Not logged in
  Home   Markets   Shares   Funds   Portfolio   Toolbox   Charting   Alerts   Directory   
 Admin   

Wed 25 Feb 2009, 7:05 TPC - Transpaco Limited - Unaudited interim group results for the 6 months ended
TPC
TPC                                                                             
TPC - Transpaco Limited - Unaudited interim group results for the 6 months ended
31 December 2008 and dividend announcment                                       
Transpaco Limited                                                               
Reg. No. 1951/000799/06                                                         
ISIN: ZAE000007480                                                              
Share Code: TPC                                                                 
("Transpaco")                                                                   
UNAUDITED INTERIM GROUP RESULTS FOR THE 6 MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2008 AND     
DIVIDEND ANNOUNCMENT                                                            
TURNOVER UP 28%                                                                 
HEADLINE EARNINGS PER SHARE UP 101%                                             
DIVIDEND PER SHARE UP 65%                                                       
INTRODUCTION                                                                    
Transpaco achieved outstanding results for the six months ended 31 December 2008
("the period"). Strong organic growth across the group, supported by substantial
investment in new plant over the previous two years, is reflected in the        
results.                                                                        
FINANCIAL RESULTS                                                               
Earnings per share for the period increased by 96,7% to 106,0 cents (December   
2007: 53,9 cents) while headline earnings per share grew by 101% to 105,9 cents 
(December 2007: 52,6 cents). Operating profit rose by 74,4% to R50,8 million    
(December 2007: R29,1 million), notably outstripping the growth in turnover of  
27,9% to R452,2 million(December 2007: R353,4 million). The group`s operating   
costs, depreciation and net interest paid increased commensurate with the growth
in turnover and were well contained. Interest cover improved to a satisfactory  
5,9 times (December 2007: 4,1 times).                                           
The ranking and weighted number of shares in issue increased marginally due to  
shares being taken up in terms of the Transpaco Share Option Scheme. This also  
affected diluted earnings per share.                                            
Cash generated from operations amounted to R45,5 million (December 2007:        
utilised R5,3 million) as a result of higher operating profit and strict        
management of working capital. Consequently the net interest-bearing debt:equity
ratio has improved significantly to 53% (December 2007: 93%).                   
Net asset value per share increased by 24,1% to 597 cents (December 2007: 481   
cents).                                                                         
PROSPECTS                                                                       
Notwithstanding current adverse economic conditions, the group will endeavour to
achieve continued organic growth. Transpaco will also pursue appropriate        
acquisitions.                                                                   
DIVIDEND                                                                        
The board has declared an interim cash dividend of 16,5 cents per share (Dec    
2007: 10 cents per share).                                                      
The salient dates for the dividend are as follows:                              
Last date to trade shares cum dividend       Friday, 20 March 2009              
Shares trade ex dividend                     Monday, 23 March 2009              
Record date                                  Friday, 27 March 2009              
Payment date                                 Monday, 30 March 2009              
Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Monday,  
23 March 2009 and Friday, 27 March 2009, both days inclusive.                   
BASIS OF PREPARATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES                                    
The unaudited interim financial results for the period are prepared in          
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and        
International Accounting Standards including IAS 34 - Interim Financial         
Reporting, and comply with the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited and the 
South African Companies Act, 1973. The accounting policies applied in these     
unaudited interim financial statements are consistent in all material respects  
with those applied in the preparation of the group`s annual financial statements
for the previous year ended 30 June 2008.                                       
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD                                                          
AJ Aaron              PN Abelheim            L Weinberg                         
Non-executive         Chief Executive        Financial Director                 
Chairman                                                                        
DIRECTORS                                                                       
AJ Aaron (Chairman)*; PN Abelheim (Chief Executive); L Weinberg (Financial      
Director); HA Botha*; JS Botha; SR Bouzaglou; SI Jacobson*;                     
D Thomas*; SP van der Linde*                                                    
*non-executive                                                                  
Date                  25 February 2009                                          
Auditors              Ernst & Young Incorporated                                
Sponsor               Investec Bank Limited                                     
Registered Office     331 6th Street, Wynberg, Sandton                          
Transfer Secretaries  Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Limited, 70         
                     Marshall Street, Johannesburg                              
Website               www.transpaco.co.za                                       
SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS - UNAUDITED 6 MONTHS DECEMBER 2008                           
R`000        Plastic     Plastic     Paper and    Properties  Total             
            Recycling   Products    Board        and Group                      
                                    Products     Services                       
Turnover -                                                                      
2008         53 464      306 576     92 120       -           452 160           
Turnover -                                                                      
2007         38 636      236 365     78 407       -           353 408           
Operating                                                                       
profit -                                                                        
2008         8 372       27 988      11 745       2 724       50 829            
Operating                                                                       
profit -                                                                        
2007         1 652       15 324      10 395       1 770       29 141            
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT                                                   
R`000                    Unaudited                Unaudited   Audited           
                        6 months    %            6 months    12 months          
Dec 2008    Change       Dec 2007    June 2008          
Turnover                 452 160     27,9         353 408     720 179           
Cost of sales            300 705                  239 188     499 149           
Profit before operating                                                         
costs and depreciation   151 455     32,6         114 220     221 030           
Operating costs          88 378                   74 709      146 858           
Depreciation             12 248                   10 370      21 644            
Operating profit         50 829      74,4         29 141      52 528            
Net interest paid        8 611                    7 159       15 335            
Profit before taxation   42 218      92,1         21 982      37 193            
Taxation                 12 730                   7 262       11 578            
Profit after taxation    29 488      100,3        14 720      25 615            
Weighted average number                                                         
of shares in issue                                                              
(`000)                   27 806                        27     27 579            
                                                 317                            
Diluted weighted                                                                
average number of                                                               
shares in issue (`000)   31 461                   31 788      31 576            
Earnings per share                                                              
(cents)                  106,0       96,7         53,9        92,9              
Headline earnings per                                                           
share (cents)            105,9       101,4        52,6        91,3              
Diluted earnings per                                                            
share (cents)            94,3        100,7        47,0        82,5              
Diluted headline                                                                
earnings per share                                                              
(cents)                  94,1        105,3        45,9        81,1              
Dividend per share                                                              
(cents)*                 16,5        65           10,0        28,0              
Reconciliation of headline earnings (R`000)                                     
Basic earnings           29 488                   14 720      25 615            
Profit on disposal of                                                           
property, plant and                                                             
equipment                (54)                     (359)       (444)             
Headline earnings        29 434      105,0        14 361      25 171            
*Dividend declared after the period                                             
CAPITAL COMMITMENTS                                                             
R`000                      Unaudited       Unaudited      Audited               
                          6 months        6 months       12 months              
Dec 2008        Dec 2007       June 2008              
Capital expenditure                                                             
authorised and contracted                                                       
Plant and equipment        2 000           4 585          8 512                 
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET                                                      
R`000                      Unaudited  at   Unaudited at   Audited at            
                          31 Dec 2008     31 Dec 2007    30 June 2008           
ASSETS                                                                          
Non-current assets         158 697         136 401        152 001               
Property, plant and                                                             
equipment                  149 281         127 868        143 665               
Intangibles                482             482            482                   
Goodwill                   3 204           3 204          3 204                 
Unlisted investments       3 673           3 012          3 369                 
Deferred taxation          2 057           1 835          1 281                 
Current assets             261 400         255 103        259 127               
Inventories                65 751          77 037         86 033                
Trade and other                                                                 
receivables                169 538         159 434        140 278               
Taxation receivable        2 190           4 934          5 533                 
Cash at bank and in hand   23 921          13 698         27 283                
TOTAL ASSETS               420 097         391 504        411 128               
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES                                                          
Capital and reserves       175 369         142 494        150 700               
Issued capital             278              277           277                   
Other reserves             1 965           1 837          1 901                 
Preference shareholders`                                                        
interest                   9 273           9 273          9 273                 
Distributable reserve      163 853         131 107        139 249               
Non-current liabilities    75 819          75 516         82 598                
Preference share                                                                
liability                  3 049           4 285          3 897                 
Interest-bearing                                                                
borrowings                 62 307          63 505         70 525                
Deferred taxation          10 463          7 726          8 176                 
Current liabilities        168 909         173 494        177 830               
Trade payables and                                                              
accruals                   105 371         91 827         113 984               
Provisions                 8 221           2 226          5 599                 
Current portion of                                                              
interest- bearing                                                               
borrowings                 31 188          17 839         20 601                
Taxation payable           2 992           1 361          635                   
Bank overdraft             21 137          60 241         37 011                
TOTAL EQUITY AND                                                                
LIABILITIES                420 097         391 504        411 128               
Number of shares in issue                                                       
(`000)                                                                          
(Net of 2 706 000                                                               
treasury shares)           27 694          27 116         27 116                
Net movement on treasury                                                        
shares                     120             561            578                   
Ranking number of shares   27 814          27 777         27 694                
Salient features                                                                
EDITDA (R`000)             64 000          40 504         76 238                
Net asset value per share                                                       
(cents)                    597             481            511                   
Operating margin (%)       11.2            8.3            7.3                   
Net interest-bearing                                                            
debt:equity ratio %        53              93             70                    
Interest cover (x)         5.9             4.1            3.4                   
ABRIDGED CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW                                                 
R`000                        Unaudited 6   Unaudited 6    Audited               
                            months        months         12 months              
Dec 2008      Dec 2007       June 2008              
Cash flow from operating                                                        
activities                                                                      
Cash generated                                                                  
from/(utilised by)                                                              
operations                   45 484         (5 272)       61 673                
Ordinary dividend paid       (5 003)        (4 144)        (6 914)              
Increase/(decrease) in                                                          
provisions                   2 622          (2 194)       1 179                 
Net interest paid            (8 611)        (7 159)        (15 335)             
Taxation paid                (5 519)        (3 490)        (8 127)              
Net cash flow from operating                                                    
activities                   28 973         (22 259)      32 476                
Cash flow from investing                                                        
activities                                                                      
Proceeds on disposal of                                                         
property, plant and                                                             
equipment                    240           590            739                   
Expansion and replacement of                                                    
property, plant and                                                             
equipment                    (18 038)       (23 056)       (50 179)             
Increase in unlisted                                                            
investments                  (304)          (463)          (820)                
Net cash flow from investing                                                    
activities                   (18 102)       (22 929)       (50 260)             
Cash flow from financing                                                        
activities                                                                      
(Decrease)/increase in long-                                                    
term borrowings              (8 218)       11 882         18 902                
Increase/(decrease) in short-                                                   
term borrowings              10 587         (1 806)       956                   
Decrease in preference share                                                    
liability                    (848)          (387)          (775)                
Net movement on treasury                                                        
shares                       120           561            578                   
Net cash flow from financing                                                    
activities                   1 641         10 250         19 661                
Net movement in cash for the                                                    
period                       12 512         (34 938)      1 877                 
Cash and cash equivalents at                                                    
the beginning of the period  (9 728)        (11 605)       (11 605)             
Cash and cash equivalents at                                                    
the end of the period        2 784          (46 543)       (9 728)              
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY                                     
R`000          Share      Preference    Other      Distributable  Total         
              Capital    Shareholders  Reserves   Reserves                      
                         Interest                                               
Balance at 30                                                                   
June 2007                                                                       
(audited)      272        9 273         1 773      119 975        131 293       
Profit for the                                                                  
year           -          -             -          25 615         25 615        
Share-based                                                                     
payment        -          -             128        -              128           
Dividend paid  -          -             -          (6 914)        (6 914)       
Net movement                                                                    
on treasury                                                                     
shares         5                                   573            578           
Balance at 30                                                                   
June 2008                                                                       
(audited)      277        9 273         1 901      139 249        150 700       
Profit for the                                                                  
period         -          -             -          29 488         29 488        
Share-based                                                                     
payments       -          -             64         -              64            
Dividend paid  -          -             -          (5 003)        (5 003)       
Net movement                                                                    
in treasury                                                                     
shares         1          -             -          119            120           
Balance at 31                                                                   
December 2008                                                                   
(unaudited)    278        9 273         1 965      163 853        175 369       
25 February 2009                                                                
Sponsor: Investec Bank Limited                                                  
Date: 25/02/2009 07:05:11 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.                  
The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the    
JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or            
implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or   
completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers,     
employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct,     
indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature,     
howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on,          
information disseminated through SENS.
Profile Group (Pty) Ltd. has taken care in preparing all information on this website, but does not accept any liability for errors or out-of-date information.
Other Profile Group sites: FundsData Online (unit trust data)  |  Profile Group corporate site
Terms of Use |  Privacy Policy |  PAIA manual |  FAQs/Help |  Site Map |  © Copyright Reserved 2026  ]
  


Powered by ProfileData

Profile Mobile App Google Play Store Apple App Store


Follow us on: