FORM 6 - K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
As of April 2, 2015
TENARIS, S.A.
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
TENARIS, S.A.
29 avenue de la Porte-Neuve
3rd Floor
L-2227 Luxembourg
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or 40-F.
Form 20-F ü Form 40-F__
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12G3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes__ No ü
If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-__.
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The attached material is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 13a-16 and Form 6-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This report contains Tenaris' notice of the annual general meeting of shareholders and of an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders and the Shareholder Meeting Brochure and Proxy Statement and the Company’s 2014 annual report (which includes the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 and the Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014, together with the independent auditors’ reports and the Board of Directors’ management report and certification).
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 2, 2015
Tenaris, S.A.
By: /s/ Cecilia Bilesio
Cecilia Bilesio
Corporate Secretary
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Tenaris S.A.
Société Anonyme
29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, 3rd Floor
L-2227 Luxembourg
RCS Luxembourg B 85 203
NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS AND OF AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
to be held in Luxembourg on May 6, 2015
Notice is hereby given to holders of ordinary shares of Tenaris S.A. (the “Company”) that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company will be held on May 6, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. (Luxembourg time) and that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company will be held immediately after the adjournment of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Both meetings (the “Meetings”) will be held at the Company’s registered office located at 29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, 3rd Floor, L-2227 Luxembourg. At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, shareholders will vote on the items listed below under the heading “Agenda for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders”. At the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, shareholders will vote on the items listed below under the heading “Agenda for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders”.
Agenda for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
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Consideration of the consolidated management report and related management certifications on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014, and on the annual accounts as at December 31, 2014, and of the independent auditors’ reports on such consolidated financial statements and annual accounts.
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Approval of the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014.
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Approval of the Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014.
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Allocation of results and approval of dividend payment for the year ended December 31, 2014.
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Discharge of members of the Board of Directors for the exercise of their mandate throughout the year ended December 31, 2014.
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Election of members of the Board of Directors.
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Authorization of the compensation of members of the Board of Directors.
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Appointment of the independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, and approval of their fees.
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Authorization to the Company, or any subsidiary, to from time to time purchase, acquire or receive securities of the Company, in accordance with Article 49-2 of the Luxembourg law of 10 August 1915 and with applicable laws and regulations.
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Authorization to the Board of Directors to cause the distribution of all shareholder communications, including its shareholder meeting and proxy materials and annual reports to shareholders, by such electronic means as is permitted by any applicable laws or regulations.
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Agenda for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
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Decision on the renewal of the authorized share capital of the Company and related authorizations and waivers by:
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the renewal of the validity period of the Company’s authorized share capital for a period starting on the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of such meeting;
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the renewal of the authorization to the Board of Directors, or any delegate(s) duly appointed by the Board of Directors, for a period starting on the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of such meeting, from time to time to issue shares within the limits of the authorized share capital against contributions in cash, contributions in kind or by way of incorporation of available reserves at such times and on such terms and conditions, including the issue price, as the Board of Directors or its delegate(s) may in its or their discretion resolve;
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the renewal of the authorization to the Board of Directors, for a period starting on the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of such meeting, to waive, suppress or limit any pre-emptive subscription rights of shareholders provided for by law to the extent it deems such waiver, suppression or limitation advisable for any issue or issues of shares within the authorized share capital; waiver of any pre-emptive subscription rights provided for by law and related procedures;
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the decision that any issuance of shares for cash within the limits of the authorized share capital shall be subject by provision of the Company’s articles of association to the pre-emptive subscription rights of the then existing shareholders, except in the following cases (in which cases no pre-emptive rights shall apply):
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any issuance of shares (including, without limitation, the direct issuance of shares or upon the exercise of options, rights convertible into shares, or similar instruments convertible or exchangeable into shares) against a contribution other than in cash; and
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any issuance of shares (including by way of free shares or at discount), up to an amount of 1.5% of the issued share capital of the Company, to directors, officers, agents, employees of the Company, its direct or indirect subsidiaries, or its affiliates (collectively, the “Beneficiaries”), including without limitation the direct issuance of shares or upon the exercise of options, rights convertible into shares, or similar instruments convertible or exchangeable into shares issued for the purpose of compensation or incentive of the Beneficiaries or in relation thereto (which the Board of Directors shall be authorized to issue upon such terms and conditions as it deems fit).
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the acknowledgement and approval of the report of the Board of Directors in relation with the authorized share capital and the proposed authorizations to the Board of Directors with respect to any issuance of shares within the authorized share capital while suppressing any pre-emptive subscription rights of existing shareholders under law and related waiver; and
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the amendment of article 5 “Share Capital” of the Company’s articles of association to reflect the resolutions on this item of the agenda.
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Resolutions at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be passed by the simple majority of the votes validly cast, irrespective of the number of shares present or represented.
The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders may not validly deliberate on the renewal of the authorized share capital and the proposed amendment of the Company´s articles of association unless at least half of the issued share capital is represented, unless otherwise provided for by applicable law. If the required quorum is not reached at the first Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, a second Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders may be convened in accordance with the Company’s articles of association and applicable law and such second Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders shall validly deliberate regardless of the number of shares represented. Resolutions at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the votes validly cast, unless otherwise provided for by applicable law.
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Holders of Shares: procedures for attending and voting at one or both Meetings
In accordance with the Luxembourg law of 24 May 2011 on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in general meetings of listed companies (the “Shareholders’ Rights Law”), the right to attend, speak and vote at the General Meetings of Shareholders is restricted to those shareholders who are holders of shares of the Company on April 22, 2015 at 24:00 (midnight), Central European Time (the “Shareholders’ Record Time”).
A shareholder will only be entitled to attend and/or to vote (personally or by proxy) at one or both Meetings in respect of those shares of the Company which such shareholder duly evidences to hold at the Shareholders’ Record Time. Any changes to a shareholder’s holding of shares after the Shareholders’ Record Time shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the right of such shareholder to attend and/or to vote (personally or by proxy) at the Meetings.
Set out below are instructions on how to attend and/or vote (personally or by proxy) at one or both Meetings.
If you are a holder of shares of the Company on the Shareholders’ Record Time and you wish to attend and/or vote (personally or by proxy) at one or both Meetings, you must complete and return to the Company:
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the Intention to Participate Form, if you wish to attend one or both Meetings; and/or
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the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form, if you wish to vote by proxy at one or both Meetings.
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A shareholder wishing to attend one or both Meetings must complete and return to the Company the Intention to Participate Form. The Intention to Participate Form must be received by the Company ON OR BEFORE APRIL 22, 2015 AT 24:00 (MIDNIGHT), CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME (i.e. THE SHAREHOLDERS’ RECORD TIME). A shareholder who has timely submitted the Intention to Participate Form, may elect either to (i) attend one or both Meetings and vote in person (in which case the shareholder is not required to submit the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form), or (ii) have a proxy holder attend one or both Meetings in person and vote by proxy, in which case the shareholder must also submit (in addition to the Intention to Participate Form) the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form as soon as possible and, in any event, must be received by the Company ON OR BEFORE APRIL 29, 2015 AT 24:00 (MIDNIGHT), CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME. Please note that in the event that the Company does not receive the Intention to Participate Form and, if applicable, the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form, properly completed and signed, by the dates indicated above, you will not be able to participate or vote (neither in person nor by proxy) at the Meetings.
A shareholder who does not wish to attend any Meeting but nonetheless wishes to vote by proxy at one or both Meetings must only complete and return to the Company the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form (and need not submit the Intention to Participate Form) which must be received by the Company ON OR BEFORE APRIL 22, 2015 AT 24:00 (MIDNIGHT), CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME (i.e. THE SHAREHOLDERS’ RECORD TIME). Please note that in the event that the Company does not receive the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form, properly completed and signed, by the date indicated above, you will not be able to vote (neither in person nor by proxy) at the Meetings.
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The Shareholders’ Rights Law provides that any shareholder wishing to attend and/or vote (personally or by proxy) at one or both Meetings is required to provide reasonably satisfactory evidence to the Company (prior to the Meetings) as to the number of shares of the Company held by such shareholder on the Shareholders’ Record Time. Such evidence of shareholding must include at least: shareholder’s name, shareholder’s registered office/address, shareholder status, number of shares held by the shareholder on the Shareholders’ Record Time, the stock exchange on which the shareholder’s shares trade and signature of the relevant shareholder’s bank or stockbroker (the “Evidence”). Shareholders need to contact their bank or stockbroker with respect to the provision of such Evidence and completion of the applicable certificate. The certificate that constitutes the Evidence of the shareholding must be completed and delivered to the Company as soon as possible and in any event must be received by the Company ON OR BEFORE APRIL 29, 2015 AT 24:00 (MIDNIGHT), CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME.
In compliance with the Shareholders’ Rights Law and other applicable laws and regulations, this convening notice (which contains the agenda for the Meetings and the procedures for attending and/or voting at the Meetings), the total number of shares of the Company and voting rights as of the date of this notice, the Shareholder Meeting Brochure and Proxy Statement (which contains reports on each item of the agendas for the Meetings and draft resolutions proposed to be adopted at the Meetings), the Company’s 2014 annual report (which contains the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014, and the Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014, together with the independent auditors’ reports and the consolidated management report and certifications), the report of the Company’s board of directors in connection with the proposed waiver of, suppression of, and authorization to suppress or limit, pre-emptive subscription rights by the existing shareholders, the Intention to Participate Form, the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form and the model certificate that constitutes the Evidence of shareholding, required to be submitted to the Company for purposes of participating and/or voting at the Meetings, are available to shareholders as of the date of this notice, and may be obtained free of charge from the Company’s website at www.tenaris.com/investors or at the Company’s registered office in Luxembourg. In addition, shareholders registered in the Company’s registry can obtain electronic copies of these documents free of charge by sending an electronic message to the following electronic address: investors@tenaris.com.
The Intention to Participate Form (if you wish to attend one or both Meetings), the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form (if you wish to be represented and vote by proxy at one or both Meetings) and the certificate that constitutes the Evidence of the shareholding must be received by the Company, properly completed and signed, by the dates indicated above, at any of the following postal addresses, or by electronic message to the following electronic address: investors@tenaris.com.
Luxembourg:
29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, 3rd Floor,
L-2227 Luxembourg
Attn: Adélia Soares
Argentina:
c/o Siderca S.A.I.C.
Carlos María della Paolera 299, piso 16°
(C1001ADA) Buenos Aires
Attn: Horacio de las Carreras and/or Eleonora Cimino
Italy:
c/o Dalmine S.p.A.
Piazza Caduti 6 luglio 1944 n. 1 24044
Dalmine (BG)
Attn: Marco Tajana and/or Alessandro Vottero
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Mexico:
c/o Tubos de Acero de México, S.A.
Campos Elíseos 400-17
Col. Chapultepec Polanco
11560 México D.F.
Attn: Félix Todd and/or Cecilia Pérez Valencia
In the case of shares held through fungible securities accounts in Mexico, the certificate that constitutes the Evidence of shareholding must be delivered to S.D. Indeval, S.A. de C.V. (Paseo de la Reforma #255, 2o. y 3er. piso Col. Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City.
The AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form will only be valid if it includes the shareholder’s name, registered office/address and signature and, in the event of shares owned by a corporation or any other legal entity, the name, registered office/address and signature of the individual(s) representing such corporation or other legal entity. INCOMPLETE OR ERRONEOUS AGMS/EGMS PROXY FORMS OR AGMS/EGMS PROXY FORMS WHICH ARE NOT TIMELY DELIVERED OR DO NOT SATISFY THE REQUIRED FORMALITIES WILL BE DISCARDED AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES WILL NOT BE VOTED AT THE MEETINGS.
No admission cards will be issued to shareholders. Shareholders and their proxy holders attending one or both Meetings in person will be required to identify themselves at the respective Meeting with a valid official identification document (e.g. identity card, passport). In the event of shares owned by a corporation or any other legal entity, individuals representing such entity who wish to attend one or both Meetings in person and vote at one or both Meetings on behalf of such legal entity, must submit –in addition to the Intention to Participate Form and the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form, as indicated above- evidence of their authority to represent the shareholder at the respective Meeting by means of a proper document (such as a general or special power-of-attorney) issued by the such legal entity. A copy of such power of attorney or other proper document must be received by the Company on or before APRIL 29, 2015 AT 24:00 (MIDNIGHT), CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME, at any of the postal addresses indicated above or by electronic message to the following electronic address: investors@tenaris.com.
A shareholder’s proxy holder shall enjoy the same rights to speak and ask questions at the Meetings as those afforded to the respective shareholder. Pursuant to the Shareholders’ Rights Law, irrespective of the number of shares held, a shareholder may appoint only one proxy holder to represent such shareholder at the Meetings, except that:
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if a shareholder holds shares of the Company through more than one securities account, such shareholder may appoint one proxy holder for each securities account;
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a shareholder acting professionally for the account of a natural person or legal entity may appoint such natural person or legal entity, or any other third party designated by them, as proxy holder.
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A person acting as shareholder’s proxy holder may represent one or more shareholders. In the event a person represents more than one shareholder, such proxy holder may vote the shares of the represented shareholders differently, in accordance with the instructions given to such proxy holder by each shareholder such person represents.
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Each share is indivisible for purposes of attending and voting at the Meetings. Co-owners of shares, beneficiaries and bare-owners of shares, and pledgors and pledgees of pledged shares must be represented by one single person at the Meetings.
In accordance with the Shareholders’ Rights Law, shareholders holding, individually or collectively, at least five per cent (5%) of the issued shares of the Company have the right to (a) include items on the agendas for the Meetings; and (b) propose draft resolutions for the items included or to be included on the agendas for the Meetings. To exercise such rights, shareholders holding, individually or collectively, at least five per cent (5%) of the issued shares of the Company, must submit a written request to the Company ON OR BEFORE APRIL 14, 2015, to any of the postal addresses of the Company indicated above, or by sending an electronic message to the following electronic address: investors@tenaris.com. The request must be accompanied by a justification or a draft resolution proposed to be adopted in the respective Meeting and must include the postal or electronic address at which the Company can acknowledge receipt of such request. Requests which are not timely delivered or do not satisfy the required formalities will be discarded and the proposals included in such requests shall not be included in the agendas for the Meetings.
In accordance with the Shareholders’ Rights Law, shareholders (or their proxy holders) will have the right to ask questions at the Meetings on the items of the agendas for the Meetings. The right to ask questions and the Company’s duty to answer any such questions are subject to the procedures adopted by the Company to ensure the proper identification of shareholders (and their proxy holders), the good order of the Meetings as well as the protection of confidentiality of the Company’s business and the safeguarding of the Company’s corporate interests.
Holders of ADRS: procedures for voting at one or both Meetings
Holders of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) as of APRIL 22, 2015 (the “ADR Holders’ Record Date”) are entitled to instruct DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Depositary (the “Depositary”), as to the exercise of the voting rights in respect of the Company’s shares underlying such holder’s ADRs. Only those ADR holders of record as of the ADR Holders’ Record Date will be entitled to provide the Depositary with voting instructions.
Proxy materials will be available to ADR holders as of the date of this notice on the Company’s website at www.tenaris.com/investors.Voting instructions and voting cards will be sent to ADR holders by the Depositary. Any eligible ADR holder who wishes to give voting instructions in respect of the shares underlying its ADRs must follow the instructions and meet the deadlines set forth in such voting instructions and voting cards.
In accordance with the Luxembourg law of 11 January 2008 on transparency obligations for issuers of securities, each shareholder of the Company must notify the Company and the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) on an ongoing basis whenever the proportion of the Company’s voting rights held or controlled by such shareholder (or shareholders acting in concert) reaches, exceeds or falls below any of the following thresholds: 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 33 1/3%, 50% and 66 2/3%. Any such notification shall be made as indicated in the Company’s website at www.tenaris.com/investors and in accordance with CSSF regulations. Failure to make such notification will cause the suspension of the exercise of voting rights relating to the shares exceeding the proportion that should have been notified.
On March 31, 2015, the Company had a total issued share capital of $1,180,536,830, represented by 1,180,536,830 shares, each share carrying one vote.
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The contact details of Tenaris S.A. are as follows:
Tenaris S.A.
Registered office:
29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve
L-2227 Luxembourg
Attention: Adélia Soares
Phone: (352) 26 47 89 78
Fax: (352) 26 47 89 79
Email: investors@tenaris.com
Website: www.tenaris.com/investors
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For convenience of the holders of shares the following postal addresses may also be used:
Argentina:
c/o Siderca S.A.I.C.
Carlos María della Paolera 299, piso 16°
(C1001ADA) Buenos Aires
Attn: Horacio de las Carreras and/or Eleonora Cimino
Italy:
c/o DalmineS.p.A.
Piazza Caduti 6 luglio 1944 n. 1 24044
Dalmine (BG)
Attn: Marco Tajana and/or Alessandro Vottero
Mexico:
c/o Tubos de Acero de México, S.A.
Campos Elíseos 400-17
Col. Chapultepec Polanco
11560 México D.F.
Attn: Félix Todd and/or Cecilia Pérez Valencia
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Cecilia Bilesio
Secretary to the Board of Directors
March 31, 2015
Luxembourg
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Dear Tenaris Shareholder and ADR Holder,
I am pleased to invite you to attend the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meetings”) of Tenaris S.A. (the “Company”), both to be held on Wednesday May 6, 2015, at the Company’s registered office located at 29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, 3rd Floor, L-2227 Luxembourg. The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will begin at 9:30 a.m. (Luxembourg time) and the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be held immediately after the adjournment of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholder you will hear a report on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operation and will be able to vote on various matters, including the approval of the Company’s financial statements, the election of the members of the board of directors and the appointment of the independent auditors. Subsequently, the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will resolve on the renewal of the authorized share capital of the Company and related authorizations and waivers.
The convening notice of the Meetings (which contains the agendas for the Meetings and the procedures for attending and/or voting at the Meetings), the total number of shares of the Company and voting rights as of the date of the convening notice, the Shareholder Meeting Brochure and Proxy Statement (which contains reports on each item of the agendas for the Meetings and draft resolutions proposed to be adopted at the Meetings), the Company’s 2014 annual report (which contains the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014, and the Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014, together with the independent auditors’ reports and the consolidated management report and certifications), the report of the Company’s board of directors in connection with the proposed waiver of, suppression of, and authorization to suppress or limit, pre-emptive subscription rights of existing shareholders under law, and the forms required to be submitted to the Company for purposes of participating and/or voting at the Meetings are available to shareholders as of the date of the convening notice, and may be obtained free of charge from the Company’s website at www.tenaris.com/investors or at the Company’s registered office in Luxembourg. In addition, shareholders registered in the Company’s registry can obtain electronic copies of these documents free of charge by sending an electronic message to the following electronic address: investors@tenaris.com.
Even if you only own a few shares or ADRs, I hope that you will exercise your right to vote or instruct voting at both Meetings. If you are a holder of shares on April 22, 2015 at 24:00 (midnight), Central European Time, you can attend and/or vote, personally or by proxy, at one or both Meetings. If you are a holder of ADRs, please see the letter from Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, the depositary bank, or contact your broker/custodian, for instructions on how to exercise the voting rights in respect of the shares underlying your ADRs.
Please note the requirements you must satisfy to attend and/or vote your shares at the Meetings.
Yours sincerely,
Paolo Rocca
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
March 31, 2015
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Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
Trust & Securities Services
DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS March 31, 2015
Depositary's Notice of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Tenaris S.A.
| Issuer: | Tenaris S.A. / CUSIP 88031M109 |
| Symbol: | TS (listed in NYSE) |
| Country: | Luxembourg |
| Meetings Details: | Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Tenaris S.A., currently scheduled for May 6, 2015. Both Meetings will be held at the Company’s registered office at 29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, 3rd Floor, L-2227 Luxembourg. The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will begin at 9:30 a.m. (Luxembourg time) and the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be held immediately after the adjournment of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. |
| Voting Instruction | |
| Deadline: | On or before 5:00 p.m. on April 30, 2015 (New York City time) for written proxy cards, and 11:59 p.m. on April 29, 2015 (New York City time) for internet or telephone voting |
| ADR Record Date: | April 22, 2015 |
| Ordinary shares / ADR | |
| Ratio | 1 ADR / 2 Ordinary Shares |
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as depositary (the “Depositary”) for the American Depositary Receipt (“ADR”) program of Tenaris S.A. (the “Company”) has received notice from the Company of an Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholder (the “Meetings”) currently scheduled on the date set forth above. A copy of the notice of the Meetings is available to ADR holders on the Company's website at www.tenaris.com/investors.
In accordance with the provisions of the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, effective as of March 13, 2013 among the Company, the Depositary, and all holders from time to time of ADRs issued thereunder (the “Deposit Agreement”) governing the ADRs, registered owners of ADRs (“Owners”) representing ordinary shares, US$1 par value each (“Shares”), at the close of business (NY time) on the ADR Record Date set forth above will be entitled, subject to any applicable law and the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the Shares represented by such Owner’s ADRs. A voting instruction form is enclosed for that purpose.
With respect to any properly completed voting instructions received by the Depositary on or prior to the Voting Instruction Deadlines set forth above, the Depositary shall endeavor, insofar as practicable and permitted under applicable law and the provisions of the Deposit Agreement, vote or cause the Custodian to vote the Shares and/or other Deposited Securities (as defined in the Deposit Agreement) (in person or by proxy) represented by ADRs in accordance with such voting instructions.
If by the above referred Voting Instruction Deadlines, the Depositary receives no instructions from the Owner, or the instructions received by the Depositary are not in proper form, then the Depositary shall deem such Owner to have instructed the Depositary to vote the Shares underlying its ADRs in favor of any proposals or recommendations of the Company (including any recommendation by the Company to vote such underlying Shares on any given item of the agenda in accordance with the majority shareholder vote on that item) and, for these purposes, the Depositary shall issue a proxy to a person appointed by the Company to vote the Shares underlying such holder’s ADRs in favor of any such proposals or recommendations. No instruction shall be deemed given, and no proxy shall be given, with respect to any matter as to which the Company informs the Depositary that (i) it does not wish such proxy given, (ii) it has knowledge that substantial opposition exists with respect to the action to be taken at the Meetings, or (iii) the matter materially and adversely effects the rights of the holders of ADRs. The Depositary shall have no obligation to notify Owners if it should receive any such notification from the Company.
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Any Owner entitled to provide the Depositary with voting instructions in respect of the Shares underlying its ADRs, is also entitled to revoke any instructions previously given to the Depositary by filing with the Depositary a written revocation or submitting new instructions on a later date, in each case, at any time prior to the above referred Voting Instruction Deadlines. No instructions, revocations or revisions thereof shall be accepted by the Depositary after such Voting Instruction Deadlines.
Owners maintaining non-certificated positions must follow voting instructions given by their broker or custodian bank, which may provide for earlier deadlines for submitting voting instructions than the Voting Instruction Deadlines indicated above.
The Depositary shall not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instructions to vote any of the Deposited Securities, or for the manner in which any such vote is cast or the effect of any such vote, provided that any such action or nonaction is in good faith and without the Depositary’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Owners are advised that the Company has also informed the Depositary that the Company’s 2014 annual report (which contains the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014, and the Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014, together with the independent auditors’ reports and the consolidated management report and certifications) and the report of the Company’s board of directors in connection with the proposed waiver of, suppression of, and authorization to suppress or limit, pre-emptive subscription rights by the existing shareholders are available to ADR holders as of the date of the convening notice, and may be obtained free of charge from the Company’s website at www.tenaris.com/investors or at the Company’s registered office in Luxembourg. Neither the Depositary, nor any of its affiliates, controls, is responsible for, endorses, adopts, or guarantees the accuracy or completeness of any information contained on the Company’s website and none of them are liable or responsible for any information contained therein.
For further Information, contact:
Deutsche Bank - Depositary Receipts
Phone: 212 250 9100
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Tenaris S.A.
Société Anonyme
29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, 3rd Floor,
L-2227 Luxembourg
RCS LUXEMBOURG B 85 203
Shareholder Meeting Brochure and Proxy Statement
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 6, 2015
This Shareholder Meeting Brochure and Proxy Statement is furnished by Tenaris S.A. (the “Company”) in connection with the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company and an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company (the “Meetings”), both to be held on May 6, 2015, at the Company’s registered office located at 29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, 3rd Floor, L-2227 Luxembourg, for the purposes set forth in the convening notice of the Meetings (the “Notice”). The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will begin at 9:30 a.m. (Luxembourg time) and the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be held immediately after the adjournment of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
The Meetings have been convened by the Notice, which contains the agendas for the Meetings and the procedures for attending and/or voting at the Meetings. The Notice has been published in Luxembourg and in the markets where the shares of the Company, or other secur
ities representing shares of the Company, are listed. A copy of the Notice may be obtained free of charge from the Company’s website at www.tenaris.com/investors or at the Company’s registered office in Luxembourg. In addition, shareholders registered in the Company’s registry can obtain electronic copies of these documents free of charge by sending an electronic message to the following electronic address: investors@tenaris.com.
As of the date hereof, there are issued and outstanding 1,180,536,830 ordinary shares, US$1 par value each, of the Company (the “Shares”), including the Shares (the “Deposited Shares”) deposited with various agents for DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as depositary (the “Depositary”), under the Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, effective as of March 13, 2013, among the Company, the Depositary and all holders from time to time of American Depositary Receipts (the “ADRs”) issued thereunder. The Deposited Shares are represented by American Depositary Shares, which are evidenced by the ADRs (one ADR equals two Deposited Shares). Each Share entitles the holder thereof to one vote at general meetings of shareholders of the Company.
In accordance with the Luxembourg Law of 11 January 2008, on transparency obligations for issuers of securities (the “Transparency Law”), each shareholder of the Company must notify the Company and the Luxembourg Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) on an ongoing basis whenever the proportion of the Company’s voting rights held or controlled by such shareholder (or shareholders acting in concert) reaches, exceeds or falls below any of the following thresholds: 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 33 1/3%, 50% and 66 2/3%. Any such notification shall be made as indicated in the Company’s website at www.tenaris.com/investors and in accordance with CSSF regulations. Failure to make such notification will cause the suspension of the exercise of voting rights relating to the Shares exceeding the proportion that should have been notified.
Holders of Shares: procedures for attending and voting at one or both Meetings
In accordance with the Luxembourg Law of 24 May 2011, on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in general meetings of listed companies (the “Shareholders’ Rights Law”), the right to attend, speak and vote at one or both Meetings is restricted to those shareholders who are holders of Shares on April 22, 2015 at 24:00 (midnight), Central European Time (the “Shareholders’ Record Time”).
A shareholder will only be entitled to attend and/or to vote (personally or by proxy) at one or both Meetings in respect of those Shares which such shareholder duly evidences to hold at the Shareholders’ Record Time. Any changes to a shareholder’s holding of Shares after the Shareholders’ Record Time shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the right of such shareholder to attend and/or to vote (personally or by proxy) at the Meetings.
To attend and vote (personally or by proxy) at one or both Meetings, shareholders must complete and return to the Company:
i. the Intention to Participate Form, if you wish to attend one or both Meetings; and/or
ii. the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form, if you wish to vote by proxy at one or both Meetings.
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A shareholder wishing to attend one or both Meetings must complete and return to the Company the Intention to Participate Form. The Intention to Participate Form must be received by the Company, properly completed and signed, on or before the Shareholder’s Record Time. A shareholder who has timely submitted the Intention to Participate Form, may elect either to (i) attend one or both Meetings and vote in person (in which case the shareholder is not required to submit the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form), or (ii) have a proxy holder attend one or both Meetings in person and vote by proxy, in which case the shareholder must also submit (in addition to the Intention to Participate Form) the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form as soon as possible and, in any event, must be received by the Company on or before April 29, 2015 at 24:00 (midnight), Central European Time. Please note that in the event that the Company does not receive the Intention to Participate Form and, if applicable, the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form, properly completed and signed, by the dates indicated above, you will not be able to participate or vote (neither in person nor by proxy) at the Meetings.
A shareholder who does not wish to attend the Meetings but nonetheless wishes to vote by proxy at one or both Meetings must only complete and return to the Company the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form (and need not submit the Intention to Participate Form) in which case the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form must be received by the Company on or before the Shareholders’ Record Time. Please note that in the event that the Company does not receive the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form, properly completed and signed, by the dates indicated above, you will not be able to vote (neither in person nor by proxy) at the Meetings.
The Shareholders’ Rights Law provides that any shareholder wishing to attend and/or vote (personally or by proxy) at one or both Meetings is required to provide reasonably satisfactory evidence to the Company (prior to the Meetings) as to the number of shares of the Company held by such shareholder on the Shareholders’ Record Time. Such evidence of shareholding must include at least: shareholder’s name, shareholder’s registered office/address, shareholder status, number of shares held by the shareholder on the Shareholders’ Record Time, the stock exchange on which the shareholder’s shares trade and signature of the relevant shareholder’s bank or stockbroker (the “Evidence”). Shareholders need to contact their bank or stockbroker with respect to the provision of such Evidence and completion of the applicable certificate. The certificate that constitutes the Evidence of the shareholding must be completed and delivered to the Company as soon as possible and in any event must be received by the Company on or before April 29, 2015 at 24:00 (Midnight), Central European Time.
The Intention to Participate Form (if you wish to attend one or both Meetings), the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form (if you wish to be represented and vote by proxy at one or both Meetings) and the certificate that constitutes the Evidence of the shareholding may be obtained free of charge from the Company’s website at www.tenaris.com/investors or at the Company’s registered office in Luxembourg. In addition, shareholders registered in the Company’s registry can obtain electronic copies of these documents free of charge by sending an electronic message to the following electronic address: investors@tenaris.com.
The forms and certificates must be received by the Company, properly completed and signed, by the dates indicated above, at any of the postal addresses indicated in the Notice, or by electronic message to the following electronic address: investors@tenaris.com.
No admission cards will be issued to shareholders. Shareholders and their proxy holders attending one or both Meetings in person will be required to identify themselves at the respective Meeting with a valid official identification document (e.g. identity card, passport). In the event of shares owned by a corporation or any other legal entity, individuals representing such entity who wish to attend one or both Meetings in person and vote at one or both Meetings on behalf of such legal entity, must submit –in addition to the Intention to Participate Form and the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form, as indicated above- evidence of their authority to represent the shareholder at the respective Meeting by means of a proper document (such as a general or special power-of-attorney) issued by such legal entity. A copy of such power of attorney or other proper document must be received by the Company on or before April 29, 2015 at 24:00 (midnight), Central European Time, in any of the postal addresses indicated in the Notice or through electronic message to the following electronic address: investors@tenaris.com.
A shareholder’s proxy holder shall enjoy the same rights to speak and ask questions at the Meetings as those afforded to the respective shareholder. Pursuant to the Shareholders’ Rights Law, irrespective of the number of Shares held, a shareholder may appoint only one proxy holder to represent such shareholder at the Meetings, except that:
(iii) if a shareholder holds Shares through more than one securities account, such shareholder may appoint one proxy holder for each securities account;
(iv) a shareholder acting professionally for the account of a natural person or legal entity may appoint such natural person or legal entity, or any other third party designated by them, as proxy holder.
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A person acting as shareholder’s proxy holder may represent one or more shareholders. In the event a person represents more than one shareholder, such proxyholder may vote the Shares of the represented shareholders differently, in accordance with the instructions given to such proxy holder by each shareholder such person represents.
Each Share is indivisible for purposes of attending and voting at the Meetings. Co-owners of Shares, beneficiaries and bare-owners of Shares, and pledgors and pledgees of pledged Shares must be represented by one single person at the Meetings.
A shareholder who has completed and delivered to the Company the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form, is entitled to, on a later date, (i) revoke such AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form, and/or (ii) replace such AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form with a new AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form, appointing a different proxy holder and/or submitting new voting instructions, in each case, by delivering to the Company a notice of revocation and/or a properly completed and signed replacement AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form, provided, that, in each case, such notice of revocation and/or replacement AGMS/EGMS Proxy From must be received by the Company by the dates indicated above, at any of the postal addresses indicated in the Notice, or by electronic message to the following electronic address: investors@tenaris.com. No revocations or replacement of the AGMS/EGMS Proxy Form shall be accepted by the Company if received after such deadlines.
In accordance with the Shareholders’ Rights Law, shareholders holding, individually or collectively, at least five per cent (5%) of the issued shares of the Company have the right to (a) include items on the agendas for the Meetings; and (b) propose draft resolutions for the items included or to be included on the agendas for the Meetings. To exercise such rights, shareholders holding, individually or collectively, at least five per cent (5%) of the issued shares of the Company, must submit a written request to the Company on or before April 14, 2015, to any of the postal addresses of the Company indicated above, or by sending an electronic message to the following electronic address: investors@tenaris.com. The request must be accompanied by a justification or a draft resolution proposed to be adopted in the respective Meeting and must include the postal or electronic address at which the Company can acknowledge receipt of such request. Requests which are not timely delivered or do not satisfy the required formalities will be discarded and the proposals included in such requests shall not be included in the agendas for the Meetings.
In accordance with the Shareholders’ Rights Law, shareholders (or their proxy holders) will have the right to ask questions at the Meetings on the items of the agenda for the Meetings. The right to ask questions and the Company’s duty to answer any such questions are subject to the procedures adopted by the Company to ensure the proper identification of shareholders (and their proxy holders), the good order of the Meetings, as well as the protection of confidentiality of the Company’s business and the safeguarding of the Company’s corporate interests.
The Meetings will appoint a chairperson pro tempore to preside the Meetings. The chairperson pro tempore will have broad authority to conduct the Meetings in an orderly and timely manner and to establish behavior rules, including rules for shareholders (or proxy holders) to speak and ask questions at the Meeting.
Holders of ADRs: procedures for voting at the Meeting
Holders of ADRs as of April 22, 2015 (the “ADR Holders’ Record Date”) are entitled to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights in respect of the Shares underlying such holder’s ADRs. Only those ADR holders of record as of the ADR Holders’ Record Date will be entitled to provide the Depositary with voting instructions.
Any eligible ADR holder who wishes to give voting instructions in respect of the Shares underlying its ADRs must follow the instructions and meet the deadlines set forth in the voting instructions and voting cards. If the Depositary receives proper instructions (i) in the case of any ADR holder giving instructions through a written proxy card, by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 30, 2015, and (ii) in the case of any ADR holder using internet or telephone voting by 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on April 29, 2015, then the Depositary shall vote, or cause to be voted, the Shares underlying such holder’s ADRs in the manner prescribed by the instructions. However, if by the above referred deadlines, the Depositary receives no instructions from the ADR holder, or the instructions received by the Depositary are not in proper form, then the Depositary shall deem such ADR holder to have instructed the Depositary to vote the Shares underlying its ADRs in favor of any proposals or recommendations of the Company (including any recommendation by the Company to vote such underlying Shares on any given issue in accordance with the majority shareholder vote on that issue) and, for these purposes, the Depositary shall issue a proxy to a person appointed by the Company to vote the Shares underlying such holder’s ADRs in favor of any such proposals or recommendations. No instruction shall be deemed given, and no proxy shall be given, with respect to any matter as to which the Company informs the Depositary that (i) it does not wish such proxy given, (ii) it has knowledge that substantial opposition exists with respect to the action to be taken at the Meetings, or (iii) the matter materially and adversely effects the rights of the holders of ADRs.
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Any holder of ADRs entitled to provide the Depositary with voting instructions in respect of the Shares underlying its ADRs, is also entitled to revoke any instructions previously given to the Depositary by filing with the Depositary a written revocation or submitting new instructions on a later date, in each case, at any time prior to the above referred deadlines. No instructions, revocations or revisions thereof shall be accepted by the Depositary after such deadlines.
Holders of ADRs maintaining non-certificated positions must follow voting instructions given by their broker or custodian bank, which may provide for earlier deadlines for submitting voting instructions than those indicated above.
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders: agenda, reports on agenda items and draft resolutions proposed to be adopted
Resolutions at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be passed by the simple majority of the votes validly cast, irrespective of the number of shares present or represented.
The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is called to address and vote on the items of the agenda included in the Notice. The agenda for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, including reports on each item of the agenda and the draft resolution proposed to be adopted thereon are included below:
1. Consideration of the consolidated management report and related management certifications on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014, and on the annual accounts as at December 31, 2014, and of the independent auditors’ reports on such consolidated financial statements and annual accounts.
The consolidated management report and related management certifications on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014, and on the Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014, and the independent auditors’ reports on such consolidated financial statements and annual accounts, are included in the Company’s 2014 annual report, copies of which are available to shareholders and ADR holders as of the date of the Notice, as indicated in this Shareholder Meeting Brochure and Proxy Statement. The Company’s 2014 annual report includes all the information required by article 11 of the law of 19 May 2006, implementing Directive 2004/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on takeover bids.
Draft resolution proposed to be adopted: “the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders resolved to acknowledge the consolidated management report and related management certifications on the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014, and on the Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014, and the independent auditors’ reports on such consolidated financial statements and annual accounts.”
2. Approval of the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014.
The Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014 (comprising the consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of income, of cash flows and of changes in equity and the notes to such consolidated financial statements), are included in the Company’s 2014 annual report, copies of which are available to shareholders and ADR holders as of the date of the Notice, as indicated in this Shareholder Meeting Brochure and Proxy Statement.
Draft resolution proposed to be adopted: “the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders resolved to approve the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014”.
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3. Approval of the Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014.
The Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014 (comprising the balance sheet, the profit and loss account and the notes to such annual accounts) are included in the Company’s 2014 annual report, copies of which are available to shareholders and ADR holders as of the date of the Notice, as indicated in this Shareholder Meeting Brochure and Proxy Statement.
Draft resolution proposed to be adopted: “the Annual General Meeting resolved to approve the Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014”.
4. Allocation of results and approval of dividend payment for the year ended December 31, 2014.
In accordance with applicable Luxembourg law and the Company’s articles of association, the Company is required to allocate 5% of its annual net income to a legal reserve, until this reserve equals 10% of the subscribed capital. As indicated in the Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014, the Company’s legal reserve already amounts to 10% of its subscribed capital and, accordingly, the legal requirements in that respect are satisfied.
The Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) proposed that a dividend, payable in U.S. dollars, in the amount of US$0.45 per share (or US$0.90 per ADR), which represents an aggregate sum of approximately US$531 million, be approved and that the Board of Directors be authorized to determine or amend, in its discretion, the terms and conditions of the dividend payment, including the applicable record date. This dividend would include the interim dividend of US$0.15 per share (or US$0.30 per ADR), or approximately US$177 million, paid in November 2014, and, accordingly, if this dividend proposal is approved, the Company will make a dividend payment on May 20, 2015, in the amount of US$0.30 per share (or US$0.60 per ADR) or approximately US$354 million.
While the Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014, show a loss for 2014, of approximately US$ 7.2 million, the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014, show a net income for the year 2014 of approximately US$ 1,366 million. Considering the Company’s retained earnings and other distributable reserves, the Company has distributable amounts which exceed the proposed dividend. The dividend payment in the amount of US$0.30 per share (or US$0.60 per ADR) to be distributed on May 20, 2015, is to be paid from the Company’s retained earnings reserve. The loss of the year ended December 31, 2014, would be absorbed by the Company’s retained earnings account.
Draft resolution proposed to be adopted: “the Annual General Meeting resolved (i) to approve a dividend for the year ended December 31, 2014, in the aggregate amount of US$0.45 per share (or US$0.90 per ADR), which represents an aggregate sum of approximately US$531 million, and which includes the interim dividend of US$0.15 per share (or US$0.30 per ADR) paid in November 2014, (ii) to authorize the Board of Directors to determine or amend, in its discretion, the terms and conditions of the dividend payment so approved, including the applicable record date, (iii) to make the dividend payment in U.S. dollars on May 20, 2015, in the amount of US$0.30 per share (or US$0.60 per ADR), pursuant to this resolution out of the Company’s retained earnings reserve; and (iv) that the loss of the year ended December 31, 2014, be absorbed by the Company’s retained earnings account”.
5. Discharge of members of the Board of Directors for the exercise of their mandate throughout the year ended December 31, 2014.
In accordance with the Luxembourg Law of 10 August 1915, on commercial companies, as amended (the “Commercial Companies Law”), following approval of the Company’s annual accounts as at December 31, 2014, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders must vote as to whether those who were members of the Board of Directors throughout the year ended December 31, 2014, are discharged from any liability in connection with the management of the Company’s affairs during such year.
It is proposed that those who were members of the Board of Directors throughout the year ended December 31, 2014, be discharged from any liability in connection with the management of the Company’s affairs during such year.
Draft resolution proposed to be adopted: “the Annual General Meeting resolved to discharge all those who were members of the Board of Directors throughout the year ended 31 December 2014, from any liability in connection with the management of the Company’s affairs during such year.”
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6. Election of members of the Board of Directors.
Pursuant to article 8 of the Company’s articles of association, the annual general meeting must elect a Board of Directors of not less than five and not more than fifteen members, who shall have a term of office of one year, but may be reappointed. Pursuant to article 11 of the Company’s articles of association and applicable securities laws and regulations, the Company must have an audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) composed of three members who shall qualify as “independent directors”.
The current Board of Directors consists of ten directors, three of whom (i.e., Messrs. Jaime Serra Puche, Amadeo Vázquez y Vázquez and Roberto Monti) qualify as “independent directors” under the Company’s articles of association and applicable law, and are members of the Audit Committee.
It is proposed that the number of members of the Board of Directors be maintained at ten (10) and that all of the current members of the Board of Directors, namely:
· Mr. Roberto Bonatti
· Mr. Carlos Condorelli
· Mr. Carlos Franck
· Mr. Roberto Monti
· Mr. Gianfelice Mario Rocca
· Mr. Paolo Rocca
· Mr. Jaime Serra Puche
· Mr. Alberto Valsecchi
· Mr. Amadeo Vázquez y Vázquez
· Mr. Guillermo Vogel
be re-appointed to the Board of Directors, each to hold office until the next annual general meeting of shareholders that will be convened to decide on the Company’s 2015 annual accounts.
Set forth below is summary biographical information of each of the candidates:
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Roberto Bonatti. Mr. Bonatti is a member of the Board of Directors. He is a grandson of Agostino Rocca, founder of the Techint group, a group of companies controlled by San Faustin S.A. Throughout his career in the Techint group, he has been involved specifically in the engineering and construction and corporate sectors. He was first employed by the Techint group in 1976, as deputy resident engineer in Venezuela. In 1984, he became a director of San Faustin S.A., and since 2001 he has served as its president. In addition, Mr. Bonatti currently serves as president of Sadma Uruguay S.A. He is also a member of the board of directors of Ternium. Mr. Bonatti is an Italian citizen.
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Carlos Condorelli. Mr. Condorelli is a member of the Board of Directors. He served as our chief financial officer from October 2002 until September 2007. He is also a board member of Ternium S.A. He began his career within the Techint group in 1975 as an analyst in the accounting and administration department of Siderar S.A.I.C. He has held several positions within Tenaris and other Techint group companies, including finance and administration director of Tamsa and president of the board of directors of Empresa Distribuidora La Plata S.A., or Edelap, an Argentine utilities company. Mr. Condorelli is an Argentine citizen.
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Carlos Franck. Mr. Franck is a member of the Board of Directors. He is president of Santa María S.A.I.F. and Inverban S.A. and a member of the board of directors of Siderca S.A.I.C., Techint Financial Corporation N.V., Techint Holdings S.àr.l., and Siderar S.A.I.C. He has financial planning and control responsibilities in subsidiaries of San Faustin S.A. He serves as treasurer of the board of the Di Tella University. Mr. Franck is an Argentine citizen.
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Roberto Monti. Mr. Monti is a member of the Board of Directors. He is a member of the board of directors of Petrobras Energia. He has served as vice president of Exploration and Production of Repsol YPF and as chairman and chief executive officer of YPF. He was also the president of Dowell, a subsidiary of Schlumberger and the president of Schlumberger Wire & Testing division for East Hemisphere Latin America. Mr. Monti is an Argentine citizen.
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Gianfelice Mario Rocca. Mr. Rocca is a member of the Board of Directors. He is a grandson of Agostino Rocca. He is the chairman of the board of directors of San Faustin S.A., a member of the board of directors of Ternium S.A., president of the Humanitas Group and president of Tenova S.p.A. In addition, he sits on the board of directors or executive committees of several companies, including Allianz S.p.A, Brembo and Buzzi Unicem. He is president of Assolombarda, the largest territorial association of entrepreneurs in Italy and part of Confindustria (Italian employers’ organization). In addition, he is member of the EIT Governing Board (European Institute of Innovation and Technology). He is board member of Bocconi University. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Politecnico di Milano, the Allianz Group, the Aspen Institute Executive Committee, the Trilateral Commission, and the European Advisory Board of Harvard Business School. Mr. Rocca is an Italian citizen.
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Paolo Rocca. Mr. Rocca is the chairman of the Board of Directors and the Company’s chief executive officer. He is a grandson of Agostino Rocca. He is also chairman of the board of directors of Tubos de Acero de México S.A. He is also the chairman of the board of directors of Ternium S.A., a director and vice president of San Faustin S.A., and a director of Techint Financial Corporation N.V. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the World Steel Association. Mr. Rocca is an Italian citizen.
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Jaime Serra Puche. Mr. Serra Puche is a member of the Board of Directors. He is the chairman of SAI Consultores, a Mexican consulting firm, and a member of the board of directors of the Mexico Fund, Grupo Vitro, Grupo Modelo and Alpek S.A. Mr. Serra Puche served as Mexico’s Undersecretary of Revenue, Secretary of Trade and Industry, and Secretary of Finance. He led the negotiation and implementation of NAFTA. Mr. Serra Puche is a Mexican citizen.
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Alberto Valsecchi. Mr. Valsecchi is a member of the Board of Directors. He served as the Company’s chief operating officer from February 2004 until July 2007. He joined the Techint group in 1968 and has held various positions within Tenaris and other Techint group companies. He has retired from his executive positions. He is also a member of the board of directors of San Faustin S.A. and chairman of the board of directors of Dalmine S.p.A., a position he assumed in May 2008. Mr. Valsecchi is an Italian citizen.
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Amadeo Vázquez y Vázquez. Mr. Vázquez y Vázquez is a member of the Board of Directors. He is a member of the Asociación Empresaria Argentina, of the Fundación Mediterránea, and of the Advisory Board of the Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas. He served as chief executive officer of Banco Río de la Plata S.A. until August 1997 and was also the chairman of the board of directors of Telecom Argentina S.A. until April 2007. Mr. Vázquez y Vázquez is a Spanish and Argentine citizen.
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Guillermo Vogel. Mr. Vogel is Vicepresident-Finance of the Company’s board of directors. He is the vice chairman of Tamsa, the chairman of Grupo Collado, Exportaciones IM Promoción and Canacero, a member of the board of directors of each of Alfa, the American Iron and Steel Institute, the Universidad Panamericana – IPADE, SANLUIS Corporación, Estilo y Vanidad, Innovare, Novopharm, Corporación Mexicana de Inversiones de Capital and the European Network Business Solutions. In addition, he is a member of The Trilateral Commission and member of the International Board of The Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Vogel is a Mexican citizen.
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The Board of Directors met seven times during 2014. On January 31, 2003, the Board of Directors created an Audit Committee pursuant to Article 11 of the Company’s articles of association. As permitted under applicable laws and regulations, the Board of Directors does not have any executive, nominating or compensation committee, or any committees exercising similar functions.
Draft resolution proposed to be adopted: “the Annual General Meeting resolved to (i) maintain the number of members of the Board of Directors at ten; and (ii) re-appoint all of the current members of the Board of Directors to the Board of Directors, each to hold office until the next annual general meeting of shareholders that will be convened to decide on the Company’s 2015 annual accounts.”
7. Authorization of the compensation of members of the Board of Directors.
It is proposed that each member of the Board of Directors receive an amount of US$85,000 as compensation for his services during the fiscal year 2015; and it is further proposed that each of the members of the Board of Directors who are members of the Audit Committee receive an additional fee of US$55,000 and that the Chairman of such Audit Committee receive, further, an additional fee of US$10,000. In all cases, the proposed compensation will be net of any applicable Luxembourg social security charges.
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Draft resolution proposed to be adopted: “the Annual General Meeting resolved that (i) each of the members of the Board of Directors receive an amount of US$85,000 as compensation for his services during the fiscal year 2015; (ii) each of the members of the Board of Directors who are members of the Audit Committee receive an additional fee of US$55,000 and; (iii) the Chairman of such Audit Committee receive, further, an additional fee of US$10,000. In all cases, the approved compensation will be net of any applicable Luxembourg social security charges.”
8. Appointment of the independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, and approval of their fees.
The Audit Committee has recommended that PricewaterhouseCoopers S.C., Réviseur d’entreprises agréé, be appointed as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, to be engaged until the next annual general meeting of shareholders that will be convened to decide on the Company’s 2015 annual accounts.
In addition, the Audit Committee has recommended the approval of the independent auditors’ fees for audit, audit-related and other services to be rendered during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, broken-down into five currencies (Argentine Pesos, Brazilian Reais, Euro, Mexican Pesos and U.S. Dollars), up to a maximum amount for each currency equal to AR$22,081,034, BR$541,779, €1,486,237, MX$4,051,377 and US$574,547). Such fees will cover the audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements and annual accounts, the audit of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting as mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, other audit-related services, and other services rendered by the independent auditors. For information purposes, based on the exchange rate between the U.S. Dollar and each applicable other currency as of December 31, 2014, the aggregate amount of fees for audit, audit-related and other services to be rendered by the independent auditors during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, is equivalent to US$5,122,933. Finally, it is proposed that the Audit Committee be authorized to approve any increase or reallocation of the independent auditors’ fees as may be necessary, appropriate or desirable under the circumstances.
Draft resolution proposed to be adopted: “the Annual General Meeting resolved to (i) appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers, S.C., Réviseur d’entreprises agréé, as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, to be engaged until the next annual general meeting of shareholders that will be convened to decide on the Company’s 2015 annual accounts; (ii) approve the independent auditors’ fees for audit, audit-related and other services to be rendered during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, broken-down into five currencies (Argentine Pesos, Brazilian Reais, Euro, Mexican Pesos and U.S. Dollars), up to a maximum amount for each currency equal to AR$22,081,034, BR$ 541,779, € 1,486,237, MX$ 4,051,377 and US$ 574,547, and (iii) authorize the Audit Committee to approve any increase or reallocation of the independent auditors’ fees as may be necessary, appropriate or desirable under the circumstances.”
9. Authorization to the Company, or any subsidiary, to from time to time purchase, acquire or receive securities of the Company, in accordance with Article 49-2 of the Luxembourg law of 10 August 1915 and with applicable laws and regulations.
The Commercial Companies Law provides that any Luxembourg commercial company may acquire its own shares, either directly or through a person acting on the company’s behalf, subject to, among other conditions, prior authorization granted by the general meeting of shareholders of such company, which shall approve the terms and conditions of the proposed acquisitions, including the maximum number of shares to be acquired, the duration of the period for which the authorization is given (such maximum period being, as of to date, 5 years) and, in case of acquisitions for value, the maximum and minimum consideration.
It is proposed that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders renew the authorization to the Company and to the Company’s subsidiaries to acquire, from time to time, shares, including shares represented by American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs” and, collectively, “Securities”) granted by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 2, 2010, on the following terms and conditions:
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The maximum number of Securities acquired pursuant to this authorization may not exceed 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares or, in the case of acquisitions made through a stock exchange in which the Securities are traded, such lower amount as may not be exceeded pursuant to any applicable laws or regulations of such market. The number of Securities acquired as a block may amount to the maximum permitted amount of purchases.
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The purchase price per share to be paid in cash may not exceed 125% (excluding transaction costs and expenses), nor may it be lower than 75% (excluding transaction costs and expenses), in each case of the average of the closing prices of the Securities in the stock exchange through which the Securities are acquired, during the five trading days in which transactions in the Securities were recorded in such stock exchange preceding (but excluding) the day on which the Securities are acquired. For over-the-counter or off-market transactions, the purchase price per ADR to be paid in cash may not exceed 125% (excluding transaction costs and expenses), nor may it be lower than 75% (excluding transaction costs and expenses), in each case of the average of the closing prices of the ADRs in the New York Stock Exchange during the five trading days in which transactions in ADRs were recorded in the New York Stock Exchange preceding (but excluding) the day on which the ADRs are acquired; and, in the case of acquisition of Securities, other than in the form of ADRs, such maximum and minimum per Security purchase prices shall be equal to the prices that would have applied in case of an ADR purchase pursuant to the formula above divided by the number of underlying Shares represented by an ADR at the time of the relevant purchase. Compliance with maximum and minimum purchase price requirements in any and all acquisitions made pursuant to this authorization (including, without limitation, acquisitions carried out through the use of derivative financial instruments or option strategies) shall be determined on and as of the date on which the relevant transaction is entered into, irrespective of the date on which the transaction is to be settled.
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The above maximum and minimum purchase prices shall, in the event of a change in the par value of the shares, a capital increase by means of a capitalization of reserves, a distribution of shares under compensation or similar programs, a stock split or reverse stock split, a distribution of reserves or any other assets, the redemption of capital, or any other transaction impacting on the Company’s equity be adapted automatically, so that the impact of any such transaction on the value of the shares shall be reflected.
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The acquisitions of Securities may be carried out at any time, during the duration of the authorization, including during a tender offer period, as may be permitted under applicable laws and regulations.
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The acquisitions of Securities shall be made at such times and on such other terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board of Directors or the board of directors or other governing bodies of the relevant entity, provided that, any such purchase shall comply with Article 49-2 et.seq. of the Commercial Companies Law and, in the case of acquisitions of Securities made through a stock exchange in which the Securities are traded, with any applicable laws and regulations of such market.
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It is also proposed that the Annual General Meeting further grant all powers to the Board of Directors and to the board of directors or other governing bodies of the Company’s subsidiaries, in each case with powers to delegate in accordance with applicable laws, the Company’s articles of association or the articles of association of other applicable organizational documents of the relevant Company’s subsidiary, to decide on and implement this authorization, to define, if necessary, the terms and procedures for carrying out any purchase, acquisition or reception of Securities, and, in particular, to place any stock exchange orders, conclude any agreements, including for keeping registers of purchases and sales of Securities, make any declarations to the applicable regulatory authorities, carry out all formalities and, generally, do all such other acts and things as may be necessary, appropriate or desirable for the purposes aforesaid. It is further recommended that Board of Directors be expressly authorized to delegate to its Chairman, with the latter having the option to sub-delegate to any other person(s), the performance of the actions entrusted to the Board of Directors, pursuant to, or in connection with, this authorization.
Draft resolution proposed to be adopted: “the Annual General Meeting resolved to (i) renew the authorization to the Company and to the Company’s subsidiaries to purchase, acquire or receive, from time to time, shares, including shares represented by ADRs (“Securities”), on the terms and conditions set forth in the minutes of this Annual General Meeting; (ii) grant all powers to the Board of Directors and to the board of directors or other governing bodies of the Company’s subsidiaries, in each case with powers to delegate in accordance with applicable laws, the Company’s articles of association or the articles of association of other applicable organizational documents of the relevant Company’s subsidiary, to decide on and implement this authorization, to define, if necessary, the terms and procedures for carrying out any purchase, acquisition or reception of Securities, and, in particular, to place any stock exchange orders, conclude any agreements, including for keeping registers of purchases and sales of Securities, make any declarations to the applicable regulatory authorities, carry out all formalities and, generally, do all such other acts and things as may be necessary, appropriate or desirable for the purposes aforesaid; and (iii) authorize the Board of Directors to delegate to its Chairman, with the latter having the option to sub-delegate to any other person(s), the performance of the actions entrusted to the Board of Directors, pursuant to, or in connection with, this authorization”.
10. Authorization to the Board of Directors to cause the distribution of all shareholder communications, including its shareholder meeting and proxy materials and annual reports to shareholders, by such electronic means as is permitted by any applicable laws or regulations.
In order to expedite shareholder communications and ensure their timely delivery, it is advisable that the Board of Directors be authorized to cause the distribution of all shareholder communications, including its shareholder meeting and proxy materials and annual reports to shareholders (either in the form of a separate annual report containing financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries or in the form of an annual report on Form 20-F or similar document, as filed with the securities authorities or stock markets) by such electronic means as are permitted or required by any applicable laws or regulations (including any interpretations thereof), including, without limitation, by posting such communication on the Company’s website, or by sending electronic communications (e-mails) with attachment(s) in a widely used format or with a hyperlink to the applicable filing by the Company on the website of the above referred authorities or stock markets, or by any other existing or future electronic means of communication as is or may be permitted by any applicable laws or regulations.
Through this resolution, the Company seeks authorization under Article 16 of the Transparency Law, to give, send or supply information (including any notice or other document) that is required or authorized to be given, sent or supplied to a shareholder by the Company whether required under the articles of association or by any applicable law or any other rules or regulations to which the Company may be subject, by making such information (including any notice or other document) available on the Company’s website or through other electronic means.
Draft resolution proposed to be adopted: “the Annual General Meeting resolved to authorize the Board of Directors to cause the distribution of all shareholder communications, including its shareholder meeting and proxy materials and annual reports to shareholders (either in the form of a separate annual report containing financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries or in the form of an annual report on Form 20-F or similar document, as filed with the securities authorities or stock markets) by such electronic means as are permitted or required by any applicable laws or regulations (including any interpretations thereof), including, without limitation, by posting such communication on the Company’s website, or by sending electronic communications (e-mails) with attachment(s) in a widely used format or with a hyperlink to the applicable filing by the Company on the website of the above referred authorities or stock markets, or by any other existing or future electronic means of communication as is or may be permitted by any applicable laws or regulations.”
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders: agenda, reports on agenda items and draft resolutions proposed to be adopted
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The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders may not validly deliberate on the proposed amendment of the Company´s articles of association unless at least half of the issued share capital is represented, unless otherwise provided for by applicable law. If the required quorum is not reached at the first Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, a second Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders may be convened in accordance with the Company’s articles of association and applicable law and such second Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders shall validly deliberate regardless of the number of shares represented. Resolutions at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders shall be adopted by a two-thirds majority of the votes validly cast, unless otherwise provided for by applicable law.
The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders is called to address and vote on the items of the agenda included in the Notice. The agenda for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, including the report on the item of the agenda and the draft resolution proposed to be adopted thereon are included below:
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the renewal of the authorization to the Board of Directors, or any delegate(s) duly appointed by the Board of Directors, for a period starting on the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of such meeting, from time to time to issue shares within the limits of the authorized share capital against contributions in cash, contributions in kind or by way of incorporation of available reserves at such times and on such terms and conditions, including the issue price, as the Board of Directors or its delegate(s) may in its or their discretion resolve;
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the renewal of the authorization to the Board of Directors, for a period starting on the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of such meeting, to waive, suppress or limit any pre-emptive subscription rights of shareholders provided for by law to the extent it deems such waiver, suppression or limitation advisable for any issue or issues of shares within the authorized share capital; waiver of any pre-emptive subscription rights provided for by law and related procedures;
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the decision that any issuance of shares for cash within the limits of the authorized share capital shall be subject by provision of the Company’s articles of association to the pre-emptive subscription rights of the then existing shareholders, except in the following cases (in which cases no pre-emptive rights shall apply):
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Pursuant to the Company’s articles of association, the Board of Directors is authorized for a period of five years to issue shares within the limits of the authorized share capital without shareholder approval, and any such issuances of shares may be made without reserving preferential subscription rights to the Company’s existing shareholders in certain cases (i.e., shares issued for consideration other than cash, shares issued as compensation to directors, officers, agents, or employees of the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates, and shares issued to satisfy conversion or option rights created to provide compensation to directors, officers, agents or employees of the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates).
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It is proposed that the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders renew the authorization granted by the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on May 2, 2012, to issue shares within the limits of the authorized share capital without shareholder approval for an additional five-year period on the same terms and conditions and grant the related authorizations and waivers as set forth in the agenda.
The Board of Directors is of the opinion that the successful implementation and development of the Company and its group’s long term strategy will depend, among other factors, on their ability to grow through acquisitions or other investments on the best possible terms, and that the existence of the preferential subscription rights provided for by Luxembourg law for the benefit of existing shareholders will seriously reduce the flexibility of the Company to finance its operations and potential growth through issuances of shares; in addition, the preferential subscription rights procedure contemplated by Luxembourg law would, in some cases, risk delaying increases in share capital and issuances of new Shares at times when timing may be of the essence.
Accordingly, the Board of Directors believes it to be in the Company’s best interest that the Board of Directors be authorized to negotiate and conclude acquisitions, investments, joint ventures and other transactions using shares or rights to shares of the Company’s capital as consideration. Similarly, the Board of Directors believes that the interest of the Company requires that maximum flexibility be granted so that the Company be able to react quickly and without delay to any suitable acquisition, investment, joint venture or other strategic proposals or projects and/or to secure financing in connection thereto by issuing or offering to issue shares within the limits of the proposed authorization.
The Board of Directors also believes that the interest of the Company requires that the Board of Directors be authorized to issue such shares or rights thereto either at or below market price, and including by way of incorporation of reserves, as it may be necessary or convenient in light of the facts and circumstances of the transaction in question or its strategic significance.
The Board of Directors further believes that, for the Company and its group to maximize its ability to attract and retain valuable directors, managers, officers, agent or employees, it is its best interest that the Company retain the flexibility to offer to such persons shares or conversion, option or similar plans or incentive programs permitting the subscription of shares in the Company either at or below market price. Such plans and programs, by serving the purpose of facilitating the recruitment or retention of key employees and executives, would enable the Company and its group to secure business opportunities, further strengthen and develop its market position and continue the implementation of the Company’s long term strategy.
Accordingly, the Board of Directors believes that issuances of shares as compensation to, or to satisfy conversion or option rights created to provide compensation to directors, officers, agents or employees of the Company, its subsidiaries or its affiliated companies should be made by the Board of Directors upon such terms and conditions as it deems fit and without reserving pre-emptive subscription rights to existing shareholders; provided, however, that any such issuances shall be limited to 1.5% of the Company’s issued share capital from time to time.
The report of the Board of Directors with respect to the proposed waiver of, suppression of, and authorization to suppress or limit, pre-emptive subscription rights by the existing shareholders of the Company is available to shareholders and ADR holders as of the date of the Notice.
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Pursuant to article 15 of the Company’s articles of association, the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be convened to decide on the Company’s 2015 annual accounts, will be held on May 4, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. (Luxembourg time).
In accordance with the Shareholders’ Rights Law, shareholders holding, individually or collectively, at least five per cent (5%) of the issued Shares will have the right to (a) include items on the agenda for the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, that will be convened to decide on the Company’s 2015 annual accounts; and (b) propose draft resolutions for the items included or to be included on the agenda for the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, that will be convened to decide on the Company’s 2015 annual accounts. To exercise such rights, shareholders holding, individually or collectively, at least five per cent (5%) of the issued Shares, must submit a written request to the Company on or before April 11, 2016, satisfying the requirements of the Shareholders’ Rights Law.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers S.C., Réviseur d’entreprises agréé, are the Company’s independent auditors. A representative of the independent auditors will be present at the Meetings to respond questions.
Cecilia Bilesio
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TENARIS S.A.
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| COMPANY PROFILE | 2 | |
| Letter From The Chairman | 3 | |
| Management Report | 5 | |
| Leading Indicators | 7 | |
| Information on Tenaris | 8 | |
| The Company | 8 | |
| Overview | 8 | |
| History and Development of Tenaris | 8 | |
| Business Overview | 9 | |
| Research and Development | 11 | |
| Principal Risks and Uncertainties | 14 | |
| Operating and Financial Review and Prospects | 16 | |
| Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk | 25 | |
| Recent Developments | 27 | |
| Environmental Regulation | 27 | |
| Related Party Transactions | 28 | |
| Employees | 28 | |
| Corporate Governance | 28 | |
| Management Certification | 39 | |
| Financial Information | 40 | |
| Consolidated Financial Statements | 40 | |
| Tenaris S.A. Annual Accounts (Luxembourg GAAP) | 97 | |
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company profile
Tenaris is a leading supplier of tubes and related services for the world’s energy industry and certain other industrial applications. Our mission is to deliver value to our customers through product development, manufacturing excellence and supply chain management. We seek to minimize risk for our customers and help them reduce costs, increase flexibility and improve time-to-market. Our employees around the world are committed to continuous improvement by sharing knowledge across a single global organization.
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Letter From The Chairman
Dear Shareholders,
We successfully completed a satisfactory year in 2014 with a record level of monthly shipments in December. We continued to make progress in North America and other areas, with shipments of seamless pipe products rising 7% year on year. However, our sales of high value premium products were affected by the onset of inventory adjustments in Saudi Arabia in the second half and overall sales were further affected by an exceptionally low level of demand in Brazil. These offsetting trends resulted in our overall sales and EBITDA remaining at the same level of 2013 as we successfully maintained our margins at an industry-leading level.
Our positioning in shale and deepwater operations worldwide contributed strongly to these results. Sales of OCTG products for U.S. onshore operations rose 24% year on year. In Argentina, sales of OCTG rose by 13% year on year as YPF continued to explore the potential of the Vaca Muerta shale. Sales to Gulf of Mexico deepwater projects rose significantly year on year, and in sub-Saharan Africa they rose a further 12% consolidating the good performance of 2013.
2014 was also a good year for the deployment of our new premium products for complex deepwater and HPHT applications. Our BlueDock™ connector was successfully run by Petrobras in Brazil and Repsol in Trinidad. In the Gulf of Mexico, we successfully qualified our Wedge 623™ and Blue® Riser connections for Shell’s Mars B project. And we successfully introduced our Blue® Quick Seal, Blue® Max and Blue® Heavy Wall connections for deepwater and HPHT operations in the North Sea and Angola. In the last few months, this success has been complemented by significant contract awards for TengizChevroil’s operations in Kazakhstan, for Maersk’s UK operations in the North Sea, and Statoil’s Mariner project in the North Sea.
During the year, we made progress with our investment plans focused on enhancing our capability to produce high-end products, strengthening our position in North America, improving health and safety conditions and reducing our environmental footprint.
We reinforced our safety routines during the year. In addition to our Safe Hour meetings, we established regular meetings with our sub-contractors to share our safety-first priorities, introduced a communications campaign throughout the company centered on 12 basic safety rules and extended our Safestart training program. The Safestart program was first introduced in our Conroe mill in the U.S. in 2011 and aims to encourage personal responsibility for safety and reduce injuries on and off the job by focusing on risk perception. Our safety indicators for the year show a mixed result but the trend in the second half was positive and we recorded our lowest quarterly values for our main safety indicators in the fourth quarter. We will continue to focus on improving our safety performance, which is an essential element of our competitive differentiation in the eyes of our customers and the communities where we operate.
The market environment that faces us in 2015 is very different from that we have had in the past few years. Demand for oil and gas has grown at a lower pace than the additional supply of tight oil from the shales in North America, and the imbalance led to a sudden change in the circumstances that allowed the price of oil to remain in a range of around $100 per barrel for over 3 years. Customers have reacted to the collapse in oil and LNG prices by cutting their investment budgets and looking for a structural change in their costs of operations. We estimate that overall market demand for OCTG in 2015 will decline by around 30% compared to 2014, including reductions in inventory.
Despite the rapid reaction by oil and gas companies, it will take time to rebalance oil supply and demand. We are, therefore, preparing for what could be a prolonged downturn. We are confident however that the longer-term fundamentals of the oil and gas industry remain positive. Demand for oil and gas will grow with the improvement in the global economy, decline rates are accelerating impacted by the higher incidence of shale production, and we see the long-term equilibrium in oil and gas prices at a higher level than the prices of today.
We are working actively with our customers to help them reduce costs by optimization of processes and efficient management of pipe materials and inventories and optimum product selection to support their level of activity. At the same time, we are adjusting our operations to fit the new environment. We are reducing our labor costs worldwide through a wide set of measures, while preserving our key competences and maintaining our focus on the relation with our communities. The costs of our metallic load are declining and we are optimizing allocation among our plants to take advantage of currency movements and differential operating costs. We are reviewing our fixed costs with a view to making our structure more efficient and are taking actions to reduce our investment in working capital.
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In the United States and Canada, despite the rapid decline in the market, we are seeing opportunities to improve elements of the supply chain system and expand market share against imports. Although unfairly traded imports from Korea continue at a very high level in spite of the trade case ruling of August, we expect that domestic producers should have an opportunity to displace them on competitive terms. By 2017, when our Bay City mill will enter operations, we expect the market will have recovered and domestic producers should be able to effectively serve the market.
Our long term investment plan, including Bay City, will continue in 2015, but we are confident that our cash flow from operations will be sufficient to cover these investments and maintain our dividend payments.
We are also maintaining our strong focus on training, that has positioned Tenaris as a leader in corporate education. We expanded our agreement with edX, the open, online learning initiative founded by Harvard and MIT. TenarisUniversity, in cooperation with the Roberto Rocca Technical School, produced its first MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) – an Introduction to Computer Numerical Control – aimed at young technical students. Over 4,000 participants have enrolled in the course from 100 different countries with a 22% completion rate and a very high rating, well above the average for MOOCs in general. This year, we will produce several further MOOCs and use the edX platform for several Special Purpose Online Courses aimed at our own training needs.
We concluded 2014 with operating income of $1.9 billion on sales of $10.3 billion and earnings per share of $1.14, 13% lower than 2013, as we recorded impairment charges of $206 million on the value of our welded pipe assets in Colombia and Canada. Our cash flow from operations remained strong and we ended the year with a net cash position of $1.3 billion after investing $1.1 billion in capital expenditure and paying out $531 million in dividends. Considering the change in market conditions and the high level of our capital expenditure commitments, we are proposing to maintain the final dividend at 30 cents per share, making for an increase in the total annual dividend of 5%.
We believe that we entered this downturn in a better position than our competitors based on our strong financial position, our global positioning, our extensive customer base and the quality of our products and services. We are also confident that we will emerge from it with our competitive positioning strengthened and fully prepared to support our customers in a new cycle.
This is a difficult time for our industry and our employees. I would like to thank them for their contribution to last year’s results and their ongoing commitment as we position the company for the new market environment. I would also like to express my thanks to our customers, suppliers and shareholders for their continuing support and confidence in Tenaris.
March 30, 2015
/s/ Paolo Rocca
Paolo Rocca
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CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS
Unless otherwise specified or if the context so requires:
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References in this annual report to “the Company” refer exclusively to Tenaris S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company (société anonyme).
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References in this annual report to “Tenaris”, “we”, “us” or “our” refer to Tenaris S.A. and its consolidated subsidiaries. See Accounting Policies A, B and L to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
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References in this annual report to “San Faustin” refer to San Faustin S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company (société anonyme) and the Company’s controlling shareholder.
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PRESENTATION OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION
Accounting Principles
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IFRS, and adopted by the European Union, or E.U.
We publish consolidated financial statements expressed in U.S. dollars. Our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report are those as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012.
Rounding
Certain monetary amounts, percentages and other figures included in this annual report have been subject to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, figures shown as totals in certain tables may not be the arithmetic aggregation of the figures that precede them, and figures expressed as percentages in the text may not total 100% or, as applicable, when aggregated may not be the arithmetic aggregation of the percentages that precede them.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This annual report and any other oral or written statements made by us to the public may contain “forward-looking statements”. Forward looking statements are based on management’s current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by those statements.
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We use words such as “aim”, “will likely result”, “will continue”, “contemplate”, “seek to”, “future”, “objective”, “goal”, “should”, “will pursue”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “expect”, “project”, “intend”, “plan”, “believe” and words and terms of similar substance to identify forward-looking statements, but they are not the only way we identify such statements. This annual report contains forward-looking statements, including with respect to certain of our plans and current goals and expectations relating to Tenaris’s future financial condition and performance. Sections of this annual report that by their nature contain forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, “Business Overview”, “Principal Risks and Uncertainties”, and “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects”. In addition to the risks related to our business discussed under “Principal Risks and Uncertainties”, other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to:
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By their nature, certain disclosures relating to these and other risks are only estimates and could be materially different from what actually occurs in the future. As a result, actual future gains or losses that may affect our financial condition and results of operations could differ materially from those that have been estimated. You should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this annual report. Except as required by law, we are not under any obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Leading Indicators
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TUBES SALES VOLUMES (thousands of tons)
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2,790
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2,612
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2,676
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885
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1,049
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1,188
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3,675
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3,661
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3,864
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2,940
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2,611
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2,806
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908
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988
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1,188
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3,848
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3,599
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3,994
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Net sales
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10,338
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10,597
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10,834
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Operating income
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1,899
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2,185
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2,357
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EBITDA (1)
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2,720
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2,795
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2,875
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Net income
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1,366
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1,574
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1,702
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Cash flow from operations
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2,044
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2,377
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1,856
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Capital expenditures
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1,089
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753
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790
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Total assets
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16,676
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15,931
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15,960
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Total borrowings
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999
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931
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1,744
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Net financial debt/ (cash) (2)
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(1,257)
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(911)
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271
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Total liabilities
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3,704
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3,461
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4,460
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Shareholders’ equity including non-controlling interests
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12,971
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12,470
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11,500
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PER SHARE / ADS DATA ($ PER SHARE / PER ADS)(3)
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Number of shares outstanding (4) (thousands of shares)
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1,180,537
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1,180,537
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1,180,537
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Earnings per share
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1.14
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1.31
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1.44
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Earnings per ADS
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2.28
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2.63
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2.88
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Dividends per share (5)
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0.45
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0.43
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0.43
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Dividends per ADS (5)
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0.90
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0.86
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0.86
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ADS Stock price at year-end
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30.21
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43.69
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41.92
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Number of employees (4)
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27,816
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26,825
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26,673
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Defined as operating income plus depreciation, amortization and impairment charges/(reversals). In 2014, the EBITDA figure excludes an impairment charge of $206 million on our welded pipe operations in Colombia and Canada and in 2012, the EBITDA figure excludes a non-recurring gain of $49 million, corresponding to a tax related lawsuit collected in Brazil.
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Defined as borrowings less cash and cash equivalents and other current investments.
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Each ADS represents two shares.
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4.
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As of December 31.
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Proposed or paid in respect of the year.
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Information on Tenaris
The Company
Our holding company’s legal and commercial name is Tenaris S.A. The Company was established as a public limited liability company (société anonyme) organized under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The Company’s registered office is located at 29 avenue de la Porte-Neuve, 3rd Floor, L-2227, Luxembourg, telephone (352) 2647-8978.
The Company has no branches. For information on the Company’s subsidiaries, see note 29 “Principal subsidiaries” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
Overview
We are a leading global manufacturer and supplier of steel pipe products and related services for the world’s energy industry and for other industrial applications. Our customers include most of the world’s leading oil and gas companies as well as engineering companies engaged in constructing oil and gas gathering, transportation, processing and power generation facilities. Our principal products include casing, tubing, line pipe, and mechanical and structural pipes.
We operate an integrated worldwide network of steel pipe manufacturing, research, finishing and service facilities with industrial operations in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa and a direct presence in most major oil and gas markets.
Our mission is to deliver value to our customers through product development, manufacturing excellence, and supply chain management. We seek to minimize risk for our customers and help them reduce costs, increase flexibility and improve time-to-market. Our employees around the world are committed to continuous improvement by sharing knowledge across a single global organization.
History and Development of Tenaris
Tenaris began with the formation of Siderca S.A.I.C., or Siderca, the sole Argentine producer of seamless steel pipe products, by San Faustin’s predecessor in Argentina in 1948. We acquired Siat, an Argentine welded steel pipe manufacturer, in 1986. We grew organically in Argentina and then, in the early 1990s, began to evolve beyond this initial base into a global business through a series of strategic investments. These investments included the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of controlling or strategic interests in the following companies:
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Tubos de Acero de México S.A., or Tamsa, the sole Mexican producer of seamless steel pipe products (June 1993);
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Dalmine S.p.A., or Dalmine, a leading Italian producer of seamless steel pipe products (February 1996);
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Tubos de Acero de Venezuela S.A., or Tavsa, the sole Venezuelan producer of seamless steel pipe products (October 1998)1;
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Confab Industrial S.A., or Confab, the leading Brazilian producer of welded steel pipe products (a controlling interest in August 1999, and the remainder during the second quarter of 2012);
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NKKTubes, a leading Japanese producer of seamless steel pipe products (August 2000);
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Algoma Tubes Inc., or AlgomaTubes, the sole Canadian producer of seamless steel pipe products (October 2000);
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S.C. Silcotub S.A., or Silcotub, a leading Romanian producer of seamless steel pipe products (July 2004);
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Maverick Tube Corporation, or Maverick, a leading North American producer of welded steel pipe products with operations in the United States, Canada and Colombia (October 2006);
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Hydril Company, or Hydril, a leading North American manufacturer of premium connection products for oil and gas drilling production (May 2007);
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Seamless Pipe Indonesia Jaya, or SPIJ, an Indonesian oil country tubular goods, or OCTG, processing business with heat treatment and premium connection threading facilities (April 2009);
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Pipe Coaters Nigeria Ltd, the leading company in the Nigerian coating industry (November 2011);
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Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A., or Usiminas, where through our subsidiary Confab, we hold an interest representing 5.0% of the shares with voting rights and 2.5% of the total share capital (January 2012); and
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In addition, we have established a global network of pipe finishing, distribution and service facilities with a direct presence in most major oil and gas markets and a global network of research and development centers.
Business Overview
Our business strategy is to continue expanding our operations worldwide and further consolidate our position as a leading global supplier of high-quality tubular products and services to the energy and other industries by:
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pursuing strategic investment opportunities in order to strengthen our presence in local and global markets;
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expanding our comprehensive range of products and developing new high-value products designed to meet the needs of customers operating in increasingly challenging environments;
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securing an adequate supply of production inputs and reducing the manufacturing costs of our core products; and
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enhancing our offer of technical and pipe management services designed to enable customers to optimize their selection and use of our products and reduce their overall operating costs.
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Pursuing strategic investment opportunities and alliances
We have a solid record of growth through strategic investments and acquisitions. We pursue selective strategic investments and acquisitions as a means to expand our operations and presence in selected markets, enhance our global competitive position and capitalize on potential operational synergies. Our track record on companies’ acquisitions is described above (See “History and Development of Tenaris”). In addition, we continue to build a new greenfield seamless mill in Bay City, Texas. The new facility will include a state-of-the-art rolling mill as well as finishing and heat treatment lines. We plan to bring the 600,000 tons per year capacity mill and logistics center into operation in 2017, within a budget in a range of $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion. As of December 31, 2014, approximately $0.4 billion had already been invested and an additional $0.5 billion had been committed.
Developing high-value products
We have developed an extensive range of high-value products suitable for most of our customers’ operations using our network of specialized research and testing facilities and by investing in our manufacturing facilities. As our customers expand their operations, we seek to supply high-value products that reduce costs and enable them to operate safely in increasingly challenging environments.
Securing inputs for our manufacturing operations
We seek to secure our existing sources of raw material and energy inputs, and to gain access to new sources, of low-cost inputs which can help us maintain or reduce the cost of manufacturing our core products over the long term. For example, in February 2014, we entered into an agreement with our affiliates Ternium and Tecpetrol to build a natural gas-fired combined cycle electric power plant in Mexico¸ expected to be completed in 2016, which would supply Tenaris’s and Ternium’s respective Mexican industrial facilities. For information on the new power plant, see note 12 c) “Investments in non-consolidated companies – Techgen S.A. de C.V.” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
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Enhancing our offer of technical and pipe management services
We continue to enhance our offer of technical and pipe management services for our customers worldwide. Through the provision of these services, we seek to enable our customers to optimize their operations, reduce costs and to concentrate on their core businesses. They are also intended to differentiate us from our competitors and further strengthen our relationships with our customers worldwide through long-term agreements. For example, in Mexico, since 1994, we supply Pemex, the state-owned oil company, one of the world’s largest crude oil and condensates producers under just-in-time, or JIT, agreements, which allow us to provide it with comprehensive pipe management services on a continuous basis.
Our Competitive Strengths
We believe our main competitive strengths include:
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our global production, commercial and distribution capabilities, offering a full product range with flexible supply options backed up by local service capabilities in important oil and gas producing and industrial regions around the world;
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our ability to develop, design and manufacture technologically advanced products;
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our solid and diversified customer base and historic relationships with major international oil and gas companies around the world, and our strong and stable market shares in the countries in which we have manufacturing operations;
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our proximity to our customers;
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our human resources around the world with their diverse knowledge and skills;
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our low-cost operations, primarily at state-of-the-art, strategically located production facilities with favorable access to raw materials, energy and labor, and more than 60 years of operating experience; and
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our strong financial condition.
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Business Segments
Tenaris has one major business segment, Tubes, which is also the reportable operating segment.
The Tubes segment includes the production and sale of both seamless and welded steel tubular products and related services mainly for the oil and gas industry, particularly oil country tubular goods (OCTG) used in drilling operations, and for other industrial applications with production processes that consist in the transformation of steel into tubular products. Business activities included in this segment are mainly dependent on the oil and gas industry worldwide, as this industry is a major consumer of steel pipe products, particularly OCTG used in drilling activities. Demand for steel pipe products from the oil and gas industry has historically been volatile and depends primarily upon the number of oil and natural gas wells being drilled, completed and reworked, and the depth and drilling conditions of these wells. Sales are generally made to end users, with exports being done through a centrally managed global distribution network and domestic sales made through local subsidiaries. Corporate general and administrative expenses have been allocated to the Tubes segment.
Others include all other business activities and operating segments that are not required to be separately reported, including the production and selling of sucker rods, welded steel pipes for electric conduits, industrial equipment, coiled tubing, energy and raw materials that exceed internal requirements.
For more information on our business segments, see accounting policy C “Segment information” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
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Our Products
Our principal finished products are seamless and welded steel casing and tubing, line pipe and various other mechanical and structural steel pipes for different uses. Casing and tubing products are also commonly referred to as OCTG products. We manufacture our steel pipe products in a wide range of specifications, which vary in diameter, length, thickness, finishing, steel grades, threading and coupling. For most complex applications, including high pressure and high temperature applications, seamless steel pipes are usually specified and, for some standard applications, welded steel pipes can also be used.
Casing. Steel casing is used to sustain the walls of oil and gas wells during and after drilling.
Tubing. Steel tubing is used to conduct crude oil and natural gas to the surface after drilling has been completed.
Line pipe. Steel line pipe is used to transport crude oil and natural gas from wells to refineries, storage tanks and loading and distribution centers.
Mechanical and structural pipes. Mechanical and structural pipes are used by general industry for various applications, including the transportation of other forms of gas and liquids under high pressure.
Cold-drawn pipe. The cold-drawing process permits the production of pipes with the diameter and wall thickness required for use in boilers, superheaters, condensers, heat exchangers, automobile production and several other industrial applications.
Premium joints and couplings. Premium joints and couplings are specially designed connections used to join lengths of steel casing and tubing for use in high temperature or high pressure environments. A significant portion of our steel casing and tubing products are supplied with premium joints and couplings. We own an extensive range of premium connections, and following the integration of the premium connections business of Hydril , we market our premium connection products under the TenarisHydril brand name. In addition, we hold licensing rights to manufacture and sell the Atlas Bradford range of premium connections outside of the United States.
Coiled tubing. Coiled tubing is used for oil and gas drilling and well workovers and for subsea pipelines.
Other Products. We also manufacture sucker rods used in oil extraction activities, industrial equipment of various specifications and diverse applications, including liquid and gas storage equipment, and welded steel pipes for electric conduits used in the construction industry. In addition, we sell raw materials that exceed our internal requirements.
Research and Development
Research and development, or R&D, of new products and processes to meet the increasingly stringent requirements of our customers is an important aspect of our business.
R&D activities are carried out primarily at our specialized research facilities located at Campana in Argentina, at Veracruz in Mexico, at Dalmine in Italy, at the product testing facilities of NKKTubes in Japan and at the new R&D center at Ilha do Fundao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (which commenced operations in 2014). We strive to engage some of the world’s leading industrial research institutions to solve the problems posed by the complexities of oil and gas projects with innovative applications. In addition, our global technical sales team is made up of experienced engineers who work with our customers to identify solutions for each particular oil and gas drilling environment.
Product development and research currently being undertaken are focused on the increasingly challenging energy markets and include:
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tubes and components for the car industry and mechanical applications;
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In addition to R&D aimed at new or improved products, we continuously study opportunities to optimize our manufacturing processes. Recent projects in this area include modeling of rolling and finishing process and the development of different process controls, with the goal of improving product quality and productivity at our facilities.
We seek to protect our intellectual property, from R&D and innovation, through the use of patents and trademarks that allow us to differentiate ourselves from our competitors.
We spent $107 million for R&D in 2014, compared to $106 million in 2013 and $83 million in 2012.
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Principal Risks and Uncertainties
We face certain risks associated to our business and the industry in which we operate. We are a global steel pipe manufacturer with a strong focus on manufacturing products and related services for the oil and gas industry. Demand for our products depends primarily on the level of exploration, development and production activities of oil and gas companies which is affected by current and expected future prices of oil and natural gas. Several factors, such as the supply and demand for oil and gas, and political and global economic conditions, affect these prices. For example, the current fall in oil and gas prices and in drilling activity is resulting in a decline in consumption and demand of OCTG products which will negatively affect our revenues and profitability. Performance may be further affected by changes in governmental policies (including imposition or strengthening of trade restrictions), the impact of credit restrictions on our customers’ ability to perform their payment obligations with us and any adverse economic, political or social developments in our major markets. Furthermore, competition in the global market for steel pipe products may cause us to lose market share and hurt our sales and profitability. Our profitability may also be hurt if increases in the cost of raw materials and energy could not be offset by higher selling prices. In addition, there is an increased risk of unfairly-traded steel pipe imports in markets in which Tenaris produces and sells its products. A recession in the developed countries, a cooling of emerging market economies or an extended period of below-trend growth in the economies that are major consumers of steel pipe products would likely result in reduced demand of our products, adversely affecting our revenues, profitability and financial condition.
We have significant operations in various countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Romania and the United States, and we sell our products and services throughout the world. Therefore, like other companies with worldwide operations, our business and operations have been, and could in the future be, affected from time to time to varying degrees by political, economical and social developments and changes in, laws and regulations. These developments and changes may include, among others, nationalization, expropriations or forced divestiture of assets; restrictions on production, imports and exports, interruptions in the supply of essential energy inputs; exchange and/or transfer restrictions, inability or increasing difficulties to repatriate income or capital or to make contract payments; inflation; devaluation; war or other international conflicts; civil unrest and local security concerns, including high incidences of crime and violence involving drug trafficking organizations that threaten the safe operation of our facilities and operations; direct and indirect price controls; tax increases and changes in the interpretation, application or enforcement of tax laws and other retroactive tax claims or challenges; changes in laws, norms and regulations; cancellation of contract rights; and delays or denials of governmental approvals. As a global company, a portion of our business is carried out in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, which is the Company’s functional currency. As a result, we are exposed to foreign exchange rate risk, which could adversely affect our financial position and results of operations.
Beginnig in 2009, Venezuela nationalized our investments in Tubos de Acero de Venezuela S.A. or Tavsa, Matesi, Materiales Siderúrgicos S.A., or Matesi, and Complejo Siderurgico de Guayana, C.A., or Comsigua, and Venezuela formally assumed exclusive operational control over the assets of the aforementioned companies. Our investments in Tavsa, Matesi and Comsigua are protected under applicable bilateral investment treaties, including the bilateral investment treaty between Venezuela and the Belgian-Luxembourgish Union, and Tenaris continues to reserve all of its rights under contracts, investment treaties and Venezuelan and international law. Tenaris has consented to the jurisdiction of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID, in connection with the nationalization process. Tenaris and its wholly-owned subsidiary Talta - Trading e Marketing Sociedad Unipessoal Lda, or Talta, initiated arbitration proceedings against Venezuela before the ICSID seeking adequate and effective compensation for the expropriation of their investments in Matesi and Tavsa and Comsigua. However, we can give no assurance that the Venezuelan government will agree to pay a fair and adequate compensation for our interest in Tavsa, Matesi and Comsigua, or that any such compensation will be freely convertible into or exchangeable for foreign currency. For further information on the nationalization of the Venezuelan subsidiaries, see note 30 “Nationalization of Venezuelan Subsidiaries” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
A key element of our business strategy is to develop and offer higher value-added products and services and to continuously identify and pursue growth-enhancing strategic opportunities. We must necessarily base any assessment of potential acquisitions, joint ventures and investments, on assumptions with respect to operations, profitability and other matters that may subsequently prove to be incorrect. Failure to successfully implement our strategy, or to integrate future acquisitions and strategic investments, or to sell acquired assets or business unrelated to our business under favorable terms and conditions, could affect our ability to grow, our competitive position and our sales and profitability.
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We may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if we must reassess our goodwill or other assets as a result of changes in assumptions underlying the carrying value of certain assets, particularly as a consequence of deteriorating market conditions. At December 31, 2014 we had $1,745 million in goodwill corresponding mainly to the acquisition of Hydril, in 2007 ($920 million) and Maverick, in 2006 ($675 million). As of December 31, 2014, we recorded an impairment charge of $206 million on the value of our welded pipe assets in Colombia and Canada ($96 million on goodwill and the rest on other assets, including customer relationships), reflecting the decline in oil prices, and their impact on drilling activity and the demand outlook for welded pipe products in the regions served by these facilities. Additionally, we recorded an impairment charge of $49 million on the value of our investment in Usiminas, due to the deteriorarion of the business environment in Brazil and the decline in iron ore prices. If our management were to determine in the future that the goodwill or other assets were impaired, particularly as a consequence of deteriorating market conditions, we would be required to recognize a non-cash charge to reduce the value of these assets, which would adversely affect our results of operations.
Potential environmental, product liability and other claims arising from the inherent risks associated with the products we sell and the services we render, including well failures, line pipe leaks, blowouts, bursts and fires, that could result in death, personal injury, property damage, environmental pollution or loss of production could create significant liabilities for us. Environmental laws and regulations may, in some cases, impose strict liability (even joint and several strict liability) rendering a person liable for damages to natural resources or threats to public health and safety without regard to negligence or fault. In addition, we are subject to a wide range of local, provincial and national laws, regulations, permit requirements and decrees relating to the protection of human health and the environment, including laws and regulations relating to hazardous materials and radioactive materials and environmental protection governing air emissions, water discharges and waste management. Laws and regulations protecting the environment have become increasingly complex and more stringent and expensive to implement in recent years. The cost of complying with such regulations is not always clearly known or determinable since some of these laws have not yet been promulgated or are under revision. These costs, along with unforeseen environmental liabilities, may increase our operating costs or negatively impact our net worth.
We conduct business in certain countries known to experience governmental corruption. Although we are committed to conducting business in a legal and ethical manner in compliance with local and international statutory requirements and standards applicable to our business, there is a risk that our employees or representatives may take actions that violate applicable laws and regulations that generally prohibit the making of improper payments to foreign government officials for the purpose of obtaining or keeping business, including laws relating to the 1997 OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA.
As a holding company, our ability to pay expenses, debt service and cash dividends depends on the results of operations and financial condition of our subsidiaries, which could be restricted by legal, contractual or other limitations, including exchange controls or transfer restrictions, and other agreements and commitments of our subsidiaries.
The Company’s controlling shareholder may be able to take actions that do not reflect the will or best interests of other shareholders.
Our financial risk management is described in Section III. Financial Risk Management, and our provisions and contingent liabilities are described in accounting policy P and notes 22, 23 and 25 of our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
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Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on, and should be read in conjunction with, our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this annual report. This discussion and analysis presents our financial condition and results of operations on a consolidated basis. We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with IFRS, as issued by the IASB and adopted by the E.U.
Certain information contained in this discussion and analysis and presented elsewhere in this annual report, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. See “Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements”. In evaluating this discussion and analysis, you should specifically consider the various risk factors identified in “Principal Risks and Uncertainties”, other risk factors identified elsewhere in this annual report and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements.
Overview
We are a leading global manufacturer and supplier of steel pipe products and related services for the energy industry and other industries.
We are a leading global manufacturer and supplier of steel pipe products and related services for the world’s energy industry as well as for other industrial applications. Our customers include most of the world’s leading oil and gas companies as well as engineering companies engaged in constructing oil and gas gathering and processing and power facilities. We operate an integrated worldwide network of steel pipe manufacturing, research, finishing and service facilities with industrial operations in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa and a direct presence in most major oil and gas markets.
Our main source of revenue is the sale of products and services to the oil and gas industry, and the level of such sales is sensitive to international oil and gas prices and their impact on drilling activities.
Demand for our products and services from the global oil and gas industry, particularly for tubular products and services used in drilling operations, represents a substantial majority of our total sales. Our sales, therefore, depend on the condition of the oil and gas industry and our customers’ willingness to invest capital in oil and gas exploration and development as well as in associated downstream processing activities. The level of these expenditures is sensitive to oil and gas prices as well as the oil and gas industry’s view of such prices in the future. In the past few months, crude oil prices have fallen from over $100 per barrel in June 2014 to their current levels of around $50 per barrel, as rapid production growth in the U.S. and Canada, slowing global demand growth and OPEC’s decision not to cut production levels have combined to create an excess of supply in the market. Natural gas prices have also fallen on increased supply and limited demand growth. In this context, oil and gas operators are substantially cutting their exploration and production budgets for the year 2015, particularly in North America, and are focused on reducing costs throughout their operations.
In 2014, worldwide drilling activity increased 5% compared to the level of 2013. In the United States the rig count in 2014 increased by 6% and in Canada by 7%. In the rest of the world, the rig count increased 3% in 2014. However, due to the significant decline in oil and gas prices in the past few months, drilling activity is being reduced rapidly in North America, with the U.S. rig count falling 573 rigs (31%) sequentially in the first two months of the year and the Canadian rig count falling 200 rigs (35%) year on year in the same period.
A growing proportion of exploration and production spending by oil and gas companies has been directed at offshore, deep drilling and non-conventional drilling operations in which high-value tubular products, including special steel grades and premium connections, are usually specified. Technological advances in drilling techniques and materials are opening up new areas for exploration and development. More complex drilling conditions are expected to continue to demand new and high value products and services in most areas of the world.
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Our business is highly competitive.
The global market for steel pipes is highly competitive, with the primary competitive factors being price, quality, service and technology. We sell our products in a large number of countries worldwide and compete primarily against European and Japanese producers in most markets outside North America. In the United States and Canada we compete against a wide range of local and foreign producers. Competition in markets worldwide has been increasing, particularly for products used in standard applications, as producers in countries like China and Russia increase production capacity and enter export markets.
In addition, there is an increased risk of unfairly-traded steel pipe imports in markets in which we produce and sell our products. In August 2014, the U.S. imposed anti-dumping duties on OCTG imports from various countries, including Korea. However, despite the trade case ruling, imports from Korea continue at a very high level. Similarly, in Canada, an investigation is underway and while the final determination on injury is still pending, in March 2015 the Canada Border Services Agency introduced anti-dumping duties on OCTG imports from Korea and other countries.
Our production costs are sensitive to prices of steelmaking raw materials and other steel products.
We purchase substantial quantities of steelmaking raw materials, including ferrous steel scrap, direct reduced iron (DRI), pig iron, iron ore and ferroalloys, for use in the production of our seamless pipe products. In addition, we purchase substantial quantities of steel coils and plate for use in the production of our welded pipe products. Our production costs, therefore, are sensitive to prices of steelmaking raw materials and certain steel products, which reflect supply and demand factors in the global steel industry and in the countries where we have our manufacturing facilities.
The costs of steelmaking raw materials and of steel coils and plates declined during 2014, particularly at the end of the year.
Outlook
While the extent and the duration of the decline in drilling activity remain unclear, our preliminary expectations are for a decline in demand of OCTG products in the order of 30% in 2015 compared to 2014. We expect that the decline in drilling activity and demand for OCTG will be more rapid and pronounced in the United States and Canada and more gradual in the rest of the world.
For 2015, we expect our sales in the United States and Canada to be affected by the aforementioned reduced drilling activity and by uncertainty concerning the still very high level of imports subject to the recent trade case ruling and its impact on OCTG inventories in the United States. In the Eastern Hemisphere, our sales will be affected by OCTG destocking in Saudi Arabia and lower offshore drilling activity in sub-Saharan Africa, the North Sea and the Far East. However, we expect our sales in South America to be supported by sales for pipeline projects in Argentina and Brazil.
We are adjusting our operation to face the new environment. The costs of our metallic load are declining, we are reducing our workforce worldwide and we are optimizing allocation among our plants to take advantage of differencies in operating costs and currency movements. We are also reviewing our fixed costs with a view to making our structure more efficient and taking actions to reduce our investment in working capital.
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Results of Operations
|
Millions of U.S. dollars (except number of shares and per share amounts)
|
For the year ended December 31,
|
|||||||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|||||||
|
Selected consolidated income statement data
|
||||||||
|
Continuing operations
|
||||||||
|
Net sales
|
10,338 | 10,597 | ||||||
|
Cost of sales
|
(6,287 | ) | (6,457 | ) | ||||
|
Gross profit
|
4,051 | 4,140 | ||||||
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
(1,964 | ) | (1,941 | ) | ||||
|
Other operating income (expenses), net
|
(188 | ) | (14 | ) | ||||
|
Operating income
|
1,899 | 2,185 | ||||||
|
Finance income
|
38 | 35 | ||||||
|
Finance cost
|
(44 | ) | (70 | ) | ||||
|
Other financial results
|
39 | 7 | ||||||
|
Income before equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies and income tax
|
1,932 | 2,156 | ||||||
|
Equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated companies
|
20 | 46 | ||||||
|
Income before income tax
|
1,952 | 2,202 | ||||||
|
Income tax
|
(586 | ) | (628 | ) | ||||
|
Income for the year (1)
|
1,366 | 1,574 | ||||||
|
Income attributable to (1):
|
||||||||
|
Owners of the parent
|
1,343 | 1,551 | ||||||
|
Non-controlling interests
|
23 | 23 | ||||||
|
Income for the year(1)
|
1,366 | 1,574 | ||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
(616 | ) | (610 | ) | ||||
|
Weighted average number of shares
outstanding
|
1,180,536,830 | 1,180,536,830 | ||||||
|
Basic and diluted earnings per share
|
1.14 | 1.31 | ||||||
|
Dividends per share(2)
|
0.45 | 0.43 | ||||||
|
|
_______________
|
|
(1)
|
International Accounting Standard No. 1 (“IAS 1”) (revised), requires that income for the year as shown on the income statement does not exclude non-controlling interests. Earnings per share, however, continue to be calculated on the basis of income attributable solely to the owners of the parent.
|
|
(2)
|
Dividends per share correspond to the dividends proposed or paid in respect of the year.
|
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|
Millions of U.S. dollars (except number of shares)
|
At December 31,
|
|||||||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|||||||
|
Selected consolidated financial position data
|
||||||||
|
Current assets
|
7,396 | 6,904 | ||||||
|
Property, plant and equipment, net
|
5,160 | 4,674 | ||||||
|
Other non-current assets
|
4,120 | 4,353 | ||||||
|
Total assets
|
16,676 | 15,931 | ||||||
|
Current liabilities
|
2,603 | 2,120 | ||||||
|
Non-current borrowings
|
31 | 246 | ||||||
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
714 | 751 | ||||||
|
Other non-current liabilities
|
357 | 344 | ||||||
|
Total liabilities
|
3,704 | 3,461 | ||||||
|
Capital and reserves attributable to the owners of the parent
|
12,819 | 12,290 | ||||||
|
Non-controlling interests
|
152 | 179 | ||||||
|
Total equity
|
12,971 | 12,470 | ||||||
|
Total liabilities and equity
|
16,676 | 15,931 | ||||||
|
Share capital
|
1,181 | 1,181 | ||||||
|
Number of shares outstanding(Fa
|
1,180,536,830 | 1,180,536,830 | ||||||
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The following table sets forth our operating and other costs and expenses as a percentage of net sales for the periods indicated.
|
Percentage of net sales
|
For the year ended December 31,
|
|||||||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|||||||
|
Continuing Operations
|
||||||||
|
Net sales
|
100.0 | 100.0 | ||||||
|
Cost of sales
|
(60.8 | ) | (60.9 | ) | ||||
|
Gross profit
|
39.2 | 39.1 | ||||||
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
(19.0 | ) | (18.3 | ) | ||||
|
Other operating income (expenses), net
|
(1.8 | ) | (0.1 | ) | ||||
|
Operating income
|
18.4 | 20.6 | ||||||
|
Finance income
|
0.4 | 0.3 | ||||||
|
Finance cost
|
(0.4 | ) | (0.7 | ) | ||||
|
Other financial results
|
0.4 | 0.1 | ||||||
|
Income before equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies and income tax
|
18.7 | 20.3 | ||||||
|
Equity in (losses) earnings of non-consolidated companies
|
0.2 | 0.4 | ||||||
|
Income before income tax
|
18.9 | 20.8 | ||||||
|
Income tax
|
(5.7 | ) | (5.9 | ) | ||||
|
Income for the year
|
13.2 | 14.9 | ||||||
|
Income attributable to:
|
||||||||
|
Owners of the parent
|
13.0 | 14.6 | ||||||
|
Non-controlling interests
|
0.2 | 0.2 | ||||||
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2014, Compared to Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2013
The following table shows our net sales by business segment for the periods indicated below:
|
Millions of U.S. dollars
|
For the year ended December 31,
|
Increase / (Decrease)
|
|||
|
2014
|
2013
|
||||
|
Tubes
|
9,582
|
93%
|
9,812
|
93%
|
(2%)
|
|
Others
|
756
|
7%
|
784
|
7%
|
(4%)
|
|
Total
|
10,338
|
100%
|
10,597
|
100%
|
(2%)
|
Tubes
The following table indicates, for our Tubes business segment, sales volumes of seamless and welded pipes for the periods indicated below:
|
Thousands of tons
|
For the year ended December 31,
|
Increase / (Decrease)
|
|
|
2014
|
2013
|
||
|
Seamless
|
2,790
|
2,612
|
7%
|
|
Welded
|
885
|
1,049
|
(16%)
|
|
Total
|
3,675
|
3,661
|
0%
|
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The following table indicates, for our Tubes business segment, net sales by geographic region, operating income and operating income as a percentage of net sales for the periods indicated below:
|
Millions of U.S. dollars
|
For the year ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||
|
2014
|
2013
|
Increase / (Decrease)
|
||||||||||
|
Net sales
|
||||||||||||
|
- North America
|
4,609 | 4,077 | 13 | % | ||||||||
|
- South America
|
1,823 | 2,237 | (19 | %) | ||||||||
|
- Europe
|
924 | 890 | 4 | % | ||||||||
|
- Middle East & Africa
|
1,817 | 2,094 | (13 | %) | ||||||||
|
- Far East & Oceania
|
408 | 513 | (20 | %) | ||||||||
|
Total net sales
|
9,582 | 9,812 | (2 | %) | ||||||||
|
Operating income
|
1,866 | 2,097 | (11 | %) | ||||||||
|
Operating income (% of sales)
|
19.5 | % | 21.4 | % | ||||||||
Operating income in 2014 includes an impairment charge of $206 million on our welded pipe operations in Colombia and Canada.
Net sales of tubular products and services decreased 2% to $9,582 million in 2014, compared to $9,812 million in 2013, reflecting flat overall volumes and a 3% decrease in average selling prices, driven by a less rich mix of products sold both for seamless and welded pipes. In North America, sales increased due to higher sales in the U.S. shale plays reflecting higher drilling activity and improved pricing conditions following the final determination of anti-dumping duties on imports from Korea and other countries, as well as higher levels of sales to deepwater projects in the Gulf of Mexico. In South America, sales decreased due to a virtual halt of shipments for pipeline products in Brazil and Argentina, due to our customers financial and operating constraints. In Europe, sales increased mainly due to a higher level of sales of OCTG products in continental Europe. In the Middle East and Africa, sales decreased mainly due to lower levels of sales in the Middle East reflecting the onset of OCTG destocking in Saudi Arabia in the second half and lower sales in the United Arab Emirates, partially offset by an increase in sales to offshore projects in sub-Saharan Africa. In the Far East and Oceania, sales decreased mainly due to lower sales of OCTG products in Indonesia and China and of line pipe products to offshore and Hidrocarbon Processing Industry projects.
Operating income from tubular products and services, decreased 11% to $1,866 million in 2014, from $2,097 million in 2013. Operating income in 2014 includes an impairment charge of $206 million on our welded pipe operations in Colombia and Canada. Excluding the impairment charge operating income and margins would have been relatively flat as the decline in average selling prices was offset by a similar decline in costs.
Others
The following table indicates, for our Others business segment, net sales, operating income and operating income as a percentage of net sales for the periods indicated below:
|
Millions of U.S. dollars
|
For the year ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||
|
2014
|
2013
|
Increase / (Decrease)
|
||||||||||
|
Net sales
|
756 | 784 | (4 | %) | ||||||||
|
Operating income
|
33 | 88 | (62 | %) | ||||||||
|
Operating income (% of sales)
|
4.4 | % | 11.2 | % | ||||||||
Net sales of other products and services decreased 4% to $756 million in 2014, compared to $784 million in 2013, mainly due to lower sales of industrial equipment in Brazil, partially offset by higher levels of sales of coiled tubes and pipes for electric conduit in the United States.
Operating income from other products and services, decreased 62% to $33 million in 2014, from $88 million in 2013, reflecting the reduction in activity levels in our industrial equipment business in Brazil, which had a negative impact in operating performance and margins.
Selling, general and administrative expenses, or SG&A, increased as a percentage of net sales to 19.0% in 2014 compared to 18.3% in 2013, mainly due to the effect of a 3% increase in labor costs on lower sales.
Other operating income and expenses resulted in expenses of $188 million in 2014, compared to $14 million in 2013, mainly due to an asset impairment charge in 2014, amounting to $206 million. These charges mainly reflect the decline in oil prices, and its impact on drilling activity and therefore on the expected demand for OCTG products, particularly on our welded pipe operations in Colombia and Canada.
Financial results amounted to a gain of $33 million in 2014, compared to a loss of $29 million in 2013. The improvement in financial results was mainly due to lower financial costs due to a lower average debt position compared to the previous year in addition to a lower proportion of unhedged Argentine peso-denominated debt (which has higher interest rates).
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Equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies generated a gain of $20 million in 2014, compared to a gain of $46 million in 2013. During 2014 we recorded an impairment charge of $49 million related to our investment in Usiminas, due to the deterioration of the business environment in Brazil and the decline in iron ore prices. Appart from the impairment result, these results were mainly derived from our equity investment in Ternium S.A. (NYSE:TX).
Income tax charges totalled $586 million in 2014, equivalent to 30.3% of income before equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies and income tax, compared to $628 million in 2013, equivalent to 29.1% of income before equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies and income tax. During 2014, excluding the part of the impairment on goodwill ($96 million), which has no effect on deferred tax, the tax rate would have been 28.9%.
Net income decreased 13% during the year, to $1,366 million in 2014, compared to $1,574 million in 2013. This decline includes a $206 million impairment charge ($171 million after tax) at our Colombian and Canadian welded pipe operations, plus a $49 million impairment charge at our investment in Usiminas in Brazil.
Income attributable to owners of the parent was $1,343 million, or $1.14 per share ($2.28 per ADS), in 2014, compared to $1,551 million, or $1.31 per share ($2.63 per ADS) in 2013. This decline includes a $206 million impairment charge ($171 million after tax) at our Colombian and Canadian welded pipe operations, plus a $49 million impairment charge at our investment in Usiminas in Brazil.
Income attributable to non-controlling interest was $23 million in 2014, like in 2013. These results are mainly attributable to NKKTubes, our Japanese subsidiary.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The following table provides certain information related to our cash generation and changes in our cash and cash equivalents position for each of the last two years:
| Millions of U.S. dollars |
For the year ended December 31,
|
|||||||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|||||||
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
2,044 | 2,377 | ||||||
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(1,786 | ) | (1,309 | ) | ||||
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
(424 | ) | (1,217 | ) | ||||
|
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
(165 | ) | (149 | ) | ||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of year (excluding overdrafts)
|
598 | 773 | ||||||
|
Effect of exchange rate changes
|
(16 | ) | (26 | ) | ||||
|
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
(165 | ) | (149 | ) | ||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of year (excluding overdrafts)
|
416 | 598 | ||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of year (excluding overdrafts)
|
416 | 598 | ||||||
|
Bank overdrafts
|
1 | 16 | ||||||
|
Other investments
|
1,838 | 1,227 | ||||||
|
Borrowings
|
(999 | ) | (931 | ) | ||||
|
Net cash / (debt)
|
1,257 | 911 | ||||||
Our financing strategy aims at maintaining adequate financial resources and access to additional liquidity. During 2014 we generated $2.0 billion of operating cash flow, our capital expenditures amounted to $1.1 billion and we paid dividends amounting to $531 million. At the end of the year we had a net cash position of $1.3 billion, compared to $911 million at the beginning of the year.
We believe that funds from operations, the availability of liquid financial assets and our access to external borrowing through the financial markets will be sufficient to satisfy our working capital needs, to finance our planned capital spending program, to service our debt in the foreseeable future and to address short-term changes in business conditions.
We have a conservative approach to the management of our liquidity, which consists mainly of cash and cash equivalents and other current investments, comprising cash in banks, liquidity funds and highly liquid short and medium-term securities. These assets are carried at fair market value, or at historical cost which approximates fair market value.
At December 31, 2014, liquid financial assets as a whole (i.e., cash and cash equivalents and other current investments) were 13.5% of total assets compared to 11.6% at the end of 2013.
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We hold primarily investments in liquidity funds and variable or fixed-rate securities from investment grade issuers. We hold our cash and cash equivalents primarily in U.S. dollars and in major financial centers. As of December 31, 2014, U.S. dollar denominated liquid assets represented 83%, of total liquid financial assets compared to 76% at the end of 2013.
Operating activities
Net cash provided by operations during 2014 was $2.0 billion, compared to $2.4 billion during 2013. This 14% decrease was mainly attributable to an increase in working capital needs. During 2014 working capital increased $72 million, while during 2013 it decreased $189 million. The main yearly variation was related to an increase in inventories during 2014, amounting to $73 million, which compares with a decrease in inventory of $288 million in 2013. For more information on cash flow disclosures and changes to working capital, see note 27 “Cash flow disclosures” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
Investing activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $1.8 billion in 2014, compared to $1.3 billion in 2013. Capital expenditures increased $336 million, reaching $1.1 billion in 2014, as we advanced with the construction of the greenfield seamless mill in Bay City, Texas.
Financing activities
Net cash used in financing activities, including dividends paid, proceeds and repayments of borrowings and acquisitions of non-controlling interests, was $424 million in 2014, compared to $1.2 billion in 2013.
Dividends paid during 2014 amounted to $531 million, compared to $508 million in 2013.
During 2014 we had net proceeds from borrowings of $156 million, mainly related to the renewal of short-term facilities, while in 2013 we had net repayments of borrowings of $683 million.
Our total liabilities to total assets ratio was 0.22:1 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013.
Principal Sources of Funding
During 2014, we funded our operations with operating cash flows and bank financing. Short-term bank borrowings were used as needed throughout the year.
Financial liabilities
During 2014, borrowings increased by $68 million, to $999 million at December 31, 2014, from $931 million at December 31, 2013.
Borrowings consist mainly of bank loans. As of December 31, 2014 U.S. dollar-denominated borrowings plus borrowings denominated in other currencies swapped to the U.S. dollar represented 92% of total borrowings.
For further information about our financial debt, please see note 19 “Borrowings” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
The following table shows the composition of our financial debt at December 31, 2014 and 2013:
|
Millions of U.S. dollars
|
2014
|
2013
|
||||||
|
Bank borrowings
|
997 | 913 | ||||||
|
Bank overdrafts
|
1 | 16 | ||||||
|
Finance lease liabilities
|
1 | 2 | ||||||
|
Total borrowings
|
999 | 931 | ||||||
Our weighted average interest rates before tax (considering hedge accounting), amounted to 1.9% at December 31, 2014 and to 7.5% at December 31, 2013. The decrease in our weighted average interest rates is explained by a lower proportion of unhedged, Argentine peso-denominated debt (which has higher interest rates).
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The maturity of our financial debt is as follows:
|
Millions of U.S. dollars
At December 31, 2014
|
1 year or less
|
1 - 2
years
|
2 – 3 years
|
3 - 4
years
|
4 - 5 years
|
Over 5 years
|
Total
|
|
|
Borrowings
|
968
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
19
|
999
|
|
|
Interests to be accrued
|
19
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
27
|
|
|
Total
|
988
|
10
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
22
|
1,027
|
Our current borrowings to total borrowings ratio increased from 0.74:1 as of December 31, 2013 to 0.97:1 as of December 31, 2014. However, our liquid financial assets exceed our total borrowings, we had a net cash position (cash and other current investments less total borrowings) of $1.3 billion at December 31, 2014, compared with $911 million at December 31, 2013.
For information on our derivative financial instruments, please see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk – Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities” and note 24 “Derivative financial instruments” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
For information regarding the extent to which borrowings are at fixed rates, please see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk”.
Significant Borrowings
Our most significant borrowings as of December 31, 2014 were as follows:
|
Millions of U.S. dollars
|
||||||||
|
Disbursement date
|
Borrower
|
Type
|
Original & Outstanding
|
Final maturity
|
||||
|
2014
|
Tamsa
|
Bank loans
|
522
|
2015
|
||||
|
Mainly 2014
|
Siderca
|
Bank loans
|
183
|
Mainly 2015
|
||||
|
December 2014
|
Tubocaribe
|
Bank loans
|
180
|
December 2015(*)
|
||||
(*) The main covenant on this loan agreement is compliance with financial ratios (i.e., leverage ratio).
As of December 31, 2014, Tenaris was in compliance with all of its covenants.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk
The multinational nature of our operations and customer base expose us to a variety of risks, including the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, interest rates and commodity prices. In order to reduce the impact related to these exposures, management evaluates exposures on a consolidated basis to take advantage of natural exposure netting. For the residual exposures, we may enter into various derivative transactions in order to reduce potential adverse effects on our financial performance. Such derivative transactions are executed in accordance with internal policies and hedging practices. We do not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes, other than non-material investments in structured products.
The following information should be read together with section III, “Financial risk management” to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report.
Debt Structure
The following tables provide a breakdown of our debt instruments at December 31, 2014 and 2013 which included fixed and variable interest rate obligations, detailed by maturity date:
|
At December 31, 2014
|
Expected maturity date
|
|||||||
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
2019
|
Thereafter
|
Total(1)
|
||
|
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
|
||||||||
|
Non-current Debt
|
||||||||
|
Fixed rate
|
-
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
19
|
30
|
|
|
Floating rate
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
-
|
1
|
|
|
Current Debt
|
||||||||
|
Fixed rate
|
725
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
725
|
|
|
Floating rate
|
243
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
243
|
|
|
968
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
19
|
999
|
||
|
At December 31, 2013
|
Expected maturity date
|
|||||||
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018
|
Thereafter
|
Total(1)
|
||
|
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
|
||||||||
|
Non-current Debt
|
||||||||
|
Fixed rate
|
-
|
15
|
8
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
27
|
|
|
Floating rate
|
-
|
84
|
84
|
45
|
6
|
0
|
219
|
|
|
Current Debt
|
||||||||
|
Fixed rate
|
616
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
616
|
|
|
Floating rate
|
69
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
69
|
|
|
685
|
99
|
92
|
46
|
7
|
2
|
931
|
||
(1)As most borrowings are based on short-term fixed rates, or floating rates that approximate market rates, with interest rate resetting every 3 to 6 months, the fair value of the borrowings approximates its carrying amount and is not disclosed separately.
Our weighted average interest rates before tax (considering hedge accounting), amounted to 1.9% at December 31, 2014 and to 7.5% at December 31, 2013. The decrease in our weighted average interest rates is explained by a lower proportion of unhedged, Argentine peso-denominated debt (which has higher interest rates).
Our financial liabilities (other than trade payables and derivative financial instruments) consist mainly of bank loans. As of December 31, 2014 U.S. dollar denominated financial debt plus debt denominated in other currencies swapped to the U.S. dollar represented 92% of total financial debt. For further information about our financial debt, please see note 19 “Borrowings” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
Interest Rate Risk
Fluctuations in market interest rates create a degree of risk by affecting the amount of our interest payments. At December 31, 2014, we had variable interest rate debt of $244 million and fixed rate debt of $755 million ($725 million of the fixed rate debt are short-term). This risk is to a great extent mitigated by our investment portfolio.
In addition, in the past, we have entered into foreign exchange derivative contracts and/or interest rate swaps in order to mitigate the exposure to changes in interest rates, but there were no interest rate derivatives outstanding at December 31, 2014, nor at December 31, 2013.
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Foreign Exchange Rate Risk
We manufacture and sell our products in a number of countries throughout the world and consequently we are exposed to foreign exchange rate risk. Since the Company’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar, the purpose of our foreign currency hedging program is mainly to reduce the risk caused by changes in the exchange rates of other currencies against the U.S. dollar.
Most of our revenues are determined or influenced by the U.S. dollar. In addition, most of our costs correspond to steelmaking raw materials and steel coils and plates, also determined or influenced by the U.S. dollar. However, outside the United States, a portion of our expenses is incurred in foreign currencies (e.g. labor costs). Therefore, when the U.S. dollar weakens in relation to the foreign currencies of the countries where we manufacture our products, the U.S. dollar-reported expenses increase. In 2014, a 5% weakening of the U.S. dollar average exchange rate against the currencies of the countries where we have labor costs would have decreased operating income by approximately 4%.
Our consolidated exposure to currency fluctuations is reviewed on a periodic basis. A number of hedging transactions are performed in order to achieve an efficient coverage in the absence of operative or natural hedges. Almost all of these transactions are forward exchange rate contracts.
Because certain subsidiaries have functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the results of hedging activities as reported in the income statement under IFRS may not reflect entirely management’s assessment of its foreign exchange risk hedging needs. Also, intercompany balances between our subsidiaries may generate exchange rate results to the extent that their functional currencies differ.
The value of our financial assets and liabilities is subject to changes arising out of the variation of foreign currency exchange rates. The following table provides a breakdown of our main financial assets and liabilities (including foreign exchange derivative contracts) that impact our profit and loss as of December 31, 2014.
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All amounts in millions of U.S. dollars
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Currency Exposure
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Functional currency
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Long / (Short) Position
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Argentine Peso
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U.S. dollar
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(191)
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Euro
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U.S. dollar
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(189)
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U.S. dollar
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Brazilian real
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(150)
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The main relevant exposures as of December 31, 2014 corresponds to Argentine peso-denominated trade, social and fiscal payables at our Argentine subsidiaries which functional currency is the U.S. dollar, and Euro-denominated liabilities at certain subsidiaries which functional currency is the U.S. dollar.
Foreign Currency Derivative Contracts
The fair value of our foreign currency derivative contracts amounted to ($31) million at December 31, 2014 and $1 million at December 31, 2013. For further detail on our foreign currency derivative contracts, please see note 24 “Derivative financial instruments – Foreign exchange derivative contracts and hedge accounting” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities
Derivative financial instruments are classified as financial assets (or liabilities) at fair value through profit or loss. Their fair value is calculated using standard pricing techniques and, as a general rule, we recognize the full amount related to the change in its fair value under financial results in the current period.
We designate for hedge accounting certain derivatives that hedge risks associated with recognized assets, liabilities or highly probable forecast transactions. These instruments are classified as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the fair value of such derivatives is accumulated in a reserve account in equity. Amounts accumulated in equity are then recognized in the income statement in the same period than the offsetting losses and gains on the hedged item are recorded. The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognized immediately in the income statement. The fair value of our derivative financial instruments (assets or liabilities) continues to be reflected on the consolidated statement of financial position.
At December 31, 2014, the effective portion of designated cash flow hedges, included in other reserves in shareholders’ equity amounted to a loss of $8 million.
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Concentration of credit risk
There is no significant concentration of credit from customers. No single customer comprised more than 10% of our net sales in 2014.
Our credit policies related to sales of products and services are designed to identify customers with acceptable credit history, and to allow us to use credit insurance, letters of credit and other instruments designed to minimize credit risk whenever deemed necessary. We maintain allowances for potential credit losses.
Commodity Price Sensitivity
We use commodities and raw materials that are subject to price volatility caused by supply conditions, political and economic variables and other unpredictable factors. As a consequence, we are exposed to risk resulting from fluctuations in the prices of these commodities and raw materials. Although we fix the prices of such raw materials and commodities for short-term periods, typically not in excess of one year, in general we do not hedge this risk. In the past we have occasionally used commodity derivative instruments to hedge certain fluctuations in the market prices of raw material and energy.
Recent Developments
Annual Dividend Proposal
On February 18, 2015 the Company’s board of directors proposed, for the approval of the annual general shareholders' meeting to be held on May 6, 2015, the payment of an annual dividend of $0.45 per share ($0.90 per ADS), or approximately $531 million, which includes the interim dividend of $0.15 per share ($0.30 per ADS) or approximately $177 million, paid in November 2014. If the annual dividend is approved by the shareholders, a dividend of $0.30 per share ($0.60 per ADS), or approximately $354 million will be paid on May 20, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of May 18, 2015 and a record date on May 19, 2015. Our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report do not reflect this dividend payable.
Environmental Regulation
We are subject to a wide range of local, provincial and national laws, regulations, permit requirements and decrees relating to the protection of human health and the environment, including laws and regulations relating to hazardous materials and radioactive materials and environmental protection governing air emissions, water discharges and waste management. Laws and regulations protecting the environment have become increasingly complex and more stringent and expensive to implement in recent years. International environmental requirements vary.
The ultimate impact of complying with existing laws and regulations is not always clearly known or determinable since regulations under some of these laws have not yet been promulgated or are undergoing revision. The expenditures necessary to remain in compliance with these laws and regulations, including site or other remediation costs, or costs incurred from potential environmental liabilities, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and profitability. While we incur and will continue to incur expenditures to comply with applicable laws and regulations, there always remains a risk that environmental incidents or accidents may occur that may negatively affect our reputation or our operations.
Compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations is a significant factor in our business. We have not been subject to any material penalty for any material environmental violation in the last five years, and we are not aware of any current material legal or administrative proceedings pending against us with respect to environmental matters which could have an adverse material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.
Related Party Transactions
Tenaris is a party to several related party transactions, which include, among others, purchases and sales of goods (including steel pipes, flat steel products, steel bars, raw materials, gas and electricity) and services (including engineering services and related services) from or to entities controlled by San Faustin or in which San Faustin holds significant interests. Material related party transactions, as explained in Corporate Governance – Audit Committee, are subject to the review of the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors and the requirements of the Company’s articles of association and Luxembourg law. For further detail on Tenaris’s related party transactions, see Note 28 “Related party transactions” to our audited consolidated financial statements, included in this annual report.
Employees
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The following table shows the number of persons employed by Tenaris:
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At December 31,
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2014
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Argentina
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6,421
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Mexico
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5,518
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Brazil
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3,835
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United States
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3,549
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Italy
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2,352
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Romania
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1,725
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Canada
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1,225
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Indonesia
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677
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Colombia
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614
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Japan
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588
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Other Countries
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1,312
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Total employees
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27,816
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At December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the number of persons employed by Tenaris was 26,825 and 26,673 respectively.
The number of our employees increased 991 (4%), at year end 2014, mainly in Brazil, at our industrial equipment business and due to the incorporation of the employees of Socotherm (after acquiring 50% of the share capital that was not yet owned by Tenaris). The number of employees also increased in Mexico, related to higher production and in the United States due to the industrial expansion project in Bay City, Texas.
Approximately 55% of our employees are unionized. We believe that we enjoy good or satisfactory relations with our employees and their unions in each of the countries in which we have manufacturing facilities, and we have not experienced any major strikes or other labor conflicts with a material impact on our operations over the last five years. In some of the countries in which we have significant production facilities (e.g., Argentina and Brazil), significant fluctuations in exchange rates, together with inflationary pressures, affect our costs, increase labor demands and could eventually generate higher levels of labor conflicts.
Corporate Governance
The Company’s corporate governance practices are governed by Luxembourg Law (including, among others, the law of August 10, 1915 on commercial companies, the law of January 11, 2008, implementing the European Union’s transparency directive, and the law of May 24, 2011, implementing the European Union’s directive on the exercise of certain shareholders’ rights in general meetings of listed companies) and the Company’s articles of association. As a Luxembourg company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE), the Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C.V. (the Mexican Stock Exchange), the Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires (the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange) and Borsa Italiana S.p.A. (the Italian Stock Exchange), the Company is required to comply with some, but not all, of the corporate governance standards of these exchanges. The Company, however, believes that its corporate governance practices meet, in all material respects, the corporate governance standards that are generally required for controlled companies by all of the exchanges on which the Company’s securities trade.
For a summary of the significant ways in which the Company’s corporate governance practices differ from the corporate governance standards required for controlled companies by the exchanges on which the Company’s shares trade, please visit our website at http://www.tenaris.com/investors/
Shareholders’ Meetings; Voting Rights; Election of Directors
Each Share entitles the holder to one vote at the Company’s general shareholders’ meetings. Shareholder action by written consent is not permitted, but proxy voting is permitted. Notices of general shareholders’ meetings are governed by the provisions of Luxembourg law. Pursuant to applicable Luxembourg law, the Company must give notice of the calling of any general shareholders’ meeting at least 30 days prior to the date for which the meeting is being called, by publishing the relevant convening notice in the Luxembourg Official Gazette and in a leading newspaper having general circulation in Luxembourg and by issuing a press release informing of the calling of such meeting. If an extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting is adjourned for lack of a quorum, a new convening notice must be published at least 17 days prior to the date for which the second-call meeting is being called. In case Shares are listed on a foreign regulated market, notices of general shareholders’ meetings shall also comply with the requirements (including as to content and publicity) and follow the customary practices of such regulated market.
Pursuant to our articles of association, for as long as the Shares or other securities of the Company are listed on a regulated market within the European Union. (as they currently are), and unless as may otherwise be provided by applicable law, only shareholders holding shares of the Company as of midnight, central European time, on the day that is fourteen days prior to the day of any given general shareholders’ meeting can attend and vote at such meeting. The board of directors may determine other conditions that must be satisfied by shareholders in order to participate in a general shareholders’ meeting in person or by proxy, including with respect to deadlines for submitting supporting documentation to or for the Company.
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No attendance quorum is required at ordinary general shareholders’ meetings, and resolutions may be adopted by a simple majority vote of the Shares represented and voted at the meeting. Unless as may otherwise be provided by applicable Luxembourg law, an extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting may not validly deliberate on proposed amendments to the Company’s articles of association unless a quorum of at least 50% of the issued share capital is represented at the meeting. If a quorum is not reached, such meeting may be reconvened at a later date with no quorum requirements by means of the notification procedures described above. In both cases, the Luxembourg Companies Law and the Company’s articles of association require that any resolution of an extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting as to amendments to the Company’s articles of association be adopted by a two-thirds majority votes of the Shares represented at the meeting. If a proposed resolution consists of changing the Company’s nationality or of increasing the shareholders’ commitments, the unanimous consent of all shareholders is required. Directors are elected at ordinary general shareholders’ meetings.
Cumulative voting is not permitted. The Company’s articles of association do not provide for staggered terms and directors are elected for a maximum of one year and may be reappointed or removed by the general shareholders’ meeting at any time, with or without cause, by resolution passed by a simple majority vote of the Shares represented and voted at the meeting. In the case of a vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors, the remaining directors may temporarily fill such vacancy with a temporary director appointed by resolution adopted with the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors; provided that the next general shareholder’s meeting shall be called upon to ratify such appointment. The term of any such temporary director shall expire at the end of the term of office of the director whom such temporary director replaced.
The next Company’s annual general shareholders’ meeting that will consider, among other things, our audited consolidated financial statements and annual accounts included in this annual report will take place in Luxembourg, on Wednesday May 6, 2015 at 9:30 A.M., Luxembourg time. On that same date, time and place, the Company will also hold an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, to consider renewing for an additional five-year period the authorization granted to its board of directors to issue shares within the limits of the authorized share capital without shareholder approval.
The rights of the shareholders attending the meetings are governed by the Luxembourg law of 24 May 2011 on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in general meetings of listed companies. For a description of the items of the agenda of the meetings and the procedures for attending and voting the meetings, please see the “Notice of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders” on the Company’s website at www.tenaris.com/investors.
Board of Directors
Management of the Company is vested in a board of directors with the broadest power to act on behalf of the Company and accomplish or authorize all acts and transactions of management and disposal that are within its corporate purpose and not specifically reserved in the articles of association or by applicable law to the general shareholders’ meeting. The Company’s articles of association provide for a board of directors consisting of a minimum of three and a maximum of fifteen directors; however, for as long as the Company’s shares are listed on at least one stock exchange, the minimum number of directors must be five. The Company’s current board of directors is composed of ten directors.
The board of directors is required to meet as often as required by the interests of the Company and at least four times per year. A majority of the members of the board of directors in office present or represented at the board of directors’ meeting constitutes a quorum, and resolutions may be adopted by the vote of a majority of the directors present or represented. In the case of a tie, the chairman is entitled to cast the deciding vote.
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Directors are elected at the annual ordinary general shareholders’ meeting to serve one-year renewable terms, as determined by the general shareholders’ meeting. The general shareholders’ meeting also determines the number of directors that will constitute the board and their compensation. The general shareholders’ meeting may dismiss all or any one member of the board of directors at any time, with or without cause, by resolution passed by a simple majority vote, irrespective of the number of shares represented at the meeting.
Under the Company’s articles of association, until May 12, 2017, the board of directors is authorized to increase the issued share capital in whole or in part from time to time, through issues of shares within the limits of the authorized share capital against compensation in cash, compensation in kind at a price or if shares are issued by way of incorporation of reserves, at an amount, which shall not be less than the par value and may include such issue premium as the board of directors shall decide. As mentioned above, this authorization to the Company’s board of directors to increase the issued share capital within the limites of the authorized share capital may be further extended for an additional five-year period should the Company’s shareholders decide to do so in the Company’s next extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, which is expected to take place in Luxembourg, on Wednesday May 6, 2015 at 9:30 A.M., Luxembourg time. Under the Company’s articles of association, however, the Company’s existing shareholders shall have a preferential right to subscribe for any new Shares issued pursuant to the authorization granted to its board of directors, except in the following cases (in which cases no preferential subscription rights shall apply):
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any issuance of Shares (including, without limitation, the direct issuance of Shares or upon the exercise of options, rights convertible into shares, or similar instruments convertible or exchangeable into Shares) against a contribution other than in cash;
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any issuance of Shares (including by way of free Shares or at discount), up to an amount of 1.5% of the issued share capital of the Company, to directors, officers, agents, employees of the Company, its direct or indirect subsidiaries, or its affiliates (collectively, the “Beneficiaries”), including, without limitation, the direct issuance of Shares or upon the exercise of options, rights convertible into Shares, or similar instruments convertible or exchangeable into Shares, issued for the purpose of compensation or incentive of the Beneficiaries or in relation thereto (which the board of directors shall be authorized to issue upon such terms and conditions as it deems fit).
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Amendment of the Company’s articles of association requires the approval of shareholders at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting with a two-thirds majority vote of the Shares present or represented at the meeting.
The following table sets forth the name of the Company’s current directors, their respective positions on the board, their principal occupation, their years of service as board members and their age.
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Name
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Position
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Principal Occupation
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Years as
Director
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Age at
December 31, 2014
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Roberto Bonatti(1)
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Director
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President of San Faustin
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12
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65
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Carlos Condorelli
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Director
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Director of Tenaris and Ternium
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8
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63
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Carlos Franck
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Director
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President of Santa María
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12
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64
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Roberto Monti
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Director
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Member of the board of directors of Petrobras Energia
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10
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75
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Gianfelice Mario Rocca(1)
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Director
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Chairman of the board of directors of San Faustin
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12
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66
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Paolo Rocca(1)
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Director
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Chairman and chief executive officer of Tenaris
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13
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62
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Jaime Serra Puche
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Director
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Chairman of SAI Consultores
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12
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63
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Alberto Valsecchi
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Director
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Director of Tenaris
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7
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70
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Amadeo Vázquez y Vázquez
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Director
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Director of Tenaris
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12
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72
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Guillermo Vogel
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Director
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Vice chairman of Tamsa
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12
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64
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(1)
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Paolo Rocca and Gianfelice Rocca are brothers, and Roberto Bonatti is Paolo and Gianfelice Rocca’s first cousin.
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Roberto Bonatti. Mr. Bonatti is a member of the Company’s board of directors. He is a grandson of Agostino Rocca, founder of the Techint group, a group of companies controlled by San Faustin. Throughout his career in the Techint group he has been involved specifically in the engineering and construction and corporate sectors. He was first employed by the Techint group in 1976, as deputy resident engineer in Venezuela. In 1984, he became a director of San Faustin, and since 2001 he has served as its president. In addition, Mr. Bonatti currently serves as president of Sadma Uruguay S.A. He is also a member of the board of directors of Ternium. Mr. Bonatti is an Italian citizen.
Carlos Condorelli. Mr. Condorelli is a member of the Company’s board of directors. He served as our chief financial officer from October 2002 until September 2007. He is also a board member of Ternium. He began his career within the Techint group in 1975 as an analyst in the accounting and administration department of Siderar S.A.I.C., or Siderar. He has held several positions within Tenaris and other Techint group companies, including finance and administration director of Tamsa and president of the board of directors of Empresa Distribuidora La Plata S.A., or Edelap, an Argentine utilities company. Mr. Condorelli is an Argentine citizen.
Carlos Franck. Mr. Franck is a member of the Company’s board of directors. He is president of Santa María S.A.I.F. and Inverban S.A. and a member of the board of directors of Siderca, Techint Financial Corporation N.V., Techint Holdings S.à r.l. and Siderar. He has financial planning and control responsibilities in subsidiaries of San Faustin. He serves as treasurer of the board of the Di Tella University. Mr. Franck is an Argentine citizen.
Roberto Monti. Mr. Monti is a member of the Company’s board of directors. He is a member of the board of directors of Petrobras Energia. He has served as vice president of Exploration and Production of Repsol YPF and as chairman and chief executive officer of YPF. He was also the president of Dowell, a subsidiary of Schlumberger and the president of Schlumberger Wire & Testing division for East Hemisphere Latin America. Mr. Monti is an Argentine citizen.
Gianfelice Mario Rocca. Mr. Rocca is a member of the Company’s board of directors. He is a grandson of Agostino Rocca. He is the chairman of the board of directors of San Faustin, a member of the board of directors of Ternium, the president of the Humanitas Group and the president of Tenova S.p.A. In addition, he sits on the board of directors or executive committees of several companies, including Allianz S.p.A., Brembo and Buzzi Unicem. He is president of Assolombarda, the largest territorial association of entrepreneurs in Italy and part of Confindustria (Italian employers’ organization). In addition, he is member of the EIT Governing Board (European Institute of Innovation and Technology). He is board member of Bocconi University. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Politecnico di Milano, the Allianz Group, the Aspen Institute Executive Committee, the Trilateral Commission, and the European Advisory Board of Harvard Business School. Mr. Rocca is an Italian citizen.
Paolo Rocca. Mr. Rocca is the chairman of the Company’s board of directors and our chief executive officer. He is a grandson of Agostino Rocca. He is also chairman of the board of directors of Tamsa. He is also the chairman of the board of directors of Ternium, a director and vice president of San Faustin, and a director of Techint Financial Corporation N.V. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the World Steel Association. Mr. Rocca is an Italian citizen.
Jaime Serra Puche. Mr. Serra Puche is a member of the Company’s board of directors. He is the chairman of SAI Consultores, a Mexican consulting firm, and a member of the board of directors of the Mexico Fund, Grupo Vitro, Grupo Modelo and Alpek. Mr. Serra Puche served as Mexico’s Undersecretary of Revenue, Secretary of Trade and Industry, and Secretary of Finance. He led the negotiation and implementation of NAFTA. Mr. Serra Puche is a Mexican citizen.
Alberto Valsecchi. Mr. Valsecchi is a member of the Company’s board of directors. He served as our chief operating officer from February 2004 until July 2007. He joined the Techint group in 1968 and has held various positions within Tenaris and other Techint group companies. He has retired from his executive positions. He is also a member of the board of directors of San Faustin and chairman of the board of directors of Dalmine, a position he assumed in May 2008. Mr. Valsecchi is an Italian citizen.
Amadeo Vázquez y Vázquez. Mr. Vázquez y Vázquez is a member of the Company’s board of directors. He is a member of the Asociación Empresaria Argentina, of the Fundación Mediterránea, and of the Advisory Board of the Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas. He served as chief executive officer of Banco Río de la Plata S.A. until August 1997 and was also the chairman of the board of directors of Telecom Argentina S.A. until April 2007. Mr. Vázquez y Vázquez is a Spanish and Argentine citizen.
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Guillermo Vogel. Mr. Vogel is vicepresident of finance of the Company’s board of directors. He is the vice chairman of Tamsa, the chairman of Grupo Collado, Exportaciones IM Promoción and Canacero, a member of the board of directors of each of Alfa, the American Iron and Steel Institute, the Universidad Panamericana – IPADE, SANLUIS Corporación, Estilo y Vanidad, Innovare, Novopharm, Corporación Mexicana de Inversiones de Capital and the European Network Business Solutions. In addition, he is a member of The Trilateral Commission and member of the International Board of The Manhattan School of Music. Mr. Vogel is a Mexican citizen.
Messrs. Monti, Serra Puche and Vázquez y Vázquez qualify as independent directors under the Company’s articles of association.
Director Liability
Each director must act in the interest of the Company, and in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and the Company’s articles of association. Directors are also bound by a general duty of care owed to the Company.
Under Luxembourg law, a director may be liable to the Company for any damage caused by management errors, such as wrongful acts committed during the execution of his or her mandate, and to the Company, its shareholders and third parties in the event that the Company, its shareholders or third parties suffer a loss due to an infringement of either the Luxembourg law on commercial companies or the Company’s articles of association.
Under Luxembourg law, any director having a conflict of interest in respect of a transaction submitted for approval to the board of directors may not take part in the deliberations concerning such transaction and must inform the board of such conflict and cause a record of his statement to be included in the minutes of the meeting. Subject to certain exceptions, transactions in which any directors may have had an interest conflicting with that of the Company must be reported at the next general shareholders’ meeting following any such transaction.
A director will not be liable for acts committed pursuant to a board resolution if, notwithstanding his or her presence at the board meeting at which such resolution was adopted, such director advised the board of directors that he or she opposed the resolution and caused a record of such opposition to be included in the minutes of the meeting.
Causes of action against directors for damages may be initiated by the Company upon a resolution of the general shareholders’ meeting passed by a simple majority vote, irrespective of the number of shares represented at the meeting. Causes of action against directors who misappropriate corporate assets or commit a breach of trust may be brought by any shareholder for personal losses different from those of the Company.
It is customary in Luxembourg that the shareholders expressly discharge the members of the board of directors from any liability arising out of or in connection with the exercise of their mandate when approving the annual accounts of the Company at the annual general shareholders meeting. However, such discharge will not release the directors from liability for any damage caused by wrongful acts committed during the execution of their mandate or due to an infringement of either the Luxembourg law on commercial companies or the Company’s articles of association vis-à-vis third parties.
Audit Committee
Pursuant to the Company’s articles of association, as supplemented by the audit committee’s charter, for as long as the Company’s shares are listed on at least one stock exchange, the Company must have an audit committee composed of three members, all of which must qualify as independent directors under the Company’s articles of association.
Under the Company’s articles of association, an independent director is a director who:
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is not and has not been employed by us or our subsidiaries in an executive capacity for the preceding five years;
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is not a person that controls us, directly or indirectly, and is not a member of the board of directors of a company controlling us, directly or indirectly;
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does not have (and is not affiliated with a company or a firm that has) a significant business relationship with us, our subsidiaries or our controlling shareholder;
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is not and has not been affiliated with or employed by a present or former auditor of us, our subsidiaries or our controlling shareholder for the preceding five years; and
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is not a spouse, parent, sibling or relative up to the third degree of any of the above persons.
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The Company’s board of directors has an audit committee consisting of three members. On May 7, 2014, the Company’s board of directors reappointed Jaime Serra Puche, Amadeo Vázquez y Vázquez and Roberto Monti as members of our audit committee. All three members of the audit committee qualify as independent directors under the Company’s articles of association.
Under the Company’s articles of association, the audit committee is required to report to the board of directors on its activities from time to time, and on the adequacy of the systems of internal control over financial reporting once a year at the time the annual accounts are approved. In addition, the charter of the audit committee sets forth, among other things, the audit committee’s purpose and responsibilities. The audit committee assists the board of directors in its oversight responsibilities with respect to our financial statements, and the independence, performance and fees of our independent auditors. The audit committee also performs other duties entrusted to it by the Company’s board of directors.
In addition, the audit committee is required by the Company’s articles of association to review “material transactions”, as such term is defined under the Company’s articles of association, to be entered into by the Company or its subsidiaries with “related parties”, as such term is defined in the Company’s articles of association, in order to determine whether their terms are consistent with market conditions or are otherwise fair to the Company and/or its subsidiaries. In the case of material transactions entered into by the Company’s subsidiaries with related parties, the Company’s audit committee will review those transactions entered into by those subsidiaries whose boards of directors do not have independent members.
Under the Company’s articles of association, as supplemented by the audit committee’s charter, a material transaction is:
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any transaction between the Company or its subsidiaries with related parties (x) with an individual value equal to or greater than $10 million, or (y) with an individual value lower than $10 million, when the aggregate sum – as reflected in the financial statements of the four fiscal quarters of the Company preceding the date of determination- of any series of transactions for such lower value that can be deemed to be parts of a unique or single transaction (but excluding any transactions that were reviewed and approved by Company’s audit committee or board of directors, as applicable, or the independent members of the board of directors of any of its subsidiaries) exceeds 1.5% of the Company’s consolidated net sales made in the fiscal year preceding the year on which the determination is made;
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any corporate reorganization transaction (including a merger, spin-off or bulk transfer of a business) affecting the Company for the benefit of, or involving, a related party; and
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any corporate reorganization transaction (including a merger, spin-off or bulk transfer of a business) not reviewed and approved by the independent members of the board of directors of any of the Company’s direct or indirect subsidiaries, affecting any of the Company’s direct or indirect subsidiaries for the benefit of, or involving, a related party.
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The audit committee has the power (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws) to request that the Company or relevant subsidiary provide any information necessary for it to review any material transaction. A related party transaction shall not be entered into without prior review by the Company’s audit committee and approval by the board of directors unless (i) the circumstances underlying the proposed transaction justify that it be entered into before it can be reviewed by the Company’s audit committee or approved by the board of directors and (ii) the related party agrees to unwind the transaction if the Company’s audit committee or board of directors does not approve it.
The audit committee has the authority to engage independent counsel and other advisors to review specific issues as the committee may deem necessary to carry out its duties and to conduct any investigation appropriate to fulfill its responsibilities, and has direct access to the Company’s internal and external auditors as well as to the Company’s management and employees and, subject to applicable laws, its subsidiaries.
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Senior Management
Our current senior management as of the date of this annual report consists of:
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Name
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Position
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Age at
December 31, 2014
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Paolo Rocca
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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62
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Edgardo Carlos
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Chief Financial Officer
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48
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Gabriel Casanova
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Supply Chain Director
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56
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Alejandro Lammertyn
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Planning Director
|
49
|
|
Carlos Pappier
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Chief Process and Information Officer
|
53
|
|
Marco Radnic
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Human Resources Director
|
65
|
|
Marcelo Ramos
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Technology Director
|
51
|
|
Vincenzo Crapanzano
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Industrial Director
|
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|
|
Germán Curá
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North American Area Manager
|
52
|
|
Sergio de la Maza
|
Central American Area Manager
|
58
|
|
Renato Catallini
|
Brazilian Area Manager
|
48
|
|
Javier Martínez Alvarez
|
Southern Cone Area Manager
|
48
|
|
Gabriel Podskubka
|
Eastern Hemisphere Area Manager
|
41
|
|
Luca Zanotti(*)
|
European Area Manager
|
47
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(*)Effective as of April 1, 2015, Sergio Tosato will replace Luca Zanotti as European Area Manager. Luca Zanotti will take the new position of USA Area Manager, reporting to German Curá.
Paolo Rocca. Mr. Rocca is the chairman of the Company’s board of directors and our chief executive officer. He is a grandson of Agostino Rocca. He is also chairman of the board of directors of Tamsa. He is also the chairman of the board of directors of Ternium, a director and vice president of San Faustin, and a director of Techint Financial Corporation N.V. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the World Steel Association. Mr. Rocca is an Italian citizen.
Edgardo Carlos. Mr. Carlos currently serves as our chief financial officer, a position that he assumed on July 1, 2013. He joined the Techint Group in 1987 in the accounting department of Siderar. After serving as financial manager for Sidor, in Venezuela, in 2001 he joined Tenaris as our financial director. In 2005 he was appointed administration and financial manager for North America and in 2007 he became administration and financial director for Central America. In 2009 he was appointed economic and financial planning director, until he assumed his current position. Mr. Carlos is an Argentine citizen.
Gabriel Casanova. Mr. Casanova currently serves as our supply chain director, with responsibility for the execution of all contractual deliveries to customers. After graduating as a marine and mechanical engineer, he joined Siderca’s export department in 1987. In 1995 he became Siderca’s Chief Representative in China and from 1997 to 2009 he held several positions in the commercial area in Dalmine. In 2009 he became the head of our supply chain network and in October 2012 he assumed his current position. Mr. Casanova is an Argentine citizen.
Alejandro Lammertyn. Mr. Lammertyn currently serves as our planning director, a position he assumed in April 2013. Mr. Lammertyn began his career with Tenaris in 1990. Previously he served as assistant to the CEO for marketing, organization and mill allocation, supply chain director, commercial director and Eastern Hemisphere area manager. Mr. Lammertyn is an Argentine citizen.
Carlos Pappier. Mr. Pappier currently serves as our chief process and information officer. Previously, he served as planning director. He began his career within the Techint group in 1984 as a cost analyst in Siderar. After holding several positions within Tenaris and other Techint group companies in 2002, he became chief of staff of Tenaris. He assumed his current position in May 2010. Mr. Pappier is an Argentine citizen.
Marco Radnic. Mr. Radnic currently serves as our human resources director. He began his career within the Techint group in the Industrial Engineering Department of Siderar in 1975. Later he held various positions in the technical departments of Siderca and other companies within the Techint group. After holding several positions in the marketing and procurement areas in Europe, in 1996 he became commercial director of Dalmine. In 1998, he became the director of our Process and Power Services business unit. In 2001, he was appointed chief of staff for Paolo Rocca in Buenos Aires. He assumed his current position in December 2002. Mr. Radnic is an Argentine citizen.
Marcelo Ramos. Mr. Ramos currently serves as our technology director, with responsibility over technology and quality. Previously he served as quality director and managing director of NKKTubes and our Japanese operations. He joined the Techint group in 1987 and has held various positions within Tenaris including quality control director at Siderca. He assumed his current position in April 2010, when the quality and technology departments were combined. Mr. Ramos is an Argentine citizen.
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Vincenzo Crapanzano. Mr. Crapanzano currently serves as our industrial director, a position he assumed in April 2011. Previously he served as our European area manager, Mexican area manager and executive vice president of Tamsa. Prior to joining Tenaris, he held various positions at Grupo Falck from 1979 to 1989. When Dalmine acquired the tubular assets of Grupo Falck in 1990, he was appointed managing director of the cold drawn tubes division. Mr. Crapanzano is an Italian citizen.
Germán Curá. Mr. Curá currently serves as our North American area manager. He is a marine engineer and was first employed with Siderca in 1988. Previously, he served as Siderca’s exports director, Tamsa’s exports director and commercial director, sales and marketing manager of our Middle East office, president of Algoma Tubes, president and chief executive officer of Maverick Tubulars and president and chief executive officer of Hydril, director of our Oilfield Services business unit and Tenaris commercial director. He was also a member of the board of directors of API. He assumed his current position in October 2006. Mr. Curá is a U.S. citizen.
Sergio de la Maza. Mr. de la Maza currently serves as our Central American area manager and also serves as a director and executive vice-president of Tamsa. Previously he served as our Mexican area manager. He first joined Tamsa in 1980. From 1983 to 1988, Mr. de la Maza worked in several positions in Tamsa and Dalmine. He then became manager of Tamsa’s new pipe factory and later served as manufacturing manager and quality director of Tamsa. Subsequently, he was named manufacturing director of Siderca. He assumed his current position in 2006. Mr. de la Maza is a Mexican citizen.
Renato Catallini. Mr. Catallini currently serves as our Brazilian area manager, a position that he assumed in October 2012, after having served as our supply chain director since August 2007. He joined Tenaris in 2001 in the supply management area, as a general manager of Exiros Argentina. In July 2002, he was appointed operations director and subsequently, in January 2005, became managing director of Exiros. Before joining Tenaris, he worked for ten years in the energy sector, working for TGN, Nova Gas Internacional, TransCanada Pipelines and TotalFinaElf, among others. Mr. Catallini is an Argentine and Italian citizen.
Javier Martínez Alvarez. Mr. Martínez Alvarez currently serves as our Southern Cone area manager, a position he assumed in June 2010, having previously served as our Andean area manager. He began his career in the Techint group in 1990, holding several positions including planning manager of Siderar and commercial director of Ternium-Sidor. In 2006, he joined Tenaris as our Venezuela area manager. Mr Martínez Alvarez is an Argentine citizen.
Gabriel Podskubka. Mr. Podskubka currently serves as our Eastern Hemisphere area manager, based in Dubai. He assumed his current position in April 2013 after serving as the head of our operations in Eastern Europe for 4 years. After graduating as an industrial engineer Mr. Podskubka joined the Techint group in 1995 in the marketing department of Siderca. He held various positions in the marketing, commercial, and industrial areas until he was appointed as oil & gas sales director in the United States in 2006. Mr. Podskubka is an Argentine citizen.
Luca Zanotti. Mr. Zanotti currently serves as our European area manager, a position he assumed in April 2011. He joined Tenaris in 2002 as planning and administration director in Exiros, the supply management area. He was later appointed raw materials director and in July 2007 became managing director of Exiros, a position he held until June 2010. In July 2010 he became the senior assistant to the European area manager. Before joining Tenaris, he was a senior manager at A.T. Kearney in Milan, where he worked from 1998 to 2002, and prior to that he held various business development positions in the Far East for Lovato Electric. Mr. Zanotti is an Italian citizen.
Sergio Tosato. Effective as of April 1, 2015, Sergio Tosato will replace Luca Zanotti as European Area Manager. Mr. Tosato first joined Dalmine in 1974 in the personnel organization area, and has held many positions within Tenaris, including industrial coordination director, director of operations in Siderca and manufacturing director in Dalmine. Since 2013, he has been the director for industrial expansion, with responsibility over the greenfield seamless mill project in Bay City, Texas. Mr. Tosato is an Italian citizen.
Directors’ and senior management compensation
The compensation of the members of the Company’s board of directors is determined at the annual ordinary general shareholders’ meeting. Each member of the board of directors received as compensation for their services for the year 2014 a fee of $85,000. The chairman of the audit committee received as additional compensation a fee of $65,000 while the other members of the audit committee received an additional fee of $55,000. Under the Company’s articles of association, the members of the audit committee are not eligible to participate in any incentive compensation plan for employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the cash compensation of directors and senior managers amounted to $25.6 million, $27.1 million and $24.1 million respectively. In addition, directors and senior managers received 567, 534 and 542 thousand units for a total amount of $6.2 million, $5.6 million and $5.2 million, respectively, in connection with the Employee retention and long term incentive program described in note O (2) “Employee benefits –Other long term benefits” to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
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There are no service contracts between any director and Tenaris that provide for material benefits upon termination of employment.
Auditors
The Company’s articles of association require the appointment of an independent audit firm in accordance with applicable law. The primary responsibility of the auditor is to audit the Company’s annual accounts and to submit a report on the accounts to shareholders at the annual shareholders’ meeting. In accordance with applicable law, auditors are chosen from among the members of the Luxembourg Institute of Independent Auditors (Institut des réviseurs d’entreprises). Auditors are appointed by the general shareholders’ meeting upon recommendation from our audit committee through a resolution passed by a simple majority vote, irrespective of the number of Shares represented at the meeting, to serve one-year renewable terms. Auditors may be dismissed by the general shareholders meeting at any time, with or without cause. Luxembourg law does not allow directors to serve concurrently as independent auditors. As part of their duties, the auditors report directly to the audit committee.
The Company’s audit committee is responsible for, among other things, the oversight of the Company’s independent auditors. The audit committee has adopted in its charter a policy of pre-approval of audit and permissible non-audit services provided by its independent auditors. Under the policy, the audit committee makes its recommendations to the shareholders’ meeting concerning the continuing appointment or termination of the Company’s independent auditors. On a yearly basis, the audit committee reviews together with management and the independent auditor, the audit plan, audit related services and other non-audit services and approves, ad-referendum of the general shareholders’ meeting, the related fees. The general shareholders’ meeting normally approves such audit fees and authorizes the audit committee to approve any increase or reallocation of such audit fees as may be necessary, appropriate or desirable under the circumstances. The audit committee delegates to its Chairman the authority to consider and approve, on behalf of the audit committee, additional non-audit services that were not recognized at the time of engagement, which must be reported to the other members of the audit committee at its next meeting. No services outside the scope of the audit committee’s approval can be undertaken by the independent auditor.
Our independent auditor for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, appointed by the shareholders’ meeting held on May 7, 2014, was PricewaterhouseCoopers Société Coopérative., Cabinet de révision agréé, in connection with all of our annual accounts and financial statements.
Fees Paid to the Company’s Independent Auditor
In 2014, PwC served as the principal external auditor for the Company. Fees payable to PwC in 2014 are detailed below.
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For the year ended December 31,
|
||||
|
Thousands of U.S. dollars
|
2014
|
|||
|
Audit Fees
|
5,231 | |||
|
Audit-Related Fees
|
142 | |||
|
Tax Fees
|
89 | |||
|
All Other Fees
|
35 | |||
|
Total
|
5,497 | |||
Audit Fees
Audit fees were paid for professional services rendered by the auditors for the audit of the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting of the Company, the statutory financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, and any other audit services required for the SEC or other regulatory filings.
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Audit-Related Fees
Audit-related fees are typically services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the consolidated financial statements of the Company and the statutory financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and are not reported under the audit fee item above. This item includes fees for attestation services on financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries included in their annual reports that are filed with their respective regulators.
Tax Fees
Fees paid for tax compliance professional services.
All Other Fees
Fees paid for the support in the development of training courses.
Share Ownership
To our knowledge, the total number of Shares (in the form of ordinary shares or ADSs) beneficially owned by our directors and senior management as of February 28, 2015, was 1,401,103, which represents 0.12% of our outstanding Shares.
The following table provides information regarding share ownership by our directors and senior management:
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Director or Officer
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Number of Shares Held
|
|||
|
Guillermo Vogel
|
1,325,446 | |||
|
Carlos Condorelli
|
67,211 | |||
|
Edgardo Carlos
|
4,000 | |||
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Gabriel Podskubka
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3,946 | |||
|
Carlos Pappier
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500 | |||
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Total
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1,401,103 | |||
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Major Shareholders
The following table shows the beneficial ownership of the Shares by (1) the Company’s major shareholders (persons or entities that have notified the Company of holdings in excess of 5% of the Company’s share capital), (2) non-affiliated public shareholders, and (3) the Company’s directors and senior management as a group. The information below is based on the most recent information provided to the Company.
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Identity of Person or Group
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Number
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Percent
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||||||
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San Faustin (1)
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713,605,187 | 60.45 | % | |||||
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Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (2)
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123,207,852 | 10.44 | % | |||||
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Directors and senior management as a group
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1,401,103 | 0.12 | % | |||||
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Public
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342,322,688 | 29.00 | % | |||||
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Total
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1,180,536,830 | 100.00 | % | |||||
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__________
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(1)
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San Faustin owns all of its shares in the Company through its wholly-owned subsidiary Techint Holdings S.à r.l. The Dutch private foundation (Stichting) Rocca & Partners Stichting Administratiekantoor Aandelen San Faustin ("RP STAK") holds shares in San Faustin sufficient in number to control San Faustin. No person or group of persons controls RP STAK.
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|
(2)
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On January 5, 2015, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC filed a Schedule 13(G) with the SEC informing that, as of December 31, 2014, it is deemed to be the beneficial owner of 61,603,926 ADSs of Tenaris, (representing 123,207,852 Shares par value US$ 1.00 per Share), representing 10.44% of Tenaris’s issued and outstanding capital share. Aberdeen Asset Management PLC informed Tenaris that, as of December 31, 2014, it held 8.17% of Tenaris's votes.
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The voting rights of the Company’s major shareholders do not differ from the voting rights of other shareholders. None of its outstanding shares have any special control rights. There are no restrictions on voting rights, nor are there, to the Company’s knowledge, any agreements among shareholders of the Company that might result in restrictions on the transfer of securities or the exercise of voting rights.
The Company does not know of any significant agreements or other arrangements to which the Company is a party and which take effect, alter or terminate in the event of a change of control of the Company. The Company does not know of any arrangements, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of the Company.
Information required under the Luxembourg Law on takeovers of May 19, 2006
The Company has an authorized share capital of a single class of 2,500,000,000 shares with a par value of $ 1.00 per share. Our authorized share capital is fixed by the Company’s articles of association as amended from time to time with the approval of our shareholders in an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting. There were 1,180,536,830 shares issued as of December 31, 2014. All issued shares are fully paid.
The Company’s articles of association authorize the board of directors until May 12, 2017, to increase the issued share capital in whole or in part from time to time, through issues of shares within the limits of the authorized share capital against compensation in cash, compensation in kind at a price or if shares are issued by way of incorporation of reserves, at an amount, which shall not be less than the par value and may include such issue premium as the board of directors shall decide. However, under the Company’s articles of association, the Company’s existing shareholders shall have a preferential right to subscribe for any new Shares issued pursuant to the authorization granted to its board of directors, except in the following cases (in which cases no preferential subscription rights shall apply):
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•
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any issuance of Shares (including, without limitation, the direct issuance of Shares or upon the exercise of options, rights convertible into shares, or similar instruments convertible or exchangeable into Shares) against a contribution other than in cash;
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•
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any issuance of Shares (including by way of free Shares or at discount), up to an amount of 1.5% of the issued share capital of the Company, to directors, officers, agents or employees of the Company, its direct or indirect subsidiaries, or its affiliates (collectively, the “Beneficiaries”), including, without limitation, the direct issuance of Shares or upon the exercise of options, rights convertible into Shares, or similar instruments convertible or exchangeable into Shares, issued for the purpose of compensation or incentive of the Beneficiaries or in relation thereto (which the board of directors shall be authorized to issue upon such terms and conditions as it deems fit).
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The Company’s articles of association do not contain any redemption or sinking fund provisions, nor do they impose any restrictions on the transfer of the Company’s shares.
Amendment of the Company’s articles of association requires the approval of shareholders at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting with a two-thirds majority vote of the Shares represented at the meeting.
The Company is controlled by San Faustin, which owns 60.45% of the Company’s outstanding shares, through its wholly owned subsidiary Techint Holdings S.à r.l. The Dutch private foundation (Stichting) RP STAK holds shares in San Faustin sufficient in number to control San Faustin. No person or group of persons controls RP STAK.
Our directors and senior management as a group own 0.12% of the Company’s outstanding shares, while the remaining 39.44% are publicly traded. The Company’s shares trade on the Italian Stock Exchange, the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange and the Mexican Stock Exchange; in addition, the Company’s ADSs trade on the New York Stock Exchange. See “Corporate Governance – Major Shareholders”.
None of the Company’s outstanding securities has any special control rights. There are no restrictions on voting rights, nor are there, to our knowledge, any agreements among our shareholders that might result in restrictions on the transfer of securities or the exercise of voting rights.
There are no significant agreements to which the Company is a party and which take effect, alter or terminate in the event of a change in the control of the Company following a takeover bid, thereby materially and adversely affecting the Company, nor are there any agreements between us and members of our board of directors or employees that provide for compensation if they resign or are made redundant without reason, or if their employment ceases pursuant to a takeover bid.
Management is vested in a board of directors. Directors are elected at the annual ordinary shareholders’ meeting to serve one-year renewable terms. See “Corporate Governance – Board of Directors”.
Internal control over financial reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Tenaris’s internal control over financial reporting was designed by management to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation and fair presentation of its consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS.
In addition, under the Company’s articles of association, the audit committee is required to report to the board of directors on its activities from time to time, and on the adequacy of the systems of internal control over financial reporting once a year at the time the annual accounts are approved.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements or omissions. In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
On a yearly basis, management conducts its assessment of the effectiveness of Tenaris’s internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control- Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
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Management Certification
We confirm, to the best of our knowledge, that:
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1.
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the consolidated financial statements prepared in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards, included in this annual report, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of Tenaris S.A. and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
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2.
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the annual accounts prepared in accordance with Luxembourg legal and regulatory requirements, included in this annual report, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of Tenaris S.A.; and
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3.
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the consolidated management report, which has been combined with the management report for Tenaris S.A., included in this annual report, gives a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of Tenaris S.A., or Tenaris S.A. and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as applicable, together with a description of the principal risks and uncertainties they face.
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/s/ Paolo Rocca
Chief Executive Officer
Paolo Rocca
March 30, 2015
/s/ Edgardo Carlos
Chief Financial Officer
Edgardo Carlos
March 30, 2015
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Financial Information
Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012
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Audit report
To the Shareholders of
Tenaris S.A.
Report on the consolidated financial statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Tenaris S.A. and its subsidiaries, which comprise the consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 December 2014, and the consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Board of Directors’ responsibility for the consolidated financial statements
The Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and as adopted by the European Union, and for such internal control as the Board of Directors determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Responsibility of the “Réviseur d’entreprises agréé”
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing as adopted for Luxembourg by the “Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier”. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the judgment of the “Réviseur d’entreprises agréé” including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the “Réviseur d’entreprises agréé” considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the Board of Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérative, 2, rue Gerhard Mercator, B.P. 1443, L-1014 Luxembourg
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Opinion
In our opinion, these consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position of Tenaris S.A. and its subsidiaries as of 31 December 2014, and of its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and as adopted by the European Union.
Report on other legal and regulatory requirements
The management report, which is the responsibility of the Board of Directors, is consistent with the consolidated financial statements and includes the information required by the law with respect to Corporate Governance Statements.
| PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérative | Luxembourg, 31 March 2015 |
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/s/ Mervyn R. Martins
Mervyn R. Martins
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Tenaris S.A. Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
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(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)
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Year ended December 31,
|
|||
|
Notes
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
|
Continuing operations
|
||||
|
Net sales
|
1
|
10,337,962
|
10,596,781
|
10,834,030
|
|
Cost of sales
|
2
|
(6,287,460)
|
(6,456,786)
|
(6,637,293)
|
|
Gross profit
|
4,050,502
|
4,139,995
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4,196,737
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
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3
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(1,963,952)
|
(1,941,213)
|
(1,883,789)
|
|
Other operating income
|
5
|
27,855
|
14,305
|
71,380
|
|
Other operating expenses
|
5
|
(215,589)
|
(28,257)
|
(27,721)
|
|
Operating income
|
1,898,816
|
2,184,830
|
2,356,607
|
|
|
Finance Income
|
6
|
38,211
|
34,767
|
36,932
|
|
Finance Cost
|
6
|
(44,388)
|
(70,450)
|
(55,507)
|
|
Other financial results
|
6
|
39,214
|
7,004
|
(31,529)
|
|
Income before equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies and income tax
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1,931,853
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2,156,151
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2,306,503
|
|
|
Equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated companies
|
7
|
20,141
|
46,098
|
(63,206)
|
|
Income before income tax
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1,951,994
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2,202,249
|
2,243,297
|
|
|
Income tax
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8
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(586,061)
|
(627,877)
|
(541,558)
|
|
Income for the year
|
1,365,933
|
1,574,372
|
1,701,739
|
|
|
Attributable to:
|
||||
|
Owners of the parent
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1,343,274
|
1,551,394
|
1,699,375
|
|
|
Non-controlling interests
|
22,659
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22,978
|
2,364
|
|
|
1,365,933
|
1,574,372
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1,701,739
|
||
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Earnings per share attributable to the owners of the parent during the period:
|
||||
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares (thousands)
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1,180,537
|
1,180,537
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1,180,537
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|
|
Continuing operations
|
||||
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Basic and diluted earnings per share (U.S. dollars per share)
|
1.14
|
1.31
|
1.44
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|
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Basic and diluted earnings per ADS (U.S. dollars per ADS) (*)
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2.28
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2.63
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2.88
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(*) Each ADS equals two shares.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
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(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
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2014
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2013
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2012
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|
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Income for the year
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1,365,933
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1,574,372
|
1,701,739
|
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Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss:
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|||
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Remeasurements of post employment benefit obligations
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1,850
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18,314
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(13,443)
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Income tax on items that will not be reclassified
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(513)
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(4,865)
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3,715
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1,337
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13,449
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(9,728)
|
|
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Items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss:
|
|||
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Currency translation adjustment
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(197,711)
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(1,941)
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(4,547)
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Change in value of available for sale financial instruments and cash flow hedges
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(10,483)
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2,941
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5,631
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Share of other comprehensive income of non-consolidated companies:
|
|||
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- Currency translation adjustment
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(74,412)
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(87,666)
|
(108,480)
|
|
- Changes in the fair value of derivatives held as cash flow hedges and others
|
(3,857)
|
2,682
|
951
|
|
Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income (*)
|
400
|
478
|
(618)
|
|
(286,063)
|
(83,506)
|
(107,063)
|
|
|
Other comprehensive loss for the year, net of tax
|
(284,726)
|
(70,057)
|
(116,791)
|
|
Total comprehensive income for the year
|
1,081,207
|
1,504,315
|
1,584,948
|
|
Attributable to:
|
|||
|
Owners of the parent
|
1,059,962
|
1,480,572
|
1,588,447
|
|
Non-controlling interests
|
21,245
|
23,743
|
(3,499)
|
|
1,081,207
|
1,504,315
|
1,584,948
|
|
(*) Relates to cash flow hedges
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
At December 31, 2014
|
At December 31, 2013
|
||||
|
Notes
|
||||||
|
ASSETS
|
||||||
|
Non-current assets
|
||||||
|
Property, plant and equipment, net
|
10
|
5,159,557
|
4,673,767
|
|||
|
Intangible assets, net
|
11
|
2,757,630
|
3,067,236
|
|||
|
Investments in non-consolidated companies
|
12
|
808,663
|
912,758
|
|||
|
Available for sale assets
|
30
|
21,572
|
21,572
|
|||
|
Other investments
|
1,539
|
2,498
|
||||
|
Deferred tax assets
|
20
|
268,252
|
197,159
|
|||
|
Receivables
|
13
|
262,176
|
9,279,389
|
152,080
|
9,027,070
|
|
|
Current assets
|
||||||
|
Inventories
|
14
|
2,779,869
|
2,702,647
|
|||
|
Receivables and prepayments
|
15
|
267,631
|
220,224
|
|||
|
Current tax assets
|
16
|
129,404
|
156,191
|
|||
|
Trade receivables
|
17
|
1,963,394
|
1,982,979
|
|||
|
Other investments
|
18
|
1,838,379
|
1,227,330
|
|||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
18
|
417,645
|
7,396,322
|
614,529
|
6,903,900
|
|
|
Total assets
|
16,675,711
|
15,930,970
|
||||
|
EQUITY
|
||||||
|
Capital and reserves attributable to owners of the parent
|
12,819,147
|
12,290,420
|
||||
|
Non-controlling interests
|
152,200
|
179,446
|
||||
|
Total equity
|
12,971,347
|
12,469,866
|
||||
|
LIABILITIES
|
||||||
|
Non-current liabilities
|
||||||
|
Borrowings
|
19
|
30,833
|
246,218
|
|||
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
20
|
714,123
|
751,105
|
|||
|
Other liabilities
|
21 (i)
|
285,865
|
277,257
|
|||
|
Provisions
|
22 (ii)
|
70,714
|
1,101,535
|
66,795
|
1,341,375
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
||||||
|
Borrowings
|
19
|
968,407
|
684,717
|
|||
|
Current tax liabilities
|
16
|
352,353
|
266,760
|
|||
|
Other liabilities
|
21 (ii)
|
296,277
|
250,997
|
|||
|
Provisions
|
23 (ii)
|
20,380
|
25,715
|
|||
|
Customer advances
|
133,609
|
56,911
|
||||
|
Trade payables
|
831,803
|
2,602,829
|
834,629
|
2,119,729
|
||
|
Total liabilities
|
3,704,364
|
3,461,104
|
||||
|
Total equity and liabilities
|
16,675,711
|
15,930,970
|
||||
Contingencies, commitments and restrictions to the distribution of profits are disclosed in Note 25.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
72
Tenaris S.A. Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
Attributable to owners of the parent
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Share Capital (1)
|
Legal Reserves
|
Share Premium
|
Currency Translation Adjustment
|
Other Reserves
|
Retained Earnings (2)
|
Total
|
Non-controlling interests
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance at December 31, 2013
|
1,180,537 | 118,054 | 609,733 | (406,744 | ) | (305,758 | ) | 11,094,598 | 12,290,420 | 179,446 | 12,469,866 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income for the year
|
- | - | - | - | - | 1,343,274 | 1,343,274 | 22,659 | 1,365,933 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Currency translation adjustment
|
- | - | - | (196,852 | ) | - | - | (196,852 | ) | (859 | ) | (197,711 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Remeasurements of post employment benefit obligations, net of taxes
|
- | - | - | - | 1,503 | - | 1,503 | (166 | ) | 1,337 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Change in value of available for sale financial instruments and cash flow hedges net of tax
|
- | - | - | - | (9,694 | ) | - | (9,694 | ) | (389 | ) | (10,083 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Share of other comprehensive income of non-consolidated companies
|
- | - | - | (74,412 | ) | (3,857 | ) | - | (78,269 | ) | - | (78,269 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other comprehensive (loss) income for the year
|
- | - | - | (271,264 | ) | (12,048 | ) | - | (283,312 | ) | (1,414 | ) | (284,726 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total comprehensive income for the year
|
- | - | - | (271,264 | ) | (12,048 | ) | 1,343,274 | 1,059,962 | 21,245 | 1,081,207 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Acquisition of non-controlling interests
|
- | - | - | - | 7 | - | 7 | (152 | ) | (145 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Dividends paid in cash
|
- | - | - | - | - | (531,242 | ) | (531,242 | ) | (48,339 | ) | (579,581 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance at December 31, 2014
|
1,180,537 | 118,054 | 609,733 | (678,008 | ) | (317,799 | ) | 11,906,630 | 12,819,147 | 152,200 | 12,971,347 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) The Company has an authorized share capital of a single class of 2.5 billion shares having a nominal value of $1.00 per share. As of December 31, 2014 there were 1,180,536,830 shares issued. All issued shares are fully paid.
(2) The Distributable Reserve and Retained Earnings calculated according to Luxembourg Law are disclosed in Note 25.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (Cont.)
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
Attributable to owners of the parent
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Share Capital (1)
|
Legal Reserves
|
Share Premium
|
Currency Translation Adjustment
|
Other Reserves
|
Retained Earnings
|
Total
|
Non-controlling interests
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance at December 31, 2012 (*)
|
1,180,537 | 118,054 | 609,733 | (316,831 | ) | (314,297 | ) | 10,050,835 | 11,328,031 | 171,561 | 11,499,592 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income for the year
|
- | - | - | - | - | 1,551,394 | 1,551,394 | 22,978 | 1,574,372 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Currency translation adjustment
|
- | - | - | (2,247 | ) | - | - | (2,247 | ) | 306 | (1,941 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Effect of adopting IAS 19R
|
- | - | - | - | 13,449 | - | 13,449 | - | 13,449 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Hedge reserve, net of tax
|
- | - | - | - | 2,960 | - | 2,960 | 459 | 3,419 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Share of other comprehensive income of non-consolidated companies
|
- | - | - | (87,666 | ) | 2,682 | - | (84,984 | ) | - | (84,984 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other comprehensive (loss) income for the year
|
- | - | - | (89,913 | ) | 19,091 | - | (70,822 | ) | 765 | (70,057 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total comprehensive income for the year
|
- | - | - | (89,913 | ) | 19,091 | 1,551,394 | 1,480,572 | 23,743 | 1,504,315 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Acquisition of non-controlling interests
|
- | - | - | - | (10,552 | ) | - | (10,552 | ) | 2,784 | (7,768 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Dividends paid in cash
|
- | - | - | - | - | (507,631 | ) | (507,631 | ) | (18,642 | ) | (526,273 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance at December 31, 2013
|
1,180,537 | 118,054 | 609,733 | (406,744 | ) | (305,758 | ) | 11,094,598 | 12,290,420 | 179,446 | 12,469,866 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Attributable to owners of the parent
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Share Capital (1)
|
Legal Reserves
|
Share Premium
|
Currency Translation Adjustment
|
Other Reserves
|
Retained Earnings
|
Total
|
Non-controlling interests
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance at December 31, 2011 (*)
|
1,180,537 | 118,054 | 609,733 | (210,772 | ) | (40,911 | ) | 8,800,064 | 10,456,705 | 666,031 | 11,122,736 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income for the year
|
- | - | - | - | - | 1,699,375 | 1,699,375 | 2,364 | 1,701,739 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Currency translation adjustment
|
- | - | - | 2,421 | - | - | 2,421 | (6,968 | ) | (4,547 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Effect of adopting IAS 19R
|
- | - | - | - | (9,664 | ) | - | (9,664 | ) | (64 | ) | (9,728 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Hedge reserve, net of tax
|
- | - | - | - | 3,925 | - | 3,925 | 1,088 | 5,013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Share of other comprehensive income of non-consolidated companies
|
- | - | - | (108,480 | ) | 870 | - | (107,610 | ) | 81 | (107,529 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Other comprehensive loss for the year
|
- | - | - | (106,059 | ) | (4,869 | ) | - | (110,928 | ) | (5,863 | ) | (116,791 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total comprehensive income for the year
|
- | - | - | (106,059 | ) | (4,869 | ) | 1,699,375 | 1,588,447 | (3,499 | ) | 1,584,948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Acquisition and increase of non-controlling interests
|
- | - | - | - | (268,517 | ) | - | (268,517 | ) | (490,066 | ) | (758,583 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Dividends paid in cash
|
- | - | - | - | - | (448,604 | ) | (448,604 | ) | (905 | ) | (449,509 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Balance at December 31, 2012
|
1,180,537 | 118,054 | 609,733 | (316,831 | ) | (314,297 | ) | 10,050,835 | 11,328,031 | 171,561 | 11,499,592 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) The Company has an authorized share capital of a single class of 2.5 billion shares having a nominal value of $1.00 per share. As of December 31, 2013 and 2012 there were 1,180,536,830 shares issued. All issued shares are fully paid.
(*) See section II.A. for changes in presentation due to the application of IAS19R.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|||
|
Notes
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities
|
||||
|
Income for the year
|
1,365,933
|
1,574,372
|
1,701,739
|
|
|
Adjustments for:
|
||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
10 & 11
|
615,629
|
610,054
|
567,654
|
|
Impairment charge
|
5
|
205,849
|
-
|
-
|
|
Income tax accruals less payments
|
27(ii)
|
79,062
|
125,416
|
(160,951)
|
|
Equity in (earnings) losses of non-consolidated companies
|
7
|
(20,141)
|
(46,098)
|
63,206
|
|
Interest accruals less payments, net
|
27(iii)
|
(37,192)
|
(29,723)
|
(25,305)
|
|
Changes in provisions
|
(4,982)
|
(1,800)
|
(12,437)
|
|
|
Changes in working capital
|
27(i)
|
(72,066)
|
188,780
|
(303,012)
|
|
Other, including currency translation adjustment
|
(88,025)
|
(43,649)
|
25,104
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
2,044,067
|
2,377,352
|
1,855,998
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities
|
||||
|
Capital expenditures
|
10 & 11
|
(1,089,373)
|
(753,498)
|
(789,731)
|
|
Advance to suppliers of property, plant and equipment
|
(63,390)
|
(22,234)
|
4,415
|
|
|
Investment in non-consolidated companies
|
12
|
(1,380)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Acquisition of subsidiaries and non-consolidated companies
|
26
|
(28,060)
|
-
|
(510,825)
|
|
Net loan to non-consolidated companies
|
(21,450)
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets
|
11,156
|
33,186
|
8,012
|
|
|
Increase due to sale of non-consolidated company
|
12
|
-
|
-
|
3,140
|
|
Dividends received from non-consolidated companies
|
12
|
17,735
|
16,334
|
18,708
|
|
Changes in investments in short terms securities
|
(611,049)
|
(582,921)
|
(213,633)
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(1,785,811)
|
(1,309,133)
|
(1,479,914)
|
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities
|
||||
|
Dividends paid
|
9
|
(531,242)
|
(507,631)
|
(448,604)
|
|
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
|
(48,339)
|
(18,642)
|
(905)
|
|
|
Acquisitions of non-controlling interests
|
12
|
(145)
|
(7,768)
|
(758,583)
|
|
Proceeds from borrowings (*)
|
3,046,837
|
2,460,409
|
2,054,090
|
|
|
Repayments of borrowings (*)
|
(2,890,717)
|
(3,143,241)
|
(1,271,537)
|
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
(423,606)
|
(1,216,873)
|
(425,539)
|
|
|
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
(165,350)
|
(148,654)
|
(49,455)
|
|
|
Movement in cash and cash equivalents
|
||||
|
At the beginning of the year
|
598,145
|
772,656
|
815,032
|
|
|
Effect of exchange rate changes
|
(16,350)
|
(25,857)
|
7,079
|
|
|
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
(165,350)
|
(148,654)
|
(49,455)
|
|
|
At December 31,
|
27(iv)
|
416,445
|
598,145
|
772,656
|
|
At December 31,
|
||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
|
Cash and bank deposits
|
18
|
417,645
|
614,529
|
828,458
|
|
Bank overdrafts
|
19
|
(1,200)
|
(16,384)
|
(55,802)
|
|
416,445
|
598,145
|
772,656
|
||
(*) Mainly related to the renewal of short-term local facilities carried out during the years 2014, 2013 and 2012.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
75
|
|
INDEX TO THE NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
|
I.
|
GENERAL INFORMATION
|
IV.
|
OTHER NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
|
1
|
Segment information
|
||
|
II.
|
ACCOUNTING POLICIES (“AP”)
|
2
|
Cost of sales
|
|
A
|
Basis of presentation
|
3
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
B
|
Group accounting
|
4
|
Labor costs (included in Cost of sales and in Selling, general and administrative expenses)
|
|
C
|
Segment information
|
5
|
Other operating income and expenses
|
|
D
|
Foreign currency translation
|
6
|
Financial results
|
|
E
|
Property, plant and equipment
|
7
|
Equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated companies
|
|
F
|
Intangible assets
|
8
|
Income tax
|
|
G
|
Impairment of non-financial assets
|
9
|
Dividends distribution
|
|
H
|
Other investments
|
10
|
Property, plant and equipment, net
|
|
I
|
Inventories
|
11
|
Intangible assets, net
|
|
J
|
Trade and other receivables
|
12
|
Investments in non-consolidated companies
|
|
K
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
13
|
Receivables - non current
|
|
L
|
Equity
|
14
|
Inventories
|
|
M
|
Borrowings
|
15
|
Receivables and prepayments
|
|
N
|
Current and Deferred income tax
|
16
|
Current tax assets and liabilities
|
|
O
|
Employee benefits
|
17
|
Trade receivables
|
|
P
|
Provisions
|
18
|
Other investments and Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
Q
|
Trade payables
|
19
|
Borrowings
|
|
R
|
Revenue recognition
|
20
|
Deferred income tax
|
|
S
|
Cost of sales and sales expenses
|
21
|
Other liabilities
|
|
T
|
Earnings per share
|
22
|
Non-current allowances and provisions
|
|
U
|
Financial instruments
|
23
|
Current allowances and provisions
|
|
24
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
||
|
25
|
Contingencies, commitments and restrictions on the distribution of profits
|
||
|
III.
|
FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
|
26
|
Business combinations
|
|
27
|
Cash flow disclosures
|
||
|
A
|
Financial Risk Factors
|
28
|
Related party transactions
|
|
B
|
Financial instruments by category
|
29
|
Principal subsidiaries
|
|
C
|
Fair value hierarchy
|
30
|
Nationalization of Venezuelan Subsidiaries
|
|
D
|
Fair value estimation
|
31
|
Fees paid to the Company's principal accountant
|
|
E
|
Accounting for derivative financial instruments and hedging activities
|
32
|
Subsequent event
|
76
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
Tenaris S.A. (the "Company") was established as a public limited liability company (Societé Anonyme) under the laws of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg on December 17, 2001. The Company holds, either directly or indirectly, controlling interests in various subsidiaries in the steel pipe manufacturing and distribution businesses. References in these Consolidated Financial Statements to “Tenaris” refer to Tenaris S.A. and its consolidated subsidiaries. A list of the principal Company’s subsidiaries is included in Note 29 to these Consolidated Financial Statements.
The Company’s shares trade on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the Italian Stock Exchange and the Mexican Stock Exchange; the Company’s American Depositary Securities (“ADS”) trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
These Consolidated Financial Statements were approved for issuance by the Company’s Board of Directors on February 18, 2015.
II. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these Consolidated Financial Statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
A Basis of presentation
The Consolidated Financial Statements of Tenaris have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and adopted by the European Union, under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of available for sale financial assets and financial assets and liabilities (including derivative instruments) at fair value through profit or loss. The Consolidated Financial Statements are, unless otherwise noted, presented in thousands of U.S. dollars (“$”).
Whenever necessary, certain comparative amounts have been reclassified to conform to changes in presentation in the current year.
As further described below, as from January 1, 2013, the Company adopted IAS 19 (amended 2011). The effect of these changes in the recognition and measurement of pension obligations and other post-employment obligations was $60.7 million ($77.0 million in other long term liabilities net of a deferred income tax of $22.3 million and $6.0 million related to the adoption of IAS 19 in non-consolidated companies) for 2012.
The preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make certain accounting estimates and assumptions that might affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the reporting dates, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting years. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
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IFRS 15, “Revenue from contracts with customers”
In May 2014, the IASB issued IFRS 15, "Revenue from contracts with customers", which sets out the requirements in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and which is based on the principle that revenue is recognized when control of a good or service is transferred to the customer. IFRS 15 must be applied on annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2017.
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A Basis of presentation (Cont.)
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IFRS 9, “Financial instruments”
In July 2014, the IASB issued IFRS 9, "Financial instruments", which replaces the guidance in IAS 39. It includes requirements on the classification and measurement of financial assets and liabilities, as well as an expected credit losses model that replaces the current incurred loss impairment model. IFRS 9 must be applied on annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018.
Amendments to IFRS 10, “Consolidated financial statements” and IAS 28, “Investments in associates and joint ventures”
In September 2014, the IASB issued the Amendments to IFRS 10, “Consolidated financial statements” and IAS 28, “Investments in associates and joint ventures”, which addresses an acknowledged inconsistency between the requirements of both standards in dealing with the sale or contribution of assets between an investor and its associate or joint venture. These amendments must be applied annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2016.
These standards are not effective for the financial year beginning January 1, 2014 and have not been early adopted.
These standards have not been endorsed by the EU.
The Company's management has not yet assessed the potential impact that the application of these standards may have on the Company's financial condition or results of operations.
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Amendments to IAS 32, ‘Financial instruments: Presentation’, IAS 36, ‘Impairment of assets' and IAS 39, ‘Financial instruments: Recognition and measurement’.
All the amendments to the standards IAS 32, ‘Financial instruments: Presentation’ – Offsetting financial assets and financial liabilities, IAS 36, ‘Impairment of assets’ – Recoverable amount disclosures for non-financial assets and IAS 39, ‘Financial instruments: Recognition and measurement’ – Novation of derivatives and continuation of hedge accounting have been analyzed by the Company. The application of these standards did not materially affect the Company’s financial condition or results of operations.
B Group accounting
(1) Subsidiaries and transactions with non-controlling interests
Subsidiaries are all entities over which Tenaris has control. Tenaris controls an entity when it is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is exercised by the Company and are no longer consolidated from the date control ceases.
The purchase method of accounting is used to account for the acquisition of subsidiaries by Tenaris. The cost of an acquisition is measured as the fair value of the assets given, equity instruments issued and liabilities incurred or assumed at the date of exchange. Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred. Identifiable assets acquired, liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. Any non-controlling interest in the acquiree is measured either at fair value or at the non-controlling interest’s proportionate share of the acquiree’s net assets. The excess of the aggregate of the consideration transferred and the amount of any non-controlling interest in the acquiree over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. If this is less than the fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary acquired, the difference is recognized directly in the Consolidated Income Statement.
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B Group accounting (Cont.)
(1) Subsidiaries and transactions with non-controlling interest (Cont.)
Transactions with non-controlling interests that do not result in a loss of control are accounted as transactions with equity owners of the Company. For purchases from non-controlling interests, the difference between any consideration paid and the relevant share acquired of the carrying value of net assets of the subsidiary is recorded in equity. Gains or losses on disposals to non-controlling interests are also recorded in equity.
Material inter-company transactions, balances and unrealized gains (losses) on transactions between Tenaris subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation. However, since the functional currency of some subsidiaries is its respective local currency, some financial gains (losses) arising from inter-company transactions are generated. These are included in the Consolidated Income Statement under Other financial results.
(2) Non-consolidated companies
Non-consolidated companies are all entities in which Tenaris has significant influence but not control, generally accompanying a shareholding of between 20% and 50% of the voting rights. Investments in non- consolidated companies (associated and joint ventures) are accounted for by the equity method of accounting and are initially recognized at cost. The Company’s investment in non-consolidated companies includes goodwill identified in acquisition, net of any accumulated impairment loss.
Unrealized results on transactions between Tenaris and its non-consolidated companies are eliminated to the extent of Tenaris’s interest in the non-consolidated companies. Unrealized losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment indicator of the asset transferred. Financial statements of non-consolidated companies have been adjusted where necessary to ensure consistency with IFRS.
The Company’s pro-rata share of earnings in non-consolidated companies is recorded in the Consolidated Income Statement under Equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated companies. The Company’s pro-rata share of changes in other reserves is recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity under Other Reserves.
At December 31, 2014, Tenaris holds 11.46% of Ternium’s common stock. The following factors and circumstances evidence that Tenaris has significant influence (as defined by IAS 28, “Investments in associates companies”) over Ternium, and as a result the Company’s investment in Ternium has been accounted for under the equity method:
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Both the Company and Ternium are under the indirect common control of San Faustin S.A.;
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Four out of the nine members of Ternium’s Board of Directors (including Ternium’s chairman) are also members of the Company’s Board of Directors;
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Under the shareholders agreement by and between the Company and Techint Holdings S.à r.l, a wholly owned subsidiary of San Faustin S.A. and Ternium’s main shareholder, dated January 9, 2006, Techint Holdings S.à r.l, is required to take actions within its power to cause (a) one of the members of Ternium’s Board of Directors to be nominated by the Company and (b) any director nominated by the Company to be only removed from Ternium’s Board of Directors pursuant to previous written instructions of the Company.
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The Company’s investment in Ternium is carried at incorporation cost plus proportional ownership of Ternium’s earnings and other shareholders’ equity accounts. Because the exchange of its holdings in Amazonia and Ylopa for shares in Ternium was considered to be a transaction between companies under common control of San Faustin S.A. (formerly San Faustin N.V.), Tenaris recorded its initial ownership interest in Ternium at $229.7 million, the carrying value of the investments exchanged. This value was $22.6 million less than Tenaris’s proportional ownership of Ternium’s shareholders’ equity at the transaction date. As a result of this treatment, Tenaris’s investment in Ternium will not reflect its proportional ownership of Ternium’s net equity position. Ternium carried out an initial public offering (“IPO”) of its shares on February 1, 2006, listing its ADS on the New York Stock Exchange.
At December 31, 2014, Tenaris holds through its Brazilian subsidiary Confab Industrial S.A. (“Confab”), 5.0% of the shares with voting rights and 2.5% of Usiminas’s total share capital. For the factors and circumstances that evidence that Tenaris has significant influence over Usiminas to account it for under the equity method (as defined by IAS 28, “Investments in Associates companies”), see Note 12.
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B Group accounting (Cont.)
(2) Non-consolidated companies (Cont.)
Tenaris reviews investments in non-consolidated companies for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset’s carrying amount may not be recoverable, such as a significant or prolonged decline in fair value below the carrying value.
Tenaris carries its investment in Ternium at its proportional equity value, with no additional goodwill or intangible assets recognized. At December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, no impairment provisions were recorded on Tenaris’ investment in Ternium.
Tenaris carries its investment in Usiminas at its proportional equity value, plus intangible assets recognized. At December 31, 2014 and 2012, an impairment charge was recorded on Tenaris’ investment in Usiminas. See Note 7.
C Segment information
The Company is organized in one major business segment, Tubes, which is also the reportable operating segment.
The Tubes segment includes the production and sale of both seamless and welded steel tubular products and related services mainly for the oil and gas industry, particularly oil country tubular goods (OCTG) used in drilling operations, and for other industrial applications with production processes that consist in the transformation of steel into tubular products. Business activities included in this segment are mainly dependent on the oil and gas industry worldwide, as this industry is a major consumer of steel pipe products, particularly OCTG used in drilling activities. Demand for steel pipe products from the oil and gas industry has historically been volatile and depends primarily upon the number of oil and natural gas wells being drilled, completed and reworked, and the depth and drilling conditions of these wells. Sales are generally made to end users, with exports being done through a centrally managed global distribution network and domestic sales made through local subsidiaries. Corporate general and administrative expenses have been allocated to the Tubes segment.
Others include all other business activities and operating segments that are not required to be separately reported, including the production and selling of sucker rods, welded steel pipes for electric conduits, industrial equipment, coiled tubing, energy and raw materials that exceed internal requirements.
Tenaris’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (CEO) holds monthly meetings with senior management, in which operating and financial performance information is reviewed, including financial information that differs from IFRS principally as follows:
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Tenaris groups its geographical information in five areas: North America, South America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Far East and Oceania. For purposes of reporting geographical information, net sales are allocated to geographical areas based on the customer’s location; allocation of assets, capital expenditures and associated depreciations and amortizations are based on the geographical location of the assets.
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D Foreign currency translation
(1) Functional and presentation currency
IAS 21 (revised) defines the functional currency as the currency of the primary economic environment in which an entity operates.
The functional and presentation currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The U.S. dollar is the currency that best reflects the economic substance of the underlying events and circumstances relevant to Tenaris global operations.
Starting January 1, 2012, the Company changed the functional currency of its Mexican, Canadian and Japanese subsidiaries from their respective local currencies to the U.S. dollar.
Except from the Brazilian and Italian subsidiaries whose functional currencies are their local currencies, Tenaris determined that the functional currency of its other subsidiaries is the U.S. dollar, based on the following principal considerations:
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Sales are mainly negotiated, denominated and settled in U.S. dollars. If priced in a currency other than the U.S. dollar, the sales price considers exposure to fluctuation in the exchange rate versus the U.S. dollar;
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Prices of their critical raw materials and inputs are priced and settled in U.S. dollars;
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Net financial assets and liabilities are mainly received and maintained in U.S. dollars;
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The exchange rate of certain legal currencies has long-been affected by recurring and severe economic crises.
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(2) Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency
Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the date of the transactions or valuation where items are re-measured.
At the end of each reporting period: (i) monetary items denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated using the closing rates; (ii) non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a currency other than the functional currency are translated using the exchange rates prevailing at the date of the transactions; and (iii) non-monetary items that are measured at fair value in a currency other than the functional currency are translated using the exchange rates prevailing at the date when the fair value was determined.
Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are recorded as gains and losses from foreign exchange and included in “Other financial results” in the Consolidated Income Statement, except when deferred in equity as qualifying cash flow hedges and qualifying net investment hedges. Translation differences on non-monetary financial assets and liabilities such as equities held at fair value through profit or loss are recognized in profit or loss as part of the “fair value gain or loss,” while translation differences on non-monetary financial assets such as equities classified as available for sale are included in the “available for sale reserve” in equity. Tenaris had no such assets or liabilities for any of the periods presented.
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D Foreign currency translation (Cont.)
(3) Translation of financial information in currencies other than the functional currency
Results of operations for subsidiaries whose functional currencies are not the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rates for each quarter of the year. Financial Statement positions are translated at the end-of-year exchange rates. Translation differences are recognized in a separate component of equity as currency translation adjustments. In the case of a sale or other disposal of any of such subsidiaries, any accumulated translation difference would be recognized in income as a gain or loss from the sale.
E Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment are recognized at historical acquisition or construction cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to the acquisition of the items. Property, plant and equipment acquired through acquisitions accounted for as business combinations have been valued initially at the fair market value of the assets acquired.
Major overhaul and rebuilding expenditures are capitalized as property, plant and equipment only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the group and the investment enhances the condition of assets beyond its original condition. The carrying amount of the replaced part is derecognized. Ordinary maintenance expenses on manufacturing properties are recorded as cost of products sold in the year in which they are incurred.
Borrowing costs that are attributable to the acquisition or construction of certain capital assets are capitalized as part of the cost of the asset, in accordance with IAS 23(R) (“Borrowing Costs”). Assets for which borrowing costs are capitalized are those that require a substantial period of time to prepare for their intended use.
Depreciation method is reviewed at each year end. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method to depreciate the cost of each asset to its residual value over its estimated useful life, as follows:
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The asset’s residual values and useful lives of significant plant and production equipment are reviewed and adjusted, if appropriate, at each year-end date.
Management’s re-estimation of assets useful lives, performed in accordance with IAS 16 (“Property plant and equipment”), did not materially affect depreciation expenses for 2014, 2013 and 2012.
Tenaris depreciates each significant part of an item of property, plant and equipment for its different production facilities that (i) can be properly identified as an independent component with a cost that is significant in relation to the total cost of the item, and (ii) has a useful operating life that is different from another significant part of that same item of property, plant and equipment.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount of assets and are recognized under Other operating income or Other operating expenses in the Consolidated Income Statement.
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F Intangible assets
(1) Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the acquisition cost over the fair value of Tenaris’s share of net identifiable assets acquired as part of business combinations determined mainly by independent valuations. Goodwill is tested annually for impairment and carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses. Impairment losses on goodwill are not reversed. Goodwill is included on the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position under Intangible assets, net.
For the purpose of impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to a subsidiary or group of subsidiaries that are expected to benefit from the business combination which generated the goodwill being tested.
(2) Information systems projects
Costs associated with maintaining computer software programs are generally recognized as an expense as incurred. However, costs directly related to the development, acquisition and implementation of information systems are recognized as intangible assets if it is probable they have economic benefits exceeding one year.
Information systems projects recognized as assets are amortized using the straight-line method over their useful lives, generally not exceeding a period of 3 years. Amortization charges are mainly classified as Selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Income Statement.
Management’s re-estimation of assets useful lives, performed in accordance with IAS 38 (“Intangible Assets”), did not materially affect depreciation expenses for 2014.
(3) Licenses, patents, trademarks and proprietary technology
Licenses, patents, trademarks, and proprietary technology acquired in a business combination are initially recognized at fair value at the acquisition date. Licenses, patents, proprietary technology and those trademarks that have a finite useful life are carried at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is calculated using the straight-line method to allocate the cost over their estimated useful lives, and does not exceed a period of 10 years.
The balance of acquired trademarks that have indefinite useful lives according to external appraisal amounts to $86.7 million at December 31, 2014 and 2013, included in Hydril CGU. Main factors considered in the determination of the indefinite useful lives, include the years that they have been in service and their recognition among customers in the industry.
Management’s re-estimation of assets useful lives, performed in accordance with IAS 38 (“Intangible Assets”), did not materially affect depreciation expenses for 2014.
(4) Research and development
Research expenditures as well as development costs that do not fulfill the criteria for capitalization are recorded as Cost of sales in the Consolidated Income Statement as incurred. Research and development expenditures included in Cost of sales for the years 2014, 2013 and 2012 totaled $106.9 million, $105.6 million and $83.0 million, respectively.
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In accordance with IFRS 3 and IAS 38, Tenaris has recognized the value of customer relationships separately from goodwill attributable to the acquisition of Maverick and Hydril.
Customer relationships acquired in a business combination are recognized at fair value at the acquisition date, have a finite useful life and are carried at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is calculated using the straight line method over the expected life of approximately 14 years for Maverick and 10 years for Hydril.
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G Impairment of non-financial assets
Long-lived assets including identifiable intangible assets are reviewed for impairment at the lowest level for which there are separately identifiable cash flows (cash generating units, or CGU). Most of the Company’s principal subsidiaries that constitute a CGU have a single main production facility and, accordingly, each of such subsidiary represents the lowest level of asset aggregation that generates largely independent cash inflows.
Assets that are subject to amortization are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Intangible assets with indefinite useful life, including goodwill, are subject to at least an annual impairment test.
In assessing whether there is any indication that a CGU may be impaired, external and internal sources of information are analyzed. Material facts and circumstances specifically considered in the analysis usually include the discount rate used in Tenaris’s cash flow projections and the business condition in terms of competitive and economic factors, such as the cost of raw materials, oil and gas prices, competitive environment, capital expenditure programs for Tenaris’s customers and the evolution of the rig count.
An impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of the asset’s value in use and fair value less costs to sell. Any impairment loss is allocated to reduce the carrying amount of the assets of the CGU in the following order:
(a) first, to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the CGU; and
(b) then, to the other assets of the unit (group of units) pro rata on the basis of the carrying amount of each asset in the unit (group of units), considering not to reduce the carrying amount of the asset below the highest of its fair value less cost to sell, its value in use or zero.
The value in use of each CGU is determined on the basis of the present value of net future cash flows which would be generated by such CGU. Tenaris uses cash flow projections for a five year period with a terminal value calculated based on perpetuity and appropriate discount rates.
For purposes of calculating the fair value less costs to sell Tenaris uses the estimated value of future cash flows that a market participant could generate from the corresponding CGU.
Management judgment is required to estimate discounted future cash flows. Actual cash flows and values could vary significantly from the forecasted future cash flows and related values derived using discounting techniques.
Non-financial assets other than goodwill that suffered an impairment are reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.
H Other investments
Other investments consist primarily of investments in financial instruments and time deposits with a maturity of more than three months at the date of purchase.
Certain fixed income financial instruments purchased by the Company have been categorized as available for sale if designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories. The results of these financial investments are recognized in “Financial Results” in the Consolidated Income Statement using the effective interest method. Unrealized gains and losses other than impairment and foreign exchange results are recognized in “Other comprehensive income”. On maturity or disposal, net gain and losses previously deferred in “Other comprehensive income” are recognized in “Financial Results” in the Consolidated Income Statement.
All other investments in financial instruments and time deposits are categorized as financial assets “at fair value through profit or loss” because such investments are both (i) held for trading and (ii) designated as such upon initial recognition because they are managed and its performance is evaluated on a fair value basis. The results of these investments are recognized in Financial Results in the Consolidated Income Statement.
Purchases and sales of financial investments are recognized as of their settlement date.
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H Other investments (Cont.)
The fair values of quoted investments are generally based on current bid prices. If the market for a financial investment is not active or the securities are not listed, Tenaris estimates the fair value by using standard valuation techniques (see Section III Financial Risk Management).
I Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value. The cost of finished goods and goods in process is comprised of raw materials, direct labor and utilities (based on FIFO method) and other direct costs and related production overhead costs. It excludes borrowing costs. Tenaris estimates net realizable value of inventories by grouping, where applicable, similar or related items. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less any estimated costs of completion and selling expenses. Goods in transit at year end are valued based on supplier’s invoice cost.
Tenaris establishes an allowance for obsolete or slow-moving inventory related to finished goods, supplies and spare parts. For slow moving or obsolete finished products, an allowance is established based on management’s analysis of product aging. An allowance for obsolete and slow-moving inventory of supplies and spare parts is established based on management's analysis of such items to be used as intended and the consideration of potential obsolescence due to technological changes.
J Trade and other receivables
Trade and other receivables are recognized initially at fair value, generally the original invoice amount. Tenaris analyzes its trade receivables on a regular basis and, when aware of a specific counterparty’s difficulty or inability to meet its obligations, impairs any amounts due by means of a charge to an allowance for doubtful accounts. Additionally, this allowance is adjusted periodically based on the aging of receivables.
K Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of cash in banks, liquidity funds and short-term investments with a maturity of less than three months at the date of purchase which are readily convertible to known amounts of cash. Assets recorded in cash and cash equivalents are carried at fair market value or at historical cost which approximates fair market value.
In the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, bank overdrafts are included in Borrowings in current liabilities.
For the purposes of the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents includes overdrafts.
L Equity
(1) Equity components
The Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity includes:
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(2) Share capital
The Company has an authorized share capital of a single class of 2.5 billion shares having a nominal value of $1.00 per share. Total ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 are 1,180,536,830 with a par value of $1.00 per share with one vote each. All issued shares are fully paid.
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(3) Dividends distribution by the Company to shareholders
Dividends distributions are recorded in the Company’s financial statements when Company’s shareholders have the right to receive the payment, or when interim dividends are approved by the Board of Directors in accordance with the by-laws of the Company.
Dividends may be paid by the Company to the extent that it has distributable retained earnings, calculated in accordance with Luxembourg law (see Note 25).
M Borrowings
Borrowings are recognized initially at fair value net of transaction costs incurred and subsequently measured at amortized cost.
N Current and Deferred income tax
The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognized in the Consolidated Income Statement, except for tax items recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Other Comprehensive Income.
The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of the tax laws enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date in the countries where the Company’s subsidiaries operate and generate taxable income. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax regulations are subject to interpretation and establishes provisions when appropriate.
Deferred income tax is recognized applying the liability method on temporary differences arising between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements. The principal temporary differences arise from fair value adjustments of assets acquired in business combinations, the effect of currency translation on fixed assets and inventories, depreciation on property, plant and equipment, valuation of inventories and provisions for pension plans. Deferred tax assets are also recognized for net operating loss carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the time period when the asset is realized or the liability is settled, based on tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date.
Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent it is probable that future taxable income will be available against which the temporary differences can be utilized. At the end of each reporting period, Tenaris reassesses unrecognized deferred tax assets. Tenaris recognizes a previously unrecognized deferred tax asset to the extent that it has become probable that future taxable income will allow the deferred tax asset to be recovered.
In 2013, Argentina enacted a law that amends its income tax law, including a 10% withholding tax on dividend distributions made by Argentine companies to foreign beneficiaries. Accordingly, as of September 30, 2013, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $45.4 million, for the deferred tax liability on reserves for future dividends at Tenaris’s Argentine subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2014, the balance amounted to $17.7 million.
In 2014, Mexico enacted a tax reform which included a withholding tax on the distribution of results generated as from 2014. If 2014 net income were to be distributed as dividend, the estimated amount of withholding tax would amount to approximately $30 million. Tenaris estimates that given the balance of results prior to 2014 pending to be distributed, which are not subject to withholding tax, there will be no tax withholding during 2015, consequently, no income tax provision was recorded.
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The Company has defined benefit and defined contribution plans. A defined benefit plan is a pension plan that defines an amount of pension benefit that an employee will receive on retirement, usually dependent on one or more factors such as age, years of service and compensation.
The Company applied IAS 19 (amended 2011), “Employee benefits”, as from January 1, 2013. In accordance with the amended standard, post-employment benefits are accounted as follows:
The liability recognized in the statement of financial position in respect of defined benefit pension plans is the present value of the defined benefit obligation at the end of the reporting period less the fair value of plan assets, if any. The defined benefit obligation is calculated annually (at year end) by independent actuaries using the projected unit credit method. The present value of the defined benefit obligation is determined by discounting the estimated future cash outflows using interest rates of high-quality corporate bonds that are denominated in the currency in which the benefits will be paid, and that have terms to maturity approximating to the terms of the related pension obligation.
Actuarial gains and losses arising from experience adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions are charged or credited to equity in “Other comprehensive income” in the period in which they arise. Past-service costs are recognized immediately in income statement.
For defined benefit plans, net interest income/expense is calculated based on the surplus or deficit derived by the difference between the defined benefit obligations less plan assets. For defined contribution plans, the Company pays contributions to publicly or privately administered pension insurance plans on a mandatory, contractual or voluntary basis. The Company has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid. The contributions are recognized as employee benefit expense when they are due. Prepaid contributions are recognized as an asset to the extent that a cash refund or a reduction in the future payments is available. As required by IAS 19, comparative figures have been adjusted to reflect the retrospective application.
Tenaris sponsors funded and unfunded defined benefit pension plans in certain subsidiaries. The most significant are:
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Other long term benefits
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During 2007, Tenaris launched an employee retention and long term incentive program (the “Program”) applicable to certain senior officers and employees of the Company, who will be granted a number of Units throughout the duration of the Program. The value of each of these Units is based on Tenaris’ shareholders’ equity (excluding non-controlling interest). Also, the beneficiaries of the Program are entitled to receive cash amounts based on (i) the amount of dividend payments made by Tenaris to its shareholders, and (ii) the number of Units held by each beneficiary to the Program. Units vest ratably over a period of four years and will be redeemed by the Company ten years after grant date, with the option of an early redemption at seven years after grant date. As the cash payment of the benefit is tied to the book value of the shares, and not to their market value, Tenaris valued this long-term incentive program as a long term benefit plan as classified in IAS 19.
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, the outstanding liability corresponding to the Program amounts to $98.1 million and $82.4 million, respectively. The total value of the units granted to date under the program, considering the number of units and the book value per share as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, is $108.8 million and $88.6 million, respectively.
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(3)
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Other compensation obligations
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Employee entitlements to annual leave and long-service leave are accrued as earned.
Compensation to employees in the event of dismissal is charged to income in the year in which it becomes payable.
P Provisions
Tenaris is subject to various claims, lawsuits and other legal proceedings, including customer claims, in which a third party is seeking payment for alleged damages, reimbursement for losses or indemnity. Tenaris’s potential liability with respect to such claims, lawsuits and other legal proceedings cannot be estimated with certainty. Management periodically reviews the status of each significant matter and assesses potential financial exposure. If, as a result of past events, a potential loss from a claim or proceeding is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, a provision is recorded. Accruals for loss contingencies reflect a reasonable estimate of the losses to be incurred based on information available to management as of the date of preparation of the financial statements, and take into consideration Tenaris’ litigation and settlement strategies. These estimates are primarily constructed with the assistance of legal counsel. As the scope of liabilities become better defined, there may be changes in the estimates of future costs which could have a material adverse effect on its results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
If Tenaris expects to be reimbursed for an accrued expense, as would be the case for an expense or loss covered under an insurance contract, and reimbursement is considered virtually certain, the expected reimbursement is recognized as a receivable.
Q Trade payables
Trade payables are recognized initially at fair value, generally the nominal invoice amount.
R Revenue recognition
Revenue comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and services in the ordinary course of Tenaris’s activities. Revenue is shown net of value-added tax, returns, rebates and discounts and after eliminating sales within the group.
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R Revenue recognition (Cont.)
Tenaris’ products and services are sold based upon purchase orders, contracts or upon other persuasive evidence of an arrangement with customers, including that the sales price is known or determinable. Sales are recognized as revenue upon delivery, when neither continuing managerial involvement nor effective control over the products is retained by Tenaris and when collection is reasonably assured. Delivery is defined by the transfer of risk and may include delivery to a storage facility located at one of the Company’s subsidiaries. For bill and hold transactions revenue is recognized only to the extent (a) it is highly probable delivery will be made; (b) the products have been specifically identified and are ready for delivery; (c) the sales contract specifically acknowledges the deferred delivery instructions; (d) the usual payment terms apply.
The percentage of total sales that were generated from bill and hold arrangements for products located in Tenaris’s storage facilities that have not been shipped to customers amounted to 1.1%, 1.3% and 2.2% as of December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company has not experienced any material claims requesting the cancellation of bill and hold transactions.
Other revenues earned by Tenaris are recognized on the following basis:
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Construction contracts (mainly applicable to Tenaris Brazilian subsidiaries and amounted to 1.1% of total sales). The revenue recognition of the contracts follows the IAS 11 guidance, that means, when the outcome of a construction contract can be estimated reliably and it is probable that the contract will be profitable, contract revenue is recognized over the period of the contract by reference to the stage of completion (measured by reference to the contract costs incurred up to the end of the reporting period as a percentage of total estimated costs for each contract).
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Interest income: on the effective yield basis.
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Dividend income from investments in other companies: when Tenaris’ right to receive payment is established.
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S Cost of sales and sales expenses
Cost of sales and sales expenses are recognized in the Consolidated Income Statement on the accrual basis of accounting.
Commissions, freight and other selling expenses, including shipping and handling costs, are recorded in “Selling, general and administrative expenses” in the Consolidated Income Statement.
T Earnings per share
Earnings per share are calculated by dividing the income attributable to owners of the parent by the daily weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year.
U Financial instruments
Non derivative financial instruments comprise investments in financial debt instruments and equity, time deposits, trade and other receivables, cash and cash equivalents, borrowings, and trade and other payables. Tenaris’s non derivative financial instruments are classified into the following categories:
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Financial instruments at fair value through profit and loss: comprise mainly cash and cash equivalents and investments in certain financial debt instruments and time deposits held for trading.
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Loans and receivables: comprise trade receivables and other receivables and are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method less any impairment.
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Available for sale assets: comprise certain fixed income financial instruments purchased by the Company that have been categorized as available for sale if designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories. It also includes the Company’s interest in the Venezuelan Companies (see Note 30).
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Other financial liabilities: comprise borrowings, trade and other payables and are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method.
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U Financial instruments (Cont.)
The categorization depends on the nature and purpose of the financial instrument and is determined at the time of initial recognition.
Financial assets and liabilities are recognized and derecognized on their settlement date.
In accordance with IAS 39 (“Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement”) embedded derivatives are accounted separately from their host contracts. The result has been recognized under “Foreign exchange derivatives contracts results”.
Accounting for derivative financial instruments and hedging activities is included within the Section III, Financial Risk Management.
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III. FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
The multinational nature of Tenaris’s operations and customer base exposes the Company to a variety of risks, mainly related to market risks (including the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates), credit risk and capital market risk. In order to manage the volatility related to these exposures, the management evaluates exposures on a consolidated basis, taking advantage of logical exposure netting. The Company or its subsidiaries may then enter into various derivative transactions in order to prevent potential adverse impacts on Tenaris’ financial performance. Such derivative transactions are executed in accordance with internal policies and hedging practices. The Company’s objectives, policies and processes for managing these risks remained unchanged during 2014.
A. Financial Risk Factors
(i) Capital Market Risk
Tenaris seeks to maintain a low debt to total equity ratio considering the industry and the markets where it operates. The year-end ratio of debt to total equity (where “debt” comprises financial borrowings and “total equity” is the sum of financial borrowings and equity) is 0.07 as of December 31, 2014 same as of December 31, 2013. The Company does not have to comply with regulatory capital adequacy requirements as known in the financial services industry.
(ii) Foreign exchange risk
Tenaris manufactures and sells its products in a number of countries throughout the world and consequently is exposed to foreign exchange rate risk. Since the Company’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar the purpose of Tenaris’s foreign currency hedging program is mainly to reduce the risk caused by changes in the exchange rates of other currencies against the U.S. dollar.
Tenaris’s exposure to currency fluctuations is reviewed on a periodic consolidated basis. A number of derivative transactions are performed in order to achieve an efficient coverage in the absence of operative or natural hedges. Almost all of these transactions are forward exchange rates contracts (see Note 24 Derivative financial instruments).
Tenaris does not enter into derivative financial instruments for trading or other speculative purposes, other than non-material investments in structured products.
Because certain subsidiaries have functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the results of hedging activities, reported in accordance with IFRS, may not reflect entirely the management’s assessment of its foreign exchange risk hedging program. Inter-company balances between Tenaris’s subsidiaries may generate financial gains (losses) to the extent that functional currencies differ.
The value of Tenaris’s financial assets and liabilities is subject to changes arising out of the variation of foreign currency exchange rates. The following table provides a breakdown of Tenaris’s main financial assets and liabilities (including foreign exchange derivative contracts) which impact the Company’s profit and loss as of December 31, 2014 and 2013:
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All amounts Long / (Short) in thousands of U.S. dollars
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As of December 31,
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|
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Currency Exposure / Functional currency
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2014
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2013
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Argentine Peso / U.S. Dollar
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(191,095)
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(368,985)
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Euro / U.S. Dollar
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(189,366)
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(137,599)
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U.S. Dollar / Brazilian Real
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(150,486)
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(51,321)
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A. Financial Risk Factors (Cont.)
(ii) Foreign exchange risk (Cont.)
The main relevant exposures correspond to:
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Argentine Peso / U.S. dollar
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As of December 31, 2014 and 2013 consisting primarily of Argentine Peso-denominated financial, trade, social and fiscal payables at certain Argentine subsidiaries which functional currency was the U.S. dollar. A change of 1% in the ARS/USD exchange rate would have generated a pre-tax gain / loss of $1.9 million and $3.7 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
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■
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Euro / U.S. dollar
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As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, consisting primarily of Euro-denominated liabilities at certain subsidiaries which functional currency was the U.S. dollar. A change of 1% in the EUR/USD exchange rate would have generated a pre-tax gain / loss of $1.9 million and $1.4 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, which would have been to a large extent offset by changes to Tenaris’ net equity position.
Considering the balances held as of December 31, 2014 on financial assets and liabilities exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations, Tenaris estimates that the impact of a simultaneous 1% favorable / unfavorable movement in the levels of foreign currencies exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar, would be a pre-tax gain / loss of $7.5 million (including a gain / loss of $2.8 million due to foreign exchange derivative contracts), which would be partially offset by changes to Tenaris’s net equity position of $1.8 million. For balances held as of December 31, 2013, a simultaneous 1% favorable / unfavorable movement in the foreign currencies exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar, would have generated a pre-tax gain / loss of $6.7 million (including a loss / gain of $0.3 million due to foreign exchange derivative contracts), which would have been partially offset by changes to Tenaris’ net equity position of $0.8 million.
(iii) Interest rate risk
Tenaris is subject to interest rate risk on its investment portfolio and its debt. The Company uses a mix of variable and fixed rate debt in combination with its investment portfolio strategy. From time to time, the Company may choose to enter into foreign exchange derivative contracts and / or interest rate swaps to mitigate the exposure to changes in the interest rates.
The following table summarizes the proportions of variable-rate and fixed-rate debt as of each year end.
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As of December 31,
|
||||
|
2014
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2013
|
|||
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Amount in thousands of U.S. dollars
|
%
|
Amount in thousands of U.S. dollars
|
%
|
|
|
Fixed rate
|
755,498
|
76%
|
643,005
|
69%
|
|
Variable rate
|
243,742
|
24%
|
287,930
|
31%
|
|
Total (*)
|
999,240
|
930,935
|
||
(*) As of December 31, 2014 approximately 73% of the total debt balance corresponded to fixed-rate borrowings where the original period was nonetheless equal to or lesser than 360 days. This compares to approximately 65% of the total outstanding debt balance as of December 31, 2013.
The Company estimates that, if market interest rates applicable to Tenaris’s borrowings had been 100 basis points higher, then the additional pre-tax loss would have been $6.3 million in 2014 and $10.8 million in 2013.
Tenaris’s exposure to interest risk associated with its debt is also mitigated by its investment portfolio. Tenaris estimates that, if interest rates on the benchmark rates for Tenaris portfolio had been 100 basis points higher, then the additional pre-tax gain would have been $5.7 million in 2014 and $3.7 million in 2013, partially offsetting the net losses to Tenaris’s borrowing costs.
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A. Financial Risk Factors (Cont.)
(iv) Credit risk
Credit risk arises from cash and cash equivalents, deposits with banks and financial institutions, as well as credit exposures to customers, including outstanding receivables and committed transactions. The Company also actively monitors the creditworthiness of its treasury, derivative and insurance counterparties in order to minimize its credit risk.
There is no significant concentration of credit risk from customers. No single customer comprised more than 10% of Tenaris’s net sales in 2014, 2013 and 2012.
Tenaris’s credit policies related to sales of products and services are designed to identify customers with acceptable credit history, and to allow Tenaris to require the use of credit insurance, letters of credit and other instruments designed to minimize credit risks whenever deemed necessary. Tenaris maintains allowances for impairment for potential credit losses (See Section II J).
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013 trade receivables amount to $1,963.4 million and $1,983.0 million respectively. Trade receivables have guarantees under credit insurance of $460.5 million and $537.5 million, letter of credit and other bank guarantees of $98.4 million and $36.5 million, and other guarantees of $12.3 million and $55.0 million as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 respectively.
As of December 31, 2014 and 2013 past due trade receivables amounted to $350.1 million and $431.0 million, respectively. Out of those amounts $75.8 million and $147.9 million are guaranteed trade receivables while $69.0 million and $51.2 million are included in the allowance for doubtful accounts. Past due receivable not provisioned relate to a number of customers for whom there is no recent history of default. The allowance for doubtful accounts and the existing guarantees are sufficient to cover doubtful trade receivables.
(v) Counterparty risk
Tenaris has investment guidelines with specific parameters to limit issuer risk on marketable securities. Counterparties for derivatives and cash transactions are limited to high credit quality financial institutions, normally investment grade.
Approximately 88.6% of Tenaris’s liquid financial assets correspond to Investment Grade-rated instruments as of December 31, 2014, in comparison with approximately 98.1% as of December 31, 2013.
(vi) Liquidity risk
Tenaris financing strategy aims to maintain adequate financial resources and access to additional liquidity. During 2014, Tenaris has counted on cash flows from operations as well as additional bank financing to fund its transactions.
Management maintains sufficient cash and marketable securities to finance normal operations and believes that Tenaris also has appropriate access to market for short-term working capital needs.
Liquid financial assets as a whole (comprising cash and cash equivalents and other current investments) were 13.5% of total assets at the end of 2014 compared to 11.6% at the end of 2013.
Tenaris has a conservative approach to the management of its liquidity, which consists of cash in banks, liquidity funds and short-term investments mainly with a maturity of less than three months at the date of purchase.
Tenaris holds primarily investments in money market funds and variable or fixed-rate securities from investment grade issuers. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, Tenaris does not have direct exposure to financial instruments issued by European sovereign counterparties.
Tenaris holds its cash and cash equivalents primarily in U.S. dollars. As of December 31, 2014 and 2013, U.S. dollar denominated liquid assets represented approximately 83% and 76% of total liquid financial assets respectively.
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A. Financial Risk Factors (Cont.)
(vii) Commodity price risk
In the ordinary course of its operations, Tenaris purchase commodities and raw materials that are subject to price volatility caused by supply conditions, political and economic variables and other factors. As a consequence, Tenaris is exposed to risk resulting from fluctuations in the prices of these commodities and raw materials. Tenaris fixes the prices of such raw materials and commodities for short-term periods, typically not in excess of one year, in general Tenaris does not hedge this risk.
B. Financial instruments by category
Accounting policies for financial instruments have been applied to the line items below:
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December 31, 2014
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Assets at fair value through profit and loss
|
Loans and receivables
|
Available for sale
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
|
Assets as per statement of financial position
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
25,588 | - | - | 25,588 | ||||||||||||
|
Trade receivables
|
- | 1,963,394 | - | 1,963,394 | ||||||||||||
|
Other receivables
|
- | 172,190 | - | 172,190 | ||||||||||||
|
Available for sale assets (See note 30)
|
- | - | 21,572 | 21,572 | ||||||||||||
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Other investments
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1,452,159 | - | 387,759 | 1,839,918 | ||||||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
296,873 | 120,772 | - | 417,645 | ||||||||||||
|
Total
|
1,774,620 | 2,256,356 | 409,331 | 4,440,307 | ||||||||||||
|
December 31, 2014
|
Liabilities at fair value through profit and loss
|
Other financial liabilities
|
Total
|
|||||||||
|
Liabilities as per statement of financial position
|
||||||||||||
|
Borrowings
|
- | 999,240 | 999,240 | |||||||||
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Derivative financial instruments
|
56,834 | - | 56,834 | |||||||||
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Trade and other payables (*)
|
- | 866,688 | 866,688 | |||||||||
|
Total
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56,834 | 1,865,928 | 1,922,762 | |||||||||
|
December 31, 2013
|
Assets at fair value through profit and loss
|
Loans and receivables
|
Available for sale
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
|
Assets as per statement of financial position
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
9,273 | - | - | 9,273 | ||||||||||||
|
Trade receivables
|
- | 1,982,979 | - | 1,982,979 | ||||||||||||
|
Other receivables
|
- | 105,950 | - | 105,950 | ||||||||||||
|
Available for sale assets
|
- | - | 21,572 | 21,572 | ||||||||||||
|
Other investments
|
1,184,448 | - | 45,380 | 1,229,828 | ||||||||||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
491,367 | 123,162 | - | 614,529 | ||||||||||||
|
Total
|
1,685,088 | 2,212,091 | 66,952 | 3,964,131 | ||||||||||||
|
December 31, 2013
|
Liabilities at fair value through profit and loss
|
Other financial liabilities
|
Total
|
|||||||||
|
Liabilities as per statement of financial position
|
||||||||||||
|
Borrowings
|
- | 930,935 | 930,935 | |||||||||
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
8,268 | - | 8,268 | |||||||||
|
Trade and other payables (*)
|
- | 869,933 | 869,933 | |||||||||
|
Total
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8,268 | 1,800,868 | 1,809,136 | |||||||||
(*) The maturity of most of trade payables is less than one year.
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C. Fair value hierarchy
IFRS 13 requires for financial instruments that are measured in the statement of financial position at fair value, a disclosure of fair value measurements by level according to the following fair value measurement hierarchy:
Level 1 - Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (that is, as prices) or indirectly (that is, derived from prices).
Level 3 - Inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (that is, unobservable inputs).
The following table presents the assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value as of December 31, 2014 and 2013.
|
December 31, 2014
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3 (*)
|
Total
|
|
Assets
|
||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
417,645
|
-
|
-
|
417,645
|
|
Other investments
|
1,277,465
|
560,914
|
1,539
|
1,839,918
|
|
Derivatives financial instruments
|
-
|
25,588
|
-
|
25,588
|
|
Available for sale assets (*)
|
-
|
-
|
21,572
|
21,572
|
|
Total
|
1,695,110
|
586,502
|
23,111
|
2,304,723
|
|
Liabilities
|
||||
|
Derivatives financial instruments
|
-
|
56,834
|
-
|
56,834
|
|
Total
|
-
|
56,834
|
-
|
56,834
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3 (*)
|
Total
|
|
Assets
|
||||
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
614,529
|
-
|
-
|
614,529
|
|
Other investments
|
866,382
|
360,948
|
2,498
|
1,229,828
|
|
Derivatives financial instruments
|
-
|
9,273
|
-
|
9,273
|
|
Available for sale assets (*)
|
-
|
-
|
21,572
|
21,572
|
|
Total
|
1,480,911
|
370,221
|
24,070
|
1,875,202
|
|
Liabilities
|
||||
|
Derivatives financial instruments
|
-
|
8,268
|
-
|
8,268
|
|
Total
|
-
|
8,268
|
-
|
8,268
|
(*) For further detail regarding Available for sale assets, see Note 30.
There were no transfers between Level 1 and 2 during the period.
The fair value of financial instruments traded in active markets is based on quoted market prices at the reporting date. A market is regarded as active if quoted prices are readily and regularly available from an exchange, dealer, broker, industry group, pricing service, or regulatory agency, and those prices represent actual and regularly occurring market transactions on an arm’s length basis. The quoted market price used for financial assets held by Tenaris is the current bid price. These instruments are included in Level 1 and comprise primarily corporate and sovereign debt securities.
The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market (such as certain debt securities, certificates of deposits with original maturity of more than three months, forward and interest rate derivative instruments) is determined by using valuation techniques which maximize the use of observable market data when available and rely as little as possible on entity specific estimates. If all significant inputs required to value an instrument are observable, the instrument is included in Level 2. Tenaris values its assets and liabilities included in this level using bid prices, interest rate curves, broker quotations, current exchange rates, forward rates and implied volatilities obtained from market contributors as of the valuation date.
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C. Fair value hierarchy (Cont.)
If one or more of the significant inputs are not based on observable market data, the instruments are included in Level 3. Tenaris values its assets and liabilities in this level using observable market inputs and management assumptions which reflect the Company’s best estimate on how market participants would price the asset or liability at measurement date. Main balances included in this level correspond to Available for sale assets related to Tenaris’s interest in Venezuelan companies under process of nationalization (see Note 30).
The following table presents the changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities:
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Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Assets / Liabilities
|
||
|
At the beginning of the period
|
24,070
|
24,175
|
|
Currency translation adjustment and others
|
(959)
|
(105)
|
|
At the end of the year
|
23,111
|
24,070
|
D. Fair value estimation
Financial assets or liabilities classified as assets at fair value through profit or loss are measured under the framework established by the IASB accounting guidance for fair value measurements and disclosures.
The fair values of quoted investments are generally based on current bid prices. If the market for a financial asset is not active or no market is available, fair values are established using standard valuation techniques.
For the purpose of estimating the fair value of Cash and cash equivalents and Other Investments expiring in less than ninety days from the measurement date, the Company usually chooses to use the historical cost because the carrying amount of financial assets and liabilities with maturities of less than ninety days approximates to their fair value.
The fair value of all outstanding derivatives is determined using specific pricing models that include inputs that are observable in the market or can be derived from or corroborated by observable data. The fair value of forward foreign exchange contracts is calculated as the net present value of the estimated future cash flows in each currency, based on observable yield curves, converted into U.S. dollars at the spot rate of the valuation date.
Borrowings are comprised primarily of fixed rate debt and variable rate debt with a short term portion where interest has already been fixed. They are classified under other financial liabilities and measured at their amortized cost. Tenaris estimates that the fair value of its main financial liabilities is approximately 100.1% of its carrying amount including interests accrued in 2014 as compared with 100.2% in 2013. Tenaris estimates that a change of 100 basis points in the reference interest rates would have an estimated impact of approximately 0.4% in the fair value of borrowings as of December 31, 2014 and 0.3% in 2013. Fair values were calculated using standard valuation techniques for floating rate instruments and comparable market rates for discounting flows.
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E. Accounting for derivative financial instruments and hedging activities
Derivative financial instruments are initially recognized in the statement of financial position at fair value through profit and loss on each date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently remeasured at fair value. Specific tools are used for calculation of each instrument’s fair value and these tools are tested for consistency on a monthly basis. Market rates are used for all pricing operations. These include exchange rates, deposit rates and other discount rates matching the nature of each underlying risk.
As a general rule, Tenaris recognizes the full amount related to the change in fair value of derivative financial instruments in Financial results in the Consolidated Income Statement.
Tenaris designates certain derivatives as hedges of particular risks associated with recognized assets or liabilities or highly probable forecast transactions. These transactions (mainly currency forward contracts on highly probable forecast transactions) are classified as cash flow hedges. The effective portion of the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges is recognized in equity. Amounts accumulated in equity are then recognized in the income statement in the same period than the offsetting losses and gains on the hedged item. The gain or loss relating to the ineffective portion is recognized immediately in the income statement. The fair value of Tenaris’s derivative financial instruments (assets or liabilities) continues to be reflected on the statement of financial position. The full fair value of a hedging derivative is classified as a current or non current asset or liability according to its expiry date.
For transactions designated and qualifying for hedge accounting, Tenaris documents at the inception of the transaction the relationship between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk management objectives and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. Tenaris also documents its assessment on an ongoing basis, of whether the derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in the fair value or cash flow of hedged items. At December 31, 2014 and 2013, the effective portion of designated cash flow hedges which is included in “Other Reserves” in equity amounts to $7.9 million debit and $0.1 million credit (see Note 24 Derivative financial instruments).
The fair values of various derivative instruments used for hedging purposes are disclosed in Note 24. Movements in the hedging reserve included within “Other Reserves” in equity are also shown in Note 24.
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IV. OTHER NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(In the notes all amounts are shown in thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)
1 Segment information
As mentioned in section II. AP – C, the Segment Information is disclosed as follows:
Reportable operating segments
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(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
|||
|
Year ended December 31, 2014
|
Tubes
|
Other
|
Total
|
|
IFRS - Net Sales (*)
|
9,581,615
|
756,347
|
10,337,962
|
|
Management View - Operating income
|
2,022,429
|
27,735
|
2,050,164
|
|
· Differences in cost of sales and others
|
(35,463)
|
5,197
|
(30,266)
|
|
· Depreciation and amortization/Impairment
|
(121,289)
|
207
|
(121,082)
|
|
IFRS - Operating income
|
1,865,677
|
33,139
|
1,898,816
|
|
Financial income (expense), net
|
33,037
|
||
|
Income before equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies and income tax
|
1,931,853
|
||
|
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies
|
20,141
|
||
|
Income before income tax
|
1,951,994
|
||
|
Capital expenditures
|
1,051,148
|
38,225
|
1,089,373
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
593,671
|
21,958
|
615,629
|
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
|||
|
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
Tubes
|
Other
|
Total
|
|
IFRS - Net Sales (*)
|
9,812,295
|
784,486
|
10,596,781
|
|
Management View - Operating income
|
2,098,160
|
91,265
|
2,189,425
|
|
· Differences in cost of sales and others
|
(1,855)
|
(3,337)
|
(5,192)
|
|
· Depreciation and amortization
|
711
|
(114)
|
597
|
|
IFRS - Operating income
|
2,097,016
|
87,814
|
2,184,830
|
|
Financial income (expense), net
|
(28,679)
|
||
|
Income before equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies and income tax
|
2,156,151
|
||
|
Equity in losses of non-consolidated companies
|
46,098
|
||
|
Income before income tax
|
2,202,249
|
||
|
Capital expenditures
|
721,869
|
31,629
|
753,498
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
589,482
|
20,572
|
610,054
|
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
|||
|
Year ended December 31, 2012
|
Tubes
|
Other
|
Total
|
|
IFRS - Net Sales (*)
|
10,023,323
|
810,707
|
10,834,030
|
|
Management View - Operating income
|
2,198,704
|
109,385
|
2,308,089
|
|
· Differences in cost of sales and others
|
(58,385)
|
(1,147)
|
(59,532)
|
|
· Depreciation and amortization
|
111,509
|
(3,459)
|
108,050
|
|
IFRS - Operating income
|
2,251,828
|
104,779
|
2,356,607
|
|
Financial income (expense), net
|
(50,104)
|
||
|
Income before equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies and income tax
|
2,306,503
|
||
|
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies
|
(63,206)
|
||
|
Income before income tax
|
2,243,297
|
||
|
Capital expenditures
|
771,734
|
17,997
|
789,731
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
549,130
|
18,524
|
567,654
|
(*) In 2014, the company aligned the presentation of sales between Management and IFRS view.
98
Transactions between segments, which were eliminated in consolidation, mainly related to sales of scrap, energy, surplus raw materials and others from the Other segment to the Tubes segment for $233,863, $276,388 and $345,285 in 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Net income under Management view amounted to $1,154.2 million, while under IFRS amounted to $1,365.9 million. In addition to the amounts reconciled above, the main differences arise from the impact of functional currencies on financial result, deferred income taxes as well as the result of investment in non-consolidated companies.
1 Segment information (Cont.)
Geographical information
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
North America
|
South America
|
Europe
|
Middle East & Africa
|
Far East & Oceania
|
Unallocated (*)
|
Total
|
|||||||
|
Year ended December 31, 2014
|
||||||||||||||
|
Net sales
|
4,977,239
|
2,125,984
|
979,042
|
1,843,778
|
411,919
|
-
|
10,337,962
|
|||||||
|
Total assets
|
9,550,349
|
3,340,973
|
1,857,285
|
598,175
|
498,694
|
830,235
|
16,675,711
|
|||||||
|
Trade receivables
|
733,864
|
554,542
|
259,115
|
340,880
|
74,993
|
-
|
1,963,394
|
|||||||
|
Property, plant and equipment, net
|
2,953,763
|
1,303,162
|
683,283
|
60,354
|
158,995
|
-
|
5,159,557
|
|||||||
|
Capital expenditures
|
610,252
|
338,995
|
111,232
|
10,891
|
18,003
|
-
|
1,089,373
|
|||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
345,185
|
120,905
|
119,226
|
10,154
|
20,159
|
-
|
615,629
|
|||||||
|
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
||||||||||||||
|
Net sales
|
4,412,263
|
2,586,496
|
958,178
|
2,119,896
|
519,948
|
-
|
10,596,781
|
|||||||
|
Total assets
|
8,130,812
|
3,150,000
|
2,561,557
|
562,206
|
592,065
|
934,330
|
15,930,970
|
|||||||
|
Trade receivables
|
613,735
|
506,044
|
364,806
|
373,844
|
124,550
|
-
|
1,982,979
|
|||||||
|
Property, plant and equipment, net
|
2,292,811
|
1,098,733
|
1,059,887
|
59,196
|
163,140
|
-
|
4,673,767
|
|||||||
|
Capital expenditures
|
285,413
|
283,265
|
151,550
|
5,048
|
28,222
|
-
|
753,498
|
|||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
327,344
|
110,496
|
140,180
|
10,594
|
21,440
|
-
|
610,054
|
|||||||
|
Year ended December 31, 2012
|
||||||||||||||
|
Net sales
|
5,270,062
|
2,717,234
|
1,092,642
|
1,271,585
|
482,507
|
-
|
10,834,030
|
|||||||
|
Total assets
|
7,780,873
|
3,824,931
|
2,327,901
|
449,056
|
578,199
|
998,583
|
15,959,543
|
|||||||
|
Trade receivables
|
528,443
|
867,223
|
273,824
|
286,212
|
115,076
|
-
|
2,070,778
|
|||||||
|
Property, plant and equipment, net
|
2,222,906
|
1,003,871
|
985,617
|
64,632
|
157,944
|
-
|
4,434,970
|
|||||||
|
Capital expenditures
|
338,827
|
237,456
|
185,354
|
9,720
|
18,374
|
-
|
789,731
|
|||||||
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
316,158
|
103,537
|
116,771
|
7,989
|
23,199
|
-
|
567,654
|
|||||||
There are no revenues from external customers attributable to the Company’s country of incorporation (Luxembourg). For geographical information purposes, “North America” comprises Canada, Mexico and the USA (32.6%); “South America” comprises principally Argentina (10.7%), Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador; “Europe” comprises principally Italy, United Kingdom, Norway and Romania; “Middle East and Africa” comprises principally Angola, Iraq, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Congo and; “Far East and Oceania” comprises principally China and Indonesia.
(*) Includes Investments in non-consolidated companies and Available for sale assets for $21.6 million in 2014, 2013 and 2012 (see Note 12 and 30).
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2 Cost of sales
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|||||||||
|
Inventories at the beginning of the year
|
2,702,647 | 2,985,805 | 2,806,409 | |||||||||
|
Plus: Charges of the period
|
||||||||||||
|
Raw materials, energy, consumables and other
|
3,944,283 | 3,749,921 | 4,330,547 | |||||||||
|
Increase in inventory due to business combinations
|
4,338 | - | 1,486 | |||||||||
|
Services and fees
|
453,818 | 422,142 | 433,944 | |||||||||
|
Labor cost
|
1,204,720 | 1,199,351 | 1,256,041 | |||||||||
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
|
366,932 | 368,507 | 333,466 | |||||||||
|
Amortization of intangible assets
|
17,324 | 8,263 | 7,091 | |||||||||
|
Maintenance expenses
|
217,694 | 202,338 | 260,274 | |||||||||
|
Allowance for obsolescence
|
4,704 | 70,970 | 49,907 | |||||||||
|
Taxes
|
20,024 | 4,956 | 6,793 | |||||||||
|
Other
|
130,845 | 147,180 | 137,140 | |||||||||
| 6,364,682 | 6,173,628 | 6,816,689 | ||||||||||
|
Less: Inventories at the end of the year
|
(2,779,869 | ) | (2,702,647 | ) | (2,985,805 | ) | ||||||
| 6,287,460 | 6,456,786 | 6,637,293 | ||||||||||
3 Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|||||||||
|
Services and fees
|
178,700 | 177,996 | 213,073 | |||||||||
|
Labor cost
|
594,660 | 575,588 | 570,950 | |||||||||
|
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
|
20,197 | 19,132 | 15,023 | |||||||||
|
Amortization of intangible assets
|
211,176 | 214,152 | 212,074 | |||||||||
|
Commissions, freight and other selling expenses
|
598,138 | 600,239 | 550,611 | |||||||||
|
Provisions for contingencies
|
35,557 | 31,429 | 21,163 | |||||||||
|
Allowances for doubtful accounts
|
21,704 | 23,236 | 3,840 | |||||||||
|
Taxes
|
165,675 | 170,659 | 170,582 | |||||||||
|
Other
|
138,145 | 128,782 | 126,473 | |||||||||
| 1,963,952 | 1,941,213 | 1,883,789 | ||||||||||
4 Labor costs (included in Cost of sales and in Selling, general and administrative expenses)
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|||||||||
|
Wages, salaries and social security costs
|
1,743,253 | 1,714,471 | 1,772,399 | |||||||||
|
Employees' service rescission indemnity (including those classified as defined contribution plans)
|
17,431 | 10,978 | 13,939 | |||||||||
|
Pension benefits - defined benefit plans
|
18,645 | 32,112 | 20,808 | |||||||||
|
Employee retention and long term incentive program
|
20,051 | 17,378 | 19,845 | |||||||||
| 1,799,380 | 1,774,939 | 1,826,991 | ||||||||||
At the year-end, the number of employees was 27,816 in 2014, 26,825 in 2013 and 26,673 in 2012.
100
|
4
|
Labor costs (included in Cost of sales and in Selling, general and administrative expenses) (Cont.)
|
The following table shows the geographical distribution of the employees:
|
Country
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
Argentina
|
6,421
|
6,379
|
6,621
|
|
Mexico
|
5,518
|
5,290
|
4,930
|
|
Brazil
|
3,835
|
3,309
|
3,161
|
|
USA
|
3,549
|
3,449
|
3,522
|
|
Italy
|
2,352
|
2,352
|
2,493
|
|
Romania
|
1,725
|
1,637
|
1,534
|
|
Canada
|
1,225
|
1,280
|
1,334
|
|
Indonesia
|
677
|
711
|
752
|
|
Colombia
|
614
|
627
|
623
|
|
Japan
|
588
|
565
|
593
|
|
Other
|
1,312
|
1,226
|
1,110
|
|
27,816
|
26,825
|
26,673
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|||
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
Other operating income
|
|||
|
Reimbursement from insurance companies and other third parties agreements (*)
|
490
|
148
|
49,495
|
|
Net income from other sales
|
8,843
|
10,663
|
12,314
|
|
Net rents
|
4,041
|
3,494
|
2,988
|
|
Other
|
14,481
|
-
|
6,583
|
|
27,855
|
14,305
|
71,380
|
|
|
Other operating expenses
|
|||
|
Contributions to welfare projects and non-profits organizations
|
9,961
|
21,147
|
22,226
|
|
Provisions for legal claims and contingencies
|
(760)
|
(2)
|
(668)
|
|
Loss on fixed assets and material supplies disposed / scrapped
|
203
|
39
|
227
|
|
Impairment charge
|
205,849
|
-
|
-
|
|
Allowance for doubtful receivables
|
336
|
1,708
|
5,936
|
|
Other
|
-
|
5,365
|
-
|
|
215,589
|
28,257
|
27,721
|
|
(*) In 2012, Confab Industrial S.A., a Tenaris subsidiary organized in Brazil (“Confab”) collected from the Brazilian government an amount, net of attorney fees and other related expenses, of approximately Brazilian reais (“BRL”) 99.8 million (approximately $49.2 million), recorded in other operating income. The income tax effect on this gain amounted to approximately $17.1 million. This payment was ordered by a final court judgment that represents Confab’s right to interest and monetary adjustment over a tax benefit that had been paid to Confab in 1991 and determined the amount of such right.
Impairment charge
Tenaris’s main source of revenue is the sale of products and services to the oil and gas industry, and the level of such sales is sensitive to international oil and gas prices and their impact on drilling activities.
In the past few months, oil prices have fallen from over $100/bbl in June 2014 to less than $50/bbl in January 2015. This decline is affecting drilling activity and the expected demand for OCTG products. Tenaris conducted an impairment test over its main assets and determined a charge of $206 million during the fourth quarter of 2014, which affected its welded pipe assets in Colombia and Canada.
At December 31, 2014, the carrying value of the assets impaired (i.e., property, plant and equipment and intangible assets) was as follows:
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
Assets before impairment
|
Impairment
|
Assets after impairment
|
|
Tubocaribe – Colombia
|
255,060
|
(174,239)
|
80,821
|
|
Prudential – Canada
|
261,497
|
(31,610)
|
229,887
|
|
Total
|
516,557
|
(205,849)
|
310,708
|
101
5 Other operating income and expenses (Cont.)
The value-in-use was used to determine the recoverable value. Value-in-use is calculated by discounting the estimated cash flows over a five year period based on forecasts approved by management. For the subsequent years beyond the five-year period, a terminal value is calculated based on perpetuity considering a nominal growth rate of 2%. The growth rate considers the long-term average growth rate for the oil and gas industry, the higher demand to offset depletion of existing fields and the Company’s expected market penetration.
The main key assumptions, used in estimating the value in use are oil and natural gas prices evolution, the level of drilling activity and Tenaris’s market share.
For purposes of assessing key assumptions, Tenaris uses external sources of information and management judgment based on past experience.
The discount rates used are based on the respective weighted average cost of capital (WACC) which is considered to be a good indicator of capital cost. For each CGU where assets are allocated, a specific WACC was determined taking into account the industry, country and size of the business. In 2014, the main discount rates used were in a range between 9% and 13%.
The main factors that could result in additional impairment charges in future periods would be an increase in the discount rate / decrease in growth rate used in the Company’s cash flow projections and a further deterioration of the business, competitive and economic factors, such as the oil and gas prices, capital expenditure program of Tenaris’s clients, the evolution of the rig count, the competitive environment and the cost of raw materials.
Following the requirements of IAS 36, Tenaris has determined that the CGU for which a reasonable possible change in a key assumptions would cause the CGUs’ carrying amount to exceed its recoverable amount was the welded OCTG CGU in the USA. An increase of 100 Bps in the discount rate would generate an impairment of $179 million; a decline of 100 Bps in the growth rate would generate an impairment of $116 million; and a decline of 5% in the cash flow projections would generate an impairment of $73 million.
For Prudential an increase of 100 Bps in the discount rate would generate an impairment of $35 million; a decline of 100 Bps in the growth rate would generate an impairment of $19 million; and a decline of 5% in the cash flow projections would generate an impairment of $12 million. For Tubocaribe an increase of 100 Bps in the discount rate would generate an impairment of $12 million; a decline of 100 Bps in the growth rate would generate an impairment of $7 million; and a decline of 5% in the cash flow projections would generate an impairment of $1 million.
6 Financial results
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
|
Interest Income
|
34,582
|
34,046
|
31,693
|
|
Interest from available-for-sale financial assets
|
4,992
|
191
|
-
|
|
Net result on changes in FV of financial assets at FVTPL
|
(1,478)
|
540
|
5,239
|
|
Net result on available-for-sale financial assets
|
115
|
(10)
|
-
|
|
Finance income
|
38,211
|
34,767
|
36,932
|
|
Finance Cost
|
(44,388)
|
(70,450)
|
(55,507)
|
|
Net foreign exchange transactions results (*)
|
50,298
|
37,179
|
(10,929)
|
|
Foreign exchange derivatives contracts results
|
(4,733)
|
4,414
|
(3,195)
|
|
Other
|
(6,351)
|
(34,589)
|
(17,405)
|
|
Other Financial results
|
39,214
|
7,004
|
(31,529)
|
|
Net Financial results
|
33,037
|
(28,679)
|
(50,104)
|
(*) In 2014 include the positive impact from the Argentine peso devaluation against the U.S. dollar on the Argentine peso denominated borrowings and liabilities.
Tenaris has categorized as available for sale certain fixed income financial instruments. Following is a summary of the available for sale financial assets reserve on Other Comprehensive Income.
|
Equity Reserve Dec-12
|
Movements 2013
|
Equity Reserve Dec-13
|
Movements 2014
|
Equity Reserve Dec-14
|
|
|
Available for sale
|
-
|
(39)
|
(39)
|
(2,447)
|
(2,486)
|
|
Total Available for sale reserve
|
-
|
(39)
|
(39)
|
(2,447)
|
(2,486)
|
102
7 Equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated companies
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|||
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
From non-consolidated companies
|
47,906
|
46,098
|
4,545
|
|
Gain on equity interest / others (**)
|
21,302
|
-
|
5,899
|
|
Impairment loss on non-consolidated companies (*)
|
(49,067)
|
-
|
(73,650)
|
|
20,141
|
46,098
|
(63,206)
|
|
(*) In 2014 and 2012, includes an impairment of Usiminas. See note 12.
(**) For 2014 see note 26.
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|||
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
Current tax
|
695,136
|
594,179
|
636,624
|
|
Deferred tax
|
(109,075)
|
33,698
|
(95,066)
|
|
586,061
|
627,877
|
541,558
|
|
The tax on Tenaris’s income before tax differs from the theoretical amount that would arise using the tax rate in each country as follows:
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|||
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
Income before income tax
|
1,951,994
|
2,202,249
|
2,243,297
|
|
Tax calculated at the tax rate in each country
|
312,714
|
465,029
|
456,530
|
|
Non taxable income / Non deductible expenses, net
|
132,551
|
72,768
|
80,527
|
|
Changes in the tax rates
|
3,249
|
8,287
|
4,707
|
|
Effect of currency translation on tax base (*)
|
138,925
|
92,695
|
5,214
|
|
Utilization of previously unrecognized tax losses
|
(1,378)
|
(10,902)
|
(5,420)
|
|
Tax charge
|
586,061
|
627,877
|
541,558
|
(*) Tenaris applies the liability method to recognize deferred income tax on temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and their carrying amounts in the financial statements. By application of this method, Tenaris recognizes gains and losses on deferred income tax due to the effect of the change in the value on the tax basis in subsidiaries (mainly Argentinian and Mexican), which have a functional currency different to their local currency. These gains and losses are required by IFRS even though the revalued / devalued tax basis of the relevant assets will not result in any deduction / obligation for tax purposes in future periods.
9 Dividends distribution
On November 5, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the payment of an interim dividend of $0.15 per share ($0.30 per ADS), or approximately $177 million, on November 27, 2014, with an ex-dividend date of November 24, 2014.
On May 7, 2014 the Company’s Shareholders approved an annual dividend in the amount of $0.43 per share ($0.86 per ADS). The amount approved included the interim dividend previously paid in November 21, 2013 in the amount of $0.13 per share ($0.26 per ADS). The balance, amounting to $0.30 per share ($0.60 per ADS), was paid on May 22, 2014. In the aggregate, the interim dividend paid in November 2013 and the balance paid in May 2014 amounted to approximately $507.6 million.
On May 2, 2013, the Company’s shareholders approved an annual dividend in the amount of $0.43 per share ($0.86 per ADS). The amount approved included the interim dividend previously paid in November 2012, in the amount of $0.13 per share ($0.26 per ADS). The balance, amounting to $0.30 per share ($0.60 per ADS), was paid on May 23, 2013. In the aggregate, the interim dividend paid in November 2012 and the balance paid in May 2013 amounted to approximately $507.6 million.
On May 2, 2012, the Company’s shareholders approved an annual dividend in the amount of $0.38 per share ($0.76 per ADS). The amount approved included the interim dividend previously paid in November 2011, in the amount of $0.13 per share ($0.26 per ADS). The balance, amounting to $0.25 per share ($0.50 per ADS), was paid on May 24, 2012. In the aggregate, the interim dividend paid in November 2011 and the balance paid in May 2012 amounted to approximately $449 million.
103
10 Property, plant and equipment, net
|
Year ended December 31, 2014
|
Land, building and improvements
|
Plant and production equipment
|
Vehicles, furniture and fixtures
|
Work in progress
|
Spare parts and equipment
|
Total
|
|
Cost
|
||||||
|
Values at the beginning of the year
|
1,498,188
|
8,073,413
|
339,314
|
441,902
|
37,754
|
10,390,571
|
|
Translation differences
|
(15,137)
|
(241,044)
|
(4,445)
|
(7,719)
|
(854)
|
(269,199)
|
|
Additions (*)
|
56,078
|
3,359
|
4,959
|
937,927
|
5,823
|
1,008,146
|
|
Disposals / Consumptions
|
(2,179)
|
(32,567)
|
(6,436)
|
-
|
(4,922)
|
(46,104)
|
|
Increase due to business combinations
|
5,059
|
20,803
|
2,758
|
859
|
31
|
29,510
|
|
Transfers / Reclassifications
|
91,788
|
409,938
|
23,404
|
(526,431)
|
243
|
(1,058)
|
|
Values at the end of the year
|
1,633,797
|
8,233,902
|
359,554
|
846,538
|
38,075
|
11,111,866
|
|
Depreciation and impairment
|
||||||
|
Accumulated at the beginning of the year
|
373,304
|
5,131,501
|
197,555
|
-
|
14,444
|
5,716,804
|
|
Translation differences
|
(5,996)
|
(134,723)
|
(3,677)
|
-
|
(256)
|
(144,652)
|
|
Depreciation charge
|
47,132
|
313,745
|
25,088
|
-
|
1,164
|
387,129
|
|
Transfers / Reclassifications
|
23
|
(38)
|
603
|
-
|
-
|
588
|
|
Increase due to business combinations
|
2,044
|
12,745
|
2,291
|
-
|
-
|
17,080
|
|
Impairment charge (See Note 5)
|
3,019
|
7,905
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
10,924
|
|
Disposals / Consumptions
|
(1,316)
|
(29,370)
|
(4,878)
|
-
|
-
|
(35,564)
|
|
Accumulated at the end of the year
|
418,210
|
5,301,765
|
216,982
|
-
|
15,352
|
5,952,309
|
|
At December 31, 2014
|
1,215,587
|
2,932,137
|
142,572
|
846,538
|
22,723
|
5,159,557
|
(*) The increase is mainly due to progress in the construction of the greenfield seamless facility in Bay City, Texas.
|
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
Land, building and improvements
|
Plant and production equipment
|
Vehicles, furniture and fixtures
|
Work in progress
|
Spare parts and equipment
|
Total
|
|
Cost
|
||||||
|
Values at the beginning of the year
|
1,417,994
|
7,503,358
|
321,271
|
489,894
|
43,674
|
9,776,191
|
|
Translation differences
|
(7,616)
|
36,436
|
(3,348)
|
(7,776)
|
348
|
18,044
|
|
Additions
|
10,121
|
5,242
|
4,963
|
641,235
|
5,308
|
666,869
|
|
Disposals / Consumptions
|
(17,388)
|
(30,156)
|
(8,973)
|
-
|
(6,783)
|
(63,300)
|
|
Increase due to the consolidation of joint operations
|
-
|
-
|
1,301
|
608
|
142
|
2,051
|
|
Transfers / Reclassifications
|
95,077
|
558,533
|
24,100
|
(682,059)
|
(4,935)
|
(9,284)
|
|
Values at the end of the year
|
1,498,188
|
8,073,413
|
339,314
|
441,902
|
37,754
|
10,390,571
|
|
Depreciation
|
||||||
|
Accumulated at the beginning of the year
|
331,806
|
4,811,325
|
182,169
|
-
|
15,921
|
5,341,221
|
|
Translation differences
|
(1,581)
|
22,046
|
(2,402)
|
-
|
458
|
18,521
|
|
Depreciation charge
|
43,469
|
317,242
|
25,678
|
-
|
1,250
|
387,639
|
|
Transfers / Reclassifications
|
1,511
|
3,339
|
(1,655)
|
-
|
(3,187)
|
8
|
|
Increase due to the consolidation of joint operations
|
-
|
-
|
392
|
-
|
105
|
497
|
|
Disposals / Consumptions
|
(1,901)
|
(22,451)
|
(6,627)
|
-
|
(103)
|
(31,082)
|
|
Accumulated at the end of the year
|
373,304
|
5,131,501
|
197,555
|
-
|
14,444
|
5,716,804
|
|
At December 31, 2013
|
1,124,884
|
2,941,912
|
141,759
|
441,902
|
23,310
|
4,673,767
|
Property, plant and equipment include capitalized interests for net amounts at December 31, 2014 and 2013 of $3,323 and $3,782 (there were no capitalized interests during the years 2014 and 2013), respectively.
104
11 Intangible assets, net
|
Year ended December 31, 2014
|
Information system projects
|
Licenses, patents and trademarks (*)
|
Goodwill
|
Customer relationships
|
Total
|
|
Cost
|
|||||
|
Values at the beginning of the year
|
400,488
|
492,829
|
2,147,242
|
2,059,946
|
5,100,505
|
|
Translation differences
|
(9,590)
|
(63)
|
(6,481)
|
-
|
(16,134)
|
|
Additions
|
79,983
|
1,244
|
-
|
-
|
81,227
|
|
Transfers / Reclassifications
|
1,090
|
556
|
-
|
-
|
1,646
|
|
Increase due to business combinations
|
28
|
-
|
41,243
|
-
|
41,271
|
|
Disposals
|
(64)
|
(552)
|
-
|
-
|
(616)
|
|
Values at the end of the year
|
471,935
|
494,014
|
2,182,004
|
2,059,946
|
5,207,899
|
|
Amortization and impairment
|
|||||
|
Accumulated at the beginning of the year
|
249,916
|
302,444
|
340,488
|
1,140,421
|
2,033,269
|
|
Translation differences
|
(6,425)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(6,425)
|
|
Amortization charge
|
40,188
|
30,379
|
-
|
157,933
|
228,500
|
|
Impairment charge (See Note 5)
|
-
|
-
|
96,137
|
98,788
|
194,925
|
|
Accumulated at the end of the year
|
283,679
|
332,823
|
436,625
|
1,397,142
|
2,450,269
|
|
At December 31, 2014
|
188,256
|
161,191
|
1,745,379
|
662,804
|
2,757,630
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
Information system projects
|
Licenses, patents and trademarks (*)
|
Goodwill
|
Customer relationships
|
Total
|
|
Cost
|
|||||
|
Values at the beginning of the year
|
310,524
|
493,822
|
2,147,433
|
2,059,946
|
5,011,725
|
|
Translation differences
|
(1,362)
|
20
|
61
|
-
|
(1,281)
|
|
Additions
|
85,974
|
655
|
-
|
-
|
86,629
|
|
Transfers / Reclassifications
|
5,820
|
(1,249)
|
-
|
-
|
4,571
|
|
Disposals
|
(468)
|
(419)
|
(252)
|
-
|
(1,139)
|
|
Values at the end of the year
|
400,488
|
492,829
|
2,147,242
|
2,059,946
|
5,100,505
|
|
Amortization
|
|||||
|
Accumulated at the beginning of the year
|
218,531
|
273,443
|
340,488
|
979,347
|
1,811,809
|
|
Translation differences
|
(779)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(779)
|
|
Amortization charge
|
31,104
|
30,237
|
-
|
161,074
|
222,415
|
|
Disposals
|
(171)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(171)
|
|
Transfers / Reclassifications
|
1,231
|
(1,236)
|
-
|
-
|
(5)
|
|
Accumulated at the end of the year
|
249,916
|
302,444
|
340,488
|
1,140,421
|
2,033,269
|
|
At December 31, 2013
|
150,572
|
190,385
|
1,806,754
|
919,525
|
3,067,236
|
(*) Includes Proprietary Technology.
The geographical allocation of goodwill for the year ended December 31, 2014 was $1.614.5 million for North America, $128.2 million for South America $2.0 million for Europe, and $0.7 million for Middle East & Africa.
The carrying amount of goodwill allocated by CGU, as of December 31, 2014, was as follows:
|
As of December 31, 2014
|
Tubes Segment
|
Other Segment
|
||||||||
|
CGU
|
Maverick Acquisition
|
Hydril Acquisition
|
Other
|
Maverick Acquisition
|
Total
|
|||||
|
OCTG (USA)
|
625.4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
625.4
|
|||||
|
Tamsa (Hydril and other)
|
-
|
345.9
|
19.4
|
-
|
365.3
|
|||||
|
Siderca (Hydril and other)
|
-
|
265.0
|
93.3
|
-
|
358.3
|
|||||
|
Hydril
|
-
|
309.0
|
-
|
-
|
309.0
|
|||||
|
Electric Conduits
|
45.8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
45.8
|
|||||
|
Coiled Tubing
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|||||
|
Other
|
-
|
-
|
37.6
|
-
|
37.6
|
|||||
|
Total
|
671.2
|
919.9
|
150.3
|
4.0
|
1,745.4
|
|||||
105
12 Investments in non-consolidated companies
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
At the beginning of the year
|
912,758
|
977,011
|
|
Translation differences
|
(74,412)
|
(87,666)
|
|
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies
|
47,906
|
46,098
|
|
Impairment loss in non-consolidated companies
|
(49,067)
|
-
|
|
Dividends and distributions received
|
(17,735)
|
(16,334)
|
|
Additions ('c )
|
1,380
|
-
|
|
Decrease due to consolidation (*)
|
(8,310)
|
(9,033)
|
|
Decrease / increase in equity reserves
|
(3,857)
|
2,682
|
|
At the end of the period
|
808,663
|
912,758
|
(*) See Note 26
|
% ownership - voting rights at December 31,
|
Value at December 31,
|
||||
|
Company
|
Country of incorporation
|
2014
|
2013
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
a) Ternium S.A.
|
Luxembourg
|
11.46% (*)
|
11.46% (*)
|
595,857
|
602,303
|
|
b) Usiminas S.A.
|
Brazil
|
2.5% - 5%
|
2.5% - 5%
|
209,355
|
298,459
|
|
Others
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3,451
|
11,996
|
|
808,663
|
912,758
|
||||
(*) Including treasury shares.
a) Ternium S.A.
Ternium S.A. (“Ternium”), is a steel producer in Latin America with production facilities in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, United States and Guatemala and is one of Tenaris’s main suppliers of round steel bars and flat steel products for its pipes business.
At December 31, 2014, the closing price of Ternium’s ADSs as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange was $17.6 per ADS, giving Tenaris’s ownership stake a market value of approximately $405.2 million (Level 1). At December 31, 2014, the carrying value of Tenaris’ ownership stake in Ternium, based on Ternium’s IFRS financial statements, was approximately $595.9 million. See Section II.B.2.
b) Usiminas S.A.
Usiminas is a Brazilian producer of high quality flat steel products used in the energy, automotive and other industries and it is Tenaris’s principal supplier of flat steel in Brazil for its pipes and industrial equipment businesses.
At December 31, 2014, the closing price of the Usiminas’ ordinary shares as quoted on the BM&FBovespa Stock Exchange was BRL12.3 (approximately $4.63) per share, giving Tenaris’s ownership stake a market value of approximately $115.7 million (Level 1). At December 31, 2014, the carrying value of Tenaris’s ownership stake in Usiminas, was approximately $209.3 million. This amount includes tangible and intangible assets allocated in the purchase price for $50 million.
An impairment test over the investment in Usiminas was performed as of December 31, 2014, and subsequently the goodwill of such investment was written down by $38.8 million and the purchase price allocation was written down by $10.2 million. The impairment was mainly due to expectations of a weaker industrial environment in Brazil, and consequently steel demand, as a result of worsening economic activity, as well as a significant additional downturn in international prices of iron ore and steel, which led to diminished cash flow expectations.
To determine the recoverable value, the value in use was used, which was calculated as the present value of the expected cash flows, considering the expected prices for the years covered by the projection. As of December 31, 2014 the discount rate used to test the investment in Usiminas for impairment was 9.8%.
106
|
12
|
Investments in non-consolidated companies (Cont.)
|
c) Techgen, S.A. de C.V. (“Techgen”)
Techgen is a Mexican project company currently undertaking the construction and operation of a natural gas-fired combined cycle electric power plant in the Pesquería area of the State of Nuevo León, Mexico. As of February 2014, Tenaris, Ternium and Tecpetrol International S.A. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of San Faustin S.A., the controlling shareholder of both Tenaris and Ternium) completed their initial investments in Techgen. Techgen is currently owned 48% by Ternium, 30% by Tecpetrol and 22% by Tenaris. Tenaris and Ternium also agreed to enter into power supply and transportation agreements with Techgen, pursuant to which Ternium and Tenaris will contract 78% and 22%, respectively, of Techgen’s power capacity of between 850 and 900 megawatts.
During 2014, each of Techgen’s shareholders made additional investments in Techgen, primarily in the form of subordinated loans. Tenaris’s total investments in Techgen totaled $0.5 million.
|
■
|
Techgen is a party to transportation capacity agreements with Kinder Morgan Gas Natural de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC and Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline LLC for a purchasing capacity of 150,000 MMBtu/Gas per day starting on June 1, 2016 and ending on May 31, 2036. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding value of this commitment was approximately $285 million. Tenaris’s exposure under the guarantee in connection with these agreements amounts to $62.7 million, corresponding to the 22% of the agreements’ outstanding value as of December 31, 2014.
|
|
■
|
Techgen is a party to a contract with GE Power Systems, Inc. and General Electric International Operations Company, Inc. Mexico Branch for the purchase of power generation equipment and other services related to the equipment for an outstanding amount of approximately $238 million. These agreements required Techgen to issue stand-by letters of credit up to an amount of $47.5 million. Tenaris’s exposure under the guarantee in connection with these stand-by letters of credit issued by Techgen is of $7.2 million.
|
|
■
|
Tenaris issued a Corporate Guarantee covering 22% of the obligations of Techgen under a syndicated loan agreement between Techgen and several banks led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and Natixis, New York Branch acting as joint bookrunners. The loan agreement amounted to $800 million and the proceeds will be used by Techgen in the construction of the facility. As of December 31, 2014, disbursements under the loan agreement amounted $440 million, as a result the amount guaranteed by Tenaris was approximately $96.8 million. If the loan is disbursed in full, the amount guaranteed by Tenaris will be approximately $176 million. The main covenants under the Corporate Guarantee are limitations on the sale of certain assets and compliance with financial ratios (e.g. leverage ratio).
|
Summarized selected financial information of Ternium and Usiminas, including the aggregated amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and profit or loss is as follows:
|
2014
|
2013
|
|||||||
|
Usiminas S.A.
|
Ternium S.A.
|
Total
|
Usiminas S.A.
|
Ternium S.A.
|
Total
|
|||
|
Non-current assets
|
8,362,515
|
6,905,672
|
15,268,187
|
9,347,605
|
7,153,162
|
16,500,767
|
||
|
Current assets
|
3,114,967
|
3,348,869
|
6,463,836
|
4,038,373
|
3,219,462
|
7,257,835
|
||
|
Total assets
|
11,477,482
|
10,254,541
|
21,732,023
|
13,385,978
|
10,372,624
|
23,758,602
|
||
|
Non-current liabilities
|
2,620,348
|
1,904,673
|
4,525,021
|
3,174,490
|
2,185,421
|
5,359,911
|
||
|
Current liabilities
|
1,795,582
|
2,091,386
|
3,886,968
|
2,171,729
|
1,849,159
|
4,020,888
|
||
|
Total liabilities
|
4,415,930
|
3,996,059
|
8,411,989
|
5,346,219
|
4,034,580
|
9,380,799
|
||
|
Non-controlling interests
|
768,749
|
973,523
|
1,742,272
|
905,847
|
998,009
|
1,903,856
|
||
|
Revenues
|
5,016,528
|
8,726,057
|
13,742,585
|
5,970,626
|
8,530,012
|
14,500,638
|
||
|
Gross profit
|
447,311
|
1,800,888
|
2,248,199
|
676,960
|
1,929,720
|
2,606,680
|
||
|
Net (loss) income for the year attributable to owners of the parent
|
61,531
|
452,404
|
513,935
|
(74,459)
|
455,425
|
380,966
|
||
|
Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year, net of tax, attributable to owners of the parent
|
92,155
|
92,155
|
98,856
|
98,856
|
||||
107
13Receivables – non current
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Government entities
|
1,697
|
2,232
|
|
Employee advances and loans
|
12,214
|
12,841
|
|
Tax credits
|
29,997
|
18,396
|
|
Receivables from related parties
|
43,093
|
20,716
|
|
Legal deposits
|
21,313
|
23,589
|
|
Advances to suppliers and other advances
|
119,970
|
44,986
|
|
Others
|
35,588
|
32,299
|
|
263,872
|
155,059
|
|
|
Allowances for doubtful accounts (see Note 22 (i))
|
(1,696)
|
(2,979)
|
|
262,176
|
152,080
|
|
14Inventories
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Finished goods
|
1,012,297
|
1,024,571
|
|
Goods in process
|
622,365
|
650,567
|
|
Raw materials
|
396,847
|
363,611
|
|
Supplies
|
554,946
|
572,167
|
|
Goods in transit
|
386,954
|
320,496
|
|
2,973,409
|
2,931,412
|
|
|
Allowance for obsolescence (see Note 23 (i))
|
(193,540)
|
(228,765)
|
|
2,779,869
|
2,702,647
|
|
15Receivables and prepayments
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other receivables
|
40,377
|
57,410
|
|
Government entities
|
3,189
|
3,948
|
|
Employee advances and loans
|
16,478
|
15,356
|
|
Advances to suppliers and other advances
|
42,832
|
70,412
|
|
Government tax refunds on exports
|
16,956
|
25,502
|
|
Receivables from related parties
|
63,733
|
11,313
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
25,588
|
9,273
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
66,470
|
36,406
|
|
275,623
|
229,620
|
|
|
Allowance for other doubtful accounts (see Note 23 (i))
|
(7,992)
|
(9,396)
|
|
267,631
|
220,224
|
|
16 Current tax assets and liabilities
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
Current tax assets
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
V.A.T. credits
|
74,129
|
69,926
|
|
Prepaid taxes
|
55,275
|
86,265
|
|
129,404
|
156,191
|
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
Current tax liabilities
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
Income tax liabilities
|
239,468
|
149,154
|
|
V.A.T. liabilities
|
27,156
|
39,984
|
|
Other taxes
|
85,729
|
77,622
|
|
352,353
|
266,760
|
|
108
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Current accounts
|
2,002,867
|
2,005,209
|
|
Receivables from related parties
|
29,505
|
28,924
|
|
2,032,372
|
2,034,133
|
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts (see Note 23 (i))
|
(68,978)
|
(51,154)
|
|
1,963,394
|
1,982,979
|
|
The following table sets forth details of the aging of trade receivables:
|
Trade Receivables
|
Not Due
|
Past due
|
||
|
1 - 180 days
|
> 180 days
|
|||
|
At December 31, 2014
|
||||
|
Guaranteed
|
571,170
|
495,336
|
70,239
|
5,595
|
|
Not guaranteed
|
1,461,202
|
1,186,958
|
203,116
|
71,128
|
|
Guaranteed and not guaranteed
|
2,032,372
|
1,682,294
|
273,355
|
76,723
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
(68,978)
|
-
|
(902)
|
(68,076)
|
|
Net Value
|
1,963,394
|
1,682,294
|
272,453
|
8,647
|
|
At December 31, 2013
|
||||
|
Guaranteed
|
628,929
|
481,079
|
130,316
|
17,534
|
|
Not guaranteed
|
1,405,204
|
1,122,078
|
227,317
|
55,809
|
|
Guaranteed and not guaranteed
|
2,034,133
|
1,603,157
|
357,633
|
73,343
|
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
(51,154)
|
-
|
(64)
|
(51,090)
|
|
Net Value
|
1,982,979
|
1,603,157
|
357,569
|
22,253
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Other investments
|
||
|
Fixed Income (time-deposit, zero coupon bonds, commercial papers)
|
718,877
|
639,538
|
|
Bonds and other fixed Income
|
817,823
|
513,075
|
|
Fund Investments
|
301,679
|
74,717
|
|
1,838,379
|
1,227,330
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
||
|
Cash at banks
|
120,772
|
123,162
|
|
Liquidity funds
|
110,952
|
95,042
|
|
Short – term investments
|
185,921
|
396,325
|
|
417,645
|
614,529
|
|
19 Borrowings
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Non-current
|
||
|
Bank borrowings
|
30,104
|
247,056
|
|
Finance lease liabilities
|
729
|
1,471
|
|
Costs of issue of debt
|
-
|
(2,309)
|
|
30,833
|
246,218
|
|
|
Current
|
||
|
Bank borrowings and other loans including related companies
|
966,741
|
668,132
|
|
Bank overdrafts
|
1,200
|
16,384
|
|
Finance lease liabilities
|
486
|
575
|
|
Costs of issue of debt
|
(20)
|
(374)
|
|
968,407
|
684,717
|
|
|
Total Borrowings
|
999,240
|
930,935
|
109
19 Borrowings (Cont.)
The maturity of borrowings is as follows:
|
1 year or less
|
1 - 2 years
|
2 – 3 years
|
3 - 4 years
|
4 - 5 years
|
Over 5 years
|
Total
|
||
|
At December 31, 2014
|
||||||||
|
Financial lease
|
487
|
392
|
219
|
97
|
21
|
-
|
1,216
|
|
|
Other borrowings
|
967,920
|
7,117
|
1,147
|
1,259
|
1,207
|
19,374
|
998,024
|
|
|
Total borrowings
|
968,407
|
7,509
|
1,366
|
1,356
|
1,228
|
19,374
|
999,240
|
|
|
Interest to be accrued (*)
|
19,398
|
2,586
|
1,074
|
1,057
|
1,055
|
2,168
|
27,338
|
|
|
Total
|
987,805
|
10,095
|
2,440
|
2,413
|
2,283
|
21,542
|
1,026,578
|
|
1 year or less
|
1 - 2 years
|
2 – 3 years
|
3 - 4 years
|
4 - 5 years
|
Over 5 years
|
Total
|
||
|
At December 31, 2013
|
||||||||
|
Financial lease
|
575
|
520
|
490
|
274
|
131
|
56
|
2,046
|
|
|
Other borrowings
|
684,142
|
98,891
|
91,202
|
45,860
|
7,066
|
1,728
|
928,889
|
|
|
Total borrowings
|
684,717
|
99,411
|
91,692
|
46,134
|
7,197
|
1,784
|
930,935
|
|
|
Interest to be accrued (*)
|
26,643
|
7,244
|
3,924
|
891
|
251
|
21
|
38,974
|
|
|
Total
|
711,360
|
106,655
|
95,616
|
47,025
|
7,448
|
1,805
|
969,909
|
(*) Includes the effect of hedge accounting.
Significant borrowings include:
|
In million of USD
|
||||
|
Disbursement date
|
Borrower
|
Type
|
Original & Outstanding
|
Final maturity
|
|
2014
|
Tamsa
|
Bank loans
|
522
|
2015
|
|
Mainly 2014
|
Siderca
|
Bank loans
|
183
|
Mainly 2015
|
|
December 2014
|
Tubocaribe (*)
|
Bank loan
|
180
|
Dec-15
|
(*) The main covenant on this loan agreement is in compliance with financial ratios (i.e., leverage ratio).
As of December 31, 2014, Tenaris was in compliance with all of its covenants.
The weighted average interest rates before tax shown below were calculated using the rates set for each instrument in its corresponding currency as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (considering hedge accounting where applicable).
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Total borrowings (*)
|
1.89%
|
7.50%
|
(*) The decrease in weighted average interest rates is explained mainly by ARS-denominated debt, which as of December 31, 2014 was almost fully hedged; whereas as of December 31, 2013 was fully unhedged.
110
19 Borrowings (Cont.)
Breakdown of long-term borrowings by currency and rate is as follows:
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|||
|
Currency
|
Interest rates
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
USD
|
Variable
|
-
|
218,134
|
|
USD
|
Fixed
|
21,079
|
-
|
|
ARS
|
Fixed
|
4,933
|
20,778
|
|
EUR
|
Fixed
|
3,981
|
-
|
|
Others
|
Variable
|
840
|
1,347
|
|
Others
|
Fixed
|
-
|
5,959
|
|
Total non current borrowings
|
30,833
|
246,218
|
|
Breakdown of short-term borrowings by currency and rate is as follows:
Current borrowings
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|||
|
Currency
|
Interest rates
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
USD
|
Variable
|
184,103
|
24,823
|
|
USD
|
Fixed
|
14,577
|
25,019
|
|
EURO
|
Variable
|
24,030
|
38,279
|
|
EURO
|
Fixed
|
1,272
|
8,432
|
|
MXN
|
Fixed
|
522,225
|
366,380
|
|
ARS
|
Fixed
|
184,791
|
215,429
|
|
BRL
|
Variable
|
34,446
|
-
|
|
ARS
|
Variable
|
71
|
4,394
|
|
Others
|
Variable
|
252
|
953
|
|
Others
|
Fixed
|
2,640
|
1,008
|
|
Total current borrowings
|
968,407
|
684,717
|
|
20 Deferred income tax
Deferred income taxes are calculated in full on temporary differences under the liability method using the tax rate of each country.
The evolution of deferred tax assets and liabilities during the year are as follows:
|
Fixed assets
|
Inventories
|
Intangible and Other (*)
|
Total
|
|
|
At the beginning of the year
|
360,208
|
21,526
|
548,219
|
929,953
|
|
Translation differences
|
(3,067)
|
-
|
849
|
(2,218)
|
|
Charged directly to Other Comprehensive Income
|
-
|
682
|
(906)
|
(224)
|
|
Income statement credit / (charge)
|
(10,756)
|
22,026
|
(65,716)
|
(54,446)
|
|
At December 31, 2014
|
346,385
|
44,234
|
482,446
|
873,065
|
|
Fixed assets
|
Inventories
|
Intangible and Other (*)
|
Total
|
|
|
At the beginning of the year
|
335,484
|
15,269
|
530,437
|
881,190
|
|
Translation differences
|
(1,703)
|
-
|
(223)
|
(1,926)
|
|
Charged directly to Other Comprehensive Income
|
-
|
-
|
11,441
|
11,441
|
|
Income statement charge
|
26,427
|
6,257
|
6,564
|
39,248
|
|
At December 31, 2013
|
360,208
|
21,526
|
548,219
|
929,953
|
(*) Includes the effect of currency translation on tax base explained in Note 8.
111
20 Deferred income tax (Cont.)
Deferred tax assets
|
Provisions and allowances
|
Inventories
|
Tax losses
|
Other
|
Total
|
|
|
At the beginning of the year
|
(53,636)
|
(162,242)
|
(25,810)
|
(134,319)
|
(376,007)
|
|
Translation differences
|
4,317
|
2,334
|
1,500
|
322
|
8,473
|
|
Increase due to business combinations
|
(1,255)
|
(297)
|
(3,535)
|
(281)
|
(5,368)
|
|
Charged directly to Other Comprehensive Income
|
979
|
(682)
|
-
|
40
|
337
|
|
Income statement chrge / (credit)
|
4,259
|
(28,822)
|
(13,807)
|
(16,259)
|
(54,629)
|
|
At December 31, 2014
|
(45,336)
|
(189,709)
|
(41,652)
|
(150,497)
|
(427,194)
|
|
Provisions and allowances
|
Inventories
|
Tax losses
|
Other
|
Total
|
|
|
At the beginning of the year
|
(56,406)
|
(183,560)
|
(23,141)
|
(105,409)
|
(368,516)
|
|
Translation differences
|
6,104
|
1,311
|
-
|
(843)
|
6,572
|
|
Increase due to business combinations
|
(17)
|
-
|
-
|
(1,442)
|
(1,459)
|
|
Charged directly to Other Comprehensive Income
|
753
|
-
|
-
|
(7,807)
|
(7,054)
|
|
Income statement charge / (credit)
|
(4,070)
|
20,007
|
(2,669)
|
(18,818)
|
(5,550)
|
|
At December 31, 2013
|
(53,636)
|
(162,242)
|
(25,810)
|
(134,319)
|
(376,007)
|
The recovery analysis of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities is as follows:
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Deferred tax assets to be recovered after 12 months
|
(119,192)
|
(119,488)
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities to be recovered after 12 months
|
868,289
|
877,524
|
Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are offset when (1) there is a legally enforceable right to set-off current tax assets against current tax liabilities and (2) when the deferred income taxes relate to the same fiscal authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities where there is an intention to settle the balances on a net basis. The following amounts, determined after appropriate set-off, are shown in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position:
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Deferred tax assets
|
(268,252)
|
(197,159)
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
714,123
|
751,105
|
|
445,871
|
553,946
|
|
The movement on the net deferred income tax liability account is as follows:
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
At the beginning of the year
|
553,946
|
512,674
|
|
Translation differences
|
6,255
|
4,646
|
|
Charged directly to Other Comprehensive Income
|
113
|
4,387
|
|
Income statement credit
|
(109,075)
|
33,698
|
|
Increase due to business combinations / Joint operations
|
(5,368)
|
(1,459)
|
|
At the end of the period
|
445,871
|
553,946
|
112
21 Other liabilities
(i) Other liabilities – Non current
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Post-employment benefits
|
164,217
|
169,215
|
|
Other-long term benefits
|
98,069
|
82,439
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
23,579
|
25,603
|
|
285,865
|
277,257
|
|
Post-employment benefits
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Values at the beginning of the period
|
136,931
|
131,475
|
|
Current service cost
|
7,582
|
18,373
|
|
Interest cost
|
9,254
|
7,220
|
|
Curtailments and settlements
|
(236)
|
1,212
|
|
Remeasurements (*)
|
(9,824)
|
(3,403)
|
|
Translation differences
|
(8,665)
|
(1,561)
|
|
Benefits paid from the plan
|
(8,006)
|
(15,299)
|
|
Other
|
(303)
|
(1,086)
|
|
At the end of the year
|
126,733
|
136,931
|
(*) For 2014, gain of $12.2 and for 2013, loss of $3.0 million attributable to demographic assumptions and a loss of $2.4 and a gain of $6.4 million attributable to financial assumptions.
The principal actuarial assumptions used were as follows:
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Discount rate
|
2% - 7%
|
3% - 7%
|
|
Rate of compensation increase
|
2% - 3%
|
3% - 7%
|
As of December 31, 2014, an increase / (decrease) of 1% in the discount rate assumption would have generated an impact on the defined benefit obligation of $8.2 million and $9.5 million and an increase / (decrease) of 1% in the rate of compensation assumption would have generated an impact on the defined benefit obligation of $6.6 million and $6.1 million. The above sensitivity analysis are based on a change in an assumption while holding all other assumptions constant. In practice, this is unlikely to occur, and changes in some of the assumptions may be correlated.
|
■
|
Funded
|
The amounts recognized in the statement of financial position for the current annual period and the previous annual period are as follows:
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Present value of funded obligations
|
183,085
|
177,433
|
|
Fair value of plan assets
|
(147,991)
|
(145,777)
|
|
(Assets) / Liability (*)
|
35,094
|
31,656
|
(*) In 2014 and 2013, $2.4 million and $0.6 million corresponding to an overfunded plan were reclassified within other non-current assets, respectively.
113
21 Other liabilities (Cont.)
(i) Other liabilities – Non current (Cont.)
The movement in the present value of funded obligations is as follows:
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
At the beginning of the year
|
177,433
|
191,154
|
|
Translation differences
|
(10,000)
|
(3,208)
|
|
Current service cost
|
2,266
|
430
|
|
Interest cost
|
7,621
|
7,366
|
|
Remeasurements (*)
|
16,104
|
(7,174)
|
|
Benefits paid
|
(10,339)
|
(11,135)
|
|
Movement in the fair value of plan assets
|
183,085
|
177,433
|
(*) For 2014, a loss of $1.5 and for 2013, gain of $7.5 million attributable to demographic assumptions and a loss of $14.6 and $ 14.7 million attributable to financial assumptions, respectively.
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
At the beginning of the year
|
(145,777)
|
(140,550)
|
|
Expected return on plan assets
|
(7,842)
|
(2,489)
|
|
Remeasurements
|
(8,130)
|
(7,737)
|
|
Translation differences
|
8,911
|
1,632
|
|
Contributions paid to the plan
|
(5,548)
|
(7,821)
|
|
Benefits paid from the plan
|
10,339
|
11,135
|
|
Other
|
56
|
53
|
|
(147,991)
|
(145,777)
|
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Equity instruments
|
52.7%
|
47.5%
|
|
Debt instruments
|
43.7%
|
52.5%
|
|
Others
|
3.6%
|
0.0%
|
The principal actuarial assumptions used were as follows:
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Discount rate
|
4 % - 4 %
|
4% - 5%
|
|
Rate of compensation increase
|
2 % - 3 %
|
3% - 4%
|
114
21 Other liabilities (Cont.)
(i) Other liabilities – Non current (Cont.)
The expected return on plan assets is determined by considering the expected returns available on the assets underlying the current investment policy. Expected return on plan assets is determined based on long-term, prospective rates of return as of the end of the reporting period.
As of December 31, 2014, an increase / (decrease) of 1% in the discount rate assumption would have generated an impact on the defined benefit obligation of $20.4 million and $24 million and an increase / (decrease) of 1% in the compensation rate assumption would have generated an impact on the defined benefit obligation of $0.3 million and $0.3 million. The above sensitivity analyses are based on a change in an assumption while holding all other assumptions constant. In practice, this is unlikely to occur, and changes in some of the assumptions may be correlated.
The employer contributions expected to be paid for the year 2015 amounts approximately to $5.8 million.
The methods and types of assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analysis did not change compared to the previous period.
The expected maturity of undiscounted post- employment benefits is as follows:
|
At 31 December 2014
|
Less than 1 year
|
1 - 2 years
|
2 - 3 years
|
3 - 4 years
|
4 - 5 years
|
Over 5 years
|
|
Unfunded Post-employment benefits
|
20,896
|
10,531
|
18,224
|
8,076
|
8,085
|
406,281
|
|
Funded Post-employment benefits
|
8,329
|
8,661
|
9,041
|
9,453
|
9,742
|
349,241
|
|
Total
|
29,225
|
19,192
|
27,265
|
17,529
|
17,827
|
755,522
|
(ii) Other liabilities - current
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Payroll and social security payable
|
204,558
|
207,425
|
|
Liabilities with related parties
|
5,305
|
22
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
56,834
|
8,268
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
29,580
|
35,282
|
|
296,277
|
250,997
|
|
22 Non-current allowances and provisions
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Values at the beginning of the year
|
(2,979)
|
(2,995)
|
|
Translation differences
|
534
|
740
|
|
Additional provisions
|
-
|
(752)
|
|
Used
|
749
|
28
|
|
Values at the end of the year
|
(1,696)
|
(2,979)
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
|
Values at the beginning of the year
|
66,795
|
67,185
|
|
Translation differences
|
(10,253)
|
(8,065)
|
|
Additional provisions
|
18,029
|
20,852
|
|
Reclassifications
|
(2,276)
|
(3,387)
|
|
Used
|
(5,146)
|
(9,840)
|
|
Increase due to business combinations
|
3,565
|
50
|
|
Values at the end of the year
|
70,714
|
66,795
|
115
23 Current allowances and provisions
|
Year ended December 31, 2014
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts - Trade receivables
|
Allowance for other doubtful accounts - Other receivables
|
Allowance for inventory obsolescence
|
|
Values at the beginning of the year
|
(51,154)
|
(9,396)
|
(228,765)
|
|
Translation differences
|
384
|
1,335
|
5,141
|
|
Additional allowances
|
(21,704)
|
(336)
|
(4,704)
|
|
Increase due to business combinations
|
(88)
|
(38)
|
(875)
|
|
Used
|
3,584
|
443
|
35,663
|
|
At December 31, 2014
|
(68,978)
|
(7,992)
|
(193,540)
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
Allowance for doubtful accounts - Trade receivables
|
Allowance for other doubtful accounts - Other receivables
|
Allowance for inventory obsolescence
|
|
Values at the beginning of the year
|
(29,143)
|
(10,516)
|
(185,168)
|
|
Translation differences
|
(17)
|
1,282
|
1,589
|
|
Additional allowances
|
(23,236)
|
(956)
|
(70,970)
|
|
Increase due to business combinations
|
(7)
|
-
|
-
|
|
Used
|
1,249
|
794
|
25,784
|
|
At December 31, 2013
|
(51,154)
|
(9,396)
|
(228,765)
|
(ii) Liabilities
|
Year ended December 31, 2014
|
Sales risks
|
Other claims and contingencies
|
Total
|
|
Values at the beginning of the year
|
9,670
|
16,045
|
25,715
|
|
Translation differences
|
(747)
|
(1,777)
|
(2,524)
|
|
Additional allowances
|
14,100
|
2,668
|
16,768
|
|
Reclassifications
|
-
|
2,275
|
2,275
|
|
Used
|
(15,818)
|
(6,036)
|
(21,854)
|
|
At December 31, 2014
|
7,205
|
13,175
|
20,380
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2013
|
Sales risks
|
Other claims and contingencies
|
Total
|
|
Values at the beginning of the year
|
14,112
|
12,846
|
26,958
|
|
Translation differences
|
(335)
|
490
|
155
|
|
Additional allowances
|
8,512
|
2,063
|
10,575
|
|
Reclassifications
|
366
|
3,021
|
3,387
|
|
Used
|
(12,985)
|
(2,492)
|
(15,477)
|
|
Increase due to the consolidation of joint operations
|
-
|
117
|
117
|
|
At December 31, 2013
|
9,670
|
16,045
|
25,715
|
116
24 Derivative financial instruments
Net fair values of derivative financial instruments
The net fair values of derivative financial instruments disclosed within Other Receivables and Other Liabilities at the reporting date, in accordance with IAS 39, are:
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
Foreign exchange derivatives contracts
|
25,588
|
9,273
|
|
Contracts with positive fair values
|
25,588
|
9,273
|
|
Foreign exchange derivatives contracts
|
(56,834)
|
(8,268)
|
|
Contracts with negative fair values
|
(56,834)
|
(8,268)
|
|
Total
|
(31,246)
|
1,005
|
Foreign exchange derivative contracts and hedge accounting
Tenaris applies hedge accounting to certain cash flow hedges of highly probable forecast transactions. The net fair values of exchange rate derivatives, including embedded derivatives and those derivatives that were designated for hedge accounting as of December 2014 and 2013, were as follows:
|
Fair Value
|
Hedge Accounting Reserve
|
|||||
|
Purchase currency
|
Sell currency
|
Term
|
2014
|
2013
|
2014
|
2013
|
|
MXN
|
USD
|
2015
|
(45,061)
|
(3,285)
|
120
|
(101)
|
|
USD
|
MXN
|
2015
|
18,105
|
(510)
|
(66)
|
(2)
|
|
EUR
|
USD
|
2015
|
(6,186)
|
-
|
(6,186)
|
-
|
|
USD
|
EUR
|
2015
|
982
|
(456)
|
-
|
(21)
|
|
EUR
|
BRL
|
2015
|
(96)
|
411
|
138
|
244
|
|
JPY
|
USD
|
2015
|
(5,079)
|
(675)
|
(1,797)
|
-
|
|
USD
|
KWD
|
2015
|
1,908
|
-
|
630
|
-
|
|
ARS
|
USD
|
2015
|
1,632
|
-
|
(1,245)
|
-
|
|
USD
|
BRL
|
2015
|
1,089
|
5,604
|
-
|
-
|
|
USD
|
CNH
|
2015
|
95
|
-
|
87
|
-
|
|
USD
|
GBP
|
2015
|
438
|
(55)
|
403
|
-
|
|
Others
|
927
|
(29)
|
-
|
-
|
||
|
Total
|
(31,246)
|
1,005
|
(7,916)
|
120
|
||
Following is a summary of the hedge reserve evolution:
|
Equity Reserve Dec-12
|
Movements 2013
|
Equity Reserve Dec-13
|
Movements 2014
|
Equity Reserve Dec-14
|
|
|
Foreign Exchange
|
(2,860)
|
2,980
|
120
|
(8,036)
|
(7,916)
|
|
Total Cash flow Hedge
|
(2,860)
|
2,980
|
120
|
(8,036)
|
(7,916)
|
Tenaris estimates that the cash flow hedge reserve at December 31, 2014 will be recycled to the Consolidated Income Statement during 2015.
117
25 Contingencies, commitments and restrictions on the distribution of profits
Contingencies
Tenaris is from time to time subject to various claims, lawsuits and other legal proceedings, including customer claims, in which third parties are seeking payment for alleged damages, reimbursement for losses or indemnity. Some of these claims, lawsuits and other legal proceedings involve highly complex issues, and often these issues are subject to substantial uncertainties. Accordingly, the potential liability with respect to a large portion of such claims, lawsuits and other legal proceedings cannot be estimated with certainty. Management with the assistance of legal counsel periodically reviews the status of each significant matter and assesses potential financial exposure. If a potential loss from a claim, lawsuit or proceeding is considered probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, a provision is recorded. Accruals for loss contingencies reflect a reasonable estimate of the losses to be incurred based on information available to management as of the date of preparation of the financial statements, and take into consideration litigation and settlement strategies. The Company believes that the aggregate provisions recorded for potential losses in these financial statements (Notes 22 and 23) are adequate based upon currently available information. However, if management’s estimates prove incorrect, current reserves could be inadequate and Tenaris could incur a charge to earnings which could have a material adverse effect on Tenaris’s results of operations, financial condition, net worth and cash flows.
Set forth below is a description of Tenaris’s material ongoing legal proceedings:
|
■
|
Tax assessment in Italy
|
A Tenaris Italian company received on December 24, 2012 a tax assessment from the Italian tax authorities related to allegedly omitted withholding tax on dividend payments made in 2007. The assessment, which was for an estimated amount of EUR282 million (approximately $342 million), comprising principal, interest and penalties, was appealed with the tax court in Milan. In February 2014, the tax court issued its decision on this tax assessment, partially reversing the assessment for 2007 and lowering the claimed amount to approximately EUR9 million (approximately $11 million), including principal, interest and penalties. On October 2, 2014, the Italian tax authorities appealed against the tax court decision on the first assessment.
On December 24, 2013, the company received a second tax assessment from the Italian tax authorities related to allegedly omitted withholding tax on dividend payments made in 2008. This second assessment, based on the same arguments of the first assessment, is for an estimated amount, as of December 31, 2014, of EUR248 million (approximately $301 million), comprising principal, interest and penalties. On February 20, 2014, the assessment for 2008 was appealed with the tax court in Milan. The hearing on this appeal will be held on June 22, 2015.
Based on the tax court decision on the first assessment, Tenaris believes that it is not probable that the ultimate resolution of either the first or the second tax assessment will result in a material obligation.
|
■
|
CSN claims relating to the January 2012 acquisition of Usiminas shares
|
In 2013, Confab was notified of a lawsuit filed in Brazil by Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) and various entities affiliated with CSN against Confab and the other entities that acquired a participation in Usiminas’ control group in January 2012.
The CSN lawsuit alleges that, under applicable Brazilian laws and rules, the acquirers were required to launch a tag-along tender offer to all non-controlling holders of Usiminas ordinary shares for a price per share equal to 80% of the price per share paid in such acquisition, or BRL28.8, and seeks an order to compel the acquirers to launch an offer at that price plus interest. If so ordered, the offer would need to be made to 182,609,851 ordinary shares of Usiminas not belonging to Usiminas’ control group, and Confab would have a 17.9% share in that offer.
On September 23, 2013, the first instance court issued its decision finding in favor of Confab and the other defendants and dismissing the CSN lawsuit. The claimants appealed the court decision and the defendants filed their response to the appeal. It is currently expected that the court of appeals will issue its judgment on the appeal within 2015.
118
25 Contingencies, commitments and restrictions on the distribution of profits (Cont.)
|
■
|
CSN claims relating to the January 2012 acquisition of Usiminas shares (Cont.)
|
The Company is aware that on November 10, 2014, CSN filed a separate complaint with Brazil’s securities regulator Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM) on the same grounds and with the same purpose as the lawsuit referred to above. The CVM proceeding is underway and the Company has not yet been served with process or requested to provide its response.
Finally, on December 11, 2014, CSN filed a claim with Brazil’s antitrust regulator Consejo Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE). In its claim, CSN alleges that the antitrust clearance request related to the January 2012 acquisition, which was approved by CADE without restrictions in August 2012, contained a false and deceitful description of the acquisition aimed at frustrating the minority shareholders’ right to a tag-along tender offer, and requests that CADE investigate and reopen the antitrust review of the acquisition and suspend the Company’s voting rights in Usiminas until the review is completed. The case is currently under review by CADE’s Administrative Tribunal.
Tenaris believes that all of CSN's claims and allegations are groundless and without merit, as confirmed by several opinions of Brazilian counsel and previous decisions by CVM, including a February 2012 decision determining that the above mentioned acquisition did not trigger any tender offer requirement, and, more recently, the first instance court decision on this matter first referred to above. Accordingly, no provision was recorded in these Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.
Commitments
Set forth is a description of Tenaris’s main outstanding commitments:
|
■
|
A Tenaris company is a party to a contract with Nucor Corporation under which it is committed to purchase on a monthly basis a minimum volume of hot-rolled steel coils at prices that are negotiated annually by reference to prices to comparable Nucor customers. The contract became effective in May 2013 and will be in force until December 2017; provided, however, that either party may terminate the contract at any time after January 1, 2015 with 12-month prior notice. As of December 31, 2014, the estimated aggregate contract amount through December 31, 2015, calculated at current prices, is approximately $248 million.
|
|
■
|
A Tenaris company entered into a contract with Siderar, a subsidiary of Ternium S.A. for the supply of steam generated at the power generation facility that Tenaris owns in the compound of the Ramallo facility of Siderar. Under this contract, Tenaris is required to provide to Siderar 250 tn/hour of steam through to 2018, and Siderar has the obligation to take or pay this volume. The amount of this gas supply agreement totals approximately $52.5 million.
|
|
■
|
A Tenaris company, entered into various contracts with suppliers pursuant to which it committed to purchase goods and services for a total amount of approximately $502.1 million related to the investment plan to expand Tenaris’s U.S. operations with the construction of a state-of-the-art seamless pipe mill in Bay City, Texas.
|
Restrictions to the distribution of profits and payment of dividends
As of December 31, 2014, equity as defined under Luxembourg law and regulations consisted of:
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
|
|
Share capital
|
1,180,537
|
|
Legal reserve
|
118,054
|
|
Share premium
|
609,733
|
|
Retained earnings including net income for the year ended December 31, 2014
|
21,072,180
|
|
Total equity in accordance with Luxembourg law
|
22,980,504
|
At least 5% of the Company’s net income per year, as calculated in accordance with Luxembourg law and regulations, must be allocated to the creation of a legal reserve equivalent to 10% of the Company’s share capital. As of December 31, 2014, this reserve is fully allocated and additional allocations to the reserve are not required under Luxembourg law. Dividends may not be paid out of the legal reserve.
119
25 Contingencies, commitments and restrictions on the distribution of profits (Cont.)
Restrictions to the distribution of profits and payment of dividends (Cont.)
The Company may pay dividends to the extent, among other conditions, that it has distributable retained earnings calculated in accordance with Luxembourg law and regulations.
At December 31, 2014, distributable amount under Luxembourg law totals $21.7 billion, as detailed below:
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
|
|
Retained earnings at December 31, 2013 under Luxembourg law
|
21,899,189
|
|
Other income and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2014
|
(295,767)
|
|
Dividends approved
|
(531,242)
|
|
Retained earnings at December 31, 2014 under Luxembourg law
|
21,072,180
|
|
Share premium
|
609,733
|
|
Distributable amount at December 31, 2014 under Luxembourg law
|
21,681,913
|
26 Business combinations
In September 2014, Tenaris closed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Socobras Participações Ltda. (“Socobras”), a holding company that owned 50% of the shares of Socotherm Brasil S.A.(“Socotherm”). Tenaris already owned the other 50% interest in Socotherm, following completion of this transaction, Tenaris now owns 100% of Socotherm.
The purchase price amounted to $29.6 million, net assets acquired (including PPE, inventories and cash and cash equivalents) amount to $9.6 million and goodwill for $20 million.
Tenaris accounted for this transaction as a step-acquisition whereby Tenaris’s ownership interest in Socotherm held before the acquisition was remeasured to fair value at that date. As a result, Tenaris recorded a result of approximately $21.3 million resulting from the difference between carrying value of its initial investments in Socotherm and the fair value which was included in “Equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated companies” on the Consolidated Income Statement.
Had the transaction been consummated on January 1, 2014, then Tenaris’s unaudited pro forma net sales and net income from continuing operations would not have changed materially.
27 Cash flow disclosures
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||||
|
(i)
|
Changes in working capital
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
Inventories
|
(72,883)
|
287,874
|
(174,670)
|
|
|
Receivables and prepayments
|
(31,061)
|
62,114
|
(26,285)
|
|
|
Trade receivables
|
20,886
|
129,939
|
(166,985)
|
|
|
Other liabilities
|
(61,636)
|
(151,578)
|
6,202
|
|
|
Customer advances
|
76,383
|
(77,099)
|
78,446
|
|
|
Trade payables
|
(3,755)
|
(62,470)
|
(19,720)
|
|
|
(72,066)
|
188,780
|
(303,012)
|
||
|
(ii)
|
Income tax accruals less payments
|
|||
|
Tax accrued
|
586,061
|
627,877
|
541,558
|
|
|
Taxes paid
|
(506,999)
|
(502,461)
|
(702,509)
|
|
|
79,062
|
125,416
|
(160,951)
|
||
|
(iii)
|
Interest accruals less payments, net
|
|||
|
Interest accrued
|
6,174
|
37,356
|
22,048
|
|
|
Interest received
|
31,306
|
42,091
|
41,996
|
|
|
Interest paid
|
(74,672)
|
(109,170)
|
(89,349)
|
|
|
(37,192)
|
(29,723)
|
(25,305)
|
||
|
(iv)
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|||
|
Cash at banks, liquidity funds and short - term investments
|
417,645
|
614,529
|
828,458
|
|
|
Bank overdrafts
|
(1,200)
|
(16,384)
|
(55,802)
|
|
|
416,445
|
598,145
|
772,656
|
||
As of December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the components of the line item “other, including currency translation adjustment” are immaterial to net cash provided by operating activities.
120
28 Related party transactions
As of December 31, 2014:
|
■
|
San Faustin S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company (Société Anonyme) (“San Faustin”), owned 713,605,187 shares in the Company, representing 60.45% of the Company’s capital and voting rights.
|
|
■
|
San Faustin owned all of its shares in the Company through its wholly-owned subsidiary Techint Holdings S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Société à Responsabilité Limitée) (“Techint”).
|
|
■
|
Rocca & Partners Stichting Administratiekantoor Aandelen San Faustin, a Dutch private foundation (Stichting) (“RP STAK”) held shares in San Faustin sufficient in number to control San Faustin.
|
|
■
|
No person or group of persons controls RP STAK.
|
Based on the information most recently available to the Company, Tenaris’s directors and senior management as a group owned 0.12% of the Company’s outstanding shares.
Transactions and balances disclosed as with “non-consolidated parties” are those with companies over which Tenaris exerts significant influence or joint control in accordance with IFRS, but does not have control. All other transactions and balances with related parties which are not non-consolidated parties and which are not consolidated are disclosed as “Other”. The following transactions were carried out with related parties:
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|||||
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
||||
|
(i)
|
Transactions
|
|||||
|
(a) Sales of goods and services
|
||||||
|
Sales of goods to non-consolidated parties
|
33,342
|
35,358
|
43,501
|
|||
|
Sales of goods to other related parties
|
103,377
|
115,505
|
77,828
|
|||
|
Sales of services to non-consolidated parties
|
10,932
|
15,439
|
14,583
|
|||
|
Sales of services to other related parties
|
3,264
|
5,035
|
4,000
|
|||
|
150,915
|
171,337
|
139,912
|
||||
|
(b) Purchases of goods and services
|
||||||
|
Purchases of goods to non-consolidated parties
|
302,144
|
320,000
|
444,742
|
|||
|
Purchases of goods to other related parties
|
44,185
|
14,828
|
19,745
|
|||
|
Purchases of services to non-consolidated parties
|
27,304
|
56,820
|
112,870
|
|||
|
Purchases of services to other related parties
|
90,652
|
100,677
|
87,510
|
|||
|
464,285
|
492,325
|
664,867
|
||||
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
At December 31,
|
|||
|
2014
|
2013
|
|||
|
(ii)
|
Period-end balances
|
|||
|
(a) Arising from sales / purchases of goods / services
|
||||
|
Receivables from non-consolidated parties
|
104,703
|
30,416
|
||
|
Receivables from other related parties
|
31,628
|
30,537
|
||
|
Payables to non-consolidated parties
|
(53,777)
|
(33,503)
|
||
|
Payables to other related parties
|
(28,208)
|
(8,323)
|
||
|
54,346
|
19,127
|
|||
|
(b) Financial debt
|
||||
|
Borrowings from other related parties
|
(200)
|
-
|
||
|
(200)
|
-
|
|||
Directors’ and senior management compensation
During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the cash compensation of Directors and Senior managers amounted to $25.6 million, $27.1 million and $24.1 million respectively. In addition, Directors and Senior managers received 567, 534 and 542 thousand units for a total amount of $6.2 million, $5.6 million and $5.2 million respectively in connection with the Employee retention and long term incentive program mentioned in Note O (2).
121
29 Principal subsidiaries
The following is a list of Tenaris’s principal subsidiaries and its direct and indirect percentage of ownership of each controlled company at December 31, 2014.
|
Company
|
Country of Incorporation
|
Main activity
|
Percentage of ownership at December 31, (*)
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|||
|
ALGOMA TUBES INC.
|
Canada
|
Manufacturing of seamless steel pipes
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
CONFAB INDUSTRIAL S.A. and subsidiaries
|
Brazil
|
Manufacturing of welded steel pipes and capital goods
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
DALMINE S.p.A.
|
Italy
|
Manufacturing of seamless steel pipes
|
99%
|
99%
|
99%
|
|
HYDRIL COMPANY and subsidiaries (except detailed) (a)
|
USA
|
Manufacturing and marketing of premium connections
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
INVERSIONES BERNA LIMITADA
|
Chile
|
Financial Company
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION and subsidiaries (except detailed)
|
USA
|
Manufacturing of welded steel pipes
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
NKKTUBES
|
Japan
|
Manufacturing of seamless steel pipes
|
51%
|
51%
|
51%
|
|
PT SEAMLESS PIPE INDONESIA JAYA
|
Indonesia
|
Manufacturing of seamless steel products
|
77%
|
77%
|
77%
|
|
PRUDENTIAL STEEL ULC
|
Canada
|
Manufacturing of welded steel pipes
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
S.C. SILCOTUB S.A.
|
Romania
|
Manufacturing of seamless steel pipes
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
SIAT S.A.
|
Argentina
|
Manufacturing of welded and seamless steel pipes
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
SIDERCA S.A.I.C. and subsidiaries (except detailed) (b)
|
Argentina
|
Manufacturing of seamless steel pipes
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TALTA - TRADING E MARKETING SOCIEDADE UNIPESSOAL LDA.
|
Madeira
|
Trading and holding Company
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TENARIS BAY CITY
|
USA
|
Manufacturing of seamless steel pipes
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
|
TENARIS FINANCIAL SERVICES S.A.
|
Uruguay
|
Financial company
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TENARIS GLOBAL SERVICES (CANADA) INC.
|
Canada
|
Marketing of steel products
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TENARIS GLOBAL SERVICES (PANAMA) S.A. - Suc. Colombia
|
Colombia
|
Marketing of steel products
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TENARIS GLOBAL SERVICES (U.S.A.) CORPORATION
|
USA
|
Marketing of steel products
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TENARIS GLOBAL SERVICES NIGERIA LIMITED
|
Nigeria
|
Marketing of steel products
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TENARIS GLOBAL SERVICES NORWAY A.S.
|
Norway
|
Marketing of steel products
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TENARIS GLOBAL SERVICES S.A. and subsidiaries (c)
|
Uruguay
|
Holding company and marketing of steel products
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TENARIS GLOBAL SERVICES (UK) LTD
|
United Kingdom
|
Marketing of steel products
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TENARIS INVESTMENTS S.a.r.l.
|
Luxembourg
|
Holding Company
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TENARIS INVESTMENTS S.ar.l., Zug Branch
|
Switzerland
|
Financial services
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TENARIS INVESTMENTS SWITZERLAND AG and subsidiaries (except detailed)
|
Switzerland
|
Holding Company
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TUBOS DE ACERO DE MEXICO S.A.
|
Mexico
|
Manufacturing of seamless steel pipes
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
TENARIS TUBOCARIBE LTDA.
|
Colombia
|
Manufacturing of welded steel pipes
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
(*) All percentages rounded.
(a) Tenaris holds 100% of Hydril's subsidiaries shares except for Technical Drilling & Production Services Nigeria. Ltd where it holds 80% for 2014 and 2013, and 60% for 2012.
(b) For 2014 and 2013, Tenaris holds 100% of Siderca's subsidiaries. For 2012, Tenaris holds 100% of Siderca's subsidiaries except for Scrapservice S.A where it holds 75%.
(c) Tenaris holds 97.5% of Tenaris Supply Chain S.A, 95% of Tenaris Saudi Arabia Limited, 60% of Gepnaris S.A. and 40% of Tubular Technical Services and Pipe Coaters, and 49% of Amaja Tubular Services Limited.
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30 Nationalization of Venezuelan Subsidiaries
In May 2009, within the framework of Decree Law 6058, Venezuela’s President announced the nationalization of, among other companies, the Company's majority-owned subsidiaries TAVSA - Tubos de Acero de Venezuela S.A. (“Tavsa”) and, Matesi Materiales Siderúrgicos S.A (“Matesi”), and Complejo Siderúrgico de Guayana, C.A (“Comsigua”), in which the Company has a non-controlling interest (collectively, the “Venezuelan Companies”).
In August 2009, Venezuela, acting through the transition committee appointed by the Minister of Basic Industries and Mines of Venezuela, unilaterally assumed exclusive operational control over Matesi, and in November, 2009, Venezuela, acting through PDVSA Industrial S.A. (a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.), formally assumed exclusive operational control over the assets of Tavsa. Venezuela did not pay any compensation for these assets.
Tenaris’s investments in the Venezuelan companies are protected under applicable bilateral investment treaties, including the bilateral investment treaty between Venezuela and the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union, and Tenaris continues to reserve all of its rights under contracts, investment treaties and Venezuelan and international law. Tenaris has also consented to the jurisdiction of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) in connection with the nationalization process.
In August 2011, Tenaris and its wholly-owned subsidiary Talta - Trading e Marketing Sociedad Unipessoal Lda (“Talta”), initiated arbitration proceedings against Venezuela before the ICSID in Washington D.C., pursuant to the bilateral investment treaties entered into by Venezuela with the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union and Portugal. In these proceedings, Tenaris and Talta seek adequate and effective compensation for the expropriation of their investment in Matesi. The parties to the arbitration have had several exchanges of written pleadings on jurisdiction and the merits. An oral hearing on jurisdiction and the merits was held from January 31, 2013 to February 7, 2014. An additional two day hearing was held on 9-10 July 2014 in London, England to hear the testimony of the Parties’ experts on Luxembourg and Portuguese law. On August 8, 2014, both parties submitted their post-hearing briefs analyzing the testimony proffered at both hearings; Tenaris and Talta updated their pre-expropriation damages claim (to a principal sum of US$299.3 million plus pre-award interest for US$489.8 million, plus post-award interest). The tribunal will deliberate and issue the award. There is no procedural deadline by which the award must be rendered.
In July 2012, Tenaris and Talta initiated separate arbitration proceedings against Venezuela before the ICSID, seeking adequate and effective compensation for the expropriation of their respective investments in Tavsa and Comsigua. The tribunal in these proceedings was constituted in July 2013. Tenaris and Talta submitted their memorial on jurisdiction and the merits in October 2013. Thereafter, the proceedings on the merits were suspended in order for the tribunal to separately consider one of Venezuela’s jurisdictional objections. After exchanging one round of written jurisdictional submissions on 1 April and 16 June 2014, the suspension of the merits phase of the arbitration was lifted (by agreement of the parties) such that the jurisdictional and merits issues will be pleaded together. Following the exchange of further written submissions by the Parties (scheduled to be completed by April 2015), an oral hearing will take place in June 2015; finally, the tribunal will deliberate and issue its award. There is no procedural deadline within the award must be rendered.
Based on the facts and circumstances described above and following the guidance set forth by IAS 27R, the Company ceased consolidating the results of operations and cash flows of the Venezuelan Companies as from June 30, 2009, and classified its investments in the Venezuelan Companies as financial assets based on the definitions contained in paragraphs 11(c)(i) and 13 of IAS 32.
The Company classified its interests in the Venezuelan Companies as available-for-sale investments since management believes they do not fulfill the requirements for classification within any of the remaining categories provided by IAS 39 and such classification is the most appropriate accounting treatment applicable to non-voluntary dispositions of assets.
Tenaris or its subsidiaries have net receivables with the Venezuelan Companies as of December 31, 2014, for a total amount of approximately $26.8 million.
The Company records its interest in the Venezuelan Companies at its carrying amount at June 30, 2009, and not at fair value, following the guidance set forth by paragraphs 46(c), AG80 and AG81 of IAS 39.
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31 Fees paid to the Company's principal accountant
Total fees accrued for professional services rendered by PwC Network firms to Tenaris S.A. and its subsidiaries are detailed as follows:
|
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
Year ended December 31,
|
||
|
2014
|
2013
|
2012
|
|
|
Audit Fees
|
5,231
|
5,723
|
5,446
|
|
Audit-Related Fees
|
142
|
143
|
335
|
|
Tax Fees
|
89
|
117
|
137
|
|
All Other Fees
|
35
|
51
|
32
|
|
Total
|
5,497
|
6,034
|
5,950
|
32 Subsequent event
|
|
Annual Dividend Proposal
|
On February 18, 2015 the Company’s Board of Directors proposed, for the approval of the Annual General Shareholders' meeting to be held on May 6, 2015, the payment of an annual dividend of $0.45 per share ($0.90 per ADS), or approximately $531.2 million, which includes the interim dividend of $0.15 per share ($0.30 per ADS) or approximately $177.1 million, paid on November 27, 2014. If the annual dividend is approved by the shareholders, a dividend of $0.30 per share ($0.60 per ADS), or approximately $354.1 million will be paid on May 20, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of May 18, 2015. These Consolidated Financial Statements do not reflect this dividend payable.
/s/ Edgardo Carlos
Chief Financial Officer
Edgardo Carlos
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Tenaris S.A. Annual Accounts (Luxembourg GAAP)
As at December 31, 2014
125
Audit report
To the Shareholders of
Tenaris S.A.
Report on the annual accounts
We have audited the accompanying annual accounts of Tenaris S.A., which comprise the balance sheet as at 31 December 2014, the profit and loss account for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Board of Directors’ responsibility for the annual accounts
The Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these annual accounts in accordance with Luxembourg legal and regulatory requirements relating to the preparation of the annual accounts, and for such internal control as the Board of Directors determines is necessary to enable the preparation of annual accounts that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Responsibility of the “Réviseur d’entreprises agréé”
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these annual accounts based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing as adopted for Luxembourg by the “Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier”. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the annual accounts are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the annual accounts. The procedures selected depend on the judgment of the “Réviseur d’entreprises agréé”, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the annual accounts, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the “Réviseur d’entreprises agréé” considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the annual accounts in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the Board of Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the annual accounts.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérative, 2, rue Gerhard Mercator, B.P. 1443, L-1014 Luxembourg
T : +352 494848 1, F : +352 494848 2900, www.pwc.lu
Cabinet de révision agréé. Expert-comptable (autorisation gouvernementale n°10028256)
R.C.S. Luxembourg B 65 477 - TVA LU25482518
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Opinion
In our opinion, the annual accounts give a true and fair view of the financial position of Tenaris S.A. as of 31 December 2014, and of the results of its operations for the year then ended in accordance with Luxembourg legal and regulatory requirements relating to the preparation of the annual accounts.
Report on other legal and regulatory requirements
The management report, which is the responsibility of the Board of Directors, is consistent with the annual accounts and includes the information required by the law with respect to Corporate Governance Statements.
| PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérative | Luxembourg, 31 March 2015 |
| Represented by |
/s/ Mervyn R. Martins
Mervyn R. Martins
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérative, 2, rue Gerhard Mercator, B.P. 1443, L-1014 Luxembourg
T : +352 494848 1, F : +352 494848 2900, www.pwc.lu
Cabinet de révision agréé. Expert-comptable (autorisation gouvernementale n°10028256)
R.C.S. Luxembourg B 65 477 - TVA LU25482518
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Tenaris S.A.
Balance Sheet as at December 31, 2014
(expressed in United States Dollars)
|
2014
|
2013
|
||||
|
Note(s)
|
USD
|
USD
|
|||
|
ASSETS
|
|||||
|
C.
|
Fixed assets
|
||||
|
III.
|
Financial fixed assets
|
||||
|
1.
|
Shares in affiliated undertakings
|
4
|
23.006.961.885
|
23.827.602.627
|
|
|
23.006.961.885
|
23.827.602.627
|
||||
|
D.
|
Current assets
|
||||
|
II.
|
Debtors
|
||||
|
2.
|
Amounts owed by affiliated undertakings
|
||||
|
a) becoming due and payable within one year
|
10
|
2.528.182
|
3.490.592
|
||
|
4.
|
Other receivables
|
||||
|
a) becoming due and payable within one year
|
285
|
-
|
|||
|
IV.
|
Cash at bank and cash in hand
|
317.613
|
233.271
|
||
|
2.846.080
|
3.723.863
|
||||
|
Total assets
|
23.009.807.965
|
23.831.326.490
|
|||
|
LIABILITIES
|
|||||
|
A.
|
Capital and reserves
|
||||
|
I.
|
Subscribed capital
|
5
|
1.180.536.830
|
1.180.536.830
|
|
|
II.
|
Share premium and similar premiums
|
5&7
|
609.732.757
|
609.732.757
|
|
|
IV.
|
Reserves
|
||||
|
1.
|
Legal reserve
|
5&6
|
118.053.683
|
118.053.683
|
|
|
V.
|
Profit or loss brought forward
|
21.545.028.256
|
22.057.709.325
|
||
|
VI.
|
Profit or loss for the financial year
|
(295.767.461)
|
(5.050.231)
|
||
|
VII.
|
Interim dividends
|
5&8
|
(177.080.525)
|
(153.469.789)
|
|
|
22.980.503.540
|
23.807.512.575
|
||||
|
D.
|
Non-subordinated debts
|
||||
|
6.
|
Amounts owed to affiliated undertakings
|
||||
|
a) becoming due and payable within one year
|
10
|
7.186.486
|
6.048.341
|
||
|
b) becoming due and payable after more than one year
|
10
|
20.082.849
|
15.286.899
|
||
|
9.
|
Other creditors
|
||||
|
a) becoming due and payable within one year
|
2.035.090
|
2.478.675
|
|||
|
29.304.425
|
23.813.915
|
||||
|
Total liabilities
|
23.009.807.965
|
23.831.326.490
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these annual accounts
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Tenaris S.A.
Profit and loss account for the year ended December 31, 2014
(expressed in United States Dollars)
|
2014
|
2013
|
||||
|
Note
|
USD
|
USD
|
|||
|
A.
|
CHARGES
|
||||
|
5.
|
Other operating charges
|
11
|
28.563.073
|
24.162.454
|
|
|
6.
|
Value adjustments and fair value adjustments on financial fixed assets
|
4
|
288.522.631
|
-
|
|
|
8.
|
Interest and other financial charges
|
||||
|
a) concerning affiliated undertakings
|
772.069
|
863.600
|
|||
|
b) other interest and similar financial charges
|
67
|
46.360
|
|||
|
11.
|
Income tax
|
9
|
4.357
|
4.268
|
|
|
Total charges
|
317.862.197
|
25.076.682
|
|||
|
B.
|
INCOME
|
||||
|
6.
|
Income from financial fixed assets
|
||||
|
a) derived from affiliated undertakings
|
12
|
22.000.000
|
20.000.000
|
||
|
7.
|
Income from financial current assets
|
||||
|
a) derived from affiliated undertakings
|
19.715
|
24.254
|
|||
|
b) other income from financial current assets
|
75.021
|
2.197
|
|||
|
13.
|
Loss for the financial year
|
295.767.461
|
5.050.231
|
||
|
Total income
|
317.862.197
|
25.076.682
|
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Tenaris S.A.
Notes to audited annual accounts
Note 1 – General information
Tenaris S.A. (the “Company” or “Tenaris”) was established on December 17, 2001 under the name of Tenaris Holding S.A. as a public limited liability company under Luxembourg’s 1929 holding company regime (societé anonyme holding). On June 26, 2002, the Company changed its name to Tenaris S.A. On January 1, 2011, the Company became an ordinary public limited liability company (Société Anonyme).
Tenaris’s object is to invest mainly in companies that manufacture and market steel tubes and other related businesses.
The financial year stars on January 1 and ends on December 31 of each year.
Tenaris prepares and publishes consolidated financial statements which include further information on Tenaris and its subsidiaries. The financial statements are available at the registered office of the Company, 29, Avenue de la Porte-Neuve –L-2227– 3rd Floor, Luxembourg.
Note 2 – Presentation of the comparative financial data
The comparative figures for the financial year ended December 31, 2013 relating to items of balance sheet, profit and loss and the notes to the accounts are reclassified whenever necessary to ensure comparability with the figures for the financial year ended December 31, 2014.
Note 3 – Summary of significant accounting policies
3.1 Basis of presentation
These annual accounts have been prepared in accordance with Luxembourg legal and regulatory requirements under the historical cost convention.
Accounting policies and valuation rules are, besides the ones laid down by the law of 19 December 2002, determined and applied by the Board of Directors.
The preparation of these annual accounts requires management to make certain accounting estimates and assumptions that might affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the reporting dates, and the reported amounts of income and charges during the reporting years. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
|
3.2
|
Foreign currency translation
|
Current and non-current assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the United States Dollar (“USD”) are translated into USD at the rate of exchange at the balance sheet date. Non-current assets remain at the exchange rate on the day of incorporation. The resulting gains or losses are reflected in the Profit and loss account for the financial year. Income and expenses in currencies other than the USD are translated into USD at the exchange rate prevailing at the date of each transaction.
|
3.3
|
Financial fixed assets
|
Shares in affiliated undertakings are stated at purchase price, adding to the price paid the expenses incidental thereto.
Whenever necessary, the Company conducts impairment tests on its fixed assets in accordance with Luxembourg regulations.
In case of other than a temporary decline in respect of the fixed assets value, its carrying value will be reduced to recognize this decline. If there is a change in the reasons for which the value adjustments were made, these adjustments could be reversed, if appropriate.
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Tenaris S.A.
Notes to audited annual accounts
Note 3 – Summary of significant accounting policies (Cont.)
|
3.4
|
Debtors
|
Debtors are valued at their nominal value. They are subject to value adjustments where their recovery is compromised. These value adjustments are not continued if the reasons for which the value adjustments were made have ceased to apply.
|
3.5
|
Cash at bank and cash in hand
|
Cash at bank and cash in hand mainly comprise cash at bank and liquidity funds. Assets recorded in cash at bank and cash in hand are carried at fair market value or at historical cost which approximates fair market value.
|
3.6
|
Non-subordinated debts
|
Non-subordinated debts are stated at nominal value.
Note 4 – Financial fixed assets
Shares in affiliated undertakings
Movements of investments in affiliated undertakings during the financial year are as follows:
|
Company
|
Country
|
% of ownership
|
Book value at December 31, 2013
|
Decreases
|
Book value at December 31, 2014
|
Equity at 31.12.2014
|
Profit for the financial year ended on 31.12.2014
|
|
USD
|
|||||||
|
Tenaris Investments S.à r.l. (*)
|
Luxembourg
|
100,0%
|
23.827.602.627
|
(820.640.742)
|
23.006.961.885
|
25.667.006.723
|
528.072.784
|
|
Shares in affiliated undertakings
|
23.827.602.627
|
(820.640.742)
|
23.006.961.885
|
25.667.006.723
|
528.072.784
|
||
(*) Tenaris holds indirectly through its wholly-owned subsidiary Tenaris Investments S.à r.l. the 100% shares of: Confab Industrial S.A., Hydril Company, Inversiones Berna Limitada, Inversiones Lucerna Limitada, Maverick Tube Corporation, Siderca S.A.I.C., Talta - Trading e Marketing, Sociedade Unipessoal Lda., Tenaris Investments Switzerland AG, Tenaris Solutions AG, Tubos de Acero de México S.A., Tenaris Bay City, Inc., Tenaris Rods (USA), Inc., Algoma Tubes INC., Siderca International ApS, Exiros B.V. and Socobras Particiaçoes Ltda.. Additionally, Tenaris holds through its wholly-owned subsidiary Tenaris Investments S.à r.l. the 11.5% of Ternium S.A.
On December 7, 2010, Tenaris entered into a master credit agreement with Tenaris Investments pursuant to which, upon request from Tenaris, Tenaris Investments may, but shall not be required to, from time to time make loans to Tenaris. Any loan under the master credit agreement may be repaid or prepaid from time to time through a reduction of the capital of Tenaris Investments by an amount equivalent to the amount of the loan then outstanding (including accrued interest). As a result of reductions in the capital of Tenaris Investments made during the financial year ended December 31, 2014, in connection with cancellations of loans to Tenaris, the value of the participation of Tenaris in Tenaris Investments decreased by USD 532.1 million.
The Company has reviewed the carrying value of its investments and as a consequence, as of December 31, 2014 an impairment test over the underlying investment was performed. Subsequently the value of the following investments, held indirectly through Tenaris Investments S.à r.l, were written down as follows: Usiminas (one of the investments held directly through Confab Industrial S.A. and indirectly held through Siderca S.A.I.C.) by USD 49.1 million, Tubocaribe (one of the investments held directly through Maverick Tube Corporation) by USD 174.2 million, Prudential (one of the investments held directly through Algoma Tubes INC.) by USD 31.6 million and Ternium S.A. by USD 33.6 million.
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Tenaris S.A.
Notes to audited annual accounts
Note 4 – Financial fixed assets (Cont.)
Shares in affiliated undertakings (Cont.)
The impairment in Tubocaribe and Prudential was mainly due to the fall in oil prices that is affecting drilling activity and the expected demand for OCTG products which is the main source of revenue of those companies. The impairment in Ternium (due to its investment in Usiminas) and Usiminas was mainly due to expectations of a weaker industrial environment in Brazil, and consequently steel demand, as a result of worsening economic activity, as well as a significant additional downturn in international prices of iron ore and steel, which led to diminished cash flow expectations.
Note 5 – Capital and reserves
|
Item
|
Subscribed capital
|
Share premium and similar premiums
|
Legal reserve
|
Retained earnings
|
Interim dividend
|
Capital and reserves
|
|
USD
|
||||||
|
Balance at the beginning of the financial year
|
1.180.536.830
|
609.732.757
|
118.053.683
|
22.052.659.094
|
(153.469.789)
|
23.807.512.575
|
|
Loss for the period
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(295.767.461)
|
-
|
(295.767.461)
|
|
Dividend paid (1)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(507.630.838)
|
153.469.789
|
(354.161.049)
|
|
Interim Dividend (2)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(177.080.525)
|
(177.080.525)
|
|
Balance at the end of the financial year
|
1.180.536.830
|
609.732.757
|
118.053.683
|
21.249.260.795
|
(177.080.525)
|
22.980.503.540
|
|
(1)
|
As approved by the ordinary shareholders’ meeting held on May 7, 2014.
|
|
(2)
|
As approved by the board of directors’ meeting held on November 5, 2014.
|
The authorized capital of the Company amounts to USD 2.5 billion. The total authorized share capital of the Company is represented by 2,500,000,000 shares with a par value of USD 1 per share. The total capital issued and fully paid-up at December 31, 2014 was 1,180,536,830 shares with a par value of USD 1 per share.
The board of directors is authorized until May 12, 2017, to increase the issued share capital, through issues of shares within the limits of the authorized capital.
Note 6 – Legal reserve
In accordance with Luxembourg law, the Company is required to set aside a minimum of 5% of its annual net profit for each financial year to a legal reserve. This requirement ceases to be necessary once the balance on the legal reserve has reached 10% of the issued share capital. The Company’s reserve has already reached this 10%. If the legal reserve later falls below the 10% threshold, at least 5% of net profits again must be allocated toward the reserve. The legal reserve is not available for distribution to the shareholders.
Note 7 – Distributable amounts
Dividends may be paid by Tenaris upon the ordinary shareholders’ meeting approval to the extent distributable retained earnings exist.
At December 31, 2014, profit brought forward after deduction of the loss and the interim dividend for the financial year of Tenaris under Luxembourg law totaled approximately USD 21.1 billion.
The share premium amounting to USD 0.6 billion can also be reimbursed.
Note 8 – Interim dividend paid
In November 2014, the Company paid an interim dividend of USD 177.1 million based on the board of director’s decision of November 5, 2014 and in compliance with the conditions set out in the “Amended law of August 10, 1915 on commercial companies” regarding the payment of interim dividends.
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Tenaris S.A.
Notes to audited annual accounts
Note 9 – Taxes
For the financial year ended December 31, 2014 the Company did not realize any profits subject to tax in Luxembourg and will therefore be only subject to the minimum income tax applicable to a Soparfi (société de participations financières). The Company is also liable to the minimum Net Wealth Tax.
Note 10 – Balances with affiliated undertakings
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Within a year
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After more than one year
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Total at December 31, 2014
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Total at December 31, 2013
|
|
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USD
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USD
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USD
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USD
|
|
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Assets
|
||||
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Debtors
|
||||
|
- becoming due and payable within one year
|
||||
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Tenaris Solutions AG
|
2.527.543
|
-
|
2.527.543
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3.490.320
|
|
Others
|
639
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-
|
639
|
272
|
|
Total
|
2.528.182
|
-
|
2.528.182
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3.490.592
|
|
Non-subordinated debts
|
||||
|
- becoming due and payable within one year
|
||||
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Siderca Sociedad Anónima Industrial y Comercial
|
3.155.569
|
-
|
3.155.569
|
1.928.661
|
|
Dalmine S.p.A.
|
1.577.664
|
-
|
1.577.664
|
1.635.798
|
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Tenaris Solutions Uruguay S.A.
|
363.670
|
-
|
363.670
|
378.948
|
|
Tubos de Acero de México, S.A.
|
277.331
|
-
|
277.331
|
364.914
|
|
Maverick Tube Corporation
|
277.592
|
-
|
277.592
|
230.097
|
|
Tenaris Solutions AG
|
94.586
|
-
|
94.586
|
86.154
|
|
SIAT Sociedad Anónima
|
1.423.769
|
-
|
1.423.769
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1.423.769
|
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Others
|
16.305
|
-
|
16.305
|
-
|
|
- becoming due and payable after more than one year
|
||||
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Siderca Sociedad Anónima Industrial y Comercial
|
-
|
13.085.389
|
13.085.389
|
10.586.529
|
|
Tenaris Solutions AG
|
-
|
6.733.038
|
6.733.038
|
4.700.370
|
|
Tenaris Solutions Uruguay S.A.
|
-
|
264.422
|
264.422
|
-
|
|
Total
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7.186.486
|
20.082.849
|
27.269.335
|
21.335.240
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Note 11 – Other operating charges
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2014
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2013
|
||
|
USD
|
USD
|
||
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Services and fees
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26,825,906
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22,072,690
|
|
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Board of directors' accrued fees
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1,025,000
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960,000
|
|
|
Others
|
712,167
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1,129,764
|
|
|
28,563,073
|
24,162,454
|
Note 12 – Income from financial fixed assets derived from affiliated undertakings
In November 2014, Tenaris S.A. received a dividend from Tenaris Investments S.à r.l amounting to USD 22.0 million.
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Tenaris S.A.
Notes to audited annual accounts
Note 13 – Parent Company
As of December 31, 2014:
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·
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San Faustin S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company (Société Anonyme) (“San Faustin”), owned 713,605,187 shares in the Company, representing 60.45% of the Company’s capital and voting rights.
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·
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San Faustin owned all of its shares in the Company through its wholly-owned subsidiary Techint Holdings S.ar.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Société à Responsabilité Limitée) (“Techint”).
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|
·
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Rocca & Partners Stichting Administratiekantoor Aandelen San Faustin, a Dutch private foundation (Stichting) (“RP STAK”) held shares in San Faustin sufficient in number to control San Faustin.
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|
·
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No person or group of persons controls RP STAK.
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Based on the information most recently available to the Company, Tenaris’s directors and senior management as a group owned 0.12% of the Company’s outstanding shares.
Note 14 – Subsequent event
Annual Dividend Proposal
On February 18, 2015 the Company’s board of directors proposed, for the approval of the annual general shareholders' meeting to be held on May 6, 2015, the payment of an annual dividend of USD 0.45 per share (USD 0.90 per ADS) or approximately USD 531.2 million, which includes the interim dividend of USD 0.15 per share (USD 0.30 per ADS), or approximately USD 177.1 million, paid on November 2014. If the annual dividend is approved by the shareholders, a dividend of USD 0.30 per share (USD 0.60 per ADS), or approximately USD 354.1 million will be paid on May 20, 2015, with an ex-dividend date of May 18, 2015. These annual accounts do not reflect this dividend payable.
/s/ Edgardo Carlos
Chief Financial Officer
Edgardo Carlos
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INVESTOR INFORMATION
Investor Relations Director
Giovanni Sardagna
Luxembourg Office
29 avenue de la Porte-Neuve
3rd Floor
L-2227 Luxembourg
(352) 26 47 89 78 tel
(352) 26 47 89 79 fax
| Phones | |
| USA 1 888 300 5432 | |
| Argentina (54) 11 4018 2928 | General Inquiries |
| Italy (39) 02 4384 7654 | investors@tenaris.com |
| Mexico (52) 55 5282 9929 | |
| Stock Information | |
| New York Stock Exchange (TS) | ADS Depositary Bank |
| Mercato Telematico Azionario (TEN) | Deutsche Bank |
| Mercado de Valores de Buenos Aires (TS) | CUSIP No. 88031M019 |
| Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A. de C.V. (TS) |
Internet
www.tenaris.com