Discontinued operations

In December 2017, management committed to a plan to discontinue the UK Contract Distribution (CD) business segment which operates in the United Kingdom. The CD business segment is a component of the Group's United Kingdom business, the operations and cash flows of which can be clearly distinguished from the rest of the Group. By June 30  2018, Bidcorp was close to finalising its proposed exit from this non-core segment. Post-June 30  2018, the prospective purchaser of the CD business notified Bidcorp that for its own internal reasons, it has decided not to proceed with the transaction. The CD business remains a non-core activity in respect of Bidcorp's global foodservice operations. Accordingly, Bidcorp pursued alternative exit proposals, and engaged in a formal sale process, managed by independent advisers. The sale process is ongoing at June 30  2019. The process is at an advanced stage and management is optimistic of a successful conclusion to these negotiations. Any transaction would still subject to regulatory competition commission approval, which is anticipated to take up to four months to complete.

PCL's performance for the year was disappointing. Towards the end of  2018, following a dispute with Arla, management committed to exit the PCL business by either selling the PCL transport operations to Arla or to close down the PCL business. At June 30  2019, the PCL transport operations had been sold to Arla and the sales process/exit of the remaining insignificant warehousing and handling components are ongoing at June 30  2019.

The comparative consolidated statement of profit or loss and the consolidated statement of cash flows has been re-presented as a result of classifying the remaining UK logistics' activity, PCL, as a discontinued operation. The results of the discontinued operations included in the Group's results are detailed below:

R000s   2019 
Audited 
   2018 
Audited 
Re-presented 
  
Revenue   19 502 386     19 408 282    
Cost of revenue  (16 838 559)    (16 686 301)   
Gross profit  2 663 827     2 721 981    
Operating expenses  (3 049 910)    (3 353 932)   
Trading loss   (386 083)    (631 951)   
Share-based payments  (2 414)    (3 110)   
Capital items  (470 514)    (145 545)   
Operating loss   (859 011)    (780 606)   
Net finance charges  (12 326)    (8 459)   
    Finance income  193     45    
    Finance charges  (12 519)    (8 504)   
Loss before taxation   (871 337)    (789 065)   
Taxation relief  139 368     126 352    
Loss for the year from discontinued operations  (731 969)    (662 713)   
The following adjustments to loss attributable to shareholders were taken into account in the calculation of discontinued headline loss: 
Loss attributable to shareholders of the company from discontinued operations  (731 969)    (662 713)   
Impairments  383 907     145 394    
    Intangible assets  465 147     –    
    Property, plant and equipment  –     3 408    
    Goodwill  –     142 137    
    Taxation relief  (81 240)    (151)   
Loss on disposal of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment  4 347     –    
    Intangible assets  3 185     –    
    Property, plant and equipment  2 182     –    
    Taxation relief  (1 020)    –    
Headline loss from discontinued operations  (343 715)    (517 319)   
    Basic loss per share (cents) (219,6)    (199,2)   
    Diluted basic loss per share (cents) (219,2)    (198,6)   
    Headline loss per share (cents) (103,1)    (155,5)   
    Diluted headline loss per share (cents) (103,0)    (155,0)   
R000s   2019 
Audited 
   2018 
Audited 
  
Effect of the discontinued operations on the statement of financial position of the Group 
Assets classified as held-for-sale  2 944 460     2 590 657    
    Property, plant and equipment  323 355     212 090    
    Intangible assets  5 871     7 437    
    Deferred tax asset  6 952     1 338    
    Investments and loans  434     440    
    Inventories  523 457     428 733    
    Trade and other receivables  1 687 617     1 161 229    
    Taxation  114 368     101 043    
    Cash and cash equivalents  282 406     678 347    
Liabilities classified as held-for-sale  3 116 633     2 613 207    
    Deferred tax liability  11 704     6 476    
    Long-term portion of provisions  128 056     30 013    
    Trade and other payables  2 976 873     2 576 718    
R000s   2019
Audited 
   2018 
Audited 
Re-presented 
  
Cash flows from discontinued operations 
Net operating cash flows from discontinued operations  (582 319)    51 273    
Net investing cash flows from discontinued operations  (50 137)    (16 319)   
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents  (632 456)    34 954    

Capital commitments

The board of directors' policy is to maintain a strong capital base so as to sustain future development of the businesses so that it can continue to provide benefits to its shareholders.

R000s 2019
Audited
  2018
Audited
Represented
 
Capital expenditure approved
Contracted for 1 113 122   831 471  
Not contracted for 1 188 901   1 015 846  
2 302 023   1 847 317  
Capital expenditure split
Property, plant and equipment 2 171 767   1 794 724  
Computer software 130 256   52 593  
2 302 023   1 847 317  

It is anticipated that capital expenditure will be financed out of existing cash resources.

Financial instruments

Fair value hierarchy

When measuring the fair value of an asset or a liability, the Group uses market observable data as far as possible. Fair values are categorised into different levels in a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used in the valuation techniques categorised as follows.

  • Level 1: quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
  • Level 2: inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices)
  • Level 3: inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs)

The following table shows the carrying amounts and fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities, including their levels in the fair value hierarchy for financial instruments measured at fair value. It does not include fair value information for financial assets and financial liabilities not measured at fair value if the carrying amount is a reasonable approximation of fair value.

Non-current assets (liabilities) Current assets (liabilities)
R000s  Puttable 
non- 
controlling 
interests
 
Invest- 
ments
 
Vendors 
for 
acquisition
 
Puttable 
non- 
controlling 
interests
 
Vendors 
for 
acquisition
 
Total  Level 1  Level 2  Level 3    
June 30  2019 
Financial assets measured at fair value  –  55 115  –  –  –  55 115  –  –  55 115    
Financial liabilities measured at fair value  (336 620) –  (275 144) (1 126 128) (103 882) (1 841 774) –  –  (1 841 774)   
June 30  2018 
Financial assets measured at fair value  –  56 288  –  –  –  56 288  –  –  56 288    
Financial liabilities measured at fair value  (356 522) –  (300 315) (1 122 068) (234 709) (2 013 614) –  –  (2 013 614)   

Valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs

Valuation technique

The expected payments are determined by considering the possible scenarios of forecast EBITDAs, the amount to be paid under each scenario and the probability of each scenario. The valuation models consider the present value of expected payment, discounted using a risk-adjusted discount rate.

Significant unobservable inputs

  • EBITDA growth rates:
3% – 35% (2018: 5% – 15%)
  • EBITDA multiples:
5,8x – 10x (2018: 5,5x – 8,5x)
  • Risk-adjusted discount rate:
1,99% – 9,0% (2018: 0,5% – 9,0%)

Inter-relationship between significant unobservable inputs and fair value measurement

The estimated fair value would increase (decrease) if:

  • The EBITDA was higher (lower) or
  • The risk-adjusted discount rate were lower (higher)

Exchange rates

The following exchange rates were used in the conversion of foreign interests and foreign transactions for the year ended:

June 30
2019 2018  
Rand/Sterling
    Closing rate 17,82 18,06  
    Average rate 18,35 17,27  
Rand/Euro
    Closing rate 15,97 16,00  
    Average rate 16,18 15,30  
Rand/Australian Dollar
    Closing rate 9,87 10,15  
    Average rate 10,14 9,94