Company Highlights
Share Capital Information
Group Structure
Counter C.P. Retailing & Retailink Thai Smart Gosoft MAM Heart Dynamic Thailand
Service Marketing (Thailand) Card (Thailand) Management
(CS) (CPRAM) (RTL) (TSC) (DM)
100%
Lotus Distribution
Investment (LDI)
China Retail
Fund (CRF) 45% 1% 54%
Yangtze Other
Supermarket countries
Investment (YSI)
Local 100%
51% 49%
Partners
People
Ek Chor
Republic
Distribution
of China
Shanghai Lotus Co.,Ltd. Shanghai
Supermarket (ECD)
Chain Store
As at December 31, 2003 (SLS)
4
Convenience Store Business : 7-Eleven Thailand
Competitive Advantages
6
Store Network
S t ores
Ample room for growth in both Bangkok and
3,000
2,500
provincial area
2,000
1,375
Open in gas station as diversified growth
1,500 1,129
1,000
904 opportunity
500 818 913 1,022
0
2001 2002 2003
B angk ok Upc ountry
Stores Breakdown
Franchise
28% Upcountry
57%
PTT
Sub-area 8%
5% Non PTT
92%
Corporate Bangkok
67% 43%
Customer Base
Average No. of Customers per Day Average No. of Customers per Branch per Day
Million
visitors
visitors
2.5 1,000.0
2.06
1.91
2.0 1.60 990.0 983
980
1.5 980.0 977
1.0 970.0
0.5 960.0
0.0 950.0
2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003
10.0
2001 2002 2003
8
Product Mix & Margin
Product mix by sales Gross Margin (%)
%
Non Foods 30%
25.6% 26.1%
47% 24.4% 25.0%
25% 22.8%
21.4%
20%
15%
Foods
53% 10%
2001 2002 2003
10% 10%
2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003
0
0
2001 2002 2003
2001 2002 2003
10
Future Plan
11
13
Lotus Strategy
14
Key Operating Highlights
Total Supercenter Store Revenue Average Sales/Store/Day
Bt m n '000 RMB
16,857
15,000 1,200 1,067
12,712
1,000 855 821
12,000
9,038 800
9,000
600
6,000 400
3,000 200
0 0
2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003
No. of Stores 6 10 13
Combination of factors contributing to sales/store/day trend:
Sales of new stores not yet fully recognized
Inventory Day Competition in the area
Da y Change of town plan
40 Product price deflation
29.5 30.7
30 China RPI
(% Y-o-Y) 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
0.0%
20
-1.0%
-0.8%
-2.0% -1.5%
-1.3%
10
-3.0% -2.6%
-4.0% -3.0%
0
2002 2003
Source: World Bank / ADB
15
Ave. No. of Customers per Branch per Day Spending per visit
visitors RM B
15,000 90.0
79. 0
13,500 12,988 80.0
11,691 11,946 69.0 69.0
12,000 70.0
10,500 60.0
9,000 50.0
7,500 40.0
2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003
Supercenter Supercenter
business business
29% 29%
2002 Total Sales and service revenues = Baht 43,765 million 2003 Total Sales and service revenues = Baht 58,382 million
Supercenter
Supercenter business
business 11%
10%
Convenience
store Convenience Other
Other
business store businesses
businesses
81% business 11%
9%
78%
2002 Total Operating Profit = Baht 1,342 million 2003Total Operating Profit = Baht 1,972 million
18
Consolidated Performance
Note: Exclude interest income and extraordinary items 2001 2002 2003
Gross Profit Gross Margin
0 4% 0 0.0%
2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003
Total SG&A % of total revenues Net Income Net Margin
19
0.0 0.0%
2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003
20