Hayleys Fabric

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Hayleys Fabric PLC
FormerlyHayleys MGT Knitting Mills (1993-2015)
Type Public
CSE:  MGT.N0000
ISIN LK0335N00006
Industry Apparel
Founded1993;30 years ago (1993)
Headquarters
Colombo
,
Sri Lanka
Key people
  • A. M. Pandithage (Chairman)
  • E. R. P. Goonetilleke (Managing Director/CEO)
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$167 million (2023)
Decrease2.svg US$8 million (2023)
Decrease2.svg US$1.133 million (2023)
Total assets Decrease2.svg US$119 million (2023)
Total equity Decrease2.svg US$28 million (2023)
Number of employees
Increase2.svg 3,088 (2023)
Parent Hayleys (58.96%)
Subsidiaries South Asia Textiles Limited
Website www.hayleysfabric.com
Footnotes /references
[1]

Hayleys Fabric PLC, formerly known as Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills, is a knitted fabric manufacturing company in Sri Lanka. Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills was founded in 1993 as a joint venture between Hayleys and MGT Knitting Mills of Australia. The company was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 2003. A fraud incident which was dubbed the biggest in a listed company in Sri Lanka rocked the company in 2011. The company adopted its current name, Hayleys Fabric in 2015. Hayleys Fabric acquired South Asia Textiles Ltd for LKR3.9 billion from Ambeon Holdings in 2021. As a result of the acquisition, Hayleys Fabric became the largest fabric manufacturer in Sri Lanka by exceeding the processing capacity of its closest competitor, Teejay Lanka. Hayleys Fabric is one of the LMD 100 companies in Sri Lanka.

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History

Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills was founded as a joint venture between Hayleys and MGT Knitting Mills of Australia in 1993. [2] Hayleys ADC Textiles, another joint venture between Hayleys and Australia Dyeing Company formed in 1992. [3] Hayleys ADC Textiles was made a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills in 2001, and in 2007, the two companies merged. [1] The company was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 2003. [4]

The company was rocked by a fraud incident in 2011, dubbed the biggest fraud in a listed company. As a result, the company made a loss for the 2010/11 financial year for the first time in its history. LKR717 million was set aside for provision during the year. [5] Former Joint Managing Director Bandula Weerasinghe and Former General Manager of Stores Roshan Gunaratne were arrested over the incident by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The CID cited Weerasinghe as the main suspect in fraud amounting to LKR350 million. [6]

S. Spezza, who has been the Joint Managing Director since the inception of the company, resigned in December 2012. Spezza founded MGT Samoor which is based in Melbourne, Australia. [7] In 2014, Hayleys MGT launched 'INNO', its own brand of knitted fabric. [8] The company changed its name to Hayleys Fabric in July 2015. [9]

Operations

Hayleys Fabric acquired South Asia Textiles Ltd in April 2021 for LKR3.9 billion from Ambeon Holdings. South Asia Textiles' plant is located in Pugoda and has a processing capacity of 800 tonnes of textiles per month. [10] The acquisition of South Asia Textiles Ltd made Hayleys Fabric the largest fabric manufacturer in the country. Hayleys Fabric's processing capacity increased to 57 tonnes per day, surpassing its closest competitors, Teejay Lanka's and its subsidiary Ocean Lanka's processing capacity of 40 tonnes per day. [11] Hayleys Fabric invested LKR6.3 million to preserve Diyathuru Park, a wetland located adjacent to its plant in Narthupana in Kalutara District. The ecological survey carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment revealed the wetland is inhabited by 149 species of fauna and 146 species of flora. [12]

Hayleys Fabric is one of the LMD 100 companies in Sri Lanka. The company was ranked 48th in the 2021/22 edition which was published in 2023. LMD 100 is an annual list of Sri Lankan listed companies by revenue. [13] Leonie Vaas, the Manager of Sustainability and Innovation of the company was selected as one of the ten Sustainable Development Goals Pioneers by the United Nations Global Compact for 2021. [14]

Finances

Financial Summary
YearRevenue US$ (thousands)Profit after tax US$ (thousands)Shareholder funds US$ (thousands)Capital employed US$ (thousands)Earnings per share US$
2023166,6311,13328,29971,2570.003
2022150,21912,77730,45773,6030.031
202177,2813,85220,92637,4940.009
202067,1161,27118,40635,1780.003
201969,9411,05817,85933,0440.005
201857,687(680)17,03733,744(0.003)
201755,53749017,58537,2720.002
201659,9241,84517,12733,9460.009
201565,03268015,51034,4610.004
201461,252(1,388)10,68827,555(0.008)

Source: Annual Report, 2022/23 (p. 234) [1]

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