Ridley Corporation Limited · ASX:RIC

Ridley — FY2008 Earnings Presentation

39 slides from Ridley's earnings presentation, Aug 26, 2008

  1. Slide 1: Ridley Corporation F2008 Full Year Results Presentation

    For personal use only RIDLEY CORPORATION LTD F2008 FULL YEAR RESULTS PRESENTATION

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Agenda For personal use only  Results and Highlights  Divisional Summaries  Financial Performance  Strategic Initiatives and Business Update  Immediate Priorities

  3. Slide 3: Results

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Results For personal use only A$m F'08 % to LY Sales revenue 1,546.6 ↑ 7% Operating EBITDA * 80.0 ↑ 1% Operating EBIT * 60.1 ↑ 6% Net operating profit * 26.8 ↑ 1% Significant items (net) (16.3) Net profit 10.5 ↓ 54% Dividends (cps) 3.50 Unfranked * Before signific

  4. Slide 4: Discontinued Operations

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Discontinued Operations For personal use only  Ridley Inc is shown as discontinued operations and as a business held for sale. As the business was held for the entire year all results discussed are on a comparative basis to the previous year.

  5. Slide 5: Results: continuing and discontinued operations

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Results For personal use only A$m Continuing operations Sales revenue 837.6 ↑ 10% Net operating profit 15.9 ↓ 4% Significant items (net) (10.4) Net profit 5.5 ↓ 64% Discontinued operations Sales revenue 709.0 ↑ 4% Net operating profit 10.9 ↑ 20% Significant items

  6. Slide 6: Sales by Division

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Sales by Division For personal use only A$m 1,700 1,600 4 28 1,500 75 1,400 1,547 1,440 1,300 1,200 F'07 Ridley Cheetham Ridley F'08 AgriProducts Salt Inc

  7. Slide 7: Net Profit

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Net Profit For personal use only A$m 30 0.3 4.3 25 7.1 3.4 20 1.5 13.4 15 22.7 10 10.5 5 F'07 Ridley Cheetham Ridley Unallocated Interest Significant F'08 AgriProducts Salt Inc Costs Tax & MI Items * * Net of tax and minority interest

  8. Slide 8: Significant Items

    F'08 Full Year Significant Items* Results Presentation For personal use only A$m Canadian legal case 4.6 Corporate restructure 2.2 Plant closures and impairment Australia 7.5 Ridley Inc 0.8 Takeover defence 1.2 16.3 * Net of tax and minority interest

  9. Slide 9: Ridley AgriProducts

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation For personal use only Ridley AgriProducts

  10. Slide 10: Ridley AgriProducts

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Ridley AgriProducts For personal use only A$m F'08 % to LY Sales 742.3 ↑ 11% Tonnes (000's) 1,610 ↓ 12% EBIT* 15.0 ↓ 18% Features + ─  Margins  Ruminant volumes  Aquafeed  Supplements * Before significant items Commodity prices

  11. Slide 11: Ridley AgriProducts: tonnes by species

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Ridley AgriProducts For personal use only Tonnes 700,000 F'08 F'07 600,000 500,000 400,000 300,000 200,000 100,000 - F'07 F'08 Poultry Pig Dairy Beef Other Horse Aqua Supp's Sheep

  12. Slide 12: Ridley AgriProducts EBIT

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Ridley AgriProducts For personal use only EBIT - A$m 25 20 0.5 1.3 2.2 15 14.0 14.6 10 18.4 15.0 5 F'07 * Volume Margins Mfg Costs R&D Overheads F'08 * Before significant items

  13. Slide 13: Cheetham Salt

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation For personal use only Cheetham Salt

  14. Slide 14: Cheetham Salt

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Cheetham Salt For personal use only A$m F'08 % to LY Sales 95.3 ↑ 5% Tonnes (000's) 1,221 ↑ 6% EBIT* 24.8 ↑ 6% Features + ─  Pool salt  Queensland  Indonesia stockfeed * Includes equity profits, before significant items

  15. Slide 15: Cheetham Salt EBIT

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Cheetham Salt For personal use only EBIT - A$m 30 1.6 3.4 25 0.9 0.6 20 24.8 23.3 15 F'07 Volume/Margin Mfg Costs Overheads Equity Profits F'08 * Before significant items

  16. Slide 16: Ridley Inc

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation For personal use only Ridley Inc

  17. Slide 17: Ridley Inc

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Ridley Inc For personal use only US$m F'08 % to LY Sales 633 ↑ 19% Tons (000's) 1,479 ↓ 2% EBIT * 24.9 ↑ 54% Features + ─  US businesses  Canada producer  Rising ingredient economics markets  Strong Canadian * Before significant items dollar

  18. Slide 18: Ridley Inc EBIT

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Ridley Inc For personal use only EBIT - US$m 30 25 3.4 20 3.8 0.3 3.1 1.3 15 24.9 10 16.2 5 F'07 Canada US Feeds RFI RNS Other F'08 * Before significant items Feeds

  19. Slide 19: F'08 Financial Performance

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation For personal use only F'08 Financial Performance

  20. Slide 20: Cashflow

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Cashflow For personal use only A$m F'08 F'07 EBITDA * 80 77 Significant items (5) - Capex (35) (29) Borrowing costs (16) (15) Tax (12) (10) Dividends (12) (9) Other (6) (3) Working capital (23) (15) Cash generated (29) (4) Acquisitions (1) - Net cash outflow (30)

  21. Slide 21: Working Capital

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Working Capital For personal use only A$m Jun '08 Jun '07 Jun '06 Trade Receivables 138 123 105 Inventory 162 140 128 Creditors & Provisions (198) (179) (164) Other & Prepayments 20 15 15 Total 122 99 84 Days sales outstanding 31 30 29

  22. Slide 22: Input Prices

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Input Prices For personal use only Jun '06 Jun '07 Jun '08 % Inc Australia * Feed Wheat 204 310 440 42% Barley 184 320 390 22% Canola 400 540 790 46% Fish meal 1,371 1,890 1,200 (37%) United States US Corn + 2.80 4.00 7.24 81% Soybean + 5.85 8.25 16.05 95% Soymeal

  23. Slide 23: EBITDA

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation EBITDA For personal use only A$m F'08 F'07 Ridley AgriProducts 23 26 Cheetham Salt 29 27 Ridley Inc 35 32 Other (7) (8) 80 77 * Includes equity profits, before significant items

  24. Slide 24: Debt Movement

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Debt Movement For personal use only A$m Net Debt - Jun '07 172 Cash outflow 30 Currency translation (3) Net Debt - Jun '08 199

  25. Slide 25: Gearing

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Gearing For personal use only A$m Jun '08 Jun '07 Jun '06 Net Debt 199 172 171 Equity 369 388 394 Ratio 53.9% 44.3% 43.5%

  26. Slide 26: Key Ratios

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Key Ratios For personal use only Jun '08 Jun '07 Jun '06 Net Debt / EBITDA * 2.5 2.2 2.0 EBITDA / Net Interest * 4.8 6.0 6.5 EBIT / Net Interest * 3.6 4.3 4.8 ROE* 7.1% 6.8% 7.6% ROE 2.8% 5.8% 7.1% EPS (fully diluted) 3.6 7.9 10.0 * Before significant items

  27. Slide 27: Franking Capacity

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Franking Capacity For personal use only  No franking for F’08 final or F’09 interim dividend  F’09 final dividend limited franking  F’10 onwards franking capacity to improve depending on the timing and outcome of Ridley Inc sale  Significant items impact frank

  28. Slide 28: Currency Impact

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Currency Impact For personal use only A$ - US$ F'08 F'07 Avg Exchange Rate 0.8934 0.7798 Period End Rate 0.9631 0.8483 A$m Operating EBIT 4.1 down Operating Net Profit 1.1 down

  29. Slide 29: Strategic Initiatives and Business Update

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation For personal use only Strategic Initiatives and Business Update

  30. Slide 30: Strategic Initiatives

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Strategic Initiatives For personal use only  Sale of Ridley Inc  Unlock unrealised value in land holdings  Address underperforming business units in Ridley AgriProducts

  31. Slide 31: Ridley Inc

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Ridley Inc For personal use only  Sale of Ridley Inc • Process ongoing  Business conditions for Ridley Inc generally stable

  32. Slide 32: Canadian Legal Claims

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Canadian Legal Claims For personal use only  Settlement agreement reached with plaintiffs, Feb 08 – C$6.0m (A$4.6m net)  Approved by Quebec Court in May 2008  Ontario Court ruling expected October 2008  Final settlement expected in early 2009

  33. Slide 33: Land Development

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Land Development For personal use only  Land Development •Opportunities in SA, Vic and Qld •Alliance with Delfin Lend Lease •Dry Creek potential development 316 hectares •Value to be realised over time

  34. Slide 34: Ridley AgriProducts: Restructure

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Ridley AgriProducts For personal use only  Restructure • Closure of northern region mills • Supplements business simplified  Overhead review

  35. Slide 35: Ridley AgriProducts outlook

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Ridley AgriProducts For personal use only •Poultry volumes and margins stable •Pig sector - improving outlook •Dairy sector- growth constrained •Continuing low beef / sheep volumes

  36. Slide 36: Cheetham Salt outlook

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Cheetham Salt For personal use only  Generally stable outlook  Strategic plan rollout •Sales and marketing initiatives improving results •Field and refinery upgrades well underway •Commencement of new Indonesian refinery

  37. Slide 37: Immediate Priorities

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation For personal use only Immediate Priorities

  38. Slide 38: Immediate Priorities

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation Immediate Priorities For personal use only  Takeover distraction over  Management changes – flatter structure  Ridley Inc sale  Debt reduction  Improvement in core business  Overhead review

  39. Slide 39: Ridley Corporation Ltd

    F'08 Full Year Results Presentation For personal use only RIDLEY CORPORATION LTD

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