James Fisher and Sons plc
Presentation of results for the year ended 31st December 2023
16th April 2024
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Today's agenda
01 Business and strategic highlights
02 Financial results
03 Strategy and priorities
- Conclusion
- Q&A
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01 Business and strategic highlights
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2023 Business highlights
- Underlying results ahead of last year with underlying profit growth across all Divisions
- Robust Energy performance through oil and gas, with renewables returning to break-even
- Defence returned to profit but impacted by contract delays, strong growing revenue pipeline
- Solid performance in Maritime Transport with a focus on margin improvement
- Embedded a One James Fisher business model, with new Divisional structures and Executive Team now in place
- Rationalised the portfolio, we divested JF Nuclear and closed Subtech Europe
- Sale of RMSpumptools, announced in March 2024, will significantly reduce debt and strengthen the Group's financial position bringing us towards a leverage range of 1.0-1.5x (Net Debt to EBITDA)
- Business Excellence embedded within the Group, driving greater strength
and standardisation around safety, forecasting, cash collection and employee engagement
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2023 strategic commitments
Embed One | Improve | Build a stronger | ||
James Fisher | performance | platform | ||
Deliver the business turn- | Build a stronger, more | Strengthen our financial position | ||
around through a new | sustainable business, delivering | and establish key foundations in | ||
business model, executed | improved operational and | safety, people, governance and | ||
through focus, simplify and | financial performance | sustainability | ||
deliver | improvement (UOP and ROCE) | |||
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Our focus as a service company
- A services company operating in the Blue Economy
- Leveraging market and customer synergies across three Divisions
- Asset-light with a focus on pooling assets, people and resources
For Energy
Supporting the energy transition through responsible energy service provision and innovative renewable energy solutions
- Differentiated products and services across the offshore asset lifecycle
- Specialist services for the control and monitoring of offshore assets
- OEM equipment and solutions for subsea diving
For Defence
Protecting lives and assets on and under the oceans, in the most sensitive and challenging environment
- Life-supportengineering and OEM for defence divers, submarine rescue systems, submarine egress / ingress systems, and special operations mobility solution
- Product lifecycle services and maintenance
- Global submarine rescue, training and services
For Maritime Transport
Leading the way in targeted coastal shipping and global oil and natural gas ship-to-
ship transfers
- Transport, transfer and storage of liquid and dry cargo
- Service delivery and framework contracts with global energy companies and the UK MoD
- Manage our fleet with flexibility to allow for spot trading
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02 Financial results
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Early signs of progress
Revenue up | Underlying operating |
profit up1 | |
3.8% | |
12.1% | |
Net debt 2 (covenant | Net debt 2 to EBITDA |
basis) | |
2.75x | |
£149.8m | |
Underlying operating margin1 (up 50bps)
6.0%
ROCE3 (up 130bps)
6.6%
1. | Underlying operating profit is defined as operating profit adjusted for acquisition related income and expense, amortisation of acquired intangible assets, acquisition expenses, adjustments to | |
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2. | Net debt is calculated using net borrowings including guarantees and collateral deposits, excluding right-of-use operating leases. |
3. Group ROCE (Return on Capital Employed) is defined as underlying operating profit, less notional tax, divided by average capital employed. Capital employed is defined as net assets less right-of- use assets, less cash and cash equivalents and after adding back borrowings.
Revenue up c.4% - improvement in Energy and Defence
Revenue for year ended 31st December | 2023 £m | 2022 £m | % change |
Energy | 266.5 | 242.6 | +9.9 |
Defence | 72.5 | 68.2 | +6.3 |
Maritime Transport | 157.2 | 167.3 | -6.0 |
Revenue (continuing operations) | 496.2 | 478.1 | +3.8 |
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