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Yara International Asa — Q3 2017 Earnings Presentation

42 slides from Yara International Asa's earnings presentation, Oct 19, 2017

  1. Slide 1: Yara International ASA 2017 third quarter results

    Yara International ASA 2017 third quarter results 19 October 2017

  2. Slide 2: Safe operations is our first priority

    Safe operations is our first priority 4.5 TRI (Total recordable injuries 12-month rolling)1 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep '16 '17 1) TRI: Total recordable injuries, lost time (absence from work), restricted work and medica

  3. Slide 3: Summary third quarter

    Summary third quarter  Strong production performance  Improvement program ahead of schedule  Results reflect lower commodity fertilizer margins IR – 19 October 2017 3

  4. Slide 4: Earnings per share

    Earnings per share* EPS excluding currency and special items 14.56 7.41 11.23 10.51 10.59 10.22 6.29 2.65 9.58 8.26 9.12 8.17 7.62 7.03 7.74 6.74 6.19 6.18 6.40 4.95 3.97 3.43 3.21 1.58 2.90 3.00 2.60 2.56 1.58 -1.22 2014 2015 2016 YTD 2017 Annual NOK 27.59 29.38 23.25 11.35 *Average number of share

  5. Slide 5: Higher finished fertilizer and ammonia production

    Higher finished fertilizer and ammonia production Ammonia1 Finished fertilizer & industrial products1 Kilotons Kilotons 2,500 6,000 +8% +7% 5,000 2,000 4,000 1,500 3,000 1,000 2,000 500 1,000 0 0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2014 2015 2016 2017 Urea Nitrates NPK CN UAN SSP - based fertilizer 1) Including sha

  6. Slide 6: Yara Improvement Program ahead of schedule

    Yara Improvement Program ahead of schedule Program progress Financial benefits Annualized EBITDA improvement, USD million, vs. 2015 2017 2018 2019 2020 baseline, at 2015 prices 500 Start: Today End: 2016 2020  Program still progressing according 210 to plan, with benefits ahead of target 120 150 64

  7. Slide 7: Yara Productivity System in practice

    Base production (excluding effect of Yara Productivity System in practice planned maintenance stops) Total production at site, thousand tonnes Uusikaupunki 292 3321 262 +14% Sluiskil 1,476 1,444 1,505 +2% Belle Plaine 490 535 439 +9% 3Q15 3Q16 3Q17 IR – 19 October 2017 7 1 Includes 58kt production v

  8. Slide 8: Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)

    Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) EBITDA excluding special items NOK millions 7,884 4,614 5,742 5,179 5,489 4,794 5,055 5,055 3,958 4,625 5,050 4,227 3,830 4,002 4,528 4,185 3,508 3,591 3,964 3,335 2,992 3,504 3,004 2,728 3,216 2,873 2,968 2,474 2,386 2,015 2014 2

  9. Slide 9: EBITDA: Higher energy cost and weaker US dollar more than offset higher deliveries

    EBITDA: Higher energy cost and weaker US dollar more than offset the impact of higher deliveries NOK millions 36 439 357 3,004 214 379 144 2,386 EBITDA 3Q16 Volume Price/Margin Energy costs Currency Special Other EBITDA 3Q17 translation items IR – 19 October 2017 9

  10. Slide 10: Lower blend margins in Brazil impact Crop Nutrition segment

    Lower blend margins in Brazil impact Crop Nutrition segment EBITDA excluding special items EBITDA (NOK millions) 1,502 1,153 894 980 857 637 403 411 Crop Nutrition Industrial Production 3Q16 3Q17 IR – 19 October 2017 10

  11. Slide 11: Higher natural gas cost expected for the next two quarters

    Higher natural gas cost expected for the next two quarters Yara European natural gas cost Change in global natural gas cost USD/ NOK MMBtu millions 8.0 1,000 800 7.0 600 187 410 6.0 169 400 100 543 161 200 382 310 5.0 212 130 0 4.0 (251) (200) (400) (704) 3.0 (600) 2.0 (800) 3Q16 4Q16 1Q17 2Q17 3Q17

  12. Slide 12: Higher European nitrate premiums

    Higher European nitrate premiums Nitrogen upgrading margins1 European nitrate premium2 USD/t (monthly publication prices) USD/t (quarterly Yara realized) 600 90 80 500 70 400 Nitrate 60 premium above urea 50 300 Value above 40 ammonia 200 30 Value above gas 20 100 Yara EU gas cost *20 10 0 0 3Q14 1Q

  13. Slide 13: Solid commodity phosphate margins and compound NPK premiums

    Solid commodity phosphate margins and compound NPK premiums Phosphate upgrading margins NPK premium over blend1 USD/t USD/t 600 700 600 500 500 400 Weighted average global 400 premium above blend cost 300 Value above Nitrate premium, CIF inland Germany raw material 300 200 NH3, fob Black Sea *0.22 U

  14. Slide 14: Lower net interest-bearing debt as cash earnings and currency effects more than offset investments

    Lower net interest-bearing debt as cash earnings and currency effects more than offset investments NOK millions 139 16,831 745 16,476 2,900 2,142 229 Net debt Cash earnings* Net operating Investments (net) Foreign currency Other Net debt Jun 17 capital change translation loss Sep 17 * Operating inco

  15. Slide 15: Strong urea oversupply outside China

    Strong urea oversupply outside China…… Capacity additions, excl. China 7.2 (mill. tonnes urea) Nigeria 0.7 Egypt 0.6 Russia 0.2 Indonesia 0.5 India 0.9 Saudi Arabia 0.5 Iran 1.4 Bolivia 0.5 Malaysia 0.3 Azerbaijan 0.5 Bangladesh 0.1 Vietnam 0.1 4.7 Turkmenistan 0.3 Indonesia 0.1 Romania -0.8 Kuwait

  16. Slide 16: Higher domestic price and lower exports from China offsetting oversupply elsewhere

    ….but higher domestic price and lower exports from China are offsetting oversupply elsewhere Increasing urea pricing Chinese exports USD/t Kilotons 390 2,400 370 2,200 350 2,000 1,800 330 1,600 310 1,400 290 1,200 270 1,000 250 800 230 600 210 400 190 200 170 0 Urea fob Black Sea Urea prilled fob Ch

  17. Slide 17: Import catch-up need in India

    Import catch-up need in India Calendar year Season-to-date (Apr – Aug) +2.7% + 3% +1.5% 32.5 31.5 29.6 29.7 30.2 - 2% 29.4 Million 12.1 Million 11.8 tonnes 26.9 27.3 tonnes 26.4 25.5 24.4 9.9 23.5 23.7 9.7 22.6 22.3 23.0 22.7 21.5 22.0 20.8 20.7 19.7 20.1 20.0 2005 2016 2016 2017 Production Sales IR

  18. Slide 18: Major improvement and growth investments in 2017; main earnings improvement from 2018 onwards

    Major improvement and growth investments in 2017; main earnings improvement from 2018 onwards1 Improvement and growth capex2 (BNOK) Improvement program EBITDA improvement3 (MUSD) Committed expansions + M&A 11.4 1,100 850 1.3 500 600 450 Improvement program: 250 300 600 + 350 MUSD cost improvement 10

  19. Slide 19: Additional information

    Additional information IR – 18 July 2017

  20. Slide 20: Growth pipeline focused on premium & industrial products

    Yara has expected commodity nitrogen oversupply, and has focused its growth pipeline on premium & industrial products Growth focused on premium & industrial Pipeline tonnes by product (kt)1 1,000 Uusikaupunki NPK (3Q 2016) Expand premium products Porsgrunn/Glomfjord CN/NPK (4Q 2017) 500 Rio Gr. 250

  21. Slide 21: Growth and capex pipeline

    Growth and capex pipeline Capex plan1 Production growth 2015 - 20203 NOK bn 16.5 Finished products4 Ammonia Cost&capacity improvements 2) 1.5 M&A 14.2 Mill.tons 23.8 9.0 Committed growth 1.5 3.5 Maintenance 0.4 2.3 1.2 10.9 1.6 1.2 0.3 7.0 0.4 6.9 6.3 0.7 0.2 7.5 19.2 0.2 3.0 0.7 1.3 0.3 1.1 0.4 1.6

  22. Slide 22: Improvement and growth investments; earnings and sensitivities

    Improvement and growth investments; earnings and sensitivities1 EBITDA improvement2 (MUSD) Improvement program: Impact3 of +100 USD/t price change (NOK/share) 1,100 850 500 0.7 600 450 0.4 300 250 600 104 150 400 300 40 100 Ammonia Urea 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Growth: Impact3 of +100 USD/t price ch

  23. Slide 23: Brazil: focus on premium products and solutions drives growth

    Brazil: focus on premium products and solutions drives growth Brazil season-to-date fertilizer deliveries Brazil season-to-date premium product deliveries Kilotons Kilotons 30,000 +1% 1,600 Thousands 25,000 +21% 20,000 3Q 1,400 15,000 1,200 3Q 10,000 1H 5,000 1,000 0 Kilotons 2013 2014 2015 2016 201

  24. Slide 24: Fertilizer deliveries

    Fertilizer deliveries Kilotons 7,000 6,500 6,000 5,500 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Europe Outside Europe IR – 19 October 2017 24

  25. Slide 25: Yara 3Q fertilizer deliveries by market and product

    Yara 3Q fertilizer deliveries by market and product Kilotons 3,190 3,325 3Q16 3Q17 2,100 2,123 619 650 655 591 557 427 322 404 Europe Brazil Latin America North America Asia Africa 1,750 1,545 1,419 1,473 1,468 1,473 1,463 1,194 1,190 913 229 281 279 284 Compound NPK1 Blend NPK Nitrate Urea Other pr

  26. Slide 26: Fertilizer deliveries by product and source

    Fertilizer deliveries by product and source Kilotons 1,750 1,747 1,545 1,468 1,473 1,419 1,473 1,469 1,194 913 229 281 3Q16 3Q17 3Q16 3Q17 3Q16 3Q17 3Q16 3Q17 3Q16 3Q17 3Q16 3Q17 Nitrate NPK compounds NPK blends Urea UAN Other Yara-produced deliveries Joint venture & third party sourced IR – 19 Octo

  27. Slide 27: Strong premium product deliveries

    Strong premium product deliveries Value-added fertilizer deliveries1 Value-added fertilizer deliveries1 4,000 618 3,500 517 3,000 2,500 398 2,000 305 300 302 268 250 1,500 CAGR 236 16% 1,000 128 117 85 84 78 500 37 0 3Q13 3Q14 3Q15 3Q16 3Q17 Asia Brazil Latin Africa North America excl. America Outsi

  28. Slide 28: YaraMila and YaraBela deliveries

    YaraMila (compound NPK) and YaraBela (nitrate) deliveries Yara-produced YaraMila deliveries Yara-produced YaraBela deliveries Kilotons Kilotons 1,600 1600 1,400 1400 1,200 1200 1,000 1000 800 800 600 600 400 400 200 200 0 0 3Q13 3Q14 3Q15 3Q16 3Q17 3Q13 3Q14 3Q15 3Q16 3Q17 Outside Europe Europe Outs

  29. Slide 29: AdBlue deliveries

    AdBlue deliveries Kilotons 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1Q12 3Q12 1Q13 3Q13 1Q14 3Q14 1Q15 3Q15 1Q16 3Q16 1Q17 3Q17 IR – 19 October 2017 29

  30. Slide 30: Industrial volume development

    Industrial volume development Kilotons 967 939 938 892 900 912 866 849 852 864 859 847 866 816 815 829 663 637 640 618 577 571 572 540 541 538 511 482 456 438 432 382 380 385 367 361 346 364 339 333 328 310 299 177 171 172 152 135 4Q13 1Q14 2Q14 3Q14 4Q14 1Q15 2Q15 3Q15 4Q15 1Q16 2Q16 3Q16 4Q16 1Q17

  31. Slide 31: Debt/equity ratio

    Debt/equity ratio Net interest-bearing debt / equity ratio (end of period) 0.22 0.22 0.18 0.17 0.17 0.15 0.16 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.11 0.07 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.02 0.01 -0.04 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 IR – 19 October 2017 31

  32. Slide 32: Yara stocks

    Yara stocks Kilotons Finished fertilizer Bunge Fertilizer included from 3Q 2013 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 - Urea Nitrates Compound NPK Other IR – 19 October 2017 32

  33. Slide 33: Normal start to the European fertilizer season, slow in USA like last season

    Normal start to the European fertilizer season, slow in USA like last season West Europe USA Million tons N Million tons N +1% 1.8 4.5 1.6 4.0 +0% 1.4 3.5 1.2 3.0 1.0 2.5 0.8 2.0 0.6 1.5 0.4 1.0 0.2 0.5 0.0 0.0 3Q13 3Q14 3Q15 3Q16 3Q17 3Q13 3Q14 3Q15 3Q16 3Q17 Domestic Imports Domestic Net imports S

  34. Slide 34: Chinese urea production suffering from increased production costs

    Chinese urea production suffering from increased production costs, domestic demand lower this season Chinese urea production Domestic urea balance Million tons Million tons 7.0 80 15/16 70.8 70 14/15 -14% 6.5 59.4 60 57.2 11.3 51.3 50 6.0 6.0 40 5.5 30 20 5.0 10 16/17 0 4.5 Export Export Domestic Do

  35. Slide 35: Increased coal prices drove nitrogen prices higher

    Increased coal prices drove nitrogen prices higher Coal price in China (fob Qinhuangdao 5500, RMB/mt) China anthracite and urea prices (RMB/mt) 800 700 2017 600 2016 500 400 300 2015 200 100 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source: IHS, CFMW IR – 19 October 2017 35

  36. Slide 36: European producers' nitrate stocks

    European producers’ nitrate stocks Index June 2007 = 1 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun 17/18 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 Source: Fertilizers Europe, Yara estimate for September IR – 19 October 2017 36

  37. Slide 37: Energy cost

    Energy cost Yearly averages 2009 – 2015, quarterly averages for 2016-18 with forward prices* for 4Q17 and 1Q18. 11.0 11.4 10.7 10.5 9.1 9.2 9.4 7.6 8.1 7.1 6.9 8.2 6.5 6.5 6.6 8.0 8.0 6.6 5.7 6.3 6.9 6.4 5.6 6.2 5.0 4.9 5.3 4.6 5.8 5.0 5.5 5.7 5.4 4.7 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.4

  38. Slide 38: Reduced inventories expected for the 2017/18 season

    Reduced inventories expected for the 2017/18 season Grain consumption and production Days of consumption in stocks Million tons Days 2,650 100 2,600 95 2,550 2,500 90 2,450 2,400 85 2,350 80 2,300 2,250 75 2,200 70 2,150 2,100 65 2,050 60 2,000 1,950 55 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17E 18F 08 09 10 11

  39. Slide 39: Non-commercials' net long position in corn

    Non-commercials’ net long position in corn Thousand contracts 500 400 300 200 100 0 -100 -200 Jan-09 Jan-10 Jan-11 Jan-12 Jan-13 Jan-14 Jan-15 Jan-16 Jan-17 Source: US Commodity Futures Trading Commission IR – 19 October 2017 39

  40. Slide 40: Relatively weak grain economics

    Relatively weak grain economics Index FAO price index 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1/2006 1/2007 1/2008 1/2009 1/2010 1/2011 1/2012 1/2013 1/2014 1/2015 1/2016 1/2017 Cereals Price Index Cereals 5 year avg. Food Price Index Food 5 year avg. Source: FAO IR – 19 October 2017 40

  41. Slide 41: Key value drivers – quarterly averages

    Key value drivers – quarterly averages TTF day ahead (USD/MMBtu) Urea prilled fob Black Sea (USD/t)/Urea CAN cif Germany (USD/t) granular fob Egypt (dotted line, USD/t) 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.0 4.2 265 233 242 234 231 206 190 201 207 198 205 183 193 166 184 3Q16 4Q16 1Q17 2Q17 3Q17 3Q16 4Q16 1Q17 2Q17 3Q17 3

  42. Slide 42: 10-year fertilizer prices – monthly averages

    10-year fertilizer prices – monthly averages USD/t Ammonia fob Black Sea USD/t CAN cif Germany 1,000 500 800 400 600 300 400 200 200 100 0 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 USD/t Urea prilled fob Black Sea/Urea granular fo

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