Half-Year Financial Report - For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020

Chapter 2. Consolidated interim financial statements half-year ended june 30, 2020

/ Analysis by currency
(in millions of euros)June 30, 2020December 31, 2019
Euros(1)

Euros

(1)

June 30, 2020

5,355

Euros

(1)

December 31, 2019

4,354

US dollars

US dollars

June 30, 2020

1,055

US dollars

December 31, 2019

1,430

Other currencies

Other currencies

June 30, 2020

117

Other currencies

December 31, 2019

104

Total

Total

June 30, 2020

6,527

Total

December 31, 2019

5,888

(1) Including euro 3,350 million in Eurobonds swapped to US dollar at June 30, 2020 (euro 3,550 million at December 31, 2019).

Analysis by interest rate type

Borrowings are comprised of fixed-rate loans that make up 67% of gross borrowings (excluding borrowings for acquisitions of equity investment securities and commitments to buy-out non-controlling interests) at June 30, 2020 and variable rate loans for the remaining 33%.

Exposure to liquidity risk

In order to manage its liquidity risk, Publicis holds a substantial amount of cash (cash and cash equivalents) at June 30, 2020 with a total of euro 3,743 million and unused but confirmed credit lines representing euro 1,626 million, after drawing of dollars 1.1 billion on its euro 2,000 million multi-currency syndicated credit facility maturing in 2024. These immediately or almost immediately available sums allow the Group to meet its general funding requirements.

Apart from bank overdrafts, most of the Group’s debt is comprised of bonds and the medium-term syndicated loan, none of which are subject to financial covenants. They only include standard credit default event clauses (liquidation, cessation of payment, default on the debt itself or on the repayment of another debt above a given threshold) which are generally applicable above a threshold of euro 25 million.

The Group has not established any credit derivatives to date.