Welcome to the world of Encavis - Conference Call Q2/6M 2020 Interim Report

Encavis AG, Q2/6M 2020 Interim Report, Hamburg, August 26th, 2020

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Segments

Highlights from April to August 2020

Encavis AG follows its strategy to own 100% of all solar parks within its

corporate portfolio consequently. Latest acquisition of the residual shares (20%)

of the Spanish major solar project La Cabrera (200 MW total capacity) from its

strategic development partner Solarcentury is one example for this strategy.

Encavis AG concludes development partnership with GreenGo Energy Group

for a portfolio of subsidy-free solar parks in Denmark of more than 500 MW

ENCAVIS exceeds all expectations in Q1/2020 and benefits from

the expansion of capacities with significant earnings and cash flow

increases as well as margin improvement in the wind segment due to positive

weather effects and massive improvement in Encavis Asset Management

ENCAVIS and Sunovis conclude a cooperation agreement for a

200 MW+ portfolio of subsidy-free solar projects in Germany

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Segments

Highlights from April to August 2020

Encavis Asset Management raised additional 74.5 million euros equity

special fund "Encavis Infrastructure II" - Fund volume exceeds 200 million

ENCAVIS acquires wind farm in Germany with a total of 14.4 megawatts of

generation capacity with a Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) remuneration until year-end 2039

ENCAVIS expands its participation in its solar park portfolio in France

and now owns 100% of all its French solar parks

Encavis Asset Management AG acquires additional wind farm in France

for special fund 'Encavis Infrastructure Fund II'

ENCAVIS successfully secured a EUR 63.8 million non-recourse project refinancing

for a portfolio of 10 ground-mounted PV plants located in Italy of 29.1 megawatts

BlackRock increased their shareholdings in ENCAVIS from 3.51% to 4.07%

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Recent acquisition of minorities lead to ownership in solar parks of >94 per cent on average

191 solar parks and 85 wind parks in 10 European countries: total capacity > 2.5 GW

WIND PARKS

OWN ASSETS (net / gross)

ASSET MANAGEMENT

Germany

181

/ 229 MW

0 / 351 MW

France

36 / 36 MW

0 / 114 MW

Austria

36 / 36 MW

0 / 17 MW

Finland

-

0 / 13 MW

United Kingdom

-

0 / 18 MW

Sweden

-

0 / 10 MW

Italy

5 / 6 MW

-

Denmark

118

/ 120 MW

-

Total

376 / 427 MW

0 / 523 MW

SOLAR PARKS

OWN ASSETS

ASSET MANAGEMENT

Germany

258

/ 262 MW

0 / 103 MW

Italy

154

/ 154 MW

0 / 7 MW

France

194

/ 194 MW

0 / 41 MW

United Kingdom

127 / 127 MW

-

The Netherlands

95

/ 106 MW

0 / 80 MW

Spain

Construction: 440 / 500 MW

Total

1,269 / 1,343 MW

0 / 231 MW

GROUP TOTAL

Own Assets 1,645 / 1,770 MW

GROUP TOTAL 2,524 MW

Market presence Market entry initiated

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Construction of 300 MW PV park "Talayuela" well underway

Highlights:

>

Generation capacity:

300 MW

> Total investment volume in EUR:

~225 m

Equity/project debt finance level:

43:57

Full loan repayment within PPA

runtime of

10 years

Talayuela

>

Co-investor: Solarcentury with

~20%

>

Long-term PPA contract with

fixed price for

10 years

>

Revenues 1st year of full operation

in EUR:

~25 m

>

Post-tax IRR:

>8%

>

Connected to the grid

late 2020

Talayuela

STATUS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PV PLANT AS OF JULY 31ST, 2020

69% of the entire plant is completed

Civil works and site preparation is at 95%:

70% of the HV substation and 87% of the transmission line are built up. In the photovoltaic section:

  • 96% of the ramming task,
  • 62% of tracker assembly,
  • 35% of modules installation,

are completed across the entire plant.

Main components and products are all delivered to site, with exception of:

  1. 0.5% of PV modules (delayed due to aborted bifacial test)
  2. Step-uptransformer (due to change in transportation rules in Spain)

Planned

Required as per

Key Dates

EPC contract

Grid Connection

11/23/2020

Date for

11/30/2020

Commissioning

Date for

01/25/2021

Completion

Expected delay due to CoVid-19 outbreak: 0 to 30 calendar days

Agreed total extra costs are equal to TEUR 250.

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200 MW PV park "La Cabrera" will be connected to the grid within next days

Highlights:

>

Generation capacity:

~200 MW

> Total investment volume in EUR:

~158 m

> Equity/project debt finance level:

ca. 50:50

>

Full loan repayment within PPA

runtime of

10 years

>

Long-term PPA contract (149 MW)

with Amazon with fixed price for

10 years

La Cabrera

>

Revenues 1st year of full operation

in EUR:

~16.4 m

>

Post-tax IRR:

~ 8%

>

Connected to the grid

late 2020

La Cabrera

STATUS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PV PLANT AS OF AUGUST 17TH, 2020

  1. All components and products were delivered to site.
  2. the High Voltage section (substation and transmission line) is grid connected and energized;
  3. The 50MW sections named Cerrado Cabrera and Los Gonzales are completed and ready for hot commissioning for a total capacity equal to 100MWp;
  4. The 50MW sections named Hazas de los Sesenta and Primo Aleman are expected to be ready for hot commissioning on August 29th, bringing the total capacity under commissioning to 200MWp at the end of August;

Planned Key

Required as per EPC

Dates

contract

Grid Connection

8/18/2020

Date for

8/25/2020

Commissioning

Date for

10/20/2020

Completion

The construction is on time. Completion is foreseen to be on time.

The agreed extra costs due to CoVid-19 are equal to TEUR 240.

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Strong 6M 2020 in line with guidance besides some one-time effects from disposal of minorities, meteorological effects or the virtual Stock Option Programme (SOP)

Operating figures

Q1 2019

Q1 2020

Q2 2019

Q2 2020

6M 2019

6M 2020

(in EUR million)

Revenue

59.5

65.2

84.5

89.6

143.9

154.8

Oper. EBITDA

44.7

50.6

76.1

69.0

120.8

119.6

Oper. EBIT

23.4

28.1

54.8

46.4

78.2

74.5

Oper. Cashflow

15.9

50.8

60.5

64.4

76.4

115.2

Oper. EPS (EUR)

0.05

0.08

0.25

0.19

0.30

0.27

!

Detailed explanations on the following pages . . .

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However, timing effects and the increase in the stock price reduced the improvement of key figures

Operating figures

6M 2019

6M 2020

Change

(in EUR million)

6M 2020/2019

Revenue

143.9

154.8

+ 8 %

Oper. EBITDA

120.8

119.6

- 1 %

Oper. EBIT

78.2

74.5

- 5 %

Oper. EPS in EUR

0.30

0.27

- 10 %

Oper. Cash Flow

76.4

115.2

+ 51 %

  • Positive meteorological effect after 6M 2019 of EUR 11.3 m compared to 6M 2020 of EUR 8.2 m (EUR -3.1 m)
  • Profit from disposal of participations after 6M 2019 of EUR 5.9 m comp. to 6M 2020 of EUR 1.9 m (EUR -4 m)
  • Provisions for the virtual Stock Option Programme for the Management due to strong stock price development: after 6M 2019 EUR -0.5 m compared to 6M 2020 EUR -2.8 m (EUR -2.3 m)

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Significant revenue and cash flow increases after 6M 2020 vs. 6M 2019

Operating figures

6M 2019

6M 2020

Change

(in EUR million)

6M 2020/2019

Revenue

143.9

154.8

+ 8 %

Oper. EBITDA

120.8

119.6

- 1 %

Oper. EBIT

78.2

74.5

- 5 %

Oper. EPS in EUR

0.30

0.27

- 10 %

Oper. Cash Flow

76.4

115.2

+ 51 %

  • Planned payment of capital gain taxes in Q1/2019 instead of Q4/2018 (EUR 9 million) - Reimbursement from the tax office was expected during the year 2019 but happened in Q1/2020

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6M 2020 vs 6M 2019 - adjusted for weather effects (wa)

Again significant positive weather effects after 6M 2020: EUR + 8.2 million (6M 2019: EUR + 11,3 million)

Operating figures

6M 2019

Weather

6M 2020

Weather

Change

(in EUR million)

adjusted

adjusted

6M 2020 (wa)/

6M 2019 (wa)

6M 2020 (wa)

6M 2019 (wa)

Revenue

143.9

132.6

154.8

146.6

+ 11 %

Oper. EBITDA

120.8

109.5

119.6

111.4

+ 2 %

Oper. EBIT

78.2

66.9

74.5

66.3

- 1 %

  • Even stronger earnings development post weather adjustments

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Margin decline in the wind segment due to very positive weather effects in the past year (6M 2019) vs this year besides significant improvement in Encavis Asset Management

Operating

Solar Parks

Wind Parks

Technical

Asset

HQ

P & L

Services (PV)

Management

(in EUR

million)

6M'19

6M'20

6M'19

6M'20

6M'19

6M'20

6M'19

6M'20

6M'19

6M'20

Revenue

106.9

105.9

34.2

43.6

2.3

2.5

3.9

5.0

-

-

EBITDA

91.5

87.1

31.7

33.0

0.7

2.7

1.2

1.8

- 4.2

- 5.0

EBITDA

86%

82%

93%

76%

29%

111%

30%

36%

-

-

margin

EBIT

60.4

55.7

21.0

20.0

0.6

2.7

0.8

1.5

- 4.7

- 5.4

EBIT margin

57%

53%

61%

46%

27%

111%

21%

30%

-

-

  • Operating expenses distributed among Business Segments

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Weather adjusted operating results after 6M 2020 vs 6M 2019 by wind and solar

Operating

Solar Parks

Wind Parks

P & L

(weather

adjusted)

(in EUR million)

6M'19 (wa)

6M'20 (wa)

Change

6M'19 (wa)

6M'20 (wa)

Change

6M'20 (wa) vs.

6M'20 (wa) vs.

6M'19 (wa)

6M'19 (wa)

Revenue

96.4

98.5

+ 2 %

33.4

42.8

+ 28 %

Oper. EBITDA

81.0

79.7

- 2 %

30.9

32.2

+ 4 %

Oper. EBIT

49.9

48.3

- 3 %

20.2

19.2

- 5 %

  • Strong revenue growth in wind (due to acquired windfarms) and small revenue growth even in solar (due to improved performance)

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Securing growth capital (2015 - 2020) while keeping a strong equity ratio

Financing measures implemented (in EUR million)

2020

35

10

2019

48

105

60

2018

50

28

2017

97

44

2016

49

20

25

2015

23

(small) Capital Increase

Biateral Debt, Bonded and "Green" Loans

Hybrid Convertible

Credit Lines

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ENCAVIS Analysts' Consensus on the five corporate KPIs for Q2/2020e and 6M/2020e as of Aug 21, 2020

  • Average Analysts' Consensus for Q2/2020 and for 6M/2020 in general in line with ENCAVIS' results /
    Operating EBITDA mainly burdened by higher expenses for the Stock Option Programme (SOP) as planned Operating Cash Flow benefitted from changes in other assets and liabilities as well as reverse tax effects

Analysts' Consensus

Analysts' Consensus

Average

Extrema

Average

Extrema

(in EUR '000)

Q2 2019

Q2 2020

Q2 2020e

Top

Bottom

6M 2019

6M 2020

6M 2020e

Top

Bottom

Revenues

84,450

89,565

87,372

90,840

85,092

143,914

154,775

152,577

156,050

150,303

Oper. EBITDA

76,103

69,006

72,532

79,000

65,000

120,815

119,615

123,120

129,500

115,609

Oper. EBIT

54,785

46,473

47,883

56,000

41,000

78,168

74,535

75,951

83,192

69,062

Oper. Cash Flow

60,423

64,342

58,392

61,540

55,000

76,360

115,183

98,268

112,380

76,582

Oper. EPS (in EUR)

0.25

0.19

0,193

0,255

0,130

0.30

0.27

0,274

0,330

0,210

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ENCAVIS Analysts' Consensus on the five corporate KPIs for 6M/2020e and FY 2020e as of Aug 21, 2020

  • Average Analysts' Consensus for FY 2020e slightly above ENCAVIS' earnings guidance,
    whereas Analysts' Consensus of Operating Cash Flow is significantly below ENCAVIS' guidance for FY 2020e

Analysts' Consensus

Analysts' Consensus

Average

Extrema

Guidance

Average

Extrema

(in EUR '000)

6M 2019

6M 2020

6M 2020e

Top

Bottom

FY 2020e

FY 2020e

Top

Bottom

Revenues

143,914

154,775

152,577

156,050

150,303

> 280,000

286,062

295,400

280,000

Oper. EBITDA

120,815

119,615

123,120

129,500

115,609

> 220,000

223,523

230,700

220,000

Oper. EBIT

78,168

74,535

75,951

83,192

69,062

> 130,000

134,582

138,786

130,200

Oper. Cash Flow

76,360

115,183

98,268

112,380

76,582

> 200,000

181,704

217,700

156,400

Oper. EPS (in EUR)

0.30

0.27

0,274

0,330

0,210

0.41

0,424

0,500

0,380

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Moderate growth expected for FY 2020e vs FY 2019 (wa = adjusted for weather effects)

2020e will be a year of transition in which the acquired PPA parks in Spain will have COD in Q3 and in Q4 and new acquisitions don't contribute to 2020e P&L - but step-up in 2021e

Operating figures

FY 2019

Weather

Guidance

Change

Show case

(in EUR million)

adjusted

FY 2020e

Guidance

FY 2021e /

FY 2019 (wa)

FY 2020e /

Change vs.

FY 2019 (wa)

Guidance FY 2020e

Revenue

273.8

263.3

> 280.0

+ 6.3%

> 320.0 / + 14.3%

Oper. EBITDA

217.6

210.6

> 220.0

+ 4.5%

Oper. EBIT

132.2

125.2

> 130.0

+ 3.8%

Oper. EPS

0.43

0.40

0.41

+ 2.5%

Oper. Cash flow

189.3

> 200.0

  • Large Spanish projects Talayuela and La Cabrera are under construction in 2020 and distribute significant FY revenue and operating cash flow to the Group in 2021

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Guidance FY 2020e by Business Segments

Operating

Solar Parks

Technical

Wind Parks

Asset

HQ

P & L

Services

Management

(in EUR

million)

FY

FY 2019

Guidance

FY

Guidance

FY

FY 2019

Guidance

FY

Guidance

FY

Guidance

2019

(wa)

2020e

2019

2020e

2019

(wa)

2020e

2019

2020e

2019

2020e

Revenue

200.1

186.0

> 190

4.7

> 4

63.1

66.7

> 74

11.6

> 12

-

-

EBITDA

167.3

156.7

> 159

1.5

> 2

51.9

55.4

> 62

5.6

> 5

- 8.6

< - 9

EBIT

104.9

94.3

> 95

1.4

> 2

23.8

34.0

> 38

5.0

> 5

- 9.5

< - 10

  • Guidance based on average meteorological conditions and the already secured solar park and wind farm portfolio as of March 2020

The use of

infinite resources - this is our future

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The Management

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Management team with great industry expertise and strong passion for renewables

Dr Dierk Paskert

Dr Christoph Husmann

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

CEO since Sep 2017

CFO since Oct 2014

Reappointed until Aug 2025

Reappointed until Sep 2025

CEO Rohstoffallianz GmbH

Member (CFO) and later CEO of the Management Board of

Member of the Management Board of E.ON-Energie AG

HOCHTIEF Projekt Entwicklung GmbH

SVP Corporate Development of E.ON AG

Head of Corporate Controlling and M&A of STINNES AG and

Member of the Management Board of Schenker AG

HOCHTIEF AG,

Controlling of VEBA AG

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Supervisory Board

Dr Manfred Krüper (Chairman)

Member of the Board of Directors at E.ON AG (until Nov 2006)

Supervisory Board (a.o.): Power Plus Communication AG,

EQT Partners Beteiligungsberatung GmbH; EEW Energy from Waste GmbH

Peter Heidecker (dependent)

Chairman of the Supervisory Board at

CHORUS Clean Energy AG (until Oct 2016)

Founder of the CHORUS GmbH in 1998

Supervisory Board (a.o.):

Auszeit Hotel & Resort AG

Christine Scheel

Member of the Supervisory Board at

CHORUS Clean Energy AG (until Oct 2016)

Former Member of the German Parliament

Supervisory Board (a.o.):

NATURSTROM AG

Alexander Stuhlmann (Dep. Ch.)

CEO at HSH Nordbank (until Dec 2006) and thereafter CEO at WestLB AG (until April 2008)

Supervisory Board (a.o.): Euro-AviationVersicherungs-AG, Ernst Russ AG, GEV Gesell- schaft für Entwicklung und Vermarktung AG, M.M. Warburg & CO Hypothekenbank AG

Dr Henning Kreke (dependent)

Previously CEO at Douglas Holding AG for 15 years

Supervisory Board (a.o.): Deutsche EuroShop AG; Douglas GmbH, Thalia Bücher GmbH

Dr Marcus Schenck

Partner of Perella Weinberg Partners

Independent Advisory Council(a.o.): EQT Infrastructure

Albert Büll (dependent)

Entrepreneur and co-owner of the B&L Group

Advisory Council (a.o.):

BRUSS Sealing Systems GmbH, noventic GmbH

Dr Cornelius Liedtke (dependent)

Entrepreneur and co-owner of the B&L Group

Supervisory Board (a.o.): BRUSS Sealing Systems GmbH, SUMTEQ GmbH

Prof Fritz Vahrenholt

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

(until January 2014) at RWE Innogy GmbH

(previously CEO)

Supervisory Board (a.o.):

Aurubis AG

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The Encavis share

An attractive investment

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Dividend of EUR 0.26 per share for FY 2019 fully in line with dividend target 2021

Significant majority (61.5 %) of shareholders preferred new ENCAVIS shares to cash dividend for FY 2019

Dividend policy reflects increasing cashflows from PV/Wind parks over time

50% increase of nominal dividend until 2021 (compared to 2016) based on the existing PV/Wind park portfolio as of March 31, 2017

0.08

Further acquisitions of PV/Wind

0.05

parks will positively contribute

to the dividend potential

Nominal dividend to increase by 50% (base-year 2016) to 30 EUR cent in 2021

0.30

0.26

0.24

0.22

0.20

0.18

0.15

0.10

Dividend (EUR cent/share)

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

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Entrepreneurial shareholder structure - strong and long-term anchor investors

Market Cap:

# shares: 138,437,234

~ 2.0 billion EUR

(post scrip dividend of 2019)

Major investors within the free float:

26.7%

Pool of

4.1%

BlackRock Asset Management Schweiz AG

AMCO Service GmbH (Büll Family) with

Dr Liedtke Vermögensverwaltung GmbH

4.0%

Versicherungskammer Bayern

(Liedtke Family)

3.5%

Lobelia Beteiligungsgesellschaft/

Free float

Kreke Immobilien KG

73.3%

3.1%

DWS Investment GmbH, Frankfurt/Main

2.3%

PELABA Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH & Co. KG

0.4%

Management of Encavis AG

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ENCAVIS share - Ten active coverages with seven "buy" recommendations out of nine

Coverage institution

Updated Ratings

Date (2020 only)

Target Price (EUR)

Hold

Aug 21, 2020

14.00

Buy

Aug 21, 2020

11.20

Buy

May 29, 2020

15.00

Hold

May 29, 2020

13.50

Buy

May 26, 2020

13.50

Buy

May 26, 2020

14.30

(Buy)

May 26, 2020

10.40

Buy

May 04, 2020

14.10

Buy

Mar 24, 2020

10.00

Jan 24, 2020

Consensus

12.89

  • Further coverages of the ENCAVIS share are initiated . . .

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ENCAVIS share with strong upward trend since mid of 2019 got a dip from capital market panic also

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Date 2020

Event (I)

Aug 26

Interim report Q2/6M 2020

Aug 27/28

Stifel MainFirst Virtual Investors Days,

Amsterdam (NL) / (BeNeLux)

Sep 02/03

Commerzbank Virtual Sector Conference

2020, Frankfurt/Main (GER)

Sep 9

DSM TechTalk webinar on Retrofit AR

coating repowering solar parks

Sep 12

Interest payment PNL 2018 "Green SSD"

Sep 13

Interest payment Hybrid Convertible

Sep 16

Raiffeisen CENTROBANK Virtual

Investors Day, Zagreb (CRO)

Sep 18

Citi VIRTUAL Small-/Mid Cap Growth

Conference 2020, London (UK)

Sep 21/22

Berenberg/Goldman Sachs Virtual Ninth

German Corp. Conference, Munich (GER)

Date 2020

Event (II)

Sep 28-30

Stifel MainFirst Virtual Investors Days,

Canada / West Coast USA

Oct 1

Kempen Virtual Renewable Energy

Conference, Amsterdam (NL)

Oct 14

Jefferies Virtual European Mid-Cap

Industrial Forum 2020, London (UK)

Oct 15/16

Jefferies Virtual Investors Days,

Dublin/Edinburgh (IRL/UK)

Oct 19-23

Jefferies Virtual Investors Days,

East Coast & Mid-West USA

Oct 26-29

Jefferies Investors Days,

Scandinavia and Europe

Nov 9/10

CM-CIC Investors Forum, Paris (FR)

Nov 11/12

Solar Asset Management Europe,

Frankfurt/Main (GER)

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Date 2020

Event (III)

Nov 16

Interim statement Q3/9M 2020

Nov 16-18

German Virtual Equity Capital Market

Forum, Deutsche Börse, FFM (GER)

Nov 23/24

Commerzbank Virtual Investors Days,

Zurich/Geneva (CH)

Nov 24

DZ Bank Equity Conference,

Frankfurt/Main (GER)

Nov 25/26

16th Structured FINANCE, Stuttgart (GER)

Nov 30

Berenberg European Conference 2020,

Pennyhill Park, Surrey / London (UK)

Dec 11

Interest payment PNL 2015

Contact

Jörg Peters

Head of

Investor Relations &

Public Relations

Encavis AG

Große Elbstraße 59

D- 22767 Hamburg

Germany

  1. +49 (0)40 / 37 85 62 242 M +49 (0)160 / 429 65 40

joerg.peters@encavis.com

www.encavis.com

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