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Tallink Grupp — Investor Presentation 2016
Apr 6, 2017
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The company
— Tallink is the leading European provider of leisure and business travel and sea transportation services in the Baltic Sea region
Operations
- Fleet of 16 vessels
- Operating five hotels
Key facts
- Revenue of EUR 938 million in 2016
- Operating EUR 1.5 billion asset base
- Nearly 7,000 employees
- Serving 9.5 million passengers annually
- Transporting 328 thousand cargo units annually
- Listed on Nasdaq OMX Baltic TAL1T
Over 50 years of operating and cruising experience
Tallink's business model
Product offering
Overnight cruises & passenger transportation
On-board tax-free shopping
Hotel & travel packages City break
Cargo transportation
Revenue structure in 2016 Shuttle service
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Tallink's position in the global ferry market
The World's top Duty free & Travel Retail Shops
Ranking by actual and estimated retail sales in 2015
Rank Location
Sales > US \$ 1,500 million
- 1 Seoul Incheon Int'l Airport, South Korea AIRPORT SHOPS
- 2 Dubai Dubai International Airport, U.A.E.
- 3 Singapore Changi Airport
Sales > US\$ 1,000 million
| 4 | London – Heathrow Airport, UK |
AIRPORT SHOPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Bangkok – Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand |
AIRPORT SHOPS | ||
| 6 | Shanghai – Pudong Airport, China P.R |
AIRPORT SHOPS | ||
| Sales > US\$ 800 million | ||||
| 7 | Hong Kong – Hong Kong International Airport |
AIRPORT SHOPS | ||
| 8 | Tokyo – Narita Airport, Japan |
AIRPORT SHOPS | ||
| Sales > US\$ 600 million | ||||
| 9 | Paris – Charles de Gaulle Airport, France |
AIRPORT SHOPS | ||
| 10 | Beijing – Capital Airport, China P.R. |
AIRPORT SHOPS | ||
| 11 | Frankfurt – Frankfurt-Main Airport, Germany |
AIRPORT SHOPS |
12 Taipei – Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan AIRPORT SHOPS
Sales > US\$ 500 million
| 13 | Tallink | FERRIES |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Istanbul – Atatürk Airport , Turkey |
AIRPORT SHOPS |
| 15 | Cheju – Int'l Airport, South Korea |
AIRPORT SHOPS |
| 16 | Amsterdam – Schipol Airport, Netherlands |
AIRPORT SHOPS |
| 17 | London – Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom |
AIRPORT SHOPS |
Source: Generation Research 2016
AIRPORT SHOPS AIRPORT SHOPS
| Rank Company | Gross tons | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stena Line | 909,412 |
| 2 | Grimaldi Lines | 477,667 |
| 3 | Tallink | 466,960 |
| 4 | DFDS Seaways | 412,722 |
| 5 | P&O Ferries | 409,659 |
| Rank Company | Beds | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tallink | 18,963 |
| 2 | Stena Line | 16,847 |
| 3 | Viking Line | 14,026 |
| 4 | Grand Navi Veloci |
13,328 |
| 5 | Tirrenia | 11,876 |
| EUR million | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank Company | Revenue | |
| 1 | DFDS Group | 1,805 |
| 2 | Stena Line | 1,335 |
| 3 | Tallink | 945 |
| 4 | Viking Line | 530 |
| 5 | Finnlines | 511 |
Data: Ro/pax / ferries above 1,000 GT Source: ShipPax MARKET:16; Company reports
Tallink's vision
— To be the market pioneer in Europe by offering excellence in leisure and business travel and sea transportation services
Long term objectives toward increasing the company value and profitability
- Strive for the highest level of customer satisfaction
- Increase volumes and strengthen the leading position on our home markets
- Develop a wide range of quality services directed at different customers and pursue new growth opportunities
- Ensure cost efficient operations
- Manage the optimal debt level that will allow sustainable dividends
Current strategic cornerstones and competitive advantages
Most modern fleet
Wide route network
Strong market share & brand awareness
High safety level & environmental standards
Tallink's passenger market share is 48% of the Northern Baltic Sea
Market shares Passenger operations
We are targeting new customers from a wider country base More than 10% of our passengers come from outside of our home markets
| Web sales sites in 17 language China |
Finland Italy |
Lithuania | Poland | Russia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Denmark Estonia |
France Japan Germany Latvia |
Netherlands Noway |
Spain Sweden |
International |
Highlights and milestones
Tallink's performance after the management buyout
Highlights and outlook
2016 highlights
- Higher passenger number and revenue
- Lower chartering revenues compared to last year
- Market share growth on routes
- Cruise ferry Silja Europa return from charter to Tallinn Helsinki route
- The new logistics center in Tallinn start of operations
- New passenger terminal opened in Stockholm and Helsinki
- Re-routing of vessels in December 2016
- Group-wide ship public areas renovation program
- New LNG fast ferry Megastar started on Tallinn Helsinki Shuttle service
2017 outlook
- Scheduled maintenances of five ships in Q1 low season
- Two ships on Riga Stockholm route
- Estonia Finland routes lower operating costs from termination of the fast ferry Superstar charter and less capacity on cruise service
- Group-wide ship renovation program continues
- Nordic economies modest growth
Group-wide ship renovation program Investments to upgrade the fleet in period 2014-2016
Large scale renovation of three cruise ferries
- Silja Serenade
- Silja Symphony
- Silja Europa
Expansion of shops and modernizing restaurants to improve the performance through retail space
- Modern retail environment visual
- Leveraging own brands
- Introducing international premium brands
- Wider selection of the products
Upgrading of cabins
- Responding to higher expectations of the passengers
- Focus on different cabin classes
Tallink Grupp has invested more than EUR 63 million since 2014 to upgrade its existing fleet.
Ongoing development projects Focus on improvments and efficiencies of operations
Investments to support revenue generation
- IT solutions
- Taking revenue management to next level
- Further developments of mobile booking apps to capture growing handheld devices online traffic
- Improving online booking solutions user experience
- Customer centric and personalized digital channels development
Delivering operational efficiencies
- Efficient ship operations
- Utilising monitoring systems
- Passenger logistics in terminals
- Self check-in, improved boarding pass
- Tallink Logistics Center
- Leveraging and fine tuning the operations
New LNG fast ferry Megastar Development of the Tallinn – Helsinki route
Specifications
- Built in Meyer Turku Shipyard
- Gross tonnage 49,000
- Length 212 meters
- Capacity 2,800 passengers
- Dual fuel engine
- Service speed 27 knots
Financing
- The vessel cost is over EUR 230 million
- 20% was paid during the construction period
- 80% was financed with long term bank loan OECD-term export credit loan with CIRR based fixed interest rate
New LNG powered fast ferry for the Tallinn – Helsinki Shuttle service Start of operations on 29 January 2017.
New LNG fast ferry Megastar Safer ship with smaller ecological footprint
Technical innovations deliver improved safety, high energy efficiency and environmental savings
- Safe Return to Port (SRtP) compliant ship
- Dual fuel ship uses environmentally friendly LNG as main fuel
- LNG produces 25% less CO2, 85% less NOx and almost zero SOx and particles
- Improved ship hull hydrodynamics enable very low hull resistance and high propulsion efficiency to further minimise fuel consumption and emissions
- Ships Green Passport improved waste management and recycling
Megastar will comply with the current and future emission regulations for the Emission Control Areas, including the Baltic Sea.
New LNG fast ferry Megastar Ship with new services and concepts
Introducing new concepts and brands
- Traveller Superstore expanded to 2800 sq.m
- Q-shopping self-service solution
- New garage concept with improved shop-to-car access for shop customers
- Seven restaurants, cafes and bars
- Leveraging own brands
- Introducing international premium brands
- Four different travel classes
- standard Star Class
- upgraded Comfort Class
- exclusive Business Lounge
- a new Sitting Lounge
- A special area with a playroom for the kids
On Megastar there is a floating department store where modern solutions make shopping a pleasure.
Results Quarterly seasonality breakdown
Revenue (EUR million)
EBITDA (EUR million)
The dynamics of high seasonality on the profit level Net result by quarters
-23 -13 -12 6 29 10 36 45 43 8 -1 4 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 2014 net profit 27 2015 net profit 59 2016 net profit 44 EUR million Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Typical to the Tallink business model is that most of the result is made in the summer, the high season.
Consolidated Income Statement
| (EUR million) |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 (1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 921 | 945 | 938 |
| Cost of sales (2) | (740) | (722) | (745) |
| Marketing, general & admin (2) | (112) | (111) | (123) |
| EBITDA | 151 | 181 | 149 |
| Margin (%) | 16.3% | 19.2% | 15.9% |
| Net Profit | 27 | 59 | 44 |
| EPS | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
Notes:
(1) Unaudited
(2) Includes amortization and depreciation
Costs breakdown
| (EUR million) |
2015 | 2016 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of goods | 215,401 | 225,047 | 4% |
| Fuel cost | 94,191 | 74,250 | -21% |
| Staff costs | 142,368 | 151,908 | 7% |
| Marketing & Administration (1) |
102,839 | 114,967 | 12% |
| Port & stevedoring | 92,213 | 101,010 | 10% |
| Ship operating expenses | 76,249 | 89,877 | 18% |
| Other costs (2) |
40,577 | 32,256 | -21% |
| Total costs from operations | 763,838 | 789,315 | 3% |
| Depreciation and amortisation |
78,102 | 77,861 | 0% |
| Net finance cost |
34,156 | 27,181 | -20% |
| Total costs |
876,096 | 894,357 | 2% |
Notes:
(1) Depreciation and amortisation excluded
(2) Including one-off costs from vessel sale in 2015
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
| (EUR million) |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 (1) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 151 | 192 | 147 |
| Capital expenditure | (49) | (44) | (68) |
| Asset disposal | 0 | 115 | 0 |
| Free cash flow | 102 | 263 | 79 |
| Debt financing (net effect) |
(46) | (192) | 3 |
| Interests & other financial items |
(37) | (38) | (31) |
| (2) Dividend paid |
(20) | (13) | (54) |
| Dividend tax | (5) | (3) | 0 |
| Change in cash | (7) | 17 | (3) |
Notes:
(1) Unaudited
(2) Includes share capital reduction payment to shareholders
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
| (EUR million) |
31.12.2013 | 31.12.2014 | 31.12.2015 | (1) 31.12.2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,722 | 1,686 | 1,539 | 1,539 |
| Non-current assets | 1,572 | 1,545 | 1,385 | 1,374 |
| Current assets | 150 | 140 | 154 | 164 |
| - of which cash |
72 | 65 | 82 | 79 |
| Total liabilities | 951 | 907 | 714 | 725 |
| Interest bearing liabilities | 794 | 743 | 549 | 559 |
| Other liabilities | 157 | 170 | 165 | 166 |
| Shareholders' equity | 771 | 778 | 824 | 814 |
| Net debt/EBITDA | 4.6x | 4.5x | 2.6x | 3.2x |
| Net debt | 722 | 678 | 467 | 480 |
| Equity/assets ratio |
45% | 46% | 54% | 53% |
| BVPS (2) (in EUR) |
1.15 | 1.16 | 1.23 | 1.21 |
Notes:
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(1) Unaudited (2) Shareholders' equity / number of shares outstanding
The management board targets to distribute at least 50% of the net profit, calculated over the long term, as dividends or capital repayment, taking however the Group's financial position into account.
2016 dividend
- Total distributions EUR 0.08 per share:
- Dividend EUR 0.02 per share
- Share capital reduction EUR 0.06 per share
2017 dividend
— Management board will propose dividend of EUR 0.03 per share from financial year 2016 net profit
Tallink Grupp has made total of EUR 121 million dividend payments to shareholders in period 2013-2016.
Debt structure
Total EUR 559 million interest bearing liabilities as at 31.12.2016
Long term bank loans
- 5 standalone loan agreements with bank syndicate, amortizing project loans and commercial term loan
- Maturities 1-12 years
- EUR denominated
- EURIBOR floating,1/3 hedged
Bond
- Senior unsecured NOK 900 m (EUR 120 m)
- Listed in Oslo Stock Exchange
- 3M NIBOR +5% (3M EURIBOR +4.88%)
- Issue date 18.06.2013
- Maturity date 18.10.2018
- Currency risk eliminated by swapping to EUR
Unrivalled suite of competitive advantages
Extensive Sales Network
• 21 own sales offices
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• Network of >1,800 travel agents and tour operators worldwide
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• Growing online presence and call centres
Modern fleet
- 11 core vessels have an average age of 12.6 years
- Ice class vessels
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• Luxurious on-board experience, e.g. spacious shopping areas
Extensive route network
- Variety of short cruises between key cities
- Optimised schedules with frequent and reliable departures all year
- Established relationships with port authorities
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Strong quality brands
- Silja Line and Tallink are the most recognised cruise brands in the Northern Baltic Sea Region
- They are associated with a quality customer experience Finland Estonia Sweden
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Comprehensive offer
- Varied on-board experience
- Travel packages and excursions
- Addressing all budget ranges and customer preferences
48% Market share of the Northern Baltic Sea Region passenger market
Loyal customer base
- 9.5 million passengers in 2016
- 2.2 million Club One card holders growing at 10% in 2016
- Every third passenger is a club one member
High safety and environmental standards 4
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- We proactively seek compliance with the highest standards
- In 2016, only 2 of the over 9800 scheduled trips were cancelled for technical reasons
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- Our ice-classed fleet is versatile to operate anywhere
- We have experience in selling and chartering vessels all over the world
Tallink's Fleet
Megastar Built: 2017 Length 1212m Passengers: 2800
Lane meters: 1130
Star Built: 2007 Length 186m Passengers: 2080 Lane meters: 2000
Victoria I
Built: 2004 Length: 193m Passengers: 2500 Lane meters: 1030
Silja Europa
Built: 1993 Length: 202m Passengers: 3123 Lane meters: 932
Romantika
Built: 2002 Length 193m Passengers: 2500
Tallink has invested EUR 1.5 billion to create a modern fleet.
Tallink's Fleet
Silja Serenade
Built: 1990 Length 203m Passengers: 2852 Lane meters: 950
Silja Symphony
Built: 1991 Length 203m Passengers: 2852
Baltic Princess
Built: 2008 Length: 212m Passengers: 2800 Lane meters: 1130
Isabelle
Built: 1989 Length 171m Passengers: 2480 Riga Lane meters: 850 -Stockholm
Galaxy
Built: 2006 Length: 212m Passengers: 2800
Superfast VII/VIII/IX
Built: 2001/2002 Length: 203m Passengers: 717 Chartered out Lane meters: 1924
Tallink has invested EUR 1.5 billion to create a modern fleet.
Ownership structure
Shareholders of AS Tallink Grupp
Top 10 shareholders Institutional investors Retail investors
Ten largest shareholders as at 31 March 2017
| Infortar AS |
38% |
|---|---|
| Baltic Cruises Holding L.P. | 18% |
| Baltic Cruises Investment L.P. | 6% |
| ING Luxembourg S.A. AIF Account | 4% |
| ING Luxembourg Client Account | 3% |
| State Street Bank and Trust Omnibus Fund OM01 | 2% |
| Clearstream Banking Luxembourg S.A. Clients |
2% |
| Nordea Bank Finland Plc Clients |
1% |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Finnish Clients | 1% |
| BNYM Clients | 1% |
Safety, security and environmental protection are a high priority
Policies and certifications
- Safety and Security Policy
- Environmental Policy
- ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Certificate by Lloyds Register
- MARPOL Sewage Pollution Prevention Certificate
- MARPOL Air Pollution Prevention Certificate
- International Anti-Fouling System Certificate
- MARPOL Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate
- Document of Compliance for Anti-Fouling System
- MARPOL Garbage Pollution Prevention Attestation
- Passenger Ship Safety Certificate
- International Ship Security Certificate
- Safety Management Certificate
- Document for Dangerous Goods
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