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Hays — H1 FY2017 Earnings Presentation

66 slides from Hays's earnings presentation, February 2017

  1. Slide 1: Interim Results: Six months ended 31 December 2016

    INTERIM RESULTS Six months ended 31 December 2016

  2. Slide 2: Cautionary Statement

    CAUTIONARY STATEMENT This presentation contains certain statements that are neither reported financial results nor other historical information. The information contained in this presentation is not audited, is for personal use and informational purposes only and is not intended for distribution to,

  3. Slide 3: Agenda

    AGENDA 1 FINANCIAL REVIEW PAUL VENABLES, FINANCE DIRECTOR 2 OPERATING REVIEW ALISTAIR COX, CHIEF EXECUTIVE 3 STRATEGY UPDATE ALISTAIR COX, CHIEF EXECUTIVE 4 CURRENT TRADING ALISTAIR COX, CHIEF EXECUTIVE 5 APPENDICES 3

  4. Slide 4: 1. Financial Review

    1. FINANCIAL REVIEW PAUL VENABLES GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR

  5. Slide 5: Good First Half Financial Performance

    GOOD FIRST HALF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Net fees Operating profit** Basic earnings per share** H1 15 £383.9m H1 15 £81.5m H1 15 3.64p H2 15 £380.3m H2 15 £82.6m H2 15 3.80p H1 16 £396.9m H1 16 £86.3m H1 16 3.99p H2 16 £413.4m H2 16 £94.7m H2 16 4.49p H1 17 £465.5m H1 17 £100.1m H1 17 4.55p Net fees Op

  6. Slide 6: Income statement

    GOOD FIRST HALF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Income statement** Six months ended 31 December 2016 2015 Actual LFL* £m £m growth growth Turnover 2,484.5 2,043.9 22% 7% Net fees 465.5 396.9 17% 3% Operating profit 100.1 86.3 16% (1)% Net finance cost (3.9) (3.9) Profit before tax 96.2 82.4 17% Tax (30.8) (25

  7. Slide 7: Good growth in international business offsets decline in UK

    GOOD GROWTH IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OFFSETS DECLINE IN UK Performance by region 24% 49% 27% of net of net of net fees fees fees Asia Pacific Continental Europe & RoW United Kingdom & Ireland Net Fees £111.9m 6%* Net Fees £227.5m 10%* Net Fees £126.1m (10)%* Op Profit £33.3m 12%* Op Profit £48.6m 6

  8. Slide 8: Good growth across temp and perm

    Split of net fees H1 16 58% Temp H2 16 58% Temp GOOD GROWTH ACROSS TEMP AND PERM H1 17 59% Temp Review of Group Permanent and Temporary Businesses* Permanent placement business Temporary placement business 1% net fee growth 4% net fee growth 1% volume increase 6% volume increase 1% average Perm fee

  9. Slide 9: Australian dollar and euro FX translation sensitivities

    THE AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR AND EURO REMAIN SIGNIFICANT FX TRANSLATION SENSITIVITIES FOR THE GROUP Key FX rates and sensitivities Six months ended 31 December 2016 Average Closing Australian $ 1.6963 1.7105 Euro € 1.1651 1.1739 Impact of a one cent change per annum Net fees Op profit Australian $ +/- £0.9

  10. Slide 10: We have maintained our sector-leading conversion rate

    WE HAVE MAINTAINED OUR SECTOR-LEADING CONVERSION RATE* Conversion Rate* 1H16 1H17 OVERALL GROUP CONVERSION RATE DECLINED 20bps TO 21.5% APAC 27.5% 29.8% CE&RoW 21.8% 21.4% INCREASE IN APAC DRIVEN BY ACCELERATING GROWTH AND STRONG UK&I 18.1% 14.4% LEVERAGE IN AUSTRALIA GROUP 21.7% 21.5% MODEST DECLIN

  11. Slide 11: Increase in ETR to 32.0% driven by decrease in UK profits

    INCREASE IN ‘ETR’ TO 32.0% DRIVEN BY DECREASE IN UK PROFITS Finance charge and taxation Six months ended 31 December 2016 2015 £m £m Finance charge Net interest charge on debt (1.2) (1.3) Interest unwind of discount on Acquisition Liability (0.6) (0.5) IAS 19 pension charge (non-cash) (1.0) (1.9) PP

  12. Slide 12: 14% increase in earnings per share

    Basic EPS H1 10 H13.25p** 12 16 7.72p 3.99p H2 12 11 16 H2 5.19p 5.19p** 4.49p 14% INCREASE IN EARNINGS PER SHARE 12 H1 17 H1 13 5.47p4.55p Basic earnings per share (EPS) Six months ended 31 December 2016 2015 Change Basic earnings £65.4m £56.9m 15% Weighted average number of shares* 1,439m 1,425m B

  13. Slide 13: Good underlying cash performance

    Cash from operations H1 £78.1m 15 £78.5m H1 16 £97.3m £33.9m GOOD UNDERLYING CASH PERFORMANCE H113 H1 17 £83.8m £162.2m Operating profit to free cash flow conversion Uses of cash flow Operating cash flow £83.8m (H1 16: £33.9m) £18.5m Capex £10.0m £100.1m Pensions £7.4m £(34.8)m £52.3m Dividend £28.7

  14. Slide 14: Strongest balance sheet for many years

    STRONGEST BALANCE SHEET FOR MANY YEARS Balance sheet analysis 31 Dec 30 Jun £m 2016 2016 Goodwill & intangibles 243.7 242.0 Property, plant & equipment 20.7 19.8 NET WORKING CAPITAL Net deferred tax 26.2 23.9 Good underlying working capital management with debtor days at 39 Net working capital* 234.

  15. Slide 15: Further increase in net cash position

    Free cash flow* H1 £52.7m 15 £56.3m H1 16£62.2m £12.8m FURTHER INCREASE IN NET CASH POSITION H1 13 H1 17 £111.8m £52.3m Closing net cash/(net debt) £m 47.9 NET DEBT ELIMINATED IN FY16 36.8 H1 17 ended with net cash of £47.9m £210M BANK FACILITY IN PLACE expires April 2020 (30.7) EBITDA / INTEREST RA

  16. Slide 16: Dividend increased by 5%, in line with our policy

    DIVIDEND INCREASED BY 5%, IN LINE WITH OUR POLICY Fund Group investment and development FREE CASH Maintain a strong balance sheet FLOW Deliver a sustainable core dividend which is affordable and PRIORITIES appropriate CORE Core dividend should be sustainable, progressive and appropriate DIVIDEND Tar

  17. Slide 17: Financial Summary

    FINANCIAL SUMMARY SOLID NET FEE GROWTH OF 3%*, DRIVEN BY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES Strong 10%* growth in CE&RoW, with Germany net fees up 10%* Acceleration of growth in Australia; tough but sequentially stable conditions in the UK OPERATING PROFIT BROADLY FLAT* DESPITE DECLINE IN THE UK Strong 12%* p

  18. Slide 18: 2. Operating Review

    2. OPERATING REVIEW ALISTAIR COX CHIEF EXECUTIVE

  19. Slide 19: Another 6 months of operational and financial progress

    ANOTHER 6 MONTHS OF OPERATIONAL & FINANCIAL PROGRESS We remain focussed on… Delivering clear results… £100.1m of Operating Profit, 21.5% conversion rate* UK headcount adjusted quickly to protect profits 1. Maximising financial performance Australia conversion rate 37%, Germany 35% Ended the half wit

  20. Slide 20: APAC

    Headline APAC net fees 10 H1 16 £146m £84m ACCELERATION IN AUSTRALIA; TRADING CONDITIONS 11 H2 16 £210m £92m IN ASIA TOUGH OVERALL H1 17 £242m £112m Australia & NZ (net fees: £87.2m; operating profit: £30.2m) APAC Australia net fees up 11%*, with acceleration through the half. 54% Perm up 8%* while

  21. Slide 21: CE&RoW

    Headline CE&RoW net fees H1 1610 £173m £133m STRONG, BROAD-BASED GROWTH; ALL-TIME H2 1611 £190m£134m £220m RECORD IN GERMANY H1 17H1 13 £140m £267m £228m CE&RoW Germany (net fees: £110.7m) Net fees up 10%* and a record first half profit performance 63% Good 8%* growth in Contracting and Temp, despit

  22. Slide 22: UK & Ireland

    Headline UK&I net fees H1 16 £139m CONDITIONS TOUGH BUT SEQUENTIALLY STABLE; H2 16 £133m EARLY SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT IN PRIVATE SECTOR H1 17 £126m UK & IRELAND Net fees declined 10%* in challenging trading conditions 56% Net fees of £126m, operating profit of £18m Temp Consultant headcount down 10% y

  23. Slide 23: 2018 Aspirations: we remain on track after 3½ years

    2018 ASPIRATIONS: WE REMAIN ON TRACK AFTER 3 ½ YEARS UK & Ireland (£m) Operating Profit* Australia & NZ (£m) Operating Profit* FY 2016 25 52 FY 2016 20 44 HY 2017 18 HY 2017 30 FY18 OBJECTIVE 45 60 75 FY18 ORIGINAL FX 60 70 80 ASSUMED 5YR NET FEE CAGR: +5% to +9% ASSUMED 5YR NET FEE CAGR: +1% to +5%

  24. Slide 24: 3. Strategy Update

    3. STRATEGY UPDATE ALISTAIR COX CHIEF EXECUTIVE

  25. Slide 25: Clear, well established strategic priorities

    WE HAVE CLEAR, WELL ESTABLISHED STRATEGIC PRIORITIES TO DELIVER OUR LONG-TERM AIMS MATERIALLY INCREASE & DIVERSIFY GROUP PROFITS GENERATE, BUILD CRITICAL REINVEST & MASS & DIVERSITY DISTRIBUTE ACROSS OUR MEANINGFUL CASH GLOBAL PLATFORM RETURNS INVEST IN PEOPLE, TECHNOLOGY, COLLABORATIONS & INNOVATIO

  26. Slide 26: A prioritised pipeline of opportunities to build scale

    A PRIORITISED PIPELINE OF OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD SCALE CORE PROFIT FUTURE MATERIAL MEANINGFUL NETWORK DRIVERS PROFIT DRIVERS CONTRIBUTORS CRITICAL £10m+ TARGET £5m+ TARGET GERMANY FRANCE SWITZERLAND 20 OTHER HAYS AUSTRALIA JAPAN NEW ZEALAND COUNTRIES BELGIUM UK USA CHINA CANADA MEXICO/BRAZIL 0-5 YEA

  27. Slide 27: France: many years of consistent outperformance

    FRANCE: MANY YEARS OF CONSISTENT OUTPERFORMANCE Progress (FY11-date) Drivers of success 17 OFFICES, BROAD NATIONAL COVERAGE NET FEES DOUBLED 50% NET FEES PARIS, 50% REGIONS INVESTED TO GROW CORE SPECIALISMS: OPERATING A&F, C&P, LIFE SCIENCES 7x HIGHER PROFIT CONTRACTOR ROLLOUT PROGRESS CONSULTANT NO

  28. Slide 28: Contracting rollout supports our diversification strategy

    CONTRACTING ROLLOUT SUPPORTS OUR DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY % non-Perm net fees Why Contracting is a key focus FRANCE 32% 1. CLEAR STRUCTURAL GROWTH CANADA 36% USA 65% NETHERLANDS 68% 2. RELATIVE RESILIENCE TO THE CYCLE BELGIUM 56% SWITZERLAND 80% 3. SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO ENTRY AUSTRIA 78% JAPAN 22%

  29. Slide 29: Our collaboration with SEEK

    FORGING MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS: OUR COLLABORATION WITH SEEK AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST ONLINE JOBS MARKETPLACE c.90% OF AUSTRALIA’S WHITE COLLAR POPULATION COVERED BY THE HAYS / SEEK COMBINED DATABASE ACCESS TO REAL-TIME INFORMATION HELPS UNDERSTAND APPROACHABILITY INCREASES EFFICIENCIES,

  30. Slide 30: Pillars which underpin the strength of our business model

    THERE ARE 5 PILLARS WHICH UNDERPIN THE STRENGTH OF SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS DELIVERED AGAINST ALL KEY PRIORITIES, AND OUR BUSINESS MODEL WELL POSITIONED FOR FURTHER GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ASPIRATION TO MATERIALLY GOOD PROFIT PERFORMANCE DESPITE A INCREASE AND DIVERSIFY GROUP SLOWDOWN IN UK MARKET PROFIT

  31. Slide 31: 4. Current Trading

    4. CURRENT TRADING ALISTAIR COX CHIEF EXECUTIVE

  32. Slide 32: Current trading conditions by region

    CONTINUATION OF TRENDS WE SAW AT THE END OF H1 ACROSS THE GROUP; RETURN TO WORK SOLID OVERALL Current trading conditions by region Strong activity levels in Australia across all states and most specialisms APAC Return to work good and in line with prior year levels Asia remains mixed but subdued ove

  33. Slide 33: Questions & Answers

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  34. Slide 34: Appendix 1: H1 2017 Results Supporting Information

    APPENDIX 1 H1 2017 RESULTS SUPPORTING INFORMATION

  35. Slide 35: Material increase in CE&RoW (ex-Germany) profitability

    MATERIAL INCREASE IN CE&RoW (EX-GERMANY) PROFITABILITY Operating profit split in Continental Europe & RoW – HEADLINE Six months ended 31 December 2016 2015 LFL £m £m growth* Germany 38.6 31.3 3% Rest of CE&RoW (23 countries) 15.8 12.3 10% CE&RoW Central Costs (5.8) (5.8) 3% CE&RoW Operating Profit 4

  36. Slide 36: Like-for-like summary

    LIKE-FOR-LIKE SUMMARY Six months ended 31 December 2015 FX impact Organic 2016 LFL* growth £m £m £m £m Net fees Asia Pacific 84.4 21.5 6.0 111.9 6% Continental Europe & RoW 173.1 33.3 21.1 227.5 10% United Kingdom & Ireland 139.4 0.7 (14.0) 126.1 (10)% 396.9 55.5 13.1 465.5 3% Operating profit Asia

  37. Slide 37: H1 FY17 v H2 FY16: analysis by division

    H1 FY17 v H2 FY16: ANALYSIS BY DIVISION Net fee growth (LFL*) Q3 16 Q4 16 H2 16 Q1 17 Q2 17 H1 17 versus same period last year Asia Pacific 3% 4% 4% 5% 7% 6% Continental Europe & RoW 11% 21% 16% 13% 8% 10% United Kingdom & Ireland (3)% (4)% (3)% (10)% (10)% (10)% Operating profit growth (LFL*) versu

  38. Slide 38: Continental Europe & RoW performance by country

    CONTINENTAL EUROPE & ROW PERFORMANCE BY COUNTRY Relative size Country / sub region Net Fees Net fee growth # of offices # of consultants (ranked by net fees) (LFL*) Germany £110.7m 10% 17 1,359 France £27.3m 18% 17 372 Benelux £16.7m 11% 11 263 USA £16.2m 8% 12 192 Switzerland £10.4m (3)% 4 116 Cana

  39. Slide 39: Consultant headcount

    CONSULTANT HEADCOUNT Change in headcount As at As at Change As at Change Dec June since Dec since 2016 2016 June 2016 2015 Dec 2015 Asia Pacific 1,270 1,210 5% 1,232 3% Continental Europe & RoW 3,358 3,034 11% 3,015 11% United Kingdom & Ireland 1,978 2,024 (2%) 2,207 (10%) Group 6,606 6,268 5% 6,454

  40. Slide 40: Office network

    OFFICE NETWORK Number of offices 30 June Opened/ 31 Dec 2016 (Closed)* 2016 Asia Pacific 49 1 50 Continental Europe & RoW 103 (2) 101 United Kingdom & Ireland 100 - 100 Total 252 (1) 251 * Offices opened is shown net of closed and merged offices. 40

  41. Slide 41: Trading days

    TRADING DAYS Number of trading days (UK only) H1 H2 Year Year ended 30 June 2016 129 125 254 Year ended 30 June 2017 128 125 253 Year ending 30 June 2018 127 125 252 41

  42. Slide 42: The scale and scope of our business is unique

    THE SCALE AND SCOPE OF OUR BUSINESS IS UNIQUE FY16 STATISTICS PERM 67,000 PLACEMENTS TEMP 220,000 ASSIGNMENTS 6 million CV’S RECEIVED >50,000 INTERVIEWS PER MONTH HITS ON HAYS LINKEDIN 34 million WEBSITES 1.4 million FOLLOWERS WORLDWIDE IN FY16 WE FILLED OVER 1,000 JOBS EVERY WORKING DAY 42

  43. Slide 43: Appendix 2: The Hays Business Model & Strategy for Growth

    APPENDIX 2 THE HAYS BUSINESS MODEL & STRATEGY FOR GROWTH

  44. Slide 44: Hays is a leading global expert in qualified, professional and skilled recruitment

    HAYS IS A LEADING GLOBAL EXPERT IN QUALIFIED, PROFESSIONAL AND SKILLED RECRUITMENT EXECUTIVE SEARCH (head hunting) PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT (mostly white collar) Contingent fee model Focus on high-skilled roles Clear structural growth markets GENERALIST RECRUITMENT (mostly blue collar) 44

  45. Slide 45: A proven track record of organic growth

    A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF ORGANIC GROWTH New country & specialism entries Key: Organic Acquisition 33 COUNTRIES 20 SPECIALISMS Pre 1990 UK Australia Ireland A&F C&P IT Early 1990s Banking Fin Services Office Pros Late 1990s Czech Re. France N.Zealand Contact Ce. Education 2000 Belgium Portugal Legal

  46. Slide 46: Worldwide platform provides a pipeline of growth opportunities

    OUR WORLDWIDE PLATFORM PROVIDES A PIPELINE OF FUTURE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES & LEADERSHIP IN ALL CORE MARKETS Hays market positioning* Market Leader Top 3 position Top 5 position Other TOP 3 Australia (#1) Japan (#1) Belgium Malaysia Brazil New Zealand (#1) Chile Poland (#1) Colombia Portugal (#1) Fran

  47. Slide 47: Our strategic focus is on building scale in key markets

    OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS IS ON BUILDING SCALE IN KEY MARKETS HAYS COUNTRIES HAYS SPECIALISMS 2017 2017 33 20 11 10 2002 2002 Market leaders in 9 countries including: Leading market positions across UK, Australia, Germany professional and technical areas Additionally, top 3 market position in 12 Long esta

  48. Slide 48: Market leading breadth and depth of platform

    MARKET LEADING BREADTH AND DEPTH OF PLATFORM Divisional operating review 20 SPECIALISMS 33 COUNTRIES New Zealand Luxembourg Netherlands Switzerland Hong Kong Czech Rep Singapore Colombia Germany Denmark Australia Malaysia Hungary Portugal Belgium Sweden Canada Mexico Austria Poland France Russia Ire

  49. Slide 49: Strength of our model is key to delivering for clients

    THE STRENGTH OF OUR MODEL IS KEY TO DELIVERING FOR CLIENTS AND DRIVING FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH THE CYCLE Unrivalled … the best …delivers … a resilient … and scale, people, sector the best financial leverages balance and leading solutions for performance the Group to diversity… technology clien

  50. Slide 50: Pillars which underpin the strength of our business model

    THERE ARE 5 PILLARS WHICH UNDERPIN THE STRENGTH OF BALANCE, SCALE AND DIVERSIFICATION ARE WHAT SETS THE HAYS OUR BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS MODEL APART AND DRIVES OUTPERFORMANCE Exposure to structural growth and more mature areas 1. BALANCE Long-established across technical, white-collar specialisms Un

  51. Slide 51: Leveraging our best-in-class technology platform and brand

    LEVERAGING OUR BEST-IN-CLASS TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM AND BRAND Global Internally integrated Delivering outcomes Database & externally connected to drive growth GLOBAL DIGITAL OPERATIONAL PLATFORM INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONAL 1 EFFECTIVENESS CROSS SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS AWARENESS OPERATIONAL BEST CUSTOMER MANA

  52. Slide 52: A balanced portfolio

    A BALANCED PORTFOLIO Net Fees by type* Recruitment Public Top 40 contracts sector UK&I ~15% Other** 16% 27% Perm ~25% 32% 41% Office Sup. 8% Engineering 9% 30,000 CE&RoW Private sector customers Construction Spot 49% & Property 84% ~85% 15% ~75% Temp Accountancy & Finance 59% 15% APAC IT 24% 21% * I

  53. Slide 53: Well diversified in structural and cyclical markets

    BALANCED BUSINESS MODEL: WELL DIVERSIFIED IN STRUCTURAL AND CYCLICAL MARKETS Net fees by market maturity* (percentages in table show % of Group net fees in H117) ESTABLISHED: DEVELOPING: >70% penetration >30-70% penetration 30% of Group net fees 28% of Group net fees -8% LFL net fee growth UK & Irel

  54. Slide 54: Sector diversity exposes us to growth opportunities

    BALANCED BUSINESS MODEL: SECTOR DIVERSITY EXPOSES US TO GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES AND PROTECTS OUR BUSINESS TOUGH: DECLINE <0%* STRONG: GROWTH >10%* Banking 20% Information Technology Energy, Oil & Gas Engineering Net fees 38% Education Sales & Marketing Short term challenges HY17 Long term opportunity £

  55. Slide 55: Sector-leading exposure to key temp/contractor markets

    BALANCED BUSINESS MODEL: SECTOR-LEADING EXPOSURE TO KEY TEMP/CONTRACTOR MARKETS, PERM-GEARED IN HIGH GROWTH AREAS Hays HY17 Net Fees by geography Temp Perm 13% 44% 34% 60% 89% 87% 66% 56% 40% 11% Asia Rest of CE&RoW UK & Ireland Australia & New Zealand Germany 0% Group net fees 100% 55

  56. Slide 56: Appendix 3: Divisional Profiles

    APPENDIX 3 DIVISIONAL PROFILES

  57. Slide 57: Asia Pacific represents 24% of Group net fees

    ASIA PACIFIC REPRESENTS 24% OF GROUP NET FEES WITH AUSTRALIA REPRESENTING 71% OF DIVISIONAL NET FEES 6 months ended 31 December 2016 Net fees: £111.9m Net fees by specialism Net fees by country Operating profit: £33.3m Conversion rate: 29.8% 21% 22% 6% Countries: 7 7% Consultants: 1,270 Offices: 50

  58. Slide 58: Profile of Hays Australia & New Zealand

    PROFILE OF HAYS AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Half Year ended 31 December 2016 19% GROUP NET FEES TEMP 66% PERM 34% 844 CONSULTANTS £87.2m £30.2m 35% NET FEES EBIT CONV. RATE 38 OFFICES Net fees by specialism Net fees by region Q’land Banking Mining* Construction Acc. & Office Res & IT Other NSW Victoria

  59. Slide 59: Historic profile of Hays Australia & New Zealand

    HISTORIC PROFILE OF HAYS AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Historic headline net fees (£M) Historic headline operating profit (£M) 210 182 179 81 87 163 72 135 129 138 139 134 60 64 49 45 44 44 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY consultant headcount Hi

  60. Slide 60: Continental Europe & RoW represents 49% of Group net fees

    CONTINENTAL EUROPE & RoW REPRESENTS 49% OF GROUP NET FEES AND 49% OF GROUP PROFITS 6 months ended 31 December 2016 Net fees: £227.5m Net fees by specialism Net fees by country Operating profit: £48.6m Conversion rate: 21.4% 14% 16% Countries: 24 5% 33% 4% Consultants: 3,358 7% 5% 49% Offices: 101 9%

  61. Slide 61: Profile of Hays Germany

    PROFILE OF HAYS GERMANY Half Year ended 31 December 2016 24% GROUP NET FEES TEMP 87% PERM 13% 1,359 CONSULTANTS £111m £39m 35% NET FEES EBIT CONV. RATE 17 OFFICES Net fees by specialism Net fees by contract type Acc. & IT Engineering Finance Other Contracting Temp Perm 43% 30% 11% 16% 63% 24% 13% No

  62. Slide 62: Historic profile of Hays Germany

    HISTORIC PROFILE OF HAYS GERMANY Historic headline net fees (£M) Historic headline operating profit (£M) 175 136 150 164 158 62 60 63 52 58 106 88 80 36 38 63 24 26 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY consultant headcount* Historic Conversion

  63. Slide 63: UK & Ireland represents 27% of Group net fees

    UK & IRELAND REPRESENTS 27% OF GROUP NET FEES 6 months ended 31 December 2016 Net fees: £126.1m Net fees by specialism Net fees by region Operating profit: £18.2m 4% Conversion rate: 14.4% 9% 21% 21% Consultants: 1,978 11% 33% Offices: 100 8% 20% 16% Temp : Perm 9% 10% 11% 27% 56% 44% Private : Publ

  64. Slide 64: Historic profile of Hays UK & Ireland

    HISTORIC PROFILE OF HAYS UK & IRELAND £ Historic headline net fees (£M) £ Historic headline operating profit (£M) 137 453 331 244 242 246 272 272 64 225 222 46 52 26 11 4 (7) 6 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY consultant headcount Historic

  65. Slide 65: Local currency – Hays net fees and operating profit

    LOCAL CURRENCY – HAYS NET FEES AND OPERATING PROFIT Australia & New Zealand Australia & New Zealand Historic net fees (AUDm) Historic operating profit (AUDm) 365 182 293 293 323 232 274 245 263 273 130 116 134 88 98 83 90 80 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13

  66. Slide 66: Further Information

    FURTHER INFORMATION HEAD OF INVESTOR RELATIONS DAVID WALKER david.walker@hays.com +44 207 391 6613 For more information about the Group: haysplc.com/investors or @haysplcIR

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