Sappi Limited · JSE:SAP

Sappi — Q1 FY2017 Earnings Presentation

43 slides from Sappi's earnings presentation, Feb 8, 2017

  1. Slide 1: Q1 FY17 financial results

    Q1 FY17 financial results 8 February 2017 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

    Summary 3

  4. Slide 4: Highlights

    Highlights Q1 FY17  EBITDA ex-special items US$201m (Q1 FY16 US$175m)  Profit for the period US$90m (Q1 FY16 US$75m)  EPS ex-special items 16 US cents (Q1 FY16 13 US cents)  Net debt US$1,338m, down US$396m year-on-year 4

  5. Slide 5: EBITDA and operating profit

    EBITDA and operating profit Excluding special items* 250 Key ratios Q1 Q1 Q1 200 FY15 FY16 FY17 201 175 Net Debt/ 3.1 2.6 1.7 136 150 LTM EBITDA 145 US$ million 112 Interest Cover 3.8 5.1 7.7 100 EBITDA % 10.5 13.6 15.4 74 50 ROCE % 9.7 16.2 19.5 0 Q1 FY15 Q1 FY16 Q1 FY17 EBITDA Operating profit 5 *

  6. Slide 6: EBITDA Bridge

    EBITDA Bridge* Q1 FY16 to Q1 FY17 220 210 3 -9 21 200 Sales revenue 190 7 USD million 180 10 170 201 160 175 150 140 EBITDA Sales Volume Price & Mix Variable & Delivery Exchange Rate Fixed Costs EBITDA Q1 FY16 Costs Q1 FY17 o All variances calculated excluding Sappi Forestry. o “Exchange rate” refle

  7. Slide 7: Product contribution split - LTM

    Product contribution split - LTM EBITDA excluding special items* Operating profit excluding special items Specialised Paper cellulose 53% 62% Specialised cellulose Paper 47% 38% 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 4.6 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 1.7 1 917 1 916 1 800 2.5 1 771 1 734 2.0 1 600 1 652 1583 1.5 1 400 1408 1.0 1338 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

  9. Slide 9: Maturity profile

    Maturity profile Fiscal years US$m 800 700 681 EURO 350m bond 600 Includes USD EURO 450m bond 500 486 400m bond 473 USD 221m bond 400 368 307 300 221 200 100 62 83 36 0 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2032 Cash Short-Term SPH Term Debt Securitisation SSA 9

  10. Slide 10: Capex development

    Capex development 600 500 400 US$m 300 200 100 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017F 2018E 2019E Maintenance Efficiency & Expansion 10

  11. Slide 11: Divisional overviews

    Divisional overviews 11

  12. Slide 12: Global paper market trends

    Global paper market trends  Supply and demand  Advertising spend continues to move away from printed media  Industry closures/conversions required – CM & SC closures announced  Speciality packaging paper demand continues to grow 1%-5%  Selling prices and input costs  Selling prices have stabil

  13. Slide 13: Sappi Europe

    Sappi Europe Speciality Packaging Volumes Flexible Packaging 100 14% and Label Papers EBITDA* EBITDA Margin* 80 12% 80 10% 70 ‘000 tons 60 US$ million 8% 60 6% 40 4% 50 20 2% 40 0 0% Q1 FY14 Q1 FY15 Q1 FY16 Q1 FY17 Q1 16 Q2 16 Q3 16 Q4 16 Q1 17  Improved performance from volumes, cost savings, and

  14. Slide 14: Sappi North America

    Sappi North America N&S BHK** Comm DWP*** 40 10% EBITDA* EBITDA Margin* 9% 1000 8% 975 30 7% 950 6% 925 US$ million 20 5% 900 4% 875 3% 850 10 2% 825 1% 800 0 0% 775 Jan-16 Jan-17 Oct-15 Oct-16 Jul-15 Apr-16 Jul-16 Q1 FY14 Q1 FY15 Q1 FY16 Q1 FY17  Weaker year-on-year performance due to lower coated

  15. Slide 15: Global DWP market trends

    Global DWP market trends  Supply and demand  Continued strong demand from new viscose capacity  Constrained Cotton Linter Pulp supply – tightening DWP market  New DWP capacity has been delayed  Selling prices and input costs  Spot pricing peaked in October, declining through to January  Recen

  16. Slide 16: Sappi Southern Africa

    Sappi Southern Africa Market price - Staple Grade DWP (US$/ton)** 120 40% 1000 EBITDA* EBITDA Margin* 35% 975 100 30% 950 80 25% 925 US$ million 60 20% 900 875 15% 40 850 10% 20 825 5% 800 0 0% Q1 FY14 Q1 FY15 Q1 FY16 Q1 FY17 775 Jan-15 Jul-15 Jan-16 July-16 Jan-17 Oct-15 Oct-16 Apr-15 Apr-16  Enha

  17. Slide 17: Strategic focus

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  18. Slide 18: 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  Group procurement initiatives >$100m annually by 2020 – US$63m by end 2017  Ongoing continuous improvement across al

  19. Slide 19: 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  Pr

  20. Slide 20: Focus areas: Grow through moderate investments

    Focus areas Grow through moderate investments  We will make investments in existing areas with strong potential growth, including pulp, speciality grades and packaging papers  Debottlenecking of Saiccor and Ngodwana DWP  Investments in Somerset, Maastricht, Alfeld and Ehingen  Additional packagi

  21. Slide 21: Growth through moderate investments

    Growth through moderate investments • Moderate investments in cost efficiency and energy generation projects have delivered good returns to date • We are now moving into the next phase of our strategy via investments for growth ROCE % 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 2013* 2014* 2015 2016 Q1 FY17 * Sappi begin

  22. Slide 22: Growth through moderate investments

    Growth through moderate investments Investing in speciality packaging businesses in Europe and North America • $140m at Maastricht, Ehingen, Alfeld and Lanaken • Maastricht, Ehingen and Alfeld to expand offering • Investments to be made over a 3-year period • Additional 200kt/annum of SBB,FBB and WT

  23. Slide 23: Paperboard Market

    Paperboard Market Containerboard Boxboard Corrugated Linerboard Solid Folding Solid White Lined Board incl. WTL Bleached Boxboard Unbleached Chipboard Sulfate Board WLC in FBB SBB in SUB in Europe, Europe, SBS Europe, SUS Coated in NA in NA Recycled Board (CRB) in NA 23

  24. Slide 24: Mill Summary – Sappi Europe

    Mill Summary – Sappi Europe Today Alfeld Ehingen Gratkorn Kirkniemi Lanaken PM7 Lanaken PM8 Maastricht Stockstadt HW Packaging LW Packaging HW Graphics MW Graphics LW Graphics UCWF Mechanical Graphics By 2020 Alfeld Ehingen Gratkorn Kirkniemi Lanaken PM7 Lanaken PM8 Maastricht Stockstadt Specialitie

  25. Slide 25: Focus areas: Generate cash to strengthen balance sheet

    Focus areas Generate cash to strengthen the balance sheet  US$400m 2017 bonds callable in April  Refinancing and debt reduction leads to lower finance cost and EPS growth 25

  26. Slide 26: Focus areas: Accelerate growth in adjacent businesses

    Focus areas Accelerate growth in adjacent businesses from a strong base  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 – lignins, sugars  Expanded DWP

  27. Slide 27: Outlook

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  28. Slide 28: Outlook

    Outlook  DWP demand remains favourable; pricing recovering in 2nd quarter.  Demand for graphic paper remains weak, prices have stabilised – further gains from efficiency and procurement programs.  FY17 capex circa US$350m aimed at speciality packaging projects in EU & NA as well as debottleneckin

  29. Slide 29: Thank you

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  30. Slide 30: Supplementary information

    Supplementary information 30

  31. Slide 31: EBITDA and operating profit

    EBITDA and operating profit Excluding special items* 250 EBITDA Operating profit ex-items 200 209 201 201 195 145 175 136 136 170 133 US$ million 150 160 112 145 104 97 100 109 74 43 50 0 31 * Refer to the supplementary information in this presentation for a reconciliation of EBITDA to reported oper

  32. Slide 32: Coated paper deliveries and prices

    Coated paper deliveries and prices Western Europe CWF Demand MCR Demand CWF 100gsm Sheets LWC 60gsm offset reels 1.2 1.1 1 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 32 Western Europe shipments including export. Source: Cepifine, Cepiprint and RISI indexed to calendar

  33. Slide 33: Sappi Europe

    Sappi Europe Q1 FY17 Q4 FY16 Q1 FY16 Tons sold (‘000) 867 822 836 Sales (EURm) 602 579 601 Price/Ton (EUR) 694 704 719 Cost/Ton* (EUR) 648 667 684 Operating profit excluding special 40 31 29 items** (EURm) 33 * Sales less operating profit excluding special items divided by tons sold. ** Refer to the

  34. Slide 34: 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

  35. Slide 35: 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

  36. Slide 36: Coated paper prices and shipments

    Coated paper prices and shipments United States Domestic CWF Shipments Doemstic CWF Purchases RISI Price CFS #3 60 lb rolls 1.2 1.1 1 Q1 FY08 = 1 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 36 • US industry purchases defined as industry shipments, plus imports, less exp

  37. Slide 37: Sappi North America

    Sappi North America Q1 FY17 Q4 FY16 Q1 FY16 Tons sold (‘000) 353 363 330 Sales (US$m) 354 360 343 Price/Ton (US$) 1,003 992 1,039 Cost/Ton* (US$) 980 923 1,000 Operating profit excluding special 8 25 13 items** (US$m) 37 * Sales less operating profit excluding special items divided by tons sold. **

  38. Slide 38: Pulp prices

    Pulp prices* 1 000 900 US$/ton 800 700 600 NBSK Europe BHKP Europe Commodity DWP 38 • Source: FOEX, CCF group

  39. Slide 39: Textile Fibre Prices

    Textile Fibre Prices VSF 1.2D VSF 1.5D PSF 1.4D3 Cotton 328 Cotton "A" Index US$/t 2 800 2 400 2 000 1 600 1 200 800 Feb-16 May-16 Jul-16 Nov-16 Dec-16 Jan-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 Jun-16 Oct-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Jan-17 39

  40. Slide 40: Sappi South Africa

    Sappi South Africa Excluding Sappi Forests Q1 FY17 Q4 FY16 Q1 FY16 Tons sold (‘000) 364 429 386 Sales (ZARm) 4,022 4,532 3,794 Price/Ton (ZAR) 11,049 10,564 9,829 Cost/Ton* (ZAR) 7,838 7,636 7,370 Operating profit excluding special 1,169 1,256 949 items** (ZARm) 40 * Sales less operating profit excl

  41. Slide 41: Cash flow

    Cash flow US$m Q1 FY17 Q4 FY16 Q1 FY16 Cash generated from operations 202 191 171 Movement in working capital (97) 70 (100) Net finance costs paid (17) (4) (36) Taxation paid (34) (2) (18) Cash generated from operating activities 54 255 17 Cash utilised in investing activities (37) (87) 2 Capital ex

  42. Slide 42: EBITDA and Operating Profit

    EBITDA and Operating Profit Excluding special items reconciliation to reported operating profit US$m Q1 FY17 Q4 FY16 Q1 FY16 EBITDA excluding special items* 201 209 175 Depreciation and amortisation (65) (64) (63) Operating profit excluding special items* 136 145 112 Special Items* - gains (losses)

  43. Slide 43: Thank you

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