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Agl Energy — H1 FY2015 Earnings Presentation

55 slides from Agl Energy's earnings presentation, Mar 30, 2016

  1. Slide 1: ASX & Media Release: AGL reports Underlying Profit increase of 24.8 percent

    AGL Energy Limited Locked Bag 1837 Level 22, 101 Miller St T: +61 2 9921 2999 ABN: 74 115 061 375 St Leonards NSW 2065 North Sydney NSW 2060 F: +61 2 9921 2552 AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA www.agl.com.au ASX & Media Release 11 February 2015 AGL reports Underlying Profit increase of 24.8 percent AGL Energy Li

  2. Slide 2: Dividend and Outlook

    Dividend: AGL has declared a fully franked interim dividend of 30.0 cents per share. The interim dividend will be paid on 25 March 2015. The record date to determine shareholders’ entitlements to the interim dividend is 26 February 2015. Shares will commence trading ex-dividend on 24 February 2015.

  3. Slide 3: FY15 Interim Results

    FY15 Interim Results Half Year ended 31 December 2014 Michael Fraser Managing Director and CEO Brett Redman Chief Financial Officer ‘AGL Macquarie 11 February 2015 Energyin] fe SAGL

  4. Slide 4: Disclaimer and important information

    2 Disclaimer and important information The information in this presentation: › Is not an offer or recommendation to purchase or subscribe for securities in AGL Energy Limited or to retain any securities currently held. › Does not take into account the potential and current individual investment obje

  5. Slide 5: Agenda

    3 Agenda 4 Results Highlights Michael Fraser 6 Group Financials Brett Redman 19 Operational Review / Summary Michael Fraser 33 Supplementary Information IMPORTANT NOTE: This presentation should be read in conjunction with the AGL Energy Limited Financial Results ASX Release for the Half Year ended 3

  6. Slide 6: Half Year FY15 highlights

    Half Year FY15 highlights 4 Strong performance from underlying business and Macquarie acquisition. › Statutory Profit of $308 million, up 18.0% › Underlying Profit of $302 million, up 24.8% › Underlying Operating Cash Flow before interest and tax of $879 million » Up $201 million (excluding carbon)

  7. Slide 7: Interim FY15 result

    Interim FY15 result 5 Statutory and Underlying Profit up on prior year. › Revenue: $5,183m  (2.0%) › Statutory Profit: $308m  18.0% FINANCIAL › Underlying Profit: $302m  24.8% › Statutory EPS: 48.6 cps  7.8%1 › Underlying EPS: 47.7 cps  14.1%1 › Dividends Per Share (100% franked): 30.0 cps (Dec

  8. Slide 8: Group Financials

    6 Group Financials Brett Redman Chief Financial Officer

  9. Slide 9: Statutory Profit to Underlying Profit reconciliation

    Statutory Profit to Underlying Profit reconciliation 7 Volatility of non-cash items highlights value of focus on Underlying Profit. 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change $m Statutory Profit 308 261  47 Adjust for the following after tax items: Significant items 1 128 17  111 Changes in fair v

  10. Slide 10: Significant Items

    Significant Items 8 Macquarie acquisition largest component. 6 months to 31 December 2014 Pre Tax Tax After Tax $m Macquarie acquisition stamp duty (93) 28 (65) Macquarie elimination of derivative contracts (37) - (37) Macquarie acquisition and integration costs (13) 3 (10) Restructuring costs (11)

  11. Slide 11: Underlying Profit

    Underlying Profit 9 Underlying profit up 24.8% on prior period. 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change $m Revenue 5,183 5,287 (2.0%) Operating EBITDA 735 622 18.2% Operating EBIT Retail 159 136 16.9% Merchant 522 433 20.6% Upstream Gas (10) (13) (23.1%) Investments 4 14 (71.4%) Centrally managed

  12. Slide 12: Retail – Key financial metrics

    Retail – Key financial metrics 10 Improvement driven by higher gas volumes and retail margins. 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change $m Electricity revenue 1,999 2,142 (6.7%) Gas revenue 780 739 5.5% Other revenue (fees & charges) 34 37 (8.1%) Total revenue 2,813 2,918 (3.6%) Cost of sales (2,4

  13. Slide 13: Retail – Operating EBIT drivers

    Retail – Operating EBIT drivers 11 Strong result reflecting normalised weather and disciplined price management. 180 12 170 25 (6) 3 159 160 8 (2) (2) 150 (15) $ million 140 136 130 120 110 100 YTD December Electricity Gross Electricity Gross Gas Gross Margin Gas Gross Margin Bad and Doubtful Campai

  14. Slide 14: Retail – Key operating metrics

    Retail – Key operating metrics 12 Higher operating costs driven by APG and expensing of NSW acquisitions costs. 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change $m Operating costs (215) (200) 7.5% Depreciation and amortisation (35) (43) (18.6%) Less fees and charges 34 37 (8.1%) Net operating costs (216)

  15. Slide 15: Retail – Key operating metrics

    Retail – Key operating metrics 13 Improved performance from better volumes and margin management. 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change Gross margin excluding fees and charges ($m) 375 342 9.6% Operating EBIT ($m) 159 136 16.9% Average customer numbers (‘000) 3,741.3 3,661.9 2.2% Gross margin p

  16. Slide 16: Merchant – Key financial metrics

    Merchant – Key financial metrics 14 Operating EBIT up 20.6% on prior period. 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change $m Operating EBITDA 654 531 23.2% Depreciation and amortisation (132) (98) 34.7% Energy Portfolio Management (EPM) Wholesale Electricity gross margin 588 523 12.4% Wholesale Gas gr

  17. Slide 17: Merchant – Operating EBIT drivers

    Merchant – Operating EBIT drivers 15 Growth from Macquarie acquisition and Queensland wholesale gas sales. 550 3 522 9 49 500 13 450 62 $ million 433 6 400 51 (17) 350 (87) 300 YTD December Carbon Repeal Macquarie Wholesale Merchant Queensland Other Gas Wholesale Gas - Eco-markets Other Merchant YTD

  18. Slide 18: Underlying Operating cash flow

    Underlying Operating cash flow 16 Close management of receivables significantly improves underlying cash flow. 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change $m Operating EBITDA 735 622 113 Equity accounted income (net of dividends received) (9) (1) (8) Onerous contracts (8) (18) 10 Receivables 332 137

  19. Slide 19: Capital expenditure

    Capital expenditure 17 Largest component Solar Project at Nyngan and Broken Hill. 900 800 700 Other Retail 600 Newcastle Gas Storage Upstream Gas 500 $ million Solar Project net of 400 govt. funding SIB – Other 300 SIB – Macquarie 200 SIB – Loy Yang 100 0 Jul - Dec 2014 Jan - Jun 2015 Forecast FY15

  20. Slide 20: Debt structure

    Debt structure 18 Debt maturity profile lengthened and funding sources diversified. › Short-term Macquarie Generation debt facility replaced with 7-year $600 million MTN issue » Awarded ‘Domestic Bond Deal of the Year’ by FinanceAsia and KangaNews › $410 million 6.5-year Asian bank debt facility exe

  21. Slide 21: Operational Review

    19 Operational Review Michael Fraser Managing Director and CEO

  22. Slide 22: People and safety

    People and safety 20 Continued improvements in safety. Enterprise Bargain Agreements. Key safety statistics for 1H FY15: Total Injury Frequency Rate › Total injury frequency rate down from 2.8 to 2.6 8 7 › Occupational injury frequency rate down from 3.7 to 1.3 6 5 Key health and safety process impr

  23. Slide 23: Macquarie acquisition

    Macquarie acquisition 21 Macquarie performing in line with expectations. Integration on track. › Integration proceeding well and consistent with business case › All corporate functions now integrated into AGL structure › Energy trading and finance functions fully integrated › Reorganisation of senio

  24. Slide 24: Aluminium smelter contracts

    Aluminium smelter contracts 22 Commodity price benefits from higher premiums and lower exchange rate. › AGL has two electricity contracts with aluminium Aluminium Price producers 4,500 » Tomago ▪ Current output of 550,000 tonnes p.a. 4,000 ▪ New contract signed in 2010 ▪ Contract period November 201

  25. Slide 25: Wholesale electricity price outlook

    Wholesale electricity price outlook 23 Rising prices as higher domestic gas prices reduce gas-fired generation. › Queensland gas powered generators are Wholesale Electricity Price expected to significantly reduce output from $80 2015 as fuel supply diverts to LNG projects Carbon scheme in Forward co

  26. Slide 26: Gas portfolio

    Gas portfolio 24 Queensland wholesale gas sales ramp up in FY15. › Queensland wholesale gas sales: Queensland Wholesale Gas Sales FY13 to FY17 80 » Sales of 56 PJ in FY15, up from 19 PJ in FY14 » Sales in FY15 contracted at an average margin 60 Firm sales Potential sales of $3.40/GJ1 » Ongoing negot

  27. Slide 27: Consumer energy volumes

    Consumer energy volumes 25 Gas volumes up, but electricity demand remains subdued. AGL Total Consumer Energy Volumes › Return to more normal weather in 1H 8.0 1H FY14 1H FY15 40 1H FY14 1H FY15 FY15, compared with record warm 7.0 35 weather in prior period 6.0 30 5.0 25 › Consumer gas volumes up 7.5

  28. Slide 28: Retail – Market and customer dynamics

    Retail – Market and customer dynamics 26 Core business delivers growth despite intense market competition. Customer Accounts › AGL churn maintained at 15.4% for 4.0 3.9 the 1H FY15, increasing the gap to 3.8 Rest of Market to 5.6% Million Accounts 3.7 3.6 › APG customer churn in line with 3.5 3.4 bu

  29. Slide 29: Retail – Operational performance

    Retail – Operational performance 27 Growth in digital interaction with customers. E-billing AGL Energy Online › Investment in digital innovation 1.0 0.7 › 1 million e-Bill customer accounts 0.6 Million Customers Million Accounts 0.8 0.5 0.6 › Monthly billing approaching 200k 0.4 0.3 customers 0.4 0.

  30. Slide 30: AGL’s Bowen Basin interests

    AGL’s Bowen Basin interests 28 Divestment process continues. › AGL’s Bowen Basin interests held for sale › Purchased in 2006 to augment domestic gas, now regarded as non-core as long-term destination for gas is LNG exports › Assets comprise » Entitlement to 1,250 PJ (2P), 4,027 PJ (2P+2C) » 50% inte

  31. Slide 31: Gloucester gas project

    Gloucester gas project 29 Production testing of Waukivory Pilot voluntarily suspended. › Waukivory Pilot » Completed fracture stimulation and installation of well completions including dewatering pumps, well metering skids and enclosed flares » Production testing voluntarily suspended after detectio

  32. Slide 32: Project updates

    Project updates 30 Construction complete or well advanced on all projects. Diamantina Power Station – Mt Isa (302 MW, AGL 50% interest) Construction complete and fully operational › Diamantina Power Station (DPS) (242 MW CCGT) commissioned in October 2014 and delivering energy under foundation custo

  33. Slide 33: Outlook FY15

    Outlook FY15 31 Underlying Profit guidance of $575 million to $635 million reaffirmed. › FY15 Underlying Profit expected to be between $575 - $635 million1,2 » Approximate 50:50 split expected between 1H FY15 and 2H FY15 › Macquarie integration and performance in line with expectations › Nyngan Sola

  34. Slide 34: Contact information

    32 Contact information Sales - Electricity and gas www.agl.com.au Customer Service 131 245 AGL Energy Online https://aglenergyonline.agl.com.au Corporate Information www.agl.com.au/about-agl/media-centre/contact-us Investors Media Nicole Rizgalla Karen Winsbury Investor Relations Manager Head of Cor

  35. Slide 35: Supplementary Information

    33 Supplementary Information

  36. Slide 36: Electricity sales volume

    34 Electricity sales volume 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change GWh Consumer New South Wales 2,862 2,795 2.4%. Victoria 1,958 2,093 (6.5%) South Australia 1,234 1,240 (0.5%) Queensland 1,157 1,254 (7.7%) Consumer Total 7,211 7,382 (2.3%) Business New South Wales 1,701 1,597 6.5%. Victoria 2,1

  37. Slide 37: Gas sales volume

    35 Gas sales volume 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change PJ Consumer New South Wales 13.0 12.2 6.6% Victoria 18.5 17.0 8.8% South Australia 1.7 1.6 6.2% Queensland 1.4 1.4 0.0% Consumer Total 34.6 32.2 7.5% Business New South Wales 16.7 16.1 3.7% Victoria 14.8 14.4 2.8% South Australia 4.4 4.1

  38. Slide 38: Customer numbers

    36 Customer numbers Customer Numbers Change since 31 Dec 2014 30 Jun 2014 (‘000) 30 Jun 2014 Electricity New South Wales 813 820 (7) Victoria 657 673 (16) South Australia 428 434 (6) Queensland 385 389 (4) 2,283 2,316 (33) Gas New South Wales 702 707 (5) Victoria 556 567 (11) South Australia 130 130

  39. Slide 39: Consumer market - Key indicators

    37 Consumer market - Key indicators 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change Electricity Volume (GWh) 7,211 7,382 (2.3%) Avg. consumer accounts ('000) 2,273 2,224 2.2% Revenue ($m) 1,999 2,142 (6.7%) Gross margin ($m) 215 192 12.0% Gross margin 10.8% 9.0% 1.8 ppts Gross margin per customer $95 $87

  40. Slide 40: Business customers – Key indicators

    38 Business customers – Key indicators 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change Electricity Volume (GWh) 6,393 6,628 (3.5%) Business accounts ('000) 19.1 19.0 0.5% Revenue ($m) 926 1,065 (13.1%) Gross margin ($m) 19 19 0.0% Gross margin per MWh $3.04 $2.79 9.0% Gas Volume (PJ) 44.1 41.7 5.8% Busin

  41. Slide 41: Retail – Cost to serve

    39 Retail – Cost to serve Operating costs Cost per account 6 months to 31 Dec 31 Dec Change 31 Dec 31 Dec Change 2014 2013 2014 2013 $m $m $ $ Cost to serve1 (143) (134) 6.7% (38) (37) 2.7% Cost to acquire2 (57) (58) (1.7%) (164) (159) 3.1% Cost to retain2 (16) (14) 14.3% (36) (29) 24.1% Cost to acq

  42. Slide 42: Wholesale electricity & generation

    40 Wholesale electricity & generation 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change $m Wholesale Electricity 588 523 12.4% Merchant Operations (323) (213) 51.6% Wholesale Operating EBIT 265 310 (14.5%) Consisting of: Retail 552 735 (24.9%) Business and Wholesale1 539 589 (8.5%) Total Wholesale Revenue

  43. Slide 43: Wholesale electricity & generation

    41 Wholesale electricity & generation 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change Volumes (GWh) Retail 7,741 7,908 (2.1%) Business and Wholesale 10,712 8,228 30.2% Total Demand1 18,453 16,136 14.4% AGL generated (16,019) (9,818) 63.2% Pool sales 16,019 9,818 63.2% Pool purchases (18,453) (16,136) 14.

  44. Slide 44: Wholesale gas

    42 Wholesale gas 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change $m Retail 275 225 22.2% Business, Wholesale and Generation1 620 451 37.5% Total Revenue 895 676 32.4% Gas purchases (558) (471) 18.5% Haulage and storage (132) (124) 6.5% Total Cost of Sales (690) (595) 16.0% Wholesale Gross Margin 205 81 1

  45. Slide 45: Generation: Operational performance

    43 Generation: Operational performance 1. "Equivalent Availability Factor' is used to measure Loy Yang Availability / Start Reliability (%) A, and represents the percentage of time the plant is 100 available to operate. International benchmark used is North American Electricity Reliability Corporati

  46. Slide 46: Generation portfolio

    44 Generation portfolio 1H FY15 Carbon Capacity Capacity 7 Sent Out Asset State Type Status Intensity Factor1 Generation (MW) (tCO2e/MWh) (GWh) (%) 2 Coal Owned 2,640 0.9 4,682 61% Bayswater NSW 2 Liddell NSW Coal Owned 2,000 1.0 2,310 40% Loy Yang VIC Coal Owned 2,210 1.3 6,947 71% Total Coal 6,850

  47. Slide 47: Electricity hedging

    45 Electricity hedging › AGL Wholesale Risk Management Policy is AGL Energy Expected Hedge Position - All Regions approved by the Board and establishes the requirements for the management of wholesale risk volume › Clearly defined permitted hedging activities, transaction limits, counterparty credit

  48. Slide 48: Upstream Gas – Key financial metrics

    46 Upstream Gas – Key financial metrics 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change $m Operating EBITDA (4) (1) 300.0% Depreciation and amortisation (6) (12) (50.0%) Operating EBIT Upstream Gas Queensland (2) (7) (71.4%) New South Wales (2) - n/a Sundry (6) (6) - Operating EBIT (10) (13) (23.1%) › Op

  49. Slide 49: Upstream Gas – Reserves

    47 Upstream Gas – Reserves AGL share of gas reserves As at 31 Dec 14 As at 30 Jun 14 Change PJ 2P 3P 2P 3P 2P 3P Gloucester (100%) 527 649 527 649 - - Moranbah (50%) - Bowen Basin 282 478 285 481 (1.1%) (0.6%) Camden (100%) 43 43 45 45 (4.4%) (4.4%) Silver Springs (various) 57 149 57 149 - - Spring

  50. Slide 50: Upstream Gas – Permits

    48 Upstream Gas – Permits Permits Permits Working Working Basin Project Exploration Production Basin Project Exploration Production Interest Interest 2 2 (Area km2) (Area km2) (Area km ) (Area km ) ATP 471P (445) - 28.71-100% PEL 2 (6,694)r - 100% - PL 1 (55) 15% PEL 5 (398)r - 100% - PL 15 (259) 75

  51. Slide 51: Reconciling Statutory to Underlying cash flow

    49 Reconciling Statutory to Underlying cash flow 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change $m Statutory net cash provided by operating activities 588 748 Cash flow relating to significant items 124 22 Underlying operating cash flow 712 770  (7.5%) Net finance costs paid 99 99 -%) Income tax paid 6

  52. Slide 52: Investments

    50 Investments 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 31 Dec 2013 Change $m ActewAGL 15 14 7.1% New Energy (8) - n/a Diamantina Power Station (3) - n/a Operating EBIT 4 14 (71.4%) FY15 Interim Results Half Year ended 31 December 2014 11 February 2015 AGL External

  53. Slide 53: Capital expenditure

    51 Capital expenditure 6 months to 31 Dec 2014 SIB Discretionary Total $m Merchant 120 169 289 Upstream Gas - 64 64 Retail - 19 19 Corporate and Other 7 6 13 Capital expenditure 127 258 385 Less: Solar projects government funding - (28) (28) Total capital expenditure 127 230 357 FY15 Interim Results

  54. Slide 54: Balance sheet

    52 Balance sheet As at 31 Dec 2014 30 Jun 2014 $m Current assets 3,436 3,411 PPE, E&E and oil & gas assets 7,855 6,236 Other non current assets 4,632 4,487 Total Assets 15,923 14,134 Current debt 765 45 Other current liabilities 2,031 2,121 Non current debt 2,921 3,669 Other non current liabilities

  55. Slide 55: Fair value reconciliation

    53 Fair value reconciliation As at Net Assets (Liabilities) $m 31 Dec 2014 30 Jun 2014 Change Energy derivative contracts 156 18 138 Interest rate swaps and foreign currency derivative contracts (39) (79) 40 Total net assets (liabilities) for derivative contracts 117 (61) 178 Change in derivative ne

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