At a glance

The MCH Group is a leading international live-marketing company with a comprehensive services network spanning the entire exhibition and event market. It creates effective platforms and provides customised solutions in all the different areas of live marketing – all over the world.

The MCH Group’s business activity covers the running of the exhibition sites in Basel, Lausanne und Zurich (Venues), the staging of around 40 MCH exhibitions (Exhibitions) and the provision of customised services in the fields of strategy and conception, marketing consulting, event management, exhibition and event structures and multimedia (Live Marketing Solutions). In 2017, the MCH Group organised or hosted around 1,000 events and took charge of more than 2,800 projects in the field of live-marketing solutions.

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SmartSuisse 2017

In the 2017 financial year, the MCH Group achieved operating income (sales) of just under CHF 500 million. The group profit from ordinary operating activity is CHF 10 million. Due to special measures – extraordinary depreciation on the exhibition halls in Basel and special provisions for structural optimisations in the national exhibition and event business – a loss of CHF 110 million has resulted.

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Key figures

Group Income Statement

Group Income Statement in CHF million

2017

% of income

2017 before special measures

% of income

2016

% of income

2015

% of income

Operating income

493.3

100.0

493.3

100.0

440.3

100.0

418.9

100.0

Exhibitions

294.9

59.8

294.9

59.8

332.9

75.6

296.5

70.8

Venues

36.9

7.5

36.9

7.5

41.9

9.5

43.9

10.5

Live Marketing Solutions

161.5

32.7

161.5

32.7

65.5

14.9

78.5

18.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EBITDA

43.8

8.9

61.5

12.5

89.0

20.2

85.3

20.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EBIT

–104.0

–21.1

16.1

3.3

41.6

9.5

40.1

9.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group loss / profit

–110.0

–22.3

10.0

2.0

34.3

7.8

30.9

7.4

Group Balance Sheet

Group Balance Sheet in CHF million

31.12.2017

% of total assets

31.12.2016

% of total assets

31.12.2015

% of total assets

Current assets

259.9

37.8

356.9

39.0

322.0

35.2

Non-current assets

428.3

62.2

559.1

61.0

592.3

64.8

Assets

688.2

100.0

916.0

100.0

914.3

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

454.5

66.0

477.1

52.1

506.4

55.4

Shareholders’ equity

233.7

34.0

438.9

47.9

407.9

44.6

Equity and Liabilities

688.2

100.0

916.0

100.0

914.3

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net debt in CHF million

2017

 

2016

 

2015

 

31.12.

130.7

 

69.1

 

91.9

 

Share price and proposed dividend

Share prices and proposed dividend in CHF

2017

2016

2015

Share price 31.12.

66.30

69.10

62.50

Proposed dividend per share

0.00

0.50

0.50

Exhibitions & Venues

2017

Number

Exhibitors

Visitors

GEA 1)

Duration 2)

Exhibitions

29

7 001

1 464 042

837 927

143

MCH exhibitions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Messe Basel

12

3 797

646 235

401 189

58

Expo Beaulieu Lausanne

5

1 266

235 879

103 731

31

Messe Zürich

7

1 216

321 188

111 035

32

Other locations

5

722

260 740

221 972

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venues

941

13 265

2 260 657

1 079 563

550

All events

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibitions

75

12 650

1 670 765

1 052 402

256

Messe Basel

21

4 881

747 865

501 719

81

Expo Beaulieu Lausanne

19

2 094

313 187

190 040

70

Messe Zürich

35

5 675

609 713

360 643

105

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hall rentals & events

29

 

104 575

 

 

Messe Basel

9

 

65 300

 

 

Expo Beaulieu Lausanne

7

 

7 795

 

 

Messe Zürich

13

 

31 480

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conferences & room rentals

456

615

131 867

27 161

294

Congress Center Basel

164

615

128 087

27 161

294

Conference rooms Messe Zürich

292

 

3 780

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Musical Theaters

381

 

353 450

 

 

Musical Theater Basel

185

 

177 050

 

 

Theater 11 Zürich

196

 

176 400

 

 

1) Gross exhibition area in m 2

2) No. of days (without assembly/dismantling)

Live Marketing Solutions

2017

Projects

in Switzerland

abroad

Live Marketing Solutions

2 803

1 054

1 749

 

 

 

 

Strategy & Conception

4

0

4

Marketing Consulting

84

81

3

Event Management

44

26

18

Exhibitions & Event Construction

1 917

220

1 697

Multi Media

754

727

27