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Neste Q2 2021
Peter Vanacker | President and CEO| 27 Jul 2021
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Contents
1. Q2 2021 review
2. Group financials
3. Segment reviews
4. Current topics
5. Appendix
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Disclaimer
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to future events or our future financial performance, including, but not limited to, strategic plans, potential growth,
planned operational changes, expected capital expenditures, future cash sources and requirements, liquidity and cost
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Solid performance in Renewable Products – Porvoo refinery major turnaround completed
• Group comparable EBIT 241 MEUR in Q2
• Renewable Products with healthy margin as a result
of high sales performance
• Oil Products’ quarter mainly characterized by the
Porvoo refinery major turnaround
• Marketing & Services performed very well
• Focus on strategy execution
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Solid financial position
ROACE, rolling 12 months, % Leverage, %
5
15.6%
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Q2/20 Q3/20 Q4/20 Q1/21 Q2/21
Target 15%
-10
0
10
20
30
40
Q2/20 Q3/20 Q4/20 Q1/21 Q2/21
7.7%
Target below 40%
Group financials Q2/21
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MEUR Q2/21 Q2/20 H1/21 H1/20 2020
Revenue 3,022 2,572 6,155 5,842 11,751
EBITDA 599 333 1,184 659 1,508
Comparable operating profit 241 255 542 663 1,416
Renewable Products 287 314 580 644 1,334
Oil Products -58 -60 -66 14 50
Marketing & Services 18 19 35 27 68
Others (incl. eliminations) -7 -18 -7 -21 -36
Operating profit 463 208 920 405 828
Cash flow before financing activities 261 -246 -384 -366 1,019
Comparable earnings per share, EUR 0.31 0.26 0.62 0.76 1.60
Resilient Renewables and Porvoo refinery major turnaround
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Group comparable EBIT by segments Q2/21 vs. Q2/20, MEUR
Q2/20 Renewable Products Oil Products Marketing & Services Others (incl.eliminations)
Q2/21
255
+2
-28+12 241
0
Q2/20 Volumes Sales margin Fx changes Fixed costs Other items Q2/21
+13+19
Higher sales margin compensated lower volumes
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Group comparable EBIT Q2/21 vs. Q2/20, MEUR
255 -72 -45241
+71
H1/20 Volumes Sales margin Fx changes Fixed costs Other items H1/21
+43+41
Half-year result impacted by scheduled Porvoo turnaround and weak USD
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Group comparable EBIT H1/21 vs. H1/20, MEUR
663 -105
-101 542+1
Solid performance in Renewable Products despite Porvooturnaround
• Comparable EBIT 287 MEUR (314)
• Comparable sales margin USD 700/ton (625)
• Sales volume 732 kton (773), share of Europe 61% (71%)
• Production volume 764 kton (717)
• High share of waste and residues feedstock 93% (78%)
• Investments 117 MEUR (274)
• Comparable RONA* 33.3% (55.6%)
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200
400
Q2/20 Q3/20 Q4/20 Q1/21 Q2/21
MEUR Q2/21 Q2/20 2020
Revenue 1,332 1,047 4,270
Comparable EBIT 287 314 1,334
Net assets 4,223 3,592 3,470
Comparable EBIT, MEUR
* Last 12 months
Q2/20 Volumes Sales margin Fx changes Fixed costs Other items Q2/21
Healthy sales margin and stable volumes
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Comparable EBIT Q2/21 vs. Q2/20, MEUR
314-37
287
+48-24 -4 -11
Feedstock market continued to be tight
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Vegetable oil and animal fat prices*, USD/ton
*Quotations in NWE, source: Oil World, The Jacobsen
400
600
800
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1,200
1,400
1,600
1,800
Jan-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Jan-20 Jan-21
Soybean Rapeseed Palm oil Animal fat
High RIN and stable LCFS prices supported US margins
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California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, LCFS credit price, USD/ton RIN prices, US cent /gal
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30
60
90
120
150
180
210
240
Jan-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Jan-20 Jan-21
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120
160
200
Jan-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Jan-20 Jan-21
Biomass-based diesel (D4) Conventional renewable fuel (D6)
Strong sales performance and volume allocation supported sales margin
• Comparable sales margin USD 700/ton (625)
• California LCFS credit USD 185/ton (201)
• D4 RIN USD 1.70/gal (0.52)
• Sales of 100% Neste MY diesel 28% (27%)
• Utilization rate 96% (90%)
Comparable sales margin, USD/ton
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800
Q2/20 Q3/20 Q4/20 Q1/21 Q2/21
Oil Products’ major turnaround in Porvoo completed
• Comparable EBIT -58 MEUR (-60)
• Sales volume 1.2 Mton (3.1)
• Refinery average utilization rate 20% (67%)
• Urals’ share of feed 70% (67%)
• Investments 115 MEUR (58)
• Comparable RONA* -1.3% (9.6%)
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MEUR Q2/21 Q2/20 2020
Revenue 1,331 1,218 6,063
Comparable EBIT -58 -60 50
Net assets 2,321 2,579 1,848
Comparable EBIT, MEUR
* Last 12 months
-60
0
60
120
Q2/20 Q3/20 Q4/20 Q1/21 Q2/21
Q2/20 Volumes Reference margin Additional margin Fx changes Fixed costs Other items Q2/21
Sales volumes and margin significantly impacted by Porvoo major turnaround
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Comparable EBIT Q2/21 vs. Q2/20, MEUR
-60
-51
-7
-58+5
+18
+12
+25
Lower than normal product margins and improved Urals-Brent differential
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Product margins (price differential vs. Brent), USD/bbl Urals vs. Brent price differential, USD/bbl
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
40
Jan-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Jan-20 Jan-21
Diesel Gasoline Heavy Fuel Oil
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
Jan-17 Jan-18 Jan-19 Jan-20 Jan-21
Additional margin supported by currency hedging
• Total refining margin USD 9.7/bbl (4.8)
• Reference margin USD 2.2/bbl (-0.3)
• Additional margin USD 7.5/bbl (5.1)
• Exceptionally high refinery production costs USD
21.5/bbl (5.6) mainly due to maintenance
Total refining margin, USD/bbl
20
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Q2/20 Q3/20 Q4/20 Q1/21 Q2/21
Reference margin Additional margin
Marketing & Services performed very well
• Comparable EBIT 18 MEUR (19)
• Normalized unit margins
• Slightly higher sales volumes, aviation and marine still
impacted by COVID-19
• Successful fixed cost management
• Investments 3 MEUR (4)
• Comparable RONA* 37.8% (24.7%)
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MEUR Q2/21 Q2/20 2020
Revenue 886 664 3,055
Comparable EBIT 18 19 68
Net assets 185 206 192
Comparable EBIT, MEUR
* Last 12 months
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Focusing on strategy implementation
Progress during Q2
• Singapore expansion project proceeding
according to schedule
• Rotterdam 500 kton SAF optionality
project moving ahead
• Definition phase in preparation for possible
next renewable products refinery in
Rotterdam, aim at investment decision
readiness late this year or early 2022
• Several commercial agreements and
partnerships in Renewable Aviation and
Renewable Polymers & Chemicals
Progress during Q2
• IPCEI (Important Projects of Common
European Interest) status for Porvoo
clean hydrogen related projects being
applied for
• Business Finland Circular Economy
investment aid received for chemical
recycling related site and laboratory
investments
• Promising purification concepts found
for challenging waste and residues
Scale up faster and bolder Increase innovations
Progress during Q2
• Porvoo refinery major turnaround
completed
• Short-term cost reduction measures
successfully continued
Drive efficiency in operations
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Segment outlook for Q3/2021
• Sales volumes of renewable diesel
expected to be lower than in previous
quarter due to Singapore turnaround
• Waste and residue markets anticipated
to remain tight
• Sales margin expected to remain healthy
but be lower than in Q2
• Utilization rates forecast to remain high,
except for scheduled seven-week
maintenance turnaround at the
Singapore refinery, with estimated -90
MEUR impact on comp. EBIT
• Sales volumes and unit margins are
expected to follow previous years'
seasonality pattern
• Some negative impact anticipated on
demand and sales volumes due to
COVID-19 pandemic
Renewable Products Marketing & Services
• Market demand will continue to be
depressed as a result of COVID-19
pandemic
• Reference margin expected to remain
low and volatile
• Approx. 20 MEUR of the negative
result impact of Porvoo refinery major
turnaround is expected to materialize
in Q3
Oil Products
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Other 2021 topics
• Cash-out capital expenditure in 2021
estimated to be approx. 1.2 BEUR,
excluding M&A
Group CAPEX
• Scheduled 4-week catalyst change at
Rotterdam refinery in Q4, which is
estimated to have negative impact of
approx. 50 MEUR on comp. EBIT
Renewable Products
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Capital Markets Day 2021
• Neste will host Virtual Capital
Markets Day as webcast on
Thursday 23 September
• More information from IR to
follow
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Renewable Products comparable EBIT calculation
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Q2/20 Q3/20 Q4/20 2020 Q1/21 Q2/21
Sales volume, kton 773 730 732 2,966 743 732
Comparable sales margin, USD/ton 625 744 760 703 699 700
Comparable sales margin, MEUR 439 464 466 1,824 432 425
Fixed costs, MEUR -82 -66 -79 -307 -88 -86
Depreciations, MEUR -43 -47 -50 -184 -51 -54
Comparable EBIT, MEUR 314 352 338 1,334 294 287
Oil Products’ refinery production costs
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Q2/20 Q3/20 Q4/20 2020 Q1/21 Q2/21
Refined products Million barrels 23.0 26.7 23.8 103.3 22.8 5.8
Exchange rate EUR/USD 1.10 1.17 1.19 1.14 1.21 1.21
Utilities costsMEUR 41.3 48.7 45.8 185.4 61.0 38.6
USD/bbl 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.1 3.2 8.1
Fixed costsMEUR 76.6 48.4 53.2 241.4 45.8 64.7
USD/bbl 3.7 2.1 2.7 2.7 2.4 13.5
External cost salesMEUR -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -1.3 -0.3 -0.2
USD/bbl 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TotalMEUR 117.6 96.8 98.6 425.5 106.4 103.1
USD/bbl 5.6 4.2 4.9 4.7 5.6 21.5
Cash flow
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MEUR Q2/21 Q2/20 Q1/21 H1/21 H1/20 2020
EBITDA 599 333 585 1,184 659 1,508
Capital gains/losses 0 0 -1 -1 0 -1
Other adjustments -48 219 98 49 99 277
Change in net working capital 75 -432 -801 -726 -395 460
Net finance costs -18 -19 -6 -24 -19 -54
Income taxes paid -41 -40 -27 -68 -90 -133
Net cash generated from operating activities 567 61 -153 413 254 2,057
Capital expenditure -239 -348 -417 -657 -546 -972
Other investing activities -67 41 -74 -141 -74 -67
Cash flow before financing activities 261 -246 -645 -384 -366 1,019
Liquidity & maturity profile
• Group’s liquidity EUR 2,667 million at end of June 2021
• Liquid funds EUR 1,317 million
• Unused committed credit facilities EUR 1,350
million
• Average interest rate for interest-bearing liabilities was
1.5% and maturity 3.6 years at end of June 2021
• No financial covenants in Group companies’ existing
loan agreements
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