for liquidity purposes.

Abengoa Yield’s shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ABY” on June 13, 2014.

Since its initial public offering, the Company has acquired the following assets from Abengoa:

 

    On November 18, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of Solacor 1/2 through a 30-year usufruct rights contract over the related shares (which includes the option to purchase such shares for one euro during a four-year term); on December 4, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of PS10/20; and on December 29, 2014, the Company completed the acquisition of Cadonal. The total aggregate consideration for this first dropdown was $312 million. Solacor 1/2 are Solar assets located in Spain with a capacity of 100 MW, PS 10/20 are Solar assets located in Spain with a capacity of 31 MW and Cadonal is a 50 MW wind farm located in Uruguay.

 

    On February 3, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of a 25.5% stake in Honaine and a 34.2% stake in Skikda, two desalination plants in Algeria with an aggregate capacity of 10.5 million cubic feet per day. On February 23, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of a 29.6% stake in Helioenergy 1/2, a solar power asset in Spain with a capacity of 100 MW.

 

    On May 13, 2015 and May 14, 2015 the Company completed the acquisition of Helios 1 and 2 (a 100 MW solar complex) and Solnova 1, 3 and 4 (a 150 MW solar complex) respectively, both in Spain. On May 25, 2015 the Company completed the acquisition of the remaining 70.4% stake in Helioenergy 1/2.

 

    In addition, on June 25, 2015 the Company completed the acquisition of ATN2 (an 81 miles transmission line in Peru).

 

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On January 22, 2015, Abengoa closed an underwritten public offering and sale in the United States of 10,580,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares for total gross proceeds of $327,980,000 (or $31 per share). As a result of such offering, Abengoa reduced its stake in Abengoa Yield from approximately 64.3% to 51.1% of Abengoa Yield’s shares.

On May 14, 2015, Abengoa Yield issued 20,217,260 new shares at $33.14 per share, which was based on a 3% discount versus the May 7, 2015 closing price. Abengoa subscribed for 51% of the newly-issued shares and therefore maintained the stake it had in that moment. The net proceeds amounting to $664 million were primarily used to finance acquisitions of assets made in May and June 2015.

On July 14, 2015, Abengoa sold 2,000,000 shares of Abengoa Yield under Rule 144, reducing its current stake to 49.1%.

The following table provides an overview of the concessional assets the Company owned as of June 30, 2015 (excluding our exchangeable preferred equity investment in ACBH):

 

Our Assets    Type    Ownership    Location    Currency(6)    Capacity
(Gross)
   Counterparty
Credit Ratings(7)
   COD    Contract
Years Left
 

Solana

   Renewable (Solar)   

100%

Class B(1)

   Arizona (USA)    USD    280 MW    A-/A3/BBB+    4Q 2013      29   

Mojave

   Renewable (Solar)    100%    California (USA)    USD    280 MW    BBB/A3/BBB+    4Q 2014      25   

Solaben 2 & 3

   Renewable (Solar)    70%(2)    Spain    Euro    2x50 MW    BBB/Baa2/BBB+    2Q 2012 & 4Q 2012      23   

Solacor 1 & 2

   Renewable (Solar)    74%(3)    Spain    Euro    2x50 MW    BBB/Baa2/BBB+    2Q 2012 & 4Q 2012      22   

PS10/PS20(9)

   Renewable (Solar)    100%    Spain    Euro    31 MW    BBB/Baa2/BBB+    1Q 2007 & 2Q 2009      19   

Helioenergy 1 & 2

   Renewable (Solar)    100%    Spain    Euro    2x50 MW    BBB/Baa2/BBB+    3Q 2011& 4Q 2011      23   

Helios 1 & 2

   Renewable (Solar)    100%    Spain    Euro    2x50 MW    BBB/Baa2/BBB+    2Q 2012& 3Q 2012      22   

Solnova 1, 3 & 4

   Renewable (Solar)    100%    Spain    Euro    3x50 MW    BBB/Baa2/BBB+    2Q 2010& 3Q 2010      20   

Palmatir

   Renewable (Wind)    100%    Uruguay    USD    50 MW    BBB-/Baa2/BBB-(8)    2Q 2014      19   

Cadonal

   Renewable (Wind)    100%    Uruguay    USD    50 MW    BBB-/Baa2/BBB-(8)    4Q 2014      20   

ACT

   Conventional Power    100%    Mexico    USD    300 MW    BBB+/A3/BBB+    2Q 2013      18   

ATN

   Transmission line    100%    Peru    USD    362 miles    BBB+/A3/BBB+    1Q 2011      26   

ATS

   Transmission line    100%    Peru    USD    569 miles    BBB+/A3/BBB+    1Q 2014      29   

ATN 2

   Transmission line    100%    Peru    USD    81 miles    Not rated    2Q 2015      18   

Quadra 1

   Transmission line    100%    Chile    USD    43 miles    Not rated    2Q 2014      20   

 

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Our Assets    Type    Ownership    Location    Currency(6)    Capacity
(Gross)
   Counterparty
Credit Ratings(7)
   COD    Contract
Years Left
 

Quadra 2

   Transmission line    100%    Chile    USD    38 miles    Not rated    1Q 2014      20   

Palmucho

   Transmission line    100%    Chile    USD    6 miles    BBB+/Baa2/BBB+    4Q 2007      23   

Honaine

   Water    25.5%(4)    Algeria    USD   

7 M ft3/

day

   Not rated    3Q 2012      23   

Skikda

   Water    34.2%(5)    Algeria    USD    3.5 M ft3/day    Not rated    1Q 2009      20   

 

(1) On September 30, 2013, Liberty Interactive Corporation invested $300 million in Class A membership interests in exchange for a share of the dividends and taxable loss generated by Solana. As a result of the agreement, Liberty Interactive Corporation will receive 54.06% of both dividends and taxable loss generated during a period of approximately five years; such percentage will decrease to 24.05% thereafter.
(2) Itochu Corporation, a Japanese trading company, holds 30% of the shares in each of Solaben 2 and Solaben 3. We hold a 30-year right of usufruct over the remaining shares of Solaben 2 and Solaben 3 and a call option to purchase such shares for one euro during a four-year term.
(3) JGC Corporation, a Japanese engineering company, holds 26% of the shares in each of Solacor 1 and Solacor 2. We hold a 30-year right of usufruct over the remaining shares of Solacor 1 and Solacor 2 and a call option to purchase such shares for one euro during a four-year term.
(4) Algerian Energy Company, SPA owns 49% of Honaine and Sadyt (Sociedad Anónima Depuración y Tratamientos) owns the remaining 25.5%.
(5) Algerian Energy Company, SPA owns 49% of Skikda and Sadyt (Sociedad Anónima Depuración y Tratamientos) owns the remaining 16.83%.
(6) Certain contracts denominated in U.S. dollars are payable in local currency.
(7) Reflects the counterparty’s credit ratings issued by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, or S&P, Moody’s Investors Service Inc., or Moody’s, and Fitch Ratings Ltd, or Fitch.
(8) Refers to the credit rating of Uruguay, as UTE (Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisoras Eléctricas) is unrated.
(9) PS10 and PS20 are separate special purpose vehicles with separate agreements, but they are treated as a single platform.

In addition to the assets listed above, the Company owns a preferred equity investment in ACBH, a subsidiary holding company of Abengoa that is engaged in the development, construction, investment and management of contracted concessions in Brazil, consisting mostly of electric transmission lines.

All the project companies included in these consolidated condensed interim financial statements have signed with the grantor of the concession contracts of construction, operation and maintenance and they subcontract the construction of the contracted assets to Abengoa. Given that these projects (except for Palmucho, PS10 and PS20) are included within the scope of International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee 12 (“IFRIC 12”), and given that some of them were included in the consolidated condensed interim financial statements during their construction phase, the Company recorded income and cost attributable to the construction in the consolidated condensed interim income statement in 2014. Construction revenue is recorded within “Other operating income” according to the percentage of completion method as established by International Accounting Standards 11 (“IAS 11”). Construction cost, which is fully contracted with related parties, is recorded within “Other operating expense”.

These consolidated condensed interim financial statements were approved by the Chief Executive Officer on July 29, 2015.

Note 2.- Basis of preparation

For all periods prior to the initial public offering, the combined financial statements represent the combination of the assets that Abengoa Yield acquired and were prepared using Abengoa’s historical basis in the assets and liabilities. For the purposes of the combined financial statements, the term “Abengoa Yield” represents the accounting predecessor, or the combination of the acquired businesses. The combined financial statements for periods prior to the initial public offering therefore include all revenues, expenses, assets, and liabilities attributed to the Predecessor. In addition, prior to the initial public offering, other operating expenses include an allocation of certain general and administrative services provided by Abengoa. The Company believes that by including the allocated costs, the combined condensed income statement includes a reasonable estimate of actual costs incurred to operate the business. However, such expenses may not be indicative of the actual level of expense that would have been incurred by the Predecessor if it had operated as an independent, publicly-traded company during the periods prior to the Offering or of the costs expected to be incurred in the future. In the opinion of management, the inter-company eliminations and adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the combined condensed interim financial statements, in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IFRS-IASB) have been made.

For all periods subsequent to the initial public offering, the accompanying unaudited consolidated condensed interim financial statements represent the consolidated results of the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

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The Company elected to account for the Asset Transfer and the assets acquisitions under the ROFO Agreement using the predecessor values, given that these are transactions between entities under common control. Any difference between the consideration given and the aggregate book value of the assets and liabilities of the acquired entities as of the date of the transaction has been reflected as an adjustment to equity. In addition, the Company elected to incorporate the results of the entities transferred prior to the initial public offering as if the entities had always been consolidated and the transferred entities after the initial public offering from the acquisition date.

The Company’s annual consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2014, were approved by the Board of Directors on February 23, 2015.

These consolidated condensed interim financial statements are presented in accordance with International Accounting Standards (“IAS”) 34, ‘Interim Financial Reporting’. In accordance with IAS 34, interim financial information is prepared solely in order to update the most recent annual consolidated financial statements prepared by the Company, placing emphasis on new activities, occurrences and circumstances that have taken place during the six-month period ended June 30, 2015 and not duplicating the information previously published in the annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014. Therefore, the consolidated condensed interim financial statements do not include all the information that would be required in complete consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with the IFRS-IASB (“International Financial Reporting Standards-International Accounting Standards Board”). In view of the above, for an adequate understanding of the information, these consolidated condensed interim financial statements must be read together with Abengoa Yield’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 included in our Annual Report.

In determining the information to be disclosed in the notes to the consolidated condensed interim financial statements, Abengoa Yield, in accordance with IAS 34, has taken into account its materiality in relation to the consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

The consolidated condensed interim financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars, which is the Company’s functional and presentation currency. Amounts included in these consolidated condensed interim financial statements are all expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

Application of new accounting standards

 

a) During the first semester of 2015, the Company has not applied in the preparation of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements new standards, amendments or interpretations.

 

b) Standards, interpretations and amendments published by the IASB that will be effective for periods after June 30, 2015:

 

    Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2012-2014 cycles. These improvements are mandatory for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016 under IFRS-IASB.

 

    IAS 1 (Amendment) ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’. This amendment is mandatory for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016 under IFRS-IASB.

 

    IFRS 10 (Amendment) ‘Consolidated Financial Statements’ and IAS 28 ‘Investments in Associates’, regarding to sale or contribution of assets between an investor and its associate or joint venture. This amendment is mandatory for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016 under IFRS-IASB.

 

    IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’. This Standard will be effective from January 1, 2018 under IFRS-IASB.

 

    IFRS 15 ‘Revenues from contracts with Customers’. IFRS 15 is applicable for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2017 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted.

 

    IAS 16 (Amendment) ‘Property, Plant and Equipment’ and IAS 38 ‘Intangible Assets’, regarding to acceptable methods of amortization and depreciation. This amendment is mandatory for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted.

 

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    IFRS 10 (Amendment) ‘Consolidated financial statements, IFRS 12 ‘Disclosure of interests in Other Entities’ and IAS 28 ‘Investments in associates and joint ventures’ regarding the exemption from consolidation for investment entities. These amendments are mandatory for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016 under IFRS-IASB.

 

    IFRS 11 (Amendment) ‘Joint Arrangements’ regarding acquisition of an interest in a joint operation. This amendment is mandatory for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016 under IFRS-IASB.

 

    IAS 16 ‘Property, Plant and Equipment’ and 41 ‘Agriculture’ (Amendment) regarding bearer plants. These amendments are mandatory for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016 under IFRS-IASB.

The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact on the consolidated condensed interim financial statements derived from the application of the new standards and amendments that will be effective for periods beginning after June 30, 2015.

Use of estimates

Some of the accounting policies applied require the application of significant judgment by management to select the appropriate assumptions to determine these estimates. These assumptions and estimates are based on our historical experience, advice from experienced consultants, forecasts and other circumstances and expectations as of the close of the financial period. The assessment is considered in relation to the global economic situation of the industries and regions where the Company operates, taking into account future development of our businesses. By their nature, these judgments are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty; therefore, actual results could materially differ from the estimates and assumptions used. In such cases, the carrying values of assets and liabilities are adjusted.

The most critical accounting policies, which reflect significant management estimates and judgment to determine amounts in our consolidated condensed interim financial statements, are as follows:

 

    Contracted concessional agreements.

 

    Impairment of intangible assets.

 

    Assessment of control.

 

    Derivative financial instruments and fair value estimates.

 

    Income taxes and recoverable amount of deferred tax assets.

As of the date of preparation of these consolidated condensed interim financial statements, no relevant changes in the estimates made are anticipated and, therefore, no significant changes in the value of the assets and liabilities recognized at June 30, 2015, are expected.

Although these estimates and assumptions are being made using all available facts and circumstances, it is possible that future events may require management to amend such estimates and assumptions in future periods. Changes in accounting estimates are recognized prospectively, in accordance with IAS 8, in the consolidated income statement of the year in which the change occurs.

Note 3.- Financial risk management

Abengoa Yield’s activities are exposed to various financial risks: market risk (including currency risk and interest rate risk), credit risk and liquidity risk. Risk is managed by the Company’s Risk Management and Finance Department, which are responsible for identifying and evaluating financial risks quantifying them by project, region and company, in accordance with mandatory internal management rules. Written internal policies exist for global risk management, as well as for specific areas of risk. In addition, there are official written management regulations regarding key controls and control procedures for each company and the implementation of these controls is monitored through internal audit procedures.

 

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These consolidated condensed interim financial statements do not include all financial risk management information and disclosures required for annual financial statements, and should be read together with the information included in Note 3 to Abengoa Yield’s consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2014.

Note 4.- Financial information by segment

Abengoa Yield’s segment structure reflects how management currently makes financial decisions and allocates resources. Its operating segments are based on the following geographies where the contracted concessional assets are located:

 

    North America

 

    South America

 

    EMEA

Based on the type of business, as of June 30, 2015 the Company had the following business sectors:

Renewable energy: Renewable energy assets include two Solar plants in the United States, Solana and Mojave, each with a gross capacity of 280 MW and located in Arizona and California, respectively. Solana reached COD in October 2013, and Mojave reached COD in December 2014. Additionally, the Company owns two wind farms in Uruguay, Palmatir and Cadonal, with a gross capacity of 50 MW each. Palmatir and Cadonal respectively reached COD in May and December 2014. Finally, the Company owns Solacor 1 and 2 through a 30-year usufruct rights contract over the related shares, with a call option to purchase such shares for one euro during a four-year term with a gross capacity of 100 MW, PS10 and PS20 with a gross capacity of 31 MW, Solaben 2 and 3 with a gross capacity of 100 MW, Helioenergy 1 and 2 with a gross capacity of 100 MW, Helios 1 and 2 with a gross capacity of 100 MW and Solnova 1, 3 and 4 with a gross capacity of 150 MW, which are Solar plants located in Spain. These projects have been in operation since mid-2012 for Solaben 2 and Solacor 1 and the fourth quarter of 2012 for Solaben 3 and Solacor 2, the first quarter of 2007 for PS10, the second quarter of 2009 for PS20, the third quarter of 2011 for Helioenergy 1, the fourth quarter of 2011 for Helioenergy 2, the second quarter of 2012 for Helios 1 and the third quarter of 2012 for Helios 2, the second quarter of 2010 for Solnova 1 and 3, and third quarter of 2010 for Solnova 4. Solar plants in Spain receive regulated revenues under the framework for renewable projects in Spain.

Conventional power: Conventional power asset consists of ACT, a 300 MW cogeneration plant in Mexico, which is party to a 20-year take-or-pay contract with Pemex for the sale of electric power and steam.

Electric transmission lines: Electric transmission assets include (i) three lines in Peru, ATN, ATS and ATN2, spanning a total of 1,012 miles; (ii) three lines in Chile, Quadra 1, Quadra 2 and Palmucho, spanning a total of 87 miles. ATN reached COD in 2011, ATS reached COD on January 17, 2014 and ATN2 reached COD in June 2015. Quadra 1 reached COD in April 2014 and Quadra 2 reached COD in March 2014. Palmucho reached COD in October 2007. In addition, the Company owns a preferred equity investment in ACBH, a subsidiary holding company of Abengoa that is engaged in the development, construction, investment and management of contracted concessions in Brazil, consisting mostly of electric transmission lines.

Water: Water assets include a minority interest in two desalination plants in Algeria, Honaine and Skikda with an aggregate capacity of 10.5 M ft3 per day. These projects have been in operation respectively since the third quarter of 2012 for Honaine and the first quarter of 2009 for Skikda, and receive regulated revenues under the framework for renewable projects in Algeria.

Abengoa Yield’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) assesses the performance and assignment of resources according to the identified operating segments. The CODM considers the revenues as a measure of the business activity and the Further Adjusted EBITDA as a measure of the performance of each segment. Further Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as profit/(loss) for the period attributable to the parent company, after adding back loss/(profit) attributable to non-controlling interest from continued operations, income tax, share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method, finance expense net, depreciation, amortization and impairment charges of entities included in these consolidated condensed interim financial statements, and dividends received from our preferred equity investment in ACBH. In order to assess performance of the business, the CODM receives reports of each reportable segment using revenues and Further Adjusted EBITDA. Net interest expense evolution is assessed on a consolidated basis. Financial expense and amortization are not taken into consideration by the CODM for the allocation of resources.

 

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  a) The following tables show Revenues and Further Adjusted EBITDA by operating segments and business sectors for the six-month period ended June 2015 and 2014:

 

     Revenue      Further Adjusted EBITDA  
     For the six-month period ended
June 30,
     For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
Geography    2015      2014      2015      2014  

North America

   $ 150,157       $ 96,822       $ 137,297       $ 83,687   

South America

     50,632         36,256         51,623         29,466   

EMEA

     107,780         36,730         68,767         24,019   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 308,569       $ 169,808       $ 257,687       $ 137,172   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     Revenue      Further Adjusted EBITDA  
     For the six-month period ended
June 30,
     For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
Business sectors    2015      2014      2015      2014  

Renewable energy

   $ 193,427       $ 78,283       $ 155,940       $ 60,575   

Conventional power

     65,339         57,136         53,319         48,551   

Electric transmission lines

     39,238         34,389         41,855         28,046   

Water

     10,565         —          6,573         —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 308,569       $ 169,808       $ 257,687       $ 137,172   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The reconciliation of segment Further Adjusted EBITDA with the profit/(loss) attributable to the parent company is as follows:

 

     For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
     2015      2014  

Total segment Further Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 257,687       $ 137,172   

Depreciation, amortization, and impairment charges

     (110,350      (57,196

Financial expense, net

     (129,910      (104,664

Dividend from exchangeable preferred equity investment in ACBH

     (9,200      —     

Share in profits/(losses) associates under the equity method

     3,342         (429

Income tax

     (6,428      (2,706

(Profit)/Loss attributable to non-controlling interests

     (5,814      (410
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) attributable to the Company

   $ (673    $ (28,233
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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  b) The assets and liabilities by operating segments (and business sector) as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, are as follows:

Assets and liabilities by geography as of June 30, 2015:

 

     North
America
     South America      EMEA      Balance as of
June 30, 2015
 

Assets allocated

           

Contracted concessional assets

   $ 4,133,781       $ 1,243,178       $ 3,185,730       $ 8,562,689   

Investments carried under the equity method

     —           —           50,683         50,683   

Current financial investments

     537,049         54,252         16,866         608,167   

Cash and cash equivalents (project companies)

     75,664         43,005         254,519         373,188   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal allocated

   $ 4,746,494       $ 1,340,435       $ 3,507,798       $ 9,594,727   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unallocated assets

           

Other non-current assets

              538,469   

Other current assets (including cash and cash equivalents at holding company level)

              401,574   
           

 

 

 

Subtotal unallocated

            $ 940,043   
           

 

 

 

Total assets

            $ 10,534,770   
           

 

 

 
     North
America
     South America      EMEA      Balance as of
June 30, 2015
 

Liabilities allocated

           

Long-term and short-term project debt

   $ 2,235,719       $ 883,300       $ 2,122,192       $ 5,241,211   

Grants and other liabilities

     1,675,298         789         29,247         1,705,334   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal allocated

   $ 3,911,017       $ 884,089       $ 2,151,439       $ 6,946,545   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unallocated liabilities

           

Long-term and short-term corporate debt

              377,094   

Other non-current liabilities

              498,081   

Other current liabilities

              292,619   
           

 

 

 

Subtotal unallocated

            $ 1,167,794   
           

 

 

 

Total liabilities

            $ 8,114,339   
           

 

 

 

Equity unallocated

            $ 2,420,431   
           

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity unallocated

            $ 3,588,225   
           

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

            $ 10,534,770   
           

 

 

 

Assets and liabilities by geography as of December 31, 2014:

 

     North
America
     South America      EMEA      Balance as of
December 31,
2014
 

Assets allocated

           

Contracted concessional assets

   $ 4,185,638       $ 1,159,652       $ 1,379,888       $ 6,725,178   

Investments carried under the equity method

     —           —           5,711         5,711   

Current financial investments

     175,339         54,012         66         229,417   

Cash and cash equivalents (project companies)

     49,030         37,623         112,133         198,786   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal allocated

   $ 4,410,007       $ 1,251,287       $ 1,497,798       $ 7,159,092   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unallocated assets

           

Other non-current assets

              497,771   

Other current assets (including cash and cash equivalents at holding company level)

              307,132   
           

 

 

 

Subtotal unallocated

            $ 804,903   
           

 

 

 

Total assets

            $  7,963,995   
           

 

 

 

 

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     North
America
     South America      EMEA      Balance as of
December 31,
2014
 

Liabilities allocated

           

Long-term and short-term non-recourse project financing

     2,121,916         804,460         896,690         3,823,066   

Grants and other liabilities

     1,354,588         798         12,215         1,367,601   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal allocated

   $ 3,476,504       $ 805,258       $ 908,905       $ 5,190,667   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unallocated liabilities

           

Long-term and short-term corporate financing

              378,415   

Other non-current liabilities

              307,710   

Other current liabilities

              247,572   
           

 

 

 

Subtotal unallocated

            $ 933,697   
           

 

 

 

Total liabilities

            $ 6,124,364   
           

 

 

 

Equity unallocated

            $ 1,839,631   
           

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity unallocated

            $ 2,773,328   
           

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

            $ 7,963,995   
           

 

 

 

Assets and liabilities by business sectors as of June 30, 2015:

 

     Renewable
energy
     Conventional
power
     Electric
transmission lines
     Water      Balance as of June 30,
2015
 

Assets allocated

              

Contracted concessional assets

   $ 6,815,222       $ 653,247       $ 987,742       $ 106,478       $ 8,562,689   

Investments carried under the equity method

     5,641         —           —           45,042         50,683   

Current financial investments

     424,354         112,822         54,248         16,743         608,167   

Cash and cash equivalents (project companies)

     317,572         14,375         27,263         13,978         373,188   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal allocated

   $ 7,562,789       $ 780,444       $ 1,069,253       $ 182,241       $ 9,594,727   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unallocated assets

              

Other non-current assets

                 538,469   

Other current assets (including cash and cash equivalents at holding company level)

                 401,574   
              

 

 

 

Subtotal unallocated

               $ 940,043   
              

 

 

 

Total assets

               $ 10,534,770   
              

 

 

 

 

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     Renewable
energy
     Conventional
power
     Electric
transmission
lines
     Water      Balance as of
June 30, 2015
 

Liabilities allocated

              

Long-term and short-term project debt

   $ 3,875,726       $ 618,669       $ 692,905       $ 53,911       $ 5,241,211   

Grants and other liabilities

     1,705,320         14         —           —           1,705,334   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal allocated

   $  5,581,046       $  618,683       $  692,905       $  53,911       $ 6,946,545   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unallocated liabilities

              

Long-term and short-term corporate debt

                 377,094   

Other non-current liabilities

                 498,081   

Other current liabilities

                 292,619   
              

 

 

 

Subtotal unallocated

               $ 1,167,794   
              

 

 

 

Total liabilities

               $ 8,114,339   
              

 

 

 

Equity unallocated

               $ 2,420,431   
              

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity unallocated

               $ 3,588,225   
              

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

               $ 10,534,770   
              

 

 

 

Assets and liabilities by business sectors as of December 31, 2014:

 

     Renewable
energy
     Conventional
power
     Electric
transmission lines
     Balance as of
December 31,
2014
 

Assets allocated

           

Contracted concessional assets

   $ 5,178,459       $ 646,842       $ 899,877       $ 6,725,178   

Investments carried under the equity method

     5,711         —           —           5,711   

Current financial investments

     64,449         110,959         54,009         229,417   

Cash and cash equivalents (project companies)

     156,867         17,612         24,307         198,786   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal allocated

   $ 5,405,486       $ 75,413       $ 978,193       $ 7,159,092   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unallocated assets

           

Other non-current assets

              497,771   

Other current assets (including cash and cash equivalents at holding company level)

              307,132   
           

 

 

 

Subtotal unallocated

            $ 804,903   
           

 

 

 

Total assets

            $ 7,963,995   
           

 

 

 

 

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     Renewable
energy
     Conventional
power
     Electric
transmission lines
     Balance as of
December 31,
2014
 

Liabilities allocated

           

Long-term and short-term non-recourse project financing

   $ 2,579,221       $ 625,135       $ 618,710       $ 3,823,066   

Grants and other liabilities

     1,367,601         —           —           1,367,601   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal allocated

   $ 3,946,822       $ 625,135       $ 618,710       $ 5,190,667   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unallocated liabilities

           

Long-term and short-term corporate financing

              378,415   

Other non-current liabilities

              307,710   

Other current liabilities

              247,572   
           

 

 

 

Subtotal unallocated

            $ 933,697   
           

 

 

 

Total liabilities

            $ 6,124,364   
           

 

 

 

Equity unallocated

            $ 1,839,631   
           

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity unallocated

            $ 2,773,328   
           

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

            $ 7,963,995   
           

 

 

 

 

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  c) The amount of depreciation and amortization expense recognized for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:

 

     For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
     2015      2014  

Depreciation and amortization by geography

     

North America

   $ (64,359    $ (33,267

South America

     (20,174      (13,466

EMEA

     (25,817      (10,463
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ (110,350 $ (57,196
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
     2015      2014  

Depreciation and amortization by business sectors

     

Renewable energy

   $ (96,109    $ (44,672

Electric transmission lines

     (14,241      (12,524
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ (110,350 $ (57,196
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 5.- Changes in the scope of the consolidated condensed interim financial statements

On February 3, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of a 25.5% stake in Honaine and a 34.2% stake in Skikda and on February 23, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of a 29.6% stake in Helioenergy 1/2. Total purchase price paid for these assets amounted to $94 million.

In addition, on May 13, 2015 and May 14, 2015 the Company completed the acquisition of Helios 1/2 (a 100 MW solar complex) and Solnova 1/3/4 (a 150 MW solar complex) respectively, both in Spain. On May 25, 2015 the Company completed the acquisition of the remaining 70.4% stake in Helioenergy 1/2 (a 100 MW solar complex in Spain). Furthermore, on June 25, 2015 the Company completed the acquisition of ATN2 (an 81 miles transmission line in Peru). Total purchase price paid for this set of assets amounted to $613 million.

The Company has significant influence over Honaine therefore it is accounted for using the equity method as per IAS 28 Investments in Associates in these consolidated interim financial statements.

Under IFRS 10, Consolidated Financial Statements the Company has control over the rest of the assets acquired during the year 2015 and therefore they are fully consolidated in these interim financial statements. Given that Abengoa Yield is a subsidiary controlled by Abengoa, these assets constitute an acquisition under common control by Abengoa and accordingly, they were recorded using Abengoa’s historical basis in the assets and liabilities of the predecessor. The difference between the cash paid and historical value of the net assets was recorded in equity. Results of operations of the assets acquired have been recorded in Abengoa Yield’s consolidated income statement since the date of the acquisition.

 

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Impact of changes in the scope in the consolidated interim financial statements

The amount of assets and liabilities consolidated at the effective acquisition date for the aggregated change in scope is shown in the following table:

 

     Asset acquisition under ROFO
Agreement
 

Concessional assets

   $ 2,023,622   

Investments carried under the equity method

     43,226   

Deferred tax asset

     100,413   

Other non-current assets

     9,981   

Current assets

     276,987   

Project debt long term

     (1,336,504

Deferred tax liabilities

     (3,854

Project debt short term

     (78,495

Other current and non-current liabilities

     (351,993

Asset acquisition under ROFO - purchase price

     (706,953

Non-controlling interests

     (52,273
  

 

 

 

Difference recorded in equity

   $ (75,843
  

 

 

 

Had the Asset acquisition under ROFO Agreement performed during 2015 been consolidated from January 1, 2015, the consolidated statement of comprehensive income would have included additional revenue of $91 million and additional loss after tax of $4.7 million.

Note 6.- Contracted concessional assets

The detail of contracted concessional assets included in the heading ‘Contracted Concessional assets’ as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

     Balance as of
June 30, 2015
     Balance as of
December 31, 2014
 

Contracted concessional assets cost

   $ 9,205,427       $ 7,025,576   

Amortization and impairment

     (642,738      (300,398
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 8,562,689       $ 6,725,178   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Contracted concessional assets include fixed assets financed through project debt, related to service concession arrangements recorded in accordance with IFRIC 12, except for Palmucho, which is recorded in accordance with IAS 17, and PS10&20, which are recorded as property plant and equipment in accordance with IAS 16. Concessional assets recorded in accordance with IFRIC 12, are either intangible or financial assets. As of June 30, 2015, contracted concessional financial assets amount to $963,966 thousand ($750,546 thousand as of December 31, 2014).

The increase in total contracted concessional assets is primarily due to the asset acquisition under the ROFO Agreement. (see Note 5)

No losses from impairment of contracted concessional assets were recorded during 2015 and 2014.

 

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Note 7.- Investments carried under the equity method

The table below shows the breakdown of the investments held in associates as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014:

 

     Balance as of
June 30,

2015
     Balance as of
December 31,
2014
 

Evacuación Valdecaballeros, S.L.

   $ 5,641       $ 5,711   

Geida Tlemcen, S.L. (*)

     45,042         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 50,683       $ 5,711   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) Myah Bahr Honaine, S.P.A., the project entity, is 51% owned by Geida Tlemcen, S.L. which is accounted for using the equity method in these consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

Note 8.- Financial investments

The detail of Non-current and Current financial investment as of June 30, 2015 and December 2014 are as follows:

 

     Balance as of
June 30

2015
     Balance as of
December 31,
2014
 

Other receivable accounts

   $ 90,750       $ 105,964   

Preferred equity in ACBH

     245,334         263,000   

Derivative assets

     7,224         4,597   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current financial investments

   $ 343,308       $ 373,561   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other receivable accounts

     608,167         229,417   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current financial investments

   $ 608,167       $ 229,417   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The preferred equity investment in ACBH is an available for sale financial asset that gives the following rights:

 

    During the five-year period commencing on July 1, 2014, Abengoa Yield has the right to receive, in four quarterly installments, a preferred dividend of $18,400 thousand per year;

 

    Following the initial five-year period, Abengoa Yield has the option to (i) remain as preferred equity holder receiving the first $18,400 thousand in dividends per year that ACBH is able to distribute or (ii) exchange the preferred equity for ordinary shares of specific project companies owned by ACBH.

Given that Abengoa Yield has a right to receive a quarterly dividend during the upcoming five years; the Company has recorded an account receivable for a total amount of $63,921 as of June 30, 2015, corresponding to the present value of the receivable, with a credit to deferred income, in “Grants and other liabilities”. Income is recorded progressively during the next five years from July 2014, as dividend is collected. The long-term portion of the account receivable is included in “Other receivable account” within non-current financial investments.

Current Other receivable accounts primarily include the ITC Grant receivable for the Mojave project and the short-term portion of contracted concessional financial assets (see Note 6).

 

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Note 9.- Derivative financial instruments

The breakdowns of the fair value amount of the derivative financial instruments as of June 30, 2015 and December 31 2014 are as follows:

 

    

Balance as of June 30,

2015

    

Balance as of December 31,

2014

 
     Assets      Liabilities      Assets      Liabilities  

Interest rate derivatives - cash flow hedge

   $ 7,224       $ 373,572       $ 4,597       $ 168,931   

All the derivatives are interest rate cash-flow hedges. All are classified as non-current assets or non-current liabilities, as they hedge long-term financing agreements. All derivatives are classified as Level 2 (see Note 10).

Derivative liabilities included in these condensed interim financial statements increase is primarily due to the asset acquisition under the ROFO Agreement (see Note 5), which was partially offset by the increase in the fair value of the derivatives instruments during the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, resulting from the increase in future interest rates.

The net amount of the fair value of interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges transferred to the consolidated condensed income statement is a loss of $19,913 thousand in the six-month period ended June 30 , 2015 (loss of $14,069 thousand in the six-month period ended June 30, 2014). Additionally, the net amount of the time value component of the cash flow derivatives fair value recognized in the consolidated condensed income statement for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 was a gain of $4,836 thousand, and a loss of $1,836 thousand respectively.

The after-tax results accumulated in equity in connection with derivatives designated as cash flow hedges as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 amount to a profit of $9,349 thousand and a loss of $15,539 thousand respectively.

Note 10.- Fair value of financial instruments

Financial instruments measured at fair value are presented in accordance with the following level classification based on the nature of the inputs used for the calculation of fair value:

 

    Level 1: Inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

    Level 2: Fair value is measured based on inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices).

 

    Level 3: Fair value is measured based on unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, all the financial instruments measured at fair value correspond to derivatives and have been classified as Level 2, except for the preferred equity investment in ACBH classified as Level 3.

Note 11.- Related parties

Details of balances with related parties as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are as follows:

 

     Balance as of
June 30, 2015
     Balance as of
December 31, 2014
 

Credit receivables (current)

   $ 38,271       $ 29,876   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current receivables with related parties

   $ 38,271       $ 29,876   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Credit receivables and other (non-current)

   $ 302,079       $ 327,400   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current receivables with related parties

   $ 302,079       $ 327,400   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     Balance as of
June 30, 2015
     Balance as of
December 31, 2014
 

Trade payables(current)

     107,130         104,556   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current payables with related parties

   $  107,130       $  104,556   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Trade payables (non- current)

     —           21,685   

Credit payables (non-current)

     67,538         56,276   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non-current payables with related parties

   $ 67,538       $ 77,961   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Receivables with related parties primarily correspond to the preferred equity investment in ACBH and its corresponding dividend (see Note 8), for $300,533 thousand as non-current and $18,400 thousand as current.

The transactions carried out by entities included in these consolidated condensed interim financial statements with Abengoa and with subsidiaries of Abengoa not included in the consolidated group during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 have been as follows:

 

     For the six-month period ended
June 30,
 
   2015      2014  

Sales

   $ 14,599       $ 4,046   

Construction costs

     —           (38,565

Services rendered

     147         1,636   

Services received

     (46,379      (16,444

Financial income

     289         954   

Financial expenses

   $ (1,140    $ (8,000

Services received include operation and maintenance services received by some plants, the fee incurred by some plants under the services agreement with Abengoa, and general and administrative services. Sales relate to sale of energy by Spanish Solar plants, which are sometimes made through an Abengoa’s company acting as an agent for the plant. Financial expenses during the six-month period ended June 30, 2014 primarily relate to interest expenses on debt with related parties that were capitalized prior to the IPO.

In addition, the Company has entered into a Financial Support Agreement under which Abengoa has agreed to facilitate a new $50,000 thousand revolving credit line and maintain any guarantees and letters of credit that have been provided by it on behalf of or for the benefit of Abengoa Yield and its affiliates for a period of five years. As of June 30, 2015, the total amount of the credit line remains undrawn.

Note 12.- Clients and other receivable

Clients and other receivable as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, consist of the following:

 

     Balance as of
June 30, 2015
     Balance as of
December 31, 2014
 

Trade receivables

   $ 139,879       $ 78,521   

Tax receivables

     56,438         36,080   

Other accounts receivable

     36,496         15,095   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 232,813       $ 129,696   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the fair value of clients and other receivable accounts does not differ significantly from its carrying value. The increase in clients and other receivable is primarily due to the asset acquisition under ROFO Agreement. (see Note 5)

 

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Note 13.- Equity

As of June 30, 2015, the share capital amounts to $10,021,726 represented by 100,217,260 ordinary shares completely subscribed and disbursed with a nominal value of $0.10 each, all in the same class and series. Each share grants one voting right.

On June 18, 2014 Abengoa Yield closed its initial public offering issuing 24,850,000 ordinary shares. The shares were offered at a price of $29 per share and as a result the Company raised $720,650 thousand of gross proceeds. The Company recorded $2,485 thousand as Share Capital and $682,810 thousand as Additional Paid in Capital, included in the Parent company reserves of the consolidated condensed statement of financial position as of June 30, 2015, corresponding to the total net proceeds of the offering. The underwriters further purchased 3,727,500 additional shares from the selling shareholder, a subsidiary wholly owned by Abengoa, at the public offering price less fees and commissions to cover over-allotments (“greenshoe”) driving the total proceeds of the offering to $828,748 thousand.

Abengoa Yield’s shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ABY” on June 13, 2014.

On January 22, 2015, Abengoa closed an underwritten public offering and sale in the United States of 10,580,000 of our ordinary shares for total proceeds of $327,980,000 (or $31 per share). As a result of such offering, Abengoa reduced its stake in the Company from 64.3% to 51.1% of our shares.

On February 23, 2015, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly dividend corresponding to the fourth quarter of 2014 amounting to $0.2592 per share. The dividend was paid on March 16, 2015.

On May 8, 2015 Abengoa Yield issued 20,217,260 new shares at $33.14 per share, which was based on a 3% discount versus the May 7, 2015 closing price. Abengoa subscribed for 51% of the newly-issued shares and maintained its previous stake in Abengoa Yield. The proceeds were primarily used to finance assets acquisitions of May and June 2015.

On May 11, 2015, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly dividend corresponding to the first quarter of 2015 amounting to $0.34 per share. The dividend was paid on June 15, 2015.

As of June 30, 2015, Abengoa had a 51.1% interest in Abengoa Yield.

In addition, as of June 30, 2015, there was no treasury stock and there have been no transactions with treasury stock during the period then ended.

After the closing of these consolidated condensed interim financial statements, Abengoa sold 2,000,000 shares of Abengoa Yield under Rule 144, reducing its current stake to 49.1%.

Note 14.- Corporate debt

The breakdown of the corporate debt as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

     Balance as of
June 30, 2015
     Balance as of
December 31, 2014
 

Non-current

   $ 374,685       $ 376,160   

Current

     2,409         2,255   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Corporate Debt

   $ 377,094       $ 378,415   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The repayment schedule for the corporate debt, as of June 30, 2015 is as follows:

 

Rest 2015

   Between January
and June 2016
     Rest
2016
     2017      2018      2019      Total  

2,409

     —           —           —           123,304         251,381         377,094   

On November 17, 2014 the Company issued the Senior Notes due 2019 in an aggregate principal amount of $255,000 thousand (the “2019 Notes”). The 2019 Notes accrue annual interest of 7.00% payable semi-annually beginning on May 15, 2015 until their maturity date of November 15, 2019.

On December 3, 2014, the Company entered into a credit facility of up to $125,000 thousand with Banco Santander, S.A., Bank of America, N.A., Citigroup Global Markets Limited, HSBC Bank plc and RBC Capital Markets, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (the “Credit Facility”). On December 22, 2014, the Company drew down $125,000 thousand under the Credit Facility. Loans under the Credit Facility accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to: (A) for Eurodollar rate loans, LIBOR plus 2.75% and (B) for base rate loans, the highest of (i) the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight U.S. Federal funds transactions with members of the U.S. Federal Reserve System arranged by U.S. Federal funds brokers on such day plus 1/2 of 1.00%, (ii) the U.S. prime rate and (iii) LIBOR plus 1.00%, in any case, plus 1.75%. Loans under the Credit Facility will mature on the fourth anniversary of the closing date of the Credit Facility. Loans prepaid by the Company under the Credit Facility may be reborrowed. The Credit Facility is secured by pledges of the shares of the guarantors which the Company owns.

Current corporate debt corresponds to the accrued interest of the Notes and the Credit Facility.

Note 15.- Project debt

The main purpose of the Company is the long-term ownership and management of contracted concessional assets, such as renewable energy, conventional power, electric transmission line and water assets, which are financed through project debt. This note shows the project debt linked to the contracted concessional assets included in Note 6 of these consolidated condensed interim financial statements.

Project debt is generally used to finance the Company’s contracted assets, exclusively using as guarantee the assets and cash flows of the company or group of companies carrying out the activities financed. In most of the cases, the assets and/or contracts are set up as guarantee to ensure the repayment of the related financing.

Compared with corporate debt, project debt has certain key advantages, including a greater leverage period permitted and a clearly defined risk profile.

The detail of Project debt of both non-current and current liabilities as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

     Balance as of
June 30,
2015
     Balance as of
December 31,
2014
 

Non-current

   $ 4,740,329       $ 3,491,877   

Current

     500,882         331,189   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Project debt

   $ 5,241,211       $ 3,823,066   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The increase in total project debt is primarily due to the Asset acquisition under the ROFO Agreement. (see Note 5)

The repayment schedule for Project debt, as of June 30, 2015 is as follows and is consistent with the projected cash flows of the related projects:

 

Rest 2015

   Between January and
June 2016
     Rest
2016
     2017      2018      2019      Subsequent
years
     Total  

446,650

     54,232         102,045         175,483         186,708         205,878         4,070,215         5,241,211   

 

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Note 16.- Grants and other liabilities

 

     Balances as of
June 30, 2015
     Balances as of
December 31, 2014
 

Grants

   $ 1,374,572       $ 1,043,837   

Long-term trade payables

     275,562         259,364   

Deferred Income

     55,200         64,400   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Grant and other non-current liabilities

   $ 1,705,334       $ 1,367,601   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Grants correspond mainly to loans with interest rates below market rates for Solana and Mojave for a total amount of $534 million ($549 million as of December 31, 2014). Loans for these projects bear interest at a rate below market rates for these types of projects and terms. The difference between proceeds received from these loans and its fair value, is initially recorded as “Grants” in the consolidated statement of financial position, and subsequently recorded in “Other operating income” starting at the entry into operation of the plants. The remaining balance corresponds mainly to the ITC Grant awarded or to be awarded by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for these two projects for a total amount of $838 million. The amount recorded in Grants as a liability is progressively recorded as other income over the useful life of the asset. The increase in Grants was primarily due to the ITC Grant receivable recognized for the Mojave project.

As of June 30, 2015, Long-term trade payables include $238 million related to the non-current portion of the investment from Liberty Interactive Corporation (‘Liberty’) made on October 2, 2013. The current portion is recorded in other current liabilities (see note 17).

Deferred income corresponds to the long-term portion of the deferred income from the dividend receivable from the preferred equity investment in ACBH (see Note 8).

Note 17.- Trade payables and other current liabilities

Trade payable and other current liabilities as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are as follows:

 

Item

   Balance as of
June 30, 2015
     Balance as of
December 31, 2014
 

Trade accounts payables

   $ 115,123       $ 54,074   

Down payments from clients

     6,977         5,274   

Deferred Income

     18,400         18,400   

Suppliers of concessional assets current

     22,127         81,052   

Liberty (see Note 16)

     72,349         63,652   

Other accounts payable

     35,385         8,680   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 270,361       $ 231,132   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Decrease in Suppliers of concessional assets primarily relates to Mojave, which COD took place on December 1, 2014. Trade accounts payables mainly relate to the operating and maintenance of the plants.

Deferred income corresponds to the short-term portion of the deferred income related to the dividend receivable from the preferred equity investment in ACBH (see Note 8).

Nominal values of Trade payables and other current liabilities are considered to approximately equal to fair values and the effect of discounting them is not significant.

 

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Note 18.- Income Tax

The effective tax rate for the periods presented has been established based on Management’s best estimates.

In the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, Income tax amounted to a $6,428 thousand loss with respect of a benefit before income tax of $11,569 thousand. In the six-month period ended June 30, 2014, Income tax amounted to a $2,706 thousand loss with respect of a Loss before income tax of $25,117 thousand. The effective tax rate differs from the nominal tax rate mainly due to permanent differences and treatment of tax credits in some jurisdictions.

Note 19.- Financial income and expenses

Financial income and expenses

The following table sets forth our financial income and expenses for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

     For the six-month period
ended June 30,
 
Financial income    2015      2014  

Interest income from loans and credits

   $ 379       $ 1,077   

Interest rates benefits derivatives: cash flow hedges

     3,138         265   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,517       $ 1,342   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     For the six-month period
ended June 30,
 
Financial expenses    2015      2014  

Expenses due to interest:

     

- Loans from credit entities

   $ (80,389    $ (57,520

- Other debts

     (37,681      (30,310

Interest rates losses derivatives: cash flow hedges

     (18,215      (16,170
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (136,285    $ (104,000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial expenses increased for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 mainly due to interest expense from loans and credits associated with projects that have entered into operation during 2014 and the assets acquisitions under the ROFO Agreement. Interest is capitalized for the Company’s intangible concession assets during the construction period and begins to be expensed upon commercial operation. Interests from other debts are primarily interest on the notes issued by ATS, ATN, Abengoa Yield plc and interest related to the investment from Liberty (see Note 16). Losses from interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges correspond mainly to transfers from equity to financial expense when the hedged item is impacting the consolidated condensed income statement.

Other net financial income and expenses

The following table sets out ‘Other net financial income and expenses” for the period ended June 30, 2015, and 2014:

 

    

For the six-month period

ended June 30,

 
Other financial income / (expenses)    2015      2014  

Dividend ACBH (Brazil)

   $ 9,200         —     

Other financial income

     287         204   

Other financial losses

     (5,156      (1,502
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 4,331       $ (1,298
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Other financial losses mainly include guarantees and letters of credit, wire transfers and other bank fees and other minor financial expenses.

Note 20.- Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share has been calculated by dividing the profit/(loss) attributable to equity holders by the number of shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share equals basic earnings per share for the period presented. Basic earnings per share is only presented for periods subsequent to the initial public offering.

 

     For the six-month
period ended June 30,
2015
 
Item   

Profit/(loss) from continuing operations attributable to Abengoa Yield Plc.

   $ (673

Profit/(loss) from discontinuing operations attributable to Abengoa Yield Plc.

     —     

Average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands) - basic and diluted

   $ 85,279   

Earnings per share from continuing operations (US dollar per share) - basic and diluted

     (0.01

Earnings per share from discontinuing operations (US dollar per share) - basic and diluted

     —     

Earnings per share from profit for the period (US dollar per share) - basic and diluted

   $ (0.01

Note 21.- Subsequent events

On July 14, 2015, Abengoa sold 2,000,000 shares of Abengoa Yield under Rule 144, reducing its current stake to 49.1%.

On June 26, 2015, Abengoa Yield increased its existing $125 million credit facility with a revolver Tranche B for an additional amount of $290 million. Tranche B will be used to finance future acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.

On July 27, 2015, pursuant to the ROFO Agreement the Company announced it had agreed with Abengoa to acquire 75% of the shares and a 30-year usufruct of the economic rights of the remaining 25% of the shares of Solaben 1/6, a 100 MW solar power complex in Spain. Concurrently, the Company announced that it has agreed to buy from JGC Corporation 13% of the shares of Solacor 1/2.

In addition, on July 29, 2015, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend corresponding to the second quarter of 2015, amounting to $0.40 per share. This dividend is expected to be paid on or about September 15, 2015 to shareholders of record on August 30, 2015.

On July 30, 2015, the Company acquired a 51% stake in Kaxu, a 100 MW solar plant in South Africa.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read together with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, our Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements and our Annual Consolidated Financial Statements prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs, which are based on assumptions we believe to be reasonable. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Please see our Annual Report, dated February 23, 2015, for additional discussion of various factors affecting our results of operations.

The following discussion analyzes our historical financial condition and results of operations. For all periods prior to our IPO, the discussion reflects the combined financial statements of our predecessor, which represents the combination of the assets transferred by Abengoa to us immediately prior to the consummation of our IPO. For all periods subsequent to our IPO, the discussion reflects our and our subsidiaries’ consolidated results.

Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This quarterly report includes forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, all statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this quarterly report, including, without limitation, those regarding our future financial position and results of operations, our strategy, plans, objectives, goals and targets, future developments in the markets in which we operate or are seeking to operate or anticipated regulatory changes in the markets in which we operate or intend to operate. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “guidance,” “intend,” “is likely to,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “projected,” “should” or “will” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions or terminology.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this quarterly report and are not guarantees of future performance and are based on numerous assumptions. Our actual results of operations, financial condition and the development of events may differ materially from (and be more negative than) those made in, or suggested by, the forward-looking statements. Investors should read the section entitled “Item 3.D—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report and the description of our segments and business sectors in the section entitled “Item 4.B—Business—Overview” in our Annual Report for a more complete discussion of the factors that could affect us. Important risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause these differences include, but are not limited to:

 

    Difficult conditions in the global economy and in the global market and uncertainties in emerging markets where we have international operations;

 

    Changes in general economic, political, governmental and business conditions globally and in the countries in which we do business;

 

    Decreases in government expenditure budgets, reductions in government subsidies or adverse changes in laws affecting our businesses and growth plan;

 

    Challenges in achieving growth and making acquisitions due to our dividend policy;

 

    Inability to identify and/or consummate future acquisitions, whether the Abengoa ROFO Assets or otherwise, on favorable terms or at all;

 

    Legal challenges to regulations, subsidies and incentives that support renewable energy sources;

 

    Extensive governmental regulation in a number of different jurisdictions, including stringent environmental regulation;

 

    Changes in prices, including increases in the cost of energy, natural gas, oil and other operating costs;

 

    Counterparty credit risk and failure of counterparties to our offtake agreements to fulfill their obligations;

 

    Inability to replace expiring or terminated offtake agreements with similar agreements;

 

    New technology or changes in industry standards;

 

    Inability to manage exposure to credit, interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, supply and commodity price risks;

 

    Reliance on third-party contractors and suppliers;

 

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    Risks associated with acquisitions and investments;

 

    Deviations from our investment criteria for future acquisitions and investments;

 

    Failure to maintain safe work environments;

 

    Insufficient insurance coverage and increases in insurance cost;

 

    Litigation and other legal proceedings;

 

    Reputational risk, including damage to the reputation of Abengoa;

 

    Revocation or termination of our concession agreements;

 

    Inability to adjust regulated tariffs or fixed-rate arrangements as a result of fluctuations in prices of raw materials, exchange rates, labor and subcontractor costs;

 

    Variations in market electricity prices;

 

    Effects of catastrophes, natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, climate change, unexpected geological or other physical conditions, or criminal or terrorist acts at one or more of our plants;

 

    Lack of electric transmission capacity and potential upgrade costs to the electric transmission grid;

 

    Disruptions in our operations as a result of our not owning the land on which our assets are located;

 

    Failure of our newly-constructed assets or assets under construction to perform as expected;

 

    Failure to receive dividends from all project and investments;

 

    Variations in meteorological conditions;

 

    Disruption of the fuel supplies necessary to generate power at our conventional generation facilities;

 

    Loss of senior management and key personnel and our reliance on Abengoa to supply administrative, financial, executive and other support services to us;

 

    Changes to our relationship with Abengoa;

 

    Failure to meet certain covenants under our financing arrangements;

 

    Changes in our tax position and greater than expected tax liability; and

 

    Various other factors, including those factors discussed under “Item 3.D—Risk Factors” and “Item 5.A—Operating Results” in our Annual Report therein.

We caution that the important factors referenced above may not be all of the factors that are important to investors. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or developments or otherwise.

Overview

We are a total return company that owns, manages and acquires renewable energy, conventional power, electric transmission lines and water revenue-generating assets in operation, focused on North America (the United States and Mexico), South America (Peru, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil), and EMEA (Spain, Algeria and South Africa). We also intend to expand to certain countries in the Middle East, maintaining North America, South America and Europe as our core geographies.

We are focused on high-quality, newly-constructed and long-life facilities with creditworthy counterparties that we expect will produce stable, long-term cash flows. All of our assets have contracted revenues (regulated revenues in the case of our Spanish assets) with low-risk off-takers and collectively have a weighted average remaining contract life of approximately 23 years as of December 31, 2014. As of the date of this quarterly report, we own or have interests in 19 assets, comprising 1,341 MW of renewable energy generation, 300 MW of conventional power generation, 10.5 M ft3 per day of water desalination and 1,099 miles of electric transmission lines, as well as an exchangeable preferred equity investment in ACBH. Each of the assets we own has a project-finance agreement in place.

We expect that the majority of our cash available for distribution will be in U.S. dollars, indexed to the U.S. dollar or in euros. We intend to use currency hedging contracts to maintain a ratio of 90% of our cash available for distribution denominated in U.S. dollars. Over 90% of our project-level debt is hedged against changes in interest rates through an underlying fixed rate on the debt instrument or through interest rate swaps, caps or similar hedging instruments.

 

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With this business model, our objective is to pay a consistent and growing cash dividend to holders of our shares that is sustainable on a long-term basis. We target a payout ratio of 90% of our cash available for distribution and will seek to increase such cash dividends over time through organic growth and as we acquire assets with characteristics similar to those in our current portfolio.

We have signed an exclusive agreement with Abengoa, which we refer to as the ROFO Agreement, which provides us with a right of first offer on any proposed sale, transfer or other disposition of any of Abengoa’s contracted renewable energy, conventional power, electric transmission or water assets in operation and located in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, Colombia and the European Union, as well as four assets in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. We refer to the contracted assets subject to the ROFO Agreement as the “Abengoa ROFO Assets.” See “Item 4.B—Business Overview—Our Growth Strategy” and “Item 7.B—Related Party Transactions—Right of First Offer” in our Annual Report.

Based on the acquisition opportunities available to us, which include the Abengoa ROFO Assets, to the extent offered for sale by Abengoa or any investment vehicle to which Abengoa has transferred them, as well as any third-party acquisitions we pursue, we believe that we will have the opportunity to grow our cash available for distribution in a manner that would allow us to increase our cash dividends per share over time.

Since our initial public offering we have closed a series of acquisitions mainly from Abengoa:

 

    On November 18, 2014, we completed the acquisition of Solacor 1/2 through a 30-year usufruct rights contract over the related shares (which includes the option to purchase such shares for one euro during a four-year term); on December 4, 2014, we completed the acquisition of PS10/20; and on December 29, 2014, we completed the acquisition of Cadonal. Solacor 1/2 are solar assets located in Spain with a capacity of 100 MW, PS 10/20 are solar assets located in Spain with a capacity of 31 MW and Cadonal is a 50 MW wind farm located in Uruguay.

 

    On February 3, 2015, we completed the acquisition of a 25.5% stake in Honaine and a 34.2% stake in Skikda, two desalination plants in Algeria with an aggregate capacity of 10.5 million cubic feet per day. On February 23, 2015, we completed the acquisition of a 29.6% stake in Helioenergy 1/2, a solar power complex in Spain with a capacity of 100 MW.

 

    On May 13, 2015 and May 14, 2015 we completed the acquisition of Helios 1/2 (a 100 MW solar complex) and Solnova 1/3/4 (a 150 MW solar complex) respectively, both in Spain. On May 25, 2015 we completed the acquisition of the remaining 70.4% stake in Helioenergy 1/2.

 

    On June 25, 2015 we completed the acquisition of ATN2 (an 81-mile transmission line in Peru).

 

    On July 30, 2015, we acquired a 51% stake in Kaxu, a 100 MW solar plant in South Africa.

Furthermore, on July 27, 2015, pursuant to the ROFO Agreement we announced that we agreed with Abengoa to acquire 75% of the shares and a 30-year usufruct of the economic rights of the remaining 25% of the shares of Solaben 1/6, a 100 MW solar power complex in Spain. Concurrently, we announced that we have agreed to buy from JGC Corporation 13% of the shares of Solacor 1/2.

Abengoa is currently our largest shareholder and owns 49.05% of our shares.

On January 22, 2015, Abengoa closed an underwritten public offering and sale in the United States of 10,580,000 of our ordinary shares. As a result of such offering, Abengoa reduced its stake in Abengoa Yield from approximately 64.3% to 51.1% of Abengoa Yield’s shares.

On May 14, 2015, we issued 20,217,260 new shares at $33.14 per share, which was based on a 3% discount versus the May 7, 2015 closing price. Abengoa subscribed for 51% of the newly-issued shares and therefore maintained the stake it had at that time. The net proceeds of $664 million were primarily used to finance acquisitions of assets closed in May and June 2015.

On July 14, 2015, Abengoa sold 2,000,000 shares of Abengoa Yield pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, reducing its current stake to 49.05%.

 

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Our revenue and Further Adjusted EBITDA by geography and business sector for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 are set forth in the following tables:

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Revenue by geography

   2015     2014  
     $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
    $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
 

North America

     150.2         48.7   $ 96.8         57.0

South America

     50.6         16.4     36.3         21.4

EMEA

     107.8         34.9     36.7         21.6
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total revenue

   $ 308.6         100.0   $ 169.8         100.0
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Revenue by business sector

   2015     2014  
     $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
    $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
 

Renewable energy

   $ 193.4         62.7   $ 78.3         46.1

Conventional power

     65.4         21.2     57.1         33.6

Electric transmission lines

     39.2         12.7     34.4         20.3

Water

     10.6         3.4     —           —     
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total revenue

   $ 308.6         100.0   $ 169.8         100.0
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Further Adjusted EBITDA by geography

   2015     2014  
     $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
    $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
 

North America

   $ 137.3         91.4   $ 83.7         86.5

South America

     51.6         102.2     29.5         81.3

EMEA

     68.8         63.8     24.0         65.4
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total Further Adjusted EBITDA(1)

   $ 257.7         83.5   $ 137.2         80.8
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Further Adjusted EBITDA by business sector

   2015     2014  
     $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
    $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
 

Renewable energy

   $ 155.9         80.6   $ 60.6         77.4

Conventional power

     53.3         81.5     48.6         85.1

Electric transmission lines

     41.9         106.9     28.0         81.4

Water

     6.6         62.3     —           —     
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total Further Adjusted EBITDA(1)

   $ 257.7         83.5   $ 137.2         80.8
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

(1) Further Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as profit/(loss) for the year attributable to the parent company, after adding back loss/(profit) attributable to non-controlling interest from continued operations, income tax, share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method, finance expense net, depreciation, amortization and impairment charges and dividends received from our preferred equity investment in ACBH. Further Adjusted EBITDA for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014 does not include dividends from ACBH as they were received for the first time in the third and fourth quarters of 2014. Further Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of performance under IFRS as issued by the IASB and you should not consider Further Adjusted EBITDA as an alternative to operating income or profits or as a measure of our operating performance, cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities or as a measure of our ability to meet our cash needs or any other measures of performance under generally accepted accounting principles. We believe that Further Adjusted EBITDA is a useful indicator of our ability to incur and service our indebtedness and can assist securities analysts, investors and other parties to evaluate us. Further Adjusted EBITDA and similar measures are used by different companies for different purposes and are often calculated in ways that reflect the circumstances of those companies. Further Adjusted EBITDA may not be indicative of our historical operating results, nor is it meant to be predictive of potential future results. See “Presentation of Financial Information—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” in our Annual Report.

Currency Presentation and Definitions

In this quarterly report, all references to “U.S. Dollar” and “$” are to the lawful currency of the United States.

 

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Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations

Commencement of operations of projects

The comparability of our results of operations is significantly influenced by the volume of projects that become operational during a particular year. The number of projects becoming operational and the length of lead times for projects under construction significantly affect our revenue and operating profit, which makes the comparison of periods difficult.

The following table sets forth the principal projects that commenced operations during 2014 including the quarter in which operations began.

 

Geography Segment

 

Asset

 

Business Sector

 

Capacity

 

Status

 

Commercial

Operation Date

North America

  Mojave   Renewable energy   280 MW   Operational   4Q 2014

South America

  ATS   Electric transmission   569 miles   Operational   1Q 2014
  Quadra 1   Electric transmission   43 miles   Operational   2Q 2014
  Quadra 2   Electric transmission   38 miles   Operational   1Q 2014
  Palmatir   Renewable energy   50 MW   Operational   2Q 2014

Acquisitions

On November 18, 2014, we completed the acquisition of a 74% stake in Solacor 1/2 through a 30-year usufruct rights contract over the related shares (which includes the option to purchase such shares for one euro during a four-year term); on December 4, 2014, we completed the acquisition of PS10/20; and on December 29, 2014, we completed the acquisition of Cadonal. Solacor 1/2 are solar assets located in Spain with a capacity of 100 MW, PS 10/20 are solar assets located in Spain with a capacity of 31 MW and Cadonal is a 50 MW wind farm located in Uruguay.

On February 3, 2015, we completed the acquisition of a 25.5% stake in Honaine and a 34.2% stake in Skikda, two desalination plants in Algeria with an aggregate capacity of 10.5 million cubic feet per day. On February 23, 2015, we completed the acquisition of a 29.6% stake in Helioenergy 1/2, a solar power complex in Spain with a capacity of 100 MW.

On May 13, 2015 and May 14, 2015, we completed the acquisitions of Helios 1/2 (a 100 MW solar complex) and Solnova 1/3/4 (a 150 MW solar complex) respectively, both in Spain. On May 25, 2015, we completed the acquisition of the remaining 70.4% stake in Helioenergy 1/2.

On June 25, 2015, we completed the acquisition of ATN2 (an 81-mile transmission line in Peru).

We have consolidated the results of operations of Solacor 1/2, PS 10/20, Cadonal, the 34.2% stake in Skikda, Helios 1/2, Solnova 1/3/4 and ATN2 since the date of each acquisition. The results of Honaine have been accounted for under the equity method since the date of its acquisition. The results of Helioenergy 1/2 have been recorded under the equity method from the acquisition of the initial 29.6% stake until we gained control of the assets on May 25, 2015 and have been fully consolidated since that date.

These acquisitions, and any other acquisitions we may make from time to time, will affect the comparability of our results.

Regulation

We operate in a significant number of regulated markets. The degree of regulation to which our activities are subject varies by country. In a number of the countries in which we operate, regulation is carried out by national regulatory authorities. In some countries, such as the United States and, to a certain degree, Spain, there are various additional layers of regulation at the state, regional and/or local levels. In such countries, the scope, nature, and extent of regulation may differ among the various states, regions and/or localities.

 

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While we believe the requisite authorizations, permits and approvals for our existing activities have been obtained and that our activities are operated in substantial compliance with applicable laws and regulations, we remain subject to a varied and complex body of laws and regulations that both public officials and private parties may seek to enforce. See “Regulation” in our Annual Report for a description of the primary industry-related regulations applicable to our activities in the United States and Spain and currently in force in certain of the principal markets in which we operate.

Exchange rates

Our functional currency is the U.S. dollar, as most of our revenues and expenses are denominated or linked to U.S. dollars. All our companies located in North America and South America have their PPAs, or concessional agreements, and financing contracts signed in, or indexed to, U.S. dollars, and report their individual financial statements in U.S. dollars. Our solar plants in Spain, Solaben 2/3, Solacor 1/2, PS 10/20, Helioenergy 1/2, Solnova 1/3/4 and Helios 1/2 have their revenues and expenses denominated in euros.

Fluctuations in the value of foreign currencies (the euro) in relation to the U.S. dollar may affect our operating results. Impacts associated with fluctuations in foreign currency are discussed in more detail under “Quantitative and qualitative disclosure about market risk—Foreign exchange rate risk” in our Annual Report. In subsidiaries with functional currency other than the U.S. dollar, assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars using end-of-period exchange rates; revenue, expenses and cash flows are translated using average rates of exchange. The following table illustrates the average rates of exchange used in the case of euros:

 

     U.S. dollar
average per euro
 

Six-month period ended June 30, 2015

     1.1158   

Six-month period ended June 30, 2014

     1.3710   

Apart from the impact of translation differences described above, the exposure of our income statement to fluctuations of foreign currencies is limited, as the financing of projects is typically denominated in the same currency as that of the contracted revenue agreement. This policy seeks to ensure that the main revenue and expenses in foreign companies are denominated in the same currency, limiting our risk of foreign exchange differences in our financial results.

Please see our Annual Report for additional discussion of various factors that affect our results of operations.

Key Performance Indicators

In addition to the factors described above, we closely monitor the following key drivers of our business sectors’ performance to plan for our needs, and to adjust our expectations, financial budgets and forecasts appropriately.

 

     As of and
for the six-month
period ended
June 30,
 
Key performance indicator    2015     2014  

Renewable energy

    

MW in operation

     1,241        430   

GWh produced

     1,083        418   

Conventional power

    

MW in operation

     300        300   

GWh produced

     1,223        1,205   

Availability (%)

     101.8     101.1

Electric transmission lines

    

Miles in operation

     1,099        1,018   

Availability (%)

     99.9     100.0

Water

    

Mft3 in operation

     10.5        —     

Availability (%)

     100.7     —     

MW in operation and Mft3 in operation represent total installed capacity in assets owned at the end of the period, regardless of the stake in each of the assets.

 

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Results of Operations

The tables below illustrate our results of operations for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014.

 

(in millions of U.S. dollars)    Six-month period ended
June 30,
 
     2015      2014     

%

Variation

 

Revenue

   $ 308.6       $ 169.8         81.7

Other operating income

     36.4         59.4         (38.8 )% 

Raw materials and consumables used

     (24.2      (12.1      100.3

Employee benefit expense

     (1.8      (1.8      0.0

Depreciation, amortization, and impairment charges

     (110.4      (57.2      92.9

Other operating expenses

     (70.5      (78.1      (9.9 )% 

Operating profit

   $ 138.1       $ 80.0         72.7
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Financial income

     3.5         1.3         162.0

Financial expense

     (136.3      (104.0      31.0

Net exchange differences

     (1.4      (0.7      108.2

Other financial income/(expense), net

     4.3         (1.3      (433.8 )% 

Financial expense, net

   $ (129.9    $ (104.7      24.1
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method

     3.4         (0.4      (879.0 )% 

Profit/(loss) before income tax

   $ 11.6       $ (25.1      (146.1 )% 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Income tax benefit/(expense)

     (6.5      (2.7      137.5

Profit/(loss) for the period

   $ 5.1       $ (27.8      (118.5 )% 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Loss/(profit) attributable to non-controlling interest

     (5.8      (0.4      1317.4

Profit/(loss) for the period attributable to the parent Company

   $ (0.7    $ (28.2      (97.6 )% 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Comparison of the Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2015 and 2014

Revenues

Revenues increased by 81.7% to $308.6 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $169.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. The increase is largely attributable to the recent acquisitions of Solacor 1/2, PS 10-20 and Cadonal in the fourth quarter of 2014, Skikda in the first quarter of 2015, and Helios 1/2, Solnova 1/3/4 and Helioenergy 1/2 in the second quarter of 2015. The increase was also due to the COD of Mojave in the last quarter of 2014. Both effects resulted in a net electricity production of 2,306 GWh and 10.5 Mft3 desalination capacity in operation in the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with 1,623 GWh produced and no desalination capacity in the six-month period ended June 30, 2014.

 

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Other operating income

The following table sets forth our other operating income for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Other operating income

   2015      2014  
     ($ in millions)  

Grants

   $ 34.2       $ 16.9   

Income from various services

     2.2         3.9   

Income from subcontracted construction services for our assets and concessions

     —           38.6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 36.4       $ 59.4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other operating income decreased by 38.8% to $36.4 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $59.4 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014.

The decrease was mainly due to the decrease in Income from subcontracted construction services for our assets and concessions, which decreased from $38.6 million in the first half of 2014 to $0 in the first half of 2015. As certain assets owned by us were under construction and subcontracted to related parties during 2014, we were required to account for income from construction services as “Other operating income” in accordance with IFRIC 12. The corresponding costs of construction were recorded within “Other operating expenses.” These amounts reflect the construction progress of the assets and concessions during the first six months of 2014. The decrease was primarily due to the completion of construction of ATS. We do not expect to have any operating income from construction activities in future periods.

On the other hand, income from Grants increased from $16.9 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2014 to $34.2 million in the same period of 2015. Income classified as grants is related to the financial support provided by the U.S. Administration to Solana and Mojave. The increase is due to grants in respect of Mojave, which is fully consolidated from December 2014, once the asset reached COD and was recorded under the equity method until that time.

Raw materials and consumables used

Raw materials and consumables used increased by $12.1 million to $24.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $12.1 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014, primarily due to the COD of Mojave in the fourth quarter of 2014 and, to a lesser extent, to the acquisitions of Solacor 1/2, PS 10-20 and Cadonal in the fourth quarter of 2014, Skikda in the first quarter of 2015, and Helios 1/2, Solnova 1/3/4 and Helioenergy 1/2 in the second quarter of 2015.

Employee benefits expenses

Employee benefit expenses remained stable at $1.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015 compared to the same period of the previous year. Employee benefit expenses decreased in ATN, as in April 2014 all ATN employees were transferred to an entity in Abengoa excluded from the perimeter of Abengoa Yield. On the other hand, during 2015 management employees of Abengoa Yield were transferred to companies within the perimeter of Abengoa Yield and the Management Services Agreement was terminated, which has caused an increase in employee benefit expenses.

Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges

Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges increased by 93.0% to $110.4 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $57.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. The net change was primarily due to the commencement of operations of Mojave in the fourth quarter of 2014 and to the acquisitions of Solacor 1/2, PS 10-20 and Cadonal in the fourth quarter of 2014, Skikda in the first quarter of 2015, and Helios 1/2, Solnova 1/3/4 and Helioenergy 1/2 in the second quarter of 2015.

 

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Other operating expenses

The following table sets forth our other operating expenses for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Other operating expenses

   2015     2014  
     $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
    $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
 

Leases and fees

     1.3         0.4     0.9         0.5

Repairs and maintenance

     11.4         3.7     5.0         2.9

Independent professional services(*)

     25.8         8.4     11.3         6.7

Supplies

     5.9         1.9     3.8         2.2

Other external services

     9.7         3.1     5.3         3.1

Levies and duties

     11.0         3.6     7.9         4.7

Other expenses

     5.4         1.7     5.4         3.2

Construction costs

     —           —          38.6         22.7
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 70.5      22.8 $ 78.2      46.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(*) Includes approximately $1.8 million in the first six months of 2014 of allocated costs and expenses for general and administrative services provided by Abengoa.

Other operating expenses decreased by 9.9% to $70.5 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $78.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. This decrease was mainly due to the decrease in construction costs from $38.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014 to $0 in the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, due to the completion of construction of ATS, ACT, Quadra 1, Quadra 2 and Palmatir. This decrease was partially offset by the increase in the rest of our operating expenses, mainly due to the acquisitions of Solacor 1/2, PS 10/20 and Cadonal in the fourth quarter of 2014, Skikda in the first quarter of 2015, and Helios 1/2, Solnova 1/3/4 and Helioenergy 1/2 in the second quarter of 2015 and, to a lesser extent, to the commencement of operations of Mojave in the last quarter of 2014.

Operating profit

As a result of the above factors, operating profit increased by 72.7% to $138.1 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $80.0 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014.

Financial income and financial expense

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Financial income and financial expense

   2015      2014  
     ($ in millions)  

Financial income

     3.5         1.3   

Financial expense

     (136.3      (104.0

Net exchange differences

     (1.4      (0.7

Other financial income/(expense), net

     4.3         (1.3
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial expense, net

$ (129.9 $ (104.7
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net financial expense increased by 24.1% to $129.9 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $104.7 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. This increase was primarily attributable to the increase in financial expense analyzed below. Increase in financial income was mainly due to the acquisition of solar assets in Spain previously mentioned and Net exchange differences have remained low and stable, as all our assets have a large majority of their expenses denominated in the same currency as their revenues. Other financial income/(expense), net, is also analyzed below.

 

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Financial expense

The following table sets forth our financial expense for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Financial expense

   2015      2014  
     ($ in millions)  

Interest expense:

     

—Loans from credit entities

   $ (80.4    $ (57.5

—Other debts

     (37.7      (30.3

Interest rates losses derivatives: cash flow hedges

     (18.2      (16.2
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (136.3    $ (104.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Financial expense increased by 31.0% to $136.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $104.0 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. This increase was largely attributable to interest expense on loans and credits associated with projects that have entered into operation during 2014 and to the recent acquisitions of Solacor 1/2, PS 10-20 and Cadonal in the fourth quarter of 2014, Skikda in the first quarter of 2015, and Helios 1/2, Solnova 1/3/4 and Helioenergy 1/2 in the second quarter of 2015.

Interest expense also increased due to interest on the 2019 Notes issued on November 17, 2014 by Abengoa Yield plc and interest on the Credit Facility, also by Abengoa Yield plc.

Interest expense on other debts is primarily interest on the notes issued by ATS, ATN, Abengoa Yield plc and interest related to the investment from Liberty. Losses from interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges correspond mainly to transfers from equity to financial expense when the hedged item is impacting the consolidated condensed income statement.

Other financial income/(expense), net

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Other finance income /(expense), net

   2015      2014  
     ($ in millions)  

Dividend from ACBH

   $ 9.2       $ —     

Other financial income

     0.3         0.2   

Other financial losses

     (5.2      (1.5
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 4.3       $ (1.3
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other financial income/ (expense), net increased from a net loss of $1.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014 to a $4.3 million profit for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015. The change is largely attributable to the dividend received from our preferred equity investment in ACBH, consisting of a dividend of $4.6 million per quarter which we began to receive in the third quarter of 2014. Other financial losses corresponds mainly to expenses from guarantees, letters of credit wire transfers, other bank fees and other minor financial expenses.

 

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Share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method

Share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method increased from a loss of $0.4 in the six-month period ended June 30, 2014 to a $3.4 million profit in the six-month period ended June 30, 2015 mainly due to the acquisition of a 25.5% stake in Honaine and a 29.6% stake in Helioenergy 1/2 in February 2015. The results of Honaine have been accounted for under the equity method from the date of its acquisition in February. The results of Helioenergy 1/2 have been recorded under the equity method since the acquisition of the initial 29.6% stake in February until we gained control of the assets on May 25, 2015 and have been fully consolidated since that date.

Profit/(loss) before income tax

As a result of the above factors, we reported a profit before income tax of $11.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with a loss before income tax of $25.1 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014.

Income tax benefit/(expense)

The effective tax rate for the periods presented has been established based on management’s best estimates. In the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, Income tax amounted to a $6.5 million expense in respect of a profit before income tax of $11.6 million. In the six-month period ended June 30, 2014, Income tax amounted to a $2.7 million expense with respect of a loss before income tax of $25.1 million. The effective tax rate differs from the nominal tax rate mainly due to permanent differences and treatment of tax credits in some jurisdictions.

Loss/(profit) attributable to non-controlling interests

Profit attributable to non-controlling interests increased from a $0.4 million profit in the six-month period ended June 30, 2014 to a $5.8 million profit in the six-month period ended June 30, 2015 mainly due to the acquisition of Skikda (in which we have a 34.2% stake with control) in the first quarter of 2015 and Solacor 1/2 in the fourth quarter of 2014, in which we have a 74% stake.

Profit/(loss) attributable to the parent company

As a result of the above factors, loss attributable to the parent company amounted to $0.7 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with a loss attributable to the parent company of $28.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014.

Total comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to the Company

Total comprehensive loss attributable to the Company decreased to $1.9 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015 compared with a loss of $80.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014, mainly due to the positive change in the fair value of cash-flow hedges and available for sale financial assets in the six months ended June 30, 2015 compared to a negative change in fair value of cash-flow hedges in the six months ended June 30, 2014.

Segment Reporting

We organize our business into the following three geographies where the contracted assets and concessions are located:

 

    North America;

 

    South America; and

 

    EMEA.

In addition, we have identified the following business sectors based on the type of activity:

 

    Renewable Energy, which includes our activities related to the production electricity from concentrating solar power and wind plants;

 

    Conventional Power, which includes our activities related to the production of electricity and steam from natural gas;

 

    Electric Transmission, which includes our activities related to the operation of electric transmission lines; and

 

    Water, which includes our activities related to desalination plants.

As a result we report our results in accordance with both criteria.

 

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Revenue and Further Adjusted EBITDA by geography and business sector

The following table sets forth our revenue, Further Adjusted EBITDA and volumes for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, by geographic region:

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Revenue by geography

   2015     2014  
     $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
    $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
 

North America

   $ 150.2         48.7   $ 96.8         57.0

South America

     50.6         16.4     36.3         21.4

EMEA

     107.8         34.9     36.7         21.6
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total revenue

   $ 308.6         100.0   $ 169.8         100.0
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Further Adjusted EBITDA by geography

   2015     2014  
     $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
    $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
 

North America

   $ 137.3         91.4   $ 83.7         86.5

South America

     51.6         102.0     29.5         81.3

EMEA

     68.8         63.8     24.0         65.4
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total Further Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 257.7         83.5   $ 137.2         80.8
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

     Volume sold  
     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Geography

   2015      2014  

North America (GWh)

     1,808         1,521   

South America (miles in operation)

     1,099         1,018   

South America (GWh)

     134         20   

EMEA (GWh)

     363         83   

EMEA (Mft3 per day)

     10.5         —     

North America. Revenues increased by 55.1% to $150.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $96.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. The increase was primarily due to the commencement of operations of Mojave, which reached COD in the last quarter of 2014. As a result, Further Adjusted EBITDA increased to $137.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015 compared with $83.7 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. Higher margins are due in part to the effect of income from U.S. grants.

South America. Revenue increased by $14.3 million to $50.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $36.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. The increase was mostly attributable to the commencement of operations of ATS, Quadra 2, Quadra 1 and Palmatir during the first half of the year 2014 and to the acquisition of Cadonal in December 2014. Thus, Further Adjusted EBITDA amounted to $51.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, which represents an increase of $22.1 million as compared with the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. Further Adjusted EBITDA margin has increased as a result of dividends received from our preferred equity investment in ACBH which we began to receive in the third quarter of 2014.

EMEA. Revenue increased by $71.1 million, from $36.7 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2014 to $107.8 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2015. The increase was mostly attributable to the acquisitions of Solacor 1/2, PS 10-20 and Cadonal in the fourth quarter of 2014, Skikda in the first quarter of 2015, and Helios 1/2, Solnova 1/3/4 and Helioenergy 1/2 in the second quarter of 2015. As a result of this, Further Adjusted EBITDA increased to $68.8 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $24.0 million for the same period in 2014.

 

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The following table sets forth our revenue, Further Adjusted EBITDA and volumes for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 by business sector:

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Revenue by business sector

   2015     2014  
     $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
    $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
 

Renewable energy

   $ 193.4         62.7   $ 78.3         46.1

Conventional power

     65.4         21.2     57.1         33.6

Electric transmission lines

     39.2         12.7     34.4         20.3

Water

     10.6         3.4     —           —     
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total revenue

   $ 308.6         100.0   $ 169.8         100.0
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Further Adjusted EBITDA by business sector

   2015     2014  
     $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
    $ in
millions
     % of
revenue
 

Renewable energy

   $ 155.9         80.6   $ 60.6         77.4

Conventional power

     53.3         81.5     48.6         85.1

Electric transmission lines

     41.9         106.9     28.0         81.4

Water

     6.6         62.3     —           —     
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

Total Further Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 257.7         83.5   $ 137.2         80.8
  

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

     Volume sold  
     Six-month period ended June 30,  

Business Sectors

   2015      2014  

Renewable Energy (GWh)

     1,083         418   

Conventional power (GWh)

     1,223         1,205   

Electric transmission (miles in operation)

     1,099         1,018   

Water (Mft3 per day)

     10.5         —     

Renewable energy. Revenue increased by 147.1% to $193.4 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $78.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. The increase was mainly due to the acquisition of Solacor 1/2, PS 10/20 and Cadonal in the fourth quarter of 2014, as well as Helios 1/2, Solnova 1/3/4 and Helioenergy 1/2 in the second quarter of 2015. The increase was also attributable to the commencement of operations of Mojave and Palmatir, which reached COD in the last quarter of 2014 and in the second quarter of 2014, respectively. As a result, the average installed capacity increased by 811 MW compared to the first half of 2014, driving total capacity to 1,241 MW as of June 30, 2015. This resulted in a net electricity production of 1,083 GWh for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015 compared with 418 GWh produced during the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. Further Adjusted EBITDA amounted to $155.9 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, which represented an increase of $95.3 million with respect to the six-month period ended June 30, 2014, mainly due to the effect of above mentioned factors. Margin increased as a result of the different mix of projects in the renewable portfolio.

Conventional power. Revenue increased by 14.4% to $65.4 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $57.1 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. The increase was mainly due to higher revenues in the portion related to the operation and maintenance services, as we had higher operation and maintenance costs in the six-month period ended June 30, 2015. As a consequence, Further Adjusted EBITDA increased to $53.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, from $48.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014, considering the impact of the treatment of ACT as a financial asset.

Electric transmission lines. Revenue increased by 14.1% to $39.2 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, compared with $34.4 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. The increase was mostly attributable to the commencement of operations of ATS and Quadra 2 in the first quarter of 2014, and Quadra 1 during the second quarter of 2014. All assets have been operating with very high levels of availability during the first half of 2015. Thus, Further Adjusted EBITDA amounted to $41.9 million for the six-month period ended June 30 2015, representing an increase of $13.9 million compared with the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. Further Adjusted EBITDA margin increased as a result of dividends received from our preferred equity investment in ACBH which we began to receive in the third quarter of 2014.

 

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Water. Revenue in water sector amounted to $10.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015. Further Adjusted EBITDA amounted to $6.6 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2015. We had no assets in the water sector for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The liquidity and capital resources discussion which follows contains certain estimates as of the date of this quarterly report of our sources and uses of liquidity (including estimated future capital resources and capital expenditures) and future financial and operating results. These estimates, while presented with numerical specificity, necessarily reflect numerous estimates and assumptions made by us with respect to industry performance, general business, economic, regulatory, market and financial conditions and other future events, as well as matters specific to our businesses, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These estimates reflect subjective judgment in many respects and thus are susceptible to multiple interpretations and periodic revisions based on actual experience and business, economic, regulatory, financial and other developments. As such, these estimates constitute forward-looking information and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual sources and uses of liquidity (including estimated future capital resources and capital expenditures) and financial and operating results to differ materially from the estimates made here, including, but not limited to, our performance, industry performance, general business and economic conditions, customer requirements, competition, adverse changes in applicable laws, regulations or rules, and the various risks set forth in this quarterly report. See “Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

In addition, these estimates reflect assumptions of our management as of the time that they were prepared as to certain business decisions that were and are subject to change. These estimates also may be affected by our ability to achieve strategic goals, objectives and targets over the applicable periods. The estimates cannot, therefore, be considered a guarantee of future sources and uses of liquidity (including estimated future capital resources and capital expenditures) and future financial and operating results, and the information should not be relied on as such. None of us, or our board of directors, advisors, officers, directors or representatives intends to, and each of them disclaims any obligation to, update, revise, or correct these estimates, except as otherwise required by law, including if the estimates are or become inaccurate (even in the short-term).

The inclusion in this quarterly report of these estimates should not be deemed an admission or representation by us or our board of directors that such information is viewed by us or our board of directors as material information of ours. Such information should be evaluated, if at all, in conjunction with the historical financial statements and other information regarding Abengoa Yield contained in this quarterly report. None of us, or our board of directors, advisors, officers, directors or representatives has made or makes any representation to any prospective investor or other person regarding our ultimate performance compared to the information contained in these estimates or that forecasted results will be achieved. In light of the foregoing factors and the uncertainties inherent in the information provided above, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these estimates. Our liquidity plans are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, some of which are outside of our control. Macroeconomic conditions could limit our ability to successfully execute our business plans and, therefore, adversely affect our liquidity plans. See “Item 3.D—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report.

Our principal liquidity requirements are to service our debt, pay cash dividends to investors and acquire new companies and operations. Historically, our predecessor operations were largely financed by internally generated cash flows as well as corporate and/or project-level borrowings to satisfy capital expenditure requirements. As a normal part of our business, depending on market conditions, we will from time to time consider opportunities to repay, redeem, repurchase or refinance our indebtedness. In addition, during the fourth quarter of 2014, we issued the 2019 Notes and entered into the Credit Facility, which we amended and restated on June 26, 2015. Changes in our operating plans, lower than anticipated sales, increased expenses, acquisitions or other events may cause us to seek additional debt or equity financing in future periods. There can be no guarantee that financing will be available on acceptable terms or at all. Debt financing, if available, could impose additional cash payment obligations and additional covenants and operating restrictions. In addition, any of the items discussed in detail under “Item 3.D—Risk Factors” in our Annual Report and other factors may also significantly impact our liquidity.

Our principal liquidity and capital requirements consist of the following:

 

    debt service requirements on our existing and future debt;

 

    cash dividends to investors; and

 

    acquisitions of new companies and operations (see “Item 4.B—Business Overview—Our Growth Strategy” in our Annual Report).

 

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Liquidity position

As of June 30, 2015, our cash and cash equivalents at the project company level were $373.3 million as compared with $198.7 million as of December 31, 2014. In addition, our cash and cash equivalents at the Abengoa Yield plc level were $154.8 million as of June 30, 2015 compared with $155.4 million as of December 31, 2014.

Acquisitions

 

    On November 18, 2014, we completed the acquisition of a 74% stake in Solacor 1/2 through a 30-year usufruct rights contract over the related shares (which includes the option to purchase such shares for one euro during a four-year term); on December 4, 2014, we completed the acquisition of PS10/20; and on December 29, 2014, we completed the acquisition of Cadonal. Solacor 1/2 are solar assets located in Spain with a capacity of 100 MW, PS 10/20 are solar assets located in Spain with a capacity of 31 MW and Cadonal is a 50 MW wind farm located in Uruguay. Total consideration paid for these assets amounted to $312 million.

 

    On February 3, 2015, we completed the acquisition of a 25.5% stake in Honaine and a 34.2% stake in Skikda, two desalination plants in Algeria with an aggregate capacity of 10.5 million cubic feet per day. On February 23, 2015, we completed the acquisition of a 29.6% stake in Helioenergy 1/2, a solar power complex in Spain with a capacity of 100 MW. Total consideration paid for these assets amounted to $94 million.

 

    On May 13, 2015 and May 14, 2015 we completed the acquisition of Helios 1/2 (a 100 MW solar complex) and Solnova 1/3/4 (a 150 MW solar complex) respectively, both in Spain. On May 25, 2015 we completed the acquisition of the remaining 70.4% stake in Helioenergy 1/2. Furthermore, on July 30, 2015, we acquired a 51% stake in Kaxu, a 100 MW solar plant in South Africa. Total consideration paid for these assets amounted to $682 million.

 

    On June 25, 2015 we completed the acquisition of ATN2 (an 81-mile transmission line in Peru). The acquisition of this asset is part of our fourth asset acquisition, which also includes the acquisition of 75% of the shares and a 30-year usufruct of the remaining 25% of the shares of Solaben 1/6 a 100 MW solar plant in Spain, on which we have reached an agreement with Abengoa and the acquisition of a 13% stake in Solacor 1/2 from JGC Corporation. The total price agreed for these assets amounts to approximately $370 million.

Sources of liquidity

We expect our ongoing sources of liquidity to include cash on hand, cash generated from our operations, project debt arrangements, corporate debt and the issuance of additional equity securities, as appropriate, given market conditions. Our financing agreements consist mainly of the project-level financings for our various assets, the 2019 Notes and the Credit Facility.

On November 17, 2014 we issued the 2019 Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $255 million. The 2019 Notes accrue annual interest of 7.000% payable semi-annually beginning on May 15, 2015 until their maturity date of November 15, 2019. As required by the Indenture governing the 2019 Notes, we have obtained a public credit rating for the 2019 Notes from each of S&P and Moody’s.

On December 3, 2014, we entered into the Credit Facility in the total amount of up to $125 million. On December 22, 2014, we drew down $125 million under the Credit Facility. Loans under the Credit Facility accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to: (A) for Eurodollar rate loans, LIBOR plus 2.75% and (B) for base rate loans, the highest of (i) the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight U.S. Federal funds transactions with members of the U.S. Federal Reserve System arranged by U.S. Federal funds brokers on such day plus 1/2 of 1.00%, (ii) the U.S. prime rate and (iii) LIBOR plus 1.00%, in any case, plus 1.75%. Loans under the Credit Facility will mature on the fourth anniversary of the closing date of the Credit Facility. Loans prepaid by us under the Credit Facility may be reborrowed. The Credit Facility is secured by pledges of the shares of the guarantors which we own.

On June 26, 2015, we amended and restated our Credit Facility which we entered into initially on December 3, 2014 as the borrower for a new tranche B, in addition to the existing $125 million facility that remains as tranche A, to be used as a revolver credit facility for acquisitions and general corporate purposes. This new tranche B has a total size of $290 million. Tranche B is revolving and matures in December 2016. Loans under the Credit Facility accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to LIBOR plus 2.50%.

Furthermore, on May 14, 2015, we closed a capital increase, pursuant to a private placement that resulted in the issuance of 20,217,260 new shares, with total net proceeds of $664 million.

The proceeds of the 2019 Notes, the proceeds of the Credit Facility and the proceeds of the capital increase were used or will be used to finance the acquisitions referred to above.

 

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Furthermore, on June 13, 2014, we entered into a Financial Support Agreement under which Abengoa has agreed to facilitate a new $50 million revolving credit line and maintain any guarantees and letters of credit that have been provided by it on behalf of or for the benefit of us and our affiliates for a period of five years. As of the date of this quarterly report, the total amount of the credit line remained undrawn.

Our ability to meet our debt service obligations and other capital requirements, including capital expenditures, as well as acquisitions, will depend on our future operating performance which, in turn, will be subject to general economic, financial, business, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other conditions, many of which are beyond our control.

We believe that our existing liquidity position and cash flows from operations will be sufficient to meet our requirements and commitments for the next twelve months, to finance growth and to distribute dividends to our investors. Based on our current level of operations, we believe our cash flow from operations, available cash and available borrowings under our financing agreements will be adequate to meet our future liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months.

Cash dividends to investors

We intend to distribute to holders of our shares in the form of a quarterly distribution all of the cash available for distribution that is generated each quarter, less interest expense and reserves for the prudent conduct of our business. The cash available for distribution is likely to fluctuate, and in some cases significantly, from quarter to quarter as a result of the seasonality of our assets, the terms of our financing arrangements, maintenance and outage schedules and other factors.

On February 23, 2015, our board of directors approved a quarterly dividend corresponding to the fourth quarter of 2014 amounting to $0.2592 per share. The dividend was paid on March 16, 2015, to shareholders of record as on February 28, 2014.

On May 8, 2015, our board of directors approved a quarterly dividend corresponding to the first quarter of 2015 amounting to $0.34 per share. The dividend was paid on June 15, 2015 to shareholders of record as of May 29, 2015.

On July 29, 2015, our board of directors approved a quarterly dividend corresponding to the second quarter of 2015 amounting to $0.40 per share, representing $1.60 on an annualized basis. We expect this dividend to be paid on or about September 15, 2015 to shareholders of record as of August 29, 2015.

Cash Flow

The following table sets forth consolidated cash flow data for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

 

(in millions of U.S. dollars)    Six-month period ended
June 30,
 
     2015      2014  

Gross cash flows from operating activities

     

Profit/(loss) for the period

     5.1         (27.8

Financial expense and non-monetary adjustments

     206.1         155.2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Profit for the period adjusted by financial expense and non-monetary adjustments

     211.2         127.4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Variations in working capital

     0.4         (130.2

Net interest and taxes paid

     (132.3      (66.7
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities

     79.3         (69.5
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (571.9      (79.6
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities

     675.0         9.3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     182.4         (139.8

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

     354.2         357.7   

Translation differences in cash and cash equivalents

     (8.4      (0.5

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

     528.2         217.4   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Net cash from operating activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $79.3 million compared with $69.5 million net cash used for operating activities in the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. During the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, profit adjusted by financial expense and non-monetary items was $211.2 million compared to $127.4 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2014. The increase was mainly due to the recent acquisitions of Solacor 1/2, PS 10-20 and Cadonal in the fourth quarter of 2014, Skikda in the first quarter of 2015, and Helios 1/2, Solnova 1/3/4 and Helioenergy 1/2 in the second quarter of 2015, as well as to the commencement of operations of Mojave in the last quarter of 2014. All these assets are now generating positive Further Adjusted EBITDA. Variations in working capital had a negative impact of $130.2 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2014, which was related to the end of the construction phase of several projects during that period, and amounted to a positive $0.4 million impact in the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, as all the assets in the portfolio are currently in operation. Net interest and taxes paid increased from $66.7 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2014 to $132.3 million in the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, mainly due to the recent acquisitions mentioned above.

Net cash used in investing activities

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2015, net cash used in investing activities amounted to $571.9 million and corresponded mainly to payments for the acquisitions closed during the year, net of the existing cash in the project companies acquired. In the six-month period ended June 30, 2014, net cash used in investing activities, amounted to $79.6 million, which was mainly related to payments for the investment in the assets which were under construction during that period.

Net cash provided by/ (used in) financing activities

Net cash provided by financing activities in the six-month period ended June 30, 2015 amounted to $675.0 million and corresponds mainly to the net proceeds of the capital increase we closed in May 2015 pursuant to a private placement that resulted in the issuance of 20,217,260 new shares, with total net proceeds of $664 million. In addition, we had proceeds from project debt amounting to $116.3 million, related to the financing of scheduled pending payments from the construction phase of projects. These effects were partially offset by dividend payments in a total amount of $54.8 million and the repayment of project debt of $50.7 million.

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2014, net cash from financing activities was $9.3 million and was a net of different movements. Firstly, we recorded proceeds from loans and borrowings of $959.2 million, mainly related to the collection of an ITC Cash Grant awarded to Solana by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which was used on April 2, 2014 to fully repay the short-term tranche of Solana’s loan with the Federal Financing Bank of $451.3 million, and to the bond issue by ATS of $424 million, which was used to repay existing debt associated with the project. On the other hand, we repaid loans and borrowings for an amount of $941.9 million, mostly comprised of the repayments referred to above. Additionally, on June 18, 2014, we received $685.3 million in the initial public offering of Abengoa Yield of which $655.3 million was used to pay Abengoa in exchange for the Asset Transfer, which occurred immediately prior to the offering.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Our activities are undertaken through our segments and are exposed to market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. Risk is managed by our Risk Management and Finance Department in accordance with mandatory internal management rules. The internal management rules provide written policies for the management of overall risk, as well as for specific areas, such as exchange rate risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, use of hedging instruments and derivatives and the investment of excess cash.

Market risk

We are exposed to market risk, such as movement in foreign exchange rates and interest rates. All of these market risks arise in the normal course of business and we do not carry out speculative operations. For the purpose of managing these risks, we use a series of swaps and options on interest rates. None of the derivative contracts signed has an unlimited lose exposure.

Foreign exchange rate risk

The main cash flows from our subsidiaries are cash collections arising from long-term contracts with clients and debt payments arising from project finance repayment. Given that financing of the projects is always denominated in the same currency in which the contract with the client is signed, a natural hedge exists for our main operations.

On May 12 2015, we entered into a Currency Swap Agreement with Abengoa which provides for a fixed exchange rate for the cash available for distribution from Spanish assets. The distributions from the Spanish assets are paid in euros and the Currency Swap Agreement provides for a fixed exchange rate at which euros will be converted into U.S. dollars. Any amounts to be paid to us by Abengoa as a result of the Currency Swap Agreement are capped at an amount in relation to the dividends received by Abengoa as a shareholder of us. The Currency Swap Agreement has a five-year term. The impact of this currency swap in the consolidated condensed interim financial statements as of June 30, 2015 and for the six months ended June 30, 2015 is not significant.

 

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Interest rate risk

Interest rate risks arise mainly from our financial liabilities at variable interest rate (less than 10% of our total project debt financing). We use interest rate swaps and interest rate options (caps) to mitigate interest rate risk.

As a result, the notional amounts hedged as of December 31, 2014, strikes contracted and maturities, depending on the characteristics of the debt on which the interest rate risk is being hedged, are very diverse, including the following:

 

    project debt in U.S. dollars: between 75% and 100% of the notional amount, maturities until 2043 and average guaranteed interest rates of between 2.75% and 6.32%.

 

    project debt in euro: between 80% and 100% of the notional amount, maturities until 2030 and average guaranteed interest rates of between 3.13% and 4.75%.

In connection with our interest rate derivative positions, the most significant impact on our consolidated financial statements are derived from the changes in EURIBOR or LIBOR, which represents the reference interest rate for the majority of our debt.

In relation to our interest rate swaps positions, an increase in EURIBOR or LIBOR above the contracted fixed interest rate would create an increase in our financial expense which would be positively mitigated by our hedges, reducing our financial expense to our contracted fixed interest rate. However, an increase in EURIBOR or LIBOR that does not exceed the contracted fixed interest rate would not be offset by our derivative position and would result in a net financial loss recognized in our combined income statement. Conversely, a decrease in EURIBOR or LIBOR below the contracted fixed interest rate would result in lower interest expense on our variable rate debt, which would be offset by a negative impact from the mark-to-market of our hedges, increasing our financial expense up to our contracted fixed interest rate, thus likely resulting in a neutral effect.

In relation to our interest rate options positions, an increase in EURIBOR or LIBOR above the strike price would result in higher interest expenses, which would be positively mitigated by our hedges, reducing our financial expense to our capped interest rate, whereas a decrease of EURIBOR or LIBOR below the strike price would result in lower interest expenses.

In addition to the above, our results of operations can be affected by changes in interest rates with respect to the unhedged portion of our indebtedness that bears interest at floating rates.

In the event that EURIBOR and LIBOR had risen by 25 basis points as of December 31, 2014, with the rest of the variables remaining constant, the effect in the consolidated income statement would have been a loss of $271,000 (a loss of $195,000 in 2013 and a profit of $296,000 in 2012) and an increase in hedging reserves of $24.2 million ($16.3 million in 2013 and $24.0 million in 2012). The increase in hedging reserves would be mainly due to an increase in the fair value of interest rate swaps designated as hedges.

Credit risk

We consider that we have limited credit risk with clients as revenues are derived from power purchase agreements and other revenue contracted agreements with electric utilities and state-owned entities.

Liquidity risk

The objective of our financing and liquidity policy is to ensure that we maintain sufficient funds to meet our financial obligations as they fall due.

Project finance borrowing permits us to finance projects through non-recourse debt and thereby insulate the rest of our assets from such credit exposure. We incur project finance debt on a project-by-project basis.

The repayment profile of each project is established on the basis of the projected cash flow generation of the business. This ensures that sufficient financing is available to meet deadlines and maturities, which mitigates the liquidity risk significantly.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Not applicable.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are not a party to any legal proceeding other than legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are party to various administrative and regulatory proceedings that have arisen in the ordinary course of business. While we do not expect these proceedings, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations, because of the nature of these proceedings we are not able to predict their ultimate outcomes, some of which may be unfavorable to us.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Recent sales of unregistered securities

On May 8, 2015, we entered into ordinary share purchase agreements with certain eligible institutional investors (the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which on May 14, 2015, we sold 20,217,260 ordinary shares in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The shares were sold for $33.14 per share and the proceeds from the sale were approximately $670 million. We used the proceeds from the sale to acquire four solar assets from Abengoa in an acquisition pursuant to the ROFO Agreement. The offering and sale of the shares were made in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Each of the Purchasers represented that it was an “accredited investor,” as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act, with access to information about us sufficient to evaluate the investment.

Use of proceeds from the Sale of Registered Securities

None.

Purchases of equity securities by the issuer and affiliated purchasers

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

Not Applicable.

Item 6. Exhibits

None.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    ABENGOA YIELD PLC
Date: July 30, 2015     By:  

/s/ Javier Garoz Neira

      Name: Javier Garoz Neira
      Title: Chief Executive Officer