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Wimm-Bill-Dann

June 16, 2005

Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC announces first quarter 2005 financial results

During the first three months of 2005, Wimm-Bill-Dann’s sales rose by 17.0% to US$325.7 million, compared to US$278.3 million in the first quarter of 2004. Gross profit increased by 15.7% compared to the same period last year, while gross margins declined to 25.7% in the first three months of 2005 from 26.0% in the same period of 2004. Operating income increased by 26.3% year-on-year from US$7.6 million to US$9.6 million. Adjusted EBITDA* increased by 17.2% year-on-year from US$18.6 million to US$21.8 million. Adjusted EBITDA* margin remained flat at 6.7%. Net income decreased to US$ 2.9 million in the first quarter of 2005 from US$5.3 million in the first quarter of 2004.

Commenting on today’s announcement Sergei Plastinin, Chief Executive Officer of Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC, said: «Traditionally, the first quarter is the most challenging one throughout the year. Despite this, our sales continued to demonstrate stable growth: our dairy sales were up 18.4% largely due to regional expansion, the launch of new innovative products and the strengthening of the already existing product range. Following the success of Imunele, our immune system booster, we launched Imunele Forte, a new product enriched with probiotics and vitamins. We also initiated an awareness campaign to focus people’s minds on healthier lifestyles. During the first quarter we almost doubled the output of Lamber cheese, following increasing consumer demand for this product. Our operating income grew 26.3%, while our net income decreased mainly as a result of substantial decline in foreign currency translation gain as compared to the first quarter of 2004 due to the change in the exchange rate dynamics».

Key Operating and Financial Indicators of 3m 2005

 

Q1 2005

Q1 2004

Change

 

 

 

 

 

US$ mln

US$ mln

 

Sales

325.7 

278.3 

17.0%

Dairy

232.0 

195.9 

18.4%

Baby Food

20.8 

14.7 

41.5%

Beverages

72.9 

67.7 

7.7%

Gross Profit

83.8 

72.4 

15.7%

Selling and distribution expenses

(44.7)

(40.9)

9.3%

General and administrative expenses

(27.0)

(21.6)

25.0%

Operating income

9.6 

7.6 

26.3%

Financial income and expenses, net

(3.9)

1.8 

— 

Net income

2.9 

5.3 

(45.3)%

Adjusted EBITDA*

21.8 

18.6 

17.2%

CAPEX including acquisitions

20.3 

10.8 

88.0%

 

* Note: See Attachment A for definitions of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin and reconciliations to net income.

Wimm-Bill-Dann’s sales reached US$325.7 million in the first three months 2005 compared to US$278.3 million in the same period 2004.

Baby Food as a separate business unit came into effect as of January 1, 2005. Prior to 2005, Baby Food was part of the Dairy Segment. Juice and Water segments were merged into a singe Beverages Segment as of March 1, 2005.

Sales in the Dairy Segment increased by 18.4% from US$195.9 million in the first three months of 2004 to US$232.0 million in the first three months of 2005, while the average selling price rose by 15.5% from US$0.71 per 1 kg in the first three months of 2004 to US$0.82 per 1 kg in the same period of 2005. This increase was primarily driven by ruble price increases. Gross margins in the Dairy Segment declined from 22.8% in the first three months of 2004 to 22% in the same period of 2005. This change was primarily driven by the increase in raw materials costs mostly due to the 14.1% year-on-year increase in the weighted average US dollar price of raw milk and higher packaging and personnel costs.

Sales in the Baby Food Segment increased by 41.5% from US$14.7 million in the first three months of 2004 to US$20.8 million in the first three months of 2005, while the average selling price rose by 19.7% from US$1.22 per 1 kg in the first three months of 2004 to US$1.46 per 1 kg in the same period of 2005. This increase was primarily driven by ruble average price growth. Gross margins in the Baby Food Segment rose from 32.7% in the first three months of 2004 to 35.1% in the same period of 2005.

Sales in the Beverages Segment (combined Juice and Water Segments) increased by 7.7% from US$67.7 million in the first three months of 2004 to US$72.9 million in the same period of 2005, while the average selling price increased by 7.8% from US$0.64 per liter in the first three months of 2004 to US$0.69 per liter in the same period of 2005 primarily due to ruble price increases. Gross margin in the Beverages Segment increased to 35.2% in the first quarter 2005 from 34.0% in the same period last year.

Selling and distribution expenses decreased as a percentage of sales from 14.7% during the first three months of 2004 to 13.7% in the same period of 2005. Advertising and marketing expenses decreased as a percentage of sales from 4.5% in the first quarter of 2004 to 3.9% in the first quarter of 2005.

General and administrative expenses increased as a percentage of sales from 7.8% during the first three months of 2004 to 8.3% in the same period of 2005. This increase was primarily caused by rising personnel expenses mostly due to additional personnel in the Baby Food Segment and in the Dairy Segment in key regions, as well as the recruitment of additional managers at the holding company level in 2004.

Financial expenses in the first three months of 2005 totaled US$3.9 million compared to US$1.8 million financial income in the same period of 2004. Foreign currency translation gain decreased from US$7.5 million to US$1.7 million in the first three months of 2005. Interest expenses stayed almost flat at US$5.5 million.


Attachment A

*Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin to US GAAP Net Income

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-U. S. GAAP financial measure. The following table presents reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income (and Adjusted EBITDA margin to net income as a percentage of sales), the most directly comparable U. S. GAAP financial measure.

 

3 months ended
March 31, 2005

3 months ended
March 31, 2004

 

US$ ‘mln

% of sales

US$ ‘mln

% of sales

Net income

2.9 

0.9%

5.3 

1.9%

Add: Depreciation and amortization

12.2 

3.7%

11.0 

4.0%

Add: Income tax expense

2.0 

0.6%

3.0 

1.1%

Add: Interest expense

5.5 

1.7%

5.5 

2.0%

Less: Interest income

(0.3)

0.1%

(0.2)

0.1%

Less: Currency remeasurement gains, net

(1.7)

0.5%

(7.5)

2.7%

Add: Bank charges

0.5 

0.2%

0.4 

0.1%

Add: Minority interest

0.7 

0.2%

1.1 

0.4%

Adjusted EBITDA

21.8 

6.7%

18.6 

6.7%

 

Adjusted EBITDA represents net income before interest, income taxes and depreciation and amortization, adjusted for interest income, currency remeasurement gains, bank charges and other financial expenses and minority interest. Adjusted EBITDA margin is Adjusted EBITDA expressed as a percentage of sales.

We present Adjusted EBITDA because we consider it an important supplemental measure of our operating performance. In particular, we believe Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to securities analysts, investors and other interested parties because it is used in the «debt to EBITDA» debt incurrence financial measurement in certain of our financing arrangements.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation, or as substitute for analysis of our operating results as reported under U. S. GAAP. Since we adjust EBITDA for recurring items in order to calculate Adjusted EBITDA, we particularly caution users that Adjusted EBITDA is not an alternative to net income, operating income or any other GAAP measure, nor to EBITDA. Moreover, other companies in our industry may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently or may use it for different purposes than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.

Adjusted EBITDA also should not be considered as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities or as a measure of our liquidity. In particular, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business.

WIMM-BILL-DANN FOODS
Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)

(Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)

 

Three months ended March 31, 

 

2005

2004

 

 

 

Sales

$ 325,724

$ 278,271

 

 

 

Cost of sales

(241,886)

(205,827)

 

 

 

Gross profit

83,838

72,444

 

 

 

Selling and distribution expenses

(44,682)

(40,927)

General and administrative expenses

(26,991)

(21,622)

Other operating expenses

(2,554)

(2,259)

 

 

 

Operating income

9,611

7,636

 

 

 

Financial income and expenses, net

(3,937)

1,797

 

 

 

Income before provision for income taxes and minority interest

5,674

9,433

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

(2,043)

(2,999)

 

 

 

Minority interest

(702)

(1,143)

 

 

 

Net income

$ 2,929

$ 5,291

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

 

Currency translation adjustment

(1,078)

11,139

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

$ 1,851

$ 16,430

 

 

 

Net income per share — basic and diluted:

$ 0.07 

$ 0.12 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares outstanding

44,000,000

44,000,000

 

 

 

 

WIMM-BILL-DANN FOODS
Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

March 31,2005

December 31,2004

 

(unaudited)

(audited)

ASSETS

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$ 38,442

$ 23,791

 

Trade receivables, net

58,568

62,210

 

Inventory, net

95,606

102,039

 

Taxes receivable

82,867

85,578

 

Advances paid

21,039

19,494

 

Net investment in direct financing leases

2,368

2,109

 

Deferred tax asset

9,366

6,265

 

Other current assets

10,234

7,145

Total current assets

318,490

308,631

 

 

 

Non-current assets:

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

444,401

440,096

 

Intangible assets

2,201

2,251

 

Goodwill

26,575

26,291

 

Net investment in direct financing leases — long-term portion

3,905

3,895

 

Long-term investments

2,307

2,417

 

Deferred tax asset — long-term portion

8,081

7,001

 

Other non-current assets

6,368

5,506

Total non-current assets

493,838

487,457

Total assets

$ 812,328

$ 796,088

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

Trade accounts payable

$ 67,607

$ 62,400

 

Advances received

3,239

3,492

 

Short-term loans

17,313

17,554

 

Long-term loans — current portion

6,760

936

 

Taxes payable

13,824

13,281

 

Accrued liabilities

20,303

14,691

 

Government grants — current portion

2,322

2,329

 

Other payables

36,632

29,615

Total current liabilities

168,000

144,298

 

 

 

Long-term liabilities:

 

 

 

Long-term loans

771

7,120

 

Long-term notes payable

201,653

201,709

 

Other long-term payables

35,509

39,294

 

Government grants — long-term portion

4,561

5,156

 

Deferred taxes — long-term portion

11, 783

10,268

Total long-term liabilities

254,277

263,547

Total liabilities

422,277

407,845

 

 

 

Minority interest

17,284

17,327

Shareholders’ equity :

 

 

 

Common stock: 44,000,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding with a par value of 20 Rubles at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004

29,908

29,908

 

Share premium account

164,132

164,132

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

Currency translation adjustment

42,827

43,905

 

Retained earnings

135,900

132,971

Total shareholders’ equity

$ 372,7 67 

$ 370,916

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$ 812,328

$ 796,088

 

WIMM-BILL-DANN FOODS
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

2005

2004

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

Net income

$ 2,929

$ 5,291

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

Minority interest

702

1,143

Depreciation and amortisation

12,210

10,957

Currency remeasurement gain relating to bonds payable and long-term payables

(444)

(8,062)

Obsolescence and net realizable value expense

588

— 

Provision for doubtful accounts

475

2,721

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

156

775

Earned income on net investment in direct financing leases

(95)

(107)

Deferred tax benefit

(2,617)

(1,776)

Non-cash rental received

613

521

Write off of long-term investments

882

— 

Write off of trade receivables

414

830

Amortisation of bonds issue expenses

265

258

Other

— 

(16)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

Decrease in inventories

5,560

8,381

Decrease (increase) in trade accounts receivable

2,579

(1,318)

Increase in advances paid

(1,598)

(3,480)

Decrease in taxes receivable

1,548

10,409

Increase in other current assets

(3,107)

(616)

Increase in trade accounts payable

5,378

1,367

Decrease in advances received

(243)

(459)

Increase (decrease) in taxes payable

1,505

(6,016)

Increase in accrued liabilities

5,641

5,223

Increase in other current payables

3,874

2,870

Increase (decrease) in other long-term payables

310

(7)

Total cash provided by operating activities

37,525

28,889

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

Cash paid for acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired

(2,679)

— 

Cash paid for property, plant and equipment

(15,719)

(15,095)

Cash paid for acquisition of investments

(461)

(341)

Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment

990

337

Cash paid for net investments in direct financing leases

(796)

— 

Cash (paid) received for other long-term assets

(116)

94 

Total cash used in investing activities

(18,781)

(15,005)

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

Short-term loans and notes, net

(193)

3,196

Repayment of long-term loans

(222)

(516)

Repayment of long-term payables

(3,425)

(4,502)

Total cash used in financing activities

(3,840)

(1,822)

Total cash provided by operating, investing and financing activities

14,904

12,062

Impact of exchange rate differences on cash and cash equivalents

(253)

1,428

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

14,651

13,490

Cash and cash equivalents, at beginning of period

23,791

40,264

Cash and cash equivalents, at the end of period

$ 38,442

$ 53,754

 

 

Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC
16 Yauzsky Boulevard, Moscow, Russia
Phone: +7 095 733-97-26/9727
Fax: +7 095 733-97-25
web: https://www.wbd.com
E-mail: kagan@wbd.ru

Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of Wimm-Bill-Dann, as defined in the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. We do not intend to update these statements to conform them to actual results. We refer you to the documents Wimm-Bill-Dann files from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Form F-1. These documents contain and identify important factors, including those contained in the section captioned “Risk Factors” in our Form F-1, that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements, including, among others, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, our competitive environment, acquisition strategy, risks associated with operating in Russia, volatility of stock price, financial risk management, and future growth subject to risks.

 

 

 

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