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Final Results
7 March 2016
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Agenda
Headline results
The Macro Picture
Strategy
Outlook
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2015 £m
2014 £m
Revenue 301.8 237.9 +27%
Profit before taxation (Before exceptional items and acquisition costs) 50.5 33.8 +49%
Exceptional items (2.5) (1.6)
Acquisition costs (16.2) (7.0)
Profit before taxation (After exceptional items and acquisition costs) 31.8 25.2 +26%
Results Summary
Earnings per share (Before exceptional items and acquisition costs) 121.9p 134.2p
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Financial +£20.0m (+229.9%)
Support -£6.1m (-21.3%)
Broking +£49.3m (+25.9%)
Research +£0.7m (+6.7%)
£190.2m
£239.5m
£8.7m
£28.7m
£28.6m
£22.5m
£10.4m
£11.1m
2014 2015
£301.8m
£237.9m
Revenue
Including 11 months of Platou
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£87.8m
£102.4m £110.1m
£129.4m
£5.1m
£3.6m
£17.3m
£11.4m
£14.1m
£14.5m
£12.9m
£9.6m
£4.7m
£5.7m
£5.0m
£6.1m
H1 2014 H2 2014 H1 2015 H2 2015
£145.3m
£156.5m
£111.7m
£126.2m
Including 11 months of Platou
Revenue by half year
Financial
Support
Broking
Research
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Divisional Performance - Profit
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2015 £m
2014
£m
Broking 49.1 34.6
Financial 1.2 (1.9)
Support 3.3 4.0
Research 3.4 3.5
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Forward Order Book (for invoicing in the following year)
*Directors best estimates
2016* US$m
2015*
US$m
Total FOB 151 110
Total FOB (Clarksons and
Platou) invoiced in 2015 155
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Exceptional Items 2015 £m
2014 £m
Double rent and service charge (CQ/SMH) 2.3 0.9
Onerous lease (SMH) - 0.7
Onerous lease (Singapore) 0.3 -
Reorganisation costs 1.2 -
Release of dilapidation provision (1.3) -
All items are non-recurring 2.5 1.6
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Acquisition Costs 2015 £m
2014 £m
Cash & share-based payment charges 2.8 2.8
Legal & professional fees* 3.1 4.1
Loan note interest 1.1 -
Amortisation: Platou 9.2 -
Amortisation: Boxton* - 0.1
* Non recurring items 16.2 7.0
** Total acquisition costs for year to 31 December 2016 anticipated to be £8.2m
**
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Platou Acquisition Intangibles
£m
Consideration on acquisition 249.9
Intangible assets 21.9
Goodwill 232.6
Fair value of net liabilities (4.6)
249.9
£m
Intangible assets 21.9
Amortised:
Year to 31 Dec 15 9.2
Year to 31 Dec 16** 6.5
Year to 31 Dec 17 3.4
Year to 31 Dec 18 1.7
Year to 31 Dec 19 1.1
21.9
** Total acquisition costs for year to 31 December 2016 anticipated to be £8.2m
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Integration
• Rebranding of Broking and Financial as ‘Clarksons Platou’
• Repaid bank loans and overdrafts
• Integrated all teams in same locations and across business lines
• New offices in Oslo, Singapore, London and Dubai
• Annualised £4m of synergies achieved
• Revenue synergies already proven in integrated business plan
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Balance Sheet 2011
£m
2012
£m
2013
£m
2014
£m
2015
£m
Tangible fixed assets 9.2 8.8 9.4 8.4 33.1
Investments 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.9
11.1 10.7 11.2 10.3 35.0
Working capital (2.8) (2.8) 3.1 (1.8) (7.1)
Net funds 71.1 75.2 75.0 115.7 91.6
68.3 72.4 78.1 113.9 84.5
Pensions (6.6) (9.4) (1.8) (10.3) (4.1)
Deferred tax 10.2 12.5 10.0 13.0 8.4
71.9 75.5 86.3 116.6 88.8
Net assets before loan notes and intangibles 83.0 86.2 97.5 126.9 123.8
Loan notes (incl. accrued interest) - - - - (46.1)
Net assets before intangibles 83.0 86.2 99.3 126.9 77.7
Intangibles 40.3 39.8 40.2 40.4 263.2
Net assets 123.3 126.0 139.5 167.3 340.9
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Dec 2015 £m
Dec 2014 £m
Cash and cash equivalents* 168.4 152.9
Current investments 5.4 25.3
Net cash equivalents 173.8 178.2
Reserved for bonus (full cost) (82.2) (62.5)
Net available funds 91.6 115.7*
Cash consideration on acquisition - (23.4)
Net available funds 91.6 92.3
Reserved for dividend (12.1) (11.7)
Net Funds
* 2014 comparative includes placing proceeds of £30.6m
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Movement in Net Funds
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85.1
115.7
93.9 91.6
30.6
1.6
49.5
(23.4)
6.8 (18.2)
(24.4)
(13.1)
2.5 (3.1) (2.3)
Net Fundspre-placing
Dec 14
Placingproceeds
Net Fundspost-placing
Dec 14
Cash paidon acq'n
Net fundsacquired
Net fundspost-acq'n
Profit Sale ofinvestments
Dividend Capex Tax paid Debtors /creditors
Deferredconsideration
Pension Net FundsDec 15
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The Macro Case
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World Seaborne Trade
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liquefied gas containers other dry cargo World Population
Data Source: Clarksons / US Census Bureau
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World Seaborne Trade vs. GDP
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Data Source: Clarksons / World Bank
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Growth in World GDP
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World GDP (IMF) Average GDP Growth 1981-2015
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Oil Prices vs Growth in Oil Demand and GDP
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Crude Price (Inflation Adjusted) Crude Price (Money of the Day)*
World GDP (IMF) Oil Demand (EIA)
Average GDP Growth 1981-2014 Average Oil Demand Growth 1981-2014
Data source: Reuters, EIA, IMF, BP Statistical Review of World Energy. *Crude price Arab Light posted at Ras Tanura 1981-1983. Dated Brent 1984-
present. 2015 oil price is year-to-date.
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Tanker demand Opec call (r.s.)Source; IEA MTOMR Feb ‘’15 and ‘16, , Clarksons Platou
Call-on-OPEC oil vs tanker demand
Sharply higher Opec «call» to 2020 should boost tanker demand
Opec «call»
2016 fcast
Opec «call«
2015 fcast
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World Seaborne Oil Trade
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Crude Oil Oil Products
Data Source: Clarksons
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Global GDP Growth Drives Specialised Products Trade
Data Source: Clarksons
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Average Haul of Chemical Fleet Set to Increase Burgeoning U.S Exports will be Key to DWT Demand
Data Source: Clarksons SeaNet
USG-FEAST
10k nm / 34
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LPG Export Volumes move upwards 30.1
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Data Source: JODI, Waterborne, Customs Stats
The last few years have been mainly driven the U.S
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World Container Trade Global Box Trade 1996-2016
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Dry bulk trade and fleet growth outlook
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Forecast Deliveries Forecast Deletions
Existing Orderbook Fleet Growth
+803 mt
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China dry bulk imports and exports
China
Brazil (2)
Aus (1)
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growth over the short term
7.6% 7.0%
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1.3%
0.8%
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5.1% 5.2%
8.7%
3.6%
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Bulkers Tankers Containers Gas Carriers Other Growth
Fleet growth, during the year (RHS)
Fleet as at end year. 2015: projection.
Comprises world merchant fleet >100 GT, including ship-
shaped offshore units
Data Source: Clarkson Research Services, data prior to 1996 does not include retrospective changes and certain estimates.
10 Year CAGR (2004-2014)
6.6%
c. 200 Public
Companies
$1 trillion
fleet
37% of tonnage
public c. 300
companies
20% of
tonnage
public c.30
companies
Shipping Fleet Development
1990-2015
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Newbuilding Orders
Orders representative of vessels over 20,000 dwt
January 2016
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Historic Reported Bank Loan Portfolios: 2010 – 2014 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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360
370
380
390
400
410
420
430
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10
15
20
25
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35
To
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S$ b
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2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Estimated non-reported loan
portfolio: c.$40 billion
% of Global Loans by
European banks :
2007: 84%
2014: 75%
2015: 62%?
*Indicates new 2014 entrant to Bank Portfolio League Table **Indicates not reported in 2014 Bank Portfolio League Table
Reported
Portfolios
$418.4bn
$400.3bn
$388.5bn
$379.1bn
$391.5bn
Data Sources: Dealogic / Clarksons
Total Loan Volumes subject to variance in reporting methods (+/- 10%)
Number of
Banks
30
30
30
38
40
Reported Portfolio
Totals (by year)
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Consolidation
Ability to hire
Flight to quality
Competition
Shipyard Capacity
Seaborne demand
Flow & placing power
Diversity of earnings
Balance sheet strength
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Commodity Pricing
Offshore
Funding
China
Geographic instability
Supply/Demand Imbalance
Breadth Reach Trust Understanding People
Integrated Solutions
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New Build Second Hand
Recycling
Voyage COA Time Charter
Asset Lifecycle
Use of Asset
Tankers
Tankers Dry Cargo Specialised
Products Gas Containers Specialist
Crude Oil
Refined
Products
Iron Ore
Coal
Steel
Agricultural
Chemicals
Fertilisers
Edible Oils
LPG
Ammonia
Pet Chem
Gases
LNG
Component
&
Finished
Goods
Commods
RoRo
Ferries
Car
Carriers
Cruise
Dry Cargo Specialised
Products Gas Containers Specialist
Shipping
Drilling Survey Construction Production Support Renewables
Rigs Seismic Construction Subsea E&P Renewables
Jackups
Semi Sub
Drillships
Seismic
Geophysic
Subsea
Pipe lay
Heavy lift
FPSO
FSO
Shuttle
AHTS
PSV
Crew/FSV
Wind
Tide
Offshore
Broking
$670bn Fleet $200bn Order Book $320bn Fleet $95bn Order Book
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Securities
Equity & Debt
Public & Private
Fixed Income/High Yield
Restructuring & M&A
Oslo
New York
Secondary Sales & trading
Debt & Equity Research
>180 companies covered
Shipping & MLP
Offshore & Oil Service
Coal & Mining
E&P
Project Finance
Shipping
Offshore
Real Estate
Debt & Advisory
Banks Other lenders
Financial
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8.3 9.0
Amount (USDbn)
48% 52%
Market share (%)
~USD 17.3bn global shipping equity issues in the period 2013 – 2016YTD
Market leader in global shipping equity transactions
Source: Bloomberg, company information and press releases
~17.3bn
~48%
Clarksons Platou Securities has a market share of 48% in global shipping ECM, 2013-2016YTD
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920 777
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500 519
50 53 200
288 653
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2,468
1,203 912
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528
276 122
1,164
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3,388
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2,838
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1,047
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~USD 9.4bn global offshore drilling equity issues in the period 2010 – 2016YTD
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Clarksons Platou Securities has a market share of 36% in global offshore drilling ECM, 2010-2016YTD
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