Connect Topco Limited (the ‘Company’ or, together with its subsidiaries, the ‘Inmarsat Group’) is a private company limited by shares incorporated in Guernsey. The address of its registered office is Redwood House, St Julian’s Avenue, St Peter Port, GY1 1WA, Guernsey. The smallest group into which the results of the Company are consolidated is headed by Connect Topco Limited.
2. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparation
The Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the three months ended March 31, 2023 have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, ‘Interim Financial Reporting’. They were approved by the Board of Directors on May 16, 2023. They do not include all of the information required for a complete set of financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS standards and should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Going concern
As at March 31, 2023, the Group has $979.4 million of liquid resources (Cash and cash equivalents and short term deposits: $279.4 million and undrawn RCF: $700.0 million) and a continued expectation that the Group will generate positive free cash flow and reduce leverage over the medium to long term. As of March 31, 2023 $17.5 million of debt is due to mature within the next twelve months, with $3,755 million being due in greater than twelve months. During 2021 the Connect Topco shareholders accepted an offer from Viasat Inc. to purchase the Group for approximately $7.3 billion, comprised of $850 million in cash (reduced to $551 million, post distribution to shareholders in Q2 2022) approximately 46.36 million shares of Viasat common stock valued at $3.1 billion based on the closing price on Friday November 5, 2021, and the assumption of $3.4 billion of net debt. The agreement has been approved by both the Inmarsat and Viasat Board of Directors, and Viasat shareholders. Regulatory clearance is progressing and we now expect the transaction to close during Q2 2023. The going concern assessment has been performed using the Inmarsat financial performance and position.
The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group shall continue to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Consequently, the Group continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.
Basis of accounting
The same accounting policies and methods of computation are followed in the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements as in the most recent annual financial statements, at December 31, 2022.
The functional and reporting currency of the Company and most of the Inmarsat Group’s subsidiaries is the US Dollar, as the majority of receipts from operational transactions and borrowings are denominated in US Dollars.
The preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements in conformity with IAS 34 requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the year in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.