Energy Trading E.ON Cleaner & better energy
E.ON strategy Europe Focused & synergistic positioning Investment Less capital, more value Performance Efficiency & effective organization Cleaner & better energy Outside Europe Targeted expansion From Integrated across value chain Eurocentric Selective efficiency programs Capital intensive To Focus on competitive businesses Targeted expansion outside Europe Sustainable performance culture Competence-based Transform European utility into global, specialized energy solutions provider 2
E.ON Group strategic priorities Performance Intensify cost & quality management Challenging markets Political interventions Simplify structures Execute portfolio measures Create balance sheet flexibility Europe: System transformation Outside Europe: Growth & new technologies Growth Capture growth in renewables & decentralized energies Exploit opportunities in new markets Markets require intensified self-help measures 3
E.ON Group key financial targets New Old 2011E 1 Adjusted EBITDA ( bn): 9.1 9.3 9-1 - 9.8 Adjusted EPS ( /share): 1.2 1.3 1.1-1.4 Results 2013E Adjusted EBITDA ( bn): 11.6 12.3 2 >13 4 Adjusted EPS ( /share): 1.7 2.0 2 ~2.4 4 2015E Adjusted EBITDA ( bn): 12.5-13.0 3 Adjusted EPS ( /share): 2.0 2.3 3 Dividends Dividend payout policy (% adj. net income): 50-60 50-60 2011 ( /share): 1.0 1.3 2012 ( /share): 1.1 1.3 2013 ( /share): 1.1 Other Medium-term debt factor <3x 3x Investments 2011-13 ( bn): ~19 19 Total disposals until 2013 ( bn): ~15 ~15 Rating target Solid single A Solid single A Transparent financial targets for coming years Assumed 2015 debt factor allows ~ 6bn of additional growth CAPEX 1. 2011 post 0.5bn effect of achieved disposals ( 9.1bn) 2. 2013 Post 0.9bn effect of achieved disposals ( 9.1bn) 3. 2015 Post ~ 1.7bn effect of total disposals effect ( ~15bn) 4. Pre disposals 4
Trading within E.ON group structure Group Management Generation 1 Renewables 2 Trading Gas Other EU Germany 3 countries 3 Russia 4 Support functions 5 Optimization Proprietary Trading Leaner and more market oriented organization 1. Incl. EBITDA of all conventional generation (previously in Market Units) 2. Incl. hydro 3. Distribution and sales; gas sales included in Germany 4. Special focus country 5. IT, Procurement, Insurance, Consulting, Business Processes, these are not reported separately externally 6. Outside Europe to be reported separately after having reached the necessary size 5
Trading Business strategy Optimize commodities exposure and support business Market environment Increasing scope and scale of integration of power markets across EU (e.g. market coupling between Nordic and CWE in November 2010) Increasing gas-to-gas competition in Europe Key commodities as well as LNG and CO2 traded on global markets Strategic priorities Cross-regional and cross-commodity synergies: monetize value of flexibility in power plants, supply contracts, gas storage Seek new opportunities in cross-border activities (e.g. intra-day) Global commodity trading (e.g. coal & freight) backed by European portfolio Origination activities to earn higher margins on nonstandard, non-commodity specific, longer term products Leading energy trader 6
Trading Sustainable value contribution Leading energy trader One of the biggest and most diversified underlying power & gas asset positions Market access throughout Europe to capture synergies (e.g. reduction of credit risk) Global scope of trading to cover majority of E.ON s commodity risk position Strong support of European liberalization agenda (e.g. engagement for market coupling) Year on year increase in Trading s volumes (2010 vs. 2009) +19% Power +34% Gas +30% CO2 +30% Coal Adjusted EBITDA ( bn) 2011 1.2 Optimization result is negatively impacted by swing in internal transfer spread Extrinsic value suffering from reduced volatility Prop trading expected to improve compared to weak 2010 2012-2013 -0.5-0.7 2010 2011 2013 Less distorted optimization result Distorting effect of transfer prices to normalize by 2013 7
Discussion Material E.ON Cleaner & better energy
Trading - E.ON s optimization and prop. trading function Conventional Generation Renewables Generation Global Gas Cross-regional optimization Single integrated view on all markets & physical assets Cross-commodity optimization Ability to realize benefits of correlation between commodities Risk management Integrated portfolio view and consistent risk/hedging strategy Proprietary trading Asset knowledge and understanding of market fundamentals EET Adj. EBITDA development, 2008-2010 ( m) 1500 Germany Other EU countries 1100 700 300 Prop trading Asset optimization Russia -100 2008 2009 2010 Integration of trading expertise delivers additional value 9
Trading is E.ON s centralized interface to the energy markets Upstream function 1 Optimization function Downstream function Generation Unit 2 Global Gas Retail/sales subsidiaries Trading sells product; market margin (achieved price minus transfer price) sits in EET Trading procures volumes for the E.ON supply businesses European energy markets Power, Gas, Coal, CO 2, Oil Power/gas volumes (own & procured) Transfer price, fuel price and volumes backed by a strong portfolio of assets 1. In case of Global Gas gas volumes = upstream + procured 2.. Conventional Generation and Renewables Generation 10
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Trading creates value for E.ON Prop trading Value creation at E.ON Trading Optimization Risk management Arbitrage Cross regional/border Cross commodity Timing decisions Cash flow risk Commodity risk Counterparty risk Hedging Bulk of the value created at E.ON Trading comes from its risk management function and its (mainly) asset backed optimization function 11
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Cross-regional optimization Illustration via interconnectors Involved assets Kingsnorth: coaland oil-fired power plant 1.940 MW EET bids for transportation capacity on BritNed Vilvoorde : coalfired power plant, 556 MW Maasvlatke (Rotterdam) : coal-fired power plant, 1.040 MW Optimization: use of balancing markets Prerequisite Access to transportation capacity, e.g. BritNed Idea Use of interconnectors (e.g. BritNed) to assist optimization and balancing of portfolios both for E.ON UK and E.ON Benelux Balancing power can be used to cover under- or over-supply situations in UK as well as in Benelux Value points Cross-regional arbitrage Reduction of penalty costs for system imbalance Reaping the value of a broad asset base via cross-regional arbitrage 12
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Cross-commodity optimization Arbitrage via gas-to-power optimization Generation costs in Germany gas vs. coal 65 60 55 gas Gas-to-power optimization Prerequisite Portfolio of gas- and coal-fired power plants Plan to generate with a gas-fired plant Gas volumes from a supply contract or market Gen. costs [EUR/MWh] 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 coal Idea Coal becomes cheaper fuel to generate power in that period Decision: Sell the gas at a higher price and produce power with a coal-fired plant instead 15 Jan-09 Mar-09 May-09 Jul-09 Sep-09 Nov-09 Jan-10 Mar-10 May-10 Jul-10 Sep-10 Nov-10 Jan-11 Value points Margin from selling the gas Margin producing power with cheaper fuel (coal) Reaping the value of a broad asset base via cross-commodity arbitrage 13
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Cross-commodity and cross-regional optimization Global coal arbitrage API 2 Sales- Contract Prerequisite Combines supply opportunities in Columbia/South Africa with demand in Europe/ India Time charters offer shipment-flexibility to EET (leading to reduced transportation cost) C 4 E.ON s coalfired power plants Sales- Contract Idea Increase of dark spread or sales margin because of potential lower costs of coal supply, based on multi-sourcing strategy Arbitrage between API4, C4, API2: e.g. buy API4 + C4, sell API2 buy API2, sell API4 + C4 API 4 Value points Improve dark spread by sourcing cheaper coal Cost reduction through time-charter optimization Leverage our large underlying demand to profit from global arbitrage opportunities 14
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Cross-commodity & cross-regional optimization Enabling arbitrage via origination Additional big coal-fired power plant in region 1 Region 1 Gas long in region 2 Region 2 CCGT Tolling Contract in region 1 Definition of origination Physical or financial commodity transactions of a non standard nature - due to their scale, tenor or structure Transactions are of a longer term than traded curves, linked to physical assets or provide new optimization opportunities to the portfolio Prerequisite Additional coal-fired power plant in region 1 the company s asset portfolio in that region will be dominated by coal-fired units Idea By entering a CCGT tolling agreement the fuel mix for region 1 can be enhanced Additionally the company s long exposure to gas in region 2 is reduced by delivering volumes to the counterparty in region 1 Generation portfolio improves without CAPEX Value points Spark spread of the tolling agreement Portfolio-optimization value Enhance portfolio value with origination structures instead of outright asset ownership 15
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Hedging rationale Ensure more stable earnings Hedging outright power risk strongly reduces y-o-y volatility in cash flows Increase planning certainty Cash flow visibility needed to support capex planning Reduce cost of capital For a given leverage hedging reduces the cost of capital Trading s function as a risk manager is value enhancing 16
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Hedging at E.ON is a key tool for risk management Hedging nuclear & hydro plants Characterized by high intrinsic value and high value at risk (unhedged) High intrinsic value is function of low variable cost of assets Value captured and risk managed by hedging on forward markets depending on price view and risk appetite Hedging flexible plants Characterized by relatively high share of extrinsic value Power plants represent real options. In case of flexible units (gas, coal) optionality has a real value extrinsic value Dynamic hedging strategies to capture intrinsic as well as extrinsic value but also for value creation 17
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Dispatch optionality - key characteristic of flexible plants A gas-fired unit Hourly power price vs. generation cost ( /MWh) A nuclear unit Hourly power price vs. generation cost ( /MWh) Variable costs (gas + CO2 costs) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Planned hourly output (MW) Variable costs (nuclear fuel + fuel tax) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Planned hourly output (MW) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun A power plant should run as long as the profit margin against variable costs is positive 18
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Power plants are real options Merit order of German power plants (Order of power plants on the basis of variable costs) Electricity price [ /MWh] Pay-off of a power plant for a single hour Profit margin (fix costs not considered) Hard coal Oil Lignite Natural gas Nuclear Run-of-river & renewables Power plant not operating Pay-off of nuclear plant Pay-off of gas-fired plant Power plant operating 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Capacity [GW] Variable costs (nuclear fuel + fuel tax) Variable costs (gas + CO2 costs) Electricity price On the electricity market, the price is set hourly driven by the variable costs of the marginal power plant [i.e. the last plant required to meet demand] A power plant runs and earns a positive profit margin if the power price is above its variable costs Power plants can be considered as European call options 19
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Additional value is inherent in flexible power plants Price distribution Profit margin distribution 25 20 Spread price /MWh 25 20 Profit margin /MWh 15 Price path scenario 1 15 Profit margin path scenarios 10 5 0-5 Today (forward market) Spread forward price 5 Path scenario 2 Path scenario 3 Expected value At maturity (delivery) expected spread price 5 (without market view) t 10 5 0-5 Today (forward market) Intrinsic value is 5 Negative spread, unit will not run thus no loss Expected value extrinsic intrinsic At maturity (delivery) expected profit > 5 (additional extrinsic value) t Intrinsic value is equal to the actual value of selling the underlying as forwards The expected profit at maturity is higher than the observed intrinsic value in forward market. The difference is the extrinsic value. Extrinsic value is essentially the value of not needing to run the plant when it would make a loss 20
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Size of extrinsic value influenced by several factors 1/2 1 - moneyness of options Value Total option value intrinsic value extrinsic value Electricity price Out of the money Fuel + CO2 price At the money In the money Hours of power plants that are nearly at the money have higher extrinsic value 21
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Size of extrinsic value influenced by several factors 2/2 2 - volatility 3 - time to maturity Less volatile price more volatile price Short time left before delivery Long time left before delivery t 0 t 1 t 0 t 1 t 0 t 1 t 0 t 1 Higher volatility increases the extrinsic value Longer time to delivery increases extrinsic value Reasoning The more volatile the price, the larger the probability that an option change from in the money to out of the money or vice versa. Reasoning The more time left before maturity, the larger the probability that an option change from in the money to out of the money or vice versa. 22
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management Hedging focus of different types of generation assets Different types of assets require different hedging focuses Profit margin Hedging focus of nuclear plant Secure intrinsic value electricity price range Hedging focus of gas-fired plant Capture extrinsic value Pay-off of a power plant Total value of a power plant for which different hedging methods are utilized Influencing factors Methods to capture value Criteria for decision making Intrinsic value Power prices (nuclear, hydro) or spread prices (coal-, gas-fired) Straightforward: hedge at forward markets Price view, risk appetite Extrinsic value Moneyness, volatility, time to maturity Complex: dynamic forward hedging, delta-hedging, etc. Volatility view, risk appetite, hedge costs 23
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management How E.ON Trading captures intrinsic value 100% 75% 50% 25% 0% Liquidity constraint Forward hedging Playing field Hedging strategy Risk appetite constraint Delivery (intra-year optimisation) 2007 2008 2009 2010 Upper boundary given by available market liquidity Lower boundary given by Group risk bearing capacity and risk appetite Optimized hedge path with the aim to maximize risk-adjusted return 80 Handover Forward price Cal-10 70 60 50 40 Achieved price: 68 Average spot price in 2010: 44 30 2007 2008 2009 2010 Capturing intrinsic value is hedging of the natural long position under risk/return principles 24
Sources of value creation Optimization Risk management How to capture extrinsic value in flexible power plants Example 1: Dynamic forward hedging Time Spread price Planned generations Hegdes Locked in profit t1 10 generate sell spread (sell power, buy coal & CO2) +10 t2-2 not generate unwind hedge (buy power, sell coal & CO2) +2 t3 4 generate sell hedge (sell power, buy coal & CO2) +4 total +16 Through forward hedging and rebalance of hedges according to actual economic generation, a part of extrinsic value can be captured in forward market. On a long term average the extrinsic value can be captured. However, it is not guaranteed that the theoretical value can be captured in each time. Example 2: Delta hedging Delta-hedging is a dynamic hedging strategy aimed at conserving the full value of a power plant, without taking a price view. By buying or selling the spread, the total position (power plant + spreads bought/sold) can be made delta-neutral, i.e. the value of the position does not change for small changes of the value of the underlying. If delta-neutrality is monitored and updated regularly, the full value of the power plant is conserved. The extrinsic value can be captured each time. However a trade-off has to be made between high transaction costs and the certainty of capturing extrinsic value. 25
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Glossary Term Economic generation Clean Spark Spread Clean Dark Spread Intrinsic Value Extrinsic Value Delta-hedging Description Volume of power that is in the money for a given period in the future (based on forward market prices). Theoretical gross margin of a gas-fired power plant from selling a unit of electricity, having bought the gas and the carbon emission certificate required to produce this unit of electricity. Theoretical gross margin of a coal-fired power plant from selling a unit of electricity, having bought the coal and the carbon emission certificate required to produce this unit of electricity. Part of option value that is equal to actual mark-to-market price of underlying (actual value of selling the underlying as forwards) Time value of the option (total option value less Intrinsic Value) A hedging strategy aimed at conserving the full value of an option, i.e. not only the "intrinsic" value, but also the "extrinsic" value. 27
Split of responsibilities and risk between Trading and generation unit Mid term planning horizon Traded market access EET responsibility Generation unit responsibility Asset optimization Asset investments Commodity price risk management Asset availability Commodity price risk management Asset availability Today Trading main responsibility 2013 Generation unit responsibility 2020 Trading is responsible for commodity risk management and the optimization three years prior to delivery 28
Transfer pricing mechanism for outright power Understanding Trading s optimization result using a simplified scheme with an example of Cal 2010 delivery /MWh /MWh Handover => transfer price 100 80 60 40 20 0 Jan-07 Apr-07 Jul-07 Oct-07 Jan-08 Apr-08 Jul-08 Oct-08 Jan-09 Apr-09 Jul-09 Oct-09 Hedging => achieved price 100 80 60 40 20 0 2010 baseload forward 2007-2010 2010 baseload forward 2007-2010 Jan-07 Apr-07 Jul-07 Oct-07 Jan-08 Apr-08 Jul-08 Oct-08 Jan-09 Apr-09 Jul-09 Oct-09 Generation unit transfers all 2010 volumes to EET in course of 2007 Transfer price for the transferred volumes is set up (based on 2010 forwards in 2007) Volume x transfer price = generation unit result in 2010 EET hedges volumes within risk limits Achieved price by EET evolving with hedging (e.g. for Central Europe this is 68/MWh for Cal 2010) Volume x (achieved price transfer price) = Trading outright optimization Volume x achieved price = Group s generation revenue Delta between external achieved price and internal transfer price for a given year of delivery is reported in the Trading accounts in the optimization result in the year of delivery 29
Hedging of E.ON s outright generation As of Sep 30, 2011 German, Benelux and French market 2011 2012 2013 ~ 59 /MWh 1 ~ 54 /MWh 1 ~ 56 /MWh 1 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Nordic market 2011 2012 2013 ~ 43 /MWh 1 ~ 43 /MWh 1 ~ 45 /MWh 1 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% = percentage band of generation hedged 1. Average realized price only relevant for the pure outright power position (Nuclear/Hydro) sold in the respective year 30
Simplified example: Handover of 2010/2011 baseload volume in 2007/2008 100 90 80 70 60 50 2010 handover period 40 Jan-07 Jul-07 Jan-08 Jul-08 105 2011 hedging 95 85 75 65 German baseload power price ( /MWh) 2010 hedging Average price in 2010 handover period = 55 /MWh Average price in 2011 handover period = 70 /MWh Average achieved Price for 2010 = 68 per MWh Average achieved Price for 2011 = 59 per MWh Transfer margin Transfer margin 55 2011 handover period 45 Jan-08 Jul-08 Jan-09 Jul-09 Simplified examples - very different outcome The average price of 2010 volumes was ~ 55 in 2007 (handover period) => transfer price As of June 2010 the average achieved price for outright power at EET s CE book is ~ 68 1 Currently a positive transfer effect at EET and a negative one at MU Central Europe The average price of 2011 volumes was ~ 70 in 2008 (handover period) => transfer price As of June 2010 the average achieved price for outright power in EET s CE book is ~ 59 1 Currently a negative transfer effect at EET and a positive one at MU Central Europe 1. For outright power hedging please refer to slide 8 Depending on the time of the handover transfer prices may turn out to be higher than average achieved prices 31
E.ON transfer price - Setting a price for optionality Visualization of intrinsic and extrinsic value Extrinsic and intrinsic value Value Price Variable Price/costs Capacity Price Time value (Extrinsic value) Marginal cost Power price Forward price Market price for fuel + CO 2 (For gas plants: contract price) Probability distribution of future power prices (after convolution for uncertainties) Spread (Intrinsic value) Operating hours of the power plant Time E.ON transfer price mainly consists of two elements Intrinsic value: clean spread based on market forward prices (as on previous slide) Extrinsic value: time value of the real option based on changes of market data (e.g. price volatility) and plant characteristics Trading pays a price for the time value of the capacity Value consists of the right (not the obligation) to exchange fuel for electricity (make or buy) For a nuclear power plant the extrinsic value is basically zero For the marginal plant of a system it is very high Capturing the value of a flexible generation fleet 32
Example: make or buy strategy Two simplified examples for make or buy Example 1 - buy (in /MWh) Locked in clean dark spread New clean dark spread (spot) Make (net result) t1 10 t2 10-6 10 Example 1: If the real option is out of money at delivery, additional value can be generated above the lock-in price in forward Buy (net result) 16 Example 2 make (in /MWh) Locked in clean dark spread New clean dark spread (spot) Make (net result) t1 10 t2 10 6 10 Example 2: If the real option at a lower spread than hedged but in the money the decision would be to deliver the physical product as hedged Buy (net result) 4 Extracting the maximal value from flexible power plants 33
Example: Time spread arbitrage in practice Simplified example /MWh 30 25 Forward curve in Contango 20 Spot Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Selling 1TWh in Q1 has a value of 25m Selling 1TWh in Q2 has a value of 30m Hedging financially and postponing the physical production from Q1 to Q2 will create a profit of 5m 1 for time spread arbitrage It enables E.ON to profit from the shape or trends in the forward curve and exploit flexibilities in storage & contracts: Nordic Hydro: the flexibility of the hydro-power is based on the storage possibilities in the reservoirs Gas storage: Trading manages several storages around Europe with flexibility in selling gas Take or Pay contracts: Trading manages several contracts with flexibility in take-volumes Creating value from the flexibility in storages and supply contracts 1. Simplified disregarding the time value of money 34
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Investor Relations E.ON IR and reporting calendar Date March 14, 2012 May 3, 2012 May 4, 2012 May 9, 2012 August 13, 2012 November 13, 2012 Event Annual Report 2011 AGM 2012 Dividend payment Interim Report I: January March 2012 Interim Report II: January June 2012 Interim Report III: January September 2013 Location Düsseldorf Essen Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf 36
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