EQS-News AURELIUS Equity Opportunities publishes Annual Report 2022 – Resilience in a volatile environment

• Total consolidated revenues come to EUR 3,108.2 million
• Group EBITDA comes to EUR 284.1 million, operating EBITDA EUR 224.6 million
• Free cash flow: EUR -38.7 million
• NAV: EUR 895.8 million
• Dividend proposal for EUR 0.50, additional share buyback planned at EUR 1.00 per share

Grünwald, March 27, 2023 – AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA (AURELIUS; ISIN DE000A0JK2A8) publishes its Annual Report for the 2022 financial year. AURELIUS generated total consolidated revenues of EUR 3,108.2 million (2021: EUR 3,261.2 million). Annualized consolidated revenues from continued operations came to EUR 3,023.8 million (2021: EUR 2,541.4 million).

Operating EBITDA amounted to EUR 224.6 million in financial year 2022 (2021: EUR 249.7 million). The EBITDA of the combined Group amounted to EUR 284.1 million in financial year 2022 (2021: EUR 358.3 million). The difference from the previous year is mainly attributable to the lower gains on bargain purchases, which came to only EUR 1.2 million in financial year 2022 (2021: EUR 36.4 million). Gains on company exits declined from EUR 163.7 million in 2021 to EUR 100.9 million in the past financial year. The restructuring and non-recurring expenses incurred for reorganizing the portfolio companies amounted to EUR 69.6 million in financial year 2022 (2021: EUR 91.5 million). The net revaluation effect of the co-investments accounted for at equity amounted to EUR 27.0 million (2021: EUR 0 million).

At December 31, 2002, cash and cash equivalents amounted to EUR 331.5 million (December 31, 2021: EUR 444.0 million). This figure was largely influenced by cash outflows for investing activities, the dividend payment (EUR 41.5 million), and share buybacks (EUR 42.7 million).