Edgar Filing: Ternium S.A.

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FORM 6 - K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

As of 7/31/2018

Ternium S.A.

(Translation of Registrant's name into English)

Ternium S.A.
29 Avenue de la Porte-Neuve – 3rd floor

L-2227 Luxembourg

(352) 2668-3152

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or 40-F.

Form 20-F a Form 40-F __

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12G3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes __ No a

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):

Not applicable

The attached material is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 13a-16 and Form 6-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

This report contains Ternium S.A.’s consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2018.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

TERNIUM S.A.



By: /s/ Pablo Brizzio		By: /s/ Máximo Vedoya
Name: Pablo Brizzio		Name: Máximo Vedoya
Title: Chief Financial Officer		Title: Chief Executive Officer

Dated: July 31, 2018





TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements
as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods
ended on June 30 2018 and 2017

29 Avenue de la Porte-Neuve, 3^rd floor
L – 2227
R.C.S. Luxembourg: B 98 668



TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

INDEX



		Page

Consolidated Condensed Interim Income Statements		2
Consolidated Condensed Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income		3
Consolidated Condensed Interim Statements of Financial Position		4
Consolidated Condensed Interim Statements of Changes in Equity		5
Consolidated Condensed Interim Statements of Cash Flows		7
Notes to the Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements
1	General information and basis of presentation	8
2	Accounting policies	8
3	Segment information	9
4	Cost of sales	11
5	Selling, general and administrative expenses	12
6	Finance expense, Finance income and Other financial income (expenses), net	12
7	Property, plant and equipment, net	12
8	Intangible assets, net	13
9	Investments in non-consolidated companies	13
10	Distribution of dividends	16
11	Contingencies, commitments and restrictions on the distribution of profits	16
12	Acquisition of business	21
13	Related party transactions	25
14	Financial instruments by category and fair value measurement	26
15	Changes in accounting policies	27
16	Hyperinflation in Argentina	30



TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(All amounts in USD thousands)

Consolidated Condensed Interim Income Statements



		Three-month period ended June 30,				Six- month period ended June 30,
	Notes	2018		2017		2018		2017
		(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)
Net sales	3	3,133,957		2,322,656		6,095,270		4,397,764
Cost of sales	3 & 4	(2,233,024	)	(1,728,177	)	(4,436,516	)	(3,259,639	)

Gross profit	3	900,933		594,479		1,658,754		1,138,125

Selling, general and administrative expenses	3 & 5	(245,001	)	(189,048	)	(485,518	)	(361,323	)
Other operating income (expenses), net	3	(5,584	)	(12,609	)	183		(19,829	)

Operating income	3	650,348		392,822		1,173,419		756,973

Finance expense	6	(33,294	)	(24,101	)	(67,076	)	(45,483	)
Finance income	6	5,468		4,500		10,604		9,095
Other financial income (expenses), net	6	(121,367	)	(47,472	)	(172,462	)	(70,623	)
Equity in earnings (losses) of non-consolidated companies	9	12,366		15,163		32,349		36,573

Profit before income tax expense		513,521		340,912		976,834		686,535

Income tax expense		(175,742	)	(59,123	)	(216,960	)	(94,357	)

Profit for the period		337,779		281,789		759,874		592,178

Attributable to:
Owners of the parent		326,570		249,705		693,294		511,040
Non-controlling interest		11,209		32,084		66,580		81,138

Profit for the period		337,779		281,789		759,874		592,178

Weighted average number of shares outstanding		1,963,076,776		1,963,076,776		1,963,076,776		1,963,076,776

Basic and diluted earnings (losses) per share for profit (loss) attributable to the equity holders of the company (expressed in USD per share)		0.17		0.13		0.35		0.26

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated condensed interim financial statements. These consolidated condensed interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited Consolidated Financial Statements and notes for the year ended December 31, 2017.

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(All amounts in USD thousands)

Consolidated Condensed Interim Statements of Comprehensive Income



	Three-month period ended June 30,				Six- month period ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
	(Unaudited)				(Unaudited)
Profit for the period	337,779		281,789		759,874		592,178

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:
Currency translation adjustment	(209,576	)	(46,236	)	(265,896	)	(23,189	)
Currency translation adjustment from participation in non-consolidated companies	(68,196	)	(19,504	)	(70,942	)	(7,641	)
Changes in the fair value of financial instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income	(710	)	—		(940	)	—
Income tax related to financial instruments at fair value	57		—		111		—
Changes in the fair value of derivatives classified as cash flow hedges	140		39,407		243		39,040
Income tax related to cash flow hedges	(42	)	54		(185	)	43
Other comprehensive income items	—		(3	)	(305	)	72
Other comprehensive income items from participation in non-consolidated companies	426		150		485		265
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:
Remeasurement of post employment benefit obligations	1,099		(811	)	1,099		(1,310	)
Income tax relating to remeasurement of post employment benefit obligations	(297	)	—		(297	)	—
Remeasurement of post employment benefit obligations from participation in non-consolidated companies	(1,476	)	(198	)	(1,832	)	6,181

Other comprehensive income (loss) for the period, net of tax	(278,575	)	(27,141	)	(338,459	)	13,461

Total comprehensive income for the period	59,204		254,648		421,415		605,639

Attributable to:
Owners of the parent	133,846		242,026		462,799		533,768
Non-controlling interest	(74,642	)	12,622		(41,384	)	71,871

Total comprehensive income for the period	59,204		254,648		421,415		605,639

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(All amounts in USD thousands)

Consolidated Condensed Interim Statements of Financial Position



		Balances as of
	Notes	June 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
		(Unaudited)
ASSETS

Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment, net	7	5,138,794		5,349,753
Intangible assets, net	8	1,027,425		1,092,579
Investments in non-consolidated companies	9	438,347		478,348
Other investments		31,112		3,380
Deferred tax assets		129,066		121,092
Receivables, net		635,978		677,299
Trade receivables, net		5,583	7,406,305	4,832	7,727,283

Current assets
Receivables, net		262,744		362,173
Derivative financial instruments		1,685		2,304
Inventories, net		2,589,388		2,550,930
Trade receivables, net		1,273,727		1,006,598
Other investments		97,939		132,736
Cash and cash equivalents		229,813	4,455,296	337,779	4,392,520

Non-current assets classified as held for sale			2,190		2,763

Total Assets			11,863,791		12,122,566

EQUITY
Capital and reserves attributable to the owners of the parent			5,257,588		5,010,424
Non-controlling interest			772,161		842,347

Total Equity			6,029,749		5,852,771

LIABILITIES

Non-current liabilities
Provisions		657,068		768,517
Deferred tax liabilities		453,073		513,357
Other liabilities		365,779		373,046
Trade payables		1,054		2,259
Finance lease liabilities		67,430		69,005
Borrowings		1,512,172	3,056,576	1,716,337	3,442,521

Current liabilities
Current income tax liabilities		72,236		52,940
Other liabilities		347,667		357,001
Trade payables		1,027,256		897,732
Derivative financial instruments		49,133		6,001
Finance lease liabilities		8,030		8,030
Borrowings		1,273,144	2,777,466	1,505,570	2,827,274

Total Liabilities			5,834,042		6,269,795

Total Equity and Liabilities			11,863,791		12,122,566

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(All amounts in USD thousands)

Consolidated Condensed Interim Statements of Changes in Equity



	Attributable to the owners of the parent (1)
	Capital stock (2)	Treasury shares (2)		Initial public offering expenses		Reserves (3)		Capital stock issue discount (4)		Currency translation adjustment		Retained earnings		Total		Non-controlling interest		Total Equity


Balance as of January 1, 2018	2,004,743	(150,000	)	(23,295	)	1,416,121		(2,324,866	)	(2,403,664	)	6,491,385		5,010,424		842,347		5,852,771

Impact of adopting IFRS 9 at January 1, 2018 (see note 14)						450						(147	)	303		204		507
Adjusted Balance at January 1, 2018	2,004,743	(150,000	)	(23,295	)	1,416,571		(2,324,866	)	(2,403,664	)	6,491,238		5,010,727		842,551		5,853,278

Profit for the period												693,294		693,294		66,580		759,874
Other comprehensive income (loss) for the period
Currency translation adjustment										(228,825	)			(228,825	)	(108,013	)	(336,838	)
Remeasurement of post employment benefit obligations						(1,022	)							(1,022	)	(8	)	(1,030	)
Cash flow hedges and others, net of tax						(154	)							(154	)	212		58
Others						(494	)							(494	)	(155	)	(649	)

Total comprehensive income for the period	—	—		—		(1,670	)	—		(228,825	)	693,294		462,799		(41,384	)	421,415

Dividends paid in cash (5)												(215,938	)	(215,938	)	—		(215,938	)
Dividends paid in cash to non-controlling interest														—		(29,006	)	(29,006	)

Balance as of June 30, 2018 (unaudited)	2,004,743	(150,000	)	(23,295	)	1,414,901		(2,324,866	)	(2,632,489	)	6,968,594		5,257,588		772,161		6,029,749

(1) Shareholders’ equity determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Luxembourg is disclosed in Note 11 (iii).

(2) The Company has an authorized share capital of a single class of 3.5 billion shares having a nominal value of USD 1.00 per share. As of June 30, 2018, there were 2,004,743,442 shares issued. All issued shares are fully paid. Also, as of June 30, 2018, the Company held 41,666,666 shares as treasury shares.

(3) Include legal reserve under Luxembourg law for USD 200.5 million, undistributable reserves under Luxembourg law for USD 1.4 billion, hedge accounting reserve, net of tax effect, for USD 0.7 million and reserves related to the acquisition of non-controlling interest in subsidiaries for USD (88.5) million.

(4) Represents the difference between book value of non-monetary contributions received from shareholders under Luxembourg GAAP and IFRS.

(5) See Note 10.

Dividends may be paid by Ternium to the extent distributable retained earnings calculated in accordance with Luxembourg law and regulations exist. Therefore, retained earnings included in these consolidated condensed interim financial statements may not be wholly distributable. See Note 11 (iii).

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(All amounts in USD thousands)

Consolidated Condensed Interim Statements of Changes in Equity



	Attributable to the owners of the parent (1)
	Capital stock (2)	Treasury shares (2)		Initial public offering expenses		Reserves (3)	Capital stock issue discount (4)		Currency translation adjustment		Retained earnings		Total		Non-controlling interest		Total Equity


Balance as of January 1, 2017	2,004,743	(150,000	)	(23,295	)	1,420,171	(2,324,866	)	(2,336,929	)	5,801,474		4,391,298		775,295		5,166,593

Profit for the period											511,040		511,040		81,138		592,178
Other comprehensive (loss) income for the period
Currency translation adjustment									(21,217	)			(21,217	)	(9,613	)	(30,830	)
Remeasurement of post employment benefit obligations						4,523							4,523		348		4,871
Cash flow hedges, net of tax						39,132							39,132		(49	)	39,083
Others						290							290		47		337

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period	—	—		—		43,945	—		(21,217	)	511,040		533,768		71,871		605,639

Dividends paid in cash											(196,308	)	(196,308	)	—		(196,308	)
Dividends paid in cash to non-controlling interest													—		(30,573	)	(30,573	)

Balance as of June 30, 2017 (unaudited)	2,004,743	(150,000	)	(23,295	)	1,464,116	(2,324,866	)	(2,358,146	)	6,116,206		4,728,758		816,593		5,545,351

(1) Shareholders’ equity determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Luxembourg.

(2) The Company has an authorized share capital of a single class of 3.5 billion shares having a nominal value of USD 1.00 per share. As of June 30, 2017, there were 2,004,743,442 shares issued. All issued shares are fully paid. Also, as of June 30, 2017, the Company held 41,666,666 shares as treasury shares.

(3) Include legal reserve under Luxembourg law for USD 200.5 million, undistributable reserves under Luxembourg law for USD 1.4 billion, hedge accounting reserve, net of tax effect, for USD 39.1 million and reserves related to the acquisition of non-controlling interest in subsidiaries for USD (88.5) million.

(4) Represents the difference between book value of non-monetary contributions received from shareholders under Luxembourg GAAP and IFRS.

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017
(All amounts in USD thousands)

Consolidated Condensed Interim Statements of Cash Flows



		Six- month period ended June 30,
	Notes	2018		2017
		(Unaudited)
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit for the period		759,874		592,178
Adjustments for:
Depreciation and amortization	7 & 8	279,286		205,637
Income tax accruals less payments		(48,465	)	(309,586	)
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies	9	(32,349	)	(36,573	)
Interest accruals less payments		(7,060	)	1,984
Changes in provisions		1,047		1,305
Changes in working capital (1)		(350,796	)	(458,502	)
Net foreign exchange results and others		140,649		110,015
Net cash provided by operating activities		742,186		106,458
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	7 & 8	(237,923	)	(182,490	)
Loans to non-consolidated companies		—		(23,904	)
(Increase) Decrease in other investments		6,311		(8,184	)
Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment		440		358
Dividends received from non-consolidated companies		—		65
Net cash used in investing activities		(231,172	)	(214,155	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Dividends paid in cash to company’s shareholders	10	(215,938	)	(196,308	)
Dividends paid in cash to non-controlling interest		(29,006	)	(30,573	)
Finance lease payments		(3,843	)	(1,083	)
Proceeds from borrowings		526,046		858,374
Repayments of borrowings		(885,361	)	(527,251	)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(608,102	)	103,159
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(97,088	)	(4,538	)
Movement in cash and cash equivalents
At January 1,		337,779		183,463
Effect of exchange rate changes		(10,878	)	(587	)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(97,088	)	(4,538	)
Cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, (2)		229,813		178,338
Non-cash transactions:
Acquisition of PP&E under lease contract agreements		—		76,185

(1) The working capital is impacted by non-cash movement of USD (249.6) million as of June 30, 2018 (USD (21.4) million as of June 30, 2017) due to the variations in the exchange rates used by subsidiaries with functional currencies different from the US dollar.

(2) It includes restricted cash of nil and USD 81 as of June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. In addition, the Company had other investments with a maturity of more than six months for USD 97,939 and USD 159,035 as of June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

Notes to the Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements


1.	GENERAL INFORMATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

a) General information and basis of presentation

Ternium S.A. (the “Company” or “Ternium”), was incorporated on December 22, 2003 to hold investments in flat and long steel manufacturing and distributing companies. The Company has an authorized share capital of a single class of 3.5 billion shares having a nominal value of USD 1.00 per share. As of June 30, 2018, there were 2,004,743,442 shares issued. All issued shares are fully paid.

Ternium’s American Depositary Shares (“ADS”) trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TX”.

The name and percentage of ownership of subsidiaries that have been included in consolidation in these Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements is disclosed in Note 2 to the audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Certain comparative amounts have been reclassified to conform to changes in presentation in the current period. These reclassifications do not have a material effect on the Company’s condensed interim consolidated financial statements.

The preparation of Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that might affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the statement of financial position, and also the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the reported periods. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The main assumptions and estimates were disclosed in the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2017, without significant changes since its publication.

Material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. However, the fact that the functional currency of the Company’s subsidiaries differs, results in the generation of foreign exchange gains and losses that are included in the Consolidated Condensed Interim Income Statement under “Other financial income (expenses), net”.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

These Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, “Interim Financial Reporting” and are unaudited. These Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2017, which have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union (“EU”). Recently issued accounting pronouncements were applied by the Company as from their respective dates.

These Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements have been prepared following the same accounting policies used in the preparation of the audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2017, except for the changes explained in Note 15 of these Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements.

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

None of the accounting pronouncements issued after December 31, 2017, and as of the date of these Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or result or operations.


3.	SEGMENT INFORMATION

REPORTABLE OPERATING SEGMENTS

The Company is organized in two reportable segments: Steel and Mining.

The Steel segment includes the sales of steel products, which comprises slabs, hot rolled coils and sheets, cold rolled coils and sheets, tin plate, welded pipes, hot dipped galvanized and electro-galvanized sheets, pre-painted sheets, billets (steel in its basic, semi-finished state), wire rod and bars and other tailor-made products to serve its customers’ requirements. It also includes the sales of energy.

The Steel segment comprises three operating segments: Mexico, Southern Region and Other markets. These three segments have been aggregated considering the economic characteristics and financial effects of each business activity in which the entity engages; the related economic environment in which it operates; the type or class of customer for the products; the nature of the products; and the production processes. The Mexico operating segment comprises the Company’s businesses in Mexico. The Southern region operating segment manages the businesses in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay. The Other markets operating segment includes businesses mainly in Brazil, United States, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.

The Mining segment includes the sales of mining products, mainly iron ore and pellets, and comprises the mining activities of Las Encinas, an iron ore mining company in which Ternium holds a 100% equity interest and the 50% of the operations and results performed by Peña Colorada, another iron ore mining company in which Ternium maintains that same percentage over its equity interest. Both mining operations are located in Mexico. For Peña Colorada, the Company recognizes its assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses in relation to its interest in the joint operation.

Ternium’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (CEO) holds monthly meetings with senior management, in which operating and financial performance information is reviewed, including financial information that differs from IFRS principally as follows:

- The use of direct cost methodology to calculate the inventories, while under IFRS is at full cost, including absorption of production overheads and depreciation.

- The use of costs based on previously internally defined cost estimates, while, under IFRS, costs are calculated at historical cost (with the FIFO method).

- Other timing and non-significant differences.

Most information on segment assets is not disclosed as it is not reviewed by the CODM (CEO).

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017


3.	SEGMENT INFORMATION (continued)



	Six- month period ended June 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
	Steel		Mining		Inter-segment eliminations		Total
IFRS
Net sales	6,094,524		143,469		(142,723	)	6,095,270
Cost of sales	(4,477,764	)	(107,745	)	148,993		(4,436,516	)
Gross profit	1,616,760		35,724		6,270		1,658,754
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(476,843	)	(8,675	)	—		(485,518	)
Other operating income, net	(431	)	614		—		183
Operating income - IFRS	1,139,486		27,663		6,270		1,173,419
Management view
Net sales	6,094,524		173,030		(172,284	)	6,095,270
Operating income	830,873		61,558		(5,386	)	887,045
Reconciliation items:
Differences in Cost of sales							286,374
Operating income - IFRS							1,173,419
Financial income (expense), net							(228,934	)
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies							32,349
Income before income tax expense - IFRS							976,834
Depreciation and amortization - IFRS	(251,970	)	(27,316	)	—		(279,286	)



	Six- month period ended June 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
	Steel		Mining		Inter-segment eliminations		Total
IFRS
Net sales	4,397,752		118,165		(118,153	)	4,397,764
Cost of sales	(3,274,549	)	(102,326	)	117,236		(3,259,639	)
Gross profit	1,123,203		15,839		(917	)	1,138,125
Selling, general and administrative expenses	(356,077	)	(5,246	)	—		(361,323	)
Other operating income, net	(20,145	)	316		—		(19,829	)
Operating income - IFRS	746,981		10,909		(917	)	756,973
Management view
Net sales	4,302,716		132,002		(131,990	)	4,302,728
Operating income	476,541		25,996		3,081		505,618
Reconciliation items:
Differences in Cost of sales							251,355
Operating income - IFRS							756,973
Financial income (expense), net							(107,011	)
Equity in earnings of non-consolidated companies							36,573
Income before income tax expense - IFRS							686,535
Depreciation and amortization - IFRS	(182,378	)	(23,259	)	—		(205,637	)

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

3. SEGMENT INFORMATION (continued)

GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

For purposes of reporting geographical information, net sales are allocated based on the customer’s location. Allocation of non-current assets is based on the geographical location of the underlying assets.



	Six- month period ended June 30, 2018 (Unaudited)
	Mexico	Southern region	Other markets (2)	Total

Net sales	3,285,070	1,229,561	1,580,639	6,095,270

Non-current assets (1)	4,032,648	436,283	1,697,288	6,166,219

	Six- month period ended June 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
	Mexico	Southern region	Other markets	Total

Net sales	2,827,339	1,075,600	494,825	4,397,764

Non-current assets (1)	4,056,941	704,473	230,693	4,992,107

(1) Includes Property, plant and equipment and Intangible assets.
(2) Includes the assets related to the business acquisition disclosed in note 12.


4.	COST OF SALES



	Six- month period ended June 30,
	2018		2017
	(Unaudited)
Inventories at the beginning of the year	2,550,930		1,647,869
Translation differences	(276,369	)	(27,259	)
Plus: Charges for the period
Raw materials and consumables used and other movements	3,786,830		2,862,870
Services and fees	84,991		44,262
Labor cost	378,672		299,417
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment	196,110		160,896
Amortization of intangible assets	14,142		20,374
Maintenance expenses	280,911		205,420
Office expenses	4,304		3,282
Insurance	4,159		4,096
Change of obsolescence allowance	5,077		2,428
Recovery from sales of scrap and by-products	(13,058	)	(13,360	)
Others	9,205		12,966
Less: Inventories at the end of the period	(2,589,388	)	(1,963,622	)
Cost of Sales	4,436,516		3,259,639

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Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017


5.	SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES



	Six- month period ended June 30,
	2018	2017
	(Unaudited)
Services and fees	41,160	39,506
Labor cost	129,909	108,303
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment	5,826	5,720
Amortization of intangible assets	63,208	18,647
Maintenance and expenses	2,780	2,502
Taxes	52,467	42,427
Office expenses	19,582	17,003
Freight and transportation	160,047	121,194
Increase (decrease) of allowance for doubtful accounts	1,707	(280	)
Others	8,832	6,301
Selling, general and administrative expenses	485,518	361,323


6.	FINANCE EXPENSE, FINANCE INCOME AND OTHER FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES), NET



	Six- month period ended June 30,
	2018		2017
	(Unaudited)
Interest expense	(67,076	)	(45,483	)

Finance expense	(67,076	)	(45,483	)

Interest income	10,604		9,095

Finance income	10,604		9,095

Net foreign exchange gain (loss)	(110,922	)	(79,183	)
Change in fair value of financial assets	—		(454	)
Derivative contract results	(73,636	)	9,986
Others	12,096		(972	)

Other financial income (expenses), net	(172,462	)	(70,623	)

7. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET



	Six- month period ended June 30,
	2018	2017
	(Unaudited)
At the beginning of the year	5,349,753	4,135,977

Currency translation differences	(217,740)	(32,301)
Additions	221,295	245,580
Disposals	(12,351)	(22,321)
Depreciation charge	(201,936)	(166,616)
Transfers and reclassifications	(227)	(104)
At the end of the period	5,138,794	4,160,215

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Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

8. INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET



	Six- month period ended June 30,
	2018	2017
	(Unaudited)
At the beginning of the year	1,092,579	842,557

Acquisition of business	—	—
Currency translation differences	(4659)	(457)
Additions	16,628	28,813
Amortization charge	(77,350)	(39,021)
Transfers/Disposals	227	—
At the end of the period	1,027,425	831,892


9.	INVESTMENTS IN NON-CONSOLIDATED COMPANIES

Company

Country of incorporation

Main activity

Voting rights as of

Value as of

June 30, 2018

December 31, 2017

June 30, 2018

December 31, 2017

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. - USIMINAS

Brazil

Manufacturing and selling of steel products

34.39%

424,976

466,299

Other non-consolidated companies (1)

13,371

12,049

438,347

478,348

(1) It includes the investments held in Techgen S.A. de C.V., Finma S.A.I.F., Arhsa S.A., Techinst S.A., Recrotek S.R.L. de C.V. and Gas Industrial de Monterrey S.A. de C.V.

(a) Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. - USIMINAS

Ternium, through its subsidiaries Ternium Investments S.à r.l. (“Ternium Investments”), Ternium Argentina S.A. (“Ternium Argentina”) and Prosid Investments S.A. (“Prosid”), owns a total of 242.6 million ordinary shares and 8.5 million preferred shares, representing 20.5% of the issued and outstanding share capital of Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. - USIMINAS (“Usiminas”), the largest flat steel producer in Brazil.

Ternium Investments, Ternium Argentina and Prosid, together with Tenaris S.A.’s Brazilian subsidiary Confab Industrial S.A. (“TenarisConfab”), are part of Usiminas’ control group, comprising the so-called T/T Group. The other members of Usiminas’ control group are Previdência Usiminas (Usiminas’ employee pension fund) and the so-called NSSMC Group, comprising Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Group (“NSSMC”), Nippon Usiminas Co., Ltd., Metal One Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation do Brasil, S.A.

On April 10, 2018, the T/T Group, the NSSMC Group and Previdência Usiminas entered into a new shareholders’ agreement (the “New SHA”) to govern their relations as shareholders and members of the control group of Usiminas. The New SHA sets forth Usiminas’ corporate governance rules, including, among others, an alternation mechanism for the nomination of each of the chief executive officer and the chairman of the board of directors, as well as a mechanism for the nomination of other members of Usiminas’ executive board. The right to nominate Usimina’s chief executive officer and chairman will alternate between Ternium and NSSMC at every 4-year interval, comprising two consecutive 2-year terms. For the initial four years, Ternium will be entitled to nominate the CEO and NSSMC will be entitled to nominate the chairman. The executive board will be composed of six members, including the chief executive officer and five vice-presidents, with Ternium and NSSMC nominating three members each.

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Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
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9. INVESTMENTS IN NON-CONSOLIDATED COMPANIES (continued)

Usiminas’ control group holds, in the aggregate, 483.6 million ordinary shares bound to the New SHA, representing approximately 68.6% of Usiminas’ voting capital, with the T/T Group holding approximately 47.1% of the total shares held by the control group (39.5% corresponding to Ternium and the other 7.5% corresponding to TenarisConfab); the NSSMC Group holding approximately 45.9% of the total shares held by the control group; and Previdência Usiminas holding the remaining 7% of the total shares held by the control group.

The New SHA provides for an exit mechanism consisting of a buy-and-sell procedure, exercisable at any time during the term of the New SHA after November 16, 2022. Such exit mechanism shall apply with respect to shares held by the NSSMC Group and the T/T Group, and would allow either Ternium or NSSMC to purchase all or a majority of the Usiminas shares held by the other shareholder group.

The 51.4 million ordinary shares of Usiminas acquired by Ternium on October 30, 2014 and 6.7 million ordinary shares acquired by NSSMC prior to execution of the January 16, 2012 shareholders’ agreement remain free from any transfer restrictions under the New SHA and will not be subject to the exit mechanism described above.

As of June 30, 2018, the closing price of the Usiminas ordinary and preferred shares, as quoted on the BM&F Bovespa Stock Exchange, was BRL 11.23 (approximately USD 2.91; December 31, 2017: BRL 10.83 - USD 3.27) per ordinary share and BRL 7.32 (approximately USD 1.90; December 31, 2017: BRL 9.10 - USD 2.75) per preferred share, respectively. Accordingly, as of June 30, 2018, Ternium’s ownership stake had a market value of approximately USD 722.7 million and a carrying value of USD 425.0 million.

The Company reviews periodically the recoverability of its investment in Usiminas. To determine the recoverable value, the Company estimates the value in use of the investment by calculating the present value of the expected cash flows or its fair value less costs of disposal.

Usiminas financial restructuring process (that started in April 2016 with the capital increase) was completed by the end of August 2017. The completion of this process together with the higher share price since June 2016, and the improvement in business conditions may lead to an increase in the value of the investment in Usiminas in future periods.

As of June 30, 2018 the value of the investment in Usiminas is comprised as follows:



Value of investment	USIMINAS

As of January 1, 2018	466,299
Share of results (1)	29,630
Other comprehensive income	(70,953	)

As of June 30, 2018	424,976

(1) It includes the adjustment of the values associated to the purchase price allocation.

The investment in Usiminas is based in the following calculation:



Usiminas' shareholders' equity	3,597,542
Percentage of interest of the Company over shareholders' equity	20.47	%

Interest of the Company over shareholders' equity	735,363

Purchase price allocation	71,573
Goodwill	269,576
Impairment	(651,536	)

Total Investment in Usiminas	424,976

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Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

9. INVESTMENTS IN NON-CONSOLIDATED COMPANIES (continued)

On July 26, 2018, Usiminas issued its consolidated interim accounts as of and for the Six- month period ended June 30, 2018, which state that revenues, net profit from continuing operations and shareholders’ equity amounted to USD 1,889 million, USD 35 million and USD 3,598 million, respectively.



		USIMINAS
Summarized balance sheet (in million USD)		As of June 30, 2018
Assets
Non-current		4,782
Current		1,500
Other current investments		136
Cash and cash equivalents		150

Total Assets		6,568
Liabilities
Non-current		550
Non-current borrowings		1,509
Current		546
Current borrowings		5

Total Liabilities		2,610

Minority interest		360

Shareholders' equity		3,598

		USIMINAS
Summarized income statement (in million USD)		Six- month period ended June 30, 2018

Net sales		1,889
Cost of sales		(1,539)
Gross Profit		350
Selling, general and administrative expenses		(107)
Other operating income, net		(86)
Operating income		157
Financial expenses, net		(118)
Equity in earnings of associated companies		23
Profit before income tax		62
Income tax expense		(18)
Net profit before minority interest		44
Minority interest in other subsidiaries		(9)
Net profit for the period		35

(b) Techgen S.A. de C.V.

Techgen is a Mexican natural gas-fired combined cycle electric power plant in the Pesquería area of the State of Nuevo León, Mexico. The company started producing energy on December 1st, 2017 and is fully operational. As of February 2017, Ternium, Tenaris, and Tecpetrol International S.A. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of San Faustin S.A., the controlling shareholder of both Ternium and Tenaris) completed their investments in Techgen. Techgen is currently owned 48% by Ternium, 30% by Tecpetrol and 22% by Tenaris. Ternium and Tenaris also agreed to enter into power supply and transportation agreements with Techgen, pursuant to which Ternium and Tenaris will contract 78% and 22%, respectively, of Techgen’s power capacity of 900 megawatts. During 2017 and 2016, Techgen’s shareholders made additional investments in Techgen, in the form of subordinated loans, which in the case of Ternium amounted to USD 127.1 million as of June 30, 2018, and which are due in June 2020.

For commitments from Ternium in connection with Techgen, see note 11.

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Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

10. DISTRIBUTION OF DIVIDENDS

During the annual shareholders’ meeting held on May 2, 2018, the shareholders approved a distribution of dividends of USD 0.11 per share (USD 1.10 per ADS), or approximately USD 220.5 million in the aggregate. The dividend was paid on May 10, 2018.

11. CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS

This note should be read in conjunction with Note 25 to the Company’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2017. The main contingencies and commitments are as follows:

(i) Tax claims and other contingencies

(a) Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) - Tender offer litigation

In 2013, the Company was notified of a lawsuit filed in Brazil by Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) and various entities affiliated with CSN against Ternium Investments S.à r.l., its subsidiary Ternium Argentina S.A., and Confab Industrial S.A., a Brazilian subsidiary of Tenaris S.A. The entities named in the CSN lawsuit had acquired a participation in Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. - USIMINAS (Usiminas) in January 2012. The CSN lawsuit alleges that, under applicable Brazilian laws and rules, the acquirers were required to launch a tag-along tender offer to all non-controlling holders of Usiminas ordinary shares for a price per share equal to 80% of the price per share paid in such acquisition, or BRL 28.8, and seeks an order to compel the acquirers to launch an offer at that price plus interest. If so ordered, the offer would need to be made to 182,609,851 ordinary shares of Usiminas not belonging to Usiminas’ control group; Ternium Investments and Ternium Argentina’s respective shares in the offer would be 60.6% and 21.5%.

On September 23, 2013, the first instance court dismissed the CSN lawsuit, and on February 8, 2017, the court of appeals of São Paulo maintained the understanding of the first instance court. On March 6, 2017, CSN filed a motion for clarification against the decision of the court of appeals, which was rejected on July 19, 2017. On August 18, 2017, CSN filed with the court of appeals an appeal seeking the review and reversal by the Superior Court of Justice of the decision issued by the court of appeals. On March 5, 2018, the court of appeals ruled that CSN’s appeal did not meet the requirements for submission to the Superior Court of Justice and rejected such appeal. On May 8, 2018, CSN appealed against such ruling. If CSN’s appeals is granted, the Superior Court of Justice will also review admissibility, and, if declared admissible, will then render a decision on the merits. The Superior Court of Justice is restricted to the analysis of alleged violations to federal laws and cannot assess matters of fact.

Ternium continues to believe that all of CSN’s claims and allegations are groundless and without merit, as confirmed by several opinions of Brazilian legal counsel, two decisions issued by the Brazilian securities regulator (CVM) in February 2012 and December 2016, and the first and second instance court decisions referred to above. Accordingly, no provision was recorded in these Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements.

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11.	CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)

(b) Shareholder claims relating to the October 2014 acquisition of Usiminas shares

On April 14, 2015, the staff of the CVM determined that an acquisition of additional ordinary shares of Usiminas by Ternium Investments made in October 2014, triggered a requirement under applicable Brazilian laws and regulations for Usiminas’ controlling shareholders to launch a tender offer to all non-controlling holders of Usiminas ordinary shares. The CVM staff’s determination was made further to a request by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and its affiliates, who alleged that Ternium’s 2014 acquisition had exceeded a threshold that triggers the tender offer requirement. In the CVM staff’s view, the 2014 acquisition exceeded the applicable threshold by 5.2 million shares. On April 29, 2015, Ternium filed an appeal to be submitted to the CVM’s Board of Commissioners. On May 5, 2015, the CVM staff confirmed that the appeal would be submitted to the Board of Commissioners and that the effects of the staff’s decision would be stayed until such Board rules on the matter.

On June 15, 2015, upon an appeal filed by NSSMC, the CVM staff changed its earlier decision and stated that the obligation to launch a tender offer would fall exclusively on Ternium. Ternium’s appeal has been submitted to the CVM’s Board of Commissioners and it is currently expected that such Board will rule on the appeal in 2018. In addition, on April 18, 2018, Ternium filed a petition with the CVM’s reporting Commissioner requesting that the applicable threshold for the tender offer requirement be recalculated taking into account the new ordinary shares issued by Usiminas in connection with its 2016 BRL1 billion capital increase and that, in light of the replenishment of the threshold that would result from such recalculation, the CVM’s staff 2015 determination be set aside. In the event that both the appeal and the petition are not successful, under applicable CVM rules Ternium may elect to sell to third parties the 5.2 million shares allegedly acquired in excess of the threshold, in which case no tender offer would be required.

In March 2015, the Mexican tax authorities, as part of a tax audit to Ternium Mexico with respect to fiscal year 2008, challenged the deduction by Ternium Mexico’s predecessor IMSA Acero of a tax loss arising from an intercompany sale of shares in December 2008. Although the tax authorities have not yet determined the amount of their claim, they have indicated in a preliminary report that they have observations that may result in an income tax adjustment currently estimated at approximately USD 58.6 million, including interest and fines.

Ternium Mexico requested an injunction from the Mexican courts against the audit observations, and also filed its defense and supporting documents with the Mexican tax authorities. The Company, based on the advice of counsel, believes that an unfavorable outcome in connection with this matter is not probable and, accordingly, no provision has been recorded in its financial statements.

(ii) Commitments

The following are Ternium’s main off-balance sheet commitments:

(a) Ternium Argentina signed agreements to cover 80% of its required iron ore, pellets and iron ore fines volumes until December 31, 2021, for an estimated total amount of USD 719.1 million. Although they do not set a minimum amount or a minimum commitment to purchase a fixed volume, under certain circumstances a penalty is established for the party that fails of:

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11.	CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)

-7% in case the annual operated volume is between 70% and 75% of the total volume of purchases of the Company; such percentage is applied over the difference between the actual purchased volume and the 80% of the total volume of purchases.

-15% in case the annual operated volume is lower than 70% of the total volume of purchases of the Company; such percentage is applied over the difference between the actual purchased volume and the 80% of the total volume of purchases.

(b) Ternium Argentina entered into a contract with Tenaris, a related company of Ternium, for the supply of steam generated at the power generation facility that Tenaris owns in the compound of the Ramallo facility of Ternium Argentina. Under this contract, Tenaris has to provide 250 tn/hour of steam, and Ternium Argentina has the obligation to take or pay this volume. The amount of this outsourcing agreement totals USD 4.6 million and is due to terminate in 2018.

(c) Ternium Argentina also signed various contracts for the provision of natural gas, including Tecpetrol, a related company of Ternium, assuming firm commitments for a total of USD 61.8 million payable until April 2019.

(d) Ternium Argentina signed an agreement with Air Liquide Argentina S.A. for the supply of oxygen, nitrogen and argon until 2021, for an aggregate amount of USD 24.7 million, which is due to terminate in 2032.

(e) On April 24, 2017, Ternium Mexico entered into a 25-year contract (effective as of December 1, 2016, through December 1, 2041) with Techgen, S.A. de C.V. for the supply of 699 MW (which represents 78% of Techgen’s capacity) and covers most of Ternium Mexico’s facilities electricity needs. Monthly payments are determined on the basis of capacity charges, operation costs, back-up power charges, and transmission charges. As of the seventh contract year (as long as Techgen’s existing or replacing bank facility has been repaid in full), Ternium Mexico has the right to suspend or early terminate the contract if the rate payable under the agreement is higher than the rate charged by Comisión Federal de Electricidad (“CFE”) or its successors. Ternium Mexico may instruct Techgen to sell to any affiliate of Ternium Mexico, to CFE, or to any other third party all or any part of unused contracted energy under the agreement and Ternium Mexico will benefit from the proceeds of such sale.

(f) On December 20, 2000, Hylsa (Ternium Mexico’s predecessor) entered into a 25-year contract with Iberdrola Energia Monterrey, S.A. de C.V. (“Iberdrola”), a Mexican subsidiary of Iberdrola Energía, S.A., for the supply of energy to four of Ternium Mexico’s plants. On March 31, 2008, two of those plants were terminated by Iberdrola. The contracted electrical demand as of June 30, 2018, is 51.7 MW. Iberdrola currently supplies approximately 8.5% of Ternium Mexico’s electricity needs under this contract. Although the contract was to be effective through 2027, on April 28, 2014, Ternium Mexico and Iberdrola entered into a new supply contract and terminated the previous one. In consideration of the termination of the previous contract, Iberdrola has granted Ternium Mexico a credit of USD 750 thousand per MW of the 111.2 MW originally contracted capacity, resulting over time in a total value of USD 83.4 million. In addition, Iberdrola agreed to recognize to Ternium México USD 15.0 million through discounted rates. As a result of the above mentioned credit and discount, the company expects to incur in electricity rates comparable to those obtained in the past under the previous contract’s terms for a period that is estimated to be approximately 1 year. Following such period, Ternium Mexico’s rates under the contract will increase to market rates with a 2.5% discount; however, Ternium Mexico will be entitled to terminate the contract without penalty.

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11.	CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)

(g) Following the maturity of a previously existing railroad freight services agreement during 2013, in April 2014, Ternium Mexico and Ferrocarril Mexicano, S. A. de C. V. (“Ferromex”) entered into a new railroad freight services agreement pursuant to which Ferromex will transport Ternium Mexico’s products through railroads operated by Ferromex for a term of five years through 2019. Subject to Ternium Mexico’s board approval, both Ternium Mexico and Ferromex would be required to make (within a period of 36 months) certain investments to improve the loading and unloading of gondolas. The total investment commitment of Ternium Mexico and Ferromex was already invested as of June 30, 2018. Under the agreement, Ternium Mexico has guaranteed to Ferromex its service for the minimum average transport load of 200,000 metric tons per month in any six-month period. In the event that the actual per-month average transport loads in any six-month period were lower than such guaranteed minimum, Ternium Mexico would be required to compensate Ferromex for the shortfall so that Ferromex receives a rate equivalent to a total transport load of 1,200,000 metric tons for such six-month period. However, any such compensation will not be payable if the lower transport loads were due to adverse market conditions, or to adverse operating conditions at Ternium Mexico’s facilities.

(h) Ternium México issued a guarantee letter covering up to approximately USD 40.4 million of the obligations of Gas Industrial de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V. (“GIMSA”), under the natural gas trading agreement between GIMSA and Pemex Transformación Industrial (“Pemex”). The credit line granted by Pemex in connection with this natural gas trading agreement amounted to approximately USD 40.4 million. As of June 30, 2018, the outstanding amount under the natural gas trading agreement was USD 10.5 million, which is below the amount included in the guarantee letter issued by Ternium México.

(i) On June, 2018, Ternium Mexico entered into a loan agreement with a syndicate of banks for a USD 1,000 million syndicated loan facility for the purpose of financing capital expenditures, the repayment or prepayment of existing debt, and other general corporate purposes. The loan has a one year availability period in which Ternium Mexico can disburse in one or several drawings. The Company entered the Facility on June 12, 2018, and the final maturity date is on June 12, 2023, being payable in eight consecutive and equal semi-annual installments commencing on December 13, 2019. The main financial covenant that the Facility requires to meet is the consolidated net senior leverage ratio to be not greater than 3.5 to 1.00. As of June 30, 2018, there had been no disbursement under the facility and the Company complied with the aforementioned financial covenant.

(j) Techgen is a party to gas transportation capacity agreements with Kinder Morgan Gas Natural de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline LLC and Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline LLC for the whole transportation capacity starting on August 1, 2016 and ending during the second half of 2036. As of June 30, 2018, the outstanding value of this commitment was approximately USD 257 million. Ternium’s exposure under the guarantee in connection with these agreements amounts to USD 123 million, corresponding to the 48% of the agreements’ outstanding value as of June 30, 2018.

(k) Ternium issued a Corporate Guarantee covering 48% of the obligations of Techgen under a syndicated loan agreement between Techgen and several banks led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and Natixis, New York Branch acting as joint bookrunners. The loan agreement amounted to USD 800 million and the proceeds were used by Techgen in the construction of the facility. As of June 30, 2018, the outstanding amount under the loan agreement was USD 680 million, as a result the amount guaranteed by Ternium was approximately USD 326 million. The main covenants under the Corporate Guarantee are limitations to the sale of certain assets and compliance with financial ratios (e.g. leverage ratio). As of June 30, 2018, Techgen and Ternium, as guarantor, were in compliance with all of their covenants.

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11.	CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)

(l) During 2006, CSA, the predecessor of Ternium Brasil, has entered into a 15-year contract denominated “Contrato de comercialização de energia elétrica no ambiente regulado - CCEAR por disponibilidade” to provide electric energy to 24 distributors starting on 2011. Under this contract, Ternium Brasil has to provide 200 MW average per year and the price is adjusted by the Brazilian inflation index. The penalty for not delivering the volume of energy of the contract is the difference between the spot price and the unit variable cost (calculated and published by the Agéncia Nacional de Energía Elétrica), calculated per hour.

(m) Ternium Brasil signed an exclusivity agreement with Vale S.A. for the purchase of iron ore (pellets, sinter feed and lump ore), which is due to terminate in 2029. The total purchased volume, in accordance with the actual production capacity, is of approximately 8.0 million tons per year. Ternium Brasil has not the obligation to take or pay the mentioned volume and only should pay logistic costs in case of not purchasing the contracted volume.

(n) Ternium Brasil, for its activity of energy generation through gas and steam turbines, signed on March 2017 a contract with GE Global Parts and Products GMBH, General Electric International Inc. and Alstom Energia Térmica e Indústria Ltda. for the maintenance services of such turbines (including the supply of spare parts) for a period of 20 years. The amount of the entire contract totals USD 185.6 million.

(o) Ternium Brasil also signed on November 2007 a contract with Primetals Technologies Brazil Ltda. for the provision of maintenance services at a central workshop for the entire steel mill complex, including caster maintenance for the steel plant. The amount of the mentioned services totals approximately USD 45.7 million per year and is due to terminate on November 2024. Ternium Brasil is currently using more hours than the minimum quantity of contracted hours.

(p) Ternium Brasil is a party to a long-term contract with the Consortium formed by Air Liquide Brasil Ltda., AirSteel Ltda., White Martins Gases Industriais Ltda., White Martins Steel Ltda. and ThyssenKrupp MinEnergy GmbH for the supply of air, oxygen, nitrogen and argon for an aggregate amount of USD 47.2 million per year to satisfy the requirements up to January 2029. The contract has minimum daily-required volumes.

(q) Ternium Brasil signed on January 2015 a contract with Companhia Distribuidora de Gás do Rio de Janeiro for the supply of natural gas. This agreement is due to terminate on December 2019 and it totals an aggregate amount of USD 29.0 million per year or 61.3 million m3 per year. Ternium Brasil is currently purchasing more than the minimum volume required by the contract, which is 85% of the volume mentioned before.

(iii) Restrictions on the distribution of profits

Under Luxembourg law, at least 5% of net income per year calculated in accordance with Luxembourg law and regulations must be allocated to a reserve until such reserve equals 10% of the share capital. At December 31, 2013, this reserve reached the above-mentioned threshold.

As of December 31, 2017, Ternium may pay dividends up to USD 3.1 billion in accordance with Luxembourg law and regulations.

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11.	CONTINGENCIES, COMMITMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS (continued)

Shareholders' equity under Luxembourg law and regulations comprises the following captions:



		As of December 31, 2017

Share capital		2,004,743
Legal reserve		200,474
Non distributable reserves		1,414,122
Reserve for own shares		59,600
Accumulated profit at January 1, 2017		3,135,868
Loss for the year		(32,012)

Total shareholders' equity under Luxembourg GAAP		6,782,795


12.	ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS

Acquisition of CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico Ltda. (now Ternium Brasil Ltda.) and thyssenkrupp Slab International B.V. (now Ternium Staal B.V.)

(a) The acquisition

On September 7, 2017, Ternium completed the acquisition from thyssenkrupp AG (“tkAG”) of a 100% ownership interest in thyssenkrupp Slab International B.V. (“tkSI”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary CSA Siderúrgica do Atlântico Ltda. (“CSA”), a steel slab producer with a steelmaking facility located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and having an annual production capacity of 5 million tons of high-end steel slabs, a deep-water harbor and a 490 MW combined cycle power plant. The acquisition is expected to substantially increase Ternium’s steelmaking capacity and strengthen its business in strategic industrial sectors across Latin America.

As part of the transaction, tkAG assigned to Ternium a slab commitment agreement providing for an arrangement relating to the purchase of CSA-manufactured carbon steel slabs under the terms of a slab frame supply agreement and related annual slab off-take agreements between tkSI and the entity that acquired thyssenkrupp’s former Calvert re-rolling facility in Alabama, United States of America. Such slab commitment agreement provided for a commitment by such entity to purchase from tkSI approximately 2.0 million tons of CSA-manufactured carbon steel slabs per year until September 30, 2019, at the price resulting from the pricing formula set forth therein. This slab commitment agreement was amended on December 20, 2017, spreading deliveries of the remaining slab volumes committed under such agreement through December 2020.

The purchase price paid by Ternium in the acquisition totaled approximately USD 1,891 million.

Ternium began consolidating the balance sheets and results of operations of tkSI and CSA as from September 7, 2017, and CSA changed its name to Ternium Brasil Ltda. and tkSI was renamed Ternium Staal B.V.

(b) Fair value of net assets acquired

The application of the purchase method requires certain estimates and assumptions especially concerning the determination of the fair values of the acquired intangible assets and property, plant and equipment as well as the liabilities assumed at the date of the acquisition. The fair values determined at the acquisition date are based mainly on discounted cash flows and other valuation techniques.

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

12. ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS (continued)

The preliminary allocation of the fair values determined for the assets and liabilities arising from the acquisition is as follows:



Fair value of acquired assets and liabilities:

Property, plant and equipment and Intangible assets	1,573,946

Inventories	400,047
Cash and cash equivalents	278,162
Trade receivables	63,710
Other receivables	705,058
Deferred tax assets	13,686
Provisions	(799,938	)
Trade payables	(219,604	)
Other assets and liabilities, net	(124,078	)
Net assets acquired	1,890,989

According to this preliminary purchase price allocation, no goodwill was recorded.

Ternium entered into several derivative contracts to partially hedge the currency volatility risk associated with the Euro-denominated transaction price. As of the date of the closing of the acquisition, the fair value of those contracts amounted to USD 75.9 million. Such value was deducted from the purchase consideration.

The preliminary purchase price allocation disclosed above is currently under analysis with the assistance of a third-party expert. Following IFRS 3, the Company will continue reviewing the allocation and make any necessary adjustments (mainly over Property, plant and equipment, Intangible assets and Provisions) during the twelve months following the acquisition date.

Contrary to the recognition principles in IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets, IFRS 3 Business Combinations requires an acquirer of a business to recognize contingent liabilities assumed in a business acquisition at the acquisition date even if it is not probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation.

The main contingencies recognized in the Company’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to IFRS 3 Business Combinations in connection with the acquisition of tkSI and CSA include the following:

(i) Fishermen associations’ claims

Civil contingencies include lawsuits brought by a number of fishermen associations on behalf of their associates, alleging that the dredge of Ternium Brasil’s deep-water port has had a negative impact on fish farming and exploitation activities in the Sepetiba Bay area in Rio de Janeiro and that, as a result, fishermen in that area had suffered damages. A provision in the amount of USD 24.5 million was recorded at the acquisition date in connection with this matter (USD 20.0 million as of June 30, 2018).

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

12. ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS (continued)

(ii) Tax assessments relating to the use of certain ICMS tax credits

The Imposto Sobre Operações Relativas à Circulação de Mercadorias e Serviços, or ICMS, is a Brazilian value-added tax on the services (inter-states) and the transfer of goods in Brazil. Payment of ICMS generates tax credits that, subject to applicable law, rules and regulations, may be either used to offset ICMS payment obligations generated in connection with domestic sales of products and services, or sold and transferred to third parties.

The Rio de Janeiro State Treasury Office is challenging the use by Ternium Brasil of ICMS tax credits generated in connection with purchases of refractory materials in the period from December 2010 through December 2016, and intends to assess taxes and impose fines on Ternium Brasil on the argument that such materials may not be qualified as “raw materials” or “intermediary products” but as “goods for consumption” and, accordingly, ICMS tax credits generated in connection with their purchase are not available and may not be used to offset ICMS payment obligations generated in connection with Ternium Brasil’s domestic sales of carbon steel slabs. Ternium Brasil has appealed against the Rio de Janeiro State Treasury Office tax assessments and fines. A provision in the amount of USD 57.7 million was recorded as of the acquisition date in connection with this matter (USD 47.1 million as of June 30, 2018).

(iii) ICMS deferral tax benefit - Unconstitutionality

Through State Law No. 4,529, of March 31, 2005, the State of Rio de Janeiro granted Ternium Brasil a tax incentive consisting of a deferment of ICMS payable by Ternium Brasil in connection with the construction and operation of the company’s Rio de Janeiro steelmaking complex. The incentive applies in respect of the acquisition of fixed assets and certain raw materials (i.e. iron ore, pellets, alloys, coke, coal and scrap) and significantly reduces input ICMS credit accumulation by Ternium Brasil. The tax incentive was granted for a period of 20 years from the commencement of the construction works for Ternium Brasil’s Rio de Janeiro steel complex.

In 2012, a Brazilian political party filed a direct action of unconstitutionality against the above- mentioned State Law before the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court, predicated on the argument that, since the tax incentive granted pursuant to such State Law had not been approved by Brazil’s National Council of Fiscal Policy (Conselho Nacional de Política Fazendária, or CONFAZ), such State Law should be declared unconstitutional. As of the date of these consolidated condensed interim financial statements, Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the matter.

In August 2017, the Brazilian Congress enacted Supplementary Law No. 160/2017, instituting a mechanism through which the States may confirm any ICMS incentives they had granted in prior years without CONFAZ approval and, in furtherance of such Supplementary Law, in December 2017 the States adopted ICMS Convention 190/2017, establishing the applicable rules and deadlines for so confirming such ICMS incentives. As per the terms of ICMS Convention 190/2017, all States were required to publish in their official gazettes, on or before March 29, 2018, a list of the ICMS incentives that are to be confirmed pursuant to Supplementary Law No. 160. On March 6, 2018, the Rio de Janeiro State published its list of ICMS incentives, including, among others, the ICMS benefit granted to Ternium Brasil. ICMS Convention 190/2017 also required that all relevant documents concerning such incentives be filed with CONFAZ on or before June 29, 2018. On July 27, 2018, the Governor of Rio de Janeiro issued Executive Order (Decreto) No. 46.378, pursuant to which the State of Rio de Janeiro reconfirmed, in accordance with ICMS Convention 190/2017, the ICMS tax benefits listed in its official gazette publication made pursuant to the Convention, including, among others, Ternium Brasil’s ICMS tax benefits. The States may request the postponement of such deadlines, subject to CONFAZ’s approval.

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

12. ACQUISITION OF BUSINESS (continued)

The tax benefits accumulated under Ternium Brasil’s ICMS incentive as of the acquisition date amounted to approximately USD 1,089 million. In accordance with the guidance in IFRS 3, the Company recorded as of the acquisition date a provision of USD 651.8 million (including estimated penalties and interest) in connection with this matter, together with an asset of USD 325.9 million arising from its right to recover part of the contingency amount from Thyssenkrup Veerhaven B.V. (USD 532.0 million and USD 266.0 million, respectively, as of June 30, 2018). The calculation of this contingency is provisional and has been determined taking into consideration the probability of negative outcome for the Company, if any, on an estimated total risk of USD 1,630 million (including estimated penalties and interests).

(d) Acquisition financing

The acquisition was mainly financed through an unsecured 5-year syndicated facility in the principal amount of USD 1.5 billion granted to the Company’s subsidiary, Ternium Investments S.àr.l., by a syndicate of banks.

The facility will be repaid in eight consecutive and equal semi-annual installments, commencing on March 5, 2019, and has been guaranteed by the Company’s subsidiary, Ternium México, S.A. de C.V. The borrower and the guarantor are subject to certain covenants customary for transactions of this type, including limitations on liens and encumbrances, transactions with affiliates, consolidations and mergers and restrictions on investments. The guarantor is additionally subject to limitations on the sale of certain assets and compliance with a leverage ratio. There are no limitations to the payment of dividends applicable to the borrower or the guarantor, except, with respect to the borrower, upon an event of default under the facility. As of June 30, 2018, the borrower and the guarantor were in compliance with all of its covenants.

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

As of June 30, 2018, Techint Holdings S.à r.l. (“Techint”) owned 62.02% of the Company’s share capital and Tenaris Investments S.à r.l. (“Tenaris”) held 11.46% of the Company’s share capital. Each of Techint and Tenaris were controlled by San Faustin S.A., a Luxembourg company (“San Faustin”). Rocca & Partners Stichting Administratiekantoor Aandelen San Faustin (“RP STAK”), a Dutch private foundation (Stichting), held voting shares in San Faustin sufficient in number to control San Faustin. No person or group of persons controls RP STAK.

The following transactions were carried out with related parties:



	Six- month period ended June 30,
	2018	2017
	(Unaudited)
(i) Transactions
(a) Sales of goods and services
Sales of goods to non-consolidated parties	408,471	95,036
Sales of goods to other related parties	79,923	77,018
Sales of services and others to non-consolidated parties	88	89
Sales of services and others to other related parties	589	239

	489,071	172,382
(b) Purchases of goods and services
Purchases of goods from non-consolidated parties	234,791	203,086
Purchases of goods from other related parties	26,887	28,361
Purchases of services and others from non-consolidated parties	5,616	6,011
Purchases of services and others from other related parties	47,984	59,331

	315,278	296,789
(c) Financial results
Income with non-consolidated parties	4,177	3,622

	4,177	3,622
(d) Dividends received
Dividends received from non-consolidated parties	—	65

	—	65
(e) Other income and expenses
Income (expenses), net with non-consolidated parties	143	1,928
Income (expenses), net with other related parties	408	274

	551	2,202



	June 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
	(Unaudited)

(ii) Period-end balances
(a) Arising from sales/purchases of goods/services
Receivables from non-consolidated parties	191,306		223,847
Receivables from other related parties	10,644		29,033
Advances to suppliers with other related parties	1,606		3,255
Payables to non-consolidated parties	(29,365	)	(24,570	)
Payables to other related parties	(19,064	)	(21,547	)

	155,127		210,018

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

14. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS BY CATEGORY AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT


1)	Financial instruments by category

The accounting policies for financial instruments have been applied to the line items below. According to the scope and definitions set out in IFRS 7 and IAS 32, employers’ rights and obligations under employee benefit plans, and non-financial assets and liabilities such as advanced payments and income tax payables, are not included.



As of June 30, 2018 (in USD thousands)	Amortized cost	Assets at fair value through profit or loss	Assets at fair value through OCI	Total

(i) Assets as per statement of financial position
Receivables	419,673	—	—	419,673
Derivative financial instruments	—	1,685	—	1,685
Trade receivables	1,279,310	—	—	1,279,310
Other investments	39,036	—	89,763	128,799
Cash and cash equivalents	124,298	105,515	—	229,813

Total	1,862,317	107,200	89,763	2,059,280

As of June 30, 2018 (in USD thousands)	Amortized cost	Liabilities at fair value through profit or loss		Total

(ii) Liabilities as per statement of financial position
Other liabilities	105,853	—		105,853
Trade payables	992,864	—		992,864
Derivative financial instruments	—	49,133		49,133
Finance lease liabilities	75,460	—		75,460
Borrowings	2,785,316	—		2,785,316

Total	3,959,493	49,133		4,008,626

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

14. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS BY CATEGORY AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT (continued)


2)	Fair Value by Hierarchy

IFRS 13 requires for financial instruments that are measured at fair value, a disclosure of fair value measurements by level. See note 29 of the Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2017 for definitions of levels of fair values and figures at that date.

The following table presents the assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value:



	Fair value measurement as of June 30, 2018 (in USD thousands):
Description	Total	Level 1	Level 2

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss / OCI
Cash and cash equivalents	105,515	105,515	—
Other investments	89,763	89,763	—
Derivative financial instruments	1,685	—	1,685

Total assets	196,963	195,278	1,685

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss / OCI
Derivative financial instruments	49,133	—	49,133

Total liabilities	49,133	—	49,133

	Fair value measurement as of December 31, 2017 (in USD thousands)
Description	Total	Level 1	Level 2

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
Cash and cash equivalents	236,335	236,335	—
Other investments	99,505	99,505	—
Derivative financial instruments	2,304	—	2,304

Total assets	338,144	335,840	2,304

Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
Derivative financial instruments	6,001	—	6,001

Total liabilities	6,001	—	6,001

There were no significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and there were no financial assets and liabilities considered as Level 3.

15. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES

This note explains the impact of the adoption of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers on the Company’s financial statements and also discloses the new accounting policies that have been applied from January 1, 2018, where they are different to those applied in prior periods.


(a)	Impact on the financial statements

IFRS 9 was adopted without restating comparative. The reclassifications and the adjustments arising from the new impairment rules are directly recognized in the opening balance sheet on January 1, 2018.

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

15. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)



	Reserves		Retained earnings

Closing balance as of December 31, 2017 - IAS 39	1.416.121		6.491.385
Financial instruments	733		(658	)
Income tax related to Financial instruments	(124	)	124
Allowance for impairment of trade receivables	—		569
Income tax related to Allowance for impairment of trade receivables	—		(137	)
Effect on Minority interest related to the adoption of IFRS 9	(159	)	(45	)
Opening balance as of January 1, 2018 - IFRS 9	1.416.571		6.491.238


(b)	IFRS 9 Financial Instruments - Impact of adoption

IFRS 9 replaces the provisions of IAS 39 related to the recognition, classification and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities, derecognition of financial instruments, impairment of financial assets and hedge accounting.

The adoption of IFRS 9 Financial Instruments from January 1, 2018, resulted in changes in accounting policies and adjustments to the amounts recognized in the financial statements.

The total impact on the Company’s financial instruments as of January 1, 2018 is as follows:



	Fair value through profit or loss		Fair value through other comprehensive income	Held to maturity		Amortized cost (Loans and receivables 2017)

Closing balance as of December 31, 2017 - IAS 39	332,143		—	6,129		131,675
Reclassification of Investments in bonds from Held to maturity to Fair value through other comprehensive income	—		6,129	(6,129	)	—
Reclassification of Investments in bonds from Fair value through profit or loss to Fair value through other comprehensive income	(78,258	)	78,258	—		—
Reclassification of Other financial Instruments from Fair value through profit or loss to Amortized cost	(28,343	)	—	—		28,343
Adjustment of Other comprehensive income from adoption of IFRS 9	—		75	—		—
Opening balance as of January 1, 2018 - IFRS 9	225,542		84,462	—		160,018

The Company applies the IFRS 9 simplified approach to measuring expected credit losses which uses a lifetime expected loss allowance for all trade receivables.

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

15. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

To measure the expected credit losses, trade receivables have been grouped based on shared credit risk characteristics and the days past due. On that basis, the loss allowance as of January 1, 2018, was determined as follows for trade receivables:



	Fully performing		Past due between 1 and 90 days		Past due between 91 and 360 days		Past due more than 360 days

Expected loss rate	0.12	%	0.93	%	8.08	%	99.54	%
Non-guaranteed trade receivables - Gross carrying amount	543,792		51,669		6,080		14,397
Allowance for trade receivables	(668	)	(483	)	(491	)	(14,331	)

From January 1, 2018, the Company classifies its financial assets in the following measurement categories:

(i)Amortized cost: Assets that are held for collection of contractual cash flows where those cash flows represent solely payments of principal and interest are measured at amortized cost. Interest income from these financial assets is included in finance income using the effective interest rate method.

(ii) Fair value through other comprehensive income (“FVOCI”): Assets that are held for collection of contractual cash flows and for selling the financial assets, where the assets’ cash flows represent solely payments of principal and interest, are measured at FVOCI. Movements in the carrying amount are taken through OCI, except for the recognition of impairment gains or losses, interest revenue and foreign exchange gains and losses which are recognized in profit or loss. When the financial asset is derecognized, the cumulative gain or loss previously recognized in OCI is reclassified from equity to profit or loss and recognized in other gains/(losses). Interest income from these financial assets is included in finance income using the effective interest rate method. Foreign exchange gains and losses are presented in other gains/(losses) and impairment expenses are presented as separate line item in the statement of profit or loss.

(iii) Fair value through profit or loss (“FVPL”): Assets that do not meet the criteria for amortized cost or FVOCI are measured at FVPL. A gain or loss on a debt investment that is subsequently measured at FVPL is recognized in profit or loss and presented net within other gains/(losses) in the period in which it arises.

The classification depends on the Company’s business model for managing the financial assets and the contractual terms of the cash flows.

For assets measured at fair value, gains and losses will either be recorded in profit or loss or OCI. For investments in equity instruments that are not held for trading, this will depend on whether the group has made an irrevocable election at the time of initial recognition to account for the equity investment at FVOCI.

At initial recognition, the Company measures a financial asset at its fair value plus, in the case of a financial asset not at FVPL, transaction costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the financial asset. Transaction costs of financial assets carried at FVPL are expensed in profit or loss. Subsequent measurement of debt instruments depends on the Company’s business model for managing the asset and the cash flow characteristics of the asset.

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TERNIUM S.A.
Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements as of June 30, 2018
and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

15. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

(d) IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Impact of adoption

The Company has adopted IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers from January 1, 2018, which resulted in no changes in accounting policies and adjustments to the amounts recognized in the financial statements.

16. HYPERINFLATION IN ARGENTINA

IAS 29 “Financial Reporting in Hyperinflationary Economies” requires that the financial statements of entities whose functional currency is that of a hyperinflationary economy to be adjusted for the effects of changes in a suitable general price index and to be expressed in terms of the current unit of measurement at the closing date of the reporting period, regardless of whether they are based on the historical cost method or the current cost method. Accordingly, the inflation produced from the date of acquisition or from the revaluation date, as applicable, must be computed in the non-monetary items.

In order to conclude on whether an economy is categorized as hyperinflationary under the terms of IAS 29, the Standard details a series of factors to be considered, including the existence of a cumulative inflation rate in three years that approximates or exceeds 100%. Considering that the downward trend in inflation in Argentina observed in the previous year has reversed and observing a significant increase in inflation during 2018, which is expected to exceed the 100% three-year cumulative inflation rate, and that the rest of the indicators do not contradict the conclusion that Argentina should be considered a hyperinflationary economy for accounting purposes, the Company has considered that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that Argentina is a hyperinflationary economy under the terms of IAS 29 as from July 1, 2018, and that, accordingly, it will apply IAS 29 as from that date in the financial reporting of its subsidiaries and associates located in Argentina.



		Pablo Brizzio
		Chief Financial Officer

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