WENDEL: 2024 Half-Year Results

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PRESS RELEASE – JULY 31, 2024

        

2024 Half-Year Results:

Fully diluted1 Net Asset Value of €175.2 up 7.9%2 year-to-date

Strong portfolio rotation and investment activity

Consolidation of IK Partners and ongoing deployment of the dual model strategy

Fully diluted Net Asset Value3 as of June 30, 2024: €175.2 per share

  • Fully diluted NAV per share up +10.4%4 since the start of the year, restated for the €4 dividend paid in May 2024

    • mostly reflecting the increase in Bureau Veritas valuation

    • the very slight decrease in valuation of non-listed assets at constant scope, reflecting their respective operational performances and multiples evolution

    • IK Partners Fee Paying AuM up +16% year-to-date

Strong investment & capital allocation activity

  • Principal investment:

    • €2.3 billion disposals & value crystallization

    • €0.7 billion invested or committed of which €625 million in Globeducate

  • Asset Management:

    • €0.4 billion invested for acquisition of 51% of IK Partners

    • €0.4 billion committed (and not yet deployed) to IK X & PF III

Strong financial structure

  • debt maturity of 4.1 years with an average cost of 2.4%

  • LTV ratio at -6.2% as of June 30, 2024, and 5.9%5 on a pro forma basis

  • total liquidity of €3.86 billion as of June 30, 2024, including €2.9 billion in cash and €875 million in committed credit facility (fully undrawn). Investment capacity of €1.4 billion7.

Execution of the new strategy focused on value creation and recurring returns to shareholders, based on a strongly evolving business model

  • Wendel’s ambition is to build a dual business model based on principal investment and private asset management, generating an attractive and recurring return to shareholders 

ESG achievements

  • Wendel is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability (DJSI) World and Europe indices for the fifth year in a row

  • Wendel ranks in the top 2% of its sector, according to Sustainalytics' ESG rating

  • CDP score confirmed at A-

Net income, Group share at €388.2 million, showing a strong increase

  • net income, group share, at €388.2 million in the first half, compared with €39.6 in H1 2023, due to the disposal of Constantia Flexibles (€419m group share) in the first half of 2024

    • Contribution from Portfolio reached €364.6m, up 9.4%8 restated from Constantia Flexibles in 2023

Strong return to shareholders policy

  • ordinary dividend of €4.00 per share for 2023, up +25% compared to 2022, paid in May 2024, representing a distribution to shareholders of €173 million

    • €100 million share buyback launched in October 2023 completed in July 2024

    • launch of a new opportunistic €100 million share buyback program starting in August 2024