Aker ASA Q1 FY2021 Earnings Call

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  • Net Asset Value (NAV): Increased by NOK 9 billion to NOK 62.2 billion, a 17% rise from Q4 2020.
  • Share Price: Rose by 17% in Q1 2021 to NOK 654.5, outperforming the Oslo Børs Benchmark Index (+9%).
  • Value-Adjusted Equity Ratio: 84% at period end.
  • Liquidity: Total liquidity reserves of NOK 2.9 billion; cash holdings at NOK 873 million.
  • Portfolio Composition: 89% in Industrial Holdings; 90% of portfolio in listed assets and cash.

Key Business Highlights

  • Aker BP:
    • Recorded all-time high revenues and operating profits.
    • NOAKA development progressing ahead of schedule; expected to significantly boost production over next 5 years.
    • NOAKA to benefit Aker Solutions and promote software collaboration (Cognite, Aize).
  • Aker Horizons:
    • Contribution to NAV: NOK 5.9 billion.
    • Second-largest asset in Aker’s portfolio (after Aker BP).
    • Acquired 75% in Mainstream Renewable Power — expanding renewable project pipeline.
    • Launched Aker Clean Hydrogen — focus on large-scale hydrogen development, including partnership with Yara and Statkraft.

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Christina Glenn: Hello, everyone, and good morning. Welcome to this presentation of Aker's First Quarter Results for 2021. We will start today's presentation with Aker's President and CEO, Øyvind Eriksen, who will walk you through the highlights in the quarter and how the Industrial Holdings portfolio developed in the period. Our CFO, Svein Oskar Stoknes will then cover the financial investments portfolio and the first quarter accounts in more detail. After the presentation, we will have a Q&A session. You can submit your questions via the chat function on the webcast. And with that, I hand it over to Øyvind Eriksen. Øyvind Eriksen: Thank you, Christina, and good morning, everyone. It's been another eventful quarter, one in which we have hit several milestones across our portfolio. Aker BP recorded record high revenues; Aker Solutions, record high tender activity; and Aker Horizons grew its revenues and renewable portfolio significantly. For Aker, the quarter ended with net asset value up nearly NOK9 billion to NOK62.2 billion. That's a 17% increase from the previous quarter, especially driven by growth in Aker BP and Aker Horizons, two companies targeting different parts of the energy markets; one in oil and gas and one in renewables and low carbon solutions. The companies are not at odds, but have a shared ambition of contributing to more sustainable energy production; Aker BP through producing oil as efficiently and with slower emissions as possible, and Aker Horizons by c

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