UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 19, 2014
XPO LOGISTICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-32172 | 03-0450326 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Five Greenwich Office Park, Greenwich, Connecticut 06831
(Address of principal executive offices)
(855) 976-4636
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On September 19, 2014, the Company released a slide presentation expected to be used by the Company in connection with certain future investor presentations, together with a corresponding script. Copies of the slide presentation and script are attached as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The slide presentation and script should be read together and with the Companys filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014.
The information furnished in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. This information shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates any such information by reference.
Additional Information about the Investment
XPO will file a proxy statement and other documents relating to the securities issued pursuant to the Investment Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2014, by and among XPO and the Purchasers named therein (the Investment) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTMENT. Investors and security holders may obtain these documents free of charge at the SECs website at www.sec.gov. You may also obtain these documents free of charge at www.xpo.com. You may also read and copy any reports, statements and other information filed by XPO with the SEC at the SEC public reference room at 100 F Street N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549.
Participants in Solicitation
XPO and its executive officers and directors may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from XPO shareholders with respect to the Investment. Information about XPOs executive officers and directors is available in XPOs proxy statement on Schedule 14A for its 2014 annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the SEC on April 25, 2014. Investors and shareholders may obtain more detailed information regarding the direct and indirect interests of XPO and its executive officers and directors in the Investment by reading the proxy statement regarding the Investment when it becomes available. Copies of these documents may be obtained, free of charge, as described above. This document shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description | |
99.1 | Investor Presentation, dated September 19, 2014 | |
99.2 | Investor Presentation Script, dated September 19, 2014 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: September 19, 2014 |
XPO LOGISTICS, INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Gordon E. Devens | |||
Gordon E. Devens | ||||
Senior Vice President and General Counsel |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Exhibit Description | |
99.1 | Investor Presentation, dated September 19, 2014 | |
99.2 | Investor Presentation Script, dated September 19, 2014 |
Investor Presentation
September 2014
Exhibit 99.1 |
2
Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer
This document includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the companys full year 2014 and full year 2017
financial targets. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or
may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. In some cases,
forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as "anticipate," "estimate,"
"believe," "continue," "could," "intend,"
"may," "plan," "potential," "predict," "should," "will," "expect," "objective," "projection,"
"forecast,"
"goal,"
"guidance,"
"outlook,"
"effort,"
"target"
or
the
negative
of
these
terms
or
other
comparable
terms.
However,
the
absence
of
these
words
does
not
mean
that
the
statements
are
not
forward-looking.
These
forward-looking
statements
are
based
on certain assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and our
perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future
developments, as well as other factors we believe are appropriate in the circumstances.
These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to a material difference
include those discussed in XPOs filings with the SEC and the following: economic conditions generally;
competition;
XPOs
ability
to
find
suitable
acquisition
candidates
and
execute
its
acquisition
strategy;
the
expected
impact
of
acquisitions, including the expected impact on XPO's results of operations; the
ability to realize anticipated synergies and cost savings with respect to
acquired companies; XPOs ability to raise debt and equity capital; XPOs ability to attract and retain key
employees
to
execute
its
growth
strategy,
including
acquired
companies
management
teams;
litigation,
including
litigation
related
to alleged misclassification of independent contractors; the ability to develop and
implement a suitable information technology system; the ability to maintain
positive relationships with XPOs networks of third-party transportation providers; the ability to retain
XPOs
and
acquired
companies
largest
customers;
XPOs
ability
to
successfully
integrate
acquired
businesses;
rail
and
other
network changes; weather and other service disruptions; and governmental
regulation. All forward-looking statements set forth in this document
are qualified by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurance that the actual results or
developments anticipated will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that
they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, XPO or its
businesses or operations. Forward-looking statements set forth in this document speak only as of the date
hereof, and XPO undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements
to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, changes in expectations or
the occurrence of unanticipated events except to the extent required by law. |
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One of the Largest 3PLs in North America
We facilitate over 31,000 deliveries per day
#4 freight brokerage firm and Top 50 logistics company
#3 provider of intermodal services
#1 provider of cross-border Mexico intermodal
#1 manager of expedited shipments
#1 provider of last-mile logistics for heavy goods
Leading provider of technology-enabled contract logistics
Growing presence in freight forwarding, LTL and managed
Sources for rankings: Transport Topics, Journal of Commerce and company data
transportation |
4
Clearly Defined Strategy for Value Creation
Acquire companies that bring value and are highly scalable
Significantly scale up and optimize existing operations
Open cold-starts where sales recruitment can drive revenue
We are ahead of plan in transforming XPO Logistics into
a leading multi-modal supply chain provider |
5
$700 Million Strategic Investment in XPO
Three global institutions have invested a total of $700 million of
equity to further XPOs growth strategy
PSP Investments, one of Canada's largest pension investment
managers
GIC of Singapore, the fourth largest sovereign fund in the world
Ontario Teachers
Pension Plan, the largest single-profession
plan in Canada
Strong endorsement of XPOs plan for value creation
Capital primarily will be used to capitalize on acquisition pipeline
Transaction completed September 17, 2014 |
6
Targets raised in light of the $700 million investment
Updated 2017 Full Year Targets
$9 billion of revenue
$575 million of EBITDA |
7
Completed 13 strategic acquisitions and established
23 cold-starts in less than three years
Created leading-edge recruiting and training programs
Introduced scalable IT platform
Added national operations centers for shared services, carrier
procurement and last-mile operations
Stratified customers, assigned a single point of contact to each
Created a culture of passionate on-time performance
Disciplined focus on operational excellence
Precise Execution of Growth Plan |
8
Strong Commitment to Shipper Satisfaction
Integrated network with cross-company visibility
203 locations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Asia and Europe
Approximately 10,400 employees
More than 3,600 owner-operator trucks under contract for
Relationships with an additional 27,000 vetted carriers
Access to 60,000 miles of network rail routes
drayage, expedited and last mile subsidiaries |
9
Significant Growth Embedded in XPOs Model
Strategic
accounts:
market
to
large
shippers
Cold-starts:
expand
footprint
in
markets
with
best
access
to sales talent
Scale
and
productivity:
recruit
sales
reps
and
provide
state-
of-the-art training and IT
Supply
chain
offering:
build
leadership
positions
in
the
fastest-growing areas of logistics
Performance:
become
the
logistics
partner
of
choice
by
providing the most compelling multi-modal supply chain offering
M&A
program:
focus
on
the
top
100
pipeline
prospects |
10
Secular Trends Driving Industry Growth
Growth in e-commerce retailing
Outsourcing of logistics services and capacity
Conversion from over-the-road to intermodal rail
Near-shoring of manufacturing in Mexico
Just-in-time lean production
Driver shortage
Automation of the transportation logistics process |
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Leading Positions in High-Growth Sectors
Sources: Armstrong & Associates, Norbridge, Inc., EVE Partners LLC, FTR
Associates, SJ Consulting Group, Inc., Bureau of Economic Analysis, US
Department of Commerce Sector
Market
Size
($ billions)
Projected
Growth
(x GDP)
Growth Drivers
Truck brokerage
$50
2-3 times
Outsourcing and technology
Intermodal
$15
3-5 times
Long-haul rail efficiencies and
near-sourcing of
manufacturing in Mexico
Heavy goods,
last-mile
$13
5-6 times
Outsourcing and e-commerce |
Major
Coverage: U.S., Mexico and Canada Source: Company data
Serving over
Manufacturing
Retail, E-commerce
Commercial
Life Sciences
Food and Beverage
Governmental
12
14,000 customers |
13
Acquisition of New Breed Logistics
Compelling reasons for the transaction
Transformational for XPOs scale and value proposition
Combined company of over 200 locations
Most differentiated supply chain offering for end-to-end solutions
Capitalizes on trend toward outsourcing reverse logistics,
transportation management, lean manufacturing and aftermarket
support, and other contract logistics services
Expected to create significant cross-selling opportunities with XPO
strategic accounts, New Breed customers and their vendors
Source: Company data |
14
XPO Gains a Preeminent Platform for Growth
Leads the most desirable sector of contract logistics
Technology-enabled solutions for blue chip customers
Very stable relationships with low cyclicality
Top 10 customers have utilized New Breed for an average of
10 years
Focuses on high-growth industries
Technology, telecom, e-commerce, aerospace and defense,
medical equipment and select areas of manufacturing
Operations are led by Louis DeJoy, New Breeds visionary CEO
Sources: Company data |
15
New Breeds Attractive Financial Model
16% revenue CAGR for the past 10 years
38% return on invested capital (FY 2013)
(1)
Approximately 99% contractual revenue renewal rate over the
past three years
Low capex requirements (4.2% of revenue in FY 2013) and
largely devoted to IT development
(1)
Return on invested capital equals ongoing operations EBIT divided by the sum of
net working capital and net PP&E Source: Company data
|
16
Industry-defining Technology
Integration of proprietary IT will create strong differentiation
XPO NLM is the largest web-based manager of expedited
shipments in North America
New Breeds transportation management system uses
sophisticated tools for dynamic freight optimization, routing
guide management and carrier selection
New Breed acquisition has doubled XPOs IT workforce to
more than 600
Sources: Company data
Combination of two robust managed transportation solutions
|
17
Details of the New Breed Transaction
$615 million cash purchase price
Adds approximately $597 million of revenue (trailing 12 months
ended June 30, 2014)
Multiple of approximately 8.0 times trailing 12 months
adjusted EBITDA
Financed with the proceeds from XPOs August 2014 private
placement of $500 million of senior notes and available cash
on hand
Transaction completed September 2, 2014 |
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$500 Million Senior Notes Issued August 2014
Proceeds used to finance the acquisition of New Breed
7.875% senior notes maturing September 1, 2019
High yield market could present attractive avenue for additional
growth capital
Additive to $415 million accounts receivable facility
Long-term leverage targets: fully-drawn ABL plus 2x EBITDA
Callable at XPOs option, September 2016 |
19
Acquired ACL in July 2014
Compelling reasons for the transaction
Non-asset, multi-regional, last mile logistics provider
Moves high volumes of e-commerce purchases for
mega-companies
Adds approximately 160 employees, 14 locations and 650
contracted trucks to XPO
Complementary delivery schedules allow XPO Last Mile to
leverage combined capacity
Pipeline still active for last mile acquisitions |
20
Details of the ACL Transaction
$36.5 million cash purchase price
Adds approximately $63 million of revenue (trailing 12 months
ended June 30, 2014)
Multiple of approximately 5.9 times trailing 12 months
adjusted EBITDA
Transaction completed July 2014 |
21
Acquired Pacer in March 2014
Gained instant scale in North American intermodal
Third largest provider of intermodal services
#1 provider of cross-border Mexico intermodal, with
30 years
experience
Access to 60,000 miles of network rail routes
Decades-deep relationships with the railroads
Added $980 million of revenue (FY 2013), 31 locations and
approximately 800 employees
Sources: SJ Consulting Group, Inc., Bureau of Economic Analysis, US Department of Commerce and company data |
22
Major Intermodal Market Opportunity
$15 billion sector in North America
Sources: SJ Consulting Group, Inc., FTR Associates and
company data
Growing at three to five times GDP
One of the fastest-growing areas of transportation logistics
Enables shippers to lower transportation costs for freight
traveling 600 miles or more
Rail is more fuel-efficient than truckload for long haul
Intermodal can lower shippers cost by up to 20%
|
23
High-Growth Cross-Border Mexico Sector
Near-shoring
in
Mexico
fast
becoming
the
manufacturing
country of choice
Competitively priced labor force versus China
Faster speed-to-market than overseas locales
Can be more cost effective than cross-border truckload
Growth driven by billions of dollars invested by major
manufacturers, Mexican government and the rails
Large opportunity to covert to intermodal: an estimated
2.8 million trucks move cross-border each year
Sources: AlixPartners and company data |
24
Integration of Intermodal Is Driving Results
XPO now manages approximately 10% of all domestic
intermodal loads in North America
Stronger value proposition as a large, single-source supply
chain partner with deep capacity
Energetically cross-selling intermodal to XPO customer base,
and selling full service range to intermodal customers
Q2: intermodal revenue up 11.7% and volume up 7.5% YOY
On track to realize $15 million of targeted cost synergies from
integration
Source: Company data |
25
Rebranded as XPO Last Mile
Largest provider of last-mile logistics for heavy goods home
delivery in North America
Facilitates approximately 7 million last-mile deliveries per year
Leading, proprietary software for workflow and customer
experience management
Strong customer-centric culture built by experienced leaders
who now run the business for XPO
Acquired 3PD in August 2013
Source: Company data |
26
XPO Last Mile serves one of the fastest-growing sectors of
non-asset, third party logistics
Heavy goods home delivery
growing at five to six times GDP
Strong tailwinds from e-commerce and outsourcing
$13 billion market for heavy goods home deliveries
Only 30% currently going through 3PLs
Highly fragmented with many small, regional providers
Last Miles Exciting Market Potential
Sources: Norbridge, Inc. and EVE Partners LLC |
27
Capitalizing on major advantages of scale and growing
Cost efficiencies, productivity, access to trucks, rigorous
quality control systems, expertise
Acquired Optima Service Solutions in November 2013
Highly scalable supplier, leading arranger of last mile
installations of large appliances and electronics
Acquisition of ACL brought deep relationships in retail
e-commerce channels
XPO Has a Strong Platform for Last Mile
Source: Company data |
28
Rebranded as XPO NLM
#1 web-based expediter, made XPO the #1 manager of
expedited shipments in North America
Manages an annual run rate of more than three quarters of a
billion dollars of gross transportation spend
Online auction system proprietary to XPO
Carriers bid on loads that are awarded electronically
Benefits from trend toward just-in-time inventories, and
supply chain disruptions
Acquired NLM in December 2013 |
29
Focused Sales and Marketing Effort
Differentiate XPO by providing a passionate commitment to
customer satisfaction across a range of services
Single point of contact for each customer
Strategic accounts team marketing to largest 2,000 shippers
National accounts team focused on next largest
5,000 companies
Branch network expands our reach to hundreds of
thousands of small and medium-sized shippers
Capture more of the $32 billion less-than-truckload opportunity
Sources: SJ Consulting Group, Inc., company data |
30
One common IT platform for freight brokerage in all cold-starts
and acquired companies
Proprietary freight optimizer tools for pricing and load-covering
put in place in 2012
Highly scalable load execution and tendering via automated
load-to-carrier matching
Total IT budget of more than $70 million for 2014
(1)
Increasing Productivity through Technology
(1) Includes full year IT budget for Pacer and excludes New Breed IT
budget |
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23 cold-starts
11 in freight brokerage, including Kansas City opened
in March; 11 in freight forwarding; one in expedited
Freight brokerage cold-starts on an annual revenue run rate
of more than $220 million
Up from $90 million 12 months ago
Low capital investment can deliver outsized returns
Hire strong industry veterans as branch presidents
Position in prime recruitment areas and scale up
Growth through Cold-starts |
32
Founded and led four highly successful companies,
including world-class public corporations
United Rentals:
Built worlds largest equipment rental company
United Waste:
Created 5th largest solid waste business in North America
Hamilton Resources:
Grew global oil trading company to ~$1 billion
Amerex Oil Associates:
Built one of worlds largest oil brokerage firms
United Rentals stock outperformed S&P 500 by 2.2x from 1997 to 2007
United Waste stock outperformed S&P 500 by 5.6x from 1992 to 1997
CEO Bradley S. Jacobs |
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Highly Skilled Management Team
Partial list
The full management team can be found on www.xpologistics.com
Troy Cooper
Chief Operating Officer
Paul Smith
President, Intermodal division
Karl Meyer
Chief Executive Officer, XPO Last Mile
Chris Healy
President, Expedited Transportation
John Hardig
Chief Financial Officer
Tom Connolly
Senior Vice President, Acquisitions
Dave Rowe
Chief Technology Officer
Mario Harik
Chief Information Officer
Julie Luna
Chief Commercial Officer
Scott Malat
Chief Strategy Officer
Gordon Devens
General Counsel
United Rentals, United Waste
Pacer International
Boyd Brothers, Caliber Logistics, Roberts Express
Stifel Nicolaus, Alex. Brown
EVE Partners
Echo Global Logistics
Oakleaf Waste Management
AutoNation, Skadden Arps
Goldman Sachs, UBS, JPMorgan Chase
Pacer International, Union Pacific
3PD, Inc., Home Depot |
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Deep Bench of Industry Experience Partial list
Lou Amo
Vice President, Operational Initiatives
Jake Schnell
Sr. Operational Process and Integration Manager
Jenna Sargent
Regional Sales and Operation Manager
Evan Laskaris
Director of Operations, Chicago
Bud Workmon
President, XPO Last Mile
Jim Commiskey
Strategic Accounts Manager
Greg Ritter
Senior Vice President, Strategic Accounts
Doug George
Branch President, Dallas
Will OShea
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, XPO Last Mile
Andrew Armstrong
Sales and Operations Manager
Drew Wilkerson
Branch President, Charlotte
3PD, Inc., Cardinal Logistics
Electrolux, Union Pacific, Odyssey Logistics
C.H. Robinson
OHL, Schneider Logistics
AFN, CEVA Logistics, Menlo
Pacer International, UPS, Menlo
Knight Brokerage, C.H. Robinson
AFN, Ryder Integrated Logistics
Livingston International, Echo Global Logistics
C.H. Robinson
3PD, Inc., Ryder Integrated Logistics, Cardinal Logistics
|
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Revenue trajectory
2011 revenue of $177 million
Approximately $2.3 billion annual
revenue run rate as of 6/30/14
(1)
Q2 company-wide, 2014 vs. 2013
Organic growth up 49%
Gross revenue up 324%
Net revenue up 530%
Organic growth in freight
brokerage up 67%
Revenue and Margin Growth
Gross Revenue ($ millions)
+324%
(1) Excludes beneficial impact of ACL and New Breed acquisitions
Q2 13
Q2 14
$137
$581 |
Key
Financial Statistics Expedited Transportation
Freight Brokerage
Freight Forwarding
Q2 Revenue Growth by Business Unit, 2014 vs. 2013
Revenue ($ millions)
+417%
+37%
+180%
36
$26
$36
$19
$54
$493
$95
Q2
13
Q2
14
Q2
13
Q2
14
Q2
13
Q2
14 |
First
30 Months of Growth Strategy 2012
2013
2014
Revenue ($ millions)
37
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
$45
$55
$71
$109
$114
$137
$194
$257
$282
$581 |
38
As of December 31, 2014
Annual revenue run rate of at least $3 billion
Annual EBITDA run rate of at least $150 million
2014 Financial Targets |
39
Incentivized XPO Management
Equity ownership aligns management team with shareholders
Management and directors own approx. 22% of the company
(1)
Common Stock Equivalent Capitalization as of 9/17/14
Common Shares
76.6 million
(2)
Preferred Shares
10.5 million
Warrants (Strike Price $7 per share)
10.6 million (8.7 million dilutive)
(3)
Convertible Senior Notes
7.3 million shares
(4)
Stock Options and RSUs
2.3 million shares dilutive
(5)
Fully Diluted Shares Outstanding
105.4 million shares
(1)
Based on SEC beneficial ownership calculation as of September 17, 2014; includes (i) 10.7 million
shares issued pursuant to the September 2014 private placement (the Private
Placement) and (ii) 12.1 million shares on a pro forma basis that are issuable upon conversion of preferred stock
that was issued pursuant to the Private Placement (2)
Includes the common shares described in clauses (i) and (ii) of note (1) above, assuming, on a pro
forma basis, the conversion of preferred shares into common stock, which is subject to
shareholder approval (3)
Dilutive effect of warrants calculated using treasury method (using XPO closing price of
$39.72 on September 17, 2014); total warrant proceeds of $74.0 million (4)
Assumes conversion in full of $120.7 million in aggregate principal amount of outstanding 4.50%
convertible senior notes due 2017
(5)
Dilutive effect of outstanding RSUs and stock options calculated using treasury method (using XPO
closing price of $39.72 on September 17, 2014) |
40
Significant growth embedded in XPOs business model
Leading positions in fastest-growing areas of transportation
Compelling value proposition as a multi-modal, single-source
provider
Passionate culture of on-time performance and productivity
Top management talent with skills that uniquely fit XPOs
growth strategy
Clear Path for Significant Value Creation |
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Additional Information about the Investment
XPO will file a proxy statement and other documents relating to the securities
issued pursuant to the Investment Agreement, dated
as
of
September
11,
2014,
by
and
among
XPO
and
the
Purchasers
named
therein
(the
Investment)
with
the
Securities
and Exchange Commission (the SEC). INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE
URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC
WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO
THOSE DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT
THE
INVESTMENT.
Investors
and
security
holders
may
obtain
these
documents
free
of
charge
at
the
SECs
website
at
www.sec.gov.
You
may
also
obtain
these
documents
free
of
charge
at
www.xpo.com.
You
may
also
read
and
copy any reports, statements and other information filed by XPO with the SEC at the
SEC public reference room at 100 F Street N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C.
20549. Participants in Solicitation
XPO and
its
executive
officers
and
directors
may
be
deemed
to
be
participants
in
the
solicitation
of
proxies
from
XPO
shareholders with respect to the Investment. Information about XPOs executive
officers and directors is available in XPOs proxy statement
on
Schedule
14A
for
its
2014
annual
meeting
of
shareholders,
filed
with
the
SEC
on
April
25,
2014.
Investors
and
shareholders may obtain more detailed information regarding the direct and indirect
interests of XPO and its executive officers and directors in the Investment
by reading the proxy statement regarding the Investment when it becomes available. Copies of
these documents may be obtained, free of charge, as described above. This document
shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of
an
offer
to
sell
or
the
solicitation
of
an
offer
to
buy
any
securities,
nor
shall
there
be
any
sale
of
securities
in any
jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
jurisdiction. |
Exhibit 99.2
September 19, 2014
Presentation Script
The following script should be read in conjunction with the accompanying slide presentation, which contains, among other information, source data for certain information set forth in the script.
Thank you for joining us today. Well start with our recent announcement of the $700 million strategic investment in XPO by three global institutions. Then well discuss our third quarter acquisitions of New Breed and ACL, followed by an introduction to our company and our differentiated supply chain offering. Well also explain the strategy that has driven XPOs 33% revenue CAGR quarter-over-quarter for the first 30 months of our growth strategy.
First, the $700 million investment. We believe this is a major endorsement of our plan for value creation by three highly regarded institutional investors: Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), GIC, which is Singapores sovereign wealth fund, and Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP). XPO received all of the net proceeds from the $700 million transaction on September 17 there were no selling shareholders. PSP Investments, GIC and OTPP now hold approximately 22% of XPOs common stock in aggregate on a fully diluted basis. Additional material terms are summarized in our filings with the SEC.
With the benefit of $700 million of additional equity to accelerate our growth, we can capitalize on a lively acquisition pipeline. Consequently, weve raised our 2017 financial targets to approximately $9 billion of revenue and $575 million of EBITDA, up from previous targets of $7.5 billion and $425 million, respectively.
Next, well discuss our acquisition of leading contract logistics provider New Breed. Contract logistics is a broad term that refers to the outsourcing of warehousing, distribution and other inventory management responsibilities to a third-party provider. It can include storing, distributing and transporting raw materials, finished goods and spare parts, reverse logistics, and value-added services such as supply chain consultation and production flow management. New Breed operates in the top strata of this space we completed the acquisition on September 2, and were now a preeminent U.S. provider of technology-enabled contract logistics for blue chip customers.
New Breed has an exciting history under impressive leadership. It was founded in 1968, and became focused on high-end contract logistics under Louis DeJoy when he took over as CEO in 1983. Mr. DeJoy reinvented the company from a regional business with 10 employees to the leading national provider of sophisticated supply chain innovations. Were very pleased that hes leading our contract logistics business as its chief executive.
We bought New Breed for $615 million in cash on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The value of the transaction represented a consideration of approximately 8.0 times adjusted EBITDA. New Breed had revenue of approximately $597 million for the trailing 12 months ended June 30, 2014. We financed the acquisition and related fees and expenses with the proceeds from our August 2014 private placement of $500 million of senior notes and available cash on hand. At the closing, Mr. DeJoy used $30 million of proceeds from the transaction to purchase XPO restricted stock.
This is a transformational acquisition for XPO on many fronts:
| XPO has gained world-class contract logistics operations that are entrusted with critical services by some of the most prestigious corporate names in America. These customers produce premium, high-value products, often with complex supply chain requirements, and theyre concentrated in sectors with high-growth outsourcing opportunities. This is the most desirable sector of contract logistics customized, high value-added services with strong contractual revenue renewal rates and low cyclicality. New Breeds revenue renewal rate for the past three years was approximately 99%. |
| The New Breed business model is non-asset based; it generates a high return on capital. Capital expenditures for 2013 were 4.2% of revenue and largely devoted to developing proprietary information technology. For the full year 2013, New Breeds return on invested capital was approximately 38%. |
| With this acquisition, weve more than tripled our headcount to approximately 10,400 XPO employees and more than 200 locations. Weve gained critical mass and can deliver integrated, end-to-end logistics solutions for any company, of any size, with any combination of transportation needs. |
| For the past 10 years, New Breed increased revenue at a compound annual growth rate of 16%. Growth is being driven by attractive verticals, such as technology/telecom, retail/e-commerce, aerospace and defense, medical equipment and select areas of manufacturing. |
| We expect the combination to create significant cross-selling opportunities. The former New Breed customers are candidates for the truck brokerage, intermodal, expedite, last mile and freight forwarding services XPO offers, as are the tens of thousands of vendors that move freight in and out of New Breed facilities. In addition, many of our XPO strategic accounts utilize the kind of high quality, customized solutions New Breed offers. Typically, these services are complex contract logistics such as omni-channel distribution, reverse logistics, transportation management, freight bill audit and payment, lean manufacturing support, aftermarket support and supply chain optimization. |
| The New Breed acquisition fits our strategy of building a broad and integrated logistics offering by acquiring leading positions in sectors where we expect sustained demand. Well use our new contract logistics platform to engage customers in our broader offering, just as weve done over the past 12 months with our acquisitions of 3PD, NLM and Pacer. Were in a strong position to leverage an important industry trend: many customers, particularly large shippers, want to winnow down their relationships to fewer, larger 3PLs with deep capacity across a range of services. |
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| Both XPO and New Breed have an intense commitment to cutting edge technology. The combination doubles our XPO IT workforce to more than 600 talented IT professionals focused on new ways to serve our customers. |
| We expect to integrate our XPO NLM technology with New Breeds transportation management system to offer customers industry-defining managed transportation solutions. XPO NLM is the largest expedited freight management platform in North America. New Breeds system uses complex modeling tools to deliver dynamic freight optimization, routing guide management, and carrier selection based on cost, service requirements, performance metrics and transit times. |
On July 28, we acquired ACL, a last mile logistics provider with strong relationships in the e-commerce sector. We bought ACL for a cash purchase price of approximately $36.5 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis. ACL had revenue of approximately $63 million for the trailing 12 months ended June 30, 2014. The value of this transaction is approximately 5.9 times adjusted EBITDA.
The ACL acquisition brought us approximately 200 contracted carriers, 160 employees and 14 East Coast locations, and its strategically important to the growth of our last mile business. Its highly scalable, and it expands our presence in the high-growth e-commerce sector, which is projected to grow at a rate in the mid-teens over at least the next three years. ACLs delivery patterns complement those of XPO Last Mile, which will allow us to leverage capacity as we increase our volume.
When we established our foothold in last mile in August of last year, we did it by acquiring 3PD the largest provider of last-mile logistics for heavy goods home delivery in North America. Heavy goods home delivery is a $13 billion sector of last mile thats growing at five to six times GDP. Then we built on this opportunity with the purchase of Optima Service Solutions, a leading arranger of last mile installations for large appliances and electronics. Like ACL, the former 3PD and Optima operations are both highly scalable. Today, XPO Last Mile (which includes former brands 3PD, Optima and ACL) facilitates approximately seven million last-mile deliveries a year.
We view last mile as a very attractive sector of logistics. Its a major beneficiary of the growth in e-commerce, which is expected to continue to show robust growth for the foreseeable future. And last mile is a platform we can grow both organically and through further acquisitions we have an active pipeline of last-mile targets.
With 3PD, we gained leading, proprietary software for real-time workflow visibility and customer experience management. Shippers depend on us to use the right contract carriers to effectively represent their brands during white glove deliveries inside a customers home, and this technology helps ensure brand protection. The former 3PD executives are all on board with XPO running our last mile operations, with Karl Meyer as divisional chief executive.
Karls a legend in last mile. He founded 3PD and was instrumental in building it into a highly successful, service-oriented operation. His commitment to innovation produced some of the industrys most groundbreaking mobile technologies. Karl began his logistics career in progressively higher management positions with Home Depot, where he led the multi-billion dollar delivery business and successfully transitioned these operations from Home Depots in-house model to an outsourced model.
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That gives you some insights into our growth paths for contract logistics and last mile logistics. Now wed like to tell you about the ways in which were driving company-wide growth through the precise execution of a clearly defined strategy.
We took control of XPO Logistics in September of 2011, with the objective of building a world-class transportation logistics company under the new XPO Logistics brand. We put a highly skilled management team in place and began executing our disciplined strategy for growth:
| Acquire attractive companies that bring value and are highly scalable; |
| Optimize our existing operations with vigorous recruitment and training programs and state-of-the-art IT; and |
| Open cold-starts in locations where we can hire a large number of qualified salespeople to drive returns. |
Today, were one of the fastest-growing logistics companies in North America, with a freight brokerage division that we took from a single location to the fourth largest brokerage firm in two years. Were the largest provider of last-mile logistics for heavy goods, the largest manager of expedited shipments, the third largest provider of domestic intermodal services, and a leading provider of highly engineered contract logistics, with growing positions in managed transportation, freight forwarding and less-than-truckload brokerage. And were the number one intermodal provider in the cross-border Mexico sector, where demand is booming due to the trend toward near-shoring by manufacturers.
Weve instilled a high-octane, performance-driven culture focused on delivering world-class service to customers. Our sales and operations people know how to deal with customers on a professional basis. They understand our goal of zero service failures. We see an opportunity to differentiate XPO on the basis of phenomenal customer service in each of our lines of business.
We grew our headcount from barely 200 employees in late 2011 to approximately 10,400 today. We developed cutting-edge recruiting, training and onboarding programs. And we introduced a scalable IT platform, with three major upgrades and enhancements every few weeks.
We have a nationwide cold-start program underway with 23 locations operating under experienced leadership: 11 in freight brokerage, 11 in freight forwarding and one in expedite. Our drayage, expedited and last mile subsidiaries have more than 3,600 owner-operator trucks under contract. And our capacity procurement hubs in Charlotte, Chicago and Atlanta manage relationships with an additional 27,000 carriers, representing capacity of more than half a million trucks on the road.
And weve completed 13 acquisitions to date, including New Breed and the billion-dollar Pacer business in March. In the last half of 2013, we bought 3PD and Optima the largest providers in their areas of last mile logistics and expanded our last mile operations with the acquisition of ACL in July. In December, we acquired NLM, the leading online manager of expedited shipments. The addition of NLM to our expedited group made us the largest manager of expedited shipments in North America, and gave us a foothold in managed transportation that we can leverage with the New Breed combination.
Weve made XPO a major player in the fastest-growing areas of logistics. Intermodal, for example, is growing at three to five times GDP. Intermodal is a dynamic, $15 billion sector and a huge opportunity for us. Many shippers are discovering that they can use intermodal to lower their transportation costs for freight that travels at least 600 miles, in part because rail can be up
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to three times more fuel-efficient than truck for long-haul freight. In addition, freight trains dont stop at the border, so intermodal transit time can be very competitive with trucking. Currently, more than a third of our over-the-road freight movements travel more than 600 miles that makes many of them ripe for conversion to intermodal.
When we acquired Pacer in March, we gained instant scale in intermodal as the third largest provider in North America. It gave us access to 60,000 miles of network rail routes and decades-deep relationships with the rails. The transaction added about a billion dollars of revenue, 31 locations and approximately 800 employees to XPO. Our position in Mexico is particularly exciting: were the number one provider of cross-border intermodal, with the benefit of 30 years of Pacer experience in Mexico. Its estimated that approximately 2.8 million trucks move cross-border each year, so theres a large potential universe for conversion to rail.
Strong growth in cross-border intermodal demand is being driven by a shift to near-shoring by manufacturers. There are a lot of factors driving this secular trend. Mexico offers a competitively-priced labor force and greater speed-to-market than overseas locales such as China. The labor pool of inexpensive workers has diminished as Chinas middle class has emerged, and under Chinas Employment Promotion Plan, the minimum wage is planned to increase by at least 13% through 2015. Regulatory expenses, tax implications and sub-standard intellectual property rights, relative to Mexico, have begun to further alter the cost differential between China and Mexico, making China a less attractive option for manufacturers. In addition, the railroads and the Mexican government have invested billions of dollars in the countrys transportation infrastructure.
Further bolstering the attractiveness of Mexico as a manufacturing contender are the Maquila Decree and the tailwind of just-in-time (JIT). The 1989 Maquila Decree allows for the temporary importation of foreign merchandise into Mexico for assembly, manufacturing or repair prior to export almost tax-free. The trend toward JIT and lean production makes Mexico very attractive in terms of speed to market. For example, a shipment from Shanghai to Dallas via a combination of ocean and truck takes an average of 19 days. The same shipment, via a combination of rail and truck from Mexico to Dallas, takes only three days. Likewise, a 19-day freight movement from Shanghai to New York City becomes a seven-day movement when shipped via intermodal from Mexico.
For all these reasons, Mexico is fast becoming the site of choice for many U.S. manufacturers, as well as companies from other countries with North American market interests. And its not just automotive Mexicos share of global production is rising across a range of industrial goods, machinery and consumer goods, including furniture, plastics and packaged commodities. According to The Offshore Group, companies are investing billions of dollars in Mexican production capacity at a rate that would cause Mexico to surpass China as Americas top trading partner by 2019. This projected growth would serve XPO well because of our predominant intermodal position in Mexico. As large as the cross-border opportunity is for us today, it may be small in relation to future demand.
In addition to Mexico and the broader industry growth in North America, the Pacer acquisition delivered significant cost synergies. Were on track to realize $15 million of cost synergies triple our original projection and weve already executed on many of them. Weve identified these synergies in technology, real estate, sales and administrative functions, public company costs, and duplicative personnel.
The integration of Pacer went very well. We implemented our plan to reverse the losses of Pacers logistics business. We closed or consolidated 16 offices and retained 10 operations as
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part of our XPO Global Logistics freight forwarding group. And we put the former Pacer truck brokerage business under the leadership of Josh Allen, and fully integrated it with XPO. Josh is one of our regional VPs hes been growing our brokerage offices in Louisville and Cincinnati at a fast clip. We moved the operations onto our proprietary Freight Optimizer technology, which allows the team to serve customers better and price loads more effectively. They can do their job faster on our more user-friendly system, with access to our more than 27,000 carrier relationships.
We put our intermodal operations under the leadership of Paul Smith, who had been Pacers vice president of network management. With Pacer, Paul was responsible for optimizing all aspects of the intermodal network, including capacity flow and asset management, market-based pricing, and capacity planning for rail relationships. His experience is a valuable resource in driving the performance and growth of our intermodal network.
Those are the highlights of our most recent acquisition announcements and the upsides of our service platforms. Now lets take a closer look at each part of our strategy and the significant growth thats embedded in our business model.
First is scale and optimization. This starts with our industry fundamentals. The transportation logistics industry in the United States alone is about a trillion dollars annually. Over-the-road trucking is about $350 billion of that spend, with an estimated 15% penetration rate by brokers. This equates to a $50 billion opportunity thats growing at about two to three times GDP. Currently, we have more than 14,000 customers, primarily in manufacturing, industrial, retail, commercial, life sciences and government-related accounts yet we serve less than 2% of the addressable market.
One thing thats likely to drive increased penetration is an outsourcing trend with both shippers and carriers. It makes economic sense for carriers to find loads through brokers instead of carrying the costs of an internal sales team. And shippers including those with direct carrier relationships need large 3PLs as a source of critical capacity when trucks are hard to find. Weve positioned our company to benefit from this long-term trend. Were building XPO not just for the $50 billion thats going through brokers right now, but for the $300 billion thats currently going direct from shippers to carriers.
In addition to being large and growing, our industry is highly fragmented. There are more than 10,000 licensed brokers in the U.S., but only about 25 brokerage firms with more than $200 million in revenue. Fragmentation gives us a dual benefit: it supports the acquisition leg of our strategy, and creates a competitive advantage for XPO as one of the largest brokerage firms in North America.
Were working diligently to raise our profile in front of every prospective customer in the transportation space. Weve identified the 2,000 largest shippers in North America as strategic account targets. The next largest 5,000 shippers are our national account targets. In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized customers who can use our services. Our branch network reaches out to them every day.
We see great growth potential in strategic accounts. Last year, we launched a dedicated team to target opportunities with strategic accounts. Every one of our strategic account managers has deep industry experience, and a long track record with large shippers. Theyre very attentive to the nuances of the needs of large shippers, and they get a favorable response from these customers. In the second quarter alone, we added 26 new customers that are first-time strategic accounts for XPO. Collectively, these large accounts represent a potential spend of about $400 million when they ramp up over the next few years.
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Our strategic accounts team is led by Julie Luna, our chief commercial officer. Julie has over 25 years of industry experience she was the executive vice president of sales and marketing for Pacers intermodal business when we acquired it. Prior to Pacer, Julie held senior positions in sales and marketing and national account management over 23 years with Union Pacific Railroad. As UPs vice president and general manager for its automotive business, she led a $1.2 billion business focused on transporting automotive vehicles and parts.
Our strategic accounts team includes a number of high-profile industry veterans, including Jeff Battle, Dennis McCaffrey, Greg Ritter and Jim Commiskey. Jeff is one of the key executives who led the growth of Turbo Logistics over the last two decades. Dennis has 20 years in the industry, and most recently ran the outside sales organization for our expedited transportation group. Greg was previously president of Knight Brokerage, and before that he was with C.H. Robinson for 22 years. And Jim came to us from Pacer. He has more than 20 years of transportation experience, including management positions with UPS and Menlo Worldwide.
Beyond strategic accounts, were focused on leveraging our broader multi-modal offering with customers of all sizes, both new business and existing accounts. Were doing this in a disciplined and organized manner. All of our salespeople are on salesforce.com, and weve assigned a single point of contact for each customer. This gives us good visibility into the progress of sales activities, and it helps us to cross-sell our services.
Less-than-truckload is another revenue stream thats on our doorstep. Were taking steps to tap into this $32 billion sector in a big way. Currently, less than $25 million of our companys annual revenue comes from LTL yet almost all of our full truckload customers ship LTL freight. Our acquisition of Interide in 2013 brought us a lot of LTL expertise, as well as an LTL technology platform that weve rolled out in all of our sales offices. Now that weve combined Interides carriers with our own network, were already getting better LTL rates. Were very excited about the magnitude of the LTL opportunity.
Our experience tells us that the common denominator across all these lines of transportation is that customers want results. Anything less than stellar service is not an option. Customers want on-time pickup and delivery. They want their goods to arrive safely. If a problem does occur, they want to know about it right away and they want to see a solution. If you walk into one of our branch offices, youll see that our people are trained to be professional, efficient and on top of things.
One of the ways we empower our employees to deliver world-class service is through our information technology. We believe that our technology is a big differentiator in our industry. With the New Breed combination, we have an IT team of over 600 talented professionals that focuses solely on driving innovation and the effectiveness of our systems. We design our systems to make sure they can accommodate huge scale and complex automation. They create the discipline that helps us manage rapid growth.
In 2012, we put a scalable IT platform in place across the company, with sales, service, carrier and track-and-trace capabilities. We followed that up with new pricing tools, load-covering capabilities, and the introduction of our proprietary freight optimizer software. More recently, we introduced a carrier rating engine and LTL upgrades, and enhanced our customer and carrier portals.
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Our IT team has created algorithms that provide actionable pricing information and carrier procurement, as well as analytic capabilities for truckload market conditions. As we acquire lane and pricing histories from the companies we purchase, this information gets added to our database and can be used by our salespeople. For example, we can pull in real-time market data to highlight demand and availability in specific lanes and regions. This gives our salespeople price and capacity visibility across North America.
We use detailed carrier profiling that identifies each carriers strengths, equipment, preferred lanes and performance metrics. And we have similar profiling for our customers, that pinpoints both operational and load requirements. We also have the ability to manage our customers specific routing guides and tariffs, which makes us a true partner to larger accounts.
Thats an overview of part one of our strategy: scale and optimization. Part two is acquisitions. When we look at a potential acquisition, its more than just a financial transaction. We ask ourselves, what special value does this company bring to the table? How does it fit into XPO? Is this an operation that we can grow to many times its current size? Will the employees be exceptional additions to our organization? And most important, is it a service that our customers need and want?
Last December, our acquisition of NLM, the leader in web-managed expedite logistics, ticked all these boxes. It gave us the entry we sought into managed transportation. We rebranded the business as XPO NLM and now our expedited group manages more shipments in the $5 billion expedite sector than any other 3PL in North America. Currently, XPO NLM manages an annual run rate of more than three quarters of a billion dollars of gross transportation spend with a staff of 123 people.
Our companys roots are in expedited transportation, which requires picking up and delivering freight very quickly, with a goal of zero service failures. Our expedite business dates back more than 20 years so a do-or-die mindset of meeting customer needs is embedded in our DNA. In January, we appointed Chris Healy as president of our four expedited operations: XPO Express (formerly Express-1), XPO NLM, XPO Air Charter and our Gainesville, Ga., expedited office.
Chris is a widely respected innovator in expedited transportation, having spent over 30 years in leadership positions with some of the most prominent expediters in North America. Prior to XPO, Chris was president and chief executive officer of Active Aero, and earlier served in senior management positions with Boyd Brothers Transportation, Caliber Logistics (now FedEx Supply Chain Services) and Roberts Express (now FedEx Custom Critical). Hes the first to bring our expedite group to market as one synergistic service offering.
Our acquisition program is going strong weve looked at over 1,000 companies in the last three years, and weve refined that list to the 100 most attractive companies. We have an acquisition team whos constantly in dialogue with these targets. Many are eager to join XPO. They like our energy they know were going places. For our part, were being very disciplined about seeking out strategically sound acquisitions that align with our core competencies.
We design each acquisition to be a win-win. When we integrate an acquisition, we gain more carriers, customers and expertise that we can use company-wide. For example, weve added capabilities in LTL, last-mile, refrigerated and expedited air charter through acquisitions, as well as intermodal. Our acquisitions of Turbo, Kelron, Covered Logistics, 3PD, Pacer, ACL and New Breed have increased our penetration with Fortune 500 companies. The added locations give us more real-time visibility into the ebb and flow of pricing in various lanes. As a result of these synergies, our salespeople can cover loads more effectively.
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In addition, our acquired operations cross-sell the services of our other divisions, and we offer the acquired services to our broader XPO customer base. Our cross-selling efforts are gaining a lot of traction. For example, in the second quarter, we were awarded significant incremental business from 45 strategic accounts these large shippers are now using XPO for multiple lines of service, expanding our original relationships.
In June, we completed two major rebrandings that support our sales efforts: our over-the-road Express-1 expedited business is now XPO Express, and our former 3PD division is now XPO Last Mile. This furthers our strategy of serving customers as one, integrated portfolio of supply chain services under the XPO brand.
This brings us to the third part of our strategy, and an equally important one: cold-starts. Of the 23 cold-starts we mentioned earlier, 11 are in freight brokerage. Each location is led by a highly experienced branch president. Talent is the most important factor for cold-starts both leadership and sales talent. We seek to locate our branches in prime areas for recruitment.
Our 11 brokerage cold-starts are already on an annual revenue run rate of approximately $220 million after being open barely a year and a half on average. A year ago, the run rate was just $90 million, so our brokerage cold-start revenue is on a strong trajectory, and well continue to grow them fast.
The amount of start-up capital per cold-start is relatively slim: generally a million dollars or less. And theres a large component of variable-based incentive compensation so cold-starts of any size can generate extremely high returns on invested capital.
Thats our business plan. Now it comes down to operational excellence: execution and management. So lets spend a few minutes on our senior management team.
Our CEO, Brad Jacobs, started four highly successful companies from scratch prior to XPO Logistics, and built each of those companies into a billion or multi-billion dollar enterprise. Brad and the management teams he led created dramatic shareholder value. In the process, they completed nearly 500 acquisitions and opened approximately 250 cold-starts.
The two most recent companies Brad led were United Waste Systems, which he built into the fifth largest solid waste management company in North America, and United Rentals, which he grew to be the largest construction equipment rental company in the world. From 1992, when Brad took United Waste public, to 1997, when he sold it for $2.5 billion to Waste Management, the earnings compounded at about 55% CAGR and the stock price outperformed the S&P 500 by 5.6 times. At United Rentals, over the 10 years he led the company, United Rentals stock outperformed the Index by 2.2 times.
Brad spent the better part of his first year with XPO assembling a team whose collective skill set is the perfect fit for our companys ambitious growth strategy. For a competitor to successfully copy our business plan, it would need the deep bench of talent that we have not just at the senior executive level, but in every key position. Here are just a few examples of our talent:
Troy Cooper is our chief operating officer. Troys been instrumental in helping our company realize its growth strategy from the earliest days of XPO Logistics, with senior positions in operations and finance. Prior to XPO, as a vice president for United Rentals, Inc. under CEO Brad Jacobs, he helped to integrate over 200 acquisitions in the United States, Canada and Mexico. For United Waste Systems, Inc., he worked with Brad to build an integrated organization of 86 collection companies and 119 facilities in 25 states. Earlier, Troy was with OSI Specialties, Inc. (formerly a division of Union Carbide, Inc.).
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John Hardig, our chief financial officer, has been a significant presence in the transportation industry for nearly two decades. Before joining XPO, John was a managing director in the Transportation & Logistics group at Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, and an investment banker in the Transportation and Telecom groups at Alex. Brown and Sons. Over the course of his career, he has completed over 60 M&A transactions and his teams have raised billions of dollars of capital for many of the industrys leading logistics companies, including IPOs for C.H. Robinson, Hub Group and Roadrunner Transportation, and follow-ons for Forward Air, Inc., Heartland Express, Inc. and Knight Transportation, Inc.
Scott Malat is our chief strategy officer. Scotts responsible for our companys strategy and capital structure, analyzing potential acquisition opportunities, and managing our technology organization. Prior to joining XPO, he was the senior transportation analyst covering air, rail, trucking and shipping at Goldman Sachs. Earlier he was an analyst with UBS, and served as an internal strategy manager with JPMorgan Chase, where he worked with several of the banks business units. As a global advisor for The Sharma Group, he focused on M&A opportunities.
Gordon Devens is XPOs general counsel, responsible for executing our acquisition strategy as well as all corporate legal matters, governance and compliance, and legal interests relating to the companys growth initiatives. Gordon is more than just a talented corporate lawyer. After working at Skadden, Arps, he spent 15 years with AutoNation, where he was associate general counsel, and later led AutoNations deal team. Gordon has completed over 250 M&A transactions during his career, and he brings that experience to XPOs growth strategy.
Mario Harik is our CIO. He was previously the CIO at Oakleaf Waste Management, a logistics provider that was sold in 2011. Mario has been tapped over the years by Fortune 100 companies for his expertise in building comprehensive IT organizations and proprietary platforms, similar to what were doing here at XPO. Hes put together a superstar team that is using technology in innovative ways that tie directly to customer service. Theyve accomplished a huge amount in a short period of time.
On the carrier side, Lou Amo is our vice presidentoperational initiatives. Lou has 16 years of transportation and carrier management experience. He leads XPOs strategic initiatives for carrier management and procurement in our truck brokerage operations. Lou first joined XPO as vice presidentprocurement and operations, and before that he was director of transportation for Electrolux Major Appliances North America. Earlier, he held senior positions with Union Pacific Corporation, Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation, and SABIC Innovative Plastics Holding BV (formerly GE Plastics).
Taken in its entirety, our organization is unique in the industry because it includes top talent from virtually every other major 3PL in North America. Not only do we have deep bench strength, we have a rich diversity of industry experience. Weve assembled some of the most energetic thinkers in logistics.
Moving on to the financial picture: for the second quarter of 2014, our gross revenue, volume, net revenue margin and EBITDA all came in significantly ahead of plan. We delivered over $581 million of revenue company-wide, including year-over-year organic growth of 49%. We accomplished this by capitalizing on our increasing scale and lane density, and by improving the productivity of our sales force. In our freight brokerage unit, we increased revenue by 417% year-over-year, including organic growth of 67%. In our expedited business, we increased revenue by 37%. And while margin in our freight forwarding business decreased to 10.3%, due in part to the Pacer consolidations, revenue was up more than 180%.
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Were proud that weve delivered on every target weve set since implementing our strategy in 2011. Given our accelerated growth trajectory, weve raised our financial targets for the current year. Our updated outlook for 2014 is:
| An annual revenue run rate of at least $3 billion by December 31; and |
| An annual EBITDA run rate of at least $150 million by December 31 50% more EBITDA than our previous target. |
Finally, its worth noting that XPO management owns approximately 22% of the companys fully diluted shares, based on the SEC beneficial ownership rules. Our interests are entirely aligned with our public shareholders to create substantial long-term value.
So to sum it up: weve established leading positions in some of the fastest-growing areas of transportation truck brokerage, intermodal, last-mile and expedited and were capitalizing on the major trends in our operating environments. Were getting bigger, faster and more efficient in the way we run our brokerage operations. Our brokerage cold-start revenue is ramping up quickly. We see significant growth ahead in intermodal across North America, and even more so in Mexico, where were first in line to benefit from the near-shoring of manufacturing. Were growing our industry-leading position in expedite with our integrated ground, air and managed transportation offering. Were expanding our last mile presence in exactly the right way to capture the burgeoning demand from e-commerce growth. Were now a leader in highly engineered contract logistics. Our acquired operations have been integrated and are performing well. And were driving strong organic growth company-wide.
As we look ahead, we see a clear path to grow the business far beyond our accomplishments to date. Our accelerating EBITDA performance together with $700 million of new capital mark a positive inflection point at XPO. Were excited about the future!
Thank you for your interest.
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This document includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the companys full year 2014 and full year 2017 financial targets and growth expectations. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as anticipate, estimate, believe, continue, could, intend, may, plan, potential, predict, should, will, expect, objective, projection, forecast, goal, guidance, outlook, effort, target or the negative of these terms or other comparable terms. However, the absence of these words does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and our perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors we believe are appropriate in the circumstances.
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These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to a material difference include those discussed in XPOs filings with the SEC and the following: economic conditions generally; competition; XPOs ability to find suitable acquisition candidates and execute its acquisition strategy; the expected impact of acquisitions, including the expected impact on XPOs results of operations; the ability to realize anticipated synergies and cost savings with respect to acquired companies; XPOs ability to raise debt and equity capital; XPOs ability to attract and retain key employees to execute its growth strategy, including acquired companies management teams; litigation, including litigation related to alleged misclassification of independent contractors; the ability to develop and implement a suitable information technology system; the ability to maintain positive relationships with XPOs networks of third-party transportation providers; the ability to retain XPOs and acquired companies largest customers; XPOs ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses; rail and other network changes; weather and other service disruptions; and governmental regulation. All forward-looking statements set forth in this document are qualified by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, XPO or its businesses or operations. Forward-looking statements set forth in this document speak only as of the date hereof, and XPO undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, changes in expectations or the occurrence of unanticipated events except to the extent required by law.
Additional Information about the Investment
XPO will file a proxy statement and other documents relating to the securities issued pursuant to the Investment Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2014, by and among XPO and the Purchasers named therein (the Investment) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTMENT. Investors and security holders may obtain these documents free of charge at the SECs website at www.sec.gov. You may also obtain these documents free of charge at www.xpo.com. You may also read and copy any reports, statements and other information filed by XPO with the SEC at the SEC public reference room at 100 F Street N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549.
Participants in Solicitation
XPO and its executive officers and directors may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from XPO shareholders with respect to the Investment. Information about XPOs executive officers and directors is available in XPOs proxy statement on Schedule 14A for its 2014 annual meeting of shareholders, filed with the SEC on April 25, 2014. Investors and shareholders may obtain more detailed information regarding the direct and indirect interests of XPO and its executive officers and directors in the Investment by reading the proxy statement regarding the Investment when it becomes available. Copies of these documents may be obtained, free of charge, as described above. This document shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
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