Notes to Group Financial Statements

1General

This unaudited Half-year Report was approved by the Board of Directors on 10 August 2022 and released for publication on 16 August 2022.

2Accounting policies

The consolidated Half-year Report was prepared in accordance with Swiss GAAP FER 31 “Complementary recommendation for listed companies” and the accounting policies set out in the Annual Report 2021. This Half-year Report is an interim report, which allows simplifications in comparison to an Annual Report.

The consolidated financial statements of the HUBER+SUHNER Group are based on the individual financial statements of the Group companies and were prepared in accordance with current Swiss GAAP FER (Swiss Accounting and Reporting Recommendations) guidelines. Unless otherwise stated in the Annual Report 2021, the consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Due to rounding, numbers presented throughout this report may not add up precisely to the totals provided. All ratios and deltas are calculated using the underlying amount rather than the presented rounded amount.

Notes to Group Financial Statements — All amounts are in CHF 1000

3Changes in the scope of consolidation and other changes

There were no changes in the scope of consolidation in the first half year 2022.

The remaining payment of CHF 0.2 million was paid in April 2022 from the acquisition of ROADMap Systems Ltd., Cambridge, UK in 2021.

In February 2021 final payment of CHF 0.1 million was made for the acquisition of Inwave Elektronik AG, Reute in Switzerland (acquired in 2017) and the goodwill was adjusted by CHF 0.3 million, as the deferred purchase price was CHF 0.4 million.

On 30 April 2021 HUBER+SUHNER acquired ROADMap Systems Ltd., a technology start-up located in Cambridge, UK, through an asset deal. The company is developing the next generation of highly integrated wavelength-selective switch technology and is integrated into the Communication segment. At the time of acquisition, the fair values of net assets acquired according to Swiss GAAP FER were as follows:

The goodwill from the acquisition of ROADMap Systems Ltd, which was offset with equity, was CHF 1.2 million. The total purchase price (including acquisition costs) was CHF 1.5 million. Considering the remaining payment of total CHF 0.3 million, the net cash outflow was CHF 1.2 million.

4Exchange rates for currency translation

The following exchange rates were used for the Group’s main currencies:

5Segment information

The segment reporting of HUBER+SUHNER consists of three market segments and Corporate.

Industry segment

HUBER+SUHNER utilises its expertise in electrical and optical connectivity in developing advanced and differentiated solutions for demanding applications in a variety of industrial markets. Customers benefit from a wide range that encompasses components such as cables, connectors, cable assemblies, antennas, lightning protection and resistive components – all of which can be customised to meet specific requirements. This comprehensive portfolio features products specifically designed to withstand the extreme environments of space and offshore applications, ensure data integrity and connectivity to safeguard protective forces, guarantee accuracy and repeatability for test and measurement systems, maintain safe-handling in high power electric car charging, provide lifetime data transfer and control for wind energy and industrial automation, and deliver the precision and flexibility necessary for medical applications in improving lives.

Markets served: aerospace and defense, test and measurement, energy, medical, general industrials.

Communication segment

HUBER+SUHNER is a strategic partner to the communication market combining profound technical expertise with extensive customer intimacy to meet the needs of mobile networks, fixed access networks, data centers and communication equipment manufacturers. Customers benefit from a comprehensive and customisable portfolio of physical layer connectivity products and systems that are based on fiber optic and radio frequency technologies. HUBER+SUHNER provides an extensive range of reliable, future-ready solutions that pull from products including harsh environment connectivity, antenna transmission, residential access, video overlay, bandwidth expansion, cable systems, cable management, hardware interconnection, optical switching and wavelength-selective switching. Each solution is designed and engineered to provide the highest performance, density and scalability for today and far into the future.

Markets served: mobile networks, fixed access networks, data centers, communication equipment manufacturers.

Transportation segment

HUBER+SUHNER develops comprehensive and sustainable connectivity solutions for the transportation market by combining three in-house technologies into innovations. The solutions in the Transportation segment address the mobility needs of today and tomorrow in the railway and automotive markets. These needs also include the addition of communication solutions and thus the possibility of being mobile while being connected. The portfolio includes an extensive range of cables, cable assemblies, hybrid cables and cable systems, as well as antennas, radar and connectors. By specialising in polymer compounds using a patented formula developed in-house for high-quality cable insulation, and in combination with electron beam cross-linking technology, low frequency cable products offer competitive advantages of space and weight savings, and long lifetime, even under extreme conditions. Altogether, customers benefit from efficient electrical transmission, high-speed data transfer, and autonomous control in future-ready transportation concepts.

Markets served: railway, automotive (conventional and electric vehicles).

Corporate

This segment chiefly covers the expenses of corporate functions in Switzerland and all business activities that cannot be allocated to one of the three market segments.

Impacts of the exit from Russian business

HUBER+SUHNER stopped all Russian-related activities as of 26 February 2022, shortly after Russian troops invaded the Ukraine. As a result, HUBER+SUHNER misses out on about two and a half percent of last year's net sales. Around three quarters of HUBER+SUHNER’s business in Russia has been in the railway market in the Transportation segment. In the Half-year Report 2022, the order backlog has been adjusted for orders from Russia, amounting to CHF 4.9 million. Allowance for trade receivables and provisions for the exit from the Russian business have been made in the amount of CHF 2.0 million.

6Events after the balance sheet date

No events occurred between the balance sheet date and the date this half-year report was approved by the Board of Directors which affect the half-year results or require any adjustments to the Group’s assets and liabilities.