Today at 8:00 ICT, PANDORA will be hosting a Capital Markets Day in Thailand for analysts, institutional investors and media. The purpose of the event is to give an update on PANDORA’s strategy in the Asia Pacific as well as an insight into PANDORA’s supply chain, including a tour of the Company’s crafting facilities in Gemopolis.
The day will include the following presentations:
| Becoming a global jewellery brand | Anders Colding Friis, President & CEO |
| Australia – achieving growth in a developed market* | Anders Colding Friis, President & CEO |
| Building a platform for growth in Asia | Kenneth Madsen, President PANDORA Asia |
| Providing for an increasing global demand | Thomas Touborg, SVP, Group Operations |
*Due to an unforeseen event, David Allen, President PANDORA EMEA, is not able to participate in the event as planned.
In addition, CFO, Peter Vekslund will be present and available for questions on the day.
As part of the presentations, the following forward looking statements will be disclosed:
- PANDORA plans to add net 200-300 concept stores annually in 2016-2018, of which approximately 60% are expected to be opened in the Europe region, 20% in Americas and 20% in Asia Pacific
- From January 2016, PANDORA’s category focus will be expanded to include earrings in PANDORA’s developed markets. The earring category represented around 3% of Group revenue for the first nine months of 2015
- Revenue in Australia and New Zealand is expected to increase more than 30% from 2015 to 2018
- Like-for-like sales-out growth in Australia is expected to be higher than 10% in 2016 and is expected to normalise to around 3-5% long term
- PANDORA expects to add net 5-10 concept stores annually in Australia until 2018
- PANDORA expects to add net approximately 30 concept stores in China in 2016, and net approximately 25 in 2017 and 2018 respectively
- PANDORA expects to add net approximately 10 concept stores and shop-in-shops annually in Japan until 2018
- PANDORA plans to invest around DKK 1.8 billion in capital expenditures in the period 2015-2019 related to production capacity expansion in Thailand
- The production capacity expansion programme is planned to potentially double the current production capacity in Thailand.
All presentation material is available online at: investor.pandoragroup.com/presentations.cfm, and is also included as an attachment to this Company Announcement.
A webcast of the presentations from the event is expected to be available from the PANDORA website from 8 January 2016.
The content of this release will have no impact on PANDORA's outlook for 2015, as latest communicated to the market on 6 January 2016.
ABOUT PANDORA PANDORA designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished and contemporary jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. PANDORA jewellery is sold in more than 90 countries on six continents through approximately 9,500 points of sale, including more than 1,600 concept stores.
Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, PANDORA employs more than 15,000 people worldwide of whom approximately 10,400 are located in Gemopolis, Thailand, where the company manufactures its jewellery. PANDORA is publicly listed on the NASDAQ Copenhagen stock exchange in Denmark. In 2014, PANDORA’s total revenue was DKK 11.9 billion (approximately EUR 1.6 billion).
CONTACT For more information, please contact:
| INVESTOR RELATIONS Morten Eismark VP Group Investor Relations Phone +45 3673 8213 Mobile +45 3045 6719 | MEDIA RELATIONS Kristian Lysgaard Director, Group Communications Phone +45 4323 1774 Mobile +45 2556 8561 |
| Magnus Thorstholm Jensen Investor Relations Officer Phone +45 4323 1739 Mobile +45 3050 4402 |
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