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Balfour Beatty — H1 2018 Earnings Presentation

38 slides from Balfour Beatty's earnings presentation, Aug 15, 2018

  1. Slide 1: 2018 half-year results presentation

    2018 half-year results presentation 15 August 2018

  2. Slide 2: Forward-looking statements

    Forward-looking statements This presentation may include certain forward-looking statements, beliefs or opinions, including statements with respect to Balfour Beatty’s business, financial condition and results of operations. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-lo

  3. Slide 3: Leo Quinn, Group Chief Executive

    Leo Quinn Group Chief Executive

  4. Slide 4: Balfour Beatty highlights

    Balfour Beatty highlights Order book up 11% Average net cash to £12.6bn £161m UK Construction margin Dividend increase 2.1% 33% excluding AWPR On track for industry standard margins in the second half of 2018 3

  5. Slide 5: Phil Harrison, Chief Financial Officer

    Phil Harrison Chief Financial Officer

  6. Slide 6: Headline numbers

    Headline numbers HY 2018 HY 2017 Revenue* £3,836m £4,191m Profit from operations* £66m £39m Pre-tax profit* £56m £22m Profit for the period* £52m £23m Total underlying EPS* 7.5p 3.2p Dividends per share 1.6p 1.2p HY 2018 FY 2017 Order book* £12.6bn £11.4bn Directors’ valuation £1,185m £1,244m Year e

  7. Slide 7: Underlying profit from operations

    Underlying profit from operations £m HY 2018* HY 2017* US Construction 17 17 UK Construction 5 2 Gammon 10 5 Construction Services 32 24 Support Services 17 16 Infrastructure Investments 33 15 Corporate activities (16) (16) Total 66 39 * from continuing operations, before non-underlying items Improv

  8. Slide 8: Order book

    Order book £bn HY 2018 FY 2017 HY 2017 £bn HY 2018 HY 2017 Construction Services 0-6 months 3.5 3.7 US 5.4 4.3 4.7 6-18 months 4.2 3.5 UK 2.7 2.7 2.2 18-30 months 2.5 2.1 30 months+ 2.4 2.1 Gammon 1.4 1.3 1.2 Total 12.6 11.4 9.5 8.3 8.1 Support Services Performance Utilities 1.2 1.3 1.5 • 11% increa

  9. Slide 9: Construction Services

    Construction Services £m HY 2018* HY 2017* Revenue PFO PFO % Revenue PFO PFO % US 1,577 17 1.1% 1,952 17 0.9% UK 947 5 0.5% 975 2 0.2% Gammon 451 10 2.2% 481 5 1.0% Total 2,975 32 3,408 24 * from continuing operations, before non-underlying items Performance • All geographies capable of delivering i

  10. Slide 10: Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR)

    Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR)  Road partially opened to the public  Final structure, Don Crossing, expected to complete in autumn 2018  Balfour Beatty 2018 expected cash outflow now £135m  Underlying charge in the period of £15m, non-underlying charge £8m  Working with Transport Scot

  11. Slide 11: Support Services

    Support Services £m HY 2018* HY 2017* Performance Revenue • 5% higher revenue Utilities 308 299 • PFO and margin percentage stable Transportation 235 220 • Power: continued restructure and cost removal Total 543 519 • Gas and Water: focus on AMP7 contract terms • Highways: stable markets working for

  12. Slide 12: Infrastructure Investments

    Infrastructure Investments £m HY 2018 HY 2017 Performance Pre-disposals operating profit* 11 15 • Increased profit driven by gain on partial disposal of Connect Plus M25 Profit on disposals 22 - – 2018 profit and cash: 5% sale for £22m profit Investments underlying operating profit* 33 15 on disposa

  13. Slide 13: Directors' valuation of Investments portfolio

    Directors’ valuation of Investments portfolio £38m £48m £2m £(39)m £(108)m £1,244m £1,244 £1,243 £1,135 £1,135 £1,183 £1,185m FY 2017 Equity invested Distributions Sales Unwind of Other* HY 2018 received proceeds discount * Other includes movements in operational performance and foreign exchange Dir

  14. Slide 14: Half-year cash flow

    Half-year cash flow £m HY 2018 HY 2017 £m HY 2018 HY 2017 Operating cash flows 44 26 Working capital Working capital outflow (66) (9) Inventories - (1) Pension deficit payments (14) (10) Net contract balances - (9) Cash (used in)/generated from operations (36) 7 Trade & other payables 52 49 Infrastr

  15. Slide 15: Group balance sheet

    Group balance sheet £m HY 2018 FY 2017 HY 2017 Goodwill and intangible assets 1,191 1,155 1,178 Working capital (877) (888) (924) Net cash (excluding infrastructure concessions) 366 335 161 Investments in joint ventures and associates 522 531 630 PPP financial assets 159 163 159 Infrastructure conce

  16. Slide 16: Build to Last outlook

    Build to Last outlook Phase One (2015-16)  Targets achieved: solid foundations for sustainable, profitable growth Phase Two (2017-18)  Earnings-based businesses: reach industry standard margins – UK Construction: 2%-3% – US Construction: 1%-2% – Support Services: 3%-5%  Asset-based business: port

  17. Slide 17: Leo Quinn, Group Chief Executive

    Leo Quinn Group Chief Executive

  18. Slide 18: Build to Last

    Build to Last Foundation which underpins future profitable growth 17

  19. Slide 19: De-risking Balfour Beatty to improve returns

    De-risking Balfour Beatty to improve returns GEOGRAPHIC COMMERCIAL OPERATIONAL FINANCIAL Simplified and refocused Selective bidding for Upgraded leadership and Strong balance sheet; on growing markets in UK contracts best aligned governance running business with & Ireland, US and with Group’s averag

  20. Slide 20: Benefits of Build to Last

    Benefits of Build to Last Order book (£bn) Group six month average net cash (£m) 15 200 10 100 5 0 -100 0 H2 16 H1 17 H2 17 H1 18 H1 16 H2 16 H1 17 H2 17 H1 18 Earnings based businesses PFO (£m) Safe: Lost Time Injury Rate˄ 70 0.4 10 0.3 -50 0.2 -110 -170 0.1 -230 0 H1 15 H2 15 H1 16 H2 16 H1 17 H2

  21. Slide 21: Key infrastructure projects

    Key infrastructure projects Project Value* 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Caltrain $697m US Southern Gateway $625m US Green Line $1.08bn US LAX $1.95bn US HS2 £2.5bn UK A14 £1.5bn^ UK M4/M5/M6 Smart Motorways £600m UK Hinkley Point C Undisclosed UK Thames Tideway £416m UK Central Kowloon Hi

  22. Slide 22: Positive infrastructure markets

    Positive infrastructure markets Construction Services US UK Far East Positive infrastructure Positive infrastructure Positive infrastructure revenue by geography & buildings market market market Fixing America’s Surface 10 year hospital Transportation (FAST) Act HS2 development plan US UK US$305bn £

  23. Slide 23: Expert capabilities

    Expert capabilities Expert: Employee engagement rate 65% 60%  Creating a great place to work  Recruit, train, retain highest calibre workforce 55% FY 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 HY 2018  Investing in capabilities Expert: UK voluntary attrition – Digitising construction (moving annual average) – Site of

  24. Slide 24: Infrastructure Investments model

    Infrastructure Investments model Infrastructure Investments value crystallised £700m  Over £500m net cash distribution since 2015 £600m  Cycle mature assets to maximise value £500m  DV remains stable at £1.2bn £400m  Continue to invest with focus towards £300m US opportunities £200m – US: PPP pr

  25. Slide 25: Infrastructure Investments portfolio by sector

    Infrastructure Investments portfolio by sector Directors’ valuation Directors’ valuation by sector (£m) HY 2018 FY 2017 by geography Roads 210 290 Healthcare 144 136 Student accommodation 66 64 Other 136 146 UK total^ 556 636 US military housing 512 497 Student accommodation 49 49 US other 68 62 Nor

  26. Slide 26: Balfour Beatty today

    Balfour Beatty today Expert Growing capabilities infrastructure markets Strong Attractive balance Investments sheet portfolio Industry leading brand Market leader positioned to deliver market leading performance 25

  27. Slide 27: Appendix

    Appendix Balfour Beatty

  28. Slide 28: Order book position compared with prior year

    Order book position compared with prior year Total at HY 2018 £12.6bn £4.2bn Total at HY 2017 £11.4bn £3.7bn £3.5bn £3.5bn £2.5bn £2.1bn £2.1bn £2.4bn HY 2017 HY 2018 HY 2017 HY 2018 HY 2017 HY 2018 HY 2017 HY 2018 0-6 months 6-18 months 18-30 months 30 months+ Construction Services - UK Constructio

  29. Slide 29: Pensions – balance sheet movement

    Pensions – balance sheet movement £138m £184m £32m £14m £(128)m £(146)m £(231)m 2014 2015 2016 2017 Employer Net actuarial gain HY 2018 contributions 0.65% 0.7% (0.7)% (0.6)% Real discount rate (0.25)% 28

  30. Slide 30: Working capital – Group

    Working capital – Group 0 0 Dec 14 Jun 15 Dec 15 Jun 16 Dec 16 Jun 17 Dec 17 Jun 18 £(200)m (4)% £(400)m £(600)m (8)% £(800)m (12)% (9.9)% £(1,000)m (12.8)% (13.2)% (12.9)% (13.1)% (12.8)% (13.9)% (13.6)% £(1,200)m (16)% Period end working capital Period end working capital as % revenue Debtor days¹

  31. Slide 31: Working capital – Construction Services

    Working capital – Construction Services 0 0 Dec 14 Jun 15 Dec 15 Jun 16 Dec 16 Jun 17 Dec 17 Jun 18 £(200)m (4)% £(400)m (8)% £(600)m (12)% £(800)m (12.2)% (14.4)% (14.2)% (14.2)% (16)% £(1,000)m (14.7)% (16.8)% (16.6)% £(1,200)m (18.2)% (20)% Period end working capital Period end working capital as

  32. Slide 32: Net interest cost

    Net interest cost £m HY 2018 HY 2017 Subordinated debt interest receivable 13 Interest on PPP financial assets 4 Interest on non-recourse borrowings (7) 10 11 Net finance income/(cost) – pension schemes 1 (3) Other interest receivable 2 Other interest payable (6) FX losses on US deposits - (4) (6) U

  33. Slide 33: Non-underlying items

    Non-underlying items £m HY 2018 HY 2017 Trading - Rail Germany 1 - Impairment and amortisation - Amortisation of acquired intangibles (4) (5) Restructuring and reorganisation - Build to Last transformation costs (5) (5) Other - Additional loss on the AWPR contract as a result of Carillion’s liquidat

  34. Slide 34: Build to Last – LEAN

    Build to Last – LEAN Cumulative annual cash flow (£m) 200m 2017 100m - 2018 2016 (100m) 2015 (200m) (300m) (400m) 2014* (500m) (600m) (700m) Dec Mar Jun Sept Dec * Adjusting for the sale of Parsons Brinckerhoff Includes all other disposals 33

  35. Slide 35: Debt repayment profile

    Debt repayment profile £250m £200m £150m £100m 214 112 158 £50m 35 38 £0m (18) (21) (32) £(50)m 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023 2025 Convertible bond US Private placement Preference shares Convertible bond repaid US Private placement repaid The Group has a committed revolving credit facility of £400 millio

  36. Slide 36: Balfour Beatty: leading the conversation

    Balfour Beatty: leading the conversation 35

  37. Slide 37: US Construction

    US Construction Our Buildings presence Our capabilities Buildings Civils Commercial Education Roads Rail Hospitality Residential Water Healthcare Our markets Buildings* Civils 2018 opportunities $365bn $86bn Sources: Dodge *In states in which Balfour Beatty operates 36

  38. Slide 38: Financial history

    Financial history £12bn £400m 450% £10bn Increase in revenue £300m £8bn £6bn £200m 45 £4bn Acquisitions £100m £2bn £0bn £0m £94m -£2bn Average ordinary dividend -£100m (2011-2014) -£4bn -£6bn -£200m £10m 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Average ordinary dividend Revenue (LHS) Profit from

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