Quarterly Report • Oct 29, 2020
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WERDOHL, OCTOBER 29, 2020
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VERY STRONG EARNINGS AND PROFITABILITY DEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020, PROFITABILITY EXPECTATION RAISED

Sales for the third quarter of 2020 at €224.5 million, above the previous year's portfolio-adjusted figure of €208.5 million
EBIT margin for the third quarter of 2020 at 10.9 percent (Q3/2019 adjusted: 5.1 percent); increase in profitability mainly due to operational improvements, among others from the performance program
Orders received in Q3/2020 up 21.1 percent year-onyear on a comparable basis
Profitability expectation raised for 2020
Net income at a positive €9.1 million after 9 months despite adverse effects from the sale of Vossloh Locomotives in the first two quarters
Relatively limited adverse effects from COVID-19 for the Vossloh Group in the third quarter of 2020; overall, the first nine months of the year saw a sales shortfall in the order of €55 million and a negative impact on EBIT in the order of €15 million due to COVID-19
Further burdens in the Vossloh Group in the course of the year are likely, mainly due to sales postponements from projects delayed into the following years, particularly for new construction projects
From a current perspective, the impact of the pandemic is expected to negatively influence sales and earnings in the 2021 fiscal year as well
CHANGES TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
Dr. Karl Martin Runge leaving the Executive Board at the end of October 31, 2020
Dr. Thomas Triska and Jan Furnivall joining the Group Executive Board
Dr. Thomas Triska is assuming responsibility for Finance, including Investor Relations, and Jan Furnivall will oversee Sales, Technics and EHS/Sustainability
3 Quarterly Statement Q3/2020
EBIT AND EBIT MARGIN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, NET INCOME POSITIVE AGAIN
| KEY GROUP INDICATORS | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales revenues | € mill. | 662.11 | 617.7 |
| EBITDA/EBITDA margin (2019 adjusted) |
€ mill./% | 70.7/10.7 | 91.7/14.8 |
| EBIT/EBIT margin (2019 adjusted) |
€ mill./% | 31.9/4.8 | 54.5/8.8 |
| Net income | € mill. | (85.4) | 9.1 |
| Earnings per share | € | (5.30) | 0.45 |
| Free cash flow (core business) |
€ mill. | (27.5) | 2.2 |
| Free cash flow (discontinued operations) |
€ mill. | (43.3) | (54.1) |
| Capital expenditure | € mill. | 33.9 | 42.1 |
| Value added | € mill. | (57.3) | 9.0 |
1 Excluding sales from the U.S. activities sold at the end of 2019, sales came to €615.7 million.
Sales revenues roughly €46 million lower than previous year due to portfolio changes; Core Components and Lifecycle Solutions higher than previous year, Customized Modules lower than previous year due to portfolio and pandemic factors
EBIT and EBIT margin significantly higher year-on-year; besides earnings effect from a business combination achieved in stages of a company in the Fastening Systems business unit (€15.6 million) mainly thanks to savings from the 2019 performance program; Customized Modules and Lifecycle Solutions substantially improved
Net income turns positive following strong earnings performance in Q3 despite adverse effects from discontinued operations of roughly €26 million; previous year's figure burdened by negative result from discontinued operations and one-time effects from the performance program
Free cash flow in core business significantly improved compared to previous year; free cash flow from discontinued operations following the sale of the locomotive business remains unchanged at the value reported as of the end of the first half of the year
Capital expenditure substantially higher, particular increase in the Lifecycle Solutions and Customized Modules divisions
EQUITY RATIO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED COMPARED TO THE END OF 2019
| KEY GROUP INDICATORS | 1–9/2019 9/30/2019 |
2019 12/31/2019 |
1–9/2020 9/30/2020 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equity | € mill. | 463.2 | 403.6 | 403.9 |
| Equity ratio | % | 32.7 | 30.3 | 32.9 |
| Average working capital | € mill. | 235.1 | 227.2 | 188.2 |
| Average working capital intensity |
% | 26.6 | 24.8 | 22.9 |
| Closing working capital | € mill. | 226.9 | 180.3 | 206.5 |
| Average capital employed | € mill. | 916.5 | 904.1 | 867.0 |
| Closing capital employed | € mill. | 894.4 | 839.5 | 889.3 |
| Net financial debt1 | € mill. | 388.7 | 321.3 | 362.1 |
Equity at the same level as the figure for the end of 2019, positive net income largely offset by negative currency effects; equity ratio 2.6 percentage points higher than the end of 2019 following the closing of the sale of VL
Average working capital intensity down considerably in comparison with the same period of the previous year, mainly due to improved working capital management in Customized Modules
Capital employed as of the reporting date higher in comparison with the end of 2019, mainly due to full consolidation of the Chinese joint venture
Net financial debt higher compared to the end of 2019, mainly due to negative FCF from discontinued operations as well as lease and interest payments, countered primarily by cash inflows from the sale of Vossloh Locomotives; compared to the end of Q3/2019, additionally influenced mainly by cash inflows from the sale of U.S. switch activities and positive free cash flow from core business in Q4/2019
1 Net financial debt before application of IFRS 16. Taking into account IFRS 16, net financial debt would increase by €44.6 million on 9/30/2020.

BOOK-TO-BILL REMAINING HIGH AT 1.16 AFTER NINE MONTHS
ORDERS RECEIVED (in € mill.) ORDER BACKLOG (in € mill.) 327.5 297.4 309.51 342.6 78.8 84.0 1–9/2019 1–9/2020 703.01 717.8 320.6 311.7 293.71 327.9 14.9 15.5 9/30/2019 9/30/2020 627.61 654.5 Core Components Customized Modules Lifecycle Solutions
Orders received slightly up year-on-year on a comparable basis; gap compared to previous year in Core Components substantially reduced by new major order in China for VFS (>€30 million); significant increase in Customized Modules adjusting for portfolio effects (+10.8 percent); Lifecycle Solutions also up on previous year; book-to-bill ratio higher than 1 for all divisions, 1.16 for Group as a whole
Order backlog of the Vossloh Group up slightly year-on-year on a comparable basis (+4.3 percent); notable increase particularly in Customized Modules division compared to the previous year adjusted for portfolio effects; only marginal changes for Core Components and Lifecycle Solutions
1 For purposes of comparability, values are represented without U.S. activities sold in 2019 (orders received adjusted by €60.9 million and order backlog adjusted by €69.3 million).
SALES UP BY 5.8 PERCENT, EARNINGS AND PROFITABILITY CONSIDERABLY INCREASED THROUGH EFFECT OF IAS 28

other things, start-up costs for concrete tie factories in Canada and Australia
7 Quarterly Statement Q3/2020

1–9/2020
19.7
VALUE ADDED SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED BY EFFECT FROM BUSINESS COMBINATION ACHIEVED IN STAGES

Decreased sales mainly in Turkey, Mexico and Russia only partially offset by additional sales mainly in the United Arab Emirates and Mongolia
Value added significantly higher than previous year due to effect from the business combination achieved in stages; excluding the effect mainly below previous year due to sales development
Book-to-bill ratio at 1.19; significant new orders in Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Mongolia and Uruguay

SALES WELL ABOVE THE PREVIOUS YEAR, BOOK-TO-BILL AT 1.13

Increase in sales mainly due to higher sales contributions in the Australian market as a result of processing of substantial order backlog (e.g. Rio Tinto order), higher sales also in the U.S. (e.g. project in Florida)
Value added negatively affected by start-up costs for concrete tie factories in Canada and Australia and ongoing effects from purchase price allocation
Book-to-bill at 1.13; noteworthy new orders generated mainly in the U.S., but also in Canada; lower orders in Australia as expected following the previous year's very high level

SALES1 BELOW PORTFOLIO-ADJUSTED PRIOR-YEAR FIGURE DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, EARNINGS AND PROFITABILITY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED
| SALES (in € mill.) | EBITDA | EBITDA MARGIN | EBIT | EBIT MARGIN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2019 adj.) | (in € mill.) | (2019 adj.) | (in %) | (2019 adj.) | (in € mill.) | (2019 adj.) | (in %) | ||
| 353.0 | 287.8 | 27.4 | 32.9 | 21.3 | 7.4 | ||||
| 7.8 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 3.8 | ||||||
| 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 |
| Decrease in sales primarily due to sold U.S. activities (€46.4 million in the previous year); lower sales contributions due to COVID-19, particularly in France; increased sales mainly |
(in %) | 1–9/2019 | (5.0) | ||||||
| in Poland and Finland | Earnings and profitability significantly increased despite adverse effects from COVID-19, | ROCE | 1–9/2020 | 7.8 | |||||
| particularly due to operational improvements resulting from the 2019 performance program; earnings also slightly improved by sale of real estate in Q3/2020 |
(in € mill.) | 1–9/2019 | (42.7) |
VALUE ADDED
1–9/2020
Book-to-bill at 1.19, higher orders received mainly from Egypt, Poland and the United Kingdom
1 Excluding sales from the U.S. switch activities sold at the end of 2019, sales for the previous year came to €306.6 million.
10 Quarterly Statement Q3/2020

2.1
SALES SLIGHTLY HIGHER, EARNINGS AND PROFITABILITY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED
| SALES (in € mill.) | EBITDA | EBITDA MARGIN | EBIT | EBIT MARGIN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (2019 adj.) | (in € mill.) | (2019 adj.) | (in %) | (2019 adj.) | (in € mill.) | (2019 adj.) | (in %) | ||
| 76.8 | 79.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 17.5 | 20.3 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 4.8 | 9.1 |
| 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 |
| Higher sales in stationary welding and logistics as well as milling business, but lower | revenues from sales of maintenance vehicles; level of internationalization (sales outside of | (in %) | 1–9/2019 | (0.1) | |||||
| Germany) at 48.8 percent (previous year: 42.5 percent) Earnings and profitability significantly improved, particularly due to positive EBIT |
ROCE | 1–9/2020 | 5.3 | ||||||
| from the performance program | development in stationary welding and logistics as well as operational improvements | (in € mill.) | 1–9/2019 | (10.4) | |||||
| and Finland (mainly stationary welding and logistics) | Book-to-bill at 1.06; notable increases in orders in the Netherlands (milling), Denmark | VALUE ADDED | 1–9/2020 | (2.3) |
HIGHER SALES IN AUSTRALIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST PARTLY OFFSET LOWER SALES IN THE AMERICAS AND EUROPE

VTT
India, offset by higher sales mainly in the United Arab Emirates and
Mongolia
Lower sales in CM in the USA due to portfolio-related factors, partially offset by higher sales in VTT; lower sales contributions from Canada
12 Quarterly Statement Q3/2020
Lower sales in Western Europe (particularly France), Southern Europe (particularly Turkey) and Eastern Europe (particularly Russia), but slightly higher sales in Northern Europe (particularly Finland)
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PROFITABILITY EXPECTED COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR
/ Due to anticipated postponements of sales into subsequent years in connection with COVID-19, sales in the order of €870 million are expected; lower sales caused by exit from the U.S switch business will be partially offset by higher sales by Vossloh Tie Technologies
/ Due to improved profitability and lower average capital employed, value added in 2020 is still expected to be within the forecast range of €0 to €15 million
Previously: 12 to 13 percent Current: 13 to 14 percent
/ Increase in profitability in particular due to improvements resulting from the performance program; operational profitability expected to increase significantly in Customized Modules and Lifecycle Solutions; slight drop in operational profitability at Core Components more than offset by earnings effect from a business combination achieved in stages
1 The current outlook assumes that no further plant closures due to the COVID-19 will occur for the remainder of the 2020 fiscal year.
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17 Quarterly Statement Q3/2020 € mILL. 1 –9/2019 1 –9/2020 Sales revenues 662.1 617.7 Cost of sales (535.9) (476.4) General administrative and selling expenses (111.9) (104.3) Allowances for financial assets (7.0) 0.1 Research and development costs (7.7) (6.9) Other operating result (7.2) 5.9 Operating result (7.6) 36.1 Income from investments in companies accounted for using the equity method 4.4 2.7 Other net financial result (2.6) 15.7 Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) (5.8) 54.5 Interest income 0.7 2.5 Interest and similar expenses (16.8) (13.2) Earnings before taxes (EBT) (21.9) 43.8 Income taxes (2.1) (8.8) Result from continuing operations (24.0) 35.0 Result from discontinued operations (61.4) (25.9) Net income (85.4) 9.1 thereof attributable to shareholders of Vossloh AG (87.7) 7.9 thereof attributable to noncontrolling interests 2.3 1.2 Earnings per share Basic/diluted earnings per share (€) (5.30) 0.45 thereof attributable to continuing operations (1.59) 1.92 thereof attributable to discontinued operations (3.71) (1.47)
| Assets (€ mill.) | 9/30/2019 | 12/31/2019 | 9/30/2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intangible assets | 290.9 | 280.1 | 297.6 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 295.0 | 296.8 | 301.3 |
| Investment properties | 2.1 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| Investments in companies accounted for using the equity method | 73.0 | 74.6 | 73.5 |
| Other noncurrent financial instruments | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Other noncurrent assets | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
| Deferred tax assets | 18.5 | 17.7 | 19.2 |
| Noncurrent assets | 689.4 | 681.0 | 705.2 |
| Inventories | 193.8 | 152.1 | 179.2 |
| Trade receivables | 201.9 | 212.8 | 212.8 |
| Contract assets | 13.1 | 5.0 | 8.0 |
| Income tax assets | 5.6 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Other current financial instruments | 27.3 | 29.6 | 27.3 |
| Other current assets | 30.4 | 25.8 | 25.9 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 36.4 | 56.7 | 54.2 |
| Current assets | 508.5 | 487.8 | 513.2 |
| Assets held for sale | 218.9 | 162.6 | 8.5 |
| Assets | 1,416.8 | 1,331.4 | 1,226.9 |
| Equity and liabilities (€ mill.) | 9/30/2019 | 12/31/2019 | 9/30/2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital stock | 49.8 | 49.9 | 49.9 |
| Additional paid-in capital | 190.5 | 190.4 | 190.4 |
| Retained earnings and net income | 215.4 | 158.7 | 162.7 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | (1.5) | (4.8) | (12.1) |
| Equity excluding noncontrolling interests | 454.2 | 394.2 | 390.9 |
| Noncontrolling interests | 9.0 | 9.4 | 13.0 |
| Equity | 463.2 | 403.6 | 403.9 |
| Pension provisions/provisions for other post-employment benefits |
31.9 | 33.2 | 35.5 |
| Other noncurrent provisions | 8.2 | 10.5 | 9.7 |
| Noncurrent financial liabilities | 398.0 | 385.8 | 176.2 |
| Noncurrent trade payables | - | 1.4 | - |
| Other noncurrent liabilities | 15.6 | 10.6 | 3.1 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 7.7 | 7.9 | 9.8 |
| Noncurrent liabilities | 461.4 | 449.4 | 234.3 |
| Other current provisions | 43.4 | 59.4 | 55.5 |
| Current financial liabilities | 75.5 | 41.3 | 284.7 |
| Current trade payables | 112.0 | 132.8 | 130.4 |
| Current contract liabilities | - | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Current income tax liabilities | 1.3 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
| Other current liabilities | 108.5 | 91.7 | 106.3 |
| Current liabilities | 340.7 | 329.8 | 582.3 |
| Liabilities related to assets held for sale |
151.5 | 148.6 | 6.4 |
| Equity and liabilities | 1,416.8 | 1,331.4 | 1,226.9 |

| Core Components | Fastening Systems | Tie Technologies | Customized Modules | Lifecycle Solutions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | ||
| Sales revenues | € mill. | 244.2 | 258.4 | 155.8 | 139.8 | 95.6 | 126.7 | 353.0 | 287.8 | 76.8 | 79.0 |
| EBITDA (2019 adjusted) | € mill. | 40.3 | 52.7 | 27.4 | 32.9 | 13.5 | 16.0 | ||||
| EBITDA margin (2019 adjusted) | % | 16.5 | 20.4 | 7.8 | 11.4 | 17.5 | 20.3 | ||||
| EBIT (2019 adjusted) | € mill. | 25.8 | 36.5 | 13.4 | 21.3 | 3.7 | 7.2 | ||||
| EBIT margin (2019 adjusted) | % | 10.6 | 14.1 | 3.8 | 7.4 | 4.8 | 9.1 | ||||
| Average working capital | € mill. | 89.7 | 99.2 | 132.8 | 77.6 | 14.6 | 13.5 | ||||
| Average working capital intensity | % | 27.6 | 28.8 | 28.2 | 20.2 | 14.3 | 12.8 | ||||
| Average capital employed | € mill. | 278.0 | 318.6 | 453.9 | 365.7 | 183.8 | 181.5 | ||||
| ROCE | % | 11.9 | 15.3 | (5.0) | 7.8 | (0.1) | 5.3 | ||||
| Value added | € mill. | 9.3 | 19.7 | 12.9 | 21.8 | (3.6) | (2.0) | (42.7) | 2.1 | (10.4) | (2.3) |
| Orders received | € mill. | 327.5 | 297.4 | 180.0 | 167.0 | 152.2 | 142.9 | 309.51 | 342.6 | 78.8 | 84.0 |
| Order backlog (9/30) | € mill. | 320.6 | 311.7 | 215.2 | 209.7 | 107.1 | 109.1 | 293.71 | 327.9 | 14.9 | 15.5 |
| Capital expenditure | € mill. | 19.6 | 17.5 | 9.7 | 13.9 | 9.9 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 13.6 | 8.0 | 10.5 |
| Depreciation/amortization | € mill. | (14.5) | (16.2) | (5.8) | (6.4) | (8.7) | (9.8) | (31.7) | (11.6) | (9.8) | (8.8) |
1 For purposes of comparability, values are represented without U.S. activities sold in 2019 (orders received adjusted by €60.9 million and order backlog adjusted by €69.3 million).

| € mill. | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) | (5.8) | 54.5 |
| EBIT from discontinued operations | (60.6) | (22.4) |
| Amortization/depreciation/impairment losses (less write-ups) of noncurrent assets | 103.6 | 46.7 |
| Change in noncurrent provisions | 2.8 | (1.1) |
| Gross cash flow | 40.0 | 77.7 |
| Income taxes paid | (6.8) | (10.4) |
| Change in working capital | (73.0) | (71.7) |
| Other changes | (1.6) | (15.9) |
| Cash flow from operating activities | (41.4) | (20.3) |
| Investments in intangible assets and property, plant and equipment | (26.9) | (31.6) |
| Investments in companies accounted for using the equity method | (2.6) | (0.1) |
| Cash-effective dividends from companies accounted for using the equity method | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Free cash flow | (70.8) | (51.9) |
1Also includes effects from discontinued operations. Free cash flow from the core business amounted to € 2.2 million after nine months.

EMPLOYEES
| Reporting date | Average | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employees1 | 9/30/2019 | 9/30/2020 | 1–9/2019 | 1–9/2020 | |
| Core Components | 874 | 943 | 877 | 938 | |
| Customized Modules | 2,336 | 1,999 | 2,361 | 1,991 | |
| Lifecycle Solutions | 547 | 490 | 552 | 499 | |
| Vossloh AG | 60 | 59 | 63 | 58 | |
| Total | 3,817 | 3,491 | 3,853 | 3,486 |
1 Since the end of 2019, the employee figures reported no longer include trainees; averages are calculated on the basis of quarterly figures. The figures for the previous year have been adjusted accordingly.


| Information on the Vossloh share | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISIN | DE0007667107 | |||
| Trading locations | Xetra, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Stuttgart, Munich |
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| Number of shares outstanding on 9/30/2020 | 17,564,180 | |||
| Share price (9/30/2020) | €33.80 | |||
| High price/low price January to September 2020 |
€42.50/€23.60 | |||
| Market capitalization (9/30/2020) | €593.7 million | |||
| Reuters code | VOSG.DE | |||
| Bloomberg code | VOS:GR |

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