Exco Resources Inc · OTC:EXCE

Exco Resources — Investor Day (October 2007)

32 slides from Exco Resources's investor day presentation, Oct 15, 2007

  1. Slide 1: EXCO's State of the Company and Corporate Governance Discussion

    October 2007 EXCO’s State of the Company and Corporate Governance Discussion Boston, Massachusetts

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    Agenda Welcome Doug Miller Chairman and CEO State of the Industry Boone Pickens Chairman, BP Capital LP EXCO Plans Doug Miller Financial Review Steve Smith Vice Chairman and President Operations Review Hal Hickey Vice President and COO Corporate Governance Doug Ramsey Vice President and CFO Officer

  3. Slide 3: Forward Looking Statements

    Forward Looking Statements We believe that it is important to communicate our expectations of future performance to our investors. However, events may occur in the future that we are unable to accurately predict, or over which we have no control. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on a fo

  4. Slide 4: Corporate Overview

    41% Equity IRR since 1998 Target 50% of EBITDA for capital spending Free cash flow to fund additional acquisitions and pay down debt $5.8 billion of Enterprise Value $1.8 billion market cap(1) $2.0 billion convertible preferred at $19 per share $2.0 billion of debt 4.2 Tcfe of Total Reserves(2) 1.9

  5. Slide 5: Historical Rate of Return Summary

    Historical Rate of Return Summary From first EXCO public equity raise - 8/12/98: To stock price at year end 2001 36% To go - private transaction - 7/29/ 03 25% From go private transaction - 7/29/ 03: To equity restructuring - 10/03/05 77% To XCO initial public offering - 2/ 0 9 /06 102% From equity

  6. Slide 6: Master Limited Partnership (EXCO Partners, LP)

    Master Limited Partnership (EXCO Partners, LP) (in millions) S-1 filed September 13, 2007 Expected total size of offering (before “shoe”) Offering (75 million common units) $1,500 % of Equity 50% Use of proceeds pro forma at June 30, 2007 Repay assumed indebtedness from EXCO $ 444 Cash to EXCO 556 E

  7. Slide 7: Master Limited Partnership (EXCO Partners, LP) continued

    Master Limited Partnership (EXCO Partners, LP) continued Properties to be contributed by EXCO All in Appalachia Well-bores only in East Texas, North Louisiana, Mid-Continent and Permian Lead Bookrunner – Goldman, Sachs & Co. A registration statement relating to common units of EXCO Partners has been

  8. Slide 8: Financial Review

    Financial Review Steve Smith

  9. Slide 9: Financial Highlights

    Financial Highlights (In millions, except volume, wells drilled and productive wells ) Non-GAAP measure - please see tables on slides 31-32 for reconciliation to most comparable GAAP measure Does not include non-cash mark-to-market effects Net income before preferred dividends Cash flow before chang

  10. Slide 10: Pre and Post MLP

    Pre and Post MLP (1) Pro forma for the contribution of EXCO assets to EXCO Partners, which is non-recourse to EXCO and shown unconsolidated (2) As of June 2007 Mid-year total proved reserves based on $8 natural gas and $60 oil NYMEX pricing; at SEC June 30, 2007 pricing, total proved reserves are 1,

  11. Slide 11: Derivatives Summary – Consolidated EXCO Resources, Inc.

    Derivatives Summary – Consolidated EXCO Resources, Inc. As of October 5, 2007 (In thousands, except prices) Gas volume Mmbtus Weighted average contract price per Mmbtu Oil volume Bbls Weighted average contract price per Bbl Q4 2007 30,428 $8.06 375 $64.08 2008 100,110 8.36 1,095 61.09 2009 73,395 7.

  12. Slide 12: Operations Review

    Operations Review Hal Hickey

  13. Slide 13: Snapshot

    Snapshot SEC 12/31/05 total proved reserves, pro forma for the TXOK acquisition using SEC 12/31/05 total proved reserves, plus proved reserves as of the effective date of acquisitions completed during 2006. Winchester reserves based on 6/22/06 NYMEX pricing June 30, 2007 proved reserves with $8 natu

  14. Slide 14: 2006-2007 Acquisition Activity

    2006-2007 Acquisition Activity (in thousands) (1) Net of Gulf Coast properties sold to Crimson Exploration, Inc. for $245.4 million in cash and 750,000 shares of Crimson common stock valued at $4.6 million Asset Acquisitions : Effective Dates Values Allocated West Texas properties from private produ

  15. Slide 15: Management Team

    EXCO Resources, Inc. Management Team 15

  16. Slide 16: Total consolidated proved reserves

    Total consolidated proved reserves(1)(2) = 1,895 Bcfe Total 3P reserves(1)= 4,175 Bcfe EXCO Reserve Base 429.7 Bcfe Proved (23%) 41.0 Mmcfe/d (11%) 997.9 Bcfe Proved (53%) 248.0 Mmcfe/d (65%) 101.3 Bcfe Proved (5%) 17.0 Mmcfe/d (4%) 2.4 Bcfe Proved (< 1%) < 1.0 Mmcfe/d (< 1%) 15.9 Bcfe Proved (1%) 3

  17. Slide 17: Areas of Operation

    EXCO Resources, Inc. Areas of Operation

  18. Slide 18: Long reserve life and multi-year project inventory across all regions

    Long reserve life and multi-year project inventory across all regions As of June 30, 2007 1) June 30, 2007 proved reserves with $8 natural gas and $60 oil pricing, adjusted for differentials and excluding hedge effects 2) Reserve life based on proved reserves and noted production 3) Includes drillin

  19. Slide 19: EXCO 2007 Capital Budget and Drilling Schedule

    EXCO 2007 Capital Budget and Drilling Schedule 2007 Capital Budget totals $502.9 Million(1) $MM 402.9 9.4 31.0 48.6 $MM 308.4 70.3 33.0 32.0 48.6 Includes $11 million of IT and other capitalized items 2007 Drilling Locations PUD PROB POSS TOTAL East Texas/North Louisiana 91 46 32 169 Appalachia 187

  20. Slide 20: Corporate Governance

    Corporate Governance Doug Ramsey

  21. Slide 21: Board Composition

    Board Composition Experience Average 32 years of collective business experience 10 Member Board 2 inside directors, 8 outside directors High Ownership by Directors 34.1% of common stock and convertible preferred stock (as converted) owned by directors(1) Independence 7 of 8 outside directors are ind

  22. Slide 22: Board Members: Independent Directors

    Board Members Independent Directors Jeff Benjamin, 46 Senior Advisor to Apollo Management, LP Vince Cebula, 43 Managing Director, Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. Earl Ellis, 66 Chairman and CEO, Whole Harvest Products Former Managing Partner, Benjamin, Jacobson & Sons, LLC, a NYSE Specialist Firm a

  23. Slide 23: Board Members: Other Outside Director and Inside Directors

    Board Members Other Outside Director Boone Pickens, 79 Chairman and CEO, BP Capital LP Inside Directors Doug Miller, 60 Chairman and CEO, EXCO Resources, Inc. Former Chairman and CEO of Coda Energy, Inc. Steve Smith, 66 Vice Chairman and President, EXCO Resources, Inc.

  24. Slide 24: Corporate Governance

    Corporate Governance ISS Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ) at October 1, 2007 Outperform 76.5% of the Russell 3000 Outperform 73.4% of the Energy group Planned Corporate Governance Enhancements Limit on director’s board service to 4 or fewer other public boards Long-term incentive plan will prohib

  25. Slide 25: Ownership Table

    Ownership Table As of October 8, 2007 Includes 401(k) holdings of EXCO shares as of June 30, 2007. Includes common stock held by our directors and their affiliated investment funds Includes convertible preferred stock on an as converted basis held by the affiliated investment funds of our directors

  26. Slide 26: Board Compensation

    Board Compensation Board $25,000 annual retainer in cash or EXCO common stock for non-employee directors Four directors have elected to receive their retainer in common stock One time option grant of 50,000 shares Reasonable out-of-pocket expenses for attendance Committees Audit: Chair - $50,000 per

  27. Slide 27: Management Compensation

    Management Compensation All cash and/or stock option bonuses are approved by EXCO’s compensation committee prior to being awarded Valued using the difference between the closing price of EXCO on October 1, 2007 and the strike price multiplied by the corresponding number of shares Note: EXCO’s salari

  28. Slide 28: Stock Options Policy

    Stock Options Policy New Hire: Granted on later of board approval or first business day of month following date of hire at closing price. Typically, 10% of base salary in number of shares. Bonus: Past option bonus grants have been made to all employees based on a percentage of their annual income (i

  29. Slide 29: Employee Benefits

    Employee Benefits EXCO’s officers participate in employee benefit plans including the 401(k) plan and medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance on the same basis as the rest of EXCO’s employees No pension plan or other executive compensation arrangements No special executive officer sev

  30. Slide 30: EXCO Resources, Inc.

    EXco EXCO Resources, Inc. 30 PROD Grimmaacadber NLT

  31. Slide 31: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    Non-GAAP Reconciliations Reconciliation of condensed consolidated cash flow from operating activities Years Ended December 31 , Six months ended (Unaudited , in millions ) 2004 2005 2006 June 30, 2007 Net cash provided by (used in ) operations $ 118.5 $ (72.9) $ 227.7 $ 169.1 Net change in wo rking

  32. Slide 32: Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    Non-GAAP Reconciliations Condensed consolidated EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA reconciliations (1) Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization, or “EBITDA” represents net income adjusted to exclude interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization. “A

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