Milan, November 27 2020 – In completion of what was announced on September 7 2020, KOS completed today the sale of 100% of the shares of Medipass S.r.l. (buying back the operating companies in India) to Inframedica S.p.a., a company indirectly and wholly owned by DWS Alternatives Global Limited, the investment manager delegated to manage the Pan-European Infrastructure III, SCSp fund.
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41 Risultati trovatiCIR files Interim Financial Report
Milan, November 11 2020 – CIR S.p.A. announces that the Interim Financial Report as of September 30 2020, approved by the Board of Directors on October 30, is available to the public on the authorized storage mechanism eMarket STORAGE (www.emarketstorage.com), at the registered office of the Company and on its website (www.cirgroup.com).
CIR: results for first nine months of 2020
- Third quarter 2020 results improved, with consolidated revenues up slightly from 3Q 2019, EBITDA and EBIT showing progress and a net result (€ 10.0 million) higher than that of 3Q 2019
- Results for first nine months of 2020 were negatively affected by the performance of the first half which was badly hit by the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. Revenues at € 1,329.4 million (€ 1,528.0 million in first nine months of 2019). EBITDA at € 174.2 million (€ 201.8 million in the first nine months of 2019). EBIT positive at € 12.9 million (€ 66.0 million in the first nine months of 2019). Net result: -€ 20.2 million
- Net financial position of the parent company positive for € 384.0 million, higher than at December 31 2019 (€ 295.7 million)
Milan, October 30 2020 – The Board of Directors of CIR S.p.A., which met today under the chairmanship of Rodolfo De Benedetti, has approved the Financial Report as of September 30 2020 presented by Chief Executive Officer Monica Mondardini.
Consolidated results
The third quarter of this year saw a recovery in all businesses, with consolidated revenues up by 0.7% on the revenues of the same period of 2019, EBITDA and EBIT showing progress and a net result of € 10.0 million, which was higher than in third quarter 2019.
In the social and healthcare sector, KOS reported a recovery in rehabilitation services after hospital activities resumed in a quarter with less stress on the health service in relation to the emergency caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
In automotive components, Sogefi, thanks to its better performance than the market in terms of sales and to its cost cutting actions, closed the quarter with a positive result. As regards the financial assets of the CIR holding company and its non-industrial subsidiaries, which were in line with their respective markets, there was a recovery in stock prices and this compensated for the losses seen in the first six months of the year.
Consolidated revenues came in at € 1,329.4 million and were down by 13% on 2019.
The consolidated gross operating margin (EBITDA) came to € 174.2 million and was 13.7% lower than the figure for the first nine months of 2019 (€ 201.8 million).
The consolidated operating result (EBIT) was € 12.9 million, down from € 66.0 million in the corresponding period of 2019, reflecting the lower EBITDA and the higher amortization after the consolidation of KOS’s business in Germany, which was acquired at the end of 2019.
The net result was a loss of € 20.2 million compared to a net income figure of € 5.4 million in the same period of 2019. Compared to the first half of the year, the loss was significantly less.
KOS’s business activity was affected by the public health emergency in all sectors, with a significant impact on its economic performance. In the Italian nursing homes, the focus was on the difficult management of the public health emergency and new entries were frozen for several months. During the third quarter new patients started to be accepted again and the number of guests stabilized albeit at a significantly lower occupancy rate than in 2019. In the German nursing homes the impact of the pandemic on healthcare was considerably less and therefore the reduction in the number of guests was more limited than in Italy. In the rehabilitation units the number of patients declined following the slowdown in normal hospital activity, when the health service was in a state of stress, and outpatient activities were suspended or much reduced as were diagnostic activities. However in the third quarter there was a strong recovery with an increase in services provided compared to the same period of 2019.
Revenues totalled € 468.8 million and were up by 23.7% on the same period of 2019 (but fell by 10.5% on a like-for-like basis, excluding Charleston, the group operating in Germany in the care home sector, which was acquired in October 2019). EBIT amounted to € 26.8 million down from € 44.2 million in 2019 due to the decline in the number of guests and patients in Italy because of the Covid-19 emergency and the higher costs incurred for protective equipment to counter and limit the effects of the pandemic. The net result was a positive € 4.9 million versus net income of € 23.5 million in 2019.
In September KOS signed a binding agreement with DWS Alternatives Global Limited for the sale of Medipass, excluding the businesses in India, of which KOS will retain ownership. The enterprise value agreed upon is € 169.2 million and the equity value is estimated at around € 103.0 million (net of the disbursement incurred by KOS for the acquisition of the businesses in India), plus a possible earn-out of € 2.5 million. Completion of the deal is subject to the issue of the necessary authorizations by the competent authorities and to certain waivers by third parties, which as things stand are almost completely satisfied. The deal is expected to complete by the end of November 2020 and will generate a capital gain for KOS of over € 50 million that will be recognized only at the moment of completion. The sale of Medipass is part of KOS’s strategy of focusing on its core business (long-term care) in Italy and Germany.
Moving on to Sogefi, in the third quarter the automotive sector reported a definite recovery in world car production, with a decline in volumes of 3.5% compared to the same period of 2019, after the unprecedented dramatic fall experienced uffered in the first half of the year (-33.2%) due to the effects of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In this context, Sogefi reported a positive third quarter, with revenues down by 8.1% and net income of € 5.6 million (compared to € 1.4 million in third quarter 2019), thanks to the measures put in place to counter the crisis, which enabled Sogefi to increase its contribution margin to 31% from 30.3% in 2019 and 29.5% in the second quarter, and to reduced its fixed costs by 20%, with a ratio to sales down from 17% in third quarter 2019 to 15% in 2020.
The first nine months of 2020 remain strongly affected by the first half of the year: revenues came in at € 860.6 million, down by 25.1% compared to 2019, EBITDA came to € 94.7 million versus € 130.7 million in 2019, and the period closed with a loss of € 23.2 million (net income of € 8.3 million in 2019).
In spite of the situation of the first nine months, since the beginning of the year Sogefi has acquired new contracts for a total that is estimated as being in line with previous years and with the objectives of maintaining/increasing its market share.
Regarding the financial investments of the holding company and the subsidiaries devoted to financial management, in the third quarter of 2020 asset values recovered, bringing the overall return for the nine months to breakeven, after the loss reported in the first half. Bonds and hedge funds (which account for some 85% of the portfolio) had an overall return of +1.8% while private equity and financial equity investments reported a reduction in their total fair value of 8%.
Consolidated net debt before IFRS 16 totalled € 264.0 million at September 30 2020, which was lower than at December 31 2019 (€ 327.6 million) and at June 30 2020 (€ 285.7 million). Financial payables for rights of use as per IFRS 16 came to a total of € 808.9 million at September 30 2020 and thus the total consolidated net debt was € 1,072.9 million. The payables as per IFRS 16 mainly refer to the subsidiary KOS (€ 733.5 million), which operates mainly in leased premises.
The net financial position of the parent company (including the non-industrial subsidiaries) was a positive € 384.0 million at September 30 2020, higher than at December 31 2019 (€ 295.7 million), thanks to the net cash inflow from the sale of the shareholding in GEDI Gruppo Editoriale to EXOR (with an amount of € 102.4 million received for the entire holding and the reinvestment of € 11.7 million for 5% of the same GEDI). The equity of the Group stood at € 736.9 million at September 30 2020, down from € 770.7 million at December 31 2019. The decline was due to the loss for the period and to negative exchange rate differences resulting from the translation of the financial statements of foreign subsidiaries.
Outlook for the year
Visibility for the coming months remains limited because of the uncertainty about the effects of the evolution of the pandemic on the businesses of the group. Indeed, Europe is experiencing the second phase of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, with recent figures showing levels higher than during the lockdown earlier in the year. In North and South America the evolution of the pandemic remains extremely concerning. We cannot therefore rule out, as has recently been confirmed in certain countries, the possibility of the authorities issuing new restrictions on private-sector production and business activities, which would impact the activities of the group.
As far as KOS is concerned, it is expected that rehabilitation activity could consolidate the recovery seen in the third quarter, provided that there is no new freeze on regular hospital activity, while for care homes in Italy in the short term it is likely that the number of guests will remain below historical averages. At the same time care homes will continue to incur additional costs to counter the emergency. The care-home sector in Germany, which has been less affected by the pandemic in terms of level of activity and which is in any case supported financially by the public health service, should report results in line with expectations, advancing its plan for improving operations and increasing income. In this difficult environment it is expected that EBIT for the whole year will not be lower than the figure reported for the first nine months of the year.
Sogefi has factored into its forecasts for the fourth quarter the assumption that the market will be around -10%, in which it expects to be able to achieve a significantly positive EBIT for the whole year, excluding restructuring charges. Based on the considerations regarding the group’s investees, provided there is no shutdown of business or any other extraordinary event that cannot at present be predicted, the forecast is for a positive consolidated EBIT result and a significantly positive net income figure thanks to extraordinary transactions (particularly the sale of Medipass).
Appointment of CIR’s new Financial Reporting Officer
The Board of Directors has resolved, after receiving the favourable opinion of the Board of Statutory Auditors, to appoint Michele Cavigioli as the Officer responsible for the preparation of the company’s financial and corporate statements as per the terms of Art. 154-bis of the TUF and in compliance with Art. 21 of the Company Bylaws. The appointment will take effect as from January 1 2021. Michele Cavigioli, 51, has been in CIR since 2005, has held the position of Central Finance Director since 2010 and is also responsible for relations with financial analysts and institutional investors. He is also CEO of CIR Investimenti and sits on the Board of Directors of KOS. He worked previously for McKinsey & Company, Deutsche Bank and Magnemag AG. Michele Cavigioli will take the place of the current financial reporting officer Giuseppe Gianoglio, 62, who will be leaving the group in January 2021, having chosen to retire. The Board of Directors thanks Giuseppe Gianoglio for his important contribution to the group over the past 16 years.
It should be noted that Giuseppe Gianoglio holds 488,013 CIR shares and rights resulting from Stock Grant Plans for a total of 1,359,648 Units. Michele Cavigioli holds 24,248 CIR shares and rights resulting from Stock Grant Plans for a total of 1,422,461 Units.
Resolution on periodic financial reporting
The Board of Directors has decided that as from financial year 2021 it will no longer publish interim financial reports as of March 31 and September 30, exercising the right granted by D.Lgs 25/2016 for the same reasons that inspired the Transparency II 2013/50 directive of the European Union transposed into Italian law by the above decree.
CIR Board of Directors meeting – Interim financial report as of 30 September 2020
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KOS signs an agreement for the sale of its subsidiary Medipass (excluding the Indian business) to the DWS fund for an enterprise value of € 169 million and a net consideration estimated at approximately € 103 million
Milan, September 7 2020 – KOS and Inframedica S.àr.l., a company directly and wholly controlled by DWS Alternatives Global Limited, the investment manager delegated to manage the Pan European Infrastructure III Fund, SCSp (“DWS”) have signed a binding agreement for the transfer from KOS to DWS of 100% of the shares of Medipass S.r.l. (“Medipass”). Before the sale is completed, KOS will buy back from Medipass the Indian subsidiaries (Clearmedi Healthcare Private LTD, Clearview Healthcare Private LTD).
The enterprise value agreed upon is € 169.2 million and the equity value can be estimated at approximately € 103 million, net of the price that KOS will pay for the acquisition of the businesses in India. The total amount that will be paid on completion by DWS to KOS will be subject to adjustments linked to the actual financial position of Medipass as of September 30.
Completion of the deal is subject to the issue by the competent authorities of the necessary authorizations and to certain third party waivers, including those related to KOS’ loan agreements. Because of the time required for the authorization processes, the deal is expected to complete by the end of 2020.
The transaction will generate a net capital gain for KOS of approximately € 50 million and will reduce its debt by around € 160 million, compared to total debt (before IFRS 16) of € 356.2 million at June 30 2020.
Medipass is a leading provider of Cancer Care and Advanced Diagnostic Imaging services in Italy and the UK. Acquired by KOS in 2006, Medipass has become one of the key players in providing private and public healthcare facilities with turnkey solutions for the management of diagnostics and cancer care departments, managing standard technologies (e.g. CT, RX, ultrasound imaging), advanced technologies such as Nuclear Medicine (PET-CT) for diagnostics activities, and Radiotherapy departments for cancer care. Medipass serves over 20 healthcare facilities (hospitals and clinics) in Italy and the UK and it is uniquely positioned to meet the growing demand in the sector for investments to renew and expand the existing stock of equipment providing life-saving services.
The agreement reached for the sale shows that Medipass has created significant value since it was acquired by KOS.
The deal will enable KOS to significantly increase the allocation of resources to the growth of its core businesses (managing care homes, hospitals and rehabilitation facilities both in Italy and abroad, particularly in Germany, where it already has a significant presence).
Lastly, regarding the activities in India, where today Medipass is one of the leading providers of technological services for healthcare, with revenues of € 20.7 million in 2019, KOS will evaluate available options to realise its value.
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DWS Infrastructure is a leading infrastructure investor and it is part of DWS Group & GmbH Co KGaA, an independent listed asset manager (ETR: DWS), with a presence in c. 40 countries and approximately EUR 745 billion of assets under management (as of June 2020). DWS Infrastructure is one of the largest European infrastructure investors and has approximately EUR 20.8 billion of assets under management as of December 2019. DWS Infrastructure seeks to create and add value to its funds’ investments through active asset management as well as through its network, experience and funding to achieve the company’s growth potential.
Hamish Mackenzie, Global Head of Infrastructure at DWS said:
“We are delighted to invest in Medipass and to partner with its impressive management team in this next phase of its journey. Medipass has been one of the pioneers in the Cancer Care sector, offering outsourcing services in diagnostics and cancer care since the 1990s, with a consistent track record of providing patients with the highest quality of care using cutting edge technology.
Medipass represents our third investment in Italy and the second investment for our fund, PEIF III, which is supported by a large component of Italian pension funds and insurance companies, and invests in infrastructure companies providing essential services across Europe.
KOS has done an excellent job in growing the company over the past years. Together with the management team, we will look to leverage Medipass’ expertise, our resources and our experience as infrastructure investors, to further expand the Company’s presence in healthcare centers across Europe to enable them to enhance their technology parks and services for the benefit of their patients.”
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KOS is a leading Italian healthcare group operating in long term care, including nursing homes, rehabilitation and psychiatry, as well as acute care. In these sectors of activity the KOS Group manages 90 facilities in Italy, with almost 8,700 beds, and 47 in Germany, with some 4,000 beds. It has just under 13,700 collaborators, of whom around 8,900 are in Italy (7,400 employees) and some 3,800 are in Germany. KOS’s revenues for 2019 totalled € 595 million, of which approximately 10% came from the Medipass companies being sold to DWS. KOS is owned for 59.5% by CIR and for 40.5% by F2i Healthcare, which in its turn is controlled by F2i, the largest infrastructure fund in Italy with more than 5 billion assets under management.
CIR: results for first half 2020
Revenues 856.7 million (€ 1.059,1 million in first half 2019)
EBITDA: € 103.8 million (€ 140.0 million in first half 2019)
EBIT: -€ 8.3 million (€ 46.0 million in first half 2019)
Net result: -€ 30.4 million
Net financial position of the parent company at € 397.1 million, higher than at December 31 2019 (€ 295.7 million)
Milan, July 31 2020 – The Board of Directors of CIR S.p.A., which met today under the chairmanship of Rodolfo De Benedetti, has approved the Semi-Annual Financial Report as of June 30 2020 presented by Chief Executive Officer Monica Mondardini.
Consolidated results
CIR’s results for the first half of 2020 were affected significantly by the strong impact that the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic has had on all the businesses of the group, i.e. social and healthcare services (KOS), the production of components for the automotive sector (Sogefi), and the management of the financial investments of the CIR holding company and its non-industrial subsidiaries.
KOS’s business was affected by the public health emergency in all sectors, with a significant impact on economic performance: in the care homes, activity was concentrated on the complex management of the public health emergency with new admissions on hold; the rehabilitation facilities reported a decline in the number of patients following the slowdown of normal activity with the health system under stress and activity focused on the emergency; outpatient services were suspended or severely limited as was diagnostic activity; meanwhile the company focused on putting in place the necessary measures for protection of staff and patients.
Sogefi’s business was seriously affected, as indeed was the case for all of the automotive sector, by the effects of the pandemic; production was suspended first in China and then, in the second half of March, in almost all of its plants. Currently, production in China has returned to monthly levels in line with the forecasts made before the crisis; in the remaining geographical areas, production resumed gradually as from May after the main customers returned to production, but volumes were still significantly lower than those pre- Covid. The situation remains particularly critical in Mercosur and India.
In the first half of 2020, the consolidated revenues of the CIR group came in at € 856.7 million and were down by 19.1% on 2019. After the first two months which saw growth of 9.7% on the corresponding period of 2019, the public health emergency caused an immediate and drastic contraction of revenues due mainly to the suspension of Sogefi’s production activity.
The consolidated gross operating margin (EBITDA) came to € 103.8 million and was down by 25.8% from the figure for the first half of 2019 (€ 140.0 million), following the trend of revenues; the consolidated operating result (EBIT) was a negative € 8.3 million versus a positive result of € 46.0 million in the first half of 2019.
The net result was a loss of € 30.4 million after earnings of € 1.6 million in the first half of 2019.
The consolidated net financial debt before IFRS 16 amounted to € 285.7 million at June 30 2020 and was down by € 42.0 million compared to the figure at December 31 2019 (€ 327.6 million). The financial payables for rights of use according to IFRS 16 totalled € 787.8 million at June 30 2020 and thus the total consolidated debt stood at € 1,073.5 million. The payables as per IFRS 16 refer mainly to the subsidiary KOS (€ 731.8 million), which operates mostly in leased premises.
The net financial position of the Parent Company (including the non-industrial subsidiaries) was a positive € 397.1 million at June 30 2020, higher than at December 31 2019 (€ 295.7 million), following the cash inflow from the sale of CIR’s entire interest in GEDI Gruppo Editoriale S.p.A. to EXOR (€ 102.4 million), completed on April 23 2020.
The equity of the Group stood at € 728.5 million at June 30 2020 versus € 770.7 million at December 31 2019 and the decline mainly reflects the loss for the period.
As regards KOS, its revenues came in at € 337.2 million, with a rise of 19.9% on the same period of 2019 thanks to the significant contribution of Charleston (the group acquired in October 2019, which operates in Germany in the care-home sector): on a like-for-like basis revenues fell by 10.6%.
EBIT was € 18.1 million, down from € 31.6 million in 2019, due not only to the decline in the number of guests and patients in Italy because of the Covid-19 emergency, as illustrated above, but also to the higher costs incurred for protection measures to counter and limit the effects of the pandemic. The first half closed with a loss of € 2.1 million compared to earnings of € 14.4 million in the first half of 2019.
Cash flow was positive for € 11.8 million and the net financial debt before IFRS 16 declined from € 368.0 million at December 31 2019 to € 356.2 million at June 30 2020.
As for Sogefi, automotive production worldwide fell by 33% in the first half of 2020 compared to the first half of 2019, with Europe and NAFTA, Sogefi’s main areas of activity, reporting -40%. In this scenario Sogefi’s revenues came in at € 519.5 million, posting a decline of 33.2% on 2019. In the main geographical areas the group reported a distinctly better performance than the market and, thanks to the cost cutting action taken, profitability (EBITDA/revenues %) declined by just two percentage points, from 11% to 9%. Despite this, EBIT came to -€ 18.8 million, after non-recurring charges of
approximately € 18.0 million, compared to +€ 24.4 million in the first half of 2019. The first half closed with a loss of € 28.8 million, which compares with net income for the first half of 2019 of € 6.9 million.
Net financial debt at June 30 2020 before IFRS 16 rose to € 327.0 million from € 256.2 million at the end of 2019, and the increase was due mainly to the rise in working capital caused by the drastic reduction in sales, which had an immediate effect on cash inflows; this increase should be reabsorbed gradually as business recovers.
Regarding the financial investments of the holding company and the subsidiaries devoted to financial management, given the turbulence and sell-offs in the financial markets, in the first half a loss of € 5.6 million was reported, which meant a negative return of -1.4%; the portfolio of bonds and hedge funds obtained an overall positive return of 0.7%, while losses of € 7.9 million were posted for fair value adjustments made to the investments in private equity and other equity investments.
Events that have occurred since June 30 2020
On July 13 2020, as was stipulated in the agreement of December 2 2019, CIR acquired a shareholding interest in the capital of Giano Holding S.p.A., which represents transparently 5% of the share capital of GEDI. The acquisition involved a disbursement of € 11.7 million, equivalent to a price of € 0.46 for each GEDI share.
Outlook for the year
The degree of uncertainty as to the evolution of the business and the results of the second half remains extremely high.
As far as KOS is concerned, towards the end of the first half there was an inversion of the trend with a recovery in rehabilitation activity, the acute sector and in diagnostics and oncology services; the care-home sector has stabilized but is not yet at the recovery stage. As things are at present, provided there is no second wave of contagion in the autumn, it is expected that the diagnostic areas, oncology treatments, psychiatrics and the acute sector could return to levels of pre-Covid activity during this year. For rehabilitation and the care-homes, the return to normal levels of activity is expected to take place in 2021. Moreover with reference to the care-home sector in Germany, it should be noted that the impact of Covid-19 was limited and the return to normality is expected to be by the end of this year.
In this scenario, it is therefore plausible that the reduction in revenues and results of the business reported in the first half will be less in the second half of the year.
As regards Sogefi, visibility as to the evolution of the market in the coming months remains limited both in terms of the uncertainty as to the evolution of the pandemic and of the difficulty in forecasting the impact of macro-economic circumstances caused by the same on demand in the automotive sector. For the second half of 2020, IHS Markit, a source commonly used by the sector, expects that, without a second outbreak of Covid-19 and resulting measures to restrict production and adverse effects of the latter on the market, world production could be at -10% compared to the second half of 2019, while market analyst forecasts tend to be more cautious, expecting a world market contraction in a range between -15% and -30%, the latter in the event of a second wave of Covid-19.
In this uncertain scenario, Sogefi has incorporated into its expectations for the second half of the year a world market scenario hypothesis of around -20%, against which it expects to achieve an EBIT, excluding restructuring costs, that is slightly positive, a significant reduction in the net loss compared to the first half and a slightly positive free cash flow.
Both companies, in the light of the totally exceptional circumstances that arose in the first half of the year, despite today having financial resources in excess of their current needs and not foreseeing any increase in their debt compared to the levels at the end of June 2020, given the uncertainty as to the evolution of the market and anticipating the natural expiry of their existing loans, have begun negotiations with their financial partners, with whom they have consolidated relationships, to ensure that they have sufficient funding available in the medium term.
In the light of the above, the CIR group expects the second half of the year to still be difficult but provided there is no second wave of Covid-19 it should be much better than the first half.
CIR Board of Directors meeting – 2020 Half year financial report
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Rodolfo De Benedetti
CHAIRMAN
Monica Mondardini
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Michele Cavigioli
DIRECTOR OF GROUP FINANCE AND INVESTOR RELATIONS
