Veolia Environnement: 2022 First Half Results

2022-08-20 07:37:05 By : Ms. Grace Wu

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Continued Strong Revenue and Results Growth in Q2

Veolia’s Resilience and Adaptability Allow to Fully Confirm Our Ambitious 2022 Targets, Notably an Organic EBITDA Growth Between +4 % and +6 % and a Current Net Income of €1.1bn Despite the Uncertain Context

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Estelle Brachlianoff, CEO of the Group commented : « Veolia’s performance during the first half of the year was once again very good. Q2 activity was on a very similar trajectory as in the first quarter. The integration of Suez’s activities since mid-January was very successful. Their contribution in terms of revenue and synergies is up to our expectations, which confirms the merits of this acquisition. These very good results also benefited from the continued strict cost discipline which allowed us to fully confirm our 2022 objectives.

Veolia, world leader in ecological transformation, continues to fully benefit from good trends in its markets thanks to its value-added offerings, perfectly adapted to the environmental challenges of our clients. The resilience, the adaptability and the relevance of our strategic positioning allow us to face the uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical context with confidence.»

Exchange rate effect was +€408 M reflecting mainly the evolution of the US dollar, sterling pound and Chinese Renminbi, partially offset by a decrease of Polish zloty and Latin American currencies1.

Scope effect of -€286M included mainly the asset divestitures in Scandinavia in 2021 (-€154 M) and, on the Suez side, the asset divestitures in Australia in 2021 and the remedies in the EU (hazardous waste business in France accounted as assets for sale). These negative items were partially offset by the integration of Osis by Sarp (+€96 M) in 2021.

* At constant forex and without extension of the conflict beyond the Ukrainian territory and without significant change in the energy supply conditions in Europe ** Before PPA *** Current net income per share after hybrid costs and before PPA

Veolia Group aims to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. Present on five continents with nearly 220,000 employees, the Group designs and deploys useful, practical solutions for the management of water, waste and energy that are contributing to a radical turnaround of the current situation. Through its three complementary activities, Veolia helps to develop access to resources, to preserve available resources and to renew them. In 2021, the Veolia group provided 79 million inhabitants with drinking water and 61 million with sanitation, produced nearly 48 million megawatt hours and recovered 48 million tonnes of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) achieved consolidated revenue of 28,508 billion euros in 2021. www.veolia.com

As the changes in the health crisis are difficult to estimate, we draw your attention to the “forward-looking statements” that may appear in this press release and relating to the consequences of this crisis which may affect the future performance of the Company.

Veolia Environnement is a corporation listed on the Euronext Paris. This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside our control, including but not limited to: the risk of suffering reduced profits or losses as a result of intense competition, the risk that changes in energy prices and taxes may reduce Veolia Environnement’s profits, the risk that governmental authorities could terminate or modify some of Veolia Environnement’s contracts, the risk that acquisitions may not provide the benefits that Veolia Environnement hopes to achieve, the risks related to customary provisions of divesture transactions, the risk that Veolia Environnement’s compliance with environmental laws may become more costly in the future, the risk that currency exchange rate fluctuations may negatively affect Veolia Environnement’s financial results and the price of its shares, the risk that Veolia Environnement may incur environmental liability in connection with its past, present and future operations, as well as the other risks described in the documents Veolia Environnement has filed with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (French securities regulator). Veolia Environnement does not undertake, nor does it have, any obligation to provide updates or to revise any forward looking statements. Investors and security holders may obtain from Veolia Environnement a free copy of documents it filed (www.veolia.com) with the Autorités des Marchés Financiers.

This document contains "non‐GAAP financial measures". These "non‐GAAP financial measures" might be defined differently from similar financial measures made public by other groups and should not replace GAAP financial measures prepared pursuant to IFRS standards.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JUNE, 30 2022

Group key figures as of June 30, 2022 include the contribution of activities acquired from Suez from January 18, 2022. To enable the comparison of financial information, key figures as of June 30, 2021 were restated to present combined data including the Suez acquired scope (see appendix).

∆ at constant scope and exchange rates

∆ at constant scope and exchange rates

Current net income - Group Share3

Current net income - Group Share excluding capital gains and losses on financial divestitures net of tax

Net income - Group share (4)

The indicators are defined in appendix

Including the share of current net income of joint ventures and associates viewed as core Company activities.

2021 Current net income - Group share, re-presented for Suez dividends (€122 million) is €394 million, representing an increase in Current net income - Group Share for the first half of 2022 compared with June 2021 of 33.1% at constant exchange rates.

2021 Net income - Group share re-presented for Suez dividends (€122 million) is €179 million.

The main foreign exchange impacts between June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2022 are as follows:

FX impacts for the half year ended June 30, 2022 (vs. June 30, 2021 combined)

FX impacts for the half year ended June 30, 2022 (vs. June 30, 2021 published)

Net financial debt (vs. December 31, 2021)

Consolidated revenue totaled €20,196 million for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with €17,774 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 combined and €13,645 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (published).

All operating segments reported growth in H1 2022.

Change 2022 / 2021 re-presented for IFRS 8 and combined

Half year ended June 30, 2021 re-presented for IFRS 8

Half year ended June 30, 2021 re-presented for IFRS 8 and combined

∆ at constant scope and exchange rates

∆ at constant scope and exchange rates

France and Special Waste Europe

Compared with H1 2021 combined, quarterly revenue trends at constant exchange rates by operating segment for H1 2022 are as follows:

∆ at constant scope and exchange rates vs. 2021 re-presented for IFRS8 and combined

France and Special Waste Europe

The increase in Q2 2022 revenue is consistent with trends observed in the first quarter:

Compared with published figures for the half year ended June 30, 2021, segment revenue increased +46.2% at constant exchange rates, due to a scope effect of €4,350 million, mainly tied to the integration of Suez activities (€4,416 million) and organic growth of €1,961 million (+14.4%).

The scope effect of the integration of Suez activities impacts all operating segments:

Organic growth of +14.4% is primarily driven by Europe excluding France (+28,1%), the Rest of the world (+9.9%) and France and Special Waste Europe (+3.9%). The Water Technologies segment reported a slight -2.3% dip in revenue on published figures for the half year ended June 30, 2021 at constant scope and exchange rates, due to a high 2021 comparison base in major Middle East desalination projects where construction is now complete or almost complete. Europe excluding France enjoyed strong growth in energy activities in Central and Eastern Europe and growth in waste activities in Northern Europe, supported by higher recyclate prices.

Compared with combined figures for the half year ended June 30, 2021, revenue rose +12.9% at constant scope and exchange rates, increasing across all operating segments.

See analysis at the beginning of this press release, page 2

Compared with published figures for the half year ended June 30, 2021, revenue by business rose +46.2% at constant exchange rates.

The scope effect of the integration of Suez activities (€4,416 million in total) is €2,998 million in Water and €1,818 million in Waste. It is recalled that the revenue adjustment for the first seventeen days of the year for the Suez scope, prior to acquisition of control, is recorded in the “Other” segment (-€400 million).

Excluding scope effects, organic growth compared with published figures for the half year ended June 30, 2021 is +14.4%, mainly driven by:

∆ at constant scope and exchange rates

∆ at constant scope and exchange rates

of which Technology and Construction

Compared with combined figures for the half year ended June 30, 2021, revenue by business rose +12.9% at constant scope and exchange rates. See analysis at the beginning of this press release, page 2

Group consolidated EBITDA for the half year ended June 30, 2022 was €2,953 million, compared with €2,792 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 combined and €2,081 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (published).

EBITDA is up +40.4% compared with published figures for the half year ended June 30, 2021 at constant exchange rates, due to a scope effect of +€725 million primarily due to the integration of activities acquired from Suez and organic growth of +5.6%.

Compared with June 30, 2021 combined figures, EBITDA rose +6.1% at constant scope and exchange.

Change 2022 / 2021 re-presented for IFRS 8 and combined

June 30, 2021 re-presented for IFRS 8 and combined

∆ at constant scope and exchange rates

∆ at constant scope and exchange rates

France and Special Waste Europe

The growth of the EBITDA for the operational segments France and Special waste Europe (+6.8% at constant scope and exchange rates) and Europe excluding France (+8.5% at constant scope and exchange rates) results from the growth in the activity. The decline in the EBITDA for the rest of the world segment comes from China where the volumes of waste are lower as well as services to industry and energy due to restrictions related to the health crisis. In the Water Technologies segment, the EBITDA is in progression for VWT but in decline for WTS, which benefited from one-off elements in the first half of 2021.

The increase in EBITDA between 2021 and 2022 breaks down by impact as follows:

The foreign exchange impact on EBITDA was +€52 million and mainly reflects the appreciation of the American, Czech, British and Chinese currencies, partially offset by unfavorable movements in South American and Middle East currencies4.

The consolidation scope impact of -€­61 million mostly concerns the sale of assets in Scandinavia in 2021 and, at Suez level, sales of activities in Australia and the impact of European Union remedies with the transfer of some hazardous waste activities in France to Assets classified as held for sale. These negative effects are partially offset by the integration of Osis by Sarp in 2021.

Favorable commerce and volume impacts of +€39 million resulted from the positive impact on revenue.

The weather impact is -€39 million and mainly concerns Central and Eastern Europe which was affected by a milder than normal winter and to a lesser extent Chile.

Recyclate and energy prices had a net favorable impact on EBITDA of +€70 million, mainly concerning paper and cardboard in France and Northern Europe. The increase in energy selling prices net of higher purchase costs (including CO2 and diesel), had a neutral impact on EBITDA.

The impact of tariff reviews net of cost inflation was -€97 million.

Other impacts are mainly due to one-off items positively impacting 2021 EBITDA of the Suez scope.

The contribution of cost savings plans and synergies totaled +€230 million at the end of June and includes:

Group consolidated Current EBIT for the half year ended June 30, 2022 was €1,475 million, up +20.2% at constant scope and exchange rates on combined figures for the half year ended June 30, 2021.

EBITDA reconciles with Current EBIT compared with the half year ended June 30, 2021 as follows:

Depreciation, amortization, provisions and other5

Impairment and gains (losses) on industrial divestitures

Share of current net income of joint ventures and associates

The +€256 million (+20.2%) increase in Current EBIT at constant scope and exchange rates compared with combined figures for the half year ended June 30, 20216 is mainly due to:

The foreign exchange impact on Current EBIT of +€17 million mainly reflects fluctuations in the United States (+€15 million), Czech Republic (+€7 million), United Kingdom (+€6 million) and Chinese (+€1 million) currencies, partially offset by a downturn in Chile (-€5 million) and Middle East (-€4 million) currencies.

The net financial expense for the half year ended June 30, 2022 is -€551.3 million, compared with - €121.2 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (published). This decrease is mainly due to the scope effect on financial expenses of the integration of the cost of Suez debt, as well as the positive impact, in H1 2021, of dividends received of €122 million on the Group’s investment in Suez.

Cost of net financial debt

The cost of net financial debt totaled -€319.6 million for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with -€152.4 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (published). The increase in the cost of Group net financial debt is mainly due to the scope effect of the integration of the cost of Suez debt for €104.5 million (particularly the bond debt of the former holding company, Suez SA, and that of water activities in the United States), higher interest rates on foreign currency-denominated debt (euro/currency rate spreads) and the positive impact in H1 2021 of the cancellation of an interest rate hedging portfolio (pre-hedge swaps) for €20 million.

The Group’s financing rate (excluding IFRS 16 impacts) was therefore 3.65% at June 30, 2022 (compared with 2.51% at June 30, 2021, published), a lower than the pre-COVID period (4.36% at June 30, 2020 and 4.3% at June 30, 2019). Interest rates were very low in 2021.

Other current financial income and expenses

Other financial income and expenses totaled -€207 million for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with +€53 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (published).

At June 30, 2021, other financial income includes dividends received on the Group’s investment in Suez of €122 million.

At June 30, 2022, other financial income and expenses include the scope effect of the integration of Suez financial expenses of -€104.2 million which includes notably the financial expenses of the debt of the subsidiary Aguas Andidas in Chile (indexed on inflation). The other financial income and expenses also include as a non current item the financial costs generated by the Suez combination for -€24.4 million.

At June 30, 2022 it includes interest on concession liabilities (IFRIC 12) of -€38.8 million and the unwinding of discounts on provisions of -€16.2 million.

Losses on financial divestitures recognized in H1 2022 totaled -€7.6 million and mainly include the impacts of the liquidation of several companies.

Gains on current financial divestitures recognized in the first half of 2021 totaled -€4.6 million and mainly comprised the gain on disposal of Utilities Services activities in Nordic countries (+€13 million), offset by the loss on the divestiture of Aqua Utilities activities in Veolia Water Technology (-€7 million) and disposal costs in North America (-€3 million).

The current income tax expense for the half year ended June 30, 2022 amounted to -€256.4 million, compared with -€188.4 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (published).

The current income tax rate for the half year ended June 30, 2022 is 28.9%, after integration of the activities of Suez versus 25% for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (published).

Current net income attributable to owners of the Company was €528 million for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with €516 million for the year ended June 30, 2021 (published) and €394 million excluding dividends received from Suez in 2021 for 2020. Excluding capital gains and losses on financial divestitures net of tax and minority interests, current net income attributable to owners of the Company is €538 million, compared with €520 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (published).

Net income attributable to owners of the Company was +€236 million for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with +€301 million for the year ended June 30, 2021 (published) and €179 million excluding dividends received from Suez in 2021.

Net income attributable to owners of the Company per share was €0.34 (basic) and €0.33 (diluted) for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with €0.53 (basic) and €0.51 (diluted) for the half year ended June 30, 2021.

8. CURRENT NET INCOME (LOSS) / NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE COMPANY

The share of net income attributable to non-controlling interests totaled €161.2 million for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with €95.4 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021.

Net income attributable to owners of the Company was €236 million for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with €301 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021.

Current net income attributable to owners of the Company was €528 million for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with €516 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021.

Net income attributable to owners of the Company per share for the half year ended June 30, 2022 was €0.34 (basic) and €0.33 (diluted) compared with €0.53 (basic) and €0.51 (diluted) (and €0.31 (basic) and €0.30 (diluted) excluding dividends received from Suez of €122 million), for the half year ended June 30, 2021. Current net income attributable to owners of the Company per share was €0.77 (basic) and €0.74 (diluted) for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with €0.91 (basic) and €0.87 (diluted) for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (and €0.69 (basic) and €0.67 (diluted) excluding dividends received from Suez of €122 million).

The weighted average number of outstanding shares in the half year ended June 30, 2021 was 687,074,155.

Net income (loss) attributable to owners of the Company for the half year ended June 30, 2022 breaks down as follows:

Cost of net financial debt

Other financial income and expenses

Net income (loss) of other equity-accounted entities

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests

Net income (loss) attributable to owners of the Company

Published net income (loss) attributable to owners of the Company for the half year ended June 30, 2021 breaks down as follows:

Cost of net financial debt

Other financial income and expenses

Net income (loss) of other equity-accounted entities

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations

Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests

Net income (loss) attributable to owners of the Company

The net income attributable to owners of the company excluding dividends received from Suez for the half year ended June 30, 2021 is €178.5 million.

Current EBIT reconciles with operating income, as shown in the income statement, as follows:

Impairment losses on goodwill and negative goodwill

Net charges to non-current provisions

Non-current provisions and impairment of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, operating financial assets and other

Share acquisition costs, with or without acquisition of control

Operating income after share of net income of equity-accounted entities

Impairment losses concern Russian goodwill which was impaired in full in the amount of -€69 million due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Restructuring costs total -€32 million in H1 2022, down slightly compared to 2021.

Non-current provisions, impairment and other costs total -€120 million in H1 2022 and mainly comprise integration costs relating to the Suez combination, as well as costs incurred in respect of a dispute in North America and asset impairment in Russia and Ukraine (€11 million).

Share acquisition costs mainly comprise costs incurred in the context of the Suez combination of €62 million for the first semester of 2022.

1/ CHANGE IN FREE CASH FLOW AND NET FINANCIAL DEBT

Net free cash flow totaled -€304 million for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with +€270 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (published).

The change in net free cash flow compared with published figures for the half year ended June 30, 2021 reflects:

The following table summarizes the change in net financial debt and net free cash flow:

Dividends received from equity-accounted entities and joint ventures

Other non-current expenses and restructuring charges

Interest on concession liabilities (IFRIC 12)

Interest on IFRS 16 lease liabilities

Financial items (current interest paid and operating cash flow from financing activities)

Net free cash flow before dividend payment, financial investments and financial divestitures

Change in receivables and other financial assets

Issue / repayment of deeply subordinated securities

Proceeds on issue of shares

Effect of foreign exchange rate movements and other

Net financial debt amounted to €22,353 million, compared with €9,532 million as of December 31, 2021. Compared with December 31, 2021, the change in net financial debt is mainly due to:

Net financial debt was also impacted by negative exchange rate fluctuations of -€464 million as of June 30, 2022.

Group gross industrial investments, including new operating financial assets, amounted to -€1,585 million for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with -€972 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (published).

The entry into the consolidation scope of the activities acquired from Suez is reflected by gross investments of €472 million in the H1 2022.

Industrial investments, excluding discontinued operations, break down by segment as follows:

Half year ended June 30, 2022 (€ million)

France and Special Waste Europe

Including maintenance investments of €810 million (including IFRS16 leases) and contractual investments of €575 million.

Including new OFA in the amount of €56 million.

Half year ended June 30, 2021 (€ million)

France and Special Waste Europe

Including maintenance investments of €504 million (including IFRS16 leases) and contractual investments of €346 million.

Including new OFA in the amount of -€53 million.

The main financial investment in H1 2022 was the acquisition of the Suez Group, completed following the finalization of the Public Tender Offer in the first quarter for -€10,501 million, including debt assumed and the rest of the cession of a part of the Suez Group to the consortium on January 31, 2022.

Excluding the acquisition of Suez, net financial investments totaled -€145 million in H1 2022 compared with -€245 million in H1 2021 (including acquisition costs and net financial debt of acquired entities). In the first half of the year, investments primarily concerned the acquisition of 47.4% of the share capital of Lydec “Lyonnaise des Eaux de Casablanca”, a Moroccan subsidiary of the Suez group for €98 million.

Financial investments totaled -€413 million in the half year ended June 30, 2021 (including acquisition costs and net financial debt of acquired entities) and mainly included the acquisition of Osis in France (€262 million excluding IFRS 16 debt) and the acquisition of an organic fertilizer facility in France (€22 million).

Financial divestitures totaled -€1 million in the half year ended June 30, 2022 (including disposal costs) and mainly included the sale of Huancheng Puxi in China, a waste-to-energy subsidiary, for €27 million and a sales price adjustment in respect of a divestment performed in 2021 in Germany of -€25 million.

Financial divestitures totaled €168 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (including disposal costs) and included the sale of the 5% stake in the Shenzhen concession in China by VE CGE (€80 million, excluding the repayment of the shareholder loan of €105 million), as well as the sale of Utilities Services activities in Sweden and Norway in the amount of €32 million (total transaction of €70 million).

The change in operating working capital requirements (excluding discontinued operations) was -€821 million for the half year ended June 30, 2022, compared with -€381 million for the half year ended June 30, 2021 (published). This change is mainly due to the seasonality and the increase on energy prices on the working capital requirements and the entry of the activities of Suez.

See Note 6.3 to the consolidated financial statements for the half year ended June 30, 2022.

Structure of net financial debt As of June 30, 2022, net financial debt after hedging is borrowed 85% at fixed rates (compared with 100% as of December 31, 2021).

This change is mainly due to the integration of Suez debt, increasing by 11 points the share of floating-rate debt (through a swap portfolio), as well as optimized management of bond debt in Q1 2022. The Group nonetheless targets net financial debt primarily at fixed rates and plans to return to levels close to 100% on receipt of the proceeds from antitrust divestitures.

The average maturity of net financial debt was 6.7 years as of June 30, 2022 compared with 5.9 years as of June 30, 2021.

Bank overdrafts and other cash position items

Allocation of the fair value of hedging instruments

Liquid assets and financing financial assets

Group liquidity position Liquid assets of the Group as of June 30, 2022 break down as follows:

Undrawn MT bilateral credit lines

Undrawn ST bilateral credit lines

Suez SA undrawn syndicated loan facility

Current debt and bank overdrafts and other cash position items

Bank overdrafts and other cash position items

Total current debt and bank overdrafts and other cash position items

Total liquid assets net of current debt and bank overdrafts and other cash position items

Including liquid assets and assets linked to financing included in net financial debt.

1/ COMBINED DATA FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022

To enable comparability of H1 2022 financial data including the contribution of activities acquired from Suez from January 18, 2022, published key figures for the half year ended June 30, 2021 were restated to present the financial data of the new Veolia group including the activities acquired from Suez and the adjustment for the first seventeen days of 2022 applied to 2021. Combined data for the half year ended June 30, 2022 is presented for Revenue, EBITDA and Current EBIT.

2/ RECONCILIATION OF 2021 PUBLISHED DATA BY OPERATING SEGMENT WITH IFRS 8 RE-PRESENTED DATA

The change in Group governance effective February 2022 led to an update to the IFRS 8 operating segments to reflect the new breakdown by Management Zone implemented following the integration of Suez activities.

Pursuant to IFRS 8, segment financial reporting published in 2021 was re-presented in accordance with the new segments.

Re-presented figures at 30 June 2021 were published on the website of the Group : https://www.veolia.com/fr/groupe/finance/information-financiere/publications-financieres

3/ RECONCILIATION OF GAAP INDICATORS AND THE INDICATORS USED BY THE GROUP

The reconciliation of Current EBIT with operating income, as shown in the income statement, is presented earlier in this press release. Likewise, the reconciliation of current net income with net income attributable to owners of the Company, as shown in the income statement.

The reconciliation of Net cash from operating activities of continuing operations (included in the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement) with net free cash flow is as follows :

Net cash from operating activities of continuing operations

Industrial investments, net of grants

Proceeds on disposal of industrial assets

Principal payments on operating financial assets

Share acquisition and disposal costs

The reconciliation of industrial investments, net of grants (included in the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement) with industrial investments is as follows:

Industrial investments, net of grants

Change in concession working capital requirements

No changes have been made to non-GAAP financial indicators by the Group.

NON-STRICTLY ACCOUNTING INDICATORS (NON GAAP)

To calculate Current EBIT (which includes the share of current net income of joint ventures and associates), the following items are deducted from Operating income:

For the other indicators, please refer to Section 5.5.8 of the 2021 Universal Registration Document.

Other operating revenue and expenses

Operating income before share of net income (loss) of equity-accounted entities

Share of net income (loss) of equity-accounted entities

o/w share of net income (loss) of joint ventures

o/w share of net income (loss) of associates

Operating income after share of net income (loss) of equity-accounted entities

Cost of net financial debt

Other financial income and expenses

Share of net income (loss) of other equity-accounted entities

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations

Net income (loss) for the period

Attributable to owners of the Company

NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE COMPANY PER SHARE (in euros)

NET INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE COMPANY PER SHARE (in euros)

NET INCOME (LOSS) FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE COMPANY PER SHARE (in euros)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION – ASSETS

Non-current derivative instruments - Assets

Current derivative instruments - Assets

Assets classified as held for sale

(*) As of December 31, 2021, non-consolidated investments consist of Suez shares for €3,721.0 million and other securities for €49.3 million.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION - EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

Reserves and retained earnings attributable to owners of the Company

Total equity attributable to owners of the Company

Total equity attributable to non-controlling interests

Non-current derivative instruments - Liabilities

Current derivative instruments - Liabilities

Bank overdrafts and other cash position items

Liabilities directly associated with assets classified as held for sale

Net income (loss) for the period

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations

Operating depreciation, amortization, provisions and impairment losses

Financial amortization and impairment losses

Gains (losses) on disposal of operating assets

Gains (losses) on disposal of financial assets

Share of net income (loss) of joint ventures

Share of net income (loss) of associates

Cost of net financial debt

Operating cash flow before changes in working capital

Change in operating working capital requirements

Change in concession working capital requirements

Net cash from operating activities of continuing operations

Net cash from operating activities of discontinued operations

Net cash from operating activities

Industrial investments, net of grants

Proceeds on disposal of industrial assets

Proceeds on disposal of financial assets

Principal payments on operating financial assets

Dividends received (including dividends received from joint ventures and associates)

Principal payments on non-current loans

Net decrease/increase in current loans

Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations

Net cash used in investing activities of discontinued operations

Net cash used in investing activities

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT CONTINUED

Net increase (decrease) in current financial liabilities

Repayment of current IFRS 16 lease debt

Other changes in non-current IFRS 16 lease debt

New non-current borrowings and other debt

Principal payments on non-current borrowings and other debt

Change in liquid assets and financing financial assets

Proceeds on issue of shares

Transactions with non-controlling interests: partial purchases (*)

Transactions with non-controlling interests: partial sales

Proceeds on issue of deeply subordinated securities

Coupons on deeply subordinated securities

Purchases of/proceeds from treasury shares

Interest on IFRIC 12 operating assets

Interest on IFRS 16 lease debt (**)

Net cash from (used in) financing activities of continuing operations

Net cash from (used in) financing activities of discontinued operations

Net cash from (used in) financing activities

Effect of foreign exchange rate changes and other

Increase (decrease) in external net cash of discontinued operations

NET CASH AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD

NET CASH AT THE END OF THE PERIOD

Bank overdrafts and other cash position items

NET CASH AT THE END OF THE PERIOD

(*) Following the takeover of Suez on January 18, 2022, Veolia acquired the residual shares not contributed during the Public Tender Offer for an amount of 1,752 million euros

(**) Interest on IFRS 16 lease debt is not included in the Cost of net financial debt, but in Other financial income and expenses

_______________________ 1 Main foreign exchange impacts by currency: US dollar (+207 million euros), British pound (+60 million euros), Czech crown (+44 million euros), Chinese yuan RenMinBi (+51 million euros), Polish zloty (-21 million euros), Hungarian forint (-23 million euros), Chilean peso (-15 million euros), Argentine peso (-14 million euros). 2 Restatement of the first 17 days of the contribution of Suez activities 3 Restatement of the first 17 days of the contribution of Suez activities 4 Foreign exchange impacts by currency: Czech koruna (+€12 million), pound sterling (+€10 million), Chinese RenMinBi yuan (+€9 million), US dollar (+€31 million), Lebanese pound (-€8 million), Chilean peso (-€7 million). 5 Excluding principal payments on operating financial assets. 6 See Section 6.1 for more information on this restatement

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