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Alerion Cleanpower

Investor Presentation Feb 25, 2016

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Milan, 25th February 2016

Agenda

1. The New Alerion

    1. Portfolio of operating assets
    1. 9M 2015 Consolidated Results

Appendix: Wind farms

  • 2003 : Alerion listed on the Milan Stock Exchange as holding co. with equity interests in various businesses
  • 2004-2007: Increasing focus on renewable energy
  • 2008: F2i enters Alerion shareholding through capital increase (initially 10%)
  • 2008-2014: Total focus on wind power

  • 2015: New Shareholders Agreement and new CEO with two main targets:

  • - Cost reduction
  • - Growth (mainly) through M&A

Overview Alerion at a glance

  • Independent Italian renewable energy company, specialized in the production of electricity from wind
  • Currently manages and operates a portfolio of:

10 wind farms in Italy (total gross installed capacity of 295 MW) and

1 wind farm in Bulgaria (total gross installed capacity of 12 MW)

  • Over 8 years of residual average incentives (portfolio average)
  • Listed on the Milan Stock Exchange since 2003
(€'million) 2014
FY
9M
2015
Net
Production
(GWh)
378 303
Revenues 46 37
EBITDA 22.6 22.8
49% 61%
Net
Debt
212
Net
Debt
(exc.
Derivatives)
194
Equity 115

Overview Operating Plants - Italy

Shareholders Structure Overview

F2i is the main shareholder of the Company with a stake of 16.03% of the share capital and, since April 2015, is part of a Shareholders' Agreement, which holds 26.24% of the share capital, expiring in October 2016.

Shareholders Ownership % of S.A.
F2i Energie Rinnovabili 16,0% 61,1%
Other private investors 10,2% 38,9%
Total 26,2% 100,0%
  • Mauro Miglio (CEO), appointed on the 15th September 2015
  • Gastone Colleoni (Chairman)
  • Corrado Santini, Mario Bonamigo, Patrizia Savi, Sylvia Bartyan, Luca Arnaboldi

Strategic priorities

3

Cost reduction and operational streamlining 1

2 Financial discipline

Pursuit of economies of scale, also through M&A

Strategic priorities

Cost reduction and operational streamlining

2015 actions implemented:

  • Line-by-line cost cutting (corporate and operating)
  • FTE reduced by 30% (2016 vs 2014)
  • O&M renegotiations
  • Extraordinary maintenance on Agrigento plant
  • New HQ
  • More than 90% of Opex already contracted
  • Tax optimization: structure rationalization, IMU decrease

Simple and low-risk cost structure:

  • Maintenance Capex fully included in Opex
  • No exposure to raw material prices

Focus on plant productivity:

  • Preventive maintenance
  • Real-time monitoring
  • Daily wind forecast for maintenance optimization
  • New technologies (turbine upgrade systems, blade profile, etc.)

Plant energy production forecast

Strategic priorities Financial discipline

Solid and predictable cash flow generation:

  • Incentive scheme, reducing exposure to wholesale electricity prices
  • Low working capital requirements
  • Negligible ordinary capex

Bond:

  • €130 million; 6% pa
  • Listed on MOT; bullet repayment in 2022
  • Dividend min. €2 million/year + 50% consolidated net income

Discretionary use of cash flow generation:

  • Expected deleverage in short-medium term
  • Capex for new greenfield plants (next incentive auctions )
  • Acquisition of operating wind farms

Strategic priorities Pursuit of economies of scale, also through M&A

  • Italian market is still very fragmented
  • Opportunities of growth through business combinations

Agenda

1. The New Alerion

2. Portfolio of operating assets

  1. 9M 2015 Consolidated Results

Appendix: Wind Farms

Physical and Revenue Flows Market and regulatory framework

Supportive regulatory framework Market and regulatory framework

  • The new "Energy Strategy" for Italy confirms developments of renewable energies among its priorities, with the objective to meet the EU targets by 2020
  • All existing plants completed prior to 2013 benefit from Green Certificates ("GC") regime:
  • Downward protection from power price fluctuations
  • GC purchase price year t = 78% x (180 €/MWh Power Price)
  • Power price and incentives are inversely correlated Any decline in power prices would lead to an increase in incentives
  • From 2016, this incentive scheme will be replaced by a feed-in tariff scheme for the residual incentive eligibility period, calculated with the same formula currently used to define the GC purchase price

Portfolio of operating plants

  • Portfolio of 11 fully built and operating plants; 307 MW of gross installed capacity directly managed
  • Assets with a proven historical production track record, higher than Italian wind sector median, and with an average incentive residual period of more than 8 years
  • WTGs manufactured by leading suppliers, all providers of O&M services

Incentive residual period

Albanella
2016
Agrigento 2019 8 yrs
Ciorlano 2023 average
Lacedonia 2023
Ordona 2024
Callari 2024
S. Martino 2025
Castel di Lucio 2025
Licodia 2025
Krupen 2025
San Marco in Lamis 2026

O&M suppliers

56%

Portfolio of operating plants

Plant Location Company Installed Ownwership End of incentive
Capacity period
Albanella Eolo
.r.l
S
8.5 100% Feb. 2016
Ciorlano .r.l
Dotto
S
20.0 100% March 2023
Agrigento .r.l
WPS
S
34.0 100% Jan. 2019
Lacedonia .r.l
Ecoenergia
Campania
S
15.0 50% Sept. 2023
Callari Callari
.r.l
S
36.0 100% Jan. 2024
Ordona Ordona
.r.l
S
34.0 100% March 2024
Castel di Lucio .r.l
Minerva
S
23.0 100% April 2025
Licodia eolico
Licodia
Eub
.r.l
Parco
S
22.1 80% Sept. 2025
S. Martino in Pensilis Molise
.r.l
New
Green
S
58.0 50% Oct. 2025
S. Marco in Lamis .r.l
Renergy
San
Marco
S
44.2 100% Dec. 2026
Krupen Wind
EOOD
12.0 51% Oct. 2025

Total 306.75

Agenda

    1. The New Alerion
    1. Portfolio of operating assets
    1. 9M 2015 Consolidated Results

Appendix: Wind Farms

9M 2015 Consolidated results

Profit and Loss

Profit & Loss
(m€)
FY 2013 FY 2014 9M 2014 9M 2015 Change
Consolidated Production (GWh) 411.3 377.9 284.0 302.7 18.7
Total Revenues 54.0 45.9 34.6 37.1 2.5
Operating Costs (23.6) (22.9) (15.9) (14.2) 1.7
Provisions for risks (0.4) (0.8) (0.4) (0.9) (0.5)
Results from Joint Ventures 1.3 0.4 (0.4) 0.8 1.2
EBITDA 31.3 22.6 17.8 22.8 5.0
Ebitda margin % 58% 49% 52% 61%
Amortization and Depreciation (16.9) (22.8) (16.7) (16.7) 0.0
EBIT 14.4 (0.2) 1.1 6.1 5.0
Net Financial Income/(Expenses) (14.6) (34.2) (11.3) (10.6) 0.7
Profit/(Loss) before taxes (0.2) (34.4) (10.2) (4.5) 5.7
Taxes (0.1) 6.6 1.4 1.9 0.5
Net Income/(Loss) (0.3) (27.8) (8.8) (2.6) 6.2
Minorities Net Income/(Loss) 0.5 (1.0) (0.3) (0.1) 0.2
Group Net Income/(Loss) (0.8) (26.8) (8.5) (2.5) 6.0

Growth in installed capacity resulting from the acquisition of 50% of Agrigento farm and production higher than 2014, despite the electrical output of 3Q2015 was affected by the low wind of summer months

+7%

+28%

EBITDA increase reflects a significant reduction in operating costs (-1.7 million euro), also resulting from the start of the cost reduction and operational streamlining program

9M 2015 Consolidated results

Balance Sheet

Balance Sheet FY 2014 9M 2015 Change
(m€) NFP
(m€) FY 2014 9M 2015 Change
Fixed asset 299.5 311.5 12.0
Other non current assets 19.4 15.2 (4.2) Cash and Cash Equivalents 47.9 21.0 (26.9)
of which receivables for electricity and incentives 14.8 25.7 10.9 Other Financial Receivables 15.3 10.2 (5.1)
Total Activities 63.3 31.2 (32.0)
Net Invested Capital 318.9 326.7 7.8 Banks Debt (229.3) (92.3) 137.0
Bond - (131.4) (131.4)
Shareholders' Equity 114.6 111.9 (2.7) Other Financial Debts (2.2) (1.9) 0.3
Minority Shareholders' Equity 2.4 3.0 0.6 Total Liabilities (231.5) (225.6) 5.9
Total Equity 117.0 114.9 (2.1)
NFP excluding Derivatives (168.2) (194.4) (26.2)
Cash and Cash Equivalents 47.9 21.0 (26.9) Derivatives (33.7) (17.5) 16.2
Other Financial Assets and Liabilities (249.9) (232.9) 17.0
Net Financial Position (201.9) (211.8) (9.9) Net Financial Position (201.9) (211.8) (9.9)
Equity and Net Financial Position 318.9 326.7 7.8

Net Financial Position as at 30 September 2015 amounted to 211.8 million euro, + 9.9 million vs Dec. 2014:

  • Operating cash flows (34 million euro)
  • Positive fair value change of derivatives (2.6 million euro)
  • Purchase of 50% and full consolidation of Agrigento wind farm (32.5 million euro)
  • Dividends (2 million euro)
  • interest expenses (12.2 million euro)

Financial Structure Bond Issue

  • On the 11th February 2015, Alerion issued a 130 million euro bond, listed on the MTO market
  • Proceeds were used to refinance most of the project financing in place and making available cash to take over 50% stake of Agrigento wind farm (currently fully owned)
  • After bond issue, 7 out of 9 fully consolidated wind farms have no project financing and operating cash flows are fully available at corporate level

Bond main terms

Issuer Alerion Clean Power SpA
Size 130 € million
Maturity 7 year tenor
Coupon 6% fixed
Interest payment Annual
Optional redemption Non-callable for 3 years
Listing MOT - Milan Stock Exchange
Guaranties Security on intercompany loans
Change of control Allowed
Governing law Italian law
Covenants - D/E max = 2
- Dividend distribution: 50% of Net consolidated earnings with a floor of 2 million euro per year

Appendix

Wind Farms

Installed
Capacity
34.0 MW
Location Ordona
(Foggia province)
Project
Company
Ordona
Energia
S.r.l.
Ownership 100%
Pro-quota
installed
capacity
34.0 MW
Commercial
Operation
Date
March 2009
No
of
Turbines
17
Incentive
Scheme
Green Certificates/Feed
in tariff
End
of Incentives
March 2024

EquivalentHours

Ordona (34 MW) San Marco in Lamis (44,2 MW)

Installed
Capacity
44.2 MW
Location San Marco in Lamis (Foggia province)
Project
Company
Renergy
San Marco S.r.l.
Ownership 100%
Pro-quota
installed
capacity
44.2 MW
Commercial
Operation
Date
January 2012
No
of
Turbines
13
Incentive
Scheme
Green Certificates/Feed
in tariff
End
of Incentives
December 2026
Installed
Capacity
34.0
MW
Location Agrigento
(Agrigento
province)
Project
Company
Wind
Power
Sud S.r.l.
Ownership 100%
Pro-quota
installed
capacity
34.0
MW
Commercial
Operation
Date
February
2007
No
of
Turbines
40
Incentive
Scheme
End
of Incentives
January
2019

EquivalentHours

Agrigento (34 MW) Callari - Vizzini (36 MW)

34.0
MW
Installed
Capacity
36.0 MW
Agrigento
(Agrigento
province)
Location Vizzini
(Catania province)
Wind
Power
Sud S.r.l.
Project
Company
Callari
S.r.l.
100% Ownership 100%
34.0
MW
Pro-quota
installed
capacity
36.0 MW
February
2007
Commercial
Operation
Date
January 2009
40 No
of
Turbines
18
Green Certificates/Feed
in tariff
Incentive
Scheme
Green Certificates/Feed
in tariff
January
2019
End
of Incentives
January 2024

Castel di Lucio (2 MW)

Installed
Capacity
23.0 MW
Location Castel di Lucio (Messina province)
Project
Company
Minerva S.r.l.
Ownership 100%
Pro-quota
installed
capacity
23.0 MW
Commercial
Operation
Date
April 2010
No
of
Turbines
27
Incentive
Scheme
End
of Incentives
April 2025

EquivalentHours

Licodia (22,1 MW)

23.0 MW Installed
Capacity
22.1 MW
Castel di Lucio (Messina province) Location Licodia
(Catania province)
Minerva S.r.l. Project
Company
Parco Eolico
Licodia
Eubea
S.r.l.
100% Ownership 80%
23.0 MW Pro-quota
installed
capacity
17.7 MW
April 2010 Commercial
Operation
Date
September 2010
27 No
of
Turbines
26
Green Certificates/Feed
in tariff
Incentive
Scheme
Green Certificates/Feed
in tariff
April 2025 End
of Incentives
September 2025
Installed
Capacity
20.0 MW
Location Ciorlano (Caserta province)
Project
Company
Dotto
s.r.l.
Ownership 100%
Pro-quota
installed
capacity
20.0 MW
Commercial
Operation
Date
April 2008
No
of
Turbines
10
Incentive
Scheme
End
of Incentives
March 2023

EquivalentHours

Ciorlano (20 MW) Albanella (8,5 MW)

20.0 MW Installed
Capacity
8.5 MW
Ciorlano (Caserta province) Location Albanella (Salerno province)
Dotto
s.r.l.
Project
Company
Eolo
s.r.l.
100% Ownership 100%
20.0 MW Pro-quota
installed
capacity
8.5 MW
April 2008 Commercial
Operation
Date
March 2004
10 No
of
Turbines
10
Green Certificates/Feed
in tariff
Incentive
Scheme
Green Certificates/Feed
in tariff
March 2023 End
of Incentives
February 2016
Installed
Capacity
58.0 MW
Location San Martino in Pensilis (Campobasso)
Project
Company
New Green Molise S.r.l.
Ownership 50%
Pro-quota
installed
capacity
29.0 MW
Commercial
Operation
Date
October 2010
No
of
Turbines
29
Incentive
Scheme
End
of Incentives
October 2025

EquivalentHours

Lacedonia (7,5 MW)

58.0 MW Installed
Capacity
15.0 MW
San Martino in Pensilis (Campobasso) Location Lacedonia (Avellino province)
New Green Molise S.r.l. Project
Company
Ecoenergia
Campania s.r.l.
50% Ownership 50%
29.0 MW Pro-quota
installed
capacity
7.5 MW
October 2008
5
October 2025 September 2023
October 2010
29
Green Certificates/Feed
in tariff
Commercial
Operation
Date
No
of
Turbines
Incentive
Scheme
End
of Incentives
Green Certificates/Feed
in tariff

Krupen (12 MW)

Installed
Capacity
12.0 MW
Location Krupen
(Bulgaria)
Project
Company
Wind Energy / Power2 / Stream / Systems EOOD
Ownership 51%
Pro-quota
installed
capacity
12 MW
Commercial
Operation
Date
October 2010
No
of
Turbines
4
Incentive
Scheme
Feed

in Tariff
End
of Incentives
October 2025

Group Presentation Disclaimer

  • This document has been prepared solely for the use at investors and analysts meetings
  • This document does not constitute an offer or an invitation to purchase or subscribe any shares and neither it nor any part of it shall form the basis of or be relied upon in connection with any contract or commitment whatsoever
  • Some information contained herein and other material discussed at the meetings may include forward looking information based on Alerion current beliefs and expectations. These statements are based on current plans, estimates, projections, and projects and therefore you should not place undue reliance on them
  • Forward looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward looking statement. Such factors include, but are not limited to: changes in global economic business, changes in the price of certain commodities including electricity and gas, the competitive market and regulatory factors
  • Moreover, forward looking statements are valid only at the date are made

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