Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. Class A · LSE:YNGA

Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. Class A — FY2007 Earnings Presentation

46 slides from Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. Class A's earnings presentation, May 29, 2007

  1. Slide 1: Results Presentation

    Results Presentation for the 52 weeks ended 31 March 2007 1

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    Agenda 1. Results review 2. Retail operations 3. Wells & Young's Brewing Company 4. Strategy & outlook 2

  3. Slide 3: Significant events and highlights

    Significant events and highlights • Period of enormous change – Formation of Wells & Young’s Brewing Co. – Sale of Ram Brewery site – Death of John Young and other Board changes – Move to new head office in Wandsworth • Strong retail performance (particularly H2) – H2 turnover up 17.9% and operating

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  6. Slide 6: Retail Highlights

    Retail Highlights Retail success from delighting customers with high service standards, quality food, market leading drinks and stylish pubs • Strong sales and profit growth in managed houses • Over 50% of the managed estate redeveloped in past 2 years -generating strong returns • Strong period of i

  7. Slide 7: Estate development

    Estate development • £45.3M invested in the estate • Acquired 8 managed pubs • £4.5M invested in major refurbishments on existing sites targeting broader customer base – Many sites have re-opened as non-smoking venues • Opened 3 riverside pubs – Riverside (Vauxhall), Waterside (Fulham) and Waterfron

  8. Slide 8: 1. Results Review

    1. Results Review 8

  9. Slide 9: Strong underlying results

    Strong underlying results +50.0% +28.3% +18.5% +13.9% +2.2% Turnover Op Profit* PBET* EPS* Dividend £126.6m £15.4m £12.0m 75.36p 37.35p * - before exceptional items 9

  10. Slide 10: Adjusted profits

    Adjusted profits 2007 2006 £M £M Reported PBT (including associate) 46.3 7.5 Operating exceptional items 0.7 2.1 Non-operating exceptional items (37.1) 0.5 Discount of site proceeds 2.1 - Adjusted profit before tax 12.0 10.1 Tax (excluding exceptionals) (3.3) (3.3) Adjusted profit after tax 8.7 6.8

  11. Slide 11: Exceptional items

    Exceptional items £M Operating CGT on ESOP allocated shares 0.5 Property valuations 0.2 Total operating exceptional costs 0.7 Non-operating Proceeds from Wandsworth sites 69.0 Less: Book value of assets sold (22.4) Gain on disposal of Wandsworth sites 46.6 Loss on sale of other properties (0.4) 46.2

  12. Slide 12: Restructuring and head office move

    Restructuring and head office move • Final phase of Group restructuring • Accelerated from original plan • Headcount reduced by 23 to 66 • New offices – April 2007 – 20 year lease with 5 year tenant’s break – Rent of £254K p.a – Soft operating benefits • Exceptional cost of £0.8M • Annualised saving

  13. Slide 13: Period of significant investment

    Period of significant investment 2006/07 2005/06 £M £M Cash inflow from operating activities* 24.4 20.8 Working capital movements 4.0 1.5 Interest, tax and dividends (11.9) (9.9) Free cash flow 16.5 12.4 Capital expenditure/acquisitions (46.8) (13.5) Investment in associated undertaking (10.0) - Dis

  14. Slide 14: Investment in the pub estate

    Investment in the pub estate Total spend: £45.3M (2005/06: £11.9M) By division By nature of spend 14

  15. Slide 15: Estate profile

    Estate profile 1 April 31 March Transfers 06 + - 07 (net) Managed 112 8 (1) (5)* 114 Tenanted 96 6 (5) 5** 102 Total 208 14 (6) - 216 Freehold 164 14 - (1) 177*** *The Brewery Tap, closed during the year and has been excluded from these numbers **A new tenanted outlet has been created out of an exis

  16. Slide 16: Riverside pubs

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  17. Slide 17: Geographical split of Young's pubs

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  19. Slide 19: Property Revaluation

    Property Revaluation • Revaluation by Fleurets in November 2006 • Valuation of £399.0m vs book value of £225.0m at time of valuation in November 2006 • This is not a portfolio valuation; the Board believes that the value of the estate as a single entity would be significantly higher • Valuation not

  20. Slide 20: Capital structure

    Capital structure 2007 2006 Net debt £101.2m £54.4m Gearing 50.7% 38.1% % of debt fixed 38.7% 72.2% Debt/EBITDA 4.2 x 2.5 x Interest cover 3.0 x 3.5 x Composite rate 6.7% 7.1% 20

  21. Slide 21: Financial summary

    Financial summary • Restructuring completed • Investment in estate of £45m • Strong balance sheet – Proceeds from Wandsworth Sites of £69m by January 2008 – Debenture redemption – Improved flexibility of financing structure • In addition to like for like growth, further profit uplift – Full year of

  22. Slide 22: 2. Retail Operations

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  23. Slide 23: Strong Managed house performance

    Strong Managed house performance • Sales up 18.1% • LFL sales up 10.5% on same outlet basis, up 6.9% un-invested • Food sales up 33.0% and now represent 23.6% of managed turnover • Operating profit up 17.6%, despite increased wages, utility costs and rates across the business • RevPAR up 10.3% at £4

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  25. Slide 25: Like-for-like sales

    Like-for-like sales FY 07 Number Sales of sites £M change % Same Outlet Managed 98 87.7 + 10.5 Tenanted 87 12.6 - 0.4 185 100.3 + 9.0 Uninvested Managed 80 68.0 + 6.9 Tenanted 79 11.4 - 0.7 159 79.4 + 5.7 25

  26. Slide 26: KPI's of same outlet pub estate

    KPI’s of same outlet pub estate 2007 % increase Managed Average turnover per pub £894K + 10.5 Food Mix 22.3% +1.1 % points Average EBITDAR per pub £273K + 13.8 Tenanted Average EBITDAR per pub £70K +5.7 26

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  28. Slide 28: Operating performance at outlet level

    Operating performance at outlet level % 2007 2006 Turnover change £000’s £000’s Managed 98,648 83,551 +18.1 Tenanted 14,698 14,790 -0.6 113,346 98,341 +15.3 EBITDAR* Managed 28,587 24,310 +17.6 Tenanted 7,089 6,634 +6.9 35,676 30,944 +15.3 * At outlet level, before interest, depreciation, rents paya

  29. Slide 29: Managed houses – Key initiatives

    Managed houses – Key initiatives • Websites in over 50 pubs – 120K hits last month alone – 80K live database – Customer targeted marketing activity – Privilege Card benefits to members • Imagine – customer service surveys • Re-structured retail team – new recruits • Improved ale/lager portfolio in a

  30. Slide 30: Dog & Fox pub website

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  31. Slide 31: Customer focused locals

    Customer focused locals Managed estate targeted at 3 key customer segments (same outlet) Favourite Prestige Gourmet Key financials Key financials Key financials Outlets 51 Outlets 35 Outlets 12 Sales: £763K Sales: £1,055K Sales: £985K EBITDAR: £236K EBITDAR: £327K EBITDAR: £276K Conversion Conversio

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  33. Slide 33: Tenanted houses – Key initiatives

    Tenanted houses – Key initiatives • New training programme – Licensing – Food development / presentation – Beer quality – Marketing – Web Site support • Introduction of new promotional support packages • Expanding the portfolio of cask ale and lagers • Learning from managed house investment programm

  34. Slide 34: Tenanted houses

    Tenanted houses • Significant opportunity for growth • Commenced five year refurbishment – To raise the standard of the tenanted estate – £0.8 million invested on 8 tenanted pubs in 06/07 • Seeking to move more tenancies to long leases to drive profit performance – Reduction in repair liability – In

  35. Slide 35: Smoking Ban – England and Wales

    Smoking Ban – England and Wales Short term issue - longer term opportunity Managed estate is ready for the ban: • Action plan completed for every pub • 25% are already non-smoking – positive response to date • 95% have usable outside space • All have developed quality food offer • £2.3M CAPEX specif

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  37. Slide 37: 3. Wells & Young's Brewing Company

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  39. Slide 39: Integration complete

    Integration complete • Successful integration: – Transfer of sales & marketing teams – Successful beer matching – Relocation and installation of specialist brewing equipment – Portfolio review & customer presentations • Acquisition of Courage brands from S&N • Commenced decommissioning of Ram Brewer

  40. Slide 40: Financial contribution from Wells & Young's ("associate")

    Financial contribution from Wells & Young’s (“associate”) • Treated as an associate in Young’s financial statements • £0.1m contribution to adjusted profit before tax – Young’s share of associate turnover £30.9m (from 1 October 2006) – £0.3m share of operating profit (before exceptional items) – £0.

  41. Slide 41: Ongoing relationship

    Ongoing relationship • A highly focused drinks business run at arm’s length from its two shareholders • Board representation and shareholder protection rights • Dividend policy – 80% of profits, post pension contributions • Early days, but encouraged by progress 41

  42. Slide 42: 4. Strategy & outlook

    4. Strategy & outlook 42

  43. Slide 43: Active operational management

    Active operational management • Focused quality retail pub business – 216 pubs in London and Southern England • Premium strategy to provide clear point of differentiation… – Premium end of the market - style, quality and individuality of a Young’s pub – Measure against best individual pub and restau

  44. Slide 44: Active estate management

    Active estate management Organic growth augmented by: • Benefits from recent investments and developments • Ongoing investment in existing estate on high returning projects • Transfers from tenancies to leased • Acquisitions:  Individual pubs or packages that maintain the quality of Young’s estate

  45. Slide 45: Strategy is Delivering

    Strategy is Delivering • Widening differentiation of Young’s pubs • Strong like for like sales growth • High returns from recent redevelopments • Improved beer supply terms • Other productivity and purchasing gains • Strong growth in food driving outlet EBITDA growth 45

  46. Slide 46: Outlook

    Outlook • Near term risks from smoking ban and pressure on consumer spending • Offset by full year effects of restructuring, acquisitions and developments • Improving contribution from Wells & Youngs • Strong current trading – Sales up 25.1% in 8 weeks to 26 May 2007 – LFL sales up 9.6% on an uninve

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