General

Feintool International Holding AG has its headquarters in Lyss, Switzerland. The 2020 financial statements were prepared in accordance with the provisions of Swiss accounting law (Art. 32 of the Swiss Code of Obligations). The main applied valuation principles that are not required by law are described in the following.

Treasury shares

Treasury shares are recognized at the time of acquisition at cost as a minus line item in equity. In the event of resale, the profit or loss is taken to equity and reported under free retained earnings.

Capital participation plans

Treasury shares are used for share-based payments to the Board of Directors and employees. They are recognized at a fixed price in the regulations for the issue and transferred to the entitled beneficiary. The corresponding expense including social security contributions is reported in personnel expenses.

Leases

In accordance with the principle of substance over form, all of the company’s leases and rental agreements with third parties are recognized on the balance sheet from, with the exception of short-term contracts (12 months or less) and low-value assets. The right-of-use asset is capitalized on the balance sheet. Afterwards, the right-of-use asset is amortized on a straight-line basis from the date of commencement to the end of the lease term unless ownership of the underlying asset is transferred to the company at the end of the lease term or the cost of the lease reflects the fact that the company will exercise a purchase option. In this case, the right-of-use asset is amortized over its useful economic life, which is determined in accordance with the rules for property, plant, and equipment. Upon initial recognition, the right-of-use asset is measured at the present value of the lease liability upon commencement of the lease term. The lease liability corresponds to the present value of future lease payments discounted at an average interest rate of 1.3 % and reduced by the amortization payments.

Short-term leases (<1 year) and low-value leases continue to be recognized under other operating expenses in each accounting period in which resulting expenses are incurred.

Intercompany rental and lease agreements continue to be recognized as rental and lease expenses in each accounting period in which resulting expenses are incurred. This means that the right-of-use asset leased under such contracts is not capitalized, nor is a lease liability recognized. A total of kCHF 147 is recognized as an expense from such contracts in the income statement for 2020 (previous year kCHF 192).

Omission of cash flow statement and additional information in the Notes to the Financial Statements

Feintool International Holding AG prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with a recognized standard for accounting (IFRS) and consequently omits additional disclosures in the Notes to the Financial Statements and a report on the cash flow statement in these financial statements as set forth in the statutory provisions.

1) Interest bearing receivable related to zero balance cash pools

3.1 Own property, plant and equipment

3.2 Property, plant and equipment in lease

In accordance with the principle of substance over form, leases are recognized on the balance sheet beginning since the 2019 financial year, which includes all rental and lease contracts with third parties with the exception of short-term contracts (12 months or less) and low-value assets.

1) Feintool Automotive System Parts (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. carried out a capital increase in the amount of EUR 3.85 million in the financial year.

2) Feintool Holding GmbH holds a 60 % stake in Feintool System Parts Ohrdruf GmbH. The remaining 40 % is held by Feintool International Holding AG.

3) On November 22, 2019, Jela Immobilien GmbH purchased a 90 % interest in Vireo Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH from HL Holding AG. On May 6, 2020, Jela Immobilien GmbH acquired the remaining 10 % interest in Vireo Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH from HL Holding AG. Effective October 16, 2020, Jela Immobilien GmbH (absorbing entity) and Vireo Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (absorbed entity) were merged.

4) On May 9, 2020, the company Feintool (Chongquing) Technology Co. Ltd. which was placed in liquidation on January 1, 2015, has been removed from the commercial register.

5) The total paid-up capital of Feintool U.S. Operations, Inc., Feintool Cincinnati, Inc., Feintool Equipment Corp., and Feintool New York, Inc., was incorrectly disclosed under “Capital” in previous years. The current figures reflect these companies’ nominal capital. No equity transactions were carried out at these companies in either 2019 or 2020.

1) Interest bearing liabilities related to zero balance cash pools.

1) On June 13, 2017, Feintool signed a CHF 90 million syndicated loan agreement in cash loans with six banks and a term until June 13, 2022. On May 17, 2018, this contract was extended and will now run until June 13, 2023. In March 2020, it became apparent that Feintool was likely to breach individual financial covenants in its financial agreements over the course of 2020. In June 2020, Feintool signed an amendment to the agreement with the banks concerned that essentially increases the credit line by CHF 30 million to CHF 120 million and suspends the critical covenants until December 30, 2021. In their place, covenants relating to minimum profitability requirements and “available funds” (liquid funds and unused credit lines) were added to the agreement. As of December 31, 2020, CHF 63.7 million of the syndicated loan had been used (previous period: CHF 44.5 million). Any drawdowns by subsidiaries are guaranteed by Feintool International Holding AG up to a maximum amount of CHF 99 million.

Non-current provisions include provisions for insurance payments in the amount of kCHF 541 (previous year kCHF 490) and provisions for anniversary benefits of kCHF 108 (previous year kCHF 107).

12.1 Share capital

12.2 General legal reserves from capital contributions

The statutory reserves from capital contributions include the premium from capital increases, less the previous dividend distributions. The distribution from reserves from capital contributions is treated in the same way as the repayment of capital for tax purposes. The Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has confirmed that the reported reserve from capital contributions is recognized as a capital contribution pursuant to Art. 5 (1bis) Swiss Withholding Tax Act.

The disclosure of the conditional capital is represented in section 24.2 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.

The disclosure of authorized share capital is reported in section 24.3 of the Notes to the consolidated financial statements.

The disclosure of the treasury shares is represented in section 24.4 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.

Feintool International Holding AG employed 35 staff at the end of the year (previous year 33; calculated in Full Time Equivalents and incl. Apprentices and trainees).

1) In the 2020 financial year, Feintool International Holding AG received short-time work compensation in the amount of kCHF 70. Of this total, kCHF 65 is recognized in wages and salaries and kCHF 5 in social security contributions.

1) Besides bank charges, other financial expenses include lead syndication commissions (annual amortization of establishing cost for the syndicated loan), valuation expenses from currency hedges and market making costs.

Prior-period expenses relates to prior-period expenses from intercompany services.

On July 15, 2016, a promissory note was issued in the amount of EUR 65 million. The issuer, with a guarantee from Feintool International Holding AG, is Feintool Holding GmbH based in Germany.

The disclosure of the major shareholders is represented in section 31 of the Notes to the Financial Statements.

1) Held directly and indirectly; the 5 000 shares with a value of CHF 276 000 as remuneration for the 2020 financial year were assigned on January 4, 2021.

2) The General Meeting on April 30, 2020, elected Christian Mäder and Dr. Marcus Bollig to the Board of Directors.

The shares are valued at a price of CHF 55.20 (previous year: CHF 61.80) as of December 31, 2020. This results in a total value of kCHF 2 889 (previous year: kCHF 2 898).

There was no liability to the pension fund as of December 31, 2020 (previous year kCHF 0).

There were no significant events after the balance sheet date.

The Board of Directors proposes to the General Meeting to refrain from distributing a dividend and to carry forward the 2020 annual results to new account.