Vetoquinol Group

Q1 2020 Sales

Regulatory News:

Vetoquinol Group (Paris:VETO):

Q1 2020 KEY FIGURES

Total Group sales

€103.4 million

up 13.4%

at constant exchange rates

 

Essentials sales

€53.4 million

up 17.9%

at constant exchange rates

 

Net cash

> €100 million*

* excluding IFRS 16

Vetoquinol Group sales for Q1 2020 amounted to €103.4 million, up 13.7% as reported and up 13.4% at constant exchange rates. This strong growth was driven by a brisk start to the period and a surge in business towards the end of the quarter due to distributor stockbuilding in some countries to forestall potential stock-outs affecting veterinary clinics or manufacturers during lockdown.

Q1 sales of Essentials products, the driving force behind Vetoquinol’s strategy, totaled €53.4 million, up 17.9% at constant exchange rates. Essentials products accounted for 51.6% of Group sales in Q1 2020.

Sales of companion animal products came to €60.1 million and accounted for 58.1% of total Vetoquinol sales, up 15.1% at constant exchange rates. Sales of livestock products came to €43.3 million, up 10.9% at constant exchange rates.

All Vetoquinol Group strategic territories posted growth in Q1 2020, with the Americas up 23.4%, Europe up 11.0% and Asia Pacific up 3.2% at constant exchange rates.

Americas sales were partly driven by external growth in Brazil following the Clarion acquisition closed in April 2019.

As of March 31, 2020, total net cash amounted to over €100 million (excluding the impact of IFRS 16), supplemented by an unused overdraft facility of over €15 million. The Group’s financial structure remains strong and enables it to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 health crisis and finalize the acquisition of the Drontal and Profender product ranges from Elanco.

Covid-19 pandemic, April 15, 2020 update

Vetoquinol has set up a crisis management system in order to implement the required emergency measures via a three-stage process.

1- Protection of Vetoquinol employees via communication and reminders of preventive reflexes, adapted work organization including global introduction of work-at-home arrangements for all eligible posts, and two-week quarantine for employees who may have been in contact with confirmed cases of contamination. These measures have enabled Vetoquinol to preserve the health of its employees and keep all laboratory operations running at a high level of production thanks to the commitment shown by the entire workforce.