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Barco NV

Earnings Release Feb 7, 2019

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FULL YEAR RESULTS:

Second consecutive year of solid margin expansion, with topline growth in 2nd half

Kortrijk, Belgium, 7 February 2019, 7:30 am – Today Barco (Euronext: BAR; Reuters: BARBt.BR; Bloomberg: BAR BB) announced results for the six and twelve month periods ended 31 December 2018.

Fiscal year 2018 financial highlights

  • - Incoming orders at 1,046.9 million euro (-1.3%)1 ; year-end orderbook +6%
  • Sales at 1,028.5 million euro (-0.5%)1 ; growth in the 2nd half +2.8%2
  • EBITDA of 124.5 million euro (+16%) , EBITDA margin at 12.1% of sales (+2.2 ppts)
  • Net income3 of 75.0 million euro (+50.2 million euro)
  • Proposal to increase the dividend to 2.30 euro per share from 2.10 euro

Executive Summary

EBITDA margin expanded 2 percentage points, on comparable sales, to 12% and within the range of Barco's 2020 goal. A 2.9 percentage point gain in gross profit margin to 40% of sales drove the EBITDA margin improvement. Both the Enterprise and the Healthcare division delivered solid EBITDA margin growth while sustained investment in next-generation technology caused Entertainment's EBITDA margin to be flat year-over-year. Consistent with the EBITDA improvement, group EBIT grew 17 million euro to 90 million euro, or 8.7% of sales, and net earnings increased threefold to 75 million euro.

Noteworthy in Barco's performance for 2018 is the continued double-digit growth of ClickShare and the measurable turnaround results for Control Rooms which boosted the Enterprise division performance. The topline Entertainment results bottomed out in the course of 2018 with a substantial pick-up in growth in the EMEA and North American region for Cinema, which partially offset anticipated market softness in China. Healthcare booked modest topline growth while continuing to add partners globally, further strengthening its position in the surgical segment.

While continuing to invest nearly 12% of sales in R&D, the company advanced its key growth initiatives, including its 'In China for China' program. As part of this program, Healthcare expanded its business development and manufacturing capabilities and the company expanded its local sales presence for Pro AV and ClickShare solutions. Under the 'Focus to perform' program, Barco finished streamlining its business activities, optimized its manufacturing footprint and announced its 'fit to lead' plan. In 2018, Cinionic, the company's new cinema venture, started operations and won its first set of sizeable renewal programs.

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1 To present comparable data for 2017, prior year orderbook, orders and sales figures are presented on a pro forma basis assuming the deconsolidation of the BarcoCFG joint venture had taken place on July 1, 2017 for the 2017 results. As the impact of the deconsolidation on gross profit, EBITDA and EBIT is not material, these reported values are not restated nor the margins. See for more information annex III.

2 Sales for the full year at constant currencies is 3.4% higher compared to 2017.

3 Net income attributable to the equity holder of the parent.

Quote of the CEO, Jan De Witte

"Since introducing the 'Focus to perform' program in 2016, we have expanded the EBITDA margin from 8% to 12% in 2018 and have created a more resilient and healthy platform for future profitable growth," said Jan De Witte, CEO.

"Nevertheless, we have more work ahead of us as we continue our journey to becoming a sustainable profitable growth company. To that end, in 2019 we will implement the 'fit to lead' program, our capability-building and efficiency plan, while resuming topline growth across our business segments."

Outlook 2019

The following statements are forward looking and actual results may differ materially.

Assuming a stable global economic environment and currencies at 2018 average levels, management expects mid-single digit topline growth on a comparable pro forma basis4 and continued EBITDA and EBITDA margin growth.5

Growth rates in management's guidance are based on comparisons to 2018 results on a pro forma basis.

Dividend

The Board of Directors will propose to the General Assembly to increase the dividend from 2.10 euro to 2.30 euro per share to be paid out in 2019.

The following timetable will be proposed to the Annual General Shareholder meeting

  • Ex-date: Monday, 6 May 2019
  • Record date: Tuesday, 7 May 2019
  • Payment date: Wednesday, 8 May 2019

Preliminary remark:

To present comparable data for 2017, 2017 figures for orderbook, orders and sales are presented on a pro forma basis assuming the deconsolidation of the BarcoCFG joint venture6 had taken place on July 1, 2017.

As the impact of the deconsolidation on gross profit, EBITDA and EBIT is not material, these reported values are not restated nor the margins.

An overview of reported and pro forma figures for the prior six quarters can be found in the appendix, Annex III.

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4 See Annex III for comparable pro forma numbers for 2018.

5 EBITDA and EBITDA margin growth is expected to be derived from a combination of operating leverage, efficiency gains and the application of a new IFRS accounting standard. The accounting adjustment is related to the new IFRS 16 accounting standard "Leasing" which the group will start to adopt as of 1 January 2019. See Annual report "IFRS accounting standards issued but not yet effective as of 2018".

6 BarcoCFG is the entity where Barco joined forces with China Film Group to address the Chinese cinema market. Barco held a 58% stake in this entity till end of June 2018 when it sold a 9% stake to China Film Group. See also the glossary in the Annual Report.

Part I - Consolidated results for the fiscal year 2018

Order Intake & Order Book

Order Book

Order book at year end was 303.2 million euro, up 6.0% from 285.9 for FY17 on a pro forma basis reflecting increases in the Healthcare segment while orderbooks for Entertainment and Enterprise were stable.

(in millions of euro) 31 Dec
2018
31 Dec
2017
Change
Order book 303.2 285.9 +6.0%

Order Intake

Order intake was 1,046.9 million euro, a decrease of 1.3% compared to last year due to declines in Entertainment, partially offset by gains in Healthcare & Enterprise. Order intake declined 4% in the first semester, mainly driven by currency headwind and market softness in Cinema, and increased 1.7% in the second semester.

From a regional perspective, growth in the EMEA and Americas region was offset by declines in the APAC region, due to a softer performance for the China cinema market.

(in millions of euro) FY18 FY17 Change
Order Intake 1,046.9 1,060.6 -1.3%
Order Intake at constant
currencies
+2.5%
Order Intake by division
(in millions of euro) FY18 FY17 Change
Entertainment 453.3 491.2 -7.7%
Enterprise 336.6 323.9 +3.9%
Healthcare 256.9 245.8 +4.5%
Group 1,046.9 1,060.6 -1.3%
Order intake per region
FY18 FY17 Change
(in nominal value)
The Americas 38% 37% +1%

EMEA 35% 33% +6% APAC 27% 30% -11%

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Sales

Full year sales decreased 0.5% reflecting a softer cinema market and unfavourable currency effects mainly in the first half of the year, almost entirely offset by stronger results in 2H18. Increases for Enterprise and Healthcare nearly offset the decline in Entertainment. After declining 3.8% in the first half, sales increased with 2.8% in the second semester, mainly driven by strong increases in the Enterprise activities.

Sales
(in millions of euro) FY18 FY17 Change
Sales 1,028.5 1,033.9 -0.5%
Sales at constant currencies +3.4%
Sales by division
(in millions of euro) FY18 FY17 Change
Entertainment 447.6 482.5 -7.2%
Enterprise 335.9 308.2 +9.0%
Healthcare 245.0 243.2 +0.7%
Group 1,028.5 1,033.9 -0.5%
Sales by region

FY18 FY17 Change (in nominal value) The Americas 36% 38% -6% EMEA 36% 33% +8% APAC 28% 29% -3%

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Profitability

Gross profit

Gross profit increased from 404.2 to 413.0 million euro, an increase of 8.8 million euro. Gross profit margin increased in all divisions and increased on group-level once again by 2.9 percentage points to 40.1% compared to 37.3% for 2017 having previously increased from 34.4% for 2016. This 5.7 percentage point improvement over the past two years reflects favourable product mix, portfolio choices and the benefit of cost down engineering and efficiency actions taken in all divisions.

Operating expenses & other operating results

Total operating expenses7 were 325.5 million euro compared to 327.2 million euro a year earlier. As a percentage of sales, operating expenses were 31.6% compared to 30.2% for 2017.

  • Research & Development expenses decreased slightly to 120.3 million euro compared to 122.3 million euro last year. As percentage of sales, R&D expenses were 11.7% compared to 11.3% a year earlier.
  • Sales & Marketing expenses were 147.7 million euro compared to 146.8 million euro for 2017. As a percent of sales, Sales & Marketing expenses were 14.4% of sales compared to 13.5% in 2017. This increase –compared to sales- reflects intensified focus on commercializing our technologies and China build out.
  • General & administration expenses decreased to 57.5 million euro compared to 58.1 million euro last year and were 5.6% as a percentage of sales compared to 5.4% in 2017.

Other operating results amounted to a positive of 2.5 million euro reflecting mainly Barco's share in the result of Barco CFG (since 1 July 2018). Other operating results in 2017 were 3.7 million euro negative mainly driven by additional provisions made.

EBITDA & adjusted EBIT8

EBITDA grew 16.2% to 124.5 million euro compared to 107.1 million euro for the prior year. EBITDA margin was 12.1% versus 9.9% for 2017. 9

FY18 (in millions of euro) Sales EBITDA EBITDA %
Entertainment 447.6 32.9 7.3%
Enterprise 335.9 60.9 18.1%
Healthcare 245.0 30.6 12.5%

Group 1,028.5 124.5 12.1%

By division, EBITDA and EBITDA margin is as follows:

7 Operating expenses referenced in this press release are including depreciations on tangible and intangible fixed assets.

8 EBITDA and adjusted EBIT in this press release exclude impairment and restructuring costs and other non-operating income expenses: see Glossary in Annual Report.

9 In constant currencies EBITDA margin would have been 1.6 percentage points higher at 10.5% of sales.

EBITDA by division 2018 versus 2017 is as follows:

(in millions of euro) FY18 FY17 Change
Entertainment 32.9 38.9 -15.5%
Enterprise 60.9 40.7 +49.8%
Healthcare 30.6 27.5 +11.3%
Group 124.5 107.1 +16.2%

Barco delivered double-digit EBITDA growth for 2018 with solid gains in both the Enterprise and the Healthcare division.

Significant EBITDA growth in the Enterprise division was driven by continued strong contributions from the Corporate activity and the first measurable results of the turnaround in Control Rooms. The Healthcare division registered profitability gains on favourable product mix while the Entertainment division kept its EBITDA margin flat on declining sales.

Adjusted EBIT was 90.0 million euro or 8.7% of sales, compared to 73.2 million euro, or 6.8% of sales for 2017.

Barco recorded a gain of 16.4 million euro on the sales of the 9% stake in the BarcoCFG venture, offset by a restructuring charge of 17.0 million euro.

As a result EBIT was 89.4 million euro compared to 40.8 million euro in 2017.

Income taxes

In 2018 taxes were 16.6 million euro for an effective tax rate of 17.7%. Taxes in 2017 were 11.4 million euro for an effective tax rate of 26.5%.

Net income

Net income attributable to the equity holders was 75.0 million euro compared to 24.8 million euro in 2017. This is net income after deducting non-controlling interest of 2.3 million euro for 2018, compared to 8 million euro for 2017, reflecting the deconsolidation since 2H18 and lower profits in the BarcoCFG venture in the first half.

Net income per ordinary share (EPS) improved threefold to 6.03 euro, coming from 2.01 in 2017. Fully diluted earnings per share were 5.98 euro compared to 1.99 euro.

Cash Flow & Balance Sheet

Free Cash Flow and Working Capital

Barco generated a strong increase in free cash flow to 63.2 million euro for the year compared to 40.0 million euro for 2017, mainly driven by higher gross operating free cash flow and steady working capital management.

(in millions of euro) FY18 FY17 FY16
Gross operating Free Cash Flow 120.9 104.0 81.9
Changes in trade receivables -11.2 -7.3 0.2
Changes in inventory 0.3 -3.6 -2.8
Changes in trade payables -1.3 -19.7 -2.7
Other Changes in net working capital -12.7 -8.1 11.9
Change in net working capital -24.9 -38.7 6.6
Net operating Free Cash Flow 96.0 65.3 88.5
Interest Income/expense 4.3 2.0 4.1
Income Taxes -12.5 -4.4 -11.5
Free Cash Flow from operating activities 87.9 63.0 81.1
Purchase of tangible and intangible FA (excl.
One Campus)
-25.6 -23.2 -24.2
Proceeds
on
disposal
of
tangible
and
intangible FA
0.9 0.2 0.6
Free Cash Flow from investing -24.7 -23.0 -23.7
FREE CASH FLOW 63.2 40.0 57.4

Working capital and Return on Capital Employed

Working capital actions in the 2nd semester brought Inventory + Accounts Receivables – Accounts Payables to 19% on flat sales compared to 20% a year before. Net working capital was 0.2% of sales compared to -3.8% of sales in 2017.

(in millions of euro) FY18 FY17 FY16
Trade Receivables 161.8 182.1 188.6
DSO 52 55 55
Inventory 135.1 154.1 166.2
Inventory turns 3.8 3.6 3.6
Trade Payables -105.1 -114.5 -135.1
DPO 59 58 63
Other Working Capital -189.3 -263.3 -276.0
TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL 2.5 -41.6 -56.4

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Capital Expenditure

Capital expenditure was 25.6 million euro compared to 23.2 million euro in 2017.

Return on Capital Employed

ROCE was 23%, up 4 percentage points versus last year, driven by a significantly stronger EBITperformance in 2018.

Goodwill

Goodwill on the group level remained flat at 105.6 million euro equal to the end of 2017.

Cash position

Barco strengthened its net financial cash position to 332.0 million euro from 210.7 million euro last year. This position includes 84.6 million euro capital contributions for the Cinionic venture. The directly available net cash position amounts to 247.4 million euro, an increase of 37.0 million euro compared to last year, driven by the free cash flow generated and dividends received.

Part II – Divisional results for fiscal year 2018

BARCO'S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Barco is a global technology company developing solutions for three main markets, which is also reflected in its divisional structure: Entertainment, Enterprise and Healthcare.

  • Entertainment: The Entertainment division is the combination of the Cinema and Venues & Hospitality activities, which includes Professional AV, Events and Simulation activities.
  • Enterprise: The Enterprise division is the combination of the Control Rooms activities and the Corporate activities. ClickShare is the main contributor to the Corporate activity.
  • Healthcare: The Healthcare division includes the activities in Diagnostic Imaging (Diagnostic and Modality Imaging) and in Surgical.

ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION

(in millions of euro) FY18 FY1710 Change vs
FY17
Orders 453.3 491.2 -7.7%
Sales 447.6 482.5 -7.2%
EBITDA 32.9 38.9 -15.5%
EBITDA margin 7.3% 7.3%

Entertainment registered single digit reductions in orders and sales due to weaker Cinema results. Venues and Hospitality booked a more flat result year-over-year and accounted for 42% of the divisional sales versus 39% in 2017 on a pro forma basis. 10

EBITDA margin remained flat at 7.3% mainly reflecting continued solid R&D-investments in a next generation projection-platform, partially offset by benefits of value engineering initiatives.

In the Cinema segment, while volumes in China remained solid, sales declined as the Chinese market shifted to lower price projectors in tier 3 and 4 cities. With Cinionic, the new strategic joint venture established in 2018, Barco Cinema recorded growth in orders and sales in the North American and EMEA regions including replacement contracts with important reference accounts.

The Venues and Hospitality segment delivered good uptake in the events market and target areas such as theme parks and museums, mainly driven by demand for the new laser phosphor projectors and image processing solutions, which have enhanced Barco's competitive positioning. Sales increase for Pro Av and Events were offset by softer results in Simulation mainly due to project delays.

The company relocated the manufacturing activities of Fredrikstad, Norway, during 2018, and the transition to the new factory in Kortrijk will be fully completed by mid-2019.

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10 To present comparable data for 2017, prior year orderbook, orders and sales figures for the Entertainment division are presented on a pro forma basis assuming the deconsolidation of the BarcoCFG joint venture had taken place on July 1, 2017.As the impact of the deconsolidation on gross profit, EBITDA and EBIT is not material, these reported values are not restated nor the margins. 2016 figures are not presented on a pro forma basis. See for more information annex III.

(in millions of euro) FY18 FY17 FY16 Change vs
FY17
Orders 336.6 323.9 290.2 +3.9%
Sales 335.9 308.2 289.7 +9.0%
EBITDA 60.9 40.7 33.0 +49.8%
EBITDA margin 18.1% 13.2% 11.4%

ENTERPRISE DIVISION

The Enterprise division posted a very solid performance in 2018 driven by a strong second semester, with the EBITDA margin expanding 5 percentage points on a 9% sales increase. The Corporate segment posted double-digit sales growth and Control Rooms delivered sales growth for the first time since 2015. In terms of the sales mix, the Corporate segment accounted for about 57% of Enterprise sales for 2018 compared to 55% for 2017.

The Corporate segment continued to grow mainly in the EMEA and APAC regions and ClickShare is now installed in well over 500,000 meeting rooms, up from 350,000 meetings rooms for 2017. To support further ClickShare growth, the company expanded its sales presence worldwide notably in the APAC region and is working on expanding the portfolio with products attuned to the IT-channel needs.

In Control Rooms, Barco received multiple industry awards for its new LCD-based videowall solution, UniSee, and began generating sales growth and profits in the second half of 2018. At the same time, Barco continued to invest in software and workflow solutions and is introducing a new network controller for the mid-tier segment, enhancing the value proposition to its channel partners.

In line with the objective of streamlining Barco's businesses under the 'Focus to perform' program, management sold X2O media to Stratacache in the first half of the year after divesting Silex in 2017.

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HEALTHCARE DIVISION

(in millions of euro) FY18 FY17 FY16 Change vs
FY17
Orders 256.9 245.8 216.3 +4.5%
Sales 245.0 243.2 234.6 +0.7%
EBITDA 30.6 27.5 24.6 +11.3%
EBITDA margin 12.5% 11.3% 10.5%

Healthcare booked strong order intake in 2018 mainly due to a strong inflow by the surgical segment. While reported sales were essentially flat due to unfavourable currency, sales on a constant currency increased around 3%.

Healthcare expanded EBITDA margin by 1.2 percentage points to 12.5% driven by an improved gross profit margin that resulted from a more favourable product mix and the benefit of value engineering initiatives. At the same time, Barco continued to invest in its Barco China Healthcare plan and kicked off several growth initiatives.

While results for the Diagnostics segment were flat with last year, Surgical performed well by parlaying a stronger product positioning into an expanded partner network globally. In order to further penetrate the high growth market in China, the division augmented its local business development capabilities, opened its local R&D center and started production of Healthcare displays for the Chinese market.

Conference call

Barco will host a conference call with investors and analysts on 7 February 2019 at 9:00 a.m. CET (3:00 am EST), to discuss the results of 2018. Jan De Witte, CEO, Ann Desender, CFO and Carl Vanden Bussche, IRO, will host the call.

An audio cast of this conference call will be available on the Company's website www.barco.com by 12:30 p.m. Brussels time (6:30 a.m. EST).

Additional information

Auditor's report

The statutory auditor, PwC Bedrijfsrevisoren cvba represented by Peter Opsomer and Lien Winne has confirmed that the audit procedures, which have been substantially completed, have not revealed any material adjustments which would have to be made to the accounting information included in this press release.

The complete audit report related to the audit of the consolidated financial statements will be shown in the 2018 annual report that will be published on the Internet (www.barco.com).

Financial Calendar 2019

  • Annual general shareholders meeting Thursday 25 April 2019
  • Capital Markets Day 2019 Thursday 9 May 2019
  • Announcement of results 1H19 Thursday 18 July 2019

  • Trading update 1Q19 Wednesday 17 April 2019 - Trading update 3Q19 Wednesday 23 October 2019

Disclaimer:

This press release may contain forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views of management regarding future events, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Barco is providing the information in this press release as of this date and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release in light of new information, future events or otherwise. Barco disclaims any liability for statements made or published by third parties and does not undertake any obligation to correct inaccurate data, information, conclusions or opinions published by third parties in relation to this or any other press release issued by Barco.

About Barco

Barco designs technology to enable bright outcomes around the world. Seeing beyond the image, we develop visualization and collaboration solutions to help you work together, share insights, and wow audiences. Our focus is on three core markets: Enterprise (from meeting and control rooms to corporate spaces), Healthcare (from the radiology department to the operating room), and Entertainment (from movie theaters to live events and attractions). In 2018, we realized sales of 1.028 billion euro. We have a global team of 3,600 employees, whose passion for technology is captured in 400 granted patents. For more information, visit us on www.barco.com, follow us

on Twitter (@Barco), LinkedIn (Barco), YouTube (BarcoTV), or like us on Facebook (Barco).

© Copyright 2019 by Barco

For more information, please contact:

Carl Vanden Bussche, VP Investor Relations +32 56 26 23 22 or [email protected]

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ANNEX I

Consolidated results for 2H18

Financial highlights 2H18

  • Order intake for the semester was 507.2 million euro, up from 498.7 million euro a year earlier (+1.7%).11
  • Sales were 530.4 million euro and were 2.8% higher than 515.9 million euro for 2H17.
  • Gross profit margin was 41.5% versus 36.3% in 2H17, an improvement of 5.2 percentage points.
  • EBITDA was 73.0 million euro versus 59.0 million euro in 2H17. EBITDA margin was 13.8% to sales compared to 10.4% in 2H17.

Order Intake & Order Book

Order intake for 2H18 slightly increased compared to 2H17 reflecting a strong uptake in Enterprise, partially offset by a slowdown in Cinema and Healthcare.

Growth in the EMEA region offset the decline in both the APAC (China Cinema) and Americas region.

Order Book

(in millions of euro) 31 Dec
2018
30 Jun
201812
31 Dec
2017
30 Jun
2017
Order book 303.2 324.4 285.9 349.5

Order Intake

(in millions of euro) 2H18 1H18 2H17 1H17
Order Intake 507.2 539.7 498.7 561.9

Order Intake by division

(in millions of euro) 2H18 2H17 Change
Entertainment 204.6 215.2 -4.9%
Enterprise 177.7 152.7 +16.3%
Healthcare 124.9 130.9 -4.6%
Group 507.2 498.7 +1.7%

Order intake per region

2H18 2H17 Change
(in nominal value)
The Americas 37% 39% -4%
EMEA 39% 35% +13%
APAC 24% 26% -5%

11 To present comparable data for 2017, prior year orderbook, orders and sales figures are presented on a pro forma basis assuming the deconsolidation of the BarcoCFG joint venture had taken place on July 1, 2017 for the 2017 results. As the impact of the deconsolidation on gross profit, EBITDA and EBIT is not material, these reported values are not restated nor the margins. See for more information annex III.

12 Orderbook of 324.4 million euro reflects the deconsolidation of BarcoCFG effective 1 July 2018. Assuming BarcoCFG had not been deconsolidated, orderbook at the end of the first half 2018 would have been 362.0 million euro, an increase of 14% compared to end of year 2017.

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Sales

Second semester sales reflect solid performances in both Enterprise and Healthcare partially offset by a year-over-year decline in Entertainment.

Year-over-year, regional differences reflect a flat performance for the APAC region, excluding BarcoCFG, while the decline in the Americas region was offset by good growth for the EMEA region.

Sales

(in millions of euro) 2H18 1H18 2H17 1H17 2H16
Sales 530.4 498.1 515.9 518.0 573.1
Sales by division
(in millions of euro) 2H18 2H17 Change
Entertainment 218.7 235.1 -7.0%
Enterprise 186.6 157.4 +18.6%
Healthcare 125.2 123.3 +1.5%
Group 530.4 515.9 +2.8%

Sales by region

2H18 2H17 Change
(in nominal value)
The Americas 36% 39% -6%
EMEA 37% 34% +13%
APAC 27% 27% +2%

Profitability

Gross profit

Gross profit was 219.9 million euro for the second semester of 2018, an increase of 6.9% compared to 205.7 million euro for the second semester 2017. Gross profit margin accrued across all divisions.

Gross profit margin increased by 5.2 percentage points to 41.5% for the second half of 2018 compared to 36.3% for the second half of 2017.

Operating expenses & other operating results

Total operating expenses13 were 167.4 million euro, or 31.6% of sales, compared to 161.7 million euro or 28.5% of sales for the second half of 2017.

  • Research & Development expenses increased to 63.8 million euro from 58.9 million euro last year. As a percent of sales, R&D expenses amounted to 12.0% compared to 10.4% for 2H17.
  • Sales & Marketing expenses remained essentially flat at 73.6 million euro compared to 73.5 million euro for the second half of 2017. As a percent of sales, Sales & Marketing expenses were 13.9% compared to 13.0% in 2H17.

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• General & administration expenses were 30.0 million euro, or 5.7% of sales, compared to 29.3 million euro or 5.2% of sales last year.

Other operating results amounted to a positive 2.5 million euro compared to a negative 2.4 million euro last year.

EBITDA & adjusted EBIT

EBITDA was 73.0 million euro compared to 59.0 million euro for the prior year second semester. EBITDA margin in the second half was 13.8% versus 10.4% for the second half of 2017, with strong increases in both the Enterprise and Healthcare divisions. The increase is driven by higher sales & gross margin accretion due to mix effects, value engineering en other cost efficiency efforts.

By division, EBITDA and EBITDA margin was as follows:

2H18 (in millions of euro) Sales EBITDA EBITDA %
Entertainment 218.7 15.5 7.1%
Enterprise 186.6 40.7 21.8%
Healthcare 125.2 16.8 13.4%
Group 530.4 73.0 13.8%

EBITDA by division 2H18 versus 2H17 is as follows:

(in millions of euro) 2H18 2H17 Change
Entertainment 15.5 21.4 -27.5%
Enterprise 40.7 23.9 +70.5%
Healthcare 16.8 13.7 +22.4%
Group 73.0 59.0 +23.8%

Adjusted EBIT was 55.1 million euro or 10.4% of sales compared to 41.7 million euro or 7.4% for the same period last year.

Net income

Net income attributable to the equity holders for the second semester was 47.7 million euro compared to 5.6 million euro in 2H17.

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ANNEX II

Trading Update 4Q18

Trading update fourth quarter 2018

Order Book
(in millions of euro) 31 Dec
2018
30 Sep
2018
30 Jun
2018
31 Mar
2018
31 Dec
2017
30 Sep
2017
Order book 303.2 319.5 324.4 347.0 285.9 322.0
Order Intake
(in millions of euro) 4Q18 3Q18 2Q18 1Q18 4Q17 3Q17
Order Intake 263.9 243.3 263.6 276.0 239.7 259.0
Sales
(in millions of euro) 4Q18 3Q18 2Q18 1Q18 4Q17 3Q17
Sales 281.7 248.7 252.9 245.2 273.4 242.5
Sales
(in millions of euro) 4Q18 4Q17 Change
Entertainment 110.1 122.9 -10.4%
Enterprise 106.7 83.2 +28.2%
Healthcare 64.9 67.3 -3.6%
Group 281.7 273.4 +3.0%

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ANNEX III

Pro forma comparison

As announced in the 1H18 results, Barco completed the transaction on the sale of 9% shares in the BarcoCFG joint venture and reduced its stake to a 49% position. As a result, as of July 2018 the BarcoCFG joint venture orders and sales are no longer consolidated in Barco's group and Entertainment results.

2018 reported versus pro forma 2017

To facilitate comparable trend analysis of Barco's topline results, the full year 2018 press release is using pro forma Entertainment and group orders and sales for the 2 last quarters of 2017 as if the 2H18 structure had been in place. The table shown below presents both pro forma and reported orders and sales for the respective quarters, semesters and years.

Reported and pro forma orders and sales following the deconsolidation for 2H17:
(in millions of
euro)
Reported
3Q17
Pro forma
3Q17
Reported
4Q17
Pro forma
4Q17
Reported
2H17
Pro forma
2H17
Reported
FY17
Pro forma
FY17
Group Orders 263.7 259.0 279.7 239.7 543.3 498.7 1,105.2 1,060.6
Entertainment
Sales
136.5 112.3 149.4 122.8 285.9 235.1 533.3 482.5
Group Sales 266.7 242.5 300.0 273.4 566.7 515.9 1,084.7 1,033.9

2019 reported versus pro forma 2018

In order to support comparable projections for 2019 versus 2018, we present also the pro forma orders and sales for 1H18 as if the deconsolidation had been in place as of 1 January 201814:

(in millions of
euro)
Reported
1Q18
Pro forma
1Q18
Reported
2Q18
Pro forma
2Q18
Reported
1H18
Pro forma
1H18
Reported
FY18
Pro Forma
FY18
Group Orders 276.0 244.4 263.6 252.0 539.7 496.4 1,046.9 1,003.6
Entertainment
Sales
110.3 89.0 118.6 100.4 228.9 189.4 447.6 408.1
Group Sales 245.2 223.9 252.9 234.7 498.1 458.6 1,028.5 989.0

14 With the deconsolidation active as of mid-year 2018, the 2018 numbers used reported orders and sales for 1H18. For 2019, comparable data analysis will call for pro forma 1H18 orders and sales.

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ANNEX IV

Financial Tables

Income Statement 2018 2017 2016
(in thousands of euro)
Sales 1,028,531 1,084,706 1,102,342
Cost of goods sold -615,578 -680,554 -723,538
Gross profit 412,953 404,152 378,804
Research and development expenses -120,279 -122,305 -143,362
Sales and marketing expenses -147,723 -146,802 -147,088
General and administration expenses -57,464 -58,095 -55,122
Other operating income (expense) - net 2,488 -3,710 3,325
Adjusted EBIT 89,974 73,241 36,557
Restructuring and impairments -17,000 -32,404 -12,939
Gain on change in control 16,384 - -
Gain on sale building - - 6,866
Other non-operating income/(expense) - - 33
EBIT 89,358 40,836 30,516
Interest income 5,915 4,666 4,401
Interest expense -1,566 -2,653 -3,161
Income before taxes 93,708 42,849 31,756
Income taxes -16,586 -11,355 -6,345
Result after taxes 77,121 31,494 25,411
Share in the result of joint ventures and associates 191 1,290 263
Net income 77,312 32,784 25,674
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest 2,347 8,008 14,652
Net income attributable to the equity holder of the
parent
74,965 24,776 11,023
Earnings per share (in euros) 6.03 2.01 0.91
Diluted earnings per share (in euros) 5.98 1.99 0.88
Selected Financial Ratios 2018 2017 2016
124,466 107,118 88,002
EBITDA 12.1% 9.9% 8.0%
EBITDA on sales 8.7% 6.8% 3.3%
Adjusted EBIT on sales
EBIT on sales
8.7% 3.8% 2.8%
Total debt to equity 6.0% 8.9% 13.6%
Balance sheet 31 Dec 2018 31 Dec 2017 31 Dec 2016
(in thousands of euro)
ASSETS
Goodwill
105,612 105,385 124,255
Other intangible assets 47,397 63,361 75,765
Land and buildings 57,777 57,964 53,019
Other tangible assets 51,003 47,366 50,916
Investments 19,105 7,906 14,460
Deferred tax assets 67,478 69,859 89,100
Other non-current assets 9,732 12,887 19,112
Non-current assets 358,103 364,729 426,627
Inventory 135,111 132,754 166,202
Trade debtors 161,787 149,438 188,561
Other amounts receivable 19,567 19,368 15,584
Short term investments 112,795 - -
Cash and cash equivalents 251,807 254,130 353,549
Prepaid expenses and accrued income 8,131 5,041 8,709
Assets held for sale - 139,536 -
Current assets 689,197 700,267 732,605
Total Assets 1,047,301 1,064,996 1,159,231
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Equity attributable to equityholders of the parent 633,267 579,449 590,243
Non-controlling interests 1,777 14,065 25,244
Equity 635,044 593,514 615,487
Long-term debts 29,882 41,036 66,811
Deferred tax liabilities 3,140 4,647 8,813
Other long-term liabilities 24,557 4,555 11,198
Long-term provisions 34,265 24,607 30,824
Non-current liabilities 91,845 74,845 117,647
Current portion of long-term debts 7,500 10,000 11,500
Short-term debts 686 686 2,085
Trade payables 105,148 102,943 135,127
Advances received from customers 53,747 67,040 109,064
Tax payables 11,370 9,752 13,880
Employee benefit liabilities 51,314 49,983 57,050
Other current liabilities 48,532 10,586 9,684
Accrued charges and deferred income 10,082 18,074 58,050
Short-term provisions 32,032 26,904 29,657
Liabilities directly associated with the assets held for sale - 100,669 -
Current liabilities
Total Equity and Liabilities
320,412
1,047,301
396,637
1,064,996
426,098
1,159,231

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www.barco.com

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Cash flow statement 2018 2017 2016
(in thousands of euro)
Cash flow from operating activities
Adjusted EBIT 89,974 73,241 36,557
Impairment of capitalized development costs - - 1,364
Restructuring -2,882 -4,244 -4,917
Gain on sale of divestments -743 -513 -1,000
Amortization capitalized development cost - - 21,509
Depreciation of tangible and intangible fixed assets 34,492 33,877 28,572
Gain/(Loss) on tangible fixed assets -149 362 -401
Share options recognized as cost 2,050 1,549 1,234
Share in the profit/(loss) of joint ventures and associates 191 1,290 263
Gross operating cash flow 122,933 105,560 83,180
Changes in trade receivables -11,209 -7,326 205
Changes in inventory 334 -3,577 -2,829
Changes in trade payables -1,306 -19,660 -2,676
Other changes in net working capital -12,722 -8,113 11,883
Change in net working capital -24,903 -38,677 6,583
Net operating cash flow 98,030 66,883 89,763
Interest received 5,915 4,666 7,272
Interest paid -1,566 -2,653 -3,161
Income taxes -12,460 -4,395 -11,538
Cash flow from operating activities 89,919 64,501 82,337
Cash flow from investing activities
Purchases of tangible and intangible fixed assets -25,627 -23,160 -24,241
Proceeds on disposals of tangible and intangible fixed assets 922 168 578
Proceeds from sale of building - - 9,292
Payments for short term investments -112,795 - -
Acquisition of group companies, net of acquired cash -5,621 -5,889 -10,229
Disposal of group companies, net of disposed cash -32,558 6,437 1,000
Other investing activities -2,972 -3,729 -16,667
Dividends from joint ventures and associates 10,499 8 376
Cash flow from investing activities (including -168,152 -26,166 -39,891
acquisitions and divestments)
Cash flow from financing activities
Dividends paid -25,975 -23,292 -20,951
Capital increase 132 433 2,498
Sale of own shares 5,928 5,314 5,684
Payments (-) of long-term liabilities -8,363 -17,532 -11,381
Proceeds from (+), payments of (-) short-term liabilities -4,430 1,401 -2,239
Advances on capital contribution from non-controlling interest 37,906 - -
Dividend distributed to non-controlling interest - -17,893 -5,707
Capital increase from non-controlling interest - - 2,912
Cash flow from financing activities 5,198 -51,569 -29,185
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents -73,035 -13,234 13,261
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 321,514 353,549 341,277
Cash and cash equivalents (CTA) 3,328 -18,801 -989
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 251,807 321,514 353,549
Cash assets held for sale (BarcoCFG) - 67,385 -
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period excluding assets
held for sale
251,807 254,130 353,549
Results per division 2018 2017 2016
(in thousands of euro)
Sales
Entertainment 447,611 533,285 578,057
Enterprise 335,914 308,161 289,652
Healthcare 245,006 243,259 234,633
Group 1,028,531 1,084,706 1,102,342
EBITDA
Entertainment 32,879 38,922 30,446
Enterprise 60,944 40,662 32,984
Healthcare 30,642 27,533 24,572
Group 124,466 107,118 88,002

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