Earnings Release • Nov 13, 2020
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| Informazione Regolamentata n. 0868-134-2020 |
Data/Ora Ricezione 13 Novembre 2020 17:26:34 |
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| Societa' | : | SERVIZI ITALIA S.P.A. | ||
| Identificativo Informazione Regolamentata |
: | 139276 | ||
| Nome utilizzatore | : | SERVIZIITAN03 - Manti | ||
| Tipologia | : | REGEM | ||
| Data/Ora Ricezione | : | 13 Novembre 2020 17:26:34 | ||
| Data/Ora Inizio Diffusione presunta |
: | 13 Novembre 2020 17:26:35 | ||
| Oggetto | : | The BoD of Servizi Italia approves the financial results as at 30 September 2020 |
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In a repeated context of emergency, continuity of essential services as well as safety of employees are guaranteed.
The Board of Directors of Servizi Italia, a company listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange and leading operator in the outsourcing of hospital services in Italy, Brazil, Turkey, India, Albania, Morocco and Singapore, today approved the Interim Management Report as at 30 September 2020.
"The results of the first nine months of 2020 – as stated by President of the Executive Committee, Roberto Olivi – have been influenced by the epidemiological crisis and the effects of the measures taken to contain it in all the countries in which the Group operates, facing the current social and economic context with increasingly adaptability. Performances in the period have been characterized by a gradual recovery, thanks in part to the good performance in Brazil and Turkey, even if negatively offset by exchange rates trends and by the measures implemented by Group management for containing operating and structural costs. We are witnessing the continuation of a period of crisis in demand, mainly due to the effects of the pandemic, which – after a gradual recovery of ordinary healthcare service in the third quarter of the year – may be affected by elements of uncertainty similar to those recorded in a lockdown context. The Group's management is confident that it will be able to effectively manage the temporary effects of the crisis with the continuous research for optimization and efficiency in production operations and in service supply chain, in order to improve the levels of marginality and profitability of the business, while continuing to support and protect all its stakeholders, with particular attention to customers, employees and suppliers".


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During the first nine months of 2020, the Servizi Italia Group's operating performance recorded a consolidated turnover equal to Euro 178.0 million, down by 9.4% (-5.7% at the same exchange rates) compared to 30 September 2019.
For what concerns the three business lines of the Group, please note the following:


Consolidated EBITDA went from Euro 52.2 million in the first nine months of 2019 to Euro 41.7 million as at 30 September 2020. Despite the strong reduction in revenues in the period (-9.4%), reduction in EBITDA margin has been contained (-3.2%), passing from 26.6% to 23.4% (23.8% at the same consolidation scope and exchange rate). This figure reflects the positive performance of Brazil and Turkey as well as the measures taken to contain operating and structural costs. Raw materials costs increased as a percentage of revenues (+1.1%), mainly due to the purchase of disposable equipment and PPE related to Covid-19 emergency and an increase in the percentage of costs for services (+1.8%), although down by 4.0% in absolute terms, especially due to a wider outsourcing of core services, i.e. external laundries and wardrobe services, in support of Covid-19 emergency. Personnel expenses are substantially in line as a percentage with revenues (+ 0.2%), but down by 8.9% in absolute terms compared to the same period of the previous year, thanks to a reduction of temporary work and a larger use of holidays, permits and redundancy fund (Italian CIG) in response to Covid-19 emergency. Despite the emergency, the excellent results of operating margins at international level has been confirmed in the first nine months of 2020, both in Brazil (EBITDA margin 34.4%), which recorded a significant increase compared to the first nine months of 2019, and in Turkey (EBITDA margin 31.4%).
The operating result (EBIT) passed from Euro 9.8 million in the first nine months of 2019 (5.0% compared to turnover of the period) to Euro 0.9 million in the same period of 2020 (0.5% compared to the turnover of the period, or 0.9% at constant exchange rates), as a result of the trends already described in the comments on the change in EBITDA. The consolidated operating result also includes provisions for Euro 0.35 million related to costs to be incurred for dismantling, restoring and scrapping the assets of Podenzano (PC, Italy) plant, against the planned cessation of activities at the production site.
Therefore, the consolidated financial statements as at 30 September 2020 closes with a net income of Euro -0.3 million compared to Euro 7.7 million in the same period of the year.
Net financial debt as at 30 September 2020 is equal to Euro 136.5 million, up compared to Euro 127.4 million as at 31 December 2019.
During the first nine months of 2020, the Group's activities, which operate in strict compliance with the relevant regulations, have been affected by the viral pandemic SARS-Cov-2 or Covid-19 (also known as Coronavirus), which had its first displays in Italy from February 2020 and in other countries where the Group operates from the beginning of March 2020.


The Group has promptly started to monitor the effects of the pandemic on its results and related analyses are still ongoing. In the first nine months of 2020, there were different impacts on Group's results, depending on the sector of reference and relative geographical area.
For what concerns the Group's activities in Italy, the following should be particularly noted:


it should be remembered that wash-hire services for hotel and catering represent a minority share of Servizi Italia's business;
• Government's provisions for the lockdown of production activities of industrial companies have led to a temporary contraction in the volume of laundry services for community and industry (Workwear brand). The effect on business has been temporary since, at the present time, a gradual resumption of activities has been promoted, in compliance with the provisions of law. The positive growth trend may be affected by elements of uncertainty, similar to those recorded in the first months of pandemic, primarily connected to the healthcare measures adopted and under adoption by the Governments of countries in which the Group operates. In this regard, it should be noted that workwear laundry services represent a minority share of Servizi Italia's business.
The current health emergency represents an extraordinary and unpredictable event which alters the synallagma of some contracts, considered as essential. In support of these facts, it should be noted that the National Anti-Corruption Authority (Italian acronym: ANAC) expressed its opinion on "issues relating to contracts concerning integrated services for the rental, sanitization and sterilization of textile and medical devices used in hospital and outpatient facilities, both public and private, as a result of the health emergency situation" by means of resolution no. 540 dated 1 July 2020. The resolution took note of the "serious economic imbalance of the current contractual relationships concerning the provision of hospital wash-hire services determined by the current emergency situation", and establishes the "prerequisite to justify the use of a variant in progress for unforeseen and unforeseeable circumstances pursuant to Article 106, paragraph 1, letter c) of the Code of Public Contracts". These elements put the Group in a position to initiate discussions with customer administrations in order to define the conditions for the recovery of excess costs incurred during the period of crisis resulting from the pandemic.
In addition to Italy, the activities consolidated on a line-by-line basis by the Group concern laundry services for healthcare in Brazil and Turkey as well. In these countries, the Coronavirus emergency started to have effects some weeks later than in Italy. On the basis of the preliminary analysis carried out, it is estimated that the effects of the emergency on business volumes in these areas follow the same trend for hospital laundry services as in Italy. Despite the high virologic impact throughout the country, in Brazil volumes did not significantly fall, thanks in part to the ability to primarily serve emergency facilities set up to deal with the epidemiological crisis; in Turkey, volumes processed by industrial plants followed a trend indirectly proportional to the cases of Covid-19, recording a negative peak in April, but recovering from June on.
The mix of factors highlighted here above, in relation to how Coronavirus emergency impacted service demand trends, had a direct impact on productive and business support activities. In particular:


In view of the fact that the services provided by the Group are considered essential, crucial and of public utility and therefore defensive with respect to the current epidemiological situation, the Group has implemented risk & project management and project control activities in order to (i) avoid the spread of contagion and protect the health and safety of its personnel and the environment, (ii) ensure business continuity, (iii) mitigate any possible negative impact on economic results coming from a drop in demand for certain types of services; (iv) have an updated mapping of risks, related impacts and mitigation actions in the various areas of Company organization, in line with the requirements of Risk Management and Internal Audit processes.
Moreover, management did not detect a worsening of the liquidity risk for the Group that, in the emergency phase, was able to manage its financial needs with the sole use of self-liquidating and shortterm lines without resorting to new medium/long-term finance at worse conditions.
During October 2020, the Company started a process of reorganization of the production sites in northwestern Italy. The actions undertaken are aimed at mitigating the negative structural effects deriving from a market context influenced by the awarding of contracts with downward economic offers, to which critical issues related to healthcare and industrial laundry sectors and connected to Covid-19 pandemic are added. These actions concern the stop of laundry activities at the plant located in Podenzano (PC, Italy), with relevant redistribution of volumes in order to achieve greater saturation of the production capacity in the sites of this area. To this end, the HR Manager has already begun a


dialogue with national and territorial Trade Unions, company trade union representatives and workers, with the aim of getting to shared organizational solutions that will allow the use of the regulatory tools currently in force and mitigate the social impact of the operation described above.
Following tender activities related to the procedure for the assignment of wash-hire service for linen, mattresses and clothing for the healthcare facilities in Friuli-Venezia-Giulia Region, Servizi Italia S.p.A., as parent company, resulted the first in the ranking relative to the 3 lots pertaining to the public health facilities located in the Region itself. The re-awarded contract has a duration of 5 years and a total value of about Euro 25 million for the whole period, possibly renewable for 36 months for a value of about Euro 15 million and including the revision of the service prices according to the ISTAT index.
As at 9 November 2020, the Company purchased a total of 1,483,460 treasury shares on the market regulated and managed by Borsa Italiana, equal to 4.66% of the share capital.
The Group's activities are influenced by the general economic conditions and the epidemiological situation of the countries in which it operates. In relation to the impact of the crisis caused by the Covid-19 virus, the first economic effects appeared in March 2020 and, in response to these events, the Group re-adapted its strategy on the basis of the new medium/long-term guidelines, integrating it with the new post-Covid-19 corporate strategy, aligning objectives and targets to the new context. Despite the positive growth trend recorded in the third quarter, a climate of uncertainty remains regarding the possible effects of the worsening of the pandemic crisis, primarily related to the health measures adopted and under adoption by Governments of the countries in which the Group operates, which could have operational, business and currency effects on Group's short-term outlook.
In addition to what has been described above regarding the effects of the Covid-19 viral pandemic, it should be noted that the Italian market for industrial laundries is experiencing a structural contraction related to certain critical issues specific to the healthcare services sector, such as the awarding of contracts with downward economic offers, the effects of which have affected the Parent Company, with the failure to reconfirm contracts in portfolio and the awarding of contracts already in portfolio at lower prices than in the past. While maintaining forecasts of an overall positive operating margin in the foreseeable future, management will be affected in the medium term by a reduction in turnover in the domestic wash-hire sector and a reduction in operating margins which, in part, can be offset by the further development of the sectors with higher margins and by the following targets:


institutes and legal instruments for personnel management (e.g. CIGO, Italian acronym for Ordinary Wages Guarantee Fund);
o implementation of appropriate measures to ensure business continuity, managing the epidemiological risk to ensure health, safety and working activities of employees, in compliance with the regulatory requirements of governments in the countries where the Group operates, protocols on safety in the workplace and internal operating procedures.
Moreover, the Group as a whole will be able to benefit from the effects of the internationalization strategy by consolidating the positive results achieved in the countries where it operates, particularly in Brazil and Turkey.
The Group has a solid financial position which, despite the period of crisis, allowed to face the current situation with a wide recourse to self-liquidating and short-term lines without resorting to new medium/long-term finance at worse conditions in terms of onerousness, which would have led to a future burden on financial management, maintaining good creditworthiness with banking institutions.
In the light of the above, the Group remains confident to be able to effectively manage both the effects of the current epidemiological crisis together and its future objectives.
As at 30 September 2020, following the transactions on the market regulated and managed by Borsa Italiana, the Company held n. 1,457,560 treasury shares, equal to 4.58% of the share capital.
The Interim Management Report as at 30 September 2020 will be available to the public today at Company's registered office, on Company website www.servizitaliagroup.com, as well as on the authorized storage mechanism eMarket Storage at www.emarkestorage.com.
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The Executive Responsible for the preparation of the corporate accounting documents, Angelo Minotta, declares in accordance with Article 154 bis, paragraph 2, of the Consolidated Finance Act, that the accounting information contained in the present press release corresponds to the underlying accounting documents, records and accounting entries.
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The present document uses an "alternative performance indicator" not provided by the IFRS accounting standards. Here is the calculation method used and the composition of these ratios, in line with the guidelines of the European Securities and Market Authority (ESMA). The Group management has defined: (i) EBITDA as the difference between the value of sales and services and operating costs before depreciation, amortization, write-


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downs, impairment and provisions; (ii) net financial debt as the sum of amounts Due to banks and other lenders net of Cash and cash equivalents and Current financial receivables.
This press release is disclosed using emarket SDIR system and it is now available on Company's website (www.servizitaliagroup.com) as well as on eMarket STORAGE system ().
Servizi Italia S.p.A., a company based in Castellina di Soragna (PR) and listed on the STAR segment of the MTA of Borsa Italiana S.p.A., has been a leader in Italy in the field of integrated rental, washing and sterilization services for textile materials and medical devices in the healthcare sector for over thirty years. The company, which together with its Italian and foreign subsidiaries forms the Servizi Italia Group, has also expanded its services to the industrial, community and hotel sectors. The Group has a highly technological production platform, articulated in over 50 production plants in 7 countries and counts about 3,700 employees and collaborators: these are the numbers with which Servizi Italia contributes daily to the health and safety of professionals, patients and workers, respecting ethics and the environment in which it operates.
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PRESS RELEASE
13 November 2020
| (thousands of Euros) | 30 September 2020 |
31 December 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| ASSETS | ||
| Non-current assets | ||
| Property, plant and equipment | 165,747 | 175,575 |
| Intangible assets | 5,522 | 5,901 |
| Goodwill | 65,400 | 71,025 |
| Equity-accounted investments | 24,638 | 25,372 |
| Equity investments in other companies | 3,322 | 3,677 |
| Financial receivables | 6,663 | 6,577 |
| Deferred tax assets | 7,460 | 4,960 |
| Other assets | 4,295 | 5,821 |
| Total non-current assets | 283,047 | 298,908 |
| Current assets | ||
| Inventories | 7,193 | 6,882 |
| Trade receivables | 72,005 | 72,126 |
| Current tax assets | 2,041 | 2,085 |
| Financial receivables | 6,549 | 8,310 |
| Other assets | 7,853 | 9,604 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 4,437 | 7,141 |
| Total current assets | 100,078 | 106,148 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 383,125 | 405,056 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | ||
| Group shareholders' equity | ||
| Share capital | 30,352 | 30,935 |
| Other reserves and retained earnings | 82,563 | 94,728 |
| Net profit of the period | (437) | 8,990 |
| Total shareholders' equity attributable to shareholders of the parent | 112,478 | 134,653 |
| Total shareholders' equity attributable to non-controlling interests | 2,170 | 3,604 |
| TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 114,648 | 138,257 |
| LIABILITIES | ||
| Non-current liabilities | ||
| Due to banks and other lenders | 51,739 | 68,558 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 2,396 | 2,408 |
| Employee benefits | 9,750 | 10,321 |
| Provisions for risks and charges | 4,148 | 4,429 |
| Other financial liabilities | 3,405 | 3,877 |
| Total non-current liabilities | 71,438 | 89,593 |
| Current liabilities | ||
| Due to banks and other lenders | 95,796 | 74,301 |
| Trade payables | 75,202 | 72,364 |
| Current tax liabilities | 200 | 191 |
| Other financial liabilities | 3,139 | 9,269 |
| Provisions for risks and charges | 1,708 | 1,453 |
| Other liabilities | 20,994 | 19,628 |
| Total current liabilities | 197,039 | 177,206 |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 268,477 | 266,799 |
| TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 383,125 | 405,056 |


PRESS RELEASE
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| 30 September | 30 September | |
|---|---|---|
| (thousands of Euros) | 2020 | 2019 |
| Revenues from sales | 178,040 | 196,407 |
| Other income | 3,319 | 3,291 |
| Raw materials and consumables | (20,216) | (20,054) |
| Costs for services | (56,434) | (58,943) |
| Personnel expenses | (61,586) | (67,420) |
| Other costs | (1,420) | (1,075) |
| Depreciation/amortization and provisions | (40,787) | (42,371) |
| Operating profit (loss) | 916 | 9,835 |
| Financial income | 1,145 | 1,568 |
| Financial expenses | (4,174) | (4,727) |
| Income/(Expense) from equity investments | 1,052 | 629 |
| Revaluation/impairment of equity-accounted investments | (973) | 1,091 |
| Profit (Loss) before taxes | (2,034) | 8,396 |
| Income taxes | 1,731 | (712) |
| Profit (Loss) of the period | (303) | 7,684 |
| of which: Share pertaining to the Shareholders of the Parent Company | (437) | 7,313 |
| Share pertaining to the minority shareholders | 134 | 371 |
| (thousands of Euros) | 30 September 2020 |
30 September 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit (Loss) of the period | (303) | 7,684 |
| Other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to the Income Statement | ||
| Actuarial gains (losses) on defined benefit plans | - | - |
| Income taxes on other comprehensive income | - | - |
| Other comprehensive income that may be reclassified to the Income Statement | ||
| Gains (losses) from translation of foreign financial statements | (16,750) | (969) |
| Portion of comprehensive income of the investments measured using the equity method |
(244) | (1,394) |
| Income taxes on other comprehensive income | - | - |
| Total other comprehensive income after taxes | (16,994) | (2,363) |
| Total comprehensive income for the period | (17,297) | 5,321 |
| of which: Attributable to shareholders of the parent | (17,151) | 4,990 |
| Attributable to non-controlling interests | (146) | 331 |


PRESS RELEASE 13 November 2020
| (thousands of Euros) | 30 September 2020 |
31 December 2019 |
30 September 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents in hand | 89 | 44 | 331 |
| Cash at bank | 4,348 | 7,097 | 5,781 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 4,437 | 7,141 | 6,112 |
| Current financial receivables | 6,549 | 8,310 | 9,401 |
| Current liabilities to banks and other lenders | (95,796) | (74,301) | (77,876) |
| of which financial liabilities for IFRS 16 | (3,354) | (3,707) | (3,726) |
| Current net financial debt | (89,247) | (65,991) | (68,475) |
| Non-current liabilities to banks and other lenders | (51,739) | (68,558) | (71,930) |
| of which financial liabilities for IFRS 16 | (29,458) | (32,552) | (32,125) |
| Non-current net financial debt | (51,739) | (68,558) | (71,930) |
| Net financial debt | (136,549) | (127,408) | (134,293) |
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