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ICT Automatisering N.V. 11 February 2014
Healthcare Automotive Industrial Automation Machine & Systems Energy Logistics
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Agenda
Opening and announcements
Presentation by ICT management
■ ICT Today
■ ICT & Brandfort
Q&A
Informal voting procedure on the Brandfort transaction
Closing
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Key messages
Over the past two years, the refined strategy 2011-2015 of ICT has proven
successful
Key for the strategic ambition going forward is realization of growth through a
number of drivers, supported and reinforced by the current market trends
Acquisition of Brandfort creates a solid foundation for continued growth, in
line with the current strategy of ICT
Financially attractive transaction including marked EPS accretion
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ICT Today
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ICT strategy Focus on self-managed projects to increase added value offered to clients
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System integrator with own solutions
Solution provider
Project ownership
Secondment project
Secondment
Staffing
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In May 2011, ICT presented its strategy for the period
2011-2015
Offer clients solutions from functional application
areas, also referred to as “verticals”
Focusing on the international market on the basis of
these verticals will increase the added value ICT can
offer its clients
Gradually shift emphasis towards self-managed
projects in which ICT offers its clients innovative
solutions that are both affordable and reliable
This is how ICT meets the growing demand among its
clients for affordable and proven solutions that take
into account the entire lifecycle
Ongoing shift towards high added-value products,
provides a better basis for recruiting and retaining
high-quality professionals
ICT believes that this is the best strategy
adding the most value for the company and its shareholders
Market trends Outsource (software) technology to stay at the forefront
■ Given the rapid technological developments, outsourcing (software)
technology is required to stay at the forefront
■ Knowledge intensive suppliers are being involved in the development phase
of the increasingly shorter product life cycle
■ Speed and complexity of innovation require open innovation structures that
provide the basis for extensive cooperation in development projects
Clients increasingly focus on their core-business
■ Parts of development are fully outsourced to partners, which take control
and responsibility
■ It is key to be a leading knowledge force as well as effectively involve
partners from the network
Suppliers continue to become system integrators
■ Role of suppliers to OEMs increases as they are assembling larger parts of
the end product, taking responsibility for development and engineering
■ Clients look for financially strong partners to co-develop and/or assume the
system integrator role
Shortage of technical personnel
■ An aging workforce and a limited interest among young people for technical
studies lead to a structural shortage of skilled engineers
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Secondment tariffs (index)
Project vs. secondment tariffs (index)
JW
100 97
96 96 93 93
50
60
70
80
90
100
110
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
90
103
107
70
80
90
100
110
120
2011 2012 2013
Projects & Services Secondment
Key achievements Since 2011, ICT focused on reviving its
operational performance
■ Implementing the vertical approach
■ Divestment of the Neustadt operations
■ Implementing a DC pension plan
■ Cost reduction program in the Netherlands and
Germany
■ Upgrade of management information system
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5,0% 5,0% 4,7%
3,7%
2,2% 2,3% 2,8%
4,1%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
67.000
67.500
68.000
68.500
69.000
69.500
70.000
70.500
71.000
71.500
2011FY Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013
Added value revenues EBIT margin
Added value revenue and underlying EBIT margin (LTM)
Revenue breakdown by type of service ICT increasingly focused on projects &
services
■ 2011: 100 projects and services contracts
■ 2013: increase of over 20% in the number of
projects
■ Target of 60% / 40% envisaged in the current
strategy 57% 56% 51%
45%
43% 44% 49% 55%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2011FY 2012FY 2013FY 2014E
Secondment Projects & Services
What still needs to be done?
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Best in class indirect costs
Continuous improvement of the indirect cost ratio where possible Launch of a Best-in-Class program as
prolongation of cost reduction programs Target indirect cost ratio 20% of revenues
Fine-tune verticals strategy: automotive / Germany
Further reduction in number of sites Finalize the one-way-of-working within the
group Presentation of new targets and refined strategy
at AGM
Replicate successful projects
ICT recently won and completed some very appealing contracts
Register IP when possible and desirable
16,7% 16,7% 16,5% 16,9% 16,7% 16,7% 16,6% 16,4%
7,4% 7,3% 7,3% 7,2% 7,4% 7,3% 6,8% 6,4%
24,1% 24,0% 23,8% 24,1% 24,1% 24,0% 23,4% 22,8%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
FY 2011 Q1 2012 Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q4 2012 Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013
Indirect costs of sales Indirect costs HQ & staff
Indirect costs as % of revenues (LTM)
EBIT margin %
7,7%
-10,0%
9,0%
-15,0%
7,1%
-3,1%
-20%
-10%
0%
10%
Netherlands Germany
Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013
Conclusions Over the past two years, the refined strategy 2011-2015 of ICT has proven to be successful
■ Significant progress in the realization of its strategy to provide high-end expertise and solutions, moving towards
a role of system integrator
■ Increased focus on projects & services
■ Revival of operating performance in Germany and resolution of disturbing factors
Key for the strategic ambition going forward is realization of growth through a number of drivers,
supported and reinforced by the current market trends
■ Demonstrating technological leadership – market approach based on verticals
■ Offering repeatable and scalable innovative solutions – taking into account the entire product lifecycle
■ Retaining and sharing knowledge within the organization
■ Professionalizing the market approach
■ Further recovery of the German operations
Strategy can be realized in the long-term through organic growth, however, growth through
acquisitions and strategic partnerships offers significant benefits
■ Cross-selling opportunities and access to an extended client base
■ Strengthened financial position in order to pursue acquisitive growth
■ Fill blank spots
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Together with a strategic partner, ICT would be in a better position
to pursue and accelerate realization of its strategy
ICT & Brandfort
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Brandfort - Highlights
Founded in 1977 with
locations throughout the
Benelux
Medium sized engineering
company (250 FTE)
Significant part of the
projects performed in-house
and under Brandfort
management (~40%)
Impressive client base
(ASML, DAF, Damen, Van
Oord, VDL, etc.)
(Engineering &
Consultancy)
(Automotive)
(Talent)
ACE is the largest entity in the Brandfort Group
ACE is an engineering company with locations in the Netherlands
(Eindhoven, Delft), Belgium (Hasselt, Gent) and Luxemburg
ACE is active in the area of technical design and development
Expertise in sector of industrial automation, high-tech systems,
product development, construction technology & equipment
BRACE Automotive is the engineering company specialized in the
automotive business
BRACE has locations in Eindhoven, Hasselt and Luxemburg
Activities: research, design, development, testing, prototyping
BDF is a recruitment agency focused on recruitment and
development of higher educational professionals in technical
positions
Attributing in two areas to Brandfort:
More directly in contact with the labour market
HR overhead: from a cost towards a profit centre (forecasted)
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ICT and Brandfort combination today Shared vision and ambition
■ Achieving a leading position as a multidisciplinary integrator with solutions
■ Translating technology to relevant business solutions
■ Supporting customers in all stages of their product life cycle
■ Cross-border business development
■ Creating a platform for further growth
Facing similar challenges
■ Require scale to act as equivalent partner
■ Growing shortage of qualified staff
■ Increased competition from highly specialized and international firms
Cohesion in short-term actions
■ Increased range of disciplines, fields of expertise and scope of knowledge
■ Upgraded services
■ Move towards higher added value
Mutual value creation opportunities
■ Attractive as employer of choice for best engineering professionals
■ Increased utilisation of capacity
■ Strengthening industry visibility
■ New solutions
■ Ambition to grow both organically and through acquisitions
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1,000+ employees
Over EUR 100m revenues
Cross selling opportunities:
direct access to 30+ clients
Entrance into 2 additional
international markets
The combination in numbers
Strategic ambition in line with client demands
Achieving a leading position as a multidisciplinary system integrator with solutions in defined verticals by
translating technology to relevant business solutions for our customers cross-border
Improve overall profile
■ Increase disciplines, expertise, knowledge
■ Upgrade service offering
■ Higher added value
■ Improve financial performance
Technical partner of choice
■ Profile upgrade in customer relation
■ One-stop-shop
■ Partnering and co-development
■ Improve position for outsourcing
Subcontractors/
suppliers
Product & Mechatronics
development
Assist customers in all stages of a product life cycle
Maintenance
services &
Support
System
Integration System design
Hardware
Engineering Deployment
Delivery Software
Engineering
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Existing customer basis provides significant
cross-selling opportunity
Market scope
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Logistics
ACE
Industrial Automation
ACE
Machine & Systems
ACE
Automotive
BRACE
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Examples where ICT and Brandfort meet
Boilers
ICT works on (embedded) software development for the domestic boilers ACE works on the design of elements in the boiler The combination of ICT and ACE offers a complete (part) product based on
generic specs of the customer. For instance, the design and control of the heating control element or the control of the valves
Chip manufacturing
ICT is active in areas of a.o. automation of set-up and recovery processes, calibration and testing
ACE is active in the field of flow and temperature control, mechatronics and mechanical lay-out
The combination strengthens the relationship and could lead to assignments of partly outsourced work of both hardware and software
Charging stations
ICT works on the software for electric car charging stations software including usage of stations but also billing and registration of electric car charges
Brandfort works on the design of the charging stations The combination provides a complete car charging station (hard- and software)
including design, robustness, vandalism protection, heat control and cost reduction
E-Thermostat
ICT works on the development of the (embedded) software for a (domestic) thermostat
ACE works on the design of the e-thermostat The combination delivers a complete thermostat including the design of the
housing, heat control and user-interface
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Horizontal and vertical framework for growth
System design Engineering
System integration
Deployment Maintenance
services & Support
Remark Software Hardware
Automotive Both significant
activities, but different
focus (complementary)
Industrial Automation
ICT has numerous
potential customers for
ACE
Logistics
High-tech Machines & Systems
All ACE clients are
potential clients for ICT
Traffic & Transport
Limited direct potential
New verticals
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Discipline portfolio
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Organic growth
■ Combining the mutual engineering and IT
expertise of the companies in the value chain
■ Become a full-service technical partner of choice
■ Become a top technology player
Acquisitive growth
■ Buy-and-build through multiple smaller high
added value engineering companies
■ Gradually move into a multidisciplinary system
integrator
■ Upward potential in expanding geographic
coverage
Integration plan Dedicated multi-disciplinary integration team is led by Jan Willem Wienbelt and consists of representatives of the
various business functions of ICT
Four-phase integration plan has been developed, including clear milestones and tasks:
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Finalize integration plan
and start execution
Identify and secure talent
and integration teams
Identify key sources of
shareholder value in 2014
Take financial reporting
control as from day 1
Address management
control (financial,
operational and risk)
First 100 days
(Q2-2014)
Alignment of commercial
and business activities
(Q3 2014)
Cross-selling and
integration of control
(Q4 2014)
Operating as
one company
(as of Q1 2015)
Focus on ongoing
business and retention of
employees
Economies of scale and
quick wins
Alignment of management
control (financial,
operational and risk)
Combined commercial
operations, focus on
cross-selling
Gradually transfer
responsibilities of the
integration team to line
management
Integration of
management control
(financial, operational and
risk)
Focus on combined
solutions
Address combined
branding
Sustaining and building
long-term value
Focus on accelerated
growth in the businesses
of both companies
Brandfort financials
Brandfort shows a stable overall development of project revenues throughout 2011 – 2013, as
increasing volumes at major clients of ACE were compensated by negative trends in market and
productivity at certain other business units
In spite of the loss of some business with clients encountered in 2013, productivity was high (close
to maximum) in 2013
EBIT declined, however, driven mainly by increasing indirect costs, due to one-off costs and
difficulties to control the cost budget during the implementation of ERP in 2012-2013
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Project revenues and underlying EBIT
15.730 15.927 15.929
0
3.000
6.000
9.000
12.000
15.000
18.000
2011 2012 2013
Project revenues
878
551 485
0
200
400
600
800
1.000
1.200
2011 2012 2013
EBIT
Financials of the transaction
Transaction consideration
■ Newly issued ICT shares representing 9% of the outstanding shares post-closing (value of circa EUR 3.4 million
based on the share price of ICT around the effective date of the transaction of 1 July 2013)
■ In addition to the newly issued shares, ICT will pay an amount of EUR 1.3 million in cash to the shareholders of
Brandfort
■ The shareholders of Brandfort will, prior to closing of the transaction, convert the full balance of shareholders
loans into equity, resulting in a debt free company with EUR 1.3 million in cash on the balance sheet
■ Earn-out agreement based on the gross profit to be realized by the Brandfort activities in 2014, which can
accrue to a maximum of EUR 2.2 million
Valuation
■ Correcting for the cash position of Brandfort of circa EUR 1.3 million, total transaction consideration of circa
EUR 3.4 million (before a possible earn-out)
Represents 7.0x EBIT 2013 and 5.6x EBIT 2014, which is below historical valuations in the sector
Multiple is significantly lower when taking into account the envisaged synergies from the transaction
and the outlook for Brandfort stand-alone at 2.6x EBIT 2014
Including the earn-out, assuming a gross profit level at which the maximum earn-out is paid out,
multiple would be 5.2x EBIT 2014 or 3.1x including synergies
Mr. Brand has agreed to a lock up period of three years with limited exceptions and he will assume an advisory role
within the ICT Group.
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Indicative EPS analysis Identified annual synergies of EUR 700k
■ Revenue synergies
Cross-selling: +2.0% (~1.5m)
Distinctive market position industry visibility
Estimated EBIT impact: 400k
■ Cost synergies
Shared service centre: 100K
Locations: 50K
Increased efficiency of indirect processes:
150K
10% to 15% EPS accretion within a year from
closing of the transaction is expected
Key strategic focus
■ Fill blank spots in the service offering
■ Add relevant verticals
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The combination will provide a solid platform for future growth
EPS impact analysis (indexed)
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ICT standalone Impact issue of new shares
Impact Brandfort
Pro forma combination
Operational improvements incl. synergies
Pro forma combination
incl. synergies
Maximum Minimum
Strengthened position as employer of choice Broaden career perspectives
Continued development of technical and professional skills
■ Combined best-practices enables higher learning curve
Ambition through acting as a high-performance growth firm
■ People are more interested in being part of a growing entity
■ Strengthening of blue-chip client base improves the recruitment
profile
Attract and retain the best people
■ Distinctive position enables focus on quality
■ International profile attracts high quality international employees
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Employees per age category (ICT)
3%
30%
34%
33% < 25 yr
25 - <35 yr
35 - <45 yr
> 45 yr
Employees per age category (combination)
5%
35%
31%
29%
< 25 yr
25 - <35 yr
35 - <45 yr
> 45 yr
Conclusion
Highly complementary, high graded profile
Further diversified client base allowing for enhanced access and leverage
Multiple growth opportunities through the combined platform
Combination can deliver extensive technical skills on project, consultancy, and secondment basis
Economies of scale, scope and skill, financial profile and cash flow generation
10% to 15% EPS accretion within a year from closing of the transaction is expected
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Q&A
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Informal voting Brandfort transaction
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Informal voting regarding Brandfort On 18 December 2013, one of ICT’s large shareholders requested to convene an Extraordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders (“EGM”) regarding the Brandfort transaction
The Management and Supervisory Boards of ICT respect the statutory rights of their shareholders to
request for an EGM to be held and have convened this EGM
As the general meeting of shareholders of ICT does not have a statutory right to approve the
Brandfort transaction, there will only be an informal, non-binding vote on the Brandfort transaction
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