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APA GROUP — Annual Report 2014
Aug 19, 2014
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Financial Results Year ended 30 June 2014
20 August 2014
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Result overview and strategic highlights
Mick McCormack Managing Director and CEO
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Value creation and innovation
FY14 highlights
Developing opportunities in a dynamic industry
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Expanding and extending our infrastructure portfolio
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Grid services in the east and west providing tailored gas transportation and storage services
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Flexibility and service options transforming how customers manage their portfolios
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$1 billion of organic projects completed or in progress
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New multi-pipeline revenue agreements
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Installing bi-directional capability across the east coast grid
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Implementing capacity trading services
Industry leading expertise
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Comprehensive internal expertise and skills – infrastructure development, engineering, operations, commercial
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Enhancing and improving operations and maintenance
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Adopting global industry best practice
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National infrastructure focus across pipeline and network operations
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New skills brought in-house as required – gas storage and power generation
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Another solid financial performance
| $ million | 2014 | 2013(1) | Change | Change |
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| Normalised results(2) | ||||
| EBITDA | 747 | 662 | up | 13 % |
| Net profit after tax | 200 | 175 | up | 14 % |
| Operating cash flow(3) | 440 | 433 | up | 2 % |
| Operating cash flow per security (cents) | 52.6 | 56.0 | down | (6) % |
| Statutory results | ||||
| EBITDA | 747 | 764 | down | (2) % |
| Net profit after tax | 344 | 295 | up | 16 % |
| Operating cash flow(3) | 432 | 374 | up | 15 % |
| Operatingcash flowper security (cents) | 51.6 | 48.5 | up | 6 % |
| Distributions | ||||
| Distribution per security (cents) | 36.25 | 35.5 | up | 2 % |
| Distributionpayout ratio(4) | 68.9% | 68.2% |
(1) APA has adopted revised AASB 119 during the year. As the revised standard must be applied retrospectively, comparative numbers have been restated.
(2) Normalised results exclude one-off significant items, reflecting APA’s core earnings from operations .
(3) Operating cash flow = net cash from operations after interest and tax payments.
- (4) Distribution payout ratio = total distribution payments as a percentage of normalised operating cash flow.
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Developing growth capital projects across Australia
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Continued expansion and enhancement of APA’s gas infrastructure portfolio, with many growth opportunities unique to APA – $1 billion capital projects completed or in progress in FY14
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Committed projects underwritten by long term revenue contracts and/or regulatory arrangements
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FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016
Moomba Sydney Southern lateral expansion for northern
Pipeline gas flow
Victorian Capacity expansion of southern and northern sections of the transmission system;
Transmission System Other capital expenditure as approved under the current access arrangement
Diamantina and
Leichhardt
Goldfields
Pipeline expansions Power Stations
Gas Pipeline Goldfields Gas
Pipeline
Eastern Goldfields Capacity expansion Wallumbilla
New 292 km gas pipeline in the Goldfields region, WA
Pipeline Compression
Capacity expansion
South West
Easternhaul and bi-directional capability
Queensland Pipeline
Compression for eastern haul
Moomba compression transportation Moomba South West
Compression
Queensland Pipeline
Wallumbilla Compression at Wallumbilla hub for Capacity expansion Bi-directional
compression deliveries to Gladstone LNG capability
Eastern Goldfields
Pipeline
Mondarra Gas New 292km pipeline
Storage Facility
APA Assets and investments Victorian Transmission Moomba Sydney Pipeline
southern lateral
Diamantina 242 MW gas fired power station APA Operated assets System Capacity expansion
Capacity expansion
Power Station 60 MW back up generation Other natural gas pipelines
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East coast grid services creating value
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Customer take-up of grid services
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New short and longer term gas transportation agreements across multiple pipelines
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Storage services available throughout the grid, close to source or end use
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Flexibility services to manage shifts in gas supply and dem ~~a~~ nd portfolios
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Capacity trading services added
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Expanding and optimising grid infrastructure and operation
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Increasing capacity to move gas between Victoria and NSW
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Increasing compression capacity at Wallumbilla hub and Moomba
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Gladstone
Wallumbilla
Brisbane
Moomba
Sydney
Adelaide APA natural gas pipelines
Other natural gas pipelines
Bi-directional capability
Gas storage
Melbourne
Gas production
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Developing bi-directional capability
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Progressively configuring pipelines to operate as a single network system
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Progressively installing bi-directional capability on pipelines across the grid
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Forward haul Requires modification of
existing (or new)
compressor stations with
pipework and valves
Backward haul
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Developing an integrated Western Australian portfolio
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PILBARA PIPELINE
SYSTEM
Pilbara mining
region
GOLDFIELDS
GAS PIPELINE
Goldfields
mining region
EASTERN GOLDFIELDS
PIPELINE
MONDARRA GAS
STORAGE FACILITY
Perth
APA natural gas pipelines
Other natural gas pipelines
Gas storage
Gas production
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Gas supply security and flexibility
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Mondarra Gas Storage Facility expansion commenced commercial operation July 2013
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Underpinned by 20 year contract with Synergy (electricity generator/retailer)
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Additional customers utilising storage capacity under shorter term agreements
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Serving mining operations in the Pilbara and Goldfields – Goldfields Gas Pipeline increased capacity available for Rio Tinto and Mt Newman JV
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Murrin Murrin Operations 15-year contract renewal
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Pilbara Pipeline System lateral expansion for onshore LNG (Sub161)
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Development of the Eastern Goldfields Pipeline
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New 292km pipeline supplying mining operations in the Goldfields region
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Capital cost of $140 million underpinned by new long term gas transportation agreements with AngloGold Ashanti
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Focus on safety and operational excellence
Health and safety
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Long-term safety goal of Zero Harm – a program of continuous improvement
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Decrease of LTIFR[(1)] to 0.7, down from 2.1
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Enhancing infrastructure operations and maintenance
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Consolidating pipeline control and monitoring operations to better manage grid operations
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LTIFR
7.3
6.1
4.9
2.2 2.1
0.7
FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14
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Improving asset maintenance management systems and processes across the portfolio
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Progressively adopting global industry best practice
These and other initiatives are focused on
improving service safety and reliability, operations efficiency and extending the economic life of the assets
- (1) Lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) is measured as the number of lost time injuries per million hours worked.
Damian Both, Network Operations, Queensland
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Financial performance
Peter Fredricson Chief Financial Officer
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Reconciliation – statutory and normalised results
| $ million | 2014 | 2013(1) | Change | ||||
| Normalised | Significant | Statutory | Normalised | Significant | Statutory | Normalised | |
| items | items | ||||||
| Revenue excluding pass-through(2) | 992.5 | - | 992.5 | 919.5 | - | 919.5 | 7.9 % |
| EBITDA | 747.3 | - | 747.3 | 661.9 | 101.7 | 763.6 | 12.9 % |
| Depreciation and amortisation | (156.2) | - | (156.2) | (130.5) | - | (130.5) | (19.8) % |
| EBIT | 591.1 | - | 591.1 | 531.5 | 101.7 | 633.2 | 11.2 % |
| Net interest expense | (325.1) | - | (325.1) | (299.6) | 8.7 | (290.9) | (8.5) % |
| Pre-tax profit | 266.0 | - | 266.0 | 231.9 | 110.4 | 342.3 | 14.7 % |
| Tax | (66.4) | 144.1 | 77.7 | (59.5) | 9.6 | (49.9) | (11.6) % |
| Non-controlling interests | (1) | - | (1) | 2.8 | - | 2.8 | Nm |
| Net profit after tax | 199.6 | 144.1 | 343.7 | 175.1 | 120.0 | 295.1 | 14.0 % |
| Operating cash flow | 439.7 | (8.2) | 431.5 | 432.6 | (58.3) | 374.4 | 1.6 % |
(1) APA has adopted revised AASB 119 during the year. As the revised standard must be applied retrospectively, comparative numbers have been restated.
(2) Pass-through revenue is revenue on which no margin is earned.
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EBITDA by business segment
| $ million | 2014(1) | 2013(1,2,3) | Change |
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| Energy Infrastructure | |||
| Queensland | 212.8 | 163.7 | 30.0 % |
| New South Wales | 106.6 | 112.1 | (4.9)% |
| Victoria & South Australia | 116.9 | 124.7 | (6.3)% |
| Western Australia & Northern Territory | 186.7 | 147.7 | 26.4% |
| Energy Infrastructure total | 623.0 | 548.3 | 13.6% |
| Asset Management | 56.2 | 41.9 | 34.1% |
| Energy Investments | 68.1 | 51.2 | 33.1% |
| Continuing business EBITDA | 747.3 | 641.3 | 16.5% |
| Divested business(3) | - | 20.6 | nm |
| Total EBITDA | 747.3 | 661.9 | 12.9% |
FY14 EBITDA by business segment
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Energy
Investments
Asset
9.1%
Management
7.5%
Queensland
28.5%
Western
Australia &
Northern
New South
Territory
Victoria & Wales
25.0%
South 14.3%
Australia
15.6%
Energy Infrastructure
83.4%
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(1) Normalised results .
(2) APA has adopted revised AASB 119 during the year. As the revised standard must be applied retrospectively, comparative numbers have been restated. (3) Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System sold May 2013.
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EBITDA
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$105.9 million $747.3 million
$661.9 million ($20.6 million)
$641.3 million
Energy Investments
Asset Management
16.5%
Energy Infrastructure
FY13 EBITDA Divested business FY13 EBITDA Growth FY14 EBITDA
(continuing business) (historic continuing
business)
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Energy Infrastructure
Queensland EBITDA $240m South West Queensland Pipeline $213 million New short term agreements $200m Moomba compression Construction nearing completion $160m Wallumbilla compression Long-term agreement for compression $120m services Construction nearing completion
- Eastern haul
$80m $40m $0m FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14
Berwyndale Wallumbilla Pipeline
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Gas transportation agreement
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Installing bi-directional capability
South West Queensland Pipeline Berwyndale Wallumbilla Pipeline Carpentaria Gas Pipeline Roma Brisbane Pipeline
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Energy Infrastructure
EBITDA $120m $107 million $80m Moomba Sydney $40m Pipeline $0m FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 EBITDA $117 million $120m $80m SESA $40m Victorian Transmission System $0m FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14
New South Wales
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Three agreements to transport increased gas volumes north from Victoria, commencing Jan 2014, Jan 2015 and Jun 2015
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A new 7-year grid services agreement, mainly utilising the Moomba Sydney Pipeline
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Capacity expansion on southern lateral
Victoria & South Australia
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Decrease in regulated tariffs with commencement of new access arrangement
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Reduced state volume due to milder weather offset by increased gas flow north to NSW
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Capacity expansion of northern interconnect commenced, underpinned by regulated and contracted revenue
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Nearing completion of Winchelsea compressor upgrade, southern Victoria
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Energy Infrastructure
Western Australia & Northern Territory
Goldfields Gas Pipeline
| Goldfields Gas Pipeline | |||||||
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| Expansion project nearing completion | EBITDA | ||||||
| Pilbara Pipeline System 12 months’ contribution |
$200m | $187 million | Amadeus Gas Pipeline |
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| Additional revenue agreements | $160m | Emu Downs | |||||
| Mondarra Gas Storage Facility | Wind Farm | ||||||
| Expansion completed; commercial operation from July 2013 |
$120m | Other WA assets |
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| Eastern Goldfields Pipeline Long term gas transportation agreements to mines in the Goldfields region; seamless service across 3 pipelines |
$40m $80m |
Mondarra Gas Storage Facility Pilbara Pipeline |
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| Construction of a new 292 km pipeline | System | ||||||
| $0m | Goldfields Gas Pipeline |
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| FY11 | FY12 | FY13 | FY14 |
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Asset Management and Energy Investments
Asset Management
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EBITDA
Asset Management
$80m
Increase in one-off customer contributions for
relocating APA infrastructure $56 million
One-off
customer
$40m
One-off customer contributions
contributions
$30m
Contracted
$20m
services
Average $10m/a
$10m $0m
FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14
$0m
FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14
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- Increase in one-off customer contributions for relocating APA infrastructure
Energy Investments
- Increased contribution from Envestra investment
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EBITDA
$80m
$68 million
$40m
$0m
FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14
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Fully covered distributions
cents 60 56.0 50 51.9 52.6 52.5 52.6 40 36.3 34.4 35.0 35.5 30 32.8 20 10 0 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13 FY14 Operating cash flow per security (2) Distribution per security
FY14 distribution payout ratio[(1,2) ] of 68.9%
- Distribution components:
35.61 cents profit distribution 0.64 cents capital distribution 36.25 cents 0
2.1% growth in distributions
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(1) Distribution payout ratio = distribution payments as a percentage of operating cash flow.
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(2) Based on normalised operating cash flow.
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Capital expenditure
| $ million | $0m $100m $200m $300m $400m 2014(1) 2013(1) 65.5 22.6 206.6 80.8 13.2 23.8 73.4 208.9 23.8 29.0 317.0 342.6 382.5 365.2 45.1 24.7 19.1 7.5 446.7 397.4 126.1 330.8 572.8 728.2 |
Committed growth capex |
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| Growth capex | ||
| Regulated- Victoria | 65.5 22.6 206.6 80.8 13.2 23.8 73.4 208.9 23.8 29.0 317.0 342.6 |
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| Major Projects Queensland |
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| New South Wales | ||
| Western Australia | ||
| Other | ||
| Total growth capex | ||
| Stay in business capex | 45.1 24.7 19.1 7.5 446.7 397.4 126.1 330.8 |
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| Customer contributions | ||
| FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 Guidance Committed |
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| Total capex | ||
| Investments and acquisitions | ||
| Total capital & investment expenditure |
(1) Capital expenditure represents cash payments as disclosed in the cash flow statement for 2014 and 2013.
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Capital management
Cash and committed undrawn facilities of around $800 million at 30 June 2014
| . | . | Metrics |
30 Jun 2014 | 30 Jun 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing(1,2) | 64.2% | 62.8% | ||
| Interest cover ratio | 2.31 times | 2.30 times | ||
| Average interest rate applying to drawn debt(2) | 7.12% | 7.35% | ||
| Interest rate exposure fixed or hedged | 72.8% | 83.2% | ||
| Average maturity of senior facilities | 5.4 years | 6.2 years | ||
Debt refinancing
Four existing $75 million bilateral bank facilities each increased to $100 million and term extended from 3 years to 5 years, maturing December 2018
Remaining two tranches of the 2011 syndicated bank debt facility were refinanced with a new three tranche facility totalling $1.25 billion, maturing between September 2016 and September 2019
(1) Ratio of net debt to net debt plus book equity.
(2) Includes $515 million of Subordinated Notes .
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Capital management
Maintain strong BBB/Baa2 investment grade ratings
Maintain funding flexibility – internal cash flows plus additional equity and/or debt
Debt maturity profile (30 June 2014)
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$1,200m
$1,000m
$200m
$40m
$800m
$225m $120m
$600m
$510m $280m
$425m
$400m
$515m
$735m
$536m
$200m $414m
$271m $295m $289m $300m $296m
$126m
$0m
FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25
Sterling MTN US 144a Notes Canadian MTN
Japanese MTN Australian MTN US Private Placement Notes
First Call Date - 60 year Sub Notes Bank borrowings Headroom (bank borrowings)
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EBITDA guidance for FY15
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Statutory continuing business EBITDA expected within a range of $1,170 million to $1,190 million Normalised continuing business EBITDA $740 million to $760 million
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6% to 9% increase on FY14 Normalised EBITDA[(1)]
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($50 m)
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- (1) Excluding significant items and Envestra equity earnings.
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Outlook and guidance
Mick McCormack Managing Director and CEO
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Well positioned and equipped for growth
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Darwin
Gladstone
Brisbane
Moomba
Perth
APA natural gas pipelines
Sydney
under development
Other natural gas pipelines Adelaide
Gas storage
Gas production
Melbourne
Gas resource
NT link potential pipeline routes
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Organic growth
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Capacity expansions in line with customer requirements
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Grid enhancement and service developments
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Brownfield and greenfield developments
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Eastern Goldfields Pipeline
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NT – east coast grid pipeline link
East coast LNG
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East coast grid transportation and storage services
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Potential pipeline ownership and operation
Diverse and interconnected portfolio
National infrastructure development and operational capability
Balance sheet strength
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Outlook and guidance for FY 2015
Outlook
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Continued construction and development of expansion projects
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East coast gas grid development
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Continued Northern Territory – east coast interconnection feasibility study
Guidance
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Statutory EBITDA expected within a range of $1,170 million to $1,190 million Normalised EBITDA $740 million to $760 million
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Net interest cost – expected within a range of $315 million to $325 million
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Distributions at least equal to FY14 total distributions per security of 36.25 cents
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Supplementary information
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Revenue by business segment
| $ million | 2014 | 2013(1) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy Infrastructure | |||
| Queensland(1) | 271.7 | 217.5 | 24.9% |
| New South Wales | 133.6 | 139.3 | (4.1)% |
| Victoria & South Australia | 156.4 | 164.7 | (5.1)% |
| Western Australia & Northern Territory | 262.4 | 219.9 | 19.3% |
| Energy Infrastructure total | 824.1 | 741.5 | 11.1% |
| Asset Management | 99.2 | 82.3 | 20.5% |
| EnergyInvestments | 68.1 | 51.2 | 33.1% |
| Total segment revenue | 991.4 | 874.9 | 13.3% |
| Pass-through revenue | 403.5 | 352.7 | 40.4% |
| Unallocated revenue | 1.1 | 11.7 | (90.2)% |
| Divested business(2) | - | 32.9 | nm |
| Total revenue | 1,396.0 | 1,272.3 | 9.7% |
FY14 Revenue split
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Other < 1%
Regulated
(revenue subject to
price regulated tariffs)
23%
Contracted
(regulated assets with
negotiated tariffs)
Contracted
16%
(light regulation and
non-regulated assets)
60%
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(1) APA has adopted revised AASB 119 during the year. As the revised standard must be applied retrospectively, comparative numbers have been restated.
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(2) Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System, consolidated 9 October 2012 and sold 1 May 2013.
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Balance sheet
| $ million | 30 June 2014 30 June 2013 Change |
|---|---|
| Current assets Property, plant and equipment Other non-current assets |
203 280 (28) % 5,574 5,280 6 % 2,196 2,139 3 % |
| Total Assets | 7,973 7,699 4 % |
| Current debt Other current liabilities Total current liabilities Long term debt |
- 81 - 374 411 (9) % |
| 374 492 (24) % |
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| 4,708 4,233 11 % |
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| Other long term liabilities | 394 460 (14) % |
| Total long term liabilities | 5,102 4,693 9 % |
| Total Liabilities | 5,476 5,185 6 % |
| Net Assets | 2,496 2,514 (1) % |
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Debt facilities
Total committed debt facilities at 30 June 2014
| $million(1) | Facility amount |
Drawn amount |
Tenor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Bilateral borrowing | 150 | 110 | 5 years maturing October 2016 |
| 2011 Bilateral borrowings(2) | 400 | 280 | 5years maturingDecember 2018 |
| 2014 Syndicated facilities(3) | 1,250 | 625 | 2.25,3.25 and 5.25year trances maturingSeptember 2016,2017 and 2019 |
| 2003 US Private placement | 281 | 281 | 12 and 15 year tranches maturing September 2015 and 2018 |
| 2007 US Private placement | 811 | 811 | 10, 12 and 15 year tranches maturing May 2017, 2019 and 2022 |
| 2009 US Privateplacement | 185 | 185 | 7 and 10year tranches maturingJuly2016 and 2019 |
| 2010 AUD Medium Term Notes | 300 | 300 | 10 year tranche maturing July 2020 |
| 2012 JPY Medium Term Notes | 126 | 126 | 6.5 year tranche maturing in June 2018 |
| 2012 CAD Medium Term Notes | 289 | 289 | 7.1 year tranche maturing in July 2019 |
| 2012 US144a/Reg S Notes | 735 | 735 | 10 year tranche maturing October 2022 |
| 2012 GBP Medium Term Notes | 536 | 536 | 12year tranche maturingin November 2024 |
| 2012 Subordinated Notes | 515 | 515 | 60year term,first call date March 2018 |
| Total | 5,578 | 4,793 |
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(1) Australian dollars. Any foreign notes issued have been hedged into fixed-rate Australian dollar obligations.
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(2) Comprises four facilities of $100 million each. In December 2013, the terms of four existing $75 million 2011 facilities were extended to five years and their limits were increased by $25 million each.
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(3) Comprises three facilities, one of $400 million and two of $425 million. The drawn amount includes $50 million under another facility (now cancelled) which was refinanced on 8 July 2014 utilising the 2014 syndicated facilities.
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Regulatory update
APA’s major price regulated assets
Regulatory resets over the next five years
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Victorian Transmission System access arrangement
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AER final decision (May 2013) reviewed by Australian Competition Tribunal, decision Sep 2013
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Recovered approximately $20m in business value from AER decision
Rate of Return Guidelines
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New Guidelines released on Rate of Return released by the AER, and the ERA in WA
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Adopting a broader approach to estimating the allowed return on capital
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Will first apply to Goldfields Gas Pipeline Access Arrangement Review that was lodged 15 August 2014
AER Better Regulation Guidelines
- A series of Guidelines addressing methodologies for assessment of expenditure, benchmarking, confidentiality, incentive mechanisms, and customer engagement
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APA asset and investment portfolio
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Disclaimer
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