Volution Group PLS Regulatory News (FAN)

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Wednesday 25 May 2022

Volution Group plc

Trading Update

Continued strong performance

Volution Group plc ("Volution" or "the Group" or "the Company", LSE: FAN), a leading international designer and manufacturer of energy efficient indoor air quality solutions, today announces an update on trading covering the period to 30th April 2022.

Trading Update

The Group has continued to perform strongly through the second half of our financial year, with third quarter revenue growth of 17.6% at constant currency (cc), of which organic growth was 8.8% (cc). We have been particularly encouraged by our UK residential revenue, where growth rates have accelerated in the second half of the year, underpinned by a good growth in new build residential systems and strong public RMI demand.

Industry-wide there has been an unprecedented period of supply chain disruption over the last 12 to 18 months. Our strategy of holding higher levels of inventory on key, long lead time components, coupled with extensive work by our product engineering and supply chain teams to broaden our range of supply options, has enabled us to manage much of this disruption, and we are continuing to deliver very good levels of customer service in all three of our geographic regions.

Appropriate, decisive and early action on price, with further modest price increases in the second half of this financial year, has ensured that our Group operating margins have been maintained.

Outlook

Whilst the macro-economic environment is uncertain, our order books and activity levels, coupled with the regulatory and customer focus on improving energy efficiency in buildings, should continue to support demand. We therefore expect our earnings to be towards the upper end of market expectations for the current financial year.

Ronnie George, Chief Executive Officer, commented:

"We have continued with the strong progress shown in the first half of our financial year through our third quarter. Our proactive and early initiatives to manage supply chain and to build inventory during the first half of the year continue to underpin very good levels of customer service and our consistently disciplined approach to managing price has ensured we maintain our strong operating margins. I am also very proud of the ongoing focus on our sustainability initiatives, with accelerated progress during the third quarter in our adoption and use of recycled plastics."

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Volution Group plc Legal Entity Identifier: 213800EPT84EQCDHO768.

Note to Editors:

Volution Group plc (LSE: FAN) is a leading international designer and manufacturer of energy efficient indoor air quality solutions. Volution Group comprises 19 key brands across three regions:

UK: Vent-Axia, Manrose, Diffusion, National Ventilation, Airtech, Breathing Buildings, Torin-Sifan.

Continental Europe: Fresh, PAX, VoltAir, Kair, Air Connection, Rtek, inVENTer, Ventilair, ClimaRad, ERI Corporation.

Australasia: Simx, Ventair, Manrose.

For more information, please go to: www.volutiongroupplc.com

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