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FY15 Results Presentation September 2015


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Key Line Items

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Country Results

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Cash Flow, Balance Sheet, Dividend

Contents



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Results Overview




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Appendix 1


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FY16 & Growth Strategy Update

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FY16 Outlook

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Questions

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Results Overview


Key Points

  • Challenging year impacted by aggressive clearance in Q1 and market downturn 1H

  • New CEO and management team in place

  • Return to comparable sales growth at improved margins in Q4



Sales and Margin

  • Sales growth $16.5m (+4.2% at actual exchange rates, +3.7% at constant exchange rates)

  • Same store sales decreased 1.9% at constant exchange rates (-1.4% at actual exchange rates)

  • Gross margin 61.5%, 160 bps lower than FY14


Operating Costs

  • Operating expenses increased 550 bps as a % of sales to 50%. Investment for future growth did not deliver immediate top line sales performance


Profit

  • EBITDA $47.1m, down 36.8%

  • NPAT $20.4m, down 51.7%, (after $1.4m post-tax non-recurring items)


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RESULTS NZ $m*1

FY15

FY14

Var $

Var %

SALES

409.4

392.9

16.5

4.2%

GROSS PROFIT

251.9

248.1

3.8

1.5%

Gross Profit Margin

61.5%

63.1%

Insurance Claim

-

1.3

(1.3)

OPERATING EXPENSES

(204.8)

(175.0)

(29.8)

17.0%

% of Sales

50.0%

44.5%

EBITDA

47.1

74.5

(27.4)

(36.8%)

EBITDA margin %

11.5%

19.0%

EBIT*2

33.2

64.3

(31.1)

(48.4%)

EBIT margin %

8.1%

16.4%

NPAT

20.4

42.2

(21.8)

(51.7%)

Permanent Open Stores*3

160

149

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  1. FY15 NZD/AUD conversion rate 0.915 (FY14: 0.921), FY15 NZD/GBP conversion rate 0.495 (FY14: 0.512).

  2. EBIT YOY exchange rate impact in FY15: $0.0m (FY14 negative $5.8m).

  3. Ten new stores opened during FY15, plus Cashel St Re-Start (Christchurch) reclassified as a permanent store. Excludes Online store. 5

  4. Rounding differences may arise in totals, both $ and %.


    RESULTS NZ $m*1

    1H FY15

    1H FY14

    Var $

    Var %

    2H FY15

    2H FY14

    Var $

    Var %


    SALES

    179.4

    167.6

    11.8

    7.0%

    230.0

    225.3

    4.7

    2.1%

    GROSS PROFIT

    106.3

    107.1

    (0.8)

    (0.7%)

    145.6

    141.0

    4.6

    3.3%

    Gross Profit Margin

    59.3%

    63.9%

    63.3%

    62.6%

    Insurance Claim

    -

    -

    -

    -

    1.3

    (1.3)

    OPERATING EXPENSES

    (99.5)

    (84.5)

    (15.0)

    17.8%

    (105.3)

    (90.5)

    (14.8)

    16.4%

    % of Sales

    55.5%

    50.4%

    45.8%

    40.2%

    EBITDA

    6.8

    22.6

    (15.8)

    (69.9%)

    40.3

    51.9

    (11.6)

    (22.4%)

    EBITDA margin %

    3.8%

    13.5%

    17.5%

    23.0%

    EBIT*2

    0.6

    17.6

    (17.0)

    (96.6%)

    32.6

    46.7

    (14.1)

    (30.2%)

    EBIT margin %

    0.3%

    10.5%

    14.2%

    20.7%

    NPAT*2

    (1.8)

    11.4

    (13.2)

    (115.8%)

    22.2

    30.8

    (8.6)

    (27.9%)

    Permanent Open Stores

    157

    139

    18

    160

    149

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  5. Rounding differences may arise in totals, both $ and %.

  6. After $1.4m post-tax / $1.9m pre-tax impact of non-recurring items relating to the relocation of the Australian distribution 6

  7. centre and Christchurch support office, along with costs from the Briscoe takeover process.


    Key Line Items


    SALES: +4.2% to $409.4m

    Group Sales (NZD $m) *1



    • Sales growth year on year:*2 AU 6.3%, NZ -1.3%, UK 17.3%;

    • At constant exchange rates sales

      growth $14.5m / 3.7%;

    • Online sales 6.2% of total sales.


    $306.1


    $347.1

    $384.0 $392.9$409.4


    FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15


    Australia (AUD $m)

    $227.8$242.1

    New Zealand (NZD $m)

    $143.3$166.0

    $198.4

    $110.3 $126.1 $137.0 $141.0$139.1


    FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15

    FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15


    1. UK Sales: £2.8m FY15 vs £2.4m FY14.

    2. Calculated on local currency sales results (not affected by year-on-year exchange rate variation).

    3. Country sales totals exclude inter-company sales. 8

    4. Rounding differences may arise in totals, both $ and %.

      AU NZ

      14.4%


      6.5%


      6.7%


      6.9%


      -2.7%


      12.3%


      9.2%


      4.4%


      -0.1%


      -1.1%


      • Same store sales: *1,*2

        -1.4% actual exchange rates

        -1.9% constant currency:

        • Stores only -3.2%

        • Online only +22.7%

          FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15

          GROUP - Actual Rates GROUP - Constant Rates

          15.7%


          12.9%

          • UK SSS +15.7%


      • Winter season Group same store sales growth of 1.4% at constant currency



    5.7%


    1.8%

    7.0%


    5.6%


    4.2%



    -2.7%

    -1.4% -1.9%

    FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15


    1. Measurement period for FY15: 53 weeks ended 2 August 2015.

    2. Same store sales measurement includes Online and all stores from their 53rd week of trading. 9


      68.8%


      AU NZ UK GROUP


      66.9% 66.3% 66.3% 65.5%

      63.4%


      60.6%


      57.6% 57.7% 58.2%58.5%


      57.4%

      63.2% 63.0% 63.1%


      61.5%


      53.9%


      51.9%


      49.6%


      50.0%


      FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15


      • 1H gross margin decreased 460 bps YOY due to:

        • Excess stock clearance;

        • Below target sales in higher margin summer

          apparel product groups.


      • 2H gross margin increased 70 bps YOY due to less discounting during Winter.


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    OPERATING EXPENSES: +17% to $204.8m


    8.5

    19.1%


    21.3


    29.8


    3.7


    33.5


    16.3%


    17.0%


    36.3%


    18.1%

    • Operating expenses increased YOY

      550 bps / 5.5% of sales;


    • Rent expenses include expanded New Zealand Distribution Centre and Australian Support Office;


    • Other operating expenses increased 390 bps / 3.9% of sales:


    FY15

    FY14*1

    DIFF $

    NZ $m

    Rent 53.0 44.5

    % of Sales 12.9% 11.3%

    Other operating expenses 151.8 130.5

    % of Sales 37.1% 33.2%

    % of Sales 50.0% 44.5%

    Depreciation 13.9 10.2

    DIFF %




    1. FY14 excludes one-off insurance claim benefit from the Christchurch earthquake.

    2. FY15 total operating expense increase attributable to year-on-year exchange rate movement $1.1m.

    3. Rounding differences may arise in totals, both $ and %. 11


    EBITDA $47.1m -36.8%

    71.4 66.5 74.0 74.5


    47.1


    64.0

    EBIT*1 $33.2m -48.4%

    63.4 64.3

    57.0


    33.2

    NPAT $20.4m -51.7%


    39.1

    44.2 42.2

    34.9


    20.4


    FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15

    FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15

    FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15


    23.3%

    19.2%

    19.3%

    19.0%

    11.5%

    20.9%

    16.4%

    16.5%

    16.4%

    8.1%

    EBITDA %

    EBIT %

    12.8%

    10.1%

    11.5%

    10.7%

    5.0%

    NPAT %


    1. EBIT YOY exchange rate impact in FY15: $0.0m (FY14 negative $5.8m).

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