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Review of annual results 

for 53 weeks ended
18 September 2010

9 November 2010
9 November 2010

Financial Highlights

• Group revenue up 10% to £10.2bn

• Adjusted operating profit up 26% to £909m*

• Adjusted profit before tax up 26% to £825m **

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• Adjusted earnings per share up 25% to 72.2p**

• Dividends per share up 13% to 23.8p

• Net capital investment of £699m

• Net debt of £816m

• Operating profit up 31% at £819m, profit before tax up 54% to £763m and basic earnings 

per share up 52% at 69.3p

* and **  - see notes at end

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Business Highlights

(cid:131) A record year

– revenue over £10bn
revenue over £10bn

– adjusted earnings up 25%

– much improved margin and returns

– EBITDA over £1.2bn

(cid:131) Strong underlying trading

(cid:131) Investment delivering returns

– Azucarera, Zambia sugar, Primark

(cid:131) Benefit of restructuring

– US and UK grocery

(cid:131) Recovery

– UK sugar, China sugar, US vegetable oils

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Income Statement

£m

2010

2009

Change

Revenue

Operating costs

10,167

9,255

+10%

(9,355)

(8,639)

Share of joint ventures and associates

Profits less losses on disposal of non-current assets

Operating profit

Adjusted operating profit*

Profits less losses on disposal of non-current assets

Amortisation of non-operating intangibles

Inventory fair value adjustment
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16

(9)

819

909

(9)

(81)

-

10

(1)

625

720

(1)

(82)

(12)
(12)

+26%

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Income Statement

£m
£m

Operating profit

Profit/(loss) on sale/closure of businesses

Net interest expense

Other financial (expense)/income

Profit before tax
Profit before tax

Tax

Profit after tax

Non-controlling interests

Attributable to equity shareholders

Adjusted profit before tax**

2010
2010

819

28

(76)

(8)

763
763

(194)

569

(23)

546

825

2009
2009

625

(65)

(78)

13

495
495

(112)

383

(24)

359

655

Change
Change

+31%

+54%
+54%

+26%

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Tax

Underlying charge

221

26.8%

166

25.3%

2010
2010

£m

2009
2009

£m

Credit on goodwill & intangible amortisation

(27)

Credit on disposal of businesses/non-current assets

Credit on inventory fair value adjustment

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-

(25)

(25)

( )
(4)

Reported charge

194

25.4%

112

22.6%

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Earnings and Dividends Per Share

Adjusted earnings per share *
Adj sted earnings per share *

2010

72.2p
72 2p

2009

Change

57.7p
57 7p

+25%
+25%

Earnings per share

69.3p

45.5p

+52%

Dividends per share

23.8p

21.0p

+13%

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Balance Sheet

£m

Intangible assets (including goodwill)

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PP&E and other non-current assets

Net assets classified as held for sale

Working capital

Biological assets - current

Current tax 
Current tax

Net debt

Other financial liabilities

Deferred tax
Deferred tax

Provisions

Net pension liability

Equity shareholders’ funds

Non controlling interests
Non-controlling interests

2010

1,925

4,388

-

826

100

(132)
(132)

(816)

(5)

(238)
(238)

(205)

(99)

5,744
44

5,293

451
451

5,744

2009

1,913

3,905

102

970

101

(113)
(113)

(999)

(64)

(212)
(212)

(421)

(106)

5,076
0 6

4,748

328
328

5,076

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Cash Flow

£m

2010

2009

Adjusted operating profit (before joint ventures and associates)

Depreciation and amortisation of operating intangibles

Working capital

Provisions

Capital expenditure  - Primark

- Food

Purchase of intangibles

Tax

Net interest and other income
Net interest and other income

Pension cost less contributions

Other

Free cash flow
Free cash flow

Dividends paid (incl minorities)

Quota renunciation compensation

(Acquisitions)/disposals including loans to joint ventures
(

)/

Net cash flow before financing

893

332

193

(57)

(207)

(487)

(32)

(155)

(73)
(73)

(34)

33

406
406

(200)

-

(120)
(
)

86

710

293

46

(20)

(173)

(372)

(24)

(135)

(77)
(77)

(40)

(8)

200
200

(184)

101

(179)
(
)

(62)

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Segmental Analysis

By business

Grocery

Sugar

Agriculture
Agriculture

Ingredients

Retail

Central costs

Revenue

*
Profit

Margin

ROCE

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

£m

£m

3,406

3,188

1,941

1,475

954
954

1,067

913
913

989

2,730

2,314

-

-

£m

229

240

33
33

104

341

(42)

905

4

£m

191

168

34
34

88

252

(34)

699

21

720

%

6.7

%

6.0

12.4

11.4

3.5
3 5

9.8

3.7
3 7

8.9

12.5

10.9

n/a

9.0

n/a

8.9

n/a

7.9

n/a

7.8

%

19.7

14.0

18.1
18 1

16.5

23.5

n/a

17.7

n/a

17.8

%

17.9

11.8

21.3
21 3

16.0

17.8

n/a

15.2

n/a

15.4

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Continuing businesses

10,098

8,879

Businesses disposed

69

376

10,167

9,255

909

Segmental Analysis

By geography

United Kingdom

Europe & Africa
Europe & Africa

The Americas

Asia Pacific

£m
£

£m
£

4,411

4,049

2,495
2 495

1,927
1 927

1,120

1,068

2,072

1,835

Continuing businesses

10,098

8,879

Businesses disposed

69

376

10,167

9,255

Revenue

Profit*

Margin

2010

2009

2010

2009

2010

2009

£m
£

480

219
219

121

85

905

4

909

£m
£

354

198
198

85

62

699

21

720

%
%

10.9

8.8
8 8

10.8

4.1

9.0

n/a

8.9

%
%

8.7

10.3
10 3

8.0

3.4

7.9

n/a

7.8

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Sugar

Revenue

Operating profit

£m

£m

Margin

ROCE

Changeg

+31%

+42%

2010

1,941

240

12.4%

14.0%

2009

1,475

168

11.4%

11.8%

•

•
•

step change in profitability

recovery
recovery

– UK margin

– China sugar prices

•

investment

– Azucarera contribution

Zambia capacity expansion
– Zambia capacity expansion

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Sugar

Revenue £m

Operating Profit £m

2010

1,941

240

2009 Change

1,475

168

+31%

+42%

EUEU sugar

• stable market, strong euro

• UK profit and margin well ahead

– 1.3 million tonnes sugar
– excellent factory performance
– non-quota world exports

•

first major Azucarera contribution

– 394,000 tonnes beet sugar, 145,000 tonnes cane sugar
– heavy rains affected north and south campaigns

Vivergo wheat bioethanol plant

•

full operation scheduled summer 2011

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Sugar

Revenue £m

Operating Profit £m

2010

1,941

240

2009 Change

1,475

168

+31%

+42%

IllIllovo

• profit adversely affected

– lower volumes

– rand strength on world exports

– euro weakness on EU exports

drought in South Africa
• drought in South Africa

•

longer term development continuing

• good progress with capacity expansion

– Zambia, Mozambique factory complete
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– Swaziland ready for next season

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Sugar

China
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Revenue £m

Operating Profit £m

2010

1,941

240

2009 Change

1,475

168

+31%

+42%

•

financial results much improved

– higher prices
– higher prices

– factory efficiencies in north

– good cane sugar production

• progress in agricultural development in north

– local government support

– improved farming techniques
improved farming techniques

– higher beet volumes expected

sugar prices now at record levels
• sugar prices now at record levels

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Agriculture

Revenue

Operating profit

£m

£m

Margin

ROCE

2010

954

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2009

Changeg

913

34

+4%

-2%

3.5%

3.7%

18.1%

21.3%

• another strong year

• UK feed ahead

• growth in Premier Nutrition and speciality feed enzymes

• lower demand for pig and poultry feed in China

• good result from Frontier trading activities

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Grocery

Revenue

Operating profit

£m

£m

Margin

ROCE

Changeg

+6%

+19%

2010

3,406

229

6.7%

2009

3,188

191

6.0%

19.7%

17.9%

• margin improvement even after £29m charge in 2010 for rationalisation

•

•

•

restructuring

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– ACH, Silver Spoon, Jordans Ryvita, AB World Foods

recovery

– US vegetable oils, UK bread

Twinings Ovaltine strong growth

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Grocery

Revenue £m

Operating Profit £m

2010

3,406

229

2009

Change

3,188

191

+6%

+19%

Twinings Ovaltine
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consistent delivery of international growth

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Twinings progress in North America, UK

• Ovaltine in developing markets

UK

Thailand

North America

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Grocery

Revenue £m

Operating Profit £m

2010

3,406

229

2009

Change

3,188

191

+6%

+19%

UK Grocery
UK G

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Allied Bakeries

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–

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Little Big Loaf success

competitive market, high levels of promotion

capital investment accelerating

•

successful relaunch of Patak’s by AB World Foods 

• Westmill beats decline in ethnic restaurant trade

•

•

Jordans Ryvita improving, further progress to come
Jordans R ita impro ing f rther progress to come

better margin at Silver Spoon

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Grocery

Revenue £m

Operating Profit £m

2010

3,406

229

2009

Change

3,188

191

+6%

+19%

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profit well ahead with absence of last year’s hedge loss
completion of commodity product transfer to Stratas

ACH/Stratas
ACH/St
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•
• Champaign and Jacksonville closed
• Mazola, Capullo margins tighter with vegetable oil cost increase

Australia

•

strong result in bakery

–
–

premium bread launch
improvement in operations

• meat business

–

–

difficult trading with lower volumes, margin

new Castlemaine factory fully open summer 2011

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Ingredients

Revenue

Operating profit

£m

£m

2010

1,067

104

2009

Changeg

989

88

+7%

+18%

Margin

ROCE

AB Mauri

9.8%

8.9%

16.5%

16.0%

• strong performance by bakery ingredients

• capital investment
• capital investment

– Harbin expansion complete

– further expansions planned

ABF Ingredients

• much better year

• enzymes and US speciality lipids well ahead
• enzymes and US speciality lipids well ahead

• yeast extracts capacity expansion commissioning

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Retail

Revenue

Operating profit

£m

£m

Margin

ROCE

Changeg

+17%

+35%

2010

2,730

341

12.5%

23.5%

2009

2,314

252

10.9%

17.8%

•

like-for-like sales up 6%

–

strong in UK

– weaker in Ireland

–

excellent performance in continental Europe

•

selling space increase of 10%

• margin substantially ahead

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Primark margins

•

improvement this year from 10.9% to 12.5%

–

–

–

volume increases

continental Europe performance
continental Europe performance

sterling relative strength against US dollar

•

some erosion of this year’s margin improvement in coming financial year

–

cotton price increases hit spring 2011
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further volume increases
further volume increases

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price leadership on the high street will be maintained
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Primark - selling space expansion

UK

Republic of 
Ireland

Iberia

Other

Total

stores

sq ft
‘000

stores

sq ft 
‘000

stores

sq ft 
‘000

stores

sq ft 
‘000

sq ft 
‘000

stores

4,380
4 380

136
136

970
970

38
38

450
450

15
15

80
80

2
2

5,880
5 880

191
191

4,720
4 720

143
143

1,010
1 010

38
38

570
570

19
19

180
180

4
4

6,480
6 480

204
204

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September 
2009

September
September 
2010

+8%
+8%

+4%
+4%

+27%
+27%

+125%
+125%

+10%
+10%

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Primark merchandising

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Primark awards

Retail Week Awards 2010

• Retailer of the Year

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• Store design of the Year for Bristol

Lifetime Achievement Award for Arthur Ryan
• Lifetime Achievement Award for Arthur Ryan

Multi Market Retailer of the Year

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Primark expansion

•

•

•

•

capital investment accelerating

at least 0.5m sq ft additional selling space in financial year 

significant further store openings by Christmas 2011

extensions and refits

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Looking ahead…

(cid:131) Group financial strength
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(cid:131) A number of long-term projects completing soon

(cid:131) Impact of commodity cost increases

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Group financial strength

(cid:131) Cash generating ability - EBITDA over £1.2bn

EBITDA

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(cid:131) Net debt at £816m

(cid:131) Bank credit facility renewed

– £1.15bn maturity July 2015

– support of 12 banks

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Major long-term projects completing soon

Sugar

Tomato glasshouse

Vivergo biofuels

Expansion in Swaziland

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Major long-term projects completing soon

Grocery

Castlemaine factory

Retail

Blackburn

Store expansion across Europe

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Commodity cost increases

Sugar

Higher selling prices for Sugar businesses

Wheat

UK and Australia bread margins and pricing

Vivergo margin
Vivergo margin

Frontier trading

Animal feed margins and pricing

Cotton

Margin pressure for Primark

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Summary

(cid:131) A record year

– revenue over £10bn
revenue over £10bn

– adjusted earnings up 25%

– much improved margin and returns

– EBITDA over £1.2bn

(cid:131) Strong underlying trading

(cid:131) Investment delivering returns

(cid:131) Benefit of restructuring
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(cid:131) Recovery

(cid:131) Continuing to invest for sustainable growth

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Review of annual results 

for 53 weeks ended
18 September 2010

9 November 2010
9 November 2010

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Exchange rates

Average rates used to translate the income statement

$US$

euro

South African rand

Australian $

Rates at year end used to translate the balance sheet

US$

euro

South African rand

Australian $

2010

1.56

1.15

2009

1.56

1.15

11.68

14.09

1.74

2.15

2010

2009

1.56

1.20

1.67

1.14

11.17

12.39

1.67

1.93

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falling within article 19 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 
2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001 and to other persons to
2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2001 and to other persons to 
whom the presentation pack may lawfully be promoted.

Notes

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before amortisation of non-operating intangibles and profits less losses on disposal of non-current assets 
before amortisation of non operating intangibles, profits less losses on disposal of non current assets, and
before amortisation of non-operating intangibles, profits less losses on disposal of non-current assets, and
profits less losses on the sale and closure of businesses 

All figures stated after amortisation of non-operating intangibles, profits less losses on disposal of non-current
assets and profits less losses on the sale and closure of businesses are shown on the face of the consolidated
assets and profits less losses on the sale and closure of businesses are shown on the face of the consolidated
income statement.

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