- No exits this year
- 30% expenses target by end of the strategy period
- Kshs 4.2B unrealized losses were driven by business multiples down, the performance of its businesses going down, and deferred tax being passed at 30% from the previous 5%
Company Income Statement:
-Loss of Ksh 607M for the year
-Revaluations driven by low business performance
-Finance costs down following 6.6B bond redemption
NAV v Stock Price:
- ~Kshs 13B in debt paid reducing debt from ~Kshs 16B to ~Kshs 3B
Excerpts from Java House CEO Derrick Van Houten in an interview with Business Daily [@BD_Africa]
1. On achievements after 4 months in charge:
"We were very low-key in delivery but we are now no. 2 regionally in deliveries in 3 months and that's phenomenal for me"
2. On COVID-19 impact:
''When covid, hit our sales went down by a substantial margin. We therefore had to close down a few more branches to manage costs. We also decided to cut our workforce through a voluntary exit programme, an exercise that saw about 700 workers sent home"
3. Will Java go into franchise deals?
''Franchising is an opportunity with Kukito. If we could get partners that who could build in Kukito as a franchise unit-that we will definitely do''