Greencore Group Plc · LSE:GNC

Greencore — H1 2012 Earnings Presentation

29 slides from Greencore's earnings presentation, May 22, 2012

  1. Slide 1: Interim Results

    Interim Results For the half year ended 30 March 2012 1

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    Agenda Highlights Patrick Coveney, CEO Financial Review Alan Williams, CFO Operating & Strategic Review Patrick Coveney, CEO Outlook Patrick Coveney, CEO Q&A Open to the Floor 2

  3. Slide 3: Highlights

    Highlights • Strong revenue, operating profit and adjusted EPS performance despite continued challenging market conditions • Good progress on Uniq integration – on track to deliver business plan • Acquisition of MarketFare – brings further scale and focus to US business • Continue to target strong g

  4. Slide 4: Financial Review

    Financial Review Alan Williams Chief Financial Officer 4

  5. Slide 5: Financial Summary

    Financial Summary H1 12 Versus H1 11 Revenue Revenue £567.7m +49.9% Revenue Revenue –– continuing £541.7m +9.3% continuing activity activity11 Operating Operating profit profit22 £31.7m +36.7% Operating Operating margin margin22 5.6% -50 bps Adjusted Adjusted earnings earnings33 £21.1m +74.7% Adjust

  6. Slide 6: Convenience Foods

    Convenience Foods • Strong sales and profit H1 12 H1 11 % performance despite £m £m change challenging market conditions: Revenue – • Continuing activity revenue 532.6 344.8 +54.5% as reported growth of 9.7% driven by Revenue – good category momentum continuing 506.6 461.7 +9.7% and market share gai

  7. Slide 7: Ingredients & Property

    Ingredients & Property • Division represents around H1 12 H1 11 % 6% of Group revenue £m £m change • Good performance in ingredients growing both Revenue 35.1 33.8 +3.8% revenue and operating profit • Outline planning permission obtained for Littlehampton Operating site in December 2011 – 1.0 0.9 +1

  8. Slide 8: Finance Cost

    Finance Cost Bank interest payable virtually unchanged from H1 11 despite incremental debt to part finance Uniq acquisition £m H1 12 H1 11 Bank interest payable (8.1) (7.9) Unwind discount to present value 0.1 0.1 Finance cost* (8.0) (7.8) Net pension financing charge (2.4) (0.6) FX/Fair value of de

  9. Slide 9: Tax Charge

    Tax Charge • The Group’s effective tax rate has reduced to 4% (FY11: 13%) largely as a result of the Uniq acquisition • Cash tax of £0.2m (H1 11: £1.5m) • An income statement credit will be recognised each year in relation to the amortisation of the intangible assets identified on acquisition • Uniq

  10. Slide 10: EPS and Dividend

    EPS and Dividend EPS H1 12 H1 11 EPS • Adjusted earnings 74.7% ahead Adjusted earnings3 £21.1m £12.1m • Adjusted earnings per share up 19.6% after taking into account Denominator for effect of the rights issue 382.3m 260.2m earnings per share Adjusted earnings per 5.5p 4.6p share3 Dividend Dividend

  11. Slide 11: Cashflow

    Cashflow Significant improvement in H1 operating cashflow £m H1 12 H1 11 EBITDA 43.4 32.3 Working capital movement (12.2) (17.6) Total capex (14.1) (13.0) Interest & tax (7.2) (10.6) Operating cashflow 9.9 (8.9) Difference between pension charge and cash contributions (7.0) (4.2) Exceptionals (10.1)

  12. Slide 12: Net Debt and Leverage

    Net Debt and Leverage • Net debt at 30 March 2012 of £262.2m, an increase of £122.4m reflecting Uniq consideration paid of £112.7m • Total committed facilities of £443m – weighted average maturity of 3.9 years • MarketFare consideration paid in April 2012 of £22.6m for historic EBITDA of £3.6m – imp

  13. Slide 13: Summary Financial Performance

    Summary Financial Performance • Strong financial and operating performance despite challenging market conditions • Substantial increase in revenue and operating profit post the Uniq acquisition • Sustainable reduction in effective tax rate • Adjusted EPS growth of 19.6% to 5.5 pence 13

  14. Slide 14: Operating & Strategic Review

    Operating & Strategic Review Patrick Coveney Chief Executive Officer 14

  15. Slide 15: FY12 Priorities

    FY12 Priorities SUSTAIN strong organic growth momentum 1) OPERATIONAL and commercial positions of underlying PERFORMANCE category business DELIVER Uniq integration benefits and 2) UNIQ transform revenue, profitability and cash INTEGRATION generation profile of our Group REPOSITION the US convenience

  16. Slide 16: Operational Performance - Drivers of Group Performance in H1 12

    1. Operational Performance - Drivers of Group Performance in H1 12 % CONVENIENCE FOODS REVENUE GROWTH 9.7 1 5.3 6.1 DRIVERS UK Food 6 UK Chilled Greencore LFL months to Convenience 6 March 2012* months to • Strong underlying category and March 2012* customer momentum % CONVENIENCE FOODS • Significan

  17. Slide 17: Operational Performance - Food to Go

    1. Operational Performance - Food to Go No. No. 11 in sandwiches in sandwiches 36%* 36%* market share • Strong category performance across all market share core customers • Momentum from new business wins SANDWICHES delivered in second half of FY11 now delivering above market growth trajectory 7.9%

  18. Slide 18: Operational Performance - Prepared Meals

    1. Operational Performance - Prepared Meals No. No. 11 in Italian ready in Italian ready meals meals 26%* 26%* market share market share • Re-shaped business delivering across READY MEALS multiple product categories (ready meals, quiche and soups & sauces) • Strong underlying growth delivered in rea

  19. Slide 19: Operational Performance - Grocery & Frozen

    1. Operational Performance - Grocery & Frozen No. No. 11 in own label in own label cooking cookingsauce sauce 77%* 77%* • Enhanced performance generated market share market share through category focus, range simplification and leveraging OWN LABEL COOKING SAUCES manufacturing scale • Significant sh

  20. Slide 20: Operational Performance - Tackling Industry Challenges

    1. Operational Performance - Tackling Industry Challenges CHALLENGE GREENCORE ACTION IMPACT • Product and packaging solutions to reduce • ‘Cash margin’ broadly impact sustained Input price • ‘Total Lowest Cost’ and ‘Lean Greencore’ to • Customer and supplier inflation of c. 5% reduce labour and over

  21. Slide 21: Uniq Integration - Synergy Delivery

    2. Uniq Integration - Synergy Delivery TARGET STATUS • High performing sandwich business with potential for further growth • Strong growth sustained • Addition of material ‘new customer’ for Greencore Group • Position established with deepening relationships 1. COMMERCIAL • Opportunity to restructur

  22. Slide 22: Uniq Integration - Change in Customer Mix

    2. Uniq Integration - Change in Customer Mix H1 FY11 H1 FY12 Source: Estimated based on Greencore retail revenue for the first 26 weeks of FY12, excluding Uniq activity exited and to be exited 22

  23. Slide 23: US Strategy - A Growing Platform

    3. US Strategy - A Growing Platform Facilities Products Markets Newburyport Newburyport Brockton Brockton Region Region MA MA Sandwiches Sandwiches North NorthEast East MA MA East Coast Baguettes Baguettes East Coast Chilled Mid MidAtlantic Chilledmeals meals Atlantic Fredericksburg Salt Fredericksb

  24. Slide 24: US Strategy - Changing Landscape

    3. US Strategy - Changing Landscape Sustained Fresh Food growth …reflecting growing …and changing retailer commitment competitor landscape Accelerating consolidation of 9% supply base across key categories 3% Emergence of specific channels/category solutions Chilled/ Fresh Ambient Source: Daymon Wor

  25. Slide 25: US Strategy - Momentum for Greencore

    3. US Strategy - Momentum for Greencore • Vision and sense of market opportunity reinforced by the last four years • Enormous internal and marketplace learnings • Deliberate shift in strategy to: REFINEMENT IN STRATEGY − Food to Go − Small store focused − Customer led • Improving sentiment and perfo

  26. Slide 26: US Strategy - MarketFare Foods

    3. US Strategy - MarketFare Foods BUSINESS OVERVIEW • Leading manufacturer of Food to Go products for convenience and small stores • Revenue of $65m and EBITDA of $5.7m for year ended 27 January 2012 • Two manufacturing facilities in Fredericksburg, Virginia and Salt Lake City, Utah • Largest single

  27. Slide 27: US Strategy - Emerging Shape

    3. US Strategy - Emerging Shape Customer Footprint: National Convenience Chains: • A focused, channel-specific, customer- specific strategy • A business of enhanced scale – with the North East Grocery Chains: capacity to now deliver $200m-$250m of revenue with existing customers from current sites •

  28. Slide 28: Outlook

    Outlook • Trading environment in the UK remains challenging • No evidence of material easing in inflation • Notwithstanding these pressures, we continue to target: • Good underlying revenue growth • Strong growth in adjusted earnings per share 28

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