Across divisions, two important pillars of commercial excellence, our e-commerce and revenue growth management. #9, Position dans le secteur industrie The company also provides pocket, utility, decorated, non-decorated classic, electronic, and multipurpose lighters. This is the important proof point of our increased agility. And then just a few short weeks ago, after having launched BodyMark over four years ago, which was a great initial learning step in SKIN CREATIVE, we confirmed our understanding of the space. Wallmine is a radically better financial terminal. Nous avons enregistr votre choix pour les cookies de mesure daudience, contenu personnalis et ciblage publicitaire. Net sales were 401.2 million, up 3.0% at constant currencies. We launched innovative products with reduced environmental impact and continued to execute our Writing the Future Together commitments. Thanks. Et dans ce duel, il n'est pas vraiment question desoldes L'intrigant htel l'abandon de Vincent Bollor dans le Finistre. Email. In 2021, we invested 75 million in CapEx. The third highlight is the continued progress in our sustainability journey. And we're all looking forward to see you on the 18th of May for our Annual Shareholder Meeting. I'll take the first two, which are really growth related. This improvement is mainly driven by the strong increase in North America lighter sales, price increases and a favorable fixed cost absorption. Thank you. Vendu plus de 100 milliards d'exemplaires, il reste ce jour le stylo le plus vendu dans le monde. The successful integration of recent acquisitions also drove performance, as Rocketbook net sales grew 55% and Lucky pens in Nigeria grew more than 100%. In 2021, we reached more than 40 million children around the world. And as a reminder, our Q1 results will be released on 25th of April and our next AGM will be held on May 18. What is the salary of Mr Bich? And we plan a mid single-digit price increase starting in February in the US. Gonzalve was Consultant for Deloitte & Touche. Adjusted earnings per share were 4.29 up 21% versus last year. I don't think so. The first one you said at the beginning of the call that you will actively well reshuffle the portfolio of activity to accelerate the organic sales growth of the company. Among the drivers of the working capital were, the increase in inventories of 97 million. [Indiscernible] Thank you. And we could potentially have some new product announcements that Nicolas talked about or asked about a second ago, that would fuel 2023 and might even have a pipeline in December. And you shouldn't -- that would not be something we'd anticipate in the future at those rates. It markets its products primarily under the BIC, BIC Kids, Cello, Lucky, RocketBook, Tipp-Ex, BIC Wite-Out, DJEEP, BIC Soleil, Us, MADE FOR YOU, BIC Evolution, and BodyMark brands through a range of channels, including retail mass-market distributors, traditional stores, and office product stationers, as well as an e-commerce site. And our net cash position at the end of March of 2022 was 340.1 million. On a comparative basis, our net sales were up 18.8%, mainly explained by a strong performance in North America lighter, as well as the big stationary business rebound in Brazil and South Africa. In regards to the 100 million of impact for this year. Perfect. As we continue to focus on driving complexity reduction across our portfolio, we achieved a 10% SKU reduction in the first quarter of this year. The RGM is absolutely critical. Thank you, Sophie. There are 2 older and no younger executives at Socit BIC SA. Good pipeline of new products and new projects to animate 2022. [Operator Instructions] And the first question comes from the line of Nicolas Langlet from BNP Paribas. And beyond 2022, how do you see the U.S. 1 130 M And we should continue to see the company do that. Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Please go ahead. What impact have you factored in your guidance for 2022 for those two items? While facing external headwinds, we did not let our guard down. The second question on the margin overall. And therefore growth at constant currency should be between 7% and 9% slightly ahead of our Horizon trajectory. [Operator Instructions] We have no further questions in the queue. Hello, and welcome to the BIC First Quarter 2022 Results Presentation. Through this, we continue to enter untapped into rich areas for growth, fueling our ascension into added value segments. Finally, we continued to improve the learning conditions for children, to help them succeed in their education. He served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of BIC Group within the Company between January 2017 and May 2018. That would be definitely a low point for you to consider, that's a very fair assumption. Our next major milestone within reach is attaining a 15th share of this important pillar of horizon. This digital native direct to consumer powerhouse, strengthens our presence in creative expression market and accelerates our transformation into a fast-moving consumer - centric company. The perimeter impact adjustments are driven by the acquisition of Rocketbook plus 2.8 points; and Djeep plus 0.5 points, partially offset by PIMACO divestiture. It is also critical to continue to invest in our organic growth and a prerequisite to funding external growth. Okay. However, as already mentioned, supply chain issues impacted our operations, leading to a weak full year performance in the U.S. despite a rebound in the fourth quarter. Our growth was outstanding at plus 15.9% net sales at constant currencies compared to initial expectations of 5% to 7%. Net sales performance was driven by U.S. lighters outstanding results. Let me pause here to highlight the incredible job of our Brazilian team. We had stimulus payments in December of 2020 and then in January of '21, and in March of 21, all which had impact in discretionary spending especially in certain channels. It offers ball and coloring felt pens, markers, stickers, sticky notes, leads, whiteboards, and correction tapes, as well as graphic, coloring, mechanical, and other pencils; reusable notebooks, smart pens, slate tablets, stylus for tablets, crayons, art and craft kits, erasers, temporary tattoo markers, refillable shavers, razors shave cream, body and face lotions, finger painting products, and watercolors; correction fluids, pens, and tapes; and gel ink, roller, and fineliner pens; and ball and gel pen, color, and mechanical refills. But you never really know that that depends on when the planogram resets our with our customer base. En 1945, la socit PPA (Porte-plume,. In the first quarter of 2022, we invested 58.3 million related to the Inkbox acquisition, net cash was also impacted by investments in CapEx as we invested 17.6 million during Q1 of 2022. In the first quarter, the Coloring segment performed well at 16% growth, net sales versus prior year, especially strong Mexico, Brazil, and South Africa. What is BIC net worth? So I'll just repeat, the fact that we have plans to increase prices in all categories and regions and I'll walk through those again for you slowly. And a little under 24 months, we've assembled an outstanding management team. Okay, okay. So they will be implemented through first half will be the majority. This is a tremendous performance boosted by the groundbreaking Snoop and Martha advertising campaign, which clearly resonated with consumers. That's all for my questions. Devel. From 2008 to 2012, he headed the Northern European business. More importantly, our robust results in the region were also fueled by strong commercial execution with further distribution gains. Okay. BIC Shanghai Stationery Manufacturing Co. Ltd. So that's Stationery. So if we can have an idea it would be helpful. For the duration of the call, your lines will be on listen-only. You mentioned that a lot of time during the call, is there anything we should expect in H2 and major innovation for any category in H2? This commitment to this innovative foundation will help transform the . I'm sorry. Sign up I'll start this presentation with an overview of our 2021 achievements and then cover the key drivers of those achievements in more detail. Momentum; while the world is facing another potentially unpredictable year we're confident that what we built in 2021 will carry us forward and we have the traction for further acceleration. Our teams did a tremendous job during the back-to-school season in Brazil. And of course, our new B2B business BIC Blade tech will continue to ramp up and contribute sustainably to the division's growth and profitability in 2022. This year for 2022 we expect sales of BIC Blade-Tech to be between 15 million and 20 million. Good morning, Charles. Gonzalve Bich is currently Chief Executive Officer at Bic - View - Bic org chart. Good morning, everyone. And this is going to continue in 2022. Given the first quarter better-than-expected performance on a 12-month rolling growth rate greater than 10%, we now expect to be at the high end of our 7% to 9% net sales growth objective at constant currencies. Excluding 2020 under absorption of fixed cost due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Rocketbook, the gross profit margin variance was flat versus last year. So as a reminder, [Operator Instructions] we have no further questions in the queue, so I will hand the call back to your host for some closing remarks. So that's how you can think about phasing from first half to second. But again, let me come back to we acquired Djeep because it had critical capabilities that make the total bigger, stronger, faster, better. Gonzalve Bich's Phone Number and Email. First, to grow in all markets. The Q4 gross profit margin increased by 0.9 points to 49.0%, compared to 48.1% in Q4 of 2020. Have you now implemented all the adjustments you expect for the full year or you see room for [Indiscernible] increase potentially in the coming months and quarter? industrie, Entreprise But you should see us also take bigger bites as we add pearls to the string in digital expression SKIN CREATIVE or the broader creative expression space. The recent acquisition of Inkbox, the leading semi-permanent tattoo direct-to-consumer brand, will strengthen our position in e-commerce further and help build our social media capabilities. And second question, still on M&A and disposals. In Lighters, the increase in pocket in US Lighter will be mid single-digit and will be implemented between February and May of this year in both modern mass market and convenience channels. We will start with the usual presentation and then open the floor to your questions. From a market perspective, Nicola for '23, I think you're going to see a continued softness. So I've got three questions. So you mentioned the minus 8 million and minus 13 million for 2021. Okay. C tip tc iu ny bng cch pht hnh mt a n khc, "Hi Bich", a n ny tr thnh a n th hai ca c gp mt trn bng xp hng Billboard Hot 100. . So we will see the remainder of them happening throughout the rest of the year. Your next question was about input cost headwinds, and how has it changed compared to what we sold since we spoke to you last? And then unallocated costs for 2022, I guess the way that I would think about this is on a total year basis, it shouldn't be materially different. That was for Lighter. I answered your question on gross profit I just want to continue because the question will come again about the EBIT margins. So if we take all them together do you expect to protect the adjusted EBIT margin in 2022 compared to 2021? In addition, to our successful core products added value items such as, EZ Reach and Djeep will continue to grow and we plan to launch new decorated additions for both products this year. When we announced the acquisition two months ago, not even two months ago. The adjusted EBIT margin has been favorably impacted by 0.2 points from Rocketbook. The increase in raw material, freight and distribution costs more than offset the positive impacts from net sales growth and manufacturing efficiencies. Consistent with our Horizon Plan's target 2022 free cash flow is expected to be above 200 million. The back-to-school seasons in most countries were strong, notably in Mexico and the U.K. [Indiscernible] performance was driven by successful back-to-school seasons in both Brazil and South Africa, as well as early shipments to customers for the upcoming back-to-school season in both the U.S. and Europe, which added approximately 5 million to Q1 net sales. Full year 2021 income before tax was 447.8 million with a 29.8% tax rate compared to 155.3 million in 2020. And we gained 50 basis points value share and consolidated our solid number one position with more than 57% market share. The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Clichy, France. Socit BIC SA manufactures and sells stationery, lighter, shaver, and other products in Europe, North and Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, the Oceania, and Asia. Lighter market. Good afternoon. I'll now review our operational and consolidated results for the first quarter of 2022, starting with our performance in Human Expression division. Now, in addition to organic growth, our recent acquisitions Rocketbook and Lucky Stationery in Nigeria had a remarkable performance. Thank you. 03/02/1979, Secteur This was mainly due to the increase of the US dollar against the euro. This was partially offset by higher raw materials and air and sea freight import costs, as well as an increase in brand support, notably driven by BIC EZ Reach advertising campaign in the U.S. Lastly, and Blade Excellence, net sales were 113.5 million up 12.5% at constant currencies, and Adjusted EBIT was 25.4 million with a 22.4% margin. Please disable your ad-blocker and refresh. The adjusted EBIT margin has been favorably impacted by 0.3 points from operating leverage from net sales growth. Our net cash position at the end of December 2021 was 400.1 million. We're not seen any material volume elasticity to date. Part of this strong performance was due to the delayed shipments of orders in the fourth quarters -- fourth quarter of 2021 effected by supply chain issues. Net sales were 168.3. As I reflect on what we achieved, the four things that stand out for me are; net sales growth, our resilience to external headwinds, our continued progress on sustainability, and maintaining our strong cash flow. For instance, fixed new intensity, color change pen, which transforms every day writing into a creative opportunity is launched in most geographies. In Brazil and Mexico, we powered up highly effective back-to-school programs focused on the consumer. Last Update. Gonzalve Bich - Chief Executive Officer. The adjusted EBIT margin has been favorably impacted by positive 4.6 points from operating leverage from net sales growth. Like I said, a little bit back, I think we could get to 10% share with EZ reach, which is accretive, both from a sales perspective, as well as from an overall market share perspective. Yes, good morning. Through this, we continue to enter untapped into rich areas for growth, fueling our ascension into added value segments. Hello, everyone. We've reached close to 100% ACV and modern mass market channel and still have considerable opportunities in convenience stores. Copyright 2023 Surperformance. There are no executives at Socit BIC SA getting paid more. Our ability also to improve on promotional efficiency. Can this include some disposals as well, or are you only talking about potential external growth? The company was founded in 1944 and is headquartered in Clichy, France. Thank you and good morning everyone. We all know that in mass manufacturing business like BIC, that translates into mid and long term sustainable savings, which can either be reinvested into the business or dropped to the bottom line. Her single "Hi Bich" was featured on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 2018. I've got three questions from my side. We started 2022 with strong momentum. This increase was driven by the strategic inventory we said we would invest in, and an increase in stationery inventories ahead of the 2022 back-to-school, sell-in which our customers have asked for earlier delivery given the uncertainty of global supply chain constraints and delivery issues. Thank you again for your question and see you soon. Gonzalve Bich is the CEO & Director at Socit BIC SA. What is the salary of Mr Bich? Thank you very much, everyone. On an as-reported basis, net sales for Q4 2021 totaled 436.8 million, up 6.5% versus last year. This was mainly due to the decline of the US dollar and the Brazilian real against the euro. And as Gonzalve mentioned that could have -- that will have an anticipated 50 to 80 basis points negative impact on our margins in 2022. Gonzalve Bich has served as Chief Executive Officer of Societe BIC S.A. since May 2018. If you have an ad-blocker enabled you may be blocked from proceeding. So -- and it will also positively impact profitability okay? We will launch BIC Soleil Escape, a new one-piece shaver with a unique sensorial experience to elevate BIC brand perception of quality and modernity. As you can see we did very well in packaging with a 17.1 point increase in our use of reusable recyclable and compostable plastic in our packaging. There's also international development, notably actually in Europe that's driving some sales expansion should continue to do that for the balance of the year and it's really the same story at Inkbox. We're going to have solid growth in Lighters with strong demand from our customers in the US resulting from some delayed shipments at the end of Q4 we talked about this in October potentially and some prebuys ahead of the 2022 price increases. We can see here that the biggest impact from rising raw materials and sea and airfreight costs happened during the fourth quarter. However, we managed to successfully gain market share in premium ranges. It was really one of the things that stood out when we launched Horizon a little bit over a year ago as a new and exciting growth lever. Adjusted EPS group share for full year 2021 increased 21% to 4.29, compared to 3.54 last year. Second, to grow in all regions. This was partially offset by the negative impact of raw material costs and sea and airfreight costs. Thanks for your question on BIC Blade-Tech, which I'm super excited about. Socit BIC SA (OTCPK:BICEY) Q4 2021 Earnings Conference Call February 16, 2022 2:30 AM ET, Sophie Palliez-Capian - Vice President, Corporate Stakeholder Engagement, Hello and welcome to the BIC 2021 Full Year Results Call. Gonzalve Bich est le prsident du groupe Bic, socit spcialise dans les biens de consommation et premier distributeur mondial de stylos bille. Walking the talk of corporate purpose and long-term sustainability is important for all companies today and at BIC that's not new. It's really important as always that we ensure that customers have just the right inventory, not too much, not too little. As I said, acquisitions is a key pillar of Horizon. Super exciting 2021, 55% growth. And although Tyler and Braden kind of did that for us, but we're going to take it to a totally different level with those two gentlemen. We currently have no questions in the queue. Of course, we will see a greater impact as well and will have some impact obviously in Q4, but Q2, Q3 will be the larger of the quarter's overall. The dividend payment was 80.9 million and we bought back 39.2 million worth of shares in 2021. We expect a very strong first half of the year so it will be above -- in the high end of the 7% to 9% range that Gonzalve gave on the organic sales. The central tenet is the fight against climate change, and this is why many of our sustainability initiatives are geared towards reducing, our CO2 emission. Our adjusted EBIT was 279.8 million with a 15.3% margin. Moving now to shareholder remuneration. Et tombe en dcrpitude, au grand dam des habitants. Updating coloring. Check BackgroundGet Contact InfoThis Is Me - Edit So, finally in Latin America, it will be mid to high single-digit price increases will be implemented across all divisions in Q1. In the US, we gained 1.2 points market share in Lighters, leaning towards a more added value-driven model with products like EZ Reach. Finally, leveraging what we've learned and achieved in our Invent the Future plan, we expect to generate an additional 15 million of annualized savings from further procurement initiatives and manufacturing efficiencies. Let's now review our consolidated results, starting with Q1 2022 net sales evolution. And looking at the Lighter U.S. markets for the full-year, I think you should expect mid to high-single-digit decline in absolute term, what are the main driver of such a decline? And I think with that level of detail and clarity, you can back into an approximation of how price impacts the topline. However, there will be the opportunity to ask questions. This next slide shows the impact of input cost inflation on gross profit in 2021 in millions of euros. And lastly, we expect a continued rebound in India, which to date has been severely impacted by the pandemic. Net cash from operating activities was 280.6 million including 410.3 million in operating cash flow and 129.7 million of negative impact from the change in working capital and others. Q1 2022 Human Expression adjusted EBIT margin increased by 4.2 points. Starting with our performance in Human Expression division. We're confident that we're going to grow net sales in both of these divisions in Q2, which is going to lead to that stronger H1 that we've always talked about. The majority of them will happen before the end of the first half of the year. Socit BIC SA executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: Track performance, allocation, dividends, and risks, Annotate, download XLSX & look up similar tables, Filter, compare, and track coins & tokens. 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