Woolworths Holdings Limited · JSE:WHL

Woolworths — FY2011 Earnings Presentation

48 slides from Woolworths's earnings presentation, August 2011

  1. Slide 1: Woolworths Holdings Limited Overview

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OVERVIEW IAN MOIR 1

  2. Slide 2: Economic Overview

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OVERVIEW IAN MOIR 2 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW ƒ South Africa - Tougher overall retail environment, coming off buoyant World Cup period - Target LSM 8-10 customers more confident - Real growth in consumer income - Low inflation - Strong rand ƒ Australia - Tough oug retail e a

  3. Slide 3: Review of the Year

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OVERVIEW IAN MOIR 3 REVIEW OF THE YEAR ƒ Continued market share gains ƒ Strong GP margin gain in Woolworths ƒ Good cost management ƒ Woolworths return on sales up from 7.0% to 8.7% ƒ Strong profit performance ƒ Adjusted HEPS +36.7% ƒ ROE up to 44.1% ƒ Strong cash flow

  4. Slide 4: Woolworths - Clothing & GM

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OVERVIEW IAN MOIR 4 WOOLWORTHS - CLOTHING & GM ƒ Clothing in South Africa (including Country Road) up 11.5%, with comparable sales up 9.4% - Volume growth of 8.2% ƒ GM impacted by rationalisation of cellular handset business in H1 - Excluding this, up 5.2%, with compa

  5. Slide 5: Clothing & Footwear Turnover Growth

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OVERVIEW IAN MOIR 5 CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR TURNOVER GROWTH Clothing & footwear - Woolworths vs market growth (12mma) 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% 9 N 10 1 9 Se 0 M 11 Ja 9 M 10 Ja 0 M 1 1 M 10 0 -0 l- 1 l- 1 l- 0 -1 -0 1 -1 -1 - n- n- - - p p ov ov ar ar ay ay Ju Ju Ju

  6. Slide 6: Woolworths - Clothing & GM Continued

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OVERVIEW IAN MOIR 6 WOOLWORTHS - CLOTHING & GM CONTINUED ƒ Significant improvement in profitability across the categories ƒ Uplift to margin from improved sourcing - Onshore to offshore - Indirect to direct ƒ GP margin increased from 40.0% to 43.7% ƒ ROS up from 12.3%

  7. Slide 7: Woolworths - Food

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OVERVIEW IAN MOIR 7 WOOLWORTHS - FOOD ƒ Strong performance - Some impact of World Cup in H2 - Sales growth ahead of the market - Volume growth of 7.7% ƒ Good response to value campaigns and improved pricing - Success of loyalty programme ƒ Uplift as stores mature ƒ St

  8. Slide 8: Food Turnover Growth

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OVERVIEW IAN MOIR 8 FOOD TURNOVER GROWTH Food - Woolworths vs market growth (12 (12mma) ) 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% O 0 Se 0 M 1 1 Au 0 Ap 1 De 0 11 Ja 0 Fe 1 Ju 1 N 0 -1 -1 l- 1 -1 1 1 -1 r- 1 -1 -1 -1 n- c- n- p g ov b ar ay ct Ju M Woolworths growth Market growth On averag

  9. Slide 9: Woolworths - Stores

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OVERVIEW IAN MOIR 9 WOOLWORTHS - STORES ƒ Improved trading densities - Clothing up 6.14% - Food up 5.4% ƒ More profitable stores ƒ Comparable store sales growth at 7.9% ƒ 54 franchise stores converted / to be converted - Approximately 75% of franchise stores converted

  10. Slide 10: Country Road

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OVERVIEW IAN MOIR 10 COUNTRY ROAD ƒ Difficult trading in Australia ƒ Strong performance of brands in SA ƒ Total turnover up 1.2%, but comparable sales down 8.6% ƒ Good control of costs and inventory ƒ Profit before tax up 9.5% (A$) ƒ New CEO in place

  11. Slide 11: Financial Services

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OVERVIEW IAN MOIR 11 FINANCIAL SERVICES ƒ Modest but consistent book growth ƒ Significantly improved quality of the book ƒ Impairments down from 5.1% to 1.4% ƒ Operating profit of the JV up 82.3% ƒ ROE up from 13.9% to 23.5%

  12. Slide 12: WHL

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 12

  13. Slide 13: Financial Overview

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 13 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW ƒ Group turnover up 9.4% to R25.6 billion ƒ Profit before tax up 31.1% to R2.3 billion ƒ Adjusted headline earnings per share up 36.7% to 214.9 cps ƒ Diluted headline earnings per share up 31.7% to 209.8 cps ƒ ROE

  14. Slide 14: Group Income Statement

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 14 GROUP INCOME STATEMENT Jun 2011 Jun 2010* % Rm Rm change Woolworths 1 965 1 435 36.9 Clothing & GM 1 318 971 35.7 Food 647 464 39.4 Abnormal forex profit - 79 Country Road 162 142 14.1 Fi Financial i l Services S i JV (after ( ft tta

  15. Slide 15: Group Income Statement Commentary

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 15 GROUP INCOME STATEMENT COMMENTARY 1. Woolworths – Good profit growth driven by volumes and margin expansion in both Clothing & GM and Food. 2. Country Road – Tough trading conditions in Australia. Results inclusive of SA operations i

  16. Slide 16: Woolworths Income Statement

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 16 WOOLWORTHS INCOME STATEMENT Jun 2011 Jun 2010* % Rm Rm change Turnover 22 609 20 557 10.0 Cost of sales 15 475 14 444 7.1 Gross profit 7 134 6 113 16.7 Other revenue 103 86 19.8 Expenses 5 279 4 770 10.7 Store costs 3 193 2 885 10.7

  17. Slide 17: Woolworths Income Statement Commentary

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 17 WOOLWORTHS INCOME STATEMENT COMMENTARY 1. Turnover Total stores Comparable stores Price movement Clothing (incl CR SA) 11.5% 9.4% 3.7% Clothing 10.6% 9.2% 3.3% GM (2.7%) (3.5%) (6.8%) Food 10.7% 8.4% 3.0% W l Woolworths th SA 10 0% 1

  18. Slide 18: Woolworths Segmental Performance

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 18 WOOLWORTHS SEGMENTAL PERFORMANCE Gross profit margin Operating profit margin Jun 2011 Jun 2010* Jun 2011 Jun 2010* % % % % Clothing & GM 43.7 40.0 15.3 12.3 Food 24.4 23.5 4.8 3.8 Woolworths 31 .6 29.7 8.7 7.0 * Restated

  19. Slide 19: Country Road Income Statement

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 19 COUNTRY ROAD INCOME STATEMENT Jun 2011 Jun 2010* % A$m A$m change Turnover 428 423 1 .2 Cost of sales 174 187 (7.0) Gross profit 254 236 7.6 Other revenue 4 4 Expenses 234 218 7.3 Store costs 181 165 9.7 Other operating costs 53 53 -

  20. Slide 20: Country Road Income Statement Commentary

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 20 COUNTRY ROAD INCOME STATEMENT COMMENTARY 1. Turnover – Inclusive of SA operations in both years. Comparable sales contracted by 8.6%. 2. Gross profit – Improvement on last year, assisted by strong A$ and good sourcing. 2 Store costs

  21. Slide 21: Financial Services Income Statement

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 21 FINANCIAL SERVICES INCOME STATEMENT Consolidated pro forma Jun % to Jun % to % income statement 2011 book 2010 book change Rm Rm Interest income 1 092 18.0 1 167 19.5 (6.4) Interest paid 333 5.5 386 6.4 (13.7) Net interest income 759

  22. Slide 22: Financial Services Income Statement Commentary

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 22 FINANCIAL SERVICES INCOME STATEMENT COMMENTARY 1. Average financial services assets – Modest but consistent book growth. 2. Net interest income – Margin squeeze due to impact of NCA formula over 2 years. 3. Impairment charge – Signif

  23. Slide 23: Financial Services Book Performance

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 23 FINANCIAL SERVICES BOOK PERFORMANCE 7 000 6 344 14% % 6 242 6 051 5 867 6 000 12% 5 000 9.5% 10% 4 000 7.5% 8% 3 000 5.1% 6% 1 925 1 905 1 858 1 858 2 000 4% 1 000 2% 1 .4% - 0% Jun 08 Jun 09 Jun 10 Jun 11 Gross book value (Rm) Total

  24. Slide 24: Balance Sheet

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 24 BALANCE SHEET Jun 2011 Jun 2010* % Rm Rm change Assets Property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and loans 3 026 2 691 12.4 Investment in JVs and associate 624 614 1 .6 Inventories 1 892 1 676 12.9 Accounts receivable and defe

  25. Slide 25: Cash Generation

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 25 CASH GENERATION R401m 3 500 R3 097m 09 (R95m) 3 000 2 500 (R985m) 2 000 1 500 (R923m) 1 000 (R585m) 500 (R207m) R396m (R307 ) (R307m) - Cash flow Working Finance Taxation Dividends Net Franchise Net Net from capital p costs capex p a

  26. Slide 26: Capital Expenditure

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 26 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE Capex (Rm) R904m (Jun 2010: R607m) 281 107 Depreciation Jun 2011 Jun 2010 147 Rm Rm 108 26 Woolworths 398 366 155 Country Road 91 76 139 Total group 489 442 269 279 Jun 2011 Jun 2010 Woolworths Retail Woolworths I

  27. Slide 27: Space Growth - Clothing & GM

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 27 SPACE GROWTH – CLOTHING & GM ƒ Slowdown in new store openings Net space growth and focus on extensions - FY2012 6 3% 6.3% - FY2013 7.3% Additional store - FY2014 7.8% No. of new footage (m2) stores (net) 36 000 28 30 000 24 24 000 20

  28. Slide 28: Space Growth - Food

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 28 SPACE GROWTH – FOOD ƒ Focus on bigger stores, including Net space growth superwoolies ‘superwoolies’ - FY2012 8 2% 8.2% - FY2013 6.8% Additional store - FY2014 5.3% No. of new footage (m2) stores (net) 18 000 32 28 14 000 24 20 10 00

  29. Slide 29: Uplift from Franchise Conversions

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 29 UPLIFT FROM FRANCHISE CONVERSIONS ƒ Investment in franchise acquisitions of approximately R600m (agreed to date) ƒ IRR of approximately 18% (including the impact of working capital investment) ƒ FY2012 PBT net impact of shift from fr

  30. Slide 30: Return on Equity

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 30 RETURN ON EQUITY 50% 44.1% 39.4% 40% 35.1% 27.5% 26.3% 30% 20% 10% 14.8% 13.3% 13.6% 13.3% 13.2% 0% Jun 07 Jun 08 Jun 09 Jun 10 Jun 11 ROE WACC

  31. Slide 31: Earnings and Distribution

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 31 EARNINGS AND DISTRIBUTION cents times 220 214.9 2.0 200 1 .7 1 .8 180 1 .5 1 .5 157.2 1 .5 1 .5 1 .6 160 1 .4 140 124.8 126.0 119.7 1 .2 120 1 .0 100 0.8 80 60 0.6 40 0.4 20 76.0 79.0 85.0 105.0 143.5 0.2 - - 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

  32. Slide 32: Guidance

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 32 GUIDANCE ƒ Gross profit - Woolworths Clothing GP margin will largely be maintained, with the enhancement arising from franchise conversions partly offset by imported inflationary pressures - Woolworths Food GP margin will be maintain

  33. Slide 33: Guidance Continued

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED FINANCIAL REVIEW NORMAN THOMSON 33 GUIDANCE CONTINUED ƒ Taxation - Effective rate of approximately 30% ƒ Capex (group) - FY2012 R850m + R400m franchise conversions (balance) - FY2013 R900m - FY2014 R950m ƒ Dividend cover to be maintained at 1.5 times ƒ Since y year-en

  34. Slide 34: Strategic Focus

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED STRATEGIC FOCUS IAN MOIR 34

  35. Slide 35: Strategic Focus

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED STRATEGIC FOCUS IAN MOIR 35 STRATEGIC FOCUS 1. Customer ƒ Our focus is LSM 8-10 segmentation ƒ We will actively grow our penetration of LSM 8-10, and increase spend p and loyalty y y of existing g customers ƒ Segmentation work informs our branding, design, buying and

  36. Slide 36: Strategic Focus Continued

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED STRATEGIC FOCUS IAN MOIR 36 STRATEGIC FOCUS CONTINUED 5. Get store ƒ “Big bigger” in Food and Clothing stores is working and we f formats t right i ht will continue ƒ Supermarket concept will be launched this year ƒ Engen will be expanded 6. Sweat our ƒ Focus on profi

  37. Slide 37: Strategic Focus Continued

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED STRATEGIC FOCUS IAN MOIR 37 STRATEGIC FOCUS CONTINUED 10. Sourcing ƒ Indirect to direct and onshore to offshore drive to continue excellence ll ƒ Office now set up in China New ƒ Fast response mechanisms established for imports and local ƒ 8 weeks taken out of the mer

  38. Slide 38: Outlook

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OUTLOOK IAN MOIR 38

  39. Slide 39: Outlook

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OUTLOOK IAN MOIR 39 OUTLOOK ƒ Outlook very uncertain due to timing and extent of impact of global slowdown and debt crises ƒ Strategies in place to minimise any downside risk - More competitive opening price points - Range balancing to emphasise value - Absolute focus

  40. Slide 40: Medium-Term Targets

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED OUTLOOK IAN MOIR 40 MEDIUM-TERM TARGETS Achieved A hi d Achieved A hi d Medium- M di in FY2010 in FY2011 term target Woolworths Clothing & GM Return on sales 12.3% 15.4% 17% Food Return on sales 3.8% 4.8% 6% Country Road Return on sales 5.2% 5.6% 8% Financial Services

  41. Slide 41: Additional Information

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 41

  42. Slide 42: Group Income Statement

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 42 GROUP INCOME STATEMENT Jun 2011 Jun 2010* % Rm Rm change Turnover 25 582 23 393 9.4 Cost of sales 16 683 15 619 6.8 Gross profit 8 899 7 774 14.5 Other revenue 127 95 33.7 Expenses 6 904 6 215 11 .1 Operating profit 2 122 1 654 28.3 Investmen

  43. Slide 43: Woolworths Revenue Analysis

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 43 WOOLWORTHS REVENUE ANALYSIS % Jun 2011 Jun 2010* % price Rm Rm change h movement Clothing & GM 8 591 7 913 8.6 1 .9 Corporate (retail) 7 712 6 957 10.9 Franchise (wholesale) – local 632 744 (15 1) (15.1) Franchise (wholesale) – international

  44. Slide 44: Trading Space

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 44 TRADING SPACE Projected Projected Projected Jun 2011 Jun 2010 % Jun 2012 % Jun 2013 % Jun 2014 % m2 m2 change m2 change m2 change m2 change Woolworths 532 287 518 534 2.7 568 644 6.8 609 461 7.2 652 435 7.1 Clothing & GM 374 636 368 760 1.6 3

  45. Slide 45: Store Numbers

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 45 STORE NUMBERS Projected Projected Projected Jun 2011 Jun 2010 Growth Jun 2012 Growth Jun 2013 Growth Jun 2014 Growth Woolworths 438 419 19 464 26 491 27 525 34 Corporate 293 259 34 329 36 331 2 338 7 Franchise – SA 52 77 (25) 23 (29) 23 - 23

  46. Slide 46: Financial Services Contribution to Sales

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 46 FINANCIAL SERVICES CONTRIBUTION TO SALES % off sales l spentt on Woolworths W l th cards d J Jun 2011 J Jun 2010 Clothing & GM 27.9% 30.6% F d Food 14 7% 14.7% 16 6% 16.6% Aggregate 20.4% 21 .5%

  47. Slide 47: Country Road Balance Sheet

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 47 COUNTRY ROAD BALANCE SHEET Jun 2011 Jun 2010** % A$m A$m change Assets Property, plant and equipment 54 56 (3.6) Trademarks * 11 11 - Inventories 48 48 - Accounts receivable and deferred tax 21 21 - Cash 15 2 >100 149 138 8.0 Equity and liabi

  48. Slide 48: Country Road Income Statement (in Rands)

    WHL WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 48 COUNTRY ROAD INCOME STATEMENT (IN RANDS) Jun 2011 Jun 2010* % Rm Rm change Turnover 2 973 2 836 4.8 Cost of sales 1 208 1 254 (3.7) Gross p profit 1 765 1 582 11 .6 Other revenue 24 25 (4.0) Expenses 1 624 1 461 11 .2 Store costs 1 254 1 102

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