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Balfour Beatty — FY2018 Earnings Presentation

40 slides from Balfour Beatty's earnings presentation, Mar 13, 2019

  1. Slide 1: 2018 full year results presentation

    2018 full year results presentation 13 March 2019 Caltrain project: US$697 million contract for the electrification of the 52-mile rail corridor between San Francisco and San Jose

  2. Slide 2: Leo Quinn, Group Chief Executive

    Leo Quinn Group Chief Executive

  3. Slide 3: 2018 Build to Last highlights

    2018 Build to Last highlights Delivered industry Gross debt reduced by 40%; standard margins paid down convertible bonds Order book up 11% Construction Services profit to £12.6 billion from operations up 32% Value being created through Build to Last 2

  4. Slide 4: Build to Last goals

    Build to Last goals 200 Lean 2018 Expert 66 0 64 Cumulative annual (200) Employee 62 cash flow^ Over £500m 2014* engagement index 60 (£m) (400) reduction (%) 58 (600) 56 (800) 54 Dec Mar Jun Sept Dec 2015 2016 2017 2018 ^ includes other disposals * adjusting for sale of Parsons Brinckerhoff. Include

  5. Slide 5: Wider benefits of Build to Last

    Wider benefits of Build to Last Average net cash/(debt) Earnings based businesses profit/(loss) from operations* £m £m (371) (46) 194 (144) 13 141 2014 2016 2018 2014 2016 2018 Other net operating expenses* UK voluntary attrition: moving annual average £m % 459 333 284 16% 14% 12% 2014^ 2016^ 2018 2

  6. Slide 6: Phil Harrison, Chief Financial Officer

    Phil Harrison Chief Financial Officer

  7. Slide 7: Headline numbers

    Headline numbers £m (unless otherwise stated) 2018 2017 Revenue* 7,802 8,234 Profit from operations* 205 196 Pre-tax profit* 181 165 Profit for the year* 179 143 Basic earnings per share* 26.3p 20.9p Dividends per share 4.8p 3.6p Order book* £12.6bn £11.4bn Directors’ valuation of Investments portfo

  8. Slide 8: Underlying profit from operations

    Underlying profit from operations £m 2018* 2017* Change UK Construction 28 16 75% US Construction 44 41 7% Gammon 23 15 53% Construction Services 95 72 32% Support Services 46 41 12% Earnings based businesses 141 113 25% Infrastructure Investments 97 116 (16)% Corporate activities (33) (33) - Total

  9. Slide 9: Order book

    Order book ● Maintained Group’s disciplined bidding strategy 1.9 ● Increased bid margin 3.0 1.8 thresholds, lower risk 2.7 contract portfolio 0.9 ● 11% increase (8% at 1.6 12.6 1.3 11.4 CER) driven by US bookings 1.3 ● £3.5bn* HS2 Lots N1 & N2 & Old Oak Common not included 5.2 4.3 2018 2017 £bn £bn

  10. Slide 10: Construction Services

    Construction Services H1 2018* H2 2018* FY 2018* FY 2017* £m Revenue PFO PFO% Revenue PFO PFO% Revenue PFO PFO% Revenue PFO PFO% UK 947 5 0.5% 953 23 2.4% 1,900 28 1.5% 1,998 16 0.8% US 1,577 17 1.1% 1,752 27 1.5% 3,329 44 1.3% 3,634 41 1.1% Gammon 451 10 2.2% 447 13 2.9% 898 23 2.6% 1,017 15 1.5% T

  11. Slide 11: Support Services

    Support Services ● H2 2018 PFO margin at 5.2%, above 3-5% £m H1 2018 H2 2018 FY 2018 FY 2017 industry standard margin range Revenue ● Power: continued Utilities 308 343 651 608 restructure; focus on Transportation 235 218 453 453 core markets Total 543 561 1,104 1,061 ● Gas and Water: focus on AMP7

  12. Slide 12: Infrastructure Investments

    Infrastructure Investments ● Following significant disposals in 2017, £m 2018 2017 operating profit decreased Pre-disposals operating profit* 17 30 Profit on disposals* 80 86 ● In 2017 sold 20% interest in M25; in 2018 Investments profit* 97 116 sold additional 5%; Subordinated debt interest receiva

  13. Slide 13: Directors' valuation of Investments portfolio

    Directors’ valuation of Investments portfolio £58m £96m £29m £(89)m £(187)m £1,244m £1,151m 2017 Equity Distributions Sales Unwind of Other* 2018 invested received proceeds discount * other includes foreign exchange £36m, movements in operational performance (£18m), new project wins £7m and gain on

  14. Slide 14: Cash flow

    Cash flow £m 2018 2017 £m 2018 2017 Operating cash flows 124 39 Working capital Working capital (outflow)/inflow (229) 27 Inventories (16) (12) Pension deficit payments (27) (25) Net contract assets 51 7 Cash (used in)/from operations (132) 41 Trade & other payables (196) (92) Infrastructure Investm

  15. Slide 15: Financing and tax

    Financing and tax Over 40% gross debt reduction in 2018; Gross debt expect lower interest charge in 2019 Revolving credit facilities £400 million committed bank facilities maintained and undrawn throughout 2018 Immaterial scheme (£200k at end 2017); Supply chain financing officially closed in Decemb

  16. Slide 16: Capital priorities

    Capital priorities Invest in opportunities to c.£440 million invested in capex, capability 1 strengthen market leadership & equity assets to date through Build to Last Over 40% gross debt reduction in year; 2 Pay down borrowings next material repayment £112 million preference shares in July 2020 Div

  17. Slide 17: Leo Quinn, Group Chief Executive

    Leo Quinn Group Chief Executive

  18. Slide 18: Platform for profitable managed growth

    Platform for profitable managed growth Creating long term value 17

  19. Slide 19: Strong chosen markets

    Strong chosen markets Construction Services US UK HK Positive infrastructure Positive infrastructure Positive infrastructure revenue by geography market market market Fixing America’s Surface HS2 10 year hospital Transportation (FAST) Act development plan £56bn US$305bn HK$200bn Nationwide Heathrow

  20. Slide 20: Managed growth

    Managed growth 2018 order book Circles of risk £bn 1.9 3.0 0.9 1.6 12.6 Geography Contract Customer Team Project 5.2 UK Construction US Construction Gammon Support Services: Utilities Support Services: Transportation Embedding a culture of active risk management 19

  21. Slide 21: Market leading engineering expertise

    Market leading engineering expertise Dorenell Hinkley Wind Farm Point C Installed 148 Marine tunnels, composite poles M&E, cabling & overhead lines Eleclink AWPR Two 50km cables 58km dual through Channel carriageway with Tunnel 72 structures Expertly positioned to lead the market 20

  22. Slide 22: Strong market pipeline

    Strong market pipeline TOTAL OPPORTUNITY HS2 RIIO CP6 Rail GD2 Heathrow HS2: Systems A303 M25 UK Lots Heathrow Expansion Lower >£10bn N1 & N2 RIS 2 Thames HS2: Old Third Western Crossing Midland AMP7 Oak Runway Rail Met. Common Link The Disney – Block Wharf River 216 Country CA High US Speed Texas W

  23. Slide 23: Actively managed Investments portfolio

    Actively managed Investments portfolio Infrastructure Investments value crystallised (£m) 800 ● Enhanced returns when Investments, 700 Construction and Services deliver as one 600 ● Access construction opportunities with an equity investment versus bidding to 500 third parties ● Around £650m net cas

  24. Slide 24: Infrastructure Investments – a transformed portfolio

    Infrastructure Investments – a transformed portfolio Directors’ valuation by sector (£m) 2018 2014* Roads 205 467 Directors’ valuation Healthcare 109 225 by geography Other PFI 18 116 Non-PFI 159 135 UK total^ 491 943 US military housing 532 322 US+ UK^ North America other 128 15 57% 43% US total≠ T

  25. Slide 25: Build to Last scalable platform

    Build to Last scalable platform Common Efficient Streamlined Leaned out platforms and systems back office supply chain support functions Number of Group employees UK cost per payslip UK supply chain partners Annual IT costs on R12/JD Edwards 2015 c.6,500 2015 £6.21 2015 c.37,000 2015 £78m 2018 c.13,

  26. Slide 26: Continuous improvement

    Continuous improvement 200 Lean 2018 66 0 Expert 64 Cumulative annual (200) 62 cash flow^ 2014* Employee 60 (£m) (400) engagement index (%) 58 (600) 56 (800) 54 Dec Mar Jun Sept Dec 2015 2016 2017 2018 ^ includes other disposals * adjusting for sale of Parsons Brinckerhoff. Includes all other dispos

  27. Slide 27: Profitable managed growth

    Profitable managed growth Well positioned to capitalise on pipeline Increasing revenue of opportunities Improving margins Embedding a culture of active risk management Reducing overheads A competitive platform for scalable growth Balance sheet strength provides Strong balance sheet competitive advan

  28. Slide 28: Appendix

    Appendix Balfour Beatty

  29. Slide 29: Forward-looking statements

    Forward-looking statements Disclaimer Cautionary 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

  30. Slide 30: Order book position compared with prior year

    Order book position compared with prior year 2018 total £12.6bn £5.7bn 2017 total £11.4bn £4.9bn £3.8bn £3.3bn £3.1bn £3.2bn 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 0-12 months 13-24 months 25 months+ Construction Services - UK Construction Services - US Construction Services - Gammon Support Services 29

  31. Slide 31: Pensions – balance sheet movement

    Pensions – balance sheet movement £22m £30m £32m £(28)m £54m £(2)m £(128)m £(146)m £(231)m 2014 2015 2016 2017 Employer Net actuarial GMP Other 2018 contributions gains equalisation 0.65% 0.7% (0.7)% (0.6)% Real discount rate (0.4)% 30

  32. Slide 32: Working capital – Group

    Working capital – Group £0m 0 Dec 14 Jun 15 Dec 15 Jun 16 Dec 16 Jun 17 Dec 17 Jun 18 Dec 18 £(200)m (4)% £(400)m £(600)m (8)% £(800)m (10.3)% (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 % rev

  33. Slide 33: Working capital – Construction Services

    Working capital – Construction Services £0m 0 Dec 14 Jun 15 Dec 15 Jun 16 Dec 16 Jun 17 Dec 17 Jun 18 Dec 18 £(200)m (4)% -618 -707 -717 £(400)m -825 -824 -909 -889 -939 -881 (8)% £(600)m (12)% £(800)m (11.8)% (12.2)% (14.4)% (14.2)% (14.2)% (16)% £(1,000)m (14.7)% (16.8)% (16.6)% £(1,200)m (18.2)%

  34. Slide 34: Net interest cost

    Net interest cost £m 2018 2017 Subordinated debt interest receivable 21 Interest on PPP financial assets 9 Interest on non-recourse borrowings (14) 16 24 Net finance income/(cost) – pension schemes 2 (6) Other interest receivable 3 Other interest payable (9) (6) (9) US private placement (12) (13) Co

  35. Slide 35: Non-underlying items

    Non-underlying items £m 2018 2017 Impairment and amortisation Amortisation of acquired intangibles (8) (9) Restructuring and reorganisation Build to Last transformation costs (11) (12) Disposals and other Additional loss on the AWPR contract as a result of Carillion filing for liquidation (10) (44)

  36. Slide 36: Group balance sheet

    Group balance sheet £m 2018 2017 Goodwill and intangible assets 1,161 1,155 Working capital (680) (888) Net cash (excluding infrastructure concessions) 337 335 Investments in joint ventures and associates 524 531 PPP financial assets 156 163 Infrastructure concessions – non-recourse net debt (309) (

  37. Slide 37: Borrowing repayment profile

    Borrowing repayment profile £200m £150m £100m 112 164 £50m 36 39 £0m £(50)m (21) £(100)m (231) £(150)m £(200)m £(250)m (33) £(300)m 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023 2025 Convertible bonds repaid US PP notes repaid US PP notes Preference shares The Group has committed revolving credit facilities of £400 mill

  38. Slide 38: US Construction

    US Construction Our Buildings presence Our capabilities Buildings Civils Commercial Education Roads Rail Hospitality Residential Water Healthcare Our markets Buildings* Civils Annual opportunity $188bn $75bn Source: Dodge * in states in which Balfour Beatty operates 37

  39. Slide 39: Financial history

    Financial history 450% £12bn £400m Increase in £10bn revenue £300m £8bn 45 £6bn £200m Acquisitions £4bn £100m £2bn £94m £0bn £0m Average ordinary dividend -£2bn (2011-2014) £(100)m -£4bn £16m -£6bn 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 £(200)m Average ordinary dividend (2015-2018) Revenu

  40. Slide 40: Balfour Beatty

    Balfour Beatty

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