Preliminary Results 2023 - Patrick Coveney - Group CEO
Moving to sustainable growth and returns
Financial review - Jonathan Davies - Group Deputy CEO and CFO
Underlying Operating Profit £205m (IFRS 16 basis)
Underlying performance ahead of ‘planning scenarios’ set out last year
H2 Group revenue at 110% of 2019 levels
H2 Revenue performance driven by volume recovery in A
H2 sales growth at 25% YoY
FY YoY EBITDA growth driven by N. America and APAC & EEME
Operating costs tightly managed despite ongoing inflation
Underlying Net Profit £56m (pre-IFRS 16 basis)
Increased minority interest charge reflecting strong profit growth in N. America & India where we operate with JV partners
Cash usage £125m, with leverage reducing to 1.4x
Future pipeline ofsecured net gains of c.£450m of annualised salesby 2027
We have some near term COVID catch up investment; our long term investmentand returns model remains unchanged
2024 Planning Assumptions – strong expected performance
Clear capital allocation strategy
Business review - Patrick Coveney - Group CEO
Delivering on our strategic priorities
Accelerating growth: North America and APAC and EEME
India – a significant opportunity for further growth and returns
Steady growth and performance: UK & ROI and C.Europe
Steady growth and performance: UK & ROI and C.Europe
Delivering operational efficiencies - while driving customer experience and like-for-like growth
Building a sustainable business
A significant level of business development
From 2025, we enter a new phase of sustainable growth and returns