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SELECT HARVESTS LIMITED — AGM Information 2011
Oct 24, 2011
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AGM Information
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Annual General Meeting
25[th] October 2011 Curt Leonard, Chairman
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Select Harvests Board
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Curt Leonard, Chairman
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Michael Iwaniw, Non-Executive Director, Appointed June 2011, standing for re-election
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Fred Grimwade, Non-Executive Director, Appointed July 2010
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Ross Herron, Non-Executive Director, Appointed January 2005
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Michael Carroll, Non-Executive Director, Appointed March 2009, standing for re-election
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John Bird, Chief Executive Officer, appointed January 1998
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Operating environment
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Strategy has evolved to reflect structural changes in industry
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Select Harvests has transitioned from being a manager of almond orchards to being a manager and owner of almond orchards
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Expansion of Company Orchards enables access to entire almond value chain, requires more capital
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External pressures impacted company performance and share price
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We are confident that our strategy, underpinned by positive external factors, will deliver improvement in earnings
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FY11 performance
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Strong progress despite challenging operating conditions
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External pressures included adverse climatic conditions, wet harvest, strong Australian dollar
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Net Profit After Tax $17.7 million, $12.5m excluding discount on acquisition
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Final fully franked dividend of 3c per share took dividend for the year to 13c per share
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Dividend reflects confidence in business and profit performance for year
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Progress towards strategy
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Considerable progress made towards strategy to expand and diversify our orchard portfolio
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Now on track to almost quadruple our Company Orchards:
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3,400 acres in 2009
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13,100 acres upon completion of Stage 2, WA
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Three-year Olam contract gave us time to expand Company Orchards
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Strong position to transition earnings following expiry of Olam contract
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Capital structure and cash generation
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Adapted capital structure to support Company Orchards strategy - orchard acquisition; investment in crop cycle
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Successfully completed $45 million capital raising in September 2010
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Further strengthened capital structure with up to $115m debt facility
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Investing cash flows reflect expansion of Company Orchards:
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$25 million acquisitions
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$20 million WA greenfield development
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$14 million tree development
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People
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Capability across the almond value chain a key strength of Select Harvests
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Need to ensure appropriate pay and incentive structures are in place that aligns the executive team’s interests with those of shareholders
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Board undertook a review of incentive plans and proposed some changes to remuneration structure
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Objective has been to put in place an incentive scheme which is effective at retaining and incentivizing our team and aligns their interests with those of shareholders
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Outlook
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Strong progress made in executing strategy, positioning company for longterm sustainable growth
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Almond market supply and demand fundamentals compelling
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Expanded and diversified Company Orchards portfolio in place
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Opportunity to leverage our integrated business model, processing capacity and established routes to international and domestic markets
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