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Drax Group plc Group Drax Annual report and accounts 2017 accounts and report Annual POWERING TODAY, FOR TOMORROW Drax Group plc Annual report and accounts 2017 DRAX GROUP INVESTMENT CASE AND 2025 AMBITION CONTENTS – Critical to decarbonisation of the UK’s energy system – Underlying growth in the core business and attractive Strategic report investment opportunities IFC 2017 highlights – Increasing earnings visibility, reducing commodity exposure 1 Introduction 2 Our business model – Strong financial position and clear capital allocation plan 4 Market context 8 Our strategic objectives These objectives are underpinned by safety, sustainability and 12 Chairman’s statement expertise in our core markets, which support our ambition to 14 Chief Executive’s review deliver 2025 EBITDA in excess of £425 million – more than a third of 18 Performance review Pellet Production which is expected to come from our B2B Energy Supply and Pellet Power Generation Production businesses. B2B Energy Supply 30 Building a sustainable business 42 Stakeholder engagement 46 Group financial review 50 Viability statement 51 Principal risks and uncertainties Governance 2017 HIGHLIGHTS 58 Board of directors 62 Letter from the Chairman 64 Corporate governance report £3,685m £545m 71 Nomination Committee report TOTAL REVENUE GROSS PROFIT 76 Audit Committee report (2016: £2,950m) (2016: £376m) 81 Remuneration Committee report 108 Directors’ report 111 Directors’ responsibilities statement £229m £367m Financial statements EBITDA(1) NET DEBT 112 Independent auditor’s report to (2016: £140m) (2016: £93m) the members of Drax Group plc 119 Financial statements 121 Financial statements contents 122 Consolidated financial statements 12.3p 0.27 Consolidated income statement DIVIDEND PER SHARE TOTAL RECORDABLE INJURY RATE Consolidated statement of (2016: 2.7p) (2016: 0.22) comprehensive income Consolidated balance sheet Consolidated statement of changes 15% 376k in equity Consolidated cash flow statement PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL RETAIL METER POINTS 127 Financial performance UK RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY (2016: 41k) 138 Operating assets and working capital GENERATED(2) 144 Financing and capital structure (2016: 16%) 148 Other assets and liabilities 153 Our people 161 Risk management 822k 169 Reference information WOOD PELLETS PRODUCED 172 Company financial statements (2016: 607k) Company balance sheet Company statement of changes in equity 174 Notes to the Company financial statements Shareholder information 181 Company information 182 Glossary (1) EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and material one-off items that do not reflect the underlying trading performance of the business (2) Drax estimates that it produced around 15% of the UK’s renewable electricity between Q4 2016 and Q3 2017 This is based upon the latest BEIS Energy Trends 6.1 data Drax Group plc Annual report and accounts 2017 1 Strategic report Strategic “THE UK IS UNDERGOING Governance AN UNPRECEDENTED ENERGY REVOLUTION WITH statements Financial ELECTRICITY AT ITS HEART” WILL GARDINER CHIEF EXECUTIVE, DRAX GROUP PLC Shareholder information Shareholder Drax Group plc plays a vital role in helping change the way energy is generated, supplied and used. The Group operates an integrated value chain across three principal areas of activity: sustainable wood pellet production, flexible reliable electricity generation and energy sales and services to business customers. Inside this report Our business model describes our activities and how we generate value from the resources we use Page 2 Our strategic objectives are ambitious, low-carbon and focused on profitable growth Page 8 Our new Group CEO, Will Gardiner, reviews the year and progress against our strategy Page 14 Sustainability is at the heart of our business and this year we have published a comprehensive overview of our sustainability progress on our website, which is summarised in this report Page 30 2 Drax Group plc Annual report and accounts 2017 OUR BUSINESS MODEL THROUGH OUR INTEGRATED VALUE CHAIN AND FLEXIBLE LOWER-CARBON ENERGY PROPOSITION, WE ARE SUPPORTING THE UK’S ELECTRICITY REVOLUTION. OUR CORE ACTIVITIES Our activities are underpinned by safety, sustainability, operational excellence and expertise in our markets. PELLET PRODUCTION AMBITION FOR 2025 A LEADING PRODUCER OF Revenues Our assets: EBITDA – WOOD PELLETS FROM £136m 2 x 525k tonne pellet plants (operational) SUSTAINABLE LOW-VALUE – 1 x 450k tonne pellet plant (commissioning) >£75m – 2.1m tonne throughput export facility COMMERCIAL FORESTRY – Targeting 30% self-supply RESIDUES. 822,000t Our focus: capability pellets produced – Operational excellence – good quality, Manufacture and supply of good Page 10 quality wood pellets to our Power low-cost pellets Generation business for use in the Employees – Continuous improvement and leverage benefits of asset portfolio generation of low-carbon electricity. Current sites 258 – Increase in wood pellet production capacity POWER GENERATION AMBITION FOR 2025 GENERATES 6% OF THE UK’S Revenues Our assets: EBITDA – ELECTRICITY AND 15% OF ITS £2.7bn 3 x 645MW biomass generation and system TOTAL RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY. support, with plans to convert another coal >£300m Generation unit to biomass Produces reliable, flexible low-carbon – 3 x 645MW coal generation and system – Includes the development electricity from sustainably sourced 20.0TWh support of four OCGTs if successful wood pellets and provides system in capacity market support services to the electricity grid Developing options: auctions from biomass and coal generation. 65% – 4 x 299MW Open Cycle Gas Turbines (OCGT) Renewables – 3.6GW coal-to gas repowering and Page 11 200MW battery Employees 804 Our focus: – Optimise returns Drax Power Station – Expand to support low-carbon future Options for Open Cycle and system support Gas Turbine projects – Options for long-term efficiencies B2B ENERGY SUPPLY AMBITION FOR 2025 A LEADING SUPPLIER OF LOW- Revenues Our assets: EBITDA – CARBON ENERGY SOLUTIONS £2.0bn Opus Energy TO INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS – Haven Power >£80m CUSTOMERS. Customer meters Our focus: – Growth in market share Supplier of power, gas and value-adding >375 k – Profitable B2B energy supply business whilst maintaining margins services to industrial, corporate and – Innovative customer propositions Page 11 small businesses. Our assets represent Power sales – To be customer-centric – Make sustainability simple 10% of the B2B power market. 20.1TWh Employees 1,311 Current sites Drax Group plc Annual report and accounts 2017 3 Strategic report Strategic Governance Financial statements Financial GENERATING VALUE FROM OUR RESOURCES Careful use of our resources allows us to create sustainable long-term value for stakeholders whilst helping deliver our strategy. PELLET PRODUCTION AMBITION FOR 2025 USING VALUE CREATED MORE INFO FINANCIAL – Profit growth, earnings A LEADING PRODUCER OF Revenues Our assets: EBITDA Page 46 – Broader base of core assets visibility and reduced – 2 x 525k tonne pellet plants (operational) information Shareholder WOOD PELLETS FROM m – Efficient debt, foreign exchange and trading commodity exposure £136 – 1 x 450k tonne pellet plant (commissioning) >£75m SUSTAINABLE LOW-VALUE facilities to support strategy – Attractively priced – 2.1m tonne throughput export facility COMMERCIAL FORESTRY – Targeting 30% self-supply – Revised dividend policy financing and stable RESIDUES. 822,000t Our focus: capability credit rating pellets produced – Acquisition of value- Manufacture and supply of good – Operational excellence – good quality, Page 10 enhancing assets and quality wood pellets to our Power low-cost pellets long-term growth Generation business for use in the Employees – Continuous improvement and leverage benefits of asset portfolio – Sustainable and generation of low-carbon electricity. Current sites 258 – Increase in wood pellet production capacity growing dividend MANUFACTURING – 13.0TWh biomass-fired Page 18–25 – Investment in high-quality generation capabilities electricity POWER GENERATION AMBITION FOR 2025 – Good quality pellets at lowest cost – 822,000 wood pellets – Output and efficiency are key targets produced GENERATES 6% OF THE UK’S Revenues Our assets: EBITDA ELECTRICITY AND 15% OF ITS – 3 x 645MW biomass generation and system INTELLECTUAL – Biomass generation Page 22 £2.7bn – TOTAL RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY. support, with plans to convert another coal >£300m Experts and world leaders in sustainable represents 65% of biomass generation and logistics total generation Generation unit to biomass Produces reliable, flexible low-carbon – 3 x 645MW coal generation and system – Includes the development – “Intelligent sustainability” for our customers electricity from sustainably sourced 20.0TWh support of four OCGTs if successful – Innovation is key to business development wood pellets and provides system in capacity market support services to the electricity grid Developing options: auctions HUMAN – TRIR 0.27 Page 40 from biomass and coal generation. 65% – 4 x 299MW Open Cycle Gas Turbines (OCGT) – Excellent health and safety – 18,500 jobs supported Renewables – 3.6GW coal-to gas repowering and Page 11 – Our people provide a wide range of knowledge across the UK 200MW battery and skills Employees – Our values (Honest, Energised, Achieving, 804 Our focus: Together) guide the way we work – Optimise returns – Expand to support low-carbon future NATURAL – Biomass power is at Page 30 and system support – Only source biomass fibre from working forests,