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VivoPower PLC Q4 FY2021 Earnings Call

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VivoPower International PLC (NASDAQ: VVPR) - FY2021 Full Year Earnings Summary

Conference Date: Fiscal 2021 Full Year Earnings Call (ended June 30, 2021). The call highlighted COVID-related disruptions offset by strategic transformations, including the Tembo acquisition and new Sustainable Energy Solutions (SES) contracts. Management emphasized a shift from "turnaround mode" to "hyperscale mode."

Financial Performance (FY2021 vs FY2020)

  • Revenue: $40.4 million, down 16% from $48 million in FY2020, primarily due to COVID-19 lockdowns causing project delays in the Australian Critical Power business. Includes $1.4 million contribution from Tembo (acquired Nov 2020).
  • Gross Profit: Declined 11% year-over-year, but gross margins improved to 15.6% from 14.7% due to efficiency gains in the Critical Power segment.
  • Underlying EBITDA: Loss of $1.4 million vs. profit of $3.9 million in FY2020, driven by increased overheads for growth investments ($1.9 million in Tembo engineering hires + $1.1 million non-cash share-based compensation).
  • Statutory Net Loss: $8 million (EPS -$0.49) vs. $5 million loss (EPS -$0.38) in FY2020. Includes ~$3 million in non-recurring charges (litigation and Tembo transaction costs).

Balance Sheet & Liquidity Improvements (FY2021 vs FY2020)

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Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by, and welcome to the VivoPower International PLC Fiscal 2021 Full Year Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Kevin Chin, Chairman and CEO. Please go ahead. Tser Chin: Thank you, and welcome, everybody, to our earnings results call. I'm going to start on Page 2 of the presentation. So in a nutshell, it's been an unusual year. We've had results impacted by COVID lockdowns, but we've also delivered some transformational milestones which have really transformed the growth trajectory of the company. Group revenues were down 16%. That compares to $48 million for the previous year. And as I mentioned, that's driven by COVID-19-related lockdowns, which caused operational disruption and project delays in our Australian business. That figure includes a $1.4 million contribution from Tembo for the 8 months that we own that business since acquiring it back in November 2020. That's slightly below where we expected it to be; again, based on border closures that impacted deliveries to Australia. Gross profit declined as well by 11% due to the fall in revenue. This was partially offset by some margin improvement. So gross margins increased from 14.7% to 15.6%. As a result of some efficiency gains, we were able to eke out a critical power business in Australia. Our overheads

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