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Balfour Beatty — H1 2011 Earnings Presentation

54 slides from Balfour Beatty's earnings presentation, Aug 17, 2011

  1. Slide 1: 2011 Half-year results presentation

    2011 Half-year results presentation 17 August 2011

  2. Slide 2: Ian Tyler, Chief Executive

    Balfour Beatty _ lan Tyler Chief Executive

  3. Slide 3: Opening remarks

    Opening remarks  Results reflect the onset of tougher conditions which we had anticipated  Strategic ambitions – Build capabilities across the infrastructure lifecycle – Access broader range of markets and customers  Capabilities enhanced in the period  Well-positioned for the growing demand for

  4. Slide 4: Duncan Magrath, Chief Financial Officer

    Duncan Magrath Chief Financial Officer

  5. Slide 5: Headline underlying numbers

    Headline underlying numbers Actual Constant HY 2011 HY 2010 growth currency Revenue £5,222m £5,160m# +1% +3% Profit from operations* £136m £143m# -5% -3% Pre-tax profit* £138m £133m# +4% Underlying eps* 14.7p 14.3p# +3% Interim dividend 5.30p 5.05p +5% Cash used in operations (£114m) (£21m) Average

  6. Slide 6: Order book position compared to a year ago

    Order book position compared to a year ago £5.1bn £4.7bn £4.7bn Total at HY 2011 £15.5bn £4.3bn £1.1bn Total at HY 2010 £14.6bn £0.7bn £0.6bn £1.0bn £3.5bn £3.3bn £2.3bn £2.2bn £2.3bn £3.4bn £3.6bn £2.1bn £3.3bn £3.2bn £0.8bn £0.7bn £1.2bn £1.3bn £0.8bn £0.8bn £0.4bn £0.6bn £0.5bn £0.4bn £0.3bn £0.4

  7. Slide 7: Professional Services – HY 2011 by geography

    Professional Services – HY 2011 by geography 1.6 UK 13% RoW £111m RoW £0.6bn 34% 1.2 (up 30%) (down 18%) £285m (up 20%) 0.8 US £0.8bn (down 4%) 0.4 £444m (down 3%) UK £0.2bn US 0.0 (down 21%) 53% FY 2009 HY 2010 FY 2010 HY 2011 Order book Revenue £1.6bn up 3% £840m up 1% (Dec 2010: £1.5bn) (June 201

  8. Slide 8: Professional Services

    Professional Services Actual Constant FY 2010 HY 2011 HY 2010 growth currency £1.5bn Order book £1.6bn £1.6bn -2% +2% £1,613m Revenue £840m £829m +1% +3% £85m Profit* £38m £49m -22% -23% 5.3% Margin % 4.5% 5.9% * before non-underlying items  Excluding HY 2010’s incentive income, underlying trading

  9. Slide 9: Construction Services – HY 2011 by geography

    Construction Services – HY 2011 by geography 9.0 RoW 18% UK RoW £2.0bn (down 11%) £595m 52% (up 14%) 6.0 US £3.9bn £1,680m (up 21%) (down 2%) £995m 3.0 (down 4%) UK £3.2bn (down 15%) US 0.0 30% FY 2009 HY 2010 FY 2010 HY 2011 Order book Revenue £9.1bn down 1% £3,270m no change (Dec 2010: £9.2bn) (Ju

  10. Slide 10: Construction Services

    Construction Services Actual Constant FY 2010 HY 2011 HY 2010 growth currency £9.2bn Order book £9.1bn £8.5bn +7% +9% £6,734m Revenue £3,270m £3,278m - +2% £201m Profit* £67m £79m -15% -12% 3.0% Margin % 2.0% 2.4% * before non-underlying items  Good performance in the US, but as anticipated, down o

  11. Slide 11: Support Services – HY 2011 by market

    Support Services – HY 2011 by market 4.8 Building Transport Building £1.3bn 30% 34% (up 23%) 3.6 Power £0.6bn (Up 1%) £227m £253m (up 9%) (down 7%) 2.4 Water £0.8bn (down 9%) 1.2 Transport £2.1bn £192m £85m (up 7%) (-) (up 28%) Power Water 0.0 25% 11% FY 2009 HY 2010 FY 2010 HY 2011 Order book Reven

  12. Slide 12: Support Services

    Support Services Actual Constant FY 2010 HY 2011 HY 2010 growth currency £4.5bn Order book £4.8bn £4.5bn +7% +7% £1,443m Revenue £757m £739m +2% +2% £62m Profit* £25m £25m - - 4.3% Margin % 3.3% 3.4% * before non-underlying items  Good growth in order book, particularly building and local authority

  13. Slide 13: Infrastructure Investments

    Infrastructure Investments HY 2011 HY 2010 JVs & JVs & FY 10 £m Group assoc Total Group assoc Total 31 PPP UK/Singapore - 19 19 1 15 16 20 PPP US 9 3 12 9 3 12 (5) Infrastructure (2) (1) (3) (2) (1) (3) (34) Bidding costs & overheads (20) - (20) (19) - (19) 12 Pre-disposals operating profit (13) 21

  14. Slide 14: PPP portfolio valuation roll-forward – HY 2011

    PPP portfolio valuation roll-forward – HY 2011 £679m £18m £27m £682m £2m £2m £686m £682m £26m £16m £4m £146m £150m £150m £146m £533m £532m £536m £536m Dec 2010 Equity Distributions Unwind Disposal Rebased New Disposal HY 2011 FX HY 2011 invested of proceeds project gains (excl FX) translation discou

  15. Slide 15: Infrastructure Investments

    Infrastructure Investments  Achieved financial close on – Hertfordshire BSF – North West Fire & Rescue – Cambridgeshire (April) and Northamptonshire (August) streetlighting  Appointed preferred bidder on – Greater Gabbard Offshore high-voltage transmission (<OFTO=)  Disposal of 60% interest in Co

  16. Slide 16: Investment income and finance costs

    Investment income and finance costs FY 10 £m HY 2011 HY 2010 19 PPP subordinated debt interest receivable 12 9 19 PPP interest on financial assets 12 9 8 Other interest receivable 3 4 46 Investment income 27 22 (20) PPP interest on bank loans and overdrafts (12) (9) (12) Preference shares finance co

  17. Slide 17: Performance by sector

    Performance by sector FY 10 £m HY 2011 HY 2010 85 Professional Services 38 49 201 Construction Services 67 79 62 Support Services 25 25 12 Infrastructure Investments 22 6 (35) Corporate costs (16) (16) 325 Profit from operations* 136 143 46 Investment income 27 22 (65) Finance costs (25) (32) 306 Pr

  18. Slide 18: Non-underlying items

    Non-underlying items HY 2011 Profit £m before tax Tax Net UK Shared Service Centre (7) 2 (5) Loss on disposal of rail manufacturing* (7) (1) (8) Acquisition, post-acquisition integration, reorganisation & other costs (4) 1 (3) (18) 2 (16) Amortisation of acquired intangible assets (29) 9 (20) (47) 1

  19. Slide 19: Cash from operations

    Cash from operations £m H1 2011 H2 2010 H1 2010 Group operating profit* 106 143 110 Depreciation 36 37 37 Non-underlying cash items (11) (32) (11) Other items (12) 5 (7) Pension deficit payments (30) (65) (16) Working capital (increase)/decrease (203) 102 (134) Cash (used in)/from operations (114) 1

  20. Slide 20: Pensions – balance sheet movement

    Pensions – balance sheet movement £629m £586m Pension deficits, net of tax Deferred tax assets £178m £27m £166m £441m £120m £50m £328m £46m £43m £88m £420m £451m £321m £240m Dec June Dec Service Company Actuarial Actuarial June 2009 2010 2010 cost contributions gain gain 2011 assets liabilities June

  21. Slide 21: Net cash balances

    † Net cash balances £600m £572m £500m £518m £500m £479m £440m £394m £400m £374m £333m £436m £434m £292m £300m £342m £312m £296m £200m £249m £256m £223m £224m £100m £0m Jun-07 Dec-07 Jun-08 Dec-08 Jun-09 Dec-09 Jun-10 Dec-10 Jun-11 Net cash 6-mthly average † excluding net debt of PPP subsidiaries 20

  22. Slide 22: Summary of first half 2011

    Summary of first half 2011  Pre-tax profit up 4%  EPS up 3%  Interim dividend up 5%  Average cash £296m  Order book £15.5bn – up 6% from HY 2010 – up 2% from Dec 2010 21

  23. Slide 23: Ian Tyler, Chief Executive

    Balfour Beatty _ lan Tyler Chief Executive

  24. Slide 24: Agenda

    Agenda  Market overview  Key actions  Managing in changing markets 23

  25. Slide 25: Market overview

    Market overview Balfour Beatty

  26. Slide 26: Short-term issues – long-term growth

    Short-term issues – long-term growth Short-term Long-term  Funding for infrastructure  Demand for infrastructure will investment is scarce grow faster than GDP  Impact on our markets in  Market trends provide the short term opportunity for businesses with depth of resource, asset knowledge and c

  27. Slide 27: UK market

    UK market Background Key opportunities  Public sector investment in  Government is focused on public infrastructure will fall infrastructure development and over the next three years bringing more private finance into public infrastructure  No wholesale drive towards outsourcing of services  Sub

  28. Slide 28: US transportation market

    US transportation market Background Key opportunities  Transportation funding is  Transportation is delivered by caught in the cross-fire the states between politicians  States are looking for  Limitations in federal alternative means of funding transportation funding due to – 29 states have PPP

  29. Slide 29: US building construction market

    US building construction market Background Key opportunities  Strong niche position in federal  Exploitation of strong position in construction federal construction  Commercial construction market is  Although forecasts have been unlikely to recover until GDP revised down in Q3, strong growth re

  30. Slide 30: Markets in the rest of the world

    Markets in the rest of the world  Growth is strong in parts of the Middle East – Dubai infrastructure market remains virtually dormant – Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia seeing high levels of infrastructure spend by their governments  Australia’s resource-led economy is presenting excellent opportun

  31. Slide 31: Key actions

    Key actions Balfour Beatty

  32. Slide 32: Five clear objectives

    Five clear objectives 1. Develop our business further 2. Focus on markets with the greatest opportunities 3. Improve operational performance and cost-effectiveness 4. Continue to strengthen core skills 5. Continue to show leadership in values and behaviour 31

  33. Slide 33: Developing our business further

    Developing our business further  Seeking out areas of market opportunity  Acquiring businesses that fit our strategy  Managing subsequent integration and growth 32

  34. Slide 34: Developing our business further: Howard S. Wright acquisition

    Developing our business further Howard S. Wright acquisition  Based on the Pacific West Coast  Region set to be one of the first in the US to resume healthy growth  Good geographic, strategic and cultural fit  Puts us in 3rd position in US general building  Significant opportunities in leveragi

  35. Slide 35: Developing our business further

    Developing our business further  Seeking out areas of market opportunity  Acquiring businesses that fit our strategy  Managing subsequent integration and growth  Leveraging infrastructure investment skills – Establishing infrastructure funds management business – Good progress in the period 34

  36. Slide 36: Increasing our focus on markets with the greatest opportunities

    Increasing our focus on markets with the greatest opportunities  UK power market  Local Authority outsourcing  International growth markets 35

  37. Slide 37: Increasing our focus: UK power market

    Increasing our focus on markets with the greatest opportunities UK power market  UK's energy policy will move materially over the next 10 years towards cheaper clean technologies  Our approach is to be capable in a range of technologies  We are investing in a number of capabilities to take advant

  38. Slide 38: Increasing our focus: Local Authority business

    Increasing our focus on markets with the greatest opportunities Local Authority business, Order book progression* Living Places £1000m New integrated £800m New H/W & S/L  Created a separate unit within £600m Existing H/W & S/L our Support Services group £400m  £660m of contracts won in the £200m l

  39. Slide 39: Increasing our focus: New growth markets

    Increasing our focus on markets with the greatest opportunities New growth markets  Developing a Canadian transportation practice following the acquisition of Halsall in Canada  Opportunity to combine Parsons Brinckerhoff activities in India with our PPP skills to create a highly relevant offering

  40. Slide 40: Improving operational performance and cost-effectiveness

    Improving operational performance and cost-effectiveness  Adjusting the cost structures of operating companies – Reduction of 1,700 employees in 12 months  Have been rolling out procurement and back office initiatives since spring 2010 – Roll-out is proceeding according to plan – Completion expect

  41. Slide 41: Strengthening our core skills

    Strengthening our core skills  Developing the culture and mechanisms to share and transfer knowledge  Using our combined skills to gain competitive advantage – Global transport planning skills applied to the Local Authority market – PB’s world leading engineering and programme skills enhance our c

  42. Slide 42: Managing in changing markets

    Managing in changing markets

  43. Slide 43: Professional Services

    Professional Services  Steady volume and reasonably robust margins expected  Progress is impacted in the UK by the shift in market drivers from public to private sector market  Repositioning resource to higher growth areas – Middle East and Asia – Mining  Focus on value and efficiency to enhance

  44. Slide 44: Construction Services

    Construction Services  Unlikely to see activity levels grow substantially in the short term in the UK and the US – Some further reduction possible in the UK  Lack of volume will impact our business – Some reduction in gross margins – Working capital outflow  Opportunities to grow elsewhere in the

  45. Slide 45: Support Services

    Support Services  Steady growth in activity – Local government outsourcing – Energy sector  Profits held back in the short term – Mobilisation costs impact the early stages of contracts – Full benefits accrue at the later stages 44

  46. Slide 46: Infrastructure Investments

    Infrastructure Investments  Governments focusing on finding solutions involving the private sector  Investment opportunities exist, particularly in the UK  Generating further income by disposal of mature assets 45

  47. Slide 47: Conclusion

    Conclusion  Although there are significant challenges in our markets, the nature and magnitude of these are as we expected and planned for  We are confident of making progress in 2011  Looking further out, we will continue to manage the business on the basis that conditions will remain tough  Ou

  48. Slide 48: Forward-looking statements

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

  49. Slide 49: Appendix

    Appendix Balfour Beatty

  50. Slide 50: Pensions charge

    Pensions charge FY 2010 £m HY 2011 HY 2010 Defined benefit schemes: 53 P&L charge – service cost 27 26 (130) Expected return on assets (72) (64) 151 Interest cost on scheme liabilities 73 75 21 Net finance charge 1 11 74 Net pension charge 28 37 Defined contribution schemes: 52 P&L charge 27 26 126

  51. Slide 51: Group balance sheet

    Group balance sheet £m June 11 Dec 10 Jun 10* Goodwill and intangible assets 1,523 1,447 1,464 Current assets# 2,180 1,877 2,201 Current liabilities and provisions# (3,297) (3,125) (3,411) Working capital# (1,117) (1,248) (1,210) Net cash (excluding PPP subsidiaries) 292 518 500 PPP subsidiaries – f

  52. Slide 52: Balance sheet cash movement

    Balance sheet cash movement £m HY 2011 HY 2010 Opening net cash† 518 572 Cash used in operations† (116) (39) Dividends from JVs, associates and Barking 27 26 Capital expenditure and financial investment (56) (61) Acquisitions/disposals (net of cash acquired) (58) 19 Dividends, interest and tax paid

  53. Slide 53: Acquisitions and disposals

    Acquisitions and disposals £m Acquisitions: Romec Services 30 March 29 Power Efficiency* 7 April 15 Fru-Con Construction* 15 June 13 Howard S. Wright* 30 June 35 Deferred consideration 3 95 Disposals: UK rail manufacturing 3 May (37) * net of cash acquired 58 52

  54. Slide 54: Order book

    Order book Balfour Beatty

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