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Tabreed Investor Presentation Aug 2020
Tabreed Investor Presentation Aug 2020
(DFM:TABREED)
Investor Presentation
August 2020
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1. Overview of Tabreed
2. Business Overview
4. Financial Overview
5. Conclusion
We aim to be the partner of choice for Governments and Corporations across GCC in providing
environmentally friendly cooling solutions
We harness the most efficient technology As the region's preferred provider of cooling We generate sustainable long-term returns
and utilize our extensive experience to solutions, we focus on our customers' needs for our stakeholders on the back of the
deliver reliable and energy efficient cooling and deliver comfort, value and service to all utility infrastructure business model
solutions that are environmentally friendly the communities we serve
VS.
Water Cooled Chillers
w
• In-building water cooled
chiller units are usually Chiller
utilized in large building and
supply chilled water via an
internal network
• Cooling Towers require
additional space in or around
the building
Past Present
Without District Cooling With District Cooling
The GCC’s Energy Needs are Increasing How District Cooling Fits Into it
Cooling represents 70% of peak energy District cooling uses only half the energy of
consumption… conventional cooling & does not present any
major operational risk
Population Growth
Reduction in
CO2
+ emissions
50%
Economic Diversification
more energy
efficient
+ 16%
Continuing Year-round
Industrialization Hot Climate Lifecycle
Cost Savings
+
Increasing environmental
consciousness
87 million sq. m. of upcoming high density developments where DC is the likely choice
Almost all of the recent high density developments are district cooled
Decreasing energy subsidies in the GCC countries will increase the attractiveness of DC compared
Energy subsidies
to conventional cooling as DC is more energy efficient
83 Equivalent to cooling
= =
Enough energy to power The equivalent of removing
117,500 268,000
homes in the GCC every year cars from our streets every year
Emaar Square Dubai Dubai Opera The Dubai Mall The Dubai Metro
Rosewood Abu Abu Dhabi Global Yas Mall Yas Etihad Nation Towers
Dhabi Market Square Waterworld Towers
• Previously announced capacity guidance of 75,000 RT to be added over 2020 and 2021
• Acquisition of Dubai Downtown in April 2020 added another 150,000 RT
Q1 Q4
62% Q2 Q3 52%
16%
55% 45% 40%
63%
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Revenue Costs and Total EBITDA
Overheads
Majority of revenue comes from Capacity revenue is fixed for the year Consumption is a pass through and
capacity charges while consumption revenue varies capacity provides returns
• Capacity charges reflect the cooling capacity • Consumption billing follows a bell curve in line • Consumption revenue covers all variable costs
reserved for the customer with average temperatures in the region of operation
• Consumption charges recover the cost of • Capacity bills are a fixed amount every month • Capacity revenue covers fixed O&M, finance
cooling consumed and is billed based on and corporate costs and provides return on
metering • Blended EBITDA margin is the highest in the capital
winter months, average 52% for the year
Significant shareholder support from Mubadala, a major Abu Dhabi government entity and ENGIE, one of
the world’s largest international power and utility companies, that offer deep operating experience in the
utilities sector and a platform for further growth
“Tabreed benefits from a supportive and complementary shareholder base. We view Mubadala and ENGIE as strong commercial
and technical backers for Tabreed in the region. Both anchor shareholders also provide Tabreed with high standards for financial
oversight and governance and in our view strengthen the commitment to the company’s stated financial policies.”
• Tabreed has sole right to provide cooling services in a certain district • UAE: Downtown Dubai, Yas Island, Maryah Island,
• Any new buildings constructed in the district must connect to Tabreed Masdar city
Concessions • Long-term, high return contracts with tariffs similar to other buildings in the • Qatar: Pearl Qatar
concession • KSA: Jabal Omar development
• Requires minimal capital outlay as infrastructure is already in place • Bahrain: Reef Island and Bahrain Financial Harbor
• New customers connecting to existing infrastructure • Tabreed has added around 62kRT to existing plants since
2011; ~5% incremental capacity is currently available for
New • Customers are not bound to use Tabreed (unlike concessions) however, using new connections
connections Tabreed will often be the most economic option
• Downtown Dubai current connected capacity of 150k RT,
• Usually requires no additional fixed cost and provides higher margins rising to ultimate capacity of 235kRT
New • Explore growth opportunities in select new geographies outside GCC (e.g. Egypt, • Signed concession agreement for 20k RT of cooling at
Geographies Kuwait and India) Amaravati in India
Tabreed is well placed to benefit from growth opportunities in and beyond GCC region through a mix of existing concessions,
new connections, new plants and acquisitions / inorganic growth
• Aldar Properties PJSC is the leading real estate developer in Abu Dhabi and
listed on ADX No govt
ownership
• Tabreed and Aldar have been in partnership since Aldar’s incorporation in 2005 20%
• Providing cooling to Aldar’s developments on Yas Island, Al Raha Beach, Reem
Island and Abu Dhabi Island
• Cooling agreement was renewed in 2015 for another 30 years
The top 3 customers accounted for 56% of chilled water revenues in 2019
Our joint ventures and associates also provide cooling to key Government clients such as Saudi Aramco, King
Abdullah Financial District and King Khalid International Airport. Also serve reputable private customers such as United
Development Company in Qatar and Lulu in Oman
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
Contracted Revenue
O&M STRATEGY
Safely operate and maintain the plants and facilities to provide reliable service efficiently while preserving the value and extending the life of the assets
Building Corporate
Maintenance 17%
23%
797 >99.9%
Employees 0.0
Maintenance Operational
25% 35%
Availability Major outage
Health, safety and environment is a key priority for Tabreed and is an integral part of business planning and
strategic goal setting
HSE Policy
Leadership &
Commitment
Certifications
• Conduct business in socially Implementation
responsible manner
• Senior management is fully
• HSE is a key consideration in
committed to HSE with • Recipient of International
business planning and
direct reporting line to the Organization for • Integrating HSE into plant
decisions
CEO Standardization and British operations and processes
• Comply with all regulations Standard Institute
• Reporting HSE performance • Development of Tabreed’s HSE
and industry best practices certifications
to the Board of Directors on manual
• Ensure all employees are monthly basis • ISO 9001 for quality
trained and motivated to management systems • Regular HSE training and
• HSE steering committee awareness programs to enhance
adopt and develop HSE
comprises COO, HSE, • ISO 14001 for HSE readiness
culture
Operations and Internal environment
• Seek continuous Audit heads management systems • Regular internal and external
improvement in HSE HSE audits to ensure compliance
• Multiple plant and site visits • OHSAS 18001 for with UAE regulations and
performance
performed each year by occupational health and international standards
CEO and senior safety management
management systems • Automated HSEQ incident
reporting and tracking systems
accessible to all Tabreed
employees
Khaled Al Qubaisi is the Chief Executive Officer, Paulo Almirante is currently Executive Vice President of
Aerospace, Renewables and Information Communications global energy leader ENGIE.
Technology (ICT) at Mubadala. Other Board Positions
Other Board Positions Mr. Almirante is a board member of numerous ENGIE
Mr. Al Qubaisi is also the Chairman of the Board of Injazat group companies. He is also a member of ENGIE’s
Khaled Abdulla Data Systems (Injazat) and Board Member of Abu Dhabi Paulo Almirante Executive Committee in charge of Brazil; Middle East,
Al Qubaisi Future Energy Company (Masdar), Emirates Global Vice Chairman South and Central Asia and Turkey; North, South and
Chairman Aluminium (EGA) and Global Foundries. Eastern Europe and Generation Europe.
Frédérique Mohammed Al H.E. Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Jameel Frédéric Claux Sébastien Arbola Saeed Ali Khalfan
Dufresnoy Huraimel Al Belhoul Al Falasi Al Ramahi Al Dhaheri
Shamsi Member
Deputy Director of Director of Utilities Minister of State for Chief Executive Head of Acquisitions, CEO of the Middle Director of
Decentralized Investments in Higher Education and Officer of Abu Dhabi Investments and East, South and Investments at Ali &
Solutions for Cities Mubadala Advanced Skills Future Energy Financial Advisory Central Asia and Sons Holding LLC
at global energy Company (Masdar) for global energy Turkey region for
leader ENGIE leader ENGIE global energy leader
ENGIE
Prior to that, she was Board Member of Board member Board Member of Mr Claux also serves as Prior to that, he was the
the Director of Finance, Jiangsu Suyadi Tancai of Masdar Dudgeon Offshore Wind a non-executive Board CFO and Senior Vice
Risks and International Company and SMN Farm in the UK, the member of Les President of the
Development at ENGIE Power Holding in Oman Masdar Solar Wind Eoliennes en Mer company’s Asian
and CFO of the Cooperative, Masdar (offshore wind) environmental
company’s European Investment Committee, operations as M&A
operations and Torresol Energy Group Director
Jean-Francois
Bader Al Lamki Adel Salem Al Wahedi Hamish Jooste Chartrain François Xavier Boul
Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer Chief Legal Counsel Chief Operating Officer Chief Development Officer
Appointed as Tabreed’s Chief Appointed as Tabreed’s Chief Hamish joined Tabreed in 2012 Jean-Francois has over 18 years François-Xavier (“FX”) has over 15
Executive Officer in April 2019. Financial Officer in March 2020. and in addition to serving as of experience in the fields of years of experience in the fields of
Chief Legal Counsel, he acts as Business Development, Business Development,
Prior to joining Tabreed, he was Prior to joining Tabreed, he was Secretary to the Board of Engineering and Construction. Acquisitions, Project and
responsible for steering the Group CFO of Arabtec Holding. Directors of Tabreed. He has diverse experience in Structured Finance. He has a
Masdar Clean Energy business He has also served as CFO for different businesses such as diverse experience in different
growth activities and played a some of the largest entities in He is a lawyer with over 18 utilities, energy and renewables, businesses such as construction,
key role in building the the UAE including Abu Dhabi years of experience in corporate and environment industries banking, financial services,
company’s renewable energy Ports Company and Petrofac law, M&A, banking and utilities. across various geographies. utilities, and oil and energy
portfolio across 25 countries. Emirates, in addition to holding industries across various
senior positions at Emirates Prior to joining Tabreed, he has In his previous role as Technical geographies.
Prior to that, Bader worked at Telecommunications practiced law in four countries Director with ENGIE ITALIA, he
ADMA-OPCO successfully Corporation (Etisalat). across three different continents headed 3 separate His last assignment was with
leading a strategic development at large international law firms departments; design, ENGIE Group (in UAE) as Senior
initiative to increase the He has over 22 years of including Herbert Smith LLP maintenance engineering, and Vice President – Business
company’s daily oil production experience in the fields of where he worked on many energy efficiency. He was also Development wherein, he was
reflecting on the overall corporate finance, mergers & landmark deals in the region. responsible for leading the responsible for leading the
revenue of the company. acquisitions, statutory private development of the business development, structuring
accounting, budgeting, district heating scheme. and negotiation of projects, and
Earlier in his career, he also planning, costing and strategic equity investments.
worked for a number of decision making in both private Previously, he also worked with
renowned organizations, such and public companies in KSA, GDF SUEZ Energie Services, Prior to this, he worked for ACWA
as French oil major, Total, Egypt, Sudan, and the region. CLIMESPACE and INGEVALOR. Power (Dubai), ABC Bank
advising the company on oil and (Bahrain), Ambac (London) and
gas projects in Africa. Natixis (Paris).
Revenue 1,520
Tabreed
Consolidated
Operating cost (768)
Chilled water contributes 96% of total revenues, 98% of Gross Profit, and 99% of EBITDA; While value chain businesses are
profitable, they contribute only about 4% to Tabreed’s Revenue and 1% of EBITDA
Group Connected
1,343
Capacity (kRT)
contracts with • Long term contracts (~25 years) mean over 90% of 1,084 1,122 1,146
399
credit worthy contracted capacity locked in for at least the next 10 years 315 348 379
944
customers • About 80% of revenues from wholly government owned and 770 773 767
Group Revenue
• Utility business model leads to steady increases in revenue 33 38 29
from existing and 37
(AEDm)
and profitability from existing customers
new business 602 617 634 681
• Acquired 80% stake in Emaar’s Dubai Downtown District
Cooling business and signed a long term concession
H1 2017 H1 2018 H1 2019 H1 2020
Financial Results
Solid financial • Predictability in earnings driven by capacity charge 415
326 366
(AED m)
308
performance • EBITDA has grown 10% annually since 2017 211 193 219 212 245 199
253 224
Gearing 51%
41%
• EBITDA margin of 59%
Net Income Margin 32%
30%
Value to • Strong balance sheet
Operating Profit Margin 36%
shareholders • Stable cash flow generation 36%
H1 2020 H1 2019
• Increase in revenue primarily driven by Chilled Water business, offset by a decline in Value Chain business
• Chilled Water growth in H1 2020, driven by consolidation of Downtown DCP, new connections and higher
consumption, was offset to a certain extent by finance lease amortization due to negative CPI
• Higher finance cost to due to new loan for acquisition, benefited from lower interest rates compared to same
Key period last year
Observations • Other gains related to a one-time gain on account of contract amendment with an existing client, offset to certain
extent by transaction cost for the Downton DCP acquisition
• Share of associates and JVs was impacted due to one-off gain received in H1 2019 but not repeated in H1 2020.
Subdued performance of some of our equity accounted entities, particularly QatarCool and Saudi Tabreed also
impacted our share in associates and JVs
• Most of the increase in balance sheet including fixed assets, accounts receivables and corporate debt has been
Key primarily due to Downtown DCP consolidation
Observations • Receivables collection was better compared to Q1 2020
Key • Cashflow generation has been encouraging despite prevailing difficult economic scenario
Observations • We continue to closely work with customers to accelerate our collections
5,524
Jun-17 Jun-18 Jun-19 Jun-20 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026-31
Net Debt to LTM EBITDA Return on Capital Employed and Return on Equity
9.0% 9.2% 9.0%
8.4% 8.7%
7.4% 7.3%
6.6% 7.0%
6.0%
6.80x
5.05x 4.60x 4.18x
Investment grade rating maintained on the back of a sustainable business model and robust cashflow generation
Why District • District Cooling is a critical part of the growing GCC infrastructure
Cooling? • District Cooling is 50% more energy efficient than conventional cooling and 16% cheaper for the customer
• One of the largest district cooling companies in the world with experienced management team
• Over 22 years of excellent operational performance, on-time delivery of projects and expertise in financing DC assets
Why • Relationships with Government and key real estate developers across the region
Tabreed? • A strong shareholder base with Mubadala and ENGIE providing support to operations and growth
• Investment grade credit ratings from Moody’s (Baa3, Stable) and Fitch (BBB, Stable)
• Sukuk issue and refinance of the current debt delivers improved balance sheet efficiency and longer term maturity
Robust • Sustainable, stable and predictable results, low operating risk business model with strong margins
Financial • EBITDA has grown 10% annually since 2017, driven by capacity additions and CPI pass through
Results • Stable utility infrastructure business model enables consistent performance
• Focus on stable Chilled Water leading to enhanced value from existing plants and increasing operational efficiencies
Seeking and • Seeking and investing in organic and inorganic projects across the GCC and selectively outside of GCC
investing in
• De-risking projects by using “take or pay” fixed date contracts and ring-fenced project financing
opportunities
• Acquisition of two plants from Masdar with a total concession capacity of 69,000 RT
across GCC
• Acquisition of 80% stake in Emaar’s Dubai Downtown District Cooling business and signed a long term concession
• Capacity addition of 112k RT since 2017; Further, 150k RT added on the acquisition of Dubai Downtown
Track record
of delivering • 75k RT of signed up capacity additions expected by the end of 2021; 13k RT delivered in 2020 on organic basis
capacity • Regional footprint allows access to varied growth opportunities
growth • Operational track record, customer relationships and financial strength to benefit from growth in the region
2016 to date – Market price of Tabreed vs. DFM Cash dividend yield (% of 31 Dec share price) and
Dividend Payout
2.5 90
Indexed to Tabreed price (AED)
Volumes (Million)
2.0 6% 50%
70
40%
4%
60 30%
1.5 20%
50 2%
4.1% 2.1% 4.6% 5.0% 3.2% 4.4% 5.5% 6.0% 10%
40 0% 0%
1.0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
30
Dividend Yield Dividend Payout
20
0.5
10
Shareholder Composition and Geographical Spread
0.0 0 Other
Retail
Institutions
Mar-17
Mar-20
Feb-18
Apr-16
Apr-19
Sep-18
Dec-19
Oct-17
Jul-20
Jan-16
Aug-16
Nov-16
Jan-19
Aug-19
Jul-17
Jun-18
6%
12% UAE
Other 53%
Mubadala 46%
42%
Engie
Volume Tabreed DFM 40%
GCC
1%
Solid • Seven consecutive years of dividend distribution beginning in 2012; 2019 dividend of 10.5 fils/share
Email: Tabreed@churchgatepartners.com
• Increase in revenue mainly driven by chilled water consumption growth, CPI adjustment in 2019, consolidation of
S&T, and new connections in UAE and Oman
• Operating costs lower and finance cost higher mainly due to IFRS 16; Operating cost also positively impacted by
Key efficiency gains
Observations • Other gains in 2019 mainly includes gain on initial recognition of new finance lease plants in UAE and Oman; last
year included a gain of AED 32.6 on partial disposal of Saudi Tabreed
• Share of results of associates and joint venture up due to one-off gains
• EBITDA margin expanded from 48% to 50%; IFRS 16 implementation had 2% impact on EBITDA margin
• Receivables compared to December 2018 have been in line with revenue growth; Down compared to September
Key 2019 representing strong collections
Observations • Increase in associates primarily due to purchase of additional stake in Saudi Tabreed
• Increase in Other Corporate Debt reflects the implementation of IFRS 16; Total debt reduction of AED 143m