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Land | Norge |
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Lista | OBX |
Sektor | Material |
Industri | Plast, kemikalier & fetter |
2022-06-30 08:00:00
Oslo, 30 June 2022: Today, Yara International ASA ("Yara") will host a Capital
Markets Day ("CMD") for Yara Clean Ammonia ("YCA" or the "Company"). During the
event, members of YCA's management team will present key features of the
Company, including its strategy and growth ambitions, as well as financial
parameters and targets for the future.
In May 2022, Yara announced that it is evaluating a potential initial public
offering ("IPO") of YCA on the Oslo Stock Exchange. "While the decision to list
YCA will be made in due course, Yara is now excited to host an inaugural CMD for
YCA to showcase their exciting story," said Svein Tore Holsether, CEO and
President of Yara. "YCA combines a leading midstream business with exceptional
growth prospects and a value creating project portfolio."
Key highlights:
* Clean ammonia represents a massive opportunity that is projected to drive
exponential, long-term market growth [1].
* YCA comprises existing cash flows from a market leading position [2] in a
market expected to grow significantly [1], combined with an attractive
project portfolio with future cash flow potential.
* YCA is the #1 global ammonia midstream platform [2] with significant
barriers to challenge YCA.
* Strategic ambition to leverage and scale the current platform to capture a
leading market share across the clean ammonia value chain.
* The scalability of YCA's integrated ammonia platform provides a strong
starting point for mid and downstream expansion.
* Future clean ammonia production is supported by an attractive project
portfolio, with significant investment decisions targeted over the next
three years.
* YCA's ambitious growth plan is expected to underpin profitable growth as
clean ammonia market growth accelerates.
* YCA benefits from a solid balance sheet and aims to establish a standalone
capital structure that is independent from Yara.
Highly attractive market opportunity. YCA, with its presence across the ammonia
value chain, is uniquely positioned to enable an energy transition where ammonia
is expected to play a key role in decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors. Ammonia
is expected to represent a superior low-carbon solution in four sizable
segments: shipping fuel, power generation, agriculture, and as a hydrogen
carrier. New applications are projected to be exclusively supplied by clean
ammonia (i.e. blue and green ammonia). Virtually all clean ammonia volumes in
new applications are likely to be internationally traded, underpinning
exponential growth in the traded ammonia market, from 18 million tonnes in 2021
to a forecasted 238 million tonnes by 2050 [1].
Unrivalled starting point. YCA aims to leverage its competitive edge to enable a
complex energy transition, connecting upstream projects with new customer
applications. The Company's competitive edge is based on three key
differentiators that set YCA apart. First, YCA is the clear #1 player across the
global ammonia value chain, based on its market share in traded ammonia. YCA's
integrated and asset-backed platform offers significant scale factors and
flexibility related to terminals [3] and ammonia vessels. Active across the
value chain from sourcing to sales, the Company has >20% market share [2] in
traded ammonia. Second, YCA benefits from a multi-decade track record, and a
growth plan based on attractive projects with future cashflows, supported by
existing earnings and cash flows from a growing core business. The Company's
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization ("EBITDA") for
the last 12 months was USD 159 million as per Q1 2022 [4]. Third, strong
synergies and long-term backing from Yara underpin YCA's scale, integration, and
global presence. YCA will retain its interconnected and integral role in
handling all ammonia from Yara's production system in order to optimize ammonia
flows to and from Yara plants.
Clear strategic ambition. "From this position of strength, YCA aims to
significantly scale its leading global position as the world's largest ammonia
platform, driving the development of clean ammonia globally," said Magnus Krogh
Ankarstrand, CEO of YCA. "Bold, long-term, trusted, and reliable