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Greencore — H1 2016 Earnings Presentation

20 slides from Greencore's earnings presentation, May 17, 2016

  1. Slide 1: Results for the half year ended 25 March 2016

    Results For the half year ended 25 March 2016

  2. Slide 2: Highlights

    HIGHLIGHTS  Strong growth driven by food to go businesses  Sustained investment in capacity and capability  Further enhancements to strong commercial pipeline 2

  3. Slide 3: Financial Review

    FINANCIAL REVIEW Alan Williams Chief Financial Officer

  4. Slide 4: Financial Summary

    FINANCIAL SUMMARY H1 16 Versus H1 15 Revenue1 £691.6m +7.5% Convenience Foods revenue1 £667.9m +7.8% Operating profit2 £43.5m +8.5% Operating margin2 6.3% unchanged Adjusted PBT3 £36.5m +9.3% Adjusted earnings per share3 8.2p +7.9% Interim dividend per share [2.55p] 2.55p +6.25% 1. Revenue growth ex

  5. Slide 5: Convenience Foods

    CONVENIENCE FOODS Food to go led strategy driving growth H1 16 H1 15 H1 16 constant currency revenue growth £m £m % change 13.1% 11.5% Revenue 667.9 614.7 +8.7% reported 7.8% Operating 42.9 39.3 +9.2% profit2 1.6% 1.7% Operating 6.4% 6.4% unchanged UK UK UK US Convenience margin2 Food to Go Prepared

  6. Slide 6: Ingredients & Property

    INGREDIENTS & PROPERTY % change H1 16 H1 15 Division Actual Constant £m £m currency currency represents less Revenue 23.7 25.1 ‐5.6% ‐1.6% than 5% of Group activity Operating profit2 0.6 0.8 ‐25.0%  Constant currency revenue and operating profit lower reflecting a challenging global dairy commodity

  7. Slide 7: Financing, Tax, Pensions & Exceptional Items

    FINANCING, TAX, PENSIONS & EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS Financing  Bank interest payable of £7.6m (H1 15: £7.6m): higher average net debt offset by lower rates and £0.3m higher capitalisation of interest Tax  Group effective tax rate at 2% (H1 15 1%)  Substantially all UK historic losses recognised in the b

  8. Slide 8: Cashflow and Net Debt

    CASHFLOW AND NET DEBT Net debt at 25 March 2016 of £316.0m ‐ 2.4x Net Debt / EBITDA* £m H1 16 H1 15 EBITDA2 60.3 54.3 Key features of net debt movement:  Better operating cashflow Working capital movement (17.1) (45.4) performance than H1 15 Net capex (44.6) (43.7)  Seasonal working capital outflo

  9. Slide 9: Borrowings Profile

    BORROWINGS PROFILE  Primary bank facility extended for a further year (to March 2021) immediately after the half year  USD100m of maturing private placement notes repaid in October 2016 – to be refinanced  Total committed facilities at end March 2016 of £451m  Weighted average debt maturity of 4

  10. Slide 10: Summary Financial Performance

    SUMMARY FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE  Strong revenue growth driven by food to go businesses  Operating profit growth of 8.5% and margin maintained despite pressure from start‐up costs and capability investments  Adjusted EPS up 7.9% versus H1 15 10

  11. Slide 11: Operating Review and Outlook

    OPERATING REVIEW AND OUTLOOK Patrick Coveney Chief Executive Officer

  12. Slide 12: H1 FY16 – A Period of Significant Progress

    H1 FY16 – A PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS H1 delivery Investing in the future Food to go strategy New business wins 1 working well 4 fuelling future growth UK portfolio trading Significant investments 2 strongly 5 in capacity and capability 3 US network taking shape 12

  13. Slide 13: Food to Go Strategy Working Well

    1 FOOD TO GO STRATEGY WORKING WELL UK US UK UK Food to Go Food to Go Prepared Grocery Meals 45% 15% 20% 20% Combined H1 FY16 LFL revenue growth of 12.7% Note: Percentages shown are as a percentage of HY Convenience Foods revenues, rounded to the nearest 5% 13

  14. Slide 14: UK Portfolio Trading Strongly

    2 UK PORTFOLIO TRADING STRONGLY… H1 Growth Rates  Growth underpinned by positive long‐term trends  Convenience 13.1%  Health & freshness  Customer brand focus  Product investment model 7.2%  More collaborative approach across the supply chain 1.9% 2.1%  Sustained focus on productivity and Tot

  15. Slide 15: … With Good Progress in Each UK Division

    2 … WITH GOOD PROGRESS IN EACH UK DIVISION 1 Food to Go  Exceptional revenue growth of 13.1%, vs. market growth 5.6%*  Rollout of several new customer contracts  Significant investments in capacity, distribution and capability 2 Prepared Meals  Revenue growth of 1.6%  Good ready meals and quich

  16. Slide 16: US Network Taking Shape

    3 US NETWORK TAKING SHAPE GREENCORE USA ‐ GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT SEATTLE, WA Opening June 16 Products: Food to Go MINNEAPOLIS, MN  LFL revenue growth of Employees: 200 Products: Frozen Food to 11.5%; strengthening in Go DANVERS, MA Greencore USA Q2 HQ  Strong growth with two CHICAGO, IL QUONSET, RI

  17. Slide 17: New Business Wins Fuelling Future Growth

    4 NEW BUSINESS WINS FUELLING FUTURE GROWTH Finalisation of Food to Go portfolio for Northampton  Overall sole supply agreement progressing tightly to plan for completion in Q2 FY17  Construction of new sandwich facility (Unit D) complete and now in production  Good progress on additional new unit

  18. Slide 18: Significant Investments in Capacity and Capability

    SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN CAPACITY 5 AND CAPABILITY Distribution People & Processes  New picking and distribution centres in Worksop and Hatfield  Introduction of new automated processes and systems to enable additional distribution volumes in FY16  Have already DOUBLED direct store delivery to

  19. Slide 19: Summary and Outlook

    SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK  Strong performance in H1 16 led by food to go strategy and growth  Significant step‐up in capability and capacity investments to enable new business growth  Challenging industry and political backdrop  Confident in ability to deliver performance in line with market expectati

  20. Slide 20: The Greencore Way

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