IRCE S p A : Interim report on operations at 30 september 2021

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QUARTERLY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

The Board of Directors has today approved the consolidated financial statements as at September 30th 2021.

The consolidated financial statements of IRCE Group (hereinafter also the "Group") for the first nine months of 2021 (hereinafter also the "Group") closed with a profit of € 8.88 million.

Consolidated turnover was € 341.13 million, up 65.6% compared to € 205.95 million in the first nine months of 2020, thanks to the increase in sales volumes and the price of copper (LME average price in euros for the first nine months of 2021 +48.24% on the same period of 2020).

In the first nine months, both business areas, winding wires and energy cable, confirm the recovery of demand that has further strengthened in the last quarter, bringing sales volumes to pre-covid levels.

Since the beginning of the year, we have recorded a strong and continuous increase in the cost of raw materials, which to date shows no slowing down signals. Starting from the third quarter, the marked increase in the cost of electricity has been also added. To limit the negative impact on results, we started to pass the cost increases to the market.

Results are reported in the following table.

Consolidated income statement data	9 months 2021	9 months 2020	Change
(€/million)
Turnover1	341.13	205.95	135.18
Turnover without metal2	69.66	48.18	21.48
EBITDA3	21.73	6.16	15.57
EBIT	14.29	(0.24)	14.53
Result before taxes	13.15	1.41	11.74
Result of the period	8.88	0.65	8.23
Adjusted EBITDA4	20.59	7.35	13.24
Adjusted EBIT4	13.15	0.95	12.20
Consolidated statement of financial position data	As of 30.09.2021	As of 31.12.2020	Change
(€/million)
Net invested capital	196.54	162.36	34.18
Shareholders' Equity	131.57	122.62	8.95
Net financial debt5	64.97	39.74	25.23

• The item "Turnover" represents the "Revenues" reported in the income statement
  2 Turnover without metal corresponds to the total turnover less the metal component
  3 EBITDA is a performance indicator used by the Management of the Group in order to assess the operating performance of the company and is not identified as an accounting item within IFRS; it is calculated by IRCE S.p.A. by adding amortisation/depreciation, allocations and write-downs to EBIT
  4 Adjusted EBITDA and EBIT are respectively calculated as the sum of EBITDA and EBIT and the income/charges from operations on copper and electricity derivatives transactions (€ -1.14 million in nine months 2021 and € +1.19 million in nine months 2020). These indicators are used by the Management of the Group in order to monitor and assess the operational performance of the Group and are not identified as accounting items within IFRS. Given that the composition of these measures is not regulated by the reference accounting standards, the criterion used by the Group could potentially not be consistent with that adopted by others and therefore not be comparable
  5 The methods for measuring the net financial position as defined by Consob's Notice no. 5/21 of 29 April 2021, which incorporates the ESMA Guideline published on 4 March 2021.

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Net financial debt at 30 September 2021 was € 64.97 million, up from € 39.74 million at 31 December 2020, but down from € 72.75 million at 30 June 2021, consistently with changes in working capital.

The Group's investments, in first nine months of 2021, were € 3.11 million.

With reference to the upcoming months, we foresee demand to stabilize at the good levels achieved, and we expect positive results also in the last quarter, despite the increase in raw material and electricity costs.

The manager responsible for preparing the company's financial reports, Elena Casadio, declares, pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 154-bis of the Consolidated Law on Finance that the accounting information contained in this press release corresponds to our books and accounting records.

Imola, 12th November 2021

IRCE SPA

Contacts:

Investor relation. Sepriano Gianfranco

Tel. + 39 0382 77535 [e-mail]

IRCE Group is an important player in the winding wires and electric cable sector. The production is deployed in 4 facilities in Italy and 5 facilities abroad: Nijmegen (NI), Blackburn (UK), Joinville SC (Brazil), Kochi (India) and Kierspe (Germany). The Group includes also 5 commercial companies; four of them are located outside Italy (Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Poland) and two companies currently inoperative (China and Czech Republic).

The Group employs 726 employees.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITITION

		2021			2020
(Unit of Euro)		30 September			31 December
ASSETS
NON CURRENT ASSETS
Goodwill and Other intangible assets	84,009	133,008
Property, plant and machinery	36,802,600	40,862,438
Equipments and other tangible assets	1,388,858	1,542,621
Assets under constructions and advances	2,765,344	971,478
Investments	107,926	102,137
Non current financial assets	5,300	124,882
Deferred tax assets	1,432,213	1,386,848
NON CURRENT ASSETS		42,586,250			45,123,412
CURRENT ASSETS
Inventories	99,951,135	76,230,890
Trade receivables	98,817,103	73,906,499
Tax receivables	11,407	7,236
Other current assets	1,739,729	1,935,970
Current financial assets	397,186	1,903,141
Cash and cash equivalent	4,751,510	10,259,995
CURRENT ASSETS		205,668,070			164,243,731
TOTAL ASSETS		248,254,320			209,367,143

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			2021			2020
	(Unit of Euro)		30 September			31 December
	EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
	SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
	Share capital	13,802,323	13,821,563
	Reserves	109,190,932	106,384,781
	Profit (loss) for the period	8,879,927	2,725,715
	Shareholders' equity attributable to shareholders of Parent		131,873,182			122,932,059
	company
	Shareholders equity attributable to Minority interests	(302,784)		(308,043)
	TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY		131,570,398			122,624,016
	NON CURRENT LIABILITIES
	Non current financial liabilities	24,661,407	21,311,962
	Deferred tax liabilities	106,024	181,882
	Non current provisions for risks and charges	796,083	309,344
	Non current provisions for post employment obligation	4,679,511	4,990,269
	NON CURRENT LIABILITIES		30,243,025			26,793,457
	CURRENT LIABILITIES
	Current financial liabilities	45,452,543	30,594,634
	Trade payables	28,798,142	21,200,554
	Current tax payables	2,704,855	594,843
	(of which related parties)	1,808,226	225,605
	Social security contributions	1,674,462	1,950,195
	Other current liabilities	7,571,326	5,414,449
	Current provisions for risks and charges	239,569	194,995
	CURRENT LIABILITIES		86,440,897			59,949,670
	SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND LIABILITIES		248,254,320			209,367,143

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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS

		2021			2020
(Unit of Euro)		30 September			30 September
Sales revenues	341,125,397	205,953,771
Other revenues and income	416,038	614,007
TOTAL REVENUES		341,541,435			206,567,778
Raw materials and consumables	(286,946,159)	(160,616,684)
Change in inventories of work in progress and finished goods	15,049,642	(1,001,820)
Cost for services	(24,238,246)	(16,934,989)
Personnel costs	(22,603,011)	(20,879,212)
Amortization /depreciation/write off tangible and intagible assets	(5,918,886)	(5,746,961)
Provision and write downs	(1,517,618)	(643,391)
Other operating costs	(1,078,319)	(979,473)
EBIT		14,288,838			(234,752)
Financial income / (charges)	(1,142,808)	1,641,620
RESULT BEFORE TAX		13,146,030			1,406,868
Income taxes	(4,260,844)	(717,388)
NET RESULT FOR THE PERIOD		8,885,186			689,480
Net result for the period attributable to non-controlling interests	5,259	39,114
Net result for the period attributable to the parent company		8,879,927			650,366
Earnings/(loss) per share (EPS)
- basic EPS for the period attributable to ordinary shareholders of the	0.3345	0.0245
Parent Company
- diluted EPS for the period attributable to ordinary shareholders of the	0.3345	0.0245
Parent Company

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