Maple Leaf Foods Inc. · TSX:MFI

Maple Leaf Foods — Q3 2015 Earnings Presentation

11 slides from Maple Leaf Foods's earnings presentation, Oct 29, 2015

  1. Slide 1: Third Quarter Review 2015

    THIRD QUARTER REVIEW 2015 MICHAEL McCAIN President and Chief Executive Officer DEBBIE SIMPSON Chief Financial Officer October 29, 2015

  2. Slide 2: Third quarter highlights

    Third quarter highlights Steady progress in Q3, although slower than expected Adjusted operating earnings up $50M from last year EBITDA margin up to 7.1% vs. 0.5% last year; 6.0% in Q2 EPS increased to $0.16 vs. ($0.12) last year Highly volatile markets, net neutral financial impact Operating varian

  3. Slide 3: Steady trend of EBITDA margin expansion

    Steady trend of EBITDA margin expansion Quarterly Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA Margin 9.0% 7.1% 6.0% 6.0% 4.7% 3.0% 0.5% 0.7% 0.5% 1.5% 0.0% Q1 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2013 Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 -1.4% -1.3% -1.1% Q3 2015 Q3 2014 -3.0% SALES $818.8M $820.1M ADJUSTED

  4. Slide 4: Market volatility − net neutral Q2 vs. Q3 impact

    Market volatility − net neutral Q2 vs. Q3 impact USDA Pork Processor Margins Live Hog versus Wholesale Pork Price Higher fresh margins Pork – Belly (Kg/$Cdn) Higher raw material costs in prepared meats Q3 REVIEW 2015 4

  5. Slide 5: Adjusted operating earnings up $50 million vs. last year

    Adjusted operating earnings up $50 million vs. last year Q3 2014 Q3 2015 Adjusted Prepared Meats Adjusted Operating Gross Profit Protein Market SG&A Operating Earnings Improvement Conditions Improvement Other Earnings $5 ($5) $22 $30 $28 ($20) Figures in millions. Q3 REVIEW 2015 5

  6. Slide 6: Ramp-up inefficiencies of over 320 bps

    Ramp-up inefficiencies of over 320 bps Contributing Factors in Ramp-up Excess labour Reduced line production rates Lower yields than anticipated Excess supervisory staff Excess equipment maintenance Higher utility costs than expected Additional SG&A support Indirect consequences: out-of-code; servic

  7. Slide 7: Creating a low cost operating structure

    Creating a low cost operating structure Ongoing opportunity to remove non-strategic costs Enabled by single focus on protein, transformation ending Process reviews for factory overhead cost reduction Building a cost culture to enable growth Expecting lower SG&A levels than previously anticipated Q3

  8. Slide 8: Building a powerful growth platform in sustainable meat

    Building a powerful growth platform in sustainable meat A Different Kind of Meat Company All vegetarian Simpler, more No hormones feed; raised Leadership in natural or antibiotics on Canadian animal care products farms Enabled by a Robust Sustainability Strategy Q3 REVIEW 2015 8

  9. Slide 9: Balance sheet highlights

    Balance sheet highlights Cash on hand of $307M at quarter end Invested $96M to buyback 4.3M shares of MFI stock in Q3; $138M to buyback 6.1M shares YTD Capital expenditures of $39M in the quarter Cash flow from operations increased to $42M from $31M last year Restructuring and other related costs of

  10. Slide 10: Summary

    Summary Building on consecutive trend of quarter-over-quarter EBITDA margin growth Steady progress and path to achieve strategic financial goals Pace extended into 2016; confidence unchanged Further action on operational cost reduction Moving ahead on high potential growth platforms Q3 REVIEW 2015 1

  11. Slide 11: Non-IFRS measures

    Non-IFRS measures Adjusted Operating Earnings: Adjusted Operating Earnings, a non-IFRS measure, is used by Management to evaluate financial operating results. It is defined as earnings before income taxes from continuing operations adjusted for items that are not considered representative of ongoing

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