Trading Statement

RNS Number : 1782K

DP Poland PLC

12 December 2018

 

DP Poland plc

("DP Poland" or the "Company")

Trading Update

DP Poland plc provides the following trading update for the year to date.

System Sales have grown substantially year-to-date, but as seen in the July and August sales numbers, announced within the interim results, we have seen softening like-for-like sales growth continue into the fourth quarter.  A combination of warm and dry weather continuing into November and sustained advertising spend by competing delivery aggregators, in particular, impacted share of voice and sales performance.  In addition to these external factors our investment in top-line sales support in Q4 2017 was not replicated in Q4 2018, as we focused more on balancing sales growth with enhanced store profitability.

Despite the sales pressure, Company EBITDA for 2018 is expected to be broadly in line with expectations, but we approach the year ahead with caution and believe that sales and EBITDA performance for 2019 will continue to be impacted by competition for share of voice.

The Company intends to release a full year trading update on 29 January 2019.

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement via the Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

Enquiries:

DP Poland PLC Peter Shaw, Chief Executive www.dppoland.com	020 3393 6954
Peel Hunt LLP Adrian Trimmings / George Sellar	020 7418 8900

Notes to editor

DP Poland, through its wholly owned subsidiary DP Polska S.A, has the exclusive right to develop, operate and sub-franchise Domino's Pizza stores in Poland. There are currently 62 Domino's Pizza stores, 36 corporately managed, 2 under management contract and 24 sub-franchised.

LEI: 213800LPZBU5RPY7A394

 

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