Kerry Group Plc · EURONEXT:KRZ

Kerry — FY2007 Earnings Presentation

40 slides from Kerry's earnings presentation, Feb 26, 2008

  1. Slide 1: Preliminary Statement of Results 2007

    Preliminary Statement of Results 2007 26 February 2008

  2. Slide 2: Forward looking statements

    This presentation will contain forward looking statements which reflect management expectations based on currently available data. However actual results will be influenced by macro economic conditions, food industry supply and demand issues, foreign exchange fluctuations and other, as of today unkn

  3. Slide 3: 2007 Highlights

    2007 Highlights • Solid all-round performance • Like-for-like sales revenue growth of 6.7% to 4.8 billion • EBITDA* a record 500m • Successful management of business environment • Trading profit up 7.4% (LFL) to 401m • Trading margin up 10 bps to 8.4% • Adjusted EPS* up 7.4% to 143.8 cent • Free cas

  4. Slide 4: 2007: Good Growth in a Challenging Environment

    2007: Good Growth in a Challenging Environment • Sustained energy and raw material cost inflation • Innovation and pricing actions delivered good results • Assisted by productivity gains and facility consolidations • ‘Go-to-market’ strategy initiated - customer focus • Success through premiumisation

  5. Slide 5: Revenue Growth

    Revenue Growth 2007 2006 2005 Like-for-like Like-for-like Like-for-like - Americas* 7.0% 4.9% 3.8% - Europe* 4.6% 3.2% 4.8% - Asia Pacific* 17.3% 10.1% 7.1% Ingredients & Flavours 7.8% 4.0% 4.5% Consumer Foods 5.6% 1.5% 2.0% Group 6.7% 3.6% 3.7% Note: * revenue by location of customers

  6. Slide 6: Business Review - Ingredients & Flavours

    Business Review - Ingredients & Flavours 2007 Like-for-like Revenue 3,310m 7.8% Trading profit 310m 7.6% • Good volume growth and cost recovery in all regions • Inflationary cost environment successfully managed through customer partnerships and business efficiency enhancements • Focused enterprise-

  7. Slide 7: Ingredients & Flavours - Americas 2007

    Ingredients & Flavours - Americas 2007 Americas 2007 Total Growth Like-for-like Revenue* 1,310m 2.6% 7.0% • Good results through more strategic approach to servicing customers and end-use markets • Cheese and dairy, culinary and savoury flavours - strong growth in prepared foods/sauces • Continued d

  8. Slide 8: Ingredients & Flavours - Europe 2007

    Ingredients & Flavours - Europe 2007 Europe 2007 Total Growth Like-for-like Revenue* 1,339m 3.5% 4.6% • Solid growth through culinary applications in chilled growth categories • Strong demand for solutions towards salt, fat, sugar and allergen reduction • Investment in technology development in Mens

  9. Slide 9: Ingredients & Flavours - Asia Pacific 2007

    Ingredients & Flavours - Asia Pacific 2007 Asia Pacific 2007 Total Growth Like-for-like Revenue* 425m 17.1% 17.3% • Strong regional performance and business development • Western trends and added-value offerings driving industrial development and retail/foodservice growth • Foodservice channels fuel

  10. Slide 10: Business Review - Consumer Foods

    Business Review - Consumer Foods 2007 Like-for-like Revenue 1,819m 5.6% Trading profit 119m 6.4% • Robust performance considering competitive cost environment • Cost recovery and efficiency programmes contribute to margin growth • Brand investment and category management expertise delivering excelle

  11. Slide 11: Financial Review

    KERRY Financial Review

  12. Slide 12: 2007 Financial Highlights

    2007 Financial Highlights Revenue 4,788m +6.7% like-for-like Trading profit 401m +7.4% like-for-like Trading margin 8.4% +10bps Profit before tax 298m +34.8% Adjusted EPS* 143.8 cent +7.4% Basic EPS 137.4 cent +43.7% Free cash flow 257m 2006: 241m Note: like-for-like represents growth before subsidi

  13. Slide 13: Revenue Growth Analysis

    Revenue Growth Analysis 2006 2007 4,646m 4,788m +3.1% FX Translation Like-for-like Acquisition/Disposal -2.1% +6.7% -1.5% Note: like-for-like represents revenue growth before subsidiary translation and acquisitions/disposals impact

  14. Slide 14: Revenue: Like-for-like % Growth

    Revenue: Like-for-like % Growth Like-for-like Acquisition/ Reporting Reported Growth Disposal Currency Growth Ingredients & Flavours 7.8% 0.8% (3.0%) 5.6% Consumer Foods 5.6% (5.4%) (0.2%) 0.0% Group 6.7% (1.5%) (2.1%) 3.1% Note: like-for-like represents revenue growth before subsidiary translation

  15. Slide 15: Revenue Growth Components

    Revenue Growth Components Like-for-like % Growth Like-for-like % Growth 8 6.7% 6 2007 2006 4 3.6% Volume 4.0% 3.0% Price 3.0% 1.0% 2 Trading currency (0.3%) (0.4%) Group 6.7% 3.6% 0 2007 2006 Note: like-for-like represents revenue growth before subsidiary translation and acquisitions/disposals impac

  16. Slide 16: Margin By Business

    Margin By Business 2007 2006 Trading Trading Revenue Profit Revenue Profit m m % m m % Ingredients & Flavours 3,310 310 9.4% 3,134 293 9.4% Consumer Foods 1,819 119 6.6% 1,819 118 6.5% Elimination/unallocated (341) (28) - (307) (27) - Group 4,788 401 8.4% 4,646 384 8.3%

  17. Slide 17: Free Cash Flow

    Free Cash Flow (m) 2007 2006 EBITDA* 500 487 Movement in working capital (38) (46) Capital expenditure (net) (89) (88) Interest (79) (77) Taxation (37) (35) Free cash flow 257 241 Dividends and share buy backs (266) (79) Acquisitions (79) (113) Note: * before non-trading items

  18. Slide 18: Financial Ratios

    Financial Ratios 2007 2006 Debt : EBITDA* 2.6x 2.5x Debt : market capitalisation 34% 35% EBITDA : net interest* 6.1x 6.2x CFROI 10.9% 10.4% ROAE** 14.0% 13.8% Note: * ratios calculated in accordance with financial covenants ** before intangible amortisation and non-trading items

  19. Slide 19: 2007 Non-trading Items

    2007 Non-trading Items (m) • 11 sites/businesses closed or sold across the Group (46.7) • Profit on sale of non-core assets/investments 35.6 • Tax on non-trading items 12.3 • Total non-trading items (net of tax) 1.2 • Net cash inflow from non-trading items (net of tax) 21.8

  20. Slide 20: Other Financial Matters

    Other Financial Matters • Finance costs Up 2.1m due mainly to impact of rate increases and share buy back offset by cash inflow. Average rate increase 0.8% v 2006 costing approximately 10m • Share buy back 10.8m shares acquired during the year at a cost of 232m and increasing interest by 7m • Taxati

  21. Slide 21: Outlook 2008 and Future Prospects

    Outlook 2008 and Future Prospects

  22. Slide 22: Kerry's Business Focus

    Kerry’s Business Focus ‘Capitalise on Group’s competitive advantages and unique strengths’ Global Leadership : Local Application • Ingredients & Flavours : Build new layers of advantage – leveraging Kerry’s global technology platforms in food and beverage growth markets – through re-alignment of the

  23. Slide 23: Kerry's 'Go-to-market' Growth Model

    Kerry’s ‘Go-to-market’ Growth Model Kerry Ingredients & Flavours

  24. Slide 24: Kerry Ingredients & Flavours

    Kerry Ingredients & Flavours

  25. Slide 25: Kerry Foods' Strategy for Growth

    Kerry Foods’ Strategy for Growth • Expand portfolio of strong chilled foods’ brands • Continue to build leadership in private label growth sectors • Leverage innovation expertise in further development of premium quality, convenient snack, prepared foods and food-to-go products • Enhancing productio

  26. Slide 26: Kerry Foods' On-going Innovation Programmes

    Kerry Foods’ On-going Innovation Programmes

  27. Slide 27: Future Prospects: 2008 and Beyond

    Future Prospects: 2008 and Beyond • Excellent prospects for sustainable organic growth – Exploiting Kerry Ingredients & Flavours Global Technology Platforms in food and beverage markets – Continuing to extend Kerry Foods’ brand portfolio, food-to-go offerings and expertise in selected private label

  28. Slide 28: Additional Information

    Additional Information

  29. Slide 29: EPS Reconciliation

    EPS Reconciliation 2006 2007 Growth cent cent % 133.9 Adjusted EPS* 143.8 7.4% (6.5) Intangible amortisation (7.1) (31.8) Non-trading items (net of tax) 0.7 95.6 Basic EPS 137.4 43.7% Note: * before intangible amortisation and non-trading items

  30. Slide 30: Revenue Growth by Destination

    Revenue Growth by Destination 18 17.3% 17.1% 16 14 12 10 8 7.0% 6.7% 6 5.3% 4 3.1% 2.6% 2 1.5% 0 Europe Americas Asia Pacific Group Total Like-for-like Note: like-for-like represents revenue growth before subsidiary translation and acquisitions/disposals impact

  31. Slide 31: Trading Profit: Like-for-like % Growth

    Trading Profit : Like-for-like % Growth Like-for-like Acquisition/ Reporting Reported Growth Disposal Currency Growth Ingredients & Flavours 7.6% 1.1% (2.8%) 5.9% Consumer Foods 6.4% (4.0%) (0.9%) 1.5% Group 7.4% (0.4%) (2.5%) 4.5% Note: like-for-like represents growth before subsidiary translation

  32. Slide 32: Euro - US Dollar Trend

    Euro - US Dollar Trend 1.50 1.47 1.47 1.47* 1.45 2008 1.40 1.35 1.35 1.30 1.32 1.30 2007 1.25 1.25 1.22 1.20 2006 1.15 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2007 Avg Fx Rate 1.378 % Change (9.4%) Note: * rate as at 20 February 2008

  33. Slide 33: Euro - Sterling Trend

    Euro - Sterling Trend 0.76 0.76* 0.75 0.74 2008 0.73 0.72 0.70 2006 0.69 0.68 0.68 0.67 0.67 0.66 0.66 2007 0.64 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2007 Avg Fx Rate 0.686 % Change (0.9%) Note: * rate as at 20 February 2008

  34. Slide 34: Currency Profile of Net Debt

    Currency Profile of Net Debt (m) Net @ Floating @ Fixed Debt Rates Rates Euro 465 74 391 Sterling 198 198 - US Dollar 514 58 456 Others 102 102 - 1,279 432 847 100% 34% 66% Weighted average period for which rate is fixed: 2.1 years

  35. Slide 35: Maturity Profile of Net Debt

    Maturity Profile of Net Debt (m) 31 Dec 2007 31 Dec 2006 Within one year (176) (162) Between 1 and 2 years 92 3 Between 2 and 5 years 693 745 Between 5 and 10 years 670 608 1,279 1,194 Weighted average maturity in years: 4.0 4.8

  36. Slide 36: EPS Trend

    EPS* Trend (cent) 150 143.8 131.6 133.9 122.9 125 112.1 101.8 100 87.9 79.2 75 68.0 57.4 50 25 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Note: EPS numbers for 1998 to 2003 are pre IFRS Note: * before intangible asset amortisation and non-trading items

  37. Slide 37: R&D Expenditure

    R&D Expenditure 150 3.0%* 3.0%* 140 130 2.8%* 145m 120 139m 2.7%* 110 100 125m 2.4%* 90 111m 2.1%* 80 70 2.0%* 60 2.0%* 88m 50 78m 40 59m 30 52m 20 10 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Note: * figures relate to R&D as a percentage of revenue

  38. Slide 38: Cash Flow

    Cash Flow (m) 2007 2006 Cash from operations 462 440 Finance and taxation (116) (111) Capital expenditure (net) (89) (88) Free cash flow 257 241 Acquisitions and disposals - businesses acquired (83) (115) - businesses sold 1 17 - non-trading items (39) (31) (121) (129) Equity dividends paid (34) (31

  39. Slide 39: Shareholder Analysis

    Shareholder Analysis Institutions Kerry Co-op 44% 24% Institutional Analysis North America 20% Ireland 10% UK 8% Retail Continental Europe / Rest of World 6% 32% Shares in issue at 31 December 2007 was 174,689,635

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