Gas Natural SDG S.A

Gas Natural SDG — 9M 2009 Earnings Presentation

39 slides from Gas Natural SDG's earnings presentation, Nov 4, 2009

  1. Slide 1: Third Quarter 2009 Results (9M09)

    Third Quarter 2009 Results (9M09) November 4, 2009 1

  2. Slide 2: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer This document may contain market assumptions, different sourced information and forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, business, strategy and the plans of Gas Natural SDG, S.A. and its subsidiaries. Such assumptions, information and forw

  3. Slide 3: Agenda

    Agenda 1. Highlights 2. Summary of 9M09 Consolidated Results 3. Analysis of Results (Pro-forma) 4. Conclusions 3

  4. Slide 4: Highlights

    Highlights 4

  5. Slide 5: Highlights

    Highlights  Strong regulated businesses and electricity coverage provide a healthy operating performance in trying times  Integration with Unión Fenosa completed with merger in early September  Acquisition facility being successfully refinanced  High completion degree of asset disposal plan 9M09

  6. Slide 6: A Strong Business Model

    A Strong Business Model Regulated and Quasi-regulated Coverage for Power EBITDA1 Generation1 Regulated + PPAs + Supply power contracts EMPL + Gas contracts 10% 60% 40% 90% Consolidated stability of business performance Note: 1 Pro-forma figures for 9M09 6

  7. Slide 7: Pro-forma Quarterly EBITDA

    Pro-forma Quarterly EBITDA1 (€ million) +1.1% EBITDA pro-forma 2008: €4,844 million1 +4.0% 1,326 1,341 -2.1% 1,193 1,241 1,219 1,106 1,083 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 2008 2009 Resilient pro-forma 9M09 EBITDA (+1.0%) despite difficult environment Note: 1 Pro-forma figures from 1 January. Unión Fenosa EBITDA homogen

  8. Slide 8: Unión Fenosa Integration Completed

    Unión Fenosa Integration Completed ● €3.5 billion capital increase fully implemented prior to tender offer completion ● 95.2% holding of Unión Fenosa reached after tender offer, leading to a €788 million lower financing need ● Savings achieved through equity swaps and deferred purchases ● Merger com

  9. Slide 9: Synergies

    Synergies Synergies (€ million) Current status 200 550 • Detailed action plans to achieve synergy targets in 2011 already in place • Top 30 initiatives representing 60% 90 350 of total synergies 260 • 40% of total synergies already captured by 3Q09 • €180 million impact in 2009 • Smooth synergies im

  10. Slide 10: Successful Refinancing Efforts in Capital Markets

    Successful Refinancing Efforts in Capital Markets ● Issuance of €4.75 billion under GAS NATURAL’s EMTN programme ● October: €500 million, 3-yr at 3.125%, €1 billion, 7-yr at 4.375% and €750 milion, 12-yr at 5.125% ● June: €2 billion, 5-yr at 5.250%, and €500 million, 10-yr at 6.375% ● Oversubscripti

  11. Slide 11: Asset Disposals (I): Financial assets

    Asset Disposals (I) Financial assets ● Gross cash from financial asset disposals totals €1,135 million ● Sale of 5% in CEPSA for €529 million ● Sale of 1% in Red Eléctrica for €43 million ● Sale of 5% in Enagás for €155 million ● Sale of 13% in Indra for €320 million ● Sale of 4.4% in Isagen (Colomb

  12. Slide 12: Asset Disposals (II): CNC commitments

    Asset Disposals (II) CNC commitments ● Sale of gas distribution assets and customer contracts to Naturgas: €330 million, to be completed before year-end 2009 ● 248,000 gas connection points1, 209,900 gas customers, 4,000 electricity customer contracts and transportation assets ● Transaction recently

  13. Slide 13: Asset Disposals (III): Other assets

    Asset Disposals (III) Other assets ● Agreed sale of 63.8% of EPSA (Colombia) ● Agreed price of ~ US$1.1 billion ● Deconsolidation of ~ €112 million of debt ● Transaction to be completed by end 2009 ● EBITDA 2008: ~ €167 million2 ● Examining strategic alternatives for other assets €2.3 billion of res

  14. Slide 14: Summary of 9M09 Consolidated Results

    Summary of 9M09 Consolidated Results 14

  15. Slide 15: 9M09 Consolidated Results Snapshot

    9M09 Consolidated Results Snapshot1 (€ million) 9M09 9M08 Change Net Sales 10,527 9,702 8.5% EBITDA 2,884 1,926 49.7% Operating Income 1,820 1,371 32.7% Net Income 914 805 13.5% Investments: 14,957 2,364 - Tangible & Intangible 1,228 657 86.9% Financial & Other 13,729 1,707 - Net Debt (as of 30/09)

  16. Slide 16: Consolidated Income Statement

    Consolidated Income Statement1 (€ million) 9M09 9M08 Change % Net Sales 10,527 9,702 8.5 Purchases (6,404) (6,917) (7.4) Gross Margin 4,123 2,785 48.0 Personnel, net (436) (260) 67.7 Other Expenses, net (803) (599) 34.1 EBITDA 2,884 1,926 49.7 Depreciation (957) (534) 79.2 Provisions (107) (21) - Op

  17. Slide 17: Consolidated EBITDA by Activity

    Consolidated EBITDA by Activity (€ million) 489 55 2,884 +49.7% 1.9% 804 17.0% 27.9% 402 1,133 13.9% 39.3% Gas Electricity Electricity Gas Other TOTAL Distribution Distribution 17

  18. Slide 18: Consolidated Investments Tangible and Intangible

    Consolidated Investments Tangible and Intangible (€ million) 9M09 9M08 Gas: 123 24 Up + Midstream 110 18 By Activity Wholesale & Retail 10 6 UF Gas 3 - Other Electricity: 555 200 Gas 3.2% Distribution Spain 469 177 10.0% 41.6% International 86 23 Gas Distribution: 327 399 Spain 231 272 International

  19. Slide 19: Net Debt Evolution

    Net Debt Evolution (€ million) 21,919 (941) (1,052) Tariff deficit1 19,926 Impact from asset disposals agreed to date2 Leverage Leverage 63.3% 61.0% 30/09/09 Estimate after executed actions On track towards ~ €18 billion Net Debt target for year-end 2009 Notes: 1 As per actual CNE data up to settlem

  20. Slide 20: Gross Debt Maturity Profile

    Gross Debt Maturity Profile Gross debt (€20,872 million1) maturity schedule estimated after executed actions (€ million) 5,018 3,203 6,883 3,619 2,625 2,869 1,880 1,399 1,019 578 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Post 2013 Acquisition facility Acquisition loan down to €6,244 million1 from original €19 billio

  21. Slide 21: Analysis of Results (Pro-forma)

    Analysis of Results (Pro-forma) 21

  22. Slide 22: Pro-forma EBITDA Breakdown

    Pro-forma EBITDA Breakdown1 Pro-forma Pro-forma Change (€ million) 9M091 9M081 €m % Gas: 580 679 (99) (14.4) Up + Midstream 134 120 14 11.7 Wholesale & Retail 290 316 (26) (8.2) UF Gas 156 243 (87) (35.8) Electricity: 1,163 1,138 25 2.2 Spain 809 799 10 1.3 International 354 339 15 4.1 Gas distribut

  23. Slide 23: Gas: Up + Midstream

    Gas: Up + Midstream EBITDA (€ million)  High capacity charge component offsets 25% lower gas volumes through Maghreb +11.7% pipeline (EMPL) 134 120  LNG fleet increases utilization ratio to 97%  Exploration projects under development in Northern Africa (Tangiers-Larache) and Spain  Italy: final

  24. Slide 24: Gas: Wholesale & Retail (I)

    Gas: Wholesale & Retail (I) GAS NATURAL’s sales in Spanish liberalized market (GWh) 104.8 -4.1% 100.5 164,208 -11.0% 146,128  Lower CCGT-based generation volumes and a drop in economic activity lead to a 11% drop in Spanish liberalized market sales -36.0% 83,783  90% of gas sold under contracts in

  25. Slide 25: Gas: Wholesale & Retail (II)

    Gas: Wholesale & Retail (II) GAS NATURAL’s international sales (GWh) 38,496 -3.6% 37,125  Own flexible LNG portfolio and +3.3% 13,840 transportation infrastructure allows 13,404 expansion of international markets to South America -43.0% 11,796 20,689  Customer portfolio in France grows +335% to re

  26. Slide 26: Gas: Wholesale & Retail (III)

    Gas: Wholesale & Retail (III) Quarterly gas sales (GWh) Quarterly EBITDA (€m) 83,804 173 67,341 68,941 140 66,364 57,714 59,175 100 76 59 58 1Q 2Q 3Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 2008 2009  Results in 9M09 mainly affected by lower demand volumes  5.1 million retail customers bring sales with a seasonal profile  3Q08

  27. Slide 27: Gas: UF Gas

    Gas: UF Gas EBITDA (€ million) Sales (GWh) -35.8% 59,452 -15.3% 50,334 243 18,580 -43.1% 10,581 156 -2.7% 40,872 39,753 9M08 9M09 9M08 9M09 Pro-forma2 Pro-forma2 Pro-forma1 Pro-forma1 Spain Trading  Lower commercial and industrial sales in Spain almost offset by CCGT sales EBITDA impacted by lower

  28. Slide 28: Electricity (I): Spain

    Electricity (I): Spain Total GAS NATURAL production (GWh) 37,404 -22.6% 28,937 1,634 1,917 1,383 (+18.1%) 2,310 (+20.5%) 3,177 3,005 (-5.4%) 5,284 1,611 (-69.5%) 25,643 20,377 (-20.5%) 9M08 Pro-forma1 9M09 Pro-forma1 CCGTs Other thermal Nuclear Hydro Special Regime  Average pool price of €39.3/MWh

  29. Slide 29: Electricity (II): International

    Electricity (II): International Total production (GWh)  Production figures rise for Mexican CCGTs after higher demand from CFE, 22,970 +3.1% 23,672 allowing for a 75.9% load factor with an availability of 91.5% -11.8% 5,846 5,157  New Durango 450 MW CCGT is 92% completed, with commissioning +8.1%

  30. Slide 30: Electricity (III): Operating Results

    Electricity (III): Operating Results EBITDA (€ million) +2.2%  EBITDA in Spain grows 1.3% despite lower 1,138 1,163 production and pool prices thanks to the -2.5% coverage given to power generation by 200 195 commercialisation contracts and CCGT +14.4% gas supply contracts linked to pool prices 139

  31. Slide 31: Gas Distribution in Spain

    Gas Distribution in Spain Operating figures 5,923 +2.1% 5,803 198,558 -15.8% 167,237  Connection points grow by 120,000 YoY despite slowdown in residential construction 184,458 -9.0% 167,868  Distribution network grows +5.1% to a total of 50,346 km  Regulated remuneration for 2009 set at 14,100 €

  32. Slide 32: Gas Distribution in Italy

    Gas Distribution in Italy Operating figures EBITDA (€ million) +4.9% 409 390 +79.2% 43 +24.3% 2,518 24 2,025 348 +100.0% 174 2,170 1,851 +17.2% 9M08 9M09 9M08 9M09 Tariff Sales (GWh) TPA Sales (GWh) Connections (thousands) as of 30/09  EBITDA growth in the period favoured by a higher remuneration u

  33. Slide 33: Gas Distribution in Latin America

    Gas Distribution in Latin America Operating figures EBITDA contribution and +3.1% 5,369 growth by country 5,208 (Total €372 million, +4.5%) 154,157 -16.9% 128,047 Mexico Argentina €51 million €30 million (+0.6%) (+3.4%) -24.5% 108,791 82,149 +1.2% 45,366 45,898 Colombia Brazil €113 million €178 mill

  34. Slide 34: Electricity Distribution in Spain

    Electricity Distribution in Spain Operating figures 3,546 3,502 +1.3% 27,015 -9.9% 24,332  Lower electricity sales as a result of the decrease in consumption in the country -50.6% 17,996 8,888  End of regulated tariff on 1 July 2009  TIEPI down 23.6% to 42 minutes2 +71.2% 15,444 evidences an impr

  35. Slide 35: Electricity Distribution in Latin America

    Electricity Distribution in Latin America Operating figures EBITDA contribution and +12.2% 5,057 growth by country 4,507 (Total €249 million, +25.8%)1 13,618 +2.5% 13,955 Guatemala Nicaragua +3.0% €37 million €34 million (+15.6%) (>100%) 5,382 5,543 Panama €49 million +2.1% (+14.0%) 8,236 8,412 Colo

  36. Slide 36: Conclusions

    Conclusions 36

  37. Slide 37: Conclusions

    Conclusions ● GAS NATURAL continues to show a solid business model ● + 1.0% pro-forma EBITDA despite a challenging environment ● high weighting of regulated activities, business and geographical mix provide stability in earnings ● Successful execution of Unión Fenosa integration ● swift execution, o

  38. Slide 38: A Strategy to Create Value for Shareholders

    A Strategy to Create Value for Shareholders ● Annual operating synergies of €350 million and CAPEX Focus on synergies of €200 million beat initial estimates integration ● ~€800m tax synergies identified (NAV) ● Delevering through €3.5 billion capital increase and €3 billion expected asset sales Fina

  39. Slide 39: Thank you

    Thank you gasNatural UNION FENOSA 39

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