Uitspraak
mr. J. de Jongen
mr. P.L. Hezer, beiden kantoorhoudende te Amsterdam,
1.Het verloop van het geding
Expert-report to the Dutch Enterprise Chamber concerning the Valuation of shares in Mota-Engil Africa N.V.(hierna: het deskundigenbericht) ingediend.
2.De gronden van de beslissing
1.4 Valuation approach
to the Enterprise Chamber only. Therefore, additional information has been requested from[Mota-Engil SGPS]
and other information has been gathered by the Expert, based on which a valuation with limited additional investigation was conducted. This valuation is based on valuation assumptions that are deemed optimistic by the Expert. A full investigation will only be required if the valuation of the shares according to the optimistic scenario exceeds €6.1235 per share, to verify whether the valuation in a most likely scenario would exceed €6.1235 per share.
, the Enterprise Chamber (whether or not after engaging an Expert) can conclude that the value of the shares does not exceed the offered price of €6.1235 per share, based on the document ‘Valuation shares Mota-Engil Africa N.V.’ including Exhibits A-F. This document was submitted to the Enterprise Chamber on behalf of[Mota-Engil SGPS]
as ‘Productie 18’ on the 22nd of November 2016. The main arguments provided by[Mota-Engil SGPS]
were that:
amounted to €3.69 per share on 31 December 2015;
of between €2.83 and €4.49 per share, based on a net debt of[Mota-Engil Africa]
of €274 million and 100 million outstanding ordinary shares.
on the valuation date does not exceed €6.1235 per share. The reasons for this conclusion are:
described in the 4 equity research reports that were provided by[Mota-Engil SGPS]
are based on limited analysis and detail at the level of[Mota-Engil Africa]
.
is operating in a cyclical market and depends on winning big projects, more in-depth insight, notably in normalized earnings, order backlog, actual developments in 2016 including project wins, mid-term financial prospects, and valuations of comparable companies was deemed necessary to properly access the fair market value of the shares of[Mota-Engil Africa]
.
on the 31st of December 2015 at €274 million, does not seem to include all required adjustments
, such as assets available for sale, non-controlling interests, proper excess cash adjustment, and other debt-like items.
may not be representative for the complete analyst coverage of[Mota-Engil SGPS]/[Mota-Engil Africa]
.
, including the strategic plan 2020 of[Mota-Engil Africa]
valid at the valuation date, overview of order backlog in March 2016 and major project wins in 2016, quarterly consolidated P&L and Balance sheet of[Mota-Engil Africa]
2015-2016Q1, annual reports of[Mota-Engil Africa]
and all its subsidiaries 2015, intercompany balances at the 31st of December 2015 and the 23rd of March 2016, the annual report of[Mota-Engil Africa]
2014, explanation of major developments and normalizations 2014-2016, budgets of[Mota-Engil Africa]
2014-2016, and an overview of the legal structure of[Mota-Engil Africa]
. A complete overview of information received from[Mota-Engil SGPS]
is included in annex 1.
close to the valuation date were available. Such reports were not found. Furthermore, information needed to determine the cost of capital (such as interest rates, Market Risk Premiums, Country Risk Premiums and Beta’s) and assess the valuation multiples of Peers were gathered to perform the CTA and PTA.
and the information gathered by Fair Value Consultants, the Expert conducted a DCF valuation based on an optimistic scenario, and a CTA and PTA based on valuation multiples from Peers.
(…) per 23rd of March 2016 does not exceed € 6.1235.