FLOW TRADERS Q220 RESULTS

Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Flow Traders N.V. (Euronext: FLOW) announces its unaudited Q220 results and Half Year 2020 report.

Highlights

Financial Overview

€million Q220 Q120 H120 H119
Net Trading Income 229.9 495.0 724.8 117.0
EMEA (Europe) 109.3 304.9 414.2 69.6
Americas 96.7 149.0 245.7 32.6
APAC 23.9 41.0 64.9 14.8
         
Net Trading Income 229.9 495.0 724.8 117.0
Employee expenses* 73.9 154.9 228.7 42.9
Technology expenses 11.5 11.4 22.9 18.8
Other expenses 3.3 4.1 7.4 7.6
One-off expenses 0.6 0.9 1.5 -
Total Operating Expenses 89.3 171.2 260.5 69.3
EBITDA 140.6 323.7 464.3 47.7
Depreciation/Amortisation 3.6 3.6 7.2 7.2
Write offs, tangible assets - - - -
Results subsidiaries - - (0.1) (0.1)
Profit Before Tax 137.0 320.1 457.2 40.5
Tax 24.0 57.8 81.9 7.5
Net Profit 113.0 262.3 375.3 33.0
EPS** (in €) 2.51 5.71 8.25 0.71
EBITDA margin 61% 65% 64% 41%

* Of which fixed employee expenses were: Q220 - €11.0m; Q120 - €11.8m; H120 - €22.9m; H119 - €20.9m
** Weighted average number of shares outstanding during Q220 was 45,072,162 and during H120 was 45,492,824. 45,058,106 number of shares were outstanding as at 30 June 2020

Value Traded Overview

€billion Q220 Q120 Change H120 H119 Change
Flow Traders ETP Value Traded 378.7 441.6 (14%) 820.2 494.0 66%
EMEA (Europe) 189.0 232.7 (19%) 421.7 249.7 69%
Americas 171.8 188.9 (9%) 360.6 226.2 59%
APAC ex China 17.9 20.0 (11%) 37.8 18.1 110%
             
Flow Traders’ non-ETP Value Traded 989 1,215 (19%) 2,204 1,433 54%
             
Market ETP Value Traded1 9,195 10,948 (16%) 20,143 11,934 69%
EMEA (Europe) 480 679 (29%) 1,159 710 63%
Americas 7,894 9,421 (16%) 17,314 10,283 68%
APAC 821 849 (3%) 1,669 941 77%
             
APAC ex China 487 476 2% 963 426 126%

1. Source - Flow Traders analysis

Q220 & H120 Regional Highlights

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Regulatory Outlook

·Initial IFR / IFD analysis has been completed following the publication of the Level 2 text in June 2020. The outcome indicates that Flow Traders should receive some capital relief given that the incoming IFR/IFD requirements should be more tailored to Flow Traders’ specific risk profile. Accordingly, capital requirements should be markedly lower once IFR/IFD comes into force in June 2021. It is envisaged that this capital relief will be partially offset by growth business activities

Management Board Comments

CEO Dennis Dijkstra stated:
“During the second quarter, we remained primarily focused on the health and wellbeing of our colleagues as well as ensuring the uninterrupted provision of liquidity to market participants. With our business continuity plan active, the vast majority of our employees were successfully and effectively working from home. Once again my colleagues have demonstrated considerable professionalism and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. We have commenced the gradual return of staff to our main office in Amsterdam, while split trading locations remain in place in all regions. We will monitor this situation carefully and are well prepared to manage any eventuality with our business continuity plan. The overall resilience and agility of the business in the first half of the year while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic was highly encouraging and will no doubt stand us in good stead for the coming months ahead. Despite the strong operational focus required so far in 2020, progress has also been made in driving forward our strategic plan in terms of expanding our global ETP footprint as well enhancing coverage of fixed income, currencies and crypto. We also maintained our strong cost discipline while implementing this growth strategy. Flow Traders’ conservative capital position, as well our strong balance sheet, has meant that we are able to pay a €4 per share dividend to shareholders.”

Chief Trading Officer Folkert Joling added:
“Markets began to normalise in the second quarter following the exceptional market circumstances experienced in the first quarter. Yet, volumes and volatility levels were elevated compared to the same period in 2019 and this translated in strong trading results across all desks and regions. Heightened market activity in commodity as well as high yield ETFs was also evident in the second quarter. The trading results reflect the investments we have made in the business, particularly in the US, fixed income and in spot metal trading. We have continued to connect to additional counterparties and this has contributed to the rise in our market share in the second quarter.”


Preliminary Financial Calendar

18 August 2020                   2020 interim dividend ex-dividend date
19 August 2020                   2020 interim dividend record date
21 August 2020                   2020 interim dividend payment date
30 September 2020           Silent period starts ahead of Q320 trading update
22 October 2020                Release Q320 trading update (no analyst conference call)

Analyst Conference Call and Webcast

The H120 results analyst conference call will be held at 10:00 am CEST on Friday 14 August 2020. The presentation will also be accessible via www.flowtraders.com/investors, where the presentation can be downloaded and the conference call can be followed via a listen-only audio webcast. A replay of the conference call will be available on the company website for at least 90 days.

Contact Details

Flow Traders N.V.
Jonathan Berger / Investor Relations Officer
Phone:   +31 20 7996799
Email:     investor.relations@flowtraders.com

About Flow Traders

Flow Traders is a leading global financial technology-enabled liquidity provider in financial products, historically specialized in Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), now expanding into other asset classes. Flow Traders ensures the provision of liquidity to support the uninterrupted functioning of financial markets. This allows investors to continue to buy or sell ETPs or other financial instruments under all market circumstances. We continuously grow our organization, ensuring that our trading desks in Europe, the Americas and Asia can provide liquidity across all major exchanges, globally, 24 hours a day. Founded in 2004, we continue to cultivate the entrepreneurial, innovative and team-oriented culture that has been with us since the beginning.


Important Legal Information

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Financial objectives are internal objectives of Flow Traders to measure its operational performance and should not be read as indicating that Flow Traders is targeting such metrics for any particular fiscal year. Flow Traders’ ability to achieve these financial objectives is inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond Flow Traders’ control, and upon assumptions with respect to future business decisions that are subject to change. As a result, Flow Traders’ actual results may vary from these financial objectives, and those variations may be material.

Efficiencies are net, before tax and on a run-rate basis, i.e. taking into account the full-year impact of any measure to be undertaken before the end of the period mentioned. The expected operating efficiencies and cost savings were prepared on the basis of a number of assumptions, projections and estimates, many of which depend on factors that are beyond Flow Traders’ control. These assumptions, projections and estimates are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and actual results may differ, perhaps materially, from those projected. Flow Traders cannot provide any assurance that these assumptions are correct and that these projections and estimates will reflect Flow Traders’ actual results of operations.

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