Freightways Group Limited · NZX:FRW

Freightways — Shareholder Meeting (October 2009)

27 slides from Freightways's shareholder meeting presentation, Oct 29, 2009

  1. Slide 1: Annual Shareholders Meeting 29 October 2009

    Annual Shareholders Meeting 29 October 2009

  2. Slide 2: Wayne Boyd, Chairman

    Freightways Wayne Boyd, Chairman

  3. Slide 3: Agenda

    Agenda ¾ Chairman’s introduction ¾ Managing Director’s review and trading update ¾ Resolutions

  4. Slide 4: General Highlights

    General Highlights • Overall satisfactory performance in a difficult operating environment • Very good ‘information management’ division result • Successful completion of a range of capital management initiatives to strengthen FRE balance sheet

  5. Slide 5: Financial Highlights

    Financial Highlights Jun-09 Jun-08 Increase $000 $000 % Operating revenue 339,491 323,910 5% EBITDA 70,548 68,463 3% EBITA 60,971 60,478 1% NPAT 34,593 32,250 7% EPS (cents) 26.1 25.1 4% NB : Included in t he above EBIT DA and EBIT A numbers is a one-off profit of $4m (NP AT included $3.9m) generat

  6. Slide 6: Capital Management Initiatives

    Capital Management Initiatives • $49m received from capital raisings completed in 2009 • $8.3m received from property sale and lease-back • DRP implemented in respect of FY09 final dividend • Finance facilities renewed out to August 2012 • All proceeds used to reduce net debt position to strengthen

  7. Slide 7: Dividend

    Dividend • Final dividend: 8.5 cps • Imputation credits: 4.2 cps • Supplementary dividend: 1.5 cps • Record date: 18 September 2009 • Payment date: 30 September 2009 • DRP offered in respect of the 2009 Final Dividend

  8. Slide 8: Dean Bracewell, Managing Director Review and Trading Update

    Dean Bracewell, Managing Director Review and Trading Update

  9. Slide 9: Managing Director's Presentation

    Managing Director’s Presentation ¾ Industry overview and business description ¾ Business strategy ¾ Trading update ¾ Outlook

  10. Slide 10: Express Package & Business Mail

    Express Package & Business Mail Industry Overview and Business Description

  11. Slide 11: Express Package: Industry Overview

    Express Package Industry Overview • Services embedded in supply chains of businesses • Consolidated industry structure • Growth underpinned by demand for Just-in-Time supply • Market has expanded as postal operators transition traditional ‘parcel’ volume to ‘express packages’

  12. Slide 12: Express Package & Business Mail: Business description

    Express Package & Business Mail Business description Network courier Point-to-point Business mail Support

  13. Slide 13: Information Management

    Information Management Industry Overview and Business description

  14. Slide 14: Information Management: Industry Overview

    Information Management Industry Overview • Accelerating growth opportunity driven by: – Demand for expert management of business data – Risk management – Compliance requirements – Lower cost outsourcing • Recurring revenue streams • Consolidated industry structure

  15. Slide 15: Information Management: Business Description

    Information Management Business Description New Zealand NSW VIC QLD ACT SA WA Document --- Storage Data Storage Document --- --- --- --- Destruction

  16. Slide 16: Business Strategy

    Business Strategy Hubs Shuttle Links Courier "Spoke" to/from area Geographic Area

  17. Slide 17: Business strategy

    Business strategy • Develop organic growth opportunities • Positioning, People, Performance, Profit • Explore complementary acquisition and alliance opportunities

  18. Slide 18: Trading Update

    Freightways Trading Update

  19. Slide 19: Operating Revenue

    Operating Revenue 400 350 300 250 2nd Half $M 200 1st Half 150 100 50 - 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Year Ended 30 June • 5% revenue growth compared to 2008 • 10-year compound average annual revenue growth of 8%

  20. Slide 20: EBITA

    EBITA 70 60 50 40 2nd Half $M 30 1st Half 20 10 - 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Year Ended 30 June • 1% EBITA growth compared to 2008 • 10-year compound average annual EBITA growth of 13%

  21. Slide 21: Current Financial Performance

    Current Financial Performance Qtr ended 30 September 2009 2008 Variance $000 $000 % Revenue 81,756 86,001 (5%) EBITDA 15,100 15,939 (5%) EBITA 12,683 13,704 (7.5%) NPAT 7,002 6,842 2% NB: - 2009 numbers are drawn from unaudited management accounts. - 2008 numbers have been normalised to remove an ex

  22. Slide 22: Outlook

    Freightways Outlook

  23. Slide 23: Outlook

    Outlook • Express Package & Business Mail division will track behind last year until a sustained improvement in the economy is evidenced • Information Management division will initially track behind last year before improving as new capacity is progressively utilised • Forecast capex of $13m • Capit

  24. Slide 24: Summary

    Summary • In a difficult environment, Freightways has reported a satisfactory result • Performance will continue to be impacted by the current economic cycle • Medium to longer term Freightways is very well positioned to benefit from any improvement in the Australasian economy

  25. Slide 25: Questions

    Freightways Questions

  26. Slide 26: Resolutions

    Resolutions ¾ Election of Directors ¾ Authority to fix Auditors’ remuneration

  27. Slide 27: Annual Shareholders Meeting 29 October 2009

    Annual Shareholders Meeting 29 October 2009

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