ordinary shareholder meeting may 26, 2016 · 5/26/2016 · ahold delhaize • june 24, 2015:...
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Ordinary Shareholder Meeting
May 26, 2016
Mats Jansson
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Ahold Delhaize
• June 24, 2015:
announcement of intended
merger
• March 14, 2016:
merger plans approved at
Extraordinary shareholders’
Meeting
• Completion of the
intended merger on track
... bringing shareholder value and
ensure that Delhaize has a bright future for many years to come
Ahold Delhaize
Ahold Delhaize: growth and sustainable future
• Creating a stronger, international
food retailer and delivering value for
all stakeholders
o A superior customer offering
o Attractive opportunities for our
associates
o Better serving our communities
o A compelling value proposition for
shareholders
Delhaize 2015... Making significant progress
• Simplifying our business
• Increasing our focus
• Customer Centricity…key part of our
strategy…
Significant progress leading to a solid operational and financial performance
strengthening our position
Ahold Delhaize: Leadership team
Frans Muller
President & CEO
2015... A very intense, but great year
• ... thanks to dedicated teamwork
o of our associates in stores
o in distribution centers
o in support functions across the
company
...responding to the expectations of all our stakeholders,
and most importantly our customers
Ahold Delhaize... a strong business case
• To form a large, more innovative company
with market-leading retail offerings and strong, trusted local brands
• Two companies with complementary cultures,
similar values and neighboring geographies
• A superior customer offering with enhanced choices in products, services
• Shopping in stores and online in an omni-channel environment
• Offer an even better place to work
• A strong financial profile will enable Ahold Delhaize to fund continued
innovation, investment in future growth and to deliver attractive returns to
shareholders
Ahold Delhaize
• Over 6 500 multi-format
stores
• Leading positions in key
regions
• Over 50 millions
customers in U.S and
Europe per week
• €62,2 billion aggregated
sales 2015
Note: Sales, Underlying Operating Income, Stores and Employees 2015 excludes JVs; i.e.
JMR for Ahold in Portugal and SuperIndo for delhaize in Indonesia.
Delhaize Group – 2015 highlights
• 18% UOP growth at actual rates (4% at
identical rates)
• Free Cash Flow (excl. one-time elements) of
€646m (€586m in 2014)
• 12.5% increase in gross dividend to
€1.80 per share
• Dow Jones Sustainability Index inclusion
Delhaize Group - 2015 highlights - US
• CSS growth of 2.2% with solid 2.5% real
sales growth
• 4.0% underlying operating margin
• Relaunched 162 Food Lion stores in
Raleigh mid-October
Delhaize Group - 2015 highlights - Belgium
• 0.9% CSS growth with positive market
share growth in H2
• 2.1% underlying operating margin
• Departure of 2,100 store employees
impacted operating standards in Q4
• Implemented New Store Organisation in
53 stores
1867-2017
Delhaize Group - 2015 highlights - SEE
• 9.5% overall revenues growth with
solid 3.5% CSS growth
• Market share gains in the 3
countries
• Maintained high profitability as a
result of good cost control
Thank you.