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DP Eurasia N.V
18 November 2020
For Immediate Release 18 November 2020
DP Eurasia N.V.
("DP Eurasia" or the "Company", and together with its
subsidiaries, the " Group ")
Trading Update for the Ten Months Ended 31 October 2020
Strong momentum in current trading carried through from
interims
For the period ended
31 October
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2020 2019 Change
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(in millions of TRY,
unless otherwise indicated)
Number of stores 748 749 -1
Group system sales (1)
Turkey 853.1 692.1 23.3%
Russia 372.7 408.4 -8.7%
Azerbaijan & Georgia 23.1 16.9 37.2%
Total 1,248.9 1,117.3 11.8%
Group system sales like-for-like
growth(2)
Group(5) 14.6% 9.3%
Turkey 23.2% 11.4%
Russia (based on RUB) -15.2% 1.4%
Highlights
-- Group system sales increased 11.8%, despite Covid-19 related
operational constraints and increased competition in Russia due to
aggregators
o Turkish systems sales growth of 23.3%
o Russian system sales decrease of 8.7% (16.9% based on RUB)
-- Group online system sales(4) growth of 37.9%
o Turkish online system sales growth of 51.2%
o Russian online system sales growth of 19.6% (8.9% based on
RUB)
-- Online delivery system sales(3) as a share of delivery system
sales at 75.2% (October 2019: 68.7%) reflects our strong online
offering and positioning
-- Strong liquidity position - TRY 171 million of cash at hand
and additional available bank lines of TRY 115 million as at 31
October 2020
-- In 2020, 10 stores opened overall with a further 16 leases
signed in Turkey; offsetting 14 and 13 store closures in Turkey and
Russia, respectively, due to Covid-19
-- Well placed to manage new operational constraints in Turkey
following Government policy update on 17 November
Commenting on the update, Chief Executive Officer, Aslan Saranga
said:
"Trading performance has continued to improve in Turkey and
Russia since our interim results release in September. Our Turkish
operations have maintained their strong summer with a
September/October like-for-like growth rate of 43.4%, driven mainly
by delivery and, also, tailwinds from a temporary reduction in the
VAT rate to 1% from 8%. Also, encouragingly, in our Russian
operations we have continued to see an improving trend in
like-for-like growth, at -6.4% and -2.2% in September and October,
respectively, up from the -10.9% reported in July/August and the
lows of -30%s during the Moscow lockdown in the spring.
"We continue to innovate new product offerings to drive order
flow and repeat customers. We launched our Döner kebab (chawarma)
suite of products in Turkey with a new advertising campaign, which
has shown promising early results, in October. In Russia, we
launched our new and improved pizza in mid-October, with a new
dough formulation as well as new key toppings, backed by a Greater
Moscow TV campaign. Whilst early days, this new campaign resulted
in positive like-for-like growth rates for the second half of
October.
"The strong performance in Turkey has driven an uptick in demand
for stores from franchisees. We have already opened nine stores in
Turkey in 2020 and have also signed leases for 16 additional
stores, which we are targeting to open late this year/early next
year.
"Digital continues to be the main driver of the business as our
channel mix has tilted more towards delivery due to the pandemic,
reflecting broader shifts toward online consumerism. Online
ordering as a percentage of delivery reached 75.2 % for the period,
an increase of 6.5 percentage points over the last twelve
months.
"Daily new Covid-19 cases have been increasing in both Turkey
and Russia in the autumn and we note the announcement by the
Turkish government on 17 November which re-introduces certain
operational constraints. The announced measures see the suspension
of dine-in services at restaurants, a nationwide curfew on the
weekends outside the hours of 10:00 - 20:00 and all week curfews
for people aged less than 20 and more than 65 outside the hours of
10:00 - 16:00. We expect our stores to remain open and fully
operational for takeaway, restrictions permitting, and delivery
services, which we expect to remain exempt from these curfew
restrictions as they were during the spring.
"Whilst the Board is conscious of the risks posed by any further
material worsening of operational constraints, the momentum in
current trading is encouraging and supportive of our confidence in
our positioning and the prospects for the business through the long
term."
Enquiries
DP Eurasia N.V.
Selim Kender, Chief Strategy Officer &
Head of Investor Relations +90 212 280 9636
Buchanan (Financial Communications)
Richard Oldworth / Giles Stewart / Tilly +44 20 7466 5000
Abraham dp@buchanan.uk.com
A conference call for investors and analysts will be held at
9.00am this morning, which will be accessible using the following
details:
Conference call: UK Toll Free: 08003589473
UK Toll: 03333000804
Participant PIN code: 21855320#
URL for international dial in numbers:
http://events.arkadin.com/ev/docs/NE_W2_TF_Events_International_Access_List.pdf
A recording of the conference call will subsequently be
available at www.dpeurasia.com .
Notes to Editors
DP Eurasia N.V. is the exclusive master franchisee of the
Domino's Pizza brand in Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The
Company was admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official
List of the Financial Conduct Authority and to trading on the main
market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange plc on 3
July 2017. The Company (together with its subsidiaries, the " Group
" ) is the largest pizza delivery company in Turkey and the third
largest in Russia. The Group offers pizza delivery and takeaway/
eat-in facilities at its 748 stores (545 in Turkey, 190 in Russia,
nine in Azerbaijan and four in Georgia as at 31 October 2020), and
operates through its owned corporate stores (30%) and franchised
stores (70%). The Group maintains a strategic balance between
corporate and franchised stores, establishing networks of corporate
stores in its most densely populated areas to provide a development
platform upon which to promote best practice and maximise
profitability. The Group has adapted the Domino's Pizza globally
proven business model to its local markets.
Performance Review
Store count As at 31 October
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2020 2019
Corporate Franchised Total Corporate Franchised Total
Turkey 110 435 545 138 405 543
Russia 116 74 190 112 83 195
Azerbaijan - 9 9 - 7 7
Georgia - 4 4 - 4 4
Total 226 522 748 250 499 749
Delivery channel mix and online like-for-like growth
The following table shows the Group's delivery system sales (3)
, broken down by ordering channel and by the Group's two largest
countries in which it operates, as a percentage of delivery system
sales for the periods ended 31 October 2020 and 2019:
For the period ended 31 October
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2020 2019
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Turkey Russia Total Turkey Russia Total
28.3 10.6 23.8 32.8 19.2 28.8
Store % % % % % %
Group's online 25.8 71.9 40.1 28.8 80.7 46.9
Online platform % % % % % %
44.4 17.5 35.1 34.5 21.8
Aggregator % % % % 0.1% %
70.2 89.4 75.2 63.3 80.8 68.7
Total online % % % % % %
1.5 1.0 3.9 2.4
Call centre % - % % - %
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
The following table shows the Group's online like-for-like
growth (2) , broken down by the Group's two largest countries in
which it operates, for the periods ended 31 October 2020 and
2019:
For the period ended
31 October
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2020 2019
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Group online system sales like-for-like
growth(2)
Group(5) 42.4 % 27.0 %
Turkey 51.2 % 30.2 %
Russia (based on RUB) 12.3 % 14.7 %
Liquidity
The Group continues to have a strong liquidity position, having
access to cash at hand and additional borrowing capacity available
from its Turkish banks. As at 31 October 2020, the Group had TRY
171 million of cash at hand and additional available bank lines of
TRY 115 million.
The Group's strong liquidity position enables it to prepay its
bank borrowings in Russia if required, and still maintain a strong
liquidity position. The Group obtained a waiver from Sberbank with
respect to its covenants for the remainder of 2020 on 31 August
2020 and is in negotiations to reset the covenants or repay the
remaining loan. The principal outstanding under the Sberbank loan
currently amounts to RUB 1.0 billion, of which RUB 0.2 billion is
supported by a cash collateral deposit.
Notes
(1) System sales are sales generated by the Group's corporate
and franchised stores to external customers and do not represent
revenue of the Group.
(2) Like-for-like growth is a comparison of sales between two
periods that compares system sales of existing system stores. The
Group's system stores that are included in like-for-like system
sales comparisons are those the Group considers to be mature
operations. The Group considers mature stores to be those stores
that have operated for at least 52 weeks preceding the beginning of
the first month of the period used in the like-for-like comparisons
for a certain reporting period, assuming the relevant system store
has not subsequently closed or been "split" (which involves the
Group opening an additional store within the same map of an
existing store or in an overlapping area).
(3) Delivery system sales are system sales of the Group
generated through the Group's delivery distribution channel.
(4) Online system sales are system sales of the Group generated
through its online ordering channel.
(5) Group like-for-like growth is a weighted average of the
country like-for-like growths based on store numbers as described
in Note (2).
Appendices
Exchange Rates
For the period ended 31 October
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2020 2019
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Currency Period End Period Average Period End Period Average
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EUR/TRY 9.597 7.734 6.377 6.335
RUB/TRY 0.106 0.095 0.089 0.087
EUR/RUB 93.024 80.774 69.341 72.513
Delivery - Take away / Eat in mix
For the period ended 31 October
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2020 2019
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Turkey Russia Total Turkey Russia Total
70.8 77.0 72.6 63.5 60.5 62.3
Delivery % % % % % %
Take away / Eat 29.2 23.0 27.4 36.5 39.5 37.7
in % % % % % %
Total(2) 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Forward looking statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements which
involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which
are beyond the Group's control and all of which are based on the
Directors' current beliefs and expectations about future events.
They appear in a number of places throughout this press release and
include all matters that are not historical facts and include
predictions, statements regarding the intentions, beliefs or
current expectations of the Directors or the Group concerning,
among other things, the results of operations, financial condition,
prospects, growth and strategies of the Group and the industry in
which it operates.
No assurance can be given that such future results will be
achieved; actual events or results may differ materially as a
result of risks and uncertainties facing the Group. Such risks and
uncertainties could cause actual results to vary materially from
the future results indicated, expressed, or implied in such
forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak
only as of the date of this press release. The Company and the
Directors expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to
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release to reflect any change in their expectations or any change
in events, conditions, or circumstances on which such statements
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