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Half Year Results Announcement

Half Year Results26 February 2018PGWIndustrials

27 February 2018

PGG Wrightson delivers impressive first half performance


PGG Wrightson Ltd* (PGW) announced today that at the half-year it is on track to surpass last year’s strong

operating result.



For the half year ending 31 December 2017 operating earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation

(Operating EBITDA)** of $34.2 million were up $8.2 million on the prior corresponding period ($26.0 million) and

is PGW’s best first half result in a decade. Net profit after tax was $14.6 million, $0.4 million lower than the same

period last year due in part to movement in the New Zealand dollar.


PGW Chairman Alan Lai said, “We advised in October last year that against a backdrop of higher commodity

prices, lower agricultural production and a delayed start to spring we expected our Operating EBITDA to be at a

similar level to 2017. It is pleasing to be able to report that the business has achieved a first half performance at

an Operating EBITDA level that is stronger than last year. Furthermore, we expect this strength to continue and

anticipate Operating EBITDA to exceed 2017’s result and be in a $65 million to $70 million range. Previously we

also expected that net profit after tax (NPAT) for FY2018 would be approximately 30 percent lower than FY2017

due to a reduction in gains on property sales given that our divestment programme is now largely complete. With

this stronger trading performance we now expect NPAT to be approximately 20 percent lower.


PGW’s Board declared an interim dividend of 1.75 cents per share, which will be paid to shareholders registered

at the record date of 16 March 2018. The dividend will be fully imputed and paid to shareholders on 5 April 2018.


PGW Chief Executive Ian Glasson noted, “This is a very pleasing result for the first half. We have a highly-

engaged team who continue to deliver good results through the market cycles and weather variability that impact

the agri-sector. The lift in Operating EBITDA on this time last year is heartening and puts us in a strong position

as we move into the second half. This performance was achieved with most of our businesses trading well through

the first half.


“The Agency group delivered an excellent result with a more than two-fold increase in Operating EBITDA. The

Livestock business benefited from strong international demand for protein and reduced tallies which combined to

push up livestock prices across New Zealand. In addition, our Livestock supply chain products continue to perform

well. There was an improved performance by our Wool procurement and brokering business despite reduced

demand for global crossbred wool. The Real Estate business had a challenging first six months but maintained

market share and remains well positioned when market conditions improve.


“The Retail and Water group performed superbly with a 25 percent increase in Operating EBITDA over the same

period last year and was largely built on the operating performance in our Retail business.


“The Retail business performed extremely well during a period when they look to deliver more than 85 percent of

their full year Operating EBITDA. It was pleasing to see that they finished with Operating EBITDA higher than the

same period last year despite some challenges with weather. Wet growing conditions in spring were followed by

dry conditions in November and December. The impact on horticulture was the advance of harvest dates. This

resulted in spray programme applications being brought forward and as a consequence some of the sales that

were planned for January occurred during December. All three Retail business areas (Rural Supplies, Fruitfed

Supplies and Agritrade) contributed to the pleasing result.


“The Water business continues to be challenged by the lack of on farm development. Despite this, the business

is seeing a number of opportunities come to fruition, such as the successful tendering to supply irrigation to the

Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club, and Millbrook developments.

$

34.2m

$

14.6m

1.75


Per Share,

Fully Imputed





“Seed and Grain performed well increasing Operating EBITDA by $2.2 million over the same period last year.


“The New Zealand Seed and Grain business had a strong result due to favourable weather conditions in spring,

compared to the same period last year. Recovery in the grain and forage seeds market along with a lift in

performance in international shipments due to high yields resulted in an increased Operating EBITDA in New

Zealand.


“However, a reduction in spring sales increased closing inventory levels in both the Australian and South American

businesses. Initiatives are in place to alleviate working capital demands across the Seed and Grain group and

we expect that to improve as the Australian business performance is traditionally focused in the second six months

of the financial year.


“The Seed and Grain group’s continued investment in research and development was highlighted in spring with

the launch of our environmentally functional programme, NSentinel 4, which includes our new plantain product,

Ecotain. We also had impressive demand for the first full commercial year of our Raphanobrassica product.


“Net cash outflows from operating activities was $49.8 million up from $16.2 million on the same period last

year. Receivables increased largely as a result of the continued success of our Go range of livestock products

and the weather-driven seasonal delay in planting, which pushed our seasonal peak in working capital closer to

December than usual. However, due to our continued focus on cash management, we have seen good collections

in January and February. We continue to invest into the business to improve facilities and operating systems,

and we continue to foresee growth in our Go products. Currently we expect year end debt levels in June to be

approximately $30 million higher than June 2017 due to increased working capital across Seed and Grain, Retail

and Water, and Go livestock receivables. Much of the growth in debt over the last two years can be attributed to

our working capital investment in Go product receivables that are proving to be popular for both our clients and

profitable for the company. If you exclude the effect of Go products from our net interest-bearing debt you will

see that our debt as at December 2017 is within a few million dollars of our debt levels as at December 2015,”

said Ian Glasson.


In October it was announced that the Board had made a joint appointment of Credit Suisse (Australia) Ltd and

First NZ Capital Ltd as financial advisers to assist with a strategic review of PGW’s business, its growth

opportunities, capital and balance sheet requirements, and potentially shareholding structure. PGW Chairman

Alan Lai noted that “the review remains ongoing and it is hoped that the Company will be in a position to comment

further on outcomes from this work later in the year”.


Ian Glasson noted, “As PGW enters the second half of the financial year, we do so with confidence. We remain

optimistic that the positive trading environment will continue through the second half of the year in New Zealand,

but as always, across all markets, we wait to see what autumn conditions will bring and how these will impact our

business as we move into the key planting and harvesting periods. In particular, our Australian and South

American business are dependent on favourable autumn weather conditions.


“Dairy price expectations for the season have softened but are still ahead of this time last year. Milk production

companies are expecting production to fall for the remainder of their season. We have seen some increase in

confidence in the dairy market but activity is still constrained as dairy farmers remain cautious in their decision

making.


“We expect continued strong lamb and beef commodity demand and pricing. This is buoyed in part by good feed

supply across the country, except for Southland and parts of Otago where drought was officially declared in late

January. Our staff continue to work alongside local rural support and industry groups to assist customers in all

drought-affected areas who remain impacted despite recent rain events.


“Crossbred wool prices have stabilised at low levels and growers are starting to meet the market and with inventory

beginning to move through auctions again. The demand for fine wool is heartening and we are making gains in

that market with international supply chain contracts increasing.


“The second six trading months for the Retail and Water group are always lower revenue months which reflect

the role the business has in farm activity at that time of the year. The excellent result delivered by the Fruitfed

horticulture business in the first half of the financial year is set to continue with large-scale grape, kiwifruit, apple

and avocado producers experiencing favourable returns and forging ahead with extensive development. The

added benefit of this customer investment to our business is the increase in sales in fencing, machinery,

horticulture merchandise, water and irrigation categories.





“The outlook for the Seed and Grain group remains positive for the second half of the financial year. Subject to

favourable autumn planting and climatic conditions in our key market, we expect these businesses to deliver good

second half results. The South America business continues to recover from the impact of the devastating floods

of 2016.


“Of course, as a business we cannot continue to perform well without a highly-engaged team. When I joined

PGW last year, I was immediately impressed with the commitment and passion for agriculture that our staff

display. I have visited customers and our staff in the field and I see many examples of the enduring relationships

our people have with our customers. We share our expertise and are invested in our customers’ performance.


“With this in mind, along with confidence in continued positive market conditions, I believe we are on track to

deliver a full-year operating result to surpass last year at an Operating EBITDA level. Much of the earnings of our

South American, Australian and Livestock businesses won’t be certain until later in the financial year, but currently

we expect FY2018 Operating EBITDA to be in the $65 million to $70 million range and NPAT to be approximately

20 percent lower than last year,” concluded Ian Glasson.



Ian Glasson

Chief Executive Officer

PGG Wrightson Limited




*All references to PGG Wrightson Limited or the Group refer to the Company, its subsidiaries and interests in associates and jointly

controlled entities.

**Disclosure Statement: Non-GAAP profit reporting measures:

PGW’s standard profit measure prepared under New Zealand GAAP is “Net profit after tax”. PGW has used non-GAAP profit measures

when discussing financial performance in this document. The directors and management believe that these measures provide useful

information as they are used internally to evaluate performance of business units, to establish operational goals and to allocate

resources. They also represent some of the performance measures required by PGW’s debt providers. For a more comprehensive

discussion on the use of non-GAAP profit measures, please refer to the policy “Non-GAAP Accounting Information” available on our

website (www.pggwrightson.co.nz

).

Non-GAAP profit measures are not prepared in accordance with NZ IFRS and are not uniformly defined, therefore the non-GAAP profit

measures reported in this document may not be comparable with those that other companies report and should not be viewed in isolation

or considered as a substitute for measures reported by PGW in accordance with NZ IFRS.

PGW’s definition of non-GAAP profit measures used in this document:

Operating EBITDA: Earnings before net interest and finance costs, income tax, depreciation, amortisation, the results from discontinued

operations, fair value adjustments and non-operating items.

GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation:

($m) Dec

2017

Jun

2017

Dec

2016

Net Profit after Tax (GAAP) 14.6 46.3 15.0

Add (Profit)/loss from discontinued operations (net of income tax) 0.0 (0.0) (0.0)

Add Income tax expense 6.6 10.4 4.6

Add Net interest and finance costs 8.0 6.2 1.5

Add Depreciation and amortisation expense 6.1 10.7 5.2

Add Fair value adjustments expense / (income) 0.1 0.4 0.3

Add Non-operating items expense / (income) (1.3) (9.5) (0.5)

Operating EBITDA 34.2 64.5 26.0

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15,000 lambs and ewes on the move

in the Airies Station sheep yards, near

Burkes Pass, February 2018.

The financial statements contained

on pages 2– 19 have been approved

by the Board of Directors on

26 February 2018.

Alan Lai

Chairman

Bruce Irvine

Director and Audit

Committee Chairman

for the six months ended 31 December 2017

Key

Financial

Disclosures

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KEY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

D

EC 2017

J

UN 2017

D

EC 2016

NOTE $000 $000 $000

Continuing operations

Operating revenue 628,177 1,132,963 607,771

C

ost of sales (457,241) (804,317) (450,308)

Gross profit 170,936 328,646 157,463

O

ther income

4


388


30

Emplo

yee benefits expense (82,257) (160,851) (79,969)

Research and development (2,811) (4,542) (2,650)

O

ther operating expenses

(52,012)


(99,268)


(49,215)

E

quity accounted earnings of investees 312 126 323

(136,764) (264,147) (131,481)

O

perating EBITDA

34,172


64,499


25,982

Non-operating items

1,293


9,521


529

F

air value adjustments

1


(106)


(420)


(283)

D

epreciation and amortisation expense

(6,115)


(10,733)


(5,188)

EBIT


29,244


62,867


21,040

Net int

erest and finance costs

2


(7,997)


(6,158)


(1,511)

P

rofit from continuing operations before income taxes

21,247


56,709


19,529

I

ncome tax expense

(6,604)


(10,428)


(4,562)

P

rofit from continuing operations

14,643


46,281


14,967

D

iscontinued operations

Profit / (loss) from discontinued operations (net of income taxes) (3) 30 12

Net profit after tax

14,640


46,311


14,979


Profit attributable to:

Shareholders of the Company

14,488


45,607


14,988

Non-

controlling interest

152


704


(9)

Net pr

ofit after tax

14,640


46,311


14,979

Earnings per shar

e

Basic earnings per share (New Zealand Dollars)

3 0.019 0.061 0.020

C

ontinuing operations

Basic earnings per share (New Zealand Dollars)

3


0.019


0.061


0.020

T

he accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

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PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM STATEMENT OF OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

D

EC 2017

J

UN 2017

D

EC 2016

$000 $000 $000

Net profit after tax 14,640 46,311 14,979

Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the period

Items that will never be reclassified to profit or loss

Changes in fair value of equity instruments

– 240 504

R

emeasurements of defined benefit liability

1,992


3,121


4,745

D

eferred tax on remeasurements and change of defined benefit liability (550) (2,389) (2,956)

1,442


972


2,293

I

tems that are or may be reclassified to profit or loss

Foreign currency translation differences for foreign operations 3,885 (1,550) 942

E

ffective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges



(2,039)


(2,039)

I

ncome/deferred tax on changes in fair value of cash flow hedges – 571 571

3,885


(3,018)


(526)

O

ther comprehensive income/(loss) for the period, net of income tax

5,327


(2,046)


1,767

T

otal comprehensive income for the period

19,967


44,265


16,746

T

otal comprehensive income/(loss) attributable to:

Shareholders of the Company

19,818


43,579


16,773

Non-controlling interest 149 686 (27)

T

otal comprehensive income for the period

19,967


44,265


16,746

T

he accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

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KEY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

(a) Operating Segments

During 2017 the Group reorganised its operating structure to have three primary operating segments: Agency, Retail and Water and Seed and

Grain which are the Group’s strategic divisions. Agency and Retail and Water operate within New Zealand. Seed and Grain primarily operates

within New Zealand with additional operations in Australia and South America. Comparative segmental information has been restated in respect

of the change in operating structure.

The three operating segments offer different products and services, and are managed separately because they require different skills, technology

and marketing strategies. There is also a Group General Manager for each segment. Within each segment, further business unit analysis may be

provided to management where there are significant differences in the nature of activities. The Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board

reviews internal management reports on each strategic business unit on at least a monthly basis.

– Agency. Includes rural Livestock trading activities, Export Livestock, Wool, Insurance, Real Estate and Finance Commission.

– Retail and Water. Includes the Rural Supplies and Fruitfed retail operations, PGG Wrightson Water, AgNZ (Consulting), Agritrade and ancillary

sales support, supply chain and marketing functions.

– Seed and Grain. Includes Australasia Seed and Grain (New Zealand and Australian manufacturing and distribution of forage seed and turf,

sale of cereal seed and grain trading, international trading and seed production), South America (various related activities in the developing

seeds markets including the sale of pasture and crop seed and farm inputs, together with operations in the areas of livestock, real estate and

irrigation), and other Seed and Grain (research and development and corporate seeds).

– Other. Other non-segmented amounts relate to certain Group Corporate activities including Finance, Treasury, HR and other support services

including corporate property services and include adjustments for discontinued operations (PGW Rural Capital Limited) and consolidation/

elimination adjustments.

(b) Operating Segment Information

AGENCY RETAIL AND WATER SEED AND GRAINOTHERTOTA L

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED UNAUDITEDAUDITEDUNAUDITEDUNAUDITEDAUDITEDUNAUDITEDUNAUDITEDAUDITEDUNAUDITED

DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016 DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016DEC 2017JUN 2017DEC 2016DEC 2017JUN 2017DEC 2016DEC 2017JUN 2017DEC 2016

$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000$000$000$000$000$000 $000$000$000

Total segment revenue 84,304 197,098 91,415 381,732 562,162 348,569 208,790 428,711 203,521 305 1,040 685 675,131 1,189,012 644,190

Intersegment revenue – – – – – – (46,954)(56,049)(36,419)––– (46,954) (56,049) (36,419)

Total external operating revenues 84,304 197,098 91,415 381,732 562,162 348,569 161,836 372,663 167,102 305 1,040 685 628,177 1,132,963 607,771

Operating EBITDA 4,633 17,996 2,012 23,621 18,295 18,922 10,813 37,045 8,613 (4,895) (8,836) (3,565)34,172 64,499 25,982

Non-operating items 350 3,275 745 600 (12) 67 253 7,604 (118) 90 (1,347) (165)1,293 9,521 529

Fair value adjustments (18) 26 17 – – – (88) (324) (300)– (121)– (106) (420) (283)

Depreciation and amortisation expense (513) (1,130) (561) (1,445) (1,737) (863) (2,912) (5,517) (2,658) (1,245) (2,349) (1,106) (6,115) (10,733) (5,188)

EBIT 4,452 20,167 2,213 22,776 16,546 18,126 8,066 38,807 5,538 (6,050) (12,654) (4,837) 29,244 62,866 21,040

Net interest and finance costs (1,370) 472 1,134 291 272 592 (4,131) (4,127) (1,437) (2,787) (2,774) (1,800) (7,997) (6,158) (1,511)

Profit / (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes 3,082 20,639 3,347 23,067 16,819 18,719 3,935 34,680 4,101 (8,837) (15,428) (6,637)21,247 56,709 19,529

Income tax (expense) / income (584) (4,171) (1,925) (6,354) (5,253) (7,411) (1,231) (7,513) (2,831) 1,565 6,509 7,605 (6,604) (10,428) (4,562)

Profit/(loss) from continuing operations 2,498 16,468 1,422 16,712 11,566 11,307 2,704 27,166 1,270 (7,272) (8,920) 969 14,643 46,281 14,967

Discontinued operations – – – – – – ––– (3) 30 12 (3) 30 12

Net profit after tax 2,498 16,468 1,422 16,712 11,566 11,307 2,704 27,166 1,270 (7,275) (8,890) 981 14,640 46,311 14,979

Segment assets 142,539 145,410 114,303 275,372 137,081 241,042 361,463 367,753 324,870 39,028 27,704 38,588 818,402 677,949 718,803

Investment in equity accounted investees – – – – – – 24,234 20,892 21,107 62 81 78 24,296 20,973 21,185

Assets held for sale – 37 88 218 500 264 –– 5,497 2,398 2,690 2,311 2,616 3,227 8,160

Total segment assets 142,539 145,447 114,391 275,590 137,581 241,306 385,697 388,645 351,475 41,488 30,475 40,977 845,314 702,148 748,148

Segment liabilities (39,283) (71,296) (43,903) (171,920) (72,117) (150,193) (171,754) (187,209) (161,806) (168,223) (81,816) (116,361) (551,180) (412,437) (472,263)

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM SEGMENT REPORT

For the six months ended / as at 31 December 2017

Assets allocated to each business unit combine to form total assets for the Agency, Retail and Water and Seed and Grain business segments.

Certain other assets are held at a Corporate level including those for the Corporate functions noted above.

The profit/(loss) for each business unit combines to form total profit/(loss) of the Agency, Retail and Water and Seed and Grain segments.

Certain other revenues and expenses are held at the Corporate level for the Corporate functions noted above.

Other cost allocation

The Group has adopted an allocation methodology which allocates certain corporate costs where they can be directly attributed to the

operating segment or attributed based on the use of the following methods:

–IT hardware, support, licence and other costs attributed on a per user basis.

–Property costs allocated, where not directly attributable, on a property space utilisation basis.

–Business operations costs (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit Services, Call Centre) allocated based on FTE usage by each

operating segment, transactional volumes or for Credit Services allocated based on the operating segment to which overdue accounts

relate to.

Other costs including non-operating items, fair value adjustments, net interest and finance costs, income tax expense as well as the reporting

of discontinued operations are not fully allocated by the Group. Accordingly, these items have not been allocated across the operating

segments. The Group Finance, Risk and Assurance, Treasury, HR, Credit and the Executive Team functions continue to be reported outside of

the operating segments.

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KEY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

(a) Operating Segments

During 2017 the Group reorganised its operating structure to have three primary operating segments: Agency, Retail and Water and Seed and

Grain which are the Group’s strategic divisions. Agency and Retail and Water operate within New Zealand. Seed and Grain primarily operates

within New Zealand with additional operations in Australia and South America. Comparative segmental information has been restated in respect

of the change in operating structure.

The three operating segments offer different products and services, and are managed separately because they require different skills, technology

and marketing strategies. There is also a Group General Manager for each segment. Within each segment, further business unit analysis may be

provided to management where there are significant differences in the nature of activities. The Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board

reviews internal management reports on each strategic business unit on at least a monthly basis.

–Agency. Includes rural Livestock trading activities, Export Livestock, Wool, Insurance, Real Estate and Finance Commission.

–Retail and Water. Includes the Rural Supplies and Fruitfed retail operations, PGG Wrightson Water, AgNZ (Consulting), Agritrade and ancillary

sales support, supply chain and marketing functions.

–Seed and Grain. Includes Australasia Seed and Grain (New Zealand and Australian manufacturing and distribution of forage seed and turf,

sale of cereal seed and grain trading, international trading and seed production), South America (various related activities in the developing

seeds markets including the sale of pasture and crop seed and farm inputs, together with operations in the areas of livestock, real estate and

irrigation), and other Seed and Grain (research and development and corporate seeds).

–Other. Other non-segmented amounts relate to certain Group Corporate activities including Finance, Treasury, HR and other support services

including corporate property services and include adjustments for discontinued operations (PGW Rural Capital Limited) and consolidation/

elimination adjustments.

(b) Operating Segment Information

AGENCYRETAIL AND WATERSEED AND GRAIN OTHER TOTA L

UNAUDITEDAUDITEDUNAUDITEDUNAUDITEDAUDITEDUNAUDITEDUNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

DEC 2017JUN 2017DEC 2016DEC 2017JUN 2017DEC 2016DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016 DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016

$000$000$000$000$000$000$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000

Total segment revenue 84,304 197,098 91,415 381,732 562,162 348,569 208,790 428,711 203,521 305 1,040 685 675,131 1,189,012 644,190

Intersegment revenue–––––– (46,954) (56,049) (36,419) – – – (46,954) (56,049) (36,419)

Total external operating revenues 84,304 197,098 91,415 381,732 562,162 348,569 161,836 372,663 167,102 305 1,040 685 628,177 1,132,963 607,771

Operating EBITDA 4,633 17,996 2,012 23,621 18,295 18,922 10,813 37,045 8,613 (4,895) (8,836) (3,565) 34,172 64,499 25,982

Non-operating items 350 3,275 745 600 (12) 67 253 7,604 (118) 90 (1,347) (165) 1,293 9,521 529

Fair value adjustments (18) 26 17 ––– (88) (324) (300) – (121) – (106) (420) (283)

Depreciation and amortisation expense (513) (1,130) (561) (1,445) (1,737) (863) (2,912) (5,517) (2,658) (1,245) (2,349) (1,106) (6,115) (10,733) (5,188)

EBIT 4,452 20,167 2,213 22,776 16,546 18,126 8,066 38,807 5,538 (6,050) (12,654) (4,837) 29,244 62,866 21,040

Net interest and finance costs (1,370) 472 1,134 291 272 592 (4,131) (4,127) (1,437) (2,787) (2,774) (1,800) (7,997) (6,158) (1,511)

Profit / (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes 3,082 20,639 3,347 23,067 16,819 18,719 3,935 34,680 4,101 (8,837) (15,428) (6,637) 21,247 56,709 19,529

Income tax (expense) / income (584) (4,171) (1,925) (6,354) (5,253) (7,411) (1,231) (7,513) (2,831) 1,565 6,509 7,605 (6,604) (10,428) (4,562)

Profit/(loss) from continuing operations 2,498 16,468 1,422 16,712 11,566 11,307 2,704 27,166 1,270 (7,272) (8,920) 969 14,643 46,281 14,967

Discontinued operations––––––– – – (3) 30 12 (3) 30 12

Net profit after tax 2,498 16,468 1,422 16,712 11,566 11,307 2,704 27,166 1,270 (7,275) (8,890) 981 14,640 46,311 14,979

Segment assets 142,539 145,410 114,303 275,372 137,081 241,042 361,463 367,753 324,870 39,028 27,704 38,588 818,402 677,949 718,803

Investment in equity accounted investees–––––– 24,234 20,892 21,107 62 81 78 24,296 20,973 21,185

Assets held for sale– 37 88 218 500 264 – – 5,497 2,398 2,690 2,311 2,616 3,227 8,160

Total segment assets 142,539 145,447 114,391 275,590 137,581 241,306 385,697 388,645 351,475 41,488 30,475 40,977 845,314 702,148 748,148

Segment liabilities (39,283) (71,296) (43,903) (171,920) (72,117) (150,193) (171,754) (187,209) (161,806) (168,223) (81,816) (116,361) (551,180) (412,437) (472,263)

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM SEGMENT REPORT

For the six months ended / as at 31 December 2017

Assets allocated to each business unit combine to form total assets for the Agency, Retail and Water and Seed and Grain business segments.

Certain other assets are held at a Corporate level including those for the Corporate functions noted above.

The profit/(loss) for each business unit combines to form total profit/(loss) of the Agency, Retail and Water and Seed and Grain segments.

Certain other revenues and expenses are held at the Corporate level for the Corporate functions noted above.

Other cost allocation

The Group has adopted an allocation methodology which allocates certain corporate costs where they can be directly attributed to the

operating segment or attributed based on the use of the following methods:

– IT hardware, support, licence and other costs attributed on a per user basis.

–Property costs allocated, where not directly attributable, on a property space utilisation basis.

– Business operations costs (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit Services, Call Centre) allocated based on FTE usage by each

operating segment, transactional volumes or for Credit Services allocated based on the operating segment to which overdue accounts

relate to.

Other costs including non-operating items, fair value adjustments, net interest and finance costs, income tax expense as well as the reporting

of discontinued operations are not fully allocated by the Group. Accordingly, these items have not been allocated across the operating

segments. The Group Finance, Risk and Assurance, Treasury, HR, Credit and the Executive Team functions continue to be reported outside of

the operating segments.

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KEY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

(a) Operating Segments

During 2017 the Group reorganised its operating structure to have three primary operating segments: Agency, Retail and Water and Seed and

Grain which are the Group’s strategic divisions. Agency and Retail and Water operate within New Zealand. Seed and Grain primarily operates

within New Zealand with additional operations in Australia and South America. Comparative segmental information has been restated in respect

of the change in operating structure.

The three operating segments offer different products and services, and are managed separately because they require different skills, technology

and marketing strategies. There is also a Group General Manager for each segment. Within each segment, further business unit analysis may be

provided to management where there are significant differences in the nature of activities. The Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board

reviews internal management reports on each strategic business unit on at least a monthly basis.

–Agency. Includes rural Livestock trading activities, Export Livestock, Wool, Insurance, Real Estate and Finance Commission.

–Retail and Water. Includes the Rural Supplies and Fruitfed retail operations, PGG Wrightson Water, AgNZ (Consulting), Agritrade and ancillary

sales support, supply chain and marketing functions.

–Seed and Grain. Includes Australasia Seed and Grain (New Zealand and Australian manufacturing and distribution of forage seed and turf,

sale of cereal seed and grain trading, international trading and seed production), South America (various related activities in the developing

seeds markets including the sale of pasture and crop seed and farm inputs, together with operations in the areas of livestock, real estate and

irrigation), and other Seed and Grain (research and development and corporate seeds).

–Other. Other non-segmented amounts relate to certain Group Corporate activities including Finance, Treasury, HR and other support services

including corporate property services and include adjustments for discontinued operations (PGW Rural Capital Limited) and consolidation/

elimination adjustments.

(b) Operating Segment Information

AGENCYRETAIL AND WATERSEED AND GRAINOTHERTOTA L

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$000$000$000$000$000$000$000$000$000$000$000$000 $000$000$000

Total segment revenue 84,304 197,098 91,415 381,732 562,162 348,569 208,790 428,711 203,521 305 1,040 685 675,131 1,189,012 644,190

Intersegment revenue––––––(46,954)(56,049)(36,419)––– (46,954) (56,049) (36,419)

Total external operating revenues 84,304 197,098 91,415 381,732 562,162 348,569 161,836 372,663 167,102 305 1,040 685 628,177 1,132,963 607,771

Operating EBITDA 4,633 17,996 2,012 23,621 18,295 18,922 10,813 37,045 8,613 (4,895) (8,836) (3,565)34,172 64,499 25,982

Non-operating items 350 3,275 745 600 (12) 67 253 7,604 (118) 90 (1,347) (165)1,293 9,521 529

Fair value adjustments (18) 26 17 ––– (88) (324) (300)– (121)– (106) (420) (283)

Depreciation and amortisation expense (513) (1,130) (561) (1,445) (1,737) (863) (2,912) (5,517) (2,658) (1,245) (2,349) (1,106) (6,115) (10,733) (5,188)

EBIT 4,452 20,167 2,213 22,776 16,546 18,126 8,066 38,807 5,538 (6,050) (12,654) (4,837) 29,244 62,866 21,040

Net interest and finance costs (1,370) 472 1,134 291 272 592 (4,131) (4,127) (1,437) (2,787) (2,774) (1,800) (7,997) (6,158) (1,511)

Pr

ofit / (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes 3,082 20,639 3,347 23,067 16,819 18,719 3,935 34,680 4,101 (8,837) (15,428) (6,637)21,247 56,709 19,529

Income tax (expense) / income (584) (4,171) (1,925) (6,354) (5,253) (7,411) (1,231) (7,513) (2,831) 1,565 6,509 7,605 (6,604) (10,428) (4,562)

Profit/(loss) from continuing operations 2,498 16,468 1,422 16,712 11,566 11,307 2,704 27,166 1,270 (7,272) (8,920) 969 14,643 46,281 14,967

Discontinued operations––––––––– (3) 30 12 (3) 30 12

Net profit after tax 2,498 16,468 1,422 16,712 11,566 11,307 2,704 27,166 1,270 (7,275) (8,890) 981 14,640 46,311 14,979

Segment assets 142,539 145,410 114,303 275,372 137,081 241,042 361,463 367,753 324,870 39,028 27,704 38,588 818,402 677,949 718,803

Investment in equity accounted investees–––––– 24,234 20,892 21,107 62 81 78 24,296 20,973 21,185

Assets held for sale– 37 88 218 500 264 –– 5,497 2,398 2,690 2,311 2,616 3,227 8,160

Total segment assets 142,539 145,447 114,391 275,590 137,581 241,306 385,697 388,645 351,475 41,488 30,475 40,977 845,314 702,148 748,148

Segment liabilities (39,283) (71,296) (43,903) (171,920) (72,117) (150,193) (171,754) (187,209) (161,806) (168,223) (81,816) (116,361) (551,180) (412,437) (472,263)

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM SEGMENT REPORT

For the six months ended / as at 31 December 2017

Assets allocated to each business unit combine to form total assets for the Agency, Retail and Water and Seed and Grain business segments.

Certain other assets are held at a Corporate level including those for the Corporate functions noted above.

The profit/(loss) for each business unit combines to form total profit/(loss) of the Agency, Retail and Water and Seed and Grain segments.

Certain other revenues and expenses are held at the Corporate level for the Corporate functions noted above.

Other cost allocation

The Group has adopted an allocation methodology which allocates certain corporate costs where they can be directly attributed to the

operating segment or attributed based on the use of the following methods:

–IT hardware, support, licence and other costs attributed on a per user basis.

–Property costs allocated, where not directly attributable, on a property space utilisation basis.

–Business operations costs (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit Services, Call Centre) allocated based on FTE usage by each

operating segment, transactional volumes or for Credit Services allocated based on the operating segment to which overdue accounts

relate to.

Other costs including non-operating items, fair value adjustments, net interest and finance costs, income tax expense as well as the reporting

of discontinued operations are not fully allocated by the Group. Accordingly, these items have not been allocated across the operating

segments. The Group Finance, Risk and Assurance, Treasury, HR, Credit and the Executive Team functions continue to be reported outside of

the operating segments.

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KEY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

(a) Operating Segments

During 2017 the Group reorganised its operating structure to have three primary operating segments: Agency, Retail and Water and Seed and

Grain which are the Group’s strategic divisions. Agency and Retail and Water operate within New Zealand. Seed and Grain primarily operates

within New Zealand with additional operations in Australia and South America. Comparative segmental information has been restated in respect

of the change in operating structure.

The three operating segments offer different products and services, and are managed separately because they require different skills, technology

and marketing strategies. There is also a Group General Manager for each segment. Within each segment, further business unit analysis may be

provided to management where there are significant differences in the nature of activities. The Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of the Board

reviews internal management reports on each strategic business unit on at least a monthly basis.

–Agency. Includes rural Livestock trading activities, Export Livestock, Wool, Insurance, Real Estate and Finance Commission.

–Retail and Water. Includes the Rural Supplies and Fruitfed retail operations, PGG Wrightson Water, AgNZ (Consulting), Agritrade and ancillary

sales support, supply chain and marketing functions.

–Seed and Grain. Includes Australasia Seed and Grain (New Zealand and Australian manufacturing and distribution of forage seed and turf,

sale of cereal seed and grain trading, international trading and seed production), South America (various related activities in the developing

seeds markets including the sale of pasture and crop seed and farm inputs, together with operations in the areas of livestock, real estate and

irrigation), and other Seed and Grain (research and development and corporate seeds).

–Other. Other non-segmented amounts relate to certain Group Corporate activities including Finance, Treasury, HR and other support services

including corporate property services and include adjustments for discontinued operations (PGW Rural Capital Limited) and consolidation/

elimination adjustments.

(b) Operating Segment Information

AGENCYRETAIL AND WATERSEED AND GRAINOTHERTOTA L

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$000$000$000$000$000$000$000$000$000$000$000$000 $000$000$000

Total segment revenue 84,304 197,098 91,415 381,732 562,162 348,569 208,790 428,711 203,521 305 1,040 685 675,131 1,189,012 644,190

Intersegment revenue––––––(46,954)(56,049)(36,419)––– (46,954) (56,049) (36,419)

Total external operating revenues 84,304 197,098 91,415 381,732 562,162 348,569 161,836 372,663 167,102 305 1,040 685 628,177 1,132,963 607,771

Operating EBITDA 4,633 17,996 2,012 23,621 18,295 18,922 10,813 37,045 8,613 (4,895) (8,836) (3,565)34,172 64,499 25,982

Non-operating items 350 3,275 745 600 (12) 67 253 7,604 (118) 90 (1,347) (165)1,293 9,521 529

Fair value adjustments (18) 26 17 ––– (88) (324) (300)– (121)– (106) (420) (283)

Depreciation and amortisation expense (513) (1,130) (561) (1,445) (1,737) (863) (2,912) (5,517) (2,658) (1,245) (2,349) (1,106) (6,115) (10,733) (5,188)

EBIT 4,452 20,167 2,213 22,776 16,546 18,126 8,066 38,807 5,538 (6,050) (12,654) (4,837) 29,244 62,866 21,040

Net interest and finance costs (1,370) 472 1,134 291 272 592 (4,131) (4,127) (1,437) (2,787) (2,774) (1,800) (7,997) (6,158) (1,511)

Pr

ofit / (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes 3,082 20,639 3,347 23,067 16,819 18,719 3,935 34,680 4,101 (8,837) (15,428) (6,637)21,247 56,709 19,529

Income tax (expense) / income (584) (4,171) (1,925) (6,354) (5,253) (7,411) (1,231) (7,513) (2,831) 1,565 6,509 7,605 (6,604) (10,428) (4,562)

Profit/(loss) from continuing operations 2,498 16,468 1,422 16,712 11,566 11,307 2,704 27,166 1,270 (7,272) (8,920) 969 14,643 46,281 14,967

Discontinued operations––––––––– (3) 30 12 (3) 30 12

Net profit after tax 2,498 16,468 1,422 16,712 11,566 11,307 2,704 27,166 1,270 (7,275) (8,890) 981 14,640 46,311 14,979

Segment assets 142,539 145,410 114,303 275,372 137,081 241,042 361,463 367,753 324,870 39,028 27,704 38,588 818,402 677,949 718,803

Investment in equity accounted investees–––––– 24,234 20,892 21,107 62 81 78 24,296 20,973 21,185

Assets held for sale– 37 88 218 500 264 –– 5,497 2,398 2,690 2,311 2,616 3,227 8,160

Total segment assets 142,539 145,447 114,391 275,590 137,581 241,306 385,697 388,645 351,475 41,488 30,475 40,977 845,314 702,148 748,148

Segment liabilities (39,283) (71,296) (43,903) (171,920) (72,117) (150,193) (171,754) (187,209) (161,806) (168,223) (81,816) (116,361) (551,180) (412,437) (472,263)

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM SEGMENT REPORT

For the six months ended / as at 31 December 2017

Assets allocated to each business unit combine to form total assets for the Agency, Retail and Water and Seed and Grain business segments.

Certain other assets are held at a Corporate level including those for the Corporate functions noted above.

The profit/(loss) for each business unit combines to form total profit/(loss) of the Agency, Retail and Water and Seed and Grain segments.

Certain other revenues and expenses are held at the Corporate level for the Corporate functions noted above.

Other cost allocation

The Group has adopted an allocation methodology which allocates certain corporate costs where they can be directly attributed to the

operating segment or attributed based on the use of the following methods:

–IT hardware, support, licence and other costs attributed on a per user basis.

–Property costs allocated, where not directly attributable, on a property space utilisation basis.

–Business operations costs (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Credit Services, Call Centre) allocated based on FTE usage by each

operating segment, transactional volumes or for Credit Services allocated based on the operating segment to which overdue accounts

relate to.

Other costs including non-operating items, fair value adjustments, net interest and finance costs, income tax expense as well as the reporting

of discontinued operations are not fully allocated by the Group. Accordingly, these items have not been allocated across the operating

segments. The Group Finance, Risk and Assurance, Treasury, HR, Credit and the Executive Team functions continue to be reported outside of

the operating segments.

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KEY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

D

EC 2017

J

UN 2017

D

EC 2016

NOTE $000 $000 $000

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash was provided from

Receipts from customers

543,007 1,201,273 566,771

Dividends received 2 10 1

I

nterest received

2,403


3,318


1,282

545,412 1,204,601 568,054

C

ash was applied to

Payments to suppliers and employees (582,712) (1,159,853) (567,335)

Lump sum contributions to defined benefit plans (ESCT inclusive) (1,340) (7,551) (6,030)

I

nterest paid

(4,049)


(6,321)


(3,417)

I

ncome tax paid (7,090) (10,408) (7,465)

(595,191)


(1,184,133)


(584,247)

Net c

ash inflow / (outflow) from operating activities

(49,779)


20,468


(16,193)

C

ash flows from investing activities

Cash was provided from

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and assets held for sale

2,426


22,352


8,673

Net decrease in finance receivables – – 22

Net pr

oceeds from sale of investments

111


4,424


4,424

2,537 26,776 13,119

Cash was applied to

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

(5,268)


(12,803)


(6,950)

P

urchase of intangibles

(3,940)


(4,307)


(933)

Net cash paid for purchase of investments (1,056) (2,773) (2,975)

(10,264) (19,883) (10,858)

Net cash flow from investing activities (7,727) 6,893 2,261

C

ash flows from financing activities

Cash was provided from

Increase in external borrowings and bank overdraft


84,298


3,715


32,144

R

epayment of loans from related parties

3,596





87,894


3,715


32,144

Cash was applied to

Dividends paid to shareholders (15,234) (28,588) (15,252)

Dividends paid to minority interests

(310)


(646)


(289)

R

epayment of loans to related parties





(163)

(15,544)


(29,234)


(15,704)

Net c

ash flow from financing activities

72,350


(25,519)


16,440

Net incr

ease in cash held 14,844 1,842 2,508

Opening cash


9,403


7,561


7,561

C

ash and cash equivalents

4


24,247


9,403


10,069

T

he accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

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PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT AFTER TAX

WITH NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

D

EC 2017

J

UN 2017

D

EC 2016

$000 $000 $000

Profit after taxation 14,640 46,311 14,979

Add/(deduct) non-cash/non operating items

Depreciation, amortisation and impairment

6,115 10,733 5,188

Fair value adjustments 106 420 283

Net (pr

ofit)/loss on sale of assets/investments

(1,327)


(9,630)


(1,636)

Bad debts wr

itten off (net) 561 1,244 494

Change in def

erred taxation

(3,834)


(811)


(8,453)

Ear

nings of equity accounted investees 312 (126) (323)

Discontinued operations 3 (30) (12)

E

ffect of foreign exchange movements

(98)


(197)


(307)

Ear

n-out provision reassessment (328) (2,373) –

Pension contributions (operating cash) not expensed through profit and loss

(1,340)


(7,551)


(6,030)

O

ther non-cash/non-operating items

445


1,988


4,189

15,255


39,978


8,372

A

dd/(deduct) movement in working capital items

Movement in working capital due to sale/purchase of businesses

(2,683) (3,378) (3,433)

Change in inventories and biological assets

10,634


(11,208)


29,739

Change in accounts r

eceivable and prepayments

(132,215)


(12,364)


(83,702)

Change in trade cr

editors, provisions and accruals

53,479


5,856


27,337

Change in income tax payable/receivable 4,357 2,156 8,040

Change in other current assets/liabilities 1,394 (572) (2,546)

(65,034) (19,510) (24,565)

Net cash flow from operating activities

(49,779)


20,468


(16,193)

T

he accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

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KEY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

As at 31 December 2017

UNAUDITEDAUDITEDUNAUDITED

DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016

NOTE$000$000$000

ASSETS

Current

Cash and cash equivalents 4 24,247 9,403 10,069

Short-term derivative assets

1,501 3,528 2,595

Trade and other r

eceivables 365,924 230,022 322,498

Go livestock receivables

28,683 32,371 12,816

Assets classified as held f

or sale 2,616 3,227 8,160

Biological assets

1,897 1,553 927

In

ventories

242,677 253,600 214,251

Other in

vestments

30 3,441 3,822

Total curr

ent assets

667,575 537,145 575,138

Non-curr

ent

Long-term derivative assets

122 427 2,412

Biological assets

78 58 61

Deferred tax asset

18,979 15,145 22,787

In

vestments in equity accounted investees 24,296 20,973 21,185

Other investments


5


2,140


1,906


1,925

Intang

ible assets 11,162 9,129 6,655

Property, plant and equipment


7


120,962


117,365


117,985

Total non-

current assets 177,739 165,003 173,010

Total assets

845,314 702,148 748,148

LIABILITIES

Curr

ent

Debt due within one year

4 91,215 26,719 70,034

Short

-term derivative liabilities 2,724 991 748

Accounts payable and accruals

301,837 248,290 269,426

Income tax pa

yable 8,115 4,115 10,555

Defined benefit liability


9


1,046


942


1,117

Total cur

rent liabilities 404,937 281,057 351,880

Non-current

Long-term debt 4 130,634 110,925 96,283

Long-term derivative liabilities

824 661 762

Other long-t

erm liabilities

3,107 4,909 9,138

Defined benefit liability


9


11,678


14,885


14,200

Total non-

current liabilities

146,243 131,380 120,383

Total liabilities


551,180


412,437


472,263

EQUITY

Shar

e capital

606,324 606,324 606,324

Reser

ves


4,980


(2,956)


5,552

Retained ear

nings


(319,473)


(316,121)


(338,099)

Total equit

y attributable to shareholders of the Company 291,831 287,247 273,777

Non-controlling interest


2,303


2,464


2,108

Total equit

y

294,134 289,711 275,885

Total liabilities and equit

y

845,314 702,148 748,148

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

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Fruitfed Supplies TFR Lara Dunningham

inspects fruit trees near Hastings, October 2017.

Additional Financial Disclosures

including Notes to the Financial Statements for the

six months ended 31 December 2017

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ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

1 FAIR VALUE ADJUSTMENTS

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016

$000 $000 $000

Assets held for sale – (121) –

Biological assets (23) 28 10

Investments (83) (327) (293)

(106) (420) (283)

2 NET INTEREST AND FINANCE COSTS

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016


$000 $000

$000

Finance income contains the following items:

Other interest income

183


211


80

F

inance income 183 211 80

Interest funding contains the following items:

Interest on loans and overdrafts (3,033) (5,747) (2,722)

Net interest on interest rate derivatives

(338)


(367)


(173)

Fair value change on interest rate derivatives (75) 392 585

Effective interest on expected earnout payments (420) (27) (558)

Effective interest on expected defined benefit pension ESCT payments (208) (122) (229)

Other interest expense (634) (108) (506)

Bank facility fees

(373)


(772)


(417)

In

terest funding expense

(5,081)


(6,751)


(4,020)

F

oreign exchange contains the following items:

Net gain/(loss) on foreign denominated items 1,056 (924) 120

F

air value change on foreign exchange derivatives (4,155) 1,306 2,309

F

oreign exchange income/(expense)

(3,099)


382


2,429

Net in

terest and finance costs (7,997) (6,158) (1,511)

3 EARNINGS PER SHARE AND NET TANGIBLE ASSETS

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016

000 000 000

Number of shares

Weighted average number of ordinary shares 754,849 754,849 754,849

Number of or

dinary shares

754,849


754,849


754,849

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PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

3 EARNINGS PER SHARE AND NET TANGIBLE ASSETS (CONTINUED)

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016

$000 $000 $000

Net Tangible Assets

Total assets 845,314 702,148 748,148

T

otal liabilities (551,180) (412,437) (472,263)

less intangible assets (11,162) (9,129) (6,655)

less def

erred tax (18,979) (15,145) (22,787)

263,993 265,437 246,443

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016

$ $ $

Net tangible assets per share 0.350 0.352 0.326

Earnings per share 0.019 0.061 0.020

4 CASH AND FINANCING FACILITIES

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

D

EC 2017

J

UN 2017

D

EC 2016


$000 $000

$000

Cash and cash equivalents 24,247 9,403 10,069

Current financing facilities (91,215) (26,719) (70,034)

Term financing facilities (130,634) (110,925) (96,283)

Net interest bearing debt (197,602) (128,241) (156,248)

Go range of livestock product receivables

28,683


32,371


12,838

Net in

terest-bearing debt less Go livestock receivables

(168,919)


(95,870)


(143,410)

A

ustralia and New Zealand facilities

The Company amended and restated its syndicated facility agreement on 15 December 2017. The facility agreement provides bank facilities

of $210.00 million. The agreement contains various financial covenants and restrictions that are standard for facilities of this nature, including

maximum permissible ratios for debt leverage and operating leverage. The Company has granted a general security deed and mortgage over all

its wholly-owned New Zealand and Australian assets to a security trust. These assets include the shares held in South American subsidiaries and

equity accounted investees. ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited acts as security trustee for the banking syndicate (ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited,

Bank of China (New Zealand) Limited, Bank of New Zealand, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd and Westpac New Zealand Limited).

The Company’s bank syndicate facilities include:


Term debt facilities of $150.00 million maturing on 31 July 2020.


A w

orking capital facility of up to $60.00 million maturing on 31 July 2020.

The syndicated facility agreement also allows the Group, subject to certain conditions, to enter into additional facilities outside of the Company

syndicated facility. The additional facilities are guaranteed by the security trust. These facilities amounted to $22.59 million as at 31 December

2017 providing:



O

verdraft facilities of $9.60 million.



Guarant

ee and trade finance facilities of $10.23 million.


Finance lease facilities of $2.76 million.

The syndicated facilities fund the general corporate activities of the Group, the seasonal fluctuations in working capital, and the Go range of

livestock product receivables.

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PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

4 CASH AND FINANCING FACILITIES (CONTINUED)

South American facilities

Two of the Group’s wholly-owned Uruguayan subsidiaries (Wrightson Pas S.A. and Agrosan S.A.) are jointly and severally financed by a club

structure. The club facilities contain various financial covenants and restrictions that are standard for facilities of this nature. The club facilities are

denominated in USD, secured by a mortgage over the logistics centre in Uruguay and provide:



An amor

tising logistics centre facility of $12.23 million (USD 8.68 million) maturing on 17 September 2022.


A committ

ed facility of $16.90 million (USD 12.00 million) maturing on 17 September 2018.

– Finance lease facilities of $0.30 million.

Separate to the club facility, the Group’s South American operations have various unsecured financing facilities that amounted to $17.24 million

(USD 12.24 million) as at 31 December 2017.

5 OTHER INVESTMENTS

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016

N

OTE


$000 $000

$000

Current investments

BioPacificVentures

10


30


30


230

A

dvances to equity accounted investees



3,411


3,592



30


3,441


3,822

Non-

current investments

Sundry other investments including saleyards

2,140


1,906


1,925

A

dvances to equity accounted investees








2,140


1,906


1,925

A

dvances to equity accounted investees

This advance was a loan to the South American investee entity Fertimas S. A.. During the period the advance was repaid and replaced with

external bank funding. The Group supports the bank funding by way of guarantee. See Note 11.

Sundry other investments including saleyards

Saleyard investments, which do not have a market price in an active market and whose fair value can not be reliably determined, are carried at

cost.

6 EQUITY ACCOUNTED INVESTEE

During the period the Group made an additional investment in the jointly controlled entity Agimol Corporation S.A. (AgroCentro Uruguay). The

additional investment of $3.07 million was matched by the other joint venture partner. Consideration for the additional investment was the

capitalisation of amounts payable by AgroCentro to the Group.

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PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

7 PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Acquisitions and disposals

During the period to 31 December 2017, the Group acquired assets with a cost of $4.64 million (30 June 2017: $12.86 million, 31 December 2016:

$4.26 million), together with assets acquired through business combinations of $0.66 million (30 June 2017: nil, 31 December 2016: nil).

Assets with a net book value of $0.02 million were disposed during the period to 31 December 2017 (30 June 2017: $10.80 million, 31 December

2016: $10.08 million), resulting in a gain on disposal of $1.48 million (30 June 2017 Gain: $8.74 million, 31 December 2016 Gain: $1.10 million).

8 SEASONALITY OF OPERATIONS

The Group is subject to significant seasonal fluctuations. The Retail business is weighted towards the first half of the financial year as demand

for New Zealand farming inputs are generally weighted towards the Spring season. Livestock and the Australian and South American Seed and

Grain activities are significantly weighted to the second half of the financial year. Seed and Grain revenues reflect the fact the Group operates in

geographical zones that suit Autumn harvesting and sowing. New Zealand generally has spring calving and lambing and so Livestock trading is

weighted towards the second half of the financial year in order for farmers to maximize their incomes. Other business units have similar but less

material cycles. The Group recognises that this seasonality is the nature of the industry and plans and manages its business accordingly.

9 DEFINED BENEFIT ASSET / LIABILITY

The Group made lump sum cash contributions of $1.34 million (gross including employer superannuation contribution tax) to the PGG Wrightson

Employee Benefits Plan during the period (30 June 2017: $7.55 million, 31 December 2016: $6.03 million).

10 COMMITMENTS

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016

N

OTE


$000 $000

$000

There are commitments with respect to:

Capital expenditure not provided for 3,281 1,432 2,365

Investment in BioPacificVentures 5 51 51 51

C

ontributions to Primary Growth Partnership 572 867 1,167

3,904 2,350 3,583

Primary Growth Partnership–seed and nutritional technology development

The Group announced on 18 February 2013 that it had completed the contracting process for the Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) programme

with the Ministry of Primary Industries. The PGP programme is a Seed and Nutritional Technology Development Programme that aims to deliver

innovative forages for New Zealand farms. As a result of entering into the partnership the Group is committed to contributions to the partnership

of $3.61 million over the six year life of the programme which ends on 31 December 2018. As at 31 December 2017 total contributions of $3.04

million (30 June 2017: $2.74 million, 31 December 2016: $2.44 million) have been made to the programme.

Forward purchase commitments

The Group as part of its ordinary course of business enters into forward purchase agreements with seed and wool growers. These commitments

extend for periods of up to 3 years. These commitments are at varying stage of execution, therefore uncertainty exists with respect to yield, quality

and market price. The Group is unable to sufficiently quantify the value of these commitments.

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PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

11 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016

$000 $000 $000

There are commitments with respect to:

Guarantees 3,487 – –

PGG

Wrightson Loyalty Reward Programme

100


140


120

3,587 140 120

Guarantees

The guarantee is a standby letter of credit supporting external bank funding of the jointly controlled entity Fertimas S.A. Funding was previously

provided by the respective joint venture partners. See Note 5.

PGG Wrightson Loyalty Reward Programme

PGG Wrightson operates the Max Rewards loyalty programme. A provision is retained for the expected level of points redemption. A contingent

liability of $0.10 million represents the balance of unexpired points that do not form part of the provision (30 June 2017: $0.14 million, 31

December 2016: $0.12 million). Losses are not expected to arise from this contingent liability.

Holidays Act 2003 entitlements

The Group has commenced a review of payroll payments made to determine the correctness of calculations in accordance with the Holidays Act

2003. As work on this review has not been completed to a level to reliably estimate the amount of the liability, no provision has been recognised

in respect of this review as at 31 December 2017.

12 RELATED PARTIES

Parent and ultimate controlling party

The immediate parent of the Group is Agria (Singapore) Pte Limited and the ultimate controlling party of the Group is Agria Corporation.

Transactions with key management personnel

UNAUDITED AUDITED UNAUDITED

DEC 2017 JUN 2017 DEC 2016

$000 $000 $000

Key management personnel compensation comprised:

Short-term employee benefits

5,018


7,924


3,622

P

ost-employment benefits

95


121


64

Termination benefits – – –



5,113


8,045


3,686

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PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

13 EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO END OF INTERIM PERIOD

Dividend

On 26 February 2018 the Directors of PGG Wrightson Limited resolved to pay an interim dividend of 1.75 cents per share on 5 April 2018 to

shareholders on the Company’s share register as at 5.00pm on 16 March 2018. This dividend will be fully imputed.

14 REPORTING ENTITY

PGG Wrightson Limited (the “Company”) is a company domiciled in New Zealand, registered under the Companies Act 1993 and listed on the New

Zealand Stock Exchange. The Company is an FMC Entity in terms of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.

The interim financial statements of PGG Wrightson Limited for the six months ended 31 December 2017 comprise the Company and its

subsidiaries (together referred to as the “Group”) and the Group’s interest in associates and jointly controlled entities. Financial statements have

been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 and the Financial Reporting Act 2013.

The Group is primarily involved in the provision of goods and services within the agricultural sector.

15 BASIS OF PREPARATION

Statement of Compliance

The interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with New Zealand Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (“NZ GAAP”). They

comply with the New Zealand equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (“NZ IFRS”) and other applicable Financial Reporting

Standards as applicable for profit oriented entities, and in particular NZ IAS 34. The interim financial statements comply with International Financial

Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, as applicable for profit oriented entities.

The interim financial statements do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements. The same accounting policies

and methods of computation are followed in the interim financial statements as applied in the Group’s latest annual audited financial statements.

Certain comparative amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period’s presentation.

Standards and Interpretations That Have Been Issued or Amended But Are Not Yet Effective

A number of new standards and interpretations are not yet effective for the period ended 31 December 2017 and have not been applied in

preparing these interim financial statements. The impact of these new standards and interpretations to the Group is as follows:



IFRS 9 (2014) F

inancial Instruments has been issued. The final component of IFRS 9 (2014) introduces a new expected credit loss model for

calculating impairment. IFRS 9 (2014) is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. The Group does not plan to adopt

IFRS 9 (2014) early. Initial review has determined that this new standard will not have a significant financial impact on the Group’s financial

statements.



IFRS 15 R

evenue from Contracts with Customers has been issued. This standard introduced a new revenue recognition model for contracts

with customers. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018. Initial review has determined that this new

standard will not have a significant financial impact on the Group’s financial statements.



IFRS 16 L

eases has been issued. This standard eliminates the classification of leases as either operating leases or finance leases. The standard

uses a single lessee model which requires a lessee to recognise on the Statement of Financial Position assets and liabilities for all leases with

a term of more than 12 months. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2019. The Group does not plan

to adopt IFRS 16 early. Initial review has determined that this new standard will likely have a significant financial impact on both the balance

sheet and profit and loss given the extent of operating leases the Group is exposed to.


A variety of minor improvements to standards have been made in order to clarify various treatments of specific transactions. These are not

expected to have an impact on the Group’s financial results.

These statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 26 February 2018.

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ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

FOREIGN CURRENCY REALISED CAPITAL

SHARE TRANSLATION AND OTHER

REVALUATION HEDGING DEFINED BENEFIT FAIR VALUE RETAINED NON–CONTROLLING TOTA L

CAPITAL RESERVE RESERVES RESERVE RESERVE PLAN RESERVE RESERVE EARNINGS INTEREST EQUITY

$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000

Balance at 1 July 2016 606,324 (8,749) 23,443 556 1,468 (17,170) 2,412 (336,028) 2,043 274,299

Total comprehensive income for the period

Profit or loss – – –

– – – – 14,988 (9) 14,979

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation differences – 960 –

– – – – – (18) 942

Effective portion of changes in fair value of equity instruments, net of tax – – – – – – 504 – – 504

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax – – – – (1,468) – – – – (1,468)

Defined benefit plan actuarial gains and losses, net of tax – – – – – 1,789 – – – 1,789

Total other comprehensive income – 960 – – (1,468) 1,789 504 – (18) 1,767

Total comprehensive income for the period – 960 – – (1,468) 1,789 504 14,988 (27) 16,746

Transactions with shareholders, recorded directly in equity

Contributions by and distributions to shareholders

Investment in minority interest – – –

– – – – – 381 381

Dividends to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,252) (289) (15,541)

Total contributions by and distributions to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,252) 92 (15,160)

Transfer to retained earnings – – – – – 1,807 – (1,807) – –

Balance at 31 December 2016 606,324 (7,789) 23,443 556 – (13,574) 2,916 (338,099) 2,108 275,885

Balance at 1 January 2017 606,324 (7,789) 23,443 556 – (13,574) 2,916 (338,099) 2,108 275,885

Total comprehensive income for the period

Profit or loss – – –

– – – – 30,619 713 31,332

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation differences – (2,492) –

– – – – – – (2,492)

Effective portion of changes in fair value of equity instruments, net of tax – – – – – – (264) – – (264)

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax – – – – – – – – – –

Defined benefit plan actuarial gains and losses, net of tax – – – – – (1,057) – – – (1,057)

Total other comprehensive income – (2,492) – – – (1,057) (264) – – (3,813)

Total comprehensive income for the period – (2,492) – – – (1,057) (264) 30,619 713 27,519

Transactions with shareholders, recorded directly in equity

Contributions by and distributions to shareholders

Dividends to shareholders – – –

– – – – (13,336) (357) (13,693)

Total contributions by and distributions to shareholders – – – – – – – (13,336) (357) (13,693)

Transfer to retained earnings – – – – – 544 (5,239) 4,695 –

Balance at 30 June 2017 606,324 (10,281) 23,443 556 – (14,087) (2,587) (316,121) 2,464 289,711

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ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

FOREIGN CURRENCY REALISED CAPITAL

SHARE TRANSLATION AND OTHER

REVALUATION HEDGING DEFINED BENEFIT FAIR VALUE RETAINED NON–CONTROLLING TOTA L

CAPITAL RESERVE RESERVES RESERVE RESERVE PLAN RESERVE RESERVE EARNINGS INTEREST EQUITY

$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000

Balance at 1 July 2016 606,324 (8,749) 23,443 556 1,468 (17,170) 2,412 (336,028) 2,043 274,299

Total comprehensive income for the period

Profit or loss – – –

– – – – 14,988 (9) 14,979

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation differences – 960 –

– – – – – (18) 942

Effective portion of changes in fair value of equity instruments, net of tax – – – – – – 504 – – 504

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax – – – – (1,468) – – – – (1,468)

Defined benefit plan actuarial gains and losses, net of tax – – – – – 1,789 – – – 1,789

Total other comprehensive income – 960 – – (1,468) 1,789 504 – (18) 1,767

Total comprehensive income for the period – 960 – – (1,468) 1,789 504 14,988 (27) 16,746

Transactions with shareholders, recorded directly in equity

Contributions by and distributions to shareholders

Investment in minority interest – – –

– – – – – 381 381

Dividends to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,252) (289) (15,541)

Total contributions by and distributions to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,252) 92 (15,160)

Transfer to retained earnings – – – – – 1,807 – (1,807) – –

Balance at 31 December 2016 606,324 (7,789) 23,443 556 – (13,574) 2,916 (338,099) 2,108 275,885

Balance at 1 January 2017 606,324 (7,789) 23,443 556 – (13,574) 2,916 (338,099) 2,108 275,885

Total comprehensive income for the period

Profit or loss – – –

– – – – 30,619 713 31,332

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation differences – (2,492) –

– – – – – – (2,492)

Effective portion of changes in fair value of equity instruments, net of tax – – – – – – (264) – – (264)

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax – – – – – – – – – –

Defined benefit plan actuarial gains and losses, net of tax – – – – – (1,057) – – – (1,057)

Total other comprehensive income – (2,492) – – – (1,057) (264) – – (3,813)

Total comprehensive income for the period – (2,492) – – – (1,057) (264) 30,619 713 27,519

Transactions with shareholders, recorded directly in equity

Contributions by and distributions to shareholders

Dividends to shareholders – – –

– – – – (13,336) (357) (13,693)

Total contributions by and distributions to shareholders – – – – – – – (13,336) (357) (13,693)

Transfer to retained earnings – – – – – 544 (5,239) 4,695 –

Balance at 30 June 2017 606,324 (10,281) 23,443 556 – (14,087) (2,587) (316,121) 2,464 289,711

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ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

FOREIGN CURRENCY REALISED CAPITAL

SHARE TRANSLATION AND OTHER REVALUATION HEDGING DEFINED BENEFIT FAIR VALUE RETAINED NON–CONTROLLING TOTA L

CAPITAL RESERVE RESERVES RESERVE RESERVE PLAN RESERVE RESERVE EARNINGS INTEREST EQUITY

$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000

Balance at 1 July 2016 606,324 (8,749) 23,443 556 1,468 (17,170) 2,412 (336,028) 2,043 274,299

Total comprehensive income for the period

Profit or loss – – – – – – – 14,988 (9) 14,979

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation differences – 960 – – – – – – (18) 942

Effective portion of changes in fair value of equity instruments, net of tax – – – – – – 504 – – 504

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax – – – – (1,468) – – – – (1,468)

Defined benefit plan actuarial gains and losses, net of tax – – – – – 1,789 – – – 1,789

Total other comprehensive income – 960 – – (1,468) 1,789 504 – (18) 1,767

Total comprehensive income for the period – 960 – – (1,468) 1,789 504 14,988 (27) 16,746

Transactions with shareholders, recorded directly in equity

Contributions by and distributions to shareholders

Investment in minority interest – – – – – – – – 381 381

Dividends to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,252) (289) (15,541)

Total contributions by and distributions to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,252) 92 (15,160)

Transfer to retained earnings – – – – – 1,807 – (1,807) – –

Balance at 31 December 2016 606,324 (7,789) 23,443 556 – (13,574) 2,916 (338,099) 2,108 275,885

Balance at 1 January 2017 606,324 (7,789) 23,443 556 – (13,574) 2,916 (338,099) 2,108 275,885

Total comprehensive income for the period

Profit or loss – – – – – – – 30,619 713 31,332

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation differences –

(2,492) – – – – – – – (2,492)

Effective portion of changes in fair value of equity instruments, net of tax – – – – – – (264) – – (264)

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax – – – – – – – – – –

Defined benefit plan actuarial gains and losses, net of tax – – – – – (1,057) – – – (1,057)

Total other comprehensive income – (2,492) – – – (1,057) (264) – – (3,813)

Total comprehensive income for the period – (2,492) – – – (1,057) (264) 30,619 713 27,519

Transactions with shareholders, recorded directly in equity

Contributions by and distributions to shareholders

Dividends to shareholders – – – – – – – (13,336) (357) (13,693)

Total contributions by and distributions to shareholders – – – – – – – (13,336) (357) (13,693)

Transfer to retained earnings – – – – – 544 (5,239) 4,695 –

Balance at 30 June 2017 606,324 (10,281) 23,443 556 – (14,087) (2,587) (316,121) 2,464 289,711

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ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

FOREIGN CURRENCY REALISED CAPITAL

SHARE TRANSLATION AND OTHER REVALUATION HEDGING DEFINED BENEFIT FAIR VALUE RETAINED NON–CONTROLLING TOTA L

CAPITAL RESERVE RESERVES RESERVE RESERVE PLAN RESERVE RESERVE EARNINGS INTEREST EQUITY

$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000

Balance at 1 July 2016 606,324 (8,749) 23,443 556 1,468 (17,170) 2,412 (336,028) 2,043 274,299

Total comprehensive income for the period

Profit or loss – – – – – – – 14,988 (9) 14,979

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation differences – 960 – – – – – – (18) 942

Effective portion of changes in fair value of equity instruments, net of tax – – – – – – 504 – – 504

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax – – – – (1,468) – – – – (1,468)

Defined benefit plan actuarial gains and losses, net of tax – – – – – 1,789 – – – 1,789

Total other comprehensive income – 960 – – (1,468) 1,789 504 – (18) 1,767

Total comprehensive income for the period – 960 – – (1,468) 1,789 504 14,988 (27) 16,746

Transactions with shareholders, recorded directly in equity

Contributions by and distributions to shareholders

Investment in minority interest – – – – – – – – 381 381

Dividends to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,252) (289) (15,541)

Total contributions by and distributions to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,252) 92 (15,160)

Transfer to retained earnings – – – – – 1,807 – (1,807) – –

Balance at 31 December 2016 606,324 (7,789) 23,443 556 – (13,574) 2,916 (338,099) 2,108 275,885

Balance at 1 January 2017 606,324 (7,789) 23,443 556 – (13,574) 2,916 (338,099) 2,108 275,885

Total comprehensive income for the period

Profit or loss – – – – – – – 30,619 713 31,332

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation differences –

(2,492) – – – – – – – (2,492)

Effective portion of changes in fair value of equity instruments, net of tax – – – – – – (264) – – (264)

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of tax – – – – – – – – – –

Defined benefit plan actuarial gains and losses, net of tax – – – – – (1,057) – – – (1,057)

Total other comprehensive income – (2,492) – – – (1,057) (264) – – (3,813)

Total comprehensive income for the period – (2,492) – – – (1,057) (264) 30,619 713 27,519

Transactions with shareholders, recorded directly in equity

Contributions by and distributions to shareholders

Dividends to shareholders – – – – – – – (13,336) (357) (13,693)

Total contributions by and distributions to shareholders – – – – – – – (13,336) (357) (13,693)

Transfer to retained earnings – – – – – 544 (5,239) 4,695 –

Balance at 30 June 2017 606,324 (10,281) 23,443 556 – (14,087) (2,587) (316,121) 2,464 289,711

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PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (CONTINUED)

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

FOREIGN CURRENCY REALISED CAPITAL

SHARE TRANSLATION AND OTHER

REVALUATION HEDGING DEFINED BENEFIT FAIR VALUE RETAINED NON–CONTROLLING TOTA L

CAPITAL RESERVE RESERVES RESERVE RESERVE PLAN RESERVE RESERVE EARNINGS INTEREST EQUITY

$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000

Balance at 1 July 2017 606,324 (10,281) 23,443 556 – (14,087) (2,587) (316,121) 2,464 289,711

Total comprehensive income for the period

Profit or loss – – –

– – – – 14,488 152 14,640

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation differences – 3,888 –

– – – – – (3) 3,885

Effective portion of changes in fair value of equity instruments, net of tax – – – – – – – – – –

Defined benefit plan actuarial gains and losses, net of tax – – – – – 1,442 – – – 1,442

Total other comprehensive income – 3,888 – – – 1,442 – – (3) 5,327

Total comprehensive income for the period – 3,888 – – – 1,442 – 14,488 149 19,967

Transactions with shareholders, recorded directly in equity

Contributions by and distributions to shareholders

Investment in minority interest – – – – – – – – – –

Dividends to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,234) (310) (15,544)

Total contributions by and distributions to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,234) (310) (15,544)

Transfer to retained earnings – – – – – 2,606 – (2,606) – –

Balance at 31 December 2017 606,324 (6,393) 23,443 556 – (10,039) (2,587) (319,473) 2,303 294,134

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PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (CONTINUED)

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

FOREIGN CURRENCY REALISED CAPITAL

SHARE TRANSLATION AND OTHER

REVALUATION HEDGING DEFINED BENEFIT FAIR VALUE RETAINED NON–CONTROLLING TOTA L

CAPITAL RESERVE RESERVES RESERVE RESERVE PLAN RESERVE RESERVE EARNINGS INTEREST EQUITY

$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000

Balance at 1 July 2017 606,324 (10,281) 23,443 556 – (14,087) (2,587) (316,121) 2,464 289,711

Total comprehensive income for the period

Profit or loss – – –

– – – – 14,488 152 14,640

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation differences – 3,888 –

– – – – – (3) 3,885

Effective portion of changes in fair value of equity instruments, net of tax – – – – – – – – – –

Defined benefit plan actuarial gains and losses, net of tax – – – – – 1,442 – – – 1,442

Total other comprehensive income – 3,888 – – – 1,442 – – (3) 5,327

Total comprehensive income for the period – 3,888 – – – 1,442 – 14,488 149 19,967

Transactions with shareholders, recorded directly in equity

Contributions by and distributions to shareholders

Investment in minority interest – – – – – – – – – –

Dividends to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,234) (310) (15,544)

Total contributions by and distributions to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,234) (310) (15,544)

Transfer to retained earnings – – – – – 2,606 – (2,606) – –

Balance at 31 December 2017 606,324 (6,393) 23,443 556 – (10,039) (2,587) (319,473) 2,303 294,134

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PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (CONTINUED)

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

FOREIGN CURRENCY REALISED CAPITAL

SHARE TRANSLATION AND OTHER REVALUATION HEDGING DEFINED BENEFIT FAIR VALUE RETAINED NON–CONTROLLING TOTA L

CAPITAL RESERVE RESERVES RESERVE RESERVE PLAN RESERVE RESERVE EARNINGS INTEREST EQUITY

$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000

Balance at 1 July 2017 606,324 (10,281) 23,443 556 – (14,087) (2,587) (316,121) 2,464 289,711

Total comprehensive income for the period

Profit or loss – – – – – – – 14,488 152 14,640

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation differences – 3,888 – – – – – – (3) 3,885

Effective portion of changes in fair value of equity instruments, net of tax – – – – – – – – – –

Defined benefit plan actuarial gains and losses, net of tax – – – – – 1,442 – – – 1,442

Total other comprehensive income – 3,888 – – – 1,442 – – (3) 5,327

Total comprehensive income for the period – 3,888 – – – 1,442 – 14,488 149 19,967

Transactions with shareholders, recorded directly in equity

Contributions by and distributions to shareholders

Investment in minority interest – – – – – – – – – –

Dividends to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,234) (310) (15,544)

Total contributions by and distributions to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,234) (310) (15,544)

Transfer to retained earnings – – – – – 2,606 – (2,606) – –

Balance at 31 December 2017 606,324 (6,393) 23,443 556 – (10,039) (2,587) (319,473) 2,303 294,134

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PGG WRIGHTSON LIMITED

INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (CONTINUED)

For the six months ended 31 December 2017

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES

FOREIGN CURRENCY REALISED CAPITAL

SHARE TRANSLATION AND OTHER REVALUATION HEDGING DEFINED BENEFIT FAIR VALUE RETAINED NON–CONTROLLING TOTA L

CAPITAL RESERVE RESERVES RESERVE RESERVE PLAN RESERVE RESERVE EARNINGS INTEREST EQUITY

$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000

Balance at 1 July 2017 606,324 (10,281) 23,443 556 – (14,087) (2,587) (316,121) 2,464 289,711

Total comprehensive income for the period

Profit or loss – – – – – – – 14,488 152 14,640

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation differences – 3,888 – – – – – – (3) 3,885

Effective portion of changes in fair value of equity instruments, net of tax – – – – – – – – – –

Defined benefit plan actuarial gains and losses, net of tax – – – – – 1,442 – – – 1,442

Total other comprehensive income – 3,888 – – – 1,442 – – (3) 5,327

Total comprehensive income for the period – 3,888 – – – 1,442 – 14,488 149 19,967

Transactions with shareholders, recorded directly in equity

Contributions by and distributions to shareholders

Investment in minority interest – – – – – – – – – –

Dividends to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,234) (310) (15,544)

Total contributions by and distributions to shareholders – – – – – – – (15,234) (310) (15,544)

Transfer to retained earnings – – – – – 2,606 – (2,606) – –

Balance at 31 December 2017 606,324 (6,393) 23,443 556 – (10,039) (2,587) (319,473) 2,303 294,134

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PGG Wrightson Limited
Results for announcement to the market

Reporting PeriodSix Months ended 31 December 2017

Previous Reporting PeriodSix Months ended 31 December 2016

Amount (000s)Percentage change

Revenue from ordinary activities

$NZ 628,177+ 3.4%

Profit (loss) from ordinary activities after

tax attributable to security holder.

$NZ 14,488-3.3%

Net profit (loss) attributable to security

holders.

$NZ 14,488

-3.3%

Interim/Final DividendAmount per securityImputed amount per security

Interim0.0175$ 0.006806$

Record Date

16 March 2018

Dividend Payment Date

5 April 2018

CommentsRefer to results release and financial statements.

Net Tangible Assets per security: 31 December 2017 $0.350,

30 June 2017 $0.352, 31 December 2016 $0.326

Profit (loss) from ordinary activities after tax attributable to

security holders calculated as Profit attributable to Shareholders of

the Company as disclosed in the Interim Statement of Profit or

Loss.

Net profit (loss) attributable to security holders calculated as Profit

attributable to Shareholders of the Company as disclosed in the

Interim Statement of Profit or Loss.

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EMAIL: announce@nzx.com

Notice of event affecting securities

1

PGG Wrightson Limited

Julian DalyDirectors Resolution

027 5533373 03 349 617626022018

Ordinary sharesNZREIE0001S4

In dollars and cents

Retained earnings

$0.0175

Enter N/A if not

applicable

$$0.001215$0.006806

$

NZD$0.003088

$13,209,854

Date Payable

5 April, 2018

16 March, 20185/4/2018

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