ST-Engineering-Annual-Report-2018
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EUROPE UK DENMARK CANADA IRELAND FRANCE GERMANY U.S. ISRAEL SAUDI ARABIA MEXICO UAE THE AMERICAS BRAZIL ST Engineering is a global technology, Our Electronics sector specialises in defence and engineering group the design, development and delivery headquartered in Singapore. As leaders of of ICT products, solutions and services the aerospace, electronics, land systems and addressing the needs of Smart Cities for marine sectors, we leverage Industry 4.0 to Connectivity, Mobility and Security. create people-centric, multi-disciplinary smart engineering solutions. Our Land Systems sector delivers advanced and customised land systems, Our Aerospace sector offers a wide spectrum security solutions and their related of aircraft maintenance, engineering and through-life support for defence, homeland training services for both military and security and commercial applications. commercial aircraft operators. These services include airframe, component and engine Our Marine sector provides turnkey and maintenance, repair and overhaul, aircraft sustainable defence and commercial design engineering and parts manufacturing, solutions in the marine, offshore and aviation materials and asset management, environmental engineering industries. as well as pilot training. We serve customers in more than 100 countries from our global offices. CHINA TAIWAN HONG KONG THAILAND MIDDLE EAST MALAYSIA SINGAPORE ASIA & OCEANIA MYANMAR AUstraLIA CORPORATE OVERVIEW PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL REPORT Financial Highlights 02 Financial Review 60 Directors’ Statement 126 Letter to Shareholders 04 Investor Relations 70 Independent Auditors’ Report 135 Board of Directors 14 Awards 72 Financial Statements 142 Additional Information on 20 World-Class Workforce 74 Consolidated Income Statement 144 Directors Seeking Re-election Consolidated Statement 145 Senior Management 28 of Comprehensive Income SUSTAINABILITY & Five-Year Plan Overview 30 GOVERNANCE Consolidated Balance Sheet 146 Innovation Highlights 2018 34 Sustainability Report 76 Consolidated Statement 148 of Changes in Equity Community Outreach 92 Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 152 OPERATING REVIEW Corporate Governance 94 & OUTLOOK Notes to the Financial Statements 154 Aerospace 36 Sectoral Financial Review 275 Electronics 42 Shareholding Statistics 291 Land Systems 48 SGX Listing Manual Requirements 293 Marine 54 Corporate Information 294 02 ST ENGINEERING FINANCIAL HIGHLIghts OPERATING cash FLOW REVENUE BREAKDOWN $ 0.64b BY SECTORS -16% 2017: $0.76b 32% 9% ELECTRONICS MARINE ORDER BOOK $13.2b -1% 2017: $13.4b 39% 19% 1% AEROspace LAND SYstems Others EARNINGS PER SHARE 15.85¢ BY CUSTOMER TYPE -2% 31% 2017: 16.13¢ DEFENCE DIVIDEND PER SHARE 15.0¢ 2017: 15.0¢ 69% COMMERCIAL RETURN ON EQUITY BY LOCATION OF CUSTOMERS 22.0% -0.7% PTS 20% 7% 2017: 22.7% U.S. OTHERS RETURN ON saLES 7.7% -0.4% 2017: 8.1% PTS 62% 11% ASIA EUROPE Comparative figures were restated on the adoption of Singapore Financial Reporting Standards (International) (SFRS(1)) with effect from 1 January 2018. ANNUAL REPOrt 2018 03 Aerospace Electronics Land Systems Marine Others REVENUE BY SECTOR ($m) 2018 $6.70b 2,647 2,143 1,282 574 52 2017 $6.52b 2,535 2,011 1,244 637 94 PROFIT BEFORE TAX BY SECTOR ($m) 2018 $620.7m (36.6) 320.0 224.7 62.3 50.3 2017 $611.8m (14.3) 318.5 200.2 85.0 22.4 NET PROFIT BY SECTOR ($m) 2018 $494.2m (35.0) 244.6 186.5 52.9 45.2 2017 $502.6m (25.4) 244.8 168.8 87.4 27.0 04 ST ENGINEERING LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS KWA CHONG SENG CHAIRMAN VINCENT CHONG PRESIDENT & CEO “ The year 2018 was busy and rewarding for us as we executed our strategy of building a foundation for growth and sustainable profitability. ” ANNUAL REPOrt 2018 05 Dear Shareholders In 2018, discussions on Industry We ended 2018 with an order book of $13.2b, 4.0 intensified, as the world saw and experienced how providing the Group with a healthy pipeline technology was disrupting of revenue for the next few years. existing businesses and creating winners and losers. In addition, political developments such as the U.S.-China trade tensions of $20m recorded in 2017 was revenue respectively. Revenue and Brexit created much excluded as well. split between Commercial and uncertainty that also negatively Defence sales was 69%:31%. impacted economic growth At the business sector level, around the world. revenue for the Aerospace sector We ended 2018 with an order was 4% up y-o-y at $2.65b book of $13.2b, providing the Fortunately, as a technology, and Net Profit was flat y-o-y Group with a healthy pipeline defence and engineering group, at $244.6m due to the MRAS of revenue for the next few we are on the right side of acquisition-related expenses, years. We expect to recognise history. We strengthened our partially offset by net divestment $4.9b from the order book core segments and continued gains. Revenue for the Electronics as revenue in 2019. to drive changes to reap the sector grew 7% to $2.14b and Net benefits from disruption. Profit was up 10% to $186.5m. In 2018, we spent about $335m The year 2018 was busy and Net Profit for the Land Systems on capital expenditure, about rewarding for us as we executed sector dropped 39% y-o-y to 23% more than what we spent our strategy of building a $52.9m although its revenue in 2017. A significant portion of foundation for growth and grew 3% y-o-y to $1.28b due this expenditure was deployed sustainable profitability. to the absence of prior year’s for capacity expansion to favourable U.S. tax adjustment, support growth opportunities, Throughout the year, while we the divestment impact of its road such as our new composite were cautious about the short- construction business in India manufacturing plant and new term market outlook, our plans and full impairment charges for aircraft hangar in Germany were not unduly influenced by its road construction business for the Aerospace sector, and quarter-to-quarter results. and automotive MRO business a building extension in the west At the end of the financial year in Brazil. At the Marine sector, of Singapore for our Electronics 2018, we delivered a resilient set while revenue dropped 10% y-o-y sector. We also funded the of financial results, recording to $574m mainly due to lower purchase of two aircraft for a 3% year-on-year (y-o-y) revenue recognition from its U.S. our aircraft leasing business. growth in Group revenue to business, its Net Profit grew $6.70b. Compared to 2017, 67% to $45.2m mainly due Our cash and cash equivalent Profit before tax (PBT) grew to better performance of its balance stood at about $414m, 1% to $620.7m and Profit Singapore operations. after drawing down our cash Attributable to Shareholders for the early redemption of (Net Profit) dropped 2% to We continued to be well MTN. We remain committed $494.2m. Excluding the $37m diversified in our revenue to optimising cash flow, one-off charges incurred, the stream across business sector, maintaining capital discipline Group would have fared better geography and customer type. and improving value and returns. with a 7% y-o-y increase in Revenue mix of the business PBT. These one-off charges sectors comprised 39% for were incurred for portfolio Aerospace, 32% for Electronics, rationalisation, transaction cost 19% for Land Systems and 9% for of the proposed acquisition of Marine. Geographically, business MRA Systems (MRAS), and the units in Asia including Singapore early redemption of the MTN1. contributed 73% to Group Net Profit would have been revenue, while our business 1 US$500m Notes issued under the 9% higher y-o-y if the one-off units in the U.S. and Europe Multicurrency Medium Term Notes favourable U.S. tax adjustment generated 18% and 8% of Group (MTN) Programme. 06 ST ENGINEERING LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS For our shareholders, your to have our net profits grow in terms of marketing, prototype Board of Directors has tandem with our revenue. development and redelivery to recommended a final dividend our customers. of 10.0 cents per share. We are now intensely focused Together with the interim on executing our plan and Shipbuilding and ship repair dividend of 5.0 cents per share in this annual letter, we will continue to be strategic to paid to you in August 2018, the expand on our strategy to give us. What sets us apart in both total dividend for the full year our shareholders a clearer idea the defence and commercial will be 15.0 cents per share. of the roadmap. The business segments is our unique edge: This represents a dividend developments and achievements we are just one of few shipyards yield of 4.4%, computed using of the four business sectors in the world with a full range of the average closing share price in 2018 are covered in the capabilities to support the entire of the last trading day of 2018 Operating Review and Outlook lifecycle of a ship, from ship and 2017. section on page 36 to 59. design, shipbuilding and system FIVE YEAR PLAN: CLEAR FOCUS AND STRATEGY We are now intensely focused on In March, we shared our five- executing our plan to grow and strengthen year plan (2018-2022): the set our core businesses as well as pursuing of goals we have put in place to help us achieve our longer- new opportunities especially in international term aspiration of becoming a defence business and smart city. global technology, defence and engineering powerhouse. Strengthening the Core. integration, to ship upgrades, Our focus and strategy are Strengthening our core is about repair and maintenance. In 2018, clear. As presented on page 30, building lines of business that are we focused on strengthening our plan consists of continuing globally competitive, whether the operations and profitability to grow and strengthen our in niche areas or in segments of our Marine sector and built core businesses as well as that have the potential scale and up our order book against pursuing new opportunities competence to be differentiated bottom-of-the-market industry especially in international internationally.