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Mainfreight – Full Year Presentation – 2018

Full Year Results29 May 2018MFTIndustrials

MAINFREIGHT LIMITEDFULL YEAR RESULTTO 31 MARCH 2018MAINFREIGHT LIMITEDFULL YEAR RESULTTO 31 MARCH 2018

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2

Result Summary

Revenue

 

up

 

12.2%

 

to

 

$2.62

 

billion

 

(excluding

 

FX

 

up

 

10.6%)

An

 

increase

 

of

 

$285.3

 

million

Offshore

 

revenues

 

now

 

exceed

 

$1.95

 

billion

EBITDA

 

at

 

$215.4

 

million,

 

up

 

9.0%

Excluding

 

FX

 

up

 

7.9%

Net

 

surplus

 

after

 

tax

 

before

 

abnormal

 

items

 

up

 

8.8%

 

to

 

$112.2

 

million

Confident

 

of

 

performance

 

continuing

Significant

 

investment

 

being

 

made

 

for

 

land

 

&

 

building

 

infrastructure

to

 

satisfy

 

customer

 

growth

 

and

 

demand

REVENUEREVENUE

EBITDAEBITDA

NET

 

SURPLUS

NET

 

SURPLUS

OUTLOOKOUTLOOK

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3

Business Highlights

Satisfactory

 

financial

 

performance


Our

 

best

 

ever

 

result

 

for

 

Australia


Strong

 

contribution

 

from

 

New

 

Zealand


Gearing

 

ratio

 

reduction

 

from

 

24.8%

 

to

 

21.6%


Net

 

debt

 

reduction

 

of

 

$16.09

 

million

 

to

 

$196.85

 

million


Largest

 

ever

 

discretionary

 

bonus

 

of

 

$20.70

 

million

 

to

 

be

 

paid

 

to

 

team

 

members

 

globally


Larger

 

than

 

usual

 

salary

 

increases

 

at

 

the

 

low

 

end

 

of

 

pay

 

range

 

for

 

team

 

members

 

in

 

Australia

 

and

 

New

 

Zealand

 

(post

 

year

 

end)


Completion

 

of

 

software

 

upgrade

 

for

 

Australian

 

Domestic

 

freight

 

business

 

(subsequent

 

to

 

year

 

end)


38

 

Land

 

&

 

Building

 

projects

 

initiated

 

across

 

the

 

Group

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4

Dividend

Final

 

dividend

 

of

 

26.0

 

cents

 

per

 

share

Books

 

close

 

13

 

July

 

2018;

 

payment

 

on

 

20

 

July

 

2018

Total

 

dividend

 

for

 

year

 

45.0

 

cents

 

per

 

share,

 

increase

 

of

 

4.0

 

cents

(9.8%)

 

over

 

the

 

previous

 

year

DIVIDENDDIVIDEND

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5

Capital Management

NZ$

 

MILLION

THIS

 

YEAR

LAST

 

YEAR

Operating

 

cash

 

flow

140.2

131.2


Working

 

capital

 

increased

 

by

 

$12.8

 

million


Capital

 

expenditure

 

totalled

 

$64.7

 

million,

 

with

 

Land

 

&

 

Buildings

 

$20.1

 

million,

 

Plant

 

&

 

Equipment

 

$26.9

 

million,

 

and

 

Information

 

Technology

 

$17.7

 

million


Estimated

 

F19

 

depreciation:

 

$50.85

 

million

Major

 

items

 

of

 

Land

 

&

 

Buildings

 

include:


Sundry

 

New

 

Zealand

 

property

$9.2

 

million


Sundry

 

European

 

property

$5.6

 

million


Sundry

 

Australian

 

property

$4.5

 

million

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6

Capital Management ...

Capital

 

Expenditure

 

Expectations

 

FY19 NZ$

 

million NZ$

 

million

PropertyAucklandWhangareiBlenheimMount

 

Maunganui

Other

 

sundry

Land

Buildings

Land/Buildings

BuildingsBuildings

17.2

5.55.03.04.5 Total

 

NZ

 

35.2

Melbourne

 

(x2)

AdelaideMelbourneOther

 

sundry

LandLand

BuildingsBuildings

40.1

8.74.44.2 Total

 

AU 57.4

Netherlands

 

(x2)

Belgium

AlterationsAlterations

10.2

2.5 Total

 

EU

 

12.7

Total

 

Property

105.3

Other

45.0

Total

 

Capital

150.3

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7

Committed New Leases

New Zealand

Australia

Europe

Americas

New

 

sites

4

7

4

3

Locations

Auckland,

Mt Maunganui

Wellington

Blenheim

Sydney

Melbourne

Brisbane

Perth

Newcastle

 

Toowoomba

 

Wollongong

Netherlands

Born

Zaltbommel

 

‘s


Heerenberg

Belgium

Ghent

Chicago

Newark

 

Toronto

Total rent

 

pa

NZ$1.45m

AU$9.67m

€4.28m

US$2.40m

Additional

 

rent

in

 

F19 (approx/

 

timing)

NZ$0.42m

AU$6.59m

€3.19m

US$1.91m

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8

Full Year Analysis: Revenue

$000

THIS

 

YEAR

LAST

 

YEAR

VARIANCE

New Zealand:

 

NZ$

666,156

609,238

9.3%


Australia:

 

AU$

623,765

534,995

16.6%


USA:

 

US$

436,742

436,357

0.1%


Asia*:

 

US$

83,861

63,351

32.4%


Europe:

 

EU€

335,769

291,927

15.0%


Total

 

Group:

 

NZ$

2,618,860

2,333,591

12.2%


(excl FX)

 

10.6%


*

 

Inter


company

 

totalled

 

US$45.81

 

million

 

for

 

Asia,

 

down

 

from

 

US$52.35

 

million

Revenue

 

including

 

inter


company

 

for

 

Asia

 

is

 

up

 

12.1%

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9

Full Year Analysis: EBITDA

$000

THIS

 

YEAR

LAST

 

YEAR

VARIANCE

New Zealand:

 

NZ$

98,633

91,021

8.4%


Australia:

 

AU$

49,922

42,315

18.0%


USA:

 

US$

19,235

18,585

3.5%


Asia:

 

US$

4,905

6,245

(21.5)%


Europe:

 

EU€

17,713

17,179

3.1%


Total

 

Group:

 

NZ$

215,416

197,542

9.0%


(excl FX)

 

7.9%

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10

Second Half Comparison: Revenue

$000

2

nd

HALF

THIS

 

YEAR

2

nd

HALF

LAST

 

YEAR

VARIANCE

New Zealand:

 

NZ$

349,289

321,692

8.6%


Australia:

 

AU$

330,852

277,345

19.3%


USA:

 

US$

233,684

210,259

11.1%


Asia*:

 

US$

46,249

31,903

45.0%


Europe:

 

EU€

173,258

155,451

11.5%


Total

 

Group:

 

NZ$

1,393,277

1,191,154

17.0%


(excl FX)

 

13.8%


*

 

Inter


company

 

totalled

 

US$26.71

 

million

 

for

 

Asia,

 

up

 

from

 

US$18.81

 

million

Revenue

 

including

 

inter


company

 

for

 

Asia

 

is

 

up

 

43.9%

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11

Second Half Comparison: EBITDA

$000

2

nd

HALF

THIS

 

YEAR

2

nd

HALF

LAST

 

YEAR

VARIANCE

New Zealand:

 

NZ$

60,187

53,858

8.6%


Australia:

 

AU$

29,093

26,223

10.9%


USA:

 

US$

10,793

8,773

23.0%


Asia:

 

US$

2,880

1,966

46.4%


Europe*:

 

EU€

9,310

9,529

(2.3)%


Total

 

Group:

 

NZ$

126,650

111,194

13.9%


(excl FX)

 

11.8%


*

 

Refer

 

European

 

commentary

Page
 

12

Domestic vs Air & Ocean Performance

NZ$000

THIS

 

YEAR

LAST

 

YEAR VARIANCE

VAR

 

ex

 

FX

Group

Revenue

2,618,860

2,333,591

12.2%


10.6%


EBITDA

215,416

197,542

9.0%


7.9%


Domestic

Revenue

1,586,881

1,367,510

16.0%


13.8%


EBITDA

161,744

141,797

14.1%


12.5%


Air

 

&

 

Ocean

Revenue

1,031,979

966,081

6.8%


6.1%


EBITDA

53,672

55,745

(3.7)%


(4.0)%



Air

 

&

 

Ocean

 

EBITDA

 

decrease

 

attributable

 

to

 

Asia,

 

MF

 

USA,

 

CaroTrans

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13

New Zealand


Strong

 

contributions

 

from

 

all

 

three

 

divisions


Customers

 

confident

 

in

 

utilising

 

all

 

products

 

as

 

they

 

look

 

for

 

supply

 

chain

 

efficiencies


Kaikoura earthquake

 

repairs

 

still

 

disrupting

 

road

 

and

 

rail

 

services


Longer

 

road

 

journeys

 

and

 

more

 

coastal

 

shipping

 

to

 

cover


Logistics


Momentum

 

requiring

 

extension

 

to

 

warehousing

 

footprint


Now

 

at

 

145,000m

2


Additional

 

sites

 

being

 

considered

 

for

 

Auckland,

 

Tauranga,

 

Hamilton

Revenue:

 

$666m

     

9.3%

EBITDA:

 

$99m

  

8.4%

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14

New Zealand


Transport


Sites

 

under

 

pressure

 

as

 

volumes

 

outgrow

 

capacity


New

 

sites

 

identified

 

for

 

Auckland

 

(2),

 

Mount

 

Maunganui,

 

Wellington,

 

Nelson,

 

Rotorua,

 

Blenheim

 

and

 

Dunedin


Additional

 

regional

 

sites

 

under

 

consideration

 

for

 

Whakatane and

 

Levin


Air

 

&

 

Ocean


Activity

 

steady

 

and

 

climbing


Perishable

 

volumes

 

increasing


Airfreight

 

volumes

 

improving


Imports

 

exceeding

 

exports

 

as

 

network

 

assists


Building

 

development

 

at

 

Auckland

 

site

 

to

 

cater

 

for

 

perishable

 

and

 

airfreight

 

growth

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15

New Zealand

Mainfreight

 

2Home


Volumes

 

steadily

 

improving


eCommerce /

 

fragile

 

freight delivery

 

to

 

home/business


New

 

Zealand

 

Outlook


Confident

 

of

 

current

 

momentum

 

continuing


Auckland

 

and

 

regional

 

fuel

 

taxes

 

under

 

review


Stronger

 

development

 

and

 

promotion

 

of

 

all

 

3

 

core

 

products

 

to

 

customer

 

base


Network

 

intensity

 

continues

 

with

 

more

 

regional

 

development


More

 

warehouses


More

 

Air

 

&

 

Ocean

 

sites


More

 

regional

 

Transport

 

operations

 

for

 

quicker/easier

 

delivery

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16

Australia


Best

 

ever

 

result

 

from

 

Australian

 

business;

 

best

 

improvement

 

across

 

Group

 

results


Sales

 

growth

 

from

 

all

 

3

 

divisions


EBITDA

 

improved

 

in

 

Transport

 

and

 

Logistics;

 

Air

 

&

 

Ocean

 

marginally

 

behind

 

year

 

prior


Logistics


Volumes

 

and

 

customer

 

base

 

continue

 

to

 

increase


New

 

sites

 

under

 

construction

 

and/or

 

consideration:

 

Sydney,

 

Melbourne

 

x

 

2,

 

Adelaide

 

(Brisbane

 

and

 

Perth

 

complete)


Increase

 

of

 

52,000m

2

bringing

 

total

 

pallet

 

spaces

 

to

 

187,100

Revenue:

 

$624m

     

16.6%

EBITDA:

 

$50m

  

18.0%

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17

Australia


Transport


Network

 

intensified

 

with

 

opening

 

of

 

Bendigo

 

and

 

Toowoomba;

 

Wollongong

 

to

 

follow

 

shortly


Tasmania

 

and

 

Far

 

North

 

Queensland

 

under

 

consideration


Investigating

 

other

 

modes; rail

 

and

 

coastal

 

shipping

 

to

 

reduce

 

dependency

 

on

 

road


Chemcouriers business

 

finding

 

growth


Owens

 

wharf

 

cartage

 

in

 

positive

 

territory


Air

 

&

 

Ocean


Revenue

 

improvement

 

as

 

global

 

network

 

assists


Gross

 

margins

 

disappointed


Perishable

 

development

 

continuing


Concentration

 

on

 

LCL

 

freight

 

consolidation

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18

Australia

Outlook


Current

 

revenue

 

momentum

 

expected

 

to

 

continue


Network

 

and

 

facility

 

development

 

may

 

lower

 

short


term

 

EBITDA

 

growth

 

expectations

 

as

 

sites

 

become

 

operational


Implementation

 

of

 

new

 

Domestic

 

Transport

 

software

 

platform

 

successful

 

(Mainstreet)

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19

The Americas


Overall

 

result

 

still

 

disappoints,

 

but

 

progress

 

has

 

occurred


Transport

 

improving


Air

 

&

 

Ocean

 

behind

 

prior

 

year;

 

excluding

 

last

 

year’s

 

one


off

 

airfreight

 

project,

 

revenue

 

improving


Logistics,

 

whilst

 

still

 

to

 

find

 

profit,

 

is

 

improving


CaroTrans revenues

 

in

 

line

 

with

 

prior

 

year,

 

EBITDA

 

down

 

9%,

 

recovery

 

seen

 

in

 

the

 

last

 

three

 

months


Transport


Building

 

expedited

 

LCL

 

freight

 

network


Six

 

key

 

cities

 

continue

 

to

 

be

 

the

 

focus

Revenue:

 

$437m

     

0.1%

EBITDA:

 

$19m

  

3.5%

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20

The Americas


Warehousing


Customer

 

gains

 

across

 

all

 

sites;

 

customer

 

enquiry

 

strong


Warehousing

 

footprint

 

increase

 

of

 

10,000m

2


Small

 

to

 

medium


sized

 

businesses

 

preferred

 

to

 

big

 

box

 

retail


Air

 

&

 

Ocean


Concentration

 

on

 

Mainfreight

 

global

 

trade


lanes


European

 

trade

 

development

 

pleasing


LCL

 

air

 

and

 

seafreight consolidation

 

developing

 

to

 

offset

 

FCL

 

Ocean

 

margins


Customer

 

opportunities

 

strongest

 

on

 

record

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21

The Americas


CaroTrans


New

 

leadership

 

brings

 

welcome

 

change


Well


defined

 

strategy

 

to

 

improve

 

quality

 

and

 

customer

 

focus


Improving

 

sales

 

activities


Decentralised

 

approach

 

at

 

branch

 

level


Procurement

 

strategy

 

alongside

 

Mainfreight

 

Air

 

&

 

Ocean

 

assisting


Global

 

agency

 

relationships

 

improved

 

and

 

refined


Outlook


Improving

 

second

 

half

 

results

 

give

 

confidence

 

to

 

ongoing

 

improvement

 

across

 

all

 

divisions,

 

albeit

 

slow

Chris

 

Wilson,

 

CaroTrans

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22

Europe


Sales

 

growth

 

from

 

all

 

three

 

divisions,

 

however

 

EBITDA

 

performance

 

better

 

from

 

Air

 

&

 

Ocean

 

and

 

Logistics


Logistics


Core

 

sites

 

remain

 

well


utilised

 

and

 

profitable


New

 

‘s


Heerenberg

 

NL

 

facility

 

(Meiland)

 

yet

 

to

 

produce

 

acceptable

 

returns;

 

focus

 

is

 

on

 

utilisation

 

and

 

efficiencies

 

(transition

 

&

 

implementation

 

costs

 

affected

 

second

 

half

 

EBITDA

 

trend)


Ghent

 

BE

 

site

 

completed

 

and

 

at

 

97%

 

utilisation


Geleen site

 

replaced

 

with

 

new

 

Born

 

NL

 

warehouse

 

of

 

26,000m

2

;

 

occupation

 

currently

 

underway


New

 

FMCG

 

account

 

gained

 

requiring

 

new

 

warehouse

 

of

 

26,000m

2

at

 

Zaltbommel

 

NL

Revenue:

 

€336m 15.0%

EBITDA:

 

€18m 3.1%

Page
 

23

Europe


Forwarding/Transport

 


Two

 

new

 

cross


docks

 

in

 

Belgium

Genk

 

–operational

 

and

 

reducing

 

pressure

 

on

 

‘s


Heerenberg

Ghent

 

– under

 

construction,

 

occupation

 

June

 

2018,

 

to

 

replace

 

Ostend

 

(outdated

 

and

 

poorly

 

located)


Utilisation

 

improving,

 

but

 

distribution

 

margins

 

are

 

a

 

work

 

in

 

progress


Expect

 

Genk

 

&

 

Ghent

 

to

 

improve

 

returns

 

from

 

Belgium


French

 

volumes

 

and

 

profitability

 

improving


Eastern

 

European

 

branches

 

in

 

Romania

 

and

 

Poland

 

still

 

require

 

improvement

 

and

 

stronger

 

growth

Page
 

24

Europe


Air

 

&

 

Ocean


Satisfactory

 

returns

 

from

 

developing

 

network


USA

 

strongest

 

trade


lane


Developing

 

airfreight

 

capability


Network

 

intensification

 

on

 

target


Italy

 

completed


Germany:

 

Hamburg

 

and

 

Stuttgart

 

to

 

come


Stronger

 

Asian

 

trade


lane

 

development

 

required


Procurement

 

and

 

shipping

 

line

 

relationships

 

assisting


Control

 

of

 

freight

 

volume

 

routings

 

assisting

 

network

 

development

Page
 

25

Europe


Outlook


Expect

 

short


term

 

Logistics

 

EBITDA

 

returns

 

to

 

plateau

 

as

 

new

 

sites

 

are

 

developed


Born

 

–from

 

August

 

2018

 

onwards


Zaltbommel

 

–from

 

December

 

2018

 

onwards


Air

 

&

 

Ocean

 

encouraging


Forwarding/Transport

 

volumes

 

and

 

margins

 

are

 

key

 

to

 

stronger

 

profit

 

improvement

Page
 

26

Asia


Inclusion

 

of

 

inter


company

 

revenue

 

adjusts

 

revenue

 

increase

 

to

 

12.1%


EBITDA

 

result

 

poor

 

as

 

gross

 

margins

 

decline


Senior

 

leadership

 

change

 

effective

 

mid


year:

 

Cary

 

Chung,

 

Hong

 

Kong

 

national,

 

US


educated


Core

 

strategy

 

–sole

 

focus

 

on

 

Air

 

&

 

Ocean

 

for

 

near

 

term


HK

 

warehouse

 

– elimination

 

from

 

P&L

 

from

 

June

 

2018;

 

loss

 

making


Strong

 

sales

 

focus


Second

 

half

 

improvement

 

providing

 

confidence


Southeast

 

Asia

 

and

 

Japan

 

are

 

target

 

areas

 

for

 

further

 

expansion

 

where

 

Mainfreight

 

control

 

of

 

freight

 

routing

 

high

Revenue:

 

US$84m 32.4%

EBITDA:

 

US$5m

  

(21.5)%

Cary

 

Chung,

 

Asia

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27

Asia

Outlook


Expect

 

first

 

half

 

to

 

improve

 

over

 

year

 

prior


Greater

 

level

 

of

 

accountability

 

and

 

energy

 

within

 

Asian

 

operations

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28

Strategic Initiatives

Network

 

intensity


Locally


Globally


People


Culture


Ownership

 

/

 

disciplines


Products

 

are

 

freight

 

focused


Domestic

 

transportation


Air

 

&

 

Ocean


Warehousing

 

(Logistics)


Supply

 

chain

 

management

 

– combination

 

of

 

all

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Strategic Initiatives

Technology


Constant

 

development

 

of

 

our

 

customer


facing

 

technology


Mainchain Ultra

 

(visibility

 

tool)


Order

 

Management

 

System

 

(OMS)


Shipment

 

Centre


In


house

 

managed/developed


Uncomplicated


Long


term

 

management

 

fundamentals/philosophy


Decentralised


Responsibility


Decision

 

making


Investment

 

– people

 

/

 

infrastructure


Growth


Organic

 

preferred

 

vs

 

acquisition

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Group Outlook

Expect

 

continuing

 

revenue

 

and

 

EBITDA

 

improvement

 

in

 

all

 

regions

Growth

 

initiatives

 

to

 

continue

Expect

 

network

 

development

 

globally,

 

and

 

by

 

country,

 

to

 

increase

Benefits

 

from

 

growth/infrastructure

 

initiatives

 

include

 

stronger

 

sales

 

and

 

earnings

 

profile

 

(short

 

term

 

impact)

Continuing

 

confidence

 

for

 

customer

 

growth

 

across

 

supply

 

chain

 

initiatives

 

–all

 

countries

2019:

 

Capex

 

of

 

$150m

2020:

 

Capex

 

of

 

$150m

 

to

 

$170m

New

 

accounting

 

treatment

 

of

 

leases

 

will

 

see

 

significant

 

capital

 

structure

 

change

 

in

 

FY20

 

(NZ

 

IFRS

 

16)

SHORT


TERM

SHORT


TERM

MEDIUM

 

TO

LONG


TERM

MEDIUM

 

TO

LONG


TERM

CAPITALCAPITAL

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31

Financial Calendar F19

DATE

Europe

 

Investor

 

Day

20 June

 

2018

Annual

 

Meeting

 

of

 

Shareholders

26

 

July

 

2018

F19

 

–6

 

months

 

ended

 

30

 

September

 

2018

14

 

November

 

2018

F19 – 12

 

months

 

ended

 

31

 

March

 

2019

28

 

May

 

2019

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