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TOMRA Systems — Earnings Release 2020
Feb 23, 2021
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4 th quarter 2020 results announcement
TOMRA Systems ASA 23 February 2021 © TOMRA
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE QUARTER
Key financial highlights
| Revenues | • | All time high revenues of 2,742 MNOK (2,569 MNOK in fourth quarter 2019) Adjusted for currency, revenues were: - Up 4% for TOMRA Group - Up 10% in TOMRA Collection Solutions - Up 3% in TOMRA Recycling Mining - Down 5% in TOMRA Food |
|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | • | Gross margin 44.5% (up from 43.1% in fourth quarter 2019) - Improved margins in TOMRA Collection Solutions and TOMRA Recycling Mining |
| Operating expenses | • | Operating expenses of 716 MNOK, down 1% currency adjusted - Positive effect from cost measures |
| EBITA | • | Record EBITA of 505 MNOK – up from 408 MNOK in fourth quarter 2019 |
| Cash flow | • | Cash flow from operations of 890 MNOK – compared to 600 MNOK in fourth quarter 2019 - All time high cash flow level |
| Order intake | • | Order intake 1,229 MNOK in TOMRA Food and TOMRA Recycling Mining - Lower activity in TOMRA Recycling Mining compared to the same period last year - Order backlog was 1,470 MNOK, higher by 1% compared to fourth quarter 2019 |
| COVID-19 | • | Volumes in North America stabilized, impact on order intake in TOMRA Food and TOMRA Recycling Mining |
| Dividend | • | The Board proposes a dividend of NOK 3.00 per share |
Business update for TOMRA Collection Solutions
Europe
Continued sound situation with good performance and successful roll-out of R1 (multifeed) machine. Positive effects from deposit expansion in the Netherlands. North America
Stable container volumes despite social distancing and partial lockdown measures. Australia
Successful launch in Western Australia, total volumes are above previous year levels. Minor disruption when some depots had to close for a few days due to lockdowns.
1) Legislative updates according to official government statements
2) https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/rapporten/2020/10/09/bijlage-01-ontwerpbesluit-metalen-drankverpakkingen 3) https://nos.nl/artikel/2367153-kogel-door-de-kerk-per-31-december-2022-statiegeld-op-blikjes.html
Update on new deposit markets1)
The Netherlands – July 2021 and December 2022 (expansion)
- ‒ In April 2020, the DRS expansion law was approved to include deposit on small plastic bottles as of July 20212) .
- ‒ In February 2021, the decision of deposit introduction on cans was announced3) . The implementation date is December 31st , 2022 and the deposit value 15 cents.
Slovakia – January 2022
- ‒ In September 2020, Slovakia announced implementation of a deposit system on beverage packaging as of January 1st, 2022.
- ‒ In January 2021, the scheme administrator was selected4) .
Latvia – February 2022
- ‒ In August 2020, Latvia approved the regulatory framework for the deposit system starting February 1st, 2022. It includes glass, plastic and metal and the deposit value is set to 10 cents.
- ‒ In January 2021, the scheme coordinator was selected5) .
Scotland – July 2022
- ‒ In May 2020, the Scottish Parliament approved "The Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020 No. 154".
- ‒ The commencement date of July 1st, 2022 was passed into law.
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4) https://www.minzp.sk/aktuality/milnik-priprave-zalohoveho-systemu-minister-budaj-predstavil-spravcu-ktory-zavedie-system-zalohovania-pet-flias.html 5) https://www.diena.lv/raksts/latvija/zinas/parakstits-ligums-par-atkritumu-depozita-sistemas-ieviesanu-latvija-14255277
Business update for TOMRA Recycling & Mining
Waste sorting and plastics recycling
- Continues to be a healthy sector 1.000
- Solid demand for high quality recyclates
- Improved plastics prices, yet below pre-COVID levels
Metal recycling and mining
- Improved order intake in the recycling segment
- Metal prices climbed above 2019 levels
- The cyclical mining business continues to be slower than last year
Improved commodity prices Continued demand for high quality recyclates
Illustration1) of price development of virgin PET and recycled PET (rPET)
PET = virgin-derived polyethylene terephthalate rPET= recycled polyethylene terephthalate (comparable to virgin PET)
UK Plastic Packaging Tax
On November 12th , 2020, UK announced the introduction of a new plastic packaging tax of £200 per ton for plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled content2) .
The tax will take effect from April 2022.
EU Plastic Tax On December 14th
, 2020, the Council of the EU unanimously adopted the Own Resources Decision3) , which introduces, among other things, an EU-wide levy on non-recycled plastic packaging of EUR 800 per ton.
The tax shall apply from January 2021.
2) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/introduction-of-a-new-plastic-packaging-tax/introduction-of-a-new-plastic-packaging-tax 3) https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-10046-2020-INIT/en/pdf
Business update for TOMRA Food
**) Includes best estimates of market size for high volume sub-categories in developing markets. TOMRA's market share in our focus sub-categories and regions is up to ~80%
Circular Economy – Innovating through collaboration
TOMRA and Borealis, in collaboration with Zimmerman, opened a demo plant for advanced mechanical recycling with the purpose of generating material for brand owners and converters to qualify, validate and prove fit for use in their applications.
The demo plant covers the process from post consumer waste to production of recycled polymers.
PET is the main polymer type in the market for high quality recycled plastics. However, PET accounts for less than 10% of plastic packaging*. Proving other polymer types is an important enabler of plastic circularity.
Styrenics Circular Solutions, which TOMRA is a part of, successfully tested mechanical recycling of polystyrene (PS) for food contact.
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 | 45 % | 15 % | 10 % | 30 % | 100 % |
| Liabilities | 55 % | 15 % | 10 % | 20 % | 100 % |
| ¹ EUR includes DKK | ² Most important: AUD, NZD, RMB, CAD, SEK, GBP and JPY | NOTE: Estimated and rounded figures |
¹ EUR includes DKK NOTE: Estimated and rounded figures
10% change in NOK towards other currencies will impact:
| Revenues | Expenses | EBITA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Financial highlights | P&L statement
| th 4 Quarter |
Full Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amounts in NOK million | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 Adj* | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 Adj* |
| Revenues | 2,742 | 2,569 | 2,648 | 9,941 | 9,346 | 9,997 |
| Collection Solutions | 1,426 | 1,265 | 1,302 | 4,936 | 4,633 | 4,939 |
| Recycling Mining | 438 | 413 | 426 | 1,694 | 1,692 | 1,818 |
| Food | 878 | 891 | 920 | 3,311 | 3,021 | 3,240 |
| Gross contribution | 1,221 | 1,108 | 1,137 | 4,366 | 4,085 | 4,358 |
| in % | 45% | 43% | 43% | 44% | 44% | 44% |
| Operating expenses | 716 | 700 | 726 | 2,844 | 2,704 | 2,887 |
| EBITA | 505 | 408 | 411 | 1,522 | 1,381 | 1,471 |
| in % | 18% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 15% |
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TOMRA Collection Solutions financials
| th 4 Quarter |
Full Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amounts in NOK million | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 Adj* | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 Adj* |
| Revenues | 1,426 | 1,265 | 1,302 | 4,936 | 4,633 | 4,939 |
| Northern Europe | 223 | 160 | 778 | 618 | ||
| Europe (ex Northern) | 608 | 498 | 1,923 | 1,708 | ||
| North America | 407 | 428 | 1,590 | 1,718 | ||
| Rest of the world | 188 | 179 | 645 | 589 | ||
| Gross contribution | 598 | 506 | 521 | 2,042 | 1,928 | 2,048 |
| in % | 42% | 40% | 40% | 41% | 42% | 41% |
| Operating expenses | 302 | 290 | 299 | 1,161 | 1,120 | 1,191 |
| EBITA | 296 | 216 | 222 | 881 | 808 | 857 |
| in % | 21% | 17% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 17% |
TOMRA Recycling Mining financials
| th 4 Quarter |
Full Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amounts in NOK million | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 Adj* | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 Adj* |
| Revenues | 438 | 413 | 426 | 1,694 | 1,692 | 1,818 |
| Europe | 247 | 226 | 1,041 | 1,000 | ||
| America | 61 | 59 | 196 | 225 | ||
| Asia | 79 | 91 | 289 | 303 | ||
| Rest of the world | 51 | 37 | 168 | 164 | ||
| Gross contribution | 237 | 206 | 211 | 910 | 888 | 954 |
| in % | 54% | 50% | 49% | 54% | 52% | 52% |
| Operating expenses | 135 | 132 | 138 | 534 | 503 | 540 |
| EBITA | 102 | 74 | 73 | 376 | 385 | 414 |
| in % | 23% | 18% | 17% | 22% | 23% | 23% |
Based upon current production and delivery plans, the revenues in 1Q21 are estimated to be approximately 60% of order backlog at the end of 4Q20
TOMRA Food financials
| th 4 Quarter |
Full Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amounts in NOK million | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 Adj* | 2020 | 2019 | 2019 Adj* |
| Revenues | 878 | 891 | 920 | 3,311 | 3,021 | 3,240 |
| Europe | 194 | 197 | 875 | 767 | ||
| America | 405 | 407 | 1,521 | 1,426 | ||
| Asia | 62 | 94 | 291 | 293 | ||
| Rest of the world | 217 | 193 | 624 | 535 | ||
| Gross contribution | 386 | 396 | 405 | 1,414 | 1,269 | 1,357 |
| in % | 44% | 44% | 44% | 43% | 42% | 42% |
| Operating expenses | 254 | 255 | 266 | 1,050 | 991 | 1,065 |
| EBITA | 132 | 141 | 139 | 364 | 278 | 292 |
| in % | 15% | 16% | 15% | 11% | 9% | 9% |
Based upon current production and delivery plans, the revenues in 1Q21 are estimated to be approximately 70% of order backlog at the end of 4Q20
Financial highlights | Balance sheet and cash flow
| 31 December | ||
|---|---|---|
| Amounts in NOK million | 2020 | 2019 |
| ASSETS | 10,977 | 10,868 |
| Intangible non-current assets | 3,846 | 3,788 |
| Tangible non-current assets | 2,371 | 2,330 |
| Financial non-current assets | 353 | 406 |
| Inventory | 1,492 | 1,596 |
| Receivables | 2,383 | 2,288 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 532 | 460 |
| LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | 10,977 | 10,868 |
| Equity | 5,591 | 5,247 |
| Lease liabilities | 1,104 | 1,102 |
| Interest-bearing liabilities | 1,414 | 1,880 |
| Non interest-bearing liabilities | 2,868 | 2,639 |
Cashflow from operations
• All time high cash flow of 890 MNOK in the fourth quarter (600 MNOK in fourth quarter 2019)
Solidity and gearing
- 51% equity ratio
- NIBD/EBITDA (Rolling 12 months)
- o 0.5x without IFRS 16 / 0.9x including IFRS 16
Dividend
o The Board proposes an ordinary dividend of NOK 3.00 per share, up from NOK 2.75 last year
TOMRA has a solid financial position
- Weighted average debt maturity of 3.0 years
- All interest-bearing is swapped to EUR and is exposed to EUR/NOK exchange rate fluctuations.
Not including 300MNOK cash-pool overdraft facility
Debt maturity profile Current funding sources
- TOMRA has a satisfactory liquidity situation with available unused credit lines of approx. 1 460 MNOK
- A senior unsecured bonds (no financial covenants) of 1 000 MNOK (swapped to EUR) is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange
- The financial covenant related to the bank debt is minimum equity ratio of 30 %
Mapping of new reporting segments
| Old segments | 2020 | 2020 | New segments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Figures in NOK million | Total | Total | Figures in NOK million |
| Tomra Collection Solutions | Tomra Collection Solutions | ||
| Total revenues | 4 936 | 4 936 | Total revenues |
| Gross contribution | 2 042 | 2 042 | Gross contribution |
| - % | 41 % | 41,4 % - % | |
| Operating expenses | 1 161 | 1 161 | Operating expenses |
| EBITA before other items | 881 | 881 | EBITA |
| - % | 18 % | 17,8 % - % | |
| Amortizations | 123 | 123 | Amortizations |
| EBIT before other items | 758 | 758 | EBIT |
| - % | 15 % | 15 % - % | |
| Tomra Sorting Solutions | Tomra Recycling Mining | ||
| Total revenues | 5 005 | 1 694 | Total revenues |
| Gross contribution | 2 324 | 910 | Gross contribution |
| - % | 46 % | 54 % - % | |
| Operating expenses | 1 534 | 534 | Operating expenses |
| EBITA before other items | 790 | 376 | EBITA |
| - % | 16 % | 22,2 % - % | |
| Amortizations | 99 | 13 | Amortizations |
| EBIT before other items | 691 | 363 | EBIT |
| - % | 14 % | 21 % - % | |
| Group Functions | Tomra Food Solutions | ||
| Total revenues | 0 | 3 311 | Total revenues |
| Gross contribution | - | 1 414 | Gross contribution |
| - % | - | 43 % - % | |
| Operating expenses | 149 | 1 050 | Operating expenses |
| EBITA before other items | -149 | 364 | EBITA |
| - % | - | 11,0 % - % | |
| 86 | Amortizations | ||
| 278 | EBIT | ||
| 8 % - % | |||
| Group Functions | |||
| 0 | Total revenues | ||
| - | Gross contribution | ||
| - - % | |||
| 99 | Operating expenses | ||
| -99 | EBITA | ||
| - - % |
Outlook
| Collection Solutions | • Overall good momentum in TOMRA Collection • New potential outbreaks of COVID-19 could have negative impact • Expansion in Netherlands expected to have a positive impact |
|---|---|
| Recycling/Mining | • Underlying momentum assumed to continue • Deviations between business streams due to impact of lower commodity prices and industrial demand |
| Food | • Regional differences dependent upon severity of COVID-19 outbreak • The fresh food segment assumed to continue better than the processed food segment |
| 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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