A Qualitative information
The fair value is the price that would be received when selling an asset or paid when transferring a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants (i.e. not as part of the compulsory liquidation or a below cost sale) as at the measurement date. Fair value is a market measurement criterion, not specifically referring to a single entity. Underlying the definition of fair value is the assumption that the Company is carrying out normal operations, without any intention of liquidating its assets, significantly reducing the level of operations or carrying out transactions at unfavourable conditions.
An entity has to measure the fair value of an asset or liability by adopting the assumptions that would be used by market participants when pricing an asset or liability, presuming that they act with a view to satisfying their own economic interest in the best way possible.
The fair value of financial instruments is determined according to a hierarchy of criteria based on the origin, type and quality of the information used (IFRS 13). In detail, this hierarchy assigns top priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets and less importance to unobservable inputs. Three different levels of input are identified:
- level 1: input represented by quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets
or liabilities accessible by the entity as at the measurement date;
- level 2: input other than quoted prices that are directly or indirectly observable for
the assets or liabilities to be measured; and
- level 3: unobservable input for the asset or liability.
A market is regarded as active if quoted prices, representing actual and regularly occurring market transactions considering a normal reference period, are readily and regularly available from an exchange, dealer, broker, industry group, pricing service or regulatory agency.
In specific cases, research is carried out in order to verify the significance of official market values. In the event of a significant reduction in the volume or level of operations compared with normal operations for the asset or liability (or for similar assets or liabilities) highlighted by a number of indicators (number of transactions, limited significance of market prices, significant increase in implicit premiums for liquidity risk, expansion or increase of the bid-ask spread, reduction or total lack of market for new issues, limited publicly-available information), analyses of the transactions or of the quoted prices are carried out: if the conclusion is reached that the market is inactive, the asset or liability is reclassified to level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
The following table shows the fair value hierarchy for financial assets and financial liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
|
30-Jun-26 |
31-Dec-2025 |
EUR 1,000 |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Total |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Total |
Non-current financial assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment in bonds |
10,472 |
– |
– |
10,472 |
5,580 |
– |
– |
5,580 |
Investment in equity instruments |
91 |
– |
11,124 |
11,215 |
69 |
– |
11,686 |
11,755 |
Current financial assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment in funds |
148,790 |
– |
– |
148,790 |
80,682 |
– |
– |
80,682 |
Investment in bonds |
15,112 |
– |
– |
15,112 |
17,985 |
– |
– |
17,985 |
Total financial assets |
174,465 |
– |
11,124 |
185,589 |
104,316 |
– |
11,686 |
116,002 |
Contingent consideration and other liabilities |
– |
– |
(631) |
(631) |
– |
– |
(676) |
(676) |
Total financial liabilities |
– |
– |
(631) |
(631) |
– |
– |
(676) |
(676) |
B Assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis
The following are considered as level 1 financial instruments:
- shares valued using official closing prices and/or fixing provided by regulated stock exchanges;
- bonds and shares of funds valued using official closing prices and/or fixing provided by local authorities (central bank, monetary authority or local stock exchange); and
- investments in funds quoted on Multilateral Trading Facility (i.e. the EuroTLX or NASD TRACE circuit) or for which it is possible to continuously derive the quotation from the main price contribution international platforms.
When no quotation on an active market exists or the market is not functioning regularly, that is, when the market does not have a sufficient and continuous number of trades, and bid-ask spreads and volatilities that are not sufficiently contained, the fair value of the financial instruments is mainly determined through the use of valuation techniques whose objective is the establishment of the price at which, in an orderly transaction, the asset could be sold or the liability transferred between market participants, as at the measurement date, under current market conditions.
In the case of level 2 inputs, the valuation is based on prices taken from official listings of instruments which are similar in terms of risk profile. There are no level 2 financial assets as at 30 June 2026.
Level 3 consist of the following:
- equity investments for which there is no quoted market price in an active market. The fair value has been calculated using a value in use approach (‘DCF’) model, which considers the present value of expected future cash flows, discounted using a risk-adjusted discount rate of 10.00%. The estimated fair value would increase (decrease) if the expected cash flows were higher (lower) or if the risk-adjusted discount rate were lower (higher). The resulting fair value calculation resulted to an immaterial increase in the carrying value of the investment, however the change was not recognised in the financial statements for prudence;
- contingent consideration in relation to the acquisition of Linkverse S.r.l. The present value of future expected payments (expected payments discounted using a risk-adjusted discount rate of 4.98%) have been recorded as contingent consideration. These payments are contingent upon occurrence of future events such as regulatory approval milestones and commercial milestones. The estimated present value would increase (decrease) if the expected payments were higher (lower) or if the risk-adjusted discount rate were lower (higher).
During H1 2026, there were no significant transfers between levels 1 and 2 or between level 2 and 3 in the fair value hierarchy and the changes were due to a change in the market values.
C Assets and liabilities not measured at fair value on recurring basis
This table shows the comparison of fair values versus carrying amounts of financial assets and liabilities not measured at fair value, as required by IFRS 7.
|
|
30-Jun-26 |
31-Dec-2025 |
EUR 1,000 |
Classification |
Carrying amount |
Fair value |
Carrying amount |
Fair value |
Trade receivables |
Amortised cost |
29,715 |
29,715 |
24,143 |
24,143 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
Amortised cost |
30,775 |
30,775 |
55,865 |
55,865 |
Total assets |
|
60,490 |
60,490 |
80,008 |
80,008 |
Subsidised loans |
Amortised cost |
(284) |
(278) |
(284) |
(278) |
Trade payables |
Amortised cost |
(14,157) |
(14,157) |
(11,327) |
(11,327) |
Other current liabilities1 |
Amortised cost |
(6,935) |
(6,935) |
(10,313) |
(10,313) |
Total liabilities |
|
(21,376) |
(21,370) |
(21,924) |
(21,918) |
Unrecognised gain |
|
|
6 |
|
6 |
For financial instruments represented by trade receivables, trade payables and other current liabilities, for which the present value of future cash flows is also taking into account the credit risk of the counterparties, does not differ significantly from carrying value, we assume that the carrying value is a reasonable approximation of the fair value.
The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, which consist primarily of bank current accounts and time deposits, approximates fair value.
For lease liabilities, unsecured bank loans, the carrying amount represents the fair value calculated based on the present value of future principal and interest cash flows, discounted at the Group’s incremental borrowing rate.
The fair value of subsidised loans, included at level 2, has been estimated with discounted cash flow models. The main inputs used are year-end market interest rates.