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REG - Hilton Food Grp Plc - Preliminary Results <Origin Href="QuoteRef">HFG.L</Origin> - Part 3

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    -         54       
 Reclassifications           -                 182                -         182      
 Disposals                   -                 (123)              -         (123)    
 At 3 January 2016           18,745            4,092              836       23,673   
 Accumulated amortisation                                                            
 At 29 December 2014         8,156             3,554              -         11,710   
 Exchange adjustments        (408)             (109)              -         (517)    
 Charge for the year         2,142             337                -         2,479    
 Reclassifications           -                 51                 -         51       
 Disposals                   -                 (123)              -         (123)    
 At 3 January 2016           9,890             3,710              -         13,600   
 Net book amount                                                                     
 At 29 December 2014         11,149            562                836       12,547   
 At 3 January 2016           8,855             382                836       10,073   
                                                                                     
 Cost                                                                                
 At 4 January 2016           18,745            4,092              836       23,673   
 Exchange adjustments        1,756             (1,071)            -         685      
 Additions                   -                 647                -         647      
 Reclassifications (note 8)  -                 (1,472)            -         (1,472)  
 Disposals                   (216)             (1)                -         (217)    
 At 1 January 2017           20,285            2,195              836       23,316   
 Accumulated amortisation                                                            
 At 4 January 2016           9,890             3,710              -         13,600   
 Exchange adjustments        1,288             (1,095)            -         193      
 Charge for the year         2,241             207                -         2,448    
 Reclassifications (note 8)  -                 (1,508)            -         (1,508)  
 Disposals                   -                 (1)                -         (1)      
 At 1 January 2017           13,419            1,313              -         14,732   
 Net book amount                                                                     
 At 1 January 2017           6,866             882                836       8,584    
 
 
Amortisation charges are included within administrative expenses in the income
statement. 
 
 10 Borrowings                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                           2016    2015    
 Group                                                                                                                                                     £'000   £'000   
 Current                                                                                                                                                                   
 Bank borrowings                                                                                                                                           9,348   11,562  
 Finance lease liabilities                                                                                                                                 219     166     
                                                                                                                                                           9,567   11,728  
 Non-current                                                                                                                                                               
 Bank borrowings                                                                                                                                           15,319  26,428  
 Finance lease liabilities                                                                                                                                 2,090   1,977   
                                                                                                                                                           17,409  28,405  
 Total borrowings                                                                                                                                          26,976  40,133  
                                                                                                                                                                           
 Due to the frequent re-pricing dates of the Group's loans, the fair value of current and non-current borrowings is approximate to their carrying amount.  
 The carrying amounts of the Group's borrowings are denominated in the following currencies:                                                               
                                                                                                                                                           2016    2015    
 Currency                                                                                                                                                  £'000   £'000   
 UK Pound                                                                                                                                                  15,500  25,080  
 Euro                                                                                                                                                      2,309   2,144   
 Swedish Krona                                                                                                                                             9,167   12,909  
                                                                                                                                                           26,976  40,133  
 
 
Borrowings are repayable in quarterly instalments by 2019. Interest on
borrowings in Sterling is charged at LIBOR plus 1.6% subject to interest rate
caps over £12m of borrowings where LIBOR is capped at 2.5%. Interest on
borrowings in Swedish Krona is charged at STIBOR plus 1.6% subject to interest
rate caps over SEK 75m of borrowings where STIBOR is capped at 3%. 
 
Bank borrowings totalling £24,667,000 (2015: £37,990,000) are secured by fixed
and floating charges over the assets of the individual Group borrowers and
through joint and several guarantees from each active Group undertaking. 
 
The Group has undrawn overdraft and loan borrowing facilities of £99.2m (2015:
£28.3m) with the loan facilities expiring in 2022. 
 
The undiscounted contractual maturity profile of the Group's borrowings is
described in a note. 
 
The minimum lease payments and present value of finance lease liabilities is
as follows: 
 
                                                   Minimum lease payments  Present value  
                                                   2016                    2015           2016   2015   
 Group                                             £'000                   £'000          £'000  £'000  
 No later than one year                            377                     317            219    166    
 Later than one year and no later than five years  1,603                   1,351          1,139  1,977  
 Later than five years                             1,069                   1,282          951    -      
                                                   3,049                   2,950          2,309  2,143  
 Future finance charges on finance leases          (740)                   (807)          -      -      
 Present value of finance lease liabilities        2,309                   2,143          2,309  2,143  
 
 
Lease liabilities are effectively secured as the rights to the leased asset
revert to the lessor in the event of default. The fair value of the Group's
finance lease liabilities is £2,956,000 (2015: £2,843,000). The fair values
are based on cash flows discounted using the European Central Bank benchmark
main refinancing operations fixed interest rate of 0% (2015: 0.05%). 
 
 11 Cash generated from operations                                   
                                                  2016     2015      
 Group                                            £'000    £'000     
 Profit before income tax                         33,209   27,948    
 Finance costs - net                              1,115    1,051     
 Operating profit                                 34,324   28,999    
 Adjustments for non-cash items:                                     
 Share of post tax profits of joint venture       (3,056)  (1,222)   
 Depreciation of property, plant and equipment    17,258   16,884    
 Amortisation of intangible assets                2,448    2,479     
 Loss on disposal of non-current assets           (75)     75        
 Adjustment in respect of employee share schemes  1,874    750       
 Changes in working capital:                                         
 Inventories                                      (4,250)  3,126     
 Trade and other receivables                      (9,824)  16,283    
 Prepaid expenses                                 (889)    (744)     
 Trade and other payables                         11,960   (15,150)  
 Accrued expenses                                 296      (520)     
 Cash generated from operations                   50,066   50,960    
                                                                     
 The parent company has no operating cash flows.                     
 
 
12 Related party transactions and ultimate controlling party 
 
The Directors do not consider there to be one ultimate controlling party. The
companies noted below are all deemed to be related parties by way of common
Directors. 
 
Sales made on an arm's length basis on normal credit terms to related parties
during the year were as follows: 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                          2016   2015    
 Group                                                                                                                                                                                                    £'000  £'000   
 Hilton Food Solutions Limited                                                                                                                                                                            5,564  -       
 Woolworths Limited and subsidiaries - recharge of joint venture costs                                                                                                                                    1,010  1,581   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 Amounts owing from related parties at the year end were as follows:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                               Owed from related parties  
                                                                                                                                                                                                          2016   2015    
 Group                                                                                                                                                                                                    £'000  £'000   
 Hilton Food Solutions Limited                                                                                                                                                                            978    -       
 Woolworths Limited and subsidiaries                                                                                                                                                                      69     605     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 The Company's related party transactions with other Group companies during the year were as follows:                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                          2016   2015    
 Company                                                                                                                                                                                                  £'000  £'000   
 Hilton Foods Limited - dividend received                                                                                                                                                                 9,625  13,600  
 Hilton Foods Limited - interest expense                                                                                                                                                                  -      56      
 Hilton Foods UK Limited - payment for group relief                                                                                                                                                       11     30      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 At the year end £1,902,000 was owed to Hilton Foods Limited (2015: £439,000 owed by Hilton Foods Limited) and £41,000 (2015: £30,000) was owed by Hilton Foods UK Limited.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 Details of key management compensation are given in a note.                                                                                                                 
 
 
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