Earnings Release • Feb 9, 2011
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Date: 9 February 2011 For immediate release
Name: JP Tanghe Title: Senior Vice President Barco n.v.
Tel: +32 56 26 23 22 E-mail: [email protected]
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Kortrijk, Belgium, 9 February 2011 - Barco (Nyse/Euronext: BAR; Reuters: BARBt.BR; Bloomberg: BAR BB) today announced results for the six and twelve month periods ended 31 December, 2010.
Barco n.v.
President Kennedypark 35 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium
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Commenting on the FY 2010 results Eric van Zele, President & CEO said: "The measures we took in 2009 to weather the crisis and to restore profitability have led to robust growth in 2010. Today the company can be proud of delivering on its promises for profitable growth in 2010. Digital cinema grew sales year-on-year by 154.8% to 255 million euro. In medical imaging sales grew by 59.1% to 180.7 million euro. With 61.7% avionics grew strongly also. The other divisions realized single digit growth rates in sales for the full year, but grew sales by double digits in the second half of the year. With 529 million euro shipped during the last six months of 2010, as much as 59% of the full year shipments were realized during the second semester, an increase of 44% versus semester one."
Mr Van Zele also referred to the robust growth by 58.3% in order intake to 978.3 million euro, with all divisions contributing to this increase. He also stated that Barco's order book illustrated how the company dealt with the supply chain challenges caused by the strong demand for its products. Whereas the order book went up from 331.4 million euro end of 2009 to 513.3 million euro end June of 2010, higher shipments in 2H10 reduced the order book to 426.9 million by the end of 2010.
Whereas EBIT was at 3.0% in 1H10, it increased to 6.4% in 2H10, leading to a 5.0% EBIT margin for the full year.
Gross operating cash flow was healthy, fueled by robust top line growth and better margins. Mr Van Zele emphasized that the company's cash flow was solid and was used to invest in Barco's growth. Free cash flow over 2010 was nevertheless slightly negative (minus 7.0 million euro) largely due to some investments in 3D related technology licenses and higher working capital needs.
At the end of December 2010 the net financial cash position of the company remained positive at 8.9 million euro, compared to 23.5 million euro at the end of 2009.
In harmony with Barco's long standing dividend policy the board decided to recommend to the general assembly to pay a dividend of 1 euro per share over 2010.
In view of sustaining Barco's profitable growth in the years to come, management announced the implementation of the third step in a three year turnaround program in which some operating divisions are being regrouped and recombined to capture additional scale economies and to align organizational structure with strategy. This will be covered in detail during Barco's upcoming Analyst & Investor Day on 18 February 2011.
Mr Van Zele concluded: "We are pleased with the progress so far and are taking the next steps to strengthen Barco's leadership in the various segments of our business. We will do whatever it takes to realize further profitable growth in the years to come."
Sales realized in 2010 were 897 million euro, a robust growth of 40.6% compared to the 638.1 million of 2009. Organic growth was 32.3%.
All divisions within the two business groups contributed to that growth with highest contributions from the digital cinema, medical imaging and avionics markets, respectively 154.8%, 59.1% and 61.4%. The other divisions realized single digit growth figures.
Sales to Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America (EMEALA) represented 42.7% of consolidated sales, while 35.6% of sales were realized in North America and 21.7% in Asia Pacific. Compared to 2009 sales grew respectively by 28.9%, 66.4% and 30.7%.
Order intake in 2010 was 978.3 million euro, an increase of 58.3% against 618.2 million euro in 2009. Organic growth in incoming orders was 49.7%. The regional distribution of order intake figures is about the same as for sales but growth figures compared to 2009 are even higher than for sales. The EMEALA region had a growth of 45.9% year-on-year, North America 94.3% and the APAC region 40.6%. The company realized growth in almost all countries where Barco is active, with outspoken performance in the Benelux, the Nordic region, the US and China, to name a few.
| (in million euro) | 2H10 | 1H10 | 2H09 | 1H09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order book | 426.9 | 513.3 | 331.4 | 336.7 |
Gross profit increased by 71.1% to 287.5 million euro or 32.1% of sales. In 2009 gross profit was 168.0 million euro and gross profit margin was 26.3%.
EBITDA was 98.8 million euro, 11% of sales compared to 24.1 million euro, 3.8% of sales the year before. EBIT was 45.1 million euro compared to minus 29.5 million euro (before restructuring & impairment costs) in 2009. EBIT margin in 2010 was 5.0%. Currency exchanges had a positive impact on EBIT of 6.8 million euro compared to the year before.
Research & development expenses increased year-on-year from 69.2 million euro to 71.4 million euro. In percentage of sales however, R & D expenses went down from 10.8% of sales to 8.0% of sales. Sales & Marketing expenses increased from 94.3 million euro to 114.6 million euro, but relative to sales they decreased from 14.8% of sales to 12.8% of sales. Also general & administration expenses increased in absolute numbers but decreased in percentage of sales: from 41.7 million euro or 6.5% of sales to 49.0 million euro or 5.5% of sales.
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Other operating result was minus 7.4 million euro. 2009 had other operating result of 7.7 million euro.
Income taxes were 0.0 million euro in 2010 compared to a positive tax impact of 6.4 million in 2009. This was due to the usage of tax losses carried forward.
Net income for 2010 increased to 43.6 million euro from minus 59.9 million euro in 2009. Net margin for 2010 was 4.9% compared to minus 9.4% the year before.
Net earnings per share increased to 3.66 euro from minus 5.02 euro in 2009. Fully diluted net earnings per share increased to 3.41 euro from minus 5.02 euro.
Free cash flow over 2010 was slightly negative (minus 7.0 million euro) due to some investments in 3D related technology licenses and higher working capital needs, resulting from the high increase in orders and sales. Gross operating cash flow was very strong though, driven by the high top line growth and better margins than in 2009.
At the end of December 2010 Barco had a net cash position of 8.9 million euro, compared to a net cash position of 23.5 million euro on 31 December 2009. Barco did not acquire any of its own shares in 20101 . On 31 December 2010 trade receivables were at 201 million euro, up 66 million from end December 2009. DSO was reduced to 59 days, down 12% from 67 days end 2009. At 230.4 million euro inventory was 84.2 million euro higher than at end 2009. Inventory turns were at 2.3 compared to 2.7 end of 2009. End June 2010 inventory turns were at 2.1. Trade payables were 125.4 million euro, compared to 67.9 million euro at the end of December 2009. DPO was 67 days end of 2010 compared top 55 days the year before. Capex for 2010 excluding capitalized development, was 11.0 million euro, compared to 5.5 million euro the year before.
Order intake in MES increased by 96.1%% from 283.9 million euro in 2009 to 556.6 million euro in 2010. With an increase of over 200% for digital cinema and almost 60% for simulation, these 2 markets were the main contributors to the growth in order intake of the
Page 4 of 11 Barco n.v. President Kennedypark 35 8500, Kortrijk, Belgium 1 The company now owns 737,963 of its own shares or 5.82% before dilution. The acquisition of own shares program started in 2003.
MES business group. Order intake in the VLS/DS market increased by almost 20%. Growth in order intake for MES was carried by all three regions, with an outperformance of digital cinema in North America. For VLS/DS the APAC region realized the highest growth, while simulation grew the most in the EMEALA region.
The digital cinema business performed extremely well with Barco launching a new series of projectors serving the whole range of the market and putting Barco into the global leadership position. The simulation business had a very strong order intake while shipments remained quite stable.
The order book at the end of December 2010 was 177.5 million euro, compared to 87.5 million euro the year before.
Sales in MES increased by 53.0% to 471.7 million euro in 2010, from 308.3 million euro in 2009, with digital cinema shipments growing by 154.8%. For digital cinema North America and the APAC markets were the strongest. VLS/DS realized the highest growth in the North America and the EMEALA markets, while Simulation had most of its growth in top line in the APAC market.
Simulation continues to be a high margin business. In VLS/DS operational costs have been right sized and the market is recovering slowly. Extraordinary project costs and warranties however, have continued to negatively impact results. The repositioning of the out-of-home LED business to digital signage through the acquisition of dZine, bringing advanced software tools for content creation and management, will further broaden Barco's offering to the market.
At 135.6 million euro, gross profit for the MES business group was up 170.8% compared to the year before. Gross profit margin was 28.7% compared to 16.2% in 2009.
MES EBIT for 2010 was at 27.0 million euro, a 5.7% margin, compared to minus 41.4 million euro in 2009. EBIT in digital cinema was double digit. In simulation it was single digit, while it was still negative in the VLS/DS market.
Order intake in MCM increased by 24.5% (10.3 % of which organic) from 339.5 million euro in 2009 to 422.7 million euro in 2010. All divisions within the business group contributed to this growth. The medical business in particular did very well with an increase in incoming orders of 68.7%. Excluding the Fimi acquisition organic growth in order intake was 21.6%. The Avionics business reached double digit growth in order intake. In the traffic, surveillance and monitoring (TSM) division the introduction of the new LED powered cubes continued to improve the competitive position of the traffic, surveillance and monitoring division (TSM) in the market. All divisions of the MCM group had a growing order intake in North America and the APAC region. In the EMEALA region only the medical division could realize growth in order intake.
The order book at the end of December 2010 was 249.6 million euro, compared to 244.5 million euro the year before.
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Sales in MCM increased by 27.6% (14.2% of which was organic growth) from 335 million euro in 2009 to 427.6 million euro in 2010. Growth drivers were medical with 59.1% and Avionics with 61.7%. The other two divisions also contributed, be it with single digit figures. The best growth market for shipments for the MCM group as a whole was North America. The medical division is set to continue its solid performance, as it is investing in the expansion of new sales channels and the development of new customer solutions that are widening the product portfolio in the healthcare market.
At 152.2 million euro, gross profit for the MCM business group increased by 29.1% compared to 2009. Gross profit margin was 35.6% compared to 35.2% the year before.
MCM EBIT for 2010 was at 18.1 million euro, a 4.2% EBIT margin, compared to 11.8 million euro in 2009, a 3.5% margin. The EBIT margin of the medical division was double digit.
Sales for the semester were 528.8 million euro, a 60.9% year-on-year increase.
All divisions within the two business groups had an increase in sales in 2H10 except for defense with sales slightly below the volume of 2H09. The digital cinema and medical
markets realized the highest growth compared to the same semester of the year before, whereas sales for all other divisions increased by double digit figures.
Sales to Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America (EMEALA) represented 41.6% of consolidated sales, while 37.3% of sales were realized in North America and 21.1% in Asia Pacific. Compared to 1H10 sales in all 3 regions contributed strongly to the sales growth in 2H10.
Order intake in 2H10 was 463.1 million euro, an increase of 45.0% compared to the same period the year before. Looking at consecutive semesters the EMEALA and APAC regions contributed more to the FY 2010 growth in order intake in 1H10 than in 2H10, while North America realized higher order intake numbers in the second semester than in the first.
In order intake the APAC region took 21.2% of total, compared to 37.0% for the Americas and 41.8% for the EMEALA region.
The order book at the end of the semester was 426.9 million euro or 28.8% higher than at the end of 2H09 and 16.8% lower than end 1H10.
Gross profit increased year-on-year by 98.7% to 164.5 million euro. Gross profit margin was 31.1% compared to 25.2% in 2H09.
EBITDA was 60.6 million euro compared to 8.4 million euro the year before. EBIT was 34.0 million euro compared to minus 18.0 million in 2H09. EBIT margin in 2H10 was 6.4%.
Research & development expenses increased year-on-year from 32.8 million euro to 36.7 million euro. In percentage of sales however, R & D expenses went down from 10.0% of sales to 7.0% of sales. Sales & Marketing expenses increased from 50.0 million euro to 61.7 million euro, but relative to sales they decreased from 15.2% of sales to 11.7% of sales. Also general & administration expenses increased in absolute numbers but decreased in percentage of sales: from 20.8 million euro or 6.3% of sales to 26.0 million euro or 4.9% of sales.
Other operating result was minus 6.0 million euro. 2H09 had other operating result of 2.8 million euro.
Net income for the semester increased to 35.2 million euro from minus 53.8 million euro for 2H09. Net margin for 2H10 was 6.7% from minus 16.4% the year before.
Net earnings per share (EPS) were 2.95 euro, up from minus 4.51 euro in 2H09. Fully diluted net earnings per share increased to 2.75 euro from minus 4.54 euro.
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The board will recommend to the general assembly to pay a dividend of 1 euro per share over 2010.
The following statements are forward looking and actual results may differ materially.
2011 will see Barco deploy the third phase of a strategic plan developed beginning 2009. Within the framework of this plan the company will fully adjust structure to strategy in the coming months. Barco will further increase focus on its core activities while simultaneously creating the necessary framework for its other businesses to fully embrace entrepreneurship and become important drivers of growth. Barco will also seek to establish strong geographic leadership in growth markets such as the BRIC countries. Sales and order intake of the BRIC countries are headed for 20% of total sales in 2011.
In this way management feels confident that it can keep Barco on the path of profitable growth.
Barco will host a conference call with investors and analysts on 9 February 2011 at 4:30 p.m. CET (10:30 a.m. EST), to discuss the FY10 results. Eric van Zele, CEO, Carl Peeters, CFO and JP Tanghe, IRO, will host the call.
An audio cast of this conference call will be available on the Company's website www.barco.com at 8:00 p.m. Brussels time (2:00 p.m. EST).
Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R & D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
Barco (NYSE Euronext Brussels: BAR) is headquartered in Belgium and is present in more than 90 countries with about 3400 employees worldwide.
| Income Statement continuing operations (in thousands of euro) |
2010 2nd half |
2009 2nd half |
2010 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net sales | 528,754 | 328,615 | 896,999 | 638,066 |
| Cost of goods sold | -364,224 | -245,860 | -609,484 | -470,115 |
| Gross profit | 164,531 | 82,756 | 287,516 | 167,951 |
| Research and development expenses | -36,735 | -32,752 | -71,371 | -69,234 |
| Sales and marketing | -62,110 | -50,013 | -114,555 | -94,251 |
| General and administration expenses | -25,608 | -20,803 | -49,006 | -41,665 |
| Other operating income (expense) - net | -6,035 | 2,850 | -7,449 | 7,662 |
| EBIT before restructuring | 34,043 | -17,962 | 45,135 | -29,537 |
| Restructuring and impairment costs | 0 | -39,386 | 0 | -39,386 |
| EBIT after restructuring | 34,043 | -57,348 | 45,135 | -68,923 |
| Interest income | 336 | 2,403 | 912 | 3,803 |
| Interest expense | -1,042 | -2,880 | -2,422 | -5,472 |
| Other non-operating income (expense) - net | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Income before taxes | 33,337 | -57,826 | 43,625 | -70,593 |
| Income taxes | 1,903 | 4,023 | 0 | 6,383 |
| Net income from continuing operations | 35,240 | -53,803 | 43,625 | -64,210 |
| Net income from discontinued operations | 0 | -30 | 4,289 | |
| Net income | 35,240 | -53,832 | 43,625 | -59,919 |
| Non-controlling interest | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 |
| Net income attributable to equityholder of the parent | 35,240 | -53,845 | 43,625 | -59,919 |
| Earnings per share (in euro) | 2.95 | -4.51 | 3.66 | -5.02 |
| Diluted earnings per share (in euro) | 2.75 | -4.54 | 3.41 | -5.02 |
| Selected Financial Ratios continuing operations | 2010 2nd half |
2009 2nd half |
2010 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EBITDA on sales | 11.5% | 2.6% | 11.0% | 3.8% |
| EBITDA minus capitalized development cost on sales | 7.3% | -3.1% | 6.4% | -1.4% |
| EBIT on sales | 6.4% | -5.5% | 5.0% | -4.6% |
| Total debt to equity | 10.0% | 6.5% | 10.0% | 6.5% |
| Balance sheet continuing operations | 31 Dec 2010 | 31 Dec 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands of euro) | |||
| ASSETS | |||
| Goodwill | 52,891 | 32,265 | |
| Capitalized development cost | 59,378 | 54,434 | |
| Other intangible assets | 8,573 | 5,204 | |
| Land and buildings | 30,525 | 30,988 | |
| Other tangible assets | 25,657 | 23,193 | |
| Investments | 326 | 19,327 | |
| Deferred tax assets | 41,742 | 32,125 | |
| Other non-current assets | 17,339 | 6,109 | |
| Non-current assets | 236,431 | 203,645 | |
| Inventory | 230,421 | 146,264 | |
| Trade debtors | 200,983 | 134,805 | |
| Other amounts receivable | 32,044 | 25,850 | |
| Deposits and cash at bank and in hand | 46,041 | 45,901 | |
| Prepaid expenses and accrued income | 8,780 | 9,092 | |
| Assets from discontinued operations | 0 | 6,918 | |
| Current assets | 518,269 | 368,831 | |
| Total Assets | 754,699 | 572,475 |
| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | ||
|---|---|---|
| Equity attributable to equityholders of the parent | 395,590 | 344,264 |
| Non-controlling interest | 1 | 1 |
| Equity | 395,591 | 344,265 |
| Long-term debts | 12,674 | 11,906 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 7,331 | 5,299 |
| Other long-term liabilities | 13,288 | 5,446 |
| Non-current liabilities | 33,293 | 22,652 |
| Current portion of long-term debts | 2,643 | 2,393 |
| Short-term debts | 24,039 | 8,116 |
| Trade payables | 125,353 | 67,852 |
| Advances received on contracts in progress | 33,659 | 27,493 |
| Tax payables | 23,574 | 12,203 |
| Employee benefits | 47,598 | 28,450 |
| Other current liabilities | 6,522 | 3,997 |
| Accrued charges and deferred income | 14,154 | 10,801 |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges | 48,273 | 38,824 |
| Liabilities from discontinued operations | 0 | 5,429 |
| Current liabilities | 325,815 | 205,558 |
| Total Equity and Liabilities | 754,699 | 572,475 |
| Cash flow statement continuing operations | 2010 2nd half |
2009 2nd half |
2010 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands of euro) | ||||
| Cash flow from operating activities | ||||
| EBIT after restructuring & impairment | 34,043 | -57,295 | 45,135 | -68,861 |
| Impairment | 1,278 | 31,144 | 1,278 | 31,144 |
| Restructuring provision (personnel) | -1,539 | 3,220 | -3,735 | -4,598 |
| Amortization capitalized development cost | 18,532 | 20,361 | 39,058 | 40,849 |
| Depreciation of tangible and intangible fixed assets | 6,707 | 6,026 | 13,282 | 12,768 |
| Gains and losses on tangible fixed assets | 6 | -1,038 | 0 | -856 |
| Share options recognized as cost | 146 | 58 | 290 | 330 |
| Discontinued operations : cash flow from operating activities | 0 | -307 | 0 | -97 |
| Gross operating cash flow | 59,173 | 2,169 | 95,308 | 10,679 |
| Changes in trade receivables | -44,890 | -12,055 | -55,438 | 34,414 |
| Changes in inventory | -29,039 | 15,857 | -68,240 | 43,670 |
| Changes in trade payables | 32,221 | 11,643 | 55,340 | -1,995 |
| Other changes in net working capital | 3,284 | 14,064 | 21,007 | 11,166 |
| Discontinued operations: change in net working capital | 0 | -4,814 | 0 | -7,528 |
| Change in net working capital | -38,424 | 24,695 | -47,331 | 79,728 |
| Net operating cash flow | 20,749 | 26,864 | 47,977 | 90,407 |
| Interest income/expense | -644 | -477 | -1,448 | -1,669 |
| Income taxes | 3,466 | 47 | 393 | 461 |
| Other non-operating results | -7 | 302 | -7 | 0 |
| Discontinued operations: income taxes | 0 | -41 | 0 | 373 |
| Cash flow from operating activities | 23,564 | 26,695 | 46,915 | 89,572 |
| Cash flow from investing activities | ||||
| Expenditure on product development | -21,908 | -18,641 | -41,107 | -32,801 |
| Purchases of tangible and intangible fixed assets | -7,521 | -3,702 | -13,397 | -5,486 |
| Proceeds on disposals of tangible and intangible fixed assets | 793 | 1,228 | 863 | 1,228 |
| Acquisition of Group companies, net of acquired cash | -7,877 | 0 | -9,876 | 0 |
| Disposal of group companies, net of disposed cash | 0 | 0 | 1,976 | 0 |
| Other investing activities | 1 | -19,000 | 1 | -19,000 |
| Discontinued operations: cash flow from investing activities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22,774 |
| Cash flow from investing activities | -36,513 | -40,114 | -61,541 | -33,284 |
| Cash flow from financing activities | ||||
| Proceeds from (+), payments of (-) long-term liabilities | -1,238 | -1,661 | -1,406 | -1,766 |
| Proceeds from (+), payments of (-) short-term liabilities | 11,224 | -9,688 | 16,173 | -80,739 |
| Cash flow from financing activities | 9,985 | -11,349 | 14,766 | -82,505 |
| Net decrease/increase in cash and cash equivalents | -2,963 | -24,769 | 141 | -26,218 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 49,008 | 70,670 | 45,901 | 72,119 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 46,042 | 45,901 | 46,042 | 45,901 |
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| Results per division continuing operations | 2010 2nd half |
2009 2nd half |
2010 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands of euro) | ||||
| Sales | ||||
| Media, Entertainment & Simulation | 304,200 | 155,942 | 471,716 | 308,329 |
| Monitoring, Control & Medical | 225,728 | 175,935 | 427,586 | 335,003 |
| Eliminations | -1,173 | -3,262 | -2,302 | -5,267 |
| Group | 528,755 | 328,615 | 896,999 | 638,066 |
| EBIT | ||||
| Media, Entertainment & Simulation | 25,897 | -26,211 | 26,960 | -41,398 |
| Monitoring, Control & Medical | 8,132 | 8,228 | 18,111 | 11,844 |
| Eliminations | 14 | 7 | 64 | 13 |
| Group | 34,042 | -17,975 | 45,135 | -29,541 |
| EBIT Margin | ||||
| Media, Entertainment & Simulation | 8.5% | -16.8% | 5.7% | -13.4% |
| Monitoring, Control & Medical | 3.6% | 4.7% | 4.2% | 3.5% |
| Group | 6.4% | -5.5% | 5.0% | -4.6% |
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