Ceconomy : Fact Sheet Q1 2019/20

FACT SHEET Q1 2019/20

• Sales adjusted for currency effects and portfolio changes1 decreased by -0.5%(-0.3% on a like-for-like basis); reported sales decreased by -0.8% to 6,821 €m; sales adjusted for currency effects and portfolio changes1 excl. iBood nearly on PY's level (-0.2%)
• Online sales1 increased by +4% yoy to 15.4% of total sales (Q1 18/19: 14.7%); online1 growth excl. iBood +6%; pick-up rate increased strongly to 47% vs. 44% in the prior year period
• Services & Solutions sales1 according to IFRS 15 grew by +10% yoy, accounting for 5.5% of total sales (Q1 18/19: 5.0%); increase mainly driven by extended warranties and SmartBar services
• Selective store expansion with 1 opening in the Netherlands and 2 closures in Germany as well as the deconsolidation of 12 stores in Greece; average store size reduced by c. -1% to 2,622 sqm since September 2019, mainly due to further store rightsizings and store closures
• Slightly lower gross margin (-0.1%p.) with trend improvement
• Adjusted EBIT2 increased by +20 €m yoy to 289 €m (incl. IFRS 16 effect of c. 2 €m); improvement driven by Germany due to higher Services & Solutions income and cost savings
• Reported EBIT increased by 84 €m yoy to 319 €m, including a positive restructuring-related earnings effect of 30 €m, mainly due to the Greece transaction
• Tax rate improved to 32.0% (Q1 18/19: 37.4%) mainly due to non-taxable gain related to Greece transaction; underlying tax rate3 at 38%
• EPS increased by +0.17 € to 0.47 € yoy, mainly driven by higher earnings and lower tax rate
• Change in net working capital (NWC) as per cash flow statement improved slightly due to higher increase in trade payables, mainly resulting from higher starting point as of 30 September 2018
• Cash investments as per cash flow statement increased by 22 €m yoy to 74 €m (or 1.1% of sales) due to the investment into a new corporation related to the Greece transaction; lower modernization and expansion investments compared to the prior-year period
• Lease adjusted Free Cash Flow4 at 1,272 €m; below PY's level mainly due to restructuring- related cash outflows and higher cash taxes

1. Excluding Greek MediaMarkt business (portfolio change)
2. Guidance-relevantEBIT excl. associates and non-recurring earnings effects in connection with the reorganization and efficiency program and adjusted for portfolio changes
3. Before associates, M.video and restructuring-related effects
4. Lease adjusted free cash flow subtracts the repayment of lease liabilities for better FCF comparability under IFRS 16

Outlook FY 2019/20 confirmed

The outlook is adjusted for portfolio changes. Non-recurring earnings effects in connection with the reorganization and efficiency program announced on 29 April 2019 are not included.

	FY 2019/20	thereof
	incl. IFRS 16	IFRS 16 effect
Fx-adjusted sales	Slight increase
EBIT (excl. associates)	445 - 475 €m	5 - 15 €m

Financial figures at a glance1,2

€m	Q1 2018/19	Q1 2019/20	Change
Sales	6,879	6,821	-0.8%
Sales development adjusted for currency and portfolio change effects	2.8%	-0.5%	-
Like-for-like sales development	2.4%	-0.3%	-
Gross margin	18.4%	18.3%	-0.1%p.
EBIT	234	319	36.0%
Adjusted EBIT	269	289	7.6%
Net financial result	1	9	>100%
Tax rate	37.4%	32.0%	-5.3%p.
Profit or loss for the period	147	222	51.1%
attributable to non-controlling interest	40	53	32.4%
attributable to shareholders of CECONOMY AG	107	170	58.0%
EPS (€)	0.30	0.47	0.17

1. From continuing operations.
2. Due to the first-time application of new accounting standards (especially IFRS 16), some of the previous year's figures are not comparable.

Earnings position

						Change compared to									Change compared
	Reported EBIT		Reported EBIT	prior year	Adjusted EBIT1	Adjusted EBIT2	to prior year
€m	Q1 2018/19		Q1 2019/20	Q1 2019/20	Q1 2018/19		Q1 2019/20	Q1 2019/20
Total	234	319			84			269	289		20
DACH	184		244				60			197	247		50
Western/	66	83			16			69	50		-19
Southern Europe
Eastern Europe	15	7			-8		15	7		-8
Others3	-31			-16	16			-12				-15		-3
																				Q1 2018/19
									Earnings effects from	Earnings effects from
									restructuring and	associates and portfolio
€m					Reported EBIT	management changes			changes	Adjusted EBIT1
Total			234				-34					-1		269
DACH			184					-13			0			197
Western/			66				-2			0			69
Southern Europe
Eastern Europe			15				0			0			15
Others3							-31				-19					-1		-12
																				Q1 2019/20
									Earnings effects in	Earnings effects from
									connection with the	associates and portfolio
									reorganization and			changes
€m					Reported EBIT	efficiency program								Adjusted EBIT2
Total			319				30					-1		289
DACH			244					-3			0			247
Western/			83				33			0			50
Southern Europe
Eastern Europe			7				0			0			7
Others3							-16				0					-1		-15
									Adjusted EBIT1			Adjusted EBIT2			IFRS 16 effect
													including IFRS 16
€m									Q1 2018/19		Q1 2019/20	Q1 2019/20
Total									269				289					2
DACH									197					247					1
Western/									69				50					0
Southern Europe
Eastern Europe									15				7					1
Others3									-12				-15		-1

1. Before earnings effects from restructuring and management changes, associates and portfolio changes
2. Before earnings effects from the reorganization and efficiency program, associates and portfolio changes
3. Including consolidation

Online and Services & Solutions1

						in %
		Sales (€m)	Change (%)	of total sales
	Q1 2018/19	Q1 2019/20
Online	1,007	1,048		4.0	15.4
Services & Solutions	342	375		9.8	5.5

1 Reported figures, including Greek MediaMarkt business (portfolio change)

Store network

	30/09/2019	Openings	Closures	31/12/2019
Germany	431	0	-2	429
Austria	52	0	0	52
Switzerland	26	0	0	26
Hungary	32	0	0	32
DACH	541	0	-2	539
Belgium	27	0	0	27
Greece	12	0	-12	0
Italy	117	0	0	117
Luxembourg	2	0	0	2
Netherlands	49	1	0	50
Portugal	10	0	0	10
Spain	88	0	0	88
Western/S. Europe	305	1	-12	294
Poland	90	0	0	90
Turkey	78	0	0	78
Eastern Europe	168	0	0	168
Sweden	28	0	0	28
Others	28	0	0	28
CECONOMY	1,042	1	-14	1,029

Financial calendar

Annual General Meeting	Wednesday	12 February 2020
Capital Markets Day	Thursday	26 March 2020
Q2/H1 2019/20 results	Thursday	14 May 2020
Q3/9M 2019/20 results	Thursday	13 August 2020
Q4/FY 2019/20 trading statement	Friday	23 October 2020
Q4/FY 2019/20 results	Tuesday	15 December 2020

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