Correspondence 0001104659-24-053733 from Ferrovial SE (FER) (CIK 0001468522) (FER)
Ferrovial SE (FER) (CIK 0001468522)
Date: April 29, 2024 · CIK: 0001468522 · Accession: 0001104659-24-053733
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United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-6010
Attention: Isabel Rivera
Pam Long
Eric McPhee
Jennifer Monick
Re: Ferrovial SE
Registration Statement on Form 20-F
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form 20-F
CIK No. 0001468522
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Ferrovial SE (the “Company”
and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), we are hereby filing an amended version of the Registration
Statement (“Second Amended Registration Statement”). The Company previously submitted a Draft Registration
Statement on Form 20-F on a confidential basis with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
on October 10, 2023 (the “Draft Registration Statement”), a first amended version of the Draft Registration
Statement on November 21, 2023 (“First Amended Draft Registration Statement”), a second amended version
of the Draft Registration Statement on December 15, 2023 (“Second Amended Draft Registration Statement”),
and filed a Registration Statement on January 5, 2024 (the “Registration Statement”) and a first amended
version of the Registration Statement on April 16, 2024 (“First Amended Registration Statement”).
The Second Amended Registration Statement has
been revised to reflect the Company’s responses to the comment letter to the First Amended Registration Statement received on April 25,
2024 from the staff of the Commission (the “Staff”). The Second Amended Registration Statement also includes
other changes that are intended to update the information contained therein.
Latham & Watkins is the business
name of Latham & Watkins (London) LLP, a registered limited liability partnership organised under the laws of New York and authorised
and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA No. 203820). A list of the names of the partners of Latham &
Watkins (London) LLP is open to inspection at its principal place of business, 99 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3XF, and such persons are
either solicitors, registered foreign lawyers, or managers authorised by the SRA. We are affiliated with the firm Latham & Watkins
LLP, a limited liability partnership organised under the laws of Delaware.
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The numbering of the paragraphs below corresponds
to the numbering of the comments in the letter from the Staff. For the Staff’s convenience, we have set forth below each of the
numbered comments of your letter in bold type followed by the Company’s responses thereto. Page references in the text of
this response letter correspond to the page numbers in the Second Amended Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used in this
letter but otherwise not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Second Draft Registration Statement.
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
6.12 Ferrovial SE (Parent Company), page F-120
1. We note your presentation of the separate financial statements
of Ferrovial SE. It appears that certain prior period amounts have been revised. For example
purposes only, Total Comprehensive Income was €955 million and €(22) million for
the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, in your Form 20-F filed
on January 5, 2024 and such amounts have been revised to be €309 million and €1,250
million. Please advise.
Response:
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and, in response, would like to: (i) highlight that the prior period
amounts for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 correspond to Ferrovial, S.A., which was the parent company of the Group
in those years, as noted in Note 6.12 to the Audited Financial Statements; and (ii) advise that the prior period amounts for the
years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 presented in the First Amended Registration Statement filed on April 16, 2024 differ
from those presented in the Registration Statement filed on January 5, 2024 because, in the financial statements of Ferrovial SE
(which is the parent company of the Group since 2023), the Company elected to value its investments in subsidiaries using the equity
value method in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board
(“IFRS-IASB”), specifically International Accounting Standards (“IAS”) 27. The Company believes that this treatment
would entail a better understanding of its financial statements and would also be more aligned with the Group’s consolidated financial
figures.
In 2022 and 2021, Ferrovial, S.A. recognized
these investments at their acquisition cost. While both accounting treatments are acceptable under paragraph 10 of IAS 27, in 2023,
the Company elected to modify Ferrovial, S.A.’s prior period amounts for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 for
better comparability in order to make them consistent with the information reported by Ferrovial SE in the separate financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2023. This treatment is consistent with the treatment of a change in accounting
policy, which IAS 8 requires to be retrospectively applied.
The
Company advises the Staff that it has amended the explanatory paragraph in Note 6.12 to the Audited Financial Statements as reflected
on page F-120 in the Second Amended Registration Statement to ensure the explanation of the approach is clearly presented.
2. We note your presentation of the Statements of Changes
in Equity of Ferrovial SE on page F-123. It appears you may be missing a column (i.e.,
retained earnings and other reserves). Please advise.
Response:
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and, in response to the Staff’s comment, has revised the presentation
of the Statements of Changes in Equity of Ferrovial SE on page F-123 in the Second Amended Registration Statement to include a
column “Retained earnings and other reserves”.
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3. We note your presentation of the Cash Flow Statements
of Ferrovial SE on page F-124. Please clarify the nature of the line item labeled Other
adjustments (correction of accrual/cash). In addition, please tell us your basis in IFRS
for the presentation of this line item.
Response:
The Company respectfully acknowledges the Staff’s comment and, in response to the Staff’s comment, advises the Staff that
the line item labeled “other adjustments (correction of accrual/cash)” in the cash flow statements in the separate financial
statements of Ferrovial SE corresponds to the dividends collected by the Company from its subsidiaries during the year, which are not
recognized within the “profit/(loss) before tax” line item. As noted in the Company’s response to comment one above,
in line with paragraph 10 of IAS 27, the Company values investments in subsidiaries using the equity method.
The cash flow statements in the separate financial statements
of Ferrovial SE on page F-124 in the Second Amended Registration Statement are presented under the indirect method (according to
paragraphs 18.b and 20 of IAS 7), and the cash flows from operating activities is determined by adjusting the “profit/(loss) before
tax” line item for the effect of cash received
due to dividends distributed by the Company’s subsidiaries, reported within the cash flow from operating activities according to
paragraph 33 of IAS 7.
As a result, the Company has revised the title of the
line item “other adjustments (correction of accrual/cash)” to “dividends received” as reflected on
page F-124 in the Second Amended Registration Statement. The Company would clarify that this line item does not add to the
subtotal “profit/(loss) adjustments” reported above it, and it is expected to continue being part of the cash flow from
operating activities as a separate line item, which is adding within the subtotal “other cash flows from operating
activities”. Furthermore, this change does not change the classification of amounts on the cash flows from operating activities.
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Please do not hesitate to contact me by telephone at +44 20 7710 4669
or e-mail at Ryan.Benedict@lw.com should you require further information.
Very truly yours,
/s/ M. Ryan Benedict
M. Ryan Benedict
of LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
cc: (via
email)
Ignacio Madridejos, Chief Executive Officer of Ferrovial SE
Ernesto Lopez Mozo, Chief Financial Officer of Ferrovial SE
Santiago Ortiz Vaamonde, General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Ferrovial
SE