Air France-KLM : Steady performance despite current market volatility

European legacy airlines started the year with the right foot, all delivering a y/y improvement in profitability supported by higher unit revenues amid the good performance in the premium segment. Other activities such as cargo and MRO also delivered a positive performance during the quarter. FCF generation was positive supported by the seasonal working capital inflows leading to an overall deleveraging of the balance sheet of all groups. Despite current market volatility, the outlook remains positive for the year with premium demand holding up in the North Atlantic market, while the intra-Eur...

Air France-KLM : Steady performance despite current market volatility

European legacy airlines started the year with the right foot, all delivering a y/y improvement in profitability supported by higher unit revenues amid the good performance in the premium segment. Other activities such as cargo and MRO also delivered a positive performance during the quarter. FCF generation was positive supported by the seasonal working capital inflows leading to an overall deleveraging of the balance sheet of all groups. Despite current market volatility, the outlook remains positive for the year with premium demand holding up in the North Atlantic market, while the intra-Eur...

Deutsche Lufthansa AG: 1 director

A director at Deutsche Lufthansa AG bought 7,000 shares at 6.290EUR and the significance rating of the trade was 54/100. Is that information sufficient for you to make an investment decision? This report gives details of those trades and adds context and analysis to them such that you can judge whether these trading decisions are ones worth following. Included in the report is a detailed share price chart which plots discretionary trades by all the company's directors over the last two years clearly showing Close periods where trading activity is restricted under listing rules. The names o...

Paprec : Issuance Focus

Paprec is returning to the bond market to issue € 850m in two tranches, with five- and seven-year maturities. Proceeds will be used to refinance the two bonds issued two years earlier, which have high coupons of 6.5% (€ 300m, 2027) and 7.25% (€ 500m, 2029), respectively. The aim is to extend the group's maturities but also to capitalise on lower interest rates and tighter spreads to refinance under better conditions and thereby reduce interest expense. The PAPREC 2027 and 2029 notes are expected to be repaid ahead of maturity using their prepayment provisions at 103% on 10% of the outstanding ...

Paprec : Focus Emission

Paprec revient sur le marché obligataire pour émettre 850 m EUR en deux tranches, à 5 et 7 ans, qui serviront à refinancer les deux obligations émises il y a deux ans et qui ont des coupons élevés, de respectivement 6.5% (300 m EUR, 2027) et 7.25% (500 m EUR, 2029). L’objectif est de rallonger les échéances du groupe mais aussi de profiter de la baisse des taux et de la compression des spreads depuis deux ans pour se refinancer dans de meilleures conditions et réduire ainsi ses charges financières. Les obligations PAPREC 2027 et 2029 devraient être remboursées par anticipation en utilisant la ...

thyssenkrupp : Moving ahead on the planned spin-off of TKMS