The document is an investor presentation for AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group from May 2011. It provides an overview of AMG, including its markets, products, business units, and key financial highlights from Q1 2011. AMG produces high-purity metals and metal products, and has facilities around the world. It focuses on serving end markets involving energy, aerospace, infrastructure and specialty metals/chemicals. The presentation discusses AMG's strategy, critical raw materials, and the market and financial performance of its Advanced Materials and Engineering Systems business units.
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3. Overview
Listed: NYSE-Euronext Amsterdam: AMG
Founded: 2006
Revenues: $1,072M LTM March 2011
EBITDA: $89.0M LTM March 2011
Employees: 2,600
Facilities: Netherlands, Germany, UK, USA, Brazil, France,
Turkey, Canada, Czech Republic, China, Mexico,
Belgium, Poland, India, Sri Lanka
Market cap: €412M
Shares outstanding: 27.5M
52 week range: €6.25–€16.76
Recent share price: €14.99 (May 10, 2011)
Sustainable Metals Technology Products:
High purity raw materials, metals and complex metal products
Vacuum furnaces used to produce high purity metals
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4. Strategy
■ Serve growing end markets with high value-added specialty metal
products and engineering solutions, related to CO2 reduction and
conservation of natural resources
■ Execute through a combination of:
■ Vertical integration
■ Industry consolidation
■ Continuous investment in productivity and technology
■ Serve the end markets of:
■ Responsible energy production and use
■ Emerging market infrastructure
■ Aerospace and light weight materials
■ Specialty metals and chemicals
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5. Products & Markets
Advanced Materials Engineering Systems Graphit Kropfmühl
High-value alloys Capital equipment for Silicon metal
Critical raw materials high purity materials Natural graphite
Specialty Metals &
Energy Aerospace Infrastructure Chemicals
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6. End Markets – by the Numbers
2011 Q1 Revenue 2011 Q1 Gross Profit
$318.0 million $59.8 million
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7. Critical Raw Materials – AMG’s activities
AMG manufactures products with these elements
1 AMG has development projects with these elements 2
H He
Hydrogen Helium
1.0 4.0
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3
Li Be B C N O F Ne
Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
Lithium
9.0 10.8 12.0 14.0 16.0 19.0 20.2
6.9
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Sodium Magnesium Aluminum Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon
23.0 24.3 27.0 28.1 31.0 32.1 35.5 40.0
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
39.1 40.1 45.0 47.9 50.9 52.0 54.9 55.9 58.9 58.7 63.5 65.4 69.7 72.6 74.9 79.0 79.9 83.8
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
Rubidium Strontium Yitrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
85.5 87.6 88.9 91.2 92.9 95.9 99 101.0 102.9 106.4 107.9 112.4 114.8 118.7 121.8 127.6 126.9 131.3
55 56 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
Cs Ba 57-71 Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Caesium Barium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
132.9 137.4 178.5 181.0 183.9 186.2 190.2 192.2 195.1 197.0 200.6 204.4 207.2 209.0 210.0 210.0 222.0
87 88 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116
Fr Ra 89-103 Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Uum Uut Uuq Uup Uuh
Francium Radium Rutherfordlium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Ununbium Ununtrium Ununquadium Ununpentium Ununhexium
223.0 226.0 261 262 263 264 265 266 269 272 277 284 289 288 292
57 58 59 60 61 62 62 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thallium Ytterbium Lutetium
138.9 140.1 140.9 144.2 147.0 150.4 152.0 157.3 158.9 162.5 164.9 167.3 168.9 173.0 175.0
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium
132.9 232.0 231.0 238.0 237.0 242.0 243.0 247.0 247.0 251.0 254.0 253.0 256.0 254.0 257.0
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8. Critical Raw Materials
The EU identified 14 critical raw materials(1) to the European economy –
focusing on two determinants – economic importance and supply risk
AMG currently has raw material sources for 4 of those elements
“Critical” raw
materials
(1) European Commission Annex V to the Report of the Ad-hoc Working Group on defining critical raw materials
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9. Critical Raw Materials
Primary producers of selected critical raw materials
Titanium Vanadium
Chromium Magnesium
Chromium
Titanium Antimony Graphite
Antimony
Magnesium Lithium Magnesium
Silicon Titanium Titanium
Magnesium
Vanadium
Graphite
Graphite
Tantalum
Tantalum
Niobium
Tantalum
Graphite
Lithium
Chromium Tantalum
Vanadium
AMG raw material
mines
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11. Advanced Materials - Market, Products and Customers
Aerospace Infrastructure - FeV Specialty Metals
Products Specialty alloys for titanium Ferrovanadium Chromium Metals
Coatings for wear Ferro-nickel molybdenum Tantalum
resistance
Antimony Trioxide
Aluminium master alloys
Competitors Reading Alloys Inc. Evraz Group S.A. (Highveld KBM Affilips B.V.
Steel & Vanadium)
Evraz Group S.A. Sunxing Chemical and
(Stratcor) Eramet S.A. (Gulf Chemical Metallurgical Materials Co
& Metallurgical Corporation)
Delachaux S.A.
Evraz Group S.A. (Stratcor)
Campine S.A.
Xstrata plc
Chemtura Corporation
Chengde Vanadium &
Twinkling Star Co., Ltd.
Titanium Stock Co. Ltd.
Sample Customers
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12. Significant Metals Prices
■ Tantalum price movements are driven by demand for smart
phones
■ Antimony and silicon metal price movements are driven by supply
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restrictions in China
price per metric ton
13. Advanced Materials
Financial Summary Highlights
( in millions)
■ Q1 2011 revenue up 50% over Q1 2010
■ KB Alloys acquisition contributed $11.0
million
■ Antimony trioxide revenue up 74%
■ Q1 2011 Gross Margin 15% of revenue
■ Q1 2011 EBITDA up 71% over Q1 2010
■ 7% of revenue
■ CAPEX
■ $1.1 million investment in hydropower
facility in Brazil
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14. Engineering Systems – Market, Products and Customers
Energy - Solar Aerospace Energy - Nuclear
Solar silicon melting and Vacuum Melting and Re- Vacuum Sintering
Products
crystallisation systems- melting Systems Systems for nuclear fuel
DSS furnaces
Precision Casting and Development project for
Mono2™ technology Coating Systems the safe storage of
nuclear waste
Heat Treatment with high
pressure gas quenching
Competitors GT Solar International, Inteco Specialty Melting No significant competition
Inc. Technologies GmbH
PVA TePla AG Consarc Corporation
Chinese producers Aichelin GmbH
Sample Customers
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15. Engineering Systems
Financial Summary Highlights
( in millions)
Q1 2011 revenue was flat compared to Q1
2010
Solar furnaces 27% of revenue
Own and Operate 15% of revenue
Order backlog increased 7% to $195.9
million at March 31, 2011
Order intake $65.7 million in Q1 2011
1.01x book to bill ratio
Q1 2011 Gross Margin 28% of revenue
Q1 2011 EBITDA down 56% from Q1 2010
8% of revenue
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16. Graphit Kropfmühl – Market, Products and Customers
Energy - Solar Specialty Metals & Chemicals
Products Silicon metal for Natural graphite for
polycrystalline for solar insulation, transportation
cells and lithium-ion batteries
Silicon metal for aluminium
and silicones
Competitors Bluestar Silicone Materials Ltd. Asbury Graphite Mills, Inc.
Globe Specialty Metals Inc. SGL Carbon SE
Grupo FerroAtlantica, S.L. Qingdao Graphite Company, Ltd
Timminco Limited
Dow Corning Corporation
Wacker Chemie AG
Sample Customers
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17. Graphit Kropfmühl
Financial Summary Highlights
( in millions)
Q1 2011 revenue up 41% over Q1 2010
34% increase in silicon metal revenue due
to lower contract prices
Natural graphite revenue up 57%
Q1 2011 Gross Margin 21% of revenue
Q1 2011 EBITDA up 332% over Q1 2010
15% of revenue
CAPEX
$1.2 million primarily for high purity
graphite milling expansion
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19. Financial Highlights
Revenue
(in millions) Highlights
(in millions)
■ Q1 Revenue: $318.0 million
■ Up 35% from Q1 2010
■ Q1 Gross Profit: $59.8 million
■ Q1 EBITDA: $26.2 million
■ Up 19% from Q1 2010
■ Q1 EPS: $0.41 (1)
EBITDA ■ Up from $0.11 in Q1 2010 (1)
■ TTM Q1 2011
■ Revenue: $1072.7 million
■ EBITDA: $89.0 million
■ Operating Income: $48.9 million
■ EPS: $0.82 (1)
19 (1) Excluding the equity losses from AMG’s 42.5% ownership in Timminco Limited
20. Financial Highlights
2011 Q1 Revenue 2011 Q1 Gross Profit
$318.0 million $59.8 million
20 in millions
21. Revenue by Geography
2011 Q1 Revenue 2010 Full Year Revenue
21 AMG generated less than 3% of revenue from Japan
22. Capital Base
Cash and Debt – March 31, 2011 Summary
( in millions)
■ Cash: $66.1 million
■ Total debt: $267.1 million
■ Net debt: $201.0 million
■ Debt to capitalization: 0.52x
■ Net Debt to TTM EBITDA:
2.26x
■ Revolver availability: $37.1 million
■ Total liquidity $103.2 million
■ AMG secured a new $300 million term
loan and revolving credit facility in
April
■ 5 year term
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23. Recent Developments
■ Acquired aluminum master alloy producer KB Alloys, LLC for $23.5
million
■ Signed agreements to supply tantalum concentrate production through
the end of 2012
■ AMG installed a 200,000 kwh solar power facility at its Ferrovanadium
production facility
■ AMG completed a new $300 million term debt and revolving credit
facility that does not expire until April 2016
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24. Outlook
■ Advanced Materials
■ Increasing demand and pricing for chromium, antimony and tantalum
■ Antimony mine ramp up is on schedule for H2 2011
■ Engineering Systems
■ Backlog is gradually improving
■ Own and Operate business is growing and will be a significant contributor
■ Graphit Kropfmühl
■ Improved silicon metal pricing; strong demand and pricing for natural graphite
■ AMG EBITDA growth in 2011 in excess of 20%
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26. Consolidated Balance Sheet
Balance Sheet Actual
FYE in December 31, 2010 March 31, 2011
Fixed assets 228.6 244.7
Goodwill and intangibles 27.0 36.6
Other non-current assets 80.7 81.9
Inventories 207.2 244.9
Receivables 175.4 206.2
Other current assets 46.9 50.9
Cash 89.3 66.1
TOTAL ASSETS 855.1 931.3
TOTAL EQUITY 234.0 248.3
Long-term debt 187.8 211.0
Pension liabilities 88.4 95.0
Other long-term liabilities 52.9 56.0
Current debt 49.3 56.0
Accounts payable 102.3 115.9
Advance payments 49.6 53.5
Accruals 43.3 55.7
Other current liabilities 47.5 39.9
TOTAL LIABILITIES 621.1 683.0
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 855.1 931.3
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in thousands
27. Consolidated Income Statement
Summary Financials Actual
For the three months ended March 31 2010 2011
Revenue 235.8 318.0
Cost of sales 193.2 258.2
Gross profit 42.6 59.8
Selling, general & admin. 30.6 42.9
Asset impairment & restructuring - 0.3
Environmental 0.3 0.1
Other income (0.1) (0.9)
Operating profit 11.8 17.4
Net finance costs 3.6 0.5
Share of loss of associates 4.4 4.4
Profit before income taxes 3.8 12.5
Income tax expense 3.9 5.0
(Loss) profit for the period (0.1) 7.6
Attributable to:
Shareholders of the Company (0.1) 7.0
Non-controlling interest (0.0) 0.6
Adjusted EBITDA 22.0 26.2
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in thousands
28. Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
Cash Flow Statement Actual
For the three months ended March 31, 2010 March 31, 2011
EBITDA 22.0 26.2
+/- Change in operating assets/liabilities (23.6) (22.1)
-Interest paid, net (1.6) (1.2)
Other operating cash flow 0.4 (0.3)
Cash flows from operations before taxes (2.8) 2.6
Income tax paid (12.1) (16.3)
(14.9) (13.7)
Total cash flows from operations
(5.1) (8.2)
Capital expenditures
(0.8) (24.7)
Other investing activities
(5.9) (32.9)
Cash flows from investing activities
7.6 19.4
Cash flows from financing activities
Net increase (decrease) in cash (13.2) (27.2)
117.0 89.3
Beginning cash
Effects of exchange rates on cash (4.9) 4.0
98.9 66.1
Ending cash
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in thousands