HELLA Group
Overview
October 2020
(2013-10)
HF-7761EN_C (2014-06)
HELLA – Partner of the automotive industry and the aftermarket
for over 120 years
FACTS & FIGURES SEGMENT PRODUCT EXAMPLES
Automotive
Global market-listed, family-owned Full-LED Headlamps
Lighting
company with more than 125 Sales:
locations in some 35 countries ~ € 2.6 bill.
Glare-free beam light
Sales of € 5.8 billion in Automotive
Energy Management
Fiscal Year 2019/2020 Electronics
Sales:
~ € 2.3 bill.
Automated Driving
Around 36,000 employees
worldwide, thereof almost 8,000 in Aftermarket
Research & Development Independent Aftermarket
Sales:
(as at 31 May 2020) ~ € 0.6 bill.
Workshop Equipment
Attractive business portfolio with the
Special Lighting technology for
three segments Automotive,
Applications specialist vehicles
Aftermarket and Special Applications Sales:
~ € 0.3 bill.
Lighting technology for marine
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HELLA Group
Corporate Structure
Dr. Rolf Breidenbach
President and CEO
Business Segment Business Segment Business Segment
Automotive Aftermarket Special Applications
Business Division
Business Division
Electronics
Lighting Dr. Rolf Breidenbach Bernard Schäferbarthold
Dr. Rolf Breidenbach
Dr. Frank Huber
Björn Twiehaus (Deputy)
Finance, Controlling, Executive Board: Executive Board: Executive Manager: Executive Manager:
Information Technology and Marcel Bartling, Heiko Berk, Stefan van Dalen Christoph Söhnchen
Process Management Jens Grösch, Jörg Brandscheid,
Dr. Christof Hartmann, Dr. Naveen Gautam,
Bernard Schäferbarthold
Didier Keskas, Jens Grösch,
Dr. Michael Kleinkes, Jens Hunecke,
Peter Neuhoff, Michael Jaeger,
Human Resources Christian Päschel, Ralf Kuhl,
Ludger Rembeck, Gerold Lucas,
Dr. Rolf Breidenbach
Michael Sohn, Andreas Lütkes,
Dr. Lea Corzilius (Deputy)
Dr. Tobias Sprute, Bernd Münsterweg,
Barnabas Szabo, Lennart Pletziger,
Wolfgang Vlasaty Guido Schütte,
Jörg Weisgerber,
Purchasing, Quality, Legal and Joachim Ziethen
Compliance
Dr. Rolf Breidenbach
International HELLA Companies
General Partner: Hella Geschäftsführungsgesellschaft mbH
Management Board of Hella Geschäftsführungsgesellschaft mbH:
Dr. Rolf Breidenbach (CEO), Dr. Lea Corzilius, Dr. Frank Huber, Bernard Schäferbarthold, Björn Twiehaus
Chairman of the Supervisory Board: Klaus Kühn
Shareholder Committee: Carl-Peter Forster (Chairman), Dr. Jürgen Behrend, Horst Binnig, Samuel Christ, Roland Hammerstein, Klaus Kühn,
Dr. Matthias Röpke, Konstantin Thomas
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HELLA Group
History
1899 – 2020: Milestones
• 12% global
market share* in
lighting business,
MULTIBEAM top 2 Europe*
LED:
HELLA 84 individually • Leading market
becomes a controllable
listed position with
LEDs per regard to
Continuation company headlamp
of Network On 11 selected
Strategy: adjust the light electronic
Beginning November
Joint Venture 2014 HELLA distribution products
of Network
for diagnostics shares are dynamically,
Start of Strategy:
Joint Venture with Gutmann; traded for the depending on • One of the
production Joint Venture
for air first time on the traffic, weather, largest trade
in China for chassis
First conditioning Frankfurt Stock and road organizations
factory control units electronics and Exchange. conditions. The
HELLA abroad in driver for spare parts
and front-end adaptive High in Europe
becomes a Australia assistance
modules Beam Assistant
Founding trademark systems
with Behr Plus also
of the West- with Mando • More than
ensures that 125 locations
fälische
Metall high beam is in roughly 35
Industrie used more countries
AG frequently
• More than 10
Joint Ventures
1899 1908 1961 1992 1999 2008 2014 2016 Today
* Based on a market study commissioned by HELLA
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HELLA Group
Regional market coverage – Fiscal Year 2019/2020
Sales Aftermarket and Special
Sales Automotive by regions
Applications by regions
18% 17%
27%
32%
10%
24%
26% 46%
Germany Germany
Europe without Germany Europe without Germany
North, Central and South America North, Central and South America
Asia/Pacific/Rest of World Asia/Pacific/Rest of World
Sales of € 4.9 billion Sales of € 0.9 billion
Presence in all relevant core Business focus Europe
markets of the automotive industry ("regional business")
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HELLA Group
Business development FY 2018/2019 and 2019/2020
Key figures of Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
Change
the income statement 2018/2019 2019/2020
Sales
currency and portfolio-adjusted 6,770 5,800 -14.3%
in € million
EBIT adjusted -59,3%
572 233
in € million (-4.4 percentage
(8.4%) (4.0%) points)
(% of sales)
EBIT reported -142.5%
808 -343
in € million (-17.4 percentage
(11.6%) (-5.9%) points)
(% of sales)
EBITDA adjusted -29.6%
948 667
in € million (-2.6 percentage
(14.0%) (11.4%) points)
(% of sales)
EBITDA reported 1.191 576 -51.7%
in € million (-7.2 percentage
(17.0%) (9.9%) points)
(% of sales)
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HELLA Group
Development of key figures FY 2018/2019 and 2019/2020
Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
Important key figures Change
2018/2019 2019/2020
Equity
2,968 2,107 -29.0%
in € million
-9.3%
Equity ratio 46.3% 37.0% percentage
points
Net financial debt /
- liquidity 66 -140 -206
in € million
Research & development
expenses 611 620 +1.6%
in € million
Employees as at
balance sheet date 38,845 36,311 -6.5%
(31 May)
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HELLA Group
Global network
36,311 employees* are working for HELLA at more than 125 locations in
some 35 countries Europe not including Germany
13,877 employees
Germany
9,479 employees
North, Central and
South America Asia / Pacific /
7,137 employees Rest of World
5,818 employees
North, Central and
South America Europe Asia / Pacific / RoW
Brazil Austria Lithuania United Kingdom Australia
Mexico Belgium Netherlands China
USA Czech Republic Russia Dubai
Denmark Poland India
Finland Portugal Japan
LEGEND France Romania New Zealand
Sales Germany Slovakia Singapore
Production Greece Slovenia South Korea
Development Hungary Spain Vietnam
Italy Turkey South Africa
* As at 31 May 2020
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