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Seeka Provides Stakeholder Update

Earnings Results20 October 2022SEKConsumer Staples

Stakeholder Update
October 2022

Agenda
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3

Questions

2

Chief Executive’s report

-Safety

-Six month highlights and segment performance

-Automation upgrades

-Sustainability

-Forward focus

1

Chair’s introduction

-Harvest summary

-Group financial performance

-Trends in financial performance

-Earnings per share and net tangible assets

-Net bank debt

-Sustainability - “Growing futures”

Harvest summary
Harvested all crops in New Zealand and Australia

First harvest with OPAC, Orangewood and NZ Fruits

−Expanded our geographical reach

−Grown our supply base

−Fully integrated

Seeka Australia performance improvement

−Orchard investments coming into production

Tough conditions

-Maturity

-Capacity

-Labour restrictions and pandemic

-Fruit quality and storage

-Inflation

-People under pressure

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Crop quality

−Hayward yields down 21.5% and SunGold down 10.5% across

the NZ industry

−Industry-wide quality issues

−Higher fruit loss, insurance claim for OPAC processed fruit

Covid-19 disruptions

−Infections and isolations peaked in the harvest period

−Delayed KKP MAF Rodapackline

−Disrupted industry shipping plans

Severe labourshortages

−1,100 people short at peak period

−Covid-19, a tight labourmarket and restricted RSEs

(uneven arrivals)

Every challenge encountered in harvest 2022

All results and comparatives consistent with NZ IFRS 16 Leases
Group financial performance

$247.3m revenue

−Up 10% on previous corresponding period (pcp)

$49.4m EBITDA

−Up 5% on pcp

$30.1m Net profit before tax

−Down 2% on pcp

$21.5m Net profit after tax

−Up 4% on pcp

Forecasting full-year net profit before tax between

$9.0m and $11.0m

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Interim results –six months to June 2022, unaudited

H1 FY22H1 FY21FY21

$NZD millions

UnauditedUnaudited

Growth

Audited

Revenue247.3 224.5

10%

309.6

Cost of sales169.1 146.1

16%

236.3

Change in fair value of biological

assets - crop

(16.2)(18.2)-

Gross profit62.0 60.1

3%

73.2

EBITDA49.446.9

5%

56.8

Net profit before tax30.130.8

( 2%)

23.5

Net profit after tax21.520.6

4%

14.9

$25.7m
$27.9m

$30.4m

$46.9m

$49.4m

H1FY18H1FY19H1FY20H1FY21H1FY22

EBITDA

Trends in financial performance

$23.7m increase in EBITDA over 5 years

−18% cumulative annual growth rate since June 2018

Deliberate strategy to improve operating earnings

Business operated in a Covid-19 world

−Severe labourshortages during harvest 2022

Invested in new technology

−KKP MAF Roda ready for harvest 2023

−New Transcoolcoolstore

−Machine upgrade at Oakside line 3

−Carton handling at Seeka Gisborne

−Innovation and automation deliver efficiency gains

−Key to operating in a tight labourmarket

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Five year EBITDA results

1. As required by NZ IAS 33, 421,835 shares held by Seeka Trustee Limited for the Grower Loyalty and Employee Share Schemes are excluded from EPS calculations. If included, the weighted average EPS would be $0.52 (FY21: $0.42).
Earnings per share and net tangible assets

52 cents earnings per share

1

$6.07 net tangible assets per share

−Up 12%

−$254.8m of net tangible assets

No interim dividend

−Dividend being reconsidered later in the year

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H1 FY22H1 FY21FY21

$NZDUnauditedUnauditedGrowthAudited

Net profit ($m)$ 21.5 m $ 20.6 m

4%

$ 14.9 m

Weighted shares on issue (m)41.0 m 31.8 m 34.8 m

Earnings per share ($)$ 0.52 $ 0.65

(20%)

$ 0.43

Net tangible assets ($m)$254.8 m $214.7 m

19%

$229.3 m

Shares at period end (m)42.0 m 39.4 m 40.2 m

Net tangible assets per share ($)$ 6.07 $ 5.44

12%

$ 5.71

Net bank debt
$211m banking facility led by Westpac NZ

−Supported by Westpac AU, ASB, BNZ and Rabobank

−Provides operating headroom

Investing in growth, automation, and capacity

−$19.1m of debt and cash for the Orangewood,

Fruitometry & NZ Fruits acquisitions since June 2021

−$20m automation upgrades and capacity improvements

at KKP and Transcool

$4.8m assets held for sale at 30 June 2022

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$128m

Net Debt

$96m

Net Debt

$161m

Net Debt

$141m

Net Debt

$26m

Capacity

$59m

Capacity

$50m

Capacity

$70m

Capacity

Jun 2021Sep 2021Jun 2022Sep 2022

Bank debt facilities

Growing Futures
Tells Seeka’s sustainability story

Sets sustainability targets

Explains carbon footprint

Details carbon reduction initiatives

Outlines social programmes

Governance reporting

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First Sustainability Report released June 2022


Chief Executive’s report

Michael Franks

Safety
10

1. Permanently disabled or requiring immediate in-patient hospitalisation

Serious Injuries10

Lost time injuries7447

Medical1029

First Aid7589

No Treatment179182

Total338347

2022 to Date

2021

1 serious injury in 2022 – Orangewood Repacking Incident

Covid-19 peaked during harvest, affecting workforce

Six months to June 2022
Packed in a pandemic

−Contingency planning with rescheduled shifts and packing operations

−Stayed operational through staff dedication and resilience

−Focus on fundamental health and safety of our people

Operated three new sites for the full season

−OPAC, Orangewood and Gisborne

−11 post harvest sites servicing the North Island’s main orcharding regions

−Operating issues at Ōpōtiki

Kiwifruit yields down across the industry

−Poor storage season

−Offshore industry quality issues

−Some specific issues in Te Kaha and Ōpōtiki

Invested in long-term orchard developments

−160 hectares in development

Australia performed well despite disruptions

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Orchard operations
$45.7m – down 15% on pcp

$5.1m EBITDA – down 10% on pcp

Increase in kiwifruit volumes

−New volumes from Orangewood and OPAC

−Yields down on prior seasons

Excellent kiwiberry performance

160 hectares in development

−142 hectares of kiwifruit

46 SunGold, 91 Hayward, 5 RubyRed

−2 hectares of kiwiberry

−16 hectares of avocado

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Growing kiwifruit, avocado and kiwiberry – led by Barry Penellum

H1 FY22H1 FY21FY21

$ millionsUnauditedUnauditedGrowthAudited

Revenue45.7 53.7

( 15%)

77.1

EBITDA5.1 5.7

( 10%)

5.2

EBIT3.7 4.7

( 20%)

3.0

Segment assets98.1 92.8

6%

73.7

7.6

7.5

8.0

8.9

8.2

3.1

3.9

5.0

5.5

8.9

10.7

11.4

13.0

14.4

17.1

FY18FY19FY20FY21H1 FY22

NZ kiwifruit grown

Millions of trays

SunGold

Hayward

Post harvest operations
Record post harvest revenue of $178.5m – up 23% on pcp

$52.9m EBITDA – up 8% on pcp

Late Gisborne maturity, then rain

−Compressed capacity

Delay in KKP MAF Roda packline arrival

Inflationary pressure and extreme labour shortage

−1100 people short at peak periods

High fruit loss

Insurance claim at OPAC

Harvesting, packing, coolstoring, dispatching and processing – led by Paul Crone

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19.2

17.4

15.7

17.7

14.3

10.814.4

16.1

17.9

26.3

31.4

33.5

33.4

40.7

43.3

FY18FY19FY20FY21H1 FY22

NZ fruit handled

Millions of trays

Class 2 & other

OPAC

SunGold

Hayward

H1 FY22H1 FY21FY21

$ millionsUnauditedUnauditedGrowthAudited

Revenue178.5 145.2

23%

195.9

EBITDA52.9 49.1

8%

61.6

EBIT43.7 40.8

7%

44.6

Segment assets388.6 337.9

15%

316.1

Values may not sum due to rounding.
SeekaFresh retail services operations

$8.5m Revenue

−Soft 2021/22 avocado market and returns

$0.5m EBITDA

Business continues to innovate

−New customers

−Increasing local market volumes

−Building strong customer relationships

−Soft avocado market and lower kiwifruit volumes

Costco category manager

Retail services and marketing, including Kiwi Crush –led by Kate Bryant

14

H1 FY22H1 FY21FY21

$ millionsUnauditedUnauditedGrowthAudited

Revenue8.5 11.5

(26%)

21.6

EBITDA0.5 1.9

(74%)

2.3

EBIT0.0 1.4

(99%)

1.4

Segment assets23.6 19.2

23%

11.7

Values may not always sum due to rounding.
Australian operations

$14.4m Revenue – up 4% on pcp

Ongoing labour and market disruption from Covid-19

$2.6m EBITDA

Excellent result in difficult circumstances

$1.2m EBIT after lease costs

Growing, packing and retailing kiwifruit and other Australian fruit on owned and leased orchards

led by Jon Van Popering

15

H1 FY22H1 FY21FY21

$ millionsUnauditedUnauditedGrowthAudited

Revenue14.40 13.86

4%

13.87

EBITDA2.58 2.73

(6%)

1.64

EBIT1.64 1.89

(13%)

(0.00)

EBIT after lease costs1.17 1.39

(16%)

(1.06)

Segment assets53.150.0

6%

47.7

Automation upgrades
MAF Rodapacklinefor KKP $11.0m

−Highly automated, fully automated packaging presentation

to the machine along with automated packing stations

−Labour, volume and speed efficiencies

−Missed April 6 commissioning date

Oakside Spectrimgrading and pre-sizing machine $3.8m

−Substantially reduces manual grader requirements

−Machine throughputs enhanced

Gisborne post-packing automation $4.5m

−Automated placement and stacking of fruit post-packing

Continuing to investigate and trial latest technologies

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First full sustainability report published in June 2022
Reporting Seeka’s progress to be a sustainable business

Seeka’s CO2e reduction targets
Working to become net zero carbon by 2050

For categories 1 and 2 emissions

Base year 2019

F l e e t F u el

We’ve already reduced our CO2e footprint
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We use 3 intensity-based measures to benchmark our performance as our business expands

1. Class 1 trays

Per $1m revenuePer 100k trays packed

1

Per permanent employee

Tonnes

CO2e

82.3

76.5

64.2

58.2

57.6

50.7

46.1

46.1

41.5

29.9

201920202021201920202021201920202021

Forward focus
Operational improvement for 2023

Fruit quality through the supply chain

Fruit loss and performance

Capacity plan

RSE accommodation

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Questions

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