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Volex — FY2021 Earnings Presentation

19 slides from Volex's earnings presentation, June 2021

  1. Slide 1: FY2021 Annual Results: Strengthening capabilities

    HALF YEAR RESULTS FY2021 ANNUAL RESULTS Year ended 4 April 2021 Strengthening capabilities NAT ROTHSCHILD Executive Chairman JON BOADEN Chief Financial Officer

  2. Slide 2: Strongest profit performance for 20 years

    Strongest profit performance for 20 years 2 • Group revenue up 13.3% year-on-year • Underlying operating profit up 35.8% to $42.9m • Underlying operating profit margin now 9.7% • Acquisition of DE-KA has created the only truly global power cord manufacturer • Final dividend increased by 10% to 2.2 p

  3. Slide 3: Operational Highlights

    Operational Highlights 3 • Excellent customer support during a demanding year • Doubled the production space in our Batam, Indonesia facility to 13,200 sqm • Invested in expanding our sales and marketing teams • Focus on product development in growth areas - particularly Electric Vehicles • Achieved

  4. Slide 4: Financial Review

    FINANCIAL REVIEW

  5. Slide 5: Financial Performance

    Financial Performance 5 Group revenue $443m $m (except where stated) FY21 FY20 Change $391m $372m Revenue 443.3 391.4 13.3% $320m $322m Underlying operating profit 42.9 31.6 35.8% Underlying operating margin 9.7% 8.1% 160 bps Profit before tax 29.4 15.9 84.9% Underlying basic EPS 32.1 cents 18.2 cen

  6. Slide 6: Revenue by customer sector

    Revenue by customer sector 6 Electric Vehicles $53m • We are delighted with the progress • As competition increases we we are making in Electric Vehicles continue to optimise our manufacturing capabilities and • We are expanding our customer base We work with leading further lower our costs for thes

  7. Slide 7: Revenue by customer sector

    Revenue by customer sector 7 Medical • We worked very closely with our devices because our customers $116m $113m Medical customers where demand could not access hospitals to install was variable equipment We deliver complex assemblies that are used to deliver critical power, • Sales of smaller items

  8. Slide 8: Margin progression

    Margin progression 9.8% 9.7% 88 8.1% • Our year-on-year margin improvement reflects the activities we have undertaken in recent years to fix margins 5.8% • Vertical integration for our power business 3.6% • Higher proportion of complex products with a beneficial mix 2.8% effect • Continuous improvem

  9. Slide 9: Group Cash Flow

    Group Cash Flow 9 $m FY21 FY20 Underlying EBITDA 50.8 38.1 Net capital expenditure (7.4) (4.4) Underlying working capital (7.6) 20.8 Net interest and tax (3.7) (5.6) Other including pension (0.4) (0.1) Underlying Free Cash Flow 31.7 48.8 Acquisitions (42.2) (25.6) Adjusting items (0.4) (1.4) Dividen

  10. Slide 10: Strategy and Operations

    STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS

  11. Slide 11: Covid-19 impact

    Covid-19 impact 11 People • Response to Covid-19 started in February 2020 following restrictions in China • We have kept in place best practice measures to protect our people DRAFT Customers • We have been involved in projects to accelerate the provision of ventilators • Worked closely with customer

  12. Slide 12: Investment case

    Investment case 12 DELIVERING OPERATIONAL ACQUISITIONS PROFITABLE EXCELLENCE GROWTH Revenue up Margin up 6 acquisitions 13% year- 160bps DRAFT in 3 years on-year year-on-year We are We are We have a focused on committed to strong balance growth areas continuous sheet and an where we can improvement

  13. Slide 13: How we add value

    How we add value 13 Design and engineering Manufacturing • Our technical and product experts work • We are committed to delivering the highest closely with customers to create compelling quality products to suit the most demanding products applications • We create our own products and intellectual •

  14. Slide 14: Investing in growth

    Investing in growth 14 Targeted investment in areas where we can achieve excellent growth Additional production Customer projects Creating customer value by investing in value-add opportunities capacity in Turkey to meet Supporting our largest customers with specific capabilities to deliver their pr

  15. Slide 15: Acquisition strategy

    Acquisition strategy 15 • Experts in connectors and displays • Complex customised with great sales team harnesses with short lead times • Delivering synergies with other • Revived key customer relationship FY2019 parts of the group • Medical experts with excellent • PCB assembly and box builds quali

  16. Slide 16: Update on DE-KA

    Update on DE-KA 16 • Business is trading strongly with production at full capacity • We are investing in two additional automated production lines which will be operational in H2 • We have secured a significant new customer as a result of the acquisition which is expected to deliver incremental reve

  17. Slide 17: Outlook

    Outlook 17 • We have delivered a strong start to the year with promising customer growth • We remain confident but mindful of the impacts of component shortages and Covid-19 on our customers • We have an exciting pipeline of acquisition opportunities and our strong balance sheet provides flexibility

  18. Slide 18: Questions?

    QUESTIONS?

  19. Slide 19: Volex

    Volex

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