Annual Report 2006 ISS Global A/S

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Through the acquisitions of broad-ranged service companies in Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, ISS is able to provide management of Facility Services. The acquired capabilities have provided an approach to clients where ISS is able to offer management of services, delivered either through subcontracting or through own service provisions depending on the preference of the client. An IFS implementation team was established in 2006 with the primary focus of accelerating the IFS implementation in selected countries. The team consists of four experienced specialists with an overlying mission of providing operational support in winning, bidding, transitioning and operating the first IFS contract within a country. The prioritised countries in 2006 were Spain, Belgium and Switzerland. In 2007, the prioritised countries are Germany, the Netherlands and Australia. Single service excellence The foundation for being the leading Facility Services company is a continuous focus on delivering service excellence in every service area. Going forward, ISS will continue to focus heavily on developing single service excellence and spreading it throughout the organisation. Operational efficiency ISS will seek to maintain and enhance operational efficiency by retaining its focus on three well-established and prioritised operational objectives for its local managers: (i) cash flow; (ii) operating margin; and (iii) profitable organic growth. In addition, ISS will focus on reducing the financial leverage on a multiple basis. Cash flow ISS’s first objective is to continue to maintain a relatively high rate of cash conversion primarily by operating in a manner that optimises working capital. Through this approach, ISS expects to continue to generate a positive free cash flow. Operating margin ISS’s second objective is to maintain or improve its operating margin, which increased from 5.1% in 2000 to 5.8% in 2006. ISS will seek to generate operational efficiencies by increasing its local market positions and operational densities, as well as through the implementation of company-wide best practices. Profitable organic growth ISS’s third objective is to continue to leverage its international market position and service offering in order to increase its local market positions and drive organic growth. To do this, ISS established a Sales Excellence Centre in 2006 to create sales systems and to promote benchmarking and the sharing of best practices between countries. ISS continues to work with a wide range of initiatives to: (i) attract new customers; (ii) increase customer retention rates, including through the establishment of dedicated key account teams; and (iii) cross-sell related services, such as pest control and washroom services, to existing customers. Additionally, ISS has established a market presence and operating ANNUAL REPORT 2006 / Strategy platforms in selected high-growth economies, particularly in Latin America and Asia. Reduce financial leverage Following the acquisition of ISS A/S by FS Funding A/S, ISS is determined also to seek to reduce, on a multiple basis, the financial leverage of the FS Funding Group, which increased as a result of the acquisition. This is expected to be achieved primarily through growth in ISS’s operating profit through a continued focus on cash flow, operating margin, organic growth and acquisitions. However, as a result of this growth strategy, ISS expects to incur additional debt in the future. The extent and timing of the FS Funding Group’s deleveraging on a multiple basis will, however, depend upon, among other things, ISS’s cash flow generation and the scale and timing of payments related to its future acquisition activities, which may temporarily increase its leverage on a multiple basis in terms of net debt to pro forma adjusted EBITDA. Growth A wide range of initiatives will underpin organic growth spanning from further investment in the growth economies of the world via an enhanced sales force and training to new customer retention initiatives. ISS expects to continue to make acquisitions to facilitate its strategy of increasing local scale and broadening its local service offerings. Since the beginning of 2000, ISS has acquired and integrated more than 500 businesses, more than 450 of which were acquisitions of relatively small businesses with annual revenues of less than DKK 100 million (EUR 13.4 million). The two largest acquisitions to date have been Abilis in France in 1999 and Tempo in Australia in 2006 which on the date of the respective acquisitions had estimated annual revenue of approximately DKK 5.2 billion and approximately DKK 2.9 billion. Apart from Tempo, the two largest acquisitions in 2006 were Edelweiss in Switzerland (estimated annual revenue of DKK 0.7 billion) and DEBEOS in Germany (estimated annual revenue of DKK 0.5 billion). ISS expects to continue focusing primarily on smaller acquisitions, which it believes will reduce the risks relating to individual acquisitions and enable it to leverage the experience of local management teams throughout its countries of operation. ISS cannot provide any assurance, however, that it will not pursue larger acquisitions in the future. It is important to emphasize that acquisition driven revenue growth will vary widely from year to year, among other things depending on opportunities, organisational capability, financial resources, etc. and thus acquisition speed could deviate significantly from the range mentioned above. 14
Geography ISS intends to increasingly focus on the BRIC-countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) as well as other growth markets, particularly located in Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia. In 2006, ISS established country operations in Mexico and the Philippines and in January 2007, ISS set up operations in Taiwan. Furthermore, the presence in Turkey was significantly expanded in 2006 through an acquisition. ISS is currently analysing the US market in preparation for a possible US entry. Organisation As a foundation for the strategy plan, ISS is transforming its organisation to allow it to focus on accelerating the service development. Head office resources focusing specifically on China and India have been appointed. Organisational resources have also been added for Eastern Europe, Russia, Australia and Latin America in order to support the development of these geographies. Training and education is key to the strategy plan. ISS will invest even more in these areas in order to continue to accelerate its transformation towards Integrated Facility Services. Branding As a part of the transformation to a global Facility Services company, ISS will invest further in strengthening the ISS brand across the world. Systems and methodologies ISS will invest further in systems and methodologies. A “Corporate Solution”, i.e. a standardised IT-business solution, has been further developed and implemented in a number of countries. Shared initiatives in a number of areas such as planning tools, facility service management systems, etc. have been developed and will be implemented going forward. ANNUAL REPORT 2006 / Strategy 15
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