FY 2019 Investor Presentation | February 2020
Our sustainable growth model
Key elements defining our model
1Trusted and reliable partner with a clear value proposition
2Leading positions in attractive channels and specialised markets
3Entrepreneurial segments powered by our centralised Group platform
4Track record of strong and consistent profitable growth
5Focused on organic growth complemented with strategic M&A
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Value proposition
Differentiated | |||
sourcing | Supply chain | ||
excellence | |||
Linking suppliers | Delivering FMCG to the | ||
and customers that are | right place, | ||
difficult to connect | at the right time | ||
Fully bonded | Regulatory | ||
supply chain | |||
expertise | |||
Highly efficient
logistical platform
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Three business segments with diversified activities
Distribution of bonded liquors | Specialty distribution of | Specialty retail at high traffic |
and health & beauty products | FMCG products to maritime | airports and remote locations |
to specialty retailers and | and remote markets | |
online end-customers | ||
TURNOVER 2019 | TURNOVER 2019 | TURNOVER 2019 |
€ 1,408.2 m | € 497.8 m | € 140.0 m |
69% | 24% | 7% |
of Group turnover | of Group turnover | of Group turnover |
Health & Beauty | Liquors |
46% | 42% | 12% | 69% | 31% | |
65% | 35% | of Segment turnover | of Segment turnover | ||
of Segment turnover | of Segment turnover |
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Serving four fragmented key markets worldwide
Retail B2B | Remote | Maritime | Retail B2C |
Empowering | Partner in remote | Serving complex | Experienced |
wholesalers and | distribution | end-markets | in specialty retail |
retailers | |||
Value for money | Caterers at remote | Ship suppliers and | End-customers |
retailers, secondary | industrial sites, | cruise lines | in (travel) retail outlets |
channels and | peacekeeping missions, | and on e-commerce | |
e-commerce platforms, | government and | platforms | |
underserved and | defence operations | ||
duty-free markets | |||
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All powered by a centralised backbone
IT | Distribution | Legal & | HR | Finance & | Safety & | ||||||
Compliance | Control | Security | |||||||||
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Selected niches exposed to attractive long term trends
Our markets & channels | Channel trends |
E-commerce
Value retail
Travel
Market trends
Globalisation
Digitisation
Selected distribution
Market disruption
Increasing compliance standards
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Resulting in organic turnover growth complemented with selective M&A
(in million €)
acquisitive
organic
Discontinuation of non-premium-brand perfumes
Topbrands
103
65
Capi
Rdam /
Weeze
Lagaay
FragranceNet.com
Alcodis148
114
UCVF
38
9
58
1,152
1,338 1,274 1,404
1,831
1,632
573
816845
677
964
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
Dutch GAAP | IFRS |
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Selective M&A to expand our role in the value chain
markets
geographies
products
Travel | Value |
retail | Retail |
B2C | B2B |
EU
Middle
East
expansion
Personal
care
E-
commerce
B2C
USA
Pharma ceuticals
2012 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Disciplined execution of our M&A strategy
2018
2019 | 2020 & beyond |
FragrancetNet.com
Expanding our footprint to the US, our role in the value chain and further growth in Health & Beauty
Lagaay Group
Adding to our single source supply offering to maritime and remote operations
Airport shops Weeze & Rotterdam
Adding to our position in regional airport retail within the EU
- Further build our position in the value chain
- Targeted companies that match our business model and entrepreneurial culture
- With potential for further organic growth
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FY 2019 Results
Performance highlights FY 2019
Unfavourable developments Asian markets
- Trade war and Hong Kong protests had an effect on demand for luxury products in Asia in 2019
- Effect of these market circumstances became evident for the Group from Q3 onwards
- Advancing beyond the level we anticipated in the latter part of Q4
- Gross profit for the year in both our Liquor category in Asia and our fast-moving consumer goods activities in the B&S Segment were impacted
Growth in Health & Beauty | Strong | |
category | cash flow | |
▪ Identified business opportunities in | ▪ As a result of focus on maintaining |
B2B distribution to value retail and | volumes in Asia and continuous |
e-commerce | focus on working capital |
▪ Reorganisation and expansion | |
robotised infrastructure and | |
automated processes for organic | |
growth & roll out B2C model to EU | |
▪ Steps taken in roll out B2B model | |
to US | |
▪ Resulting in 28.2% growth (11.3% | |
organic) in this category |
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FY 2019 - Highlights
Overall turnover growth | ▪ Overall: 13.3% to € 1,978.8 M | ||
▪ | Organic: 4.9% | ||
EBITDA | ▪ EBITDA of € 114.6 M | ||
▪ | Pre IFRS 16 EBITDA came in at € 104.6 M (2018: € 109.0 M) | ||
Business segment | ▪ | All business segments contributed to turnover growth individually | |
contribution | ▪ | HTG +17.7% | B&S +11.7% | Retail +2.5% | |
▪ Net cash from operations of € 114.7 M (2018: € 3.5 M) | |||
Cash flow | ▪ | Inventory in days: 80 (2018: 92) | |
▪ Debtors in days: 37 (2018: 43) | |||
▪ FragranceNet contributed to HTG segment (9 months) | |||
M&A | ▪ | Lagaay contributed to B&S segment (5 months) |
▪ Airport shops Rotterdam & Weeze contributed to Retail segment (7 months)
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Business segment performance FY 2019
- Good performance in Health & Beauty from value retail and e-commerce markets in EU and USA
- Performance in Liquor Asia affected by ongoing margin pressure; partly offset by performance of Liquor Europe that was in line with expectations
- Performance improvements after Q2 did not advance due to developments in Asian markets; anticipated growth did not materialise
- Staff costs in this segment reflect the anticipated further volume growth, resulting in material EBITDA decline
- Performance Airport Electronics as expected
- Contribution of Rotterdam & Weeze airport
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Key figures FY 2019
€ million (unless stated otherwise) | FY 2019 | FY 2019 Pre | FY 2018 | (%) | ||
reported | IFRS 16 | reported | reported | |||
Profit or loss account | ||||||
Turnover | 1,978.8 | 1,978.8 | 1,746.5 | 13.3% | ||
Gross profit (margin) | 271.9 | 13.7% | 271.9 | 242.3 | 13.9% | 12.2% |
EBITDA (margin) | 114.6 | 5.8% | 104.6 | 109.0 | 6.2% | 5.1% |
Depreciation & amortisation | 26.6 | 16.9 | 10.7 | 148.6% | ||
Profit before tax | 77.5 | 78.2 | 90.8 | (14.7%) | ||
Net profit | 60.3 | 60.8 | 71.4 | (15.5%) | ||
EPS (in euro) | 0.56 | 0.72 | (22.2%) | |||
- Turnover grew 13.3%
- Gross profit grew 12.2%, margin slightly decreased to 13.7%
- Acquisitions contributed positively to gross profit margin, offset by developments in Asian markets
- Increase in personnel costs primarily related to the full year consolidation of FragranceNet.com and the increase in staff costs in the B&S Segment
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HTG Key figures - category breakdown
Liquors
€ million | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | ||
Turnover | 497.3 | 483.5 | ||
Gross profit | 30.1 | 6.1% | 42.1 | 8.7% |
EBITDA | 12.6 | 24.7 | ||
EBITDA Margin | 2.5% | 5.1% |
Health &
Beauty
€ million | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | ||
Turnover | 914.2 | 713.1 | ||
Gross profit | 143.3 | 15.7% | 104.7 | 14.7% |
EBITDA | 76.5 | 56.4 | ||
EBITDA Margin | 8.4% | 7.9% |
Change
2.9%
-28.5%
-48.9%
-2.6%
Change
28.2%
36.9%
35.6%
0.5%
Liquors
- Impact of the USA - China trade war and turmoil in Hong Kong on our Liquor category became evident in Q3 and amplified in Q4.
- Our Liquor category in Europe realised growth in line with expectations.
Health & Beauty
- Increased focus and demand from the value retail in Europe and Health & Beauty markets in Europe, Asia and USA.
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B&S key figures - FY 2019
FY
€ million | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | Change | ||
Turnover | 497.8 | 445.6 | 11.7% | ||
Gross profit | 60.5 | 12.2% | 59.3 | 13.3% | 1.9% |
EBITDA | 19.3 | 21.4 | -9.8% | ||
EBITDA margin | 3.9% | 4.8% | -0.9% | ||
EBITDA pre IFRS | 13.9 | 21.4 | -35.0% | ||
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EBITDA margin pre | 2.8% | 4.8% | -2.0% | ||
IFRS 16 | |||||
- 11.7% turnover growth for FY
2019 - Focus on serving volume contracts resulted turnover growth for the B&S Segment;
- Gross profit margin amounted to 12.1% (FY 2018: 13.3%)
- EBITDA margin decreased to 3.9%. Mainly as the result of declining gross margin and increased staff cost.
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Retail key figures - FY 2019
FY
€ million | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | Change | |
Turnover | 140.0 | 136.6 | 2.5% | |
Gross profit | 35.9 25.6% | 34.7 | 25.4% | 3.7% |
EBITDA | 9.5 | 10.6 | -10.1% | |
EBITDA margin | 6.8% | 7.8% | -1.0% | |
- Turnover increase of 2.5% to €
140 M with an increased gross profit to € 35.9 M following acquired Airport shops and new shop openings - EBITDA and EBITDA margin were impacted by staff costs and operating expenses related to the new shop openings.
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Overall turnover growth analysis FY 2019
- The HTG and B&S segment are the main contributor to organic turnover growth;
- The inclusion of the acquisitions of FragranceNet.com, Lagaay Medical Group and airport retail Rotterdam and Weeze contributed € 148.4 M
- The development of the EUR/USD exchange rate had an effect of € 27.1 M on turnover
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Financial position
€ million (unless stated otherwise) | FY 2019 | FY 2018 |
Financial position | ||
Solvency ratio* | 34.6% | 34.3% |
Net debt * | 296.0 | 312.7 |
Net debt / EBITDA * | 2.8 | 2.9 |
Inventory in days | 80 | 92 |
Working capital in days | 95 | 113 |
- Net debt stood at € 296.0 M (FY 2018: € 312.7). Net debt post IFRS 16 stood at € 367.4
M. - Net debt / EBITDA stood at 2.8 (FY 2018: 2.9). Post IFRS 16, net debt / EBITDA stood at 3.2
Notes
* Excluding IFRS 16 lease liability.
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Net debt development FY 2019
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Working capital development
- million (unless stated otherwise)
Inventory
(days)
Trade receivables
(days)
Trade payables
Working capital
(days)
20192018
375.6377.9
(80)(92)
201.3205.7
(37)(43)
104.690.8
472.2 | 492.8 |
(95) | (113) |
- Working capital reduction program initiated in the second part of 2019 resulted in decline of working capital and improvements of working capital in days to 95 from 113
-
Net cash from operations increased from € 3.5 M in
2018 to € 114.7 M in 2019
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Outlook
Outlook for 2020
Growth in Health & Beauty
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Positive on overall growth opportunities specifically in EU and
USA - Performance levels in this category expected to increase
- Growth foreseen from geographical expansion in B2B and B2C
Developments in Asian markets
- Optimistic that the circumstances in Asian markets will not last throughout 2020
- Corona virus will have impact on demand for luxury brands in Asia in H1 2020; impact on our performance to be determined
Focus for coming quarters
- Invest in key growth markets that benefit from digitisation, retail re- design and supply chain simplification
- Solidify financial position by operational effectiveness and cost reductions through our investments in digitisation and automation
- Growing our business profitably by executing our 2020-2022 strategic initiatives
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Strategic focus
2020 - 2022
We see ample opportunities and challenges in our markets
Geopolitical tension | Trade war & | |
and turmoil | recession threat | |
Digital | Retail value chain | |||
disruption | redesign | |||
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We have a defensive profile towards macro economic developments
Robust and global | Bonded supplier | Diversified supplier | ||
product categories | status | and customer basis | ||
with mainly A- | limiting the impact | with limited | ||
branded products that | of geopolitical | dependency on a | ||
outperform in | developments | single market | ||
economic hardship |
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Our value proposistion is adaptive to market trends and developments
Digital
disruption
Disinterme-
diation
Consumer shift to
online channel
Differentiated | |
sourcing | Supply chain |
excellence |
Rise of value
channels
Fully bonded | Regulatory |
supply chain | |
expertise | |
Highly efficient
logistical platform
Price
transparancy
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Key focus areas that support our 2020 - 2022 growth strategy
1 | 2 | |
Centralisation | Digital | |
of operations | Transformation | |
Focus on | 4 | ||
Organic | |||
growth markets | expansion | ||
3 | |||
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Long term value creation - strategic initiatives 2020 - 2022
1
2
3
4
Digital tranformation
Focus on growth
- With close commercial involvement further centralise IT and Logistics towards creating a more lean and focused organisation
- Cluster overlapping segmental business activities to simplify the supply chain and optimise inventory management
- Intensify segmental collaboration by optimising internal processes
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Use data driven insights to optimise internal processes and identify commercial opportunities
Digitise the supply chain with commercial tools that support centralised operations Continued innovation by embedding digital capabilities in our organisation - Focus on niche markets driven by mega trends (digitisation, globalisation, market disruption)
- Invest in unique positions with compelling advantage
- Complemented by selective M&A to strenghten niche positions
- Capture opportunities for geographical expansion in all business segments
- Explore new PMCs in adjacent channels or product / category per segment
- Drive organic growth through data driven customer services
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