Earnings Release • Jan 12, 2023
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Fastned almost tripled revenue while receiving awards in three countries during 4th quarter of 2022
Amsterdam, 11 January 2023. Fastned, the European fast charging company, grew revenue related to charging by 177% in the fourth quarter of 2022, almost three times as much as
in the fourth quarter of 2021. This puts the full year 2022 revenue at 36.0 million euro and the Q4 run-rate revenue at 53.2 million euro, showing the strong growth trajectory. In addition to opening new stations, Fastned enlarged existing stations to prepare for growing demand bringing the average number of chargers per station to 5.1 (compared to 4.0 in Q4 2021). To finance future expansion, Fastned raised in total during 2022 close to €118 million.
"The final quarter of 2022 was a very exciting one. First of all, with more construction projects ongoing than ever before in Fastned's history, we opened 30 new stations. This is a record-breaking annual increase, bringing the total number of stations in our network to 244. Additionally, we upgraded 48 stations in total in 2022, enabling us to accommodate the growing charging demand at our existing stations. I'm extremely proud of our team and thankful to our suppliers and other partners, for making this happen. Together we will continue to work hard to speed up the building process even further, getting closer to our goal of building 100 new stations per year starting 2024.
"Secondly, more and larger stations, more customers and more charging sessions, resulted in 130% more kWh of renewable energy sold. The strength of our business model does not go unnoticed by investors. We raised a total of 118 million euro in additional funding during the quarter.
"Thirdly, our customers, and more widely, the EV community, recognise our expertise in delivering the best charging experience, which has been our focus over the last ten years. Winning three valuable awards in the UK, the Netherlands and France, fills us with pride and confidence that we're on the right track."
Jérôme Janssen was appointed as new supervisory board member in December 2022, representing Schroders Capital's infrastructure fund in Fastned's Supervisory Board.
In December, Fastned raised close to €11 million with the issue of new bonds. In addition, investors have extended €2.3 million worth of investments from earlier issues, bringing the total issued amount in this round to more than €13 million.
● One of the first 400kW chargers in Europe was installed at Fastned's De Watering Station (A8) in the Netherlands, in the context of a pilot partnership with EVBox. The charger can deliver up to 100 km of range in just 3 minutes.
● Over the year 2022, Fastned hired 60 people, reaching a total amount of 159 employees (+46% Year to Date). The new employees are key in securing and accelerating Fastned's growth in the coming years.
● Because of volatile energy prices, Fastned changed its prices in October (UK), November (in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Switzerlandand) and in December in Switzerland only. As energy markets are expected to remain volatile in the foreseeable future, prices will be reconsidered every month and changed if needed, so they remain fair to our customers while ensuring a sustainable margin.
● Fastned founders and investment company Breesaap will, as of January 12th, will each gradually sell up to 380,000 depositary receipts of ordinary shares in the capital of Fastned. Click here to read the full press release.
There will be a webcast about this Q4 2022 trading update today, 12 January, from 11:00am to 12:00pm CET. To join the webcast, please click here to register. You can find today's investor presentation as well as earlier financial publications here.
A recording of the webcast will be published on our website.
Please note that elements of this press release contain or may contain information about Fastned B.V. within the meaning of Article 7(1) to (4) of EU Regulation No 596/ 2014 (Market Abuse Regulation). Fastned's Consolidated Annual Accounts are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union ("IFRS‐EU") and with Part 9 of Book 2 of the Dutch Civil Code. All figures in this document are unaudited. Small differences are possible in the tables due to rounding or human mistakes. Certain of the statements contained
herein are not historical facts, including, without limitation, certain statements made of future expectations and other forward‐looking statements that are based on management's current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from those in such statements. Any forward‐looking statements made by or on behalf of Fastned B.V. speak only as of the date they are made, and Fastned B.V. assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward‐looking statements, whether as a result of new information or for any other reason. To the extent available, the industry, market and competitive position data contained in the Information come from official or third party sources. Third party industry publications, studies and surveys generally state that the data contained therein have been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but that there is no guarantee of the accuracy or completeness of such data. This document does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities.
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