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ENCAVIS AG — Investor Presentation 2016
Apr 1, 2016
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Capital Stage AG Earnings Call FY15 / Guidance FY16
Capital Stage AG FY 2015
Capital Stage – Overview FY2015
Strong growth in generating capacity
- § Generating capacity increased by >40% to more than 550 MW
- § 80 PV- and 8 wind-parks with an average remaining FIT term of 16.4 years (March, 31, 2016)
- § Diversified portfolio regarding geographic region and maturity
Successful market entry in UK
- § Acquisition of 12 PV-parks with total generating capacity of 78.4 MWp
- § Adds to the regional diversification of the existing portfolio
- § Successful cooperation with the German project developer F&S solar concept
Strong growth in key financials
- § Guidance for FY2015 outperformed
- § Revenue, op. EBITDA, op. EBIT > 55% yoy
- § EBITDA margin >80%
Full investment of Gothaer funds ahead of shedule
- § Gothaer funds fully invested in Q1 2016, almost one year ahead of schedule
- § Generating capacity of >280 MWp acquired
- § Cash contributions shall increase over time as projects come out of the investment phase after 2015/2016
Well-positioned for further growth in 2016
- § Attractive project pipeline secured in France
- § Income from Gothaer portfolio to increase after investment phase
- § Successfully refinanced UK parks > EUR 10m
- § Full flexibility for capital market transaction, e.g. loan note > EUR 23m in Dec. FY15
Capital Stage – Strong expansion of PV and wind portfolio in 2015*
Capital Stage – Country diversification*
| Germany France |
Italy | UK | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar: Parks: |
147.1 MW 19 |
Solar: Parks: |
140.7 MW 14 |
Solar: Parks: |
103.7 MW 35 |
Solar: Parks: |
78.4 MW 12 |
| Wind*: Parks: |
100.0 MW 7 |
Wind: Parks: |
-- MW -- |
Wind: Parks: |
6.0 MW 1 |
Wind: Parks: |
-- MW -- |
| Total: Share: |
247.1 MW 42.9% |
Total: Share: |
140.7 MW 24.4% |
Total: Share: |
109.7 MW 19.0% |
Total: Share: |
78.4 MW 13.6% |
| Overall Total: 575,9 MW | Solar park Wind park |
Capital Stage AG Operational figures FY2015
Capital Stage – Operational Guidance* 2015 exceeded
- Growth in revenues, EBITDA, EBIT >50% yoy
- Guidance 2015 revised during the course of FY2015
- Operational cashflow affected by one-time special effects
| (in mEUR) | 2014 | Guidance 2015 |
2015 | Change (yoy) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 72.1 | > 110 | 112.8 | +56% |
| Operational EBITDA | 55.4 | > 86 | 86.8 | +56% |
| Operational EBIT | 34.6 | > 52 | 55.4 | +60% |
| Operational Cashflow | 55.9 | > 81 | 74.5 (81**) | (+45%**) |
Capital Stage – Effects on operating cashflow 2015 (in mEUR)
- Adjusted operating cashflow in line with guidance (EUR 81m)
- Delayed tax refund in Germany ~30 days after the end of the period (EUR 2.5m)
- Amendment to the clearing system in Italy consisting of an advance payment based on previous year's level of generated electricity (90%) + compensation based on the actual performance for the year (10%) (4.5m). Payment due ~6 months after record date.
- Future guidance on operating cashflow will have incorporated the effects of the amended clearing system
- Increase in trade receivables on the balance sheet
Capital Stage – Dividend growth 2011 - 2015
+20.0% yoy
- ü Continuous growth of nominal dividend since FY2011
- ü Offering a scrip dividend leaves flexibility to investors
Capital Stage AG Financials (IFRS) 2015
Capital Stage – DPR audit process (from 2012) completed in March 2016
| DPR objections | Accounting / reporting objection |
Adjustment | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disclose purchase prices and information on the PPA profits |
Reporting | Disclosure in the notes to the Group's consolidated financial statements |
| 2 | Cash services and project reserve accounts should not be included in the item "cash and cash equivalents" of the Group`s cashflow statement |
Reporting | Cash and cash equivalents are reduced by the capital services and project reserve account balances |
| 3 | Setting the useful life of electricity feed-in contracts to 30 yrs is too high, it should correspond to the time of the feed-in tariff (generally 20 years) |
Accounting | Retroactive reduction of all depreciation periods for the affected intangible assets to the corresponding remaining term of the feed-in contract. Accounting for the effect on earnings, including deferred taxes in FY2015 |
Total net accounting effect on the FY2015 consolidated statements (in TEUR): 5,045
DPR audit process officially completed on 30 March 2016
Capital Stage – P&L Overview (in TEUR)
| IFRS (in TEUR) | FY2014* | FY2015* | Δ yoy in % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 72,129 | 112,802 | +56.4 |
| Other income | 32,19 | 17,89 | |
| Cost of materials |
-567 | -921 | |
| Personnel expenditures |
-4,244 | -5,758 | |
| Other expenditures | -13,328 | -23,565 | |
| EBITDA | 86,18 | 100,448 | +17.0 |
| Depreciations | -34,683 | -47,888 | |
| EBIT | 51,497 | 52,56 | +2.1 |
| Financial income | 1,129 | 1,722 | |
| Financial expenditures | -23,517 | -34,887 | |
| EBT | 29,109 | 19,395 | -33.4 |
| Taxes | 2,000 | -52 | |
| EAT from continued operations |
31,109 | 19,343 | |
| Earning effects from discontinued operations |
-5,054 | -86 | |
| Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss |
-2,935 | 847 | |
| EAT | 23,120 | 20,104 | -13.0 |
* Adjusted for discontinued operations with the sale of the Helvetic Energy, Switzerland
Capital Stage – P&L main effects in FY2015
| IFRS (in TEUR) | FY2014* | FY2015* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 72.129 | 112,802 | |
| Other income | 32.190 | 17,89 | |
| thereof PPA adjustments |
25,089 | 10,682 | |
| Cost of materials |
-567 | -921 | |
| Personnel expenditures |
-4,244 | -5.758 | |
| Other expenditures | -13,328 | -23,565 | |
| EBITDA | 86,18 | 100,448 | |
| Depreciations | -34,683 | -47,888 | |
| thereof DPR | n.a. | 6,9 | |
| EBIT | 51,497 | 52,56 | |
| Financial income | 1,129 | 1,722 | |
| Financial expenditures | -23,517 | -34,887 | |
| thereof interest on Gothaer |
n.a. | 4 | |
| EBT | 29,109 | 19,395 | |
| Taxes | 2,000 | -52 | |
| Disc. operations | -5,054 | -86 | |
| Items reclassified to profit or loss |
-2,935 | 847 | |
| EAT | 23,120 | 20,104 |
* Adjusted for discontinued operations with the sale of the Helvetic Energy, Switzerland 13
Capital Stage – Balance sheet as of Dec 31, 2015
| Balance sheet (as of Dec 31, 2015) |
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet total | TEUR | 299,980 | 455,017 | 593,191 | 985,799 | 1,318,527 |
| Equity ratio | % | 30.5 | 28.6 | 35.0 | 24.7 | 19.8 |
| Operating ROE | % | 5.4 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 10.2 |
| Operating ROCE | % | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 7.1 |
| Net Gearing | % | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| Net Debt/ EBITDA | % | 5.1 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 6.7 |
Capital Stage – Balance sheet as of Dec. 31, 2015*
*Exemplary illustration, proportions might have a non-precise match to figures
Capital Stage AG Strategic Partnership Gothaer in FY2015
Capital Stage – Gothaer funds fully invested in
Succesful Strategic Partnership
- ü Fully investment clearly ahead of schedule
- ü Acquisition of solar parks with a generating capacity of almost 285 MW at a total investment volume of > EUR 560m
- ü 2015/16 investment phase / growing income stream from investments to be expected as of 2017 ff.
- ü Company value increased: market cap before Gothaer EUR 270m; market cap after Gothaer EUR 550m
Capital Stage – Gothaer leverage effect on balance sheet
Capital Stage AG Guidance 2016
Capital Stage – Operational* Guidance FY2016
- ü Based on existing portfolio as of March 31, 2016
- ü Strong upside potential due to further acquisitions within FY2016
- ü 60 MW investment pipeline in France already secured
- ü Various measures for further growth financing are being reviewed (>April 2016)
| (in mEUR) | FY2015 | Guidance FY2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 112.8 | > 130 |
| Operational EBITDA | 86.8 | > 100 |
| Operational EBIT | 55.4 | > 60 |
| Operational Cashflow | (74.5) 81** | > 93 (86.6) |
** adjusted for one-time special effects
Capital Stage – Upside potential FY2016
- § Project pipeline in key markets secured
- 60MW project pipeline in France
- Pipeline in key markets on hand ~ 180 MW
- § Screening new potential markets
- e.g. Scandinavia, Benelux, USA, Canada
- § Potential measures of equity and debt/mezzanine financing in short/medium term
- ü Full placement of loan note in Dec. FY15: ~ EUR 23.3m
- ü Refinancing of all equity parks in the UK: ~ EUR 11.5m
- Further capital market debt/mezzanine financing in preparation
- Possibility for small capital increase (implementation period 2-4 weeks)
- § Full flexibility for growth financing
- DPR audit process completed
- Availability of alternative financing facilities, e.g. loan note Dec. FY15
- Income contribution from Gothaer portfolio to increase
- Refinancing of existing loans with Deutsche Kreditbank reduces interest payments
Capital Stage AG Thank you for your attention!
Capital Stage AG Q&A Session
Capital Stage AG Appendix
Capital Stage – PV and wind parks – Regional diversificaton
Capital Stage – Total effects on consolidated financial statements FY2015
| Item | Cumulative corrections up to and including 2014 TEUR |
2015 corrections |
Total effect (TEUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||
| Intangible assets | -2,901 | -4,059 | -6,960 |
| Liabilities | |||
| Liabilities to non-controlling partners |
-109 | -96 | -205 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | -747 | -968 | -1,715 |
| Income Statement | |||
| Depreciation / amortisation | -2,901 | -4,066 | -6,967 |
| Financial result | 109 | 96 | 205 |
| Taxes on income | 747 | 970 | 1,717 |
| Group EAT | -2,045 | -3,000 | -5,045 |
| of which shares of non controlling shareholders |
-193 | -137 | -330 |
Financial Calender 2016
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 12 April 2016 | DZ Bank Investor Roadshow, Frankfurt |
| 13 April 2016 | Bankhaus Lampe, German Conference, Baden-Baden |
| 25 May 2016 | AGM |
| 31 May 2016 | Q1 report FY2016 |
| 31 August 2016 | 6m report FY2016 |
| 21/23 November 2016 | Deutsches Eigenkapitalforum, Frankfurt am Main |
| 30 November 2016 | Q3 report FY2016 |
Contact
IR Contact
Capital Stage AG Till Gießmann Head of IR & PR Große Elbstraße 59 22767 Hamburg, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)40 378 5620 Fax: +49 (0)40 378 562 129
[email protected] www.capitalstage.com
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