Trading Update

14 December 2017 | London | Author: ContourGlobal plc

Q3 2017 Trading Update

Financial highlights

  • Strong financial performance with significant growth in revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, CFADS and FFO):

      -  9M 2017 Revenue: increased 13% to $742m

      -  9M 2017 Adjusted EBITDA: increased 16% to $380m

      -  LTM Q3 2017 CFADS1: increased 28% to $206m

      -  9M 2017 FFO2: increased to 22% to $197m

  • Successful integration of new businesses, including Brazil hydro and Solutions Brazil, drives strong growth
  • Robust credit performance with 5.1x DSCR and 3.4x Bond Indenture Defined Leverage Ratio3
  • Successful November 2017 Initial Public Offering ("IPO") on the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") further strengthens credit quality with $490m of corporate level liquidity
  • On track to meet FY Adj. EBITDA guidance of $500m - $520m

 

Financial Highlights

 

 

Q3 2017

Q3 2016

Change

YTD Revenue

742

654

13%

YTD Adjusted EBITDA*

380

327

16%

LTM CFADS*

206

162

28%

YTD FFO*

197

161

22%

* Non-IFRS metrics

 

1 Cash Flows Available for Debt Service (CFADS) is a metric defined in ContourGlobal's €700m Bond Indenture that is reported on a last 12 month (LTM) basis; CFADS growth ($162m Q3 2016 to $206m Q3 2017) excludes $90m special distribution in Q2 2016 from Maritsa

2 Funds from operations

3 Debt Service Coverage Ratio and Leverage Ratio ("Non-Guarantor Combined Leverage Ratio") as defined in Bond Indenture

 

Operational highlights

  • ContourGlobal continues to achieve industry-leading health and safety performance, with 0.03 Lost Time Incident ("LTI") rate for the past 12 months.
  • Availability factors are high across the fleet with September YTD factors of 91.4% in Thermal and 97.3% in Renewables. Availability in Renewables was higher than previous period, while availability in Thermal was slightly below due to scheduled maintenance activities at Maritsa and KivuWatt.
  • Renewable resource performance was below expected levels with ~3% impact on Adjusted EBITDA for 9M 2017.
  • In December, the company closed the acquisition of a 19MW solar portfolio in Italy for 58m. The plants are located near existing ContourGlobal assets and can be immediately integrated into the company's operations and maintenance platform.
  • Final negotiations for commercial close for a 500MW new-build thermal plant in Kosovo currently underway in Pristina, Kosovo.

 

Operational Highlights

 

 

 

YTD Q3 2017 

YTD Q3 2016 

Change

GWh produced

Thermal

5,872

5,393

9%

 

Renewable

3,316

3,223

3%

MW in operation

Thermal

2,640

2,531

4%

 

Renewable

1,497

1,373

9%

Availability factor

Thermal

91.4%

91.9%

-0.5%

 

Renewable

97.3%

94.7%

2.6%

Avg. capacity factors

Thermal

37.5%

36.3%

1.2%

 

Renewable

35.5%

36.2%

-0.7%

 

Presentation and conference call 

The company will host a call for investors at 14:00 BST. Confirmation code and participant access numbers per country are available on the ContourGlobal website:

http://www.contourglobal.com/event/contourglobals-q3-2017-bondholder-update-call

The presentation for the call can be downloaded at http://www.contourglobal.com/reports

 

Enquiries

Investor Relations - ContourGlobal

Alice Heathcote - +1 646 599 2924

investor.relations@contourglobal.com

 

Media - Brunswick

Charlie Pretzlik/Simon Maine - +44 (0) 207 404 5959

Contourglobal@brunswickgroup.com