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Aker Solutions Investor Presentation 2018

Jul 12, 2018

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2Q 2018

Fornebu, July 12, 2018 Luis Araujo and Svein Stoknes

Agenda | 2Q 2018

Main Developments

  • Activity is picking up, though market remains competitive
  • Major projects progressing as planned
  • On track with phase 2 of cost-efficiency improvement program

  • Top and bottom lines increase

  • Order intake almost doubles versus a year earlier
  • Healthy order backlog of NOK 37 billion

  • Tendering activity steady

  • Front-end demand remains strong
  • Financial position solid with NOK 7.4 billion liquidity buffer

Key Figures | 2Q 2018

Revenue EBITDA Order Intake

Order Backlog

New Orders

Partnering with Kvaerner to deliver modifications of Johan Sverdrup riser platform and field center

Three-year contract extension for operations and maintenance services in the UK North Sea

Topside modification contract for phase 3 of the Troll development offshore Norway

Norwegian government approves funding for FEED for full-scale carbon capture plant at Norcem

Order for subsea production system for Dalia offshore Angola

35 study awards for projects in Norway, the UK, Africa and Asia Pacific

Strong Demand for Early-Phase Capabilities

  • Awarded 35 front-end contracts, resulting in a total of 73 for the first half of the year
  • Almost a third are for projects outside Norway
  • Many are for large and complex projects
  • 6 concept studies led to FEEDs
  • 8 FEEDs led to full-fledged projects

FEED: Front-end engineering and design

1H 2018 1H 2017
Total front-end
awards
73 71
Concept studies
leading to FEEDs
6 17
FEEDs
leading to projects
8 2

Digital Solutions to Drive Value

Connecting Products

All-Electric Subsea Systems

Longer tiebacks Real-time insight

Less infrastructure

Outlook

  • Market for oil services remains competitive, though signs of a recovery are increasing
  • Industry improvement measures are lowering break -even costs and spurring project sanctions
  • Tendering activity is high in main markets, key projects are seen sanctioned in next 6 to 12 months
  • Well placed in key regions and segments to capture offshore market growth
  • Building on our front -end capabilities to capture opportunities and engage early with customers

Agenda | 2Q 2018

2Q 2018 | Income Statement

(NOK million) 2Q 2018 2Q 2017 1H 2018 1H 2017 2017
Revenue 6 254 5 425 11 737 10 598 22 461
EBITDA 439 305 864 660 1 519
EBITDA margin 7,0% 5,6% 7,4% 6,2% 6,8%
EBITDA ex. special
items1
441 400 825 763 1 665
EBITDA margin ex. special
items1
7,1% 7,4% 7,1% 7,2% 7,4%
Depreciation, amortization
and impairment
(185) (206) (384) (411) (948)
EBIT 254 99 480 249 571
EBIT margin 4,1% 1,8% 4,1% 2,4% 2,5%
EBIT ex. special
items1
256 199 455 356 876
EBIT margin ex. special items1 4,1% 3,7% 3,9% 3,4% 3,9%
Net financial
items
(63) (60) (133) (124) (213)
FX on disqualified hedging instruments (18) 12 (16) 17 41
Income (loss) before
tax
173 51 331 143 399
Income tax (57) (17) (110) (47) (160)
Net income
(loss)
117 33 222 95 239
Earnings
per share
(NOK)
0,42 0,08 0,80 0,32 0,81
Earnings per share (NOK) ex. special items1 0,48 0,34 0,78 0,57 1,54
  • Revenue for 2Q 2018 up 15% year-on-year
  • Reflecting higher activity in Field Design and Subsea, as well as in Services
  • Underlying EBITDA for 2Q 2018 increased by 10% year-on-year to NOK 441 million
  • Underlying EBITDA margin of 7.1% versus 7.4% a year earlier
  • Good performance with several new awards entering backlog

1Special items mainly include restructuring costs, impairments, onerous leases, sale of PPE and costs linked to the impact of currency derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting. See appendix for full details on special items.

2Q 2018 | Cashflow and Financial Position

  • Cashflow from operations NOK 318 million
  • Working capital strong at minus NOK 1,415 million
  • Net debt NOK 247 million and leverage 0.2x
  • Gross debt of NOK 2.8 billion

Working Capital NOK million

  • Available liquidity NOK 7.4 billion (cash NOK 2.4 billion and RCF NOK 5.0 billion)
  • Repaid Brazil debt with maturities in 2018

Debt Maturity Profile1NOK million

1RCF of NOK 5 billion, maturing in 2023

Net Interest-Bearing Debt Development NOK million

Projects

  • Continued solid project execution
  • Newly awarded work in early phases of execution
  • Revenue up 15% vs last year to NOK 4.9 billion
  • EBITDA margin1 of 6.7% vs 7.0% a year earlier

EBITDA and Margin1

NOK million, %

Revenue NOK billion

  • Solid order intake of NOK 5.0 billion, equal to 1.0x book-to-bill
  • Order backlog of NOK 27.3 billion

Working Capital NOK billion

  • Subsea with continued solid project execution
  • Revenue rose 11% to NOK 2.1 billion vs year earlier
  • Order intake of NOK 1.1 billion, equal to 0.5x book-to-bill
  • Backlog of NOK 9.7 billion

Revenue NOK billion

Order Intake

NOK billion

Projects | Subsea Projects | Field Design

  • Solid Brownfield activity across several geographies
  • Revenue rose 19% to NOK 2.8 billion vs year earlier
  • Strong order intake of NOK 3.9 billion, equal to 1.4x book-to-bill
  • Backlog of NOK 17.5 billion

2Q 2018 Order Backlog by Execution Date

Services

  • Increased activity level in production asset services
  • Revenue rose 16% vs last year to NOK 1.3 billion
  • EBITDA margin1 increased to 13.0% vs 12.7% a year earlier

Revenue NOK billion

EBITDA and Margin1

NOK million, %

1Excludes special items

  • Order intake of NOK 0.7 billion, equal to 0.5x book-to-bill
  • Order backlog of NOK 9.8 billion

EBIT and Margin1

Working Capital NOK billion

Order Backlog Gives Reasonable Visibility

2Q 2018 Order Backlog by Execution Date NOK billion

Order Backlog and Intake Evolution NOK billion

Order Backlog by Segment NOK billion End 2Q 2018 Order Backlog by Market

Financial Guidance

Revenue and Margin

  • Positive long-term offshore, deepwater outlook
  • Markets remain challenging but increasing signs of a gradual recovery
  • Steady tendering in main markets
  • Continued strong order intake improves visibility
  • Overall 2018 revenue expected up close to 10% year-on-year
  • Revenue growth in both segments
  • Underlying EBITDA margin for group overall expected to remain around current levels

Balance Sheet and Cashflow

  • Capex and R&D ≈ 2% of annual revenue, with flexibility
  • Working capital likely to fluctuate around large project work but trend toward 2-4% of group revenue over next 9-12 months
  • Target net interest-bearing debt / EBITDA ≈ 1
  • Dividend payments should over time amount to 30-50% of net profit

Agenda | 2Q 2018

Additional Information

© 2018 Aker Solutions

Special Items

NOK million
Special items (EBITDA) 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Onerous leases 4 39 39 82 - 6 - 33 40 - -
Restructuring 19 0 130 163 (1) 81 8 (2) 86 7 5
Non-qualifying hedges (11) (11) (18) (44) 3 4 10 (6) 10 (3) (4)
(Gain) loss sale of PPE - (36) - (36) - - - - - (50) -
Demerger and other costs 15 1 9 26 6 3 2 (0) 10 5 1
Total special items EBITDA 27 (6) 160 192 7 95 20 24 146 (41) 2
Special items (EBIT)
Impairments 50 (0) 414 464 (0) 5 6 148 158 14 0
Total special items EBIT 77 (7) 574 656 7 100 25 172 304 (27) 2

(Note that positivte numbers are costs, negative numbers are income) Note that positive numbers are costs, negative numbers are income

Income Statement

NOK million
Income statement consolidated 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Revenue 6 969 5 987 6 138 25 557 5 173 5 425 5 419 6 444 22 461 5 483 6 254
Operating expenses (6 405) (5 509) (5 759) (23 628) (4 817) (5 120) (5 017) (5 986) (20 941) (5 057) (5 815)
EBITDA 563 477 380 1 929 355 305 401 458 1 519 425 439
Of which related to hedging 11 11 18 44 (3) (4) (10) 6 (10) 3 4
Depreciation and amortization (195) (192) (197) (778) (205) (201) (180) (205) (792) (185) (184)
Impairment (50) 0 (414) (464) (0) (5) (4) (148) (156) (14) (0)
EBIT 319 286 (232) 687 150 99 217 105 571 226 254
Net interest cost (106) (109) (111) (420) (74) (67) (50) (66) (256) (69) (58)
Foreign exchange on disqualified hedging instruments (25) (4) (34) (59) 5 12 20 3 41 2 (18)
Other financial items 12 4 16 66 10 6 (5) 32 43 (1) (5)
Net financial items incl. disqualified hedging instruments (120) (109) (128) (414) (58) (48) (34) (31) (172) (68) (81)
Net income (loss) before tax 199 177 (360) 273 92 51 183 73 399 158 173
Income tax (68) (56) 92 (121) (30) (17) (59) (54) (160) (53) (57)
Net income (loss) for the period 131 120 (268) 152 62 33 124 19 239 105 117
Net income attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent company 100 102 (289) 57 63 23 110 25 221 103 115
Non-controlling interests 31 19 21 95 (1) 10 15 (5) 18 2 2
EBITDA margin 8.1% 8.0% 6.2% 7.5% 6.9% 5.6% 7.4% 7.1% 6.8% 7.8% 7.0%
Basic earnings per share (NOK) 0.37 0.37 (1.07) 0.21 0.23 0.08 0.40 0.09 0.81 0.38 0.42

Balance Sheet

NOK million
Assets 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Property, plant and equipment 3 934 3 735 3 808 3 721 3 564 3 341 3 316 3 077 2 977
Intangible assets 6 306 6 305 6 314 6 280 6 525 6 344 6 447 6 343 6 290
Financial assets (non-current) 16 67 132 184 148 124 158 162 153
IB receivables (non-current) 27 27 34 41 18 18 39 27 31
IB receivables (current) 91 90 437 470 298 279 128 131 103
Trade receivables 3 836 3 585 3 541 2 961 2 968 2 533 2 876 2 819 2 838
Revenue accruals for customer contracts - - - - - - - 2 810 3 146
Accrued revenue and WIP 4 355 3 447 2 630 2 849 2 635 3 015 3 148 - -
Other current assets 2 287 2 043 2 137 1 466 2 076 1 755 1 646 2 271 2 474
Cash and cash equivalents 2 861 2 299 2 480 2 020 1 211 1 449 1 978 2 607 2 440
Total assets 23 713 21 599 21 512 19 992 19 443 18 858 19 736 20 249 20 452
Debt and equity 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Total equity attributable to the parent 6 399 6 289 6 278 6 546 6 651 6 501 6 981 6 822 6 828
Non-controlling interests 278 287 138 138 110 113 67 25 28
Non IB liabilities (non-current) 805 1 029 956 870 880 901 877 842 848
Interest-bearing debt (non-current) 1 934 2 154 1 844 1 822 1 729 3 230 2 576 2 745 2 703
Trade payables 1 334 922 1 030 902 1 156 1 162 1 865 1 859 2 166
Amounts due to customers for construction work, incl advances 3 329 2 690 2 509 2 160 1 484 777 1 206 - -
Revenue accruals for customer contracts - - - - - - - 700 685
Accrued operating and financial cost 2 076 2 036 2 183 2 254 2 447 2 581 2 237 4 256 4 554
Interest-bearing current liabilities 2 332 2 040 2 110 1 677 1 484 544 539 495 118
Other non IB liabilities (current) 5 226 4 153 4 465 3 623 3 503 3 049 3 390 2 503 2 521
Total liabilities and equity 23 713 21 599 21 512 19 992 19 443 18 858 19 736 20 249 20 452
Net current operating assets, excluding held for sale (100) 416 (904) (974) (454) 15 (844) (1 422) (1 415)
Net interest-bearing items 1 287 1 777 1 002 968 1 686 2 028 970 475 247
Equity 6 677 6 576 6 415 6 684 6 761 6 614 7 047 6 848 6 856
Equity ratio (in %) 28.2 30.4 29.8 33.4 34.8 35.1 35.7 33.8 33.5

Cashflow

NOK million
Cashflow 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
EBITDA continuing operations 563 477 380 1 929 355 305 401 458 1 519 425 439
Change in cashflow from operating activities (1 094) (769) 1 081 (1 617) (257) (762) (615) 702 (932) 107 (121)
Net cashflow from operating activities (530) (291) 1 460 312 98 (457) (214) 1 160 587 533 318
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment (53) (87) (95) (329) (31) (38) (7) (135) (211) (31) (99)
Payments for capitalized development (65) (41) (97) (297) (42) (35) (42) (31) (149) (29) (42)
Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired - (0) (210) (210) (4) (217) 0 (0) (221) - (0)
Change in current interest-bearing receivables - - (351) (351) - 179 - 85 264 - -
Cashflow from other investing activities (14) 21 (8) 1 0 3 22 (15) 10 85 39
Net cashflow from investing activities (133) (106) (762) (1 186) (76) (109) (26) (96) (308) 25 (102)
Change in external borrowings 99 (18) (290) 29 (475) (218) 586 (655) (762) 205 (388)
Paid dividends to majority - - (0) (0) - (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0
Other financing activities (28) (19) (231) (243) (20) (33) 5 (26) (73) 0 1
Net cashflow from financing activities 71 (37) (522) (213) (494) (251) 591 (680) (835) 205 (387)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (43) (128) 4 (294) 13 8 (113) 146 54 (133) 4
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (636) (562) 181 (1 382) (459) (809) 238 529 (502) 630 (167)
Cash and cash equivalents as at the beginning of the period 3 496 2 861 2 299 3 862 2 480 2 020 1 211 1 449 2 480 1 978 2 607
Cash and cash equivalents as at the end of the period 2 861 2 299 2 480 2 480 2 020 1 211 1 449 1 978 1 978 2 607 2 440

Split Per Segment

NOK million
Revenue 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Projects 5 474 5 003 5 100 20 627 4 066 4 232 4 184 5 179 17 660 4 239 4 862
Services 1 449 1 019 1 057 5 001 1 068 1 156 1 165 1 170 4 560 1 159 1 337
Other 48 (9) 25 88 41 43 75 105 264 89 58
Eliminations (1) (26) (44) (159) (2) (5) (6) (11) (24) (3) (3)
Revenue 6 969 5 987 6 138 25 557 5 173 5 425 5 419 6 444 22 461 5 483 6 254
EBITDA 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Projects 409 400 360 1 547 269 213 320 415 1 217 312 325
Services 173 115 161 601 152 144 157 151 605 135 172
Other (18) (38) (141) (219) (66) (52) (76) (109) (303) (22) (58)
EBITDA 563 477 380 1 929 355 305 401 458 1 519 425 439
EBITDA margin 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Projects 7.5% 8.0% 7.0% 7.5% 6.6% 5.0% 7.6% 8.0% 6.9% 7.3% 6.7%
Services 12.0% 11.3% 15.3% 12.0% 14.2% 12.5% 13.5% 12.9% 13.3% 11.7% 12.9%
EBITDA margin 8.1% 8.0% 6.2% 7.5% 6.9% 5.6% 7.4% 7.1% 6.8% 7.8% 7.0%
EBIT 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Projects 205 250 (210) 478 129 79 197 203 608 173 201
Services 138 81 127 454 113 99 119 98 429 94 131
Other (24) (45) (148) (245) (92) (79) (99) (196) (466) (41) (78)
EBIT 319 286 (232) 687 150 99 217 105 571 226 254
EBIT margin 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Projects 3.7% 5.0% (4.1%) 2.3% 3.2% 1.9% 4.7% 3.9% 3.4% 4.1% 4.1%
Services 9.5% 8.0% 12.0% 9.1% 10.6% 8.5% 10.2% 8.4% 9.4% 8.1% 9.8%
EBIT margin 4.6% 4.8% (3.8%) 2.7% 2.9% 1.8% 4.0% 1.6% 2.5% 4.1% 4.1%

Split Per Segment

NOK million
NCOA 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Projects (1 309) (223) (1 297) (810) (239) 151 (712) (1 350) (1 540)
Services 1 493 824 921 640 603 595 511 550 646
Other (283) (185) (528) (803) (818) (731) (643) (622) (521)
NCOA (100) 416 (904) (974) (454) 15 (844) (1 422) (1 415)
Order intake 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Projects 3 200 2 696 3 435 13 607 4 096 2 582 1 830 9 669 18 177 6 460 4 959
Services 150 852 676 3 461 494 373 668 3 581 5 116 2 205 691
Other 46 (10) 25 86 10 67 67 238 381 20 34
Eliminations 4 (24) (42) (150) (8) 1 (9) (105) (121) (46) (11)
Order intake 3 400 3 514 4 094 17 004 4 591 3 022 2 556 13 383 23 553 8 639 5 673
Order backlog 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Projects 26 484 23 819 22 327 22 599 23 371 20 684 24 807 27 102 27 286
Services 8 516 7 842 8 849 8 146 7 328 6 569 9 743 10 483 9 802
Other 0 0 0 (31) (7) (14) 135 108 41
Eliminations 8 10 12 (4) 4 (0) (103) (140) (148)
Order backlog 35 008 31 671 31 188 30 709 30 695 27 239 34 581 37 553 36 981

Split Per Segment – Underlying Margins

NOK million
EBITDA (excl. special items) 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Projects 436 393 387 1 602 269 295 323 405 1 292 322 328
Services 176 116 168 618 152 147 157 151 607 135 173
Other (23) (37) (16) (98) (59) (42) (59) (74) (234) (74) (60)
EBITDA (excl. special items) 590 471 539 2 121 363 400 421 482 1 665 384 441
763
EBITDA margin (excl. special items) 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Projects 8.0% 7.9% 7.6% 7.8% 6.6% 7.0% 7.7% 7.8% 7.3% 7.6% 6.7%
Services 12.2% 11.4% 15.9% 12.4% 14.2% 12.7% 13.5% 12.9% 13.3% 11.7% 13.0%
EBITDA margin (excl. special items) 8.5% 7.9% 8.8% 8.3% 7.0% 7.4% 7.8% 7.5% 7.4% 7.1% 7.1%
EBIT (excl. special items) 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Projects 283 242 231 997 129 161 207 276 773 199 203
Services 141 81 134 471 113 101 119 98 432 93 132
Other (29) (44) (23) (124) (85) (64) (83) (97) (329) (94) (79)
EBIT (excl. special items) 395 280 342 1 343 157 199 243 277 876 199 256
EBIT margin (excl. special items) 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Projects 5.2% 4.9% 4.5% 4.8% 3.2% 3.8% 4.9% 5.3% 4.4% 4.7% 4.2%
Services 9.7% 8.0% 12.6% 9.4% 10.6% 8.8% 10.2% 8.4% 9.5% 8.0% 9.9%
EBIT margin (excl. special items) 5.7% 4.7% 5.6% 5.3% 3.0% 3.7% 4.5% 4.3% 3.9% 3.7% 4.1%

Projects | Subsea and Field Design

NOK million
Revenue 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Subsea 3 360 2 873 2 693 11 917 2 182 1 883 1 801 2 471 8 336 1 956 2 084
Field Design 2 130 2 133 2 414 8 751 1 887 2 353 2 386 2 776 9 402 2 284 2 810
Eliminations/other (15) (3) (7) (41) (3) (4) (4) (67) (78) (1) (32)
Revenues 5 474 5 003 5 100 20 627 4 066 4 232 4 184 5 179 17 660 4 239 4 862
Order intake 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 FY 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 FY 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Subsea 1 729 101 2 372 4 794 692 929 494 5 661 7 776 2 986 1 123
Field Design 1 487 2 598 1 070 8 854 3 408 1 654 1 335 4 001 10 398 3 487 3 867
Eliminations/other (15) (3) (7) (40) (4) (2) 1 8 3 (13) (31)
Order intake 3 200 2 696 3 435 13 607 4 096 2 582 1 830 9 669 18 177 6 460 4 959
Order backlog 2Q 2016 3Q 2016 4Q 2016 1Q 2017 2Q 2017 3Q 2017 4Q 2017 1Q 2018 2Q 2018
Subsea 13 484 10 440 10 297 8 814 7 727 6 200 9 532 10 615 9 746
Field Design 13 024 13 402 12 054 13 758 15 642 14 476 15 249 16 470 17 521
Eliminations/other (24) (23) (24) 27 3 7 26 17 19
Order backlog 26 484 23 819 22 327 22 599 23 371 20 684 24 807 27 102 27 286

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