Meridian Industrial Group Business Plan — Projected Profit & Loss

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Projected Profit & Loss

The projected income statement below is stated in ZAR millions. Revenue and EBITDA are the sponsor’s targets; depreciation, interest, tax and net profit are independently re-derived.

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Revenue

2,400

4,100

6,300

8,900

12,400

EBITDA

338

672

1,120

1,740

2,610

EBITDA margin

14.1%

16.4%

17.8%

19.6%

21.0%

Less: depreciation

-128

-226

-283

-302

-328

EBIT

210

446

837

1,438

2,282

Less: net interest

-81

-196

-237

-225

-176

Profit before tax

129

250

599

1,213

2,106

Less: taxation (27%)

-35

-68

-162

-328

-569

Net profit after tax

94

183

437

886

1,538

Net margin

3.9%

4.5%

6.9%

10.0%

12.4%

Memo: sponsor NPAT

121

278

521

864

1,390

Variance to sponsor

-27

-95

-84

22

148

Figure 14. Revenue, EBITDA and re-derived net profit (ZAR millions)
Figure 15. Sponsor-stated vs independently re-derived net profit

Key findingThe profit path is credible and improves with scale

Net margin rises from 3.9% in Year 1 to 12.4% in Year 5 as fixed cost is spread over a larger revenue base and the group deleverages. The early-year thinness is a function of full depreciation and interest hitting before revenue matures, a normal profile for a capital-intensive build, and one the cash-flow structure is designed to carry.

Divisional revenue & contribution

Group revenue is disaggregated below across the six divisions using the sponsor’s target revenue mix, with illustrative divisional EBITDA margins that reflect each business’s structural economics, higher for the capital-light technology and integrated-logistics businesses, moderate for the manufacturing and polymer divisions in their build phase. The allocation is indicative; divisional accounts will be maintained separately once the operating businesses are consolidated.

Division

Mix

Yr-5 rev

EBITDA %

Yr-5 EBITDA

Industrial Manufacturing

34%

4,216

19%

801

Logistics Services

22%

2,728

20%

546

Polymer Products

18%

2,232

21%

469

Consumer Industrial Products

12%

1,488

16%

238

Automotive Components

9%

1,116

14%

156

Smart Industrial Technologies

5%

620

38%

236

Group total

100%

12,400

20%

2,446

NoteWhere the value concentrates

The manufacturing and logistics divisions supply the revenue bulk and the collateral base a lender secures against; the polymer division carries the strongest margin among the heavy-industrial businesses; and the small technology division punches above its revenue weight on both margin and exit multiple. A prospective equity investor should weight the technology contribution heavily when assessing terminal value, and a lender should weight the tangible manufacturing and logistics assets when assessing security.