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Nexi Earnings Release 2020

Mar 11, 2021

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Informazione
Regolamentata n.
2170-24-2021
Data/Ora Ricezione
11 Marzo 2021
14:34:36
MTA
Societa' : NEXI S.p.A.
Identificativo
Informazione
Regolamentata
: 143376
Nome utilizzatore : NEXIN04 - MANTEGAZZA
Tipologia : 1.1
Data/Ora Ricezione : 11 Marzo 2021 14:34:36
Data/Ora Inizio
Diffusione presunta
: 11 Marzo 2021 14:34:37
Oggetto : PR 2020 Financial Results
Testo del comunicato

Vedi allegato.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS AND THE DRAFT FINANCIAL RESULTS OF NEXI SpA AS OF DECEMBER 31st 2020

  • Preliminary data announced on February 11th, 2021 confirmed
  • Call of the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting to be held on May 5th, 2021

Milan, March 11th 2021 – The Board of Directors of Nexi S.p.A. approved the Group consolidated financial results as of December 31st 2020 and the draft financial results of Nexi S.p.A. as of December 31st 2020, confirming the preliminary data already presented in the press release published on February 11th, 2021.

Non-financial statement

The Board of Directors approved the consolidated non-financial statement as of December 31st 2020 prepared pursuant to Legislative Decree 254/2016. Non-financial statement will be published in a separate document from the consolidated Financial Report as of December 31st, 2020.

Annual General Shareholders' Meeting

The Board of Directors resolved to convene the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting for May 5th, 2021 - single call – to agree resolutions on the following matters:

  1. Approval of the draft financial statements of Nexi S.p.A. as of December 31st 2020, together with the Report of the Board of Directors, the Report of the Board of Statutory Auditors and the Report of the external Statutory Auditor. Presentation of the Consolidated Financial Statements as of 31st December 2020 and of the consolidated nonfinancial statement prepared pursuant to Legislative Decree 254/2016. Inherent and consequent resolutions.

  2. Resolutions pursuant to art. 123-ter, paragraph 6 of Legislative Decree no. 58 of February 24th, 1998 related to the second section of the Remuneration Report prepared pursuant to art. 123-ter of Legislative Decree no. 58 of February 24th, 1998 and art. 84 quater of the regulation adopted with Consob resolution no. 11971 of May 14th, 1999.

  3. Proposal for authorization to purchase and dispose treasury shares, subject to revocation of the authorization conferred by the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting of May 5th, 2020. Inherent and consequent resolutions.

The notice of call and the documentation related to the individual items in the agenda, including the Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure Report and the Remuneration Report, will be published within the terms and conditions provided for by current law provisions.

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Allocation of the result of the year 2020

With regard to the draft financial statements at December 31st 2020, the distribution of dividends for the year 2020 will not be proposed to the Shareholders' Meeting. It is proposed to retain earnings the profit for the year.

Authorization to purchase and dispose treasury shares

As regards the proposal to authorize the purchase and disposal of treasury shares, the Board of Directors will submit to the Shareholders' Meeting for approval a new proposal to authorize the purchase and disposal of treasury shares, effective from the date of the Shareholders' Meeting, due to the fact that the period within the resolution approved in the 2020 Shareholders' Meeting will expire on November 5th 2021.

* * *

Pursuant to paragraph 2 of article 154 bis of the Consolidated Finance Act, the undersigned, Enrico Marchini, in his capacity as the manager in charge of preparing Nexi's financial reports, declares that the accounting information contained in this press release corresponds to the accounting documents, books and records of Nexi S.p.A..

Data awaiting validation by the auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers

About Nexi

Nexi is the leading PayTech company in Italy, the reference point for the digital payments in the Country. The company, listed on MTA of Borsa Italiana, operates in strong partnership with ~150 partner banks: thanks to its end-to-end omni-channel technology connects banks, merchants and consumers with the aim of changing the way people and companies pay and collect money every day, thus accelerating the spread of digital payments and the transition to a cashless society, which is essential for the modernization of the Country. Nexi operates in three market areas: Merchant Services & Solutions, Cards & Digital Payments and Digital Banking Solutions.

Merchant Services & Solutions: Nexi, together with its partner Banks, serves c. 900,000 merchants;

Cards & Digital Payments: Nexi, together with its partner Banks, manages c. 43 million payment cards;

Digital Banking Solutions: Nexi manages c. 12.800 ATMs, c. 480,000 e-banking workstations and c. 900 million clearing transactions. In addition, Nexi, as a technological partner, developed the CBI S.c.p.a. open banking system, to which the main Italian banks have already adhered.

Nexi - External Communication & Media Relations

Daniele de Sanctis [email protected] Mobile: +39 346/015.1000 Direct: +39 02/3488.4491

Matteo Abbondanza

[email protected] Mobile: +39.348/406.8858 Direct: +39 02/3488.2202

Nexi - Investor Relations

Stefania Mantegazza [email protected] Mobile: +39.335/580.5703 Direct: +39 02/3488.8216

Barabino & Partners

Media Relations Office: +39 02/72.02.35.35 Sabrina Ragone - [email protected] Paola Cuccia - [email protected] Francesco Faenza[email protected]

Key financial results – P&L Normalized

€M FY19 FY20 Δ% vs.
FY19
4Q19 4Q20 Δ% vs.
4Q19
Merchant Services & Solutions 569.2 549.9 -3.4% 158.2 156.4 -1.1%
Cards & Digital Payments 387.4 380.0 -1.9% 101.4 103.8 +2.4%
Digital Banking Solutions 117.7 114.0 -3.1% 32.9 30.2 -8.4%
Revenues 1074.3 1043.9 -2.8% 292.4 290.3 -0.7%
Personnel & related expenses (169.1) (156.3) -7.6% (45.4) (41.4) -8.6%
Operating Costs (318.4) (286.2) -10.1% (87.7) (76.3) -13.0%
Total Costs (487.6) (442.5) -9.2% (133.1) (117.8) -11.5%
EBITDA 586.7 601.4 +2.5% 159.3 172.5 +8.3%
D&A (121.0) (144.8) +19.7%
Interests & financing costs (76.9) (76.9) +0.0%
Normalized Pre-tax Profit 388.8 379.7 -2.3%
Income taxes (135.2) (132.2) -2.2%
Minorities (1.5) (1.7) +14.7%
Normalized Net Profit 252.1 245.8 -2.5%

2019 and 2020 P&L managerial data as they include ISP merchant acquiring book acquisition since the beginning of the period

FY 2020 P&L – Reported vs Normalized

€M Reported
FY20
Delta Normalized
FY20
Merchant Services & Solutions 500.0 50.0 549.9
Cards & Digital Payments 380.0 380.0
Digital Banking Solutions 114.0 114.0
Revenues 993.9 50.0 1,043.9
Personnel & related expenses (155.1) (1.3) (156.3)
Operating Costs (285.1) (1.1) (286.2)
Total Costs (440.2) (2.3) (442.5)
EBITDA 553.7 47.7 601.4
D&A (177.0) 32.2 (144.8)
Interests & financing costs (65.3) (11.5) (76.9)
Non recurring items (102.3) 102.3 -
Pre-tax Profit 209.0 170.7 379.7
Income taxes (79.7) (52.5) (132.2)
Minorities (1.4) (0.3) (1.7)
Net Profit 127.9 117.9 245.8

Reported data include ISP merchant book consolidation since 30.06.2020. Normalized data include ISP merchant book acquisition since 01.01.2020 and exclude non-recurring items and other oneoffs (incl. D&A of customer contracts)

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Income Statement

(€'000) FY 2020 FY 2019
Fees for services rendered and commission income 1,644,025 1,642,500
Fees for services received and commission expense (637,796) (647,071)
Net fee and commission income 1,006,229 995,429
Interest and similar income 15,375 18,036
Interest and similar expense (87,930) (183,543)
Net interest income (72,555) (165,507)
Profit / loss on trading activity / hedging/ financial assets and liabilities
designated at fair value trought profit or loss
(119) (7,526)
Dividends and profit / loss from investments and sale of assets at fair value
through OCI (former AFS)
(6,574) (8,685)
Financial and operative income 926,981 813,711
Personnel - related costs (180,572) (223,721)
Other administrative costs (350,015) (391,016)
Total administrative costs (530,587) (614,737)
Other operating income, net (4,388) (2,056)
Net value adjustments on assets measured at amortized cost (6,880) (6,239)
Net accruals to provisions for risks and charges 157 6,455
Net value adjustments / write-backs on tangible and intangible assets (175,315) (155,817)
Operating margin 209,968 41,317
Profits (Loss) from equity investments and disposal of investments (212) (598)
Pre-tax profit /(loss) from continuing operations 209,756 40,719
Income taxes (79,709) (4,180)
Income (Loss) after tax from discontinued operations (739) 99,547
Profit for the period 129,308 136,086
Profit (loss) for the period attributable to the parent company 127,926 135,166
Profit (loss) for the period attributable to non-controlling interests 1,382 920

Balance Sheet

ASSETS (€'000) 31/12/2020 31/12/2019
Cash and cash equivalents 159,084 115,388
Financial assets at fair value through OCI 151,700 118,581
Financial asset measured at amortised cost: 1,540,583 1,595,709
a) loans and receivables with banks 578,696 507,024
b) loans and receivables with financial entities or customers 961,887 1,088,685
Equity investments - -
Property, equipment 186,906 193,102
Investment property 2,101 2,229
Intangible assets 3,707,369 2,684,671
Goodwill 2,856,460 2,093,428
Tax assets 54,991 101,909
a) current 4,447 37,614
b) deferred 50,544 64,295
Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations 1,697 2,262
Other assets 481,670 474,442
Total assets 6,286,101 5,288,293
LIABILITIES (€'000) 31/12/2020 31/12/2019
Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost 3,862,904 3,140,389
a) due to banks 2,226,418 1,952,072
b) due to financial entities and customers 370,753 369,303
c) securities issued 1,265,733 819,014
Financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit and loss 22,912 -
Tax liabilities 243,274 131,896
a) current 19,125 1,820
b) deferred 224,149 130,076
509 335
Liabilities associated with non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations
Other liabilities 557,511 644,628
Post-employment benefits 14,808 14,528
Provisions for risks and charges 26,433 31,967
Share capital 57,071 57,071
Share premium 1,082,204 1,082,204
Reserves 236,846 29,428
Valuation reserves 44,018 13,609
Profit (loss) for the period (+/-) 127,926 135,166
Equity attributable to non-controlling interests (+/-) 9,685 7,072
Total liabilities and equity 6,286,101 5,288,293