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Greencoat UK Wind — FY2015 Earnings Presentation

27 slides from Greencoat UK Wind's earnings presentation, February 2016

  1. Slide 1: Annual Results February 2016

    Annual Results February 2016

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    Agenda  Introduction 3  Operational and Financial Performance 9  Regulation and Growth 16  Summary 20  Appendix 22 2

  3. Slide 3: Introduction

    MAY, GREENCOAT — pow UK WIND ai Introduction

  4. Slide 4: Simple, Transparent and Low Risk

    Simple, Transparent and Low Risk  Wind is the most mature renewable technology and the UK has an established regulatory framework High and high wind resource Quality  UKW acquires assets with an operational track record to mitigate wind-to-energy conversion risk Assets with  UKW has low leverage

  5. Slide 5: Results Summary: A Strong Performance

    Results Summary: A Strong Performance  Power generation of 799.3GWh (2014: 564.6GWh); 8% above budget  Net cash generation of £48.3m (2014: £32.4m)  Dividends of £29.6m (6.26p per share) paid with respect to the year and 6.34p target for 2016  One additional wind farm investment taking generatin

  6. Slide 6: Simple Model: Total cash reinvested

    Simple Model 6-17 wind Generating capacity increased farms from 126.5 to 301.4MWs since IPO Total cash reinvested Equity 1,655GWh Total power produced(1) Debt £102.3m Total cash generated(1) £33.7m £68.6m Total dividends paid Notes: (1) from listing to 31 December 2015 6

  7. Slide 7: Proven Investment Proposition

    Proven Investment Proposition £68.6m of dividends paid and 0.2% real NAV growth since listing 7

  8. Slide 8: Portfolio Overview

    Portfolio Overview Stroupster Kildrummy Braes of Doune Drone Hill Bin Mountain Carcant Middlemoor North Rhins Tappaghan Sixpenny Wood Rhyl Flats Lindhurst Yelvertoft Cotton Farm Earl’s Hall Farm Maerdy Little Cheyne Court Well-diversified portfolio generating sufficient electricity to power 250,000

  9. Slide 9: Operational and Financial Performance

    Operational and Financial Performance

  10. Slide 10: Operational Performance

    Operational Performance Portfolio generation of 799.3GWh (8% above budget) 10

  11. Slide 11: Financial Performance

    Year ended 31 December 2015 Group and wind farm SPV cash flows £m Net cash generation 48.3 Dividends paid (35.9) Acquisitions” (84.8) Acquisition costs (0.1) Equity issuance 48.3 Equity issuance costs (1.0) Debt repayment/drawdown 30.0 Upfront finance costs (1.8) Movement in cash (Group and wind far

  12. Slide 12: Net Asset Value

    Opening NAV 31 December 2014 £486.2m 600.0 Investment in new assets £84.8m Movement in Der valuations £14.6m) Movement in cash (Group and wind farm SPVs) Movement in other relevant assets/liabilities £0.2m Movement in Aggregate Group Debt (£30.0m) Closing NAV 31 December 2015 £529.8m 500.0 400.0 = 3

  13. Slide 13: Generation and Power Price

    Generation and Power Price Volume Price  2015 wind speed 4.7% above long term mean (Met Office)  2015 UK power price £40/MWh, 20% below budget  Implies UK wind generation 8% above long term mean (1.7x)  40% UKW revenues subject to floating power price  UKW 2015 generation 8% above long term mea

  14. Slide 14: Listed UK Renewable Funds NAV Analysis

    Listed UK Renewable Funds NAV Analysis 110.0 108.0 106.0 104.0 NAV/Share (p) (1) 102.0 100.0 98.0 96.0 94.0 92.0 90.0 Mar-13 May-13 Aug-13 Nov-13 Feb-14 May-14 Jul-14 Oct-14 Jan-15 Apr-15 Jul-15 Oct-15 Dec-15 UKW BSIF TRIG FSFL JLEAG NESF “6p dividend, increasing with RPI inflation and real NAV grow

  15. Slide 15: Investment Performance

    Total Shareholder Return vs Market Peers (Bloomberg) 130 125 120 115 o = 110 a oa 105 4 100 95 90 1 1 1 T T r 1 1 1 1 Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec Mar Jun Sep Dec 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 —Greencoat UK ——Bluefield Solar The Renewables Foresight Solar a.John Lain

  16. Slide 16: Regulation and Growth

    MAY, GREENCOAT — pow UK WIND ai Regulation and Growth

  17. Slide 17: Regulation: Changes to Expected Timings, but not to Outcomes

    Regulation: Changes to Expected Timings, but not to Outcomes 2015 Long term outlook Change to deadline for ROC regime Broad support remains steadfast  An issue for developers, not for owners or  Wind provides significant proportion of UK acquirers of operational assets generation (11% in 2015)  C

  18. Slide 18: Secondary Market - Continued Opportunities to Grow

    Secondary Market - Continued Opportunities to Grow Wind - a huge secondary market UKW - structured to acquire the best assets 16 onshore 14 offshore Estimated Installed Capacity (GW) 12 10 5.2 GW 2.6GW 1.2 GW 4.1 GW 8 6 4 Other Major 2 Big Six Utilities Developers Other 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 20

  19. Slide 19: Simple Capital Structure

    Simple Capital Structure 1000 800 GAV (£m) 600 Short Term Acq’n Debt 400 Equity 200 Long Term Debt IPO Oct Nov Dec Jun Aug Oct Sep Nov-Dec 2013 2014 2015 2016 Asset Level  No debt at asset level in existing portfolio nor intention to have any asset level debt going forward  Revolving Credit Facili

  20. Slide 20: Summary

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  21. Slide 21: Summary: Another Strong Performance

    Summary: Another Strong Performance  Power generation of 799.3GWh (8% above budget)  Net cash generation of £48.3m  Dividends of £29.6m (6.26p per share) paid with respect to the year and 6.34p target for 2016  Eight dividends totalling £68.6m paid since listing  NAV of £529.8m; 0.2% real NAV g

  22. Slide 22: Appendix

    GREENCOAT — pow UK WIND ai Appendix

  23. Slide 23: Diversified Asset Portfolio

    Diversified Asset Portfolio Group Acquisition Total Commercial ROCs / Forecast Net Load Wind Farm Country Turbines PPA Ownership Net MW(1) MW Operations Date Date MWh Factor(2) Stake Bin Mountain N Ireland GE SSE 9.0 100% 9.0 Jul-07 Mar-13 1.0 31.7% Braes of Doune Scotland Vestas Centrica 72.0 50% 3

  24. Slide 24: Highly Experienced Investment Management Team

    Highly Experienced Investment Management Team Stephen Lilley – 19 years of investment Laurence Fumagalli – 19 years of investment experience in the infrastructure, utility and and financing experience, with a focus on UK renewables sectors in addition to 6 years in wind the nuclear industry Andrea F

  25. Slide 25: Independent UK Board

    Independent UK Board Tim Ingram – Chairman Ex-Caledonia CEO, Ex-Collins Stewart Hawkpoint Chairman, Chairman of Wealth Management Assoc’n Shonaid Jemmett-Page – Director, Chair of Auditco Ex-KPMG, Unilever and CDC Finance and accountancy experience Willy Rickett – Director Ex-Director General of DEC

  26. Slide 26: NAV Sensitivities

    NAV Sensitivities The unlevered discount rate used in the DCF valuation is between 8 and 9 per cent.. The market discount rate has remained constant since listing. A variance of +/- 0.5 per cent. is considered to be a reasonable range of alternative assumptions for discount rate. Base case energy yi

  27. Slide 27: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer Important Information This document has been prepared by Greencoat Capital LLP and Greencoat UK Wind PLC (“UKW”) solely for use at a presentation in connection with UKW’s annual results in respect of the year to 31 December 2015 (the “Presentation”). For the purposes of this notice, the P

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