Results for the third quarter of 2022
CEO Christian Bekken, CFO Marie Danielsson
9 November 2022
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Third quarter of 2022
Highlights
Delivering another solid quarter
Well positioned in increasingly challenging markets
Highlights for the third quarter
- Mixed market development between segments and geographies
- o Stable demand for insulation solutions in Benelux, softer volumes for commodity products in the Nordics
- o Continued positive development for sales to the food industry
- o Experience strong demand for HVAC, volumes to automotive industry gradually improving
- Styrene raw materiel prices increased into Q3 and dropped towards the end, while EPS raw material prices remained high, resulting in solid GAP
- Sales growth following price adjustments compensating for higher cost level
Subsequent events
- Completed Jackon transaction, fully focused on extracting synergies/ cost savings of more than EUR 15 million
- Completed first phase of the divestment of real estate portfolio
Financial highlights for the third quarter of 2022
Net sales of EUR 267.5 million, 38.6% growth
- 15% organic growth
- o Mixed demand
- o Growth from strong price management
- o Positive development for sales to food industry
- 24% explained by acquisitions
- o Including contribution from Volker Gruppe, Kemisol, Trondhjems Eskefabrikk, Jablite, Berga Recycling, BalPol and some smaller acquisitions
Adj. EBITDA of EUR 34.4 million, up by 0.6%
- 11.5% negative organic growth
- o Lower volumes in segments RAW
- o Positive organic growth in downstream segments Insulation and P&C
- o All segments demonstrated strong price management
- o 11.3% improvement from net of acquisitions & divestments
- o Positive contribution from all acquired companies
Net sales(EUR million)
Sale of industrial real estate portfolio
Agreement with KMC Properties for up to NOK 2 billion
- Agreement with KMC Properties for sale of real estate up to NOK 2bn
- 24 properties and 1 land plot
- First phase completed 8 November
- o 10 properties and one land plot in Norway and Sweden, valued at NOK ~900 million
- Second phase expected in 1H 2023
- Provides BEWI with strengthened financial flexibility
- BalPol properties not included in transaction
Completed acquisition of Jackon Holding
The most transformative transaction so far in BEWI's history
- BEWI's offer for Jackon was accepted by the owners in October 2021
- Offer reflected an enterprise value of NOK ~3,350 million on a cash and debt free basis, with an agreed level of working capital
- Transaction was closed on 19 October 2022, settled by NOK ~1.3 billion in cash and issuance of 32,070,000 new shares to HAAS AS (~17% ownership in BEWI)
- Synergies expected to amount to more than EUR 15 million
Financial highlights for Jackon for the third quarter of 2022
- Net sales of EUR 101.6 million, 3% negative growth
- Lower volumes from sales of insulations solutions in the Nordic
- Lag in price adjustments
- EBITDA of EUR 7.1 million, down from 15.8 million
- Increased cost level and lower volumes combined with time lag in price adjustments
Net sales(EUR million)
Significant opportunities from acquisitions
Complementary footprint and portfolio Strategic rationale
| Materials |
• EPS (key material) XPS • • EPP |
• EPS XPS (key material) • • EPP |
• EPS (key material) PIR • |
| Segments |
• RAW Packaging & • Components Insulation • |
• Polymers Industrial • Application Building Systems • |
Packaging • • EPS for construction • "Sandwich" panels PIR production • |
Value chain position |
• Vertically integrated |
• Vertically integrated |
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| Plants |
• 2 RAW • ~34 Downstream 7 Circular • |
• 1 Polymers • 20 Downstream 3 Sales offices • |
• 2 Downstream |
Country presence |
• Norway • Sweden Denmark • • Finland • The Netherlands Portugal • • UK • Germany France • |
• Norway Sweden • • Denmark • Finland Germany • • Belgium • UK |
• Lithuania |
| Employees |
• ~2,400 per 30 Sept 2022, including BalPol |
• ~940 |
• ~150 |
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Growth acceleration |
Improve customer share-of-wallet through improved • product portfolio • Cross-sell a broader set of premium solutions to a wider customer base across new markets |
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Cost Leadership |
Share best practices to improve cost positioning and drive • operational excellence throughout organization |
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Capacity flexibility |
Improve ability to tailor internal production to match • production capacity with regional demand fluctuations and external price levels |
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Logistics efficiency |
Optimize distribution network throughout European • operating platform |
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Know-how |
• Enhance R&D capacity to improve production processes and development of end-market solutions |
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Sustainability |
Leverage capabilities in both organizations to drive • initiatives and establish a fully circular value chain |
Continued profitable growth from acquisitions
Increased diversifications from acquisitions
- Geographic expansion to Belgium, the UK and the Baltics
- Segment Insulation account for an increasing share of the group's sales and EBITDA, in line with strong megatrends supporting expectations of a positive long-term outlook
- Positive development for sales of packaging to food industry, including paper packaging and traded products
- Recent acquisitions strengthen integration between segments through internal sales of raw materials and improved circular offering
31%
P&C
28 %
Strengthened position across Europe
Leading provider of packaging, components, and insulation solutions
- Proven M&A track-record with more than 30 transactions since 2014
- Leading market positions
- Broad and diverse customer base within the food, pharma, automotive, leisure, thermal insulation, and residential housing industries
- Established BEWI Circular in 2018 to lead the industry's way towards a circular economy
pro-forma net sales pro-forma adj. EBITDA facilities dedicated employees production capacity EPS collection capacity waste streams
EUR ~1,527m1 EUR ~182m1 ~802 ~3,9002 ~280kt ~35kt ~120kt
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Notes: 1) LTM Q3 2022, 2) Including minorities
Third quarter of 2022
Financials
Financial overview
Continued organic growth following strong price management
Continued solid GAP and operational performance
Third quarter of 2022
- Net sales of EUR 104.5 million, up 16.8%
- o Increase despite lower volumes, explained by higher sales prices
- Adj. EBITDA of EUR 14.7 million (19.4), a margin of 14.1%
- o Reduced EBITDA and EBITDA margin as a result of lower volumes
- o Styrene raw material prices continued to increase into the third quarter, but dropped towards the end of the quarter
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o Market prices for EPS raw material remained high, resulting in a continued solid GAP
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Net sales of EUR 330.4 million, up 29.5%
- o Increase explained by higher sales prices
- Adj. EBITDA increase to EUR 50.5 million (38.5), a margin of 15.3%
- o Improvement from strengthened GAP
Insulation
Profitability improvement following price increases and acquisitions
Third quarter of 2022
- Net sales of EUR 79.8 million, up 70.3%
- o 23.1% organic growth from stable demand in Benelux and higher sales prices in all markets
- o Growth from acquired companies include Kemisol, Jablite and BalPol
- Adj. EBITDA of EUR 6.3 million (5.4), a margin of 7.9%
- o Continued increase in raw material prices and general cost level, still managed 6.8% organic growth from strong price management
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o EBITDA margin affected by low margin for acquired companies, and significantly reduced contribution from minorities
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Net sales of EUR 227.4 million, up 56.1%
- o 26.5% organic growth from higher sales prices in all regions
- Adj. EBITDA of EUR 23.6 million (17.2), a margin of 10.4%
- o 36.9% increase, of which 21.2% organic
Packaging & Components
Organic growth following price management compensating for lower demand
Third quarter of 2022
- Net sales of EUR 103.4 million, up 29.6%
- o 16.7% organic growth from higher sales prices and continued good development of sales of traded products to the food industry
- o Volumes sold to the automotive industry gradually improving
- Adj. EBITDA of EUR 13.9 million (11.5), a margin of 13.4%
- o Increase of 21.1%, of which 6.6% organic (incl. currency) coming from price adjustments
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o Contribution from acquired companies Trondhjems Eskefabrikk and Styropack (Jablite) had an accretive affect on margin
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Net sales of EUR 287.5 million, up 38.5%
- o 16.2% organic growth from higher sales prices in all regions
- Adj. EBITDA of EUR 35.1 million (31.0), a margin of 12.2%
- o Increase of 13.2%, of which 3.8% organic
Third quarter of 2022
- Net sales of EUR 18.3 million, up 209.1%
- o 7.0% negative organic growth explained by lower volumes and sales prices
- o Prices for recycled material correlate to prices for virgin material
- o Contribution from acquired companies Volker Gruppe and Berga Recycling
- Adj. EBITDA of EUR 0.9 million (-0.1), a margin of 4.8%
- o Improvement mainly from acquisitions
Net sales
Adj. EBITDA
- Net sales of EUR 47.9 million, up 211.8%
- o 46.4% organic growth explained by increased volumes and sales prices
- Adj. EBITDA of EUR 3.9 million (0.7), a margin of 8.1%
- o Improvement from acquisitions, as well as higher volumes and prices
- Collected a total of 19 959 tonnes of EPS for recycling
- o Recently acquired Berga Recycling collected ~15 000 tonnes in 2021
- Annual recycling capacity of ~29 000 tonnes per 30 September 2022
Financials
Consolidated P&L
| Amounts in EUR million |
Q3 2022 |
Q3 2021 |
9M 2022 |
9M 2021 |
2021 |
| Net Sales |
267.5 |
193.0 |
774.7 |
540.0 |
748.2 |
| Total operating income |
267.5 |
193.0 |
774.7 |
540.0 |
748.2 |
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| Raw materials and consumables |
-118.9 |
-72.5 |
-327.3 |
-221.0 |
-304.9 |
| Goods for resale |
-30.1 |
-24.4 |
-104.1 |
-66.1 |
-92.2 |
| Other external costs |
-51.7 |
-33.7 |
-144.5 |
-94.0 |
-135.9 |
| Personnel cost |
-34.7 |
-30.4 |
-100.3 |
-82.6 |
-116.2 |
| Depreciation/ amortisation/ impairment |
-11.8 |
-9.6 |
-32.5 |
-27.1 |
-37.8 |
- attributable to operations |
-6.3 |
-4.6 |
-16.8 |
-12.8 |
-18.8 |
- attributable to IFRS 16 |
-3.0 |
-2.5 |
-8.0 |
-7.4 |
-9.9 |
- attributable to fair value adjustments in business combinations |
-2.5 |
-2.5 |
-7.7 |
-6.9 |
-9.0 |
| Share of income from associated comp. |
0.6 |
2.5 |
2.8 |
4.9 |
5.7 |
| Capital gain from sale of assets |
0.1 |
0.0 |
9.8 |
-0.1 |
1.0 |
| Operating income (EBIT) |
21.1 |
24.9 |
78.7 |
54.0 |
67.8 |
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| Net financial items |
-5.8 |
-7.3 |
-18.9 |
-17.2 |
-18.8 |
| Income tax expense |
-5.2 |
-5.6 |
-16.7 |
-11.4 |
-14.6 |
| Profit for the period |
10.0 |
11.9 |
43.1 |
25.4 |
34.4 |
Third quarter of 2022
- Net sales of 267.5 million, up by 38.6%
- o 15% organic growth from good price management in all segments
- Increased operating costs
- o Cost for goods for resale increased due to higher share of sales of traded packaging products
- Increased number of employees (FTE) due to acquisitions
- o 2,416 on 30 September 2022, up from to 2,097 end of 2021
- EBIT of EUR 21.1 million
- Net financial items of negative EUR 5.8 million
- o Negative impact of EUR 1.0 million from fair value adjustment of shares in KMC Properties
- Taxes of EUR 5.2 million
- o Effective rate impacted by non-taxable items
- Profit for the period of EUR 10.0 million
Minority interests
Positive contribution from shares in associated companies
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TOTAL |
| Production sites |
12 |
| Owned interest |
34% |
| Book value as of 30 September 2022 |
14.6 |
Key financials for the first nine months of 2022
| Net sales |
191.7 |
| EBITDA |
18.9 |
- of which owned share of EBITDA |
6.4 |
| EBIT |
11.2 |
| Net profit |
7.1 |
| Consolidated into BEWI's EBITDA, share of net profit |
2.4 |
BEWI's share of EBITDA minus impact on consolidated EBITDA |
4.0 |
| Net debt |
28.6 |
- of which owned share net debt |
9.7 |
• Current minority interests:
- o 34% in HIRSCH Porozell GmBH (Germany), 6 facilities
- o 34% in HIRSCH France SAS (France), 5 facilities
- o 34% in Inoplast S.R.O, 1 facility
- Shares in associated companies are consolidated into BEWI's accounts with the value of the owned interest of net profit
- Consolidated as a net in one line within EBITDA, "Share of income from associated companies"
- Balance sheet is not consolidated other than changes to the booked value on the shares
- Hidden values occur compared to customary EV/EBITDA valuation
Financials
Capital structure
Leverage: Net debt/ EBITDA ratio(1) EUR million
(1) EBITDA ratio: adjusted EBITDA rolling 12-months pro-forma acquired entities, (2) ROCE: Rolling 12 months adjusted EBITA as a percentage of average capital employed during the same periode. Capital employed is defined as total equity plus net debt
Third quarter of 2022 19
- Net debt EUR 308.0 million (EUR 208.6 million excl. IFRS 16)
- Credit facility of EUR 150 million, unutilized on 30 September 2022
- Increased leverage following recent acquisitions
- Leverage excl. IFRS 16 of 2.5 post Jackon (2.8 incl), and 2.1 post first tranche of real estate divestment (2.7 incl.)
| EUR million |
30.09.22 |
31.12.21 |
30.09.21 |
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| Cash and Cash equivalents |
67.2 |
142.3 |
61.0 |
| Non-current liabilities |
259.0 |
257.0 |
167.9 |
| Current liabilities |
16.8 |
5.6 |
4.3 |
| Debt related to IFRS 16 |
99.3 |
76.1 |
77.0 |
| Net debt in total |
307.9 |
196.4 |
188.2 |
- excl. IFRS |
208.6 |
120.3 |
111.2 |
Financials
Third quarter of 2022
- Operating cash flow of EUR 16.8
- o Increase in working capital of EUR 12.1 (-8.3)
- CAPEX of EUR 8.9 million (7.2)
- o EUR 4.8 million related to investment programmes
Ongoing investment programmes
- Packaging facility Hitra/ Jøsnøya, Norway
- New extruder in Etten-Leur, Netherlands
- Customer initiated technology/ machinery investments for components at Skara, Sweden
- ICT/ ERP investments
Third quarter of 2022
Summary and outlook
Resource efficiency driving growth across portfolio
Aiming at using less materials & energy, optimize transport, reduce waste, reuse and recycle more
- Growing global market for electrical vehicles
- Increased use of light-weight EPP components, enable more energy efficient cars
- Increased demand for recycled materials and reuse
market
- efficient way to improve the energy efficiency of buildings
- driving medium-term growth
- Increased focus on life-cycle
• Increased focus on thermal efficiency in transport and
• Increased demand for recycled products, reuse and recycled
customization and integration
storage
Components
materials
• Adding value through
Growth strategy for divisions
Controlling the value chain yields operational and financial synergies
• Invest in new extruders to increase recycled capacity • Maintain "raw material balance" • R&D capabilities RAW Packaging & Components Insulation Circular • Continue consolidation of the EPS/EPP recycling market • Focusing on securing waste streams • Increase the portion of insulation solutions/systems • Increased focus on prefabricated elements and solutions • Continue consolidation, geographic expansion and broaden product offering to complementary materials and solutions • Grow within fibre/ paper packaging and trading solutions • Offering complementary materials and products
Outlook
Well positioned in challenging markets
- Experience mixed market development and increased uncertainty
- Styrene prices continued to decrease into Q4, expect shift of profitability between upstream and downstream segments to continue in Q4
- Focusing on integrating acquired companies and extracting synergies/ reduce cost
- Initiated preventive measures for improved cost control
- Continued strong pipeline of attractive M&A opportunities
BEWI remains financially and operationally robust
Set to continue growth journey next five years
Key acqusitions confirming strategy
| Period |
Company |
Annualsales1 |
Region |
Key offering |
Strategic rationale |
Status |
| Q4 2021 |
Volker Gruppe |
EURm ~17 |
UK |
Circular solutions |
Increase circular volumes |
Closed |
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Kemisol |
EURm ~36 |
Belgium |
Packaging and insulation |
Strengthening market position Benelux/ geographic expansion Belgium |
Closed |
| Q2 2022 |
Trondhjems Eskefabrikk |
EURm ~15 |
Norway |
Paper packaging |
Broaden offering with complimentary materials |
Closed |
|
Jablite Group |
EURm ~49 |
UK |
Packaging and insulation |
Geographic expansion in the UK |
Closed |
|
Berga Recycling |
EURm ~33 |
Global |
Circular solutions |
Circular trading platform/ increase volumes |
Closed |
| Q3 2022 |
BalPol |
EURm ~31 |
Baltics |
Insulation |
Geographic expansion to Baltics/ broaden offering with complimentary materials |
Closed |
| Q4 2022 |
Jackon Holding |
EURm ~437 |
Europe |
Packaging and Insulation |
Strengthening market positions |
Closed |
Continued strong pipeline of attractive M&A opportunities
1) Annual sales : Volker Gruppe, Kemisol, Trondhjems Eskefabrikk, Jablite LTM Q222, Berga LTM Q122, BalPol FY21, Jackon LTM Q222