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Full year results Analyst and investor presentation 16 November 2010
Introduction Carolyn McCall
Chief Executive
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Highlights
easyJet’s advantaged network and improved consumer demand
has driven strong revenue performance
Total revenue per seat up 5.1% reported, +3.3% at constant currency
Seats flown grew by 6.0%, with a 15.9% increase in mainland Europe
Market share has grown from 6.5% to 7.6% over the last year
Underlying profit per seat grew by £2.53 to £3.36
Fuel costs reduced by £2.19 per seat as higher priced hedges rolled off
Mix improvement offset the increased costs of disruption
Return on equity grew 3.1ppt to 8.6%
Continued strong cash generation, net cash flow from
operations improved by £229m to £363m
Improvement in revenue, margins, ROE and cash
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Finance review Chris Kennedy
Chief Financial Officer
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£m F ‘10 F ‘09 Change
Total revenue 2,973 2,667 11.5%
Fuel (733) (807) (9.1)%
Operating costs excluding fuel* (1,851) (1,635) 13.2%
EBITDAR* 389 225 48.4%
Finance and ownership* (201) (181) 10.4%
Pre-tax profit (underlying) 188 44 330.9%
Margin* 6.3% 1.6% +4.7pp
Fuel cost per seat - £ 13.09 15.28 (2.19)
Pre-tax profit per seat* - £ 3.36 0.83 2.53
Financial results
5 * Underlying number - operating costs ex fuel exclude the £27m of additional cost incurred
due to volcanic disruption. Finance and ownership excludes a £11m profit on the disposal
of 3 aircraft in 2009 and £7m loss on disposal of 4 aircraft in 2010.
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£m F ‘10 F ‘09 Change
Pre-tax profit (underlying) * 188 44 330.9%
Costs of volcanic disruption (27) - -
(Loss) / profit on sale of aircraft (7) 11 -
Pre-tax profit (reported) 154 55 181.5%
Tax (expense) / credit (33) 16 -
Profit after tax 121 71 70.4%
Earnings per share (basic reported) 28.4p 16.9p 68.0%
ROE (reported) 8.6% 5.5% 3.1pp
Net income, EPS, ROE
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Volcano impact: £30m of estimated lost contribution and £27m of additional cost
Profit on sale of £4m over the past two financial years from ex-GB A321 sales
Effective tax rate is 21.2% for F’10, planned effective tax rate for F’11 is 26%
Fleet profile ensures cash tax rate continues to be single digits over the medium term
* Underlying number - operating costs ex fuel exclude the £27m of additional cost incurred
due to volcanic disruption. Finance and ownership excludes a £11m profit on the disposal
of 3 aircraft in 2009 and £7m loss on disposal of 4 aircraft in 2010.
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Strong expansion in second half margins
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£m H2 ‘10 H2 ‘09 Change
Total revenue 1,802 1,634 10.3%
Fuel (428) (451) (5.1)%
Operating costs* (1,008) (917) 10.0%
EBITDAR* 366 266 37.5%
Finance and ownership* (99) (92) 6.9%
Pre-tax profit* 267 174 53.9%
Fuel cost per seat - £ 13.91 15.31 (1.40)
Pre-tax profit per seat* - £ 8.68 5.90 2.78
Good revenue performance +5.2% per seat at constant currency
Operational issues caused c. £30m of additional cost in the second half
Minimal impact from € in H2
* Underlying number - operating costs ex fuel exclude the £27m of additional cost incurred
due to volcanic disruption. Finance and ownership excludes a £11m profit on the disposal
of 3 aircraft in 2009 and £7m loss on disposal of 4 aircraft in 2010.
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Profit per seat build up
0.830.26
1.68
2.19 1.25
0.230.12 3.36 0.49
0.12 2.75
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Positive impact from euro
Effective rates: dollar - F’10 1.64 v F’09 1.78; euro – F’10 1.15 v F’09 1.16
Currency split - total costs Currency split - total revenues
F ‘10 F ‘09 Change
Total revenue per seat (rps) 53.07 50.47 5.1%
at constant currency 52.15 50.47 3.3%
RASK at constant currency 4.64 4.58 1.2%
Total cost per seat ex fuel (headline) 37.23 34.16 (9.0)%
Total cost per seat ex fuel (underlying) * 36.62 34.37 (6.6)%
at constant currency* 36.15 34.37 (5.2)%
CASK ex fuel at constant currency* 3.22 3.12 (3.1)%
Swiss franc 6%
US dollar 33%
Other 1%
Sterling 27%
Swiss franc 5%
Euro 34%
Sterling 48%
Other 2%
Euro 44%
* Underlying number - operating costs ex fuel exclude the £27m of additional cost incurred
due to volcanic disruption. Finance and ownership excludes a £11m profit on the disposal
of 3 aircraft in 2009 and £7m loss on disposal of 4 aircraft in 2010.
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4.8%2.4%
3.6%6.1%
1.4%3.8%
6.0%
1.7%
7.0%
-0.4%-0.7%
9.8%
Q3'09 Q4'09 Q1'10 Q2'10 Q3'10 Q4'10
Total revenue per seat at constant currency
Capacity growthBenefit from
the movement of Easter
Continued growth in total revenue per seat
F ‘10 F ‘09 Change
Passengers (m) 48.8 45.2 7.9%
Load factor (%) 87.0% 85.5% 1.5ppt
Seats (m) 56.0 52.8 6.0%
Sector length (km) 1,123 1,101 2.1%
Total revenue (£m) 2,973 2,667 11.5%
Total revenue per seat (£) 53.07 50.47 5.1%
@ constant currency (£) 52.15 50.47 3.3%
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Passenger and ancillary revenues
F ‘10 F ‘09 Change
Passenger revenue (£m) 2,402 2,151 11.7%
per seat (£) 42.87 40.70 5.3%
Ancillary revenue incl. checked bag (£m) 571 516 10.7%
per seat (£) 10.20 9.77 4.4%
£ change in ancillary revenue per seat vs 2009
Bag charging +£0.14
Fees and charges +£0.53
Partner revenues -£0.19
In-flight net revenue -£0.05
Total +£0.43
VAT on in-flight and insurance regulatory change equivalent to 14 pence per seat
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2,612
2,819
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4390 98
2,500
2,600
2,700
2,800
2,900
2009 FX Volume
excl.fuel
Price and
mix
Fuel One-offs Savings Disruption 2010
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Drivers of cost performance
Revenue growth more than offset cost increases due to price and mix
F’09 contained a number of one-off benefits e.g. Boeing spares
Good delivery against £190m savings programme, crew savings (£30m) will be delayed as we resolve operational issues
Going forward £190m programme will be part of easyJet ‘lean’
£m
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Impact of fuel
F ‘10 F ‘09 Difference
Fuel $ / metric tonne
market rate 688 595 93
effective price 732 951 (219)
US dollar rate
market rate 1.55 1.56 (1) cent
effective price 1.64 1.78 (14) cent
Actual cost of fuel £ / metric tonne 445 536 (91)
£91 per metric tonne decrease equal to £123m saving or £2.19 per seat,
volume impact is additional £49m
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Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
FY 10 FY 09
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Incremental disruption related costs
Snow Volcano Other Total
Period H1 H2 FY FY
Additional costs (contact centre, de-icing costs, EU2004/261)
£21m £27m £36m £84m
Wet leasing - - £14m £14m
Incremental costs £21m £27m £50m £98m
Days of external industrial action
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Cost per seat - key drivers
* Underlying number - operating costs ex fuel exclude the £27m of additional cost incurred
due to volcanic disruption. Finance and ownership excludes a £11m profit on the disposal
of 3 aircraft in 2009 and £7m loss on disposal of 4 aircraft in 2010.
Constant currency £ Change % Change Drivers
Airports / handling 0.37 +2.7% airport price increases c. £25m,
partially offset by £24m savings
continued mix shift to primary airports
has cost an additional £20m
Navigation 0.18 +4.1% Eurocontrol price increase
Crew 0.16 +2.8% continued mix shift from local contracts
crew savings of £15m
Maintenance (0.03) -0.9% SRT deal benefits
Wet leasing 0.25 - mitigation of operational issues
Overhead & other costs 1.13 +30.3% additional disruption costs
Total operating cost (ex fuel) * 2.06 +6.7%
Ownership costs (0.28) -8.2% exit of expensive aircraft and
owned/leased mix
Total cost per seat (ex fuel)* 1.78 +5.2%
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Net increase of 15 aircraft in the fleet
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Sept ‘10 Sept ‘09 Change
B 737-700 (operating lease) 8 17 (9)
A319 (operating lease) 46 46 -
A319 (finance lease) 6 6 -
A319 (owned) 107 88 19
A320 (operating lease) 6 0 6
A320 (finance lease) 2 0 2
A320 (owned) 15 15 -
182 155 27
GB Airways A320 (operating lease) 2 5 (3)
GB A321 (owned) 4 4 -
6 9 (3)
Total fleet 196 181 15
Owned or finance lease 68% 62% +6ppt
Operating lease 32% 38% (6)ppt
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Continued strong cash generation
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profit
Depn &
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Net working
capital
Tax, net int,
fx and other
Financing Capex 2010*
* Includes money market deposits but excludes restricted cash
£m
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Strong balance sheet
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£m Sept ‘10 Sept ’09
Fixed assets 1,928 1,612
Cash and money market deposits 1,172 1,075
Goodwill and other intangible assets 452 447
Other assets 451 539
Total assets 4,003 3,673
Debt 1,212 1,121
Other liabilities 1,290 1,245
Shareholders’ funds 1,501 1,307
Total equity and liabilities 4,003 3,673
Gearing* 32% 38%
*Gearing defined as (debt + 7 x annual lease payments – cash including restricted cash) divided by
(shareholders funds + debt +7 x annual lease payments – cash including restricted cash)
Estimated present value of future operating lease commitments £300m to £350m
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Hedging positions and sensitivities
Jet fuel
70% of anticipated jet requirement for the full year to 30 September 2011 hedged using forwards at $734/MT
23% of anticipated jet requirement for the full year to 30 September 2012 hedged using forwards at $802/MT
$10 movement in fuel price per metric tonne will impact full year fuel bill by c.$4.8m
Dollar
66% of anticipated US$ requirement for the full year to 30 September 2011 hedged using forwards at $1.60
40% of anticipated US$ requirement for the full year to 30 September 2012 hedged using forwards at $1.57
1 cent movement in dollar will impact full year profit by £2.2m
Euro
64% of anticipated euro surplus for the full year to 30 September 2011 hedged using forwards at €1.10
21% of anticipated euro surplus for the full year to 30 September 2012 hedged using forwards at €1.08
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Business review Carolyn McCall
Chief Executive
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First four months
1. Operational issues; stabilise, understand root cause and process of
fundamental resolution begun
2. Resolution of the brand licence dispute
3. Review of the business and brand audit
4. Capital structure review
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Operational issues – root cause
Not enough crew in the right places at the right times
Repositioning led to inefficient use of crew hours
Poor crew morale
Problems exacerbated by limited fire breaks in schedule
Jul 10 Aug 10 Sept 10 Oct 10 Nov 10
10%
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90%
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Unplanned cancellations
15 min OTP%
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1. Operational issues
ATC Strike Action
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Operations going forward
Absolute focus on OTP
Better establishment planning
Pipeline for training widened
Standby cover increased to 20%
Firebreaks scheduled
Greater use of flexi-crew
More communication and engagement with crew
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Brand licence dispute - resolution
Unworkable situation
Window of opportunity ahead of court judgment to reach
resolution
Robust process to ensure workable agreement
Varied agreement provides greater clarity and freedom
Better alignment of Company’s and SHI’s interests
Clarity over future governance of the Company
Shareholders to vote on proposal in early December
2. Resolution of the brand licence dispute
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First four months
1. Operational issues; stabilise, understand root cause and process of
fundamental resolution begun
2. Resolution of the brand licence dispute
3. Review of the business and brand audit
4. Capital structure review
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Building on 15 years of success
1995 2005 2010 +
Market
context
Industry dominated by
FSCs
Consolidation of FSCs
Many LCC’s launch
LCC growth outpaces FSC
Market concentrates to a few
strong LCC’s
easyJet
focus
Pioneering use of the web
and low fare air travel
Post 9/11 initial entry to
LGW and Orly
Low fare air travel between
primary airports
Expansion into Europe
Entry to GDS
Become Europe’s leading short
haul airline offering low fares
for business and leisure
Maintain cost advantage
By 2015: 10% market share
Non UK customers from 53% to 58%
Culture Start-up mentality
‘Orange’ culture
Decision making centered in
Luton
‘Orange’ culture impacted by
recession, high oil prices and
rapid growth
Organisation and processes to
ensure a robust and low cost
Pan European business
Embed and sustain ‘Orange’
culture across Europe
Capital IPO and rights issue to
fund growth and GO
acquisition
Growth and GB acquisition
financed from cash flow
Building a strong balance
sheet
Growth financed from cash flow
Maintain a strong balance
sheet
Formulaic, regular dividend
3. Review of the business
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Vision – Turning Europe Orange
Strong presence in the UK
Flying to convenient, primary airports
Build a pan European presence
Targeted flexible, growth in convenient,
primary airports
Improve CRM capability, segment
customers and engage with them
Build an easyJet style business proposition
Smart cost management to maintain
ability to offer low fares
Build in processes to ensure continued
simplicity and excellent execution
Maintaining the easyJet foundations While ensuring success in the future
Booking process focused around
easyJet.com
Focus on leisure proposition
Low cost culture
Organisational simplicity
Outcome: £5 profit per seat
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Build a pan European presence
3. Review of the business
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1.3 3 14 7 7 3 12 14
LCC
penetration
2010
48% 24% 26% 36% 53% 35% 42% 34%
Total
Leisure PAX
Non-LCC
Total
Business PAX
Non-LCC
Source: OAG, airport authorities of different countries (AENA, AdP, CAA, etc...), Euromonitor,
~120M
PAX
~60M
PAX
Avg.
~40%
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Flexible growth
Clear opportunities for easyJet to
take profitable share:
Other carriers retrench or fail
New infrastructure capacity comes on
stream
Industry is cyclical thus flexibility
in fleet planning is vital
Ensure strategic time sensitive
opportunities for margin accretive
growth can be seized
F’11 to F’13 planned growth in seats
flown of c. 7% p.a.
F’14 onwards flexibility to grow at
between 4% and 8% p.a
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PAX (M) +3.5% pa
P2P Leisure
P2P Business
Connecting
Charter
2015e
530
294
64
2010
450
239
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4.2%
-5.0%
3.3%
3.3%
Notes: IATA forecasts used for PAX growth.
Short haul pax growth
CAGR
3. Review of the business
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Network of convenient, primary airports
Source: OAG 12 months to Sep10, OAG market definitions
Primary airport = airport over 10 mppa or largest airport in market
Lufthansa Group includes Austrian, bmi, bmibaby, Brussels Airlines , germanwings, Swiss
Breadth and depth of network
Leading presence on Europe’s top
100 routes
Leading positions drive yields as we
offer time sensitive customers a
quality schedule
Leading positions at busy, slot
constrained airports
London Gatwick No.1
Milan Malpensa No.1
Geneva No.1
Paris No.2
84% of routes touch a slot
constrained airport
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Presence in top 100 market pairs
Non primary airports
Number of market
pairs operated
between two primary
airports
3. Review of the business
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Targeted growth at convenient airports
Continue to focus on improving
performance across the portfolio
Add breadth and frequency in
existing markets e.g. France
Enter profitable new markets
e.g. Lisbon
Under review Star
New route
development
On target
3. Review of the business
Capacity split by return
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easyJet can extend its customer base
easyJet has a compelling
customer proposition
Low fares
Reliable & punctual
Take you where you want to go
when you want to go
Helpful & friendly service
Consistency of end to end
execution needs to be improved
easyJet can take market share
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12.5
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easyJet’s Pool of
Accessible new
Customers = 42 million
Customers who have never flown
with easyjet but would consider doing so
£m
3. Review of the business
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Customers like us when they try us
easyJet is a positive experience for
both leisure and business
customers
Getting customers to trial us is a
key priority
CRM will help us engage better with
our customers
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Preferred airlineamongst all leisuretravellers
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Preferred airlineamongst all leisuretravellers
Preferred airline
amongst all business
travellers
Preferred airline
amongst business
travellers who have
flown with easyJet
Preferred airline
amongst all leisure
travellers
Preferred airline
amongst leisure
travellers who have
flown with easyJet
3. Review of the business
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Continued focus on leisure
Low fares
easyJet holidays
Drive CRM
20 new leisure routes launched this winter
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We will drive business travel harder
Improving average frequencies of business routes1
+15%
5 4 3 2 1 or lower
2011
2010
1. A/B routes classified by easyJet according to the yield profile by time of day. Broadly, A/B are "business" biased while C are leisure biased
+4%
+18%
3. Review of the business
Valuable market:
easyJet has a 4% share of the business
travel market in Europe
easyJet gets a yield premium of c.20% from
business customers
We will drive volume and yield:
Prioritise UK, Switzerland, France
Invest in new routes and improve frequency
easyJet lean style corporate sales force
Drive GDS harder
Leisure Top 10 routes
Business Top 10 routes
Dec Nov Oct Sept Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
Growing business routes will stabilise revenue volatility
Revenue profile
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Drive £5 PBT per seat - revenue
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F’10
Underlying fare
Total revenue per seat
Fees & charges
Value-added ancillaries
Grow underlying fares through
Network optimisation
Revenue management system
Driving easyJet.com and CRM
Enhanced business proposition
New channels to market
Grow ancillaries through innovation and better execution
Invest in CRM capability
easyJet holidays
Improve in-flight margins
Yield manage fees and charges
In line with customer proposition
Deliver transparent pricing
Yield manage ‘unbundled fare’
Yield
manage
£
3. Review of the business
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Drive £5 PBT per seat – easyJet lean
Opportunities in ground handling
Reduction in disruption costs as
operational performance improves
Over past 3 years significant
complexity built into crew thus strong
potential for savings:
Measured approach
Smart cost management
More flexi crew
Flexible roster pattern
Reduce rule sets / contract types
Greater proportion of A320 aircraft to
drive unit cost reduction
Ground
handling
274
Airport
charges
530
Navigation
256
Overhead and
disruption
278
Ownership
200
Maintenance
177
Crew
336
Underlying costs excluding fuel F’10
£m
Low cost is our competitive advantage and must be maintained
3. Review of the business
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Case study - A320 introduction
Undisturbed routes reviewed
Cost per seat reduction of 7%
Contribution per block hour increased by 20%
Proportion of A320’s in the fleet will increase from 12% to 25% of the fleet
by 30 September 2013
3. Review of the business
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Excellent execution
Commitment of the entire team Review of business was an end to end process involving entire senior management team
Clear work plans and accountabilities to ensure delivery of plans
Communication and engagement across the organisation
Drive operational performance Instigated daily operations meetings
Upgrade and invest in IT to enable simplicity as we grow in Europe
Focus, team work and excellent execution will deliver shareholder
value
3. Review of the business
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Vision – Turning Europe Orange
Strong presence in the UK
Flying to convenient, primary airports
Build a pan European presence
Targeted flexible growth in convenient,
primary airports
Improve CRM capability, segment
customers and engage with them
Build an easyJet style business proposition
Smart cost management to maintain
ability to offer low fares
Build in processes to ensure continued
simplicity and excellent execution
Maintaining the easyJet foundations While ensuring success in the future
Booking process focused around
easyJet.com
Focus on leisure proposition
Low cost culture
Organisational simplicity
Outcome: £5 profit per seat
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Capital structure review Chris Kennedy
Chief Financial Officer
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Capital structure review
Capital structure reviewed to ensure easyJet has sufficient financial resource to
support plans for the business
F’11 to F’13 planned growth in seats flown of c. 7% p.a.
F’14 onwards flexibility to grow at between 4% and 8% p.a.
Balance sheet stress tested for industry shocks e.g. extreme jet prices
4. Capital structure review
30 Sept 2011 30 Sept 2012 30 Sept 2013
A319 167 169 164
A320 35 45 55
A321 1
B737 2 - -
Total 204 214 220
Net increase in fleet size 8 10 6
Net capital expenditure * $249m $400m $600m
* Assume 70% owned 30% leased
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easyJet well financed
Un-drawn facilities of $754m *
Cash and money market deposits of £1,172m*
38 un-encumbered aircraft*
Growth in F’12 and F’13 is planned at 7% p.a.
Flexibility post F’13 for growth to be between 4% and 8% p.a. dependent on opportunities available
4. Capital structure review
£m
* As at 30 September 2010
Net cash flow from operations
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Focus on return on capital
Strong potential for easyJet to improve profit per seat to £5
With introduction of the dividend policy and focus on a prudent
balance sheet Board will target post tax ROCE of 12% going forward
Targets
Capital
structure
Dividend
policy
4. Capital structure review
5 x cover; annual payment based on full year profit after tax introduced
for F’11 results, payable F’12
Formula provides clarity and allows for impact of extreme events (fuel,
volcano)
Liquidity target of minimum £4m cash per aircraft
Leverage cap of £10m adjusted gross debt per aircraft
Net gearing not to be over 50%
Outlook and summary Carolyn McCall
Chief Executive
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Outlook
Capacity measured in seats flown, adjusting for the impact of disruption is expected to
increase compared to the prior year by around 8% as easyJet continues with its strategy
of carefully targeting growth. On a reported basis, capacity is expected to be up by 12%
for the full year and 14% in the first half. The current expectation is that competitor
capacity on easyJet routes will be up by low single digits.
Over 45% of the available first half seats now sold and forward bookings are in line with
the prior year. Total revenue per seat in the first half is expected to be broadly flat on a
reported basis (at current exchange rates) * versus the prior year and slightly up at
constant currency despite a greater proportion of A320 aircraft in the fleet and the impact
of increased APD in the UK and its introduction into Germany.
Total reported cost per seat excluding fuel (at current exchange rates) * is anticipated to
fall by around 4% on a underlying basis, assuming normal levels of external disruption.
Improvements in maintenance and ownership costs and a reduction in disruption related
costs will offset the impact of planned increases in crew costs as we build more resilience
in to the operation.
The economic outlook in Europe remains uncertain and the continuing level of ATC
industrial action is causing disruption to our flying programme and driving additional cost.
However, the strength of the easyJet network combined with its proposition of offering
consumers the best value fares to convenient airports means that easyJet is well
positioned for future success.
* US$1.60/£, €1.18/£ and US$788 per metric tonne at noon on 15 November 2010
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Summary
Business continues to trade well
ATC disruption continues to present challenges
Business and capital structure review complete
easyJet strongly positioned for future growth
Advantaged network
Focused on the customer
Strong cash generation
Guiding principle will be margin improvement - £5 PBT per seat
Smart cost management
Business traveller opportunity
Network optimisation
Flexibility in fleet planning
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Question and answer
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Appendix
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£m unless stated ROE
Opening shareholders funds 1,307
Closing shareholders funds 1,501
Average shareholders funds 1,404
Profit after tax 121
Return on equity (ROE) 8.6%
Comparison of ROE and ROCE
50
£m unless stated ROCE
Average shareholders funds from above 1,402
Average net debt 43
Average shareholders funds plus average net debt 1,445
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) 174
Normalised operating profit after tax (NOPAT) * 127
Return on capital employed (ROCE) 8.8%
* NOPAT calculated using weighted average of deferred UK tax rate of 27% and overseas
statutory rates.
51
October November December January February March
F'11 F'10
51 51
Forward bookings in line
51
First half bookings broadly in-line with prior year
Over 45% of available winter seats now sold
% seats sold *
*as at 12.11.10.
F’11
F’10