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TOMRA Systems Earnings Release 2020

May 5, 2020

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1 st quarter 2020 results announcement

TOMRA Systems ASA 5 May 2020 © TOMRA

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE QUARTER

Key financial highlights

Revenues
Revenues of 2,302 MNOK (2,081 MNOK in first quarter 2019) –
up 11%
Adjusted for currency, revenues were:
-
Up
3% for TOMRA Group
-
Up 5% in TOMRA Collection Solutions
-
Up
1% in TOMRA Sorting Solutions
Gross margin
Gross margin 42.3% (up from 42.0% in first quarter 2019)
-
Improved margins in TOMRA
Sorting
Solutions
Operating expenses
Operating expenses of 745 MNOK (667 MNOK in first quarter 2019)
-
Ramp-up in TOMRA Collection Solutions and Circular Economy
-
Currency effects
EBITA
EBITA of 228
MNOK –
up from 207
MNOK in first quarter 2019
Cash flow
Cash flow from operations of 265
MNOK –
up from 229 MNOK in first quarter 2019
Order intake
Tomra Sorting Solutions

Strong order intake and all-time high order backlog in TOMRA Sorting
-
Increased order intake in all business streams, up 11% currency adjusted
COVID-19
Only minor impact from the pandemic in the first quarter

Highlights from the quarter

  • Revenues well above last year
    • Growth in Northern Europe and Australia
  • Gross margin was stable versus last year
  • Operating expenses increased due to continued investments in ramp-up
  • EBITA increased by 9%
  • Preparations for new deposit markets ongoing

  • Improved order intake compared to same quarter last year
  • Order backlog healthy, up compared to end of both 4Q19 and 1Q19
  • Revenues slightly down from last year
    • Some customer delays
  • Improved gross margin compared to last year

Collection Solutions Food Recycling & Mining

  • Order intake slightly up despite strong yearover-year comparison
  • Order backlog slightly down compared to 1Q19 but up from 4Q19
  • Revenues slightly up from last year
  • Gross margin slightly down compared to same period last year

TOMRA at Euroshop 2020 TOMRA at Fruit Logistica Berlin TOMRA integrates AI with its sorting technology

COVID-19 business update for TOMRA

Ensuring resilient and robust business operations

Focus areas Status Actions
Workforce protection
Small number of confirmed cases

Morale has been maintained

Policies and actions for protection and prevention, incl. work from
home procedures

Stepping up engagement and multi-channel communications

Facility and on-site norms, e.g. staggered work shifts
Customer engagement
Customers defined as essential
business (retail, food suppliers,
waste management)

Stay loyal, helpful and close to our customers

Leverage technology and geographical presence for better support

Monitor every project and order and take necessary actions
Supply-chain stabilization
Minor impact on production

Small disruptions in logistics

Ensure cross-tier transparency into suppliers' risks

Inventory and production management

Estimate and accelerate logistics capacity
Financial stress-testing and
control

Satisfactory liquidity situation

Cost measures mirroring change in
business activity

Assess financial and liquidity outlooks using scenario planning

Appropriate cash-management/working capital focus

Reduce non-essential spending
Prepare for recovery and
future growth

Long-term outlook remains positive

Anticipate longer-term implications and structural changes

Balance short-term cautiousness with long-term growth ambitions

Pre-emptive moves to turn challenges into opportunities

COVID-19 business update for TOMRA Collection Solutions

Exposure to lockdowns and COVID-19 responses

Solid customer base in an essential industry, immediate term impact on volumes

Container Deposit legislations, update on selected markets²

Scotland - July 2022

Final DRS regulations have been laid in the Scottish Parliament. During 2020 the legislation is expected to pass and as of 1 July 2022, the scheme will go live.

Western Australia - November 2020 / June 2021

The launch date for Containers for Change has been delayed due to COVID-19. The new startup date is expected to be November 2020 or June 2021.

The Netherlands - July 2021

The government announced introduction of deposit on small plastic bottles as of July 1 st, 2021 in addition to already existing deposit on larger bottles.

TOMRA stays close to customers and helps consumers recycle

Online Sales New RVM machine R1 presented to customers via webinar and digital tools

Production Continuity

No impact on operational ability Offices and factories reopened in China

Live Status myTOMRA live status lists open times, services and payout methods available at the location

1) The chart is intended for illustration purposes and should not be used as factual evidence

6

COVID-19 business update from TOMRA Food

Disruptions in the food value chain creating uncertainties TOMRA taking actions to ensure business continuity

Production Distribution Consumption
-
Access to labor
-
Supply under
pressure
-
Channel
management (Retail
vs. HORECA)
-
Logistics under
constraint
-
Shifting behavior
(home
consumption,
hoarding etc.)
-
Household
economic situation
under pressure

Processed Food:

  • Lower demand potatoes sector (French fries)
  • Higher demand for canned food and IQF*

Fresh Food:

  • Changing preference patterns as people make food at home
  • More health consciousness

Customers:

  • Investment sentiment impacted
  • Opportunities to bridge with service and spare parts

  • Stay close to our customers and understand market dynamics

  • Use our global scale to help pre-empt potential disruptions to our operations and supply chain
  • Benefit from localized service structure and global presence
  • Leverage digital technology for remote service and training tools

"…it is vital that we step up our collective efforts to keep the global food supply chain operating effectively." Michel Picandet – Head of TOMRA Food

TOMRA Food is making its test and demonstration centers virtual, enabling participants to see first-hand TOMRA's sorting solutions in action.

7

COVID-19 business update for TOMRA Recycling & Mining

Different customer segments posing different characteristics TOMRA being a proactive solution-seeker

Municipal Solid Waste

  • Defined as critical infrastructure
  • Strong regulatory drivers
  • Public tenders

Plastics upgrading

  • Demand for r-PET from big FMCGs
  • Other applications affected by lower demand and commodity prices

TOMRA technology helping recycling operations to decrease number of manual sorters in times of labor shortage while increasing material purity.

TOMRA team doing its utmost to maintain first-class service, ensuring ongoing on-site support for several mines.

Metal Mining

  • Influenced by lower demand from e.g. automation / construction sector
  • Sensitive to commodity prices

  • Influenced by lower demand
  • Lengthier investment decisions

TOMRA Recycling creates temporary COVID-19 portal to increase customer intimacy and demonstrate its capacity on sales and support.

Circular Economy Highlights – We forge ahead

TOMRA signed the European Plastic Pact to accelerate transition towards a Circular Economy

TOMRA engages in a set of initiatives through the Alliance to End Plastic Waste

TOMRA provides expertise and solutions to enable high quality upgrade of recycled plastics

FINANCIALS AND OUTLOOK

Currency risk and hedging policy

Revenues and expenses per currency:

EUR¹ USD NOK OTHER² TOTAL
Revenues 45 % 35 % 0 % 20 % 100 %
Expenses 40 % 25 % 5 % 30 % 100 %

Assets and liabilities per currency:

EUR¹ USD NOK OTHER² TOTAL
Assets 50 % 15 % 15 % 20 % 100 %
Liabilities 60 % 10 % 20 % 10 % 100 %

10% change in NOK towards other currencies will impact:

Revenues Expenses EBITA
+19.7%** EUR* 4.5% 4.0% 7.0%
USD 3.5% 2.5% 8.0%
OTHER** 2.0% 3.0% -4.0%
ALL 10.0% 9.5% 11.0%

HEDGING POLICY

CASHFLOW AND P/L

• TOMRA can hedge up to one year of future predicted cash flows. Gains and losses on these hedges are recorded at the finance line, not influencing EBITA

B/S

• TOMRA only hedges B/S items where exchange rate fluctuations could have P/L impact. Gains and losses on B/S hedging are recorded in accordance with IAS 21 and will normally not have P/L impact

¹ EUR includes DKK NOTE: Estimated and rounded figures ² Most important: AUD, NZD, RMB, CAD, SEK, GBP and JPY

Decomposition of currency effects on TOMRA's financials*

EFFECT ON BALANCE SHEET

A

  • Currency effect on total assets:
  • In %: +14%
  • In NOK: +1,495 MNOK

B

Currency effect on total liabilities:

  • In %: +14%
  • In NOK: +792 MNOK

C

Currency effect on equity:

  • In %: +14%
  • In NOK: +703 MNOK
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION 31 March 31 Dec
(MNOK) 2020 2019
ASSETS
Deferred tax assets 343,4 307,3
Intangible non-current assets 3 882,4 3 480,9
Tangible non-current assets 1 438,6 1 293,2
Right of use assets 1 199,1 1 036,4
Financial non-current assets 463,3 406,1
Inventory 1 943,3 1 596,1
Receivables 2 535,6 2 287,7
Cash and cash equivalents 444,0 459,7
A
TOTAL ASSETS
12 249,7 10 867,4
EQUITY & LIABILITIES
Majority equity 5 717,3 5 076,4
C
Non-controlling interest
207,0 170,3
Deferred taxes 97,8 145,0
Lease liability 1 260,3 1 101,7
Long-term interest bearing liabilities 1 783,6 1 588,3
Short-term interest bearing liabilities
B
155,0 291,7
Accounts payables 649,3 502,4
Contract liabilities 622,4 491,8
Other liabilities 1 757,0 1 499,8
TOTAL EQUITY & LIABILITIES 12 249,7 10 867,4
EQUITY
(MNOK)
Paid in
capital
Transl.
reserve
Actuarial
Gain /
(Loss)
Retained
earnings
Total
majority
equity
Non
controlling
interest
Total
equity
Balance per 31 December 2019 1 065,8 719,0 (109,7) 3 401,3 5 076,4 170,3 5 246,7
Net profit (29,0) (29,0) 3,6 (25,4)
Changes in translation difference 669,9 669,9 33,1 703,0 C
Dividend to shareholders 0,0 0,0
Balance per 31 March 2020 1 065,8 1 388,9 (109,7) 3 372,3 5 717,3 207,0 5 924,3

EFFECT ON PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT

STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS 1st Quarter
(MNOK) 2020 2019
Operating revenues 2 302,0 2 080,5 D
Cost of goods sold 1 328,8 1 207,0
Gross contribution 973,2 873,5
Operating expenses 744,9 666,9
EBITA 228,3 206,6 E
Amortizations 55,8 52,0
EBIT 172,5 154,6
Net financial income (206,4) (7,4) F
Profit before tax (33,9) 147,2
Taxes (8,5) 35,3
Net profit (25,4) 111,9
Non-Controlling interest (Minority interest) (3,6) (4,0)
Earnings per share (EPS) (0,20) 0,73

D

Currency effect on Revenues

  • In %: +8%
  • In NOK: +163 MNOK

E

Currency effect on EBITA

  • In %: +11%
  • In NOK: +23 MNOK

F

Currency effect included in Net financial income

• In NOK: -190 MNOK (cashflow hedge at 31 March rates)

Financial highlights | P&L statement

st
1
quarter
Amounts in NOK million 2020 2019 2019 Adj*
Revenues 2,302 2,081 2,244
Collection Solutions 1,168 1,042 1,116
Sorting Solutions 1,134 1,039 1,128
Gross contribution
in %
973
42%
874
42%
944
42%
Operating expenses 745 667 714
EBITA
in %
228
10%
207
10%
230
10%

Collection Solutions financials

st
1
quarter
Amounts in NOK million 2020 2019 2019 Adj*
Revenues 1,168 1,042 1,116
Northern Europe 192 152
Europe (ex Northern) 423 391
North America 386 353
Rest of the world 167 146
Gross contribution 462 417 445
in % 40% 40% 40%
Operating expenses 311 278 297
EBITA 151 139 148
in % 13% 13% 13%
Europe North America Australia

Currency adjusted, revenues were up
6% in Europe

Improved activity in Northern Europe

Stable activity in Central Europe


Currency adjusted, revenues were
unchanged in North America
Overall stable machine sales
Improved throughput volumes until
Good volume development continued
in both NSW and QSL until late March

Netherlands moves towards deposit
expansion
mid-March

Sorting Solutions financials

st
1
quarter
Amounts in NOK million 2020 2019 2019 Adj*
Revenues 1,134 1,039 1,128
Europe 473 403
America 358 359
Asia 152 149
Rest of the world 151 128
Gross contribution 511 457 499
in % 45% 44% 44%
Operating expenses 397
365
391
EBITA 114 92 108
in % 10% 9% 10%
P/L Food Recycling/Mining

Revenues up 9%
-
Up 1% adjusted for currencies

EBITA up 24%

Improved order intake

Revenues slightly down

Improved gross margin

Order intake slightly up

Revenues slightly up

Gross margin slightly down

  • Up 6% adjusted for currencies

Development in order intake and order backlog

Order intake Order backlog

Revenues

TOMRA Sorting Solutions:

  • Revenues of 1,134 MNOK, up from 1,039 MNOK last year
  • Order intake of 1,591 MNOK in the quarter, compared to 1,104 MNOK same quarter last year, up 11% currency adjusted
  • All time high order backlog of 1,915 MNOK at the end of 1Q20, up from 1,458 MNOK at the end of 4Q19 – up 13% currency adjusted
  • Estimated backlog conversion ratio in 2Q20: 60-65%*

Financial highlights | Balance sheet and cash flow

31 March 31 Dec
Amounts in NOK million 2020 2019 2019
ASSETS 12,250 10,695 10,868
Intangible non-current assets 4,226 3,765 3,788
Tangible non-current assets 2,638 2,281 2,330
Financial non-current assets 463 343 406
Inventory 1,943 1,563 1,596
Receivables 2,536 2,267 2,288
Cash and cash equivalents 444 476 460
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 12,250 10,695 10,868
Equity 5,924 5,222 5,247
Lease liabilities 1,260 1,044 1,102
Interest-bearing liabilities 1,939 1,543 1,880
Non interest-bearing liabilities 3,127 2,886 2,639

Ordinary cashflow from operations

• 265 MNOK in the first quarter (229 MNOK in first quarter 2019)

Solidity and gearing

  • 48% equity ratio
  • NIBD/EBITDA (Rolling 12 months)
    • o 0.9x without IFRS 16
    • o 1.4x including IFRS 16

TOMRA has a solid financial position

  • Weighted average debt maturity of 2.3 years
  • All interest-bearing debt except for the overdraft is swapped to EUR and is exposed to EUR/NOK exchange rate.

Debt maturity profile Current funding sources

  • TOMRA has a satisfactory liquidity situation with available unused credit lines of approx. 900 MNOK
  • The senior unsecured bonds (no financial covenants) of 1000 MNOK (swapped to EUR) have been successfully listed on Oslo Stock Exchange
  • The financial covenant related to the bank debt is minimum equity ratio of 30%

Update from Annual General Meeting 2020

Revised dividend proposal approved:

  • Board is granted an authorization to resolve dividends, up to NOK 2.75 per share, at a later stage
  • The authorization covers the period until the annual general meeting in 2021
  • PwC selected as new auditor:
    • KPMG has been the auditor for several years
    • Tender process with participation from Deloitte, EY and PwC
    • PwC nominated by the audit committee
  • No changes in composition of the Board of Directors
    • All shareholder elected members of the Board of Directors from 2019 have been re-elected

Stock market announcement from TOMRA dated 1 April 2020

Outlook

Collection Solutions
Europe showing resilience, but delays in installations should be expected

Throughput volumes dependent
on
length and severity of lockdown

Growth in ramp-up expenses slows down
Sorting Solutions -
Food

Solid order backlog as basis, but delays in installations
should be expected

Order
intake
in
processed food negatively influenced
Sorting Solutions –
Recycling/Mining

Underlying good momentum

Deviations
between
business
streams
due
to
impact
of
lower
commodity
prices and industrial demand
Currency
Reporting in NOK and with some NOK cost base, TOMRA will in
general benefit from a weak NOK, particularly measured against EUR

With significant revenues in USD and costs in EUR, TOMRA Sorting
Solutions is exposed to USD/EUR

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