The Navigator Company Q1 2018 Results Presentation May 10 th 2018
Participation Diogo da Silveira CEO Fernando Araújo CFO António Redondo CCO Nuno Santos João Paulo Oliveira Joana Appleton IR 1
Q1 2018 results presentation Main highlights Market outlook Group performance Update on new projects 2
Significant turnover growth and diversification over the last years Q1 2018 Key Highlights P&P Market Pulp market continued strong with additional increase in prices Improvement in UWF prices Volumes Overall decrease in volumes due to production stoppages, mainly in pulp Divestment Conclusion of sale of Pellets business in the US EBITDA Positive impact of sale of pellets business EBITDA without pellets improved 8% with EBITDA/Sales of 26.4% Cost reduction M2 program continues with total estimated impact at 3.8 million YoY Net Debt Strong reduction in net debt with EBITDA/Net Debt of 1.3 Outlook Positive momentum for prices should continue Navigator announced another price increase in UWF for July shipments 3 3
2018: Upward trend in pulp prices continues YTD 2018 price increase in BHKP in USD: +3.8% and in Euros: +1.0% YoY average price increase in BHKP in USD: +48% and in Euros: +28% USD/ton PIX Europe /ton 1100 1000 USD/ton BHKP EUR/ton BHKP Av. : 817 USD/ton (Var. W1-52: +51%) Av. YTw 13: 1013 USD/ton (+3.8% YTD) 1100 1000 900 800 Av. 2016: 717 USD/ton (Var. W1-52: -16%) Av. YTw 13: 824 /ton (+1.0% YTD) 900 800 700 600 500 Av. 2016: 673 /ton (Var. W1-52: -13%) Av. : 723 /ton (Var. W1-52: +33%) 700 600 500 400 1 11 21 31 41 51 9 19 29 39 49 7 17 27 37 47 4 14 24 34 44 2 12 22 32 42 52 10 20 30 40 50 2013 2014 2015 2016 Week 2018 4 400
Market balance estimated for 2018 depends on China effect Conserv. Optim. 5
UWF continues one of the best performing grade in P&W papers Feb. 2018 M ton YoY kton 200 150 14.0 6.8 3.6 1.8 1.9 100 50 0 +0.0% +0.1% 50 1.7% 100 150 0.8% 2.5% 200 48% Share UWF On world P&W paper demand (exc. Newsprint) Total Uncoated Woodfree Coated Woodfree Uncoated Mechanical Inc. SuperCalendered Coated Mechanical 6 Sources: PPPC; The Navigator Company
World paper market in Q1 2018 USA EUR Asia/ China Declining demand UWF: both in CS (-4.8%) and FL&RL (-0.7%) inq1 2018 YoY -2.5% UWF in Q1 2018 YoY Price increase in Jan-Feb 2018 (+40 USD/ton) and May 2018 (+55-70 USD/ton) PPP Copy 20-lb increases +20 USD/ton (+1.9%) in Q1 2018 (YoY) OR 92% (+2 pp) Capacity decrease (-640 kton in Q4-2018, aligned with expected market in 2016-2018, -575 kton) Contracting demand UWF: incs(- 5.5%), FL (-1.4%) and RL (-3.3%) in Q1 2018 YoY -4.1% UWF in Q1 2018 YoY PIX Copy-B increases +42 /ton (+5.2%) in Q1 2018 YoY Destocking effect since Nov (CS, EMGE index); Some supply restrictions OR 94% (-4 pp) Apart from the period Mar-Jul, Mar 2018 order book is the best since 2010 (34d) Major players announced in the last months aggregated worldwide price increases of more than +250 USD/ton Capacity increase in 2018: In China: +1.2 M ton In UAE: +300 kton China: tight environmental policies pressuring old China closures (little details available) Ongoing energy restriction policies near Shangai and Beijing Source: Risi; EMGE Euro-Graph; The Navigator Company 7
European papermakers margin at minimum level /ton Index FOEX PIX (Europe) A4 B Copy BHKP 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 A4 B Copy: index for uncotaed woodfree paper (80 g/m 2 ) BHKP: index for bleached harwood kraft pulp (eucalyptus or birch) 8
Improvement in paper price benchmark in 2018 Average price in Q1 improved +5.2% YoY (+2.2% YTD) European Market Paper Price A4 B-copy /ton 900 A4 B-copy 850 800 Av. YTw 13: 845 /ton (+2.2% YTD) Last PIX (W18): 860 /ton 750 Av. 2016: 822 /ton (Var. W1-52: -3.5%) Av. : 819 /ton (Var. W1-52: +4.1%) 700 650 600 Week 1 5 9 13172125293337414549 1 5 9 1317212529333741454953 4 8 1216202428323640444852 4 8 1216202428323640444852 4 8 1216202428323640444852 2014 2015 2016 2018 Source: FOEX 9
Navigator paper performance in Q1 2018 UWF sales volume of 361 kton (-10.3 kton YoY) and product mix improvement: + Premium products share up to 55% (+5.8 pp YoY; +16 kton YoY) + Mill brands up to 68% (+8.3 pp YoY; +9 kton YoY) In Q1 2018 Navigator led 2 pulp price increases in Europe (January and March) and in International markets and in the US (January and April) Average price increased +3.1% YoY in spite of FX negative impact (USD impacted ~30% of paper sales) 10
Pulp turnover impacted by reduction in volume Pulp sales in volume of 53 kton, 37 kton less YoY due to decreased availability of pulp: + Maintenance stoppage at Setúbal pulp mill + Stock build up at Figueira da Foz (for planned maintenance + pulp capacity increase project) Navigator s net price in Q1 2018 increased +28% YoY Improvement in the weight of Decor and Special paper sales in Europe, high contribution segments, from 64% to 84% YoY 11
Tissue business impacted by pulp price Volume of tissue sold in converted products increased 13% YoY Sales increased 4% to 19 million (vs. 18 million) Average sales price 9% higher YoY due to improvement in product mix (decreased weight of reels) Operating margin impacted by pulp price increase Tissue Sales by market Tissue Sales by segment Other 6% (+4% YoY) Reels 5% Spain 36% (+0% YoY) Portugal 58% (-3% YoY) AH 31% AFH 64% 12
EBITDA Performance in Q1 Positive performance in EBITDA due to price effect and pellets sale 12 111 90-11 17 2 M EBITDA R17 Volume Effect Price Effect Costs Pellets & Other EBITDA R18 Delta Pellets: + 9.4 million of capital gain + 2.3 million of pellets losses in + Other 13
M2 cost reduction and efficiency programme continues Estimated impact YoY on EBITDA in Q1 2018 of 3.8 million, mainly due to: + Fibre consumption: 1.3 million + Chemicals: 0.8 million Savings in energy contracts renegotiation estimated at 7.3 million 14
Free Cash Flow at 134 million Free Cash Flow positively reimbursement impacted by cash from pellets sale and VAT Free Cash Flow M 92 134 86-29 -14-2 Operating Cash Flow CAPEX Change in Inventories Change in Accounts Receivables Suppliers and Others* Free Cash Flow *Others includes: Cash from pellets business sale ( 68 million) VAT reimbursement ( 51 million) 15
Significant reduction in net debt Net debt & Net debt/ebitda M 641 617 738 742 693 559 1,6 1,6 1,8 1,9 1,7 1,3 Q4 2016 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2018 Net debt Net debt/ebitda 16
New credit facilities and extension of maturity reduce cost of debt Q1 2018 Financial results Q1 Q1 2018 Financial results decreased from - 3.9 to - 5.5 million: -3,9-5,5 Negative impact of 3.3 million, related to advance recognition of the difference between the nominal and current value of the deferred amount for disposal of the pellets business (USD 45 million). Interest expense was reduced by 0.2 million Financial results negatively impacted by one off item Positive impact of currency hedging and exchange rate of 3.0 million 17
CAPEX of 29 million (vs. 14 million) M CAPEX 11,4 28,6 Main Projects YoB 11,0 1,9 4,2 Pulp Figueira Tissue Cacia Tissue Rodão Pulp, Paper and Others CAPEX 18
Outlook for 2016 Outlook for 2018 Pulp: Tissue: Paper: positive momentum should continue as demand as been absorbing new capacities high pressure on margins; rise in pulp price needs to be offset by an increase in tissue price order book remains strong and new price increases are being announced in Europe and the rest of the world Noforeseeablechangeinmarketconditionsforpulpandpaperinthenear future and main concerns remain exchange rate and cost of chemicals Operating performance in Q2 2018 will be impacted by production stoppage at Figueira da Foz pulp mill. 19
Update on New Projects Pulp F. Foz Optimization Project 3 Ecoefficiency: Total CAPEX of 81.5 million Main Goals: Increase the annual pulp production from 580,000 to 650,000 tad Increase the efficiency of pulp process Reduce wood and chemicals specific consumption Implementation of BAT (ex: O 2 delign) Environmental advantage for flue gas and liquid effluent emissions Collection and burning of diluted odorous gases Project completed in April and ramping-up 20
Update on Cacia tissue project Integrated tissue mill with capacity to produce 70 kton of reels and converted products Project on time and on budget: - paper machine to start up in Q3 2018 - converting lines starting in May - Estimated capex kept at 121 million Book-building of new clients in progress in Portugal, Spain, France and UK 21
Current view of Cacia tissue project 22
Cacia tissue project: first converting line to start 3 rd week of May 23
Cacia tissue project: first converting line to start 3 rd week of May 24
Cacia tissue project: first toilet paper and pallet produced (current week) 25
Navigator #2 player in tissue in Iberia after expansion project Estimated tissue production capacity in Iberian Peninsula (kton) Paper production Others Finished product production (converting) Finished product production (converting) Paper production 26
2018 Dividend proposal Dividend proposal - AGM to be held on May 23 th 2018: + Navigator Board of Directors proposes dividend of 170 million to be paid in June (0.2371 /share) + Main Shareholder proposes distribution of reserves of 30 million to be paid in July (0.04184 /share) + Implicit dividend yield of 6%* *Reference price share on May 8 th of 4,936 /share 27
Back-up slides Financials 28
Quarterly Financials 2015 Quarterly figures YoY evolution Turnover (M ) EBITDA (M ) Net Earnings (M ) 393 420 397 427 385 90 108 102 104 111 36 61 50 62 53 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2018 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2018 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2018 EBITDA/Sales (%) ROCE (%) ROE (%) 23% 26% 26% 25% 29% 11% 15% 13% 15% 17% 11% 21% 17% 21% 18% Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2018 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2018 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 2018 29
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