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INVESTOR & ANALYST CONFERENCE CALL BACKGROUND ON THE SALE OF PALAS
November 29, 2022
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Key highlights of the Palas sale
Continuous interest from strategic as well as financial investors from day 1 after acquisition of Palas in 2018
Strong operational development of Palas under the roof of
Brockhaus Technologies, doubling nearly all its financial KPIs
Strategic valuation of €100 million underlining the
€ attractiveness of Palas as well as proving the fundamental value of Brockhaus Technologies
Targeted “Cash Compounding Modus” reached, after high value realization of €59 million at closing plus an additional earn-out of potentially up to €17 milllion
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High value realization through sale of Palas after successful further development under the roof of Brockhaus Technologies
Development since acquisition by BKHT in Dec. 2018
Value realization through sale of Palas
Almost doubling of revenues (~€12m to ~€21m), EBITDA (~€3m to ~€7m) and EBIT (~€3m to ~€6m) from 2018 to 2021
Successful international expansion with market entry and strong expansion in Asia
founding subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Shanghai as well as establishing a local team of ~10 employees
Setup of scalable structures for further growth e.g. by expanding the management
including hiring a CSO and CFO as well as establishing an advisory board consisting of industry experts from the BKHT network
Implementation of a targeted growth strategy into new markets and applications
e.g. in the unregulated market or through the proprietary-developed data platform for air quality monitoring my-atmosphere.net
(€ million)
~17
~76
~59
~18
BKHT shares
~3
Cash
~15
Equity investment
Sale proceeds
Max.
Total sale proceeds
BKHT
BKHT
earn-out
incl. max. earn-out
Dec. 2018
Nov. 2022
2023/24
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Effect on group leverage
Indicative net debt ex Palas
Highlights
(€ Mio.)
2.3x
Net debt (Sep 22) / adj.
pro-forma EBITDA FY
2021
~ 1.1x
Indicative net debt / adj. EBITDA (pro- forma) FY 20211
Available financing capacity driven by significant deleveraging allows for
116.9
9.4
111.6
8.2
94.0
(22.9)
~ 44.6
~ (67)
Debt
Cash and cash
Net debt
Other financial
Net debt
Net debt
Indikative change
Net debt
from
equivalents
from
liabilities
from
(Sep 30, 2022)
through
ex Palas
loans
loans
leasing
sale of Palas 2
(indicative)
future growth through new acquisitions
Very conservative leverage ratio of indicative
€ ~1.1x EBITDA 2021 (target value of ~2.5x)
High balance sheet quality underlining resilience of our business
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