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Legrand

Quarterly Report May 4, 2023

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UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2023

Consolidated statement of income 2 Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 2 Consolidated balance sheet 3 Consolidated statement of cash flows 5 Notes to the consolidated financial statements 6

Consolidated statement of income

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3 months ended
(in € millions) March 31, 2023 March 31, 2022
Net sales 2,149.6 1,972.3
Operating expenses
Cost of sales (1,010.1) (993.7)
Administrative and selling expenses (549.8) (481.9)
Research and development costs (92.1) (84.9)
Other operating income (expenses) (47.2) (34.2)
Operating profit 450.4 377.6
Financial expenses (26.2) (24.4)
Financial income 22.2 2.0
Exchange gains (losses) (0.2) (1.0)
Financial profit (loss) (4.2) (23.4)
Profit before tax 446.2 354.2
Income tax expense (115.8) (95.7)
Share of profits (losses) of equity-accounted entities 0.0 0.0
Profit for the period 330.4 258.5
Of which:
- Net profit attributable to the Group 330.5 258.3
- Minority interests (0.1) 0.2
Basic earnings per share (euros) 1.240 0.968
Diluted earnings per share (euros) 1.232 0.961

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income

3 months ended
(in € millions) March 31, 2023 March 31, 2022
Profit for the period 330.4 258.5
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Translation reserves (77.6) 126.0
Other (3.6) 22.3
Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income (1.1) 1.5
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
Actuarial gains and losses after deferred taxes (1.8) (0.1)
Other 0.0 0.0
Comprehensive income for the period 246.3 408.2
Of which:
- Comprehensive income attributable to the Group 246.4 408.0
- Minority interests (0.1) 0.2

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Consolidated balance sheet

(in € millions) March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Non-current assets
Intangible assets 2,474.0 2,534.7
Goodwill 5,573.2 5,567.4
Property, plant and equipment 735.0 746.0
Right-of-use assets 291.7 266.2
Other investments 1.9 1.9
Other non-current assets 141.9 62.1
Deferred tax assets 136.4 133.6
TOTAL NON CURRENT ASSETS 9,354.1 9,311.9
Current assets
Inventories (Note 4) 1,349.9 1,357.4
Trade receivables (Note 5) 1,105.0 958.1
Income tax receivables 122.1 120.5
Other current assets 293.2 255.4
Other current financial assets 61.6 65.1
Cash and cash equivalents 2,498.6 2,346.8
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 5,430.4 5,103.3
TOTAL ASSETS 14,784.5 14,415.2

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2023

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(in € millions) March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Equity
Share capital (Note 6) 1,067.3 1,067.3
Retained earnings 6,074.5 5,900.3
Translation reserves (408.0) (330.4)
Equity attributable to equity holders of Legrand 6,733.8 6,637.2
Minority interests 5.4 5.6
TOTAL EQUITY 6,739.2 6,642.8
Non-current liabilities
Long-term provisions 221.6 217.4
Provisions for post-employment benefits 126.5 130.1
Long-term borrowings (Note 7) 3,997.6 4,014.4
Deferred tax liabilities 921.7 914.6
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITES 5,267.4 5,276.5
Current liabilities
Trade payables 891.5 852.5
Income tax payables 111.4 48.6
Short-term provisions 150.7 146.4
Other current liabilities 815.6 795.1
Short-term borrowings (Note 7) 806.0 651.3
Other current financial liabilities 2.7 2.0
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 2,777.9 2,495.9
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 14,784.5 14,415.2

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Consolidated statement of cash flows

3 months ended
(in € millions) March 31, 2023 March 31, 2022
Profit for the period 330.4 258.5
Adjustments for non-cash movements in assets and liabilities:
– Depreciation and impairment of tangible assets 30.2 29.7
– Amortization and impairment of intangible assets 27.6 25.3
– Amortization and impairment of capitalized development costs 6.4 6.5
– Amortization of right-of-use assets 18.0 17.3
– Amortization of financial expenses 0.8 1.0
– Impairment of goodwill 0.0 0.0
– Changes in long-term deferred taxes 13.1 16.7
– Changes in other non-current assets and liabilities 6.4 6.7
– Unrealized exchange (gains)/losses 3.2 0.6
– Share of (profits) losses of equity-accounted entities 0.0 0.0
– Other adjustments (1.3) 0.1
– Net (gains)/losses on sales of assets (0.2) 0.3
Changes in working capital requirement:
– Inventories (Note 4) (4.5) (75.2)
– Trade receivables (Note 5) (159.2) (281.1)
– Trade payables 42.0 41.0
– Other operating assets and liabilities 50.2 23.0
Net cash from operating activities 363.1 70.4
– Net proceeds from sales of fixed and financial assets 0.2 0.4
– Capital expenditure (24.5) (18.6)
– Capitalized development costs (7.3) (7.8)
– Changes in non-current financial assets and liabilities (60.3) (2.0)
– Acquisitions and disposals of subsidiaries, net of cash (54.3) (128.4)
Net cash from investing activities (146.2) (156.4)
– Proceeds from issues of share capital and premium (Note 6) 0.0 0.0
– Net sales (buybacks) of treasury shares and transactions under the liquidity contract
(Note 6) (44.6) (15.6)
– Dividends paid to equity holders of Legrand 0.0 0.0
– Dividends paid by Legrand subsidiaries 0.0 0.0
– Proceeds from long-term financing 0.0 100.0
– Repayment of long-term financing* (Note 7) (18.9) (31.3)
– Debt issuance costs 0.0 0.0
– Increase (reduction) in short-term financing 6.7 9.3
– Acquisitions of ownership interests with no gain of control 0.0 0.0
Net cash from financing activities (56.8) 62.4
Translation net change in cash and cash equivalents (8.3) 13.8
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 151.8 (9.8)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 2,346.8 2,788.3
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 2,498.6 2,778.5
Items included in cash flows:
– Interest paid during the period** 16.4 18.2
– Income taxes paid during the period 45.5 36.0

* Of which €17.8 million corresponding to lease financial liabilities repayment for the 3 months ended March 31, 2023 (€17.1 million for the 3 months ended March 31, 2022).

** Interest paid is included in the net cash from operating activities; of which €2.1 million interests on lease financial liabilities for the 3 months ended March 31, 2023 (€1.7 million for the 3 months ended March 31, 2022).

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2023

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

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KEY FIGURES 7
NOTE 1 - INTRODUCTION 8
NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS FOR THE PERIOD 8
NOTE 3 - CHANGES IN THE SCOPE OF CONSOLIDATION 8
NOTE 4 - INVENTORIES 9
NOTE 5 - TRADE RECEIVABLES 9
NOTE 6 - SHARE CAPITAL 10
NOTE 7 - LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS 10
NOTE 8 - SEGMENT INFORMATION 12
NOTE 9 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS 13

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KEY FIGURES

(in € millions) 1st quarter 2023 1st quarter 2022
Net sales 2,149.6 1,972.3
Adjusted operating profit 477.2 401.2
As % of net sales 22.2% 20.3%
22.6 % before
acquisitions
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Operating profit 450.4 377.6
As % of net sales 21.0% 19.1%
Net profit attributable to the Group 330.5 258.3
As % of net sales 15.4% 13.1%
Normalized free cash flow 389.3 318.1
As % of net sales 18.1% 16.1%
Free cash flow 331.5 44.4
As % of net sales 15.4% 2.3%
Net financial debt at March 31 2,305.0 2,637.8

(1) At 2022 scope of consolidation, excluding Russia and related impacts.

Adjusted operating profit is defined as operating profit adjusted for: i) amortization and depreciation of revaluation of assets at the time of acquisitions and for other P&L impacts relating to acquisitions, ii) assets impairment in Russia and, iii) where applicable, for impairment of goodwill.

Normalized free cash flow is defined as the sum of net cash from operating activities - based on a working capital requirement representing 10% of the last 12 months' sales and whose change at constant scope of consolidation and exchange rates is adjusted for the period considered - and net proceeds of sales from fixed and financial assets, less capital expenditure and capitalized development costs.

Free cash flow is defined as the sum of net cash from operating activities and net proceeds from sales of fixed and financial assets, less capital expenditure and capitalized development costs.

Net financial debt is defined as the sum of short-term borrowings and long-term borrowings, less cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities.

The reconciliation of consolidated key figures with the financial statements is available in the appendices to the first three months 2023 results press release.

NOTE 1 - INTRODUCTION

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This unaudited consolidated financial information is presented for the three months ended March 31, 2023. It should be read in conjunction with consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022 such as established in the Registration Document deposited under visa no D.23-0262 with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) on April 12, 2023.

All the amounts are presented in millions of euros unless otherwise indicated. Some totals may include rounding differences.

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) interpretations adopted by the European Union and applicable or authorized for early adoption from January 1, 2023.

None of the IFRS standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) that have not been adopted for use in the European Union are applicable to the Group.

NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS FOR THE PERIOD

Legrand announced in January 2023 its intention to disengage from its Russian operations and is currently reviewing options for transferring their control in a timely and orderly manner.

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Legrand's activities in Russia accounted for approximately 1.5% of full-year sales in 2022. As of December 31, 2022, the Group's balance sheet exposure to Russia, including currency translation reserves, amounted to approximately €200 million. Of this amount, €148 million in asset impairment has been recognized in the 2022 consolidated financial statements, mainly in other operating income and expenses.

As of March 31, the remaining net Group's balance sheet exposure includes mainly translation reserves. The translation reserves (unrealized loss of €46 million as of March 31, 2023) will be reclassified in the income statement at the time of the actual disposal, without any cash impact.

NOTE 3 - CHANGES IN THE SCOPE OF CONSOLIDATION

The contributions to the Group's consolidated financial statements of companies acquired since the end of 2021 were as follows:

2022 March 31 June 30 September 30 December 31
Full consolidation method
Geiger Balance sheet only 6 months' profit 9 months' profit 12 months' profit
Emos Balance sheet only Balance sheet only Balance sheet only 9 months' profit
Usystems Balance sheet only Balance sheet only 7 months' profit
Voltadis Balance sheet only Balance sheet only
A. & H. Meyer Balance sheet only Balance sheet only
Power Control Balance sheet only Balance sheet only
Encelium Balance sheet only

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2023 March 31
Full consolidation method
Geiger 3 months' profit
Emos 3 months' profit
Usystems 3 months' profit
Voltadis Balance sheet only
A. & H. Meyer Balance sheet only
Power Control Balance sheet only
Encelium Balance sheet only
Clamper Balance sheet only

During the first three months of 2023, the Group acquired Clamper, Brazilian leader in surge protection devices, used in particular for photovoltaic infrastructures. Based in Belo Horizonte, Clamper has over 600 employees and annual sales of nearly €40 million.

NOTE 4 - INVENTORIES

Inventories are as follows:

(in € millions) March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Purchased raw materials and components 627.4 619.2
Sub-assemblies, work in progress 137.0 137.4
Finished products 829.2 842.7
Gross value at the end of the period 1,593.6 1,599.3
Impairment (243.7) (241.9)
NET VALUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD 1,349.9 1,357.4

NOTE 5 - TRADE RECEIVABLES

Trade receivables are as follows:

(in € millions) March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Trade receivables 1,212.6 1,058.7
Impairment (107.6) (100.6)
NET VALUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD 1,105.0 958.1

NOTE 6 - SHARE CAPITAL

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Share capital as of March 31, 2023 amounted to €1,067,270,984 represented by 266,817,746 ordinary shares with a par value of €4 each, for 266,817,746 theoretical voting rights and 266,164,935 exercisable voting rights (after subtracting shares held in treasury by the Group as of this date).

Changes in share capital in the first three months of 2023 were as follows:

Number of shares Par value Share capital (euros) Premiums (euros)
As of December 31, 2022 266,817,746 4 1,067,270,984 491,756,928
As of March 31, 2023 266,817,746 4 1,067,270,984 491,756,928

As of March 31, 2023, the Group held 652, 811 shares in treasury, versus 149, 515 shares as of December 31, 2022, i.e. 503, 296 additional shares corresponding to:

  • the net acquisition of 567,000 shares outside of the liquidity contract at a cost of €49.9 million;
  • the net sale of 63,704 shares under the liquidity contract that led to a cash inflow of €5.3 million.

As of March 31, 2023, among the 652,811 shares held in treasury by the Group, 553,285 shares have been allocated for performance share plans, 52,000 shares have been allocated for reduction of capital, and 47,526 shares are held under the liquidity contract.

As part of its share buyback program, and under the authorization granted by the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of May 25, 2022, Legrand announced the signing of a contract with an investment services provider as of March 30, 2023 to implement a first tranche for up to €80m. The purchase period agreement began on March 31, 2023 and is expected to end on or before May 19, 2023. Those shares will be cancelled.

NOTE 7 - LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS

7.1 LONG-TERM BORROWINGS

Long-term borrowings can be analyzed as follows:

(in € millions) March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Negotiable commercial paper 115.0 165.0
Bonds 3,300.0 3,300.0
Yankee bonds 285.9 291.6
Lease financial liabilities 233.4 207.5
Other borrowings 78.1 66.1
Long-term borrowings excluding debt issuance costs 4,012.4 4,030.2
Debt issuance costs (14.8) (15.8)
TOTAL 3,997.6 4,014.4

7.2 SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS

Short-term borrowings can be analyzed as follows:

(in € millions) March 31, 2023 December 31, 2022
Negotiable commercial paper 205.0 155.0
Bonds 400.0 400.0
Lease financial liabilities 67.7 68.8
Other borrowings 133.3 27.5
TOTAL 806.0 651.3

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7.3 CHANGES IN LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS

Changes in long-term and short-term borrowings can be analyzed as follows:

Variations not impacting cash flows
(in € millions) March 31, 2023 Cash flows Acquisitions Reclassifications Translation
adjustments
Other December 31, 2022
Long-term borrowings 3,997.6 (0.3) 36.9 (92.8) (8.0) 47.4 4,014.4
Short-term borrowings 806.0 (11.9) (0.6) 92.8 (1.3) 75.7 651.3
Gross financial debt 4,803.6 (12.2) 36.3 0.0 (9.3) 123.1 4,665.7

NOTE 8 - SEGMENT INFORMATION

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In accordance with IFRS 8, operating segments are determined based on the reporting made available to the chief operating decision maker of the Group and to the Group's management.

Given that Legrand activities are carried out locally, the Group is organized for management purposes by countries or groups of countries which have been allocated for internal reporting purposes into three operating segments:

  • Europe, including France, Italy and Rest of Europe (mainly including Benelux, Germany, Iberia (including Portugal and Spain), Poland, Russia, Turkey, and the United Kingdom);
  • North and Central America, including Canada, Mexico, the United States, and Central American countries; and

■ Rest of the world, mainly including Australia, China, India and South America (of which particularly Brazil, Chile and Colombia).

These three operating segments are under the responsibility of three segment managers who are directly accountable to the chief operating decision maker of the Group.

The economic models of subsidiaries within these segments are quite similar. Indeed, their sales are made up of electrical and digital building infrastructure products in particular to electrical installers, sold mainly through thirdparty distributors.

(in € millions) Europe North and
Central
America
Rest of the
world
Total
Net sales to third parties 978.2 ⁽¹⁾ 829.2 ⁽²⁾ 342.2 2,149.6
Cost of sales (436.6) (389.6) (183.9) (1,010.1)
Administrative and selling expenses, R&D costs (287.7) (271.3) (82.9) (641.9)
Other operating income (expenses) (16.6) (27.8) (2.8) (47.2)
Operating profit 237.3 140.5 72.6 450.4
- of which i/ acquisition-related amortization,
expenses and income and ii/ assets impairment in Russia
· accounted for in administrative and
selling expenses, R&D costs
(6.3) (19.2) (1.3) (26.8)
· accounted for in other operating income
(expenses)
0.0
- of which goodwill impairment 0.0
Adjusted operating profit 243.6 159.7 73.9 477.2
- of which depreciation and impairment of tangible assets (17.9) (6.3) (5.9) (30.1)
- of which amortization and impairment of intangible assets (2.3) (0.6) (0.3) (3.2)
- of which amortization and impairment of development costs (6.1) 0.0 (0.3) (6.4)
- of which amortization and impairment of right-of-use assets (6.4) 6.6 (5.0) (18.0)
- of which restructuring costs (5.0) (4.7) (3.6) (13.3)
Capital expenditure (16.5) (4.8) (3.2) (24.5)
Capitalized development costs (7.1) 0.0 (0.3) (7.4)
Net tangible assets 451.8 155.2 128.0 735.0
Total current assets 3,321.5 1,217.9 891.0 5,430.4
Total current liabilities 1,825.3 512.9 439.7 2,777.9

3 months ended March 31, 2023

(1) Of which France: €325.0 million.

(2) Of which United States: €763.0 million.

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3 months ended March 31, 2022

North and
Central
Rest of the
(in € millions)
Net sales to third parties
Europe
880.8 ⁽¹⁾
America
759.7 ⁽²⁾
world
331.8
Total
1,972.3
Cost of sales (408.2) (398.9) (186.6) (993.7)
Administrative and selling expenses, R&D costs (255.2) (237.8) (73.8) (566.8)
Other operating income (expenses) (24.8) (8.8) (0.6) (34.2)
Operating profit 192.6 114.2 70.8 377.6
- of which i/ acquisition-related amortization,
expenses and income and ii/ assets impairment in Russia
· accounted for in administrative and
selling expenses, R&D costs
(4.0) (18.2) (1.4) (23.6)
· accounted for in other operating income
(expenses)
0.0
- of which goodwill impairment 0.0
Adjusted operating profit 196.6 132.4 72.2 401.2
- of which depreciation and impairment of tangible assets (17.2) (6.5) (5.9) (29.6)
- of which amortization and impairment of intangible assets (1.9) (0.6) (0.4) (2.9)
- of which amortization and impairment of development costs (6.3) 0.0 (0.2) (6.5)
- of which amortization and impairment of right-of-use assets (6.4) (5.8) (5.1) (17.3)
- of which restructuring costs (3.9) (1.7) (1.1) (6.7)
Capital expenditure (13.3) (3.5) (1.8) (18.6)
Capitalized development costs (7.4) 0.0 (0.4) (7.8)
Net tangible assets 433.1 147.0 129.7 709.8
Total current assets 3,530.0 1,062.4 937.0 5,529.4
Total current liabilities 1,758.4 481.9 445.7 2,686.0

(1) Of which France: €306.5 million.

(2) Of which United States: €699.7 million.

NOTE 9 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

No significant events occurred between March 31, 2023 and the date when the consolidated financial statements were prepared.

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