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Whitbread — H1 FY2018 Earnings Presentation

34 slides from Whitbread's earnings presentation, October 2017

  1. Slide 1: WHITBREAD 2017/18 interim results

    WHITBREAD 2017/18 interim results October 2017

  2. Slide 2: Contents

    Contents Highlights Alison Brittain p3 Financial performance Nicholas Cadbury p6 Strategic update Alison Brittain p16 Appendices p30 WHITBREAD 2 2017/18 INTERIM RESULTS | OCTOBER 2017

  3. Slide 3: A clear plan for growth | Strong fundamentals underpin the plan

    A clear plan for growth | Strong fundamentals underpin the plan Strong fundamentals + V Significant structural opportunities JV Unique brand strength V Disciplined capital management V Clear strategy for profitable growth V Focus on shareholder value delivery environment Clear plan for growth Broade

  4. Slide 4: Significant strategic progress | Delivering a platform for growth

    Significant strategic progress | Delivering a platform for growth Grow and innovate in core UK markets Opened 10,000 rooms over last 2 years, with faster maturity Secured UK hotel pipeline - on track for 85,000 rooms Re-weighted Costa new store pipeline towards growth channels Successful launches of

  5. Slide 5: Highlights | Good performance in line with expectations

    Highlights | Good performance in line with expectations 6.7% . Good profit a The Uk’s ihe we hotel in JV growth £328m favourite coffee JV shop Consistently high return on 15.4% Strong total 6 capital Strong total 9% revenue growth © ¢11p Strong revenue growth £0.6b discretionary toone cash conversio

  6. Slide 6: FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

    FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE | Nicholas Cadbury = CFO WHITBREAD 6 FY18 INTERIM RESULTS | OCTOBER 2017

  7. Slide 7: Financial highlights | Good overall performance

    Financial highlights | Good overall performance H1 H1 FY17 FY18 A Revenue £1,556m £1,671m 7.4% Underlying op. profit £320m £342m 7.1% Underlying PBT £307m £328m 6.7% Underlying EPS 133.9p 143.7p 7.4% Discretionary FCF £269m £293m 9.3% Capital expenditure £329m £269m £60m Return on capital 15.1% 15.4

  8. Slide 8: Premier Inn | Continued strong financial performance

    Premier Inn | Continued strong financial performance H1 H1 FY17 FY18 A Revenue £988m £1,052m 6.4% UK (including restaurants) £985m £1,049m 6.4% International £3m £3m nm. Underlying op. profit £272m £295m 8.9% UK (including restaurants) £275m £297m 8.1% International £(33)m £(2)m nm. Other metrics UK

  9. Slide 9: Costa | Revenue growth & earnings in line with expectations

    Costa | Revenue growth & earnings in line with expectations HI M1 * Strong revenue growth underpinned FY17__—s«#FY18 A by ongoing UK & international Revenue £570m £622m 9.1% expansion UK £500m £542m 8.3% * UK like-for-like sales remain positive International £70m £80m ‘15.4% against tough market con

  10. Slide 10: (0.5)% (1.1)% 1.1% 1.8% (1.1)% 1.5% (0.2)% (1.7)% (0.8)% (0.2)% 1.6% (0.7)% 11.3% 28.1%

    (0.5)% (1.1)% 1.1% 1.8% (1.1)% 1.5% (0.2)% (1.7)% (0.8)% (0.2)% 1.6% (0.7)% 11.3% 28.1% 27.5% 10.4%

  11. Slide 11: Cash generation | Consistent & strong to fund investments

    Cash generation | Consistent & strong to fund investments Underlying Op. * Good discretionary FCF conversion of profit 86%. Non-cash items “126m * Business model enables good working capital Working capital cern * Discretionary FCF used to fund: Mai - Pensions - £48 million jaintenance £(90)m || Cap

  12. Slide 12: Investment | Compelling opportunities to invest capital

    Investment | Compelling opportunities to invest capital H1 H1 Last 2 Maturity Mature FY17 FY18 years duration ROC Maintenance & product improvement - Premier Inn Cinc. refurbs) £92m £72m £316m - - - Costa £25m £18m £108m - - Growth - New / extended hotels £148m = £127m £626m 1-3 yrs >13% ht inn Germ

  13. Slide 13: Capital discipline | Asset-backed balance sheet provides flexibility

    Capital discipline | Asset-backed balance sheet provides flexibility H1 H1 FY17 FY17 FY18 Net debt £988m £890m £852m Pension £356m £377m £335m Lease debt (@8x) £1,985m £2,058m £2,128m Adjusted net debt £3,329m £3,325m £3,315m Freehold / leasehold 63:37% 64:36% 64:36% Adlusted debt: 3.3x 3.2x 3.0x Ne

  14. Slide 14: Return on capital | Consistently delivering above cost of capital

    Return on capital | Consistently delivering above cost of capital * Strong return on capital maintained on a growing capital base ism * Costa return on capital returning to ao oo i normalised levels i ¢ Near term return on capital diluted addd da from both investments not yet fully FY14 FYIS FYI6 FY

  15. Slide 15: FY18 outlook | On track to deliver in line with expectations

    FY18 outlook | On track to deliver in line with expectations General considerations Premier Inn * No changes in guidance to overall * New hotel sales to contribute ~5-6% FY'18 expectations ¢ ~4,200 room openings in FY18 * Remain cautious on consumer outlook * Second half weighting of margin * Gross

  16. Slide 16: STRATEGIC UPDATE

    STRATEGIC UPDATE | Alison Brittain - CEO a ‘i i oe aM ara va al ha: 1 Te ae a FM ida rte iene WHITBREAD 16 FY18 INTERIM RESULTS | OCTOBER 2017

  17. Slide 17: Source: Company data Source: Derived from Allegra Project Café UK 2017, December 2016

    >12% >19% >3,800 >26% >2,600 <43% >7,700 Source: Company data Source: Derived from Allegra Project Café UK 2017, December 2016 • • • •

  18. Slide 18: Growth in the UK | Premier Inn's unique model enables growth

    Growth in the UK | Premier Inn’s unique model enables growth * Direct distribution actively * Majority of 85,000 room target increased to 95% secured in pipeline * Continuous improvement with premierinn.com, automated trading engine and business book tools High occupancy - 82% Continued growth - 6.4

  19. Slide 19: Innovation in the UK | Building market leading capabilities

    Innovation in the UK | Building market leading capabilities Business Booker * 6,500 accounts adopted in last 12 months * Enabling faster booker, exclusive rates & greater insight / reporting for corporate bookers Automated Trading Engine * Encouraging early results following adoption * Ongoing optim

  20. Slide 20: Growth in the UK | Reshaping the Costa store network for growth

    Growth in the UK | Reshaping the Costa store network for growth Traditional channels > Growth channels 7 Differentiated formats 2 ° 447 High Street stores 2 °* 287 Concessions o © -~ 4 ® ° 216 Shopping Mall ® ° 68 Drive Thru stores < stores < o @ °* 97 Transport stores 5 ° 33 Office stores 5 9 9 * 1

  21. Slide 21: Innovation in the UK | Strong pipeline to enhance customer offer

    Innovation in the UK | Strong pipeline to enhance customer offer 2 @ 2 S C ao} @ = cs) 2 = ° 1S) Launched Coldbrew range in 230 stores Launched Frostino range in all stores Roastery in full operation, enabling more new products over next 6-24 months Breakfast range Two successfully relaunched DELICI

  22. Slide 22: Costa Express | Extending advantage at pace

    Costa Express | Extending advantage at pace All machines now connected through in-house telemetry technology Revenue share model with partners proving successful - Costa supplies machine & ingredients - Partner supplies space, water, power Expanding UK partnership scale - eg. recently agreed partner

  23. Slide 23: Source: Company data and AMPM hotels, 2016

    • - - • • • Source: Company data and AMPM hotels, 2016 - - •

  24. Slide 24: International focus | Accelerating expansion in Germany

    International focus | Accelerating expansion in Germany ® Hotel opened Kiel@ @ Secured site @Libeck @ Target city Multiple sites Hamburg ©) baatjses Bremen @Hanover Bein @Miunster Es “@ @Dortmund ncrarS @2 Diisseldorf eipzig®@ Dresden @Cologne @Bonn Frankfurt Wiesbaden@ Wurzbure nei se Nuremberg Man

  25. Slide 25: Source: Euromonitor, Forbes, Company websites, 2016

    • • • Source: Euromonitor, Forbes, Company websites, 2016 - • - - • - •

  26. Slide 26: International focus | Building momentum for China expansion

    International focus | Building momentum for China expansion * ‘Hot house’ format trial of Cash is obsolete and card < oO performing well with good 3 payment in decline — E 5 sales uplift = ; : es 5 * Mobile payment & loyalty o Riga ° ~Coffee range enhanced with 9 integrated into WeChat & a 8 Coldbre

  27. Slide 27: Building capability | Developing a stronger base to support growth

    Building capability | Developing a stronger base to support growth Developing winning teams Enhancing property expertise Whitbread’s scale & breadth provides superior * Asset-backed Premier Inn model enables superior attraction & retention of talented people operating performance ° Executive Team no

  28. Slide 28: Building capability | A force for good

    Building capability | A force for good ‘Customer Opportunity Targeting 5,000 apprenticeships by 2020 Enhanced remuneration structure through pay for progression Consistently recognised as a great place to work Community who 7 72 son moe wld Townes cou % BIN Fab aga Tv 00s on @ “a " — é vr £12M Vie >

  29. Slide 29: Summary | Our clear plan is driving sustainable, long term growth

    Summary | Our clear plan is driving sustainable, long term growth Structural growth Market leading brands and Continued disciplined opportunity loyal customers capital management Grow and innovate in Focus on our strengths to Build capability to core UK markets grow internationally support long term

  30. Slide 30: Appendices

    Appendices I. Definitions p31 il. Supplementary information p32 Wl. Cautionary statement p33 Whitbread ADR programme Whitbread has established a sponsored Level | American Depositary Receipt (ADR) programme for which Deutsche Bank perform the role of depositary bank. The Level | programme trades on

  31. Slide 31: Appendix I. | Definitions

    Appendix I. | Definitions Average Room Rate (ARR) Hotel accommodation revenue divided by the number of rooms occupied by guests. Discretionary free cash flow (Discretionary FCF) Cash generated from operations after payments for interest, tax and maintenance capital. EBITDA Underlying earnings before

  32. Slide 32: Appendix II. | Supplementary information

    Appendix II. | Supplementary information Further information is available in a supporting supplementary information pack (both Adobe PDF and Microsoft Excel formats) from www.whitbread.co.uk/investors/results-centre. This information includes: Estate analysis Sales, profit & return on capital Group

  33. Slide 33: Appendix III. | Cautionary statement

    Appendix Ill. | Cautionary statement Nothing contained in this presentation is intended to constitute an offer, invitation or inducement to engage in an investment activity for the purposes of the prohibition on financial promotions under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. In making this p

  34. Slide 34: vCard

    ay . Matt Johnson Matt Holman Ann Hyams Investor Relations Director Investor Relations Manager Investor Relations Manager E matt.johnson@whitbread.com E matt.holman@whitbread.com E ann.hyams@whitbread.com M+44 7848 146 761 M+44 7712 243 322 M +44 7796 709 087 Whitbread ple Whitbread Court, Houghton

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