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Sixt Leasing SE: Business development in 2020 in line with expectations - Forecast for 2021 published - Seite 2

In the Fleet Management business unit, the smartphone app "The Companion" for fleet customers was further developed and, among other things, upgraded with the digital payment function "Shell Payment@Pump". In the Fleet Leasing business field, Sixt Leasing digitised vehicle handover and return at its locations. In addition, the company was again voted best leasing provider by the readers of AUTO BILD after 2018 and received the "Company Car Award".

The contract portfolio in the Online Retail business field fell by 12.8 per cent to 38,600 contracts in the period from the end of December 2019 to the end of December 2020, particularly burdened by a reduced number of new orders due to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as further vehicle returns from the 1&1 campaign conducted in the 2017 financial year. The contract portfolio in the Fleet Leasing business field declined by 6.6 per cent to 37,800 contracts, which was also due in particular to the pandemic. In the Fleet Management business unit, the contract portfolio increased by 3.9 per cent to 53,500 contracts. Overall, the Group's contract portfolio (excluding franchise and cooperation partners) thus decreased by 4.6 per cent to 129,900 contracts.

Consolidated revenue fell by 9.3 per cent year-on-year to EUR 747.7 million in the 2020 financial year. Consolidated operating revenue, which does not include the proceeds from vehicle sales, decreased by 9.6 per cent to EUR 423.3 million. This is mainly due to the significantly reduced vehicle utilisation as a result of the COVID-19-related contact restrictions and the associated decline in utilisation-related revenues. Sales revenues for lease returns and marketed customer vehicles in Fleet Management decreased by 8.9 per cent to EUR 324.4 million. This decline resulted on the one hand from the very strong first quarter of the previous year with a very high number of lease returns sold in the Online Retail business field and on the other hand from the restrictions on stationary motor vehicle sales, particularly during the first half of 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.