Aug 10 (Reuters) - Fastned BV FASTN.AS :
* FASTNED GROWS REVENUES BY 63% IN FIRST HALF OF 2021 ON
BACK OF
STRONG ELECTRIC VEHICLE SALES
* H1 REVENUE RELATED TO CHARGING: EUR 4.4 MILLION (+63%
VERSUS. H1
2020)
* CURRENTLY PREPARING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ITS FIRST FRENCH
HIGHWAY
STATIONS IN SECOND HALF OF 2021, ADDING A SIXTH COUNTRY TO ITS
NETWORK
* ACTIVE CUSTOMERS Q2 2021: 65,305 (+118% VERSUS. Q2 2020)
* H1 UNDERLYING NET PROFIT CAME IN AT 7.7 MILLION EURO
NEGATIVE
* OPERATIONAL EBITDA AND OPERATIONAL EBITDA PER STATION
INCREASED
STRONGLY IN H1: 129% AND 79% RESPECTIVELY COMPARED TO H1 2020
* INCREASES ITS STATION CONSTRUCTION TARGET FOR 2021 FROM
MORE
THAN 40 TO MORE THAN 452, IMPLYING THAT BY END OF DECEMBER
NETWORK WILL COUNT MORE THAN 175 STATIONS
* COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS HAVE HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON
TRAFFIC
AND AS A CONSEQUENCE AFFECTED FASTNED'S TOP-LINE
* WE EXPECT THE COMING PERIOD TO PROVIDE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES
TO
ACT ON OUR STRATEGY OF ACQUIRING LONG TERM LOCATIONS ON HIGH
TRAFFIC SITES
* END-H1 CASH AT THE END OF THE PERIOD STOOD AT €161M
POSITIVE,
FOLLOWING THIS YEAR'S CAPITAL RAISE
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