4Q23 EARNINGS ÜLKER BİSKÜVİ













Quarterly Update
- 35% market share with continued share improvements
- Significant brand investment



- Robust top-line growth
- Successful cost management
- Strong free cash flow generation
- Record bottom line performance
- Strong volume growth across all regions particularly in Domestic and Central Asia Markets

- Beyond Hazelnut project
- Beyond Cocoa journey
- Success in global indexes



Operational Performance
It is a Cultural Transformation towards «End-to-End» Excellence
Eliminate silos and barriers Transform to «One-Team with Winning Culture»

Transformation to Lean & Agile Teams focusing to End-to-End Excellence
- Deployment of Winning Culture. Layers & Spans optimizations. Remove silos in organization. Implement High-Performance-Work System and Culture
- Coaching in factories. Operator trainings, Focus on OEE, Material Balance and Loss eliminations.
- Standard Procedures. Roll-out best practices.Implement Reward & Recognition system. «Akıl küpü» Kaizen system.

- Lean transformation. Consolidate our sales operations. Establish learning organizations. R&D Academy, Mnf Academy, SC Academy, etc..
- Optimization and Synergy projects among manifacturing units. Focus on digitalization,MCC and productivity leading edge projects.
Initiate projects with Suppliers, focus on supplier capability developments.
- Fully leverage digital platforms and Technologies. Ensure SC visibility end to end via digital solutions. Explore loT and future of manufacturing techniques.
- Implement AI particularly into our supply chain and sales functions


A more agile and simplified organization has been set up with the new structure.
Too many organizational layers eliminated in order to increase productivity, a lean organizational structure formed within the scope of Leadership Success Model, manifesto of our entrepreneur spirit.
Our strategy is to become a cost leader in Leadership Success Model.



65%



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Revenue contribution is calculated over snacking revenue
Sustainability Update
OUR PLANET
MAIN GOALS:
Implementing pioneering practices in the transition to net zero and circular production models, guided by our waste-free corporate culture

VALUE CHAIN
MAIN GOALS:
Focusing on local agriculture, local development and farmers' prosperity and promoting regenerative and sustainable agricultural practices.

COMMUNITY
MAIN GOALS:
Supporting the basic habits necessary for an active and balanced lifestyle

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EMPLOYEES
MAIN GOALS:
Cultivating a work culture that promotes happiness, productivity, diversity and inclusion, and becoming the most sought-after company to work for.






For more info on our targets, achievements, sustainability efforts in our factories, click on the link: https://www.ulker.com.tr

As part of our Beyond Hazelnut project;
- we provided sustainable farming practices training to 75 farmers, including 25 women
- Distributed young hazelnut saplings to interested farmers
- Soil analyses were conducted for female farmers.
OUR SUSTAINABLE WHEAT PROJECTS
- Water Risks Project
- partners: BCSD Türkiye and Ankara University.
- drip irrigation was first experimented in wheat cultivation in Türkiye
- 20% increase in yield while 30% water efficiency.
- Biofortification project
- collaboration w/ Sabancı University
- aimed to increase the levels of essential micronutrients Zinc (Zn) and Selenium (Se) in wheat.
- 50% increase in Zn content and a 10-15 times increase in Se content were achieved
- The Aliaga Wheat Project has won Sustainable Food Awards held by the Sustainability Academy in "Sustainable Food Supply Chain" category!

15th Stars of the Year Beyond Cocoa - Happiness: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY CATEGORY WINNER!
OUR SUCCESS IN GLOBAL INDEXES
- We are ranked 4 th in Turkiye with on S&P Global ESG index. We are in the top 4% globally
- We have been listed in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook for the 4th time, maintaining our position as one of the 19 food companies listed worldwide and the only food company from Turkey to be included in this list.
- In 2023 Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) assessment, we increased our water security score to B and remained B rank on climate change.
- We ranked 1 st position globally (89 points) among over 450 food companies globally with the highest ESG performance according to the assessment conducted by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).
Beyond Cocoa Journey
COLLABORATIONS
- No Deforestation Verification w/ Earthworm Foundation, enabled us to verify there has been no deforestation in the cooperatives from which we source cocoa since 2016.
- Agroforestry projects with Agro-map
COMMUNITY WELL-BEING PROJECTS
- school renovation in Ivory Coast
- mobile health services for women.

OUR CARBON MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
We have an SBTi commitment to become a net zero company by 2050.
We have partnered with Carbon Trust to calculate our carbon emissions (including scope 1,2 &3) for Turkiye, MENA and Central Asia.
Financial Performance

Pre-Inflation accounting numbers

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46.861 |
29,8% 8.409 |
34,1% 15.970 |
19,4% 5.467 |
22,3% 10.469 |
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2.570 |
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- Snacking revenue was up by 66,4% and total revenue increased by 66,2% as a result of;
- Successful pricing and effective product mix management in all categories
- Positive contribution of higher sales volume
- Gross profit expanded by 89,9% in 2023 while gross margin grew by 430 bps to 34,1%; cycling a very strong expansion last year
- Main drivers;
- Effective procurement
- Timely pricing
- Stable overheads
- Increased production efficiencies
- Thanks to the impact of gross profitability and successfull opex management EBITDA expanded by 91,5% while margin grew by 300 bps to 22,3% in FY'23
- Net income improved to 2.5 bn TL with a 5.5% net margin.
- Improvement in net income was primarily driven by higher EBITDA and favorable FX impact



-Total snacking sales volume increased by 1.4% in 2023 supported with strong sales and new launches
• Biscuit volume increased by 1,0% ,Chocolate volume grew by 1,1% and Cake volume was up by 5,6
-Total snacking revenue increased by 66,4% supported with strong volume and revenue growth across all operations in all segments
• Biscuit sales was up by 59,4% , Chocolate sales was up by 71,7% and Cake sales was increased by 74,5%


INTERNATIONAL



Pre-Inflation accounting numbers



Average Working Capital Days & Net Working Capital Highlights

(*)Covenant Based Net Debt/Ebitda (X) Maturity Breakdown of Financial Liabilities as of December'23

- ~69% of the net position is closed. Further hedges are Subject to the approval of Hedge Committee per market conditions.
- As of December 2023, M\$332 of the open position is hedged
- Eurobond refinancing in progress
(*) covenant based net debt/EBITDA ratio is calculated through definition stated in syndication facility agreement based on IAS-29 adjusted financials
Pre-Inflation accounting numbers except covenant based Net Debt to EBITDA

Inflation Accounting
Pre-Inflation Accounting



Outlook

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INFLATIONARY CHALLENGES VS. ACTIONS
Inflation moderating and should act as tailwind for input-costs
PRICE VS. VOLUME Volume to rebound, albeit a slower recovery as pricing moderates

INVESTMENT IN BRAND AND INNOVATION
Creating value by offering customers new consumption experiences and choice

DIGITIZATION & ACCELERATION OF AI ADOPTION
Leverage AI to optimize sales productivity, marketing, in-store execution, supply chain

KEEP MODERNIZING SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS
Automated supply chain that can dynamically deal with any supply chain issues

PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION
Bias towards bolt-ons and divestitures of non-core, less focus on transformational

Thank You
