SUR - Spur Corporation - Reviewed Condensed Consolidated Results For
11 September 2008 12:00
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SUR - Spur Corporation - Reviewed Condensed Consolidated Results For            
     The Year Ended 30 June 2008, Capital reduction and dividend declaration    
Spur Corporation Limited                                                        
(Registration number 1998/000828/06)                                            
Share code: SUR                                                                 
ISIN: ZAE000022653                                                              
REVIEWED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED RESULTS for the year ended 30 June 2008         
ABRIDGED INCOME STATEMENT                                                       
                                        Reviewed                   Audited      
                                      year ended                year ended      
R`000                                    30/06/08     % Change     30/06/07     
Revenue                                   295 838         37.3      215 411     
Operating profit                           85 534         -4.5       89 585     
Net interest received                       4 852                     3 754     
Loss from associate companies               (292)                     (344)     
Profit before taxation                     90 094         -3.1       92 995     
Taxation                                 (29 016)                  (27 797)     
Taxes relating to foreign subsidiaries                                          
(note 1)                                  (1 476)                    16 554     
Profit for the year                        59 602        -27.1       81 752     
Attributable to:                                                                
Equity holders of parent                   59 266        -27.6       81 807     
Minority interests                            336                      (55)     
Earnings per share (cents)                  67.23        -27.6        92.80     
Diluted earnings per share (cents)          65.07        -27.2        89.39     
Distribution per share (cents)              55.00            -        55.00     
RECONCILIATION OF HEADLINE EARNINGS                                             
Reviewed               Audited      
                                          year ended            year ended      
R`000                                        30/06/08  % Change    30/06/07     
Earnings attributable to                                                        
ordinary shareholders                          59 266     -27.6      81 807     
Headline earnings adjustments:                                                  
Profit on sale of intangible asset                  -               (1 397)     
Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment       1                   171     
Loss on sale of associate company                   -                   104     
Impairment loss on property, plant and                                          
equipment                                       8 174                     -     
Profit on disposal of minority share in                                         
subsidiary company                               (46)                     -     
Headline earnings                              67 395     -16.5      80 685     
ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET                                                          
                                                   Reviewed at  Audited at      
R`000                                                  30/06/08    30/06/07     
ASSETS                                                                          
NON-CURRENT ASSETS                                     427 940     396 262      
Property, plant and equipment                            98 890      82 982     
Intangible assets                                      281 867     272 596      
Investments and loans                                    24 520      25 072     
Deferred tax                                             18 966      15 612     
Other non-current asset                                  3 697           -      
CURRENT ASSETS                                          129 194      99 462     
Inventory                                                 6 624       4 943     
Trade and other receivables                              52 381      47 100     
Tax receivable                                            3 324       2 285     
Cash and cash equivalents                                66 865      45 134     
TOTAL ASSETS                                            557 134     495 724     
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES                                                          
CAPITAL AND RESERVES                                    437 102     403 636     
Ordinary share capital                                        1           1     
Share premium (net of treasury shares)                 (12 970)      37 279     
Foreign currency translation reserve                     26 778       7 128     
Share-based payments reserve                            19 030      17 817      
Retained earnings                                       399 948     340 682     
Total equity attributable to equity holders of the                              
parent                                                  432 787     402 907     
Minority shareholders` interests                          4 315         729     
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES                                 57 636       34 252     
Long term loans payable                                  15 579           -     
Operating lease liability                                 1 321           -     
Deferred tax                                             40 736      34 252     
CURRENT LIABILITIES                                      62 396      57 836     
Trade and other payables                                 51 053      46 691     
Shareholders for distribution                               352         302     
Tax payable                                               8 729       9 927     
Bank overdraft                                            2 262         916     
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES                            557 134     495 724     
ABRIDGED CASH FLOW STATEMENT                                                    
                                                     Reviewed      Audited      
year ended   year ended      
R`000                                                 30/06/08     30/06/07     
Cash generated from operations                         110 013       95 527     
Net interest received                                    4 852        3 754     
Taxation paid                                         (24 763)     (15 812)     
Distributions paid                                    (50 199)     (45 030)     
Working capital changes                                (8 865)       10 003     
Cash flow from operating activities                     31 038       48 442     
Cash flow from investing activities                   (32 414)     (45 857)     
Cash flow from financing activities                     18 656            -     
Net movement in cash and cash equivalents               17 280        2 585     
Adjustment for foreign exchange fluctuations             3 105          745     
Net cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year      44 218       40 888     
Net cash and cash equivalents at end of year            64 603       44 218     
ABRIDGED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY                                         
                                                                  Retained      
Ordinary share        earnings      
                                         capital & premium      & minority      
                                                   (net of     shareholder      
R`000                                      treasury shares)       interests     
Balance at 1 July 2006                               82 240         258 637     
Profit for the year                                                  81 807     
Distributions                                      (44 960)                     
Share-based payments reserve                                                    
Foreign currency translation reserve                                            
Minority shareholders` share of losses                                 (55)     
Acquisition of minority shareholder`s                                           
interests in subsidiary                                                  43     
Issue of shares in subsidiaries to                                              
minority shareholders                                                   979     
Balance at 1 July 2007                               37 280         341 411     
Profit for the year                                                  59 266     
Distributions                                      (50 249)                     
Share-based payments reserve                                                    
Effect of change in tax rate                                                    
Foreign currency translation reserve                                            
Foreign exchange loss on net                                                    
investment in foreign subsidiaries                                              
net of taxes                                                                    
Minority shareholders` share of profits                                 336     
Foreign currency translation                                                    
reserve effect on minorities                                             95     
Issue of shares in subsidiary to                                                
minority shareholder                                                  3 155     
Balance at 30 June 2008                            (12 969)         404 263     
                                                        Other                   
                                                     reserves        Total      
Balance at 1 July 2006                                  21 763      362 640     
Profit for the year                                                  81 807     
Distributions                                                      (44 960)     
Share-based payments reserve                             1 504        1 504     
Foreign currency translation reserve                     1 678        1 678     
Minority shareholders` share of losses                                 (55)     
Acquisition of minority shareholder`s                                           
interests in subsidiary                                                  43     
Issue of shares in subsidiaries to                                              
minority shareholders                                                   979     
Balance at 1 July 2007                                  24 945      403 636     
Profit for the year                                                  59 266     
Distributions                                                      (50 249)     
Share-based payments reserve                             1 524        1 524     
Effect of change in tax rate                             (311)        (311)     
Foreign currency translation reserve                    23 260       23 260     
Foreign exchange loss on net                                                    
investment in foreign subsidiaries                                              
net of taxes                                           (3 515)      (3 515)     
Minority shareholders` share of profits                                 336     
Foreign currency translation                                                    
reserve effect on minorities                              (95)            -     
Issue of shares in subsidiary to                                                
minority shareholder                                                  3 155     
Balance at 30 June 2008                                 45 808      437 102     
ABRIDGED SEGMENT REPORT                                                         
                                                   Reviewed        Audited      
                                                 year ended     year ended      
R`000                                               30/06/08       30/06/07     
REVENUE                                                                         
Wholesale and distribution                            80 603         76 192     
Franchise - Spur (SA only)                           107 982         99 911     
Franchise - Other                                     28 165         23 791     
Retail stores                                         75 197         13 828     
Corporate services                                     3 891          1 689     
Group revenue                                        295 838        215 411     
OPERATING PROFIT                                                                
Wholesale and distribution                            26 349         31 444     
Franchise - Spur (SA only)                            91 539         84 295     
Franchise - Other                                     12 705         14 264     
Retail stores                                       (11 101)        (3 285)     
Corporate services                                  (33 958)       (37 133)     
Group operating profit                                85 534         89 585     
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION                                                       
                                      Reviewed                     Audited      
year ended                  year ended      
                                      30/06/08     % Change       30/06/07      
Shares in issue (000`s) (note 2)         88 156                      88 156     
Weighted average number                                                         
of shares in issue (000`s)               88 156                      88 156     
Headline earnings per share (cents)       76.45        -16.5          91.53     
Diluted headline earnings                                                       
per share (cents)                         73.99        -16.1          88.17     
Net asset value per share (cents)        495.83          8.3         457.87     
NOTES                                                                           
1. The recognition of taxes relating to foreign subsidiaries of R16.6 million   
in the prior year resulted from the recognition of a deferred tax asset in      
respect of cumulative tax losses up to 30 June 2006 and future tax deductions   
in respect of intangible assets in the group`s international operations.        
Agreement was reached with the relevant tax authorities in the prior year       
which provided the necessary certainty to recognise the deferred tax asset.     
During the current year, legislation was implemented with retrospective         
effect in the tax jurisdiction in question which limits the period during       
which tax losses can be recognised to nine years. Consequently, part of the     
deferred tax asset recognised in the prior year was written off in the          
current year.                                                                   
2. Shares in issue less shares repurchased by a wholly owned subsidiary         
company and share incentive trust.                                              
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING                                                             
KPMG Inc., the group`s independent auditor has reviewed the provisional         
financial statements contained in this provisional report, and has expressed    
an unmodified conclusion on the provisional financial statements. Their         
review report is available for inspection at the company`s registered office.   
These provisional financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2008 have     
been prepared in accordance with accounting policies that comply with           
International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), and have been             
consistently applied with those adopted for the year ended 30 June 2007.        
FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL REVIEW                                                
Spur Corporation has continued to show solid restaurant turnover growth         
despite the current economic climate in which high interest rates and           
inflationary cost pressures have impacted disposable income levels in the       
group`s target market.                                                          
The Spur brand in particular showed its resilience, with restaurant turnover    
for the financial year increasing by 8.6%. Despite continued high food price    
inflation of approximately 17.6% for the year, innovative menu engineering      
ensured that the price impact on customers was minimised.                       
Group revenue increased by 37.3% to R295.8 million. Franchise fee income in     
Spur Steak Ranches (local and international) rose by 10.3% to R111.4 million,   
Panarottis Pizza Pasta by 3.9% to R11.8 million and John Dory`s Fish & Grill    
by 35.9% to R5.6 million. The group`s international operations contributed      
29.6% of revenue (2007: 10.8%).                                                 
The group has continued to invest in procurement, thereby limiting the impact   
of high food inflation on franchisee profitability and facilitating sustained   
quality supply. The manufacturing division turnover benefited from an           
increase in the sales of retail sauces in supermarkets, but high food cost      
inflation negatively impacted the cost of manufacture, resulting in a           
tightening of margins in this area of the business.                             
As detailed in the group`s trading statement on 26 August 2008, income for      
the                                                                             
year was negatively impacted by an impairment of assets (R8.2 million) and      
operational losses incurred in an unsuccessful fish and grill outlet in         
Australia, together amounting to R9.2 million. As a result of these             
impairment and operational losses, operating profit decreased by 4.5% to        
R85.5 million (2007: R89.6 million). There is no intention to persist with      
this fish and grill concept.                                                    
The earnings in the prior year benefited from a tax credit of R16.6 million,    
which arose from the recognition of deferred tax assets relating to future      
tax deductions in respect of intangible assets and cumulative tax losses up     
to 30 June 2006 in the group`s international operations.                        
This prior year tax credit impacted headline earnings, which decreased by       
16.5% to R67.4 million (2007: R80.7 million). Excluding the tax impact,         
headline earnings increased by 5.1%.                                            
RESTAURANT EXPANSION                                                            
Spur Corporation increased its restaurant base to 343 across its three          
franchise brands locally and internationally following the opening of 17 new    
restaurants during the year. These openings comprised 14 Spur Steak Ranches,    
one Panarottis and two John Dory`s restaurants.                                 
A further nine Spur, 13 Panarottis and seven John Dory`s restaurants were       
upgraded and eight restaurants relocated to improved trading areas,             
benefiting revenue growth.                                                      
Spur continues to broaden its footprint in the growing South African economy,   
opening restaurants in Soweto and Braamfontein, and has identified new          
opportunities in Hillbrow, Gugulethu and Atteridgeville.                        
Internationally the group has continued its measured expansion in Africa and    
the United Kingdom. New Spur restaurants were opened in Kampala, Uganda, and    
in Newry and Belfast, Northern Ireland.                                         
With effect from 1 April 2008, Spur Corporation concluded a transaction in      
the United Kingdom which enables the group to accelerate its expansion in the   
region. In addition, a restructure in Australia was effected in which the       
group acquired the outside shareholdings of two Spur restaurants.               
A summary of the group`s restaurant base at 30 June 2008 is as follows:         
Franchise brand                    South Africa     International     Total     
Spur Steak Ranches                          236                28       264     
Panarottis Pizza Pasta                       51                 7        58     
John Dory`s Fish & Grill                     21                 -        21     
Total                                       308                35       343     
PROSPECTS                                                                       
The group plans to open 16 restaurants in South Africa in the next financial    
year. The group is also investigating further opportunities to open outlets     
in Africa, in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia, while continuing to   
explore potential in the Middle East. Further locations are being pursued in    
the United Kingdom and Ireland.                                                 
Spur is launching an exciting new Secret Tribe children`s loyalty programme     
to further enhance the Spur-experience for the whole family. The brand images   
of both John Dory`s and Panarottis have undergone further design updates        
which management believes provide additional growth opportunities to both       
brands in the new financial year.                                               
Slower consumer spending and high food prices will continue to be a challenge   
in the year ahead. Strategies are in place to continuously enhance the          
customer value proposition and to assist franchisees by sourcing quality        
products at competitive prices through the group`s procurement division. The    
directors and management anticipate that the group will continue to deliver     
increased revenue and profitability in the year ahead.                          
CAPITAL REDUCTION AND CASH DIVIDEND                                             
In accordance with a general authority given to the directors at the annual     
general meeting held on 5 December 2007, shareholders are advised that the      
board of directors of the company has approved a capital reduction of           
R11.3 million payable to the company`s shareholders, in lieu of dividends,      
to be written off against the share premium account, which amount equates       
to 11.6 cents per ordinary share ("the capital reduction") and a cash           
dividend of R15.0 million, which equates to 15.4 cents per ordinary share       
("the cash dividend").                                                          
The capital reduction and cash dividend ("collectively referred to as the       
distribution") will be paid on Monday, 6 October 2008, to those shareholders    
of the company who are recorded in the company`s register on Friday,            
3 October 2008 ("the record date").                                             
The last day to trade (cum the distribution) in the company`s shares for        
purposes of entitlement to the distribution will be Friday, 26 September        
2008.                                                                           
The shares will commence trading ex the distribution on Monday,                 
29 September 2008. Share certificates may not be dematerialised or              
rematerialised between Monday, 29 September 2008 and Friday, 3 October 2008,    
both days inclusive.                                                            
For and on behalf of the Board                                                  
A Ambor (Executive Chairman)                                     Cape Town      
P van Tonder (Managing Director)                         11 September 2008      
Directors: A Ambor (Executive Chairman), P van Tonder (Managing Director),      
M Farrelly, K Getz*, D Hyde*, P Joffe, K Madders MBE* (British), J Rabb*,       
K Robertson, R van Dijk. Company secretary: R van Dijk                          
(* non-executive)                                                               
Spur Corporation Limited                                                        
(Registration number 1998/000828/06)                                            
Share code: SUR                                                                 
ISIN: ZAE000022653                                                              
Registered Office                                                               
1 Waterford Mews, Century Blvd, Century City, 7441                              
Transfer Secretaries                                                            
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Sponsor: Sasfin Capital (A division of Sasfin Bank Ltd)                         
www.spur.co.za                                                                  
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