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Classification of NuWays AG to Singulus Technologies AG

Company Name: Singulus Technologies AG ISIN: DE000A1681X5

Reason for the research: Update Recommendation: Under Review from: 19.07.2024 Last rating change: Analyst: Konstantin Völk

Going Concern at risk // preliminary Q2 figures out; chg. est. Topic: Singulus released its preliminary Q2 numbers with sales slightly below and EBIT in line with our estimates. Even more importantly, financing of the company is currently unsecured, jeopardizing the Going Concern, which leads us to suspend our rating.

Q2 sales came in at EUR 20.1m, (-21% yoy, -2.4% qoq) below our estimates of EUR 22.5m (eNuW). With EUR 19.1m in order intake, demand in Q2 fell short of our expectations (-43% qoq; eNuW: EUR 30m). Order backlog decreased slightly (-1.7% qoq) to EUR 70.4m but remains at a solid level. EBIT came in at solid EUR 0.6m (vs EUR 0.2m in Q2Ž23, vs eNuW: EUR 0.5m), thanks to several cost-cutting measures.

Guidance revised. Management cut its FY24e sales guidance from EUR 120-130m to EUR 95-105m (eNuW old: EUR 97m) and EBIT from "low double-digit EUR m" to EUR 3.0-6.5m (eNuW old: EUR 0.2m). As flagged in our last update, the profit warning was already well anticipated. However, the soft order intake put also a question mark behind the new guidance and should burden top- and bottom line for the remainder of the year. We hence conservatively expecting only EUR 85.7m in sales and EUR -1.9m in EBIT in FY24e.

Financing beyond August not yet secured. CNBM is directly and indirectly the counterpart for EUR 30m of Singulus' outstanding debt - directly as provider of a EUR 20m loan, granted in two tranches in March and April 2023 that are callable on August 4 th and on September 28th and indirectly as guarantor for another EUR 10m granted by the Bank of Shanghai. In order to secure the financing beyond August/September, Singulus has negotiated with CNBM the reorganization of the EUR 20m for months but has so far not reached an agreement yet. As a result, the company has requested CNBM to provide a solution for further financing by August 23rd . Further, Singulus is in parallel discussions with Bank of Shanghai regarding another EUR 10m loan with CNBM as guarantor. Still, Singulus has not come to a successful agreement yet.

Going Concern at risk. In the case that CNBM will reject to support further financing, a Going Concern of the company is at risk in our view. In light of the depency of CNBM from Singulus 1) as a supplier especially for Close Spaced Sublimation (CSS) machines in the production of CdTe solar modules and 2) as a shareholder, holding 16.75%, we see a certain likelihood that CNBM will be constructive in the end. However, as the financing and with that the Going Concern is at risk, we take the stock under review until the Going Concern of the business is secured.

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