Victoria Plc · LSE:VCP

Victoria — H1 FY2010 Earnings Presentation

34 slides from Victoria's earnings presentation, Nov 9, 2009

  1. Slide 1: Half-year Results

    Half-year Results For six months ended 3 October 2009 9 November 2009

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    ƒ Alan Bullock, Group Managing Director • Introduction ƒ Ian Davies, Group Finance Director • Financial results ƒ Alan Bullock • Operational review • Outlook ƒ Question and answer session • Appendix 1: Results tables • Appendix 2: Fast facts 2

  3. Slide 3: Ian Davies, Group Finance Director

    Ian Davies Group Finance Director 3

  4. Slide 4: H1 FY10 results summary

    H1 FY10 H1 FY09 Change Revenue £30.17m £32.71m (7.8)% Operating profit £0.52m £1.64m (68.2)% Profit before tax £0.20m £1.28m (84.3)% Operating margin 1.7% 5.0% (3.3)% Basic earnings per 1.86p 13.02p (85.7)% share Interim dividend 2.6p 4.0p (35.0)% 4

  5. Slide 5: Operating profit bridge H1 FY09 to H1 FY10

    H1 FY10 H1 FY09 Operating Sales Volume Gross Margin Overheads Plc costs Operating Forex Profit +/ - +/ - +/ - +/ - Profit 1,800 (167) 1,600 (446) 1,639 1,400 1,200 (513) 1,000 £'000 28 (816) 90 44 800 165 600 180 522 400 289 29 200 0 H1 09 Volume Volume Volume Margin Margin Margin Overhead Overhead

  6. Slide 6: Revenue and operating profit by half-year

    Revenue Operating profit 35.0 3.0 32.9 32.7 30.2 2.6 29.4 30.0 28.8 2.5 25.0 2.0 20.0 1.6 1.6 £'m £'m 1.5 15.0 1.0 10.0 0.6 0.5 5.0 0.5 - 0.0 H1 08 H2 08 H1 09 H2 09 H1 10 H1 08 H2 08 H1 09 H2 09 H1 10 6

  7. Slide 7: Capital expenditure, depreciation and fixed assets

    Capital Expenditure and Depreciation ƒ Group overall net assets of 4000 6.0% £34.8m at 3 October 2009 3500 5.0% 3000 2500 4.0% ƒ Tangible fixed assets of £'000 £27.2m % 2000 3.0% 1500 2.0% 1000 500 1.0% 0 0.0% FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 H1 10 Capex Depreciation Capex % of sales Tangible Fixed Assets b

  8. Slide 8: Operating cash flow and net debt

    Operating Cash Flow H1 FY10 8.0 200% £’m 7.0 175% 6.0 150% Operating profit 0.52 5.0 125% Depreciation & non-cash 1.32 £'m 4.0 100% 3.0 75% items 2.0 50% 1.0 25% Foreign exchange 1.23 0.0 0% FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 H1 10 Working capital 0.49 EBITDA Operating Cash Flow Operating Cash Flow Conversion % In

  9. Slide 9: Net debt and facilities

    H1 FY10 ƒ Net debt decreased by £1.96m from £11.43m at year end to £9.47m at the £’m half-year Net Debt at 3 October 2009 9.47 ƒ Net debt to EBITDA of 2.50 Facilities at 3 October 2009 18.27 Headroom 8.80 ƒ Continued focus on working capital management Facilities v Borrowings ƒ H1Capital expenditure

  10. Slide 10: Financial summary

    ƒ Group revenue was £30.2m, down by 7.8%. On a constant currency basis, revenue was down 11.6%, benefiting from a strengthening of the Australian Dollar ƒ The UK and Australia divisions were profitable. The Irish division recorded an operating loss of £0.28m, with economic and market conditions in I

  11. Slide 11: Alan Bullock, Group Managing Director

    Alan Bullock Group Managing Director 11

  12. Slide 12: UK: economic and market conditions still challenging

    “Economic and market conditions still challenging” 10% Market background 6% ƒ Residential markets may now have bottomed out 16% ƒ Contract market enters into recession ƒ Investment in contract and export 63% markets continued 5% ƒ Vertical integration of woollen spinning Independent retailers Wholes

  13. Slide 13: UK profitability

    Profitability ƒ Earlier moves to control costs benefit bottom-line • Factory workforce restructure completed • Benefits of thermal splicing now being delivered • Labour efficiency at all time high • Continued investment in both contract and export markets development ƒ Operating profit improves 5.5%

  14. Slide 14: Ireland: dire state of the Irish economy impacts market

    “Dire state of the Irish economy impacts market” Market background ƒ Irish economic conditions remain dire ƒ Market estimated to be down by as much as 60% ƒ Total lack of market visibility Sales performance ƒ Ireland represents 5.5% of Group revenue ƒ Revenue fell by 50.6% from £3.39m to £1.67m (55.

  15. Slide 15: Australia: economy narrowly avoids recession

    “Australian economy narrowly avoids recession” Market background ƒ Australian economy forecast to achieve GDP growth of 0.5% in calendar year 2009 * ƒ Weak consumer demand ƒ Highly competitive trading environment ƒ Signs just emerging of market improvement Sales performance ƒ Australia represents 57

  16. Slide 16: Australia profitability

    Profitability ƒ Continued defence of market share during period ƒ Margin affected by the under utilisation of woollen spinning capacity ƒ Operating profit down by 44.6% in H1 from £1.67m to £0.93m ƒ Profit before tax down by 50.4% from £1.50m to £0.74m in H1 ƒ New product introductions start to impr

  17. Slide 17: Canada: North American economy remains weak

    “North American economy remains weak” Market background ƒ Both residential and contract markets remain weak ƒ Outlook in near term uncertain Sales performance ƒ Revenue was down by 25.9% in H1 from C$5.04m to C$3.73m ƒ Nature’s Carpet® sales still inhibited by the recession in the US Profitability •

  18. Slide 18: Alan Bullock, Group Managing Director

    Alan Bullock Group Managing Director 18

  19. Slide 19: Outlook: UK and Ireland

    “The Board remains confident the Group will continue to weather the economic conditions well ” UK ƒ No help anticipated from the economy or market recovery until late into 2010 ƒ New product introductions should help underpin sales in H2 ƒ Business already “right-sized” for the current economic clim

  20. Slide 20: Outlook: Australia, Canada and summary

    Australia ƒ First signs of market improvement gives optimism for H2 performance ƒ Introductions of new products to continue to help margin improvement ƒ Current strength of Australian Dollar benefits the Group Canada ƒ Short term outlook lacks any real visibility ƒ Recent management changes have sta

  21. Slide 21: Forward-looking statements disclaimer

    This presentation, which has been prepared by Victoria PLC (“the Company”), includes statements that are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements”. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “believes”, “estimates”, “

  22. Slide 22: Victoria PLC

    22 VICTORIA PLC

  23. Slide 23: Appendix 1: Results tables

    23 VICTORIA PLC

  24. Slide 24: Revenue and operating profit by division

    Revenue Operating profit H1 H1 Change H1 H1 Change FY10 FY09 FY10 FY09 % % £’m £’m £’m £’m United 11.10 12.44 (10.8) 0.15 0.15 5.5 Kingdom Ireland 1.67 3.39 (50.6) (0.28) 0.14 (304.3) Australia 17.40 16.88 3.0 0.93 1.67 (44.6) Central - - - (0.27) (0.32) 13.8 Costs Group 30.17 32.71 (7.8) 0.52 1.64

  25. Slide 25: Summarised balance sheet

    H1 FY10 FY09 £’m £’m Intangibles, investments and deferred tax asset 2.36 2.34 Property, plant & equipment 27.19 26.43 Non-current assets 29.55 28.77 Current assets 31.63 29.06 Current liabilities (17.70) (14.85) Non-current liabilities (8.70) (10.41) Net assets 34.78 32.57 25

  26. Slide 26: Cash flow and movement in net debt

    H1 FY10 FY09 £’m £’m Operating profit 0.52 2.23 Depreciation & non-cash items 1.32 2.38 Foreign exchange 1.23 0.34 Working capital 0.49 (2.33) Interest (0.29 ) (0.74) Tax (0.02) (0.99) Cash from operating activities 3.25 0.89 Capital expenditure (0.19) (3.41) Dividends (0.28) (1.25) Foreign exchange

  27. Slide 27: Earnings per share and dividends

    H1 FY10 H1 FY09 FY09 Earnings per share: Basic adjusted EPS 1.86p 13.02p 15.01p Diluted adjusted EPS 1.62p 13.02p 13.97p Dividends: - Interim 2.6p 4.0p 4.0p - Final n/a n/a 4.0p 27

  28. Slide 28: Exchange rates

    Spot rate Average exchange rates Period-end exchange rates at 2 Nov 2009 H1 FY10 H1 FY09 % H1 FY10 H1 FY09 % Euro 1.1318 1.2643 (10.5) 1.0883 1.2619 (13.8) 1.1059 Australian Dollar 1.9927 2.1252 (6.2) 1.8339 2.2216 (17.5) 1.8176 Canadian Dollar 1.7912 1.9836 (9.7) 1.7199 1.9080 (9.9) 1.7672 28

  29. Slide 29: Glossary of terms

    Capex Capital expenditure EBITDA Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation EPS Earnings per share FY09 Financial year ended 4 April 2009 FY10 Financial year ending 3 April 2010 GDP Gross domestic product H1 / H2 First half / Second half of the financial year H1 FY09 First half of

  30. Slide 30: Appendix 2: Fast facts

    30 VICTORIA PLC

  31. Slide 31: Victoria PLC company overview

    Victoria PLC is a successful and well established international manufacturer and distributor of carpets and Listed on London Stock Exchange: VCP floorcoverings to the mid to high end markets in the UK, with 6.94 million shares in issue. Australia, Ireland and Canada. Delivering high quality, design-

  32. Slide 32: The Board and time line

    The Board Time Line Alexander Anton 1895 Victoria Carpets is founded in Victoria Street, Kirkcaldy, Chairman, Non-Executive Appointed Chairman of the Scotland. Board of Victoria PLC in December 2007 1954 First overseas manufacturing plant established in Dandenong, Alan Bullock a suburb of Melbourne

  33. Slide 33: Operating businesses: Australia, Ireland, UK, Canada

    Australia Ireland ƒ Established 1954, Victoria Carpets Pty. Ltd. has ƒ The Irish business consists of two brands: Munster grown to become the second largest Australian Carpets and Navan Carpets carpet manufacturer ƒ Munster Carpets specialises in the supply of high-end ƒ The company's manufacturing

  34. Slide 34: Enquiries

    Enquiries: Victoria PLC Citigate Dewe Rogerson Alan Bullock, Group Managing Director Fiona Tooley, Director Mobile: +44 (0) 7785 325701 Mobile: +44 (0) 7785 703523 Ian Davies, Group Finance Director Keith Gabriel, Senior Account Manager Mobile: +44 (0) 7770 638791 Mobile: +44(0) 7770 788624 Office:

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