2019 Annual financial report

Chapter 7. 2019 Annual financial statements

Note 6 Net financial income (expenses)

(in thousands of euros)

2019

2018

Dividends

Dividends

2019

203,011

Dividends

2018

53,895

Other income from investments

Other income from investments

2019

66,066

Other income from investments

2018

106,092

Investment income

Investment income

2019

269,077

Investment income

2018

159,987

Other financial income

Other financial income

2019

464

Other financial income

2018

911

Foreign exchange gains

Foreign exchange gains

2019

56

Foreign exchange gains

2018

227

Interest and other financial income

Interest and other financial income

2019

520

Interest and other financial income

2018

1,138

Amortization of the Eurobond 2024 balancing payment

Amortization of the Eurobond 2024 balancing payment

2019

416

Amortization of the Eurobond 2024 balancing payment

2018

416

Reversal of impairment for marketable securities

Reversal of impairment for marketable securities

2019

7,156

Reversal of impairment for marketable securities

2018

4,671

Reversal of other financial provisions

Reversal of other financial provisions

2019

3

Reversal of other financial provisions

2018

13

Reversal of financial provisions & expense transfers

Reversal of financial provisions & expense transfers

2019

7,575

Reversal of financial provisions & expense transfers

2018

5,100

Total financial income

Total financial income

2019

277,172

Total financial income

2018

166,225

Bond-related amortization

Bond-related amortization

2019

(5,179)

Bond-related amortization

2018

(4,541)

Increases in provisions for foreign exchange losses

Increases in provisions for foreign exchange losses

2019

(27)

Increases in provisions for foreign exchange losses

2018

(3)

Increase in provisions for impairment of marketable securities

Increase in provisions for impairment of marketable securities

2019

(288)

Increase in provisions for impairment of marketable securities

2018

(7,156)

Increase in other financial provisions

Increase in other financial provisions

2019

(2)

Increase in other financial provisions

2018

-

Amortization and increases in provisions

Amortization and increases in provisions

2019

(5,496)

Amortization and increases in provisions

2018

(11,700)

Bond-related expenses

Bond-related expenses

2019

(47,201)

Bond-related expenses

2018

(45,226)

Other financial expenses

Other financial expenses

2019

(51,622)

Other financial expenses

2018

(90,521)

Foreign exchange losses

Foreign exchange losses

2019

(101)

Foreign exchange losses

2018

(246)

Interest and other financial expenses

Interest and other financial expenses

2019

(98,924)

Interest and other financial expenses

2018

(135,993)

Total financial expenses

Total financial expenses

2019

(104,420)

Total financial expenses

2018

(147,693)

Financial income (expense)

Financial income (expense)

2019

172,752

Financial income (expense)

2018

18,532


Note 7 Exceptional items

There were no exceptional items in financial year 2019. This item was not material in 2018.

Note 8 Income taxes

The income statement shows a tax income amount of euro  13,854,724. This amount mainly corresponds to the tax consolidation gain recognized as income in the financial statements of the tax group’s parent company, in accordance with the tax consolidation agreements signed with the member companies, totaling euro 12,118,000.

The Company, which is the parent company of the French tax group (comprising 26 entities including Publicis Groupe SA), recorded a tax loss of euro 64,271,256 in 2019.

Tax loss carryforwards of the French tax group, which can be carried forward without any time limit, amounted to euro 220,684,590 at December 31, 2019.