Melrose Results Presentation Deck
Introduction: 2020 Focus
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2020 Focus
Prioritise cash
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Reduce debt
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Continued focus on improving businesses
Nortek Air Management operating margins doubled since acquisition, from 8.6% to 17.3% in H2 2020
£172 million spent on restructuring the Group in 2020
Improvement process of GKN has been accelerated
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Record adjusted free cashflow¹ of £628 million (6% higher than 2019)
Level of spend on R&D protected
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Return to paying a dividend
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Group net debt reduced by over £400 million (13%) to £2.85 billion
H2 annualised proforma leverage¹ of c.3.2x EBITDA
Buy
Improve
Sell
0.75 pence per share to be paid in May
A progressive dividend policy is intended to be reintroduced for future periods
Pensions
A very good story on reducing the deficit², accounting deficit down from £0.7 billion pre-acquisition to £0.1 billion
Increased company contributions and sensible investment strategy
1. Described in the glossary to the 2020 Preliminary Announcement, released on 4 March 2021
2. Accounting deficit on the GKN UK pension schemes
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