Aker ASA Q2 FY2025 Earnings Call

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Key Highlights from Aker ASA Q2 2025 Earnings Call

  • Net Asset Value (NAV): Increased by NOK 4.5 billion to NOK 66.5 billion compared to Q1 2025.
  • Total Shareholder Return: 10% in Q2 2025, outperforming the Oslo Stock Exchange Benchmark Index's 7% gain and despite a Brent oil price decline of 11%.
  • Shareholder Distributions: NOK 2 billion returned via dividends in Q2; NOK 19 billion paid out as dividends across portfolio companies in H1 2025 (includes extraordinary dividends).
  • Portfolio Simplification: Continued divestments and reallocation toward real estate and industrial software, scaling down green businesses.
  • Real Estate Investments:
    • Through Aker Property Group, invested in SBB and Public Property Invest (PPI), managing >NOK 100 billion in assets.
    • SBB: Opportunity due to undervalued entry point; active ownership via board representation to support transformation.
    • PPI: Strong financial profile and aligned with Aker's dividend and cash flow growth goals.
  • Aker Horizons Merger: Merged into Aker ASA for streamlined structure and focused development of the remaining assets:
    • Mainstream (in partnership with Mitsui)

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Fredrik Berge: Good morning, and welcome to the presentation of Aker's second quarter results for 2025. My name is Fredrik Berge, and I am Head of Investor Relations. We will begin today's presentation with Aker's President and CEO, Oyvind Eriksen, who will take you through the quarterly highlights and recent developments in the portfolio. Our CFO, Svein Stoknes, will then cover the quarterly financials in more detail. After the presentation, we will have a Q&A session. And with that, I hand it over to Oyvind Eriksen. Oyvind Eriksen: That's appreciated, Fredrik. And thank you, everyone, for attending this presentation of the Aker ASA's second quarter and half year results. During the quarter, we announced important transactions, and we outperformed the market despite continued geopolitical uncertainty and volatility. Aker's net asset value rose by NOK 4.5 billion, reaching NOK 66.5 billion. We returned NOK 2 billion to shareholders through dividends and the total shareholder return for the quarter was 10% compared to a 7% increase in the Oslo Stock Exchange Benchmark Index, and 11% decline in the Brent oil price. The first half of the year was once again an active period for Aker. We took several meaningful steps aligned with our long-term strategy to simplify our portfolio and focus on growth platforms with dividend capacity or dividend potential. Aker Property Group expanded its footprint in real estate through investments in SBB and Public Property Invest or PPI. In Aker H

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