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Thermador Groupe

Annual / Quarterly Financial Statement Jul 30, 2020

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THERMADOR GROUPE

Private limited company with capital of €36,803,396 Head office : SAINT QUENTIN FALLAVIER (France / Isère). 80 rue du Ruisseau.

339 159 402 companies register of Vienne

This is a free translation into English of the condensed consolidated half yearly statements issued in the French language and is provided solely for the convenience of Englishspeaking readers. The report must be read in conjunction and construed in accordance with French law and French auditing professional standards.

I.- Financial statement at 30 June 2020

(In thousands of euros)

Assets 30/06/2020 30/06/2019 31/12/2019
Non-current assets:
Consolidated goodwill 56 365 50 804 53 286
Intangible assets 9 363 4 841 6 818
Tangible assets: 64 198 58 578 61 619
Land 10 834 10 834 10 834
Buildings 34 757 36 267 35 795
Other tangible assets 6 562 5 650 5 770
Other tangible assets in progress 8 768 2 707 6 265
Right of use in rental contracts 3 277 3 120 2 955
Financial investments 312 296 298
Deferred tax assets 1 251 1 204 1 270
Total non-current assets 131 489 115 723 123 291
Current assets:
Stock (goods) 124 118 117 726 123 046
Trade notes and accounts receivable 92 261 84 428 63 931
Corporate tax 1018 421 685
Deferred tax assets 378 409 487
Other receivables 12 482 11 433 12 597
Financial instruments
Cash and cash equivalent 9 247 13 672 32 494
Total current assets 239 504 228 089 233 240
Total assets 370 993 343 812 356 531

Liabilities 30/06/2020 30/06/2019 31/12/2019
Shareholders' equity:
Share capital and reserves 88 908 82 897 82 897
Consolidated reserves 117 024 104 455 104 216
Portion of net profit allocated to the group 16 471 16 981 32 373
Minority interests 180 175 177
Total shareholders' equity 222 583 204 508 219 663
Non-current liabilities:
Loans and long-term financial debt 32 372 30 428 29 764
Rental obligations over one year 2 194 2 289 1 951
Deferred tax liabilities 3 815 2 968 3 329
Provisions for end-of-career commitment 4 106 3 270 3 724
Total non-current liabilities 42 487 38 955 38 768
Current liabilities:
Current provisions 663 565 606
Rental obligation under one year 1 101 845 1 018
Short-term loans 554 1 170 189
Current portion of loans and financial long-term debt 14 595 10 538 11 760
Accounts payable 52 200 55 470 52 254
Equipment supply accounts payable 726 988 1 510
Tax payable 714 1 214 1 983
Tax and social charges debt 20 684 17 304 13 927
Other liabilities 14 686 12 255 14 853
Total current liabilities 105 923 100 349 98 100
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity 370 993 343 812 356 531

II.- Global consolidated profit statement (In thousands of euros)

Consolidated profit and loss account st half
1
2020
st half 2019
1
FY 2019
Net turnover 187 869 190 699 368 836
Other income from activity 317 418 718
Purchases consumed -120 589 -121 919 -234 593
Personnel charges -22 693 -21 597 -42 867
External costs -14 922 -16 636 -33 380
Taxes -2 924 -2 969 -4 586
Depreciation and amortisation -2 583 -2 301 -4 663
Depreciation and amortisation – IFRS 16 impacts -554 -434 -854
Increase in provisions -377 -143 -464
Other earnings, other operating expenditure -186 -101 -326
Operating profit 23 358 25 017 47 821
Variation of fair value of financial instruments
Cash earnings and equivalent -13 -17 -25
Gross cost of debt -98 -90 -182
Finance charges – IFRS 16 impacts -24 -23 -31
Taxes -6 746 -7 903 -15 205
Net profit 16 477 16 984 32 378
Net profit as a portion of the group 16 472 16 981 32 373
Net profit attributable to minority interests 5 3 5
Net profit as a portion of the group per share in euros * 1,79 1,86 3,55
Net profit per share after dilution in euros ** 1,70 1,77 3,37

* Earning per share was calculated on 9,199,649 shares, 9,200,849 shares from which we have deducted the 1,200 own shares on 30 June 2020. It is calculated on 9,108,752 shares (see note 8), 9,109,752 shares minus 1,200 own shares on 30 June 2019 and 31 December 2019.

**Result per share after dilution is calculated from 9,699,649 shares, i.e. existing shares minus 1,200 own shares plus 500,000 shares corresponding authorised non-issued capital of €2,000,000.

It is calculated on 9,608,552 shares on 30 June 2019 and on 31 December 2019, i.e. existing shares minus 1,200 own shares plus 500,000 shares corresponding authorised non-issued capital of €2,000,000.

Statement of other elements of net overall consolidated profit st half 2020
1
st half 2019
1
FY 2019
Net profit 16 477 16 984 32 378
Other elements of overall profit:
Actuarial discrepancy on end-of-career commitment provision -260
Fair value of financial instruments -14 -10 32
Total overall profit 16 463 16 974 32 150
Total overall profit – Portion of the group 16 458 16 971 32 145

III.- Cash flow statement (In thousands of euros)

Cash flow statement 1st half 2020 1st half 2019 FY 2019
Consolidated net profit 16 477 16 984 32 378
Plus, or minus latent gains due to fair value variations -
Plus or minus net depreciation expense and provisions (non-current) 2 668 2 636 4 712
Plus or minus depreciation allowance - IFRS 16 impacts 554 854
Plus financial charges – IFRS 16 impacts 24 31
Capital gains or losses from disposals 1 -8 68
Cash flow from operations after net financial cost and taxes 19 724 19 612 38 043
Taxes 6 747 7 903 15 205
Cash flow from operations before net financial cost and taxes 26 471 27 515 53 248
Taxes paid - 6 892 -7 990 -15 269
Cash flow from operations before net financial cost and after taxes 19 579 19 525 37 979
Change in operating working capital -24 020 - 5 994 5 206
-
Of which, Variation in trade receivables
-26 139 -26 310 -4874
-
Of which, stock variations
521 5 056 936
-
Of which, accounts payable variations
-1 692 11 202 7 226
-
Of which, other receivables variations
305 -1 545 -2 862
-
Of which, other debt variations
2 985 5 603 4 780
Net cash flow from operating activities - 4 441 13 531 43 185
Net cash flow from operations of change in scope -4 967 -4 779
Disbursements for property, plant and equipment and intangible assets -4 644 -3 131 -8 589
Receipts from sale of assets 14 589 595
Owing to suppliers of fixed assets (variation) -784 571 1 093
Net cash flow from investments -10 381 -1 971 -11 680
Free cash flow -14 822 11 560 31 505
Dividends paid to shareholders of the parent company -16 395 -15 940 -15 940
Loans subscriptions 7 000 5 200
Increase in capital 2 851
IFRS 16 financing flows -574 -871
Loan repayments -1 672 -6 158 -10 629
Net cash flow from financing activities -8 790 -22 098 -22 240
Net cash flow -23 612 -10 538 9 265
Opening cash 32 305 23 040 23 040
Closing cash 8 693 12 502 32 305

Opening and closing cash position' reflects the difference between a positive cash position and bank overdrafts. On June 30, 2020, the positive cash position was €9,247k and bank overdrafts €554,000.

Equity variation statements Capital Reserves
linked to
capital
Shares held
internally
Retained
earnings
Profits
recorded
directly as
shareholders'
equity
Total
group
share
Minority
shareholders
Total
shareholder
s' equity
Situation on 31/12/2018 36 439 44 807 122 100 -51 203 295 174 203 469
Dividends paid * -15 940 - -15 940 -2 -15 942
Allocation of profits the
reserves
1 651 1
6
5
1
Fair value on financial
instruments
32 32 32
Foreign exchange differential -14 -14 -14
Other variations
Actuarial gains -260 -260 -260
Capital increase 32 373 32 373 5 32 378
Situation on 31/12/2019 36 439 46 458 136 882 -293 219 486 177 219 663
Dividends paid** -16 395 -16 395 -2 -16 397
Allocation of profits the
reserves
3 160 -3 160
Fair value on financial
instruments
364 2 487 2 851 2 851
Foreign exchange differential -14 -14 -14
Other variations
Half Year net profit
3 3 3
Dividends paid** 16 472 16 472 5 16 477
Situation on 30/06/2020 36 803 52 105 133 799 -304 222 403 180 222 583

IV.- Equity variation statement (in thousands of euros)

* 2018 dividend: €1.75 on 9,108,552 shares; treasury shares owned on the day of detachment of dividend rights (i.e. 1,200 shares) did not result in dividends being paid.

** 2019 dividend: 1.80 € on 9,108,552 shares, treasury shares owned on the day of detachment of dividend rights (i.e. 1,200 shares) did not result in dividends being paid.

V- Notes to the condensed financial consolidated statements for the half year

(In thousands of euros)

The condensed consolidated half yearly statements on June 30, 2020 were closed by the Board on July 29, 2020.

1) Main events of the financial half year:

COVID-19 crisis:

During the first half of 2020 the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic impacted global economic activity and by extension, that of Thermador Groupe and its subsidiaries.

Our devolved organisation, made up of small structures, enabled us to take health safety measures extremely quickly. Fortunately, none of our employees were seriously affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The digitisation of our organisations was already well advanced on 14 March 2020. Homeworking came on stream very quickly and efficiently for all employees who could do their jobs remotely.

Our logistics and management staff were physically present. Only Rousseau's Spanish site in Madrid had to close its doors for 15 days to protect employee health. All the other companies in the group continued to serve their customers, in some cases winning us market share. Overall, the commitment and sturdiness of our staff during this period was a major asset.

The closures of our suppliers' plants in France and around the world lasted only a few weeks. They did not all occur simultaneously, but in line with the lockdown measures taken independently by the different governments. At the same time, sales slowed enormously, meaning stock-outs were never a problem.

On the contrary, we had to limit inventory growth that could have resulted from the sharp drop in sales. Sourcing control was orchestrated by each subsidiary, in close cooperation with our suppliers. Number of days of consumed purchases, stock increased from 168 days on June 30, 2019 to 177 days on June 30, 2020.

To date, none of our customers or suppliers has been placed under safeguard procedures. In number of days' sales, receivables increased from 57.2 days on June 30, 2019 to 64.5 days on June 30, 2020. This is the result of excellent follow-up by our subsidiaries and the loyalty of our customers.

The French government and the European authorities adopted some forceful measures to support the economy, which have helped keep many of our customers in business. State-guaranteed loans have been granted to several of them. In addition, partial unemployment was financed for us by the State, which we used as a last resort, for a consolidated total of €485,000 during the first half of the year, representing 12% of our worked hours between March 16 and June 30.

Our two banking partners have supported us unreservedly by deferring loan instalments for a total amount of €4.6m, by financing an external growth operation for €7m on April 30, 2020 and by granting us additional overdraft facilities.

From the beginning of the crisis to 9 June 2020, we published information on the impact of the crisis every two weeks. We have also increased the number of video-conferences with our shareholders.

As our debt ratio is extremely low, we have been able to maintain the proposed dividend for 2019. This resolution was approved at a digital AGM attended by 65.8% of voting rights.

We will be in a position to better quantify the impact of all of this at the end of 2020. To date, we have seen a 4.3% decline in turnover and a 7.1% decline in operating profit at the end of the first half of 2020 (at constant scope).

Acquisition of Thermacome :

On April 30, 2020, THERMADOR GROUPE has finalized with ACOME group the acquisition of all THERMACOME's shares, a company based in Saint-James (Manche county, France) for a total of €7 million via a cash payment on April 30, 2020. For the purpose, THERMADOR GROUPE has taken out two very competitive, fixed-rate, five-year loans with CIC Lyonnaise de Banque and Société Générale banks.

THERMACOME is specialised in conception, thermal engineering and distribution of sanitation water pipework systems and heating and thermal comfort in buildings. It is in the same markets as PBtub (THERMADOR GROUPE subsidiary), with highly complementary know-how and development projects, both in terms of clientele and market segment. In 2019 THERMACOME and its 32 employees reported turnover of €19.4m and €972,000 operating profit. On December 31, 2019, the company's net cash position was €1.8m.

The project includes keeping the Saint-James site and the skills associated with it, and developing a close, long-standing partnership for the supply of PER tubes by ACOME, manufactured in their Mortain industrial site (Manche county, France).

2) Accounting reference set:

Note 1 - Accounting reference set

In application of European regulation 1606/2002 of July 19th 2002, the consolidated financial statements of Thermador Groupe are prepared according to international financial information standards (IAS/IFRS compliant with IFRS and IASB) as adopted by the European Union on June 30. 2020 With the exception of the points mentioned below, the accounting principles used are identical to those adopted for the financial statements of December 31, 2019.

In the financial statements presented hereafter, all standards and compulsory application interpretations on January 1, 2020 have been applied. No accounting standard is applied by anticipation.

IFRS 15

The IFRS 15 standard, first applied on January 1, 2018 only concerns the reclassification of advertising expenditure.

- Recognition of our turnover

Our turnovers mainly comprise sales of finished products. Sales are stated net of trade discounts and customer rebates, as well as net of costs relating to trade support and listing or linked to occasional promotional actions invoiced by customers. Turnover recognition applies as of the moment of delivery. Our group is not subject to other performance obligations linked to ancillary services (installation and/or maintenance of merchandise, etc.).

Concerning warrantees, our Group only complies with legal warrantees. The impacts of these warrantees in respect of IFRS 15 are insignificant and therefore are not reprocessed.

- Advertising spending

Advertising spend having given rise to reclassification according to IFRS 15 reflect discounts or payments for separate services to our distributor customers, the amount of which is calculated as a percentage of turnover. These advertising spends were accounted for as external charges. This reclassification has no impact on the result. In the absence of an impact on equity at the start of the financial period, Thermador Groupe applied the so-called 'simplified' retrospective transition method on January 1st, 2018.

The table below details financial aggregates as they would have been if IAS 11 and IAS 18 had been applied for that financial year:

In thousands of euros 30/06/2020 30/06/2019 31/12/2019
Turnover according to IAS 11 and IAS 18 190 778 193 562 373 343
Impact IFRS 15 (2 909) (2 863) (4 507)
Turnover according to IFRS 15 187 869 190 699 368 836
External charges before IFRS 15 (17 831) (19 499) (37 887)
Impact IFRS 15 2 909 2 863 4 507
External charges after IFRS 15 (14 922) (16 636) (33 380)

IFRS 9

IFRS standard 9 requires application of the depreciation model based on expected losses on all financial assets, including commercial debt, as of January 1, 2018. On the basis of these past five years, irrecoverable losses have represented an average of 0.1% of consolidated turnover. This non-significant impact did not justify an equity-type provision at the beginning of the financial period on June 30, 2018 or for the end-of-year results of December 31, 2019, and of June 30, 2020.

IFRS 16

The 'rental contracts' IFRS 16 standards came into force for financial years beginning as of January 1, 2019. We opted for the simplified retrospective method.

Application of the IFRS 16 standard concerns the presentation and accounting of rental contracts. Rental contracts such as those defined by the 'rental contracts' IFRS 16 standards are booked on the balance sheet which results in the recognition:

  • of an asset which corresponds to the right of use of the asset rented throughout the period of the contract,
  • of a debt for the lease liabilities.

Assessment of the right-of-use assets

On the starting date of a rental contract, the right of use is assessed at its cost (i.e. the total of rents discounted against the period of the contract) and includes the initial amount of the debt. For rental contracts with a starting date prior to January 1, 2019 the starting date applied was January 1, 2019.

The right-of-use is amortised over the period of use of the subjacent assets (lease term for the rent component).

Assessment of lease liabilities

On the starting date of a rental contract, the lease liability is booked for an amount equal to the discounted value of rents over the period of the contract. The amounts taken into account for rents in the assessment of debt are as follows:

  • Fixed rent (including fixed rents in substance, i.e. even if they contain variability in the presentation, they are, in substance, unavoidable),
  • Payments to be made by the tenant on account of an option to buy.

Assessment of liabilities linked to the rental contract:

  • It is increased to include interest charges determined by implementation of a discount rate to the debt, at the beginning of the period,
  • It is reduced by the amount of the payments already made.

Also, the liabilities can be re-valued in the following situations:

  • Revision of the rental period,
  • Modification linked to an assessment of the reasonable certainty (or otherwise) of exercising an option,
  • Revision of the rates or index upon which rents are based when the adjustment of rents takes place.

Typology of capitalised rental contracts

- 'Real estate' rental contracts

The group has identified rental contracts according to the standard for the buildings rented by its subsidiaries Mecafer, FGinox, Rousseau, Distrilabo and Thermacome. Those rental contracts have a duration of 3-6-9 years without a renewal option on the lease term, excepted for that of Thermacome, which is three years. The duration used to calculate the lease liabilities is 9 years (excepted for Thermacome, which is three years) in compliance with the ANC recommendations.

The discount rate used to calculate the rental debt for each asset is determined according to the marginal indebtedness rate on the starting date of the contract. We have used one single rate for all the buildings, the properties being usually purchased by S.C.I. Thely which is 100% held by Thermador Groupe. This rate corresponds to the interest rate that the tenant would, at the beginning of the rental period, obtain to borrow the funds necessary to purchase the asset over a period with a similar guarantee and in a similar economic environment. The rate is obtained by adding the '10-year lead borrowing rate' and the spread that is specific to Thermador Groupe (the rate gap between Thermador Groupe's marginal lending rate and the '10-year lead borrowing rate').

- 'Other assets' rental contracts

The main lease contracts identified are for vehicles and photocopiers. The capitalisation period for rents corresponds to the compulsory engagement period of the contract, with the majority of contracts not including renewal options. The discount rate used to calculate the rental debt is determined for each asset according to the marginal indebtedness rate at the date the contract comes into force (cf. paragraph 'real estate' to understand how the marginal indebtedness rate is determined). This discount rate is different from the discount rate used for 'real estate' rental contracts.

Typology of non-capitalised rental contracts

The group uses two exceptions allowed by the IFRS 16 standard which means that they do not need to be booked on the balance sheet: short-period contracts and contracts concerning low-value assets:

  • Short-term rental contracts for twelve months or less,
  • Rental contracts concerning low-value assets: these contracts concern rents for which the new replacement value of the asset is \$5,000 US or less.

Summary of the financial statement impacts

30/06/2020 IFRS 16 impacts
Financial statement
Non-current assets before IFRS 16 128 213
Right-of-use assets 3 276
Non-current assets after IFRS 16 131 489
Non-current liabilities before IFRS 16 40 293
Lease liabilities over 1 year 2 194
Non-current liabilities after IFRS 16 42 487
Current liabilities before IFRS 16 104 822
Lease liabilities under 1 year 1101
Current liabilities after IFRS 16 105 923
Global consolidated profit statement
External costs before IFRS 16 -15 496
Cancellation of the rental costs 574
External costs after IFRS 16 -14 922
Depreciation and amortisation before IFRS 16 -2 583
Depreciation and amortisation - IFRS 16 impact -554
Depreciation and amortisation after IFRS 16 -3 137
Gross cost of debt before IFRS 16 -98
Finance cost - IFRS 16 impact -24
Gross cost of debt après IFRS 16 -122
Taxes before IFRS 16 -6 747
Deferred taxes - IFRS 16 impact 1
Taxes after IFRS 16 -6 746
Total impact on profit -3

IFRIC 23

The IFRIC 23 'uncertainty relating to fiscal processing' interpretation became compulsory as of January 1st, 2019. On 30 June 2020, its application has no impact on our account or the half yearly statements.

3) Consolidated subsidiaries

Consolidated subsidiaries are all companies in which Thermador Groupe held directly or indirectly at least 20% of the voting rights on June 30, 2020:

Name Location Ownership interest Consolidation method
(%)
Sferaco France 99.9975% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Thermador France 99.9975% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Jetly France 99.9972% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Dipra France 97.9933% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
PB Tub France 99.9800% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Isocel France 99.9000% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Sectoriel France 99.9631% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Syveco (formerly called Thermador France 99.9888% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
International) *
Axelair France 99.9958% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Mecafer France 100.0000% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Domac France 100.0000% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Aello France 99.9992% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Thely France 99.9999% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Opaline France 100.0000% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Tagest France 99.8000% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Deco holding (Sodeco Valves)*** Belgium 100.0000% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
FGinox France 100.0000% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Edouard Rousseau (formerly called France 100.0000% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Sanidom)
Rousseau SA** Spain 100.0000% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Distrilabo France 100.0000% Fully consolidated subsidiaries
Thermacome France 100.0000% Fully consolidated subsidiaries

The consolidation scope concerns all companies of the group. This was modified in 2020: acquisition of 100 % of Thermacome's capital on April 30, 2020.

(*) Thermador International changed its name and is now called Syveco.

(**) Rousseau SA was consolidated in the Rousseau sub-perimeter on December 31. 2019. On June 30. 2020, Rousseau SA is consolidated in the Thermador Groupe perimeter.

(***) Deco holding (Sodeco Valves) is the sub-perimeter made of Sodeco Distribution (Belgium), Sodalis Investment (Belgium), Sodeco Valves BV (Netherlands), Sodeco Valves AG (Switzerland), Sodeco Armaturen GMBH (Germany) and Sodeco Sedin (France).

4) Material accounting rules and methods

The base method used to assess elements entered into the accounts is the historical cost method except for financial instruments (short-terms and derivatives) which are assessed at their actual value.

Note 1 - Goodwill

Goodwill arising from the acquisition of S.C.I Thely shares by Thermador Groupe in 1987 and 1990 was allocated to Land and Buildings: this adjustment was not applied to minority interests. This goodwill is amortised through income statement in accordance with the accounting principles applying to the related fixed assets. Thus, the spread attributed to land was not amortised and the spread allocated to constructions was amortised according to the forecast residual service life of the constructions.

Land Buildings Total
Gross purchase discrepancy value 39 468 507
Start-of-period depreciations (468) (468)
End-of-period depreciations (468) (468)
Net purchase discrepancy value 39 39

With Thermador Groupe's purchase of Sodeco Valves shares on August 31, 2017, a purchase discrepancy of €300,000 was allocated to the buildings item. Via the profit and loss statement, this purchase discrepancy was depreciated in compliance with rules applying to the asset concerned. Thus, the purchase discrepancy for constructions was written down over 20 years.

Buildings
Gross purchase discrepancy value 300
Start-of-period depreciations (35)
End-of-period depreciations (43)
Net purchase discrepancy value 257

At the time of purchase of Sanidom shares (today: Etablissements Edouard Rousseau) by Thermador Groupe on December 31, 2018, a purchase discrepancy of k€3,536 was allocated to the land & buildings item.

Land Buildings Total
Gross purchase discrepancy value 952 2 584 3 536
Start-of-period depreciations (119) (119)
End-of-period depreciations (178) (178)
Net purchase discrepancy value 952 2 406 3 358

The purchase discrepancy allocated to buildings will be amortised using write-down periods according to items.

Items Depreciation period (number of years)
Primary works 40
Wall frames and roof frames 25
Electricity 20
Heating and plumbing 15
Paintwork and partitions 10
Roof 20

A purchase discrepancy of €3,700,000 was attributed to the brand for a total of €1,200,000 and customer relations for €2,500,000. The latter is written down over a period of 10 years starting on January 1, 2019. Therefore, a depreciation charge is accounted €125,000 on June 30, 2020.

Brand Customer relations Total
Gross purchase discrepancy value 1 200 2 500 3 700
Start-of-period depreciations (250) (250)
End-of-period depreciations (375) (375)
Net purchase discrepancy value 1 200 2 125 3 325

At the time of Thermador Groupe's purchase of Distrilabo's shares on December 31, 2019, goodwill of €1,900,000 was attributed to the brand for a total of €550,000 and customer relations for €1,350,000. The customer relations item will be written down over a period of 10 years starting on January 1, 2020. Therefore, a depreciation charge is accounted €68,000 on June 30, 2020.

Brand Customer relations Total
Gross purchase discrepancy value 550 1 350 1 900
Start-of-period depreciations
End-of-period depreciations (68) (68)
Net purchase discrepancy value 550 1 282 1 832

At the time of Thermador Groupe's purchase of Thermacome's shares on April 30, 2020, goodwill of €2,600,000 was attributed to the brand for a total of €1,600,000 and customer relations for €1,000,000. The customer relations item will be written down over a period of 10 years starting on June 30, 2020.

Brand Customer relations Total
Gross purchase discrepancy value 1 600 1 000 2 600
Start-of-period depreciations
End-of-period depreciations (67) (67)
Net purchase discrepancy value 1 600 933 2 533

Note 2 – Non-allocated goodwill

In thousands of
euros
Book value, pre
harmonisation
purchase
Adjustments Book value
purchased
Acquisition cost Goodwill
PBtub, Isocel, 6 136 6 136
Dipra,
Thermador, Jetly
Sferaco
Mecafer 8 940 (298) 8 642 24 300 15 658
Nuair 741 741 2 700 1 959
Sodeco Valves 5 922 170 6 092 10 000 3 908
FGinox 6 930 21 6 951 22 881 15 930
Groupe Valfit 2 653 (13) 2 640 7 600 4 960
Vortice France 850 850
Sanidom / 15 184 5 388 20 572 22 000 1 428
Rousseau
Sale of the (31) (31)
Sodeco Sedin
business
Distrilabo 1 293 1 419 2 712 5 200 2 488
Thermacome 2 354 1 947 4 301 7 000 2 699
Thermacome 380 380
business
TOTAL
30/06/2020
41 663 6 687 52 651 109 016 56 365

The balance sheet includes a 'goodwill' item for €56,365,000:

Movements over the period can be broken down as follows:

In thousands of euros 53 286
at 31/12/2019
-
Movements over the period:
-
Goodwill on Thermacome
2 699
-
Thermacome business
380
At 30/06/2020 56 365

When new subsidiaries were included in the scope, in application of the revised version of IFRS 3, goodwill was recorded. This accounts for synergies we would expect from the inclusion of new activities of the new businesses acquired, as well as economies of scale generated by sharing resources. It is attributed to groups of cash generating units (CGU), represented by each company acquired.

The acquisition price of the companies corresponds to the fair value on the date of acquisition of the elements of earnings given to the seller in exchange for the control of the acquired assets, excluding any element which remunerates any transaction separate from the takeover.

Detail of amounts and adjustments:

2015 - Mecafer / Nuair:

In thousands of euros Mecafer Nuair France Total
Book value, pre-harmonisation purchase 8 940 741 9 681
Adjustments (298) (298)
Book value purchased 8 642 741 9 383
Acquisition cost 24 300 2 700 27 000
Goodwill 15 658 1 959 17 617

This goodwill is wholly allocated to the goodwill item.

2017 - Sodeco Valves:

Reprocessing pertained to:

  • Allocation of the part of the goodwill to the fair value of Sodeco Valves' building on August 31, 2017 for a total of €300,000, minus a deferred tax liability of €102,000.

  • Deferred tax on the pension provision, i.e. €3,000.

  • The business value of €32,000 of Sodeco Sedin, the French subsidiary of Sodeco Valves.

2017 - FGinox:

Reprocessing pertained to:

  • Deferred taxation on the pension provision, i.e. €21,000.

2017 - Groupe Valfit:

Reprocessing pertained to:

  • Harmonisation of the method used for pension provision, i.e. an additional charge of €29,000 and deferred taxation on the pension provision, i.e. €16,000.

2017 - Vortice France:

Via its subsidiary Axelair, Thermador Groupe acquired Vortice France on December 31, 2017 for €850,000. The portion attributable to African customers, valued at €30,000 was transferred to Syveco on December 31, 2018.

2018 - Sodeco Valves:

On October 30th 2018, Sodeco Sedin sold 80% of its business for €550,000. The net accounting value of this asset was €25,000 on October 30th 2018. The €525,000 gain was booked as 'other operating incomes' in Sodeco Valves' CGU. The purchase price of €10m for Sodeco Valves was not reduced as a result because no portion of this price was attributable to Sodeco Sedin's business capital. We should remind you that Sodeco Sedin was in competition with distributor customers of our subsidiaries Sferaco and Sectoriel, and continued operation of this business could have been unfavourable to those two subsidiaries. Furthermore, Sodeco Sedin recorded operating losses for 2017, 2016 and 2015.

2018 - Etablissements Edouard Rousseau (formerly called Sanidom):

The €1,428,000 goodwill was wholly allocated 'goodwill' item. Reprocessing pertained to:

  • Allocation of a part of the fair value acquisition of the Sanidom/ Rousseau land on December 31, 2018 of €952,000 minus a deferred taxation liability of €238,000,

  • Allocation of a part of the fair value acquisition of the Rousseau building on December 31, 2018 for a total of €2,584,000 minus a deferred tax liability of €659,000,

  • Allocation of a part of the fair value acquisition of the 'Edouard Rousseau' brand on December 31, 2018 for a total of €1,200,000 minus a deferred taxation liability of €300,000,

  • Allocation of a part of the fair value acquisition of the customer base on December 31, 2018 for a total of €2,500,000 minus a deferred taxation liability of €651,000.

2019 - Distrilabo:

The €2,488,000 goodwill was wholly allocated 'goodwill' item. Reprocessing pertained to:

  • Allocation of a part of the acquisition of the 'Distrilabo' brand on December 31, 2019 of €550,000 minus a deferred taxation liability of €137,500,
  • Allocation of a part of the acquisition of the customer base on December 31, 2019 for a total of €1,350,000 minus a deferred tax liability of €343,500.

2020 – Thermacome

The €2,699,000 goodwill was wholly allocated 'goodwill' item. Reprocessing pertained to:

  • Allocation of a part of the acquisition of the 'Thermacome' brand on June 30, 2020 of €1,600,000 minus a deferred taxation liability of €400,000,
  • Allocation of a part of the fair value acquisition of the customer on 30 June 2020 for a total of €1,000k minus a deferred tax liability of €253,500.

Impairment tests on goodwill:

Impairment tests (IAS 36) are performed once a year at least for units generating cash having acquired goodwill in compliance with IAS 8 as per the presentation of sector-based information. These cash generating units were defined according to business sector criteria. Given the group's organisation and the distribution of the different business fields, the cash generating units chosen by the group comprise of the legal entities Jetly, Sferaco, Thermador, Dipra, Isocel, PBtub, Sectoriel, Syveco, Axelair, Mecafer/ Domac, Aello, Sodeco Valves, FGinox, Edouard Rousseau, Distrilabo, and Thermacome, and a separate grouping comprising Thely, Opaline, Tagest and Thermador Groupe (cf. note 18). Following the COVID-19 crisis we have performed impairment tests on the cash generating units that might have showed value decrease.

The results of impairment tests on this 'goodwill', based in particular on future forecast net cash flows over a period of five years and a subsequent growth rate of 1%, discounted at 8.3%, explain the absence of provisions. The discount rate was calculated according to the 30-year treasury bond rate TEC (Constant Maturity Treasuries), French market risk, and sector risk, i.e. 1.11%, a specific risk premium and a COVID-19 premium of 0.5%. A reasonable variation of the discount rate of +/– 0.5% was applied in our depreciation tests.

Revision on the key assumptions of turnover, profits, working capital and cash have taken the COVID-19 crisis impacts into account.

A recent variation of the key assumptions including this discount rate variation does not show any particular sensitivity in any of the CGUs assessed.

Note 4 – Deferred taxes:

Deferred taxes were calculated on all items of the balance sheet and profit and loss account. In thousands of euros

Pre-tax net (accounting profit) 23 223
Tax rate on ordinary activities 28.01%
Theoretical tax burden 6 505
Social contribution 101
Non-deductible costs and charges on subsidiaries 'dividends (2) 153
Variation in deferred tax rate (3) 19
Non-deductible charges and impact of non-French rate (32)
Taxes 6 746
Actual tax rate 29.04%

Corporate tax rate on June 30. 2020:

Profits from ordinary activities (1) 28.01%
Social contribution 0.43%
Non-deductible costs and charges on subsidiaries 'dividends (2) 0.66%
Variation in deferred tax rate (3) 0.08%
Non-deductible charges and impact of non-French rate (0.13%)
Rate of corporation tax on profit from ordinary business 29.05%

(1) The finance law introduced a sliding scale element in the tax rate applicable as of January 1, 2018. A 28% tax rate has been used on French profits, the tax rate in Belgium is 25%, the one in Spain is 25%.

(2) The finance law fixed the percentage of non-deductible fees and charges on subsidiaries' dividends at 5%. This represents a corporation tax charge on dividends of €538,000 which will be paid to Thermador Groupe in 2020.

(3) The tax rate of 28% for 2020, 26.5% for 2021 and 25% as of 2022 were observed for June 30, 2020 to take into account the programmed changes to the tax rate according to the size of the company in the 2018 finance law (article 84). The impact of the variation in deferred tax rates is a €19,000 charge. This quantum concerns legal participation, losses carried forward, pension provisions and nondeductible provisions on stock.

Non-current deferred tax assets 30/06/2020 30/06/2019 31/12/2019
Provision for end-of-career commitment 748 638 718
Axelair and Aello deficit 498 563 549
IFRS 16 impact 5 3 3
Total 1 251 1 204 1 270
Current deferred tax assets 30/06/2020 30/06/2019 31/12/2019
Axelair and Aello deficit 76
Temporary differences 378 409 411
Total 378 409 487
Non-current deferred tax liabilities 30/06/2020 30/06/2019 31/12/2019
Goodwill * 1 429 1 429 1 429
Excess value on buildings and land 880 916 898
Provision for end-of-career commitment -283 -188 -221
Sodeco valves deficit carried over -69 -91 -69
Gain on building 75 98 79
Brand and customer relations 1 818 839 1 248
Depreciation on building -35 -35 -35
Total 3 815 2 968 3 329

* Goodwill recorded in the assets of Thermador Groupe are in deferred taxes.

Current deferred tax liabilities 30/06/2020 30/06/2019 31/12/2019
Tax on subsidiaries dividends 142 143 315
Fair value of financial instruments -9 -23 -3
Goodwill of land and construction 36 39 36
Excess value on buildings 8 9 8
Brand and customer relations 132 74 108
Temporary differences -102 -78 -80
Total 207 164 384

Note 5 - Operations in foreign currencies, financial instruments and derivatives

Operations in foreign currencies are registered for their value at the date of the operation.

Debt and credit in foreign currency appear on the balance sheet for their for value in the course of the financial year or of the financial commitments made. The difference resulting from the reassessment of debt and credit in foreign currency at the most recent rate is included in the P&L account.

Amount of accounts payable on June 30, 2020 in the main foreign currency (US Dollars): 2,176,000.

Thermador Groupe uses no financial derivatives for speculative purposes.

The derivatives used serve only to cover exchange rate fluctuations corresponding to purchase of merchandise in

foreign currencies. Thermador Groupe decided to introduce centralised management of cash in dollars as of January 1,2018 to cover the requirements of all the group subsidiaries.

In this respect, Thermador Groupe subscribed to USD forward currency purchases for 35,650,000 USD with instalments in the second half of 2020.

The IAS 39.9 criteria are respected, allowing the group to book this hedging according to hedging accounting methods. An effectiveness test was carried out on June 30, 2020.

The fair value of such financial instruments is recorded for -€31k in equity.

There is no compensation between financial assets and liabilities.

Financial assets and liabilities appearing on the balance sheet: ventilation per category of instruments

Assets at 30/06/2020 Balance sheet
value
Fair value Fair value per
result
Receivables Hedging
instruments
Customers of commercial
activities
92 261 92 261 92 261
Other debtors 13 878 13 878 13 878
Cash 9 247 9 247 9 247
Total assets 115 386 115 386 9 247 106 139
Liabilities at 30/06/2020 Balance sheet
value
Fair value Fair value per
result
Payables Hedging
instruments
Long term financial loans and
debt
32 372 32 372 32 372
Lease obligation > one year 2 194 2 194 2 194
Noncurrent liabilities 7 921 7 921 7 921
short term financial loans and
debt
15 149 15 149 15 149
Lease obligation < one year 1 101 1 101 1 101
Suppliers 52 200 52 200 52 200
Supplier fixed assets 726 726 726
Instruments financiers 31 31 31
Other creditors 36 716 36 716 36 716
Total liabilities 148 410 148 410 148 379 31

Note 6 - Bank loans and debts

30/06/2020
In thousands of euros
Current Non-current Total Under one
year
Over one year
and under five
years late
Over five
years
Bank loans 15 149 32 372 47 521 15 149 32 339 33
Lease liabilities (IFRS
16)
1 101 2 194 3 295 1 101 2 011 183
Cash and equivalent 9 247 9 247 9 247
Net cash (7 003) (34 566) (41 569) (7 003) (34 350) (216)

Cash and cash equivalents for €9,247k include bank accounts for €7,429k and term deposits for €1,818k with a maturity of one month or less.

5) Notes on the balance sheet

Fixed assets (note 7) Gross value
at the
opening
of the period
Included in
the scope
Increases Decreases Gross value
at the end
of the period
Goodwill on consolidation 53 286 3 079 56 365
Other intangible assets 10 768 2 705 345 13 818
Total intangible assets 64 054 5 784 345 0 70 183
Land 10 834 10 834
Buildings on own property 65 666 208 65 874
Machinery and equipment 10 917 237 514 49 11 619
General equipment, fixtures and fitments 5 551 772 6 323
Transport material 305 6 311
Office and IT equipment, furniture 4 674 7 289 13 4 957
Other tangible assets in progress 6 265 2 749 246 8 768
Right-of-use assets 3 772 75 801 108 4 540
Total tangible assets 107 984 319 5 339 416 113 226
Other financial assets 298 19 5 10 312
Total financial assets 298 19 5 10 312
Grand total 172 336 6 122 5 689 426 183 721

In 2019, works began on the refurbishment of the building occupied by Dipra so as to improve working conditions for staff in the warehouse and optimise utilisation of the building. This project comes in two phases: delivery of a new building (office and warehouse) for Dipra planned for April 2020, construction of two storage units for Aello and a temporary storage area. Due to COVI-19 crisis, construction have been delayed/ The new Dipra building should be delivered during July 2020.

Total real estate includes 296,166 m² of land and 121,452 m² of buildings (warehouses and offices).

Real estate value was reassessed in December 2016 for buildings in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, in April 2017 for our subsidiary Domac's building, in August 2018 for our subsidiary Sodeco Valves' building, and in December 2018 for our subsidiary Edouard Rousseau's building at around €60.8m (valuations made by Expertise Galtier, Chemin Moulin Carron-69 Ecully and CBRE in Brussels), which includes built and unbuilt land.

Note 7 – Depreciation and amortisation

Amortisation (note 7) Amortisation
31/12/2019
Included in
the scope
Increases Decreases Amortisation
30/06/2020
Goodwill on consolidation -
Other intangible assets 3 949 79 427 4 455
Total intangible assets 3 949 79 427 - 4 455
Land
Buildings on own property 29 871 1 246 31 117
Machinery and equipment 8 224 116 399 47 8 692
General equipment, fixtures and
fitments
3 608 256 3 864
Transport materials 211 33 244
Office and IT equipment, furniture 3 636 2 222 12 3 848
Right-of-use assets 817 554 108 1 263
Total tangible assets 46 367 118 2 710 167 49 028
Grand total 50 316 197 3 137 167 53 483

Note 8 – Equity

At the beginning of the period, the capital was made up of 9,109,752 shares of €4 nominal value each, i.e. €36,439,008. On April 28, 2020, an increase in capital reserved to employees was realized. 91,097 new shares of €4 nominal value each were issued. On June 30, 2020 the capital is of €36,803,396 divided in 9,200,849 shares of €4 each. There is no stock-options.

Thermador Groupe purchased 1,200 of its own shares during 2018 for a value of €62,000. These shares were valued at the time of closure at €52.2. The purchase price of shares is higher than their price at June 30, 2020 (latent loss of €337).

Note 9 – Commitments or operations with associated parties:

Associated parties concern all Board members of Thermador Groupe who are usually directors of the group's main subsidiaries.

There is no commitment or operation with the associated parties apart from elements of earnings and pension commitments. The Group does not use any assets which belong directly or indirectly to directors or members of their families.

Total gross earnings and benefits of all types, both direct and indirect, for each Corporate Representative of the Group (including consolidated and controlled companies according to Article 357-1 of the law on commercial companies) paid for the financial year to members of the Board on account of their functions total €477.2k distributed as follows:

Earnings fixed and variable (due and paid)
Fixed part
Variable part
Total earnings
1st half
2020
1st half
2019
2019 1st half
2020
1st half
2019
2019 1st half
2020
1st half
2019
2019
Operational Board members
Chairman & CEO
and Deputy CEO
Jean François Bonnefond,
Board member, audit committee
member and Deputy CEO
- earnings as Jetly CEO 89 82 163 89 89 82 252
- earnings as Deputy CEO of
Thermador Groupe
13 13 26 13 13 26
Lionel Grès, Board member (1) 74 72 140 20 74 72 160
Patricia Mavigner, secretary of
the Board of Directors and
Deputy CEO since May 1, 2016
73 71 141 91 73 71 232
Guillaume Robin, Chairman and
CEO
100 98 197 111 100 98 308
Yves Ruget, Board Member (2) 69 66 132 85 69 66 217
subtotal 418 402 799 396 418 402 1 195
Allocated earnings
External Board members
Guy Vincent (3) 4,1 10,4 4,1 10,4
Janis Rentrop 9,5 6,2 11,4 9,5 6,2 11,4
Independent Board members
Karine Gaudin, audit committee
chairman
11,7 8,7 20,5 11,7 8,7 20,5
Caroline Meignen 9,5 6,2 15 9,5 6,2 15
Laurence Paganini 9,5 6,2 13,4 9,5 6,2 13,4
Laurence Verdickt (4) - - 2 - 2
Olivier V. de la Clergerie, audit
committee member
9,5 8,3 19,7 9,5 8,3 19,7
Mathilde Yagoubi 9,5 4,1 11,4 9,5 4,1 11,4
subtotal 59,2 43,8 103,8 - - - 59,2 43,8 103,8
TOTAL 477,2 445,8 902,8 - - 396 477,2 445,8 1
298,8

Earnings of operational board members:

  • (1) Lionel Grès, Chairman & CEO of Axelair was appointed board member during AGM of April 6, 2020.
  • (2) Yves Ruget, Chairman & CEO of Thermador was appointed board member during AGM of April 6, 2020.

Earnings of external board members:

(3) Guy Vincent, founder of Thermador resigned from his directorship at the Thermador Groupe Board Meeting of January 28, 2020

Earnings of independent board members:

(4) The mandate of board member Laurence Verdickt was not renewed at the annual general meeting of April 8, 2019.

Corporate representatives receive no fringe benefit or stock options based on performance. There are no golden parachutes or golden handshakes for corporate officers. Corporate officers have no special retirement plan. They do not receive any compensation linked to non-competition clauses or termination compensation.

Commitments to executives:

The retirement commitment concerns the payment of a retirement bonus authorised by the Board Meeting of December 19, 2003. This bonus is calculated in the same way as that paid to a manager according to the conventions of article 5 of amendment I of the industry-wide agreement for the wholesale business.

On June 30, 2020, the total of the commitment corresponding to this bonus for board members and corporate representatives was €356,400.

Note 10 – Significant events occurring after the closing statements:

No significant change to the Group's financial or commercial structure has occurred since the end of the financial half year, except for:

In July 2020 one of our customers, the Fransbonhomme group, opted for a €60m state-guaranteed loan (PGE) from a consortium of French banks alongside other creditors of the group. As a result, the whole of the outstanding amount due of €1.3m was settled by July 24, 2020.

Note 11 – Risk assessment

Our principal risks are mentioned in our 2019 universal registration document in chapter 4 – Risk factors Following sanitary crisis during 2020 first half year, we reviewed our risk factors, and we added the factor « global pandemic » (cf. note1 – Main events of the financial half year)

The nature of the main risks was not modified for the first half of 2020. We however would like to give some more information about note 21 of our 2019 universal registration document.

Credit risk: we have no major customers default for first 2020 half year. We remain particularly vigilant for debt collection in the post-covid period.

Customer receivables on June 30, 2020:

Accounts receivables
(excluding bad debts) at
30/06/2020 (in thousands of
euros)
Total
amount
Total for due
dates after
30/06/2020
Under 30
days late
Over 30 days
and under
60 days late
Over 60 days
and under 90
days late
Over 90 days
late
Customer receivables on
June 30, 2020
83 451 71 411 6 769 2 316 1 689 1 267
% customer receivables 86% 8% 3% 2% 2%
Customer receivables on
December 31, 2019
63 468 53 570 6 835 1 109 697 1 257
% customer receivables 84% 11% 2% 1% 2%

Liquidity risk:

The company has performed a specific liquidity risk review, taking into account the Covid-19 health crisis. It concludes that it is in a position to meet its future financial obligations. The situation at June 30, 2020 is positive (cash flow statements on page 5 of our half-yearly memo). The group can access unused short-term cash facilities. None of the outstanding bank loans contain covenants or guarantees. We are not exposed to any risk of early repayment or interest rate adjustment.

Note 12 - Legal risks:

Over the past twelve months there has been no governmental, judicial, arbitration or administrative procedure (including any procedure of which we may have knowledge, any that may be subject to suspension or any that represents a potential threat) which could have or would recently have had significant effects on the Group's financial situation or profitability.

On April 3rd 2017, Thermador Groupe and its subsidiaries Aello and Jetly were taken before the commercial tribunal of Rennes by the companies Diffusion Equipements Loisirs – D.E.L. and Multifija on the grounds of unfair competition and parasitism on the market for swimming pool equipment and accessories.

We deplore this legal action and fully reject these accusations. On June 26, 2018, our lawyer pleaded before the Court of Appeal against the decision of the Commercial Tribunal of Rennes handed down on March 20, 2018, rejecting our plea on erroneous jurisdiction to the Arbitral Tribunal. The deliberation of the Court of Appeal dated October 2, 2018 rejected our application. The Supreme Court found in favour of our appeal, thus overturning the decision of the Court of Appeal in December 2019. In February 2020, we represented our erroneous jurisdiction conclusions before the Court of Appeal and our lawyer pleaded in July 2020.

Following the October 2019 hearing before the Commercial Court of Rennes in an unfair competition suit, the latter struck the case off for lack of diligence on the part of the plaintiffs, D.E.L. and Multifija. To date, the case has not reappeared on the court's books.

We remain confident as to the results of these procedures. No provision was entered on June 30, 2020 because to date we have no obligation to do so, and it cannot be estimated in any reliable way.

Note 13- Balance sheet provisions (in thousands of euros)

Provisions (note 13) Value at the
opening of
the period
Included in
the scope
Increases Decreases Value at the
end of the
period
Non-current provision -
Provisions for end-of-career commitments 3 724 260 144 22 4 106
Total non-current provision 3 724 260 144 22 4 106
Current provision -
Other current provision 606 93 36 663
Total current provision 606 93 - 36 663
Grand Total 4 330 353 144 58 4 769
Value at the
opening of
the period
Included in
the scope
Increases Decreases Value at the
end of the
period
Stock provisions 3 638 37 533 223 3 985
Customers provisions 1 217 6 50 69 1 204
Total impairment provisions 4 855 43 583 292 5 189

Note 14- Receivables (in thousands of euros)

Receivables (note 14) 30/06/2020 30/06/2019 31/12/2019
Trade receivables 91 821 84 095 63 468
Bad debts 440 332 463
Corporate tax 1 018 421 685
Deferred corporate tax assets 378 409 487
Other receivables
VAT receivables 6 198 5 510 5 434
Other receivables 4 726 4 504 6 450
Prepaid expenses 1 558 1 419 713
Total other receivables 12 482 11 433 12 597
Total receivables 106 139 96 690 77 700

Note 15- - Debts (in thousands of euros)

Debts (note 15) 30/06/2020 30/06/2019 31/12/2019
Current provisions 663 565 606
Rental obligations of less than one year 1 101 845 1 018
Short-term loans 554 1 170 189
Current component of loans and debts 14 595 10 538 11 760
Trade payables 52 200 55 470 52 254
Corporate tax 714 1 214 1 983
Fixed assets suppliers accounts payables 726 988 1 510
Tax and social liabilities:
Salaries and social security liabilities 10 810 9 819 10 419
Deferred corporate tax liabilities 216 164 384
VAT 8 130 6 127 2 392
Other tax liabilities 1 528 1 194 732
Total fiscal and social liabilities 20 684 17 304 13 927
Other debtors 14 686 12 255 14 853
Total debts 105 923 100 349 98 100

6) Notes on the profit and loss account

Note 16 - Explanation concerning turnover for the first half of 2020:

The turnover is made up primarily of sales of merchandise which are accounted for upon delivery.

Distribution of turnover by geographical area: France €156,655,000 and foreign sales: €34,044,000 including Syveco €13,918,000 and Sodeco Valves €9,791,000.

30/06/2020 2020 constant scope 30/06/2019
Turnover (according to IFRS 15) 187 869 182 548 190 699

To constant scope 2020 turnover is €182,548k compared to constant scope 2019 turnover of €190,699k. 2020 turnover includes that of the company Distrilabo (€2,224k), acquired on December 31, 2019 and that of Thermacome, i.e. €3,097k for 2 months, acquired on April 30, 2020.

Note 17 – Explanation concerning operating income and net profit of the first half of 2020:

30/06/2020 2020 constant
scope
30/06/2019
Current operating income 23 358 23 235 25 017
Net profit as a portion of the group 16 472 16 397 16 981

To constant scope operating profit for 2020 was €23,235k compared to 2019 operating income to a constant scope of €25,017k. Again to constant scope, the net profit as a portion of the group for 2020 was €16,397k compared to a net profit for 2019 to constant scope of €16,981k. Operating profit and net profit as a portion of the group at June 30, 2020 includes Distrilabo's and Thermacome's results, companies acquired on December 31, 2019 and April 30,2020.

7) Information per business area

Note 18 - (in thousands of euros)

Profit and loss account: 2020 2019
Turnover Profit before tax Turnover Profit before tax
Mecafer / Domac (1) Equipment tools in DIY 14 824 1 116 14 581 864
Dipra / Rousseau (5) Pumps, plumbing and taps 28 308 1 362 28 847 1330
Isocel Component for OEM 2 975 388 3 057 394
Aello Swimming pool equipment 7 800 868 5 863 479
Jetly Pumps 24 226 5 169 26 512 5 968
Thermador Central heating and sanitary
accessories
22 817 4 464 22 234 4 418
PBtub Heating - cooling surfaces 11 285 725 13 523 1 148
Thermacome (7) and piping systems 3 097 219
Axelair Ventilation equipment and
accessories
3 512 50 3 320 -4
Sferaco (4) Valves, meters and
connectors
26 334 5 160 29 980 5 868
Sectoriel Motorised valves and air
compressors
10 571 1 628 10 865 1 693
Distrilabo (6) Measure and control 2 224 -97
Syveco International 13 087 1 778 13 925 1 825
FG Inox (3) Stainless steel connectors,
flanges, valves and
accessories
6 824 636 8 437 1066
Sodeco Valves (2) Industrial valves 9 791 487 9 393 502
Other structures 194 23 436 162 20 912
Eliminations -24 031 -21 446
Total 187 869 23 358 190 699 25 017

(1) With acquisition of Domac since March 1, 2017.

(2) With acquisition of Sodeco Valves since September 1, 2017.

(3) With acquisition of FGinox since October 1, 2017.

(4) With acquisition of groupe Valfit since December 31, 2017.

(5) With acquisition of Rousseau / Sanidom since December 31, 2018.

(6) With acquisition of Distrilabo since December 31, 2019.

(7) With acquisition of Thermacome since April 30, 2020.

Cash generating units are defined according to activity sector criteria. Given the group's organisation and the way the distribution of their different professions, cash generating units appointed by the group are made up of the legal entities: Jetly, Sferaco including Groupe Valfit since December 31, 2017, Thermador, Dipra and Edouard Rousseau (since December 31, 2018), Isocel, PBtub, Sectoriel (including Nuair France since July 1, 2015), Syveco, Axelair, Mecafer (July 1, 2015) including Domac (since March 1, 2017), Aello, Sodeco Valves, FGinox, Distrilabo (since December 31, 2019), Thermacome (since April 30, 2020) and a separate unit comprising Thely, Opaline, Tagest and Thermador Groupe.

8) Employees

Note 19

30/06/2020 30/06/2019 31/12/2019
By category (*)
Management 217 185 187
Supervisory staff 64 50 47
Employees 388 336 365
Total 669 571 599

(*) Headcount on June 30, 2019 includes employees of Distrilabo and Thermacome, acquired on December 31, 2019 and April 30, 2020. Headcounts reported on December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020 do not include Distrilabo and Thermacome employees.

On June 30, 2020 our subsidiaries Distrilabo and Thermacome employed 56 people.

30/06/2020 30/06/2019 31/12/2019
By age (*)
From 18 to 29 89 59 62
From 30 to 39 170 160 164
From 40 to 49 214 182 197
Over 50 196 170 176
Total 669 571 599

VI.- 2020 Half yearly management Report

Business

In publishing our 2019 Universal Registration Document, we made a special effort to describe the risks that our group could face and the consequences of one sort of occurrence or another. This work was somewhat in vain, given that we were not able to predict that a global pandemic would cause the temporary closure of our suppliers' factories, illness affecting some of our employees and the collapse of sales for several weeks. Fortunately, the commitment of our staff and our devolved organisation proved highly resilient in the face of the unexpected, which is very reassuring for the future.

We therefore thank our employees for their courage, lucidity and responsiveness in such difficult circumstances, especially those physically present on our logistics sites.

The group's other stakeholders also rose to the challenge: the majority of our customers met their obligations, our suppliers adapted their manufacturing programmes, our bankers supported our cash flow and the French authorities reacted pragmatically and quickly. You yourselves, as shareholders of Thermador Groupe, held your nerve during the stock market storm that followed the health crisis. We would also like to thank you for your contribution.

These internal and external forces combined to enable us to achieve the impossible in June 2020, as we recorded a 25% increase in turnover compared to June 2019. This rescues our second quarter revenue tally, which is down only 8.9%, and our first half year turnover, which is down only 4.3%. The turnover trends presented here are on a like-for-like basis, without taking into account our two most recent acquisitions.

The onboarding of Distrilabo, acquired on December 31, 2019 and Thermacome, acquired on April 30, 2020, is proceeding as planned, helped by the cooperative approach adopted by the staff concerned. Their objectives and strategies within the group have been presented and challenged by the members of the Executive Committee and of the Board.

Results and financial situation

Effective cost control enabled us to limit the impact on operating income, which only declined 7.1%, at constant scope. If we factor in the results for Distrilabo and Thermacome, the fall is only 6.6%.

Our focus is on our net cash position, which remains at a more than adequate level (€8.7m), despite a relative increase in stock (0.6 months of purchasing consumed) and late payment on the part of a major customer. A post-closing event note 10 page 22 of our half-year does however mention that this unusual situation with the aforementioned customer has now been settled. All in all, customer receivables have only increased by 7.3 days' turnover.

Our financial debt of €47.5m (excl. IFRS16) remains reasonable when set against our equity, which stands at €222.6m.

Main related-party

The main transactions are detailed in note 10 of the notes to the half-year financial statements.

Main risks and uncertainties

Main risks are those related to economic activity. Their type has not been modified during the first half year. These risks are mentioned in our 2019 universal registration document.

Prospects

The decline in GDP in the European countries where we operate and the estimated 46% drop in planning permits for housing construction in France between March and May 2020 will undoubtedly have a negative impact on our business from autumn 2020 onwards. However, the increase in our market share during the crisis and the proven success of certain energy-efficiency product lines mean we can uphold our longterm ambition outlined on page 10 of our 2019 Universal Registration Document.

Governance

Since 2016, we have confirmed the Chairman & CEO succession process in the event of an accident or sudden unavailability on a yearly basis. Since that time, Jean-François Bonnefond, Chairman & CEO of Jetly and Deputy CEO of Thermador Groupe, has been appointed to take over the position. Anticipating his retirement and the end of his term of office as director in April 2021, Thermador Groupe's Executive Committee met for the first time in conclave to identify the person from amongst their number who would have the qualities to succeed him and the will to take on the responsibility. After three rounds of voting, a majority emerged in favour of Lionel Monroe, currently Chairman & CEO of Syveco. The directors, who had been involved in this new process from the outset to identify the required profile, approved this decision at the Board meeting held on July 29. As a result, Lionel Monroe will be put forward as a Board member at the General Meeting scheduled for Tuesday 6 April 2021 and appointed Deputy CEO of Thermador Groupe for a period of 4 years at the Board meeting scheduled for 7 April 2021.

VII. Certification of the author

To my knowledge I certify that the condensed consolidated half yearly statements have been drawn up in compliance with prevailing accounting standards and reliably reflect the assets, financial situation and profits of the company and all the companies in the consolidated accounts, and the half yearly management report presents a reliable account of the business trends of the first six months of the year as well as a description of the main risks and uncertainties which those companies face for the six remaining months of the year.

Saint Quentin Fallavier, July 29, 2020 Guillaume Robin Chairman &CEO.

VIII.- Statutory Auditors' Review on the Half-yearly Financial Information

To the Shareholders,

In compliance with the assignment entrusted to us by your general assembly and in accordance with the requirements of article L. 451-1-2 III of the French Monetary and Financial Code (« Code monétaire et financier »), we hereby report to you on:

  • the review of the accompanying condensed half-yearly consolidated financial statements of Thermador Groupe, for the period from January 1st, 2020 to June 30th, 2020;
  • the verification of the information presented in the half-yearly management report.

The condensed half-yearly consolidated financial statements were prepared under the responsibility of the Board of Directors on July 29th, 2020 on the basis of the information available at that date in the evolving context of the crisis related to Covid-19 and of difficulties in assessing its impact and future prospects. Our role is to express a conclusion on these financial statements based on our review.

I – Conclusion on the financial statements

We conducted our review in accordance with professional standards applicable in France. A review of interim financial information consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with professional standards applicable in France and consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accompanying condensed halfyearly consolidated financial statements are not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with IAS 34 – standard of the IFRSs as adopted by the European Union applicable to interim financial information.

II – Specific verification

We have also verified the information presented in the half-yearly management report on the condensed half-yearly consolidated financial statements subject to our review prepared on July 29th, 2020. We have no matters to report as to its fair presentation and consistency with the condensed half-yearly consolidated financial statements.

St Etienne and Villeurbanne, July 30, 2020

The Statutory Auditors:

French original signed by

Cabinet Royet Mazars Stéphane Guichard Frédéric Maurel

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