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ANNUAL REPORT 2016

GLOBAL PRESENCE, LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

Global Presence,   
Local Knowledge

MMA Offsh ore Limit ed  (“MM A”  or  “Com pany”)  pr ovid es  glo bal 

mar ine solutions t o the off shore  oi l  an d g as  ind ust r y.

Middle 
East

Dubai

East &   

West Afr ica

 Key

Office

Supply Base

Onshore Facility

50+

39+

20+

Owned Vessels 

We own and operate over 50 modern 
offshore vessels

Hectares of supply 
base area

Strategically located in Dampier 
and Broome

Hectares of yard area

18.1ha shipyard in Batam, Indonesia 
with 5 construction berths; 2.5ha oil 
and gas support facility in Singapore

Contents

Overview

About Us 

Chairman’s Address 

Managing Director’s Report 

Operating & Financial Review

Financial Position 

Risks 

Operations 

Vessel Operations 

Dampier Supply Base 

Broome Supply Base 

Dampier Slipway 

Health, Safety, Environment 
& Quality 

Our People 

Community 

Governance

Board of Directors 

Corporate Governance 

Directors’ Report 

Auditor’s Independence Declaration 

Audit Report 

Directors’ Declaration 

2016 Financial Report  

Shareholder Information

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53

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57

Additional Securities  

Exchange Information 

106 

 MMA Offshore Limited      1
 MMA Offshore Limited      1

South East Asia

Malaysia

Batam

Singapore

Broome

Dampier

Fremantle

Australia

70%

Improvement to TRCF

Total Recordable Case Frequency 
(“TRCF”) of 0.36  in FY2016  
(rate per million hours worked)

 
Overview

Operating & Financial Review

Governance

2016 Financial Report

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WORLD CLASS 
OPERATIONS

E

A b o u t   U s

Vessel Operations

Dampier Supply Base

With its head offic e  locat ed 

in Frem antle, Wester n 

Australia and int er nati onal 

headq uar ters i n Singa pore, 

MMA is one of  the l arge st 

marine service providers   

in the Asia Pac ifi c regio n

MMA owns and operates over 50 
vessels throughout Australia and 
internationally.

MMA undertakes a range of offshore 
marine activities including:

Number in Fleet

•  FPSO offtake support;

8

8

10

4

3

3

4

4

5

2
51

•  Supply operations - drilling and 

production;

•  Construction support;

•  Survey support;

•  Dive and ROV support;

•  Subsea installation support;

•  Subsea inspection, maintenance 

and repair; and

•  Tug and barge operations.

MMA’s key areas of operation include 
Australia, South East Asia, the Middle 
East and Africa.

Fleet Profile

Type

AHT

AHTS (<8000 BHP)

AHTS (8000 BHP)

AHTS (>10800 BHP)

Barge

IMR

Multi-Purpose

PSV (<800m2)

PSV (>800m2)

Utility
Total

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Spanning 28 hectares, MMA’s Dampier 
Supply Base is strategically located 
and capable of servicing the array of 
vessels engaged in offshore support 
activities with its six berth multi-user 
wharf, open sealed laydown areas, 
undercover storage and office facilities.

MMA is in the unique position of being 
able to offer its clients on the North 
West Shelf high quality, safe, flexible 
and scalable access to the full range of 
marine logistics services, from vessel 
support and supply base services to 
ship repair and maintenance facilities.

Broome Supply Base

Dampier Slipway

International Onshore Facilities

The Broome Supply Base, operated 
through an incorporated joint venture 
between MMA and Toll Holdings Ltd, 
encompasses over 11 hectares of land, 
strategically located adjacent to the 
Broome Port to service exploration, 
production and construction activities 
in the Browse Basin. The Base offers 
clients open laydown and undercover 
storage, offices, casing storage and 
wash-down facilities.

MMA’s Dampier Slipway is strategically 
located at the Dampier Supply Base 
and is capable of docking vessels up 
to 3,500 tonne displacement.

MMA operates two strategically located 
international onshore facilities: a 
shipyard in Batam, Indonesia and an oil 
and gas support facility in Singapore.

In addition to servicing MMA’s own 
fleet, the Slipway provides services 
to third party operators including 
routine and emergency dockings, 
mobilisations and a wide range of 
marine repairs and maintenance 
services.

The Batam Shipyard facility includes 
an 18.1 hectare yard site and five 
construction berths capable of building 
high quality commercial vessels and 
customised offshore support vessels. 
The Shipyard commenced operations 
in 1993 and has successfully delivered 
over 30 vessels in the last 23 years.

The Singapore facility, which includes a 
2.5 hectare yard site focuses on vessel 
mobilisations and demobilisations for 
the oil and gas industry.

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Overview

Operating & Financial Review

Governance

2016 Financial Report

N

INNOVATIVE 
MAR INE 
SOLUT IONS

E

C h a i r m a n ’s 
A d d r e s s

MMA continued t o face 

extremely chal lengi ng 

market conditions 

through FY2016 

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Market conditions in the offshore oil 
and gas industry remained extremely 
challenging throughout FY2016 as 
the ongoing low oil price resulted in 
massive spending cuts across the 
industry. 

The price of Brent oil fell a further 22% 
over the course of the 2016 financial 
year from $62 per barrel to $48 per 
barrel with a low of $27 in February of 
this year. The market remains volatile 
which does not bode well for spending 
decisions by our clients who will be 
unlikely to resume spending until a 
sustainable recovery in the oil price is 
felt. In the current environment and with 
so many factors at play on both the 
supply and demand side, the timing 
and extent of recovery is very difficult 
to predict.

All of MMA’s operating divisions were 
impacted by the downturn with revenue 
down 40% on the previous year and 
EBITDA down 65%.

MMA reviewed the carrying value 
of its assets as at 30 June 2016 in 
light of the further deterioration in 
market conditions and recognised an 
impairment charge against the value of 
the Company’s assets of $139 million.

Excluding the impact of the impairment 
charge, MMA delivered a Net Loss 
after Tax of $(20.2) million, down 
136.5% from the prior year and 
corresponding Earnings per Share 
(“EPS”) was a loss of (5.4) cents  
per share.

As announced in February 2016, the 
Board has suspended dividends to 
preserve cash until trading conditions 
improve. Consequently no dividend 
has been declared for the full year. 

In the current environment, MMA has 
undertaken a significant restructuring 
programme to reduce costs. 
Headcount has been reduced by over 
50% over the past two years and we 
have reduced our Corporate overhead 
by $20 million or 24% between FY2015 
and FY2016. We have also reduced our 
direct operating costs through a range 
of initiatives including renegotiations 
with suppliers, operational efficiency 
and closely managing our costs on 
vessels between contracts.

Our vessel sales programme is 
delivering results with 17 of our smaller 
vessels sold for a total of A$40 million  
to date, although difficult conditions in 
the vessel sale and purchase market 
meant that we fell short of our A$78 
million target for FY2016. 

We have recently refreshed our asset 
sales strategy to accelerate the sales 
programme in FY2017.

This is more important than ever in the 
current environment where competition 
is fierce for every available opportunity.

Three high specification newbuild 
vessels were added to the fleet during 
the year with the final two vessels 
in our newbuild programme close 
to completion. The three completed 
vessels have gone into quality long 
term contracts with the remaining two 
vessels targeting the subsea inspection 
maintenance and repair (“IMR”) market 
which is seeing ongoing demand even 
in the current environment. This brings 
to an end our major capital expenditure 
programme which will ease the 
pressure on cashflow during FY2017. 
At this point MMA does not anticipate 
adding any further vessels to the fleet 
and as such will cease shipbuilding 
operations on completion of the current 
newbuild programme in October 2016.

In line with MMA’s reduced earnings 
profile in the current market, the MMA 
Board is focused on strengthening the 
Balance Sheet and reducing debt as a 
priority. MMA’s asset sales programme 
is core to this strategy and the Board is 
also looking at a range of alternatives 
to supplement the asset sales 
programme if required.

MMA’s Banking Syndicate remains 
supportive and in February 2016, MMA 
agreed a number of amendments to 
the terms and financial covenants 
of its Syndicated Loan Facility with 
the members of the Syndicate in 
response to the ongoing difficult 
trading conditions in the offshore oil 
and gas industry. On 24 August 2016, 
MMA received approval of some 
further amendments to the Facility 
from the Syndicate and has committed 
to an increase in the annual principal 
repayments over the remaining term of 
the Facility.

Importantly, whilst our earnings are 
currently being impacted by the 
downturn, the Company remains 
backed by a strong asset base. Net 
Tangible Assets as at 30 June 2016 
after the impairment charge were 
$634 million or $1.70 per share. 
Gearing has increased following the 
impairment charge and was 53.9% as 
at 30 June 2016.

MMA aims to differentiate itself through 
the quality of its operations and its 
ability to deliver innovative solutions to 
clients to meet their needs. 

MMA secured a number of significant 
new long term contracts during the 
year including a five year contract with 
ConocoPhillips and a key contract with 
Woodside supporting its production 
assets in the North West of Australia. 
These were significant contract wins 
in the current competitive market and 
are an endorsement of MMA’s ability to 
provide innovative solutions to clients 
meeting their requirements for first 
class operational performance whilst 
also delivering cost savings.

MMA also signed a number of vessel 
sharing contracts with oil and gas 
operators in the North West Shelf of 
Australia during the year. This was an 
innovative approach not previously 
seen in the market but was a win-win 
in the current environment, securing 
utilisation for MMA’s vessels whilst 
reducing operating costs for our 
clients.

Internationally the market remains 
tough, but we were successful in 
securing and extending key contracts 
during the year. 

We are expanding our presence in 
the Middle East, a market which has 
held up comparatively well through the 
downturn. We opened a branch office 
in Dubai during the year, and have 
transferred additional vessels into the 
region. 

With activity and utilisation under 
pressure, MMA has laid up a number 
of vessels to reduce operating costs. 
Fortunately our Singapore and Batam 
shipyards enable us to store vessels at 
a significantly reduced cost and enable 
us to maintain them at a high standard 
so that they can be brought back into 
operation as required.

Our safety performance continues 
to be a shining light through these 
challenging times. The Company 
has made a significant investment 
in this area though our Target 365 
Strategy which is now producing 
sustainable improvements in safety 
culture and performance across the 
business. FY2016 was our best safety 
performance on record with a Total 
Recordable Case Frequency of 0.36 
per million hours worked – a world 
class performance which has been 
recognised by our clients. 

Our safety performance is our licence 
to operate and can differentiate us in 
this highly competitive market. It is also 
a key value of the Company that we 
look after the safety and welfare of our 
employees and we will remain focused 
on maintaining and improving our 
performance in this area. 

Looking forward, there is little change 
to the outlook from where we stood 
this time last year. There is still 
significant uncertainty around the 
timing and extent of a recovery in the 
oil price, which means that our clients 
will continue to defer spending and 
focus on cost control. Compounding 
the issues facing the offshore vessel 
market is a significant overhang of 
vessel supply, which, even once oil 
prices recover, will take some time to 
absorb. With that in mind we expect 
subdued activity levels to continue 
through FY2017 with continued 
pressure on rates and utilisation.

Whilst the short term outlook for the 
oil and gas industry is uncertain, the 
longer term fundamentals are sound. 
The current underinvestment in new 
supply to offset depleting reserves will 
eventually result in a supply shortage 
which should result in improved market 
conditions and a return to spending. 

In the current environment, MMA 
continues to focus on the things that 
it can control: operational excellence, 
safety performance, reducing costs 
and increasing productivity. We are 
also focused on strengthening the 
balance sheet through asset sales 
and debt reduction. These actions 
should position the Company well to 
take advantage of improved market 
conditions when they occur. 

I would like to conclude by thanking 
Mr Jeff Weber, Managing Director, 
and all management and staff for their 
commitment and dedication to the 
business through these challenging 
times. I would also like to thank my 
fellow members of the Board of 
Directors for their valuable contribution.

Finally, I would like to thank you, our 
shareholders, for your ongoing support.

Tony Howarth AO
Chairman

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Overview

Operating & Financial Review

Governance

2016 Financial Report

N

CLIENT FOC US

E

M a n a g i n g 
D i r e c t o r ’s 
R e p o r t

FY2016 was a di fficul t 

year for the C ompany 

as ongoing adverse 

oil and gas market 

conditions i mpact ed 

demand for our 

services ac ross all of 

our operating regio ns

Financial summary

Operating summary

$481.1m 
Revenue

$75.5m 
EBITDA

$(13.5)m(1)
EBIT (pre-impairment)

$(20.2)m(1)
NPAT (pre-impairment)

(5.4) cps(1)
EPS (pre-impairment)

$(144.0)m 
Reported Net Loss 
after Tax

$139.0m  

Non cash impairment 
charge (pre-tax)

$120.2m 
Operating cash flow 

53.9% 
Gearing

$49.7m 
Cash at Bank

Operations severely 
impacted by the ongoing 
adverse market conditions

Rates and utilisation at 
historic lows

Vessel sales programme 
ongoing but market 
conditions remain difficult

Secured a number of 
significant contract wins 
during the year

Exceeded $15 million cost 
reduction target

Ongoing focus on 
operational excellence 
and business efficiency to 
position the Company for 
improved market conditions

Maintained excellent safety 
performance

1  MMA’s Financial Report complies with Australian Accounting Standards and International Financials Reporting Standards (“IFRS”).
The pre-impairment reported EBIT, NPAT and EPS are unaudited but are derived from audited accounts by removing the impact of the
impairment charge from the reported IFRS audited results. MMA believes the non-IFRS disclosures reflect a more meaningful measure of
the Company’s underlying performance.

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Market conditions for the 

offshore oil and gas industry 

continued to be extremely 

challenging throughout FY2016 

The low oil price has resulted in 
dramatic cuts to expenditure by oil and 
gas companies with E&P spending 
reportedly down 25% in 2015 and 
expected to reduce a further 20-
25% during calendar year 2016; an 
estimated US$380 billion in projects 
have been deferred. As a result, 
offshore vessel utilisation has dropped 
significantly and day rates have come 
down by approximately 50% over the 
past two years, significantly impacting 
returns for vessel operators. 

MMA’s operations were severely 
impacted by the current conditions with 
our Vessel Operations, Supply Base 
and Slipway businesses all reporting 
declines in revenue and earnings for 
FY2016, particularly in the second half.

Adverse market conditions 

significantly impacted the 

Vessel business

Revenue fell 40.7% to $414.7 million 
and EBITDA fell 67.5% to $64.8 million. 

Average utilisation for the fleet across 
the year was 59%, down from 75% in 
FY2015. Utilisation in Australia was 
higher during the first half at 80% 
dropping to 72% in the second half as 
a number of project scopes completed. 
International utilisation was consistent 
at around 50% throughout the year. 

The Australian business benefited from 
a higher percentage of the fleet being 
engaged on long term production 
support contracts which have been 
impacted to a lesser extent by the 
downturn. 

MMA had vessels engaged on key 
Australian LNG construction projects 
during the year including the Gorgon, 
Wheatstone, Prelude and Ichthys 
projects. MMA was also active in 
supporting the majority of production 
support facilities in the North West of 
Australia during the year.

Importantly, MMA was successful 
in securing a number of significant 
long term contracts during the year 
including the Woodside Integrated 
Fleet contract and a five year 
platform supply vessel contract with 
ConocoPhillips. These contracts are 
a testament to the quality of MMA’s 
operations and our ability to deliver 
innovative and cost competitive 
solutions to meet our clients’ 
requirements. 

The international offshore vessel market 
continued to be extremely challenging 
with rates and utilisation at historic lows 
and intense competition for available 
work. 

MMA was successful in extending a 
number of key international contracts 
during the year. Unfortunately, offsetting 
this, two key contracts in Malaysia were 
suspended due to a rig being taken out 
of service by a client and we recently 
discounted the rate on a number of key 
contracts to avoid cancellation. Such 
actions are becoming more common 
in the current environment, resulting in 
extremely difficult and unpredictable 
conditions for service providers to the 
industry.

We continue to expand our presence 
in the Middle East with a new 
regional office and a Master Services 
agreement signed with a major 
contracting company which may 
provide future contract opportunities for 
MMA’s vessels in the region.

Whilst we are seeing some positive 
signs around the underlying 
fundamentals of the oil and gas market, 
it will take time for any recovery in the 
oil price to filter through to the offshore 
vessel market. At this stage we do 
not expect to see an improvement 
in current trading conditions through 
FY2017.

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Overview

Operating & Financial Review

Governance

2016 Financial Report

Earnings from the Dampier 

The Broome Supply Base  

Supply Base declined further  

also experienced lower  

as a result of reduced activity  

activity levels

in the region

Revenue fell 29.7% to $62.2 million and 
EBITDA fell 22.8% to $20.0 million. 

The Chevron Shorebase contract 
provided a baseload of activity for the 
Supply Base during the year, however 
activity declined during the second half 
in line with expected reduced freight 
volumes. We expect earnings from 
this contract to reduce significantly in 
FY2017.

Productivity improvement and cost 
reduction continue to be major focus 
areas for the Company given current 
activity levels. The workforce has been 
reduced by 30% and changes have 
been made to rostering arrangements 
to reduce costs. The focus on cost 
reduction will continue into FY2017. 

Given current suppressed offshore oil 
and gas activity levels in the region 
and a reducing contribution from the 
Chevron Shorebase contract, we 
expect earnings at the Dampier Supply 
Base to reduce significantly in FY2017.

The Slipway had a difficult year 

with low demand for its services 

in the current economic climate

Revenue for the year was $9.8 million 
and EBITDA was a loss of $2.1 million, 
down significantly on the prior year.

The reduction in offshore activity in 
the North West Shelf combined with 
increased competition from South East 
Asian facilities impacted demand for 
the Slipway’s services. In addition, 
vessel operators are cutting costs and 
reducing the amount of repairs and 
maintenance work being undertaken. 

In light of current market conditions, 
the Slipway has been restructured to 
operate on a significantly reduced 
permanent workforce, supplemented 
with contract labour to match work flow. 
This model is feasible in the current 
environment with contract labour in 
ready supply. 

With activity levels expected to remain 
subdued through FY2017, the focus for 
the Slipway will be on servicing MMA’s 
internal fleet and that of key external 
clients with the aim of delivering 
improved financial performance.

MMA’s share of earnings from the 
Broome Supply Base reduced by 
23.5% during the year to $2.6 million.

During the first half of the year the 
Broome Supply Base supported both 
Shell and INPEX with their development 
drilling programmes for the Prelude 
and Ichthys LNG projects. Second half 
activity was lower as Shell’s drilling 
programme completed and INPEX 
reduced from two rigs to one.

Exploration drilling activity in the region 
is currently subdued given the current 
market environment.

During the year a significant 
restructuring programme was 
completed, reducing employee 
numbers and overhead costs to match 
activity levels.

The Broome Supply Base will continue 
to support INPEX’s drilling programme 
through FY2017, however overall 
market activity is expected to remain 
subdued over the next 12 months.

Vessel sales programme is 

ongoing with 17 vessels sold  

to date

MMA remains firmly focused on its 
vessel sales programme to optimise 
the fleet composition and reduce debt. 

Whilst the sale and purchase market 
continues to be difficult, we have seen 
reasonable interest in MMA’s vessels. 
To date we have been successful in 
selling 17 of our smaller vessels for a 
total of A$40 million.

MMA has recently reviewed and 
refreshed its vessel sales strategy with 
the aim of accelerating sales through 
FY2017.

Newbuild programme is close  

to completion

MMA’s newbuild programme is almost 
complete with three vessels, the MMA 
Plover, MMA Brewster and MMA 
Privilege all delivered during the year 
and committed to long term contracts.

The remaining two vessels are close 
to completion and currently being 
tendered into a number of potential 
work scopes in the global Inspection, 

Maintenance and Repair (“IMR”) 
market which is seeing ongoing 
demand albeit at lower charter rates.

Post completion of the newbuild 
programme, MMA’s capital expenditure 
requirements will be minimal 
as expenditure is reduced to a 
maintenance level. 

At this point MMA does not anticipate 
adding any further vessels to the fleet 
in the near future unless backed by 
long term contracts.

Cost reduction programme 

delivering results

MMA has taken significant steps to 
reduce its cost base over the past 
18 months. During FY2016, MMA 
achieved a reduction in overhead 
costs of $20 million, down 24% on the 
previous financial year overhead with 
further savings to occur in FY2017. 

Headcount across the business has 
reduced by over 50% over the past 
two years (excluding crew) and salary 
packages for non-marine personnel 
have materially reduced with base 
salaries frozen and no short term 
bonuses paid or long term bonuses 
vested for the past two years.

In addition to overhead savings, 
MMA has also achieved significant 
reductions in direct operating costs. 
Over the past 18 months MMA 
has negotiated with suppliers and 
re-tendered key expenditure items 
achieving savings of approximately 
25%. MMA has also implemented 
a number of business efficiency 
initiatives to reduce costs, including 
preventative maintenance programmes 
and the strict management of costs on 
vessels between contracts which has 
resulted in material savings. 

A culture of cost control is evident 
across the business with a general 
focus on minimising all discretionary 
expenditure in the current environment.

Notwithstanding the focus on costs, 
MMA is mindful that operational and 
safety performance is critical to its 
success. MMA is careful to ensure 
that cost savings are not made at the 
expense of the quality, reliability and 
safety of our operations.

MMA will continue its focus on this area 
through FY2017. 

8      Annual Report 2016

Asset impairment charge 

recognised 

As at 30 June 2016, MMA recognised 
an impairment charge of $139 million 
against the carrying value of its assets 
reflecting the impact of the current 
market conditions on the Company’s 
operations. 

A charge of $100 million was booked 
against the carrying value of the Vessel 
fleet, a $36 million charge against the 
Dampier Supply Base and a $3 million 
charge against the Dampier Slipway. 

The impairment charge is a non-cash 
amount and will not impact compliance 
with the Company’s debt covenants. 
MMA’s Net Tangible Assets (“NTA”) as 
at 30 June 2016 was $1.70 per share, 
post the impairment charge.

Ongoing support of Banking 

Syndicate

In February 2016, the Company 
agreed a number of amendments to 
the terms and financial covenants of 
its Syndicated Loan Facility with the 
members of the Syndicate in response 
to the difficult trading conditions in the 
offshore oil and gas industry. 

On 24 August 2016, the Company 
received approval of some further 
amendments to the terms and financial 
covenants of the Facility from the 
Syndicate and has committed to 
an increase in the annual principal 
repayments over the remaining term of 
the Facility which it will fund from the 
proceeds of the Company’s ongoing 
vessel sales programme, operating 
earnings and any additional funding 
options available to the Company.

MMA’s cash at bank as at 30 June 
2016 was $49.7 million and Gearing 
has increased to 53.9% following the 
impairment charge. 

Excellent safety performance 

maintained

MMA continued to achieve 
improvements in its safety 
performance, recording a 70% 
improvement in its Total Recordable 
Case Frequency (“TRCF”) in FY2016. 
MMA’s TRCF at 30 June 2016 was 
0.36 (per million hours worked) which 
represents a world class safety 
standard. 

MMA’s Target 365 Strategy continues 
to evolve and produce sustainable 
improvements in safety performance 
and culture throughout the 
organisation. 

In the current environment, MMA’s 
focus is on maintaining utilisation, 
operational excellence and safe and 
reliable operations whilst remaining 
competitive on price. 

We will also continue to seek 
opportunities to leverage our in-house 
marine capability to gain a competitive 
advantage in the current environment. 
MMA will continue to work with current 
and potential clients to achieve 
mutually beneficial outcomes through 
innovative marine solutions that deliver 
cost savings for clients and increased 
utilisation of MMA’s fleet. 

MMA also continues to streamline the 
business through its cost reduction and 
business efficiency initiatives.

Market Outlook

FY2016 was an extremely challenging 
year for the Company as the oil 
and gas market continued to face 
enormous headwinds. The offshore 
vessel market is experiencing its most 
difficult period in over 30 years with 
rates and utilisation at historic lows, 
intense competition and an increasing 
percentage of the fleet going into 
layup.

Whilst there has been some positive 
sentiment recently around the oil 
markets returning to balance, there are 
numerous factors at play which make 
forecasting the timing of a recovery in 
the market extremely difficult.

The current market expectation is for a 
recovery in the oil price during 2017, 
however there will be a lag before any 
recovery in the oil price will translate 
to increased activity for the offshore 
vessel market. On this basis, we expect 
the current challenging conditions to 
continue through FY2017.

Jeff Weber
Managing Director

During FY2016, MMA launched a new 
initiative, “Target 365 Critical Controls”, 
which focuses on the eight highest 
risk activities across the business 
and promotes awareness of the key 
controls required to prevent serious 
injury or damage to the environment. 
The initiative has been rolled out across 
the organisation and is now being used 
to manage high risk activities across 
MMA’s operations.

MMA will continue to drive 
improvements in safety across the 
organisation with Target 365 at the core 
of its strategy. 

Our people remain critical to  

our success

At MMA we recognise that our people 
are critical to the success of our 
business. 

MMA is fortunate to have a highly 
capable and dedicated Senior 
Management Team to navigate 
the Company through the current 
challenging market conditions. I would 
like to personally thank the Senior 
Management Team and all MMA staff 
for their valuable contribution, hard 
work and support during what has 
been a very challenging period for the 
Company.

MMA is also fortunate to have a highly 
experienced Board of Directors and 
I would like to take this opportunity 
to thank the Board for their ongoing 
stewardship throughout the year.

We remain focused on  

our Strategy 

MMA’s strategy continues to focus 
on maximising opportunities across 
our key service areas of oil and gas 
support vessels and supply bases in 
our key geographic locations, namely: 
Australia, South East Asia, the Middle 
East and Africa.

During the year we expanded our 
presence in the Middle East with a new 
regional office and an increased on the 
ground presence in the region. MMA 
sees the Middle East as a key platform 
in our future strategy.

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Overview

Operating & Financial Review

Governance

2016 Financial Report

F i n a n c i a l 
P o s i t i o n

The Company  repor t ed 

a Net Loss aft er Tax  for 

the 2016 financial  year 

of $( 144.0) milli on, af ter 

booking a non-cash 

imp ai r ment  charge  of 

$139.0 m illion before  tax 

against the car r ying val ue 

of the Company’s Vessel s, 

Supply Base and Sli pway 

divisions

10      Annual Report 2016

Excluding the impairment charge, the 
Company reported a Net Loss After Tax 
for the year of $(20.2) million.

The Company reported negative 
Earnings per Share (EPS) for the 2016 
financial year of (38.6) cents and (5.4) 
cents after excluding the impact of the 
impairment charge.

The Company reported a Net Profit 
After Tax for the first half of the year of 
$6.5 million. However, the Company 
recorded a Net Loss After Tax for the 
second half of the year of $(26.7) 
million, excluding the impact of the 
impairment charge, as a number of 
construction contracts in the Australian 
region were completed and the 
continued low oil price led to lower 
rates and reduced demand for services 
across the Company’s Vessels, Supply 
Base and Slipway business divisions. 
The Company’s operating margins also 
declined during the second half as a 
result of the difficult trading conditions.

Net Pr ofit Afte r Tax   
(Pre-impair ment charge)

-$20 .2m

60.3

51.0

53.9

55.3

12

13

14

15

16

-20.2

Ear n ings Pe r Share 
(Pre-impair ment charge)

-5.4c

25.2

23.4

18.8

15.0

12

13

14

15

16

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INTEGRATED  SERV ICES

The Company recognised a total 
impairment charge of $139.0 million 
against the carrying value of the assets 
comprising an impairment charge of 
$100.0 million against the value of 
the Vessel assets, a charge of $36.0 
million against the value of the Supply 
Base assets and a charge of $3 million 
against the value of the Slipway assets. 

In determining the impairment amount, 
consideration was given to the fair 
market value, less cost of disposal 
of the assets in each of the CGUs, 
as at 30 June 2016, based on an 
independent valuation provided by a 
specialist valuation consultant. The 
impairment charge is a non-cash 
charge.

The Company continued to work 
through a significant restructuring 
programme during the year which 
resulted in a $20 million reduction 
in overhead costs from the previous 
financial year.

Impairment Charge

The Company conducted an 
assessment of the recoverable 
amounts of the assets comprising the 
Company’s three Cash Generating 
Units (CGUs) – Vessels, Supply Base 
and Slipway at the end of the financial 
year, having identified the following 
indicators of impairment:

•  The carrying value of the 

Company’s net assets was greater 
than the Company’s market 
capitalisation; and

•  Market conditions in the offshore 
oil and gas support industry in 
both Australia and internationally 
remained challenging due to the 
continued low oil price during the 
year.

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Op eratin g Ca shflow

Cashflow

Dividends

$ 120 .2m

185.4

120.2

79.6

70.8

54.4

12

13

14

15

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Ca pi tal  Ex penditure

$ 159 .3m

The Company reported cash on hand 
at the end of the 2016 financial year 
of $49.7 million compared to $124.5 
million at the end of the previous year. 
The reduction in the cash balance was 
a result of funds being applied during 
the year to meet the Company’s capital 
expenditure commitments for the new 
vessels under construction, to service 
the Company’s commitments under 
its debt facility and to fund the final 
dividend for the 2015 financial year.

The Company reported a total cashflow 
from operations for the 2016 financial 
year of $120.2 million.  In addition, the 
Company received $35.0 million during 
the year, primarily from the sale of a 
number of the smaller vessels in the 
fleet and $4.0 million in dividends from 
the Broome Supply Base joint venture 
business, which it operates with Toll 
Holdings Ltd. 

247.2

Capital Expenditure

Capital Expenditure for the year totaled 
$159.3 million. The major capital 
expenditure items for the year were the 
final payments made on completion 
of the Company’s two new Platform 
Supply Vessels, MMA Plover and 
MMA Brewster, which are contracted 
to INPEX and the construction costs 
associated with the three specialised 
vessels being built at the Company’s 
Shipyard in Batam, Indonesia. The 
first of these vessels, MMA Privilege, 
was completed in March 2016 and 
has secured a contract operating in 
Cote d’Ivoire for up to two years. The 
remaining two vessels, MMA Prestige 
and MMA Pinnacle will be completed 
early in the 2017 financial year. 

Following completion of the final 
two vessels, the Company does not 
anticipate acquiring or building any 
further new vessels, unless backed by 
long term contracts. Accordingly, the 
Company’s capital expenditure going 
forward will be significantly lower than 
in previous years.

159.3

95.6

84.1

68.0

12

13

14

15

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Inter es t Be ar ing Liabilities

$3 98.7 m

448.0 448.5

398.7

179.6

158.1

12

13

14

15

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Due to the difficult trading conditions 
which the Company experienced 
during the past year, the Board has 
suspended the Company’s dividend 
programme. Accordingly, the Company 
did not declare a dividend for the 2016 
financial year. The final dividend for 
the 2015 financial year of 1.5 cents per 
share was paid to shareholders on 29 
September 2015.

Debt Management

In May 2014, the Company entered 
into a Syndicated Term Loan Facility 
Agreement with National Australia Bank 
(“NAB”) and the Australia and New 
Zealand Banking Group (“ANZ”) as 
mandated lead arrangers, underwriters 
and bookrunners. The Syndicated 
Facility comprised a A$200 million 
facility and a US$227 million facility. 
The primary purpose of the A$ facility 
was to refinance the Company’s 
existing loan facilities, whilst the US$ 
facility was used to fund the acquisition 
of the Jaya business. 

The Syndicated Facility has a term 
of five years and is fully secured by 
fixed and floating charges over certain 
controlled entities within the Group, 
registered ship mortgages over a 
number of the vessels, real property 
mortgages and a mortgage by way 
of sub-demise over the Company’s 
Dampier Supply Base lease. The 
security is held by the Security Trustee 
on behalf of the banking members of 
the Syndicated Facility.

In response to the difficult trading 
conditions experienced during the past 
year, in February 2016 the Company 
agreed a number of amendments to 
the terms and financial covenants of 
its Syndicated Loan Facility with the 
members of the Syndicate. On 24 
August 2016, the Company received 
approval of some further amendments 
to the terms and financial covenants 
of the Facility and committed to 
an increase in the annual principal 
repayments over the remaining term of 
the Facility to $75 million, payable in six 
month instalments of $37.5 million, with 
the first payment due on 31 December 
2016. The principal repayments will 
be funded from the proceeds of the 

Company’s ongoing vessel sales 
programme, operating earnings 
and any additional funding options 
available to the Company.

The weighted average interest rate on 
the Syndicated Loan Facility at 30 June 
2016 was 3.77%.

1.37

NTA Per  Share 

$1.7 0

2.10

1.95

1.66

1.70

Following the principal repayments 
during the year, the balance owing 
on the A$ facility and the US$ facility 
as at 30 June 2016 had reduced to 
A$153.8 million and US$181.6 million 
respectively. 

Balance Sheet

The Company continues to have a high 
quality asset base. At 30 June 2016, 
the Company reported Total Assets of 
$1,094.5 million, Net Assets of $634.2 
million and a Net Tangible Asset 
backing per share (“NTA”) of $1.70  
per share.

At 30 June 2016 the Company had 
cash reserves totaling $49.7 million. 
However, the Company had net current 
liabilities of $7.6 million. As mentioned 
above, the Company expects to 
meet its ongoing commitments from 
the proceeds of the vessels sales 
programme, operating earnings and 
any other additional funding options 
available to the Company.

The Company’s gearing ratio (net debt 
to equity) following the impairment 
charge at 30 June 2016 increased 
to 53.9%, compared to 40.8% the 
previous year. 

12

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Cash At Bank 

$49 .7m

174.8

124.5

55.3

58.8

49.7

12

13

14

15

16

Gear in g 

53.9 %

53.9

40.8

36.1

32.0

30.0

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Governance

2016 Financial Report

R i s k s

The Company  recogni ses 

that r isk is an inherent 

par t of our  business. 

Effectivel y managing 

risk allows  us to  deliver 

on our obj ectives and 

position oursel ves for 

comp etitive advantage 

and sustainabl e growth

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Competition, vessel oversupply 

and fleet composition 

misalignment with market 

demand 

Demand for MMA’s vessels is affected 
by the level of activity in the offshore 
oil and gas industry, the number of 
vessels available in the market and the 
competitive landscape.

In recent years, a large number 
of offshore vessels have been 
constructed globally. Without a 
corresponding increase in demand 
and/or retirement of ageing vessels, the 
increase in supply and corresponding 
competition may adversely impact 
utilisation, rates and contract terms, 
thereby impacting MMA’s earnings.

Decreases in industry activity also 
intensify competition, with an increased 
number of available vessels competing 
for fewer opportunities.

MMA seeks to manage this risk by 
having a clear strategic plan based 
on market supply and demand 
forecasts, with the aim of having an 
appropriate asset mix and capability 
to meet market demand. Re-balancing 
of the fleet through acquisitions and 
divestures helps to ensure that the 
fleet aligns with market requirements. 
In the current market, vessels which 
are not being utilised in the medium to 
long term are either being marketed 
for sale or cold/warm stacked, thereby 
reducing costs and vessel supply.

MMA aims to differentiate itself from 
its competitors through operational 
excellence, competitive pricing, quality 
service delivery, being proactive and 
providing innovative solutions, investing 
in customer relationships and providing 
responsive account management 
to meet customer expectations and 
needs. 

MMA operates an enterprise risk 
management framework aligned to ISO 
31000, the international standard for 
risk management. 

This section describes (in no order of 
significance) the material risks that 
have been identified and are being 
managed in order for the Company 
to deliver on its objectives. It is not 
intended to be all encompassing, nor 
is any of the information intended to 
be taken as a statement of fact. These 
risks can be affected by a variety of 
factors which can, in turn, impact the 
Company’s performance.

Dependence on level of activity 

in the offshore oil and gas 

industry

The Company is dependent on the 
level of activity and expansion in 
the offshore oil and gas industry in 
the markets in which the Company 
operates (currently Australia, South 
East Asia, the Middle East and Africa). 

The level of activity in the offshore 
oil and gas industry will be affected 
by prevailing and future oil and gas 
prices, economic growth, energy 
demand, the cost and availability of 
other energy sources and changes in 
energy technology and regulation. Any 
prolonged period of low offshore oil 
and gas activity would have an adverse 
effect on our business. 

The Company aims to mitigate the 
impact of lower offshore oil and gas 
activity by providing a broad range 
of quality marine logistics services, 
both onshore and offshore, on a cost-
competitive basis and by diversifying 
our geographic footprint across a 
number of key regional areas.

Decreases in industry activity may 
also increase the risk of the Company 
failing to comply with the terms and 
financial covenants of its Syndicated 
Loan Facility. MMA seeks to manage 
this risk through the controls detailed 
in the paragraph above, by aggressive 
tendering for new work scopes and by 
its existing divestiture programme to 
reduce current debt.

Operational risks

The Company’s operations are subject 
to various risks inherent in servicing 
the offshore oil and gas industry. Our 
international operations widen our risk 
exposure in terms of both opportunities 
and threats.

Operational risks include (but are not 
limited to):

• 

Increases in input costs such as 
crewing, wages or maintenance 
costs, which may reduce operating 
margins;

•  Redeployment costs of assets 

that are unable to be used in their 
current geography for a period of 
time;

•  Health and safety incidents;

•  Loss of key customers/contracts;

•  Failure by customers to pay 

for services contracted and/or 
performed;

•  Loss of key personnel;

•  Equipment damage, technical 

failures or human error;

• 

Industrial unrest;

•  Capsizing, sinking, grounding, 
collisions, fires and explosions, 
piracy, vessel seizures or arrests 
and acts of terrorism;

•  Natural disasters and 

environmental and other accidents; 
and

•  Regulatory and legislative  

non-compliance.

Potential consequences related 
to these risks include the loss of 
human life or serious injury, pollution, 
environmental damage, significant 
damage or loss to assets and 
equipment, business disruption, 
client dissatisfaction, damage to our 
reputation and legal and regulatory 
action, including fines. This could 
expose MMA to significant liabilities, 
a loss of utilisation, revenue and/
or the incurrence of additional costs 
and therefore may have a materially 
adverse impact on the Company’s 
financial position and profitability.

We employ a number of well 
executed controls to manage these 
risks, including, but not limited to, 
appropriate insurance coverage, 
hazard and risk management 
processes, quality audits, planned 
maintenance programmes, compliance 
programmes, tender and contract 

management processes, access to 
in-house and external legal expertise, 
industrial relations strategies, 
emergency preparedness and 
contingency plans, preferred supplier 
and subcontractor processes, client 
credit risk assessments and a host of 
engineering and operational controls. 

Geopolitical, government and 

regulatory factors

Our international operations are subject 
to more challenging geopolitical 
climates to varying degrees. Changes 
in the geopolitical climate in our 
market areas, such as the outbreak 
or resolution of war, nationalisation 
of a customer’s oil and gas projects 
and changes to industry related 
legislation, protectionist measures and 
economic sanctions, may open up 
more advantageous areas to operate 
or could require us to discontinue 
operating in that area, leading to 
corresponding impacts on vessel and 
service utilisation.

MMA’s strategic plan considers such 
risks and operationally we risk assess 
market areas and clients regularly to 
limit negative and optimise positive 
impacts.

Industry news, experienced personnel 
and industry relationships are 
leveraged to ensure we base our 
decisions on up to date geopolitical 
information. Contingency plans for fast 
emerging geopolitical risks are used to 
limit business disruption.

Foreign exchange

The majority of MMA’s revenues are 
paid in either Australian or US Dollars 
and the Company’s operating costs are 
primarily denominated in a combination 
of Australian, Singaporean and US 
Dollars, providing a natural hedge 
for our activities. MMA also has a 
combination of Australian Dollar and 
US Dollar debt.

Adverse movements in these 
currencies may result in a negative 
impact on MMA’s earnings.

MMA’s treasury policy and contract 
management process further mitigates 
this risk. The Board also considers 
from time to time whether to manage 
currency fluctuation risk through 
appropriate hedging.

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OPERATIONAL 
EXCELLEN CE

E

V e s s e l 
O p e r a t i o n s

Adverse market 

conditions 

significantly 

imp acted 

per for mance of  the 

Vessel  busi nes s 

during FY2016

Ves sel  EBIT 1  ($M )

77.1

59.1

52.5

44.5

Financial overview

Revenue down 40.7%

EBIT down 120.0% (pre-impairment)

Second half lower with major contracts 
completing

$100m vessel impairment charge

Operating overview

Utilisation – average 59%

Strategy

Differentiation through innovative client 
solutions, superior service, high quality 
and safe operations, integrated value 
chain whilst remaining cost competitive

Operating scale in key geographic 
regions – Australia, Asia, Middle East, 
Africa

Optimising the fleet to focus on larger, 
more specialised vessels

Rates remain under pressure across all 
regions and vessel segments 

Outlook

Oversupply and low demand 
conditions expected to continue 
through FY2017

Secured and extended a number of 
key long term contracts 

Added three new high specification 
vessels into the fleet with two further 
newbuild vessels close to completion

Vessel Sales Programme ongoing –  
17 vessels sold for a total of $40m

Expanding our presence in the Middle 
East

Financials

Revenue 

EBITDA

EBITDA / Revenue

Variance

30 Jun 2016

30 Jun 2015

40.7%

67.5%

12.9%

$414.7m

$699.8m

$64.8m

$199.1m

15.6%

28.5%

EBIT (pre-impairment)1

120.0%

-$15.4m

$77.1m

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13

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15

16

EBIT / Revenue1

Segment Assets

-15.4

ROA (pre-impairment)1

14.7%

11.6%

8.7%

-3.7%

11.0%

$937.7m

$1,061.3m

-1.5%

7.2%

1  EBIT and ROA are shown excluding the impact of the $100m impairment charge against 

vessel assets in FY2016 and $100m impairment charge in FY2015

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Revenue for the year was $414.7 
million, down 40.7% on the previous 
year and we recorded an EBIT loss 
(excluding the impact of the $100 
million impairment charge to the vessel 
fleet) of $(15.4) million, down 120.0%.

Australian operations contributed 
revenue of $323.6 million during 
FY2016, down 40% on the prior 
year and international operations 
contributed revenue of $91.1 million, 
down 42%. 

The Australian business benefited from 
a higher percentage of the fleet being 
engaged on long term production 
support contracts which have been 
impacted to a lesser extent by the 
downturn. 

The international offshore vessel market 
continued to be extremely challenging 
with rates and utilisation at historic lows 
and intense competition for available 
work. 

Average utilisation for the fleet across 
the year was 59%, down from 75% in 
FY2015. Utilisation in Australia was 
higher during the first half at 80% 
dropping to 72% in the second half as 
a number of project scopes completed. 
International utilisation was consistent 
at around 50% throughout the year. It 
should be noted that a number of our 
Australian vessels have been moved to 
South East Asia to reduce costs which 
has had an impact on the international 
utilisation figure and earnings.

Australia

Activity in Australia was stronger 
during the first half with the Silja 
Europa accommodation vessel 
and LNG construction support 
activity contributing to earnings. 
The completion of these contracts 
combined with generally subdued 
construction and exploration activity in 
Australia resulted in reduced utilisation 
for MMA’s fleet in the second half. 

Production support remains a key focus 
of MMA’s Australian strategy and MMA 
continues to service the majority of 
production facilities on the North West 
Shelf. In the current environment, MMA 
has been proactive in working with its 
clients to seek ways to assist them in 
reducing operating costs. Initiatives 
which have been implemented include 
vessel sharing arrangements between 
clients and technical modifications 
to vessels, enabling them to perform 
multiple functions, reducing the overall 
fleet requirement for a client. 

During the year MMA was successful 
in securing and extending a number 
of significant long term production 
support contracts. In November 2015, 
MMA was awarded the Woodside 
Integrated Fleet contract which 
involves the provision of three vessels 
to support Woodside’s North West 
Shelf, Pluto and AusOil production 
assets. The contract is for a firm period 
plus a number of options and is valued 
at approximately A$50 million and up to 
A$110 million, should all the options be 
exercised.

In December 2015, MMA secured 
a five year platform supply vessel 
(“PSV”) contract with ConocoPhillips. 
The contract is for the provision of 
platform supply and static tow services 
in support of the client’s Bayu-Undan 
operations in the Timor Sea. MMA 
proposed an innovative technical 
solution which resulted in substantial 
cost savings to the client and enabled 
MMA to secure the contract in a highly 
competitive environment. This was 
a very important contract win for the 
Company, securing full utilisation for 
one of MMA’s PSVs for a period of 
five years in an extremely challenging 
market.

MMA also signed vessel sharing 
contracts with Quadrant, BHP Billiton, 
Vermilion and Santos during the year.

MMA’s two newbuild PSVs, which were 
specifically built to support INPEX’s 
Ichthys LNG project, will contribute to 
earnings in FY2017. The first of these 
vessels, the MMA Plover, commenced 
operations in August 2016 and the 
second vessel, the MMA Brewster, 
will commence in the second half of 
FY2017. The vessels were delivered 
during FY2016 in accordance with the 
requirements of the contract and have 
been held at our Singapore facility 
incurring holding costs whilst awaiting 
contract commencement. These are 
important long term contracts for MMA 
with an initial firm contract term of five 
years with two five year options to 
extend. 

A number of production support 
contracts for new LNG facilities are 
also expected to be tendered during 
FY2017.

Whilst construction activity in Australia 
has declined significantly, there is still 
some activity in the region around the 
major LNG projects.

MMA had a number of vessels 
engaged on the Gorgon project during 
the year including the Silja Europa 
accommodation vessel which was 
a significant earnings contributor 
during the first half. MMA’s vessels 
progressively completed their contracts 
with Gorgon during the year as the 
project completed construction with the 
last remaining vessel on the project, 
the Bibby Renaissance, finishing up in 
early August 2016. 

MMA was also active on the 
Wheatstone LNG project during the 
year with five tug and barge sets, 
two infield tug vessels and a supply 
vessel contracted to transport subsea 
equipment from Henderson to the 
gas field for installation. MMA also 
supported the Prelude LNG project, 
transporting subsea infrastructure from 
Malaysia to Australia using a six vessel 
spread. MMA was also active on the 
Ichthys project providing international 
towing services and infield support 
work for various contractors on the 
project.

During the year MMA also secured 
a contract to provide maintenance 
support to an FPSO in New Zealand. 
Whilst the New Zealand market is 
relatively small, it is a logical market 
for MMA and this contract has the 
potential to lead to further opportunities 
in the region.

Exploration activity in Australia 
continues to be subdued with the rig 
count in Australia at historically low 
levels. MMA has traditionally had a 
limited exposure to the exploration 
market in Australia and therefore the 
vessel business has not been impacted 
to a large extent by the reduction in 
exploration activity. 

MMA has a layup strategy in place to 
minimise operating costs in between 
contracts for vessels which are not 
working. Currently MMA has six vessels 
laid up in Australia in order to reduce 
holding costs.

The negotiations for new Enterprise 
Bargaining Agreements for our marine 
personnel are ongoing with recent 
positive progress. MMA is seeking to 
negotiate a sustainable agreement to 
support the Australian offshore oil and 
gas industry and create job security 
through a difficult period.

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Looking ahead, MMA will continue 
to service its existing production and 
construction support contracts in 
Australia and we continue to tender 
for new opportunities for both short 
and long term contracts as they arise. 
Overall, we expect market activity 
to remain at historically low levels in 
Australia through FY2017.

International

Market conditions internationally remain 
extremely challenging across all of 
MMA’s operating regions with delays to 
projects and cutbacks to operational 
spending putting further pressure on 
rates. Competition remains intense for 
the opportunities that are available with 
some operators accepting loss making 
contracts to maintain utilisation. 

Utilisation remained steady during 
the year at approximately 50%. This 
includes laid up vessels and vessels 
being marketed for sale.

South East Asia continued to feel 
the impact of the downturn with no 
improvement to utilisation and rates 
falling by a further 10-20%. Contracts 
continue to be tendered but schedules 
and start dates are being deferred. 
MMA currently has 11 vessels working 
in South East Asia. We were successful 
in extending key contracts in Thailand 
during the year. Unfortunately, 
offsetting this, two key contracts in 
Malaysia were suspended as a rig 
was taken out of service by the client. 
In the current market such actions are 
becoming more common, resulting in 
extremely difficult and unpredictable 
conditions for service providers to the 
industry.

Activity in the Middle East is stronger 
but competition has increased with 
vessels moving into the market from 
other regions.

Further rate reductions of up to 20% 
have also been experienced and MMA 
recently had to discount the rate on a 
number of its key long term contracts to 
avoid cancellation. MMA currently has 
seven vessels operating in the Middle 
East and views this region as a key 
platform in its future strategy. MMA’s 
Dubai office opened in March 2016 
and we have engaged an experienced 
Regional Manager to drive the strategy. 
To date we have made inroads with 
a Master Services Agreement signed 
with a major contracting company 
which may provide future contract 
opportunities for MMA’s vessels in the 
region. 

The African market continues to 
be challenging with a significant 
oversupply of vessels and limited 
work. Pleasingly, we were successful 
in securing a long term contract for our 
newbuild Multi-Purpose Maintenance 
Vessel (“MPV”), the MMA Privilege, with 
a major marine contractor for a period 
of one year firm with one further year in 
options. We currently have four vessels 
operating in Africa and will only move 
further vessels into this market on the 
back of long term contracts. 

MMA continues to lay up underutilised 
vessels at its Batam and Singapore 
shipyards, significantly reducing the 
operating costs on these vessels.

Whilst we are seeing some positive 
signs around the underlying 
fundamentals of the oil and gas 
markets, it will take time for any 
recovery to filter through to the offshore 
vessel market. At this stage we do 
not expect an improvement in current 
trading conditions through FY2017.  

Newbuild Programme

MMA’s newbuild programme is almost 
complete. The MMA Prestige will 
soon be delivered from MMA’s Batam 
shipyard and is being tendered into 
a number of potential work scopes. 
The MMA Pinnacle will be delivered in 
October 2016. These are high quality, 
high specification vessels targeting the 
global Inspection, Maintenance and 
Repair (“IMR”) market which is seeing 
ongoing demand albeit at lower charter 
rates.

The MMA Privilege, MMA Plover and 
MMA Brewster were also delivered 
during FY2016 and have long term 
contracts in place with key clients.

Post completion of the newbuild 
programme, MMA’s capital expenditure 
requirements will be minimal 
as expenditure is reduced to a 
maintenance level. At this point MMA 
does not anticipate adding any further 
vessels to the fleet in the near future 
unless backed by long term contracts.

Vessel Sales Programme

MMA remains firmly focused on its 
vessel sales programme to optimise 
the fleet composition and reduce debt. 

Whilst the sale and purchase market 
continues to be difficult, we have seen 
reasonable interest in MMA’s vessels. 
To date we have been successful in 
selling 17 of our smaller vessels for a 
total of A$40 million.

We will continue to focus on 
rationalising the smaller end of the 
fleet and other selected vessels where 
appropriate. Most of the vessels are 
being actively traded in the spot market 
whilst being marketed for sale, with a 
cost control programme in place for 
vessels laid up between contracts. 

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Governance

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STRATE GI C   
LOCATI ONS

E

D a m p i e r 
S u p p l y 
B a s e

Activity level s at 

the D am pier Supply 

Base declined 

fur ther dur ing t he 

year as a resul t  of 

reduced acti vit y in 

the region

Da mpi er Supply Base 
EB IT 1  ($ M)

52.3

36.7

36.9

18.6

13.1

Financial overview

Revenue down 29.7%

EBIT down 29.6% (pre-impairment) 

Second half activity significantly lower

Redundancy costs of $0.9m expensed

Non-cash impairment charge of $36m

Operating overview

Maintaining key clients although at 
lower levels of activity and rates 

Strategy

Focus on exceptional client service 
delivery

Maximise all opportunities at existing 
Supply Base and leverage skills to 
provide supply base services at other 
locations

Expand service offering and broaden 
customer group

Productivity and operational efficiency

Drilling activity at historically low levels 
impacting wharf visits 

Outlook

Implemented a range of cost reduction 
and productivity measures during the 
year

Targeting alternative clients to increase 
land and services utilisation

Experiencing historically low demand 
for services across exploration, 
construction and production sectors 
of the market which will lead to a 
substantial reduction in earnings in 
FY2017

Financials

Revenue 

EBITDA

EBITDA / Revenue

EBIT (pre-impairment)1

EBIT / Revenue1

Segment Assets

ROA (pre-impairment)1

Variance

30 Jun 2016

30 Jun 2015

29.7%

22.8%

2.9%

29.6%

$62.2m

$20.0m

32.2%

$88.5m

$25.9m

29.3%

$13.1m

$18.6m

nil

21.0%

21.0%

47.1%

0.7%

$71.0m

$134.3m

10.8%

11.5%

12

13

14

15

16

1  EBIT and ROA are shown excluding the impact of the $36m asset impairment charge in 
FY2016 and the $20.7m impairment charge against Supply Base goodwill in FY2015

20      Annual Report 2016

Activity levels at the Dampier Supply 
Base declined further during the year 
as a result of reduced construction and 
drilling related activity in the region. 
Revenue for the year was $62.2 million, 
down 29.7% on the previous financial 
year and EBIT was $13.1 million, down 
29.6%, excluding the impact of the 
non-cash impairment charge of $36.0 
million which was booked against 
Supply Base assets as at 30 June 
2016. 

The Chevron Shorebase contract 
provided a baseload of activity for the 
Supply Base during the year with MMA 
providing a range of services to the 
client including laydown, personnel 
and equipment hire, wharf services, 
quarantine, freight and materials 
management. 

Activity in relation to the contract 
declined in the second half in line with 
expected reduced freight volumes 
which resulted in a reduction in the 
amount of rental and services income 
generated from the project in the 
second half. We expect earnings from 
this contract to reduce significantly in 
FY2017.

MMA signed a new Supply Base 
contract with BHP Billiton during the 
year and is actively marketing the 
Base to a wider customer group to 
increase land utilisation and service 
income. With activity in the region at 
significantly reduced levels combined 
with increased land availability, margins 
have continued to decline.

Vessel visits to MMA’s wharf were down 
approximately 25% on FY2015 as a 
result of generally low activity in the 
region.

Productivity improvements and cost 
reduction continue to be major focus 
areas for the Company given current 
activity levels and we managed to 
maintain our operating margins during 
FY2016. The workforce has been 
reduced by 30% and changes have 
been made to rostering arrangements 
to reduce costs. This focus will 
continue into FY2017 with overhead 
costs expected to reduce further. 

Given current suppressed offshore oil 
and gas activity levels in the region 
and a reducing contribution from the 
Chevron Shorebase contract, we 
expect earnings at the Dampier Supply 
Base to reduce significantly in FY2017.

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Overview

Operating & Financial Review

Governance

2016 Financial Report

N

KEY ONSHORE 
ASSE TS

E

B r o o m e 
S u p p l y 
B a s e

Reduced activity i n 

the B rowse B as in 

region resu lted  in 

reduced ear nings for 

the B roome Supply 

Base

MMA’s 50% share of earnings from 
the Broome Supply Base for the 2016 
financial year was $2.6 million, down 
23.5% on FY2015.

During the first half of the year the 
Broome Supply Base supported both 
Shell and INPEX with their development 
drilling programmes for the Prelude 
and Ichthys LNG projects. Second half 
activity was lower as Shell’s drilling 
programme completed and INPEX 
reduced from two rigs to one.

Exploration drilling activity in the region 
is currently subdued given the current 
market environment.

During the year a significant 
restructuring programme was 
completed reducing employee 
numbers and overhead costs to match 
activity levels.

Whilst activity in the region is currently 
low, the Broome Supply Base has 
quality infrastructure and a proven 
operational capability to support future 
activity in the Browse Basin region 
when market conditions improve. 
The Base is also being marketed to 
alternative clients and industries to 
improve utilisation.

The Broome Supply Base will continue 
to support INPEX’s drilling programme 
through FY2017, however overall 
market activity is expected to remain 
subdued over the next 12 months.

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D a m p i e r 
S l i p w a y

The Slipway had a 

difficult year wi th 

low dem and f or 

its services i n t he 

current economic 

climate

Sl ipway EBIT 1 ($M)

3.5

3.1

2.1

12

13

14

16

15
-0.2

Revenue was $9.8 million, down 56.8% 
on the previous financial year and EBIT, 
excluding the impact of a $3 million 
impairment charge on the value of the 
Slipway assets, was a loss of $(2.9) 
million, down from a loss of $(0.2) 
million in FY2015. 

The reduction in offshore activity in 
the North West Shelf has impacted 
the number of vessels in the region 
requiring Slipway services. In addition, 
vessel operators are cutting costs and 
reducing the amount of repairs and 
maintenance work being undertaken. 
South East Asian facilities are also 
competing aggressively for work to 
maintain utilisation in their shipyards 
through the downturn, resulting in an 
increased number of Australian vessels 
going to South East Asia to complete 
major repair work. 

The Slipway docked 28 vessels in the 
2016 financial year, including 19 third 
party vessels, down from a total of 46 
in FY2015.  

In addition to servicing offshore 
vessels, the Slipway continues to 

focus on servicing the terminal 
towage operators in the region. 
There are approximately 50 harbour 
tugs operating in the region which 
represents a solid market for the 
Slipway. However, as mentioned above, 
competition is strong for this work and 
margins are under severe pressure.

In light of current market conditions, 
the Slipway has been restructured to 
operate on a significantly reduced 
permanent workforce, supplemented 
with contract labour to match work flow. 
This model is feasible in the current 
environment with contract labour in 
ready supply. 

There is an ongoing focus on reducing 
costs wherever possible and we are 
also utilising the Slipway as a cost 
effective layup facility for MMA’s 
vessels between contracts.

With activity levels expected to remain 
subdued through FY2017, the focus for 
the Slipway will be on servicing MMA’s 
internal fleet and that of key external 
clients with the aim of delivering 
improved financial performance.

Financials

Revenue 

EBITDA

EBITDA / Revenue

EBIT (pre-impairment)1

EBIT / Revenue1

Segment Assets

Variance

30 Jun 2016

30 Jun 2015

$12.9m

$2.6m

23.6%

$2.7m

28.5%

48.3%

21.9%

$9.8m

-$2.1m

-21.4%

-$2.9m

-29.4%

$7.5m

-23.1%

$22.7m

0.5m

2.2%

-$0.2m

-0.9%

$14.5m

-1.2%

-2.9

ROA (pre-impairment)1

1  EBIT and ROA are shown excluding the impact of the $3m impairment charge in FY2016

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Overview

Operating & Financial Review

Governance

2016 Financial Report

H e a l t h ,   S a f e t y,   E n v i r o n m e n t   &   Q u a l i t y

Looking to the future, MMA will 
continue to focus on continuously 
improving health and safety 
performance, maintaining excellent 
TRCF rates and on increasing the 
number of Perfect Days across the 
Company. 

We will do this by: 

•  Maintaining our licence to operate 

and increasing reliability through 
a robust internal assurance 
programme;

•  Embedding our Target 365 Critical 
Controls into all operations and 
verifying their effectiveness; and

• 

Improving our management 
systems to ensure efficient and 
effective global operations.

MMA continues to strive for ‘A Perfect 
Day Every Day’, that is a day free 
of recordable injuries or illness and 
material incidents; our “Target 365”.

During the 2016 financial year, MMA’s 
Total Recordable Case Frequency 
“TRCF” decreased from 1.2 to 0.36 
incidents per million hours worked, 
a 70% improvement on FY2015 
and MMA’s best ever Company 
performance. 

Importantly, this performance 
continues a 3-year trend of significant 
improvement.

MMA also tracks the number of ‘Perfect 
Days’ across its global operations. 
In 2016, MMA achieved 310 Perfect 
Days across the whole organisation, 
equating to a percentage of 85%, a 
slight decrease in the percentage from 
the previous year of 89%. Whilst the 
number of Perfect Days has reduced 
there has been a decrease in the 
severity of incidents and an increased 
reporting culture. Our target is to have 
365 Perfect Days each year and a 
number of our vessels and working 
groups achieved this during the year.

In 2016 MMA c ontinued 

to achieve i mprove ment s 

in its s afety cul ture  and 

per for mance

Tota l R e cord able Case

Fre que nc y

(p er mil lion  h ours)

4.7

3.3

2.7

1.2

0.36

12

13

14

15

16

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W

TARG ET 3 65  -   
A PERFECT DAY 
EVERY DAY

CRITICAL 
CONTROLS 

LIVE A PERFECT  
DAY EVERY DAY

DO IT THE RIGHT WAY

Environment

Quality

Case Study:  

MMA maintained certification for its 
quality systems accreditation (AS/
NZS ISO 9001: 2008) across global 
operations during the reporting 
period and OHSAS 18001: 2007 and 
ISO 14001: 2015 in our international 
operations. 

We continue to review and refine our 
global management systems through 
a process of continuous improvement 
projects, legal obligations mapping 
and annual audit and assurance plans 
for both vessel and onshore operations 
and projects.

MMA remains committed to achieving 
the highest standard of environmental 
performance across all of its business 
activities.

MMA undertakes a programme 
of environmental monitoring and 
has demonstrated compliance 
with the implementation conditions 
and environmental management 
commitments for our Supply Base 
(Ministerial Statement No. 535) and 
our licence for boat building and 
maintenance activities (Licence 
L4996/1993/8) at our Slipway.

In 2016, MMA successfully 
commissioned a self-contained waste 
water treatment plant at the Dampier 
Slipway. The plant is now able to 
capture all water runoff and treat the 
water to a standard where it is recycled 
for alternative uses.

MMA Target 365 Critical Controls

Through employee feedback, risk 
assessment and industry benchmarking, 
it was identified that MMA needed to 
elevate the visibility of the critical controls 
associated with the Company’s highest 
risk activities. 

Over a 10-month period, 163 employees 
and management from MMA’s global 
operations attended workshops to 
identify the highest risk activities across 
the organisation and identify the simple, 
non-negotiable controls, that when in 
place, prevent serious injury or damage 
to the environment from occurring.

In December 2015, MMA’s “Target 
365 Critical Controls” programme was 
launched and has been rolled out 
across the business. The initiative is now 
being actively used to manage high risk 
activities across MMA’s operations.

MMA has received positive feedback on 
the initiative from employees, clients and 
regulators and will continue to embed 
Critical Controls into our operations 
including conducting ongoing reviews of 
their effectiveness.

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Overview

Operating & Financial Review

Governance

2016 Financial Report

O u r   P e o p l e 

In a r apidly changing 

industr y environment,   

our success is dependent 

upon our people, their 

capabi li ties and our 

Company’s abilit y t o 

remain agile

495

Austral i a

Top Ten 
Employee 
Nationalities

26      Annual Report 2016

In-house training activities increased 
during the year, with several new 
training programmes being developed 
to meet specific needs or risks within 
the business, including MMA’s Target 
365 Critical Controls programme. 

In total, 1,171 employees completed 
5,895 internally developed training 
programmes. Of these, 74% were 
accessed and completed via MMA’s 
online learning environment.

Diversity 

As a business with a global focus, 
MMA aims to have a workforce that 
best represents the communities in 
which our assets are located and our 
employees live. 

MMA’s employees are made up of 
21 different nationalities, with 320 of 
our people coming from non-English 
speaking backgrounds.

Our target for FY2016 was for women 
to hold at least 10% of senior executive 
positions (14.3% currently) and at least 
30% of senior management roles; a 
goal we have achieved this year.

MMA strives to provide a workplace 
built on trust, cooperation and mutual 
respect, where our people care about 
their safety and the safety of those 
around them.

MMA’s workforce planning principles 
continue to be based on a dynamic 
model that plans for the right person, to 
be in the right job, with the right skills, 
at the right time.

Training and Development 

MMA is committed to the development 
of our people through performance 
feedback, internal development 
opportunities and training programmes. 

FY2016 saw the successful 
implementation of an innovative 
solution to manage the strategic 
planning and resource allocation 
of offshore crew. The process is 
underpinned by the competency 
and skills framework built into MMA’s 
ERP system and has resulted in 
significant benefits and efficiencies 
being achieved in the areas of human 
resource planning and vessel crew 
allocation/utilisation. 

MMA continues to focus on providing 
our people with the right skills so that 
they can perform their roles safely and 
competently. 

% Of Women Employed

16.7

16.7

14.2

14.3

14.3

10.1

30

19.2

7
Myan mar
Unite d Kingdom 11
15
30
31
35

Ukraine
New Zea land
Philippines
Malaysia

Sing apore

53

India

69

Indo nesia

77

Total 
Organisation

Board of 
Directors

Executive 
Management

Senior 
Management

15

16

15

16

15

16

15

16

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W

CO MM UNI TY 
COMM ITMENT

C o m m u n i t y

MMA has establish ed its  reput ati o n  fo r c omm un ity  co mmitm ent ,  through 

creating and developing oppor tun itie s t ha t  hav e  eco no mically  and socially 

beneficial  outcomes

MMA’s focus on local content, 
Aboriginal engagement and community 
sponsorship supports the dual aims 
of growing existing economic and 
social capacity and supporting and 
developing new capabilities in the 
community.

Local Content

MMA uses a wide range of suppliers 
and contractors local to the places 
in which we operate. Over 80% of 
our operational spend is executed 
through localised supply and service 
agreements. Typically, we identify 
opportunities where local providers 
have the ability to directly service 
MMA’s requirements. Where this is not 
possible, we work with counterparties 
to develop these offerings.

A leading example of this collaborative 
approach is our wire spooling offering 
in Dampier. We now partner with a local 
Aboriginal business to provide spooling 
services to support requirements of our 
offshore and onshore clients. This is a 
new service offering, with the potential 
of steady revenue and high local 
content, highlighting the possibilities of 
co-creative approaches.

The MMA Maritime Cadet programme 
in Timor-Leste is currently underway, 
with our first intake of STCW-rated 
cadets expected to graduate from 
Akademi Laut Malaysia in early 2017.  

Graduates will enter our international 
fleet to gain valuable sea-time and 
ongoing positions, adding real value 
to our operations and leading the way 
in marine career pathways for their 
Timorese peers.

Local content is embedded in our 
approach, and while many more 
success stories exist, these examples 
illustrate what can be achieved with a 
committed strategy.

Aboriginal Engagement

Outside of direct and indirect 
employment opportunities, MMA 
has made considerable gains in its 
engagement of Aboriginal businesses 
in the past 12 months.  

MMA’s overall spend with Aboriginal 
enterprises since the inception of 
business engagement in FY2015 has 
surpassed $1 million and is expected 
to continue to grow. The range of 
products and services supplied by 
Aboriginal businesses includes waste 
management services, office supplies, 
personal protective equipment, 
lifting and rigging equipment and 
consumables, victualling supplies, 
facilities maintenance, graphic design, 
payroll and recruitment services.

MMA is proud to be a leader amongst 
our peers in this area.

MMA continues its support of 
the Local Contracting Alliance 
(LCA), which assists businesses in 
achieving their local content targets.  
Specifically aligned to Aboriginal 
business engagement, the LCA is 
reporting strong success in facilitating 
collaboration between Indigenous and 
non-Indigenous enterprises.

Community Sponsorship 

MMA’s sponsorship of community 
events, clubs and charities throughout 
the year provides the means for 
organisations to extend their support of 
communities.  

Staff organised activities like the “Big 
Family” event for underprivileged 
children in Batam, and staff book 
collection for Erub Island School in the 
Torres Strait reflect the degree to which 
MMA engages on a personal level with 
the wider community.  

The continuance of MMA’s Target 
365 programme saw business units 
donate over $40,000 of their Target 365 
rewards to a range of charities during 
FY2016 including The Salvation Army, 
Royal Flying Doctor Service, Legacy 
WA and the Motor Neurone Disease 
Association. 

MMA is committed to the places in 
which it works and looks forward to 
continuing leadership in corporate 
citizenship.

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B o a r d   o f   D i r e c t o r s

Mr Anthony (Tony) John Howarth AO

Mr Jeffrey Andrew Weber

Mr Mark Francis Bradley

Chairman 
– Appointed 1 August 2006

Managing Director 
– Appointed 31 December 2002

Non-Executive Director 
– Appointed 22 September 2000

Tony was appointed as a Director of 
the Company on 5 July 2001 and as 
Chairman of the Company on  
1 August 2006. Tony is also currently a 
Non-Executive Director of Wesfarmers 
Limited, Alinta Holdings and BWP 
Management Limited, the responsible 
entity for the BWP Trust. Tony is a 
Life Fellow of the Financial Services 
Institute of Australasia and has worked 
in the banking and finance industry for 
over 30 years. He has previously held 
the positions of Managing Director 
of Challenge Bank Limited, CEO of 
Hartleys Limited, Chairman of Alinta 
Limited, Chairman of Home Building 
Society Limited, Deputy Chairman 
of the Bank of Queensland Limited 
and a Non-Executive Director of AWB 
Limited. Tony is a Fellow of the AICD. 
Tony is also Chairman of St John of 
God Health Care Inc. and an Adjunct 
Professor (Financial Management) 
at the University of Western Australia 
Business School.

Tony is also involved in a number of 
community and business organisations 
including being a member of the Rio 
Tinto WA Future Fund, the University 
of Western Australia Business School 
Advisory Board and is the Chairman of 
the West Australian Rugby Union Inc. 

Tony is a member of the Company’s 
Nomination and Remuneration 
Committee and the Audit and Risk 
Committee.

Jeff began his career as a Marine 
Engineer with BHP Transport. He 
went on to complete a degree in this 
field in 1993 and in 1994 graduated 
with a Master’s in Engineering and 
Technology Management from the 
University of Queensland. During 
his 19 years with BHP, Jeff gained 
comprehensive project management 
experience and helped develop 
new business for BHP Transport in 
Australia and South East Asia. He 
also managed a major initiative with 
BHP’s steel division, reviewing its 
logistics arrangements and developing 
processes to improve services and 
reduce costs. In 1998, Jeff joined 
Riverside Marine in Queensland and 
helped expand its operations Australia 
wide. This included forming a joint 
venture company with Wijsmuller 
International Towage BV, RiverWijs and 
negotiating with Woodside Petroleum 
to take over that company’s harbour 
towage operation in Dampier, Western 
Australia. Jeff is also a Non-Executive 
Director of Maritime Super Pty Ltd, 
a superannuation fund dedicated to 
employees in the maritime industry.

A Civil Engineer with a track record 
in senior offshore engineering 
management, Mark joined the  
J Ray McDermott company in 1977 
for service on Esso’s Tuna/Mackerel 
project in Bass Strait. During the 
14 years of technically challenging 
work that followed, Mark held senior 
positions with the company in 
Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Dubai 
and Saudi Arabia. Still with McDermott, 
but returning to Australia, he then 
worked on new projects in Bass Strait 
and, finally, the Woodside North Rankin 
A and Goodwyn A platforms on the 
North West Shelf in Western Australia. 
In 1991, Mark joined Clough Offshore 
as Project Manager of a number of 
North West Shelf projects. Duties 
in Thailand, China and Indonesia 
followed, and by 1993 he was 
Operations/Project Manager for BHP’s 
Griffin project. In 1994, Mark became 
Managing Director of Clough Offshore. 
He then presided over that company’s 
fivefold growth. In 1997, Mark joined 
the Board of Clough Engineering as 
an Executive Director, retiring and 
becoming a Director of MMA in 2000.

As Managing Director of MMA, Jeff 
is responsible for the financial and 
operational performance of all of the 
Company’s business lines.

Mark is the Chairman of the Company’s 
Nomination and Remuneration 
Committee and a member of the Audit 
and Risk Committee.

The above named Directors held office during the whole of the financial year and since the end of the financial year.

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2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceMr Hugh Andrew Jon (Andrew) 

Ms Eva Alexandra (Eve) Howell

Mr Chiang Gnee Heng

Edwards

Non-Executive Director 
– Appointed 18 December 2009

Non-Executive Director 
– Appointed 27 February 2012

Non-Executive Director 
– Appointed 5 July 2012

Andrew currently serves as a Non- 
Executive Director of Nido Petroleum 
Limited, is Non-Executive Chairman 
of MACA Ltd and is President 
of Activ Foundation Inc. Andrew 
is a former Managing Partner of 
PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ Perth 
Office (PWC), a former National Vice 
President of the Securities Institute of 
Australia (now the Financial Services 
Institute of Australasia) and a former 
President of the Western Australian 
division of that Institute. He is a 
Fellow of the Australian Institute of 
Company Directors, a Fellow of the 
Chartered Accountants Australia 
and New Zealand and has served as 
State Chairman of the local Education 
Committee of that organisation and 
was a former member of its National 
Education Committee. Andrew 
graduated from the University of 
Western Australia with a Bachelor of 
Commerce degree. 

Andrew is the Chairman of the 
Company’s Audit and Risk Committee 
and a member of the Company’s 
Nomination and Remuneration 
Committee.

Eve has over 40 years of experience 
in the oil and gas industry in a number 
of technical and managerial roles. Eve 
is currently a Non-Executive Director 
of Downer EDI Ltd and Buru Energy 
Ltd. She is a Senior Adviser to Miro 
Advisors Pty Ltd, an independent 
business focused on corporate 
advisory in the natural resources 
sector. She is also a Senior Adviser to 
African Geopolitics, a socio-political 
advisory group helping enterprises 
work successfully in Africa.

Eve is a former Executive Vice 
President for Woodside Energy Ltd 
responsible for Health, Safety & 
Security and before that, the North 
West Shelf Project. Prior to that, 
Eve held the position of Managing 
Director at Apache Energy Ltd. She 
has previously served on a number of 
Boards, including Tangiers Petroleum 
Limited, the Fremantle Port Authority, 
the Australian Petroleum Production 
& Exploration Association and was 
a Board member and President of 
the Australian Mines and Metals 
Association. Eve holds a Bachelor of 
Science (with Honours in Geology and 
Mathematics) from the University of 
London and an MBA from Edinburgh 
Business School and is a graduate of 
the Australian Institute of Company 
Directors. 

Eve is a member of the Company’s 
Nomination and Remuneration 
Committee and the Company’s Audit 
and Risk Committee.

Chiang Gnee graduated as a Marine 
Engineer in July 1977 from the 
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 
(UK) and spent almost 30 years 
working in Singapore government 
linked companies and in various 
industries including shipyards, 
ordnance equipment manufacturing, 
aircraft engine component 
manufacturing, amusement and 
lifestyle businesses and environment 
management.

In June 1989, Chiang Gnee attended 
the Sloan School of Management 
at MIT (USA) and graduated with 
a Masters in Management in July 
1990. He was formerly the CEO of 
Sembawang Shipyard for 10 years 
and CEO of Sembcorp Environment 
Management Pte Ltd for 2 years 
until August 2007. Chiang Gnee is 
currently the Executive Director of 
Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) 
which focuses on the development 
of the Singapore maritime industry 
- with special focus on training and 
education, research and development, 
and policy formulation. Chiang Gnee is 
also engaged in workplace health and 
safety management and in vocational 
technical education. He is Chairman of 
the Singapore Workplace Safety and 
Health Council and Deputy Chairman 
of the Institute of Technical Education 
(ITE) Board of Governors.

Chiang Gnee is also a Director of MMA 
Offshore Asia Pte Ltd (Singapore) and 
all of its subsidiaries/related companies 
in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. 

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2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceC o r p o r a t e   G o v e r n a n c e 

Corporate Governance

The Board of Directors (“Board”) of MMA Offshore Limited (“Company” or “MMA”) is responsible for the corporate governance 
of the consolidated entity. The Board is a strong advocate of good corporate governance. The Board regularly reviews and 
updates the Company’s governance policies and practices with reference to corporate governance developments and best 
practice. 

Compliance with Australian Corporate Governance Standards

In accordance with the disclosure requirements of the ASX Listing Rules, the Board believes that the governance policies and 
practices adopted by the Company for the year ended 30 June 2016 follows the 3rd edition of the Corporate Governance 
Principles and Recommendations (“3rd Edition ASX Principles”) set by the ASX Corporate Governance Council.

Access to Corporate Governance Statement

The Company’s Corporate Governance Statement which outlines the Company’s corporate governance policies and practices 
for the year ended 30 June 2016, can be found on the Company’s website at www.mmaoffshore.com/company/corporate_
governance.phtml.

The Company’s Corporate Governance Statement is current as at 19 September 2016 and has been approved by the Board.

ASX Corporate Governance Council Recommendations Checklist

ASX Listing Rule 4.10.3 requires companies to disclose the extent to which they have complied with the 3rd Edition ASX 
Principles.

The table below lists each of the 3rd Edition ASX Principles and the Company’s assessment of its compliance with these for the 
year ended 30 June 2016, with reference to the section of the Corporate Governance Statement where further details can be 
found. 

3rd Edition ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations

Comply

Reference in 

Corporate Governance 

Statement

Principle 1: Lay solid foundations for management and oversight

1.1

A listed entity should disclose:

(a) the respective roles and responsibilities of its board and management; 

Yes

Recommendation 1.1

and

(b) those matters expressly reserved to the board and those delegated to 

Yes

Recommendation 1.1

management.

1.2

A listed entity should:

(a) undertake appropriate checks before appointing a person, or putting 

Yes

Recommendation 1.2

forward to security holders a candidate for election as a director; and

(b) provide security holders with all material information in its possession 

Yes

Recommendation 1.2

relevant to a decision on whether or not to elect or re-elect a director.

1.3

A listed entity should have a written agreement with each director and 

Yes

Recommendation 1.3

senior executive setting out the terms of their appointment.

1.4

The company secretary of a listed entity should be accountable directly to 

Yes

Recommendation 1.4

the board, through the chair, on all matters to do with the proper functioning 

of the board.

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Comply

Reference in 

Corporate Governance 

Statement

1.5

A listed entity should:

(a) have a diversity policy which includes requirements for the board or 

Yes

Recommendation 1.5

a relevant committee of the board to set measurable objectives for 

achieving gender diversity and to assess annually both the objectives 

and the entity’s progress in achieving them;

(b) disclose that policy or a summary of it; and

(c) disclose as at the end of each reporting period the measurable 

objectives for achieving gender diversity set by the board or a relevant 

committee of the board in accordance with the entity’s diversity policy 

and its progress towards achieving them, and either:

Yes

Yes

Recommendation 1.5

Recommendation 1.5

(1) the respective proportions of men and women on the board, in senior 

Yes

Recommendation 1.5

executive positions and across the whole organisation (including how 

the entity has defined “senior executive” for these purposes); or

(2) if the entity is a “relevant employer” under the Workplace Gender 

Yes

Recommendation 1.5

Equality Act, the entity’s most recent “Gender Equality Indicators”,  

as defined in and published under that Act.

1.6

A listed entity should:

(a) have and disclose a process for periodically evaluating the performance 

Yes

Recommendation 1.6

of the board, its committees and individual directors; and

(b) disclose, in relation to each reporting period, whether a performance 

Yes

Recommendation 1.6

evaluation was undertaken in the reporting period in accordance with 

that process.

1.7

A listed entity should:

(a) have and disclose a process for periodically evaluating the performance 

Yes

Recommendation 1.7

of its senior executives; and

(b) disclose, in relation to each reporting period, whether a performance 

Yes

Recommendation 1.7

evaluation was undertaken in the reporting period in accordance with 

that process.

Principle 2: Structure the Board to add value

2.1

The board of a listed entity should:

(a)  have a nomination committee which:

(1) has at least three members, a majority of whom are independent 

directors; and

(2) is chaired by an independent director,

and disclose:

(3) the charter of the committee;

(4) the members of the committee; and.

(5) as at the end of each reporting period, the number of times the 

committee met throughout the period and the individual attendances 

of the members at those meetings; or

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Recommendation 2.1

Recommendation 2.1

Recommendation 2.1

Recommendation 2.1

Recommendation 2.1

Recommendation 2.1

(b) if it does not have a nomination committee, disclose that fact and 

N/A

N/A

the processes it employs to address board succession issues and to 

ensure that the board has the appropriate balance of skills, knowledge, 

experience, independence and diversity to enable it to discharge its 

duties and responsibilities effectively.

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Comply

Reference in 

Corporate Governance 

Statement

2.2

A listed entity should have and disclose a board skills matrix setting out 

Yes

Recommendation 2.2

the mix of skills and diversity that the board currently has or is looking to 

achieve in its membership.

2.3

A listed entity should disclose:

(a) the names of the directors considered by the board to be independent 

Yes

Recommendation 2.3

directors;

(b) if a director has an interest, position, association or relationship of 

Yes

Recommendation 2.3

the type described in Box 2.3 (Factors relevant to assessing the 

independence of a director) but the board is of the opinion that it 

does not compromise the independence of the director, the nature of 

the interest, position, association or relationship in question and an 

explanation of why the board is of that opinion; and.

(c)  the length of service of each director.

2.4

2.5

A majority of the board of a listed entity should be independent directors.

The chair of the board of a listed entity should be an independent director 

and, in particular, should not be the same person as the CEO of the entity.

Yes

Yes

Yes

Recommendation 2.3

Recommendation 2.4

Recommendation 2.5

2.6

A listed entity should have a programme for inducting new directors and 

Yes

Recommendation 2.6

provide appropriate professional development opportunities for directors to 

develop and maintain the skills and knowledge needed to perform their role 

as directors effectively.

Principle 3: Act Ethically and Responsibly 

3.1

A listed entity should:

(a)  have a code of conduct for its directors, senior executives and 

employees; and

(b) disclose that code or a summary of it.

Principle 4: Safeguard Integrity in Corporate Reporting

4.1

The board of a listed entity should:

(a)  have an audit committee which:

(1) has a least three members, all of whom are non-executive directors 

and a majority of whom are independent directors; and

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Recommendation 3.1

Recommendation 3.1

Recommendation 4.1

Recommendation 4.1

(2) is chaired by an independent director who is not the chair of the 

Yes

Recommendation 4.1

board,

and disclose:

(3) the charter of the committee;

(4) the relevant qualifications and experience of the members of 

committee; and

(5) in relation to each reporting period, the number of times the 

committee met throughout the period and the individual attendances 
of the members at those meetings; or

Yes

Yes

Yes

Recommendation 4.1

Recommendation 4.1

Recommendation 4.1

(b) if it does not have an audit committee, disclose that fact and the 

N/A

N/A

processes it employs that independently verify and safeguard the 
integrity of its corporate reporting, including the processes for the 
appointment and removal of the external auditor and the rotation of the 
audit engagement partner.

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Comply

Reference in 

4.2

The board of a listed entity should, before it approves the entity’s financial 
statements for a financial period, receive from its CEO and CFO a 
declaration that, in their opinion, the financial records of the entity have 
been properly maintained and that the financial statements comply with 
the appropriate accounting standards and give a true and fair view of the 
financial position and performance of the entity and that the opinion has 
been formed on the basis of a sound system of risk management and 
internal control which is operating effectively.

Corporate Governance 

Statement

Yes

Recommendation 4.2

4.3

A listed entity that has an AGM should ensure that its external auditor 
attends its AGM and is available to answer questions from security holders 
relevant to the audit.

Yes

Recommendation 4.3

Principle 5: Make timely and balanced disclosure

5.1

A listed entity should:

(a)  have a written policy for complying with its continuous disclosure 

obligations under the Listing Rules; and

(b) disclose that policy or a summary of it.

Principle 6: Respect the rights of shareholders

6.1

6.2

6.3

6.4

A listed entity should provide information about itself and its governance to 
investors via its website.

A listed entity should design and implement an investor relations 
programme to facilitate effective two-way communications with investors.

A listed entity should disclose the policies and procedures it has in place to 
facilitate and encourage participation at meetings of security holders.

A listed entity should give security holders the option to receive 
communication from and send communications to, the entity and its security 
registry electronically.

Principle 7: Recognise and manage risk

7.1

The board of a listed entity should:

(a)  have a committee or committees to oversee risk, each of which:

(1) has at least three members, a majority of whom are independent 

directors; and;

(2) is chaired by an independent director,

and disclose:

(3) the charter of the committee;

(4) the members of the committee; and;

(5) as at the end of each reporting period, the number of times the 

committee met throughout the period and the individual attendances 
of the members at those meetings; or

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Recommendation 5.1

Recommendation 5.1

Recommendation 6.1

Recommendation 6.2

Recommendation 6.3

Recommendation 6.4

Recommendation 7.1

Recommendation 7.1

Recommendation 7.1

Recommendation 7.1

Recommendation 7.1

Recommendation 7.1

(b) if it does not have a risk committee or committees that satisfy (a) above, 

N/A

N/A

disclose that fact and the processes it employs for overseeing the 
entity’s risk management framework.

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Comply

Reference in 

Corporate Governance 

Statement

7.2

The board or a committee of the board should:

(a)  review the entity’s risk management framework at least annually to satisfy 

Yes

Recommendation 7.2

itself that it continues to be sound; and

(b) disclose, in relation to each reporting period, whether such a review has 

Yes

Recommendation 7.2

taken place.

7.3

A listed entity should disclose:

(a)  if it has an internal audit function, how the function is structured and what 

Yes

Recommendation 7.3

role it performs; or

(b) if it does not have an internal audit function, that fact and the processes 
it employs for evaluating and continually improving the effectiveness of 
its risk management and internal control processes.

N/A

N/A

7.4

A listed entity should disclose whether it has any material exposure to 
economic, environmental and social sustainability risks, and if it does, how it 
manages or intends to manage those risks.

Yes

Principle 8: Remunerate fairly and responsibly

8.1

The board of a listed entity should:

(a)  have a remuneration committee which:

(1) has at least three members, a majority of whom are independent 

directors; and

(2) is chaired by an independent director,

and disclose:

(3) the charter of the committee;

(4) the members of the committee; and;

(5) as at the end of the each reporting period, the number of times the 

committee met throughout the period and the individual attendances 
of the members at those meetings; or

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

“Risks” under the 
Operating & Financial 
Review section of the 
2016 Annual Report.

Recommendation 8.1

Recommendation 8.1

Recommendation 8.1

Recommendation 8.1

Recommendation 8.1

Recommendation 8.1

(b) if it does not have a remuneration committee, disclose that fact and 
the processes it employs for setting the level and composition of 
remuneration for directors and senior executives and ensuring that such 
remuneration is appropriate and not excessive.

N/A

N/A

8.2

A listed entity should separately disclose its policies and practices 
regarding the remuneration of non-executive directors and the remuneration 
of executive directors and other senior executives.

8.3

A listed entity which has an equity-based remuneration scheme should:

Yes

Recommendation 8.2

(a)  have a policy on whether participants are permitted to enter into 

Yes

Recommendation 8.3

transactions (whether through the use of derivatives or otherwise) which 
limit the economic risk of participating in the scheme; and

(a)  disclose that policy or a summary of it.

Yes

Recommendation 8.3

34      Annual Report 2016

2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceL-R  Mr Tony Howarth (Chairman), Ms Eve Howell, Mr Jeff Weber (Managing Director), Mr Mark Bradley, Mr Chiang Gnee Heng and Mr Andrew Edwards.

The Board  of Directors of  M MA  O ffs hore  L imite d  is re spon sible  for  the corporat e 

gover nance of the consol idated  en tit y.  T he  Bo ard  is  a s trong advocate  of   good 

corporate gover nance. The B oard  reg ular ly re views  a nd  updates  the Company ’s 

gover nance pol icies  and  practi c es  with  ref ere nc e  to  co rpor ate  gover nance 

developments and best  pract i ce.

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2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceD i r e c t o r s ’   R e p o r t

The Directors of MMA Offshore Limited (“Company” or “MMA”) submit herewith the annual financial report of the Company for 
the financial year ended 30 June 2016. In order to comply with the provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), the Directors 
report as follows:

Directors

The names and details of the Company’s Directors in office during the financial year and until the date of this report are set out 
on pages 28 to 29 (including their qualifications, experience and special responsibilities). The Directors were in office during 
the whole of the financial year.

Directorships of Other Listed Companies

Directorships of other listed companies held by the Directors in the three years immediately before and since the end of the 
financial year are as follows:

Name

Mr A Howarth

Company

Period of Directorship

Wesfarmers Limited

Since July 2007

BWP Management Limited

Since October 2012

Mr A Edwards

Nido Petroleum Limited

Since December 2009

Ms E Howell

Downer EDI Limited

Since January 2012

MACA Limited

Since October 2010

Aspire Mining Limited

July 2011 – May 2014

Tangiers Petroleum Limited

September 2012 – February 2014

Buru Energy Limited

Since July 2014

Directors’ Shareholdings

The following table sets out each Director’s relevant interest in the securities of the Company as at the date of this report:

Name

Mr A Howarth

Mr J Weber

Mr M Bradley

Mr A Edwards

Ms E Howell

Mr C G Heng

Fully paid ordinary  
shares direct

Fully paid ordinary  
shares indirect

384,146

-

2,823,819

-

-

-

781,756

1,907,958

-

115,680

123,529

-

Performance  
rights direct

-

2,431,507

-

-

-

-

The Directors do not have any interests in shares, options or rights of any related body corporate of the Company as at the 
date of this report.

Remuneration of Key Management Personnel

Information about the remuneration of key management personnel is set out in the Remuneration Report section of this 
Directors’ Report on pages 40 to 52. The term ‘key management personnel’ refers to those persons having authority and 
responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the consolidated entity, either directly or indirectly, 
including any Director (whether executive or otherwise) of the consolidated entity.

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2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceRights Granted to Directors and Senior Management

During and since the end of the financial year, an aggregate of 4,936,502 performance rights were granted to the following 
Director and to the six highest remunerated officers of the Company as part of their remuneration:

Name

Mr J Weber

Mr D Ross

Mr P Raynor

Mr D Lofthouse

Mr D Roberts

Mr M Gillett

Mr D Thomas

Company Secretary

Number of  
rights granted

Issuing entity

Number of ordinary  
shares under rights

2,001,432

MMA Offshore Limited

2,001,432

941,850

941,850

304,290

252,126

252,126

242,828

MMA Offshore Limited

MMA Offshore Limited

MMA Offshore Limited

MMA Offshore Limited

MMA Offshore Limited

MMA Offshore Limited

941,850

941,850

304,290

252,126

252,126

242,828

Dylan Darbyshire-Roberts was appointed as Company Secretary of MMA Offshore Limited on 19 August 2008 and held this 
position at the end of the financial year.

Dylan joined the Company in May 2007 in the role of Commercial Manager. Previously, he was a Senior Associate with the 
law firm DLA Piper where he practised in the areas of insurance, corporate and marine law. After obtaining a Bachelor of 
Commerce degree (1995) and a LLB degree (1997) at the University of Natal (PMB), Dylan qualified as a Solicitor in South 
Africa, New South Wales and Western Australia. Dylan has worked in a legal capacity in all of these jurisdictions as well as the 
UK over the past 18 years. He holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance and is an Associate of the Institute 
of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and The Governance Institute of Australia.

Principal Activities

The consolidated entity’s principal activities during the course of the financial year were the provision of marine logistics and 
supply base services to the offshore oil and gas industry.

There were no significant changes in the nature of the activities of the consolidated entity during the financial year.

Review of Operations

A review of, and information about the operations of the consolidated entity for the financial year and the results of those 
operations are set out in the Chairman’s Address and the Managing Director’s Report in this Annual Report.

Changes in State of Affairs

The Chairman’s Address and the Managing Director’s Report (in this Annual Report) set out a number of matters which have 
had a significant effect on the state of affairs of the consolidated entity. Other than those matters, there was no significant 
change in the state of affairs of the consolidated entity.

Subsequent Events

There has not been any matter or circumstance occurring subsequent to the end of the financial year that has significantly 
affected, or may significantly affect, the operations of the consolidated entity, the results of those operations, or the state of 
affairs of the consolidated entity in future financial years.

Future Developments

The Chairman’s Address and the Managing Director’s Report (in this Annual Report) give an indication, in general terms, of 
likely developments in the Company’s operations in future financial years, and the expected results of those operations.

Environmental Regulations

The Company continues to conduct its operations within the parameters of the Department of Environmental and Conservation 
Licence and Ministerial requirements. There were no known breaches of licence conditions for the year ended 30 June 2016.

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2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceDividends

In respect of the financial year ended 30 June 2015, as detailed in the Directors’ Report for that financial year, a final dividend 
of 1.5 cents per share franked to 100% at 30% corporate income tax rate was paid to the holders of fully paid ordinary shares 
on 29 September 2015.

In respect of the financial year ended 30 June 2016, the Directors have suspended the payment of dividends (both interim and 
final) in order to retain cash to support business operations until market conditions improve.

Accordingly, no interim or final dividend has been recommended, declared or paid for the 2016 financial year.

Unissued Shares under Rights

Details of unissued shares under rights as at the date of this report are:

Issuing entity

MMA Offshore Limited

MMA Offshore Limited

MMA Offshore Limited

MMA Offshore Limited

Number of unissued 
shares under rights

Class of shares

938,146

430,075

7,554,228

2,001,432

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Ordinary

Exercise price  
of rights  
$

0.00(a)

0.00(a)

0.00(b)

0.00(b)

Expiry date  
of rights

1 Jul 2017

1 Jul 2017

1 Jul 2020

1 Jul 2020

(a) These performance rights vest on 1 July 2017 subject to the performance criteria as detailed in note 24.
(b) These performance rights vest on 1 July 2018 subject to the performance criteria as detailed in note 24 and have a 2 year exercise period  

to 1 July 2020.

The holders of these rights do not have the right, by virtue of the issue of the right, to participate in any share issue of the 
Company.

Shares Issued on Vesting of Rights

Details of shares issued during or since the end of the financial year as a result of the vesting of rights are:

Issuing entity

Number of  
shares issued

Class of shares

MMA Offshore Limited

121,546

Ordinary

Amount paid  
for shares 
$

0.00

Amount unpaid  
on shares 
$

Nil

Insurance and Indemnification of Directors and Officers

During the financial year, the Company paid a premium in respect of a contract insuring the Directors of the Company, the 
Company Secretary and all Executive Officers of the Company and of any related body corporate against a liability incurred in 
acting in their capacity as a Director, Company Secretary or Executive Officer of the Company to the extent permitted by the 
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). The relevant contract of insurance prohibits disclosure of the nature of the liability and the amount 
of the premium.

The Company’s Constitution requires the Company, so far as permitted under applicable law and to the extent the person is 
not otherwise indemnified, to indemnify each officer of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, and may indemnify 
its auditors, against a liability incurred as such an officer or auditor to any person (other than the Company or a related body 
corporate) including a liability incurred as a result of appointment or nomination by the Company or subsidiary as trustee or 
as an officer of another corporation, unless the liability arises out of conduct involving a lack of good faith.  The Company 
has entered into Deeds of Indemnity, Insurance and Access with each of the Directors of the Company and its wholly owned 
subsidiaries in terms of the indemnity provided under the Company’s Constitution.

The Company has not otherwise, during or since the end of the financial year, except to the extent permitted by law, 
indemnified or agreed to indemnify an officer or auditor of the Company or of any related body corporate against any liability 
incurred in acting in their capacity as such an officer of the Company.

No indemnity payment has been made under any of the documents referred to above during or since the end of the financial 
year.

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2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceIndemnification of Auditors

The Company’s auditor is Deloitte.

The Company has agreed with Deloitte, as part of its terms of engagement, to indemnify Deloitte against certain liabilities 
to third parties arising from the audit engagement.  The indemnity does not extend to any liability resulting from the wilful 
misconduct or fraudulent act or omission by Deloitte.

During the financial year:

•  The Company has not paid any premium in relation to any insurance for Deloitte or a body corporate related to Deloitte; 

and

•  There were no officers of the Company who were former partners or directors of Deloitte, whilst Deloitte conducted audits 

of the Company.

Directors’ Meetings

The following table sets out the number of Directors’ meetings (including meetings of Committees of Directors) held during the 
financial year and the number of meetings attended by each Director (while they were a Director or Committee member).

Name

Mr A Howarth

Mr J Weber

Mr M Bradley

Mr A Edwards

Ms E Howell

Mr CG Heng

Board of Directors

Audit and Risk Committee

Nomination and  
Remuneration Committee

Held

Attended

Held

Attended

Held

Attended

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Proceedings on Behalf of the Company

No proceedings have been brought on behalf of the Company, nor has any application been made in respect of the Company 
under section 237 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Non-Audit Services

Details of the amounts paid or payable to the external auditor for non-audit services provided during the year are outlined in 
note 27 to the Financial Statements.

The Directors are satisfied that the provision of non-audit services during the year by the external auditor (or by another 
person or firm on the auditor’s behalf) is compatible with the general standard of independence for auditors imposed by the 
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

In view of the above, the Directors are of the opinion that the services as disclosed in note 27 to the Financial Statements do 
not compromise the external auditors’ independence, based on advice received from the Audit and Risk Committee, for the 
following reasons:

•  All non-audit services have been reviewed and approved to ensure that they do not impact the integrity and objectivity of 

the auditor; and

•  None of the services undermine the general principles relating to auditor independence as set out in APES 110 ‘Code of 

Ethics for Professional Accountants’ issued by the Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board, including reviewing 
or auditing the auditor’s own work, acting in a management or decision making capacity for the Company, acting as an 
advocate for the Company or jointly sharing economic risks and rewards.

Auditor’s Independence Declaration

The Auditor’s Independence Declaration is included on page 53 of this Annual Report.

Rounding

The Company is a company of the kind referred to in ASIC Corporations (Rounding in Financials/Directors’ Reports) Instrument 
2016/191, dated 24 March 2016, and in accordance with that Corporations Instrument, amounts in the Directors’ Report and 
the Financial Statements are rounded off to the nearest thousand dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

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2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceRemuneration Report

This Remuneration Report, which forms part of the Directors’ Report, sets out information about the remuneration of the 
Company’s key management personnel for the financial year ended 30 June 2016. The term ‘key management personnel’ 
refers to those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, 
either directly or indirectly, including any Director (whether executive or otherwise) of the Company.

The prescribed details for each person covered by this Remuneration Report are detailed below under the following headings:

•  Key Management Personnel;

•  Remuneration Policy;

•  Relationship between the Remuneration Policy and Company Performance;

•  Remuneration of Key Management Personnel;

•  Bonus and share based payments granted as compensation for the current financial year; and

•  Key Terms of Employment Contracts.

Key Management Personnel

The Directors and other key management personnel of the Company during and since the end of the financial year were:

Executives

Executive Director

Mr J Weber (Managing Director)

Non-Executive Directors

Mr A Howarth (Chairman)

Mr M Bradley

Mr A Edwards

Ms E Howell

Mr CG Heng

Other Key Management Personnel

Mr D Ross (Chief Operating Officer)

Mr P Raynor (Chief Financial Officer)

Mr D Lofthouse (General Manager Business Development)

Mr D Roberts (General Manager Legal/Company Secretary)

Mr M Gillett (General Manager Human Resources)

Ms L Buckey (General Manager Corporate Development)

Mr D Thomas (General Manager HSEQ)

The above named persons held their current position for the whole of the financial year and since the end of the financial year.

Remuneration Policy

The Company’s Remuneration Policy is focused on driving a performance culture within the Group by linking key management 
personnel remuneration to the achievement of the Company’s strategic and business objectives, and ultimately, increasing 
shareholder value.

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee is delegated responsibility by the Board for reviewing the remuneration 
packages of all Directors and key management personnel on an annual basis and making recommendations to the Board 
in this regard. The specific responsibilities of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee are set out in the Committee’s 
Charter, which is to be found under Appendix C of the Board Charter.

Remuneration packages are typically reviewed and determined with due regard to current market rates and are benchmarked 
against comparable industry salaries, and are adjusted to reflect changes in the performance of the Company.

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2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceIn carrying out its review of the remuneration packages of the Managing Director and non-director key management 
personnel for the 2016 financial year, the Nomination and Remuneration Committee engaged the services of an independent 
remuneration consultant, Godfrey Remuneration Group Pty Ltd, to provide current market rates and industry benchmarking. 
Godfrey Remuneration Group Pty Ltd were engaged directly by the Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee 
and were paid the sum of $20,000 (excluding GST) in consideration for providing their remuneration recommendations.

As the independent remuneration consultant was engaged directly by and provided their advice directly to the Chairman of 
the Nomination and Remuneration Committee (without management involvement), the Board is satisfied that the remuneration 
recommendations made were free from undue influence by any member of the key management personnel to whom the 
recommendations relate.

Key Remuneration Outcomes

The key remuneration outcomes for the Company’s key management personnel in 2016 were as follows:

•  Having regard to the overall performance of the Company during the 2016 financial year and current market conditions, 

the Board has exercised its discretion to:

• 

 Freeze the Fixed Annual Remuneration (FAR) component for the Managing Director and other key management 
personnel for the 2016 financial year and again for the 2017 financial year;

•  Suspend the Short-term Incentive (STI) component in relation to the Managing Director and other key management 

personnel for the 2016 financial year and again for the 2017 financial year; and

•  Grant Long-term Incentive (LTI) performance rights to the Managing Director and other key management personnel of 

the Company for the 2016 financial year and to suspend the LTI component for the 2017 financial year.

•  Following a review by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee:

•  There was no increase in Non-Executive Directors’ fees for the 2016 financial year; and

•  Again, there has been no increase in Non-Executive Directors’ fees for the 2017 financial year.

Remuneration Report 2015

MMA Offshore Limited’s Remuneration Report for 2015 was adopted at the Annual General Meeting on 18 November 2015 with 
a clear majority of 94,991,344 votes in favour of the motion (representing 92% of the votes received).

Non-Executive Directors’ Remuneration

Non-Executive Directors’ fees are determined within an aggregate Directors’ fee pool which is periodically recommended 
for approval by shareholders. The maximum fees payable to Non-Executive Directors are currently $950,000 per annum in 
aggregate (as approved by shareholders at the Company’s AGM on 22 November 2012).

Fees paid to Non-Executive Directors are set at levels which reflect both the responsibilities of, and time commitments required 
from each Non-Executive Director to discharge their duties. Non-Executive Directors’ fees are reviewed annually by the Board 
to ensure they are appropriate for the duties performed, including Board committee duties, and are in line with the market. 
Non-Executive Directors do not receive performance-based remuneration. Other than statutory superannuation, Directors are 
not entitled to retirement allowances.

Following a review by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee there was no increase in Non-Executive Directors’ fees for 
the 2016 financial year and again, there has been no increase in Non-Executive Directors’ fees for the 2017 financial year.

Other Key Management Personnel

Remuneration of the Managing Director and other executive key management personnel comprises both a fixed component 
and an at-risk component, which is designed to remunerate key management personnel for increasing shareholder value and 
for achieving financial targets and business strategies set by the Board. It is also designed to attract and retain high calibre 
executives.

The remuneration of the Managing Director and other key management personnel has the following three components:

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1

Remuneration Component

Details

Fixed Annual Remuneration (FAR)

•  Comprising base salary and superannuation.

•  In setting FAR, consideration is given to current market rates and 
industry benchmarking against appropriate comparator groups 
(including the median market rates within the sector and industry 
peers), Company performance and individual performance.

•  As previously reported, given the performance of the Company and 
current market conditions, the Board determined that the Managing 
Director and Senior Management would not receive any increase in 
FAR for the 2016 financial year.

•  Once again, the Board has determined that the Managing Director 
and Senior Management will not receive any increase in FAR for the 
2017 financial year.

2

Short-term incentive (STI)

•  An annual “at-risk” cash component designed to reward 

performance against the achievement of key performance indicators 
(KPIs) set by the Board.

•  The invitation to participate in the STI is at the absolute discretion of 
the Board and is subject to such conditions which the Board may 
prescribe from time to time.

•  As previously reported, given the performance of the Company 

and current market conditions, the Board exercised its discretion to 
suspend the STI component for the 2016 financial year.

•  Once again, the Board has exercised its discretion to suspend the 
STI component for the 2017 financial year (subject always to the 
Board’s discretion to reinstate the STI component if market conditions 
change). 

3

Long-term incentive (LTI)

•  The Company grants rights over its ordinary shares under the LTI.

•  The vesting of these rights is based on the achievement of stipulated 

performance criteria targets over a 3 year period.

•  During the 2016 financial year, these performance criteria targets 
comprised of an absolute share price hurdle and a growth in TSR 
hurdle (with each having a 50% weighting) to ensure a strong link 
with both the creation of shareholder value and with the Company’s 
long-term strategy.

•  The LTI also aims to align executives’ long-term interests with those 

of shareholders.

•  Further details of the LTI plan and the number of performance rights 
granted to the Managing Director and Senior Management during 
the 2016 financial year are set out under the “Remuneration of Key 
Management Personnel” section of this Report.

•  Given the performance of the Company and current market 

conditions, the Board has exercised its discretion to suspend the LTI 
component for the 2017 financial year.

42      Annual Report 2016

2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceAllocation of Executive Remuneration between Fixed and Variable Remuneration

The allocation of total executive remuneration between fixed and variable remuneration for the 2016 financial year is as follows:

Managing Director

Other Executives (Maximum)

17%

18%

83%

82%

FAR

LTI

FAR

LTI

Relationship between the Remuneration Policy and Company Performance

The table below summarises information about the Company’s earnings for the 2016 financial year and the Company’s 
earnings and movements in shareholder wealth for the five years to 30 June 2016, which is an important indicator of 
performance and a key measure when assessing both the STI and LTI remuneration components.

Having regard to the overall performance of the Company during the 2016 financial year, the Board has exercised its discretion 
to:

•  Freeze the FAR component for the Managing Director and other key management personnel for the 2016 financial year;

•  Suspend the STI component in relation to the Managing Director, other key management personnel and all employees of 

the Company for the 2016 financial year; and

•  Grant LTI performance rights to the Managing Director and other key management personnel of the Company for the 2016 

financial year as detailed below.

Revenue

481,123

796,666

594,597

449,490

380,358

30 June 2016 
$’000

30 June 2015 
$’000

30 June 2014 
$’000

30 June 2013 
$’000

30 June 2012 
$’000

Net profit/(loss) before tax

Net profit/(loss) after tax

Share price at start of the year

Share price at end of the year

Interim dividend (1)

Final dividend (1)

Basic earnings per share

Diluted earnings per share

(155,262)(3)

(48,219)(3)

(143,962)

(51,291)

$0.54

$0.31

0cps

0cps

$2.06

$0.54

4.0cps

1.5cps

77,112

53,884

$3.52

$2.06

5.5cps

7.0cps

83,755

60,298

$2.82

$3.52

5.5cps

7.0cps

71,602

51,036

$3.19

$2.82

5.0cps

6.0cps

(38.64 cps)

(13.91 cps)

18.78cps

25.17cps

23.44cps

(38.64 cps)

(13.91 cps)

18.76cps

24.78cps

22.93cps

3 year compound annual TSR (2)

(46%)

(32%)

(9%)

15%

19%

(1 ) Franked to 100% at 30% corporate income tax rate.
(2)  TSR comprises share price growth and dividends.
(3) This includes a non-cash impairment charge of $139 million against the carrying value of the Company’s assets as at 30 June 2016  

(2015: $120.7 million).

 MMA Offshore Limited      43

2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceRemuneration of Key Management Personnel

In this Annual Report, remuneration outcomes are presented based on the requirements of accounting standards (which has 
the benefit of being readily comparable with other companies) rather than the actual “take-home” pay received by executive 
key management personnel (being cash, other benefits and the value of equity vesting during the relevant financial year).

An example of this includes LTI awards which are recognised and accounted for over the performance period (3 years) based 
on their assessed value when originally granted to the executive. This may be significantly different to their value, if and when 
the incentive vests to that executive.

The following tables disclose:

(A)  The actual remuneration of the Directors and other key management personnel of the Company for the 2016 financial year 

(i.e. the actual “take-home” pay received by key management personnel for the 2016 financial year); and

(B)  The statutory presentation of the remuneration of the Directors and other key management personnel of the Company for 

the 2016 financial year and for the previous financial year based on the requirements of accounting standards.

Please note that while there were no salary or fee increases during the 2016 financial year, there was an additional pay cycle 
during the 2016 financial year which caused the resultant increases.

(A) 

Key Management Personnel Remuneration (Actual)

Short-term employee benefits

Post-
employment  
benefits

Share based 
payment

Total

2016

Salary & fees(1)

Cash bonus

Non-monetary(2)

Superannuation

Rights(3)

$

$

$

$

Directors

Mr A Howarth
Mr J Weber
Mr M Bradley
Mr A Edwards
Ms E Howell

Mr CG Heng

Senior Management

Mr D Ross
Mr P Raynor
Mr D Lofthouse
Mr D Roberts
Mr M Gillett
Ms L Buckey(4)
Mr D Thomas

Total

235,900
961,290
115,892
115,892
105,507

105,706

555,691
560,883
391,285
320,863
320,863
205,944
308,310

4,304,026

-
-
-
-
-

-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

1,537
2,266
-
-
-

-

4,776
5,830
1,848
2,642
-
-
-

19,307
36,346
11,009
11,009
9,652

6,411

31,153
25,961
19,307
19,307
19,307
19,307
19,307

18,899

247,383

$

-
-
-
-
-

-

13,402
13,402
-
-
-
-
-

26,804

$

256,744
999,902
126,901
126,901
115,159

112,117

605,022
606,076
412,440
342,812
340,170
225,251
327,617

4,597,112

44      Annual Report 2016

2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernance(B) 

Key Management Personnel Remuneration (Statutory Presentation)

Short-term employee benefits

Post-
employment  
benefits

Share based 
payment

Total

2016

Salary & fees

Cash bonus Non-monetary(2) Superannuation

Rights(3)

Directors

Mr A Howarth
Mr J Weber
Mr M Bradley
Mr A Edwards
Ms E Howell
Mr CG Heng

Senior Management

Mr D Ross
Mr P Raynor
Mr D Lofthouse
Mr D Roberts
Mr M Gillett
Ms L Buckey(4)
Mr D Thomas

Total

2015

Directors

Mr A Howarth
Mr J Weber
Mr M Bradley
Mr A Edwards
Ms E Howell
Mr CG Heng

Senior Management

Mr D Ross
Mr P Raynor
Mr D Lofthouse
Mr D Roberts
Mr M Gillett
Ms L Buckey(4)
Mr D Thomas

Total

$

235,900
961,290
115,892
115,892
105,507
105,706

555,691
560,883
391,285
320,863
320,863
205,944
308,310

4,304,026

227,164
925,687
111,600
111,600
101,600
105,079

535,110
540,110
390,189
308,980
308,980
171,452
296,892

4,134,443

$

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

-
-
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

$

$

$

$

1,537
2,266
-
-
-
-

4,776
5,830
1,848
2,642
-
-
-

19,307
36,346
11,009
11,009
9,652
6,411

31,153
25,961
19,307
19,307
19,307
19,307
19,307

18,899

247,383

1,103
18,928
-
-
-
-

1,049
2,354
2,010
2,866
-
-
-

18,783
35,000
10,602
10,602
9,652
6,173

35,000
25,000
18,783
18,783
18,783
19,295
18,783

-
200,495
-
-
-
-

126,481
126,481
38,839
32,181
32,181
20,030
30,994

607,681

-
440,789
-
-
-
-

277,012
277,012
72,088
59,730
59,730
34,790
26,371

256,744
1,200,398
126,901
126,901
115,159
112,117

718,101
719,155
451,278
374,992
372,351
245,281
358,611

5,177,989

247,050
1,420,404
122,202
122,202
111,252
111,252

848,171
844,476
483,070
390,359
387,493
225,537
342,046

28,310

245,239

1,247,522

5,655,514

(1) Salaries & Fees for FY2016 included an additional payment cycle – there were 27 fortnightly pay cycles in FY2016.
(2) These non-monetary benefits comprise the provision of motor vehicle, fuel, travel and other benefits, as applicable.
(3) The value of the rights granted to key management personnel as part of their remuneration is calculated as at the grant date using the binomial 
pricing model. The amounts disclosed as part of remuneration for the financial year have been determined by allocating the grant date value 
on a straight-line basis over the period from the grant date to the vesting date (i.e. 3 years).

(4) Ms Buckey is employed on a part-time basis.

The table below sets out the relative proportions of the elements of remuneration of key management personnel linked to 
performance:

Fixed Remuneration

Remuneration linked to Performance

Non-Executive Directors
Ms A Howarth
Mr M Bradley
Mr A Edwards
Ms E Howell
Mr CG Heng
Executive Directors
Mr J Weber

Senior Management

Mr D Ross
Mr P Raynor
Mr D Lofthouse
Mr D Roberts
Mr M Gillett
Ms L Buckey
Mr D Thomas

2016

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

83%

82%
82%
91%
91%
91%
92%
91%

2015

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

69%

67%
67%
85%
85%
85%
85%
92%

2016

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%

17%

18%
18%
9%
9%
9%
8%
9%

2015

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%

31%

33%
33%
15%
15%
15%
15%
8%

 MMA Offshore Limited      45

2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceBonus and Share based payments granted as compensation for the current financial year 

STI (Cash Bonuses)

Having regard to the overall performance of the Company and current market conditions, the Board has, in relation to the 
Managing Director and other key management personnel, exercised its discretion to:

•  Suspend the STI component for the 2016 financial year; and

•  Once again, suspend the STI component for the 2017 financial year (subject to the Board’s discretion to reinstate the STI 

component if market conditions change).

LTI (Performance Rights)

Under its LTI remuneration component, the Company operates performance rights plans for the Managing Director, Senior 
Management and other employees. Each right converts into one ordinary share of MMA Offshore Limited on vesting. No 
amounts are paid or payable by the recipient upon grant of the rights. The rights carry neither rights to dividends nor voting 
rights. Please refer to the tables below for details of the performance criteria for the rights granted during the financial year. 

The table below sets out the relevant performance criteria for the performance rights granted to the Managing Director, Chief 
Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer during the financial year:

Performance Criteria

Performance Period

Percentage of 
LTI subject to 
Performance Criteria

Performance  
Criteria Targets

Percentage of 
Performance Rights 
which vest if Target met

Share Price Target(1)

Beginning 1 July 2015 
and ending  
30 June 2018

50%

Lower than $1.60

Equal to $1.60

Nil

50%

Company’s Total 
Shareholder Return (TSR)(2) 
percentile ranking over the 
Performance Period relative 
to a selected Peer Group(3)

Beginning 1 July 2015 
and ending  
30 June 2018

Between $1.60 and 
$2.40

50% to 100%
(pro-rata)

50%

Equal to or greater 
than $2.40

Below the 50th 
percentile

At the 50th percentile

Between the 50th and 
90th percentile

100%

Nil

50%

50% to 100% 
(pro-rata)

At the 90th percentile

100%

The table below sets out the relevant performance criteria for the performance rights granted to other key management 
personnel (i.e. excluding the Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer) during the financial year:

Performance Criteria

Performance Period

Percentage of 
LTI subject to 
Performance Criteria

Performance  
Criteria Targets

Percentage of 
Performance Rights 
which vest if Target met

Share Price Target (1)

Beginning 1 July 2015 
and ending  
30 June 2018

50%

Lower than $1.60

Equal to $1.60

Nil

50%

Beginning 1 July 2015 
and ending  
30 June 2018

50%

Company’s Total 
Shareholder Return 
(“TSR”)(2) percentile 
ranking over the 
Performance Period 
relative to a selected Peer 
Group(3)

Between $1.60 and 
$2.40

50% to 100%
(pro-rata)

Equal to or greater 
than $2.40

Below the  
50th percentile

Between the 50th 
percentile and the  
75th percentile

Above the  
75th percentile

100%

0%

50% to 100% (on a 
straight line basis)

100%

46      Annual Report 2016

2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernance 
 
(1) Share Price Target means the closing price of MMA Offshore Limited’s (ASX: MRM) fully paid ordinary shares on the last day of the 

Performance Period.

(2) Total Shareholder Return (TSR) means broadly, the increase in the share price plus dividends paid (calculated in Australian Dollars), excluding 

franking credits and taxation, over the Performance Period, to be determined in a manner decided by the Board in its absolute discretion. 
(3) Peer Group means the peer group comprising the following ASX-listed companies, the composition of which may be changed by the Board 
in its absolute discretion: XJO 200 Industrial (ASX: XNJ), Asciano Limited (ASX: AIO), ALS Limited (ASX: ALQ), Aurizon Holdings Limited 
(ASX: AZJ), Bradken Limited (ASX: BKN), Brambles Limited (ASX: BXB), Cabcharge Australia Ltd (ASX: CAB), Cardno Limited (ASX: CDD), 
CIMIC Group Ltd (ASX:CIM), Credit Corp Group Ltd (ASX:CCP), Downer EDI Limited (ASX: DOW), GWA Group Limited (ASX: GWA), Mineral 
Resources Limited (ASX: MIN), McMillan Shakespeare Ltd. (ASX: MMS), Monadelphous Group Limited (ASX: MND), Macquarie Atlas Roads 
Group (ASX: MQA), Qantas Airways Limited (ASX: QAN), Qube Holdings Limited (ASX: QUB), Recall Holdings Limited (ASX: REC), SAI Global 
Limited (ASX: SAI), SEEK Limited (ASX: SEK), Spotless Group Holdings Limited (ASX: SPO), Seven Group Holdings Limited (ASX: SVW), 
Sydney Airport Limited (ASX: SYD), Transurban Group (ASX: TCL), Transpacific Industries Group Ltd. (ASX: TPI), Transfield Services Limited 
(ASX: TSE), UGL Limited (ASX: UGL) and Veda Group Limited (ASX: VED).

During the financial year, the following rights schemes were in existence:

Series

Number issued

Grant date

Expiry date

Exercise price 
$

Fair value at 
grant date 
$

(1) 25 Oct 2012 (a)
(2) 25 Oct 2012 (a)
(3) 22 Nov 2012 (a)
(4) 20 Dec 2012 (a)
(5) 22 Oct 2014 (b)
(6) 22 Oct 2014 (c)
(7) 3 Dec 2013 (d)
(8) 3 Dec 2013 (d)
(9) 3 Dec 2013 (d)
(10) 22 Oct 2014 (e)
(11) 1 Dec 2014 (e)
(12) 1 Dec 2014 (e)
(13) 10 Feb 2016 (f)
(14) 10 Feb 2016 (f)
(15) 7 Jun 2016 (f)

311,634
283,254
317,865
20,981
51,546
70,000
1,092,384
339,238
346,023
1,052,625
11,382
430,075
2,001,432
8,037,836
220,284

25 Oct 2012
25 Oct 2012
22 Nov 2012
20 Dec 2012
22 Oct 2014
22 Oct 2014
11 Oct 2013
11 Oct 2013
21 Nov 2013
22 Oct 2014
1 Dec 2014
18 Nov 2014
18 Nov 2015
7 Dec 2015
18 Apr 2016

1 Jul 2015
1 Jul 2015
1 Jul 2015
1 Jul 2015
1 Jul 2015
5 Jun 2016
1 Jul 2016
1 Jul 2016
1 Jul 2016
1 Jul 2017
1 Jul 2017
1 Jul 2017
1 Jul 2020
1 Jul 2020
1 Jul 2020

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

2.28
2.42
2.47
2.42
1.94
1.76
2.14
2.02
1.71
1.09
1.09
0.75
0.02
0.02
0.02

Vesting date

1 Jul 2015
1 Jul 2015
1 Jul 2015
1 Jul 2015
1 Jul 2015
5 Jun 2016
1 Jul 2016
1 Jul 2016
1 Jul 2016
1 Jul 2017
1 Jul 2017
1 Jul 2017
1 Jul 2018
1 Jul 2018
1 Jul 2018

(a)  In accordance with the terms of the Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Performance Rights Plan – 2012 (issued by the 
Board on 25 October 2012 and 20 December 2012) and the Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Managing Director’s 
Performance Rights Plan – 2012 (as approved by shareholders at the Company’s AGM on 22 November 2012), the number 
of performance rights which vest on 1 July 2015 will depend on the growth in the Earnings per Share of MMA Offshore 
Limited and the total shareholder return of the Company relative to a selected peer group of companies as set out in note 
24 of the Financial Statements.

  No portion of the stipulated growth in Earnings per Share of the Company was achieved during the performance period, 
resulting in none of the rights subject to this performance criteria vesting. The Company’s total shareholder return relative 
to the selected peer group of companies did meet the minimum level required during the performance period resulting 
in 52% (Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer) and 58% (other senior executives) of the 
total performance rights granted under the respective 2012 plans being eligible for vesting (a total of 480,318 performance 
rights). However, the Board exercised its discretion under the relevant plan rules to defer the vesting of these eligible 
performance rights until 1 July 2016, subject to the continued employment of each Participant by a Group member until 1 
July 2016. Having regard to the overall performance of the Company and the current market conditions, the Board again 
exercised its discretion that these performance rights would not vest on 1 July 2016. As such, the remaining 480,318 
performance rights have lapsed in accordance with the terms of the relevant plan rules.

(b) In accordance with the terms of Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Performance Rights Plan – 2014 (issued by the Board 
on 22 October 2014), the performance rights issued to the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (being the 
deferred equity portion of their 2014 financial year bonus) which vested on 1 July 2015 is conditional upon the holders’ 
continued employment by a Group member during the 1 year performance period as set out in note 24 of the Financial 
Statements. This performance hurdle has been met.

(c)  In accordance with the terms of the Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Performance Rights Plan – 2014 (issued by 

the Board on 22 October 2012), the performance rights issued to the President – Offshore & Business Development 
(Singapore) which vested on 4 June 2016 is conditional upon the holder’s continued employment by a Group member 
during the 2 year performance period as set out in note 24 of the Financial Statements. This performance hurdle has been 
met.

(d) In accordance with the terms of the Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Performance Rights Plan – 2013 (issued by the 
Board on 11 October 2013) and the Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Managing Director’s Performance Rights Plan – 
2013 (as approved by shareholders at the Company’s AGM on 21 November 2013), the number of performance rights 
which vest on 1 July 2016 will depend on the growth in the Earnings per Share of MMA Offshore Limited and the total 
shareholder return of the Company relative to a selected peer group of companies as set out in note 24 of the Financial 
Statements. These performance hurdles have not been met. As such, the performance rights have lapsed in accordance 
with the terms of the relevant plan rules.

 MMA Offshore Limited      47

2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernance(e)  In accordance with the terms of the Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Performance Rights Plan – 2014 (issued by the 
Board on 22 October 2014 and 1 December 2014) and the Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Managing Director’s 
Performance Rights Plan – 2014 (as approved by the shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on 18 
November 2014) the number of performance rights which vest on 1 July 2017 will depend on growth in the Earnings 
per Share of MMA Offshore Limited and the total shareholder return of the Company relative to a selected peer group of 
companies as set out in note 24 of the Financial Statements.

(f)  In accordance with the terms of the MMA Offshore Limited Performance Rights Plan – 2015 (issued by the Board on 7 

December 2015 and 18 April 2016) and the MMA Offshore Limited Managing Director’s Performance Rights Plan – 2015 
(as approved by the shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on 18 November 2015) the number of 
performance rights which vest on 1 July 2018 will depend on the Company achieving the specified share price target(s) 
for MMA Offshore Limited and the total shareholder return of the Company relative to a selected peer group of companies 
as set out in note 24 of the Financial Statements. Subject to the performance rights vesting on 1 July 2018, the vested 
performance rights must be exercised within a 2 year period from the vesting date (i.e. by 1 July 2020) or such other time 
as determined by the Board in its sole and absolute discretion.

Except as detailed in (a) above, there has been no alteration of the terms and conditions of the above share-based payment 
arrangements since the grant date.

The following share-based payments were granted as compensation to the Managing Director and executive key management 
personnel during the current financial year:

Name

Mr J Weber

Mr D Ross

Mr P Raynor

Mr D Lofthouse

Mr D Roberts

Mr M Gillett

Mr D Thomas

Ms L Buckey

Performance 
rights issued

Number 
granted

10 Feb 2016

2,001,432

10 Feb 2016

10 Feb 2016

10 Feb 2016

10 Feb 2016

10 Feb 2016

10 Feb 2016

10 Feb 2016

941,850

941,850

304,290

252,126

252,126

242,828

217,350

Number 
vested

-

25,773

25,773

-

-

-

-

-

% of grant 
vested

% of grant 
forfeited

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

% of 
compensation 
for the year 
consisting of 
share based 
payment

17%

18%

18%

9%

9%

9%

9%

8%

During the financial year, the following key management personnel had performance rights vest that were granted to them as 
part of their compensation. Each performance right converts into one ordinary share of MMA Offshore Limited.

Name

Mr D Ross

Mr P Raynor

Number of  
rights vested

Number of  
ordinary shares

Amount paid 
$

Amount unpaid 
$

25,773

25,773

25,773

25,773

Nil

Nil

Nil

Nil

48      Annual Report 2016

2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceThe following table summarises the value of performance rights to key management personnel which were granted or vested 
during the financial year as part of their remuneration:

Name

Mr J Weber

Mr D Ross

Mr P Raynor

Mr D Lofthouse

Mr D Roberts

Mr M Gillett

Ms L Buckey

Mr D Thomas

Value of  
rights granted  
at grant date 
$

Value of rights at 
vesting date
$

43,031

20,250

20,250

5,934

4,916

4,916

4,238

4,735

-

13,402

13,402

-

-

-

-

-

The following table summarises the number of performance rights that lapsed during the financial year, in relation to 
performance rights granted to key management personnel as part of their remuneration:

Name

Mr J Weber

Mr D Ross

Mr P Raynor

Mr D Lofthouse

Mr D Roberts

Mr M Gillett

Ms L Buckey

Mr D Thomas

Financial year  
in which rights  
were granted

No. of rights  
lapsed during the 
current year

2012

2012

2012

2012

2012

2012

2012

-

152,066

74,543

74,543

20,443

16,939

16,939

8,762

-

 MMA Offshore Limited      49

2016 Financial ReportOverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernanceKey Management Personnel Equity Holdings

Details of the fully paid ordinary shares of the Company held by key management personnel are as follows:

2016

Mr A Howarth

Mr J Weber

Mr M Bradley

Mr A Edwards

Ms E Howell

Mr CG Heng

Mr D Ross

Mr P Raynor

Mr D Lofthouse

Mr D Roberts

Mr M Gillett

Ms L Buckey

Mr D Thomas

2015

Mr A Howarth

Mr J Weber

Mr M Bradley

Mr A Edwards

Ms E Howell

Mr CG Heng

Mr D Ross

Mr P Raynor

Mr D Lofthouse

Mr D Roberts

Mr M Gillett

Ms L Buckey

Mr D Thomas

Balance at 
1 July 2015

Granted as 
compensation

Received on vesting of 
Performance Rights

Net other 
change

Balance at 
30 June 2016

Balance held 
nominally

965,902

1,907,958

1,573,819

15,431

120,000

-

740,012

178,223

315,083

-

59,903

1,475

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

25,773

25,773

-

-

-

-

-

200,000

-

1,250,000

100,249

3,529

-

-

996

(90,873)

-

-

-

-

1,165,902

1,907,958

2,823,819

115,680

123,529

-

765,785

204,992

224,210

-

59,903

1,475

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Balance at 
1 July 2014

Granted as 
compensation

Received on vesting of 
Performance Rights

Net other 
change

Balance at 
30 June 2015

Balance held 
nominally

865,902

1,779,484

573,819

14,750

-

-

726,054

161,551

222,386

-

55,923

15,349

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

28,474

-

-

-

-

13,958

13,958

4,803

3,980

3,980

1,475

-

100,000

100,000

1,000,000

681

120,000

-

-

2,714

87,894

(3,980)

-

(15,349)

-

965,902

1,907,958

1,573,819

15,431

120,000

-

740,012

178,223

315,083

-

59,903

1,475

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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2016
Executives

Mr J Weber

Mr D Ross

Mr P Raynor

Mr D Lofthouse

Mr D Roberts

Mr M Gillett

Ms L Buckey

Mr D Thomas

2015
Executives

Mr J Weber

Mr D Ross

Mr P Raynor

Mr D Lofthouse

Mr D Roberts

Mr M Gillett

Ms L Buckey

Mr D Thomas

Balance at  
1 July 2015

Granted as 
compensation

Vested

Net other 
change 
(lapsed)

Balance at 
30 June 2016

Vested but not 
exercisable

Rights vested 
during year

1,093,963

2,001,432

-

(152,066)

2,943,329

553,597

553,597

169,226

140,216

140,216

91,656

95,979

941,850

(25,773)

(74,543)

1,395,131

941,850

(25,773)

(74,543)

1,395,131

304,290

252,126

252,126

217,350

242,828

-

-

-

-

-

(20,443)

(16,939)

(16,939)

(8,762)

0

453,073

375,403

375,403

300,244

338,807

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

25,773

25,773

-

-

-

-

-

Balance at  
1 July 2014

Granted as 
compensation

Vested

Net other 
change 
(lapsed)

Balance at 
30 June 2015

Vested but not 
exercisable

Rights vested 
during year

995,030

949,005

487,761

153,632

127,296

127,296

59,607

42,548

430,075

(28,474)

(302,668)

1,093,963

228,161

(13,958)

(609,611)

228,161

(13,958)

(148,367)

66,954

55,476

55,476

47,825

53,431

(4,803)

(46,557)

(3,980)

(38,576)

(3,980)

(38,576)

(1,475)

(14,301)

-

-

553,597

553,597

169,226

140,216

140,216

91,656

95,979

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

28,474

13,958

13,958

4,803

3,980

3,980

1,475

-

All performance rights issued to key management personnel during the financial year were made in accordance with the terms 
of the respective rights plans.

During the financial year, 51,546 performance rights (2015: 70,628) vested in favour of key management personnel at a 
weighted average exercise price of $nil per right. A total of 51,546 (2015: 70,628) ordinary shares in MMA Offshore Limited 
were issued on vesting of these rights.

No amounts remain unpaid on the rights vested during the financial year at year end.

Further details of the share based payment arrangements during the 2016 and 2015 financial years are contained in note 24 of 
the Financial Statements.

Loans to Key Management Personnel

The Company has provided a member of its key management personnel with a short-term loan at rates comparable to the 
average commercial rate of interest. This loan is unsecured.

The following table outlines aggregate amounts in respect of loans made to key management personnel of the Group.

Balance as at 1 July 2015

Interest charged

Arm’s length 
interest 
differential(1)

Allowance 
for doubtful 
receivables 

Balance as at 
30 June 2016

Number of key 
management 
personnel

-

1,248

-

-

34,870

1

(1) The arm’s length interest differential refers to the difference between the amount of interest paid and payable in the reporting period and the 

amount of interest that would have been charged on an arms-length basis.

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The Company’s Share Trading Policy requires key management personnel proposing to enter into arrangements that limit 
the economic risk of a vested holding in the Company’s securities to first obtain approval from the Chairman of the Board 
(for directors), approval of the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee (for the Chairman of the Board), and approval from 
the Managing Director (for other executives), and subsequently provide details of the dealing within five business days of 
the dealing taking place. Any breach of the Share Trading Policy is taken very seriously by the Company and is subject to 
disciplinary action, including possible termination of a person’s employment or appointment. A copy of the Company’s Share 
Trading Policy can be found on the Corporate Governance page of our website at www.mmaoffshore.com/company/corporate_
governance.phtml.

Key Terms of Employment Contracts

As at the date of this report, the Managing Director and other executive key management personnel are all employed by the 
Company under an employment contract, none of which are of fixed-term duration.

These employment contracts may be terminated by either party giving the required notice and subject to termination payments 
as detailed in the table below:

Name

Mr J Weber

Mr D Ross

Mr P Raynor

Mr D Lofthouse

Mr D Roberts

Mr M Gillett

Ms L Buckey

Mr D Thomas

Termination notice period

Termination benefits payable

6 months

6 months

6 months

6 weeks

6 weeks

8 weeks

30 days

12 weeks

Yes(1)

Yes(1)

Yes(1)

No

No

No

No

No

(1) If the employee is made redundant as a result of a material diminution in the nature and level of responsibilities or functions of the employee’s 

position in a publicly listed company located in Perth, Western Australia, including without limitation through a change in control of the 
Company, the employee will be entitled to a payment being the lesser of either:
• 1.5 times the Fixed Annual Remuneration in the relevant year (excluding any short-term incentives or long-term incentives); or
• The maximum amount that may be paid to the employee under the Corporations Act and ASX Listing Rules without prior shareholder 

approval.

Under these employment contracts, the remuneration package for:

•  The Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer consists of an annual base salary and a short-
term incentive component and a long-term incentive component at the discretion of the Nomination and Remuneration 
Committee and the Board; and

•  Other executive key management personnel consists of an annual base salary and statutory superannuation contributions. 

Participation in the Company’s incentive schemes is at the discretion of the Board.

This Directors’ Report is signed in accordance with a resolution of Directors made pursuant to section 298(2) of the 
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

On behalf of the Directors,

Tony Howarth AO 
Chairman 
Fremantle, 19 September 2016 

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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 
ABN 74 490 121 060 

The Board of Directors 
MMA Offshore Limited 
1 Mews Road 
Fremantle WA 6160 

The Board of Directors 
19 September 2016 
MMA Offshore Limited 
1 Mews Road 
Dear Board Members 
Fremantle WA 6160 

Tower 2 
Brookfield Place 
123 St Georges Terrace 
Perth WA 6000 
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 
GPO Box A46 
ABN 74 490 121 060 
Perth WA 6837 Australia 

Tower 2 
Tel:  +61 8 9365 7000 
Brookfield Place 
Fax:  +61 8 9365 7001 
123 St Georges Terrace 
www.deloitte.com.au 
Perth WA 6000 
GPO Box A46 
Perth WA 6837 Australia 

Tel:  +61 8 9365 7000 
Fax:  +61 8 9365 7001 
www.deloitte.com.au 

Auditor’s Independence Declaration to MMA Offshore Limited 
19 September 2016 
In accordance with section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001, I am pleased to provide the following 
declaration of independence to the directors of MMA Offshore Limited. 
Dear Board Members 

the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit 

As lead audit partner for the audit of the financial report of MMA Offshore Limited for the year 
Auditor’s Independence Declaration to MMA Offshore Limited 
ended 30 June 2016, I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief, there have been no 
contraventions of: 
In accordance with section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001, I am pleased to provide the following 
declaration of independence to the directors of MMA Offshore Limited. 
• 
As lead audit partner for the audit of the financial report of MMA Offshore Limited for the year 
• 
ended 30 June 2016, I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief, there have been no 
contraventions of: 
Yours faithfully 
• 

the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit 

any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit. 

any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit. 

• 
DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU 
Yours faithfully 

John Sibenaler 
DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU 
Partner 
Chartered Accountants 

John Sibenaler 
Partner 
Chartered Accountants 

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. 

Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited 

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. 

Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited 

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Independent Auditor’s Report 
Independent Auditor’s Report 
to the members of MMA Offshore 
to the members of MMA Offshore 
Limited 
Limited 
Report on the Financial Report  

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 
ABN 74 490 121 060 
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 
Tower 2 
ABN 74 490 121 060 
Brookfield Place 
123 St Georges Terrace 
Tower 2 
Perth WA 6000 
Brookfield Place 
GPO Box A46 
123 St Georges Terrace 
Perth WA 6837 Australia 
Perth WA 6000 
GPO Box A46 
Tel:  +61 8 9365 7000 
Perth WA 6837 Australia 
Fax:  +61 8 9365 7001 
www.deloitte.com.au 
Tel:  +61 8 9365 7000 
Fax:  +61 8 9365 7001 
www.deloitte.com.au 

Report on the Financial Report  
We have audited the accompanying financial report of MMA Offshore Limited, which comprises the 
statement  of  financial  position  as  at  30  June  2016,  the  statement  of  profit  or  loss  and  other 
We have audited the accompanying financial report of MMA Offshore Limited, which comprises the 
comprehensive income, the statement of cash flows and the statement of changes in equity for the 
statement  of  financial  position  as  at  30  June  2016,  the  statement  of  profit  or  loss  and  other 
year  ended  on  that date,  notes  comprising  a  summary  of  significant  accounting  policies  and  other 
comprehensive income, the statement of cash flows and the statement of changes in equity for the 
explanatory  information,  and  the  directors’  declaration  of  the  consolidated  entity,  comprising  the 
year  ended  on  that date,  notes  comprising  a  summary  of  significant  accounting  policies  and  other 
company and the entities it controlled at the year’s end or from time to time during the financial year 
explanatory  information,  and  the  directors’  declaration  of  the  consolidated  entity,  comprising  the 
as set out on pages 56, and 58 to 105.  
company and the entities it controlled at the year’s end or from time to time during the financial year 
as set out on pages 56, and 58 to 105.  
Directors’ Responsibility for the Financial Report 

Directors’ Responsibility for the Financial Report 
The directors of the company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a 
true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 
The directors of the company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a 
and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the 
true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 
financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due 
and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the 
to fraud  or error. In Note 2, the directors also state, in accordance with Accounting Standard AASB 
financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due 
101  Presentation of Financial Statements,  that  the  consolidated  financial  statements  comply  with 
to fraud  or error. In Note 2, the directors also state, in accordance with Accounting Standard AASB 
International Financial Reporting Standards. 
101  Presentation of Financial Statements,  that  the  consolidated  financial  statements  comply  with 
International Financial Reporting Standards. 
Auditor’s Responsibility 

Auditor’s Responsibility 
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit. We conducted 
our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we comply 
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit. We conducted 
with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to 
our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we comply 
obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial report is free from material misstatement.   
with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to 
obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial report is free from material misstatement.   
An  audit  involves  performing  procedures  to  obtain  audit  evidence  about  the  amounts  and 
disclosures  in  the  financial  report.  The  procedures  selected  depend  on  the  auditor’s  judgement, 
An  audit  involves  performing  procedures  to  obtain  audit  evidence  about  the  amounts  and 
including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due 
disclosures  in  the  financial  report.  The  procedures  selected  depend  on  the  auditor’s  judgement, 
to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control, relevant 
including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due 
to the company’s preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view, in order to design 
to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control, relevant 
audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an 
to the company’s preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view, in order to design 
opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the 
audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an 
appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made 
opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the 
by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial report. 
appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made 
by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial report. 
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis 
for our audit opinion. 
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis 
for our audit opinion. 
Auditor’s Independence Declaration 

Auditor’s Independence Declaration 
In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Corporations 
Act 2001.  We  confirm  that  the  independence  declaration  required  by  the  Corporations Act 2001, 
In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Corporations 
which has been given to the directors of MMA Offshore Limited, would be in the same terms if given 
Act 2001.  We  confirm  that  the  independence  declaration  required  by  the  Corporations Act 2001, 
to the directors as at the time of this auditor’s report. 
which has been given to the directors of MMA Offshore Limited, would be in the same terms if given 
to the directors as at the time of this auditor’s report. 

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. 

Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited 
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. 

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Opinion 

In our opinion: 

(a)  the  financial  report  of  MMA  Offshore Limited  is in accordance  with  the Corporations Act 2001, 

including: 

(i)  giving  a  true  and  fair  view  of  the consolidated  entity’s  financial position  as  at  30  June  2016 

and of its performance for the year ended on that date; and 

(ii)  complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001; and 

(b)  the  consolidated  financial  statements  also  comply  with  International  Financial  Reporting 

Standards as disclosed in Note 2. 

Report on the Remuneration Report  

We have audited the Remuneration Report included in pages 40 to 52 of the directors’ report for the 
year  ended  30  June  2016.  The  directors  of  the  company  are  responsible  for  the  preparation  and 
presentation of the Remuneration Report in accordance with section 300A of the Corporations Act 
2001. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Remuneration Report, based on our audit 
conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. 

Opinion 

In our opinion the Remuneration Report of MMA Offshore Limited for the year ended 30 June 2016, 
complies with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001.  

DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU 

John Sibenaler 
Partner 
Chartered Accountants 
Perth, 19 September 2016 

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D i r e c t o r s ’   D e c l a r a t i o n

The Directors declare that:

(a)  in the Directors’ opinion, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when 

they become due and payable;

(b)  in the Directors’ opinion, the attached Financial Statements are in compliance with International Financial Reporting 

Standards, as stated in note 2 to the Financial Statements;

(c)  in the Directors’ opinion, the attached Financial Statements and notes thereto are in accordance with the Corporations Act 
2001 (Cth), including compliance with accounting standards and giving a true and fair view of the financial position and 
performance of the consolidated entity; and

(d)  the Directors have been given the declarations required by section 295A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

At the date of this declaration, the Company is within the class of companies affected by ASIC Class Order 98/1418. The 
nature of the deed of cross guarantee is such that each company, which is party to the deed, guarantees to each creditor 
payment in full of any debt in accordance with the deed of cross guarantee.

In the Directors’ opinion, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company and the companies to which the ASIC 
Class Order applies, as detailed in note 28 to the Financial Statements will, as a Group, be able to meet any obligations or 
liabilities to which they are, or may become, liable for by virtue of the deed of cross guarantee.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors made pursuant to section 295(5) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

On behalf of the Directors,

Tony Howarth AO 
Chairman

Fremantle, 19 September 2016

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R e p o r t   

2 0 1 6

Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other 
Comprehensive Income 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 

Notes to the Financial Statements

1. 

2. 

Application of New and Revised Accounting Standards 

Significant Accounting Policies 

3.  Critical Accounting Judgements and Key Sources of  

Estimation Uncertainty 

Segment Information 

Profit/(Loss) from Operations 

Earnings per Share 

Income Taxes 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8.  Dividends Provided for or Paid 

9. 

Trade and Other Receivables 

10. 

Inventories 

11.  Other Financial Assets 

12. 

Investments Accounted For Using The Equity Method 

13.  Property, Plant and Equipment 

14. 

Impairment of Non-current Assets 

15.  Trade and Other Payables 

16.  Borrowings 

17.  Provisions 

18. 

Issued Capital 

19.  Reserves 

20.  Retained Earnings/(Accumulated Losses) 

21.  Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows 

22.  Commitments for Expenditure 

23.  Leases 

24.  Share Based Payments 

25.  Key Management Personnel Compensation 

26.  Related Party Transactions 

27.  Remuneration of Auditors 

28.  Subsidiaries 

29.  Parent Company Information 

30.  Financial Instruments 

31.  Events After the Reporting Period 

Additional Securities Exchange Information 

58

59

60

61

62

63

71

72

74

75

76

78

79

79

80

80

81

82

84

84

85

85

86

86

87

88

88

89

95

95

96

97

99

100

105

106

 MMA Offshore Limited      57

Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income
For the year ended 30 June 2016

Revenue 

Investment income

Other gains

Share of profits of jointly controlled entity

Vessel expenses

Supply Base expenses 

Slipway expenses

Administration expenses

Impairment charge

Finance costs

Loss before tax

Income tax benefit/(expense)

Loss for the Year

Other Comprehensive Income, net of tax

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations

Reclassification of exchange differences on disposal of entities

Loss on hedge of net investment in a foreign operation

Gain on cashflow hedges

Transfer of cashflow hedge gain to initial carrying amount of hedged items

Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax

Total Comprehensive Income/(Loss) for the Year

Loss attributable to owners of the Company

Total comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to owners of the Company

Note

4(e)

5(a)

12

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

481,123

796,666

937

12,354

2,611

709

4,366

3,385

(430,171)

(622,651)

(47,432)

(8,634)

(9,365)

(67,366)

(12,267)

(11,862)

14

(139,000)

(120,710)

7(a)

19

19

19

19

19

(17,685)

(155,262)

11,300

(143,962)

(18,489)

(48,219)

(3,072)

(51,291)

25,152

167,041

(1,835)

(8,829)

6,294

(17,839)

2,943

(141,019)

(143,962)

(141,019)

-

(53,309)

13,350

-

127,082

75,791

(51,291)

75,791

Earnings per share 

Basic

Diluted

Cents Per Share Cents Per Share

6

6

(38.64)

(38.64)

(13.91)

(13.91)

The above Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income should be read in conjunction with the 
accompanying notes.

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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
As at 30 June 2016

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Inventories

Other financial assets

Current tax assets

Prepayments

Total Current Assets

Non-Current Assets

Investments accounted for using the equity method

Property, plant and equipment

Total Non-Current Assets

Total Assets

Current Liabilities

Trade and other payables

Unearned revenue

Borrowings

Provisions

Current tax liabilities

Customer security deposits

Total Current Liabilities

Non-Current Liabilities

Unearned revenue

Borrowings

Provisions

Deferred tax liabilities

Total Non-Current Liabilities

Total Liabilities

Net Assets

Equity

Issued capital

Reserves

Retained earnings/(Accumulated losses)

Total Equity

Note

21(a)

9

10

11

7(c)

12

13

15

16

17

7(c)

16

17

7(d)

18

19

20

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

49,725

66,676

4,263

-

5,712

3,349

129,725

8,966

955,782

964,748

124,482

200,615

4,724

11,545

-

27,416

368,782

10,355

1,046,078

1,056,433

1,094,473

1,425,215

43,940

3,489

73,083

14,633

-

2,210

137,355

129,173

38,226

49,592

19,270

5,155

5,913

247,329

311

393

318,742

392,881

806

3,093

322,952

460,307

634,166

556,566

119,553

(41,953)

634,166

612

4,883

398,769

646,098

779,117

555,681

115,858

107,578

779,117

The above Consolidated Statement of Financial Position should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 30 June 2016

Issue of shares under dividend reinvestment plan

885

Year Ended 30 June 2016

Balance at 1 July 2015

Comprehensive income/(loss) for the year:

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the year

Total Comprehensive Income/(Loss) for the Year

Payment of dividends

Recognition of share based payments

Related income tax benefit

Balance at 30 June 2016

Year Ended 30 June 2015

Balance at 1 July 2014

Comprehensive income/(loss) for the year:

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the year

Total Comprehensive Income/(Loss) for the Year

Payment of dividends

Employee 
Equity 
Settled 
Benefits 
Reserve

Issued 
Capital

Foreign 
Currency 
Translation 
Reserve

Retained 
Earnings/
(Accumulated 
Losses)

Hedging 
Reserve

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

$’000

Total

$’000

555,681

4,952

(37,971)

148,877

107,578

779,117

-

-

(143,962)

(143,962)

(20,374)

23,317

-

2,943

(20,374)

23,317

(143,962)

(141,019)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(5,569)

(5,569)

-

-

-

885

915

(163)

-

-

915

(163)

556,566

5,704

(58,345)

172,194

(41,953)

634,166

Employee 
Equity 
Settled 
Benefits 
Reserve

$’000

3,916

Issued 
Capital

$’000

549,813

Foreign 
Currency 
Translation 
Reserve

Retained 
Earnings/
(Accumulated 
Losses)

Hedging 
Reserve

$’000

$’000

$’000

Total

$’000

1,988

(18,164)

199,289

736,842

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Issue of shares under dividend reinvestment plan

5,868

Recognition of share based payments

Related income tax benefit

Balance at 30 June 2015

-

-

1,828

(792)

555,681

4,952

(37,971)

148,877

107,578

779,117

-

-

(51,291)

(51,291)

(39,959)

167,041

-

127,082

(39,959)

167,041

(51,291)

75,791

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(40,420)

(40,420)

-

-

-

5,868

1,828

(792)

The above Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes. 

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For the year ended 30 June 2016

Note

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Receipts from customers

Interest received

Payments to suppliers and employees

Income tax received/(paid)

Interest and other costs of finance paid

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

21(c)

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Payments for property, plant and equipment

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

Dividends received

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Repayment of borrowings

Financing fees on borrowings

Dividends paid

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

579,893

828,252

937

709

(451,668)

(575,164)

6,959

(15,947)

120,174

(51,059)

(17,378)

185,360

(172,014)

(172,764)

34,997

4,000

429

4,000

(133,017)

(168,335)

(58,660)

(2,574)

(4,684)

(65,918)

(52,867)

-

(34,552)

(87,419)

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

(78,761)

(70,394)

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the financial year

124,482

174,768

Effects of exchange rate changes on the balance of cash held in foreign currencies

4,004

20,108

Cash and Cash Equivalents at the End of the Financial Year

49,725

124,482

The above Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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Notes to the Financial Statements 
For the year ended 30 June 2016

1. 

Application of New and Revised Accounting Standards

Standards and Interpretations affecting amounts reported in the current period (and/or prior periods)

In the current year, the Group has applied the following new and revised AASBs issued by the Australian Accounting 
Standards Board (AASB) that are mandatorily effective for an accounting period that begins on or after 1 July 2015 and, 
therefore, relevant to the current year end: 

AASB 2015-3  
‘Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising 
from the Withdrawal of AASB  
1031 Materiality’

This amendment completes the withdrawal of references to AASB 
1031 in all Australian Accounting Standards and Interpretations, 
allowing that Standard to effectively be withdrawn.

Standards and Interpretations in issue not yet adopted

At the date of authorisation of the Financial Statements, the Standards and Interpretations listed below were issued but not yet 
effective:

Standard/Interpretation

AASB 9 ‘Financial Instruments’, and the relevant 
amending standards(i)

AASB 15 ‘Revenue from Contracts with Customers’ and 
AASB 2014-5 ‘Amendments to Australian Accounting 
Standards arising from AASB 15’

AASB 16 Leases

AASB 2015-1 ‘Amendments to Australian Accounting 
Standards – Annual Improvements to Australian 
Accounting Standards 2012-2014 Cycle’

AASB 2015-2 ‘Amendments to Australian Accounting 
Standards – Disclosure Initiative: Amendments to 
AASB 101’

AASB 2016-2 ‘Amendments to Australian Accounting 
Standards – Disclosure Initiative: Amendments AASB 
107’

Effective for annual reporting 
periods beginning on or after

Expected to be initially applied 
in the financial year ending

1 January 2018

30 June 2019

1 January 2018

30 June 2019

1 January 2019

1 January 2016

30 June 2020

30 June 2017

1 January 2016

30 June 2017

1 January 2017

30 June 2018

(i)  Part E of the AASB is applicable to reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015. 

The potential effect of the revised Standards/Interpretations on the Group’s Financial Statements has not yet been determined. 
Assessments are currently being undertaken to estimate the potential impacts of the material pronouncements in issue but not 
yet effective.

At the date of authorisation of the financial statements, the following IASB Standards and IFRIC Interpretations were in issue 
but not yet effective:

Standard/Interpretation

Effective for annual reporting 
periods beginning on or after

Expected to be initially applied 
in the financial year ending

Clarifications to IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from Contracts with 
Customers’

1 January 2018

30 June 2019

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2. 

Significant Accounting Policies

Statement of Compliance

These Financial Statements are general purpose financial statements which have been prepared in accordance with the 
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Accounting Standards and Interpretations, and comply with other requirements of the law.

The Financial Statements comprise the consolidated financial statements of the Group. For the purposes of preparing the 
Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company is a for profit entity.

Accounting Standards include Australian Accounting Standards. Compliance with the Australian Accounting Standards 
ensures that the Financial Statements and notes of the Company and the Group comply with International Financial Reporting 
Standards (‘IFRS’).

The Financial Statements were authorised for issue by the Directors on 19 September 2016.

Basis of Preparation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis of historical cost, except for certain assets which have 
been impaired and financial instruments that are measured at fair values. Historical cost is generally based on the fair values 
of the consideration given in exchange for assets. All amounts are presented in Australian dollars, unless otherwise noted.

The Company is a company of the kind referred to in ASIC Corporations (Rounding in Financials/Directors’ Reports) Instrument 
2016/191, dated 24 March 2016, and in accordance with this Corporations Instrument, amounts in the financial statements are 
rounded off to the nearest thousand dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

Going Concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes the continuity of normal business 
activity and the realisation of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business.

For the financial year ended 30 June 2016 the Group incurred a loss after tax of $144.0 million (2015: $51.3 million) and had 
net current liabilities of $7.6 million (2015: net current assets $121.5 million).

In February 2016, the Company agreed a number of amendments to the terms and financial covenants of its Syndicated Loan 
Facility Agreement with the members of the Syndicate, in response to the difficult trading conditions in the offshore oil and gas 
industry.

On 24 August 2016, the Company received approval of some further amendments to the terms and financial covenants of the 
Facility from the Syndicate members and has committed to an increase in the annual principal repayments over the remaining 
term of the Facility to $75.0 million per annum, with $37.5 million to be settled by 31 December 2016. The principal repayments 
will be funded from the proceeds of the Company’s ongoing vessel sales programme, operating earnings and any additional 
funding options available to the Company. The amended Facility Agreement and supporting documents were fully executed 
on 16 September 2016. Refer to note 16 for further details on the Company’s borrowings.

The Directors believe that at the date of approving the Annual Report there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Group 
will have sufficient funds to meet their obligations as and when they fall due and are of the opinion that the use of the going 
concern basis remains appropriate. 

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2. 

Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

The following significant accounting policies have been adopted in the preparation and presentation of the Financial Report:

a. 

Basis of consolidation

The Consolidated Financial Statements incorporate the Financial Statements of the Company and entities controlled by 
the Company (its subsidiaries). Control is achieved when the Company: 

•  has power over the investee;

• 

is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the investee; and

•  has the ability to use its power to affect its returns.

The Company reassesses whether or not it controls an investee if facts and circumstances indicate that there are 
changes to one or more of the three elements of control listed above.

Consolidation of a subsidiary begins when the Company obtains control over the subsidiary and ceases when the 
Company loses control of the subsidiary. Specifically, income and expenses of a subsidiary acquired or disposed of 
during the year are included in the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income from the 
date the Company gains control until the date when the Company ceases to control the subsidiary.

Profit or loss and each component of other comprehensive income are attributed to the owners of the Company and to 
the non-controlling interests. Total comprehensive income of subsidiaries is attributed to the owners of the Company 
and to the non-controlling interests, even if this results in the non-controlling interests having a deficit balance.

When necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring their accounting policies into 
line with the Group’s accounting policies.

All intragroup assets and liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows relating to transactions between members 
of the Group are eliminated in full on consolidation.

b. 

Interests in joint ventures  

A joint venture is a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights to the 
net assets of the joint arrangement. Joint control is the contractually agreed sharing of control of an arrangement, which 
exists only when decisions about the relevant activities require unanimous consent of the parties sharing control.

The results and assets and liabilities of joint ventures are incorporated in these Consolidated Financial Statements using 
the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method, an investment in a joint venture is initially recognised in the 
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position at cost and adjusted thereafter to recognise the Group’s share of the profit 
or loss and other comprehensive income of the joint venture. 

When a group entity transacts with a joint venture of the Group, profits and losses resulting from the transactions with 
the joint venture are recognised in the Group’s Consolidated Financial Statements only to the extent of interests in the 
joint venture that are not related to the Group.

c. 

Foreign currencies

The individual financial statements of each group entity are presented in the currency of the primary economic 
environment in which the entity operates (its functional currency). For the purposes of the Consolidated Financial 
Statements, the results and financial position of each group entity are expressed in Australian Dollars ($), which is the 
functional currency of the Company, and the presentation currency for the Consolidated Financial Statements.

In preparing the financial statements of the individual entities, transactions in currencies other than the entity’s functional 
currency (foreign currencies) are recognised at the rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At 
the end of each reporting period, monetary items denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the exchange 
rate prevailing at that date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are 
retranslated at the rates prevailing at the date when the fair value was determined. Non-monetary items that are 
measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Exchange differences are recognised in profit or loss in the period in which they arise except for:

•  exchange differences on transactions entered into in order to hedge certain foreign currency risks (see note 2(o)); and

•  exchange differences on monetary items receivable from or payable to a foreign operation for which settlement is 
neither planned nor likely to occur (therefore forming part of the net investment in a foreign operation), which are 
recognised initially in other comprehensive income and reclassified from equity to profit or loss on disposal or partial 
disposal of the net investment.

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Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

For the purpose of presenting Consolidated Financial Statements, the assets and liabilities of the Group’s foreign 
operations are translated into Australian Dollars using exchange rates prevailing at the end of the reporting period. 
Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates for the period, unless exchange rates 
fluctuated significantly during that period, in which case the exchange rates at the dates of the transactions are used. 
Exchange differences arising, if any, are recognised through other comprehensive income and recognised in equity.

On the disposal of the foreign operation (i.e. a disposal of the Group’s entire interest in a foreign operation), all of the 
accumulated exchange differences in respect of that operation attributable to the Group are reclassified to profit or loss.

d. 

Revenue recognition

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable.

(i) 

Rendering of services

Revenue from a contract to provide services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. 
The stage of completion of the contract is determined progressively at contractual rates as service hours are 
delivered and direct expenses incurred.

(ii) 

Rental income

Rental income from operating leases is recognised in accordance with the Group’s accounting policy outlined in 
note 2(e) below.

(iii)  Dividend and interest income

Dividend income from investments is recognised when the Group’s right to receive payment has been established 
(provided that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Group and the amount of income can be 
measured reliably).

Interest income is recognised when it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Group and the amount 
of revenue can be measured reliably. Interest income is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal 
outstanding at the effective interest rate applicable. 

e. 

Leasing

Leases are classified as finance leases when the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of 
ownership to the lessee. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

(i) 

Group as lessor

Rental income from operating leases is recognised on a straight-line basis over the term of the relevant lease. 
Initial direct costs incurred in negotiating and arranging an operating lease are added to the carrying amount of 
the leased asset and recognised on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

(ii)  Group as lessee

Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the Group at their fair value at the inception 
of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the 
lessor is included in the statement of financial position as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance charges and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve 
a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognised immediately 
in profit or loss.

Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term, except 
where another systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the 
leased asset are consumed.

f. 

Borrowing costs

Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of qualifying assets, which are assets 
that necessarily take a substantial period of time to get ready for their intended use or sale, are added to the cost of 
those assets, until such time as the assets are substantially ready for their intended use or sale.

All other borrowing costs are recognised in profit or loss in the period in which they are incurred.  

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Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

g. 

Employee benefits

(i) 

Short-term and long-term employee benefits

A liability is recognised for benefits accruing to employees in respect of wages and salaries, annual leave and 
long service leave in the period the related service is performed.

Liabilities recognised in respect of short-term employee benefits, are measured at their nominal values using the 
remuneration rate expected to apply at the time of settlement.

Liabilities recognised in respect of long-term employee benefits are measured at the present value of the 
estimated future cash outflows to be made by the Group in respect of services provided by employees up to 
reporting date.

(ii) 

Retirement benefits costs

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit plans are recognised as an expense when employees have 
rendered service entitling them to the contributions.

(iii) 

Termination benefit

A liability for termination benefit is recognised at the earlier of when the entity can no longer withdraw the offer of 
the termination benefit and when the entity recognises any related restructuring costs.

h. 

Share based payments

Equity settled share based payments to employees and others providing similar services are measured at fair value 
of the equity instrument at grant date. Details regarding the determination of fair value of equity settled share based 
transactions are set out in note 24.

The fair value determined at the grant date of the equity settled share based payments is expensed on a straight-line 
basis over the vesting period, based on the Group’s estimate of equity instruments that will eventually vest, with a 
corresponding increase in equity. At the end of each reporting period, the Group revises its estimate of the number of 
equity instruments expected to vest. The impact of the revision of the original estimates, if any, is recognised in profit 
or loss such that the cumulative expense reflects the revised estimate, with corresponding adjustment to the employee 
equity settled benefits reserve.

i. 

Taxation

Income tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.

(i) 

Current Tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from profit as reported in 
the Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income because of items of income or 
expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and items that are never taxable or deductible. The Group’s 
liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates and tax laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted 
by the reporting date. 

(ii)  Deferred Tax

Deferred tax is recognised on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in 
the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit. Deferred 
tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable temporary differences. Deferred tax assets are generally 
recognised for all deductible temporary differences to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be 
available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilised. 

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the 
extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to 
be recovered.

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Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period(s) in 
which the liability is settled or the asset is realised, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or 
substantively enacted by reporting date. The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets reflects the tax 
consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Group expects, at the reporting date, to recover or 
settle the carrying amount of its assets and liabilities.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets 
against current tax liabilities and when they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the 
Group intends to settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis.

(iii)  Current and deferred tax for the period

Current and deferred tax are recognised in profit or loss, except when they relate to items that are recognised in 
other comprehensive income or directly in equity, in which case the current and deferred tax are also recognised 
in other comprehensive income or directly in equity respectively. 

j. 

Inventories 

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Net realisable value represents the estimated selling 
price for inventories less all estimated costs of completion and costs necessary to make the sale.

k. 

Property, plant and equipment

Leasehold buildings and improvements, plant and equipment and equipment under finance lease are stated at cost 
less, where applicable, accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Cost includes expenditure that is directly 
attributed to the acquisition of the item. 

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful 
lives. Leasehold buildings and improvements are depreciated over the period of the lease or estimated useful life, 
whichever is the shorter, using the straight-line method.

Assets held under finance leases are depreciated over their expected useful lives on the same basis as owned assets.

The estimated useful lives, residual values and depreciation methods are reviewed at the end of each annual reporting 
period.

The gain or loss arising on disposal or retirement of an item of property, plant and equipment is determined as the 
difference between the sales proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and is recognised in profit and loss.

The following rates are used in the calculation of depreciation:

Leasehold buildings and improvements 
Vessels 
Vessel refits 
Plant and equipment  

2% - 39% straight-line 
4% - 8.33% straight-line 
20% - 40% straight-line 
1% - 100% straight-line

l. 

Impairment of tangible assets

At each reporting date, the Group reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any 
indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of 
the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate 
the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the Group estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit 
to which the asset belongs.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the 
carrying amount of the asset (cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is 
recognised in profit or loss immediately.

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2. 

Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

m. 

Financial assets

All financial assets are initially measured at fair value.

Financial assets are classified as loans and receivables. The classification depends on the nature and purpose of the 
financial assets and is determined at the time of initial recognition.

(i) 

Loans and receivables

Trade receivables, loans, and other receivables that have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in 
an active market are classified as ‘loans and receivables’. They are recorded at amortised cost less impairment.

(ii) 

Impairment of financial assets

Financial assets are assessed for indicators of impairment at the end of each reporting period. Financial assets 
are considered to be impaired where there is objective evidence that as a result of one or more events that 
occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset the estimated future cash flows of the investment have 
been affected.

The carrying amount of trade receivables is reduced by the impairment loss through the use of an allowance 
account. When a trade receivable is considered uncollectible, it is written off against the allowance account. 
Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written off are credited against the allowance account. Changes in 
the carrying amount of the allowance account are recognised in profit or loss.

(iii)  Derecognition of financial assets

The Group derecognises a financial asset only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the assets 
expire, or when it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset 
to another entity.  

n. 

Financial liabilities and equity instruments issued by the Group

All financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value.

(i) 

Classification as debt or equity

Debt and equity instruments are classified as either liabilities or as equity in accordance with the substance of the 
contractual arrangement.  

(ii) 

Equity instrument

An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting all 
of its liabilities. Equity instruments issued by the Group are recorded as the proceeds received, net of direct issue 
cost.

(iii) 

Financial liabilities 

Financial liabilities are classified as other financial liabilities. 

(iv)  Other financial liabilities

Other financial liabilities including borrowings are initially measured at fair value, net of transaction costs.

Other financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, with 
interest expense recognised on an effective yield basis. The effective interest method is a method of calculating 
the amortised cost of a financial liability and of allocating interest expense over the relevant period. The effective 
interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments through the expected life of the 
financial liability, or, where appropriate, a shorter period to the net carrying amount on initial recognition.

(v)  Derecognition of financial liabilities

The Group derecognises financial liabilities when, and only when, the Group’s obligations are discharged, 
cancelled or they expire. The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability derecognised and 
the consideration paid and payable is recognised in the profit and loss.

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Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

o. 

Derivative financial instruments

The Group enters into derivative financial instruments to manage its exposure to foreign exchange rate and interest rate 
risk. Further details of derivative financial instruments are disclosed in note 30 to the Financial Statements.

Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value on the date a derivative contract is entered into and are subsequently 
remeasured to their fair value at each reporting date. The resulting gain or loss is recognised in profit and loss 
immediately unless the derivative is designated and effective as a hedging instrument in which event, the timing of the 
recognition in profit and loss depends on the nature of the hedge relationship.   

(i) 

Hedge accounting

Hedges of foreign exchange risk on firm commitments are accounted for as cash flow hedges.

At the inception of the hedge relationship the entity documents the relationship between the hedging instrument 
and hedged item, along with its risk management objectives and its strategy for undertaking various hedge 
transactions. Furthermore, at the inception of the hedge and on an ongoing basis, the Group documents whether 
the hedging instrument that is used in a hedging relationship is highly effective in offsetting changes in cash 
flows of the hedged item. Note 30 contains details of the fair values of the derivative instruments used for hedging 
purposes. 

(ii)  Cash flow Hedge

The effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow 
hedges is recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated under the heading of cash flow hedging 
reserve.

Amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity are reclassified 
to profit or loss in the periods when the hedged item is recognised in profit or loss, in the same line as the 
recognised hedged item. 

However, when the forecast transaction that is hedged results in the recognition of a non-financial asset or a non-
financial liability, the gains and losses previously recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in 
equity are transferred from equity and included in the initial measurement of the cost of the non-financial asset or 
non-financial liability.

Hedge accounting is discontinued when the Group revokes the hedging relationship, when the hedging 
instrument expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, or no longer qualifies for hedge accounting. Any gain or 
loss recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity at that time remains in equity and is 
recognised when the forecast transaction is ultimately recognised in profit or loss.

(iii)  Hedges of net investment in foreign operations 

Hedges of net investments in foreign operations are accounted for similarly to cash flow hedges. Any gain or loss 
on the hedging instrument relating to the effective portion of the hedge is recognised in other comprehensive 
income and accumulated under the heading of foreign currency translation reserve.

Gains and losses on the hedging instrument relating to the effective portion of the hedge accumulated in the 
foreign currency translation reserve are reclassified to profit or loss on the disposal of the foreign operation.

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Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

p. 

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it 
is probable that the Group will be required to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount 
of the obligation.

The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation 
at reporting date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation. Where a provision is 
measured using the cash flows estimated to settle the present obligation, its carrying amount is the present value of 
those cash flows.

(i) 

Restructurings

A restructuring provision is recognised when the Group has developed a detailed formal plan for restructuring 
and has raised a valid expectation in those affected that it will carry out the restructuring by starting to implement 
the plan or announcing its main features to those affected by it. The measurement of a restructuring provision 
includes only the direct expenditures arising from the restructuring, which are those amounts that are both 
necessarily entailed by the restructuring and not associated with the ongoing activities of the entity.

(ii)  Warranties

Provision for warranties represents the best estimate of the Group’s liabilities to repair or replace products still 
under warranty at the end of the reporting period. The provision is based on past experience of the level of 
repairs and claims.

(iii)  Cancellation Costs

Provisions are recognised for the expected cash outflows for the cancellation of certain committed purchase 
orders which is in relation to the Group’s effort in rationalising and optimising the Group’s vessel-build 
programme in prior years. Assumptions used to estimate the provision were based on current negotiations with 
key suppliers.

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Critical Accounting Judgements and Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty 

In the application of the Group’s accounting policies, the Directors are required to make judgements, estimates and 
assumptions about carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and 
associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results 
may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are 
recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision 
and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

Critical judgements in applying accounting policies

The following critical judgement has been made by the Directors in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies.

Allowance for doubtful debts

The Directors has reviewed the carrying value of the Group’s trade debtors and associated allowance for doubtful debts. 
In making their judgement on the appropriateness of the allowance for doubtful debts they have considered the outcomes 
of regular meetings with customers, ongoing contractual arrangements and regularity of receipts from the customers. After 
assessing these facts the Directors have concluded that the allowance for doubtful debts is appropriate.

Key sources of estimation uncertainty 

The following are the key assumptions concerning the future, and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of the 
reporting period, that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities 
within the next financial year.

Impairment of property, plant & equipment

Determining whether assets are impaired requires an estimate of the recoverable value of the assets. In order to determine the 
recoverable value of the assets in the current year, a fair value less costs of disposal (FVLCOD) approach was used (2015: 
value in use approach). The FVLCOD method requires an estimate of the current market value of the assets and the costs that 
would be associated with a disposal of the assets. In estimating the current market value of the assets, the Group engaged 
experienced and qualified valuers to perform valuations. At the end of the reporting period, the Directors have determined that 
there is an impairment charge required to the Group’s carrying amount of property, plant & equipment.

An impairment charge of $139 million on property, plant & equipment was recognised during the year. Please refer to note 14 
for further details.

Useful lives of property, plant and equipment

As described in note 2(k), the Group reviews the estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment at the end of each 
annual reporting period. At the end of this reporting period, the Directors have determined that there was no adjustment 
required to the Group’s property, plant and equipment’s useful lives.

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 20164. 

Segment Information

(a)  Products and services from which reportable segments derive their revenues

Information reported to the chief operating decision maker (The Board of Directors) for the purposes of resource 
allocation and assessment of segment performance focuses on the types of services provided. The Group’s reportable 
segments under AASB 8 are therefore as follows:

•  Vessels

•  Supply Base

•  Slipway

Information regarding these segments is presented below. The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the 
same as the Group’s accounting policies.

(b)  Segment revenues and results

The following is an analysis of the Group’s revenue and results by reportable segment:

Revenue from  
external customers

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

414,724

699,785

60,515

5,884

85,970

10,911

481,123

796,666

Inter-segment revenue(i)

Total segment revenue

2016 
$’000

-

1,696

3,920

5,616

2015 
$’000

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

-

414,724

699,785

2,516

11,776

14,292

62,211

9,804

88,486

22,687

486,739

810,958

(5,616)

(14,292)

481,123

796,666

Segment Revenues 

Vessels

Supply Base

Slipway

Total 

Eliminations 

Total consolidated revenue 

(i) Inter-segment services are provided for amounts equal to competitive market prices charged to external customers 
for similar services.

Profit/(loss)  
before impairment

Impairment charge

Profit/(loss)  
after impairment

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

(15,447)

77,134

(100,000)

(100,000)

(115,447)

(22,866)

13,083

(2,881)

131

18,604

(36,000)

(20,710)

(22,917)

(204)

(1,152)

(3,000)

-

-

-

(5,881)

131

(2,106)

(204)

(1,152)

Segment Profit 

Vessels

Supply Base

Slipway

Eliminations

Total for continuing operations

(5,114)

94,382

(139,000)

(120,710)

(144,114)

(26,328)

Investment income

Other gains

Central administration costs

Share of profit of jointly 
controlled entity

Finance costs

Loss before income tax

937

12,354

709

4,366

(9,365)

(11,862)

2,611

3,385

(17,685)

(18,489)

(155,262)

(48,219)

Segment profit represents the profit earned by each segment without allocation of investment income, other gains and 
losses, central administration costs, share of profits of jointly controlled entity, finance costs and income tax expense. 
This is the measure reported to the chief operating decision maker for the purposes of resource allocation and 
assessment of segment performance.

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Segment Information (continued)

(c)  Segment Assets

The following is an analysis of the Group’s assets by reportable operating segment:

Segment assets

Vessels

Supply Base

Slipway

Unallocated

Total

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

937,658

1,061,308

71,048

7,461

78,306

134,282

14,503

215,122

1,094,473

1,425,215

For the purposes of monitoring segment performance and allocating resources between segments, all assets are 
allocated to reportable segments other than cash, investments in jointly controlled entities, other financial assets, 
current tax assets and central administration assets.

(d)  Other segment information

Depreciation and amortisation

Additions to  
non-current assets

Carrying value of equity 
accounted investments

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

Vessels

Supply Base

Slipway 

Unallocated 

Total

80,286

121,923

156,403

239,566

6,942

779

1,024

7,304

746

1,324

2,504

      3,916

413

-

1,085

2,670

89,031

131,297

159,320

247,237

-

-

-

8,966

8,966

(e)  Revenue from major services

The following is an analysis of the Group’s revenue from its major services:

Vessel services

Supply Base services 

Slipway services

Total

(f)  Geographical information

2016 
$’000

414,724

60,515

5,884

481,123

-

-

-

10,355

10,355

2015 
$’000

699,785

85,970

10,911

796,666

The Group is based in two principal geographical areas – Australia (country of domicile) and Singapore.

During the year, the Group operated vessels in a number of countries outside of Australia. The Group’s revenue from 
continuing operations from external customers by location of operations and information about its non-current assets 
 by location of assets are detailed in the following table.

Location

Australia

Other

Total

Revenue from external customers

Non-current assets(i)

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

390,015

91,108

481,123

639,433

157,233

796,666

340,597

615,185

955,782

361,878

684,200

1,046,078

(i) Non-current assets excluding investments accounted for using the equity method.

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4. 

Segment Information (continued)

(g) 

Information about major customers

Included in revenues arising from vessel and supply base services are revenues of approximately $165.4 million  
(2015: $308.6 million) which arose from sales to the Group’s largest customer, revenues of approximately $64.9 million  
(2015: $7.1 million) which arose from sales to the Group’s second largest customer and revenues of approximately 
$49.2 million (2015: $67.5 million) which arose from sales to the Group’s third largest customer.

5. 

Profit/(Loss) from Operations

(a)  Other gains and losses

Net foreign exchange gains

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

Gain on disposal of investment(i)

Total

2016 
$’000

981

(3,791)

15,164

12,354

2015 
$’000

4,567

(201)

-

4,366

(i)  On 6 January 2016, the Company completed the sale of three wholly owned Singapore based subsidiary Companies. The 

Company acquired a number of subsidiary Companies as part of the transaction in June 2014 to acquire the business activities of 
Jaya Holdings Pte Ltd. The sale of the three Companies is part of the Company’s strategy to consolidate the number of operating 
subsidiaries in the Group.

(b)  Profit/(loss) for the year

Profit/(loss) for the year before income tax has been arrived at after charging the 
following:

(i)  Depreciation:

Leasehold buildings and improvements

Vessels

Vessels – hire purchase

Plant and equipment

Plant and equipment – hire purchase

Total

(ii)  Impairment losses:

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

6,369

78,106

-

3,674

882

89,031

6,176

120,646

435

3,052

988

131,297

Impairment charge recognised on trade receivables

Reversal of impairment charge recognised on trade receivables

7,279

(1)

5,483

(431)

Impairment charge recognised on fixed assets and goodwill

139,000

120,710

(iii)  Employee benefits:

Post employment benefits:

Defined contribution plans

Share based payments:

Equity settled share based payments

Other employee benefits

Total

15,045

19,654

915

169,982

185,942

1,828

227,198

248,680

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6. 

Earnings per Share 

(a)  Earnings per Share:

The earnings used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows: 

Loss for the Year

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

(143,962)

(51,291)

2016 
No.‘000

2015 
No.‘000

(b)  Weighted average number of ordinary shares (basic):

Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the calculation of basic  
earnings per share

372,581

368,841

(c)  Weighted average number of ordinary shares (diluted):

Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the calculation of basic 
earnings per share

372,581

368,841

Shares deemed to be issued for no consideration in respect of employee rights

-

-

Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the calculation of diluted 
earnings per share

372,581

368,841

The following potential ordinary shares are non-dilutive and are therefore excluded 
from the weighted average number of ordinary shares used in the calculation of 
diluted earnings per share:

Employee rights

13,719

4,172

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7. 

Income Taxes

(a) 

Income tax recognised in profit or loss

Tax (benefit)/expense comprises:

Current tax expense in respect of the current year

Deferred tax benefit in respect of the current year 

Adjustment recognised in the current year in relation to tax provisions of  
prior years

Total income tax (benefit)/expense

The income tax (benefit)/expense for the year can be reconciled to accounting 
loss as follows:

Loss from operations

Income tax benefit calculated at 30% 

Effect of revenue that is exempt from taxation

Effect of expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit

Effect of tax deductible items not included in accounting profit

Effect of foreign income taxable in Australia

Effect of tax losses utilised

Effect of unused tax losses and temporary differences not recognised as  
deferred tax assets

Non-refundable franking credits

Effect of different tax rates of subsidiaries operating in other jurisdictions

Adjustment recognised in the current year in relation to tax provisions of prior 
years

Total income tax (benefit)/expense

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

2,635

(2,700)

(11,235)

(11,300)

(155,262)

(46,578)

(884)

29,272

(466)

1,671

(1,623)

17,480

514

549

(65)

(11,235)

(11,300)

16,778

(8,858)

(4,848)

3,072

(48,219)

(14,466)

(6,540)

31,593

(721)

3,223

(2,782)

-

-

(2,387)

7,920

(4,848)

3,072

The tax rate used for the 2016 and 2015 reconciliations above is the corporate tax rate of 30% payable by Australian 
corporate entities on taxable profits under Australian tax law.

(b) 

Income tax recognised directly in equity

Income tax functional currency of deferred tax balances

Employee share trust

Total

(c)  Current tax assets/(liabilities)

Income tax receivable/(payable)

(d)  Deferred tax balances

Deferred tax assets

Deferred tax liabilities 

Total

2016 
$’000

747

163

910

2015 
$’000

1,255

792

2,047

5,712

(5,155)

9,686

(12,779)

(3,093)

15,557

(20,440)

(4,883)

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Income Taxes (continued) 

Deferred tax assets/(liabilities) arise from the following:

2016

Gross deferred tax liabilities:

Property, plant and equipment

Inventory

Receivables

Other

Gross deferred tax assets:

Provisions

Share issue costs

Employee share trust

Unearned revenue

Unused tax losses and credits

Other

Total

2015

Gross deferred tax liabilities:

Property, plant and equipment

Inventory

Receivables

Other

Gross deferred tax assets:

Provisions

Share issue costs

Employee share trust

Unearned revenue

Unused tax losses and credits

Other

Total

Opening 
balance

Recognised in 
profit or loss

Recognised  
in equity

$’000

$’000

$’000

Closing 
balance

$’000

(8,756)

(625)

(658)

(10,401)

(20,440)

4,247

14

270

7,389

3,187

450

15,557

(4,883)

(1,197)

(278)

(16)

10,297

8,806

(3,563)

(14)

275

(7,285)

4,410

71

(6,106)

2,700

(1,145)

(11,098)

-

-

-

(903)

(674)

(104)

(1,145)

(12,779)

-

-

(163)

-

398

-

235

684

-

383

104

7,994

521

9,686

(910)

(3,093)

(19,230)

11,729

(1,255)

(798)

(661)

(1,274)

(21,963)

4,091

74

583

5,016

-

505
10,269

(11,694)

173

3

(9,127)

2,778

156

(60)

479

2,373

3,187

(55)
6,080

8,858

-

-

-

(1,255)

-

-

(792)

-

-

-
(792)

(2,047)

(8,756)

(625)

(658)

(10,401)

(20,440)

4,247

14

270

7,389

3,187

450
15,557

(4,883)

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 2016 
 
7.

Income Taxes (continued)

(e)

Unrecognised deferred tax assets

Deductible temporary differences, unused tax losses and unused tax credits for 
which no deferred tax assets have been recognised are attributable to the following:

Tax losses (revenue in nature)

Tax losses (capital in nature)

Deductible temporary differences

(f)  

Tax consolidation

Relevance of tax consolidation to the Group

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

10,057

837

10,976

2,629

-

-

The Company and its wholly-owned Australian resident entities have formed a tax-consolidated group with effect from 1 
July 2003 and are therefore taxed as a single entity from that date. The head entity within the tax-consolidated group is 
MMA Offshore Ltd.

Nature of tax funding arrangements and tax sharing agreements

Entities within the tax-consolidated group have entered into a tax funding arrangement and a tax sharing agreement 
with the head entity. Under the terms of the tax funding arrangement, MMA Offshore Ltd and each of the entities in the 
tax-consolidated group has agreed to pay a tax equivalent payment to or from the head entity, based on the current 
tax liability or current tax asset of the entity. Such amounts are reflected in amounts receivable from or payable to other 
entities in the tax-consolidated group.

The tax sharing agreement entered into between members of the tax-consolidated group provides for the determination 
of the allocation of income tax liabilities between the entities should the head entity default on its tax payment 
obligations or if any entity should leave the tax consolidated group. The effect of the tax sharing agreement is that each 
member’s liability for tax payable by the tax consolidated group is limited to the amount payable to the head entity 
under the tax funding arrangement. 

8. 

Dividends Provided for or Paid

Adjusted franking account balance

Impact on franking account balance of dividends not recognised

2016 
$’000

44,000

-

2015 
$’000

45,445

(2,386)

2016

2015

Cents  
Per Share

Total 
$’000

Cents  
Per Share

Total 
$’000

Recognised Amounts

Fully paid ordinary shares

Interim dividend fully franked at a 30% tax rate

Final dividend fully franked at a 30% tax rate

-

1.5

-

5,569

4.0

7.0

14,746

25,674

Unrecognised Amounts

Fully paid ordinary shares

Final dividend fully franked at a 30% tax rate

-

-

1.5

5,569

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9. 

Trade and Other Receivables

Trade receivables 

Allowance for doubtful debts

Other receivables

Total

2016 
$’000

71,181

(13,456)

8,951

66,676

2015 
$’000

197,605

(6,068)

9,078

200,615

The average credit period on rendering of services is 30 days. An allowance has been made for estimated irrecoverable trade 
receivable amounts arising from the past rendering of services.

Of the trade receivables balance at the end of the year, $18.3 million (2015: $33.3 million) is outstanding from the Group’s 
largest debtor and $6.6 million (2015: $16.5 million) from the Group’s second largest debtor.

Trade receivables disclosed above include amounts (see below for aged analysis) that are past due at the end of the reporting 
period but against which the Group has not recognised an allowance for doubtful receivables because there has not been a 
significant change in credit quality and the amounts are still considered recoverable.

Ageing of receivables past due but not impaired:

31-60 days

61-90 days

91-120 days

121-150 days

Over 150 days

Total

Movement in the allowance for doubtful debts

Balance at the beginning of the year

Impairment losses recognised on receivables

Amounts written off as uncollectable

Amounts recovered during the year

Foreign exchange translation

Balance at the end of the year

2016 
$’000

2,863

4,342

1,362

2,610

18,096

29,273

6,068

7,197

-

(1)

192

13,456

2015 
$’000

28,864

12,341

2,978

12,978

9,225

66,386

1,063

5,483

(47)

(557)

126

6,068

In determining the recoverability of trade receivables, the Group considers any change in the credit quality of the trade 
receivable from the date credit was initially granted up to the reporting date. Accordingly, the Directors believe that there is no 
further credit provision required in excess of the allowance for doubtful debts.

10. 

Inventories

Fuel – at cost

Consumables

Work in progress

Total

2016 
$’000

2,996

1,215

52

4,263

2015 
$’000

2,629

1,319

776

4,724

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201611.  Other Financial Assets

Derivatives

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

Hedge contracts on vessels under construction

-

11,545

12. 

Investments Accounted For Using The Equity Method

Name of Entity

Jointly Controlled Entity

Toll Mermaid Logistics 
Broome Pty Ltd

Principal 
Activity

Country of 
Incorporation

2016 
%

2015 
%

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

Ownership Interest

Carrying Amount

Australia

50

50

8,966

10,355

Supply base 
services in 
Broome for 
the offshore 
oil and gas 
industry

Total

8,966

10,355

The reporting date of Toll Mermaid Logistics Broome Pty Ltd (TMLB) is 30 June. The Company acquired a 50% ownership 
interest in TMLB in October 2006. Pursuant to a shareholder agreement the Company has the right to cast 50% of the votes at 
TMLB shareholder meetings.

Summarised financial information in respect of the Group’s jointly controlled entity is set out below:

Financial position: 

Current assets

Non-current assets

Current liabilities

Non-current liabilities

Net assets

Group’s share of jointly controlled entity net assets

Financial performance:

Total revenue

Total profit before tax for the year

Group’s share of jointly controlled entity profit before tax

Group’s share of jointly controlled entity income tax expense

Group’s share of jointly controlled entity profit after tax

Contingent Liabilities and Capital Commitments

2016 
$’000

7,321

11,878

(1,223)

(44)

17,932

8,966

29,768

7,458

3,729

(1,118)

2,611

2015 
$’000

12,213

12,743

(4,106)

(140)

20,710

10,355

40,714

9,734

4,867

(1,482)

3,385

The Company’s share of the contingent liabilities, capital commitments and other expenditure commitments of the jointly 
controlled entity is nil (2015: nil).

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Leasehold 
Buildings and 
Improvements 
at cost 
$’000

Vessels 
– Hire 
Purchase  
at cost 
$’000

Plant and 
Equipment 
at cost 
$’000

Vessels  
at cost 
$’000

Plant and 
Equipment 
– Hire 
Purchase  
at cost 
$’000

Fixed Assets 
under 
Construction 
$’000

Total 
$’000

Gross carrying amount:

Balance at 1 July 2014

143,382

783,274

7,200

29,881

12,115

72,119

1,047,971

Additions

Disposals

Transfers

3,906

161,241

-

(377)

-

(38)

4,461

(940)

69

(95)

77,560

247,237

-

(1,450)

3,969

49,130

(7,162)

(5,033)

(202)

(40,702)

-

Net currency exchange 
differences

2,207

130,803

Balance at 1 July 2015

153,464 1,124,071

Additions

Disposals

Transfers

Net currency exchange 
differences

2,012

122,237

(5,409)

(90,716)

-

49,895

5,296

38,450

Balance at 30 June 2016

155,363 1,243,937

Accumulated depreciation:

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,540

-

13,574

149,124

30,909

11,887

122,551

1,442,882

1,469

(2,057)

(61)

-

33,602

159,320

(690)

-

(98,872)

-

(49,834)

-

2,503

(2)

5,326

51,573

32,763

11,195

111,645

1,554,903

Balance at 1 July 2014

(36,694)

(97,388)

(3,272)

(10,395)

(3,781)

Disposals

Transfers

-

176

-

(1,131)

(4,018)

3,707

Impairment charge

-

(100,000)

-

555

1,322

-

89

120

-

Depreciation expense

(6,176)

(120,646)

(435)

(3,052)

(988)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(151,530)

820

-

(100,000)

(131,297)

(14,797)

(396,804)

60,084

-

-

(89,031)

(34,370)

(1,908)

-

(13,478)

(4,560)

1,919

(1,845)

(3,674)

585

(882)

(1,442)

1

(2,084)

(17,430)

(139,000)

(18,520)

(6,940)

(17,430)

(599,121)

17,431

14,243

7,327

4,255

122,551

1,046,078

94,215

955,782

Net currency exchange 
differences

(1,449)

(11,440)

Balance at 1 July 2015

(45,450)

(333,316)

Disposals

285

57,295

Impairment charge

(35,071)

(82,570)

Depreciation expense

(6,369)

(78,106)

Net currency exchange 
differences

(6,714)

(26,215)

Balance at 30 June 2016

(93,319)

(462,912)

Net book value:

As at 30 June 2015

As at 30 June 2016

108,014

790,755

62,044

781,025

Assets Pledged as Security

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

In accordance with the security arrangements of liabilities, as disclosed in note 16 to the financial statements, all non-current 
assets of the Group have been pledged as security.

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14. 

Impairment of Non-current Assets

The Group performs its impairment testing annually on 30 June each year. In addition, market conditions are monitored for 
indications of impairment for all of the Group’s operating assets. Where an indication of impairment is identified, a formal 
impairment assessment is performed.

The Group has identified the following indicators of impairment at 30 June 2016:

• 

the carrying amount of the net assets of the Group is greater than the Company’s market capitalisation; and

•  market conditions in both Australia and internationally have continued to be challenging as the impact of lower oil prices is 

felt across the offshore support industry.

As a result, the Group assessed the recoverable amounts of each of the Vessels, Supply Base and Slipway Cash-Generating 
Units (‘CGUs’).

Impairment testing

The Group has evaluated whether the recoverable amount of each CGU exceeds its carrying amount. The recoverable amount 
is determined to be the higher of its fair value less costs of disposal (“FVLCOD”) or its value in use. In all instances, the Group 
has used the FVLCOD model for the purpose of impairment testing as at 30 June 2016. This has changed from the previous 
year where the value in use model was used for each CGU.

Impairment charges recognised

The following information relates to impairment charges included in profit or loss:

Segment/CGU

Vessels

Supply Base 

Slipway

Total

Segment/CGU

Vessels

Supply Base 

Slipway

Total

Class of asset

Method

Property, Plant & Equipment

FVLCOD

Property, Plant & Equipment

FVLCOD

Property, Plant & Equipment

FVLCOD

Class of asset

Method

Property, Plant & Equipment

Value in use

Goodwill

Value in use

-

Value in use

Impairment charge

2016 
$’000

100,000

36,000

3,000

139,000

Impairment charge

2015 
$’000

100,000

20,710

-

120,710

In the current year, the inputs used in deriving the recoverable amount of each CGU are categorised within the following level 
of the fair value hierarchy:

CGU

Vessels

Supply Base 

Slipway

Level 2 (i) 
$’000

885,000

62,000

6,900

Recoverable 
Amount  
$’000

885,000

62,000

6,900

(i)  Level 2 inputs are those other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable. In our calculations these inputs 

are market valuations prepared by an independent valuation consultant for each CGU.

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Impairment of Non-current Assets (continued)

Vessels

Industry conditions in Australia and internationally continue to be challenging as the impact of the continued decline in the oil 
prices and over supply of vessels is felt across the offshore oil and gas support industry. Oil prices have recovered from near 
12-year lows, but continue to remain subdued, reflecting ongoing surplus concerns. MMA is impacted through lower utilisation 
and charter rates for its vessels.

The recoverable amount of the vessels was determined using a market based approach, reflecting the value which could 
be expected to be realised through the disposal of the vessels with reference to recent transactions for similar vessels in the 
current market.

An independent valuation of the fleet was undertaken by a specialist marine valuation consultancy and ship broking company. 
In preparing their Valuation Report, some of the factors they considered included the current market conditions in which the 
vessels operate, a review of recent vessel sales and consideration of the specification and earnings potential of each vessel. 
Whilst vessels are not individually inspected the standard premise applied to each vessel is ‘as is where is’, charter free and a 
transaction between a willing buyer and willing seller.

A further key input into the recoverable amount of the CGU was the application of a discount to the independent valuation to 
reflect the amount which would be achieved if the fleet was disposed of in one single transaction. We have applied a discount 
of 7.5% being a rate within a range provided by the independent valuer.             

An additional key input was the estimated costs of disposal. We have assumed these to be 2% of the sale value of each 
vessel. Based on past sales, we have seen actual costs between 1.5% to 2.5% and have used the midpoint of this range.

At 30 June 2016, the recoverable amount of the Vessels CGU was lower than the carrying value and as a result the Group 
recognised an impairment charge.

Supply Base

Activity on MMA’s Dampier Supply Base is heavily influenced by the level of offshore oil and gas activity in the region. As a 
result of the continued low oil price, together with the completion of the construction phase of the Gorgon Project, the demand 
for services at the Supply Base was significantly reduced over the past year.

An independent valuation of the Supply Base facility was undertaken by a leading global real estate valuation and services 
company. In preparing their Valuation Report they considered the following valuation approaches:

(a) 

Cost approach – This approach reflects the cost to another party of constructing a similar asset.

The significant inputs used by the independent valuer under this approach include:

• 

the estimated construction cost of the Supply Base which was based on the original cost;  

•  an allowance for the economic life of the various assets by applying a depreciation factor to them based on current 

age and category of asset; and

•  a further depreciation rate over the entire facility to account for economic obsolescence.

(b) 

Income approach – This approach converts future cash flows from the market rent for which MMA could potentially sub  
lease the supply base facility. The valuer used two methods under this approach. Each method and their significant  
inputs are as follows: 

(i) 

Capitalisation of market rentals method: This calculation applies a capitalisation rate to the net market rental of the 
Supply Base. The significant inputs include:

•  market rent of the various areas and facilities on the Supply Base; and

•  a capitalisation rate of 15.6%. 

(ii)  Discounted Cash Flow method: Net operating cash flows are identified over a 10 year period and discounted to 

arrive at a present value of expected future cash flows. The significant inputs include:

•  market rent of the various areas and facilities on the Supply Base;

•  a terminal value of the Supply Base at the end of the 10 year period; and

•  a discount rate of 18% was used.

At 30 June 2016, the recoverable amount of the Supply Base CGU was lower than the carrying value and as a result the Group 
recognised an impairment charge.

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14. 

Impairment of Non-current Assets (continued)

Slipway

The number of vessels operating in the region of the Slipway decreased during the past year as construction activity in the 
offshore oil and gas industry was completed and other activity was subdued as a result of the continuing low oil price. This 
resulted in a decline in demand for use of the Slipway facilities.      

In conjunction with the independent valuation of the Supply Base, the Slipway was also valued. The approach and significant 
inputs used by the valuer for the Slipway valuation are the same as described above for the Supply Base.

At 30 June 2016, the recoverable amount of the Slipway CGU was lower than the carrying value and as a result the Group 
recognised an impairment charge.

15.  Trade and Other Payables

Trade payables

Other payables and accruals

Goods and services tax payable

Total 

2016 
$’000

9,372

34,443

125

43,940

2015 
$’000

28,079

98,906

2,188

129,173

The average credit period on purchases of all goods is 30 days. The Group monitors payments to ensure that all payables are 
paid within the credit time frame.

16.  Borrowings

Secured – at amortised cost 

Current

Hire purchase liability (i)

Bank loans (ii)

Unamortised loan fees (iii)

Total

Non-Current

Hire purchase liability (i)

Bank loans(ii)

Unamortised loan fees(iii)

Total

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

432

75,000

(2,349)

73,083

491

322,755

(4,504)

318,742

1,571

49,557

(1,536)

49,592

904

396,458

(4,481)

392,881

Summary of borrowing arrangements: 

(i) 

(ii) 

Secured by hire purchase assets, the borrowings are fixed interest rate debt with repayment periods not exceeding 5 
years. The current weighted average effective interest rate on the hire purchase liabilities is 6.41% (2015: 6.98%).

In May 2014, the Company entered into a Syndicated Facility Agreement with NAB and ANZ as mandated lead arranger, 
underwriter and book runner. The Syndicated Facility comprised a A$200 million term loan facility and a US$227 million 
term loan facility. The primary purpose of the A$ loan facility was to refinance the Company’s existing loan facilities. The 
purpose of the US$ loan facility was to support the acquisition of the subsidiaries of Jaya Holdings Ltd. The Syndicated 
Facility has a term of 5 years and is fully secured by fixed and floating charges given by certain controlled entities within 
the Group, registered ship mortgages over a number of vessels owned by certain controlled entities, real property 
mortgages, and a mortgage by way of sub-demise over the Dampier Supply Base lease. The security is held by the 
Security Trustee on behalf of the banking members of the Syndicated Facility.

In February 2016, the Company agreed a number of amendments to the terms and financial covenants of the Facility 
with the members of the Syndicate in response to the difficult trading conditions in the offshore oil and gas industry.

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16.  Borrowings (continued)

On 24 August 2016, the Company received approval of some further amendments to the terms and financial covenants 
of the Facility from the Syndicate members and has committed to an increase in the annual principal repayments 
over the remaining term of the Facility to $75.0 million per annum, with $37.5 million to be settled by 31 December 
2016. The principal repayments will be funded from the proceeds of the Company’s ongoing vessel sales programme, 
operating earnings and any additional funding options available to the Company. The amended Facility Agreement and 
supporting documents were fully executed on 16 September 2016.

The current weighted average effective interest rate on the bank loans is 3.77% (2015: 3.30%). 

(iii) 

Fees in relation to the Syndicated Facility Agreement.

17.  Provisions

Current

Employee benefits – annual leave

Employee benefits – long service leave

Restructuring costs – shipbuilding operations

Warranty & Cancellation costs – shipbuilding operations

Total

Non-current

Employee benefits – long service leave

18. 

Issued Capital

373,076,993 fully paid ordinary shares (2015: 371,219,785)

2016 
$’000

7,075

3,418

889

3,251

14,633

2015 
$’000

11,101

3,168

-

5,001

19,270

806

612

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

556,566

555,681

Changes to the then Corporations Law abolished the authorised capital and par value concept in relation to share capital from 
1 July 1998. Therefore, the Company does not have a limited amount of authorised capital and issued shares do not have a 
par value. 

Fully Paid Ordinary Shares 

Balance at beginning of financial year

Issue of shares under employee rights plans

Issue of shares under dividend reinvestment plan

2016 
No.’000

371,220

122

1,735

2016 
$’000

555,681

-

885

2015 
No.’000

366,766

116

4,338

2015 
$’000

549,813

-

5,868

Balance at end of financial year

373,077

556,566

371,220

555,681

Fully paid ordinary shares carry one vote per share and carry the right to dividends.

Share Rights

As at 30 June 2016, executives and employees held rights over 13,718,778 ordinary shares (2015: 4,172,468) in aggregate.  

Share rights granted under the employee share rights plans carry no right to dividends and no voting rights. 

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201619.  Reserves

Employee equity settled benefits(i)

Hedging(ii)

Foreign currency translation(iii)

Balance at end of financial year

(i) Employee equity settled benefits reserve

Balance at beginning of financial year

Share based payment

Deferred income tax benefit

Balance at end of financial year

2016 
$’000

5,704

(58,345)

172,194

119,553

4,952

915

(163)

5,704

2015 
$’000

4,952

(37,971)

148,877

115,858

3,916

1,828

(792)

4,952

The employee equity settled benefits reserve arises on the grant of share rights to executives and employees under the 
Company’s share rights plans. Amounts are transferred out of the reserve and into issued capital when the rights vest.

(ii) Hedging reserve

Balance at beginning of financial year

Loss on hedge of net investment in a foreign operation

Gain on cash flow hedges

Transfer of cash flow hedge gain to initial carrying amount of hedged items

Balance at end of financial year

2016 
$’000

(37,971)

(8,829)

6,294

(17,839)

(58,345)

2015 
$’000

1,988

(53,309)

13,350

-

(37,971)

The hedging reserve represents hedging gains or losses recognised on the effective portion of cash flow hedges. The 
cumulative deferred gain or loss on the hedge is recognised in profit or loss when the hedged transaction impacts the profit 
or loss, or is included as an adjustment to the initial carrying amount of the hedged item, consistent with the applicable 
accounting policy.

(iii) Foreign currency translation reserve

Balance at beginning of financial year

Translation of foreign operations

Reclassification of exchange differences on disposal of entities

Balance at end of financial year

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

148,877

25,152

(1,835)

(18,164)

167,041

-

172,194

148,877

The foreign currency translation reserve represents exchange differences relating to the translation from the functional 
currencies of the Group’s foreign controlled entities into Australian Dollars.

20.  Retained Earnings/(Accumulated Losses)

Balance at beginning of financial year

Loss attributable to owners of the Company

Dividend provided for or paid 

Balance at end of financial year

2016 
$’000

107,578

(143,962)

(5,569)

(41,953)

2015 
$’000

199,289

(51,291)

(40,420)

107,578

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(a)  Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents

For the purposes of the statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand and in banks. 

Cash and cash equivalents

(b)  Non cash financing and investing activities

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

49,725

124,482

During the financial year, the Group acquired property, plant and equipment with an aggregate value of nil (2015: $0.1 
million), which was financed by bank finance and hire purchase agreements. These acquisitions will be reflected in the 
cash flow statement as repayment of borrowings over the term of the facilities.

In addition, the Company issued shares to the value of $0.9 million (2015: $5.9 million) under the Dividend 
Reinvestment Plan.

(c)  Reconciliation of loss for the year to net cash flows  

from operating activities

Loss for the year

Depreciation of non-current assets

Impairment of non-current assets

Amortisation of borrowing costs

Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment

Gain on disposal of investment

Unrealised foreign exchange gain

Allowance for doubtful debts

Bad debts

Equity settled share based payment

Share of jointly controlled entity profit

Change in net assets and liabilities:

Decrease in trade and other receivables

Decrease in prepayments

(Increase)/decrease in inventories

Increase in current tax receivable/decrease in current tax liability

Decrease in provisions 

Decrease in trade and other payables

Increase/(decrease) in unearned revenue

Increase/(decrease) in deferred tax liabilities

Net cash flows from operating activities

(d)   Financing facilities

Secured loan facilities with various maturity dates through to 2019 and which may 
be extended by mutual agreement:

Amount used

Amount unused

Total

Secured bank overdraft:

Amount used

Amount unused

Total

2016 
$’000

(143,962)

89,031

139,000

1,739

3,791

(15,164)

(228)

7,279

-

915

(2,611)

131,343

6,562

558

(2,377)

(8,525)

(50,163)

(35,050)

(1,964)

120,174

2015 
$’000

(51,291)

131,297

120,710

1,111

201

-

(2,449)

5,052

47

1,827

(3,385)

17,077

298

(1,147)

(48,510)

(3,496)

(776)

18,271

523

185,360

397,755

446,015

-

-

397,755

446,015

-

4,000

4,000

-

4,000

4,000

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201622.  Commitments for Expenditure 

(a)   Lease commitments

Hire purchase liabilities and non-cancellable operating lease commitments are disclosed in note 23.

(b)   Capital expenditure commitments

Plant and Equipment

Leasehold Improvements 

Vessels

Total

23.  Leases

(a)   Finance lease liabilities

2016 
$’000

13

132

7,331

7,476

2015 
$’000

380

238

116,496

117,114

Not later than 1 year

Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years

Minimum future payments

Less future finance charges

Present value of minimum lease payments

Included in the Financial Statements as:

Borrowings – current (note 16)

Borrowings – non-current (note 16)

Total

Minimum Lease Payments

Present Value of Minimum  
Lease Payments

2016 
$’000

475

513

988

(65)

923

2015 
$’000

1,701

970

2,671

(196)

2,475

2016 
$’000

432

491

923

-

923

432

491

923

2015 
$’000

1,571

904

2,475

-

2,475

1,571

904

2,475

Finance leases relate to various equipment with lease terms of up to 5 years. The Group has options to purchase the 
equipment for a nominated amount at the conclusion of the lease agreements.

(b)   Operating leases

Payments recognised as an expense:

Minimum lease payment

Non-cancellable operating lease commitments:

Not later than 1 year

Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years

Later than 5 years

Aggregate lease expenditure contracted for at balance date

Aggregate operating lease commitments comprise:

Office rental commitments (i)

Supply Base rental commitments (ii)

Vessel charter fee commitments (iii)

Other (iv)

Total

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2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

118,222

218,398

10,309

13,585

-

23,894

7,153

11,919

3,788

1,034

23,894

66,163

20,594

1,661

88,418

9,765

18,798

57,443

2,412

88,418

OverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernance2016 Financial ReportNotes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201623.  Leases (continued)

(i)  Office rental commitments: 

In the prior year, the Company exercised a 5 year option on the head office premises lease at Fremantle, Australia 
and is committed under the arrangement until 4 August 2020, with an option to extend for a further 5 year term. The 
Group also has a 3 year lease agreement in place for the Singapore office expiring on 31 January 2018. 

(ii)  Supply Base rental commitments:  

Supply Base rental commitments relate primarily to the lease of the Dampier Supply Base for a term of 21 years 
commencing 1 January 1999, with an option to renew the lease for a further period of 21 years. The Group also has 
a rental commitment for the lease of the Singapore Onshore Facility for a term expiring on 15 April 2021.

(iii)  Vessel charter commitments: 

As of 30 June 2016, the Company had 1 vessel under a bare boat charter agreement. Vessel charter commitments 
represent charter fee payments to be made to the owners of these vessels.

(iv)  Other lease commitments: 

The Group has leases over a number of residential properties and various items of machinery and equipment. 
These leases are all on commercial terms for periods up to 5 years.

(c) 

The Group as lessor

The Group has entered into sub lease agreements and equipment rental agreements with clients at the Dampier Supply 
Base for periods of up to 2 years, with options to extend. The Group also entered into bareboat charter agreements with 
clients, relating to certain vessels with terms up to 4 years.

Non-cancellable operating lease receivables:

Not later than 1 year

Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years

Total

24.  Share Based Payments

24.1   Share rights incentive plans

2016 
$’000

12,652

23,335

35,987 

2015 
$’000

15,110

32,464

47,574

The Group has established ownership based compensation plans whereby executives and employees of the Group 
have been issued rights over ordinary shares of MMA Offshore Limited.

Upon exercise, each share right, converts into one ordinary share of MMA Offshore Limited. No amounts are paid or 
are payable by the recipient on receipt of the rights. The rights carry no entitlement to dividends and no voting rights. 
Holders of rights do not have the entitlement, by virtue of the right, to participate in any share issue of the Company.  
The rights may be exercised at any time from their vesting date to the date of their expiry.

The rights are not quoted on the ASX.

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201624.  Share Based Payments (continued)

The following share based payment arrangements were in existence during the current reporting period:

Series

Number issued

Grant Date

Expiry Date

(1) 

Issued 25 October 2012 (a)

311,634

25 Oct 2012

1 Jul 2015

(2) 

Issued 25 October 2012 (a)

304,235

25 Oct 2012

1 Jul 2015

(3) 

Issued 22 November 2012 (a)

317,865

22 Nov 2012

1 Jul 2015

(4) 

Issued 03 December 2013 (b)

1,092,384

11 Oct 2013

1 Jul 2016

(5) 

Issued 03 December 2013 (b)

339,238

11 Oct 2013

1 Jul 2016

(6) 

Issued 03 December 2013 (b)

346,023

21 Nov 2013

1 Jul 2016

(7) 

Issued 22 October 2014 (c)

1,052,625

22 Oct 2014

1 Jul 2017

(8) 

Issued 1 December 2014 (c)

11,382

1 Dec 2014

1 Jul 2017

(9) 

Issued 1 December 2014 (c)

430,075

18 Nov 2014

1 Jul 2017

(10)  Issued 22 October 2014 (d)

51,546

22 Oct 2014

1 Jul 2015

(11)  Issued 22 October 2014 (e)

70,000

22 Oct 2014

5 Jun 2016

(12)  Issued 10 February 2016 (f)

2,001,432

18 Nov 2015

1 Jul 2020

(13)  Issued 10 February 2016 (f)

1,883,700

7 Dec 2015

1 Jul 2020

(14)  Issued 10 February 2016  (f)

6,154,136

7 Dec 2015

1 Jul 2020

(15)  Issued 07 June 2016 (f)

220,284

18 Apr 2015

1 Jul 2020

Exercise  
price 
$

Fair Value at 
Grant date 
$

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

2.28

2.42

2.47

2.14

2.02

1.71

1.09

1.09

0.75

1.94

1.76

0.02

0.02

0.02

0.02

(a)  In accordance with the terms of the Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Performance Rights Plan – 2012 and the 
Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Managing Director’s Performance Rights Plan – 2012 (as approved by the 
shareholders at the Company’s AGM on 22 November 2012), the number of performance rights which vest to 
Executive and Senior Management following the end of the Performance Period depended on the growth in 
the Earning per Share of the Company and the Total Shareholder Return relative to a selected Peer Group of 
companies.

The performance period for this series finished at the end of the previous reporting period. The actual performance 
and resulting vesting of rights was:

Performance  
Criteria

EPS

TSR percentile rank 

Actual Performance 
%

(12.6)

61.5

Vesting  
MD/COO/CFO 
%

Nil

64.4

Vesting Other 
%

Nil

73.1

Following the end of the previous financial year, the Board exercised its discretion under the Plan rules to defer the 
vesting of these performance rights until 1 July 2016. 

Having regard to the overall performance of the Company and the current market conditions, the Board again 
exercised its discretion that these rights would not vest at 1 July 2016. As such the rights have lapsed in 
accordance with the terms of the Plan rules.

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24.  Share Based Payments (continued)

(b)  In accordance with the terms of the Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Performance Rights Plan – 2013 and the 
Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Managing Director’s Performance Rights Plan – 2013 (as approved by the 
shareholders at the Company’s AGM on 21 November 2013), the number of performance rights which vest to the 
Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer following the end of the Performance Period 
will depend on the growth in the Earning per Share of the Company and the Total Shareholder Return relative to a 
selected peer group of companies in accordance with the table below:

Performance  
Criteria

Performance  
Period

Normalised Earnings 
per Share (EPS)  
growth

Beginning 1 July 
2013 and ending  
30 June 2016

Percentage of 
LTI subject to 
Performance  
Criteria

25%

Performance  
Criteria targets

Less than 6%

Equal to 6%

Percentage of 
Performance  
Rights which vest  
if target met

Nil

50%

Beginning 1 July 
2013 and ending  
30 June 2016

75%

Company’s Total 
Shareholder  
Return (TSR) percentile 
ranking over the 
Performance Period 
relative to a selected 
Peer Group

Between 6% and 
12.5%

50% to 100%  
(pro-rata)

Equal to 12.5%

Below the 50th 
percentile

100%

Nil

At the 50th percentile

50%

Between the 50th 
percentile and the 90th 
percentile

50% to 100%  
(pro-rata)

At the 90th percentile

100%

The table below sets out the relevant Performance Criteria for the performance rights granted to other employees 
(i.e. excluding the Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer):

Performance  
Criteria

Performance  
Period

Normalised Earnings 
per Share (EPS)  
growth

Beginning 1 July 
2013 and ending  
30 June 2016

Percentage of 
LTI subject to 
Performance 
Criteria

25%

Beginning 1 July 
2013 and ending  
30 June 2016

75%

Company’s Total 
Shareholder Return 
(TSR) percentile 
ranking over the 
Performance Period 
relative to a selected 
Peer Group

Percentage of 
Performance  
Rights which vest  
if target met

Nil

50% to 100%  
(pro-rata)

100%

Nil

50% to 100%  
(pro-rata)

100%

Performance  
Criteria Targets

Below 6%

Between 6% 

and 10%

Above 10%

Below the 50th 
percentile

Between the 50th 
percentile and the 
75th percentile

Above the 75th 
percentile

None of the Performance Criteria were met. As such, all the rights have lapsed in accordance with the terms of the 
Plan rules.

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 2016 
 
24.  Share Based Payments (continued)

(c)  In accordance with the terms of the Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Performance Rights Plan – 2014 and the 
Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Managing Director’s Performance Rights Plan – 2014 (as approved by the 
shareholders at the Company’s AGM on 18 November 2014), the number of performance rights which vest to the 
Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer following the end of the Performance Period 
will depend on the growth in the Earning per Share of the Company and the Total Shareholder Return relative to a 
selected peer group of companies in accordance with the table below:

Performance  
Criteria

Normalised Earnings 
per Share (EPS) growth

Performance  
Period

Beginning 1 July 
2014 and ending  
30 June 2017

Percentage of 
LTI subject to 
Performance  
Criteria

25%

Beginning 1 July 
2014 and ending  
30 June 2017

75%

Company's Total 
Shareholder Return 
(TSR) percentile 
ranking over the 
Performance Period 
relative to a selected 
Peer Group

Percentage of 
Performance  
Rights which vest  
if target met

Nil

50%

50% to 100%  
(pro-rata)

100%

Nil

Performance  
Criteria targets

Less than 6%

Equal to 6%

Between 6%  
and 12.5%

Equal to 12.5%

Below the 50th 
percentile 

At the 50th percentile

50%

Between the 50th 
percentile and the  
90th percentile

50% to 100%  
(pro-rata)

At the 90th percentile

100%

The table below sets out the relevant Performance Criteria for the performance rights granted to other employees 
(i.e. excluding the Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer):

Performance  
Criteria

Normalised Earnings 
per Share (EPS) growth

Performance  
Period

Beginning 1 July 
2014 and ending  
30 June 2017

Beginning 1 July 
2014 and ending  
30 June 2017

75%

Company's Total 
Shareholder Return 
(TSR) percentile 
ranking over the 
Performance Period 
relative to a selected 
Peer Group

Percentage of 
LTI subject to 
Performance  
Criteria

Performance  
Criteria targets

Percentage of 
Performance  
Rights which vest  
if target met

25%

Below 6%

Nil

Between 6% and 10% 50% to 100%  

Above 10%

Below the 50th 
percentile

Between the 50th 
percentile and the  
75th percentile

Above the 75th 
percentile

(pro-rata)

100%

Nil

50% to 100%  
(pro-rata)

100%

(d)  In accordance with the terms of Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Performance Rights Plan – 2014 (granted 22 
October 2014), the performance rights issued to the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (being 
the deferred equity portion of their financial year 2014 bonus) vested on 1 July 2015 subject to the holders’ 
continued employment by a Group member during the 1 year performance period. This condition was met and the 
corresponding shares were issued on 19 August 2015.

(e)   In accordance with the terms of the Mermaid Marine Australia Limited Performance Rights Plan – 2014 (granted 

22 October 2014), the performance rights issued to the President – Offshore & Business Development (Singapore) 
vested on 4 June 2016 conditional upon the holder’s continued employment by a Group member during the 2 year 
performance period. This condition was met and the corresponding shares were issued on 10 June 2016.

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24.  Share Based Payments (continued)

 (f)   In accordance with the terms of the MMA Offshore Limited Performance Rights Plan – 2015 and the MMA Offshore 
Limited Managing Director’s Performance Rights Plan – 2015 (as approved by the shareholders at the Company’s 
AGM on 18 November 2015), the number of performance rights which vest to the Managing Director, Chief 
Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer following the end of the Performance Period will depend on achieving 
a Share Price Target for the Company and the Total Shareholder Return relative to a selected peer group of 
companies in accordance with the table below:

Performance  
Criteria

Share Price Target

Performance  
Period

Beginning 1 July 
2015 and ending  
30 June 2018

Percentage of 
LTI subject to 
Performance  
Criteria

Performance  
Criteria targets

Percentage of 
Performance  
Rights which vest  
if target met

50%

Lower than $1.60

Equal to $1.60

Nil

50%

Beginning 1 July 
2015 and ending  
30 June 2018

50%

Company’s Total 
Shareholder Return 
(TSR) percentile 
ranking over the 
Performance Period 
relative to a selected 
Peer Group

Between $1.60 and 
$2.40

50% to 100%  
(pro-rata)

Equal to or greater 
than $2.40

Below the 50th 
percentile

Equal to the 50th 
percentile

Between the 50th 
percentile and the  
90th percentile

100%

Nil

50%

50% to 100%  
(pro-rata)

Equal to or greater 
than 90th percentile 

100%

The table below sets out the relevant Performance Criteria for the performance rights granted to other employees 
(i.e. excluding the Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer) during the financial year:

Performance  
Criteria

Share Price Target

Performance  
Period

Beginning 1 July 
2015 and ending  
30 June 2018

Percentage of 
LTI subject to 
Performance 
Criteria

Performance  
Criteria targets

Percentage of 
Performance  
Rights which vest  
if target met

50%

Lower than $1.60

Equal to $1.60

Nil

50%

Beginning 1 July 
2015 and ending  
30 June 2018

50%

Company’s Total 
Shareholder Return 
(TSR) percentile 
ranking over the 
Performance Period 
relative to a selected 
Peer Group

Between $1.60 and 
$2.40

50% to 100%  
(pro-rata)

Equal to or greater 
than $2.40

Below the 50th 
percentile

Between the 50th 
percentile and the  
75th percentile

Above the 75th 
percentile 

100%

Nil

50% to 100%  
(pro-rata)

100%

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201624.  Share Based Payments (continued)

24.2   Fair value of share rights granted in the year

The weighted average fair value of the rights granted during the year was $0.02 (2015: $1.05). The rights were priced 
using a binomial option pricing model. Where relevant, the fair value of the rights has been adjusted for any market 
related vesting conditions. 

The following table shows the inputs into the model for the rights granted during the year: 

Inputs into the model

Grant date share price

Exercise price

Expected volatility

Life of rights

Dividend yield

Risk free rate

Series (12)

Series (13)

Series (14)

Series (15)

$0.25

$0.00

40%

$0.25

$0.00

40%

$0.23

$0.00

40%

$0.23

$0.00

40%

2.6 years

2.6 years

2.6 years

2.6 years

6.9%

2.14%

6.9%

2.14%

7.6%

2.20%

7.6%

2.20%

24.3  Movement in share rights during the period

The following reconciles the outstanding share rights at the beginning and end of the financial year:

2016

2015

Employee Share Right Plans

Balance at the beginning of the financial year 
Granted during the financial year 
Exercised during the financial year 
Forfeited during the financial year 
Expired during the financial year
Balance at the end of the financial year 
Exercisable at end of the financial year

Number of 
rights

4,172,468
10,259,552
(121,546)
-
(591,696)
13,718,778
-

Weighted average 
exercise price 
$

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

Number of  
rights

5,539,257
1,615,628
(115,643)
(1,466,772)
(1,400,002)
4,172,468
-

Weighted average 
exercise price 
$

0.77
0.00
0.00
0.00
3.01
0.00
0.00

24.4  Share rights exercised during the year 

The following share rights were exercised during the financial year:

Series

Number exercised

Exercise date

Share price at 
exercise date  
$

(10) 

Issued 22 October 2014

(11) 

Issued 22 October 2014

51,546

70,000

19 Aug 2015

10 Jun 2016

0.52

0.40

24.5   Share rights outstanding at the end of the year

The following share rights were outstanding at the end of the financial year: 

Series

(1) & (2)
(3) 
(4) & (5)
(6)
(7)
(8) 
(9) 
(12) 
(13) 
(14) 
(15) 

Total

Issued 25 October 2012
Issued 22 November 2012
Issued 03 December 2013
Issued 03 December 2013
Issued 22 October 2014
Issued 01 December 2014
Issued 01 December 2014
Issued 10 February 2016
Issued 10 February 2016
Issued 10 February 2016
Issued 07 June 2016

Number

314,519
165,799
1,153,150
346,023
1,038,278
11,382
430,075
2,001,432
1,883,700
6,154,136
220,284

13,718,778

Exercise price  
$

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

Expiry Date

1 Jul 2015
1 Jul 2015
1 Jul 2016
1 Jul 2016
1 Jul 2017
1 Jul 2017
1 Jul 2017
1 Jul 2020
1 Jul 2020
1 Jul 2020
1 Jul 2020

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OverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernance2016 Financial ReportNotes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201625.  Key Management Personnel Compensation

Please refer to the Remuneration Report for details of key management personnel.

Key management personnel compensation

The aggregate compensation made to the Directors and other key management personnel of the Company and the Group is 
set out below:

Short-term employee benefits

Post employment benefits

Share based payments

Total

26.  Related Party Transactions

2016 
$

2015 
$

4,322,925

4,162,753

247,383

607,681

5,177,989

245,239

1,247,522

5,655,514

The immediate parent and ultimate controlling party of the Group is MMA Offshore Limited.

Balances and transactions between the Company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties of the Company, have been 
eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed in this note. Details of transactions between the Group and other related 
parties are disclosed below.

26.1   Trading transactions

During the year, Group entities entered into the following trading transactions with related parties that are not members 
of the Group:

Jointly controlled entity

Sale of Goods

Purchase of Goods

2016 
$

65,505

2015 
$

37,752

2016 
$

2,191

2015 
$

289,845

The following balances were outstanding at the end of the reporting period:

Jointly controlled entity

Amounts owed by related party

Amounts owed to related party

2016 
$

17,893

2015 
$

3,704

2016 
$

-

2015 
$

-

Sales and purchases of services to and from related parties were made at normal commercial rates.

Amounts outstanding were unsecured and were settled in cash. No guarantees have been given or received. No 
expense has been recognised in the current or prior periods for bad or doubtful debts in respect of amounts owed by 
related parties.

26.2   Loans to related parties

The Group provided a member of its key management personnel with a short term loan during the year, at a rate 
comparable to the average commercial rate of interest. The outstanding balance at end of the year was $34,870  
(2015: nil).

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201626.  Related Party Transactions (continued)

26.3  Other related party transactions 

(a) 

Equity interests in related parties

Equity interests in subsidiaries: 

Details of the percentage of ordinary shares held in subsidiaries are disclosed in note 28.

Equity interests in jointly controlled entities: 

Details of interests in jointly controlled entities are disclosed in note 12.

Equity interests in other related parties:

There are no equity interests in other related parties. 

(b) 

Transaction with key management personnel

Key management personnel compensation: 

Details of key management personnel compensation are disclosed in note 25.

Loans to key management personnel:

Details are provided in note 26.2 and the Remuneration Report.

(c) 

Transactions with other related parties

Other transactions that occurred during the financial year between entities in the wholly owned Group were the charter 
of vessels and the provision of Supply Base and Slipway services. These are all provided at commercial rates.

27.  Remuneration of Auditors

Auditor of the Parent Entity

Audit or review of the financial report

Taxation compliance services

Total

Network firms of the Parent Entity auditor

Audit or review of the financial report

Taxation compliance services

Total

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

361,725

-

361,725

382,566

43,652

426,218

330,750

1,838

332,588

410,058

39,782

449,840

The auditor of MMA Offshore Limited is Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (“Deloitte”).

Following a detailed review by the Audit and Risk Committee of the nature of the non-audit services provided by the external 
auditor during the year, the Board has determined that the services provided, and the amount paid for those services, are 
compatible with the general standard of independence for auditors imposed by the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and that the 
auditor’s independence has not been compromised.

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The Group’s material subsidiaries at the end of the reporting period are as follows:

Parent Entity

MMA Offshore Limited 

Subsidiaries
MMA Offshore Vessel Operations Pty Ltd
MMA Offshore Charters Pty Ltd
MMA Offshore Supply Base Pty Ltd
MMA Offshore Asia Pte Ltd
MMA Offshore Logistics Pty Ltd
MMA Offshore Vessel Holdings Pte Ltd 

MMA Offshore Malaysia Sdn Bhd 
Java Marine Lines Pte Ltd
MMA Offshore Shipyard and Engineering Services Pte Ltd 
Airia Jaya Marine (S) Pte Ltd
MMA Offshore Asia Vessel Operations Pte Ltd 
JSE Offshore Shipping Pte Ltd
JSE Offshore (Labuan) Pte Ltd
Concord Offshore (Labuan) Ltd
PT Jaya Asiatic Shipyard

Note

Country of 
Incorporation

(i)

Australia

(ii) (iii)
(ii) (iii)
(ii) (iii)

(ii) (iii)
 (ii) 

(iv)

Australia
Australia
Australia
Singapore
Australia
Singapore

Malaysia
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Singapore
Malaysia
Malaysia
Indonesia

Ownership 
Interest  
2016 
%

Ownership 
Interest  
2015 
%

100
100
100
100
100
100

100
-
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

100
100
100
100
100
100

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

(i)  MMA Offshore Limited is the head entity within the tax consolidated group.

(ii)  These companies are members of the tax consolidated group.

(iii)  Pursuant to ASIC Class Order 98/1418, relief has been granted to these wholly owned controlled entities from the 

Corporations Law requirements for preparation, audit and lodgement of the financial report. As a condition of the Class 
Order, MMA Offshore Limited and the controlled entities entered into a Deed of Cross Guarantee on 15 February 2012.

(iv) Company was sold on 6 January 2016.

The consolidated statements of comprehensive income and financial position of entities which are party to the deed of cross 
guarantee are as follows:

Statement of Comprehensive Income 
Revenue 
Investment income
Dividend income
Other losses
Share of profits of jointly controlled entity
Vessel expenses
Supply Base expenses
Slipway expenses
Administrative expenses
Impairment charge
Finance costs

Profit/(loss) before income tax expense

Income tax expense

Profit/(loss) for the year

Other Comprehensive Income
Gain on cashflow hedges
Transfer of cashflow hedge gain to initial carrying amount of hedged items

Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the year, net of tax

Total Comprehensive Income/(Loss) for the year

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

390,015
2,696
50,025
(10,258)
2,611
(307,563)
(47,432)
(8,634)
(9,365)
(124,866)
(17,075)

(79,846)

(682)

(80,528)

6,294
(17,839)

(11,545)

(92,073)

638,768
599
104,344
(52,275)
3,385
(506,760)
(67,366)
(12,267)
(11,862)
(49,970)
(18,489)

28,107

(3,508)

24,599

13,350
-

13,350

37,949

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201628.  Subsidiaries (continued)

Statement of Financial Position

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Inventories

Other financial assets

Prepayments

Current tax assets

Total Current Assets

Non-Current Assets

Investments accounted for using the equity method

Other financial assets

Property, plant and equipment

Total Non-Current Assets

Total Assets

Current Liabilities

Trade and other payables

Unearned revenue

Borrowings

Provisions

Total Current Liabilities

Non-Current Liabilities

Unearned revenue

Borrowings

Provisions

Deferred tax liabilities

Total Non-Current Liabilities

Total Liabilities

Net Assets

Equity

Issued capital

Reserves

Retained earnings

Total Equity

Retained earnings

Retained earnings at beginning of the financial year

Net profit/(loss) 

Dividend provided for or paid

Retained earnings at end of the financial year

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2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

35,767

33,487

3,063

-

2,474

11,128

85,919

8,966

748,071

235,880

992,917

1,078,836

34,143

1,980

73,083

9,955

57,737

152,308

2,859

11,545

26,326

17,276

268,051

10,355

809,519

251,609

1,071,483

1,339,534

105,388

34,977

49,592

13,626

119,161

203,583

311

393

318,742

392,881

806

-

319,859

439,020

639,816

556,566

4,448

78,802

639,816

164,899

(80,528)

(5,569)

78,802

557

4,252

398,083

601,666

737,868

555,681

17,288

164,899

737,868

180,720

24,599

(40,420)

164,899

OverviewOperating & Financial ReviewGovernance2016 Financial ReportNotes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201629.  Parent Company Information

The accounting policies of the parent entity, which have been applied in determining the financial information shown below, 
are the same as those applied in the Consolidated Financial Statements. Refer to note 2 for a summary of the significant 
accounting policies relating to the Group.

Financial Position

Assets

Current assets

Non-current assets

Total assets

Liabilities

Current liabilities

Non-current liabilities

Total liabilities

Net Assets

Equity

Issued capital

Retained earnings

Employee equity settled benefits reserve

Total Equity

Financial Performance

Profit/(loss) for the year

Other comprehensive gain 

Total comprehensive income/(loss)

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

39,599

1,030,163

1,069,762

59,372

1,101,027

1,160,399

73,220

324,549

397,769

671,993

556,579

114,122

1,292

671,993

(36,811)

-

(36,811)

48,022

398,686

446,708

713,691

555,694

156,502

1,495

713,691

18,971

-

18,971

Guarantees provided under the deed of cross guarantee

41,251

154,957

Commitments for the acquisition of property, plant and equipment by the 
parent entity

-

83,285

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201630.  Financial Instruments

30.1   Capital Risk Management

The Group manages its capital to ensure that entities in the Group will be able to continue as going concerns, while 
maximising the return to stakeholders through the optimisation of the debt and equity balance. The Group’s overall 
strategy remains unchanged from 2015.

The capital structure of the Group consists of net debt (borrowings as detailed in note 16 offset by cash at bank 
balances) and equity of the Group (comprising issued capital, reserves and retained earnings as detailed in notes 18, 
19 and 20).

The Group is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements.

Based on recommendations of management and the Board, the Group will balance its overall capital structure through 
payment of dividends, new share issues as well as the establishment of new borrowing facilities or repayment of 
existing facilities. The Group uses its gearing ratio to manage its capital. The ratio is monitored on a monthly basis by 
the Board and management and is measured as net debt to equity. 

Gearing Ratio

The gearing ratio at the end of the reporting period was as follows:

Debt (i)

Cash and cash equivalents

Net debt

Equity (ii)

Net debt to equity

(i) Debt is defined as long and short-term borrowings, as detailed in note 16.

(ii) Equity includes all capital and reserves of the Group that are managed as capital.

30.2  Categories of financial instruments

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents 

Derivative instrument in designated hedge accounting relationship

Loans and receivables

Financial liabilities

2016 
$’000

391,825

(49,725)

342,100

634,166

54%

2016 
$’000

49,725

-

66,676

2015 
$’000

442,473

(124,482)

317,991

779,117

41%

2015 
$’000

124,482

11,545

200,615

Payables and borrowings at amortised cost

435,765

571,646

30.3   Financial risk management objectives

The Group’s treasury function includes the management of the Group’s financial assets and commitments including 
ensuring adequate procedures and controls are in place to manage financial risks. These risks include market risk 
(including currency and interest rate risk) credit risk and liquidity risk.

A Treasury Policy has been approved by the Board and provides guidelines for conducting treasury activities. 
Compliance with this Policy is monitored through internal audit procedures and subsequent reporting to the Audit and 
Risk Committee.

The Group seeks to minimise the effects of these risks, by using, where considered appropriate, derivative financial 
instruments to hedge these risk exposures. The allowable financial derivatives and conditions for their use are 
documented in the Treasury Policy. The Group does not enter into or trade financial instruments including derivative 
financial instruments for speculative purposes.

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30.4   Market risk

The Group’s activities expose it primarily to the financial risks of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and 
interest rates. Where required, the Group can enter into a range of derivative financial instruments to manage its 
exposure to these risks. 

At a Group level, market risks are managed through sensitivity analysis. There is no change in the manner in which 
these risks are managed and measured in the current year.

30.5   Foreign currency risk management 

The Group undertakes transactions denominated in foreign currencies. Consequently, exposures to exchange rate 
fluctuations arise. Exchange rate exposures are managed within approved policy parameters utilising forward foreign 
exchange contracts. 

The carrying amounts of the Group’s foreign currency denominated monetary assets and monetary liabilities at the end 
of the financial year are as follows:

US Dollars

Singapore Dollars

Euro

Norwegian Kroner

Other

Liabilities

Assets

2016 
$’000 

28,473

10,626

937

629

2,235

2015 
$’000

49,390

22,977

48,784

83

2,690

2016 
$’000

63,394

3,494

59

-

1,443

2015 
$’000

119,785

4,668

54,140

22

1,208

Foreign currency sensitivity analysis

The Group is mainly exposed to US Dollars (USD), Singapore Dollars (SGD) and Euro (EUR).

The following table details the Group’s sensitivity to a 10% increase and decrease in the Australian Dollar against the 
relevant foreign currencies. The 10% sensitivity represents management’s assessment of the reasonably possible 
change in foreign exchange rates. The sensitivity analysis includes only outstanding foreign currency denominated 
monetary items and adjusts their translation at the period end for a 10% change in foreign currency rates. A positive 
number below indicates an increase in profit or equity where the Australian dollar strengthens 10% against the relevant 
currency. For a 10% weakening of the Australian Dollar against the relevant currency, there would be an equal and 
opposite impact on the profit or equity. 

US Dollar Impact

Singapore Dollar Impact

Euro Impact

Norwegian Kroner Impact

Profit or Loss

Equity (i)

2016 
$’000

(103)

75

14

5

2015 
$’000

1,680

56

(633)

5

2016 
$’000

(3,072)

573

66

52

2015 
$’000

(15,623)

1,608

146

1

(i)  The current year USD impact relates to the translation from the functional currencies of the Group’s foreign entities 
into Australian Dollars. The prior year USD impact is attributable to the translation from the functional currencies 
of the Group’s foreign entities into Australian Dollars of $8.1 million and to changes in fair value of derivative 
instruments designated as hedging instruments in cash flow hedges of $7.5 million. 

The Group’s profit and loss and equity sensitivity to foreign currency has decreased at the end of the current period  
due to a smaller variance between the total value of foreign currency assets and liabilities.

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201630.  Financial Instruments (continued)

Forward foreign exchange contracts 

In prior years, the Group entered into forward foreign exchange contracts to cover specific foreign currency payments 
required under vessel construction contracts denominated in US Dollars. 

The following table details the forward foreign exchange contracts outstanding at the end of the financial year:

Outstanding 
Contracts

Buy US Dollars

3 to 6 months

6 to 12 months

Total

Average  
exchange rate

Foreign currency

Contract value

Fair value

2016 
$

2015 
$

2016 
FC’000

2015 
FC’000

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

2016 
$’000

2015 
$’000

-

-

0.888

0.883

-

-

31,982

31,982

-

-

36,007

36,211

-

-

-

5,905

5,640

11,545

At reporting date the aggregate amount of unrealised profits/(losses) under forward foreign exchange contracts is nil 
(2015: profit of $11,544,571).

30.6   Interest rate risk management

The Group is exposed to interest rate risk because it borrows funds primarily at floating interest rates. The risk is 
managed by the Group by the use of interest rate swap contracts when considered appropriate. Hedging activities are 
evaluated regularly to align with interest rate views ensuring the most cost-effective hedging strategies are applied, if 
required.

The Group’s exposures to interest rates on financial assets and financial liabilities are detailed in the liquidity risk 
management section of this note.

Interest rate sensitivity analysis

The sensitivity analysis below have been determined based on the exposure to interest rates at the end of the reporting 
period. For floating rate liabilities, the analysis is prepared assuming the amount of the liability outstanding at the end of 
the reporting period was outstanding for the whole year. A 100 basis point increase or decrease is used when reporting 
interest rate risk internally to key management personnel and represents management’s assessment of the reasonably 
possible change in interest rates.

At reporting date, if interest rates had been 100 basis points higher / lower and all other variables were held constant, 
the impact on the net profit of the Group would be as follows:

•  Net profit would decrease / increase by $3,977,559 (2015: decrease / increase by $4,460,156). This is attributable to 

the Group’s exposure to interest rates on its variable borrowings.

The Group’s sensitivity to interest rates has decreased during the current year due to the decrease in the carrying value 
of the variable rate debt instruments as a result of the principal repayments made during the year.

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30.7  Credit risk management

Credit risk refers to the risk that a counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to the 
Group. The Group has adopted a policy of only dealing with credit worthy counterparties. The Group’s exposures to 
its counterparties are continuously monitored by management. Where appropriate, the Group obtains guarantees from 
customers. Cash terms, advance payments or letters of credit are required from customers of lower credit standing.

Trade receivables consist of a large number of customers spread across the offshore oil and gas exploration, 
development and production industries and across diverse geographical areas. Ongoing credit evaluation is performed 
on the financial condition of trade receivables.

Apart from the largest and second largest trade receivables (refer note 9), the Group does not have any significant 
credit risk exposure to any single counterparty or any group of counterparties having similar characteristics. The 
Group defines counterparties as having similar characteristics if they are related entities. The credit risk on the largest 
and second largest receivables is managed through regular meetings with the customers, on-going contractual 
arrangements and regular receipts for the balances outstanding.

The credit risk on liquid funds and derivative financial instruments is limited because the counterparties are banks with 
high credit ratings assigned by international credit rating agencies.

The carrying amount of financial assets recognised in the financial statements, which is net of impairment losses, 
represents the Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk.

30.8  Liquidity risk management

The Group manages liquidity risk by maintaining adequate cash reserves, overdraft facilities and borrowing facilities, by 
continuously monitoring forecast and actual cash flows and managing credit terms with customers and suppliers. Note 
21(d) sets out details of additional undrawn facilities that the Group has at its disposal to further reduce liquidity risk.

Liquidity and interest risk tables

The following tables detail the Group’s remaining contractual maturity for its non- derivative financial liabilities with 
agreed repayment periods. The tables have been drawn up based on the undiscounted cash flows of financial liabilities 
based on the earliest date on which the Group can be required to pay.  The table includes both interest and principal 
cash flows. To the extent that interest flows are at floating rate, the undiscounted amount is derived from current interest 
rates at the end of the reporting period. The contractual maturity is based on the earliest date on which the Group may 
be required to pay.

Weighted 
average  
effective 
interest rate 
%

Less than  
1 month 
$’000

1-3  
months 
$’000

3 months  
to 1 year 
$’000

1-5  
years 
$’000

Total 
$’000

30 June 2016

Non-interest bearing

Finance lease liability

Variable interest rate instruments

Total

30 June 2015

Non-interest bearing

Finance lease liability

Variable interest rate instruments

Total

-

6.41

3.77

-

6.98

3.30

43,940

62

1,435

45,437

93,662

112

1,252

95,026

-

124

2,503

2,627

-

293

14,853

15,146

-

290

85,471

85,761

35,511

1,296

47,581

84,388

-

518

43,940

994

342,409

431,818

342,927

476,752

-

970

129,173

2,671

429,050

492,736

430,020

624,580

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 30 June 201630.  Financial Instruments (continued)

The following table details the Group’s expected maturity for its non-derivative financial assets. The table has been 
drawn up based on the undiscounted contractual maturities of the financial assets including interest that will be earned 
on those assets. 

Weighted 
average  
effective 
interest rate 
%

Less than  
1 month 
$’000

1-3  
months 
$’000

3 months  
to 1 year 
$’000

1-5  
years 
$’000

-

1.22

8,638

49,776

58,414

4,521

49,868

3,649

-

-

-

4,521

49,868

3,649

116,452

Total 
$’000

66,676

49,776

30 June 2016

Non-interest bearing

Variable interest rate instruments

Total

30 June 2015

Non-interest bearing

Variable interest rate instruments

0.71

124,556

-

-

Total

196,492

30,411

98,268

-

71,936

30,411

98,268

-

-

-

200,615

124,556

325,171

The Group has access to financing facilities as described in note 21(d), of which $4.0 million were unused at the end 
of the reporting period (2015: $4.0 million). The Group expects to meet its other obligations from the proceeds of the 
ongoing vessel sales programme, operating cash flows and proceeds of maturing financial assets.

The following table details the Group’s liquidity analysis for its derivative financial instruments.  The table has been 
drawn up based on the undiscounted contractual net cash inflows and outflows on the derivative instruments that settle 
on a net basis. 

Less than  
1 month 
$’000

1-3  
months 
$’000

3 months  
to 1 year 
$’000

1-5  
years 
$’000

5+ years 
$’000

30 June 2016

Net settled:

Foreign exchange contracts

Total

30 June 2015

Net settled:

Foreign exchange contracts 

Total

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11,067

11,067

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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30.  Financial Instruments (continued)

30.9   Fair value of financial instruments

Fair value of financial instruments carried at amortised cost

The Directors consider that the carrying amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities recognised in the 
consolidated financial statements approximate their fair values.

Valuation techniques and assumptions applied for the purposes of measuring fair value

The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities are determined as follows:

•  The fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities with standard terms and conditions and traded on active 

liquid markets are determined with reference to quoted market prices.

•  The fair values of derivative instruments are calculated using quoted prices. Foreign currency forward contracts 

are measured using quoted forward exchange rates and yield curves derived from quoted interest rates matching 
maturities of the contracts.

•  The fair values of other financial assets and financial liabilities (excluding derivative instruments) are determined in 

accordance with generally accepted pricing models based on discounted cash flow analysis.

Fair value measurements recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

The following table provides an analysis of financial instruments that are measured subsequent to initial recognition at 
fair value, grouped into Levels 1 to 3 based on the degree to which the fair value is observable.

•  Level 1 fair value measurements are those derived from quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical 

assets or liabilities.

•  Level 2 fair value measurements are those derived from inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are 

observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices).

•  Level 3 fair value measurements are those derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the asset or 

liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

Level 1 
$’000

Level 2 
$’000

Level 3 
$’000

Total 
$’000

30 June 2016

Financial assets at fair value:

Derivative (cashflow hedge)

Total

30 June 2015

Financial assets at fair value:

Derivative (cashflow hedge)

Total

-

-

-

-

-

-

11,545

11,545

-

-

-

-

-

-

11,545

11,545

There were no transfers between Level 1 and 2 in the period.

31.  Events After the Reporting Period

There has not been any matter or circumstance that occurred subsequent to the end of the financial year that has significantly 
affected, or may significantly affect, the operations of the consolidated entity, the results of those operations, or the state of 
affairs of the consolidated entity in future financial years, except as set out below.

As disclosed in note 16 Borrowings, on 24 August 2016 the Company received approval of some further amendments to 
the terms and financial covenants of the Syndicated Facility Agreement from the Syndicate members. The amended Facility 
Agreement and supporting documents were executed on 16 September 2016.

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Additional Securities Exchange Information 
For the year ended 30 June 2016 

Ordinary Share Capital (as at 9 September 2016)

373,076,993 fully paid ordinary shares are held by 8,958 individual shareholders. All issued ordinary shares carry one vote  
per share.

Substantial shareholders

Halom Investments Pte Ltd

Mr Hassan El Ali

Black Crane Asia Opportunities Fund

Distribution of Holders of Ordinary Shares (as at 31 August 2016)

Size of Holding

1 to 1,000

1,001 to 5,000

5,001 to 10,000

10,001 to 100,000

100,001 and over

Total

Number of 
Shares

57,282,144

19,849,123

18,974,282

% of Issued 
Capital

15.35

5.32

5.09

Number of ordinary shareholders

1,812

2,732

1,544

2,621

274

8,983

Twenty Largest Shareholders (as at 9 September 2016)

Number of 
Shares

% of Issued 
Capital

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited

Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited

ABN AMRO Clearing Sydney Nominees Pty Ltd 

J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited

Argo Investments Limited

Evelin Investments Pty Limited

BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd 

CVC Limited

Hishenk Pty Ltd

10 Mr Mark Francis Bradley

11 Mr Michael Sydney Simm 

12 Ms Jennifer Ann Weber & Mr Jeffrey Andrew Weber [JAWS Family A/C]

13 National Nominees Limited

14 UBS Nominees Pty Ltd

15 Buttonwood Nominees Pty Ltd

16 Dental Union Of Australia Pty Ltd 

17 Mrs Elizabeth Aprieska 

18 Ms Suzanne Margaret Buckley + Mr Kevin John Higgs 

19 Mr Yong Zheng

20 Akir Pty Ltd

Total

76,439,123

55,010,107

18,410,506

16,260,953

13,862,997

4,580,000

2,476,801

2,301,712

2,300,000

2,250,000

2,194,659

1,907,958

1,813,892

1,799,610

1,563,588

1,500,000

1,444,553

1,400,000

1,309,080

1,270,924

20.49

14.74

4.93

4.36

3.72

1.23

0.66

0.62

0.62

0.60

0.59

0.51

0.49

0.48

0.42

0.40

0.39

0.38

0.35

0.34

210,096,463

56.31

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For the year ended 30 June 2016 (continued) 

Unmarketable Parcels (as at 31 August 2016) 

The number of holders holding less than a marketable parcel of the Company’s shares is as follows:

Minimum Parcel Size

Number of ordinary shareholders

Number of shares

1,471

2,194

1,177,631

Voting Rights

All ordinary shares carry one vote per share without restriction. 

Unquoted Rights (as at 9 September 2016)

10,923,881 unlisted rights are held by 70 individual rights holders. 

Shareholder Enquiries

Shareholders can obtain information about their shareholding by contacting the Company’s share registry:

Computershare Investor Services Pty Ltd

GPO Box 2975
Melbourne
Victoria 3000 Australia
Enquiries:
(within Australia) 
(outside Australia)  61 3 9946 4439
Facsimile: 
61 3 9473 2500
web.queries@computershare.com.au
www.computershare.com.au

1300 727 014

Change of Address

Shareholders should notify the share registry immediately if there is a change to their registered address.

Securities Exchange Listing

Shares in MMA Offshore Limited are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Publications

The Annual Report is the main source of information for shareholders.

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D i r e c t o r y

Directors

Tony Howarth
Chairman

Jeffrey Weber
Managing Director

Mark Bradley
Non-Executive Director

Andrew Edwards
Non-Executive Director

Eve Howell
Non-Executive Director

Chiang Gnee Heng
Non-Executive Director

Company Secretary

Dylan Darbyshire-Roberts

Registered Office

Endeavour Shed, 1 Mews Road
FREMANTLE WA 6160
Tel: +61 8 9431 7431
Fax: +61 8 9431 7432
www.mmaoffshore.com

Auditors

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Chartered Accountants
Brookfield Place, Tower 2 
123 St Georges Terrace
PERTH WA 6000

Tel: +61 8 9365 7000
Fax: +61 8 9365 7001

Solicitors

Ashurst
Brookfield Place, Tower 2 
123 St Georges Terrace
PERTH WA 6000

Tel: +61 8 9366 8000
Fax: +61 8 9366 8111

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