agthia strategy update call
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Agthia Strategy Update Call
September 2021
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Disclaimer – forward looking statementsAgthia Group PJSC and its management may make certain statements that constitute “forward-looking statements” with respect to the financial condition,results of operations and business of the Group. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts.Forward-looking statements often use words such as “anticipates,” “targets,” “expects,” “hopes,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “goals,” “believes,”“continues” and other similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “may,” “might,” “should,” “would” and “could.” Forward-lookingstatements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of AgthiaGroup PJSC to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.Examples of such statements include, but are not limited to, comments with respect to: 1. outlook for the markets for products; 2. expectations regardingfuture product pricing; 3. outlook for operations; 4. expectations regarding production capacity and volumes; 5. objectives; 6. strategies to achieve thoseobjectives; 7. expected financial results; 8. sensitivity to changes in product prices; 9. sensitivity to key input prices; 10. sensitivity to changes in foreignexchange rates; 11. expectations regarding income tax rates; 12. expectations regarding compliance with environmental regulations; 13. expectationsregarding contingent liabilities and guarantees; 14. expectations regarding the amount, timing and benefits of capital investments. Although Agthia GroupPJSC believes it has a reasonable basis for making these forward-looking statements, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking information. By its nature, forward-looking information involves numerous assumptions, inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific,which contribute to the possibility that the predictions, forecasts and other forward-looking statements will not occur. These factors include, but are notlimited to: 1. assumptions in connection with the economic and financial conditions in the UAE, Middle East, and globally; 2. effects of competition andproduct pricing pressures; 3. effects of variations in the price and availability of manufacturing inputs; 4. various events which could disrupt operations,including natural events and ongoing relations with employees; 5. impact of changes to or non-compliance with environmental regulations; 6. impact of anyproduct liability claims in excess of insurance coverage; 7. impact of future outcome of certain tax exposures; 8. effects of currency exposures and exchangerate fluctuations. The above list of important factors affecting forward-looking information is not exhaustive. Additional factors are noted elsewhere andreference should be made to the other risks discussed in filings with UAE securities regulatory authorities. Except as required by applicable law, AgthiaGroup PJSC does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by or on behalf ofthe Company, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, or to publicly update or revise the above list of factors affecting thisinformation.
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Strategy recap: Our Long-Term Ambition
Becoming a regional F&B
leader by 2025
From…
Commoditized portfolio
Stable financial performance
Local organization mindset
UAE centric
To…
Value-add F&B brands
Superior shareholder returns
Consumer-centric& performance-driven
Footprint MENAP & beyond
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Strategy recap: Three strategic pillars to deliver on the vision
Growth
Pursue disciplined expansion plan focused on M&A
1Efficiency
Protect the corebusiness and get leaner
2Capability
Ensure our organization is set-up to deliver our strategy
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Growth
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Recent M&A update
Snacks
▪ On Sep 1st, Agthia announced acquisition of 100% stake in BMB Group
▪ UAE-based BMB manufactures a wide variety of innovative confectionery, healthy snacks and food products
▪ BMB is also an incubator and accelerator of healthy food brands across multiple snacking categories
Protein
▪ On Apr 7th, Agthia announced acquisition of 75.02% stake in Ismailia Agricultural and Industrial Investments (Furat) (“Ismailia”)
▪ Ismailia is a producer of frozen poultry and beef value-added products in Egypt
▪ Ismailia produces 200+ SKUs across four brands targeting different consumer segments. Atyab is the flagship brand and currently the market leader in Egypt
▪ The Company sells its products only locally predominately through its network of in-house distribution in addition to 3rd party distributor
Growth
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Overview of IsmailiaBusiness Overview Key highlights
Revenue segregation
By product category By channel
17.6%LTM June’21 EBITDA margin
AED 433mnLTM June’21 Net sales
AED 76mnLTM June’21 EBITDA
AED 1mnJune’21 Net debt
26k tons p.a. poultry capacity + 18.5k tons p.a. beef capacity
23.8%2017-20 Sales CAGR
Logistics
▪ Established in 2008, Ismailia Agricultural and Industrial Investments(“Atyab”) is a producer of value added / processed beef and poultryproducts in Egypt.
▪ The Company owns four brands with Atyab being the flagship premiumbrand and market leader in Egypt. The other three economy focusedbrands are Meatland , Shiketita and Furaty.
▪ Ismailia produces 200+ SKUs and covers a wide spectrum of consumersegments.
▪ Production plant and head office are based in the Ismailia governorate,close to Cairo, and is built on a 60,000m² owned land plot
▪ The Company has 11 distribution centers, serviced by 351 vehicles.
▪ Ismailia has over 2,500 employees.
Chicken52.1%
Beef39.3%
By-products8.6%
Retail53%Wholesale
23%
HORECA9%
Other15%
Fleet351 trailers & trucks
Warehouses11 Distribution Centres across 9 governorates
S&D teamsc. 1,200 S&D employees
of which 50% cover Cairo
85% sold via direct distribution,
15% distributors
Access to over 10,000 point of sale outlets
Growth
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Overview of BMB GroupBusiness Overview Key highlights
Revenue segregation
By product category By geography
20%LTM June’21 EBITDA margin
AED 268mnLTM June’21 Net sales
AED 54mnLTM June’21 EBITDA
AED 3mnJune’21 Net cash
+40MT per day manufacturing capacity
Exports to >20 countries
Well diversified channel access
▪ BMB was founded in 2007 as a chocolate and bakery ingredients tradingbusiness and has now evolved into a well diversified confectionary andsnacking business
▪ BMB’s portfolio includes Mediterranean sweets, chocolate, healthyfood and bakery ingredient categories sold under 12 brands
▪ BMB owns a stake in a KSA confectionary retail Kottouf, with a networkof c. 176 stores across KSA (140 franchised)
▪ BMB has two manufacturing facilities (150k+ sqft) in the UAE (DubaiInvestment Park and Jebel Ali)
▪ BMB exports to 23 countries with 64% of the total revenue from KSA,19% from UAE and 12% from the US
Chocolate52%
Mediterranean Sweets
30%
Bakery Ingredients
14%
Healthy Foods
4%
KSA64%
UAE18%
Other GCC4%
US12%
ROW2%
Own retail Private labeling Modern Trade
Exports Duty free stores E-Commerce
23+ countries
Growth
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BMB timeline Growth
2007 2009 2013 2014 2015 FY20A-YTD212017 FY19A
BMB upgraded their kitchen to a small
factory in Dubai. They also opened their Saudi
Arabia office
Launched the brand Asateer
Built a state-of-the art facility (in DIP), and grew to
1,000 strong team
Opened the office in Spain and U.S.A and launched the brand
Benoit
Built a second factory and invested in
Kottouf
2016
Two people established BMB trading chocolate
and bakery ingredients from a small warehouse
A small kitchen was launched to produce
chocolate and Mediterranean
sweets. The Qatar office was
established. They launched their brand
Petit Gourmet
Launched the brand Al Qamar
50% of BMB sold to Panarae Ltd
Invested with partners to create Smart Gourmet
and Recipe No.7; launches Roaster Adams
Entered into an equity joint venture
with the brand Freakin Healthy
Number of Kottouf stores reaches 176
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Summary of acquisitions
Announcement Oct 2020 Dec 2020 Jan 2021 April 2021 August 2021
CategoriesDates / derivatives,
SnackingBakery Snacking
Frozen & chilled
processed ProteinFrozen & chilled
processed ProteinConfectionery &
Snacking
FootprintInternational with strong focus on GCC & Asia
Kuwait mainly Jordan 50%, GCC 33%, Other exports 17%
Egypt KSA 64%, UAE 19%, USA 12%
Revenues1 ~AED 435MN ~AED 81MN ~AED 378MN ~AED 433MN ~AED 268MN
Profitability1 ~18% EBITDAm ~22% EBITDAm ~18% EBITDAm ~18% EBITDAm ~20% EBITDAm
RationaleScale, category (superfood), brands
Brand, market scale New category, Brand, Scale
Scale, Brands Category upscale, Brands, Footprint
Value creationSynergies, premiumization, diversification
Synergies, capabilities, wider customer base
Synergies, diversification, route to market
Synergies, diversification, growing market share, institutionalization
Synergies, diversification, cross-selling opportunities
1 As of LTM June 2021
Growth
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Efficiency
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Agthia’s category focusEfficiency
Category Water & Food Agribusiness Protein & Frozen Veg. Snacking
Assets
Key markets
Our Efficiency focus continues via:
Synergy Extraction
Business Simplification
Recognized AED 25 MN in cost savings in H1 2021
(12.5% of 5-years target)
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Legend• Inner circle includes pro-forma revenues1 of Agthia + Al Foah
+ Al Faysal + Nabil = AED 2.87bn• Outer circle includes pro-forma revenues1 of Agthia + Al Foah
+ Al Faysal + Nabil + Atyab + BMB = AED 3.58bn (+24%)
Water & FoodWater (Bottled Water + 5-gallons)
Beverages (Al Ain Fresh, Caprisun [both discontinued])Trading items
DairyAgribusiness
FlourFeed
ProteinNabil Foods & Ismailia (Chicken, Beef and Cold cuts)
Tomato Paste and Frozen VegetablesSnacking
DatesBakery
BMB products
Revenue diversification through focused M&A approachEfficiency
1 As of LTM June 2021
33%
31%
18%
18%27%
25%
26%
22%
Water & Food Agribusiness Protein & Frozen Veg Snacking
Evolution of revenues by segment post Atyab & BMB towards a more balanced and diversified contribution
Capability
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Progress on CapabilityCapability
Innovation
Know-how skills
• Our snacks platform serving as an incubator and accelerator of healthy food brands across multiple snacking categories
• Introducing plant-based products (under Nabil Foods)• Working in progress on dates ingredients and value-add products
• Capitalizing on Route-to-market of acquired businesses and vice-versa • Enhancing access to new channels / client base • Increasing our e-commerce / direct to consumer presence
• Capitalizing on entrepreneurship and know-how skills across the group• Enhanced Human Capital and industrial capabilities• Sharing best-in-class systems / practices across the group (e.g.
collaboration between Nabil & Atyab)
Commercialexcellence
Financial Performance
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Financial performance of recent acquisitionsAl FoahAED’MN
Al Faysal*AED’MN
NabilAED’MN
• Lower revenues despite higher volume isdue to pricing pressure driven by KSAoversupply
• Improved profitability versus same periodlast year on lower direct material costs andoverhead (cost optimization postintegration)
• Lower revenues on prolonged restrictionsin Kuwait with closure of restaurantdeliveries
• Improved profitability on favorable salesmix and cost optimization initiatives
* The figures are for the period post acquisition date.
• Marginally better versus last year despitecontinued movement restrictionsimpacting Food Service channel andexport restrictions / challenges to KSA,Iraq & Kuwait
187195
H1 2021 H1 2020
Revenues
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11
11%
6%
H1 2021 H1 2020
Net Income NPM (%)
7
5
20%
12%
H1 2021 H1 2020
Net Income NPM (%)
37
43
H1 2021 H1 2020
Revenues
8580
Q2 2021 Q2 2020
Revenues
7
6
8%
7%
Q2 2021 Q2 2020
Net Income NPM (%)
Al Foah and Al Faysal consolidated since Q1 2021; Nabil in Q2 2021
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Overview of Al Foah seasonality
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Harvest Season Sales Seasonality
Pre-Ramadan Sales and wind-down to
off-season
Post-Ramadan steady-state
Sales Ramp-up start Sales PeakSales
No Harvest No Harvest Start of Harvest (Aug) and Peak (Sep)
Season wind-down and end (Oct)Harvest
Quarterly harvest & Sales cycle (volume)
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Overview of Al Foah seasonality (Cont’d)
(40.0)
(20.0)
-
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
100.0
120.0
140.0
160.0
Q1-20 Q2-20 Q3-20 Q4-20 Q1-21 Q2-21
Net Sales Net Profit (Adjusted for one-offs)
Despite the impact of seasonality on Q2, we managed to significantly reduce losses incurred in 2021 (AED 3mn vs 21mn in Q2 2020) on cost optimization initiatives and synergies
Impact on Al Foah’s top & bottom line
Al Foah normalized for non-recurring items incurred in H2 2020
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Agthia Group Proforma LTM June’21 financialsLTM June’21 RevenueAED’MN
LTM June’21 Net Profit1
AED’MN
LTM June’21 EBITDA1
AED’MN
55% 12% 2% 11%
` % contribution
1 Agthia normalized for non-recurring items incurred in Q3 2020 (AED 42mn bad debt provisions + AED 9.5mn Capri Sun inventory write-offs + AED 7.7mn CSD municipality accounting adjustments
+ AED 7.2mn net inventory provisions) ----- Al Foah normalized for non-recurring items incurred in H2 2020 of total AED 52mn related to changes to pension scheme & severance packages2 BMB net profit includes share of profits from Kottouf, KSA
12%
1,980
3,576
435 81
378
433 268
Agthia Al Foah Al Faysal Nabil Atyab BMB Pro-formarevenues
8%
228
524
78 18
70
76
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Agthia(adjusted)
Al Foah(adjusted)
Al Faysal Nabil Atyab BMB Pro-formaEBITDA
43% 15% 3% 13% 15% 10%
32% 19% 4% 12% 13% 20%
91
281
52
12 33
37
55
Agthia(adjusted)
Al Foah(adjusted)
Al Faysal Nabil Atyab BMB Pro-forma netincome
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Agthia Group Proforma LTM June’21 margins2
LTM June’21 Gross Margin
LTM June’21 Net Profit margin
LTM June’21 EBITDA margin
1 Agthia and Al Foah normalized for non-recurring items 2 Consolidated margins do not include any potential cost synergies
30.8%31.4%
-0.2% 0.5% 0.0% -0.1%0.5%
Agthia(adjusted)
Al Foah (adj.)contribution
Al Faysalcontribution
Nabilcontribution
Atyabcontribution
BMBcontribution
Pro-formagross margin
11.5%
14.6%
1.2%0.3% 0.7%
0.5% 0.4%
Agthia(adjusted)
Al Foah (adj.)contribution
Al Faysalcontribution
Nabilcontribution
Atyabcontribution
BMBcontribution
Pro-formaEBITDAmargin
4.6%
7.9%
1.3%0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
1.0%
Agthia(adjusted)
Al Foah (adj.)contribution
Al Faysalcontribution
Nabilcontribution
Atyabcontribution
BMBcontribution
Proforma Netprofit margin
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Robust balance sheet June’21 Net DebtAED’MN
Net Debt (Cash) / TTM EBITDA3
as of June’21
1 Agthia includes consolidated entities: Al Foah, Al Faysal and Nabil 2 Agthia (pro-forma) after accounting for Debt portion to be raised to acquire Atyab & BMB in H2 20213 TTM EBITDA for Agthia* includes LTM June’21 of Agthia (adjusted) + Al Foah (adjusted) + Al Faysal + Nabil
Balance sheet remains robust even post funding 5 acquisitions
(86) (2)
1,059 971
Agthia* Atyab & BMB Debt to be raisedfor Atyab & BMB
Agthia(proforma)**
(0.2x)
1.9x
2.4x
Agthia* Agthia (pro-forma)** Median peers
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