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| In 2023, supply chain conditions improved, allowing us to shift our focus and resources, to optimizing costs and inventory management |
| We believe this merger would be transformative, for our customers and shareholders, bringing together two exceptional providers of food and beverage solutions, with synergistic products, great technology, and globally recognized brands |
| We are very pleased with JBT's strong results in 2023 |
| I think revenue in the quarter is going to be certainly better than we saw last year in Q1 |
| We also generated strong free cash flow with a conversion well over 100% |
| Moreover, we introduced financial guidance for 2024, which reflects further revenue growth and continued margin expansion |
| So good momentum there so we are excited about that |
| Our full year and fourth quarter performance reflected a significant year-over-year improvement in profitability, and outperformed the guidance we provided on our last earnings call |
| For the full year, revenue increased 5%, and gross margins improved 190 basis points year-over-year |
| Driven primarily by the benefits from restructuring savings, enhanced operating efficiency, a favorable mix of recurring revenue, and our supply chain initiatives |
| And we are seeing -- as part of that, we're certainly seeing an improvement and additional contribution from the OmniBlu side |
| And certainly, the margins are going to continue to get better as we grow, because of just getting leverage on the fixed costs, which will somewhat be offset by some investments we need to make, to support the organic growth that we want to follow through on |
| We were also very pleased with our 2023 cash flow performance |
| Our year-over-year increase in free cash flow, was driven by strong operating results and better inventory management, as the supply chain constraints experienced in 2022 improved |
| Fourth quarter of 2023, strong execution resulted in an adjusted EBITDA margin of 18.2%, a 260 basis point improvement year-over-year |
| I'd say it's the pure growth in EBITDA dollars, I'd say it's probably 50-50 between the volume benefit that we're getting from the sales growth, and then the margin improvements that we expect |
| And given the strong cash flow profile and improving EBITDA of the combined business, we would expect leverage to be well below three times by the end of 2025 |
| Additionally, we expect benefits from leveraging our collective G&A spend and optimizing manufacturing efficiency |
| Additionally, we expect to see growth from our AGV business as we deliver on strong backlog that, has been built from demand for warehouse automation |
| Finally, we are forecasting continued growth in our recurring aftermarket revenue, as we invest in resources, to support improved customer equipment uptime, as well as benefit from continued ramp in OmniBlu adoption |
| We believe our ongoing supply chain initiatives would improve the collective cost base |
| The enhanced reach of the customer care organization, would improve service levels and make it easier to do business, with the combined company |
| Scalable R&D would expand our ability to develop innovative solutions, to address customer priorities, including the growing demand for automation and sustainable solutions |
| We are forecasting margin improvement in each sequential quarter of 2024, as market conditions are expected, to improve and supply chain actions flow through to the results |
| We are entering 2024 with good order momentum and backlog |
| Fourth quarter orders were a solid $418 million, and full year orders increased 5% year-over-year |
| In the fourth quarter, similar to the third, we enjoyed strengthening order trends in Europe and Asia, including from the poultry industry |
| We believe the combination will accelerate growth by capturing cross-sell opportunities across our complementary portfolios and through an expanded global commercial footprint, and customer care resources |
| Beyond what we've already achieved, the proposed merger with Marel, represents a unique opportunity to create broad stakeholder value |
| As you can see from our strong performance in 2023 and our 2024 guidance, JBT's prospects remain bright, reflecting our business - our strong resilience business model, the diverse product and end market mix and our value-added acquisitions |
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| The primary culprit of that was the lower order book coming into the year and throughout the year, frankly, on equipment orders |
| And as you look into '24, your implied guidance still calls for growth in recurring revenue, but obviously, much, much lower than what you've had in '23 |
| But on the equipment side, north of 20% lower than what we normally would be |
| The first quarter is traditionally, our seasonally slowest in terms of revenue and profitability, a trend that we expect will continue in 2024 |
| So we - I would say in North America, more than 20% down versus, I would say, a normal mid-cycle year on equipment, right, that got somewhat bolstered by the aftermarket |
| So in 2023, North American poultry was clearly the - I would say, largest contributor to - and you're right that the equipment side had some slightly negative growth in 2023 |
| In terms of the OE side of the business, I guess, if I'm not misunderstanding things here, it looks like OE was down maybe in '23 |
| So nothing particularly problematic with that |
| We don't see that full recovery this year, right, because we don't think we're going - that's going to - we expect to start receiving orders here in the front half |
| So obviously, as they switch a little bit from new - from that to new equipment in 2024, you'll see a little bit of moderation back to the mean |
| It remains a decent market in 2023, but compared to the real robustness that we saw in 2021, 2022, it reverted |
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