Shanks Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2005 Shanks Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2005
One of Europe's largest independent waste management companies, Shanks Group plc has operations in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands and is a leading player in each of these markets. Beyond Europe, Shanks also has activities through its environmental remediation services. The Group provides an extensive range of waste and resource management solutions and handles a wide variety of wastes, including domestic refuse, commercial waste, contaminated spoils and hazardous waste. Services offered include collections, domestic and commercial waste recycling, resource recovery, composting, mechanical biological treatment, thermal treatment, industrial cleaning, special waste treatment and modern disposal. Further information about the Group and its activities is available on our website: www.shanks.co.uk contents 1 Financial Highlights 33 Consolidated Balance Sheet 61 Auditors’ Report 2 Chairman’s Statement 34 Consolidated Cash Flow 63 Shareholder Information 4 Operating Review Statement 63 Financial Calendar 10 Financial Review 34 Analysis of Net Debt 64 Notice of Annual General 14 The Environment, 35 Shareholders’ Funds Meeting the Community and the Group Movement 69 Form of Proxy 16 Directors 36 Company Balance Sheet IBC Company Information and 18 Report of the Directors 37 Notes to the Financial Corporate Advisers 21 Corporate Governance Statements 26 Remuneration Report 59 Subsidiary Undertakings 32 Consolidated Profit and Joint Ventures and Loss Account 60 Five Year Financial Summary
shanks. annual report 2005 financial highlights. 2004 2005 Turnover £504m £588m £30.3m Headline profit* £33.3m – Exceptional items £41.1m Goodwill amortisation £(10.0)m £(11.6)m £18.7m Profit on ordinary activities before tax £64.4m Profit on continuing businesses before interest, exceptional £31.3m items, goodwill amortisation and tax £38.3m 8.9p Adjusted basic earnings per share** 9.4p Basic earnings per share 25.7p 3.9p 5.7p Dividend per share 5.7p £281m Core Business net debt £99m PFI Companies net debt £63m £28m £309m Total Group net debt £162m £104m EBITDA** £83m * Before exceptional items, goodwill amortisation and tax ** Before exceptional items and goodwill amortisation Turnover Headline profit Profit before tax (£m) (£m) (£m) 588.1 45.7 45.7 64.4 551.4 528.5 502.4 503.6 34.3 33.3 30.3 36.2 27.3 18.7 18.2 01 02 03 04 05 01 02 03 04 05 01 02 03 04 05 1
shanks. annual report 2005 chairman’s statement. Financial Performance revenue increased by £9m to £466m Divisional Review I am pleased to announce a 10% growth (2004: £457m). Finance charges United Kingdom in the Group’s profit before tax, As a result of the L&P disposal, the UK reduced markedly to £10.8m (2004: exceptional items and goodwill operations have been reorganised £20.7m). amortisation (Headline Profit) from under a single management team to £30.3m to £33.3m. Operating profit reduce administration costs and to After the net exceptional profit of before exceptional items and goodwill focus the sales effort on the £41.1m (2004: £Nil) and goodwill amortisation on the continuing opportunities arising from the changing amortisation of £10.0m (2004: businesses was up 22% to £38.3m from legislative environment. £11.6m), the Group’s profit before tax £31.3m. This improvement was achieved was £64.4m (2004: £18.7m). The tax through a substantial turnaround in the Before exceptional charges, the rate on the headline profit increased to continuing UK business as a result of continuing business delivered a major 34% (2004: 31%) due to the increased management actions. turnaround from the £4.5m trading mix of profits from countries where loss in 2004 to a trading profit of underlying tax rates are higher than the In its strategic review the Group £1.4m. This encouraging improvement UK. Profit after tax was £60.2m (2004: determined that landfill volumes will of £5.9m is mainly in the collection £9.2m). reduce in the future. The combined and recycling business where effect of the Landfill Directive and management took the decision in 2004 Adjusted basic earnings per share steeply rising Landfill Tax will provide a to discontinue several loss making (eps), before exceptional items and stimulus for higher technology waste contracts. Vehicle operations have goodwill amortisation, increased by 6% management solutions. As a been rationalised, surplus assets to 9.4 pence per share (2004: 8.9 consequence on 1 July 2004 the Group disposed and overheads substantially pence per share). Basic eps were 25.7 completed the disposal of its UK reduced. Although the contaminated pence per share (2004: 3.9 pence per landfill and related power (L&P) land operation performed well, the share). Your Board recommends an operations for a gross consideration of incineration activity at Fawley continued unchanged final dividend of 3.8 pence £227.5m. to operate in a challenging market. per share which, if approved by shareholders, brings the total dividend Trading profits (operating profit before The contributions from the existing PFI for the year to 5.7 pence per share exceptional items and goodwill businesses at Argyll & Bute and East (2004: 5.7 pence per share). amortisation) from the discontinued London were in line with their business business were £5.8m (2004: £19.7m). plans. A new 25 year PFI contract with Since 31 March 2004, debt relating to An exceptional profit of £52.5m was Dumfries & Galloway commenced in the core business has fallen by £182m achieved on the disposal. Other November 2004. whilst Private Finance Initiative disposals resulted in a net exceptional company (PFICO) debt increased by loss of £1.0m, after £2.1m of goodwill Belgium £35m. PFICO debt, which is bank debt write off and there was an exceptional Trading profits in Belgium improved by in companies set up for PFI contracts charge of £10.4m for the restructuring £0.6m to £16.3m (2004: £15.7m). and which is non-recourse to the core of UK operations. These better results were due to higher Group, is consolidated as the PFICOs landfill volumes, following the receipt of are wholly owned. Total Group debt at Overall turnover was lower at £504m the new permit last year and windfall (2004: £588m) reflecting the L&P 31 March 2005 was £162m, of which sales during the maintenance divestment. Continuing businesses £99m is core and £63m is PFICO debt. shutdown of the Brussels municipal 2
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