CGGVeritas Announces 2011 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results

PARIS--()--Regulatory News:

2011 Revenue up 10% and Cash Flow from Operations up 36%
Operating Income at $208 million
Net Free Cash Flow of $94 million
2012 Outlook: Growth and Performance

CGGVeritas (Paris:GA) (NYSE:CGV) (ISIN: 0000120164 – NYSE: CGV) Board of Directors approved on February 29, 2012, the 2011 financial statements of the Company, on which the independent auditors are in the process of completing their audit procedures.

2011 Key Figures

In million $  
2011
 

2010

Revenue 3 180 2 904
Operating Income (before 2010 restructuring costs and impairment of intangible assets) 208 220
Operating Income (1) 208 89
Net Income (before 2010 restructuring costs and impairment of intangible assets) -13 29
Net Income (1) -13 -59
Cash Flow from Operations 815 598
Free Cash Flow 94 -108
Net Debt 1 411 1 536
Net Debt to Equity Ratio 37% 41%

(1) 2010 Results included restructuring costs and impairment of intangible assets.

CGGVeritas CEO, Jean-Georges Malcor commented:

We are pleased to report that our performance plan, which included significant fleet upgrades, started to show results as early as the second half of 2011. Despite the continued challenging marine marketplace, unrest in North Africa and the Middle East, and the measured recovery of the Gulf of Mexico, free cash flow was strong and well above our target for the year.

Looking forward into 2012, in the context of a strong oil price environment, E&P spending is expected to continue to grow. Demand for high-end technologies and solutions should favor our activities and strengthen the success of our differentiating offers such as BroadSeis. Sercel is poised for another year of excellence and Services activities could significantly improve based on the combined impact of our performance plan and the gradual increase of marine prices.

The ongoing strengthening of our high-end positioning and technological differentiation positions us to fully benefit from the expected robust seismic market conditions. In this context, I believe that CGGVeritas in 2012 can start a new journey of growth and strengthen its financial and operational performance”.

Fourth Quarter 2011 Results: Strong Sercel and multi-client activity

  • Group revenue was $906 million, stable year-on-year compared to a particularly strong 2010 fourth quarter and up 14% sequentially mainly driven by Sercel and multi-client sales.
  • Group operating income was $71 million, including a one-off $13 million charge related to a Sercel post-closing event. Group margin was 8%:
    • Sercel margin was high at 30% driven by demand for high resolution surveys.
    • Services margin was 2% as low fleet utilization and reduced land activity this quarter offset stronger multi-client contributions, including record high marine after-sales.
  • Net income was $21 million.
  • Operational cash flow was up 17% year-on-year to $330 million. After capital expenditure and financial costs, free cash flow was positive at $102 million despite the continued low priced marine environment and a very competitive land market during the quarter.
  • Backlog strengthened to $1.461 billion, up 18% when compared to September 30, 2011.

Full Year 2011 Results: Strong free cash flow in a continued challenging market

  • Group revenue was $3.2 billion, up 10% year-on-year.
  • Group operating income was $208 million, a 7% margin and $225 million including the $17 million operational contribution of operating income from equity investees.
    • Sercel strengthened significantly delivering a 31% operating margin.
    • Services were break even mainly due to lingering overcapacity in marine.
  • Net income was a loss of $13 million, including a one-off financial restructuring charges of $42 million.
  • Operational cash flow was up 36% year-on-year to $815 million and free cash flow was positive at $94 million compared to negative $108 million in 2010.
  • Net debt to equity ratio was 37%, compared to 41% by year-end 2010.

2011 Post Closing Events:

  • The acquisition of Geophysical Research Company “GRC” strengthened the growth and diversification of Sercel into high resolution down hole gauges and sensors.
  • An unfavorable US court judgment for Sercel on February 17, 2012, led to a one-off charge of $13 million in the fourth quarter and full year 2011 results.

2012 Outlook: Growth and Performance

  • E&P spending is expected to strengthen in 2012 leading to increased geophysical activity, the progressive absorption of marine overcapacity and more favorable pricing.
  • In the context of increasing global seismic demand together with progressively strengthening marine pricing and utilization rates as early as the second quarter, 2012 should be a year of growth and increasing performance across all activities. Group revenue is expected to grow 10%-15% year-on-year in line with E&P spending.
  • We continue to pursue our 2011-2012 performance plan which we expect to generate the targeted $150 million additional operating income by the end of 2012 compared to our 2010 baseline.
  • Sercel should continue to grow and deliver excellent results.
  • In Services, to further strengthen our high-end positioning, the performance plan will be sustained by productivity investments of:
    • Recurring industrial Capex of around $250 million in 2012.This includes the continued strengthening of our high-end differentiation in Land, where our crews will be focused on ultra-high resolution configurations, and utilizing the Sercel 428XL and UNITE wireless system.
    • $65 million additional non-recurring industrial Capex related to the upgrade of the Champion including its seismic equipment. The vessel is expected to return to operations in the second quarter bringing our 3D fleet to 15 high-end vessels including 11 with 12 plus streamers and 4 with 8 -10 streamers. All vessels will be equipped with BroadSeisTM in 2012.
    • Marine multi-client Cash(1) Capex around $200 - $250 million with a prefunding rate around 85% and amortization rate around 60%. The investments include new Gulf of Mexico programs where visibility improved as future lease rounds have been announced.
    • Land multi-client Cash(1) Capex around $120 - $150 million with a prefunding rate around 85% and amortization rate around 80%.

(1) To improve the disclosure of our accounts and starting in the first quarter 2012 results, CGGVeritas will report only the cash portion of multi-client Capex. With this, the non-cash portion of this investment will not be taken into account in the EBITDAs calculation and will be directly incorporated to the book value of the library.
On this basis and with a 2011 multi-client Cash Capex amounting to $203 million ($78 million in marine and $125 million in land), 2011 Group EBITDAs would have been $826 million and the 2011 Net Free Cash Flow would have remained the same at $94 million.

Fourth Quarter 2011 Financial Results

Fourth Quarter 2011 key figures

In million $   Third Quarter 2011   Fourth Quarter
2011   2010
Group Revenue 797 906 905
Sercel 275 326 284
Services 592 632 651
Group Operating Income (before 2010 restructuring & impairment) 98 71 120
Margin 12% 8% 13%
Sercel 87 98 101
Margin 32% 30% 36%
Services 53 11 35
Margin 9% 2% 5%
Group Operating Income 98 71 -11
Net Income (before 2010 restructuring & impairment) 41 21 53
Margin 5% 2% 6%
Net Income 41 21 -35

Revenue

Group revenue was stable in $ (down 2% in €) year-on-year. Sequentially, Group revenue was up 14% in $ mainly based on increasing Sercel equipment deliveries and multi-client sales.

         
In millions Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Fourth Quarter
  2011 ($)   2011 ($)   2010 ($) 2011 (€)   2010 (€)
Group Revenue   797   906   905 662   672
Sercel Revenue   275   326   284 239   210
Services Revenue   592   632   651 462   484
Eliminations   -70   -52   -30 -39   -22
Marine contract   291   245   207 180   154
Land contract   68   64   106 48   79
Processing   113   124   108 90   80
Multi-client   119   199   230 144   172
MC marine   83   160   178 115   133
MC land   36   40   52 29   39

Sercel

Fourth quarter revenue was up 15% in $ (14% in €) year-on-year. Sequentially, revenue was up 18% in $. Operating margin reached 30% (including the $13 million one-off charge related to the post-closing event), a particularly strong result. External sales were $274 million this quarter, the highest level of sales over the last three years, driven by sustained land equipment sales, which were up 30% sequentially. Marine equipment sales remained stable sequentially. Internal sales represented 16% of revenue.

Services

Revenue was down 3% in $ (-5% in €) year-on-year and up 7% sequentially in $. Operating margin was 2% as strong multi-client sales and solid processing & imaging activity compensated the continued low priced marine market and weaker land contract activity this quarter.

  • Marine contract revenue was up 18% in $ (17% in €) year-on-year. After a strong third quarter, revenue was sequentially down 16% in $ mainly due to higher transit times and the docking of the Champion for its major upgrade. Fifteen percent of the fleet was dedicated to multi-client programs during the quarter. The fleet operated with a vessel availability1 rate of 81% and a production2 rate of 87% in a context of lingering low marine prices. The new X-BOW Oceanic Sirius entered into operation and the success of BroadSeis is accelerating with 6 surveys active during the quarter.
  • Land contract revenue was down 39% in $ (-39% in €) year-on-year and down 5% sequentially in $. Continued unrest in some North African and Middle-East countries delayed startup on a few projects this quarter. Conditions should improve in the first half of the year as large projects in the Middle East are initiated and with the anticipated strong winter campaign which was in preparation this quarter. In Saudi Arabia, with our equity investee subsidiary Argas, Ocean Bottom Cable operations reached record production rates.
  • Processing & Imaging revenue was up 14% in $ (12% in €) year-on-year and up 9% sequentially in $. Demand increase was mainly driven by continued growing data volumes and our unique sophisticated imaging algorithms. This further differentiates us in the minds of our clients facing complex geologic challenges. In this context processing and imaging performance continues to strengthen significantly.
  • Multi-client revenue was down 13% in $ (-16% in €) year-on-year compared to a particularly strong 4th quarter last year. Sequentially, sales were up 67% in $ with very strong after-sales which were fueled by excellent seasonal demand particularly in the Gulf of Mexico where activity is recovering. Capex was $64 million (€47 million) with a prefunding ratio of 67%. The amortization rate averaged 62%, with 84% in land and 56% in marine. Net Book Value at the end of December was $527 million (€407 million), down 13% year-on-year.
    • Multi-client marine revenue was down 10% in $ (-13% in €) year-on-year and up 92% sequentially in $. Capex was $39 million (€28 million) as we returned to the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. Prefunding ratio was 39% with the initiation of this program. After-sales worldwide were very strong at $145 million (€104 million), up 23% year-on-year highlighting the confidence of our clients in their future programs, especially in the Gulf of Mexico.
    • Multi-client land revenue was down 24% in $ (-25% in €) year-on-year, up 9% sequentially in $. Capex this quarter was $26 million (€19 million) dedicated to our Marcellus program. Prefunding was 109%. After-sales were $12 million (€9 million).

1 - The vessel availability rate, a metric measuring the structural availability of our vessels to meet demand; this metric is related to the entire fleet, and corresponds to the total vessel time reduced by the sum of the standby time, the shipyard time and the steaming time (the “available time”), all divided by total vessel time;

2 - The vessel production rate, a metric measuring the effective utilization of the vessels once available; this metric is related to the entire fleet, and corresponds to the available time reduced by the operational downtime, all then divided by available time.

Group EBITDAs was $285 million (€207 million), a margin of 31%.

  Third Quarter   Fourth Quarter   Fourth Quarter
In millions   2011 ($)   2011 ($)   2010 ($) 2011 (€)   2010 (€)
Group EBITDAs (before 2010 restructuring & impairment)   254   285   326 207   243
Margin   32%   31%   36% 31%   36%
Sercel EBITDAs   100   110   115 81   85
Margin   36%   34%   41% 34%   41%
Services EBITDAs   193   210   224 152   167
Margin   33%   33%   34% 33%   34%
Group EBITDAs   254   285   294 207   219

Group Operating Income was $71 million (€52 million). Operating margin was 8%.

  Third Quarter   Fourth Quarter   Fourth Quarter
In millions   2011 ($)   2011 ($)   2010 ($) 2011 (€)   2010 (€)
Group Operating Income (before 2010 restructuring & impairment)   98   71   120 52   90
Margin   12%   8%   13% 8%   13%
Sercel Operating Income   87   98   101 72   75
Margin   32%   30%   36% 30%   36%
Services Operating Income   53   11   35 8   26
Margin   9%   2%   5% 2%   5%
Group Operating Income   98   71   -11 52   -9

Financial Charges

Financial charges were $28 million (€21 million):

  • Recurring cost of Debt was $39 million.
  • Other financial items were positive at $11 million due to the favorable impact of currency translation.

Taxes were $29 million (€21 million), embedding notably $11m foreign deemed taxation related to Services activities.

Group Net Income was $21 million (€15 million), compared to a loss of $35 million (€26 million) in the fourth quarter 2010, after restructuring costs and impairment of intangible assets.

Net Income attributable to the owners of CGGVeritas was $17 million (€12 million) after the impact of minority interests of $4 million. EPS was €0.08 per ordinary share and $0.11 per ADS.

Cash Flow

Cash Flow from Operations

Cash flow from operations was $330 million (€239 million), compared to $283 million (€212 million) in 2010.

Capex

Global Capex was $178 million (€130 million) this quarter, up of 53% year-on-year.

  • Industrial Capex was $114 million (€83 million).
  • Multi-client Capex was $64 million (€47 million), up 13% in $ with a 67% prefunding rate.
In million $   Fourth Quarter
2011   2010
Capex 178 116
Industrial 114 59
Multi-client 64 57
MC marine 39 27
MC land 26 30

Free Cash Flow

After financial interests paid during the quarter, free cash flow was positive at $102 million compared to $105 million in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Fourth Quarter 2011 Comparisons with Fourth Quarter 2010 before 2010 restructuring costs and impairment of intangible assets

Consolidated Income Statement   Third Quarter   Fourth Quarter   Fourth Quarter
In millions/before restructuring & impairment   2011 ($)   2011 ($)   2010 ($) 2011 (€)   2010 (€)
Exchange rate euro/dollar   1.439   1.364   1.329 1.364   1.329
Operating Revenue   796.7   905.7   905.0 662.1   672.4
Sercel   275.0   325.5   283.7 239.4   209.8
Services   591.5   632.1   651.3 461.5   484.4
Elimination   -70.0   -51.9   -30.2 -38.8   -21.8
Gross Profit   158.3   177.3   208.8 129.1   155.5
Operating Income   97.8   71.0   119.9 51.6   89.8
Sercel   86.7   97.5   101.0 71.9   75.1
Services   52.8   10.8   34.7 7.8   26.2
Corporate and Elimination   -41.7   -37.3   -15.8 -28.1   -11.5
Net Financial Costs   -32.3   -27.6   -36.4 -20.7   -27.0
Income Tax   -19.0   -26.1   -27.5 -18.8   -20.6
Deferred Tax on Currency Translation   -7.8   -3.2   -6.1 -2.3   -4.7
Income from Equity Investments   1.9   6.9   3.4 5.0   2.6
Net Income   40.6   21.0   53.2 14.8   40.2
Earnings per ADS ($)/per share (€)   0.25   0.11   0.34 0.08   0.25
EBITDAs   254.5   284.8   325.6 207.1   242.9
Sercel   100.4   109.9   115.0 81.1   85.4
Services   193.4   209.8   223.6 152.2   166.8
Industrial Capex   104.2   113.6   59.3 83.0   43.6
Multi-client Capex   75.2   64.4   57.0 47.0   41.9

2011 Financial Results

Group Revenue

Group Revenue was up 10% in $ (4% in €) year-on-year, reflecting the strengthening performance of Sercel, up 14% in $ and the increase in Services up 10% which was constrained by the ongoing marine overcapacity and the impact of the continued unrest in some North African and Middle-East countries in contract land.

In millions    
  2011 ($)   2010 ($) 2011 (€)   2010 (€)
Group Revenue   3 180   2 904 2 268   2 186
Sercel Revenue   1 142   1 000 816   754
Services Revenue   2 289   2 083 1 631   1 567
Eliminations   -251   -178 -179   -134
Marine contract   977   778 696   585
Land contract   373   381 266   287
Processing   443   389 315   293
Multi-client   497   534 354   402
MC marine   365   388 260   292
MC land   132   146 94   110

Sercel

Sercel sales were up 14% in $ (8% in €). Land equipment sales increased significantly in 2011 due to increasing demand for high channel count crews and regional activity.
Internal sales represented 22% of Sercel total sales in 2011.

Services

Revenue was up 10% in $ (4% in €). Challenging market conditions remained as continued overcapacity impacted marine contract activity and land was hampered by delays in North Africa and Middle-East and despite sustained strong processing activity. The vessel availability rate for the full year 2011 was 86% and the production rate was 86%.

Multi-client revenue was down 7% in $ (12% in €) as Capex was reduced 21% in $ to $229 million (€163 million) and after-sales increased 17% to $335 million (€239 million). The prefunding rate was 71% with 63% in marine and 76% in land. The amortization rate was 57%.

  • Multi-client marine revenue was down 6% in $ (-11% in €) year-on-year with a prefunding rate of 63%. Capex was reduced to $100 million (€71 million) as we focused on North Sea and Brazil where we introduced our BroadSeis solution. We did not invest in new Gulf of Mexico acquisition programs in 2011 as we waited for better visibility. After-sales worldwide were very strong at $303 million (€216 million), up 39% in $ year-on-year ahead of the worldwide lease sales.
  • Multi-client land revenue was down 10% in $ (-15% in €) year-on-year with a prefunding rate of 76%. Capex this year was $129 million (€93 million) dedicated to our Marcellus program. After-sales were $32 million (€23 million), down 53% in $ year-on-year.

Group EBITDAs was $852 million (€607 million), a margin of 27%.

  YTD   YTD
In millions   2011 ($)   2010 ($) 2011 (€)   2010 (€)
Group EBITDAs (before 2010 restructuring & impairment)   852   824 607   620
Margin   27%   28% 27%   28%
Sercel EBITDAs   408   341 292   257
Margin   36%   34% 36%   34%
Services EBITDAs   592   580 422   436
Margin   26%   28% 26%   28%
Group EBITDAs   852   792 607   596

Group Operating Income was $208 million (€148 million), a margin of 7%.

  YTD   YTD
In millions   2011 ($)   2010 ($) 2011 (€)   2010 (€)
Group Operating Income (before 2010 restructuring & impairment)   208   220 148   166
Margin   7%   8% 7%   8%
Sercel Operating Income   355   290 254   219
Margin   31%   29% 31%   29%
Services Operating Income   9   37 6   28
Margin   0%   2% 0%   2%
Group Operating Income   208   89 148   67

Financial Charges

Financial charges were $174 million (€124 million):

  • Recurring cost of Debt was $151 million.
  • $42 million of one-off charges related to our debt refinancing in the first half of the year with $25 million in the first quarter and $17 million in the second quarter.
  • Other financial items were positive at $19 million due to the favorable impact of currency translation.

Group Net Income was a loss of $13 million (€9 million) in 2011, including the $28 million post tax non-recurring financial charges to compare with a loss of $59 million (€44 million) in 2010, after restructuring costs and impairment of intangible assets.

Net Income attributable to the owners of CGGVeritas was a loss of $27 million (€19 million) after the impact of minority interests of $14 million. EPS was -€0.13 per ordinary share and -$0.18 per ADS.

Cash Flow

Cash Flow from Operations

Cash flow from operations was $815 million (€581 million) up 36% compared to $598 million (€450 million) in 2010.

Capex

Global Capex was $626 million (€446 million), up 6% year-on-year.

  • Industrial Capex was $397 million (€283 million).
  • Multi-client Capex was $229 million (€163 million), down 21% in $ with 71% prefunding.
In million $   YTD
2011   2010
Capex 626 591
Industrial 397 300
Multi-client 229 291
MC marine 100 206
MC land 129 85

Free Cash Flow

After financial interests paid during the year, free cash flow was positive at $94 million, compared to a negative free cash flow at $108 million in 2010.

Balance Sheet

Group gross debt was $1.942 billion (€1.501 billion), at the end of December 2011.

With $531 million (€411 million), in available cash, Group net debt was $1.411 billion (€1.090 billion), down from $1.536 billion at the end of 2010.

Net debt to equity ratio, at the end of December 2011, was 37% compared to 41% at the end of December 2010.

2011 Comparisons with 2010 before 2010 restructuring costs and impairment of intangible assets

Consolidated Income Statement   YTD   YTD
In millions/before restructuring and impairment   2011 ($)   2010 ($) 2011 (€)   2010 (€)
Exchange rate euro/dollar   1.403   1.329 1.403   1.329
Operating Revenue   3 180.4   2 904.2 2 267.7   2 186.1
Sercel   1 142.0   999.6 815.8   753.6
Services   2 289.5   2 082.9 1 631.3   1 566.9
Elimination   -251.1   -178.3 -179.4   -134.4
Gross Profit   536.8   588.7 382.7   443.1
Operating Income   207.5   220.2 147.9   165.7
Sercel   355.2   290.4 253.7   218.9
Services   8.5   37.4 6.2   28.2
Corporate and Elimination   -156.2   -107.6 -112.0   -81.4
Net Financial Costs   -173.7   -128.9 -123.8   -97.0
Income Tax   -58.5   -52.1 -41.7   -39.3
Deferred Tax on Currency Translation   -4.6   -8.9 -3.3   -6.6
Income from Equity Investments   16.4   -1.0 11.7   -0.7
Net Income   -12.9   29.4 -9.2   22.2
Earnings per ADS ($)/ per share (€)   -0.18   0.10 -0.13   0.08
EBITDAs   851.6   824.3 607.1   620.5
Sercel   408.3   340.5 291.7   256.7
Services   591.8   579.8 421.7   436.1
Industrial Capex   396.8   300.1 282.9   225.9
Multi-client Capex   229.0   291.3 163.2   219.3

Other Information

  • Jean-Georges Malcor, CEO, will comment on the results today, March 1, 2012 during a public presentation at 9:30 AM – at the Academie Diplomatique Internationale – 4 bis avenue Hoche – PARIS 8ème.
  • An English language conference call is scheduled today at 3:00 PM (Paris time) – 2:00 PM (London time) – 8:00 AM (US CT) – 9:00 AM (US ET).

To take part in the English language conference, simply dial five to ten minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

  • US Toll-Free 1-877-317-6789
  • International call-in 1-412-317-6789
  • Replay 1-877-344-7529 & 1-412-317-0088

Conference number: 10009281

You will be connected to the conference: “CGGVeritas Q4 & Full Year 2011 results”.

  • Copies of the presentation are posted on the Company website www.cggveritas.com and can be downloaded.
  • The conference call will be broadcast live on the CGGVeritas website www.cggveritas.com and a replay will be available for two weeks thereafter.

About CGGVeritas

CGGVeritas (www.cggveritas.com) is a leading international pure-play geophysical company delivering a wide range of technologies, services and equipment through Sercel, to its broad base of customers mainly throughout the global oil and gas industry. CGGVeritas is listed on the Euronext Paris SA (ISIN: 0000120164) and the New York Stock Exchange (in the form of American Depositary Shares, NYSE: CGV).

The information included herein contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the securities act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements reflect numerous assumptions and involve a number of risks and uncertainties as disclosed by the Company from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may vary materially.

CGGVeritas

2011

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

 

  December 31, 2011
amounts in millions of   US$ (1)
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents 410.7 531.4
Trade accounts and notes receivable, net 677.0 876.0
Inventories and work-in-progress, net 279.4 361.5
Income tax assets 92.3 119.4
Other current assets, net 121.4 157.0
Assets held for sale, net 49.8 64.5
Total current assets 1,630.6 2,109.8
Deferred tax assets 145.9 188.9
Investments and other financial assets, net 19.1 24.7
Investments in companies under equity method 100.2 129.6
Property, plant and equipment, net 913.9 1,182.5
Intangible assets, net 668.6 865.1
Goodwill 2,077.6 2,688.2
Total non-current assets 3,925.3 5,079.0
TOTAL ASSETS 5,555.9 7,188.8
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

Bank overdrafts

 

4.6

 

6.0

Current portion of financial debt 49.9 64.6
Trade accounts and notes payable 298.6 386.4
Accrued payroll costs 143.5 185.7
Income taxes liability 123.5 159.8
Advance billings to customers 39.4 51.0
Provisions – current portion 26.8 34.6
Other current liabilities 210.2 271.9
Total current liabilities 896.5 1,160.0
Deferred tax liabilities 85.5 110.7
Provisions – non-current portion 82.5 106.7
Financial debt 1,446.5 1,871.6
Other non-current liabilities 38.5 49.8
Total non-current liabilities 1,653.0 2,138.8
Common stock 228,141,797 shares authorized and 151,861,392 shares with a €0.40 nominal value issued and outstanding at December 31, 2011 and 151,506,109 at December 31, 2010 60.7 78.5
Additional paid-in capital 1,970.1 2,549.1
Retained earnings 894.1 1,156.9
Treasury shares (13.8) (17.8)
Net income (loss) for the period – Attributable to the Group (19.0) (24.6)
Income and expense recognized directly in equity (9.0) (11.6)
Cumulative translation adjustment 55.8 72.2
Equity attributable to owners of CGGVeritas SA 2,938.9 3,802.7
Non controlling interests, presented within equity 67.5 87.3
Total equity 3,006.4 3,890.0
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 5,555.9 7,188.8

(1) Dollar amounts represent euro amounts converted at the exchange rate of US$1.294 per € on the balance sheet date.

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

 
December 31, 2011
except per share data, amounts in millions of   US$ (1)
 
Operating revenues 2,267.7 3,180.4
Other income from ordinary activities 2.3 3.3
Total income from ordinary activities 2,270.0 3,183.7
Cost of operations (1,887.3) (2,646.9)
Gross profit 382.7 536.8
Research and development expenses, net (54.9) (77.0)
Marketing and selling expenses (59.3) (83.1)
General and administrative expenses (145.1) (203.5)
Other revenues (expenses), net 24.5 34.3
Operating income 147.9 207.5
Expenses related to financial debt (126.4) (177.2)
Income provided by cash and cash equivalents 2.0 2.7
Cost of financial debt, net (124.4) (174.5)
Other financial income (loss) 0.6 0.8
Income of consolidated companies before income taxes 24.1 33.8
Deferred taxes on currency translation (3.3) (4.6)
Other income taxes (41.7) (58.5)
Total income taxes (45.0) (63.1)
Net income from consolidated companies (20.9) (29.3)
Equity in income of investees 11.7 16.4
Net income (9.2) (12.9)
Attributable to :
Owners of CGGVeritas SA (19.0) (26.7)
Non controlling interests 9.8 13.8
 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding 151,771,940 151,771,940
Dilutive potential shares from stock-options(2) _ _
Dilutive potential shares from free shares(2) _ _
Dilutive potential shares from convertible bonds(2) _ _
Adjusted weighted average number of shares and assumed option exercises when dilutive 151,771,940 151,771,940
Net income (loss) per share attributable to owners of CGGVeritas SA

Basic

(0.13) (0.18)
Diluted (0.13) (0.18)

(1) Dollar amounts represent euro amounts converted at the average exchange rate for the period of US$1.403 per €.
(2) Stock-options, performance shares plans and convertible bonds have an anti-dilutive effect; as a consequence, potential shares linked to those instruments are not taken into account in the dilutive weighted average number of shares, nor in the calculation of diluted loss per share.

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

  Three months ended

December 31, 2011

 
except per share data, amounts in millions of   US$ (1)
 
Operating revenues 662.1 905.7
Other income from ordinary activities 0.6 0.8
Total income from ordinary activities 662.7 906.5
Cost of operations (533.6) (729.2)
Gross profit 129.1 177.3
Research and development expenses, net (15.7) (21.4)
Marketing and selling expenses (18.1) (24.8)
General and administrative expenses (45.3) (62.1)
Other revenues (expenses), net 1.6 2.0
Operating income 51.6 71.0
Expenses related to financial debt (29.7) (40.3)
Income provided by cash and cash equivalents 0.7 1.0
Cost of financial debt, net (29.0) (39.3)
Other financial income (loss) 8.3 11.7
Income of consolidated companies before income taxes 30.9 43.4
Deferred taxes on currency translation (2.3) (3.2)
Other income taxes (18.8) (26.1)
Total income taxes (21.1) (29.3)
Net income from consolidated companies 9.8 14.1
Equity in income of investees 5.0 6.9
Net income 14.8 21.0
Attributable to :
Owners of CGGVeritas SA 12.1 17.3
Non controlling interests 2.7 3.7
 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding 151,861,932 151,861,932
Dilutive potential shares from stock-options(2) _ _
Dilutive potential shares from free shares(2) _ _
Dilutive potential shares from convertible bonds(2) _ _
Adjusted weighted average number of shares and assumed option exercises when dilutive 151,861,932 151,861,932
Net income (loss) per share attributable to owners of CGGVeritas SA

Basic

0.08 0.11
Diluted 0.08 0.11

(1) Corresponding to the twelve months ended December 31 less the nine months ended September 30, 2011 in US dollars.
(2) Stock-options, performance shares plans and convertible bonds have an anti-dilutive effect; as a consequence, potential shares linked to those instruments are not taken into account in the dilutive weighted average number of shares, nor in the calculation of diluted loss per share

UNAUDITED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

 
Year ended

December 31, 2011

amounts in millions of   US$ (1)
OPERATING
Net income (loss) (9.2) (12.9)
Depreciation and amortization 244.9 343.5
Multi-client surveys amortization 203.3 285.1
Variance on provisions (15.3) (21.5)
Expense & income calculated on stock-option 11.2 15.7
Net gain on disposal of fixed assets (16.8) (23.6)
Equity in income of affiliates (11.7) (16.4)
Dividends received from affiliates 4.9 6.9
Other non-cash items (14.7) (20.6)
Net cash including net cost of financial debt and income taxes 396.6 556.2
Less net cost of financial debt 124.4 174.5
Less income taxes expenses 45.0 63.1
Net cash excluding net cost of financial debt and income taxes 566.0 793.8
Income taxes paid (67.4) (94.5)
Net cash before changes in working capital 498.6 699.3
- change in trade accounts and notes receivables 43.7 61.3
- change in inventories and work-in-progress (7.7) (10.8)
- change in other currents assets 30.3 42.5
- change in trade accounts and notes payable (9.3) (13.0)
- change in other current liabilities 34.6 48.5
Impact of changes in exchange rate (8.8) (12.3)
Net cash provided by operating activity 581.4 815.4
INVESTING
Total purchases of tangible and intangible assets (including variation of fixed

assets suppliers)

(260.7) (365.6)
Increase in multi-client surveys (163.3) (229.0)
Proceeds from disposals of tangible and intangible 15.2 21.3
Total net proceeds from financial assets 9.3 13.0
Total net acquisition of investments (7.6) (10.7)
Impact of changes in consolidation scope _ _
Variation in loans granted 3.3 4.6
Variation in subsidies for capital expenditures _ _
Variation in other financial assets 1.5 2.1
Net cash used in investing activities (402.3) (564.2)
FINANCING
Repayment of long-term debts (846.3) (1,186.9)
Total issuance of long-term debts 849.0 1,190.7
Reimbursement on leasing (27.1) (38.0)
Change in short-term loans _ _
Financial interest paid (90.5) (126.9)
Net proceeds from capital increase
- from shareholders 2.3 3.2
- from non controlling interests of consolidated companies _ _
Disposal (acquisition) of treasury shares _ _
Dividend paid to non controlling interests (2.7) (3.8)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (115.3) (161.7)
Effects of exchange rate changes on cash 11.0 (6.9)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 74.8 82.6
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 335.9 448.8
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 410.7 531.4

(1) Dollar amounts represent euro amounts converted at the average exchange rate for the period of US$1.403 per € (except cash and cash equivalents balances converted at the closing exchange rate of US$1.294 per € at December 31, 2011 and of US$1.436 per € at December 31, 2010).

ANALYSIS BY OPERATING SEGMENT

 
  Year ended December 31, 2011

(in millions of euros)

Services   Equipment   Eliminations

and

Adjustments

  Consolidated Total
 
Revenues from unaffiliated customers 1,631.3 636.4 _ 2,267.7
Inter-segment revenues 1.1 179.4 (180.5) _
Operating revenues 1,632.4 815.8 (180.5) 2,267.7
Other income from ordinary activities _ 2.3 _ 2.3
Total income from ordinary activities 1,632.4 818.1 (180.5) 2,270.0
Operating income (loss) 6.2 253.7 (112.0) 147.9

 

Year ended December 31, 2011

(in millions of US$)
Services

(1)

Equipment

(2)

Eliminations

and

Adjustments

Consolidated Total

(3)

Revenues from unaffiliated customers 2,289.5 890.9 _ 3,180.4
Inter-segment revenues 1.5 251.1 (252.6) _
Operating revenues 2,291.0 1,142.0 (252.6) 3,180.4
Other income from ordinary activities _ 3.3 _ 3.3
Total income from ordinary activities 2,291.0 1,145.3 (252.6) 3,183.7
Operating income (loss) 8.5 355.2 (156.2) 207.5

(1) Dollar amounts represent euro amounts converted at the average exchange rate for the period of US$1.404 per € in 2011.
(2) Dollar amounts were converted at the average exchange rate of US$1.400 per € for the Equipment segment.
(3) Dollar amounts for the Consolidated total were converted at the rate of US$1.403 per €, corresponding to the weighted average based on each segment’s operating revenues.

ANALYSIS BY OPERATING SEGMENT

 

  Three months ended December 31, 2011

(in millions of euros)

Services   Equipment   Eliminations

and

Adjustments

  Consolidated Total
 
Revenues from unaffiliated customers

461.5

200.6

_

662,1

Inter-segment revenues

0.9 38.8 (39.7) -

Operating revenues

462.4

239.4

(39.7)

662.1

Other income from ordinary activities

_

0.6

_

0.6

Total income from ordinary activities

462.4

240.0

(39.7)

662.7

Operating income (loss)

7.8

71.9

(28.1)

51.6

  Three months ended December 31, 2011

(in millions of US$)
Services   Equipment   Eliminations

and

Adjustments

  Consolidated Total
Revenues from unaffiliated customers

632.1

273.6

_

905.7

Inter-segment revenues

1.3 51.9 (53.2) -

Operating revenues

633.4

325.5

(53.2)

905.7

Other income from ordinary activities

_

0.8

_

0.8

Total income from ordinary activities

633.4

326.3

(53.2)

906.5

Operating income (loss)

10.8

97.5

(37.3)

71.0

(1) Corresponding to the twelve months ended December 31, 2011 in US dollars less nine months ended September 30 in US dollars.

Contacts

Investor Relations Contacts
Paris:
Christophe Barnini
Tel: +33 1 64 47 38 11
E-Mail: invrelparis@cggveritas.com
or
Houston:
Hovey Cox
Tel: +1 (832) 351-8821
E-Mail: invrelhouston@cggveritas.com

Contacts

Investor Relations Contacts
Paris:
Christophe Barnini
Tel: +33 1 64 47 38 11
E-Mail: invrelparis@cggveritas.com
or
Houston:
Hovey Cox
Tel: +1 (832) 351-8821
E-Mail: invrelhouston@cggveritas.com