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Wesfarmers — Debt Investor Presentation (February 2022)

21 slides from Wesfarmers's debt investor presentation, February 2022

  1. Slide 1: 2022 Half-year results debt investor update

    2022 Half-year results debt investor update

  2. Slide 2: Group performance overview

    Group performance overview 7 Wesfarmers

  3. Slide 3: Wesfarmers' primary objective is to provide a satisfactory return to shareholders

    Wesfarmers’ primary objective is to provide a satisfactory return to shareholders We believe it is only possible to achieve this over the long term by: Anticipating the needs of our Looking after our team Engaging fairly with our customers and delivering members and providing a safe, suppliers and s

  4. Slide 4: Group purpose and long-term focus continue to inform our strategies

    Group purpose and long-term focus continue to inform our strategies Good progress on sustainability agenda and additional investment supporting the wellbeing of team members and the community through lockdowns $37m 70% >2,600 140GWh $2.5b in team member of operational waste calls by team new agreeme

  5. Slide 5: Financial overview

    Financial overview Half-year ended 31 December ($m) 2021 2020 Var % Results excluding significant items1 Revenue 17,758 17,774 (0.1) EBIT 1,905 2,171 (12.3) NPAT 1,213 1,414 (14.2) Basic earnings per share (cps) 107.3 125.0 (14.2) Results including significant items1 NPAT 1,213 1,390 (12.7) Basic ea

  6. Slide 6: Progress on priorities to support long-term growth

    Progress on priorities to support long-term growth New market-leading data and Invest in platforms for Accelerate the pace of digital ecosystem long-term growth continuous improvement • New data and digital division led • Continue to direct capital to • Integrated sustainability further by Nicole Sh

  7. Slide 7: Divisional sales performance

    Divisional sales performance 1H20 Sales performance ($m) 1H21 Half-year ended 31 December 1H22 Retail sales GTV1 Revenue 1-year growth +1.7% (10.3%) +3.7% +1.0% +29.8% +5.1% 2-year growth +26.5% (5.2%) +28.1% +97.5% +21.1% +10.0% 9,046 9,204 7,275 5,185 4,909 4,652 1,226 1,515 1,571 616 889 830 1,07

  8. Slide 8: Divisional earnings performance

    Divisional earnings performance EBT1 ($m) 2021 Var (%) % of divisional EBT1 Half-year ended 31 December 2021 2020 2019 vs 2020 vs 2019 2021 2020 Bunnings 1,259 1,274 938 (1.2) 34.2 71% 62% Kmart Group 178 487 352 (63.4) (49.4) 10% 23% Officeworks 82 100 82 (18.0) - 5% 5% WesCEF 218 160 173 36.3 26.0

  9. Slide 9: Operational highlights

    Operational highlights • Pleasing sales growth in the context of significant disruptions to trading conditions during the half and the very strong growth in the prior corresponding period • Good progress continued on the growth of Bunnings’ commercial offer, including through the expansion of Tool K

  10. Slide 10: Working capital and cash flow

    Working capital and cash flow • Divisional operating cash flows declined 16.1%, Half-year ended 31 December ($m) 2021 2020 with divisional cash generation of 100%1 Working capital cash movement – Lower earnings growth Receivables and prepayments 189 176 – Higher inventories due to targeted investmen

  11. Slide 11: Capital expenditure

    Capital expenditure • Gross capital expenditure of $583m, up $173m on Half-year ended 31 December1 ($m) 2021 2020 Var % the prior corresponding period – WesCEF includes $139m associated with Bunnings 196 219 (10.5) development of the Mt Holland lithium project Kmart Group 81 81 - – Continued investm

  12. Slide 12: Outlook

    Outlook • Through COVID-19, Wesfarmers and its businesses have focused on supporting team members, building deeper customer relationships and community trust, while continuing to invest for long-term growth – This ongoing focus, combined with a strong balance sheet and portfolio of cash-generative b

  13. Slide 13: Debt management

    Debt management Wesfarmers

  14. Slide 14: Strong balance sheet and credit ratings

    Strong balance sheet and credit ratings Key principles Half-year update • Maintaining prudent capital structure and • Continued to reposition the balance sheet to strong credit rating is important to optimise cost of funds and debt maturity Wesfarmers profile • Strong credit ratings – Distributed $2

  15. Slide 15: Pro-active debt management

    Pro-active debt management • Continued focus on optimising debt maturity Debt maturity profile1 $m profile and maintaining liquidity headroom 2,000 provided by bilateral bank facilities 1,000 – Repaid €600m (A$866m) seven-year Euro bonds at 4.7%, which matured in October 2021 0 – Ongoing extension o

  16. Slide 16: Debt capital markets diversity

    Debt capital markets diversity • Issued €600m (A$938m) in sustainability-linked twelve-year Euro bonds in October 2021 DCM geographical sources1 – The interest rates on the bonds are linked to progress against specific renewable energy and emissions performance targets (consistent with the domestic

  17. Slide 17: A leading Australian issuer of sustainable finance

    A leading Australian issuer of sustainable finance March 2020 June 2021 October 2021 A$ sustainability-linked loan A$ sustainability-linked bond € sustainability-linked bond • Achieving proportional representation for • Increasing the use of renewable electricity in the Group’s retail Aboriginal and

  18. Slide 18: Management of lease portfolio

    Management of lease portfolio • Lease liabilities totalled $7.2b and ($m) 1H22 FY21 1H21 represented 70% of Group fixed financial Bunnings 3,854 3,738 3,822 obligations as at 31 December 2021 Kmart Group 2,794 2,817 2,875 • The planned network changes within the Kmart and Target store network comple

  19. Slide 19: Dividends & capital management

    Dividends & capital management Key principles Half-year update • Dividend distributions determined based on • Fully-franked half-year ordinary dividend of franking credit availability, earnings, credit $0.80 per share metrics and cash flow • Dividend record date: 23 February 2022 • Dividends are not

  20. Slide 20: Questions

    Questions

  21. Slide 21: Wesfarmers

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