Transformational acquisition of Wintershall Dea asset portfolio
Publication of the Prospectus
June 2024
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Contents
- Overview of acquisition
- Target portfolio: overview and historical financial information
- Target portfolio: CPR valuation and country summaries
- Next steps to completion
- Appendix
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Harbour's acquisition of Wintershall Dea asset portfolio
A transformational step in our journey
Scale and | High quality, resilient | Supporting the energy | Financial strength, |
diversification | asset base | transition | sustainable returns |
Overview of the Acquisition
Acquisition of substantially all of Wintershall Dea's upstream O&G assets for $11.2 bn (effective date 30 June 2023)
Adds upstream assets in Norway, Germany, Denmark,
$11.2 bn Acquisition Funding structure
Argentina, Mexico, Egypt, Algeria and Libya
Adds 1.1 bnboe1 of 2P reserves at c.$10/boe, and more than 300 kboepd at c.$35,000/boepd
BASF to own 47% of HBR's ordinary shares; LetterOne to hold non-voting shares
15% | |||||||
1,440 million | 1,691 million | ||||||
45% | |||||||
Ordinary share | 53% | Total share | |||||
47% | |||||||
capital | capital | ||||||
Existing HBR | 40% | ||||||
shareholders
BASF
3 | $4.15 bn |
equity | |
2 $2.15 bn
cash
c.$4.9 bn
1 bonds
(nominal
value)
3 Equity
Harbour shares issued at agreed value of 360p/share2
2 Cash consideration
- Interim cash flows from target portfolio
- $1.5bn bridge facility successfully syndicated
1 Existing Wintershall Dea bonds transferred to Harbour including $1.7bn of hybrids
Letter One
Expected to deliver Investment Grade credit profile
1 Based on D&M's Competent Person's Report on the target portfolio (YE 2023 D&M CPR) 2 Harbour will issue 921 million shares.
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Acquisition impact
High quality portfolio, free cash flow accretion and IG credit profiles support a sustainable increase in the dividend
Harbour shareholder distributions1
Potential for
Increased scale and geographical diversification
Extended reserve life
Enhanced margins
Materially reduced GHG intensity
Significant free cash flow accretion
Lower cost of financing
($ million)additional returns
$200m | ||
buybacks | c.$455m | |
annual | ||
dividend1 | ||
$200m | ||
annual | ||
dividend | ||
2023 | Post-completion |
Annual dividend on ordinary shares increased to c.$380m, a c.5% increase in dividend per share2
- Includes base dividend on both ordinary shares and non-voting shares.
- Based on a total dividend for 2023 of 25 cents/share (12 cents interim and 13 cents final) and 1,440 million Harbour ordinary shares post-completion
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Acquisition of high quality and cash generative asset portfolio…
…underpins expected investment grade credit ratings and sustainable, enhanced shareholder returns
2P Reserves1
YE 2023, bnboe
Production | Unit operating cost |
2021-2023,3-yr average, kboepd | 2021-2023,3-yr average, $/boe |
Annual free cash flow2
2021-2023,3-yr average, $bn
>300% | 1.5 |
0.4 |
c.170% | 511 | >25% |
15 | ||
11 | ||
190 |
>130%
1.3
3.0
Harbour | Pro forma |
Harbour |
Harbour | Pro forma | Harbour | Pro forma |
Harbour | Harbour |
Harbour | Pro forma |
Harbour |
Extends R/P to 8 years with | Cash generative, material | High quality, resilient asset | FCF accretion & longevity |
reserve replacement options3 | production outside the UK | base with robust margins | supports enhanced returns |
1 YE 2023 D&M CPR. 2 FCF is after capital expenditure, tax, interest payments & before distributions and debt repayments 3 R/P is YE 2023 2P reserves (per YE 2023 D&M CPR) divided by 2023 production
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Harbour to be well-placed amongst long-established global independent O&G companies
Acquisition transforms Harbour into a large-scale, global independent with a new peer group
2023 Production
kboepd1
Norwegian independents
Pro forma | UK listed independents | |||||||
US independents | ||||||||
Harbour | ||||||||
WDEA | ||||||||
500 | ||||||||
250 | ||||||||
0 | ||||||||
Aker BP | APA | Marathon | Hess | Var | Murphy | Energean | Ithaca | Kosmos |
1 Source is companies' disclosures (quarterly / full year results)
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Target portfolio: overview and historical financial information
Overview of target portfolio
A large, diverse portfolio with robust margins underpinned by significant reserves and resources
YE 2023 2P reserves1,2 | FY 2023 Production | |||||
mmboe | kboepd | |||||
175 | Plus leading CO2 | |||||
1,117 | ||||||
Norway | storage position in | |||||
(c. 65% gas) | Northern Europe | |||||
321 kboepd | Germany | |||||
Mexico | ||||||
(c.65% gas) | ||||||
YE 2023 2C resources1 | ||||||
mmboe | ||||||
North Africa | ||||||
1,238 | Norway | 59 | ||||
46 | ||||||
(c.60% gas) | Germany | |||||
Argentina | 31 | |||||
Mexico | Argentina | |||||
North Africa | 10 | |||||
Nor. | Ger. | Arg. | Mex. | N. Afr. | Map of Target portfolio's upstream assets | |
c.10 years | c.$9/boe | $4.6 billion | $1.7 billion | |||
2P reserves life as at YE 20232,3 | Av. unit operating cost4 (2021-2023) | Av. EBITDAX (2021-2023) | Av. FCF5 (2021-2023) | |||
1 YE 2023 D&M CPR 2 Excludes c.60 mmboe of reserves produced between Acquisition effective date (30 June 2023) and YE2023. 3 YE 2023 2P reserves, per D&M CPR, divided by 2023 production 4 Unit opex is per Harbour's definition comprising production, transportation and insurance costs and tariff income/expenses. 5 Free cash flow is after capex, tax and interest payments and before dividends and debt repayments
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