Aj Lucas Group Limited · ASX:AJL

Aj Lucas — Shareholder Meeting (November 2011)

27 slides from Aj Lucas's shareholder meeting presentation, Nov 30, 2011

  1. Slide 1: 2011 Annual General Meeting

    For personal use only 2011 Annual General Meeting 30 November 2011 Macquarie Park, Sydney

  2. Slide 2: 2011 Financial Results

    For personal use only 2011 Financial Results

  3. Slide 3: Financial Results

    Financial Results For personal use only  Project delays, residual integration costs and wet FY2011 FY2011 2010/11 weather contributed to the poor result FY2011 1st half 2nd Half FY2010 Change $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 (%)  Write downs and provisions associated with past Total projects totaling $8.4m

  4. Slide 4: Divisional Results

    Divisional Results For personal use only FY2011 FY2011 2010/11  Drilling result affected by unseasonal FY2011 1st half 2nd Half FY2010 Change wet weather $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 (%) Drilling  Margins tight in CSG and water sectors. Production drilling and Revenue 185,936 97,107 88,829 203,207 (8.5

  5. Slide 5: Drilling - full service provider

    Drilling - full service provider For personal use only  Critical mass of 640 dedicated employees Drilling Division Revenue and 77 multi-purpose rigs $70,000 $60,000 $50,000 $40,000  Uniquely positioned in every major $30,000 $20,000 coal/CSG basin in eastern Australia $10,000 $0  Leveraging marke

  6. Slide 6: BC&I – a more confident future

    BC&I – a more confident future For personal use only  Balanced business in core sectors. Many opportunities in pipelines, trenchless technologies, water treatment and HDD. Yarwun HDD and Moomba Sleeving Gladstone Area Gorgon HDD $4mm Waterboard $175mm $55mm  Focus on leveraging core capabilities t

  7. Slide 7: Recapitalisation Plan

    For personal use only Recapitalisation Plan

  8. Slide 8: Recapitalisation Plan

    Recapitalisation Plan For personal use only  Placement of 15% of share capital @ $1.35/share to raise $13.4 million (completed September 2011)  Two year $86.5 million mezzanine loan facility at an interest rate of 8.0% for first 12 months, increasing thereafter  Underwritten non-renounceable one

  9. Slide 9: Effect of Recapitalisation

    Effect of Recapitalisation For personal use only  Restores net working capital to surplus  Repays all amounts owing on RCPS and to ATO  Substantially deleverages the Company – gearing ratio reduced from 51.1% to 38.2%  Substantially reduces funding costs and improves cash flow  Provides additio

  10. Slide 10: Pro-Forma Historical Balance Sheet at June 2011

    Pro-Forma Historical Balance Sheet at 30 June 2011 (after Recapitalisation) For personal use only Statutory Kerogen Cuadrilla Mezzanine Repay ATO and $'000 30/06/11 Placement Subscription Loan RCPS Buyback Rights Issue ANZ Pro-forma 2011 Current Assets Cash 1,348 13,389 (10,108) 85,000 (59,159) 49,8

  11. Slide 11: Safety

    For personal use only Safety

  12. Slide 12: Industry Leader in Safety

    Industry Leader in Safety For personal use only Lucas practices a proactive and vigilant safety culture. Our goal is to achieve an injury-free workplace.  The company operates in a highly regulated environment with safety being an industry-wide challenge  In addition to strict industry standards,

  13. Slide 13: OH&S Record

    OH&S Record For personal use only “Essentially, AJ Lucas do not “do lean”, lean is what AJ Lucas have become. They have become lean through great attitudes, effective systems, and an understanding of why disciplined behaviour allows more certain outcomes everyday by everyone in a great team environm

  14. Slide 14: Safety Initiatives

    Safety Initiatives For personal use only Initiatives  Launched behavioural-based safety strategy – the Lucas Safety Zone  Implemented Safety Leadership programme for Drilling Division  Consolidated safety management system  Implemented e-learning capacity within our training framework  Mapped s

  15. Slide 15: Investments

    For personal use only Investments

  16. Slide 16: European shale gas acreage

    For personal use only  1,653,000 gross acres approved in Europe  Pending application in excess of 1,000,000 acres in Poland, Holland and Czech Republic Bowland Shale Weald Basin Noordoostpolder “L” & “M” Blocks  Gross numbers includes Lucas’ 293,190 Acres 202,000 Acres 202,000 Acres 446,000 Acres

  17. Slide 17: Current Operations – Bowland

    Current Operations – Bowland For personal use only  Wells: 1. Preese Hall #1 2. Grange Hill #1 3. Becconsall #1 4. Anna’s Road #1 A. Thistleton #1 2 B. Hesketh #1 1 A C. Banks #1  Commercialisation plan being 4 worked on  Hope to recommence fraccing in B Q1 2012 3 C  Becconsall #1 being drilled.

  18. Slide 18: Monument Prospect, Trinity County

    Monument Prospect, Trinity County For personal use only  10% Net Profit Interest acquired for US$87.8 million in 2009-2011  90km north east of Houston, between the Eagle Ford and Haynesville shale deposits  Total leased area of 62,595 acres  Primary focus is recovery of liquids Gulf of Mexico

  19. Slide 19: Monument Prospect Drilling & Seismic Results

    Monument Prospect For personal use only Drilling & Seismic Results  Major drilling activity has occurred in the vicinity of AMI: • Shell #1 Temple located 6 miles north of the AMI, drilled to a depth of 19,468 feet and bottomed in the Lower Cotton. • Hunt Moore (1976) was drilled by Hunt Oil, 9 mil

  20. Slide 20: Outlook

    For personal use only Outlook

  21. Slide 21: Outlook

    Outlook For personal use only  Underlying FY12 EBITDA expected to improve to in excess of $50 million, subject to unseasonal wet weather and completion of the recapitalisation  Strong order book in both BC&I and Drilling with majority of FY12 revenue secured  Unprecedented pipeline of opportuniti

  22. Slide 22: Outlook: Post Recapitalisation

    Outlook For personal use only Post Recapitalisation  Commercialisation of the first Cuadrilla asset expected during 2012  ERP Stage II “go live” in April 2012  Continuation of robust safety culture and fostering of strong relationships with clients and stakeholders  Other corporate initiatives e

  23. Slide 23: Disclaimer and Important Notice

    Disclaimer and Important Notice For personal use only Information, including forecast financial information, in this presentation, should not be considered as a recommendation in relation to holding, purchasing or selling shares, securities or other instruments in AJ Lucas Group Limited or any other

  24. Slide 24: Consideration of Reports

    Consideration of Reports For personal use only  2011 Directors Report  2011 Financial Report  Independent Auditors Report

  25. Slide 25: Resolution: Re-election of Director

    Resolution 1 For personal use only That Ms Genelle Coghlan, who retires in accordance with clause 10.2 of the Company’s Constitution, be re-elected a Director FOR 38,898,475 93.90% OPEN 240,542 0.58% AGAINST 2,284,677 5.52% ABSTAIN 1,691,792 N/A

  26. Slide 26: Resolution: Remuneration Report

    Resolution 2 For personal use only That the Remuneration report for the financial year ended 30 June 2011 be adopted FOR 19,527,521 68.31% OPEN 119,529 0.42% AGAINST 8,940,132 31.27% ABSTAIN 2,132,729 N/A

  27. Slide 27: Injury free. Everyday

    Injury free. Everyday |

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