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Seeka Provides Stakeholder Update

Earnings Results16 October 2024SEKConsumer Staples

Stakeholder Update
October 2024

Agenda
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Chair’s introduction

Chief Executive’s report

Questions

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Our Produce Business
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Connecting sustainable produce to the world

Seeka grows, processes and supplies fruit

to domestic and international consumers

Integrated orcharding business securing

sustainable supply to post-harvest

Network of post-harvest infrastructure

Supplying fruit to Zespri, SeekaFresh, and other

markets, new collaboration with Freshmax

Integrated produce business in Australia

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Our Strategy
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Deliver operational and financial excellence to our growers and shareholders

Excellent planning, disciplined execution and quality fruit to the market

Deliver financial performance

Low cost structure, targeted capital expenditure with lower bank debt

Optimise post-harvest capacity

Automation where it delivers efficiency and returns value

Build revenue streams

Lifting returns and adding complementary services and products to core business

Select Excellence

Our aspiration to deliver excellent service, produce and value to our stakeholders

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Our Short Term Imperatives
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After three challenging years

Establish and maintain excellence in core operations

Improve earnings and focus on debt

Innovate and automate to deliver efficiency and financial returns

Maintain excellent core infrastructure

Restore dividend

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Key Takeaways
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FY24 Financial guidance update
Guidance net profit before tax

between $21m to $25m

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Second guidance upgrade

FY24 Guidance

FY24 Guidance

$ millionsLowerUpper

Net profit

before tax

$21.0m$25.0m

FY23FY22

$ millionsActualsActuals

Net profit / (loss)

before tax

( $21.0m)$7.6m

Previous guidance between $17m and $21m

Reflecting

−Excellent late fruit quality and management

−Continuing focus on costs and margins

−Contract packing and fresh market performance

−Higher orchard gate returns and orchard earnings

−Improved Australian earnings

−$221m total facility in this period

Dividend announcement
Dividend of $0.10 per share

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First dividend since February 2022

FY24 Guidance

Record date

−20 December 2024

Payment date

−20 January 2025

Imputed to the maximum available

Dividend reinvestment plan applies to the dividend

with the close for applications 23 December 2024

FY24 Guidance

$ millionsLowerUpper

Net profit

before tax

$21.0m$25.0m

FY23FY22

$ millionsActualsActuals

Net profit / (loss)

before tax

( $21.0m)$7.6m

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Chief Executive’s report

Michael Franks

Financial performance rebounds with volumes
Seeka’s six-month summary

Rebound in kiwifruit volumes in NZ and Australia

Produced 17m trays in NZ – up 53% | Packed 43m trays in NZ – up 44% | Australia kiwifruit volumes up 164%

Financial performance lifts with volumes

$284.2m Revenue – up 34% | $68.4m EBITDA – up 88% | $45.0m NPBT – up 230%

Excellent operational performance for growers and consumers

Excellent on-shore service and inventory performance | High-quality fruit to the markets

Cost management and focused capital expenditure

Innovation delivers cost savings | Capacity and systems in place to manage forecast volume growth

Outlook continues to improve

Favourable weather pattern | Continued quality focus | Success in retail services | Developments in Australia

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NZ Class 1 trays packed are full year finals Fy20 to FY23. H1FY24 is to June 2024.
Profitability lifts on volumes

$284m Revenue, up $72m on June 2023 ( H1FY23 )

−44% lift in kiwifruit volumes to post-harvest

−Better growing conditions lift yields in NZ and Australia

$68m EBITDA, up $32m on H1FY23

−Optimisation of post-harvest facilities

$45.0m Net Profit Before Tax

−Higher volumes deliver improved earnings

$0.41 earnings per share NPAT

−$0.74 excluding deferred tax adjustment

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Post-harvest capacity growth has tracked expansion in NZ orchards

Revenue

NZ Class 1

kiwifruit trays

packed

H1 FY24H1 FY23FY23

$ millions

UnauditedUnauditedChangeAudited

Revenue284.2212.7

34%

300.9

Cost of sales186.5147.9

26%

252.2

Change in fair value of

biological assets - crop

( 18.7)( 16.3)-

Gross profit79.048.4

63%

48.7

EBITDA68.436.4

88%

26.0

EBIT54.521.8

150%

( 4.1)

Net profit before tax45.013.6

230%

( 21.0)

Net profit after tax17.110.5

63%

( 14.5)

$179m

$224m

$247m

$213m

$284m

31.8

39.2m

42.0m

29.8m

43.0m

H1FY20H1FY21H1FY22H1FY23H1FY24

Revenue compared to kiwifruit volumes

Group revenue

Balance Sheet
$18.5m increase in capital employed on H1 FY23

$18.6m increase in PP&E since H1 FY23

−Revaluations at year end

−Automation and capacity investments

−Oakside 3

−Transpack

Ongoing investment in switchboard and plant

room refurbishment

Orchard development investment

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H1 FY24H1 FY23FY23

$ millionsUnauditedUnauditedChangeAudited

Current assets - excludes cash

Trade and other receivables111.194.3

18%

32.6

Biological assets - crop3.12.1

48%

21.8

Assets held for sale8.93.1

187%

3.2

Inventories and water rights21.014.7

43%

10.9

144.1114.2

26%

68.4

Current liabilities - excludes debt

Trade and other payables( 57.2)( 35.2)

62%

( 25.3)

Tax liability / benefit( 5.3)( 1.9)

183%

0.4

( 62.5)( 37.1)

68%

( 24.9)

Net working capital81.677.1

6%

43.5

Non current assets

Property, plant and equipment383.2 364.6

5%

387.7

Lease assets49.0 55.0

( 11%)

50.5

Intangibles24.2 26.8

( 10%)

24.2

Investments, receivables & deferred tax21.0 17.0

24%

12.3

477.4 463.4

3%

474.8

Capital employed559.0 540.5

3%

518.3

Balance Sheet
$170.9m net bank debt at 30 June 2024

−$6.1m decrease on H1 FY23

−$53.0m received in July 2024

$201m banking syndicate facility

−Debt levels within normal covenants

−$20m additional credit facility from 5 February to

16 July 2024 to cover advances

−$221m total facility in this period

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H1 FY24H1 FY23FY23

$ millions

UnauditedUnauditedChangeAudited

Non currentliabilities-excludesdebt

Lease liabilities

(current and non current )

( 63.0)( 69.2)

( 9%)

( 64.8)

Deferred tax( 47.5)( 21.6)( 21.2)

( 110.5)( 90.8)

22%

( 86.0)

Cash4.15.2 5.2

Borrowings(175.0)(182.2)

4%

(177.6)

Net bank debt(170.9)(177.0)

3%

(172.4)

Total equity277.6272.6

2%

259.9

Net bank debt170.9 177.0

( 3%)

172.4

Net bank debt

less assets held for sale

162.0173.9

( 7%)

169.2

EBITDA multiple2.37x 4.77x 6.51x

EBITDA multiple

pre NZ IFRS 16 Leases

2.69x6.14x16.37x

1. As required by NZ IAS 33, 1,892,994 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 $0.40 (FY23: ($0.34) ).
2. Recalculated from the 2023 Annual Report to reflect weighted average ordinary shares on issue excluding treasury stock

Earnings per share and dividends

EPS $0.41

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−$0.74 pre deferred tax adjustment

$5.92 net tangible asset backing

No dividend paid in the period

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H1 FY24H1 FY23FY23

$ millions

UnauditedUnauditedChangeAudited

Net profit $ 17.1 m $ 10.5 m

63%

( $ 14.5m)

Weighted shares on issue 41.6 m 41.6 m 41.6 m

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Earnings per share$ 0.41 $ 0.25

64%

( $ 0.35)

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Net tangible assets$ 257.4 m $ 252.4 m $ 239.8 m

Shares at period end$ 43.5 m $ 42.0 m $ 42.0 m

Net tangible assets per share$ 5.92 $ 6.01

( 2%)

$ 5.71

Net assets per share$ 6.38 $ 6.49

(2%)

$ 6.19

Total assets per share$ 14.38 $ 13.88

4%

$13.07

Operating segment performance
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Connecting the world with sustainable fruit

Orcharding

Growing kiwifruit, avocado and Kiwiberry for landowners on leased

and managed orchards

Post-harvest

Picking, packing, coolstorage and dispatch of fruit for independent

growers and Seeka’s orcharding operations.

Retail services

Marketing and exporting fruit from Seeka’s post-harvest operations,

and the import and sale of tropical fruit through SeekaFresh.

Seeka Australia

Fully-integrated orchard-to-market service from owned and leased

orchards in Australia.

Revenue by operating segment

$57m

$194m

$13m

$19m

OrchardingPost-harvestRetail

services

Australia

Orchard operations
Supplied 40% of Seeka’s post-harvest business in 2024

Focus on growing high-quality crops for post-harvest and

generating high returns for orchard owners

Grew 17.4m class 1 trays of kiwifruit

−Up from 11.4m trays H1FY23 on better growing season

$57m Revenue – up $17m on better yields

$3m EBITDA – turnaround from ( $1.9m) loss

$19m invested in developing orchards for future growth

−Partnering with landowners, iwi and Kānoa fund

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H1 FY24H1 FY23FY23

$ millionsUnauditedUnaudited

Change

Audited

Revenue56.9 39.9

42%

86.5

EBITDA3.2 ( 1.9)

266%

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EBIT1.8 ( 3.1)

157%

( 1.6)

Segment assets101.0 75.9

33%

84.8

EBITDA pre NZ IFRS 161.9 ( 3.3)

157%

( 1.4)

Crop grown - class 1 trays (millions)

Total kiwifruit trays grown17.1 11.2

53%

SunGold trays (millions)8.5 6.2

37%

SunGold yields - average per hectare13,473 9,333

44%

Hayward trays (millions)8.5 5.0

66%

Hayward yields - average per hectare11,2246,750

66%

Organic and RubyRed0.3 0.2

50%

Post-harvest operations
Generated 68% of Seeka’s revenues H1FY24

Focus on supplying quality service and produce

Handled 43m class 1 trays of kiwifruit

−Up from 29.8m trays H1FY23

−Excellent inventory performance onshore and in the

markets

$194m Revenue – up $43m on better volumes

$69m EBITDA – up $22m

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H1 FY24H1 FY23FY23

$ millionsUnauditedUnaudited

Change

Audited

Revenue193.9 151.1

28%

182.4

EBITDA69.3 47.4

46%

43.8

EBIT60.0 37.0

62%

25.1

Segment assets397.6 397.8

( 0%)

360.2

EBITDA pre NZ IFRS 1665.5 42.9

53%

35.3

Trays packed (millions)

SunGold27.2 19.9

36%

Hayward and other varieties15.8 9.9

60%

Total class 143.0 29.8

44%

Class 21.9 1.9

Total packed44.9 31.7

41%

Retail services
Adding value to Seeka’s core supply chain operations

Creating new revenue streams

Handled $23m of fruit sales

−Strong performance from imported produce

−Strong wholesale market

−Production and sale of Kiwi Crush and Avocado Oil

−Working to rationalise avocado supply and marketing

−Difficult trading conditions

$13m Revenue – up 36%

$1.1m EBITDA

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H1 FY24H1 FY23FY23

$ millionsUnauditedUnaudited

Change

Audited

Revenue13.4 9.8

36%

20.7

EBITDA1.1 1.7

( 34%)

2.6

EBIT0.6 1.2

( 47%)

1.5

Segment assets13.6 15.2

( 10%)

13.2

EBITDA pre NZ IFRS 160.6 1.3

( 50%)

1.6

Seeka Australia
Integrated Orchard to Market business

2.3m kgs of kiwifruit grown and sold – up 164%

−Direct sales to Australia’s large retail chains

−Wholesale market supply

$19m Revenue – up 67%

$4.9m EBITDA – up $4m

$16m invested in new orchard developments

−63 hectares of kiwifruit

−New pear varieties and expanded jujube plantings

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H1 FY24H1 FY23FY23

NZD millionsUnauditedUnaudited

Change

Audited

Revenue19.5 11.6

67%

10.4

EBITDA4.9 0.9

455%

0.7

EBIT3.9 ( 0.5)( 3.1)

Segment assets63.7 54.1

18%

51.5

EBITDA pre NZ IFRS 163.8 ( 0.2)

2201%

( 1.4)

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Growing Sustainable Futures

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Reducing our environmental footprint, supporting

the wellbeing of our communities, and generating

value for our stakeholders

Building climate resilience

Commitment to our people and our communities

5 years of verified emissions data

Targeting net zero emissions

Sustainability projects across the business

Sustainability-linked loan sets sustainability

targets through to 2027

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2025 Outlook
Deliver operational excellence and financial results

Active cost management and innovation

Targeted capacity


Winter conditions support good kiwifruit yields 2025

Sell and leaseback purpose-built RSE accommodation


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