
Strategic report Corporate governance Financial statements
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The Group has continued to grow gifting share of revenue
from 41.7% in FY20 to 46.1% in FY21 and 47.7% in FY22,
as the Group’s data science and technology teams have
delivered algorithm improvements that drive more relevant
gift recommendations. The Group also continues to broaden
its gifting proposition, for instance through the partnership
with Virgin Wines and through the Cath Kidston flowers
collaboration. With the Board’s support, the Group is
investing in two new operational facilities, in the Netherlands
and the UK, to increase resilience to supply chain disruption
and to support expected long-term sales growth.
Margin trends have remained resilient and Adjusted EBITDA
margin rate remained broadly constant year-on-year at
24.6% in FY22 compared to 25.0% in FY21. The business
remained strongly cash generative, reporting cash generated
from operating activities of £63.9m (FY21: £64.4m), and the
Group finished the year with gross cash and cash equivalents
of £101.7m.
Proposed acquisition of Buyagift
1
Following thorough due diligence, the Group announced
the proposed acquisition of Buyagift in May 2022. The
acquisition, which we anticipate will complete by the
end of July 2022, is expected to accelerate the Group’s
strategy to become the gifting companion to its customers.
Alongside strong strategic fit and the opportunities
for revenue synergies, the deal brings a high quality,
complementary business to Moonpig Group at an attractive
valuation. Cash consideration for the proposed acquisition
is £124m, compared to unaudited FY22 EBITDA of £14m.
The acquisition will be funded through cash available
on the Group’s balance sheet and through a committed
additional revolving credit facility (“RCF”). We expect
strong cash generation from each of the combined
Group’s businesses to drive rapid de-leveraging
through the second half of the year, such that net debt
to Adjusted EBITDA will be below 2.0x by April 2023.
Employees
The dedication and hard work of its people in the
Netherlands, Guernsey and the UK has enabled the Group
to deliver another year of strong performance. On behalf of
the Board, I’d like to thank all the Group’s employees for their
contribution during the year.
Corporate responsibility
Moonpig Group’s purpose centres around helping its
customers to connect with those that they care about.
The Board is pleased with the progress that the Group
has made in delivering against its environmental, social
and governance (“ESG”) goals during the year. Highlights
included the successful implementation of sustainable
sourcing for 98% of paper, card and packaging SKUs and
meeting the Group’s goal for the representation of women
and ethnic minorities in the Group’s Leadership Team.
The Group has continued to build on its long history of
charitable activity. During the year, the Moonpig Group
Foundation has supported a range of organisations with
missions closely connected to the Group’s aim of creating
better, more personal connections between people that care
about each other. These included End Youth Homelessness
and Mind in the UK, Kindahulp in the Netherlands and
Les Bourgs Hospice in Guernsey. We also supported two
“Diversity in Technology” social enterprises, Stemettes
and Cajigo.
Board and governance
The Group was fully compliant with the UK Corporate
Governance Code in FY22, as set out in the Governance
Statement from pages 72 to 79. The Board continues to meet
the requirement that at least half its members (excluding the
Chair) are Independent Non-Executive Directors.
A Relationship Agreement is in place to ensure that the
Company is capable at all times of carrying on its business
independently of Exponent, its former controlling shareholder.
Exponent has a right to nominate one Nominee Director
to the Board until its shareholding falls below 10%. As at
the date of this Report, Exponent held 12.0% of issued
share capital.
On 27 June 2022, the Board approved the appointment of
ShanMae Teo as an Independent Non-Executive Director.
She has extensive experience in strategy, finance and M&A
through executive and investor roles. I am delighted to
welcome ShanMae to the Board and look forward to
working with her.
Diversity of Board composition is important, and I am
confident that the Board collectively possesses a broad
range of experience, skills and knowledge from different
backgrounds. During FY22, the Committee approved a
Board Diversity Policy which adopted a target for at least
33% representation of women on the Board. As at the date
of this Report, this target has been met as the Board has
38% female representation.
Looking ahead
The Board is pleased with the start to the new financial
year and is confident that the Group is well positioned to
drive sustained underlying growth in revenue and profit
as it continues to lead the shift in its markets from offline to
online. The Board looks forward to making strong strategic
and operational progress in the year ahead.
Kate Swann
Non-Executive Chair
28 June 2022
1 For more information on the acquisition of Buyagift please see our website
www.moonpig.group/investors.