RE: Bought Some6 Feb 2020 04:13
Q3 update:
in order for the Group to transfer excess from the securitisation group to Dignity plc, it must achieve both a higher EBITDA to total debt service ratio of 1.85 times and achieve a Free Cash Flow to total debt service (a defined term in the securitisation documentation) of at least 1.4 times. This latter ratio at September 2019 was 1.52 times
Transformation Plan costs
Given the on-going transformation of the Group’s business will result in significant, directly attributable non-recurring costs over the period of the Transformation Plan, these amounts are excluded from the Group’s underlying profit measures and treated as a non-underlying item.
These costs will include, but are not limited to:
external advisers’ fees;
directly attributable internal costs, including staff costs wholly related to the Transformation (such as the Transformation Director and project management office);
costs relating to any property openings, closures or relocations;
rebranding costs;
speculative marketing costs; and
redundancy costs.
following the appointment of Clive Whiley as Chairman, the Board is also reviewing its current strategy in the context of the current challenges within the industry.
Operating performance in 2020 will rely heavily on the number of deaths, which may or may not revert to higher levels