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Majestic Wine PLC
23 November 2017
For Immediate Release 23 November 2017
Majestic Wine PLC
("Majestic" or the "Group")
Half Year Results for the 26 weeks ended 2 October 2017
Ready to accelerate growth
-- Adjusted PBT(2) up GBP6.7m to GBP6.8m from breakeven in H1
2017. Statutory PBT GBP3.1m (H1 2017: GBP4.4m loss)
-- Naked Wines profitable in all three geographic markets
-- Majestic Retail growing profitably, despite a tough market
-- Sales up 5.7%, (4.2% underlying) on track to hit GBP500m
sales target by 2019 and current market expectations(3)
-- Interim dividend increased by 33.3% to 2.0p per share (H1 2017: 1.5p)
H1 2018 H1 2017 % YoY Underlying
(4)
GBP'000 GBP'000 % YoY
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Revenue 217,361 205,640 +5.7% +4.2%
Adjusted EBIT(1) 7,337 700 NM NM
Adjusted PBT(2) 6,771 51 NM
Profit/(loss)
before tax 3,079 (4,404)
Basic EPS 2.4p (6.1p)
Adjusted EPS 7.9p 0.7p NM
Dividend per
share 2.0p 1.5p +33.3%
Free Cash Flow(5) 3,565 2,832 +25.9%
Reported net
(debt) (25,640) (25,090) +2.2%
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Rowan Gormley, Group Chief Executive, commented:
"The plan is on track.
Two years in and profits are growing, our foundation is solid
and we are ready to accelerate growth. We have the opportunities to
invest in new customers and a team excited to focus on what they do
best. It's time to put our foot on the gas.
In this half, Naked Wines has demonstrated the quality of its
model, people and management, by achieving profitability in all
three geographical markets. It has become a disciplined business
committed to continuous improvement.
The focus on empowering our wonderful store teams in Majestic
Retail has finally borne fruit, with improved staff engagement
flowing through into improved customer engagement, which means
improved loyalty and retention.
The team have worked like demons and I am dead proud of every
one of them."
Outlook:
We expect full year results to be in line with current market
expectations. Looking further out, we aim to increase the rate of
sales growth in the medium term, by steadily increasing our
investment in new customer acquisition.
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Majestic Wine PLC will host an analyst and investor briefing on
Thursday 23 November 2017 at 8.45am at the offices of Instinctif,
65 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7NQ. To attend please contact Gabby
Clinkard on the details below.
A webcast will be made available after the meeting on our
investor website:
http://majesticwineplc.co.uk/investor-centre/results-centre/
Press Images are available on:
http://majesticwineplc.co.uk/media-centre/images-logos/
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Notes:
(1) Adjusted EBIT is operating profit adjusted for amortisation
of acquired intangibles, acquisition costs, share based payment
charges, restructuring costs, net fair value movement through
P&L on financial instruments and adjusting en primeur results
to reflect profits on orders rather than on wine fulfilment
(2) Adjusted PBT is defined as Adjusted EBIT less net finance
charges
(3) Analyst consensus estimates can be found on
www.majesticwineplc.co.uk
(4) Underlying movement (a) includes en primeur revenues in year
of order not year of fulfilment (b) is calculated using constant FX
rates for translation of the comparative period and (c ) IT costs
reallocated to PLC (A reconciliation between Reported and
Underlying results by segment for H1 2017 is included in the
Additional unaudited information)
(5) Free cash flow is defined as cash generated from operations
less capital expenditure and excluding cash Adjusted items
A summary of adjustment and underlying calculations are shown in
the additional unaudited information at the end of this
document.
For further information, please contact:
Majestic Wine PLC Tel: 01923 298 200
Rowan Gormley, Chief Executive
Officer
James Crawford, Chief Financial Tel: 07891 206239
Officer gabby.clinkard@majestic.co.uk
Gabriella Clinkard, Public & Investor
Relations
Investec (NOMAD & Joint Broker) Tel: 0207 597 5970
Garry Levin / David Flin / David
Anderson / Carlton Nelson
Liberum (Joint Broker) Tel: 020 3100 2222
Peter Tracey / Richard Bootle
Instinctif Partners (PR Agency) Tel: 0207 457 2020
Damian Reece / George Yeomans or 07931 598 593
About Majestic Wine PLC:
Majestic Wine PLC is a leading wine specialist, operating in
four separate divisions, each with the fundamental goal of
delivering sustained growth in shareholder value by doing the right
thing for the Group's customers, suppliers and people:
--Majestic Retail - The UK's largest specialist wine retailer,
with 210 branches in the UK and 2 in France. We help people find
the wines they will love through over 1000 highly trained,
specialist store team members. Reported sales for the year ended 3
April 2017 were GBP262.2m.
--Naked Wines - Funds independent winemakers to make exclusive
wines at preferential prices which we pass onto customers. Naked
Wines currently has 177 winemakers in 16 countries and 371,000
Mature Angels (Customers). Reported sales for the full year ended 3
April 2017 were GBP144.3m.
--Majestic Commercial - A specialist on-trade supplier who aims
to support businesses to make their wine lists more profitable,
with the unique advantage of running their supply chain through
Majestic Retail stores. Reported sales for the year ended 3 April
2017 were GBP46.6m.
--Lay and Wheeler - A specialist fine wine merchant. Lay &
Wheeler aims to be a trusted guide for people who love fine wine,
supplying the world's finest wines with a personal service.
Reported sales for the year ended 3 April 2017 were GBP12.3m.
Chief Executive's Review
We are ready to accelerate growth.
Two years into our three year transformation plan, I am pleased
to report that:
1. Profits are up,
2. We have a solid foundation for growth, and,
3. We have increased our opportunities to invest in new customer acquisition
1. Profits up
Adjusted EBIT is up GBP6.6m to GBP7.3m. Reported PBT is back in
the black at GBP3.1m vs a GBP4.4m loss in H1 2017. This was driven
by Naked Wines achieving profitability in all three geographical
markets, and continued profitable sales growth in Majestic
Retail.
H1 FY 2018 H1 FY 2017
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Sales Adjusted EBIT Sales Adjusted
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 EBIT
GBP'000
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Naked Wines 67,794 4,720 58,980 (2,775)
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Majestic
Retail 120,640 4,592 117,880 3,459
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Commercial 22,636 1,033 23,430 1,623
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Lay & Wheeler 6,291 392 5,350 276
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Central Costs - (3,400) - (1,883)
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Total 217,361 7,337 205,640 700
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A reconciliation between Reported and Underlying results by
segment for H1 2017 is included in the additional unaudited
information at the end of this document.
Naked Wines
Naked Wines is now profitable in all three geographical markets.
We've made particular progress in the USA (our largest market)
where sales were up 9.9% and Adjusted EBIT increased by GBP5.2m,
from a loss this time last year.
So what has driven the profit improvement in all three of Naked
Wines geographies?
The biggest single factor has been growth in the customer base,
which in turn has driven growth in contribution from Mature Angels
by GBP3.8m, a 33.3% increase from H1 2017.
In addition, investment in New Customer Acquisition has fallen
by GBP3.2m (40.3%) from H1 2017, of which we estimate GBP1.3m is
due to timing and will reverse in H2 2018.
It is important to note that the growth in contribution from
Mature Angels is consistent with the pattern of the last 5 years,
despite the cut in marketing investment in New Customer
Acquisition. This is because we were able to improve efficiency of
our marketing investment through our ongoing test and learn
programme.
Majestic Retail
The transformation of Majestic Retail is now flowing through to
profit. The investments made to improve our customer proposition
and the capabilities of the business are delivering higher sales
while one-off transformation and double-running costs are now
coming out. (Read on for more detail)
Majestic Commercial
As we stated in our results announcements, we intend to restore
Majestic Commercial to growth from 2018 onwards. Our first priority
has got to be the much bigger Retail business. As a result,
adjusted EBIT fell 36.4% from H1 2017 to GBP1.0m.
Lay and Wheeler
The new management team at Lay & Wheeler continue to delight
us with ongoing growth in sales and profits, showing what great
leadership can achieve in a 160 year old business.
2. Solid Foundations
We are coming to the end of the heavy lifting part of the
Majestic Retail transformation plan.
The big projects are on time and on budget. This calendar year
alone we have...
- Launched a new website, improving customer interaction and
functionality, delivering better performance
- Completed the majority of store refits,
- Dramatically improved stock availability, and,
- Given our stores the customer data tools they need to build
customer engagement and retention.
There are still more projects to come over the next 12 months -
a new EPOS system and Accounting Systems.
More importantly, we now feel like we are getting real traction
with the transformation plan at a fundamental level.
For the past two years, we've been saying that sales growth was
heading in the right direction but customer retention and team
retention haven't improved as much as we hoped. We finally feel
like we are achieving real and sustained change, by empowering
store managers to be entrepreneurs, rather than a traditional
retail command and control environment.
This has largely been driven by our Franchise-Lite project,
which we kicked off in earnest six months ago. There is still more
work to do to fully tap the potential of this in our stores, but
already some of our KPIs are moving in the right direction.
Group Definition Majestic Naked Commercial Lay &
KPI Retail Wines Wheeler
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Repeat % of repeat
customer customers from 64.5% 70.1% 74.6% 96.0%
retention 12 months ago
that are still (H1 2017: (H1 2017: (H1 2017: (H1 2017:
repeat customers, 68.4%) 67.8%) 76.3%)(1) 93.2%)
as measured
from our customer
databases
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Product % of targeted
availability range available 84.3% 87.5% 87.2% N/A
in stores /
on websites (H1 2017: (H1 2017: (H1 2017:
as indicated 78.3%) 83.6%) 85.0%)
by our inventory
reporting
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Proportion % of service
of 5-star ratings scoring 88.6% 90.2% 87.9% N/A
service 5* in last 2
ratings months as recorded (H1 2017: (H1 2017: (H1 2017: (H1 2017:
by websites 86.6%) 90.0%) N/A) 92.1%)
/ apps / telephone
feedback
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Wine quality % of "Yes" scores
(Buy it in the last 89.4% 90.9%
Again 12 months as
Ratings) recorded by (H1 2017: (H1 2017: N/A N/A
websites / apps 90.9%) 91.0%)
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Team retention % of key staff
(e.g. store 81.1% 84.3% 60.4% 100.0%
managers) as
of 12 months (H1 2017: (H1 2017: (H1 2017: (H1 2017:
ago still working 77.0%) 90.0%) 75.0%) 81.0%)
per payroll
records
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(1) This was incorrectly stated as 85.7% in the H1 2017 results
announcement.
What has not worked
We like to tell you the things that haven't worked so you don't
have to waste your time looking for them.
Firstly, Majestic Commercial is still in a holding pattern while
we focus on the much larger Majestic Retail business. Last year, we
said we would turn to it in earnest in 2018 and that remains the
case. We thank the team there for their patience and hard work in
the interim.
Secondly, Retail Customer Retention has fallen. We are confident
that with Team Retention and Customer Engagement moving in the
right direction, we will see an improvement in this KPI.
3. We have the investment opportunities to grow
We have restored Return on Investment (ROI) in Naked Wines to
98% (H1 2017: 48%) through disciplined investment in new customer
acquisition and reduced investment in under-performing direct mail
in the USA.
We intend to revert to growing investment in New Customer
Acquisition. Over the last five years this has grown on average by
around 20% a year (with H1 2017 being an outlier) and we believe
that we can continue to grow investment at that rate, or higher, in
the future from the level established this year.
Although it is apparent that the opportunities for growth appear
to be strongest in;
- Naked Wines rather than Majestic Retail,
- Digital rather than traditional channels, and,
- The USA rather than the UK,
...it is important to note that we will invest wherever we see
the best risk/return ratio, and are agnostic about where we can
achieve that.
4. Summary and Outlook
We are ready to put our foot on the gas and accelerate
growth.
Two and a half years ago I said the reason I became Group CEO
was because I saw the chance to grow shareholder value by driving
growth in Naked Wines and restoring Majestic Retail's
entrepreneurial spirit.
To get to this point we have had to do a lot of heavy lifting -
unglamorous projects that don't get seen by our customers or
investors, but build a solid platform for the growth phase.
Now, we have the investment opportunities to grow and a
management team who can now focus on what they do best.
Naked Wines has demonstrated the quality of its model, people
and management, by doubling sales since the acquisition and
achieving profitability in all three geographical markets. It has
become a disciplined business committed to continuous
improvement.
The focus on empowering the wonderful people in Retail has
finally borne fruit, with improved staff engagement flowing through
into improved customer engagement, which means improved loyalty and
retention.
We expect full year results to be in line with current market
expectations. Looking further out, we aim to increase the rate of
sales growth in the medium term, by steadily increasing our
investment in new customer acquisition.
Rowan Gormley
Group Chief Executive
23 November 2017
Financial Review
1. Group Trading Overview: Sales growth converting to profitability
Sales growth has translated strongly into profitability. Growing
sales and gross margin improvement as our mix shifts towards the
USA have driven the majority of our profit growth. We have also
removed inefficiencies as the transformation projects in Majestic
Retail are coming to an end and we eliminated underperforming
marketing spend in Naked Wines. Sales growth of 5.7% was driven by
a 4.2% underlying increase and 1.2% of currency translation
improvements due to the weakening of sterling against the US dollar
in particular. Due to the elimination of duplicated costs and
inefficient investments this sales growth translated into Adjusted
EBIT of GBP7.3m, up from GBP0.7m in H1 2017. Retranslating the
prior period performance to current exchange rates adds an
additional GBP0.3m to our underlying growth in adjusted EBIT,
bringing total growth in this measure to GBP6.9m, predominantly due
to the revised currency translation impact on the prior period's
losses in the USA. Finance charges have reduced by GBP0.1m (12.8%)
reflecting the lower average debt balance over the course of the
period resulting in Adjusted PBT of GBP6.8m (H1 2017: GBP0.1m).
We continue to incur significant non-cash charges relating to
the Naked Wines acquisition amounting to GBP3.9m, which we
eliminate from our adjusted profit measures as they are non-cash
and do not reflect the trading performance of the business. We also
adjust a net GBP0.2m credit relating to share based payments and
mark to market on FX contracts, both of which are non-cash and
considered to distort trading performance due to volatility in
either share price or exchange rate. After recognising these items
we reported Profit before Tax for the period of GBP3.1m (H1 2017:
GBP4.4m loss)
The GBP6.9m improvement in the underlying Adjusted EBIT has been
generated by a combination of levers:
-- Gross profit from sales growth GBP2.3m
-- Gross margin improvement GBP2.4m
-- Marketing phasing GBP1.3m
-- Cost movement GBP0.9m
We expect sales growth and cost efficiency to continue into H2
2018. The Group gross margin improvement is driven in equal parts
by business unit mix and underlying improvement in Naked Wines
gross margins. The latter will cease as the mix of New Customer to
Mature Angel sales rebalances in H2 2018. Combining these
continuing trends with a step up in marketing investment in H2 year
on year we remain comfortable with market expectations.
In reviewing business unit performance the Board uses a constant
currency presentation to enable accurate understanding of local
dynamics, and separately tracks the impact to the group of currency
translation versus the constant rate presentation. Furthermore,
prior year underlying measures for Central Costs are adjusted
within each business unit to include certain IT costs which were
previously reported as part of Naked Wines and Majestic Retail in
H1 2017. A schedule reconciling the reported H1 2017 results to the
underlying version is included in the additional unaudited
information at the end of this document and the business unit
commentary that follows in this financial review is on that basis
unless otherwise stated.
2. Naked Wines: Sustained growth in Mature Angels and efficient
recruitment restores ROI and demonstrates innate profitability
We segment the Naked Wines business into two groups of customers
- New Customer Acquisition and the Mature Angel customer base. The
GBP7.3m increase in Adjusted EBIT can be attributed to (i) a
GBP3.8m increase in Mature Angel Contribution (gross profit less
fulfilment costs), (ii) a reduction of GBP3.2m in the total costs
relating to New Customer Acquisition (gross profit less fulfilment
costs and marketing), and (iii) a reduction of GBP0.3m in our
administration cost base as we stabilised the team and reduced the
level of Naked Wines shared overhead.
Looking down the income statement for the business, underlying
sales growth of 10.9% to GBP67.8m vs H1 2017 was driven by:
-- Mature Angel sales growing 22.7%. We grew our closing Mature
Angel numbers by 15.6% compared to the prior period, more of whom
are in the higher spending US market
-- Sales to new customers declining 23.4% as we eliminated
investment in recruitment marketing in channels and partners that
were not delivering a return
This sales performance means that the revenues generated out of
Naked Wines in the last 12 months are double the level reported
when the business was acquired in April 2015.
Gross margin improved by 250bps, a combination of the smaller
proportion of low margin sales to new customers, and an improvement
of over 100bps in the average gross margin on Mature Angel sales,
driven by mix shift to the USA and a reduction in the use of sales
agents to trigger orders following a review of their performance.
The combination of sales increase, margin improvement and increased
efficiency in our fulfilment operations resulted in contribution
from Mature Angels increasing by GBP3.8m.
Marketing spend for New Customer Acquisition reduced by 46.3%
compared to H1 2017. This resulted in a 10.6% reduction in the
number of new Mature Angels coming into the business, but a
significant reduction in the cost per new Mature Angel.
We measure the performance of Naked Wines on the amount we have
invested in growing the base of Mature Angels and the return on
that investment (ROI) which is measured as the recurring
contribution per Mature Angel divided by the cost of acquiring each
Mature Angel. The amount of spend directed at growth in Mature
Angels was reduced to GBP0.5m this year vs GBP1.9m in H1 2017.
However the ROI on this investment was 98% compared to 48% in H1
2017. The product of growth spend and ROI is the amount of
contribution added in the period to the next year's results, and
stands at GBP0.5m this year vs GBP0.9m last year. We expect to
recoup this reduction in H2 2018 as we have an investment plan more
weighted to the second half.
3. Retail: Sales growth plus cost efficiency equals strong
profit growth
Majestic Retail grew reported sales by 2.3% (2.0% underlying), a
slowdown compared to the rate of growth last year. Despite
increasing our Repeat customer base to 510,000 people, (H1 2017:
475,000) price increases, precipitated by weaker sterling raising
input costs, resulted in a total volume reduction. It is however
reassuring that we continue to grow revenue in an extremely
competitive market.
Gross margin was 35bps higher year on year. This was the net
of:
-- Trading margin (the difference between the price we sell and
the cost we buy at) down 28bps: Whilst we recovered the bulk of the
cost increases due to weaker currency we reduced certain prices to
ensure we remained competitive on a number of key value lines.
-- Lower selling costs in store year on year generating 63bps of improvement
The remaining cost base increased GBP0.1m, just 0.5%, despite
ongoing inflationary pressures and the addition of a half year of
costs relating to our National Fulfilment Centre. As a reflection
of coming to the end of the 'heavy lifting' part of the
transformation plan, dual-operating costs are being eliminated from
the cost base. For example, we have delivered considerable savings
through re-negotiating costs as diverse as print media and
insurance, we incurred no contract termination costs of the type
recognised in H1 2017, and we have started to reflect the impact of
national fulfilment and shelving in our store resourcing and
operations.
The result of this is an increase in Adjusted EBIT of 22.7% to
GBP4.6m at H1 2017
4. Commercial: Sales decline impacted profitability
We have described the slow-down in the Commercial business over
the past two reporting periods and the trends have continued to be
disappointing. Sales declined 3.4%, driven by poor retention and
sales performance from our existing account base. Looking at our
KPIs it is easy to see the high level of staff turnover. As a
result it takes time for account relationships and processes to be
re-established. As these handovers are taking place we have not
delivered the price changes needed to recoup the input cost
pressures resulting in trading gross margins declining by 65bps vs
H1 2017 and lower cost recovery causing a further 82bps decline,
resulting in gross margin of 14.7% (FY17: 16.2%). With distribution
and admin costs increasing GBP0.1m in the half the business
delivered adjusted EBIT of GBP1.0m, GBP0.6m lower versus the prior
period comparative.
The account management team has stabilised but, as Rowan has
already stated, it will require long-term fixes and implementation
of a set of new systems before we have the division working as we
would like.
5. Lay & Wheeler: Continued growth with focus on margins
Sales grew by 8.9% despite the strong comparative (28% reported
in H1 2017) and elimination of certain low margin sales which
improved our trading gross margin by 107bps. However, other selling
costs reflected in our total cost of sales offset this improvement,
resulting in higher gross profit of GBP0.1m year on year. Other
costs were broadly flat so this dropped through to the adjusted
EBIT line delivering a 42.0% improvement year on year.
6. Central costs: Increased by reallocations and additional
staff
We moved our IT development function, previously part recognised
in each of Naked Wines, Retail and Commercial, into our central
costs this year which increased reported Central costs by GBP0.8m.
We have also invested in building out our central digital marketing
team which has developed a pipeline of high returning activity.
As a result of these changes, we report GBP3.4m of central costs
versus H1 2017 of GBP2.7m on an underlying basis. Excluding the
reallocated IT costs, H1 2017 central costs were GBP1.9m last
year.
7. Adjusted items: Reducing in size and scope
We use a range of adjusted performance measures to describe our
results, as we believe these measures support clearer understanding
of the value accruing to our shareholders. Items we eliminate from
our adjusted profits are:
-- Substantial non-cash charges relating to the Naked Wines
acquisition which are reducing on a planned schedule and would
otherwise distort our trading performance
-- En-primeur sales shipped this year where orders and cash were
taken in prior years, as this is a better measure of our sales team
performance
-- Credits (and charges) due to marking-to-market our FX
contracts which fluctuate in value daily
-- Other share based payment charges which are non-cash and
distort underlying performance as they are impacted by share price
fluctuation in the period prior to the award
To ensure our shareholders can calculate the value of each share
they own we provide a disclosure, in our earnings per share notes,
of the full number of shares that would be in issue if all share
awards were to vest.
The range and magnitude of these adjusted items continues to
reduce. We categorise these as:
a. Acquisition related items (charge of GBP3.9m vs GBP5.4m in H1
2017): Having vested the first tranche of earn-out shares these are
now fully expensed, resulting in a reduction in the acquisition
related share based payment charge from GBP3.3m to GBP1.9m in the
half. Similarly the shortest lived intangibles we recognised on
acquisition (hiring costs and IT assets) have been fully amortised,
reducing the charge from GBP2.2m to GBP1.9m in the half.
b. Other items (credit of GBP0.2m vs credit of GBP1.0m in H1
2017): We recognised no acquisition or restructuring costs in the
half vs GBP0.2m in H1 2017. Revaluation of FX contracts, used to
stabilise our product purchase costs, generated a gain of GBP0.9m
(H1 2017 GBP1.6m). Our non-acquisition related share based payment
charge increased to GBP0.6m versus GBP0.2m in H1 2017 as we made a
significant LTIP award in July 2016 that is now generating a full 6
months of expense in the period, as well as having made additional
smaller awards since. The adjustment for timing of en primeur sales
reduced to GBP0.2m from GBP0.3m.
8. Taxation
Tax for the six month period represents an adjusted effective
rate (defined as current period charge divided by adjusted PBT) of
22% based on a current period charge of GBP1.5m. Net movements in
deferred tax are GBP0.1m, resulting in a reported effective tax
rate of 49%.
9. Financing costs, cashflow and net debt: Costs reducing as
average net debt balance reduces.
Financing costs reduced by 12.8% to GBP0.6m, as we carried a
lower average balance on our revolving credit facility. Net debt at
the end of H1 2018 was GBP25.6m, GBP0.5m higher year on year and
unchanged versus the end of FY17.
During H1 2018, the business generated free cash flow of
GBP3.6m, 48.6% of adjusted EBIT, impacted by higher inventory build
in the USA and the UK. This cash flow was utilised to pay interest
of GBP0.5m, income tax of GBP0.4m and dividends of GBP2.6m
resulting in the small reduction in reported net debt to GBP25.6m
(FY17 year end GBP25.7m).
Since the announcement of our transformation plan in 2015, we
have a stated target of net debt at 0.5x EBITDA. With profitability
improving and the business generating cash we remain on track to
achieve this with period end net debt of 0.95x EBITDA.
10. Dividend
Our policy is to pay out c.35% of adjusted earnings in the year.
Based on our outlook for the year the Board has approved an interim
dividend payment of 2.0p per share, a 33% increase on H1 2017. The
dividend will be payable on 22 December 2017 to shareholders on the
register at 1 December 2017. The ex-dividend date is 30 November
2017.
James Crawford
Group Chief Financial Officer
23 November 2017
INDEPENT REVIEW REPORT TO MAJESTIC WINE PLC
We have been engaged by the company to review the condensed set
of financial statements in the half-yearly financial report for the
six months ended 2 October 2017 which comprises the statement of
comprehensive income, the balance sheet, the statement of changes
in equity, the cash flow statement and related notes 1 to 8. We
have read the other information contained in the half-yearly
financial report and considered whether it contains any apparent
misstatements or material inconsistencies with the information in
the condensed set of financial statements.
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As disclosed in note 2, the annual financial statements of the
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of the Entity" issued by the Auditing Practices Board for use in
the United Kingdom. A review of interim financial information
consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for
financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other
review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an
audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on
Auditing (UK and Ireland) and consequently does not enable us to
obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant
matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do
not express an audit opinion.
Conclusion
Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that
causes us to believe that the condensed set of financial statements
in the half-yearly financial report for the six months ended 2
October 2017 is not prepared, in all material respects, in
accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 as adopted by
the European Union and the AIM Rules of the London Stock
Exchange.
Deloitte LLP
Statutory Auditor
St Albans, United Kingdom
23 November 2017
Unaudited consolidated income statement
26 weeks 26 weeks 53 weeks
ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 3 Apr
Note 2017 2016 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Revenue 217,361 205,640 465,444
Cost of sales (158,676) (152,693) (343,837)
---------------------------- ----- ---------- ---------- ----------
Gross profit 58,685 52,947 121,607
Distribution costs (27,288) (25,081) (55,646)
Administrative expenses (28,154) (31,986) (67,018)
Other operating income 402 365 811
---------------------------- ----- ---------- ---------- ----------
Operating profit/(loss) 3,645 (3,755) (246)
Net finance charge (566) (649) (1,222)
---------------------------- ----- ---------- ---------- ----------
Profit/(loss) before
taxation 3,079 (4,404) (1,468)
Analysed as:
Adjusted profit before
taxation 6,771 51 12,877
Adjusted items:
- Non cash charges
relating to acquisitions 4 (3,857) (5,443) (11,267)
- Other adjusted
items 4 165 988 (3,078)
---------------------------- ----- ---------- ---------- ----------
Profit/(loss) before
taxation 3,079 (4,404) (1,468)
---------------------------- ----- ---------- ---------- ----------
Taxation 5 (1,503) 419 (1,227)
Profit/(loss) for
the period 1,576 (3,985) (2,695)
---------------------------- ----- ---------- ---------- ----------
Earnings/(loss) per
share
Basic 6 2.4p (6.1p) (4.1p)
Diluted 6 2.2p N/A N/A
Adjusted basic 6 7.9p 0.7p 17.7p
Adjusted diluted 6 7.4p 0.7p 16.3p
---------------------------- ----- ---------- ---------- ----------
The results are all derived from continuing operations.
Unaudited consolidated statement of comprehensive income
26 weeks 26 weeks 53 weeks
ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 3 April
2017 2016 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Profit/(loss) for the period 1,576 (3,985) (2,695)
Other comprehensive (losses)/income
Currency translation differences (207) 1,476 1,780
------------------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
Other comprehensive (losses)/income (207) 1,476 1,780
Total comprehensive income/(losses)
for the period 1,369 (2,509) (915)
------------------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
The total comprehensive income for the period and the prior
periods is wholly attributable to the equity holders of the parent
company, Majestic Wine PLC.
Other comprehensive income relates to foreign currency
translation differences on consolidation of foreign currency
subsidiaries. These gains and losses are recycled to the income
statement in the event of the disposal of a foreign currency
subsidiary.
Unaudited consolidated statement of changes in equity
Capital
reserve Capital Currency Total
Share Share - own redemption translation Retained shareholders'
capital premium shares reserve reserve earnings funds
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
At 28 March
2016 5,307 20,441 (17) 363 2,058 81,062 109,214
Total comprehensive
income /(losses)
for the period - - - - 1,476 (3,985) (2,509)
Shares issued 1 58 - - - - 59
Share based
payment charges
- ongoing - - - - - 167 167
Share based
payment charges
- acquisition
related - - - - - 3,062 3,062
Deferred taxation - - - - - 47 47
--------------------- --------- --------- --------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ---------------
At 26 September
2016 5,308 20,499 (17) 363 3,534 80,353 110,040
Total comprehensive
income for
the period - - - - 304 1,290 1,594
Shares issued 1 6 - - - - 7
Share based
payment charges
- ongoing - - - - - 432 432
Share based
payment charges
- acquisition
related - - - - 3,611 3,611
Dividends
paid - - - - - (1,062) (1,062)
Deferred taxation - - - - - (50) (50)
--------------------- --------- --------- --------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ---------------
At 3 April
2017 5,309 20,505 (17) 363 3,838 84,574 114,572
Total comprehensive
(losses) /income
for the period - - - - (207) 1,576 1,369
Shares issued 45 52 - - - (43) 54
Share based
payment charges
- ongoing - - - - - 490 490
Share based
payment charges
- acquisition
related - - - - - 1,813 1,813
Dividends
paid - - - - - (2,564) (2,564)
Deferred taxation - - - - - (22) (22)
---------------------
At 2 October
2017 5,354 20,557 (17) 363 3,631 85,824 115,712
--------------------- --------- --------- --------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ---------------
Unaudited consolidated balance sheet
2 Oct 26 Sept 3 April
2017 2016 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Non current assets
Goodwill and intangible
assets 49,610 54,154 51,447
Property, plant
and equipment 66,561 69,103 68,011
En primeur purchases 2,315 1,772 1,841
Prepaid operating
lease costs 1,791 2,033 1,905
Deferred tax assets 1,264 1,135 1,696
----------------------------- ---------- ----------
121,541 128,197 124,900
Current assets
Inventories 110,649 99,297 94,834
Trade and other
receivables 15,125 15,743 14,973
En primeur purchases 3,716 2,558 3,030
Financial instruments
at fair value 230 3,428 -
Cash and cash equivalents 11,878 11,495 23,007
----------------------------- ---------- ----------
141,598 132,521 135,844
Total assets 263,139 260,718 260,744
Current liabilities
Trade and other
payables (64,775) (79,489) (56,019)
En primeur deferred
income (4,653) (3,182) (3,937)
Deferred Angel income (30,986) (23,506) (28,406)
Bank overdraft (11,804) (3,169) (12,537)
Provisions (232) (241) (235)
Deferred lease inducements (645) (430) (437)
Bond financing (157) (2,411) (2,619)
Financial instruments
at fair value (179) - (1,090)
Current tax liabilities (1,318) - (185)
----------------------------- ---------- ----------
(114,749) (112,428) (105,465)
Non-current liabilities
En primeur deferred
income (2,729) (2,080) (2,122)
Deferred lease inducements (1,841) (2,391) (2,215)
Provisions (865) (695) (829)
Bank loan (23,112) (28,415) (33,512)
Bond financing (2,445) (2,590) -
Deferred tax liabilities (1,686) (2,079) (2,029)
----------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
(32,678) (38,250) (40,707)
Total liabilities (147,427) (150,678) (146,172)
Net assets 115,712 110,040 114,572
----------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Shareholders' funds
Called up share
capital 5,354 5,308 5,309
Share premium 20,557 20,499 20,505
Capital reserve
- own shares (17) (17) (17)
Capital redemption
reserve 363 363 363
Currency translation
reserve 3,631 3,534 3,838
Retained earnings 85,824 80,353 84,574
----------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Equity shareholders'
funds 115,712 110,040 114,572
----------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
We confirm to the best of our knowledge that:
(a) the condensed consolidated interim financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with IAS 34: 'Interim Financial
Reporting', as adopted by the European Union, and
(b) the interim management report includes a fair review of the
information required by DTR 4.2.7R and DTR 4.2.8R, namely:
- an indication of the important events that have occurred
during the first 26 weeks of the financial year and their impact on
the condensed consolidated interim financial statements,
- a description of the principal risks and uncertainties for the
remaining 26 weeks of the financial year; and
- material related party transactions in the first 26 weeks of
the year and any material changes in the related party transactions
described in the last annual report.
By order of the Board
James Crawford
Chief Financial Officer
23 November 2017
Unaudited consolidated cash flow statement
26 weeks 26 weeks 53 weeks
ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 3 April
Note 2017 2016 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Net cash generated by
operating activities
Cash generated by operations 8 5,183 4,167 9,127
Foreign exchange differences (46) 258 315
UK income tax paid (605) (1,620) (3,354)
Overseas income tax paid/(received) 184 (250) (591)
------------------------------------- ----- --------- --------- ---------
Net cash generated by
operating activities 4,716 2,555 5,497
Cashflows from investing
activities
Purchase of property,
plant and equipment (1,255) (1,564) (3,311)
Purchase of intangible
fixed assets (362) (44) (190)
Purchase of prepaid lease
assets - - (22)
Proceeds from sale of
non-current assets - - 21
------------------------------------- ----- --------- ---------
Net cash outflow from
investing activities (1,617) (1,608) (3,502)
Cashflows from financing
activities
Interest paid (468) (416) (874)
Issue of ordinary share
capital 54 59 66
Draw down of borrowings - 4,000 9,000
Repayment of borrowings (10,517) - (2,371)
Loan arrangement fees
paid - (68) (88)
Equity dividends paid (2,564) - (1,062)
------------------------------------- ----- --------- ---------
Net cash (outflow)/inflow
from financing activities (13,495) 3,575 4,671
Net (decrease)/increase
in cash (10,396) 4,522 6,666
Cash and cash equivalents
at beginning of year 10,470 3,804 3,804
Cash and cash equivalents
at end of year 74 8,326 10,470
------------------------------------- ----- --------- --------- ---------
Notes to the unaudited financial statements
1. General information
Majestic Wine PLC is a public limited company ("Company") and is
incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006.
The Company's ordinary shares are traded on the Alternative
Investment Market ("AIM").
The address of the registered office is Majestic House, The
Belfry, Colonial Way, Watford WD24 4WH The Group's principal
activity is the retailing of wines, beers and spirits. The
Company's principal activity is to act as a holding company for its
subsidiaries.
2. Basis of preparation
The annual financial statements of the Group are prepared in
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs)
as adopted by the European Union and the accounting policies set
out in the annual report for the year ended 3 April 2017. The
condensed set of financial statements included in this interim
report has been prepared in accordance with International
Accounting Standard 34 "Interim Financial Reporting" as adopted by
the European Union. The condensed financial statements are not
statutory accounts. The financial reporting period represents the
26 week period ending 2 October 2017 and the prior period, 26 weeks
to 26 September 2016.
Going concern
The Directors have, at the time of approving the interim
financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the Company and
the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational
existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to
adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the
interim financial statements.
3. Segmental reporting
IFRS 8 requires operating segments to be determined based on the
Group's internal reporting to the Chief Operating Decision Maker
("CODM"). The CODM has been determined to be the Board as they are
primarily responsible for the allocation of resources to segments
and the assessment of performance of the segments.
The Group's operating segments are organised into four distinct
business units, each operating in a separate segment of the overall
wine market. Retail is a customer based wine retailer, selling
wine, beer and spirits from stores across the UK, and online, and
also incorporates the Group's French business. Commercial is a
Business to Business ("B2B") wine retailer selling to pubs,
restaurants and events. Lay & Wheeler is a specialist in the
fine wine market and also provides cellarage services to customers.
Naked Wines is a customer funded international online wine
retailer.
Performance of each operating segment is based on Sales,
Adjusted EBIT (being operating profit less any Adjusted Items) and
Adjusted PBT (being profit before taxation less any Adjusted
Items.) These are the financial performance measures that are
reported to the CODM, along with other operational performance
measures, and are considered to be useful measures of the
underlying trading performance of each segment. Adjusted Items are
not allocated to the operating segments as this reflects how they
are reported to the Board.
The revenue and profits of the Lay & Wheeler operating
segment as presented to the CODM are recognised on the receipt of
orders, cash receipts and payments in relation to en primeur
campaigns. The segment performance is reviewed in this way as
resources utilised in generating these sales are expensed as
incurred. This differs from the revenue recognition policy required
under IAS 18 where revenue is recognised on delivery of the wine to
the customer, which may be up to two years after
the original order and payment. As a result a reconciling item
is presented between the total operating segments revenue and
results and the IFRS statutory measure.
3. Segmental reporting (continued)
Costs relating to centralised group functions are not allocated
to operating segments for the purposes of assessing segmental
performance and consequently these are presented as a separate
segment.
Inter-segment transactions are conducted on an arm's length
basis. The Group is not reliant on a major customer or group of
customers.
All activities are continuing.
26 weeks ending Naked
2 October 2017 Retail Commercial Wines L&W Unallocated Group
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Third party revenue 120,640 22,636 67,794 7,614 - 218,684
Movement in en primeur
sales - - - (1,323) - (1,323)
------------------------ --------
Reported third party
revenue 120,640 22,636 67,794 6,291 - 217,361
Segment result -
Adjusted EBIT 4,592 1,033 4,720 392 (3,400) 7,337
Net finance costs - - - - (566) (566)
------------------------ --------
Adjusted profit/(loss)
before taxation 4,592 1,033 4,720 392 (3,966) 6,771
Adjusted items:
- Non cash items relating
to acquisitions (3,857)
- Other adjusted
items 165
Profit before taxation 3,079
------------------------ -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ --------
Depreciation 2,444 - 172 53 - 2,669
Amortisation 316 - 1,834 164 - 2,314
Rest
Geographical analysis UK of Europe US Australia Group
Reported third party
revenue 173,044 4,321 27,267 12,729 217,361
Non-current assets 118,823 127 2,504 87 121,541
3. Segmental reporting (continued)
26 weeks ending Naked
26 September 2016 Retail Commercial Wines L&W Unallocated Group
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Third party revenue 117,880 23,430 58,980 6,992 - 207,282
Movement in en primeur
sales - - - (1,642) - (1,642)
---------------------------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ --------
Reported third party
revenue 117,880 23,430 58,980 5,350 - 205,640
Segment result -
Adjusted EBIT 3,459 1,623 (2,775) 276 (1,883) 700
Net finance costs - - - - (649) (649)
---------------------------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ --------
Adjusted profit/(loss)
before taxation 3,459 1,623 (2,775) 276 (2,532) 51
Adjusted items:
- Non cash items
relating to acquisitions (5,443) (5,443)
- Other adjusted
items 988 988
Profit/(loss) before
taxation (6,987) (4,404)
---------------------------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ --------
Depreciation 2,510 - 91 56 - 2,657
Amortisation 564 - - 47 2,160 2,771
Rest
Geographical analysis UK of Europe US Australia Group
Reported third party
revenue 168,921 4,323 23,790 8,606 205,640
Non-current assets 122,057 2,861 3,208 71 128,197
3. Segmental reporting (continued)
53 weeks ending Naked
3 April 2017 Retail Commercial Wines L&W Unallocated Group
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Third party revenue 262,200 46,628 144,341 14,715 - 467,884
Movement in en primeur
sales - - - (2,440) - (2,440)
---------------------------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ---------
Reported third party
revenue 262,200 46,628 144,341 12,275 - 465,444
Segment result -
Adjusted EBIT 13,345 2,541 1,417 980 (4,184) 14,099
Net finance costs (1,222) (1,222)
---------------------------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ---------
Adjusted profit/(loss)
before taxation 13,345 2,541 1,417 980 (5,406) 12,877
Adjusted items:
- Non cash items
relating to acquisitions (11,267) (11,267)
- Other adjusted
items (3,078) (3,078)
Profit/(loss) before
taxation (19,751) (1,468)
---------------------------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ---------
Depreciation 4,982 - 362 106 - 5,450
Amortisation 1,201 - 4,096 321 - 5,618
Rest
Geographical analysis UK of Europe US Australia Group
Reported third party
revenue 377,398 7,658 58,347 22,041 465,444
Non-current assets 119,414 2,845 2,544 97 124,900
4. Adjusted items
26 weeks 26 weeks 53 weeks
ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 3 April
2017 2016 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Non-cash charges relating
to acquisitions
Amortisation of acquired intangibles (1,947) (2,160) (4,321)
Acquisition related share
based payment charges (1,910) (3,283) (6,946)
-------------------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
(3,857) (5,443) (11,267)
Other adjusted items
Acquisition costs - 31 (53)
Restructuring costs - (205) (819)
Fair value movement through
P&L on foreign exchange contracts 915 1,624 (957)
En primeur adjustment (163) (261) (517)
Share based payment charges (587) (201) (732)
-------------------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
165 988 (3,078)
Total adjusted items (3,692) (4,455) (14,345)
-------------------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
5. Taxation
Tax for the six month period is charged at an adjusted effective
tax rate (the ratio of the current tax charge to the adjusted
profit before taxation) of 22.0% (2017: 30.0%) representing the
best estimate of the average annual effective tax rate expected for
the full year, applied to the profit before taxation of the
period.
6. Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit
attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average
number of ordinary shares in issue of the Company, excluding
3,067,028 (2016: 4,920,863) contingently returnable shares issued
as a result of the acquisition of Naked Wines (which have been
treated as dilutive share options) and 143,543 (2016: 3,934) held
by Employee Share Trusts.
The dilutive effect of share options is calculated by adjusting
the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue to assume
conversion of all dilutive potential ordinary shares. These
comprise contingently returnable shares and share options granted
to employees where the exercise price is less than the average
market price of the Company's Ordinary Shares during the year.
Share options granted over 260,408 (2016: 331,200) ordinary shares
have not been included in the dilutive earnings per share
calculation because they are anti-dilutive at the period end.
Adjusted earnings per share is calculated by excluding the
effect of Adjusted items (see note 4). This alternative measure of
earnings per share is presented so that users of the financial
statements can better understand the Group's underlying trading
performance.
26 weeks 26 weeks 53 weeks
ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 3 April
2017 2016 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Earnings/(loss) per share
Basic earnings per share 2.4p -6.1p -4.1p
Diluted earnings per share 2.2p N/A N/A
Adjusted basic earnings
per share 7.9p 0.7p 17.7p
Adjusted diluted earnings
per share 7.4p 0.7p 16.3p
------------------------------ ----- ----------- ----------- -----------
26 weeks 26 weeks 53 weeks
ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 3 April
Note 2017 2016 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Profit/(loss) for the
period 1,576 (3,985) (2,695)
Add back adjusted items:
- Non-cash charges relating
to acquisitions 4 3,857 5,443 11,267
- Other adjusted items 4 (165) (988) 3,078
------------------------------ ----- ----------- ----------- -----------
Adjusted profit after
taxation 5,268 470 11,650
------------------------------ ----- ----------- ----------- -----------
26 weeks 26 weeks 53 weeks
ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 3 April
2017 2016 2017
Weighted average number
of shares in issue 66,940,255 65,843,853 65,848,467
Dilutive potential ordinary
shares:
Employee share options and
contingently returnable shares 4,554,269 4,670,778 5,598,621
------------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Weighted average number
of shares for the purpose
of diluted earnings per
share 71,494,524 70,514,631 71,447,088
Total number of shares
in issue 71,375,986 70,775,262 70,778,262
------------------------------ ----- ----------- ----------- -----------
If the Group's share option schemes had vested at 100% the
Company would have 75,182,557 (H1 2017: 75,175,929. FY2017:
74,913,212) issued shares.
7. Dividend
26 weeks 26 weeks 53 weeks
ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 3 April
2017 2016 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Equity dividends paid
and proposed
Final dividend 2,564 - 2,548
Interim dividend - - 1,062
------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
Total Equity dividends
paid and proposed 2,564 - 3,610
An interim dividend of 2.0 pence (H1 2017: 1.5 pence) per share
was approved by the Board of Directors on 20 November 2017. This
has not been included as a liability as at 2 October 2017.
8. Notes to the cash flow statement
26 weeks 26 weeks 53 weeks
ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 3 April
2017 2016 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Cash generated by operations
Operating profit/(loss) 3,645 (3,755) (246)
Add back:
- Depreciation and amortisation 4,983 5,428 11,301
- Profit on disposal
of property, plant and
equipment - - (6)
- Impairment of prepaid
operating leases - - (38)
- Fair value movement
on foreign exchange contracts (1,141) (1,624) 957
- En primeur movement
in income statement 163 261 517
- Share based payment
charges 2,497 3,483 7,678
----------------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
Operating cashflows before
movements in working
capital 10,147 3,793 20,163
Increase in inventories (16,812) (15,436) (9,787)
Increase in customer
funds in deferred income 2,620 3,487 8,044
Increase in trade and
other receivables (824) (4,741) (4,876)
Increase/(decrease) in
trade and other payables 10,052 17,064 (4,417)
----------------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
Cash generated by operations 5,183 4,167 9,127
----------------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents 11,878 11,495 23,007
Bank overdraft (11,804) (3,169) (12,537)
----------------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
Total cash and cash equivalents 74 8,326 10,470
----------------------------------- --------- --------- ---------
Additional unaudited information
1. Segmental reporting - additional information
A more detailed analysis of the underlying year on year
segmental results is shown below. These numbers exclude adjustments
for en primeur and use a constant rate of foreign exchange.
Retail
------------------------------------------------------------------------
26 weeks 26 weeks 26 weeks 26 weeks 26 weeks
ended ended ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 26 Sept 26 Sept 26 Sept
2017 2016 2016 2016 2016
Constant
Underlying As Reported FX IT Costs Underlying variance
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
----------- ------------ --------- --------- ----------- ----------
UK revenue 116,319 113,557 - - 113,557 2.4%
France revenue 4,321 4,323 350 - 4,673 -7.5%
----------- ------------ --------- --------- ----------- ----------
Total revenue 120,640 117,880 350 - 118,230 2.0%
Gross profit 28,561 27,481 101 - 27,582 3.5%
Gross margin 23.7% 23.3% 28.9% - 23.3% 0.4ppts
Distribution
costs (14,963) (13,645) (16) - (13,661) 9.5%
Administrative
costs (9,006) (10,377) (115) 314 (10,178) -11.5%
Adjusted EBIT 4,592 3,459 (30) 314 3,743 22.7%
--------------------- ----------- ------------ --------- --------- ----------- ----------
Commercial
------------------------------------------------------------------------
26 weeks 26 weeks 26 weeks 26 weeks 26 weeks
ended ended ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 26 Sept 26 Sept 26 Sept
2017 2016 2016 2016 2016
Constant
Underlying As Reported FX IT Costs Underlying variance
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
----------- ------------ --------- --------- ----------- ----------
Total sales 22,636 23,430 - - 23,430 -3.4%
Gross profit 3,331 3,793 - - 3,793 -12.2%
Gross margin 14.7% 16.2% - - 16.2% -1.5ppts
Distribution
costs (1,295) (1,598) - - (1,598) -19.0%
Administrative
costs (1,003) (572) - 26 (546) 83.7%
Adjusted EBIT 1,033 1,623 - 26 1,649 -37.4%
--------------------- ----------- ------------ --------- --------- ----------- ----------
Lay & Wheeler
------------------------------------------------------------------------
26 weeks 26 weeks 26 weeks 26 weeks 26 weeks
ended ended ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 26 Sept 26 Sept 26 Sept
2017 2016 2016 2016 2016
Constant
Underlying As Reported FX IT Costs Underlying variance
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
----------- ------------ --------- --------- ----------- ----------
Sales on management
basis 7,614 6,992 - - 6,992 8.9%
En primeur (1,323) (1,642) - - (1,642) -19.4%
----------- ------------ --------- --------- ----------- ----------
Total sales 6,291 5,350 - - 5,350 17.6%
Gross profit 1,856 1,713 - - 1,713 8.3%
Gross margin 24.4% 24.5% - - 24.5% -0.1ppts
Distribution
costs (548) (509) - - (509) 7.7%
Administrative
costs (916) (928) - - (928) -1.3%
Adjusted EBIT 392 276 - - 276 42.0%
--------------------- ----------- ------------ --------- --------- ----------- ----------
1. Segmental reporting - additional information (continued)
Naked Wines
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26 weeks 26 weeks 26 weeks 26 weeks 26 weeks
ended ended ended ended ended
2 Oct 26 Sept 26 Sept 26 Sept 26 Sept
2017 2016 2016 2016 2016
Constant
Underlying As Reported FX IT Costs Underlying variance
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
------------ ------------- ---------- -------------- ------------ ----------
Total sales 67,794 58,980 2,151 - 61,131 10.9%
Gross profit 25,100 20,221 866 - 21,087 19.0%
Gross margin 37.0% 34.3% 40.3% - 34.5% 2.5ppts
Distribution
costs (10,482) (9,329) (442) - (9,771) 7.3%
Administrative
costs (9,898) (13,667) (695) 510 (13,852) -28.5%
Adjusted EBIT 4,720 (2,775) (271) 510 (2,536) 286.1%
------------------------ ------------ ------------- ---------- -------------- ------------ ----------
Naked Wines - Sales and Adjusted EBIT
by geography
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
26 weeks
26 weeks ended 26 weeks 26 weeks
26 weeks ended 26 ended ended
ended 26 Sept 26 26
2 Oct Sept 2016 Sept Sept
2017 2016 Constant 2016 2016
Underlying As Reported FX IT Costs Underlying
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 variance
------------ ------------- ---------- -------------- ------------ ----------
Total sales
UK 27,798 26,864 - - 26,864 3.5%
US 27,267 23,424 1,383 - 24,807 9.9%
Aus 12,729 8,692 768 - 9,460 34.6%
------------------------ ------------ ------------- ---------- -------------- ------------ ----------
Total sales 67,794 58,980 2,151 - 61,131 10.9%
------------------------ ------------ ------------- ---------- -------------- ------------ ----------
Adjusted EBIT
UK 2,014 1,327 - - 1,327 51.8%
US 2,447 (2,519) (268) - (2,787) 187.8%
Aus 390 (313) (3) - (316) 223.4%
Central Costs (131) (1,270) - 510 (760) 82.8%
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Adjusted EBIT 4,720 (2,775) (271) 510 (2,536) 286.1%
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Central Costs
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2017 2016 2016 2016 2016
Constant IT Cost
Underlying As Reported FX Reallocation Underlying variance
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
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Administrative
costs (3,400) (1,883) - (850) (2,733) 24.4%
Adjusted EBIT (3,400) (1,883) - (850) (2,733) 24.4%
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Net finance
charge (566) (649) - - (649) -12.8%
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Adjusted loss
before taxation (3,966) (2,532) - (850) (3,382) 17.3%
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1. Segmental reporting - additional information
(continued)
Group
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2017 2016 2016 2016 2016
Constant
Underlying As Reported FX IT Costs Underlying variance
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
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Total sales 218,684 207,282 2,501 - 209,783 4.2%
Gross profit 58,848 53,208 967 - 54,175 8.6%
Gross margin 26.9% 25.7% 38.7% - 25.8% 1.1ppts
Distribution
costs (27,288) (25,081) (458) - (25,539) 6.8%
Administrative
costs (24,223) (27,427) (810) - (28,237) -14.2%
Adjusted EBIT 7,337 700 (301) - 399 NM
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Net finance
charge (566) (649) - - (649) -12.8%
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Adjusted profit/(loss)
before taxation 6,771 51 (301) - (250) NM
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Group
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Gross Gross
Revenue profit Revenue profit
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
---------- ---------- --------- ---------
Underlying 218,684 58,848 209,783 54,175
En primeur
adjustment (1,323) (163) (1,642) (261)
Constant
FX - - (2,501) (967)
Reported 217,361 58,685 205,640 52,947
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2. Cash flow analysis
26 weeks 26 weeks 53 weeks
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2017 2016 2017
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Adjusted EBIT 7,337 700 14,099
Add back depreciation
& amortisation 3,036 3,268 6,695
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Adjusted EBITDA 10,373 3,968 20,794
Working capital movement
- Inventories (16,812) (15,436) (9,787)
- Trade and other
receivables (824) (4,741) (4,876)
- Customer funds
and deferred income 2,620 3,487 8,044
- Trade and other
payables 9,826 17,162 (4,509)
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Working capital movement (5,190) 472 (11,128)
Capex (1,618) (1,608) (3,523)
Free cash flow 3,565 2,832 6,143
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Reconciliation to
statutory cash flow
Free Cash Flow 3,565 2,832 6,143
Cash Adjusted items - (273) (539)
Capex 1,618 1,608 3,523
Cash generated by
operations 5,183 4,167 9,127
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3. Naked Wines Business Split
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2017 2016 YoY % variance
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
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New customers (to
P&L maturity)
Breakout Sales 11,971 15,637 (3,666) -23.4%
Contribution exc
Marketing (477) (6) (471) NM
Marketing (4,243) (7,905) 3,662 -46.3%
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New customer Contribution (4,720) (7,911) 3,191 -40.3%
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Mature Angels
Sales 55,823 45,494 10,329 22.7%
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Repeat Customer
Contribution 15,096 11,322 3,774 33.3%
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Fixed costs (5,656) (5,947) 291 -5%
EBIT 4,720 (2,536) 7,256 286.1%
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Customer Opening Mature Angels 363,389 299,717 63,672 21.2%
Numbers New Mature Angels 71,960 80,459 (8,499) -10.6%
Attrition (64,132) (58,968) (5,164) 8.8%
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Closing Mature Angels 371,217 321,208 50,009 15.6%
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4. Glossary
Adjusted EBIT Adjusted EBIT is operating profit adjusted
for amortisation and impairments of acquired
intangibles and goodwill, acquisition costs,
share based payment charges, restructuring
costs, net fair value movement through P&L
on financial instruments and adjusting en
primeur results to reflect profits on orders
rather than on wine fulfilment
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Adjusted PBT Adjusted PBT is defined as Adjusted EBIT
less net finance charges
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Annual Contribution Number of Orders per year x Contribution
per Mature Angel
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Contribution Sales less product costs, costs of fulfilling
the sale e.g. branch staff, credit card
fees etc.
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Contribution Contribution after subtracting all direct
per New Mature costs that are associated with maintaining
Angel that Angel (E.g Delivery, Customer Service,
Cost of Sales, Returns etc)
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Free Cash Free cash flow is defined as cash generated
Flow from operations less capital expenditure
and excluding cash Adjusted items
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Growth Spend The proportion of total investment which
is spent on growing the total Angel base
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Investment Marketing investment in recruiting new customers
in New Customer plus any contribution whether positive or
Acquisition negative up to Mature Angel status
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Mature Angel A subscription customer for four months
or more
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Naked Wines The recurring contribution per Mature Angel
ROI divided by the cost of acquiring each Mature
Angel
[C-(AxN)]/N where C = Annual Contribution,
A = Attrition rate, N = Cost per New Angel
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Repeat Customer A customer who has shopped more than once
in the last year
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Repeat Customer % of repeat customers from 12 months ago
Retention that are still repeat customers, as measured
from our customer databases
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Repeat Customer (1 - Repeat Customer Retention %)
Attrition
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Return on The recurring additional contribution (net
Investment of replenishment costs) per year, generated
(ROI) by this period's acquisition cost
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Trading Margin The difference between the price we sell
and the cost we buy at
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Underlying Underlying results (a) includes en primeur
Results revenues in year of order not year of fulfilment
(b) is calculated using constant FX rates
for translation of the comparative period
and (c ) IT costs reallocated to PLC (A
reconciliation between Reported and Underlying
results by segment for H1 2017 is included
in the Additional Unaudited information)
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