Good morning, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Besi's Quarterly Conference Call and Audio Webcast to discuss the company's 2018 Q3 results. You can log in to the audio webcast via Besi's website, www.basi.com. Joining us today are Mr. Richard Blickman, CEO and Mr. Cor Teanecker, Senior Vice President, Finance.
At this time, all participants are in listen only mode. I would now like to turn over the call to Mr. Richard Blickman. Please go ahead, sir.
Thank you. Thank you all for joining us today. We will begin by making a few comments in connection with the press release we issued earlier today and then take questions. I would like to remind you that some of the comments made during this call and some of the answers in response to your questions by management may contain forward looking statements. Such statements may involve uncertainties and risks as described in the earnings release and other reports filed with the AFM.
For today's call, we'd like to review the key highlights for our Q3 9 month results and also spend some time updating you on the market, our strategy and the outlook. First, some overall thoughts on the past quarter and the 1st 9 months. For Q3, revenue of €116,700,000 and a net income of €29,300,000 compared favorably to expectations. Revenue came in at the midpoint of guidance. Higher than anticipated gross margins of 58% due primarily to a more favorable product mix and an 8.5% decrease in sequential operating expenses helped keep Besi's net margins in excess of 25% despite a 27.6 percent sequential revenue decrease.
In addition, orders of €107,900,000 increased by 25% versus the 2nd quarter as demand recovered for mobile applications by Asian customers. Cash generation recovered as well with net cash increasing by €49,900,000 versus the Q2 2018 to reach €160,100,000 Besi's 9 months 2018 results reflect solid performance and strategic execution in an assembly equipment market more challenging than 2017. Revenue of €432,700,000 and a net income of €113,500,000 declined by 1.5% and 12.4%, respectively, versus the comparable period of the prior year. Our 2018 revenue development was affected by a first half slowdown in the high end mobile demand followed by weakness in memory end user markets in the Q3, partially offset by more favorable trends experienced in automotive and computing applications. Besi responded to such challenges by rapidly aligning production, supply chain and personnel levels to new market realities.
As a result, we've been able to maintain high levels of profitability in the current market environment. Our liquidity position improved significantly this quarter. We ended the quarter with cash and deposits of €443,500,000 or €5.97 per share, equal to almost 33% of Besi's stock price of 18.17 at such date. In addition, cash flow from operations of €65,700,000 grew by almost €58,700,000 sequentially due primarily to reduced working needs as we collected receivables and scaled back the supply chain. Besi's strong cash flow generation continues to support a shareholder friendly capital allocation program.
During the Q3, we repurchased 593,000 shares for a total of €11,200,000 Of that amount €9,600,000 related to the new repurchase program announced at the end of July. This brings total distribution to shareholders this year to €196,500,000 €470,700,000 since 2011. I'd next like to speak a little bit about the current market environment. The headwinds we experienced post Q1 spread to other equipment manufacturers in the Q3 with downward additions to second half order forecast by many companies. Reflecting changing market sentiment, VLSI recently took down its 2018 assembly equipment forecast from a revised 12% in April to under 3% recently.
It sees a shallow downturn in 2019 of 3.5% followed by another upward move in 2020 with new customer investment rounds. The real question is whether the challenging conditions experienced this year reflect a temporary pause or a larger industry downward move. We don't have an answer to that currently given limited visibility, relatively short cycle times and conflicting market signals. Virezais estimate assumes that favorable GDP trends and high capacity utilization rates will limit the depth of any 2019 market environment. Periodic revenue volatility is nothing new to our industry.
In fact, periods of less robust growth let us further refine our strategy and financial potential to capitalize on the next major industry upturn. As you can see on this chart, we took action in the Q2 this year to scale back headcount, primarily temporary production personnel once we saw that market conditions were weakening. Our objective is to reduce total headcount by approximately 16% by year end. In addition, Besi continues to reduce European headcount and has pruned back fixed headcount in certain Asian locations post the large production ramp last year. By way of such actions, we aim to keep net margins and cash generation well above prior trough levels.
From a longer term perspective, we're on track to reduce annualized structural costs by €15,000,000 to €20,000,000 over the next 3 years. We are keenly focused on initiatives to increase Besi's market presence, the revenue growth and market share in the next customer investment rounds. The particular focus is expanding our reach in the logic and memory markets in the era of the cloud and the big data. This could involve increased market share by flip chip versus wirebond equipment due to the increased complexity, accuracy and miniaturization requirements of next generation applications. In the mobile market, we're looking to roll out new camera, imaging and other features for 5 gs networks to help expand our presence in both the Android and iPhone worlds, particularly with Korean and Chinese customers.
Another major initiative is to expand Besi's revenue potential with the Japanese automotive supply chain as well as with existing customers. In parallel, current development activities are focused on providing customers leading edge advanced packaging processes such as TCB, fan out wafer level, panel and wafer molding for next generation devices. Now a couple of words about our Q4 outlook. As most of you know Besi's business is seasonal with revenue and orders typically building in the first half of the year and sequentially receding in the second half. Over the past 7 years, Q3 revenue has decreased an average of 16.1%, followed by another decline of 11% in the 4th quarter versus the Q3.
This year, the decreases are the upper bands of the H2 seasonality. Looking specifically to the Q4, we estimate that revenue will decline by 20% to 25% sequentially due to seasonal patterns and challenging industry conditions generally. We also anticipate that our gross margin should range between 54% 56% due to a less favorable diabolic product mix than in the Q3. Gross margin levels are still very healthy considering H2 revenue trends. Finally, we guide Q4 OpEx to be flat with the Q3 as the impact of some second half cost reductions is not yet reflected in our quarterly OpEx totals.
That ends my prepared remarks. I would like to open the call for some questions. Operator?
The first question comes from Mr. Nigel van Putte. Your line is open.
Hi, good afternoon guys and thanks for taking my questions. 2 of them more of a long term perspective. First on your revenue initiatives, that's a very interesting slide you added to the pack. I count about 6 initiatives, including some of the things we've heard before, fanart grade level packaging, TCB, but also I think new to me expand in the Japanese automotive supply chain. Out of these 6 initiatives, do you think this could all be sort of 2019 business?
Or is this more of a longer term view? And I guess some of them will be more near term, some of them will be long term. And could you please maybe give us an indication what you expect more near term and more long term?
Well, excellent. First of all, every customer today has suppliers. So in order to gain market share, either you offer better products or there are issues with the current supply chain. In downturns, it's typically the time to challenge and also our equipment is challenged by our existing customers versus competition. And also with new developments to be introduced in the next technology round.
So overall, this gives you an opportunity to test new opportunities, which usually only are in an evaluating stage in the downturn and may lead to new market share gains in the next upturn. So that's how it typically works. Why did we list these? Well, this is not new. If you look at our development over the past decade, step by step, we have increased the top 10 customer revenues.
10 years ago, the top 5 did about 60%. Today, it's the top 10. So the challenge we face is to increase that further. Just to answer your question. Sorry, yes.
No, that's clear.
I mean, maybe more specifically, I think maybe just an update on some of the things we heard before like ferrite wafer level packaging, TCB, panel and wafer level packaging. I think in the upturn, I think in the conversations you had with us is that customers were too busy just ramping product and getting stuff out there. And indeed, in the downturn, would maybe reevaluate some of these initiatives. For instance, TCB, it's been rather quiet, I think, for the last year or 2. Would that be something that you have any visibility on of returning?
Or is it more these are things in general that you're working on and in the next upturn they could potentially help? Or is there any more visibility on it?
Well, you have to be a bit more specific. There are 2 areas of ongoing development and potential change. So for fan out and TCB, it's very important that the next technology round forces these new developments to become mainstream. That's not clear yet. So those customers which are testing these technologies are continuing that and it could very well be that this is also tied to the 14 nanometer design era towards 10 that may open up some of these new technologies.
But in the existing world, there's also a picking order in existence. And our equipment, of course, is evaluated on an ongoing basis, same with competitors. But as we share with many of you and you can find that on our quarterly presentation, we are always introducing new features on our existing machines, either tighter accuracies or combination of accuracy and speed, also reducing cost initiatives. So you're pushing the existing envelopes, and you should try to prepare yourself better for real technology changes. So that's a combination.
But as we've said many times, every new round is like a deck of cards, You have new opportunities.
Right. That's clear. Maybe just one final question then on the annual cost savings target of $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 by 2021. This quarter already strong, but I think more temporary cost savings. But given perhaps the market challenging environment, how is the phasing of these cost savings into the next couple of years?
Should we maybe expect, depending on market conditions, maybe a bit more near term? Or is it more of a run rate towards EUR 20,000,000 in 2021?
The EUR 15,000,000 to EUR 20,000,000 is 3 main programs. Number 1 is moving west to east of all kinds of support functions. On an ongoing basis, we are moving more than operations, the administration, the service support, technical support out of the support lab in Singapore, and that is ongoing. Then the second bucket is supply chain, further improving the Asian supply chain. That's an ongoing challenge.
3rd is common modules, common platforms. In our machines, we have 18 different platforms. There are numerous opportunities to further reduce the cost by changing certain designs. And in downturns, typically, those are the improvements next to the technology, as we discussed in the first question, to structurally reduce your cost. And by streamlining your supply chain, reduce your cycle times.
Cycle times are fantastic already, but they can still be much better. So some are shorter term, some are longer term. It's a combination. And that's why every year we should see certain achievements in reducing cost.
Right. That's very clear. Thank you.
The next question is from Mr. Peter Olaofsen. Your line is open.
Good afternoon, gentlemen. A couple of questions. Maybe the first on memory. Both in the press release and in the introduction, you referred to some weakness in memory end user markets in Q3. I always had the impression that your exposure to mainstream DRAM and NAND was rather modest.
So the weakness that you referred to, is that mainly linked to hybrid memory? And related to that, could you provide some update on the progress you see in terms of TCB, either in hybrid memory or in other applications, in terms of the number of customer engagements and when you expect a more meaningful contribution to your sales? And then I have some follow ups.
Okay. Well, very good. Yes, you're correct. Memory has always been smaller portion of our revenue, somewhere around 10% and it's sometimes slightly above 10% of revenue. Still, that is an important part.
And if tide goes out on other areas And then in addition, memory held on pretty long until September August, September. So that was also for us a negative impact. On TCB development, it's quite interesting. We mentioned also in the comments, for memory, there's a distinct move towards flip chip as a next step beyond wirebond. Testing that flip chip will maybe lead in a generation from now towards more TCB.
But still, TCB is slow, slow because of not needed yet. That is tied to 40 nanometers to 10 delay. It is also tied simply to improved flip chip capabilities from 5 micron down to 3 micron. Also multi head dieboners, flip chip dieboner introductions. So that could further delay TCB, but it makes flip chip far more exciting.
And do you see progress in TCB in other applications?
Well, in certain logic, but still not across the board, only in very specific applications.
Okay. Then I have a follow-up on automotive. So on the one hand, we have seen weaker car sales in China. In Europe, we have seen the impact from WLTP. But on the other hand, we see the structural growth in semiconductor content in vehicles.
So how is that overall playing out in terms of short term demand? How is that affecting the investment plans of your customers?
Well, there are 2 things. 1 is volume, is the GDP related automotive market. However, there are, as you very well mentioned, some disappointments in that sense. But then what Besi's strength is in that market, their new advanced packaging type of solutions, smaller power and also in other areas of automotive, which have been developed in the previous downturn, which have been ramped to full production in the last 2 years. And we've specifically benefited from those changes, not from the volume increase.
So as always, it is a mix. But that also leads to the comment, don't expect Automotive. Historically, that has been the case, to overtake growth of the other two drivers in the industry. So communication, mobile Internet devices and also computers, they have stronger growth drivers than automotive. But automotive is between 15% 20% of our revenue for a long time.
And we've gained also market share in automotive in the last 2, 3 years, especially in the last year with the ramp. And that may also lead to further market share gains in the automotive as indicated in the comments.
Okay. But at this moment, you don't see any hesitation from your clients to cut back on spending, giving all the uncertainty in their end market?
Not I would say not yet. This you would only see that once GDP starts to slow down.
Okay. And then my final question is around M and A. So clearly, you have an M and A war chest following the issuance of 2 convertibles in recent years. Now we have seen the valuation of your own stock coming down, but also for listed peers. But has that also resulted in the expectations of potential sellers becoming more realistic?
Well, you have to look at it more fundamentally, yes. When do people sell? There are 2 periods in general. 1 is selling in an upturn now. And the next one is in a downturn when certain customer or company specific metrics do not offer better growth in future cycles.
To be more specific, scale is important, certain capabilities, longer term growth and development of operations on a global basis. And in downturns, those consolidation or real integration of companies leading to more optimum cost structures are being evaluated. And depending upon the length of a down cycle, more or less of these opportunities are being investigated. And basically, we've been very clear all along. For us, it's only interesting to look at acquisitions, which improve our market position towards our customers, but moreover improve our margin structure.
And that is the key to look at. We are not dreaming of increasing scale and by that increasing margins. Margins are product related, so you have to look at potential improving above the current margin structures.
And then you're referring to the gross margin or the EBIT margin?
Always gross margin. In equipment business, number 1 is gross margin because that's the value customers are they provide to specific products.
Okay.
Then my final question, which relates to the mobile markets. I noticed that order intake was up in Q3 compared with Q2, and you refer to higher bookings from mobile applications. So is that an indication that in that particular market, the worst may be behind? Or is there also some quarter volatility in play and therefore, we should not read too much in that pickup?
Well, as you can see in Slide, I think it's 24, the inside of an high end smartphone, we're involved in many of the components in those products. And those components also have specific cycles. In addition, customers are always improving those specific modules in terms of yield and in terms of cost. So the orders in the Q3 were related to other parts in those mobile devices than in the first half of the year, but still highly attractive. But it's not a new round of smartphones.
It is improvements, additions to the current generations.
And but when you say improving the current generations, you're referring to packaging technology or current generation of smartphone features?
Features. So all those features, they all have a life cycle and they all have they are not all, let's say, succeeded at the same time. So there are certain features which have been introduced last year. Some of those processes can be improved. So that's why we had a substantial amount of certain kits onto those machines, improving the yield and increasing the output of those machines.
And there were some new features, but also in the existing technology generation. Maybe in a year or yes, that's the usual pattern, 2, 3 years, you have a whole new generation. So 2017 was the launch, 2018 improvement year, 2019 maybe preparation for a next round. That's the typical cycle. There's also a slide in our presentation going back to 2006 in the appendix, where you see those generations over time.
Okay. This is helpful. Thank you.
The next question is from Mr. Paul Maran. Your line is open. Please go ahead.
Good afternoon. I wanted to pick up on the statement about the cycle, whether it is a traditional downturn or not, Who really knows? But in your words, would you describe 2015 as a traditional downturn for Besi?
Yes. I mean, 2014 was a peak, 2017 was a peak, 2018 is, let's say, the sunset of the 2017 cycle. And those are very usual patterns. 2016 was a slower year and 2017 was the next peak.
And in terms of seasonality, you've been very clear on how that works, certainly from a revenue point of view. Would you also expect the type of seasonality that you've seen from an order booking point of view? Do you think that will be maintained? Or are we in such a volatile period that you can't really say that about what's going to happen in Q1?
Well, if you you can't say you're very right. As we said in the comments, our visibility is typically a quarter. Also our customers, if you simply map the end customers, they also don't provide that visibility. So then you have to look at patterns. And the patterns are usually stronger first half than second half because of consumer and products, which are mostly launched in the second half of the year.
So production is built up in the first half and more towards the Q2 then. So whether it's a slower year or a stronger growth year, the seasonal patterns have mostly been as they are. But that's to be seen. It's too early to tell.
Understood. And just a clarification. Just if we look at the it's on orders again. If we look at Q2 and we look at the EUR 86,000,000 that was booked in Q2, is that including the order cancellation, the missing EUR 28,000,000 that got canceled?
Yes. So for clear understanding, actually, those orders should not have been placed in the Q1. Right. So yes, in numbers and it's right, but your statement is very correct.
Okay. That's very helpful. Thank you very much.
The next question is from Mr. Antoine Poucauld. Your line is open.
Hi, good afternoon. Thank you for taking my question. Just a real quick one on the balance sheet. I see you obviously after the emission of the 2 convertible bonds boasting fairly significant liquidity resources now, how much of that do you actually need to run the business on an ongoing basis? And I guess the previous call you did mention M and A opportunities, but I was just wondering is there an opportunity given where some of your convertible bonds are trading at the moment for you to apply some of that liquidity to buyback bonds?
Well, that's an interesting thought. We've done that in the past. We issued our first convert in 2,005. We bought back in 2,008 at the second half when markets started to deteriorate. It's very attractive terms about 40% of that outstanding convert.
That's not the case today yet. But you're very right. If you see it, our cash flow generation, we don't need to convert for our own operation. But as always mentioned, we use additional capital for strategic objective. And as I answered to a previous question, yes, there are certainly M and A opportunities in this world.
And the best is to be prepared for that. And especially situations in downturns, which then offers our shareholders far more attractive returns than financing those acquisitions in downturns. So we have a history of raising capital in upturns and spending it wisely on strategic developments in downturns.
Okay. That's very helpful. Thank you.
Next question is from Mr. Robert Sanders. Your line is open.
Yes. Hi, good afternoon, everyone. I'm actually joined a little bit later. Apologies if you answered this in your opening remarks, but I just had a question on the China tariffs. A lot of the IDMs use packages in China, and it does seem like they're looking to go to the Philippines and Malaysia quite fast.
I was just wondering on your China business only, have you seen any hesitation from those packaging companies given the threat of tariffs? And I've got a couple of thoughts. Thanks.
Yes. Well, the answer is yes. And it's widely publicized. So there will be a reset of capacities in the region. Some are expanding in Vietnam, some are in the Philippines, some in Taiwan.
So that's happening.
Got it. And so presumably then that means that companies have to requalify lines in these new countries. But once they do, presumably that could actually lead to more demand for your tools as they qualify and ramp up and the other tools in China stay idle? Or is that something you'd think is
not significant? Well, I would like to say differently. The risk you run is that this leads to an overcapacity. So having multiple production volumes is potentially a risk to utilization rates, but not at this moment yet.
Got it. And just a couple more questions. So you obviously had a great year in 2017 led by a major OEM and what they were doing on the front side of the device. I was just wondering, given how active they are on their solution for the world facing side, whether you thought then that opportunity, whether it ramps in 2019 or 2020, nobody knows. I think at this stage, with most people seem to think 2020, whether that opportunity could be as big as it was for you in 2017 because I think that could potentially be a big recovery thing driver for you.
But I'm just interested whether you might see some reuse of the existing tools out there?
Well, reuse is not to be expected. But if things go as they go and then yes, look again at the slide going back to 2,006, where you see in every cycle, we have increased substantially, 2010, 2014, 2017. We've done our homework right. You can see that in the margins. If we continue to do the development right, there could be a significant higher next round again.
And that's, of course, our challenge. But our chances have improved. Got it. Okay.
Okay. Great. And just last question for me. Given the yield issues that are well known at the major U. S.
IDM at 10 nanometer, it seems to me one of the issues along with many other issues is that the die size is too large and they do seem to be moving in this kind of chiclet direction, as are a lot of the foundry customers as well. I was just wondering if you were to see a kind of wholesale migration to this chiplet approach rather than having large dies, how significant could that be for your business? And how material it could be in the next couple of years? Thank you.
We're developing on both fronts. So the challenge for the large dies is clearly for all of us an opportunity. And also accuracies further decrease. So that's one direction. And the other direction is, of course, multiple dies to solve that.
Those are very, yes, significant developments for next year. And in a year from now, we will know much more. But it's fair to say that Besi is involved in all these developments.
Got it. And it could be a material driver rather than so not just a kind of 2% of revenue driver, you're talking about something quite material potentially?
Yes, it will be the next generation mainstream. But with the extension of the 14 nanometer world that also does us pretty well.
Okay, great. Thanks a lot.
Next question is from Mr. Edwinder Jung. Your line is open. Please go ahead.
Good afternoon, gentlemen. A few questions left. Also on what is your direct exposure now still to the export sector there? And are you thinking about changing your footprint? Or yes, maybe elaborate a little bit on that?
If I understand you correctly, so if there are more investments outside of China?
Yes, by you? Are you extending more outside of China now? You've extended quite fast in the first few years to broaden your Chinese footprint.
It's very it's an excellent question. First of all, China capacity has been on top of the existing capacities in Malaysia. Technology moves on, so next generations are always first built up in Malaysia. And we are certainly capable to do more in Malaysia because we have offloaded step by step by year end, we should be able to build all platforms in China. So that gives us the flexibility to do in both locations the existing product ranges.
So we're very well fit for both.
Okay. So you're relatively independent on what was happening.
Yes. But we can also export out of China. China is very happy to export.
Yes, they are.
So it's not only for China, China, but of course, that is most preferably. But still, it is in an early phase. So it offers us great flexibility.
Yes. Okay. Clear. And then maybe a little bit on the M and A opportunities. Can you maybe say a little bit on are there more opportunities coming by in the last few quarters than there were a year ago?
Or maybe give some flavor? Are you looking at more propositions now? Or are you actually really looking at something now? Or
We're always looking at the world because it's very exciting. But it's fair to say that in the second half of the cycle on Sunset, there are definitely more companies for sale than in the first half of the cycle. So many smaller companies are typically for sale in that phase. And then mostly the companies with lesser margins, lesser product positions and often issues.
That's not what you're looking for, right?
Well, it depends on the opportunity when things are in a better situation, whether it offers potentially higher margins. That's the only reason you should spend the effort on that. But then everyone revisits a strategy, a big picture strategy in every cycle. And the bigger pictures are typically discussed more in the trough of a downturn.
Clear. Clear. And finally, I think that Robert already asked much on this, but the in the 3 d sensing part, one of your main clients, of course, is also expanding into Android. What are the consequences for you at the moment? The house market looking for you, what is the potential?
Well, that not much has changed in that sense. Any application with those technical requirements, but also there are more suppliers of 3 d sensing, but also that technology is changing in a sense multiple cameras, different modules again. So there's a lot of development ongoing for the next generation where we are involved and hopefully we will benefit from those new cycles.
Okay.
The last question is from Mr. Peter Olofsen. Your line is
Yes, thanks for taking the follow-up. It's about the gross margin, which was above expectations in Q3. In response to one of my earlier questions, you referred to selling kind of upgrade kits. Is that what drove the gross margin upside? Or were there some other product categories which were rather strong like plating for instance?
Well, also again a good question. We have, I think, said several times that the mobile Internet devices as such are not the highest margin products. That's a highly competitive world. So the higher margins are in other applications. And the mix determines then the final margin.
So we have many different products. Is it more plating? No. But it's across the board. Otherwise, the margins are not in the high 50s.
So yes, some of it is retrofits are higher margin. Sometimes they're not because there can be technical issues. So it's not easy to say it's because of this or because of that.
No. But Their
part Support was also very strong with the ramp of the new generation phones. So there were many items contributing to a favorable market margin development.
Okay. But at least the end market mix was supported. But then still, you have a backlog in order book going into the quarter. So I would guess you have a reasonable insight to which customers you will ship. So where did then the positive surprise come from?
Basically, from the different mix compared to the second quarter of less high end mobile product applications. So the percentage is less, but that's in general terms. And we had some favorable, yes, other orders, which had higher margins than we anticipated, some supply chain improvements coming through, some cost savings. We had less under applied. We expected due to the decline that we would have a larger under applied, but we were able to reduce our flexible headcount faster.
So it's a combination.
Okay. That's helpful. Thank you.
Mr. Blickman, there are 2 more questions. Is there any time?
Of course.
Yes. The next question is from Mr. Jim Fontanelli. Your line is open.
Yes. Thank you. You. You touched on earlier the opportunity around world facing, whether it comes in 2019 or 2020. I was just wondering whether you are agnostic around the technology choice for world facing.
So whether it would be primarily a structured light led solution or a time of flight solution, does that make any difference to your overall revenue opportunity into world facing whenever it launches?
Well, yes. But as said many times, those decisions are taken much later down the development path. We can't make a judgment today whether this direction or that direction will prevail.
And so you in a development process that encompasses both of those potentials?
Yes. But what could also happen is that the next generation are still being sold with existing. It's very difficult. That was the disappointment we had in Q2 that the expected change of the design of a certain module simply was pushed out because the yield was unacceptable.
Right. And then maybe just to follow-up again on the 2019 investment backdrop, but clearly there are 2 sort of big wafer migration programs sitting out there for your largest foundry and logic customers to 7 and 7 plus and to 10 respectively. Have you seen any of that of the advanced packaging investment cycle sitting behind those 2 sets of wafer migrations. Have you seen those yet in terms of order flow or is that something we can expect later on over the course of the next few quarters?
Later on, it's still development phase. Great. Thank you.
The next question is from Mr. Robert Sanders. Your line is open.
Sorry, just a bit of housekeeping. Just on your dividend policy, is it still we should model still 80% of earnings? I mean, that seems to be the ballpark, but I just was just wanted to check. Thanks.
Well, it's between 40% 100%. So we'll make that call in February once we have the outcome for the full year and also the better view on 2019. But that's the range. Got it. Thank you.
There are no further questions at this moment.
Well, then I thank everyone for spending the time and the questions, very interesting. When you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. Thanks.
Goodbye.