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Barco NV

Earnings Release Jan 26, 2021

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FULL YEAR RESULTS

Sales for the year of € 770 million, EBITDA margin of 7% ; Encouraging improvements in Q4 across all divisions

Kortrijk, Belgium, 26 January 2021, 7:30am – Today Barco (Euronext: BAR; Reuters: BARBt.BR; Bloomberg: BAR BB) announced results for the six- and twelve-month periods ended 31 December 2020.

Financial highlights fiscal year 2020 and 4Q201

  • Orders FY20 of € 746.0 million, -32.3% versus FY19
  • Sales FY20 at € 770.1 million, -28.9% versus FY19
  • Year-end orderbook at € 281.5 million down 13% versus FY19
  • FY20 EBITDA of € 53.6 million versus € 153 million in 2019
  • FY20 EBITDA margin at 7.0% of sales versus 14.1% in 2019
  • FY20 Adjusted EBIT of € 10.2 million, resulting in full year net loss of € -4.4 million, after € 14.5 million restructuring and impairment charges
    • Orders 4Q20 versus 3Q20, increased by +20.3%
    • Sales 4Q20 versus 3Q20 increased by +16.7%

Executive summary

Group topline

P 1 / 26

Sales for the year were 770 million euro, down 29%, reflecting the covid pandemic impacts on our end-markets across all regions.

4Q versus 3Q comparison

Q4 improved over Q3 including a +20% quarter-over-quarter recovery in order intake and +17% uptake in sales. All divisions contributed to this progress:

  • Entertainment booked a clear uptake in sales in Q4 fueled by projects pick-up for the ProAV and Cinema activities, led by China.
  • Enterprise continued its gradual recovery with increases in both the Corporate activity, particularly in the EMEA region, and the Control Rooms activity notably in the EMEA and USmarkets.
  • Healthcare rebounded after order push outs in the third quarter with both the diagnostic and the surgical activities delivering gains.

1 All definitions for alternative performance measures (APM's) are available in the glossary as available on Barco's investor portal (www.barco.com/en/about-barco/investors)

Profitability & free cash flow

Gross profit margin for the year declined 3 percentage points to 37% mainly due to unfavorable product mix. As operating expenses for 2020 were managed down to 20% below 2019, while sustaining investments in priority projects, EBITDA amounted to 54 million euro for a 7% EBITDA margin.

Over the second half the company continued to execute on its plan to reset indirect costs for 2021 to levels below 2019, resulting in a full year restructuring and impairment charge of 15 million euro.

Free cash flow for 2020 was -36 million euro, reflecting lower EBITDA, cash-outlays associated with the restructuring actions and higher working capital compared to 2019. Working capital improved in second half versus first half, with a second half free cash flow of +15 million euro.

Staying the strategic course

Despite the covid impact, Barco continued to invest in strategic and commercial initiatives, including next generation technologies, channel expansion and building out its China presence. This positions the company to strengthen its leadership when markets recover.

Additionally, for 2020, Barco delivered on its sustainability targets: the operations carbon footprint as well as the product energy footprint were reduced by more than the stated goals of - 20% and -25% versus the 2015 baseline, and multiple new products with the Barco Ecolabel rating were launched in each division.

Quote of the CEO, Jan De Witte

Barco is in a strong position to capture the growth in our markets when recovery sets in

"2020 was an off-year with unprecedented challenges for Barco, though it has also proven to be a year where the agility and flexibility of our organization and our culture ensured business resilience. These enabled us to sustain customer focus while continuing investments in our strategic priorities.

While the first half of 2021 still presents uncertainties with regards to the shape and pace of market recoveries, we are starting the year with a balance sheet and a reset cost structure which gives us optionality to navigate the risks and opportunities ahead.

As a result, we are in a strong position to capture the growth in our markets when the recovery sets in, to get back on the path towards our long-term financial objectives." said Jan De Witte, CEO

Outlook 1H21

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

Management expects business conditions to be defined by the pandemic for at least the first half of the year and therefore does not have visibility to offer quantitative guidance for 2021 at this time.

If we assume a recovery for Entertainment only to start in the second half, a steady dynamic in Healthcare and a stronger back-to-office activity leading to improved demand for ClickShare as of the second quarter, then topline for the first semester will move toward the first half of last year.

Under this assumption, and given the reset of Barco's cost structure, management expects a mid-plus single digit EBITDA margin for the first half of 2021.

Dividend

Barco's board of directors will propose to the General Assembly to distribute a gross dividend of 0.378 euro per share. Barco's shareholders will be offered the choice between payment in cash or dividend in shares, enabling Barco's shareholders to reinvest in the company.

Chairman of the board, Mr. Charles Beauduin and director, Mr. Frank Donck, have confirmed the intent of respectively Titan Baratto NV and 3D NV, to opt for the stock dividend.

Part 1: Update 4Q20

Although the fourth quarter results were significantly below last year, we saw recovery in both orders and sales on a quarter-over-quarter basis.

In an environment marked by continued and additional lockdowns across all regions, Enterprise and Healthcare showed high single digit growth compared to the third quarter, while the Entertainment results reflected a solid pick-up, fuelled by ProAV and Cinema projects across regions.

Order intake & order book

Order intake year-over-year

(in millions of euro) 4Q20 4Q19 Change 4Q20 vs 4Q19
Order Intake 189.7 292.7 -35.2%

Order intake quarter-over-quarter

(in millions of euro) 4Q20 3Q20 2Q20 Change 4Q20 vs
3Q20
Order Intake 189.7 157.6 145.0 +20.3%

Order book

(in millions of euro) 31 Dec 30 Sep 30 Jun 31 Mar 31 Dec 30 Sep
2020 2020 2020 2020 2019 2019
Order book 281.5 299.1 317.2 341.8 322.3 359.1

Sales

Sales year-over-year

(in millions of euro) 4Q20 4Q19 Change 4Q20 vs 4Q19
Sales 195.4 319.2 -38.8%

Sales by division year-over-year

(in millions of euro) 4Q20 4Q19 Change
Entertainment 77.3 140.4 -44.9%
Enterprise 53.9 107.1 -49.7%
Healthcare 64.3 71.7 -10.3%
Group 195.4 319.2 -38.8%

Sales by division quarter-over-quarter

(in millions of euro) 4Q20 3Q20 2Q20 Change 4Q20 vs
3Q20
Entertainment 77.3 58.0 56.5 +33.2%
Enterprise 53.9 50.0 45.6 +7.6%
Healthcare 64.3 59.3 69.4 +8.3%
Group 195.4 167.4 171.5 +16.7%

Part 2: consolidated results for the fiscal year 2020

Order intake & order book

Order intake

Order intake was 746.0 million euro, a decrease of 32% compared to last year reflecting material impact of the pandemic in Entertainment as well as in Enterprise, mainly in the Americas and EMEA region. Order intake for Healthcare was flat year-over-year.

(in millions of euro) FY20 FY19 Change
Order intake 746.0 1,102.2 -32.3%
Order intake at constant currencies -31.8%

Order book

Order book at year end was 281.5 million euro, compared to 322.2 at FY19 year-end, a decrease of 12.7% mainly driven by order book decreases in the Entertainment division.

(in millions of euro) 31 Dec
2020
31 Dec
2019
Change
Order book 281.5 322.3 -12.7%

Order intake by division

(in millions of euro) FY20 FY19 Change
Entertainment 268.7 491.0 -45%
Enterprise 215.2 350.9 -39%
Healthcare 262.1 260.2 +1%
Group 746.0 1,102.2 -32%

Order intake breakdown by region

FY20 FY19 Change
(in nominal value)
The Americas 39% 41% -37%
EMEA 35% 36% -33%
APAC 26% 23% -23%
Global 100% 100% -32%

Sales

Full year sales decreased 29% driven by the Entertainment and Enterprise divisions. Healthcare was slightly down mainly as a result of a soft 3rd quarter.

After decreasing 18% in the first semester, sales fell 38% in comparison with a strong 2H19, as a result of the global spreading and deepening of the pandemic. Sales declined in all regions.

Sales

(in millions of euro) FY20 FY19 Change
Sales 770.1 1,082.6 -28.9%
Sales at constant currencies -28.4%

Sales by division

(in millions of euro) FY20 FY19 Change
Entertainment 291.4 455.1 -36%
Enterprise 216.8 358.7 -39%
Healthcare 261.9 268.8 -3%
Group 770.1 1,082.6 -29%

Sales by region

FY20 FY19 Change
(in nominal value)
39% 39% -30%
36% 37% -30%
25% 24% -24%
100% 100% -29%

Profitability

Gross profit

After 5 years of continued profit improvement, gross profit dropped with 34% to 283.8 million on a sales decline of 29% reflecting adverse impacts of the pandemic. Gross profit margin declined 2.8 percentage points to 36.9% from 39.7% last year reflecting mainly unfavorable product mix, a spike in logistics cost and indirect overhead weighing on lower volumes.

Indirect expenses & other operating results

Total indirect expenses decreased 17% to 265.3 million euro compared to 319.5 million euro a year earlier. The Entertainment and the Enterprise divisions accounted for most of the variance.

As a percentage of sales, indirect expenses were 34.5% of sales compared to 29.5% for 2019.

  • Research & Development expenses decreased to 102.6 million euro compared to 119.4 million euro last year, reflecting a more selective approach. As percentage of sales, R&D expenses were 13.3% compared to 11.0% a year earlier.
  • Sales & Marketing expenses decreased to 112.3 million euro compared to 142.5 million euro for 2019, in part reflecting the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the company's sales and part reflecting actions taken to align spending to revenue generation. As a percent of sales, Sales & Marketing expenses were 14.6% of sales compared to 13.2% in 2019.
  • General & Administration expenses amounted to 50.4 million euro compared to 57.6 million euro last year and were 6.5% as a percentage of sales compared to 5.3% in 2019.

Other operating results were a negative of 8.3 million euro versus a positive of 0.3 million euro in 2019 mainly driven by lower results in the joint venture BarcoCFG and by increased bad debt and other provisions.

EBITDA & adjusted EBIT

The reduction in operating expenses partially offset the decrease in gross profit and as a result EBITDA was 53.6 million euro compared to 153.0 million euro for the prior year, and EBITDA margin was 7.0% versus 14.1% for 2019.

EBITDA margin declined by approximately 10 percentage points in both Entertainment and Enterprise driven by negative operational leverage. Healthcare maintained profitability in line with 2019.

FY20 (in millions of euro) Sales EBITDA EBITDA %
Entertainment 291.4 0.3 0.1%
Enterprise 216.8 18.2 8.4%
Healthcare 261.9 35.0 13.4%
Group 770.1 53.6 7.0%

EBITDA by division 2020 versus 2019 is as follows:

(in millions of euro) FY20 FY19 Change
Entertainment 0.3 43.3 -99.3%
Enterprise 18.2 74.0 -75.4%
Healthcare 35.0 35.7 -1.9%
Group 53.6 153.0 -65.0%

Adjusted EBIT was 10.2 million euro or 1.3% of sales compared to 110.0 million euro, or 10.2% of sales for 2019.

As a result of cost adjustment actions in both the first half (outsourcing the UniSee LCMcomponent and closing the Taiwan factory) and the second half (mainly related to reorganizations in Entertainment and Enterprise), Barco booked 14.5 million euro restructuring and impairments.

As a result, EBIT was -4.3 million euro.

Income taxes

Taxes in 2020 are zero on a pre-tax negative result, compared to an effective tax rate of 18% in 2019.

Net income

Full year net income attributable to the equity holders was -4.4 million euro.

Net income per ordinary share (EPS) was -0.05 euro versus a 1.09 euro in 2019. Fully diluted earnings per share were also -0.05 euro compared to 1.07 in 2019.2

2 Earnings per share, restated for the stock split as implemented on 1/07/2020.

Cash flow & Balance sheet

Free cash flow and Working capital

Free cash flow for 2020 was -36 million euro reflecting lower EBITDA, cash-outlays associated with the restructuring and working capital, while reduced compared to 1H20, still higher than end of year 2019 at approximately 10% of sales.

(in millions of euro) FY20 FY19 FY18
Gross operating Free Cash Flow 43.9 139.8 120.9
Changes in trade receivables 41.4 -32.2 -11.2
Changes in inventory -12.3 -33.0 0.3
Changes in trade payables -59.9 23.4 -1.3
Other Changes in net working capital -24 15.6 -12.7
Change in net working capital -54.8 -26.1 -24.9
Net operating Free Cash Flow -10.8 113.7 96.0
Interest Income/expense -0.1 5.8 4.3
Income Taxes -10.4 -13.1 -12.5
Free Cash Flow from operating activities -21.4 106.4 87.9
Purchase of tangible and intangible FA -15 -20.2 -25.6
Proceeds on disposal of tangible and intangible FA 0.5 2.4 0.9
Free Cash Flow from investing -14.5 -17.8 -24.7
FREE CASH FLOW -35.9 88.7 63.2

Working capital

Inventory + Accounts Receivables – Accounts Payables over sales was 32.6% compared to 21.7% in 2019. Net working capital was 10% of sales compared to 3% in 2019.

While year-end working capital was higher than 2019, it improved relative to 108 million euro at mid-year reflecting reduced inventory levels and reduced DSO from 82 days sales outstanding to 67 at the end of the year.

(in millions of euro) FY20 FY19 FY18
Trade Receivables 146.1 195.4 161.8
DSO 67 55 52
Inventory 175.4 169.0 135.1
Inventory turns 2.3 3.2 3.8
Trade Payables -70.3 -128.9 -105.1
DPO 53 71 59
Other Working Capital -170.6 -205.2 -189.3
TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL 80.6 30.2 2.5

Capital expenditure

Capital expenditure was 15 million euro compared to 20.2 million euro in 2019 as the company saw the timeline of a number of investment projects or phases pushed out as a result of pandemic lock-downs and shifted priority on selected projects.

ROCE

ROCE for the year was 3% versus 25% for 2019.

Goodwill

Goodwill on group level remained at 105.6 million euro, equal to the end of 2019.

Cash position

Net financial cash position, including net cash held in Cinionic, was 193.5 million euro compared to 329.4 million euro end of 2019.

The direct available net cash position amounted to 127.7 million euro compared to 253.4 million euro last year, reflecting negative free cash flow (35.9 million euro), distributed dividends (33.4 million euro), investments (55.5 million euro) and currency impact.

These investments are related to acquired minority stakes and are measured at market price. The remeasurement at fair value at the end of 2020 amounted to 18.3 million euro in 2020 and is reflected in other comprehensive income.

Part 3: divisional results for the fiscal year 2020

Barco's organizational structure

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

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

ENTERTAINMENT division

(in millions of euro) FY20 FY19 Change vs FY19
Orders 268.7 491.0 -45.3%
Sales 291.4 455.1 -36.0%
EBITDA 0.3 43.3 -99.3%
EBITDA margin 0.1% 9.5%

Quarter-over-quarter sales

(in millions of euro) 4Q20 3Q20 2Q20 1Q20 Change 3Q
vs 4Q
Sales 77.3 58.0 56.5 99.7 +33.3%

As a result of contractions in business activity in all regions related to the pandemic beginning in Q2, sales declined 36% for the year.

The fourth quarter topline reflects marked recovery mainly driven by projects in the ProAV and Cinema-market led by China.

The Cinema activity accounted for approximately 50% of the divisional sales in 2020 down from 58% in 2019.

Within Cinema, the primary causes of weakness were material push-outs of replacement projects as a result of cinema lock-downs and movie slate push outs. This subsegment activity is expected to remain soft for the next few quarters. While many replacement contracts have been pushed out, no contract has been cancelled.

New build projects in EMEA and China resumed gradually in the second half of the year. During the first half of the year, the division expanded its market share and technology leadership position, with one of its competitors exiting the cinema market, and gaining solid traction with its laser-based projection solutions.

The topline of the Venues and Hospitality subsegments was particularly impacted by weakened demand in the events market resulting from event cancellations related to covid lockdown measures. Barco expanded its product portfolio in the ProAV (fixed install) subsegment with selected product releases, including a new compact laser-based UDM and G-100 series-projector and new LED-solutions. The combination of an expanded product portfolio and an intensified commercial focus, resulted in a recovery beginning in the third quarter. While sales for the Simulation segment were slightly down, order intake was flat year-over-year and sizeable longterm frame-agreements with reference customers indicate a strengthening market position.

In line with the corporate strategy to expand share of wallet with our installed base through services offerings, the division launched and started selling "Insights-connectivity services", a cloud-based solution for enhanced and remote projector management.

EBITDA was break-even on the decline in gross profit and a negative operating leverage effect on fixed costs due to weaker divisional sales.

ENTERPRISE division

(in millions of euro) FY20 FY19 FY18 Change vs
FY19
Orders 215.2 350.9 336.6 -38.7%
Sales 216.8 358.7 335.9 -39.6%
EBITDA 18.2 74.0 60.9 -75.4%
EBITDA margin 8.4% 20.6% 18.1%

Quarter-over-quarter sales

(in millions of euro) 4Q20 3Q20 2Q20 1Q20 Change 3Q
vs 4Q
Sales 53.9 50.0 45.6 67.2 +7.8%

The Enterprise division posted a 40% decline in sales and orders for the year and an 8% EBITDA margin down from 22%. Enterprise sales began to recover in the third and fourth quarter with gradual pick-up in both the Control Rooms and the Corporate subsegments.

In terms of the sales mix, the Corporate activity accounted for about 51% of Enterprise sales for 2020 versus 58% of Enterprise sales for 2019.

Demand for the ClickShare portfolio fell steeply in the second quarter as a result of pandemic related lockdowns and offices being closed. Activity began to resume in the summer in certain geographies as some offices and organizations re-opened and installed hybrid workplace practices after the first lock-down wave. While staff at many companies worked remotely intermittently during the 2nd half of the year, the division's efforts to build awareness for the value proposition of ClickShare Conference which was launched in January began to bear fruit, especially in EMEA.

The new ClickShare Conference has created a new industry category, perfectly positioned for the hybrid way of working, as testified by industry awards, contract wins with reference customers and good initial demand with almost 20.000 units shipped and installed during the year. ClickShare Conference accounted for 25% of the ClickShare sales in the second half of 2020. Barco strengthened and broadened its channels, trained more resellers and expanded coverage in selected regions and purchasing routes. The division also established an industry-wide alliance program with 20+ leading meeting room equipment vendors including Logitech, Vaddio, Jabra to create interoperable bundles of offers for the equipping of meeting rooms.

The company continued to invest strongly in market awareness around ClickShare Conference, to ensure the solution further penetrates the market as corporates start to bring people back to office.

Control rooms started the year with a weak first quarter and full year sales fell below last year, due to project push-outs and installation delays resulting from the pandemic mainly in the Oil & Gas and Corporate markets. After the first quarter, however, the topline improved quarter-overquarter as customers responded favorably to the strengthening value proposition of the expanded product portfolio. The subsegment enforced its position with its differentiating tripleplay video-wall hardware strategy (rear-projection, LCD and LED) and is gaining traction with LED evidenced by first sizeable project wins. The segment also made progress in maturing and commercializing its software workflow and networking portfolio with remote management solutions such as Secure Stream and WallConnect Cloud services.

With a growing need for high quality hybrid and remote learning solutions for education and corporate learning, the Enterprise virtual classroom growth initiative increased its install base with the addition of distinguished references across regions.

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HEALTHCARE division

(in millions of euro) FY20 FY19 FY18 Change vs
FY19
Orders 262.1 260.2 256.9 0.7%
Sales 261.9 268.8 245.0 -2.6%
EBITDA 35.0 35.7 30.6 -1.9%
EBITDA margin 13.4% 13.3% 12.5%

Quarter-over-quarter sales

(in millions of euro) 4Q20 3Q20 2Q20 1Q20 Change 3Q
vs 4Q
Sales 64.3 59.3 69.4 68.8 +8.4%

Healthcare posted stable year-over-year results with orders slightly up, sales slightly down and EBITDA margin essentially flat.

After a strong first half with high single digit growth in sales, the third quarter slowed down as customers reset delivery schedules based on shifts in hospital spending priorities. The fourth quarter reflected a rebound driven partially by deployments of projects pushed out from the third quarter and partially by stabilizing of the Healthcare supply chain.

The diagnostics activity saw mixed results during the year with intensified demand for radiology and home reading stations offset by softer demand for mammography and modality solutions. Surgical saw demand picking up in the fourth quarter after a softer Q3. The Nexxis-solution gained additional global access, expanding the partner-base globally as the operating room infrastructure market increasingly opens up for digital solutions. Barco also expanded its surgical offering with the addition of Nexxis care, a cloud-based remote management platform.

Under the "In China for China"-program, the division is expanding its local Healthcare hub in Suzhou. The hub was initially opened in March 2019, and draws together business development, product management, research and development and Healthcare display production. As the healthcare market in China further expands in both the diagnostic and surgical subsegments, Barco is further increasing investment levels and strengthening its footprint, to support further market share gains.

At the same time the division also invested in a number of new solutions including the Demetra skin cancer screening solution, which was commercially launched in the US in the fourth quarter 2020 after the launch in a number of European countries.

Conference call

Barco will host a conference call with investors and analysts on 26 January 2021 at 9:00 a.m. CET (3:00 am EST), to discuss the results of 2020. Jan De Witte, CEO, Ann Desender, CFO and Carl Vanden Bussche, IRO, will host the call.

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

Additional information

Auditor's report

The statutory auditor, PwC Bedrijfsrevisoren BV represented by Peter Opsomer and Lien Winne, has confirmed that the audit, which is substantially complete, has not to date revealed any material misstatement in the draft consolidated accounts, and that the accounting data reported in the press release is consistent, in all material respects, with the draft accounts from which it has been derived.

Request more information

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

Financial calendar 2021

Wednesday 21 April Trading update 1Q21 Wednesday 20 October Trading update 3Q21

Thursday 29 April Annual general shareholders meeting Monday 19 July Announcement results 1H21

More information? Please visit our dedicated webpage https://www.barco.com/investors

Disclaimer

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

About Barco

Barco designs technology to enable bright outcomes around the world. Seeing beyond the image, we develop visualization and collaboration solutions to help you work together, share insights, and wow audiences. Our focus is on three core markets: Enterprise (from meeting, classroom and control rooms to corporate spaces), Healthcare (from the radiology department to the operating room), and Entertainment (from movie theaters to live events and attractions). In 2020, we realized sales of 770 billion euro. We have a global team of 3,300 employees, whose passion for technology is captured in 430 granted patents.

For more information, visit us on www.barco.com, follow us on Twitter (@Barco), LinkedIn (Barco), YouTube (BarcoTV), or like us on Facebook (Barco).

© Copyright 2021 by Barco

Annex I

Consolidated results for 2H20

Financial highlights 2H20

  • Order intake for the semester was 347.3 million euro, -38.9%, down from 568.3 million euro a year earlier
  • Sales were 362.9 million euro compared to 586.1 million euro for 2H19, a decrease of 38.1%
  • Gross profit margin was 34.0% compared to 38.9% in 2H19, a decrease of 4.9 percentage points.
  • EBITDA was 12.9 million euro versus 85.4 million euro in 2H19. EBITDA margin was 3.5% to sales compared to 14.6% in 2H19.

Order intake & order book

Order intake for 2H20 decreased 39% compared to a strong 2H19 driven by declines in all divisions and all regions. The Enterprise (mainly the Corporate subsegment) and Entertainment (mainly Cinema and Events) divisions declined with more than 40% as a result of lockdown impacts across all regions.

Order book

(in millions of euro) 31 Dec 2020 30 Jun
2020
31 Dec
2019
30 Jun 2019
Order book 281.5 317.2 322.3 344.2

Order intake

(in millions of euro) 2H20 1H20 2H19 1H19
Order Intake 347.3 398.7 568.3 533.8

Order intake by division

(in millions of euro) 2H20 2H19 Change
Entertainment 127.4 259.7 -50.9%
Enterprise 100.7 176.1 -42.8%
Healthcare 119.2 132.5 -10.0%
Group 347.3 568.3 -38.9%

Order intake by region

2H20 2H19 Change
(in nominal value)
The Americas 36% 42% -47.5%
EMEA 34% 36% -41.5%
APAC 30% 22% -18.3%

Sales

Second semester sales were 38% below 2H19 with material declines in Entertainment (Cinema and Events) and Enterprise (mainly driven by weakness in the Corporate subsegment) and a 12% decline in Healthcare.

Sales declined in all regions and showed strong declines with the Americas posting the weakest performance, followed by the EMEA region and the APAC region.

Sales

(in millions of euro) 2H20 1H20 2H19 1H19 2H18
Sales 362.9 407.2 586.1 496.4 530.4

Sales by division

(in millions of euro) 2H20 2H19 Change
Entertainment 135.3 260.6 -48.1%
Enterprise 103.9 184.8 -43.8%
Healthcare 123.6 140.8 -12.2%
Group 362.9 586.1 -38.1%

Sales by region

2H20 2H19 Change
(in nominal value)
The Americas 35% 39% -45.1%
EMEA 37% 36% -37.8%
APAC 28% 25% -27.4%

Profitability

Gross profit

Gross profit was 123.2 million euro for the second semester of 2020 compared to 160.5 million euro in the first half and 228.1 million euro for the second semester of 2019. Gross profit margin was at 34% for the second half of 2020 compared to 39.4% in the first half of the year and 38.9% for the second half of 2019. Gross profit margin declined mainly due unfavorable product mix effects, and indirect overhead weighing on lower volumes.

Indirect expenses & other operating results

Total indirect expenses were 133.8 million euro or 36.9% of sales compared to 165.1 million euro, or 28.2% of sales for the second half of last year and in-line with the 131.5 million euro indirect expenses in the first half of 2020.

  • Research & Development expenses decreased to 52.7 million euro from 62.6 million euro last year. As a percent of sales, R&D expenses amounted to 14.5% compared to 10.7% for 2H19.
  • Sales & Marketing expenses declined from 72.8 million euro or 12.4% of sales in 2H19 to 53.5 million euro or 14.8% of sales.
  • General & Administration expenses were 27.5 million euro down from 29.6 million euro in 2H19.

Other operating results amounted 0.3 million euro compared to a negative 1.2 million euro last year.

EBITDA & adjusted EBIT

EBITDA was 12.9 million euro compared to 85.4 million euro for the prior year second semester reflecting reductions in sales and gross profit partially offset by lower operating expenses. EBITDA margin in the second half was 3.5% versus 14.6% for the second half of 2019, driven by negative operating leverage and unfavourable mix in Entertainment and Enterprise.

By division, EBITDA and EBITDA margin was as follows:

2H20
(in
millions of
euro)
Sales EBITDA EBITDA %
Entertainment 135.3 -4.6 -3.4%
Enterprise 103.9 4.5 4.4%
Healthcare 123.6 12.9 10.5%
Group 362.9 12.9 3.5%

EBITDA by division 2H20 versus 2H19 is as follows:

(in millions of euro) 2H20 2H19 Change
Entertainment -4.6 27.8 -116.5%
Enterprise 4.5 38.6 -88.3%
Healthcare 12.9 19.0 -32.1%
Group 12.9 85.4 -84.9%

Adjusted EBIT was -10.2 million euro compared to 61.8 million euro for the same period last year.

Net income

Net income attributable to the equity holders for the second semester was -14.8 million euro compared to 52.2 million euro in 2H19

Annex II

Financial tables

Income Statement 2020 2019 2018
(in thousands of euros)
Sales 770,083 1,082,570 1,028,531
Cost of goods sold -486,300 -653,274 -615,578
Gross profit 283,783 429,295 412,953
Research and development expenses -102,610 -119,389 -120,279
Sales and marketing expenses -112,329 -142,517 -147,723
General and administration expenses -50,362 -57,632 -57,464
Other operating income (expense) - net -8,302 280 2,488
Adjusted EBIT 10,180 110,038 89,974
Restructuring and impairments -14,513 - -17,000
Gain on change in control - - 16,384
EBIT -4,332 110,038 89,358
Interest income 1,845 7,648 5,915
Interest expense -1,965 -1,866 -1,566
Income before taxes -4,453 115,820 93,708
Income taxes 0 -20,848 -16,586
Result after taxes -4,453 94,973 77,121
Share in the result of joint ventures and associates -276 1,566 191
Net income -4,729 96,539 77,312
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest -335 1,176 2,347
Net income attributable to the equity holder of the parent -4,393 95,363 74,965
Earnings per share (in euro) -0.05 1.09 0.86
Diluted earnings per share (in euro) -0.05 1.07 0.85
Selected Financial Ratios 2020 2019 2018
EBITDA 53,563 153,022 124,465
EBITDA on sales 7.0% 14.1% 12.1%
Adjusted EBIT on sales 1.3% 10.2% 8.7%
EBIT on sales -0.6% 10.2% 8.7%
Total debt to equity 6.8% 7.5% 6.0%

Balance sheet 31 Dec 2020 31 Dec 2019 31 Dec 2018
(in thousands of euro)
ASSETS
Goodwill 105,612 105,612 105,612
Other intangible assets 28,952 44,469 47,397
Land and buildings 74,220 83,665 57,777
Other tangible assets 49,254 51,804 51,003
Investments 106,942 43,288 19,105
Deferred tax assets 62,811 60,116 67,478
Other non-current assets 5,870 4,018 9,732
Non-current assets 433,662 392,972 358,103
Inventory 175,390 168,983 135,111
Trade debtors 146,138 195,358 161,787
Other amounts receivable 17,789 25,669 19,567
Short term investments 3,175 24,748 112,795
Cash and cash equivalents 235,402 357,035 251,807
Prepaid expenses and accrued income 6,646 9,409 8,131
Current assets 584,542 781,203 689,197
Total Assets 1,018,203 1,174,176 1,047,301
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Equity attributable to equityholders of the parent 659,309 700,060 633,267
Non-controlling interests 37,798 40,590 1,777
Equity 697,107 740,650 635,044
Long-term debts 35,854 40,225 29,882
Deferred tax liabilities 4,745 7,575 3,140
Other long-term liabilities 43,286 27,031 24,557
Long-term provisions 40,156 42,428 34,265
Non-current liabilities 124,042 117,260 91,844
Current portion of long-term debts 9,187 12,469 7,500
Short-term debts 86 0 686
Trade payables 70,299 128,914 105,148
Advances received from customers 42,375 69,515 53,747
Tax payables 7,478 9,893 11,370
Employee benefit liabilities 32,284 54,652 51,314
Other current liabilities 8,980 13,268 48,532
Accrued charges and deferred income 12,646 8,795 10,082
Short-term provisions 13,720 18,759 32,032
Current liabilities 197,054 316,266 320,412
Total Equity and Liabilities 1,018,203 1,174,177 1,047,300
Cash flow statement 2020 2019 2018
(in thousands of euros)
Cash flow from operating activities
Adjusted EBIT 10,180 110,038 89,974
Restructuring -9,536 -13,717 -2,882
Gain on sale of divestments - - -743
Depreciations of tangible and intangible fixed assets 43,383 42,984 34,492
(Gain)/Loss on tangible fixed assets 170 -1,024 -149
Share options recognized as cost 2,907 2,147 2,050
Share in the profit/(loss) of joint ventures and associates -276 1,566 191
Gross operating cash flow 46,829 141,995 122,933
Changes in trade receivables 41,391 -32,160 -11,209
Changes in inventory -12,260 -32,989 334
Changes in trade payables -59,936 23,404 -1,306
Other changes in net working capital -23,960 15,618 -12,722
Change in net working capital -54,764 -26,126 -24,903
Net operating cash flow -7,936 115,868 98,030
Interest received 1,845 7,648 5,915
Interest paid -1,965 -1,866 -1,566
Income taxes -10,398 -13,053 -12,460
Cash flow from operating activities -18,454 108,597 89,919
Cash flow from investing activities
Purchases of tangible and intangible fixed assets -14,980 -20,169 -25,627
Proceeds on disposals of tangible and intangible fixed assets 488 2,379 922
Proceeds from (+), payments for (-) short term investments 21,573 88,047 -112,795
Acquisition of Group companies, net of acquired cash 0 -3,272 -5,621
Disposal of group companies, net of disposed cash - - -32,558
Other investing activities -55,530 -41,285 -2,972
Dividends from joint ventures and associates 2,492 7,284 10,499
Cash flow from investing activities (including acquisitions and
divestments)
-45,958 32,983 -168,152

Press release – regulated information – inside information

-33,354 -28,680 -25,975
482 360 132
2,371 6,428 5,928
-11,235 -22,359 -8,363
2,103 3,033 -4,430
- - 37,906
-39,634 -41,218 5,198
-104,045 100,362 -73,035
357,035 251,807 321,514
-17,588 4,866 3,328
235,402 357,035 251,807
Results per division 2020 2019 2018
(in thousands of euros)
Sales
Entertainment 291,433 455,125 447,611
Enterprise 216,794 358,671 335,914
Healthcare 261,856 268,774 245,006
Group 770,083 1,082,570 1,028,531
EBITDA
Entertainment 287 43,310 32,879
Enterprise 18,246 74,051 60,944
Healthcare 35,030 35,660 30,642
Group 53,563 153,022 124,465

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