Sappi Limited · JSE:SAP

Sappi — Q2 FY2016 Earnings Presentation

41 slides from Sappi's earnings presentation, May 9, 2016

  1. Slide 1: Q2 FY16 financial results

    Q2 FY16 financial results 9 May 2016 Steve Binnie Chief Executive Officer Sappi Limited

  2. Slide 2: Forward-looking statements and Regulation G

    Forward-looking statements and Regulation G Forward-looking statements Certain statements in this release that are neither reported financial results nor other historical information, are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements that are predictions of or indicate future e

  3. Slide 3: Summary

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  4. Slide 4: Highlights

    Highlights Q2 FY16  Profit for the period US$100m (Q2 FY15 US$56m)  EPS ex-special items 16 US cents (Q2 FY15 11 US cents)  EBITDA ex-special items US$195m (Q2 FY15 US$170m)  Net debt US$1,652m, down US$264m year-on-year 4

  5. Slide 5: EBITDA and operating profit

    EBITDA and operating profit Excluding special items* 250 Key ratios Q2 Q2 Q2 200 FY14 FY15 FY16 195 Net Debt/ 171 170 4.0 2.9 2.4 133 150 LTM EBITDA US$ million 104 Interest Cover 3.1 3.7 6.5 95 100 EBITDA % 10.9 12.7 15.1 50 ROCE % 11.0 13.5 19.3 0 Q2 FY14 Q2 FY15 Q2 FY16 EBITDA Operating profit 5

  6. Slide 6: EBITDA Bridge

    EBITDA Bridge* Q2 FY15 to Q2 FY16 320 Sales revenue 280 240 200 160 120 80 40 0 170 (1) 82 24 (46) (34) 195 Q2 FY15 EBITDA Sales volume Price & mix Variable & delivery Fixed costs Exchange rate Q2 FY16 EBITDA costs o All variances calculated excluding Sappi Forestry. o EBITDA above excludes special

  7. Slide 7: Product contribution split - LTM

    Product contribution split - LTM EBITDA excluding special items* Operating profit excluding special items Specialised Paper cellulose 54% 63% Specialised cellulose Paper 46% 37% 7 * Refer to the supplementary information in this presentation for a reconciliation of EBITDA to reported operating profi

  8. Slide 8: Net debt/EBITDA development

    Net debt/EBITDA development 2 600 5.0 4.5 2 400 2 380 4.0 2 286 2 200 2 248 3.5 2 000 2 040 3.0 US$ million 1 946 1 917 1 916 1 800 2.5 1 771 1 734 2.0 1 600 1 652 1.5 1 400 1.0 1 200 0.5 1 000 0.0 Q1 FY14 Q2 FY14 Q3 FY14 Q4 FY14 Q1 FY15 Q2 FY15 Q3 FY15 Q4 FY15 Q1 FY16 Q2 FY16 Net Debt Net debt/LTM

  9. Slide 9: Maturity profile

    Maturity profile Fiscal years 600 513 503 Includes 457 500 US$400m bond EUR450m bond 400 350 322 US$221m bond US$ million US$350m bond 300 221 200 74 100 49 32 65 0 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2032 Cash Short-term SPH term debt SSA Securitisation 9

  10. Slide 10: Post quarter-end refinancing

    Post quarter-end refinancing  Refinanced our 2021 bonds ($350m 6.625%)  New notes now due 2023 (€350m 4.0%)  Interest cost to reduce by approximately $8m annually  Costs incurred of US$23m to be recognized in Q3 FY16 10

  11. Slide 11: Capital and investment spend

    Capital and investment spend 600 500 400 US$ million 300 200 100 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Estimate Maintenance Efficiency 11

  12. Slide 12: Divisional overviews

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  13. Slide 13: Global paper market trends

    Global paper market trends  Supply and demand  Soft demand in most markets  Operating rates declining  Mechanical paper grades under pressure  Selling prices and input costs  CWF and CM sales prices stable  Fuel oil, energy and oil-based chemical prices still low  Paper pulp prices remain lo

  14. Slide 14: Sappi Europe

    Sappi Europe W. Europe Flexible Apparent Consumption Forecast** Packaging 100 12% and Label Papers 16 v 15 17 v 16 EBITDA* EBITDA Margin* 0% 10% 80 -1% 8% 60 -2% US$ million 6% -3% 40 4% -4% 20 2% -5% 0 0% -6% Q2 FY13 Q2 FY14 Q2 FY15 Q2 FY16 CWF CM  Improved performance, volumes and prices better t

  15. Slide 15: Sappi North America

    Sappi North America N. America Apparent Consumption Forecast** 60 12% 16 v 15 17 v 16 EBITDA* EBITDA Margin* 0% 50 10% 40 8% -1% US$ million 30 6% -2% 20 4% -3% 10 2% 0 0% -4% Q2 FY13 Q2 FY14 Q2 FY15 Q2 FY16 CWF  Continued improvement - higher paper volumes, lower costs  HW web good demand  Prici

  16. Slide 16: Global specialised cellulose market trends

    Global specialised cellulose market trends  Supply and demand  Most swing capacity has entered the market as hardwood paper pulp prices fell  Continued strong demand, high Chinese VSF operating rates  Selling prices and input costs  Spot prices for commodity grade DWP fell during the quarter bu

  17. Slide 17: Sappi Southern Africa

    Sappi Southern Africa Spot price - Staple Grade DWP (US$/ton)** 100 35% 920 EBITDA* EBITDA Margin* 30% 900 80 25% 880 60 US$ million 20% 860 15% 840 40 10% 820 20 5% 800 0 0% 780 Nov-14 Dec-14 Jan-15 May-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Jun-15 Jan-16 Oct-14 Sep-14 Feb-15 Mar-15 Oct-15 Apr-15 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Fe

  18. Slide 18: Strategic focus

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  19. Slide 19: Focus areas: achieve cost advantages

    Focus areas Achieve cost advantages  We work to lower fixed and variable costs, increase cost efficiencies and invest for cost advantages  Saiccor and Tugela turbines – FY2016/17  Ngodwana boiler upgrade for future debottlecking – Q2 FY2016  Group procurement initiatives >$100m saving annually b

  20. Slide 20: Focus areas: rationalise declining businesses

    Focus areas Rationalise and optimise declining businesses  Recognising the decreasing demand for graphic paper, we manage our capacity to strengthen our leadership position in these markets, realising their strategic importance to the group and maximising their significant cash flow generation  Re

  21. Slide 21: Focus areas: grow through moderate investments

    Focus areas Grow through moderate investments  We will make smaller investments in existing areas with strong potential growth, including pulp, speciality grades and packaging papers  debottlenecking DWP and packaging in SA - ~10% increase in volumes  Energy investments in South Africa  Explore

  22. Slide 22: Focus areas: generate cash to strengthen balance sheet

    Focus areas Generate cash to strengthen the balance sheet  Sale of both Enstra and Cape Kraft Mills completed  Refinancing and debt reduction leads to lower finance cost 22

  23. Slide 23: Focus areas: accelerate growth in adjacent businesses

    Focus areas Accelerate growth in adjacent businesses from a strong base  Over the next two years we will continue our focus on having a cleaner, stronger balance sheet so that we can then accelerate our growth in adjacent businesses  Speciality packaging paper  Biomaterials, biochemicals – lignin

  24. Slide 24: Outlook

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  25. Slide 25: Outlook

    Outlook  Specialised Cellulose benefiting from rising average USD prices and weaker ZAR/US Dollar exchange rate. Demand remains good and the outlook for this business is positive.  In North America variable costs are down significantly while volumes are stable.  European business continues to imp

  26. Slide 26: Outlook (cont'd)

    Outlook (cont’d)  Based on current market conditions, and assuming current exchange rates, we expect the growth in 2H EBITDA ex-items to be in line with 1H FY16.  We expect a strong increase in our earnings based on improved operating profits and lower expected finance costs, offset somewhat by in

  27. Slide 27: Thank you

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  28. Slide 28: Supplementary information

    Supplementary information 28

  29. Slide 29: EBITDA and operating profit

    EBITDA and operating profit Excluding special items* 250 200 201 200 195 175 171 170 136 150 133 US$ million 124 147 145 140 112 104 95 109 100 74 67 60 43 50 0 Q1 FY14 Q2 FY14 Q3 FY14 Q4 FY14 Q1 FY15 Q2 FY15 Q3 FY15 Q4 FY15 Q1 FY16 Q2 FY16 EBITDA Operating profit ex-items 29 * Refer to the suppleme

  30. Slide 30: Sappi Packaging and Speciality Papers

    Sappi Packaging and Speciality Papers Global production sites Sappi Alfeld (Germany) Sappi Maastricht (Netherlands) Sappi Ehingen (Germany) Sappi Cloquet (USA) Flexible Packaging, Label, SBB Label Paper – LusterCote® Folding Box Board - atelier™ Topliner - Fusion® Board, Topliner and Release Liner S

  31. Slide 31: Markets and Growth rates

    Markets and Growth rates Global Market size – Speciality packaging Flexible Packaging Release Liner Rigid Packaging Containerboard Functional Papers and Label Papers o C1S papers o CCK graphic arts o SBS printing and o Coated White o Barrier and grease o 1.2 mtons o 300 ktons converting Topliner res

  32. Slide 32: Coated paper deliveries and prices

    Coated paper deliveries and prices Western Europe CWF MCR CWF 100gsm sheets prices LWC 60gsm offset reels prices 1.2 1.1 Q1 2008 = 1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 Q1 08 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 09 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 10 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 11 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 12 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 13 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 14 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 15 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 16 32 Western Europe shi

  33. Slide 33: Sappi Europe

    Sappi Europe Q2 FY16 Q2 FY15 1H FY16 1H FY15 Tons sold (‘000) 834 828 1,670 1,603 Sales (EURm) 604 590 1,205 1,137 Price/Ton (EUR) 724 713 722 709 Cost/Ton* (EUR) 685 684 685 687 Operating profit excluding 33 24 62 36 special items** (EURm) 33 * Sales less operating profit excluding special items di

  34. Slide 34: Coated paper prices and shipments

    Coated paper prices and shipments United States Domestic CFS shipments Total US CFS consumption CFS #3 60lb Rolls prices 1.2 1.1 Q1 FY08 = 1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 Q1 08 Q1 09 Q1 10 Q1 11 Q1 12 Q1 13 Q1 14 Q1 15 Q1 16 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q2 Q3 Q4 34 * US i

  35. Slide 35: Sappi North America

    Sappi North America Q2 FY16 Q2 FY15 1H FY16 1H FY15 Tons sold (‘000) 331 321 661 654 Sales (US$m) 339 342 682 695 Price/Ton (US$) 1,024 1,065 1,032 1,063 Cost/Ton* (US$) 985 1,044 992 1,058 Operating profit excluding 13 7 26 3 special items** (US$m) 35 * Sales less operating profit excluding special

  36. Slide 36: Pulp prices

    Pulp prices* 1 000 900 US$/ton 800 700 600 Apr-13 Apr-14 Apr-15 Apr-16 NBSK Europe BHKP Europe Commodity DWP 36 • Source: FOEX, CCF group

  37. Slide 37: Textile Fibre Prices

    37 US$/t 800 1 200 1 600 2 000 2 400 2 800 3 200 Jan-14 Feb-14 Mar-14 Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14 VSF 1.2D Jul-14 Aug-14 Sep-14 Oct-14 VSF 1.5D Nov-14 Dec-14 Textile Fibre Prices Jan-15 Feb-15 PSF 1.4D3 Mar-15 Apr-15 May-15 Jun-15 Cotton 328 Jul-15 Aug-15 Sep-15 Oct-15 Nov-15 Dec-15 Cotton "A" Index Jan-16

  38. Slide 38: Sappi South Africa

    Sappi South Africa Excluding Sappi Forests Q2 FY16 Q2 FY15 1H FY16 1H FY15 Tons sold (‘000) 404 424 790 850 Sales (ZARm) 4,376 3,653 8,171 7,297 Price/Ton (ZAR) 10,832 8,616 10,343 8,585 Cost/Ton* (ZAR) 7,725 6,795 7,553 6,846 Operating profit excluding 1,255 772 2,204 1,478 special items** (ZARm) 3

  39. Slide 39: Cash flow

    Cash flow US$m Q2 16 Q2 15 1H 16 1H 15 Cash generated from operations 187 136 358 273 Movement in working capital (22) 23 (122) (113) Net finance costs paid (22) (38) (58) (90) Taxation paid (4) (1) (22) (4) Cash generated from operating activities 139 120 156 66 Cash utilised in investing activitie

  40. Slide 40: EBITDA and operating profit

    EBITDA and operating profit Excluding special items reconciliation to reported operating profit US$m Q2 16 Q2 15 1H 16 1H 15 EBITDA excluding special items* 195 170 370 315 Depreciation and amortisation (62) (66) (125) (137) Operating profit excluding special items* 133 104 245 178 Special Items* -

  41. Slide 41: Thank you

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