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WashTec AG Interim / Quarterly Report 2020

Oct 27, 2020

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Financial Statement Q3 | October 27, 2020

Dr. Ralf Koeppe | CEO Dr. Kerstin Reden | CFO

Car wash data from January to September 2020

WashTecs' SmartCare – the first digital carwash machine

Remote connectivity and diagnostics

Individual control of all settings: pricing, chemical dosing or washing programs

Wash program configuration simple and perfectly adaptable to the wash business.

Intelligent control: For maximum wash quality, speed and revenue

Customizable

WashTecs' SmartSite – remote mangement of wash sites

Ongoing structure optimization driven by WashTecs' Performance Program

  • Headcount reduction from 1874 (end of year 2019) to 1767 (end of Q3 2020)
  • Engineering Excellence initiatives intensified starting Q4

Year-to-date September 2020 – Financial Highlights

Revenue

€ 269.3 m down 13%

EBIT

€ 12.5 m down 38 %

FCF € 25.1 m up > 100 %

Outlook FY 2020

  • Maintained in view of the continuing fragile economic environment
  • Revenue decline between 15% and 20%
  • EBIT margin of 3-5%
  • A second global lockdown is not taken into account

Results significantly impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

Successfully managed turnaround in NA and Asia/Pacific

Third quarter again impacted by COVID-19 crisis, but to a lesser extent than Q2 in € million

Currency fluctuations result in a 1.1% headwind for the third quarter Year-to-date FX impact was minor

Quarterly view Year-to-date revenue development

Year-to-date (September)

Revenue shortfall due to lower machine sales; Chemical business stable

Quarterly view (Q3)

COVID-19 still impacts machines sales; Chemicals flat

Year-to-date (September) – unconsolidated basis

Europe business impacted the most by COVID-19 pandemic, in particular France, Spain, Austria, the Nordics as well as export business to Eastern Europe

Revenue by Segment

Quarterly view (Q3)

Europe continues to be impacted by pandemic, but to a lesser extent than in Q2. US business in Q3 hit by lower machine sales to Key Accounts

Revenue by Segment

Year-to-date income statement September 2020

9m 2019 9m 2020 Λ
Group revenue 309.1 269.3 $-12.9%$
Cost of materials $-133.9$ $-116.0$ $-13.4%$
in % 43.3% $-43.1%$
Operating expenses (excl. FX) $-157.9$ $-142.3$ -9.9%
Other income / expenses 3.0 1.5 $-50.0%$
EBIT 20.3 12.5 $-38.4%$
EBIT margin 6.6% 4.6% $-2.0\%$
Financial result $-0.4$ $-0.6$ 50.0%
Tax $-8.3$ $-4.5$ $-45.8%$
Net income 11.6 7.4 $-36.1%$
EPS 0.87 0.55 $-36.8%$

Solid EBIT performance in Q3 with an EBIT margin of 7.8%

in € million

In % of revenue: 1.9% 4.0% 7.8 %

In % of revenue: 6.6% 4.6%

Year-to-date (September) – unconsolidated basis

EBIT by region - turnaround in NA and APAC partly offsets shortfall in Europe

Quarterly view (Q3) – unconsolidated basis

EBIT improvement vs. Q2 in all three regions

Year-to-date (September)

Compared to PY, Group cash position improved due to lower trade receivables, less Capex expenditure and suspension of dividend

9m 2019 9m 2020
Gross cashflow 18.4 14.8 $-19.6%$
Change in working capital $-12.8$ 6.6 >100%
Change of other current assets/liabilities 0.0 6.3 >100%
Cashflow from operating activities 5.6 27.7 >100%
Cashflow from investing activities $-6.1$ $-2.6$ -57.4%
FCF $-0.5$ 25.1 >100%
Cashflow from financing activities $-39.8$ $-6.6$ >100 %
Change of cash position (incl. FX) $-40.9$ 17.7 >100%
Dec-19 9m 2020 Δ
Cash and cash equivalent 12.4 15.4 3.0
Bank liabilities $-47.1$ $-32.4$ 14.7
$-34.7$ $-17.0$ 17.7

Reduction of NOWC due to lower revenue levels, equity ratio up

Outlook 2020

In view of the limited visibility and the current resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, we maintain our outlook statement for the full year 2020 in line with the half year report.

WashTec expects revenue to decline by 15 – 20% compared to PY and an EBIT margin between 3 - 5%. Current expectation is a decrease towards the lower end of the percentage range.

October 27, 2020 Publication of Q3 Statement
November 16-18, 2020 Eigenkapital Forum Online