1.Segment reporting

Emmi does not publish segment results since this would cause significant competitive disadvantages towards customers as well as non-listed and larger listed competitors both in Switzerland and abroad.

The business divisions are not defined strictly according to geographical considerations. The business division Americas includes the Emmi Group companies in the US, Spain (excl. Lácteos Caprinos S.A.), Chile, Brazil, Tunisia, France, Mexico and Canada. The business division Europe incorporates those in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the UK, Austria, Belgium and Lácteos Caprinos S.A. in Spain (sold on 18 December 2020). The business division Global Trade primarily comprises direct sales from Switzerland to customers in countries in which Emmi has no subsidiaries. These include the Asian and Eastern European markets, most South American countries and the Arabian Peninsula.

2.Other operating income

3.Other operating expenses

The decrease in the position Other operating expenses is primarily due to the loss on the sale of the majority stake in Lácteos Caprinos S.A. in the previous year.

4.Depreciation and amortisation

5.Financial result

6.Income taxes

Net accruals for current income taxes decreased from CHF 29.3 million in 2020 to CHF 21.3 million in 2021. Deferred income taxes are calculated for every company using the actual expected tax rate. As at 31 December 2021, the resulting weighted average tax rate was 17.9% (previous year adjusted and unadjusted: 16.8%). Deferred income taxes include recognised tax claims from tax loss carryforwards amounting to CHF 1.1 million (previous year: CHF 3.5 million).

The average tax rate adjusted for the tax effect on the sale of the majority stake in Lácteos Caprinos S.A. amounted to 16.0% in the previous year.

The net change of recognised tax claims from tax loss carryforwards increased the income tax expenses of the reporting period by CHF 2.4 million.

7.Earnings per share

Earnings per share is calculated by dividing the net profit attributable to the shareholders of Emmi AG by the average number of shares outstanding. There are no treasury shares that need to be considered in the calculation of the average number of shares outstanding.

In the previous year, net earnings per share of CHF 35.21 included the loss on the sale of the majority stake in Lácteos Caprinos S.A Excluding this non-recurring effect, earnings per share amounted to CHF 37.86.

8.Trade receivables

9.Other receivables

10.Inventories

11.Prepayments and accrued income

Other prepayments and accrued income of the year under review and the previous year consist mainly of prepayments, various refunds, as well as accrued income for advertising costs and milk invoices.

12.Loans and other receivables

The carrying amount of loans and other receivables from third parties includes impaired loans in the amount of CHF 1.5 million (previous year: CHF 1.6 million).

13.Property, plant and equipment

14.Intangible assets

All intangible assets were acquired.

Goodwill from acquisitions

The goodwill from the acquisition of companies and businesses or the purchase of interests in associates or joint ventures is offset against retained earnings at the date of acquisition. The theoretical capitalisation of goodwill and its amortisation over the expected useful life of usually 20 years would have the following effects on the consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2021.

Theoretical movement schedule for goodwill

The impairment charge relates to Lácteos Caprinos S.A., which was sold in December 2020.

Theoretical impact on shareholders’ equity incl. minority interests

Theoretical impact on earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

Theoretical impact on net profit

15.Trade payables

16.Other payables

17.Accrued liabilities and deferred income

Other accrued liabilities and deferred income of the year under review and the previous year comprise in particular contributions to brand organisations, expected earn-out payments for acquisitions, energy costs, advertising costs, HGV road tax and various services.

18.Financial liabilities

18.1Bonds

The CHF 2.1 million expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bond were capitalised under prepayments and accrued income on 12 July 2013. This accrual will be released over the term of the bond. The actual interest rate on the bond is thereby increased from 1.625% to 1.72% per year.

The CHF 0.4 million expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bond were capitalised under prepayments and accrued income on 21 June 2017. This accrual will be released over the term of the bond. The issue price at 100.4% led to an agio-revenue of CHF 0.4 million. The actual interest rate on the bond is thereby increased from 0.50% to 0.51% per year.

In the previous year, securities with a nominal value of CHF 0.5 million were repurchased from the stock exchange for investment purposes.

The CHF 0.7 million expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the bond were capitalised under prepayments and accrued income on 1 December 2021. This accrual will be released over the term of the bond. The issue price at 100.54% led to an agio-revenue of CHF 1.1 million. The actual interest rate on the bond was thereby reduced from 0.375% to 0.37% per year.

The proceeds from the bond were used to fund the acquisition of the Athenos business in the US. Emmi has entered into a cross currency swap to hedge currency and interest rate risks over the long term. Taking this hedge into account, the net interest rate on the USD nominal value of USD 215.6 million is 2.30% instead of 0.375% on the CHF nominal value of CHF 200.0 million.

18.2Maturing structure of financial liabilities

Bank loans are usually set at variable interest rates, whereas bonds are set at fixed terms. For the bond issued in December 2021, the interest rate was applied after including the cash flows from the cross currency swap. There are no financing arrangements in place linked to financial covenants.

In the year under review, financial liabilities increased by CHF 187.1 million. The new issue of bonds increased their volume by CHF 200.0 million, while the other types of financing (bank debt, leasing liabilities and loans from third parties) were reduced by a net total of CHF 12.9 million. The most significant contribution came from the amortisation of bank loans in Chile through intra-group financing. 76.2% (previous year: 64.4%) of the financing is denominated in Swiss francs, mainly through three bonds. 17.8% (previous year: 25.7%) of the financial liabilities are denominated in euro. CHF 39.8 million or 6.0% (previous year: 9.9%) of the financing is denominated locally in emerging market currencies such as the Chilean and Mexican peso, Brazilian real and Tunisian dinar.

19.Provisions

The restructuring provisions relate to anticipated costs in connection with the decision to reorganise business activities.

Other provisions include among other things liabilities for staff expenses in foreign countries as required by law (2021: CHF 6.2 million, 2020: CHF 6.3 million) and provisions for pending legal matters and business disputes (2021: CHF 1.7 million, 2020: CHF 2.6 million). In all cases, the likelihood of such events occurring has been assessed at above 50%.

20.Employee benefit schemes

21.Acquisitions

The companies and businesses acquired in 2021 and 2020 reported the following main balance sheet items at the date of acquisition and are fully consolidated:

As at 1 December 2021, Emmi acquired the Athenos business in the US, which is operated within Emmi Roth USA, Inc. This acquisition makes Emmi number one in the US feta cheese business.

The business combination of the Chilean Emmi group Surlat with its competitor Quillayes announced in 2019 was concluded on 15 January 2020. As part of the transaction, both parties contributed their existing Chilean companies to form Quillayes Surlat S.p.A., in which Emmi subsidiary Kaiku holds a 51.5% stake. Quillayes produces cheese, yogurt, butter and cream and has also established itself in the distribution of imported branded products.

Emmi acquired 100% of the shares of Chäs Hütte Zollikon GmbH on 29 July 2020. The company is active in trading and selling dairy products and other food items.

Emmi acquired 87.71% of US-based Indulge Desserts Group on 6 October 2020. This acquisition enables Emmi to participate in the American dessert market, which is the largest and fastest-growing dessert market in the world, extends Emmi’s footprint in the United States, and opens up new distribution opportunities for its Italian speciality desserts.

Emmi acquired 100% of the shares of Immobiliare Ro.Se S.p.A. based in Pero (Italy) on 3 November 2020. Along with the company, a property in Pero that had been rented to that date was also acquired.

22.Disposal of companies

In the year under review, no companies were sold.

Lácteos Caprinos S.A., which was sold in the previous year, had the following main balance sheet items at the date of disposal:

On 18 December 2020, Emmi disposed of its majority stake in the Spanish goat's cheese producer Lácteos Caprinos S.A. The company generated annual sales of EUR 10 million with about 40 full-time employees. The loss on this transaction in the previous year amounted to CHF 14.6 million (before taxes) or CHF 14.2 million (after taxes) respectively, and was included in other operating expenses and income tax expenses in the income statement.

23.Unsettled derivative financial instruments

Similar to the underlying transactions, currency forwards, interest rate swaps and other forward transactions used to hedge future cash flows are not recognised in the balance sheet. The result of these derivative instruments is recognised in the income statement upon occurrence of the transaction hedged. Derivative financial instruments used to hedge balance sheet positions in foreign currencies are recognised as securities in the current assets or other payables in the current liabilities, respectively. Corresponding changes in value are recognised in the financial result.

In connection with the CHF 200 million bond issued in December 2021 to fund the USD acquisition of the Athenos business in the US, Emmi entered into a cross-currency swap. This hedges currency and interest rate risks in USD over the entire term of the bond. While the fair value of the currency portion serves as a hedge of balance sheet items and is therefore accounted for in the same way as the hedged item, the fair value of the interest portion is a hedge of future cash flows. Accordingly, the fair value of the interest portion is not recognised.

Emmi also has options to acquire additional shares in a number of Group companies with minority interests. At the same time, put options have been granted in general to the counterparties. These options are not recognised in the balance sheet as they represent derivatives on equity instruments of the own organisation, which are explicitly excluded from the scope of Swiss GAAP FER 27. The strike price of these options is generally based on the corresponding enterprise value at the exercise date and cannot currently be reliably measured. The exercise date varies depending on the agreement. The maturities range from short-term to unlimited options.

24.Contingent assets and liabilities

Emmi is involved in legal disputes in connection with ordinary operating activities. Although the outcome of the lawsuits currently cannot be predicted with certainty, Emmi assumes that none of the disputes will have any significant negative impact on operating activities or on the Group’s financial situation. Expected outgoing payments are provided for accordingly. As at the date of the financial statements, the Group had no major contingent assets.

25.Pledged assets and off-balance sheet leasing/rental obligations

26.Investment obligations and other off-balance sheet liabilities

Furthermore, there are milk purchase agreements which are not quantifiable.

The long-term commodity contracts are purchase agreements for coffee which will be settled at the market price valid in the period of delivery.

27.Transactions with related parties

Business transactions with related parties are based on arm’s length conditions. All transactions are reported in the consolidated financial statements for 2021 and 2020, and consist of deliveries of products and raw materials, loans, and services to and from related parties. The corresponding receivable and payable balances are reported separately in these financial statements (see notes 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16 and 17).

Milk purchases from the main shareholder are included in cost of materials under transactions with shareholders. These are made at arm’s length conditions. Emmi Group is jointly and severally liable within the scope of VAT group taxation for the associated liabilities of the Central Switzerland Milk Producers Cooperative (ZMP) and ZMP Invest AG.

Other transactions

The compensation paid to members of the Board of Directors and Group Management is disclosed in the Compensation report of Emmi AG.

28.Shareholders

As at 7 June 2016, Capital Group Companies, Inc., Los Angeles, US, informed us that it owned 268,500 registered shares of Emmi AG (5.019%). No further disclosure notifications have been made since.

As at 31 December 2021, Emmi Wohlfahrtsfonds (welfare fund) owned a total of 6,000 shares of Emmi AG (unchanged on the previous year).

29.Risk management and internal controls

The Board of Directors of Emmi AG has the ultimate responsibility for risk management, while implementation is delegated to Group Management. Irrespective of the type of risk, there is a generally applicable risk management process. As part of a formal process, significant business risks are assessed in a first process step in workshops and individual interviews, and then analysed and evaluated according to the extent of the potential damage and their likelihood of occurrence. The second process step involves risk management and the creation of a list of measures per risk as well as risk reporting.

The Board of Directors of Emmi AG discussed and approved the risk assessment in the year under review. It monitors the implementation of the defined measures by Group Management. No exceptional risks that went beyond normal limits were identified during the assessment. The process is repeated annually. The following risks, among others, were identified as significant risks to the Emmi Group:

• Milk price difference internationally: The milk price difference between Switzerland and other countries continues to have a negative impact on the sales of domestically produced products both in Switzerland, as the volume of imported milk products increases, and abroad. Although full liberalisation of the Swiss milk market remains a long-term risk, this is absorbed through targeted and sustainable growth abroad. Any risks related to the international growth of the Emmi Group are minimised by strictly focusing on the strategy and its implementation.
• Inflation: Inflation rose in all markets relevant to the Emmi Group last year, and in some particularly important markets, such as the US, to a quite considerable degree. Inflationary trends have made a major portion of Emmi’s input costs significantly more expensive. This applies not only to various raw materials, but also to energy and logistics costs, for example. In addition, we had to acknowledge that wage costs have already risen significantly in many countries on the back of high inflation. If Emmi is unable to pass on the significant increase in costs to customers via higher sales prices, or if this is only achieved with a time lag, this could lead to a loss of margin.
• Currency risk: Currency movements represent a significant risk for the Emmi Group, which has a tendency to increase based on the continuing internationalisation of business activities. We aim to achieve natural hedges with purchases in foreign currencies. Furthermore, in line with the Emmi strategy, expenditure and production volumes in foreign currency zones are being increased through capital expenditures and acquisitions.
• Price pressure: National and international product tenders, as well as a potentially successful market launch of products made from milk alternatives, threaten in the medium term to result in price erosion, which could lead to a loss of margin mainly for generic products. If the prices of Emmi products remain stable in foreign currency, this may lead to a margin loss. If prices increase, market shares might be lost. However, the successfully established Emmi brands, including the ones in the milk alternatives segment, offer long-term value creation potential.
• Trade agreements: The drafting of trade agreements with countries in which Emmi operates presents both opportunities and risks for the company. Switzerland is currently engaged in various talks aimed at negotiating new trade agreements or renegotiating existing ones, but progress is slow. As a result, the Swiss dairy industry is increasingly falling behind its competitors – especially those from the European Union – on the international market in terms of market access conditions. Negotiations that are unfavourable for Emmi could potentially also lead to heavy import pressure in Switzerland. A suspension of the bilateral agreements with the European Union would make it harder for Swiss export products to gain access to the market (e.g. due to the reintroduction of customs duties on cheese), posing a considerable risk. With the growth and local anchoring of our foreign subsidiaries, this risk is becoming smaller in its effect.
• IT outages: With the growing continuity of processes and increasing penetration and standardisation of IT systems, the extent of damage caused by a potential outage increases. Shutdowns of entire plants can very quickly lead to high losses. With increasing investments in IT security, this risk is continuously analysed and mitigated; however, a residual, a residual risk remains.

The Emmi Group is exposed to various financial risks through its business activities, including credit, liquidity and other market risks. Credit risks are managed by means of continual monitoring of day-to-day business and appropriate risk assessment when closing a transaction. Liquidity risk is managed by means of central cash management, which ensures that the planned liquidity requirement is covered by corresponding financing agreements. Other market risks, such as currency and interest rate risks, are partially hedged using derivative instruments. The non-hedged portion is consciously borne as a risk. The currencies which are of particular relevance to the Emmi Group are the euro, the US dollar and the British pound.

To ensure that the consolidated financial statements comply with the applicable accounting standards and are reported accurately, the Emmi Group has set up effective internal control and management systems, which are reviewed regularly. Accounting and valuation include estimates and assumptions regarding the future. These are based on the knowledge possessed by the respective employees and are regularly examined with a critical eye. Where a financial position includes a major valuation uncertainty that could lead to a significant change in the carrying amount, this uncertainty is disclosed accordingly in the Notes. However, no risks that could lead to a significant correction to the company’s assets, financial position or results of operations as reported in the annual accounts were identified as at the balance sheet date.

30.Subsequent events

From the balance sheet date until the consolidated financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 3 March 2022, no other major events occurred which could have adversely affected the validity of the consolidated financial statements for 2021 or which would have to be disclosed.

31.Summary of consolidated companies, associates and joint ventures