Victoria PLC
('Victoria' or the 'Company')
Interim Results Announcement
Confirmation of Trading Outlook
Victoria PLC, (LSE: VCP) the international designers, manufacturers, and distributors of innovative flooring, confirms that it will be publishing its interim financial results for the six-month period ended 1 October 2024 on Tuesday, 26 November. These will be consistent with the numbers announced in the trading update of 15 October.
Outlook
Consistent with the positive leading indicator data noted in the previous trading update, the Board believes demand will be returning to the flooring market - albeit off a very low base of 20-25% below 2019 levels due to broad macro-economic factors. Consequently, the Board continues to expect H2 trading to be stronger as a result of management actions alongside a small improvement in demand, with full-year earnings expected to be in line with consensus expectations.[1]
Liquidity
Company liquidity remains robust with cash on hand and undrawn credit lines continuing to provide more than £200 million of available liquidity.
Refinancing
The Board is actively assessing the various options it has available to refinance Victoria's debt and the preferred shares. However, with the earliest of the Company's Senior Secured Notes not falling due until August 2026, the very low cost of the current debt, the expected continued decline in market interest rates, and the anticipated improvement in the Group's earnings, the Board intends to secure an optimal solution that is in the long-term interest of stakeholders.
For more information contact:
| Victoria PLC Geoff Wilding, Executive Chairman Philippe Hamers, Group Chief Executive Brian Morgan, Chief Financial Officer
| www.victoriaplc.com/investors-welcome Via Walbrook PR | |
| Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Rick Thompson, Phil Davies, James Fischer
| +44 (0)20 7496 3095
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| Berenberg (Joint Broker) Ben Wright, Richard Bootle
| +44 (0)20 3207 7800
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| Walbrook PR (Media & Investor Relations) Paul McManus, Louis Ashe-Jepson, Alice Woodings
| +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or victoria@walbrookpr.com +44 (0)7980 541 893 / +44 (0)7747 515 393 / +44 (0)7407 804 654 | |
| Edelman Smithfield (Refi Project) Alex Simmons |
+44 (0)7970 174 353 | |
About Victoria PLC (www.victoriaplc.com)
Established in 1895 and listed since 1963 and on AIM since 2013 (VCP.L), Victoria PLC, is an international manufacturer and distributor of innovative flooring products. The Company, which is headquartered in Worcester, UK, designs, manufactures and distributes a range of carpet, flooring underlay, ceramic tiles, LVT (luxury vinyl tile), artificial grass and flooring accessories.
Victoria has operations in the UK, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, the USA, and Australia and employs approximately 6,300 people across more than 30 sites. Victoria is Europe's largest carpet manufacturer and the second largest in Australia, as well as the largest manufacturer of underlay in both regions.
The Company's strategy is designed to create value for its shareholders and is focused on consistently increasing earnings and cash flow per share via acquisitions and sustainable organic growth.
[1] The latest Group-compiled view of analysts' expectations for FY25 gives a range of £1,179m-£1,180m for revenue, with a consensus of £1,180m, and a range of £120m-£123m for underlying EBITDA, with a consensus of £121.4m
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