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Strategy Update
Jan 29, 2020
Hello, everyone, and welcome to this conference call to Ferravial's strategic plan 2020, 2024, which we have called Horizon 24. I'm glad to present our new CEO, Mr. Ignacio Madrige us who will be leading this call. Form or via email to ir@.uh@ferrogl.com. They will be read on the Q And A part of this call.
Please be aware that this call will be over at 1 pm in an hour's time. With this, I hand over to Ignacio. The floor is yours.
Thank you, Vedonia. Hello. Good afternoon, everyone. Good morning, those in the U. K.
And the U. S. A pleasure to present all of you or a strategic plan 2020, 2024, but, we have called Horizon 24. This business plan is the result of our annual strategic review and exercise we do every year. And it is consistent with our focus on developing and operating sustainable infrastructure and the sale of our service division that was announced at the beginning of last year.
To prepare our business plan, first, we look externally to the trends affecting our infra industry. One of these trends is related to changes in demographics. We are seeing more population living in mega cities and older For instance, by 2030, we'll have 11 new cities with more than 15,000,000 inhabitants and 6.7 billion people living in megasities by 2015. Another trend is related to new technologies One of them, of course, is digital Technologies and the boom of e Commerce by 2030, 25% of tel sales in the US will be online, and it will bring additional traffic of commercial vehicles and a very complex last mile next day delivery. Also, we are seeing new technologies like artificial intelligence and 5G and a huge investment in autonomous cars.
However, in spite of this huge investment, according to some studies, it will take some time to see fully autonomous cars in our streets. And it will come with more traffic because of the changes in behaviors. We also see a new way to understand mobility as a service with car sharing and car hailing and it will happen together with more cars, more traffic, and more passengers. The challenge is that we have to do all this while reducing carbon emissions, and we need a radical change to achieve the 1.5 Celsius, the critical So it will not be business as usual. Also climate change will bring water scarcity and more than 50% of the population we live in regions with water stress.
So too much water or not enough water. All this is translated into an estimate of, 3,700,000,000 dollars per year of investment needed until year 2035. This is according to a McKinsey Global Institute study. And of this 29% is in energy and 26% is in roads. And also in that sense, the US could be considered an emerging market with a huge need of investment that is considered will be $740,000,000,000 every year until 2035.
So not all that, we are in the right industry in which Ferroglial can contribute to society. And the way in which, we can contribute is developing and operating innovative, efficient, and sustainable infrastructure while creating value for our stakeholders. This is an industry that most of us at Ferribial had dedicated our professional lives, and we feel very passionate about it. It is also an industry which we can create value for our shareholders as we will see in our strategic plan horizon 24. To create value, we have identified forest strategic priorities, our people, sustainable growth, operational excellence, and innovation.
Talking about people or most important asset, we have very talented and passionate team that they will protect with a safety culture and make sure they are always motivated to do their best. We also want to attract the best talent in the industry in each of the locations where we have operations. We have a unique portfolio of infrasets, like the 407, the managed lanes in the US or Hydro Airport, and they are probably some of the best quality assets in the world. That in the period of this business plan, should bring us €4,000,000,000 of infra dividends. We also have a strong pipeline of high quality infra projects, €12,000,000,000 of equity, in our core markets of, the US, UK, Canada, Poland, Spain, Chile, Colombia, and Peru.
We may look selectively into other geographies to increase the pipeline in the future, but, we need to have contracting capabilities projects with a high concessional value and also that the the countries according to the standard that we are requesting. Also, we will explore new sustainable infrared related opportunities like mobility or electrification, We will continue rotating mature assets to optimize capital allocation and complete the sale of our services division. In our strategic plan, we are improving EBITDA, 11% per year from 2020 to normalized EBITDA to 2024. And reaching a 3a half percent margin in the contracting division. We also have targets to reduce our carbon footprint with an objective of 32% reduction by 2030 versus our 2009 emissions.
And we're implementing a new operating model that will help us to be more agile, more innovative and more efficient, with a target of €50,000,000 annual savings. A strategic plan that, as you can see, has a clear focus on shareholder return. Now moving to each of our business units. In the case of toll roads, we want to grow in greenfield projects with high concessional value. A good example of these are our managed lanes in the U.
S. We are working proactively to develop these opportunities in some of the most congested cities in the US. But of course, we also want to develop a standard traffic risk projects and availabilities in the countries that, I have mentioned before and where we have contracting capabilities. The pipeline that we have today in toll roads is €10,000,000,000 of equity investment, and we are working to increase this pipeline. Looking to newer geographies as commented before with the same criteria, but very selectively.
In the projects we are building today, we have an investment commitment of €830,000,000 in this period of time. Most of incoming from the 866 but of course, we will work to increase this amount in the following years with high return infra projects. Also, as commented previously, we have some of the best assets in the industry, the 407, the Dallas Managed Lane, the I77, all of them with a very long duration and with a potential to increase revenues. We are expecting €3,300,000,000 of infra dividends coming from these assets in the next 5 years. In airports, we have a good capabilities in this business.
We have operated many airports, and we are one of the companies who have built more terminals. We have also been very proactive with the portfolio, buying and selling assets, similar to other businesses, Air Force is an attractive business in which we have to participate with partners and with a wider geographical scope, not only markets where we have contracting capabilities. It is also a more and more competitive industry, and we will only invest when we can take advantage of our capabilities and get the level of returns requested by your investors. In the case of Hydro, it is one of the best airports in the world with a well needed expansion project to cover the additional traffic that, will keep Hydro as the most important European hub. We will follow closely the decisions taken by the regulator because we need an adequate return to make the investment needed for the expansion.
The contracting business is giving us the capabilities to develop infra projects with high concessional value. We'll have these contracting capabilities in Spain, Poland, UK, Canada, the US, Colombia, Chile, and Peru. And we will exceed non core markets. We do not want to grow in the construction business. We want profitability and capabilities to build infra projects.
Our size will be between 1,000,000,000 to 1,000,000,000 in these core markets. Last year was close to 5.4, and we want to have between 25 to 30% of our revenue with internal projects. We'll be at 6,000,000,000 revenue only. We have more internal projects. Hopefully, it's the case that, we are at 6,000,000,000 with 30% of internal projects.
Also, we are working to improve our processes, an important one is related to our technical skills and the contribution from the design. We are also changing the bidding process involving operations and using more external data, and we're improving our controls to identify as soon as possible deviations to the target. With these improvements in our processes and our strategy, we expect to have a margin of 3.4 5% EBIT that is even below the historical profitability of a local markets and internal projects in our construction business. We are also exploring other infrarelated opportunities In the case of mobility, it is very close to our toll road business, and it gives us information about traffic, and changes on customer behaviors. We have 2 main initiatives.
The first one is City, a car sharing business in Madrid, that we have together with Renault, and that we want to expand to other selected European cities starting from Paris. The second is one, though, a mobility platform that we want to develop together with partners. The fight against climate change and the reduction of carbon emissions will bring an electrification of transport and buildings. Structure with concessional value. Today, we have 2 projects of transmission lines in Chile and we want to participate in more projects in Latin America where we have contracting capabilities with limited equity contribution and rotating the assets fast.
In the case of water, we have a contracting capabilities and we want to combine them with concessions in the geographies where we have these contracting capabilities Also, we have to say that there are very limited opportunities today. Susnabilities are the core of our strategy. And we can contribute with infra solutions for a low carbon environment. Also, we need to reduce our carbon footprint we have defined a target to reduce our emissions by 32% in GR 2030 compared to emissions in GR 2009. To achieve that, we need that 50% of our fleet has 0 emissions, 100% of our energy is coming from renewal sources, and we have defined this objective that we reached that by 2025 And we also need a 30% improvement in energy efficiency in our buildings.
These targets are science based with the technologies available today, and we are working in a plan to be carbon neutral by 2050. We are also launching our 2022 corporate social responsibility plan that is focused on the United Nations' sustainable development goals, that, especially on those that we directly contribute that are related to water, to cities, and to infrastructures, Finally will continue our proactive engagement and advocacy being part of the Dow Jones Sustainable Index where we are now the leaders of the infrastructure industry. The CDP where we have an aerating, food, seafood goods, and and others, and also continue to be part of groups like, green growth, or Hydro Center for Excellence where we combine initiatives for the aviation industry. We have defined a new operating model to be more agile, more innovative and more efficient, We want to keep the same level of accountability and entrepreneurship and innovation that we have today. But at the same time, we want to enhance transparency and collaboration, while improving efficiency through the utilization and automation.
We are taking several measures to simplify our processes. We are creating service centers for finance and human resources. And we are reviewing all non personnel overhead expenses. It will help us to reduce our overhead cost by 1,000,000 per year. We expect that this year we will see only 1,000,000 and the full amount next year.
This reduction is done in parallel with the sale of our services division, and it will help us to be leaner in a smaller, but more profitable company. To summarize, I think we are in the right industry, an industry we all feel very passionate about. And an industry in which what we can contribute developing and operating infrastructure of high concessional value. We will do it in selected geographies where we can develop contracting capabilities, and there are high value projects. We will continue rotating mature assets.
We'll see an improvement of our profitability, 11% EBITDA improvement per year, or 2020 base, a reduction of our CO2 emissions, and a new operating model that will make us more agile efficient and innovative and always with the same passion to create shareholder value. So thank you, nevertheless, and now I will take your questions.
The first question comes from Robert Kreums from Insight. Ignacio, which are the potential non core parts of
Thank you. Thank you for the question. As I commented, what we have defined markets that we want to have contracting capabilities as a as a local company. And, these markets are Spain, Poland, UK, Canada, the U. S, parts of the U.
S, because it's a very large country, so we cannot have local capabilities everywhere in the U. S, Chile, Colombia and Peru. These are considered for us, core markets to have contracting capabilities We have defined them also based on the infra projects that we may have, in these markets in the future to develop. And where we can develop contracting capabilities at the same time. So that will be the focus.
It does not mean that we cannot be on off in other countries. And of course, we selective there are other interesting infra projects where we can develop opportunities, contracting capabilities in the future. But we will focus on these, core markets that I mentioned before.
Also coming from Robert, any comments on the EBIT margin outlook, for construction for 2020 and what steps will you take to reach the 3.5%.
Yeah. Our objective of, 3.3.5%, of course, is that's something that we want to reach for the contracting business. But, of course, in the short term, we have still the effect of, this projects that the large projects that we provisioned last year, and we'll have zero results in the, in the following months. The step that we are taking in the contracting business, first is, is about people. And we made changes last year in those places where we have problems and issues.
And this was done at the beginning of last year. We are also reviewing all our processes, one of the main processes that I commented before, starting from the design and technical. I think it's very relevant for contracting business. We're also reviewing all our bidding processes, looking at how we can get more data. How we can involve more the operating operational teams that later we develop the projects and of course, how we can get more information about the, the cost of the different projects that we are bidding.
And also, we are also looking at the control, have early warnings of any deviations to the target. But we are implementing, of course, new reports and also we are looking to improve the transparency in all projects and with all information. So people processes and then strategy, you know, I think it's very relevant that you are a local company, as I commented in those markets that we have a local capabilities, like Spain or Poland or Texas, our returns have been well above this 3.5 percent, what we want to, develop local capabilities in markets where we see that we may have, infra projects with high concessional value, and we want to focus just on those places. Avoiding one offs or avoiding entering in new markets where we don't have these local capabilities, and it's difficult to make money. So this 3.5% is a target that we have.
I think that in the past, looking at the historical information where we have been local we have the higher margin than that, and these are midterm objectives to be 3.5% EBIT margin.
Thank you. The next question comes from Nicholas Morda from Morgan Stanley. Can you please provide more color on your thinking on dividend shareholder retribution, what will it be dependent upon?
Our dividend policy is something that is is defined by the board every year. And it will continue to be the case in the future. Of course, we want to have this flexibility because it will depend on the industrial projects, infra projects with high concessional value. That we may have in the future. So based on that, it will define what is the cash available to give back to the shareholders via dividend or share buyback.
So we want to keep that flexibility And of course, the main driver in our decision will be related to the industrial infra projects with high concessional value that we may develop in the future.
Thank you. Can you talk about the realistic 2 to 3 years pipeline in toll roads especially in managed lanes in the US.
The case of a managed lanes is, is something that you need to create the demand. As you know, US cities are very congested. Huge problem with traffic. They have not received enough federal or state funding to solve some of the infrastructure projects. I think that the we bring a very good solutions to traffic in most of these congested cities with our managed lanes, and we are working proactively to increase this pipeline.
So, we are working in most of these large city record where we have contracting capabilities and where we have we see opportunities. Of course, in the very short term, we see the Maryland that is, one opportunity that we'll see developing the during this year, beginning of next year. In Atlanta, also, there are also some projects that could come ahead And it's not only these places, but we are also working with unsolicited proposals in other cities in different states in the US. So as commented, when you see the €10,000,000,000 of pipeline, most of it is related to minus lanes. In the US, and, is something that we expect that we'll get some traction.
In order to develop some of these projects in the future is our main focus on developing infra projects because I think it's very good contribution to solve a problem of of traffic in very congested cities. And I think that, we have unique capabilities to bring these solutions and to develop these projects. I don't want to be more specific about other projects because it's something that we are working is relevant commercial information that we don't want to serve, but it will be the focus on developing or pipeline in the following years and hopefully we are successful because we think it's a very good solution.
The next question comes from Barclays from Nabil Ahmed. Were you diversifying and allocating resources to non toll roads and airports assets where you have less expertise?
Of course, the main focus for us and allocation of resources will be toll roads. And airports in the case of, we can leverage our capabilities and get a return adequate for our shareholders. So that will be the case and our main focus but also we have, we have capabilities and we have developed projects both in electrification and in the water business. In the case of electrification, we see that the first, there is a there is a huge opportunity as commented, it's needed a radical change, in order to fight against climate change, and it will bring together an electrification of transport and also cities, not especially buildings and heating and cooling them. So there will be a need of transmission lines, changes in the grid system.
So it will be a need of infra related opportunities. I think that could have a high concessional value. Today, we already are we have 1 transmission line in Chile, we are developing another one in Chile 2. It's a limited equity investment, but I think could be relevant We have, in this places, the contracting capabilities that is that we rotate the assets very fast. I think that, we have capabilities in certain countries.
We can take advantage. So that's why we will explore further opportunities, but it does not mean that our main focus will continue in toll roads and airports where we can get investments adequate with adequate return for us. In the case of what it is a little bit, more difficult, I will say they're more limited in terms of opportunities, I will say, we have today contracting capabilities with Kalawa and also in Texas, the IDIC, we can leverage those capabilities in order to participate in P3s. The issue is that there are very limited investments in P3s in the places where we have these contracting capabilities, but on course, as as commented with the climate change, 50% of the population in water history regions, but maybe there is some opportunities to P3 projects in water and will be explored if that's the case, and we can generate the returns adequate for our investors. But again, as commented, main focus, management in US, will be the main focus in the, in the future.
Thank you. The next set of questions comes from Stephanie Death from RBC. Could you explain what is included on the figure of dividend, which was mentioned in the presentation, from 2020, 2024, is that the dividend, for the stake for Javier holds in the assets or the total that will be paid by the infrastructure assets?
Yeah. The 4 dividends, the €4,000,000,000 of dividends is the the amount that the we are estimated that we'll receive from the participation that we have in the different infra assets. So we are including the course, the 407, we include the Managed Lane, we included the Hydro. So we include our main assets. And these are the dividends that we are expecting to receive to the Faroea group from this infra asset that has commented some of the of the best in the industry, and as commented also with very long term direction, but this is what the fare we have received from these, from these assets.
Infrastites.
Is that mainly toll roads or also airports? And could you please update us on the Maryland process?
The $12,000,000,000 is $10,000,000,000 related to toll roads, mainly managed lanes. And our $2,000,000,000 are mainly related to airports and is the expansion in the in Hydro Expansion. So this is what we have included in the pipeline, but as commented, again, is mainly related to U. S. Managed Lane.
Maryland is a process that has been just announced officially at the beginning of the year. There is request, a request, these are requests, for companies to participate in the process. I think it's next week. I think it's the 8th 9th following week. With that, we'll get more information about the how it's going to be developed the process.
I think that we need to prepare our bids by the end of the year. And I think that the ideas that be the fine, the winner or the company that will do the project at the beginning of next year. With the closing of the of the project. So it's something that, as you know, we have the I-sixty six in Virginia also covering the Washington DC. We have expertise and knowledge of the area.
And of course, we'll participate and involve in this project that Again, it's a very, very complex project in in two phases, but I think that the we have the adequate skills to to I mean, bid for this project and hopefully to to be successful, and incorporate, as part of a committed investment in the in the future, but, of course, we'll be competitive, and we have to wait to see what they are requesting and how it's going to be exactly the process, something that we'll learn in the following days.
Thank you. Please, can you update us on the services divestment process?
Yes. Nothing new compared to what Ernesto commented in December when we announced that we signed the SPA for the sale of a broader spectrum. As you know, initially, we look for interested parties in the whole services platform with Global exposure in different countries and different type of services businesses. And as a result of that process, we learned that there is not much interest from investors in the whole platform. We sell we are in the process of selling and expect it to close in the next 6 9 months, broad spectrum, out of that initial process.
But at the same time during the process, we understood that there are some interest in individual countries, and that's why we are launching a process that is by country or fully committed to the divestment of our service divisions. And also at the same time, what we want to do is to maximize, maximize the value for our shareholders, not out of this division, So we are working to do it as fast as possible. And of course, with the obtaining the maximum income of maximum, funds for for equity for us from this, services division and hopefully something that we do in the short term.
Thank you. Could you please develop how your experience in US construction will be leveraged at Ferrovial. And what do you think the biggest challenge of Ferrovial is today?
Well, I I started my my professional career in Ferrogial. I studied civil engineering and in Spain. And my first job was in construction here in Spain with the with Ferrogial. And, well, after that, the NBS Stanford and work from McKinsey and then join the FEMEX. And the Emirates have been in different countries.
No, I've been in I mean, from Mexico, Egypt, Europe and the U. S, lately, no, it have been the last 3 years. Always with the same industry, you know, at the end, we are talking about the same industry and Ferribial some of these projects have been a a customer. And, and, for instance, in Grand Parkway, in Houston or in Atlanta, it was one of our our customers. And I have been there operating in the U.
S. And Temex for the last three and a half years. Of course, it gives me a good understanding of the of the US market, but at the same time, being a global company like Temec also gave me knowledge and understanding of, also other other countries, and always related to to the same industry, you know, developing infrastructure, in the case of also, for Famous, we're also supporting the developing buildings, not that it's the same type of activities. So I think that the same time, Ferrovia is is a company with very high talented people. I think a very good team of professionals, very good knowledge of the industry, both in construction and also in the concessional business and airports.
So we have a great team to develop all these projects and and to develop the pipeline. So I think that with that, we are think that we can deliver on the goals that we have defined for the next 5 years. And the business plan horizon, that we are now implementing, and it's all about the execution now of the of the strategy and the strategy that is very clear.
Thank you. The next question comes from Deutsche Bank from Adrian Forcade. Which credit rating do you target and what leverage do you target?
We'll be investment grade. I think that the as a company is, that's really something that we want to be, of course, at that at that level. And we want to be 3 b's, triple b. So I think that that will be our our objective as a company, and I think that we don't have any problem to maintain that rating.
Thank you. The next question comes from Martin Vochal from Bank of America. In airports, is there any reinvestment pipeline apart from Heathrow's 3rd runway?
No, in the pipeline that we have for airports is mainly related to Hydro and they run away if that happens. And, of course, if, there are the conditions for us to get the adequate return of, that investment is the is the only thing that we have included in the in the pipeline. Yeah.
Also for Martin, Considering rotation of mature assets is mentioned in the business plan, would you consider selling stakes in your toll roads in the US and Canada?
As as commented, we rotate mature assets. No, mature means that whenever we feel that we can reduce the risk of construction, the risk of, traffic or the traffic is very stable. And also, we have maximized the revenues. At that point of time, of course, it maybe has more value for a third party or a financial investor that are requesting less profitability from those assets than our investors are requesting for us for the equity that we invest. So it may happen in the future whenever we reach to those levels, but I don't see that in the short term, I see still a lot of upside especially in terms of revenues on pricing and especially in terms of pricing, no, traffic.
Sorry. So I think that whenever we feel it's a mature asset, then we can, of course, rotate that like we have done with any other asset and especially with financial investors that they are open to get returns of 7% even lower today, but not yet for the 407 or the managed lanes in the U. S.
Thank you. The next question comes from Eladirral from JP Morgan. With regards to your 3.5 percent margin target in construction, when do you think you could achieve this level? Can we expect a meaningful improvement as soon as next year, or do you expect a gradual improvement until 2024?
You will see a very relevant improvement now in year 2020, not just only elimination of the provision, normalize the situation. So we expect that the, will be in, of course, in a positive EBIT not yet probably next year in the 3.5% and it is mainly related to what I commented previously that in this jobs that we have this provision, especially the I-sixty 6 and the, and the Atlanta project in in both of them, we have a a 0, results because I've been provisioning the negative part, but still which are the overhead, no allocation of the overhead to these projects. But for the rest, I think we'll see a clear improvement, a positive EBIT for the this year 2020, and it will gradually improve as long as this projects are terminated that we'll see, I stabilize at least 3.5% that has commented previously. We have been above these numbers in countries where we are local and also where we do projects internally.
The next question comes from, Insight from Robert Crimes. Could you better define the 11% EBITDA growth per year target? Is this a consolidate it EBITDA, a proportional EBITDA, and does it include new assets such as the I 66?
It's is reported EBITDA is from 2020 to 2024. So it's normalized after the provision that we took last year. And it's including, all the assets that we have in our business plan, including, of course, the A66, but we'll see that just at the the very end of the of the 5 year period.
Thank you. The next question comes from Angel Perez from Brentacuato. Could you explain what your expected allocation is for the funds obtained from the services, divestment, please.
We, as as commented previously, no, I I think that is a decision that will be taken by the board. And of course, what we do, it will depend on the activity class cash flow generated every year. And also based on the industrial investments that we may have, especially in U. S. Managed lanes in the future years, So, I mean, now we want to to keep that flexibility, and, it has been the case in the past, and and we'll continue to do that in the future.
And, and I think that we have to decide based on the, when we get this, money coming from the divestments of the services division and time activity cash flow and the progress that we may have at that specific point of time. So it will be decided every year and will be decided by your poor based on those considerations.
Thank you. The next question comes from Guillermo Fernandezao from Kepler Cheuvreux. Which assets in your portfolio today can you consider mature?
Well, I think that the I don't want to specifically name assets. But I think that you can take your own conclusions, no, but, doors that don't have a construction risk or traffic risk. And do you see that we cannot increase the revenues. Of course, we may consider, especially in a situation that very low interest rates and that also we see a lot of interest for financial investors in desktop, this type of assets, but it's something no different to what we have done in the past. You saw the divestment of the household during the last year, and and we'll follow whenever we think that has more value for a third party, but we will announce, so we'll comment in any specific asset whenever we take the final decision about that.
And And, I mean, you can, based on the criteria that I have defined, you can identify those.
Thank you. Also from Kepler, could you share some economics on your car sharing mobility business, capital employed, or margins? Any possibilities to expand to other cities from the ones you are present now? Just to understand the potential value creation.
In the case of car sharing, as commented, no, it's a city. We have that in Madrid. We expect to breakeven this year in Madrid. We're very close to that number. And the next step is to launch Paris.
We do it together with Renault. And there are partners for this. And we don't have any further decision for the time being. Of course, we need to see if, we make money in in Spain. First, in Madrid, and then how we are developing Paris.
And if we see that we can reach breakeven, we'll be cautious to develop a new city, but always first making sure that they were profitable and we have a good business model. No, as commented, I think, is we have a good information about traffic, about behavior, that is also about the operational capabilities. It's about data. And I think that with the partner together, we don't know, I think that we can make money, you know, and it's a business that could be profitable. Of course, if it's not the case like in any other thing, well, we will stop or we sell it.
So something that we are here to make money and we cannot, of course, we'll stop in 1,000,000.
Thank you. The next set of questions come from BPI from Bruno Silva. On construction, what is the expected free cash flow of the unit for 2020. And can you quantify the contribution from I 66?
That's it. I think that is, very detailed. I think that when we present the results, we can comment further in more detail about the activity cash flow in the construction business for next year. Also, we'll give information about how we close last year in terms of activity and cash flow for the different business and the construction. So based on that, you can take information about what it will be in the in the next year and the following years.
No. But I cannot comment about that now, but it will give more detail in February with Ora Salz.
Thank you also from Bruno and on the IC 66, have the delays been mitigated already? What is the expected opening date at this point of the
Well, I think that the what we provision in the I66 it was not related to the delay. It was more related to the expectations of what will be the results at the end of the of the project. We have plenty of time. In the future, it's it's true that we have a lot of, amounts that they that we need to to do a lot of a lot of work, but, at the same time, we recently got an extension of additional 6 months, no, especially for the part of the general purpose lanes. And I think that the we feel comfortable, not that the we can finalizing December 22.
That is the the final date that we had initially planned the 6 months that I think we have now for the for the general purpose lanes, not the we don't see an issue for the time being related to to the timing of, opening the the man's name.
Also from Bruno, dividends from the toll rates, the 3,300,000,000, does that include the exception exceptional NT dividend recently announced, and does it also include releverage effects eventually from I-seventy seven-thirty five W and 3C?
Where what we are including now is our expectations of dividends from all our infra projects. So, of course, if there is a, a initial dividend from any of the assets, of course, it will be it will be included in this period of time. An end end, but Howard NT was in previous year. So I think that for the rest of the assets, of course, it happens until similar in LBA or in any other, it will be included. NT was something that happened in 2019.
So it will not be included in these 5 years dividends. And it's what is our expectations, not based on the information we have today, and I think that is a conservative figure, not that we feel comfortable we can get from the assets that we have in in
Thank you. The next question comes from Nabil Lefmed from Barclays. In a best case scenario, how much of the €12,000,000,000 pipeline could Ferrovial be awarded? How much could this imply in terms of equity contribution? And would you be able to fund these internally from your cash flows, or would you need to sell assets or raise equity?
Well, I think that this 12,000,000,000 is, of course, It's all the work, all the jobs in which we are working today. Some of them are in incipient in terms of projects that we are conversation with the DLTs in certain places, so it's not something that probably the probability that it will happen will be will be lost. So we don't expect that the first, all these projects that we are trying to develop there will be real projects that they happen and then later it will be competitive. And being competitive, we can win them or not So I think that, we have 2 things that the problem happened. And second, that we are able to to win whenever it's a a competitive situation.
So I I I cannot I cannot give you a percentage of probability that what will happen because I don't know, but it's not a 50% probability. I think it's lower than that. And, at the same time, I mean, hopefully, we are the at the problem that we have too many good projects, because I think that the funding them, it will be it will be not a difficult thing to do. No?
Thank you. The next question comes from Patrick Crusett at Goldman Sachs. Does, excuse me, does your EBITDA target include the EBITDA from the I 66 and NT3W extension And is it fully incorporating the targeted construction margin improvement and 50,000,000 corporate cost saving?
Yes. We are including everything there. Yeah.
Thank you. Can you please confirm that the scope of the 11% EBITDA growth target is the time horizon from ends 19 to 2024.
It's from 2020 to 2024. So we are not including, as you know, I mean, the EBITDA in year 2019 was low because of the provision. We are normalizing that in year 2020. So from the high level of EBITDA in 2020, improving 11% every year. Of course, including everything, all the projects that we have today, and also the savings that we are expecting.
Yeah.
Thank you. The next question comes from Stephanie Darrff at RBC. Could you let us know when we should hear back from the appeal to be able to increase your stake in the 407 ETR?
Well, no idea. We don't know. I think that's something will happen in the first half of this year, but we don't have any specific date of when we may know about it.
Thank you. The next question comes from Nicholas Mora at Morgan Stanley. On airports, what is your attachment to your 25% stake at Heathrow and 50% stake in AGS?
As long as we can get attractive return to our shareholders. No? I think that the as committed, I think, especially, well, both all of them are very good assets. I think that we are happy about and satisfy about the possibility of expansion of the of the airport. But, if the regulation is at the level that we cannot get another quick return from our investors.
Of course, if there are other players has more value for us. Of course, we rotate the asset as we do with other cases, but, hopefully, it's not the case. Hopefully, we can a good return. Now, hopefully, with a good expansion project and a very good asset, we can we can get the adequate return for our investors, but I mean, we we are open to rotate if that's the case and if we see that we cannot get that equipment return.
Thank you also from Nicholas on services. Can you clarify what you wish to sell and keep and what your ideal time frame would be on the divestment?
We want to key to sell everything, and that's very clear as part of the strategy. And when as fast as possible, I'm I'm worry about the win and also about the how much, you know, so I think that they will try to maximize both things, you know, but ideally, we like to do as fast as possible. Of course, I mean, they are difficult, business in terms of, the number of, projects and the number of countries. But we'll try to do it as fast as possible, but at the same time, always trying to get the maximum return for our shareholders.
Thank you. The next question comes from Tobias Werner at MainFirst. How comfortable are you about the 2 delivery delivery schedules and budgets for the Heathrow expansion. How do you see this expansion in the context of current dividends?
I think that probably is something that is more for a question for Hydro, not directly directly to me. Of course, I visited Hydro and I have met with the with the team there, but, probably something that our team at Hiro, they have more knowledge about how comfortable we are with the with the budget and with the timing. No? So I think that is something that, probably, we need more information. We'll we'll see until maybe at the end of 21, we'll take some more time now to that think as commented, I would prefer not to give some information that may not be very precise.
And I think that the of course, I have met with the team and I have heard about all the projects, but I think it's better for them to give that information.
The next question comes from Antonio Rodriguez at BBVA. To electrification and water.
Has been very limited. No. I think in water, I think there there will be very few opportunities and various mold. In the case of electricity or investment, the last investment in one transmission line was, I think, 100,000,000 of equity, if I remember well. What happened there?
I think that number, so I think something like that, but I think we have 2 projects only, and and we have to see other opportunities that are profitable, have adequate return for us. But as commented, the limited, and and the way we want to do this is rotate them very fast. No. So whenever we finish the construction of these projects, ideas that the we eliminate the construction risk that we rotate them. No?
There are no further questions.
Okay. Thank you very much. All of you for your questions. And we have a new opportunity with the 2019 results at the end of February. Thank you very much.