AGGREKO PLC
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
INSIDE OUR
2014 REPORT
Performance highlights
1 Strategic report
A solid performance – with Ken Hanna
A fresh perspective – with Chris Weston
What we do
Where we operate
Our markets
How we create value
Our strategy
How we performed – our KPIs
Risk factors that could affect business performance
Our investment case
Performance review
– Americas
– APAC
– EMEA
Financial performance
Building a sustainable business
2 Governance
Corporate Governance
– Our Board
Audit Committee report
Ethics Committee report
Nomination Committee report
Remuneration Committee report
Statutory disclosures
Statement of Directors’ responsibilities
3 Accounts
Independent auditors’ report
Group income statement
Group statement of comprehensive income
Group balance sheet
Group cash flow statement
Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net debt
Group statement of changes in equity
Notes to the Group accounts
Company balance sheet
Company statement of total recognised gains and losses
Notes to the Company accounts
4 Additional information
Shareholder information
Definition and calculation of non GAAP measures
POWERING COMMUNITIES IN IVORY COAST
The cover image shows our 200 MW gas-fired Power Project in
Ivory Coast. With a booming economy and GDP growth of around 9%,
demand for energy has been increasing steadily in recent years.
The Aggreko plant injects vital capacity into the local grid, helping
keep essential infrastructure and services running, while also ensuring
power supplies are maintained to both business and domestic users.
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GLOBAL SCALE
LOCAL OPERATION
We live in a world reliant on power.
It is an essential part of everyday life.
Aggreko is the global leader in
temporary power and temperature
control solutions, operating in around
100 countries worldwide.
For over 50 years we have specialised
in providing fast and flexible customer
solutions. We do this in two ways:
through renting our equipment
directly to a wide range of customers
who operate it for themselves; and
by operating as a power producer
and selling electricity to customers
at the point of need.
Our business model balances our
global scale with local operations
to deliver fast, effective solutions
and therefore help to keep the
world working.
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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
Revenue
£1,577m
2013: £1,573m
Profit before tax
£289m
2013: £333m
Dividend per share2
27.12 pence
2013: 26.30 pence
Trading profit1
£306m
2013: £352m
Diluted earnings per share (EPS)
82.49 pence
2013: 92.03 pence
Return on capital employed3
19%
2013: 21%
Revenue
£m
1,396
1,230
Trading profit4
£m
Profit before tax4
£m
1,583
1,573
1,577
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Diluted EPS4
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86.76
78.98
100.40
92.03
82.49
Dividend per share2
Return on capital employed3,4
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18.90
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1 Trading profit represents operating profit before gain on sale of property, plant and equipment.
2 The Board is recommending a final dividend of 17.74 pence per Ordinary Share, which when added to the interim dividend of 9.38 pence,
gives a total for the year of 27.12 pence per Ordinary Share.
3 Calculated by dividing operating profit for the year by the average net operating assets as at 1 January, 30 June and 31 December.
4 2012 numbers are pre-exceptional items.
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1 Strategic report
A solid performance – with Ken Hanna
A fresh perspective – with Chris Weston
What we do
Where we operate
Our markets
How we create value
– Our business model
– Project life cycle
– Using our resources
Our strategy
How we performed – our KPIs
Risk factors that could affect business performance
Our investment case
Performance review
– Americas
– APAC
– EMEA
Financial performance
Building a sustainable business
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STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
SOLID TRADING PERFORMANCE
CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT
“The Group delivered
a solid trading performance
in a challenging year
Ken Hanna
Chairman
We spent £226 million on new fleet in the period
(2013: £205 million), equivalent to 93% of the depreciation
charge; non-fleet capital expenditure was £25 million.
Net debt at 31 December 2014 of £494 million was only
£131 million higher than last year, despite having returned
£200 million to Shareholders in June. Cash flow from
operating activities was £498 million, which helped fund
total capital expenditure of £251 million, the return of value
to Shareholders and dividend payments of £70 million.
Our financial position continued to be strong with net debt
to EBITDA (Earnings before Interest Tax Depreciation &
Amortisation) of 0.9 times (2013: 0.6 times) at 31 December 2014,
compared to our bank covenant of 3 times. Interest cover,
measured on an EBITDA basis, was at 27 times (2013: 26 times),
comfortably within our covenant of 4 times.
The Group delivered a solid trading performance in 2014,
admirably handling the change in senior management and
difficult operating conditions in a number of our markets.
I am delighted that Chris Weston joined us as Chief Executive
at the beginning of January this year, and I know that he has
enjoyed spending the first two months in the role travelling
around the Group and getting to know customers, the
Aggreko team and the business.
Across the year as a whole, two of our regions, the Americas
and EMEA, performed well, whilst APAC had a challenging
year with difficult trading conditions in Australia and Indonesia.
Solid trading performance
In 2014, the Group delivered a solid set of results with
underlying1 revenue increasing by 9% and trading profit
decreasing by 2%. On the same underlying basis, revenue
in our Local business grew 8%, while revenue in our Power
Projects business grew 10%. The underlying trading margin
decreased to 20% (2013: 22%) driven by our Japanese
and US Military contracts off hiring and the competitive
environment in Indonesia in our Power Projects business and
by the impact of the mining sector decline on our Australian
Local business. As we anticipated, the reported results were
significantly impacted by adverse currency movements,
largely in the US Dollar, with reported revenue in line with last
year and trading profit down 13%. Reported profit before tax
decreased by 13% to £289 million (2013: £333 million) and
diluted earnings per share decreased by 10% to 82.49 pence
(2013: 92.03 pence).
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Strong Shareholder returns
In June 2014 we completed a £200 million return of value
to Shareholders, equivalent to 75 pence per ordinary share.
In addition, the Board is recommending a 3% increase in the
dividend for the year as a whole; this will comprise a final
dividend of 17.74 pence per ordinary share which, when added
to the interim dividend of 9.38 pence, gives a total for the year
of 27.12 pence (2013: 26.30 pence). In aggregate, on a cash
basis Shareholders have received 102 pence per ordinary
share in 2014.
People
Aggreko had a challenging year in 2014, with significant
management change, difficult operating conditions in a
number of our markets and an unpredictable economic and
geopolitical backdrop. Throughout this, the Group performed
very well, delivering a solid set of results; which is testament
to the Aggreko culture and the pragmatic, can-do, attitude
of our people. On behalf of the Board, I would like to express
my sincere thanks to all of our colleagues across the Group
for their outstanding commitment and support in 2014.
Key business developments
Over the last year we have seen two senior management
changes with Rupert Soames and Angus Cockburn leaving
Aggreko after 11 years and 14 years respectively. We are
very grateful for their tireless dedication to the Group over
that period and wish them well in their new endeavours.
Following a thorough process, further details of which are
included in the Nominations Committee Report on page 90,
we appointed Chris Weston as Chief Executive Officer,
effective from 2 January 2015 and Carole Cran was
appointed Chief Financial Officer effective from 1 June 2014.
The Group has performed broadly in line with its strategic
targets2 during the year. As outlined later in the report on
page 24, we announced in 2013 that we expected underlying
growth for the Group to be over 10% CAGR over the five year
life of our strategy, with trading margins and returns on capital
employed (ROCE), to both be in excess of 20%. Over the first
two years of the strategy cycle, Group revenue has grown
10% on this basis3, with Local business growth of 9% and
Power Projects business growth of 12%. Reported Group
margins were 19% and return on capital employed was also
19% marginally below the targets set in 2013.
Board
On the 1 February 2015, Uwe Krueger joined the Board as
a Non-Executive Director. Uwe is Chief Executive Officer of
WS Atkins and serves as a Non-Executive Director on three
other boards. I would like to welcome Uwe to Aggreko;
we look forward to working with him and to benefiting from
his experience in the engineering and services sectors and
the field of renewable technology.
1 Underlying excludes currency and pass-through fuel revenue from
Power Projects, where we provide fuel to our contracts in Mozambique
on a pass-through basis. A bridge between reported and underlying revenue
and trading profits is provided at page 50 of the Financial Review.
2 These are targets over a five year period and there will be years when
we may be outside one of these ranges. Revenue growth is underlying,
i.e. excluding London Olympics, Poit acquisition, Military, Japan, pass-through
fuel revenue from Power Projects where we provide fuel to our contracts
in Mozambique on a pass-through basis and currency translation.
Margin and ROCE are on a reported basis.
3 Two year CAGR for 2013 and 2014.
Looking ahead
The market for our services remains large, and continues to
grow; exposure to both emerging and developed countries,
combined with sector diversity and a market leading position
leave us well positioned to benefit from this growth.
Our business model is intrinsically cash generative and
enables us to invest or return capital to shareholders as
market conditions determine.
Our new senior management team are settling in well and
are undertaking a review of the priorities for the business
going forward. Chris’ initial impressions of the business and
thoughts on business priorities are covered overleaf, and we
will report back on the results of this exercise at our interim
results in August.
TRANSPARENT REPORTING
We are committed to ensuring that our reporting is transparent
and of a high quality. This year we took the opportunity to refresh
the format of our Annual Report; we gathered feedback on our
previous reports and have worked hard to retain the candidness
and transparency that we have become known for. We have also
produced a document that illustrates what Aggreko does and
provides an at-a-glance understanding, complemented by a more
interactive online report. I hope that you like the new style report,
and as always we welcome any feedback.
In addition, and as part of our broader aim to improve
communications with Shareholders, we have recently launched
an Investor Relations App. This will allow interested parties to easily
access the latest reports, results and presentations and includes
enhanced multimedia functionality.
Finally, we have noted the change in reporting regulations that
gives companies the option to no longer report on a quarterly basis.
We would like to reassure Shareholders that we plan to continue to
report to the market four times a year.
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STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
A FRESH PERSPECTIVE
Q&AWith Chris Weston
Chief Executive Officer
ABOUT CHRIS
Chris joined Aggreko in January 2015 from Centrica plc, where he
was responsible for both British Gas and its US sister Company,
Direct Energy, which together constituted the Group’s largest
division. He has senior level experience in the energy industry,
proven leadership skills in a large international business and
has consistently succeeded in driving performance and growth
in his career.
Read about Chris’ induction
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Why did you want to join Aggreko?
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First and foremost, it is a great opportunity. Aggreko is a
market leader, with a great customer proposition operating
in a market space where demand is only set to grow;
that is very attractive. Secondly, in speaking to people
about Aggreko, they were extremely positive about the
Company, its people and the achievements of the past
10 years. The culture is highly regarded externally and
I continue to be impressed since joining the business.
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What have you spent your first couple
of months as CEO focusing on?
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I have spent my first couple of months learning about
the business. I was able to do a certain amount of
familiarisation before starting in January, but nothing
beats seeing the operations first hand.
So far, I have visited our businesses in Scotland,
North America, Panama, Singapore, Australia,
Bangladesh, Dubai, South Africa and Mozambique.
In each case, I have spent time with the teams,
talking to the people on the ground, to our customers,
understanding our business and its operations.
I have also taken the time to speak to our largest
Shareholders, to analysts, to the banks that support
us and to our key suppliers; I have been keen to hear
their views of Aggreko.
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What are your initial impressions
of the business?
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Extremely favourable; I like what I see. My first exposure to
the business, to its people and products reinforce all I heard
about Aggreko before I joined the Company. I continue
to believe that we have a huge opportunity ahead of us;
that we play an important role in people’s lives, we are
very relevant; and I am excited about what we can do.
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Aggreko has a unique culture,
how do you plan to retain this?
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I have been impressed by both the people in Aggreko
and the culture, I suspect it is unique; it is often summed up
by the words “Pace, Passion and Performance”, and I have
seen all three in my first few months.
People are passionate about the Company and work
extremely hard to provide a service that they can be proud
of. We often work in challenging environments, to short
deadlines, bringing power to those that may desperately
need it. The culture that has evolved within the Company
clearly supports this. It is the focus on the customer, the
pride in delivering a high quality product in a safe and
secure manner, coupled with experienced people and
lastly, leadership at all levels. From all I have seen, I believe
my leadership style is well suited to Aggreko and my
aim is to build on this, to nurture and evolve the culture.
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Are you planning a detailed review
of the business in order to put your
stamp on the Group?
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My first task is to understand the business, the markets
it operates in and to meet the people that make Aggreko
what it is today. Whilst this is underway I have also started
a process to look at the priorities for the Group with the
objective of driving continued growth over the next five to
10 years and thereby creating value for our Shareholders.
The work is assessing all aspects of the business: the
economics; technology; and the dynamics of the markets
that we operate in. It will allow me and my team to define
the key priorities for the Group and I expect to return
to the market at the time of our Interim Results in
August 2015, to talk in more detail about that.
STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
A FRESH PERSPECTIVE
CONTINUED
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How would you describe your
leadership style?
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Leadership is extremely important to me. I like to build
a strong team, to set clear direction and priorities, and
to focus on giving people the confidence to succeed.
To do this I believe you have to be approachable, to ask
questions, to be interested in other people’s views and
to listen. This has to be inextricably linked to clear decision
making, accountabilities and a focus on delivery. It is a
difficult balance to achieve, an art not a science, but
when people are aligned, confident and assured, it is
a very powerful combination. Leadership is right at the
heart of this.
Q
How do you think that your past
experiences are going to help you
in this new role?
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I have considerable experience running different
businesses, in different countries, in different sectors,
including in the energy sector; providing service to
consumers and to businesses. Some of these businesses
were very large, like British Gas, others smaller and more
nimble. All of these businesses, including Aggreko,
required leadership; they had to grow; to provide a high
quality service to customers; and to operate efficiently:
that all provides a wealth of experience for me to
draw upon. You can’t look at my experience in isolation;
I certainly don’t have all the answers. My experience,
coupled with that of my team, and more importantly
across Aggreko, provides for a powerful combination
that will serve Aggreko well.
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Are you confident that growth
can be maintained and, if so,
what is going to drive it?
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Well, in the short time I have been in post I do not think
we are short of opportunities. We operate in exciting and
growing markets and we have a market leading position.
In Power Projects, the structural growth story is intact,
despite the economic slowdown that we’ve seen in
recent years, and the deficit between supply and demand
is projected to continue to grow. In the Local business,
history has shown that the demand for rental services
increases as markets grow and we are well positioned
to take advantage of this.
I am intrigued by the concept of flexible power and
clearly engine efficiency is key here, but if we can
continue to make advances in this area, it begs the
question, why build permanent facilities at all? Customers
want flexibility to provide power where it is needed,
to increase/decrease the MWs required as necessary,
and in many instances to pay as they go; this could be
a huge opportunity for us. At this stage, I don’t know
what that will mean with regards to growth rates,
but I do believe that it will lead to further growth.
Read more about our markets
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Do you see competitive
pressure as a big risk?
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In any industry, when a business is as successful as
Aggreko has been, it is bound to attract competition.
In the Local business, competition has always been intense,
and my understanding from speaking to the teams on the
ground is that this hasn’t particularly changed.
In Power Projects, our teams are telling me that we have
seen increased competitive pressure in certain markets
in the last few years. This underlines the importance
of providing the best possible service to customers,
something we have a reputation for doing. As we consider
the appropriate priorities for Aggreko we will assess
the competitive environment, it is an important factor
in determining how we develop our capability
and deploy our resources.
Q
What is the main focus
for the year ahead?
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Initially understanding the business, listening to our people,
our customers and other key stakeholders. Working to
determine the key areas of focus to drive growth; then
organising to deliver those priorities. I suspect, over the
Summer we will begin to focus more on implementation.
Whilst all that is underway we also have to keep
the business running and deliver the results that
our Shareholders expect; always busy; always fun.
Chris Weston
Chief Executive Officer
Watch Chris’ video online:
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STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
WHAT WE DO
WE PROVIDE MISSION CRITICAL POWER AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL
SOLUTIONS TO A BROAD RANGE OF CUSTOMERS ON A GLOBAL BASIS
LOCAL BUSINESS
POWER PROJECTS
The Local business rents power and temperature control
equipment to a diverse range of customers who operate it
themselves; we service and maintain it. The business typically
runs with high volumes of low value transactions and provides
solutions to customers that need it in a hurry or for a
short period of time.
CUSTOMER TYPE
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1. Oil & Gas
2. Petrochemical & Refining
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4. Utilities
5. Mining
6. Manufacturing
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8. Construction
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10. Shipping
11. Military
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26%
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KEY FACTS
The Power Projects business sells electricity which we deliver
using power plants built, owned and operated by ourselves.
Typically, contracts are for a defined amount of generating
capacity for which there is a fixed monthly capacity charge;
in addition, the customer then pays a variable charge for
each MW-hour of electricity they use.
1. Utilities
2. Oil & Gas
3. Military
4. Mining
5. Other
(excluding pass-through fuel)
89%
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Revenue
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– Average contract value: £21k
– Average contract duration: 50 days
– Installation time: hours – days
– Fleet size: 4,814MW power; 1,294MW temperature
control; 634cfm oil-free air
– Application: Power, temperature control and oil-free
compressed air
– Average contract value: £5m per annum
– Average contract duration: one year
– Average contract size: 30MW
– Installation time: weeks – months
– Fleet size: 4,881MW power
– Application: Base-load and peak shaving power
– Hubs: Dubai, Rotterdam, Singapore, Panama
– Sales/service centres: 211 across 53 countries
and operating in 45 countries in 2014
A BALANCED BUSINESS
Revenue by geography
Revenue by region
Trading profit by region
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£1,529m
Revenue by geography
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1. North America
2. Latin America
3. Asia and Australasia
4. Europe
5. Middle East
6. Africa
(excluding pass-through fuel)
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21%
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Revenue by region
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Trading profit by region
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1. Americas
2. APAC
3. EMEA
45%
16%
39%
1. Americas
2. APAC
3. EMEA
(excluding pass-through fuel)
(excluding pass-through fuel)
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16%
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WHERE WE OPERATE
SERVING CUSTOMERS IN AROUND 100 COUNTRIES THROUGH
211 SALES/SERVICE CENTRES INCLUDING FOUR POWER PROJECT HUBS
WITH OVER 7,700 PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES
AMERICAS
EMEA
APAC
100
Sales/Service centres and hubs
73
Sales/Service centres and hubs
38
Sales/Service centres and hubs
1,860
Local business power fleet (MW)
2,232
Local business power fleet (MW)
722
Local business power fleet (MW)
663
Temperature control fleet (MW)
483
Temperature control fleet (MW)
148
Temperature control fleet (MW)
3,220
Employees
The Americas business also
has 634cfm of oil-free air fleet.
3,114
Employees
1,454
Employees
4,881MW OF POWER PROJECTS FLEET CENTRALLY HELD ACROSS FOUR HUBS
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OUR MARKETS
STRONG POTENTIAL
THE MARKET
DEMAND FOR AGGREKO’S SERVICES IS CREATED BY EVENTS:
OUR CUSTOMERS GENERALLY TURN TO US WHEN SOMETHING
HAPPENS WHICH MEANS THEY NEED A FAST AND FLEXIBLE
SOLUTION FOR POWER OR TEMPERATURE CONTROL.
SITUATIONS THAT STIMULATE DEMAND RANGE FROM THE VERY
LARGE AND INFREQUENT TO THE SMALL AND RECURRENT
EXAMPLES OF INFREQUENT EVENTS:
• Large-scale power shortage – South Africa, Bangladesh,
Argentina
• Major sporting occasions – Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup,
Glasgow Commonwealth Games
• Natural disasters – Japan post-tsunami, Hurricane Sandy
in North America in 2012, Brisbane floods in 2011
• Post-conflict re-construction and military support – Congo,
Iraq and Afghanistan
EXAMPLES OF MORE FREQUENT EVENTS:
• An oil refinery needs additional cooling during the Summer
to maintain production throughput
• A glass manufacturer suffers a breakdown in its plant and
needs power while its own equipment is being repaired
• A city centre needs chillers to create an ice-rink for the
Christmas period
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LOCAL BUSINESS
Dynamics
The Local business is linked to local economies and varies in
size and nature from country to country. There are three main
demand drivers:
GDP
As an economy grows, so does demand for energy in general
and rental equipment in particular, as businesses tend to
be busy and therefore choose to rent additional power or
temperature control solutions, rather than lose production.
Propensity to rent
How inclined people are to rent rather than buy is driven by
issues such as the tax treatment of capital assets; the growing
awareness of outsourcing; and the availability and cost of
finance for purchasing equipment.
Events
High value/low frequency events change the size of a market
on a temporary basis; for example the FIFA World Cup in
Brazil, 2014.
Market Size
It is very difficult to accurately determine the size of the global
Local business market. We operate in a niche segment of the
rental market across a very broad geography, which is further
complicated by the fact that our own activities serve to create
market demand. Furthermore, major events such as hurricanes
in North America, the Olympic Games or major droughts in
Africa can influence market size in the short term. Whilst it
is possible, albeit difficult, to size our market in large and
developed markets, it is impossible in emerging markets,
where we are growing fastest; therefore our approach is to
use a “market potential estimation”. From this, we estimate
that our worldwide market share is around 25%, which implies
Local “market potential” of around £4 billion based on
Aggreko’s 2014 Local business revenue.
Read more about market potential estimation
Inside back cover
Estimated Local worldwide market share
25%
£4.0bn
local market potential
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Customers
Our Local business serves any customer that uses power
or temperature control. They could be banks, manufacturers,
film studios, utilities, oil companies, miners, military forces,
telecoms companies, party planners or major sporting
event organisers. The customer base is very diverse, both
geographically and by market segment, which gives us some
protection against the vagaries of any one particular market.
Being global allows us to quickly move resources between
sectors and countries in response to customer demand.
Competitors
Customers have the choice to either buy or rent and our
largest competitors are not rental companies but equipment
manufacturers. Where the need is urgent or for a limited
duration, customers tend to rent. In the rental market
competitors are either privately-owned specialist rental
businesses or divisions of large plant hire companies. In almost
every country that we operate in, we are the number one or
number two player, and we are the only competitor with a
global footprint. However, in every region there are a large
number of regional, national and local businesses in the market;
competition is fierce, but few competitors are able to compete
for large-scale or technically demanding work.
Local business competition
Global
Aggreko
10–15 regional
Hertz, URI, Sunbelt,
Speedy Hire, CAT
Hundreds of national
Thousands of local small businesses
Market during the year
The oil & gas sector performed well in 2014, although we note
the recent decline in the oil price and are assessing its impact.
The slowdown in the mining sector as a result of the drop in
commodity prices had the most significant impact in 2014;
as an example, iron ore fell from $135 to $71 per tonne1.
Initially this was felt in our Australian business, but as the year
progressed, we also saw an impact on our mining businesses
in Chile and Peru. Elsewhere, we experienced challenging
economic conditions in Brazil and much of Continental Europe.
The competitive environment was stable.
Outlook
Looking forward, we continue to expect the market to grow
at about twice the rate of GDP, and probably faster than that
in emerging market countries. In the short term, the slowdown
in global mining and oil & gas will make growth more challenging,
but the homogeneity of our fleet allows us to switch into
other sectors.
1 Source: Bloomberg
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OUR MARKETS
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POWER PROJECTS
Dynamics
As populations continue to grow and urbanise, and as
industrialisation drives economic growth, greater demands
are placed on power infrastructures in many emerging markets.
Electrification rates are typically low in many of these countries,
with the World Bank estimating that only 31% of people in
low income countries have access to electricity. Even in
those places where power is available, reliability is often poor;
it is estimated that the average sub-Saharan manufacturing
business can be without power for over 50 days a year.
These countries may have plans for permanent capacity,
but lending processes can take a considerable period of
time to realise and the volume of investment required can
be challenging to obtain from traditional sources; it typically
takes between five and 10 years for a new plant to be
commissioned. Delays in realising new capacity, ageing
infrastructure and reliance on intermittent hydropower can
also exacerbate an existing shortfall. Meanwhile, the global
population is forecast to grow by over 1% per annum between
2015 and 2020, and double this rate in the least developed
countries according to the United Nations; therefore the power
shortfall is likely to increase.
As a result, we believe that in many parts of the world, and
most particularly in many emerging market countries, there
will be continued power shortages and load shedding,
caused by a combination of factors, including those outlined
on the right:
Demand
In developing countries demand is growing, driven
by industrialisation, urbanisation and access to
electrical appliances.
Under-investment
Investment in new and replacement permanent power
infrastructure has not kept pace with demand and so frequent
breakdowns and damaging power cuts have resulted.
Financing
Capital markets are less willing to support long-term
infrastructure projects in many developing countries,
particularly when de-carbonisation and ageing infrastructure
in developed countries requires trillions of dollars in investment.
Many emerging market countries experience power shortages
and load shedding on a regular basis. A country needs to
have enough generating and transmission capacity to cater
for the absolute peak demand, plus a safety margin (called
the “reserve margin”) to cater for unexpected breakdowns,
scheduled maintenance and spikes in demand. If a country
does not have a big enough reserve margin, power cuts
inevitably result. In the early stages of power shortages, power
cuts may be rare, seasonal and bearable. But as the reserve
margin drops, they become more frequent, disruptive and start
to have a serious impact on the life and economy of a nation;
concern over a growing shortfall may spur countries to react.
Overlaid above this structural demand are other factors which
impact the conversion into power. Different countries have
differing propensities to rent and country-specific factors
strongly influence the purchasing decision. These can include
a country’s US Dollar reserves (as contracts and fuel are largely
priced in US Dollars); supporting infrastructure (it may be
that a country has adequate capacity but the transmission
cannot transfer it to where it is needed and so want off-grid
generation); the availability of fuel (gas generation is more
Utility Decision Making Factors
WHY
• Economic growth
• Hydro shortage
• Social pressure
• Permanent capacity delays/shortfall
• Ageing infrastructure
OPTIONS
• Do nothing
• Permanent power
• Temporary power
CONSIDERATIONS
• Fuel availability
• Transmission capacity
• Affordability
• Opportunity cost
Decision
making
Flexibility
Speed
Modularity
Pay-as-you-go
Flexible
power
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economic than diesel); and the opportunity cost of not
having power. Flexible power solutions are attractive for being
pay-as-you-go, fast to deliver and modular. Aggreko proactively
assesses the situation at a country level and offers solutions
that solve problems for the local utility and their customers.
In recent years pressure on reserve margins has lessened as
economic growth has slowed and the opportunity cost of not
having power is less acute.
Market Size
Our core market is in emerging markets (excluding China),
where GDP and demand for power is growing fastest. We have
recently updated our models using the latest projections from
the IMF and IEA and they predict that the worldwide demand
for power will grow by 3.7% per annum between 2015 and
2020. This forecast, combined with generating capacity
assumptions, means that we estimate that the shortfall of
power generating capacity will be around 140GW in our core
markets by 2020; this implies a compound growth rate of 12%
between 2014 and 2020. The projected deficit is not as great
as previously forecast, given slower economic growth in many
markets; that said, the sheer scale of the deficit and the growth
forecast demonstrate that the structural market drivers in this
business remain strong and will drive continued demand for
power generation. Additionally, in any given year, the market
can substantially increase as a result of droughts, which can
lead to power shortages in countries reliant on hydro power.
We estimate that our market share in 2014 was around
40%, based on the volume of contract wins and extensions
across the industry.
Customers
Power Projects customers are almost all in emerging markets;
89% of our revenues (excluding pass-through fuel) come
from utilities. These are often state owned and the state may
play a significant role in determining the ability to finance
utility operations and power purchase through tariff setting.
These contracts can take a number of forms: gas-to-power,
where we monetise stranded gas, such as our contract in
Mozambique; extended power, where we become part of the
power infrastructure, such as in Venezuela; and grid support,
for example providing peak power in Saudi Arabia and Oman
over the summer months. We also serve armed forces and the
extractive industries, like mining and oil and gas, in some cases
through our Local business.
Competitors
The largest competitive force that we face is for a share of
a government’s budget. In most emerging market countries
the utilities are state controlled and money spent on power
is money that cannot be spent elsewhere. We compete with
a number of other companies around the world; we have
one competitor with whom we compete on a global basis
and a number of businesses compete with us either locally
or regionally, in particular some of the larger Caterpillar dealers.
Our key differentiator is our global scale and large homogenous
fleet, which facilitates fast deployment and economies of scale.
Market during the year
Since 2012, we have seen lower economic growth in emerging
markets, and therefore lower electricity demand growth over
the same period. In addition, significant currency devaluation
has meant that the cost of temporary power has increased and
the combination of these factors, we believe, has prevented
some of the expected shortfall from being realised. Our order
intake in 2014 was 757MW, an improvement on 2013 (725MW),
but below the historic levels that we have seen. As important
as order intake, is the off-hire rate, which was in line with the
historic average, at 32%.
Read more about off-hire rates
Inside back cover
Outlook
In the long term, the drivers of growth – increasing demand for
electricity and insufficient investment in supply – are structural
and we will secure work by understanding the market and
tailoring solutions to solve customer problems. The decision
to purchase power using flexible solutions is usually a political
one and given slower economic growth in recent years, the
opportunity cost of not having power is less acute. In the
short term, the fall in oil price should prove supportive, as it
makes diesel fuelled power substantially cheaper. Overall,
the structural shortfall will create substantial opportunities for
the Group and we will continue to win work by understanding
the market, customer needs and offering solutions that meet
their requirements.
Relative Shortfall Growth 2009-2020
4
Source: IMF, IEA, Baringa
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2
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2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Non-OECD Ex-China
OECD
Emerging Markets Growth (%)
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Source: IMF
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1990
2000
2010
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HOW WE CREATE VALUE
THROUGH OUR BUSINESS MODEL
KEY INPUTS
FLEET
Human
Power
We have a highly skilled and professional workforce
of over 7,700 employees worldwide
Supply chain
We work with suppliers to ensure the components
and services they provide comply with our
quality standards
Design and manufacture
We work closely with engine manufacturers and
technology partners to design and manufacture
equipment that is fuel efficient, emissions compliant
and with a unique capital cost advantage
Financial
The Group has a strong balance sheet with
sufficient facilities available
Intellectual
We invest in our technology and operating
procedures to deliver better performance
KEY INPUTS
Relationships
We have longstanding relationships with many of our
suppliers, notably Cummins, our main engine supplier.
We also have sourcing relationships across the globe
where we work very closely with suppliers to ensure that
the components and services provided comply with our
quality standards.
9,695MW £926m
assets1
Chillers
1,294MW £53m
assets1
Oil-free air
634cfm £12m
assets1
Ancillaries
£95m
assets1
1 Net asset value
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How our strategy maximises performance
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Risks that are involved
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GLOBAL
FOOTPRINT &
LOGISTICS
LOCAL
BUSINESS
POWER
PROJECTS
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KEY OUTPUTS
Maintain and Service
Local business revenue
The value we create
211
Sales and Service Centres
worldwide operating a hub
and spoke model
4
Power Projects hubs on
major shipping routes
£904m
Average contract value: £21k
The Local business rents
power and temperature control
equipment to a diverse range
of customers who operate it
themselves; we service and
maintain it
Power Projects revenue
£625m
Average contract value:
£5 million per annum
(excluding
pass-through
fuel)
The Power Projects business
sells electricity which we deliver
using power plants built, owned
and operated by ourselves
OUR PROJECT LIFE CYCLE IS EXPLAINED ON THE NEXT PAGE
Supporting industry
and commerce
Providing power for
countries and communities
Enabling key events
around the world
Innovating to build a
sustainable business
Global employment
Strong brand and good
reputation
Rewarding careers
Shareholder returns
Understand
the
requirement
Design and
Plan
Proposal
Mobilise,
Install and
Commission
Operate
Service and
Maintain
Demobilise
Service and
Refurbish
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HOW WE CREATE VALUE
ACROSS THE PROJECT LIFE CYCLE
THE TYPICAL LIFE CYCLE OF A PROJECT
Understand
the requirement
Design and Plan
Proposal
Mobilise, Install
and Commission
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Local business
> 68,500
580 people
27,400
hours – days
quotes per year
dedicated sales force
pieces of equipment
installation time
Customers approach us
through sales channels or existing
relationships; our sales people
also offer solutions before
problems arise. We meet the
customer, discuss their needs
and conduct a site survey.
Power Projects
Typically, we meet the production
manager on-site to get a better
indication of what is needed.
Then we draw up a design, taking
account of any environmental or
regulatory requirements.
Based on the plan, a quote is
drawn up with guidance from the
internal pricing model. A proposal
is then made to the customer and
once agreed, a contract is signed.
Once the contract is signed, we
begin mobilising the equipment.
We install it on-site, test it and
commission the contract. In most
cases the customer is responsible
for providing the fuel.
c.250
30 people
4,881MW
weeks – months
quotes per year
dedicated sales force
available
installation time
In most cases a tender is
produced, whilst in other cases we
present solutions to the customer
to show how we can solve their
power issues. Both involve
meeting the customer and
understanding their needs.
Following a site survey and
additional exploratory work,
we draw up a plan to meet
the customer requirements,
including all the logistics and
site civil works. This can vary
considerably in complexity, from
a simple, small diesel contract,
to a large gas contract which
might include building a gas
pipeline and transmission.
Based on the contract
specification a quote is drawn up.
This is either presented directly
to the customer, or in the case of
a tender, the bid is often opened
publicly in front of the local press.
Negotiations will typically then
take place before a final price is
agreed and a contract signed.
Equipment is shipped from the
nearest hub or another project
which has recently demobilised
and usually travels by sea, rail and
road to the site. Installing a project
typically takes a number of weeks
and once this is complete the site
is commissioned and operational.
In most instances, the customer is
responsible for providing the fuel.
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Local business
Power Projects
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2
3
4
Operate
5
Service
and Maintain
Demobilise
Service
and Refurbish
6
7
8
50
days average
contract duration
>1,500
76,500
dedicated engineers
sets off-hired in 2014
After an explanation on operating
procedures, customers operate
the equipment themselves and
call us if there are any issues.
Our service engineers will visit the
site as necessary. Our remote
monitoring equipment can alert
customers and engineers to
potential problems before they
occur. For some short contracts,
servicing may not be needed.
The customer retains the right
to determine whether or not
to off-hire the equipment or extend
the contract. When they choose to
off-hire, we remove our equipment
and demobilise.
3 days
average time to turnaround
a diesel generator
Equipment coming off-hire is
returned to our service centres,
where it is serviced and made
available to go back out on-hire.
1 year
average contract
duration
>1,100
dedicated engineers
1,219MW
off-hired and
demobilised in 2014
290MW
of refurbishments
in 2014
We sell power. We own and
operate our facilities which
are run by Aggreko employees.
These tend to be a combination
of locally trained teams and
Aggreko personnel with previous
Power Projects experience.
The equipment needs regular
servicing and maintaining, the
frequency of which depends
on how hard it is running.
Our technicians are permanently
on-site and will service and
maintain equipment as required.
At the end of the initial contract
term, customers have the option
to off-hire or extend the contract.
Typically around a third of
contracts on hire at the beginning
of the year will off-hire during the
year. When a customer decides
to off-hire, we remove our
equipment and leave the
site exactly as we found it.
Equipment that is demobilised
is returned to one of the hubs,
where it is serviced or refurbished.
Our 1MW diesel generators that
have reached the end of their
useful life are refurbished which
can include an upgrade to our
more fuel efficient/higher electrical
output engine at around 70%
of the original cost and giving
another eight years of useful life.
Read more about
refurbishments
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HOW WE CREATE VALUE
USING OUR RESOURCES
Human
Design and Manufacture
Aggreko has over 6,300 permanent and 1,400 temporary
employees worldwide, united by our unique culture which has
developed over more than 50 years. Our people are highly
skilled and are used to reacting quickly, doing a professional
job in a safe manner and above all, responding effectively
under pressure.
We have enormous strength and depth throughout the
business. Our sales and commercial teams are highly trained
and understand the financial, regulatory and environmental
logistics of operating in challenging markets; our engineers
and technicians are trained to problem solve in even the
most difficult situations to keep our equipment operating;
supported by strong back office functions.
Our people are our biggest asset. Therefore it is essential
that our people are properly trained and are remunerated
and incentivised appropriately. Each part of the business
has training programmes in place to provide our employees
with the necessary skills to perform their role; training is
a combination of on-the-job learning and specific skill
development through training courses.
Read more about our people
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The Company’s remuneration policy, set out in the Corporate
governance report, is aligned with the key objectives of
growing earnings and delivering strong returns on capital
employed. These metrics are used for the Group’s long-term
incentive scheme and senior managers’ annual bonuses.
We also encourage all employees to own shares in the
Company and currently over 2,400 people participate in
the Sharesave programme.
Read more about our remuneration policy
Page 92
Supply Chain
Aggreko’s supply chain capability in managing suppliers to
provide goods and services in around 100 countries is a key
part of our business model, including the logistics of getting
equipment and supplies into and out of these countries in a
short period of time. We have long standing relationships with
many of our suppliers, notably Cummins, our main engine
supplier. We also have sourcing relationships across the globe
where we work very closely with suppliers to ensure that the
components and services provided comply with Aggreko’s
quality standards.
Unusually for a rental company, we design and assemble
most of our power equipment. Our specialist in-house teams
based in Dumbarton, Scotland, understand intimately the
requirements of the environment in which the fleet operates.
We operate equipment for its useful life; we do not build our
equipment to sell. This gives a powerful incentive to maintain
it well, which gives a longer life and better reliability.
Designing and assembling our own fleet gives us a unique
competitive advantage:
• Optimise equipment to meet our particular
operational requirements
• Design equipment for reliability and longevity
• Material capital cost advantage through economies
of scale and not paying the final assembly margin
(20 – 40% over competitors)
• React quickly to customer requirements with lead
times of only a few months from engine order to
the equipment being in the fleet
We currently purchase most of our temperature control
equipment externally to suit the needs of local markets.
Fleet is managed on a real time basis across the world and is
transferable across all sectors and applications, which enables
us to optimise utilisation and therefore its deployment
and returns.
Financial
The Group has sufficient facilities to meet our funding
requirements over the medium term. These facilities have a
range of maturities and are satisfied by the following covenants:
Funding Source
Covenants
Lenders
EBITDA ≥4x Interest
Net debt/EBITDA ≤3x
Performance as at
December 2014
EBITDA to Interest:
27x
Net debt to
EBITDA: 0.9x
The Group does not consider these covenants restrictive
and under normal business conditions looks to operate
the business with net debt/EBITDA ratio of around one.
The Group believes that this is the appropriate level given
the characteristics of the Group, including the inherently
risky nature of where we operate, in particular in the
Power Projects business.
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Fleet is at the heart of any rental business; it is the core of the service we offer and
managing it effectively is necessary to ensure the long-term sustainability of our business
OUR DESIGN AND ASSEMBLY CAPABILITY
230
permanent Dumbarton employees
20,978
power units available
9,695MW
power in the fleet
Purpose-built facility
to flex volume
Flexible employee base
(230 permanent and up to
275 contractors)
Design and
assembly with
50 years’ experience
Major sub-assembly
bought in from
key strategic suppliers
• Engine c.50%
• Alternator c.10%
• Container c.10%
20-40% capital cost
advantage on new
diesel and gas
generators
Refurbished and
upgraded diesel
for c.70% of
original cost per MW
HFO as refurbishment
for c.85% of original
diesel cost per MW
In the fleet within
10-12 weeks of order
90%
of cost is major sub-assemblies
£226m
fleet capex in 2014
20 – 40%
capital cost advantage
Intellectual
We have built a competitive advantage by designing our
own equipment that is fit for purpose. Key attributes of our
equipment are:
• Durable and portable – has to be lifted and
transported hundreds of times during its life
• Ability to work in extreme conditions,
both temperature and altitude
• Fuel efficient
• Safe
• Quiet
• Reliable
Furthermore, in recent years we have invested in the
underlying technology to deliver better performance and new
capability in our 1MW generators. We were the first company
in the world to develop and assemble 1MW gas generators in
20 foot containers; we have increased the power output of our
1MW diesel engines by 15% whilst improving fuel consumption
by 4% and we have re-engineered the same engines to allow
them to run on Heavy Fuel Oil.
We have also developed a process to allow us to re-cycle and
refurbish our large diesel generators at the end of their useful
life, for significantly less than the cost of a new generator.
At the same time, we re-engineer it to the latest specification.
Read more about generator refurbishments
• Compliant with environmental and safety regulations
See page 61
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OUR STRATEGY FOR LONG-TERM GROWTH
MAXIMISING OUR PERFORMANCE
THE OBJECTIVE OF OUR STRATEGY IS TO DELIVER LONG-TERM VALUE TO
SHAREHOLDERS, OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS AND REWARDING
CAREERS TO OUR EMPLOYEES BY BEING THE LEADING GLOBAL PROVIDER
OF FLEXIBLE POWER AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL SOLUTIONS
OUR AIM
Leading global provider of temporary power
and temperature control
OUR CULTURE
Pace, Passion, Performance
GROUP STRATEGY ANNOUNCED IN 2013
– Implement business line strategies
– Continue to build strength and depth in management
– Bolt-on acquisitions
– Build further synergies between the Local business and Power Projects
– Drive operational efficiency and economies of scale
– Innovate in product development
LOCAL BUSINESS
STRATEGY
– Superior service
– Utilise global scale for efficiency
– Increase market share
– Extend presence in emerging markets
POWER PROJECTS
STRATEGY
– Be the largest global operator
– Secure operating efficiencies and
competitive advantage
– Innovate to make temporary power competitive
with permanent power
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Overview
Our strategy is founded on the belief that a business
with global scale, that operates consistently worldwide,
can secure a significant competitive advantage.
Homogeneity in fleet, infrastructure, processes and
skills to deliver operating efficiencies, while leveraging
our complementary business models gives us a unique
competitive advantage. This will allow us to provide
excellent service to customers, and so allow Aggreko to
deliver long-term value to Shareholders and rewarding
careers to our employees. All this is underpinned by
our culture, known internally as “Orange Blood”; it is
characterised as pace, passion and performance.
LOCAL BUSINESS
POWER PROJECTS
Growth in the Local business is underpinned by growth
in our global market; we estimate the market is growing
at around two times GDP. We expect to continue to
gain market share through the key elements of our
Local business strategy:
We aim to secure the operating efficiencies and competitive
advantages which come from being the largest global operator.
We continue to focus on non-OECD ex. China whilst investing
in our product efficiency and operating procedures, with the
objective of driving down the cost/kWh of temporary power.
Superior customer service
We are a leading company for customer satisfaction globally;
we offer a premium service with a clear differentiation in our
product offering.
Use our global scale to drive efficiency
High quality systems and robust processes across the
Group underpin our operations, enabling us to provide
superior customer service at a competitive price.
Increase market share and global reach
We are focused on establishing and bringing up to scale
our newer service centres in faster growing emerging
markets, whilst also adding and upgrading service centres
in developed markets.
Scale
Scale brings significant competitive advantages through:
• Fleet management: fleet is managed as a common
global pool across both our businesses and we can
deploy capacity from our various hubs around the world.
This drives higher utilisation and therefore returns on capital.
• Delivery time: we can offer fast delivery of large amounts
of generating capacity.
• Risk management: we operate in countries where
the operational, political and payment risks can be high.
We mitigate these risks using a number of techniques
and we ensure a diverse geographic portfolio; no country
or customer exposure is greater than 10% of Group
revenues. Because of our scale, such a loss would not
imperil the Group as a whole.
• Capital cost: as the largest purchaser of power generation
for rental applications in the world, we achieve significant
economies of scale and we estimate that our capital
cost/MW is typically 20-40% lower than competitors’.
• Fit for purpose: having our own design and manufacturing
facilities means that we can source equipment which is
best suited to our precise requirements.
Product
To sustain our position as market leader, we need to have
market leading products. We have developed proprietary
engine technology to optimise performance and offer our
customers the choice of diesel, gas or HFO fuelled generators.
In addition, we refurbish our fleet, producing new and often
enhanced products at lower cost than the original, thus
helping generate higher capital returns.
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TARGETS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
AGGREKO WORKS ON FIVE-YEAR STRATEGY CYCLES; THE STRATEGIC TARGETS
OUTLINED BELOW ARE FOR THE CURRENT FIVE-YEAR CYCLE, 2013–2017
TARGETS
FY13 PERFORMANCE
FY14 PERFORMANCE
GROUP
Revenue growth
Trading margin
ROCE
>10%
>20%
>20%
6%
22%
21%
generators and
25% of the Power
Projects fleet are now
refurbished generators
12% • Refurbished 290
19%
19%
LOCAL BUSINESS
Revenue growth
Trading margin
8 –12%
17–20%
7%
18%
ROCE
18 –21% 17%
POWER PROJECTS
Revenue growth
Trading margin
ROCE
4%
10–15%
27–32% 31%
25–30% 27%
8%
16%
15%
• Opened nine new service
centres (net of closures)
• NPS score of 58%
in the top quartile
of global businesses
• Commenced roll-out
of telemetry globally,
allowing real time
monitoring of equipment
and improving
customer service
and Mozambique
competing with
permanent power
18% • Contracts in Panama
27%
25%
These targets are averages over a five-year period and there are years when we may be outside one of these ranges.
Revenue growth is underlying (excluding currency and pass-through fuel) and adjusted to exclude the impact of our
military and Japan contracts in Power Projects; Margin and ROCE are on a reported basis.
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OUR STRATEGY IN ACTION
ANOTHER ACTIVE YEAR
Overcoming a hydro shortage
in Panama
Aggreko provided 80MW of power during
the dry season to help Panama keep up
with demand
Read more on Page 39
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Expanding our service centre network
In line with our strategy to expand our service
centre network, we opened nine new depots
and sales centres in the year (net of closures)
Powering Southern Africa
Through our 230MW site at Ressano
Garcia, Mozambique, we provide power
to Mozambique, South Africa and
Namibia, at rates that are competitive
with permanent power
Read more on Page 48
Exploiting global verticals: Oil & Gas
The Group generated 17% of revenues
(excluding pass-through fuel) from
oil & gas during the year, largely across
North America, the Middle East and Russia
Read more on Page 40
Refurbishing our diesel engines
During the year we refurbished 196 G3
diesel engines into our more fuel efficient
G3+ engines
Read more on Page 61
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HOW WE PERFORMED
OUR KPIs
THERE ARE FIVE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs) WHICH WE USE
TO ANALYSE BUSINESS PERFORMANCE. THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER
OF OTHER PERFORMANCE INDICATORS USED TO MEASURE DAY-TO-DAY
OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL ACTIVITY, MANY OF WHICH ARE INCLUDED
IN OUR MONTHLY MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS. IN ADDITION, EVERY GENERAL
MANAGER IN THE BUSINESS RECEIVES A WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PACK OF
INDICATORS WHICH IS THE BASIS OF REGULAR OPERATIONAL MEETINGS
SAFETY
STAFF TURNOVER
Frequency accident rating
Staff turnover
%
14
13
13
12
11
0.98
0.94
0.71
0.68
0.40
10
11
12
13
14
10
11
12
13
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Relevance
Our business involves the frequent movement of
heavy equipment which, in its operation, produces
lethal voltages of electricity and contains thousands
of litres of fuel. Rigorous safety processes are
absolutely essential if we are to avoid accidents which
could cause injury to people and damage to property
and reputation. Safety processes are also a basic
benchmark of operational discipline.
The main KPI we use to measure safety performance
is the internationally recognised Frequency Accident
Rating (“FAR”) which is calculated as the number of
lost time accidents multiplied by 200,000 (being the
base for 100 employees working 40 hours per week,
50 weeks per year) divided by the total hours worked.
A lost time accident is a work related injury/illness that
results in an employee’s inability to work the day after
the initial injury/illness.
Performance
The Group’s FAR for 2014 was 0.40. This compares
favourably to the benchmark of 1.0 reported for
US Commercial and Industrial Machinery and
equipment rental and leasing sector, published by
the US Department of Labor for 2013. It is a reduction
of 41% from last year’s result of 0.68, and is reflected
in a reduction from 57 Lost Time Injuries (LTIs) in
2013 to 41 LTIs in 2014. With deep regret we have
to report that during the year, through no fault of
his own, one of our engineers suffered fatal injuries
following a head on vehicle collision whilst travelling
to a client site in Saudi Arabia.
Read more about health and safety
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Relevance
In a service business such as Aggreko, it is the
attitude, skill and motivation of our staff which
makes the difference between mediocre and
excellent performance. Staff retention therefore is
a reasonable proxy for how employees feel about
our Company. We monitor staff turnover which is
measured as the number of employees who left the
Group (other than through redundancy) during the
period as a proportion of the total average employees
during the period. As well as measuring staff turnover,
the Group carries out a regular global opinion survey,
conducted by an independent third party, in which
every employee is invited to say what they think
about Aggreko.
Performance
Staff turnover of 13% in 2014 is broadly in line with
the levels over the past five years. The results from
the last global opinion survey conducted in 2013
put Aggreko in the top quartile with peer group
companies. The feedback from 5,100 responses
(86% return rate) was very positive and very much
in line with the results of the previous survey.
Aggreko continues to have a strong culture with
highly committed people.
Read more about our people
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2
3
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CUSTOMER LOYALTY
EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS) ROCE
Net promoter score
Diluted EPS
pence
60
60
62
64
58
86.76
78.98
100.40
92.03
82.49
Return on average capital employed
%
32
28
24
21
19
10
11
12
13
14
10
11
12
13
14
10
11
12
13
14
Relevance
Measuring the creation of Shareholder value is a
complex and much-debated topic. We believe that
EPS, while not perfect, is an accessible measure
of the returns we are generating as a Group for
our Shareholders, and also has the merit of being
auditable and well understood. So, for the Group
as a whole, the key measure of short-term financial
performance is diluted EPS, pre-exceptional items.
EPS is calculated based on profit attributable to
equity Shareholders (adjusted to exclude exceptional
items) divided by the diluted weighted average
number of Ordinary Shares ranking for dividend
during the relevant period.
Performance
EPS for the year was 10% below the previous year,
largely driven by a substantial currency translation
headwind, which reduced trading profit by £40 million.
Read more about our earnings per share
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Relevance
In a business as capital intensive as Aggreko’s,
profitability alone is not an adequate measure of
performance: it is perfectly possible to be generating
good margins, but poor value for Shareholders, if
assets (and in particular, fleet) are being allocated
incorrectly. We believe that, by focusing on ROCE,
we measure both margin performance and capital
productivity, and we make sure that business unit
managers are tending their balance sheets as well as
their profit and loss accounts. We calculate ROCE by
dividing operating profit for a period by the average of
the net operating assets as at 1 January, 30 June and
31 December.
Performance
ROCE in 2014 was two percentage points lower
than 2013 at 19%. This decrease was mainly
driven by lower trading margins in our Power Projects
business and our Local business in Australia Pacific.
At 19%, ROCE is still at a high and, in our view,
very attractive level. The importance of ROCE as
a measure for Aggreko is illustrated by the fact that
it is included along with earnings per share as the
basis for the Company’s Long-Term Incentive Plan.
Read more about our remuneration policy
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Relevance
The Group deals with thousands of customers every
year and therefore it is important that we understand
the extent to which we are making customers feel
inclined to return to us the next time they need
the services we provide. Accordingly, we use the
Satmetrix system whereby we send customers an
email immediately after a contract closes asking
them to fill out a detailed questionnaire about
how they thought we performed. This data is then
collated for each business to demonstrate operational
performance as measured by how well their customers
think they have done for the same period.
These questionnaires generate enormous amounts
of data about how customers view our processes
and performance and, in order to distil this down
into a single usable indicator, we track a ratio called
the Net Promoter Score (NPS). Broadly speaking,
the NPS measures the proportion of our customers
who think we do an excellent job against those who
think we are average or worse.
Performance
In 2014, approximately 20,000 questionnaires
were sent out and we received around 3,200 replies;
we believe that the scale of the response we get
enables us to have confidence in this KPI. Whilst it
is disappointing that our score is lower this year and
we will work hard to improve this, a score in the high
fifties to low sixties range is a good level to achieve.
Satmetrix, a global leader in customer experience
programmes who manages over 21 million
customer responses annually (including Aggreko’s),
has confirmed that our Net Promoter Score
in 2014 remains in the top quartile of all the
companies benchmarked worldwide in the
business-to-business segment.
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STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
RISK FACTORS THAT COULD AFFECT
BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
RISKS
The Group recognises the importance of
identifying and actively managing the financial
and non-financial risks facing the business.
The Board is responsible for setting the
Group risk appetite and through regularly
reviewing the risks and controls ensures
Approach to managing risk
The foundation upon which the Group’s risk management
process is built is the Group Risk Register, which is maintained
by Group Internal Audit and is based on regional risk registers.
Biannually, the regional registers are reviewed and updated
by the Executive Committee with risks added, amended or
removed as appropriate, and relevant mitigation strategies
identified. From this, the Group Risk Register is prepared in
order to capture key risks that are common to all regions and
risks relevant to the overall Group.
The Group Risk Register is then formally presented to the
Board for discussion, approval and re-rating of risks where
necessary. Alongside this, the Audit Committee review the
controls framework and the effectiveness of the mitigations
identified to manage the risks.
that the appropriate mitigations are in place.
Managing risk is embedded in our culture and
how we conduct our day-to-day business activities.
Whilst the Board retains overall responsibility,
all our employees have a part to play.
Principal risks and materiality
In the day-to-day operations of the Group we face many
risks and uncertainties. Set out over the following pages are
the principal risks and uncertainties which we believe could
adversely affect Aggreko, potentially impacting our people,
operations, revenue, profits, cash flows or assets. This list is
not exhaustive – there are many things that could go wrong
in an operation as large and geographically diverse as ours –
and the list might change as something that seems immaterial
today assumes greater importance tomorrow.
In the following section, we outline those items we currently
consider to be our most important risks. The order in which
they are presented is not significant.
The Board
• Responsible for the Group’s risk management and internal controls
• Defines risk appetite of the Group
• Monitors the nature and extent of risk exposure against the risk appetite
Executive Committee
Ethics Committee
• Assess and mitigate risks company-wide
• Monitor risk management processes and internal controls
• Reviews the effectiveness of ethical policies and procedures
• Supports the Board in monitoring ethical compliance
Audit Committee
Internal Audit
• Supports the Board in monitoring risk exposure against risk appetite
• Reviews the control framework and control effectiveness
• Maintain Group Risk register and report on regional and Group risks
• Supports the Audit Committee in monitoring risk exposure against
risk appetite
Operational Level
• Risk management processes and internal controls embedded across functional areas,
service centres and project sites
• Risk identification, assessment and mitigation performed across the business
• Risk awareness and safety culture embedded across the business through regular training
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Key
Increased risk in 2014
No change in 2014
Decreased risk in 2014
Macro-economic and political environment
Economic activity
Director responsible: Chris Weston, Chief Executive Officer
Risk
Background and impact
Mitigation
An adverse impact on our revenue
and profit from an economic downturn.
There is a link in our business between demand
for our services and levels of economic activity.
In the Local business, slower GDP growth is likely to
result in a reduction in demand for rental equipment
and this impact is likely to be compounded by pricing
weakness. Some businesses are also exposed
to particular sectors – for instance, a material
proportion of our North American business comes
from upstream oil & gas; our Australian business
is highly dependent on mining activity and our
Singapore business has a high proportion of
shipping activity.
In Power Projects, the structural drivers of growth
are affected by the economic environment in the
short term. The decision to purchase power using
flexible solutions is in most cases a political one,
and given that the funds typically have to be diverted
from elsewhere, the opportunity cost is considered.
When economic growth is strong, industrial activity
is expanding, deficits are under control and if debt
is cheap, then customers will be more inclined to
spend money on flexible power. In the last couple of
years, emerging market economies have seen lower
growth rates and therefore demand for our service
has reduced.
Our global footprint and fleet homogeneity allows
us to move rental fleet between businesses;
for example, in 2013 and 2014, we satisfied the
Local business’ requirements for large generators
from our Power Projects business, where we
had some excess capacity.
We also try to ensure that our businesses build a
diverse customer base to minimise exposure to any
single sector or geography. In Brazil we continue to
invest in temperature control to reduce our sectoral
exposure to offshore oil & gas; while in Russia we are
expanding to enable us to develop under-penetrated
sectors such as mining.
As we manufacture most of our equipment in house,
we are able to quickly adjust capital expenditure.
Given the large fleet depreciation element in the
business’ cost base (£243 million in 2014), reducing
capital expenditure to a level close to depreciation
makes the business very cash generative which,
in turn, reduces debt and interest cost.
Oil price volatility
Director responsible: Chris Weston, Chief Executive Officer
Risk
Background and impact
Mitigation
An adverse impact on our revenue
and profit from a volatile oil price.
Over the last few years, the price of oil has
been at a fairly stable, albeit high level, with the
Brent Blend price1 at around $100; however during
the latter part of 2014 the price of oil started to
fall significantly.
We try to ensure that our businesses build a
diverse customer-base to minimise exposure to any
single sector or geography. In 2014, the oil & gas
sector contributed 17% of Group revenue (excluding
pass-through fuel).
Simplistically speaking a high oil price tends to
be detrimental to markets that are significant oil
importers. In contrast a lower oil price tends to be
detrimental to oil exporting countries as it reduces
GDP and spending power for infrastructure
investment. That said, there are nuances by market
depending on the economics of oil production and
exposure to other sectors; a lower oil price typically
stimulates consumer demand and therefore
economic growth.
1
Bloomberg European Brent Blend Crude Oil spot price
per barrel.
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RISK FACTORS THAT COULD
AFFECT BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
CONTINUED
Macro-economic and political environment
Exchange rate fluctuations
Director responsible: Carole Cran, Chief Financial Officer
Risk
Background and impact
Mitigation
An adverse impact on our revenue and
profit from transactional or translational
currency fluctuations.
We manage the transactional exchange impact
through hedging and denomination of borrowings
but we do not try to manage translational exchange
impact; it does not impact the underlying cash flows
of the business and it would be prohibitively
expensive. In Power Projects, our cost base is mainly
in US Dollars, so we have a natural hedge against
exchange rate movements.
Exchange rate fluctuations can have a dual impact
on our performance. Whilst we report in Sterling,
the Group’s asset values, earnings and cash flows
are influenced by a wide variety of currencies owing
to our geographic diversity. Around two-thirds of
the Group’s revenue and costs are denominated in
US Dollars; other large currency exposures are the
Euro (6%), Brazilian Reals (5%) and Australian Dollar
(4%). A 5% movement in GBP/USD has a translation
impact of £50 million on revenue and £11 million on
trading profit.
There is a secondary impact of exchange rate
fluctuations that is indirect and mainly impacts
demand in our Power Projects business where
we tend to transact in US Dollars.
Political environment
Executive responsible: Chris Weston, Chief Executive Officer
Risk
Background and impact
Mitigation
Political instability affects the
profitability of our operations.
In some jurisdictions there are significant risks of
political instability, which can result in civil unrest,
equipment seizure, renegotiation or nullification
of existing agreements, changes in laws, taxation
policies or currency restrictions. In addition, the
imposition of, or change in, sanctions on a country
can reduce demand for our services. Any of these
could have a damaging effect on the profitability of
our operations in a country, but the greatest risk is
in our Power Projects business.
During the year, we faced difficult operating
conditions in Russia as a result of sanctions
and in Libya and Iraq due to the unstable
political environment.
We carry out a risk assessment process to consider
risks to our people, to assets and to payments.
We use a wide range of tools and techniques to
manage asset risk, including insurances, bonds,
guarantees and cash advances. Power Projects’
financial exposures are monitored by the Board
on a monthly basis. The scale and diversity of
our business also helps mitigate risk.
Failure to collect payments or to recover assets
Executive responsible: Carole Cran, Chief Financial Officer
Risk
Background and impact
Mitigation
Non-payment by customers
or the seizure of assets.
We constantly monitor the risk profile and debtor
position for large contracts, deploying a variety
of techniques to mitigate the risks of delayed
or non-payment and the risk of asset seizure.
This mitigation will vary from customer to customer,
but our mitigation factors include obtaining advance
payments, letters of credit, and in some cases
insurance against losses. Our contract portfolio
is deliberately diverse in order to diversify
risk and we regularly review our exposure
to our largest customers.
The vast majority of the contracts into which the
Group enters are small relative to the size of the
Group and, if a customer fails to pay a debt, this
is dealt with in the normal course of business.
However, the Group has some large contracts
in developing countries where payment practices
can be unpredictable. With contracts in around
100 countries, there are typically two or three large
customers who could cause us payment problems.
The Group takes a rigorous approach to risk
management and to date has not suffered a
significant loss. The scale of our business and the
deliberate diversity of our customer portfolio makes
it less likely that any bad debt or equipment seizure
would be material to the Group’s balance sheet.
However, the size and scale of our business
increases the likelihood of this happening.
The impact of this would result in a provision or
write-off of the debt and we would also lose future
revenue and profit associated with the equipment.
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Key
Increased risk in 2014
No change in 2014
Decreased risk in 2014
Temporary power industry environment
Competition
Executive responsible: Chris Weston, Chief Executive Officer
Risk
Background and impact
Mitigation
Increased competition erodes
market share, margins and returns.
Aggreko operates in a highly competitive market.
The barriers to entry are low, particularly in the
Local business and, in every major market in which
we operate, competitors are constantly entering or
leaving the market. We welcome this competition
as it keeps us sharp and also helps to grow the
overall rental market which, in many countries,
is under-developed.
We monitor competitor activity carefully but,
ultimately, our only protection from suffering material
damage to our business by competitors is to work
relentlessly to provide our customers with a high
quality and differentiated service proposition at
a price that they believe provides good value.
Read more about our markets
Page 12
Product technology and emissions regulation
Executive responsible: Ron Sams, Group Operations and Technology Director
Risk
Background and impact
Mitigation
Changes in regulation make
our equipment obsolete.
The majority of Aggreko’s fleet is diesel-powered.
As part of the increasing focus on environmental
issues, countries continue to introduce legislation
related to permissible levels of emissions and this
has the potential to affect our business. Our engines
are sourced from major manufacturers who,
in turn, have to develop products which conform
to legislation, so we are dependent on their being
able to respond to legislation. We also have to be
aware that when we buy a generator we want to
be able to rent it for its useful life and to be able
to move it between countries.
To mitigate these risks, we adopt a number of
strategies. First, we retain considerable in-house
expertise on engine technology and emissions –
so we have a good understanding of these issues.
Secondly, we have very close relationships with
engine manufacturers so we get good forward
visibility of their product development pipeline.
When new products appear – particularly those
with improved emissions performance – we aim
to introduce them into the fleet as quickly as
possible to ensure that, over time, our fleet evolves
to ever-better levels of emissions performance.
An example of this is the significant investment we
have made in the development of our gas-fuelled
technology in recent years; these engines have
significantly reduced emissions compared with
other fuel types. Gas powered generation now
accounts for over 1,500MW of our fleet. Thirdly,
our global footprint is a major advantage as it
gives us numerous options for the re-deployment
of our fleet as emissions-compliance becomes more
onerous in certain countries. For example, by the
end of 2014 in our North American business, around
50% of the fleet was either Tier 3 or Tier 4 compliant,
with the previous fleet being re-deployed to other
parts of the Group.
Read more about our environmental impact
Page 57
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RISK FACTORS THAT COULD
AFFECT BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
CONTINUED
Ethical and safety risks
Failure to conduct business dealings with integrity and honesty
Executive responsible: Peter Kennerley, Group Legal Director and Company Secretary
Risk
Background and impact
Mitigation
An employee or person acting on
our behalf fails to act in accordance
with Group policy and breaches our
ethics guidance.
The scale and nature of much of our business poses
the risk that we could be accused of bribery and
other unethical behaviour. These risks include
operating in countries with perceived high levels of
corruption, contracts involving public procurement
and large sums, and the use of third-party
sales consultants.
To mitigate these risks, we operate a compliance
regime based on the guidance published by
the UK Ministry of Justice associated with the
UK Bribery Act 2010. First, we aim to ensure that
our procedures are appropriate and proportionate to
the risks we face. Central to this is our Ethics Policy;
every employee receives a copy when they join the
business and each sales consultant acting on our
behalf commits to abide by it. Secondly, we
provide Board-level leadership through our Ethics
Committee, comprising entirely Non-executive
Directors, which oversees our anti-bribery and
corruption strategy, and aims to foster a culture
so that people, both inside and outside the Group,
know that Aggreko does not engage in, and will not
tolerate, bribery, corruption or unethical behaviour.
Thirdly, we carefully assess the nature and extent
of the potential external and internal risks of bribery;
to date we believe the greatest risk continues to lie
with our reliance on third-party sales consultants in
those countries where we do not have a permanent
presence. Fourthly, we conduct proportionate due
diligence on those who will do business on our
behalf. We carry out comprehensive due diligence
on all potential sales consultants, using specialist
independent investigators, and once a sales
consultant has been appointed we regularly monitor
their performance, audit payments and refresh
due diligence at least every two years. Fifthly, we
communicate our policies and processes, both
inside and outside Aggreko. We have a web-based
training programme for all employees accompanied
by regular compliance certification; employees in
higher-risk positions and third-party consultants
receive tailored face-to face training. Finally, we
monitor all processes and keep them under the
oversight of our Head of Compliance and internal
audit reviews.
Read more about ethics and integrity
Page 65
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Key
Increased risk in 2014
No change in 2014
Decreased risk in 2014
Safety and security
Executive responsible: Chris Weston, Chief Executive Officer
Risk
Background and impact
Mitigation
An injury to people or property during
the course of business.
The business of the Group involves transporting,
installing and operating large amounts of heavy
equipment, which produces lethal voltages or very
high pressure air and involves the use of millions
of litres of fuel which could cause serious damage
to the environment.
There is a risk that we have personnel travelling
or working in high risk countries. This year we
experienced the additional risk of employees working
in the Ebola affected countries in West Africa, and
challenging security environments in Libya and Iraq.
The Group has a proactive operational culture
that puts health and safety at the top of its agenda
in order to reduce the likelihood of an accident.
We work very closely with our customers,
employees and Health & Safety authorities, to
evaluate and assess major risks to ensure that
health and safety procedures are rigorously followed.
The Group has developed health and safety KPIs
which are reviewed by the Board on a regular basis.
We monitor security risks very closely; we have a
highly trained internal Head of Security supported
by security consultants that provide advice and
assistance for travel in high risk countries.
Our employees are given comprehensive training
and support to ensure that they are adequately
equipped for the environment in which they are
working. Where health matters are of concern,
we implement stringent testing procedures and
restrict access to our sites.
Read more about safety and security
Pages 57 and 64
Retaining talent
People retention
Executive responsible: Sheena Mackay, Group HR Director
Risk
Background and impact
Mitigation
Lack of management succession or
the failure to retain key employees.
Aggreko knows that it is people who make
the difference between great performance and
mediocre performance. This is true at all levels
within the business. We are keenly aware of the
need to attract the right people, establish them
in their roles and manage their development.
During the year the Group underwent a period of
senior management change. Over this period, we
consider that the risk of losing people increased.
The main mitigation for this is to make sure that
people enjoy working for Aggreko, that they feel
that they are recognised, cared for, and have
challenging and interesting jobs. As a framework
for people development, we have in place a
talent management programme which covers
the management population. Rewarding people
well for good performance, and having a successful
Long-term Incentive Plan, also acts as a powerful
retention tool.
Read more about people
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STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
OUR INVESTMENT CASE
1 MARKET
• Structural supply/demand deficit in Power Projects
• Local business market growing at approximately two times GDP
• Global operations
• Diversified sector portfolio
2 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
• Global scale and reach enables us to respond to demand shifts
• Complementary business models diversify short-term variability
• Focused product range ensures unrivalled expertise
• In-house design and assembly delivers optimised fleet at a lower capital cost
Read more about our
markets on page 12
3 STRATEGY
• Clearly defined business strategy
• Supported by a strong management team
• Delivering on strategic targets in a challenging environment
4 SHAREHOLDER RETURNS
• Priority is to invest for long-term growth
• Cash generation set to increase over the next few years
• Excess liquidity will be returned to Shareholders
Read more about our
business model on page 16
Read more about our
strategy on page 22
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1
2
3
4
in revenue from our Japanese and US Military contracts, as
well as the challenges of a particularly competitive market in
Indonesia which saw volume and pricing come under pressure.
Overall, the Group reported margin was 19% (2013: 22%). In the
Local business on-going weakness in the mining sector had a
significant impact on our Australia Pacific business and challenging
macro conditions in our Brazilian market put overall growth and
margins under pressure. In Power Projects, as outlined above,
a lower contribution from our Japanese and US Military contracts
combined with the challenging market environment in Indonesia
was partially offset by a bad debt provision release relating to
our contracts in Argentina, where overdue debts were settled.
The decline in margin impacted reported return on capital
employed3, which fell 2 percentage points to 19%.
Looking across the regions, the Americas delivered a strong
performance with underlying revenue up 19% and trading profit
up 17%. EMEA delivered a good performance, with underlying
revenue up 9% and trading profit up 10%. As previously
discussed, APAC had a challenging year and overall, underlying
revenue declined 13% with a 42% reduction in trading profit.
On a reported basis, the movement in exchange rates in the
period had a significant translational impact on results, reducing
revenue by £126 million and trading profit by £40 million.
This was driven by the strength of Sterling against all our
major currencies4 compared to the average rates in 2013.
Earnings and dividends
The Group delivered a statutory profit before tax of £289 million
(2013: £333 million). The diluted earnings per share was
82.49 pence, a 10% decline on the prior year.
The Group is proposing a final dividend per share of 17.74 pence.
Subject to Shareholder approval this will result in a full year
dividend of 27.12 pence (2013: 26.30 pence) per ordinary share;
this equates to dividend cover of 3 times. Including the 75 pence
per share special dividend paid during the year, the total cash
dividend paid to Shareholders in 2014 was 102 pence.
Cashflow and balance sheet
During the year, we generated an operating cash inflow of
£498 million (2013: £603 million). We continued to manage
our capital expenditure tightly and to adjust it in response to
market conditions. Fleet capital expenditure was £226 million
(2013: £205 million), of which around 70% was spent on fleet
for the Local business, particularly small gas generators for the
North American market; capital expenditure in Power Projects was
principally in respect of 290MW of diesel engine refurbishments.
Net debt was £494 million at 31 December 2014, £131 million
higher than the prior year and after £200 million was returned to
Shareholders. This resulted in net debt to EBITDA of 0.9 times
compared to 0.6 times in 2013.
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£m unless
otherwise stated
Group revenue
Group revenue excl.
pass through fuel
Trading profit2
Reported Trading
margin
Profit before tax
Diluted earnings per
share (p)
Dividend per share (p)
2014
1,577
2013 Reported
–%
1,573
Underlying1
9%
1,529
306
1,531
352
–%
(13)%
9%
(2)%
19% 22%
333
289
82.49
27.12
92.03
26.30
(13)%
(10)%
3%
Aggreko delivered a solid trading performance in a difficult
year. We faced challenging operating conditions in a number
of our markets, particularly in Libya where security remains an
ongoing concern. Against this backdrop, we are pleased that
many of our markets delivered a strong performance and that
overall the Group has performed in line with expectations.
Group trading performance
The Group delivered a solid trading performance in 2014,
with revenue of £1,577 million, up 9% on an underlying1 basis.
The Local Business grew 8% on the same basis, as continued
strength in the Americas and EMEA businesses offset
weakness in our APAC business, which was significantly
impacted by the slowdown in the Australian mining sector.
In Power Projects, underlying revenue was up 10%, with
growth coming from our 80MW diesel contract in Panama,
where we are selling power to the spot market, combined with
the full year impact of our gas contracts in Mozambique and
the Ivory Coast. Offsetting this we saw a further reduction
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW
CONTINUED
LOCAL BUSINESS LINE
POWER PROJECTS BUSINESS LINE
Revenue
Trading profit
Trading margin
Reported
2014
£ million
904
139
16%
Reported
2013
£ million
904
158
18%
Reported
change
%
–%
(12)%
Underlying1
change
%
8%
(4)%
Local business line
Our Local business delivered a solid performance in the year
with underlying revenue up 8%. As expected, the rate of
growth slowed in the second half given tough comparatives.
Rental revenue increased by 8% and services revenue by 9%;
within rental, power increased 10%, driven by EMEA and the
Americas, whilst temperature control increased by 2% and
oil-free air increased 1%.
The increase in revenue was driven by good growth in
emerging markets5, in addition to strong performances
from some of our more developed markets, most notably the
United States, Canada, the UK and Germany. Our contracts
for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the Glasgow 2014
Commonwealth Games contributed £19 million in revenue.
Trading profit in the Local business fell 4%, with a two
percentage point reduction in the trading margin to 16%.
This was largely due to the challenging trading conditions in
our Australia Pacific business, as the mining sector continued
to contract, as well as the more difficult macro environment
in Brazil as a result of the subdued economic conditions.
Revenues
Excl. pass-through
fuel
Pass-through fuel
Total
Trading profit
Excl. pass-through
fuel
Pass-through fuel
Total
Trading margin excl.
pass-through fuel
Reported
2014
£ million
Reported
2013
£ million
Reported
change
%
Underlying1
change
%
625
48
673
170
(3)
167
627
42
669
196
(2)
194
27%
31%
–%
13%
1%
10%
19%
10%
(13)%
(36)%
(14)%
–%
(43)%
–%
Power Projects business line
Our Power Projects business had a good year with underlying
revenue increasing by 10%; this was largely driven by our 80MW
diesel contract in Panama where we are selling electricity to the
spot market, but also benefited from the full year impact of the
gas on-hires in Mozambique and Ivory Coast commissioned in
the second half of 2013. This growth was partially offset by the
on-going anticipated decline in Japan and US Military contracts
and a very competitive market in Indonesia.
Underlying trading profit was in line with last year, with the
reported margin decreasing to 27% (2013: 31%). This was in
line with our expectations and was caused by the wind-down
of our higher margin Japan and US Military contracts and
pricing pressure, particularly in Indonesia. These factors were
partially offset by a bad debt provision release of £7 million,
as overdue balances in Argentina were settled.
Order intake for 2014 was 757MW, ahead of the 725MW
secured in 2013; the off-hire rate in 2014 was 32% (2013: 39%).
At the end of the year, our order book was around 23,000MW
months (2013: 25,000 MW months). Since the year end we
have secured new work of 287MW and multi-year contract
extensions of 488MW. We anticipate mobilisation costs
will impact 2015 first-half results as these new projects
and contracts won in the fourth quarter of 2014 on-hire.
At the end of 2014 we had 925MW of gas-fuelled generation
on rent, and revenue from gas was up 7% on the prior year.
At the same point, we had 569MW of our more fuel efficient
and higher output G3+ diesel sets in the fleet, including 212MW
of our dual-fuel diesel and Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) generators.
As we have previously discussed, we are experiencing
challenges with the HFO product relating to the fuel specification
that our equipment can use and which has reduced the size of
the addressable market. The issues that we are experiencing are
not trivial and our engineering team, along with the support of
engineering firm Ricardo, are working to resolve these issues
and in the meantime, these sets are able to run on diesel.
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2
3
4
Revenue
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
Reported
change
%
Underlying
change
%
684
246
647
1,577
904
625
48
1,577
645
303
625
1,573
904
627
42
1,573
6%
(19)%
4%
–%
–%
–%
13%
–%
19%
(13)%
9%
9%
8%
10%
19%
9%
1,529
1,531
–%
9%
Trading profit
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
Reported
change
%
Underlying
change
%
141
49
116
306
139
170
(3)
306
147
91
114
352
158
196
(2)
352
(4)%
(46)%
1%
(13)%
(12)%
(13)%
(36)%
(13)%
17%
(42)%
10%
(2)%
(4)%
–%
(43)%
(2)%
Regional trading performance
By region
Americas
Asia, Pacific & Australia
Europe, Middle East & Africa
Group
By business line
Local business
Power Projects excluding pass-through fuel
Pass-through fuel
Group
Group excluding pass-through fuel
By region
Americas
Asia, Pacific & Australia
Europe, Middle East & Africa
Group
By business line
Local business
Power Projects excluding pass-through fuel
Pass-through fuel
Group
Group excluding pass-through fuel
309
354
(13)%
(2)%
Outlook
Progress over the first two months of the year has been
encouraging. In Power Projects we have seen a healthy
order intake of 287MW, including new contracts in Argentina
(150MW) and Myanmar (95MW). We are also pleased to have
secured an extension to our contract in Japan and multi-year
contract extensions in Argentina and Ivory Coast; however, the
securing of further contract extensions and winning new work
is key in order to drive growth this year. In the Local business
power volumes on rent are up 6%.
Group wide, we have seen little impact from lower oil price to
date, however we continue to assess developments closely.
For some markets the lower oil price may stimulate demand,
but on balance we anticipate that it could be a headwind later
in the year, as could continued security challenges in a number
of our markets, in particular Libya.
Whilst incremental mobilisation costs will impact first half
results, overall for 2015, we currently expect underlying trading
profit to be broadly in line with last year.
1 Underlying excludes currency and pass-through fuel revenue from Power
Projects, where we provide fuel to our contracts in Mozambique on a
pass-through basis. A bridge between reported and underlying revenue
and trading profits is provided at page 50 of the Financial Review.
2 Trading profit represents operating profit before gain on sale of property,
plant and equipment.
3 ROCE is calculated by taking the operating profit for a period and expressing
it as a percentage of the average net operating assets at 1 January, 30 June
and 31 December.
4 Major currencies are the US Dollar, Euro, Australian Dollar, Argentinian Peso
and Brazilian Real. The table on page 50 of the Financial Review sets out these
major exchange rates.
5 Emerging Local business markets defined as: Russia, Middle East, Asia,
Africa and Latin America.
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STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
PERFORMANCE BY REGION
AMERICAS
Our Americas business delivered a strong performance for the
year. Underlying revenue increased by 19% and trading profit
by 17%. Reported trading margin decreased from 23% to 21%,
which included a negative impact from the currency mix of
our contracts and the effects of challenging trading conditions
in Brazil. Trading profit in the year included the benefit of a
£7 million bad debt provision release relating to Argentina
where, after a period of negotiation, the team successfully
cleared overdue debts, which net of a small discount resulted
in the provision release.
Underlying revenue in our Americas Local business increased
12% with rental revenue up 9% and services revenue up 18%.
Rental revenue growth was driven by power rental revenue,
which increased by 12%. Temperature control revenue grew
by 3%, but cooler ambient temperatures across North America
during the crucial summer season reduced demand. Oil-free
compressed air revenue increased 1%.
In North America growth was broadly based; gas-fuelled
generation grew 96%, driven by both shale and encouragingly
a number of industrial and construction applications. In the oil
and gas sector, the further introduction of small gas generators
allowed us to deliver tailor made solutions to customers and
substantially improve their operating efficiencies. At this point
in time, we have seen little impact on our business from lower
oil prices, however, customers are reducing their plans for
capital expenditure and as such the medium term outlook
is unclear.
Our Local business in Brazil faced a challenging year,
with revenue falling 3%, excluding revenue from the
FIFA World Cup where we provided all the broadcast power.
Subdued economic conditions, combined with political
uncertainty heading into the elections in October 2014 had an
impact on trading. Given this, we carried out a reorganisation
of our Brazilian business, which resulted in the consolidation of
locations and fleet rationalisation to optimise utilisation; this has
enabled us to enter 2015 in a stronger position. Elsewhere in
South America the local business continued to grow strongly.
Since the year end we have been awarded the contract for the
Pan American Games and ParaPan American Games, to be
held in Toronto, Canada in July and August 2015.
Power Projects revenue, on an underlying basis, was up 39%
on last year, despite a £20 million decline in our US Military
revenue as the US withdrawal from Afghanistan continues.
The growth in Power Projects was driven by a number of new
projects, most notably in Panama. We operated as a licensed
generator selling electricity to the Panamanian wholesale
market, providing 80MW of power in response to a hydro
shortage. Having successfully completed the initial contract,
which off-hired at the end of the third quarter, we were
awarded a new 104MW, eight month diesel contract in
November. We have operated in Argentina since 2008 and
since the year end we have agreed a two-year extension for
our 300MW of existing contracts and been awarded a further
150MW of new work.
Asterios Satrazemis
Regional Executive Director, the Americas
Revenues
Local
Power Projects
Total
Trading profit
Trading margin
Reported
2014
£ million
Reported
2013
£ million
Reported
change
%
Underlying1
change
%
457
227
684
141
21%
445
200
645
147
23%
3%
13%
6%
(4)%
12%
39%
19%
17%
1 Underlying excludes currency.
Highlights of the year
– Selling power direct to the grid in Panama through our
innovative project, and securing a new 104MW contract
after the initial contract expired;
– Settled overdue balances in Argentina and since the end
of the year secured 300MW of contract extensions and
150MW of new work;
– Successful delivery of the FIFA World Cup in Brazil
where we provided all the broadcast power;
– Strong performance in North America, driven by
oil and gas.
Lowlights of the year
– Macro conditions in Brazil provided a challenging
backdrop and we are reorganising our business there;
– Global mining slowdown began to impact our
South American Local Business, particularly in Chile,
in the second half of the year.
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2
3
4
HYDRO SHORTAGE
IN PANAMA
80MW of temporary power was provided
to Panama in the dry season
Watch the video online:
www.annualreport2014.aggreko.com
Generating power direct to the grid
During the 2013 dry season Panama’s hydro-electric
plants produced insufficient power to keep up with the
growth in demand; the government sought an alternative
solution for 2014. We secured an electricity generating
licence and were able to provide 80MW of power directly into
the grid. Having successfully operated through the dry season,
we have won a new 104MW contract to provide power
well into 2015.
80MW
of power generating on average
40,000MWh per month
60 days
the site was installed and
commissioned in 60 days
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STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
PERFORMANCE BY REGION
AMERICAS CONTINUED
POWER MANAGEMENT
IN SHALE
THE GROWTH IN SHALE OIL IN NORTH AMERICA HAS
CREATED AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR AGGREKO
LED BY NEW APPLICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY
OPERATING IN REMOTE LOCATIONS, OIL AND GAS
OPERATORS AND PRODUCERS REQUIRE MORE
ACCESS TO POWER THAN EVER BEFORE
WE HAVE POSITIONED OURSELVES AS A POWER
MANAGEMENT COMPANY PROVIDING SCALABLE,
RELIABLE AND ECONOMICAL SOLUTIONS
FOR OIL AND GAS PRODUCERS
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2
3
4
25
small generators were replaced
with a single gas micro-grid
60%
fuel savings for the customer versus
a diesel solution
Cost effective solutions for customers
We were the first company to offer a gas-powered solution
to customers. Gas power is more economical than diesel
and in some cases comparable or lower than the cost of utility
power. Additionally, it is better for the environment, particularly
when field gas is available, as the alternative in some cases
would be to flare the gas as a by-product of oil-production.
In 2014, Aggreko was presented with the Environmental
Stewardship Award by the South Texas Energy and
Economic Roundtable (STEER).
Reliability in the oilfield is key to efficient and economic
production; around 80% of our revenue comes from
production. We use telemetry, overseen by our remote
operations centre to maintain and troubleshoot deployed fleet.
It also enables us to provide our customers with operational
reports on a daily basis.
In the Mississippi Lime basin, one operator was developing in
remote areas without grid power. They wanted to be able to
scale up when wells began producing to deliver more efficient
production. We helped customise a scalable temporary gas
power solution addressing different growth phases and shifting
drill locations using a combination of mobile gas generators
running on well gas and latterly a micro-grid also running
on well gas. This micro-grid was connected to the individual
well locations by overhead power lines and operated as the
primary utility for the area. This solution delivered fuel savings
of 60% versus a diesel solution.
Read more about the environmental impact
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STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
PERFORMANCE BY REGION
ASIA, PACIFIC AND AUSTRALIA
APAC
Our APAC business had a challenging year with underlying
revenue declining by 13% and trading profit declining by 42%.
Reported trading margin declined from 30% to 20% largely
driven by the Power Projects business and the Australia Pacific
Local business.
The Local business saw underlying revenue decrease by 9%.
Rental revenue decreased by 11% and services revenue by 2%.
Within rental revenue power decreased by 11% and temperature
control decreased by 7%.
Around 70% of APAC Local revenue was generated by
the Australia Pacific business which faced very challenging
market conditions driven by the slowdown in the mining sector.
During 2014, the focus of our mining business changed to
support the operation of existing mines rather than the larger
projects associated with the construction phase of new mines,
which have decreased. This was particularly notable in the
North and West of the country. More positively, all other
Local businesses experienced growth and we were particularly
pleased with the performance in Singapore and our new
business in South Korea. In India, whilst the first half was
sluggish in the run-up to the election, the second half was
much better; and we are hopeful that the economic
environment will prove supportive, although competition
remains intense.
Power Projects in APAC had another difficult year with revenue
decreasing 15%, largely driven by Japan and Indonesia.
We continue to have 148MW of diesel power on rent in Japan,
however our gas contract for 100MW off-hired in 2013 and so
meant a difficult comparator for the year. In Indonesia, intense
competition led to volume and pricing pressure for both new
contracts and extensions and resulted in a sharp year-on-year
drop in revenues. Combined, the impact of reduced revenue
and margins in Japan and Indonesia had a material impact
on APAC’s performance. That said, we are pleased to have
secured a one year extension on our gas contracts and
a multi-year extension on our 55MW diesel contract in
Bangladesh and to have signed new work in the Philippines
(42MW), Bangladesh (30MW) and Myanmar (21MW) during
2014; since the year end we have secured a new gas contract
for 95MW in Myanmar and we are pleased to have further
extended our contract in Japan until March 2016.
Debajit Das
Regional Executive Director, APAC
Revenues
Local
Power Projects
Total
Trading profit
Trading margin
Reported
2014
£ million
Reported
2013
£ million
Reported
change
%
Underlying1
change
%
105
141
246
49
20%
128
175
303
91
30%
(18)%
(9)%
(20)% (15)%
(19)% (13)%
(46)% (42)%
1 Underlying excludes currency.
Highlights of the year
– Extensions in Japan, Bangladesh and Indonesia in
Power Projects;
– New market launches in the Local Business, including
South Korea and Thailand.
Lowlights of the year
– Mining downturn in Australia which significantly impacted
revenue and profit;
– Increased competitive activity, particularly in Indonesia,
impacting volumes and pricing.
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3
4
CONTINUOUS
IMPROVEMENT IN
HEALTH & SAFETY
Safety is a priority; it is something that we are always
aware of and constantly striving to improve
Health and Safety initiatives
In 2014, APAC implemented a number of initiatives aimed
at further improving health and safety across the business.
Proactive reporting of near misses and hazards has been a
key focus area with several new safety measures implemented.
This resulted in one of our project sites achieving over
1,000 Lost Time Injury Free days. We have also developed
automated cable handling equipment to minimise the manual
handling of cables which in the past have caused a number of
back, shoulder and arm injuries. This new equipment is being
trialled for wider application across the business. Finally, the
management of contractors is key to our business and we
need to ensure that they are safe to be on-site. During the year
we implemented online safety induction training, to ensure that
contractors are adequately trained in Aggreko’s safety rules
before undertaking work on-site.
Read more about health and safety
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>1,000
Lost Time Injury free days
at one site in Bangladesh
ISO14001
Australian business recognised for its
leading environmental standards by
achieving Environmental Management
System Certification
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STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
PERFORMANCE BY REGION
APAC CONTINUED
JAPAN: DISASTER RELIEF
FOLLOWING THE 2011 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI
IN JAPAN, AGGREKO PROVIDED 350MW OF POWER TO
ASSIST THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE CHALLENGING
PERIOD THAT FOLLOWED
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people were without power
7 million
3 months
350 MW
from signing the letter of intent
to power production
of power deployed in Japan since 2011
1
2
3
4
Building local reputation
In March 2011, Japan was hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake
which triggered a powerful tsunami that devastated large
areas of the country. The tsunami caused several nuclear
accidents, which combined with some conventional power
plants going offline after the earthquake, reduced the total
capacity of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the
country’s largest power provider, by nearly 50%.
Aggreko signed a letter of intent with TEPCO less than
one month after the tragedy, for 100MW of gas-fired
and 100MW of diesel-fired power generation. This initial
200MW contract was installed in the Tokyo Bay area and
southern Pacific Ocean coastal area, to help sustain the
supply of electricity to consumers and industry which had
been seriously affected by the earthquake and tsunami.
This contract has since off-hired as TEPCO’s generating
capacity has increased.
As a result of the assistance we provided to TEPCO, they
recommended us to another utility, Hokkaido Electric Power
Company (HEPCO), to assist with their winter peak energy
requirement. Since 2012 we have provided them with
150MW of diesel power. Having now been operating in
Japan for over three years, we have also analysed the
market and identified an opportunity for our Local business,
leading to the opening of an office in 2014.
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STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
PERFORMANCE BY REGION
EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
EMEA
Our EMEA business had a good year with underlying revenue
increasing by 9% and trading profit by 10%. Reported trading
margins were in line with prior year at 20%.
Revenue in our EMEA Local business was up 9% on last
year on an underlying basis, with rental revenue up 14%.
Within rental revenue, power increased by 16% and
temperature control rose by 2%. We saw strong growth in
our emerging market businesses, particularly in gas-fuelled
generation in Russia and Romania, whilst the infrastructure
work in Qatar continues in preparation for the 2022 World
Cup. In our more developed European markets, solid base
performance was boosted by off-shore wind farm
commissioning work in the UK and Germany. We are pleased
that this application was used elsewhere in the region, with
our first contract for wind farm commissioning in South Africa.
In Belgium, the business grew as we supported industrial
customers concerned about power shortages as the national
reserve margin fell. Elsewhere, France and Italy continued
to be weak, whilst Spain performed well. Our African Local
businesses have been growing well and our focus on the
mining sector has resulted in a number of new contracts
across the region. Iraq continues to grow, albeit at a slower
rate in the second half, given the on-going security concerns;
we remain cognisant of the security situation across the region
and continue to safeguard our people and our assets.
We were pleased to have successfully supplied power for
the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in our home city
of Glasgow. In total, we provided 27MW of temporary power
across the Games’ 29 venues and the International Broadcast
Centre. Towards the end of the year we also signed a contract
to supply power to the inaugural European Games in Baku,
which will be held in June 2015.
On 6 November 2014 we completed the acquisition of Golden
Triangle Generators Limited, a leading provider of rental power
solutions to customers in the northwest of the UK.
Revenue in our Power Projects business, excluding fuel, was
up 8%, driven by the full year impact of on hires in Mozambique
and the Ivory Coast in the second half of 2013. During the year
the region won new contracts totalling 539MW, including
120MW in Libya, 50MW in Benin and 170MW of peak shaving
in Saudi Arabia and Oman. The impact of these new contracts
and the extension of the first phase of our gas contract in
Mozambique for a further year was partly offset by the full year
effect of off-hires in Kenya. In Libya, whilst our 120MW contract
is effective, the security situation in the country continues to be
a challenge and as such is closely monitored. Since the year
end we are pleased to have extended our 200MW gas contract
in Ivory Coast for a further three years.
David Taylor-Smith MBE
Regional Executive Director, EMEA
Revenues
Local
Power Projects excl.
pass-through fuel
Pass-through fuel
Total
Trading profit
Excl. pass-through
fuel
Pass-through fuel
Total
Trading margin excl.
pass-through fuel
Reported
2014
£ million
Reported
2013
£ million
Reported
change
%
Underlying1
change
%
341
258
48
647
119
(3)
116
331
252
42
625
3%
9%
3%
13%
4%
8%
19%
9%
116
(2)
114
2%
(36)%
1%
10%
(43)%
10%
20%
20%
1 Underlying excludes currency and pass-through fuel for our Power Project
contract in Mozambique.
Highlights of the year
– Order intake of 539MW and the one year extension of
phase 1 in Mozambique;
– Successful delivery of the Glasgow Commonwealth
Games and Ryder Cup as part of a very strong events
year in the UK.
Lowlights of the year
– Despite being caused by factors beyond our control,
we were deeply saddened by the death of one of
our colleagues in a vehicle accident in Saudi Arabia;
– Challenging operating environment in a number
of countries (Russia, Iraq, Libya, Yemen and Ebola
affected countries).
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3
4
KAZAKHSTAN
Innovative temperature control solution
Maintaining production
in extreme conditions
In eastern Kazakhstan the temperature can reach
as high as 48°C in the Summer. Our customer, an oil
refinery, was losing around $250 million of revenue each
Summer as these high temperatures affected the power
output of their gas turbines which in turn impacted production.
We designed a temperature control package to reduce
the facility temperature to 18°C and enable the refinery to
maintain production levels throughout the Summer period.
Following its initial success in 2013, the contract has been
extended until the end of 2016.
115m3
chilled air supplied per second
30°C
temperature reduction achieved
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STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
PERFORMANCE BY REGION
EMEA CONTINUED
MOZAMBIQUE: POWERING
SOUTHERN AFRICA
AGGREKO OPERATES THE WORLD’S FIRST
CROSS-BORDER FLEXIBLE POWER FACILITY
AT RESSANO GARCIA IN MOZAMBIQUE, PROVIDING
POWER TO THREE SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES,
MOZAMBIQUE, SOUTH AFRICA AND NAMIBIA
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232MW
total capacity of the
Ressano Garcia plant
13 weeks
to deliver, install and commission
122MW in phase 2
1
2
3
4
Regional development, local benefit
Our team in Southern Africa recognised the opportunity to
utilise an unused gas concession in Mozambique and convert
it into much needed electricity. As there was an existing gas
take-off point close to Ressano Garcia, we were able to take
gas from this point, construct a 1.2km gas pipeline and feed
it into our gas-fired power plant. The first phase of the plant,
for 110MW, was designed, mobilised and commissioned in
just 20 weeks, including the construction of the pipeline, a
400MvA substation and 2km of high voltage transmission
lines to connect the project to the Southern African Power Pool
(SAPP) network.
The initial project was designed to be scalable, so given
the success of the first phase, we increased the generation
capacity to 232MW and offered the additional power supply
to a number of parties. As a result, we provide power to
Mozambique, South Africa and Namibia from this one facility.
Gas power is the most economical form of flexible power
generation and the power we provide from this facility is more
economic than some of the permanent generating capacity
in the region.
An integral part of the Ressano Garcia project has been
the development and implementation of a local programme
in Mozambique, which includes the hiring and training of
a local workforce and the adoption of a primary school.
Read more about our social contribution
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STRATEGIC REPORT CONTINUED
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL REVIEW
A summarised Income Statement for 2014 as well as related
ratios are set out below.
Revenues
Revenues excl
pass-through fuel
Trading profit
Operating profit
Net interest expense
Profit before tax
Taxation
Profit after tax
Diluted earnings per
share (pence)
Trading margin
Underlying Trading
margin
ROCE
Revenue (excluding
pass-through
fuel) to average gross
rental assets
2014
£m
1,577
1,529
306
310
(21)
289
(74)
215
Movement
2013
£m
1,573
As
Reported
–%
Underlying1
change
9%
9%
(2)%
1,531
352
358
(25)
333
(87)
246
–%
(13)%
(13)%
15%
(13)%
15%
(13)%
82.49
92.03
(10)%
19%
22%
(3)pp
20%
19%
22%
21%
(2)pp
(2)pp
62%
64%
(2)pp
1 Underlying is defined as: adjusted for currency movements and pass-through
fuel contracts in Mozambique.
Currency translation
The movement of exchange rates during the year had the
effect of reducing revenue and trading profit by £126 million
and £40 million respectively. The largest currency impact on
revenue came from the US dollar followed by the Argentinean
Peso and then the Australian dollar and Brazilian Reals.
Currency translation also gave rise to an £9 million decrease
in the value of net assets as a result of year-on-year movements
in the exchange rates. Set out in the table below are the
principal exchange rates which affected the Group’s profits
and net assets.
(per £ sterling)
Principal Exchange
Rates
United States Dollar
Euro
UAE Dirhams
Australian Dollar
Brazilian Reals
Argentinian Peso
(Source: Bloomberg)
2014
Average Year End
2013
Average
Year End
1.65
1.24
6.06
1.83
3.87
13.37
1.55
1.27
5.71
1.92
4.18
13.29
1.57
1.18
5.75
1.62
3.38
8.57
1.65
1.19
6.08
1.86
3.89
10.70
Reconciliation of underlying growth to
reported growth
The table below reconciles the reported and underlying
revenue and trading profit growth rates:
2013 – As reported
Currency
2013 pass through fuel
2014 pass through fuel
Underlying growth
2014 – As reported
As reported growth
Underlying growth
Revenue
£ million
1,573
(126)
(42)
48
124
1,577
Trading
profit
£ million
352
(40)
2
(3)
(5)
306
–% (13)%
(2)%
9%
Interest
The net interest charge of £21 million was £4 million lower than
last year reflecting lower average net debt year on year, and
arrangement fees included in the 2013 interest number for debt
refinanced during the year. Interest cover, measured against
rolling 12-month EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes,
Depreciation and Amortisation), remained very strong at
27 times (2013: 26 times) relative to the financial covenant
attached to our borrowing facilities that EBITDA should be
no less than 4 times interest.
Taxation
Tax Strategy
Our strategy is to manage all taxes, both direct and indirect,
such that we pay the appropriate amount of tax in each
country where we operate, whilst ensuring that we respect
the applicable tax legislation and utilise, where appropriate,
any legislative reliefs available.
This tax strategy is aligned with the Group’s business strategy
and is reviewed and endorsed by the Board. In addition, the
profile of our tax risk is reviewed by the Board on a regular
basis. Responsibility for tax strategy and risk management
sits with our Chief Financial Officer. Day to day delivery of the
strategy is executed by a global team of tax professionals who
are regionally aligned with our business and who are based in
a variety of locations where they work closely with the Aggreko
operations, local tax authorities and local advisors.
Aggreko recognises the importance of the tax we pay to
the economic development of the countries in which operate.
We aim to be transparent in terms of the geographic spread of
where we pay corporate tax by showing a regional breakdown
of this at Figure 2 below.
Given the nature of the tax environment in many of the
100 countries in which we operate, local compliance and
governance is a key area of focus. This is particularly so for
our Power Projects business, where we will generally be in a
country for a relatively short period of time. The complexity
and often uncertain nature of tax rules in many of the countries
where we operate means we seek to manage our tax affairs
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proactively by engaging with local tax authorities and advisors
as appropriate, to agree and confirm our tax positions in a
timely manner. However, due to the volatile nature of the tax
environment in many of the countries in which we operate,
it can take some time to settle our tax position. We therefore
create tax provisions for any potential uncertain or contentious
tax positions. As at 31 December 2014 we had tax provisions
of £69 million (2013: £70 million).
The increase of £9 million in corporate taxes paid in 2014
compared to 2013 is principally due to:
• An increase in tax paid in the US as a result of increased
profits and the temporary suspension of accelerated capital
allowances;
• An increase in Argentina due to increased activity there,
offset by;
• A reduction in Australia given the lower levels of activity
Through the course of 2014 we closely monitored
developments in the OECD’s work on Base Erosion and Profit
Shifting (“BEPS”) and Country-By-Country Reporting (“CBCR”).
We do not expect that any of our tax arrangements should be
materially impacted by any legislative changes arising from the
BEPS recommendations. However, we recognise that the
proposals are still not finalised so we will continue to follow
developments in this area. It is our intention to carry out a
CBCR exercise early in 2015 to ensure that we are ready to
comply with the requirements for UK headed multinational
groups when they come into force.
Total Taxes
In 2014, Aggreko’s worldwide operations resulted in direct and
indirect taxes of £178 million (2013: £173 million) being paid to
tax authorities. This amount represents all corporate taxes paid
on operations, payroll taxes paid and collected, import duties,
sales taxes and other local taxes.
The breakdown of the £178 million by type of tax is shown in
Figure 1.
Figure 1: Total taxes paid and collected
2014
2013
77
68
37
36
32
29
21
18
10
8
Corporate
taxes
Payroll taxes
– collected
Payroll taxes
– paid
Import
duties
Sales
taxes
in 2014.
Figure 2 shows where the £77 million (2013: £68 million) of
corporate tax was paid, broken down by region. Overall our
indirect tax payments were largely flat with £101 million paid
in 2014 (2013: £105 million).
Our business is organised into the three regions of the
Americas, consisting of North and Latin America, Asia Pacific
(“APAC”), and EMEA, consisting of Europe, Middle East and
Africa. The percentage split of total corporate taxes paid by
each region for 2013 and 2014 was as follows:
Figure 2 – Corporate taxes paid by region
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4
3
2013
2
1
5
4
2014
1. Asia Pacific
2. Latin America
1
3. North America1
4. Middle East
5. Africa
1. Asia Pacific
2. Latin America
3. North America1
4. Middle East
5. Africa
29%
28%
23%
6%
14%
17%
33%
34%
5%
11%
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Other
taxes
3
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1 North America’s corporate tax paid has significantly increased from 2013 to
2014 and now accounts for the largest proportion of corporate tax payable to
the Group. This is principally due to increased profits and the temporary
suspension in 2014 of accelerated allowances on capital investments.
2 In 2013 and 2014 the UK tax authorities closed their review of prior years
and agreed claims for Double Tax Relief resulting in repayments of tax being
made. These repayments in the UK exceeded the amount of corporate tax
paid by the rest of our European business.
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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
CONTINUED
Tax Charge
The Group’s effective corporation tax rate for the year
was 26% (2013: 26%) based on a tax charge of £74 million
(2013: £87 million) on profit before taxation of £289 million
(2013: £333 million).
Further information, including a detailed tax reconciliation of
the current year tax charge, is shown at Note 9 in the Annual
Report and Accounts.
Reconciliation of Income statement tax charge and cash
tax paid
The Group’s total cash taxes borne and collected were
£178 million, reflecting £101 million of non-corporate taxes and
£77 million of corporate taxes. The latter cash tax figure differs
from the tax charge reported in the income statement of
£74 million by £3 million with the two figures reconciled below:
Cash taxes paid
Non-corporate taxes
Corporate tax paid
Movements in deferred tax
Corporate tax charge per income statement
£ million
178
(101)
77
(3)
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Return to Shareholders
In June 2014 we completed a £200 million return of value to
Shareholders, equivalent to 75 pence per ordinary share; as
part of this, a further £2 million will be paid in 2015 to those
Shareholders who elected to defer all or part of their return.
Following the return, at 31 December 2014 our net debt stood
at 0.9 times EBITDA (December 2013: 0.6 times) relative to
our target level of around 1 times net debt to EBITDA.
Dividends
Subject to Shareholder approval the proposed final dividend
of 17.74 pence will result in a full year dividend of 27.12 pence
(2013: 26.30 pence) per ordinary share, giving dividend cover
(Basic EPS divided by full year declared dividend) of 3 times
(2013: 3.5 times),consistent with our objective of reducing cover
to around 3 times.
Cashflow
The net cash inflow from operations during the year totalled
£498 million (2013: £603 million). This funded total capital
expenditure of £251 million which was up £23 million on the
prior year. Of the £251 million, £226 million was spent on fleet
with about 70% going to the Local business and the balance
to the Power Projects business. Within Power Projects,
a substantial portion of the spend was for the upgrade
of our diesel sets to our higher output, more fuel efficient
G3+ engines, a portion of which are also HFO compliant.
Net debt of £494 million at 31 December 2014 was £131 million
higher than the prior year. As a result of the increase in net
debt, net debt to EBITDA increased to 0.9 times
(2013: 0.6 times).
There was a £73 million working capital outflow in the year
(2013: £25 million outflow) mainly driven by an increase in
accounts receivable balances, particularly in our Power
Projects business, where debtor days increased to 110 days
(2013: 95 days). The Group monitors the risk profile and debtor
position of all contracts regularly, and particularly those in
Power Projects, and deploys a variety of techniques to mitigate
the risk of delayed or non-payment; these include securing
advance payments, bonds and guarantees. The increase in
debtor days reflects slower payments by a small number of
customers in EMEA and APAC, partially offset by a better
payment profile in the Americas. We have forms of payment
protection in place for these customers in EMEA and APAC,
and therefore this increase had little impact on the overall level
of provision. Overall, the Power Projects bad debt provision at
31 December 2014 of £38 million was £11 million lower than at
31 December 2013 driven by our contracts in Argentina where
£7 million was a release of provision reflecting improved cash
collections in the second half of the year and the balance
a small discount given on the services provided since the
contracts inception in 2008.
Net operating assets
The net operating assets of the Group (including goodwill) at
31 December 2014 totalled £1,690 million, £92 million higher
than 2013. The main components of net operating assets are:-
£ million
Rental Fleet
Property & Plant
Inventory
Net Trade Debtors
2014
1,086
91
163
326
2013
1,082
83
149
285
Movement
Headline
–%
10%
10%
15%
Const
Curr.1
(2)%
18%
10%
15%
1 Constant currency takes account of the impact of translational exchange
movements in respect of our businesses which operate in currency other
than sterling.
A key measure of Aggreko’s performance is the return
(expressed as operating profit) generated from average net
operating assets (ROCE). The average net operating assets
in 2014 were £1,635 million, down 4% on 2013. In 2014,
the ROCE decreased to 19% compared with 21% in 2013.
This decrease was mainly driven by the reduction in trading
margin in our Power Projects business and in our Local
businesses in Australia Pacific and Brazil.
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Property, plant and equipment
Rental fleet accounts for £1,086 million, or around 92%, of the
net book value of property, plant and equipment used in our
business; the great majority of equipment in the rental fleet is
depreciated on a straight-line basis to a residual value of zero
over 8 years, with some classes of non-power fleet depreciated
over 10 years. The annual fleet depreciation charge of
£243 million (2013: £257 million) relates to the estimated service
lives allocated to each class of fleet asset. Asset lives are
reviewed regularly and changed if necessary to reflect current
thinking on their remaining lives in light of technological change,
prospective economic utilisation and the physical condition of
the assets.
Acquisition of Golden Triangle
Generators Limited
On 6 November 2014, the Group acquired Golden Triangle
Generators Limited, a power rental business in the UK with
revenue of around £3 million.
Shareholders’ equity
Shareholders’ equity decreased by £62 million to £1,078 million,
represented by the net assets of the Group of £1,572 million
before net debt of £494 million. The movements in Shareholders’
equity are analysed in the table below:
Movements in Shareholders’ Equity
As at 1 January 2014
Profit for the financial year
Dividend1
Retained earnings
Employee share awards
Issue of shares to employees under
share option schemes
Return of value to Shareholders
Re-measurement of retirement benefits
Currency translation
Movement in hedging reserve
As at 31 December 2014
£ million
£ million
1,140
215
(70)
145
3
3
(198)
(3)
(9)
(3)
1,078
1 Reflects the final dividend for 2013 of 17.19 pence per share
(2013: 15.63 pence) and the interim dividend for 2014 of 9.38 pence
per share (2013: 9.11 pence) that were paid during the year.
The £215 million of post-tax profit in the year represents a
return of 20% on Shareholders’ equity (2013: 22%) which
compares to a Group weighted average cost of capital of 9%.
Pensions
Pension arrangements for our employees vary depending
on best practice and regulation in each country. The Group
operates a defined benefit scheme for UK employees,
which was closed to new employees joining the Group after
1 April 2002; most of the other schemes in operation around
the world are varieties of defined contribution schemes.
Under IAS 19: ‘Employee Benefits’, Aggreko has recognised
a pre-tax pension deficit of £7 million at 31 December 2014
(2013: £6 million) which is determined using actuarial
assumptions. The £1 million increase in the pension deficit is
mainly driven by a reduction in corporate bond yields resulting
in a lower discount rate which has increased the value placed
on the liabilities of the scheme. This has been partially offset by
the additional contribution of £2 million paid by the company
in January 2014 in line with the recovery plan agreed for the
Scheme following the actuarial valuation at 31 December 2011.
The main assumptions used in the IAS 19 valuation for the
previous two years are shown in Note 27 of the Annual Report
& Accounts. The sensitivities regarding these assumptions are
shown in the table below.
Assumption
Rate of increase in salaries
Rate of increase in pension
increases
Discount rate
Inflation (0.5% increases on
pensions increases, deferred
revaluation and salary
increases)
Longevity
Increase/
(decrease)
0.5%
Deficit (£m)
Change
(2)
Income
statement
cost (£m)
Change
–
0.5%
(0.5)%
0.5%
1 year
(8)
(15)
(15)
(3)
(1)
(1)
(1)
–
Capital structure & dividend policy
The objective of Aggreko’s strategy is to deliver long-term value
to its Shareholders whilst maintaining a balance sheet structure
that safeguards the Group’s financial position through
economic cycles. From an ordinary dividend perspective our
objective is to provide a progressive through cycle dividend
recognising the inherent lack of visibility and potential volatility
of our business.
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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
CONTINUED
Treasury
The Group’s operations expose it to a variety of financial risks
that include liquidity, the effects of changes in foreign currency
exchange rates, interest rates, and credit risk. The Group has a
centralised treasury operation whose primary role is to ensure
that adequate liquidity is available to meet the Group’s funding
requirements as they arise, and that financial risk arising from
the Group’s underlying operations is effectively identified
and managed.
The treasury operations are conducted in accordance with
policies and procedures approved by the Board and are
reviewed annually. Financial instruments are only executed
for hedging purposes, and transactions that are speculative in
nature are expressly forbidden. Monthly reports are provided
to senior management and treasury operations are subject to
periodic internal and external review.
Liquidity and funding
The Group maintains sufficient facilities to meet its funding
requirements over the medium term. At 31 December 2014,
these facilities totalled £858 million in the form of committed
bank facilities arranged on a bilateral basis with a number of
international banks and private placement notes. The financial
covenants attached to these facilities are that EBITDA should
be no less than 4 times interest and net debt should be no
more than 3 times EBITDA; at 31 December 2014, these stood
at 27 times and 0.9 times respectively. The Group does not
consider that these covenants are restrictive to its operations.
The maturity profile of the borrowings is detailed in Note 17
in the Annual Report & Accounts.
Net debt amounted to £494 million at 31 December 2014
(2013: £363 million) and, at that date, un-drawn committed
facilities were £367 million.
Interest rate risk
The Group’s policy is to manage the exposure to interest
rates by ensuring an appropriate balance of fixed and floating
rates. At 31 December 2014, £305 million of the net debt of
£494 million was at fixed rates of interest resulting in a fixed
to floating rate net debt ratio of 62:38 (2013: 79:21).
Foreign exchange risk
The Group is subject to currency exposure on the translation
into Sterling of its net investments in overseas subsidiaries.
In order to reduce the currency risk arising, the Group uses
direct borrowings in the same currency as those investments.
Group borrowings are predominantly drawn down in the
currencies used by the Group, namely US Dollar, Canadian
dollar, Mexican Peso and Brazilian Reals.
The Group manages its currency flows to minimise foreign
exchange risk arising on transactions denominated in foreign
currencies and uses forward contracts and forward currency
options, where appropriate, in order to hedge net
currency flows.
Credit risk
Cash deposits and other financial instruments give rise to
credit risk on amounts due from counterparties. The Group
manages this risk by limiting the aggregate amounts and their
duration depending on external credit ratings of the relevant
counterparty. In the case of financial assets exposed to credit
risk, the carrying amount in the balance sheet, net of any
applicable provision for loss, represents the amount exposed
to credit risk.
Insurance
The Group operates a policy of buying cover against the
material risks which the business faces, where it is possible to
purchase such cover on reasonable terms. Where this is not
possible, or where the risks would not have a material impact
on the Group as a whole, we self-insure.
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THE BIGGER PICTURE
Aggreko’s role in society
We live in a world reliant on power; it is an essential part
of everyday life.
Huge numbers of people across the globe do not have
access to reliable on-demand power and sometimes this is
forgotten in the developed world. Perhaps more importantly,
electricity helps ensure survival in hospitals and educate
children in schools, whilst also helping to improve people’s
quality of life through simple appliances such as air conditioning
units and fridges. Our Power Projects business typically
provides power to government utilities to support a country’s
grid infrastructure, thus helping to keep the lights on.
In our Local business, we provide temporary power or
temperature control to individual businesses across many
sectors, including oil and gas and mining, helping them to
grow and by extension helping economies grow. We service
the sport and entertainment industry and have powered some
of the world’s most famous events, such as the Olympics and
the FIFA World Cup.
It is important that we conduct ourselves with integrity at all
times. We conduct our business dealings ethically and safely
and aim to minimise our impact on the environment whilst
working to support our customers and their communities.
JAPAN DISASTER RELIEF
BUILDING LONG-TERM
RELATIONSHIPS
Following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in
Japan, Aggreko provided 350MW of power to
assist the country through the challenging period
that followed and provide power stability to help
the country get back on its feet. Our pricing
reflected the challenges of operating in an
environment at risk from nuclear fallout and seismic
activity. We have worked with our customers in
Japan sharing knowledge with their engineers,
and benefiting from their experience in the provision
of power. As a result, our initial customer, TEPCO,
recommended us to our second customer HEPCO
and we have now been present in Japan for over
three years.
Read the full case study
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BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
CONTINUED
OUR APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability reporting is an evolving process and one that
we plan to develop. With this in mind, we have added to our
reporting this year to further explain how we engage with our
stakeholders. The Group is committed to ensuring that our
success also brings long-term social and economic benefits
to the communities and countries where we operate, whilst
protecting their environments.
Responding to our customers
The provision of power and temperature control are essential
activities in our global economy; however, they come with
challenges, particularly environmental challenges. We are
committed to growing our business and supporting our
customers. In succeeding in this aim, it is inevitable that
some of our activities will have an impact on the environment.
Our equipment and solutions are designed to comply with
applicable laws, regulations and industry standards wherever
we operate in the world. Legislation over the last 20 years
has largely focused on reducing emissions such as Nitrogen
and Sulphur Dioxide, and engine manufacturers have been
very successful at this; however, perversely, lower emissions
usually result in higher fuel consumption and therefore
more CO2.
We innovate both in response to customer demand and to
improve the efficiency of our products and therefore reduce
their environmental impact where we can. As fuel is the
greatest element of cost in producing temporary power,
particularly running diesel, we have worked to improve the fuel
efficiency of our diesel engines. In the last couple of years
we have introduced a solution for our customers in the oil and
gas sector whereby we are able to take the gas by-product
from wells and rather than flare it, use it to run our gas
generators. In addition, we support low-carbon emissions
generation such as wind and hydro, and help to make
these solutions viable. Renewable energy is intermittent and
therefore providing support, for example when the rain fails
to come, such as in Panama, is a core part of our business.
Read more about our engine technology
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Read more about using field gas
Page 57
Read more about supporting the hydro shortage in Panama
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What matters most
There are four areas of sustainability focus within the business:
HEALTH, SAFETY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Priorities
• Ensure the health and safety of our people at work
• Minimise our environmental impact
• Be accountable and transparent with regards to our
environmental footprint
Outcome for the business
• Retain our reputation for HSE
• Gain commercial benefit
Read more on page 57
OUR PEOPLE
Priorities
• Promote equal opportunities
• Provide career and personal development
• Ensure security whilst at work
• Operate with due regard for human rights
Outcome for the business
• Attract and retain the best people
Read more on page 62
ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
Priorities
• Ensure we operate with integrity and honesty
• Make sure that we are in compliance with laws
and regulations
Outcome for the business
• Retain our reputation for acting with integrity
Read more on page 65
SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION
Priorities
• Engage with local communities and work in partnership
• Recruit, train and develop local people
• Participate in activities that make a difference
Outcome for the business
• Continue to operate in a responsible manner
• Gain new talent for the organisation
Read more on page 66
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HSE policy
The Executive Director with overall responsibility for HSE is
Chris Weston, Chief Executive Officer, and our commitment
to HSE is reflected in our Global HSE Policy Statement.
Ron Sams, Group Operations and Technology Director,
has been nominated as the senior manager responsible for
ensuring that the HSE policy is implemented and its operation
monitored throughout Aggreko, via the global HSE team.
The Board is committed to ensuring that the necessary
organisation and resources exist to facilitate the achievement
of our HSE goals and we monitor this through monthly board
reports, prepared by the global HSE team, and reports from
each of the Regional Executive Directors on HSE incidents
within their region.
We recognise our responsibility to understand the risks
associated with our operations, how they could potentially
affect people and the natural environment. Aggreko is
committed to monitoring and ensuring the effectiveness of
designed control measures and taking action as appropriate.
Furthermore, Aggreko complies with legal requirements as a
minimum and takes a transparent approach to reporting any
incidents that may occur.
HEALTH, SAFETY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (HSE)
Context
Our activities, the generation of power, cool air and heat,
while essential to the global economy, produce waste and
greenhouse gases and pose health and safety risks in the
ordinary course of business. We are committed to minimising
these wherever possible, which not only reduces harm to
the environment and keeps people safe, but helps us to gain
commercial benefit.
Our approach
Aggreko’s equipment is designed to function on all continents
and in all types of terrain. By careful design and use of the most
suitable technology, we manage all of our operations in such a
manner to ensure minimal negative impact on our people, our
neighbours and the environment in which we operate. In order
to achieve this we must first understand the potential hazards
and risks associated with our operations and implement
mitigating measures to manage these. We take a robust
approach, considering each element of HSE in our product
design, system design, client interfaces and we complete task
and activity risk assessments, to manage our on-site operations
during the installation and operation of our equipment.
The two major environmental issues we have to deal with
are emissions-to-air from our generators and the safe
handling and disposal of fuel and oil.
REDUCING THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT OF SHALE
In the shale basins of the US, customers had
been relying on diesel generators to power the
drilling and pumping equipment and then flaring
the field gas that was produced as a by-product.
Aggreko developed an alternative fuel solution that
takes field gas and treats it so that it can be used to
power a natural gas generator, replacing the existing
diesel solution. This has substantially reduced the
cost to the customer whilst also reducing the
environmental impact of burning flare gas and diesel
fuel. Switching from diesel to gas fuelled power
reduces greenhouse gas emissions and eliminates
the potential for fuel spills, whilst also lowering
refuelling lorry emissions and road damage. As a
result, Aggreko was awarded the Environmental
Stewardship Award at the Eagle Ford Excellence
Awards in 2014.
Read the full case study
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BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS
CONTINUED
Safety
Rigorous safety processes are absolutely essential if we are
to avoid accidents which could cause injury to people and
damage to property and reputation. Leadership on safety
comes from the Executive Committee and we consider
safety processes a basic benchmark of operational discipline.
In recognition of this, we launched “Orange Rules” in 2014,
which supports our “Safety for Life” programme.
Aggreko monitors safety performance using “Frequency
Accident Rating” (FAR); this is one of our KPIs.
Read more about FAR
Page 26
Key HSE actions in 2014 and future actions
During 2014 we initiated a number of actions to help us
further improve our capabilities in mitigating HSE risk.
• HSE Review: We have engaged a specialist consultant
to undertake an independent review of HSE in 2015,
benchmarking our policies and processes against global
best practice, to identify areas for improvement and assist
in developing our long-term HSE strategy;
• Orange Rules: We launched Orange Rules in 2014 to support
our Safety for Life programme;
• Energy Safety Rules: These user-friendly rules introduce a
new approach to effectively manage the risks our employees
are exposed to when undertaking intrusive work or working
in the direct vicinity of a high risk area, such as high voltage
overhead conductors. We ran successful pilot schemes
in two locations in 2014 and planning is underway for a
full roll-out across the Group in 2015;
• HSE Metrics: There will be a full review of the HSE indicators
used across the business during 2015. These measures will
consider the current business operations and associated risks
identified in our Global Incident and Risk Reporting Database;
• Reinforcing our Positive Safety Culture: We believe that by
encouraging an open and honest reporting culture, with
direct and visible management engagement, we will continue
to improve our positive safety culture and in turn our safety
performance. We will continue to actively encourage risk
reporting and will act on risk and hazards identified as
appropriate. We will continue to support our managers in
undertaking management safety walks and help to ensure
that the approach and experience continues to be positive
for all involved.
ORANGE RULES
Orange Rules focuses on modifying behaviours
by raising awareness of hazards, which could
result in serious injuries. It actively encourages the
reporting of hazards, near miss events and risks
and enforces the message that everybody working
for Aggreko is empowered to stop work if they have
any concern about safety. By focusing the Orange
Rules on specific hazard groups, proven through
analysis of our incidents and risks that present
our employees with the most considerable risk
of injury, we are able to improve our injury rate.
The launch of the Orange Rules in 2014 was
a company-wide event, championed by our
Chief Executive Officer and supported by video,
interactive training materials and all employee
communications, translated into local languages.
We held launch events at each of our sites
and project locations to reinforce the importance
of the message.
Orange Rules have been successfully
embedded within the organisation and forms
part of our HSE monitoring processes, including
management safety walks, risk and incident
analysis, audit and inspection processes and
technical training development.
Watch the video online:
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Emissions-to-air
Emissions-to-air are an inevitable by-product of hydrocarbon
fuelled engines. Over the years, as engines have become more
efficient and legislation to limit emissions has become stricter,
emissions have reduced sharply. Aggreko works in cooperation
with the manufacturers of engines in order to meet new
emission requirements in a timely manner.
It is essential for us to manage emissions-to-air and to ensure
that we meet new emissions requirements in order to enable
us to continue operating in a number of countries. It is equally
important that we play our part in helping to reduce the global
environmental impact of burning hydrocarbons, where we can.
Carbon dioxide emissions
We are constantly exploring new ways of reducing emissions
and have gradually over the last few years increased the
use of more environmentally friendly gas fuelled generators.
Gas generators now represent 16% of our fleet. Natural gas
is considered an environmentally-friendly clean fuel, with
emissions of sulphur dioxide that are negligible in comparison
to coal or oil and levels of NOx and CO2 that are significantly
lower. Where gas fuel is essentially a by-product of production,
such as in the US shale plays, or derived from a biological
source, a CO2 and greenhouse gas reduction is realised.
In addition to the work we have undertaken developing natural
gas-powered generators, we are constantly reviewing product
technologies, looking for advances that we can adopt into our
product portfolio. These include:
• Bio-fuels – We have seen the emergence of bio-diesel across
some of our markets and these fuels are compatible with most
of our generator fleet. Our main concern is the sustainability
of the sources of production and the environmental impact
of certain production methods. Consequently, whilst we will
support customers that wish to run bio-fuel, we are not yet
actively promoting its use;
• Fuel Cells – We continue to keep abreast of developments
in fuel cell technology, but we do not currently see any
commercial application in our business. This may change
as technology improves and costs reduce;
• Renewables – Technology is not yet advanced enough to
enable us to pursue a hybrid renewable option. We have
reviewed, for example, the application of battery technology
in combination with a diesel generator to provide hybrid power
which can improve efficiency and reduce fuel consumption,
but this is not yet a commercially viable solution.
In line with the Company’s Act 2006, we are reporting on our
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We have used the method
outlined in the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and
Reporting Standard (revised edition), together with the latest
emission factors from recognised public sources including Defra,
the International Energy Agency, the US Energy Information
Administration, the US Environmental Protection Agency and
the Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change.
The tables below present the principal findings from
GHG analyses of the previous two years:
Total GHG emissions by GHG protocol scope
tCO2e/year
Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3
Total
2014
15,714,575
18,188
2,940,471
18,673,234
Total GHG emissions by fleet/non-fleet
tCO2e/year
Fleet
Non-fleet
Total
2014
18,523,108
150,126
18,673,234
2013
16,287,898
14,554
3,071,360
19,373,812
2013
19,225,517
148,295
19,373,812
Total GHG emissions by GHG protocol scope
Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3
20,000,000
15,000,000
10,000,000
5,000,000
0
2011
2012
2013
2014
Total GHG emissions by fleet/non-fleet
Non-fleet
Fleet
20,000,000
15,000,000
10,000,000
5,000,000
0
2011
2012
2013
2014
The results show that 99% of GHG emissions arise from the
operation of our fleet when it is out on rent. There are three
main factors driving our annual GHG emissions: the fuel type
our customers use; the pattern of their usage; and the fuel
efficiency of the fleet.
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In 2014 we emitted 18,673,234 tonnes of CO2e, a decrease
of 3.6% over 2013. As expected, and in line with the 2012
and 2013 assessments, the emissions associated with our
generator fleet accounted for the majority of emissions,
representing 99% of the total footprint. In line with best
practice, our GHG accounting systems include an estimate
of the upstream GHG emissions associated with fuel supply
chains which typically add 18.5% to combustion emissions;
this 18.5% accounts for 98% of scope 3 emissions.
As a result of improved fuel efficiency in our refurbished 1MW
diesel generators and an increased proportion of gas fuelled
generation, we have achieved a decrease in GHG emissions
despite a 15% increase in fleet running hours. Without these
improvements the total GHG emissions in 2014 would have
been approximately 987,782 tonnes CO2e or 5% higher.
In terms of the non-fleet activities, emissions from third-party
vehicle use, company vehicles and business travel have all
decreased slightly. Conversely, emissions from activities on
our premises have increased, largely due to an overall increase
in both electricity and fuel consumption, in particular from
fuel used for generator testing in Jebel Ali, where we conduct
our refurbishment programme.
The intensity ratio expresses the GHG impact per unit of
physical activity or economic output, with a declining intensity
ratio reflecting a positive performance improvement. In 2013
we chose Revenue Intensity as the most suitable metric for
our business for then and future years.
As can be seen from the table below relative emissions
have decreased, with a 3.7% reduction in the emissions
per GBP revenue.
Exhaust gases and particulates
In an increasing number of countries, air quality regulations
stipulate emission standards for new equipment. Generally
countries allow mobile equipment already operating to
continue to do so for its useful life; this is called “grandfathering”.
The US EPA has introduced the most stringent regulation in
this area, with targets for the reduction of NOx and particulate
in Tiers, starting with Tier 1 in 1996 moving to the forthcoming
Tier 4 Final. The EPA requirements have therefore been the
main driver of new generator development.
All our engine suppliers produce engines which comply with the
latest emissions standards and we work with them to introduce
them into the fleet. Our Tier 4 Interim product range is complete
and over 600 units have been introduced into the rental fleet for
the US market. The first Tier 4 Final units are undergoing testing
to ensure the new technologies are fully proven before being
integrated into our rental fleet in line with the US EPA transitional
arrangements. In Europe, we have released the full range
of Stage 3a products into our fleet, which is in line with
EU emissions regulations.
We continue to work closely with engine manufacturers and
primary technology developers to derive appropriate solutions
for these requirements.
To further reduce emissions-to-air for specific projects,
we have developed an after-treatment that can be applied
to our existing fleet at our customers’ request. In Japan
we have used a unit to reduce NOx by 90%, in order to
meet Japanese air quality standards. This technology can
be readily applied globally as an operational bolt on to our
standard equipment.
Revenue intensity ratio tCO2e/£
NOx and particulate reduction targets
12.3
11.8
8.6
9.5
2011
2012
2013
2014
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Tier 3
Tier 2
Tier 4 final
Tier 4 interim
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2
4
NOx g/kWh
6
8
10
Refrigerant emissions
In accordance with the timelines and accords set out by the
Montreal protocol, Aggreko has phased out chlorofluorocarbon
(CFC) plant from its temperature control rental fleet and is in the
process of phasing out hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) plant.
Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) product, the replacement for CFC
and HCFC, is available across our full equipment range and
has been adopted as standard for all new fleet.
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Pollution incidents
Aggreko and its customers handle a considerable quantity of
diesel fuel and the rare occurrence of accidental fuel spills is an
area that we monitor very closely. The management of pollution
is extremely important to Aggreko, both from a safety and
environmental perspective.
Our equipment is specifically designed to minimise the risk of
fluid spillage through features such as double-walled storage
tanks and fail-safe valves. Considerable effort has been put
into reducing the incidence of fuel spills, and continued in 2014
through the “Orange Rules” Health and Safety programme.
In the event of a fuel spill, corrective action is taken immediately
to reduce any potential impact, with spill kits used by trained
staff for small-scale spills and for large quantity spills the
appointment of specialist contractors to assist with the
collection of spilt fluid and ground remediation. Following this,
we also review our processes and equipment to identify any
potential improvements for implementation.
Reporting of fuel spills is reviewed monthly by the Board.
The performance measure used is the “Petroleum Release
Rating” (PRR), which is calculated as follows:
PRR =
Litres of Diesel/Oil Spilt to Ground
MW on Rent
PRR performance in 2014 was 0.38 which is a slight
improvement over our performance in 2013. We are committed
to continuing to improve our PRR performance and the target
for 2015 is 0.35.
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PRR Performance
0.62
0.41
0.39
0.38
2011
2012
2013
2014
REFURBISHING
OUR DIESEL ENGINES
We have continuously invested in extending the
useful life of our fleet, so instead of scrapping a
large diesel generator when it reaches the end
of its useful life, we re-build it by re-cycling and
re-using the components that do not deteriorate
with age and replacing those parts that wear.
Therefore we can effectively produce a brand new
like-for-like G3 diesel generator for half the capital
cost of buying a new one. In 2009 we launched a
development programme to further enhance our
diesel engines through the refurbishment process.
As a result, our new G3+ diesel engines have
15% more power output and are 4% more fuel
efficient than the original engines they were
derived from and have a capital cost that is 70%
of the original G3 generator. The G3+ generator
delivers substantial environmental savings;
if each unit produces more power, you need
less units on-site and therefore are reducing the
transport emissions associated with mobilising
the equipment. Added to which the generators
are now more fuel efficient. At present, 25% of
the diesel fleet are refurbished engines.
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Minimising noise
Noise pollution is another important environmental factor that
we take very seriously. We aim to provide helpful solutions to
our customers, minimising the noise associated with producing
power or air solutions.
We have built a competitive advantage through a fleet that
minimises external noise. This is done through the use of
custom-built acoustic enclosures as well as high performance
isolation and attenuation systems. In addition, in designing
a Power Project site, we aim to position the equipment such
that the noise it does produce has the least effect on the
immediate environment.
In 2014, we used the latest design technologies to introduce
improvements to our generator fleet to further reduce noise
levels on average by approximately 10%.
Our equipment achieves performance standards that are
well below the maximum levels permitted by current
European legislation:
Size of generator Certified noise level (Sound Power LWA)
Prime
Power
30kVA
60kVA
125kVA
200kVA
350kVA
Maximum
EU limit
96.47
96.77
97.10
97.30
97.55
Aggreko
Standard Product
92.0
92.0
93.5
92.5
92.0
Aggreko
Premium Product
78.0
80.0
83.0
91.0
90.0
Waste and re-cycling
In the normal course of our business, we regularly have to
replace consumables such as engine oil and filters. If these are
not appropriately disposed of, they can cause environmental
damage such as leakage into the ground water and
contamination of the local water supplies. If left unattended
they are also unsightly and typically not biodegradable.
Therefore it is imperative that we remove and safely dispose
of our waste products.
In the Local business, these are normally returned to our
service centres where they are safely disposed of, or re-cycled
where appropriate. In our Power Projects business, we
have procedures in place to collect waste on-site and then
site-specific arrangements are made for the safe handling of
these items. We commit to returning our Power Project sites
to the condition in which we found them, and therefore work
very hard to minimise the impact we have.
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OUR PEOPLE
Context
Our talented employees are a critical contributor to our
success and embrace our culture of agility and efficiency,
as characterised by pace, passion and performance.
Feedback from our most recent Global Opinion Survey shows
that 88% of employees consider Aggreko to be an exciting
place to work and 89% are proud to say they work for
Aggreko. We believe this is due in large part to our unique
culture which encourages a “can-do” attitude where
employees are empowered to make decisions quickly in order
to satisfy our customers. However, we have long recognised
that operating at a global level requires agility to be allied with
efficiency. This is a challenging combination of character traits
to find, which is why we seek to retain high-performing staff
through a talent development programme, while continuing
to bring in new employees through our graduate training and
apprentice schemes.
Our approach
We are proud that so many of our employees love what they
do and we seek to increase employee satisfaction through
more than just financial incentives. We encourage mobility
across countries and divisions by prioritising internal transfers
and ensuring that all positions are advertised internally.
An example of this is the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, where
we had over 100 employees working full-time on the project,
of whom 48 were secondees from outside the country.
We also recognise that localisation of talent provides many
benefits to the Company and to the communities in which
we operate, which is why we actively recruit local talent
wherever possible and use programmes like Aggreko University
(Cote d’Ivoire), SelecTech (USA) and our apprenticeship
programme at our Dumbarton manufacturing facility (UK)
to develop the skills of school leavers. After graduating from
our apprenticeship scheme, most of our apprentices go on to
full-time employment at Aggreko and continue their education
through our internal training programmes. We are proud of the
fact that many of our senior technical positions are filled with
ex-apprentices. These positions include Product Managers,
Power Specialists, Supply Chain Managers, Development
Engineers, Area Operations Managers and Site Managers.
We continue to learn from the feedback we receive from our
employees; one of our most useful feedback mechanisms
is the Global Opinion Survey, which invites feedback from
all of our employees every two years. One area that was
highlighted in the 2013 Global Opinion Survey as needing
improvement was internal communications. In response
to this, we launched MyAggreko, a company-wide intranet,
in early 2015. MyAggreko will encourage collaboration between
employees and allow for knowledge sharing across business
units. It will also provide a channel for company news such
as project wins and new initiatives. Commenting on articles,
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sharing links and documents and participating in discussions
will allow our employees to work more collaboratively and
break down barriers of distance. Internal communications will
continue to be an area of focus and in addition to our regular
team briefings and publicising our annual results through
targeted employee mailings, we will be trialling new methods
of communication, allowing us to connect more effectively
to our remote and mobile workforce. As these employees
are often customer-facing, it is critical that they have an
understanding of our global strategy and goals.
People management and development
In 2014 the global HR leadership team reaffirmed its
commitment to creating an HR function at Aggreko which
is truly global. We recognise that it is in the best interests of
the Company and of our employees to create standardised
processes wherever possible and to utilise technology to
consolidate our HR information systems (HRIS). As part of
this journey, we are rolling out several global initiatives to
improve these systems. This includes the adoption of our
global HRIS system across the Group during 2015 and the
implementation of mobility software which will enable us to
better support our expatriate employees as they move around
the globe.
Learning and development continues to be an area of focus
for us, as we firmly believe that investment in our employees
has a direct and positive impact on our employee retention
rates and the engagement levels of our staff.
In 2014 we delivered over 200,000 hours of training across
the Group. Many of our training programmes are tailored
specifically for Aggreko employees and utilise case studies
and examples taken from employee experience. This approach
results in training programmes which are standardised and
which reinforce our core values.
Another example of our approach to training and development
is the senior management training programme, developed in
association with the International Institute for Management
Development (IMD). In 2014, 37 senior managers attended
training courses run by IMD and since 2008 over 225 people
have passed through. We have also trained over 1,800 people
in continuous improvement techniques through our Orange
Excellence programme.
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SELECTECH, UNITED STATES
Aggreko SelecTech Accelerated Career Program
is a two-year rotational programme that allows
students to earn valuable work experience while
earning an Associate in Applied Science Degree
in Diesel and Heavy Equipment Technology from
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
(OSUIT). The programme has been running since
2008 and to date 72 students have graduated
from the programme. Of these, 68 have gone on
to work full-time at Aggreko.
Upon acceptance into the Aggreko programme,
SelecTech students take technical training classes
at OSUIT, while repairing Aggreko equipment
during their six trimesters on campus. The course
also covers the real-life aspects of Aggreko’s
business, including, assisting with disaster
relief operations, supporting gas shale plays
and providing power and cooling services for
special events.
Students travel at least 75-80% of the time, giving
them a valuable insight into our entire business
and providing them with a well-rounded
learning experience.
“ My experience since joining SelecTech has been
absolutely great! I have worked in Phoenix, Jacksonville,
Oklahoma, Chickasha, Atlanta, Miami, Denver, as well
as at some major events. I truly believe that deciding to
join SelecTech was the best decision that I have made.”
Quote from current SelecTech student
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Succession planning
We have an internal talent management system and
succession plan which covers our senior managers and
includes individual assessments and development plans.
Succession planning is one of our global HR priorities for
2015 and is being coordinated by the Group and Regional
HR Directors. By the end of 2015 we intend to have an
updated succession planning strategy in place which will
ensure that we have contingency plans for all key personnel.
Safety and security
Given that we operate in many areas of the world which
can be categorised as high risk, we consider the safety of our
employees working in these locations to be one of our most
critical issues. We have recently appointed a Group Head of
Security to oversee the implementation of standard tools and
processes to ensure the safety and security of our people.
We also have an ongoing partnership with Control Risks Group,
who provide us with the on-the-ground knowledge that we
need to make decisions on our operations in high risk areas.
Equal opportunities
Aggreko is committed to promoting equal opportunities for
all, irrespective of disability, ethnic origin, gender or any other
considerations that do not affect a person’s ability to perform
their job. Our policies for recruitment, training, career
development and promotion of employees are based on the
suitability of the individual and give those who are disabled
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equal treatment with the able bodied where appropriate.
Employees disabled after joining the Group are given suitable
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Human rights
As we continue to grow our business in developing countries,
we recognise that human rights are a concern in many regions
that we operate in. We have a responsibility to all of our
stakeholders, to ensure that all of our interactions with them
meet or exceed the standards of compliance set out in our
ethics policies, approach to equal opportunities, health and
Senior management
safety policies, environmental policies and grievance
mechanisms, all of which are explained in detail throughout
the sustainability section of this report. We have also identified
safety, emissions and people as matters to be considered as
part of the principal risks facing the business.
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Whole Group
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Diversity
The table below shows the breakdown by gender of our
permanent employees as at 31 December 2014. We have
included the information below on Subsidiary Directors as this
is required by the Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and
Directors’ Reports) Regulations 2013, however we believe that
a better reflection of Senior Management are those employees
who are the direct reports to the Executive Directors, so this
information is also included. We acknowledge that we need
to improve on gender diversity across the Group.
Gender: 31 Dec 2014
Total
%
1. Male
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2. Female
Senior management
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1. Male
33
5
2. Female
Subsidiary Directors
70
30
87
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Subsidiary Directors
1
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86
5
2. Female
2
Whole Group
95
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Whole Group
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Whilst all these matters are linked, to a greater or lesser extent,
to human rights, we prefer to address them as part of our
operations, rather than as a separate issue. We continue to
Subsidiary Directors
evaluate all potential risks and do not think that human rights
present material issues for our business.
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5,320 84
1,038 16
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Key processes that support our approach
Our compliance programme has a number of elements
designed to ensure that we effectively manage
compliance risks:
Ethics Policy
Every employee receives a copy of, and is required to sign,
the Ethics Policy when they join Aggreko. We also require all
employees to sign an annual compliance statement confirming
that they have complied with and will continue to comply with
our Ethics Policy and the relevant laws.
Training
Every employee receives training, which is refreshed every
two years via our multi-lingual online ethics compliance training
programme. This online training is supplemented by additional
ethics workshops with senior management to ensure they
remain alert to risks.
Third-Party Risks
All of our third-party sales consultants are comprehensively
reviewed before they are engaged by Aggreko and this exercise
is refreshed at least every two years. Our sales consultants
are contractually required to comply with our Ethics Policy
and we require our sales consultants to confirm compliance
with the policy annually. We also provide ethics training to our
sales consultants to ensure they remain alert to potential risks.
We also have controls in place in relation to the remuneration
of consultants and we monitor all payments to sales
consultants to ensure that the remuneration structure
does not incentivise unethical behaviour.
We recognise that some supply chain partners could also
potentially attract risk for the business owing to the nature
of the services performed. We have adopted a risk based
due diligence process for our supply chain partners which
is currently being implemented.
Gifts, Entertainment and Hospitality
We have a clear approval process for all gifts, entertainment
and hospitality offered by or given to Aggreko employees.
All gifts, entertainment and hospitality above the nominal value
are recorded centrally and monitored by the Compliance Officer.
Speaking Up
We encourage all employees to speak up if they have any
concerns. We have an independent compliance hotline
operated by an external agency. This multi-lingual hotline
is available to all employees and allows any employee who
has any concerns to report them on an anonymous basis.
All reports are followed up, and we regularly analyse the
types of reports we receive. Where appropriate, our Group
Internal Audit team is asked to investigate the issue and
report on the outcome.
ETHICS AND INTEGRITY
Context
Integrity and honesty are core values for Aggreko. We are
proud that we have a reputation for conducting business
fairly and professionally. Maintaining these values in all
of our business dealings is key to our success.
We recognise that our business is exposed to risks of unethical
conduct because of the nature and value of many of our
contracts; standards of integrity are not consistent across all
the countries in which we operate. However, we have a robust
compliance programme in place to allow us to manage this
risk effectively.
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Our approach
Our core values of integrity and honesty are at the heart of
our culture. These values are enshrined in our Ethics Policy
and we expect all Aggreko employees, consultants and those
acting on behalf of Aggreko to adopt these values at all times.
We have a full-time Compliance Officer who coordinates
Aggreko’s compliance programme with support from
the regions and the central functions. We also have an
Ethics Committee, composed entirely of Non-executive
Directors, who oversee the effectiveness of our compliance
programme.
We are also a subscriber of the Institute of Business Ethics,
which promotes ethical business practice. Our subscription
allows us to share knowledge of best practice and experience
of ethical issues amongst members.
Read more in our Ethics Committee report
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ETHICS TRAINING AND
SALES CONSULTANTS
In order to ensure our third-party sales consultants
totally understand Aggreko’s values and approach
to ethical issues and to ensure that they remain
alert to potential risks, we deliver ethics workshops
to every sales consultant every two years.
The sales consultants have provided positive
feedback on these sessions as it reinforces the
standards expected by Aggreko and provides
an opportunity to raise any concerns.
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SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION
Context
Aggreko is fortunate to work in a wide variety of countries
and social contribution is one way of giving back to the
community. It’s about supporting the communities in which
we work, whilst being respectful of different cultures.
Our approach
Each year, Aggreko engages in a number of initiatives which
give back to the communities in which we work, as well as
providing support to those affected by natural disasters.
During 2014, Aggreko contributed to a range of charitable,
community and disaster relief organisations. Our policy
encourages employees to support local initiatives, particularly
those relating to education and sport, and is based on giving
donations to many organisations which are involved with the
communities in which we work.
Community investment
We actively engage in supporting the local communities we
work in and we do this in a number of ways. We are very
proactive in recruiting locally from the community; in Africa,
90% of the workforce is comprised of African Nationals.
We provide extensive on-the-job training for new recruits and
give them the skills to become technicians. This benefits the
business as we are able to train people on our equipment,
rather than re-train already competent technicians that have
worked elsewhere. It also helps us build relationships in the
local community which are very important when we might be
operating a contract for a number of years.
Charitable donations are largely focused on the education
of children. We have contributed to the development of a
number of libraries and community learning centres. In 2014,
we continued our partnership with Book Aid International,
a charity promoting literacy in Africa, with whom we have
been working since 2006. Book Aid has provided hundreds
of thousands of books to schools and libraries. We admire
their work enormously and donations from Aggreko in 2014
provided 10,000 books to the Books Change Lives programme
in sub-Saharan Africa as well as funding a secondary school
library development programme.
MOZAMBIQUE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
SPONSORSHIP
As part of our cross-border Power Project at
Ressano Garcia, Aggreko undertook a commitment
to sponsor the Escola Primaria Completa De
Ressano Garcia, a primary school in the village
close to the site. Since 2012 we have been working
with the school to address issues relating to
physical infrastructure and skills shortages in order
to create an environment that is conducive for
effective teaching and learning. This has included
the renovation of classrooms, supply of furniture,
purchasing of text books and building a library.
In 2014, uniforms were bought for students, the
school wall was renovated and 400 students had
their eyes tested, with 25 receiving spectacles.
In addition, a programme was implemented to
improve the literacy of the teachers in English and
Portuguese, to which seven community members
also enthusiastically joined. Since the start of our
involvement, there has been a great improvement
in the school morale and that of the surrounding
community. The culture of teaching and learning
at the school has dramatically improved, in part
through the improvements we have facilitated but
also due to the enthusiasm from all those involved.
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Corporate Governance
– Our Board
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Ethics Committee report
Nomination Committee report
Remuneration Committee report
Statutory disclosures
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AN INTERVIEW WITH OUR CHAIRMAN
Ken Hanna
Chairman
Q
What were the Board’s main priorities
during the year?
A
2014 has been a transitional year for Aggreko’s Board.
Our focus in 2014 has been on successfully handling the
change in senior management, whilst not losing sight of our
goals and delivering a solid trading performance. An important
part of this process was ensuring good leadership and robust
governance arrangements as a number of different people held
the office of Chief Executive through the year. The chart on the
opposite page summarises the timeline of events. In addition
to managing these changes, the Nomination Committee led
the recruitment process for our new Chief Executive Officer,
regularly reporting back to the Board on progress as they
came to a final short list. At this point all of the Non-executive
Directors became involved in the process, interviewing the
short list and coming to the unanimous view that Chris Weston
was the preferred candidate for the role. We were delighted
that Chris was able to join the Board on 2 January 2015.
QQ
How was stability of leadership
maintained as the composition
of the Board changed?
A
Throughout the year and at the point of each change in the
position of Chief Executive Officer we carefully considered our
options, ensuring that the Board and executive management
could provide the correct level of support and revising our
governance arrangements in line with this. We had a robust
succession plan in place to assist us on the departure of a key
role, so we were fortunate that Angus Cockburn, then Chief
Financial Officer, agreed to assume the interim Chief Executive
Officer role when Rupert Soames tendered his resignation.
Angus Cockburn had served alongside Rupert Soames for
11 years and had the support of an extremely able interim
Chief Financial Officer in Carole Cran, which allowed the Board
to focus on identifying a permanent Chief Executive Officer.
Carole Cran was officially promoted to Chief Financial Officer
and appointed to the Board on 1 June 2014.
When we announced Chris Weston as our new Chief Executive
Officer, Angus Cockburn had also indicated that he wished to
step down from his interim role and he left Aggreko at the end
of September 2014. This left us with a short period of time
between Angus Cockburn’s departure and Chris Weston’s
start date. In order to facilitate an orderly handover and
ensure continuity of leadership, I was appointed as Executive
Chairman. I would like to pay tribute to all of the employees
of Aggreko, and in particular the Executive Committee, for
maintaining the momentum of the business throughout this
period of transition. The performance of the Group in 2014
is a testament to the strength and depth of the team and the
resilience of the Aggreko culture.
TRANSPARENT REPORTING
On page 5, I state our commitment to transparent and high quality
reporting. The key features of this approach in the corporate
governance report include:
• Enhanced integration and linkage to the strategic report and
information on our website.
• Detailed disclosure around the decision making process for our
annual Board evaluation.
• Quick read sections for each of the Board Committees,
highlighting key achievements in 2014 and areas of focus for 2015.
• Greater clarity in our Remuneration Committee report.
• An in-depth report from our Nomination Committee on the
process to select and recommend Chris Weston’s appointment
as Chief Executive Officer.
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3
4
Q
How would you describe the
decision making culture of the Board?
A
My role as Chairman is to ensure that Aggreko has a Board
which works effectively and where everyone is encouraged to
contribute. I aim for flexibility in my approach to foster a culture
of openness and debate on the Board, setting the agenda to
take full account of the issues and concerns of the Directors.
Formal Board meetings are supplemented with regular informal
meetings between myself and all Board Members.
The culture of the Board will undoubtedly go through a period
of change as we welcome a new Chief Financial Officer, Chief
Executive Officer and Non-executive Director. For this reason
we decided to delay our externally facilitated evaluation of the
Board for one year until Autumn 2015. We carefully considered
our position and have explained the rationale in detail on
page 78 of this report. We anticipate that the 2015 evaluation
will provide valuable insights into the dynamics of the Board
and how the new team is settling down and working. We will
report on the results of the externally facilitated evaluation in
next year’s annual report.
Q
What would you say the new Directors
have brought to the Aggreko Board?
A
Our policy is to recruit Board members with a broad range
of skills, background and experience. Chris brings proven
leadership skills and a good knowledge of the energy sector;
he has consistently succeeded in driving performance and
growth in his career and we believe he has the skills and
vision to continue Aggreko’s growth and lead the Group
to the next level.
Carole brings continuity of the finance leadership team at
Aggreko. Although new to the Board, Carole has 11 years
of finance experience at Aggreko and is an able successor
to Angus Cockburn, having worked closely with Angus and
the Board for many years as Group Financial Controller and
Director of Finance.
We have continued to add new skills to the Board in 2015,
appointing Uwe Krueger as a Non-executive Director on
1 February 2015. Uwe’s experience in the engineering and
services sector, combined with his understanding of renewable
energy, will bring further expertise to the Aggreko Board.
We were pleased to be recognised by the Department for
Business Innovation and Skills in the UK as one of the most
improved companies in relation to women on boards between
2010 and 2014. We have always been aware of the benefits of
greater diversity and we have made good progress at Board
level. We will continue to keep diversity under close review
whilst ensuring we appoint the most qualified candidates for
our available positions.
Q
What are the Board’s key objectives
for the coming year?
A
In the early part of 2015, the Board will monitor and oversee
Chris Weston’s induction to ensure he has a thorough
understanding of our business, our operations, the markets
we operate in and our people. Following this induction process,
we will support a business review, led by Chris, to establish
our key priorities for driving continued growth over the next
few years. We will report on this in further detail around
the time of our interim results in August 2015.
Another key priority for the coming year is to review our
succession plans for all of our Board and senior management
roles. This review will be led by the Nomination Committee
for the Board and senior management and will be supported
by the Group HR Director.
WHO HELD THE OFFICE OF CEO DURING 2014
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Rupert Soames announces
he will step down after
11 years with Aggreko
Rupert Soames steps down
and Angus Cockburn takes
over as interim CEO
Announced appointment
of Chris Weston as CEO,
start date to be confirmed
Angus Cockburn steps
down as interim CEO and
Ken Hanna serves as
Executive Chairman
Announced 2 January 2015
as Chris Weston’s
start date as CEO
Rupert Soames
Chief Executive
Angus Cockburn
Interim Chief Executive
Ken Hanna
Executive Chairman
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GOVERNANCE CONTINUED
OVERVIEW
LEADERSHIP
EFFECTIVENESS
Your Board rigorously challenge
strategy, performance, responsibility
and accountability to ensure that
every decision we make is of the
highest quality.
In this section you will find information
on how we divide up our responsibilities
amongst the Directors, the structure
and role of our Committees, the
Board’s activities in 2014 and areas
of focus for 2015.
Read more about our leadership
Page 74
Your Board continuously evaluates the
balance of skills, experience, knowledge
and independence of the Directors.
We ensure that all new Directors
receive a tailored induction programme
and we scrutinise our performance in
an annual effectiveness review.
In this section you will find
information on the induction of our
new Directors, approach to our Board
evaluation in 2014, progress against
findings and action points.
Read more about our effectiveness
Page 78
ACCOUNTABILITY
RELATIONS WITH SHAREHOLDERS
All of our decisions are discussed
within the context of the risks involved.
Effective risk management is central
to achieving our strategic objectives.
In this section you will find information
on our approach to risk management,
internal controls and the processes
underpinning fair, balanced and
understandable reporting at Aggreko.
Maintaining strong relationships with
our Shareholders, both private and
institutional, is crucial to achieving
our aims. We hold events throughout
the year to maintain an open dialogue
with our investors.
In this section you will find information
on Shareholder engagements in
2014 and the different ways investors
can access useful information
about Aggreko.
Read more about our accountability
Page 81
Read more about our relations with Shareholders
Page 82
REMUNERATION
Having a formal and transparent
procedure for developing policy on
remuneration for Executive Directors
is crucial. Our remuneration policy aims
to attract, retain and motivate by linking
reward to performance.
In this section you will find information
on our proposed remuneration policy
for Shareholder approval and how we
implemented our current remuneration
policy in 2014.
Read more about our remuneration
Page 92
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COMPLIANCE WITH THE
UK CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CODE
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ROLE OF THE BOARD
Our Board remains focused on
• Driving the Group’s long-term objectives.
• Oversight of our operations to ensure we have
competent and prudent management.
• Sound planning and internal control.
• Developing leadership and succession plans.
• Protecting our reputation and the relationships we
have with customers, suppliers and employees.
Read our schedule of matters reserved for the Board
www.aggreko.com/pdf/
matters_reserved_for_the_board.pdf
Our approach to corporate governance
Aggreko is committed to maintaining high standards of
corporate governance; it is the way we do business and it is
at the core of everything we do. Summarised on the opposite
page and explained in detail throughout this report we have
described the key elements which we believe are essential for
good corporate governance. We have also used case studies
headed “governance in action” to bring to life our approach.
We follow the UK Corporate Governance Code (the Code),
as published by the Financial Reporting Council in September
2012 and except as referred to below, Aggreko has complied
with all relevant provisions of the Code throughout the year.
Our explanations for non-compliance
For three months of 2014, we did not comply with part of Code
provision A.2.1 which states that the roles of Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer should not be exercised by the same
individual. Between 1 October 2014, when Angus Cockburn,
our Interim Chief Executive left the Company, and 2 January
2015, when Chris Weston took up the permanent role of
Chief Executive Officer, Ken Hanna exercised the role of
Executive Chairman. This was a temporary measure
whilst we waited for Chris Weston to join the Company.
Recognising the importance of robust governance
arrangements in this circumstance, we revised our framework
of delegated authorities during this interim period to ensure that
no one individual had unfettered powers of decision making.
The Board believes that our overall approach to the separate
roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is consistent with
the main principle of the Code, which requires a clear division
of roles, set out in writing and agreed by the Board; we are
fully compliant with this provision from 2 January 2015.
We have not complied with Code provision B.6.2 which states
that the evaluation of the Board should be externally facilitated
at least every three years. For 2014 the Board decided
to conduct an internal evaluation of its own performance,
notwithstanding that the last external evaluation took place
in 2011. We provide a detailed explanation of the reasons
behind this decision and the evaluation process for 2014 on
pages 78 and 80. The Board’s intention remains to undertake
an externally facilitated evaluation at least every three years
with internal reviews undertaken in the intervening years.
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OUR BOARD
KEY TO COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Audit
Ethics
Nomination
Remuneration
Ken Hanna
Chairman
Chris Weston
Chief Executive Officer
Carole Cran
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed: Non-executive Director in October 2010
and Chairman in April 2012.
Experience: Ken has international experience,
bringing financial and leadership expertise to
Aggreko. He possesses knowledge of many
different business sectors and is an experienced
senior executive and leader, promoting robust
debate and a culture of openness in the Boardroom.
Ken is also currently Chairman of Inchcape Plc,
Non-executive Director and Audit Committee
Chairman of Tesco Plc and Chairman of Shooting
Star CHASE Charity. Until 2009, Ken spent five
years as Chief Financial Officer of Cadbury Plc.
He has also held positions as Operating Partner
for Compass Partners, Group Chief Executive
at Dalgety Plc, Group Finance Director of
United Distillers Plc and Group Finance Director
of Avis Europe Plc.
Appointed: January 2015.
Appointed: June 2014.
Experience: Chris has experience at a senior
level in the energy industry, proven leadership skills
in a large international business and has consistently
succeeded in driving performance and growth in
his career.
Prior to his appointment in January 2015, Chris was
Managing Director, International Downstream at
Centrica plc, where he was the Executive Director
responsible for the Group’s largest division. In this
role Chris was operationally responsible for both
British Gas in the UK and Direct Energy in the USA.
He joined Centrica in 2001 after a successful
career in the telecoms industry, working for
both Cable & Wireless and One.Tel. Before that,
Chris served in the Royal Artillery. He has a BSc
in Applied Science, as well as an MBA and PhD
from Imperial College London.
Experience: Carole has corporate finance and
accounting experience acquired over a number
of years in senior financial roles with considerable
exposure to emerging markets. Carole was
appointed to the Board as Chief Financial Officer
on 1 June 2014, following her appointment as
Interim Chief Financial Officer on 24 April 2014.
Having joined Aggreko in 2004, previous roles
include Group Financial Controller and Director of
Finance. A key member of the senior management
team, Carole has worked to align financial strategies
with the strategic direction of the business.
Prior to joining Aggreko, Carole spent seven years
at BAE Systems, in a range of senior financial
positions, including four years in Australia. Carole
is also a chartered accountant, having trained
at KPMG whilst working in their audit divisions
in the UK and Australia.
Debajit Das
Regional Director
APAC
Appointed: January 2013.
Asterios Satrazemis
Regional Director
The Americas
Appointed: January 2013.
Experience: Debajit brings experience of the
energy sector, particularly in the Asia Pacific
market. Debajit joined Aggreko in 2006 following
the merger with GE Rentals, where he held a variety
of leadership positions in their energy business for
10 years, including small power generation sales,
energy services, Six Sigma and major events.
Debajit has held several key senior management
positions at Aggreko; he was initially appointed
to lead our Major Events business before being
appointed as the Managing Director of the Asia
business unit in 2009. In January 2013, Debajit
added the Australia Pacific business to his
responsibilities and was appointed as Regional
Director for Asia Pacific.
Experience: Asterios has international experience
in the equipment rental and services sectors with
a record of sustainable growth across a global
business. He joined Aggreko in 2008 and has
acquired considerable experience from senior
leadership positions across the Group; initially
as Vice-President of Aggreko North America’s
northern business unit; in 2010, he relocated to
Australia to take up the position of Managing
Director for Australia Pacific; and was most recently
appointed as Regional Director for the Americas in
January 2013.
Prior to Aggreko, Asterios spent 10 years at
United Rentals, in a range of senior roles including
operations and mergers and acquisitions.
David Taylor-Smith
MBE
Regional Director EMEA
Appointed: March 2013.
Experience: David has international experience,
a proven ability in building and managing large
businesses and a thorough understanding of how
to operate successfully in Europe, Asia, Africa,
the Americas and the Middle East.
Prior to his appointment in March 2013, David spent
14 years at G4S Plc in a number of senior leadership
roles culminating as the Group Chief Operating
Officer and Regional Chief Executive Officer for the
UK, Ireland and Africa. Before joining G4S Plc David
held a number of senior management roles with
Securicor Plc and Jardine Matheson in Hong Kong.
David also served as a British Army Officer and
has sat on the boards of a number of high profile
charities; he is currently an Ambassador for the
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
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OTHER DIRECTORS WHO SERVED DURING 2014
Peter Kennerley
Appointed: October 2008
Peter is our Group Legal Director and Company Secretary.
He also has responsibility for our compliance and commercial
function and is a member of the Executive Committee.
Rupert Soames
Chief Executive until 24 April 2014
Angus Cockburn
Chief Financial Officer until 24 April 2014 and Interim Chief Executive until 30 September 2014
David Hamill
Senior Independent Director until 24 April 2014
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Russell King
Senior Independent
Director
Appointed: Non-executive Director in February
2009 and Senior Independent Director in April 2014.
Experience: Russell brings international
experience, acquired across a number of sectors
including mining and chemicals, together with
strong experience in strategy.
An experienced Non-executive Director, Russell
currently sits on the Board of Spectris Plc and is
Chairman of Hummingbird Resources plc. He has
recently been appointed a Non-executive Director
of Sepura plc and Interserve plc. He is also a senior
adviser to Heidrick & Struggles. Prior to this,
Russell spent eight years at Anglo American Plc,
latterly as Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to this,
he spent 20 years in senior roles at ICI.
Uwe Krueger
Non-executive Director
Diana Layfield
Non-executive Director
Appointed: February 2015.
Appointed: May 2012.
Experience: Uwe brings expertise of the
engineering, services and renewable energy
sectors. He is a physicist with a PhD and an
honorary professorship from the University of
Frankfurt and an honorary PhD from Heriot-Watt
University. Most of his career has been spent
leading engineering and consulting organisations.
Uwe is currently Chief Executive Officer of WS
Atkins plc. He also sits on the boards of SUSI
Partners AG and Ontex S.A. and lectures at the
University of Frankfurt on renewable energy. Before
joining WS Atkins plc, Uwe was Chief Executive
Office of Oerlikon, Senior Advisor at Texas Pacific
Group, President of Cleantech Switzerland, and held
various senior leadership positions at Hochtief AG.
Experience: Diana brings extensive international
experience and detailed understanding of how
to operate successfully across emerging markets,
particularly in Africa and Asia. She also brings
experience in sales, technology and strategy.
Diana is currently Chief Executive, Africa Region
for Standard Chartered Plc. Previous positions
held over 11 years at Standard Chartered include;
Chief Operating Officer for the Wholesale Bank;
Group Head of Strategy & Corporate Development;
and Global Head of Corporate Clients. Prior to
Standard Chartered, Diana was Chief Executive
Officer of Finexia Ltd, a technology firm, and spent
five years with McKinsey & Co, an international
strategy consulting firm. Diana has a BA from
the University of Oxford and a Master’s degree in
International Economics and Public Administration
from Harvard University.
Robert MacLeod
Non-executive Director
Ian Marchant
Non-executive Director
Rebecca McDonald
Non-executive Director
Appointed: September 2007.
Appointed: November 2013.
Appointed: October 2012.
Experience: Robert has corporate finance and
accounting experience acquired over a number
of years in senior financial roles across the
international engineering and chemicals sectors;
he also has a detailed understanding of strategy
and business development.
Robert was appointed as Chief Executive of
Johnson Matthey Plc in June 2014, having served
as Group Finance Director for five years. Prior to
this, Robert served five years as Group Finance
Director for WS Atkins Plc and one year as Group
Financial Controller, having previously worked in a
variety of senior financial roles at Enterprise Oil Plc.
Robert is also a chartered accountant, having
trained at KPMG.
Experience: Ian brings knowledge of the domestic
and international energy markets, along with a
substantial understanding of associated strategic,
financial and regulatory issues. Until his retirement
in June 2013, Ian spent 21 years at SSE Plc, most
recently as Chief Executive, and prior to that as
Finance Director.
Ian is an experienced Non-executive Director,
currently serving as Chairman of John Wood
Group Plc and as Chairman of Infinis Energy Plc.
He is also Chairman of Scotland’s 2020 Climate
Group, President of the UK’s Energy Institute,
Chairman of Maggies Cancer Charity and
a Member of the Prince’s Council of the
Duchy of Cornwall.
Experience: Rebecca has knowledge of
the international energy markets and brings
business development expertise, with a strong
customer focus.
An experienced Non-executive Director, Rebecca
currently sits on the board of Veresen Inc, Granite
Construction Inc and ITT Corporation. Rebecca
has held a variety of senior executive roles across
a number of relevant industries, most recently
as Chief Executive Officer of Laurus Energy Inc.
Other past appointments include President Gas
and Power for BHP Billiton Plc, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer for Enron Global Assets
and Chief Executive Officer for Amoco Energy
Development Company.
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GOVERNANCE CONTINUED
LEADERSHIP
Diversity and experience metrics as at 31 December 2014
Executive Directors/Independent Non-executive Directors
Non-executive tenure
1. Executive
2. Non-executive
44%
56%*
* As required by Code provision B.1.2,
this calculation excludes the
Chairman when looking at the
independent Non-executive
composition of the Board
1. Male
2. Female
70%
30%
2
Gender split
2
1
1
1. 0–3 years
2. 3–6 years
3. 6–9 years
50%
33%
17%
3
2
1
Experience
Energy
Rental
Finance
International
60%
30%
50%
100%
How we divide up our responsibilities
Chairman
Responsible for leading the Board, its effectiveness and governance. Setting the agenda to
take full account of the issues and concerns of the Directors and ensuring the links between
the Shareholders, Board and management are strong.
Chief Executive Officer
Responsible for the day-to-day leadership, management and control of the Group, for
recommending the Group strategy to the Board and ensuring that the strategy and decisions
of the Board are implemented.
Chief Financial Officer
Supports the Chief Executive Officer in devising and implementing strategy in relation to the
financial and operational performance of the Group.
Senior Independent Director
Provides a sounding board for the Chairman, acts as an intermediary for the other Directors
when necessary and is available to meet with Shareholders.
Independent Non-executive
Directors
Constructively challenge the Directors and monitor the delivery of the Group strategy within
the risk and control environment set by the Board.
Regional Executive
Directors
Supports the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer in relation to devising and
implementing strategy in relation to their specific region.
Company Secretary
Supports the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and is available to all Directors for advice
and support. Informs the Board and Committees on governance matters and responsible
for development of corporate governance policies.
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Remuneration Committee
Determines the remuneration
for Executive Directors
and the Executive
Committee members and
overseas Aggreko’s overall
remuneration policy, strategy
and implementation.
Committee report
Page 92
Audit Committee
Monitors and reviews
the integrity of Aggreko’s
financial statements, as well
as monitoring the relationship
with the external auditor and
oversight of our systems for
internal control and risk
management.
Committee report
Page 84
Board Committees
Nomination Committee
Monitors and reviews the
composition and balance
of the Board and its
Committees to ensure
Aggreko has the right
structure, skills and diversity
of experience in place for
the effective management
of the Group.
Committee report
Page 90
Ethics Committee
Monitors compliance and
oversees the effectiveness
of our ethical policies and
procedures to ensure
that Aggreko conducts its
business with integrity and
honesty and in accordance
with the law.
Committee report
Page 88
BOARD
CEO
Disclosure Committee
Supports the Board in
approving the final form
of any announcement or
statement relating to the
performance of the Group.
Finance Committee
Responsible for funding
and treasury decisions.
Allotment Committee
Responsible for decisions
regarding the allotment
of shares.
Executive Committee
Responsible for supporting
the Chief Executive Officer
in all aspects of his role. It is
made up of the Executive
Directors and the heads of
the Group functions.
KEY TO COMMITTEES
Board
Non-Board
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LEADERSHIP
CONTINUED
Board attendance in 2014
What the Board achieved during 2014
Name of Director
Ken Hanna
Carole Cran1
Debajit Das
Asterios Satrazemis
David Taylor-Smith
Angus Cockburn2
Rupert Soames3
Russell King
Diana Layfield
Robert MacLeod
Ian Marchant
Rebecca McDonald
David Hamill4
Board
Meetings
Percentage
attended
A
6
4
6
6
6
4
2
6
6
6
6
6
2
B
6
4
6
6
6
4
2
6
6
5
6
6
2
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
83%
100%
100%
100%
A – maximum number of meetings Director could have attended
B – actual number of meetings Director attended
1 Carole Cran joined the Board on 1 June 2014
2 Angus Cockburn retired from the Board on 30 September 2014
3 Rupert Soames retired from the Board on 24 April 2014
4 David Hamill retired from the Board on 24 April 2014
• Oversaw a period of transition for the role of Chief
Executive Officer, appointing an Interim Chief Executive
and Executive Chairman whilst recruiting Chris Weston
to the permanent role of Chief Executive Officer.
• Continuously updated our framework of delegated
authorities to ensure good governance during this
transition period.
• Successful use of our succession plan to appoint
Carole Cran as Chief Financial Officer.
• Appointed Russell King as Senior Independent Director.
• Oversaw Shareholder consultation and engagement with
governance bodies for our new incentive arrangements.
• Reviewed and updated Committee terms of reference
and schedule of matters reserved for the Board.
• Strengthened our ethical policies.
• Established a robust process to assess the Fair, Balanced
and Understandable requirement of the Code for the 2013
Annual Report, using it again for our 2014 Annual Report.
• Returned approximately £200 million to Shareholders.
• Visited the Power Projects operations and technology
centre in Dubai.
• Undertook post investment reviews of the Poit Energia
acquisition in 2012 and depot openings in 2013.
GOVERNANCE IN ACTION:
BOARD MEETING IN DUBAI, JUNE 2014
Site visits give the Board key insights into the business; at least
one meeting each year is held at a Group location outside
London or Glasgow to give the Directors an opportunity
to review operations and meet local management.
In June 2014, the Board visited Dubai, a key location for
Group Operations and Technology (O&T) and the EMEA
region. During their visit the Board received presentations
from the EMEA region, including an in-depth review of the
EMEA business units in Africa and the Middle East; each was
presented by the relevant Managing Director with support
from the EMEA Business Development Director. O&T also
presented to the Board on how they support the regions with
project design, logistics, mobilisation, fleet, product design,
development and health and safety.
The Board received a guided tour of the facility at Jebel Ali,
learning more about our supply chain and our training facility.
The trip concluded with a dinner hosted by the Board and
attended by the management teams based in Dubai to give
the Board the opportunity to engage with individuals working
for the EMEA region and O&T.
Meetings of the Board, Ethics, Nomination and Remuneration
Committees were held and the Non-executive Directors
also held a private meeting without members of
management present.
Key priorities for 2015
• Induction of Chris Weston, further detail can be found
in the case study on page 79.
• Undertake a business review to establish key priorities
for 2015, ensuring all actions are assigned following the
changes in senior management.
• Focus on senior management succession planning to
ensure our new senior management structure is fully
supported.
• Appointment and induction of Uwe Krueger as a
Non-executive Director.
• Complete the return of capital to Shareholders
by making a second offer to purchase B Shares,
subject to Shareholder approval at our 2015 AGM.
• Review our risk management processes to ensure
compliance with the new corporate governance code
requirements to monitor and assess the risk
management process.
• Plan a Board visit to Singapore in June 2015 to review
the APAC business and engage with local employees,
we will report on this in our 2015 Annual Report.
• Undertake an externally facilitated Board evaluation in
Autumn 2015.
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3
4
Board meetings
Jan 14
Feb 14
Mar 14
Apr 14
May 14
Jun 14
Jul 14
Aug 14
Sep 14
Oct 14
Nov 14
Dec 14
Board meetings
In 2014, the Board held six scheduled meetings, the key areas
of focus were:
Matters considered at all Board meetings
• Report on strategic and business developments from
the Chief Executive
• Report on the financial performance of the regions
and business overall, including forecasts from the
Chief Financial Officer
• Health, safety and environmental status report from
the Chief Executive
Considered through the year
Financial
• Draft results and presentations to analysts
• Annual results and final dividend
• Interim results and interim dividend
• Fleet review
• Budget updates and approval of budget
• Regular treasury reports
• Tax report
Strategy
• HFO development
• Temperature control strategy
• Group strategy update
• Post investment reviews and lessons learnt
Risk Management
• Monitor the Group risk register
• Updates on contract risk management
• Monitor status of legal claims
Executive Updates
Detailed annual presentations on performance in:
• Americas region
• APAC region
• EMEA region
• Sales and marketing
• Operations, technology and manufacturing
• Information technology
• Human resources
Leadership and employees
• Appointment of Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
• People development and succession plans
• Reappointment of Directors
Shareholders
• Regular investor relations updates with analyst and
investor feedback
• Return of capital
• AGM briefing
• Dividend reinvestment programme
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EFFECTIVENESS
Induction, development and support
We make sure that all new Directors receive a full, formal and
tailored induction on joining the Board, as we explain in more
detail below. We also plan our Board calendar to ensure that
Directors are able to visit different business locations and
are briefed on a wide range of topics throughout the year.
These topics range from those with particular relevance for
our business, such as world energy demand, to more general
matters such as developments in corporate governance.
We recognise that our Directors have a diverse range of
experience, and so we encourage them to attend external
seminars and briefings that will assist them individually.
Typical induction programme
for a Non-executive Director
Our induction programme aims to give new Non-executive
Directors a thorough grounding in Aggreko’s business and
a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities.
Every newly appointed Director will spend time with the
Company Secretary to ensure an understanding of directors’
duties, conflicts of interest, corporate governance, Board
procedures, Group policies and the use of our electronic
Board packs.
Whilst we do take into account the Directors’ background
and experience, the induction programme will include a broad
introduction to our business, on a Group and Regional basis,
and areas of significant risk. Key elements include meeting
the Executive Directors, senior management in the Group
and Regional functions and visiting our main sites for
briefings on Group strategy and the regional businesses.
We also arrange for new Non-executive Directors to meet
the External Audit Partner.
As part of his induction, Uwe Krueger will visit our
manufacturing facility at Dumbarton in April 2015 to learn
about our products and work on research and development.
This year’s Board evaluation exercise
In line with the UK Corporate Governance Code, it is the
Board’s policy to undertake a formal and rigorous annual
evaluation of our own performance and that of our Committees
and Directors each year. The evaluation is required to be
externally facilitated at least every three years. Aggreko’s last
externally facilitated evaluation took place in 2011, and so we
were due another one in 2014. At the beginning of the year we
had aimed to do this in Autumn 2014, however, we agreed that
we would review whether this was appropriate in view of the
change of Chief Executive Officer.
After careful consideration, the Board agreed to postpone
the externally facilitated evaluation until Autumn 2015 for the
following reasons:
• We had already conducted a thorough review of the
executive composition of the Board, particularly in relation
to the posts of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer. In this exercise the Board received detailed external
advice from Russell Reynolds. Whilst recognising that this
exercise did not comprise a full evaluation of the work of
the Board, it was agreed that there would not be much to
be gained and that it would be inappropriate to engage an
additional external adviser on similar grounds at this stage.
• Chris Weston had yet to start work with Aggreko.
The dynamics of the Board were bound to change once he
was in post; it was agreed that any in-depth evaluation would
quickly become out-dated and moreover would not have the
benefit of Chris’ views.
• By waiting until Autumn 2015, the external evaluation should
provide valuable insights on how the new team is settling
down and working.
The Board agreed the following approach for 2014:
• Formal reviews for each individual Director would be retained.
The Chairman’s review was conducted by the Non-executive
Directors in April 2014.
• The action points identified from the 2013 Board evaluation
would be followed up to ensure they were fully addressed.
• A full review of the Terms of Reference of the Board
Committees and matters reserved for the Board was
undertaken in Autumn 2014. The review focused on updates
in best practice and new versions were approved by the
Board. A formal Disclosure Committee was also established
to support the Board in approving the final form of any
announcement or statement relating to the financial
performance of the Group.
• The Committee Chairmen would hold one to one meetings
with Committee Members to identify areas of improvement
within the Committees, using a questionnaire prepared
by the Company Secretary as the basis for discussion.
The result of this process confirmed that overall the Board
operated effectively and that the Board should continue
to focus on the issues identified in the previous evaluation.
On page 80 we set out the progress we have made during
2014 and priorities for 2015. We also set out specific action
points we have identified for each of the Board Committees.
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CHRIS WESTON’S INDUCTION
Chris Weston’s two-month induction programme
was designed to help him understand our business,
our operations, the markets we operate in, meet
our customers and meet the people that make
up Aggreko.
Time was spent with the EMEA management team
in Europe and Africa, visiting a depot in the UK,
the project site at Ressano Garcia in Mozambique,
the Southern Africa business and meeting some
of our larger EMEA customers in Africa.
To kick start his induction, Chris visited our
Head Office in Scotland, spending time with
the Group functions, his new direct reports
and the EMEA operations team. Whilst in Scotland,
Chris was accompanied by Ken Hanna on a visit
to our manufacturing facility in Dumbarton, where
they received a site tour and spent time meeting
our manufacturing apprentices.
Chris then moved on to the Americas region,
attending the Americas executive team meeting
in Houston and visiting the depot in Louisiana,
before flying to Panama to visit a customer site
and take a tour of the Panama hub.
For the APAC region, Chris joined the APAC
executive team in Melbourne and Singapore,
visiting a project site in Bangladesh.
Finally, Chris spent time in Dubai at our Power
Projects operations, technology centre, technical
training centre and with our Middle East operations.
Chris also took the time to speak to our largest
Shareholders, to analysts, to the banks that support
us and to our key suppliers in order to hear their
views of Aggreko.
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Chris visiting a Local business customer site in Dubai, February 2015 GOVERNANCE CONTINUED
EFFECTIVENESS
CONTINUED
The table below follows up on the action points identified from the 2013 review and includes feedback from the 2014 review:
Board
Composition
Succession
Strategy and
Competition
Board
Meetings
2013 Findings
2013 Findings
2013 Findings
2013 Findings
The Board has a good mixture
of skills covering all main areas
and the balance between
Executive and Non-executive
was effective. However, we
recognised that we need to
keep the areas of expertise
under review as the business
develops.
The Executive appointments
to the Board in 2013 had
gone well, with good levels
of confidence and interaction
between the Executives. In
order to build on this success,
the Board agreed to increase
their focus on succession in
2014 and improve access to
Non-executive Directors for
executives below Board level.
A number of topics were
identified during the evaluation
as items on which the Board
would welcome deeper debate.
Topics included key strategic
issues and the competitive
landscape, on a regional and
international level.
Board meetings are chaired
effectively, timekeeping is well
managed and the level and
quality of information provided
to the Board is generally good.
Some suggestions were made
to improve the running order
of meetings, the provision of
information and the level and
detail of financial reports.
Progress in 2014
Progress in 2014
Progress in 2014
Progress in 2014
Appointment of new CEO and
CFO announced in May 2014.
Internal appointment of CFO
announced in May 2014.
External consultants engaged
to search for an additional
Non-executive Director.
Appointment of new Group
HR Director in June 2014.
Board visit to Dubai gave
opportunity to engage with
EMEA and O&T management
teams.
Annual Board planner expanded
to include items on key
strategic issues and the
competitive landscape.
Revised financial reports have
improved quality of information.
New investor relations report
established.
Action points for 2015
Action points for 2015
Action points for 2015
Action points for 2015
Appointment of new Non-
executive Director in February
2015.
In-depth review of succession
plans following new Board
appointments.
Chris Weston to lead a business
review in H1 2015 to establish
key priorities.
Review quality and consistency
of Board paper submissions to
identify areas for improvement.
Externally facilitated review of
the Board scheduled for Autumn
2015 to focus on dynamics of
new team.
Continue with programme
to improve access to
Non-executive Directors for
executives below Board level
by introducing a mentoring
scheme.
Audit
Committee
Ethics
Committee
Nomination
Committee
Remuneration
Committee
2014 Findings
2014 Findings
2014 Findings
2014 Findings
All committees continue to work effectively, with balanced meetings, good levels of participation and blend of experience amongst members.
Action points for 2015
Action points for 2015
Action points for 2015
Action points for 2015
Continue with presentations on
managing financial risks from
the Regional Finance Directors
and technical specialists.
Continue participation in ethics
training for all Board members.
Review our compliance
framework to reflect developing
sanctions regulations.
Recommend appointment of all
Non-executive Directors as
members of the Nomination
Committee to reflect current
best practice.
Schedule regular updates on
evolving best practice from our
remuneration advisers.
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Risk management and internal control
The Board is responsible for the Group’s system of internal
control, including financial control, and we have worked
hard to embed these controls into the culture of the Group.
The process is designed to manage rather than eliminate risk,
and can only provide reasonable and not absolute assurance
against material misstatement or loss. The Board’s approach
to risk management is supported by an oversight structure
that includes the Audit Committee, details of which can be
found in the Audit Committee Report.
The Board has an ongoing process to identify, evaluate and
manage significant risks faced by the Group, details of which
can be found in the risk section of the Strategic Report.
This process has been in place for the period under review and
up to the date of approval of the Annual Report and Accounts.
In addition, the Board reviews annually the effectiveness of the
risk management and internal control systems. No significant
failings or weaknesses were identified. Further detail on
this process can be found in the Audit Committee Report.
Read more in our Audit Committee report
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Read more about our risks
Page 28
GOVERNANCE IN ACTION:
FAIR, BALANCED AND
UNDERSTANDABLE REPORTING
The Board recognises its responsibility to present
a fair, balanced and understandable assessment
of Aggreko in all of our reporting obligations.
This responsibility covers the Annual Report and
extends to the interim report and other regulatory
announcements. The Directors consider this
Annual Report, taken as a whole, to be fair,
balanced and understandable, providing the
information necessary for Shareholders to
assess the Company’s performance, business model
and strategy. In arriving at this position, the Board
asked the Audit Committee to review and confirm
the process we have in place to support this
assessment. The Audit Committee confirmed that
we have a robust approach in place to support the
fair, balanced and understandable assessment.
For the 2014 Annual Report, this process included:
• Comprehensive management and statutory
accounts processes, with written confirmations
provided by the regional senior management
teams on the “health” of the financial
control environment.
• Detailed reviews of the Annual Report and
Accounts undertaken at different levels of the
Group and by the senior management team that
aim to ensure consistency and overall balance.
• A verification process, involving our internal audit
team, dealing with the factual content of the
Annual Report.
• A key accounting judgements paper covering
contract and tax provisions, along with a summary
of any changes in our accounting policies for 2014.
• Both the Audit Committee and Board received an
early draft of the Annual Report to enable time for
review and comment.
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GOVERNANCE CONTINUED
RELATIONS WITH SHAREHOLDERS
SHAREHOLDER ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR 2014
2014
March
April
May
June
Roadshows in the UK, USA,
Canada and Europe following
the preliminary results
announcement
Citi Business
Services Conference
Conference calls and
meetings with investors
following the first quarter IMS
JP Morgan Cazenove
Business Services
Conference
Analyst and Shareholder
site visit to our operations
in the Americas
Analyst and investor site visit
to Dumbarton
Barclays Select Series 2014:
UK Stockholm Conference
Analyst and investor site visit
to Dumbarton
The Chairman met a number
of our major Shareholders to
discuss CEO succession
Introductory roadshows in the
US and Asia
Goldman Sachs Business
Services conference
HOW OUR INVESTORS CAN FIND US
Online 2014 Report
www.annualreport2014.aggreko.com
Our Group website
www.aggreko.com/investors
Download the IR app
www.aggreko.com/investors
SELL-SIDE ANALYST AND SHAREHOLDER
VISIT TO THE US AND PANAMA
In June 2014, we took a group of around 20 sell-side analysts
and Shareholders to visit our Americas business. The two-day
visit included presentations from each of the Americas business
unit managers and site visits to our facilities in Houston and our
Power Project site in Panama. The site visit was well received
with all those attending gaining a greater appreciation for the
Local Business in particular, but also the strength and depth
of the management team.
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KEY TO ACTIVITIES
IMS
Investor
meetings
Half year
results
AGM
Full year
results
Site visit
August
September
October
November
December
Roadshow in the USA
following the interim
results announcement
Roadshows in the UK and
France following the interim
results announcement
Analyst and investor site visit
to Dumbarton
The Chairman met a number
of our major Shareholders to
discuss CEO transition
arrangements
Introductory roadshow in
the US
Conference calls and
meetings with investors
following the third quarter IMS
Credit Suisse European
Business Services and
Transport Conference
Analyst and investor site visit
to Dumbarton
Understanding what analysts and investors think about us is a
key part of driving our business forward and we actively seek
dialogue with the market. This provides us with the opportunity
to communicate with analysts and investors and to understand
their views on the Company’s strategy and performance.
The Board receives regular updates on the views of
Shareholders through briefings and reports from those that
have had Shareholder interaction over the year, including the
Head of Investor Relations, Directors, Makinson Cowell our
retained advisers and the Company brokers. In addition,
our Senior Independent Director, Russell King, is available to
meet Shareholders if they wish to raise any issues separately.
Results and other news releases such as contract wins
are published via the London Stock Exchange’s Regulatory
New Service (RNS). Any announcement published via RNS
is also available on the Group’s Investor Relations website at
www.aggreko.com/investors; a subscription service is available
for interested parties to receive these updates by email.
We continually seek to enhance our communications, including
online communications, and during the year implemented
changes to the Investor Relations website, including improved
functionality and greater disclosure of information. We had
over 260,000 unique visitors to the corporate website in 2014.
In early 2015 we launched an Investor Relations and Media App
that can be downloaded to tablet and smartphone devices;
this enables a wider audience to view results, announcements,
presentations, videos, webcasts and images on the move.
The Group has an office in London, where the Head of
Investor Relations is based, and maintains ongoing relations
with analysts and investors through telephone calls and
meetings. Throughout 2014, we have continued to maintain
open and transparent communication with analysts and
investors through meetings, presentations, conferences and
site visits, including a visit in June to our Americas business.
During the year, the Head of Investor Relations and Senior
Management conducted over 460 meetings, met or spoke
to over 400 institutions and participated in five conferences.
Meetings are conducted by at least one of the Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Head of
Investor Relations and these meetings occurred in a number of
different locations around the world to reflect the global nature
of our Shareholder base; during the year Senior Management
travelled to meet investors in the UK, USA, Canada, Germany,
France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Sweden,
Hong Kong and Japan. We have also committed to include the
Regional Directors in investor meetings throughout the year,
to allow investors to gain a broader perspective of management
and the business. During the year, the Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee held a number of consultations with
Shareholders around the development of the new Long-Term
Incentive Plan and general performance of the business.
Read more about our remuneration policy
Page 92
We also enjoy meeting and engaging in discussion with our
private Shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting
(AGM). The 2015 AGM will be held in Glasgow on Wednesday
29 April 2015. Further details of the meeting are set out
on page 119.
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GOVERNANCE CONTINUED
AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT
Introduction by Robert MacLeod,
Audit Committee Chairman
The Audit Committee is currently made up of four independent
Non-executive Directors. I have been Chairman of the
Committee since December 2008; I am a chartered accountant
and, until my appointment as Chief Executive of Johnson
Matthey in June 2014, I served as Johnson Matthey’s Group
Finance Director for five years. The members of the Committee,
together with my experience, bring an appropriate balance of
financial and accounting experience with a deep understanding
of Aggreko’s business and markets. Diana Layfield, Ian
Marchant and I are the members of the Audit Committee
identified with recent and relevant financial experience.
At our scheduled meetings we also invite the Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to attend,
together with the Group Financial Controller, Director of Internal
Audit and the External Audit Partner.
In 2014, the Committee held three scheduled meetings and
one ad hoc meeting. The ad hoc meeting was held in February
to approve the engagement of PwC for non-audit services in
relation to the return of capital to Shareholders. The scheduled
meetings are aligned to the Group’s financial reporting
timetable and allow sufficient time for full discussion of key
topics and to enable early identification and resolution of risks
and issues.
To the left there is a summary of the key actions of the
Committee in 2014 and intended areas of focus in 2015.
Further detail on our actions in 2014 are included in the full
Audit Committee report detailed over the next few pages.
Role of Audit Committee
• Monitor the integrity of the financial statements, including
reviewing significant financial reporting issues and
judgements alongside the findings of the external auditor.
• Advise the Board on the effectiveness of the fair, balanced
and understandable review of the Annual Report.
• Oversee the relationship with the external auditor, external
audit process, nature and scope of the external audit,
including their appointment, effectiveness, independence
and fees.
• Monitor and review the effectiveness of internal audit,
ensuring co-ordination with the activities of the
external auditor.
• Review the effectiveness of the Group’s systems for internal
financial control, financial reporting and risk management.
Audit Committee terms of reference:
www.aggreko.com/pdf/audit-committee-terms-of-ref-
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Robert MacLeod
Audit Committee Chairman
“ The role of the Audit Committee is to monitor and
review the integrity of the Group’s financial statements
to determine whether the judgements taken by
management are appropriate. We also monitor the
independence and effectiveness of the external auditor
and oversee the Group’s systems for internal control
and risk management.”
2014 Key achievements
•
Implemented a process to oversee the fair, balanced and understandable
assessment of the Annual Report
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Oversaw the implementation of a process for the new reporting
requirements and disclosure of key accounting judgements for the
Annual Report
Monitored the new audit tender and rotation requirements and agreed
a strategy for the future
Provided oversight on the Group’s risk management processes,
receiving presentations from the Regional Finance Directors for Americas
and EMEA on managing financial risk and the Chief Information Officer
on our cyber governance framework
Scheduled meetings attended
Members in 2014
Robert MacLeod – Committee Chairman
David Hamill – Non-executive Director1
Russell King – Senior Independent Director2
Diana Layfield – Non-executive Director
Ian Marchant – Non-executive Director
1 David Hamill retired from the Board on 24 April 2014
2 Russell King was appointed as Senior Independent Director on
24 April 2014
Areas of focus for 2015
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Review new UK Corporate Governance Code requirements for going
concern and a longer-term viability statement
Oversee the external auditor tender process
Monitor implementation by management of recommendations identified
through the internal auditor effectiveness review
Continue risk management oversight with presentations scheduled from
APAC on managing financial risks, Group Tax and Group Treasury
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Main Activities of the Audit Committee
during the year
Financial reporting
During the course of the year, the Committee met with the
external auditors and management as part of the 2014 Annual
and Interim Report approval process. We reviewed the draft
financial statements and considered a number of supporting
papers, including; information presented by management on
significant accounting judgements to ensure all issues raised
have been properly dealt with; key points of disclosure and
presentation to ensure adequacy, clarity and completeness;
external audit reports; reviewed documentation prepared to
support the going concern statement given on page 122;
and information presented by management on the process
underpinning the fair, balanced and understandable assessment
and confirmation made by the Board on page 81.
The external auditor carried out their work using an overall
materiality of £14 million, as stated in their report on page 126,
and confirmed to the Committee that there were no material
unadjusted misstatements. We also agreed with the external
auditor that they would inform us of any unadjusted misstatements
above £1 million, as well as misstatements below that amount
that warranted reporting for qualitative reasons. None were
reported to the Committee.
Following completion of the above steps, we agreed to
recommend the approval of the 2014 Annual and Interim Reports
to the Board.
The primary areas of judgement considered by the Committee in relation to the 2014 Annual Report were:
Significant financial judgements for 2014
Contract provisions
One of the biggest risks facing the Group is non-payment
by customers under some of the larger contracts in our
Power Projects business (see Principal Risks and Uncertainties
– Failure to collect payments or to recover assets on page 30).
Identified as an area of judgement in our report last year,
contract receivables and associated provisions within Power
Projects is a key risk for the Group, and one of the areas of
particular external audit focus. The Group policy is to consider
each debtor and customer individually, within the relevant
environment to which it relates, taking into account a number
of factors, in accordance with accounting standards.
Direct and indirect tax provisions
The Group’s tax strategy is to manage all taxes, both direct
and indirect, such that we pay the appropriate amount of
tax in each country where we operate whilst ensuring that
we respect the applicable tax legislation and utilise where
appropriate any legislative reliefs available. However, given
the varied, complex and often uncertain nature of tax rules
in certain countries, in particular in those in which we have
our Power Projects business, we recognise that it makes
sense to carry an appropriate level of provision for both
direct and indirect taxes. The tax team monitors the status
of tax risks monthly and in detail at the half and full year.
This monitoring process together with consideration of
any relevant legislative change is then used to determine
the appropriate level of provisions.
How the Audit Committee addressed those judgements
Contract provisions
The Committee addressed contract provisions by
considering an accounting judgements paper at the July 2014
and March 2015 meetings, which was tabled by the Chief
Financial Officer. This detailed the latest position of debtors
outstanding at the half year and year end and gave an
assessment of the likelihood of collecting future payments.
It was against this assessment that the Audit Committee
assessed the adequacy of the provisions. PwC reported on
these contract provisions at both the July 2014 and March
2015 meetings in the context of the half year review and the
year end audit respectively. In addition the Committee is aware
that the Board receives a report on contract exposures
each month and has assessed the Group’s processes for
calculating and regularly monitoring contract risk provisions.
More information on how Aggreko manages contract
provisions and the level of those provisions can be found in
the principal risks section on page 28 and the financial review
on page 50.
Direct and indirect tax provisions
The Committee addressed tax provisions by considering
an accounting judgements paper at both the July 2014 and
March 2015 meetings, which was tabled by the Chief Financial
Officer. PwC reported on these provisions at the July 2014
meeting in the context of the half year review, and at both
the December 2014 and March 2015 meetings in the context
of the year end audit. We have monitored and assessed the
Group’s processes for calculating and regularly monitoring
tax provisions. More information on Aggreko’s tax strategy
and payments in 2014 can be found in the financial review
on page 50.
Read about PwC’s areas of focus
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AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT
CONTINUED
External auditor
The Committee is responsible for making recommendations to
the Board in relation to the appointment of our external auditor,
PwC. We also approve the audit plan, terms of engagement,
fees and assess the effectiveness of PwC.
Audit plan
PwC presented their audit plan at the July 2014 meeting,
setting out the scope and objectives of the audit together with
an overview of the planned approach, an assessment of the
Group’s risks and controls and proposed areas of audit focus.
In setting the audit plan, PwC work with Internal Audit and
management at a Group and Regional level to identify risk
areas for the audit to determine where audit effort should
be focused.
Effectiveness
The Committee believes that the independence, objectivity and
effectiveness of PwC and their processes is safeguarded and
remains strong. This is displayed through their robust internal
processes, their continuing challenge, focused reporting
and their discussions with management and the Committee.
During 2014, the Committee met with PwC without
management present and the Committee Chairman also
maintained regular contact with the audit partner throughout
the year. We assess PwC through the quality of their audit
findings and management responses. We also use an internal
questionnaire sent to Committee members, the Regional
Finance Directors and Group Functional Heads in December
2014; respondents are asked to rate PwC effectiveness in a
number of areas, including robustness of the audit process,
quality of delivery and quality of people and services.
Results were collated and presented at the March
2015 meeting of the Committee for discussion.
The results confirmed that both PwC and its audit processes
were considered to be effective and that a good working
relationship was supplemented by a sufficient amount
of challenge.
Non-audit services
To safeguard the objectivity and independence of the external
auditor from becoming compromised, the Committee has a
formal policy governing the engagement of the external auditor
to provide non-audit services. Non-audit services are normally
limited to assignments that are closely related to the annual
audit or where the work is of such a nature that a detailed
understanding of the Group is necessary. Any proposal to use
the external auditor for non-audit work requires prior approval
of the Chief Financial Officer and depending on the nature of
the service and fee involved, authorisation may also be required
from the Committee Chairman or the Committee.
The non-audit services policy is available on our website at:
www.aggreko.com/pdf/Non_audit_service_policy.pdf
Non-audit fees are monitored by the Committee and this year
we were satisfied that all non-audit work undertaken was
in line with our policy and did not detract from the objectivity
and independence of the external auditor. The majority of the
non-audit work carried out by PwC during the year related to
tax and minor local compliance services. We also engaged
PwC to advise on the 2014 return of capital to Shareholders,
taking into account their significant experience of the Group
and expertise in transactions of this nature, the relatively
small size of the fee for this assignment and the fees of other
non-audit services in comparison to the total audit fee, the
Committee approved the engagement. As a percentage of
the overall audit fee for the year, other assurance services and
non-audit fees are 26% (2013: 20%). Further details of the
fees paid to the external auditor are set out in Note 6 to the
accounts on page 145.
Reappointment and tender of external audit
PricewaterhouseCoopers have been the Company’s external
auditor since 1997 when Aggreko plc was incorporated,
following the de-merger from the Salvesen Group. We last
engaged in a competitive tender process in 2006, following
which PricewaterhouseCoopers were reappointed
external auditor.
The Committee has closely followed the legislative
developments on audit tendering and rotation from the EU
and the Competition & Markets Authority and at our December
2014 meeting we discussed the new requirements, noting the
transitional arrangements, which require our first external
auditor rotation by 2023. Despite the flexibility offered by the
transitional arrangements to delay a rotation until 2023, we
recognise that now is the time to consider putting the external
audit out to tender. We have chosen to do this in 2015 given
the recent changes in management and to fit in with the timing
of the next rotation of the current audit partner, scheduled for
2016. Following the Annual General Meeting in 2015, we will
go out to tender in 2015 with a view to appointing a new
external auditor for the year ending 31 December 2016.
As Chairman of the Audit Committee, Robert MacLeod will
lead the tender process on behalf of the Board with support
from Carole Cran, as Chief Financial Officer and senior
members of Carole’s financial management team. Once we
have made a decision regarding the appointment of the
external auditor, we shall make an appropriate announcement
to the market.
The Committee has recommended to the Board that a
proposal be put to shareholders at the 2015 Annual General
Meeting for the reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers
as external auditor for the year ending 31 December 2015.
There are no contractual restrictions on the Company’s
choice of external auditor.
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The Committee assessed the effectiveness of the internal audit
function by reviewing their reports, progress against the 2014
plan and meeting with the Director of Internal Audit without
management being present. In 2014 we also introduced an
internal questionnaire, completed on an anonymous basis by
financial and operational managers, covering aspects of the
internal audit delivery during 2014. Results were collated and
reported to the Committee at the March 2015 meeting for
discussion. The results confirmed that Internal Audit was
considered to be effective, with good working relationships
across the Group. Minor improvements were suggested in
relation to sharing best practice and integrated assurance,
both will be implemented during 2015.
In line with the Institute of Internal Auditors’ guidance, we plan
to undertake an external evaluation of Internal Audit in 2016,
with internal evaluations in the intervening years; our last
external evaluation was undertaken in 2011.
Speaking up
The Group Ethics Policy, supported by a separate Speaking Up
Policy, encourages all employees to report any potential
improprieties in ethical standards via our international
whistle-blowing hotline. Run by an external and independent
third party, the hotline is available to all employees, in all of the
languages used throughout the Group, and callers can remain
anonymous if they wish. All matters reported are investigated
and where appropriate, we ask Internal Audit to investigate the
issue and report to us on the outcome. We also receive reports
on hotline call volumes and the general nature and location of
matters reported. We review these processes each year, and
can confirm that they are appropriate for the size and scale of
the Group.
Review of the effectiveness of the
Audit Committee
The Committee completed reviews of the effectiveness of the
external auditor, internal audit function and the Committee itself.
The process followed for the Committee evaluation is set out
on page 78; findings and priorities for 2015 are included on
page 80.
Internal controls and risk management
Aggreko’s objective is to have a strong and regularly monitored
control environment that minimises financial risk and, as part
of our responsibilities, we review the effectiveness of systems
for internal financial control, financial reporting and risk
management. We aim to ensure that the same high standards
are applied throughout the business with the framework set
at Group level. Across the Group, there is a strong focus on
training and development and this helps to underline the
standards that we require. We then monitor this process
through regular financial control reviews and a financial control
checklist. This also enables us to set targets and identify and
monitor areas for improvement.
We agreed financial control deliverables for 2014, as proposed
by the Chief Financial Officer, including addressing countries
with lower financial control checklist scores and ensuring
sufficient support at Group or regional level for our less mature
businesses. At the end of the year, we reviewed progress for
2014 and agreed proposed priorities for 2015. Our financial
control priorities for 2015 have been set after going through
the following process:
• Setting out the key challenges for financial control and then
reviewing the control environment and risk mitigation in place
to help address these challenges;
• Reviewing the 2014 financial control checklist scores for all of
locations globally, both Local and Power Projects, and cross
referring them against the 2014 internal audit reports;
• The Global Financial Leadership team reviewed the above
data and analysis to set clear priorities for 2015; and
• The Chief Financial Officer then proposed these priorities to
the Audit Committee and we have agreed with the approach.
The key priorities for 2015 cover further developing the financial
control checklist with particular focus on its effectiveness in
our Power Projects business, a review of key areas within the
purchase to pay process, delivery of a new financial reporting
system and again as in the prior year addressing countries
with lower financial control checklist scores and ensuring
sufficient support at Group or regional level for our less
mature businesses.
Internal audit
Internal Audit undertakes financial, operational and strategic
audits across the Aggreko Group using a risk based
methodology and in accordance with the changing risk profile
of the Company. The Committee reviewed and agreed the
programme of 2014 internal audit work, including the proposed
approach, coverage, and allocation of resources and reviewed
progress during the year through reports at each meeting.
During 2014, 130 audits were completed across information
technology, financial, operational and compliance functions.
Results are graded and where audits are given a low grading,
Internal Audit agree appropriate remedial actions and report to
us on progress.
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ETHICS COMMITTEE REPORT
Introduction by Ken Hanna,
Ethics Committee Chairman
The Ethics Committee is currently made up of two independent
Non-executive Directors, with me as Chairman. I have been
a member of the Committee since its first meeting in February
2011 and became Chairman of the Committee in April 2012.
In 2014 the Committee met three times. During the course
of the year we invited the Regional Executive Directors from
EMEA and Americas to attend and report on compliance and
areas of higher ethical risk within their regions. We also invited
the Group Operations and Technology Director to report on
compliance issues within the newly formed Operations and
Technology team.
To the left there is a summary of the key actions of the
Committee in 2014 and intended areas of focus in 2015.
Further detail on our actions in 2014 are included in the full
Ethics Committee report below.
Role of Ethics Committee
• Advise the Board on the development of strategy and
policy on ethical matters.
• Advise the Board on steps to be taken to establish a
culture of integrity and honesty in all of the Company’s
business dealings.
• Oversee the Company’s policies and procedures for the
identification, assessment, management and reporting
of ethical risk.
• Oversee the Company’s policies and procedures to
prevent persons associated with the Company from
engaging in bribery.
• Monitor and review the operation of the Company’s
ethics policies and procedures.
Ken Hanna
Ethics Committee Chairman
“ The role of the Ethics Committee is to ensure
that Aggreko conducts business with integrity
and honesty and in accordance with the law.”
2014 Key achievements
•
Reviewed and approved changes to ethics policies
•
•
•
•
Monitored the implementation of an ethics training programme
for employees
Approved the introduction of a web-based compliance certification
programme for all employees
Monitored the phased implementation of a risk based due diligence
programme for third-party suppliers
Received briefings from regions and the central Operations and
Technology function covering their approach to monitoring compliance
within their functions
• Appointed Head of Compliance
Scheduled meetings attended
Members in 2014
Ken Hanna – Ethics Committee Chairman
David Hamill – Non-executive Director1
Diana Layfield – Non-executive Director
Ian Marchant – Non-executive Director2
1 David Hamill retired from the Board on 24 April 2014
2
Ian Marchant was appointed to the Committee on 24 April 2014
Areas of focus for 2015
•
Oversee the full integration of the risk based due diligence into the
supply chain processes
•
•
•
Oversee the implementation of targeted compliance training to
senior management and areas of the business with greater exposure
to ethical issues
Oversee a review of the sanctions compliance programme
Review the findings and implement any recommendations arising
from the internal audit review of ethics and compliance scheduled
for early 2015
Ethics Committee terms of reference:
www.aggreko.com/pdf/ethics-committee-terms-of-ref-
oct-2014.pdf
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Main activities of the Ethics Committee
during the year
Appointment of Head of Compliance
In February 2014 we appointed a new Head of Compliance,
reporting to the Group Legal Director & Company Secretary,
to support the Committee in leading the implementation of
the Group’s ethical strategy.
Monitoring activities
As we have identified on page 32, one of the most significant
risks to Aggreko is the conduct of third-party sales consultants.
The number of third-party sales consultants used by the
business has reduced over the last few years but there is
a continued requirement for third-party sales consultants
to help support some areas of the business. We have risk
management measures in place which require all third-party
sales consultants engaged by Aggreko to conduct business
in compliance with the standards set out in our ethics policy
and allow us to monitor compliance with these requirements.
We also have controls in place in relation to the remuneration
of consultants and we monitor all payments to third-party
sales consultants. At the first meeting of each year, we receive
a briefing on all payments made to third-party sales consultants
during the prior year to ensure that the payments were
appropriate and in line with policy requirements.
A risk assessment of other third parties engaged by the
business identified other types of supplier relationships
which potentially could attract risk for the business. In response
to this risk assessment a risk based due diligence process
has been developed and a phased implementation process
is currently underway.
Read more about our risks
Page 28
Ethics policies
In 2014 we approved revised versions of the Sales Consultants
Policy, the Charitable Donations Policy and the Sponsorship
Policy. We modified these policies to take account of
recommendations made following a risk assessment and
review of all ethics policies. Whilst the policies were working
well in ensuring that all employees comply with the high ethical
standards expected throughout Aggreko, we introduced
certain improvements to ensure that the policies remain
robust and continue to meet the needs of the business.
Online learning platform
We are committed to providing regular training on ethical issues
to employees to ensure that employees remain alert to risks
and are regularly reminded of the standards expected by
Aggreko. An online training programme was launched in
November 2013 and has been successfully rolled out to
all employees. The Committee received briefings at each
of the meetings of the Committee on the progress of this
training throughout the business. This training has also been
supplemented by additional ethics workshops with senior
management. In future years, periodic refresher training
will continue.
Briefing from Regional Directors and
Executive Committee members
Aggreko’s ethics programme is coordinated by the central
compliance function but it is supported by the three regions
and the central functions to embed an ethical compliance
culture throughout the business. We invited the Regional
Executive Directors from EMEA and Americas to attend
the Committee to report on compliance and potential areas
of higher ethical risk within their regions. We also invited
the Group Operations & Technology Director to report on
compliance issues within the Operations and Technology team.
We will hear from the Regional Executive Director for the APAC
region in 2015.
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NOMINATION COMMITTEE REPORT
Introduction by Ken Hanna,
Nomination Committee Chairman
The Nomination Committee is currently made up of three
independent Non-executive Directors in addition to me as
Chairman. I have been Chairman of the Committee since
my appointment as Chairman of Aggreko in April 2012,
although I would not chair the Committee when it is dealing
with succession to the chairmanship of Aggreko.
The main element of focus for the Committee in 2014 was,
naturally, the changes in Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer. You will see from the table on the left that the
Committee met formally on only two occasions; whilst strictly
correct, this figure masks the many informal meetings and
conversations we had with our other Non-executive colleagues,
search consultants and candidates as part of the process
of appointing two new Executive Directors, which I have
described in more detail below.
To the left there is a summary of the key actions of the
Committee in 2014 and intended areas of focus in 2015.
Further detail on our actions in 2014 are included below.
Role of Nomination Committee
• Review the structure, size and composition (including skills,
knowledge, experience, diversity and balance of Executive
and Non-executive) of the Board and its Committees and make
recommendations to the Board with regard to any changes.
• Consider succession planning for Directors and other
senior executives following a number of changes in 2014.
• Identify and nominate for the approval of the Board,
candidates to fill Board vacancies.
• Keep under review the time commitment expected from
Main activities of the Nomination
Committee during the year
Appointment of Chief Executive Officer
At the end of February 2014, Rupert Soames tendered his
resignation as Chief Executive. He subsequently left the
Group at the end of April 2014. We were fortunate in that
Angus Cockburn, then Chief Financial Officer, was well placed
to assume an interim role to lead the executive management
of the Group, with Carole Cran, then Director of Finance,
in turn able to take on Angus’s former role as an interim step.
Having consulted all other directors, we therefore
recommended the appointment of Angus as Interim
Chief Executive and Carole as Interim Chief Financial Officer.
This enabled us to agree a reasonably swift leaving date for
Rupert, so ensuring continuity and minimising disruption to
the business. Meanwhile, it was agreed that Ken Hanna, as
Chairman of the Board and Nomination Committee, and
Russell King, as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
(and later, Senior Independent Director), should lead the
process for securing permanent appointments, and as a
first step we selected Russell Reynolds Associates as search
consultants. Russell Reynolds are a leading executive research
Ken Hanna
Nomination Committee Chairman
“ The Nomination Committee’s role is to monitor
and review the composition and balance of the
Board and its committees on a regular basis to
ensure Aggreko has the right structure, skills and
diversity of experience in place for the effective
management of the Group.”
2014 Key achievements
•
Selected and recommended appointment of Chris Weston as
Chief Executive Officer
•
•
•
Promoted Carole Cran to Chief Financial Officer
Reviewed Committee memberships and recommended changes
Appointed a new Group HR Director
Members in 2014
Ken Hanna – Nomination Committee Chairman
David Hamill – Non-executive Director1
Russell King – Senior Independent Director2
Diana Layfield – Non-executive Director3
Robert MacLeod – Non-executive Director
Rupert Soames – Chief Executive4
1 David Hamill retired from the Board on 24 April 2014
2 Russell King was appointed Senior Independent Director on 24 April 2014
3 Diana Layfield was appointed to the Nomination Committee on 24 April 2014
4 Rupert Soames retired from the Board on 24 April 2014
Areas of focus for 2015
•
Chris Weston’s induction
•
•
Appointment and induction of Uwe Krueger as a Non-executive Director
Review succession plans for the Board and key senior management roles
Nomination Committee terms of reference:
www.aggreko.com/pdf/nomination-committee-terms-
of-ref-oct-2014.pdf
Scheduled meetings attended
the Chairman and the Non-executive Directors.
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practice, with whom we have worked on senior placements
in the past, but otherwise they provide no other services to
Aggreko, and we regard them as independent. During a series
of meetings with Russell Reynolds, we developed a position
specification, which was shared with and approved by all Non-
executive Directors. We then agreed a long list of candidates
which, following meetings between some potential candidates
and Ken Hanna and/or Russell King, was distilled to a short list
of four – both male and female. We also had discussions with
potential internal candidates. All Non-executive Directors
were involved during this process. The final phase involved
interviewing two external candidates alongside the internal
candidates, with Non-Executive directors interviewing in pairs.
We were of the unanimous view that Chris Weston was the
preferred candidate, and at a formal joint meeting of the
Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee
we settled the terms of his offer.
Meanwhile, Angus Cockburn had indicated that he wished to
step down from the role of Interim Chief Executive and leave
the Company at the end of September 2014. During the short
period of time from Angus Cockburn’s departure to Chris
Weston’s start date, the Board agreed to appoint Ken Hanna
as Executive Chairman to facilitate an orderly handover.
Further detail on the Executive Chairman appointment can
be found on page 71 of the Corporate Governance Report.
Succession to the role of
Chief Financial Officer
Following the appointment of Angus Cockburn as Interim
Chief Executive and subsequent departure from the Company,
we had to consider who should succeed Angus as Chief
Financial Officer. Carole Cran had already been identified in
our succession plan as the preferred successor to the Chief
Financial Officer role and had been appointed as Interim
Chief Financial Officer in April 2014. The Committee unanimously
agreed that she should join the Board and her appointment
was confirmed on a permanent basis on 1 June 2014.
Appointment of Non-executive Director
The Committee aims continually to refresh the balance of skills
and experience of Non-executive members of the Board, and
we were particularly keen to strengthen the engineering and,
ideally, renewables experience amongst our Non-executive
Directors. So in mid-2014 we started a search for a further
Non-executive director, appointing Lygon Group, an independent
search firm. We were delighted to announce in January 2015
that Uwe Krueger had agreed to join the Board. Uwe brings
expertise in engineering, services and renewable energy
sectors; his full biography is set out on page 73.
Board composition
Our policy is to have a broad range of skills, background
and experience. Operationally Aggreko is organised into three
regions, and we believe that the ability to hold to account the
line managers who run the business on a daily basis, to get
their input into decision making, and to get the additional
visibility which comes from having these executives as part of
the Board adds real value. While we will continue to ensure that
we appoint the best people for the relevant roles, we recognise
the benefits of greater diversity and will continue to take
account of this when considering any particular appointment,
although we do not set any particular targets.
As in previous years, as part of the Company’s annual evaluation
of Board performance, all Directors were consulted on the
composition of the Board, as to size, the appropriate range
of skills and balance between Executive and Non-executive
Directors. Following the appointments made in 2014 and 2015,
we believe we have the right composition.
Senior Independent Director
On 24 April 2014 our existing Senior Independent Director,
David Hamill, retired from the Board and we recommended
the appointment of Russell King as Senior Independent
Director. Russell joined the Board in 2009, and has
chaired the Remuneration Committee for over four years.
His experience with other listed companies, both in executive
and non-executive roles, and his knowledge of Aggreko,
mean that he is well qualified for the role.
Committee appointments
Following David Hamill’s retirement from the Board and
associated Committees in April 2014, we recommended
two committee appointments with effect from April 2014.
Diana Layfield was appointed as a member of the Nomination
Committee and Ian Marchant was appointed as a member
of the Ethics Committee. Following the Committee evaluation,
we recommended the appointment of Uwe Krueger, Ian Marchant
and Rebecca McDonald to the Committee with effect from
3 March 2015.
Reappointment of Directors
Since the Committee’s last report, we have agreed to extend
the terms of appointment of two Non-executive Directors.
Each had served for more than six years, and so we reviewed
the extensions with particular care. First, Robert MacLeod
performs a vital role as Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Secondly, Russell King, as Chairman of the Remuneration
Committee, as well as Senior Independent Director has
principal responsibility for overseeing the design, approval
and implementation of Aggreko’s new remuneration policy,
which we see as a key element of our strategy. Moreover, the
Committee believes that the experience and continuity brought
by Robert and Russell will be invaluable at a time of transition.
We were satisfied that their length of tenure had not
compromised their independence in any way, and therefore
we recommended to the Board that their terms of appointment
should be extended for a further year from September 2014
and February 2015 respectively.
The Committee unanimously recommends the election of our
newly appointed Directors: Chris Weston; Carole Cran and
Uwe Krueger; and the re-election of each of our remaining
Directors at our 2015 Annual General Meeting.
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REMUNERATION SUMMARY
Annual remuneration statement
Policy report
Annual report on remuneration
93
98
105
Our remuneration strategy
Our aim
The aim of Aggreko’s remuneration policy is to reward
executives for delivering the principal objective of our
strategy of delivering long-term value to our Shareholders.
Balance of elements
We aim to balance these elements so that:
• the majority of executive remuneration is linked to
Aggreko’s financial performance
Our reward package for Executive Directors comprises:
• a fixed element:
– salary
– pension
– benefits
generally based on market median
• a variable element:
– annual bonus, based on demanding annual
performance targets, both financial and personal
– long-term incentives, based on long-term strategic
financial performance
Read the Remuneration Policy
Page 98
• there is a heavier weighting on long-term performance
than on short-term performance; and
• we use a balanced portfolio of measures which delivers
long-term value to Shareholders, a safe operating
environment, outstanding service to customers and
rewarding careers to our employees.
So for example, the potential future reward opportunities
for the Chief Executive Officer are as follows:
Chris Weston
Minimum
Target
Maximum
100%
45%
22%
£997k
30%
29%
25%
£2,215k
49%
£4,559k
£0
£1 million
£2 million
£3 million
£4 million
£5 million
Fixed pay
Annual bonus
LTIP
Read the full scenario analysis for all Executive Directors
Page 103
Outcome for 2014
Single figure total pay for Executive Directors
The following table shows a summary of total remuneration for each of the Executive Directors for 2014:
Carole Cran
Debajit Das
Asterios Satrazemis
David Taylor-Smith
Rupert Soames
Angus Cockburn
Base Salary
£
Benefits
£
Annual
Bonus
£
PSP
£
CIP
£
Sharesave
£
LTIP
233,333
8,242
148,780
296,048
265,856
83,897
312,298
350,000
215,481
427,438
65,308
19,935
15,042
15,874
195,007
169,841
–
333,203
–
–
–
–
–
12,770
22,176
25,981
–
–
– 101,761
–
–
–
1,164
–
–
Pension
£
46,667
59,561
24,984
70,000
64,644
Total
£
449,792
727,538
623,578
610,940
295,167
139,878
1,018,154
Read the full details in the Annual Report on Remuneration
Page 105
Balance of the outcome
The actual balance of the various elements of pay for Angus
Cockburn, Interim Chief Executive for 2014 was as follows
(LTIP is valued as at date of vesting, 7 October 2014):
Angus Cockburn
Minimum
Actual
Maximum
88%
57%
26%
12%
£665k
33%
35%
10%
£1,018k
39%
£2,241k
£0
£1 million
£2 million
£3 million
Fixed pay
Annual bonus
LTIP
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Introduction by Russell King,
Remuneration Committee Chairman
The Remuneration Committee is currently made up of
four independent Non-executive Directors (Ken Hanna was
considered by the Board to be independent on his appointment
as Chairman of the Company). I have been Chairman of the
Committee since September 2010.
In 2014, the Committee held three scheduled meetings and
five ad hoc meetings. The ad hoc meetings related to the
process of recommending remuneration for the new Board
appointments of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer, and revising our framework of incentives. We also
invite the Group HR Director to attend our meetings.
To the left there is a summary of the key achievements
of the Committee in 2014 and intended areas of focus
in 2015 and on the opposite page there is a quick read
summary of some of the key elements of remuneration
in 2014. Further detail on our actions in 2014 are included
in the full Remuneration Committee report detailed over
the next few pages.
Role of the Remuneration Committee
• Determine and agree with the Board the policy for
remuneration for the Chairman, Executive Directors and
Executive Committee.
• Within the terms of the remuneration policy, determine
the total individual remuneration package for the Chairman,
each Executive Director and each member of the Executive
Committee, including base salary, pension, benefits, annual
bonus and long-term incentives.
• Determine, having taken appropriate legal advice, the level
of any payment made to the Chairman, and Executive
Director or member of the Executive Committee by way
of compensation for or otherwise in connection with,
loss of office or employment.
• Approve the design of, and determine targets for,
performance related pay schemes operated by the
Company and approve the total annual payments made
under such schemes.
• Review the design of all share incentive plans for approval
by the Board and Shareholders. For any plan, determine
each year the overall amount of awards, the individual
awards to Executive Directors and members of the
Executive Committee.
• Determine the policy for and scope of pension arrangements
for each Executive Director and members of the
Executive Committee.
• Oversee any major changes in employee benefits structures
throughout the Group.
• Agree the policy for authorising claims for expenses from
the Directors.
Remuneration Committee terms of reference:
www.aggreko.com/pdf/
remuneration-terms-of-ref-oct-2014.pdf
Russell King
Remuneration Committee Chairman
“ The role of the Remuneration Committee is to
determine the remuneration for Executive Directors
and Executive Committee members. We oversee
Aggreko’s overall remuneration policy, strategy and
implementation.”
2014 Key achievements
•
Consulted with major Shareholders and governance bodies on
new incentive arrangements
•
•
•
•
Finalised framework for new incentives
Agreed remuneration package for Interim Chief Executive,
new Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Reviewed remuneration for Regional Executive Directors
Reviewed remuneration for Executive Committee members
Members in 2014
Scheduled meetings attended
Russell King – Remuneration Committee Chairman
David Hamill – Non-executive Director1
Ken Hanna – Company Chairman
Robert MacLeod – Non-executive Director
Rebecca McDonald – Non-executive Director
1 David Hamill retired from the Board on 24 April 2014
Areas of focus in 2015
•
Set targets for the new Annual Bonus Plan, both financial and the
new personal/strategic objectives
•
•
•
Secure Shareholder approval for new remuneration policy and new
Long-Term Incentive Plan at the 2015 AGM
Decide awards under the new Long-Term Incentive Plan
Undertake a detailed review of base pay for both the Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer once the Committee considers these
individuals are fully established in their respective roles
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ANNUAL REMUNERATION STATEMENT
CONTINUED
Our remuneration policy
The aim of our remuneration policy is to reward executives for
achieving the principal objective of our strategy of delivering
long-term value to our Shareholders.
Our reward package for Executive Directors is structured
such that:
• the fixed element of pay – salary, pension and benefits –
is around the median for companies of similar size
and complexity;
• the majority of executive remuneration is linked to Aggreko’s
performance, with a heavier weighting on long-term
performance than on short-term performance; and
• the remuneration packages reward a balanced portfolio
of measures which deliver long-term value to Shareholders,
a safe operating environment, outstanding service to
customers and rewarding careers to our employees, each
of which can be independently verified, and which give clear
“line-of-sight” to the Executives.
This year we are asking Shareholders to approve a new
remuneration policy. We explain the main changes and
some recent developments on pages 95 to 96 and full details
of the new policy itself are set out in the Policy Report on
page 98.
Performance outcomes for 2014
As the Chairman notes in his statement on page 5, the Group
delivered a solid trading performance in 2014, admirably handling
the change in senior management and difficult operating
conditions in a number of our markets. Revenue increased
by 9% on an underlying basis, although trading profit
decreased by 2%. Reported diluted earnings per share
(or D-EPS) also decreased by 10% from 92.03p to 82.49p.
Against this background, Executive Directors received bonuses
ranging from 28% to 74% of salary. So we thought it would be
helpful to explain here how variable pay is set and measured,
and why the Committee believes that the actual bonus and
Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) outcomes for 2014 are
consistent with Company performance.
Performance and annual bonus
The aim of the annual bonus plan is to focus Executive
Directors on achieving demanding annual targets relating to
Company performance. For 2014, annual bonus payments
were determined purely on financial performance. At the
beginning of the year, we set targets for Executive Directors
based on challenging budgets and stretch targets for the
Group and the regions. We placed more emphasis on earnings
growth than other financial measures, using diluted earnings
per share (or D-EPS) for all Executive Directors with the addition
of regional trading profit for those with regional responsibilities.
To these measures we added operating cash flow to targets for
the Interim Chief Executive and the Chief Financial Officer and
regional trading profit and debtor days for regional directors.
Setting targets is a rigorous process, based on the Group’s
annual budget and reflecting expected market conditions and
external forecasts, rather than, say, historic performance.
So targets for the annual bonus are not directly linked to the
previous year’s budget or outcome. All targets were set on
a constant currency basis, using exchange rates fixed at the
beginning of the year, so that the bonus reflected the true
performance of the business, and not currency movements.
For each of the D-EPS, regional profit and group operating
cashflow elements of the annual bonus, all Executive Directors
would earn 50% for on-budget performance. The threshold for
earning bonus based on D-EPS and regional profit was set in
each case at 95% of budget and the maximum at 110% of
budget. Threshold and maximum for group operating cashflow
were 92.5% and 107.5% respectively.
We have set out on page 107 a full analysis for each of the
financial measures, but the following table shows a summary
of performance against budget. The reported D-EPS and
operating cash flow have been adjusted to a constant
currency basis.
2014
budget
86.14p
% of
2014
budget
outcome
87.29p 101.3
87
£615.8m
£536.0m
USD108.2m USD87.0m
Element
D-EPS
Operating
cash flow
Trading profit
APAC
Debtor days
APAC
Trading
profit Americas USD254.3m USD259.5m 102
Debtor
days Americas
Trading profit
EMEA
Debtor days
EMEA
USD213.8m USD214.0m 100.1
73
58
64
58
80
89
76
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–
–
% of bonus
element
achieved
56.7
0
0
0
60.3
100
50.5
0
And so in summary:
• as D-EPS beat budget for the year by 1.3%, each Executive
Director will receive 56.7% of the element of his or her bonus
which is based on D-EPS;
• as Group operating cash flow fell short of target, none of that
element will be payable;
• as two of the three regions beat their regional trading profit
budget, the two Directors responsible for those regions
will receive part of their regional trading profit element; and
• as only one of the three regions met its debtor day target,
only the Director responsible for that region will receive his
debtor day element.
Read more and see our bonus entitlement and
outcome charts
Page 108
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Performance and LTIPs
This year, Executive Directors will receive only the minimum
awards under their LTIPs.
Our LTIPs are designed to align the interests of management
with those of Shareholders in growing the value of the business
over the long term. The awards which are about to vest were
granted in 2012, subject to demanding performance conditions
based on real (i.e. excluding inflation) D-EPS growth of 3–20%
and return on capital employed (ROCE) of 26–28% measured
over a three-year period.
In summary, during that period real D-EPS showed no growth,
and as a result, none of the shares subject to the D-EPS
growth criterion will vest; average ROCE was 22% as against
a target range of 26–28%, and similarly none of the shares
subject to the ROCE condition will vest. Therefore none of the
performance element of the 2012 will vest; only the matching
element, equivalent in each case to 15% of salary at the time
of grant will vest. The CIP awards granted to Angus Cockburn
in 2012, 2013 and 2014 were treated slightly differently, as they
vested early when he left the Company. Further details of LTIPs
which vested in 2014 are included in the table on page 110.
Changes to remuneration policy
This year we will be asking our Shareholders to approve
a new remuneration policy for Executive Directors at our
Annual General Meeting. I explain below the background to,
and the reasons for, the proposed changes to the Company’s
executive remuneration policy.
Context for change
As we explained in the 2013 Directors’ Remuneration Report,
the Company’s existing Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP)
expired following the grant of awards in April 2014. Over the
10-year life of the plan, Aggreko delivered exceptionally strong
performance, with TSR CAGR and EPS growth of 28% p.a.
and 25% p.a. respectively, and the Committee believes that
a key driver of this has been the effective use of performance-
related remuneration to focus management on delivering
sustained value growth for Shareholders.
With the expiry of the LTIP and recent changes to our
management team, the Committee has taken the opportunity
to conduct a thorough review of each element of the Company’s
remuneration arrangements to ensure that they remain
appropriate and aligned with Aggreko’s business strategy,
and continue to incentivise the management team to drive
for sustainable long-term value creation. The Committee is
also mindful of evolving best practice for executive
remuneration, and during 2014 we consulted a number of
our major Shareholders on proposed changes. The new
remuneration policy and Long-Term Incentive Plan to be
presented to Shareholders for approval at our 2015 Annual
General Meeting reflect the results of those consultations.
Summary of proposed changes to long-term incentives
The Committee proposes the following changes to Aggreko
executive incentives. No material changes to other elements
of remuneration are proposed at this time.
Long-term incentives
• Simplification of the LTIP by removing the matching element
• Dropping of the “guaranteed match” and “super LTIP”
elements
• Maintaining the 75%/25% balance between EPS and ROCE
• Reduction in the overall maximum LTIP opportunity
• Introduction of a mandatory holding period and
dividend accrual
• Introduction of clawback and malus
Simplification
The 2004 LTIP comprised two components: a Performance
Share Plan (PSP) under which participants were awarded
nil-cost conditional awards of shares; and a Co-Investment
Plan (CIP) under which executives could receive matching
shares on co-invested amounts.
In response to feedback from some of our Shareholders
(and reflecting recent trends in market/best practice), the
Committee proposes replacing the PSP and CIP with a single
PSP. Under the proposal, participants will continue to be
eligible for an annual grant of nil-cost conditional awards
vesting subject to the achievement of stretching performance
targets. The CIP will therefore be dropped.
Performance measures and targets
The Committee believes three-year cumulative EPS growth
and ROCE remain key measures of Aggreko’s long-term
performance, and no changes are proposed to the definitions
and weightings of these measures. The Committee feels that
EPS has worked well as a measure in Aggreko’s incentives,
helping reinforce profitable growth. It also sees ROCE as
a good complementary measure to EPS, helping ensure
executives strive to achieve an appropriate balance between
growth and returns. The Committee believes that the current
75%/25% blend of EPS and ROCE in the LTIP
remains appropriate.
As part of the move to a simpler incentive structure,
the Committee is proposing to remove the “super LTIP”
element of the 2004 LTIP, under which real EPS growth of
between 10% per annum and 20% per annum could trigger
a multiplier of between one times and two times on both PSP
and CIP shares. Instead, the Committee proposes a single EPS
performance range with no multiplier. The Committee will set
both the EPS growth targets and the ROCE targets for future
awards each year. For 2015, and the next two years for which
the policy applies, the entry point for the real EPS growth targets
of 3% per annum remains unchanged, but the upper limit
will be 15% per annum. Accordingly, for any part of an award
subject to the EPS condition to vest, cumulative EPS must
be at least equivalent to that which would be achieved by
constant real compound growth of RPI+ 3% per annum over
the performance period. These targets take into account the
changes outlined above, the strategic plan, broker forecasts
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and market practice. The Committee is not proposing to make
any changes to the ROCE performance range for 2015 awards,
which will retain the range of 20% to 25%, and any future
ROCE performance targets will be, in the opinion of the
Committee, no less challenging in the circumstances than
those in place for 2015.
Historically, the CIP included a “guaranteed” match based
on continued employment only. This guaranteed element
will disappear along with the matching element.
In summary, under the proposals, awards to Executive
Directors in 2015 would vest as follows:
Weighting
Threshold
Maximum
EPS
75%
Cumulative EPS
growth equivalent
to RPI+ 3% per
annum
Cumulative EPS
growth equivalent
to RPI+ 15% per
annum
ROCE
25%
20% (3-year
average)
25% (3-year
average)
Vesting at Threshold 0%
0%
Reduction in overall maximum LTIP opportunity
The maximum annual award face value that may be granted
to an executive under the proposed LTIP will form part of the
remuneration policy that will be put to a binding Shareholder
vote at the 2015 AGM. For the policy to be approved at the
2015 AGM, the Committee is proposing that the maximum
award face value be capped at 300% of salary, a reduction
from the current normal maximum of 320% of salary for the
Chief Executive Officer.
Award sizes have been calibrated to broadly maintain fair values
at current levels.
Introduction of a mandatory holding period and
dividend accrual
In order to provide further alignment with Shareholders,
the Committee is proposing to introduce an additional
mandatory holding period for the new LTIP. Any shares vesting
on three-year performance would be released in equal tranches
on the third, fourth and fifth anniversary of the date of grant,
as illustrated below:
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2015 grant
Vesting
1/3 released
1/3
released
1/3
released
Three-year
performance period
Additional one- and
two-year
holding periods
The holding period will end early on a takeover, scheme of
arrangement or winding-up of the Company, upon the death
of an individual or in exceptional circumstances on such other
date as determined by the Committee.
The Committee is also proposing to permit dividend accrual
for unvested shares over the three-year vesting period or
in respect of shares held under an option that is subject to
a holding period until the earlier of the date of exercise and
the expiry of the holding period. Any vested shares acquired
will recognise the dividends that would have accrued to them
during the relevant period.
Introduction of malus and clawback provisions
In line with current best practice, the Committee proposes
to introduce malus and clawback provisions into the new
long-term incentive. Further details are given on page 101.
Annual bonus
Alongside the above changes to long-term incentives,
the Committee is proposing some smaller changes to the
annual bonus:
Proposed change
• Introduce a new element
based on personal/
strategic objectives
aligned to Aggreko KPIs
• Weight this new element
20% of maximum bonus
potential (retaining 80%
on financial performance),
but underpin the
personal/strategic
element with EPS
performance as
reflected on page 99
• Increase maximum
bonus opportunity for
Regional Executive
Directors from 100% of
salary to 125% of salary
• Introduce mandatory
bonus deferral, requiring
25% of any bonus to be
deferred in Aggreko
shares, vesting after
three years
Rationale
Recognises the
importance of non-
financial KPIs for driving
performance
Helps ensure continuing
focus on financial
performance; the
underpin is intended
to ensure that bonuses
for personal/strategic
objectives are typically
paid only if EPS
performance is
satisfactory
Improves
competitiveness
of their pay and helps
drive performance
Provides consistency
with the existing policy
for Chief Executive
Officer and Chief
Financial Officer.
All
Executive
Directors
Regional
Executive
Directors
Introduction of clawback provisions
The Committee also proposes to introduce clawback
provisions for the annual bonus, similar to those for the
LTIP referred to above.
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Sharesave
As indicated in last year’s report, we have increased the
annual savings limit for Sharesave savings to £500 per month
(or overseas equivalent), to reflect the new statutory limit for
UK schemes.
New appointments
Following the departure of Rupert Soames in April 2014, we are
pleased to have agreed the appointment terms of Chris Weston
(formerly an executive director with Centrica plc) as Chief
Executive Officer of Aggreko. In seeking a new Chief Executive
Officer, the Board was clear from the outset that it wished
to appoint a seasoned, high calibre, internationally-proven
Executive from a relevant sector, with the leadership capability
to build on Aggreko’s success. Chris Weston fulfilled all of these
criteria. A base salary of £750,000 per annum was determined
after careful consideration of relevant market factors, taking into
account the need to achieve an appropriate balance between
fixed and variable pay. Chris’s salary is positioned slightly above
median relative to the salaries of Chief Executive Officers in our
FTSE+/-20 comparator group.
The Committee also agreed, in line with policy, to compensate
him for any variable remuneration that he would forfeit under
his previous employment. Accordingly, the Company has
agreed to award him shares under a restricted stock
agreement, established under Listing Rule 9.4.2 to compensate
for the forfeiture of long-term incentives. The Committee
believed that the opportunity to recruit a Chief Executive Officer
of Chris Weston’s calibre justified relying on those provisions.
The Committee undertook an independent review of the
value he would be forfeiting and determined the amount at
£2,238,000. This amount will be paid in Aggreko shares
and released 50% on 1 April 2016 and 50% on 1 April 2017
subject to his continuing employment on vesting, or if he leaves
the Company as a good leaver. The number of shares was
determined based on the closing price of an Aggreko share
of 1749p on 28 May 2014, being the day immediately prior to
the date of announcement of his appointment, resulting in a
conditional award over a total of 127,958 shares. In addition, the
Company has agreed to compensate him for any annual bonus
for 2014 from his previous employer he forfeited as a result of
his resignation, based on the average percentage bonus
received by the Centrica executive directors as shown in the
Centrica annual report. This will be paid in March 2015 as 75%
in cash and the balance in Aggreko shares, which will be
deferred for three years.
These benefits provided to the Chief Executive Officer are
not pensionable.
Aggreko has been through a period of significant management
change, with the four other Executive Directors having been
appointed to the Board in the last 27 months. It is important
that salaries for these individuals are competitive and reflect
their contribution to the Company.
Carole Cran, Aggreko’s former Director of Finance, became
Chief Financial Officer on 1 June 2014. Carole’s base pay on
her appointment was £400,000 per annum, which is at the
same level as her predecessor, Angus Cockburn.
Executive Chairman
Ken Hanna was appointed Executive Chairman from
1 October 2014 until Chris Weston joined the Company
on 2 January 2015. During this period Ken Hanna did not
receive any additional remuneration over his remuneration as
Non-executive Chairman. The Board was also satisfied that
this appointment did not compromise his independence as
a member of the Committee.
Annual pay review for 2015
In December 2014, the Committee undertook a detailed
review of the salaries for our three Regional Executive Director
roles. Following this review, the Committee has agreed to
increase the salaries of Asterios Satrazemis and David Taylor-
Smith by 8%, and the salary of Debajit Das by 3%. The salary
of Carole Cran, Chief Financial Officer, was also reviewed by
the Committee and increased by 3%. All increases became
effective 1 January 2015. Chris Weston assumed the role of
Chief Executive Officer on 2 January 2015 and has therefore
received no salary increase. Consistent with the approach
taken for the Regional Executive Directors, the Committee
will seek to undertake a more detailed review for both the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer once
these individuals are fully established in their respective roles.
Shareholding requirements
In light of evolving investor guidance, the Committee has
undertaken a review of the Executive Director shareholding
requirements. The Committee has determined that in future,
all Executive Directors will be required to build and retain a
shareholding of not less than two times base salary (an
increase of 50% salary for the Chief Financial Officer and
100% salary for the Regional Executive Directors). Other than
in exceptional circumstances, Executive Directors will have
five years from their respective appointments to achieve these
shareholding requirements. LTIP shares in their holding period
and deferred bonus shares (i.e. shares that are no longer
subject to performance), will count towards achievement
of these guidelines.
In conclusion
The Committee believes that the proposals outlined above
will simplify Aggreko’s long-term incentive arrangements
significantly, ensure continued alignment of our reward
structures with our strategy, and assist Aggreko in continuing
to attract, motivate and retain the talent it requires to achieve
its future growth plans.
The growth targets linked to the LTIP proposals continue to be
very stretching. Aggreko has delivered significant Shareholder
value in recent years and the start point for the new incentive’s
stretching targets comes off a significantly higher base than
that of 10 years ago when the previous scheme was conceived.
If these new targets are achieved, the increase in Shareholder
value will be significant.
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SUMMARY OF AGGREKO’S REMUNERATION POLICY FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
THIS SECTION OF OUR REPORT SUMMARISES THE KEY COMPONENTS
OF AGGREKO’S REMUNERATION POLICY FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Fixed pay
Base salary
Pension
Purpose and link to strategy
Purpose and link to strategy
To attract and retain talent by ensuring base salaries are
competitive in the talent market(s) relevant to each individual.
To provide relevant statutory benefits and be competitive
in the market in which the individual is employed.
We aim to pay the market median for standard performance
and within the market top quartile for top quartile
performance, or to recruit outstanding candidates.
Operation
Base salaries are generally reviewed annually; in determining
the appropriate level of adjustment, we take into account:
Company performance; the individual’s responsibilities and
contribution to the business; salary levels for comparable
roles at relevant comparators; and salary increases more
broadly across the Group.
In the case of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief
Financial Officer, the benchmark we use is the 20 companies
either side of Aggreko in the FTSE based on the average
market capitalisation over the previous 12 months. For other
Executive Directors, we use a similar benchmarking approach
but recognise that comparability is harder to gauge and less
formulaic for these roles.
Opportunity
Operation
All Executive Directors are entitled to a defined-contribution
pension. They can opt to take a cash payment in lieu of all
or part of their pension.
Opportunity
Contributions of between 20% and 30% of salary per annum
except where limited by local practice.
Performance metrics
None.
Benefits
Purpose and link to strategy
Designed to be competitive in the market in which the
individual is employed. Expatriate and relocation packages
designed to ensure a geographically mobile management
population related to business needs.
Any base salary increases are applied in line with the outcome
of the annual review.
Operation
The Chief Executive Officer will have the highest base salary
of all Executive Directors, and the maximum salary for
the Chief Executive Officer may be within the top quartile
of Chief Executive Officer salaries for the FTSE+/-
20 comparators.
Performance metrics
Continued good performance.
Includes health-care benefits, life assurance cover, a company
car (or an allowance in lieu) and expatriate package.
Where appropriate the Company will bear the cost of any
local taxes payable on any expatriate benefits. The Company
will also bear any UK tax that Executive Directors resident
overseas incur as a result of carrying out their duties in the UK.
Opportunity
Benefits vary by role and local practice, and are reviewed
periodically relative to market.
Ongoing benefits (i.e. excluding expatriate benefits and
relocation allowances) payable to Executive Directors did
not exceed 10.1% of salary during the most recent financial
year, and expatriate benefits and relocation allowances did
not exceed 81% of salary, and it is not anticipated that in
normal circumstances the cost of benefits provided will
exceed this level over the next three years.
The Committee retains the discretion to approve a higher
cost in exceptional circumstances (e.g. relocation) or in
circumstances where factors outside the Company’s control
have changed materially (e.g. increases in insurance premiums
or taxes).
Performance metrics
None.
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Variable pay
Annual bonus scheme
Purpose and link to strategy
Aims to focus Executive Directors on achieving demanding
annual targets relating to Company performance.
The key changes proposed by the Committee with regard
to Annual Bonus are set out on page 96.
Operation
Performance measures and targets are set at the start of
the year and are weighted to reflect the balance of Group
and regional responsibilities for each executive.
At the end of the year, the Committee determines the extent
to which these have been achieved. The Committee has the
ability to exercise discretion to adjust for factors outside
management control.
Bonus payments are typically delivered as to 75% in cash
and as to 25% deferred into shares and released after three
years. The holding period will end early on a takeover, scheme
of arrangement or winding-up of the Company, upon the
death of an individual or in exceptional circumstances on
such other date determined by the Committee. The deferred
share element will lapse where an individual is dismissed for
gross misconduct. Dividends will accrue on the deferred
share element. The Committee has discretion to reduce the
number of shares that can vest in the event of gross
misconduct or a material misstatement of the accounts
or where an error is made when determining the size of the
bonus and/or the deferred share element.
Opportunity
The maximum annual bonus opportunity is 175% of salary.
To date this level has been used only for the Chief Executive
Officer. The financial element of the bonuses start to be
earned for threshold performance (for which no bonus is
paid), rising on a straight-line to deliver 50% (55% for regional
directors) of maximum for on-budget performance.
Performance metrics
Performance is assessed annually with 20% of the maximum
bonus potential based on personal/strategic objectives
aligned to the Company’s KPIs and 80% on challenging
budget and stretch targets for Group and regional financial
performance. The current measures for financial performance
are EPS and operating cash flow at Group level and trading
profit and ROCE at regional level, but may vary each year
depending on business context and strategy. All measures
will be weighted appropriately according to business priorities,
with generally more weighting on earnings growth than other
factors. The personal/strategic objectives, accounting for 20%
of the annual bonus, typically cover customer service, safety
and internal leadership and are quantifiable wherever
possible. If the personal/strategic objectives are achieved but
EPS is below threshold performance, then the Committee has
the discretion to reduce, if appropriate to zero, the personal/
strategic element that would otherwise have been paid.
Further details of the performance measures used for the
2014 annual bonus are set out in the Annual Report on
Remuneration on page 107.
Long-Term Incentive Plan
Purpose and link to strategy
Aims to align the interests of management with those of
Shareholders in growing the value of the business over the
long term.
Vesting of awards is subject to performance conditions based
on the long-term financial performance of the Group; the
value of the awards is based on both the proportion vesting
(i.e. the Company’s financial performance) and the movement
in the share price over the vesting period. Shares that vest
following the performance period will vest at a value that
recognises the dividends that would have accrued to them
during the three-year vesting period and in respect of shares
held under an option that is subject to a holding period until
the earlier of the date of exercise and the expiry of the
holding period.
The key changes proposed by the Committee with regard to
the LTIP are set out on pages 95 and 96.
Operation
The LTIP comprises a single Performance Share Plan.
Award levels and performance conditions are reviewed from
time to time to ensure they remain appropriate and aligned
with Shareholder interests.
A proportion of shares which vest will be subject to a further
retention period of up to two years, with one-third being
released on vesting and a further third being released after
each of one and two years from vesting. The holding period
will end early on a takeover, scheme of arrangement or
winding-up of the Company, upon the death of an individual
or in exceptional circumstances on such other date
determined by the Committee. On vesting participants will
be entitled to the equivalent of any dividends on the shares
between grant and vesting or the earlier of the date of
exercise of an option and the expiry of any holding period.
Opportunity
The PSP provides for a nil-cost conditional award of shares
worth up to an aggregate limit of 300% of salary per annum.
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Variable pay (continued)
Long-Term Incentive Plan (continued)
Performance metrics
There are two performance measures for the PSP. 75% of the
LTIP performance is based on three-year cumulative Diluted
Earnings per Share, and 25% against Return on Capital
Employed. In terms of D-EPS, cumulative D-EPS over the
performance period is compared to a range of three-year
compound growth in real (i.e. inflation adjusted) D-EPS
targets. The targets are set by the Remuneration Committee
each year, with no shares vesting at the threshold level,
and awards then increasing from nil to maximum on a
straight-line basis.
The Remuneration Committee has the discretion to make
such adjustments as are necessary to ensure that the
published performance figures are consistent and represent
a fair measure of performance. This would include any
adjustment to rectify any material misstatement of
the accounts.
Further details of LTIP award sizes and targets are provided
in the Annual Report on Remuneration on pages 109 to 116.
Other
Sharesave
Purpose and link to strategy
To align the interests of employees and Shareholders
by encouraging all employees to own Aggreko shares.
Operation
This is an all-employee scheme whereby all employees
including Executive Directors with at least three months’
continuous service may save up to £500 (or local currency
equivalent) per month over a period of two to five years.
Options under the Sharesave Option Schemes and the
US Stock Purchase Plan are granted at a discount of 20%
and 15% respectively.
Opportunity
Savings capped at £500 a month (or local currency
equivalent), reflecting the statutory limit for UK schemes.
Performance metrics
None.
Payments from outstanding awards
Executive Directors remain eligible to receive payment
under any contractual arrangement agreed prior to the
approval and implementation of the remuneration policy,
i.e. before 29 April 2015. In particular, they will be entitled to
receive any awards vesting under the incentive arrangements
included in the remuneration policy approved at the Company’s
2014 Annual General Meeting.
Performance measure selection and approach to
target setting
The measures used under the Annual Bonus Scheme
reflect the Company’s key financial objectives for the year.
The Committee considers that EPS (used in both the Annual
Bonus Plan and LTIP) is an objective and well-accepted
measure of the Company’s performance which reinforces the
strategic objective of achieving profitable growth. The additional
use of Group cash flow for the Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer rewards the effective management
of working capital.
Targets for the Annual Bonus Scheme are tied to the Annual
Budgets set by the Board and have due regard to external
forecasts. Performance targets are set to be stretching but
achievable and take into account the economic environment
in a given year. Generally, bonuses will start to be earned at
performance levels a few percentage points below Budget,
increase sharply to Budget, and then increase until they
reach capped levels, which will generally be around 10%
above Budget.
Under the LTIP, Group D-EPS is complemented by
ROCE to reflect the need to balance growth and returns.
Targets applying to the LTIP are reviewed annually, based on
a number of internal and external reference points to ensure
they remain appropriately stretching.
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Malus and clawback
Awards under the Annual Bonus Scheme and the Long-Term
Incentive Plan are subject to malus and clawback as follows:
Malus between grant and vesting of awards under the
Long-Term Incentive Plan
The Committee has discretion to reduce the number of shares
that vest if:
• the Committee forms the view that the Company materially
misstated its financial results for whatever reason; or
• the Committee forms the view that the number of shares
subject to an award was based on any other kind of error
or on the basis of any inaccurate or misleading information
or assumptions; or
Amount to be subject to malus/clawback
Where malus/clawback applies as a result of a misstatement or
error, the amount will generally be based on the additional value
which the Committee considers has been granted to, vested in
or received by the relevant individual as a result of the relevant
misstatement or error. Where the malus/clawback applies for
any other reason, it will be the amount that the Committee
decides is appropriate.
Satisfaction of clawback
The Committee has wide discretion in deciding how any
clawback will be satisfied, including:
• reducing the amount of any future bonus which would
otherwise be payable;
• the relevant individual ceases to be a Director or employee
• reducing the extent to which any subsisting awards under
of Aggreko as a result of gross misconduct or the Committee
is of the view that the relevant individual could have been
summarily dismissed by reason of his gross misconduct.
Clawback following vesting of shares under the
Long-Term Incentive Plan and the Annual Bonus Scheme
The Committee has discretion to decide at any time within
three years of the date of deferral of annual bonus or the date
on which an award vests under the LTIP that the relevant
individual shall be subject to clawback if:
• the Committee forms the view that the Company materially
misstated its financial results for whatever reason; or
• the Committee forms the view that in assessing any
Performance Condition and/or any other condition imposed
on the award such assessment was based on an error, or on
inaccurate or misleading information or assumptions; or
• the relevant individual ceases to be a Director or employee
of Aggreko as a result of gross misconduct or the Committee
is of the view that the relevant individual could have been
summarily dismissed by reason of his gross misconduct.
the LTIP vest;
• reducing the extent to which subsisting awards under any
other share incentive plan vest;
• reducing the number of any deferred bonus shares and
LTIP awards which have vested and so are no longer subject
to performance conditions but are subject to post-vesting
deferral provisions;
• requiring the relevant individual to pay the amount of
clawback to the Company; and
• deducting the amount from the relevant individual’s salary
or from any other payment to be made by the Company.
If the relevant individual is required to repay any additional
value, the Committee may consider whether that amount
should take into account any income tax and national
insurance contributions paid by the relevant individual and
any possibility of him reclaiming such income tax and national
insurance contributions.
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SUMMARY OF AGGREKO’S REMUNERATION POLICY FOR
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND CHAIRMAN
THE TABLE BELOW SUMMARISES OUR POLICY ON THE REMUNERATION
PAID TO OUR NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND CHAIRMAN
Non-executive Directors
Purpose and link to strategy
To attract and retain Non-executive Directors with an
appropriate degree of skills, experience, independence
and knowledge of the Company and its business.
Operation
Fee levels for Non-executive Directors are generally
reviewed by the Board annually. Remuneration comprises
an annual fee for acting as a Non-executive Director and
serving as a member of any Committees. Additional fees
are paid in respect of service as chairman of a committee
or as Senior independent Director.
When reviewing fees, reference is made to fees for the same
comparator group as used for Executive Directors, information
provided by a number of remuneration surveys, the extent
of the duties performed and the size of the Company.
Opportunity
Any fee increases are applied in line with the outcome of the
annual review. Currently the maximum aggregate annual fee for
all Non-executive Directors, including the Chairman, provided
in the Company’s articles of association is £900,000.
Performance metrics
None.
Chairman
Purpose and link to strategy
To attract and retain a Chairman to provide effective
leadership for the Board.
Operation
Remuneration for the Chairman comprises an annual fee for
acting as Chairman, and serving as Chairman or as a member
of any Committees. The Remuneration Committee sets the
Chairman’s remuneration, subject to review when appropriate.
When reviewing fees, reference is made to fees for the same
comparator group as used for Executive Directors, information
provided by a number of remuneration surveys, the extent of
the duties performed and the size of the Company.
Opportunity
Any fee increases are applied in line with the outcome of the
annual review. Currently the maximum aggregate annual fee for
all Non-executive Directors, including the Chairman, provided
in the Company’s articles of association is £900,000.
Performance metrics
None.
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Incentives and benefits for Non-executive
Directors and Chairman
Non-executive Directors and the Chairman do not participate
in incentive arrangements or receive other remuneration
in addition to their fees. However, where appropriate the
Company may provide additional benefits in kind, which are
not expected to exceed 20% of the annual fee in any year.
Approach to recruitment remuneration
The Company’s approach to remuneration for newly appointed
Directors is identical to that for existing Directors. As a matter of
practicality, we recognise that it may be necessary to pay within
the market top quartile salaries in order to attract candidates
of the quality the business needs. New Executive Directors
will be invited to participate in incentive plans on the same
basis as existing Executive Directors. However, the Committee
may alter the performance measures, performance period,
reference salary and vesting period of the annual bonus
or LTIPs, subject to the rules of the plans, if the Committee
determines that the circumstances of the recruitment merit
the alteration. The Committee will explain the rationale for
any such changes. Where appropriate the Company will
offer to pay reasonable relocation expenses for new Executive
Directors in line with the Company’s policies described above.
It is not the Company’s policy to offer sign-on payments, but
where the Remuneration Committee considers it is necessary
to do so in order to recruit a particular individual, it may offer
compensation for amounts of variable remuneration foregone,
provided the fair value is no greater. In doing so, the Committee
will consider all relevant factors including time to vesting,
delivery vehicle (cash vs. shares vs. options), any performance
conditions attached to the awards and the likelihood of the
conditions being met. In order to facilitate such compensation
the Committee may rely on the exemption contained in Listing
Rule 9.4.2, which allows for the grant of awards in exceptional
circumstances to facilitate the recruitment of a Director.
Where the Company is considering the promotion of senior
management to the Board, the Committee may, at its
discretion, agree that any commitments made before
promotion will continue to be honoured whether or not
consistent with the policy prevailing at the time the commitment
is fulfilled.
In recruiting a new Non-executive Director, the Remuneration
Committee will use the policy as set out in the table on this page.
A base fee in line with the prevailing fee schedule would be
payable for acting as a Non-executive Director and serving as
a member of any Committees, with additional fees payable for
acting as Chairman of a Committee or as Senior Independent
Director. In recruiting a new Chairman of the Board, the fee
offered would be inclusive of serving on any Committees.
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In making remuneration decisions, the Remuneration Committee
also considers the pay and employment conditions elsewhere
in the Group, and is informed of changes to broader employee
pay. The Remuneration Committee does not specifically consult
with employees over the effectiveness and appropriateness of
the remuneration policy or use any remuneration comparison
measurements, although as members of the Board they receive
the results of the Company’s periodical employee satisfaction
survey which includes questions covering remuneration.
Service contracts and policy on payment
for loss of office
It is the Company’s policy to provide for 12 months’ notice for
termination of employment for Executive Directors, to be given
by either party. For Executive Directors who have been newly
recruited from outside the Group, the period would normally be
six months, increasing to 12 months after 12 months’ service.
The Company’s policy is to limit severance payments on
termination to pre-established contractual arrangements; if the
Company believes it appropriate to protect its interests, it may
also make additional payments in exchange for non-compete/
non-solicitation terms which are above and beyond those in the
Director’s contract of employment. Typically, these will serve to
extend the non-compete period for up to three years from the
date of termination. The Committee has discretion to contribute
towards outplacement services and the legal fees for any
departing Director to the extent it considers appropriate.
Under normal circumstances, the Company may terminate the
employment of an Executive Director by making a payment in
lieu of notice equivalent to basic salary and benefits for the
notice period at the rate current at the date of termination.
In case of gross misconduct, a provision is included in the
Executive’s contract for immediate dismissal with no
compensation payable.
Treatment of long-term incentive awards
on termination of employment and
corporate events
In the event an Executive Director leaves for reasons of death,
ill-health, injury, disability, redundancy, retirement with the
agreement of the Company, or his employing company or
business ceasing to be a member or undertaking of the
Group or other such event as the Remuneration Committee
determines (the good leaver reasons), then awards held for
less than one year will normally lapse unless the Committee
determines that the circumstances are, in its opinion,
sufficiently exceptional in which case an award may vest to
the extent determined by the Committee (having regard to
the performance conditions and the period during which the
participant was employed) and subject to any other additional
terms and conditions that the Committee may determine.
Awards held by a good leaver for at least one year will normally
be pro-rated for time and will vest on the normal vesting date or
at the Committee’s discretion a date following cessation based
on performance over the original performance period (or if the
award vests early on cessation, a curtailed performance period)
as determined by the Remuneration Committee.
Pay-for-performance: scenario analysis
The graphs below provide estimates of the potential future
reward opportunities for Executive Directors, and the potential
split between the different elements of remuneration under
three different performance scenarios: “Minimum”, “Target”
and “Maximum”.
Chris Weston
Minimum
Target
Maximum
Carole Cran
Minimum
Target
Maximum
Debajit Das
100%
45%
22%
100%
45%
22%
Minimum
Target
Maximum
100%
59%
33%
Asterios Satrazemis
Minimum
Target
Maximum
100%
47%
23%
David Taylor-Smith
Minimum
Target
Maximum
100%
47%
23%
£997k
30%
29%
25%
£2,215k
49%
£4,559k
£510k
27% 27%
26%
£1,128k
52%
£632k
20%21%
20% 47%
£1,070k
£422k
26% 28%
23% 55%
£907k
£474k
26% 28%
23%
£1,017k
55%
£2,364k
£1,928k
£1,856k
£2,080k
£0
£1 million
£2 million
£3 million
£4 million
£5 million
Fixed pay
Annual bonus
LTIP
Potential reward opportunities illustrated above are based on
the remuneration policy applied to the base salary in force at
1 January 2015. For the annual bonus, the amounts illustrated
are those potentially receivable in respect of performance for
2015. It should be noted that the LTIP awards granted in a year
do not normally vest until the third anniversary of the date of
grant. The projected value of LTIP amounts excludes the impact
of share price movement. In illustrating potential reward
opportunities the following assumptions are made:
Fixed pay
Minimum Latest base pay,
Target
pension and
ongoing benefits
Latest base pay,
pension and
ongoing benefits
Maximum Latest base pay,
pension and
ongoing benefits
Annual bonus
No annual
bonus
On target
annual bonus
Maximum
annual bonus
LTIP
Threshold not
achieved, so no
amount vesting
Performance
warrants 25% of
maximum vesting
Performance
warrants full vesting
Employment conditions elsewhere
in the Company
The policy and practice with regard to the remuneration of
senior executives below the Board is consistent with that for the
Executive Directors. Around 180 senior executives will be invited to
participate in the new LTIP with the same performance measures
applied, but at lower maximum percentage levels of salary.
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POLICY REPORT
CONTINUED
For all other leavers, outstanding LTIP awards will normally lapse.
Upon the occurrence of a takeover, scheme of arrangement or
winding-up (a Corporate Event), awards held for less than one
year will lapse unless either they are released and exchanged
for equivalent awards on an internal reorganisation or
reconstruction, or the Committee determines that the
circumstances are, in its opinion, sufficiently exceptional in
which case an award may vest to the extent determined by the
Committee (having regard to the performance conditions) and
subject to any other additional terms and conditions that the
Committee may determine.
Awards granted at least 12 months prior to the date of the
Corporate Event will vest to the extent that, in the opinion of the
Committee, the Performance Conditions have been satisfied at
that time or would have been satisfied were it not for the
relevant Corporate Event.
Awards may, at the discretion of the Committee, vest early on
a demerger to the extent that, in the opinion of the Committee,
the Performance Conditions have been satisfied at that time or
would have been satisfied and subject to any other additional
terms and conditions that the Committee may determine.
Awards will normally be exchanged for new awards on an
internal reorganisation or reconstruction unless the Committee
allow them to vest on the basis which would apply on
a takeover.
The Remuneration Committee retains discretion to vary
the extent to which and the date when awards vest on a
case-by-case basis, following a review of circumstances,
to ensure fairness for both shareholders and participants.
External appointments
It is the Board’s policy to allow the Executive Directors to
accept directorships of other quoted companies. Any such
directorships must be formally approved by the Chairman of
the Board. Details of external directorships held by Executive
Directors, together with fees retained during the year are
as follows:
Executive
Director
Rupert
Soames
External
company
Electrocomponents plc Senior
Role(s)
held
Fees
retained
£17,750
Independent
Director and
Chairman of
Remuneration
Committee
Non-executive
Director
£41,250
GKN plc
Angus
Cockburn
Fees are to date of resignation as a Director
No current serving Executive Directors hold external
directorships.
Share ownership guidelines
The Committee has a policy of encouraging Executive Directors
to acquire and retain a material number of shares in the
Company, with the objective of further aligning their long-term
interests with those of other Shareholders. The minimum
requirement for Executive Directors is 200% of salary.
Shares that count towards achieving these guidelines include:
• shares beneficially owned by an Executive Director or by
a connected person, as recognised by the Committee;
• deferred bonus shares and LTIP awards which have vested
and so are no longer subject to performance conditions
but are subject to post-vesting deferral provisions; and
• shares held under any restricted stock plan or any plan
established under Listing Rule 9.4.2.
Executive Directors are expected to build their shareholding
over a five-year period, but are not required to make personal
share purchases if awards do not vest through failing to meet
performance conditions, and so a newly-appointed Director
may not reach the required level within the period, depending
on the Company’s performance against target over the period.
If so, the Committee will review the circumstances and agree
an appropriate forward plan.
The Committee retains the discretion to grant dispensation
from these requirements in exceptional circumstances.
There is no particular requirement for Non-executive Directors
to hold shares but they are encouraged to acquire a holding
over time.
Directors’ shareholdings are included in the table in the
Implementation Report on page 114.
Period for policy
The policy is intended to take effect from 29 April 2015, being
the date of the Company’s 2015 Annual General Meeting.
The Committee is satisfied that the proposed new remuneration
policy is in the best interests of Shareholders and does not
promote excessive risk-taking. The Committee retains
discretion to make non-significant changes to the policy
without reverting to Shareholders.
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ANNUAL REPORT ON REMUNERATION
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2
3
4
In the following section of our report we explain how we have implemented Aggreko’s remuneration policy during 2014. The policy in
place for the year was the one which was approved by Shareholders at Aggreko’s 2014 Annual General Meeting, and so is different
from the proposed new policy set out in the earlier section of this report, which we are asking Shareholders to approve in April 2015.
The main changes between the two relate to the new incentive arrangements we plan to introduce now that the previous Long-Term
Incentive Plan has expired. These changes are explained on pages 95 to 96. We have given brief details of the previous policy below,
but full details of the policy can be found in Aggreko’s 2013 Report and Accounts, pages 83 to 88, which is available on our website at
www.aggreko.co.uk/investors.
Single total figure of remuneration (audited)
The table below sets out a single figure for the total remuneration received by each Director for the years ended 31 December 2014
and 31 December 2013.
Executive Directors
Carole Cran1
Debajit Das2
Debajit Das3
Asterios Satrazemis4
Asterios Satrazemis5
David Taylor-Smith
David Taylor-Smith6
Rupert Soames7
Rupert Soames
Angus Cockburn8
Angus Cockburn
Non-executive Directors
Ken Hanna
Ken Hanna
David Hamill9
David Hamill
Russell King
Russell King
Diana Layfield
Diana Layfield
Robert MacLeod
Robert MacLeod
Rebecca McDonald
Rebecca McDonald
Ian Marchant
Ian Marchant10
Year
Benefits
£
Base
Annual
Salary/Fees
Bonus
£
£
8,242 148,780
2014 233,333
83,897
2014 296,048 265,856
221,761
2013
158,378
306,482
65,308 195,007
2014 312,298
100,000
2013
133,168
319,530
19,935 169,841
2014 350,000
287,300
2013
13,751
274,615
15,042
2014 215,481
–
2013
586,228
46,099
675,000
15,874 333,203
2014 427,438
397,608
24,179
400,000
2013
LTIP
PSP
£
–
–
19,905
–
24,029
–
–
–
124,433
CIP
£
12,770
22,176
46,344
25,981
55,940
–
–
–
144,884
– 101,761
86,927
52,272
Sharesave
£
–
–
–
–
39
1,164
1,166
–
–
–
–
Total
Pension
£
£
449,792
46,667
727,538
59,561
814,509
61,639
623,578
24,984
658,269
25,563
610,940
70,000
631,755
54,923
295,167
64,644
202,500
1,779,144
139,878 1,018,154
1,144,862
183,876
2014 327,244
310,000
2013
25,538
2014
75,000
2013
93,718
2014
75,000
2013
60,000
2014
55,000
2013
80,000
2014
75,000
2013
60,000
2014
55,000
2013
60,000
2014
9,167
2013
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
327,244
310,000
25,538
75,000
93,718
75,000
60,000
55,000
80,000
75,000
60,000
55,000
60,000
9,167
1 Carole Cran’s remuneration is from date of appointment, 1 June 2014.
2
Debajit Das’s remuneration for 2014 was paid in local currency and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the average exchange rate for 2014
of £1 = SG$2.0875.
Debajit Das’s remuneration for 2013 was paid in local currency and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the average exchange rate for 2013
of £1 = SG$1.9577.
Asterios Satrazemis’s remuneration for 2014 was paid in local currency and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the average exchange rate
for 2014 of £1 = US$1.6487.
Asterios Satrazemis’s remuneration for 2013 was paid in local currency and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the average exchange rate
for 2013 of £1 = US$1.5648.
3
4
5
6 David Taylor-Smith’s remuneration for 2013 is from date of appointment, 11 March 2013.
7 Rupert Soames’s remuneration for 2014 is to date of resignation as a Director, 24 April 2014.
8 Angus Cockburn’s remuneration for 2014 is to date of resignation, 30 September 2014.
9 David Hamill’s remuneration for 2014 is to date of retirement, 24 April 2014.
10 Ian Marchant’s remuneration for 2013 is from date of appointment, 1 November 2013.
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ANNUAL REPORT ON REMUNERATION
CONTINUED
The figures have been calculated as follows:
1 Base salary/fees: amount earned for the year. See Base salary below.
2 Benefits: the taxable value of benefits received in the year. See Benefits below.
3 Annual bonus: the total bonus earned on performance during the year. See Annual bonus scheme on page 107 below.
4 2014 remuneration from LTIPs refers to share awards granted on 16 April 2012 subject to a performance period ended 31 December 2014 and are due to vest on
16 April 2015. The value is based on the average share price over the last quarter of 2014 of 1522p. In the case of Angus Cockburn the remuneration from LTIPs refers to
share awards granted in 2012, 2013 and 2014 which vested on 7 October 2014. The value is based on the price on 7 October 2014 of 1522p. See Long-Term Incentive Plan
on pages 109 and 110 below.
5 2013 remuneration for LTIPs refers to share awards granted on 19 April 2011 subject to a performance period ended 31 December 2013 which vested on 19 April 2014.
The value is based on the share price on 19 April 2014 of 1516p.
6 Sharesave: the value is based on the market price of an Aggreko share on the date of grant, less the option price, multiplied by the number of options.
7 Pension: the amount of any Company pension contributions and cash in lieu. See Pensions on page 111 below.
Base salary
The base salaries for Executive Directors as at 1 January 2015, 31 December 2014 and 31 December 2013 were as follows:
1 January
2015
£
Local currency
increase
%
31 December
2014
£
Local currency
increase
%
31 December
2013
£
Executive Director
Chris Weston
Carole Cran
Debajit Das
Position
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Regional Director, Asia Pacific
Asterios Satrazemis Regional Director, Americas
750,000
412,000
304,9101
337,3572
David Taylor-Smith
Regional Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa
378,000
Rupert Soames
Former Chief Executive
Angus Cockburn
Former Chief Financial Officer
Angus Cockburn
Former Interim Chief Executive
–
–
–
–
3
3
8
8
–
–
–
–
400,0003
296,0484
312,3675
350,000
675,0006
400,0007
600,0008
–
–
3
3
3
0
0
–
–
–
306,4829
319,53010
340,000
675,000
400,000
–
1 Debajit Das’s salary as at 1 January 2015 is payable in local currency SG$636,500 and for the purposes or this table has been converted into Sterling using the average
exchange rate for 2014 of £1 = SG$2.0875.
2 Asterios Satrazemis’s salary as at 1 January 2015 is payable in local currency US$556,200 and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the
average exchange rate for 2014 of £1 = US$1.6487.
3 Carole Cran’s salary is from date of appointment, 1 June 2014.
4 Debajit Das’s salary as at 31 December 2014 was paid in local currency SG$618,000 and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the average
exchange rate for 2014 of £1 = SG$2.0875.
5 Asterios Satrazemis’s salary as at 31 December 2014 was paid in local currency US$515,000 and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the
average exchange rate for 2014 of £1 = US$1.6487.
6 Rupert Soames’s salary is at date of resignation as a Director, 24 April 2014.
7 Angus Cockburn’s salary is at date of ceasing to be Chief Financial Officer.
8 Angus Cockburn’s salary is at date of resignation, 30 September 2014.
9 Debajit Das’s salary as at 31 December 2013 was paid in local currency SG$600,000 and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the average
exchange rate for 2013 of £1 = SG$1.9577.
10 Asterios Satrazemis’s salary as at 31 December 2013 was paid in local currency US$500,000 and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the
average exchange rate for 2013 of £1 = US$1.5648.
Benefits
All Executive Directors received health-care benefits with the exception of Carole Cran. All Executive Directors were also provided
with life assurance cover, income protection and accident insurance. Rupert Soames and Angus Cockburn each received the benefit
of a Company-funded car and fuel allowance and David Taylor-Smith and Carole Cran received a car allowance and David Taylor-Smith
received a contribution to travel. Debajit Das received an overseas secondment package to cover housing, travel allowance,
Company-funded car, fuel allowance, utilities allowance, a contribution to school fees and reimbursement of certain taxes.
Asterios Satrazemis was entitled to a repatriation allowance to cover the cost of returning to the USA from Australia which included
an accommodation allowance and contribution to school fees. This allowance stopped in February 2014. He also received the
benefit of a Company-funded car and fuel allowance and reimbursement of certain taxes.
The following table shows those benefits that the Committee considers significant:
Executive Director
Carole Cran
Debajit Das
Asterios Satrazemis
David Taylor-Smith
Rupert Soames
Angus Cockburn
Car/fuel
£7,042
£21,099
£21,400
£12,000
£8,551
£10,837
Housing
School fees
–
£106,891
£6,066
–
£28,567
£1,516
–
–
–
–
–
–
Travel
–
£21,365
–
–
–
–
Tax
–
£78,481
£26,234
–
–
–
Other
£1,200
£9,453
£10,092
£7,935
£6,491
£5,037
Total
£8,242
£265,856
£65,308
£19,935
£15,042
£15,874
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Annual bonus scheme
The maximum bonus opportunity for 2014 for the Interim Chief Executive was 175% of salary, for the Chief Financial Officer 150% of
salary, and for Regional Directors 100% of salary. The targets under the 2014 Annual Bonus Scheme were based solely on financial
performance measures set against the annual budget at the start of the year. The Interim Chief Executive’s (Angus Cockburn) and
Chief Financial Officer’s (Carole Cran) bonuses were measured as to 75% against D-EPS and as to 25% against operating cash flow.
Executive Directors with regional management responsibilities had 50% of their bonus related to Group D-EPS and 50% related to
the performance of their region (40% related to regional trading profit and 10% relating to regional debtor days).
Executive Directors would start to earn a bonus at threshold performance, calculated as percentage below budget, increasing
to around half of the maximum that could be earned under that element at budget on a straight-line basis. The bonus would then
increase on a straight-line basis to the maximum, calculated as a percentage above budget.
Rupert Soames was not entitled to any bonus for 2014, as he had tendered his resignation on 28 February 2014.
Bonus payments are payable in cash, although for the Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer 25% of any bonus would
be deferred into shares for three years unless, at the discretion of the Committee, the individual left with the Company’s consent.
The Committee has discretion to reduce the number of shares that can vest in the event of gross misconduct or material
misstatement of the accounts.
The table below shows the performance against budget of each of the performance measures used for calculating the Annual Bonus
for 2014:
Measure
Threshold
Budget
Maximum
Outcome
D-EPS growth
Operating cash flow
81.83p
£569.6m
% budget
95
92.5
86.14p
94.75p
£615.8m
£662.0m
% budget
110
107.5
87.29p
£536.0m
101.3
87.0
% budget
% maximum
of element
Regional trading
profit – APAC
Regional debtor
days – APAC
Regional trading
profit – Americas
Regional debtor
days – Americas
Regional trading
profit – EMEA
Regional debtor
days – EMEA
US$102.8m
95 US$108.2m US$119.0m
110
US$87.0m
80.4
–
–
64
–
–
73
–
US$241.6m
95 US$254.3m US$279.7m
110 US$259.5m
102.0
60.3
–
–
58
–
–
58
–
100
US$203.1m
95 US$213.8m US$235.2m
110 US$214.0m
100.1
50.5
–
–
76
–
–
89
–
0
56.7
0
0
0
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ANNUAL REPORT ON REMUNERATION
CONTINUED
The table below sets out the total bonus entitlement for each Executive Director for 2014:
Total
maximum
bonus
% salary
D-EPS growth
Operating cash flow Regional trading profit Regional debtor days
Total payable
Maximum
% salary
Outcome
% salary
Maximum
% salary
Outcome
% salary
Maximum
% salary
Outcome
% salary
Maximum
% salary
Outcome
% salary % salary
Executive Director
Carole Cran1
Debajit Das2
Asterios Satrazemis3
David Taylor-Smith
Rupert Soames
Angus Cockburn4
150
100
100
100
–
175
112.5
50
50
50
–
63.8
28.3
28.3
28.3
–
37.5
–
–
–
–
131
74.2
44
0
–
–
–
–
0
–
40
40
40
–
–
–
0
24.1
20.2
–
–
–
10
10
10
–
–
–
0
10
0
–
–
£
148,780
83,897
195,007
169,841
–
63.8
28.3
62.4
48.5
–
74.2
333,203
1 Carole Cran’s total bonus includes the 25% deferred share element and was pro-rated for the time she was a Director of the Company during the year.
2 Debajit Das’s bonus for 2014 is payable in local currency SG$175,136 and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the average exchange rate for
2014 of £1 = SG$2.0875.
3 Asterios Satrazemis’s bonus for 2014 is payable in local currency US$ 321,508 and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the average exchange
rate for 2014 of £1 = US$1.6487.
4 Angus Cockburn’s bonus for 2014 was pro-rated for the time he was a Director of the Company during the year.
Bonus entitlement and outcome
The circle diagrams below set out the total bonus potential on the inner circle, and the outcome for 2014 on the outer circle,
for each Executive Director, in each case as a percentage of salary.
KEY
D-EPS
Operating cash flow
Regional trading profit
Regional Debtor Days
Carole Cran
Debajit Das
63.8%
28.3%
37.5%
112.5%
10%
40%
50%
Asterios Satrazemis
David Taylor-Smith
Angus Cockburn
10%
28.3%
28.3%
74.2%
10%
40%
50%
10%
40%
50%
44%
131%
24.1%
20.2%
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Long-Term Incentive Plan
The LTIP awards which are due to vest on 16 April 2015 were granted in 2012 under the old LTIP, which expired in 2014. The old
LTIP consists of two distinct elements: the Performance Share Plan (PSP) and the Co-investment Plan (CIP).
The PSP is a nil-cost conditional award of shares which vest depending on performance against the targets; it provides for
annual awards of performance shares up to an aggregate limit of 100% of salary in normal circumstances and 200% of salary
in exceptional circumstances.
The CIP is a Co-investment plan, whose purpose it is to encourage executives to buy and hold shares in the Company.
Participants can subscribe to purchase Aggreko shares up to a value of 30% of their salary, each year that they are invited to join
the CIP; if they hold those shares for three years, (or, if earlier, the date that their CIP award vests), they will be entitled to receive a
minimum award of one share for every two they subscribed (the Minimum Match), plus a performance-related award of a further
three shares for every two they subscribed. The Minimum Match is not subject to performance conditions.
The PSP and CIP are both measured against performance over three financial years and they share the same performance criteria.
These are the real compound annual growth rate of Diluted Earnings per Share (D-EPS), and Return on Capital Employed (ROCE).
The performance criteria for the LTIP awards granted in 2012 were as follows:
• 75% of the award was based on CPI inflation-adjusted compound annual growth in D-EPS over the three-year performance
measurement period in a range of 3% to 10%. No performance shares would be awarded against this element if performance
was below 3% and awards would increase straight-line to the maximum at 10% growth.
• 25% of the award was based on average ROCE over the performance period in a range of 26% to 28%. No performance shares
would be awarded against this element if performance was below 26% and awards would increase straight-line to the maximum
at 28% ROCE.
In addition to the above, and to reward truly exceptional performance, the number of shares awarded to participants in both elements
of the 2014 LTIP might be increased by between 1.3 and 2 times if the real compound annual growth in D-EPS over the three-year
performance measurement period was in a range of 13% to 20%.
The performance period for the 2012 LTIP awards ended on 31 December 2014. Over the period:
• Aggreko’s aggregate D-EPS was 285.3p, which is the equivalent of no growth. Since this was less than the threshold of 3%,
no shares will vest under this performance measure.
• Aggreko’s actual average ROCE for the period was 22%. Since this was less than the threshold of 26%, no shares will vest under
this performance measure.
Accordingly, only the Minimum Match will vest.
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ANNUAL REPORT ON REMUNERATION
CONTINUED
The table below shows:
• the resulting vesting of the 2012 LTIP awards. These are due to vest in April 2015;
• by way of comparison the vesting of the 2011 LTIP awards which vested in April 2014;
• the vesting of Angus Cockburn’s CIP awards which vested in October 2014 on his resignation.
Performance Share Plan
Co-Investment Plan
Executive Director
Year of grant
Vested
Carole Cran
Debajit Das
Debajit Das
Asterios Satrazemis
Asterios Satrazemis
Rupert Soames
Rupert Soames
Angus Cockburn
Angus Cockburn
Angus Cockburn
Angus Cockburn
2012
2012
2011
2012
2011
2012
2011
2014
2013
2012
2011
Market price
£
–
–
Value
£
–
–
–
–
1,313
15.16
19,905
–
–
–
1,585
15.16
24,029
–
–
–
8,208
15.16
124,433
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
3,448
15.16
52,272
Vested
Market price
£
Value
£
Total value
£
839
1,457
3,057
1,707
3,690
–
9,557
992
2,450
3,244
5,734
15.22
15.22
15.16
15.22
15.16
–
15.16
15.22
15.22
15.22
15.16
12,770
22,176
46,344
25,981
55,940
–
12,770
22,176
66,249
25,981
79,969
–
144,884
269,317
15,098
37,289
49,374
86,927
15,098
37,289
49,374
139,199
Each of the 2012 LTIP awards was granted on 16 April 2012 and (other than Angus Cockburn’s CIP) is due to vest on 16 April 2015.
Each of the 2011 LTIP awards was granted on 19 April 2011 and vested on 19 April 2014.
The value of the 2012 LTIP on vesting is based on the average price of Aggreko shares over the last quarter of 2014 of 1522p.
The value of the 2011 LTIP on vesting is based on the market price of Aggreko shares on date of vesting, 19 April 2014, of 1516p.
Angus Cockburn’s 2012, 2013 and 2014 CIPs vested on 7 October 2014 and the value of these awards on vesting is based on the share sale price on date of vesting.
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Pensions
Executive Directors participate in pension schemes or receive cash in lieu with a value appropriate to the median practice in their
home countries.
In 2002 the Company closed its Defined Benefits scheme for UK employees to new joiners, and as a consequence Angus Cockburn
was the only Director who was a member of this scheme during the year. Of the other Executive Directors, Carole Cran, Debajit Das
and David Taylor-Smith are members of the Aggreko Group Personal Pension Plan, which is a defined contribution scheme.
Rupert Soames was entitled to a pension contribution from the Company of 30% of his basic salary and other Executives are entitled
to a Company contribution of 20%. For 2014, no contributions were made to the Plan for Rupert Soames and he received a cash
payment in lieu. Other Executive Directors have elected to take part of the Company contribution into the Group Personal Pension
Plan and part as a cash payment. These cash payments are shown as cash payments in lieu of pension in the table below.
Asterios Satrazemis is entitled to participate in the Employees’ Savings Investment Retirement plan and the Supplemental Executive
Retirement plan of Aggreko LLC, which is governed by the laws of the United States. These plans allowed contributions by the
employee and the Group to be deferred for tax. Contributions paid by the Company under the defined contribution plans during
the year are as follows:
Executive Director
Carole Cran
Debajit Das
Asterios Satrazemis
David Taylor-Smith
Rupert Soames
Angus Cockburn
Paid to pension
£
22,233
10,504
24,9842
47,500
–
–
2014
Paid cash
£
24,434
49,0571
–
22,500
64,644
Total
£
Paid to pension
£
46,667
59,561
24,984
70,000
64,644
–
10,503
25,5634
11,333
–
–
2013
Paid cash
£
–
51,1363
–
43,590
202,500
183,876
Total
£
–
61,639
25,563
54,923
202,500
183,876
139,878
139,878
1 Debajit Das’s entitlement for 2014 was paid in local currency SGD102,408 and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the average exchange rate
for 2014 of £1 = SG$2.0875.
2 Asterios Satrazemis’s entitlement for 2014 was paid in local currency US$41,191 and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the average
exchange rate for 2014 of £1 = US$1.6487.
3 Debajit Das’s entitlement for 2013 was paid in local currency SGD100,109 and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the average exchange rate
for 2013 of £1 = SG$1.9577.
4 Asterios Satrazemis’s entitlement for 2013 was paid in local currency US$40,000 and for the purposes of this table has been converted into Sterling using the average
exchange rate for 2013 of £1 = US$1.5648.
Angus Cockburn joined the Company before 1 April 2002 and was a member of the Aggreko plc Pension Scheme which is a funded,
defined benefit scheme approved by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs. The key elements of his benefits are:
• a normal retirement age of 60;
• for service up to 31 December 2006, a benefit accrual rate of 1/30th on a “final salary” basis for each year’s service (final salary
is subject to the earnings cap for service to 5 April 2006);
• for service after 1 January 2007 and up to 30 April 2011, a benefit accrual rate of 1/30th on a “career average” basis for each
year’s service;
• for service from 1 May 2011, no further defined benefit pension is accrued;
• an employee contribution rate of 6% of Pensionable Earnings. Employee contributions ceased on 30 April 2011; and
• a spouse’s pension on death.
As a result of opting out of making further contributions to the Aggreko plc Pension Scheme, Angus Cockburn received a cash
payment in lieu of the pension he would otherwise have built up. This cash payment was paid net of the member contributions he
would have been required to pay to the scheme and was broadly an estimate of the cost to the Company of providing the benefits
being given up.
For 2014 the cash payments were equivalent to £139,878 (2013: £183,876). The amount was subject to adjustment by CPI growth
each year, subject to a minimum of 25% of salary.
This is shown in the pension column of the Single Figure Table column on page 105.
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ANNUAL REPORT ON REMUNERATION
CONTINUED
Non-executive Directors (including the Chairman)
The Board determines the remuneration policy and level of fees for the Non-executive Directors, within the limits set out in the Articles
of Association. The Remuneration Committee recommends remuneration policy and level of fees for the Chairman of the Board.
Remuneration comprises an annual fee for acting as a Chairman or Non-executive Director of the Company. Additional fees are paid
to Non-executive Directors in respect of service as Chairman of the Audit and Remuneration Committees and as Senior Independent
Director. The Chairman and Non-executive Directors are not eligible for bonuses, retirement benefits or to participate in any share
scheme operated by the Company.
The fees for the Chairman and Non-executive Directors as at 31 December 2014 and 31 December 2013 were as follows:
Role
Chairman fee
Non-executive Director base fee
Committee Chairman additional fee
Senior Independent Director additional fee
31 December 2014
£
Increase
31 December 2013
£
335,000
60,000
20,000
20,000
8%
9%
–
–
310,000
55,000
20,000
20,000
LTIP awards granted in 2014 (audited)
In April 2014 Executive Directors were granted awards of shares under the old LTIP, with PSP awards ranging from 75% to 100%
of salary, and CIP awards of 60% of salary. The three-year performance period over which D-EPS and ROCE performance will be
measured began on 1 January 2014 and will end on 31 December 2016. None of the awards granted under the 2014 LTIP are eligible
to vest until 16 April 2017 (except for CIPs in certain circumstances where a participant ceases to be an employee of the Group).
The performance criteria for the LTIP awards granted in 2014 are as follows:
• 75% of the award is based on CPI inflation-adjusted compound annual growth in D-EPS over the three-year performance
measurement period in a range of 3% to 10%. No performance shares will be awarded against this element if performance is
less than 3% and awards will increase straight-line to the maximum at 10% growth.
• 25% of the award is based on average ROCE over the performance period in a range of 20% to 25%. No performance shares
will be awarded against this element if performance is less than 20% and awards will increase straight-line to the maximum at
25% ROCE.
In addition to the above, and to reward truly exceptional performance, the number of shares awarded to participants in both the
elements of the 2014 LTIP may be increased by between one and two times if the real compound annual growth in D-EPS over
the three-year performance measurement period is in a range of 10% to 20%.
The table below shows details of interests awarded to Executive Directors under the LTIP and Sharesave during 2014:
Executive Director
Carole Cran
Debajit Das
Asterios Satrazemis
David Taylor-Smith
Rupert Soames
Shares
21,306
28,844
30,726
34,722
–
PSP
Face Value
£
320,016
433,237
461,505
521,524
–
Angus Cockburn
52,910
794,708
% vesting on
minimum
performance
–
–
–
–
–
–
Shares
Face Value
£
15,040
225,901
23,076
346,602
24,580
369,192
27,600
414,552
–
–
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
12.5%
–
31,748
476,855
12.5%
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
673
1,164
100%
–
–
–
–
–
–
CIP
Sharesave
% vesting on
minimum
performance
Shares
Face Value
£
% vesting on
minimum
performance
1 Face value of PSP and CIP is the maximum number of shares that would vest if all performance targets (including the Super LTIP multiplier) are met multiplied by the market
price of Aggreko shares on 16 April 2014, being the date of grant, of 1502p.
2 Face value of Sharesave is the market price of Aggreko shares on 7 October 2014, being the date of grant, of 1509p, less the option price multiplied by the number of
options granted.
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Arrangements with past Directors (audited)
Rupert Soames
Rupert Soames resigned as Chief Executive with effect from 24 April 2014 and ceased to be an employee on 30 April 2014.
He was paid his basic salary and benefits up to 30 April 2014, but received no bonus for 2014. For the period 25 April to
30 April inclusive the value of his basic salary, pension and benefits was £13,174; this amount is not included in the single total
figure of remuneration on page 105. He received the cash element only of his bonus for 2013 but did not receive the deferred
share element. His 2011 LTIPs vested on 19 April 2014 but his other outstanding LTIPs lapsed, in each case, in accordance
with the rules of the Plans. He received no compensation for loss of office or other payment in connection with his resignation.
Angus Cockburn
On 29 May 2014 we announced that Angus Cockburn would step down from the Group later in the year, and he ceased to be a
Director on 30 September 2014. It was agreed that he would be entitled to his 2014 bonus based on his then current salary and
bonus arrangements, but pro-rated for the months that he was employed by the Company in 2014, that is nine months, paid in cash
with no deferral, at the same time as the payment of other Executive Director bonuses. He was paid his basic salary and benefits
to 30 September 2014, together with a further payment of £524,336 as compensation for loss of office. This payment represented
(a) base salary of £400,000 for his outstanding notice period of eight months to 29 May 2015; and (b) payment in lieu of pension
contributions of £124,336, calculated as eight months’ payment of £15,542 in lieu, in each case in accordance with his contractual
entitlement. Other benefits were made available until 31 October 2014. The Company also agreed to pay for legal expenses of
£6,900 and Angus Cockburn agreed to enhanced restrictive covenants in favour of the Company for which he was paid £100.
The Performance Share Plan Awards made in 2012 and 2013 will remain subject to their terms and to relevant performance
conditions being met and those made in 2014 will lapse, in each case in accordance with the rules of the plan. The Co-investment
Plan awards made in 2012, 2013 and 2014 vested on 7 October 2014 in accordance with the rules of the plan and this resulted in his
receiving 6,686 shares. These shares are included in the table of vesting LTIP awards on page 110 and their value in the table of
single total figure of remuneration on page 105. The details of these shares are as follows:
Potential
Number of
Shares
7,413
D-EPS
ROCE
Minimum Match
2,471
D-EPS
ROCE
10,956
Minimum Match
3,652
2012 LTIP
(Performance
period 2012-13)
Total 2012
2013 LTIP
(Performance
period 2013)
Total 2013
2014 LTIP
Minimum Match
3,968
Total 2014
Total
–
Scheme Terms and Performance
Minimum
Maximum
Outcome
%age
Performance
Achieved
Performance
Shares
Pro rata
shares
awarded
Pro rata
3%
26%
–
3%
20%
–
–
–
10%
28%
–
10%
25%
–
–
–
4.3%
22.7%
–
(10.2%)
21%
–
–
–
14.4%
1,067
33/36
979
–
–
33/36
2,265
3,244
5%
548
21/36
320
–
–
–
–
–
–
21/36
9/36
2,130
2,450
992
992
–
6,686
The deferred share element of his 2013 bonus resulted in 6,105 shares which also vested on 7 October 2014. The value applying to
the shares on 7 October 2014 was £15.22. Share options held under the Sharesave may be exercised in accordance with the rules
of the plan.
Vesting of LTIP awards to former Executive Directors
The table below shows awards to former Executive Directors which vested in 2014:
Former Executive Director
Bill Caplan
Kash Pandya
George Walker
Performance Share Plan
Co-Investment Plan
Vested during
the year
Market price on
vesting date
£
Value
£
Vested during
the year
Market price on
vesting date
£
2,681
3,065
2,859
15.16
15.16
15.16
40,644
46,465
43,342
4,460
5,097
4,756
15.16
15.16
15.16
Value
£
Total value
£
67,614
77,271
72,101
108,258
123,736
115,443
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ANNUAL REPORT ON REMUNERATION
CONTINUED
Directors’ shareholdings (audited)
As at 31 December 2014, the shareholdings of the Directors were as follows:
(A)
Shares
owned
outright1
(B)
Shares held
subject to
deferral
Shares held
subject to
performance
conditions2
Options held
not subject to
performance
conditions3
Proposed
shareholding
guidelines
% salary
Shares
counting
towards
guidelines
(A + B)
Current
shareholding
% salary
Guidelines
met
Date of
appointment
Executive Director
–
–
–
–
–
75,674
125,600
–
–
200
8,447
200
39,149
134,408
736
200
47,367
118,194
219,800
6,105
198,094
1,363
726
714
200
n/a
n/a
12,518
343,530
91,724
32
199
228
54
765
230
1 June
2014
1 January
2013
1 January
2013
11 March
2013
n/a
Yes
Yes
n/a
n/a 1 July 2003
n/a 1 May 2000
Carole Cran
8,447
Debajit Das
39,149
Asterios Satrazemis
47,367
David Taylor-Smith
12,518
Rupert Soames4
343,530
Angus Cockburn5
Ken Hanna
David Hamill
Russell King
Diana Layfield
85,619
19,215
3,875
3,688
2,855
Robert MacLeod
18,584
Rebecca McDonald
Ian Marchant
–
3,331
1 This includes shares held by connected persons.
2 Shares held subject to performance comprise LTIP awards over shares.
3 Options held under the Sharesave Plan.
4 Rupert Soames’s holding is as at date of resignation, 24 April 2014. The 219,800 shares held subject to performance conditions lapsed on date of leaving and the 726 options
held not subject to performance conditions were exercised on 26 June 2014.
5 Angus Cockburn’s holding is as at date of leaving, 30 September 2014. Details of the vesting of shares subject to performance conditions are shown on page 110. Of the 714
options held not subject to performance conditions, 674 were exercised on 14 November 2014 and the remaining 40 lapsed.
Under the policy being put to Shareholders at the 2015 AGM Executive Directors will have five years from their respective
appointments to achieve the shareholding guideline of not less than two times base salary.
Share price used 1504p as at 31 December 2014.
Carole Cran, Debajit Das, Asterios Satrazemis, David Taylor-Smith, Rupert Soames and Angus Cockburn, as employees or former
employees of the Company, have, or had up to their date of resignation, an interest in the holdings of the Aggreko Employee Benefit
Trust (the “EBT”) as potential beneficiaries. The EBT is a trust established to distribute shares to employees of the Company and
its subsidiaries in satisfaction of awards granted under the Aggreko Share Performance Plan and Aggreko Co-investment Plan
and Sharesave Schemes. At 31 December 2014, the trustees of the EBT held a total of 824,036 Aggreko plc Ordinary Shares
(2013: 1,331,750) and the holding at the date of this report is 689,785. The dividend has been waived on these shares.
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Comparison of Company performance
The graph below shows the value, at 31 December 2014, of £100 invested in Aggreko’s shares on 31 December 2008 compared
with the current value of the same amount invested in the FTSE 100 Index. The FTSE 100 Index is chosen because Aggreko is a
constituent member of this group.
Company performance
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
£100
£100
£470
£342
£409
£408
£363
£212
£127
£144
£140
£155
£183
£185
Aggreko
FTSE100
Jan 15
Dec 08
Jan 10
Jan 11
Jan 12
Jan 13
Jan 14
For comparative purposes, the remuneration of the Director undertaking the role of Chief Executive Officer for the same financial
years is set out below:
Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
CEO
Rupert Soames
Rupert Soames
Rupert Soames
Rupert Soames
Rupert Soames
Angus Cockburn
Single Figure of Total
Remuneration £
Annual Bonus payout against
maximum %
Long-term incentive vesting
rates against maximum
opportunity %
2,555,850
5,839,209
8,501,865
2,685,840
1,779,144
1,290,906
63.2
100
82.4
6.4
49.6
42.4
100
100
100
100
72.5
5.8
Angus Cockburn was Interim Chief Executive from 25 April to 30 September 2014, and his emoluments have been calculated on the
assumption that he held the role for the full year at the rates of remuneration in place on 30 September 2014.
The data for this table was taken from the Remuneration Reports for the relevant years and adjusted to take account of the actual
share price on date of vesting for the LTIP.
Percentage change in remuneration of CEO
The table below shows the change in remuneration of the Director undertaking the role of Chief Executive Officer for 2013
(Rupert Soames, Chief Executive) and for 2014 (Angus Cockburn, Interim Chief Executive) in comparison to the average change
in remuneration of employees within the Group central functions over that period.
Salary/fees
Benefits
Bonus
Percentage change for Chief Executive/
Interim Chief Executive
Percentage change for Group central functions
-11.1
-53.8
-43
12.32
10.3
-36
Angus Cockburn was Interim Chief Executive from 25 April to 30 September 2014, and his emoluments have been calculated on the
assumption that he held the role for the full year at the rates of remuneration in place on 30 September 2014.
The comparator group relates to the employees within the Group central function in the UK (74 employees), rather than all Group
employees. As in the previous year, we have chosen this group because the Committee believes that it provides a sufficiently
large comparator group to give a reasonable understanding of underlying increases, based on similar annual bonus performance
measures utilised by Group central functions, whilst reducing the distortion that would arise from including all of the many countries
in which the Group operates, with their different economic conditions.
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ANNUAL REPORT ON REMUNERATION
CONTINUED
Relative importance of spend on pay
The graph below shows Aggreko’s profit after tax, dividend, and total employee pay expenditure for the financial years ended
31 December 2013 and 31 December 2014, and the percentage change.
Profit after tax
Dividend
£300 million
-13%
£246m
£215m
£300 million
-1%
£200 million
£100 million
£0 million
£200 million
£100 million
£0 million
£70m
£69m
Total employee pay expenditure
£311m
+1%
£314m
£300 million
£200 million
£100 million
£0 million
2013
2014
2013
2014
2013
2014
Dividends are the interim and final dividends paid in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2013 and the interim dividend
paid and the final dividend recommended in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2014.
Implementation of remuneration policy in 2015
The Committee intends to implement the remuneration policy in 2015 as follows:
Base salaries and fees
Base salaries for Executive Directors were reviewed by the Committee in December 2014 and implemented in January 2015; details
are set out on page 106. The Committee intends to next review the salaries in December 2015. The Chairman’s fee will be reviewed
by the Committee in April 2015, and fees for Non-executive Directors will be reviewed by the Board in June 2015.
Pensions and benefits
Pensions and benefits will continue in line with policy.
Annual bonus
On 3 March the Committee set annual bonus targets for the Executive Directors as follows:
D-EPS
Operating cash flow
Regional trading profit
Regional ROCE
Personal
objectives
Total max
bonus
(% salary)
Max bonus
% salary
On-budget
bonus
% salary
Max bonus
% salary
On-budget
bonus
% salary
Max bonus
% salary
On-budget
bonus
% salary
Max bonus
% salary
On-budget
bonus
% salary
Max bonus
% salary
175
150
125
125
125
105
52.5
90
50
50
50
45
25
25
25
35
30
–
–
–
17.5
15
–
–
–
–
–
40
40
40
–
–
20
20
20
–
–
10
10
10
–
–
10
10
10
35
30
25
25
25
Executive Director
Chris Weston
Carole Cran
Debajit Das
Asterios Satrazemis
David Taylor-Smith
The personal objectives were set individually for each Director. All include measurable improvements in safety indicators and agreed
outcomes for set strategic objectives specific to their roles. Those for Directors with regional responsibilities included measurable
improvements in customer satisfaction, as measured by Net Promotor Scores, and improvements in regional debtor days.
We have not disclosed full details of all objectives or financial targets in this report, as we consider them to be commercially sensitive.
It is, however, our intention to disclose financial budget numbers in next year’s Implementation Report.
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Long-Term Incentive Plan
Subject to the approval of the new Long-term Incentive Plan by shareholders at the Company’s 2015 Annual General Meeting,
the Committee proposes to approve the grant of 2015 LTIP awards to Executive Directors with a face value of 300% of salary.
The performance criteria for the 2015 LTIP will be as follows:
• 75% of the award will be based on three-year cumulative D-EPS as compared to three-year compound growth in real (RPI-adjusted)
D-EPS. No performance shares will be awarded against this element if performance is below an equivalent of RPI+3% per annum
growth and will increase straight-line to a maximum at an equivalent of RPI+ 15% per annum growth.
• 25% of the award is based on average ROCE over the performance period in a range of 20% to 25%. No performance shares will be
awarded against this element if performance is less than 20% and awards will increase straight-line to the maximum at 25% ROCE.
A proportion of shares which vest will be subject to a further retention period of up to two years in accordance with the rules of
the LTIP.
Awards are expected to be granted in April 2015.
Consideration by the Directors of matters relating to Directors’ remuneration
The Committee re-appointed Kepler Associates and New Bridge Street (which is part of Aon plc) as the principal external advisers
to the Committee for 2014. The fees paid to advisers in respect of work that materially assisted the Committee in 2014 are shown
in the table below:
Adviser
Appointed by
Services provided to the
Committee
Fees paid by the Company
for the Services
Other Services
Kepler Associates
Appointed by Russell
King on behalf of the
Committee
Review of LTIP Award
Calculations
£69,475
Charged on a
time/cost basis
Advice on DRR
disclosure
Advice on current
market practice
Benchmarking of
Executive pay
Management and
Reward Data Project
Provided the Board
with specific data on
Non-executive Director
benchmarking
New Bridge Street
Appointed by Sheena
Mackay, Group HR
Director on behalf of the
Committee
Advice on design of new
incentive arrangements
Advice on operation of
incentive schemes
£8,575
Charged on a time/cost
basis
General advice on
LTIP and Sharesave
Schemes
Simmons & Simmons
Appointed by Siegfried
Putzer, Former Group
HR Director on behalf
of the Committee
Legal advice on
employment and
termination of
employment of
Executive Directors
£10,532
Charged on a time/cost
basis
Except as provided above, none of these advisers provides any other services to the Group. Kepler Associates and New Bridge
Street are members of the Remuneration Consultants Group and signatories to its code of conduct and Simmons & Simmons LLP
is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Taking these factors into account, the Committee is satisfied as
to the impartiality and objectivity of their advice. The advisers were also chosen because of their existing knowledge of the Group’s
remuneration arrangements.
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ANNUAL REPORT ON REMUNERATION
CONTINUED
Statement of Shareholder voting
The following table shows the results of the binding vote on the Remuneration Policy and advisory vote on the 2013 Remuneration
Report at the 24 April 2014 AGM.
For
Against
Total votes cast (excluding withheld votes)
Votes withheld1
Total votes cast (including withheld votes)
Remuneration Policy
Remuneration Report
Total number of votes
% of votes cast
Total number of votes
% of votes cast
169,403,517
5,734,693
175,158,210
1,249,534
176,407,744
96.71
3.29
100
–
–
173,519,875
2,295,432
175,815,307
592,437
176,407,744
98.69
1.31
100
–
–
1 A withheld vote is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes cast for and against a resolution.
Directors’ service contracts
Each of the Directors will be proposed for election or re-election at the Company’s Annual General Meeting to be held on
29 April 2015.
The Executive Directors are employed under contracts of employment with Aggreko plc. The Remuneration Committee sets notice
periods for the Executive Directors at 12 months or less. The principal terms of the Executive Directors’ service contracts (which have
no fixed term) are as follows:
Executive Director
Position
Effective date of contract
From Company
From Director
Chris Weston
Chief Executive Officer
2 January 2015
Carole Cran
Debajit Das
Chief Financial Officer
1 June 2014
Regional Director, Asia Pacific
1 January 2013
Asterios Satrazemis Regional Director, Americas
1 January 2013
David Taylor-Smith
Regional Director, Europe,
Middle East & Africa
11 March 2013
12 months
12 months
12 months
12 months
12 months
12 months
12 months
12 months
12 months
12 months
Notice period
Non-executive Directors are appointed for a term of three years, subject to three months’ notice from either party.
The dates of the Chairman’s and Non-executive Directors’ appointments who served during the reporting period were as follows:
Non-executive Director
Ken Hanna
Russell King
Uwe Krueger
Diana Layfield
Position
Chairman
Effective date of contract
25 April 20121
Non-executive Director
2 February 20122
Non-executive Director
1 February 2015
Non-executive Director
1 May 2012
Robert MacLeod
Non-executive Director
10 September 20141
Rebecca McDonald
Non-executive Director
1 October 2012
Unexpired term as at
31 December 2014
3 months
1 month
n/a
4 months
8 months
9 months
Ian Marchant
Non-executive Director
1 November 2013
1 year 10 months
1 Replaces earlier contract.
2 Extended for a further term of one year with effect from 2 February 2015.
This Report was approved by the Board on 5 March 2015.
Signed on behalf of the Board
Russell King
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
5 March 2015
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Directors’ report
The Directors’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2014
comprises pages 67 to 124 of this report, together with the
sections incorporated by reference. We have included some of
the matters normally included in the Directors’ Report which we
consider to be of strategic importance in the Strategic Report
on pages 2 to 66. Specifically these are:
• Future Business Developments on page 22
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions on pages 59 to 60
• Employee Involvement, Equal Opportunities and Employees
with Disabilities on pages 62 to 64
• Risk Information on the Use of Financial Instruments on page 158
Disclosures in relation to Listing Rule LR 9.8.4R, where
applicable, are included on page 97 in relation to long-term
incentive plans and page 122 in relation to the dividend waiver
arrangements in place for our Employee Benefit Trust.
The award made under the scheme established under LR 9.4.2
cannot be altered to the advantage of Chris Weston without the
approval of Shareholders in general meeting (except for minor
amendments to benefit administration, to take account of a
change in legislation or to obtain or maintain favourable tax,
or regulatory treatment for either party). A copy of the agreement
setting out the terms of the award will be available for inspection
at the offices of New Bridge Street, 10 Devonshire Square,
London EC2M 4YP, during normal business hours on any
weekday (Saturdays and English public holidays excepted)
until the close of the Company’s Annual General Meeting
and at the place of the Annual General Meeting for at least
15 minutes prior to and during the Annual General Meeting.
Both the Directors’ Report and Strategic Report have been
presented in accordance with applicable company law, and the
liabilities of the Directors in connection with those reports subject
to the limitations and restrictions provided. Other information to
be disclosed in the Directors’ Report is given in this section.
Management report
The Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report together include
the “management report” for the purposes of Disclosure and
Transparency Rule (DTR) 4.1.8R.
2015 Annual General Meeting
The Company’s Annual General Meeting will be held at 11.00
am 29 April 2015 at the Grand Central Hotel, 99 Gordon Street,
Glasgow G1 3SF. The Notice of Meeting is given together with
explanatory notes, in the booklet which accompanies this report.
Dividends
The interim dividend of 9.38 pence per Ordinary Share was
paid on 3 October 2014. The Directors recommend a final
dividend of 17.74 pence per Ordinary Share in respect of the
year, making a total for the year of 27.12 pence per Ordinary
Share (2013: 26.30 pence), payable on 26 May 2015 to
Shareholders on the register at the close of business on
24 April 2015.
Dividend payments and DRIP
This year we have introduced a Dividend Reinvestment Plan
(DRIP) for Shareholders. This allows Shareholders to purchase
additional shares in Aggreko with their dividend payment.
Further information and a mandate can be obtained from
our Registrars, Capita, whose details are set out on page 185
and the Shareholder information pages of our website.
Share capital
On 31 December 2014 the Company had in issue 256,118,395
Ordinary Shares of 4329/395 pence each, 1,989,357 B Shares
of 984/775 pence each, 188,251,587 Deferred Shares of 984/775
pence each, 18,352,057,648 Deferred Shares of 1/775 pence
each and 182,700,915 Deferred Shares of 618/25 pence each
comprising 29.35%, 0.43%, 40.61%, 0.56% and 29.08%
respectively of the Company’s issued share capital. Details of
the changes in issued share capital during the year are shown
in Note 21 to the accounts on page 154.
Material share interests
As at 31 December 2014, the Company had received
notifications of the following major shareholdings, representing
3% or more of the voting rights attached to the issued Ordinary
Share capital of the Company:
Shareholder
Prudential Plc1
Ballie Gifford & Co1
A E H Salvesen2
Number of
shares
% of total
voting rights
15,860,093*
13,518,442*
9,995,283*
5.94
5.04
3.73
1 Including direct and indirect subsidiary interests
2 Including immediate family and trustee interests
*
Notifications received prior to the share capital consolidation in June 2014,
number of shares disclosed relates to Ordinary Shares of 13549/775 pence each
Between 31 December 2014 and 5 March 2015, the Company
received notifications of major shareholdings.
The Directors are not aware of any other material interests
amounting to 3% or more in the share capital of the Company.
Rights and obligations attached to shares
Subject to applicable statutes (in this section referred to as the
Companies Acts) and to any rights conferred on the holders
of any other shares, any share may be issued with or have
attached to it such rights and restrictions as the Company may
by ordinary resolution decide or, if no such resolution has been
passed or so far as the resolution does not make specific
provision, as the Board may decide.
Voting
Subject to any special terms as to voting upon which any
shares may be issued or may for the time being be held and
to any other provisions of the Articles of Association for the
Company (the Articles), on a show of hands every member
who is present in person or by proxy or represented by
a corporate representative at a general meeting of the
Company has one vote.
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GOVERNANCE CONTINUED
STATUTORY DISCLOSURES
CONTINUED
On a poll every member who is present in person or by proxy
or represented by a corporate representative has one vote for
every share of which he or she is the holder. In the case of joint
holders of a share the vote of the senior who tenders a vote,
whether in person or by proxy, is accepted to the exclusion
of the votes of the other joint holders and, for this purpose,
seniority is determined by the order in which the names stand
in the register in respect of the joint holding.
The holders of B Shares are not entitled, in their capacity as
such, to receive notice of any general meeting of the Company
nor to attend, speak or vote at any such general meeting
unless: (a) the business of the meeting includes the
consideration of a resolution for the winding-up (excluding any
intra-group reorganisation on a solvent basis) of the Company,
in which case the holders of the B Shares have the right to
attend the general meeting and are entitled to speak and vote
only on any such resolution; or (b) at the date of the notice
convening the meeting, the B Share Continuing Dividend
(as defined in Article 6A(B)(iii) of the Articles) has remained
unpaid for six months or more from any B Share Payment
Date (as defined in Article 6A(B)(iv) of the Articles), in which
case the holders of the B Shares have the right to attend
the general meeting and are entitled to speak and vote
on all resolutions.
The holders of the Deferred Shares are not entitled to receive
notice of any general meeting of the Company or to attend,
speak or vote at any such meeting.
Restrictions on voting
No member is, unless the Board otherwise decides, entitled
in respect of any share held by him to vote (either personally
or by proxy or by a corporate representative) at any general
meeting of the Company or at any separate general meeting
of the holders of any class of shares in the Company if any
calls or other sums presently payable by him in respect of that
share remain unpaid or if he is a person with a 0.25% interest
(as defined in the Articles) and he has been served with
a restriction notice (as defined in the Articles) after failure
to provide the Company with information concerning
interests in those shares required to be provided under
the Companies Acts.
The Company is not aware of any agreement between holders
of securities that may result in restrictions on voting rights.
Dividends and other distributions
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the
Company may by ordinary resolution from time to time
declare dividends in accordance with the respective rights
of the members, but no dividend can exceed the amount
recommended by the Board.
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the Board
may pay such interim dividends as appear to the Board to be
justified by the financial position of the Company and may also
pay any dividend payable at a fixed rate at intervals settled by
the Board whenever the financial position of the Company,
in the opinion of the Board, justifies its payment. If the Board
acts in good faith, it shall not incur any liability to the holders
of any shares for any loss they may suffer in consequence of
the payment of an interim or fixed dividend on any other class
of shares ranking pari passu with or after those shares.
The holders of B Shares are entitled, in priority to any payment
of dividend or other distribution to the holders of any Ordinary
Shares and before profits are carried to reserves, to be paid a
non-cumulative preferential dividend (the “B Share Continuing
Dividend”) at such annual rate on a value of 75 pence per
B Share as is calculated in accordance with Articles 6A(B)(i)
to 6A(B)(x).
On a return of capital on winding-up (excluding any intra-group
reorganisation on a solvent basis), holders of B Shares are
entitled, in priority to any payment to the holders of Ordinary
Shares, to 75 pence per B Share held by them, together with a
sum equal to the relevant proportion of the B Share Continuing
Dividend (if any) which would have been payable if the winding-
up had taken effect on the last day of the then current B Share
Calculation Period, the relevant proportion being the number of
days from and including the preceding B Share Payment Date
(or, if the date of such winding-up is prior to 29 May 2015 from
and including the Single B Share Dividend Date) to, but
excluding, the date of such winding-up, divided by 365.
The Deferred Shares confer no right to participate in the profits
of the Company.
On a return of capital on a winding-up (excluding any intra-
Group reorganisation on a solvent basis), holders of Deferred
Shares are entitled to be paid the nominal capital paid up or
credited as paid up on such Deferred Shares after paying to
the holders of the Ordinary Shares the nominal capital paid up
or credited as paid up on the Ordinary Shares held by them
respectively, together with the sum of £100,000,000 on each
Ordinary Share.
The Board may deduct from any dividend or other moneys
payable to a member by the Company on or in respect of any
shares all sums of money (if any) presently payable by him to
the Company on account of calls or otherwise in respect of
shares of the Company. The Board may also withhold payment
of all or any part of any dividends or other moneys payable
in respect of the Company’s shares from a person with a
0.25% interest (as defined in the Articles) if such a person has
been served with a restriction notice (as defined in the Articles)
after failure to provide the Company with information
concerning interests in those shares required to be
provided under the Companies Acts.
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Variation of rights
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, rights
attached to any class of shares may be varied either with the
consent in writing of the holders of not less than three-fourths
in nominal value of the issued shares of that class (excluding
any shares of that class held as Treasury Shares) or with the
sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general
meeting of the holders of those shares. The necessary quorum
applying to any such separate general meeting is two persons
holding or representing by proxy not less than one-third in
nominal value of the issued shares of the class (excluding any
shares of that class held as Treasury Shares), (but at any
adjourned meeting one holder present in person or by proxy
(whatever the number of shares held by him) will constitute a
quorum); every holder of shares of the class present in person
or by proxy (excluding any shares of that class held as Treasury
Shares) is entitled on a poll to one vote for every share of the
class held by him (subject to any rights or restrictions attached
to any class of shares) and any holder of shares of the class
present in person or by proxy may demand a poll.
Conversion of B Shares into Ordinary
Shares at the Company’s option
The Company may (subject to the provisions of the Companies
Acts) at any time after the Company’s AGM to be held in 2015
on the giving of not less than 10 days’ nor more than 42 days’
notice in writing to the holders of the B Shares, convert all
but not some only of the outstanding B Shares into Ordinary
Shares on the date specified in the notice (the “Conversion
Date”). The conversion would take place in accordance with
Article 6A(G) of our Articles.
Restrictions on transfer of securities
in the Company
There are no restrictions on the transfer of securities in the
Company, except that:
• certain restrictions may from time to time be imposed by
laws and regulations (for example, insider trading laws);
• pursuant to the Listing Rules of the Financial Conduct
Authority certain employees and Directors of the Company
require the approval of the Company to deal in the
Company’s Ordinary Shares; and
• the Deferred Shares are not transferable except in
accordance with the paragraph headed “Powers in relation
to the Company issuing or buying back its own shares”
below or with the written consent of the Directors.
The Company is not aware of any agreements between holders
of securities that may result in restrictions on the transfer
of securities.
Articles of Association
Our Articles are available on our website at
http://www.aggreko.com/about-aggreko/corporate-
governance/articles-of-association. Unless expressly specified
to the contrary in the Articles, the Articles may be amended
by a special resolution of the Company’s Shareholders.
Appointment and replacement of directors
The rules for the appointment and replacement of Directors are
contained in the Company’s Articles. They include: the number
of Directors must not be less than two or more than 15, the
Board may appoint any person to be a Director; any Director
so appointed by the Board shall hold office only until the next
general meeting and shall then be eligible for election; each
Director must retire from office at the third Annual General
Meeting after the Annual General Meeting at which he was last
elected. However, in line with the UK Corporate Governance
Code, all Directors will stand for annual election at the
2015 AGM.
A Director may be removed by special resolution of the
Company. In addition, the office of a Director must be vacated
if: (i) he resigns his office by notice in writing delivered to the
office or tendered at a meeting of the Board; or (ii) by notice
in writing he offers to resign and the Board resolves to accept
such offer; or (iii) his resignation is requested by all of the other
Directors and all of the other Directors are not less than three in
number; or (iv) a registered medical practitioner who is treating
that Director gives a written opinion to the Company stating
that that Director has become physically or mentally incapable
of acting as a Director and may remain so for more than three
months; or (v) by reason of a Director’s mental health, a court
makes an order which wholly or partly prevents that Director
from personally exercising any powers or rights which that
Director would otherwise have; or (vi) he is absent without the
permission of the Board from meetings of the Board (whether
or not an alternate Director appointed by him attends) for six
consecutive months and the Board resolves that his office is
vacated; or (vii) he becomes bankrupt or compounds with his
creditors generally; or (viii) he is prohibited by law from being
a Director; or (ix) he ceases to be a Director by virtue of the
Companies Acts or is removed from office pursuant to
the Articles.
Directors’ conflicts of interest
The Company has procedures in place for monitoring and
managing conflicts of interest. Should a Director become
aware that they, or their connected parties, have an interest
in an existing or proposed transaction with Aggreko, they
should notify the Board in writing or at the next Board meeting.
Directors have a continuing duty to update any changes to
these conflicts.
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STATUTORY DISCLOSURES
CONTINUED
Powers of the Directors
Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, the Articles
and to any directions given by the Company in general meeting
by special resolution, the business of the Company is managed
by the Board, which may exercise all the powers of the
Company whether relating to the management of the business
of the Company or not. In particular, the Board may exercise all
the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage
or charge all or any part of the undertaking, property and
assets (present and future) and uncalled capital of the
Company and to issue debentures and other securities,
whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability
or obligation of the Company or any third party.
Powers in relation to the Company issuing
or buying back its own shares
The Directors were granted authority at the last Annual General
Meeting held in 2014 to allot relevant securities up to a nominal
amount of £12,291,627 in connection with an offer by way
of a rights issue. That authority will apply until the earlier
of 30 June 2015 and the conclusion of the Annual General
Meeting for 2015. At this year’s Annual General Meeting
Shareholders will be asked to grant an authority to allot
relevant securities up to a nominal amount of £4,125,579,
such authority to apply until the end of next year’s Annual
General Meeting (or, if earlier, until the close of business on
30 June 2016).
A special resolution will also be proposed to renew the
Directors’ power to make non-pre-emptive issues for cash in
connection with rights issues and otherwise up to a nominal
amount of £618,898.
The Company was also authorised at the Annual General
Meeting held in 2014 to make market purchases of up to
26,902,954 Ordinary Shares. This authorisation will expire
on the earlier of the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting
of the Company for 2015 and 30 June 2015.
A special resolution will also be proposed at this year’s Annual
General Meeting to renew the Directors’ authority to repurchase
the Company’s Ordinary Shares in the market. The authority
will be limited to a maximum of 25,611,839 Ordinary Shares
and sets the minimum and maximum prices which may be paid.
The Company may at any time, without obtaining the sanction
of the holders of the Deferred Shares:
(a) appoint any person to execute on behalf of any holder of
Deferred Shares a transfer of all or any of the Deferred Shares
(and/or an agreement to transfer the same) to the Company or
to such person as the Directors may determine, in any case for
not more than one penny for all the Deferred Shares then being
purchased from him; and
(b) cancel all or any of the Deferred Shares so purchased by
the Company in accordance with the Companies Acts.
Securities carrying special rights
No person holds securities in the Company carrying special
rights with regard to control of the Company.
Rights under the employee share scheme
Appleby Trust (Jersey) Limited, as Trustee of the Aggreko
Employees’ Benefit Trust, holds 0.27% of the issued share
capital of the Company as at 5 March 2015 on trust for the
benefit of the employees and former employees of the Group
and their dependents. The voting rights in relation to these
shares are exercised by the Trustee and there are no
restrictions on the exercise of the voting of, or the acceptance
of any offer relating to, the shares. The Trustee is obliged to
waive all dividends on the shares unless requested to do
otherwise by the Company in writing.
Going concern
In adopting the going concern basis for preparing the financial
statements, the Directors have considered the business
activities set out in the Strategic Report as well as the Group’s
principal risks and uncertainties as set out on pages 20 to 33.
Based on the Group’s cash flow forecasts and projections, the
Board is satisfied that the Group will be able to operate within
the level of its facilities for the foreseeable future. For this reason
the Group continues to adopt the going concern basis in
preparing its financial statements.
Change of control
The Company has in place a number of agreements with
advisers, financial institutions and customers which contain
certain termination rights which would have an effect on a
change of control. The Directors believe these agreements to
be commercially sensitive and that their disclosure would be
seriously prejudicial to the Company; accordingly they do not
intend disclosing specific details of these. In addition, all of the
Company’s share schemes contain provisions which in the
event of a change of control, would result in outstanding
options and awards becoming exercisable, subject to the
rules of the relevant schemes.
There are no agreements between the Company and its
Directors or employees providing for compensation for loss of
office or employment that occurs because of a takeover bid.
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Branches
Subsidiaries of the Company have established branches
in a number of different countries in which they operate.
Auditor
Resolutions re-appointing PwC as the Company’s and Group’s
auditor and authorising the Audit Committee to determine their
remuneration will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting.
Important events since 31 December 2014
There have been no important events affecting the Company
or any subsidiary since 31 December 2014.
Political donations
No political donations were made during the financial year
(2013: nil).
Approval of the Strategic Report and
Directors’ Report
The Strategic Report set out on pages 2 to 66 and Director’s
Report set out on pages 67 to 124 were approved by the Board
on 5 March 2015 and have been signed by the Company
Secretary on behalf of the Board.
Peter Kennerley
Group Legal Director and Company Secretary
5 March 2015
Disclosure of information to the
Company’s auditor
In accordance with Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006
the Directors who held office at the date of approval of this
Directors’ Report confirm that, so far as they are each aware,
there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section
418(3) of the Companies Act 2006) of which the Company’s
Auditor is unaware; and each Director has taken all the steps
that he ought to have taken as a Director to make himself
aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the
Company’s Auditor is aware of that information.
Indemnity of officers
Under Article 154 of the Articles, the Company may indemnify
any Director or other officer against any liability, subject to the
provisions of the Companies Acts, and the Articles grant an
indemnity to the Directors against any liability for the costs of
legal proceedings where judgement is given in their favour.
Under the authority conferred by Article 154, the Company has
granted indemnities to Directors and officers of the Company
and its subsidiaries. The indemnities do not apply to any claim
which arises out of fraud, default, negligence or breach of
fiduciary duty or trust by the indemnified person.
In addition, the Company may purchase and maintain for
any Director or other officer, insurance against any liability.
The Company maintains appropriate insurance cover against
legal action brought against its Directors and officers and the
Directors and officers of its subsidiaries.
Pensions
The assets of the UK defined-benefit pension fund are
controlled by the Directors of Aggreko Pension Scheme
Trustee Limited; they are held separately from the assets of
the Company and invested by independent fund managers.
These segregated funds cannot be invested directly in the
Company. Four trustees have been appointed by the Company
and, in addition, two member-nominated trustees have been
appointed. This fund was closed to new employees joining the
Group after 1 April 2002; new UK employees are now offered
membership of a Group Personal Pension Plan.
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GOVERNANCE CONTINUED
STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS’
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report,
the Directors’ Remuneration Report and the financial
statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial
statements for each financial year. Under that law the Directors
have prepared the Group financial statements in accordance
with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as
adopted by the European Union, and the Parent Company
financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom
Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under Company
law the Directors must not approve the financial statements
unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the
state of affairs of the Group and the Company and of the profit
or loss of the Group for that period.
In preparing those financial statements, the Directors are
required to:
• select suitable accounting policies and then apply
them consistently;
• make judgements and estimates that are reasonable
and prudent;
• state whether IFRSs as adopted by the European Union and
applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed,
subject to any material departures disclosed and explained
in the Group and Parent Company financial statements
respectively; and
• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis
unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will
continue in business.
The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting
records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company’s
and Group’s transactions and disclose with reasonable
accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company
and the Group and to enable them to ensure that the financial
statements and the Directors’ Remuneration Report comply
with the Companies Act 2006 and, as regards the Group
financial statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.
They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the
Company and the Group and hence for taking reasonable
steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and
other irregularities.
The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity
of the Group website www.aggreko.com. Legislation in the
UK governing the preparation and dissemination of financial
statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.
The Directors consider that the Annual Report and Accounts,
taken as a whole, are fair, balanced and understandable and
provide the information necessary for Shareholders to assess
the Company’s performance, business model and strategy.
Each of the Directors, whose names and functions are listed
on pages 72 and 73 confirms that, to the best of
their knowledge:
• the Group financial statements, which have been prepared
in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU, give a true
and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and
profit of the Group; and
• the Management Report includes a fair review of the
development and performance of the business and the
position of the Group, together with a description of the
principal risks and uncertainties that it faces.
By order of the Board
Ken Hanna
Chairman
Carole Cran
Chief Financial Officer
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3 Accounts
Independent auditors’ report
Group income statement
Group statement of comprehensive income
Group balance sheet
Group cash flow statement
Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net debt
Group statement of changes in equity
Notes to the Group accounts
Company balance sheet
Company statement of total recognised gains and losses
Notes to the Company accounts
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132
133
134
134
135
137
172
173
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT TO
THE MEMBERS OF AGGREKO PLC
Report on the financial statements
Our opinion
In our opinion:
• Aggreko plc’s group financial statements and company financial statements (the “financial statements”) give a true and fair view
of the state of the group’s and of the company’s affairs as at 31 December 2014 and of the group’s profit and cash flows for the
year then ended;
• the group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards
(“IFRSs”) as adopted by the European Union;
• the company financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Practice; and
• the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and, as regards
the group financial statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.
What we have audited
Aggreko plc’s financial statements comprise:
• the Group and Company Balance Sheets as at 31 December 2014;
• the Group Income Statement and the Group Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year then ended;
• the Group Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended;
• the Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net debt for the year then ended;
• the Group Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended;
• the Company Reconciliation of Movements in Shareholders’ Funds for the year then ended; and
• the notes to the financial statements, which include a summary of significant accounting policies and other
explanatory information.
Certain required disclosures have been presented elsewhere in the Annual Report and Accounts (the “Annual Report”), rather than
in the notes to the financial statements. These are cross-referenced from the financial statements and are identified as audited.
The financial reporting framework that has been applied in the preparation of the group financial statements is applicable law
and IFRSs as adopted by the European Union. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in the preparation of the
company financial statements is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Practice).
Materiality
Audit scope
Areas of
focus
Our audit approach
Overview
Overall group materiality: £14 million, which represents 5% of profit before tax.
We conducted audit work at the 11 most significant reporting units within the group, which together
comprised 77% of the Group’s revenues and 88% of the Group’s profit before tax.
We worked closely with audit teams outside the UK and visited the teams in Houston and Dubai.
Our audit focused on the following areas:
• contract receivables balances and associated provisioning;
• taxation provisions (direct and indirect); and
• revenue recognition.
The scope of our audit and our areas of focus
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) (“ISAs (UK & Ireland)”).
We designed our audit by determining materiality and assessing the risks of material misstatement in the financial statements.
In particular, we looked at where the directors made subjective judgements, for example in respect of significant accounting
estimates that involved making assumptions and considering future events that are inherently uncertain. As in all of our audits,
we also addressed the risk of management override of internal controls, including evaluating whether there was evidence of bias
by the directors that represented a risk of material misstatement due to fraud.
The risks of material misstatement that had the greatest effect on our audit, including the allocation of our resources and effort,
are identified as “areas of focus” in the table below. This is not a complete list of all risks identified by our audit. We have also
set out how we tailored our audit to address these specific areas in order to provide an opinion on the financial statements as
a whole and any comments we make on the results of our procedures should be read in this context, including our overall group
audit materiality.
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2
3
4
Area of focus
How our audit addressed the area of focus
Contract receivables balances
and associated provisioning
(refer to page 85 “contract provisions”
within the Audit Committee Report, page 140
(Key assumptions and significant judgements)
and pages 150 and 151 (note 16 to the accounts)
One of the biggest risks to the Group is non-payment
by customers under some of the larger contracts in
the Power Projects business.
Contract receivables provisions are, by their nature,
highly judgemental, mainly due to the unpredictability
and volatility of cash receipts in higher risk territories.
We focused on this area due to the magnitude of both
the Power Projects accounts receivable balances
£208m (2013: £196m) and the associated provisions,
£38m (2013: £49m) which are determined based on
management’s estimates.
Tax provisions (Direct and indirect)
(refer to page 85 “Direct and indirect tax
provisions” within the Audit Committee Report,
page 140 (Key assumptions and significant
judgements
The Group’s direct and indirect tax provisions are,
by their nature, highly judgemental. This is due to the
complexity of the Group’s operations in multiple tax
jurisdictions and the changing tax environments in
which it operates.
We focused on this area due to the magnitude
of direct and indirect tax provisions which are
determined based on management’s estimates.
Total direct and indirect tax provisions at 31 December
2014 were £69m (2013: £70m), which is made up
of direct tax provisions of £54m (2013: £54m) and
indirect tax provisions of £15m (2013: £16m).
We documented and gained an understanding of the key controls and
processes that management and the directors have in place to assess
the expected recovery of Power Projects contract receivables balances
and associated provisioning.
We checked, on a sample basis, that the Group’s Power Projects
pre-contract risk assessment procedures were in place in respect of
significant contracts entered into during the year and did not identify
any where they were not.
We obtained the contract receivables analyses and tested the gross
receivables balances, on a sample basis, for example by tracing to
outstanding invoices or subsequent cash receipt.
We then applied various selection criteria, principally the largest contract
balances within each region, to identify 17 contracts for testing
(representing 83% of the total amount outstanding at 31 December
2014). For those contracts selected, we:
• tested the relevant associated cover, including bonds, deposits and
guarantees, to assess the residual contract receivable exposure;
• considered the contract terms and assessed their accounting impact;
• considered the history of cash payments, including post year end
cash receipts from the customer and compared the consistency
of assumptions used in calculating provisions, both over time within
the contract and as between contracts with similar risk profiles; and
• used our knowledge and experience to consider the completeness
and challenge the basis of contract provisioning.
This is an area which requires significant management judgement and
has a range of possible outcomes. However from the evidence we have
obtained, we did not identify any material misstatement in the contract
receivables provision.
We documented and gained an understanding of the key controls and
processes that management and the directors have in place to assess
the tax risks and exposures and the associated direct and indirect
tax provisioning.
We obtained reports showing the components of the tax provisions and
used them to identify the most significant balances for detailed testing.
We then applied various selection criteria, principally the largest
balances and identified 17 provisions for testing (representing 75%
of the total direct and indirect tax provision at 31 December 2014).
As appropriate, we tested the provisions as follows:
• understood and tested the provision calculation;
• read and considered the implications for our audit of relevant
correspondence with tax authorities;
• used our tax expertise and our knowledge and experience of
developments in the relevant tax jurisdictions to consider the
completeness and challenge the basis of the significant provision
judgements made by management and in house tax specialists; and
• utilised our experience of similar situations elsewhere to independently
assess the evidence supporting those direct and indirect
tax provisions.
This is an area which also requires significant management judgement
and has a range of possible outcomes. However from the evidence we
have obtained, we did not identify any material misstatement in the direct
and indirect taxation provisions.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
CONTINUED
Area of focus
How our audit addressed the area of focus
Revenue recognition
(refer to page 137 (notes to the accounts))
Revenue is recognised in accordance with the
contractual arrangements and is accrued or deferred
at the balance sheet date, depending on the date of
the most recent invoice issued and other specific
contractual terms.
In the Power Projects businesses, we focused on
the accrual or deferral of revenue.
In the local businesses, revenue recognition is
generally not complex. As a result, we focused on
non-standard revenue transactions and the timing
of recognition of transactions around the year-end
to make sure they were recorded in the correct
financial year.
Power Projects revenues were £673m (2013:
£669m) and Local Business revenues were £904m
(2013: £904m) for the year ended 31 December 2014.
We understood key controls around revenue and receivables and
performed testing where appropriate. Based on the results of our testing
of controls, we did not amend our planned approach to auditing revenue.
For the Power Projects businesses, we selected a sample of customer
contracts and agreed that revenue was invoiced in line with the contract.
We recalculated a sample of accrued and deferred income and tested
the timing of revenue recognition by tracing back to supporting
documentation; for example contract terms and invoices.
For the local businesses, we used revenue data auditing techniques
to provide assurance over standard revenue transactions and to check
that transactions had been correctly recorded. This also enabled us to
identify and substantively test a sample of non-standard transactions by
tracing them to appropriate supporting documentation. We also tested
a sample of accrued and deferred revenue balances by reference to
supporting documentation.
For both the Power Projects and local businesses, our testing also
focused on manual journals posted to revenue.
From the evidence obtained, we found revenue recognition to be in
accordance with Aggreko’s accounting policies and did not identify
any material misstatements.
How we tailored the audit scope
The scope of our audit reflected the organisational structure of the group across 3 regional units; APAC, EMEA and Americas,
which combine local businesses with Power Projects businesses. We tailored the scope of our audit to ensure that we performed
enough work to be able to give an opinion on the financial statements as a whole, taking into account the geographic structure of
the group, the accounting processes and controls and the areas of greatest audit risk.
In establishing the overall approach to the group audit, we determined the type of work that needed to be performed at each
part of the business by the group engagement team, or component auditors within PwC UK and from other PwC network firms.
We sent detailed group instructions to all of those component auditors, in which we identified and explained the areas where we
wanted them to focus their work. We then held meetings and calls with them to clarify and discuss their audit approach, materiality
and reporting requirements. Senior members of the group audit team visited the component audit teams in Dubai and Houston in
order to direct and supervise their work whilst the teams were on site. In addition, we had meetings and calls with the component
auditors as their audit work progressed so that we could effectively supervise, direct and understand the findings from their work.
We received written reports from each component auditor summarising the final conclusions from their audit work.
Through a combination of full scope audits and directed scope procedures we performed group audit work in the 11 most
significant reporting units across the group which covered 77% of the Group’s revenues and 88% of the Group’s profit before tax.
This, together with additional procedures performed at the Group level, gave us the evidence we needed for our opinion on the
Group financial statements as a whole.
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Materiality
The scope of our audit is influenced by our application of materiality. We set certain quantitative thresholds for materiality. These,
together with qualitative considerations, helped us to determine the scope of our audit and the nature, timing and extent of our
audit procedures and to evaluate the effect of misstatements, both individually and on the financial statements as a whole.
Based on our professional judgement, we determined materiality for the financial statements as a whole as follows:
Overall group materiality
£14 million (2013: £17 million).
How we determined it
5% of profit before tax (2013: 5% of profit before tax)
Rationale for materiality
benchmark applied
We have applied this benchmark, a generally accepted auditing practice, in the
absence of indicators that an alternative benchmark would be more appropriate.
We agreed with the Audit Committee that we would report to them misstatements identified during our audit above £1 million
(2013: £1 million) as well as misstatements below that amount that, in our view, warranted reporting for qualitative reasons.
There were no material unadjusted misstatements identified.
Going concern
Under the Listing Rules we are required to review the directors’ statement, set out on page 124, in relation to going concern.
We have nothing to report having performed our review.
As noted in the directors’ statement, the directors have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements using
the going concern basis of accounting. The going concern basis presumes that the group and company have adequate resources
to remain in operation, and that the directors intend them to do so, for at least one year from the date the financial statements
were signed. As part of our audit we have concluded that the directors’ use of the going concern basis is appropriate.
However, because not all future events or conditions can be predicted, these statements are not a guarantee as to the group’s
and company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
CONTINUED
Other required reporting
Consistency of other information
Companies Act 2006 opinion
In our opinion, the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report for the financial year for which the financial
statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements.
ISAs (UK & Ireland) reporting
Under ISAs (UK & Ireland) we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:
• Information in the Annual Report is:
– materially inconsistent with the information in the audited financial statements; or
– apparently materially incorrect based on, or materially inconsistent with, our knowledge
of the group and company acquired in the course of performing our audit; or
– otherwise misleading.
• the statement given by the directors on page 124, in accordance with provision C.1.1 of
the UK Corporate Governance Code (“the Code”), that they consider the Annual Report
taken as a whole to be fair, balanced and understandable and provides the information
necessary for members to assess the group’s and company’s performance, business
model and strategy is materially inconsistent with our knowledge of the group and
company acquired in the course of performing our audit.
We have no exceptions to report
arising from this responsibility.
We have no exceptions to report
arising from this responsibility.
• the section of the Annual Report on pages 84 and 85, as required by provision C.3.8 of
the Code, describing the work of the Audit Committee does not appropriately address
matters communicated by us to the Audit Committee.
We have no exceptions to report
arising from this responsibility.
Adequacy of accounting records and information and explanations received
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion:
• we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
• adequate accounting records have not been kept by the company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received
from branches not visited by us; or
• the company financial statements and the part of the Directors’ Remuneration Report to be audited are not in agreement with
the accounting records and returns.
We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.
Directors’ remuneration
Directors’ remuneration report – Companies Act 2006 opinion
In our opinion, the part of the Directors’ Remuneration Report to be audited has been properly prepared in accordance with the
Companies Act 2006.
Other Companies Act 2006 reporting
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you if, in our opinion, certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration
specified by law are not made. We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.
Corporate governance statement
Under the Listing Rules we are required to review the part of the Corporate Governance Statement relating to the company’s
compliance with ten provisions of the UK Corporate Governance Code. We have nothing to report having performed our review.
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Responsibilities for the financial statements and the audit
Our responsibilities and those of the directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities set out on page 124, the directors are responsible for the
preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view.
Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and ISAs
(UK & Ireland). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors.
This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for the company’s members as a body in accordance with
Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and for no other purpose. We do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume
responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come save
where expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing.
What an audit of financial statements involves
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give reasonable
assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This includes an
assessment of:
• whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the group’s and the company’s circumstances and have been consistently
applied and adequately disclosed;
• the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the directors; and
• the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We primarily focus our work in these areas by assessing the directors’ judgements against available evidence, forming our own
judgements, and evaluating the disclosures in the financial statements.
We test and examine information, using sampling and other auditing techniques, to the extent we consider necessary to provide
a reasonable basis for us to draw conclusions. We obtain audit evidence through testing the effectiveness of controls, substantive
procedures or a combination of both.
In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the Annual Report to identify material inconsistencies with
the audited financial statements and to identify any information that is apparently materially incorrect based on, or materially
inconsistent with, the knowledge acquired by us in the course of performing the audit. If we become aware of any apparent
material misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.
Graham McGregor
(Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Glasgow
5 March 2015
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
GROUP INCOME STATEMENT
For the year ended 31 December 2014
Revenue
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Distribution costs
Administrative expenses
Other income
Operating profit
Net finance costs
– Finance cost
– Finance income
Profit before taxation
Taxation
Profit for the year
All profit for the period is attributable to the owners of the Company.
Basic earnings per share (pence)
Diluted earnings per share (pence)
GROUP STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
For the year ended 31 December 2014
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive (loss)/income
Items that will not be reclassified to profit or loss
Remeasurement of retirement benefits (net of tax)
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Cash flow hedges (net of tax)
Net exchange losses offset in reserves (net of tax)
Other comprehensive loss for the year (net of tax)
Total comprehensive income for the year
Notes
4
2
4
8
5
9
2014
£ million
1,577
(674)
903
(407)
(190)
4
310
(23)
2
289
(74)
215
2013
£ million
1,573
(643)
930
(395)
(183)
6
358
(26)
1
333
(87)
246
11
11
82.57
82.49
92.15
92.03
2014
£ million
215
2013
£ million
246
(3)
(4)
(3)
(9)
(15)
200
8
(87)
(83)
163
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GROUP BALANCE SHEET (COMPANY NUMBER: SC177553)
As at 31 December 2014
Non-current assets
Goodwill
Other intangible assets
Property, plant and equipment
Deferred tax asset
Current assets
Inventories
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Derivative financial instruments
Current tax assets
Total assets
Current liabilities
Borrowings
Derivative financial instruments
Trade and other payables
Current tax liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings
Derivative financial instruments
Deferred tax liabilities
Retirement benefit obligation
Total liabilities
Net assets
Shareholders’ equity
Share capital
Share premium
Treasury shares
Capital redemption reserve
Hedging reserve (net of deferred tax)
Foreign exchange reserve
Retained earnings
Total Shareholders’ equity
1
2
3
4
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
130
18
1,177
22
1,347
163
474
37
5
21
700
2,047
(76)
(1)
(303)
(67)
(447)
(455)
(7)
(53)
(7)
(522)
(969)
1,078
42
20
(14)
13
(4)
(81)
1,102
1,078
133
18
1,165
23
1,339
149
417
38
11
21
636
1,975
(36)
(1)
(300)
(68)
(405)
(365)
(8)
(51)
(6)
(430)
(835)
1,140
49
20
(24)
6
(1)
(72)
1,162
1,140
Notes
12
27.A2
14
20
15
16
3
27.A4
17
27.A4
19
17
27.A4
20
27.A6
21
22
The financial statements on pages 132 to 171 were approved by the Board of Directors on 5 March 2015 and signed on its behalf by:
K Hanna
Chairman
C Cran
Chief Financial Officer
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
GROUP CASH FLOW STATEMENT
For the year ended 31 December 2014
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
Tax paid
Interest received
Interest paid
Net cash generated from operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisitions (net of cash acquired)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment (PPE)
Proceeds from sale of PPE
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Net proceeds from issue of Ordinary Shares
Increase in long-term loans
Repayment of long-term loans
Net movement in short-term loans
Dividends paid to Shareholders
Return of capital to Shareholders
Purchase of treasury shares
Net cash used in financing activities
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year
Exchange loss on cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year
Notes
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
2
12
2
3
498
(77)
2
(22)
401
(4)
(251)
12
(243)
3
448
(335)
10
(70)
(198)
–
(142)
16
12
(2)
26
603
(68)
1
(27)
509
–
(228)
14
(214)
1
430
(637)
(4)
(66)
–
(1)
(277)
18
1
(7)
12
RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH FLOW TO MOVEMENT IN NET DEBT
For the year ended 31 December 2014
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash (inflow)/outflow from movement in debt
Changes in net debt arising from cash flows
Exchange (loss)/gain
Movement in net debt in year
Net debt at beginning of year
Net debt at end of year
Notes
17
2014
£ million
16
(123)
(107)
(24)
(131)
(363)
(494)
2013
£ million
18
211
229
1
230
(593)
(363)
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GROUP STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
For the year ended 31 December 2014
1
2
3
4
As at 31 December 2014
Attributable to equity holders of the Company
Ordinary
Share
capital
£ million
Share
premium
account
£ million
Treasury
shares
£ million
Capital
redemption
reserve
£ million
Notes
Foreign
exchange
reserve
(translation)
£ million
Hedging
reserve
£ million
Balance at 1 January 2014
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive (loss)/income:
Transfers from hedging reserve
to revenue
Fair value gains on foreign
currency cash flow hedge
Fair value gains on interest
rate swaps
Currency translation differences (i)
Remeasurement of retirement
benefits (net of tax)
Total comprehensive (loss)/
income for the year ended
31 December 2014
Transactions with owners:
Employee share awards
Issue of Ordinary Shares to
employees under share option
schemes
Return of capital to Shareholders
Capital redemption reserve
Dividends paid during 2014
Balance at 31 December 2014
27.A5
22
21
21
10
49
–
20
–
(24)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(7)
–
(7)
42
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
10
–
–
–
10
(14)
6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
7
–
7
13
(1)
–
(6)
2
1
–
–
(3)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(4)
(72)
–
–
–
–
(9)
–
(9)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(81)
Retained
earnings
£ million
1,162
215
Total
equity
£ million
1,140
215
–
–
–
–
(3)
(6)
2
1
(9)
(3)
212
200
3
3
(7)
(198)
–
(70)
(272)
1,102
3
(198)
–
(70)
(262)
1,078
(i) Included in currency translation differences of the Group are exchange losses of £29 million arising on borrowings denominated in foreign
currencies designated as hedges of net investments overseas, offset by exchange gains of £20 million relating to the translation of overseas
results and net assets.
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
GROUP STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
As at 31 December 2013
Balance at 1 January 2013
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive (loss)/income:
Transfers from hedging reserve to
property, plant and equipment
Transfers from hedging reserve
to revenue
Fair value gains on foreign
currency cash flow hedge
Fair value gains on interest
rate swaps
Currency translation differences (i)
Deferred tax on items taken to
or transferred from equity
Current tax on items taken to
or transferred from equity
Remeasurement of retirement
benefits (net of tax)
Total comprehensive (loss)/
income for the year ended
31 December 2013
Transactions with owners:
Purchase of treasury shares
Employee share awards
Issue of Ordinary Shares to
employees under share option
schemes
Current tax on items taken to
or transferred from equity
Deferred tax on items taken to
or transferred from equity
New share capital subscribed
Dividends paid during 2013
Balance at 31 December 2013
Attributable to equity holders of the Company
Ordinary
share
capital
£ million
Share
premium
account
£ million
Treasury
shares
£ million
Capital
redemption
reserve
£ million
Notes
Foreign
exchange
reserve
(translation)
£ million
Hedging
reserve
£ million
49
–
19
–
(34)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
49
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
1
20
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(1)
–
11
–
–
–
–
10
(24)
6
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6
(9)
–
(2)
(6)
12
5
–
(1)
–
–
8
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(1)
9
9
22
9
9
10
Retained
earnings
£ million
999
246
Total
equity
£ million
1,045
246
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(4)
(2)
(6)
12
5
(89)
(1)
2
(4)
15
–
–
–
–
–
(89)
–
2
–
(87)
242
163
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
(72)
–
(2)
(11)
3
(3)
–
(66)
(79)
1,162
(1)
(2)
–
3
(3)
1
(66)
(68)
1,140
(i) Included in currency translation differences of the Group are exchange gains of £8 million arising on borrowings denominated in foreign
currencies designated as hedges of net investments overseas, offset by exchange losses of £97 million relating to the translation of overseas
results and net assets.
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BASIS OF CONSOLIDATION
The Group financial statements consolidate the financial statements
of Aggreko plc and all its subsidiaries for the year ended 31 December
2014. Subsidiaries are those entities over which the Group has
control. The Group controls an entity when the Group is exposed
to, or has rights to, variable returns through its power over the entity.
Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is
transferred to the Group. They are de-consolidated from the date that
control ceases.
The Group uses the acquisition method of accounting to account
for business combinations. The consideration transferred for
the acquisition of a subsidiary is the fair value of the assets
transferred, the liabilities incurred and the equity interests issued
by the Group. The consideration transferred includes the fair value
of any asset or liability resulting from a contingent consideration
arrangement. Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred.
Identifiable assets and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in
a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at
the acquisition date.
Inter-company transactions, balances and unrealised gains
on transactions between Group companies are eliminated.
Unrealised losses are also eliminated. Accounting policies of
subsidiaries have been changed where necessary to ensure
consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
Revenue for the Group represents the amounts earned from the supply
of temporary power, temperature control, oil-free compressed air and
related services and excludes sales taxes and intra-Group revenue.
Revenue can comprise a fixed rental charge and a variable charge
related to the usage of assets or other services. In all cases, revenue is
recognised in accordance with the contractual arrangements, for fixed
rental charges, over the rental period and for variable elements as the
asset is utilised or service is provided. Revenue is accrued or deferred
at the balance sheet date depending on the date of the most recent
invoice issued and the contractual terms.
SEGMENTAL REPORTING
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the
internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision maker.
The chief operating decision maker has been identified as the plc
Board of Directors.
NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS
For the year ended 31 December 2014
1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Company is a public limited company which is listed on the
London Stock Exchange and is incorporated and domiciled in the UK.
The address of the registered office is 120 Bothwell Street, Glasgow
G2 7JS, UK.
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these
consolidated financial statements are set out below. These policies
have been consistently applied to all years presented, unless
otherwise stated.
BASIS OF PREPARATION
The Group financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted
by the European Union, IFRIC interpretations and the Companies Act
2006 applicable to companies reporting under IFRS. The financial
statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention,
as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and financial
liabilities (including derivative instruments) at fair value.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires
the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the
reported amounts of the revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Although these estimates are based on management’s best
knowledge of the amount, event or actions, actual results ultimately
may differ from those estimates.
CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICY AND DISCLOSURES
(a) New and amended standards adopted by the Group
The following new standards have been implemented by the Group
this year but do not have a material impact on the Group:
• IFRS 10. ‘Consolidated financial statements’
• IFRS 11. ‘Joint arrangements’
• IFRS 12. ‘Disclosures of interests in other entities’
There are no other new IFRSs or IFRICs that are effective for the first
time this year that have a material impact on the Group.
(b) New standards, amendments and interpretations issued but
not effective for the financial year beginning 1 January 2014
and not early adopted
IFRS 15, ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’ deals with revenue
recognition and establishes principles for reporting useful information
to users of financial statements about the nature, amount, timing and
uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from an entity’s contracts
with customers. Revenue is recognised when a customer obtains
control of a good or service and thus has the ability to direct the use
and obtain benefits from the good or service. The standard replaces
IAS 18 ‘Revenue’ and IAS 11 ‘Construction contracts’ and related
interpretations. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning
on or after 1 January 2017. The Group will assess the impact of
IFRS 15 closer to the implementation date.
IFRS 9, ‘Financial instruments’ addresses the classification,
measurement and recognition of financial assets and liabilities.
The standard is effective for accounting periods beginning on
or after 1 January 2018.
There are no other IFRSs or IFRIC interpretations that are not yet
effective that would be expected to have a material impact on
the Group.
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NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES CONTINUED
Aggreko’s segments comprise three regions: The Americas,
Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia, Pacific and
Australia (APAC) as well as the Total Local business and the Total
Power Projects business. This is reflected by the Group’s divisional
management and organisational structure and the Group’s internal
financial reporting systems. The risks and rewards within the Power
Projects business are significantly different from those within the
Group’s Local business. The Local business focuses on smaller,
more frequently occurring events, whereas the Power Projects
business concentrates on large contracts, which can arise anywhere
in the world.
Central administrative costs are allocated between segments based
on revenue.
LEASES
Leases where substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership
are not transferred to the Group are classified as operating leases.
Rentals under operating leases are charged against operating profit
on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.
EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS
Items are classified as exceptional gains or losses where they are
considered by the Group to be material and are different from events
or transactions which fall within the ordinary activities of the Group
and which individually, or if of a similar type, in aggregate, need to be
disclosed by virtue of their size or incidence if the financial statements
are to be properly understood.
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property, plant and equipment is carried at cost less accumulated
depreciation and impairment losses. Cost includes purchase price,
and directly attributable costs of bringing the asset into the location
and condition where it is capable for use. Borrowing costs are not
capitalised since the assets are assembled over a short period of time.
Freehold properties are depreciated on a straight line basis over
25 years. Short leasehold properties are depreciated on a straight line
basis over the terms of each lease.
Other property, plant and equipment are depreciated on a straight
line basis at annual rates estimated to write off the cost of each asset
over its useful life from the date it is available for use. Assets in the
course of construction are not depreciated. Non-rental fleet assets
which are contract specific are depreciated over the life of the contract.
The periods of depreciation are reviewed on an annual basis and the
principal periods used are as follows:
Rental fleet
Vehicles, plant and equipment
8 to 10 years
4 to 15 years
INTANGIBLES
Intangible assets acquired as part of a business combination are
capitalised, separately from goodwill, at fair value at the date of
acquisition if the asset is separable or arises from contractual
or legal rights and its fair value can be measured reliably.
Amortisation is calculated on a straight-line method to allocate the fair
value at acquisition of each asset over their estimated useful lives as
follows: customer relationships: 10 years; non-compete agreements:
over the life of the non-compete agreements.
Acquired computer software licences are capitalised on the basis of
the costs incurred to acquire and bring to use the specific software.
These costs are amortised on a straight line basis over their estimated
useful lives, which is currently deemed to be four years.
The useful life of intangible assets is reviewed on an annual basis.
GOODWILL
On the acquisition of a business, fair values are attributed to the
net assets acquired. Goodwill arises where the fair value of the
consideration given for a business exceeds the fair value of such
assets. Goodwill arising on acquisitions is capitalised and is subject
to impairment reviews, both annually and when there are indicators
that the carrying value may not be recoverable.
For the purpose of the impairment testing, goodwill is allocated to
each of the Group’s cash generating units expected to benefit from the
synergies of the combination. Cash generating units to which goodwill
has been allocated are tested for impairment annually, or more
frequently when there is an indication that the unit may be impaired.
If the recoverable amount of the cash generating unit is less than the
carrying amount of the unit, then the impairment loss is allocated first
to reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated to the unit and
then to the other assets of the unit pro-rata on the basis of the carrying
amount of each asset in the unit.
An impairment loss recognised for goodwill is not reversed in
a subsequent period. Any impairment of goodwill is recognised
immediately in the income statement.
IMPAIRMENT OF PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND
OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (EXCLUDING GOODWILL)
Property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets are
amortised/depreciated and reviewed for impairment whenever events
or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may
not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount
by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount.
The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less costs
to sell and value in use. Value in use is calculated using estimated
cash flows. These are discounted using an appropriate long-term
pre-tax interest rate. For the purposes of assessing impairment,
assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are separately
identifiable cash flows (cash-generating units).
FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Items included in the financial statements for each of the Group’s
entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic
environment in which the entity operates (functional currency).
The Group’s consolidated financial statements are presented
in Sterling, which is the Group’s presentational currency.
At individual Company level, transactions denominated in foreign
currencies are translated at the rate of exchange on the day the
transaction occurs. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign
currency are translated at the exchange rate ruling at the balance sheet
date. Non-monetary assets are translated at the historical rate. In order
to hedge its exposure to certain foreign exchange risks, the Group
enters into forward contracts and foreign currency options.
On consolidation, assets and liabilities of subsidiary undertakings
are translated into Sterling at closing rates of exchange. Income and
cash flow statements are translated at average rates of exchange for
the period. Gains and losses from the settlement of transactions and
gains and losses on the translation of monetary assets and liabilities
denominated in other currencies are included in the income statement.
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
This accounting policy is included in Note 27 – Notes to Group
Accounts – Appendices.
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TAXATION
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is provided in full, using the liability method, on temporary
differences arising between the tax base of assets and liabilities and
their carrying amounts in the financial statements. In principle, deferred
tax liabilities are recognised for all taxable temporary differences and
deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that
taxable profits will be available against which deductible temporary
differences can be utilised. Such assets and liabilities are not
recognised if the temporary difference arises from goodwill, negative
goodwill nor from the acquisition of an asset, which does not affect
either taxable or accounting income. Deferred tax is determined using
tax rates (and laws) that have been enacted or substantially enacted
by the balance sheet date and are expected to apply when the related
deferred tax asset is realised or the deferred tax liability is settled.
Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except
when it relates to items credited or charged directly to equity, in which
case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity.
Deferred tax is provided on temporary differences arising on
investments in subsidiaries, except where the timing of the reversal of
the temporary difference is controlled by the Group and it is probable
that the temporary difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.
Provision for income taxes, mainly withholding taxes, which could
arise on the remittance of retained earnings, principally relating to
subsidiaries, is only made where there is a current intention to remit
such earnings.
Current tax
The charge for the current tax is based on the results for the year
as adjusted for items, which are non-assessable or disallowed. It is
calculated using taxation rates that have been enacted or substantially
enacted by the balance sheet date.
INVENTORIES
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value,
using the weighted average cost basis. Cost of raw materials,
consumables and work in progress includes the cost of direct
materials and, where applicable, direct labour and those overheads
that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present
location and condition.
Inventory is written down on a case by case basis if the anticipated net
realisable value declines below the carrying amount of the inventories.
Net realisable value is the estimated selling price less cost to
completion and selling expenses. When the reasons for a write-down
of the inventory have ceased to exist, the write-down is reversed.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Wages, salaries, social security contributions, paid annual leave and
sick leave, bonuses, and non-monetary benefits are accrued in the
year in which the associated services are rendered by the employees
of the Group. Where the Group provides long-term employee benefits,
the cost is accrued to match the rendering of the services by the
employees concerned.
The Group operates a defined benefit pension scheme and a number
of defined contribution pension schemes. The cost for the year for the
defined benefit scheme is determined using the attained age method
with actuarial updates to the valuation being carried out at each
balance sheet date. Remeasurements are recognised in full, directly
in retained earnings, in the period in which they occur and are shown
in the statement of comprehensive income. The current service cost
of the pension charge, interest income on scheme assets, interest on
pension scheme liabilities and administrative expenses are included in
arriving at operating profit.
The retirement benefit obligation recognised in the balance sheet is
the present value of the defined benefit obligation at the balance sheet
date less the fair value of the scheme assets. The present value of the
defined benefit obligation is determined by discounting the estimated
future cash flows using interest rates of high-quality corporate bonds.
Contributions to defined contribution pension schemes are charged to
the income statement in the period in which they become chargeable.
TRADE RECEIVABLES
Trade receivables are recognised initially at fair value (which is the
same as cost). An impairment is recorded for the difference between
the carrying amount and the recoverable amount where there is
objective evidence that the Group will not be able to collect all amounts
due. Significant financial difficulties of the debtor, probability that the
debtor will enter bankruptcy or financial reorganisation and default,
or large and old outstanding balances, particularly in countries
where the legal system is not easily used to enforce recovery, are
considered indicators that the trade receivable is impaired. When a
trade receivable is uncollectible it is written off against the provision
for impairment of trade receivables.
TRADE PAYABLES
Trade payables are recognised initially at fair value (which is the same
as cost).
PROVISIONS
Provisions are recognised where a legal or constructive obligation
has been incurred which will probably lead to an outflow of resources
that can be reasonably estimated. Provisions are recorded for the
estimated ultimate liability that is expected to arise, taking into account
the time value of money where material.
A contingent liability is disclosed where the existence of the obligation
will only be confirmed by future events, or where the amount of
the obligation cannot be measured with reasonable reliability.
Contingent assets are not recognised, but are disclosed where an
inflow of economic benefits is probable.
SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS
This accounting policy is included in Note 27 – Notes to Group
Accounts – Appendices.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and deposits with
a maturity of three months or less.
BORROWINGS
Borrowings are recognised initially at fair value, net of transaction
costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently stated at amortised
cost. Any difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs,
and the redemption value is recognised in the income statement
over the period of the borrowings using the effective interest rate.
DIVIDEND DISTRIBUTION
Dividend distribution to the Company’s Shareholders is recognised
as a liability in the Group’s financial statements in the period in
which the dividends are approved by the Company’s Shareholders.
Interim dividends are recognised when paid.
KEY ASSUMPTIONS AND SIGNIFICANT JUDGEMENTS
The Group uses estimates and makes judgements in the preparation
of its Accounts. The most sensitive areas affecting the Accounts are
discussed below.
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NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES CONTINUED
Trade receivables
Trade receivables are recognised initially at fair value (which is the
same as cost). An impairment is recorded for the difference between
the carrying amount and the recoverable amount where there is
objective evidence that the Group may not be able to collect all
amounts due. Significant financial difficulties of the debtor, probability
that the debtor will enter bankruptcy or financial reorganisation and
default, or large and old outstanding balances, particularly in countries
where the legal system is not easily used to enforce recovery, are
considered indicators that the trade receivable is impaired.
The majority of the contracts the Group enters into are small relative
to the size of the Group and, if a customer fails to pay a debt, this
is dealt with in the normal course of business. However, some of
the contracts the Group undertakes in developing countries are
very large, and are in jurisdictions where payment practices can be
unpredictable. The Group monitors the risk profile and debtor position
of all such contracts regularly, and deploys a variety of techniques to
mitigate the risks of delayed or non-payment; these include securing
advance payments and guarantees. As a result of the rigorous
approach to risk management, historically the Group has had a low
level of bad debt write-offs although the risk of a major default is high.
When a trade receivable is uncollectible it is written off against the
provision for impairment of trade receivables. At 31 December 2014
the provision for impairment of trade receivables in the balance sheet
was £55 million (2013: £61 million).
Taxation
Aggreko’s tax charge is based on the profit for the year and tax rates
in force at the balance sheet date. As well as corporation tax, Aggreko
is subject to indirect taxes such as sales and employment taxes
across various tax jurisdictions in the approximately 100 countries
in which the Group operates. The varying nature and complexity of
the tax law requires the Group to review its tax positions and make
appropriate judgements at the balance sheet date. Due to the volatile
nature of the tax environment in many of the countries in which we
operate, it can take some time to settle our tax position. We therefore
create appropriate tax provisions for any significant potential uncertain
or contentious tax positions. As at 31 December 2014 we had tax
provisions of £69 million (2013: £70 million). In addition the recognition
of deferred tax assets is dependent upon an estimation of future
taxable profits that will be available against which deductible temporary
differences can be utilised. In the event that actual taxable profits
are different, such differences may impact the carrying value of
such deferred tax assets in future periods. Further information is
shown at Notes 9 and 20 to the Annual Report and Accounts.
FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
Financial risk factors
The Group’s operations expose it to a variety of financial risks that
include liquidity, the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange
rates, interest rates and credit risk. The Group has a centralised
treasury operation whose primary role is to ensure that adequate
liquidity is available to meet the Group’s funding requirements as
they arise, and that financial risk arising from the Group’s underlying
operations is effectively identified and managed.
The treasury operations are conducted in accordance with policies
and procedures approved by the Board and are reviewed annually.
Financial instruments are only executed for hedging purposes and
transactions that are speculative in nature are expressly forbidden.
Monthly reports are provided to senior management and treasury
operations are subject to periodic internal and external review.
Liquidity, funding and capital management
The intention of Aggreko’s strategy is to deliver long-term value to
its Shareholders whilst maintaining a balance sheet structure that
safeguards the Group’s financial position through economic cycles.
Total capital is equity as shown in the Group balance sheet.
Given the proven ability of the business to fund organic growth
from operating cash flows, and the nature of our business model, we
believe it is sensible to run the business with a modest amount of debt.
We say ‘modest’ because we are strongly of the view that it is unwise
to run a business which has high levels of operational gearing with high
levels of financial gearing. Given the above considerations, we believe
that a Net Debt to EBITDA ratio of around one times is appropriate
for the Group over the longer term. Absent a major acquisition, or the
requirement for an unusual level of fleet investment, this level gives
us the ability to deal with the normal fluctuations in capital expenditure
(which can be quite sharp: +/– £200 million in a year) and working
capital, and is well within our covenants to lenders which stand at
three times Net Debt to EBITDA. Given the strong cash generation
seen in recent years we believed that it was appropriate to supplement
the ordinary dividend with an additional return to Shareholders in 2014
of £200 million (refer to Note 21 for more details).
At the end of 2014, Net Debt to EBITDA had increased to 0.9 times
from 31 December 2013 when the ratio of Net Debt to EBITDA was
0.6 times.
The Group maintains sufficient facilities to meet its normal funding
requirements over the medium term. At 31 December 2014 these
facilities totalled £858 million in the form of committed bank facilities
arranged on a bilateral basis with a number of international banks and
private placement notes. The financial covenants attached to these
facilities are that EBITDA should be no less than four times interest and
net debt should be no more than three times EBITDA; at 31 December
2014, these stood at 27 times and 0.9 times respectively. The Group
does not consider that these covenants are restrictive to its operations.
The maturity profile of the borrowings is detailed in Note 17 in the
Annual Report and Accounts. Net debt amounted to £494 million at
31 December 2014 and, at that date, un-drawn committed facilities
were £367 million.
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Credit risk
Cash deposits and other financial instruments give rise to credit risk
on amounts due from counterparties. The Group manages this risk
by limiting the aggregate amounts and their duration depending on
external credit ratings of the relevant counterparty. In the case of
financial assets exposed to credit risk, the carrying amount in the
balance sheet, net of any applicable provisions for loss, represents
the amount exposed to credit risk.
Management of trade receivables
The management of trade receivables is the responsibility of the
operating units, although they report monthly to Group on debtor days,
debtor ageing and significant outstanding debts. At an operating unit
level a credit rating is normally established for each customer based
on ratings from external agencies. Where no ratings are available, cash
in advance payment terms are often established for new customers.
Credit limits are reviewed on a regular basis. Some of the contracts
undertaken in our Power Projects business are substantial, and
are in jurisdictions where payment practices can be unpredictable.
The Group monitors the risk profile and debtor-position of all such
contracts regularly, and deploys a variety of techniques to mitigate
the risks of delayed or non-payment; these include securing advance
payments, bank guarantees and various types of insurance. On the
largest contracts, all such arrangements are approved at Group level.
Contracts are reviewed on a case by case basis to determine the
customer and country risk.
Insurance
The Group operates a policy of buying cover against the material
risks which the business faces, where it is possible to purchase such
cover on reasonable terms. Where this is not possible, or where the
risks would not have a material impact on the Group as a whole,
we self-insure.
1 Trading profit represents operating profit before gain on sale of property,
plant and equipment.
1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES CONTINUED
Interest rate risk
The Group’s policy is to manage the exposure to interest rates
by ensuring an appropriate balance of fixed and floating rates.
At 31 December 2014, £305 million of the net debt of £494 million
was at fixed rates of interest resulting in a fixed to floating rate net
debt ratio of 62:38 (2013: 79:21). The Group monitors its interest rate
exposure on a regular basis by applying forecast interest rates to the
Group’s forecast net debt profile after taking into account its existing
hedges. The Group also calculates the impact on profit and loss of a
defined interest rate shift for all currencies. Based on the simulations
performed, the impact on profit or loss of a +/– 100 basis-point
shift, after taking into account existing hedges, would be £2 million
(2013: £1 million). The sensitivity analysis is performed on a monthly
basis and is reported to the Board.
Foreign exchange risk
The Group is subject to currency exposure on the translation of its net
investments in overseas subsidiaries into Sterling. In order to reduce
the currency risk arising, the Group uses direct borrowings in the same
currency as those investments. Group borrowings are predominantly
drawn down in the currencies affecting the Group, namely US Dollar,
Canadian Dollar, Mexican Peso and Brazilian Real.
The Group manages its currency flows to minimise foreign exchange
risk arising on transactions denominated in foreign currencies and
uses forward contracts where appropriate in order to hedge net
currency flows.
The negative impact of currency decreased our revenues by
£126 million (2013: decreased by £10 million) and trading profit
by £40 million (2013: decreased by £6 million) for the year ended
31 December 2014. The Group monitors the impact of exchange
closely and regularly carries out sensitivity analysis. For every
5% movement in the US Dollar to GBP exchange rate there is
an approximate impact of £11 million (2013: £12 million) in trading profit1
in terms of translation.
Currency translation also gave rise to a £9 million decrease in
reserves as a result of year-on-year movements in the exchange
rates (2013: decrease of £89 million). For every 5% movement in
the Dollar, there is an approximate impact in equity of £23 million
(2013: £15 million) arising from the currency translation of external
borrowings which are being used as a net investment hedge.
However this will be offset by a corresponding movement in
the equity of the net investment being hedged.
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NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
2 CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Profit for the year
Adjustments for:
Tax
Depreciation
Amortisation of intangibles
Finance income
Finance cost
Profit on sale of PPE (see below)
Share-based payments
Changes in working capital (excluding the effects of
exchange differences on consolidation):
(Increase)/decrease in inventories
Increase in trade and other receivables
Decrease in trade and other payables
Net movement in provisions for liabilities and charges
Cash generated from operations
In the cash flow statement, proceeds from sale of PPE comprise:
Net book amount
Profit on sale of PPE
Proceeds from sale of PPE
Profit on sale of PPE is shown within other income in the income statement.
3 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash at bank and in hand
Short-term bank deposits
2014
£ million
215
74
259
3
(2)
23
(4)
3
(11)
(57)
(5)
–
498
2013
£ million
246
87
273
5
(1)
26
(6)
(2)
23
(32)
(10)
(6)
603
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
8
4
12
8
6
14
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
30
7
37
23
15
38
The effective interest rate on short-term bank deposits was 19% (2013: 21%); these deposits have a maturity of less than 90 days. Cash is only
held in banks which have been approved by Group Treasury.
Cash and bank overdrafts include the following for the purposes of the cash flow statement:
Cash and cash equivalents
Bank overdrafts (Note 17)
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
37
(11)
26
38
(26)
12
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4 SEGMENTAL REPORTING
(A) REVENUE BY SEGMENT
Americas
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Asia, Pacific and Australia
Group
Local business
Power Projects
Group
1
2
3
4
External revenue
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
684
647
246
1,577
904
673
1,577
645
625
303
1,573
904
669
1,573
(i) Inter-segment transfers or transactions are entered into under the normal commercial terms and conditions that would also be available to
unrelated third-parties. All inter-segment revenue was less than £1 million.
(ii) Trading profit in table 4(B) below is defined as operating profit of £310 million (2013: £358 million) excluding gain on sale of property, plant and
equipment of £4 million (2013: £6 million).
(B) PROFIT BY SEGMENT
Trading profit
Gain on sale of PPE
Operating profit
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
Americas
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Asia, Pacific and Australia
Group
Local business
Power Projects
Operating profit
Finance costs – net
Profit before taxation
Taxation
Profit for the year
(C) DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION BY SEGMENT
Americas
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Asia, Pacific and Australia
Group
Local business
Power Projects
Group
141
116
49
306
139
167
306
147
114
91
352
158
194
352
2
1
1
4
2
2
4
3
2
1
6
4
2
6
143
117
50
310
141
169
310
(21)
289
(74)
215
150
116
92
358
162
196
358
(25)
333
(87)
246
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
101
108
53
262
143
119
262
107
109
62
278
144
134
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
4 SEGMENTAL REPORTING CONTINUED
(D) CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS BY SEGMENT
Americas
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Asia, Pacific and Australia
Group
Local business
Power Projects
Group
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
134
83
39
256
178
78
256
103
68
57
228
117
111
228
Capital expenditure comprises additions of property, plant and equipment (PPE) of £251 million (2013: £228 million), acquisitions of PPE of
£2 million (2013: £nil million), and acquisitions of other intangible assets of £3 million (2013: £nil million).
(E) ASSETS/(LIABILITIES) BY SEGMENT
Americas
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Asia, Pacific and Australia
Group
Local business
Power Projects
Group
Tax and finance payable
Derivative financial instruments
Borrowings
Retirement benefit obligation
Total assets/(liabilities) per balance sheet
(F) AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES BY SEGMENT
Americas
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Asia, Pacific and Australia
Group
Local business
Power Projects
Group
(G) RECONCILIATION OF NET OPERATING ASSETS TO NET ASSETS
Net operating assets
Retirement benefit obligation
Net tax and finance payable
Borrowings and derivative financial instruments
Net assets
Assets
Liabilities
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
868
789
342
1,999
1,127
872
1,999
43
5
–
–
2,047
819
726
375
1,920
1,071
849
1,920
44
11
–
–
1,975
(102)
(164)
(43)
(309)
(139)
(170)
(309)
(125)
(8)
(520)
(7)
(969)
(107)
(160)
(55)
(322)
(144)
(178)
(322)
(123)
(9)
(375)
(6)
(835)
2014
Number
2013
Number
2,904
2,332
876
6,112
4,112
2,000
6,112
2,771
2,075
903
5,749
3,768
1,981
5,749
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
1,690
(7)
(82)
1,601
(523)
1,078
1,598
(6)
(79)
1,513
(373)
1,140
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5 PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION
The following items have been included in arriving at profit before taxation:
Staff costs (Note 7)
Cost of inventories recognised as an expense (included in cost of sales)
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Amortisation of intangibles (included in administrative expenses)
Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment
Trade receivables impairment (included in administrative expenses)
Operating lease rentals payable
6 AUDITORS’ REMUNERATION
Audit services
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor for the audit of the Company’s annual accounts and consolidated
financial statements
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor and its associates for other services:
– The audit of the Company’s subsidiaries
– Other assurance related services
– Tax compliance
– Tax advice
1
2
3
4
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
314
78
259
3
(4)
(4)
38
311
73
273
5
(6)
–
36
2014
£000
2013
£000
262
616
147
54
27
178
730
107
45
27
In addition to the above services, the Group’s auditors acted as auditor to the Group’s defined benefit pension scheme. The appointment of
auditors to this pension scheme and the fees paid in respect of the audit and for any other services are agreed by the Trustee of the scheme,
who act independently from the management of the Group. The aggregate fees paid to the Group’s auditors for audit and non-audit services
to the pension scheme during the year were £8k (2013: £9k).
7 EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
Staff costs for the Group during the year:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Share-based payments
Pension costs – defined contribution plans
Pension costs – defined benefit plans (Note 27.A6)
Full details of Directors’ remuneration are set out in the Remuneration Report on pages 92 to 118.
The key management comprise Executive and Non-executive Directors.
Short-term employee benefits
Termination benefits
Post-employment benefits
Share-based payments
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2014
£ million
2013
£ million
260
38
3
11
2
314
276
27
(2)
8
2
311
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
4
1
–
–
5
5
–
1
–
6
145
ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
8 NET FINANCE CHARGE
Finance costs on bank loans and overdrafts
Finance income on bank balances and deposits
9 TAXATION
Analysis of charge in year
Current tax expense:
– UK corporation tax
– Double taxation relief
– Overseas taxation
Adjustments in respect of prior years:
– UK
– Overseas
Deferred taxation (Note 20):
– temporary differences arising in current year
– movements in respect of prior years
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
(23)
2
(21)
(26)
1
(25)
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
4
–
4
77
81
–
(4)
77
(4)
1
74
5
(1)
4
78
82
(5)
15
92
3
(8)
87
During the year the UK corporation tax rate reduced from 23% to 21% with effect from 1 April 2014. This results in a UK corporation tax rate for
the year ended 31 December 2014 of 21.5%.
The tax (charge)/credit relating to components of other comprehensive income is as follows:
Deferred tax on hedging reserve movements
Deferred tax on retirement benefits
Current tax on exchange movements
The tax (charge)/credit relating to equity is as follows:
Current tax on share-based payments
Deferred tax on share-based payments
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
–
–
–
–
(1)
1
2
2
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
–
–
–
3
(3)
–
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1
2
3
4
9 TAXATION CONTINUED
Variances between the current tax charge and the standard 21.5% (2013: 23.3%) UK corporate tax rate when applied to profit on ordinary
activities for the year are as follows:
Profit before taxation
Tax calculated at 21.5% (2013: 23.3%) standard UK corporate rate
Differences between UK and overseas tax rates
Permanent differences
Impact of deferred tax rate changes
Deferred tax assets not recognised
Tax on current year profit
Prior year adjustments – current tax
Prior year adjustments – deferred tax
Total tax on profit
Effective tax rate
10 DIVIDENDS
Final paid
Interim paid
2014
£ million
289
2013
£ million
333
62
18
(3)
(1)
1
77
(4)
1
74
77
6
(1)
(1)
4
85
10
(8)
87
26%
26%
2014
£ million
46
24
70
2014
per share (p)
17.19
9.38
26.57
2013
£ million
2013
per share (p)
42
24
66
15.63
9.11
24.74
In addition, the Directors are proposing a final dividend in respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2014 of 17.74 pence per share which
will absorb an estimated £45 million of Shareholders’ funds. It will be paid on 26 May 2015 to Shareholders who are on the register of members
on 24 April 2015.
11 EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic earnings per share have been calculated by dividing the earnings attributable to ordinary Shareholders by the weighted average number
of shares in issue during the year, excluding shares held by the Employee Share Ownership Trusts which are treated as cancelled.
Profit for the year (£ million)
Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares in issue (million)
Basic earnings per share (pence)
2014
215
261
82.57
2013
246
267
92.15
For diluted earnings per share, the weighted average number of Ordinary Shares in issue is adjusted to assume conversion of all potentially
dilutive Ordinary Shares. These represent share options granted to employees where the exercise price is less than the average market price of
the Company’s Ordinary Shares during the year. The number of shares calculated as above is compared with the number of shares that would
have been issued assuming the exercise of the share options.
Profit for the year (£ million)
Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares in issue (million)
Adjustment for share options and B Shares (million)
Diluted weighted average number of Ordinary Shares in issue (million)
Diluted earnings per share (pence)
2014
215
261
–
261
82.49
2013
246
267
–
267
92.03
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
12 GOODWILL
Cost
At 1 January
Acquisitions
Exchange adjustments
At 31 December
Accumulated impairment losses
Net book value
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
133
1
(4)
130
145
–
(12)
133
–
–
130
133
On 6 November 2014, the Group acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Golden Triangle Generators Limited (GTGL). The purchase
consideration, paid in cash, comprises a fixed element of £4 million and further payments up to a maximum of £2 million dependent on financial
performance during 2015. The fair value of net assets acquired was £5 million (Total assets of £5 million and total liabilities of £nil) resulting in
goodwill of £1 million. GTGL is a leading provider of rental power solutions to customers in the northwest of the UK and this acquisition will help
us increase our presence in the geographical area.
Goodwill impairment tests
Goodwill has been allocated to cash generating units (CGUs) as follows:
Americas
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Asia, Pacific and Australia
Group
Local business
Power Projects
Group
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
109
13
8
130
128
2
130
113
12
8
133
131
2
133
Goodwill is tested for impairment annually or whenever there is an indication that the asset may be impaired. Goodwill is monitored by
management at an operating segment level. The recoverable amounts of the CGUs are determined from value in use calculations. The key
assumptions for value in use calculations are those relating to expected changes in revenue and the cost base, discount rates and long-term
growth rates. The discount rate used for business valuations was 8.8% after tax (2013: 8.6%), based on the weighted average cost of capital
(WACC) of the Group. Before tax the estimated discount rate was 12.1% (2013: 11.7%). The WACC was calculated using the market capitalisation
basis as at 31 December 2014 (i.e. equity valued basis).
On the basis that the business carried out by all CGUs is closely related and assets can be redeployed around the Group as required, a
consistent Group discount rate has been used for all CGUs. Values in use were determined using current year cash flows, a prudent view of
future market trends and excludes any growth capital expenditure. A terminal cash flow was calculated using a long-term growth rate of 2.0%.
As at 31 December 2014, based on internal valuations, Aggreko plc management concluded that the values in use of the CGUs significantly
exceeded their net asset value.
The Directors consider that there is no reasonably possible change in the key assumptions made in their impairment calculations that would give
rise to an impairment.
13 OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Refer to Note 27.A2.
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1
2
3
4
Freehold
properties
£ million
Short
leasehold
properties
£ million
Rental
fleet
£ million
Vehicles,
plant and
equipment
£ million
Total
£ million
63
2
12
–
–
77
19
2
2
–
23
54
44
19
–
2
–
(1)
20
12
–
2
(1)
13
7
7
2,373
68
226
2
(70)
2,599
1,291
42
243
(63)
1,513
1,086
1,082
84
–
11
–
(6)
89
52
–
12
(5)
59
30
32
2,539
70
251
2
(77)
2,785
1,374
44
259
(69)
1,608
1,177
1,165
Freehold
properties
£ million
Short
leasehold
properties
£ million
Rental
fleet
£ million
Vehicles,
plant and
equipment
£ million
Total
£ million
59
(1)
7
(2)
63
18
–
2
(1)
19
44
41
18
(1)
2
–
19
10
–
2
–
12
7
8
2,328
(108)
205
(52)
2,373
1,134
(54)
257
(46)
1,291
1,082
1,194
95
(5)
14
(20)
84
62
(3)
12
(19)
52
32
33
2,500
(115)
228
(74)
2,539
1,224
(57)
273
(66)
1,374
1,165
1,276
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
158
5
163
144
5
149
14 PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Year ended 31 December 2014
Cost
At 1 January 2014
Exchange adjustments
Additions
Acquisitions
Disposals
At 31 December 2014
Accumulated depreciation
At 1 January 2014
Exchange adjustments
Charge for the year
Disposals
At 31 December 2014
Net book values:
At 31 December 2014
At 31 December 2013
Year ended 31 December 2013
Cost
At 1 January 2013
Exchange adjustments
Additions
Disposals
At 31 December 2013
Accumulated depreciation
At 1 January 2013
Exchange adjustments
Charge for the year
Disposals
At 31 December 2013
Net book values:
At 31 December 2013
At 31 December 2012
15 INVENTORIES
Raw materials and consumables
Work in progress
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
16 TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES
Trade receivables
Less: provision for impairment of receivables
Trade receivables – net
Prepayments
Accrued income
Other receivables
Total receivables
The value of trade and other receivables quoted in the table above also represent the fair value of these items.
The carrying amounts of the Group’s trade and other receivables are denominated in the following currencies:
Sterling
Euro
US Dollar
Other currencies
Movements on the Group’s provision for impairment of trade receivables are as follows:
At 1 January
Net provision for receivables impairment
Receivables written off during the year as uncollectable
Exchange
At 31 December
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
381
(55)
326
32
82
34
474
346
(61)
285
26
77
29
417
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
14
55
168
237
474
9
53
210
145
417
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
61
(4)
(3)
1
55
63
–
(1)
(1)
61
Credit quality of trade receivables
The table below analyses the total trade receivables balance per operating segment into fully performing, past due and impaired.
31 December 2014
Americas
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Asia, Pacific and Australia
Group
Local business
Power Projects
Group
Fully
performing
£ million
Past
due
£ million
Impaired
£ million
Total
£ million
35
77
14
126
76
50
126
96
73
31
200
80
120
200
23
26
6
55
17
38
55
154
176
51
381
173
208
381
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16 TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES CONTINUED
31 December 2013
Americas
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Asia, Pacific and Australia
Group
Local business
Power Projects
Group
1
2
3
4
Fully
performing
£ million
Past
due
£ million
Impaired
£ million
Total
£ million
29
69
18
116
74
42
116
82
59
28
169
64
105
169
35
20
6
61
12
49
61
146
148
52
346
150
196
346
Trade receivables are classified as impaired if they are not considered recoverable. 40% of the amounts past due are less than 30 days past due
(2013: 43%).
The Group assesses credit quality differently in relation to its two business models as explained below:
Local business
Our Local business serves customers in North, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australasia. It is a high
transaction intensive business focused on frequently occurring events and the majority of the contracts in this business are small relative to
the size of the Group. There is no concentration of credit risk in this business other than in the case of a major event, for example, the London
Olympics, which was included in the Europe, Middle East and Africa business in 2012. Apart from these type of major events there are a large
number of customers who are unrelated and internationally dispersed.
The management of trade receivables is the responsibility of the operating units, although they report monthly to Group on debtor days, debtor
ageing and significant outstanding debts. At an operating unit level a credit rating is normally established for each customer based on ratings
from external agencies. Where no ratings are available, cash in advance payment terms are often established for new customers. Credit limits
are reviewed on a regular basis. The effectiveness of this credit process has meant that the Group has historically had a low level of bad debt
in the Local business. Receivables written off during the year as uncollectable as a percentage of total gross debtors was 2% (2013: 1%).
Power Projects
Our Power Projects business concentrates on medium to very large contracts. Customers are mainly in developing countries and include
power utilities, governments, armed forces, oil companies and mining companies.
In addition the majority of the contracts above are in jurisdictions where payment practices can be unpredictable. The Group monitors the risk
profile and debtor position of all such contracts regularly, and deploys a variety of techniques to mitigate the risks of delayed or non-payment;
these include securing advance payments, bonds and guarantees. On the largest contracts, all such arrangements are approved at a Group
level. Contracts are reviewed on a case by case basis to determine the customer and country risk. To date the Group has also had a low level
of bad debt in the Power Projects business although the risk of a major default is high.
The total trade receivables balance as at 31 December 2014 for our Power Projects business was £208 million (2013: £196 million). Within this
balance, receivable balances totalling £83 million (2013: £85 million) had some form of payment cover attached to them. This payment cover
guards against the risk of customer default rather than the risk associated with customer disputes. The risk associated with the remaining
£125 million (2013: £111 million) is deemed to be either acceptable or payment cover is not obtainable in a cost effective manner.
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
17 BORROWINGS
Non-current
Bank borrowings
Private placement notes
Current
Bank overdrafts
Bank borrowings
Total borrowings
Short-term deposits
Cash at bank and in hand
Net borrowings
Overdrafts and borrowings are unsecured.
(i) Maturity of financial liabilities
The maturity profile of the borrowings was as follows:
Within 1 year, or on demand
Between 1 and 2 years
Between 2 and 3 years
Between 3 and 4 years
Between 4 and 5 years
Greater than 5 years
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
214
241
455
11
65
76
531
(7)
(30)
494
138
227
365
26
10
36
401
(15)
(23)
363
2014
£ million
76
191
–
71
16
177
531
2013
£ million
36
38
100
–
45
182
401
(ii) Borrowing facilities
The Group has the following undrawn committed floating rate borrowing facilities available at 31 December 2014 in respect of which all conditions
precedent had been met at that date:
Expiring within 1 year
Expiring between 1 and 2 years
Expiring between 2 and 3 years
Expiring between 3 and 4 years
Expiring between 4 and 5 years
Expiring after 5 years
(iii) Interest rate risk profile of financial liabilities
Refer to Note 27.A3.
(iv) Interest rate risk profile of financial assets
Refer to Note 27.A3.
(v) Preference share capital
Refer to Note 27.A3.
2014
£ million
189
128
–
50
–
–
367
2013
£ million
30
185
202
–
72
–
489
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18 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Refer to Note 27.A4.
(i) Fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities
Refer to Note 27.A4.
(ii) Summary of methods and assumptions
Refer to Note 27.A4.
(iii) Derivative financial instruments
Refer to Note 27.A4.
(iv) The exposure of the Group to interest rate changes when borrowings reprice
Refer to Note 27.A4.
19 TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES
Trade payables
Other taxation and social security payable
Other payables
Accruals
Deferred income
The value of trade and other payables quoted in the table above also represent the fair value of these items.
20 DEFERRED TAX
At 1 January
Impact of rate reduction
Deferred tax on acquisitions
Credit to the income statement (Note 9)
Debit to equity
Exchange differences
At 31 December
1
2
3
4
2014
£ million
82
8
78
113
22
303
2013
£ million
81
9
77
113
20
300
2014
£ million
(28)
1
(1)
2
–
(5)
(31)
2013
£ million
(28)
1
–
4
(3)
(2)
(28)
No deferred tax liability has been recognised in respect of unremitted earnings of subsidiaries. It is likely that the majority of the overseas earnings
will qualify for the UK dividend exemption and the Group can control the distribution of dividends by its subsidiaries. In some countries, local tax
is payable on the remittance of a dividend. Were dividends to be remitted from these countries, the additional tax payable would be £15 million.
The movements in deferred tax assets and liabilities (prior to off setting of balances within the same jurisdiction as permitted by IAS 12) during
the period are shown below. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are only offset where there is a legally enforceable right of offset and there is an
intention to settle the balances net.
Deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that the realisation of the related deferred tax benefit through future taxable profits is probable.
The Group did not recognise deferred tax assets of £6 million (2013: £5 million) of which £6 million (2013: £5 million) relates to carried forward
tax losses as our forecasts indicate that these assets will not reverse in the near future.
Deferred tax assets of £18 million (2013: £13 million) have been recognised in respect of entities which have suffered a loss in either the current
or preceding period.
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
20 DEFERRED TAX CONTINUED
Deferred tax liabilities
At 1 January 2014
Credit to the income statement
Exchange differences
At 31 December 2014
Deferred tax assets
At 1 January 2014
Charge/(credit) to the income statement
Deferred tax on acquisition
At 31 December 2014
Accelerated capital
depreciation
£ million
(64)
–
–
(64)
Other temporary
differences
£ million
13
3
(5)
11
Total
£ million
(51)
3
(5)
(53)
Accelerated capital
depreciation
£ million
2
(8)
(1)
(7)
Other temporary
differences
£ million
21
8
–
29
Total
£ million
23
–
(1)
22
The net deferred tax liability due after more than one year is £31 million (2013: liability of £28 million).
21 SHARE CAPITAL
(i) Ordinary Shares
At 1 January (2014 and 2013: Ordinary Shares of 13549⁄775 pence)
Employee share option scheme
Share consolidation (79 for 83 shares as at 27 May 2014*)
Share split:
Deferred Ordinary Shares (Note (i))
B Shares (Note (iii))
Transfer to capital redemption reserve (Note (ii))
At 31 December (2014: Ordinary Shares of 4329⁄395 pence;
2013: Ordinary Shares of 13549⁄775 pence)
2014
Number of
shares
269,029,545
56,870
(12,968,020)
–
–
–
2014
£000
36,880
8
–
(17,147)
(181)
(7,182)
2013
Number of
shares
268,366,083
663,462
–
–
–
–
2013
£000
36,789
91
–
–
–
–
256,118,395
12,378
269,029,545
36,880
(ii) Deferred Ordinary Shares of 618⁄25 pence (2013: 618⁄25 pence)
At 1 January and 31 December
182,700,915
12,278
182,700,915
12,278
(iii) Deferred Ordinary Shares of 1⁄775 pence (2013: 1⁄775 pence)
At 1 January and 31 December
18,352,057,648
237
18,352,057,648
237
(iv) Deferred Ordinary Shares of 984⁄775 pence (2013: nil)
At 1 January
Share split (Note (i))
At 31 December
(v) B Shares of 984⁄775 pence (2013: nil)
At 1 January
Share split (Note (iii))
At 31 December
–
188,251,587
188,251,587
–
17,147
17,147
–
1,989,357
1,989,357
–
181
181
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
* Based on 269,086,415 Ordinary Shares of 13549⁄775
pence each on record date of 27 May 2014.
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21 SHARE CAPITAL CONTINUED
In June 2014 the Group completed a return of capital using a B Share structure. The main terms of the return of capital and related consolidation
of Ordinary Shares were:
– the issue of one B Share of par value 984⁄775 pence for every one existing Ordinary Share held on the record date. This resulted in the creation of
269,086,415 B Shares; and
– the issue of 79 new Ordinary Shares of par value 4329⁄395 pence for every 83 existing Ordinary Shares held on the record date.
As a result of the return of capital:
(i) From the 269,086,415 B Shares created a special dividend of 75 pence per B Share was paid on 188,251,587 B Shares, which then converted
into deferred shares of negligible value resulting in a cash payment from the Company of £141.2 million on 6 June 2014;
(ii) A further 78,845,471 B Shares were bought back at 75 pence each resulting in a cash payment from the Company of £59.1 million on
6 June 2014. As a result of this transaction £7,182k was transferred from Ordinary Share capital to the capital redemption reserve being
78,845,471 shares at par value 984⁄775 and;
(iii) The Company intends to further offer to purchase the remaining 1,989,357 B Shares in the future at 75 pence each.
£2 million has been transferred back to the Group from the Group Employee Benefit Trust. Such amount represents the portion of the 2011 return
of capital received by the Employee Benefit Trust in respect of the B Shares created out of the Ordinary Shares held in the Employee Benefit Trust
at the time of the 2011 return; and is equivalent to 55 pence per B Share.
During the year 15 Ordinary Shares of 13549⁄775 pence each have been issued to the Aggreko plc Employee Benefit Trust. In addition 56,855 shares
were allotted to US participants in the Long-Term Incentive Plan.
SHARE OPTIONS
Refer to Note 27.A5.
22 TREASURY SHARES
Treasury shares
2014
£ million
(14)
2013
£ million
(24)
Interests in own shares represents the cost of 824,036 of the Company’s Ordinary Shares (nominal value 4329⁄395 pence). Movement during the
year was as follows:
1 January
Purchase of shares
Shares received from Aggreko plc
Long-term Incentive Plan Maturity
Sharesave maturity
UK Deferred bonus plan
Share consolidation (79 for 83 shares (Note 21))
31 December
2014
Number of
shares
1,331,750
–
15
(183,306)
(273,892)
(6,105)
(44,426)
824,036
2013
Number of
shares
2,176,628
62,459
–
(855,501)
(51,836)
–
–
1,331,750
These shares represent 0.3% of issued share capital as at 31 December 2014 (2013: 0.5%).
These shares were acquired by a Trust in the open market using funds provided by Aggreko plc to meet obligations under the Long-term
Incentive Arrangements and Aggreko Sharesave Plans. The costs of funding and administering the scheme are charged to the income
statement of the Company in the period to which they relate. The market value of the shares at 31 December 2014 was £12 million (31 December
2013: £23 million).
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NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
23 CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
Contracted but not provided for (property, plant and equipment)
24 OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS – MINIMUM LEASE PAYMENTS
Commitments under non-cancellable operating leases expiring:
Within one year
Later than one year and less than five years
After five years
Total
25 PENSION COMMITMENTS
Refer to Note 27.A6.
2014
£ million
18
2013
£ million
15
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
24
40
11
75
25
42
13
80
26 INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES
The subsidiary undertakings of Aggreko plc at the year end, and the main countries in which they operate, are shown on the next page. All companies
are wholly owned and, unless otherwise stated, incorporated in UK or in the principal country of operation and are involved in the supply of
temporary power, temperature control and related services.
All shareholdings are of Ordinary Shares or other equity capital.
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26 INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES CONTINUED
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Tanzania
Republic of Trinidad & Tobago
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Senegal
Singapore
Angola
Argentina
Australia
Barbados
Belgium
Brazil
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
Aggreko Angola Lda
Aggreko Argentina S.R.L.
Aggreko Generators Rental Pty Limited
Aggreko Barbados Limited
Aggreko Belgium NV
Aggreko Energia Locacao de Geradores Ltd
Aggreko Cameroon S.R.L.
Aggreko Canada Inc
Aggreko Financial Holdings Limited +
Aggreko Chile Limitada
Aggreko (Shanghai) Energy
Equipment Rental Company Limited
Aggreko Colombia SAS
Aggreko Costa Rica S.A. ++++
Aggreko Cote d’lvoire S.A.R.L.
Aggreko (Middle East) Limited
Aggreko DRC S.P.R.L.
Aggreko Dominican Republic
Aggreko Energy Ecuador CIA
Aggreko Finland Oy
Aggreko France S.A.R.L.
Aggreko Gabon S.A.R.L.
Golden Triangle Generators Limited
Aggreko Deutschland GmbH
Aggreko Hong Kong Limited
Aggreko Energy Rental India Private Limited +++
PT Aggreko Energy Services (Indonesia)
Aggreko Ireland Limited
Aggreko Italia S.R.L.
Aggreko Japan Limited
Aggreko Kenya Energy Rentals Limited
Aggreko Malaysia SDN BHD
Aggreko Shanduka Mauritius Limited***
Aggreko Energy Mexico SA de CV
Aggreko Services Mexico SA de CV
Aggreko SA de CV ++++
Aggreko Mocambique Limitada
Aggreko Myanmar Co Limited
Aggreko Namibia Energy Rentals (Pty) Ltd
Aggreko (NZ) Limited
Aggreko Projects Limited
Aggreko Gas Power Generation Limited ++++
Aggreko Norway AS
Aggreko Energy Rentals Panama SA
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire
Cyprus*
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Finland
France
Gabon
UK
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Malaysia
Mauritius
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
New Zealand
Nigeria
Nigeria
Norway
Panama
Aggreko Generator Rentals (PNG) Limited ++++
Aggreko Peru S.A.C.
Aggreko Energy Rental Solutions Inc
Aggreko Polska Spolka Z Organiczona
Aggreko Energy Rentals Tanzania Limited
Aggreko Trinidad Limited
Aggreko South East Europe S.R.L.
Aggreko Eurasia LLC
Aggreko Rwanda Limited
Aggreko Senegal S.A.R.L.
Aggreko (Singapore) PTE Limited
Aggreko Energy Rental South Africa
(Proprietary) Limited
Aggreko South Korea Limited
Aggreko Iberia SA
Aggreko (Thailand) Limited
Aggreko Americas Holdings B.V. +
Aggreko Euro Holdings B.V. +
Aggreko Rest of the World Holdings B.V. +
Aggreko (Investments) B.V. ++
Aggreko Nederland B.V.
Generatoren Koopmans B.V. ++++
Aggreko Enerji ve Isi Kontrol Ticaret
Anonim Sirketi
Aggreko Middle East Limited FZE
Aggreko Finance Limited
Aggreko Holdings Limited +
Aggreko European Finance ++++
Aggreko International Projects Holdings Limited+
Aggreko International Projects Limited**
Aggreko Pension Scheme Trustee Limited++++
Aggreko UK Limited
Aggreko US Limited
Aggreko Generators Limited ++++
Aggreko Luxembourg Holdings++++
Aggreko Quest Trustee Limited ++++
CS1 Limited ++++
Dunwilco (680) Limited ++++
Rotor-Wheel UK Limited ++++
Aggreko Uruguay S.A.
Aggreko Holdings Inc+
Aggreko USA LLC+
Aggreko LLC
Aggreko de Venezuela C.A.
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Thailand
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
Turkey
UAE
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
Uruguay
USA
USA
USA
Venezuela
* Registered in Cyprus
** Administered from Dubai and registered in the UK
*** Aggreko ownership is 70%, remainder is held by Shanduka Africa Investments Limited
+
++ Finance Company
+++ The financial year end of Aggreko Energy Rental India Private Limited is 31 March due to local taxation requirements
++++ Dormant Company
Intermediate holding companies
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
OVERSEAS NET INVESTMENT HEDGES
Certain foreign currency borrowings are designated as hedges of
the Group’s overseas net investments, which are denominated in
the functional currency of the reporting operation.
Exchange differences arising from the retranslation of the net
investment in foreign entities and of borrowings are taken to equity
on consolidation to the extent the hedges are deemed effective.
All other exchange gains and losses are dealt with through the
income statement.
SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS
IFRS 2 ‘Share-based Payment’ has been applied to all grants of
equity instruments. The Group issues equity-settled share-based
payments to certain employees under the terms of the Group’s
various employee-share and option schemes. Equity-settled share-
based payments are measured at fair value at the date of the grant.
The fair value determined at the grant date of equity-settled share-
based payments is expensed on a straight line basis over the vesting
period, based on an estimate of the shares that will ultimately vest.
Fair value is measured using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.
Own shares held under trust for the Group’s employee share
schemes are classed as Treasury shares and deducted in arriving
at Shareholders’ equity. No gain or loss is recognised on disposal
of Treasury shares. Purchases of own shares are disclosed as
changes in Shareholders’ equity.
27 NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS – APPENDICES
27.A1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The activities of the Group expose it directly to the financial risks of
changes in forward foreign currency exchange rates and interest
rates. The Group uses forward foreign exchange contracts, foreign
currency options and interest rate swap contracts to hedge these
exposures. The Group does not use derivative financial instruments
for speculative purposes.
Derivatives are initially recorded and subsequently measured at fair
value, which is calculated using standard industry valuation techniques
in conjunction with observable market data. The fair value of interest
rate swaps is calculated as the present value of estimated future cash
flows using market interest rates and the fair value of forward foreign
exchange contracts is determined using forward foreign exchange
market rates at the reporting date. The treatment of changes in
fair value of derivatives depends on the derivative classification.
The Group designates derivatives as hedges of highly probable
forecasted transactions or commitments (‘cash flow hedge’).
In order to qualify for hedge accounting, the Group is required to
document in advance the relationship between the item being hedged
and the hedging instrument. The Group is also required to document
and demonstrate an assessment of the relationship between the
hedged item and the hedging instrument, which shows that the hedge
will be highly effective on an ongoing basis. This effectiveness testing
is re-performed at each period end to ensure that the hedge remains
highly effective.
CASH FLOW HEDGES
Changes in the fair value of derivative financial instruments that
are designated, and effective, as hedges of future cash flows are
recognised directly in equity and any ineffective portion is recognised
immediately in the income statement. If the cash flow hedge is of a
firm commitment or forecasted transaction that subsequently results
in the recognition of an asset or a liability, then, at the time the asset or
liability is recognised, the associated gains or losses on the derivative
that had previously been recognised in equity are included in the
initial measurement of the asset or liability. For hedges of transactions
that do not result in the recognition of an asset or a liability, amounts
deferred in equity are recognised in the income statement in the same
period in which the hedged item affects net profit and loss.
Changes in the fair value of derivative financial instruments that do not
qualify for hedge accounting are recognised in the income statement
as they arise.
Hedge accounting is discontinued when the hedging instrument no
longer qualifies for hedge accounting. At that time any cumulative gain
or loss on the hedging instrument recognised in equity is retained in
equity until the forecasted transaction occurs. If a hedged transaction
is no longer expected to occur, the net cumulative gain or loss
recognised in equity is transferred to the income statement.
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27.A2 OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Cost
At 1 January
Acquisitions
Disposals
Exchange adjustments
At 31 December
Accumulated amortisation
At 1 January
Charge for the year
Disposals
Exchange adjustments
At 31 December
Net book values
At 31 December
1
2
3
4
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
39
3
–
–
42
21
3
–
–
24
18
45
–
(2)
(4)
39
19
5
(2)
(1)
21
18
Amortisation charges in the year mainly comprised amortisation of assets arising from business combinations and have been recorded in
administrative expenses.
27.A3 BORROWINGS
(i) Interest rate risk profile of financial liabilities
The interest rate profile of the Group’s financial liabilities at 31 December 2014, after taking account of the interest rate swaps used to manage the
interest profile, was:
Currency:
US Dollar
Canadian Dollars
New Zealand Dollars
South African Rand
Mexican Pesos
Russian Rubles
Brazil Reals
Indian Rupees
Singapore Dollars
Romanian Lieu
Colombian Peso
Chinese Renminbi
Other currencies
As at 31 December 2014
Floating
rate
£ million
Fixed
rate
£ million
Total
£ million
Weighted average
interest rate
%
Weighted average
period for which
rate is fixed
Years
Fixed rate debt
144
10
6
4
11
6
13
8
7
9
3
4
1
226
305
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
305
449
10
6
4
11
6
13
8
7
9
3
4
1
531
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
27.A3 BORROWINGS CONTINUED
(i) Interest rate risk profile of financial liabilities continued
Currency:
US Dollar
Euro
Canadian Dollar
New Zealand Dollar
South African Rand
Mexican Peso
Russian Ruble
Brazilian Real
Indian Rupee
Singapore Dollar
Romanian Lieu
Colombian Peso
Other currencies
As at 31 December 2013
Floating
rate
£ million
Fixed
rate
£ million
Total
£ million
Weighted average
interest rate
%
Weighted average
period for which
rate is fixed
Years
Fixed rate debt
11
17
14
6
5
10
6
16
8
5
8
4
4
114
287
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
287
298
17
14
6
5
10
6
16
8
5
8
4
4
401
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
The floating rate financial liabilities principally comprise debt which carries interest based on different benchmark rates depending on the currency
of the balance and are normally fixed in advance for periods between one and three months.
The weighted average interest rate on fixed debt is derived from the fixed leg of each interest rate swap and coupons applying to fixed rate private
placement notes.
The effect of the Group’s interest rate swaps is to classify £64 million (2013: £60 million) of borrowings in the above table as fixed rate.
The notional principal amount of the outstanding interest rate swap contracts at 31 December 2014 was £64 million (2013: £60 million).
(ii) Interest rate risk profile of financial assets
Currency:
US Dollar
Euro
Brazilian Real
Argentinian Peso
Australian Dollar
Chilean Peso
Other currencies
At 31 December 2014
Currency:
US Dollar
Euro
Brazilian Real
Argentinian Peso
Australian Dollar
Other currencies
At 31 December 2013
Cash at bank
and in hand
£ million
Short-term
deposits
£ million
Total
£ million
9
2
3
1
1
3
11
30
8
1
2
2
2
8
23
–
–
–
6
–
–
1
7
–
–
–
15
–
–
15
9
2
3
7
1
3
12
37
8
1
2
17
2
8
38
All of the above cash and short-term deposits are floating rate and earn interest based on relevant LIBID (London Interbank Bid Rate) equivalents
or market rates for the currency concerned.
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27.A3 BORROWINGS CONTINUED
(iii) Preference share capital
Authorised:
Redeemable preference shares of 25p each
2014
Number
2014
£000
2013
Number
2013
£000
199,998
50
199,998
50
No redeemable preference shares were allotted as at 31 December 2014 and 31 December 2013. The Board is authorised to determine the
terms, conditions and manner of redemption of redeemable shares.
27.A4 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
As stated in our accounting policies Note 27.A1 on page 158 the activities of the Group expose it directly to the financial risks of changes in
foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. The Group uses forward foreign exchange contracts and interest rate swap contracts
to hedge these exposures. The movement in the hedging reserve is shown in the Statement of Changes in Equity.
(i) Fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities
The following table provides a comparison by category of the carrying amounts and the fair values of the Group’s financial assets and financial
liabilities at 31 December 2014. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date. Market values have been used to determine fair values.
Primary financial instruments held or issued to finance the Group’s operations:
Current borrowings and overdrafts
Non-current borrowings
Short-term deposits
Cash at bank and in hand
Derivative financial instruments held:
Interest rate swaps
Foreign currency options
Forward foreign currency contracts
2014
2013
Book
value
£ million
Fair
value
£ million
Book
value
£ million
Fair
value
£ million
(76)
(455)
7
30
(7)
–
4
(76)
(455)
7
30
(7)
–
4
(36)
(365)
15
23
(8)
11
(1)
(36)
(365)
15
23
(8)
11
(1)
(ii) Summary of methods and assumptions
Interest rate swaps and foreign currency derivatives
Fair value is based on market price of these instruments at the balance sheet date. In accordance with IFRS 13, interest rate swaps are
considered to be level 2 with fair value being calculated at the present value of estimated future cash flows using market interest rates.
Forward foreign currency contracts and currency options are considered to be level 1 as the valuation is based on quoted market prices
at the end of the reporting period.
Current borrowings and overdrafts/Short-term deposits
The fair value of short-term deposits and current borrowings and overdrafts approximates to the carrying amount because of the short maturity
of these instruments.
Non-current borrowings
In the case of non-current borrowings, the fair value approximates to the carrying value reported in the balance sheet.
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
27.A4 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS CONTINUED
(iii) Derivative financial instruments
Numerical financial instruments disclosures are set out below. Additional disclosures are set out in the financial review and accounting policies
relating to risk management.
Current:
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedge
Forward foreign currency contracts – cash flow hedge
Currency options – cash flow hedge
Non-current:
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedge
Currency options – cash flow hedge
2014
2013
Assets
£ million
Liabilities
£ million
Assets
£ million
Liabilities
£ million
–
5
–
–
–
5
–
(1)
–
(7)
–
(8)
–
–
11
–
–
11
–
(1)
–
(8)
–
(9)
Net fair values of derivative financial instruments
The net fair value of derivative financial instruments that are designated as cash flow hedges at the balance sheet date was:
Interest rate swaps
Currency options
Forward foreign currency contracts
2014
£ million
(7)
–
4
(3)
2013
£ million
(8)
11
(1)
2
The net fair value gains at 31 December 2014 on open forward exchange contracts that hedge the foreign currency risk of future anticipated
revenues are £4 million (2013: loss of £1 million) and that hedge the foreign currency risk of future anticipated expenditure are £nil. These will be
allocated to revenues when the forecast revenues occur (2013 anticipated future expenditure: £nil). The net fair value liabilities at 31 December 2014
on open interest swaps that hedge interest risk are £7 million (2013: liabilities of £8 million). These will be debited to the income statement finance
cost over the remaining life of each interest rate swap. Currency options are financial assets which are considered to have two components
(intrinsic element and time element). The intrinsic element hedges the foreign currency risk of future anticipated revenues and this will be allocated
to revenues when the forecast revenues occur. The time element is expensed to the income statement in line with the life of the options.
Hedge of net investment in foreign entity
The Group has designated as a hedge of the net investment in its overseas subsidiaries foreign currency denominated borrowings as detailed in
the table below. The fair value of these borrowings were as follows:
US Dollar
Euro
Canadian Dollars
New Zealand Dollars
South African Rand
Mexican Pesos
Singapore Dollars
Russian Rubles
2014
£ million
449
–
10
6
–
11
7
6
2013
£ million
287
17
14
6
5
10
5
6
A foreign exchange loss of £29 million (2013: gain of £8 million) on translation of the borrowings into Sterling has been recognised in
exchange reserves.
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27.A4 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS CONTINUED
(iv) The exposure of the Group to interest rate changes when borrowings reprice is as follows:
As at 31 December 2014
Total borrowings
Effect of interest rate swaps and other fixed rate debt
As at 31 December 2013
Total borrowings
Effect of interest rate swaps and other fixed rate debt
<1 year
£ million
76
–
76
1-5 years
£ million
278
(128)
150
>5 years
£ million
177
(177)
–
Total
£ million
531
(305)
226
<1 year
£ million
36
–
36
1-5 years
£ million
183
(45)
138
>5 years
£ million
182
(242)
(60)
Total
£ million
401
(287)
114
As at 31 December 2014 and 31 December 2013 all of the Group’s floating debt was exposed to repricing within three months of the balance
sheet date. The Group’s interest rate swap portfolio is reviewed on a regular basis to ensure it is consistent with Group policy as described on
page 141.
The effective interest rates at the balance sheet date were as follows:
Bank overdrafts
Bank borrowings
Private placement
2014
9.9%
2.4%
4.2%
2013
6.2%
3.1%
4.2%
Maturity of financial liabilities
The table below analyses the Group’s financial liabilities and net-settled derivative financial liabilities into the relevant maturity groupings based
on the remaining period at the balance sheet date to the contractual maturity date. The amounts disclosed in the table are the contractual
undiscounted cash flows.
As at 31 December 2014
Borrowings
Derivative financial instruments
Trade and other payables
As at 31 December 2013
Borrowings
Derivative financial instruments
Trade and other payables
No trade payable balances have a contractual maturity greater than 90 days.
<1 year
76
1
84
161
1-2 years
191
–
–
191
2-5 years
87
7
10
104
>5 years
177
–
54
231
<1 year
36
1
82
119
1-2 years
38
–
1
39
2-5 years
145
–
8
153
>5 years
182
8
61
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
27.A4 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS CONTINUED
Derivative financial instruments settled on a gross basis
The table below analyses the Group’s derivative financial instruments which will be settled on a gross basis into relevant maturity groupings
based on the remaining period at the balance sheet date to the contractual maturity date. The amounts disclosed in the table are the contractual
undiscounted cash flows.
As at 31 December 2014
Forward foreign exchange contracts – cash flow hedges
Outflow
Inflow
As at 31 December 2013
Forward foreign exchange contracts – cash flow hedges
Outflow
Inflow
<1 year
(89)
93
4
<1 year
(76)
75
(1)
All of the Group’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are due to be settled within one year of the balance sheet date.
27.A5 SHARE CAPITAL
SHARE OPTIONS
The options under the Savings-Related Share Option Schemes have been granted at a discount of 20% on the share price calculated
over the three days prior to the date of invitation to participate, mature after three to five years and are normally exercisable in the six months
following the maturity date. The options under the US Stock Purchase Plan have been granted at a discount of 15% to the share price on the
date of grant, mature after two years and are normally exercisable in the three months following the maturity date.
For the Sharesave and US Stock Options the Black-Scholes option-pricing model was used. The fair value per option granted and the
assumptions used in the calculation are as follows:
Grant type
Grant date
Share price at grant date (£)
Option price (£)
Number granted
Vesting period (years)
Expected volatility (%)
Expected life (years)
Risk free rate (%)
Expected dividends expressed
as a dividend yield (%)
Fair value per option (£)
Grant type
Grant date
Share price at grant date (£)
Option price (£)
Number granted
Vesting period (years)
Expected volatility (%)
Expected life (years)
Risk free rate (%)
Expected dividends expressed
as a dividend yield (%)
Fair value per option (£)
Sharesave
30-Oct-09
7.6
5.5
70,609
5
37.0
5.3
2.8
Sharesave
France
Sharesave
UK
Sharesave
International
Sharesave
France
Sharesave
UK
Sharesave
Australia
25-Oct-10
16.9
12.9
3,119
4
40.0
4.3
1.4
25-Oct-10
16.9
12.4
13,793
5
38.1
5.3
1.7
25-Oct-10
16.9
12.4
21,402
5
38.1
5.3
1.7
25-Oct-10
16.9
12.9
3,962
5
38.1
5.3
1.7
28-Oct-11
17.3
12.6
74,416
3
41.6
3.3
0.9
28-Oct-11
17.3
13.4
3,869
3
41.6
3.3
0.9
1.4
3.3
0.9
6.8
0.9
7.4
0.9
7.4
0.9
7.1
0.8
6.9
0.8
6.5
Sharesave
Canada
Sharesave
International
Sharesave
UAE
Sharesave
UK
Sharesave
Australia
Sharesave
International
Sharesave
International
28-Oct-11
17.3
12.7
8,065
3
41.6
3.3
0.9
28-Oct-11
17.3
12.8
16,189
3
41.6
3.3
0.9
28-Oct-11
17.3
12.1
116,222
3
41.6
3.3
0.9
28-Oct-11
17.3
12.6
13,707
5
38.8
5.3
1.5
0.8
6.8
0.8
6.8
0.8
7.2
0.8
7.7
28-Oct-11
17.3
28-Oct-11
17.3
28-Oct-11
17.3
13.4
2,378
5
38.8
5.3
1.5
0.8
7.3
12.8
889
5
38.8
5.3
1.5
0.8
7.6
12.1
31,756
5
38.8
5.3
1.5
0.8
7.9
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3
4
Sharesave
France
Sharesave
France
Sharesave
UK
Sharesave
Australia
Sharesave
Canada
Sharesave
France
Sharesave
Germany
28-Oct-11
17.3
13.6
10,826
4
41.2
4.3
1.2
28-Oct-11
17.3
13.6
6,725
5
38.8
5.3
1.5
16-Oct-12
22.8
19.1
65,861
3
30.4
3.3
0.3
16-Oct-12
22.8
18.9
8,193
3
30.4
3.3
0.3
16-Oct-12
22.8
19.1
1,648
3
30.4
3.3
0.3
16-Oct-12
22.8
19.2
8,226
4
38.4
3.3
0.6
16-Oct-12
22.8
19.2
1,466
3
30.4
3.3
0.3
0.8
7.0
0.8
7.2
1.0
6.2
1.0
6.3
1.0
6.2
1.0
7.9
1.0
6.1
Sharesave
Ireland
Sharesave
Netherlands
Sharesave
Spain
Sharesave
UAE
US
Stock Plan
Sharesave
UK
Sharesave
Australia
16-Oct-12
22.8
19.2
1,320
3
30.4
5.3
0.3
16-Oct-12
22.8
19.2
5,182
3
30.4
5.3
0.3
16-Oct-12
22.8
19.2
470
3
30.4
5.3
0.3
16-Oct-12
22.8
19.3
142,689
3
30.4
5.3
0.3
16-Oct-12
22.8
19.4
67,808
2
29.2
2.1
0.3
08-Oct-13
14.7
13.0
131,591
3
33.4
3.5
1.0
08-Oct-13
14.7
13.0
7,911
3
33.4
3.5
1.0
1.0
6.1
1.0
6.1
1.0
6.1
1.0
6.1
1.0
5.3
1.7
3.9
1.7
3.9
Sharesave
Canada
Sharesave
France
Sharesave
Germany
Sharesave
Ireland
Sharesave
Netherlands
Sharesave
UAE
Sharesave
Chile
08-Oct-13
14.7
13.0
11,222
3
33.4
3.5
1.0
08-Oct-13
14.7
13.0
2,987
4
32.9
4.5
1.4
08-Oct-13
14.7
13.0
735
3
33.4
3.5
1.0
08-Oct-13
14.7
13.0
1,186
3
33.4
3.5
1.0
08-Oct-13
14.7
13.0
11,778
3
33.4
3.5
1.0
08-Oct-13
14.7
13.0
161,005
3
33.4
3.5
1.0
08-Oct-13
14.7
13.0
1,124
3
33.4
3.5
1.0
1.7
3.9
1.7
4.3
1.7
3.9
1.7
3.9
1.7
3.9
1.7
3.9
1.7
3.9
Sharesave
Mexico
08-Oct-13
14.7
13.0
2,469
3
33.4
3.5
1.0
Sharesave
New
Zealand
08-Oct-13
14.7
13.0
2,530
3
33.4
3.5
1.0
Sharesave
Singapore
US
Stock Plan
Sharesave
UK
Sharesave
Australia
Sharesave
Canada
08-Oct-13
14.7
13.0
19,577
3
33.4
3.5
1.0
08-Oct-13
14.7
12.5
83,239
2
35.1
2.2
0.5
07-Oct-14
15.1
13.4
164,163
3
30.9
3.5
1.3
07-Oct-14
15.1
12.9
7,512
3
30.9
3.5
2.7
07-Oct-14
15.1
13.2
8,398
3
30.9
3.5
1.2
1.7
3.9
1.7
3.9
1.7
3.9
1.7
3.7
1.8
3.8
1.8
4.3
1.8
3.9
27.A5 SHARE CAPITAL CONTINUED
Grant type
Grant date
Share price at grant date (£)
Option price (£)
Number granted
Vesting period (years)
Expected volatility (%)
Expected life (years)
Risk free rate (%)
Expected dividends expressed
as a dividend yield (%)
Fair value per option (£)
Grant type
Grant date
Share price at grant date (£)
Option price (£)
Number granted
Vesting period (years)
Expected volatility (%)
Expected life (years)
Risk free rate (%)
Expected dividends expressed
as a dividend yield (%)
Fair value per option (£)
Grant type
Grant date
Share price at grant date (£)
Option price (£)
Number granted
Vesting period (years)
Expected volatility (%)
Expected life (years)
Risk free rate (%)
Expected dividends expressed
as a dividend yield (%)
Fair value per option (£)
Grant type
Grant date
Share price at grant date (£)
Option price (£)
Number granted
Vesting period (years)
Expected volatility (%)
Expected life (years)
Risk free rate (%)
Expected dividends expressed
as a dividend yield (%)
Fair value per option (£)
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NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
27.A5 SHARE CAPITAL CONTINUED
Grant type
Grant date
Share price at grant date (£)
Option price (£)
Number granted
Vesting period (years)
Expected volatility (%)
Expected life (years)
Risk free rate (%)
Expected dividends expressed as a
dividend yield (%)
Fair value per option (£)
Sharesave
France
Sharesave
Germany
Sharesave
Ireland
Sharesave
Netherlands
Sharesave
UAE
Sharesave
Mexico
Sharesave
New Zealand
Sharesave
Singapore
07-Oct-14
07-Oct-14
07-Oct-14
07-Oct-14
07-Oct-14
07-Oct-14
07-Oct-14
07-Oct-14
15.1
13.1
7,373
3
30.9
3.5
0.1
1.8
3.7
15.1
13.1
5,057
3
30.9
3.5
–
1.8
3.7
15.1
13.1
4,402
3
30.9
3.5
0.3
1.8
3.7
15.1
13.1
14,370
3
30.9
3.5
0.1
1.8
3.7
15.1
13.4
236,307
3
30.9
3.5
1.1
1.8
3.8
15.1
13.2
3,393
3
30.9
3.5
4.4
1.8
4.6
15.1
12.8
2,359
3
30.9
3.5
3.9
1.8
4.6
15.1
13.3
5,032
3
30.9
3.5
1.1
1.8
3.8
Grant type
Grant date
Share price at grant date (£)
Option price (£)
Number granted
Vesting period (years)
Expected volatility (%)
Expected life (years)
Risk free rate (%)
Expected dividends expressed as a dividend yield (%)
Fair value per option (£)
Sharesave
Panama
Sharesave
Norway
US Stock
Plan
07-Oct-14
07-Oct-14
07-Oct-14
15.1
13.4
1,966
3
30.9
3.5
1.1
1.8
3.8
15.1
13.1
6,913
3
30.9
3.5
1.6
1.8
4.0
15.1
12.8
124,136
2
30.6
2.3
0.6
1.8
3.5
The expected volatility is based on the volatility of the total return from the Company’s shares over the period to grant equal in length to the
expected life of the awards. The expected life is the average expected period to exercise. The risk free interest rate is the expected return on
UK Gilts of a similar life.
A summary of movements in share options in Aggreko shares is shown below:
Outstanding at 1 January 2014
Granted
Forfeited
Exercised
Lapsed
Outstanding at 31 December 2014
Weighted average contractual life (years)
Sharesave
schemes
Number of
Shares
1,036,885
467,245
–
(267,308)
(77,766)
1,159,056
2
Weighted
average
exercise
price
(£)
11.97
13.36
–
8.26
14.40
13.22
US Stock
option plans
Number of
Shares
151,322
124,136
–
(6,584)
(27,081)
241,793
1
Weighted
average
exercise
price
(£)
15.22
12.90
–
14.69
16.71
13.89
Long-term
Incentive
Plans
Number of
Shares
899,155
152,876
(330,347)
(56,855)
(24,023)
640,806
1
Weighted
average
exercise
price
(£)
nil
nil
nil
nil
nil
nil
The weighted average share price during the year for options exercised over the year was £8.46 (2013: £6.97). The total charge for the year
relating to employee share-based payment plans was £3 million (2013: credit of £2 million), all of which related to equity-settled share-based
payment transactions.
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Options outstanding over Ordinary Shares as at 31 December 2014 (including those of the Executive Directors), together with the exercise prices
and dates of exercise, are as follows:
Sharesave – Oct 2008 5 year
Sharesave – Oct 2008 France 5 year
Sharesave French 4 year – Oct 2009
Sharesave UK 5 year – Oct 2009
Sharesave International 5 year – Oct 2009
Sharesave UK 3 year – Oct 2010
Sharesave International 3 year – Oct 2010
Sharesave French 4 year – Oct 2010
Sharesave UK 5 year – Oct 2010
Sharesave International 5 year – Oct 2010
Sharesave French 5 year – Oct 2010
Long-term Incentive Plan – Apr 2011
US Stock Option Plan – Oct 2011
Sharesave UK 3 year – 28 Oct 2011
Sharesave International 3 year – 28 Oct 2011
Sharesave French 4 year – 28 Oct 2011
Sharesave UK 5 year – 28 Oct 2011
Sharesave International 5 year – 28 Oct 2011
Sharesave French 5 year – 28 Oct 2011
Long-term Incentive Plan – Apr 2012
US Stock Option Plan – 16 Oct 2012
Sharesave UK 3 year – 16 Oct 2012
Sharesave International 3 year – 16 Oct 2012
Sharesave French 4 year – 16 Oct 2012
Long-term Incentive Plan – Aug 2013
US Stock Option Plan – 8 Oct 2013
Price per
share
£4.37
£4.37
€6.02
£5.53
US$8.77
€6.02
£12.39
US$19.57
CA$20.21
AU$20.21
€14.39
€14.52
£12.39
US$19.57
CA$20.21
AU$20.21
€14.39
€14.52
–
US$23.69
£12.60
US$19.43
CA$20.38
AU$20.23
€14.60
€15.52
£12.60
US$19.43
AU$20.23
€14.60
€15.52
–
US$31.15
£19.11
US$31.00
CA$30.26
AU$29.61
€23.74
€23.74
–
US$20.14
Earliest
exercise
date
Jan 2014
Jan 2014
Jan 2014
Jan 2015
Jan 2015
Jan 2015
Jan 2014
Jan 2014
Jan 2014
Jan 2014
Jan 2014
Jan 2015
Jan 2016
Jan 2016
Jan 2016
Jan 2016
Jan 2016
Jan 2016
Apr 2014
Nov 2013
Jan 2015
Jan 2015
Jan 2015
Jan 2015
Jan 2015
Jan 2016
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Apr 2015
Nov 2014
Jan 2016
Jan 2016
Jan 2016
Jan 2016
Jan 2016
Jan 2017
Aug 2016
Nov 2015
Latest
exercise
date
Jun 2014
Jun 2014
Jun 2014
Jun 2015
Jun 2015
Jun 2015
Jun 2014
Jun 2014
Jun 2014
Jun 2014
Jun 2014
Jun 2015
Jun 2016
Jun 2016
Jun 2016
Jun 2016
Jun 2016
Jun 2016
Oct 2014
Jan 2014
Jun 2015
Jun 2015
Jun 2015
Jun 2015
Jun 2015
Jun 2016
Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Oct 2015
Jan 2015
Jun 2016
Jun 2016
Jun 2016
Jun 2016
Jun 2016
Jun 2017
Feb 2017
Jan 2016
2014
Number
–
–
–
26,770
20,207
1,295
–
–
–
–
–
1,996
7,263
9,383
296
3,602
416
2,435
–
–
57,328
89,514
3,795
2,394
12,833
5,829
10,328
24,377
2,378
684
4,836
18,449
41,762
13,845
58,221
710
6,093
2,422
5,700
469,481
75,895
2013
Number
125,092
8,617
4,558
30,143
20,207
1,295
37,818
77,985
724
4,860
4,855
1,996
8,000
11,797
296
3,602
416
3,384
153,863
12,805
61,290
92,096
4,508
3,106
14,368
8,113
12,946
24,377
2,378
684
5,566
260,482
55,771
20,794
69,266
1,648
6,153
3,568
7,437
484,810
82,746
Market
price (£)1
4.33
4.33
7.60
7.60
7.60
7.60
16.85
16.85
16.85
16.85
16.85
16.85
16.85
16.85
16.85
16.85
16.85
16.85
15.35
17.28
17.28
17.28
17.28
17.28
17.28
17.28
17.28
17.28
17.28
17.28
17.28
21.86
22.78
22.78
22.78
22.78
22.78
22.78
22.78
16.42
14.72
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NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
27.A5 SHARE CAPITAL CONTINUED
Sharesave UK 3 year – 8 Oct 2013
Sharesave International 3 year – 8 Oct 2013
Sharesave French 4 year – 8 Oct 2013
Long-Term Incentive Plan – Apr 2014
US Stock Option Plan – 7 Oct 2014
Sharesave UK 3 year – 7 Oct 2014
Sharesave International 3 year – 7 Oct 2014
Sharesave International 3 year – 7 Oct 2014
Sharesave International 3 year – 7 Oct 2014
Sharesave International 3 year – 7 Oct 2014
Sharesave International 3 year – 7 Oct 2014
Sharesave International 3 year – 7 Oct 2014
Sharesave International 3 year – 7 Oct 2014
Sharesave International 3 year – 7 Oct 2014
1 Market price as at the date of grant.
Price per
share
£13.03
US$20.60
CAD$21.29
AU$22.12
NZ$25.53
SGD$26.12
MXN269.78
CLP 10377.02
€15.49
€15.49
–
US$20.63
£13.36
US$21.58
CAD$23.66
AU$23.57
NZ$26.20
SGD$27.27
MXN285.01
NOK136.95
€16.71
Earliest
exercise
date
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Jan 2017
Jan 2018
Apr 2017
Nov 2016
Jan 2018
Jan 2018
Jan 2018
Jan 2018
Jan 2018
Jan 2018
Jan 2018
Jan 2018
Jan 2018
Latest
exercise
date
Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Jun 2017
Jun 2018
Oct 2017
Jan 2017
Jun 2018
Jun 2018
Jun 2018
Jun 2018
Jun 2018
Jun 2018
Jun 2018
Jun 2018
Jun 2018
2014
Number
112,971
148,717
9,324
7,110
1,789
18,888
2,123
1,090
12,060
2,987
152,876
124,136
164,163
238,273
8,398
7,512
2,359
4,834
3,393
6,913
31,202
2,041,655
2013
Number
130,418
161,005
11,222
7,911
2,530
19,577
2,469
1,124
13,699
2,987
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2,087,362
Market
price (£)1
14.72
14.72
14.72
14.72
14.72
14.72
14.72
14.72
14.72
14.72
15.02
15.09
15.09
15.09
15.09
15.09
15.09
15.09
15.09
15.09
15.09
27.A6 PENSIONS
Overseas
Pension arrangements for overseas employees vary, and schemes reflect best practice and regulation in each particular country. The charge
against profit is the amount of contributions payable to the defined contribution pension schemes in respect of the accounting period.
The pension cost attributable to overseas employees for 2014 was £9 million (2013: £7 million).
United Kingdom
The Group operates pension schemes for UK employees. The Aggreko plc Pension Scheme (‘the Scheme’) is a funded, contributory, defined
benefit scheme. Assets are held separately from those of the Group under the control of the Directors of Aggreko Pension Scheme Trustee
Limited. The Scheme is subject to valuations at intervals of not more than three years by independent actuaries.
The Trustee of the Scheme has control over the operation, funding and investment strategy of the Scheme but works closely with the Company
to agree funding and investment strategy.
A valuation of the Scheme was carried out as at 31 December 2011 using the Attained Age method to determine the level of contributions to be
made by the Group. The actuaries adopted a valuation basis linked to market conditions at the valuation date. Assets were taken at market value.
The major actuarial assumptions used were:
Return on investments
Growth in average pay levels
Increase in pensions
4.2%
4.9%
3.3%
At the valuation date, the market value of the Scheme’s assets (excluding AVCs) was £59 million which was sufficient to cover 78% of the benefits
that had accrued to members, after making allowances for future increases in earnings.
As part of the valuation at 31 December 2011, the Company and the trustees agreed upon a Schedule of Contributions and a Recovery Plan.
During 2012 the Company contributions for benefits building up in the future were 28.6% of pensionable earnings. Since 1 February 2013
the Company has paid contributions of 35.9% of pensionable earnings. To address the Scheme deficit the Company made contributions
of £0.6 million in January 2012, £3.5 million in December 2012, £2.5 million in January 2013 and £2.0 million in January 2014.
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The Company plans to make further additional contributions of £1.25 million each year until the year ended 31 December 2018.
Employee contributions are 6% of pensionable earnings.
The Scheme closed to all new employees joining the Group after 1 April 2002. New employees are given the option to join a defined contribution
scheme. Contributions of £2 million were paid to the scheme during the year (2013: £1 million). There are no outstanding or prepaid balances at
the year end.
An update of the Scheme was carried out by a qualified independent actuary using the latest available information for the purposes of this
statement. The major assumptions used in this update by the actuary were:
Rate of increase in salaries
Rate of increase in pensions in payment
Rate of increase in deferred pensions
Discount rate
Inflation assumption
Longevity at age 65 for current pensioners (years)
Men
Women
Longevity at age 65 for future pensioners (years)
Men
Women
The assets in the Scheme were:
Equities
– UK Equities
– Overseas Equities
– Diversified Growth
– Absolute Return
Property
Index-linked Bonds
Fixed interest Bonds
Bonds
Cash
Total
31 Dec
2014
31 Dec
2013
4.8%
3.2%
3.3%
3.8%
3.3%
24.0
26.6
26.7
29.4
5.2%
3.5%
3.7%
4.5%
3.7%
23.9
26.5
26.6
29.3
Value at
31 Dec
2014
£ million
Value at
31 Dec
2013
£ million
Value at
31 Dec
2012
£ million
8
11
7
7
1
34
5
16
2
91
8
10
7
7
4
22
6
13
1
78
12
14
–
–
4
16
–
19
5
70
There is a risk of asset volatility leading to a deficit in the Scheme. Working with the Company, the Trustee has agreed investment derisking
triggers which, when certain criteria are met, will decrease corporate bond and fixed interest gilt holdings and increase the holding of index linked
bonds. Over time, this will result in an investment portfolio which better matches the liabilities of the Scheme thereby reducing the risk of asset
volatility. However there remains a significant level of investment mismatch in the Scheme. This is deliberate and is aimed at maximising the
Scheme’s long-term investment return whilst retaining adequate control of the funding risks.
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE GROUP ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
27.A6 PENSIONS CONTINUED
The amounts included in the balance sheet arising from the Group’s obligations in respect of the Scheme are as follows:
Fair value of assets
Present value of funded obligations
Liability recognised in the balance sheet
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
2012
£ million
91
(98)
(7)
78
(84)
(6)
70
(74)
(4)
An alternative method of valuation is the estimated cost of buying out benefits at 31 December 2014 with a suitable insurer. This amount
represents the amount that would be required to settle the Scheme liabilities at 31 December 2014 rather than the Company continuing to
fund the ongoing liabilities of the Scheme. The Company estimates the amount required to settle the Scheme’s liabilities at 31 December 2014
is around £150 million which gives a Scheme shortfall on a buyout basis of approximately £59 million.
The components of the defined benefit cost as follows:
Current service costs
Net interest cost
– Interest expense on liabilities
– Interest income on assets
Administrative expenses and taxes
The majority of the £2 million cost was included within administrative expenses in the income statement.
Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligation are as follows:
Present value of obligation at 1 January
Service cost
Interest cost
Benefits paid
Remeasurements
– Effect of changes in demographic assumptions
– Effect of changes in financial assumptions
– Effect of experience adjustments
Present value of obligation at 31 December
Defined benefit obligation by participant status
Actives
Deferreds
Pensioners
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
2
4
(4)
–
2
2
3
(3)
–
2
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
84
2
4
(1)
–
9
–
98
49
31
18
98
74
2
3
(1)
–
6
–
84
41
27
16
84
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2
3
4
27.A6 PENSIONS CONTINUED
The measurement of the defined benefit obligation is particularly sensitive to changes in key assumptions as described below:
• The discount rate has been selected following actuarial advice and taking into account the duration of the liabilities. A decrease in the discount
rate of 0.5% per annum would result in a £15 million increase in the present value of the defined benefit obligation. The weighted average
duration of the defined benefit obligation liabilities is around 28 years.
• The inflation assumption adopted is consistent with the discount rate used. It is used to set the assumptions for pension increases, salary
increases and deferred revaluations. An increase in the inflation rate of 0.5% per annum would result in a £15 million increase in the present
value of the defined benefit obligation.
• The longevity assumptions adopted are based on those recommended by the Scheme Actuary advising the Trustee of the Scheme and reflect
the most recent mortality information available at the time of the Trustee actuarial valuation. The increase in the present value of the defined
benefit obligation due to members living one year longer would be £3 million.
There is a risk that changes in the above assumptions could increase the deficit in the Scheme. Other assumptions used to value the defined
benefit obligation are also uncertain, although their effect is less material.
Present value of Scheme assets are as follows:
Fair value of Scheme assets at 1 January
Interest income
Employer contributions
Benefits paid
Remeasurements – return on plan assets (excluding interest income)
Fair value of Scheme assets at 31 December
Analysis of the movement in the balance sheet
At 1 January
Defined benefit cost included in income statement
Contributions
Benefits paid
Total remeasurements
At 31 December
Cumulative actuarial gains and losses recognised in equity
At 1 January
Actuarial losses recognised in the year
At 31 December
The actual return on Scheme assets was £11 million (2013: £5 million).
Expected cash flows in future years
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
78
4
4
(1)
6
91
70
3
5
(1)
1
78
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
(6)
(2)
4
–
(3)
(7)
(4)
(2)
5
–
(5)
(6)
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
35
3
38
30
5
35
Expected employer contributions for the year ended 31 December 2015 are £3 million. Expected total benefit payments: approximately £1 million
per year for next 10 years.
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
COMPANY BALANCE SHEET (COMPANY NUMBER: SC177553)
As at 31 December 2014
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
Investments
Current assets
Debtors
Derivative financial instruments
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors – amounts falling due within one year
Bank loans and overdrafts
Other creditors
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors – amounts falling due after more than one year
Bank loans and overdrafts
Derivative financial instruments
Retirement benefit obligation
Net assets
Shareholders’ equity
Called up share capital
Share premium
Capital redemption reserve
Treasury shares
Hedging reserve
Profit and loss account
Total Shareholders’ funds
Notes
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
31
32
33
35
34
36
34
35
38
39
40
40
40
40
40
6
671
677
584
2
5
591
(47)
(333)
211
888
(455)
(7)
(6)
420
42
20
13
(14)
(5)
364
420
5
666
671
571
–
2
573
(2)
(322)
249
920
(357)
(8)
(5)
550
49
20
6
(24)
(6)
505
550
The financial statements on pages 172 to 182 were approved by the Board of Directors on 5 March 2015 and signed on its behalf by:
K Hanna
Chairman
C Cran
Chief Financial Officer
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COMPANY STATEMENT OF TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES
For the year ended 31 December 2014
1
2
3
4
Profit for the financial year
Actuarial losses on retirement benefits (net of tax)
Cash flow hedges (net of tax)
Total recognised gains for the financial year
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
134
(3)
1
132
184
(4)
4
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE COMPANY ACCOUNTS
For the year ended 31 December 2014
28 COMPANY ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounting convention
These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern
basis, under the historical cost convention, as modified by the
revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities (including derivative
instruments) at fair values in accordance with the Companies Act
2006 and applicable accounting standards in the United Kingdom.
A summary of the more important Company accounting policies is set
out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years
presented, unless otherwise stated.
Tangible assets
Tangible assets are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation
and impairment losses. Cost includes purchase price, and directly
attributable costs of bringing the assets into the location and condition
where it is capable for use. Borrowings costs are not capitalised.
Fixed assets are depreciated on a straight line basis at annual rates
estimated to write off the cost of each asset over its useful life from the
date it is available for use. The principal period of depreciation used is
as follows:
Vehicles, plant and equipment
4 to 8 years.
Impairment of tangible assets
Tangible assets are depreciated and reviewed for impairment
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is
recognised for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount
exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher
of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use. Value in
use is calculated using estimated cash flows. These are discounted
using an appropriate long-term pre-tax interest rate. For the purposes
of assessing impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels
for which there are separately identifiable cash flows (income-
generating units).
Foreign currencies
At individual Company level, transactions denominated in foreign
currencies are translated at the rate of exchange on the day the
transaction occurs. At the year end, monetary assets and liabilities
denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rate of
exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Non-monetary assets
are translated at the historical rate. In order to hedge its exposure
to certain foreign exchange risks, the Company enters into forward
foreign exchange contracts. The Company’s financial statements are
presented in Sterling, which is the Company’s functional currency.
Derivative financial instruments
The accounting policy is identical to that applied by the consolidated
Group as set out on page 138, however the UK GAAP standards are
applied specifically FRS 26 ‘Financial instruments: Measurement’ and
FRS 29 ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosures’.
Borrowings
Borrowings are recognised initially at fair value, net of transaction
costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently stated at amortised cost.
Any difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and
the redemption value is recognised in the income statement over the
period of the borrowings using the effective interest rate.
Cash flow statement and related party disclosures
The Company is included in the Group Accounts of Aggreko plc, which
are publicly available. Consequently, the Company is not required to
produce a cash flow statement under the terms of Financial Reporting
Standard 1 ‘Cash Flow Statements (revised 1996)’. The Company
is also exempt under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 8
‘Related Party Disclosures’ from disclosing related party transactions
with entities that are part of the Group.
Taxation
The charge for ordinary taxation is based on the profit/loss for the
year and takes into account full provision for deferred tax, using
the approach set out in FRS 19, ‘Deferred Tax’ in respect of timing
differences on a non-discounted basis. Such timing differences arise
primarily from the differing treatment for taxation and accounting
purposes of provisions and depreciation of fixed assets.
Pensions
The Company operates both a defined benefit pension scheme
and a defined contribution pension scheme. The accounting policy
is identical to that applied by the consolidated Group as set out on
page 139.
Investments
Investments in subsidiary undertakings are stated in the balance sheet
of the Company at cost, or nominal value of the shares issued as
consideration where applicable, less provision for any impairment in
value. Share-based payments recharged to subsidiary undertakings
are treated as capital contributions and are added to investments.
Leases
Leases where substantially all of the risks and rewards of ownership
are not transferred to the Company are classified as operating leases.
Rentals under operating leases are charged against operating profit
on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.
Share-based payments
The accounting policy is identical to that applied by the consolidated
Group as set out on page 139 with the exception that shares issued
by the Company to employees of its subsidiaries for which no
consideration is received are treated as an increase in the Company’s
investment in those subsidiaries.
Dividend distribution
Dividend distribution to the Company’s Shareholders is recognised as
a liability in the Company’s financial statements in the period in which
the dividends are approved by the Company’s Shareholders.
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29 DIVIDENDS
Refer to Note 10 of the Group Accounts.
30 AUDITORS’ REMUNERATION
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor for the audit of the Company’s annual accounts
Fees payable to the Company’s auditor and its associates for other services:
– Other assurance related services
– Tax advising
31 TANGIBLE ASSETS
Cost
At 1 January 2014
Additions
At 31 December 2014
Accumulated depreciation
At 1 January 2014
Charge for the year
At 31 December 2014
Net book values:
At 31 December 2014
At 31 December 2013
The tangible assets of the Company comprise vehicles, plant and equipment.
32 INVESTMENTS
Cost of investments in subsidiary undertakings:
At 1 January 2014
Additions
Net impact of share-based payments
At 31 December 2014
1
2
3
4
2014
£000
262
112
–
2013
£000
178
30
–
Total
£ million
9
2
11
4
1
5
6
5
£ million
666
13
(8)
671
Details of the Company’s subsidiary undertakings are set out in Note 26 to the Group Accounts. The Directors believe that the carrying value of
the investments is supported by their underlying net assets.
33 DEBTORS
Amounts due from subsidiary undertakings
Other debtors
Deferred tax asset (Note 37)
2014
£ million
581
1
2
584
2013
£ million
567
1
3
571
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE COMPANY ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
34 BANK LOANS AND OVERDRAFTS
Amounts falling due after more than 1 year
Bank borrowings
Private placement notes
Amounts falling due within 1 year
Bank overdrafts
Bank borrowings
Total borrowings
The bank overdrafts and borrowings are all unsecured.
(i) Maturity of financial liabilities
The maturity profile of the borrowings was as follows:
Within 1 year, or on demand
Between 1 and 2 years
Between 2 and 3 years
Between 3 and 4 years
Between 4 and 5 years
Greater than 5 years
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
214
241
455
–
47
47
502
130
227
357
2
–
2
359
2014
£ million
47
191
–
71
16
177
502
2013
£ million
2
30
100
–
45
182
359
(ii) Borrowing facilities
The Company has the following undrawn committed floating rate borrowing facilities available at 31 December 2014 in respect of which all
conditions precedent had been met at that date:
Expiring within 1 year
Expiring between 1 and 2 years
Expiring between 2 and 3 years
Expiring between 3 and 4 years
Expiring between 4 and 5 years
Expiring after 5 years
2014
£ million
189
128
–
50
–
–
367
2013
£ million
30
185
202
–
72
–
489
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34 BANK LOANS AND OVERDRAFTS CONTINUED
(iii) Interest rate risk profile of financial liabilities
The interest rate profile of the Company’s financial liabilities at 31 December 2014, after taking account of the interest rate swaps used to manage
the interest profile, was:
Currency:
US Dollar
South African Rand
Mexican Pesos
Russian Rubles
Romanian Lieu
Canadian Dollar
New Zealand Dollar
Singapore Dollars
As at 31 December 2014
US Dollar
Euro
South African Rand
Mexican Pesos
Russian Rubles
Romanian Lieu
Canadian Dollar
New Zealand Dollar
Singapore Dollars
As at 31 December 2013
Floating
rate
£ million
Fixed
rate
£ million
Total
£ million
Fixed rate debt
Weighted
average
interest rate
%
Weighted
average
period for
which rate
is fixed
Years
144
4
11
6
9
10
6
7
197
–
18
5
10
6
8
14
6
5
72
305
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
305
287
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
287
449
4
11
6
9
10
6
7
502
287
18
5
10
6
8
14
6
5
359
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
4.3
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
5.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6.9
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
The floating rate financial liabilities principally comprise debt which carries interest based on different benchmark rates depending on the currency
of the balance and are normally fixed in advance for periods between one and three months.
The effect of the Company’s interest rate swaps is to classify £64 million (2013: £60 million) of borrowings in the above table as fixed rate.
The notional principal amount of the outstanding interest rate swap contracts at 31 December 2014 was £64 million (2013: £60 million).
(iv) Preference share capital
Authorised:
Redeemable preference shares of 25 pence each
2014
Number
2014
£000
2013
Number
2013
£000
199,998
50
199,998
50
No redeemable preference shares were allotted as at 31 December 2014 and 31 December 2013. The Board is authorised to determine the
terms, conditions and manner of redemption of redeemable shares.
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE COMPANY ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
35 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
(i) Fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities
The following table provides a comparison by category of the carrying amounts and the fair values of the Company’s financial assets and financial
liabilities at 31 December 2014. Fair value is the amount at which a financial instrument could be exchanged in an arm’s length transaction
between informed and willing parties, other than a forced or liquidation sale and excludes accrued interest. Where available, market values have
been used to determine fair values.
Primary financial instruments held or issued to finance the Company’s operations:
Current bank borrowings and overdrafts
Amounts due to subsidiary undertakings
Non-current borrowings
Derivative financial instruments held
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedge
Forward foreign currency contracts – cash flow hedge
(ii) Summary of methods and assumptions
Interest rate swaps and forward foreign currency contracts
Fair value is based on market price of these instruments at the balance sheet date.
2014
2013
Book
value
£ million
Fair
value
£ million
Book
value
£ million
Fair
value
£ million
(47)
(319)
(455)
(7)
2
(47)
(319)
(455)
(7)
2
(2)
(307)
(357)
(8)
–
(2)
(307)
(357)
(8)
–
Current borrowings and overdrafts/liquid resources
The fair value of liquid resources and current borrowings and overdrafts approximates to the carrying amount because of the short maturity of
these instruments.
Non-current borrowings
In the case of non-current borrowings, the fair value approximates to the carrying value reported in the balance sheet.
(iii) Financial instruments
Numerical financial instruments disclosures are set out below. Additional disclosures are set out in the financial review and accounting policies
relating to risk management.
Less than one year:
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedge
Forward foreign currency contracts – cash flow hedge
More than one year:
Interest rate swaps – cash flow hedge
2014
2013
Assets
£ million
Liabilities
£ million
Assets
£ million
Liabilities
£ million
–
2
–
2
–
–
(7)
(7)
–
–
–
–
–
–
(8)
(8)
Net fair values of derivative financial instruments
The net fair value of derivative financial instruments and designated for cash flow hedges at the balance sheet date were:
Contracts with positive fair values:
Forward foreign currency contracts
Contracts with negative fair values:
Interest rate swaps
Forward foreign currency contracts
2014
£ million
2013
£ million
2
(7)
–
(5)
–
(8)
–
(8)
The net fair value losses at 31 December 2014 on open interest rate swaps that hedge interest risk are £7 million (2013: losses of £8 million).
These will be debited to the profit and loss account interest charge over the remaining life of each interest rate swap. The net fair value gains
at 31 December 2014 on open forward exchange contracts that hedge the foreign currency risk of future anticipated expenditure are £2 million
(2013: £nil).
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35 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS CONTINUED
(iv) The exposure of the Company to interest rate changes when borrowings reprice is as follows:
As at 31 December 2014
Total borrowings
Effect of interest rate swaps and other fixed rate debt
As at 31 December 2013
Total borrowings
Effect of interest rate swaps and other fixed rate debt
<1 year
£ million
47
–
47
1-5 years
£ million
278
(128)
150
>5 years
£ million
177
(177)
–
Total
£ million
502
(305)
197
<1 year
£ million
2
–
2
1-5 years
£ million
175
(45)
130
>5 years
£ million
182
(242)
(60)
Total
£ million
359
(287)
72
As at 31 December 2014 and 31 December 2013 all of the Company’s floating debt was exposed to repricing within three months of the balance
sheet date.
The effective interest rates at the balance sheet date were as follows:
Bank overdraft
Bank borrowings
Private placement borrowings
2014
1.9%
1.7%
4.2%
2013
1.9%
1.8%
4.2%
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE COMPANY ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
36 OTHER CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Amounts owed to subsidiary undertakings
Accruals and deferred income
37 DEFERRED TAX
At 1 January
Debit to the profit and loss account
Debit to equity
At 31 December
Deferred tax provided in the Accounts is as follows:
Accelerated capital allowances
Other timing differences
Deferred tax asset relating to pension deficit:
At 1 January
Deferred tax charge to profit and loss account
Deferred tax credited to Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses
38 PENSION COMMITMENTS
FRS 17 Deficit in the scheme (Refer to Note 27.A6 of the Group Accounts)
Related deferred tax asset
2014
£ million
319
14
333
2013
£ million
307
15
322
2014
£ million
3
(1)
–
2
2013
£ million
5
(1)
(1)
3
–
2
2
1
–
–
1
1
2
3
1
(1)
1
1
2014
£ million
(7)
1
(6)
2013
£ million
(6)
1
(5)
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39 SHARE CAPITAL
(i) Ordinary Shares
At 1 January (2014 and 2013: Ordinary Shares of 13549⁄775 pence)
Employee share option scheme
Share consolidation (79 for 83 shares as at 27 May 2014)
Share split:
Deferred Ordinary Shares
B Shares
Transfer to capital redemption reserve
At 31 December (2014: Ordinary Shares of 4329⁄395 pence;
2013: Ordinary Shares of 13549⁄775 pence)
2014
Number of
shares
269,029,545
56,870
(12,968,020)
–
–
–
2014
£000
36,880
8
–
(17,147)
(181)
(7,182)
2013
Number of
shares
268,366,083
663,462
–
–
–
–
2013
£000
36,789
91
–
–
–
–
256,118,395
12,378
269,029,545
36,880
(ii) Deferred Ordinary Shares of 618⁄25 pence (2013: 618⁄25 pence)
At 1 January and 31 December
182,700,915
12,278
182,700,915
12,278
(iii) Deferred Ordinary Shares of 1⁄775 pence (2013: 1⁄775 pence)
At 1 January and 31 December
18,352,057,648
237
18,352,057,648
237
(iv) Deferred Ordinary Shares of 984⁄775 pence (2013: nil)
At 1 January
Share split
At 31 December
(v) B Shares of 984⁄775 pence (2013: nil)
At 1 January
Share split
At 31 December
–
188,251,587
188,251,587
–
17,147
17,147
–
1,989,357
1,989,357
–
181
181
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Further information on share capital, including in respect of the return on capital is provided in Note 21 to the Group financial statements.
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ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
NOTES TO THE COMPANY ACCOUNTS CONTINUED
For the year ended 31 December 2014
40 RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENTS IN SHAREHOLDERS’ FUNDS
1 January 2014
Profit for the financial year
Dividends
Fair value gains on interest rate swaps
Employee share awards
Issue of Ordinary Shares to employees under
share option schemes
Actuarial losses on retirement benefits
Return of capital to Shareholders
Capital redemption reserve
31 December 2014
1 January 2013
Profit for the financial year
Dividends
Fair value gains on interest rate swaps
Employee share awards
Issue of Ordinary Shares to employees under
share option schemes
Actuarial losses on retirement benefits
Deferred tax on items taken to equity
New share capital subscribed
Purchase of treasury shares
31 December 2013
Called up
share capital
£ million
49
–
–
–
–
Share
premium
account
£ million
20
–
–
–
–
Capital
redemption
reserve
£ million
6
–
–
–
–
Treasury
shares
£ million
(24)
–
–
–
–
Hedging
reserve
£ million
(6)
–
–
1
–
Profit and
loss account
£ million
505
134
(70)
–
3
Capital and
reserves
£ million
550
134
(70)
1
3
–
–
–
(7)
42
–
–
–
–
20
–
–
–
7
13
10
–
–
–
(14)
–
–
–
–
(5)
(7)
(3)
(198)
–
364
3
(3)
(198)
–
420
Called up
share capital
£ million
49
–
–
–
–
Share
premium
account
£ million
19
–
–
–
–
Capital
redemption
reserve
£ million
6
–
–
–
–
Treasury
shares
£ million
(34)
–
–
–
–
Hedging
reserve
£ million
(10)
–
–
5
–
Profit and
loss account
£ million
404
184
(66)
–
(2)
Capital and
reserves
£ million
434
184
(66)
5
(2)
–
–
–
–
–
49
–
–
–
1
–
20
–
–
–
–
–
6
11
–
–
–
(1)
(24)
–
–
(1)
–
–
(6)
(11)
(5)
1
–
–
505
–
(5)
–
1
(1)
550
41 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006, the Company has not presented its own profit and loss account and related notes.
The profit for the financial year of the Company was £134 million (2013: £184 million).
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1
2
3
4
4 Additional information
Shareholder information
Definition and calculation of non GAAP measures
Financial summary
Glossary
184
186
188
Inside back cover
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTINUED
SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
FINANCIAL CALENDAR
23 April 2015
24 April 2015
29 April 2015
14 May 2015
26 May 2015
6 August 2015
early September 2015
early September 2015
early October 2015
12 November 2015
Ex-dividend date – Final dividend
Record date to be eligible for the final dividend
Annual General Meeting
Q1 Interim Management Statement for the year to 31 December 2015
Final dividend payment for the year to 31 December 2014
Half Year Results announcement for the year to 31 December 2015
Ex-dividend date – Interim dividend
Record date to be eligible for the interim dividend
Interim dividend payment for the year to 31 December 2015
Q3 Interim Management Statement for the year to 31 December 2015
Our website
Our corporate website provides access to share price and dividend
information as well as sections on managing your shareholding
online, corporate governance and other investor relations information.
To access the website, please visit www.aggreko.com/investors.
Managing your shares online
Shareholders can manage their holding online by registering to use
our Shareholder portal at https://shares.aggreko.com. This service is
provided by our Registrar, Capita, giving quick and easy access to your
shareholding, allowing you to manage all aspects of your shareholding
online, with a useful FAQ section.
Electronic communications
We encourage Shareholders to consider receiving their communications
electronically. Choosing to receive your communications electronically
means you receive information quickly and securely and allows us
to communicate in a more environmentally friendly and cost-effective
way. You can register for this service online using our share portal at
https://shares.aggreko.com.
Payment of dividends
Shareholders whose dividends are not currently paid directly into
their bank accounts may wish to consider setting this service up.
We encourage Shareholders to have dividends paid direct to their
bank accounts as this has a number of advantages, including ensuring
efficient payment to receive cleared funds on the payment date.
If Shareholders would like to receive their dividends directly to their
bank account, they should call the Registrar, Capita, using the
details below.
UK Shareholders may also register using the share portal at
https://shares.aggreko.com.
Overseas Shareholders may also be able to have the dividend
converted to local currency before payment to your bank account
using the international payment service. Please call the Registrar,
Capita, using the details below, or visit www.capitaregistrars.com/
international.
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
In 2015 we introduced a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) for
eligible Shareholders. This allows Shareholders to purchase additional
shares in Aggreko with their dividend payment. Further information
and a mandate can be obtained from our Registrars, Capita,
using the contact details below of by using the share portal at
https://shares.aggreko.com.
Duplicate documents
Some Shareholders find that they receive duplicate documentation
and split dividend payments due to having more than one account
on the share register. If you think you fall into this group and would
like to combine your accounts, please contact our Registrar, Capita.
Changes of address
To avoid missing important correspondence relating to your
shareholding, it is important that you inform our Registrar, Capita,
of your new address as soon as possible.
Investor Relations App
We have recently published an Investor Relations and Media App,
which is available for both Apple and Android devices. This allows
you to easily access all our financial publications, including the
2014 Annual Report. The online report and a link to download the
App can be found at www.aggreko.com/investors.
Sharegift
If you have a very small shareholding that is uneconomical to sell,
you may want to consider donating it to Sharegift (Registered Charity
no.10526886), a charity that specialises in the donation of small,
unwanted shareholdings to good causes. You can find out more
by visiting www.sharegift.org or by calling +44 (0) 207 930 3737.
Shareholder queries
Our share register is maintained by our Registrar, Capita.
Shareholders with queries relating to their shareholding should
contact Capita directly using one of the methods listed below.
For more general queries, Shareholders can look at our website at
www.aggreko.com/investors.
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Additional documents
An interactive summary version of our Annual Report is available online
at www.aggreko.com/investors.
Additionally the Annual Report is available for download in pdf format
at www.aggreko.com/investors.
Unsolicited mail and Shareholder fraud
Shareholders are advised to be wary of unsolicited mail or
telephone calls offering free advice, to buy shares at a discount or
offering free company reports. To find more detailed information
on how Shareholders can be protected from investment scams
visit www.fca.org.uk/consumers/scams/investment-scams/
share-fraud-and-boiler-room-scams.
USEFUL CONTACTS
Registrar
Capita Asset Services, Shareholder Solutions
The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road
Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU
United Kingdom
Telephone 0871 664 0300
+44 (0) 20 8639 3399
Website www.capitaregistrars.com
Email ssd@capitaregistrars.com
Stockbrokers
Bank of America Merrill Lynch – London
Citigroup Global Markets – London
Auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers – Glasgow
Chartered Accountants
Aggreko’s registered office
8th Floor, 120 Bothwell Street
Glasgow G2 7JS
Scotland, United Kingdom
Telephone +44 (0) 141 225 5900
Email investors@aggreko.com
Registered in Scotland No. SC177553
Group Legal Director and Company Secretary
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTINUED
DEFINITION AND CALCULATION
OF NON GAAP MEASURES
Return on average capital employed (ROCE)
DEFINITION:
Calculated by dividing operating profit for a period by the average net operating assets at 1 January, 30 June and 31 December.
CALCULATION:
Operating profit
Average net operating assets
1 January
30 June
31 December
Average (i.e. total of 1 Jan, 30 June
and 31 Dec divided by 3)
ROCE (operating profit divided by average operating assets)
Accounts reference
Income statement
Note 4(g) of 2014 & 2013 Accounts
Refer to Note (a) below
Note 4(g) of 2014 & 2013 Accounts
Note (a):
Per June 2014 Interim Accounts
Note 6(e)
Assets
Liabilities
Net operating assets
Ratio of revenue to average
Gross rental assets
DEFINITION:
December
2014
£ million
December
2013
£ million
310
358
1,598
1,616
1,690
1,708
1,773
1,598
1,635
1,693
19%
21%
1,948
(332)
1,616
2,131
(358)
1,773
Revenue for the period (excluding pass-through fuel) divided by the average gross rental assets at 1 January, 30 June and 31 December.
CALCULATION:
Revenue
Less pass-through fuel (Note 1)
Revenue excl. pass-through fuel
Average gross rental assets
1 January
30 June
31 December
Average (i.e. total of 1 Jan, 30 June
and 31 Dec divided by 3)
Accounts reference
Income statement
Note 14
Note 11 of June 14 Interim Accounts
Note 14
December
2014
£ million
December
2013
£ million
1,577
(48)
1,529
2,373
2,388
2,599
1,573
(42)
1,531
2,328
2,508
2,373
2,453
2,403
Revenue/gross rental assets
Note 1: Pass-through fuel relates to our Power Projects contracts in Mozambique where we provide fuel on a pass-through basis.
62%
64%
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Earnings before interest, taxes,
Depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA)
CALCULATION:
Operating profit (Earnings Before Interest and Taxation)
Depreciation
Amortisation
EBITDA
Interest cover: EBITDA divided
By net finance costs
CALCULATION:
EBITDA (£ million)
Net finance cost (£ million)
Interest cover (times)
Net debt to EBITDA
CALCULATION:
Net debt (£ million)
EBITDA (£ million)
Net debt/EBITDA (times)
Dividend cover
DEFINITION:
Basic earnings per share (EPS) divided by full year declared dividend.
CALCULATION:
Basic EPS (pence)
Full year declared dividend
Interim dividend (pence)
Final dividend (pence)
Dividend cover (times)
Accounts reference
Income statement
Note 5
Note 5
Accounts reference
Per above
Income statement
Accounts reference
Cash flow statement
Per above
Accounts reference
Income statement
Note 10
Note 10
1
2
3
4
December
2014
£ million
December
2013
£ million
310
259
3
572
358
273
5
636
December
2014
December
2013
572
21
27
636
25
26
December
2014
December
2013
494
572
0.9
363
636
0.6
December
2014
December
2013
82.57
92.15
9.38
17.74
27.12
9.11
17.19
26.30
3.0
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTINUED
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
Revenue £m
1,230
1,396
1,583
1,573
1,577
312
338
381
352
306
Trading Profit3 £m
10
11
12
13
14
10
11
12
13
14
Trading Margin3 %
25
24
24
22
19
Dividend per Share Pence
18.90
20.79
23.91
26.30
27.122
10
11
12
13
14
10
11
12
13
14
Profit Before Tax3 £m
Diluted EPS3 Pence
304
324
360
333
289
78.98
86.76
100.40
92.03
82.49
10
11
12
13
14
10
11
12
13
14
Average Number of Employees
Net Operating Assets £m
5,316
5,749
6,112
3,714
4,262
1,708
1,598
1,690
1,354
1,066
10
11
12
13
14
10
11
12
13
14
Return on Average Capital Employed3 %
Capital Expenditure £m
32
28
24
21
19
269
228
251
418
440
10
11
12
13
14
10
11
12
13
14
Net Debt £m
Shareholders’ Funds £m
593
494
365
363
814
881
1,045
1,140
1,078
132
10
11
12
13
14
10
11
12
13
14
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2
Trading profit represents operating profit before gain on sale of property, plant and equipment.
The Board is recommending a final dividend of 17.74 pence per Ordinary Share, which, when added to the interim dividend of 9.38 pence, gives a total for the year
of 27.12 pence per Ordinary Share.
3 2012 numbers are pre-exceptional items.
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GLOSSARY
CEO
Chief Executive Officer.
CFO
Chief Financial Officer.
CFM
Cubic feet per minute. A unit of volumetric
capacity.
CO2
Carbon dioxide.
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
Profit after tax divided by the diluted weighted
average number of Ordinary Shares ranking
for dividend during the relevant period,
i.e. including the impact of share options.
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency.
ERP SYSTEM
Enterprise Resource Planning System.
A software package which is designed to
manage all the operational and accounting
functions of our business.
GHG
Greenhouse gas emissions.
MARKET POTENTIAL ESTIMATION
CALCULATION
1. In a market (say, oil-refining in the US)
in which we are well-established and
have high market share, calculate
our rental revenues (a known number)
in the sector as a proportion of the total
economic output of oil refineries in the US
(another known number). This produces
a very small number, like 0.00001.
2. Make the assumption that if we can
achieve, say, 0.00001 of the economic
output of refineries in the US as revenues,
we should, in theory, be able to achieve
the same in oil refineries everywhere else.
Therefore if we take the total economic
output of oil refineries in, say China,
and then apply the same multiple to
that which we achieve in the US, that
tells us how big the potential market is.
3. Take this same technique, and apply
it to about 20 segments in around
30 countries, and we have an estimate
for the market potential and a number
for our revenues in the sector (an accurate
number), and therefore an estimate of
our share of “market potential”.
G/KWH
Emissions in grams per kilowatt hour.
MW
Megawatt – a million watts of electricity.
HFO
Heavy fuel oil.
NOx
Oxides of nitrogen.
HUB
A large service centre where large items
of equipment are stored and serviced.
KVA
A thousand volt amperes.
LOAD SHEDDING
Load shedding is an intentional power
shutdown, where electricity is stopped
for a period of time over different parts
of the distribution region. They are a
last-resort measure to avoid a total blackout
of the power system and are a demand
response where the demand for electricity
exceeds the supply capability of the network.
LOCAL BUSINESS
The part of our business that looks after
customers local to our service centres
in North and Latin America, Europe,
the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australasia.
LWA
Sound power level at source.
ON-HIRE & OFF-HIRE
When a contract is put out on rent, the
equipment is referred to as on-hire. When a
contract comes off rent, the equipment is
referred to as off-hiring. The on and off-hire
rates are calculated as the number of MW
of equipment that either on or off-hire in
the period, divided by the MW of equipment
on-hire at the beginning of that period.
ORANGE EXCELLENCE
This is our continuous improvement
programme. Orange Belts are trained
for two weeks in improvement techniques
and continue to work in their business area
making localised improvements in service,
sales and administration, ultimately making
Aggreko more efficient and providing
ongoing improvement for our customers.
Black Belts undertake a year of intensive
training in continuous improvement, spanning
a blend of operations improvement, project
management, change management and
lean/six sigma tools and techniques.
Their focus is on the delivery of major, and
often, Group-wide improvement projects
and also in the training of our Orange Belts.
OPERATING PROFIT
(ALSO KNOWN AS EBIT)
Profit from operations after gain on sale of
property, plant and equipment but before
interest and tax.
PARTICULATE
In general this term relates to visible smoke.
POWER PROJECTS BUSINESS
The part of our business which handles very
large power contracts. Customers are mainly
in developing countries but power projects
can arise anywhere in the world.
PP
Percentage points.
PROFIT AFTER TAX
Profit attributable to equity Shareholders.
SPOKE
A small service centre which provides a
logistics point from where equipment can be
prepared and sent out quickly to customers.
tCO2e
Tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
The temperature control fleet includes
chillers, air conditioners, cooling towers,
boilers, heat exchangers, heaters, and
the required ancillary products. It provides
HVAC and moisture control equipment that
helps customers minimise losses, manage
risks and capture windows of economic
opportunity. Applications include seasonal
limitations or catastrophic failure of critical
cooling equipment, planned and unplanned
maintenance, process improvements,
and temporary structures.
TIER 1, TIER 2, TIER 3, TIER 4
US Federal Government target emission
reduction levels.
TRADING PROFIT
Operating profit before gain on sale
of property, plant and equipment.
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