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Cash 360

The treasury cockpit — 13-week cash, EBITDA-to-FCF conversion, working-capital unlock, receivables, liquidity and covenant headroom.

Legrand Group · FY26 (modeled)
Global leader in wiring devices (20%+ share)
39,000 employees · 35+ US sites · 90 countries
Executive read· the answer, then the moves

Liquidity is sound at $2200M (≈ 10 weeks cover), but $341.4M of working capital is trapped in receivables — pull DSO from 62d to 48d to self-fund the next deal rather than draw the $7993M of covenant capacity.

4 of 5 headline metrics improving vs prior · still off target: Liquidity $2.20B vs $2.50B, Free Cash Flow $900M vs $950M, Cash Conversion Cycle 63d vs 60d

Do now — ranked by urgency
  1. 1
    Netatmo IoT Assets credit exposureAct now
    Why it matters

    Move to credit hold pending paydown; reforecast ARR net of likely churn.

    What's driving it
    • Overdue AR
    • Signal: Alert
    FYI

    Distress filings + overdue AR; churn risk High on $6.4M account.

  2. 2
    Covenant headroom 0.9× (lev 4.6× vs 5.5×)Act now
    Why it matters

    Sets deal capacity and refinancing risk.

    What's driving it
    • Q1 (act)
    • Signal: Threshold
    FYI
    • Net-debt/EBITDA 4.6× against a 5.5× ceiling.
    • Owner: CFO · Treasury
  3. 3
    Unlock $341.4M by pulling DSO to the 48d targetWatch
    Why it matters

    Every day of DSO above 48d ties up working capital; closing the gap releases ≈ $341.4M of one-time cash.

    What's driving it
    • DSO 62d vs 48d target
    • Overdue >60d = $216.6M of $1316M AR
    FYI
    • Normalizing laggard brands to 50d DSO releases ≈ $96.4M
    • Owner: Treasury
  4. 4
    3 brands running DSO > 65 daysWatch
    Why it matters

    Targeted collections sprint on $0.9M; tighten milestone billing on ISC projects.

    What's driving it
    • DSO
    • Signal: Alert
    FYI

    ISC (67d), Legrand Retail (66d), Netatmo IoT Assets account (67d) lifting blended DSO.

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Liquidity
$2200M
≈ 10 weeks cover
Free cash flow
$900M
47% EBITDA conversion
Cash conversion cycle
63d
DSO 62 + DIO 18 − DPO 48
Working-capital unlock
$341.4M
DSO 62→48d target
Exhibit 1

13-week direct cash flow forecast

Net weekly cash (bars) and ending cash (line) vs. $20M minimum. Forecast trough: $325.39M.

Above minimum
$385.48M
Opening cash
$2762M
13-wk collections
$2727M
13-wk disbursements
$420.62M
Closing cash
Exhibit 2

EBITDA → Free cash flow

$1903M EBITDA converts to $900M FCF (47%).

Exhibit 3

Cash collected

Monthly, $M.

Cash conversion cycle

Working-capital days

DSO — receivables62d
DIO — inventory18d
DPO — payables (offset)(48d)
Cash conversion cycle63d
Where cash is trapped

Working-capital cash unlock

$96.4M

Normalizing laggard brands to 50-day DSO releases ~$96.4M one-time.

Legrand India67d
$21.7M
Legrand North America61d
$19.8M
Netatmo56d
$17.9M
Legrand Retail66d
$14.4M
Legrand Data Center Solutions60d
$11.5M
BTicino58d
$8.4M
USystems54d
$2.7M
Collections

AR aging

Total AR $1316M

Current days$617.9M
1-30 days$328.79M
31-60 days$153.06M
61-90 days$111.11M
90+ days$105.44M

Overdue (>60d) = $216.6M.

Exhibit 4

Collections priority

Highest DSO first.

AccountRevenueDSOCredit risk
Netatmo IoT Assets$72.56M67dHigh
Data Center Segment$146.25M63dMedium
Regional Operations$46.48M59dMedium
North America Operations$160.99M58dLow
Group Legrand India$81.63M55dMedium
IBM$109.97M52dMedium
UPS$128.11M49dLow
Exhibit 5

Supplier DPO

Working-capital lever.

SupplierSpendDPOOTIFRisk
USystems Supplier$725.61M45d96%Low
Asian Vendor$657.58M42d93%Low
Arrow Electronics$464.84M38d90%Medium
Oracle SCM$306.11M36d89%Medium
SAP ERP$260.76M40d95%Low
MES$215.41M44d92%Low
Exhibit 6

Leverage runway vs. covenant

Headroom = firepower

Deal capacity

Net-debt capacity to 5.5x
$7993M
≈ $799M acquirable EBITDA @ ~10x
Net Debt / EBITDA1.3x
Debt Service Coverage Ratio4.2x
Covenant Headroom35.0x
Cash Collected91.0%