PRIDE IN EVERY EGG
2023
Annual Report
Farm Pride Foods Ltd
Farm Pride Foods Limited and Controlled Entities
Corporate Information
Farm Pride Foods Ltd.
ABN 42 080 590 030
Directors
George Palatianos (Non-Executive Chairman)
Malcolm Ward (Non-Executive Director)
Bruce De Lacy (Non-Executive Director)
Darren Lurie (Managing Director)
Management Team
Darren Lurie (Managing Director)
Tony Enache (Chief Financial Officer)
Company Secretary
Bruce De Lacy
Registered office and principal place of business
551 Chandler Road
Keysborough, Victoria 3173 +61 3 9798 7077
Solicitors
Gadens
Level 25 Bourke Place
600 Bourke Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Financiers
MC FP Pty Ltd
Level 18, 90 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Tradeplus24 Australia
Level 2, 696 Bourke St
Melbourne, Victoria 3000
Share Registry
Computershare Registry Services Pty. Ltd.
Yarra Falls, 452 Johnston Street
Abbotsford, Victoria 3067
ASX: FRM
Auditors
Pitcher Partners
Level 13, 664 Collins Street
Docklands, Victoria 3008
Internet Address
www.farmpride.com.au
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Farm Pride Foods Limited and Controlled Entities
Directors' Report
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chairman's Report | 3 |
Directors' Report | 4 |
Auditor's Independence Declaration | 18 |
Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2023 | |
∙ Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive | 19 |
Income | |
∙ Consolidated Statement of Financial Position | 20 |
∙ Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | 21 |
∙ Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows | 22 |
∙ Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements | 23 |
Directors' Declaration | 51 |
Independent Auditor's Report | 52 |
ASX Additional Information | 57 |
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Farm Pride Foods Limited and Controlled Entities
Directors' Report
Chairman's Report
2023 has been a year of change. The appointment of 2 directors in August 2022 who helped steer us through change, Bruce Delacy as interim CEO, capital raised from the NREO and Placement, new CEO and director appointed in February, further changes to reduce the board size and appointments of industry experienced Operations Manager and Chief Financial Officer.
The Group's net revenue from contracts with customers increased by 12% to $82.78 million (2022: $74.04 million). Revenue for the second half of FY23 was $44.58 million an increase of 17% from the first half of FY23.
The Group incurred a loss after-tax of $9.11 million (2022: $19.78 million loss).
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) was a loss of $0.2 million (2022: $4.62 million loss). The EBITDA in the second half of FY23 of $2.61 million represented a significant turnaround in the financial performance of the Group.
During the second half of FY23, there was significant focus on improving farming activities, production, grading, and processing efficiencies, across the business. The re-instatement of our owned rearing facilities is progressing well with the first birds to be transferred to our laying farms in coming weeks. This is expected to reduce costs and achieve improved egg production. A number of new farm managers have been appointed as well as improvements in our farming operations. With greater focus across our grading floors and product plant improvements have also been achieved with further improvements identified.
Cost pressures, like all businesses, remain high including labour, utilities, transport, feed and interest. We have sought to reduce unit costs by increasing efficiencies and obtain price increases to off-set these higher costs.
In December 2022 we exited a large leased cage egg farm. While this is part of the Group's strategy to transition to non-cage production, occurring during a time of national shortage impacted egg supply and our ability to meet additional customer demand.
The Group has entered into a contract of sale for a parcel of surplus non-arable land at Lethbridge, Geelong which on the satisfaction of a number of pre-conditions will deliver proceeds of $2.35 million, the majority of which will be applied to debt reduction.
The Board thanks all our customers and suppliers for their continued support and our employees who are working hard to ensure the successful turnaround in the profitability of the Group.
George Palatianos
Chairman
30 August 2022
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Farm Pride Foods Limited and Controlled Entities
Directors' Report
The directors present their report together with the financial report of the consolidated entity consisting of Farm Pride Foods Limited ('the Company') and the entities it controlled (the 'group'), for the financial year ended 30 June 2023 and auditor's report thereon.
Directors
The names of directors in office at any time during or since the end of the year are:
George Palatianos | Non-executive Director, Chair |
Malcolm Ward | Non-executive Director |
Bruce De Lacy | Non-executive Director |
Darren Lurie | Managing Director |
Peter Bell | Non-executive Director (appointed 30 May 2008, resigned 17 November |
2022) | |
Beth Mathison | Independent Non-executive Director (appointed 25 August 2022, resigned 9 |
March 2023) | |
Roland Roccioletti | Independent Non-executive Director (appointed 25 August 2022, resigned 9 |
March 2023) |
The directors have been in office since the start of the year to the date of this report unless otherwise stated.
Principal activities
The principal activities of the group during the financial year were the production, processing, manufacturing and sale of eggs and egg products.
There has been no significant change in the nature of these activities during the financial year.
Review of operations and financial results
Statutory consolidated net profit after tax attributable to the members of Farm Pride Foods Ltd ("Statutory Profit") for the year ended 30 June 2023 was a loss of $9.112 million (2022: $19.782 million loss). Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) was a loss of $0.205 million (2022: $4.615 million loss).
The following table reconciles the Statutory Profit to EBITDA for the year ended 30 June 2023:
30 June 2023 | 30 June 2022 | ||
$'000 | $'000 | ||
Statutory (loss) | (9,112) | (19,782) | |
Add back: | |||
- Interest (finance costs) | 2,518 | 2,177 | |
- Income tax (benefit) / expense | - | 5,827 | |
- Depreciation | 6,389 | 7,163 | |
EBITDA | (205) | (4,615) | |
For further discussion of the review and results of operations of the group reference should be made to the Chairman's Report dated 30 August 2023.
Significant changes in the state of affairs
There have been no significant changes in the group's state of affairs during the financial year, other than as disclosed in this report.
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