Universal Registration Document 2022
F I NANC I AL I NFORMAT I ON 6 GROUPE ADP CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2022
6.4 Impairment of intangible, tangible and investment properties
Estimation and recognition of impairment loss - In the case where the recoverable amount is less than net book value, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference between these two amounts. The recoverable value is estimated by discounting expected cash flows before debt service at the weighted average cost of capital. To determine the cash flows, the Group reviews the financial trajectories taking into account all known elements at the date. With regard to the discount rates, the data used by the Group are based on averages over the last 3 months, both for the risk-free rate and for the market premium and betas of comparable companies. The book value corresponds to the net assets in the consolidated view, after allocation of the acquisition price. The recognition of an impairment loss on depreciable tangible or intangible fixed assets leads to a revision of the depreciable basis and possibly of the depreciation schedule of the assets concerned. These may be reversed subsequently if the recoverable amount becomes higher than the net book value. An impairment loss can only be reversed in the event of a change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable value since the recognition of the impairment loss. Also, a reversal of depreciation is not recognized simply due to the effect of discounting estimated cash flows or the passage of time, even if the recoverable value of the asset becomes greater than its book value. The value of the asset after reversal of the impairment loss is capped at the carrying amount that would have been determined net of depreciation if no impairment loss had been recognized in prior years. On the other hand, impairment losses on goodwill are irreversible. first of all a strong energy crisis and more generally a surge in inflation worldwide, which has had direct or indirect repercussions on interest rates and investors’ expectations. For example, the 10 year “OAT” rate, i.e. the fixed rate at which the French government borrows over a 10-year period, rose by almost 300 basis points between 1 January and 31 December 2022. This has resulted in a general increase in discount rates since December 2021, through the increase in risk-free rates and country risk premiums, which has an adverse impact on the recoverable amount of the Group’s investments. Therefore, the Group carried out impairment tests on airport concessions and service activities previously impaired or presenting a proven risk of impairment, as well as on its Paris assets, to provide the best information on the valuation of the Group’s assets considering all known elements to date. Based on the Group’s situation since December 2021, and after a broad review of the financial trajectories, the value of the concessions operated by TAV Airports in Tunisia, Kazakhstan and Georgia and by AIG in Jordan has been tested, in addition to the value of service companies Extime Duty Free Paris and SDA Croatia as well as Paris-based airport assets.
Intangible assets, property, plant and equipment and investment properties are tested for impairment when the Group identifies impairment indicators. An impairment test is also performed for previously impaired investments. Level of impairment testing - When the recoverable amount of an intangible asset or goodwill taken individually cannot be determined, the Group determines the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit (or group of cash-generating units) to which the asset belongs. Thus, for example, for the rights to operate an airport, the cash-generating unit tested corresponds to the assets and liabilities of the fully consolidated concession. As regards the Parisian assets, which include in our opinion the three platforms Paris-CDG, Paris-Orly and Paris-Le Bourget, these assets constitute, a single cash-generating unit as long as there is a strong interrelationship between the activities carried out within the three Paris airports. Frequency of impairment testing - For intangible assets with an indefinite useful life and goodwill, a test is performed at least once a year and whenever an indication of impairment appears. For land that is assumed non-depreciable, it is tested for impairment if there is an indication of impairment. For intangible and tangible assets that are subject to amortization and depreciation, an impairment test is performed at UGT level when the Group identifies one or more indications of impairment of the asset. This is the case when significant changes with a negative effect on the entity have occurred during the period, or are expected to occur in the near future. The criteria used to assess indications of impairment may include, in particular, a lower than expected performance, a decrease in traffic, a significant unfavorable change in market data or the regulatory environment, or obsolescence or material deterioration not provided for in the depreciation plan. The launch since the first half of 2021 of an unprecedented vaccination campaign on a global scale has made it possible to provide a strong response to the global Covid-19 crisis that has been raging since the beginning of 2020 and, in this way, to authorise a gradual reopening of borders between several countries, under conditions that were initially constrained but which were generally normalised during the first half of 2022. The reopening, which accelerated in 2022, led to an overall recovery in air links and more generally in air traffic; thus, air traffic in 2022 is significantly higher than in 2021 for almost all of the Group’s airports, both in terms of aircraft movements and passenger numbers. Nevertheless, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has been ongoing since February 2022 and which has led some countries to close their borders to Russian nationals and to impose economic sanctions against Russia, has had a negative impact on the traffic of certain destinations historically dependent on the Russian and Ukrainian markets. Beyond this rather limited impact, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been the catalyst for a deterioration of the global macroeconomic environment, with
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