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Compass Minerals Intl — Compass Minerals — Investor Presentation (September 2020)

44 slides from Compass Minerals Intl's investor presentation, September 2020

  1. Slide 1: Compass Minerals Business Overview

    Compass Minerals Business Overview September 2020

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements

    Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements in this presentation, including without limitation statements about the Goderich mine plan, including its key features and ability to increase efficiency, decrease maintenance needs and provide greater optionality; bid season results, including earnings

  3. Slide 3: Compass Minerals: An Essential, Diversified Global Minerals Company

    Compass Minerals: An Essential, Diversified Global Minerals Company 2Q20TTM GROSS SALES BY MARKET Highway deicing in North Plant Nutrition Salt and America and U.K. 36% Magnesium Deicing Chloride Consumer and industrial end 39% uses in North America Plant Specialty and semi- specialty in North and N

  4. Slide 4: 2Q20 Highlights

    2Q20 Highlights • Resilient performance and improved execution achieved Operating $17.6M* while addressing COVID-19 challenges Earnings vs. 2Q19 • Maintaining our COVID-19 focus: - Health and safety of EBITDA** 44% vs. 2Q19 employees and communities - Meeting customers needs for our essential produc

  5. Slide 5: Our Salt Business

    Our Salt Business 5

  6. Slide 6: Our Salt Business: Well-Positioned in Unique Commodity Industry

    Our Salt Business: Well-Positioned in Unique Commodity Industry • Unique attributes - Recession-resistant and non-cyclical - Relatively low cost to end-users Deicing - Transportation costs favor domestic producers 2Q20TTM Consumer non-deicing Salt Sales $880M Industrial • Compass Minerals is well-po

  7. Slide 7: Strong Fundamental Attributes of Our Salt Business

    Strong Fundamental Attributes of Our Salt Business Superior Assets • Scale of rock salt mines enables production efficiencies • High-quality, lower-cost salt and magnesium chloride assets Logistical Advantages • Convenient access to water transportation • Deep-water port at Goderich mine • Extensive

  8. Slide 8: Salt: A Resilient History With Margin Improvement Underway

    Salt: A Resilient History With Margin Improvement Underway Salt Segment Sales Reflect Snow Activity (tons, in thousands) 14,000 12,000 226 204 10,000 189 186 175 177 160 169 163 Progress Toward Margin Improvement 8,000 153 150 143 134 127 134 111 26.1% 6,000 92 4,000 20.0% 19.3% 2,000 13.5% Sales Vo

  9. Slide 9: Paving the Way for Long-Term Success at Goderich Mine

    Paving the Way for Long-Term Success at Goderich Mine • Long-term mine plan Long-Term Goderich Mine Illustration implementation underway • Expected to increase efficiency of mining systems, decrease maintenance needs of previously mined space and provide greater optionality to address potential vari

  10. Slide 10: Improved Execution Lifting Salt Segment Earnings

    Improved Execution Lifting Salt Segment Earnings • Strong year-over-year increases 1H20 vs. 1H19 : in average selling prices for North American highway deicing Revenue 2% mostly offset reduced sales volumes due to mild winter weather • Improved Goderich production Operating 24% results and lower log

  11. Slide 11: Challenging North American Highway Deicing Bid Season

    Challenging North American Highway Deicing Bid Season • A challenging 2020-2021 North American highway deicing bid season following a North America Highway Deicing mild winter Market Remains Resilient Market - Mid-teens percentage decline in requested bid volumes in our served market • Disciplined e

  12. Slide 12: Our Plant Nutrition Business

    Our Plant Nutrition Business 12

  13. Slide 13: Our Plant Nutrition Business: Providing Efficient Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture

    Our Plant Nutrition Business: Providing Efficient Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture Specialty plant nutrients help farmers maximize the genetic potential of their crops 2Q20TTM Plant Nutrition Sales To meet the global need for sustainably $622M produced food Compass Minerals has unique and focus

  14. Slide 14: What is Specialty Plant Nutrition?

    What is Specialty Plant Nutrition? Biologicals  Nutritional and biological potential enhancers  Stress relief and fortification  Diverse molecular structures and nutritional formulations  Provided in minute dosages (g/Ha or ml/Ha) Compass Minerals Bio- stimulants Microbes Adjuvants  Chemistries

  15. Slide 15: The Importance of Specialty Plant Nutrition and the Yield Gap

    The Importance of Specialty Plant Nutrition and the Yield Gap Advanced seed technology requires Yield Gap – Average Bushels per Acre is more nutrient investment Substantially Below Yield Winner • Growers are investing in NPK but Soy* US BRZ overlooking micronutrient needs 160 140 133 140 • The right

  16. Slide 16: Plant Nutrition Market Landscape

    Plant Nutrition Market Landscape Global Market Size ~$160 BILLION COMMODITY SPECIALTY K SPECIALTY PLANT NUTRITION FERTILIZER SOP, SOPM & KTS, Coated Fertilizer Slow Seed N P K KNO3 Release - NPK Blends Solubles Foliars Treatment Biologicals Nutrien Mosaic Haifa Chemical SQM Yara COMPASS MINERALS ICL

  17. Slide 17: Our Core Geographic Presence Today

    Our Core Geographic Presence Today Locations advantaged to serve key agriculture markets in Western Hemisphere Compass Minerals’ North American Crop Mix • SOP production well-positioned Tree nuts 30% 25% to serve specialty crops Vegetables Fruits • Access to key agricultural 10% 15% Other, including

  18. Slide 18: Leading Producer of High-Value SOP in the Americas

    Leading Producer of High-Value SOP in the Americas • Only North American SOP producer and largest in the Americas - Unique asset at Ogden with low-cost solar evaporation SOP production with ~325,000 tons annual capacity  Unique capability to expand annual production by ~200,000 tons by adding muria

  19. Slide 19: Diversified End-Market Insulate From Commodity Row Crops

    Diversified End-Market Insulate From Commodity Row Crops Soybeans Strawberries Almonds U.S. acres ~90M ~60K ~1.25M Input costs/acre $473 $67,674 $6,241 Fertilizer cost /acre $41 $688 $490 No. of field passes 5 16 7 Net return/acre $67 $30,325 $9,309 Rocket Seeds™ Protassium+® Protassium+® Compass Mi

  20. Slide 20: Go-to-Market Approach Tailored to Accelerate Growth

    Go-to-Market Approach Tailored to Accelerate Growth Plant Nutrition South America Plant Nutrition North America • Comprehensive commercial strategy allows • Strong account management team with long- access to all farmers in Brazil standing relationships with leading distributors • Direct reach to ov

  21. Slide 21: Innovation Pipeline Focused on Specialty Plant Nutrition

    Innovation Pipeline Focused on Specialty Plant Nutrition Importance of New Product Launches in Direct- • Stage-gate R&D process and prioritization to-Grower Sales Channel in Brazil methodology promotes projects that are 100% projected to increase internal ROI Products % of Plant Nutrition South Amer

  22. Slide 22: Attractive, Complementary Chemical Solutions Business in Brazil

    Attractive, Complementary Chemical Solutions Business in Brazil • Water treatment products for municipal Plant Nutrition South America and industrial clients to treat waste Revenue Profile water and control odor - Products include polymers, coagulants, flocculants and green sand Agro Chemical ~70% -

  23. Slide 23: Strong Start to 2020 With Demand Recovery in Both North and South America

    Strong Start to 2020 With Demand Recovery in Both North and South America Plant Nutrition North America Plant Nutrition South America Sales Volumes Sales Volumes (in thousands, short tons) (in thousands, short tons) 400 900 400 350 800 350 300 700 300 600 250 250 500 200 200 400 150 300 150 100 100

  24. Slide 24: Our Path Forward

    Our Path Forward 24

  25. Slide 25: Our Key Strategic Priorities

    Our Key Strategic Priorities • Drive Zero Harm imperative for our people and the Build Sustainable environment Culture • Increase employee engagement and build execution muscle • Meet then exceed customer expectations, even in this challenging time Deliver on • Continue operational improvements at m

  26. Slide 26: Enterprise-Wide Optimization Implementation Continues

    Enterprise-Wide Optimization Implementation Continues • Bottom-up process used to identify Expected Benefit by Value Stream improvement opportunities in key focus areas - More than 1,200 initiatives identified and more than 500 business cases defined - Centralized support structure established to en

  27. Slide 27: Maintaining Strong Liquidity Position and Improving Balance Sheet

    Maintaining Strong Liquidity Position and Improving Balance Sheet • $67 million of cash on hand and more than $300 million of total Total Year-End Liquidity liquidity at end of 2Q20 (in millions) $225 to $302 $250 • Entered into U.S. A/R $252 securitization facility to further $202 $175 $175 enhance

  28. Slide 28: Stage is Set for a Bright Future

    Stage is Set for a Bright Future Strong leadership team in place with relentless focus on safety, employee engagement and execution Goderich mine achieving production targets and moving forward with long-term mine plan Sizable organic growth plan defined by enterprise- wide optimization effort Free

  29. Slide 29: Appendix

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  30. Slide 30: Highway Deicing Industry in North America

    Highway Deicing Industry in North America

  31. Slide 31: Government-directed Selling Process Overview

    Government-directed Selling Process Overview • Each government issues a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for blind, sealed bids - RFQs are typically issued between April and October - Each government’s RFQ specifies a volume or volume range, a bid due date and a bid open date • All bids are made public o

  32. Slide 32: Bid Award Timeline Shapes Strategy

    Bid Award Timeline Shapes Strategy Illustration of Bid Timeline Sun Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Govt. A RFQ 8 10 11 12 13 14 issued 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Govt. B RFQ Govt. A Bids 22 Govt. A Bids due 24 27 28 issued awarded 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 Govt. C RFQ 6 7 8 Govt. B Bids due/ 10 12 issued Go

  33. Slide 33: The Government-directed Process Prohibits Price Negotiation

    The Government-directed Process Prohibits Price Negotiation • Bid requests usually include Illustration of a Government Bid Request* several delivery points Guaranteed Required Delivery Requested Minimum Delivery Percentage • Amount requested often Location Quantity Purchase Capability Range reflect

  34. Slide 34: Actual Sales Occur Months Later

    Actual Sales Occur Months Later • Deliveries begin in late fall and end in early spring • Typically, governments keep only enough rock salt on hand for two or three applications - Highway deicing salt is too bulky for most governments to store in large quantities • Governments reorder as their suppl

  35. Slide 35: Logistics is a Competitive Strength

    Logistics is a Competitive Strength Mines Depots 35

  36. Slide 36: 2Q20 Financial Results and Outlook (as of August 4, 2020)

    2Q20 Financial Results and Outlook (as of August 4, 2020) 36

  37. Slide 37: 2Q20 Segment Summary

    2Q20 Segment Summary Plant Nutrition Plant Nutrition Salt Segment South America North America (In millions of U.S. dollars) 2Q19 2Q20 2Q19 2Q20 2Q19* 2Q20 $47 $15.5 $15.3 $13.5 $30 $32 $8.9 $7.2 $15 $4.6 $5.1 $1.7 Operating EBITDA** Operating EBITDA** Operating EBITDA* earnings earnings earnings • I

  38. Slide 38: 2H20 Outlook

    2H20 Outlook (As of Aug. 4, 2020) Plant Nutrition Plant Nutrition Salt North America South America 2H20 Revenue $450M $490M $110M $130M $200M $230M 2H20 EBITDA $125M $145M $37M $45M $40M $50M • 2H20 Salt segment revenue and EBITDA expected to be similar to 2H19 with an increase in sales volumes offs

  39. Slide 39: 2020 Full-Year Guidance Items

    2020 Full-Year Guidance Items (As of Aug. 4, 2020) Key Metrics vs. Prior Guidance (in millions of dollars unless otherwise noted) Current (May 5, 2020) Segment Outlook Low High Low High Salt Segment sales volumes (in millions of tons) 10.7 11.1 unchanged Plant Nutrition North America Segment sales v

  40. Slide 40: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    Non-GAAP Reconciliations 40

  41. Slide 41: Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Information

    Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Information Reconciliation for EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA (unaudited) (in millions) Twelve months ended June 30, 2020 Net earnings $ 96.0 Interest expense 71.6 Income tax expense 34.5 Depreciation, depletion and amortization 137.0 EBITDA $339.1 Adjustments to EBITDA: Stock

  42. Slide 42: Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Information

    Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Information Reconciliation for Salt Segment EBITDA (unaudited) (in millions) Twelve months ended June 30, 2020 Segment GAAP operating earnings $187.7 Depreciation, depletion and amortization 62.1 Segment EBITDA $ 249.8 Adjustments to EBITDA Executive transition costs(1) 1.

  43. Slide 43: Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Information

    Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Information Reconciliation for Salt Segment EBITDA (unaudited) (in millions) Twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2019 2018 Segment GAAP operating earnings $ 168.0 $ 115.7 Depreciation, depletion and amortization 60.4 56.2 Segment EBITDA $ 228.4 $ 171.9 Adjustments to EBITDA Execu

  44. Slide 44: Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Information

    Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Information Reconciliation for Plant Nutrition North America and South America Combined Segment EBITDA (unaudited) (in millions) 12 months ended June 30, 2020 Segment GAAP operating earnings $ 79.9 Depreciation, depletion and amortization 63.6 Earnings in equity method inv

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