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Aimia — Groupe Aeroplan — Q1 2010 Earnings Presentation

20 slides from Aimia's earnings presentation, May 12, 2010

  1. Slide 1: Q1 2010 Groupe Aeroplan Financial Highlights

    Q1 2010 AcROPLAN Financial Highlights May 12, 2010

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements

    Forward-Looking Statements Forward-looking statements are included in this presentation. These forward-looking statements are identified by the use of terms and phrases such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “could”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “predict”, “project”, “will”, “would”, and

  3. Slide 3: David Adams, Executive Vice President & CFO

  4. Slide 4: Consolidated Financial Highlights Reported & Adjusted for Constant Currency

    Consolidated Financial Highlights Reported & Adjusted for Constant Currency Foreign Q1 2010 Q1 2010 Q1 2009 Exchange Constant Q1 2009 % ($ thousands, except per share amounts) (Reported) (Reported) % Change Impact Currency (Reported) Change Gross billings 517,947 346,328 49.6% (9,099) 527,046 346,32

  5. Slide 5: Non-Comparable Items

    Non-Comparable Items Effect on Effect on Adjusted EBITDA Free Cash Flow 1. Nectar Italia launch costs $11.1 million $11.1 million 2. Carlson Marketing transition and migration costs – Fees paid pursuant to transition services agreement $7.8 million $7.8 million – Migration expenses $2.6 million $2.6

  6. Slide 6: Consolidated Gross Billings

    Consolidated Gross Billings ($ Millions) $527.1 $9.1 Fx Impact $156.9 Carlson Marketing $346.3 $361.1 Groupe Aeroplan excluding Carlson Marketing Q1 2009 Q1 2010 6

  7. Slide 7: Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA

    Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA(1) ($ Millions) $77.8 ($1.7) Fx Impact $65.2 $23.5 Non-comparable costs(2) $56.0 Reported Q1 2009 Q1 2010 (1) Calculated in accordance with the definition included in the Corporation’s MD&A for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. (2) Non-comparable items of $23.5 million,

  8. Slide 8: Consolidated Free Cash Flow

    Consolidated Free Cash Flow(1) ($ Millions) Reported Free Cash Flow in Q1 2010 ($66.0 million) Non-comparable items(2) that affected Adjusted EBITDA $23.5 million In addition to the $23.5 million non-comparable items that impacted Adjusted EBITDA, the following items also effected consolidated free

  9. Slide 9: Aeroplan Canada - Financial Highlights

    Aeroplan Canada - Financial Highlights Aeroplan Canada % ($ thousands) Q1 2010 Q1 2009 Change Gross billings 260,553 254,726 2.3% Gross billings from sale of GALUs 246,491 240,184 2.6% Total revenue 272,595 277,837 (1.9%) Cost of rewards & direct costs 168,501 173,046 (2.6%) Gross margin 104,094 104

  10. Slide 10: Groupe Aeroplan Europe - Financial Highlights

    Groupe Aeroplan Europe - Financial Highlights Reported Constant Currency Groupe Groupe Foreign Groupe Groupe Aeroplan Aeroplan Exchange Aeroplan Aeroplan Europe Europe Impact Europe Europe ($ thousands) Q1 2010 Q1 2009 % Change Q1 2010 Q1 2010 Q1 2009 % Change Gross billings 100,503 91,602 9.7% (9,0

  11. Slide 11: Carlson Marketing - Financial Highlights

    Carlson Marketing - Financial Highlights Carlson Marketing ($ thousands) Q1 2010 Gross billings 156,891 Total revenue 155,020 Cost of rewards & direct costs 82,956 Gross margin 72,064 Selling, general and administrative 65,732 Earnings before income taxes 634 Adjusted EBITDA 8,202 Gross margin as a

  12. Slide 12: Update: Carlson Marketing Migration & Non-Recurring Costs

    Update: Carlson Marketing Migration & Non-Recurring Costs Migration Costs Original estimate of migration costs (at time of acquisition) $15.0 million • migration required from Carlson Marketing’s former parent company’s infrastructure Change in technology migration approach $ 7.0 million • required

  13. Slide 13: Liquidity, Long-Term Receivable and Capital Structure

    Liquidity, Long-Term Receivable and Capital Structure (in $ millions) March 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2009 Cash and cash equivalents* 551.6 609.8 Restricted cash 6.7 4.2 Short-term investments 11.1 14.4 569.4 628.5 Loan Receivable from Air Canada 150.0 150.0 Long-term debt 641.2 780.1 Shareholders' equity 2,

  14. Slide 14: 2010 Outlook

    2010 Outlook For 2010 Groupe Aeroplan anticipates Gross Billings growth ranging between 2 and 4 per cent in its legacy businesses. Groupe Aeroplan expects to realize growth in consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in 2010. Groupe Aeroplan expects to realize growth in Adjusted EBITDA in its legacy businesses,

  15. Slide 15: Appendix

  16. Slide 16: Foreign Exchange Rates

    Foreign Exchange Rates Period Rates Q1 2010 Q1 2009 Change % Change Period end rate £ to $ 1.5422 1.8022 (0.2600) (14.4%) Average Quarter £ to $ 1.6256 1.7860 (0.1604) (9.0%) Period end rate AED to $ 0.2765 0.3431 (0.0666) (19.4%) Average Quarter AED to $ 0.2834 0.3390 (0.0556) (16.4%) Period end ra

  17. Slide 17: Gross Billings by Major Partner

    Gross Billings(1) by Major Partner Q1 2009 Gross Billings Q1 2010 Gross Billings $346.3 million $517.9 million 22.3% 33.7% 24.3% 46.4% 18.6% 6.1% 9.7% 10.4% 15.7% 12.8% Partner A Partner B Partner C Air Canada Other (1) The definition of “gross billings” has been updated to mean gross proceeds from

  18. Slide 18: Aeroplan Canada - Revenue

    Aeroplan Canada - Revenue Total Miles Redeemed (billions) 19.1 18.0 18.2 17.6 March 31, March 31, (in millions) 2010 2009 Change % Change Miles revenue 213.9 220.1 (6.2) (2.8%) Breakage revenue 44.6 43.2 1.4 3.2% Other 14.1 14.5 (0.4) (2.8%) Total Revenue 272.6 277.8 (5.2) (1.9%) 0.9 0.4 Q1 2010 Q1

  19. Slide 19: Aeroplan Canada – Miles

    Aeroplan Canada – Miles Miles Issued Aeroplan Miles Redeemed (billions) (billions) 19.9 19.5 18.2 17.6 Q1 2010 Q1 2009 Q1 2010 Q1 2009 Avg. Selling Price Average Cost / Mile (cents) Redeemed (cents) 1.24 1.23 0.96 0.95 Q1 2010 Q1 2009 Q1 2010 Q1 2009 19

  20. Slide 20: Q1 2010 Groupe Aeroplan Financial Highlights

    Q1 2010 AcROPLAN Financial Highlights May 12, 2010

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