XML 21 R39.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.20.1
Note 29 - Discontinued Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Statement Line Items [Line Items]  
Disclosure of non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations [text block]
29
Discontinued Operations
 
On
December 15, 2016,
Tenaris entered into an agreement with Nucor Corporation (“NC”) pursuant to which it has sold to NC the steel electric conduit business in North America, known as Republic Conduit for an amount of
$328
million (net of transaction costs). The sale was completed on
January 19, 2017,
with effect from
January 20, 2017.
The result of this transaction was an after-tax gain of
$89.7
million, calculated as the net proceeds of the sale less the book value of net assets held for sale, the corresponding tax effect and related expenses.
 
    Year ended December 31,
    2017
 Income from discontinued operations    
1,848
 
 After tax gain on the sale of Conduit    
89,694
 
 Net Income for discontinued operations    
91,542
 
 
Details of Conduit sale
 
Cash received    
331,295
 
Transaction and other costs    
(3,663
)
Carrying amount of net assets sold    
(137,814
)
Gain on sale before income tax    
189,817
 
Income tax expense on gain    
(100,123
)
Gain on sale after income tax    
89,694
 
 
The financial performances presented are relative to the
19
days of
January 2017.
 
Analysis of the result of discontinued operations:
    Year ended December 31,
    2017
Revenues    
11,899
 
Gross profit    
4,496
 
Net income    
1,848
 
 
Summarized cash flow information is as follows
:
    2017
Cash at the beginning    
18,820
 
Cash at the end    
206
 
(Decrease) Increase in cash    
(18,614
)
         
(Used in) provided by operating activities    
(3,046
)
Provided by (used in) investing activities    
32
 
Used in financing activities    
(15,600
)
 
These amounts were estimated only for disclosure purposes, as cash flows from discontinued operations were
not
managed separately from other cash flows.
 
The following table shows carrying amounts of assets and liabilities as at the date of sale.
 
Current and non-current assets and liabilities of disposal group
 
    At January 19, 2017
Non-current assets    
87,332
 
Current assets    
69,332
 
Total assets of disposal group classified as held for sale    
156,664
 
Non-current liabilities    
5,294
 
Current liabilities    
13,556
 
Total liabilities of disposal group classified as held for sale    
18,850