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MOVE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
CHAIR, JULIA RAUE

Tena koutou katoa. Good afternoon everyone and a warm welcome to the MOVE Logistics 2024

Annual Shareholder Meeting. I’m Julia Raue, the Chair of your Board of Directors.

Board of Directors

With me here today are our Directors - Greg Whitham, Lachie Johnstone, Mark Newman and Grant

Devonport.

We have been continuing the Board refresh started last year, and in line with this, Grant and Mark

will be stepping down at the end of this Meeting. Greg Kern also joined our Board for seven months

to assist with the organisational reset, and stood down last month. We also recently farewelled

Lorraine Witten who joined the Board when it first listed and was chair from 2020 until June this

year, at which time, I was elected Chair.

On behalf of the Board, management and shareholders, I’d like to acknowledge the contributions

that all directors have made and thank them for their service.

We were pleased to welcome Greg Whitham and Lachie Johnstone at the start of this year. They are

standing for election today and you will have an opportunity to hear from them later.

We are currently seeking up to two new directors to join our Board and a recruitment process is

underway.

Strengthened Leadership Team

I’d like to recognise the effort that our leaders have put into our business over the last year – with a

particular thank you to Lee Banks, MOVE’s CFO, who has worked tirelessly to get things across the

line. Several of our leaders are here today – could you please stand when I call your name – Lee

Banks; Ricky Clark – GM Sales; and Anthony Brown, GM of our Oceans business. Please feel free to

approach them after the Meeting for a chat.

We were also pleased to welcome Paul Millward in September this year. Paul has taken on the role

of interim CEO as we move at pace to recalibrate and strengthen our business under our Accelerate

programme. Both Paul and I will talk to this in more detail today.

Paul has a proven ability to successfully lead businesses through periods of change and an

impressive track record of delivering results. He will provide strong leadership for MOVE as we

accelerate our turnaround plans. Recruitment of a permanent CEO has been paused while this is

underway.

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge Craig Evans, who was CEO from early 2023 and

led MOVE through a tough economic period.

We believe every single person in the MOVE team is a key driver of our success. By looking after our

customers and our business, they will, in turn, help deliver an improved financial performance. On

behalf of the Board, we would like to acknowledge and thank everyone in the MOVE team for their

continued commitment to our customers through more challenging times and acknowledge all they

have done for our business over the past year.



Responding to Market and Business Challenges

The FY24 year delivered some of most challenging trading conditions seen in the industry in recent

times. Cost inflation continued to rise, margins were under pressure, and customer demand reduced

significantly as businesses cut costs, public spending was put on hold, and large projects were

paused. We acknowledge the tough conditions that our customers were operating in and thank

them for their loyalty and support.

The freight industry is a bellwether for the economy, and this was even more evident over the year,

with MOVE’s performance reflecting the wider economic downturn. However, as a company, our

own actions exacerbated the issue. We invested and grew to meet demand that did not materialise

due to the recession, and then moved too slowly to adjust to the conditions, pause our growth

investments, cut spending and right size our company. This, along with non-cash impairments, had a

significant impact on our performance and results.

We are now moving urgently to make change and right-size the organisation, with a priority focus on

cashflow generation and profitable operating earnings. We appointed independent advisors from a

top 4 accounting firm to validate assumptions and support development of our accelerated change

plan.

FY24 Results Snapshot

Our FY24 results were disappointing and well below what our shareholders expect. As a Board, we

are owning the mistakes we have made and are 100% focused on improvement.

Sales were down due to the soft market conditions and reduced demand, as well as the loss of some

customers as a result of insourcing, increased competition and pricing pressure. Our cost base was

higher, partly due to inflation, but also as we invested into our business in anticipation of an

economic recovery and predicted customer volume which has not yet occurred. Together this

impacted our earnings and our profit.

This year’s result also included non-cash impairments of $17.3m. These included a write down on

the carrying value of the Atlas Wind vessel, which was plagued by mechanical issues and has now

been sold for US$1.1m, and a write down of the goodwill in our Warehousing business which had a

very difficult year.

We have good relationships with our banking partner and recently renewed our funding

arrangements, extending the tenure of our bank facility by a further 12 months, and signing a new

agreement with Pacific Invoice Finance for up to $25 million. We are currently able to access $21

million of that and, with shareholder approval which we are seeking today, we will be able to access

up to the full amount. This will provide us with additional flexibility to execute our Accelerate

programme and drive business change.

Accelerate Programme

Our poor performance in recent times is not acceptable and we are moving at pace to turn it around.

This is not a quick or simple task but we have a clear plan and are laser focussed on ensuring we

drive change.

In recent months, we have developed the Accelerate programme, appointed a new CEO, established

new funding arrangements and are divesting unprofitable or surplus assets. We are refreshing our

Board and looking to recruit new directors with skills and experience that will help us drive our

company forward. We are engaging with shareholders on a regular basis and are committed to



keeping you updated on our progress. We are instilling a culture and mindset that ensures we are

fighting fit, with an appropriate operating model and cost base to support this.

The Accelerate programme is focused on three pathways, which Paul will talk to in more detail. We

believe these will help us create a stronger, streamlined business, that is future fit. Our goals are to

improve financial performance, build positive cashflow and deliver value to shareholders, while

continuing to provide great service to MOVE’s customers.

FY25 is the turnaround year and we are targeting a return to positive adjusted net operating

cashflow, and a significant improvement in normalised earnings before tax. In FY26, we expect

normalised earnings to return to profit.

MOVE’s Inherent Value

I would like to take this opportunity to remind shareholders, that while recent performance has

been disappointing, MOVE has inherent value, some of which uniquely sets us apart from our

competitors.

We have an extensive nationwide network, with strength in both metro and regional areas.

We offer multi-modal, end to end supply chain solutions, across freight, warehousing and logistics,

as well as specialised services.

We are customer focused, with a culture of service excellence. Our customers are at the core of all

we do.

Our team are experienced and passionate. We believe everyone can make a difference and we have

asked every member in our team to stand up and be counted.

We have a strong brand and a strong market position. The work we are doing now to right size and

streamline our business will help drive operating leverage when demand and revenue return.

I will now pass over to Paul to talk more on the Accelerate programme and our progress.

CEO, PAUL MILLWARD

I am pleased to be here today at my first Annual Meeting for MOVE. It’s great to see so many

shareholders joining us and I look forward to meeting and talking to those of you here today after

the Meeting.

I’ve now been in the CEO seat for seven weeks. I’ve loved getting into the business to understand

the operations, our people and our partnerships with our customers. It has reinforced to me the

strength of the MOVE business and the potential – but there are some critical areas where we need

to significantly step up to realise the commercial potential of our company.

Whilst the financial results have been poor, there are many individuals who have worked tirelessly,

and I want to acknowledge them. It is their efforts and passion, alongside a disciplined plan of action

and a strong culture of accountability, that will bring our company back to a healthy footing.

Our Business

One of MOVE’s biggest strengths is the size, scope and breadth of our company. We transport,

warehouse and deliver goods across New Zealand, and also offer services such as Fuel transport,



specialised lifting and transport, and our trans-Tasman shipping service. This broad offering is fit for

purpose and relevant to win.

Getting the fundamentals right

A lot of work has been done over the last two years to ensure MOVE has some strong fundamentals

in place.

Our end to end supply chain offer has been strengthened, with enhanced metro delivery services

and the trans-Tasman shipping service.

We’re increasingly multi-modal – using rail and coastal shipping to provide options for customers,

often at competitive rates and with carbon reduction opportunities.

The MOVE brand positioning is strong and our customers love it! At the right time, we have an

opportunity to create an even stronger connection to our brand by further leveraging it.

However, execution is everything and there are some areas where more acceleration is needed.

We are moving at pace to right-size our organisation for the market conditions, while retaining the

ability to win commercially and be flexible for customers.

We are stepping up in how we use data to deliver insights and support decisions so that our model is

efficient and that we utilise all our assets better. This is critical in ensuring we tighten our operating

model.

For me, commercial assertiveness and a step change in culture go together. I’m focused on building

a high-performance culture, where our people are connected, work together, hold each other to

account and deliver every day. Part of this is instilling a real stand up and fight spirit to be assertive

in the market.

We also need to instil a sense of ownership across the business, and encourage our team to make

sure that every dollar spent counts.

We are now making progress, but as last year’s financial result shows, we’ve got a lot of work ahead

of us to deliver on our potential.

The Accelerate Programme

The Accelerate programme provides the framework for our transformation over the next two years.

As Julia has said, FY25 is our turnaround year; with a return to profitable earnings targeted for FY26.

The Accelerate programme kicked off several months ago, and work is well underway to turn things

around.

I’d now like to talk through some of the things we’ve been doing under each of the pathways and

our progress over the first quarter of FY25.

Recalibrate the business

To recalibrate the business, our focus is firmly on reducing costs, right sizing our business, and

continuing to deliver excellent customer service, whilst retaining the ability to meet demand when

the economy improves.



In some cases, we have had to unwind positions that were built up in anticipation of economic

recovery and growth.

We’ve accelerated the sale of old and excess fleet to release cash, and have also entered sale and

leaseback agreements for some of our fleet.

Our metro delivery operations used to operate as part of our Warehouse business. We’ve now

transferred them into our Freight division, which allows us to maximise efficiencies and reduce costs.

The Warehouse business had a difficult year and customer losses resulted in excess capacity that

exists today. We’ve been reviewing our network and are making changes where it makes sense. For

example, in Christchurch, we’ve recently moved our Seymour St operations into our larger Rolleston

warehouse, which firstly reduces costs and secondly, allows us to look at other options for Seymour

St, such as subleasing that facility.

Unfortunately, some of our right-sizing is affecting our team. We are providing as much support as

possible to our people through this process. These decisions are not taken easily, but we’re well

aware we cannot just tinker around the edges.

Profitable revenue growth

Our second priority is to drive profitable revenue growth. This will primarily come from offering

more of our services to existing customers, and bringing new customers on board.

MOVE is seen as a very credible alternative to other large providers in the market. Our team culture,

partnership approach and focus on delivering end to end solutions is seen as valuable and is why we

have some marque scale customers.

Our trans-Tasman shipping offer is opening up new revenue opportunities, both for shipping and

landside. The new Brio Faith vessel is faster, more fuel efficient with less carbon emissions, and has

80% more capacity than the Atlas Wind.

We also need to make sure that we are pricing jobs fully, to generate appropriate margins and

capture the value we offer customers.

Warehousing we do need to recover increasing property costs where relevant.

The sales team is reasonably new, but doing a great job under Ricky Clark, our GM of Sales. This is

one area where we will invest, both in capability but also people, as we will not grow a healthy

business by purely cutting costs.

Balance sheet resilience

Our third priority is to improve our financial performance. While cash conversion remained stable in

FY24, our adjusted net operating cashflow was negative $5.1m.

This is an important metric for the Board and in FY25, our target is to return to positive adjusted net

operating cashflow. This is operating cashflow less lease and rent payments, and excludes loan

interest, tax, insurance claim and gain on asset sales.

We will do this through focussed financial management, reducing our costs and increasing our

revenue.

New funding arrangements and a reset of covenants are now in place and provide the support to

deliver on the Accelerate programme.



High performance culture

A clear simple plan is in place. It now comes down to culture and capability. People will drive our

success and we have tasked them with a focus on four things to ensure we deliver:

Cost obsession, Customer First, Leadership and Quality Decisions.

We are seeing great engagement from our team. We recently launched a groupwide initiative,

‘Every$counts’, asking for their suggestions on cost and productivity initiatives and have been

overwhelmed with responses. I’m pretty new still, but have been heartened by calls and chats with

people who want to stand up and fight for this organisation, that’s the spirit we need.

FY25 OUTLOOK

FY25 Progress and Outlook

The economy remains challenging, particularly across the retail and FMCG sectors where we are

strong. Building products, aquaculture and infrastructure have also retracted, although long term

macro trends are positive.

With interest rates heading lower and monetary conditions starting to ease, we believe demand will

recover over 2025, although this is expected to be gradual and more in H2. Demand for freight and

logistics services will increase as end customers once again start spending and large projects come

back online.

Sustainability and carbon emissions are becoming of increasing importance to customers, and our

multi-modal solutions – using rail and shipping - open up new opportunities.

There is increasing investment in renewable energy solutions and our Specialist division is a leader in

this sector.

This year, we are focused on making sure our business is as streamlined as possible and improving

our financial performance.

So, how are we progressing in FY25?

Market conditions are still soft. Volumes and revenue remain challenging, however, we are starting

to see some good traction in expanding gross margin. Gross margin $ for Q1 of the FY25 financial

year were well up on any quarter last year; and gross margin % has grown 4 points compared to last

quarter and is also ahead of last year. This is encouraging and shows that we are now executing on

what is needed to create value.

I am confident we can return MOVE to a success story and am optimistic about our future. There will

be challenges, particularly until the economy improves, but we can’t sit around and wait for this to

happen. We know we have work to do at pace to restore MOVE to a strong, profitable company. I’m

committed to improving financial performance, and growing shareholder value.

Thank you.

ENDS

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MOVE LOGISTICS GROUP LIMITED
2024 ANNUAL MEETING

24 October 2024

CHAIR
JULIA RAUE

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Voting Card
Question box

VOTING AND ASKING QUESTIONS

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AGENDA
Welcome and Introductions

Chair and CEO Presentations

Shareholder Discussion

Resolutions

General Business

Close of the Meeting

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BOARD
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Greg Whitham

Non-independent Director

Standing for election

Julia Raue

Independent Chair

Last re-elected 2023

Appointed Chair June 2024

Mark Newman

Independent Director

Retiring end-ASM

Grant Devonport

Independent Director

Retiring end-ASM

Lachie Johnstone

Independent Director

Standing for election

LEADERSHIP TEAM
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Paul Millward

Interim CEO

Lee Banks

CFO

Anthony Browne

GM Oceans

David King

Freight – Consultant

Recruitment underway

Craig Leishman

GM Warehousing

Nick Ward

GM Technology

Rachel Hustler

GM People & Culture

Warwick Bell

GM Specialist Lifting

Ricky Clark

GM Sales

RESPONDING TO MARKET & BUSINESS CHALLENGES
Accelerated change plan in place from 1 July 2024

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1H24

Cost of doing business

too high; clear step

change needed to

adjust to current

economic conditions

Priority to adjust

strategy, rightsize

and improve

performance

4Q241H25

Remain confident in MOVE’s inherent value and proposition,

experienced team and strong offer.

Moving at pace.

Priority - cashflow

generation and

revenue recovery. Led

by refreshed board and

new CEO

Investment made

into growth

strategy ahead of

economic

recovery

INCOME
$301.7m

FY23: $347.7m

EBITDA

Normalised

1

$ 27.6m

FY23: $47.4m

EBT

Normalised

1

$(25.7)m

FY23: $(5.8)m

NLAT

2

$(48.1)m

FY23: $(7.2)m

FY24 RESULTS SNAPSHOT

Results below aspirations; significant improvement targeted in FY25

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1.Normalised EBITDA and Normalised EBT exclude non-controlling interest and non-trading adjustments of $19.7m pre-tax related to asset impairment, settlement & restructuring

cost (FY23: $1.7m). Including these, FY24 EBITDA and EBT was $7.9m and $(45.3)m respectively.

2.Attributable to owners of the company

•2H24 Normalised EBITDA

ahead of 1H24, in line with

guidance

•Disappointing result

reflecting underperformance

exacerbated by recessionary

environment

•Higher cost base due to

investment into business in

anticipation of economic

recovery, and inflation

•Slow to react to market

changes and reduce costs

LTIFR

15.82

FY23: 14.72

CAPEX

$1.8m

FY23 $19.5m

GEARING

38.4%

FY23: 17.2%

FREE

CASHFLOW

$2.0m

FY23: $0.7m

ACCELERATE PROGRAMME
Improve financial performance and build shareholder value

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RECALIBRATE

THE

BUSINESS

PROFITABLE

REVENUE

GROWTH

BALANCE

SHEET

RESILIENCE

FY25 TARGETS: Positive adjusted net operating cashflow; Significant improvement in

normalised EBT

FY26 TARGET: Return to normalised EBT profit

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Nationwide network and specialised expertise

Multi-modal, end to end supply chain solutions

Customer focused, culture of service excellence

Experienced and passionate team

Competitive, reliable and value-adding partner

MOVE’S INHERENT VALUE & STRONG OFFER

CEO
PAUL

MILLWARD

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OUR BUSINESS
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FREIGHTWAREHOUSING

FUELSSPECIALIST

OCEANS

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GETTING THE FUNDAMENTALS RIGHT

IN PLACE

•End to end supply chain

•Increasingly multi-modal

•Strong brand

•Nationwide network

•Customer-centric

•Innovative thinking

•Experienced and passionate team

THE DIFFERENCE NEEDED

•Right organisation structure

•Commercial decisions driven by data

•Commercial assertiveness

• Step change in culture

•‘Every dollar counts’ mentality

THE ACCELERATE PROGRAMME
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Goals to improve financial performance, build positive cashflow and deliver value to shareholders,

while continuing to provide great service to MOVE customers

Costs Down

Productivity Up

RECALIBRATE THE BUSINESS

•Control and reduce costs

•The right people, resources

and capacity to match

customer activity

•Excellent customer service

•Right routes for demand, and

the right driver/fleet to deliver

•Streamlined footprint

Increased Revenue

Better Margins

PROFITABLE REVENUE

GROWTH

•Strengthen existing

partnerships and win

new customers

•Balanced customer

mix

•Full-value pricing

Stronger Balance Sheet

Improved Cashflow

BALANCE SHEET

RESILIENCE

•Creating a strong

financial platform so

we can invest in our

business and our

future

RECALIBRATE THE BUSINESS
Progress Update

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•Well underway on cost reduction and cash

improvement programme

•Completed analysis of route demand and profitability

•Right-sizing of network, fleet and team, while

retaining ability to flex with expected demand:

•Accelerated the planned sale of excess fleet

•Sale and leaseback of specialised fleet

•Transfer of Auckland and Christchurch metro

operations from Warehousing division into Freight

operations to maximise efficiencies

•Optimisation of warehousing footprint

•Workforce reduction to right size the organisation

•Collaboration with partners/customers to remove

inefficient resource and costs

PROFITABLE REVENUE GROWTH
Progress Update

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•Trading conditions remain challenging, with reduced

levels of customer activity across the sector

•Focus on customer retention alongside strong sales

pipeline, supported by stronger sales structure

•Full value pricing

•Warehousing – focus on value recovery

•Freight business will be an important driver of revenue

growth – balance between margin and scale

•Oceans margin opportunity - new larger charter

vessel, the MV Brio Faith, commenced in September

2024 servicing the trans-Tasman route

BALANCE SHEET RESILIENCE
Progress Update

•New funding arrangements in place; provides

commercial firepower to deliver the Accelerate

programme

•Release of $2.9m cash YTD from asset sales and sale

and lease back arrangements; sale of Atlas Wind

vessel for US$1.1m

•Ongoing consolidation and optimisation of network,

reducing costs and improving cashflow

•Continued positive working capital management

FY25 target:

Generate positive adjusted net operating cashflow

Cashflow $mFY24FY23

Cash from operating activities18.738.4

Lease principal payments(29.5)(27.3)

Net cash generated from operating

activities, less lease payments

(10.8)11.1

Adjustments: loan

interest/tax/insurance claim/gain on

asset sales

5.83.1

Adjusted net operating cashflow(5.1)14.2

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HIGH PERFORMANCE
CULTURE

Team behaviours that will drive our

success:

•Cost Obsession

•Customers are Everything

•Be a Leader

•Quality Decisions

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FY25 OUTLOOK

FY25 PROGRESS AND OUTLOOK
Change plan will create

a stronger, streamlined

business.

FY25 turnaround year;

FY26 return to

profitable earnings

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•Continuation of a challenging economic environment

•Freight - competitive but seeing positivity in Auckland in

terms of tonnage with margins improving slowly

•Increasing investment into renewable energy projects and

infrastructure will benefit our Specialist division late-2025

•Supply chain sustainability is increasingly of importance,

MOVE is positioned well

•Sales team energised on connecting up new

opportunities, with a healthy pipeline

Q1 Update:

•Market conditions soft; volumes and revenue remain

challenging

•Good traction in expanding gross margin $ and %

DISCUSSION
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RESOLUTIONS
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RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTION 1: To record the re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Company’s auditor

and to authorise the Directors to fix the auditor’s remuneration for the ensuring year.

RESOLUTION 2: Under NZX Listing Rule 5.1.1(b), to approve an increase in the facility limit of the

Invoice Financing Facility (as defined in the Explanatory Notes of this Notice) between MOVE and

Pacific Invoice Finance to $25 million.

RESOLUTION 3: That Lachie Johnstone, who was appointed as a Director by the Board during

the year, be elected as a Director of the Company.

RESOLUTION 4: That Greg Whitham, who was appointed as a Director by the Board during

the year, be elected as a Director of the Company.

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OTHER BUSINESS
CLOSE OF THE

MEETING

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APPENDICES

Financial Measures
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$MillionsFY24FY23

Net profit/(loss) before income tax (GAAP measure)(45.3)(7.6)

Add back:

Share of loss of associates-.1

Restructuring and settlement costs2.30.6

Share acquisition costs-0.1

Goodwill and asset impairment17.31.0

EBT excluding non-trading items (non-GAAP measure)(25.7)(5.8)

Finance costs (net)10.29.7

EBIT excluding non-trading items (non-GAAP measure)(15.4)3.9

Depreciation & Amortisation43.043.5

EBITDA excluding non-trading items (non-GAAP

measure)

27.647.4

MOVE Logistics Group uses several non-GAAP measures when discussing

financial performance, and believe these provide a better reflection of

the company’s underlying performance.

Glossary:

•EBITDA: Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation

excluding income and impairment from associates

•Normalised EBITDA: EBITDA before non trading costs

•Normalised EBT: Earnings before tax, share of associates and non-

trading adjustments

•Free cash flow: Pre-IFRS16 EBITDA excluding non-cash items plus

movements in working capital, less net capital expenditure and

lease & rent payments

•Adjusted net operating cashflow: Operating cashflow including fixed

rent and lease payment

•Gearing: Net debt/(Net debt + Equity)

•Net debt: interest bearing liabilities less cash and cash equivalents

•Operating cash conversion: cash generated from operations as a

%age of EBITDA less non-cash items

•Working Capital Ratio: Current Assets excluding held for sale /

Current Liabilities excluding borrowings, lease liabilities and held for

sale

•LTIFR: Lost time injury frequency rate

Disclaimer
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