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1 2017 ANNUAL REPORT BLANTYRE HOTELS PLC BLANTYRE HOTELS PLC Annual Report 2017 2 FIVE YEAR PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Gross Revenue (MK’ Million) 1 574 2 163 2 705 3 524 4 118 Profit Before Tax (MK’ Million) 154 231 254 576 743 Earnings per Share (Tambala) 84 124 141 321 392 Gross Dividend Paid (MK’ Million) 32 78 106 129 129 Gross Dividend per Share (Tambala) 25 60 82 100 100 Total Assets (MK’ Million) 3 044 5 629 5 671 7 255 7 669 Net Assets (MK’ Million) 1 760 3 547 3 700 4 765 5 147 Share Price (Tambala) 800 800 960 1290 2500 Net Asset Value per Share (Tambala) 1363 2745 2864 3688 3984 Price to Book Value (times) 0,59 0,29 0,34 0,35 0,63 Price Earnings Ratio (times) 9,52 6,45 6,81 4,02 6,38 Market Capitalisation (MK’ Million) 1 034 1 034 1 240 1 667 3 230 GROSS REVENUE PROFIT BEFORE TAX 4,500 900 4,000 800 3,500 700 3,000 600 2,500 500 2,000 400 MK’ Million 1,500 MK’ Million 300 1,000 200 500 100 - - 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 1,574 2,163 2,705 3,524 4,118 154 231 254 576 743 Annual Report 2017 BLANTYRE HOTELS PLC 3 TOTAL ASSETS NET ASSETS 9,000 6,000 8,000 5,000 7,000 6,000 4,000 5,000 3,000 4,000 MK’ Million 3,000 MK’ Million 2,000 2,000 1,000 1,000 - - 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 3,044 5,629 5,671 7,255 7,669 1,760 3,547 3,700 4,765 5,147 DIVIDEND PER SHARE EARNINGS PER SHARE 140 450.00 120 400.00 350.00 100 300.00 80 250.00 60 200.00 Tambala Tambala 150.00 40 100.00 20 50.00 0 0.00 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 25 60 82 100 100 84 124 141 321 392 SHARE PRICE MARKET CAPITALISATION 3,000 3,500 2,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 2,000 1,500 1,500 Tambala 1,000 MK’ Million 1,000 500 500 - - 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 800 800 960 1290 2500 1,034 1,034 1,240 1,667 3,230 BLANTYRE HOTELS PLC Annual Report 2017 4 Mr. Vizenge M. Kumwenda Mr. Tom Daniel Mr. Elias Azele Malion CHAIRMAN DIRECTOR DIRECTOR FCCA, ACII, CA(M), M.Sc (Fin), B.Com, FCA (India), CA (M) B.Acc, MBA, FCCA, CA(M) B.Com (Acc), Dip. Bus. Mr Kumwenda is a Group Managing Mr. Daniel was a Group Finance Mr. Malion is a chartered accountant Director for NICO Holdings Plc, Director at NICO Holdings Plc (CA) with extensive experience a parent company of subsidiaries for many years and his experience in financial management and specialising in Life and General spans insurance, retirement accounting. He is a Fellow of the Insurance, Pension Administration, funds management, accounting, Association of Chartered Certified Banking and Asset Management. investments management, corporate Accountants (FCCA) and holds a He holds a Diploma in Business advisory (mergers, acquisitions, Bachelor of Accountancy degree Studies, a Bachelor of Commerce etc.), project management and (with Distinction) and a Master Accountancy degree from the business start-ups. Apart from of Business Administration from University of Malawi and a Master Blantyre Hotels Plc, Tom has also the University of Malawi. He is PROFILES OF DIRECTORS PROFILES of Science (Finance) degree from served on, and actively participated a member of the Institute of the University of Strathclyde, on various committees of several Chartered Accountants in Malawi Scotland. He is a Fellow of the boards including the boards of NBS (and is currently the Head of Association of Chartered Certified Bank Plc, NICO Holdings Plc, NICO Finance and Administration of Accountants (FCCA) and Associate Insurance Zambia Limited, NIKO Press Trust, Malawi’s foremost local of the Chartered Insurance Institute Insurance Tanzania Limited, NIKO charitable institution. In a career (UK). He has worked with NICO Insurance Uganda Limited, Chichiri spanning more than 17 years, he Holdings Limited for twenty-one Shopping Centre, Chibuku Products has also worked for Malawi Posts years. He rose ‘through the ranks’ Limited and Malawi Stock Exchange. Corporation and Deloitte and and was appointed Deputy Managing Touche. Presently he also serves as a Director from January 2012, the Tom currently serves on many other non-executive director on the board position which he held until end of boards namely Mwaiwathu Private of Mwaiwathu Private Hospital 2015 when he became Managing Hospital Limited, Alliance Capital Limited. Director from January 2016. He sits Limited, Broll Malawi, Transunion, on several Boards. He brings to the Axis Pensions, and Omega Security Board a breadth of experience and Solutions. expertise in finance and insurance. Annual Report 2017 BLANTYRE HOTELS PLC 5 Ms. Rosemary Mkandawire Mr. Macarthur Mtila DIRECTOR DIRECTOR FCCA, Degree in Sciences and English, FCCA Advanced Strategic Leadership Ms. Mkandawire is a qualified Chartered Accountant Mr. Mtila has concurrently been General and also holds a general degree in Sciences and Manager and Chief Finance Officer of Access English (Malawi) and Advanced Strategic Leadership Communications Limited, a telecommunications (UCT Graduate School of Business). She was the business from August 2011 to December 2017. first woman to become a fully qualified professional Prior to that, he was an independent management accountant in Malawi and the first woman Managing consultant in the areas of document management, Director in the Toyota Group when she took up the digital archiving and printer control systems. He position at Toyota Malawi from 2005 to 2014. She was also the proprietor of KAB Limited, a plastics went on to become the non-executive Chairperson conversion business. of Toyota Malawi for two years up to 2015. She is the current co-owner of Nthumbo Agro-Dealer He has considerable experience in financial and Limited. She has also worked as Finance Director general management and control of substantial for Toyota Malawi and Lonhro Motors Group Malawian commercial and industrial enterprises between 1997 and 2005. at a senior level for over 35 years. From 2000 to 2005, he was Chief Executive Officer of various Rosemary has achieved major successes including subsidiaries of ADMARC. Between 1994 and 2000 involvement in the setting up of Malawi’s he was Head of Human Resources and Financial Privatization Commission, appointments as one Controller of NSCM, the Malawi subsidiary of of the founding Trustees of the Malawi Blood Cargill Inc. He also worked for ten years as Transfusion Trust, to assist as a Commissioner in Finance Manager of Malawi Hotels (now Sunbird setting up a Secretariat for the Competition and Tourism Plc). Previous to that, for ten years, he was Fair Trading Commission and as an active council in general and financial management of Blantyre member of ICAM (formerly SOCAM). For 20 Printing & Publishing group (now Times Group). years she has served on Boards including those of In his personal capacity, he has been a member of NBS Bank Plc, Malawi Revenue Authority, National several parastatal and commercial boards, including Bank of Malawi Plc, NICO Life Insurance Company those of the Malawi Development Corporation, Limited, Standard Bank Plc and Malawi Blood Blantyre Water Board, MPICO Plc and Optichem. Transfusion Trust. She currently serves on the He has served on the board of Blantyre Hotels Plc Board of Reserve Bank of Malawi and also chairs its from 2002. Appointments and Remuneration Committee. BLANTYRE HOTELS PLC Annual Report 2017 6 Annual Report 2017 BLANTYRE HOTELS PLC 7 CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT It is my pleasure to report on our company’s performance in respect of the financial year ended 30 September 2017 and on the company’s prospects. Overview of Results The opening of other hotels in The performance for the year ended Blantyre will continue to have an A final dividend of MK19.4 million, 30 September 2017 was satisfactory. adverse impact on the Hotel’s representing 15 tambala per share, performance in the coming year. was proposed by your directors on The operating results for the year The company will continue with its 1 February 2018, subject to approval improved when compared with efforts in quality service delivery at the forthcoming Annual General previous year. The hotel revenue and continuous improvements in Meeting grew by 17% in 2017 mainly due the food and beverages products. to the increased occupancy and Protea Ryalls by Marriot remains On approval of this final dividend, improved average room rates. the preferred choice in Blantyre for the total dividend for the year will Direct expenses increased by 17%, most of our clientele. be 115 tambala per share compared mainly from back-up power and to 100 tambala in the previous year. maintenance costs. Despite the The company intends to construct This represents a 15% increase over challenging economic and operating a 180 room four star hotel in the previous year’s dividend. environment, the hotel profit after Lilongwe. I am glad to report that tax increased by 22% to MK507 negotiations with the landowners Concluding Remarks million, from MK414 million in the are at an advanced stage and the previous year. clearances and approvals from On your behalf, I thank my fellow relevant authorities are in progress. directors for their hard work and The migration to Marriot We plan to raise the capital for assistance during the year. Central Reservations channels the company through a rights also contributed to the positive issue devoted to the funding of the I also thank our Managers, Messrs performance of the company.