november 2015 - eurazeo · 2016. 11. 14. · fintrax at a glance 3 a leading player in the...
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November 2015
Fintrax is a leading player in …
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… Tax Free Shopping
& Dynamic Currency Conversion
▲ Founded in 1985, Fintrax is headquartered in Galway (Ireland)
▲ Fintrax is the parent company of Premier Tax Free
▲ Senior management team, led by Patrick Waldron, have a combined 90+ years length of service
(1) FCF before taxes
30 countries
More than 600 employees
150,000 points of sale
€198m revenue as of July 2015 LTM
€39m EBITDA as of July 2015 LTM
>70% FCF conversion(1)
>€5bn eligible Tax Free Sales
Fintrax at a glance
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▲ A leading player in the outsourced Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) market (c.10% of revenue)
▲ DCC allows international travelers to pay for goods and services in their own currency in shops, hotels or restaurants
▲ The DCC market is more fragmented, with Fintrax holding a c.3% market share
▲ TPP (Third Party Processing) provides multi-currency payment processing services enabling businesses to credit funds to credit and debit cards in multiple jurisdictions
Tax Free Shopping - TFS
▲ Global #2 player in Tax Free Shopping (TFS) (c.85% of revenue), helping eligible international travelers to claim back VAT on retail purchases at affiliated merchants
▲ A €50bn addressable market. Fintrax has grown market share to c.20%
▲ The TFS market has grown by +25% p.a. between 2009-14, mainly driven by an increase
in international travelers
Dynamic Currency Conversion – DCC and TPP
Investment thesis (1/2)
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▲ Strong growth potential, both for TFS and DCC, underpinned by global mega trends:
▲ A highly successful business model with leading international luxury and retail brands
▲ High client stickiness and limited client concentration
– Long standing relationships and co-developed back-office tools
– Well balanced client portfolio with a long tail
– Merchants are more and more looking for pan-european services requiring an international presence
▲ Geographical balance of operations and tourist origins
▲ Acceleration of digitisation and automation to increase addressable market shareand improve the merchant and traveler experience
Rapid expansion of the
middle class in emerging
markets
Growth in international
travel
Increasing luxury
consumption
Investment thesis (2/2)
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▲ Strong track record of organic growth, margin expansion and high cash-flow conversion, enabling a good deleveraging profile
▲ Experienced management team with a track record of innovation and growth
▲ Identified opportunities to accelerate growth through:
– Entering new TFS countries (organically and through acquisition)
– Investment in target geographies where Fintrax has a lower market share in TFS
– DCC development notably through the acquirer model and in new geographies, both organically
and through acquisitions
Eurazeo is the ideal partner for the next stage of development
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▲ Eurazeo and Fintrax management share the same ambition of taking the Company to next level of development trough organic and external investments
▲ Eurazeo will be an active partner to the company, supporting investments in IT, infrastructure and new services for merchants and consumers
▲ Eurazeo will also support Fintrax management, financially and operationally, in the strategic assessment and execution of external growth opportunities both in TFS and DCC on various continents
▲ Eurazeo will leverage its international presence, notably its Chinese and Brazilian
offices
▲ Eurazeo intends to bring to Fintrax its extensive network and expertise in the luxury, retail and leisure industry in Europe, Asia and South America
TFS
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End-Customer
End-Customer
End-Customer
Retail Merchant
Customs / Government
Service Provider
The tax refund process
€ #Money transfer (cash or electronic)
Data transfer (paper or electronic)
(1) Fintrax has its own staff processing cash refunds at some airports in Italy, Germany and Cyprus. (2) Travelex in Charles du Gaulle and Heathrow
€
Payment incl.
VAT
#
Tax Free Form
(TFF)
• Merchant or End-customer identifies tax free eligibility
• Non-EU residents with a short-term visa taking merchandise out of the EU within 3 months of purchase
• Minimum value of €175 in France, €155 in Italy, £30 in the UK, €25 in Germany
• Merchant calculates the refund and issues customer with a TFF
At the store:Issue of tax free
form at retail
outlet
1
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Tax Free Form
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Approved TFF
• Traveler asks customs to validate transaction(s) as tax free
• In France, traveler may get the tax free form stamped at PABLO barcode reader kiosk, rather than get stamped physically
• Customs validate transaction
At the airport
(pre check-in
and customs): Validation of forms
by customs
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Approved TFF
€
VAT Refund
• Traveler presents validated TFF to service provider to get cash refund, (e.g. from a desk(1) or third party desks(2))
• Traveler submits completed TFF to service provider and receives funds after c.4 weeks via credit card / other refund options
At the city
centre and
airport:Refund process
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▲ Fintrax charges a service fee (gross commission) which is deducted from the VAT refund
▲ Part of this service fee is shared with the merchant and refund agent (mainly Travelex)
in the case of a cash refund
Fintrax
Revenue
Stream
!
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Affiliated luxury merchants & retailers
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Merchants(TFS & DCC)
Acquirers(DCC)
Favourable mega trends for tax refunds
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▲ Emerging global consumers is driving increased tourism and luxury consumption
– Asian middle class has increased 7x since 2000; the number of millionaires in China are forecast
to double between 2014-19 to 2.3m
– Growth of Chinese tourists visiting top European TFS destinations has averaged 16%-20% p.a.
between 2009-14; growth 2014-19 expected to be 9-12% p.a.
▲ Global tourism market growth underpinned by increasing affordability and higher expenditure per tourist, especially on luxury
– Over the past six decades, tourism has experienced continued expansion and diversification
to become one of the largest economic sectors globally
– Historical resilience proven through rapid recovery / minimal disruption from travel disruptions
such as 9/11, SARS, ash cloud and global financial crisis
▲ Continued growth in demand for global luxury goods underpinned by expanding middle classes and polarization of price points
▲ VAT is an important contributor to government budgets and VAT rates have increased over time as more countries adopt VAT as a revenue raising measure
Source: LEK, UNWTO
Global Middle Class is Expanding Global Tourism Continues to Increase Demand for Luxury Goods Is Growing
0,6
0,9
1,4
2012 2020E 2030E
1,01
1,56
1,80
2010A 2020A 2030E
153
224250-265
2009A 2014A 2017E
Size of global middle class (bn of households) International Arrivals (bn) Global Luxury Goods Market (€bn)
Digitisation and automation opportunity
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▲ Automating the issue of tax free forms
– Card Recognition Technology
– Pre registration
– Direct engagement via mobile
devices
Increasingthe issue
of TFF
▲ Improving the refund ratio in
conjunction with customs authorities
▲ Automation of customs validation
and digitisation of refund alternatives
Facilitatingcustoms
validation
▲ Automated in store refunds in certain
geographies
▲ Transition from cash to digital refunds
Automatingthe refund
process
▲ Fintrax is at the forefront of digital initiatives to increase its share of the addressable market
▲ Significant growth upside as less than 40% of eligible tax free sales are refunded
Estimated market waterfall : addressable to refunded sales
100%
49%37%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Eligible VAT
Refunds
Value of TFF's
Issued
Value of
Refund
Received
International expansion opportunity
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Existing Markets New Destinations
▲ Accelerate roll out into key European
geographies
– Italy
– Germany
▲ Continue high growth trajectory in regional
markets, including:
– Czech Republic
– Greece
– Ireland
– Austria
▲ Growth opportunities where Fintrax has no
existing presence, encouraged by retail
merchants to follow their global expansion
▲Opportunities to enter both developed and
emerging markets under review, including:
– Turkey
– Japan
– South Korea
– Northern Europe
– Malaysia
– Mexico
▲ Tax Free Shopping systems well established across Europe, Turkey and Australasia
▲ Top 5 European destination countries represent c. 75% of the global tax free shoppingmarket: France #1, UK #2, Italy #3, Spain #4 and Germany #5
▲ Fintrax undertaking a phased geographic roll out to materially increase its addressablemarket potential
DCC
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End-
Customer
DCC process and business model
• The merchant swipes the traveler’s credit card in the payment terminal which has specific software installed
• The terminal connects to the DCC host provider and receives: (i) the FX rate and the corresponding converted amount; and (ii)the included FX fee
• The traveler opts to pay in his / her home currency
• The traveler is then debited in the converted home currency amount, which includes an embedded FX fee
At the store
▲Fintrax charges a FX conversion fee for the DCC transaction which is included in the total
home currency purchase price
▲ Part of this fee is shared with the retail merchant and the merchant acquirer
Fintrax
Revenue
Stream
!
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▲ DCC represents c.10% of revenue
▲ Fintrax processes c.8m DCC transactions per year, partnering with 20 acquiring banks and offering its services to 5,000 retail merchants
▲ DCC can be delivered through three channels– PoS: procured by a merchant from its acquirer or a specialist DCC provider
– ATM: procured by ATM providers and / or processors
– E-commerce: often procured as part of a payment gateway
Fintrax currently only offers DCC services on retail merchants’ PoS, scope to enter ATM market
Swipe home credit card
Given the option to purchase amount
in home currency
Selects home currency
Debited at the converted rate
Retail
Merchant
Key merchant segments for DCC
Merchant segment Aggregate market sizeImportance of foreign spend
for individual merchantsImportance of PoS
transactions
Retail – Luxury/Mass market
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Hotels ▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ ▲▲▲
Airlines ▲▲▲ ▲▲▲ ▲
Restaurants/bars ▲▲ ▲ ▲▲▲
Casinos ▲ ▲▲ ▲▲▲
Public Transport ▲ ▲ ▲▲▲
Tourist attractions ▲▲ ▲▲ ▲▲
Car hire ▲▲ ▲▲ ▲▲
Source: VDD LEK
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High▲▲▲ Medium▲▲ Low▲
KEY FINANCIALS
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Financials
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▲ The business generated revenues of €198m in the twelve months to July 2015
▲ Increasing revenues underpinned by overall market growth and increased marketshare through new retail merchant contract wins
▲ Business model with high cash flow conversion (pre tax) over 70%
Note: historical financials are pro-forma for the acquisition of Tax Free Worldwide in 2013
Revenue (€m) EBITDA (€m)
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142167 178
198
0
40
80
120
160
200
2011 2012 2013 2014 LTM 2015
1521
2834
39
15% 15%17%
19%20%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
-
10
20
30
40
50
2011 2012 2013 2014 LTM 2015
EBITDA EBITDA Margin (%)
MANAGEMENT TEAM
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Management team
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Patrick Waldron
CEO• 3 years at Fintrax• Former CEO of Post Office Financial
and Travel Services• COO Bank of Ireland
Kerry Jenkins
CFO
• 3 years at Fintrak• Former CEO of a PE backed company in the media
intelligence sector• Worked at Dell & ICL, where he was involved in multiple
acquisitions in Europe and USA
Patrick Faherty
Sales• 29 years at Fintrak
• Country manager France / Groupe IKA and Marketing manager until 2013
• Has developed a portfolio of 200 international key accounts across 21 countires in Europe
Chris Parkin
Operations
• 21 years at Fintrak
• Country manager UK until 2013
• Designed and developed core tax free software system
Stefan Intemann
Technology
• 2 years at Fintrax
• Co-founder of Tax Free Worldwide
• Variety of management positions prior to Tax Free Worldwide
John Duffy
Research & Development • 18 years at Fintrak
• Former operations manager at Ireland Assist
Conor Flanagan
Payments
• 17 years at Fintrax
• Previously CFO of Fintrax
• Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
Nick Eades
Marketing
• 3 months at Fintrax
• Substantial experience in global marketing from previous jobs at Autologic, Psion, Dell and IBM
Stephen Mitchell
HR• 9 months at Fintrax• Over 25 years of experience in HR in companies including
Deloitte Haskins and Sells, Bank of Montreal, BNY Mellon, ICAP and BGC / Cantor Fitzgerald
Transaction Summary
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▲ Acquisition of 100% of the share capital together with management
▲ Enterprise Value of €550m, before earn-out
▲ €35m earn-out payable in 2017 depending on 2016 activity
▲ Equity investment for Eurazeo of c.€300m
▲ Closing is expected by end of the year
▲ Unitranche debt financing of €250m
Conclusion
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Expansion
of the middle
classes
Growth in
international
travel
Increasing
luxury
consumption
High growth
business model
Eurazeo
growth factors
Digitisation
opportunity
Strong
management
team