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Majestic Wine PLC
13 June 2019
Majestic Wine PLC
("Company" or "Group")
Full Year Results for the 52 weeks ending 1 April 2019
A Pivotal Moment
-- In advanced discussions regarding potential sale of Majestic
Retail and Commercial ("Majestic") - expected to be finalised over
the summer months
-- Group revenue grew +6.3% to GBP506.1m, accelerating as Naked
Wines ("Naked") continues to invest in customer acquisition
-- Naked growth plan on track
-- Naked underlying(1)(6) revenue growth rate accelerated to 14.5% (FY18: 11.3%)
-- US now biggest division with sales 21% higher year on year
-- New customer investment(6) of GBP19.1m, an increase of GBP5.0m on last year
-- Repeat customer sales retention(6) of 81% (FY18: 83%)
-- Repeat customer contribution(6) increased by GBP6.0m to
GBP39.8m with margin improved to 26.1% (FY18: 25.2%)
-- Forecast payback on new customer investment on target at 4.0x (FY18: 4.7x)
-- Majestic Retail ("Retail") solid in a tough market
-- Underlying revenue growth of 1.5% (FY18: 1.9%)
-- Adjusted EBIT(6) reduced to GBP11.3m (FY18: GBP13.3m) due to gross margin decline
-- Group Adjusted PBT(6) of GBP11.3m lower than FY18 (GBP17.2m)
as a result of the accelerated investment in Naked growth and lower
Retail profitability year on year
-- Reported loss before tax of GBP8.5m impacted by GBP11.1m store impairment charge
-- Balance sheet robust: Net Debt of GBP15.5m, 0.8x Adjusted
EBITDA(6 (FY18: GBP8.4m, 0.35x Adjusted EBITDA) despite high levels
of investment in the year and high working capital due to Easter
timing and Brexit contingency planning
-- Final dividend suspended, to be replaced with a special
dividend equal to the final FY18 payment, contingent on completion
of Majestic sale
-- Board strengthened with US expertise in anticipation of
Naked's next phase of growth with proposed appointment of John
Walden as Chairman elect and the appointment of Nick Devlin as
COO
FY19 FY18 % YoY FY19 FY18 % YoY
Underlying Underlying Underlying
(1),(6) (1),(6) (1),(6)
Reported revenue GBPm 506.1 476.1 +6.3% 505.1 477.5 5.8%
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Adjusted EBIT
(2),(6) GBPm 12.1 18.2 -33.8% 12.1 18.1 -33.4%
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Adjusted PBT
(3),(6) GBPm 11.3 17.2 -34.5% 11.3 17.1 -34.2%
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Adjusted EPS
(4) p 14.7p 23.9p
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(Loss)/profit
before tax GBPm (8.5) 8.3
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Basic EPS p (13.3p) 10.9p
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Final dividend
per share p - 5.2p
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Free cash flow
(5),(6) GBPm 1.9 24.9
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Net debt (6) GBPm (15.5) (8.4)
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To provide a meaningful comparison with last year, operating
performance commentary is stated on an underlying basis (unless
otherwise stated). A full reconciliation between our reported
numbers and these underlying measures is provided in the financial
review.
Rowan Gormley, Group Chief Executive, commented:
"A pivotal moment:
We are at a crossroads in the Company's history. As laid out in
March, we have taken the difficult but important decision to focus
on Naked and exit from Majestic. As at the date of this
announcement, our intention is to sell the business and we are at
an advanced stage with multiple bidders. A further update will be
provided if and when negotiations conclude at which point we will
seek shareholder approval to move ahead. If we are unable to
complete the process over the summer, in time for the important
Christmas and New Year season, we will continue to run the two
businesses independently of each other and look to restart the
process in 2020.
It is important to point out that this is a decision we have
made from a position of strength.
-- The Group grew sales by over 6% despite a tough UK market
-- Although underlying profits fell, the biggest cause was a
decision to increase investment in new customer acquisition in
Naked - which will drive future growth
-- And I am delighted to report that our Commercial business,
under a new team, has returned to growth after two years of
contraction
-- Our balance sheet remains strong with leverage of only 0.8x adjusted EBITDA
So why exit Majestic?
Majestic is a great business, with brilliant people and strong
customer loyalty. It is also a much better business than it was
four years ago with
-- Revenue that's 20% higher with online sales up by more than 50%
-- Wide scale cost efficiencies implemented to help mitigate FX and inflationary headwinds
-- A growing subscription business
-- A national fulfilment facility
However Naked has the greater potential for growth, and will
deliver the best results for our shareholders, customers, people
and suppliers over time. Although we have several options to
realise value from Majestic, the cleanest and best for customers,
staff and shareholders currently looks to be an outright sale at
this time.
Majestic Wine started life with a disruptive model that
challenged the status quo. Now is the right time to do it again
under the Naked brand."
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Majestic Wine PLC will host an analyst and investor briefing on
Thursday 13 June 2019 at 9am at the offices of Instinctif, 65
Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7NQ. To attend please contact the
Investor Relations Team on the details below.
A webcast will be made available after the meeting on our
investor website:
https://majesticwineplc.co.uk/investor-centre/results-centre/
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Notes:
(1) Underlying movement (a) includes en primeur revenues in year
of order not year of fulfilment, and (b) is calculated using
constant FX rates for translation of the comparative period
(2) Adjusted EBIT is operating profit adjusted for amortisation
and impairments of acquired intangibles and goodwill, acquisition
costs, share based payment charges, impairment to the Retail store
estate, 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
(3) Adjusted PBT is defined as Adjusted EBIT less net finance
charges
(4) Adjusted EPS is calculated by excluding the effect of the
adjusted items described in note (2) above from the (loss) / profit
for the period
(5) Free cash flow is defined as cash generated from operations
less capital expenditure and excluding cash adjusted items
(6) This is an alternative performance measure. See details at
the end of this document
For further information, please contact:
Majestic Wine PLC Tel: 01923 298 200
Rowan Gormley, Chief Executive Officer Investor.relations@majestic.co.uk
James Crawford, Chief Financial Officer
Investec (NOMAD & Broker) Tel: 0207 597 5970
David Flin / Carlton Nelson / David
Anderson
Instinctif Partners (PR Agency) Tel: 0207 457 2020 or 07931
Damian Reece / Guy Scarborough 598 593
About Majestic Wine PLC:
Majestic Wine PLC is a quality wine specialist, with operations
in the UK, USA and Australia.
Our goal is to try to beat the market by investing in customer
relationships, rather than stores. We do that through:
-- Investing in business models that compound, i.e. that get stronger with growth
-- Investing with discipline, because we are able to test new
opportunities before we roll them out
-- Using data and technology to continuously improve - every
quarter we double up on our best performing investments, and cut
the worst
Our divisions:
1. Naked - Naked's customers in the UK, USA and Australia crowd
fund independent winemakers in exchange for preferential prices on
exclusive wines
2. Retail - The UK's largest specialist wine retailer. We help
people find wines they will love by employing highly engaged, well
trained people equipped with state of the art tools and unique
wines
3. Commercial - A specialist on-trade supplier. We help our
customers make more money from their wine list by offering national
pricing and scale but local delivery and training
4. Lay and Wheeler - A specialist fine wine merchant. We are a
trusted guide for people who love fine wine, supplying the world's
finest wines with a personal service
Chairman's statement
The future is Naked
Overview
It's an incredibly exciting time as we are about to begin a new
chapter in the long history of our Group. The Board has decided
that shareholders' interests are best served if we are to focus all
of our capital and energies into delivering the long term potential
of Naked.
Through many years of dedicated and focused hard work, we are in
the enviable position of owning two businesses with the potential
to be long term winners.
Since 2015 we've evolved the Majestic Retail estate into a
differentiated and scaled customer centric model. In the last three
years we've:
-- Refocused the business to be customer focused, not store focused
-- Driven sales online
-- Dramatically improved sales retention
-- Successfully launched a subscription business
-- Introduced Franchise Lite to address underperforming stores
At the same time we've accelerated investment in Naked and, in
doing so, dramatically increased future value. In the last three
years we have:
-- Almost doubled Naked in size
-- Built a loyal and profitable repeat customer base
-- Built a 200 strong winemaker portfolio, producing 1,000 wines in 17 countries
-- Built robust infrastructure able to deliver market leading service levels
The Board believes that both businesses have good long term
potential, but with only finite resources and capital, we are
unable to maximise both. It has become clear that we need to focus
our energies and capital behind the business with the greater
potential for growth and which will in turn deliver the greatest
value for shareholders.
After carefully weighing the options, the Board's decision is
clear. Of the two businesses, Naked operates in much larger and
faster growing markets, it has a disruptive model that will benefit
from the consumer shift towards online, and we have first mover
advantage and a more defendable competitive position. That is why
the Board has taken the decision to focus on Naked and release
value from Majestic. We now believe that a sale of Majestic, rather
than a merger of both businesses, is the best way to maximise value
for our shareholders.
As always, the Board has shareholders' best interests in mind
when considering these options and the decision to focus on Naked
was not one taken lightly. The criteria that any plan has to meet
in order to get Board support remains as we stated in April 2018
and is equally applicable to the Naked growth plan as ever:
1. We need to be sure that we can maintain our targeted returns
on investment in growing the base of customers
2. We must be able to identify clear milestones to allow us to
course correct if returns deteriorate
3. We invest in a control environment commensurate with the investment plans
Whilst we remain in the process of completing the realisation of
value from Majestic we have suspended the dividend. If a sale of
Majestic completes we will pay a special dividend in place of the
final.
Performance
FY19 was a year of further progress in which we continued to
make underlying improvements in the Majestic businesses while
investing for growth in Naked.
Reported revenue of GBP506.1m was up 6.3% in the year
(FY18:2.3%). We reported a loss before tax of GBP8.5m, a
significant reduction from the GBP8.3m profit before tax delivered
in FY18, reflecting the investment in growth in Naked, weaker
Retail trading and a non-cash impairment charge relating to the
Retail store estate of GBP11.1m. Adjusted PBT was GBP11.3m (FY18:
GBP17.2m).
Naked Wines continues to deliver reliable growth and future
value generation with underlying sales growth of 14.5% in the year
(FY18: 11.3%). We delivered strong growth in each of the Naked
markets but we're particularly pleased with the 21% sales growth in
the US, proving that our accelerated investment in customer
acquisition is effective.
Majestic Retail has delivered a solid performance in a
challenging environment, with underlying sales growth of 1.5%
(FY18: 1.9%). The improvements and growth initiatives we've
implemented are showing signs of success. Customised and targeted
marketing is delivering year on year customer growth, a large and
growing proportion of sales are now placed online, and we've built
on the successful launch of our subscription business, Concierge,
which is a source of dependable and recurring revenue. However
gross margins were again lower year on year and this drove a
reduction in profitability for the business.
Majestic Commercial returned to growth with sales up 1.8% (FY18:
(5.6%)) and improved profitability. The new leadership,
restructured operations and improved processes have delivered
higher sales to new customers and improved retention.
Lay & Wheeler is once again contributing to growth with
reported sales up 22.7% (FY18: (1.1%) and significantly improved
profitability.
Board changes
Katrina Cliffe was appointed to the Board as an Independent
Non-Executive Director on 20 May 2019. Katrina adds a wealth of
experience and a complementary skill set through her other Board
positions and previous management experience across the financial
and retail sectors.
Alongside these results we are announcing two further changes to
the Board, which will balance the composition towards the US
market, our biggest growth opportunity.
Firstly, Nick Devlin, President of the US Naked Wines business
will join the board in the new position of Group COO. Nick has done
tremendous work with the US business in the last two years, driving
our ambitious growth agenda in a structured and efficient way, and
we look forward to him having the same impact on the rest of the
Group.
Secondly, due to other commitments I will be stepping down as
Chairman at the AGM in August and leaving the Board six months
later after a period of transition. Taking my place is John Walden,
who brings a wealth of retail experience across both online and
face to face channels, as well as significant US experience to
guide our continued growth into that market.
I am delighted to welcome Katrina, Nick and John to the
Board.
Outlook
The Board is confident that we are well on track to create a
group focused on Naked Wines with a process to sell Majestic well
advanced. We are also confident that continued investment in
customer acquisition by Naked will create sustainable future value.
As a result we are on a path to becoming a single brand business
with the potential to mature with substantial profitability.
Chief Executive Review
Going for growth
Dear shareholders, suppliers and staff,
The short story
This is a momentous time in your company's history. We have
taken the difficult, but strategically important decision, to focus
your company on Naked Wines. At the time of writing, having tested
two routes to achieve this over the past three months it is looking
likely that we will be selling all of Majestic Retail and
Commercial, and through a separate transaction, Lay and
Wheeler.
So, for this report, I will focus on this decision, and what it
means to you as shareholders, before I report on the 2019 financial
year.
Why are we doing this?
We have had a difficult decision to make. We have two great
companies, Naked and Majestic. Both of them have the potential for
growth - and we only have the resources to do one well. If we tried
to back both to be long term growth engines we risk delivering
neither.
In the end we chose Naked because
- It is established in the big and fast growing US market
- It is a digital business
- It is differentiated and defendable
What happens next?
If we are successful in selling Majestic in the coming months
then
-- We will remain a quoted company
-- The name will be changed to "Naked Wines PLC", subject to shareholder approval
-- The sale proceeds will be used to
-- Pay off our debt
-- Accelerate growth in Naked Wines
-- And we intend to return any surplus to shareholders
-- We will be one company, with one brand and a single focus
If we don't complete a sale over summer, we intend to continue
to run Majestic independently through the important Christmas and
New Year season before restarting the process in 2020.
A deeply heartfelt thank you
I want to thank from the bottom of my heart, the wonderful
people of Majestic Wines, who have done an amazing job of
delighting our customers, at the same time as we have implemented
radical changes, all with great cheerfulness and engagement. You
are a wonderful group of people and have faced into the uncertainty
of the past few months with the dedication and commitment that has
made the last four years a pleasure.
Update on 2019 financial year
As a Group we delivered another year of strong progress. Group
revenue of GBP506.1m was up 6.3% on last year and comfortably
surpassed our target of GBP500m. Both overall revenues and repeat
customer contribution at Naked continued to show strong growth as
we increased investment to build a base of loyal and profitable
customers. In a relatively resilient performance against a
challenging backdrop, Retail grew revenue 1.5% but suffered reduced
profitability.
Underlying
Revenue % YoY Adj. EBIT % YoY
GBPm GBPm
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Naked Wines 178.4 14.5 6.7 (22.4)
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Majestic Retail 267.7 1.5 11.3 (15.1)
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Majestic Commercial 44.1 1.8 2.5 3.2
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Lay & Wheeler 14.9 2.4 1.2 22.8
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Key drivers of performance in 2019
1. Naked generated GBP6.0m more contribution from its repeat
customers, who we call Angels. Our investment in new customer
acquisition is proving to be effective as we are finding more
customers and better customers who spend more with us each year
2. We increased our new customer investment by GBP5.0m to
GBP19.1m to drive future growth. Naked is a subscription business
so we have to continually acquire new customers to drive growth. On
average our investments are generating pay back of 4x so it's a
great place to deploy capital
3. We delivered 1.5% sales growth in Retail but this translated
into a gross profit that was lower by GBP2.0m as we maintained
competitive pricing and used tactical discounts to both retain
existing and acquire new customers
4. Our fixed costs investment in Naked and central items increased by GBP5.4m year on year
As a result, our Group adjusted EBIT (on an underlying basis)
reduced by GBP6.0m year on year to GBP12.1m.
In addition, we have recognised a non-cash charge of GBP11.1m
reflecting impairment of the Retail store estate due to the weaker
profitability of the business and a further GBP1.0m of cash
restructuring charges as we have started to reduce the capacity in
our store estate.
Combining this with the GBP7.7m of other adjusting items (FY18:
GBP8.9m) and GBP0.8m of finance expenses has resulted in the Group
reporting a statutory pre-tax loss of GBP8.5m for the financial
year (FY18: GBP8.3m profit).
Operational performance as measured in the following KPIs
remains strong.
Naked Wines Retail Commercial L&W
Product availability FY19: 91% FY19: 86% FY19: 90% FY19: n/a
FY18: 90% FY18: 86% FY18: 90% FY18: n/a
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Team retention FY19: 91% FY19: 80% FY19: 69% FY19: 100%
FY18: 94% FY18: 81% FY18: 71% FY18: 100%
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Wine quality (buy FY19: 91% FY19: 92% FY19: n/a FY19: n/a
it again) FY18: 91% FY18: 89% FY18: n/a FY18: n/a
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Proportion of 5-star FY19: 90% FY19: 86%* FY19: n/a FY19: n/a
service ratings FY18: 90% FY18: 89% FY18: n/a FY18: n/a
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* Now includes web orders. Excluding these for comparison to
FY18 this was 90%
Naked firmly on track
In our ten year history, Naked has delivered remarkable and
sustained growth. We've continued to grow in our most mature market
- the UK; we've entered, disrupted and grown rapidly in the US, and
we are leveraging our experience and marketing techniques in
Australia.
In that time, the business has consistently delivered very
healthy underlying trends. We've generated attractive returns on
our investments in building a loyal and profitable base of repeat
customers.
We've done that in the following ways:
1. We've successfully built a customer acquisition machine
Over ten years we have developed and refined the best ways to
tell new customers about our business. As a result we have been
able to increase our investment in customer acquisition by more
than 20% a year for the last five years, up to GBP19.1m in
FY19.
2. Our investments have proven to be effective
We are gaining loyal and profitable customers and we are not
paying too much to find them. Our payback, measured as the 20 year
return on each GBP1 spent on customer acquisition, is forecast to
be 4x, the target we have set ourselves over the midterm. We're
achieving this through our test and learn approach to optimise
returns over time through continuous measurement and refinement of
our activities. One of the best examples of that is that we are now
spending less on promotional discounting and more on targeted
marketing, which we've found is a better way to sign up high
quality customers.
3. Our product and service is getting better all the time
The best way to ensure we keep our customers is to make them
happy. We give our Angels exactly what they want - great wines at
affordable prices and all backed up with industry leading service.
Our customers rate 91% of our wine sales as something they would
buy again and give 90% of our customer service interactions a 5*
satisfaction rating.
We've made further great progress on this front this year:
-- We've continued to grow the number of excellent winemakers we work with
-- Our wines are great value and great quality - we have the awards to prove it
-- Operational capability is better than ever (and better than
most!). This year, we've built out our distribution capability with
the addition of a fourth distribution centre in the US so we now
cover the breadth of the country and can deliver to the vast
majority of Angels within 48 hours
Retail & Commercial resilient
The Retail operations delivered a resilient top line performance
achieving 1.5% sales growth amidst weak consumer confidence and
political and economic uncertainty. Growth in online sales together
with our subscription business, Concierge, offset the impact of
having no Easter - a peak period - in this financial year.
However, the top line growth came at the expense of
profitability as continued competitive intensity and aggressive
pricing put pressure on gross margins. Operating efficiency gains
and continued cost control helped to offset increased distribution
costs and inflationary headwinds, however the net result was lower
adjusted EBIT year on year.
Commercial returned to growth after an extended period of
decline. With a new team and refined processes in place, the
business delivered both top line growth of 1.8% (FY18: 5.6%
decline) and EBIT improvement of 3.2% year on year.
Both Retail and Commercial sales take place through our stores.
Having reassessed the portfolio against current trading patterns we
have taken a charge for impairment of our store estate of GBP11.1m.
(FY18: GBP0.4m)
Lay & Wheeler delivered reported revenue growth of 22.7% due
to high levels of en primeur shipments. Underlying revenue was 2.4%
higher year on year and EBIT growth of 22.8% was achieved through a
combination of margin improvement and cost control.
The future is Naked
An investment machine
In the very near future we intend to have one business model,
operating under one brand which is well funded and a clear focus on
growth. With renewed focus on a single goal we have reappraised the
Naked opportunity and have decided that now is the time to put more
fuel in the engine.
What gives us the confidence to do that? The short answer is
that the economics of a subscription business with loyal customers
who behave predictably give us long term contribution growth in
exchange for upfront investment.
If we continue to invest at the current rate, maintain current
retention levels and achieve the targeted payback, the future
repeat contribution will continue to scale. That's if we maintain
the current rate of investment. We think we can go faster.
As growth investment drives future contribution, we want to
increase the rate of investment to maximise future value. We
believe we have the model, the experience and the opportunity to
accelerate investment, at our targeted payback, and in doing so
dramatically increase future contribution and value.
Summary
Our future is Naked. Strategically we intend to exit Majestic,
with promising progress being made to achieve this over the summer.
We will then be starting a new chapter in our Group's history.
We'll operate a much simpler business with one brand and one
business model. We're well-resourced, have a clear focus on growth,
and we believe we can accelerate investment to build a bigger, more
profitable business in the longer term.
Chief Financial Officer's Investment Review
After pausing for breath in 2018 to focus on greater
productivity, I'm pleased to say that in 2019 we've been able to
accelerate our investments for growth across multiple areas of our
business.
Investing for future growth
Naked Wines new business
We increased our investment in new customer acquisition for
Naked Wines to GBP19.1m in line with our strategy announced in
April 2018. This drove an increase in sales to new customers of
18%. Overall forecast payback achieved was 4.0x in line with our
target.
Within this spend we have already identified certain business
partnership activities which deliver low returns which we will stop
running if they cannot be repriced to acceptable levels.
This investment is so critical that we report a set of KPIs
relating to it as follows:
FY19 FY18
Sales to new customers GBPm 25.5 21.6
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Investment in new customers
(= new customer contribution) GBPm (19.1) (14.1)
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New to repeat customer
sales conversion % 183% 168%
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Repeat customer sales GBPm 152.9 134.3
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Repeat customer contribution GBPm 39.8 33.8
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Repeat customer sales
retention % 81% 83%
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Forecast payback Ratio 4.0x 4.7x
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Action and implication
In FY20 we have a target to grow our new customer investment
level by a further c. GBP7.0m whilst maintaining payback
discipline. To achieve this we have:
-- Added resource, in particular in the US, to identify bigger
strategic partnership opportunities
-- Developed new tools to track partner distributed marketing
materials to assess partner operational effectiveness and identify
optimisation opportunities
-- Implemented a number of changes to our customer on boarding
journey to eliminate discounts driving immediate enhancements in
LTV and payback
Digital Marketing
A growing portion of our new customer investment is deployed
digitally. We grew our digital new customer acquisition investment
in Naked Wines to GBP3.5m (FY18: GBP1.6m). As we analyse these
customers we see that they are our highest value customers,
testament to the targeting algorithms that digital marketing is
supported by. As a result we have continued to increase the scale
of the digital marketing resources.
Action and implication
In FY20 we are forecasting that we will step up our digital
investment in Naked Wines to GBP4-5m. We will also commit about 10%
of this to test and learn, to explore new digital channels and
executions.
Retail Subscriptions
We now have almost 35,000 customers subscribed to our
'Concierge' proposition and it continues to deliver customers with
a higher annual spend and improved retention, driving a 48% uplift
in their profitability and an early indication that forecast
payback is c.10x on the cost of acquiring them.
During the year we launched new features to the service
-- Premium: A more premium and profitable range of wines
-- Double up: The ability to quickly reorder the same case
-- Lock It In: A regular case of your favourite wine with our best price guaranteed
About 6% of our subscribers are now signed up to our premium
proposition and this figure is growing each month. This premium
option has the added benefit of a 44% higher contribution than
standard customers as picking, packing and shipping costs remain
the same. Early data on customers who 'Lock It In' are showing 26%
uplifts in spending, with the benefit being through more
non-subscription spending as much as the subscription.
Action and implication
It is clear that there is appetite for a subscription service
from Majestic customers and that adding subscription to the
Majestic proposition enhances customer LTVs. Furthermore, early in
FY20 we tested migration to Naked subscriptions with Majestic
customers and those results give us confidence that we could
execute that strategy should we wish to.
Retail Partnerships
Retail partnerships, where we advertise our business to other
company's customers, have been successful in acquiring new
customers into the business. This year we invested GBP0.9m driving
nearly 100,000 incremental customer visits to store. However the
data shows us that these customers, on average, tend to be
materially lower value than unprompted customers as they have lower
tendency to repeat shop and therefore spend considerably less as
repeat customers. While our models of customer value suggest
payback of 3.9x from this activity, because of the weaker spending
behaviour we are not yet fully confident in the long term value
forecast for these customers so will only repeat activities where
customers are delivered at minimal cost and therefore deliver very
fast payback.
Action and implication:
We will continue to drive traffic through selected partnerships,
however we will ensure that we are only doing so when the
incremental footfall is not disruptive to the core store operation
e.g. avoiding the Christmas peak period.
Retail promotional plans
Our range is now 57% exclusive products and own label and we
want to continue to grow this as we are able to offer customers
superior value when we manage the full supply chain while achieving
better margins ourselves - a profitable win-win! Over the last year
we invested GBP0.4m of gross margin in short term price support to
drive adoption of our exclusive products growing participation
significantly year on year. Early signs on the top five lines that
we have the most data on indicate a net benefit of c. GBP0.2m per
year, indicating a two year payback on the investment in developing
these products
Action and implication
We intend to continue to drive switching to own label and
Majestic exclusives, ensuring that as we achieve greater scale we
also realise cost savings through the supply chain.
Lay & Wheeler Fine Wine Discovery Club
We have been trialling the FWDC for c. 2 years now. In FY18 we
slowed the rate of investment pending review of the long term
customer performance. Having done this we believe that payback on
the investment to date may be considerably higher than originally
expected due to better long term customer retention, higher rates
of additional purchasing and conversion to our Cellar Circle
product which tends to drive higher spending levels and
engagement.
Action and implication:
With confidence in the longer term customer value we will start
to test higher levels of investment, not only in FWDC but also
directly into Cellar Circle.
Online "product management" team
We spent in excess of GBP0.5m on a team tasked with rigorously
optimising our web properties element by element. They have
generated some significant improvements in our customer conversion
funnel and basket completion rates, as well as trialling some
innovative features with less success. Such is the nature of test
and learn!
Action and implication:
The team will continue their work focused on a large testing
plan around the different elements of the Naked Wines
proposition.
Controls / Compliance
We have invested in control and compliance in a number of areas;
most notably the US where we have ambition to be materially bigger.
As such we have built out a dedicated regulatory compliance team as
well as adding resource across finance and analytics. We also added
resource into our Plc team to support the ever-changing regulatory
landscape, with big projects this year including development of our
sustainability policy and preparation for IFRS16. Within the retail
business we spent GBP2.0m replacing our EPOS system to ensure
compliance with latest security standards, as well as having a
platform to further build our customer experience on.
Action and implication
We will continue to invest to ensure we have the right processes
and controls to manage the increasing scale of our business units,
especially in the US where we operate in a complex regulatory
environment.
Driving productivity:
Store operations: van fleet
Action taken:
Using the data from our telematics implementation in FY18 we
have investigated ways to consolidate our van network without
impacting our customer experience. We have modelled what an
alternate van network could look like which maximises van
utilisation and reduces the cost per drop significantly.
Action and implication
With the concept proved to be a source of significant savings we
are now finalising the execution plan for this initiative.
Store operations: staff
Action taken:
We continue to invest in our store estate to improve both our
customer experience and store productivity. This year we
refurbished and fully shelved 74 stores, part shelved all others
and have begun to 'winefy' the estate - an initiative designed to
engage the customer in their wine flavour profile and help them
navigate the world of wine more effectively. Shelving and revised
labour modelling has resulted in labour costs held flat in the face
of increased transaction volumes and inflationary pressure due to
reduced merchandising effort. The early data from our "winefy"
experience suggests that customers who build a profile are showing
10-20% higher values, albeit we need to see how this develops over
an extended period.
Action and implication
We will continue to roll out shelving across the estate, aiming
to install it in an additional 20 stores by half year, to drive
efficiency in the staffing model.
Financial Review
1. Group Overview
Reported Adjusted items Adjusted Impact of Underlying
GBPm GBPm GBPm FX GBPm
GBPm
Year ended 1 April 2019
Revenue 506.1 (1.0) 505.1 - 505.1
--------- --------------- --------- ---------- -----------
EBIT (7.7) 19.8 12.1 - 12.1
--------- --------------- --------- ---------- -----------
PBT (8.5) 19.8 11.3 - 11.3
--------- --------------- --------- ---------- -----------
Year ended 2 April 2018
Revenue 476.1 1.6 477.7 (0.2) 477.5
--------- --------------- --------- ---------- -----------
EBIT 9.3 8.9 18.2 (0.1) 18.1
--------- --------------- --------- ---------- -----------
PBT 8.3 8.9 17.2 (0.1) 17.1
--------- --------------- --------- ---------- -----------
Group Overview
The Group grew reported revenue by 6.3% to GBP506.1m delivering
on the target to achieve Group sales of at least GBP500m that we
set in 2015 at the start of the transformation plan. On an
underlying basis we delivered an increase of 5.8% to GBP505.1m.
Underlying revenue growth has accelerated vs the 4.0% rate seen in
FY18 as we increased Naked Wines investment in customer
acquisition, growing underlying sales by +14.5% in this division
(FY18: +11.3%)
The Group generated a statutory loss before tax of GBP8.5m, a
significant reduction from the GBP8.3m profit reported in FY18.
On an adjusted underlying basis our profit before tax of
GBP11.3m reflected a 34% underlying reduction vs. FY18.
The main drivers of our reduced profitability are:
Adjusted EBIT:
-- Retail adjusted EBIT reducing by GBP2.0m as gross margin
pressure outweighed the sales growth we achieved, and our focus on
costs which maintained a flat cost base despite significant
inflationary pressures
-- Naked Wines adjusted EBIT (on an underlying basis) GBP1.9m lower year on year, the net of:
-- GBP5.0m increase in the level of investment to acquire new customers.
-- Contribution from repeat customers increasing by GBP6.0m as a
result of the investment in prior years in customer acquisition
-- Fixed costs increasing by GBP2.9m
-- Our central cost base increasing by GBP2.4m as we invested in
control and compliance resource across staff costs, IT systems and
legal and professional support.
Statutory loss before tax:
-- GBP11.1m impairment to the Retail store estate. This non-cash
write-off of assets is based on our expected cash flows from each
store in future, compared to the carrying value of the store. We
have reduced the expectation of future cash flows based on the
weaker profit margins we are experiencing in Retail and by
reflecting that our stores are no longer necessary to fulfil our
online orders due to our centralised fulfilment arrangements.
Taxation
Despite the reduction in statutory profit in the current year
our income statement tax charge has remained level at GBP0.9m
(FY18: GBP0.9m). The negative statutory effective tax rate of
-10.7% is principally the result of the impact of the GBP11.1m
impairment of fixed assets charge in the UK Retail business which
is not a deductible expense. It is also affected by the increased
profitability and effect of prior year tax charges in our overseas
trading businesses. The adjusted effective tax rate(6) this year of
17.3% (FY18 12.1%) does not benefit from a number of one off
credits which reduced the rate in FY18.
(Loss)/earnings per share
As a result of the reduction in profitability our statutory loss
per share has reduced to -13.3p. Under the guidance set out in IAS
33, Earnings per share, no diluted loss per share is reported. On
an adjusted basis earnings per share have declined from 23.9p to
14.7p due to the decline in adjusted profit after tax and the
increase in the weighted average number of shares in issue.
Cash flow and Net debt
Our net debt increased by GBP7.1m year on year to GBP15.5m. The
major drivers of this were an increase in net working capital and
an increase in capex largely absorbing adjusted EBITDA with
dividend, tax and interest outflows totalling GBP7.7m.
Our working capital increased by GBP10.6m, a combination of:
-- Investment in inventory at Naked Wines, in particular the US
to support our continued future growth. We grew stock levels by
GBP9.1m, offset by GBP2.7m of additional customer funds
-- Higher stock levels in the UK due to the later timing of
Easter year on year and to allow us to carry additional stock of c.
GBP8m as mitigation to supply disruption in the event of a
disorderly Brexit, which largely unwound in the first periods of
FY20;
-- We estimate a normalised year end working capital position would have been c. GBP8m lower
We also incurred
-- Higher capital expenditure this year of GBP7.0m (FY18:
GBP3.8m) as we replaced the EPOS system in the Retail estate and
rolled out shelving to more stores, whilst continuing to invest in
our new accounting system
-- Tax and interest payments of GBP2.7m
-- Payment of dividends totalling GBP5.2m
The closing net-debt balance represents 0.8x adjusted EBITDA
(FY18: 0.3x) which remains well within our covenant leverage
limits.
Dividend
In March we announced that the final dividend for the year would
be reviewed in light of our decision to focus on Naked Wines and to
exit from Majestic. As the exit process is still ongoing, the Board
has taken the decision to suspend the dividend. Should a sale of
the Majestic business take place, the Board intends to pay a
special dividend to the level of the FY18 final dividend
(5.2p).
Guidance
Our near-term outlook is highly dependent on the potential sale
of the Majestic business and we expect to give an update over the
summer months. We anticipate focusing the Group on increasing
levels of investment in new customers in Naked Wines. We believe
that we can increase this investment by a further GBP7m in FY20
while maintaining our 4x payback. We would also expect similar
levels of new to repeat customer sales conversion and repeat sales
retention as previous years.
Our fixed cost base across Naked and the central costs totalled
GBP23.6m in FY19. We expect these will show an underlying increase
in the order of 10-15%. Should we sell Majestic we would expect to
eliminate GBP1-1.5m p.a. of our central cost base, reflecting our
desire to refocus the central team fully onto the significant
growth opportunity the business represents.
2. Business Unit Highlights
Naked Wines
Year ended 1 April 2019
GBPm Impact of Underlying Analysed Analysed
FX GBPm as "New" as Repeat"
GBPm GBPm GBPm
Revenue 178.4 - 178.4 25.5 152.9
------ ---------- ----------- ---------- ------------
Contribution 20.7 - 20.7 (19.1) 39.8
------ ---------- ----------- ---------- ------------
Adjusted
EBIT 6.7 - 6.7 n/a n/a
------ ---------- ----------- ---------- ------------
Year ended 2 April 2018
GBPm Impact of Underlying Analysed Analysed
FX GBPm as "New" as "Repeat"
GBPm GBPm GBPm
Revenue 156.1 (0.2) 155.9 21.6 134.3
------ ---------- ----------- ---------- -------------
Contribution 19.8 (0.1) 19.7 (14.1) 33.8
------ ---------- ----------- ---------- -------------
Adjusted
EBIT 8.7 (0.1) 8.6 n/a n/a
------ ---------- ----------- ---------- -------------
We increased investment in new customers by GBP5.0m to GBP19.1m
(FY18: GBP14.1m) supporting growth in revenue to new customers of
+18.0%.
Our sustained investments in new customers translated to repeat
customer revenue growth of +13.9%. This growth, plus the
improvement in repeat customer contribution margin to 26.1% (FY18:
25.2%) brought FY19 repeat customer contribution to GBP39.8m,
GBP6.0m higher than FY18.
Combining GBP5.0m higher new customer investment, GBP6.0m higher
repeat contribution and GBP2.9m higher fixed costs, adjusted EBIT
decreased by GBP1.9m in the year to GBP6.7m (FY18: GBP8.6m)
We focus on two critical measures of performance for Naked
Wines:
1. Repeat customer sales retention: In FY19 this was 81%,
marginally lower than in FY18 (83%). This was impacted in H1 (78%)
in particular by the timing of Easter this year, but recovered well
in H2 (83%) giving us confidence that loyalty remains high.
2. Forecast payback on investment in new customers: In FY19 this
was 4.0x compared to 4.7x for the investments made in FY18. This is
in line with our targeted payback based on our growing investment.
The reduction year on year reflects our willingness to invest more
aggressively while remaining disciplined about returns.
Because we get more data about the Angels we have acquired over
time, we can also refine our expectations on payback of older
cohorts of Angels. The following table shows how our payback
assessment is changing over time for the Angels acquired in each
financial year. As you can see, recent history has shown payback
expectations in line with the initial estimates.
Payback measurement in
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
----------------- ------ -------- -------- -------
Investment Year FY17 4.5 4.9 4.5
------ -------- -------- -------
FY18 4.7 4.6
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FY19 4.0
------------------------ -------- -------- -------
Majestic Retail
Year ended 1 April 2019
GBPm Impact of Underlying Analysed as Analysed as
FX GBPm "New" GBPm Repeat" GBPm
GBPm
Revenue 267.7 - 267.7 53.5 214.2
------ ---------- ----------- ------------ --------------
Contribution 21.7 - 21.7 2.2 19.5
------ ---------- ----------- ------------ --------------
Adjusted EBIT 11.3 - 11.3 n/a n/a
------ ---------- ----------- ------------ --------------
Year ended 2 April 2018
GBPm Impact of Underlying Analysed as Analysed as
FX GBPm "New" GBPm Repeat" GBPm
GBPm
Revenue 263.8 - 263.8 55.9 207.9
------ ---------- ----------- ------------ --------------
Contribution 24.6 - 24.6 4.5 20.1
------ ---------- ----------- ------------ --------------
Adjusted EBIT 13.3 - 13.3 n/a n/a
------ ---------- ----------- ------------ --------------
Revenue increased 1.5% vs FY18 driven by our repeat customer
base (+3%). New customer sales declined by 4.3% as we sourced more
new customers year on year but with the mix moving towards
discounted partnership activity. Overall, this is a resilient sales
performance in a flat market which had no Easter falling in the
financial year. Gross margin fell to 21.8% (FY18: 22.9%) resulting
in gross profit being GBP2.0m lower year on year. The gross margin
reduction is a combination of mix shift into lower margin products,
and heavier discounts where we have driven footfall to grow the
customer base. Our distribution costs, predominantly store
operating costs and fulfilment costs, increased by GBP0.9m (2.8%)
reflecting the continued shift of business online and towards
national fulfilment, including third parties. Continued focus on
admin cost control resulted in a GBP0.8m reduction year on year. As
a result of these movements adjusted EBIT for the Retail division
declined by GBP2.0m year on year to GBP11.3m (FY18: GBP13.3m).
Majestic Commercial
Year ended 1 April 2019
Reported Underlying
GBPm GBPm
Revenue 44.1 44.1
--------- -----------
Adjusted EBIT 2.5 2.5
--------- -----------
Year ended 2 April 2018
Reported Underlying
GBPm GBPm
Revenue 43.4 43.4
--------- -----------
Adjusted EBIT 2.4 2.4
--------- -----------
The performance of Commercial improved in the year with sales
returning to growth of +1.8% (FY18: 5.6% decline) while growing
gross margins by +0.3% points resulting in gross profit of GBP7.9m
(FY18: GBP7.7m). With operating costs growing at 3.5% the gross
profit growth led to adjusted EBIT 3.2% higher year on year at
GBP2.5m (FY18: GBP2.4m).
The improved performance has come as a result of two key
changes:
-- In the first half, the team reworked their approach to
securing new accounts resulting in higher levels of sales to new
customers, offsetting the continuing high levels of account losses
being seen due a mix of competitive activity and business
failures
-- In the second half, the team then improved their processes
around management of existing accounts and improved repeat customer
retention. As a result H2 sales growth was an impressive +5% vs.
FY18.
Lay & Wheeler
Year ended 1 April 2019
Reported En Primeur Underlying
GBPm GBPm GBPm
Revenue 15.9 (1.0) 14.9
--------- ----------- -----------
Adjusted
EBIT 1.2 - 1.2
--------- ----------- -----------
Year ended 2 April 2018
Reported En Primeur Underlying
GBPm GBPm GBPm
Revenue 12.9 1.6 14.5
--------- ----------- -----------
Adjusted
EBIT 0.9 - 0.9
--------- ----------- -----------
Lay & Wheeler reported revenue was 22.7% higher year on
year, driven by high levels of en primeur shipments. Underlying
revenue, that recognises en primeur at time of order rather than
dispatch, was 2.4% higher year on year. This resulted in adjusted
EBIT growth of +22.8% through a combination of gross margin
improvement through mix movements and managing to a flat cost
base.
Central Costs
Central costs grew from GBP7.2m in FY18 to GBP9.6m this year, as
a result of the planned investments into resources supporting
growth (digital marketing, online product management, business
intelligence) and controls and compliance (finance, legal).
Restated
*
Year ended Year ended
1 April 2 April
Note 2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000
Revenue 3 506,144 476,134
Cost of sales (366,990) (349,032)
--------------------------------- ----------- ------------ ----------
Gross profit 139,154 127,102
Distribution costs (65,612) (58,806)
Administrative expenses (82,071) (59,850)
Other operating income 821 846
--------------------------------- ----------- ------------ ----------
Operating (loss)/profit (7,708) 9,292
Net finance charge (787) (994)
--------------------------------- ----------- ------------ ----------
(Loss)/profit before taxation (8,495) 8,298
Analysed as:
Adjusted profit before taxation 11,251 17,184
Adjusted items: 4
- Non-cash charges relating
to acquisitions (5,229) (8,018)
- Other adjusted items (14,517) (868)
--------------------------------- ----------- ------------ ----------
(Loss)/profit before taxation (8,495) 8,298
--------------------------------- ----------- ------------ ----------
Taxation 5 (905) (901)
(Loss)/profit for the year (9,400) 7,397
--------------------------------- ----------- ------------ ----------
(Loss)/earnings per share 6
Basic (13.3p) 10.9p
Diluted (13.3p) 10.1p
--------------------------------- ----------- ------------ ----------
* Restatement due to the impact of adoption of IFRS 15
The results are all derived from continuing operations.
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 3 April 2017 as
reported 5,309 20,505 (17) 363 3,838 84,574 114,572
Adoption of IFRS15 - - - - - (860) (860)
-------------------------- --------- --------- --------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ---------------
At 3 April 2017 restated
* 5,309 20,505 (17) 363 3,838 83,714 113,712
Total comprehensive
income for the year - - - - (1,352) 7,397 6,045
Shares issued 54 484 - - - (43) 495
Share based payment
charges - ongoing - - - - - 607 607
Share based payment
charges - acquisition
related - - - - - 3,800 3,800
Dividends paid - - - - - (3,993) (3,993)
Deferred tax on share
based payment - - - - - 235 235
-------------------------- --------- --------- --------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ---------------
At 2 April 2018 restated
* 5,363 20,989 (17) 363 2,486 91,717 120,901
Total comprehensive
income/(losses) for
the year - - - - 215 (9,400) (9,185)
Shares issued 48 127 - - - (44) 131
Share based payment
charges - ongoing - - - - - 909 909
Share based payment
charges - acquisition
related - - - - - 1,499 1,499
Dividends paid - - - - - (5,188) (5,188)
Deferred tax on share
based payment - - - - - 84 84
-------------------------- --------- --------- --------- ------------ ------------- ---------------
At 1 April 2019 5,411 21,116 (17) 363 2,701 79,577 109,151
-------------------------- --------- --------- --------- ------------ ------------- ---------- ---------------
* Restatement due to the impact of adoption of IFRS 15
Restated
*
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
Note GBP'000 GBP'000
Non-current assets
Goodwill and intangible assets 45,153 48,126
Property, plant and equipment 54,301 65,032
En primeur purchases 897 2,390
Prepaid operating lease costs 647 1,640
Deferred tax assets 5 2,259 2,243
--------------------------------- ----- ----------
103,257 119,431
Current assets
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
Inventories 119,464 97,434
Trade and other receivables 18,132 16,280
En primeur purchases 4,296 3,779
Cash and cash equivalents 19,093 15,618
--------------------------------- ----- ----------
160,985 133,111
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
Total assets 264,242 252,542
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
Current liabilities
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
Trade and other payables (66,363) (59,579)
En primeur deferred income (5,564) (4,824)
Deferred Angel and other income (39,657) (32,817)
Bank overdraft 7 (12,096) (8,837)
Provisions (2,344) (1,724)
Deferred lease inducements (397) (657)
Bond financing 7 (99) (2,445)
Financial instruments at fair
value (3,011) (897)
Current tax liabilities (123) (246)
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
(129,654) (112,026)
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
Non-current liabilities
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
En primeur deferred income (1,068) (2,822)
Deferred lease inducements (1,502) (1,672)
Provisions (203) (917)
Bank loan 7 (22,444) (12,793)
Deferred tax liabilities 5 (220) (1,411)
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
(25,437) (19,615)
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
Total liabilities (155,091) (131,641)
Net assets 109,151 120,901
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
Shareholders' funds
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
Called up share capital 5,411 5,363
Share premium 21,116 20,989
Capital reserve - own shares (17) (17)
Capital redemption reserve 363 363
Currency translation reserve 2,701 2,486
Retained earnings 79,577 91,717
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
Equity shareholders' funds 109,151 120,901
--------------------------------- ----- ---------- ----------
The financial statements were approved by the Board and
authorised for issue on 12 June 2019 and were signed on its behalf
by James Crawford.
* Restatement due to the impact of adoption of IFRS 15
Year ended Year ended
1 April 2 April
Note 2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000
Cash generated by operating activities
Cash generated by operations 8 7,946 28,670
UK income tax paid (1,729) (2,035)
Overseas income tax paid (379) -
---------------------------------------- ----- -----------
Net cash from operating activities 5,838 26,635
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and
equipment (5,472) (2,921)
Purchase of intangible fixed assets (1,518) (869)
Purchase of prepaid lease assets (53) -
Proceeds from sale of non-current
assets 31 2
---------------------------------------- ----- -----------
Net cash from investing activities (7,012) (3,788)
Cash flows from financing activities
Interest paid (636) (802)
Issue of ordinary share capital 131 495
Draw down of borrowings 9,500 19,500
Repayment of borrowings (2,346) (40,174)
Loan arrangement fees paid - (411)
Equity dividends paid (5,188) (3,993)
---------------------------------------- ----- -----------
Net cash from/(used in) financing
activities 1,461 (25,385)
Net increase/(decrease) in cash 287 (2,538)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning
of year 6,781 10,470
Effect of foreign exchange rate
changes (71) (1,151)
Cash and cash equivalents at end
of year 8 6,997 6,781
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1 General Information
Majestic Wine PLC is a public limited company ("Company") and is
incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act 2006 and
is registered in England and Wales. The Company's ordinary shares
are traded on the Alternative Investment Market ("AIM").
The address of the registered office is given on the inside back
cover. 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 financial information set out above does not constitute
statutory accounts within the meaning of section 435(1) and (2) of
the Companies Act 2006 or contain sufficient information to comply
with the disclosure requirements of International Financial
Standards ("IFRS"). The auditors have reported on these accounts
and their reports were unqualified, did not draw attention to any
matters by way of emphasis and did not contain any statements under
section 498 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements of Majestic Wine PLC for the year ended
1 April 2019 were authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on
12 June 2019 and the balance sheet was signed on behalf of the
Board by James Crawford, Chief Financial Officer.
The financial information presented in this document has been
prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting
Standards ("IFRSs") and International Financial Reporting
Interpretations Committee ("IFRIC") interpretations as adopted by
the European Union as they apply to the financial statements of the
Group for the 52 week period ending 1 April 2019.
The Group's financial reporting year represents the 52 weeks to
1 April 2019 and the prior financial year, 52 weeks to 2 April
2018.
The Group implemented the new accounting standards IFRS 9 and
IFRS 15 on a fully retrospective basis in the year. Their
implementation has not had a material impact on the financial
statements.
3 Segmental reporting
IFRS8 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 it is
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 assessed on revenue,
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.
Costs relating to centralised Group functions are not allocated
to operating segments for the purposes of assessing segmental
performance and consequently central costs 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.
Naked
Year ending 1 April 2019 Retail Commercial Wines L&W Unallocated Group
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Segment revenue 267,664 44,132 178,438 14,896 - 505,130
Movement in en primeur
sales - - - 1,014 - 1,014
---------------------------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ---------
Reported third-party
revenue 267,664 44,132 178,438 15,910 - 506,144
Segment result - Adjusted
EBIT 11,333 2,512 6,656 1,151 (9,614) 12,038
Net finance costs (787)
---------------------------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ---------
Adjusted profit before
taxation 11,251
Adjusted items:
- Non-cash items relating
to acquisitions (5,229)
- Other adjusted items (14,517)
Loss before taxation (8,495)
---------------------------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ---------
Depreciation 5,269 - 457 82 - 5,808
Amortisation 311 - 3,871 119 46 4,347
Impairment of fixed assets 11,108 - - - - 11.108
Rest
Geographical analysis UK of Europe US Australia Group
Reported third party
revenue 390,149 9,382 75,657 30,956 506,144
Non-current assets 97,461 2,991 2,247 558 103,257
Naked
Year ended 2 April 2018 Retail Commercial Wines L&W Unallocated Group
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Segment revenue 263,754 43,360 156,058 14,549 - 477,721
Movement in en primeur
sales - - - (1,587) - (1,587)
---------------------------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------
Reported third-party
revenue 263,754 43,360 156,058 12,962 - 476,134
Segment result - Adjusted
EBIT 13,349 2,435 8,666 937 (7,209) 18,178
Net finance costs (994)
---------------------------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------
Adjusted profit before
taxation 17,184
Adjusted items:
- Non-cash items relating to
acquisitions (8,018)
- Other adjusted items (868)
Loss before taxation 8,298
---------------------------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------
Depreciation 5,120 - 353 106 - 5,579
Amortisation 332 - 3,882 106 - 4,320
Impairment of fixed assets 486 - - - - 486
Rest
Geographical analysis UK of Europe US Australia Group
Reported third party
revenue 378,826 7,812 61,481 28,015 476,134
Non-current assets 114,666 2,977 1,027 761 119,431
4 Adjusted items
The Directors believe that adjusted profit before tax and
adjusted diluted earnings per share measures provide additional
useful information for shareholders on underlying trends and
performance. These measures are used for performance analysis.
Adjusted profit is not defined by IFRS and therefore may not be
directly comparable with other companies' adjusted profit measures.
It is not intended to be a substitute for, or superior to IFRS
measurements of profit. The adjustments made to reported profit
before tax are:
Year ended Year ended
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000
Non-cash charges relating to acquisitions
Amortisation of acquired intangibles (3,871) (3,882)
Acquisition related share based payment
charges (1,358) (4,136)
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(5,229) (8,018)
Other adjusted items
Impairment of properties (11,108) -
Restructuring costs (957) -
Fair value movement through P&L on foreign
exchange contracts (1,540) 193
En primeur adjustment 38 (289)
Share based payment charges (950) (772)
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(14,517) (868)
Total adjusted items (19,746) (8,886)
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5 Taxation
(a) Taxation charge
Year ended Year ended
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000
Current income tax expense
UK income tax (1,638) (2,716)
Overseas income tax (354) (98)
Adjustment in respect of prior periods 42 741
Current income tax expense (1,950) (2,073)
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Deferred tax expense
Origination and reversal of temporary differences 1,073 1,069
Adjustment in respect of prior periods 61 155
Effect of change in tax rate on prior period
balances (89) (52)
Total deferred tax credit 1,045 1,172
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Total income tax charge for the year (905) (901)
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Changes to the UK corporation tax rates were enacted as part of
Finance Bill 2015 on 18 November 2015. These included reductions to
the main rate to reduce the rate to 19% from 1 April 2017 and to
18% from 1 April 2020. A subsequent change to reduce the UK
corporation tax rate to 17% from 1 April 2020 was included within
Finance Bill 2016 which was enacted on 6 September 2016.
(b) Taxation reconciliation
The tax charge for the year differs from the standard rate of
corporation tax in the UK of 19% (2018: 19%). The reasons for this
are detailed below:
Year ended Year ended
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000
(Loss)/profit before taxation (8,495) 8,298
Taxation credit/(charge) at the standard
UK corporation tax rate of 19% (2018: 19%) 1,614 (1,576)
Adjustments in respect of prior periods* 103 896
Overseas income tax at higher rates (285) (338)
Disallowable expenditure** (2,022) (423)
Deferred tax not previously recognised*** - 616
Share based payments (226) (24)
Change in tax rate on prior period deferred
tax balances (89) (52)
Total income tax expense (905) (901)
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Effective tax rate -10.7% 10.9%
Adjusted effective tax rate 17.3% 12.1%
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* Adjustments in respect of 2018 relate to UK capital allowance
relief realised in the current year and utilisation of prior year
tax losses against current year profits in the USA and
Australia.
** Disallowable expenditure mainly relates to amortisation of
acquired intangibles and share based payment expenses and
impairments.
*** Deferred tax in 2018 not previously recognised relates to
deferred tax asset recognised on taxable losses in Australia.
(c) Taxation on items recorded in reserves
Year ended Year ended
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000
Deferred tax credit on share based payments 84 235
Total tax on items credited to reserves 84 235
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(d) Deferred tax
Year ended Year ended
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000
At beginning of year 832 (333)
Adjustment in respect of prior years 61 155
Credited to the income statement in the year 984 1,017
Credited to reserves in the year 84 235
Foreign exchange 78 (242)
At end of year 2,039 832
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Deferred tax assets
Short
term Tax losses Total
Accelerated timing Share--based carried deferred
tax depreciation differences payments forward tax assets
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
At 3 April 2017 183 - 862 651 1,696
Credited to reserves in the
year - - 235 - 235
Credited/(charged) to income
statement (47) - (62) 502 393
Foreign exchange 10 - 13 (104) (81)
At 2 April 2018 146 - 1,048 1,049 2,243
Credited to reserves in the
year - - 84 - 84
Credited/(charged) to income
statement 591 - (168) (631) (208)
Foreign exchange (10) - 10 19 19
Transferred from deferred
tax liabilities - 121 - - 121
At 1 April 2019 727 121 974 437 2,259
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Deferred tax liabilities
Short
Rolled term Total
over timing deferred
gains differences tax liabilities
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
At 3 April 2017 (259) (1,770) (2,029)
Credited to income statement 49 730 779
Foreign exchange (10) (151) (161)
At 2 April 2018 (220) (1,191) (1,411)
Credited to income statement - 1,253 1,253
Foreign exchange - 59 59
Transferred to deferred tax
assets - (121) (121)
At 1 April 2019 (220) - (220)
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Year Year
ended ended
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000
Deferred tax assets 2,259 2,243
Deferred tax liabilities (220) (1,411)
2,039 832
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Deferred tax on losses of GBP11.5m (2018: GBP11.5m) relating to
losses in the UK, have not been recognised in these financial
statements on the basis that there is insufficient evidence of
suitable future taxable profits against which to recover any
deferred tax asset created.
(e) Factors that may affect future tax charges
The Group's overseas tax rate is higher than that in the UK as
profits earned by Les Celliers de Calais S.A.S. in France are taxed
at a rate of 33.3% and profits earned by its Naked Wines
subsidiaries in the United States of America and Australia are
taxed at 21.0% and 30.0% respectively.
No deferred tax is recognised on the unremitted earnings of
overseas subsidiaries as following the enactment of the Finance Act
2009 the Group considers that it would have no liability to
additional taxation should such amounts be remitted.
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
1,214,671 (2018: 3,067,028) contingently returnable shares issued
as a result of the acquisition of Naked Wines (which have been
treated as dilutive share options), 229,009 (2018: 139,609) shares
held by the Majestic Wine plc Share Incentive Plan Trust (which
have been treated as dilutive share options), and 3,934 (2018:
3,934) shares held by Employee Share Ownership Trust.
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 93,415 (2018: 112,003) 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 8). 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.
6 Earnings per share (continued)
Year ended Year ended
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
(Loss)/earnings per share
Basic (loss)/earnings per share (13.3p) 10.9p
Diluted (loss)/earnings per share (13.3p) 10.1p
Adjusted basic earnings per share 14.7p 23.9p
Adjusted diluted earnings per share 14.1p 22.3p
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Year ended Year ended
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000
(Loss)/profit for the year (9,400) 7,397
Add back adjusted items:
- Non-cash charges relating to acquisitions 5,229 8,018
- Other adjusted items 14,517 868
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Adjusted profit after taxation 10,346 16,283
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Year ended Year ended
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
Weighted average number of shares in
issue 70,518,556 68,051,900
Dilutive potential ordinary shares:
Employee share options and contingently
returnable shares 3,055,750 5,036,886
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Weighted average number of shares for
the purpose of diluted earnings per
share 73,574,306 73,088,786
Total number of shares in issue 72,137,402 71,499,086
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If all the Company's share option schemes had vested at 100% the
Company would have 74,750,580 issued shares.
7 Bank and other borrowings
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000
Current
Bank overdrafts 12,096 8,837
Customer bond finance 99 2,445
Total bank and other borrowings due within
one year 12,195 11,282
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Non-current
Revolving credit facility 23,000 13,500
Debt issuance costs (556) (707)
Total bank and other borrowings due within
one year 22,444 12,793
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Total bank and other borrowings 34,639 24,075
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The Group's revolving credit facility during 2019 was GBP60m,
which is due to mature in December 2022. Interest has been charged
at a margin of 1% above LIBOR, the rate being dependent on the
Group's leverage (being net debt/EBITDA).
Banking covenants are in place and are tested quarterly. The
covenants tested are the Group's leverage and fixed charge
cover.
8 Notes to the cash flow statement
Year ended Year ended
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000
Cash generated by operations
Operating (loss)/profit (7,708) 9,292
Add back:
- Depreciation and amortisation 10,155 9,899
- Loss on disposal of fixed assets 485 28
- Impairment of intangible assets 25 -
- Impairment of property, plant
and equipment 10,287 447
- Impairment of prepaid operating
leases 796 39
- Fair value movement on foreign exchange
contracts 2,114 (193)
- En primeur movement in income
statement (38) 289
- Share based payment charges 2,408 4,407
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Operating cash flows before movements
in working capital 18,524 24,208
Increase in inventories (21,038) (2,425)
Increase in customer funds in
deferred income 6,058 4,137
Increase in trade and other receivables (1,699) (130)
Increase in trade and other payables 6,101 2,880
Cash generated by operations 7,946 28,670
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Cash and cash equivalents
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents 19,093 15,618
Bank overdraft (12,096) (8,837)
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Total cash and cash equivalents 6,997 6,781
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Analysis of movement in net borrowings
At 1
At 2 April Cash Non-cash April
2018 flows movements 2019
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Cash and cash equivalents 15,618 3,546 (71) 19,093
Bank overdrafts (8,837) (3,259) - (12,096)
Net cash and cash equivalents 6,781 287 (71) 6,997
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Borrowings - revolving credit
facility (13,500) (9,500) - (23,000)
Borrowings - customer funded
bond (2,445) 2,346 - (99)
Gross borrowings net of cash (15,945) (7,154) - (23,099)
Debt issuance costs 707 - (151) 556
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Total net borrowings (8,457) (6,867) (222) (15,546)
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Underlying a) includes en primeur revenues in year of order
movement not year of fulfilment; (b) is calculated using
constant FX rates for translation.
EBIT Operating profit as disclosed in the Group income
statement.
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Adjusted EBIT Operating profit adjusted for amortisation of
acquired intangibles, acquisition costs, share
based payment charges, impairment of goodwill,
restructuring costs, 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 EBITDA Adjusted EBIT plus depreciation and amortisation,
but excluding any costs included in our adjusted
items e.g. amortisation of acquired intangibles.
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Operating Costs Defined as administrative expenses less other
operating income excluding adjusted items
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Adjusted PBT Adjusted EBIT less net finance charges. Group
reconciliation is found in the financial review
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Free cash flow Cash generated by operating activities less capital
expenditure and before adjusting items and taxation.
A reconciliation of this metric is provided below.
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Net Debt Borrowings less cash and debt issuance cost.
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Return on A measure of the money we subsequently earn from
Investment investment in new customers. This measure is akin
to a yield on an upfront capital investment, defined
as the annual contribution per repeat customer
less the cost of replenishment, all divided by
the cost per repeat customer. Note that we are
phasing this measure out and replacing it with
lifetime return, but is still currently used as
part of our remuneration policy.
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Investment Measures
Investment in new The contribution earned from sales to new customers.
customers (also referred
to as new customer
contribution)
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New customer sales Revenues derived from transactions with customers
who meet our definition of a new customer. A reconciliation
of this metric for Majestic Retail and Naked Wines
is provided in the financial review.
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Lifetime Payback The ratio of the future contribution we expect
to earn from the customers recruited this year
to the investment we made recruiting them. We
calculate
this by reviewing the level of sales and contribution
generated in the current year from new customers
and compare this to a reference level based on
historic behaviour of all new customers, then
projecting forwards to a 20 year lifetime to estimate
the payback ratio. As this is an undiscounted
forward looking estimate it cannot be reconciled
back to reported financial results. As we can
refine this expectation over time, we also update
the expected returns from prior year investment
in the financial review
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Repeat customer sales These are the revenues derived from orders placed
by customers meeting our definition of a repeat
customer at the time of ordering. A reconciliation
of this metric Majestic Retail and Naked Wines
is provided in the financial review.
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Repeat customer contribution The profit attributable to those sales after fulfilment
and service costs. A reconciliation of this metric
Majestic Retail and Naked Wines is provided in
the financial review.
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Repeat customer The proportion of sales made to customers who
sales retention met our definition of "Repeat" last year that
were realised again this year from the same customers.
Using our till and website data the population
who were active in the prior year are identified
and their sales in the current year then assessed.
This is done for each month and summed to calculate
the full year retention.
This APM replaces customer retention as it gives
a better indicator of our retention rates
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Fixed costs Administrative costs by division excluding marketing
spend.
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Definitions
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Contribution A profit measure between gross profit and EBIT,
calculated as gross profit less the costs of fulfilling
and servicing (e.g. credit card fees, delivery
costs, customer facing staff costs) and marketing
expenses. We often split contribution into that
from new and repeat customers as they can have
different levels of profitability. A reconciliation
of this metric Majestic Retail and Naked Wines
is provided in the financial review.
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Repeat customer A customer that has bought from one of our businesses
more than once, recently. For Naked Wines these
are "Angels" who have subscribed. For Majestic
they are people who have shopped with us at least
once within
the last 12 months, with that shop not being their
first time.
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New Customer A customer who, at the time of purchase, does
not meet our definition of a repeat customer;
for example, because they are brand new, were
previously a repeat customer and have stopped
shopping with us at some point or cannot be identified.
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Adjusted effective Defined as the current year's tax change divided
tax rate by the adjusted profit before tax.
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Additional unaudited information
To provide a meaningful comparison with last year, further
analysis is presented below on an underlying(6) basis which
means:
- En primeur revenues are included in year of order, not year of fulfilment
- Calculated using current period foreign exchange rates for
re-translation of the comparative period.
1. Reported and underlying results by segment
Reported Underlying
Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended
1 April 2 April 1 April 2 April
2019 2018 2019 2018
GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000
Retail
-------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Revenue 267,664 263,754 267,664 263,764
Gross profit 58,463 60,420 58,463 60,423
Distribution costs (31,239) (30,384) (31,239) (30,385)
Admin costs (15,891) (16,687) (15,891) (16,689)
Adjusted EBIT 11,333 13,349 11,333 13,349
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Commercial
-------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Revenue 44,132 43,360 44,132 43,360
Gross profit 7,949 7,694 7,949 7,694
Distribution costs (3,160) (3,059) (3,160) (3,059)
Admin costs (2,277) (2,200) (2,277) (2,200)
Adjusted EBIT 2,512 2,435 2,512 2,435
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Lay & Wheeler
-------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Revenue 15,910 12,962 14,896 14,549
Gross profit 4,234 4,042 4,234 4,042
Distribution costs (1,156) (1,198) (1,156) (1,198)
Admin costs (1,927) (1,907) (1,927) (1,907)
Adjusted EBIT 1,151 937 1,151 937
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Naked Wines
-------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Revenue 178,438 156,059 178,438 155,885
Gross profit 68,470 55,236 68,470 55,305
Distribution costs (30,057) (24,165) (30,057) (24,239)
Admin costs (31,757) (22,405) (31,757) (22,491)
Adjusted EBIT 6,656 8,666 6,656 8,574
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Central costs
-------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Administrative
costs (9,614) (7,208) (9,614) (7,208)
Adjusted EBIT (9,614) (7,208) (9,614) (7,208)
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Group
-------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Revenue 506,144 476,135 505,130 477,558
Gross profit 139,116 127,391 139,116 127,464
Distribution costs (65,612) (58,806) (65,612) (58,882)
Admin costs (61,466) (50,407) (61,466) (50,495)
Adjusted EBIT 12,038 18,178 12,038 18,087
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2. Naked Wines forecasting metrics
FY19 Actual FY20 Medium-term
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+15% - 20%
New customer investment (GBP19m) +GBP7m pa
New customer contribution
margin -75% -80% Variable
New -> Repeat conversion 183% 180% 180%
Repeat Sales retention 81% 82-84% 80-85%
Repeat contribution margin 26% 25-27% Assume flat
Payback 4x 4x 4x
Year 1 Payback 79% 70% 70%
Fixed cost
- Naked BU GBP14.0m
- Central GBP9.6m
Total fixed cost GBP23.6m 10% growth 50% rate of
revenue growth
Net potential annual
savings GBP1-1.5m if
Majestic sold
Each GBP1m of growth
in new business requires
c. GBP1-1.5m more working
Working capital capital
When cash cannot be deployed
Dividend 2.0p Interim against growth investment
Final suspended
3. Naked Wines historic performance (GBPm, unaudited, restated to constant FX rates)
New customers Repeat customers
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Revenue Contribution Revenue Contribution Fixed costs
GBPm GBPm GBPm GBPm GBPm
------ -------- ------------- -------- ------------- ------------
FY14 15 (7) 45 7 (8)
FY15 21 (8) 66 14 (10)
FY16 22 (10) 90 21 (10)
FY17 26 (15) 114 27 (11)
FY18 22 (14) 134 34 (11)
FY19 26 (19) 153 40 (14)
4. Naked Wines split by country
FY19 Revenue
GBPm
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UK 71.8
USA 75.6
Australia 31.0
Total Naked Wines 178.4
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5. Fixed costs
FY19 FY18 Variance
GBPm GBPm GBPm
--------------- ----- ----- ---------
Naked Wines 14.0 11.1 2.9
Retail 10.4 11.3 (0.9)
Commercial 2.0 2.0 -
Lay & Wheeler 1.7 1.7 -
Central costs 9.6 7.2 2.4
Group 37.7 33.3 4.4
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6. Free cash flow reconciliation
1 April 2 April
2019 2018
GBPm GBPm
Adjusted EBIT 12.1 18.2
Add back depreciation and amortisation
(excludes adjusted amortisation of acquired
intangibles) 6.3 6.5
Add back loss on disposal of fixed assets 0.5 -
Adjusted EBITDA 18.9 24.7
Working capital movement
- Inventories (21.0) (2.4)
- Deferred Income 6.1 4.1
- Trade and other receivables (1.0) (0.1)
- Trade and other payables 5.9 2.4
Working capital movement (10.0) 4.0
Pre-tax operating cash flow 8.9 28.7
Investments
Capital expenditure (7.0) (3.8)
Pre-tax operating cash flow / "Free cash
flow" 1.9 24.9
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Reconciliation to statutory cash flow
statement
Free cash flow 1.9 24.9
Cash adjusted items (1.0) -
Capital expenditure 7.0 3.8
Cash generated by operations 7.9 28.7
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