2022 Universal Registration Document

Key Data

At 31 December 2022, net financial debt, as defined by the Group, stood at €18.5 billion, down almost €1.0 billion compared with 31 December 2021. It breaks down as follows by accounting category:

      31/12/2022 31/12/2021
Accounting category (in € millions) Note Non-current Current Total Non-current Current Total
Financial liabilities at amortised cost Bonds 25.1 (20,425) (1,258) (21,683) (22,212) (2,741) (24,952)
Other bank loans and other financial debt 25.1 (3,205) (1,003) (4,208) (2,757) (788) (3,545)
Long-term financial debt (**) 25.1 (23,629) (2,262) (25,891) (24,969) (3,528) (28,497)
Commercial paper 26.2 (1,947) (1,947) (412) (412)
Other current financial liabilities 26.1 (977) (977) (891) (***) (891) (***)
Bank overdrafts 26.1 (1,083) (1,083) (876) (876)
Financial current accounts - liabilities 26.1 (99) (99) (61) (61)
I - Gross financial debt   (23,629) (6,368) (29,997) (24,969) (5,769) (30,738)
of which impact of fair value hedges   (1,804) - (1,804) (481) (26) (507)
of which effect of recognising London Gatwick’s debt at fair value in VINCI’s consolidated financial statements   (382) - (382) (445) - (445)
Financial assets at amortised cost Collateralised loans and financial receivables   5 12 16 4 4
Financial current accounts - assets 26.1 - 252 252 - 86 86
Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss Cash management financial assets 26.1 503 503 114 114
Cash equivalents 26.1 4,227 4,227 3,042 3,042
Cash 26.1 8,351 8,351 8,022 8,022
  II - Financial assets   5 13,345 13,349 4 11,264 11,268
Derivatives Derivative financial instruments - liabilities 27 (1,939) (440) (2,379) (422) (513) (935)
Derivative financial instruments - assets 27 376 115 491 575 291 866
III - Derivative financial instruments   (1,563) (325) (1,888) 153 (222) (69)
  Net financial debt (I+II+III)   (25,188) 6,651 (18,536) (24,812) 5,274 (19,539)
Of which:              
Concessions   (33,931) 2,196 (31,735) (34,792) 2,098 (32,693)
VINCI Energies   (1,820) 1,691 (129) (2,099) 2,545 447
Cobra IS   (664) 1,067 404 (187) 591 (***) 403 (***)
VINCI Construction   (1,212) 4,672 3,460 (1,254) 4,589 3,334
Holding companies and VINCI Immobilier   12,439 (2,974) 9,464 13,520 (4,549) 8,971

(*) The current part includes accrued interest not matured.

(**) Including the part at less than one year.

(***) Amounts adjusted following the final purchase price allocation for Cobra IS, acquired on 31 December 2021. See Note B.2, “Changes in consolidation scope in previous periods”.

Change in net financial debt
        “Non-cash” changes    
(in € millions) 31/12/2021 Cash flows Ref. Changes in consolidation scope Exchange rate effect Changes in fair value Other changes “Non-cash” total Ref. 31/12/2022
Bonds (non-current) (22,212) (1,197) (3) (506) 176 2,419 894 2,984 (4) (20,425)
Other loans and borrowings (non-current) (2,757) (425) (3) (100) (5) 56 27 (22) (4) (3,205)
Current borrowings (5,769) (*) 511   (92) (102) (32) (884) (1,110)   (6,368)
of which the part at less than one year of long-term debts (3,193) 2,484 (3) (17) (101) (32) (1,111) (1,261) (4) (1,969)
of which current financial debts at inception (1,363) (*) (1,810) (2) (20) (10) - 187 157 (4) (3,016)
of which accrued interest on bank debts (337) - (4) (8) 5 - 40 38 (4) (299)
of which bank overdrafts (876) (163) (1) (48) 4 - - (44) (1) (1,083)
Collateralised loans and receivables 4 14 (4) 1 - (2) (1) (4) 16
Cash management financial assets 200 565   (6) - (4) (10)   755
of which cash management financial assets (excluding accrued interest) 199
565 (2) - (6) - (3) (9) (4) 755
of which accrued interest on cash management assets 1 - (4) - - - (1) (1) (4) -
Cash and cash equivalents 11,065 1,255 (1) 188 63 3 4 258 (1) 12,578
Derivative financial instruments (69) 5   113 (1,861) (76) (1,824)   (1,888)
of which fair value of derivatives (198) 5 (3) - 114 (1,861) - (1,748) (4) (1,941)
of which accrued interest on derivatives 129 - (4) - (1) - (76) (77) (4) 53
Net financial debt (19,539) 728 (5) (511) 240 586 (41) 274 (5) (18,536)

(*) Amounts adjusted following the final purchase price allocation for Cobra IS, acquired on 31 December 2021. See Note B.2, “Changes in consolidation scope in previous periods”.

Cash flows for the period (inflow of €728 million) include strong free cash flow generation of €5.4 billion as well as acquisitions by VINCI Airports, VINCI Highways and VINCI Energies totalling €2.1 billion, dividend distributions of €1.9 billion, and share buy-backs during the period net of capital increases for €0.6 billion.