Continued double digit revenue and EBIT growth (excluding one-off), results impacted by loss on contract in new activities

Key points Q2 2019
Revenue up by 17% to EUR 258 million
EBIT (excluding one-off) up by 21% to EUR 5 million
EBIT EUR 0.5 million negative due to one-off loss of 5.5 million

Key points H1 2019
Revenue up by 20% to EUR 524 million
EBIT (excluding one-off) up by 51% to EUR 17 million, reported EBIT up by 3% to EUR 12 million

Jilko Andringa, CEO of Brunel International N.V.: “We continued to outperform in key markets like Germany and Middle East & India. However, we also incurred a one-off loss in the USA.

In line with our entrepreneurial spirit, we started an entity to build up new project capabilities in Texas. With this new entity, we won many new projects. One of the initial projects did not go as planned and resulted in a loss. As painful as this is, we used the learnings of this project to improve our team, processes and controls. Supported by the improved settings, this new activity delivers profitable revenue growth.

In the DACH region, we continued to grow, while we experienced some impact from the weakness in the Automotive Industry. This has not reduced headcount and productivity, as we continued to focus on other growth markets, in line with our strategy of diversification. In the Netherlands, despite a revenue decline, we were able to realize a higher EBIT than Q2 last year, as a result of operational control and cost savings.

Overall, Brunel realized strong growth in most of its regions in the first half of 2019. Outside of Europe, we see project activity and our pipeline increasing. Taking into account some project ramp-up time this will lead to continued growth in revenue and profitability”.

Risk profile

Reference is made to our 2018 Annual Report (pages 93 - 116). Reassessment of our earlier identified risks and the potential impact on occurrence has not resulted in required changes in our internal risk management and control systems.

Cash position

Brunel’s cash position decreased to EUR 60.6 million in line with our expectations, due to the increased working capital as a result of growth, our normal seasonality in our cash flow and the dividend payment in June.

Outlook for 2019

In the DACH region, we expect limited growth in the remainder of the year, with increased profitability. Cost savings in the Netherlands will result in an improved EBIT, despite a decline in revenue. The Middle East will continue its strong performance, whilst the strong growth in the Rest of the World will support a return to profitability in the course of the second half of 2019.

For the full year we expect revenue between EUR 1,025 billion and 1,075 billion and normalized EBIT between EUR 43.5 million and EUR 48.5 million. Including the one-off loss of EUR 5.5 million, we expect the full year EBIT to end up between 38 million and 43 million.


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