Vilmorin & Cie : Annual results for the fiscal year 2019-2020 – press release

Vilmorin & Cie SA

Public limited company with Board of Directors with a capital of 349,488,703 euros

Head Office: 4, Quai de la Mégisserie - F-75001 PARIS SIREN Paris 377 913 728

Fiscal year from July 1st to June 30th

Euronext Paris (Compartment A) - Eligible for Deferred Settlement Order Indices: CAC Small, CAC Mid & Small and CAC All-Tradable

October 14, 2020, at 5:40 pm CET

RESULTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR

ON JUNE 30, 2020

VILMORIN & CIE ACHIEVES QUALITY PERFORMANCES AT THE END

OF A FISCAL YEAR THAT CONFIRMS THE RESILIENCE OF ITS ACTIVITY

CONFIRMATION OF BPIFRANCE'S STRATEGIC COMMITMENT TO VILMORIN & CIE

OUTLOOK FOR 2020-2021: BUSINESS GROWTH OBJECTIVE

OF AT LEAST 3%* AND OF A CURRENT OPERATING MARGIN RATE CLOSE TO 8%

* On a like-for-like basis

SOLID RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020 WHEN COMPARED WITH 2018-2019, WHICH WAS MARKED BY NON-RECURRING POSITIVE ITEMS

The consolidated financial statements for 2019-2020, closing on June 30, 2020, were approved by the Vilmorin & Cie Board at its meeting of October 14, 2020. The Statutory Auditors have examined this annual financial information with no particular comments or reservations to make in their conclusions.

	In millions of euros			2018-2019		2018-2019			2019-2020			Variation
								with current data
			published		restated(1)
											vs 2018-2019 restated
Sales for the year	1,390.7	1,390.7			1,435.2		+3.2%
EBITDA			321.8	347.6			347.9			+0.3 M€
Operating income	111.0	114.6			109.8			-4.8 M€
Income from associated	26.0	26.0			17.9			-8.1 M€
companies
Financial income	-45.0	-48.4			-53.3			-4.9 M€
Income taxes	-14.1	-14.2			-6.9			+7.3 M€
	Of which:
-	Current taxes	-22.7	-22.7			-11.0			+11.7 M€
-	Deferred taxes	8.6	8.5			4.1			-4.4 M€
Consolidated net income	77.9	78.0			67.5			-10.5 M€
Group share of net income	73.9	74.0			66.2			-7.8 M€

(1) Concerns the application of the standard IFRS 16.

The consolidated financial information has been established in compliance with the IFRS reference (International Financial Reporting Standards), as applied by the European Union on June 30, 2020.

The accounting methods and principles adopted in the consolidated financial statements on June 30, 2020 have changed compared with June 30, 2019 in order to account for the first application of the standard IFRS 16.

No changes in accounting methods or estimates affecting the yearly consolidated financial statements of Vilmorin & Cie were made by Vilmorin & Cie during fiscal year 2019-2020.

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NB: The data presented hereafter for 2018-2019, and any variations compared with the data for 2018-2019 are restated for the application of the standard IFRS 16.

Consolidated sales(1), corresponding to revenue from ordinary activities for fiscal year 2019-2020, came to 1,435.2 million euros, a significant increase of 3.2% with current data compared to the previous fiscal year.

After taking into account the cost of destruction and depreciation of inventory, the margin on the cost of goods stood at 49.8%, an increase of 1 percentage point compared with 2018-2019.

Net operating charges came to 604.4 million euros, as opposed to 564.1 million euros on June 30, 2019.

In compliance with its strategic orientations, Vilmorin & Cie continued its research programs in 2019-2020, both in terms of conventional plant breeding and biotechnologies.

Total research investment came to 260.2 million euros as opposed to 241.5 million euros in 2018-2019 and now represents 16.7% of seeds activity sales intended for the professional markets, integrating the activities of the North American company AgReliant, held 50%.

Consequently, the consolidated operating income stood at 109.8 million euros, slightly down compared to the previous fiscal year (114.6 million euros), resulting in a recorded operating margin of 7.7%, a decrease of 0.5 percentage points compared with 2018-2019. The current operating margin came to 7.8%, down 0.8 percentage points compared with the previous fiscal year. Nevertheless, it should be noted that in 2018-2019, the current operating margin rate accounted for several non-recurring operating items(2) for a total net amount estimated to stand at 7 million euros, i.e. 0.5 percentage points.

The share of income from associated companies came to 17.9 million euros, including in particular AgReliant and the African seed companies Seed Co Ltd (Zimbabwe) and Seed Co International (Botswana). In 2018-2019, it stood at 26 million euros and included a revaluation profit of 11 million euros as a result of the financial and legal reorganization of Seed Co's international businesses. If this item is excluded from the comparison, the contribution from associated companies increased by 19%.

The financial income showed a net charge of 53.3 million euros compared with 48.4 million euros in 2018-2019, a decrease of 4.9 million euros, including 3.4 million euros in funding costs, since there was full impact over fiscal year 2019-2020 of the funding of the acquisition of the companies Geneze and Sursem (South America. Field Seeds). Other financial income and charges, down 1.5 million euros, account for net exchange losses of

20.2 million euros, an increase of 11.6 million euros, since the health crisis had an unfavorable impact on the group's hedging operations.

Partial compensation for this deterioration, 8.6 million euros, was achieved by recording non-recurring income of 3.3 million euros in 2019-2020 from the change in functional currency (from the Argentine peso to the US dollar) for the Argentinian companies, whereas fiscal year 2018-2019 included a charge of 5.3 million euros for the restatement of hyperinflation In Argentina.

The net charge of income taxes came to 6.9 million euros as against 14.2 million euros in 2018-2019. This reflects a decrease of the net current tax charge, which amounted to 11 million euros compared with 22.7 million euros the previous year.

Finally, the total net income came to 67.5 million euros, down 10.5 million euros compared with the previous fiscal year. If the non-recurring operating items for fiscal year 2018-2019 are excluded, and also the above- mentioned revaluation profit, it nevertheless shows a marked increase of more than 12%. The group's share of net income stood at 66.2 million euros.

Compared with the previous fiscal year, the balance sheet structure on June 30, 2020 was marked by an increase in the net indebtedness to equity ratio (a gearing of 76% compared to 69% on June 30, 2019), due in particular to the operations to purchase minority interests and an unfavorable evolution of currency reserves in the context of strong devaluation of certain currencies on June 30, 2020.

Net of cash and cash equivalents (235.2 million euros), total net financial indebtedness came to 933.5 million euros on June 30, 2020 compared with 911.5 million euros on June 30, 2019. The share of non-current financial indebtedness stood at 600 million euros.

The group's share of equity stood at 1,214.8 million euros and minority interests at 15 million euros. With these figures, leverage on June 30, 2020 stood at 2.7 compared with 2.6 on June 30, 2019.

1. Cf. Vilmorin & Cie press release published on August 3, 2020.

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1. Cf. Vilmorin & Cie press release published on October 15, 2019. The non-recurring operating items of fiscal year 2018-2019 particularly concerned capital gains from the reorganization of the biotechnology research company Biogemma, and profit on the disposal of industrial plant devoted to corn seed production in Hungary.

DIVIDEND OF 1 EURO PER SHARE, CONFIRMATION OF THE POLICY TO DISTRIBUTE PROFITS

The Board of Vilmorin & Cie has decided to propose to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of December 11, 2020 a dividend of 1 euro per share. Even though this is lower in nominal value than the previous fiscal year, this dividend confirms Vilmorin & Cie's intention to pursue its policy to distribute profits, bearing in mind the resilience of its activity as demonstrated in the context of the global health crisis. This dividend corresponds to a pay-out rate of 34.6%, compared to 42% in 2019.

Dividends will be detached on December 14, 2020, with payment on December 16, 2020.

NEWS:

BPIFRANCE CONFIRMS ITS STRATEGIC COMMITMENT

TO VILMORIN & CIE AND BECOMES THE 2ND LARGEST SHAREHOLDER ALONGSIDE LIMAGRAIN

Vilmorin & Cie announces today that Bpifrance Participations has acquired a stake in its capital.

Bpifrance is now a shareholder at the level of Vilmorin & Cie, after acquiring a stake in the capital of Limagrain, Vilmorin & Cie's reference shareholder, in March 2010(1). It should be recalled that this investment was made through a capital stock increase of Groupe Limagrain Holding (GLH) - Limagrain's lead holding company - and the issue by GLH of bonds redeemable as Vilmorin & Cie shares. In 2016, Bpifrance extended this partnership, formalized through a shareholders' agreement(2).

The operation was finalized today through the early conversion(3) of redeemable bonds into Vilmorin & Cie shares held by Bpifrance, representing 3.9% of Vilmorin & Cie's capital stock, as well as through the additional sale by Limagrain(4) of 1.81% of Vilmorin & Cie shares.

Directly holding a stake of 5.71%, Bpifrance has thus become the second largest shareholder in Vilmorin & Cie, alongside Limagrain, and will now have a position on the Board of Directors(5). The operation has been structured through the framework of a new shareholders' agreement between Vilmorin & Cie, Limagrain and Bpifrance.

This operation recognizes the strategic character of seeds, and materializes Bpifrance's desire to pursue the partnership initiated ten years ago in support of the deployment of Vilmorin & Cie's strategy.

Since 2010, Bpifrance has thus contributed both financially and strategically to the intensification of Vilmorin & Cie's organic growth, to its strategy of targeted acquisitions, and to the launch of the internationalization of its Field Seeds positions (corn and wheat), beyond Europe and North America.

Bpifrance today confirms its strategic commitment to Vilmorin & Cie, around reaffirmed priorities: research, international development, partnerships and targeted acquisitions. This partnership with Bpifrance will notably contribute to addressing the new challenges facing Vilmorin & Cie, in particular the acceleration of the development of Vegetable Seeds in Asia and the intensification of the international deployment of Field Seeds, from already-existing bases all over the world, with a strong focus on Africa.

1. Operation achieved through the SIF - Strategic Investment Fund, today Bpifrance Participations.
2. This agreement may be consulted on the AMF website:www.amf-france.org.

1. Conversion on October 14, 2020, instead of March 2021 as stipulated in the shareholders' agreement.
2. Following this operation, Limagrain now holds a total 70.18% in Vilmorin & Cie's capital stock.
3. Subject to approval of the corresponding resolution at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on December 11, 2020.

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OUTLOOK FOR 2020-2021:

OBJECTIVE OF AT LEAST 3%(1) IN BUSINESS GROWTH

AND OF A CURRENT OPERATING MARGIN RATE CLOSE TO 8%

(1) On a like-for-like basis

Fiscal year 2019-2020 was characterized by an environment of uncertain markets, made even more complex by the global health crisis, both for Vegetable Seeds and Field Seeds. In spite of this context, Vilmorin & Cie is nevertheless managing to post growth in all its activities, demonstrating the resilience of its model and potential for development.

In Vegetable Seeds, thanks to a fiscal year with marked growth, Vilmorin & Cie can confirm its position as No. 1 worldwide, illustrating the pertinence of its strategy, combining innovation and proximity to markets. In Field Seeds, the fiscal year was marked by significant business progression, particularly in development regions.

Moreover, Vilmorin & Cie pursued the deployment of its strategic orientations, particularly in terms of investment in research and development throughout the world, on professional markets for agriculture and vegetable production.

Fiscal year 2020-2021 should allow Vilmorin & Cie to continue to strengthen its competitive positions in market conditions that will probably remain uncertain and lack visibility as a result of the probable continuation of the global health crisis. Vilmorin & Cie will continue to strengthen its investments in research and development, particularly in upstream technologies, while remaining on the look-out for any external growth opportunity that fits in with its strategic challenges.

For fiscal year 2020-2021, Vilmorin & Cie is fixing the objective of achieving an increase in its consolidated sales of at least 3% on a like-for-like basis, a figure that also corresponds to the growth targeted both for Vegetable Seeds and for Field Seeds.

Moreover, Vilmorin & Cie has set the objective of achieving a current operating margin rate close to 8%. This margin will take into account research investment that should be above 265 million euros, balanced in its spread between Vegetable Seeds and Field Seeds.

Finally, Vilmorin & Cie is aiming for a contribution from its associated companies - mainly AgReliant (North America. Field Seeds), Seed Co (Africa. Field Seeds) and AGT (Australia. Field Seeds) of around 22 million euros.

The objectives set for 2020-2021 should enable Vilmorin & Cie to continue the growth of its activities while continuing to deliver solid financial performances, in a resolutely buoyant seeds market, whose strategic nature has been reaffirmed by the health crisis. As the first link in the food chain, seeds will ensure tomorrow's food security.

Vilmorin & Cie will thus be able to consolidate its position as the world's fourth largest seed company, while confirming its capacity to offer resilient development prospects in the short, medium and long term.

COMING DISCLOSURES AND EVENTS

Monday November 2, 2020(1)

Sales at the end of the 1st quarter for fiscal year 2020-2021

Friday December 11, 2020

Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

Monday December 14, 2020: Detachment of the dividends

Wednesday December 16, 2020: Payment of the dividends

Dates provided as an indication only, and liable to be changed.

1. Disclosure after trading on the Paris stock market.

FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION

Olivier FALUT

Chief Financial Officer [e-mail]

Valérie MONSÉRAT

Head of Financial Communication and Investor Relations [e-mail]

Tel: + 33 (0)4 73 63 44 85

www.vilmorincie.com

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