Interim / Quarterly Report • Jul 13, 2023
Interim / Quarterly Report
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13 July 2023
CEO Espen Eldal CFO Stina C Byre
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Strong brand and loyal customer base
Low prices and powerful marketing and campaign engine
Proven category management model
Expanding store network and e-commerce operation
1992 LTM 2023
Note: sales for the Europris chain (directly operated and franchise stores), Lunehjem (consolidated as of March 2021), Lekekassen (consolidated as of August 2021) and the Strikkemekka group (consolidated as of July 2022) 4
negative growth last year
• One less shopping day this year
variety retail
• Highest growth for groceries, which showed
• Europris growth continues to outperform
Retail sales - Jan-May*, year-on-year growth %**
3,2 % 1,0 % 6,6 % 2,3 % 3,9 % Shopping centres Total retail Groceries Variety retail Europris chain
* Market data as of 30 June not available at time of reporting
** Source: Kvarud analyse, Shopping Centre Index, Virke retail index (using figures reported by statistics Norway)
Note: Europris chain is all stores, both directly operated by the group and the franchise stores
CFO Stina C Byre
Total group sales (NOK million)
• Total e-com sales of NOK 176m (147m)
| Q2 | Q2 | YTD | YTD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash flow, NOK million | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 |
| Cash from operating activities | 574 | 426 | 208 | (8) |
| - of which change in net working capital |
195 | 15 | (267) | (583) |
| Cash used in investing activities | (23) | (38) | (310) | (41) |
| Cash from financing activities | (648) | (415) | (491) | (554) |
| Net change in cash | (97) | (27) | (593) | (603) |
| Cash at beginning of period |
(31) | (6) | 464 | 570 |
| Cash at end of period | (128) | (33) | (128) | (33) |
Sales growth Q2-23, %
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CEO Espen Eldal and store manager Maria Eline Solsvik at the opening of Europris store number 280 in Hamar
| Long-term financial and operational ambitions |
|---|
| ÖoB |
| Sales days and store projects |
| Analytical information |
| Alternative Performance Measures (APM's) |
| Growth | Continue to deliver like-for-like growth above the market over time |
|---|---|
| Number of new stores | Target to open a net average of five new stores per year, depending on availability of locations which meet strict return requirements, and the potential for relocations, expansions and modernisations |
| EBITDA | Increase EBITDA margin over time from improved sourcing and a more cost-effective value chain |
| Dividend | Dividend policy of paying out 50-60% of net profit while maintaining an efficient balance sheet |
| 20% initial stake in Runsven-gruppen AB |
• Based on EV using fixed multiple of 7.7x actual EBITDA 2018 • Purchase price settled in Q4 at NOK 115 million based on ÖoB EqV of NOK 574 million • Shares acquired in the market by Europris at a total cost price of NOK 98 million • Share for share transaction, settled by treasury shares • 2.6% ownership stake in Europris (4,35m shares) |
|---|---|
| Option to acquire remaining 80% stake |
• Exercisable in 2020 within six months after agreement on ÖoB's 2019 EBITDA • Based on EV using fixed multiple of 7.7x average 2019 and 2020 EBITDA • Share for share transaction |
| Lock-up | • Shares issued to sellers of ÖoB are subject to lock-up |
| Year | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 76 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 308 |
| 2023 | 77 | 71 | 79 | 79 | 306 |
| 2024 | 75 | 73 | 79 | 80 | 307 |
| 2022 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New stores | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Store closures |
- | - | - | - | - |
| Relocations / expansions |
6 | 2 | - | 3 | 11 |
| Modernisations | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 2023E | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New stores | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Store closures |
- | - | - | - | - |
| Relocations / expansions |
3 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Modernisations | 3 | 3 | 2 | (1) | 9 |
| Seasonality | • As a rule-of-thumb, the Easter impact is approximately NOK 60-75 million in revenue and NOK 12-15 million in EBITDA |
|---|---|
| Quarterly Opex | • Europris stores: as a rule-of-thumb, Opex in quarter one year earlier + inflation + NOK 1.5-1.6 million per extra directly operated store (DOS) |
| Capex | • New store – NOK 2.2 million per store (average of five per year) • Relocation – NOK 1.7 million per store (average of 10 per year) • Modernisation – NOK 1.2 million per store (average of 10 per year) • Category development – NOK 15 million per year • IT and maintenance – NOK 40 million per year • In addition, estimate for 2023: IT (ERP/POS) of NOK 10-15 million and warehouse (automation expanded high-bay area) of NOK 55-60 million |
| Rent | • Majority of contracts are CPI-adjusted • Recognised under IFRS-16 leases |
APMs are used by Europris for annual and periodic financial reporting in order to provide a better understanding of the group's financial performance. APMs are considered as wellknow and frequently used by users of the financial statements and are also used in internal reporting and by management to measure operating performance.
Gross profit is defined as Total operating income minus the cost of goods sold (COGS). The gross profit represents revenue that the group retains after incurring the direct costs associated with the purchase of the goods. Gross margin is defined as gross profit divided by total revenue and is useful for benchmarking direct costs associated with the purchase of the goods vs total revenues.
Operating expenses (Opex) is the sum of employee benefits expense and other operating expenses. It is useful to look at cost of these two components combined, as they compose a large part of the fixed operating costs. The Opex-to-sales ratio divides the Opex by Total operating income and is useful for benchmarking this cost base vs the development in sales.
EBITDA is earnings before interests, tax, depreciation of property, plant and equipment and right-of-use assets and amortisation of other intangibles. EBITDA is a well-known and widely used term among users of the financial statements and is useful when evaluating operational efficiency on a more variable cost basis as they exclude amortisation and depreciation expense related to capital expenditure. EBITDA margin is EBITDA divided by Total operating income and is useful for benchmarking this profitability parameter vs the development in sales.
EBIT is earnings before interest and taxes and is the same as the IFRS definition of operating profit. EBIT is a well-known and widely used term among the users of the financial statements and is useful when evaluating operational profitability. EBIT margin is EBIT divided by Total operating income, and thus the same as Operating profit divided by Total operating income.
Net change in working capital is the sum of change in inventories and trade receivables and change in other receivables less the sum of change in accounts payable and other current liabilities. Net change in working capital is a well-known and widely used term among the users of the financial statements and is useful for measuring the group's liquidity, operational efficiency and short-term financial conditions.
Capital expenditure (Capex) is the sum of purchases of fixed assets and intangible assets as used in the cash flow. Capex is a well-known and widely used term among the users of the financial statements and is a useful measure of investments made in the operations when evaluating the capital intensity.
Financial debt is the sum of borrowings and lease liabilities. From the first quarter of 2023 lease liabilities include both non-current and current lease liabilities, and last year figures are restated to also include current lease liabilities. Financial debt is useful to see total debt as defined by IFRS.
Cash and liquidity reserves is defined as available cash plus available liquidity through overdraft and credit facilities. This measure is useful to see total funds available short term.
Total chain sales are sales from all chain stores, that is both directly operated and franchise stores. This KPI is an important measure of the performance of the total Europris chain and considered useful in order to understand the development of the entire chain, regardless of ownership structure of stores.
Directly operated store means a store owned and directly operated by the group.
Franchise store means a store operated by a franchisee under a franchise agreement with the group.
Chain means the sum of directly operated stores and franchise stores.
Like-for-like growth is defined as the growth in total chain sales for stores that have been open for every month of both the previous and the current calendar year. 29
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