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Austevoll Seafood ASA

Investor Presentation Feb 21, 2017

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Q4 2016 Financial presentation

Arne Møgster – CEO Britt Kathrine Drivenes – CFO

Highlights

All figures in NOK 1,000 Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015
Revenue 5 329 664 3 828 573 18 911 523 15 273 494
EBITDA 1 300 949 502 723 3 880 831 2 244 076
EBIT ex impairment 1 058 363 291 737 3 035 705 1 494
321
EBIT ex. Biomass adj. 930 844 177 586 2 912 911 1 386 436
Net profit 2 149 305 809 259 3 707 974 1 283 106
EPS (earnings per share in NOK) 4,42 1,91 8,17 3,59
Total assets 35 001 403 25 793 964
NIBD (net interest bearing
debt)
5 492 880 4 838 160
Group EBITDA incl. 50% of Pelagia 1 403 041 613 379 4 194 929 2 602 785
Salmon 1 170 054 477 607 3 355 089 1 813 868
Pelagic 232 988 135 772 839 840 788 918

Other highlights

  • By end October 2016 Lerøy was the sole owner in Havfisk ASA and Norway Seafoods Group AS
  • The board will recommend to the annual general meeting in 2017 a dividend of NOK 2.50 per share (NOK 7.00 per share in 2016)

Operation overview

PERU CHILE NORTH ATLANTIC AUSTEVOLL SEAFOOD GROUP
PELAGIC
FISHING
7% of anchovy quota
centre-north
20 fishing vessels
9.1% of pelagic fishing
quota
3 fishing vessels
5 fishing vessels 400,000 -
500,000 MT of pelagic fish caught
annually (28 vessels)
PELAGIC
PROCESSING
7 processing plants 4 processing plants 25 processing plants 36 processing plants
Intake of 1.6 -
1.9 mill MT of fish annually
WHITE
FISH
11%
whitefish
quota
(NO)

9
fishing
vessels

1
New
build
(2018)

10
Processing
plants
100,000-120,000 MT of whitefish
(9 vessels)
10 processing plants
SALMON Norway:
153 salmon licenses

incl. salmon operation UK
180,000 -
190,000 MT of salmon
SALES Integrated sales organisation Integrated sales organisation Integrated sales organisation Wholesale with global sales &
distribution

* Associated companies

Pelagic

Austral Group S.A.A Foodcorp Chile S.A Pelagia AS (associated)

Operation in Peru

Southern Oscillation Index

  • Indicator of El Niño (<-7) and La Niña (>+7)
  • Environmental conditions remain stable

Source: Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

Annual catches in Peru

Total catch centre north Anchoveta 2003- 2017E

Peruvian quota for 2017 is estimated between 4.5 - 5.0 million MT. (subject to IMPARPE`s cruises)

Source: PRODUCE/Normas legales el Peruano

Austral Group S.A.A Operation in Peru

  • Centre/ North
  • Late start of 2nd season from 15.11.2016 to 26.01.2017
  • Second season 2016 quota at 2.0 million MT vs. 1.1 million MT same season 2015
  • Challenging season with fishing largely restricted to the north zone
    • o Austral caught 138,000 MT (100% of quota) vs. 76,263 MT (100% of quota) in 2015
    • o Third parties purchase 1.6% vs. 3.6% same season 2015
    • o Total fishmeal and oil yield 27.2%, vs. 26.0% same season 2015
    • o Super Prime/ Prime 65% vs. 70% same season 2015
    • o Majority to be sold in Q1 2017
  • South
  • Quota set at 515,000 MT for 1st season (Jan-Jun 2017) vs. 382,000 MT for same season 2016 (of which 44% were caught in 2016)
  • Austral caught 13,070 MT vs. 12,424 MT in 2015
  • Direct Human Consumption (DHC)
  • Quotas for 2017: 110,000 MT horse mackerel (2016: 93,000 MT) 100,000 MT mackerel (2016: 44,000MT)

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Operation in Chile Foodcorp Chile S.A

  • Jack mackerel:
  • o Purchase 5,500 tonnes of quota from Vanuatu (October 6 th). Fully caught during December
  • o TAC Chile for 2017 (SPRFMO) 320,000 MT vs. 298,000 in 2016
  • Anchovy/sardine:
  • o Recovery of sardine & anchovy catches in Q4
  • o Low total catches in 2016 due to El Ninò
  • o Purchase of 18,505 MT in 2016 vs. 44,048 MT 2015
  • o Total quota 2017 361,000 MT vs. 331,000 MT (region V to X) in 2016
  • Giant squid:
  • o Purchases from artisanal and industrial vessels
  • o Good demand
  • o Good contribution from the giant squid segment in 2016
  • Focus on securing raw material from third parties.
'000 MT Q4
2016
Q4
2015*
2016 2015 Forecast
2017
Own catch:
Mackerel and other species 6 - 21 34 22
Purchase:
Sardine/anchovy 10 12 20 44 24
Giant squid/mackerel - - 26 3 29
Total ('000 MT) 16 12 67 81 75

* 2015 volumes proforma

North Atlantic pelagic quotas (2007-2017E)

* Horse Mackerel, Sand Eel, Norway Pout, Boar ** Capelin from both the Barents Sea and Iceland

Source:

Fishmeal and fish oil (FMO) Pelagia AS

Norway, UK and Ireland ('000 MT) Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015 2017E
Raw material for fishmeal and fish oil 93 100 575 702 659
Raw material for protein concentrate/oil 73 78 264 244 232
Total ('000 MT) 167 178 839 946 891

All volume based on 100%

  • Raw material in line with volumes in Q4 2015
  • Lower prices for both fishmeal and fish oil in Q4
  • Peru is back in business
  • Annual volume 2016 reduced due to lower blue whiting quota (800,000 MT vs. 1.2 mill MT 2015)
  • Blue whiting quota for 2017 (1.3 mill MT)

Pelagia AS

Direct Human Consumption

Volume ('000 MT) Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015 2017 E
Raw material intake 114 151 330 365 405
  • Less quantities for Q4 due to reduced quota for both mackerel and winter herring
  • Good sales on mackerel despite high prices
  • Market restrictions remain in some key markets
  • Increase in Norwegian winter herring quota
  • Higher raw material volumes expected in 2017

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Pelagia AS (100% figures)

(MNOK) Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015
Revenue 2 099,1 2 105,9 5
758,4
6 092,0
EBITDA 204,2 221,3 628,2 717,4
EBIT 159,8 172,3 464,2 548,4
Sales volumes (tonnes):
Frozen 101 600 130 500 264 600 304 000
FM/FPC/Oil 41 300 44 300 155 700 194 800

Br. Birkeland AS

Salmon Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015 2017E
Harvest volume
(GWT)
2,511 2,724 8,093 7,746 8,000
EBIT (NOK/kg) 28.9 4.9 26.9 2.8

Farming

• 7 salmon licenses in Norway

Fleet

  • 4 fishing vessels in operation in Norway
  • Mackerel season started up late September
  • Seasonal high activity for the pelagic fleet in Q4
  • Seasonal low activity for the crab vessel in Q4

Salmon Lerøy Seafood Group ASA

Lerøy Seafood Group ASA Lerøy Aurora

Q4 2016

  • EBIT before FV adj. NOK 1,017 million
  • Havfisk & NWSF EBIT NOK 76 million
  • Harvest volume 39,143 GWT
  • EBIT/kg all incl. (excl. EBIT Havfisk & NWSF) of NOK 24.0
  • Contract share of 44%
  • NIBD NOK -3,433 million at end 2016
  • Harvest guidance 165,000 GWT for 2017

* Before biomass adjustment

Lerøy Seafood Group ASA

Salmon/trout farming

Licences Smolt
cap.
2011
GWT
2012
GWT
2013
GWT
2014
GWT
2015
GWT
2016E
GWT
2017E
GWT
Lerøy Aurora AS* 26 11,5 18 100 20 000 24 200 26 800 29 200 30 000 39 000
Lerøy Midt
AS
57 22,0 62
300
61 900 58 900 68 300 71 400 52 200 62 000
Lerøy Sjøtroll 63 22,6 56 200 71 600 61 700 63 200 57 100 68 000 64 000
Total Norway 146 56,1 136 600 153 400 144
800
158 300 157 700 150 200 165
000
Villa Organic AS** 6 000
Norskott
Havbruk
(UK)***
10 900 13 600 13 400 13 800 13 500 14 000 15 000
Total 147 500 167 100 158 200 178 100 171 200 164 200 180 000

*) Included harvested volume from Villa Organic after split July 2014

**) LSG's share of Villa Organic's volume in H1 2014, not consolidated

***) LSG's share, not consolidated

Lerøy Seafood Group ASA

  • Record profitability in 2016 for Havfisk
  • Catch volume based on annual quotas, time of catch may vary from year to year
    • o Catch volume in 2016 up ~10% compared to 2015, but Q4/16 catch volum down ~20% Q4/15
  • Cod quota for 2016 fully harvested. Saithe and haddock quota received at entry of year fully harvested
  • Significant changes made in Norway Seafoods Group (NWS)
  • Sales and logistics transferred and merged with Lerøy operation in Bergen
  • Operations in Denmark divested
  • Norway Seafood to change name to Lerøy Norway Seafoods
  • Volume wild catch 2016: 63,764 MT
  • 2017: expected to be in line with volumes in 2016

Financials Q4 2016

Catch and purchase (100% volumes)

Figures in 1,000 tonnes Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015 2017 E
Group companies:
Norway (whitefish) 13 17 64 58 61
Norway (pelagic) 9 7 32 43 40
Chile own catch * 6 0 27 34 27
Chile purchase* 9 12 39 47 48
Peru own catch 96 59 202 248 351
Peru purchase 27 20 76 62 131
Total Group companies 161 115 440 493 658
Joint ventures:
Europe purchase (HC) 114 151 330 365 405
Europe purchase (FM/FPC/Oil) 167 178 839 945 891
Totalt
Joint venture:
281 329 1 169 1 310 1 296
TOTAL GROUP 442 444 1 609 1 803 1 954
Salmon/Trout (GWT)** 42,0 44,8 164,2 171,2 180,0

* 2015 volumes proforma

** LSG volume incl. 50% of the Scottish Sea Farms volumes

Key financial figures

(NOK 1,000) Q4 2016 Q4 2015 Δ%
Revenue 5 329 664 3 828 573 39,2 %
EBITDA 1 300 949 502 723 158,8 %
Depreciation/Impairment*** 370 105 325 137
EBIT* 930 844 177 586 424,2 %
Income from associates* 132 833 86 185
Net finance -58 915 -94 305
Pre-tax* 1 004 762 169 466 492,9 %
Net profit 2 149 305 809 259
EPS (NOK) 4,42 1,91
EPS (NOK)* 1,18 0,18
Q4 2016 $***$
Q4 2015
$***$
Δ%
6 379 228 4 881 506 30,7%
1 403 042 613 381 128,7%
392 307 349 660
1 010 735 263722 283,3%

* Before biomass adjustment

** AUSS incl. proportional 50% of Pelagia AS

*** Impairment in Q4 2016 MNOK 128 (Q4 2015: MNOK 114)

Q4 2016 Q4 2015
Biomass adj group company 1
634 360
763 943
Biomass adj
group associated companies
18 866 7 653

Key financial figures

(NOK 1,000) 2016 2015 Δ%
Revenue 18 911 523 15 273 494 23,8 %
EBITDA 3 880 831 2 244 076 72,9 %
Depreciation/Impairment*** 967 920 857 640
EBIT* 2 912 911 1 386 436 110,1 %
Income from associates* 411 559 272 493
Net finance -239 277 -325 145
Pre-tax* 3 085 193 1 333 784 131,3 %
Net profit 3 707 974 1 283 106
EPS (NOK) 8,17 3,59
EPS (NOK)* 5,05 3,09
2016 $***$
2015
$***$
Δ%
21 790 727 18 319 475 18,9 %
4 194 929 2 602 786 61,2%
1 049 908 942 159
3 145 0 21 1 660 628 89,4 %

* Before biomass adjustment

** AUSS incl. proportional 50% of Pelagia AS

*** Impairment in 2016 MNOK 123 (2015: MNOK 108)

2016 2015
Biomass adj
group company
1 549 449 246 567
Biomass adj group associated companies 47 939 -8 214

Lerøy Seafood Group ASA

(MNOK) Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015
Revenue 4 924,5 3 563,5 17 269,7 13 484,9
EBITDA 1 170,1 477,6 3 355,1 1 813,9
EBIT* ex. Impairment 1 017,3 352,8 2 843,5 1 380,0
EBIT* 1 017,3 352,8 2 843,5 1 380,0
Harvested volume (GWT) 39 143 41 697 150 182 157 697
EBIT/kg* (NOK) ex Havfisk/NWSF 24,0 8,5 18,9 8,8
Havfisk
catch volume (MT)
13 387 16 786 63 764 58 214
EBIT Havfisk/NWSF (MNOK) 76 89

* before biomass adj.

  • Spot prices above last year
  • o NOS Q4/16 NOK 66.4 vs. NOK 45 in Q4/15 (+47%)
  • o Up NOK 6.7/kg q-o-q, and up NOK 21.4/kg y-o-y
  • o Trout prices below salmon prices
  • Contract prices well below spot prices
  • o Contract share of 44%
  • Cost decrease from Q3/16, however still
  • o Substantial cost related to prevention for sea lice and treatment
  • Biomass at sea
  • o End Q4/16 at 108,413 MT vs. 108,270 MT end Q4/15

NIBD Q4/16 MNOK 3,433 vs. Q4/15 MNOK 2,595

Austral Group S.A.A

(MNOK) Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015
Revenue 285,4 70,8 1 020,5 1 091,2
EBITDA 17,0 -26,3 140,1 272,6
EBIT ex.impairment -32,2 -68,5 -35,2 109,0
EBIT -10,5 -66,5 -8,8 117,3
Raw material intake (tonnes): 123 221 78 877 278 266 310 468
Sales volumes:
Fishmeal (tonnes) 13 470 1 053 56 358 55 373
Fish oil (tonnes) 1 991 1 679 5 767 7 697
Canned fish (cases) - 53 790 26 185 351 543
Frozen/fresh (tonnes) 6 252 - 7 788 26
  • Total quota for second season 2 million MT vs. 1.1 million MT same season 2015
  • The season started November 15th and was stopped January 26th 2017
  • Austral caught 92,000 MT (67%) by end December 2016 and 100% by January 26th 2017
  • Inventory by end December
  • Fishmeal 19,398 MT (2015: 18,093)
  • Fish oil 4,271 MT (2015: 1,535)
  • Caught 4,000 MT mackerel during the quarter
  • Expect to sell most of the production from second season in Q1 2017

NIBD Q4/16 MNOK 1,021 vs. Q4/15 MNOK 894

Foodcorp Chile S.A

(MNOK) Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015
Revenue 80,5 142,9 425,3 490,3
EBITDA -5,3 -3,2 31,1 46,7
EBIT ex.impairment -24,2 -20,2 -37,8 -17,6
EBIT -173,4 -136,4 -187,0 -133,8
Raw material intake: * 15 784 12 456 66 438 81 406
Sales volumes:*
Fishmeal (tonnes) 1 231 4 553 11 015 10 145
Fish oil (tonnes) 226 951 2 204 1 962
Canned fish (cases) 3 565 5 590 23 788 23 609
Frozen (tonnes) 5 681 2 110 21 869 11 967
  • Seasonal low activity in the quarter. Main season for human consumption in H1
  • Purchased 5,500 MT horse mackerel from 3 rd party, total catch own fleet in Q4 of 5,800 MT
  • Still challenging market for frozen horse mackerel
  • Low volumes sardine/anchoveta in 2016 due to «El Ninò»
  • Write down of MNOK 149 related to assets not in use (mainly building/assets related to canning production)

* 2015 volumes represents 46% of Marfood S.A volume NIBD Q4/16 MNOK 24 vs. Q4/15 MNOK 127

Br. Birkeland AS

(MNOK) Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015
Revenue 269,9 182,1 789,7 520,4
EBITDA 125,7 50,0 344,5 106,4
EBIT* 109,6 28,6 277,3 39,3

* before biomass adj.

Salmon Q4

  • Harvested volume (GWT):
  • o Q4/16 2,511 MT vs. Q4/15 2,724 MT
  • o 2016 8,093 MT vs. 2015 7,746 MT

• EBIT/kg:

  • o Q4/16 NOK 28.9 vs. Q4/15 NOK 4.9
  • o 2016 NOK 26.9 vs. 2015 NOK 2.8

Pelagic Q4

  • Seasonal high activity
  • Finished their quota of mackerel and herring
  • Good price achievement
  • Low activity for snow crab in Q4

NIBD Q4/16 MNOK 347 vs. Q4/15 MNOK 475

Balance sheet

(NOK 1,000) 31.12.2016 31.12.2015
Intangible assets 11 746 906 8 115 351
Tangible fixed assets 6 691 064 5 531 053
Financial non-current assets 1 864 664 1 861 178
Total non-current assets 20 302 634 15 507 582
Biological assets at cost 3 893 963 3 522 235
Fair value adjustment biomass 2 861 168 1 052 252
Other inventory 1 123 550 965 426
Receivables 3 074 700 2 276 074
Cash and cash equivalents 3 745 388 2 470 395
Total current assets 14 698 769 10 286 382
Total assets 35 001 403 25 793 964
NIBD 5 492 880 4 838 160
Equity 18 212 820 13 610 808
Equity ratio 52 % 53 %

USD/NOK:

  • 31.12.2016: 8.62
  • 31.12.2015: 8.80

The board propose a dividend of NOK 2.50 per share in 2017

Havfisk ASA and Norway Seafoods Group AS are consolidated from September 1st

Strong financial position, equity ratio at 52%

Pelagia AS is an associated company and are included in the line Financial non-current assets in the Group balance sheet

• As such the Group balance sheet does not include proportional consolidation of Pelagia (50%)

Cash flow

(NOK 1,000) Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015
Pre tax profit 2 657 988 941 062 4 682 581 1 572 137
Biomass adjustment -1 634 360 -763 943 -1 549 449 -246 567
Paid tax -22 942 -27 245 -249 323 -427 611
Depreciaton and impairments 370 105 325 137 967 920 857 640
Associated companies -151 698 -93 838 -459 498 -264 279
Interest (net) 73 719 53 437 251 644 223 215
Working capital -474 964 -354 811 -394 790 -503 407
Cash from operating activities 817 848 79 799 3 249 085 1 211 128
Net investment in capex -411 424 -485 764 -1 142 494 -1 125 674
Acquisitions and divestments -984 107 33 437 -1 929 052 -34 530
Others 21 458 9 018 313 594 222 458
Cash from investing activities -1 374 073 -443 309 -2 757 952 -937 746
Change in long term loans 557 428 267 890 919 618 645 229
Change in short term loans 396 495 203 323 -176 746 275 754
Dividends -434 - -1 695 079 -684 061
Others -91 971 -60 445 1 738 141 -255 959
Cash from financing activities 861 518 410 768 785 934 -19 037
Cash at the beginning of the period 3 434 052 2 420 080 2 470 222 2 198 148
Net change in cash (incl.exchange
gain/losses) 311 146 50 140 1 274 976 272 072
Cash at the end of the period 3 745 198 2 470 220 3 745 198 2 470 220

Q4 2016

Lerøy purchased the remaining outstanding shares in Havfisk and Norway Seafoods, total MNOK 1,000

2016

AUSS sold 2,750,000 shares in LSG in Q1, total MNOK 976

Lerøy Seafood Group ASA completed a private placement of 5 million new shares at NOK 415.00 per share and sold 300,000 own shares at NOK 415.00 per share in Q2

Paid out dividend in total in Q2, MNOK 1,695

Outlook

Fishmeal

Week 52
Fishmeal production - 2016 vs 2015 (Cumulative)
Regions
2016
2015
Change %
Chile* 214,122 312,594 -32%
Peru 622,600 858,212 -27%
Danmark/Norway* 210,965 286,534 -26%
Iceland/North Atlantic* 130,763 239,308 -45%
Total
1,178,450
1,696,648
-31%
source: IFFO All numbers are preliminary and subject to revision #
Includes salmon-derived oil

*Includes U.K., Ireland and Faroe Islands

Source: IFFO

  • Production IFFO Fishmeal production down 31% YTD vs. same period 2015 (Peru 27% down vs. 2015).
  • Good expectation for future peruvian production, linked to a healthy biomass up today.
  • Prices USD 1,490/MT FOB Peru for Super Prime
  • USD 1,440/MT FOB Peru for Prime
  • USD 1,280/MT FOB Peru for Standard
  • Demand Feed producers and end-users building stocks
  • Last Peruvian fishing season is expected to cover their demand up to May 2017.
  • Supply Stock in Peru decreasing week by week as market is firm and consumption stable, estimated stock level 15,000 MT
  • About 200,000 MT already sold (Peru) from future production (NC ports I-2017).

Fishmeal

Main market – China

  • Stock level: 67,500 MT as of February 8th vs. 129,590 MT same period 2016 (down by 48%)
  • o Off takes: 1,340 MT/day low for the time being caused by the Chinese New Year
  • o Peru is back with 350,000 MT FM expected to arrive during Q1 to China (mainly aquaculture season)
  • Prices still higher than in Peru and currently quoted at 11,600 RMB equivalent super prime 68% USD 1,610/MT FOB Peru.
  • Fishmeal/soymeal price ratio (China) still high at 3.88
  • Stronger US dollar against RMB is making importing business more challenging in China

Fish oil

Fish oil production - 2016 vs 2015 (cumulative)
Regions 2016 2015 Change %
Chile* 82,418 110,204 -25%
Peru 103,111 95,464 8%
Denmark/Norway* 64,476 86,634 -26%
Iceland/North Atlantic* 41,407 70,920 -42%
Total 291,412 363,222 -20%
source: IFFO All numbers are preliminary and subject to revision # Includes salmon-derived oil

*Includes U.K., Ireland and Faroe Islands

Week 52 Production • IFFO Fish oil production down 20% YTD vs. same period 2015

  • Peru 8% up vs. 2015 due to a recovery in the yields
  • Prices USD 1,500/MT FOB Peru for feed grade.
  • USD 1,500-1,900/MT FOB Peru for omega-3 depending on profiles (EPA/DHA)
  • Demand Feed market mostly covered: Norway up to Q2 and Chile up to May 2017.
  • Omega-3 market undersupply, buyers looking for 18/12 or high EPA with EPA+DHA 30%

Supply • Profiles obtained during the season not ideal for Omega-3 demand.

• However current market prices are acceptable to develop business.

Atlantic salmon supply Q4 2016

(in tonnes WFE )

Change Change Change Change Change Change
2012 11-12 2013 12-13 2014 13-14 2015 14-15 2016 15-16 2017 16-17
Norway 1 183 100 17,7 % 1 143 600 -3,3 % 1 199 000 4,8 % 1 234 200 2,9 % 1 171 100 -5,1 % 1 176 100 0,4 %
United Kingdom 159 400 3,0 % 157 800 -1,0 % 170 500 8,0 % 166 300 -2,5 % 158 000 -5,0 % 169 300 7,2 %
Faroe Islands 70 300 24,9 % 72 600 3,3 % 82 700 13,9 % 75 600 -8,6 % 77 300 2,2 % 79 700 3,1 %
Ireland 15 600 -2,5 % 10 600 -32,1 % 12 300 16,0 % 15 700 27,6 % 14 900 -5,1 % 17 000 14,1 %
Iceland 3 250 170,8 % 3 350 3,1 % 4 400 31,3 % 3 600 -18,2 % 8 100 125,0 % 12 200 50,6 %
Total Europe 1 431 650 16,0 % 1 387 950 -3,1 % 1 468 900 5,8 % 1 495 400 1,8 % 1 429 400 -4,4 % 1 454 300 1,7 %
Chile 364 000 64,7 % 468 100 28,6 % 582 900 24,5 % 598 200 2,6 % 504 400 -15,7 % 521 900 3,5 %
Canada 136 500 14,2 % 115 100 -15,7 % 95 000 -17,5 % 135 200 42,3 % 142 500 5,4 % 136 500 -4,2 %
USA 19 600 7,1 % 20 300 3,6 % 24 000 18,2 % 20 200 -15,8 % 22 000 8,9 % 22 000 0,0 %
Australia 40 000 11,1 % 39 000 -2,5 % 42 000 7,7 % 55 000 31,0 % 54 000 -1,8 % 57 000 5,6 %
Others 8 100 62,0 % 11 200 38,3 % 15 200 35,7 % 13 700 -9,9 % 10 700 -21,9 % 8 700 -18,7 %
Total Others 568 200 42,1 % 653 700 15,0 % 759 100 16,1 % 822 300 8,3 % 733 600 -10,8 % 746 100 1,7 %
Total World-wide 1 999 850 22,4 % 2 041 650 2,1 % 2 228 000 9,1 % 2 317 700 4,0 % 2 163 000 -6,7 % 2 200 400 1,7 %

Atlantic salmon consumption Q4 2016

Salmon
Market 2014 2015 2016 Growth Growth %
EU 288 500 303 700 280 200 $-23,500$ $-8\%$
USA 92 200 107 200 95 400 $-11.800$ $-11\%$
Japan 17 600 19 900 18 500 $-1.400$ $-7\%$
Other Markets 164 800 175 100 159 500 $-15600$ $-9\%$
Russia 36 500 27 200 22 000 $-5200$ $-19%$
Total Consumption 599 600 633 100 575 600 $-57500$ $-9\%$

Figures as per 17.02.2017 - Source: Kontali/Nasdax

Atlantic salmon consumption Full year 2016

Market - Salmon 2014 2015 2016 Grow
th
Grow
th %
Japan 63 800 60 500 64 900 4 400 7 %
USA 367 300 415 600 413 000 -2 600 -1 %
Eu 1 017 600 1 088 000 1 053 300 -34 700 -3 %
Other Markets 611 400 640 900 608 200 -32 700 -5 %
Russia 145 600 106 200 75 000 -31 200 -29 %
Total Consumption 2 205 700 2 311 200 2 214 400 -96 800 -4 %

Conclusion

Salmon (refer to Lerøy Seafood Group's management presentation www.leroy.no)

  • Strong salmon prices in Q4
  • Still high cost related to sea lice treatments
  • Limited growth in global salmon supply combined with strong demand, gives a strong outlook for the coming years

Lerøy Seafood Group ASA completed acquisition of majority stake in Havfisk ASA and Norway Seafoods Group AS

  • By end October 2016 LSG owns 100% of both companies
  • Significantly strengthening LSG`s position in the white fish segment

Conclusion

Pelagic

South America

  • Despite a challenging start to the second season
  • Austral caught 100% of their quota
  • 67% was caught by the end of 2016
  • Majority of FM stock sold in Q1 2017
  • Environmental conditions improved tending towards Neutral

North Atlantic (Pelagia AS, an associated company)

  • Main mackerel season started mid September
  • Increase in quota in 2017
  • Main African markets remain challenging due to foreign currency restrictions
  • Russian market remains closed

Disclaimer

  • This Presentation has been produced by Austevoll Seafood ASA (the "Company" or "Austevoll") solely for use at the presentation to the market held in connection with the announcement of fourth quarter results for 2016.
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Appendix

Associated companies

Pelagia AS (100% figures) AUSS`s share = 50%

(MNOK) Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015
Revenue 2 099,1 2 105,9 5 758,4 6 092,0
EBITDA 204,2 221,3 628,2 717,4
EBIT 159,8 172,3 464,2 548,4
Net interest bearing debt 1 844 1 452

Associated companies

Norskott Havbruk AS (100% figures)

LSG's share = 50%

(MNOK) Q4 2016 Q4 2015 2016 2015
Revenue 355 367 1 721 1 498
EBITDA 159 28 554 201
EBIT* 140 5 474 122
Volumes (gwt) 5 759 6 299 28 043 27 032
EBIT/kg* (NOK) 24,4 0,8 16,9 4,5
Net interest bearing debt 267 482

* before biomass adj.

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