Full Year 2021 DP Eurasia NV Corporate Sales Call (Dutch) Transcript

The following is excerpted from the question-and-answer section of the transcript.

Question: Anubhav Malhotra - Liberum Capital Limited, Research Division - Analyst : Congratulations on a good set of results this morning. I just wanted to ask a couple of questions. Firstly, on Russia, could you give an idea on what does the store opening pipeline look like going into next year? I guess you will be focused more on opening corporate stores initially than franchisee stores. So maybe if you can give an idea on how far progressed you are in terms of finding new sites and progressing in doing the legal work on them, et cetera. And then secondly, what has been the reaction so far you think, if you have measured it in any way, of the marketing campaign that you have done in Russia? And have you seen any positive feedback from that?

Question: Anubhav Malhotra - Liberum Capital Limited, Research Division - Analyst : That's very helpful. Can I just ask a follow-up on that? You mentioned that you opened -- you will be opening 7 to 8 new stores in Russia and there will be a similar number of closures to net 0. Can you give me the gross openings for the full year in 2021? How many stores -- the growth that you expect?

Question: Anubhav Malhotra - Liberum Capital Limited, Research Division - Analyst : If there are no other questions, I -- if I may ask a follow-up then. I wanted to ask on how the relationship with Jubilant FoodWorks has been going so far, in terms of how's the interaction been with them, how is the -- what has been their contribution so far on the strategy, particularly in Russia, given that they have been on the Board for some time now. And were there any talks with them before they decided to go for the recent attempt to increase the stake in the company? Was that communicated to you beforehand, and what were your thoughts on it?