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Rexel: Q4 sales & FY 2024 results

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Q4 sales & FY 2024 results
Sales & Ebita margin in line with revised guidance 2024; FCF conversion exceeding objective
Positive North America momentum balancing softer environment in Europe
Transformation actions gaining momentum throughout 2024 – to be further amplified in 2025

FY 24 sales at €19,285.1m, up +0.7% on a reported basis

  • Same-day sales down (2.4)% in FY 2024; improving trends quarter after quarter

    • Q4 sales of €4,893.1m, down (0.5)% on a same-day basis (up +1.0% on an actual-day basis) thanks to positive momentum in North America, up +3.6%

    • Continued market share gains boosted by best-in-class services which includes digitalization

  • Active acquisitions strategy contributing for +2.9% to FY 24 sales growth

→ FY 24 current adjusted EBITA margin at 5.9%, demonstrating resilience in a difficult macro environment

  • Structural cost actions combined with rapid cost adaptation (FTE down (2.7)% versus volume down (1.5)% yoy), to mitigate impact of sales decline on our profitability

Digital sales penetration at 32% of sales in Q4 24, up +232bps

  • Digital sales now above €6bn in 2024, making Rexel one of the largest digital BtB players

  • Digital sales growth contributed to outperformance and productivity gains

→ FY 24 operating income of €845.9 million (vs €1,216.6 million in FY 23), including exceptional items (French Competition Authority fine for €124m against which Rexel has lodged an appeal, Goodwill impairment, acquisitions costs); net income of €341.0 million

Free cash flow conversion well above guidance at 76%, confirming our cash-generative model

→ Attractive return to shareholders: proposed dividend for 2024 of 1.20€ per share, for a 54% payout ratio, based on recurring net income of €662.3 million in 2024 (vs €823.3 million in 2023)

→ Executing our capital allocation strategy with a healthy balance sheet: indebtedness ratio at 1.83x

  • Share buyback: €100m shares repurchased in 2024; €300m since mid-2022

  • M&A: more than €500m of value creative acquisitions completed in 2024

  • Portfolio management: disposal of Rexel business in New Zealand, signed on February 1st, as a result of the continuous strategic review of our portfolio

2025 outlook: Stable to slightly positive same-day sales growth, current adjusted EBITA margin at c. 6% and free cash flow conversion at c. 65% (excluding the €124m fine from the French Competition Authority to be paid in 2025)

→ Confirmation of Rexel's medium-term ambitions, driven by solid electrification trends, market outperformance, further transformation of the business model and acceleration of savings programs