L'ultimo trimestre del 2009 è stato chiuso con un incremento dei ricavi del 11% (110 mln di euro) rispetto al 2008, evidenziando una timida, seppur significativa, azione di recupero. Il MOL (21 mln), anch'esso in aumento, è del 18%, in linea con i dati degli altri trimestri, mentre l'EBITDA (5 mln) è raddoppiato.
A livello debitorio (per il bond in particolare che rappresenta il 74% dell'intero debito), la situazione rimane critica, ma la società assicura di poter sostenere i propri impegni per tutto il 2010, poi dipenderà dal ciclo economico - come si legge in un passaggio dell'ultimo bilancio trimestrale. Anche il bond, appena possibile, sarà oggetto di ulteriore buy back.
(...) The issuer may from time to time seek to repurchase the notes through cash purchases and/or exchanges for equity, in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. Such repurchases or exchanges, if any, will depend on prevailing market conditions, the company’s liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors. The amounts involved may be material. The issuer intends to fund these requirements with operating cash flow and, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions to borrowing, drawings under its revolving credit facility or additional debt (including proceeds the issuer received upon amending the terms of its hedging arrangements).
The issuer believes that the working capital available to the issuer and its subsidiaries is sufficient for the company’s present requirements for at least the next twelve months. However, although the issuer believes that its expected cash flows from operations, together with available borrowings, will be adequate to meet its anticipated working capital, general liquidity and debt service needs, the company cannot assure investors that its business will generate sufficient cash flows from operations to meet these needs or that future debt or equity financing will be available to the company in an amount sufficient to enable it to fund its working capital or other liquidity needs, including making payments under the notes or its other debt when due (...)