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Aeci — FY2017 Earnings Presentation

54 slides from Aeci's earnings presentation, Feb 27, 2018

  1. Slide 1: Financial Results Presentation

    FINANCIAL RESULTS PRESENTATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2017 27 AND 28 FEBRUARY 2018

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    01 PERFORMANCE SUMMARY 02 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 03 RESULTS ANALYSED 04 SEGMENTAL PERFORMANCE 05 ACQUISITIONS AND INNOVATION 06 OUTLOOK

  3. Slide 3: Performance Summary

    PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

  4. Slide 4: Performance Summary

    03 PERFORMANCE SUMMARY › Pleasing improvement in performance » Strong 4Q › Profit from operations +18% to R1 579m › HEPS +17,2% to 959c › Trading margin up to 8,5% › Cash generation in excess of R1bn › Safety performance improvement – TRIR of 0,39 › Strategic progress » Acquisitions announced » Geog

  5. Slide 5: Safety: TRIR

    04 SAFETY: TRIR OVERSHADOWED BY CONTRACTOR FATALITY, CHLOORKOP 0,52 0,50 0,45 0,39 0,35 13 14 15 16 17

  6. Slide 6: Business Environment

    BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

  7. Slide 7: Historical price performance – gold, platinum and copper

    06 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT HISTORICAL PRICE PERFORMANCE – GOLD, PLATINUM AND COPPER

  8. Slide 8: Historical price performance – coal and iron ore

    07 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT HISTORICAL PRICE PERFORMANCE – COAL AND IRON ORE

  9. Slide 9: Brent crude oil

    08 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BRENT CRUDE OIL

  10. Slide 10: Ammonia

    09 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AMMONIA

  11. Slide 11: ZAR/US$ exchange rate

    10 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ZAR/US$ EXCHANGE RATE

  12. Slide 12: ZAR/US$ exchange rate: sustained strength into '18

    11 ZAR/US$ EXCHANGE RATE: SUSTAINED STRENGTH INTO ’18

  13. Slide 13: Cumulative rainfall: Western Cape

    12 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CUMULATIVE RAINFALL: WESTERN CAPE

  14. Slide 14: SA mining volumes

    13 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SA MINING VOLUMES

  15. Slide 15: SA manufacturing volumes

    14 BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SA MANUFACTURING VOLUMES

  16. Slide 16: Results Analysed

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  17. Slide 17: Earnings Analysed

    16 EARNINGS ANALYSED › Profit from operations +18% to R1 579m › EBITDA +11% to R2 176m 959 › Highest-ever HEPS: +17,2% to 959c › Trading margin = 8,5% (’16: 7,2%) › RONA of 16,7% (’16: 16,0%) 894 › Tax rate 30% (’16: 29%) » Foreign withholding tax 843 » Acquisitions costs 818 › GCR rating of “A” wit

  18. Slide 18: Group Underlying Performance

    17 GROUP UNDERLYING PERFORMANCE 2017 2016 Change Profit from Profit from operations HEPS operations HEPS (Rm) (cps) (Rm) (cps) (%) (%) Reported 1 579 959 1 335 818 18,3 17,2 Transaction costs 105 99 – – PRMA settlement cost 4 3 149 102 Impairments 13 – 82 – 1 701 1 061 1 566 920 8,6 15,3

  19. Slide 19: Cash Generation and Utilisation

    18 CASH GENERATION AND UTILISATION › Cash of R1 221m generated 2 000 30 › Capex = R704m: R288m for expansion 1 741 projects, R416m for maintenance 25 › Trade WC to revenue of 15,4% 25 (12,7% in ’16) 1 500 » Higher 4Q sales 20 1 178 › Net borrowings of R424m 666 › Gearing at 5% (3% in ’16) 1 000 15 1

  20. Slide 20: Property & Corporate

    19 PROPERTY & CORPORATE 2017 2016 Change (Rm) (Rm) (%) Corporate centre 163 157 3,8 Net defined-benefit costs 46 45 2,2 Long-term incentive scheme costs 39 50 (22,0) Corporate spend before non-recurring items 248 252 (1,6) PRMA settlement costs (once-off) 4 149 (97,3) Transaction costs 105 – 100 Tot

  21. Slide 21: Performance by Pillar

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  22. Slide 22: Contribution Analysis by Segment (%)

    21 CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS BY SEGMENT(%) Revenue (%) Profit/(loss) from Excludes inter-segment revenue operations (%) 2 -17 19 2 -23 19 24 68 6 6 29 52 52 69 13 4 1 13 13 8 8 12 8 2017 Outer circle 12 2016 Inner circle  Mining Solutions  Water & Process  Plant & Animal Health  Food & Beverage  Ch

  23. Slide 23: Revenue and Profit from Operations by Former Segments

    22 REVENUE AND PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS BY FORMER SEGMENTS H1 '17 H1 '16 % H2 '17 H2 '16 % FY '17 FY '16 % REVENUE Explosives 3 674 4 154 (11,6) 4 171 3 820 9,2 7 845 7 974 (1,6) Chemicals 4 909 4 983 (1,5) 5 995 5 832 2,8 10 904 10 815 0,8 Property 188 195 (3,6) 204 203 0,5 392 398 (1,5) Corporate (2

  24. Slide 24: Summary by Pillar

    23 SUMMARY BY PILLAR MINING WATER & PLANT & FOOD & CHEMICALS GROUP SOLUTIONS PROCESS ANIMAL BEVERAGE HEALTH REVENUE REVENUE REVENUE REVENUE REVENUE REVENUE R9 718m R1 454m R2 543m R1 195m R3 564m R18 482m  -2,2%  3,2%  0,1%  6,5%  0,5%  -0,6% PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT FROM OPS

  25. Slide 25: Mining Solutions

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  26. Slide 26: Mining Solutions Revenue by Mineral Mined (%)

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  27. Slide 27: Mining Solutions Performance

    26 MINING SOLUTIONS PERFORMANCE Explosives › Robust TP improvement, notwithstanding strong ZAR and VOLUME  5,5% lower ammonia price › Overall bulk explosives volumes +6,5% » Good product and customer mix REVENUE R9 718m » New business  -2,2% › Overall initiating systems volumes +1,7% PROFIT SA FRO

  28. Slide 28: Mining Solutions Performance cont.

    27 MINING SOLUTIONS PERFORMANCE CONT. Explosives cont. Rest of Africa › Volumes +5,2% » New business – copper and gold  Mobilised – supported from Burkina Faso bulk emulsion plant in the interim » Plant and equipment from Egypt redeployed – SA (replacements), Botswana (expansion) » 3 major contract

  29. Slide 29: Mining Solutions Performance cont.

    28 MINING SOLUTIONS PERFORMANCE CONT. Mining chemicals › Overall volumes down 1,3% › SA results robust › Exports challenged by exchange rate » Key distributor lost market share › Good growth in mining surfactants on back of mining sector improvement › Benefits of Technical Centre » Low temperature t

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  31. Slide 31: Water & Process Performance

    30 WATER & PROCESS PERFORMANCE › Local demand curtailed by manufacturing environment and drought VOLUME  9,4% › Good progress in Africa, especially in Public Water › Exports now 30% of revenue (20% in ’16) REVENUE R1 454m  3,2% PROFIT FROM OPS R182m  14,2% MARGIN 12,5% ’16: 11,3% TRADE WC 20,4% ’

  32. Slide 32: Plant & Animal Health

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  33. Slide 33: Plant & Animal Health Performance

    32 PLANT & ANIMAL HEALTH PERFORMANCE › Severe impact of drought conditions on profitability – Western Cape and Malawi (Farmers Organisation) VOLUME  11,5% » Product mix favoured low value crops – lower margins › Foreign exchange effects › Good growth in bulk nutrition REVENUE R2 543m » Investment i

  34. Slide 34: Food & Beverage

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  35. Slide 35: Food & Beverage Performance

    34 FOOD & BEVERAGE PERFORMANCE › Revenue growth particularly in food additives and filtration › Profit from operations in ’16 negatively affected by R28m VOLUME  7,2% impairment – poultry brine business › New principals secured for product portfolio enhancement REVENUE R1 195m › Growth in formulate

  36. Slide 36: Chemicals

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  37. Slide 37: Chemicals Performance

    36 CHEMICALS PERFORMANCE › Resilient result in context of » Closure of Huntsman Tioxide (R25m negative effect VOLUME  1,0% on contribution) » KZN storm affected local manufacture, suppliers and supply chain at harbour REVENUE R3 564m » Depressed manufacturing environment  0,5%  Smaller customer c

  38. Slide 38: Revenue and Profit from Operations by New Segments

    37 REVENUE AND PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS BY NEW SEGMENTS H1 '17 H1 '16 % H2 '17 H2 '16 % FY '17 FY '16 % REVENUE Mining Solutions 4 574 5 321 (14,0) 5 144 4 617 11,4 9 718 9 938 (2,2) Water & Process 707 707 0,0 747 701 6,5 1 454 1 408 3,2 Plant & Animal Health 947 948 (0,1) 1 596 1 592 0,2 2 543 2 540

  39. Slide 39: Acquisitions and Innovation

    ACQUISITIONS AND INNOVATION

  40. Slide 40: Acquisition: Schirm

    39 ACQUISITION SCHIRM › Contract manufacturer of agrochemicals and fine chemicals; European and US footprint » 4 sites in Germany, 1 in US › Largest provider of external agrochemical formulation services in Europe › Purchase price = €128,4m › Closed 30 January ’18 › Standalone entity in Plant & Anim

  41. Slide 41: Acquisition: Much Asphalt

    40 ACQUISITION MUCH ASPHALT › SA’s leading manufacturer and supplier of hot and cold mix asphalt products; manufacturer, supplier and applicator of bituminous road binders, emulsions, primes, pre-coats, modified binders › Definitive agreements signed on 27 October ’17 » 100% of issued share capital

  42. Slide 42: Innovation: AECI.GO

    41 INNOVATION AECI.GO › Objective: increase revenue and profitability of the Group › Business of Tomorrow opportunities – focus on value creation by ’20 » Origin investment  Pioneer plant anticipated in 1H19  Joint Development Agreement in progress » Good progress made wrt other opportunities in r

  43. Slide 43: Outlook

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  44. Slide 44: Outlook – Mining Solutions

    43 OUTLOOK – MINING SOLUTIONS CURRENT PRE-OPERATIONAL MINING PROJECTS Development Rest of South stage Africa Africa Indonesia LatAm Australia Exploration 1 455 301 218 2 209 3 513 Prefeasibility 76 42 6 129 139 Feasibility 162 76 41 172 291 Construction 31 17 21 48 30 TOTAL 1 724 436 286 2 558 3 973

  45. Slide 45: Outlook Mining Solutions

    44 OUTLOOK MINING SOLUTIONS Explosives › Further roll-out of emulsion pumps and product – underground gold mining › New emulsion technology – underground platinum mining › Continued improvement of electronic detonators to support autonomous mining » Includes work on wireless system › New product dev

  46. Slide 46: Outlook Mining Solutions: Mining Chemicals

    45 OUTLOOK MINING SOLUTIONS: MINING CHEMICALS

  47. Slide 47: Outlook Water & Process: Public Water

    46 OUTLOOK WATER & PROCESS: PUBLIC WATER

  48. Slide 48: Outlook Water & Process: Desalination Projects

    47 OUTLOOK WATER & PROCESS: DESALINATION PROJECTS

  49. Slide 49: Outlook Plant & Animal Health

    48 OUTLOOK PLANT & ANIMAL HEALTH › Integration of Schirm – synergies and new opportunities › NuWay roll-out › Biocult expansion in US and Canada

  50. Slide 50: Outlook Food & Beverage

    49 OUTLOOK FOOD & BEVERAGE Expansion › Adjacent property in Bellville acquired › Two-phased project » Phase 1 – warehousing and distribution » Phase 2 – plant upgrade, Technical Centre and offices › Food & Beverage activities in Western Cape to be consolidated on this site › Pursue acquisitive growt

  51. Slide 51: Outlook Chemicals

    50 OUTLOOK CHEMICALS › Capex project at SANS › Integration of Much Asphalt into the pillar › Spare manufacturing capacity remains – prepared for any acceleration in demand

  52. Slide 52: Outlook Environment

    51 OUTLOOK ENVIRONMENT › Domestic political and economic sentiment becoming more positive › Commitment by stakeholders to negotiation of workable SA Mining Charter › Outlook for acceleration in investment in African mining more positive › Sentiment in some other African countries also shifting, thou

  53. Slide 53: Focus for 2018

    52 FOCUS FOR 2018 Integrate acquisitions Preserve cash and control costs Leverage synergies of pillar strategy Innovation drive – Business of Tomorrow

  54. Slide 54: Thank You

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