K & S Corporation Limited · ASX:KSC

K & S — FY2004 Earnings Presentation

17 slides from K & S's earnings presentation, Sep 7, 2004

  1. Slide 1: FY04 Results Presentation

  2. Slide 2: Highlights for 2004

    ° Highlights for 2004 Legh Winser ¢ Financials Bryan Walsh ¢ Strategy, Growth & Acquisitions Legh Winser

  3. Slide 3: Record Result - $12.2m PAT up 10%

    Record Result - $12.2m PAT up 10% Second Half Growth in Operating Revenue of 9.1% Increase in EBIT margin to 6.8% - up 12.2% Acquisition, Cochrane’s Transport Strong Cash Generation New Contracts — Capral / Orrcon / Coca Cola

  4. Slide 4: Financials

  5. Slide 5: Financial summary 2004 vs 2003

    2004 2003 % Operating Revenue $m 295.7 293.3 0.8% EBITA $m 34.1 29.9 14.1% EBIT $m 20.5 18.2 12.3% PAT $m 12.2 14.4 10.0% Earnings Per Share Cents 20.3 18.4 10.0% Dividends Per Share Cents 11.0 8.0 37.5% Gearing % 60.6 42.8 -41.6%

  6. Slide 6: Operating Revenue

    $M 325 5 300 + 275 4 250 + 225 4 200 4 175 4 150 Operating Revenue 293 267 251 224 296 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

  7. Slide 7: EBIT

    13.3 18.2 14.4 20.5 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

  8. Slide 8: Profit after tax

    $M 14 4 124 04 7.9 12.2 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

  9. Slide 9: Earnings per share

    cents $0.300 $0.250 $0.200 $0.150 $0.100 $0.050 $0.187 EPS $0.184 $0.132 $0.102 $0.203 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

  10. Slide 10: Dividends Paid

    cents 12.0 4 10.0 4 8.0 4 6.0 4 4.04 2.04 0.0 Dividends Paid 8.0 6.5 6.0 5.75 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

  11. Slide 11: K&S core expertise and offering

    ¢ K&S has been in business for over 55 years. * Core expertise is in the provision of supply chain solutions and the functions that can be leveraged off. ¢ Our offering includes:- — Land, sea & rail capabilities — Local transport — Warehousing — Supply chain IT and reporting capability

  12. Slide 12: Key customers by industry

    Metals Paper / Timber Smorgon PaperlinX Alcoa Norske Skog Capral Aluminium Laminex Crane Aluminium GTFP Orrcon Boral Bulk New Zealand Sugar Tenon Ltd QMag Fonterra Consumer Goods Nestle Australia VisyPak CUB ¢ The top 25 customers provide 73% of our revenue.

  13. Slide 13: Strategy: long term alliances with key customers

    ¢ Our strategy is to develop long term alliances with key customers based upon evergreen contracts. ¢ Development of our supply chain capabilities, which allows us to expand our potential client base and increase yields for higher value services.

  14. Slide 14: Partnerships and competitive tendering for growth

    ¢ Where appropriate we have entered into partnership arrangements with other transport and logistics providers to service the needs of major customers. ° We aggressively seek growth opportunities through competitive tendering in both Australia and New Zealand.

  15. Slide 15: Targeting further acquisitions

    ¢ We continue to target further acquisitions where they meet our overall strategy and objectives. ¢ Clearly any potential target needs to have long term contracts underpinning their business which provides consistent revenues.

  16. Slide 16: Investment and upgrade programs

    ¢ Investment and upgrade programs where innovation and IT form key components. ° A key part of our strategy is the common customers in New Zealand and Australia. ¢ We continually review our asset and equipment base.

  17. Slide 17: Any Questions?

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