Washington, D.C. 20509
(Amendment No. 3)
For the transition period from_________to_________.
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
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This Amendment No. 3 on Form 20-F/A (the “Amendment”) to the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016 (the “Original Annual Report”) for Atlantica Yield plc (the “Company”), as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2017 (the “Original Filing Date”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 20-F/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2017 and by Amendment No. 2 on Form 20-F/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2017 (the “Amended Annual Report”) is being filed to include revised certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
The Company is also including the Annual Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 and for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 dated February 28, 2017 (the “Audited Financial Statements”), audited financial statements of Myah Bahr Honaine S.p.a. (“Honaine”) as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016 and Item 15 of the Form 20-F. There are no changes to Item 15 or the Audited Financial Statements of the Company from the Original Annual Report and there are no changes to the audited financial statements of Honaine from Amendment No. 2 on Form 20-F/A.
This Amednment speaks as of the date of the Original Annual Report. This Amendment does not reflect any events that may have occurred subsequent to the Original Filing Date and does not modify or update any disclosure made in the Original Annual Report or the Amended Annual Report.
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 (e) under the Exchange Act) as of December 31, 2016. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any control system, including disclosure controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives.
Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in providing reasonable assurance that information relating to us, including its consolidated subsidiaries, required to be disclosed in reports that it files under the Exchange Act is (1) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and (2) accumulated and communicated to the management, including principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Pursuant to Section 404 of the United States Sarbanes-Oxley Act, management is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. This system is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect all misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, based on the framework set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, or COSO, in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013). Based on this assessment, management concluded that, as of December 31, 2016, its internal control over financial reporting was effective based on those criteria.
Our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, has been audited by Deloitte S.L., an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which follows below.
The report of Deloitte, S.L., our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, on our internal control over financial reporting is included herein at page F-2 of our Annual Consolidated Financial Statements.
Atlantica Yield achieved full autonomy from Abengoa in 2016. The Company transitioned from an internal control environment established by Abengoa to an independent designed system that continues to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting. The transition did not have a material impact on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
ATLANTICA YIELD PLC
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Annual Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 and for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | F-2 |
Consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 | F-4 |
Consolidated income statements for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 | F-6 |
Consolidated financial statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 | F-7 |
Consolidated statements of changes in equity for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 | F-8 |
Consolidated cash flow statements for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 | F-10 |
Notes to the annual consolidated financial statements | F-11 |
Appendix I: Entities included in the Group as subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 | F-64 |
Appendix II: Investments recorded under the equity method as of December 31, 2016 | F-68 |
Appendix III-1 and Appendix III-2: Projects subject to the application of IFRIC 12 interpretation based on the concession of services as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 | F-69 |
Appendix IV: Additional Information of Subsidiaries including material Non-controlling interest as of December 31, 2016 | F-81 |
Appendix V (Schedule I): Condensed Financial Statements of Atlantica Yield plc | F-83 |
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Atlantica Yield plc:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of financial position of Atlantica Yield plc and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated income statements, the consolidated financial statements of comprehensive income (loss), the consolidated statements of changes in equity and the consolidated cash flow statements for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2016. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States of America). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Atlantica Yield plc and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2016, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IFRS-IASB”).
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States of America), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 28, 2017 expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
/s/ Deloitte, S.L.
Madrid, Spain
February 28, 2017
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Atlantica Yield plc:
We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Atlantica Yield plc and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2016, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Company's management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States of America). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the company's board of directors, management, and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States of America), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016 of the Company and our report dated February 28, 2017, expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
/s/ Deloitte, S.L.
Madrid, Spain
February 28, 2017
Consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2016 and 2015
Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars
| | | | | As of December 31, | |
| | Note (1) | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Assets | | | | | | | | | |
Non-current assets | | | | | | | | | |
Contracted concessional assets | | 6 | | | | 8,924,272 | | | | 9,300,897 | |
Investments carried under the equity method | | 7 | | | | 55,009 | | | | 56,181 | |
Other receivables accounts | | 8 | | | | 65,951 | | | | 89,050 | |
Derivative assets | | 8&9 | | | | 3,822 | | | | 4,741 | |
Financial investments | | 8 | | | | 69,773 | | | | 93,791 | |
Deferred tax assets | | 18 | | | | 202,891 | | | | 191,314 | |
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Total non-current assets | | | | | | 9,251,945 | | | | 9,642,183 | |
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Current assets | | | | | | | | | | | |
Inventories | | | | | | 15,384 | | | | 14,913 | |
Trade receivables | | 11 | | | | 151,199 | | | | 126,844 | |
Credits and other receivables | | 11 | | | | 56,422 | | | | 70,464 | |
Clients and other receivables | | 8&11 | | | | 207,621 | | | | 197,308 | |
Financial investments | | 8 | | | | 228,038 | | | | 221,358 | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | 8&12 | | | | 594,811 | | | | 514,712 | |
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Total current assets | | | | | | 1,045,854 | | | | 948,291 | |
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Total assets | | | | | | 10,297,799 | | | | 10,590,474 | |
(1) | Notes 1 to 23 are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements |
Consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2016 and 2015
Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars
| | | | | As of December 31, | |
| | Note (1) | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Equity and liabilities | | | | | | | | | |
Equity attributable to the Company | | | | | | | | | |
Share capital | | 13 | | | | 10,022 | | | | 10,022 | |
Parent company reserves | | 13 | | | | 2,268,457 | | | | 2,313,855 | |
Other reserves | | | | | | 52,797 | | | | 24,831 | |
Accumulated currency translation differences | | | | | | (133,150 | ) | | | (109,582 | ) |
Retained earnings | | 13 | | | | (365,410 | ) | | | (356,524 | ) |
Non-controlling interest | | 13 | | | | 126,395 | | | | 140,899 | |
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Total equity | | | | | | 1,959,111 | | | | 2,023,501 | |
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Non-current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-term corporate debt | | 14 | | | | 376,340 | | | | 661,341 | |
Borrowings | | | | | | 3,824,871 | | | | 2,763,814 | |
Notes and bonds | | | | | | 804,313 | | | | 810,650 | |
Long-term project debt | | 15 | | | | 4,629,184 | | | | 3,574,464 | |
Grants and other liabilities | | 16 | | | | 1,612,045 | | | | 1,646,748 | |
Related parties | | 10 | | | | 101,750 | | | | 126,860 | |
Derivative liabilities | | 9 | | | | 349,266 | | | | 385,095 | |
Deferred tax liabilities | | 18 | | | | 95,037 | | | | 79,654 | |
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Total non-current liabilities | | | | | | 7,163,622 | | | | 6,474,162 | |
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Current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | |
Short-term corporate debt | | 14 | | | | 291,861 | | | | 3,153 | |
Borrowings | | | | | | 674,058 | | | | 1,870,691 | |
Notes and bonds | | | | | | 27,225 | | | | 25,514 | |
Short-term project debt | | 15 | | | | 701,283 | | | | 1,896,205 | |
Trade payables and other current liabilities | | 17 | | | | 160,505 | | | | 178,217 | |
Income and other tax payables | | | | | | 21,417 | | | | 15,236 | |
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Total current liabilities | | | | | | 1,175,066 | | | | 2,092,811 | |
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Total equity and liabilities | | | | | | 10,297,799 | | | | 10,590,474 | |
(1) | Notes 1 to 23 are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements |
Consolidated income statements for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars
| | Note (1) | | | For the year ended December 31, | |
| | | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Revenue | | 4 | | | | 971,797 | | | | 790,881 | | | | 362,693 | |
Other operating income | | 20 | | | | 65,538 | | | | 68,857 | | | | 79,913 | |
Raw materials and consumables used | | | | | | (26,919 | ) | | | (23,243 | ) | | | (9,462 | ) |
Employee benefit expenses | | | | | | (14,736 | ) | | | (5,848 | ) | | | (1,664 | ) |
Depreciation, amortization, and impairment charges | | 6 | | | | (332,925 | ) | | | (261,301 | ) | | | (125,480 | ) |
Other operating expenses | | 20 | | | | (260,318 | ) | | | (224,828 | ) | | | (132,657 | ) |
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Operating profit | | | | | | 402,437 | | | | 344,518 | | | | 173,343 | |
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Financial income | | 21 | | | | 3,298 | | | | 3,464 | | | | 4,911 | |
Financial expense | | 21 | | | | (408,007 | ) | | | (333,921 | ) | | | (210,252 | ) |
Net exchange differences | | | | | | (9,546 | ) | | | 3,852 | | | | 2,054 | |
Other financial income/(expense), net | | 21 | | | | 8,505 | | | | (200,153 | ) | | | 5,861 | |
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Financial expense, net | | | | | | (405,750 | ) | | | (526,758 | ) | | | (197,426 | ) |
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Share of profit/(loss) of associates carried under the equity method | | 7 | | | | 6,646 | | | | 7,844 | | | | (769 | ) |
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Profit/(loss) before income tax | | | | | | 3,333 | | | | (174,396 | ) | | | (24,852 | ) |
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Income tax | | 18 | | | | (1,666 | ) | | | (23,790 | ) | | | (4,413 | ) |
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Profit/(loss) for the year | | | | | | 1,667 | | | | (198,186 | ) | | | (29,265 | ) |
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Loss/(profit) attributable to non-controlling interests | | | | | | (6,522 | ) | | | (10,819 | ) | | | (2,347 | ) |
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Profit/(loss) for the year attributable to the Company | | | | | | (4,855 | ) | | | (209,005 | ) | | | (31,612 | ) |
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Less: Predecessor Loss prior to Initial Public Offering on June 13,2014 | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (28,233 | ) |
Net profit/(loss) attributable to Atlantica Yield, Plc. subsequent to Initial Public Offering | | 22 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (3,379 | ) |
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Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands) | | 22 | | | | 100,217 | | | | 92,795 | | | | 80,000 | |
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Basic earnings per share (U.S. dollar per share) (*) | | 22 | | | | (0.05 | ) | | | (2.25 | ) | | | (0.04 | ) |
(*) | Earnings per share has been calculated for the period subsequent to the initial public offering, considering Net profit/(loss) attributable to equity holders of Atlantica Yield plc. generated after the initial public offering divided by the number of shares outstanding. |
(1) | Notes 1 to 23 are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements |
Consolidated financial statements of comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars
| | For the twelve months ended December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Profit/(loss) for the year | | | 1,667 | | | | (198,186 | ) | | | (29,265 | ) |
Items that may be subject to transfer to income statement | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges | | | (37,480 | ) | | | 56 | | | | (117,423 | ) |
Currency translation differences | | | (22,150 | ) | | | (91,405 | ) | | | (51,226 | ) |
Tax effect | | | 12,555 | | | | 1,950 | | | | 33,473 | |
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Net income/(expenses) recognized directly in equity | | | (47,075 | ) | | | (89,399 | ) | | | (135,176 | ) |
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Cash flow hedges | | | 72,774 | | | | 55,841 | | | | 29,859 | |
Tax effect | | | (18,194 | ) | | | (13,960 | ) | | | (8,958 | ) |
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Transfers to income statement | | | 54,580 | | | | 41,881 | | | | 20,901 | |
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Other comprehensive income/(loss) | | | 7,505 | | | | (47,518 | ) | | | (114,275 | ) |
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Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the year | | | 9,172 | | | | (245,704 | ) | | | (143,540 | ) |
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Total comprehensive (income)/loss attributable to non-controlling interest | | | (9,629 | ) | | | (3,550 | ) | | | 14,813 | |
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Total comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to the Company | | | (457 | ) | | | (249,254 | ) | | | (128,727 | ) |
Consolidated statements of changes in equity for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars
| | Share Capital | | | Parent company reserves | | | Other reserves | | | Retained earnings (c) | | | 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 | |
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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 | ) |
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Total comprehensive income | | | - | | | | - | | | | (41,952 | ) | | | (28,233 | ) | | | (10,660 | ) | | | (80,845 | ) | | | (6,914 | ) | | | (87,759 | ) |
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Initial Public Offering and Asset Transfer | | | 8,000 | | | | 1,813,831 | | | | 78,552 | | | | (1,195,862 | ) | | | 1,651 | | | | 706,172 | | | | - | | | | 706,172 | |
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Balance as of June 30, 2014 (a) | | | 8,000 | | | | 1,813,831 | | | | - | | | | 21,415 | | | | - | | | | 1,843,246 | | | | 62,365 | | | | 1,905,611 | |
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Profit/(loss) for the six-month period after taxes | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (3,379 | ) | | | - | | | | (3,379 | ) | | | 1,937 | | | | (1,442 | ) |
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges | | | - | | | | - | | | | (20,236 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | (20,236 | ) | | | (3,685 | ) | | | (23,921 | ) |
Currency translation differences | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (28,963 | ) | �� | | (28,963 | ) | | | (7,256 | ) | | | (36,219 | ) |
Tax effect | | | - | | | | - | | | | 4,697 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 4,697 | | | | 1,105 | | | | 5,802 | |
Other comprehensive income (b) | | | - | | | | - | | | | (15,539 | ) | | | - | | | | (28,963 | ) | | | (44,502 | ) | | | (9,836 | ) | | | (54,338 | ) |
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Total comprehensive income | | | - | | | | - | | | | (15,539 | ) | | | (3,379 | ) | | | (28,963 | ) | | | (47,881 | ) | | | (7,899 | ) | | | (55,780 | ) |
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Asset acquisition under the Rofo (d) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (20,067 | ) | | | - | | | | (20,067 | ) | | | 33,563 | | | | 13,496 | |
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Dividend distribution | | | - | | | | (23,696 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (23,696 | ) | | | - | | | | (23,696 | ) |
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Balance as of December 31, 2014 (a) | | | 8,000 | | | | 1,790,135 | | | | (15,539 | ) | | | (2,031 | ) | | | (28,963 | ) | | | 1,751,602 | | | | 88,029 | | | | 1,839,631 | |
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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 | |
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Profit/(loss) for the year after taxes | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (209,005 | ) | | | - | | | | (209,005 | ) | | | 10,819 | | | | (198,186 | ) |
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges | | | - | | | | - | | | | 51,215 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 51,215 | | | | 4,682 | | | | 55,897 | |
Currency translation differences | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (80,619 | ) | | | (80,619 | ) | | | (10,786 | ) | | | (91,405 | ) |
Tax effect | | | - | | | | - | | | | (10,845 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | (10,845 | ) | | | (1,165 | ) | | | (12,010 | ) |
Other comprehensive income | | | - | | | | - | | | | 40,370 | | | | - | | | | (80,619 | ) | | | (40,249 | ) | | | (7,269 | ) | | | (47,518 | ) |
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Total comprehensive income | | | - | | | | - | | | | 40,370 | | | | (209,005 | ) | | | (80,619 | ) | | | (249,254 | ) | | | 3,550 | | | | (245,704 | ) |
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Asset acquisition under the Rofo (d) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (145,488 | ) | | | - | | | | (145,488 | ) | | | 57,627 | | | | (87,861 | ) |
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Dividend distribution | | | - | | | | (137,995 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (137,995 | ) | | | (8,307 | ) | | | (146,302 | ) |
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Capital Increase | | | 2,022 | | | | 661,715 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 663,737 | | | | - | | | | 663,737 | |
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Balance as of December 31, 2015 | | | 10,022 | | | | 2,313,855 | | | | 24,831 | | | | (356,524 | ) | | | (109,582 | ) | | | 1,882,602 | | | | 140,899 | | | | 2,023,501 | |
Balance as of January 1, 2016 | | | 10,022 | | | | 2,313,855 | | | | 24,831 | | | | (356,524 | ) | | | (109,582 | ) | | | 1,882,602 | | | | 140,899 | | | | 2,023,501 | |
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Profit/(loss) for the year after taxes | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (4,855 | ) | | | - | | | | (4,855 | ) | | | 6,522 | | | | 1,667 | |
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges | | | - | | | | - | | | | 32,944 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 32,944 | | | | 2,350 | | | | 35,294 | |
Currency translation differences | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (23,568 | ) | | | (23,568 | ) | | | 1,418 | | | | (22,150 | ) |
Tax effect | | | - | | | | - | | | | (4,978 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | (4,978 | ) | | | (661 | ) | | | (5,639 | ) |
Other comprehensive income | | | - | | | | - | | | | 27,966 | | | | - | | | | (23,568 | ) | | | 4,398 | | | | 3,107 | | | | 7,505 | |
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Total comprehensive income | | | - | | | | - | | | | 27,966 | | | | (4,855 | ) | | | (23,568 | ) | | | (457 | ) | | | 9,629 | | | | 9,172 | |
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Acquisition of non-controlling interest in Solacor 1&2 (d) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (4,031 | ) | | | - | | | | (4,031 | ) | | | (15,894 | ) | | | (19,925 | ) |
Asset acquisition (Seville PV) | | | - | | | | | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | | | | | 713 | | | | 713 | |
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Dividend Distribution | | | - | | | | (45,398 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (45,398 | ) | | | (8,952 | ) | | | (54,350 | ) |
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Balance as of December 31, 2016 | | | 10,022 | | | | 2,268,457 | | | | 52,797 | | | | (365,410 | ) | | | (133,150 | ) | | | 1,832,716 | | | | 126,395 | | | | 1,959,111 | |
(a) | The consolidated statement of changes in equity for the six-month period ended June 30, 2014 and for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2014 represents the changes in the consolidated equity of Atlantica Yield plc and its subsidiaries since January 1, 2014. |
(b) | These amounts account for the impact in other comprehensive income of the consolidated statements for the six-month period ended December 31, 2014. |
(c) | Loss for the six-month period after taxes amounting to ($3,379) thousands, includes the result of the Company after the Initial Public Offering up to the end of December 31, 2014. Loss attributable to the parent company for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2014 amounting to ($31,612) thousand is included within Retained Earnings. |
(d) | See Note 5 for further details. |
Notes 1 to 23 are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements
Consolidated cash flow statements for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014
Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars
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| | Note (1) | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
I. Profit/(loss) for the year | | | | | $ | 1,667 | | | $ | (198,186 | ) | | $ | (29,265 | ) |
Non-monetary adjustments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges | | 6 | | | | 332,925 | | | | 261,301 | | | | 125,480 | |
Financial (income)/expenses | | | | | | 397,966 | | | | 553,300 | | | | 206,294 | |
Fair value (gains)/losses on derivative financial instruments | | | | | | (1,761 | ) | | | (4,292 | ) | | | 2,386 | |
Shares of (profits)/losses from associates | | | | | | (6,646 | ) | | | (7,844 | ) | | | 769 | |
Income tax | | 18 | | | | 1,666 | | | | 23,790 | | | | 4,413 | |
Changes in consolidation and other non-monetary items | | | | | | (59,375 | ) | | | (91,410 | ) | | | (48,793 | ) |
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II. Profit for the year adjusted by non monetary items | | | | | $ | 666,442 | | | $ | 536,659 | | | $ | 261,284 | |
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Variations in working capital | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Inventories | | | | | | (729 | ) | | | (1,198 | ) | | | 379 | |
Clients and other receivables | | | | | | (15,001 | ) | | | 14,845 | | | | (5,981 | ) |
Trade payables and other current liabilities | | | | | | 11,422 | | | | 9,994 | | | | (117,199 | ) |
Financial investments and other current assets/liabilities | | | | | | 6,341 | | | | 49,420 | | | | 54,810 | |
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III. Variations in working capital | | | | | $ | 2,033 | | | $ | 73,061 | | | $ | (67,991 | ) |
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Income tax received/(paid) | | | | | | (1,953 | ) | | | 522 | | | | (428 | ) |
Interest received | | | | | | 3,342 | | | | 1,600 | | | | 256 | |
Interest paid | | | | | | (335,446 | ) | | | (312,357 | ) | | | (149,513 | ) |
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A. Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities | | | | | $ | 334,418 | | | $ | 299,485 | | | $ | 43,608 | |
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Investments in entities under the equity method | | | | | | 4,984 | | | | 4,417 | | | | (44,524 | ) |
Investments in contracted concessional assets | | | | | | (5,952 | ) | | | (106,007 | ) | | | (56,960 | ) |
Other non-current assets/liabilities | | | | | | (3,637 | ) | | | 5,714 | | | | (21,339 | ) |
Acquisitions of subsidiaries | | | | | | (21,754 | ) | | | (833,974 | ) | | | (222,345 | ) |
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B. Net cash used in investing activities | | | | | $ | (26,359 | ) | | $ | (929,850 | ) | | $ | (345,168 | ) |
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Proceeds from Project & Corporate debt | | | | | | 11,113 | | | | 459,366 | | | | 1,350,689 | |
Repayment of Project & Corporate debt | | | | | | (182,636 | ) | | | (175,389 | ) | | | (1,665,433 | ) |
Dividends paid to Company´s shareholders | | | | | | (35,509 | ) | | | (137,166 | ) | | | (23,696 | ) |
Proceeds from related parties and other | | | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (39,035 | ) |
Proceeds from IPO | | | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 681,916 | |
Proceeds from capital increase | | | | | | — | | | | 664,120 | | | | — | |
Purchase of shares to non-controlling interests | | | | | | (19,071 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
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C. Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities | | | | | $ | (226,103 | ) | | $ | 810,931 | | | $ | 304,441 | |
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Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | | | | | $ | 81,956 | | | $ | 180,566 | | | $ | 2,881 | |
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Cash, cash equivalents and bank overdrafts at beginning of the year | | 12 | | | | 514,712 | | | | 354,154 | | | | 357,664 | |
Translation differences cash or cash equivalent | | | | | | (1,857 | ) | | | (20,008 | ) | | | (6,391 | ) |
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Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year | | 12 | | | $ | 594,811 | | | $ | 514,712 | | | $ | 354,154 | |
(1) | Notes 1 to 23 are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements |
Contents
Note 1.- Nature of the business | F-12 |
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Note 2.- Significant accounting policies | F-17 |
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Note 3.- Financial risk management | F-29 |
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Note 4.- Financial information by segment | F-31 |
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Note 5.- Changes in the scope of the consolidated financial statements | F-38 |
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Note 6.- Contracted concessional assets | F-39 |
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Note 7.- Investments carried under the equity method | F-41 |
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Note 8.- Financial Instruments by category | F-43 |
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Note 9.- Derivative financial instruments | F-45 |
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Note 10.- Related parties | F-47 |
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Note 11.- Clients and other receivable | F-49 |
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Note 12.- Cash and cash equivalents | F-50 |
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Note 13.- Equity | F-51 |
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Note 14.- Corporate debt | F-52 |
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Note 15.- Project debt | F-53 |
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Note 16.- Grants and other liabilities | F-55 |
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Note 17.-Trade payables and other current liabilities | F-56 |
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Note 18.- Income tax | F-57 |
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Note 19.- Third-party guarantees and commitments | F-59 |
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Note 20.- Other operating income and expenses | F-60 |
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Note 21.- Financial income and expenses | F-61 |
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Note 22.- Earnings per share | F-62 |
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Note 23.- Other information | F-63 |
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Appendices(1) | F-64 |
(1) | The Appendices are an integral part of the notes to the consolidated financial statements. |
Note 1.- Nature of the business
Atlantica Yield plc (“Atlantica Yield” or the “Company”) was incorporated in England and Wales as a private limited company on December 17, 2013 under the name Abengoa Yield Limited. On March 19, 2014, the Company was re-registered as a public limited company, under the name Abengoa Yield plc. On May 13, 2016, the change of the Company´s registered name to Atlantica Yield plc was filed with the Registrar of Companies in the United Kingdom.
Atlantica Yield is a total return company that owns, manages and acquires renewable energy, conventional power, electric transmission lines and water assets focused on North America (the United States and Mexico), South America (Peru, Chile, Brazil and Uruguay) and EMEA (Spain, Algeria and South Africa).
The Company’s largest shareholder is Abengoa S.A. (“Abengoa”), which, based on the most recent public information, currently owns a 41.47 % stake in Atlantica Yield. Effective December 31, 2015, Abengoa no longer controls the Company and therefore does not consolidate the Company in its consolidated financial statements anymore.
On June 18, 2014, Atlantica 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 64.28% interest in Atlantica Yield and $655.3 million in cash, corresponding to the net proceeds of the initial public offering less $30 million retained by Atlantica Yield for liquidity purposes.
Atlantica Yield’s shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ABY” on June 13, 2014.
During 2015, the Company acquired the following assets from Abengoa:
· | 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 1/2 a 100 MW solar complex and Solnova 1/3/4, a 150 MW solar complex, both in Spain. On May 25, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of the remaining 70.4% stake in Helioenergy 1/2. |
· | On June 25, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of ATN2, an 81 miles transmission line in Peru from Abengoa and Sigma, a third-party financial investor in the project. |
· | On July 30, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of a 51% stake in Kaxu, a 100 MW solar plant in South Africa. |
· | On September 30, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of Solaben 1/6, a 100 MW solar complex in Spain. |
On January 7, 2016, the Company closed the acquisition of a 13% stake in Solacor 1/2 from the JGC Corporation (“JGC”), which reduced the JGC´s ownership in Solacor 1/2 to 13%.
On August 3, 2016, the Company completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in Fotovoltaica Solar Sevilla, S.A. (“Seville PV”) from Abengoa, a 1 MW solar photovoltaic plant in Spain.
The following table provides an overview of the concessional assets the Company owned as of December 31, 2016 (excluding the exchangeable preferred equity investment in ACBH):
Assets | Type | Ownership | Location | Currency(8) | Capacity (Gross) | Counterparty Credit Ratings(9) | COD* | Contract Years Left (12) |
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Solana | Renewable (Solar) | 100% Class B(1) | Arizona (USA) | USD | 280 MW | A-/A3/BBB+ | 4Q 2013 | 27 |
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Mojave | Renewable (Solar) | 100% | California (USA) | USD | 280 MW | BBB+/Baa1/A- | 4Q 2014 | 23 |
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Solaben 2 & 3 | Renewable (Solar) | 70%(2) | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | BBB+/Baa2/BBB+ | 3Q 2012 & 2Q 2012 | 21&20 |
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Solacor 1 & 2 | Renewable (Solar) | 87%(3) | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | BBB+/Baa2/BBB+ | 1Q 2012 & 1Q 2012 | 20 |
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PS10/PS20 | Renewable (Solar) | 100% | Spain | Euro | 31 MW | BBB+/Baa2/BBB+ | 1Q 2007 & 2Q 2009 | 15&17 |
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Helioenergy 1 & 2 | Renewable (Solar) | 100% | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | BBB+/Baa2/BBB+ | 3Q 2011& 4Q 2011 | 20 |
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Helios 1 & 2 | Renewable (Solar) | 100% | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | BBB+/Baa2/BBB+ | 3Q 2012& 3Q 2012 | 21 |
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Solnova 1, 3 & 4 | Renewable (Solar) | 100% | Spain | Euro | 3x50 MW | BBB+/Baa2/BBB+ | 2Q 2010 & 2Q 2010& 3Q 2010 | 18&18&19 |
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Solaben 1 & 6 | Renewable (Solar) | 100% | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | BBB+/Baa2/BBB+ | 3Q 2013 | 22 |
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Kaxu | Renewable (Solar) | 51%(4) | South Africa | Rand | 100 MW | BBB-/Baa2/BBB-(10) | 1Q 2015 | 18 |
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Palmatir | Renewable (Wind) | 100% | Uruguay | USD | 50 MW | BBB/Baa2/BBB-(11) | 2Q 2014 | 17 |
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Cadonal | Renewable (Wind) | 100% | Uruguay | USD | 50 MW | BBB/Baa2/BBB-(11) | 4Q 2014 | 18 |
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ACT | Conventional Power | 100% | Mexico | USD | 300 MW | BBB+/Baa3/ BBB+ | 2Q 2013 | 16 |
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ATN | Transmission line | 100% | Peru | USD | 362 miles | BBB+/A3/BBB+ | 1Q 2011 | 24 |
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ATS | Transmission line | 100% | Peru | USD | 569 miles | BBB+/A3/BBB+ | 1Q 2014 | 27 |
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ATN 2 | Transmission line | 100% | Peru | USD | 81 miles | Not rated | 2Q 2015 | 16 |
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Quadra 1 | Transmission line | 100% | Chile | USD | 49 miles | Not rated | 2Q 2014 | 18 |
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Quadra 2 | Transmission line | 100% | Chile | USD | 32 miles | Not rated | 1Q 2014 | 18 |
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Palmucho | Transmission line | 100% | Chile | USD | 6 miles | BBB+/Baa2/BBB+ | 4Q 2007 | 21 |
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Skikda | Water | 34.2%(5) | Algeria | USD | 3.5 M ft3/day | Not rated | 1Q 2009 | 17 |
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Honaine | Water | 25.5%(6) | Algeria | USD | 7 M ft3/ day | Not rated | 3Q 2012 | 21 |
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Seville PV | Renewable (Solar) | 80%(7) | Spain | Euro | 1 MW | BBB+/Baa2/BBB+ | 3Q 2006 | 19 |
(1) | On September 30, 2013, Liberty Interactive Corporation invested $300,000 thousand 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 between 54.06% and 61.20% of both dividends and taxable loss generated during a period of approximately five years; such percentage will decrease to 22.60% thereafter once certain conditions are met. |
(2) | Itochu Corporation, a Japanese trading company, holds 30% of the shares in each of Solaben 2 and Solaben 3. |
(3) | JGC, a Japanese engineering company, holds 13% of the shares in each of Solacor 1 and Solacor 2. |
(4) | Kaxu is owned by the Company (51%), Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (29%) and Kaxu Community Trust (20%). |
(5) | Algerian Energy Company, SPA owns 49% of Skikda and Sadyt (Sociedad Anónima Depuración y Tratamientos) owns the remaining 16.83%. |
(6) | Algerian Energy Company, SPA owns 49% of Honaine and Sadyt (Sociedad Anónima Depuración y Tratamientos) owns the remaining 25.5%. |
(7) | Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía (“Idae”), a Spanish state owned company, holds 20% of the shares in Seville PV. |
(8) | Certain contracts denominated in U.S. dollars are payable in local currency. |
(9) | 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. |
(10) | Refers to the credit rating of the Republic of South Africa. The offtaker is Eskom, which is a state-owned utility company in South Africa. |
(11) | Refers to the credit rating of Uruguay, as UTE (Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisoras Eléctricas) is unrated. |
(12) | As of December 31, 2016. |
* Commercial Operation Date (“COD”).
In addition to the assets listed above, the Company owns an exchangeable 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 (see note 8).
On November 27, 2015 Abengoa, reported that, it filed a communication pursuant to article 5 bis of the Spanish Insolvency Law 22/2003 with the Mercantile Court of Seville nº 2. The filing by Abengoa was intended to initiate a process to try to reach an agreement with its main financial creditors, aimed to ensure the right framework to carry out such negotiations and provide Abengoa with financial stability in the short and medium term.
The Mercantile Court set a deadline of March 28, 2016 for Abengoa to reach an agreement with its main financial creditors. On such date, Abengoa filed with the Mercantile Court of Seville nº 2 an application for the judicial approval (“homologación judicial”) of a standstill agreement which obtained the support of 75.04 per cent of the financial creditors to which it was addressed. On April 6, 2016, the Judge of the Mercantile Court of Seville nº 2 issued a resolution declaring the judicial approval (“homologación judicial”) of the standstill agreement and extending the effect of the stay of the obligations referred to in the standstill agreement until October 28, 2016, to creditors of financial liabilities who had not signed the agreement or have otherwise expressed their disagreement.
On September 24, 2016, Abengoa announced that it had signed a restructuring agreement with a group of investors and creditors, which included a commitment from investors and banks to contribute new money to the company. On the same date, Abengoa opened the accession period for the rest of its financial creditors. On October 28, 2016, Abengoa announced the filing of the request for judicial approval (“homologación judicial”) of its restructuring agreement to the Judge of the Mercantile Court of Seville. According to the announcement, Abengoa had previously obtained approval from creditors representing 86% of its financial debt, above the 75% limit required by the law. On November 8, 2016, the Judge of the Mercantile Court of Seville declared judicial approval of Abengoa´s restructuring agreement, extending the terms of the agreement to those creditors who had not approved the restructuring agreement. On February 3, 2017, Abengoa announced it obtained approval from creditors representing 94% of its financial debt after the supplemental accession period. The implementation of Abengoa’s restructuring is subject to a series of conditions precedent. On February 14, 2017 Abengoa announced that it launched a waiver request in order to approve certain amendments to the restructuring agreement and opened a voting period ending on February 28, 2017 (see note 8).
The financing arrangements of some of the project subsidiaries of the Company (Solana, Mojave, Kaxu and Cadonal) contain cross-default provisions related to Abengoa, such that debt defaults by Abengoa, subject to certain threshold amounts and/or a restructuring process, could trigger defaults under such project financing arrangements. These cross-default provisions expire progressively over time, remaining in place until the termination of the obligations of Abengoa under such project financing arrangements. The Company has signed a forbearance agreement in Solana and Mojave in December 2016 according to which, such defaults will no longer trigger acceleration remedies or limitations on distributions remedies in both financing arrangements. In the case of Cadonal, the waiver obtained is subject to certain conditions. The only project for which waivers or forbearances have not been obtained yet is Kaxu. The company is currently in discussions with its project finance lenders.
Although the Company does not expect the acceleration of debt to be declared by the credit entities, Kaxu and Cadonal did not have contractually as of December 31, 2016 what International Accounting Standards define as an unconditional right to defer the settlement of the debt for at least twelve months after that date, as the cross-default provisions make that right not totally unconditional, and therefore the debt of Kaxu and Cadonal has been presented as current in these consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Accounting Standards 1 (“IAS 1”), “Presentation of Financial Statements”.
As of December 31, 2015, all the project financing arrangements except for ATN, ATS, Skikda and Honaine contained a change of ownership clause that would be triggered if Abengoa would cease to own at least 35% of Atlantica Yield´s shares. Based on the most recent public information, Abengoa currently owns 41.47% of the ordinary shares of the Company. In connection with various financing agreements, Abengoa has disclosed that as of today, 41,530,843 of Atlantica Yield shares, representing approximately 41.44% of the outstanding shares of the Company, have been pledged as collateral. If Abengoa defaults on any of these or future financing arrangements or sell or transfer enough ABY shares before obtaining the waivers, such lenders may foreclose on the pledged shares and, as a result, Abengoa could eventually own less than 35% of Atlantica Yield´s outstanding shares. As a result, the Company would be in breach of covenants under the applicable project financing arrangements. Additionally, if Abengoa sells, transfers or signs new financing arrangements considered a transfer of ABY shares, the Company could be as well in breach of covenants under the applicable project financing arrangements.
During 2016 waivers and forbearances have been obtained for most of our project financing agreements from all the parties of these project financing arrangements containing the minimum ownership covenants previously explained (Palmatir, Quadra 1 and Quadra 2, Cadonal, Helioenergy 1&2, Solana, Mojave, Solnova 1, 3&4, Solacor 1&2 and Solaben 2&3). As of this date, waivers or forbearances are still required for ACT and Kaxu and the Company is working on obtaining them. In the case of Solana and Mojave, the forbearance agreement signed with the U.S. Department of Energy, or the DOE, with respect to these assets, covers reductions of Abengoa’s ownership resulting from (i) a court-ordered or lender-initiated foreclosure pursuant to the existing pledge over Abengoa’s shares of the Company that occurs prior to March 31, 2017, (ii) a sale or other disposition at any time pursuant to a bankruptcy proceeding by Abengoa, (iii) changes in the existing Abengoa pledge structure in connection with Abengoa’s restructuring process, aimed at pledging the shares under a new holding company structure, and (iv) capital increases by us. In the event of other reductions of Abengoa’s ownership below the minimum ownership threshold resulting from sales of shares by Abengoa, DOE remedies will not include debt acceleration, but DOE remedies available would include limitations on distributions to the Company from its subsidiaries. In addition, the minimum ownership threshold for Abengoa in the Company has been reduced from 35% to 30%.
In addition, the Credit Facility entered into by the Company on December 3, 2014 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”) does not include cross-default provisions related to Abengoa. Nevertheless, the Company is required to comply with (i) a maintenance leverage ratio of the indebtedness at Atlantica Yield level to the cash available for distribution and (ii) an interest coverage ratio of cash available for distribution to debt service payments. A potential payment default in several of the project companies or potential restrictions to distributions from several of the project companies may adversely affect compliance with these covenants. The Credit Facility also includes a cross-default provision related to a default by the project subsidiaries of the Company in their financing arrangements, such that a payment default in one or more of the non-recourse subsidiaries of the Company representing more than 20% of the cash available for distribution distributed in the previous four fiscal quarters could trigger a default under the Credit Facility. A payment default in several of our project companies or restrictions in distributions from several of our project companies may trigger these covenants. Considering all the progress in obtaining waivers and forbearances obtained, the Company considers that scenario as remote. Additionally, in such remote scenario, the Company would undertake initiatives including, but not limited to, asset disposals or changes in the dividend policy.
Additionally, on February 10, 2017, the Company signed a Note Issuance Facility, a senior secured note facility with a group of funds managed by Westbourne Capital as purchasers of the notes issued thereunder for a total amount of €275 million (approximately $294 million). The proceeds of the Note Issuance Facility will be used for the repayment of Tranche B under our Credit Facility, which will be canceled, as well as for general corporate expenses incurred as part of this transaction. See note 14 for details.
The Company has significantly reduced the level of services received from Abengoa, terminating the Support Services Agreement, although it continues to rely on Abengoa for operation and maintenance services at most of its facilities and for minimum local support services in certain geographies. The Company has separated its IT systems from Abengoa during 2016 and has prepared plans to replace existing operation and maintenance suppliers if required.
These consolidated financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on February 24, 2017.
Note 2.- Significant accounting policies
2.1 Basis of preparation
These consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”).
The Company entered into an agreement with Abengoa on June 13, 2014 (the “ROFO Agreement”), as amended and restated on December 9, 2014, that provides the Company 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 selected countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
The Company elected to account for the assets acquisitions under the ROFO Agreement using the Predecessor values as long as Abengoa had control over the Company, given that these were 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.
Abengoa has no control over the Company since December 31, 2015. Therefore, any acquisition to Abengoa is accounted for in the consolidated accounts of Atlantica Yield since December 31, 2015, in accordance with IFRS 3, Business Combination.
The consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars, which is the Company’s functional and presentation currency. Amounts included in these consolidated financial statements are all expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated.
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
Application of new accounting standards
a) | Standards, interpretations and amendments effective from January 1, 2016 under IFRS-IASB, applied by the Company in the preparation of these consolidated financial statements: |
| · | 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. |
| · | Annual Improvements to IFRSs 2012-2014 cycles. |
| · | IAS 1 (Amendment) ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’ under the disclosure initiative. |
| · | IAS 27 (Amendment) ’Separate financial statements’ regarding the reinstatement of the equity method as an accounting option in separate financial statements. |
| · | IAS 16 (Amendment) ’Property, Plant and Equipment’ and IAS 38 ’Intangible Assets’, regarding acceptable methods of amortization and depreciation. |
| · | IFRS 11 (Amendment) ‘Joint Arrangements’ regarding acquisition of an interest in a joint operation. |
| · | IAS 16 ‘Property, Plant and Equipment’ and 41 ‘Agriculture’ (Amendment) regarding bearer plants. |
The applications of these amendments have not had any material impact on these consolidated financial statements.
b) | Standards, interpretations and amendments published by the IASB that will be effective for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017: |
| · | IFRS 9 ’Financial Instruments’. This Standard will be effective from January 1, 2018 under IFRS-IASB, earlier applications is permitted. |
| · | IFRS 15 ’Revenues from contracts with Customers’. IFRS 15 is applicable for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted. |
| · | IFRS 16 ’Leases’. This Standard is applicable for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted, but conditioned to the application of IFRS 15. |
| · | IAS 12 (Amendment) ‘Recognition for Deferred Tax for Unrealised Losses’. This amendment is mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted. |
| · | IAS 7 (Amendment) ‘Disclosure Initiative’. This amendment is mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted. |
| · | IFRS 15 (Clarifications) ’Revenues from contracts with Customers’. This amendment is mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted. |
| · | IFRS 2 (Amendment) ‘Classification and Measurement of Share-based Payment Transactions’. This amendment is mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted |
| · | IFRS 4 (Amendment). Applying IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’ with IFRS 4 ‘Insurance Contracts’. This amendment is mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted |
| · | IFRIC Interpretation 22 ’Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration’, mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted. |
| · | IAS 40 (Amendment) ’Transfers of Investmenty Property’. This amendment is mandatory for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018 under IFRS-IASB, earlier application is permitted. |
The Company does not anticipate any significant impact on the consolidated financial statements derived from the application of the new standards and amendments that will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 31, 2016, although it is currently still in process of evaluating such application.
2.2. Principles to include and record companies in the consolidated financial statements
Companies included in these consolidated financial statements are accounted for as subsidiaries as long as Atlantica Yield has had control over them and are accounted for as investments under the equity method as long as Atlantica Yield has had significant influence over them, in the periods presented.
Control is achieved when the Company:
| · | Has power over the investee; |
| · | Is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee; and |
| · | Has the ability to use its power to affect its returns. |
The Company reassesses whether or not it controls an investee when facts and circumstances indicate that there are changes to one or more of the three elements of control listed above.
The Company uses the acquisition method to account for business combinations of companies controlled by a third party. According to this method, identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. Any contingent consideration is recognized at fair value at the acquisition date and subsequent changes in its fair value are recognized in accordance with IAS 39 either in profit or loss or as a change to other comprehensive income. Acquisition related costs are expensed as incurred. The Company recognizes any non-controlling interest in the acquiree either at fair value or at the non-controlling interest’s proportionate share of the acquirer’s net assets on an acquisition by acquisition basis.
Acquisitions of businesses to Abengoa were until December 31, 2015, not considered business combinations, as Atlantica Yield was a subsidiary controlled by Abengoa. The assets acquired constituted an acquisition under common control by Abengoa and accordingly, were recorded using Abengoa’s historical basis in the assets and liabilities of the Predecessor. Abengoa has no control over the Company since December 31, 2015. Therefore, any purchase to Abengoa is accounted for in the consolidated accounts of Atlantica Yield since December 31, 2015, in accordance with IFRS 3, Business Combination.
All assets and liabilities between entities of the group, equity, income, expenses, and cash flows relating to transactions between entities of the group are eliminated in full.
| b) | Investments accounted for under the equity method |
An associate is an entity over which the Company has significant influence. Significant influence is the power to participate in the financial and operating policy decisions of the investee but is not control or joint control over those policies.
The results and assets and liabilities of associates are incorporated in these financial statements using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method, an investment in an associate is initially recognized in the statement of financial position at cost and adjusted thereafter to recognize the Company share of the profit or loss and other comprehensive income of the associate.
Controlled entities and associates included in these financial statements as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 are set out in appendices.
2.3. Contracted concessional assets and price purchase agreements
Contracted concessional assets and price purchase agreements (PPAs) include fixed assets financed through project debt, related to service concession arrangements recorded in accordance with International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee 12 (“IFRIC 12”), except for Palmucho, which is recorded in accordance with IAS 17 and PS10, PS20 and Seville PV, which are recorded as tangible assets in accordance with IAS 16. The infrastructures accounted for by the Company as concessions are related to the activities concerning electric transmission lines, solar electricity generation plants, cogeneration plants, wind farms and water plants. The useful life of these assets is approximately the same as the length of the concession arrangement. The infrastructure used in a concession can be classified as an intangible asset or a financial asset, depending on the nature of the payment entitlements established in the agreement.
The application of IFRIC 12 requires extensive judgment in relation with, among other factors, (i) the identification of certain infrastructures and contractual agreements in the scope of IFRIC 12, (ii) the understanding of the nature of the payments in order to determine the classification of the infrastructure as a financial asset or as an intangible asset and (iii) the timing and recognition of the revenue from construction and concessionary activity.
Under the terms of contractual arrangements within the scope of this interpretation, the operator shall recognize and measure revenue in accordance with IAS 11 and 18 for the services it performs. If the operator performs more than one service (i.e. construction or upgrade services and operation services) under a single contract or arrangement, consideration received or receivable shall be allocated by reference to the relative fair values of the services delivered, when the amounts are separately identifiable.
Consequently, in accordance with the provisions of IFRIC 12, the Company recognizes and measures revenue and costs for providing construction services during the period of construction of the infrastructure in accordance with IAS 11 “Construction Contracts”. Construction revenue is recorded within “Other operating income” and Construction cost, which is fully contracted with related parties, is recorded within “Other operating expenses”. This applies in the same way to the two models.
The Company recognizes an intangible asset to the extent that it receives a right to charge final customers for the use of the infrastructure. This intangible asset is subject to the provisions of IAS 38 and is amortized linearly, taking into account the estimated period of commercial operation of the infrastructure which coincides with the concession period.
Once the infrastructure is in operation, the treatment of income and expenses is as follows:
| · | Revenues from the updated annual revenue for the contracted concession, as well as operations and maintenance services are recognized in each period according to IAS 18 “Revenue”. |
| · | Operating and maintenance costs and general overheads and administrative costs are recorded in accordance with the nature of the cost incurred (amount due) in each period. |
| · | Financing costs are expensed as incurred. |
The Company recognizes a financial asset when demand risk is assumed by the grantor, to the extent that the concession holder has an unconditional right to receive payments for the asset. This asset is recognized at the fair value of the construction services provided, considering upgrade services in accordance with IAS 11, if any.
The financial asset is subsequently recorded at amortized cost calculated according to the effective interest method. Revenue from operations and maintenance services is recognized in each period according to IAS 18 “Revenue”. The remuneration of managing and operating the asset resulting from the valuation at amortized cost is also recorded in revenue.
Financing costs are expensed as incurred.
| c) | Property, plant and equipment |
Property, plant and equipment includes property, plant and equipment of companies or project companies. Property, plant and equipment is measured at historical cost, including all expenses directly attributable to the acquisition, less depreciation and impairment losses, with the exception of land, which is presented net of any impairment losses.
Once the infrastructure is in operation, the treatment of income and expenses is the same as the one described above for intangible asset.
2.4. Borrowing costs
Interest costs incurred in the construction of any qualifying asset are capitalized over the period required to complete and prepare the asset for its intended use. A qualifying asset is an asset that necessarily takes a substantial period of time to get ready for its internal use or sale, which is considered to be more than one year. Remaining borrowing costs are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.
2.5 Asset impairment
Atlantica Yield reviews its contracted concessional assets to identify any indicators of impairment at least annually.
The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use, defined as the present value of the estimated future cash flows to be generated by the asset. In the event that the asset does not generate cash flows independently of other assets, the Company calculates the recoverable amount of the Cash Generating Unit (‘CGU’) to which the asset belongs.
When the carrying amount of the CGU to which these assets belong is higher than its recoverable amount, the assets are impaired.
Assumptions used to calculate value in use include a discount rate, growth rate and projections considering real data based in the contracts terms and projected changes in both selling prices and costs. The discount rate is estimated by Management, to reflect both changes in the value of money over time and the risks associated with the specific CGU.
For contracted concessional assets, with a defined useful life and with a specific financial structure, cash flow projections until the end of the project are considered and no terminal value is assumed.
Contracted concessional assets have a contractual structure that permits the Company to estimate quite accurately the costs of the project (both in the construction and in the operations periods) and revenue during the life of the project.
Projections take into account real data based on the contract terms and fundamental assumptions based on specific reports prepared by experts, assumptions on demand and assumptions on production. Additionally, assumptions on macro-economic conditions are taken into account, such as inflation rates, future interest rates, etc. and sensitivity analyses are performed over all major assumptions which can have a significant impact in the value of the asset.
Cash flow projections of CGUs are calculated in the functional currency of those CGUs and are discounted using rates that take into consideration the risk corresponding to each specific country and currency.
Taking into account that in most CGUs the specific financial structure is linked to the financial structure of the projects that are part of those CGUs, the discount rate used to calculate the present value of cash-flow projections is based on the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for the type of asset, adjusted, if necessary, in accordance with the business of the specific activity and with the risk associated with the country where the project is performed.
In any case, sensitivity analyses are performed, especially in relation with the discount rate used and fair value changes in the main business variables, in order to ensure that possible changes in the estimates of these items do not impact the possible recovery of recognized assets.
Accordingly, the following table provides a summary of the discount rates used (WACC) and growth rates to calculate the recoverable amount for CGUs with the operating segment to which it pertains:
Operating segment | | Discount rate | | | Growth rate | |
EMEA | | | 4% - 6 | % | | | 0 | % |
North America | | | 4% - 6 | % | | | 0 | % |
South America | | | 5% - 7 | % | | | 0 | % |
In the event that the recoverable amount of an asset is lower than its carrying amount, an impairment charge for the difference would be recorded in the income statement under the item “Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges”.
Pursuant to IAS 36, an impairment loss is recognized if the carrying amount of these assets exceeds the present value of future cash flows discounted at the initial effective interest rate.
2.6 Loans and accounts receivable
Loans and accounts receivable are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments, not listed on an active market.
In accordance with IFRIC 12, certain assets under concessions qualify as financial assets and are recorded as is described in Note 2.3.
Pursuant to IAS 36, an impairment loss is recognized if the carrying amount of these assets exceeds the present value of future cash flows discounted at the initial effective interest rate.
Loans and accounts receivable are initially recognized at fair value plus transaction costs and are subsequently measured at amortized cost in accordance with the effective interest rate method. Interest calculated using the effective interest rate method is recognized under other financial income within financial income.
2.7. Derivative financial instruments and hedging activities
Derivatives are recorded at fair value. The Company applies hedge accounting to all hedging derivatives that qualify to be accounted for as hedges under IFRS-IASB.
When hedge accounting is applied, hedging strategy and risk management objectives are documented at inception, as well as the relationship between hedging instruments and hedged items. Effectiveness of the hedging relationship needs to be assessed on an ongoing basis. Effectiveness tests are performed prospectively and retrospectively at inception and at each reporting date, following the dollar offset method or the regression method, depending on the type of derivatives and the type of tests performed.
Atlantica Yield applies cash flow hedging. Under this method, the effective portion of changes in fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are recorded temporarily in equity and are subsequently reclassified from equity to profit or loss in the same period or periods during which the hedged item affects profit or loss. Any ineffective portion of the hedged transaction is recorded in the consolidated income statement as it occurs.
When interest rate options are designated as hedging instruments, the intrinsic value and time value of the financial hedge instrument are separated. Changes in intrinsic value which are highly effective are recorded in equity and subsequently reclassified from equity to profit or loss in the same period or periods during which the hedged item affects profit or loss. Changes in time value are recorded as financial income or expense, together with any ineffectiveness.
When the hedging instrument matures or is sold, or when it no longer meets the requirements to apply hedge accounting, accumulated gains and losses recorded in equity remain as such until the forecast transaction is ultimately recognized in the income statement. However, if it becomes unlikely that the forecast transaction will actually take place, the accumulated gains and losses in equity are recognized immediately in the income statement.
2.8. Fair value estimates
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. |
In the event that prices cannot be observed, the management shall make its best estimate of the price that the market would otherwise establish based on proprietary internal models which, in the majority of cases, use data based on observable market parameters as significant inputs (Level 2) but occasionally use market data that is not observed as significant inputs (Level 3). Different techniques can be used to make this estimate, including extrapolation of observable market data. The best indication of the initial fair value of a financial instrument is the price of the transaction, except when the value of the instrument can be obtained from other transactions carried out in the market with the same or similar instruments, or valued using a valuation technique in which the variables used only include observable market data, mainly interest rates. Differences between the transaction price and the fair value based on valuation techniques that use data that is not observed in the market, are not initially recognized in the income statement.
Atlantica Yield derivatives correspond mainly to the interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges.
Description of the valuation method
Interest rate swap valuations are made by valuing the swap part of the contract and valuing the credit risk. The methodology used by the market and applied by Atlantica Yield to value interest rate swaps is to discount the expected future cash flows according to the parameters of the contract. Variable interest rates, which are needed to estimate future cash flows, are calculated using the curve for the corresponding currency and extracting the implicit rates for each of the reference dates in the contract. These estimated flows are discounted with the swap zero curve for the reference period of the contract.
The effect of the credit risk on the valuation of the interest rate swaps depends on the future settlement. If the settlement is favorable for the Company, the counterparty credit spread will be incorporated to quantify the probability of default at maturity. If the expected settlement is negative for the Company, its own credit risk will be applied to the final settlement.
Classic models for valuing interest rate swaps use deterministic valuation of the future of variable rates, based on future outlooks. When quantifying credit risk, this model is limited by considering only the risk for the current paying party, ignoring the fact that the derivative could change sign at maturity. A payer and receiver swaption model is proposed for these cases. This enables the associated risk in each swap position to be reflected. Thus, the model shows each agent’s exposure, on each payment date, as the value of entering into the ‘tail’ of the swap, i.e. the live part of the swap.
Variables (Inputs)
Interest rate derivative valuation models use the corresponding interest rate curves for the relevant currency and underlying reference in order to estimate the future cash flows and to discount them. Market prices for deposits, futures contracts and interest rate swaps are used to construct these curves. Interest rate options (caps and floors) also use the volatility of the reference interest rate curve.
To estimate the credit risk of the counterparty, the credit default swap (CDS) spreads curve is obtained in the market for important individual issuers. For less liquid issuers, the spreads curve is estimated using comparable CDSs or based on the country curve. To estimate proprietary credit risk, prices of debt issues in the market and CDSs for the sector and geographic location are used.
The fair value of the financial instruments that results from the aforementioned internal models takes into account, among other factors, the terms and conditions of the contracts and observable market data, such as interest rates, credit risk and volatility. The valuation models do not include significant levels of subjectivity, since these methodologies can be adjusted and calibrated, as appropriate, using the internal calculation of fair value and subsequently compared to the corresponding actively traded price. However, valuation adjustments may be necessary when the listed market prices are not available for comparison purposes.
Level 3 includes the preferred equity investment in ACBH (see Note 8). In the fourth quarter of 2016 we reached an agreement with an investment fund to sell approximately 50% of the New Money Tradable Notes that we are assigned and this contract is structured through a Put and Call option (“the Put/Call agreement”), which is also classified as level 3 (see Note 9).
Detailed information on fair values is included in Note 8.
2.9. Clients and other receivables
Clients and other receivables are amounts due from customers for sales in the normal course of business. They are recognized initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method, less allowance for doubtful accounts. Trade receivables due in less than one year are carried at their face value at both initial recognition and subsequent measurement, provided that the effect of not discounting flows is not significant.
An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded when there is objective evidence that the Company will not be able to recover all amounts due as per the original terms of the receivables.
2.10. Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, cash in bank and other highly-liquid current investments with an original maturity of three months or less which are held for the purpose of meeting short-term cash commitments.
2.11. Grants
Grants are recognized at fair value when it is considered that there is a reasonable assurance that the grant will be received and that the necessary qualifying conditions, as agreed with the entity assigning the grant, will be adequately complied with.
Grants are recorded as liabilities in the consolidated statement of financial position and are recognized in “Other operating income” in the consolidated income statement based on the period necessary to match them with the costs they intend to compensate.
In addition, as described in Note 2.12 below, grants correspond also to loans with interest rates below market rates, for the initial difference between the fair value of the loan and the proceeds received.
2.12. Loans and borrowings
Loans and borrowings are initially recognized at fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently measured at amortized cost and any difference between the proceeds initially received (net of transaction costs incurred in obtaining such proceeds) and the repayment value is recognized in the consolidated income statement over the duration of the borrowing using the effective interest rate method.
Loans with interest rates below market rates are initially recognized at fair value in liabilities and the difference between proceeds received from the loan and its fair value is initially recorded within “Grants and Other liabilities” in the consolidated statement of financial position, and subsequently recorded in “Other operating income” in the consolidated income statement when the costs financed with the loan are expensed.
2.13. Bonds and notes
The Company initially recognizes ordinary notes at fair value, net of issuance costs incurred. Subsequently, notes are measured at amortized cost until settlement upon maturity. Any other difference between the proceeds obtained (net of transaction costs) and the redemption value is recognized in the consolidated income statement over the term of the debt using the effective interest rate method.
2.14. Income taxes
Current income tax expense is calculated on the basis of the tax laws in force as of the date of the consolidated statement of financial position in the countries in which the subsidiaries and associates operate and generate taxable income.
Deferred income tax is calculated in accordance with the liability method, based upon the temporary differences arising between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities and their tax base. Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates and regulations which are expected to apply at the time when the deferred tax is realized.
Deferred tax assets are recognized only when it is probable that sufficient future taxable profit will be available to use deferred tax assets.
2.15. Trade payables and other liabilities
Trade payables are obligations arising from purchases of goods and services in the ordinary course of business and are recognized initially at fair value and are subsequently measured at their amortized cost using the effective interest method. Other liabilities are obligations not arising in the normal course of business and which are not treated as financing transactions. Advances received from customers are recognized as “Trade payables and other current liabilities”.
2.16. Foreign currency transactions
The consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars, which is Atlantica Yield functional and reporting currency. Financial statements of each subsidiary within the Company are measured in the currency of the principal economic environment in which the subsidiary operates, which is the subsidiary’s functional currency.
Transactions denominated in a currency different from the subsidiary’s functional currency are translated into the subsidiary’s functional currency applying the exchange rates in force at the time of the transactions. Foreign currency gains and losses that result from the settlement of these transactions and the translation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency at the year-end rates are recognized in the consolidated income statement, unless they are deferred in equity, as occurs with cash flow hedges and net investment in foreign operations hedges.
Assets and liabilities of subsidiaries with a functional currency different from the Company’s reporting currency are translated to U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in force at the closing date of the financial statements. Income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars using the average annual exchange rate, which does not differ significantly from using the exchange rates of the dates of each transaction. The difference between equity translated at the historical exchange rate and the net financial position that results from translating the assets and liabilities at the closing rate is recorded in equity under the heading “Accumulated currency translation differences”.
Results of companies carried under the equity method are translated at the average annual exchange rate.
2.17. Equity
The Company has recyclable balances in its equity, corresponding mainly to hedge reserves and translation differences arising from currency conversion in the preparation of these consolidated financial statements. These balances have been presented separately in Equity.
Non-controlling interest represents interest from other partners in entities included in these consolidated financial statements which are not fully owned by Atlantica Yield as of the dates presented.
Parent company reserves together with the Share capital represent the Parent’s net investment in the entities included in these consolidated financial statements.
2.18. Provisions and contingencies
Provisions are recognized when:
| · | there is a present obligation, either legal or constructive, as a result of past events; |
| · | it is more likely than not that there will be a future outflow of resources to settle the obligation; and |
| · | the amount has been reliably estimated. |
Provisions are initially measured at the present value of the expected outflows required to settle the obligation and subsequently valued at amortized cost following the effective interest method. The balance of Provisions disclosed in the Notes reflects management’s best estimate of the potential exposure as of the date of preparation of the consolidated financial statements.
Contingent liabilities are possible obligations, existing obligations with low probability of a future outflow of economic resources and existing obligations where the future outflow cannot be reliably estimated. Contingences are not recognized in the consolidated statements of financial position unless they have been acquired in a business combination.
Some companies included in the group have dismantling provisions, which are intended to cover future expenditures related to the dismantlement of the plants and it will be likely to be settled with an outflow of resources in the long term (over 5 years).
Such provisions are accrued when the obligation for dismantling, removing and restoring the site on which the plant is located, is incurred, which is usually during the construction period. The provision is measured in accordance with IAS 37, “Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets” and is recorded as a liability under the heading “Grants and other liabilities” of the Financial Statements, and as part of the cost of the plant under the heading “Contracted concessional assets.”
2.19. 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 the 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 the businesses of the Company. 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 these consolidated financial statements, are as follows:
| · | Contracted concessional agreements and PPAs. |
| · | Impairment of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment. |
| · | 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 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 December 31, 2016, 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
Atlantica 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 Finance and Compliance Departments, 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.
The Company is 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 the Company does not carry out speculative operations. For the purpose of managing these risks, the Company uses a series of swaps and options on interest rates. None of the derivative contracts signed has an unlimited loss exposure.
Interest rate risk arises when the Company’s activities are exposed to changes in interest rates, which arises from financial liabilities at variable interest rates. The main interest rate exposure for the Company relates to the variable interest rate with reference to the Libor and Euribor. To minimize the interest rate risk, the Company primarily uses interest rate swaps and interest rate options (caps), which, in exchange for a fee, offer protection against an increase in interest rates. The Company does not use derivatives for speculative purposes.
As a result, the notional amounts hedged, 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:
| 1) | Project debt in U.S. dollars: between 75% and 100% of the notional amount, maturities until 2043 average guaranteed interest rates of between 2.52% and 6.88%. |
| 2) | Project debt in Euros: between 75% and 100% of the notional amount, maturities until 2030 and average guaranteed interest rates of between 3.20% and 4.87%. |
In connection with the interest rate derivative positions of the Company, the most significant impacts on these consolidated financial statements are derived from the changes in EURIBOR or LIBOR, which represent the reference interest rate for the majority of the debt of the Company. In the event that Euribor and Libor had risen by 25 basis points as of December 31, 2016, with the rest of the variables remaining constant, the effect in the consolidated income statement would have been a loss of $2,563 thousand (a loss of $1,795 thousand in 2015 and a loss of $271 thousand in 2014) and an increase in hedging reserves of $37,290 thousand ($41,702 thousand in 2015 and $24,177 thousand in 2014). The increase in hedging reserves would be mainly due to an increase in the fair value of interest rate swaps designated as hedges.
A breakdown of the interest rates derivatives as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, is provided in Note 9.
The main cash flows in the entities included in these consolidated financial statements 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 closed in the same currency in which the contract with client is signed, a natural hedge exists for the main operations of the Company.
In relation to the Spanish solar plants, on May 12, 2015, the Company entered into a currency swap agreement with Abengoa which provides for a fixed exchange rate for the cash available for distribution from the Company’s 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. Therefore, in the event that the exchange rate of the Euro had risen by 10% against the US Dollar as of December 31, 2016, with the rest of the variables remaining constant, there would not be any effect in the cash distributions received from these assets (neither as of December 31, 2015).
Additionally, to mitigate any potential risk that might arise from the current situation of Abengoa, the Company signed a currency option with a leading financial institution which guarantees a minimum Euro-U.S. dollar exchange rate for net distributions expected from Spanish solar assets.
The Company considers that it has a limited credit risk with clients as revenues derive from power purchase agreements with electric utilities and state-owned entities. The Company has investment grade offtakers in all the assets except for Quadra 1&2, ATN2, Skikda and Honaine, which represent a low percentage of the cash available for distribution on a run-rate basis.
Atlantica Yield’s liquidity and financing policy is intended to ensure that the Company maintains sufficient funds to meet our financial obligations as they fall due.
Project finance borrowing permits the Company to finance the project through project debt and thereby insulate the rest of its assets from such credit exposure. The Company incurs in 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.
Note 4.- Financial information by segment
Atlantica Yield’s segment structure reflects how management currently makes financial decisions and allocates resources. Its operating and reportable segments are based on the following geographies where the contracted concessional assets are located:
Based on the type of business, as of December 31, 2016 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. The Company owns eight solar platforms in Spain: Solacor 1 and 2 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, Solnova 1, 3 and 4 with a gross capacity of 150 MW, Solaben 1 and 6 with a gross capacity of 100 MW and Seville PV with a gross capacity of 1 MW. The Company also owns a Solar plant in South Africa, Kaxu with a gross capacity of 100 MW. Additionally, the Company owns two wind farms in Uruguay, Palmatir and Cadonal, with a gross capacity of 50 MW each.
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; and (ii) three lines in Chile, Quadra 1, Quadra 2 and Palmucho, spanning a total of 87 miles. 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.
Atlantica 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 interests 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 financial statements, and dividends received from the preferred equity investment in ACBH. Further Adjusted EBITDA for 2014, includes preferred dividends received from ACBH for the first time during the third and fourth quarters of 2014. Further Adjusted EBITDA for 2016 includes compensation received from Abengoa in lieu of ACBH dividends.
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.
In the year ended December 31, 2016, Atlantica Yield had two customers with revenues representing more than 10% of the total revenues, i.e., one in the renewable energy and one in the conventional power business sectors. In the year ended December 31, 2015, Atlantica Yield had three customers with revenues representing more than 10% of the total revenues, i.e., two in the renewable energy and one in the conventional power business sectors.
| a) | The following tables show Revenues and Further Adjusted EBITDA by operating segments and business sectors for the years 2016, 2015 and 2014: |
| | Revenue | | | Further Adjusted EBITDA | |
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | | | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
Geography | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
North America | | $ | 337,061 | | | $ | 328,139 | | | $ | 195,508 | | | $ | 284,691 | | | $ | 279,559 | | | $ | 175,398 | |
South America | | | 118,764 | | | | 112,480 | | | | 83,592 | | | | 124,599 | | | | 110,905 | | | | 77,188 | |
EMEA | | | 515,972 | | | | 350,262 | | | | 83,593 | | | | 354,020 | | | | 233,754 | | | | 55,437 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total | | $ | 971,797 | | | $ | 790,881 | | | $ | 362,693 | | | $ | 763,310 | | | $ | 624,218 | | | $ | 308,023 | |
| | Revenue | | | Further Adjusted EBITDA | |
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | | | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
Business sectors | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Renewable energy | | $ | 724,325 | | | $ | 543,012 | | | $ | 170,673 | | | $ | 538,427 | | | $ | 413,933 | | | $ | 137,820 | |
Conventional power | | | 128,046 | | | | 138,717 | | | | 118,765 | | | | 106,492 | | | | 107,671 | | | | 101,896 | |
Electric transmission lines | | | 95,137 | | | | 86,393 | | | | 73,255 | | | | 104,795 | | | | 89,047 | | | | 68,307 | |
Water | | | 24,288 | | | | 22,759 | | | | — | | | | 13,596 | | | | 13,567 | | | | — | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total | | $ | 971,797 | | | $ | 790,881 | | | $ | 362,693 | | | $ | 763,310 | | | $ | 624,218 | | | $ | 308,023 | |
The reconciliation of segment Further Adjusted EBITDA with the profit/(loss) attributable to the parent company is as follows:
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Loss attributable to the Company | | $ | (4,855 | ) | | $ | (209,005 | ) | | $ | (31,612 | ) |
Profit attributable to non-controlling interests | | | 6,522 | | | | 10,819 | | | | 2,347 | |
Income tax | | | 1,666 | | | | 23,790 | | | | 4,413 | |
Share of profits/(losses) of associates | | | (6,646 | ) | | | (7,844 | ) | | | 769 | |
Dividend from exchangeable preferred equity investment in ACBH | | | 27,948 | | | | 18,400 | | | | 9,200 | |
Financial expense, net | | | 405,750 | | | | 526,758 | | | | 197,426 | |
Depreciation, amortization, and impairment charges | | | 332,925 | | | | 261,301 | | | | 125,480 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total segment Further Adjusted EBITDA | | $ | 763,310 | | | $ | 624,219 | | | $ | 308,023 | |
| b) | The assets and liabilities by operating segments (and business sector) at the end of 2016 and 2015 are as follows: |
Assets and liabilities by geography as of December 31, 2016:
| | North America | | | South America | | | EMEA | | | Balance as of December 31, 2016 | |
Assets allocated | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Contracted concessional assets | | | 3,920,106 | | | | 1,144,712 | | | | 3,859,454 | | | | 8,924,272 | |
Investments carried under the equity method | | | - | | | | - | | | | 55,009 | | | | 55,009 | |
Current financial investments | | | 136,665 | | | | 62,215 | | | | 29,158 | | | | 228,038 | |
Cash and cash equivalents (project companies) | | | 185,970 | | | | 40,015 | | | | 246,671 | | | | 472,656 | |
Subtotal allocated | | | 4,242,741 | | | | 1,246,942 | | | | 4,190,291 | | | | 9,679,975 | |
Unallocated assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other non-current assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 272,664 | |
Other current assets (including cash and cash equivalents at holding company level) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 345,160 | |
Subtotal unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 617,824 | |
Total assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,297,799 | |
| | North America | | | South America | | | EMEA | | | Balance as of December 31, 2016 | |
Liabilities allocated | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-term and short-term project debt | | | 1,870,861 | | | | 895,316 | | | | 2,564,290 | | | | 5,330,467 | |
Grants and other liabilities | | | 1,575,303 | | | | 1,512 | | | | 35,230 | | | | 1,612,045 | |
Subtotal allocated | | | 3,446,164 | | | | 896,828 | | | | 2,599,520 | | | | 6,942,512 | |
Unallocated liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-term and short-term corporate debt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 668,201 | |
Other non-current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 546,053 | |
Other current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 181,922 | |
Subtotal unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,396,176 | |
Total liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,338,688 | |
Equity unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,959,111 | |
Total liabilities and equity unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,355,287 | |
Total liabilities and equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,297,799 | |
Assets and liabilities by geography as of December 31, 2015:
| | North America | | | South America | | | EMEA | | | Balance as of December 31, 2015 | |
Assets allocated | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Contracted concessional assets | | | 4,054,093 | | | | 1,206,693 | | | | 4,040,111 | | | | 9,300,897 | |
Investments carried under the equity method | | | - | | | | - | | | | 56,181 | | | | 56,181 | |
Current financial investments | | | 129,349 | | | | 61,973 | | | | 30,036 | | | | 221,358 | |
Cash and cash equivalents (project companies) | | | 136,950 | | | | 41,525 | | | | 290,548 | | | | 469,023 | |
Subtotal allocated | | | 4,320,392 | | | | 1,310,191 | | | | 4,416,876 | | | | 10,047,459 | |
Unallocated assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other non-current assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 285,105 | |
Other current assets (including cash and cash equivalents at holding company level) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 257,910 | |
Subtotal unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 543,015 | |
Total assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,590,474 | |
| | North America | | | South America | | | EMEA | | | Balance as of December 31, 2015 | |
Liabilities allocated | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-term and short-term project debt | | | 1,891,597 | | | | 888,304 | | | | 2,690,769 | | | | 5,470,670 | |
Grants and other liabilities | | | 1,611,724 | | | | 799 | | | | 34,225 | | | | 1,646,748 | |
Subtotal allocated | | | 3,503,321 | | | | 889,103 | | | | 2,724,994 | | | | 7,117,418 | |
Unallocated liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-term and short-term corporate debt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 664,494 | |
Other non-current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 591,608 | |
Other current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 193,453 | |
Subtotal unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,449,555 | |
Total liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,566,973 | |
Equity unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,023,501 | |
Total liabilities and equity unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,473,056 | |
Total liabilities and equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,590,474 | |
Assets and liabilities by business sectors as of December 31, 2016:
| | Renewable energy | | | Conventional power | | | Electric transmission lines | | | Water | | | Balance as of December 31, 2016 | |
Assets allocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Contracted concessional assets | | | 7,255,308 | | | | 646,927 | | | | 929,005 | | | | 93,032 | | | | 8,924,272 | |
Investments carried under the equity method | | | 12,953 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 42,056 | | | | 55,009 | |
Current financial investments | | | 13,661 | | | | 136,644 | | | | 62,215 | | | | 15,518 | | | | 228,038 | |
Cash and cash equivalents (project companies) | | | 420,215 | | | | 30,295 | | | | 11,357 | | | | 10,789 | | | | 472,656 | |
Subtotal allocated | | | 7,702,137 | | | | 813,866 | | | | 1,002,577 | | | | 161,395 | | | | 9,679,975 | |
Unallocated assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other non-current assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 272,664 | |
Other current assets (including cash and cash equivalents at holding company level) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 345,160 | |
Subtotal unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 617,824 | |
Total assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,297,799 | |
| | Renewable energy | | | Conventional power | | | Electric transmission lines | | | Water | | | Balance as of December 31, 2016 | |
Liabilities allocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-term and short-term project debt | | | 3,979,096 | | | | 598,256 | | | | 711,517 | | | | 41,598 | | | | 5,330,467 | |
Grants and other liabilities | | | 1,611,067 | | | | 239 | | | | 739 | | | | - | | | | 1,612,045 | |
Subtotal allocated | | | 5,590,163 | | | | 598,495 | | | | 712,256 | | | | 41,598 | | | | 6,942,512 | |
Unallocated liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-term and short-term corporate debt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 668,201 | |
Other non-current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 546,053 | |
Other current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 181,922 | |
Subtotal unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,396,176 | |
Total liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,338,688 | |
Equity unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,959,111 | |
Total liabilities and equity unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,355,287 | |
Total liabilities and equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,297,799 | |
Assets and liabilities by business sectors as of December 31, 2015:
| | Renewable energy | | | Conventional power | | | Electric transmission lines | | | Water | | | Balance as of December 31, 2015 | |
Assets allocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Contracted concessional assets | | | 7,597,771 | | | | 649,479 | | | | 957,235 | | | | 96,412 | | | | 9,300,897 | |
Investments carried under the equity method | | | 14,064 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 42,117 | | | | 56,181 | |
Current financial investments | | | 14,892 | | | | 128,999 | | | | 61,807 | | | | 15,660 | | | | 221,358 | |
Cash and cash equivalents (project companies) | | | 437,455 | | | | 784 | | | | 17,755 | | | | 13,029 | | | | 469,023 | |
Subtotal allocated | | | 8,064,182 | | | | 779,262 | | | | 1,036,797 | | | | 167,218 | | | | 10,047,459 | |
Unallocated assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other non-current assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 285,105 | |
Other current assets (including cash and cash equivalents at holding company level) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 257,910 | |
Subtotal unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 543,015 | |
Total assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,590,474 | |
| | Renewable energy | | | Conventional power | | | Electric transmission lines | | | Water | | | Balance as of December 31, 2015 | |
Liabilities allocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-term and short-term project debt | | | 4,108,166 | | | | 617,082 | | | | 697,922 | | | | 47,500 | | | | 5,470,670 | |
Grants and other liabilities | | | 1,646,637 | | | | 111 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 1,646,748 | |
Subtotal allocated | | | 5,754,803 | | | | 617,193 | | | | 697,922 | | | | 47,500 | | | | 7,117,418 | |
Unallocated liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Long-term and short-term corporate debt | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 664,494 | |
Other non-current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 591,608 | |
Other current liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 193,453 | |
Subtotal unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,449,555 | |
Total liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,566,973 | |
Equity unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,023,501 | |
Total liabilities and equity unallocated | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3,473,056 | |
Total liabilities and equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10,590,474 | |
| c) | The amount of depreciation, amortization and impairment charges recognized for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 are as follows: |
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
Depreciation, amortization and impairment by geography | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
North America | | | (129,478 | ) | | | (129,091 | ) | | | (70,777 | ) |
South America | | | (62,387 | ) | | | (41,274 | ) | | | (31,990 | ) |
EMEA | | | (141,060 | ) | | | (90,936 | ) | | | (22,713 | ) |
Total | | | (332,925 | ) | | | (261,301 | ) | | | (125,480 | ) |
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
Depreciation, amortization and impairment by business sectors | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Renewable energy | | | (304,235 | ) | | | (232,699 | ) | | | (98,107 | ) |
Electric transmission lines | | | (28,690 | ) | | | (28,602 | ) | | | (27,373 | ) |
Total | | | (332,925 | ) | | | (261,301 | ) | | | (125,480 | ) |
Note 5.- Changes in the scope of the consolidated financial statements
For the year ended December 31, 2016
On January 7, 2016, the Company closed the acquisition of a 13% stake in Solacor 1/2 from JGC, which reduced JGC´s ownership in Solacor 1/2 to 13%. The total purchase price for these assets amounted to $19,923 thousand.
The difference between the amount of Non-Controlling interest representing the 13% interest held by JGC accounted for in the consolidated accounts at the purchase date, and the purchase price has been recorded in equity in these consolidated financial statements, pursuant to IFRS 10, Consolidated Financial Statements.
On August 3, 2016, the Company completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in Seville PV. Total purchase price paid for this asset amounted to $3,214 thousand. The purchase has been accounted for in the consolidated accounts of Atlantica Yield, in accordance with IFRS 3, Business Combinations.
For the year ended December 31, 2015
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 $94,009 thousand.
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. On July 30, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of Kaxu, a 100 MW solar plant in South Africa. Total purchase price paid for these assets amounted to $682,300 thousand.
On June 25, 2015 the Company completed the acquisition of ATN2, an 81-mile transmission line in Peru. On September 30, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of Solaben 1/6, a 100 MW solar complex in Spain. The total purchase price agreed for these assets amounted to $359,104 thousand.
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 financial statements.
Under IFRS 10, Consolidated Financial Statements the Company had control over the rest of the assets acquired during the year 2015 and therefore they are fully consolidated in these financial statements. Given that Atlantica Yield was a subsidiary controlled by Abengoa at the time of acquisition, the assets acquired constituted 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 Atlantica Yield’s consolidated income statement since the date of the acquisition.
Impact of changes in the scope in the consolidated financial statements
The amount of assets and liabilities integrated at the effective acquisition date for the aggregated change in scope is shown in the following table:
| | Asset Acquisition under ROFO Agreement for the year ended December 31, 2015 | |
Concessional assets (Note 6) | | | 3,140,457 | |
Investments carried under the equity method (Note 7) | | | 51,527 | |
Deferred tax asset (Note 18) | | | 107,227 | |
Other non-current assets | | | 10,137 | |
Current assets | | | 428,935 | |
Project debt long term (Note 15) | | | (2,087,362 | ) |
Deferred tax liabilities (Note 18) | | | (9,589 | ) |
Project debt short term (Note 15) | | | (102,012 | ) |
Other current and non-current liabilities | | | (491,768 | ) |
Asset acquisition under Rofo - purchase price | | | (1,135,413 | ) |
Non-controlling interests | | | (57,627 | ) |
| | | | |
Net result of the asset acquisition | | | (145,488 | ) |
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 $162,918 thousand and additional loss after tax of $25,879 thousand.
Note 6.- Contracted concessional assets
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, PS20 and Seville PV which are recorded as property plant and equipment in accordance with IAS 16. As of December 31, 2016, contracted concessional financial assets amount to $928,720 thousand ($933,949 thousand as of December 31, 2015).
For further details on the application of IFRIC 12 to projects, see Appendix III.
| a) | The following table shows the movements of contracted concessional assets included in the heading “Contracted Concessional assets” for 2016: |
Cost | | | |
| | | |
Total as of January 1, 2016 | | | 10,126,023 | |
Additions | | | 6,346 | |
Translation differences | | | (68,199 | ) |
Change in the scope of the consolidated financial statements | | | 5,876 | |
Reclassification and other movements | | | (2,450 | ) |
| | | | |
Total as of December 31, 2016 | | | 10,067,596 | |
Accumulated amortization | | | |
| | | |
Total as of January 1, 2016 | | | (825,126 | ) |
Additions | | | (332,925 | ) |
Change in the scope of the consolidated financial statements | | | (2,381 | ) |
Translation differences | | | 17,108 | |
Total accum. amort. as of December 31, 2016 | | | (1,143,324 | ) |
Net balance at December 31, 2016 | | | 8,924,272 | |
During 2016 contracted concessional assets decreased primarily due to the amortization charge for the year.
Considering the low level of wind resources recorded since COD in Palmatir and Cadonal projects and the uncertainty around such level in the future, the Company identified a triggering event of impairment during the year 2016 in compliance with IAS 36, Impairment of Assets. As a result, impairment tests have been performed resulting in the recording of an impairment loss of $17,229 thousand and $3,101 thousand for the Cadonal and Palmatir projects, respectively, as of December 31, 2016.
The impairment has been recorded within the line “Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges” of the consolidated income statement, decreasing the amount of “Contracted concessional assets” pertaining to the Renewable energy sector and South America geography. The recoverable amount considered is the value in use and amounts to $91,795 thousand and $123,912 thousand for Cadonal and Palmatir, respectively, as of December 31, 2016. A specific discount rate has been used in each year considering changes in the debt/equity leverage ratio over the useful life of this project, resulting in the use of a range of discount rates between 6.7% and 7.0% for both projects.
An adverse change in the key assumptions which are individually used for the valuation could lead to future impairment recognition; especially, a 5% decrease in generation over the entire remaining useful life (PPA) of the project would generate an additional impairment of approximately $5 million for Cadonal and $7 million for Palmatir. An increase of 50 basis points in the discount rate would lead to an additional impairment of approximately $3 million for Cadonal and $4 million for Palmatir.
In addition, the Company identified a triggering event of impairment for Solana as a result of the generation of the plant having been lower than expected during its first years of operation. This project pertains to the Renewable energy sector and North America geography. The Company therefore performed an impairment test as of December 31, 2016, which resulted in the recoverable amount (value in use) exceeding the carrying amount of the asset by 3%. To determine the value in use of the asset, a specific discount rate has been used in each year considering changes in the debt/equity leverage ratio over the useful life of this project, resulting in the use of a range of discount rates between 4.1% and 5.1%.
An adverse change in the key assumptions which are individually used for the valuation could lead to future impairment recognition; especially, a 5% decrease in generation over the entire remaining useful life (PPA) of the project would generate an impairment of approximately $40 million. An increase of 50 basis points in the discount rate would lead to an impairment of approximately $30 million.
The decrease included in “Reclassification and other movements” is mainly due to the reclassification from the long to the short term of the current portion of the contracted concessional financial assets.
| b) | The following table shows the movements of contracted concessional assets included in the heading “Contracted Concessional assets” for 2015: |
Cost | | | |
| | | |
Total as of January 1, 2015 | | | 7,025,576 | |
Additions | | | 13,426 | |
Translation differences | | | (326,557 | ) |
Change in the scope of the consolidated financial statements (Note 5) | | | 3,430,362 | |
Reclassification and other movements | | | (16,784 | ) |
| | | | |
Total as of December 31, 2015 | | | 10,126,023 | |
Accumulated amortization | | | |
| | | |
Total as of January 1, 2015 | | | (300,398 | ) |
Additions | | | (261,301 | ) |
Change in the scope of the consolidated financial statements (Note 5) | | | (289,905 | ) |
Translation differences | | | 26,478 | |
Total accum. amort. as of December 31, 2015 | | | (825,126 | ) |
Net balance at December 31, 2015 | | | 9,300,897 | |
During 2015 contracted concessional assets increased mainly due to the asset acquisition under Rofo agreement ($3,140 million).
No losses from impairment of ‘Contracted concessional assets’ were recorded during 2015.
The decrease included in “Reclassification and other movements” is mainly due to the reclassification from the long to the short term of the current portion of the contracted concessional financial assets.
Note 7.- Investments carried under the equity method
The table below shows the breakdown and the movement of the investments held in associates for 2016 and 2015:
Investments in associates | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Initial balance | | | 56,181 | | | | 5,711 | |
Change in the scope of the consolidated financial statements (Note 5) | | | - | | | | 51,528 | |
Share of (loss)/profit | | | 6,646 | | | | 7,844 | |
Dividend distribution | | | (3,954 | ) | | | (4,845 | ) |
Equity distribution | | | (3,099 | ) | | | - | |
Currency translation differences | | | (765 | ) | | | (4,057 | ) |
Final balance | | | 55,009 | | | | 56,181 | |
There are no significant movement of the investments held in associates during the year 2016.
The increase in 2015 is mainly due to the entrance of Geida Tlemcem, S.L., which owns 51% of Honaine desalination plant. Investment carried under the equity method also increased for the investment held by Kaxu Solar One (Pty) Ltd. in Pectonex, R.F. and the investment held by Solaben 1&6 in Evacuación Valdecaballeros, S.L.
The tables below show a breakdown of stand-alone amounts of assets, revenues and profit and loss as well as other information of interest for the years 2016 and 2015 for the associated companies:
Company | | % Shares | | | Non- current assets | | | Current assets | | | Non- current liabilities | | | Current liabilities | | | Revenue | | | Operating profit/ (loss) | | | Net profit/ (loss) | | | Investment under the equity method | |
Evacuación Valdecaballeros, S.L. | | | 57.16 | | | | 19,283 | | | | 931 | | | | 306 | | | | 532 | | | | 537 | | | | (545 | ) | | | (565 | ) | | | 9,528 | |
Myah Bahr Honaine, S.P.A.(*) | | | 25.50 | | | | 202,150 | | | | 67,120 | | | | 104,704 | | | | 14,158 | | | | 52,770 | | | | 34,247 | | | | 14,066 | | | | 42,056 | |
Pectonex, R.F. Proprietary Limited | | | 50.00 | | | | 3,730 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 1 | | | | - | | | | (187 | ) | | | (187 | ) | | | 3,425 | |
Evacuación Villanueva del Rey, S.L | | | 40.02 | | | | 3,251 | | | | 17 | | | | 2,118 | | | | 142 | | | | - | | | | 31 | | | | - | | | | - | |
As of December 31, 2016 | | | | | | | 228,684 | | | | 68,068 | | | | 107,128 | | | | 14,833 | | | | 53,307 | | | | 33,546 | | | | 13,314 | | | | 55,009 | |
Company | | % Shares | | | Non- current assets | | | Current assets | | | Non- current liabilities | | | Current liabilities | | | Revenue | | | Operating profit/ (loss) | | | Net profit/ (loss) | | | Investment under the equity method | |
Evacuación Valdecaballeros, S.L. | | | 57.16 | | | | 20,552 | | | | 2,402 | | | | 296 | | | | 580 | | | | 458 | | | | (631 | ) | | | (651 | ) | | | 10,475 | |
Myah Bahr Honaine, S.P.A.(*) | | | 25.50 | | | | 201,997 | | | | 73,965 | | | | 116,610 | | | | 11,945 | | | | 52,767 | | | | 39,336 | | | | 15,607 | | | | 42,117 | |
Pectonex, R.F. Proprietary Limited | | | 50.00 | | | | 3,485 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (54 | ) | | | (54 | ) | | | 3,589 | |
Evacuación Villanueva del Rey, S.L | | | 36.64 | | | | 3,526 | | | | 100 | | | | 2,467 | | | | 96 | | | | - | | | | 25 | | | | - | | | | - | |
As of December 31, 2015 | | | | | | | 229,560 | | | | 76,467 | | | | 119,373 | | | | 12,621 | | | | 53,225 | | | | 38,676 | | | | 14,902 | | | | 56,181 | |
The Company has no control over Evacuación Valdecaballeros, S.L. as all relevant decisions of this company require the approval of a minimum of shareholders accounting for more than 75% of the shares.
None of the associated companies referred to above is a listed company.
(*) 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 financial statements. Share of profit of Myah Bahr Honaine S.P.A. included in these consolidated financial statements amounts to $7,647 thousand in 2016 and $7,821 thousand in 2015.
Note 8.- Financial instruments by category
Financial instruments are primarily deposits, derivatives, trade and other receivables and loans. Financial instruments by category (current and non-current), reconciled with the statement of financial position as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:
Category | | Notes | | | Loans and receivables / payables | | | Available for sale financial assets | | | Hedging derivatives | | | Balance as of December 31, 2016 | |
Derivative assets | | | 9 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 3,822 | | | | 3,822 | |
Preferred equity in ACBH | | | | | | | - | | | | 30,488 | | | | - | | | | 30,488 | |
Other financial accounts receivables | | | | | | | 263,501 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 263,501 | |
Clients and other receivables | | | 11 | | | | 207,621 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 207,621 | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | | 12 | | | | 594,811 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 594,811 | |
Total financial assets | | | | | | | 1,065,933 | | | | 30,488 | | | | 3,822 | | | | 1,100,243 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate debt | | | 14 | | | | 668,201 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 668,201 | |
Project debt | | | 15 | | | | 5,330,467 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 5,330,467 | |
Related parties | | | 10 | | | | 101,750 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 101,750 | |
Trade and other current liabilities | | | 17 | | | | 160,505 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 160,505 | |
Derivative liabilities | | | 9 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 349,266 | | | | 349,266 | |
Total financial liabilities | | | | | | | 6,260,923 | | | | - | | | | 349,266 | | | | 6,610,189 | |
| | Notes | | | Loans and receivables/ payables | | | Available for sale financial assets | | | Hedging derivatives | | | Balance as of December 31, 2015 | |
Derivative assets | | | 9 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 4,741 | | | | 4,741 | |
Preferred equity in ACBH | | | | | | | - | | | | 52,564 | | | | - | | | | 52,564 | |
Other financial accounts receivables | | | | | | | 257,844 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 257,844 | |
Clients and other receivables | | | 11 | | | | 197,308 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 197,308 | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | | 12 | | | | 514,712 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 514,712 | |
Total financial assets | | | | | | | 969,864 | | | | 52,564 | | | | 4,741 | | | | 1,027,169 | |
Corporate debt | | | 14 | | | | 664,494 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 664,494 | |
Project debt | | | 15 | | | | 5,470,670 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 5,470,670 | |
Related parties | | | 10 | | | | 126,860 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 126,860 | |
Trade and other current liabilities | | | 17 | | | | 178,217 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 178,217 | |
Derivative liabilities | | | 9 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 385,095 | | | | 385,095 | |
Total financial liabilities | | | | | | | 6,440,241 | | | | - | | | | 385,095 | | | | 6,825,335 | |
As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, all the financial instruments measured at fair value have been classified as Level 2, except for the preferred equity investment in ACBH and the Put and Call Option agreement (see Note 9), classified as Level 3.
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, Atlantica Yield has the right to receive, in four quarterly installments, a preferred dividend of $18,400 thousand per year. As of December 31, 2015, the Company received the dividend corresponding to 1.5 years and the portion corresponding to 3.5 years is pending to be received, as installment for the four quarters at 2016 hasn´t been paid to the Company yet; |
· | Following the initial five-year period, Atlantica 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. |
On January 29, 2016, Abengoa informed the Company that several indirect subsidiaries of Abengoa in Brazil, including ACBH, initiated an insolvency procedure under Brazilian law (“reorganizaçao judiciaria”). The Company is currently assessing the potential impact of this event together with external advisors. Given that this process will likely negatively affect the value of the preferred equity investment and considering the high degree of uncertainty on its final outcome, the Company recorded an impairment of this preferred equity investment for a total amount of $210,435 thousand as of December 31, 2015. The valuation method used to calculate the value on the preferred equity investment in ACBH as of December 31, 2015 has been discounting the originally expected cash-flows from the instrument using a discount rate of 35%, based on the yields of bonds issued in Brazil by comparable companies with a rating indicating distress.
In addition, in the third quarter of 2016, the Company signed an agreement with Abengoa on ACBH preferred equity investment among other things, with the following main consequences:
| · | Abengoa acknowledged it failed to fulfill its obligations under the agreements related to the preferred equity investment in ACBH and, as a result, Atlantica Yield is the legal owner of the dividends amounting to $28.0 million, that the Company retained from Abengoa; |
| · | Abengoa recognizes a non-contingent credit for an amount of €300 million (approximately $316 million), corresponding to the guarantee provided by Abengoa, S.A. regarding the preferred equity investment in ACBH, subject to restructuring and subject to adjustments for dividends retained after the agreement. On October 25, 2016, Atlantica Yield signed Abengoa’s restructuring agreement and accepted, subject to implementation of the restructuring, to receive 30% of the amount (approximately $95 million) in the form of tradable bonds to be issued by Abengoa. Upon completion of the restructuring, this debt (“Restructured Debt”) would have a junior status within Abengoa debt structure post restructuring. The remaining 70% ($221 million) would be received in the form of equity in Abengoa. As of the date of this report, there is a high degree of uncertainty on the value of this debt and equity; |
| · | In order to convert this junior debt into senior debt, Atlantica Yield has agreed, subject to implementation of the restructuring, to participate in Abengoa’s issuance of asset-backed notes (the “New Money 1 Tradable Notes”) with up to €48 million (approximately $51 million), subject to scale-back following allocation process contemplated in Abengoa’s restructuring. In the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company reached an agreement with an investment fund to sell them approximately 50% of the New Money Tradable Notes that the Company is assigned, and as a result expects the final investment to be less than €24 million (approximately $25 million). The New Money 1 Tradable Notes are backed by a ring-fenced structure including Atlantica Yield’s shares and a cogeneration plant in Mexico (A3T). The New Money 1 Tradable Notes offer the highest level of seniority in Abengoa’s debt structure post restructuring. Upon the purchase by the Company of the New Money 1 Tradable Notes, the Restructured Debt would be converted into senior debt; |
| · | Upon receipt of the Restructured Debt and Abengoa equity, the Company would waive its rights under the ACBH agreements, including its right to retain the dividends payable to Abengoa. |
Further to this agreement, the Company updated the valuation of the instrument as of December 31, 2016 using a probability weighted method. This valuation method considers the probability of the restructuring agreement of Abengoa being made effective. The fair value of the instrument as of December 31, 2016 is the result of estimating the value of the instrument in case the restructuring agreement is made effective and in case it is not. In case the restructuring agreement is not accepted, the value of the instrument would remain the same as the one calculated as of December 31, 2015. In case the restructuring agreements is made effective, value of the instrument has been obtained by discounting the expected cash-flows from the Restructured Debt (approximately $95 million), using a discount rate of 25% based on the yields of bonds issued in Spain by comparable companies involved in a similar restructuring process. Result of this updated valuation is an additional impairment of this preferred equity investment recorded as of December 31, 2016 for an amount of $22,076 thousand.
An adverse change in the key assumptions which are individually used for the valuation could lead to future impairment recognition; especially, an increase of 50 basis points in the discount rates used in the fair value exercise described above would lead to an additional impairment of approximately $1 million.
Other financial accounts receivables include the short-term portion of contracted concessional assets (see Note 6).
Note 9.- Derivative financial instruments
The breakdowns of the fair value amount of the derivative financial instruments as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:
| | Balance as of December 31, 2016 | | | Balance as of December 31, 2015 | |
| | Assets | | | Liabilities | | | Assets | | | Liabilities | |
Interest rate derivatives - cash flow hedge | | | 3,822 | | | | 349,266 | | | | 4,741 | | | | 385,095 | |
The derivatives are primarily interest rate cash-flow hedges. All are classified as non-current assets or non-current liabilities, as they hedge long-term financing agreements.
On May 12, 2015, the Company entered into a currency swap agreement with Abengoa which provides for a fixed exchange rate for the cash available for distribution from the Company’s 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. The currency swap agreement has a five-year term, and is valued by comparing the contracted exchange rate and the future exchange rate in the valuation scenario at the maturities dates. The instrument is valued by calculating the cash flow that would be obtained or paid by theoretically closing out the position and then discounting that amount.
On November 7, 2016, the Company entered into a Put and Call option agreement with an investment fund to sell them approximately 50% of the New Money Tradable Notes that the Company is assigned. The fair value of the Put and Call agreement has been assumed to be the sum of the intrinsic value of the options, due to the short time period, 5 days, in which the options can be executed and the absence of the subjacent volatility. The intrinsic value of the contract is the difference between the nominal value of the debt and the fair value of the debt. The latter has been estimated by discounting the projected contractual cash flows using a single discount rate. It has been assumed that the best estimate of the credit risk profile of the New Money Notes is 18,9% which is the one reflected by the Lenders in the debt pricing, meaning the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of the debt cash flows and that results in a net fair value of the Put and Call option as of December 31, 2016 of 0. Modifying the assumption of the IRR and considering the yield to maturity of the quoted bonds and different rating assumptions like a 25,1% discount rate (which would be an approximate discount for CC rated debt) and a 12,5% discount rate (which would be an approximate discount for CCC rate debt), the fair value of the Put and Call agreement would result respectively in a derivative liability of $5 million and a derivative asset of $3.7 million. With this agreement, the objective of the Company is to be able to obtain liquidity from the New Money. The net price paid to enter into the Put and Call option was 0 (€1 collected for the put and €1 paid for the call) and there will be no cash effect with regards to the sensibilities discussed.
As stated in Note 3 to these consolidated financial statements, the general policy is to hedge variable interest rates of financing agreements purchasing call options (caps) in exchange of a premium to fix the maximum interest rate cost and contracting floating to fixed interest rate swaps.
As a result, the notional amounts hedged, strikes contracted and maturities, depending on the characteristics of the debt on which the interest rate risk is being hedged, can be diverse:
· | Project debt in Euros: the Company hedges between 75% and 100% of the notional amount, maturities until 2030 and average guaranteed interest rates of between 3.20 % and 4.87%. |
· | Project debt in U.S. dollars: the Company hedges between 75% and 100% of the notional amount, including maturities until 2043 and average guaranteed interest rates of between 2.52% and 6.88%. |
The table below shows a breakdown of the maturities of notional amounts of interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges as of December 31, 2016 and 2015.
Notionals | | Balance as of December 31, 2016 | | | Balance as of December 31, 2015 | |
| | Cap | | | Swap | | | Cap | | | Swap | |
Up to 1 year | | | 24,261 | | | | 75,837 | | | | 22,320 | | | | 72,184 | |
Between 1 and 2 years | | | 25,934 | | | | 199,832 | | | | 25,018 | | | | 77,193 | |
Between 2 and 3 years | | | 27,880 | | | | 83,897 | | | | 26,741 | | | | 201,186 | |
Subsequent years | | | 400,239 | | | | 1,500,789 | | | | 441,766 | | | | 1,611,035 | |
Total | | $ | 478,314 | | | $ | 1,860,355 | | | $ | 515,845 | | | $ | 1,961,598 | |
The table below shows a breakdown of the maturity of the fair values of interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges as of December 31, 2016 and 2015. The net position of the fair value of caps and swaps for each year end reconciles with the net position of derivative assets and derivative liabilities in the consolidated statement of financial position:
Fair value | | Balance as of December 31, 2016 | | | Balance as of December 31, 2015 | |
| | Cap | | | Swap | | | Cap | | | Swap | |
Up to 1 year | | | 250 | | | | (12,383 | ) | | | 185 | | | | (15,741 | ) |
Between 1 and 2 years | | | 262 | | | | (14,927 | ) | | | 201 | | | | (16,508 | ) |
Between 2 and 3 years | | | 275 | | | | (13,957 | ) | | | 218 | | | | (16,580 | ) |
Subsequent years | | | 3,035 | | | | (307,999 | ) | | | 4,137 | | | | (336,266 | ) |
Total | | $ | 3,822 | | | | (349,266 | ) | | $ | 4,741 | | | | (385,095 | ) |
During 2016, fair value of derivatives increased mainly due to an increases in the fair value of interest rate cash-flow hedges 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 income statement is a loss of $72,774 thousand (loss of $55,841 thousand in 2015 and a loss of $27,473 thousand in 2014). Additionally, the net amount of the time value component of the cash flow derivatives fair value recognized in the consolidated income statement for the year 2016 and the consolidated income statement for the years 2015 and 2014 has been a gain of $1,694 thousand, a gain of $4,234 thousand and a loss of $2,386 thousand respectively.
The after-tax result accumulated in equity in connection with derivatives designated as cash flow hedges at the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, amount to a $52,797 thousand gain and a $24,831 thousand gain respectively.
Note 10.- Related parties
During the normal course of business, the Company has historically conducted operations with related parties consisting mainly of Abengoa´s subsidiaries and non-controlling interests, mainly through loan contracts and advisory services. The transactions were completed at market rates.
Details of balances with related parties as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
| | | | | | |
Credit receivables (current) | | | 12,031 | | | | 12,653 | |
Total current receivables with related parties | | | 12,031 | | | | 12,653 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Credit receivables (non-current) | | | 30,505 | | | | 52,774 | |
Total non-current receivables with related parties | | | 30,505 | | | | 52,774 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Trade payables (current) | | | 61,338 | | | | 73,813 | |
Total current payables with related parties | | | 61,338 | | | | 73,813 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Credit payables (non-current) | | | 101,750 | | | | 126,860 | |
Total non-current payables with related parties | | | 101,750 | | | | 126,860 | |
Receivables with related parties primarily correspond to the preferred equity investment in ACBH. The instrument was impaired and its fair value amounts to $30,488 thousand as of December 31, 2016 ($52,565 thousand as of December 31, 2015), classified as non-current (see Note 8).
Trade payables (current) primarily relate to payables for Operation and Maintenance services. Credit payables (non-current) primarily relate to payables of projects companies with partners accounted for as non-controlling interests in these consolidated financial statements.
The transactions carried out by entities included in these consolidated financial statements with Abengoa and with subsidiaries of Abengoa not included in the consolidated group during the twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 have been as follows:
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Sales | | | - | | | | 44,260 | | | | 25,673 | |
Construction costs | | | - | | | | - | | | | (38,565 | ) |
Services rendered | | | 1,220 | | | | 523 | | | | 2,343 | |
Services received | | | (115,779 | ) | | | (106,737 | ) | | | (41,961 | ) |
Financial income | | | 60 | | | | 1,466 | | | | 4,415 | |
Financial expenses | | | (2,460 | ) | | | (1,968 | ) | | | (9,544 | ) |
Services received primarily include operation and maintenance services received by some plants. Until December 2015, sales related to sale of energy by Spanish Solar plants were sometimes made through an Abengoa company acting as an agent for the plant. This service is not provided anymore by Abengoa since then.
During the period prior to the initial public offering, certain consolidated entities entered into one-year contractual arrangements with Abengoa from which the Company received certain administrative services. Such services included general services related to supporting functions such as financing, human resources management, and administration. The fee incurred by the operating companies was based on anticipated annual sales. During 2015 and 2016 the Company has internalized main support services cancelling the majority of these fees with Abengoa.
In addition, other operating expenses included in 2014 an allocation of certain general and administrative services provided by Abengoa. Allocated costs included general and administrative costs deemed allocable to the Company. Measurement of allocated costs was based principally on time devoted to the Company by employees of Abengoa. The Company believed that including the allocated costs, the combined statements of operations included a reasonable estimate of actual costs incurred to operate the business.
At the date of the initial offering, the Company entered into a series of agreements to receive management, general and administrative services from Abengoa (the Support Services Agreement and Executive Service Agreement), and corresponding fees were properly accounted for as other operating expenses. The Executive Service Agreement was canceled in February 2015. During the year 2015 and 2016, some employees of Abengoa delivering services under the Support Services Agreement have been transferred to entities within the consolidation perimeter of Atlantica Yield and the Support Services Agreement has been cancelled. In addition, some external employees were hired. This resulted in the Company increasing its own employee benefit expenses as shown on the face of the consolidated income statement for the years 2015 and 2016.
The figures detailed in the table above do not include the following financial income recorded in these consolidated financial statements for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2016 and resulting from the agreement signed with Abengoa in the third quarter of 2016 (see Note 8): compensation received from Abengoa in lieu of dividends from ACBH for $28.0 million, income for the cancellation of the subordinated debt Solnova Electricidad S.A. owed to Abener for $7.6 million and income of $1.7 million for discounts received from Abengoa for the prepayment of payables.
In addition, Abengoa maintains a number of obligations under EPC, O&M and other contracts, as well as indemnities covering certain potential risks. Additionally, Abengoa represented that as of the date of the accession to the restructuring agreement Atlantica Yield would not be a guarantor of any obligation of Abengoa with respect to third parties and agreed to indemnify the Company for any penalty claimed by third parties resulting from any breach in such representations.
Construction costs include construction work subcontracted to Abengoa for the construction of the assets, which is recorded in these consolidated financial statements due to the fact that contracted concessional assets are included in the consolidated financial statements during the construction phase, according to IFRIC 12.
Finally, the Company entered into a financial support agreement on June 13, 2014 under which Abengoa 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 Atlantica Yield and its affiliates for a period of five years. As of December 31, 2016, the total amount of the credit line has remained undrawn since the IPO.
Note 11.- Clients and other receivable
Clients and other receivable as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, consist of the following:
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Trade receivables | | | 151,199 | | | | 126,844 | |
Tax receivables | | | 29,705 | | | | 42,322 | |
Prepayments | | | 10,261 | | | | 9,168 | |
Other accounts receivable | | | 16,456 | | | | 18,974 | |
Total | | | 207,621 | | | | 197,308 | |
As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the fair value of clients and other accounts receivable does not differ significantly from its carrying value.
Trade receivables according to foreign currency as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, are as follows:
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Euro | | | 98,798 | | | | 74,535 | |
Rand | | | 12,807 | | | | 6,208 | |
Other | | | 7,151 | | | | 6,646 | |
Total | | | 118,756 | | | | 87,389 | |
The following table shows the maturity of Trade receivables as of December 31, 2016 and 2015:
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
| | | | | | |
Up to 3 months | | | 151,199 | | | | 126,844 | |
Total | | | 151,199 | | | | 126,844 | |
Note 12.- Cash and cash equivalents
The following table shows the detail of Cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2016 and 2015:
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Cash at bank and on hand | | | 594,811 | | | | 514,712 | |
Total | | | 594,811 | | | | 514,712 | |
The following breakdown shows the main currencies in which cash and cash equivalent balances are denominated:
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
Currency | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
U.S. dollar | | | 343,954 | | | | 219,172 | |
Euro | | | 196,382 | | | | 251,778 | |
Algerian Dinar | | | 10,736 | | | | 13,019 | |
South African Rand | | | 39,689 | | | | 25,962 | |
Others | | | 4,050 | | | | 4,781 | |
Total | | | 594,811 | | | | 514,712 | |
Note 13.- Equity
Transactions closed during the year 2014
On June 18, 2014, Atlantica Yield closed its initial public offering issuing 24,850,000 ordinary shares. The shares were sold 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 Atlantica Yield reserves as of December 31, 2016, 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.
Atlantica Yield’s shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ABY” on June 13, 2014.
Transactions closed during the year 2015
On January 22, 2015, Abengoa closed an underwritten public offering and sale in the United States of 10,580,000 of ordinary shares of the Company 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 its shares.
On May 14, 2015 Atlantica 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 Atlantica Yield. The proceeds were primarily used by Atlantica Yield to finance asset acquisitions in May and June 2015.
On July 14, 2015, Abengoa sold 2,000,000 shares of Atlantica Yield under Rule 144, reducing its stake to 49.1%.
Transactions closed during the year 2016 and position as of December 31, 2016
As of December 31, 2016, the share capital of the Company 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.
As of the date hereof, according to Abengoa´s beneficial ownership reporting, Abengoa has delivered an aggregate of 7,595,639 Ordinary Shares to holders that exercised their option to exchange the $279,000 thousand principal amount of exchangeable notes due 2017 issued by Abengoa on March 5, 2015 (the “Exchangeable Notes”) for shares of Atlantica Yield. The Exchangeable Notes are exchangeable, at the option of their holders, for ordinary shares of Atlantica Yield. These operations reduced Abengoa´s stake to 41.47% as of December 31, 2016.
Atlantica Yield reserves as of December 31, 2016 are made up of share premium account and distributable reserves.
Retained earnings include results attributable to Atlantica Yield, the impact of the Asset Transfer in equity and the impact of the assets acquisition under the ROFO agreement in equity. The Asset Transfer and the acquisitions under the ROFO agreement were recorded in accordance with the Predecessor accounting principle, given that all these transactions occurred before December 2015, when Abengoa still had control over Atlantica Yield.
Non-controlling interests fully relate to interests held by JGC in Solacor 1 and Solacor 2, by Idae in Seville PV, by Itochu Corporation in Solaben 2 and Solaben 3, by Algerian Energy Company, SPA and Sadyt in Skikda and by Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) and Kaxu Community Trust in Kaxu Solar One (Pty) Ltd.
Additional information of subsidiaries including material Non-controlling interests as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, are disclosed in Appendix IV.
Dividends declared during the year 2016:
| - | On August 3, 2016, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.29 per share corresponding to $0.145 per share for the first quarter of 2016 and to $0.145 per share for the second quarter of 2016. The dividend was paid on September 15, 2016. From that amount, the Company retained $12.2 million of the dividend attributable to Abengoa; |
| - | On November 11, 2016, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.163 per share corresponding to the third quarter of 2016. The dividend was paid on December 15, 2016. From that amount, the Company retained $6.6 million of the dividend attributable to Abengoa. |
In addition, as of December 31, 2016, there was no treasury stock and there have been no transactions with treasury stock during the period then ended.
Note 14.- Corporate debt
The breakdown of the corporate debt as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
Non-current | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Credit Facilities with financial entities | | | 123,804 | | | | 409,665 | |
Notes and Bonds | | | 252,536 | | | | 251,676 | |
Total Non-Current | | | 376,340 | | | | 661,341 | |
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
Current | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Credit Facilities with financial entities | | | 289,035 | | | | 624 | |
Notes and Bonds | | | 2,826 | | | | 2,529 | |
Total Current | | | 291,861 | | | | 3,153 | |
The Credit Facility Tranche B is classified as Current for $ 288,317 thousand as of December 31, 2016 (Non-Current as of December 31,2015) as it matures in December 2017. As a result of this reclassification, current liabilities in the consolidated statement of financial position are higher than current assets.
On February 10, 2017, the Company signed a Note Issuance Facility, a senior secured note facility with a group of funds managed by Westbourne Capital as purchasers of the notes issued thereunder for a total amount of € 275 million (approximately $294 million), with three series of notes. Series 1 Notes for €92 million mature in 2022; series 2 notes for €91.5 million mature in 2023; and series 3 notes for €91.5 million mature in 2024. Interest on all three series accrues at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 3 month EURIBOR plus 4.90%. The proceeds of the Note Issuance Facility will be used for the repayment of Tranche B under our Credit Facility, which will be canceled, as well as for general corporate expenses incurred as part of this transaction. The Company intends to fully hedge the Note Issuance Facility with a swap to fix the interest rate as soon as possible after funding of the Notes.
Residual Current Corporate debt fully relates to the accrued interest of the Notes and Credit Facility as of December 31, 2016 and 2015.
The repayment schedule for the Corporate debt, at the end of 2016 is as follows:
| | 2017 | | | 2018 | | | 2019 | | | Total | |
Credit Facilities with financial entities | | | 289,035 | | | | 123,804 | | | | - | | | | 412,839 | |
Notes and Bonds | | | 2,826 | | | | - | | | | 252,536 | | | | 255,362 | |
Total | | | 291,861 | | | | 123,804 | | | | 252,536 | | | | 668,201 | |
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.
On June 26, 2015, the Company increased its existing $125 million Credit Facility with a revolver tranche B for an amount of $290,000 thousand (the “Credit Facility Tranche B). On September 9, 2015, Credit Facility Tranche B was fully drawn down and the proceeds were used for the acquisition of Solaben 1/6. Loans under the Tranche B Facility accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to: (A) for Eurodollar rate loans, LIBOR plus 2.50% and (B) for base rate loans, 1.50%. Loans under the Credit Facility Tranche B will mature in December 2017. Tranche B of the Credit Facility was signed for a total amount of $290 million with Bank of America, N.A., as global coordinator and documentation agent and Barclays Bank plc and UBS AG, London Branch as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.
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 assets and water, 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 financial statements.
Project debt is generally used to finance 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 movements for 2016 and 2015 of project debt have been as follows:
| | Project debt - long term | | | Project debt - short term | | | Total | |
Balance as of December 31, 2015 | | | 3,574,464 | | | | 1,896,205 | | | | 5,470,669 | |
Increases | | | 36,842 | | | | 329,434 | | | | 366,276 | |
Decreases (reimbursement) | | | - | | | | (480,969 | ) | | | (480,969 | ) |
Currency translation differences | | | (64,426 | ) | | | 38,917 | | | | (25,509 | ) |
Reclassifications | | | 1,082,304 | | | | (1,082,304 | ) | | | - | |
Balance as of December 31, 2016 | | | 4,629,184 | | | | 701,283 | | | | 5,330,467 | |
Main variations in Project debt during the year 2016 are the result of:
- | Net decrease primarily due to repayment of debt; considering interests accrued are offset by a similar amount of interests paid during the year. |
- | A reclassification of the entire debt of Solana and Mojave projects from short term to long term as of December 31, 2016 considering that as a result of the forbearance signed in December, 2016, Abengoa cross-defaults will no longer trigger acceleration remedies in the Solana or Mojave financing agreements. |
Debts of Kaxu and Cadonal projects remain classified as short term in accordance with International Accounting Standards 1 (“IAS 1”), “Presentation of Financial Statements” (see below for details). The waiver of the cross-default provisions related to Abengoa that has been obtained for Cadonal during 2016 is subject to the completion of certain conditions.
| | Project debt - long term | | | Project debt - short term | | | Total | |
Balance as of December 31, 2014 | | | 3,491,877 | | | | 331,189 | | | | 3,823,066 | |
Increases | | | 72,406 | | | | 370,720 | | | | 443,126 | |
Decreases (reimbursement) | | | - | | | | (772,886 | ) | | | (772,886 | ) |
Currency translation differences | | | (201,958 | ) | | | (10,052 | ) | | | (212,010 | ) |
Reclassifications | | | (1,875,223 | ) | | | 1,875,223 | | | | - | |
Changes in the scope of the consolidated financial statements (Note 5) | | | 2,087,362 | | | | 102,012 | | | | 2,189,374 | |
Balance as of December 31, 2015 | | | 3,574,464 | | | | 1,896,206 | | | | 5,470,670 | |
The increase in Project debt – short term during the year 2015 was the result of:
- | A decrease for the repayment of the short term tranche of the loan with the federal financing Bank by Mojave Solar LLC debt amounting to $334 million in October 2015; |
- | A reclassification of the entire debt of Solana, Mojave, Kaxu and Cadonal projects from long term to short term as of December 31, 2015 as a result of the cross-default provisions related to Abengoa further to the Insolvency Proceeding filed by Abengoa on November 25, 2015. Although the Company did not expect the acceleration of debt to be declared by the credit entities, the project entities did not have contractually as of December 31, 2015 an unconditional right to defer the settlement of the debt for at least twelve months after that date, and therefore the debt was presented as current in these consolidated financial statements in accordance with IAS 1, “Presentation of Financial Statements”. |
The repayment schedule for Project debt in accordance with the financing arrangements, at the end of 2016 is as follows and is consistent with the projected cash flows of the related projects.
2017 | | | 2018 | | | 2019 | | | 2020 | | | 2021 | | | Subsequent years | | | Total | |
Interest Repayment | | | Nominal repayment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20,775 | | | | 190,379 | | | | 209,011 | | | | 229,090 | | | | 247,075 | | | | 261,026 | | | | 4,173,111 | | | | 5,330,467 | |
In 2016, the Company refinanced ATN2 debt. In 2015, the Company did not enter into any new project debt.
Current and non-current loans with credit entities include amounts in foreign currencies for a total of $2,564,291 thousand as of December 31, 2016 ($2,690,769 thousand as of December 31, 2015).
The equivalent in U.S. dollars of the most significant foreign-currency-denominated debts held by the Company is as follows:
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
Currency | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Euro | | | 2,102,985 | | | | 2,268,923 | |
Algerian Dinar | | | 41,598 | | | | 47,500 | |
Rand | | | 419,708 | | | | 374,346 | |
Total | | | 2,564,291 | | | | 2,690,769 | |
All of the Company’s financing agreements have a carrying amount close to its fair value.
Note 16.- Grants and other liabilities
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Grants | | | 1,297,755 | | | | 1,354,967 | |
Other liabilities | | | 314,290 | | | | 291,781 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Grant and other non-current liabilities | | | 1,612,045 | | | | 1,646,748 | |
As of December 31, 2016, the amount recorded in Grants corresponds mainly to the ITC Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for Solana and Mojave for a total amount of $803,233 thousand ($835,430 thousand as of December 31, 2015), which was mainly used to fully repay the Solana and Mojave short-term tranche of the loan with the Federal Financing Bank. The amount recorded in Grants as a liability is progressively recorded as other income over the useful life of the asset.
The remaining balance of the “Grants” account corresponds to loans with interest rates below market rates for Solana and Mojave for a total amount of $492,406 thousand ($517,165 thousand as of December 31, 2015). Loans with the Federal Financing Bank guaranteed by the Department of Energy 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.
Other liabilities mainly relate to the investment from Liberty Interactive Corporation (‘Liberty’) made on October 2, 2013 for an amount of $300 million. The investment was made in class A shares of Arizona Solar Holding, the holding of Solana Solar plant in the United States. Such investment was made in a tax equity partnership which permits the partners to have certain tax benefits such as accelerated depreciation and ITC.
According to the stipulations of IAS 32 and in spite of the fact that the investment of Liberty Interactive Corporation (‘Liberty’) is in shares, it does not qualify as equity and has been classified as a liability as of December 31, 2016 and 2015. The non-current portion of the liability is recorded in Grants and other liabilities for an amount of $263,885 thousand ($247,384 thousand as of December 31, 2015) and its current portion is recorded in other current liabilities for the remaining amount (see Note 17). This liability has been initially valued at fair value, calculated as the present value of expected cash-flows during the useful life of the concession, and is then measured at amortized cost in accordance with the effective interest method.
Note 17.- Trade payables and other current liabilities
Trade payable and other current liabilities as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
Item | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Trade accounts payable | | | 121,527 | | | | 110,495 | |
Down payments from clients | | | 6,153 | | | | 6,398 | |
Suppliers of concessional assets current | | | 380 | | | | 17,582 | |
Liberty (see Note 16) | | | 21,461 | | | | 21,515 | |
Other accounts payable | | | 10,984 | | | | 22,227 | |
Total | | | 160,505 | | | | 178,217 | |
Trade accounts payables mainly relate to the operating and maintenance of the plants.
Nominal values of Trade payable and other current liabilities are considered to approximately equal to fair values and the effect of discounting them is not significant.
Note 18.- Income Tax
All the companies included in the Company file income taxes according to the tax regulations in force in each country on an individual basis or under consolidation tax regulations.
The consolidated income tax has been calculated as an aggregation of income tax expenses/income of each individual company. In order to calculate the taxable income of the consolidated entities individually, the accounting result is adjusted for temporary and permanent differences, recording the corresponding deferred tax assets and liabilities. At each consolidated income statement date, a current tax asset or liability is recorded, representing income taxes currently refundable or payable. Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial statement and income tax purposes, as determined under enacted tax laws and rates.
Income tax payable is the result of applying the applicable tax rate in force to each tax-paying entity, in accordance with the tax laws in force in the country in which the entity is registered. Additionally, tax deductions and credits are available to certain entities, primarily relating to inter-company trades and tax treaties between various countries to prevent double taxation.
As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the analysis of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities is as follows:
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
Concept | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Net tax credits for tax losses carryforwards | | | 102,804 | | | | 82,290 | |
Temporary differences derivatives financial instruments | | | 99,930 | | | | 108,055 | |
Other temporary differences | | | 157 | | | | 969 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Total deferred tax assets | | | 202,891 | | | | 191,314 | |
| | Balance as of December 31, | |
Concept | | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Temporary differences tax/book amortization | | | 28,810 | | | | 13,106 | |
Temporary differences tax/book value of contracted concessional assets | | | 61,818 | | | | 63,642 | |
Other temporary differences | | | 4,409 | | | | 2,906 | |
Total deferred tax liabilities | | | 95,037 | | | | 79,654 | |
Most of the tax credits for net operating loss carryforwards correspond to Solana, Mojave, Peru, Kaxu and solar plants in Spain.
Temporary differences for derivatives financial instruments are mainly due to ACT ($19 million) and solar plants in Spain ($76 million).
In relation to tax loss carryforwards and deductions pending to be used recorded as deferred tax assets, the entities evaluate its recoverability projecting forecasted taxable income for the upcoming years and taking into account their tax planning strategy. Deferred tax liabilities reversals are also considered in these projections, as well as any limitation established by tax regulations in force in each tax jurisdiction.
The movements in deferred tax assets and liabilities during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:
Deferred tax assets | | Amount | |
As of January 1, 2015 | | | 124,210 | |
Increase/decrease through the consolidated income statement | | | (22,525 | ) |
Increase/decrease through other consolidated comprehensive income (equity) | | | (12,032 | ) |
Other movements | | | (5,566 | ) |
Change in the scope of the consolidated financial statements (Note 5) | | | 107,227 | |
| | | | |
As of December 31, 2015 | | | 191,314 | |
| | | | |
Increase/decrease through the consolidated income statement | | | 16,033 | |
Increase/decrease through other consolidated comprehensive income (equity) | | | (5,701 | ) |
Other movements | | | 1,245 | |
Change in the scope of the consolidated financial statements (Note 5) | | | - | |
| | | | |
As of December 31, 2016 | | | 202,891 | |
Deferred tax liabilities | | Amount | |
As of January 1, 2015 | | | 60,818 | |
Increase/decrease through the consolidated income statement | | | (917 | ) |
Increase/decrease through other consolidated comprehensive income (equity) | | | (22 | ) |
Other movements | | | 10,186 | |
Change in the scope of the consolidated financial statements (Note 5) | | | 9,589 | |
| | | | |
As of December 31, 2015 | | | 79,654 | |
| | | | |
Increase/decrease through the consolidated income statement | | | 16,681 | |
Increase/decrease through other consolidated comprehensive income (equity) | | | (62 | ) |
Other movements | | | (1,236 | ) |
Change in the scope of the consolidated financial statements (Note 5) | | | - | |
| | | | |
As of December 31, 2016 | | | 95,037 | |
Details regarding income tax for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 are as follows:
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
Item | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Current tax | | | (1,018 | ) | | | (2,182 | ) | | | (1,075 | ) |
Deferred tax | | | (648 | ) | | | (21,608 | ) | | | (3,338 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total income tax benefit/(expense) | | | (1,666 | ) | | | (23,790 | ) | | | (4,413 | ) |
The reconciliation between the theoretical income tax resulting from applying an average statutory tax rate to income/(loss) before income tax and the actual income tax expense recognized in the consolidated income statements for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, are as follows:
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
Concept | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Consolidated income / (loss) before taxes | | | 3,333 | | | | (174,396 | ) | | | (24,852 | ) |
Average statutory tax rate | | | 30 | % | | | 30 | % | | | 30 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate income tax at average statutory tax rate | | | (1,000 | ) | | | 52,319 | | | | 7,456 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Income tax of associates, net | | | 2,110 | | | | 2,341 | | | | (231 | ) |
Differences in foreign tax rates | | | (4,930 | ) | | | (2,389 | ) | | | (76 | ) |
Permanent differences | | | 11,121 | | | | (19,456 | ) | | | (4,587 | ) |
Incentives, deductions, and tax losses carryforwards | | | (11,110 | ) | | | (58,039 | ) | | | (249 | ) |
Change in Spanish corporate income tax | | | - | | | | 884 | | | | 1,608 | |
Other non-taxable income/(expense) | | | 2,143 | | | | 550 | | | | (8,334 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate income tax | | | (1,666 | ) | | | (23,790 | ) | | | (4,413 | ) |
Permanent differences in 2016, 2015 and 2014 are mainly due to ACT (Mexico).
Incentives, deductions, and tax losses carryforwards in the year 2015 included the impact of not recognizing deferred tax assets on the impairment charge of the preferred equity investment in ACBH ($63.1 million).
Note 19.- Third-party guarantees and commitments
Third-party guarantees
At the close of 2016 the overall sum of Bank Bond and Surety Insurance directly deposited by the Company as a guarantee to third parties (clients, financial entities and other third parties) amounted to $27,163 thousand attributed to operations of technical nature ($27,638 thousand as of December 31, 2015).
Contractual obligations
The following table shows the breakdown of the third-party commitments and contractual obligations as of December 31, 2016 and 2015:
2016 | | Total | | | 2017 | | | 2018 and 2019 | | | 2020 and 2021 | | | Subsequent | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate debt | | | 668,201 | | | | 291,861 | | | | 376,340 | | | | - | | | | - | |
Loans with credit institutions (project debt)* | | | 4,498,930 | | | | 183,929 | | | | 388,679 | | | | 459,361 | | | | 3,466,961 | |
Notes and bonds (project debt) | | | 831,538 | | | | 27,225 | | | | 49,422 | | | | 48,740 | | | | 706,151 | |
Purchase commitments | | | 2,894,146 | | | | 136,032 | | | | 263,398 | | | | 246,904 | | | | 2,247,812 | |
Accrued interest estimate during the useful life of loans | | | 3,356,750 | | | | 332,408 | | | | 617,852 | | | | 543,927 | | | | 1,862,563 | |
* | According to contracted maturities. |
2015 | | Total | | | 2016 | | | 2017 and 2018 | | | 2019 and 2020 | | | Subsequent | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate debt | | | 664,494 | | | | 3,153 | | | | 409,665 | | | | 251,677 | | | | — | |
Loans with credit institutions (project debt)* | | | 4,634,505 | | | | 170,213 | | | | 356,328 | | | | 430,153 | | | | 3,677,812 | |
Notes and bonds (project debt) | | | 836,164 | | | | 25,514 | | | | 44,314 | | | | 47,699 | | | | 718,638 | |
Purchase commitments | | | 4,158,576 | | | | 169,951 | | | | 320,287 | | | | 344,338 | | | | 3,323,999 | |
Accrued interest estimate during the useful life of loans | | | 3,761,305 | | | | 338,543 | | | | 667,427 | | | | 594,263 | | | | 2,161,072 | |
* | According to contracted maturities. |
Note 20.- Other operating income and expenses
The table below shows the detail of Other operating income and expenses for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
Other operating income | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
| | | | | | |
Grants (Note 16) | | | 59,085 | | | | 67,859 | | | | 35,261 | |
Income from various services and insurance proceeds | | | 6,453 | | | | 998 | | | | 6,087 | |
Income from subcontrated construction services for assets and concessions | | | - | | | | - | | | | 38,565 | |
Total | | | 65,538 | | | | 68,857 | | | | 79,913 | |
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
Other operating expenses | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Leases and fees | | | (5,309 | ) | | | (3,865 | ) | | | (1,827 | ) |
Operation and maintenance | | | (133,292 | ) | | | (116,405 | ) | | | (41,256 | ) |
Independent professional services | | | (30,515 | ) | | | (19,046 | ) | | | (11,521 | ) |
Supplies | | | (17,177 | ) | | | (18,001 | ) | | | (7,589 | ) |
Insurance | | | (23,390 | ) | | | (20,277 | ) | | | (9,286 | ) |
Levies and duties | | | (44,440 | ) | | | (32,352 | ) | | | (14,226 | ) |
Other expenses | | | (6,195 | ) | | | (14,882 | ) | | | (8,386 | ) |
Construction cost | | | - | | | | - | | | | (38,565 | ) |
Total | | | (260,318 | ) | | | (224,828 | ) | | | (132,657 | ) |
Main movements in Other operating income relate to the increase in grants since 2014, due to the ITC cash grant of Mojave, which was received in September 2015 and to the implicit grant recorded for accounting purposes in relation to the FFB Loans in Solana and Mojave projects with interest rates below market rates (See Note 16).
The increase in Other operating expenses is mainly due to acquisitions under Rofo agreement in 2014, 2015, and to a lower extent, to the commencement of operations of Mojave in the last quarter of 2014. This increase was partially offset by the decrease in construction costs from $38.6 million in 2014 to nil in 2015 and 2016, due to the completion of construction of ATS, Quadra 1, Quadra 2 and Palmatir.
As certain assets owned by the Company were under construction and subcontracted to related parties in 2014, the Company recorded 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 these years. There were no plants under construction during 2015 and 2016.
The Company changed the presentation of “Other operating expenses” in 2016 to better reflect the nature of its business and costs. Prior years amounts have been reclassified to conform to the new classification presented in the table above.
Note 21.- Financial Income and expenses
The following table sets forth our financial income and expenses for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
Financial income | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Interest income from loans and credits | | | 286 | | | | 933 | | | | 4,075 | |
Interest rates benefits derivatives: cash flow hedges | | | 3,012 | | | | 2,531 | | | | 836 | |
Total | | | 3,298 | | | | 3,464 | | | | 4,911 | |
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
Financial expenses | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Expenses due to interest: | | | | | | | | | |
- Loans from credit entities | | | (242,919 | ) | | | (197,929 | ) | | | (117,743 | ) |
- Other debts | | | (90,995 | ) | | | (81,853 | ) | | | (61,814 | ) |
Interest rates losses derivatives: cash flow hedges | | | (74,093 | ) | | | (54,139 | ) | | | (30,695 | ) |
Total | | | (408,007 | ) | | | (333,921 | ) | | | (210,252 | ) |
Financial expenses increased in 2016 mainly due to the 2015 asset acquisitions under the ROFO Agreement. Interests from other debts are primarily interest on the notes issued by ATS, ATN, ATN2, Atlantica Yield, Solaben Luxembourg 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 income statement.
Other net financial income and expenses
The following table sets out Other net financial income and expenses for the years 2016, 2015 and 2014:
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | |
Other financial income / (expenses) | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Dividend from ACBH (Brazil) | | | 27,948 | | | | 18,400 | | | | 9,200 | |
Other financial income | | | 13,027 | | | | 1,520 | | | | 549 | |
Impairment preferred equity investment in ACBH (see Note 8) | | | (22,076 | ) | | | (210,435 | ) | | | - | |
Other financial losses | | | (10,394 | ) | | | (9,638 | ) | | | (3,888 | ) |
Total | | | 8,505 | | | | (200,153 | ) | | | 5,861 | |
According to the agreement reached with Abengoa in the third quarter of 2016 (see Note 8), Abengoa acknowledged that Atlantica Yield is the legal owner of the dividends retained from Abengoa amounting to $28.0 million. As a result, the Company recorded $27.9 million as Other financial income in accordance with the accounting treatment given previously to the ACBH dividend.
Other financial income mainly includes the income further to the cancellation of the subordinated debt Solnova Electricidad S.A. owed to Abener, a subsidiary of Abengoa, and income for discounts received from Abengoa for the prepayment of payables (see Note 10).
Other financial losses mainly include expenses for guarantees and letters of credit, wire transfers and other bank fees and other minor financial expenses.
Note 22.- Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share for the year 2016 has been calculated by dividing the profit/(loss) attributable to equity holders of the company 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.
| | | | | | | | | | Period from | |
| | | | | | | | | | July 1, 2014, | |
| | | | | | | | | | to | |
| | For the twelve-month period ended December 31, | | | December 31, | |
Item | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Profit/(loss) from continuing operations attributable to Atlantica Yield Plc. | | | (4,855 | ) | | | (209,005 | ) | | | (3,379 | ) |
Profit/(loss) from discontinuing operations attributable to Atlantica Yield Plc. | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | |
Average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands) - basic and diluted | | | 100,217 | | | | 92,795 | | | | 80,000 | |
Earnings per share from continuing operations (US dollar per share) - basic and diluted | | | (0.05 | ) | | | (2.25 | ) | | | (0.04 | ) |
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 | | | (0.05 | ) | | | (2.25 | ) | | | (0.04 | ) |
Note 23.- Other information
23.1 Restricted Net assets
Certain of the consolidated entities are restricted from remitting certain funds to Atlantica Yield plc by a variety of regulations, contractual or statutory requirements. These restrictions are related to standard requirements to maintain debt service coverage ratios. In addition, some of the assets for which the Company still does not have a full and unconditional waiver or forbearance in relation to cross defaults and change of ownership provisions with Abengoa under the definitions of the Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-X Rule 12-04 are also considered restricted for the purposes of this calculation. At December 31, 2016, the accumulated amount of the temporary restrictions for the whole restricted term of these affiliates was $588 million.
The Company performed a test on the restricted net assets of consolidated subsidiaries in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-X Rule 12-04 and concluded the restricted net assets exceed 25% of the consolidated net assets of the Company as of December 31, 2016. Therefore, the separate financial statements of Atlantica Yield, Plc. do have to be presented (see Appendix V (Schedule I) for details).
23.2 Subsequent events
On February 10, 2017, the Company signed a Note Issuance Facility, a senior secured note facility with a group of funds managed by Westbourne Capital as purchasers of the notes issued thereunder for a total amount of € 275 million (approximately $294 million), with three series of notes. Series 1 Notes for €92 million mature in 2022; series 2 notes for €91.5 million mature in 2023; and series 3 notes for €91.5 million mature in 2024. Interest on all three series accrues at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 3 month EURIBOR plus 4.90%. The proceeds of the Note Issuance Facility will be used for the repayment of Tranche B under our Credit Facility, which will be canceled, as well as for general corporate expenses incurred as part of this transaction. The Company intends to fully hedge the Note Issuance Facility with a swap to fix the interest rate as soon as possible after funding of the Notes.
In February 2017, we signed a letter of intent for the acquisition of a 12.5% interest in a 114-mile transmission line in the U.S. from Abengoa. The asset will receive a FERC regulated rate of return, and is currently under development, with COD expected in 2020. We expect our total investment to be up to $10 million in the coming three years including an initial amount invested at cost. We would also gain certain rights to acquire an additional 12.5% interest in the same project.
On February 24, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a dividend of $0.25 per share, which is expected to be paid on or about March 15, 2017.
Appendices
Appendix I
Entities included in the Group as subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016
Company name | | Project name | | Registered address | | % of nominal share | | Business |
ACT Energy México, S. de R.L. de C.V. | | ACT | | Santa Barbara (Mexico) | | 100.00 | | (2) |
ABY infraestructuras, S.L | | ABY Infraestructuras | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
ABY infrastructures USA LLC | | ABY Infrastructures | | Arizona (United States) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
ABY Concessions Infrastructures, S.LU. | | ACIN | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
ABY Concessions Perú, S.A. | | ACP | | Lima (Peru) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
ASHUSA Inc. | | ABSA | | Arizona (United States) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
ABY South Africa (Pty) Ltd | | ASA | | Pretoria (South Africa) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
ASUSHI, Inc. | | ABSU | | Arizona (United States) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
ATN, S.A. | | ATN | | Lima (Peru) | | 100.00 | | (1) |
ABY Transmisión Sur, S.A. | | ATS | | Lima (Peru) | | 100.00 | | (1) |
ACT Holdings, S.A. de C.V. | | ACT Holding | | México D.F. (Mexico) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Aguas de Skikda S.P.A. | | Skikda | | Dely Ibrahim (Argelia) | | 51.00 | | (4) |
Arizona Solar One, LLC. | | ASO | | Colorado (United States) | | 100,00 | | (3) |
ASO Holdings Company, LLC. | | ASOH | | Colorado (United States) | | 100.00* | | (5) |
ATN 2, S.A. | | ATN 2 | | Lima (Peru) | | 100.00 | | (1) |
Cadonal, S.A. | | Cadonal | | Montevideo (Uruguay) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Carpio Solar Inversiones, S.A. | | Carpio | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Ecija Solar Inversiones, S.A. | | ESI | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Extremadura Equity Investments Sárl. . | | EEI | | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Fotovoltaica Solar Sevilla, S.A. | | Seville PV | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 80.00 | | (3) |
Geida Skikda, S.L. | | Geida Skikda | | Madrid (Spain) | | 67.00 | | (5) |
Helioenergy Electricidad Uno, S.A. | | Helioenergy 1 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Helioenergy Electricidad Dos, S.A. | | Helioenergy 2 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Helios I Hyperion Energy Investments, S.L. | | Helios 1 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Helios II Hyperion Energy Investments, S.L. | | Helios 2 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Holding de Energía Eólica S.A. | | HE | | Montevideo (Uruguay) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Hypesol Energy Holding, S.L. | | Hypesol | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Kaxu Solar One (Pty) Ltd. | | KSO | | Gauteng (South Africa) | | 51.00 | | (3) |
Logrosán Equity Investments Sárl. | | LEI | | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Logrosán Solar Inversiones, S.A. | | Logrosan | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Logrosán Solar Inversiones Dos, S.L. | | Logrosan 2 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Mojave Solar Holdings, LLC. | | MSH | | Colorado (United States) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Mojave Solar LLC. | | Mojave | | Arizona (United States) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Palmatir S.A. | | Palmatir | | Montevideo (Uruguay) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Palmucho, S.A. | | Palmucho | | Santiago de Chile (Chile) | | 100.00 | | (1) |
RRHH Servicios Corporativos | | Servicios Corporativos | | Santa Barbara. (Mexico) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Sanlucar Solar, S.A. | | PS-10 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Solaben Electricidad Uno S.A. | | Solaben 1 | | Caceres (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Solaben Electricidad Dos S.A. | | Solaben 2 | | Caceres (Spain) | | 70.00 | | (3) |
Solaben Electricidad Tres S.A. | | Solaben 3 | | Caceres (Spain) | | 70.00 | | (3) |
Solaben Electricidad Seis S.A. | | Solaben 6 | | Caceres (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Solaben Luxembourg S.A. | | SL | | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Solacor Electricidad Uno, S.A. | | Solacor 1 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 87.00 | | (3) |
Solacor Electricidad Dos, S.A. | | Solacor 2 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 87.00 | | (3) |
ABY Servicios Corporativos S.A. | | ABYSC | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Solar Processes, S.A. | | PS-20 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Solnova Solar Inversiones, S.A. | | SSI | | Seville (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Solnova Electricidad, S.A. | | Solnova 1 | | Seville (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Solnova Electricidad Tres, S.A. | | Solnova 3 | | Seville (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Solnova Electricidad Cuatro, S.A. | | Solnova 4 | | Seville (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Transmisora Mejillones, S.A. | | Quadra 1 | | Santiago de Chile (CL) | | 100.00 | | (1) |
Transmisora Baquedano, S.A. | | Quadra 2 | | Santiago de Chile (CL) | | 100.00 | | (1) |
(1) | Business sector: Electric transmission lines |
(2) | Business sector: Conventional power |
(3) | Business sector: Renewable energy |
(4) | Business sector: Water |
* | 100% of Class A shares held by Liberty Media (US tax equity investor, non-related party). |
The Appendices are an integral part of the notes to the financial statements.
Appendices
Appendix I
Entities included in the Group as subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015
Company name | | Project name | | Registered address | | % of nominal share | | Business |
ACT Energy México, S. de R.L. de C.V. | | ACT | | Santa Barbara (Mexico) | | 100.00 | | (2) |
ABY Concessions Infrastructures, S.LU. | | ACIN | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Abengoa Concessions Perú, S.A. | | ACP | | Lima (Peru) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Abengoa Solar Holdings USA Inc. | | ABSA | | Arizona (United States) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
ABY South Africa (Pty) Ltd | | ASA | | Pretoria (South Africa) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Abengoa Solar US Holdings Inc. | | ABSU | | Arizona (United States) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Abengoa Transmisión Norte S.A. | | ATN | | Lima (Peru) | | 100.00 | | (1) |
Abengoa Transmisión Sur, S.A. | | ATS | | Lima (Peru) | | 100.00 | | (1) |
ACT Holdings, S.A. de C.V. | | ACT Holding | | México D.F. (Mexico) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Aguas de Skikda S.P.A. | | Skikda | | Dely Ibrahim (Argelia) | | 51.00 | | (4) |
Arizona Solar One, LLC. | | ASO | | Colorado (United States) | | 100,00 | | (3) |
ASO Holdings Company, LLC. | | ASOH | | Colorado (United States) | | 100.00* | | (5) |
ATN 2, S.A. | | ATN 2 | | Lima (Peru) | | 100.00 | | (1) |
Cadonal, S.A. | | Cadonal | | Montevideo (Uruguay) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Carpio Solar Inversiones, S.A. | | Carpio | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Ecija Solar Inversiones, S.A. | | ESI | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Extremadura Equity Investments Sárl. . | | EEI | | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Geida Skikda, S.L. | | Geida Skikda | | Madrid (Spain) | | 67.00 | | (5) |
Helioenergy Electricidad Uno, S.A. | | Helioenergy 1 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Helioenergy Electricidad Dos, S.A. | | Helioenergy 2 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Helios I Hyperion Energy Investments, S.L. | | Helios 1 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Helios II Hyperion Energy Investments, S.L. | | Helios 2 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Holding de Energía Eólica S.A. | | HE | | Montevideo (Uruguay) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Hypesol Energy Holding, S.L. | | Hypesol | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Kaxu Solar One (Pty) Ltd. | | KSO | | Gauteng (South Africa) | | 51.00 | | (3) |
Logrosán Equity Investments Sárl. | | LEI | | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Logrosán Solar Inversiones, S.A. | | Logrosan | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Logrosán Solar Inversiones Dos, S.L. | | Logrosan 2 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Mojave Solar Holdings, LLC. | | MSH | | Colorado (United States) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Mojave Solar LLC. | | Mojave | | Arizona (United States) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Palmatir S.A. | | Palmatir | | Montevideo (Uruguay) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Palmucho, S.A. | | Palmucho | | Santiago de Chile (Chile) | | 100.00 | | (1) |
Sanlucar Solar, S.A. | | PS-10 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Solaben Electricidad Uno S.A. | | Solaben 1 | | Caceres (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Solaben Electricidad Dos S.A. | | Solaben 2 | | Caceres (Spain) | | 70.00 | | (3) |
Solaben Electricidad Tres S.A. | | Solaben 3 | | Caceres (Spain) | | 70.00 | | (3) |
Solaben Electricidad Seis S.A. | | Solaben 6 | | Caceres (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Solaben Luxembourg S.A. | | SL | | Luxembourg (Luxembourg) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Solacor Electricidad Uno, S.A. | | Solacor 1 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 74.00 | | (3) |
Solacor Electricidad Dos, S.A. | | Solacor 2 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 74.00 | | (3) |
ABY Servicios Corporativos S.A. | | ABYSC | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Solar Processes, S.A. | | PS-20 | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Solnova Solar Inversiones, S.A. | | SSI | | Seville (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (5) |
Solnova Electricidad, S.A. | | Solnova 1 | | Seville (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Solnova Electricidad Tres, S.A. | | Solnova 3 | | Seville (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Solnova Electricidad Cuatro, S.A. | | Solnova 4 | | Seville (Spain) | | 100.00 | | (3) |
Transmisora Mejillones, S.A. | | Quadra 1 | | Santiago de Chile (CL) | | 100.00 | | (1) |
Transmisora Baquedano, S.A. | | Quadra 2 | | Santiago de Chile (CL) | | 100.00 | | (1) |
(1) | Business sector: Electric transmission lines |
(2) | Business sector: Conventional power |
(3) | Business sector: Renewable energy |
(4) | Business sector: Water |
* | 100% of Class A shares held by Liberty Media (US tax equity investor, non-related party). |
The Appendices are an integral part of the notes to the financial statements.
Appendices
Appendix II
Investments recorded under the equity method as of December 31, 2016
Company name | | Project name | | Registered address | | % of nominal share | | Business |
Evacuacion Valdecaballeros, S.L. | | Valdecaballeros | | Caceres (Spain) | | 57.2 | | (3) |
Geida Tlemcen S.L. | | Geida Tlemcen | | Madrid (Spain) | | 50.0 | | (4) |
Pectonex R.F. | | Pectonex | | Pretoria (South Africa) | | 50.0 | | (3) |
Evacuación Villanueva del Rey, S.L. | | Villanueva del Rey | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 40.0 | | (3) |
Investments recorded under the equity method as of December 31, 2015
Company name | | Project name | | Registered address | | % of nominal share | | Business |
Evacuacion Valdecaballeros, S.L. | | Valdecaballeros | | Caceres (Spain) | | 57.2 | | (3) |
Geida Tlemcen S.L. | | Geida Tlemcen | | Madrid (Spain) | | 50.0 | | (4) |
Pectonex R.F. | | Pectonex | | Pretoria (South Africa) | | 50.0 | | (3) |
Evacuación Villanueva del Rey, S.L. | | Villanueva del Rey | | Sevilla (Spain) | | 36.6 | | (3) |
(1) | Business sector: Electric transmission lines |
(2) | Business sector: Conventional power |
(3) | Business sector: Renewable energy |
(4) | Business sector: Water |
The Appendices are an integral part of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.
Projects subject to the application of IFRIC 12 interpretation based on the concession of
services as of December 31, 2016 and 2015
Description of the Arrangements
Solana
Solana is a 250 MW net (280 MW gross) solar electric generation facility located in Maricopa County, Arizona, approximately 70 miles southwest of Phoenix. Arizona Solar One LLC, or Arizona Solar, owns the Solana project. Solana includes a 22-mile 230kV transmission line and a molten salt thermal energy storage system. The construction of Solana commenced in December 2010 and Solana reached COD on October 9, 2013.
Solana has a 30-year, PPA with Arizona Public Service, or APS, approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC). The PPA provides for the sale of electricity at a fixed price per MWh with annual increases of 1.84% per year. The PPA includes limitations on the amount and condition of the energy that is received by APS with minimum and maximum thresholds for delivery capacity that must not be breached.
Mojave
Mojave is a 250 MW net (280 MW gross) solar electric generation facility located in San Bernardino County, California, approximately 100 miles nort heast of Los Angeles. Abengoa commenced construction of Mojave in September 2011 and Mojave reached COD on December 1, 2014.
Mojave has a 25-year, PPA with Pacific Gas & Electric Company, or PG&E, approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The PPA will begin on COD. The PPA provides for the sale of electricity at a fixed base price per MWh without any indexation mechanism, including limitations on the amount and condition of the energy that is received by PG&E with minimum and maximum thresholds for delivery capacity that must not be breached.
Palmatir
Palmatir is an on-shore wind farm facility in Uruguay with nominal installed capacity of 50 MW. Palmatir has 25 wind turbines and each turbine has a nominal capacity of 2 MW. UTE (Administracion Nacional de Usinas y Transmisiones Electricas), Uruguay’s state-owned electricity company, has agreed to purchase all energy produced by Palmatir pursuant to a 20-year PPA.
Palmatir reached COD in May 2014. The wind farm is located in Tacuarembo, 170 miles north of the city of Montevideo.
Palmatir signed a PPA with UTE on September 14, 2011 for 100% of the electricity produced, approved by URSEA (Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Energia y Agua). UTE will pay a fixed-price tariff per MWh under the PPA, which is denominated in U.S. dollars and will be partially adjusted in January of each year according to a formula based on inflation.
Cadonal
Cadonal is an on-shore wind farm facility in Uruguay with nominal installed capacity of 50 MW. Cadonal has 25 wind turbines and each turbine has a nominal capacity of 2 MW each. UTE (Administracion Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Electricas), Uruguay´s state-owned electricity company, has agreed to purchase all energy produced by Cadonal pursuant to a 20-year PPA.
Cadonal reached COD in December 2014. The wind farm is located in Flores, 105 miles north of the city of Montevideo.
Cadonal signed a PPA with UTE on December 28, 2012 for 100% of the electricity produced, approved by URSEA (Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Energia y Agua). UTE will pay a fixed tariff under the PPA per MWh under the PPA, which is denominated in U.S. dollars and will be adjusted every January considering both US and Uruguay´s inflation indexes and the exchange rate between Uruguayan pesos and U.S. dollars.
Solaben 2 & Solaben 3
The Solaben 2 and Solaben 3 are two 50 MW Concentrating Solar Power facilities and are part of Abengoa’s Extremadura Solar Complex. The Extremadura Solar Complex consists of four Concentrating Solar Power plants (Solaben 1, Solaben 2, Solaben 3 and Solaben 6), and is located in the municipality of Logrosan, Spain. Abengoa commenced construction of Solaben 2 and Solaben 3 in August 2010. Solaben 2 reached COD in June 2012 and Solaben 3 reached COD in October 2012. Solaben Electricidad Dos, S.A., or SE2, owns Solaben 2 and Solaben Electricidad Tres, S.A., or SE3, owns Solaben 3.
Renewable energy plants in Spain, like Solaben 2 and Solaben 3, are regulated by the Government through a series of laws and rulings which guarantee the owners of the plants a reasonable remuneration for their investments. Solaben 2 and Solaben 3 sell the power they produce into the wholesale electricity market, where offer and demand are matched and the pool price is determined, and also receive additional payments from the Comision Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia, or CNMC, the Spanish state-owned regulator.
Solacor 1 & Solacor 2
The Solacor 1 and Solacor 2 are two 50 MW Concentrating Solar Power facilities and are part of Abengoa’s El Carpio Solar Complex, located in the municipality of El Carpio, Spain. The Carpio Solar Complex consists in a conventional parabolic trough Concentrating Solar Power system to generate electricity. Abengoa commenced construction of Solacor 1 and Solacor 2 in September 2010. The COD was reached in two phases, the first one, Solacor 1, was reached in February 2012 and the second one, Solacor 2, was reached in March 2012. JGC Corporation holds 13% of Solacor 1 & Solacor 2, a Japanese engineering company.
Renewable energy plants in Spain, like Solacor 1 and Solacor 2, are regulated by the Government through a series of laws and rulings which guarantee the owners of the plants a reasonable remuneration for their investments. Solacor 1 and Solacor 2 sell the power they produce into the wholesale electricity market, where offer and demand are matched and the pool price is determined, and also receive additional payments from the Comision Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia, or CNMC, the Spanish state-owned regulator.
ACT
The ACT plant is a gas-fired cogeneration facility with a rated capacity of approximately 300 MW and between 550 and 800 metric tons per hour of steam. The plant includes a substation and an approximately 52 mile and 115-kilowatt transmission line.
On September 18, 2009, ACT Energy México entered into the Pemex Conversion Services Agreement, or the Pemex CSA, with Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex. Pemex is a state-owned oil and gas company supervised by the Comision Reguladora de Energía (CRE), the Mexican state agency that regulates the energy industry. The Pemex CSA has a term of 20 years from the in-service date and will expire on March 31, 2033.
According to the Pemex CSA, ACT must provide, in exchange for a fixed price with escalation adjustments, services including the supply and transformation of natural gas and water into thermal energy and electricity. Part of the electricity is to be supplied directly to a Pemex facility nearby, allowing the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to supply less electricity to that facility. Approximately 90% of the electricity must be injected into the Mexican electricity network to be used by retail and industrial end customers of CFE in the region. Pemex is then entitled to receive an equivalent amount of energy in more than 1,000 of their facilities in other parts of the country from CFE, following an adjustment mechanism under the supervision of CFE.
The Pemex CSA is denominated in U.S. dollars. The price is a fixed tariff and will be adjusted annually, part of it according to inflation and part according to a mechanism agreed in the contract that on average over the life of the contract reflects expected inflation. The components of the price structure and yearly adjustment mechanisms were prepared by Pemex and provided to bidders as part of the request for proposal documents.
ATN
ATN, or the ATN Project, in Peru is part of the SGT (Sistema Garantizado de Transmision), which includes all transmission line concessions allocated by a bidding process by the government and is comprised of the following facilities:
| (i) | the approximately 356 mile, 220kV line from Carhuamayo-Paragsha-Conococha-Kiman-Ayllu-Cajamarca Norte; |
| (ii) | the 4.3 mile, 138kV link between the existing Huallanca substation and Kiman Ayllu substations; |
| (iii) | the 1.9 mile, 138kV link between the 138kV Carhuamayo substation and the 220kV Carhuamayo substation; |
| (iv) | the new Conococha and Kiman Ayllu substations; and |
| (v) | the expansion of the Cajamarca Norte, 220kV Carhuamayo, 138kV Carhuamayo and 220kV Paragsha substations. |
Pursuant to the initial concession agreement, the Ministry of Energy, on behalf of the Peruvian Government, granted ATN a concession to construct, develop, own, operate and maintain the ATN Project. The initial concession agreement became effective on May 22, 2008 and will expire 30 years after COD of the first tranche of the line, which took place in January 2011. ATN is obliged to provide the service of transmission of electric energy through the operation and maintenance of the electric transmission line, according to the terms of the contract and the applicable law.
The laws and regulations of Peru establish the key parameters of the concession contract, the price indexation mechanism, the rights and obligations of the operator and the procedures that have to be followed in order to fix the applicable tariff, which occurs through a regulated bidding process. Once the bidding process is complete and the operator is granted the concession, the pricing of the power transmission service is established in the concession agreement. ATN has a 30-year concession agreement with a fixed-price tariff base denominated in U.S. dollars that is adjusted annually after COD of each line, in accordance with the U.S. Finished Goods Less Food and Energy Index published by the U.S. Department of Labor.
ATS
ABY Transmision Sur, or ATS Project, in Peru is part of the Guaranteed Transmission System, or (Sistema Garantizado de Transmisión) which includes all transmission line concessions allocated by a bidding process by the government, and is comprised of:
| (i) | one 500kV electric transmission line and two short 220kV electric transmission lines, which are linked to existing substations; |
| (ii) | three new 500kV substations; and |
| (iii) | three existing substations (two existing 220kV substations and one existing 550/220kV substation), through the development of new transformers, line reactors, series reactive compensation and shunt reactions in some substations. |
Pursuant to the initial concession agreement, the Ministry of Energy, on behalf of the Peruvian Government, granted ATS a concession to construct, develop, own, operate and maintain the ATS Project. The initial concession agreement became effective on July 22, 2010 and will expire 30 years after COD, which took place in January 2014. ATS is obliged to provide the service of transmission of electric energy through the operation and maintenance of the electric transmission line, according to the terms of the contract and the applicable law.
The laws and regulations of Peru establish the key parameters of the concession contract, the price indexation mechanism, the rights and obligations of the operator and the procedure that has to be followed in order to fix the applicable tariff, which occurs through a regulated bidding process. Once the bidding process is complete and the operator is granted the concession, the pricing of the power transmission service is established in the concession agreement. ATS has a 30-year concession agreement with fixed-price tariff base denominated in U.S. dollars that is adjusted annually after COD of each line, in accordance with the U.S. Finished Goods Less Food and Energy Index published by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Quadra 1 & Quadra 2
Transmisora Mejillones, or Quadra 1, is a 49-miles transmission line project and Tranmisora Baquedano, or Quadra 2, is a 32-miles transmission line project, each connected to the Sierra Gorda substations.
Both projects have concession agreements with Sierra Gorda SCM. The agreements are denominated in U.S. dollars and are indexed mainly to CPI. The concession agreements each have a 21-year term that began on COD, which took place in April 2014 and March 2014 for Quadra 1 and Quadra 2, respectively.
Quadra 1 and Quadra 2 belong to the Northern Interconnected System (SING), one of the two interconnected systems into which the Chilean electricity market is divided and structured for both technical and regulatory purposes.
As part of the SING, Quadra 1 and Quadra 2 and the service they provide are regulated by several regulatory bodies, in particular: the Superintendent’s office of Electricity and Fuels (Superintendencia de Electricidad y Combustibles, SEC), the Economic Local Dispatch Center (Centro de Despacho Economico de Cargas, CDEC), the National Board of Energy (Comision Nacional de Energia, CNE) and the National Environmental Board (Comision Nacional de Medio Ambiente, CONAMA) and other environmental regulatory bodies.
In all these concession arrangements, the operator has all the rights necessary to manage, operate and maintain the assets and the obligation to provide the services defined above, which are clearly defined in each concession contract and in the applicable regulations in each country.
Helioenergy 1&2
The Helioenergy 1/2 project is located in Ecija, Spain. Abengoa started the construction of Helioenergy in 2010, and reached COD in 2011. Since COD, the projects have obtained good generation results achieving systematically year after year results aligned or above the target productions defined.
Helioenergy relies on a Conventional parabolic trough Concentrating Solar Power system to generate electricity. Helioenergy evacuates its electricity through an aerial underground line 220 kV from the substation of the plant to a 220 kV line that ends in SET Villanueva del Rey (owned by Red Eléctrica de España), where the connection point of the plant is located.
Renewable energy plants in Spain, like Helionergy 1 and Helionergy 2, are regulated by the Government through a series of laws and rulings which guarantee the owners of the plants a reasonable remuneration for their investments. Helionergy 1 and Helionergy 2 sell the power they produce into the wholesale electricity market, where offer and demand are matched and the pool price is determined, and also receive additional payments from the Comision Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia, or CNMC, the Spanish state-owned regulator.
Helios 1&2
The Helios 1/2 project is a 100 MW Concentrating Solar Power facility known as Plataforma Solar Castilla la Mancha, located in the municipality of Arenas de San Juan, Puerto Lápice and Villarta de San Juan, Spain. Helios 1 COD was reached in 2Q 2012, Helios 2 COD was reached in 3Q 2012. Since COD, the projects have obtained good generation results aligned or above the production targets.
Helios 1/2 relies on a Conventional parabolic trough Concentrating Solar Power system to generate electricity. The technology is identical to the one used at Solaben 2/3 and Solacor 1/2.
Renewable energy plants in Spain, like Helios 1 and Helios 2, are regulated by the Government through a series of laws and rulings which guarantee the owners of the plants a reasonable remuneration for their investments. Helios 1 and Helios 2 sell the power they produce into the wholesale electricity market, where offer and demand are matched and the pool price is determined, and also receive additional payments from the Comision Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia, or CNMC, the Spanish state-owned regulator.
Solnova 1,3&4
The Solnova 1/3/4 project is a 150 MW Concentrating Solar Power facility, part of the Sanlucar Solar Platform, located in the municipality of Sanlucar la Mayor, Spain. Solnova 1 COD was reached in 2Q 2010, Solnova 3 COD was reached in 2Q 2010 and Solnova 4 COD was reached in 3Q 2010. Since COD, the projects have obtained good generation results achieving results aligned with the target production numbers.
Solnova 1/3/4 relies on a Conventional parabolic trough Concentrating Solar Power system to generate electricity. The technology is identical to the one used at Solaben 2/3 and Solacor 1/2.
Solnova 1/3/4 evacuates its electricity through an aerial-underground line 66 kV from the substation of the plant to a 220 kV line that ends in SET Casaquemada, where the connection point of the plant is located.
Renewable energy plants in Spain, like Solnova 1, Solnova 3 and Solnova 4, are regulated by the Government through a series of laws and rulings which guarantee the owners of the plants a reasonable remuneration for their investments. Solnova 1, Solnova 3 and Solnova 4 sell the power they produce into the wholesale electricity market, where offer and demand are matched and the pool price is determined, and also receive additional payments from the Comision Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia, or CNMC, the Spanish state-owned regulator.
Honaine
The Honaine project is a water desalination plant located in Taffsout, Algeria, near three important cities: Oran, to the northeast, and Sidi Bel Abbés and Tlemcen, to the southeast. Myah Bahr Honaine Spa, or MBH, is the vehicle incorporated in Algeria for the purposes of owning the Honaine project. Algerian Energy Company, SPA, or AEC, owns 49% and Sociedad Anonima Depuracion y Tratamientos, or Sadyt, a subsidiary of Sacyr, S.A., owns the remaining 25.5% of the Honaine project.
AEC is the Algerian agency in charge of delivering Algeria’s large-scale desalination program. It is a joint venture set up in 2001 between the national oil and gas company, Sonatrach, and the national gas and electricity company, Sonelgaz. Each of Sonatrach and Sonelgaz owns 50% of AEC.
The technology selected for the Honaine plant is currently the most commonly used in this kind of project. It consists of desalination using membranes by reverse osmosis. Honaine has a capacity of seven M ft3 per day of desalinated water and it is under operation since July 2012. The project represents approximately 9.0% of Algeria’s total desalination capacity and serves a population of 1.0 million.
The water purchase agreement is a U.S. dollar indexed 25-year take-or-pay contract with Sonatrach / Algérienne des Eaux, or ADE. The tariff structure is based upon plant capacity and water production, covering variable cost (water cost plus electricity cost). Tariffs are adjusted monthly based on the indexation mechanisms that include local inflation, U.S. inflation and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and local currency.
Skikda
The Skikda project is a water desalination plant located in Skikda, Algeria. Skikda is located 510 km east of Alger. Aguas de Skikda, or ADS, is the vehicle incorporated in Algeria for the purposes of owning the Skikda project. AEC owns 49% and Sadyt owns the remaining 16.83% of the Skikda project.
AEC is the Algerian agency in charge of delivering Algeria’s large-scale desalination program. It is a joint venture set up in 2001 between the national oil and gas company, Sonatrach, and the national gas and electricity company, Sonelgaz. Each of Sonatrach and Sonelgaz owns 50% of AEC.
The technology selected for the Skikda plant is currently the most commonly used in this kind of project. It consists of the use of membranes to obtain desalinated water by reverse osmosis. Skikda has a capacity of 3.5 M ft3 per day of desalinated water and is in operation since February 2009. The project represents approximately 4.5% of Algeria’s total desalination capacity and serves a population of 0.5 million.
The water purchase agreement is a U.S. dollar indexed 25-year take-or-pay contract with Sonatrach / ADE. The tariff structure is based upon plant capacity and water production, covering variable cost (water cost plus electricity cost). Tariffs are adjusted monthly based on the indexation mechanisms that include local inflation, U.S. inflation and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and local currency.
ATN 2
ATN 2, in Peru, is part of the Complementary Transmission System, or Sistema Complementario de Transmision, SCT, and is comprised of the following facilities:
(i) The approximately 130km, 220kV line from SE Cotaruse to Las Bambas;
(ii) The connection to the gate of Las Bambas Substation
(iii) The expansion of the Cotaruse 220kV substation (works assigned to Consorcio Transmantaro)
The Client is Las Bambas Mining Company, a company owned by a partnership conformed by a subsidiary of China Minmetals Corporation (62.5%), a wholly owned subsidiary of Guoxin International Investment Co. Ltd (22.5%) and CITIC Metal Co. Ltd (15.0%). China Minmetals Corporation is the fifth largest metals company included in the Fortune Global 500 list.
Abengoa started the permitting phase of ATN2 Project in May 2011; construction is already completed and completed formalities for COD during May 2015.
The ATN2 Project has a 18-year contract period, after that, ATN2 assets will remain as property of the SPV and therefore it is likely a new contract could be negotiated. The ATN2 Project has a fixed-price tariff base denominated in U.S. dollars, partially adjusted annually in accordance with the U.S. Finished Goods Less Food and Energy Index as published by the U.S. Department of Labor. The receipt of the tariff base is independent from the effective utilization of the transmission lines and substations related to the ATN2 Project. The tariff base is intended to provide the ATN2 Project with consistent and predictable monthly revenues sufficient to cover the ATN2 Project’s operating costs and debt service and to earn an equity return. Peruvian law requires the existence of a definitive concession agreement to perform electricity transmission activities where the transmission facilities cross public land or land owned by third parties. On May 31, 2014, the Ministry of Energy granted the project a definitive concession agreement to the transmission lines of the ATN2 Project.
Kaxu
Kaxu Solar One, or Kaxu, is a 100MW solar Conventional Parabolic Trough Project located in Paulputs in the Nothern Cape Province of South Africa, aproximatly 30 km north east of the small town of Pofadder. Atlantica Yield, through Abengoa Solar South Africa (Pty) Ltd., owns 51% of the Kaxu Project. The Project Company, named Kaxu Solar One (Pty) Ltd., is owned by a consortium composed by Abengoa Solar South Africa (51%), Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (29%) and Kaxu Community Trust (20%).
The project reached COD in February 2015.
Kaxu has a 20-year PPA with Eskom SOC Ltd., or Eskom, under a take or pay contract for the purchase of electricity up to the contracted capacity from the facility. Eskom purchases all the output of the Kaxu Plant under a fixed price formula in local currency subject to indexation to local inflation which protects the Company from potential devaluation over the long term. Being the project COD February 2015, the PPA expires on February 2035.
Solaben 1&6
The Solaben 1&6 is a 100MW Concetrated Solar Power facility part of the Extremadura Solar Platform, located in the municipality oof Logrosán, Spain. Solaben 1/6 COD was reached on September 1, 2013. Since COD, the projects have obtained good generation aligned with the target profuction figures.
Solaben 1&6 relies on a Conventional Parabolic through Concentrating Solar Power system to generate electricity. The technology is identical to the one used at Solaben 2/3 and Solacor 1/2 projects.
Renewable energy plants in Spain, like Solaben 1 and Solaben 6, are regulated by the Government through a series of laws and rulings which guarantee the owners of the plants a reasonable remuneration for their investments. Solaben 1 and Solaben 6 sell the power they produce into the wholesale electricity market, where offer and demand are matched and the pool price is determined, and also receive additional payments from the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia, or CNMC, the Spanish state-owned regulator.
Appendices
Appendix III-2
Projects subject to the application of IFRIC 12 interpretation based on the concession of services as of December 31, 2016
Project name | | Country | | Status(1) | | % of Nominal Share(2) | | Period of Concession(4)(5) | | Offtaker(7) | | Financial/ Intangible(3) | | Assets/ Investment | | Accumulated Amortization | | Operating Profit/ (Loss)(8) | | Arrangement Terms (price) | | Description of the Arrangement |
Renewable energy: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Solana | | USA | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 30 Years | | APS | | (I) | | 2,034,335 | | (215,987) | | 7,324 | | Fixed price per MWh with annual increases of 1.84% per year | | 30-year PPA with APS regulated by ACC |
Mojave | | USA | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | PG&E | | (I) | | 1,585,159 | | (130,348) | | 50,460 | | Fixed price per MWh without any indexation mechanism | | 25-year PPA with PG&E regulated by CPUC and CAEC |
Palmatir | | Uruguay | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 20 Years | | UTE, Uruguay Administration | | (I) | | 146,274 | | (22,362) | | 1,238 | | Fixed price per MWh in USD with annual increases based on inflation | | 20-year PPA with UTE, Uruguay state-owned utility |
Cadonal | | Uruguay | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 20 Years | | UTE, Uruguay Administration | | (I) | | 120,411 | | (28,616) | | (14,443) | | Fixed price per MWh in USD with annual increases based on inflation | | 20-year PPA with UTE, Uruguay state-owned utility |
Solaben 2 | | Spain | | (O) | | 70.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 286,577 | | (34,792) | | 11,128 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solaben 3 | | Spain | | (O) | | 70.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 286,824 | | (37,014) | | 12,536 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solacor 1 | | Spain | | (O) | | 87.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 284,835 | | (41,011) | | 12,327 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solacor 2 | | Spain | | (O) | | 87.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 295,146 | | (41,688) | | 12,008 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solnova 1 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 292,417 | | (58,869) | | 16,975 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solnova 3 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 274,736 | | (53,280) | | 15,168 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solnova 4 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 255,078 | | (48,649) | | 16,333 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Helios 1 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 289,739 | | (38,111) | | 12,935 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Helios 2 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 282,015 | | (35,631) | | 12,755 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Helioenergy 1 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 284,492 | | (41,603) | | 14,087 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Project name | | Country | | Status(1) | | % of Nominal Share(2) | | Period of Concession(4)(5) | | Offtaker(7) | | Financial/ Intangible(3) | | Assets/ Investment | | Accumulated Amortization | | Operating Profit/ (Loss)(8) | | Arrangement Terms (price) | | Description of the Arrangement |
Renewable energy: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Helioenergy 2 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 285,288 | | (39,025) | | 14,354 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solaben 1 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 277,563 | | (26,392) | | 11,952 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solaben 6 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 274,643 | | (26,090) | | 12,358 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Kaxu | | South Africa | | (O) | | 51.0 | | 20 Years | | Eskom | | (I) | | 546,861 | | (52,126) | | 36,708 | | Take or pay contract for the purchase of electricity up to the contrated capacity from the facility. | | 20-year PPA with Eskom SOC Ltd. With a fixed price formula in local currency subject to indexation to local inflation |
Conventional power: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ACT | | Mexico | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 20 Years | | Pemex | | (F) | | 646,962 | | (35) | | 110,792 | | Fixed price to compensate both investment and O&M costs, established in USD and adjusted annually partially according to inflation and partially according to a mechanism agreed in contract | | 20-year Services Agreement with Pemex, Mexican oil & gas state-owned company |
Electric transmission lines: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ATS | | Peru | | (O) | | 100 | | 30 Years | | Republic of Peru | | (I) | | 530,871 | | (51,019) | | 25,610 | | Tariff fixed by contract and adjusted annually in accordance with the US Finished Goods Less Food and Energy inflation index | | 30-year Concession Agreement with the Peruvian Government |
ATN | | Peru | | (O) | | 100 | | 30 Years | | Republic of Peru | | (I) | | 319,958 | | (59,839) | | 1,134 | | Tariff fixed by contract and adjusted annually in accordance with the US Finished Goods Less Food and Energy inflation index | | 30-year Concession Agreement with the Peruvian Government |
Quadra I | | Chile | | (O) | | 100 | | 21 Years | | Sierra Gorda | | (F) | | 41,595 | | 0 | | 4,188 | | Fixed price in USD with annual adjustments indexed mainly to US CPI | | 21-year Concession Contract with Sierra Gorda regulated by CDEC and the Superentendencia de Electricidad, among others |
Quadra II | | Chile | | (O) | | 100 | | 21 Years | | Sierra Gorda | | (F) | | 55,417 | | 0 | | 5,049 | | Fixed price in USD with annual adjustments indexed mainly to US CPI | | 21-year Concession Contract with Sierra Gorda regulated by CDEC and the Superentendencia de Electricidad, among others |
ATN 2 | | Peru | | (O) | | 100 | | 18 Years | | Las Bambas Mining | | (F) | | 86,238 | | (14) | | 14,497 | | Fixed-price tariff base denominated in U.S. dollars with Las Bambas | | 18 years purchase agreement |
Water: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Skikda | | Argelia | | (O) | | 34.2 | | 25 Years | | Sonatrach & ADE | | (F) | | 93,170 | | (140) | | 14,416 | | U.S. dollar indexed take-or-pay contract with Sonatrach / ADE | | 25 years purchase agreement |
Honaine | | Argelia | | (O) | | 25.5 | | 25 Years | | Sonatrach & ADE | | (F) | | N/A(9) | | N/A(9) | | N/A(9) | | U.S. dollar indexed take- or-pay contract with Sonatrach / ADE | | 25 years purchase agreement |
(1) | In operation (O), Construction (C) as of December 31, 2016. |
(2) | Liberty Interactive Corporation agreed to invest $300 million in Class A membership interests in exchange for a share of the dividends and the taxable loss generated by Solana on October 2, 2013. Itochu Corporation holds 30% of the economic rights to each of Solaben 2 and Solaben 3. JGC Corporation holds 13% of the economic rights to each Solacor 1 and Solacor 2. Algerian Energy Company, SPA, or AEC, owns 49% and Sociedad Anonima Depuracion y Tratamientos, or Sadyt, a subsidiary of Sacyr, S.A., owns the remaining 25.5% of the Honaine project. AEC owns 49% and Sadyt owns the remaining 16.83% of the Skikda project. Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (29%) & Kaxu Community Trust (20%) for the Kaxu Project |
(3) | Classified as concessional financial asset (F) or as intangible assets (I). |
(4) | The infrastructure is used for its entire useful life. There are no obligations to deliver assets at the end of the concession periods, except for ATN and ATS. |
(5) | Generally, there are no termination provisions other than customary clauses for situations such as bankruptcy or fraud from the operator, for example. |
(6) | Sales to wholesale markets and additional fixed payments established by the Spanish government. |
(7) | In each case the offtaker is the grantor. |
(8) | Figures reflect the contribution to the consolidated financial statements of Atlantica Yield Plc. as of December 31, 2016. |
(9) | Recorded under the equity method. |
The Appendices are an integral part of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.
Projects subject to the application of IFRIC 12 interpretation based on the concession of services as of December 31, 2015
Project name | | Country | | Status(1) | | % of Nominal Share(2) | | Period of Concession(4)(5) | | Offtaker(7) | | Financial/ Intangible(3) | | Assets/ Investment | | Accumulated Amortization | | Operating Profit/ (Loss)(8) | | Arrangement Terms (price) | | Description of the Arrangement |
Renewable energy: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Solana | | USA | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 30 Years | | APS | | (I) | | 2,034,409 | | (149,222) | | 6,016 | | Fixed price per MWh with annual increases of 1.84% per year | | 30-year PPA with APS regulated by ACC |
Mojave | | USA | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | PG&E | | (I) | | 1,587,093 | | (67,664) | | 42,889 | | Fixed price per MWh without any indexation mechanism | | 25-year PPA with PG&E regulated by CPUC and CAEC |
Palmatir | | Uruguay | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 20 Years | | UTE, Uruguay Administration | | (I) | | 146,274 | | (11,929) | | 5,798 | | Fixed price per MWh in USD with annual increases based on inflation | | 20-year PPA with UTE, Uruguay state-owned utility |
Cadonal | | Uruguay | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 20 Years | | UTE, Uruguay Administration | | (I) | | 120,469 | | (5,356) | | 3,888 | | Fixed price per MWh in USD with annual increases based on inflation | | 20-year PPA with UTE, Uruguay state-owned utility |
Solaben 2 | | Spain | | (O) | | 70.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 295,732 | | (27,523) | | 13,264 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solaben 3 | | Spain | | (O) | | 70.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 294,406 | | (30,017) | | 13,751 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solacor 1 | | Spain | | (O) | | 74.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 294,105 | | (33,973) | | 12,796 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solacor 2 | | Spain | | (O) | | 74.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 304,728 | | (34,363) | | 12,482 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solnova 1 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 302,003 | | (52,273) | | 9,704 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solnova 3 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 283,735 | | (47,271) | | 9,974 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solnova 4 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 263,431 | | (42,929) | | 10,362 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Helios 1 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 298,979 | | (30,942) | | 8,950 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Helios 2 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 291,025 | | (28,556) | | 8,867 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Helioenergy 1 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 293,822 | | (35,177) | | 9,221 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Project name | | Country | | Status(1) | | % of Nominal Share(2) | | Period of Concession(4)(5) | | Offtaker(7) | | Financial/ Intangible(3) | | Assets/ Investment | | Accumulated Amortization | | Operating Profit/ (Loss)(8) | | Arrangement Terms (price) | | Description of the Arrangement |
Renewable energy: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Helioenergy 2 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 294,604 | | (32,422) | | 9,389 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solaben 1 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 286,406 | | (19,077) | | 2,420 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Solaben 6 | | Spain | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 25 Years | | Kingdom of Spain | | (I) | | 295,732 | | (27,523) | | 13,264 | | Regulated revenue base(6) | | Regulated revenue established by different laws and rulings in Spain |
Kaxu | | South Africa | | (O) | | 51.0 | | 20 Years | | Eskom | | (I) | | 483,124 | | (22,198) | | 10,295 | | Take or pay contract for the purchase of electricity up to the contrated capacity from the facility. | | 20-year PPA with Eskom SOC Ltd. With a fixed price formula in local currency subject to indexation to local inflation |
Conventional power: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ACT | | Mexico | | (O) | | 100.0 | | 20 Years | | Pemex | | (F) | | 649,502 | | (23) | | 110,524 | | Fixed price to compensate both investment and O&M costs, established in USD and adjusted annually partially according to inflation and partially according to a mechanism agreed in contract | | 20-year Services Agreement with Pemex, Mexican oil & gas state-owned company |
Electric transmission lines: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ATS | | Peru | | (O) | | 100 | | 30 Years | | Republic of Peru | | (I) | | 531,460 | | (33,400) | | 23,412 | | Tariff fixed by contract and adjusted annually in accordance with the US Finished Goods Less Food and Energy inflation index | | 30-year Concession Agreement with the Peruvian Government |
ATN | | Peru | | (O) | | 100 | | 30 Years | | Republic of Peru | | (I) | | 320,163 | | (49,163) | | 1,574 | | Tariff fixed by contract and adjusted annually in accordance with the US Finished Goods Less Food and Energy inflation index | | 30-year Concession Agreement with the Peruvian Government |
Quadra I | | Chile | | (O) | | 100 | | 21 Years | | Sierra Gorda | | (F) | | 41,734 | | 0 | | 4,145 | | Fixed price in USD with annual adjustments indexed mainly to US CPI | | 21-year Concession Contract with Sierra Gorda regulated by CDEC and the Superentendencia de Electricidad, among others |
Quadra II | | Chile | | (O) | | 100 | | 21 Years | | Sierra Gorda | | (F) | | 55,510 | | 0 | | 5,894 | | Fixed price in USD with annual adjustments indexed mainly to US CPI | | 21-year Concession Contract with Sierra Gorda regulated by CDEC and the Superentendencia de Electricidad, among others |
ATN 2 | | Peru | | (O) | | 100 | | 18 Years | | Las Bambas Mining | | (F) | | 84,709 | | (7) | | 8,094 | | Fixed-price tariff base denominated in U.S. dollars with Las Bambas | | 18 years purchase agreement |
Water: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Skikda | | Argelia | | (O) | | 34.2 | | 30 Years | | Sonatrach & ADE | | (F) | | 96,547 | | (136) | | 14,617 | | U.S. dollar indexed take-or-pay contract with Sonatrach / ADE | | 30 years purchase agreement |
Honaine | | Argelia | | (O) | | 25.5 | | 30 Years | | Sonatrach & ADE | | (F) | | N/A(9) | | N/A(9) | | N/A(9) | | U.S. dollar indexed take-or-pay contract with Sonatrach / ADE | | 30 years purchase agreement |
(1) | In operation (O), Construction (C) as of December 31, 2015. |
(2) | Liberty Interactive Corporation agreed to invest $300 million in Class A membership interests in exchange for a share of the dividends and the taxable loss generated by Solana on October 2, 2013. Itochu Corporation holds 30% of the economic rights to each of Solaben 2 and Solaben 3. JGC Corporation holds 26% of the economic rights to each Solacor 1 and Solacor 2. Algerian Energy Company, SPA, or AEC, owns 49% and Sociedad Anonima Depuracion y Tratamientos, or Sadyt, a subsidiary of Sacyr, S.A., owns the remaining 25.5% of the Honaine project. AEC owns 49% and Sadyt owns the remaining 16.83% of the Skikda project. Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (29%) & Kaxu Community Trust (20%) for the Kaxu Project |
(3) | Classified as concessional financial asset (F) or as intangible assets (I). |
(4) | The infrastructure is used for its entire useful life. There are no obligations to deliver assets at the end of the concession periods, except for ATN and ATS. |
(5) | Generally, there are no termination provisions other than customary clauses for situations such as bankruptcy or fraud from the operator, for example. |
(6) | Sales to wholesale markets and additional fixed payments established by the Spanish government. |
(7) | In each case the offtaker is the grantor. |
(8) | Figures reflect the contribution to the consolidated financial statements of Atlantica Yield Plc. as of December 31, 2015. |
(9) | Recorded under the equity method. |
The Appendices are an integral part of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.
Appendices
Appendix IV
Additional Information of Subsidiaries including material Non-controlling interest as of December 31, 2016
Subsidiary name | | Non-controlling interests name | | % of non-controlling interests held | | Dividends paid to non-controlling interests | | Profit/(Loss) of non- controlling interests in AY consolidated net result 2016 | | Non- controlling interests in AY consolidated equity as of December 31, 2016 | | Non-current assets* | | Current Assets* | | Non-curent liabilities* | | Current liabilities* | | Net Profit /(Loss)* | | Total Comprehensive income* | |
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Kaxu Solar One (Pty) Ltd. | | Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) | | 29% | | - | | (3,244) | | 8,529 | | 495,946 | | 54,717 | | 111,264 | | 421,993 | | (7,513) | | (4,744) | |
Kaxu Community Trust | | 20% | |
Aguas de Skikda S.P.A. | | Algerian Energy Company S.P.A. | | 49%** | | 4,141 | | 7,284 | | 47,796 | | 96,052 | | 29,769 | | 36,591 | | 7,304 | | 13,800 | | - | |
* Stand-alone figures as of December 31, 2016
** Atlantica Yield Plc. owns 67% of the shares in Geida Skikda, S.L., which in its turn owns 51% of Aguas de Skikda S.P.A., so that indirectly Atlantica Yield Plc. owns 34.17% of Aguas de Skikda S.P.A. The table only shows information related to the Non-Controlling interests of the SPV, Aguas de Skikda S.P.A.
Additional Information of Subsidiaries including material Non-controlling interest as of December 31, 2015
Subsidiary name | | Non-controlling interests name | | % of non- controlling interests held | | Dividends paid to non-controlling interests | | Profit/(Loss) of non- controlling interests in ABY consolidated net result 2015 | | Non- controlling interests in ABY consolidated equity as of December 31, 2015 | | Non-current assets* | | Current Assets* | | Non-curent liabilities* | | Current liabilities* | | Net Profit /(Loss)* | | Total Comprehensive income* | |
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Kaxu Solar One (Pty) Ltd. | | Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) | | 29% | | - | | (2,434) | | 5,585 | | 456,795 | | 34,068 | | 102,079 | | 377,387 | | (21,323) | | (4,350) | |
Kaxu Community Trust | | 20% | |
Aguas de Skikda S.P.A. | | Algerian Energy Company S.P.A. | | 49%** | | 3,624 | | 8,338 | | 47,157 | | 96,705 | | 31,519 | | 42,538 | | 7,467 | | 13,778 | | - | |
* Stand-alone figures as of December 31, 2015
** Atlantica Yield Plc. owns 67% of the shares in Geida Skikda, S.L., which in its turn owns 51% of Aguas de Skikda S.P.A., so that indirectly Atlantica Yield Plc. owns 34.17% of Aguas de Skikda S.P.A. The table only shows information related to the Non-Controlling interests of the SPV, Aguas de Skikda S.P.A.
Appendices
Appendix V (Schedule I)
Condensed Financial Statements of Atlantica Yield plc
Condensed statements of financial position of Atlantica Yield Plc.
– Amounts in thousands of usd –
| | As of December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | |
Assets | | | | | | |
Investment in affiliates | | | 2,035,598 | | | | 2,014,487 | |
Loans to affiliates | | | 704,916 | | | | 822,436 | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | | 122,154 | | | | 45,487 | |
Other assets | | | 23,936 | | | | 5,431 | |
Total assets | | | 2,886,604 | | | | 2,887,841 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Liabilities and Equity | | | | | | | | |
Borrowings | | | 412,839 | | | | 410,289 | |
Notes and bonds | | | 255,362 | | | | 254,205 | |
Intercompany liabilities | | | 54,687 | | | | 26,996 | |
Other Liabilities | | | 10,296 | | | | 38,330 | |
Total Liabilities | | | 733,184 | | | | 729,820 | |
| | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | 10,022 | | | | 10,022 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 1,981,881 | | | | 1,981,881 | |
Distributable reserves | | | 116,375 | | | | 381,388 | |
Other reserves | | | 13,879 | | | | 4,345 | |
Accumulated gains (losses)-net | | | 31,263 | | | | (219,615 | ) |
Total shareholders’s equity | | | 2,153,420 | | | | 2,158,021 | |
Total liabilities and equity | | | 2,886,604 | | | | 2,887,841 | |
Condensed income statements of Atlantica Yield, Plc.
– Amounts in thousands of usd –
| | For the year ended December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Income from | | | | | | | | | |
Services | | | 114,653 | | | | 65,170 | | | | 65,006 | |
Other financial income | | | 8 | | | | 194 | | | | 7 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total income | | | 114,661 | | | | 65,364 | | | | 65,013 | |
Expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other operating expenses | | | (26,132 | ) | | | (10,005 | ) | | | (3,668 | ) |
Interest | | | (35,615 | ) | | | (27,783 | ) | | | (2,319 | ) |
Other financial expenses | | | (21,651 | ) | | | (246,982 | ) | | | (9,821 | ) |
Total expenses | | | (83,398 | ) | | | (284,770 | ) | | | (15,808 | ) |
Income before income taxes | | | 31,263 | | | | (219,406 | ) | | | 49,205 | |
Income tax benefits (expense) | | | - | | | | (209 | ) | | | 209 | |
Profit for the year | | | 31,263 | | | | (219,615 | ) | | | 49,414 | |
Other comprehensive income statement of Atlantica Yield, Plc.
– Amounts in thousands of usd –
| | For the year ended December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Profit/(loss) for the year | | | 31,263 | | | | (219,615 | ) | | | 49,414 | |
Items that may be subject to transfer to income statement | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Change in fair value of cash flow hedges | | | 7,213 | | | | 3,683 | | | | - | |
Net income/(expenses) recognized directly in equity | | | 7,213 | | | | 3,683 | | | | - | |
Cash flow hedges | | | 2,321 | | | | 662 | | | | - | |
Transfer to income statement | | | 2,321 | | | | 662 | | | | - | |
Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the year | | | 9,534 | | | | 4,345 | | | | - | |
Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the year | | | 40,797 | | | | (215,270 | ) | | | 49,414 | |
Condensed cash flow statements of Atlantica Yield, Plc.
– Amounts in thousands of usd –
| | For the year ended December 31, | |
| | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Cash Flow from operating activities | | | 5,911 | | | | (15,943 | ) | | | 6,900 | |
Cash Flow—investing activities | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Decrease (increase) in investment and advance to affiliates | | | 97,341 | | | | (939,503 | ) | | | (196,849 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net decrease (increase) in other assets | | | - | | | | (157 | ) | | | (34,053 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash used for investing activities | | | 97,341 | | | | (939,660 | ) | | | (230,902 | ) |
Cash Flow—financing activities | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increases in borrowings and other liabilities | | | - | | | | 310,462 | | | | 376,747 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividend paid to shareowner | | | (26,585 | ) | | | (128,859 | ) | | | (23,696 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital increase and other | | | - | | | | 664,120 | | | | 664,120 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash from financing activities | | | (26,585 | ) | | | 845,723 | | | | 379,369 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents during the year | | | 76,667 | | | | (109,880 | ) | | | 155,367 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalent at the beginning of the year | | | 45,487 | | | | 155,367 | | | | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalent at the end of the year | | | 122,154 | | | | 45,487 | | | | 155,367 | |
Notes to the Condensed Financial Statements
Schedule I has been provided pursuant to the requirements of Rule 12- 04(a) of Regulation S-X, of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) which require condensed financial information as to the financial position, change in financial position, results of operations of Atlantica Yield plc, other comprehensive income statement and cash flow statement as of the same dates and for the same periods for which audited consolidated financial statements have been presented when the restricted net assets of consolidated subsidiaries exceed 25 percent of consolidated net assets as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards have been condensed or omitted. The footnote disclosures contain supplemental information only and, as such, these statements should be read in conjunction with the notes to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Basis of Presentation.
| a) | The presentation of Atlantica Yield plc separate condensed financial statement has been prepared using the same accounting policies as set out in the accompanying consolidated financial statements except that, the Company records its investment in subsidiaries under the cost method of accounting and that financial income from credits to companies in the group are recorded under Income from services, given that the company is a holding and this type of service is part of its primary activity. Such investments are presented on the statements of financial position as “Investment in and loans to affiliates” at cost less any identified impairment loss. |
| b) | As of December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 there were no material contingencies, significant provisions of long-term obligations, mandatory dividend or redemption requirements of redeemable stocks or guarantees of the Company, except for those which have been separately disclosed in the Consolidated Financial Statements, if any. |
| c) | For the year ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, cash dividend of $29,737 thousand, $18,400 thousand and $9,200 thousand were declared to the Company by its consolidated subsidiaries or associates, respectively. |
Reconciliation of the separate to consolidated financial statements of Atlantica Yield Plc.
| | For the year ended december 31, | |
Profit/(Loss) Reconciliation | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Stand-alone—IFRS profit/(loss) for the period | | | 31,263 | | | | (219,615 | ) | | | 49,414 | |
Additional profit/(loss) if subsidiaries had been accounted for using the equity method of accounting as opposed to cost method | | | (36,118 | ) | | | 10,610 | | | | (81,026 | ) |
Consolidated IFRS profit/(loss) for the period attributable to Atlantica Yield plc | | | (4,855 | ) | | | (209,005 | ) | | | (31,612 | ) |
| | As of December 31, | |
Equity Reconciliation | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Stand-alone—IFRS shareholders equity | | | 2,153,420 | | | | 2,158,021 | | | | 1,847,550 | |
Additional shareholders equity if subsidiaries had been accounted for using the equity method of accounting as opposed to cost method | | | (194,309 | ) | | | (134,520 | ) | | | (7,919 | ) |
Consolidated IFRS shareholders equity | | | 1,959,111 | | | | 2,023,501 | | | | 1,839,631 | |
Please refer to note 14 of these consolidated financial statements for detail of maturities of the Corporate debt of Atlantica Yield, plc.