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RNS Number : 9966Z
BBA Aviation PLC
20 March 2017
Date of notification: 20 March 2017
BBA Aviation plc (the "Company")
Annual Financial Report and Notice of AGM
Further to the release of the Company's Final Results
announcement on 1 March 2017, the Company announces that it has
today published its Annual Financial Report 2016 ("Annual Report
2016").
The Company also announces that it has today posted to
shareholders notice of an Annual General Meeting to be held at
10.30am on Friday 5 May 2017 at the Royal Aeronautical Society, No.
4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ.
The Annual Report 2016 can be viewed at or downloaded from the
Company's website at:
http://www.bbaaviation.com/investors/reports.aspx
The Notice of Annual General Meeting 2017 can be viewed at or
downloaded from the Company's website at:
http://www.bbaaviation.com/investors/shareholder-information/agm-(annual-general-meeting).aspx
Copies of the documents listed below have also been submitted to
the National Storage Mechanism located at
www.morningstar.co.uk/UK/NSM:
-- Annual Report 2016
-- Chairman's Letter and Notice of Annual General Meeting
-- Annual General Meeting Proxy Card
-- Notice of Availability of BBA Aviation plc Annual Report 2016
and Notice of Annual General Meeting
At the Annual General Meeting due to be held on 5 May 2017 it is
proposed that the Company seek, inter alia, general authority from
ordinary shareholders for the Company to make market purchases of
up to 14.99 per cent of the Company's existing issued ordinary
share capital. This renews the authority granted by shareholders at
the Annual General Meeting held on 6 May 2016. Any ordinary shares
purchased under the authority may be cancelled or held in
treasury.
The Company's Final Results announcement released on 1 March
2017 contained the responsibility statement of the directors on the
Annual Report 2016 and details of significant events occurring
during the period. For the purposes of compliance with DTR 6.3.5
set out below is the statement of principal risks and uncertainties
which is set out in the Annual Report 2016 and the text of note 26
to the consolidated financial statements in the Annual Report 2016
concerning related party transactions.
"Managing Our Risks
We are committed to effective risk management in support of
delivery of our strategic objectives.
Our risk management process is designed to improve the
likelihood of delivering our business objectives, protect the
interests of our shareholders and key stakeholders and enhance the
quality of our decision-making through the awareness of
risk-assessed outcomes. It also assists in the safeguarding of our
assets, including people, finances, property and reputation. We are
committed to conducting business in accordance with all applicable
laws and regulations and in a manner that is consistent with our
values.
Risk Governance Structure
The Board
Responsible for our system of Corporate Governance and
overseeing execution of our strategy; risk management and policy;
and financial performance.
Accountability for monitoring
Audit and Risk Committee
Responsible for reviewing and approving the adequacy and
effectiveness of our risk management and internal controls.
Audit function
Reviews and reports on the system of internal control.
Chief Risk Officer
Reports on key risks and risk mitigation.
Executive Management Committee
Responsible for setting strategic direction, executing strategic
decisions and implementing an effective corporate risk management
system.
Business Divisions
Responsible for identifying, assessing and managing risks within
their business subject to Group risk appetite.
Company Risk Map (Risk Register) & Divisional Risk Maps
Management teams in business units review risks through
self-assessment methodology and develop risk registers which,
together with risk maps that are developed from the risk registers,
are submitted to the Executive Committee and the Audit and Risk
Committee on a bi-annual basis.
Responsibility for implementing
BBA Aviation's risk mitigation strategy and risk appetite are
matters that are overseen by the Board, with the support of the
Audit and Risk Committee, which manages the processes that underpin
risk assessment and our systems of internal control.
How we manage risk across BBA Aviation
The Board has established a framework for assessing risk in the
context of likelihood and impact in financial and reputational
terms. Each risk within the Group is assessed against this
framework and the Board reassesses its risk appetite on a bi-annual
basis when risk maps are presented to the Audit and Risk
Committee.
Group policies, standards and internal controls, together with
our Values and our focus on safety, underpin our approach to risk
management. We are committed to being a responsible values-led
business and our leaders are responsible for embedding this into
BBA Aviation's culture, our decision-making and how we work.
Our employees are accountable for working to established
standards and for identifying and escalating encountered risks so
that they can be appropriately managed. The Group has comprehensive
training programmes to ensure that employees are appropriately
trained in BBA Aviation's ethics policies.
Risk Management Process
The key features of our risk management process are set out
below:
Board, Executive Committee Review
Progress is monitored at global, divisional and business levels
and risks assessed on an ongoing basis as part of the business
review and risk management process.
Business Objectives
Our business objectives are established on a five year basis and
drive our annual objectives.
Strategic Plan Development & Update
Our strategy informs the setting of shorter-term objectives
across the Group and is widely communicated.
Portfolio & Investment Decisions
Portfolio and investment decisions are made based on resource
constraints and risk/reward profiles against our strategic
objectives.
Bi-Annual Risk Assessment Process
Annual Key & Emerging Risks Identification
Strategic Risk Mitigation
Ongoing Key Risk Monitoring
The bi-annual risk assessment process looks forward three years
to create BBA Aviation's risk profile. These key Group-level risks
are input into the scenario modelling for the Viability Statement,
which is explained further on page 79 [of the Annual Report].
Progress in 2016
During 2016 we have updated our Risk Management Framework and
continued to develop the alignment between our Risk Management and
Internal Audit functions. The risk assessment process drives the
internal audit scope, and the Chief Risk Officer and Head of
Internal Audit attend Audit and Risk Committee meetings to provide
regular updates.
We have improved the risk management process by:
-- Improving the Risk Register so that risk cause is clearly
identified and the mitigating control addresses the risk cause. We
also determine whether activity associated with every risk should
be 'Treated, Tolerated, Transferred or Terminated' - which drives
deeper understanding of risk management within the business.
-- A 'Deep Dive' process has been introduced whereby we probe
more deeply into risk areas to provide additional and more specific
information. We addressed Anti-Bribery and Corruption and Security
risk areas during 2016
We continue to adopt a risk and controls-based approach and have
improved our reporting to provide practical insight in executive
summaries to enable senior management to understand issues quickly.
All audit findings are reported in terms of risk and impact, which
is aligned with BBA Aviation's Risk Model, and a structured
follow-up process operates driven by action dates agreed
collaboratively between Internal Audit and BBA Aviation's
management and overseen by executive management.
Our project management capability on major projects continues to
improve. For the carve-out and sale of the ASIG business we
employed a specialist separation management consultancy to guide us
through the planning process to ensure that we delivered an
effective carve-out of the ASIG business to John Menzies plc.
Principal Risks
We have identified 11 principal risks and uncertainties facing
BBA Aviation which are considered by the Board to be material to
the development, performance, position or future prospects of the
Group. These risks, mitigations and changes during the year are
summarised in the table below. They are not set out in priority
order.
Objective Risks Mitigation action/Control Change during
year
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Structural changes Brexit and
in the global * Active monitoring of lead economic indicators. the US
economic environment, election
or cycle fluctuations: have caused
* drive down B&GA and commercial flying and military * Strong financial controls to monitor financial some
expenditure. performance and provide a basis for corrective action uncertainty
when required. in the
economic
* cause market weakness in the ERO sector. environment.
* Low fixed costs allow cost base to be flexed to meet
demand.
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Global terrorist Ongoing events
events either * Airport and internal access security processes, continue
in-flight, at vetting of potential staff members in recruitment to cause
or near major process. concern.
airports materially
impacting global
air travel. * Low fixed costs allow cost base to be flexed to
enable corrective action to be taken.
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Legislative changes Ongoing
causing material * Active participation in all relevant industry bodies. discussions
increase to cost regarding
of B&GA flight privatisation
relative to alternatives * Ongoing monitoring of all US and EMEA political of Air Traffic
such as commercial activity which may impact B&GA activity. Control
flying, road in the USA.
or rail travel.
* Low fixed costs allow cost base to be flexed to meet
demand.
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Ongoing competitor Purchase
activity to replicate * Active monitoring of competitor activity. of Landmark
market position Aviation
of Signature created
network. * Strong financial controls to monitor financial market-leading
Growth performance. position.
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Ability to attract
and retain high-quality * Succession planning process embedded with review at
and capable people Executive Management Committee and Board level
at senior and annually.
mid-management
levels.
* Remuneration structure designed to reward superior
performance and promote retention.
* Proactive employee development and key talent
retention processes.
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Potential liabilities
from defects * Standard operating procedures with routine root cause
in services and analysis of all incidents.
products.
* Liability insurance.
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Impact of a successful Increasing
cyber attack. * Operation of a specialist Information Security team. threat of
cyber attacks
draw focus
* Continual refreshment of firewalls and endpoint as a major
protection, laptop encryption, mobile device risk
management, intrusion protection, password policy,
vulnerability and penetration testing, identity and
security event management.
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Intentional or
inadvertent * Clear values statement and ethical policies.
non-compliance
with company
values and legislation, * Semi-annual compliance certification by all senior
both within BBA management.
Aviation and
with trading
partners. * Rigorous third party vetting processes.
* Robust internal control environment and regular
review by internal and external audit.
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Environmental
exposures. * Strong procedural controls and physical containment
when working with fuel or other hazardous chemicals.
* Active management of known environmental matters to
minimise costs to resolve.
* Environmental insurance where appropriate.
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Non-compliance Good progress
with banking * Strong treasury management controls concerning made paying
covenants caused liquidity management. down debt
by a tighter funding.
regulatory environment
around sanctions * Rigorous third party vetting processes, which
compliance, which includes the compliance with sanctions regulations.
is a key condition
Performance of our banking
Optimisation covenants.
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Changes in tax
Value regulation in * Timely compliance with all international tax
Creative both the USA requirements.
Investment and EMEA could
impact our effective
tax rate and * Continuous monitoring of changes to tax legislation,
our cash tax taking advice where appropriate from reputable
liabilities. professional advisers.
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"Related party transactions
Transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries, which are
related parties, have been eliminated on consolidation and are not
disclosed in this note. Details of transactions between the Group
and other related parties are detailed below.
Compensation of key management personnel
Key management are the directors and members of the Executive
Committee. The remuneration of directors and other members of key
management during the year was as follows:
Restated1
2016 2015
$m $m
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Short-term benefits 7.7 7.1
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Post-employment benefits 0.5 0.6
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Share-based payments 2.7 2.4
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10.9 10.1
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1 There has been a reclassification of $1.5 million between
short-term benefits and share-based payments in the prior period to
improve consistency of treatment in respect of the deferred bonus
plan.
Post-employment benefits include contributions of $0.5 million
(2015: $0.6 million) in relation to defined contribution
schemes.
The remuneration of directors and key executives is determined
by the Remuneration Committee having regard to the performance of
individuals and market trends. The directors' remuneration is
disclosed in the Directors' Remuneration Report on pages 56-78.
Other related party transactions
During the year, Group companies entered into the following
transactions with related parties which are not members of the
Group:
Amounts owed by Amounts owed to
Sale of goods Purchase of goods related parties related
parties
2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015
$m $m $m $m $m $m $m $m
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Associates 5.7 8.5 292.5 355.5 1.5 0.3 46.8 52.1
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Purchases of goods principally relates to the purchase of
aviation fuel. Purchases were made at market price discounted to
reflect the quantity of goods purchased. The amounts outstanding
are unsecured and will be settled in cash. No guarantees have been
given
or received.
At the balance sheet date, Group companies had loan receivables
from an associated undertaking of $2.2 million (2015: $2.6
million). The loans are unsecured and will be settled in cash, and
were made on terms which reflect the relationships between the
parties.
The Group operates various pension and other post-retirement
benefit schemes for its employees. Details are set out in note
19."
The financial information set out in the Company's Final Results
announcement of 1 March 2017 does not constitute the Company's
statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016. Statutory
accounts for 2016 will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies
in due course.
This announcement should be read in conjunction with, and is not
a substitute for, reading the full Annual Report 2016.
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