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Opinion of the Independent Financial Advisor - Investor Relations

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The <strong>Opinion</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Independent</strong> <strong>Financial</strong> <strong>Advisor</strong> on <strong>the</strong> Asset Acquisition <strong>of</strong> Thai Union Frozen Products Plc.3.2.5 Forward Enterprise Value to Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciations andAmortizations Ratio (Forward EV/EBITDA)Similar to Historical EV/EBITDA Approach, <strong>the</strong> Forward EV/EBITDA approach calculates MWBrandsfair enterprise valuation by multiplying <strong>the</strong> company’s forecasted EBITDA for FY2011 with an averageForward EV/EBTIDA ratio <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> comparable companies.Again, IFA has calculated <strong>the</strong> average Forward EV/EBITDA on <strong>the</strong> different intervals to avoid <strong>the</strong>effect from <strong>the</strong> short-term movement in <strong>the</strong> market. We have calculated <strong>the</strong> Forward EV/EBITDA as at27 July 2010, which is <strong>the</strong> last trading day prior to TUF disclosing <strong>the</strong> Transaction information to publicas well as previous 30-day, 60-day, 90-day, 180-day and 360-day intervals. The calculation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>average peers’ Forward EV/EBITDA multiples are shown below:Local peersForwardEV/EBITDAAverage Forward EV/EBITDA ratioRatio27 July 2010 30-day 60-day 90-day 180-day 360-dayThai Union Frozen 9.02 8.52 8.35 8.10 7.62 7.30Asian Seafoods n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aTropical Canning n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aInternational peersMarine Harvest 5.95 5.78 6.13 6.45 6.79 6.84Nippon Suisan Kaisha 11.63 12.20 12.20 12.20 12.20 12.20Dongwon Industries 6.75 7.23 7.50 7.66 7.82 6.64Pacific Andes n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/aPeer Group AverageForward EV/EBITDASource: Bloomberg8.34 8.43 8.54 8.60 8.61 8.25The average Forward EV/EBITDA ratio derived from <strong>the</strong> above table is in a range <strong>of</strong> 8.25 – 8.61 times.Provided is <strong>the</strong> MWBrands forecasted EBITDA for FY2011 <strong>of</strong> EUR 84.9 million, <strong>the</strong> valuation resultunder this approach is thus calculated as <strong>the</strong> following (The details <strong>of</strong> financial projection prepared by<strong>the</strong> IFA can be referred to in Section 3.3 Discounted Cash Flows Approach);27 Jul 10 30-day 60-day 90-day 180-day 360-dayAverage Peer Group Forward 8.34 8.43 8.54 8.60 8.61 8.25EV/EBITDAMultiply: MWBrands forecasted EBITDA 84.9 84.9 84.9 84.9 84.9 84.9for FY2011Enterprise Value <strong>of</strong> MWBrands 707.7 716.0 725.4 730.4 730.7 700.1Range <strong>of</strong> fair value underForward EV/EBITDA ApproachEUR 700.1- 730.7 millionFrom above calculation, <strong>the</strong> fair value <strong>of</strong> MWBrands enterprise value is in range <strong>of</strong> EUR 700.1- 730.7million. Compared to o<strong>the</strong>r ratio under <strong>the</strong> Market Comparable Approach, <strong>the</strong> Forward EV/EBITDA isconsidered to be <strong>the</strong> most appropriate method to evaluate <strong>the</strong> fair value <strong>of</strong> MWBrands since it doesnot be distorted by <strong>the</strong> difference in investment level <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> company as <strong>the</strong> effect <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> differentdepreciation and amortization expense level and also represent <strong>the</strong> future cash flow <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> company.Page 31

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