THE ORGANIC MEAT COMPANY LIMITED

HALF YEARLY PROGRESS REPORT

AS AT DECEMBER 31, 2022

HALF YEARLY PROGRESS REPORT

INTRODUCTION

This half yearly progress report is being submitted in compliance with the requirement of Clause 16(i)(ii) of post issue reporting and disclosures of the "Public Offering Regulations, 2017" and in pursuance of the requirement specified in the clause 4(ii)(2)(b)(2) of the prospectus to the issue of the Company.

The Company carried out a successful IPO in July 2020, to finance its expansions, at estimated costs, as detailed below:

  • Facility for local Offal at Korangi Industrial Areas - Rs. 167.20 million
  • Facility in Export Processing Zone (EPZ), Karachi - Rs.104.45 million
  • Utilization in Working Capital - Rs.448.35 million

We are pleased to share the half year progress report for the FY 2022-23 pertaining to six months ending December 31, 2022 and in accordance with half yearly results uploaded at PSX, in respect of the aforementioned projects, in the ensuing pages.

SUMMARY OF IPO FUNDS GENERATED

Description

Rupees

Issuance of 40 million ordinary shares at floor price of Rs. 18 per share

720,000,000

Excess funds received - Share Premium at Rs. 2 per share

80,000,000

Less: Share issuance costs

(23,769,303)

Net IPO Proceeds

776,230,697

SUMMARY OF IPO FUNDS UTILIZED

IPO Funds

Description

Approved

Utilized

Balance

Intended usage as per prospectus for:

Facility of Local Offal in Korangi Industrial Area

167,200,000

167,200,000

-

Facility for Export Processing Zone:

104,448,556

-

104,448,556

Working Capital

448,351,444

448,351,444

-

720,000,000

615,551,444

104,448,556

Excess funds raised, used for

Payment of IPO expenses

23,769,303

23,769,303

-

Loan re-paid

40,000,000

40,000,000

-

Fattening farm

16,230,697

16,230,697

-

80,000,000

80,000,000

-

Total

800,000,000 695,551,444 104,448,556

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HALF YEARLY PROGRESS REPORT

IMPLEMENTATION STATUS

1. FACILITY FOR LOCAL OFFAL IN KORANGI INDUSTRIAL AREA

The offal processing facility at Korangi Industrial Area is fully operational since last year, and the management has fulfilled its commitments in this respect, as mentioned in the prospectus.

The Company had successfully acquired a partially-constructed building at an ideal location in the Korangi Industrial Area, with a total area of 1,067 square yard. The building has a total covered area of around 18,000 square ft.

The Company has spent a total amount of Rs.198.44 million for acquisition of land and construction of building. The expenditure represents a 51.4% increase over planned expenditures due to 50% additional built-up area of the acquired property and related civil works conducted. These additional capital expenditures were financed through Company's own sources.

Further, the major portion of the cold-chain management machinery which was imported vide firm Letter of Credits amounting to around Rs.38 million, as detailed in Annexure-I, was successfully completed at 2QFY22, and the trial run ended at 3QFY22. The cold chain machinery is fully operational.

Implementation status

Particulars

Commitment

Completed

Acquisition of property

Q1 FY 21

Yes

Construction

Q4 FY 21

Yes

Installation of machinery and commission

Q1 FY 22

Yes

Test run

Q1 FY 22

Yes

Commencement of production

Q2 FY 22

Yes

2. FACILITY FOR KARACHI EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE (KEPZ)

The Company has tried to secure land in Karachi Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) since the time of the IPO, however, due to regulatory changes and non-availability of vacant land in the KEPZ, the Company has looked at other options to fulfill its IPO fund utilization and application commitments. The management of the Company has identified an already existing offal processing facility and company in the KEPZ, and the Board of Directors of the Company has approved an amount of up to PKR 170,000,000 (Pak Rupees one hundred and seventy million only) to acquire 100% shareholding in that existing company in the Karachi Export Processing Zone (KEPZ), subject to negotiations with the existing shareholders of the said company.

The proposed transaction shall ensure the successful completion of all the Company's IPO commitments. The Board of Directors has authorized the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company to negotiate the said transaction with the existing shareholders of the said offal processing company.

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HALF YEARLY PROGRESS REPORT

Implementation status

Particulars

Commitment

Completed

Acquisition of property

Q1 FY 21

No

Approval of construction drawings

Q2 FY 21

No

Construction

Q1 FY 22

No

Application for completion month

Q2 FY 22

No

Installation of machinery and commission

Q2 FY 22

No

Test run

Q2 FY 22

No

Commencement of production

Q3 FY 22

No

3. INVESTMENT IN WORKING CAPITAL

The Company had evaluated its working capital requirement based on previous trends, requirements and future business outlook and the expected amount was allocated in the prospectus.

As at December 31, 2022, the funds allocated for the working capital have been fully utilized, and have been rolled over multiple times in the working capital cycle. The ratio of fund utilization in within the different product categories has been adjusted as per the demand pattern of different products over the period, since the IPO date.

MUHAMMAD FAISAL IDREES

IMRAN KHAN

Chief Financial Officer

Company Secretary

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