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O'Key Group SA
21 January 2013
 



Press Release

21.01.2013

 

 

OKEY GROUP S.A. announces unaudited operating results for 4Q and FY 2012

 

 

O'KEY GROUP S.A. (the "Company" or "O'KEY"), one of the leading Russian food retailers, announces its unaudited operating results for 4Q and FY 2012.

 

Operating Highlights

 

·    LFL traffic increased by 2.0% in 4Q

·    LFL revenue growth of 7.5% in 4Q

·    4Q net retail revenue increased by 24.5% year-on-year (y-o-y)

·    Selling space exceeded 428,000 sq.m. as at 31 December 2012

 

Commenting on the results, O'KEY CEO Patrick Longuet said:

 

"2012 was a successful year for O'KEY in many respects. We opened the largest number of hypermarkets for a single year, we delivered on the sales and LFL revenue targets that were set at the beginning of 2012 and we continued to grow our customer base.

 

"The strong progress made in the LFL number of tickets, that kept growing throughout the year, is the main indication of our success in 2012. This clearly demonstrates that both O'KEY's product offering and the loyalty of our customer base are getting stronger, and I am delighted to see O'KEY consistently deliver good results in this area.

 

"LFL revenue growth amounted to 7.5% for the quarter demonstrating good progress quarter-on-quarter. It accelerated throughout Q4 2012, and was driven by an increase in our average basket. Furthermore, traffic increase of 2% enhanced by promotions surrounding O'KEY's 10th anniversary in October contributed to the strong progress of revenues.

 

"During the fourth quarter of 2012, we opened 6 hypermarkets, bringing the total number of new stores to 12 and increasing our selling space to 428,000 of sq.m.. As for our development pipeline, we signed five new contracts during the quarter for the opening of future stores, of which 1 is a hypermarket and 4 are supermarkets, and a number of new stores are about to be introduced to our development pipeline over the coming weeks."

 

 

Key operating results:

 

Number of new stores

 2012

2011


Company

12

14


Hypermarkets

10

7


Supermarkets

2

7






Stores at the end of the period[i]

2012

2011


Company

83

71


Hypermarkets

52

42


Supermarkets

31

29






Trading space at the end of the period,

'000 sq.m.

2012

2011

Growth

Company

428

346

23.7%

Hypermarkets

387

308

25.6%

Supermarkets

41

38

7.9%





Net Retail Revenue, mln RUB

2012

2011

Growth

Company

115,922

92,212

25.7%





LFL indicators, %[ii]

2012

2011


Retail Revenue, LFL

7.0

5.3


Average ticket, LFL

4.3

5.5


Number of tickets, LFL

2.5

-0.2






Net Retail Revenue, mln RUB

4Q 2012

4Q 2011

Growth

Company

34,851

28,001

24.5%





LFL indicators, %

4Q 2012

4Q 2011


Retail Revenue, LFL

7.5

5.6


       Average ticket, LFL

5.4

4.1


       Number of tickets, LFL

2.0

1.5


 

Number of New Stores Under Development


Locations secured

Preparing documentation/ obtaining construction permits

Land works, shell&core construction in progress

Fit-out in progress

Obtaining operating permit

Total number of stores under development

Hypermarkets

7

9

7

1

1

25

Supermarkets

9

1

0

0

0

10

 

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COMPANY OVERVIEW

 

"O'KEY" is one of the largest retail chains in Russia. Its primary retail format is the modern Western European hypermarket under the "O'KEY" brand, complemented by "O'KEY - Express" supermarkets.

 

The Company opened its first hypermarket in St. Petersburg in 2002 and has demonstrated continuous growth ever since. As at 30 June 2012, O'KEY operated 75 stores in 18 cities across Russia: 45 hypermarkets with an aggregate selling space of approximately 329,000 square meters and 30 supermarkets with an aggregate selling space of approximately 39,000 square meters. As of 30 June 2012 OKEY employed more than 20,000 people.

 

In accordance with the unaudited consolidated financial statements for 1H 2012, O'KEY's revenue was RUR 54,122 million, like-for-like revenue growth rate was 7.9% and its EBITDA margin was 6.8%.

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For further information please contact:

Maksim Kravtsov                                                                                     Artem Glushchenko

Head of Investor Relations                                                                  Head of Public Relations

Num. +7(495)6636677, ext. 220                                                          Num. +7(495)6636677, ext. 338

e-mail: ir@okmarket.ru                                                                         e-mail: corpcom@okmarket.ru

www.okmarket.ru                                                                                  www.okmarket.ru

 



[i] Ozerki hypermarket is included in total number of stores, in calculation of trading space and total retail revenue

[ii] Ozerki hypermarket was excluded from the calculation of like-for-like revenue because it has not been in operation February - September


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