The Board of Directors of Natuzzi S.p.A. (NYSE:NTZ) has approved the 2015 Fourth Quarter and the 2015 Full Year consolidated results.
Following the Board meeting, the Chairman and CEO Pasquale Natuzzi stated:
“The 2015 full year results have built on the margin growth seen over recent quarters.
The improved sales mix and quality of sales, together with favorable currency movements, have generated a 5.9% revenue growth, accompanied by a significant gross margin and EBITDA improvement.
In 2015, the Natuzzi brand represented 69.7% of upholstery sales, with the remaining 30.3% in Private Label. We highlight particularly the 22.1% improvement for furniture and accessory sales compared to 2014.
From a geographical point of view, the Americas reported revenue growth of 6.0%, driven by Natuzzi brand products (+12.6%); EMEA saw a 4.9% increase on the previous year, driven by strong private label sales (+29.3%) and, in particular, sales in the United Kingdom, which consolidated its position as the second largest Group market after the United States.
Asia Pacific continued to grow (+16%), driven primarily by the Natuzzi brand, with the largest growth in China, followed by Korea. Asia Pacific in 2015 reached a 14.2% share of total Group sales, up from 13% in 2014.
The 57 directly managed stores at year-end contributed 10% to consolidated revenues. In 2015, the Group completed the restructuring of the directly-owned store chain, with positive impact to overall contribution margin. While we made progress throughout our directly managed stores, the greatest progress was made in Spain and Italy.
The cost of goods sold, as a percentage of net sales, reduced by 4.5%, primarily due to the efficiency measures introduced at the Chinese plant, and the improved productivity at the Italian plant. The improvements at the Italian plant were derived from the stabilization of the workforce and the discontinuation of worker rotation from May 2015 as per the Trade Union Agreement of March 3, 2015. The product innovations stemming from the adoption of the new manufacturing process tested at the experimental laboratory continued. We have introduced these new manufacturing processes at our Matera facility, and are pleased to report that we have seen significant improvement in manufacturing efficiencies and lower manufacturing costs as compared to our Italian facilities where the new production technology has not yet been implemented. The introduction of the new lean enterprise manufacturing process will be extended across all facilities by the end of 2016.
The cost reduction plan lowered overhead costs by €4.6 million, leading to an overall decrease in SG&A from 19.5% to 17.5% as a percentage of net sales.
The above mentioned factors led to a positive EBITDA of €6.1 million, significantly improving over 2014.
EBIT also improved dramatically, reporting a loss of €7.6 million.
The positive EBITDA, together with strong working capital management, produced a net cash position of €14.5 million.
The new Natuzzi Italia “total living” collection will be presented at the upcoming 2016 International Furniture Fair in Milan. The theme of the stand for the 55th edition is based around the region of Puglia, the original home of the brand, a source of inspiration and the place in which new Natuzzi projects take shape.
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Natuzzi S.p.A.
About Natuzzi S.p.A.
Founded in 1959 by Pasquale Natuzzi, Natuzzi S.p.A. designs, manufactures and sells a broad collection of couches, armchairs, home furniture and home accessories. With consolidated revenues of €461.4 million in 2014, Natuzzi is Italy’s largest furniture house and the player with the greatest global reach in its sector, with eight manufacturing plants, twelve commercial offices and more than 1,100 points of sale worldwide. Ethics and social responsibility, innovation, industrial know-how and integrated management of its value chain represent the points of strength that have made the Natuzzi Group a market leader and established Natuzzi as the most recognized furniture brand in the world among consumers of luxury goods. Natuzzi S.p.A. has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since May 1993. The Company is ISO 9001 and 14001 certified.
| Natuzzi S.p.A. and Subsidiaries | ||||||||||
| Unaudited Consolidated Profit & Loss for the twelve months of 2015 & 2014 on the basis of Italian GAAP | ||||||||||
| (expressed in millions Euro) | ||||||||||
Twelve months | Change | Percentage of | ||||||||
| 31-Dec-15 | 31- Dec- 14 | % | 31Dec-15 | 31-Dec-14 | ||||||
| Upholstery net sales | 437,0 | 409,1 | 6,8% | 89,5% | 88,7% | |||||
| Other sales | 51,5 | 52,3 | -1,5% | 10,5% | 11,3% | |||||
Total Net Sales | 488,5 | 461,4 | 5,9% | 100,0% | 100,0% | |||||
| Consumption (*) | (224,8) | (218,0) | 3,1% | -46,0% | -47,2% | |||||
| Labor | (75,0) | (85,0) | -11,7% | -15,4% | -18,4% | |||||
| Industrial Costs | (30,7) | (30,2) | 1,7% | -6,3% | -6,6% | |||||
| of which: Depreciation, Amortization | (9,9) | (9,7) | 2,4% | -2,0% | -2,1% | |||||
| Cost of Sales | (330,6) | (333,2) | -0,8% | -67,7% | -72,2% | |||||
| Industrial Margin | 157,9 | 128,2 | 23,2% | 32,3% | 27,8% | |||||
| Selling Expenses | (80,3) | (75,3) | 6,6% | -16,4% | -16,3% | |||||
| Transportation | (53,5) | (48,3) | 10,9% | -11,0% | -10,5% | |||||
| Commissions | (10,0) | (9,1) | 10,0% | -2,1% | -2,0% | |||||
| Advertising | (16,7) | (17,9) | -6,8% | -3,4% | -3,9% | |||||
| Other Selling and G&A | (85,3) | (89,9) | -5,1% | -17,5% | -19,5% | |||||
| of which: Depreciation, Amortization | (3,8) | (4,6) | -16,3% | -0,8% | -1,0% | |||||
| EBITDA | 6,1 | (22,7) | 1,2% | -4,9% | ||||||
| EBIT | (7,6) | (37,0) | -1,6% | -8,0% | ||||||
| Interest Income/(Costs), Net | (3,3) | (1,9) | ||||||||
| Foreign Exchange, Net | (1,1) | (2,4) | ||||||||
| Other Income/(Cost), Net | (3,9) | (6,3) | ||||||||
| Earning before Income Taxes | (15,9) | (47,5) | -3,3% | -10,3% | ||||||
| Current taxes | (0,6) | (1,8) | -0,1% | -0,4% | ||||||
| Net result | (16,5) | (49,3) | -3,4% | -10,7% | ||||||
| Minority interest | (0,0) | (0,0) | ||||||||
| Net Group Result | (16,5) | (49,4) | -3,4% | -10,7% | ||||||
(*) Purchases plus beginning stock minus final stock and leather processing | ||||||||||
Natuzzi S.p.A. and Subsidiaries | ||||||||||
| Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2015 on the basis of Italian GAAP (Expressed in millions of Euro) | ||||||||||
| ASSETS | 31-Dec-15 | 31-Dec-14 | ||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 52,5 | 32,8 | ||||||||
| Marketable debt securities | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||||||||
| Trade receivables, net | 63,2 | 96,0 | ||||||||
| Other receivables | 22,3 | 18,1 | ||||||||
| Inventories | 79,1 | 90,2 | ||||||||
| Unrealized foreign exchange gains | 0,2 | 0,3 | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and accrued income | 1,4 | 1,3 | ||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 0,5 | 0,5 | ||||||||
| Total current assets | 219,2 | 239,3 | ||||||||
| Non-current assets: | ||||||||||
| Net property, plant and equipment | 121,1 | 130,8 | ||||||||
| Other assets | 9,0 | 10,0 | ||||||||
| Total non-current assets | 130,1 | 140,8 | ||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | 349,4 | 380,1 | ||||||||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||||
| Short-term borrowings | 19,0 | 20,7 | ||||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt | 3,4 | 3,1 | ||||||||
| Accounts payable-trade | 58,9 | 75,2 | ||||||||
| Accounts payable-other | 27,8 | 29,7 | ||||||||
| Accounts payable-shareholders for dividends | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||||||||
| Unrealized foreign exchange losses | 0,3 | 0,6 | ||||||||
| Income taxes | 0,7 | 1,1 | ||||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 1,1 | 1,0 | ||||||||
| Salaries, wages and related liabilities | 14,0 | 18,3 | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 125,2 | 149,7 | ||||||||
| Long-term liabilities: | ||||||||||
| Employees' leaving entitlement | 20,5 | 20,9 | ||||||||
| Long-term debt | 15,6 | 6,2 | ||||||||
| Deferred income taxes - long term | 0,0 | 0,0 | ||||||||
| Deferred income for capital grants | 7,6 | 8,1 | ||||||||
| Other liabilities | 19,8 | 21,2 | ||||||||
| Total long-term liabilities | 63,6 | 56,3 | ||||||||
| Minority interest | 3,2 | 3,0 | ||||||||
| Shareholders' equity: | ||||||||||
| Share capital | 54,9 | 54,9 | ||||||||
| Reserves | 4,3 | 40,9 | ||||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 0,0 | 8,4 | ||||||||
| Retained earnings | 98,2 | 66,8 | ||||||||
| Total shareholders' equity | 157,3 | 171,0 | ||||||||
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 349,4 | 380,1 | ||||||||
| Natuzzi S.p.A. and Subsidiaries | |||
| Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | |||
| 31-Dec-15 | 31-Dec-14 | ||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | |||
| Net earnings (loss) | -16.485 | -49.356 | |
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash | |||
| provided by operating activities: | |||
| Depreciation and amortization | 13.729 | 14.240 | |
| Impairment of long lived assets | 0 | 2.480 | |
| Deferred income taxes | -23 | -206 | |
| Minority interest | 32 | 17 | |
| (Gain) loss on disposal of assets | 115 | 800 | |
| Unrealized foreign exchange losses (gains) | -177 | 671 | |
| Extraordinary items, net | 3.537 | -791 | |
| Deferred income for capital grants | -466 | -462 | |
| Non monetary operating items | 16.747 | 16.750 | |
| Change in assets and liabilities: | |||
| Receivables, net | 33.981 | -20.525 | |
| Inventories | 11.145 | -11.221 | |
| Prepaid expenses and accrued income | -123 | 626 | |
| Other assets | -5.423 | 25.093 | |
| Accounts payable | -15.793 | 8.678 | |
| Income taxes | -332 | -6.054 | |
| Salaries, wages and related liabilities | -1.277 | 7.337 | |
| Other liabilities | -8.100 | 6.814 | |
| Net working capital | 14.077 | 10.748 | |
| One-time outflow from restructuring activities | -4.067 | -13.548 | |
| Net cash generated/(used) by operating activities | 10.272 | -35.407 | |
| Cash flows from investing/restructuring activities: | |||
| Property, plant and equipment: | |||
| Additions | -3.656 | -7.500 | |
| Disposals | 3.638 | 7.095 | |
| Net cash generated/(used) by in investing activities | -19 | -405 | |
| Cash flows from financing activities: | |||
| Long-term debt: | |||
| Proceeds | 12.969 | 5.000 | |
| Repayments | -3.244 | -3.346 | |
| Short-term borrowings | -1.727 | -4.177 | |
| Dividends paid to minority interests | |||
| Net cash generated/(used) by financing activities | 7.998 | -2.523 | |
| Effect of translation adjustments on cash | 1.370 | 5.685 | |
| Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 19.622 | -28.185 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year | 32.852 | 61.037 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period | 52.474 | 32.853 |
Natuzzi S.p.A. and Subsidiaries | ||||||||
| Unaudited Consolidated Profit & Loss for the fourth quarter 2015 & 2014 on the basis of Italian GAAP | ||||||||
| (expressed in millions Euro) | ||||||||
Three months ended on | Change | Percentage of Sales | ||||||
| 31-Dec-15 | 31-Dec-14 | % | 31-Dec-15 | 31-Dec-14 | ||||
| Upholstery net sales | 116,4 | 120,9 | -3,7% | 88,4% | 87,2% | |||
| Other sales | 15,3 | 17,8 | -14,2% | 11,6% | 12,8% | |||
| Total Net Sales | 131,7 | 138,6 | -5,0% | 100,0% | 100,0% | |||
| Consumption (*) | (57,9) | (68,8) | -15,8% | -44,0% | -49,6% | |||
| Labor | (18,4) | (20,6) | -10,7% | -14,0% | -14,9% | |||
| Industrial Costs | (8,0) | (9,3) | -14,1% | -6,1% | -6,7% | |||
| of which: Depreciation, Amortization | (2,4) | (2,3) | 7,4% | -1,8% | -1,6% | |||
| Cost of Sales | (84,2) | (98,7) | -14,6% | -64,0% | -71,2% | |||
| Industrial Margin | 47,4 | 40,0 | 18,6% | 36,0% | 28,8% | |||
| Selling Expenses | (21,1) | (24,2) | -12,9% | -16,0% | -17,4% | |||
| Transportation | (14,4) | (14,5) | -1,1% | -10,9% | -10,5% | |||
| Commissions | (2,8) | (2,4) | 13,6% | -2,1% | -1,8% | |||
| Advertising | (3,9) | (7,2) | -45,7% | -3,0% | -5,2% | |||
| Other Selling and G&A | (22,7) | (24,5) | -7,4% | -17,2% | -17,7% | |||
| of which: Depreciation, Amortization | (0,9) | (1,3) | -34,0% | -0,7% | -1,0% | |||
| EBITDA | 6,9 | (5,1) | 5,3% | -3,7% | ||||
| EBIT | 3,6 | (8,7) | 2,8% | -6,3% | ||||
| Interest Income/(Costs), Net | (1,0) | (0,9) | ||||||
| Foreign Exchange, Net | 1,9 | (2,0) | ||||||
| Other Income/(Cost), Net | (3,2) | (3,2) | ||||||
| Earning before Income Taxes | 1,3 | (14,8) | 1,0% | -10,7% | ||||
| Current taxes | 0,6 | (0,6) | 0,4% | -0,4% | ||||
| Net Result | 1,9 | (15,4) | 1,4% | -11,1% | ||||
| Minority interest | (0,1) | (0,0) | ||||||
| Net Group Result | 1,8 | (15,4) | 1,4% | -11,1% | ||||
| (*) Purchases plus beginning stock minus final stock and leather processing | ||||||||
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