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Allgeier SE M&A Activity 2012

Aug 6, 2012

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Allgeier Holding SE

Recommendation: BUY (BUY)

Risk: MEDIUM (MEDIUM) Price target: EUR 19.00 (19.00)

Major acquisition in the personnel services business area

  • Allgeier has announced the takeover of 100% of the shares in TECOPS (the merged tecops personal GmbH and tecops IT-Spezialisten GmbH). TECOPS' range of services focuses on personnel outsourcing in the IT and commercial area, the mediation of IT specialists, and project services. The company has already implemented several major outsourcing projects for customers in the past. TECOPS has access to more than 60,000 professionals in the commercial and IT sector. According to statements of Allgeier's Management, a significant part of the pool of experts consists of IT experts which will complement Allgeier's scope of services in its Staffing & Recruiting business. Within Allgeier Group, this business field is currently mainly served by Goetzfried AG (recently merged with Next GmbH) and U.N.P., both accessing a pool of >70,000 IT specialists and engineers. TECOPS has a staff of 1,400 permanent employees and is also active in the field of employee assignment. Differently from Allgeier's former temping business which was sold in March 2008 TECOPS specializes mainly in the field of IT experts.
  • The business areas of TECOPS and Allgeier complement each other ideally. We expect significant synergies, for instance, from the combination of TECOPS' and Goetzfried's freelanceer staffing business which will now be able to cover the entire range of services and prices. TEPCOS' business is highly profitable and fast-growing. tecops personal GmbH's revenues and number of employees have both grown by a factor of ten within the last five years (source: Crosswater Job Guide/Website of Tepcos). In 2010, for instance, revenues of tecops personal GmbH grew by 32% to reach EUR 32.6m, with an EBIT margin of 6.0% in 2009 and 4.9% in 2010 (source: electronic company register). Revenues of tecops IT-Spezialisten GmbH were probably in the medium single-digit million euro range (only the balance sheet is available). According to Allgeier's press release, the revenues of the recently merged companies exceeded EUR 50m in 2011. According to Crosswater Job Guide/Tepcos, revenues amounted to >EUR 15m in 1Q 2012 (+25% YOY), so that we expect them to easily exceed 60m in FY 2012. Allgeier's Management indicated that the aggregated EBIT margin of both companies currently is around 7-8%. (Continued on next page).
Key data (takeover of TECOPS assumed as of 1/10/12; EASY SOFTWARE not yet included)
Y/E Dec 31, EUR m 2009 2010 2011 2012E 2013E 2014E
Sales 223.5 308.7 378.8 462.8 565.9 611.2
EBITDA 14.4 18.1 22.3 30.1 40.2 44.6
EBITA 12.8 15.6 19.0 25.6 32.9 36.6
EBIT 8.0 11.0 12.0 19.3 26.9 31.1
Net result 5.2 8.3 4.4 10.7 15.9 18.7
Basic EPS 0.60 0.99 0.52 1.27 1.87 2.21
Adjusted EPS 0.98 1.18 1.27 1.78 2.36 2.66
DPS 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50
EBITDA margin 6.5% 5.9% 5.9% 6.5% 7.1% 7.3%
EBITA margin 5.7% 5.1% 5.0% 5.5% 5.8% 6.0%
EV/EBITDA 7.6 6.1 4.9 3.6 2.7 2.5
P/E 17.7 10.6 20.1 8.3 5.6 4.8
Source: CBS Research AG, Allgeier Holding AG

06 August 2012

Short company profile:

Allgeier Holding SE, headquartered in Munich, is one of the leading IT consultancy and service companies in the German-speaking countries. With their units IT Solutions, IT Services & Recruiting, and Project Solutions, Allgeier offers a comprehensive range of services from the initial concept through implementation to the operation of IT landscapes. Allgeier's operational subsidiaries have >2,500 employees as well as >1,400 freelance experts serving some 3,000 customers in virtually all sectors.

Share data:
Share price (EUR, latest closing price):
Shares outstanding (m):
Market capitalisation (EUR m):
Enterprise value (EUR m):
Ø daily trading volume (3 m., no. of shares):
10.52
8.4
88.2
109.7
9,706
Performance data:
High 52 weeks (EUR):
Low 52 weeks (EUR):
Absolute performance (12 months):
12.89
9.30
0.7%
Relative performance vs. CDAX:
1 month
3 months
6 months
12 months
-5.8%
-14.1%
-9.3%
-8.9%
Shareholders:
Supervisory Board & Management Board:
Own shares:
Institutional investors:
Other free float:
42%
7%
9%
42%
Financial calendar:
9M report:
8 November 2012
Author:
Close Brothers Seydler Research AG
Phone:
Email:
Martin Decot (Analyst)
+49 (0) 69-977 84 56 0
www.cbseydlerresearch.ag
[email protected]

Please notice the information on the preparation of this document, the disclaimer, the advice regarding possible conflicts of interests, and the mandatory information required by § 34b WpHG (Securities Trading Law) at the end of this document. This financial analysis in accordance with § 34b WpHG is exclusively intended for distribution to individuals that buy or sell financial instruments at their own account or at the account of others in connection with their trading activities, occupation, or employment.

The purchase price will be an undisclosed double-digit amount in millions of euros. Due to the strong earnings growth of TEPCOS, we do not expect that the applied EBIT multiple will be relatively low. No earn-out component was mentioned in the press release. In our financial model, we provisionally assume that the price will be paid in cash before the end of 3Q. However, in view of the facts that the vendor of TECOPS intends to invest in a significant shareholding in Allgeier SE, and that Allgeier held a number of 686,954 own shares at the end of 1Q 2012, we do not rule out that part of the price will be paid in Allgeier shares. The agreements are expected to be executed within the coming weeks. We suppose that this timeframe might be subject to changes in case Allgeier's takeover of EASY SOFTWARE will also be successful. Cartel authorities might scrutinize the TECOPS takeover somewhat deeper in this case, but we do not expect any difficulties from this side even if both takeovers will take place. The acceptance period for the EASY SOFTWARE takeover bid will end on 21 August 2012. The offer is subject to the attainment of a 75% minimum acceptance quota which will mainly depend on EASY SOFTWARE's two major shareholders (see our update from 6 July 2012).

In order to offer a rough impression of the P&L metrics which the intended takeovers would imply for Allgeier, we simply added our rough FY 2012 sales and earnings estimates for Tecops and EASY SOFTWARE to our estimates for Allgeier (see table below). This approach still does not consider the expected dates of first consolidation, but only results in aggregated pro forma figures.

Purchase price still undisclosed

We do not expect any difficulties from cartel authorities even in case the EASY SOFTWARE takeover will also take place

Combined pro forma figures 2012E

Aggregate sales and earnings of Allgeier and takeover targets (2012E)

+ TECOPS EASY
SOFTWARE
Sum Allgeier +
TECOPS + EASY
EURm 2012E 2012E 2012E 2012E 2012E*
Sales 446.5 65.1 511.6 29.2 540.8
EBITDA
as % of sales
28.9
6.5%
5.1
7.9%
34.0
6.6%
5.3
18.2%
39.3
7.3%

We assume first consolidation of TECOPS as of 1 October 2012

Change in sales and earnings estimates of CBS Research

Allgeier TECOPS Sum Allgeier
+ TECOPS
EASY
SOFTWARE
EURm 2012E 2012E 2012E 2012E
Sales 446.5 65.1 511.6 29.2
EBITDA
as % of sales
28.9
5.1
34.0
6.5%
7.9%
6.6%
5.3
18.2%
While we still do not incorporate the takeover of EASY SOFTWARE in our
estimates before its completion, we do factor in the TECOPS deal as we do not
see any reason why this transaction should not be concluded. We increase our
sales and earnings estimates, cautiously assuming first consolidation of
TECOPS as of 1 October 2012. As the impact from the purchase price allocation
(PPA) on assets and future depreciation and amortisation of the Group is still rather
unpredictable, we recommend investors to focus on our EBITDA estimates until the
Group's balance sheet after PPA will have been published and considered in our
estimates.
Change in sales and earnings estimates of CBS Research
2012E 2013E 2014E
EURm (except for EPS) new o
ld
new o
ld
new o
ld
Sales 462.8 446.5 565.9 497.4 611.2 537.1
EBITDA 30.1 28.9 40.2 34.3 44.6 36.9
EBIT 19.3 18.5 26.9 22.5 31.1 26.6
Net result after minorities 10.7 10.2 15.9 13.1 18.7 15.9
EPS (EUR) 1.27 1.20 1.87 1.54 2.21 1.87
Source: CBS Research AG

BUY

Our valuation now indicates a fair value per share of EUR 20.31. Due to the fact that the purchase price for TECOPS and the effects from the PPA are still subject to rather arbitrary assumption, we nevertheless leave our price target for Allgeier unchanged at EUR 19.00 for the time being. We maintain 'BUY'.

Weighting
factor
Fair value
per share (EUR)
Peer group valuation 50.0% 19.37
DCF valuation 50.0% 21.25
Fair value per share (EUR) 20.31

Source: CBS Research AG

Multiple-based valuation

Company name P / E EV / EBIT EV / EBITDA
2012E 2013E 2014E 2012E 2013E 2014E 2012E 2013E 2014E
Allgeier (based on CBSR estimates) 8.3 5.6 4.8 5.7 4.1 3.5 3.6 2.7 2.5
European IT service/consulting companies (market cap below EUR 1bn):
ASSYSTEM 8.6 8.0 6.9 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.5 3.2 3.2
BOUVET ASA 9.3 8.1 7.4 6.0 5.2 4.8 5.6 4.8 4.4
CENIT AG 10.9 9.9 8.6 4.3 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.6
CONNECTA AB 10.2 8.4 7.7 7.2 5.9 5.4 6.8 5.7 5.2
COR&FJA AG 14.0 9.7 7.2 13.0 8.8 6.9 5.2 4.4 4.4
DATAGROUP AG 12.0 7.2 6.8 12.5 8.1 7.6 5.9 5.6 5.6
DEVOTEAM SA 12.0 7.4 5.7 4.7 3.9 3.4 4.3 3.2 2.6
ECONOCOM GROUP 9.2 8.2 7.1 6.2 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.2 4.7
GFI INFORMATIQUE 7.9 6.7 6.9 7.1 6.6 6.3 5.5 5.1 5.1
GFT TECHNOLOGIES AG 9.5 7.9 7.6 5.4 4.7 4.3 4.7 4.2 3.9
GROUPE STERIA SCA 5.1 4.4 3.9 5.1 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.2 3.1
ORDINA NV 16.9 9.7 6.2 22.7 12.5 6.4 6.2 5.1 3.9
OSIATIS 5.8 5.4 5.1 3.6 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.8 2.8
PHOENIX IT GROUP LTD 6.2 5.9 n.m. 6.6 6.6 n.m. 4.2 4.2 n.m.
SOLUCOM 12.0 10.7 n.m. 6.0 5.4 n.m. 5.5 4.9 n.m.
SOPRA GROUP 7.0 6.3 5.7 4.9 4.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.6
TIETO OYJ 11.4 9.6 8.8 10.1 7.6 6.9 5.4 4.7 4.4
ADESSO AG 8.0 6.9 5.5 4.9 2.5 2.0 2.5 2.1 1.8
Average 9.8 7.8 6.7 7.5 5.8 4.9 4.7 4.2 3.8
Median Weight: 50.0% 9.4 7.9 6.9 6.0 5.3 4.6 5.0 4.3 3.9
Major players with market cap above EUR 1bn:
ATOS 12.3 10.5 9.4 7.8 6.6 6.1 4.7 4.2 3.9
CAP GEMINI 11.5 10.5 9.2 6.8 6.2 5.5 5.1 4.8 4.4
INDRA SISTEMAS SA 8.0 7.2 6.5 7.6 6.9 6.3 6.3 5.8 5.3
LOGICA PLC 9.9 9.0 8.3 9.2 8.5 8.0 6.7 6.3 5.9
Average 10.4 9.3 8.3 7.9 7.1 6.5 5.7 5.3 4.9
Median Weight: 25.0% 10.7 9.7 8.8 7.7 6.8 6.2 5.7 5.3 4.9
Indian IT service companies:
INFOSYS LTD 13.4 11.9 11.0 9.3 8.7 8.0 8.6 8.1 7.3
TATA CONSULTANCY SVCS LTD n.m. 14.3 n.m. 12.4 11.2 n.m. 11.7 10.4 n.m.
WIPRO LTD 13.2 n.m. 10.6 11.2 10.3 9.2 9.9 9.1 7.8
Average Weight: 25.0% 13.3 13.1 10.8 11.0 10.1 8.6 10.1 9.2 7.6
Median 13.3 13.1 10.8 11.2 10.3 8.6 9.9 9.1 7.6
Weighted average of peer groups 10.7 9.7 8.4 7.7 6.9 6.0 6.4 5.8 5.1
EURm, except EPS (EUR) EPS EBIT EBITDA
2012E 2013E 2014E 2012E 2013E 2014E 2012E 2013E 2014E
Allgeier Holding AG (estimates by CBSR) 1.27 1.87 2.21 19.3 26.9 31.1 30.1 40.2 44.6
Applied multiples (peer group - weighted average) 10.7 9.7 8.4 7.7 6.9 6.0 6.4 5.8 5.1
Fair Enterprise Value - - - 148.6 184.6 186.2 193.5 231.5 226.4
+ Liquid funds 76.3
- Financial debt incl. pension provisions -93.2
- Minority interests -4.6
Fair value of equity from each multiple 113.5 151.8 154.5 127.1 163.1 164.7 172.0 210.0 204.8
Average of derived fair values 162.4
Premium (discount) vs. peer group companies 0%
Fair value of equity 162.4
Number of shares outstanding (m) 8.4
Fair value per share (EUR) 19.37

Source: Bloomberg, CBS Research AG

Discounted Cash Flow Model

PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3
EURm 2012E 2013E 2014E 2015E 2016E 2017E 2018E 2019E 2020E 2021E 8
Sales revenues
Y-o-Y grow
th
462.8
22.2%
565.9
22.3%
611.2
8.0%
641.7
5.0%
661.0
3.0%
680.8
3.0%
701.2
3.0%
722.3
3.0%
744.0
3.0%
755.1
1.5%
EBIT
EBIT margin as % of sales
19.3
4.2%
26.9
4.7%
31.1
5.1%
32.7
5.1%
34.4
5.2%
34.7
5.1%
33.7
4.8%
32.5
4.5%
33.5
4.5%
34.0
4.5%
Income tax on EBIT (cash tax rate)
Depreciation and amortisation
-7.6
10.7
-9.7
13.3
-12.4
13.5
-10.1
10.9
-10.3
7.3
-10.4
7.9
-10.1
7.6
-9.8
6.6
-10.0
5.7
-10.2
5.9
Change in net working capital and
non-cash income and expenses*
-7.0 -6.4 -3.7 -4.7 -3.7 -3.7 -3.8 -4.0 -4.1 -3.2
Net capital expenditure incl. earnouts -36.4 -10.1 -13.9 -5.6 -5.1 -6.4 -7.2 -7.4 -6.3 -5.9
Free cash flow -21.0 14.0 14.6 23.2 22.6 22.1 20.2 18.0 18.8 20.6
Present values -20.2 12.3 11.7 16.9 15.0 13.4 11.1 9.1 8.6 8.6 113.1
Present value Phase 1
Present value Phase 2
Present value Phase 3
Total present value
3.8
82.8
113.1
199.7
2
%
41%
57%
100%
Risk free rate
Equity risk premium
Debt risk premium
Tax shield (Phase 3)
3.50%
6.00%
1.40%
30.0%
Target equity ratio
Beta
WACC
Terminal growth
80.0%
1.20
9.25%
1.50%
+ Liquid funds
- Financial debt** and minority interests
76.3
-97.8
Latest report
0.0
-93.2
31/12/10
61.3
-32.5
Sensitivity analysis Terminal growth (Phase 3)
Fair value of equity 178.2 8.25%
8.75%
0.5%
23.08
21.23
1.0%
24.17
22.15
1.5%
25.43
23.19
2.0%
26.88
24.39
2.5%
28.58
25.79
Number of shares outstanding (m) 8.4 WACC 9.25%
9.75%
19.59
18.13
20.37
18.79
21.25
19.54
22.25
20.39
23.40
21.35
Fair value per share (EUR) 21.25 10.25% 16.82 17.39 18.03 18.74 19.55

*Other non-cash income and expenses comprise mainly expenses from additions to provisions

** Financial debt incl. pension provisions.

Source: CBS Research AG

Profit and loss account

IFRS 2008
EURm
2009 2010 2011 2012E 2013E 2014E
Sales
YoY grow
th
178.7
34.0%
223.5
25.1%
308.7
38.1%
378.8
22.7%
462.8
22.2%
565.9
22.3%
611.2
8.0%
Inventory changes (finished goods, WIP) 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2
Other own work capitalised 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Total output 178.7 223.5 308.8 379.1 463.0 566.2 611.4
Cost of materials -111.2 -137.5 -182.5 -220.2 -259.9 -299.1 -322.6
as % of total output -62.2% -61.5% -59.1% -58.1% -56.1% -52.8% -52.8%
Gross profit
as % of total output
67.5
37.8%
86.0
38.5%
126.2
40.9%
158.9
41.9%
203.1
43.9%
267.1
47.2%
288.8
47.2%
Personnel expenses
as % of total output
-44.3
-24.8%
-59.5
-26.6%
-88.4
-28.6%
-109.0
-28.7%
-140.1
-30.2%
-190.5
-33.6%
-203.8
-33.3%
Other operating income
as % of total output
2.1
1.2%
4.0
1.8%
5.8
1.9%
6.6
1.7%
6.9
1.5%
9.1
1.6%
9.2
1.5%
Other operating expenses
as % of total output
-13.1
-7.3%
-16.1
-7.2%
-25.5
-8.2%
-34.2
-9.0%
-39.9
-8.6%
-45.6
-8.0%
-49.5
-8.1%
EBITDA
as % of total output
12.1
6.8%
14.4
6.5%
18.1
5.9%
22.3
5.9%
30.1
6.5%
40.2
7.1%
44.6
7.3%
Operating EBITA*
as % of total output
10.8
6.0%
12.8
5.7%
15.6
5.1%
19.0
5.0%
25.6
5.5%
32.9
5.8%
36.6
6.0%
Depreciation and amortization,
excl. goodwill impairments
as % of total output
Goodwill impairments
-4.3
-2.4%
-4.0
-4.1
-1.9%
-2.3
-7.0
-2.3%
0.0
-10.3
-2.7%
0.0
-10.7
-2.3%
0.0
-13.3
-2.4%
0.0
-13.5
-2.2%
0.0
as % of total output -2.2% -1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
EBIT
as % of total output
3.9
2.2%
8.0
3.6%
11.0
3.6%
12.0
3.2%
19.3
4.2%
26.9
4.7%
31.1
5.1%
Interest income 3.1 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.1
Interest expenses -2.2 -1.8 -1.6 -2.9 -3.1 -2.9 -2.9
Result from sale of temping business 82.6 - - - - - -
EBT (Earnings before income taxes)
as % of total output
87.4
48.9%
7.0
3.2%
10.2
3.3%
9.5
2.5%
16.6
3.6%
24.1
4.3%
28.4
4.6%
Taxes on income
as % of EBT
-7.1
-8.1%
-2.1
-29.6%
-1.5
-14.4%
-4.2
-44.1%
-5.0
-30.0%
-7.2
-30.0%
-8.5
-30.0%
Net income of the group
as % of total output
80.4
45.0%
5.0
2.2%
8.7
2.8%
5.3
1.4%
11.6
2.5%
16.9
3.0%
19.8
3.2%
Minority interests -0.6 0.2 -0.4 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0 -1.1
Net income attributable to shareholders 79.7 5.2 8.3 4.4 10.7 15.9 18.7
Basic earnings per share (EUR) 8.93 0.60 0.99 0.52 1.27 1.87 2.21
Adjusted earnings per share (EUR)** 0.85 0.98 1.18 1.27 1.78 2.36 2.66
* Operating EBITA: Earnings before interest, taxes and amortisation/impairments of assets from PPAs (goodwill, acquired
order balances, customer lists, etc.) and effects on earnings from subsequent purchase price adjustments/earnouts
** Adjusted EPS = Adjusted net income divided by weighted average of shares outstanding;
Adjusted net income = Operating EBITA minus financial result minus assumed taxes (30% tax rate) minus minority interests.
Source: CBS Research AG, Allgeier Holding AG

Balance sheet

IFRS
EURm
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012E 2013E 2014E
Assets
Noncurrent assets 45.6 47.9 63.7 113.0 131.1 123.7 116.2
as % of total assets 23.6% 29.9% 31.2% 46.6% 42.6% 38.5% 35.1%
Intangible assets 41.9 42.3 57.4 102.8 120.5 113.1 104.8
Property, plant and equipment 3.4 4.6 5.4 8.8 10.3 10.3 11.0
Investments in companies consolidated at equity 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Deferred taxes 0.3 0.5 1.0 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Current assets
as % of total assets
147.8
76.4%
112.2
70.1%
140.4
68.8%
129.2
53.4%
176.8
57.4%
197.9
61.5%
215.2
64.9%
Inventories 1.0 2.7 3.1 3.0 4.0 4.3 4.5
Trade receivables 49.6 52.9 66.5 81.8 107.0 121.7 131.4
Other assets and receivables 28.1 7.4 9.5 12.4 17.6 15.9 16.7
Cash and cash equivalents 69.1 49.2 61.3 31.9 48.1 56.0 62.5
Total assets 193.4 160.1 204.1 242.1 307.9 321.6 331.3
Shareholders' equity and liabilities
Shareholders' equity
as % of total equity and liabilities
81.8
42.3%
79.5
49.7%
85.5
41.9%
88.2
36.4%
95.7
31.1%
108.4
33.7%
124.0
37.4%
Subscribed capital 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.1
Capital reserve 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3 11.3
Retained earnings 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Own shares at acquisition cost -1.7 -3.6 -4.5 -5.2 -5.2 -5.2 -5.2
Profit carried forward -18.1 56.5 57.4 61.6 61.8 68.3 80.1
Net income for the year 79.7 5.2 8.3 4.4 10.7 15.9 18.7
Changes in equity recognised directly in equity -0.9 -0.9 -0.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2
Minority interests 2.0 1.8 3.7 4.5 5.4 6.4 7.5
Noncurrent liabilities and deferred income
as % of total equity and liabilities
24.0
12.4%
23.8
14.9%
31.6
15.5%
35.5
14.7%
99.8
32.4%
93.2
29.0%
80.2
24.2%
Non-current profit-participation liabilities (PREPS) 13.0 13.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Noncurrent financial liabilities incl. promissory notes 2.2 0.3 15.6 2.6 72.6 72.6 70.0
Provisions for pensions and similar obligations
Other noncurrent liabilities (mainly earnout
0.3 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2
components from company acquisitions) 3.1 3.7 3.3 22.8 19.1 14.9 7.0
Deferred tax liabilities 5.5 5.8 5.7 9.2 7.0 4.5 2.0
Current liabilities
as % of total equity and liabilities
87.6
45.3%
56.7
35.4%
87.0
42.6%
118.4
48.9%
112.4
36.5%
120.0
37.3%
127.1
38.4%
Current profit-participation liabilities (PREPS) 0.0 0.0 7.0 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Current financial liabilities 13.4 8.4 16.9 32.7 12.0 12.0 12.0
Current provisions 13.1 7.8 10.8 16.1 24.7 26.3 27.7
Trade accounts payable 22.6 23.3 29.8 36.5 40.4 44.9 48.4
Prepayments received 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other liabilities incl. earnout
components from company acquisitions
38.5 17.3 22.5 27.1 35.3 36.8 39.0
Total equity and liabilities 193.4 160.1 204.1 242.1 307.9 321.6 331.3

Source: CBS Research AG, Allgeier Holding AG

Cash flow statement

IFRS
EURm
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012E 2013E 2014E
EBIT 3.9 8.0 11.0 12.0 19.3 26.9 31.1
Depreciation and amortisation 8.3 6.4 7.0 10.3 10.7 13.3 13.5
Other non-cash income and expenses incl.
expenses from additions to provisions
4.0 4.2 6.7 10.0 9.0 9.9 10.4
Change in non-current provisions -0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
Cash taxes paid/received -6.1 -4.7 -3.2 -3.8 -6.5 -8.7 -11.3
Cash flow from changes in working capital -13.3 -2.2 -14.5 -8.8 -16.1 -16.3 -13.6
Cash flow from operating activities -3.7 11.8 7.2 19.6 16.6 25.1 30.2
Net cash outflows from the purchase and
retirement of PP&E and intangible assets
-2.0 -1.6 -2.5 -4.2 -4.8 -5.9 -6.0
Payments for the purchase of subsidiaries and for
the acquisition of assets and rights
-17.0 -4.1 -8.7 -25.4 -28.2 0.0 0.0
Purchase price components paid for companies
acquired in other periods
0.0 -5.0 -0.9 -4.0 -3.1 -4.2 -7.9
Investments valued at equity (incl. disposals) 0.0 -0.2 0.3 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Payment balance from the sale of subsidiaries 103.7 -5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cash flow from investing activities 84.7 -16.3 -11.9 -33.7 -36.1 -10.1 -13.9
Payments for own shares -1.2 -1.9 -1.0 -1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Net borrowings/retirements of loans
and cash flow from promissory notes
-6.1 -4.1 17.4 -0.6 47.3 0.0 -2.6
Net cash inflow from ABS programme
(assignment of trade receivables)
3.8 -2.8 4.9 0.9 1.4 0.0 0.0
Repayment of profit-participation liabilities 0.0 0.0 0.0 -7.0 -6.0 0.0 0.0
Interests paid and received, net 1.0 -0.8 -0.7 -2.4 -2.7 -2.7 -2.8
Dividends paid -22.3 -5.2 -4.2 -4.2 -4.2 -4.2 -4.2
Payments to/from shareholders with non-controlling
interests and purchases of non-controlling interests
0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.9 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2
Cash flow from financing activities -24.9 -14.9 16.4 -15.2 35.6 -7.1 -9.8
Total change in cash and cash equivalents 56.1 -19.4 11.6 -29.3 16.1 7.9 6.5
Currency-induced changes in cash and cash 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the period 12.5 68.6 49.1 61.1 31.6 47.8 55.7
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 68.6 49.1 61.1 31.6 47.8 55.7 62.2
Bank overdraft 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Cash and cash equivalents in the balance sheet 69.1 49.2 61.3 31.9 48.1 56.0 62.5

Source: CBS Research AG, Allgeier Holding AG

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