BBA Aviation plc is headquartered in London and listed on the London Stock Exchange. BBA Aviation’s market leading businesses are focused on flight support services and the aviation aftermarket, primarily in the business and general aviation sector.

Our Flight Support businesses, Signature Flight Support and ASIG, provide specialist on-airport support services including refuelling and ground handling to the owners and operators of private, business, military and commercial aircraft. Flight Support has nearly 200 locations worldwide, covering geographies with large numbers of business jets and aircraft movements.


Our Aftermarket Services businesses, Dallas Airmotive, Premier Turbines, H+S Aviation, International Turbine Service, W. H. Barrett Turbine Engine Company, International Governor Services and Ontic are focused on the repair and overhaul of gas turbine engines and the manufacture and service of aerospace components, sub-systems and systems. Aftermarket Services has 20 locations worldwide, distributed to support customer requirements

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BBA Aviation underlying operating profits rise
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BBA Aviation reports a strong performance for the year to the end of December with underlying total operating profit up 63% at $330.1m.

Continuing group revenue increased by 25% to $2,149.1 million, including a $558.7 million contribution from acquisitions.

Continuing Flight Support revenue increased 55%, reflecting a good Signature result and the contribution of acquisitions of $545.9 million, including Landmark Aviation and the addition of four new FBOs in Italy, offset by the impact of lower fuel prices and foreign exchange movements that reduced Flight Support revenue by $68.3 million.

Aftermarket Services' revenue was down 10% driven by ERO. Continuing underlying Group operating profit was $302.6 million (2015: $181.5 million).

The group said there was an excellent performance in Flight Support as well as a $132.4 million contribution from acquisitions, of which $21.9 million related to cost synergies.

Aftermarket Services, now only 12% of continuing group underlying operating profit pre central costs, was down 30%; again due to ERO's weak performance.

Continuing group underlying operating profit margin increased to 14.1% (2015 constant fuel price: 11.0%) with a greater contribution from Signature partly offset by a lower margin in Aftermarket Services.

Underlying net interest increased by $32.1 million to $63.9 million (2015: $31.8 million) mostly due to the acquisition facilities drawn down on completion of the Landmark Aviation acquisition.

Net debt increased to $1,335.3 million (2015: net cash position of $456.5 million).

On a covenant basis, the net debt to EBITDA ratio increased to 3.1x (2015 historically adjusted for the results of the capital raise: 2.3x), and on a reported basis to 3.2x (2015 historically adjusted 2.3x).

Interest cover on a covenant basis decreased to 6.5x (2015: 8.5x), due to the increased interest on the drawn debt.

Underlying profit before tax increased to $238.7 million (2015: $149.7 million).

The group's underlying tax rate for continuing operations is 16.5% (2015: 13.9%).

Underlying profit before tax increased by 60% and the adjusted average number of shares increased by 308 million via the October 2015 capital raising; resulting in continuing underlying adjusted earnings per share (EPS) increasing by 8% to 19.4 cents (adjusted 2015: 18.0 cents).

Exceptional and other items after tax, for continuing and discontinued operations, totalled $316.0 million.

It said the key items of this were the previously reported impairment charge of $184.4 million in relation to ERO's assets due to its continuing challenging trading environment; and the impairment charge of $109.1 million following the write down of ASIG's assets in anticipation of its sale.

Further items which were all anticipated include:

- restructuring expenses of $9.9 million (2015: $15.1 million), mainly associated with ERO's ongoing footprint rationalisation programme;

- $24.9 million of integration costs related to the acquisition of Landmark Aviation

- $98.6 million of non-cash amortisation of acquired intangible assets (2015: $9.3 million), an increase resulting primarily from the acquisition of Landmark Aviation.

Continuing statutory loss before tax was $82.2 million compared with a $77.4 million profit for the prior year.

Chief executive Simon Pryce said: "2016 was a transformational year for BBA Aviation.

"Effective execution of our strategy and continued operational delivery has significantly repositioned the Group and materially enhanced its growth prospects and value creation potential.

"We completed the significant acquisition of Landmark Aviation, which materially expanded the Signature network, and made further investment in Ontic's IP protected licence portfolio.

"We executed the successful integration of 62 new FBOs into the Signature FBO network, delivering greater cost synergies more rapidly than originally anticipated.

"We also successfully sold six Landmark FBOs required by the US Department of Justice and ASIG, which completed in January 2017.

"This has all been achieved at the same time as delivering a strong underlying operational performance with excellent cash generation and deleveraging.

"As a result Signature comprises the majority of the Group and has a global network of over 200 FBOs that can meet more of the needs of our customers at most of the locations they want to fly to.

"This enhances and extends our opportunity for continued market outperformance. Ontic, which generates the majority of the Aftermarket operating profit, is a unique portfolio of IP protected licences enhanced by the business acquired from GE Aviation at the end of 2016.

"As we begin to adopt the GE products we are pleased with our initial findings.

"Ontic continues to see significant growth opportunities and has a strong pipeline and a good order book.

"Although ERO, continues to be impacted by reduced legacy mid-cabin fixed wing flying, our footprint reduction programme remains on track and should lead to further improved financial performance even at lower levels of activity.

"In summary, the Group is now focused on higher value-added, better IP protected, high ROIC and strongly cash generative businesses with enhanced prospects and the Board remains confident of good growth in 2017."

At 9:29am: (LON:BBA) BBA Aviation PLC share price was -8.55p at 296.45p


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Trading Statement
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BBA Aviation PLC
14 November 2017
 
14 November 2017
Trading update
BBA Aviation ("the Group"), a market-leading provider of global aviation support and aftermarket services, is pleased to announce a trading update for the period 1 January to 31 October 2017.
The Group's trading performance remains in line with expectations, with revenue up 10.2% year-on year for the ten months to October, reflecting good organic growth in Signature and the contribution from acquisitions.
In Flight Support, Signature revenues in the ten months to 31 October grew 14.2% and on a like-for-like basis (organic, constant currency, adjusting for higher fuel prices) were up 3.8%. US B&GA flight movements have grown 3.7% over the nine months to 30 September, with improved growth of 4.3% for the three months ended 30 September. Signature like-for-like revenue growth for the same three month period ended 30 September was 5.3%. The Signature outperformance during the three months ended 30 September in part reflects good progress with our commercial renegotiations for the enlarged network.
The recent hurricanes: Harvey, Irma and Maria, caused minimal impact overall across the Signature network and we were able to re-establish services quickly and provide support for the rescue and relief efforts.
Signature has recently signed a Signature Select licence agreement with Fly Across at Toluca International airport in Mexico, our first location in Mexico and the closest B&GA airport to Mexico City. This increases the Group's affiliate FBO programme, Signature Select, to 19 locations.
In Aftermarket Services, revenue in the ten months to 31 October grew 1.8% but on a like-for-like basis declined 2.8%.  Like-for-like revenue growth at Ontic was more than offset by declining revenues in ERO.  Ontic which generates the majority of the Aftermarket Services underlying operating profit has performed well with a good contribution from the GE licences acquired at the end of 2016 and continues to see a strong pipeline of future growth opportunities.
Wayne Edmunds, BBA Aviation Interim CEO commented "The Group has traded in line with expectations during the period. We are particularly pleased with Signature's performance since the half year, which in part reflects the positive customer response to our enlarged network proposition. The outlook for the full year remains unchanged."
 
Notes:
The Group will publish its preliminary results for the year ending 31 December 2017 on 1 March 2018.
 
Enquiries:
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David Crook, Group Finance Director
Kate Moy, Head of Investor Relations and Communications
(020) 7514 3999
 
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David Allchurch
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Information on BBA Aviation plc
 
BBA Aviation plc is a market leading, global aviation support and aftermarket services provider, primarily focused on servicing the Business and General Aviation (B&GA) market.  We support our customers through three principal businesses: Signature Flight Support and Signature TECHNICAirTM which provide premium, full service flight and home base support including refuelling, ground handling and MRO services through the world's largest fixed base operation (FBO) network for B&GA users with around 200 locations covering key destinations in North America, Europe, South America, Caribbean, Africa and Asia. Ontic is a leading provider of high-quality equipment and cost-effective solutions for the continuing support of maturing and legacy aerospace platforms with locations in the USA, Europe and Asia. Engine Repair & Overhaul/Global Engine Services is a leading independent engine service provider to global B&GA operators, the rotorcraft market and regional airline fleets with locations in the USA, Europe, South America, Asia and the Middle East. For more information, please visit www.bbaaviation.com 

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