Ezion Holdings, the liftboat operator as well as offshore logistics support service provider, reported a 2% fall in earnings to US$45.2 million in 1Q2014 ended March, despite a 72.3% rise in revenue.
The decrease in earnings was due to the one-off gain from disposal of a jointly controlled entity recognised a year ago in 1Q2013. Excluding the gain from the disposal, earnings for the reporting quarter would have increased 62% as gross profits rose 92.2% to US$47.3 million over the same period.
Revenue rose 72.3% to US$94.4 million mainly due to the chartering contribution from the deployment of an additional units of the group’s service rigs.
The group also acquired the remaining share capital of a jointly controlled entity in 1st quarter 2014 which subsequently became a fully owned subsidiary of the group. The consolidation of the results of that jointly controlled entity under the group resulted in a 19% decrease in the share of results of joint ventures from a year ago.
The group’s total equity increased by US$77.3 million to US$877.6 million due to the profits derived in the 1st quarter of 2014 and issuance of new ordinary shares and redeemable exchangeable preference shares.
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