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Computacenter — FY2003 Earnings Presentation

36 slides from Computacenter's earnings presentation, Mar 16, 2004

  1. Slide 1: Preliminary Results 2003

    Preliminary Results 2003 16th March, 2004

  2. Slide 2: 2003 Highlights

    2003 Highlights z UK Managed Services revenue growth of 10.9% z Integration of CC CompuNet on plan z Computacenter France disappointing, but turn- around programme underway z Pan-European management structure to transfer best practice z Significant product price decline, driven by $ weakness

  3. Slide 3: 2003 Financial Highlights

    2003 Financial Highlights 2002 2003 ∆% Turnover £1.93 bn £2.48 bn 28.8 Profit before tax £55.1 m £65.2 m 18.3 Earnings per share 20.4 p 25.0 p 22.5 Net cash £83.4 m £49.9 m

  4. Slide 4: Outlook

    Outlook z 2004 focus ‹ Further market penetration of services ‹ France turn-around ‹ Continuing the German integration programme z Early signs of market improvement ‹ Volume growth in 2003 ‹ Encouraging pipeline: Managed Services and XP roll-outs

  5. Slide 5: Financial Review

    Financial Review Tony Conophy

  6. Slide 6: Computacenter PLC - P&L

    Computacenter PLC - P&L Existing Acqns 2002 Growth Growth 2003 2003 / 2002 2003 / 2002 TOTAL Incl Acqns Excl Acqns £m £m £m £m % % Revenues 1,797.1 684.1 2,481.2 1,926.7 28.8% -6.7% Gross Profit 226.3 96.2 322.4 232.8 38.5% -2.8% 12.6% 14.1% 13.0% 12.1% SG&A 167.6 88.9 256.5 176.6 45.2% -5.1% 9.3% 1

  7. Slide 7: UK Revenue & Operating Profit

    UK Revenue & Operating Profit UK Re ve n u e 1 , 2 0 0 1 ,0 0 1 1 , 0 0 0 829 753 768 756 8 0 0 700 £m 6 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 H a l f 1 2 0 0 1 H a l f 2 2 0 0 1 H a l f 1 2 0 0 2 H a l f 2 2 0 0 2 H a l f 1 2 0 0 3 H a l f 2 2 0 0 3 U K O p e r a t in g P r o f it 4 0 3 4 .4 3 5 3 1 .9 3 1 .4 3 0 .4 3

  8. Slide 8: Computacenter UK - P&L

    Computacenter UK - P&L 2003 2002 Growth 2003/2002 £m £m % Revenues 1,455.3 1,597.3 -8.9% Gross Profit 188.4 196.8 -4.3% 12.9% 12.3% SG&A 126.5 139.2 -9.1% 8.7% 9.0% Operating Profit 61.8 57.6 7.3% 4.2% 3.6% Headcount : Direct 2,987 2,953 1.1% Indirect 1,692 1,675 1.0% (* period end headcount) NB Inc

  9. Slide 9: France Revenue & Operating Profit

    France Revenue & Operating Profit France Revenue 200 173 177 175 18 0 16 0 150 140 14 0 117 12 0 £m 10 0 80 60 40 20 0 Half 1 2 0 0 1 Half 2 2 0 0 1 Half 1 2 0 0 2 Half 2 2 0 0 2 Half 1 2 0 0 3 Half 2 2 0 0 3 France Operating Profit 5 .0 4.3 4 .0 3 .0 2.1 2.2 2 .0 £m 1.0 0.2 0 .0 Ha l f 1 2 0 0 1 Ha

  10. Slide 10: Computacenter France - P&L

    Computacenter France - P&L 2003 2002 Growth 2003 / 2002 £m £m % Revenues 324.5 316.8 2.4% Gross Profit 36.1 34.9 3.2% 11.1% 11.0% SG&A 43.0 36.3 18.7% 13.3% 11.4% Operating Profit (7.0) (1.3) 422.4% -2.2% -0.4% Goodwill release 4.3 3.7 14.3% Operating Profit (post goodwill) (2.7) 2.4 -214.1% -0.8% 0

  11. Slide 11: Total Acquisitions – P&L

    Total Acquisitions – P&L •Total •CC CompuNet •CC Austria •Acquisitions •£m •£m •£m •Revenues •635.1 •49.0 •684.1 •Gross Profit •90.7 •5.5 •96.2 •14.3% •11.2% •14.1% •SG&A •81.9 •7.0 •88.9 •12.9% •14.3% •13.0% •Operating Profit •8.7 •(1.5) •7.2 •1.4% •-3.1% •1.1% •Headcount *: • Direct •2,492 •123 •2

  12. Slide 12: CC CompuNet – Goodwill

    CC CompuNet – Goodwill •Adjs / Reval'ns •Fair Value to •Net Assets at Date of Acquisition •Book Value •@ Dec 2003 •Group •£m •£m •£m •Tangible fixed assets •15.5 •(4.0) •11.5 •Investments •0.1 •0.0 •0.1 •Stock •34.4 •(1.1) •33.4 •Debtors •103.9 •5.4 •109.3 •Creditors < 1yr •(132.7) •(3.9) •(136.6) •

  13. Slide 13: Computacenter Belux – P&L

    Computacenter Belux – P&L 2003 2002 Growth 2003 / 2002 £m £m % Revenues 17.3 12.6 37.2% Gross Profit 1.8 1.1 75.0% 10.6% 8.3% SG&A 2.2 4.9 -54.6% 12.9% 39.0% Operating Profit (0.4) (3.9) -89.9% -2.3% -30.6% Headcount *: Direct 84 74 12.8% Indirect 17 15 10.0% (* period end headcount)

  14. Slide 14: Computacenter PLC - Operating Cash Flow

    Computacenter PLC - Operating Cash Flow 2003 2002 2001 £m £m £m £m Operating Profit 65.9 56.2 55.1 Depreciation/impairment 22.7 21.9 19.9 Amortisation of goodwill (3.7) (3.3) 0.3 Revaluation of Listed Investment (0.3) 0.0 0.0 Loss on Disposal of Fixed Assets 0.9 0.1 0.8 Debtors (17.0) 9.0 43.0 Stock

  15. Slide 15: Computacenter PLC Summary Cash Flow

    Computacenter PLC Summary Cash Flow 2003 2002 2001 £m £m £m £m Operating Activities 53.5 60.6 86.6 Servicing of finance (1.0) (0.5) (1.5) Taxation (22.5) (17.5) (17.8) Capex & Financial Investment (14.6) (9.1) (18.7) Acquisitions/disposals (37.3) 7.6 (4.4) Dividends paid (14.4) (5.3) (5.3) (36.2) 35

  16. Slide 16: Computacenter PLC - Balance Sheet

    Computacenter PLC - Balance Sheet Dec 2003 Dec 2002 £m £m Fixed Assets 115.8 106.8 Current assets: Stocks 134.1 95.7 Debtors 442.3 286.9 Cash 97.0 92.1 Total Current assets 673.4 474.7 Current liabilities: Trade creditors (207.1) (155.8) Other (259.7) (164.8) Total Current liabilities (466.8) (320.6

  17. Slide 17: Computacenter plc - Key ratios

    Computacenter plc - Key ratios Dec 2003 Dec 2002 Stock (days) 28 24 Debtor (days) 44 43 Creditor (days) 37 33 Working Capital (days) 35 34

  18. Slide 18: Operational Review

    Operational Review Mike Norris

  19. Slide 19: Positives

    Positives z UK Managed Services contract base growth z Major UK Managed Services wins z Steady UK Professional Services utilisation z Good first year financial performance from Germany z Maintained our strong HP relationship z Rigorous cost management

  20. Slide 20: Negatives

    Negatives z Substantial product price decline across all geographies z Leading to disappointing top line performance z Poor financial performance in France

  21. Slide 21: Industry Unit Growth

    Industry Unit Growth Personal computers 35 30 25 20 Growth (%) 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 3 4 1 2 3 4 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 2000 2001 2002 2003 Source: CONTEXT PC Shipments, Q403

  22. Slide 22: Product Price Decline

    Product Price Decline % Change in ASP: 2002 – 2003 in 500+ and Government segments PC Laptop Server UK Germany France -12% -12% -15% -17% -20% -21% -22% -25% -27% Source: Gartner; team analysis

  23. Slide 23: Managed Services Contract Base - UK

    Managed Services Contract Base - UK •180 •160 •140 •120 •100 •£m •80 •60 •40 Average length of contract 3.6 years •20 CAGR = 21.3% over 5 years •- •Dec- •Jan- •Feb- •Mar- •Apr- •May- •Jun- •Jul- •Aug- •Sep- •Oct- •Nov- •Dec- •Jan- •Feb- •Mar- •Apr- •May- •Jun- •Jul- •Aug- •Sep- •Oct- •Nov- •Dec- •01

  24. Slide 24: Managed Services Contract Base - Group

    Managed Services Contract Base - Group •250 •200 •Rest of Group •150 •£m •100 •UK •50 •- •Dec- •Jan- •Feb- •Mar- •Apr- •May- •Jun- •Jul- •Aug- •Sep- •Oct- •Nov- •Dec- •Jan- •Feb- •Mar- •Apr- •May- •Jun- •Jul- •Aug- •Sep- •Oct- •Nov- •Dec- •01 •02 •02 •02 •02 •02 •02 •02 •02 •02 •02 •02 •02 •03 •03 •

  25. Slide 25: Sample Managed Services Wins/Renewals

    Sample Managed Services Wins/Renewals z Abbey (stage II April 04) z HBOS z Marsh z Deutsche Börse z Swift z BASF z EDF

  26. Slide 26: PS Utilisation

    •100% •10% •20% •30% •40% •50% •60% •70% •80% •90% •0% •30-Dec •13-Jan •27-Jan •10-Feb •24-Feb •10-Mar •24-Mar •7-Apr PS Utilisation •21-Apr •5-May •19-May •2-Jun •Actual •16-Jun •30-Jun •Target •14-Jul •28-Jul •11-Aug •25-Aug •8-Sep •22-Sep •6-Oct •20-Oct •3-Nov •17-Nov •1-Dec •15-Dec •29-Dec

  27. Slide 27: UK Infrastructure Integration

    UK Infrastructure Integration z Stable UK utilisation throughout 2003 z Improving trend in Q4 carried over into 2004 z Microsoft XP is the main driver of high utilisation z Substantial contracts already secured z Pipeline continues to grow

  28. Slide 28: UK Sectors

    UK Sectors z Government: ‹ Remains positive with different spend patterns z Financial Services: ‹ Cost savings remain the key buying criteria, good for Managed Services z Communications: ‹ Performed well but still underlying concerns z Commercial: ‹ Capital expenditure remains tight

  29. Slide 29: UK Vendor Share

    0% (40%) (20%) 20% 40% 60% 80% (27.6%) •Cisco (20.3%) Microsoft (17.4%) IBM UK Vendor Share (7.9%) Toshiba (6.7%) Dell Lotus 4.3% •% Change in Share - 2003 v 2002 NEC 4.5% HP 7.7% Sun 28.0% Fujitsu 71.3% Siemens

  30. Slide 30: CC CompuNet

    CC CompuNet z Strong financial performance z Substantial business improvements made since acquisition including: ‹ New sales incentive plan introduced 01.01.04 ‹ Customer P&L reporting system ‹ Established service enablement function ‹ New logistics systems and procedures introduced 01.10.03 ‹ CC Co

  31. Slide 31: Computacenter France

    Computacenter France z Disappointing performance with operating loss of £2.7million z Negative good will write back of £4.0 million, net of France good will write-off z Substantial reductions in cost base made predominantly in H2 of the year at a cost of £3.1million z Will benefit from new pan-Europ

  32. Slide 32: Other Countries

    Other Countries z Belux ‹ Substantial improvements made in 2003, operating loss reducing by 89.9% to £0.4million ‹ Organic sales growth of 37.2% ‹ Strong services pedigree z Austria: ‹ Integration given lower priority ‹ Extremely disappointing year ‹ New management installed Q4 03

  33. Slide 33: Prospects

    Prospects z UK: ‹ Good managed services growth predicted ‹ Substantial XP opportunity z Germany: ‹ Improvement focus shifts towards sales & marketing ‹ Good prospects with enterprise servers and Cisco z France: ‹ Cost base has been reduced ‹ 04 should be a year of substantial improvement z Belux: ‹

  34. Slide 34: 2003 Highlights

    2003 Highlights z UK Managed Services revenue growth of 10.9% z Integration of CC CompuNet on plan z Computacenter France disappointing, but turn- around programme underway z Pan-European management structure to transfer best practice z Significant product price decline, driven by $ weakness

  35. Slide 35: Outlook

    Outlook z 2004 focus ‹ Further market penetration of services ‹ France turn-around ‹ Continuing the German integration programme z Early signs of market improvement ‹ Volume growth in 2003 ‹ Encouraging pipeline: Managed Services and XP roll-outs

  36. Slide 36: Preliminary Results 2003

    Preliminary Results 2003 16th March, 2004

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