OREANDA-NEWS. BASF published restated figures for fiscal year 2012 due to the application of new International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 10 and 11 and of International Accounting Standard (IAS) 19 (revised). The company has applied these standards since January 1, 2013. BASF is publishing restated figures for 2012 in order to provide a basis for comparison for its first-quarter interim report 2013 which will be published on April 26, 2013. The restated figures also reflect the changes in the company’s segment structure which also took effect January 1, 2013. BASF thus has 14 instead of 15 operational divisions, which are aggregated into five instead of six segments.

The application of IFRS 10 and 11 leads to a change in the scope of consolidation at BASF. From January 1, 2013, four companies which were previously fully consolidated and several which were proportionally consolidated will now be accounted for in the BASF Group Financial Statements using the equity method. Overall, the application of IFRS 10 and 11 does not impact net income, but leads to lower reported sales and income from operations (EBIT), especially in the Oil & Gas segment. Net income will be slightly reduced by the application of IAS 19 (revised), which concerns the accounting for employee benefits.

Key restated figures for 2012:
* Sales: 72,129 million euro (previously reported: 78,729 million euro)
* Income from operations before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA): 10,009 million euro (previously reported: 12,516 million euro)
* EBIT before special items: 6,647 million euro (previously reported: 8,881 million euro)
* EBIT: 6,742 million euro (previously reported: 8,976 million euro)
* Net income: 4,819 million euro (previously reported: 4,879 million euro)
* Earnings per share (EPS): 5.25 euro (previously reported: 5.31 euro)

Financial targets for 2015 and 2020 adjusted accordingly
BASF announced in November 2011 sales and earnings targets for 2015 and 2020 as part of its “We create chemistry” strategy. BASF aims to grow on average two percentage points above chemical production per year. Based on the changes of IFRS 10 and 11, BASF is adjusting the absolute values of its targets as follows:

2015
* Sales: 80 billion euro (previously: 85 billion euro)
* EBITDA: 14 billion euro (previously: 15 billion euro)
* EPS: 7.50 euro (unchanged)

2020
* Sales: 110 billion euro (previously: 115 billion euro)
* EBITDA: 22 billion euro (previously: 23 billion euro)
 
Annual goal
* Premium on cost of capital: at least 2.0 billion euro on average per year (previously: 2.5 billion euro)

These adjustments do not take into account the planned asset swap with Gazprom, which is expected to close by the end of 2013. This transaction includes the divestiture of BASF’s natural gas trading and storage business as well as a share in exploration and production activities in the North Sea. Together these activities contributed about 10 billion euro to sales and roughly 500 million euro to EBITDA of BASF Group in 2012.