UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 21, 2016

 

 

Cott Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Canada   001-31410   98-0154711

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

6525 Viscount Road

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

  L4V1H6

5519 West Idlewild Avenue

Tampa, Florida, United States

  33634
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (905) 672-1900 (813) 313-1800

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 8.01 Other Events

Certain Information from the Offering Memorandum Related to the Notes

This Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Current Report”) is being filed to, among other things, include certain information from the preliminary offering memorandum dated June 13, 2016 related to the offering by Cott Finance Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Canada and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cott Corporation (the “Company”), of €450 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.50% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”), which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto. The net proceeds of the Notes offering will be used to finance a portion of the purchase price for the previously announced proposed acquisition (the “Eden Acquisition”) of Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. (“Eden Holdings”) by Carbon Acquisition Co B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, pursuant to that certain Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2016, to repay a portion of the outstanding indebtedness of Eden Holdings’ subsidiaries and to pay certain related fees and expenses. The closing of the Eden Acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.

Exhibit 99.1 includes certain financial information of Hydra Dutch Holdings 2 B.V. (“Eden”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Eden Holdings. The Company believes that the only material differences between the financial information of Eden Holdings and that of Eden relate to additional cash and cash equivalents held in Eden Holdings and intercompany transactions that are either substantially eliminated on consolidation or will be settled concurrent with the closing of the Eden Acquisition.

Financial Information of Eden Holdings

This Current Report is being filed to, among other things, include certain financial information relating to the Eden Acquisition. This Current Report includes (i) the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information as of and for the three months ended April 2, 2016 and for the year ended January 2, 2016; (ii) the audited consolidated financial statements of Eden Holdings as of and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 and for the successor period from October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and the audited combined financial statements for the predecessor period from January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013; and (iii) the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Eden Holdings as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and for the three months ended March 31, 2015, attached hereto as Exhibits 99.2, 99.3 and 99.4, respectively.

The audited and unaudited consolidated and combined financial statements of Eden Holdings included in Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4 hereto and the audited and unaudited consolidated financial information of Eden included in Exhibit 99.1 hereto have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and not U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). IFRS differs in certain respects from GAAP.

In addition to the financial information presented in Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4 under IFRS, Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4 contain a “non-IFRS financial measure,” that is, a financial measure that either excludes or includes amounts that are not excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with IFRS. Specifically, Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4 reference the non-IFRS measure “Operating EBITDA,” which is calculated as earnings before other operating expenses, interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization paid to shareholders. Operating EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net loss as a measure of operating performance. Since it is not a measure determined in accordance with IFRS and is thus susceptible to varying interpretations and calculations, Operating EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. For a reconciliation of Operating EBITDA to net loss, see Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information included herein in Exhibit 99.2 is derived from the historical financial statements of the Company and Eden Holdings and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information included herein in Exhibit 99.1 is derived from the historical financial statements of the Company and Eden, each adjusted to give effect to the Eden Acquisition, the repayment of certain of the outstanding indebtedness of Eden Holdings’ subsidiaries, the issuance of the Notes and the use of proceeds therefrom, additional borrowings under the Company’s asset based lending (“ABL”) credit facility in the amount of approximately $71 million and the payment of certain related fees and expenses (collectively, the “Transactions”). The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of April 2, 2016 gives effect to the Transactions as if they had occurred on April 2, 2016. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations data for the three months ended April 2, 2016 and the year ended January 2, 2016 assume that the Transactions were consummated on January 4, 2015.

The Company assessed the need to make certain adjustments to Eden Holdings’ and Eden’s historical financial statements prepared under IFRS to conform to GAAP and noted no significant adjustments were needed for the periods covered by the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. Certain historical financial information of Eden Holdings and Eden have been reclassified to conform to the presentation of historical financial information of the Company in the pro forma financial statements. However, the unaudited pro forma financial statements may not reflect all the adjustments necessary to conform the accounting policies of Eden Holdings or Eden, as applicable, to those of the Company as the Company is still in the process of conforming the accounting policies of Eden Holdings and Eden to those of the Company.

The pro forma adjustments are preliminary and have been made solely for informational purposes. As a result, the pro forma condensed combined financial information is not intended to represent and does not purport to be indicative of what the Company’s financial condition or results of operations would have been had the Transactions occurred at an earlier date. In addition, the pro forma condensed combined financial information does not purport to project the future financial condition and results of operations of the Company. The actual results of the Company may differ significantly from those reflected in the pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the proposed Eden Acquisition, the Notes offering and the expected additional borrowings under the Company’s ABL credit facility. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. The Company cautions you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any such forward-looking statement. The forward-looking statements are based on assumptions regarding management’s current plans and estimates. Management believes these assumptions to be reasonable but there is no assurance that they will prove to be accurate. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in this Current Report include those risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures, including but not limited to risk factors contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as well as other periodic reports filed with the SEC. The Company does not undertake to update or revise any of these statements in light of new information or future events, except as expressly required by applicable law.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired

The (i) audited consolidated financial statements of Eden Holdings as of and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 and for the successor period from October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and the audited combined financial statements for the predecessor period from January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013; and (ii) unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Eden Holdings as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and for the three months ended March 31, 2015, are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4, respectively, and are incorporated in their entirety herein by reference.

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information as of and for the three months ended April 2, 2016 and for the year ended January 2, 2016 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated in its entirety herein by reference.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

23.1

   Consent of Kesselman & Kesselman.

99.1

   Certain information from the preliminary offering memorandum dated June 13, 2016 related to the 5.50% Senior Notes due 2024.

99.2

   Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information as of and for the three months ended April 2, 2016 and for the year ended January 2, 2016.

99.3

   Audited consolidated financial statements of Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 and for the successor period from October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and the audited combined financial statements for the predecessor period from January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013.

99.4

   Unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

Cott Corporation

(Registrant)

By:   /s/ Marni Morgan Poe
  Marni Morgan Poe
  Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

June 21, 2016

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

23.1    Consent of Kesselman & Kesselman.
99.1    Certain information from the preliminary offering memorandum dated June 13, 2016 related to the 5.50% Senior Notes due 2024.
99.2    Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information as of and for the three months ended April 2, 2016 and for the year ended January 2, 2016.
99.3    Audited consolidated financial statements of Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 and for the successor period from October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 and the audited combined financial statements for the predecessor period from January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013.
99.4    Unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

 

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Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-204450) of Cott Corporation of our reports dated June 20, 2016 relating to the financial statements of Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. and Eden Springs Group, which appears in this Current Report on Form 8-K of Cott Corporation.

 

Tel-Aviv, Israel

June 21, 2016

  

/s/ Kesselman & Kesselman

Kesselman & Kesselman

Certified Public Accountants (Isr.)

A member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers

International Limited

Exhibit 99.1

As used in the following certain information from the preliminary offering memorandum, unless the context otherwise requires or as is otherwise indicated, the words “we,” “us,” “our,” “Cott,” “Company” and words of similar import refer to Cott Corporation and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; “Escrow Issuer” refers to Cott Finance Corporation; “Issuer” refers only (i) to the Escrow Issuer prior to the escrow release date and (ii) to Cott Corporation, the corporation formed upon the combination of the Escrow Issuer and Cott Corporation by way of an amalgamation under applicable Canadian corporate law, and not to any of its subsidiaries after the escrow release date.

“Eden Holdings” refers to “Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.” and “Eden” refers to Hydra Dutch Holdings 2 B.V.

“DSS” refers to DS Services of America, Inc., which we acquired in December 2014.

We believe the Eden Acquisition will create substantial strategic and financial benefits, including:

 

    Improves product and channel mix while reducing exposure to large format retailers : As detailed in the charts below, the Eden Acquisition will further improve our product mix outside of CSDs and shelf stable juices, and drive our channel mix beyond large format retailers.

 

    Creates a strong international HOD platform with further tuck-in and expansion opportunities : Eden is a leading provider in the water solutions space and currently holds the largest or second largest share by BWC client base in 17 of the 18 countries in which it operates. Following the closing of the Eden Acquisition, we intend to proactively pursue accretive, synergistic acquisitions to continually build customer density and reduce the overall cost of servicing Eden’s existing customer base

 

    Provides meaningful scale across Europe with access to attractive end-markets with positive growth outlook : The combined BWC and POU segment in Europe (based on the number of water coolers installed) is forecasted by Zenith International to grow at a CAGR of approximately 3.1% from 2015 through 2019, driven primarily by growth in GDP, total hours worked and a continued focus on well-being and the health benefits of water consumption. We believe that Eden’s leading presence in the BWC segment and pan-European scale strongly positions it to capture an increasing portion of growth in the water solutions space, cross-sell coffee and water solutions and continue to generate increased operational efficiencies.

 

   

Expands our direct to consumer business : The Eden Acquisition provides us access to a customer base that is broad in terms of customer size, industry and geographic region, including a diversified base of offices and homes ranging from recognized blue chip companies to individual homes and offices across 18 countries. Like DSS, Eden has a low customer concentration. For the year ended December 31,

 



 

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2015, its top 10 customers in aggregate accounted for less than 5% of its total revenue. The new route-to-market also creates synergy opportunities by allowing us to sell Cott products through this new channel to existing Eden customers.

 

    Continues Cott’s acquisition and diversification strategy : Our business strategy includes evaluating mid-to-larger scale opportunities to expand our positions in the HOD water, OCS and filtration services categories, as well as other higher margin or growth-oriented categories where our platform, operating strength and synergies can be leveraged. We believe that the Eden Acquisition represents such an opportunity, and is consistent with our ongoing strategy to continue to accelerate the pace and scale of our acquisition-based diversification outside of CSDs and shelf stable juices, with a focus on other beverage categories and beverage adjacencies, as well as driving our channel mix beyond large format retailers while ensuring our transactions are value-creative.

Product Categories and Channels

We have a diversified product portfolio across major beverage categories with an expanding presence in beverages that are on-trend with consumer demand. Since 2009, we have invested in developing new products and completed a number of acquisitions to enhance the breadth of our product focus and to continue to diversify our revenues and channel mix. Comparing Cott’s and DSS category and channel mix to that of the combined Cott, DSS and Eden Holdings business, CSDs and shelf stable juices would have been reduced from 36% to 32% of our revenues for the year ended January 2, 2016, and private label beverages sold would have been reduced from 48% to 42% of our portfolio on a historical combined basis for the year ended January 2, 2016.

The following chart sets forth Cott’s net revenues for the year ended January 2, 2016 by product category and channel mix, on a stand-alone basis and on a pro forma basis, assuming the Eden Acquisition had occurred on January 4, 2015:

Revenues by Product for the year ended January 2, 2016

 

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Revenues by Channel for the year ended January 2, 2016

 

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Summary of Certain Operational Data of Eden

 

           Unaudited  
     Fiscal Year Ended     Three Months Ended  
     Dec. 31,
2013

(three months)
    Dec. 31,
2014
    Dec. 31,
2015
    Mar. 31,
2015
    Mar. 31,
2016
 

Client base (a) at beginning of period

     654,220        655,733        763,703        763,703        898,681   

Change in client base attributable to organic growth (net)

     (13,721     4,592        18,513        (1,629     6,485   

Change in client base attributable to acquisition (net)

     15,234        103,378        116,465        75,771        49,824   

Client base at end of period

     655,733        763,703        898,681        837,845        954,990   

Retention Rate (b)

     85.3     86.5     87.0     86.5     87.0

 

(a) Client base is the total number of BWC or POU water coolers or OCS coffee machines installed at customer premises.
(b) Retention rate is defined as 1 minus (the total number of BWC, POU and OCS clients lost in a period as a percentage of the average number of total BWC, POU and OCS clients at the beginning of each month during that period). The numbers for the three month periods are annualized.

 



 

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Risks Related to Cott’s Business

For additional risk factors regarding Cott Corporation please see section “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our annual reports on Form 10-K and in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as well as other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We may devote a significant amount of our management’s attention and resources to our ongoing review of strategic opportunities, and we may not be able to fully realize the potential benefit of any such alternatives that we pursue.

As part of our overall strategic planning process, from time to time we evaluate whether there are alternatives available to complement our strategy of organic growth and growth through diversification, or otherwise enhance shareholder value. Accordingly, we are presently engaged in, and at any time in the future, we may be engaged in evaluating potential transactions and other strategic alternatives, and we may engage in discussions that may result in one or more transactions, including significant acquisitions. We regularly make, and expect to continue to make, non-binding acquisition proposals, and we may enter into letters of intent, in each case allowing us to conduct due diligence on a confidential basis. We cannot predict the timing of any contemplated transaction and any pending transaction may be entered into shortly after closing of the offering of the notes. In addition, we may from time to time enter into certain commitment letters that may result in obtaining financing for one or more transactions. Although there would be uncertainty that any of these discussions or commitment letters would result in definitive agreements or the completion of any transaction, we may devote a significant amount of our management’s attention and resources to evaluating and pursuing a transaction or opportunity, which could negatively affect our operations. In addition, we may incur significant costs in connection with evaluating and pursuing other strategic opportunities, regardless of whether any transaction is completed. We cannot assure you that we would fully realize the potential benefit of any strategic alternative or transaction that we pursue.

 

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Risks Related to Eden’s Business and Industry

For the purposes of this section “—Risks Related to Eden’s Business and Industry” only, the words “we,” “us,” “our,” “Eden,” “Eden Spring,” “Company” and words of similar import refer to Eden Holdings and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

Our business operates in a highly competitive industry.

We operate in a highly competitive industry. Competitive factors with respect to our business include pricing, distribution capabilities, logistics, quality, reputation, brand recognition, technical expertise, advertising, sales activities, retention programs, product innovation, increased efficiency in production and distribution techniques and packaging. Our competitors may have greater business resources and/or financial resources and/or less debt than us. We also face competition from regional brands and local competitors in the markets that we serve.

Within our water offering, our BWC offering faces increased competition from the POU category. Because businesses with POU solutions tend to use less bottled water due to the availability of a continuous supply of filtered water, the installation of these systems poses a competitive threat to our BWC business and reduces the number of potential customers for our BWC solutions. Although we believe we are well positioned to offer our POU solutions to quitting BWC customers, we may not be able to offset a decline in revenue from our BWC customers that switch to one of our competitor’s POU offerings, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Further, the bottled water industry itself faces competition from other non-alcoholic beverage products, including bottled carbonated and non-carbonated soft drinks. In addition, in the event of a change in consumer preference or if the quality of tap water significantly improves, consumers in certain markets may choose to drink tap water instead of purchasing bottled water or using POU. Increased competition and pricing pressure or a significant increase in the consumption by consumers of tap water could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our OCS segment is also subject to intense competition and our coffee business competes with providers of both operated and non-operated coffee solutions such as manual fresh bean machines and vending machines. Further, the coffee industry itself faces competition from other non-coffee products, including other hot beverages and soft drinks. Increased competition could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If we are not able to retain and attract customers, our financial performance will be impaired.

Our economic success is based on our ability to retain current customers and attract new customers to our products and services. If we are unable to retain and attract customers, our financial performance will be impaired, and we could fail to meet our financial obligations.

 

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Our ability to compete successfully for new customers and to increase retention depends on, among other things:

 

    the actual and perceived quality and cost of our products;

 

    our successful execution of marketing and sales strategies, including the acceptance of our value proposition; service delivery and customer care activities, including new account set up and billing; and our credit and collection policies;

 

    our ability to anticipate and develop new product offerings and services that are attractive to existing or potential customers;

 

    our ability to reliably deliver products and services on schedule;

 

    our ability to meet unexpected customer shortages with quick delivery of refills; and

 

    our ability to adequately staff our customer service teams to effectively respond to customer inquiries and effectively manage any customer dissatisfaction or similar issues.

We believe that quality of service and reliability of delivery and technical support are key competitive factors in the water and coffee businesses and directly relate to the ability to attract customers and increase retention. If we cannot generate new customers, keep our retention at acceptable levels, and maintain a high level of customer service as we seek to expand our operations, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be adversely affected.

Changing consumer tastes or preferences or improvement in municipal tap water supplies could result in decreased demand for and sales of our products.

Our success is dependent on customer and consumer tastes and preferences. Any significant changes in these preferences or any inability on our part to anticipate or react to such changes could result in reduced demand for our products and erosion of our competitive and financial position. Our success depends on the ability to respond to customer and consumer trends and preferences and these may shift due to a variety of factors.

We believe that the growth of the bottled water industry is due, in large part, to consumer preferences for high quality products and consumer taste preferences for bottled water over tap water and other beverages. In certain markets, POU solutions are eroding BWC volumes due to economic and sustainability preferences. This trend could be expedited by significant improvements in municipal tap water, particularly in certain Eastern Europe markets like Russia where the quality of municipal tap water is currently perceived as poor. In addition, the trend could increase if supported by campaigns to increase the use of tap water over spring water for environmental, or other, reasons. For instance, on August 25, 2013, new regulations were promulgated under the Israeli Public Health Ordinance with the intention of improving the quality of tap water in Israel. Various Israeli bodies and entities, including the Governmental Authority for Water and Sewerage, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the municipal water companies, had campaigned to improve the quality of tap water and reduce the use of bottled water in Israel.

In the OCS segment, growth is driven by consumer preferences for single-cup brewing, higher quality coffee and increased consumption away from home as well as a shift to preferences for premium coffee solutions. In addition, growth is also impacted by the demand for our physical equipment (e.g. dispensers and our coffee brewers) that we rent or sell to our customers whose tastes and preferences may be affected by the aesthetics of the equipment, ease of use, and energy efficiency standards, among other factors. These factors may not continue to benefit our business to the same extent in the future.

Any change in consumer preferences away from bottled water and filtered water or from the coffee solutions we provide could result in decreased demand for our products and services.

 

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If our bottling processes or water sources were contaminated for any reason, our business could be seriously affected.

Our water is sourced from 27 water sources and we use 27 production facilities for bottling the water. 9 facilities are operated and managed by us, and the other 18 are owned and managed by third parties (referred to as “co-packers”). We believe the quality and integrity of our bottled water products is imperative to our business and our ability to generate new customers and, therefore, all facilities are required to perform routine water quality tests. While we believe our third-party co-packers are easy to replace if need be, our reputation could be severely damaged if production processes are tampered with or our bottled water products are found to be defective, contaminated or impure at any co-packing facilities. Any perceived product quality issues or allegations of product contamination, even if proven false or unfounded, could tarnish the image of our brand and cause consumers to choose other products. The loss of integrity of our bottled water or production processes, and those of the third parties we also rely on, could lead to product recalls, customer illnesses and liability claims that could significantly reduce our goodwill, market share, revenue and ability to generate new customers. In addition, if a competitor’s bottled water were discovered to be contaminated, consumer concern may arise regarding the quality, safety and health benefits of bottled water generally, including our bottled water.

As with all jurisdictions in which we operate, regulations govern the quality, composition, treatment and production processes permitted for water categories. We have procedures and quality controls in place to comply with such regulations. However, the water sources we and our competitors rely on are natural resources, and natural occurrences beyond our control such as droughts and floods could alter the mineral or chemical content or purity of our water, and environmental pollution or contaminants may affect the amount and quality of the water emanating from such water sources. For example, our source of water in Israel, the Salukia Spring in the Golan Heights, has previously been affected by natural occurrences. Due to extreme weather conditions and livestock near the spring’s drainage basin in February 2009, microbial levels in excess of those permitted under Israeli regulations were discovered through our routine water quality control tests. Although we promptly ceased production and none of the affected water reached our customers, the cessation lasted for almost a month and had an adverse impact on our business and the results of our operations. Following the discovery of the microbial inconsistencies, the Israeli Ministry of Health issued an order that allows for a slightly higher, yet safe, level of microbes in the water extracted from the Salukia Spring. Since 2009, we have conducted daily tests of the water from the Salukia Spring against the microbial thresholds permitted under the order. In June 2010, a similar inconsistency in microbial levels was identified through our daily testing and we had to cease production for a second time. Due to our close monitoring of the water, this lapse in production lasted only a few days and was largely due to the need to conduct consecutive water tests to ensure the safety of the water before resuming production. Aside from the incidents in 2009 and 2010, we have been able to consistently rely on the Salukia Spring to meet all of our Israeli water requirements. Following the incident in 2009, and in coordination with the relevant authorities, we have also adopted measures to limit the risk of inconsistencies in the Salukia Spring water. We erected a fence around the perimeter of the spring and its drainage basin and conduct regular patrolling around the spring, and we heightened our controls and security procedures. In addition, we have a dedicated team that monitors on a daily basis any potential risks and have increased our inventory to ensure continuous supply in the event of any further incidents. Additionally, there has previously been a series of complaints relating to smell problems and particles found in the water with respect to Eden’s water source in Portugal. Notwithstanding these complaints, the Portuguese authorities concluded that there was insufficient evidence linking the suspended particles to the production process and have declined to prosecute the matter. While we are not aware of any further complaints with respect to this issue, we cannot guarantee that similar complaints will not be brought in the future or that they will not interfere with production at the Coruche facility. A letter was also received from the Portuguese authorities concerning high iron levels in finished product from the Coruche facility in Portugal. Eden’s laboratory has conducted laboratory tests and has not detected the alleged high level of iron in the water and has been in communications with the authorities to resolve the matter.

Water is a natural resource and there will continue to be a risk of change in the chemical content or purity of the water or reduction in quality of the water due to pollutants or contaminants. In the event any such risk materializes and if the quality of our bottled water suffers serious reputational damage, our business and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

 

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Climate change, or legal, regulatory or market measures to address climate change, may negatively affect our business and operations.

There is concern that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may have an adverse impact on global temperatures, weather patterns and the frequency and severity of extreme weather and natural disasters. We may be subjected to decreased availability or less favorable pricing for water as a result of such changes, which could impact our manufacturing and distribution operations. In addition, natural disasters and extreme weather conditions may disrupt the productivity of our facilities or the operation of our supply chain. The increasing concern over climate change also may result in more regional and/or global legal and regulatory requirements to reduce or mitigate the effects of greenhouse gases. In the event that such regulation is more aggressive than the sustainability measures that we are currently undertaking to monitor our emissions and improve our energy efficiency, we may experience significant increases in our costs of operation and delivery. In particular, increasing regulation of fuel emissions could substantially increase the cost of energy, including fuel, required to operate our facilities or transport and distribute our products, thereby substantially increasing the distribution and supply chain costs associated with our products. As a result, climate change could negatively affect our business and operations.

The bottled water industry is regulated and if we are unable to continue to comply with applicable laws, regulations and standards in any jurisdiction, we may not be able to sell our products in that jurisdiction.

The production, distribution, sale, and servicing of our products are subject to regulations in each of the markets in which we operate. Our bottled water, and the water supplied by third parties with whom we have supply and distribution agreements, must meet certain safety requirements for human consumption, labeling, processing and distribution under sanitary conditions and production. All of the bottled water produced must meet certain mineral and chemical concentration levels related to drinking water quality and treatment. In addition, the labels affixed to our bottles and related packaging are subject to restrictions on health and nutritional claims. Regulations, among other matters, set standards for approved water sources and specific processing treatment requirements. While we always endeavor to comply with such regulations, there may be instances where we find ourselves in contravention. For instance, Polish regulation requires that water is bottled, labeled and distributed only as “natural mineral water,” “spring water” or “table water” with each classification having certain specifications regarding permitted production processes and labeling. In 2012, we adopted microbiological filtration and softening processes to improve the taste and appearance of the spring water from the Krzeszowice source in Poland and inadvertently contravened that regulation because the adopted processes were not permitted in the production of “spring water.” The Polish sanitary authority issued a decision stating that the water could therefore no longer be labeled “spring water.” We changed our labeling to “Eden still water” but in doing so again inadvertently contravened the law by not properly labeling the water as one of the three permitted options. We therefore stopped using the microbiological filtration and softening processes and reverted to labeling the water as “spring water” thereby bringing us back into compliance with the Polish regulatory framework. While this contravention of applicable regulation resulted only in a PLN 35,000 (approximately €8,400 equivalent) fine, future failure to fully comply with regulations or to maintain the required governmental approvals is possible and could result in warning letters, fines, product recalls or seizures, civil or criminal penalties or injunctions, each of which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, reputation and results of operations. See “ Business of Eden—Regulatory Framework .”

Changes to applicable laws and regulations relating to our customers could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The water industry is highly regulated by local and European legislation related to food safety and hygiene, employment conditions and environmental regulation. From time to time, European Union Member States consider laws and regulations relating to the provision of water in the workplace. While these regulations only have an indirect effect on us because they directly regulate our customers, any change in these regulations could have an adverse effect on customer demand. While we work closely with all of our customers to ensure that we

 

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generate long-term customer relationships, there can be no assurance that we will continue to have the same level of success if the regulatory environment in which our customers make decisions were to change.

For example, under French and Polish regulations, there is a legal obligation for employers to provide drinking water to their employees. Although these regulations primarily affect employers, and not providers or distributors of water, changes in these regulations, or their interpretation or enforcement, could adversely affect the success of our marketing strategy to the business to business (“B2B”) customer segments in France and Poland. Additionally, given our strategic emphasis to focus marketing efforts in Europe towards B2B as opposed to business to consumer, we may be more vulnerable than our competitors to changes in current trade practices. Adverse regulatory or other decisions affecting employers could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

Changes to applicable laws and regulations relating to permits and licenses approvals, or any failure to obtain required permits and licenses or to satisfy ongoing conditions in relation to existing permits or licenses, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our ability to successfully carry out our operations and satisfy our delivery obligations under contracts with customers depends on our ability to obtain and maintain the lease rights, permits and licenses necessary to facilitate the use of water sources and production facilities. In obtaining such permits and licenses, we must comply with the local regulatory rules provided for by each jurisdiction in which we operate and comply with any ongoing regulatory conditions. No assurance can be given that all necessary permits and licenses will be granted in a timely manner or at all, or if they are granted, that we will be in a position to comply with all of the conditions that may attach to those instruments. Our existing permits and licenses required for our operations are also subject to review, renewal, interpretation, modification, suspension or termination from time to time by the relevant authorities in each of the countries in which we operate. Even if our permits and licenses are renewed, we could become subject to additional obligations, which may impact our business, financial conditions and results of operations.

For example, the Israeli Water Authority permits us an annual allocation of water pursuant to an agreement with its operating body, Mekorot, dated September 2, 2010. This agreement may be terminated upon 90 days prior notice by either Mekorot or us and this agreement may also be terminated if the water sourced from the Salukia Spring becomes contaminated. The Israeli Water Authority also has general authority to terminate the agreement, or to reduce the quantities of water supplied from the spring, if, for instance, it determines that continued extraction of water from the spring is likely to harm the spring or should be used for other national purposes. This agreement remains in force. We also have a production permit issued by the Israeli Ministry of Health for the bottling and sale of water sourced from the Salukia Spring. The Ministry of Health production permits issued to us in preceding years were generally issued for periods of up to 12 months. Our current permit expires at the end of June 2016, and we expect that the permit will continue to be renewed as it has been over preceding years. Additionally, the Ministry of Health is encouraging us to find an alternative water source to the Salukia Spring because the Ministry would like to eventually retract the order it issued following a contamination incident in 2009 (see “ —If our bottling processes or water sources were contaminated for any reason, our business could be seriously affected .”). We are currently exploring alternative water source possibilities and are examining the use of water produced from drilling. Should our Israeli production permit, or any other permits or licenses we hold in the countries in which we operate, be terminated or limited, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Finally, any regulatory approval procedures, conditions attached to existing permits and licenses or requirements to renew or transfer a permit or license, could be added to or amended. No assurance can be given that such additions or amendments, if onerous, will not adversely impact our ability to carry out our operations. Failure to obtain any necessary permits or licenses, or renewals or transfers of such permits or licenses, and satisfy any ongoing conditions could prevent us from carrying out our operations and satisfying our delivery obligations under contracts with customers, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Jurisdictions in which we operate regulate the use of bisphenol A (“BPA”), and consumers may not purchase products that use BPA.

The manufacture, sale and use of resins and BPA used to make our water bottles are subject to regulation. BPA is used to make food containers such as beverage bottles and storage containers and is therefore contained in substantially all of our plastic bottles. The use of BPA is regulated in the European Union by Regulation EU 10/2011 on plastic materials and food contact materials and Directive 2011/8/EU restricting the use of BPA in plastic infant feeding bottles. After a full risk assessment of BPA in 2006, the European Food Safety Authority set an EU-wide tolerable daily intake of 0.05 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. Although this limit has been maintained after a number of reviews, the European Food Safety Authority is currently engaged in another ongoing full risk assessment regarding the use of BPA. This full risk assessment, or future reviews, could lead to a change in the tolerable daily intake and even an outright ban at the EU level, and could therefore force us to replace our plastic water bottles across the EU. Furthermore, certain EU Member States have already begun to adopt more stringent regulations than the EU framework requires. For example, in France, French Law no. 2012-1442, adopted on December 24, 2012 and became effective on January 1, 2015, prohibits the manufacture, importation, exportation and placing on the market of any food packaging containing BPA. France has also introduced labeling requirements for food products that use BPA and could reasonably be used by children under three years old or by pregnant women. The fundamental EU internal market principle of the free movement of goods may ensure that bottles manufactured in compliance with the current and less stringent EU legislative framework in another EU Member State and then exported into France from that Member State will still be permitted for use in France. However, we are required to comply with the French regulation in the interim and there is a likelihood that it will ultimately be determined at the EU level that France is entitled to restrict such imports on public policy or health grounds due to Member States having significant scope for derogation from certain EU laws on these grounds. In France, we therefore made the required investment in 2013 to replace our bottles with BPA-free plastic with adequate functionality and durability. In the future, other EU Member States could adopt bans similar to that of France, thereby creating a more uncertain EU legal landscape. The legal uncertainty regarding the use of BPA and the potential for wide-spread bans on the use of BPA may force us to replace all of our water bottles with BPA-free alternatives, and although we already have a BPA-free option available, and may only be forced to transition to BPA-free plastic over an extended time period in the event such a transition is required, it could nevertheless negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Also, negative media attention regarding BPA has generated concern in the bottled water market, and media reports suggest that a number of companies are already reducing usage of BPA in producing their bottles due to consumer concern and the uncertain legal landscape. An increase in consumer concerns could also force us to rapidly replace all of our water bottles with BPA-free alternatives in the future, adversely affecting our business and results of operations.

We face credit risk from our key third-party distributor in Israel and from our customers.

We extend credit to some of our customers by providing services in advance of payment. Local country management has a high degree of autonomy in determining pricing and contract strategy, which is influenced by local market circumstances and the competitive environment. In general, we invoice our customers on a monthly basis based on the prior month’s consumption and services provided. In some markets (such as the Nordics, France and the Netherlands) customers are invoiced in advance for “rental contracts” and “package contracts.” In Israel, Jafora is our key distributor through which we distribute PET products to retail outlets. We sell our PET products to Jafora on 60-day terms and Jafora does not put up collateral against the credit it receives. Our net credit exposure to Jafora (less the amount payable by us to Jafora) as of March 31, 2016 was €5.9 million. We have rigorous credit policies and procedures to mitigate credit risk and, while we have no significant exposure to credit risk with any single end-customer, we still suffer losses from doubtful accounts. If we cannot properly manage our credit risk, our results of operations would be adversely affected. Conversely, if we institute overly rigorous credit policies, it could impair our ability to attract and retain customers.

 

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Fluctuations in the cost of essential raw materials and commodities for the manufacture and delivery of our products could significantly impact our business.

For the year ended December 31, 2015, fuel and coffee consumables costs accounted for less than 2% and less than 7% (of which approximately half is attributed to coffee beans and the remainder to capsules and packaging) of our revenue, respectively. While these costs were comparatively small, the price of fuel impacts the cost of our products, both in terms of transportation and distribution costs and, as petroleum is used in manufacturing plastic, the costs of obtaining plastics from our suppliers. If the cost of fuel rises significantly, our transportation and plastic -related costs increase, which impacts the profitability of our operations unless we are able to pass through this cost to our customers. In the past, we have imposed fuel surcharges to mitigate the fluctuations in fuel costs to an extent and fluctuations have not therefore materially affected our margins historically, but our ability to pass on any significant fuel cost rises to our customers is limited and such rises could increase the overall cost of our products leading to increased customer cancellations and reduced revenue. The petroleum markets remain volatile and there can be no assurances that customer surcharges or other measures we take will recover all or any portion of our costs. Significant increases in fuel prices, a severe or protracted disruption in fuel supplies or imposition of mandatory allocations or rationing of fuel could increase the cost of our products and disrupt deliveries to customers, which, in turn, could negatively affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The supply and price of coffee beans may be affected by weather, international conditions, consumer demand and access to transportation. Currently, the cost of green coffee is rising in certain coffee growing regions and has led to fears of potential supply shortages. While coffee consumables costs accounted for less than 7% of our revenue for the twelve months ended March 31, 2016, a significant increase in the price of coffee beans could impact our coffee sales and margins if we are unable to pass along such costs to our customers, which could adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Economic downturns or worsening global economic conditions could have a significant adverse impact on our business and results of operations.

Our business is affected by changes in general economic conditions of the markets and geographic regions in which we sell our products and solutions. Historically, our results of operations have been influenced, and will continue to be influenced, by the general state of the global and regional economies. As a result, our income and results of operations depend, to a certain extent, on the performance of the global economy; particularly GDP and employment levels. When GDP decreases, employers may cut-back on costs and may no longer offer free or subsidized water and coffee to employees, and when unemployment increases there are fewer employees to consume our office-based water and coffee offerings. We are especially exposed to the volatility of the European economies. As an example, the European BWC segment witnessed a slowdown in both volumes and pricing since 2009 due to the financial crisis. Concerns persist regarding the debt and/or deficit burden of certain European countries and their ability to meet future financial obligations, and many European countries are still pursuing austerity measures. According to the OECD, the EU’s GDP grew 1.4% in 2014 and 1.9% in 2015, while GDP in Israel grew 2.6% and 2.5% in 2014 and 2015, respectively. For 2016, the EU’s GDP is expected to grow 1.8%1 and Israel’s GDP is expected to grow 2.5%. Unemployment in the EU was 10.2% and 9.4% in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The unemployment rate for Israel over those same years was 5.9% and 5.2%, respectively. Continued volatility or worsening of economic conditions across our markets could have a materially adverse effect on our business.

Significant interruptions to our production facilities could adversely affect our business.

If any of our production facilities or those owned and operated by third parties were impaired for an extended period of time for any reason, including natural or manmade disasters such as hurricanes, fires, earthquakes or floods or due to a labor strike or dispute or environmental contamination, we would likely have to relocate production to an alternate facility. Relocation could increase transportation costs, which could limit the supply of our products and reduce sales. Higher costs and lower sales could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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We rely on third parties for the performance of bottling, transportation and logistical services.

For some of the bottling, logistical and transportation of our products to our customers, we rely upon third-party service providers. Any delays in delivery or poor handling by third-party production facility co-packers, third-party distributors and third-party transport operators of our raw materials, packaging materials or finished products may affect our sales and damage our reputation. Our business requires significant movement of raw materials, packaging materials and finished products. Part of the transportation and delivery of these materials and products are undertaken by third -party contractors, which operate beyond our direct control. Interruptions in the transportation of raw materials or packaging materials to us or delivery of finished products to our customers, and poor handling of materials or products in transit could interrupt our business, cause us losses, damage our reputation, and have an adverse effect on our cash flow, results of operations and financial condition.

In Europe, our water is bottled by us, or in some instances by co-packers. After the water is bottled, the full bottles are packed and shipped to one of our or our third-party managed branches, primarily by third-party distributors who are also responsible for collecting empty bottles. From the branches, the bottles are distributed to the customer by a mix of three types of distributors depending on which method is most cost effective based on route density and other factors. The three types of distributors are: our own-employees, self-employees (entrepreneurs that work for Eden Springs on demand) and dealers (common carrier distributors that also work for other parties). Although we believe co-packers are easy to replace, as a result of the NWDE Acquisition (as defined below), we are currently more dependent on these production facilities than we otherwise would be and this exposes us to reliance on these third parties. In Israel, our PET solutions are distributed directly from our production facility by our key third-party distributor, Jafora, to retail outlets. Our ability to service our customers depends, in many cases, upon our ability to negotiate reasonable terms with distributors and while in the majority of markets in which we operate there is sufficient competition between third -party providers, there may not always be suitable alternative third-party providers available to ensure a strong negotiating position. To provide a material example, we rely on Jafora as a sole distributor in Israel for distribution of our PET products. Jafora is a joint owner of Ein Gedi, a primary competitor in the Israeli PET market. The distribution agreement with Jafora therefore required approval by the Israel Antitrust Authority, which was granted in 2004, extended until March 2015 and recently extended until September 2020. We cannot provide assurance that further extension of this agreement will be approved and a termination of this agreement due to non-renewal or for any other reason, such as non-compliance with the conditions of the antitrust exemption or the relationship between us and Jafora ceasing to be mutually beneficially, would likely adversely affect our business. We also rely on third parties for some of the distribution of our OCS solutions and for the installation and service of POU and OCS machines.

To the extent that our third-party carriers increase their rates, including to reflect higher fuel, maintenance, labor or other costs due to increased regulation, taxation or otherwise, we may not be able to pass on such increases to our customers in a timely manner, if at all. Any material increases in our transport costs that we are unable to pass on to customers fully could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are dependent on third-party suppliers. Any disruption in these services or increases in costs could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We rely on a number of third-party suppliers to supply us with water coolers, coffee machines, and other products, which exposes us to risks that such suppliers may fail to meet our volume, timeline or guiding specifications. For example, we rely primarily on Oasis and Ebac, and Champ, respectively, to produce BWC and POU water coolers. In some of the countries in which we operate, we rely primarily on Lavazza for our coffee machines and coffee and, although we may be able to provide customers with our Edenissimo coffee products or other brands as an alternative, we believe that Lavazza is a key supplier that cannot be easily replaced. We have individual contracts with Lavazza in some countries and these contracts are generally renewed annually. Coffee prices charged by Lavazza can be changed once a year by Lavazza and that is normally done in mutual understanding with both parties considering market conditions, but there is no guarantee that the contracts will be

 

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renewed each year or that we will always be able to reach a mutual understanding. In the UK, since the Kafevend Acquisition (as defined below), we also rely on Mars Drinks to supply Flavia and Klix drinks machines and single serve capsules for those machines. The success of our coffee business may also be affected by our access to distribution rights for these or other coffee products, which may, in turn, have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations if we fail to gain or lose access to the most popular and preferred coffee product s.

Furthermore, our suppliers are subject to a number of regulations, including food safety and environmental regulations. Failure by any of our suppliers to comply with these regulations, or allegations of compliance failure, may disrupt our supply of product or raw materials, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

No assurance can be given that we will be able to maintain the supplies we require on a timely basis or that we will be able to obtain them at prices that allow us to maintain the financial performance we have had in the past. If we are unable to renegotiate favorable contracts with our suppliers when they expire or, alternatively, if we are unable to replace them, we may suffer a shortage of necessary materials or price increases that could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Introductions of new or improved products and technologies to improve operations efficiency may not prove successful, which could disrupt our business or adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

We invest in new products or technologies that we believe would provide a strategic fit with our business or expand our business. Staying abreast of these technological changes necessarily entails capital expenditures, which could exceed our projections or strain our financial position. Further product development and investments are accompanied by potential risks and challenges that could disrupt our business operations, increase our operating costs or capital expenditure requirements and reduce the value of the new products or technology. In addition, the process of integrating new products and technologies might result in significant transaction costs, operating difficulties or unanticipated expenditures and might require management attention that would otherwise be available for ongoing development of our business. Although we strategically invest in our business, there can be no assurance that we can acquire or successfully implement new models or variants of existing models of our water and coffee machines, or those supplied by third parties, and/or that we will be successful in providing the accompanying products that will be most appealing to our customers.

Our business is seasonal and adverse weather conditions could negatively impact our business.

Our business is seasonal and the peak period for sales and revenue of our water products typically increases in the summer months due to increased consumption of cold beverages. Conversely, sales of our coffee products peak in the winter months. Cooler summer weather or warmer winter weather could decrease our sales and have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our success depends on our senior management team and other key personnel, as well as on highly skilled employees that may be difficult to attract and retain.

Our ability to maintain our competitive position and implement our business strategy will likely depend on the services of our senior management team and other key personnel. The loss or departure of any member of our senior management team, particularly our Chief Executive Officer, or other key employees could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and we may not be able to attract and retain individuals with the same or similar levels of experience or expertise.

Our success also depends in large part on our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and to maintain relationships with our key third-party distributors. The failure to attract and retain qualified personnel, for which we face significant competition, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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We depend on our software and information systems for data collection, accounting and for the maintenance, supervision and coordination of our distribution networks.

Our information system is essential to our overall administrative function and success. We depend on our information systems to process orders, manage inventory and customer accounts, supervise personnel, maintain supplier and distributor information, maintain cost-efficient operations and assist in delivering products on a timely basis. An extended interruption of our information systems for any reason could disrupt our access to information, which could affect our ability to effectively and efficiently manage the business. In particular, our centralized information technology system is based in Israel and, in the event we were to sell the Israel portion of our business, certain information systems may be difficult or costly to replace.

If we are unable to secure our customers’ confidential or credit card information, or other private data relating to our employees or our Company, we could be subject to negative publicity, costly government enforcement actions or private litigation, which could damage our business reputation and adversely affect our financial results.

The protection of our customer, employee and company data is critical to us. We have procedures and technology in place to safeguard our customers’ debit and credit card, and other personal information, our employees’ private data and company records and intellectual property. However, if we experience a data security breach of any kind, we could be exposed to negative publicity, government enforcement actions, private litigation or costly response measures. In addition, our reputation within the business community and with our customers may be affected, which could result in our customers discontinuing their purchases of our products and services or their use of the debit or credit card payment option. Any loss of our ability to securely offer our customers a credit card payment option would make our products less attractive to many small organizations by negatively impacting our customer experience and significantly increasing our administrative costs related to customer payment processing. This could cause us to lose market share to our competitors and could have an adverse effect on our financial results.

Our intellectual property rights, and/or the intellectual property rights of our suppliers, could be infringed or challenged and reduce the value of our products and brands and have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We possess intellectual property rights that are important to our business. These intellectual property rights are primarily trademarks, which are important to our business and relate to some of our products, their packaging, and our overall business branding. We protect our intellectual property rights through a combination of trademark laws, third -party assignment and nondisclosure agreements and monitoring of third-party misuses of our intellectual property. If we fail to obtain or adequately protect our intellectual property, or if there is a change in law that limits or removes the current legal protections of our intellectual property, the value of our products and brands could be reduced and there could be an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Similarly, we sell brand name products such as Lavazza coffee machines and coffee capsules and Mars Drinks’ Flavia and Klix coffee machines and capsules; and those brands are owned by our suppliers or other third parties. We also have agreements with Nestlé to sell-through Nestlé products and to use Nestlé trademarks and the Nestlé mySpring brand. We have limited control over such brands and any failure on the part of the owners of such brands to defend their intellectual property rights or preserve and build their brand reputation could compromise their brands, diminish their value and potentially adversely impact our sales and/or our own reputation.

 

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We may inadvertently infringe on the intellectual property rights of third parties or become dependent on licensing intellectual property from third- parties.

We cannot exclude the possibility that we may inadvertently infringe on intellectual property rights of third-parties, including the intellectual property rights of the brand trademarks we currently licence and will licence from Nestlé. Such inadvertent infringement could include infringing trademarks, improperly using patented technologies or processes of third -parties, or breaching certain non-disclosure provisions of our manufacturing contracts.

If we were to infringe the intellectual property rights of a third-party, we may not be able to manufacture, use or market the affected products or technologies, as applicable, in the countries where the intellectual property rights were granted to that third-party. As a result, we may be forced to make changes to our products or our manufacturing processes to remedy such an infringement. In addition, we could be held liable for damages and other compensation for infringements. We could also be forced to procure licenses to make use of technology from third parties, which would entail additional costs. In that event, we may not be able to obtain the licenses we need for our business at reasonable terms, or at all. In connection with any such licenses, we may not obtain regulatory approvals that may be required, which could in certain cases lead to a loss of all or part of the funds already invested in the use of the licenses or to limitations on our operations. Any restrictions on, or interruptions of, delivery or production resulting from intellectual property infringement or our inability to acquire necessary licenses could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Litigation or legal proceedings could expose us to significant liabilities, including product liability claims, and damage our reputation.

We are from time to time subject to various litigation claims and legal proceedings. See “ Business of Eden—Legal Proceedings .” If our products are not safely and/or properly manufactured or designed, personal injuries or property damage could result, which could subject us to claims for damages. The costs associated with defending product liability and other claims, and the payment of damages, could be substantial. Our reputation could also be adversely affected by such claims, whether or not successful. In addition, we may be subject to claims and proceedings arising from on-site accidents or injuries to our employees. While we obtain insurance for workers compensation claims, the insurance may not be adequate or available to cover all claims and we may not be able to renew or obtain insurance coverage on reasonable terms or at all.

Although we are unable to estimate the monetary amount of exposure to loss, if any, in connection with many litigation matters, we make reserves as warranted and we have also asserted insurance claims where appropriate. Actual outcomes or losses may differ materially from amounts that we may establish as a reserve or any recoveries we may receive from insurance. Actual settlements, judgments or resolutions of these claims or proceedings may negatively affect our business and financial performance. A successful claim against us that is not covered by insurance or is in excess of our available insurance limits could require us to make significant payments of damages and could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In some of the markets in which we operate, a portion of our workforce belongs to unions. Failure to successfully renew collective bargaining agreements, or strikes or work stoppages could cause our business to suffer.

Some of our employees are represented by unions or works councils or are covered by collective bargaining agreements. Some of our employees in France are represented by works councils and unions, and we are subject to collective bargaining agreements with some of our employees in France. Strikes or work stoppages and interruptions could occur if we are unable to sign or renew collective bargaining agreements on satisfactory terms, which could adversely impact our operating results. There are also works councils in the Netherlands, Poland and in Germany, and there are also unions in Israel and Norway. The terms and conditions of existing or renegotiated agreements could increase our costs or otherwise affect our ability to fully implement future operational changes to enhance our efficiency.

 

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We face risks associated with conducting business in multiple countries.

We market our products across Europe and Israel and pursue a strategy of further expanding our operations. In a number of the markets in which we currently do business or may do business in the future, especially emerging markets, the commercial, economic, political or legal environment is different from, and less stable than, markets in Western and Northern Europe. We are exposed to factors of which we have little or no control and which may adversely affect our results of operations and financial conditions. These factors include, among other things:

 

    political, legal or social instability or volatility;

 

    wars, terrorism, regional or multinational conflicts;

 

    natural disasters, fuel shortages and sudden increases in fuel prices;

 

    underdeveloped infrastructure and changes in distribution and supply channels;

 

    unexpected changes in regulatory environments and interference by local authorities in the business environment, making it more difficult to obtain permits and licenses or comply with environmental and health and safety regulations;

 

    trade restrictions, sanctions and penalties;

 

    fluctuations in currency exchange rates;

 

    changes in applicable laws or past practices regarding local government procedures and inconsistent application of existing regulations;

 

    labor strikes and sudden or unexpected increases in wages;

 

    underdeveloped or otherwise insufficient legal and administrative systems; and

 

    crime or fraud.

Our overall success as a pan-European business and our strategy of further expansion depend, to a considerable extent, on our ability to anticipate, monitor and effectively manage differing legal, political, social and regulatory environments and economic conditions and unforeseeable developments. We cannot assure you that we will continue to succeed in developing and implementing policies and strategies which will be effective and cost-efficient in each location where we currently do business or new countries we may enter in the future.

In particular, our spring water source for Israel is in the Golan Heights, which is politically contested and is located adjacent to Syria, where there is currently a civil war. There have been violent disputes over the Golan Heights previously, and there remain risks that violent disputes could occur again in the future. Additionally, there is a risk of spill-over from the Syrian civil war into the Golan Heights, and also for the area to be affected by the recent developments relating to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL; also known as ISIS or IS). There is also a risk of Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights as part of a future peace agreement in the region. Additionally, tensions between Israel and the Palestinian territories, especially Gaza, have brought with it wide -spread anti-Israeli sentiment and protests, which gives rise to reputational risks and could give rise to ancillary effects that could adversely affect our business, including the boycotting of our products. Any of these occurrences could materially affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates may adversely affect our results of operations.

We conduct our business in various currencies other than the euro, primarily, Swedish Kroner, Danish Kroner, Norwegian Kroner, Polish Zloty, British Pound, Swiss Franc, U.S. Dollar, Russian Rubles, and Israeli New Shekel. As a result, our financial position and results of operations are subject to currency translation risks. Currency translation risk arises through fluctuations in the exchange rate of the currencies of the countries that are not part of the European Monetary Union and their impact on our results of operations and balance sheet

 

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positions as we translate the financial results from our subsidiaries in those countries to the euro. We largely benefit from natural hedging and face limited transactional currency exchange risk because although a significant portion of our revenue is denominated in currencies other than the euro, they are generally accompanied by costs in the same currency. Our Israeli activity, however, is exposed to foreign currency exchange risk on imported goods and on charges to other companies within the group for IT services, which are located in Israel. We are therefore subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk on cash flows related to sales, expenses, financing and investing transactions conducted in currencies other than the euro. Significant fluctuations in exchange rates against the euro may have an adverse impact on our financial performance.

Our insurance coverage may not be adequate to protect us against all potential losses to which we may be subject, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

While we recently implemented an insurance coverage enhancement program with the assistance of AON and believe that the types and amounts of insurance coverage we currently maintain are sufficient and adequate for the conduct of our business, our insurance policies may not cover all potential risks associated with our business or for which we may otherwise be liable. For example, our insurance policies may not cover, or fully cover, us against political risks, global conflicts, environmental risks or the inherent hazards of our operations and products. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that any claim under our insurance policies will be honored fully or timely, our insurance coverage will be sufficient in any respect or our insurance premiums will not increase substantially. Accordingly, to the extent that we suffer loss or damage that is not covered by our insurance or which exceeds our coverage, or have to pay higher insurance premiums, our financial condition may be materially adversely affected.

Risks Related to the Eden Acquisition

We may not realize the expected benefits of the Eden Acquisition because of integration difficulties and other challenges.

The success of the Eden Acquisition will depend, in part, on our ability to realize all or some of the anticipated benefits from integrating Eden’s business with our existing businesses. The integration process may be complex, costly and time-consuming. The difficulties of integrating the operations of Eden’s business include, among others:

 

    failure to implement our business plan for the combined business;

 

    unanticipated issues in integrating manufacturing, logistics, information, communications and other systems;

 

    possible inconsistencies in standards, controls, procedures and policies, and compensation structures between Eden’s structure and our structure;

 

    failure to retain key customers and suppliers;

 

    unanticipated changes in applicable laws and regulations;

 

    failure to retain key employees;

 

    operating risks inherent in Eden’s business and our business; and

 

    unanticipated issues, expenses and liabilities.

We may not be able to maintain the levels of revenue, earnings or operating efficiency that each of Cott and Eden had achieved or might achieve separately. In addition, we may not accomplish the integration of Eden’s business smoothly, successfully or within the anticipated costs or timeframe. If we experience difficulties with the integration process, the anticipated benefits of the Eden Acquisition may not be realized fully, or at all, or may take longer to realize than expected.

 

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Moreover, we may not achieve the revenue and cost synergies related to the Eden Acquisition. These synergies are inherently uncertain, and are subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and are beyond our control. If we achieve the expected benefits, they may not be achieved within the anticipated time frame. Also, the synergies from the Eden Acquisition may be offset by costs incurred in consummating the Eden Acquisition, increases in other expenses, operating losses or problems in the business unrelated to the Eden Acquisition. As a result, there can be no assurance that such synergies will be achieved.

We face risks associated with the Share Purchase Agreement in connection with the Eden Acquisition.

Completion of the Eden Acquisition is subject to the satisfaction of various conditions, including the receipt of approval from government or regulatory agencies (the Eden Acquisition is not subject to any financing condition). There is no assurance that all of the various conditions will be satisfied, or that the Eden Acquisition will be completed on the proposed terms, within the expected timeframe, or at all.

The announcement and pendency of the Eden Acquisition could cause disruptions in and create uncertainty surrounding our business, including affecting our relationships with our existing and future customers, suppliers and employees, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial results and operations, regardless of whether the Eden Acquisition is completed. In particular, we could potentially lose important personnel as a result of the departure of employees who decide to pursue other opportunities in light of the proposed transaction. We could also potentially lose customers or suppliers, new customer or supplier contracts could be delayed or decreased and we may have difficulty in hiring new key employees. In addition, we have diverted, and will continue to divert, significant management resources towards the completion of the transaction, which could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

In addition, in connection with the Eden Acquisition, we will be subject to all of the liabilities of Eden that were not satisfied on or prior to the closing date. There may be liabilities that we underestimated or did not discover in the course of performing our due diligence investigation of Eden. Under the Share Purchase Agreement, we have been provided with a limited set of warranties and indemnities in relation to identified risks. Our sole remedy from the seller for any breach of those warranties is an action for damages for a warranty claim. We have secured insurance to cover losses arising in respect of the breach by the seller of those warranties. Additionally, while certain funds have been placed into escrow by the seller pursuant to the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement to provide protection to us in the event of a claim against the seller for breach of the Share Purchase Agreement, a claim arising under a tax deed entered into by the parties and indemnifying us against losses resulting from professional fees and expenses payable in relation to the sale by Eden and its subsidiaries of their shares in GetFresh Sp. z o.o., such funds may prove not to be sufficient. Damages resulting from a breach of warranty or indemnity could have a material and adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

We will incur significant one-time transaction costs in connection with the Eden Acquisition.

We expect to incur significant one-time transactions costs in connection with the Eden Acquisition. The substantial majority of these costs will be non-recurring expenses related to the Eden Acquisition. These costs and expenses are not reflected in the pro forma financial condensed combined statement of operations included in this offering memorandum.

Our historical and pro forma financial information may not be indicative of our future financial performance.

The pro forma financial information included in this offering memorandum are preliminary, and the pro forma financial data is not necessarily indicative of the financial position or results of operations that may have actually occurred had the Eden Acquisition taken place on the date noted, or the future financial position or results of operations of the Company. The pro forma

 

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adjustments reflected in the summary pro forma financial data are based upon available information and certain assumptions that we believe are reasonable and are subject to revision as additional information becomes available. Revisions to the pro forma adjustments which may be required by the final purchase price allocations and/or pre-closing or post-closing purchase price adjustments, if any, may have a material impact on the total assets, total liabilities and stockholders’ equity, revenues, selling, general and administrative expenses, depreciation and amortization and interest expense. In addition, the pro forma financial information included in this offering memorandum does not give effect to estimated revenue and cost synergies that may be achieved with respect to the combined companies, or the impact of non-recurring items, including synergies, directly related to the Eden Acquisition.

Accordingly, our pro forma financial information should not be considered indicative of actual results that would have been achieved had the Eden Acquisition been consummated on the date or for the periods indicated and does not purport to indicate consolidated balance sheet data or statement of operations data or other financial data as of any future date or for any future period. See “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information.”

 

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BUSINESS OF EDEN

For the purposes of this section “Business of Eden” only, the words “we,” “us,” “our,” “Eden,” “Eden Springs,” “Company” and words of similar import refer to Eden and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. Eden Holdings refers to the parent holding company of Eden.

Overview

We are a leading provider of water and coffee solutions in Europe. We operate in 17 European countries, and Israel, and have a higher combined water and coffee installed client base than any of our competitors. We offer a variety of integrated water and coffee solutions designed to cater to the broad range of tastes and requirements of our diverse customer base. Our offerings are segmented into water and coffee solutions:

Water Solutions

 

    Our stand-alone BWC offering is our principal business and consists of the installation, rental and servicing of stand-alone bottled water coolers and the sale and delivery of bottled water and accessory products to our customers. Our BWC business provides a platform for continued growth of our other solutions. According to a report by Zenith International from 2015, we are the largest BWC provider in Europe and hold the largest or second largest presence by BWC client base in 16 of the 17 European countries in which we operate, as well as in Israel.

 

    Our POU offering consists of the installation, rental and servicing of point of use plumbed in water coolers that access and filter tap water, as well as the sale of accessory products. According to a report by Zenith International from 2015, we hold the second largest POU position by client base across the 17 European countries we are present in and believe POU represents a significant opportunity for sustainable growth.

 

    Our PET offering consists of the sale of branded small pack plastic bottles of water for personal use. We offer our PET products primarily in Israel to retail outlets through a third party distributor and we believe we currently hold the largest share of the Israeli PET segment by value.

Coffee Solutions

 

    Our OCS offering consists of the installation, rental and servicing of a variety of stand-alone coffee machines and the sale and delivery of coffee (capsule, bean, ground and soluble), tea, chocolate and accessory products. We have been growing our OCS presence in 17 European countries and are a leading OCS provider in the UK. We also hold a leading position in the Israeli OCS segment, according to a 2012 report by GIL-CSC.

Our water and coffee business models have significant operational overlap in areas such as customer service, billing and collection, sales and marketing and administration, which allows us to integrate new coffee customers onto our existing water business platforms and offer a dual water and coffee solution with increased operational efficiency. In recent years, we have achieved revenue growth and consolidated our position in the water and coffee space through strategic acquisitions, such as the acquisition of NWDE, which occurred in three stages, starting with the signing of the acquisition documents in September 2014 and the first closing on December 2014, and concluding on February 1, 2016 (the “NWDE Acquisition”). For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, we generated revenue of €355.8 million.

As of March 31, 2016, we had an installed client base of around 955,000, comprising 800,000 water coolers and 155,000 coffee machines.

For the twelve months ended March 31, 2016, we distributed more than 31 million BWC bottles and more than 730 million liters of water in our BWC and PET offerings combined. Our water is sourced from 27 water

 

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sources. To deliver our water and coffee solutions, we manage a network of primarily third- party distribution assets, including production facilities, branches and service vehicles. Our bottles are washed, sterilized, filled and capped at 27 production facilities (9 of which we own and operate, with the other 18 owned and operated by third parties) located near the site of each facility’s water source. We apply high-quality standards and perform quality control checks at the water sources and production facilities, including those managed by third- parties. As of March 31, 2016, we had approximately 1,200 service vehicles and employed approximately 3,200 full-time equivalent employees, of which approximately 90% are in Europe and 10% are in Israel.

Our Competitive Strengths

Our business benefits from the following competitive strengths:

Leading presence in an industry with attractive market dynamics.

We are a leading provider in the water solutions space and currently hold the largest or second largest share by BWC client base in 17 of the 18 countries in which we operate. We have a track record of achieving a leading presence in our chosen areas of operation. We were the first to develop BWC and PET offerings in Israel and had an approximately 74% BWC segment share in Israel in 2012, according to a report by GIL-CSC. We believe we also hold the leading presence in the Israeli PET segment. We were among the first companies to develop the BWC category in Europe in the late 1990s and by 2015 we had an approximately 28.7% aggregated share of the BWC installed client base across the European countries in which we are present and are reported on by Zenith International. We launched our POU offering in Europe in 2008 and by 2015 we had already become the second largest player by client base across the European countries in which we are present, a position we retain. The combined BWC and POU segment in Europe (based on the number of water coolers installed) is forecasted by Zenith International to grow at a CAGR of 3.1% from 2015 through 2019, driven primarily by growth in GDP, total hours worked and a continued focus on well-being and the health benefits of water consumption. We believe that our leading presence in the BWC segment and pan-European scale and strongly positions us to capture an increasing portion of growth in the water solutions space, cross-sell our coffee and water solutions and continue to generate increased operational efficiencies.

We have been growing our OCS presence in Europe and, following the acquisition of Kafevend Holdings Limited and its subsidiary in December 2013 (the “Kafevend Acquisition”), we are a leading OCS provider in the UK. Our Israeli coffee brand, Pauza, is the overall leader in the OCS segment with an approximately 45% share in 2012 according to a report by GIL-CSC. Overall coffee consumption per capita is increasing, with the office coffee segment showing a strong trend towards a shift in consumption to premium coffee (fresh ground and capsules as opposed to coffee granules and soluble coffee), which is our core focus. In conjunction with our preferred coffee suppliers Lavazza and Mars Drinks, we cater to the premium-taste portion of the OCS segment and we believe we are well positioned to capitalize on this trend. We have further increased our opportunities for growing our OCS presence through cross-selling our coffee solutions to a much larger geographic and customer base across Europe.

Diversified business profile.

We have a balanced and diversified business profile which favors revenue stability and creates significant growth opportunities.

Due to our strong brand recognition and reputation, we are a preferred supplier to a high-quality and diversified customer base. Our customer base is broad in terms of customer size, industry and geographic region, ranging from recognized blue chip companies to individual homes and offices across 18 countries. For the year ended December 31, 2015, our top 10 customers in aggregate accounted for less than 5% of our total revenue.

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developing our strategy to integrate new coffee customers onto our existing water business platforms. Coffee accounted for revenue of €9.0 million (14.5% of our total revenue) for the three months ended December 31, 2013, €61.7 million (21.8% of our total revenue) for the year ended December 31, 2014, €70.4 million (19.8% of our total revenue) for the year ended December 31, 2015, and €17.5 million (20.9% of our total revenue) for the three months ended March 31, 2016. In addition, we generate operational efficiencies from overlaps in areas such as manufacturing, distribution, customer service, billing and collection, sales and marketing and administration.

We also have a broad geographical footprint. We offer our dual water-and-coffee solutions in 18 countries, with no single country generating more than 26% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2015 and with the remaining countries generating 19% and lower for the same period. Our geographic diversification means we are less exposed to the general economic conditions affecting any single country or currency.

Our scale of operations provides us with competitive advantages.

According to a report by Zenith International from 2015, as the largest or second largest presence by BWC client base in 16 of the 17 European countries in which we operate, as well as in Israel, and as the second largest POU provider across the European countries in which we operate, we believe that our large distribution footprint in the water-and-coffee solutions space in Europe provides us with nationwide coverage for our most significant businesses and allows us to meet the water and coffee needs of our diversified customer base, including both small- and medium-sized businesses and larger national customer accounts. For example, in France, as of December 31, 2015, we service approximately 91,000 water coolers through a network of several branches and approximately 168 service vehicles. Our nationwide scale was a factor in securing a contract with SNCF, the French national railway company. The agreement with SNCF is dated January 17, 2014 and has a term of 3 years and 6 months. We focus our efforts towards markets with above-average potential customer density thereby allowing us to take advantage of our infrastructure and operational know-how to further increase our route density to generate incremental return on capital investment. This allows us to profitably serve small- and medium-sized businesses, which are our core customer base.

Best in class operational performance.

We have historically demonstrated sustained, strong margins, and achieved high return on capital investment as a result of our dense, scaled, well-managed operations and continued focus on operational improvements and customer satisfaction. To increase operational efficiency, we monitor operations with a precise profit and loss reporting system, monthly management reviews and a yearly audit on operational efficiency. We rigorously apply a highly data-driven approach to managing our business, in each case on a market-by-market basis across our branches to improve operational efficiency and increase customer satisfaction. As part of this system, we have developed an effective managerial reporting and control system that collects, tracks and allows us to regularly analyze a variety of key performance indicators (“KPIs”) from each of the local markets across our supply chain. These KPIs are designed to optimize route density, increase customer satisfaction and help us quickly identify issues or trends in our business. For instance, we have implemented a tailor-made customer relationship management solution and software to optimize route sequence, cost and frequency of visits, and to provide reliable service to our customers, by closely following our service level agreements and making sure our customers, for instance, do not run low on inventory by monitoring their consumption. We believe our system of benchmarking performance across local markets and product segments and our system of remuneration in place for both our management and employees, based on profitability, growth and customer satisfaction has encouraged a culture of internal accountability and healthy competition, as well as the sharing of best practices.

We have historically enjoyed high retention rates and long-standing customer relationships across our business, which we believe is a result of the high quality service we offer. As of March 31, 2016, the average length of our customer relationships (excluding PET) was more than seven years. We have consistently increased our retention rate across our water and coffee solutions (excluding PET) in recent years, with an increase from

 

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85.3% in 2013 to 86.5% in 2014 to 87.0% in 2015, and we seek to increase this rate further through our focus on operational improvements and customer satisfaction. We believe our successes with high customer retention rates are attributable to our ongoing operational excellence activities, including consistent improvement of our quality of service and our implementation of a variety of tools to identify the satisfaction level of our customers. For example, we initiated a customer’s event driven survey tool that enables periodic tracking and benchmarking of various KPIs pertaining to our customer related activities, such as distribution, technical support, billing and collection.

Flexibility of our cost base and proven business resilience through the downturn.

We have a flexible cost base, which has historically provided us with resilient margins and allows us to adjust our cost base for seasonal variations in demand for water and coffee. Such continued resilience is bolstered by more recent operational efficiency initiatives such as our “FlexMax” program, which encourages managers to convert fixed costs into variable costs; for instance, by renting assets and utilizing self-employees (entrepreneurs that work for us on demand, with remuneration linked to volumes delivered, profitability and satisfaction of the customers on their routes). We estimate that our variable costs, including semi-variable distribution costs that we can downscale relatively quickly in reaction to variations in demand for water and coffee, represented more than 70% of our total cost base for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Strong acquisition and business integration track record.

We have acted as a consolidator in the highly fragmented water and coffee services industry and have successfully executed over 90 add-on acquisitions of varying sizes since 1998. We have completed 13 of these acquisitions since 2009 in support of our OCS business in Europe and Israel, including the Kafevend Acquisition in December 2013. Our dedicated mergers and acquisitions team and experienced local management have a disciplined and structured approach to identifying and targeting opportunities and in smoothly and efficiently executing acquisitions, including negotiating deal structure and pricing. We targeted opportunities that increased our customer base and generated a compelling return to complement our investment in sales and marketing and product development, focusing on selective bolt-on acquisitions that grew our customer base in a cost-efficient manner. We have a demonstrated ability to successfully integrate acquired companies and their customer base and generate significant synergies shortly after acquisition from supply chain optimization, implementation of operational efficiency initiatives and saving on overhead costs through economies of scale. For all other than our most material acquisitions, we operate a “90:90” model in which we target a realization of 90% of the company’s acquired contribution margin within 90 days of close.

High cash conversion due to scalable capital expenditures and working capital requirements.

Our relatively modest and scalable capital expenditure and working capital requirements, driven by our focus on operational efficiency and an asset-light distribution network, has enabled us to increase the levels of cash generated by our business. Our strong cash flow generation has allowed us to effectively reinvest in our business and enabled us to pursue additional opportunistic acquisitions to further grow our customer base and consolidate our position.

Experienced senior management team with strong track record for achieving revenue growth, operational efficiency and successful acquisitions.

The experience, industry knowledge, leadership and entrepreneurial nature of our senior management team has been instrumental in establishing and expanding our position in the water and coffee solutions industry and in achieving our long term objective of delivering growth for our business. With over 50 years of combined senior management experience within Eden Springs, our senior management team has a strong track record of achieving revenue growth; and in driving operating excellence by using our KPI-driven reporting and control systems to effectively benchmark each of our local markets and identify, target and successfully execute and integrate bolt-on acquisitions.

 

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Our History

We have an entrepreneurial culture of helping to pioneer new categories in the water solutions industry and a proven ability to achieve leading positions. We were the first to develop the PET and BWC categories in Israel, entering the PET segment in 1982, upon the company’s founding, and the BWC segment in 1987.

In 1993, Eden Springs Ltd. (our former indirect majority-holder) underwent an initial public offering and was listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

We were among the first group of entrepreneurs to develop the BWC category in Europe. We started our BWC operations in Poland in 1997, followed by Switzerland in 1999. Since 1999, we have expanded our BWC operations throughout Europe, including the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Spain, the Nordics and the Baltics, through organic growth, strategic acquisitions and a joint venture with Danone. In 2006, we acquired Nestlé Waters PowWow in Denmark and Nestlé Waters Direct Suisse in Switzerland while selling Eden Springs Greece to Nestlé Waters Direct. Recently we completed the NWDE Acquisition, which occurred in three stages and concluded on February 1, 2016, which has allowed us to expand our operations into Germany, Russia and Portugal.

Initially, our entry into the POU segment was restricted under our joint venture relationship with Danone, however, after purchasing Danone’s stake in our company, we began expanding into the POU segments in Europe in 2008 and in Israel in 2013.

Leveraging our presence in the water solutions space and strong track record of successful acquisitions, we launched our OCS business in Israel in 1998 and in Europe in 2010 through a combination of organic growth (including greenfield expansions) and strategic acquisitions (with a total of 13 OCS acquisitions in Europe and Israel since 2009).

On October 23, 2013, Eden Springs Europe B.V. and its subsidiaries and the Israeli Subsidiaries were indirectly acquired by our management team and Rhône Fund IV, and became owned by Hydra Dutch Holdings 2 B.V. (the “2013 Eden Springs Acquisition”).

Our Solutions

We offer a variety of integrated water and coffee solutions designed to cater to the broad range of tastes and requirements of our diverse customer base across 18 countries.

Water Solutions

Bottled Water Coolers (BWC): Eden “Pure Nature”

BWC is our principal business and consists of the installation, rental and servicing of stand-alone bottled water coolers and the sale and delivery of bottled water to our customers. We also generate revenue from the sale and delivery of accessory products such as cups, bottle racks and sanitization kits. According to a report by Zenith International from 2015, we are the overall leading provider of BWC solutions in Europe, and have the largest or second largest presence by client base in 16 of the 17 European countries in which we operate, as well as in Israel. As of March 31, 2016, we had an installation base in Europe and Israel, respectively, of 722,697 and 99,438 bottled water coolers. BWC accounted for 61.4% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2015.

The majority of our BWC revenue is generated on a recurring basis. As of March 31, 2016 approximately 54% of our customers had a BWC rental contract and approximately 18% had a BWC package contract, which are often automatically renewed thereby contributing to our average customer relationship of seven years for our water and coffee solutions (excluding PET).

 

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Our variety of BWC water coolers may dispense ambient, hot and/or cold water for 3 and 5 gallon returnable bottles which are designed to be easily installed. The units are available in floor-standing and tabletop models and in a variety of attractive designs.

Point-of-Use Filtration Systems (POU): Eden “Unlimited”

POU consists of the installation, rental and servicing of point-of-use plumbed-in water coolers that access and filter tap water, as well as the sale of accessory products. We believe that our POU offering represents a significant opportunity for sustainable growth. We intend to grow our POU platform by leveraging our competitive product offering and best-in-class distribution and sales and marketing expertise to cross-sell POU to our OCS customers and to convert BWC customers with higher consumption levels who may prefer POU as a more cost-efficient alternative and therefore potentially not renew a BWC contract. We seek to identify such potential BWC quits and convert those customers to our POU offering, thereby maintaining a high level of retention. POU accounted for 5.8% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2015.

The majority of our POU revenue is generated on a recurring basis by rental contracts. Our rental contracts include installation, sanitization and maintenance services, with accessory products sold separately. We charge our customers on a regular cycle to cover both the rental and routine maintenance. We generate additional revenue if we are required to perform any other work on filtration equipment outside of our standard maintenance. Rental contracts for POU have historically generally had duration of three years, though are often automatically renewed and thereby contribute to our average customer relationship of seven years for our water and coffee solutions (excluding PET).

POU systems are connected at the customer’s location to an existing water supply to reduce impurities and other contaminants found in tap water. Our variety of POU water coolers may dispense ambient, hot, cold and/or carbonated water. The units are available in floor-standing and table-top models and in a variety of attractive designs. Our POU water coolers are professionally installed and maintained by qualified filtration service engineers. We provide bi-annual sanitization and maintenance services, which includes visits to ensure that the filters are clean and operating properly and to replace the filters as necessary.

A customer may move from a BWC to POU solution for a variety of reasons, including cost, convenience and environmental considerations. Although installing a POU is more capital intensive for customers, it is generally more cost-effective and convenient at higher consumption levels because it does not require delivery, handling and storage of BWC bottles. POU is therefore often the preferred alternative for larger offices. POU is also perceived by many customers as being more environmentally friendly and having a reduced carbon footprint. Our POU offering is designed to enable us to promote retention by recapturing BWC customer churn while competitively servicing the higher-growth POU market. As of March 31, 2016, we had an installation base of almost 77,700 POU water coolers across Europe and Israel.

Small-Pack Bottles (PET): Eden “On-the-Go”

As part of our water offering in Israel, we also manufacture and distribute single-serve and small-pack bottled mineral water for personal use in 500 and 750 milliliter and other size PET water bottles. We distribute our PET bottles to most retail outlets in Israel through Jafora, our key third-party distributor. Marketed under the brand name “Mey Eden,” our mineral water is commonly recognized as the leading bottled water brand in Israel. We currently hold the largest share of the Israeli PET water segment by revenue. A portion of our revenue in Europe is generated from up-selling single-serve and small- packed PET bottled spring and mineral water to BWC and POU customers and may include delivery of such bottles as part of a package contract. At the end of the three year period, we may enter discussions with Nestlé to continue this arrangement. PET accounted for 12% of our total revenue for the Year ended December 31, 2015.

 

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Coffee Solutions (OCS)

Our OCS offering includes the installation, rental and servicing of a variety of stand-alone coffee machines, as well as the sale and delivery of coffee (capsule, bean, ground and soluble coffee), tea, chocolate and accessory products such as sugar and cups.

The water and coffee solutions business models have significant operational overlap, allowing us to integrate new coffee customers onto our existing water business platform and generate efficiencies in areas such as billing and collection, sales and marketing and administration. As with water, we believe nearly every office in the countries in which we operate requires a coffee solution, which creates opportunities for cross-selling our OCS solutions to our office water solutions customers. As of March 31, 2016, we had an installation base of approximately 155,000 coffee machines across Europe and Israel, representing an increase of almost 19,000 since December 31, 2014, and an increase of approximately 11,000 since December 31, 2015. We believe that with our large, existing BWC and POU installation base, and our competitive coffee offering, we are well positioned to grow our emerging leadership position in OCS and capitalize on the trend towards consumption of higher-quality, premium coffee, often in the form of single-serve capsules, which typically require a rented or purchased coffee machine and an OCS supplier to provide regular service. OCS accounted for 19.7% of our total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2015.

We have developed a portfolio of coffee products for capsule, bean, ground and soluble coffee preparations and have partnered with coffee machine manufacturers and brands to cover a broad spectrum from premium to value-oriented solutions for customers with varying levels of coffee consumption. We offer coffee machines and capsules mainly from our partner Lavazza, but we also partner with and purchase coffee machines and coffee products from other suppliers. Since our acquisition of Kafevend in December 2013, we also offer Flavia coffee machines and premium single-serve coffee supplied by Mars Drinks. We have developed our own private label brand, Edenissimo, which is positioned at a lower price point and complements our Lavazza offering. We also offer Kenco (Kraft Foods). As part of the NWDE Acquisition, we will enter an agreement with Nestlé to sell-through for a three year period Nestlé branded food products, including a range of Nestlé coffee products such as Nescafe, Sical, Buondi and Dolce Gusto. At the end of the initial three year period we may enter discussions with Nestlé to continue this arrangement. The majority of our OCS revenue is generated on a recurring basis by rental and package contracts. Historically, our rental contracts for OCS have generally had a duration of between two and four years, and package contracts have generally had a duration of five years, though our customer relationships are typically longer as a result of renewals, which are often automatically renewed and thereby contribute to our average customer relationship of seven years for our water and coffee solutions (excluding PET).

In Israel, we provide an OCS offering under the Pauza brand. The majority of our machines are purchased from Lavazza, but we also partner with and purchase machines and other coffee products from other suppliers, including Saeco, Illy, Nescafé and Mokador.

Geographical Footprint

As the map below illustrates, we hold the leading or second-leading position by BWC client base in 17 of the 18 countries in which we operate. This broad water customer base facilitates our ability to sell our coffee and other water offerings. We offer a dual water-and-coffee solution in each of the countries in which we currently operate and therefore have a strong water customer base from which to sell our coffee and other water offerings.

 

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Note: BWC represents total bottled water coolers but is not a market in and of itself as the HOD water business consists of coolers, bottled water as well as other products such as case pack water and single serve products

Source: Zenith report and Company information/management assesment

The following table sets forth the percentage of total revenue generated in the twelve months ended March 31, 2016 in each of the countries specified below:

 

     Eden  

Baltics (1)

     2

France (2)

     12

Germany

     5

Israel

     26

The Netherlands

     3

Nordics (3)

     5

Poland

     10

Portugal

     3

Russia

     6

Spain

     4

Switzerland

     5

UK

     19

Total

     100
  

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
(2) Includes Luxembourg.
(3) Includes Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

 

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With respect to Eden Springs, the following table sets forth the historical evolution of the percentage of our total revenue in each of the countries specified below for the year ended below:

 

     2013     2014     2015  

Total revenue

     100     100     100

France (1)

     18     14     12

Israel

     33     27     26

Poland

     10     8     10

UK

     14     19     19

Other (2)

     25     32     31

 

(1) Includes Luxembourg.
(2) Includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain and Switzerland.

The increase in the revenue percentage generated in the UK from 14.0% in 2014 to 19.0% in the year ended December 31, 2015 has been primarily driven by the acquisition of Kafevend.

Our Operations

Procurement

We believe that with the exception of our mutually beneficial relationship with Lavazza and Mars Drinks, we have limited supplier dependence and that our wide geographic presence affords us greater purchasing power. We regularly evaluate our needs and our suppliers’ capacities and from time to time switch suppliers for pricing, quality or other reasons.

An important commodity is fuel, which is used for trucks and as a raw material for the plastic-related products we purchase from suppliers. Other key commodities we purchase are coffee and plastic-related purchases such as cups, bottle caps, coffee capsules, PET water bottles and our 3 and 5 gallon water bottles. Since 2011, the prices of two key inputs, fuel and plastic products, have increased meaningfully but have had a limited impact on our gross margins. We have historically been able to mitigate the rise in fuel costs by passing on this cost to customers with increases in prices and monthly fuel surcharges on our invoices.

We also purchase water coolers and coffee machines. We purchase the majority of our BWC water coolers primarily from Oasis and Ebac and our POU water coolers primarily from Champ. We purchase our BWC and POU water coolers from other suppliers, as well, and believe there are a number of alternative suppliers that could satisfy our demand at any given time. We regularly evaluate our needs and the capacities of our suppliers, and we may switch suppliers for pricing, quality or other reasons.

Our coffee machines are purchased mainly from Lavazza, but we also partner with and purchase machines from other suppliers. We have individual contracts with Lavazza in some countries and these contracts are generally renewed annually. Coffee prices charged by Lavazza can be changed once a year by Lavazza and that is normally done in mutual understanding, with both parties considering market conditions. We believe that Lavazza is a key supplier that cannot be easily replaced, though our relationship with Lavazza is mutually-beneficial. We provide Lavazza with access to a steady, growing customer base in Europe and Israel and as that base grows the relationship becomes increasingly beneficial for Lavazza. In the UK, since the Kafevend Acquisition, we also rely on Mars Drinks to supply Flavia and Klix drinks machines and single serve capsules for those machines. The agreement with Nestlé to sell-through Nestlé products that NWDE offered to its customers means that we additionally sell certain Nestlé products, including Nescafe, Sical, Buondi and Dolce Gusto.

 

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Production, Distribution & Service

To maximize the operational synergies from our water and coffee solutions offerings, we have partly unified our supply chains for our water and coffee solutions in Europe to enable both solutions to be delivered via a single distribution process where possible and primarily in dense delivery areas. Where it is more economically beneficial, we deliver certain OCS solutions via couriers. Our BWC and PET supply chain begins at the water source and bottling production facilities. Below is a depiction of our BWC distribution model in Europe and our BWC and PET supply chains in Israel:

European BWC Distribution Model:

 

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Production and Distribution:

Our water is sourced from 27 water sources, 26 in Europe and one in Israel. We aim to source our water locally in order to limit the distance between the customers and the source and thus reduce fuel and other transportation costs.

Our bottles are washed, sterilized, filled, capped and packed at production facilities located near the site of the water source. Nine of these facilities are managed and operated by us, and 18 are owned and operated by third -parties, (referred to as “co-packers”) with whom we have strategic relationships to reduce operational costs.

We seek to run an efficient production process, which is based on a “just-in-time” principle to minimize our stock of bottles and optimize working capital. Water is pumped or springs out naturally from boreholes drilled in the ground at the water sources and then piped to our production facilities where it is then collected in water tanks to ensure a continuous flow for the bottling lines, filtered and disinfected for quality control, before being emptied into sterilized bottles. In parallel, empty bottles are collected from customers, and cleaned and sterilized along the bottling line so they may be re-filled with water.

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bottles (that were recovered from our customers) from the branches back to the production facilities. The branches generally hold enough bottles to be able to supply the expected demand for the next three to four days, including ad hoc requests. From the branches, the bottles are distributed to the customer by a mix of three types of distributors depending on which method is most cost effective based on route density and other factors. The three types of distributors are: our own-employees using Eden Springs vehicles, most of which are leased; self-employees (entrepreneurs that work for us on demand, with remuneration linked to volumes delivered, profitability and satisfaction of the customers on their routes) and dealers (common carrier distributors that work for other parties as well and are generally more expensive than own- and self-employees). Dealers work in certain more remote locations with sub-optimal customer density. The percentage of own-employees, self-employees and dealers we use varies in each country in which we operate. We had a fleet of approximately 1,200 service vehicles as of March 31, 2016, including vehicles we owned or leased, and which are used by own- or self-employees.

In Israel, our water is sourced from the Salukia Spring. Our activities include the filling of BWC and PET bottles, as well as related activities such as sealing, labeling, sanitizing and storing of bottles. We have relatively rapid turnover and usually maintain an inventory of BWC and PET bottles for up to 18 working days of production. After the water is bottled, sealed BWC bottles are transported to one of our logistics centers or one of our rented storage locations before being distributed by our own network of vehicles to the customer.

Our PET solutions are distributed directly from our production facility by our key third-party distributor, Jafora, to retail outlets. Jafora is a joint owner of Ein Gedi, a primary competitor in the Israeli PET market, and therefore the distribution agreement with Jafora required approval by the Israel Antitrust Authority, which was granted in 2004, extended until March 2015 and recently extended for five additional years. Jafora purchases our PET products on 60-day terms and does not put up collateral against the credit it receives.

Service:

Our water coolers, coffee machines and other products are mostly delivered to a central warehouse in each location and dispatched to the different branches based on local demand. Our refilled water bottles are then delivered to customers through our own distribution system by route sales managers (“RSMs”). RSMs act as a one-stop-shop for our customers and optimize visits by delivering all of our water and coffee products and providing some technical service, including installation and sanitization of water coolers and coffee machines. Qualified filtration service professionals install and service our POU cooler, and experienced technicians install and service our more sophisticated coffee machines. Upon termination of service or conversion from BWC to POU, water coolers and coffee machines are picked up, cleaned, sanitized, refurbished and re-issued to other customers generally at relatively low cost.

We apply a highly data-driven approach to managing our business. To increase operational efficiency and increase customer satisfaction, we monitor operations with a precise profit and loss reporting system, monthly management reviews and a yearly audit on operations. We believe our system of benchmarking performance across countries and product categories and system of remuneration for both management and employees based on profitability, growth and customer satisfaction has encouraged a culture of internal accountability and competition, as well as the sharing of best practices. As part of this system, we collect, track and analyze a variety of key performance indicators (“KPIs”) from each of our local markets across our supply chain. These KPIs are designed to optimize route density, increase customer satisfaction and help us quickly identify issues or trends in our business. For instance, we have implemented a tailor-made customer relationship management solution and software to optimize the route sequence, cost and frequency of visits, and to provide reliable service to our customers, closely following our service level agreements and making sure our customers, for instance, do not run low on inventory by monitoring their consumption. We have also implemented an operational system named “FlexMax,” which encourage managers to convert fixed costs into variable costs; for instance, by renting assets. We have been able to reduce our distribution costs as a percentage of revenue from 19.1% in 2013 to 17% in 2014 and to 17.8% in 2015. We estimate that our variable costs, including semi-variable distribution costs that

 

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we can downscale relatively quickly in reaction to variations in demand for water and coffee, represented more than 70% of our total cost base for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Two of our operational KPIs for our BWC supply chain are the average number of bottles delivered per distribution employee (including self-employees) per day and the average number of bottles per stop. Our average number of bottles delivered per distribution employee (including self-employees) per day increased from 113.4 in 2013 to 114.2 in 2014 to 118.1 in 2015. Larger numbers are achieved by RSMs in areas where we have strong route density. RSM remuneration is generally tied to profitability, increase in the number of installations and customer satisfaction for the route. We believe that delivery efficiency is a key factor governing our success as the delivery cost per day tends to be fixed and a greater number of bottles and other products and services delivered in a day increases the profitability per customer.

We believe we have created a best-in-class and highly scalable platform. In addition, our strong operational capabilities have historically enabled us to quickly and easily integrate acquired businesses and realize significant cost savings with minimal disruption to our business.

We continually evaluate our operations to identify areas to improve productivity or reduce costs. We believe our established systems and processes and ability to efficiently construct and manage an asset-light distribution network sets us apart from our competition and has been a key success factor in allowing us to achieve superior returns on capital and stable cash flow generation. As operational efficiency is correlated to customer density, our continued consolidation through organic growth and acquisition in any one location will further improve our efficiency and therefore increase profitability at each location.

Customer Service

Customer service is responsible for receiving calls from customers on a daily basis, varying from a request for information to a request for additional bottle deliveries. They also make proactive calls after the contacts are executed to verify customer satisfaction levels and rectify any problems down to the route level. We believe that the quality, reliability and frequency of our service, both at the route level and in the back office, including call centers and billing and collections departments, are competitive factors within our markets.

We currently maintain call centers in certain markets, we outsource customer service to third parties in the same country or to other areas. Our employees at the call centers strive to answer customer calls within 20 seconds and to address any complaints or questions within the first call. We manage the efficiency of our customer service through KPIs, including the number of calls per 1,000 customers, the number of calls being answered within 20 seconds, the average length of calls and problem resolution during the first call. We believe our call center capabilities allow us to respond to our customers’ needs, quickly and efficiently, differentiating us from our competitors. We also have a self-service website, which enables customers to better handle their needs online as opposed to through the call centers. We believe we compete favorably in this area and continue to work on improving our service to our customer base.

Customers and Contracts

We are a preferred supplier to a high-quality and diversified customer base, leading to stable revenue and significant growth opportunities such as cross-selling of our coffee and water services to existing customers. Our customer base is broad in terms of customer size, industry and geographic region, ranging from recognized blue chip companies to individual homes and offices across 18 countries. For the year ended December 31, 2015 our top 10 customers in aggregate accounted for less than 5% of our total revenue.

In order to grow our business or even retain our market share, we focus on maintaining a high retention rate. We have consistently increased our retention rate across our water and coffee segments (excluding PET) in recent years with an increase from 85.3% in 2013 to 86.5% in 2014 to 87.0% in 2015.

 

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The majority of our BWC, POU and OCS revenue is generated on a recurring basis. As of March 31, 2016, approximately 52% of our BWC, POU and OCS customers, in aggregate, had a “rental contract” and approximately 19% had a “package contract.” Our “rental contracts” usually include sanitization and maintenance services, with sale and delivery of accessory products and bottles not included. “Rental contracts” have historically had a duration of two to four years, though our customer relationships are typically longer as a result of renewals. Our “package contracts” may include rental, sanitization, maintenance and delivery of bottles, and in some cases, other accessories. On a “package contract,” the price of water and bottles is normally locked-in for the length of the contract. “Package contracts” have historically had a duration of one to five years, though our customer relationships are typically longer due to renewals. A limited percentage of our BWC revenue is generated from the ad hoc sale of bottled water coolers and a contract for servicing and bottle delivery. Our country management has a high degree of autonomy in determining local pricing for each contract.

As of March 31, 2016, our average customer relationship (excluding PET) was approximately seven years. We believe the loyalty of our customers is evidence of our high quality service and proven ability to continuously evolve and grow our business to meet their ongoing needs. The growth of our installed water and coffee client base reflects this, with an installed aggregate client base, as of December 31, of approximately 656,000 in 2013, 764,000 in 2014, 899,000 in 2015 and 955,000 as of March 31, 2016.

The table below shows the growth of the Eden Springs’ client base development over the historical period from January 1, 2013 to March 31, 2016.

 

     2013     2014      2015      Three months
ended March 31,
2015
    Three months
ended March 31,
2016
 

Client base at beginning of period

     654,220        655,733         763,703         763,703        898,681   

Change in client base attributable to organic growth (net)

     (13,721     4,592         18,513         (1,629     6,485   

Change in client base attributable to acquisitions (net)

     15,234        103,378         116,465         75,771        49,824   

Client base at end of period

     655,733        763,703         898,681         837,845        954,990   

Our client base gains attributable to acquisitions has increased our client base by 15,000 clients in 2013, 103,000 in 2014, 116,000 in 2015 and 50,000 in the first quarter ended March 31, 2016. The number of acquired clients varies depending on the cost effectiveness of the opportunities identified during the acquisition process and the resources allocated by management to take advantage of those opportunities.

Monthly ARPU was 29.6 in average during full year ended 2015.

Sales and Marketing

Our marketing operation consists of local teams which are consolidated at the company level. The core of our marketing activity is to support and create lead-generating commercial initiatives, enhance brand visibility, develop a coherent brand image and manage communications related to the company.

We market our products through various media channels, including Internet activities (which includes our regional and corporate websites), telephone, television, radio, billboard, trucks, direct mail and various referral programs. Our marketing activities emphasize the benefits of bottled water and the convenience of a water dispenser, including the associated convenience of receiving regularly scheduled bottled water delivery. Potential new customers are often offered various introductory promotions, including complimentary products, as an inducement to start the service. Our marketing efforts also support our strategy of cross-selling our water and coffee services.

 

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We make use of several sales channels, based on customer segmentation, to support our marketing activities. As of March 31, 2016, our sales team consisted of 622 full -time equivalent employees, including key account representatives for our larger customers, field sales representatives focused on small and medium enterprises and telesales representatives focused on private consumers and small offices and homes offices. We have training for our sales team, adapted for each of the different channels.

In addition to servicing the needs of our existing customers, our RSMs also generate sales by signing up new customers or selling new products to existing customers. RSMs earn a commission based on sales and are additionally compensated for each new customer contract they originate.

We also have a customer retention team that accounts for approximately 14% of our selling positions and deals with retention activity in every customer segment, excluding key accounts handled by key account representatives. Our customer retention team monitors our customers’ behavior for quit signals such as complaints and decreased consumption and proactively makes direct contact with the aim of maximizing customer satisfaction and increasing retention. Our customer retention team also re-negotiates service levels and other aspects of existing customer contracts to increase retention.

We have numerous KPIs in place to track sales force efficiencies and return on investment per customer segment and per sales channel. In order to optimize resources and cost effectiveness, a sales “barometer” is used to optimize resources between segments and channels, as the sales platform allows the flexibility to shift resources between different customers segments. Our sales force uses software that links our front and back office support. As part of our strategies to accelerate organic growth and consolidate our water and coffee positions through strategic acquisitions, we use decision-making software to consider the relative cost effectiveness of acquiring customers through targeted investment in sales and marketing and product development and through acquisition opportunities.

Acquisitions

We have acted as a consolidator in the fragmented water and coffee services industry and have successfully executed over 90 acquisitions of varying sizes since 1998.

 

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Our dedicated mergers and acquisitions team and experienced local management have a disciplined and structured approach to identifying and targeting opportunities and in smoothly and efficiently executing acquisitions, including negotiating deal structure and pricing. We have targeted opportunities that increased our customer base and generated a compelling return to complement our investment in sales and marketing and product development, focusing mostly on selective bolt -on acquisitions. We have a demonstrated ability to successfully integrate acquired companies and their customer base and generate significant synergies shortly after acquisition. For all other than our most material acquisitions, we operate a “90:90” model in which we target realization of 90% of the company’s acquired contribution margin within 90 days of close.

Acquisitions are driven by a dedicated mergers and acquisitions team, supported by local management and other departments, including legal, human resources, finance, operations, sales and marketing, business development and IT. When we have identified a potential target, we consider a series of key factors such as the size, location, geographical coverage, mode of operation, execution probability, strategic fit, synergies, market positioning and potential investment profitability and follow detailed procedures before deciding whether to acquire the business. Every acquisition is ultimately approved by our senior management, and for larger acquisitions, our board of directors.

We generally extract synergies from bolt-on acquisitions from supply chain optimization, implementation of operational efficiency initiatives and saving on overhead costs through economies of scale. For instance, we increase route density and thereby decrease transportation cost per customer when the acquired company has customers in the same geographical area as our existing operations. Synergies extracted from overhead costs include savings resulting from shared functions and support systems such as management supervision, sales force, accounting and finance, payroll and information systems, and allow for instance, for a reduction in headcount, vehicles and premises, while increasing our customer base. As part of our structured integration approach, we have developed a sophisticated communication strategy with customers, new and existing employees and suppliers. These communications are intended to ensure a smooth integration of the acquired business with minimal loss of customers, while maintaining a high level of employee trust and fair cooperation with suppliers. After execution, our follow-up acquisition reporting monitors results of our integration plan.

Properties

We own or manage nine production facilities, as well as several branches located across Europe.

Research and Development

We engage in a variety of research and development activities. These activities principally involve the development of new products to meet customers’ needs, improvement of existing products, and improvement and modernization of processes to optimize our operations and decrease costs.

Our development activities are led by our business development and research and development functions and support our strategy to offer a dual water- and-coffee solution and improve operation excellence. Our business development team is responsible for identifying our customers’ needs evaluating potential profitability of new developments and managing the development cycle. We have a research and development department that consists of a small team of engineers and is responsible for, among other things, performing quality testing on our products and developing new technologies and processes. Each of our other departments, including finance, operations, sales and procurement support the project development lifecycle through implementation. In addition, we outsource research and development to engineers and manufacturers in Europe, Israel and Asia.

Intellectual Property

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are important because brand name recognition is a key factor in the success of many of our product lines. The current registrations of these trade names and trademarks are effective for varying periods of time and may be renewed periodically, provided that we comply with the applicable requirements. We are not aware of any material challenge to the ownership of any of our major trademarks nor are we aware of any violation of our intellectual property rights in any of our primary markets or elsewhere. Our key brands are Eden, Eden Springs, Chateau d’Eau, Mey Eden, Pauza and Edenissimo.

Employees

As of March 31, 2016, we had approximately 3,200 full -time equivalent employees (including self- employees), of which approximately 90% are in Europe and 10% are in Israel.

The following table sets forth a breakdown of our fulltime equivalent employees by function:

 

     As of
March 31, 2016
 
     (FTEs)         

Service(1)

     2,003         63

Sales(2)

     622         20

COGS(3)

     326         10

G&A(4)

     222         7
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     3,173         100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes employees in distribution to customers (including RSMs), branch, central operations, technical / customer service and information technology.
(2) Includes employees in sales and marketing.
(3) Includes employees in production, purchasing and primary transportation.
(4) Includes employees in administrative support functions, finance, human resources and management.

Some of our employees are represented by unions or work councils or are covered by collective bargaining agreements. In France, some of our employees are represented by works councils and unions, and in Israel, some employees are represented by unions. Further, we are subject to collective bargaining agreements with some of our employees in Israel and Spain and the Nordics. We believe that overall, we have good relations with our employees.

Insurance

We maintain liability, property, directors’ and officers’ and other insurance coverage. We consider our insurance coverage to be adequate both as to the nature of the risks covered and amounts insured for our business operations. However, there can be no assurance given that we may not suffer a loss or losses which are not covered by our insurance policies or which may be in excess of the amount of insurance coverage.

Legal Proceedings

We have been, and continue to be, subject to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business, such as commercial disputes with our customers, suppliers and/or employees. In addition we currently are subject to commercial investigations in the context of two class actions which have been filed in Israel. At this stage, despite the fact that we do not anticipate any critical adverse effect on our business arising from any current legal proceedings, we estimate that the total exposure under these claims will range between €200,000 and €500,000.

 

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Regulatory Framework

Our properties, including our water sources and production facilities, and the operations of our production and distribution facilities, and those owned and operated by our third-party producers and primary operators, are subject to various health, environmental and workplace laws and regulations. Specifically, we are subject to health and environmental laws in the jurisdictions in which we operate due to our ownership, leasing and use of real property, the extraction and processing of water, and the storage of fuel and other regulated substances at our facilities. These laws may impose joint and several liability and may apply to conditions at properties presently or formerly owned or operated by us or our predecessor entities or at which waste or other environmental contamination attributable to us or our predecessor entities has been sent or otherwise comes to be located. For example, at certain of our properties, we engage in or have in the past engaged in the handling, storage or use of hazardous substances, including for the maintenance and fueling of our vehicle fleet.

As a beverage producer, we are also subject to various regulations in the countries in which we operate. For example, such regulations are related to water source permits and licenses, production, water quality, inspection and licensing of bottling facilities, and labeling and packaging requirements.

In the European Union, these include Directive 2009/54/EC on the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters, Directive 98/83/EEC relating to the quality of water intended for human consumption, Directive 2003/40/EC establishing the list, concentration limits and labeling requirements for constituents of natural mineral waters, and Directive 2000/13/EC relating to the labeling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs. Alongside other pertinent EU Directives and Regulations, the regulatory framework under which we operate:

 

    sets the conditions for exploiting sources and defines the routine water quality controls, and production facility audits, to be performed;

 

    monitors the standards related to the permitted contents and composition of our bottled water products;

 

    sets the terms on which water types are recognized and sets and enforces the applicable standards by which we are permitted to package and label our water;

 

    sets the standards applicable to the construction, operation and cleanliness of our production facilities.

In the Russian Federation, the regulatory framework relating to the bottled potable water production industry comprises both regulations adopted at the level of the Russian Federation and regulations enacted at the level of the Customs Union composed of the Russian Federation, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The Russian regulations are being gradually replaced with the unified regulations adopted, and as may be adopted in the future, within the framework of the Customs Union. The regulations include the Russian law No. 184-FZ on the Technical Regulation, the Russian Sanitary and Epidemiological Rules No. 2.1.4.1116-02 “Potable water. Hygienic requirements to the quality of bottled water. Quality control”, state standard R 52109-2003 on “Drinking bottled water. General specifications”, state standard R51074- 2003 on “Food products. Information for consumer. General requirements”, Technical Regulations of the Customs Union 021/2011 “On the safety of food products”, Technical Regulations of the Customs Union 022/2011 “On the food products in terms of their labelling” and Customs Union Resolution No. 299 “On the application of the sanitary rules in the Customs Union” and other pertinent Customs Union and Russian regulations. The overall regulatory framework, amongst other things:

 

    sets standards and provide information on the mandatory safety indicators;

 

    establish the compliance assessment requirements in terms of the bottled potable water production processes and quality control procedures; and,

 

    set sanitary and epidemiological rules to be complied with.

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terms of the business licenses, including certain environmental conditions and obligations such as the applicable standards of cleanliness of our products and facilities (provided in order to prevent water pollution); the Water Law—1959 and its regulations, which establish the framework for the control and protection of water sources, including the grant of water quotas which are regulated and granted by the Israeli Water Authority; the Packing Law—2011, which governs the packaging of products; Nature Reserves National Sites Law—1998 and its regulations, which provide the legal structure for the protection of natural assets such as the Salukia Spring; the Pharmacies Ordinance—1981 in relation to the radioactive permit granted to us; and, the Hazardous Substances Law—1993 and its regulations, which provide the legal framework of hazardous substances in Israel and set the terms and conditions to be provided with the Toxic Substance Permit.

We are also subject to various similar regulations relating to coffee production and our coffee related products.

Quality Control

We are committed to the quality and safety of our products and apply quality control programs designed to maintain compliance with applicable governmental regulations as well as standards and best practices set by the organization of which we are a part. Water quality is regularly monitored at our water sources and production facilities, including at those owned and managed by third- parties.

Water quality is tested on a regular basis by a system of internal controls at each production facility. In addition, a comprehensive yearly audit is conducted with respect to the water at each production facility. We use an independent and accredited laboratory (ISO 17025) to support this initiative and this laboratory performs individual water controls and provides an annual Group synthesis of waters distributed per Eden Springs in Europe and Israel.

In addition, we are a member of the European Water Cooler Association (“WE”), which sets and self-enforces practical water quality standards and good manufacturing and hygiene practices, which supplement the applicable European laws and regulations.

These inspection audits, and quality and testing procedures cover all areas of plant operations and the bottling process, and check compliance with relevant national standards, good manufacturing practices, and any other local regulations. Additionally, our quality assurance staff routinely conducts comprehensive internal quality management at each of our water sources and production facilities.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OF EDEN

The following is a discussion of Eden’s results of operations for, and financial condition as of the end of, the twelve months ended December 31, 2015 and the three months ended March 31, 2016 and should be read together with Eden’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015 and unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and the related notes thereto. The discussions in this section may contain forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs and involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. For the purposes of this section “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Eden” only, the words “we,” “us,” “our,” “Eden,” “Eden Springs,” “Company” and words of similar import refer to Eden and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. Eden Holdings refers to the parent holding company of Eden.

The financial information of Eden has been prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by IASB and not U.S. GAAP.

Overview

Headquartered in Switzerland, we are a leading provider of water and coffee solutions in Europe. After giving effect to the NWD Acquisition, we operate in 17 European countries, and Israel, and according to a report by Zenith International from 2015, we have a higher combined water and coffee installed client base than any of our competitors. We offer a variety of integrated water and coffee solutions designed to cater to the broad range of tastes and requirements of our diverse customer base. Our offerings are segmented into water and coffee solutions:

Water Solutions

 

    Our stand alone BWC offering is our principal business and consists of the installation, rental and servicing of stand-alone bottled water coolers and the sale and delivery of bottled water and accessory products to our customers. Our BWC business provides a platform for continued growth of our other solutions. According to a report by Zenith International from 2015, we are the largest BWC provider in Europe and hold the largest or second largest presence by BWC client base in 16 of the 17 European countries in which we operate, as well as in Israel.

 

    Our POU offering consists of the installation, rental and servicing of point of use plumbed in water coolers that access and filter tap water, as well as the sale of accessory products. According to a report by Zenith International from 2015, we currently hold the second largest POU position by client base across the European countries we are present in and believe POU represents a significant opportunity for sustainable growth.

 

    Our PET offering consists of the sale of branded small pack plastic bottles of water for personal use. We offer our PET products primarily in Israel to retail outlets through a third party distributor and we believe we currently hold the largest share of the Israeli PET segment.

Coffee Solutions

 

    Our OCS offering consists of the installation, rental and servicing of a variety of stand-alone coffee machines and the sale and delivery of coffee (capsule, bean, ground and soluble), tea, chocolate and accessory products. We have been growing our OCS presence in Europe and are a leading OCS provider in the UK. We also hold a leading position in the Israeli OCS segment, according to a 2012 report by GIL-CSC.

 

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Our water and coffee business models have significant operational overlap in areas such as customer service, billing and collection, sales and marketing and administration, which allows us to integrate new coffee customers onto our existing water business platforms and offer a dual water and coffee solution with increased operational efficiency. In recent years, we have achieved revenue growth and consolidated our position in the water and coffee space through strategic acquisitions. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, we generated revenue of €355.8 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, we generated revenue of €83.5 million.

As of December, 2015, we had an installed client base of approximately 899,000 (including the NWDE acquired customers in Phases 1 and 2, as per Eden rules, but not including the customers acquired from NWDE Poland) comprising 755,000 water coolers and machines and 144,000 coffee machines. As of March, 2016, we had an installed client base of approximately 955,000 (including the NWDE acquired customers in Phases 1, 2 and 3 as per Eden rules) comprising 800,000 water coolers and machines and 155,000 coffee machines.

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, we distributed more than 28 million BWC bottles and approximately 676 million liters of water in our BWC and PET offerings combined. As of December 31, 2015, we had approximately 1,100 service vehicles and employed approximately 3,100 full time equivalent employees (including “self-employees”), of which approximately 76% are in Europe and 24% are in Israel. For the three months ended March 31, 2016, we distributed more than 6.7 million BWC bottles and more than 156 million liters of water in our BWC and PET offerings combined. As of March 31, 2016, we had approximately 1,200 service vehicles and employed approximately 3,200 full time equivalent employees (including “self-employees”), of which approximately 90% are in Europe and 10% are in Israel.

Comparability of Financial Data

Financial Information

On October 23, 2013, Eden Springs Europe B.V. and its subsidiaries and the Israeli Subsidiaries were indirectly acquired by our management and Rhône Fund IV, and became owned by Eden.

On December 23, 2013, we completed the Kafevend Acquisition which has significantly strengthened our presence in the UK.

On September 3, 2014 we signed the agreement to acquire NWDE and on December 1, 2014, we completed Stage 1 of the NWDE Acquisition including NWDE’s companies in Germany, Netherlands and Portugal.

On February 2, 2015 we completed Stage 2 of the NWDE Acquisition and acquired its operations in Russia.

On February 1, 2016 we completed Stage 3 of the NWDE Acquisition and acquired a portion of its operations in Poland.

This financial information hereto includes the year ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 (audited) and three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 (unaudited) – Hydra Dutch Holding 2 B.V. consolidated financial information.

Foreign Currency Fluctuations and Translation

We conduct our business in various currencies other than the euro, primarily, Swedish Kroner, Danish Kroner, Norwegian Kroner, Polish Zloty, British Pound, Swiss Franc, U.S. Dollar, and Israeli New Shekel. Following the completion of Stage 2 of the NWD Acquisition, we also conduct business in Russian Rubles. As a result, our financial position and results of operations are subject to currency translation risks. Currency translation risk arises through fluctuations in the exchange rate of the currencies of the countries that are not part of the European Monetary Union and their impact on our results of operations and balance sheet positions as we

 

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translate the financial results from our subsidiaries in those countries to the euro. We largely benefit from natural hedging and face limited transactional currency exchange risk because although a significant portion of our revenue is denominated in currencies other than the euro, they are generally accompanied by costs in the same currency. Our Israeli activity, however, is exposed to foreign currency exchange risk on imported goods and on charges to other companies within the group for IT services, which are located in Israel. We are therefore subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk on cash flows related to sales, expenses, financing and investing transactions conducted in currencies other than the euro. Significant fluctuations in exchange rates against the euro may have an adverse impact on our financial performance. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Eden’s Business and Industry—Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates may adversely affect our results of operations.”

Presentation of our Financial Information

Critical Accounting Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of the Eden Springs Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make estimates, assumptions and judgments which affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities at the date of the Eden Springs Consolidated Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. The estimates and associated assumptions and judgments are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are outlined below:

Estimated impairment of goodwill

We test whether goodwill has suffered any impairment once a year, or more frequently, in the presence of events or circumstances indicating a possible impairment in the value of such assets. The recoverable amounts of cash generating units have been determined based on value-in-use (or fair value less cost to dispose) calculations. These calculations require the use of estimates.

Deferred tax asset

We are subject to income tax in numerous jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining the portion of tax losses carried forward which can be offset against future taxable profit. In order to assess if there is any future benefit, forecasts are made of the future taxable profits by legal entity. Actual tax outcomes could vary significantly from the amounts that were initially recorded. Such differences will impact the current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities in the period in which such determination is made.

Provisions for contingencies

Provisions are recognized when we have a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events, it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle such obligation and the amount has been reliably estimated. The provision for contingencies in respect of legal claims is carried at the discretion of the management as to the likelihood that cash flows will be allocated to settle such liabilities, and is based on an estimate of the present value of the cash flows that is expected to be required to settle such liabilities.

 

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Useful lives of depreciable and amortizable assets

We estimate the useful asset lives and the related depreciation and amortization costs in respect of our fixed assets and intangible assets. The estimate is based on the expected life cycle of our products. Estimates may vary significantly commensurate with changes in customer installations and quits and other technological changes.

Key Income Statement Items

Below is a summary description of our key income statement line items.

Revenue consists primarily of revenue generated from the rental of water coolers and coffee machines and sale of goods in our water and coffee solutions segments. BWC revenue is generated from the rental and servicing of BWC water coolers and the sale and delivery of bottled water to our customers, as well as the sale and delivery of accessory products such as cups and sanitization kits. POU revenue is generated from the installation, rental and maintenance of POU water coolers, as well as the sale of accessory products. PET revenue is generated primarily from the sale of our PET bottles in Israel, as well as to BWC and POU customers in Europe. OCS revenue is generated from the installation, rental and servicing of coffee machines, as well as the sale and delivery of coffee (capsule, bean, ground and soluble coffee), tea, chocolate and accessory products such as cups.

Cost of goods sold includes primarily depreciation of our production equipment, returnable bottles, water coolers, coffee machines and other rental equipment; maintenance and repair of rental equipment; raw materials, including non-returnable bottles and the cost of coffee and coffee accessory products for resale; production expenses related to the bottling process; and the cost of freight (including fuel costs) to transport products from our production facilities to our branches and distribution centers.

Service expenses includes operating expenses relating to our distribution activities from branches to customers, including costs of labor, vehicle and fuel costs, cost of dealers and self-employees as well as customer service, billing and collection and information technology.

Selling expenses includes selling and advertising costs, including costs of labor, commissions and outside marketing related expenditures.

General and administration expenses includes costs related to executive, finance, legal and human resources functions, as well as bad debt costs.

Amortization of customer relations and tradenames includes amortization of customer account portfolios, as well as tradenames.

Other operating expenses consists primarily of restructuring and certain acquisition-related integration costs, establishment of a new business line such as POU in Israel, litigation and release of unused provisions and liabilities such as customer deposits received, as well as business development expenses with long-term payback periods.

Financial income represents primarily foreign exchange gains, gains on derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting and interest receivables on funds invested.

Financial expenses represents foreign exchange losses, losses on derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting, interest payable on borrowings and borrowing costs amortization.

Taxes on income includes current and deferred income tax expense.

 

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Results of Operations for the Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2014 and 2015

The following table sets out certain items from our consolidated statements of income for the periods indicated:

 

     12 months
ended
December 31,
2014
    12 months
ended
December 31,
2015
    Percentage
change
    12 months
ended
December 31,
2014
    12 months
ended
December 31,
2015
 
     (€ in thousands)           (% of total revenue)  

Revenue

     283,144        355,816        25.7     100.0     100.0

Cost of goods sold

     (99,093     (118,349     19.4     (35.0 %)      (33.3 %) 

Gross Profit

     184,051        237,467        29.0     65.0     66.7

Service expenses

     (106,800     (135,390     26.8 %.      (37.7 %)      (38.1 %) 

Direct Margin

     77,251        102,077        32.1     27.3     28.7

Selling expenses

     (25,933     (35,909     38.5     (9.2 %)      (10.1 %) 

General and administration expenses

     (19,467     (26,446     35.9     (6.9 %)      (7.4 %) 

Amortization of customer relations and tradenames

     (8,041     (11,209     39.4     (2.8 %)      (3.2 %) 

Other operating expenses

     (14,142     (19,348     36.8     (5.0 %)      (5.4 %) 

NWDE Acquisition related costs

     (2,569     (2,592     0.9     (0.9 %)      (0.7 %) 

Profit/(Loss) from operations

     7,099        6,573        (7.4 %)      2.5     1.8

Net financial expenses

     (32,181     (36,852     14.5     (11.4 %)      (10.4 %) 

Profit//(Loss) before taxes on income

     (25,082     (30,279     20.7     (8.9 %)      (8.5 %) 

Taxes on income

     (2,818     (72     (97.4 %)      (1.0 %)      (0.0 %) 

Net Profit (loss)

     (27,900     (30,351     8.8     (9.9 %)      (8.5 %) 

Revenue

Our revenue amounted to €355.8 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, an increase of €72.7 million, or 25.7%, from €283.1 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014. This growth was primarily attributable to the acquisition of Nestle Water Direct.

The table below shows our consolidated sales by solutions for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 and 2015, respectively:

 

     12 months
ended
December 31,
2014
     12 months
ended
December 31,
2015
     Percentage
change
    12 months
ended
December 31,
2014
    12 months
ended
December 31,
2015
 
     (€ in thousands)            (% of total revenue)  

Solutions:

            

Water

     221,402         285,411         28.9     78,2     80.2

Coffee

     61,652         70,405         14.2     21.8     19.8
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     283,054         355,816         25.7     100.0     100.0

 

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The table below shows our consolidated sales by geographic segment for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 and 2015, respectively:

 

     12 months
ended
December 31,
2014
     12 months
ended
December 31,
2015
     Percentage
change
    12 months
ended
December 31,
2014
    12 months
ended
December 31,
2015
 
     (€ in thousands)            (% of total revenue)  

Geographical:

            

Europe

     197,160         261,698         32.7     69.6     73.5

Israel

     85,984         94,118         9.5     30.4     26.5
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     283,144         355,816         25.7     100.0     100.0

 

(1) Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Our revenue from water solutions increased to about €285.4 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, versus about €221.4 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014. This is mainly reflecting the contribution the acquired NWDE businesses in Germany, Russia, Portugal and The Netherlands, as well as good development in the various water segments across the markets.

Our revenue from coffee solutions increased by about €8.8 million, or 14.2%, from €61.7 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 to €70.4 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015. This increase was primarily attributable to an improvement in most countries, as well as additional sales coming from the NWDE acquired markets.

Cost of goods sold

Cost of goods sold increased by €19.3 million, or 19.4%, from €99.1 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 to € 118.3 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015. As a percentage of revenue, cost of goods sold decreased by 1.7 percentage points comparing to the prior year. Increase of cost of goods sold was primarily attributable to the contribution of the NWDE Acquisition in line with the increasing revenue.

Service expenses

Service expenses increased by €28.6 million, or 26.8%, from €106.8 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 to €135.4 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015. As a percentage of revenue, service expenses increased by 0.4 percentage points. Increase of service expenses was primarily attributable to the contribution of the NWDE Acquisition in line with the increasing revenue.

Selling expenses

Selling expenses increased by €10.0 million, or 38.5%, from €25.9 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 to €35.9 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015. As percentage of revenue, the selling expenses increased by 0.9 percentage points from 9.2% to 10.1%. This increase was attributable to additional selling expenses related to our plans to keep on enhancing our overall growth, as well as due to the impact from the NWDE Acquisition.

General and administration expenses

General and administration expenses increased from €19.5 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 to €26.4 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015. As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses increased by 0.5 percentage points and is mainly explained by the NWDE Acquisition addition, pre partial of the expected synergies.

 

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Amortization of customer relations and tradenames

Amortization of customer relations and tradenames, which is a non-cash expense, increased by €3.2 million, or 39.4%, from €8.0 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 to €11.2 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015. This increase is primarily explained by amortization of intangible assets coming from NWDE acquired business.

Other operating expenses

Other operating expenses, excluding €2.6 million of NWDE Acquisition costs, accounted for €19.3 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, which includes the following: €9.7 million of acquisition integration cost, mainly related to the NWDE integration, as planned; €1.8 million related to restructuring activities aimed at optimizing manufacturing and service activities, and exceptional cost related to the re-organization of branches and back-functions, including redundancy payments following re-routing optimization activities; €0.6 million related to business development expenses with long-term payback periods, including the related cost of consultants, such as for example the exploration and testing of new products alternatives; €4.7 million of establishment costs related to POU in Israel as well as one-off costs related to the acceleration plan including related third-party advisors to support projects; €2.5 million of other expenses, including legal costs for insurance and other cases, net loss on sale or disposal of assets, shareholder monitoring fees, and other non-recurring costs.

Net financial expenses

Net financial expenses increased from €32.2 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 to €36.9 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, which reflects the new group financing structure, as well as non-cash items such as the accrued shareholders loan financial expenses, borrowing costs amortization, including previously capitalized borrowing costs upon the refinancing of debt, and foreign exchange impacts.

Taxes on income

Taxes on income decreased from €2.8 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014 to the €0.1 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015.

Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2016

The following table sets out certain items from our consolidated statements of income for the periods indicated:

 

    3 months ended
March 31,
2015
    3 months ended
March 31,
2016
    Percentage
change
    3 months ended
March 31,
2015
    3 months ended
March 31,
2016
 
    (€ in thousands)           (% of total revenue)  

Revenue

    82,306        83,508        1.5     100.0     100.0

Cost of goods sold

    (28,173     (27,376     (2.8 %)      (34.2 %)      (32.8 %) 

Gross Profit

    54,133        56,132        3.7     65.8     67.2

Service expenses

    (32,194     (32,066     (0.4 %)      (39.1 %)      (38.4 %) 

Direct Margin

    21,939        24,066        9.7     26.7     28.8

Selling expenses

    (8,497     (8,544     0.6     (10.3 %)      (10.2 %) 

General and administration expenses

    (6,428     (6,483     0.9     (7.8 %)      (7.8 %) 

Amortization of customer relations and tradenames

    (2,608     (2,791     7.0     (3.2 %)      (3.3 %) 

Other operating expenses

    (4,566     (3,461     (24.2 %)      (5.5 %)      (4.1 %) 

NW DE Acquisition related costs

    (112     (33     (70.5 %)      (0.1 %)      (0.0 %) 

Profit/(Loss) from operations

    (272     2,754        1,112.5     (0.3 %)      3.3

Net financial expenses

    (8,402     (9,765     16.2     (10.2 %)      (11.7 %) 

Profit/(Loss) before taxes on Income

    (8,674     (7,011     (19.2 %)      (10.5 %)      (8.4 %) 

Taxes on income

    (499     (539     8.0     (0.6 %)      (0.6 %) 

Net Profit / (Loss)

    (9,173     (7,550     (17.7 %)      (11.1 %)      (9.0 %) 

 

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Revenue

Our revenue amounted to €83.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, an increase of €1.2 million, or 1.5%, from €82.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015. This growth was primarily attributable to the acquisition of Nestle Water Direct in Poland and Russia.

Revenue increased 3.2% compared to first quarter 2015, excluding translational impact of foreign exchange rates.

The table below shows our consolidated sales by solutions for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2016, respectively:

 

     3 months ended
March 31,
2015
     3 months ended
March 31,
2016
     Percentage
change
    3 months ended
March 31,
2015
    3 months ended
March 31,
2016
 
     (€ in thousands)            (% of total revenue)  

Solutions:

            

Water

     64,727         66,039         2.0     78.6     79.1

Coffee

     17,579         17,469         -0.6     21.4     20.9
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     82,306         83,508         1.5     100.0     100.0

 

At current FX    3 months ended
March 31,
2015
     3 months ended
March 31,
2016
     Percentage
change
    3 months ended
March 31,
2015
    3 months ended
March 31,
2016
 
     (€ in thousands)            (% of total revenue)  

Solutions:

            

Water

     63,758         66,039         3.6     78.8     79.1

Coffee

     17,145         17,469         1.9     21.2     20.9
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     80,903         83,508         3.2     100.0     100.0

The table below shows our consolidated sales by geographic segment for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2016, respectively:

 

     3 months ended
March 31,
2015
     3 months ended
March 31,
2016
     Percentage
change
    3 months ended
March 31,
2015
    3 months ended
March 31,
2016
 
     (€ in thousands)            (% of total revenue)  

Geography:

            

Europe (1)

     62,032         61,918         (0.2 %)      75.4     74.1

Israel

     20,274         21,590         6.5     24.6     25.9
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     82,306         83,508         1.5     100.0     100.0

 

     3 months ended
March 31,
2015
     3 months ended
March 31,
2016
     Percentage
change
    3 months ended
March 31,
2015
    3 months ended
March 31,
2016
 
     (€ in thousands)            (% of total revenue)  

At current FX

    

Europe (1)

     59,958         61,918         3.3     74.1     74.1

Israel

     20,946         21,590         3.1     25.9     25.9
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     80,903         83,508         3.2     100.0     100.0

 

(1) Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Our revenue from water solutions increased to about €66.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, versus about €64.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015. This is mainly reflecting the contribution the acquired NWDE businesses in Russia and Poland.

 

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Our revenue from coffee solutions slightly decreased by about €0.1 million, or 0.6%, from €17.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to €17.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. Revenue from Coffee solutions increased 1.9% compared to first quarter 2015 excluding translational impact of foreign exchange rates. Taking into account the UK special revenues in the parallel quarter last year, relating to the “Klix Starter Packs,” the Coffee growth year-on-year would be around 5%.

Cost of goods sold

Cost of goods sold decreased by €0.8 million, or 2.8%, from €28.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to € 27.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. As a percentage of revenue, cost of goods sold decreased by 1.4 percentage points compared to the last year. Decrease of cost of goods sold was primarily attributable to the European markets and being a result of the operational excellence activities conducted during the last few quarters.

Service expenses

Service expenses decreased by €0.1 million, or 0.4%, from €32.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to €32.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. As a percentage of revenue, service expenses decreased by 0.7 percentage points. This is in line with the general trend where revenue in the growing markets is increasing faster than operating costs.

Selling expenses

Selling expenses remained at the stable level of €8.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. As percentage of revenue, the selling expenses decreased by 0.1 percentage points from 10.3% to 10.2%.

General and administration expenses

General and administration expenses slightly increased from €6.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to €6.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses stayed at the stable level of 7.8 % of revenue.

Amortization of customer relations and tradenames

Amortization of customer relations and tradenames, which is a non-cash expense, increased by €0.2 million, or 7.0%, from €2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to €2.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. This increase is primarily explained by amortization of intangible assets coming from NWDE acquired business.

Other operating expenses

Other operating expenses accounted for €3.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, which includes the following: €2.0 million of acquisition integration cost, mainly related to the NWDE integration, as planned; €0.2 million related to restructuring activities aimed at optimizing manufacturing and service activities, and exceptional cost related to the re-organization of branches and back-functions, including redundancy payments following re-routing optimization activities; €0.1 million related to business development expenses with long-term payback periods, including the related cost of consultants, such as for example the exploration and testing of new products alternatives; €0.8 million of establishment costs related to POU in Israel as well as one-off costs related to the acceleration plan including related third party advisors to support projects; €0.4 million of other expenses, including legal costs for insurance and other cases, notice period compensation of redundant FTEs, net loss on sale or disposal of assets, net impact of evaluation of assets or liabilities, shareholder monitoring fees, and other one-time costs normalized by management.

 

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Net financial expenses

Net financial expenses increased from €8.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 to €9.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, which reflects the new group financing structure, as well as non-cash items such as the accrued shareholders loan financial expenses, borrowing costs amortization, including previously capitalized borrowing costs upon the refinancing of debt, and foreign exchange impacts.

Taxes on income

Taxes on income remained stable at €0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 comparing to March 31, 2015.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

Liquidity and capital resources describe the ability of a company to generate sufficient cash flows to meet the cash requirements of its business operations, including working capital needs, capital expenditures (excluding significant acquisitions), debt service obligations, other commitments, contractual obligations and acquisitions. We manage our liquidity risk by on-going monitoring of our cash flows. We budget and appropriately follow up our cash flows and manage available cash deposits and approved credit lines. We believe the unutilized approved credit lines available to us are sufficient to cover our reasonably foreseeable liquidity needs.

Cash flow data

Cash from operating activities

Operating cash flow amounts to €32.5 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, which represents a €3.6 million decrease versus the comparative period for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014.

Operating cash flow before working capital changes amounts to €6.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, which represents a €6.1 million increase versus comparative period for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

Net cash (used in)/from investing activities (Net Capital expenditures)

Net cash used in the investing activities amounted to about €62.5 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015. This was primarily attributable to the new acquisitions of €40.0 million mainly from stage 2 of the NWDE Acquisition and cash used for Operational Capex investments (net), in the amount of about €22.7 million, as normally needed for the ongoing business.

Net cash used in the investing activities amounted to about €34.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016. This was primarily attributable to the new acquisitions of €18.5 million from stage 3 of the NWDE Acquisition, the purchase of Get Fresh bonds of €11.1 million, as part offstage 3 of the NWDE Acquisition, and cash used for Operational Capex investments (net), in the amount of about €5.3 million, as normally needed for the ongoing business.

Net cash (used in)/from financing activities

Net cash from financing activities amounted to €22.1 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, substantially reflecting the net movement in the company indebtedness as well as interest payments during the period of €20.6 million.

 

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Net cash from financing activities amounted to €33.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, substantially reflecting the net movement in the company indebtedness as well as interest payments during the period of €8.4 million.

Changes in Operating Working Capital

Changes in operating working capital amounted to about €3.9 million cash outflow for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, versus about €6.2 million cash inflow (including special impacts) in the twelve months ended December 31, 2014. The working capital consumption reflects the increase of trade receivables and an increased level of inventories, partly off-set by the increase in trade payables and other current liabilities. The overall consumption of working capital is following the growth of the business versus the prior year, and reflects a year-on-year improvement in the working capital ratio.

Changes in operating working capital amounted to about €3.0 million cash outflow for the three months ended March 31, 2016, versus about €6.3 million cash outflow in the three months ended March 31, 2015. The working capital consumption reflects the increase of prepaid and other assets and an increased level of inventories as well as decreased level of other current liabilities and provisions, partly off-set by the decrease in trade receivables and increase in trade payables. The overall consumption of working capital was due to a normal course of business operational needs, and in line with the seasonality cycle for this period of the year, when the business is preparing for the higher growth season as typically expected during the second and third quarters of the year.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Financial Risk

Interest rate risk

Our exposure to the risk of changes in market interest rates relates primarily to our long-term Euros-denominated Notes, based on EURIBOR floating interest rates. We closed in 2014 interest rate swaps to hedge a substantial portion of our exposure to interest rate risks from our notes. These derivative instruments are floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps which have the economic effect of converting floating rates to fixed rates.

Risk Factors Associated with the Group

We refer to risk related disclosures under the caption “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Eden’s Business and Industry” herein.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of Cott Corporation (the “Company” or “Cott”) consists of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the three months ended April 2, 2016 and the year ended January 2, 2016, and an unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of April 2, 2016. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information represents the anticipated pro forma impacts of the Eden Acquisition (as defined below) and financing adjustments associated with financing the acquisition, subject to certain assumptions set out herein.

The Eden Acquisition

On June 7, 2016, Carbon Acquisition Co B.V., a private company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cott, as the purchaser, and Cott, as the purchaser’s guarantor, entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Share Purchase Agreement”) with Hydra Luxembourg Holdings S.à.r.l., a private limited liability company incorporated in Luxembourg, as the seller, to acquire the sole issued and outstanding share in the share capital of Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. (“Eden Holdings”), the indirect parent company of Eden Springs Europe B.V., a leading provider of water and coffee solutions in Europe (the “Eden Acquisition”). The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is based on historical financial information of Eden Holdings described further below.

The purchase consideration is approximately €470 million ($535 million based on 1.1386 exchange rate at April 2, 2016), subject to customary adjustments for cash, debt, working capital and other items, payable at closing in cash of which approximately €357 million ($407 million) will be used to pay the outstanding third-party indebtedness of Eden Holdings’ subsidiaries.

The Company has received committed financing from Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Wells Fargo Securities International Limited, Merrill Lynch International and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., or affiliates of the foregoing entities, to support the Eden Acquisition. The Company currently intends to finance the acquisition and certain related fees and expenses through a combination of the proceeds of the 5.50% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Senior Notes”), incremental borrowings under the Company’s asset based lending facility (“ABL Facility”) of approximately $71 million and cash on hand.

The Company expects to incur approximately $6.4 million of acquisition costs. This estimate does not include financing fees related to the debt financing and other financing-related costs, which are estimated to be approximately $32 million.

Basis for Pro Forma Information

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of April 2, 2016 gives effect to the Eden Acquisition as if it occurred on April 2, 2016. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended January 2, 2016 and the three months ended April 2, 2016 assume that the Eden Acquisition was consummated on January 4, 2015.

Cott’s historical financial information for the year ended January 2, 2016 and as of and for the three months ended April 2, 2016 is derived from Cott’s audited financial statements for the year ended January 2, 2016 and its unaudited interim historical consolidated financial statements for the three months ended April 2, 2016, respectively.

The historical financial information for Eden Holdings and its subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2015 and for the three months ended March 31, 2016 is derived from its audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015 and its unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2016, respectively, each of which is included herein as Exhibit 99.3 and 99.4, respectively. All references to January 2, 2016, reflect Eden Holdings’ historical financial statements for the year end December 31, 2015, and all references to April 2, 2016, reflect Eden Holdings’ unaudited consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

 

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The historical financial information has been adjusted to give effect to matters that are (i) directly attributable to the Eden Acquisition, (ii) factually supportable, and (iii) with respect to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations, expected to have a continuing impact on the operating results of the combined entities.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information should be read in conjunction with:

 

    the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information included herein as Exhibit 99.2;

 

    the audited consolidated financial statements of Cott as of and for the year ended January 2, 2016, included in Cott’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 29, 2016;

 

    the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Cott as of and for the three months ended April 2, 2016, included in Cott’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 9, 2016;

 

    the audited consolidated financial statements of Eden Holdings as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015 included herein as Exhibit 99.3;

 

    the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Eden Holdings as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2016 included herein as Exhibit 99.4;

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with the business combination accounting guidance as provided in Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations , with Cott treated as the accounting acquirer. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information will differ from the final acquisition accounting for a number of reasons, including the fact that the estimates of fair values of assets and liabilities acquired are preliminary and subject to change when the formal valuation and other studies are finalized. Furthermore, accounting for income taxes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 740, Income Taxes , is preliminary and deferred tax assets and liabilities may change when final fair value adjustments and additional information is considered. Also, the definitive determination of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed will occur on the date of acquisition, which will also have an impact on the final acquisition accounting, and ultimately on goodwill. The differences that will occur between the preliminary estimates and the final acquisition accounting could have a material impact on the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is provided for informational purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results that would have occurred if the Eden Acquisition had been completed as of the dates set forth above, nor is it indicative of the future results of the combined entities, nor does it reflect any future financings that may be completed to re-finance any part of the acquisition. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not purport to project the future operating results or financial position of the combined entities following the Eden Acquisition and the transactions related thereto. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations do not reflect any revenue or cost savings from synergies that may be achieved with respect to the combined entities, or the impact of non-recurring items, including synergies, directly related to the Eden Acquisition. Foreign exchange rates assumed for the purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information are not necessarily indicative of future foreign exchange rates.

 

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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

(dollars in millions)

 

    Historical           Proforma Adjustments              
    As of
April 2, 2016
    As of
March 31, 2016
                                  As of
April 2, 2016
 
    Cott     Eden Holdings     Reclassification
Adjustments
    Financing
Adjustments
          Acquisition
Adjustments
          Pro Forma
Combined
 

ASSETS

               

Current Assets

      3(a)        3(b)            3(a)       

Cash & cash equivalents

  $ 55.1      $ 37.7      $ —        $ 551.0        3 (c)    $ (592.8     3 (d)    $ 51.0   

Accounts receivable, net of allowance

    320.4        75.2        —          —            —            395.6   

Income taxes recoverable

    0.9        2.9        —          —            —            3.8   

Receivable from related parties

    —          0.1        —          —            (0.1     3 (f)      —     

Inventories

    254.7        21.3        —          —            3.3        3 (e)      279.3   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    20.9        16.5        13.2        —            —            50.6   

Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss

    —          13.2        (13.2     —            —            —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total current assets

    652.0        166.9        —          551.0          (589.6       780.3   

Property, plant and equipment, net

    774.6        99.0        —          —            —            873.6   

Goodwill

    779.8        195.8        —          —            64.7        3 (e)      1,040.3   

Intangibles and other assets, net

    710.9        103.4        3.3        —            124.8        3 (e)      942.4   

Deferred tax assets

    10.3        19.8        —          —            —            30.1   

Other non-current assets

    —          3.3        (3.3     —            —            —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total assets

  $ 2,927.6      $ 588.2      $ —        $ 551.0        $ (400.1     $ 3,666.7   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

               

Current Liabilities

               

Short-term borrowings

  $ 62.8      $ 4.8      $ —        $ 71.0        3 (c)    $ (4.8     3 (f)    $ 133.8   

Current maturities of long-term debt

    3.4        —          —          —            —            3.4   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    420.7        —          137.0        —            —            557.7   

Trade accounts payable

    —          44.1        (44.1     —            —            —     

Current tax liability

    —          5.1        (5.1     —            —            —     

Other current liabilities

    —          48.9        (48.9     —            —            —     

Customer deposits and prepaid income

    —          37.3        (37.3     —            —            —     

Provisions

    —          1.6        (1.6     —            —            —     

Payable to parent company

    —          0.1        —          —            (0.1     3 (f)      —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

    486.9        141.9        —          71.0          (4.9       694.9   

Long-term debt

    1,524.1        388.9        —          502.7        3 (c)      (388.9     3 (f)      2,026.8   

Deferred tax liabilities

    65.9        24.2        —          —            25.9        3 (e)      116.0   

Other long-term liabilities

    71.8        0.1        13.5        —            (6.4     3 (f)      79.0   

Provisions

    —          1.1        (1.1     —            —            —     

Liability for employee rights

    —          6.0        (6.0     —            —            —     

Borrowings from shareholder and related parties

    —          87.8        —          —            (87.8     3 (f)      —     

Derivative financial instruments

    —          6.4        (6.4     —            —            —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    2,148.7        656.4        —          573.7          (462.1       2,916.7   

Equity

               

Common shares

    682.2        —          —          —            —            682.2   

Additional paid-in capital

    50.8        15.5        —          —            (15.5     3 (g)      50.8   

Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)

    119.0        (94.1     —          (22.7     3 (c)      94.1        3 (g)      89.9   
              (6.4     3 (h)   

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

    (78.8     10.2        —          —            (10.2     3 (g)      (78.8
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Cott Corporation equity

    773.2        (68.4       (22.7       62.0          744.1   

Non-controlling interests

    5.7        0.2        —          —            —            5.9   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total equity

    778.9        (68.2     —          (22.7       62.0          750.0   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

  $ 2,927.6      $ 588.2      $ —        $ 551.0        $ (400.1     $ 3,666.7   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of, and should be read together with, this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended January 2, 2016

(dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

    Historical                                            
    For the
Year Ended
January 2,
2016
    For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2015
          Proforma Adjustments           For the
Year Ended
January 2,
2016
       
    Cott     Eden
Holdings
    Reclassification
Adjustments
    Financing
Adjustments
          Acquisition
Adjustments
          Pro Forma
Combined
       
          4(a)     4(b)                 4(a)                    

Revenue, net

  $ 2,944.0      $ 395.1      $ —        $ —          $ —          $ 3,339.1     

Cost of sales

    2,048.5        131.4        —          —            3.3        4 (e)      2,183.2     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Gross profit

    895.5        263.7        —          —            (3.3       1,155.9     

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    768.6        —          243.0        —            (12.4     4 (f)      1,012.8     
              13.6        4 (f)     

Service expenses

    —          150.3        (150.3     —            —            —       

Sales and marketing expenses

    —          39.9        (39.9     —            —            —       

General and administration expenses

    —          29.4        (29.4     —            —            —       

Amortization of customer portfolio and trademarks

    —          12.4        (12.4     —            —            —       

Other operating income / (expenses) - net

    —          24.4        (24.4     —            —            —       

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

    6.9        —          (0.2     —            —            6.7     

Acquisition and integration expenses

    20.6        —          13.6        —            —            34.2     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Operating income

    99.4        7.3        —          —            (4.5       102.2     

Other (income) expense, net

    (9.5     —          2.2        —            —            (7.3  

Interest expense, net

    111.0        —          40.0        (40.0     4 (c)      —            141.3     
          30.3        4 (c)         

Financial income

    —          3.9        (3.9     —            —            —       

Financial expenses

    —          (46.1     46.1        —            —            —       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Income (loss) before income taxes

    (2.1     (34.9     —          9.7          (4.5       (31.8  

Income tax (benefit) expense

    (22.7     0.1        —          (7.8     4 (d)      (0.9     4 (g)      (31.3  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Net income (loss)

  $ 20.6      $ (35.0   $ —        $ 17.5        $ (3.6     $ (0.5  

Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interest

    6.1        0.1        —          —            —            6.2     

Less: Accumulated dividends on convertible preferred shares

    4.5        —          —          —            —            4.5     

Less: Accumulated dividends on non-convertible preferred shares

    1.4        —          —          —            —            1.4     

Less: Foreign exchange impact on redemption of preferred shares

    12.0        —          —          —            —            12.0     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Net (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation

  $ (3.4   $ (35.1   $ —        $ 17.5        $ (3.6     $ (24.6  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Net loss per common share

                 

Basic

  $ (0.03               $ (0.24     4 (h) 

Diluted

  $ (0.03               $ (0.24     4 (h) 

Weighted average outstanding shares (in thousands)

                 

Basic

    103,037                    103,037        4 (h) 

Diluted

    103,037                    103,037        4 (h) 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of, and should be read together with, this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

For the Three Months Ended April 2, 2016

( dollars in millions, except per share amounts )

 

    Historical                                            
    Three Months
Ended
April 2,
2016
    Three Months
Ended
March 31,
2016
          Proforma Adjustments           Three Months
Ended
April 2,
2016
       
    Cott     Eden
Holdings
    Reclassification
Adjustments
    Financing
Adjustments
          Acquisition
Adjustments
          Pro Forma
Combined
       
          4(a)     4(b)                 4(a)                    

Revenue, net

  $ 698.4      $ 92.1      $ —        $ —          $ —          $ 790.5     

Cost of sales

    484.4        30.2        —          —            —            514.6     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Gross profit

    214.0        61.9        —          —            —            275.9     

Selling, general and administrative expenses

    197.0        —          56.4        —            (3.1     4 (f)      254.4     
              4.1        4 (f)     

Service expenses

    —          35.3        (35.3     —            —            —       

Sales and marketing expenses

    —          9.4        (9.4     —            —            —       

General and administration expenses

    —          7.1        (7.1     —            —            —       

Amortization of customer portfolio and trademarks

    —          3.1        (3.1     —            —            —       

Other operating income / (expenses) - net

    —          3.9        (3.9     —            —            —       

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

    0.9        —          0.2        —            —            1.1     

Acquisition and integration expenses

    1.4        —          2.2        —            —            3.6     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Operating income

    14.7        3.1        0.0        —            (1.0       16.8     

Other (income) expense, net

    (2.2     —          2.4        —            —            0.2     

Interest expense, net

    27.8        —          8.7        (8.7     4 (c)      —            35.3     
          7.5        4 (c)         

Financial income

    —          1.0        (1.0     —            —            —       

Financial expenses

    —          (12.1     12.1        —            —            —       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Income (loss) before income taxes

    (10.9     (8.0     —          1.2          (1.0       (18.7  

Income tax (benefit) expense

    (9.0     0.6        —          (1.9     4 (d)      (0.2     4 (g)      (10.5  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Net (loss) income

  $ (1.9   $ (8.6   $ —        $ 3.1        $ (0.8     $ (8.2  

Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interest

    1.4        —          —          —            —            1.4     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Net (loss) income attributed to Cott Corporation

  $ (3.3   $ (8.6   $ —        $ 3.1        $ (0.8     $ (9.6  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

   

Net loss per common share

                 

Basic

  $ (0.03               $ (0.08     4 (h) 

Diluted

  $ (0.03               $ (0.08     4 (h) 

Weighted average outstanding shares (in thousands)

                 

Basic

    113,267                    113,267        4 (h) 

Diluted

    113,267                    113,267        4 (h) 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of, and should be read together with, this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

 

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1. Basis of Presentation

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information presented above gives effect to the Eden Acquisition, subject to the assumptions set out herein. The historical financial information of Cott is presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The historical financial information of Eden Holdings is presented in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. Cott assessed the need to make certain adjustments to Eden Holdings historical financial statements prepared under IFRS to conform to Cott’s accounting framework and accounting policies under U.S. GAAP and noted no significant adjustments were needed in the preparation of this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. Certain historical financial information of Eden Holdings has been reclassified to conform to the presentation of historical financial information of Cott. However, the pro forma financial statements may not reflect all the adjustments necessary to conform the accounting policies of Eden Holdings to those of Cott as the Company is still in the process of conforming the accounting policies of Eden Holdings to those of Cott.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet at April 2, 2016 was prepared using the historical unaudited consolidated balance sheets of Cott and Eden Holdings as of April 2, 2016 and March 31, 2016, respectively. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended January 2, 2016 was prepared using the Cott audited consolidated statement of operations for the year ended January 2, 2016 and the Eden Holdings audited consolidated statement of comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2015. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the three months ended April 2, 2016 was prepared using the Cott unaudited consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended April 2, 2016 and the Eden Holdings unaudited interim consolidated statement of comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

Cott’s historical financial information for the year ended January 2, 2016 is derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of Cott for the year ended January 2, 2016, included in Cott’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 29, 2016, and as of and for the three months ended April 2, 2016 from the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Cott as of and for the three months ended April 2, 2016, included in Cott’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 9, 2016.

The historical financial information for Eden Holdings for the year ended December 31, 2015 is derived from its audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015, and for the three months ended March 31, 2016 from its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2016 included herein as Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4, respectively.

The historical financial information has been adjusted to give effect to matters that are (i) directly attributable to the Eden Acquisition, (ii) factually supportable, and (iii) with respect to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations, expected to have a continuing impact on the operating results of the combined entities. The pro forma adjustments are preliminary and based on estimates of the fair value and useful lives of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and have been prepared to illustrate the estimated effect of the Eden Acquisition and certain other adjustments. The final determination of the purchase price allocation will be based on the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the date the respective acquisitions close, and could result in a significant change to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, including goodwill.

2. Calculation of Purchase Consideration and Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation of the Eden Acquisition

Estimated Purchase Consideration

The estimated purchase consideration to be transferred on the Eden Acquisition date includes the value of the estimated cash consideration and the repayment of the outstanding indebtedness of Eden Holdings and its subsidiaries. The aggregate purchase consideration is subject to customary adjustments for cash, debt, working capital and other items. A preliminary estimate of the purchase consideration is as follows:

 

(dollars in millions)       

Cash to seller

   $ 91.8   

Cash paid on behalf of Eden Holdings to retire outstanding indebtedness

     406.8   

Settlement of Eden Holdings’ financing payables, net

     70.6   
  

 

 

 

Estimated purchase consideration

   $ 569.2   

The working capital adjustment will be determined as the difference between the actual working capital at closing and the target working capital specified in the Share Purchase Agreement. For purposes of the pro forma condensed combined balance sheet, no amounts have been included in the purchase consideration as any estimated amount for the working capital adjustment would be offset by a corresponding change in working capital.

 

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Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed of Eden Holdings are recorded at the acquisition date fair values and added to those of Cott. The pro forma adjustments are based on preliminary estimates of the fair value and useful lives of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date and have been prepared to illustrate the estimated effect of the Eden Acquisition. The allocation is dependent upon certain valuation and other studies that have not yet been completed. Accordingly, the pro forma purchase price allocation is subject to further adjustment as additional information becomes available and as additional analyses and final valuations are completed. There can be no assurances that these additional analyses and final valuations will not result in significant changes to the estimates of fair value set forth below.

The following table sets forth a preliminary allocation of the estimated purchase consideration to the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed of Eden Holdings based on Eden Holdings’ March 31, 2016 balance sheet, with the excess recorded as goodwill:

 

(dollars in millions)       

Assets Acquired

  

Cash & cash equivalents

   $ 20.5   

Accounts receivable

     75.2   

Income taxes recoverable

     2.9   

Inventories

     24.6   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     29.7   

Property, plant and equipment

     99.0   

Intangibles and other assets

     231.5   

Deferred tax assets

     19.8   
  

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 503.2   

Liabilities Assumed

  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   $ 137.0   

Deferred tax liabilities

     50.1   

Other long-term liabilities

     7.4   
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 194.5   

Net assets acquired (a)

     308.7   

Estimated purchase consideration (b)

     569.2   

Estimated goodwill (b) - (a)

   $ 260.5   

The Company is still in the process of validating and performing valuations for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Preliminary identifiable intangible assets in the pro forma financial statements consist of intangibles derived from customer relationships and trade names. Acquired intangible assets of Eden Holdings have both indefinite and definite lives. The amortization related to definite lived intangible assets is reflected as a pro forma adjustment, as further described in Note 4(f). The identifiable intangible assets’ estimated fair value and related amortization estimates are preliminary and are based on management’s estimates after consideration of similar transactions. As discussed above, the amount that will ultimately be allocated to identifiable intangible assets and liabilities, and the related amount of amortization, may differ materially from this preliminary allocation. In addition, the periods in which the amortization expense is recorded ultimately will be based upon the periods in which the associated economic benefits or detriments are expected to be derived, or where appropriate, based on the use of a straight-line method. Therefore, the amount of amortization following the Eden Acquisition may differ significantly between periods based upon the final value assigned, and amortization methodology used, for each identifiable intangible asset.

 

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The deferred income tax assets have been adjusted to tax effect the difference between the carrying value and fair value of Eden Holdings’ assets acquired and liabilities assumed by Cott using a blended statutory tax rate of 20.0%. This determination is preliminary and subject to change based upon the final determination of the fair value of the identifiable intangible assets and liabilities in each of the jurisdictions in which Eden Holdings operates.

Goodwill represents the excess of the preliminary estimated purchase consideration over the fair value of the net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized to earnings, but instead is reviewed for impairment at least annually, absent any indicators of impairment. Goodwill recognized in the Eden Acquisition is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

The final determination of the purchase price allocation of the Eden Acquisition will be based on Eden Holdings’ net assets acquired as of the Eden Acquisition date. The purchase price allocation may change materially based on the receipt of more detailed information. Therefore, the actual allocations will differ from the pro forma adjustments presented.

3. Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

 

(a) These amounts in millions of U.S. Dollars have been converted from Euro at a conversion rate of 1.1386, which approximates the exchange rate at April 2, 2016.

 

(b) Certain historical financial information of Eden Holdings has been reclassified to conform to the presentation of historical financial information of Cott.

 

(c) The following amounts represent the issuance of Senior Notes and anticipated additional borrowings on Cott’s ABL facility to fund the Eden Acquisition, less related debt financing costs.

 

(dollars in millions)       

Senior Notes

   $ 512.4   

Draw down from existing ABL facility

     71.0   

Debt financing costs associated with the Senior Note issuance

     (9.7

Eden Holdings senior note make whole fees

     (11.3

Bridge financing commitment fees

     (5.5

Other fees

     (5.9
  

 

 

 

Net cash inflow

   $ 551.0   

Short-term borrowings

     71.0   

Senior Notes borrowings

     512.4   

Debt financing costs associated with the Senior Note issuance

     (9.7
  

 

 

 

Total long-term debt

     502.7   

The costs associated with the Eden Holdings senior note make whole fees, bridge financing commitment fees and other fees aggregating to $22.7 million have been determined to be acquisition related and have been charged to retained earnings.

 

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The following anticipated additional borrowings to finance the Eden Acquisition have the interest rates, maturity dates and payment terms for each case indicated below.

 

     Interest Rate   Maturity    Payments

Senior Notes

   5.50%   8 years    Interest paid semi-annually when due
and principal on maturity

ABL Facility

   LIBOR plus
175 bps
  2.5 years    Interest paid monthly when due and
principal on maturity

As of April 2, 2016 the interest rate on the ABL facility was 2.19% based on the 1-Month LIBOR rate of 44 basis points plus a LIBOR spread of 175 basis points. The effect of a 1/8% variance in interest rates on the ABL facility and Senior Notes is described in note 4(c). The 5.50% interest rate on the Senior Notes is based on the terms and conditions of the Senior Notes expected to be issued by the Company on June 30, 2016.

 

(d) Represents the use of the additional borrowings, discussed in 3(c) above, to fund the estimated purchase consideration, as described in Note 2 of $569.2 million, $6.4 million of other acquisition related costs in relation to the Eden Acquisition, and $17.2 million (€15.1 million) of available cash and cash equivalents of Eden Holdings which Eden Holdings will use to repay a portion of the outstanding related party indebtedness with Hydra Luxembourg Holdings S.à.r.l. prior to closing of the Eden Acquisition.

 

(e) Reflects the acquisition method of accounting based on the estimated fair value of the assets of Eden Holdings as discussed in Note 2 above.

 

(dollars in millions)       

Inventories

   $ 3.3   

Goodwill - Elimination

     (195.8

Goodwill - Addition

     260.5   

Intangible assets - Elimination

     (103.4

Intangible assets - Addition

     228.2   

Deferred tax liabilties - Elimination

     (19.4

Deferred tax liabilties - Addition

     45.3   

 

(f) These amounts represent payments on behalf of Eden Holdings to retire outstanding indebtedness and elimination of capitalized debt financing fees.

 

(dollars in millions)       

Payments to retire outstanding indebtedness

  

Short-term borrowings

   $ 4.8   

Long-term debt

     402.0   

Eden Holdings’ financing payables, net 1

     87.8   

Other long-term liabilities

     6.4   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 501.0   

Capitalized debt financing fees included in long-term debt

   $ (13.1

 

1. Amount includes $70.6 million of Eden Holdings’ net financing payables, which the Company will settle on Eden Holdings’ behalf and $17.2 million which Eden Holdings will repay using available cash and cash equivalents prior to closing of the Eden Acquisition.

 

(g) Reflects the elimination of Eden Holdings historical equity accounts.

 

(h) Represents adjustments to retained earnings for $6.4 million of estimated transaction costs incurred in relation to the Eden Acquisition.

 

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4. Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations

 

(a) These amounts in millions of U.S. Dollars have been converted from Euro at a conversion rate of 1.1103 for the year ended January 2, 2016, which approximates the average exchange rate over the period from January 4, 2015 through January 2, 2016, and 1.10285 for three months ended April 2, 2016, which approximates the average exchange rate over the period from January 3, 2016 through April 2, 2016.

 

(b) Certain historical financial information of Eden Holdings has been reclassified to conform to the presentation of historical financial information of Cott. These reclassifications have no impact on net income (loss) and represent the following items:

 

(dollars in millions)

For the Year Ended December 31, 2015

   (i)     (ii)     (iii)     (iv)     (v)     (vi)      Total
Reclassification
Adjustments
 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     243.0        —          —          —          —          —           243.0   

Service expenses

     (150.3     —          —          —          —          —           (150.3

Sales and marketing expenses

     (39.9     —          —          —          —          —           (39.9

General and administration expenses

     (29.4     —          —          —          —          —           (29.4

Amortization of customer portfolio and trademarks

     (12.4     —          —          —          —          —           (12.4

Other operating income / (expense) - net

     (11.0     (13.4     —          —          —          —           (24.4

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     —          (0.2     —          —          —          —           (0.2

Acquisition and integration expenses

     —          13.6        —          —          —          —           13.6   

Other (income) expense, net

     —          —          2.2        —          —          —           2.2   

Interest expense, net

     —          —          —          —          33.6        6.4         40.0   

Financial income

     —          —          (3.2     (0.6     (0.1     —           (3.9

Financial expense

     —          —          5.4        0.6        33.7        6.4         46.1   

(dollars in millions)

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016

   (i)     (ii)     (iii)     (iv)     (v)     (vi)      Total
Reclassification
Adjustments
 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     56.4        —          —          —          —          —           56.4   

Service expenses

     (35.3     —          —          —          —          —           (35.3

Sales and marketing expenses

     (9.4     —          —          —          —          —           (9.4

General and administration expenses

     (7.1     —          —          —          —          —           (7.1

Amortization of customer portfolio and trademarks

     (3.1     —          —          —          —          —           (3.1

Other operating income / (expense) - net

     (1.5     (2.4     —          —          —          —           (3.9

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     —          0.2        —          —          —          —           0.2   

Acquisition and integration expenses

     —          2.2        —          —          —          —           2.2   

Other (income) expense, net

     —          —          1.7        0.7        —          —           2.4   

Interest expense, net

     —          —          —          —          7.8        0.9         8.7   

Financial income

     —          —          (0.8     —          (0.2     —           (1.0

Financial expense

     —          —          2.5        0.7        8.0        0.9         12.1   

 

  i. Represents a reclassification of service expenses, sales and marketing expenses, general and administration expenses, amortization of customer portfolio and trademarks, and other operating income / (expense) – net to selling, general and administrative expenses.

 

  ii. Represents a reclassification of other operating income / (expense) – net to loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment and acquisition and integration expenses.

 

  iii. Represents a reclassification of foreign exchange (gain) loss from financial income and financial expense to other (income) expense, net.

 

  iv. Represents a reclassification of other (income) expense from financial income and financial expense to other (income) expense, net.

 

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  v. Represents a reclassification of interest (income) expense from financial income and financial expense to interest expense, net.

 

  vi. Represents a reclassification of amortization of capitalized financial costs from financial expense to interest expense, net.

 

(c) To reverse historical interest expense of Eden Holdings and record estimated interest expense and amortization of debt financing fees associated with anticipated borrowings, as described in Note 3(c).

 

(dollars in millions)    For the Year Ended
January 2, 2016
     Three Months Ended
April 2, 2016
 

Reversal of Eden interest expense and amortization of capitalized debt financing fees

   $ (40.0    $ (8.7

Interest expense on new financing

     30.3         7.5   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pro forma interest expense adjustment

   $  (9.7    $  (1.2

A sensitivity analysis on interest expense for the year ended January 2, 2016 and the three months ended April 2, 2016 has been performed for the ABL facility and the Senior Notes to assess the effect that a change of 12.5 basis points of the hypothetical interest rates would have on the debt financing. The following table shows the change in interest expense for the year ended January 2, 2016 and the three months ended April 2, 2016:

 

(dollars in millions)

Interest expense assuming

   For the Year Ended
January 2, 2016
     Three Months Ended
April 2, 2016
 

Increase of 0.125%

     0.7         0.2   

Decrease of 0.125%

     (0.7      (0.2

 

(d) Represents adjustment to income tax expense as a result of the tax impact on the pro forma adjustments related to financing. For Eden Holdings, the reversal of interest and related expenses was not tax-effected as these related to tax losses for which no benefit was recognized for the periods presented. Cott’s interest expense on new financing related to the Eden Acquisition was tax-effected at the Cott Canadian statutory tax rate of 25.7%.

 

(e) Represents adjustment related to the change in the fair value of inventory of $3.3 million that is recognized in cost of sales upon sale of the finished goods inventory for the year ended January 2, 2016.

 

(f) Represents adjustment to record straight line amortization expense related to identifiable intangible assets, except for customer relationships which is being amortized based upon the periods over which the economic benefits of the asset is expected to be realized.

The net adjustment to selling, general and administrative expenses for the amortization of intangible assets is as follows:

 

(dollars in millions)    For the Year Ended
January 2, 2016
     Three Months Ended
April 2, 2016
 

Reversal of Eden Holdings historical intangible asset amortization

   $ (12.4    $ (3.1

Amortization of acquired identifiable intangible assets

     13.6         4.1   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pro forma intangible asset amortization expense adjustment

   $ 1.2       $ 1.0   

 

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The table below indicates the estimated fair value of each of the intangibles identified and the approximate useful life of each:

 

(dollars in millions)

Intangible Asset

   Estimated Fair
Value
     Estimated Useful
Life

Customer relationships

   $ 153.9       15 years

Trademarks and trade names

     69.6       Indefinite

Software

     4.7       4 years
  

 

 

    

Total

   $ 228.2      

For purposes of valuing the intangible assets, the income approach was primarily used. Specifically, the relief from royalty method was used to value the trademarks and trade names, and the multi-period excess earnings method was used to value the customer relationships.

The estimated effect of amortization of the customer relationships on the operating results for the five years following the acquisition is expected to be as follows:

 

(dollars in millions)

   Year 1      Year 2      Year 3      Year 4      Year 5  

Amortization of customer relationships

   $ 13.6         16.6         16.6         15.9         14.1   

 

(g) Represents adjustment to income tax expense as a result of the tax impact on the pro forma adjustments related to purchase price allocation adjustments based on an estimated Eden Holdings’ blended statutory tax rate of approximately 20.0% for the year ended January 2, 2016 and the three months ended April 2, 2016.

 

(h) Represents pro forma basic and diluted loss per share (“EPS”). To calculate diluted EPS, any impact of the potential dilutive instruments (i.e. stock options, performance-based restricted share units (“RSU”), timed based RSUs and the Convertible Preferred Shares) would be antidilutive as these would decrease the loss per share. As such, the basic and diluted EPS are the same for the pro forma periods presented.

 

Pro Forma Basic and Diluted Loss Per Common Share

   For the Year Ended
January 2, 2016
     Three Months Ended
April 2, 2016
 

Pro forma net loss attributable to Cott (dollars in millions)

   $ (24.6    $ (9.6

Weighted average outstanding shares (basic and diluted, in thousands)

     103,037         113,267   

Basic and diluted loss per share

   $ (0.24    $ (0.08

 

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Exhibit 99.3

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

To the board of directors of

HYDRA DUTCH HOLDINGS 1 B.V.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. and its subsidiaries, which comprise the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, of changes in deficit and of cash flows for the two years then ended and for the period from October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 (collectively, the “Successor Financial Statements”).

Management’s Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the Successor Financial Statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of Successor Financial Statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Successor Financial Statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Successor Financial Statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the Company’s preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the Successor Financial Statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended and for the period from October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

 

  /s/ Kesselman & Kesselman
Tel-Aviv, Israel   Kesselman & Kesselman
June 20, 2016   Certified Public Accountants (Isr.)
  A member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited


INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

To the board of directors of

HYDRA DUTCH HOLDINGS 1 B.V.

We have audited the accompanying combined financial statements of the subsidiaries of the Company: Eden Springs Europe B.V. and the Israeli Subsidiaries (i.e.-Mey Eden Manufacturing (2007) Ltd.; Mey Eden Marketing (2000) Ltd.; Mey Eden Ltd.; Mey Eden Bar-First Class Service Ltd.; Pauza Coffee Services Ltd.; Espresso Cafe-Italia Ltd. and Dispensing Coffee Club (IAI-2003) Ltd.), which comprise the combined statements of comprehensive loss, of changes in deficit and of cash flows for the period from January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013 (the “Predecessor Financial Statements”).

Management’s Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the Predecessor Financial Statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of Predecessor Financial Statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Predecessor Financial Statements based on our audits. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Predecessor Financial Statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the Company’s preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the Predecessor Financial Statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations and cash flows of Eden Springs Group Combined for the period from January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013 in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

 

  /s/ Kesselman & Kesselman
Tel-Aviv, Israel   Kesselman & Kesselman
June 20, 2016   Certified Public Accountants (Isr.)
  A member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) Balance Sheets

in ‘000 €

 

 

     Notes    31.12.2015     31.12.2014  

ASSETS

       

Current assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

   5      12 608        22 541   

Available-for-sale financial asset

        15 019        15 016   

Trade receivables - net

   6      68 105        60 088   

Income tax receivable

        2 224        1 165   

Receivable from related parties

   22      71        71   

Prepaid and other assets

   7      7 767        10 841   

Inventories

   8      17 944        14 446   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        123 738        124 168   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current assets

       

Property, plant and equipment

   9      82 360        71 970   

Goodwill

   10      164 511        135 789   

Other intangible assets

   10      91 055        88 114   

Deferred tax assets

   14      15 956        14 360   

Other non-current assets

        2 332        2 437   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        356 214        312 670   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

        479 952        436 838   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

       

Current liabilities

       

Borrowings

   16      4 767        55 116   

Trade accounts payable

        36 820        33 091   

Current tax liability

        4 626        4 921   

Other current liabilities

   11      44 651        36 127   

Customer deposits and prepaid income

   12      33 534        30 707   

Provisions

   13      2 208        3 826   

Payable to parent company

   22      91        92   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        126 697        163 880   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

       

Deferred tax liabilities

   14      19 178        18 347   

Borrowings

   16      298 616        204 870   

Other non current liabilities

        52        69   

Provisions

   13      1 026        1 128   

Liability for employee rights

   15      5 250        5 240   

Borrowings from shareholders and other related parties

   22      75 623        69 707   

Derivative financial instruments

   17      5 201        5 420   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        404 946        304 781   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        531 643        468 661   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

DEFICIT

       

Share capital

   20      —          —     

Share premium

        13 618        13 430   

Other reserves

   21      (352     (1 022

Currency translation adjustment

        9 649        (1 222

Accumulated deficit

        (74 760     (43 097
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (51 845     (31 911

Non controling interests in equity

        154        88   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deficit

        (51 691     (31 823
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities net of deficit

        479 952        436 838   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

Raanan Zilberman   Itamar Eder   Stephane Parisod
Chief Executive Officer   Chief Financial Officer   Group Financial Controller

/s/ Raanan Zilberman

 

/s/ Itamar Eder

 

/s/ Stephane Parisod

 

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Statements of Comprehensive Loss

in ‘000 €

 

          Successor     Predecessor  
     Notes    2015     2014     Period from
October 1,
2013

through
December 31,
2013
    Period from
January 1,
2013 through
September 30,
2013
 
 

Revenue

        355 816        283 144        61 584        199 395   
 

Cost of goods sold

        (118 349     (99 093     (20 327     (64 568
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Gross profit

        237 467        184 051        41 257        134 827   
 

Service expenses

        (135 390     (106 800     (24 366     (76 890

Sales & marketing expenses

        (35 909     (25 933     (5 824     (17 016

General and administration expenses

        (26 489     (19 497     (5 383     (14 305

Amortization of customer relations and tradenames

   10      (11 209     (8 041     (1 305     (3 182

Impairment of goodwill

        —          —          —          (17 046

Other operating expenses

   24      (21 940     (16 711     (2 702     (4 402
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Loss from operations before Acquisition related costs

        6 530        7 069        1 677        1 986   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Eden Springs Acquisition related costs

        —          —          (9 048     —     
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit / (Loss) before interest and taxes

        6 530        7 069        (7 371     1 986   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Financial income

   26      3 492        4 701        630        4 395   

Financial expenses

   26      (41 547     (38 999     (4 635     (14 857
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net financial expenses

        (38 055     (34 298     (4 005     (10 462
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before taxes on income

        (31 525     (27 229     (11 376     (8 476
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Taxes on income

   27      (72     (2 818     (1 670     (4 774
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

        (31 597     (30 047     (13 046     (13 250
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Other comprehensive income (loss) - net of taxes:

           
 

Items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss:

           

Currency translation differences

        10 871        (475     (747     (383

Changes in the fair value of available-for-sale financial assets, net of taxes

        3        16        —          15   

Cash flow hedges

        —          —          —          1 237   

Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss:

           

Remeasurements of post employment benefit obligations, net of taxes

        667        (888     (150     —     
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss) - net of taxes

        11 541        (1 347     (897     869   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

        (20 056     (31 394     (13 943     (12 381
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Net loss attributable to:

           

Equity holders of the company

        (31 663     (30 093     (13 050     (13 300

Non controlling interest

        66        46        4        50   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (31 597     (30 047     (13 046     (13 250
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss attributable to:

           

Equity holders of the company

        (20 122     (31 440     (13 947     (12 431

Non controlling interest

        66        46        4        50   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

        (20 056     (31 394     (13 943     (12 381
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

4


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Statements of Cash Flows

in ‘000 €

 

          Successor     Predecessor  
     Notes    31.12.2015     31.12.2014     Period from
October 1,
2013 through
December 31,
2013
    Period from
January 1,
2013 through
September 30,
2013
 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

           

Loss before taxes on income

        (31 525     (27 229     (11 376     (8 476

Adjustment for:

           

Depreciation and amortization

        34 667        26 391        5 838        15 981   

Amortization of capitalized financial costs

        5 780        12 761        217        5 051   

Impairment of goodwill

        —          —          —          17 046   

Financial expenses net, included in loss before taxes on income

        31 528        18 237        3 625        4 292   

Loss / (gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment

        (175     169        402        (202

Derivative financial instruments

        (219     3 297        164        (13

Result from release of customer deposits

        (89     (24     (76     (81

Other operating items

        584        (104     309        (19
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating cash flow before working capital changes

        40 551        33 498        (897     33 579   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Changes in operating working capital

           

Decrease (Increase) in Trade receivables

        (5 307     114        7 553        (9 942

Decrease (Increase) in inventories

        (1 974     (1 599     358        (1 640

Decrease (inrcease) in Prepaid and other assets

        4 869        (5 415     861        (397

Increase (Decrease) in Trade accounts payable

        998        6 333        (1 595     (1 167

Increase (Decrease) in Other current liabilities and Provisions

        (3 322     6 395        (4 418     2 269   

Balances with related parties and shareholders

        842        444        (236     (4 153
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows generated from operating activities

        36 657        39 770        1 626        18 549   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Income tax paid

        (4 199     (3 695     (1 516     (2 610
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows generated from operating activities

        32 458        36 075        110        15 939   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

           

Purchase of property, plant and equipment (PPE) and software

        (24 676     (17 239     (3 494     (12 481

Proceeds from sale of PPE

        1 976        1 180        87        592   

Purchase of availble-for-sale financial asset

        —          (15 000     625        (77

Acquisition of subsidiaries

   29      (40 021     (40 820     (69 360     (2 006

Loan to others, net

        140        —          —          47   

Interest received

        129        10        —          35   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

        (62 452     (71 869     (72 142     (13 890
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

           

Proceeds from long-term borrowings (net of borrowing costs)

        142 096        251 092        126 769        6 621   

Repayment of long term borrowings

        (104 275     (165 907     (139 821     (3 650

Repayment of other liabilities

        (334     (349     —          (176

Borrowings from Shareholders

        500        15 278        86 758        —     

Repayment to Shareholders

        —          (40 278     —          —     

Prepaid borrowing costs

        —          (1 978     —          —     

Issuance of shares

        —          —          13 430        —     

Interest paid

        (20 570     (14 148     (887     (6 526
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

        17 417        43 710        86 249        (3 731
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Net increase of cash

        (12 577     7 916        14 217        (1 682
 

Effect of exchange rate changes

        486        52        356        (15
 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

        22 541        14 573        —          13 546   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and bank overdraft at end of period

        10 450        22 541        14 573        11 849   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

5


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Statements of Changes in Deficit

in ‘000 €                     

 

 

     Attributable to equity holders of the Company           Total deficit  

Predecessor

   Share
Capital
     Share
Premium
     Currency
translation
adjustment
    Other
reserve
    Accumulated
Deficit
    Non
controlling
Interest
    Total  

Balance at January 1, 2013

     50         501 315         8 208        (3 688     (366 955     (13     138 917   

Comprehensive Loss:

                

Cash flow hedges, net of tax

     —           —           —          1 237        —          —          1 237   

Available for sale financial asset

     —           —           —          15        —          —          15   

Currency translation adjustment

     —           —           (383     —          —          —          (383

Loss

     —           —           —          —          (13 300     50        (13 250
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

     —           —           (383 )       1 252        (13 300 )       50        (12 381 )  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at 30 September 2013

     50         501 315         7 825        (2 436     (380 255     37        126 536   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Successor

   Share
Capital
     Share
Premium
     Currency
translation
adjustment
    Other
reserve
    Accumulated
Deficit
    Non
controlling
Interest
    Total  

Balance at October 1, 2013

     —           —           —          —          —          —          —     

Comprehensive income:

                

Remeasurement of post employment obligations

     —           —           —          (150     —          —          (150

Currency translation adjustment

     —           —           (747     —          —          —          (747

Loss

     —           —           —          —          (13 050     4        (13 046
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

     —           —           (747     (150     (13 050     4        (13 943
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transactions with owners:

                

Issuance of shares*

     —           13 430         —          —          —            13 430   

Business Combination

     —           —           —          —          —          38        38   

Balance at 31 December 2013

     —           13 430         (747     (150     (13 050     42        (475
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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     Attributable to equity holders of the Company            Total deficit  

Successor

   Share
Capital
     Share
Premium
     Currency
translation
adjustment
    Other
reserve
    Accumulated
Deficit
    Non
controlling
Interest
     Total  

Balance at January 1, 2014

     —           13 430         (747     (150     (13 050     42         (475

Change in 2014

                 

Comprehensive income:

                 

Remeasurement of post employment obligations

     —           —           —          (888     —          —           (888

Currency translation adjustment

     —           —           (475     —          —          —           (475

Changes in the fair value of available-for-sale financial assets

     —           —           —          16        —          —           16   

Loss

     —           —           —          —          (30 047     46         (30 001
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

     —           —           (475     (872     (30 047     46         (31 348
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance at 31 December 2014

     —           13 430         (1 222     (1 022     (43 097     88         (31 823
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Successor

   Share
Capital
     Share
Premium
     Currency
translation
adjustment
    Other
reserve
    Accumulated
Deficit
    Non
controlling
Interest
     Total  

Balance at January 1, 2015

     —           13 430         (1 222     (1 022     (43 097     88         (31 823

Change in 2015

                 

Comprehensive income:

                 

Remeasurement of post employment obligations

     —           —           —          667        —          —           667   

Currency translation adjustment

     —           —           10 871        —          —          —           10 871   

Changes in the fair value of available-for-sale financial assets

     —           —           —          3        —          —           3   

Loss

     —           —           —          —          (31 663     66         (31 597
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss for the period

     —           —           10 871        670        (31 663     66         (20 056
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Capital surplus from borrowings from shareholders

     —           188         —          —          —          —           188   

Balance at 31 December 2015

     —           13 618         9 649        (352     (74 760     154         (51 691
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Less than one thousands Euro

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

1. General information

On 16 May 2013 Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. (the “Company” or “Successor”) has been incorporated and holds 100% of the share capital of Hydra Dutch Holdings 2 B.V. (“Hydra 2”). The Company has been established on 16 May 2013 as Rhone Capital IV LP’s indirect wholly-owned investment vehicle. On the 14th of June 2013 the Company signed an agreement with Eden Springs BV to acquire the entire shareholding and control of the direct wholly-owned subsidiaries of Eden Springs B.V.: Eden Springs Europe B.V. and the Israeli subsidiaries (together, “Predecessor”) (the “Transaction” or “Acquisition”)). On 23 October 2013 the Transaction was completed and Company entered as a new 100% shareholder of Eden Springs Europe B.V. and Israeli activities. For practical reasons and due to immateriality the trading results of the acquired entities have been consolidated for the period starting 1 October 2013 to 31 December 2013.

Since the closing of the Acquisition in October 2013 and the recent acquisition of Nestle Water Direct, the Company and its subsidiaries (together - the Group) is active in 19 countries and is mainly engaged in Home & Office Delivery (HOD) of water cooler bottles. Additionally, the Group offers customers in most markets a range of direct-marketing products such as water filters and Lavazza coffee products.

The accompanying consolidated balance sheets of the Company at December 31, 2015 and 2014 and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, consolidated statements of cash flows and of changes in deficit for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 and for the period from October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 are labeled as “Successor”. The Successor financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 were prepared reflecting acquisition accounting resulting from the Acquisition. The consolidated financial statements for the Successor include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries.

The accompanying combined statements of comprehensive loss for the period from January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013 and combined statements of cash flows and changes in equity from January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013 do not include adjustments or transactions attributable to the Acquisition, and are labeled as “Predecessor”. As a result of the application of acquisition accounting as of the closing date of the Acquisition, the financial statements for the Successor periods and the Predecessor periods are presented on a different basis and are, therefore, not comparable.

The Subsidiaries which are included in the Predecessor combined financial statements are as follows:

Wholly owned:

1) ESE BV

2) Mey Eden Manufacturing (2007) Ltd. (hereafter - Manufacturing)

3) Mey Eden Marketing (2000) Ltd. (hereafter - Marketing)

4) Mey Eden Ltd. (hereafter - Mey Eden)

5) Mey Eden Bar - First Class Service Ltd.(which is a subsidiary of Mey Eden) (hereafter - Mey Eden Bar)

6) Espresso Cafe - Italia Ltd.

Owned to the extent of 96 %:

1) Pauza Coffee services Ltd. (which is a subsidiary of Espresso Cafe - Italia Ltd) (hereafter - Pauza).

2) Dispensing Coffee Club (IAI 2003) Ltd.(which is a subsidiary of Pauza (hereafter - Coffee club)

 

2. Summary of significant accounting policies

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these consolidated and combined financial statements are set out below.

2.1. Basis of preparation

General/Successor periods

The consolidated and combined financial statements are presented in Euros (€), which is the Group’s functional and presentation currency.

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

The consolidated financial statements of the Group have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the IASB. They have been prepared on a historical cost basis except for the following:

 

    Derivative instrument measured at fair value.

 

    Defined Benefit Pension Plans – Plan assets measured at fair value.

 

    Available for sale financial asset – measured at fair value.

The preparation of consolidated and combined financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgment in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the consolidated and combined financial statements are disclosed in Note 4.

Predecessor period

The combined financial statements for the period from January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013 have been prepared in respect of the Group and in accordance with this basis of preparation. This basis of preparation describes how the combined financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards applicable as of September 30, 2013.

The entities that make up the Group did not comprise a separate legal group for the period from January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013. The historical combined financial statements are therefore extracted from the audited consolidated financial statements of the previous parent company Eden Spring BV. They combine the results, assets and liabilities of each of the subsidiaries which make up the “Group” by applying the principles underlying the consolidation procedures of IFRS 10 ‘Consolidated Financial Statements’ for such period presented.

The previous parent company adopted IFRS in 2008, while electing the following exemptions:

 

    Business combinations – Business combinations that took place prior to 1 January 2008 have not been restated.

 

    Cumulative translation differences – Cumulative translation differences for all foreign operations have been set to €nil as at 1 January 2008.

The combined financial statements have been prepared in accordance with this basis of preparation and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. International Financial Reporting Standards do not provide specifically for the preparation of consolidated financial statements. The combined financial statements have therefore been prepared by applying the principles underlying the consolidation procedures of IFRS 10 and the following accounting and other principles:

 

    Transactions and balances between entities included within the combined financial statements have been eliminated. All intra-group balances, transactions, income and expenses and profits and losses, including unrealised profits arising from intra-group transactions, have been eliminated;

 

    Transactions between the Group and the previous parent company which have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements of the previous parent company, have been presented in the appropriate caption of the combined financial information to which such transactions relate.

 

    Costs paid by previous parent company were recognized where they are directly attributable to the entities contained within the combined financial statements.

 

    Entities acquired or sold by the previous parent have been included in the combined financial statements from date on which the previous parent acquired or lost control.

 

    The entities that make up the Group did not previously comprise a legal group and it is not therefore meaningful to prepare an analysis of share capital and the related reserves.

 

    Tax charges in the combined financial statements have been determined based on the tax charges recorded by the legal entities, which make up the historical financials, in their individual statutory accounts. Deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect the full historical deferred tax assets and liabilities recorded by the legal entities

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

Allocated expenses, finance and tax charges recorded in profit and loss in the combined statement of comprehensive loss are not necessarily representative of the charges or income that would have been reported had the Group been an independent Group throughout the period presented. They are not necessarily representative of the finance and tax charges that may arise in the future.

The historical financial statements has been prepared on a going concern basis and under the historical cost convention, except for certain areas where fair value measurement is required, as identified in the accounting policies below. The combined financial statements of the entities comprising the Group have been prepared for the same reporting period using consistent accounting policies.

 

2.1.1. Accounting policy and disclosures

 

  a. New standards, amendments and interpretations adopted by the Group

The following amendment has been adopted for the first time for the financial year beginning on or after 1 January 2015:

 

    IFRS 8 - requires disclosure of the judgments made by management in aggregating operating segments and clarifies that a reconciliation of segment assets must only be disclosed if segment assets are reported. The company applied for the first time amendment to IFRS 8 prospectively. Its application had no material effect on the financial statements.

 

  b. Standards, amendments and interpretations to existing standards that are not yet effective and have not been early adopted by the Group

The following standards have been published and are mandatory for the Group’s accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2016 or later periods but the Group has not early adopted them:

 

    IFRS 9 - “Financial Instruments” (hereafter - IFRS 9), addresses the classification, measurement and recognition of financial assets and financial liabilities. The complete version of FRS 9 was issued in July 2014. It replaces the guidance in IAS 39 that relates to the classification and measurement of financial instruments. IFRS 9 retains but simplifies the mixed measurement model and establishes three primary measurement categories for financial assets: amortized cost, fair value through OCI and fair value through P&L. The basis of classification depends on the entity’s business model and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial asset. Investments in equity instruments are required to be measured at fair value through profit or loss with the irrevocable option at inception present changes in fair value in OCI not recycling. There is now a new expected credit losses model that replaces the incurred loss impairment model used in IAS 39. For financial liabilities there were no changes to classification and measurement except for the recognition of changes in own credit risk in other comprehensive income, for liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss. IFRS 9 relaxes the requirements for hedge effectiveness by replacing the bright line hedge effectiveness tests. It requires an economic relationship between the hedged item and hedging instrument and for the ‘hedged ratio’ to be the same as the one management actually use for risk management purposes. Contemporaneous documentation is still required but is different to that currently prepared under IAS 39. The standard is effective for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. Early adoption is permitted. Currently, the Group is assessing the impact of IFRS 9.

 

    IFRS 15, ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’ deals with revenue recognition and establishes principles for reporting useful information to users of financial statements about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from an entity’s contracts with customers. Revenue misrecognized when a customer obtains control of a good or service and thus has the ability to direct the use and obtain the benefits from the good or service. The standard replaces IAS 18 ‘Revenue’ and IAS 11 ‘Construction contracts’ and related interpretations. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018 and earlier application is permitted. Currently, the Group is assessing the impact of IFRS 15.

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

In January 2016, the IASB issued IFRS 16 - Leases which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract and replaces the previous leases standard, IAS 17 - Leases. IFRS 16 eliminates the classification of leases for the lessee as either operating leases or finance leases as required by IAS 17 and instead introduces a single lessee accounting model whereby a lessee is required to recognize assets and liabilities for all leases with a term that is greater than 12 months, unless the underlying asset is of low value, and to recognize depreciation of leases assets separately from interest on lease liabilities in the income statement. As IFRS 16 substantially carries forward the lessor accounting requirements in IAS 17, a lessor will continue to classify its leases as operating leases or finance leases and to account for those two types of leases differently. IFRS 16 is effective from January 1, 2019 with early adoption allowed only if IFRS 15 - Revenue from Contracts with Customers is also applied. Currently, the Group is assessing the impact of IFRS 16.

 

2.1.2. Principles of consolidation and combination

The consolidated Successor financial statements are a consolidation of the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries. The list of the companies included in these consolidated financial statements is presented in note 31.

 

  1. The combined financial statements are a combination of the financial statements of each of the Subsidiaries described in note 1 above, which were each controlled by Eden Springs BV.

 

  2. Subsidiaries are all entities over which the Group has control. The Group controls an entity when the Group is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the group. They are deconsolidated from the date that control ceases.

 

  3. The Group accounts for business combinations using the acquisition method. The consideration transferred for the acquisition of a subsidiary (hereinafter - the acquiree) is calculated as a total of fair values of the assets transferred by the group and the liabilities that the Group incurs to the previous owners of the acquiree and the equity rights issued by the Group in a business combination. The consideration transferred includes the fair value of all asset or liability arising from the contingent consideration arrangement. Costs associated with the purchase are recognized in income or loss as incurred.

 

  4. Contingent consideration recognised in a business combination is measured at fair value as of the date of the business combination. Subsequent changes in the fair value of liability for the contingent consideration are recognized in profit or loss.

 

  5. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed by the Group in a business combination (excluding certain exceptions detailed in IFRS 3 “Business Combinations” (hereinafter - IFRS 3R) are initially measured at fair values on the date of acquisition. In each business combination, the Group determines whether to recognize non-controlling interest in the acquiree at fair value or proportionally to the rate of non-controlling interest at the fair value of net identifiable assets of the acquiree. This determination is done for each transaction separately.

 

  6. The excess of transferred consideration, the amount of non-controlling interest in the acquiree and the fair value as of the date of acquisition of any previous interest in the interest of the acquiree beyond the net amount, at the date of acquisition, of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, all measured as above, as goodwill (see also f. below).

 

  7. Inter-company balances and unrealized gains on transactions between Group companies are eliminated.

 

  8. The accounting policy applied by subsidiaries was changed as needed to ensure consistency with the accounting policy adopted by the group.

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

2.2. Foreign currency translation

Functional and presentation currency

Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group’s entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (‘the functional currency’). The consolidated financial statements are presented in Euro (€), which is the Company’s functional and presentation currency.

Transactions and balances

Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions.

Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in the income statement.

Foreign exchange gains and losses are presented in the income statement within “Financial Income” or “Financial Expenses”.

Foreign exchange gains and losses with respect to financial assets and liabilities that are classified as financial instruments at fair value through profit and loss, are recognized in the statement of income as part of the gain or loss relating to changes in fair value.

Group companies

The results and financial position of all the Group entities - none of which has the currency of a hyperinflationary economy - that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:

 

a) assets and liabilities for each balance sheet presented are translated at the closing rate at the date of that balance sheet;

 

b) income and expenses for each income statement are translated at periodic average exchange rates; and

 

c) all resulting exchange differences are recognised first in Other Comprehensive Income and then accumulated as a separate component of equity. On consolidation, exchange differences arising from the transaction of any net investment in Foreign entities are recognised in other comprehensive income until the related foreign investment is disposed of (sold, liquidated, abandoned, repayment of share capital, etc.).

Goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on the acquisition of a subsidiary with a functional currency other than the Euro, are treated as assets and liabilities of the subsidiary and translated at the closing rate of each balance sheet presented.

2.3. Property, plant and equipment

 

  a. An item of property, plant and equipment is measured at cost upon its initial recognition, which includes its purchase price (including import duties and non-refundable purchase taxes, after deducting trade discounts and rebates), costs directly attributable to bringing the asset to the location and condition necessary for it to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management).

 

  b. The Group elected the cost method as its accounting policy for the measurement of its property, plant and equipment subsequent to initial recognition.

 

  c. The depreciable amount of each asset is allocated on a systematic basis over its useful life using the straight-line method.

The Group depreciates separately each portion of property, plant and equipment that represents a significant part of the total cost of the item. The estimated useful lives are as follows:

 

     Years  

Buildings

     5 – 40 years   

Plant, machinery

     10 – 14 years   

Water coolers and containers and bottles

     4 – 11 years   

Dishwashers, coffee and food machines

     7 – 10 years   

Computers

     3 – 4 years   

Office equipment

     4 – 17 years   

Vehicles

     5 – 7 years   

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

Leasehold improvements are amortized by the straight-line method over the term of the lease, which is shorter than the estimated useful life of the improvements.

 

  d. At each financial year-end, the Group reviews the residual value, the useful life and the depreciation method it uses. If there have been significant changes in the expected residual value, the useful life or significant change in the expected pattern of consumption of the future economic benefits embodied in the asset that may indicate that a change in the depreciation method is required, such changes are treated as changes in accounting estimates. In the reported periods, no material changes, as above, have taken place with any material effect on these consolidated financial statements.

2.4. Intangible assets

 

  a) Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the consideration in a business combination over the Group’s portion of the fair value of the investee underlying net assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities at the date of acquisition, and it is included at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.

For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated to each of the cash generating units (CGUs), or groups of CGUs, that is expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination. Each unit or group of units to which the goodwill is allocated represents the lowest level within the entity at which the goodwill is monitored for internal management purposes. Goodwill is monitored at the operating segment level.

Goodwill is tested for impairment once a year, or more frequently, in the presence of events or circumstances indicating a possible impairment in the value of such assets. The carrying value of the cash generating unit (CGU) containing the goodwill is compare to the recoverable amount. Impairment losses on goodwill are not reversed. Gains and losses on the disposal of an entity include the carrying amount of goodwill relating to the entity sold.

 

  b) Customer relations

Customer relations have definite useful lives and are stated at cost, less accumulated amortization and impairment losses. Amortization is calculated using the straight-line method based on the estimated useful lives of customer relations.

 

  c) Tradenames

Tradename were acquired in a business combination and are recognized at fair value at the acquisition date.

Tradenames are presented at cost less accumulated amortization, and are amortized over their estimated useful lives, using the straight line method.

 

  d) Computer software

Acquired computer software licenses are capitalized on the basis of the costs incurred to acquire and bring to use the specific software. These costs are amortized over their estimated useful lives.

Costs associated with maintaining computer software programmes are recognised as an expense as incurred. Development costs that are directly attributable to the design and testing of identifiable and unique software products controlled by the Group are recognised as intangible assets when the following criteria are met:

 

    it is technically feasible to complete the software product so that it will be available for use;

 

    management intends to complete the software product and use or sell it;

 

    there is an ability to use the software product;

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

    it can be demonstrated how the software product will generate probable future economic benefits;

 

    adequate technical, financial and other resources to complete the development and to use or sell the software product is available

 

    The expenditure attributable to the software product during its development can be reliably measured.

Direct attributable costs that are capitalised as part of the software product include the software development employee costs and an appropriate portion of relevant overheads.

Other software development expenditures that do not meet these criteria are recognised as an expense as incurred. Development costs previously recognised as an expense are not recognised as an asset in a subsequent period.

Computer software development costs recognised as assets are amortised over their estimated useful lives, which does not exceed four years.

2.5. Impairment of non-monetary assets

Assets that are subject to amortization are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use. For the purposes of assessing impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are separately identifiable cash flows (CGUs). Non-monetary assets other than goodwill that have been impaired are reviewed for possible reversal of the impairment at each reporting date.

2.6. Current and deferred income tax

 

  a. The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of the tax laws enacted or substantively enacted at the balance sheet date in the countries where the Group operates and generate taxable income. The Group’s management periodically evaluates positions taken in tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax regulation is subject to interpretation and establishes provisions where appropriate on the basis of amounts expected to be paid to the tax authorities.

 

  b. The Group fully recognizes deferred taxes, using the liability method, on temporary differences arising between the carrying amounts in the consolidated financial statements of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. However, the deferred income tax is not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss.

Deferred income tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilized.

 

  c. Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates (and laws) that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet date and are expected to apply when the related deferred income tax asset is realized or the deferred income tax liability is settled.

 

  d. Deferred income taxes are not provided on temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries, since the timing of the reversal of the temporary difference is controlled by the Group and it is probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

 

  e. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets against current tax liabilities and when the deferred income taxes assets and liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities where there is an intention to settle the balances on a net basis.

2.7. Revenue recognition

The Group’s revenues are measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and services in the ordinary course of the Group’s activities. Revenue is shown net of value-added tax, returns, rebates and discounts and after eliminating sales within the Group.

The Group recognizes revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured, it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the Group and when specific criteria have been met for each of the Group’s activities as described below. The Group bases its estimates on historical results, taking into consideration the type of customer, the type of transaction and the specifics of each arrangement.

 

14


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

  a) Sale of goods

Revenue from sale of goods is recognized when all the following conditions have been satisfied, which generally occurs when goods are delivered to the customer : (a) the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have been transferred to the buyer; (b) the Group retains neither continuing managerial involvement to the degree usually associated with ownership nor effective control over the goods sold; (c) the amount of revenue can be measured reliably; (d) it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the Group; and (e) the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction can be measured reliably.

The Group’s products are sometimes sold on quantity discount terms. Sale revenues are recognized on the basis of the price stated in the contract after deduction of an estimate as of the date of the sale of the quantity discount. The Group’s accumulated experience serves to facilitate the determination of estimates and provisions in relation to discounts. The estimation of quantity discounts is based on the degree of expected sales for the year.

 

  b) Revenue from rental of water coolers and coffee machines

Revenue from rental of water coolers and coffee machines are recognized rateably over the rental period.

2.8. Financial assets

The group classifies its financial assets in the following categories:

loans and receivables

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, short-term bank deposits, other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less. Bank overdrafts are shown within bank borrowings among current liabilities on the balance sheet.

Cash and cash equivalents are carried in the balance sheet at cost. For the purpose of the cash flow statement, cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and deposits held at call with banks.

Trade receivables are carried at original invoice amount less provision for impairment. A provision for impairment of trade receivables is established when there is objective evidence that the Group will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of receivables.

Significant financial difficulties of the debtor, probability that the debtor will enter bankruptcy or financial reorganization, and default or delinquency in payments are considered indicators that the trade receivable is impaired. The amount of the provision is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows.

The carrying amount of the asset is reduced through the use of an allowance account, and the amount of the loss is recognized in the income statement within general and administrative expenses. When a trade receivable is uncollectible, it is written off against the allowance account for trade receivables. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited against general and administrative expenses in the statements of comprehensive income.

Available-for-sale financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories. They are presented as non-current assets unless the investment matures or management intends to dispose of the assets within 12 months after the balance sheet date. The available-for-sale financial asset as of 31 December 2015 and 2014 represents an investment in mainly debt securities held in a mutual fund.

2.9. Inventories

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or net realization value.

The cost of inventories comprises all costs of purchase and other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. The Group allocates fixed production overheads to the cost of conversion based on the normal capacity of the production facilities.

The cost of inventories is determined as follows:

 

    Raw materials, auxiliary supplies, packaging materials and spare parts: on the weighted average basis.

 

    Finished products: on the basis of production costs:

 

    Raw material and auxiliary supplies: on the weighted average basis.

 

    Labour and indirect expenses: on the weighted average basis.

 

    Purchased products: on the “first-in, first-out” basis.

 

    Spare parts: on the weighted average basis.

 

15


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

2.10. Share capital – predecessor periods

Ordinary shares are classified as equity.

Incremental external costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares are shown in equity as a deduction from the issuance proceeds.

2.11. Trade payables

Trade payables are recognised initially at fair value and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

2.12. Borrowings

Borrowings are recognized initially at fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently stated at amortized cost; any difference between the amounts initially recognised and the redemption value is recognized in the income statement over the term of the borrowings using the effective interest method.

Fees paid for a credit facility is recognized as transaction costs that are attributable to the relevant loan if it is probable that part or all the facility will be utilized. In such case, the recognition of fee is deferred until money is actually drawn from the facility. If no evidence exist that part or all of the loan facility is utilized, the fee is capitalized as prepayment for financing services, and is depreciated over the period of the relevant loan facility.

An exchange between an existing borrower and lender of debt instruments with substantially different terms shall be accounted for as an extinguishment of the original financial liability and the recognition of a new financial liability at fair value. Similarly, a substantial modification of the terms of an existing debt instrument or part thereof is accounted for as an extinguishment of the original financial liability and recognition of a new financial liability.

If the modification or exchange does not cause a material change of the liability, the treatment applied is a change of the terms of the existing liability without an immediate impact of profit or loss but spread throughout the remaining life of the liability.

Terms are substantially different if the discounted present value of the cash flows under the new instrument is at least 10% different from that of the remaining cash flows of the original financial liability.

2.13. Employee benefits

 

  a) Pension and retirement benefit obligations

Group companies operate various pension schemes. The schemes are generally funded through payments to insurance companies or trustee-administered funds, determined by periodic actuarial calculations. The Group has both defined benefit and defined contribution plans.

Defined contribution plans

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the Group pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. The Group has no legal or constructive obligations to pay further contributions if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Group purchases insurance policies and contributes to pension benefit funds against the obligation to pay pension benefits. The Group has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid. The contributions are recognized as employee benefit expense when they are due.

Defined benefit plans

A defined benefit plan is a pension plan that is not a defined contribution plan. Typically, defined benefit plans

define an amount of pension benefit that an employee will receive on retirement, usually dependent on one or

more factors such as age, years of service and compensation.

The liability recognized in the balance sheet in respect of defined benefit pension plans is the present value of the defined benefit obligation at the end of the reporting period less the fair value of plan assets. The defined benefit obligation is calculated annually by independent actuaries using the projected unit credit method. The present value of the defined benefit obligation is determined by discounting the estimated future cash outflows using interest rates of high-quality corporate bonds that are denominated in the currency in which the benefits will be paid, and that have terms to maturity approximating to the terms of the related pension obligation.

 

16


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

Actuarial gains and losses arising from experience adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions are charged or credited to other comprehensive income (loss) in the period in which they arise.

Past service costs are recognized immediately in income.

Amounts funded for retirement benefits are measured at fair value. These amounts funded represent “plan assets”, as defined by IAS 19, and therefore deduced from the balance of retirement benefit obligation for balance sheet presentation.

 

  b) Vacation and recreation benefits

Employees in Israel are legally entitled to vacation and recreation benefits, both computed on an annual basis. The Group accumulates a liability and expense due to vacation and recreation pay, based on the benefits that have been accumulated for each employee.

 

  c) Termination benefits

Termination benefits are payable when employment is terminated by the Group before the normal retirement date, or whenever an employee accepts voluntary redundancy in exchange for these benefits. The Group recognises termination benefits when it is demonstrably committed to a termination when the entity has a detailed formal plan to terminate the employment of current employees without possibility of withdrawal. In the case of an offer made to encourage voluntary redundancy, the termination benefits are measured based on the number of employees expected to accept the offer.

 

  d) Profit-sharing and bonus plans

The Group recognises a liability and an expense for bonuses and profit-sharing. The Group recognises a provision where contractually obliged or where there is a past practice that has created a constructive obligation.

 

2.14. Share-based payment – successor periods

With respect to equity-settled grants to employees, the value of the labour services received from them in return, is measured on the date of grant, based on the fair value of the equity instruments granted to the employees. The value of the transactions, measured as aforesaid, is expensed over the period during which the employee’s right to exercise or receive the underlying equity instruments vests; commensurate with every periodic recognition of the expense, a corresponding increase is recorded as a capital surplus, included under the Group’s equity. Non-market performance and service conditions are included in assumptions about the number of options that are expected to vest. At each balance sheet date, the Company revises it estimates of the number of options that are expected to vest. The Company recognizes the impact of the revision to original estimate, if any, in the statements of operations, with a corresponding adjustment to equity or liability, as applicable

2.15. Provisions

Provisions are recognised when:

 

  the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events;

 

  it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation;

 

  and the amount has been reliably estimated.

Restructuring provisions comprise lease termination penalties and employee termination payments; they are recognised in the period in which the Group becomes legally or constructively committed to payment. Employee termination benefits are recognised only after either an agreement is in place with the appropriate employees representatives specifying the terms of redundancy and the number of employees affected, or after individual employees have been advised of the specific terms.

Provisions are not recognized for future operating losses.

Where there are a number of similar obligations, the likelihood that an outflow will be required in settlement is determined by considering the class of obligations as a whole. A provision is recognized even if the likelihood of an outflow with respect to any one item included in the same class of obligations may be small.

 

17


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

2.16. Derivatives financial instruments and hedging activities

Successor periods

Derivative instruments are recognised in the balance sheet at fair value. The derivative instruments utilized by the Successor mitigate the exposures to variability in cash flows associated with variable rate borrowings. Since these derivative instruments have not been designated as hedging instruments for accounting purposes, periodic changes in their fair value are recognized in the consolidated statement of income.

Predecessor period

Derivative instruments are recognised in the balance sheet at fair value. The fair value of derivatives is estimated using standard valuation models which take active market data into consideration.

Predecessor hold both derivatives used for hedge accounting and derivatives used for trading.

Predecessor utilized some derivative instruments Which are considered hedging instruments of exposures to variability in cash flows associated with recognised liabilities.

The method of recognizing the resulting gain or loss, representing the change in the derivative instrument’s fair value during the reported period, depends on whether the derivative is designated as a hedging instrument, and if so, the nature of the item being hedged. The Predecessor has derivatives that are designated as a cash flow hedge, and other derivatives classifies as trading.

The portion of the gain or loss on the fair value measurement of the hedging instrument that is determined to be an effective hedge is recognised directly in other comprehensive income. The ineffective portion of the gain or loss on the hedging instrument is recognised in the Income Statement. Gains or losses recognised in equity are released to the Income Statement in the same period or periods in which the liability issued impacts the Income Statement.

The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognized immediately in the income statement within ‘Other gains/(Losses) - net’.

The Predecessor has designated certain derivatives as hedges of a particular risk associated with a recognized asset or liability or a highly probable forecast transaction (cash flow hedge).

The Predecessor uses interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to interest rate risks resulting from financing arrangements. These derivative instruments are floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps which have the economic effect of converting borrowings from floating rates to fixed rates.

The Predecessor documents at the inception of the transaction the relationship between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk management objectives and strategy for undertaking various hedging transactions. The Predecessor also documents its assessment, both at hedge inception and on an ongoing basis, of whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values or cash flows of hedged items.

When a hedging instrument expires or is sold, or when a hedge no longer meets the criteria for hedge accounting, any cumulative gain or loss existing in equity at that time remains in other comprehensive income and is recognised when the forecast transaction is ultimately recognised in the income statement. When a forecast transaction is no longer expected to occur, the cumulative gain or loss that was reported in equity is immediately transferred to the income statement.

Other derivative instruments do not qualify for hedge accounting. Changes in the fair value of any these derivative instruments are recognized immediately in the income statement.

2.17. Leases

The Group leases certain property, plant and equipment. Leases of property, plant and equipment where the Group has substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as finance leases. Finance leases are capitalized at the inception of the lease at the lower of the fair value of the leased property and the present value of the minimum lease payments.

Each lease payment is allocated between the liability and finance charges so as to achieve a constant rate on the finance balance outstanding. The corresponding rental obligations, net of finance charges, are included in other non-current liabilities. The interest element of the finance cost is charged to the income statement over the lease period so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each lease period. The property, plant and equipment acquired under finance leases is depreciated over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term.

 

18


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

Leases where a significant portion of the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases (net of any incentives received from the lessor) are charged to the income statement on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

When the Group is a lessor in an operating lease, the leased assets are included in the statements of financial position based on their nature, and are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Rental income is recognized ratable over the lease term.

2.18. Customer deposits

The Group receives deposits from customers at the initiation of a contract and during the contractual period. Such deposits are disclosed in the balance sheet as current liabilities in “Customer deposits”.

Unclaimed customer deposits in respect of water containers and coolers are derecognised from the balance sheet and recorded in the income statement in “Other Operating Income” on a customer by customer basis, when the client is legally released from the primary responsibility for the liability, by law or by the customer.

2.19. Segment reporting

Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision-maker. The chief operating decision-maker, who is responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance of the operating segments, has been identified as the chief executive officer.

 

3. Financial instruments and risk management

The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: foreign currency exchange risk, cash flow interest rates risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. The Group’s overall risk management program focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimize potential adverse effects on the financial performance of the Group.

3.1 Financial risk management

 

a. Market risks

 

1. Foreign currency exchange risk (FX)

The Group operates internationally and is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from various currency exposures, primarily with respect to the following currencies: Swedish Kroner, Danish Kroner, Norwegian Kroner, Polish Zloty, British Pound, Swiss Franc, US Dollar, Russian Rouble and Israeli new shekel. The Israeli activity is also exposed mainly to foreign currency exchange risk on imported goods and on charges to other companies within the Group for IT services.

The company has certain investments in foreign operations, whose net assets are exposed to currency translation risk – currency changes would affect the book value of assets and liabilities, with corresponding effect equity through the currency translation account.. The following companies are concerned: Sweden, Denmark, Poland, United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland, Russia and Israel. Management has set up a policy to require Group companies to have local borrowings in their local currency and hence these positions, at consolidated level, are not sensitive to changes in exchange rates.

 

19


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

At 31 December 2015, there are a number of intercompany loans between companies with different functional currencies. The table below details the Group’s sensitivity to a 10% decrease/increase in the currency pairs involved in the intercompany loans.

 

31.12.2015 Currency pairs

   Effect on profit of
+ movements
     Effect on profit of
- movements
 

SEK / EUR

     (370      370   

CHF / EUR

     (948      948   

EUR / GBP

     (4 042      4 042   

PLN / EUR

     (776      776   

ILS / EUR

     (1 701      1 701   

EUR/RUB

     (427      427   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     (8 264      8 264   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

b. Cash flow interest rate risk

As the Group has no significant interest-bearing assets, the Group’s income and operating cash flows are substantially independent of changes in market interest rates.

The Group’s interest rate risk arises from long-term borrowings and finance leases. Borrowings issued at variable rates expose the Group to cash flow interest rate risk. During 2015, the Group’s borrowings amounting to 191 mios were at variable rates (Prime linked rates, and mainly EURIBOR) and were denominated mainly in EUR.

The sensitivity analysis calculates the impact from changes in interest rates for liabilities that represent the major interest-bearing positions. The computation is not intended to represent actual gains or losses to be incurred by the Group. The Company cannot predict actual future movements in such market rates and it does not claim that these results are indicative of future movements in such market rates or to be representative of any actual impact that future changes in market rates may have on the Company’s future results of operations or financial position.

At 31 December 2015, if interest rates had been 1% higher/lower with all other variables held constant, post-tax profit for the period would have been lower/higher by € 145 on EUR denominated borrowings (taking into account the effect of the hedging instrument), as a result of higher/lower interest expense on floating rate borrowings.

At 31 December 2015, if the SWAP rates negotiated on the markets had been 1% higher/lower, with the same variables than the signed swap, the fair value of the instrument would have been € 4 854 higher/lower but would still be disclosed as a liability.

 

c. Credit risk

Credit risk arises from credit exposure to customers, including outstanding receivables and committed transactions. The Group has no significant concentration of credit risk other than from its key distrbutor Jafora Tabori, see below. The Group deals only with a limited number of banks with secure credit ratings and has policies that limit the amount of credit exposure to any one financial institution. In the HOD business there is a high number and diversity of customers, with policies in place to ensure that sales of products and services are made to customers with an appropriate credit history.

The Company’s maximum exposure for net credit is with Jafora Tabori Ltd. (hereafter- Jafora), the Group’s key distrbutor (less the amounts that the Company owes to Jafora), which amounted to € 6 475 as of 31 December 2015. Jafora does not put up collateral against the credit it receives.

 

d. Liquidity risk

Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and the availability of funding through an adequate amount of committed credit facilities. Due to the dynamic nature of the underlying businesses, the Group aims at maintaining flexibility in funding by keeping committed credit lines available.

Management monitors rolling forecasts of the Group’s liquidity reserve (comprising undrawn borrowing facility) and cash on the basis of expected cash flow.

 

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Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

The table below analyses the Group’s financial liabilities into relevant maturity groupings based on the remaining period at the balance sheet to the contractual maturity date. The amounts disclosed are the contractual undiscounted cash flows.

The Group has a regular number of customers making deposits as a guarantee of the rental equipment at the customer premises. The rental contracts have no contractual maturity dates and it is impractical to calculate a maturity analysis

 

Financial liabilities

   Less than 1 year      Between
1 and 2 years
     Between
2 and 5 years
     More than
5 years
     Total  

At 31 December 2015

              

Borrowings

     22 277         22 121         334 978         —           379 376   

Capital leases

     1 203         1 144         1 956         138         4 441   

Trade accounts payables

     36 820         —           —           —           36 820   

Customer deposits

     16 383         —           —           3 189         19 572   

Borrowing and Payable to related parties and shareholder

     —           —           —           114 126         114 126   

Other current liabilities

     44 667         —           —           —           44 667   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     121 350         23 265         336 934         117 453         599 002   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Financial liabilities

   Less than 1 year      Between
1 and 2 years
     Between
2 and 5 years
     More than
5 years
     Total  

At 31 December 2014

              

Borrowings

     70 731         17 531         233 566         —           321 828   

Capital leases

     1 218         959         2 344         315         4 836   

Trade accounts payables

     33 092         —           —           —           33 092   

Customer deposits

     14 373         —           —           3 139         17 512   

Borrowing and Payable to related parties and shareholder

     —           —           —           113 626         113 626   

Other current liabilities

     38 737         —           —           —           38 737   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     158 151         18 490         235 910         117 080         529 631   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Interest rate Swaps

   Less than
6 months
    Between
6 and 12
months
    Between 1
and 2 years
    Between 2
and 5 years
    Total  

At 31 December 2015

          

Outflow

     (798     (798     (1 521     (1721     (4838
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inflow

     (111     (111     (211     (239     (672

 

Interest rate Swaps

   Less than
6 months
    Between
6 and 12
months
    Between 1
and 2 years
    Between 2
and 5 years
    Total  

At 31 December 2014

          

Outflow

     (798     (798     (1 596     (3 242     (6 434
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inflow

     66        66        133        270        535   

 

e. Capital Risk Management

The Group’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital.

The Group monitors its capital structure on the basis of a leverage ratio, defined as: net debt divided by operating EBITDA. Net debt is calculated as the total of the consolidated short-term and long-term borrowings, less cash and cash equivalents. Operating EBITDA is calculated as earnings before other operating expenses, interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization paid to shareholders.

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

f. Fair value estimation

At 31 December 2015, the carrying value less impairment provision of all financial assets and liabilities approximate their fair values.

Following is an analysis of the financial instruments measured at fair value, by valuation methods. The different levels have been defined as follow:

 

  Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1).

 

  Inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (that is, as prices) or indirectly (that is, derived from prices) (level 2).

 

  Inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (that is, unobservable inputs) (level 3).

The following table presents the group’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value:

 

     2015      2014  
     Level 1      Level 1  

Assets:

     

Available-for-sale financial asset

     15 019         15 016   
     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     15 019         15 016   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2015     2014  
     Level 2     Level 2  

Liabilities:

    

Derivative Financial Instruments:

    

Hedging derivatives

     (5 201     (5 420
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     (5 201     (5 420
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

3.2. Financial instruments by category

The Group’s accounting policy with respect to financial instruments was applied in relation to the following categories:

Financial instruments at 31 December 2015 by category

 

     December 31,
2015
     December 31,
2014
 

Loans and receivables:

     

Trade and other receivables excluding prepayments

     76 083         69 409   

Cash and cash equivalents

     12 608         22 541   

Available for sale:

     

Available-for-sale financial assets

     15 019         15 016   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     103 710         106 966   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

At 31 December 2015    Liability at fair
value through
profit and loss
     Other financial
liability at
amortized cost
     Total  

Liabilities:

        

Borrowings

        (303 383      (303 383

Derivative financial instruments

     (5 201         (5 201

Accounts payable and others

        (81 614      (81 614

Deposits from customers

        (19 572      (19 572

Borrowings from shareholders and other related parties

        (75 623      (75 623
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     (5 201      (480 192      (485 393
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

At 31 December 2014    Liability at fair
value through
profit and loss
     Other financial
liability at
amortized cost
     Total  

Liabilities:

        

Borrowings

        (259 986      (259 986

Derivative financial instruments

     (5 420         (5 420

Accounts payable and others

        (71 899      (71 899

Deposits from customers

        (17 512      (17 512

Borrowings from shareholders and other related parties

        (69 707      (69 707
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     (5 420      (419 104      (424 524
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

4. Critical accounting estimates and assumptions

The Group makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. Estimates and judgments are continually evaluated, and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are outlined below.

Estimated impairment of goodwill

The Group tests annually whether goodwill has suffered any impairment, in accordance with the accounting policy stated in note 2.5. The recoverable amounts of cash generating units have been determined based on fair value less costs to sell calculations. These calculations require the use of estimate.

Purchase price allocation

Purchase price allocations conducted by the Group with respect to business combinations entered into, require the use of significant estimates pertaining to the calculation of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, primarily identifiable intangible assets.

Deferred tax assets

The Group is subject to income tax in numerous jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining the portion of tax losses carried forward which can be offset against future taxable profit. In order to assess if there is any future benefit, forecasts are made of the future taxable profits by legal entity. Actual tax outcomes could vary significantly from the amounts that were initially recorded. Such differences will impact the current and deferred income tax assets and liabilities in the period in which such determination is made (Note 14).

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

Useful lives of depreciable and amortizable assets

Group management estimates the useful asset lives and the related depreciation and amortization costs in respect of all its fixed assets and intangible assets. The estimate is based on the expected life cycle of the Group’s products. Estimates may vary significantly commensurate with changes in customer installations and quits and other technological changes.

Provision for contingencies

Estimating provisions management considers the likelihood that cash resources will indeed be diverted towards a settlement of the liabilities, and also considers its estimate of the present value of the cash flows expected to be required for the settlement of existing liabilities.

Previous parent company costs allocation (predecessor period only)

Costs paid by previous parent company were recognized where they are directly attributable to the entities contained within the combined financial statements.

 

24


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

5 Cash and Cash equivalents

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

Cash at bank and in hand

     10 566         22 541   

Short term deposits (less than 3 months)

     2 042         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     12 608         22 541   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents include the following for the purposes of the statement of cash flows:

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

Cash and cash equivalents

     12 608         22 541   

Bank overdrafts

     (2 158      —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     10 450         22 541   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

6 Trade receivables - net

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

Trade receivables

     73 774         65 469   

Check receivable and credit card

     3 365         3 094   

Provision for impairment

     (9 034      (8 475
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net trade receivables

     68 105         60 088   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Trade receivables that are less than three months past due are not considered impaired. As of 31 December 2015, trade receivables amounting to € 16’418 were past due but not impaired. These relate to a number of customers for whom there is no recent history of default. The ageing of these receivables is as follows:

Age analysis of trade receivables past due but not impaired

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

0 - 90 days

     10 956         9 738   

90 - 180 days

     2 552         2 049   

180 - 360 days

     1 476         1 231   

> 360 days

     1 434         811   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Trade receivables - past due but not impaired

     16 418         13 829   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

25


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

The creation and usage of provision for impaired receivables have been included in “General and administrative expenses” in the statement of comprehensive income. Movements of the group provision for impairment of trade receivables are as follows:

Movements on the provision for impairment of trade receivables

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014      Period from
October 1,
2013 through
December 31,
2013
 

Opening Balance

     (8 475      (8 990      (8 865

Provision for receivables impairment

     (828      (1 883      565   

Receivables written off during the year as uncollectible

     506         2 438         653   

Other movements

     (33      (615      (124

Unused amounts reversed

     222         616         (1 222

Currency translation adjustments

     (426      (41      3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Provision amount at December 31

     (9 034      (8 475      (8 990
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

7 Prepaid and other assets

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

Prepaid and deferred expenses

     2 192         2 103   

Accrued income

     868         1 148   

Advances to suppliers and guarantee deposits

     890         559   

Restricted cash

     456         60   

VAT receivable

     183         424   

Other current assets

     3 178         6 547   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     7 767         10 841   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

8 Inventories

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

Raw materials (caps, labels)

     1 513         1 017   

Spare parts

     4 031         2 869   

Auxiliary and packaging materials

     4 718         4 327   

Finished goods (water, coffee machines)

     7 324         5 904   

Other Inventories

     426         367   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Gross Inventories

     18 012         14 484   

Provision for impairment

     (68      (38
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     17 944         14 446   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

26


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

9 Property, Plant and Equipment

 

Predecessor

   Land &
buildings
    Vehicles     Plant,
machinery
    Distribution
equipment
    Office
equipment
    Leasehold
improvement
    Total  

At 01.01.2013

     11 134        3 257        16 523        28 160        1 288        2 719        63 081   

Business combinations

     —          15        —          127        8        —          151   

Currency translation adjustments

     (170     36        339        (76     2        35        166   

Additions

     175        2 033        954        8 499        330        504        12 496   

Transfers

     7        —          (6     53        1        (54     —     

Disposals

     (2     (34     (13     (337     (4     —          (390

Depreciation

     (387     (681     (1 565     (7 712     (607     (342     (11 294
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount at 30.09.2013

     10 757        4 626        16 232        28 714        1 017        2 862        64 209   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 30.09.2013

              

Cost

     11 144        5 307        17 797        36 426        1 624        3 204        75 503   

Accumulated depreciation

     (387     (681     (1 565     (7 712     (607     (342     (11 294
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount

     10 757        4 626        16 232        28 714        1 017        2 862        64 209   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total depreciation expense for the nine months period ended September 30, 2013 amounts to € 11’294 and is allocated as follow: € 9’294 in costs of goods sold, € 1’876 in sales, marketing and service expenses € 124 in general and administration expenses and € 0 in other operating expenses.

 

Successor

   Land &
buildings
    Vehicles     Plant,
machinery
    Distribution
equipment
    Office
equipment
    Leasehold
improvement
    Total  

At 01.10.2013

     —          —          —          —          —          —          —     

Business combinations (note 29)

     10 941        4 631        16 260        31 358        1 936        1 833        66 959   

Exchange differences

     63        5        (10     50        83        (3     188   

Additions

     70        475        292        2 335        186        35        3 393   

Transfers

     (6     —          6        —          —          —          —     

Disposals

     —          (3     5        (514     (3     —          (515

Depreciation

     (134     (289     (540     (2 726     (239     (85     (4 013
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount at 31.12.2015

     10 934        4 819        16 013        30 503        1 963        1 780        66 013   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 31.12.2013

              

Cost

     11 068        5 108        16 553        33 229        2 202        1 865        70 026   

Accumulated depreciation

     (134     (289     (540     (2 726     (239     (85     (4 013
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount

     10 934        4 819        16 013        30 503        1 963        1 780        66 013   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2013 amounts to € 4’013 and is allocated as follow: € 3’291 in costs of goods sold, € 682 in sales, marketing and service expenses € 40 in general and administration expenses and € 0 in other operating expenses.

 

27


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

Successor

   Land &
buildings
    Vehicles     Plant,
machinery
    Distribution
equipment
    Office
equipment
    Leasehold
improvement
    Total  

At 01.01.2014

     10 934        4 819        16 013        30 504        1 963        1 780        66 013   

Business combinations

     900        288        104        5 080        594        —          6 966   

Currency translation adjustments

     46        76        226        230        27        22        627   

Additions

     97        1 885        728        12 219        809        544        16 282   

Purchase price allocation adjustment

     (549     —          —          —          —          —          (549

Transfers

     (175     (125     (298     478        120        —          —     

Disposals

     —          (135     (16     (1 064     (115     —          (1 330

Depreciation

     (560     (1 334     (1 890     (10 924     (976     (355     (16 039
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount at 31.12.2014

     10 693        5 474        14 867        36 523        2 422        1 991        71 970   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 31.12.2014

              

Cost

     11 387        7 097        17 297        50 173        3 637        2 431        92 022   

Accumulated depreciation

     (694     (1 623     (2 430     (13 650     (1 215     (440     (20 052
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount

     10 693        5 474        14 867        36 523        2 422        1 991        71 970   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2014 amounts to € 16’039 and is allocated as follow: € 12’788 in costs of goods sold, € 2’578 in sales, marketing and service expenses € 596 in general and administration expenses and € 77 in other operating expenses.

 

Successor

   Land &
buildings
    Vehicles     Plant,
machinery
    Distribution
equipment
    Office
equipment
    Leasehold
improvement
    Total  

At 01.01.2015

     10 693        5 474        14 867        36 523        2 422        1 991        71 970   

Business combinations (note 29)

     910        1 884        332        2 350        133        —          5 609   

Currency translation adjustments

     630        510        1 456        1 141        103        220        4 060   

Additions

     481        1 011        1 792        19 432        1 200        248        24 164   

Transfers

     94        —          140        (160     (74     —          —     

Disposals

     (498     (76     (4     (1 481     (129     —          (2 188

Depreciation

     (696     (2 119     (2 125     (14 569     (1 304     (441     (21 254
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount at 31.12.2015

     11 614        6 684        16 458        43 235        2 351        2 018        82 360   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 31.12.2015

              

Cost

     13 004        10 426        21 013        71 454        4 870        2 899        123 666   

Accumulated depreciation

     (1 390     (3 742     (4 555     (28 219     (2 519     (881     (41 306
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount

     11 614        6 684        16 458        43 235        2 351        2 018        82 360   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total depreciation expense for the year ended December 31, 2015 amounts to € 21’254 and is allocated as follow: € 16’833 in costs of goods sold, € 4’069 in sales, marketing and service expenses, € 310 in general and administration expenses and € 42 in other operating expenses.

 

28


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

10 Goodwill and other intangible assets

Predecessor

   Goodwill     Customers
relations
    Trademarks     Other     Total  

At 01.01.2013

     115 140        17 092        6 137        3 988        142 356   

Additions

     —          —          —          1 485        1 485   

Business combinations

     —          648        —          —          648   

Transfers

     —          3        (161     158        —     

Amortization

     —          (2 787     (395     (1 505     (4 687

Impairment

     (17 046     —          —          —          (17 046

Exchange differences

     (1 823     (189     (8     64        (1 957
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount at 30.09.2013

     96 270        14 767        5 573        4 190        120 800   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Successor

   Goodwill      Customers
relations
    Trademarks     Other     Total  

At 01.10.2013

     —           —          —          —          —     

Business combinations

     102 505         65 379        13 696        4 336        185 916   

Additions

     —           —          —          511        511   

Amortization

     —           (1 091     (214     (520     (1 825

Exchange differences

     495         419        82        (16     980   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount at 31.12.2013

     103 000         64 707        13 564        4 311        185 582   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Successor

   Goodwill      Customers
relations
    Tradenames     Other     Total  

At 01.01.2014

     103 000         64 707        13 564        4 311        185 582   

Business combinations

     31 359         12 426        177        2 209        46 171   

Amortization

     —           (6 897     (1 144     (2 311     (10 352

Currency translation adjustments

     1 431         881        120        70        2 502   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount at 31.12.2014

     135 790         71 117        12 717        4 279        223 903   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 31.12.2014

           

Cost

     135 790         79 105        14 075        7 110        236 080   

Accumulated amortization and impairment

     —           (7 988     (1 358     (2 831     (12 177
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount

     135 790         71 117        12 717        4 279        223 903   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Successor

   Goodwill     Customers
relations
    Tradenames     Other     Total  

At 01.01.2015

     135 790        71 117        12 717        4 279        223 903   

Business combinations (note 29)

     25 814        8 173        1 980        81        36 048   

Additions

     412        180        —          2 090        2 682   

Decrease

     (295     (374     —          (109     (778

Transfers

     (485     485        126        (126     —     

Amortization

     —          (9 077     (2 080     (2 255     (13 412

Currency translation adjustments

     3 275        2 774        627        447        7 123   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount at 31.12.2015

     164 511        73 278        13 370        4 407        255 566   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 31.12.2015

          

Cost

     164 511        90 343        16 808        9 493        281 155   

Accumulated amortization and impairment

     —          (17 065     (3 438     (5 086     (25 589
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net book amount

     164 511        73 278        13 370        4 407        255 566   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

29


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

Goodwill Impairment Test 2015

During the fourth quarter the Group conducted its annual goodwill impairment test. Following the impairment test, the Group recorded no impairment charge. An operating segment-level summary of the goodwill allocation is presented below:

Valuation of recoverable amounts

The recoverable amount of all CGUs has been determined based on fair value less cost to disposed calculations (“income approach”, using the DCF method). This method uses post-tax cash flow projections based on a five-year business plan approved by management. Cash flows beyond the five-year plan are extrapolated using long-term growth rates.

31.12.2015

 

CGU   UK     France     Poland     Swiss     Spain     NL     Nordics     Baltics     Israel     Russia     Germany     Portugal  

Carrying amounts

    53’341        35’018        23’264        22’857        8’827        13’189        17’449        4’971        53’639        35’483        21’795        2’555   
CGU   UK     France     Poland     Swiss     Spain     NL     Nordics     Baltics     Israel     Russia     Germany     Portugal  

Recoverable amounts

    72’269        48’638        27’175        42’716        18’228        18’662        25’737        5’694        56’659        38’511        26’310        3’978   

31.12.2014

 

CGU    UK      France      Poland      Swiss      Spain      NL      Nordics      Baltics      Israel  

Carrying amounts

     51’791         35’589         25’385         21’337         9’650         3’143         16’907         4’866         53’283   
CGU    UK      France      Poland      Swiss      Spain      NL      Nordics      Baltics      Israel  

Recoverable amounts

     59’362         41’646         25’665         27’206         13’476         6’915         21’046         4’898         58’939   

Key assumptions

The key assumptions used for calculating the recoverable amounts during the 2015 test are as follows:

31.12.2015

Key assumptions

 

CGU

   UK     France     Poland     Swiss     Spain     NL     Nordics     Baltics     Israel     Russia     Germany     Portugal  

Long term growth rates

     2.0     2.0     1.5     1.5     1.5     1.5     1.3     1.5     2.0     1.5     1.5     1.5

Post tax discount rates

     13.0     12.0     12.5     11.0     12.5     12.0     12.0     12.0     13.0     16.0     11.5     13.5

31.12.2014

 

Key assumptions

                  

CGU

   UK     France     Poland     Swiss     Spain     NL     Nordics     Baltics     Israel  

Long term growth rates

     2.0     2.0     2.0     2.0     2.0     2.0     1.5     1.0     2.0

Post tax discount rates

     13.5     12.5     13.0     12.0     14.0     15.0     13.0     14.0     13.0

 

30


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

Growth rates - weighted average growth rates are based on management assumptions for each specific CGU and are consistent with forecasts included in industry reports.

Discount rates - the expected net cash flows are discounted by using specific post-tax discount rates for each market. Discount rates reflect the risk factors specific to each relevant CGU.

The fair value of the CGU is level 3 measurement.

Predecessor:

During the 9 months ended September 30, 2013, Eden Springs Group recorded and impairment. The impairment reflects the difference between the purchase price of Eden Springs by Rhone and the book value included in Eden Springs combined as of this date.

Acquisition of Goodwill and Customer Portfolio

During 2015, the Group made 2 aquisitions which explains the increase of the Goodwill and the Customer Relations. The purchase price is provisional.

Nestlé Water Direct Russia LLC (RUS) : 100% of the shares were acquired on 02.02.2015 for a cash consideration of € 40’498. The customer base comprises of water customers. The goodwill of € 25’814 arises from expected synergies.

Water Company (SWE) : On March 1st, 2015, The water customer base was acquired for a cash consideration of € 180. No goodwill was recorded.

 

31


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

11 Other current liabilities

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

VAT and other taxes

     5 157         3 904   

Employees, Social security and related payables

     14 340         11 653   

Liabilities arising from acquisitions

     113         1 134   

Accrued expenses

     21 973         16 961   

Others

     3 069         2 475   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     44 651         36 127   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

12 Customer deposits and prepaid income

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

Customer deposits

     19 572         17 512   

Prepaid Income

     13 961         13 195   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     33 534         30 707   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

13 Provisions

 

     Litigation     Integration
and
restructuring
    Retail
incentive
    Others     Total  

At 01.01.2015

     1 148        341        3 017        448        4 954   

Additional provisions

     —          940        1 320        98        2 358   

Unused amounts reversed

     (337     (8     —          (12     (357

Used during year

     (5     (721     (3 306     —          (4 032

Currency translation adjustments

     (2     2        309        2        311   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 31.12.2015

     804        554        1 340        536        3 234   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Provisions for litigation

See Note 18

Provisions for integration and restructuring

The provision for integration and restructuring includes mainly severance costs for employees in Germany and Netherlands whose contracts have been terminated. The litigation refers to a dispute with a former landlord in France, the former employee in Poland and in Germany. The Retail incentive include provision for retail incentives, which arose in the ordinary course of the business of the Israeli activities.

 

32


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

14 Deferred income taxes

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

Deferred income tax asset to be recovered after more than 12 months

     (13 813      (13 157

Deferred income tax asset to be recovered within 12 months

     (2 143      (1 203
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred income tax assets:

     (15 956      (14 360
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred income tax liability to be recovered after more than 12 months

     19 049         18 289   

Deferred income tax liability to be recovered within 12 months

     129         58   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred income tax liabilities:

     19 178         18 347   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred income tax liablities (net)

     3 222         3 987   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The gross movement on the deferred tax account for the period is as follows:

 

     Sucessor      Predecessor  
     2015      2014      Period from
October 1,
2013 through
December 31,
2013
     Period from
January 1,
2013 through
September 30,
2013
 
 

Beginning of the year

     3 987         4 476         —           10 676   

Currency translation adjustments

     195         7         115         (9

Business Combination (note 29)

     1 941         628         4 396         —     

Other changes

     176         (1 587      (93      —     

Credited to income statement (Note 27)

     (3 077      463         58         (599
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

     3 222         3 987         4 476         10 068   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At December 31, 2015 the Group had losses carried forward of € 164.0 million for which € 48.9 million deferred tax asset was recognized. € 152.7 million have no expiration term; the remaining € 11.3 million losses carried forward will expire in years 2016 to 2024. No tax losses have been considered for Hydra Dutch Holdings 2 B.V. The movement in deferred income tax assets and liabilities during the period is as follows:

Taxable temporary differences (Deductible temporary differences)

 

Successor

   Accelerated
Tax
Depreciation
     Intangibles      Others      Total  

At 01.10.2013

     —           —           —           —     

Charged to income statement

     822         198         30         1 050   

Business Combination

     2 197         17 154         21         19 372   

Transfer

     —           —           —           —     

Exchange differences

     18         61         26         105   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At 31 December 2013

     3 037         17 413         77         20 527   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     Provisions      Tax losses      Others      Total  

At 01.10.2013

     —           —           —           —     

Credited (charged) to income statement

     (108      (1 029      145         (992

Business Combination

     (780      (13 345      (851      (14 976

Transfer

     —           —           —           —     

Credited directly to equity

     —           —           (93      (93

Exchange differences

     —           4         6         10   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At 31 December 2013

     (888      (14 370      (793      (16 051
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

33


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

Successor

   Accelerated
Tax
Depreciation
     Intangibles      Others      Total  

At 01.01.2014

     3 037         17 413         77         20 527   

Credited to income statement

     (32      (1 394      165         (1 261

Charged (credited) to other comprehensive income

     —           (1 050      —           (1 050

Business Combination

     —           637         —           637   

Transfer

     —           —           —           —     

Currency translation adjustments

     (60      171         (617      (506
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At 31 December 2014

     2 945         15 777         (375      18 347   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     Provisions      Tax losses      Others      Total  

At 01.01.2014

     (888      (14 370      (793      (16 051

Credited (charged) to income statement

     (186      2 425         (512      1 726   

Credited to other comprehensive income

     2         (12      (528      (538

Business Combination

     (10      —           —           (10

Transfer

     —           —           —           —     

Currency translation adjustments

     10         (93      596         513   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At 31 December 2014

     (1 072      (12 050      (1 237      (14 359
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Successor

   Accelerated
Tax
Depreciation
     Intangibles      Others      Total  

At 01.01.2015

     2 640         15 477         230         18 347   

Credited to income statement

     (1 092      (461      33         (1 520

Business Combination

     189         1 752         —           1 941   

Transfer

     276         (403      —           (127

Currency translation adjustments

     53         512         (28      537   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At 31 December 2015

     2 066         16 877         235         19 178   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     Provisions      Tax losses      Others      Total  

At 01.01.2015

     (1 078      (11 702      (1 580      (14 360

Credited (charged) to income statement

     51         (2 125      517         (1 557

Credited to other comprehensive income

     —           —           176         176   

Business Combination

     96         —           (96      —     

Transfer

     —           127         —           127   

Currency translation adjustments

     (119      (85      (138      (342
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At 31 December 2015

     (1 050      (13 785      (1 121      (15 956
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

34


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

15 Employee rights

A. The Group contributes to retirement benefit schemes in conformity with the laws and usual practices of countries where the Group operates. As a result of contributions paid under such schemes to private or state sponsored pension funds, the companies have no significant actuarial liability, with the exception of Switzerland and Israel.

B. The Israeli companies’ pension and severance pay obligation to its employees in Israel under section 14 to the Israel Severance Pay Law is covered by regular contributions to defined contribution plans. The amounts funded as above are not reflected in the balance sheet.

C. The Israeli companies have the obligation to pay severance pay to their employees, constituting defined benefit plans. In respect of this obligation, the companies have amounts funded and retirement insurance coverage (known in Israel as senior employees insurance) to which subsidiaries contribute. The amount of net severance pay obligation, as presented in the balance sheets for December 31, 2015 , reflects the difference between the obligation for severance pay and the severance pay plan asset.

D. Management Equity Plan

On October 23, 2013, the closing date of the acquisition of Eden, certain management members (“Grantees”) were allotted shares in Hydra Luxembourg Holdings S.a.r.l. (“Hydra Luxembourg”), who indirectly controls the Company which was invested by the Grantees in the share capital of Hydra Luxembourg (the “Management Investment”). The initial allotment is 11% of the share capital of Hydra Luxembourg, with an additional one percent to be allotted to the Grantees if minimum EBITDA targets would be met over a pre defined period following the date of grant. The agreement also defines the method of calculation of the returns the allotted shares would be entitled to out of the total returns of Hydra Luxembourg.

The plan prescribes a graded vesting schedule which ends after five years from the date of grant. Under the plan, the Grantees would be entitled to receive a cash consideration upon leaving Hydra 2, which would be determined based on whether the shares have vested and whether they would meet the definition of a “good leaver” in the plan.

Grantees who leave Hydra 2 in the future would receive a cash consideration equal to the fair value for their vested shares, provided the definition of a “good leaver” is met. Otherwise, a leaver would receive a cash consideration equal to the lower of his initial investment and fair value of the shares allotted to him.

The Company has accounted for the transaction under the provisions of IFRS 2, Share Based Payment. Since the fair value of the allotted shares approximated the Management Investment amount, the fair value of the granted benefit was calculated to approximate zero and, thus, no compensation expenses are to be recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

E. Swiss Defined Benefit Plans

Apart from the social security plans fixed by the law, the Swiss entities Eden Springs (Switzerland) SA and Eden Springs International SA sponsor two independent pension plans.

All employees are covered by these plans, which are defined benefit plans. Liabilities and assets are revised periodically by an independent actuary.

 

35


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

F. Pension benefits

The amounts recognised in the balance sheet are determined as follows :

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

Present Value of funded obligations

     21 958         19 206   

Fair value of plan assets

     (16 709      (13 966
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability in the balance sheet

     5 250         5 240   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The amounts recognised in the income statement are as follows :

 

     2015      2014      Period from
October 1,
2013 through
December 1,
2013
 

Current service cost

     1 644         1 268         449   

Interest cost

     168         159         135   

Expected return on plan assets

     —           —           (99

Others

     (1 135      (904      (1
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     677         523         484   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Split of the total charges :

 

     2015      2014      Period from
October 1,
2013 through
December 1,
2013
 

Cost of goods sold

     57         62         16   

Selling and Marketing expenses

     356         257         62   

Selling expenses

     90         152         33   

Administrative expenses

     75         (41      358   

Finance expenses

     99         93         15   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     677         523         484   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

36


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

The main assumptions used for the calculation of the pension liabilities and the defined benefit obligation for the year 2015 are the following:

 

     2015    2014
     %    %

Discount rate

   1.00 - 4.80    2.30 - 5.30

Expected return on plan asset

   4.00 - 4.70    3.90 - 5.20

Future salary increases

   0.50 - 3.50    1.00 - 3.50

Future pension increase

   0.25 - 0.50    0.20 - 0.50
     %    %

Turnover

   0% - 64%    0% - 64%

Inflation rate

   1.70% - 2.80%    1.70% - 2.80%

 

16 Borrowings

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

Non-Current

     

Senior secured notes and bank borrowings, net

     295 378         201 252   

Finance lease liabilities

     3 238         3 618   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     298 616         204 870   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Current

     

Bank borrowings, net

     2 158         1 000   

Finance lease liabilities

     1 203         1 218   

Loan from minority, net of minority debt

     —           319   

Other borrowings

     1 406         52 579   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     4 767         55 116   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total borrowings

     303 383         259 986   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

On 29 April 2014, Hydra Dutch Holdings 2 BV successfully issued a Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes of EUR 210 million traded on the Luxembourg Stock exchange, as well as a Revolving Credit Facility of EUR 45 mio. At the same time the existing bank financing facilities were repaid.

The Senior Secured Note is issued with a 3-months EURIBOR plus 5.5% per annum, reset quarterly. Payments are quarterly in arrears and maturity is on 15 April 2019. The proceeds were used to repay the existing bank loan, repay related party loans of €50 million and pay the transactions fees. Hydra 2 may redeem prior to 15 April 2015 – all or part – at a ‘make-whole’ premium equal the net present value of the remaining interest payments to 15 April 2015 plus 1% margin, between 15 April 2015 and 15 April 2016 at 101% and at a 100% thereafter. The Notes and Guarantees will be secured by first-ranking security interests over all the capital stock of Hydra 2 and certain of its subsidiaries, intercompany receivables, bank accounts and intellectual property and certain of its subsidiaries and substantially all assets of certain subsidiaries.

The Revolving Credit Facility is issued with an initial 3.5% margin plus EURIBOR and the maturity is on 29 January 2019. Hydra 2 may make a voluntary prepayment or cancellation at any time without penalty on 5 or 3 Business days respectively. The security securing the Notes will also secure on a ‘super senior’ basis the Company’s obligations under the Revolving Credit Facility and certain hedging obligations.

On 29 January 2015, Hydra 2 successfully issued EUR 160 million of 8% Senior Secured Notes due 15 April 2019 comprising of EUR 35 million of Exchange Notes of the existing EUR 210 million Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2019 and EUR 125 million of New Cash Notes to finance the acquisition of the Nestle Waters Direct water solutions businesses in Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia and Poland from Nestle Waters as well as repaying in full the utilization of the Bridge facility.

The Notes are redeemable by Hydra 2 at any time prior to their maturity, based on prices and terms stipulated in the Notes agreement which include a make-whole call premium if the Notes are redeemed prior to 1 February 2017.

Therefore, on 29 January 2015, Hydra 2 used the first portion of the proceeds from the New Cash Notes to repay EUR 53.2 million of the Bridge Facility that was partially drawn on 28 November 2014 in connection with the first stage of the acquisition of three of the five Nestle Waters Direct water solutions businesses from Nestle Waters. The closing date for the acquisition of the businesses in the Netherlands, Portugal and Germany occurred on 1 December 2014.

On 2 February 2015, Hydra 2 used a second portion of the proceeds from the New Cash Notes to settle the purchase price for the acquisition of Nestle Waters Direct water solution business in Russia. The remainder of the proceeds from the New Cash Notes was deposited into an Escrow Account held with the Escrow Agent in the name of Hydra 2 pursuant to an Escrow Agreement. This remainder of the proceeds from the New Cash Notes was to be used to pay the purchase price for the acquisition of Nestle Waters Direct water solution business in Poland.

 

37


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

As the acquisition of Nestle Water Direct Poland did not occur on or prior to 31 October 2015 (the “Polish NWDE Closing Date”) Hydra 2 redeemed EUR 34.9 million in aggregate principal amount of EUR 160 million 8% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”) at a price equal to 101% of that aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued but unpaid interest on 9 November 2015 (the “Redemption Date”). Following the Redemption Date, the outstanding principal amount of the Notes is EUR 125.1 million.

On 30 October 2015 Hydra 2 secured an increase of the existing Revolving Credit Facility Agreement (the “RCF”) that was entered on 15 April 2014. The RCF increased from an aggregate amount of EUR 45 million to EUR 65 million.

 

The maturity of the borrowings are as follow:    31.12.2015     31.12.2014  

6 months or less

     4 297        54 606   

6-12 months

     470        510   

1-7 years

     298 616        204 870   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     303 383        259 986   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current effective interest on Senior secured notes at the company

     8.1     7.6

Current effective interest on Long term bank credit at Israeli activities

     N/A        3.8
The Group borrowings are denominated in the following currencies:    31.12.2015     31.12.2014  

Euro

     298 588        254 909   

New Israeli Shekels

     3 438        4 068   

Polish Zloty

     926        498   

Swiss Franc

     431        498   

Other currencies

     —          13   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     303 383        259 986   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The fair value of current liabilities approximates their carrying amount, as the impact of discounting is not significant. Consequently the fair values have not been separately disclosed.

The fair value of long-term bank liabilities approximates their carrying value, since they bear interest at variable market rates.

 

17 Derivative Financial instruments

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  
     Liabilities      Liabilities  

Non current interest rate SWAP derivative

     5 201         5 240   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Group uses interest rate swaps (hereafter - IRS) to manage its exposure to interest rate risks resulting from financing arrangements. These derivative instruments are floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps which have the economic effect of converting borrowings from floating rates to fixed rates.

In the course of 2014, following the issuance of EUR 210 million floating rate Notes, the Group adapted its hedging coverage structure through the combination of existing and new interest rate swaps (pay fixed, receive variable) in order to reduce the exposure from the risk of variability in cash flows associated with recognized liabilities. Therefore, Swaps duration was extended to match the underlying financing instrument maturity of 15 April 2019 and the outstanding IRS amount was increased to reach 80% of the floating rate senior secured notes financing amortizing over the years.

In January 2015, as part of the EUR 160 million issuance of 8% senior secured notes, a portion of EUR 35 million of the existing EUR 210 million floating rate senior secured notes has been exchanged into the EUR 160 million fixed 8% senior secured notes. Therefore, the EUR 210 million aggregate principal of floating rate senior secured notes was reduced to EUR 175 million. As a consequence, the IRS coverage mechanically increased from 80% to 96% of the floating rate senior secured notes.

Gains and losses were recognised in the Income Statement.

 

38


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

18 Commitments and Contingent liabilities

A. Commitments

Operating lease commitments

The Group has operating lease agreements for the rental of warehouses, office spaces and distribution centers in various locations for periods ending in 2016 through 2020. The annual rental payments under such leases are mainly linked to the CPI. In addition, The Group has operating lease agreements for the vehicles they use, for periods ending in 2016 through 2021. The annual rental payments under such leases are linked to the CPI (=Consumer Price Index).

The Group place deposits with several leasing companies to secure the payment of rental for the last months of the lease.

The future aggregate minimum lease payments under operating leases as of December 31, 2015 are as follows:

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

2015

        9 922   

2016

     11 193         7 882   

2017

     8 602         6 172   

2018

     6 145         4 519   

2019

     3 901         5 206   

Later than 2019

     5 027         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     34 868         33 701   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other commitments

1.) Mey Eden Marketing (2000) Ltd., an Israeli subsidiary (hereafter - MEM) has entered into a distribution agreements with Jafora Tabori Ltd. (hereafter – Main agreement and Tabori, respectively). Pursuant to the Main agreement, Tabori is to serve as the exclusive distributor of all the small-packs of mineral water products that are produced and/or imported by the group and/or that are marketed under the brand name “Mey Eden”, including future products, in all areas of Israel with the exception of the city of Eilat and the Palestinian Authority. In consideration for the distribution rights, MEM shall pay Tabori a fixed distribution commission. Tabori is to purchase the products for distribution from MEM at the price to retailers, net of the aforementioned distribution commission. The Main agreement is for a period of 10 years. At the end of this period, the Main agreement will be automatically renewed for an additional 10-year periods. Either party is entitled to call for the termination of the Main agreement at any time after the first 10 years period, subject to 36 months’ prior notice. If an exemption from the need to obtain an authorization for an agreement in restraint of trade is not received from the antitrust commissioner for a part of the first period or subsequent periods, the period of the Main agreement is to be cut short in accordance with the authorized periods of exemption.

In June 30, 2004, the Commissioner approved a 5-year exemption from the need to obtain authorization for an agreement in restraint of trade, commencing from the date of the approval. On March 28 2010, the Commissioner extended the authorization for 5 years commencing this date.

On December 2014 MEM requested a renewal of the exemption from the antitrust commissioner which was received on September 2015 for another 5 years.

2.) On November 2013 Mey Eden Bar - First Class Services Ltd., and Israeli subsidiary (hereafter - MEB) and Tabori entered into a distribution agreement regarding distribution of Tabori products (soft drinks bottles) by MEB in Eilat in its surroundings (hereafter –Eilat Agreement). The Eilat Agreement is materially a mirror like agreement to the Main Agreement. The period of the Eilat Agreement is linked to the Main Agreement. In consideration for the distribution rights, Tabori shall pay MEB a fixed distribution commission. The parties requested an exemption from the antitrust commissioner regarding the Eilat Agreement, which was received on September 2015 for another 5 years.

 

39


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

3.) On November 9, 2015 Mey Eden Bar - First Class Services Ltd. (hereafter - MEB) entered into an agreement with Electra Consumer Products (1951) Ltd. regarding the sale of Electra’s activities in the field of water coolers.

Under the agreement, Electra will sell and transfer all their activity including the inventory of water coolers, spare parts, rights and obligations in accordance with customer agreements, intellectual property rights; agreements with manufacturers and licenses; all as specified in the agreement.

The Closing is subject to fulfillment of conditions precedent stipulated in the agreement, including the approval of the Antitrust Commissioner, approval from the manufacturers to assign their agreements with Electra to MEB, and the absence of a critical finding, as defined in the agreement in the due diligence that will be performed by MEB.

For the sale of all the operations (except inventory), MEB will pay NIS 21,3 million (approximately € 5.0 million) plus VAT, subject to the payment adjustment mechanism stipulated in the agreement in relation to the findings of the due diligence. Half of the consideration will be paid upon closing and the rest will be paid (without interest or linkage carry) in monthly installments for the period and the manner prescribed in the agreement. In addition, in exchange for the acquired inventory, MEB will pay the cost of inventory acquired less a deduction amount stipulated in the agreement. See Note 28 - Subsequent events.

B. Contingencies

1) The French, Polish, Israeli and German subsidiaries are involved in legal actions in the ordinary course of business. The total amount thereof is approximately € 968 thousand. A total provision of € 804 thousand is recorded as of 31 December 2015.

2) On March 13, 2011, a lawsuit filed by Comite Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC) to the Tel Aviv District Court and against the Company, Mr. Raanan Zilberman, Mey Eden Production, Mey Eden Bar, Mey Eden Marketing, Mey Eden Ltd and Mr. Eyal Carmi, the former CEO of the Israeli subsidiaries. The lawsuit is related to the Israeli subsidiaries activity. The lawsuits main argument is that marketing and advertising products under the symbol of “Mey Eden -nature’s champagne”, allegedly violating CIVC intellectual property rights. On May 19 2015, the District Court issued a judgment in favor of the CIVC. The Court determined that the slogan “Mey Eden - Nature’s Champagne” infringes the CHAMPAGNE Registered Appellation of Origin that the use of the slogan amounts to Passing-Off and Dilution of the goodwill in Champagne. The Court rejected CIVC causes of action of Trademark Infringement, unjust enrichment and infringement of Geographical Indication. Following the judgement, The Group paid a total sum of NIS 710 thousand (approximately € 167 thousand) (which includes damages, attorney fees and court fees and expenses, as ruled by the district court).

3) On 29 September 2014 a request for a class action was filed against Mey Eden Bar - First Class Services Ltd. (hereafter -MEB) by a former HOD customer. The plaintiff claims that MEB raised the prices of the HOD dispensers without a proper prior notice, that the total amount of the raises was unreasonably high and that the in some of the raises the notice of the raise was not in line with the actual raise. The plaintiff estimated the total damages to all MEB customers in the sum of NIS 67 million (approximately € 15.8 million) . See Note 28 - Subsequent events.

4) On 25 February 2015 a request for a class action was filed against Mey Eden Bar - First Class Services Ltd. (hereafter -MEB) in the sum of NIS 444 million (approximately € 104 million) . The plaintiff’s claim is that the UV light in the company’s water bars marketed by MEB did not function as it was supposed to. At this stage, the probabilities of the claim being accepted and that financial resources will be required to discharge the claim, could not be estimated by the company and the company’s lawyers.

5) On July 20, 2015, a request for a class action was filed against Manufacturing in the sum of NIS 7 million (approximately € 1.6 million). The plaintiff’s claim is that the components markings on the company’s water containers produced by Manufacturing are deviating from an Israeli standard, because it is printed on the back part of the external wrapping of the water containers. On January 16 2016, the court approved the dismissal of the request for a class action after Manufacturing agreed to pay attorney’s fee and compensation in the amount of NIS 20 thousand (approximately € 5 thousand).

 

40


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

19 Guarantees given and pledged assets

 

Description /Type of Asset

   31.12.2015  

Real estate in Hamilton (production, warehouse and offices)

     1 364   
  

 

 

 

The above amount corresponds to the net book value of the building. This guarantee relates to the long-term mortgage in the UK.

For the senior secured notes and the revolving credit facility, the following companies have been nominated as guarantors:

- Eden Springs Europe B.V

- Eden Springs Nederland B.V

- Eden Springs Sp. z o.o.

- Eden Springs (Europe) S.A.

- Eden Springs (Norway) AS

- Eden Springs (Sweden) AB

- Eden Springs (Switzerland) S.A.

- SEMD S.A.

- Eden Springs International S.A.

- Eden Springs UK Limited

- Kafevend Holdings Limited

- Kafevend Group Limited

- Eden Water & Coffee Deutschland GmbH

- LLC Eden Springs

 

41


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

20 Share Capital

The issued capital amount is € 1 (one euro). The total issued number of share is 1, with a par value of € 1. The share issued is fully paid.

 

21 Other reserves

 

     OCI
Pension
Fund
    OCI
Available
for sale
financial
assets
     OCI
Cash
Flow
Hedges
    OCI
Transactions
with NCI
    OCI
Other
reserves
 

Predecessor

           

At 01.01.2013

     —         —          (3 494     (194     (3 688

Remeasurment

     —          15         1 237        —          1 252   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 30.09.2013

     —          15         (2 257     (194     (2 436
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Successor

           

At 01.10.2013

     —          —           —          —          0   

Remeasurment

     (150     —           —          —          (150
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 31.12.2013

     (150     —          —         —         ( 150
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 01.10.2014

     (150     —          —         —         ( 150

Remeasurment

     (888     16         —          —          (872
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 31.12.2014

     (1,038     16         —          —          (1 022
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 01.10.2015

     (1,038     16         —          —          (1 022

Remeasurment

     667        3         —          —          670   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

At 31.12.2015

     (371     19         —          —          (352
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

22 Related-parties

The following transactions were carried out with related parties:

 

     Successor      Predecessor  
     2015      2014      Period from
October 1,
2013 through
December 31,
2013
     Period from
January 1,
2013 through
September 30,
2013
 
 

Purchases of goods and services

             
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Management fees and transaction related costs

     1 601         3 439         2 969         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Key management compensation

             

Salaries and short-term employee benefits

     2 979         2 892         485         1 990   

Post-employment benefits

     436         452         113         286   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Key management compensation

     3 415         3 344         598         2 276   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Interests to related parties

     5 606         6 348         1 126         —     

Interests from related parties

     —           —           —           2 352   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net interests

     (5 606      (6 348      (1 126      2 352   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

42


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

Shareholders borrowing and payable to parent company

 

     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

Borrowings from related party *

     75 623         69 707   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     31.12.2015      31.12.2014  

Receivables from related parties

     71         71   

Payable to related parties (short-term)

     91         92   

 

* On 23 October 2013 the Company entered into a loan agreement with Hydra Luxembourg Finco S.à.r.l. for an amount of EUR 70,255,399. On 27 November 2014 EUR 25,000,000 has been repaid. The loan has a duration of 7 year and bears an interest rate of 8.1576%. Unpaid interest is added to the principal.

On 23 October 2013 the company entered into a loan agreement with Hydra Luxembourg Finco S.à.r.l. for an amount of EUR 1,701,095. An additional loan of EUR 15,277,608 has been agreed on 29 April 2014. The loans have a duration of 7 years and bear an interest rate of 8.1576%. Unpaid interest is added to the principal.

On 13 March 2015 the Company entered into an interest free intercompany loan agreement with its Shareholder Hydra Luxembourg S.à.r.l. with effective date 29 January 2015 for the amount of EUR 500,000. The loan has a duration of 6 years.

 

23 Expenses by nature

 

     Successor      Predecessor  
     2015      2014      Period from
October 1,
2013 through
December 31,
2013
     Period from
January 1,
2013 through
September 30,
2013
 
 

Depreciation and amortization (9 and 10)

     34 666         26 391         5 838         15 981   

Impairment of goodwill

     —           —           —           17 046   

Employee benefit expense (Note 25)

     116 799         85 662         18 965         59 294   

Raw materials and consumables used

     78 876         63 844         11 925         38 266   

Transportation costs

     9 278         7 942         1 605         5 241   

Vehicles expenses

     20 147         17 329         4 165         12 855   

Commissions (dealers)

     23 207         18 723         3 866         13 693   

Maintenance and rent

     15 371         12 548         2 947         8 936   

Communication

     2 240         1 792         432         1 284   

Professional fees

     6 921         5 047         1 170         3 920   

Travel and entertainment

     2 353         2 184         585         1 283   

Advertising and promotion

     5 901         5 193         1 568         3 480   

Office expenses

     3 391         2 452         570         1 768   

Management fees charged by shareholders

     —           —           190         —     

IT central costs

     —           —           1 002         2 809   

Other expenses

     8 198         10 257         2 377         7 151   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     327 346         259 364         57 205         193 007   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

43


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

24 Other Operating Expenses

 

     Successor      Predecessor  
     2015      2014      Period from
October 1,
2013 through
December 31,
2013
     Period from
January 1,
2013 through
September 30,
2013
 

Acquisition and integration costs

     12 258         5 175         958         1 902   

Other

     9 682         11 536         1 744         2 500   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     21 940         16 711         2 702         4 402   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

25 Employee benefit expense

The following staff expenses are included in the Statement of Comprehensive Income (Cost of Goods sold, Service expenses, Selling expenses, General and Administration Expenses and Other operational expenses):

 

     Successor      Predecessor  
     2015      2014      Period from
October 1,
2013 through
December 31,
2013
     Period from
January 1,
2013 through
September 30,
2013
 
 

Salaries

     88 462         63 946         13 966         43 696   

Social charges

     14 316         11 966         2 529         7 994   

Defined contributions plans

     3 725         2 984         235         1 779   

Pension benefit plans (Note 15)

     5 229         3 239         483         773   

Others

     5 067         3 527         1 752         5 052   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total salaries and related expenses

     116 799         85 662         18 965         59 294   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

26 Financial income / (expenses)

 

     Successor      Predecessor  
     2015      2014      Period from
October 1,
2013 through
December 31,
2013
     Period from
January 1,
2013 through
September 30,
2013
 
 

Foreign exchange gain

     2 813         4 554         459         1 784   

Interest income

     128         (28      2         226   

Interest income from related parties

     —           —           —           2 352   

Other Income

     551         175         169         33   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Financial income

     3 492         4 701         630         4 395   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Foreign exchange loss

     4 891         980         433         2 069   

Interest expense

     24 741         18 458         2 708         6 642   

Interest expense with related parties

     5,606         6 348         1 126         —     

Amortization of capitalised financial costs

     5 780         12 761         217         5 051   

Other expenses

     529         452         151         1 095   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Financial expenses

     41 547         38 999         4 635         14 857   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Total Financial income

     3 492         4 701         630         4 395   

Total Financial expenses

     (41 547      (38 999      (4 635      (14 857
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Financial expenses

     (38 055      (34 298      (4 005      (10 462
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

44


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

27 Taxation
         Successor     Predecessor  
            2015               2014          Period from
October 1,
2013

through
December 31,
2013
    Period from
January 1,
2013 through
September 30,
2013
 
 

 

Current taxes

     (3 634     (2 063     (1 598     (3 794
 

Deferred taxes (Note 14)

     3 077        (463     (58     (599
 

Previous years

     907        188        (14     (21
 

Other tax

     (422     (480     —          (360
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
       (72     (2 818     (1 670     (4 774
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The tax on the group’s loss before tax differs from the theoretical amount that would arise using the weighted average tax rate applicable to losses of the consolidated entities as follows:

 

   

                              
 

Loss before tax

     (31 525     (27 229     (11 376     (8 476
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Tax calculated at domestic tax rates applicable to profits in the respective countries

     8 620        6 923        2 994        (3 282
 

Tax losses for which no deferred tax asset was recognized

     (10 563     (13 797     (3 802     (2 161
 

Expenses not deductible for tax purposes

     517        (221     (883     (558
 

Income not subject to tax

     1 033        1 252        261        1 342   
 

Revenues subject to Income tax at lower rate

     —          —          —          (307
 

Tax credits or special allowances

     —          —          3        —     
 

Adjustments in respect of prior years

     907        289        96        (109
 

First time recognition of deferred tax asset on losses carried forward

     —          (266     74        —     
 

 

Change in valuation of deferred tax assets

     —          —          78        198   
 

Utilization of previously unrecognised tax losses

     —          3 108        156        659   
 

Effect of changes in tax rate on opening deferred tax balances

     20        52        (59     —     
 

 

Other

     (606     (158     (588     (556
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Tax benefit

     (72     (2 818     (1 670     (4 774
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The weighted average applicable tax rate was 25 %.

 

45


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

a. Taxation of companies resident in Israel:

1) Results measurements for tax purposes

Measurement of results for tax purposes under the Income Tax (Inflationary Adjustments) Law, 1985 (hereafter - the inflationary adjustments law) Under the inflationary adjustments law, results for tax purposes till the end of the 2007 tax year were measured in real terms, having regard to the changes in the CPI.

The Group was taxed under this law. In accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax (Inflationary Adjustments) (Amendment No. 20) Law, 2008 (“the amendment”), the Group will no longer be subject to the provisions of the inflationary adjustments law as from the 2008 tax year. In accordance with the provisions of the amendment, transitional regulations have been promulgated with respect to the cessation of applicability of the provisions of the inflationary adjustments law.

2) Tax rates

On December 6, 2011, the Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) passed the Law for Tax Burden Reform (Legislative Amendments), 2011 (“the Law”) which, among others, cancels effective from 2012, the scheduled progressive reduction in the corporate tax rate. The Law also increases the corporate tax rate to 25% in 2012, and thereafter.

On August 5, 2013, the Law of Change in National Priorities (Legislative Achieve Budget for the Years 2013 and 2014), 2013, was published, which provided, inter alia, raising the corporate tax rate to a rate of 26.5% from 2014 and thereafter.

In January 2016 the corporate tax rate from 2016 and thereafter was reduced to 25% according to a law that was approved in January 2016. Had the law been approved at December 31, 2015, the deferred tax asset as of December 31, 2015 would have decreased in the amount of approximately EUR 34 thousand, with corresponding decrease in deferred tax income in the income statement.

b. Subsidiaries resident overseas

Subsidiaries incorporated in Europe are subject to the taxing statutes of their respective countries of residence. The principal tax rates applicable to the principal overseas-resident subsidiaries are as follows:

 

Companies incorporated in the Netherlands – 25.5%;

Companies incorporated in the United Kingdom – 23.25%;

Companies incorporated in France – 33.34%;

Companies incorporated in Poland – 19%;

Companies incorporated in Switzerland – 22.64%.

Companies incorporated in Russia – 20.00%

As a general rule, inter-company transactions between Israel-resident companies and European subsidiaries are subject to the reporting provisions of the Income Tax (Determination of Market Conditions) Regulations, 2006.

 

46


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

c. The Israeli Encouragement Laws:

1) Tax benefits under the Capital Investments Encouragement Law, 1959

Under the provisions of the Capital Investments Encouragement Law, 1959 (“the law”), certain subsidiaries are entitled to various tax benefits by virtue of the status of approved enterprise accorded to the qualifying operations of those subsidiaries, as follows:

a) Reduced tax rates

During the period of benefits - commencing in the first year in which the companies earn taxable income from the approved enterprise – such income will be tax exempt for ten years, as follows: Tax exemption for ten years on income from expansion of a certain approved enterprise, for which it had previously opted for the “alternative benefits” track (involving the waiver of investment grants); the period of benefits for this expansion has not yet began. In the event of the distribution of cash dividend out of income that was tax exempt, the Companies would have to pay the 25% in respect of the amount distributed.

b) Accelerated depreciation

The Companies are entitled to claim accelerated depreciation as provided by law, commencing in the first year of operation of each asset, in respect of machinery and equipment used by the approved enterprise.

c) Benefit-related conditions

The entitlement to the above benefits is conditional upon the Companies fulfilling the conditions stipulated by the law, regulations published thereunder and the instruments of approval for the specific investments in approved enterprises. In the event of failure to comply with these conditions, the benefits may be cancelled and the Companies may be required to refund the amount of the benefits, in whole or in part, with the addition of interest. Company’s management is on the opinion that the Companies meet the conditions stipulated in the instrument of approval.

2) Industry (Taxes) Encouragement Law, 1969

Some of the Group’s companies are an “industrial company”, as defined by this law. As such, the companies are entitled to claim depreciation at increased rates, as stipulated by regulations published under the inflationary adjustments law.

d. Tax assessments

Final tax assessenets have been raised on two subsidiaries for tax years up to and including the 2011 tax year. Self-assessement filed by Israeli Subsidiaries for the tax years up to 2008, are considered to be final.

 

28 Subsequent events

On 7 June 2016 Hydra Luxembourg Holdings S.á.r.l – the shareholders of the Company – has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement to sell the sole issued and outstanding share capital of the Company to Carbon Acquisition Co B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cott Corporation for an amount of EUR 470 million subject to customary adjustments for cash, debt, working capital and other items (the “Acquisition”). The closing of the Acquisition is subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including receipt of required antitrust approvals, but is not subject to any financing condition. The Share Purchase Agreement is subject to termination if the conditions are not satisfied on or before October 31, 2016, or such later date as the parties may agree.

With respect to the 29 September 2014 class action filed against Mey Eden Bar – First Class Service Ltd. (“MEB”) by a former HOD customer the parties signed a settlement agreement on 6 April 2016 in which an expert will be appointed to examine past price increases and check if they were legally carried out. MEB will then compensate its customers in the sum equal to 40% of the total sums that will be found by the expert (“Total COMPENSATION”) plus the plaintiff compensation and legal fees in the amount equal to 20% of the total compensation fee. The agreement was submitted to court for its approval on April 18, 2016. At this stage, the company and the company’s lawyers estimate that the probability that financial resources will be required for the discharge of the liability underlying the Claim, in addition to the Total Compensation set forth in the Agreement, is lower than the probability that no such resources will be required. At this stage, despite the fact that we do not anticipate any critical adverse effect on our business arising from this legal proceeding, we estimate that the actual exposure under this claim will range between €0.2 million and €0.5 million.

On 1 February 2016, the Group completed the third stage of the acquisition of the Nestlé Waters Direct (NWD) business in Poland. Due to anti-trust regulations and competition law in Poland we were able to acquire a portion of the NWD Polish business. The remaining assets that were not purchased by us were transferred to a third party company named GetFresh Sp. z o.o. (GetFresh). The overall purchase consideration for the assets transferred to us and the assets transferred to GetFresh amounts to EUR 32.7 million including a recoverable VAT amount of EUR 5.7 million. GetFresh remitted the purchase price by issuing EUR 10.9 million bonds in favor of Eden Springs Europe B.V. The EUR 18.2 million purchase price for the assets transferred to us has yet to be allocated, and will be preliminarily assigned to the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, during the quarter ending 31 March 2016 when disclosure of such provisional amounts will be provided. This third step of the NWD acquisition was entirely funded using borrowings under the revolving credit facility agreement.

On 20 June 2016, date of approval of the accounts Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. had no subsequent event leading to a modification of the financial statements.

 

47


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

29 Business combinations

In 2015 acquired business contributed revenues of € 20’371 since the acquisition dates. If the acquisitions had occurred on 1 January 2015, the acquired businesses, for the period would have contributed revenues of € 21’822. The Nestlé Waters Direct Russia entity is consolidated as of February 1st, 2015.

Details of net assets acquired and intangibles are as follows:

 

Purchase consideration:    Nestlé RUS  
   31/12/2015  

Cash consideration

     40 498   
  

 

 

 

Total Purchase Consideration

     40 498   

Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired

     (14 684
  

 

 

 

Goodwill

     25 814   
  

 

 

 

The total fair values of the assets and liabilities in the acquiree’s financial statements are as follows:

 

     31/12/2015  

Purchase consideration settled in cash

     40 498   

Cash in subsidiaries acquired

     (1 116
  

 

 

 

Cash paid prior year acquisitions

     639   
  

 

 

 

Net Cash Flow impact from Acquisitions

     40 021   
  

 

 

 

Detail of assets acquired and liabilities assumed

 

     Nestlé RUS  
Provisional fair values    31/12/2015  

Cash and cash equivalents

     1 116   

Trade receivables

     830   

Prepaid and other current assets

     1 050   

Inventories

     470   

Property, plant and equipment

     5 609   

Customer portfolio and Trademarks

     10 153   

Other intangible assets

     81   

Trade payables

     (447

Other current liabilities

     (2 425

Borrowings (2)

     188   

Other non-current liabilities

     —     

Deferred income tax liabilities

     (1 941
  

 

 

 

Total identifiable net assets

     14 684   
  

 

 

 

Goodwill

     25 814   
  

 

 

 
     40 498   
  

 

 

 

 

(1) Based on a preliminary purchase price allocation conducted. The purchase price allocation is to be completed in first quarter 2016.
(2) Borrowings are presented net of intercompany loan which was acquired as part of Nestlé Waters Direct Russia acquisition.

On 28 October 2015 the Company has signed an amendment to the SAPA with Nestlé Waters SAS in which the Long Stop Date for the NWDE Poland Closing is extended to 31 January 2016.

 

48


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

In 2014 acquired business contributed revenues of € 4’788 since the acquistion dates. If the acquisitions had occurred on 1 January 2014, the acquired businesses, for the period would have contributed revenues of € 40’983.

Details of net assets acquired and intangibles are as follows:

 

     Nestle NL     Nestle PT     Nestle Germany     Others     Total  
Purchase consideration:    31/12/2014     31/12/2014     31/12/2014     31/12/2014     31/12/2014  

Cash consideration

     12 266        (1 881     23 557        3 947        37 890   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Purchase Consideration

     12 266        (1 881     23 557        3 947        37 890   

Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired

     (2 573     1 976        (2 794     (3 140     (6 531
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Goodwill

     9 693        96        20 763        808        31 359   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The total fair values of the assets and liabilities in the acquiree’s financial statements are as follows:

 

     31.12.2014  

Purchase consideration settled in cash

     43 469   

Cash in Subsidiaries Acquired

     (2 649
  

 

 

 

Net Cash Flow impact from Acquisitions

     40 820   
  

 

 

 

 

     Nestle NL     Nestle PT     Nestle Germany     Others     Total  
Provisional fair values    31/12/2014     31/12/2014     31/12/2014     31/12/2014     31/12/2014  

Cash and cash equivalents

     2 551        298        (200     —          2 649   

Trade receivables

     771        2 035        2 189        99        5 094   

Prepaid and other current assets

     153        429        245        —          827   

Inventories

     65        261        233        45        604   

Property, plant and equipment

     328        4 155        2 315        167        6 965   

Customer portfolio and Trademarks

     2 300        270        6 700        3 333        12 603   

Other intangible assets

     —          —          —          —          —     

Other non-current assets

     —          —          —          —          —     

Deferred income tax assets

     —          —          —          —          —     

Trade payables

     (304     (1 236     (1 243     —          (2 783

Other current liabilities

     (2 716     (1 728     (7 445     (325     (12 214

Borrowings

     —          (6 398     —          —          (6 398

Other non-current liabilities

     —          —          —          —          —     

Deferred income tax liabilities

     (575     (62     —          —          (637
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total identifiable net assets

     2 573        (1 976     2 794        3 319        6 710   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Goodwill

     9 693        96        20 763        808        31 359   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     12 266        (1 881     23 557        4 127        38 069   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

49


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

Since commencement of operations the Company acquired two businesses (See Note 1 - General information). If the acquisitions had occurred on 1 January 2013, the contributed consolidated revenues would have been € 284’301 and the net loss € 25’083.

Details of net assets acquired and intangibles are as follows:

 

     Eden      Kafevend      Total  
Purchase consideration:    31/12/2013      31/12/2013      31/12/2013  

Cash consideration

     65 043         17 756         82 799   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Purchase Consideration

     65 043         17 756         82 799   

Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired

     29 692         (9 986      19 706   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Goodwill

     94 735         7 770         102 505   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The total fair values of the assets and liabilities in the acquiree’s financial statements are as follows:

 

     31.12.2013  

Purchase consideration settled in cash

     82 799   

Cash in Subsidiaries Acquired

     (13 439
  

 

 

 

Cash Outflow on Acquisition

     69 360   
  

 

 

 

 

     Eden      Kafevend      Total  
Provisional fair values    31/12/2013      31/12/2013      31/12/2013  

Cash and cash equivalents

     11 497         1 942         13 439   

Trade receivables*

     59 320         3 144         62 464   

Prepaid and other current assets

     8 855         501         9 356   

Inventories

     11 887         555         12 442   

Property, plant and equipment

     64 263         2 696         66 959   

Customer portfolio and Trademarks

     72 122         6 953         79 075   

Other intangible assets

     4 241         95         4 336   

Other non-current assets

     744         —           744   

Deferred income tax assets

     13 875         —           13 875   

Trade payables

     (22 743      (1 420      (24 163

Other current liabilities

     (58 691      (2 938      (61 629

Borrowings

     (170 856      —           (170 856

Other non-current liabilities

     (7 477      —           (7 477

Deferred income tax liabilities

     (16 729      (1 542      (18 271
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total identifiable net assets

     (29 692      9 986         (19 706
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Goodwill

     94 735         7 770         102 505   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     65 043         17 756         82 799   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Total Gross Trade receivables amount to 71’329

 

50


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

30 Segment information

General

The chief operating decision maker of the Group (hereinafter - CODM). The CODM reviews internal reports of the Group to assess performance and for resource allocation. Group management identified operating segments based on those reports.

The CODM reviews the business activity based on geographical regions, and this serves management to assess performance of geographical regions and to allocate resources. European regions have been aggregated since they bear similar economic characteristics and are similar in the nature of products and production processes, types of customers and distribution methods

As of December 31, 2015, the CODM reviews the performance of operating segments in the year ended on that date based on measuring income before financing expenses, financing income, tax, depreciation, amortization, other expenses and income (loss) (operating EBITDA).

The Company has aggregated the European operating segments into one reportable segment, given the similarity in the Group’s products and their production process, customer types and distribution methods, as well as in long term profit margins.

Information related to geographical segments:

Period from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015

 

     Europe      Israel      Total  

Segment income

     261 698         94 118         355 816   

Operating EBITDA

     52 254         10 883         63 137   

Capex

     16 449         6 251         22 700   

Period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014

 

     Europe      Israel      Total  

Segment income

     197 323         85 821         283 144   

Operating EBITDA

     40 565         9 606         50 171   

Capex

     10 613         5 446         16 059   

Period from October 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013

 

     Europe      Israel      Total  

Segment income

       41 278         20 306         61 584   

Operating EBITDA

     9 131         2 752         11 883   

Capex

     2 379         1 115         3 494   

Period from January 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013

 

     Europe      Israel      Total  

Segment income

     133 622         65 773         199 395   

Operating EBITDA

     29 168         10 247         39 415   

Capex

     8 243         3 646         11 889   

 

     Successor      Predecessor  
     31.12.2015      31.12.2014      Period from
October 1, 2013
through
December 31,
2013
     Period from
January 1, 2013
through
September 30,
2013
 
 

Operating EBITDA of reporting segments

     63 137         50 171         11 883         39 415   

Overhead expenses not allocated among segments

     —           —           (1 116 )      —     

Depreciation and amortization

     (34 667      (26 391      (5 838      (15 981

Impairment of goodwill

     —           —           —           (17 046

Other expenses - net

     (21 940      (16 711      (11 750      (4 402
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating income

     6 530         7 069         (7 371      1 986   

Financing income

     3 492         4 701         630         4 395   

Financing expenses

     (41 547      (38 999      (4 635      (14 857

Taxes on income

     (72      (2 818      (1 670      (4 774
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net loss

     (31 597      (30 047      (13 046      (13 250
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following is a breakdown of revenue from external customers of the Group’s products:

 

     Successor      Predecessor  
     31.12.2015      31.12.2014      Period from
October 1, 2013
through
December 31,
2013
     Period from
January 1, 2013
through
September 30,
2013
 
 

Water

     285 411         221 492         52 540         171 419   

Coffee

     70 405         61 652         9 044         27 976   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     355 816         283 144         61 584         199 395   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

51


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

31 Consolidated companies at 31 December 2015

 

Country

  

Entities

  

%

of control

 

Cyprus

   Valspar Investments Ltd.         100.0

Denmark

   Eden Springs (Denmark) AS         100.0

Estonia

   Eden Springs Estonia OÜ         100.0

Finland

   Eden Springs Finland OY         100.0

France

   Chateaud’eau SA         100.0

Germany

   Eden Springs (Deutschland) GmbH         100.0
   Eden Springs Water & Coffee GmbH         100.0

Greece

   Eden Springs Hellas SA         100.0

Israel

   Mey Eden Ltd.         100.0
   Mey Eden Bar - First Class Services Ltd.         100.0
   Mey Eden Production (2007) Ltd.         100.0
   Mey Eden Marketing (2000) Ltd.         100.0
   Espresso Café - Italia Ltd.         100.0
   Pauza Coffee Services Ltd.         96.0
   Dispensing Coffee Club (IAI 2003) Ltd.         100.0

Latvia

   Eden Springs Latvia SIA         100.0

Lithuania

   UAB Eden Springs Lietuva         100.0

Luxembourg

   HorseLux Sàrl         100.0

Netherlands

   Eden Springs Nederland BV         100.0
   Eden Springs Europe BV         100.0
   Hydra Dutch Holdings 2 BV         100.0

Norway

   Eden Springs (Norway) AS         100.0

Poland

   Eden Springs Sp. Zo.o         100.0
   Eden Dystrybucja sp. z o.o.         100.0

Portugal

   Eden Springs Portugal S.A.         100.0

Russia

   LLC Eden Springs         100.0

 

52


Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Consolidated Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (Successor) and Eden Springs Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

Country

  

Entities

  

%

of control

 

Spain

   Eden Springs Espana SA         100.0
   Eden Integracion S.L.U.         100.0
   Eden Centro Especial de Empleo S.L.U.         100.0

Sweden

   Eden Springs Scandinavia AB         100.0
   Eden Springs (Sweden) AB         100.0
   Eden Springs Porla AB         100.0

Switzerland

   Eden Springs (Europe) SA         100.0
   Eden Springs International SA         100.0
   Eden Springs (Switzerland) SA         100.0
   SEMD SA         100.0

United Kingdom

   Eden Springs UK Ltd         100.0
   Kafevend Holdings Ltd.         100.0

 

53

Exhibit 99.4

Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Interim Consolidated Balance Sheets as of 31 March 2016

in ‘000 €

 

 

            31/03/2016     31/12/2015  
     Notes      unaudited    

ASSETS

       

Current assets

       

Cash and cash equivalents

        18 099        12 608   

Available-for-sale financial asset

        15 014        15 019   

Trade receivables - net

        66 061        68 105   

Income tax receivable

        2 536        2 224   

Receivable from related parties

        73        71   

Prepaid and other assets

        14 520        7 767   

Inventories

        18 707        17 944   

Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss

        11 580        —     
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        146 590        123 738   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current assets

       

Property, plant and equipment

        86 979        82 360   

Goodwill

        171 957        164 511   

Other intangible assets

        90 806        91 055   

Deferred tax assets

        17 371        15 956   

Other non-current assets

        2 913        2 332   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        370 026        356 214   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

        516 616        479 952   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

       

Current liabilities

       

Borrowings

     5         4 253        4 767   

Trade accounts payable

        38 733        36 820   

Current tax liability

        4 462        4 626   

Other current liabilities

        42 931        44 651   

Customer deposits and prepaid income

        32 798        33 534   

Provisions

        1 381        2 208   

Payable to parent company

        91        91   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        124 649        126 697   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

       

Deferred tax liabilities

        21 268        19 178   

Borrowings

     5         341 601        298 616   

Other non-current liabilities

        56        52   

Provisions

        986        1 026   

Liability for employee rights

        5 225        5 250   

Borrowing from shareholder and related parties

        77 079        75 623   

Derivatives financial instruments

        5 638        5 201   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        451 853        404 946   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        576 502        531 643   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

EQUITY

       

Capital and reserves attributable to the Company’s equity holders

       

Share capital

        —          —     

Share premium

        13 618        13 618   

Other Reserves

        (357     (352

Cumulative translation adjustment

        9 317        9 649   

Accumulated deficit

        (82 640     (74 760
     

 

 

   

 

 

 
        (60 062     (51 845
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non controlling interests in Equity

        176        154   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deficit

        (59 886     (51 691
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

        516 616        479 952   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss as of 31 March 2016

in ‘000 €

 

 

     For the 3 months
ended
    For the 3 months
ended
 
     31/03/2016     31/03/2015  
     unaudited     unaudited  

Revenues

     83 508        82 306   

Cost of goods sold

     (27 376     (28 173
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     56 132        54 133   

Service expenses

     (32 066     (32 194

Sales & Marketing expenses

     (8 544     (8 497

General and administration expenses

     (6 497     (6 434

Amortization of customer portfolio and trademarks

     (2 791     (2 608

Other operating Income / (Expenses) - net

     (3 494     (4 678
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from operations

     2 740        ( 278
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial income

     911        2 012   

Financial expenses

     (10 970     (10 642
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before taxes

     (7 319     (8 908
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Taxation

     (539     (499
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (7 858     (9 407
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income:

    

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:

    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Currency translation adjustment

     (332     23 504   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in the fair value of available-for-sale financial assets

     (5     2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss

     (8 195     14 099   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attribuable to:

    

Equity holders of the company

     (7 880     (9 410

Non controlling interest

     22        3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (7 858     (9 407
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive loss attribuable to:

    

Equity holders of the company

     (8 217     14 096   

Non controlling interest

     22        3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (8 195     14 099   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as of 31 March 2016

in ‘000 €

 

 

     31/03/2016     31/03/2015  
     unaudited     unaudited  

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

    

Loss before taxes on income

     (7 319     (8 908

Adjustment for:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     8 585        8 156   

Amortization of capitalized financial costs

     790        1 761   

Financial expenses net, included in loss before taxes on income

     8 832        6 674   

Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment

     196        33   

Derivative financial instruments

     437        195   

Other operating items

     (219     24   

Change in fair value of financial asset through or loss

     (485     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating cash flow before working capital changes

     10 817        7 935   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Changes in operating working capital

    

(Increase) Decrease in Trade receivables

     3 161        (1 980

Increase in inventories

     (475     (1 356

Increase in Prepaid and other assets

     (4 894     (2 798

Increase (Decrease) in Trade accounts payable

     3 777        (1 531

Increase (Decrease) in Other current liabilities and Provision

     (4 517     1 315   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows generated from operating activities

     7 869        1 585   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax paid

     (1 017     (864
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows generated from operating activities

     6 852        721   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

    

Purchase of property, plant and equipment (PPE) and software

     (5 687     (6 400

Proceeds from sale of PPE

     404        472   

Acquisition of subsidiaries

     (18 472     (39 617

Deposit on escrow account

     —          (28 912

Purchase of financial asset at fair value through profit or loss

     (11 095     —     

Interest received

     57        9   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (34 793     (74 448
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

    

Repayment of long term borrowings

     —          (54 150

Proceeds from long-term borrowings (net of borrowing costs)

     42 500        121 197   

Repayment of other liabilities

     (588  

Borrowings from Shareholders

     —          500   

Interest paid

     (8 377     (3 846
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by / (used in) financing activities

     33 535        63 701   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease of cash

     5 594        (10 026

Effect of exchange rate changes

     531        950   

Cash and cash equivalent at beginning of year

     10 013        22 541   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and bank overdrafts at end of period

     16 138        13 465   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Interim Consolidated Statements of Changes in Deficit

in ‘000 €

 

 

         Attributable to equity holders of the Company            Total
equity
 
         Share
capital
     Share
premium
     Other
reserves
    Cumulative
translation
adjustment
    Accumulated
deficit
    Non
controlling
interests
     Total  

Balance at 1 January 2016

       —           13 618         (352     9 649        (74 760     154         (51 691

Total comprehensive loss

       —           —           (5     (332     (7 880     22         (8 195

Balance at 31 March 2016

   (unaudited)     —           13 618         (357     9 317        (82 640     176         (59 886
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
         Attributable to equity holders of the Company            Total
equity
 
         Share
capital
     Share
premium
     Other
reserves
    Cumulative
translation
adjustment
    Accumulated
deficit
    Non
controlling
interests
     Total  

Balance at 1 January 2015

       —           13 430         (1 022     (1 222     (43 097     88         (31 823

Total comprehensive loss

       —           —           2        23 504        (9 410     3         14 099   

Transactions with owners:

                

Capital surplus from borrowings from shareholders

          188                  188   

Balance at 31 March 2015

   (unaudited)     —           13 618         (1 020     22 282        (52 507     91         (17 536
    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

in ‘000 €                     

 

 

1 General information

Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 BV (hereafter “the Company”), a Limited Liability Company incorporated in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and its subsidiaries (hereafter “the Group”), are active in 19 countries and mainly engaged in Home & Office Delivery (HOD) of water cooler bottles. Additionally, the Group offers customers in most markets a range of direct-marketing products such as water filters and Lavazza coffee products.

 

2 Basis of preparation of financial statements

2.1 Statement of compliance

These financial statements are the interim condensed consolidated financial statements (hereafter “the interim financial statements”) of the Group for the three month period ended 31 March 2016. They are prepared in accordance with and comply with the International Accounting Standard 34, Interim Financial Reporting.

The interim financial statements include the operations of Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. and its controlled subsidiaries where control is defined as the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the enterprise so to obtain benefits from its activities. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2015. These interim financial statements are not audited.

2.2 Accounting policies

The accounting policies used in the preparation of these interim financial statements are consistent with those used in the annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2015.

The preparation of interim financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expense. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

In preparing these condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the significant judgements made by management in applying ‘the Group’s accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those that applied to the financial statements for the period from 1 January, 2015 to 31 December 2015. Regarding financial asset at fair value through profit or loss, see note 3.2.

Taxes on income in the interim periods are accrued using the tax rate that would be applicable to expected total annual profit or loss.

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

2.3 Business Combination

On 1 February 2016, the Company completed the third stage of the acquisition of the Nestlé Waters Direct (NWD) business in Poland. Due to anti-trust regulations and competition law in Poland we were able to acquire a portion of the NWD Polish business. The remaining assets that were not purchased by us were transferred to a third party company named GetFresh Sp. z o.o. (GetFresh). The overall purchase consideration for the assets transferred to us and the assets transferred to GetFresh amounts to EUR 32.7 million including a recoverable VAT amount of EUR 5.7 million. GetFresh remitted the purchase price by issuing EUR 11.1 million bonds in favor of Eden Springs Europe B.V. The EUR 18.2 million purchase price for the assets transferred to us has been preliminarily assigned to the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. This third step of the NWD acquisition was entirely funded using borrowings under the revolving credit facility agreement.

In 2016 acquired business contributed revenues of € 1’498 since the acquistion dates. If the acquisitions had occurred on 1 January 2016, the acquired businesses, for the period would have contributed revenues of € 2’246.

Details of net assets acquired and intangibles are as follows:

 

     NWD Poland  
Purchase consideration:    31/03/2016  

Cash consideration

     18 472   
  

 

 

 

Total Purchase Consideration

     18 472   

Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired

     (8 329
  

 

 

 

Goodwill

     10 143   
  

 

 

 
     NWD Poland  
Provisional fair values (1)    31/03/2016  

Trade receivables

     1 879   

Prepaid and other current assets

     83   

Inventories

     321   

Property, plant and equipment

     5 665   

Customer portfolio and Trademarks

     3 279   

Other intangible assets

     57   

Trade payables

     (539

Other current liabilities

     (1 793

Deferred income tax liabilities

     (623
  

 

 

 

Total identifiable net assets

     8 329   
  

 

 

 

Goodwill

     10 143   
  

 

 

 
     18 472   
  

 

 

 

 

(1) Based on a preliminary purchase price allocation conducted

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

3 Financial risk management and financial instruments

3.1 Financial risk factors

The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: foreign currency exchange risk, cash flow interest rates risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. The Group’s overall risk management program focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimize potential adverse effects on the financial performance of the Group.

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements do not include all financial risk management information and disclosures required in the annual financial statements; they should be read in conjunction with the group’s annual financial statements as at 31 December 2015.

3.2 Fair value estimation

The table below presents financial instruments carried at fair value, by valuation method. The different levels have been defined as follows:

 

  Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1).

 

  Inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (that is, as prices) or indirectly (that is, derived from prices) (Level 2).

 

  Inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (that is, unobservable inputs) (Level 3).

 

     Level 2  

Liabilities

   31.03.2016      31.12.2015  

Derivatives financial instruments

     (5 638      (5 201

The fair value of the financial asset at fair value through profit or loss is at level 3 measurement . Changes in fair value are classified in other operating expenses net, and amounted to EUR 485 in the three months ended March 31, 2016.

The fair value of available for sale financial asset is at Level 1.

There were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2 during the period, and there were no changes in valuation techniques during the periods

3.3 Valuation techniques used to derive Level 2 fair values

Level 2 trading derivatives comprise interest rate swaps. Interest rate swaps are fair valued using forward interest rates extracted from observable yield curves. The effects of discounting are generally insignifiant for Level 2 derivatives.

3.4 Fair value of financial assets and liabilities measured at amortized cost

The fair value of the senior secured notes as of March 31, 2016 is EUR 294.2 mios.

The fair value of the following financial assets and liabilities approximate their carrying amount:

 

  Borrowing from shareholders and related parties

 

  Trade and other receivables

 

  Other current financial assets

 

  Cash and cash equivalents

 

  Trade payables and other current liabilities

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

4 Seasonality

The HOD business, in the same way as all other water businesses, is seasonal. The period from May to September represents the peak period for sales and revenues, due to increased consumption of water during the summer months.

 

5 Borrowings

 

     31/03/2016      31/12/2015  

Non-Current

     

Senior secured notes and bank borrowings, net

     338 668         295 378   

Finance lease liabilities

     2 934         3 238   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     341 601         298 616   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Current

     

Bank borrowings, net

     1 961         2 158   

Finance lease liabilities

     1 154         1 203   

Other borrowings

     1 138         1 406   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     4 253         4 767   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total borrowings

     345 854         303 383   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

On 29 January 2015, Hydra Dutch Holdings 2 B.V. (hereafter “Hydra 2”) successfully issued EUR 160 million of 8% Senior Secured Notes due 15 April 2019 comprising of EUR 35 million of Exchange Notes of the existing EUR 210 million Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2019 and EUR 125 million of New Cash Notes to finance the acquisition of the Nestle Waters Direct water solutions businesses in Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia and Poland from Nestle Waters as well as repaying in full the utilization of the Bridge facility.

The Notes are redeemable by Hydra 2 at any time prior to their maturity, based on prices and terms stipulated in the Notes agreement which include a make-whole call premium if the Notes are redeemed prior to 1 February 2017.

Therefore, on 29 January 2015, Hydra 2 used the first portion of the proceeds from the New Cash Notes to repay EUR 53.2 million of the Bridge Facility that was partially drawn on 28 November 2014 in connection with the first stage of the acquisition of three of the five Nestle Waters Direct water solutions businesses from Nestle Waters. The closing date for the acquisition of the businesses in the Netherlands, Portugal and Germany occurred on 1 December 2014.

On 2 February 2015, Hydra 2 used a second portion of the proceeds from the New Cash Notes to settle the purchase price for the acquisition of Nestle Waters Direct water solution business in Russia. The remainder of the proceeds from the New Cash Notes was deposited into an Escrow Account held with the Escrow Agent in the name of the Company pursuant to an Escrow Agreement. This remainder of the proceeds from the New Cash Notes was to be used to pay the purchase price for the acquisition of Nestle Waters Direct water solution business in Poland.

As the acquisition of Nestle Water Direct Poland did not occur on or prior to 31 October 2015 (the “Polish NWDE Closing Date”) the Company redeemed EUR 34.9 million in aggregate principal amount of EUR 160 million 8% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”) at a price equal to 101% of that aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued but unpaid interest on 9 November 2015 (the “Redemption Date”). Following the Redemption Date, the outstanding principal amount of the Notes is EUR 125.1 million.

On 30 October 2015 Hydra 2 secured an increase of the existing Revolving Credit Facility Agreement (the “RCF”) that was entered on 15 April 2014. The RCF increased from an aggregate amount of EUR 45 million to EUR 65 million.

On 1 February 2016, Hydra 2 used additional RCF proceeds to settle the purchase price of Nestle Water Poland that was drawn on 29 January 2016. The total RCF proceeds as of 31 March 2016 is EUR 50 million.

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

6 Segment information

General

The chief operating decision maker of the Group (hereinafter - CODM). The CODM reviews internal reports of the Group to assess performance and for resource allocation. Group management identified operating segments based on those reports.

The CODM reviews the business activity based on geographical regions, and this serves management to assess performance of geographical regions and to allocate resources. European regions have been aggregated since they bear similar economic characteristics and are similar in the nature of products and production processes, types of customers and distribution methods

As of March 31, 2016, the CODM reviews the performance of operating segments in the year ended on that date based on measuring income before financing expenses, financing income, tax, depreciation, amortization, other expenses and income (loss) (operating EBITDA).

Information related to geographical segments:

 

     For the 3 months ended
31/03/2016
 
     Europe      Israel      Total  

Segment income

     61 918         21 590         83 508   

Operating EBITDA

     12 355         2 464         14 819   

Capex

     3 562         1 721         5 283   

 

     For the 3 months ended
31/03/2015
 
     Europe      Israel      Total  

Segment income

     62 041         20 265         82 306   

Operating EBITDA

     10 882         1 674         12 556   

Capex

     4 263         2 137         6 400   

 

     For the 3
months ended
     For the 3
months ended
 
     31/03/2016      31/03/2015  

Operating EBITDA of reporting segments

     14 819         12 556   

Depreciation and amortization

     (8 585      (8 156

Other expenses - net

     (3 494      (4 678
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating income

     2 740         (278

Financing income

     911         2 012   

Financing expenses

     (10 970      (10,642

Taxes on income

     (539      (499
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net loss

     (7 858      (9 407
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following is a breakdown of revenue from external customers of the Group’s products:

 

     For the 3
months ended
    

For the 3

months ended

 
     31/03/2016      31/03/2015  

Water

     66 039         64 727   

Coffee

     17 469         17 579   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     83 508         82 306   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

in ‘000 €

 

 

7 Contingent liabilities and Commitments

The French, German, Israeli and Polish subsidiaries are involved in legal actions in the ordinary course of business. The total amount thereof is approximately € 714. A total provision of € 714 is recorded as of 31 March 2016.

On 25 February 2015 a request for a class action was filed against Mey Eden Bar – First Class Service Ltd. (“MEB”) in the sum of NIS 444 million (approx. € 103.6 million). The plaintiff’s claim is that the UV light in the company’s water bars marketed by MEB did not function as it was supposed to. At this stage, the probabilities of the claim being accepted and that financial resources will be required to discharge the claim, could not be estimated by the company and the company’s lawyers.

On 29 September, 2014 a request for a class action was filed against Mey Eden Bar – First Class Service Ltd. (“MEB”) by a former HOD customer. The plaintiff claims that MEB raised the prices of the HOD dispensers without a proper prior notice, that the total amount of the raises was unreasonably high and that the in some of the raises the notice of the raise was not in line with the actual raise. The plaintiff estimated the total damages to all MEB customers in the sum of NIS 67 million (approx € 15.6 miillion) . On April 6, 2016 the parties signed a settlement agreement in which an expert will be appointed to examine past price increases and check if they were legally carried out. MEB will then compensate its customers in the sum equal to 40% of the total sums that will be found by the expert (“Total COMPENSATION”) plus the plaintiff compensation and legal fees in the amount equal to 20% of the total compensation fee. The agreement was submitted to court for its approval on April 18, 2016. At this stage, the company and the company’s lawyers estimate that the probability that financial resources will be required for the discharge of the liability underlying the Claim, in addition to the Total Compensation set forth in the Agreement, is lower than the probability that no such resources will be required. At this stage, despite the fact that we do not anticipate any critical adverse effect on our business arising from this legal proceeding, we estimate that the total exposure under this claim will range between € 0.2 million and € 0.5 million.

 

8 Subsequent events

On 7 June 2016 Hydra Luxembourg Holdings S.á.r.l – the shareholders of the Company – has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement to sell the sole issued and outstanding share capital of the Company to Carbon Acquisition Co B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cott Corporation for an amount of EUR 470 million subject to customary adjustments for cash, debt, working capital and other items (the “Acquisition”). The closing of the Acquisition is subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including receipt of required antitrust approvals, but is not subject to any financing condition. The Share Purchase Agreement is subject to termination if the conditions are not satisfied on or before October 31, 2016, or such later date as the parties may agree.

On 20 June 2016, Hydra Dutch Holdings 1 B.V. had no subsequent event leading to a material modification of the financial statements.

 

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