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Fielmann AG Interim / Quarterly Report 2019

Sep 17, 2024

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Fielmann

INTERIM REPORT

AS AT 30 JUNE 2019


2 First half-year 2019

Fielmann Group: Interim report
as at 30 June 2019

Dear Shareholders, Dear Friends of the Company,

The results of the first half of 2019 are in line with our expectations. Year-on-year, Fielmann increased the number of units sold, sales revenue and profits.

Interim company report

The upturn in Germany has slowed down considerably in the current financial year. According to preliminary estimates, the German economy shrank by 0.1% in the second quarter of 2019.

The development in the eurozone is expected to stand at +0.2% in the first half-year. A weak global economy, which is reflected in an export decline, the effects of the USA's trade dispute with Europe and, in particular, China are clearly discernible. Furthermore, the continued uncertainty with regard to the Brexit scenario has a negative impact on economic development in Europe.

The unemployment rate in Germany was 4.9% as at 30 June. The size of the active labour force stood at 45.3 million, which is an increase of 0.9% compared to the previous year.

Report on the revenue, financial and assets situation

Units sold and sales revenue

Fielmann increased its units sold in the first six months by 0.3% to 4.1 million (previous year: 4.1 million). External sales including VAT grew by 7.5% to €884.4 million (previous year: €823.0 million) and consolidated sales rose by 6.6% to €758.2 million (previous year: €711.5 million).

The number of glasses sold in the second quarter amounted to 2.1 million (previous year: 2.1 million). External sales including VAT grew by 6.1% to €446.8 million (previous year: €421.3 million) and consolidated sales rose by 6.9% to €386.4 million (previous year: €361.6 million).

Earnings and investments

The pre-tax profit amounted to €127.6 million in the first half of the year (previous year: €116.1 million) and the net income was €88.3 million (previous year: €80.4 million). The EBITDA increased by 38.8% to reach €191.7 million (previous year: €138.1 million). Without taking into account the write-downs and interest on rights of usufruct from leases (IFRS 16), the EBITDA stood at €152.2 million, an increase of 10.2%.


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From April to June, the pre-tax profit amounted to €60.5 million (previous year: €54.8 million) and the net income stood at €41.7 million (previous year: €37.9 million).

In the first six months, investments totalled €35.8 million (previous year: €31.0 million). All investments were financed from our cash flow. Fielmann opened new stores in Monza, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Bassano del Grappa and Treviso during the first half of the year, thus operating a total of 23 Italian stores as at 30 June. We plan to open at least 4 additional stores in Italy in the second half of the year.

As at 30 June, Fielmann operated a total of 743 stores (previous year: 727), 202 of which also contained hearing aid studios (previous year: 188).

The earnings per share were €1.02 (previous year: €0.94). There were no circumstances which could have diluted earnings per share during the period under review or comparable periods.

in €000s 30.6.2019 30.6.2018
Consolidated net income for the period 88,344 80,370
Income attributable to other shareholders -2,499 -1,555
Profits to be allocated to parent company shareholders 85,845 78,815
Number of shares in ‘000 units 84,000 84,000
Own shares in ‘000 units -45 -26
Number of shares in ‘000 units 83,955 83,974
Earnings per share 1.02 0.94

On 11 July 2019, the Annual General Meeting of Fielmann AG agreed a dividend payout of €1.90 per share for the financial year 2018 (previous year: €1.85). Fielmann paid its shareholders €159.6 million (previous year: €155.4 million), which is a ratio of 94.5%. Based on the 2018 year-end closing price, the dividend yield amounts to 3.5%.

Dr. Thies chose not to seek an extension to his Management Board contract, which expired on 30 June 2019. The Supervisory Board and Management Board would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Thies for his outstanding work. The existing Board Members have assumed responsibility for the Human Resources, Controlling, Organisation and IT departments.

With 19,172 employees as at 30 June (previous year: 18.301), Fielmann is Germany's largest employer in the optical industry. With

Earnings per share

Dividend

Information on the bodies of the Company

Employees


4 First half-year 2019

3,346 apprentices (previous year: 2,944), Fielmann is also the largest training provider. Our apprentices are the skilled experts of the future. This year, more than 1,700 young people began their apprenticeships with the German market leader. National awards testify to the high standard of our training. In the German optical industry competition, Fielmann accounted for all national winners over the last eight years.

Forecast, opportunities and risk report

To the Company's knowledge, there is no information necessitating changes to the main forecasts or other expectations formulated in the last Group Management Report. The statements provided in the Annual Report 2018 on the opportunities and risks of the business model remain unchanged, too.

Outlook

With its Vision 2025, Fielmann is shaping the optical industry in Europe for the benefit of customers. Over the long term, Fielmann will sell one in four glasses in continental Europe and achieve external sales of €2.3 billion. Fielmann is the market leader, uses its liquidity to ensure long-term growth and will enter new markets in the coming years through organic growth and acquisitions.

With effect of 1 September of this year, Fielmann AG will acquire 70% of shares in the Slovenian optical chain Optika Clarus, thereby entering the 14th European market. Optika Clarus operates 26 optical stores in Slovenia and is the undisputed market leader with a unit sales market share of 30%. In the current financial year, Optika Clarus will open two more stores in Slovenia. In the medium term, over 30 stores in Slovenia are planned.

Balance sheet oath

We affirm that to the best of our knowledge the consolidated accounts prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting regulations convey a view of the Group's assets, finances and income that is true and fair and that business development including business results and the position of the Group are presented in the Management Report for the Group in such a way as to provide a true and fair view as well as to portray the opportunities and risks inherent in the future development of the Group accurately.

Hamburg, August 2019
Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft
The Management Board

Change to the accounting principles

The interim report of 30 June 2019 was compiled according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS and IAS). The result for the comparative period takes into account the actual tax ratio of the financial year 2018.


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IFRS 16 "Leasing" is mandatory for the reporting periods beginning as of 1 January 2019. This standard sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement and disclosure of leases in the Notes, and has an impact on the presentation of assets, financial position and earnings as well as on the scope of the disclosures required in the Notes.

Fielmann is a lessee as it uses leases to rent business premises. Leasing also plays a minor role in the field of car financing. In the reporting period, the first application of IFRS 16 at Fielmann only led to additional costs of €0.7 million. A significant increase to the balance sheet total has resulted from taking the rights of usufruct from leases (rental agreements) into account. This has an impact on the Fielmann Group's key figures. The Fielmann Group's equity ratio fell due to the significant increase to the balance sheet total by €490.2 million from 75.1% as at 31 December 2018 to 55.3% as at 30 June 2019.

Based on the operative leasing commitments as at 31 December 2018, the following reconciliation to the opening balance sheet figures of the leasing liabilities arose as at 1 January 2019:

in €000s Up to 1 year Between 1 year and 5 years More than 5 years Total
Rental commitments as at 31.12.2018 72,828 218,934 86,120 377,882
Present value of rental commitments as at 31.12.2018 72,828 218,893 82,075 373,796
Rental income from sub-leases which cannot be terminated as at 31.12.2018 -983 -1,634 -390 -3,007
Present value of rental income from sub-leases which cannot be terminated as at 31.12.2018 -983 -1,634 -388 -3,005
Termination or renewal options that could be put into practice with sufficient security 2,761 3,006 9,165 14,932
Present value of sub-leases as at 1.1.2019 -489 -853 0 -1,342
Leasing liabilities as at 1.1.2019 75,095 221,118 90,852 387,065

The leasing liabilities were discounted as at 1 January 2019 using the incremental borrowing rate. The weighted average interest rate amounted to 0.63%.

Cash and cash equivalents totaling €218.7 million (previous year: €294.7 million) include liquid funds as well as securities with a fixed term of up to three months. The development is in relation to the deferral of maturities of the capital investments as well as to increased investments in the second half of 2018 and first half of 2019.

The financial assets, which also count as financial capital, are broken down according to the typical maturities pursuant to IAS 1. The composition of the financial assets of €389.3 million (previous year: €406.2 million) is shown in a separate table on page 7.

Explanatory notes on the cash flow statement


First half-year 2019

Explanatory notes on the financial result as at 30 June 2019

For a better representation, the item "Increase/decrease in other non-current financial assets and capital investments with a term of over three months" from the cash flow from operating activities has been divided into the items "Receipts from the disposal of securities and other investments" and "Payments for the acquisition of securities and other investments", and is now disclosed within the cash flow from investment activity.

The figures for the previous year are indicated in parentheses:

in €000s Expenses Income Balance
Result from cash and capital investments -105 (-108) 620 (463) 515 (355)
Result from on-balance sheet and other transactions not relating to financial assets -1,629 (-329) 58 (53) -1,571 (-276)
Interest result -1,734 (-437) 678 (516) -1,056 (79)
Result from shares in associates -296 (0) 0 (0) -296 (0)
Write-ups and write-downs on financial assets and similar items 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Financial result -2,030 (-437) 678 (516) -1,352 (79)

Explanatory notes on the segment report

In accordance with the regional structure of the internal reporting system, Segment Reporting distinguishes between the geographic regions in which the Group offers and delivers products and services.

Information on related parties (IAS 24)

The contractual relations to the related parties described in the 2018 financial report continue in almost unchanged form. All transactions are made at the customary market prices and conditions, and are of minor importance to the Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft.

After six months, the revenues amount to T€505 (previous year: T€506) and the expenses to T€1,905 (previous year: T€1,956). The balances have been offset as at the reporting date.

Other information

The amount of 45,183 units of own shares was offset from the item "Securities" (previous year: 25,918). The book value as at 30 June 2019 is T€2,684 (previous year: T€1,797). The quoted Fielmann shares were acquired within the meaning of § 71 Para. 1 No. 2 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), in order to offer them to staff of Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft or its affiliated companies as employee shares.

Significant events after 30 June 2019

At the time of preparing the present report, there had been no significant events after the end of the second quarter which could have an effect on the assets, financial position and earnings of the Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft and Fielmann Group.


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Financial calendar 2019

Analyst's conference 30 August 2019
Interim report 7 November 2019
Preliminary figures 2019 February 2020
Interim report April 2020
Bloomberg code FIE
Reuters code FIEG.DE
Securities ID number/ISIN DE0005772206

Further information:
Fielmann AG · Investor Relations
Ulrich Brockmann
Weidestraße 118 a · 22083 Hamburg
Telephone: +49 (0) 40 / 270 76-442 · Fax: +49 (0) 40 / 270 76-150
E-mail: [email protected] · Internet: www.fielmann.com

Summary of financial assets

in €000s 30 June 2019 30 June 2018 Change
Liquid funds 165,462 212,601 -47,139
Capital investments with a specific maturity of up to 3 months 53,236 82,122 -28,886
Cash and cash equivalents 218,698 294,723 -76,025
Non-current financial assets 2,241 2,856 -615
Other non-current financial assets 51,884 54,342 -2,458
Capital investments with a specific maturity of more than 3 months 116,439 54,292 62,147
Financial assets 389,262 406,213 -16,951

First half-year 2019

Segment reporting 1 January to 30 June 2019 The previous year's figures are stated in parentheses.

in € million Germany Switzerland Austria Other Consolidation Consolidated value
Sales revenues from the segment 640.3 (603.3) 88.7 (83.4) 44.9 (41.8) 25.6 (22.1) -41.3 (-39.1) 758.2 (711.5)
Sales revenues from other segments 41.1 (39.0) 0.2 (0.1)
External sales revenues 599.2 (564.3) 88.7 (83.4) 44.7 (41.7) 25.6 (22.1) 758.2 (711.5)
Cost of materials 156.8 (146.8) 18.4 (17.6) 10.2 (10.0) 7.3 (6.7) -36.0 (-34.3) 156.7 (146.8)
Personnel costs 253.4 (238.8) 35.8 (33.5) 16.3 (15.4) 9.7 (7.8) 315.2 (295.5)
Scheduled depreciation 47.2 (18.0) 7.3 (2.2) 3.2 (0.8) 5.0 (1.0) 62.7 (22.0)
Expenses in the financial result 1.5 (0.4) 0.3 (0.1) 0.2 (0.0) 0.4 (0.2) -0.4 (-0.3) 2.0 (0.4)
Income in the financial result 0.9 (0.6) 0.2 (0.2) -0.4 (-0.3) 0.7 (0.5)
Earnings before tax – in segments excl. investment income 107.9 (98.8) 14.1 (12.1) 8.2 (6.6) -2.6 (-1.4) 0.0 (0.0) 127.6 (116.1)
Taxes on income and earnings 34.4 (32.2) 2.5 (2.4) 1.4 (1.0) 1.0 (0.2) 39.3 (35.8)
Consolidated net income for the period 73.5 (66.7) 11.6 (9.7) 6.8 (5.6) -3.6 (-1.6) 0.0 (0.0) 88.3 (80.4)
Non-current segment assets excluding financial instruments and deferred tax assets 563.5 (279.6) 80.4 (30.8) 40.5 (5.8) 62.2 (17.8) 746.6 (334.0)
Additions to non-current segment assets excluding financial instruments and deferred tax assets 315.5 (24.7) 55.7 (3.9) 37.9 (0.2) 43.5 (2.2) 452.6 (31.0)
Shares in associates 4.9 (0.0) 4.9 (0.0)
Deferred tax assets 10.6 (10.4) 0.3 (0.3) 0.8 (2.2) 11.7 (12.9)

Statement of the overall result

For the period from 1 January to 30 June in €000s 2019 2018 Change
Consolidated net income for the period 88,344 80,370 7,974
Items which are reclassified under certain conditions and reported in the profit and loss account
Earnings from foreign exchange conversion, reported under equity 670 320 350
Items which will not be reclassified and reported in the profit and loss statement in future
Valuation of employee benefits in accordance with IAS 19 -778 -115 -663
Other profit/loss after tax -108 205 -313
Overall result 88,236 80,575 7,661
of which attributable to minority interests 2,499 1,555 944
of which attributable to parent company shareholders 85,737 79,020 6,717

First half-year 2019

Cash flow statement

| Cash flow statement according to IAS 7
for the period from 1 January to 30 June in €000s | 2019 | 2018 | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Earnings before taxes (EBT) | 127,636 | 116,137 | 11,499 |
| -/+ Profit shares of associates | 296 | 0 | 296 |
| + Statement-related interest expenditure from leases | 1,197 | 0 | 1,197 |
| + Statement-related other expenditure in the final result | 537 | 437 | 100 |
| - Statement-related income in the final result | -678 | -516 | -162 |
| + Write-downs on tangible assets and intangible assets | 24,454 | 22,040 | 2,414 |
| + Write-downs on rights of usufruct from leases | 38,289 | 0 | 38,289 |
| - Taxes on income paid | -40,822 | -35,630 | -5,192 |
| +/- Other non-cash income/expenditure | -1,047 | 5,898 | -6,945 |
| +/- Increase/decrease in accruals | 506 | -3,891 | 4,397 |
| -/+ Profit/loss on disposal of tangible assets as properties kept as financial investments and intangible assets | -48 | -3,255 | 3,207 |
| -/+ Increase/decrease in inventories, trade debtors and other assets not attributable to investment or financial operations | -402,602 | -18,672 | -383,930 |
| +/- Increase/decrease in trade creditors and other liabilities not attributable to investment or financial operations | 408,069 | 9,825 | 398,244 |
| - Interest paid | -302 | -339 | 37 |
| + Interest received | 461 | -271 | 732 |
| = Cash flow from operating activities | 155,946 | 91,763 | 64,183 |
| Receipts from the disposal of tangible assets | 154 | 79 | 75 |
| - Payments for tangible assets | -21,453 | -25,809 | 4,356 |
| - Payments for intangible assets | -14,304 | -5,020 | -9,284 |
| + Receipts from the disposal of financial assets | 74 | 70 | 4 |
| - Payments for financial assets | 0 | -220 | 220 |
| + Receipts from the disposal of securities and other investments | 73,522 | 95,638 | -22,116 |
| - Payments for the acquisition of securities and other investments | -70,758 | -29,877 | -40,881 |
| = Cash flow from investment activities | -32,765 | 34,861 | -67,626 |
| Payments to company owners and non-controlling shareholders | -2,390 | -1,622 | -768 |
| +/- Sale/Acquisition of own shares | -1,951 | -1,577 | -374 |
| + Receipts from loans raised | 59 | 0 | 59 |
| - Repayment of loans | -141 | -593 | 452 |
| - Payments for liabilities from leases | -38,715 | 0 | -38,715 |
| = Cash flow from financing activities | -43,138 | -3,792 | -39,346 |
| Changes in cash and equivalents | 80,043 | 122,832 | -42,789 |
| +/- Changes in cash and equivalents due to exchange rates | 98 | -240 | 338 |
| + Cash and equivalents at the beginning of the period | 138,557 | 172,131 | -33,574 |
| = Cash and equivalents at the end of the period | 218,698 | 294,723 | -76,025 |


in €000s Subscribed capital Capital reserves
Position as at 1 January 2019 84,000 92,652
Net profit for the year
Other profit
Overall result
Dividends/profit shares¹
Share-based remuneration
Own shares
Position as at 30 June 2019 84,000 92,652
in €000s Subscribed capital Capital reserves
--- --- ---
Position as at 1 January 2018 84,000 92,652
Net profit for the year
Other profit
Overall result
Dividends/profit shares¹
Share-based remuneration
Own shares
Position as at 30 June 2018 84,000 92,652

Dividends paid and share of profit allocated to other shareholders


Consolidated equity of the parent company's shareholders

Other reserves
Retained earnings Foreign exchange reserves Valuation reserves IAS 19 Reserves for own shares Reserves for share-based remuneration
514,391 18,726 -2,254 -733 2,227
85,845 670 -778
85,845 670 -778
-1,951 14
600,236 19,396 -3,032 -2,684 2,241

Consolidated equity of the parent company's shareholders

Other reserves
Retained earnings Foreign exchange reserves Valuation reserves IAS 19 Reserves for own shares Reserves for share-based remuneration
501,459 16,803 -2,244 -220 2,365
78,815 320 -115
78,815 320 -115
-1,577 -70
580,274 17,123 -2,359 -1,797 2,295

Total Total Non-controlling interests Equity
17,966 709,009 207 709,216
85,845 2,499 88,344
-108 -108 -108
-108 85,737 2,499 88,236
-2,390 -2,390
14 14 14
-1,951 -1,951 -1,951
15,921 792,809 316 793,125
Total Total Non-controlling interests Equity
--- --- --- ---
16,704 694,815 195 695,010
78,815 1,555 80,370
205 205 205
205 79,020 1,555 80,575
-1,622 -1,622
-70 -70 -70
-1,577 -1,577 -1,577
15,262 772,188 128 772,316

First half-year 2019

Consolidated profit and loss account

For the period from 1 April to 30 June II. Quarter 2019 in €000s II. Quarter 2018 in €000s Change from previous year in %
1. Consolidated sales 386,438 361,626 6.9
2. Changes in inventories -1,200 2,042 -158.8
Total consolidated sales 385,238 363,668 5.9
3. Other operating income 5,958 5,769 3.3
4. Cost of materials -83,578 -80,435 3.9
5. Personnel costs -157,378 -148,119 6.3
6. Write-downs on rights of usufruct from leases -19,104 0
7. Other write-downs -12,831 -10,989 16.8
8. Other operating expenses -56,834 -75,240 -24.5
9. Interest expenditure from leases -636 0
10. Other expenses in the financial result -460 -175 162.9
11. Income in the financial result 100 281 -64.4
12. Result before taxes 60,475 54,760 10.4
13. Taxes on income and earnings -18,769 -16,864 11.3
14. Net income for the quarter 41,706 37,896 10.1
15. Income attributable to minority interests -1,297 -511 153.8
16. Profits to be allocated to parent company shareholders 40,409 37,385 8.1
Earnings per share in € (diluted/basic) 0.48 0.45

Consolidated profit and loss account

For the period from 1 January to 30 June 2019 in €000s 2018 in €000s Change from previous year in %
1. Consolidated sales 758,196 711,476 6.6
2. Changes in inventories 6,438 15
Total consolidated sales 764,634 711,491 7.5
3. Other operating income 9,702 11,499 -15.6
4. Cost of materials -156,693 -146,831 6.7
5. Personnel costs -315,233 -295,456 6.7
6. Write-downs on rights of usufruct from leases -38,289 0
7. Other write-downs -24,454 -22,040 11.0
8. Other operating expenses -110,679 -142,605 -22.4
9. Interest expenditure from leases -1,197 0
10. Other expenses in the financial result -833 -437 90.6
11. Income in the financial result 678 516 31.4
12. Result before taxes 127,636 116,137 9.9
13. Taxes on income and earnings -39,292 -35,767 9.9
14. Consolidated net income for the period 88,344 80,370 9.9
15. Income attributable to minority interests -2,499 -1,555 60.7
16. Profits to be allocated to parent company shareholders 85,845 78,815 8.9
Earnings per share in € (diluted/basic) 1.02 0.94

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Consolidated balance sheet

Assets

Position as at 30 June 2019 in €000s Position as at 31 December 2018 in €000s
A. Non-current fixed assets
I. Intangible assets 43,949 33,987
II. Goodwill 47,644 47,509
III. Tangible assets 262,989 262,253
IV. Investment property 13,423 13,639
V. Rights of usufruct from leases 378,630 0
VI. Shares in associates 4,922 5,218
VII. Other financial assets 2,241 2,315
VIII. Deferred tax assets 11,674 12,276
IX. Other financial assets 51,884 61,574
X. Receivables from leases 1,140 0
818,496 438,771
B. Current assets
I. Inventories 151,758 136,307
II. Trade debtors 48,672 38,579
III. Other financial assets 52,943 55,473
IV. Non-financial assets 20,016 19,241
V. Tax assets 7,933 8,062
VI. Financial assets 116,439 109,803
VII. Cash and cash equivalents 218,698 138,557
616,459 506,022
1,434,955 944,793
Liabilities Position as at 30 June 2019 in €000s Position as at 31 December 2018 in €000s
A. Equity
I. Subscribed capital 84,000 84,000
II. Capital reserves 92,652 92,652
III. Profit reserves 600,236 514,391
IV. Other reserves 15,921 17,966
Consolidated equity of the parent company's shareholders 792,809 709,009
V. Non-controlling interests 316 207
793,125 709,216
B. Non-current liabilities
I. Accruals 29,962 25,482
II. Financial liabilities 1,277 1,363
III. Deferred tax liabilities 11,868 12,135
IV. Liabilities from leases 302,575 0
345,682 38,980
C. Current liabilities
I. Accruals 44,810 48,784
II. Financial liabilities 120 115
III. Liabilities from leases 77,920 0
IV. Trade creditors 77,218 56,337
V. Other financial liabilities 22,153 21,843
VI. Non-financial liabilities 64,970 58,544
VII. Income tax liabilities 8,957 10,974
296,148 196,597
1,434,955 944,793