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Easyjet — FY2017 Earnings Presentation

46 slides from Easyjet's earnings presentation, Nov 21, 2017

  1. Slide 1: FY 2017 Analyst & investor presentation

    FY 2017 Analyst & investor presentation 21 November 2017

  2. Slide 2: Business review

    business review Carolyn McCall- Chief Executive Officer

  3. Slide 3: Proven business model in all market conditions

    Proven business model in all market conditions • Strong performance in a tough year • £509m headline PBT (@ constant currency) • Purposeful and disciplined growth; reinforcing our market positions • Capacity growth of 8.5% • Revenue and network differentiate easyJet and drive RPS • Positive revenue

  4. Slide 4: Robust & sustainable business model

    Robust & sustainable business model Winning Network Strategy Relentless Focus on Cost Lean delivers sustainable savings* 400 85 95 46 32 43 41 58 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2011-17 Continuing to Innovate Focused on Our Customers Committed to our People * Financial year Lean savings in £ mill

  5. Slide 5: H1 growth in European Short Haul market

    H1 growth in European Short Haul market H1 2018 capacity (Oct’17 – Mar’18) Capacity taken out by Ryanair & Monarch in H1 8.7% 8.3% 7.6% 6.9% 5.7% 4.9% 4.2% 3.6% 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 Capacity change total SH Market Competitors on easyJet markets Capacity Change easyJet markets easy

  6. Slide 6: Winning network strategy

    winning network strategy Purposeful investment Protect the profitable core + Capture the national opportunity in France Disciplined use of capital Target investment in key cities + Efficient basing Well positioned in a dynamic market 6

  7. Slide 7: easyJet growth in 2018

    easyJet growth in 2018 c.6% easyJet capacity growth in 2018* XXm 2018 growth (seats / %) UK X% 1.3m 5% Netherlands Switzerland 0.2m 0.5m 5% 6% Germany France (0.2)m 0.8m (5%) 7% Italy Spain 0.9m 0.4m 9% 5% * Not including growth from Air Berlin transaction 7

  8. Slide 8: Driving revenue - customer & digital initiatives

    Driving revenue - customer & digital initiatives PERSONALISED BUYING COMMERCIALISED PERSONALISED PRODUCT CONNECTED DIGITAL / INFLIGHT EXPERIENCE CUSTOMER JOURNEY AND OFFERS PEOPLE EXPERIENCE • Recognising customer to • 23m app downloads • Allocated seat • Empowering our people • Worldwide tailor con

  9. Slide 9: Strong ancillary revenue performance

    strong ancillary revenue performance Partner Extending across the travel value chain Ancillary revenue performance Old FY14-17 (£m) “non-seat” Inflight definition World class retail offer with brands you love Product* £986m Targeted options aligned to customer needs Extended £837m “ancillary Tariff

  10. Slide 10: Relentless focus on cost

    Relentless focus on cost CPS ex fuel target: flat 2015 vs 2019* Lean delivers sustainable savings** 400 85 Lean programme offsets inflation 95 Efficient and effective cost base 46 32 43 2015 CPS 2019 CPS (ex Fuel @ cc)* (ex Fuel @ cc)* 41 58 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2011-17 * Flat headline

  11. Slide 11: Delivering operational improvements

    delivering operational improvements Focus on operational performance Delivering step change improvements FY 2017 Cancellations LGW H2 OTP Decreased +4.5 ppts by 19% FY 2017 EU261 H2 delays over 3hrs events Decreased Down by 238 3.4% "easyJet has been a real driving force, working with us to help cre

  12. Slide 12: easyJet Europe

    Easyjet Europe > easyJet Europe established in July > easyJet now has three airlines. One based in the UK, Switzerland and Austria • All owned by easyJet plc which itself will be EU owned and controlled, listed on the London Stock Exchange and based in the UK > Above 50% EU (non-UK) ownership requir

  13. Slide 13: Sustainable business model

    Sustainable business model 60 million £400m in returning easyJet Lean Focused on Our Customers passengers savings Winning Network Strategy 23 million app 279 aircraft downloads Relentless Focus on Cost Continuing to Innovate 97.6% touch 97% crew No1 or No2 attendance Strong Balance Sheet airports Co

  14. Slide 14: Financial review

    Financial review Andrew Findlay- Chief Financial Officer

  15. Slide 15: Key performance indicators

    Key performance indicators FY 2017 FY 2016* Change** Seats flown (m) 86.7 79.9 8.5% Passengers (m) 80.2 73.1 9.7% Load factor (%) 92.6% 91.6% +1ppt Average sector length (km) 1,105 1,098 0.6% Revenue per seat - reported currency (£) 58.23 58.46 (0.4%) Revenue per seat - constant currency (£) 55.83 5

  16. Slide 16: Financial performance

    Financial performance FY 2017 FY 2016* Change** £m £m Total revenue 5,047 4,669 8.1% Headline costs: Headline costs excluding fuel (3,577) (3,061) (16.9%) Fuel (1,062) (1,114) 4.7% Headline profit before tax 408 494 £(86) m Headline profit before tax at constant currency 509 494 £15 m Non-headline i

  17. Slide 17: Revenue performance

    Revenue performance -4.5% £58.46 (5.3%) £3.10 +0.3% +0.1% +0.4% £55.83 £0.16 £0.08 £0.23 FY16 Passenger First Bag Allocated Seating Other FY17 @ PYCC Improving trend in Passenger RPS Strong ancillary performamce in 2017 (adjusted for Easter) 4.5% Ancillary RPS -6.1% Total Passenger RPS RPS -9.5% -4.

  18. Slide 18: A strong focus on costs

    A strong focus on costs Headline cost per seat bridge • Total headline cost per seat at constant currency: 4.4% decrease • Headline cost per seat ex fuel at constant currency: 0.9% increase 3.56 53.52 0.22 0.23 0.26 0.95 0.34 0.26 52.64 2.68 52.28 0.46 51.92 FY 2016 Regulated Inflation Ownership A32

  19. Slide 19: Impact of fuel & currency

    Impact of fuel & currency FY 2017 fuel impact FY 2017 FY 2016 Change* Fuel $ per metric tonne Market rate 501 415 (86) Effective price 596 754 158 US dollar rate Market rate 1.27 1.41 (14 cents) Effective price 1.45 1.57 (12 cents) Difference between market rate and effective rate 0.18 0.16 Actual c

  20. Slide 20: Strong cash generation

    Strong cash generation Cash flow bridge • Net cash: £357m (FY16: £213m) • Adjusted net debt: £413m (FY16 restated: £424m)* Cash generated from operations (post tax): £898m Investing and financing 224 630 325 25 51 214 115 1,653 195 404 10 21 3 1,328 969 Cash & MMDs Operating Depn & amort Net working

  21. Slide 21: Strong balance sheet

    Strong balance sheet £m FY 2017 FY 2016* Goodwill and other intangible assets 544 517 Property, plant and equipment 3,525 3,252 Derivative financial instruments 92 98 Other assets (excluding cash and money market deposits) 348 324 Unearned revenue (727) (568) Other liabilities (excluding debt) (1,33

  22. Slide 22: Utilising flexibility in fleet planning

    Utilising flexibility in fleet planning Planned Fleet Size Maximum Fleet Size using existing assets Fleet plan as at 30 Sept 2017 Fleet Size with exercise of deferral options and all operating leases returned at maturity easyJet Orderbook Delivery Schedule (Amendment #5) Fleet Size with exercise of

  23. Slide 23: Gross capital expenditure

    Gross capital expenditure £1,200m • Incremental capex in FY18 £1,000m & FY19 driven by £900m replacement expenditure • Four A321 deliveries £630m moved into FY 18 • Maintenance capex is projected to remain relatively stable over the next 3 years FY’17 FY’18 FY’19 FY’20 • Revised Capex spend updated

  24. Slide 24: H1 forward bookings

    H1 forward bookings 93% 90% Last Year 86% 83% This Year 59% 59% 52% 50% 31% 32% 22% 18% 16% 12% Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar H1 H1 2018 (October 2017 to March 2018) as at XX November 2017 24

  25. Slide 25: Purposeful investment: Air Berlin asset acquisition

    Purposeful investment Air Berlin asset acquisition

  26. Slide 26: Deal highlights

    DEAL HIGHLIGHTS > easyJet has reached a binding agreement to acquire part of Air Berlin operations at Berlin Tegel airport, subject to antitrust clearance and regulatory approval • easyJet will operate up to 25 A320 family aircraft > Consideration of €40m payable in cash upon completion • Completion

  27. Slide 27: Tegel fleet plan

    Tegel fleet plan Tegel fleet plan by month Wet lease easyJet (2018) Winter Summer Shoulder Summer Peak easyjet is a combination of existing fleet and crew to be reallocated to TXL and conversion of AB aircraft and crew Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov (steady state) 27

  28. Slide 28: Delivering returns in strong market positions

    Delivering returns in strong market positions Being number 1 delivers returns #1 positions Superior product #2 Returns > widest range of routes > best frequencies / times Other > strongest brand awareness Cost advantage > Leverage scale on airport fees > procurement of ground handling > economies of

  29. Slide 29: Delivering superior market positions

    DELIVERING SUPERIOR MARKET POSITIONS Total Berlin Capacity* (m seats) Eurowings 16.0 10.7 5.5 5.9 Seats at SXF 5.3 1.6 (5.8m) 1.1 0.8 0.7 easyJet Lufthansa Group Ryanair AF-KLM IAG Norwegian Turkish Airport Positions Total Berlin #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 • FY 2017 OAG data adjusted for transaction: • Ai

  30. Slide 30: Expected timing

    EXPECTED TIMING > Antitrust clearance, regulatory approval and closing expected in December 2017 > First flight out of Tegel planned for early January > Update on implementation at Q1 30

  31. Slide 31: PBT accretive from 2019 onwards

    PBT accretive from 2019 onwards Air Berlin perimeter Headline Impact 2018 • Flying a partial winter schedule Load factor: below average Revenue RPS: below average • Uncertain on competitors schedules • Lower load factor / build demand • Wet lease aircraft required to fly initial schedule as Cost Hig

  32. Slide 32: Positive FY'18 underlying trading

    Positive FY’18 Underlying trading Current easyJet PBT consensus FY’18 £465m Based on input from 27 analysts Includes one off benefits from capacity decreases H1 Trading vs consensus c. +£55m post Monarch / Air Berlin administration and operational issues at Ryanair Consensus post H1 trading upside £

  33. Slide 33: Fuel and foreign exchange hedging

    Fuel and foreign exchange hedging Fuel requirement US dollar requirement Euro Surplus Six months to 30 March 2018 82% @ $512/tonne 80% @ $1.36/£ 71% @ €1.25/£ Full year ending 30 September 75% @ $514/tonne 73% @ $1.36/£ 73% @ €1.24/£ 2018 Full year ending 30 September 45% @ $533/tonne 47% @ $1.30/£

  34. Slide 34: 2018 headline outlook – excluding Air Berlin

    2018 headline Outlook – excluding Air Berlin Capacity (seats flown) • FY c.+6% increase Revenue per seat at constant currency • Q1 / H1 2018 revenue per seat low to mid single digits positive Cost per seat at constant currency • FY headline cost per seat excluding fuel: up to 1% increase (assuming n

  35. Slide 35: Summary

    Summary > 2017 performance has been robust in a low yield environment > Positive revenue per seat momentum - easyJet is winning in the market > Leading the way in customer initiatives to drive loyalty and ancillary revenue > Strong cost performance delivered > Continued focus to improve On-time Perf

  36. Slide 36: Q&A

    Q&A easyJet

  37. Slide 37: Appendix

    appendix

  38. Slide 38: Profit after tax

    Profit after tax £m FY 2017 FY 2016* Change** Headline profit before tax 408 494 (17.3%) Headline tax charge (83) (67) (24.2%) Headline profit after tax 325 427 (23.9%) Total profit before tax 385 507 (24.0%) Total tax charge (80) (70) (14.8%) Total profit after tax 305 437 (30.2%) Effective tax rat

  39. Slide 39: Revenue per seat

    Revenue per seat £ per seat FY 2017 FY 2016 Change* Seat revenue includes all revenue except for commissions earned from goods and/or services sold on behalf of partners. Seat revenue 57.20 57.43 (0.4%) Non-seat revenue arises from commissions earned from goods and/or services sold on behalf of part

  40. Slide 40: H2 performance

    H2 Performance Reported £m H2 2017 H2 2016* Change** Total revenue 3,220 2,898 11.1% Fuel (603) (652) 7.6% Headline operating costs excluding fuel (1,830) (1,593) (15.0%) Headline EBITDAR 787 653 20.4% Headline ownership costs (167) (138) (20.6%) Headline profit before tax 620 515 20.4% Headline PBT

  41. Slide 41: Headline CPS excluding fuel – key drivers

    Headline CPS excluding fuel – key drivers Cost per seat Variance to prior Variance to prior Weighted variance excluding year at constant year at constant at constant Drivers fuel currency* currency* currency* £ £ % £ Navigation 4.40 0.16 4.0% 0.4% • Price benefits in France and Germany • Upgauging o

  42. Slide 42: Increasing proportion of A320's

    Increasing proportion of A320’s FY 2017 FY 2016 Change A319 (operating lease) 54 45 9 A319 (owned / finance lease) 89 99 (10) A319 Total 143 144 (1) A320 (operating lease) 18 18 - A320 (owned / finance lease) 118 95 23 A320 Total 136 113 23 Total fleet 279 257 22 Operating lease 26% 25% 1ppt Number

  43. Slide 43: Non-headline items

    Non-headline items FY 2017 FY 2016 Change* Description £m £m £m The sale and leaseback of the Group’s 10 oldest A319 aircraft resulted in Sale and leaseback charge (16) - (16) a loss on disposal of the assets of £10 million and a £6 million maintenance provision catch up. The programme involves redu

  44. Slide 44: Currency impact

    Currency impact Revenue Costs FY 2017 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2016 Sterling 46% 50% 30% 27% Euro 41% 39% 37% 35% US dollar 1% 1% 26% 32% Other (principally Swiss franc) 12% 10% 7% 6% Average effective Euro rate for revenue for FY 2017 was €1.19 (FY 2016: €1.28) Average effective Euro rate for costs for F

  45. Slide 45: ROCE calculation

    ROCE calculation Reported £m FY 2017 FY 2016* Earnings before interest and tax – reported 404 511 Interest element of operating lease payments 37 30 Earnings before interest and tax - adjusted 441 541 Tax 19% 20% Normalised operating profit after tax (NOPAT) 357 433 Average shareholders’ equity – re

  46. Slide 46: Headline ROCE calculation

    Headline ROCE calculation Reported £m FY 2017 FY 2016* Headline earnings before interest and tax – reported 428 504 Interest element of operating lease payments 37 30 Headline earnings before interest and tax - adjusted 465 534 Tax 19% 20% Normalised headline operating profit after tax (NOPAT) 376 4

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