Non-recurring effects

Whereas the decline in revenue was moderate, the weakening in individual earnings categories is much more pronounced. This is due only in part to the Group’s operating performance. In the final analysis, non-recurring effects in the reporting period—as announced by way of ad hoc notices dated December 16, 2019, and April 7, 2020—were material to this outcome. They impacted EBITDA in the business year 2019/20 to the tune of EUR 83 million, with the majority affecting its third quarter. Impairment tests led to the recognition of impairment losses in numerous units. Of the total of EUR 402 million in impairment losses for the voestalpine Group in the business year ended, the third quarter accounts for about two thirds and the fourth quarter for about one third. The non-recurring effects thus reduced EBIT (including the EBITDA effects) by EUR 485 million. At EUR 240 million in non-recurring effects, the Steel Division bore the brunt of it. The impact on the Group’s other divisions is considerably weaker: High Performance Metals Division: EUR 81 million, Metal Engineering Division: EUR 88 million, and Metal Forming Division: EUR 76 million.

Non-recurring effects impacted the figures for the same period of the business year 2018/19, too. They were attributable to the delayed start-up of the automotive component plant in Cartersville, Georgia, USA, as well as to the need to set up provisions in connection with an investigation by the German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) against steel producers on suspicion of past anti-competitive practices in the heavy plate product segment. The scheduled overhaul of the Steel Division’s largest blast furnace also affected the Group’s performance in the business year 2018/19. Against this backdrop, any comparison of the financial key performance indicators (KPIs) pursuant to IFRS is of limited relevance to descriptions of the company’s operating performance.


About voestalpine

In its business segments, voestalpine is a globally leading steel and technology group with a unique combination of materials and processing expertise. voestalpine, which operates globally, has around 500 Group companies and locations in more than 50 countries on all five continents. It has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1995. With its top-quality products and system solutions, it is a leading partner to the automotive and consumer goods industries as well as the aerospace and oil & gas industries, and is also the world market leader in railway systems, tool steel, and special sections. voestalpine is fully committed to the global climate goals and is working intensively to develop technologies which will allow it to decarbonize and reduce its CO2 emissions over the long term. In the business year 2019/20, the Group generated revenue of EUR 12.7 billion, with an operating result (EBITDA) of EUR 1.2 billion; it had about 49,000 employees worldwide.

Facts

50 Countries on all 5 continents
500 Group companies and locations
49,000 Employees worldwide

Earnings FY 2019/20

€ 12.7 Billion

Revenue

€ 1.2 Billion

EBITDA

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