Annual Report 2009

Annual Report 2009

DCC ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2009 1 Annual Report and Accounts 2009 DCC ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2009 DCC is a broadly based Group, operating across five focused divisions: - DCC Energy - DCC SerCom (IT & entertainment products) - DCC Healthcare - DCC Food & Beverage - DCC Environmental 85% of DCC’s profits are derived from procurement, sales, marketing and distribution businesses, with 15% from business support service activities. DCC Energy DCC SerCom DCC Healthcare DCC Food & Beverage DCC Environmental Procurement, sales, • Oil SerCom Distribution • Hospital supplies • Healthfoods • LPG IT & entertainment • Mobility & Rehab • Indulgence foods marketing and • Fuel cards products to products distribution businesses • Retailers • Resellers • Enterprise markets Business support SerCom Solutions • Outsourced • Chilled and frozen • Waste management • Outsourced solutions to the logistics and recycling services procurement and health & beauty services supply chain sector management services DCC currently employs approximately 7,200 people and is listed under Support Services on the Irish and London stock exchanges. DCC’s strategy is to generate sustainable, superior returns on capital through • growing as a diversified Group in its two broad business activities: - procurement, sales, marketing and distribution - business support services; • seeking, over time, to concentrate its focus on those businesses in which it has already established, or has the opportunity in the medium term to establish, leadership positions (typically No. 1 or No. 2 in their respective markets); • focusing its acquisition activity on strengthening existing market positions and on carefully extending its geographic footprint where it believes that leadership positions can be built; • attracting and empowering leaderships teams; • maintaining a strong balance sheet and a prudent capital structure. strength through diversity DCC ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2009 1 Highlights for the year ended 31 March 2009 Revenue Reported +15.7% €6,400.1m Constant Currency† +31.0% Operating profit* Reported +7.9% €180.4m Constant Currency† +22.4% Adjusted earnings per share* Reported +2.5% 169.13 cent Constant Currency† +17.0% Dividend per share 62.34 cent Reported +10.0% Operating Cash Flow €304.9m (2008: €129.0 million) † Constant currency figures quoted are based on retranslating 2008/09 figures at prior year rates * excluding net exceptionals and amortisation of intangible assets Operating profit (€m) Operating profit Operating profit 10 year CAGR 12.9% geographic split sector split �� ����� ������� ��� ��������������� ��� �� ����� ������������������������ ��� ��������������� ��� ������������������ �� ������������������� �� �� ����� ������������������������ �� ���������������������� �� �� ����� �� ����� �� ����� �� ���� �� ���� �� ���� �� ���� Contents Highlights 1 Corporate Governance 48 Group at a Glance 2 Report on Directors’ Remuneration and Interests 52 Board of Directors 4 Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities 56 Chairman’s Statement 6 Report of the Independent Auditors 57 Chief Executive’s Review 8 Financial Statements 58 Strategy Review 12 Group Directory 112 Business Review 14 Shareholder Information 115 Financial Review 34 Corporate Information 117 Sustainability Report 40 Senior Management 118 Report of the Directors 44 Index 119 Principal Risks & Uncertainties 46 Five Year Review 120 strength through performance 2 DCC ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2009 DCC Group at a Glance Strong brands (*DCC owned) Market position DCC Energy % of Group operating profit Volume split ��������� ��� ��������� ��� ������������������ ��� ��� ��������� ��� ������� ������������������������ �� ��� ���������������� ��������������� �� DCC Energy is the leading oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) procurement, sales, marketing and distribution business in Britain and Ireland. DCC SerCom % of Group operating profit Revenue split ������������ ��� ������������ ��� �������������������������� ��� ��� �������������� ��� ������ ��������������������������������� ��� �������������� ������������������� ���� ��������� ��� ��������� ��� 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. DCC Healthcare % of Group operating profit Revenue split ���������������������������������� ��� ���������������������������������� ��� ����������������������������������������������������������������� ��� ��� ������ ������������������������������� ��� ������������ �������������������������������������������������������� ��� ��� ���������������������� ��� DCC Healthcare is a broadly based healthcare products and services group. DCC Food & Beverage % of Group operating profit Revenue split ���������������� ��� ���������������� ��� �������������������������������� ��� ��� ������ ���������������� ��� ������������ ��������������������������������������� ��� ��� ��� ����������������������� ��� DCC Food & Beverage markets and sells a wide range of owned and agency branded food and beverage products in Ireland and has a wine business in Britain. DCC Environmental % of Group operating profit Revenue split ������������� ��� ������������� ��� ��������� �������������������������� ��� ��� ��������� ������������� ��� DCC Environmental provides a broad range of waste management and recycling services to the industrial, commercial, construction and public sectors in Britain and Ireland. DCC ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2009 3 Strong brands (*DCC owned) Market position • Oil • Oil Carlton Fuels*, CPL*, Emo Oil*, Scottish Fuels*, Shell, Texaco. No. 1 oil distributor in Britain. • Gas No. 1 oil distributor in Northern Ireland and a leading oil distributor in the Flogas*. Republic of Ireland. • Fuel card • Gas BP, Esso, Diesel Direct, Fastfuels, ReD, Shell. No. 2 LPG distributor in Britain and Ireland. • Fuel card No. 1 in the “agency” fuel card business in Britain. • Retail • Retail Disney, EA, Entertainment in Video, Exspect*, Garmin, Linx*, Logitech, The No.1 specialist distributor of consumer IT & entertainment products to a Microsoft, Nintendo, Paramount, Symantec, Take Two, Warner. broad range of retailers in Britain, Ireland and France. • Reseller • Reseller Acer, Canon, D-Link, Fujitsu Siemens, IBM, Lenovo, Netgear, Samsung, A leading distributor of IT products to a broad range of resellers in Britain and Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, Western Digital. Ireland. • Enterprise • Enterprise EMC2, Fortinet, HP, IBM, Network Appliance, Oracle, Red Hat, SonicWall, The No.1 specialist distributor of enterprise products to resellers and Sun, Symantec and VMware. independent software vendors in France, Iberia, Belux and Ireland, with a • Supply Chain Management developing presence in Britain. SerCom Solutions*. • Supply Chain Management A leading provider of outsourced procurement and supply chain management services. • Hospital Supplies and Services • Hospital Supplies and Services Cardinal, Diagnostica Stago, Diamed, Ebewe, Fannin*, Fresenius, Grifols, The No.1 hospital supply business in Ireland. Molnlycke, Oxoid, Smiths Medical, Synthes. A leading provider of value-added distribution services to the hospital sector • Health & Beauty Solutions in Britain. Body Shop#, Healthspan#, Merck (Seven Seas, Natures Best, Lamberts)#, • Health & Beauty Solutions Nutrahealth plc#, Sara Lee#, Vitabiotics#. A leading European provider of outsourced solutions to health & beauty • Mobility & Rehab companies. Ausmedic*, Biofreeze, Chattanooga, Days Healthcare*, Metron*, • Mobility & Rehab Physio-Med*, Thera-Band. The No.1 provider of physiotherapy products in Britain, Australia and New Zealand. A leading provider of rehabilitation products in Britain. # Customers of DCC Health & Beauty Solutions. • Healthfood • Healthfood Alpro, Baxters, Biofreeze, Filippo Berio, Hipp, Kallo, Kelkin*, Nairns, Olbas, The No.1 ambient healthfood business in Ireland. Ortis, Pomegreat, St Dalfour, Vitabiotics, Whole Earth. • Indulgence • Indulgence A leading independent wine distributor in Ireland. Andrew Peace, Antinori, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, Bollinger, Chapoutier, No.2 brand in freshly ground coffee in Ireland. Cono Sur, Elizabeth Shaw, French Connection*, Freixenet, Hula Hoops, No.3 supplier in savoury snacks in Ireland. KP, Lemons*, Louis Jadot, McCoys, McVities / Mars Cakes, Masi, Mateus, • Logistics Moreau, Phileas Fogg, Ritter, Robert Roberts*, Sacla, Sutter Home, Topps, No.1 in frozen food logistics in Ireland with a developing chilled food Torres, Wakefield. business. • Logistics Allied Foods*. • Other Brodericks*, Kylemore. Enva* Wastecycle*, Tracey. • No.1 recycling and waste management business in Scotland. • A leading Nottingham based recycling and waste management business. • No.1 hazardous waste treatment business in Ireland. 4 DCC ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2009 Board of Directors Michael Buckley Róisín Brennan David Byrne Non–executive Chairman Non-executive Director Non-executive Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director Michael Buckley, MA, LPh, MSI, (64) was Róisín Brennan, BCL, FCA, MSI, (44) is David Byrne, SC, (62) joined the Board appointed non-executive Chairman on 27 Executive Chairman of IBI Corporate Finance, and was appointed non-executive Deputy May 2008. He is a non-executive director of where she has had extensive experience Chairman and Senior Independent Director M and T Bank Corporation, listed in the USA, advising public companies in Ireland, on 1

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