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CIE Automotive challenges the sector with a record profit of 326 million euros in 2024

27/02/2025

Increases sales and results with a high level of cash generation that brings debt to historic lows

Bilbao, 27.2.2025 – CIE Automotive has presented today the results for the 2024 financial year, challenging with significant growth an Automotive industry weakened by uncertainties.

Sales have exceeded 3.96 billion euros, which represents a growth of 1.1%, outperforming by more than 2 basic points the decrease in global vehicle production.

In terms of operating margins, an EBITDA – gross operating profit – of 728 million has been reached, and an EBIT – net operating profit – of 538 million euros, which represents margins of 18.4% and 13.6% respectively, significantly higher than the average margins of the sector.

All of the above results in a record net profit of 326 million which, on a comparable perimeter, represents a growth of almost 5% compared to 2023.

According to Jesús María Herrera, CEO of CIE Automotive, “We continue growing above the market, improving our results, and above all, we continue with an extremely high cash generation that has brought our leverage to historic lows, which, in the current sectoral context, highlights the value of our management model and our positioning as a reference supplier in the global Automotive industry”.

And he adds: “For all these reasons and due to our expectations for the current year, we are in a position to reconfirm that the commitments of the 2025 Strategic Plan will be fulfilled.”

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CIE AUTOMOTIVE'S FINANCIAL STRATEGY REINFORCES ITS COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

20/01/2022

The signing of a new loan linked to sustainability brings the company's sustainable financing to almost 70%

Bilbao, 20.01.2022 - CIE Automotive announced today the signing of a new sustainable financing, relying in this case on the expertise of Bankinter.

The company and the bank have closed a bilateral loan that CIE will use to partially finance its growth and investment plan, the cost of which is linked to the rating of environmental, social and governance (ESG) parameters by an independent external party.

For CIE Automotive, this transaction complements other sustainable financing signed in 2021 with leading institutions such as Santander, Banca March, CaixaBank, HSBC, Unicredit, Kutxabank and Ibercaja, for a total amount of almost 400 million euros.

According to Jesús María Herrera, CEO of the Group, "today almost 70% of our net financial debt is already sustainable, which demonstrates our inexcusable commitment to the objectives of the ESG 2025 Strategic Plan that we made public in 2021".

He continues, "our financial strategy reaffirms a vision for the future that considers the full integration of ESG criteria in the daily management of the business and in all its areas as a priority, and demonstrates our firm commitment to sustainable development".

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