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Interim report Jan-Sep 2020

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ACTIC GROUP

A healthier society through training

Q3 INTERIM REPORT

2020 JULY - SEPT

CEO - Anders Carlbark

Interim CFO - Stephan Ebberyd

COVID-19 UPDATE

ALL CLUBS OPEN SINCE 15/6

  • Swedish sites open throughout Q2 and Q3, but negative impact to sales of memberships, PT revenue and increased freezing's of risk groups
  • All sites in Norway open since 15th June
  • German sites gradually opened during May, but baths are still operating under heavy restrictions with negative impact to sales of new memberships

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Continue to prioritize and ensure sites being a safe environment for members and staff
  • Quick adaptation to new situation, strong short- and long-term cost management combined with new developments, such as outdoor training offer, ensures stronger resilience to further Covid-19 uncertainty
  • New membership sales challenging during first half of Q3 but step by step stronger throughout the quarter, September in line with last year
  • Long term efficiency measures successfully implemented

CHALLENGES

  • Slower recovery in small and medium cities compared to larger cities
  • Large share of seniors in member base where we see a slower recovery
  • General development of Covid-19 and specifically continued restrictions in German baths

Q3 GROUP OVERVIEW - STRONG CASHFLOW AND RESULT

MEMBER BASE AND SALES GRADUALLY RECOVERING

  • Sales of new memberships recovering step by step
    • Q2 -50% compared to last year,
    • Q3 -14% compared to last year with September in line with last year
  • Member base at the end of September -11% compared to last year, adjusted for permanently closed sites -9%

NET SALES 196,2 (-13,8%)

  • Total decrease compared to last year -31,4 Mkr

COST DEVELOPMENT -48 Mkr (-30%)

  • Employee costs -16,8 Mkr
  • Other external costs -28,3 Mkr
  • One-timecost deductions: Rental discounts of 8 Mkr and government support of 5 Mkr booked as cost reduction

EBITDA 86,4 Mkr (+19%), margin 44,1% (31,9%)

  • Stronger than expected result driven by step by step recovery of sales and systematic efficiency improvements
  • EBITDA Excl IFRS 16 effects: 46 Mkr (31,8 Mkr), margin 23,5% (14%)

GROUP OPERATIONAL KPI OVERVIEW

Q3 - SEGMENT OVERVIEW

NORDICS

  • Net sales 173,3 Mkr (-15,6%) compared to last year
  • PT Revenue down -31%
  • EBITDA 84,4Mkr (LY 75,4 Mkr), EBITDA Margin 48,7% (LY 36,7%)
  • EBIT 36,2Mkr (LY -228,5), EBIT Margin 20,9% (LY neg.%)
  • Member base 174 326 (-12,2% compared to last year)
  • Number of clubs 147 (-8 to LY)

GERMANY

  • Net sales 22,9Mkr (+2,6%) compared to last year
  • EBITDA 9,3Mkr (LY 3,7Mkr), EBITDA Margin 40,7% (LY 16,7%)
  • EBIT 4,4Mkr (LY -30,9Mkr), EBIT Margin 19,2% (LY neg.%)
  • Member base 24 187 (0% compared to last year)
  • Number of clubs 26 (+1 vs. LY)
  • Profitability turnaround continues but current sales effected by continued restrictions at most bath facilities

CASHFLOW AND NET DEBT

STRONG CASHFLOW

  • Cashflow in Q3 of +9,0 MSEK (+24,8 MSEK vs. Q3-19)
  • Focus on working capital and negotiation with landlords and 100% of rents are now monthly paid instead of quarterly prepayment
  • Prepayment from members have also strengthen working capital.
  • Cash flow jan-sept 64,9 MSEK, 147 MSEK better than LY

NET DEBT

  • Net Debt 298 MSEK, excl IFRS 16
  • Cash 151 MSEK and available, not used credit, lines of 77 MSEK
  • Net Debt 101 MSEK better than Q3 2019 (excl. IFRS 16)
  • Net Debt/EBITDA = 3,1 (excl. effects from IFRS 16)

KEY TAKE AWAYS AND CURRENT TRADING

STRONG RESULT AND CASHFLOW

  • New levels of efficiency and improvements to training offer drives quarterly result
  • Q3 result supports financial stability and enables us to increase investments in improving customer offer

SYSTEMATIC IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUE AS FOCUS

  • Systematic improvement has step by step shown result throughout the whole year and we will continue to drive development of smart solutions to improve customer offer and operational efficiency.
  • Continued big focus on development and investments in digital and outdoor training will enable future growth and strengthen resilience to potential new upcoming situations related to Covid-19

Q4 SALES AND COST

  • Operational priority is to uphold a safe training environment and drive sales of new memberships
  • Net sales are expected to be lower than last year and we estimate Q4 net sales to decrease with 10-15% compared to same period last year with EBITDA at same level as Q4 2019.

Q&A

THANK YOU

APPENDIX

NET SALES & EBIT BRIDGE

NETSALES BRIDGE

EBIT - BRIDGE

P&L

Jul-sep

Jul-sep

Jan-sep

Jan-sep

Rolling

Jan-dec

SEK thousand

2020

2019

2020

2019

12m

2019

N etsales

196 175

227 579

582 327

718 311

816 259

952 243

O theroperating revenues

6 469

8 726

21737

25 355

30 661

34 278

Totalrevenues

202 644

236 305

604 064

743 666

846 920

986 522

G oods forresale

-740

-2 837

-3 037

-7 667

-5 501

-10 131

O therexternalcosts

-50 045

-78 319

-183 860

-254 668

-255 260

-326 068

Personnelcosts

-65 346

-82 145

-214 049

-281769

-314 685

-382 405

D epreciation and im pairm entoffixed assets

-53 223

-338 621

-160 817

-452 640

-228 881

-520 704

O theroperating expenses

-67

-466

-632

-996

-732

-1095

EBIT

33 223

-266 084

41 670

-254 073

41 861

-253 882

Financialincom e

96

25

2 004

83

2 934

1013

Financialexpenses

-10 065

-12 546

-34 596

-36 626

-45 720

-47 750

Profit/loss before tax

23 255

-278 605

9 078

-290 615

-926

-300 619

Tax

-3 031

-1617

-7 774

59

-11754

-3 922

N et profit/loss for the period

20 224

-280 222

1 304

-290 556

-12 680

-304 540

BALANCE SHEET

CASHFLOW STATEMENT

SEK thousand

2020 -09-30

2019-09-30

2019-12-31

A ssets

Intangible fixed assets

566 973

601967

587 790

Tangible fixed assets

268 939

285 802

285 512

Right-of-use assets

739 553

877 462

818 133

D eferred tax assets

2 693

6 935

2 693

Totalfixed assets

1 578 158

1 772 165

1 694 129

O thercurrentassets

65 774

82 403

94 841

Cash and cash equivalents

150 630

48 842

85 573

Totalcurrent assets

216 404

131 245

180 414

Totalassets

1 794 562

1 903 410

1 874 543

Equity and liabilities

Totalequity

271 557

297 945

281 032

Equity attributable to Parent Com pany shareholders

271 557

297 945

281 032

N on-currentinterest-bearing liabilities -loans

433 793

433 001

433 200

N on-currentinterest-bearing liabilities -leasing

647 886

763 426

708 043

D eferred tax liabilities

20 561

21719

19 565

Totalnon-current liabilities

1 102 239

1 218 145

1 160 808

Currentinterest-bearing liabilities -loans

15 000

15 000

15 000

Currentinterest-bearing liabilities -leasing

133 361

150 273

151930

O thercurrentliabilities

272 405

222 047

265 772

Totalcurrent liabilities

420 766

387 320

432 703

Totalliabilities

1 523 005

1 605 465

1 593 511

Totalequity and liabilities

1 794 562

1 903 410

1 874 543

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