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Sustainable Finance and Fintech: progress and innovation, 6 February 2020 Sustainable Finance and Fintech: progress and innovation 6 February 2020 Sala Assemblee via Fratelli Gabba Servizio Studi – Equity Research 1 6 February 2020 Sala Assemblee via Fratelli Gabba Sustainable Finance and Fintech: progress and innovation, 6 February 2020 Servizio Studi – Equity Research 2 Sustainable Finance and Fintech: progress and innovation, 6 February 2020 Summary Centrale del Latte d’Italia 4 MailUp 24 CNH Industrial 6 NB Aurora 26 Elettra Investimenti 8 NEXI 28 Equita Group 10 Notorious Pictures 30 Ferrari 12 Piaggio 32 First Capital 14 Reply 34 Gefran 16 SIT 36 Grifal 18 Spactiv 38 Leone Film Group 20 TraWell 40 LU-VE 22 Disclaimer 42 Team 44 Please note: all the reccomandations, estimates and target prices refer to our latest published reports on every single stock available on www.ubibanca.com/equity-research. Servizio Studi – Equity Research 3 Sustainable Finance and Fintech: progress and innovation, 6 February 2020 Centrale del Latte d’Italia 03 February 2020 – 5:30 PM SELL TARGET PRICE: 2.03 MARKET PRICE: 2.46 Food & Beverage Company profile Corporate Governance Centrale del Latte d’Italia is the third largest milk company in Italy after Parmalat Data Does the company have a combined Chairman/CEO? Yes and Granarolo and the market leader in the regions where it is present Percentage of independent directors Shares outstanding (m): 14.00 (Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany and Veneto). The group produces and distributes 46.15% (6 out of 13) Market Cap. (EURm): 34.44 milk (fresh, ESL and UHT), milk derivatives, vegetable drinks, salads, cured meats, Does the company have loyalty shares? No Enterprise Value (EURm): 121.70 eggs and pasta. It has four plants, a fleet of >300 self-cooling vehicles, and 413 Does major shareholders have a “shareholders pact” in place? Yes employees. Its four brands are well known and can demand a premium price and Av. Daily Trad. Vol. (000): 7.6 Are “poison pill” or “change of control” clauses adopted? have increased their market shares in recent years (now at 7.7% in the fresh milk No Reuters/Bloomberg: CLI.MI CLI IM and 4% in UHT). As for distribution channels, >50% of revenues come from mass Potential dilution from stock options outstanding + not yet granted? No 52-Week Range (EUR): 2.4 2.9 retail, 36% from traditional trade and around 7% from private label. CLI was listed CEO remuneration detail (fixed salary) EUR0.57 million Source: FactSet on the Milan Stock Exchange in 2000 and moved to the STAR segment in 2001. Chairman remuneration detail (fixed salary) EUR0.37 million Performance Is the share price included in the MBO criteria? No 1m 3m 12m Recent development Percentage of treasury shares 0.0% Absolute 1.7% -3.9% -9.9% Despite the poor volume trend (value of production was down 1.3% in 3Q19 and 1.8% in 9M19) and soaring fresh milk price (+14.8% in 3Q19), CLI was able Climate related risk Rel. to FTSE IT 3.0% -6.3% -22.7% to increase EBITDA by 16% in 3Q19 (after the sharp slowdown of 1H19) thanks to effective cost cutting actions implemented in the past few months. However, Has the company defined GHG-emissions targets? No Graph Area Absolute/Relative 12 M higher D&A costs led to breakeven at EBIT level while pre-tax result was negative How does the company assess climate-related risk? No for EUR0.45 million (EUR4.2 million in the first nine months) and net debt remained stable at EUR84.8 million (including EUR4.8 million for the adoption of Social Responsibilities 3,200 IFRS 16). The company guided for the last quarter of the year financial results similar to 3Q19, thus implying a revenues slowdown of around 2% in the full year Does the company publish a separated Sustainability report? No 2,700 with an EBITDA margin around 4% (compared with 4.3% in 2018). Considering Does the company have a Chief SRI/CSR officer (or a committee)? No that: 1) cash flow generation should remain negative in the full year, 2) the Does the Chief SRI/CSR officer votes in any of the committee? investment plan for the revamping of the Turin plant is proceeding, 3) the risk of NA 2,200 breaking the existing covenants on the banks financing and on the 2017-24 bond, Is the Investor Relation officer a different person from CFO (or Yes the company confirmed significant capital and financial strengthening within year- other officers)? end, which in our view could translate in a capital increase which could generate Is the ESG strategy integrated in the Business Plan (or in the group a significant dilution for existing shareholders. A capital increase of EUR5.0 strategy)? No million was already approved by the Board for Centrale del Latte di Vicenza. CDL FTSE Italia All-Share Does the company have an ethical code? Yes Percentage of female directors 38.46% (5 out of 13) Source: FactSet How is the cybersecurity issue managed? Not disclosed Graph Shareholders’ Structure SWOT Analysis Free Fin, Centr. Strengths Weaknesses float; • • Latte Torino; Leading position where it is present and strong brand awareness Declining consumption of fresh and UHT milk in Italy 36,3% • Increasing product diversification • Continuous price pressure from large distributors 39,3% • Low NWC and negative operating working capital • Lower innovation and marketing capacity than larger companies Comune di Opportunities Threats Comune Pistoia; • The restructuring of the Turin production facility • Strong volatility of the raw milk price di 5,3% • Cost synergies with Centrale del Latte di Firenze • Private label competition and potential entry of large multinationals Firenze; • Agreement with Alibaba to distribute UHT milk in China • Strong price power of mass retail chains Fidi Toscana; 6,8% 12,3% Source: Company data Servizio Studi – Equity Research 4 Sustainable Finance and Fintech: progress and innovation, 6 February 2020 Centrale del Latte d’Italia Income Statement Financial Ratios (EURm, %) 2018A 2019E 2020E 2021E (%) 2018A 2019E 2020E 2021E Net Revenues 183.14 180.36 185.33 193.24 ROE 0.6% -4.1% -3.7% -2.4% EBITDA 7.79 7.21 7.72 9.35 Net Fin. Debt / Equity (x) 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 EBITDA margin 4.3% 4.0% 4.2% 4.8% Net Fin. Debt / EBITDA (x) 9.5 11.3 10.4 8.2 EBIT 0.85 -2.32 -1.56 -0.02 Capex / Sales 8.9% 8.4% 4.0% 3.0% EBIT margin 0.5% -1.3% -0.8% -0.0% Pay Out Ratio 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Profit before taxes -0.40 -4.18 -3.60 -2.01 Taxes 0.80 1.67 1.44 0.60 Net Income 0.40 -2.51 -2.16 -1.41 Per Share Data (EUR) 2018A 2019E 2020E 2021E EPS 0.03 -0.18 -0.15 -0.10 Growth Rates DPS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (%) 2018A 2019E 2020E 2021E BVPS 4.55 4.37 4.22 4.12 Growth Group Net Sales 0.5% -1.5% 2.8% 4.3% Growth EBITDA 7.6% -7.5% 7.1% 21.2% Growth EBIT 29.0% nm nm nm Growth Net Profit nm nm nm nm Stock Market Ratios* *((Priced(Priced (x) 2018A 2019E 2020E 2021E P/E nm nm nm nm P/OpCFPS 7.6 4.5 4.2 3.5 Balance Sheet P/BV 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 (EURm) 2018A 2019E 2020E 2021E Dividend Yield (%) 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Capital Employed 137.52 142.50 139.52 133.95 EV/Sales 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 Shareholders’ Equity 63.72 61.22 59.06 57.65 EV/EBITDA 15.7 16.9 15.7 12.5 Net Financial Debt / (Cash) 73.80 81.29 80.46 76.30 EV/EBIT nm nm nm nm * Priced on 31 January 2020 Source: Company data, UBI Banca estimates 2018 Stock Market Ratios based on average 2018 price Servizio Studi – Equity Research 5 Sustainable Finance and Fintech: progress and innovation, 6 February 2020 CNH Industrial 03 February 2020 – 5:30 PM TARGET PRICE: 10.00 MARKET PRICE: 8.58 Capital Goods Company profile Corporate Governance CNH Industrial is a global leader in capital goods and design, manufacture, and Does the company have a combined Chair/CEO? No Data distribute in international markets. It employs more than 64,000 people in Percentage of independent directors Shares outstanding (m): 1,340.2 66 manufacturing plants with 54 R&D centers in 180 countries. Through 12 66.67% (6 out of 9) Market Cap. (EURm): 11,411 brands serves the agriculture and industry markets: from tractors and combines Does the company have loyalty shares? Yes to trucks and buses, as well as powertrain solutions for on-road and off-road and Enterprise Value (EURm): 13,227 Does major shareholders have a “shareholders pact” in place? No marine vehicles. CNH Industrial shares are listed in New York and Milan Are “poison pill” or “change of control” clauses adopted? Av. Daily Trad. Vol. (‘000): 1,278 following the mergers in 2013 of Fiat Industrial and CNH Global. Shares are No Reuters/Bloomberg: CNHI.MI CNHI IM traded in USD on the NYSE and in EUR on the MTA. From 2014, the company Potential dilution from stock options outstanding + not yet granted? Yes 52-Week Range (EUR): 8.53 11.99 began reporting under US GAAP, and now use the USD as reporting currency. CEO remuneration detail (fixed salary) USD1.10 million CNH also report for Dutch corporate law and European listing purposes under Source: FactSet Chairman remuneration detail (fixed salary) USD0.25 million IFRS.