Annual Report and Accounts 2008 1

Annual Report and Accounts 2008 1

DCC - ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2008 1 Annual Report and Accounts 2008 DCC - ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2008 DCC is a procurement, sales, marketing, distribution and business support services group headquartered in Dublin. With international operations across sixteen countries and four continents, DCC employs approximately 7,000 people. DCC has five divisions - DCC Energy, DCC SerCom, DCC Healthcare, DCC Food & Beverage and DCC Environmental. Within these divisions there are 14 business units, ten of which are engaged in procurement, sales, marketing and distribution of own- brand and third party branded products and four of which provide business support services: DCC Energy DCC SerCom DCC Healthcare DCC Food & Beverage DCC Environmental • Oil SerCom Distribution IT • Acute care products • Healthfoods • LPG & entertainment • Mobility & Rehab • Indulgence foods • Fuel cards products to products • Retailers • Resellers • Enterprise markets SerCom Solutions • Outsourced • Outsourced solutions • Chilled and frozen • Waste management procurement to the health & beauty logistics and recycling and supply chain sector services management services DCC’s strategy for continuing growth is through: • a continued focus on its two broad business activities - procurement, sales, marketing and distribution - business support services • constant attention to the creation of shareholder value through: - maximising organic growth - complementary bolt-on acquisitions - focusing on return on capital employed - focusing on cash generation DCC - ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2008 1 Highlights for the year ended 31 March 2008 Revenue Operating profit* €5,532.0m €167.2m Reported +36.7% Reported +19.3% Constant Currency +39.9% Constant Currency +21.8% Adjusted earnings per share* Dividend per share 165.06 cent 56.67 cent Reported +15.0% ** Reported +15.0% Constant Currency +17.4% ** All constant currency figures quoted in this report are based on retranslating current year figures at prior year translation rates * excluding net exceptionals and amortisation of intangible assets ** continuing activities (excluding the Manor Park Homebuilders contribution in the prior year) Adjusted EPS (cent) ** Group operating profit 10 year CAGR 14.0% geographic split Contents Highlights 1 Group at a Glance 2 Board of Directors 4 Senior Management 6 ������ Chairman’s Statement 8 ������ Chief Executive’s Review 10 Business Review 14 ������ ������ Financial Review 34 ������ ������ Corporate Social Responsibility 40 ����� Report of the Directors 42 ����� Corporate Governance 44 ����� ����� Report on Directors’ Remuneration and Interests 50 Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities 54 Report of the Independent Auditors 55 Financial Statements 57 �������� ��� Group Directory 111 ������������������������� ��� Shareholder Information 115 �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� ������������������� �� Corporate Information 117 Index 118 2 DCC - ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2008 DCC Group at a Glance DCC Energy Operating profit (€m) DCC Energy is the leading oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) procurement, sales, marketing and distribution 10 Year CAGR 18.9% business in Britain and Ireland. The oil business sells heating oils, transport fuels and fuel oils to domestic, 5 Year CAGR 12.5% commercial, agricultural and industrial customers. The LPG business supplies propane and butane in both bulk and cylinders for heating, cooking, transport and industrial processes. ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� Strong brands (*DCC owned) Market position Growth strategy ���� ���� ���� ���� • Oil • Oil • Organic growth in both Britain ���� and Ireland. ���� Scottish Fuels*, Emo Oil*, CPL, Largest oil distributor in Britain. ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� Shell, Carlton Fuels*. A leading player in oil distribution in Ireland. ���� ���� ��� ���� ��� • Supplemented by acquisitions in both ���� ��� • Gas • Gas ���� oil and LPG. Particular focus on a ���� ��� Strong number 2 in LPG distribution in Flogas*, Ergas*. ���� consolidation strategy in the highly ���� Britain and Ireland. fragmented British oil market. ��� • Fuel card ��� BP, Fastfuel, Esso, Diesel Direct,ReD. • Fuel card ���� A leading player in the fuel card business ���� in Britain. ���� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� DCC SerCom Operating profit (€m) DCC SerCom comprises two businesses, SerCom Distribution and SerCom Solutions. 10 Year CAGR 9.2% 5 Year CAGR 4.1% • SerCom Distribution markets and sells IT and entertainment products to the Retail, Reseller and Enterprise markets. ���� • SerCom Solutions provides outsourced procurement and supply chain management services in Ireland, Poland, China and the USA. ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� Strong brands (*DCC owned) Market positions Growth strategy ���� ���� ���� ���� • Retail • Retail Sercom Distribution ���� ���� ���� 20th Century Fox, Entertainment in Video, A leading distributor of consumer products to a • Organic growth driven by expansion of ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ��� ���� customer and product portfolios with a ��� ��� Creative Labs, Disney, EA, Exspect*, broad range of retailers, e-tailers and catalogue ���� ��� ��� Garmin, Linx*, Logitech, Microsoft, Nintendo, retailers in Britain, Ireland and France. ���� particular focus on the Retail and Enterprise ��� ���� Paramount, Symantec, Take Two, Warner. markets. ���� • Reseller ��� ��� ���� Sercom Solutions ���� • Reseller A leading distributor of IT products to a broad ��� Acer, Canon, D-Link, Fujitsu Siemens, HP, IBM, range of resellers and computer dealers in • Extending the offering of its world class ��� Lenovo, Netgear, Samsung, Sharp, Sony. procurement and sourcing services in the ��� Britain and Ireland. ���� Americas and the Far East, together with ��� ��� • Enterprise ���� • Enterprise ���� BP, Fastfuel, Esso, Diesel Direct, ReD. extending its existing operations in Poland. ��� A leading distributor of enterprise products to • Supply chain management value added resellers, large account resellers �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� SerCom Solutions*. and independent software vendors in France, Iberia, Benelux, Britain and Ireland. • Supply chain management A leading provider of outsourced�� �� procurement�� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� and supply chain management services. DCC Healthcare Operating profit (€m) DCC Healthcare is a broadly based healthcare business with operations encompassing: 10 Year CAGR 13.2% • Procurement, sales and marketing of healthcare products and provision of related services into the acute 5 Year CAGR 17.3% sector in Ireland and Britain; ���� • Procurement, sales and marketing of rehabilitation products in Britain, Ireland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand ���� ���� ���� and other export markets ; ���� ���� ���� ���� • Provision of outsourced services to the health and beauty sector in Britain and continental ���� Europe. ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� Strong brands (*DCC owned) Market position ���� Growth strategy ���� ���� ���� • Acute care` • Acute care ���� • Acute care ���� ���� ���� Cardinal, Diagnostica Stago, Diamed, Ebewe, Number 1 in sales and marketing of intra- Build a substantial international business providing ���� ���� ���� ���� Fannin*, Fresenius, Grifols, Molnlycke, Oxoid, venous pharmaceuticals, medical,���� surgical and healthcare products and related value-added ��� ��� ���� ��� ��� ��� Smiths Medical, Synthes.���� laboratory products in Ireland. A leading provider services to the acute care sector. ��� ���� • Health and beauty# of value added distribution services���� to British • Health & beauty hospitals and leading brand owners. ��� ��� ���� Body Shop, Healthspan, Lamberts, Perrigo, Expand in European market for ���� Sara Lee, Vitabiotics. • Health and beauty outsourced solutions to the health and ��� ��� • Mobility & rehab A leading European provider of outsourced��� beauty industry. ���� Ausmedic*, Biofreeze, Days solutions to health & beauty companies.��� • Mobility & rehab ���� ��� ���� Healthcare*, Metron*, Physio-Med*, • Mobility & rehab ��� Build a substantial international rehabilitation Theraband. Number 1 in sales and marketing of business based on a broad portfolio of own physiotherapy products in Britain,�� �� �� �� �� �� brand�� �� products�� �� and procurement excellence. Australia and New Zealand. • All # Customers of DCC Health & Beauty Solutions A leader in sales and marketing of Strong organic growth of existing rehabilitation products in Britain. businesses, supplemented by acquisitions, �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� ��principally�� �� in ��Britain. �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� ���� ���� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� ��� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� �� DCC - ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2008 3 € Operating profit ( m) DCC Food & Beverage 10 Year CAGR 11.9% DCC Food & Beverage markets and sells a wide range of company owned and agency branded food 5 Year CAGR 10.4% and beverage products in Ireland and has a wine business in Britain. It is a market leader in a number of niche market segments in healthfoods, indulgence foods and frozen & chilled logistics. ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� Strong brands (*DCC owned) Market position Growth strategy ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� ���� • Healthfood • Healthfood • Organic growth through expansion of ���� ���� ���� Alpro, Baxters,

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