Investor Presentation • Feb 20, 2023
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Nanterre (France), February 20, 2023
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| in €m | (Faurecia "stand-alone") | (incl. 11 months of HELLA) | change |
| Worldwide automotive production* | 77,197 | 82,375 | +6.7% |
| Sales | 15,618 | 25,458 | +63.0% |
| At constant scope & currencies | +17.0% | ||
| Operating income | 862 | 1,115 | +29.4% |
| As % of sales | 5.5% | 4.4% | |
| Adjusted EBITDA | 2,109 | 3,012 | +42.8% |
| As % of sales | 13.5% | 11.8% | |
| Net cash flow | 305 | 471 | +54.6% |
| As % of sales | 2.0% | 1.9% |
* in 000 units, source: S&P Global Mobility (ex-IHS Markit) dated February 2023
"2022 has been a historic year for the Group as we closed the acquisition of a majority stake in HELLA to create FORVIA, the world's 7th biggest automotive technology player, combining the complementary offers and strengths of the two companies.
2022, which was initially expected to be a year of recovery from the Covid crisis, turned out to be a year of continued semiconductor shortages and supply chain issues heightened by the outbreak of the war in Ukraine. The year was characterized by additional challenges, with high inflation, a surge in energy prices, rising interest rates and our disengagement from Russia.
In this uncertain environment, FORVIA's 2022 performance reflects the new size of the Group, with consolidated sales above 25 billion euros, a resilient operating margin that reached 5% of sales in the second half of the year and a strong generation of net cash flow at 471 million euros.
We have fully refinanced the bridge-to-loan and bridge-to-equity to acquire HELLA.
The disposals we have announced to date fulfill our 1 billion euro divestment program of non-strategic assets.
The significant progress made in the integration of HELLA allows us to raise both the cost and sales synergy targets.
With our assumption that 2023 volumes will be at a similar level to 2022, we target to improve our financial performance in 2023.
I would like to thank all the Faurecia and HELLA teams for their commitment to the creation of FORVIA, succeeding in a tough environment to deliver resilient financial performance and to creating the conditions for future success and profitable growth, comforted by the solid order intake of 31 billion euros recorded last year."
• 2022: FROM FAURECIA TO FORVIA, COMBINING FAURECIA'S AND HELLA'S STRENGTHS AND CREATING FORVIA, THE WORLD'S 7th BIGGEST AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIER, WITH SALES OF C. €30BN IN 2025
On January 31, 2022, Faurecia closed the acquisition of a majority stake of 82% in HELLA. HELLA has been consolidated in Faurecia's accounts since February 1, 2022.
The newly combined FORVIA Group's mission is: "WE PIONEER TECHNOLOGY FOR MOBILITY EXPERIENCES THAT MATTER TO PEOPLE".
On November 3, 2022, Faurecia and HELLA held their first joint Capital Markets Day in Paris, during which FORVIA unveiled its Power25 medium-term plan to drive profitable growth, enhance cash generation and accelerate Group deleveraging (all details available on www.forvia.com).
FORVIA's Power25 plan is focused on three key strategic priorities:
These ambitions are translated into the following 2025 financial objectives (based on an assumption of worldwide automotive production of 88 million units in 2025 and after the estimated effect of the €1bn disposal program by end-2023):
In January 2023, FORVIA presented at CES 2023 in Las Vegas its combined portfolio of Faurecia and HELLA technologies addressing megatrends in electrification, automated driving, and personalized cockpits. The world's first Solid State Lighting High-Definition headlamp (SSL | HD) presented by the Group received a CES 2023 Innovation Award.
As from 2023, Faurecia and HELLA's fiscal years are aligned on the calendar year.
Significant progress achieved in the integration process of HELLA: cost synergies upgraded to more than €300 million 2025 EBITDA run-rate (vs. > €250 million previously) and sales synergies upgraded to more than €400 million in 2025 (vs. between €300 million and €400 million previously), supported by strong 2022 joint order intake for €1.8 billion
Since the effective entry of HELLA into the Group's consolidation scope, the two companies, under the leadership of their respective management teams, have accelerated collaboration and achieved significant progress in generating synergies.
As regards cost synergies, over 200 individual synergy measures have been validated by Faurecia's and HELLA's teams. They can be broken down into more than 1,000 detailed actions, with robust tracking and governance.
As a result, cost synergies and optimization have been upgraded to more than €300 million 2025 EBITDA run-rate (vs. more than €250 million previously).
Concerning sales synergies, Faurecia's and HELLA's joined forces succeeded in generating a strong order intake of €1.8 billion in 2022, demonstrating the potential for combined commercial offers and opportunities in the coming years, notably capitalizing on CES 2023 successes. The 2022 joint order intake of €1.8 billion already represents more than €300 million of 2025 sales synergies or more than €400 million 2026 run-rate.
Sales synergies are now upgraded to more than €400 million by 2025 (vs. between €300 million and €400 million previously).
In 2022, FORVIA (Faurecia + HELLA) recorded a solid order intake of €31 billion, with an average operating margin above 7%, already reaching the Power25 plan's targeted profitability.
New 2022 awards reflect FORVIA's strategy to focus on key activities; they included:
The acquisition of an 82% stake in HELLA represented a total investment of €5.4 billion.
The financing was fully secured through a committed bridge facility of €5.5bn, signed in August 2021. This bridge facility included a bridge-to-equity component, whose deadline was mid-February 2023, and a bridge-to-loan, whose deadline was mid-August 2023.
The refinancing has been entirely completed, although markets conditions have proven more difficult since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine and the start of a period of strong inflation.
Out of the total investment of €5.4 billion:
The rest was financed through debt issuances and use of cash for a total amount of €4.2 billion.
Total HELLA-related average cost of financing for this amount of €4.2billion is estimated at c. 4.5% (estimation based on Euribor 1 month at 2.50%).
With yesterday's announcement that the Motherson group has committed to acquire Faurecia's SAS Cockpit Modules division, contemplated transactions announced to date fulfill FORVIA's €1 billion disposal program of non-strategic assets by end-2023, designed to accelerate deleveraging after the HELLA acquisition.
In July 2022:
o HELLA announced the sale of its 33.33% stake in HBPO to its co-shareholder, Plastic Omnium, for a price of c. €290 million and the transaction was closed, as expected, in December 2022.
o Faurecia and Cummins announced they are in exclusive negotiations for the potential sale to Cummins of Faurecia's commercial vehicle exhaust aftertreatment business in Europe and the United States for an enterprise value of €150 million.
o Faurecia announced yesterday that the Motherson group has committed to acquire its SAS Cockpit Modules division (assembly and logistics services), reported as part of its Interiors Segment, for an enterprise value of €540 million.
Faurecia has decided to disengage from Russia and completed depreciation of related assets at the end of 2022.
| GROUP (in €m) | H2 2021 (Faurecia stand-alone) |
Currency effect |
Organic growth (Faurecia stand-alone) |
Scope effect (HELLA 6 months) |
H2 2022 FORVIA |
Reported change |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide auto. production (m units) | 37 786 | 43 395 | 14,8% | ||||
| Sales | 7 835 | 319 | 1 957 | 3 724 | 13 835 | 76,6% | |
| % of last year's sales outperformance (bps) |
4,1% | 25,0% 1 020 |
47,5% | ||||
| Operating income | 352 | 689 | 95,7% | ||||
| % of sales | 4,5% | 5,0% | +50bps |
| GROUP (in €m) | FY 2021 (Faurecia stand-alone) |
Currency effect |
Organic growth (Faurecia stand-alone) |
Scope effect (HELLA 11 months) |
FY 2022 FORVIA |
Reported change |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide auto. production (m units) | 77 197 | 82 375 | 6,7% | ||||
| Sales | 15 618 | 674 | 2 654 | 6 512 | 25 458 | 63,0% | |
| % of last year's sales outperformance |
4,3% | 17,0% | 41,7% | ||||
| (bps) | 1 030 | ||||||
| Operating income | 862 | 1 115 | 29,4% | ||||
| % of sales | 5,5% | 4,4% | -110bps |
In FY 2022, inflation generated more than €1 billion of additional costs vs. 2021 for FORVIA operations (Faurecia + HELLA) and pass-through to customers generated additional sales of close to €1 billion through contractual mechanisms in place and specific negotiations and claims to customers, i.e. a pass-through that exceeded 85%.
| SEATING (in €m) | FY 2021 (Faurecia stand-alone) |
Currency effect |
Organic growth (Faurecia stand-alone) |
Scope effect (HELLA 11 months) |
FY 2022 FORVIA |
Reported change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide auto. production (m units) | 77 197 | 82 375 | 6,7% | |||
| Sales | 6 049 | 331 | 1 324 | 7 704 | 27,4% | |
| % of last year's sales outperformance |
5,5% | 21,9% | ||||
| (bps) | 1 520 | |||||
| Operating income | 285 | 197 | -30,8% | |||
| % of sales | 4,7% | 2,6% | -210bps |
Strong organic growth of +29.9% in H2, resulting in +21.9% in FY. All regions contributed to the full-year organic growth: China and North America grew in strong double-digits, while Europe grew in high single-digits. North America was driven by Stellantis (as the Michigan program only got underway in H2 2021) and China was driven by very strong growth from Chinese OEMs (mostly BYD) and a US EV carmaker present in China.
Operating income in H2 recovered to 3.2% of sales from 1.8% of sales in H1, resulting in full-year operating margin of 2.6% of sales, down 210bps year-on-year. The sequential improvement in H2 reflected continued reduction in extra costs related to the Michigan plant (€35 million in H2 2022 after €45 million in H1 2022 and €100 million in H2 2021). Excluding these extra costs, operating margin in 2022 stood at 4.0% of sales in H2 and 3.6% of sales in FY.
| INTERIORS (in €m) | FY 2021 | Currency | Organic growth |
Scope effect | FY 2022 | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Faurecia | effect | (Faurecia | (HELLA | FORVIA | change | |
| stand-alone) | stand-alone) | 11 months) | ||||
| Worldwide auto. production (m units) | 77 197 | 82 375 | 6,7% | |||
| Sales | 4 641 | 110 | 779 | 5 529 | 19,2% | |
| % of last year's sales outperformance |
2,4% | 16,8% | ||||
| (bps) | 1 010 | |||||
| Operating income | 190 | 246 | 29,4% | |||
| % of sales | 4,1% | 4,4% | +30bps |
Strong organic growth of +29.1% in H2, resulting in +16.8% in FY. Organic growth was mainly driven by Europe and North America, which both grew in double-digits. North America reflected growth with GM, Ford, a US EV carmaker and new entrants, while Europe reflected strong growth with Ford and BMW.
Operating income in H2 improved to 5.2% of sales from 3.6% of sales in H1. In the full-year, operating income was 4.4% of sales, up 30bps vs. FY 2021. This year-on-year improvement mainly reflected better fixed cost absorption through higher sales volume and positive effect from repricing in North America.
| CLEAN MOBILITY (in €m) | FY 2021 (Faurecia |
Currency effect |
Organic growth (Faurecia |
Scope effect (HELLA |
FY 2022 FORVIA |
Reported change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stand-alone) | stand-alone) | 11 months) | ||||
| Worldwide auto. production (m units) | 77 197 | 82 375 | 6,7% | |||
| Sales | 4 091 | 199 | 446 | 4 736 | 15,8% | |
| % of last year's sales outperformance |
4,9% | 10,9% | ||||
| (bps) | 420 | |||||
| Operating income | 389 | 336 | -13,5% | |||
| % of sales | 9,5% | 7,1% | -240bps |
Organic growth of +15.1% in H2, resulting in +10.9% in FY. Organic growth was mainly driven by Europe and North America and, to a lesser extent, South America. In the three regions, sales grew organically in double-digits. In Europe, organic growth was driven by Ford and sales related to commercial vehicles, while in North America it was also Ford and commercial vehicles, as well as GM. In South America, increase in sales to GM was the main driver for sustained organic growth.
Operating income in H2 improved to 7.5% of sales after 6.6% of sales in H1, resulting in 7.1% of sales in FY, down 240bps vs. FY 2021. This year-on-year deterioration mainly reflected dilutive impact from inflation pass-through for c. 100bps, some operational extra costs for c. 40bps and the development of zero-emissions sales, which are not yet profitable, for another 60bps.
| ELECTRONICS (in €m) | FY 2021 (Faurecia stand-alone) |
Currency effect |
Organic growth (Faurecia stand-alone) |
Scope effect (HELLA 11 months) |
FY 2022 FORVIA |
Reported change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worldwide auto. production (m units) | 77 197 | 82 375 | 6,7% | |||
| Sales | 838 | 34 | 105 | 2 545 | 3 522 | 320,5% |
| % of last year's sales outperformance |
4,1% | 12,5% | 303,9% | |||
| (bps) | 580 | |||||
| Operating income | -2 | 141 | n/s | |||
| % of sales | -0,2% | 4,0% | n/s |
Step change in size (sales multiplied by more than 4x between 2021 and 2022) as Electronics now aggregates the Electronics activity of Faurecia (€977 million vs. €838 million in 2021) and the Electronics activity of HELLA (€2,545 million of scope effect for 11 months in 2022). Organic growth (only related to Faurecia's Electronics activity) stood at 12.5% with double-digit growth in all regions.
Operating income stood at 4.0% of sales in FY, or €141 million. This included an operating loss of €10 million related to Faurecia's Electronics activity and a negative accounting impact of €19 million linked to asset revaluations in the context of HELLA's opening balance-sheet exercise.
Restated for this last accounting item, operating income was €160 million, representing 4.5% of total Electronics sales, of which:
| LIGHTING (in €m) | FY 2021 | Currency | Organic growth |
Scope effect | FY 2022 | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Faurecia | effect | (Faurecia | (HELLA | FORVIA | change | |
| stand-alone) | stand-alone) | 11 months) | ||||
| Worldwide auto. production (m units) | 77 197 | 82 375 | 6,7% | |||
| Sales | 3 074 | 3 074 | ||||
| % of last year's sales | ||||||
| outperformance | ||||||
| (bps) | ||||||
| Operating income | 107 | |||||
| % of sales | 3,5% |
This activity is consolidated for the first year in Faurecia's consolidated accounts. Sales for 11 months amounted to €3,074 million.
Operating income stood at 3.5% of sales in FY. Operating income of €107 million included a positive accounting impact of €40 million linked to asset revaluations in the context of HELLA's opening balance-sheet exercise.
Restated for this accounting item, operating income was €67 million, representing 2.2% of Lighting sales.
| LIFECYCLE SOLUTIONS (in €m) |
FY 2021 | Currency | Organic growth |
Scope effect | FY 2022 | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Faurecia | effect | (Faurecia | (HELLA | FORVIA | change | |
| stand-alone) | stand-alone) | 11 months) | ||||
| Worldwide auto. production (m units) | 77 197 | 82 375 | 6,7% | |||
| Sales | 893 | 893 | ||||
| % of last year's sales outperformance (bps) |
||||||
| Operating income | 89 | |||||
| % of sales | 9,9% |
This activity is consolidated for the first year in Faurecia's consolidated accounts. Sales for 11 months amounted to €893 million.
Operating income stood at 9.9% of sales in FY. The operating income of €89 million included a negative accounting impact of €2 million linked to asset revaluations in the context of HELLA's opening balance-sheet exercise. Restated for this accounting item, operating income was €91 million, representing 10.2% of Lifecycle Solutions sales.
| Europe | North Am. | South Am. | Americas | Asia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % of 2022 consolidated sales | 44% | 25% | 3% | 28% | 27% |
| Regional auto. prod. YoY* | -0,5% | 9,7% | 8,4% | 9,4% | 8,2% |
| 2021 sales (€m) | 6 996 | 3 725 | 543 | 4 268 | 4 167 |
| Currency effect | -2,4% | 14,8% | -1,9% | 12,7% | 7,2% |
| YoY organic | 10,1% | 20,7% | 34,3% | 22,4% | 21,6% |
| Scope effect | 52,0% | 36,6% | 4,1% | 32,4% | 34,3% |
| 2022 sales (€m) | 11 165 | 6 410 | 741 | 7 151 | 6 795 |
| YoY reported | 59,6% | 72,1% | 36,4% | 67,6% | 63,1% |
| 2021 operating income (€m) | 292 | 49 | 44 | 92 | 458 |
| % of sales | 4,2% | 1,3% | 7,9% | 2,2% | 11,0% |
| 2022 operating income (€m) | 180 | 142 | 51 | 193 | 723 |
| % of sales | 1,6% | 2,2% | 6,9% | 2,7% | 10,6% |
* Regional automotive production 2022 vs. 2021, source: S&P Global Mobility (ex-IHS Markit) dated February 2023
All regions reported double-digit sales outperformance vs. regional automotive performance.
| in €m | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Sales | 15 618 | 25 458 |
| Reported growth | +63.0% | |
| Organic growth | +17.0% | |
| Operating income | 862 | 1 115 |
| (before amort. of acquired intangible assets) | ||
| Amort. of int. assets acquired in business combinations | (93) | (219) |
| Operating income | 769 | 896 |
| (after amort. of acquired intangible assets) | ||
| Restructuring | (196) | (352) |
| Other non-recurring operating income and expense | (42) | (97) |
| Net interest expense & Other financial income and expense | (254) | (523) |
| Income before tax of fully consolidated companies | 276 | (75) |
| Income taxes | (139) | (186) |
| Net income of fully consolidated companies | 137 | (262) |
| Share of net income of associates | (25) | 11 |
| Net income from continued operations | 113 | (250) |
| Net income from discontinued operations | (96) | |
| Consolidated net income before minority interest | 16 | (250) |
| Minority interest | (95) | (131) |
| Consolidated net income, Group share | (79) | (382) |
Reminder: 2021 figures are Faurecia "stand-alone" figures while 2022 figures include the impact of the consolidation of HELLA since February 1, 2022 (11 months) as well as the cost of financing the acquisition.
Group operating income stood at €1,115 million (4.4% of sales) vs. €862 million in 2021 (5.5% of sales).
Restructuring expenses of €352 million, vs. €196 million in 2021; 2022 restructuring expenses included €208 million of restructuring costs (vs. €138 million in 2021) and €144 million of asset write-downs (vs. €59 million in 2021), of which the main part was related to Russia for €104 million.
Other non-recurring operating income and expense was a net charge of €97 million (vs. a net charge of €42 million in 2021); 2022 net charge included €43 million of non-recurring costs related to the acquisition of HELLA and €27 million of non-recurring costs related to operations in Russia.
Income before tax of fully consolidated companies was an operating loss of €75 million (vs. an operating profit of €276 million in 2021); it included €130 million from costs related to the ecision to disengage from Russia and €195 million from integration and integration and financial costs related to the acquisition of HELLA.
Net income, Group share was a loss of €382 million (vs. a loss of €79 million in 2021), mainly impacted by:
| in €m | 2021 | H1 2022 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating income | 862 | 426 | 1 115 |
| Depreciation and amortization, of which: | 1 247 | 895 | 1 897 |
| Amortization of R&D intangible assets - |
487 | 320 | 687 |
| Other depreciation and amortization - |
760 | 575 | 1 210 |
| Adj. EBITDA | 2 109 | 1 321 | 3 012 |
| % of sales | 13,5% | 11,4% | 11,8% |
| Capex | -530 | -523 | -1 177 |
| Capitalized R&D | -670 | -470 | -966 |
| Change in WCR | -19 | 22 | 374 |
| Change in factoring | 72 | 234 | 183 |
| Restructuring | -175 | -93 | -184 |
| Financial expenses | -230 | -182 | -373 |
| Taxes | -243 | -220 | -384 |
| Other (operational) | -10 | 13 | -14 |
| Net cash flow | 305 | 102 | 471 |
| Dividends paid incl. mino. | -201 | -5 | -55 |
| Share purchase | -26 | ||
| Net financial investment & Other | -126 | -4 863 | -4 539 |
| Discontinued operations | -49 | ||
| IFRS16 impact | -241 | -162 | -349 |
| Change in net debt | -339 | -4 928 | -4 472 |
| Net debt at the beginning of the period | -3 128 | -3 467 | -3 467 |
| Net debt at the end of the period | -3 467 | -8 394 | -7 939 |
| Net-debt-to-Adj. EBITDA ratio | 1.6x | 3.1x | 2.6x |
Reminder: 2021 figures are Faurecia "stand-alone" figures while 2022 figures include the impact of the consolidation of HELLA since February 1, 2022 (11 months) as well as the cost of financing the acquisition.
Net debt / Adjusted EBITDA ratio is Net financial debt at the end of each period vs. Adjusted EBITDA over the last 12 months; at December 31, 2022, as HELLA has been consolidated only since February 1, 2022 (11 months), one additional month of contribution from HELLA has been taken into account for the calculation of the ratio.
• Net financial investment and other for a net outflow €4.6 billion represented mostly the investment in HELLA, reduced by inflows from (i) the capital increase with preferred subscription rights issued in June for €0.7 billion and (ii) the proceeds of €0.3 billion from the sale by HELLA of its 33% stake in HBPO.
Net financial debt at the end of 2022 stood at €7.9 billion (including an IFRS16 impact of €349 million), representing a Net debt / Adjusted EBITDA ratio of 2.6x, significantly reduced vs. 3.1x six months earlier.
As announced on November 3 at the Capital Markets Day, the Board of Directors, at its meeting held on November 2, decided to propose at Faurecia's next Shareholders' meeting that no dividend be paid in 2023.
As of December 31, 2022, Group liquidity amounted to €6.2 billion, of which €4.2 billion of available cash, €1.5 billion from the fully undrawn Faurecia Senior Credit Facility (maturity: May 2026, with options up to 2028) and €0.5 billion from HELLA Senior Credit Facility.
This guidance assumes no major lockdown impacting production or retail sales in any major automotive region during the year.
FORVIA's full-year 2025 targets, as presented at the recent Capital Markets Day held on November 3, 2022, are fully confirmed (based on an assumption of worldwide automotive production of 88 million vehicles in 2025, more conservative than S&P's latest forecast of 90 million, and on 2025 currency rates of USD/€ @ 1.05 and CNY/€ @ 7.00):
October 20, 2023: Q3 2023 sales (before market hours)
"Operating income" presented as Faurecia's main performance indicator is Operating income before amortization of intangible assets acquired in business combinations.
Faurecia's financial report will be available at 9:30am today (Paris time) and the financial presentation at 10.15am (Paris time) on FORVIA's website: www.forvia.com
If you wish to follow the presentation using the webcast, please access the following link: https://www.sideup.fr/webcast-forvia-annual-results-2022
A replay will be available as soon as possible.
You may also follow the presentation via conference call:
Confirmation code: 85861392528#
Contacts Press Christophe MALBRANQUE Media Relations Director [email protected]
Marc MAILLET Head of Investor Relations Tel: +33 (0)1 72 36 75 70 [email protected]
About FORVIA, whose mission is: "We pioneer technology for mobility experiences that matter to people".
FORVIA comprises the complementary technology and industrial strengths of Faurecia and HELLA. With over 290 industrial sites and 76 R&D centers, 157,000 people, including more than 15,000 R&D engineers across 40+ countries, FORVIA provides a unique and comprehensive approach to the automotive challenges of today and tomorrow. Composed of 6 business groups and a strong IP portfolio of over 14,000 patents, FORVIA is focused on becoming the preferred innovation and integration partner for OEMS worldwide. FORVIA aims to be a change maker committed to foreseeing and making the mobility transformation happen.
Faurecia, the parent company of the FORVIA Group, is a global automotive technology leader. In 2022, the Group reported consolidated sales of €25.5 billion. Faurecia is listed on the Euronext Paris market and is a component of the CAC Next 20, CAC 40 ESG and CAC SBT 1.5° indexes.
HELLA, a company of the FORVIA Group, is an internationally positioned automotive supplier. For its fiscal year starting June 1, 2021 and ending May 31, 2022, HELLA reported consolidated sales of €6.3 billion.
HELLA is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and is a component of the SDAX index. www.hella.com
This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements concerning Faurecia. Such forward-looking statements represent trends or objectives and cannot be construed as constituting forecasts regarding the future Faurecia's results or any other performance indicator. In some cases, you can identify these forwardlooking statements by forward-looking words, such as "estimate," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "plan," "intend," "objective", "believe," "forecast," "foresee," "likely," "may," "should," "goal," "target," "might," "would,", "will", "could,", "predict," "continue," "convinced," and "confident," the negative or plural of these words and other comparable terminology. Forward looking statements in this document include, but are not limited to, financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions including, without limitation, assumptions regarding present and future business strategies (including the successful integration of HELLA within the Faurecia Group), expectations and statements regarding Faurecia's operation of its business, and the future operation, direction and success of Faurecia's business. Although Faurecia believes its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous various risks, whether known or unknown, and uncertainties and other factors, all of which may be beyond the control of Faurecia and could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. For a detailed description of these risks and uncertainties and other factors, please refer to public filings made with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers ("AMF"), press releases, presentations and, in particular, to those described in the section 2."Risk factors & Risk management" of Faurecia's 2021 Universal Registration Document filed by Faurecia with the AMF on April 6th, 2022 under number D. 22-0246 (a version of which is available on www.faurecia.com). Subject to regulatory requirements, Faurecia does not undertake to publicly update or revise any of these forwardlooking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Any information relating to past performance contained herein is not a guarantee of future performance. Nothing herein should be construed as an investment recommendation or as legal, tax, investment or accounting advice. The historical figures related to HELLA included in this presentation have been provided to Faurecia by HELLA within the context of the acquisition process. These historical figures have not been audited or subject to a limited review by the auditors of Faurecia. HELLA remains a listed company. For more information on HELLA, more information is available on www.hella.com. This presentation does not constitute and should not be construed as an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy Faurecia securities.
Faurecia's year-on-year sales evolution is made of three components:
As "Scope effect", Faurecia presents all acquisitions/divestments, whose sales on an annual basis amount to more than €250 million.
Other acquisitions below this threshold are considered as "bolt-on acquisitions" and are included in "Growth at constant currencies".
In 2021, there was no effect from "bolt-on acquisitions"; as a result, "Growth at constant currencies" is equivalent to sales growth at constant scope and currencies also presented as organic growth.
Operating income is the Faurecia group's principal performance indicator. It corresponds to net income of fully consolidated companies before:
Adjusted EBITDA is Operating income as defined above + depreciation and amortization of assets; to be fully compliant with the ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) regulation, this term of "Adjusted EBITDA" will be used by the Group as of January 1, 2022 instead of the term "EBITDA" that was previously used (this means that "EBITDA" aggregates until 2021 are comparable with 'Adjusted EBITDA" aggregates as from 2022).
Net cash-flow is defined as follow: Net cash from (used in) operating and investing activities less (acquisitions)/disposal of equity interests and businesses (net of cash and cash equivalents), other changes and proceeds from disposal of financial assets. Repayment of IFRS 16 debt is not included.
Net financial debt is defined as follow: Gross financial debt less cash and cash equivalents and derivatives classified under non-current and current assets. It includes the lease liabilities (IFRS 16 debt).
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