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Johnson Matthey — H1 2007/08 Earnings Presentation

39 slides from Johnson Matthey's earnings presentation, Nov 28, 2007

  1. Slide 1: Presentation of Results for the half year ended 30th September 2007

    Presentation of Results for the half year ended 30th September 2007 28th November 2007

  2. Slide 2: Cautionary Statement

    Cautionary Statement This presentation contains forward looking statements that are subject to risk factors associated with, amongst other things, the economic and business circumstances occurring from time to time in the countries and sectors in which Johnson Matthey operates. It is believed that t

  3. Slide 3: Introduction

    Introduction Neil Carson Chief Executive 3

  4. Slide 4: Highlights

    Highlights • Strong growth in sales and operating profit • Environmental Technologies well ahead. HDD catalyst sales (ex pms) to OEMs in first half reach £79m • New factories in South Korea, Russia and UK will support growth in 2008/09 • Environmental concerns and high energy prices drive long term

  5. Slide 5: Financial Review

    Financial Review John Sheldrick Group Finance Director 5

  6. Slide 6: Summary Results

    Summary Results 1H 1H 2007 2006 % £m £m change Revenue 3,512 2,922 +20 Sales excluding precious metals 840 654 +28 Operating profit 132.4 116.6 +14 Profit before tax 120.1 104.6 +15 Total earnings per share 38.3p +9 41.8p EPS before one-off items 41.0p 38.3p +7 Dividend per share 10.6p 9.9p +7 6

  7. Slide 7: Operating Profit / Exchange

    Operating Profit / Exchange 1H 1H Growth at 2007 2006 constant rates At last year’s At this year’s rates rates £m £m £m % Environmental 65.2 57.7 57.0 +14 Technologies Precious Metal 47.2 37.2 36.1 +31 Products Fine Chemicals & 31.0 30.1 29.2 +6 Catalysts Corporate (11.0) (8.4) (8.5) Group 132.4 116

  8. Slide 8: Exchange Rates

    Exchange Rates $/£ 2.2 2.1 Average $2.00/£ Average $1.94/£ 2.0 Average $1.86/£ 1.9 1.8 1.7 March 2006 September 2006 March 2007 September 2007 8

  9. Slide 9: Return on Sales

    Return on Sales Excluding Precious Metals Sales ex pms ROS 1H 1H* 1H 1H* 2007 2006 Growth 2007 2006 £m £m % % % Environmental 541 384 +41 12.0 14.9 Technologies Precious Metal Products 151 129 +17 31.3 27.9 Fine Chemicals & 148 123 +20 21.0 23.8 Catalysts Group 840 636 +32 15.8 17.9 * At 2007 exchan

  10. Slide 10: Sales Excluding Precious Metals - ECT

    Sales Excluding Precious Metals - ECT £m 500 450 83 429 400 73 (7) 350 286 (6) 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 First Half 2006 HDD Sales to HDD Retrofit Light Duty Exchange First Half 2007 OEMs Sales Sales 10

  11. Slide 11: Incremental Costs - ECT

    Incremental Costs - ECT Substrates – a pass through cost for JM • Flow through £3 to £10 • Filters £80 to £120 – price coming down Start up / commissioning / freight costs • > £3m of non-recurring costs expensed in first half 11

  12. Slide 12: Taxation

    Taxation 1H 1H 2007 2006 £m £m Tax on continuing businesses 32.5 30.1 Effect of corporation tax change 1.8 - Underlying tax 34.3 30.1 Average rate 28.6% 28.8% 12

  13. Slide 13: Net Cash Flow

    Net Cash Flow 1H 1H 2007 2006 £m £m Operating profit 117 132 Depreciation and amortisation 38 38 Tax paid (32) (42) Working capital / other (31) (62) Cash flow from operations 107 51 Interest / dividends (62) (59) Net capital investment (57) (56) Acquisitions / disposals (1) (8) Shares (bought) / is

  14. Slide 14: Capital

    Capital Sep 07 Mar 07 £m £m Net debt 419 365 Equity 1,065 1,078 Capital employed 1,484 1,443 Gearing (net debt / equity) 39% 34% 14

  15. Slide 15: Operating Review

    Operating Review Neil Carson Chief Executive 15

  16. Slide 16: Environmental Technologies Division

    Environmental Technologies Division 16

  17. Slide 17: Environmental Technologies Division

    Environmental Technologies Division 1H 1H £m 2007 2006* % Revenue 1,055 843 +25 Sales excluding precious metals 541 384 +41 Operating profit 65.2 57.0 +14 (*At 2007 exchange rates) PT + • Emission Control Technologies sales Fuel Cells excluding precious metals up 54%* 21% • Growth in HDD, Asia and d

  18. Slide 18: Estimated Light Vehicle Sales and Production

    Estimated Light Vehicle Sales and Production Half year to 30th September 2007 2006 Change millions millions % Sales 9.9 10.2 -2.9 North America Production 7.6 7.5 +1.3 Sales 10.6 10.2 +3.9 Europe Production 10.8 10.1 +6.9 Sales 8.3 7.7 +7.8 Asia Production 13.0 12.0 +8.3 Sales 34.1 32.8 +4.0 Global

  19. Slide 19: Emission Control Technologies: Light Duty

    Emission Control Technologies Light Duty • Diesel cars now up to 52% of Western European market • Diesel particulate filters increasingly fitted as standard • In 2007, 4 million of 9 million diesel cars sold are expected to be fitted with filters 19

  20. Slide 20: Emission Control Technologies: Light Duty

    Emission Control Technologies Light Duty • Sales of autocatalysts in Asia continue to grow strongly • US market flat but JM’s profits up • Three new facilities will open in the second half – Russia, South Korea and new diesel particulate filter plant in Royston, UK 20

  21. Slide 21: Emission Control Technologies: Heavy Duty Diesel

    Emission Control Technologies Heavy Duty Diesel Western European Truck Sales US Class 4-8 Truck Sales (Thousands of units) (Thousands of units) 450 600 400 500 350 300 400 250 300 200 150 200 100 100 50 0 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Sou

  22. Slide 22: Emission Control Technologies: Heavy Duty Diesel

    Emission Control Technologies Heavy Duty Diesel CRT System • Sales to OEMs grow to £79 (DOC + Filter) NH3 Slip million in first half Catalyst Module • Market size $700 million (ex pms) in 2008 SCR Catalyst • In 2010 most US manufacturers Modules Urea will use SCR + filters + DOCs Injection Nozzle •

  23. Slide 23: ECT – Medium Term Growth Drivers

    ECT – Medium Term Growth Drivers • 2008/09 Light Duty Vehicle Production Forecasts Increasing sales in Asia; growth million 35 in diesel particulate filters; US 30 26.9 28.8 truck sales grow in final quarter; 25 20.8 22.0 22.7 24.9 lower costs 20 15.3 14.9 14.8 15 • 2009/10 10 Continued growth in fi

  24. Slide 24: Process Technologies

    Process Technologies Crude Oil - WTI US$/BBL 100 • Good growth in sales and 80 profits in first half 60 • High oil price encourages 40 investment in projects from 20 gas and coal 0 Nov-02 Nov-03 Nov-04 Nov-05 Nov-06 Nov-07 • Increased hydrogen demand in refineries driven by low sulphur fuels • Stron

  25. Slide 25: Process Technologies

    Process Technologies Methanol Global Methanol Capacity Additions/Deletions Million Metric Tons 12 • Continued growth in methanol 10 Additions catalyst sales 8 6 • High methanol price stimulates 4 2 0 increased methanol -2 Deletions production capacity -4 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

  26. Slide 26: Process Technologies: Davy Process Technology

    Process Technologies Davy Process Technology • Davy Process Technology (DPT) ahead of prior year • Two major DPT LP oxo-alcohol projects licensed in China and India in first half • First choline chloride plant to be built in Thailand utilises JM proprietary technology • New process developed to conv

  27. Slide 27: Fuel Cells

    Fuel Cells • Continued good demand for MEAs for direct methanol fuel cells • Increasing sales of components for phosphoric acid fuel cells • Encouraging progress in automotive • Continued fall in net expense expected for full year 27

  28. Slide 28: Precious Metal Products Division

    Precious Metal Products Division 28

  29. Slide 29: Precious Metal Products Division

    Precious Metal Products Division 1H 1H £m 2007 2006* % Revenue 2,201 1,792 +23 Sales excluding precious metals 151 129 +17 Operating profit 47.2 36.1 +31 (*At 2007 exchange rates) • Strong growth in sales and profits • Good trading conditions in the pgms • Manufacturing businesses continue to perfor

  30. Slide 30: Precious Metal Products Division: Metal Prices

    Precious Metal Products Division Metal Prices US$/oz Platinum • In calendar 2007 Pt demand to 1,500 grow 3% but supply to fall 1,400 1,300 leaving the market in deficit. 1,200 Average price $1,293/oz up 7% 1,100 1,000 in first half 900 800 Mar-06 Sep-06 Mar-07 Sep-07 US$/oz Palladium • Pd supplies c

  31. Slide 31: Precious Metal Products Division: Metal Prices

    Precious Metal Products Division Metal Prices US$/oz Rhodium • Rh remains in deficit for fourth 7,000 6,500 successive year. Average price 6,000 $6,163/oz 27% up on first half of 5,500 last year 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 Mar 2006 Sep 2006 Mar 2007 Sep 2007 US$/oz Ruthenium • Demand for Ru in har

  32. Slide 32: Precious Metal Products Division: Manufacturing Businesses

    Precious Metal Products Division Manufacturing Businesses • Metal fabrication businesses well ahead - good industrial demand and expanding sales of medical parts • Colour Technologies’ sales of automotive enamels and decorative products well ahead • Strong demand for secondary pgm refining • Gold re

  33. Slide 33: Fine Chemicals & Catalysts Division

    Fine Chemicals & Catalysts Division 33

  34. Slide 34: Fine Chemicals & Catalysts Division

    Fine Chemicals & Catalysts Division 1H 1H £m 2007 2006* % Revenue 256 195 +31 Sales excluding precious metals 148 123 +20 Operating profit 31.0 29.2 +6 (*At 2007 exchange rates) LME-Nickel Price • Sales excluding precious metals up US$/MT 60,000 20% boosted by high metal price for 50,000 nickel cata

  35. Slide 35: Fine Chemicals & Catalysts Division

    Fine Chemicals & Catalysts Division • Catalysts and Chemicals achieved good growth in catalyst sales • Good sales growth achieved in US Pharmaceutical Materials and Services • Sales of opiate products in US well ahead of last year • Volumes in Europe slightly down in first half but stronger order bo

  36. Slide 36: Fine Chemicals & Catalysts Division

    Fine Chemicals & Catalysts Division • Integration of the division has progressed well • Catalyst sales continue to grow • Satraplatin not approved • Sales of APIs to generic pharmaceutical companies expected to grow at 6% pa • Future investment planned in Asia for catalysts, Research Chemicals and A

  37. Slide 37: Outlook

    Outlook • Operating profit growth in Environmental Technologies expected to be similar to first half • Emission Control Technologies to benefit from full six months of HDD sales in US • Continued growth supported by new capacity in South Korea, Russia and new filter facility in UK • High energy pric

  38. Slide 38: Outlook Continued

    Outlook Continued • Precious Metal Products will benefit from rising pgm prices but growth in second half will be lower than in first • Growth in Fine Chemicals & Catalysts should be similar to or slightly ahead of the first half • US dollar weakness will impact exchange translation • Overall, EPS g

  39. Slide 39: Johnson Matthey

    JME) Johnson Matthey 39

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