Property, plant and equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Disclosure Of Property Plant And Equipment [Abstract]

8 Property, plant and equipment

Changes in the carrying amount of property, plant and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are analysed in the following tables.


	Land and buildings			Machinery and equipment			Office furniture and equipment			Retail gallery and store furnishing			Leasehold improvements			Constr. in progress			Total
Cost as at December 31, 2019		170,815			127,465			15,123			13,732			23,375			255			350,765
Additions		396			897			119			47			541			580			2,580
Disposals		(3,364	)		(3,842	)		(232	)		(60	)		(5,064	)		—			(12,562	)
Reclassifications to assets held for sale		(10,828	)		(15,746	)		(608	)		—			—			—			(27,182	)
Reclassifications from constr. in progress		—			414			—			—			—			(414	)		—
Effect of translation adj.		(3,814	)		(965	)		(68	)		(638	)		560			(61	)		(4,986	)
Cost as at December 31, 2020		153,205			108,223			14,334			13,081			19,412			360			308,615
Additions		1,064			4,573			363			316			615			110			7,041
Disposals		(1,023	)		(1,121	)		(1,086	)		(6,744	)		(1,085	)		—			(11,059	)
Reclassifications from constr. in progress		—			108			169			32			—			(309	)		—
Effect of translation adj.		1,836			341			233			669			1,365			(2	)		4,442
Cost as at December 31, 2021		155,082			112,124			14,013			7,354			20,307			159			309,039


	Land and buildings			Machinery and equipment			Office furniture and equipment			Retail gallery and store furnishing			Leasehold improvements			Constr. in progress		Total
Accumulated depreciation as at December 31, 2019		(92,305	)		(113,673	)		(14,286	)		(12,996	)		(14,982	)		—		(248,242	)
Depreciation		(3,831	)		(2,972	)		(370	)		(467	)		(2,242	)		—		(9,882	)
Disposals		7			3,330			219			52			5,017					8,625
Reclassifications to assets held for sale		8,377			14,878			603			—			—			—		23,858
Effect of translation adj.		1,589			721			62			711			(751	)		—		2,332
Accumulated depreciation as at December 31, 2020		(86,163	)		(97,716	)		(13,772	)		(12,700	)		(12,958	)		—		(223,309	)
Depreciation		(3,590	)		(2,697	)		(320	)		(337	)		(1,631	)		—		(8,575	)
Disposals		125			770			1,032			6,746			1,081			—		9,754
Effect of translation adj.		(1,794	)		(330	)		(174	)		(627	)		(930	)		—		(3,855	)
Accumulated depreciation as at December 31, 2021		(91,422	)		(99,973	)		(13,234	)		(6,918	)		(14,438	)		—		(225,985	)

Net book value as at December 31, 2019		78,510			13,792			837			736			8,393			255		102,523
Net book value as at December 31, 2020		67,042			10,507			562			381			6,454			360		85,306
Net book value as at December 31, 2021		63,660			12,151			779			436			5,869			159		83,054

Annual rate of depreciation for 2021 and 2020	0%-10%			10%-25%			10%-20%			25%-35%			10%-20%				—

In June 2020, the Parent signed a sale agreement with a third party for the disposal of the land located in the “Santeramo in Colle-Iesce” area, just a few miles away from its headquarters. The cash consideration received by the Parent for such disposal amounts to 2,800. Following such disposal, the Parent realised a loss of 557. Furthermore, if certain conditions included in this sale agreement are met, in the next year the Parent could receive additional consideration of about 2,500 from the acquirer.

In March, May and September 2021, the Parent sold to third parties two idle industrial real estate complexes located in the city of Altamura (Bari), just a few miles away from its headquarters (see note 7) and a site located in High Point (North Caroline, USA), for a total cash consideration of 4,254. Following such disposals, the Parent recognised a gain of 1,748.

As at December 31, 2021 and 2020, the carrying amount of property, plant and equipment temporarily idle is of 3,240 and 5,247, respectively.

As at December 31, 2020 the carrying amount of the property, plant and equipment reclassified to the caption “assets held for sale” is of 3,324 (cost of 27,182 and accumulated depreciation of 23,858). For further details on such reclassifications, reference should be made to note 7.

As at December 31, 2021, properties with a carrying amount of 37,210 (45,519 as at December 31, 2020) are subject to registered mortgages to guarantee the long-term borrowings (see note 19).

The following tables show a breakdown of property, plant and equipment by country.


	31/12/21		31/12/20
Italy		45,470		45,895
Romania		18,502		19,253
United States of America		13,884		14,778
Brazil		2,753		2,807
Europe		1,253		1,461
China		810		1,109
Other countries		382		3
Total		83,054		85,306

The following tables show a breakdown of property, plant and equipment based on the cash generating units in which they are included.


	31/12/21		31/12/20
Italian upholstered furniture plant		34,704		32,401
Romanian upholstered furniture plant		19,627		20,626
Brazilian upholstered furniture plant		2,978		3,048
Chinese upholstered furniture plant		2,215		2,654
Others		23,530		26,577
Total		83,054		85,306

As at December 31, 2021, the Group performed the impairment assessment of property, plant and equipment and right-of-use assets included in several cash generating units (CGUs), such as the Italian upholstered furniture plant CGU and certain directly operated retail stores CGUs that presented indicators of impairment. The Group performed the impairment assessment in accordance with its accounting policy discussed in note 4(i). In particular, an impairment loss is recognised if the carrying amount of a CGU exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount of a CGU is the higher of its value in use, determined using a discounted cash flow method, and its fair value less costs to sell.

Further, the significant assumptions used by the Group in estimating the value in use were the annual sales growth rates used to estimate the forecasted revenue for the years 2022-2026, the weighted average cost of capital rates and the long-term growth rates, all of which were determined at CGU level, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the duration of the resulting economic instability. Such significant assumptions involved a high degree of subjectivity by management and reasonably possible changes to these assumptions had a significant effect on the value in use. Specifically, such assumptions were based on the Group’s future business performances and other forward-looking assumptions that entail significant judgments by management and were heavily impacted by several external events. Finally, cash flow projections for the years 2022-2026 have been derived from the business plan approved by the Board of Directors and forecasts have been developed taking into consideration the track records of actual results reported by the Group.

For property, plant and equipment temporarily idle, the fair value less costs to sell was estimated through independent third-party appraisals, which assessed the fair value of land and buildings using the comparable market method and assessed the fair value of machinery and equipment using the depreciated replacement cost method, adjusted for an obsolescence rate and a marketability rate.

As a result of the 2021 and 2020 impairment assessment performed by the Group, no impairment losses have emerged for property, plant and equipment.