Title: David Nurek
1David Nurek
2Distell is
- A global company of South African essence
- Innovative, with a clear focus on key brands
- Lean, flexible and responsive to consumer needs
- A people company where every stakeholder is
important
3Corporate governance
- Board committed to principles of good governance
- Highest standards of integrity, fairness and
social responsibility - Formal critical evaluation was conducted of our
compliance with King II and JSE Securities
Exchange requirements
4Characteristics of South African macro
environment in 2001/2002
- Softening Rand
- Negative impact
- Positive impact
- Increased integration with the world economy
- Volatility
5US/Rand exchange rate for the year to June 2002
Average per month
6CPI, PPI and food pricesindexed to JJ 1999
Source AC Nielsens, Distell
7Effects in 2002
- Windfall income from exports
- Maintained prices in foreign currency
- Raw materials scarcity - imports to sustain
markets - Increased costs of inputs
- Packaging
- International structures marketing
Imperative to increase exports to reduce risk
8Final household disposable income
Source Reserve Bank, AC Nielsens
9Non - durable goodsFinal household consumption
expenditure (1995 prices)
Source Reserve Bank, AC Nielsens
10Local market trends
Source Nielsens 12 months to JJ
11Financial highlights
- Merger integration process completed
- Increase of 6,7 in sales revenue
- 24,3 growth in trading income
- Headline earnings up 33,6
- Total dividends increased 32,1
In an environment of increasing domestic
volatility it is essential to be an effective
international player
12Etienne Heyns
- Director - International Operations
13Strategic approach
14Amarula strategy
- Aspirations
- To become the preferred cream liqueur in the
world - Strategy
- Premium positioning with strong support
- Premium pricing (compared to Baileys)
- Big distribution channels
- Strong marketing support
- Financial commitment
- Strong distribution partners
- Brown Forman (USA)
- First Drinks (UK)
- Peter Mielzynski Agencies (Canada)
- Aurora (Brazil)
- Underberg (Germany)
- Marie Brizard (Spain)
15Amarula - achievements prospects
- Strong growth USA, Canada
- Slower yet good growth Germany, Spain
- Consolidate Brazilian triangle
- UK - turnaround plans in place
Amarula already biggest contributor to marginal
income of Distell - set to grow
16Africa - strategy
- BLNS - use established structures
- Substantial direct investment in key markets
- Limited structures in markets with good potential
but risk elements
- Develop efficient distribution for further markets
17Africa - achievements prospects
- Other than BLNS, performance disappointing in
2002 - Plan
- Tailored marketing approach
- Flexible distribution structure
- Aggressive sales approach
- Adaptable and tailored production configuration
- Optimal share investment
- Expected return - 3 fold increase
18Wine strategy
19Wines - achievements
- New organisation - fully staffed (including UK
key account manager, value chain analyst) - Customer segmentation completed
- International logistics in place
- New APO forecasting in place
- UK strategy in place - new listings
- USA pilot project
- Germany, Norway - new listings
- Major new product developments
20World class service
- Distell must deliver
- very large volumes
- consistent quality
- at target cost
- on short notice
- always on time
21World class service
22Jan Scannell
23New way of working - DMOS
24Our employees
- Loyal - 45 of staff over 10 years service
- Average age of 38
- Recruitment of new talent
25Employment equity
- Plan in place
- Management measured on attainment of goals
26Corporate social investment
- Must align with corporate objectives
- Arts Culture
- Distell Foundation, Oude Libertas Amphitheatre,
Arts festivals - Environment
- waste reduction, effluent, recycling, IPW
- Transformation
- Papkuilsfontein, Phalaborwa, Mandela
- Health
- ARA, Advertising code
- Combating crime
27The merger
- Forecast merger savings will yield 36 on
investment of R484 m - 96 has been realised to
date - With the merger embedded, we will now build our
brands
28We will focus on 3 themes in 2002/03
29Risks
- Competition authorities
- Gordons Gin
- Liquor Act
- Advertising
- Illegal products
30Progress in respect of 5 year objectives
International revenue as of turnover
Target 2003 - 20
31Progress in respect of 5 year objectives Return
on equity
Target 2003 - 16.5
32Thank you