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Earnings Call: Q1 2021

May 12, 2021

Speaker 1

Good afternoon, everyone. It seems like only yesterday that we held our call on the report for the 2020 fiscal year, but time marches on. And today, I welcome you to discuss RWE's result for Q1 2021. So what's new? Team RWE is now working in its new management structure.

And as such, I would like to say a very warm welcome to you, Michael, Michael Mutter, our new CFO. And with this, let's kick it off. Over to you, Michael.

Speaker 2

Yes. Thanks, Thomas, And a good afternoon, dear investors and analysts. I'm very pleased to be here today, and I'm looking forward to good discussions with you over the coming years. And I'm especially looking forward to a time where I can meet you all in person. Let's start with Q1.

In the Q1, we made important progress on our long term growth, but it was overshadowed by the Texas Goldsnape. This is why the adjusted EBITDA for the RWE Group significantly decreased to €900,000,000 compared to last year. We can confirm the outlook for this year and the dividend target of €0.90 per share. Net debt decreased Significantly to €2,800,000,000 at the end of March on the back of margin inflows from hedging and trading activities as well as reduction in pension provisions. A great success for the company and for team RWE was the rating upgrades.

Our financial and strategic strength has been acknowledged by both of our rating agencies. At the end of March, Fitch upgraded our West rating to BBB plus with a stable outlook. Moody's followed shortly thereafter and upgraded to BAA2 also with a stable outlook. In the offshore business, we passed some big milestones in Q1. After being awarded with 2 adjacent sites of in total 3 gigawatts at Dogger Bank, we continue our growth story in the UK.

We have taken FID for the Sofia project, our largest project to date, which is located on DOGA Bank 2. I will follow-up with some more details shortly. Furthermore, We have been awarded with a 2 sided CFD for our Baltic II project, laying the groundwork for our 1st Polish offshore project. Sustainability is an essential element of our strategy. We have decided to extend our target of being carbon neutral by 2,040.

It now includes Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. And finally, our green investment under the proposed EU taxonomy amounted to more than 90% in Q1. On Page 4, you will see the Q1 performance on an EBITDA level. The adjusted EBITDA of the core business of €555,000,000 is marked by the Texas gold snip, which led to a loss of around €400,000,000 in the Onshore Wind Solar division. Overall, both wind divisions have suffered from weaker than normal wind conditions in Q1, particularly in contrast to Q1 last year, which was well above average.

On the flip side, our hydro biomass gas division provided a good and stable earning contribution. And the supply and trading business even topped its previous year's Very strong performance. Group adjusted EBITDA, including coal and nuclear, stood at 8 €83,000,000 With respect to operations, installed capacity Stood at 8.9 gigawatts at the end of the quarter after farm downs at the Stella, Cornell and Raymond East onshore wind farms in Texas. The farm down at Raymond West will follow once commissioning is reached in Q2. With 3.7 gigawatts of capacity currently under construction, We are well on track.

The residual target to reach more than 13 gigawatts at the end of 'twenty two has shrunk to 400 Megawatts. In Q1, we have taken investment decisions relating to 700 Megawatts, mostly for projects in North America. More than half of this is based on solar, partly with co located storage. Another project is the Black Drex Creek onshore wind farm with a capacity of 2 40 megawatts located in Texas, Construction works already started in Q1 and is due to finish at the end of the year. We can also give you an update on rampyard.

The transaction closed on April 1. We will reflect the additional 20% stake economically and capacity wise as of Q2. The earnings impact is already considered in our full year guidance. Let's now take a closer look at the Sofia project. Sofia will break new grounds for ALLE, establishing our expertise for installing state of the art 14 Megawatts turbines.

It will also provide valuable insights that we can deploy on our nearby development projects on DOGA Bank. Sofia achieved a strike price for a 2 sided CFD of 39 0.65 gigabytes per megawatt hour in 20.21 2012 prices and CapEx is about GBP 3,000,000,000. Following the final investment decision, we have contracted further relevant suppliers. Onshore construction work will start in this quarter and offshore work will follow in 2023. Final project completion is expected by the end of 2026.

We continue now with a detailed discussion of our Q1 financials. Ladies and gentlemen, Wind conditions in Q1 have been much weaker compared to the very strong winds we saw last year. The adjusted EBITDA amounted to €297,000,000 at the end of Q1. Gross cash investments of €724,000,000 are mainly for Triton Knoll construction project. At the end of Q1, 9 of our 90 turbines have been installed at Triton Knoll.

Earnings from the commissioning phase are expected to come in gradually throughout the year. Cash investments also include the deposit payment for the recent 3 gigawatts Seabed lease awarded in the UK. We can confirm the outlook for the division of €1,050,000,000 to €1,250,000,000 for the full year. Moving on to the onshore wind solar business on Page 8. I touched upon the main drivers earlier, namely the negative one off linked to the Texas cold snap.

Adjusted EBITDA amounted to minus €119,000,000 at the end of Q1. Before we go into the financials, one word on the current situation. We are conducting an analysis of all our markets to see where we might have similar situations like in ERCOT to avoid any repetition. All aspects are being taken into consideration, not only the hedging strategy itself. We are also looking into the entire asset management as well as in distant decisions.

Furthermore, ARI Renewables Americas has taken legal actions against the PUCT and the responsible transmission network operator, ERCOT. The financial impact of the Teixas cold snap is approximately €400,000,000 The loss is partly offset by a book gain of almost €100,000,000 from the farm down of 3 U. S. Onshore wind farms from the Texas portfolio. Both effects are made transparent as non recurring items.

The book gain from the Raymond West Project would follow after commissioning of the project, which is expected in Q2. In general, the below normal wind conditions brought earnings down further, for which the additional capacity could not compensate. Gross cash investments were mainly on a handful of U. S. Construction projects as well as various smaller European projects.

And the gross divestment stem mainly from the farm down of the Texas projects. Overall, We can confirm the outlook of €50,000,000 to €250,000,000 for the full year. Our hydro biomass gas division benefited year on year from higher income from the British capacity market. In contrast, we no longer received income from the biomass sites in Georgia in Q1 this year, as we have sold the asset in summer last year. The short term optimization and the day to day power plant Dispatch performed very well and was on a similar high level to last year.

With an adjusted EBITDA of €213,000,000 in Q1, it is almost on the level of last year. Altogether, the division put in a solid performance and we confirm the guidance for the full year. Moving on to the Supply and Trading division. The Supply and Trading division has more than succeeded in kicking off this year with a bank, recording an adjusted EBITDA of €189,000,000 With this earning With this, earnings are on par or even slightly higher year on year. I don't have to point out that last year's result was already at an extraordinary strong level.

For the full year, we can confirm the outlook for the division. Having now reported on the core business, let's move on to Coal Nuclear division. Core Nuclear had a very good Q1 with an adjusted EBITDA of €328,000,000 Year on year, the division came out as expected with a higher earnings level due to higher realized hedge margins. Costs associated with the German phase out will gradually increase throughout the year. We can confirm the outlook of €800,000,000 to €900,000,000 for the full year.

Moving on to the earnings drivers down to adjusted net income. Adjusted net income amounted to €340,000,000 in Q1, which is in line with the performance of adjusted EBITDA. The adjusted financial result is slightly higher than expected and linked to negative interest as well as valuation effects from derivatives. The adjustments are for tax interest from tax refunds unrelated to the current accounting period among other things. Adjustment in tax are applied with a general tax rate of 15%.

And now on to the adjusted operating cash flow on Page 13. The adjusted operating cash flow describes the impact on net debt from operating activities. It is adjusted for special items and other effects that balance out over time. In Q1, the adjusted operating cash flow of minus €55,000,000 resulted from the change in provisions and non cash items as well as a typical seasonal pattern in working capital due to purchases of CO2 certificates. This was partly compensated by a decrease of gas inventories and accruals at supply and trading compared to year end.

For 2021, we expect the cash effect from changes in operating working capital to turn positive. Returning to the details on net debt development. Net debt decreased significantly by €2,800,000,000 This is mainly due to timing effects from hedging activities such as variation margins and carbon provisions of 1.5 €1,000,000 Another driver is the change in provisions by roughly €700,000,000 resulting from higher discount rates. If commodity prices and interest rates remain stable, the leverage factor should be well below 3 times net debt to Core adjusted EBITDA. Finally, moving on to the outlook of the financial year.

As I already said, we can confirm our outlook for this year. Adjusted EBITDA for the core business will come in at €1,800,000,000 and €2,200,000,000 Adjusted EBITDA for the RWE Group will range between €2,650,000,000 to €3,050,000,000 and adjusted EBIT between €1,150,000,000 to €1,550,000,000 Our guidance for the adjusted income is €0.75,000,000,000 to €1,100,000,000 With this, I conclude my remarks and are now ready for your questions.

Speaker 1

Thank you, Michael.

Speaker 3

Thank The first question for today comes from the line of Rob Pulleyn from Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead.

Speaker 4

Thanks very much and congratulations on the new role. We also look forward to being able to meet you in person. So I have two questions. Firstly, could we could you share some views on what's happening in the supply chain And whether some of the inflation and bottlenecks we're seeing around the world could lead to delays in your capacity rollout And in particular, of course, for some of these offshore projects you're building where the price is fixed, but the costs are yet to be realized. The second question also talking about impact on your in your home country.

The Green Party seems to be polling pretty well. And there is, I think, growing expectations that coal closure could be brought forward to 2,030 or something like this. I'm just wondering if you could provide some sensitivity as to what that might mean for RWE's mining provisions and how they might change? Thank you very much.

Speaker 2

Yes. Thanks, Rob, for the questions. First of all, the supply chain, we currently don't see any On the supply chain and as you said prices are typically fixed when we take FID, so there shouldn't be any financial impact from the current perspective. Talking about the German discussions. I mean, let me first point out that actually the discussions are very supportive of our business model, Because us now turning towards being a renewable player, that's actually beneficial, because the discussions we are now having with the government is indeed How can you really accelerate that renewable build out?

And we are talking about questions how can you provide additional sites? How can you improve approval procedures? How can you ensure that grid access is made available earlier? And we're also talking about topics like Because with a quick build out of renewables, the issue comes up, how do you manage in Germany security of supply? So therefore, from that point of view, it really provides upside for us.

I think the impact on the coal is very difficult to assess And it's too early to come up with assessments already now.

Speaker 4

Okay. Fair enough and thank you. I'll turn it over.

Speaker 1

Thank you, Rob. Next question please.

Speaker 3

Of course. Thank you. The next Question comes from the line of Lueder Schumacher from Societe Generale. Please go ahead.

Speaker 5

Good morning or good afternoon. Time flies when you've got 3 results

Speaker 6

in one

Speaker 5

day. First question is on supply and Trading, I mean, of course, yet another very strong quarter. Now in the report, you mentioned that gas prices and volumes Well, a very strong factor in the results. Now the average front month TTF price in Q1 was almost Twice the level it was last year. And so as we go into Q2, we are currently the average price about 4 times as Hi, as it was in Q2 last year.

So just looking at the commodity side of things, should we Could we reasonably expect that the strong performance from Supply and Trading could slip over into Q2? That's my first question. And also there are many more. The second one is on hydro biomass Gas, I mean Q1 has been very cold, wind yields were very poor, demand for thermal output has been huge. Why didn't we see any kind of benefit in your gas business from that?

I mean, flat EBITDA from the division In an operating environment that could not have been more different seems to be a bit odd. If you could elaborate a bit on those two points, that would be great.

Speaker 2

Yes. Let's first talk about the supply and trading business. I mean, As you know, we don't comment on individual positions that we have taken and we have benefited from. So So therefore, I can't tell you anything about this one. And also during the quarters, we typically don't give any guidance on the upcoming quarters.

But I can confirm, it's still moving in the right direction, the business. And so we're happy with the development also in Q2 so far. With respect to the hydro biomass gas business, I mean, you have to recall that at least if you look at the UK, about a third of the income is from wholesale market around the third comes from ancillary services and the third comes from capacity payments. And indeed, we are seeing that in the Q1, there was some scarcity. So we did make some good earnings from Ancillary services and also short term optimization.

Yet the overall effect, especially because of the other elements is there, but Not so significant. And as we also commented, compared to previous year, we also Lost on the Georgia Biomass Plan, which was still in the numbers of last year as quarter 1.

Speaker 5

Okay. Thank you. So maybe I only got part of an answer to the first question, maybe you can ask one follow-up one. On economic net debt, how much of the €2,800,000,000 of net debt is due to the variation margin and CO2 provisions? The delta in Q1 was €1,500,000,000 as you say on Slide 14.

But what is the total amount now?

Speaker 2

Sorry, I mean, you now took the chance to answer us another question, but apologies. We don't comment on the exact positions we have there.

Speaker 5

Okay. I'll leave it Four questions you may need

Speaker 1

to ask. Thank you. Next question please.

Speaker 3

Thank you. The next question comes from the line of Deepa Venkateswaran from Bernstein. Please go ahead.

Speaker 7

Thank you. I'm going to ask a follow-up on the supply chain and commodity escalation point of view more broadly, not necessarily just your portfolio. So Wanted to understand, obviously, you've taken FID for your largest projects already and it's already under construction and there's only residual €400,000,000 for 400 megawatt. But more broadly for the upcoming auctions, etcetera, what are you seeing in terms of the pricing you're getting from the turbine Supplies, etcetera. And would you generally be passing on these commodity increases as you're negotiating PPAs, etcetera?

So that's one. And then the second question is on the broader restructuring of your lignite division. Clearly, the coal in that exposure is an overhang on ESG. So I was wondering if there have been any other further Or do you think that a future green government might be more inclined to support that perhaps in return for an accelerated Exit, anything you can kind of comment on that would be helpful. Thank you.

Speaker 2

Yes. Deepa, on your First question around prices. I mean, as we said, we typically lock in the prices before we take FID. For the other auctions, obviously, when you prepare for CFDs, you obviously have all the contracts in place. So you also know a lot The prices and you incorporate that into the bidding process.

Actually, we currently, as far as I know, don't see Any significant impact yet. But if this would be there, I would expect that this would be across the industry and therefore eventually then also bring up prices that are required for others to bid in those auctions. Yes. So therefore, currently, No impact. I mean, if we talk about general inflation, obviously, general inflation should bring up commodity prices.

And that in the end would also then elevate the price levels you can make then on power prices. To your second question, I mean, as I said, I think the first discussion we need to have in Germany is really about how to Accelerate the build out of renewables. Because what we are already now seeing is that our lignite power plants, even in a situation with high Q2 prices and lower gas prices are still operating and they are operating in those areas where there isn't sufficient feed in from the renewables. And that situation will last. So therefore, irrespectively, if you talk To the conservatives or the social democratics or the greens or the liberals, the discussions we are having with them is always How can we accelerate the build out of renewables in Germany?

Because that's the essential key to take any further steps then potentially also on coal.

Speaker 7

And what might be needed To actually accelerate, is it just permitting or what do you think will unlock

Speaker 3

the immediate investment?

Speaker 2

It's different topic. So there was actually a study by BCG commented in the German media today, which talks about doubling the build off of renewables until 2,030. And if you want to double that, that starts with We need to have additional sites. I mean, talking about Germany, we need to have additional sites offshore. We need to have grid connections to really get the power from the coastline into the distributed into the consumer centers.

A big topic is approval, especially of onshore wind. So discussions, the greener, for example, having is if you Potentially kind of group certain areas where you say, here you care about natural protection and while in other areas you have a standard approach that is simplified. And we also talked about kind of boundary transitions that are required to me if you want to erect a wind farm. So it's really a mixture of multiple things. And that's why we believe also the new government really needs to take a holistic approach And take a bold move on this one in order to accelerate renewables build

Speaker 3

out. Thank you.

Speaker 2

But I think important for that is in the end, We are now really seen as a trusted partner by the German government and the politicians. So they are engaging in the discussions with us because they're Seeing us as a facilitator to that energy transition and therefore it's also providing nice investment opportunities for us going forward.

Speaker 3

Thank you.

Speaker 1

Thanks, Deepa. Next question.

Speaker 3

Of course. The next question comes from the line of Peter Bisztyga from Bank of America Securities. Please go ahead.

Speaker 8

Yes. Good afternoon. So two questions from me, please. Firstly, just looking at recent moves in wholesale power prices, I was wondering if you could remind us How many terawatt hours of merchant power price exposure you have in your hydro and renewables Business in the UK and Europe and also what your sort of typical hedging strategy is for that? And if I may just sort of add To that question, could you maybe tell us how many additional merchant per watt hours you're going to get as your German offshore seeding tariffs roll up over the next couple of years?

And then my second question was just going back to an earlier one on coal. It's to ask sort of how protected are you on the legal contracts that you've signed with the government with respect To compensation for any costs that you might incur with the Greens, which pushed for a 2,030 exit.

Speaker 2

Yes, let's start first with the first question. I think more important than the terawatt itself is really what is our position there. And if you talk about the hydro biomass gas position, it is mainly a spread position. And therefore, the spread position as such is not really impacted by rising outright prices. So therefore, the situation hasn't changed so much.

Talking about renewables, As we communicated about the third of our position is outright and that is actually also what we aspire going forward. So that's the mix we also see. So no changes here. I mean, the last question around, I guess you're talking about the €2,600,000,000 reimbursement that we're getting for the earlier closure. I think we have communicated that we have signed the contract, there's a law in place and it's currently under I know this by the European Competition Authorities.

That's a process that will take some time, but we are confident to be successful in keeping that payment.

Speaker 8

If I may, my question was really more, if the Greening's pushed for Well, let's say successfully pushed for a 2,030 exit, then clearly, that will mean additional Costs for you even above that €2,600,000,000 Is there protection From that in those contracts, so is that a potential risk?

Speaker 2

Yes. But Peter, that first needs To be seen, as I said, I think the politicians are well aware that first need to solve the issue around building out renewables And then we need to see what happens next. And that's pure speculation at the current currently. Okay. Thank you.

Speaker 1

Yes. Thank you, Peter. Next question please.

Speaker 3

Thank you. The next question comes from the line of Oli Jeffrey From Deutsche Bank. Please go ahead.

Speaker 9

Good morning. So two questions, please. The first one is You benefited significantly in Q1 from positive variation margin inflows and CO2 provisions for 1,500,000,000 Carbon jumped €10 in Q1, it jumped €10 so far in Q2. So can you give some guidance or view on what kind of Improvement you've seen so far in Q2 on variation margin inflows. Also, what kind of variation margin outflows you're seeing For the entirety of the year.

That's the first question. And the second one is just following up on the last question that was asked. My understanding with the contract that was signed with the government, if the European Commission comes back and blocks The €2,600,000,000 mining compensation that the German government will committed to enter negotiations, Come up with a solution with the same economic outcome. Do you think that will still be the case with the government led by the Green Party? Are you confident that the government We'll deal with you in the same way.

Thank you.

Speaker 2

Yes. First on your question, you're right. Margin inflows From hedging and provision was SEK1.5 billion in the Q1. If prices would Stay at that level, we would see a slight improvement towards the end of the year And then about a medium 3,000,000 digit number outflow in the next year. I mean looking at April, you're right, Prices rise again by another €10,000,000 Yes, probably in the order of magnitude of €1,000,000,000 Could be expected, but we all know that's very much dependent on commodity prices and that can highly vary until we See each other after Q2.

Next question around the €2,600,000,000 compensation. I mean, we are pretty confident with our position here. And in the end, But let's first wait if there are some topics to be discussed. As I said, we are very confident with the current numbers. If that would happen, I believe also any future governance would be highly interested in sticking 7 units in the upcoming 21 months.

So it's also for a potential Green Government leading in exactly the right And I think anything else at the current time is current moment is difficult to judge.

Speaker 9

But we

Speaker 2

are very confident with the number.

Speaker 1

Is that okay, Oli?

Speaker 9

Yes, that's fine. Thanks very much.

Speaker 1

Thanks, Oli. Next question, please.

Speaker 3

Thank you. The next Question comes from the line of Petr Cieslowski from Citi. Please go ahead.

Speaker 6

Hi, good afternoon, everybody. I have two questions, please. And the first one would be on the contribution of the pipeline on the construction. You say in your release that you're going to commission 2 gigawatt. How much, if you can say, is how much contribution is embedded within your guidance for this year?

And also, can you say a little bit about the Copa effect for between 2021, 2020 is a big difference because of your This post out and small acquisition. So that's the first question. And the second, there was a discussion some time ago, you commented that Germany may need some gas projects to kind of cope with volatility of the system. And I wanted to ask you if RW is preparing on Such projects and how many and how would they work?

Speaker 1

Maybe answer the first question and then maybe you could repeat once the second question, I mean, of course, our guidance includes all the growth programs that we have ahead of us. So also the 2021 and 2022 guidance that we gave out for the segments includes the growth program that we have announced last year at the Capital Market Day. And maybe you could repeat one more second question because we couldn't hear that.

Speaker 6

But But on the first question, you don't want to say the number how much is embedded like in €1,000,000 amount?

Speaker 1

No, we don't comment on how much is included from year by year. And maybe you can pick that up later in more detail. But generally, you know that we are still expect to commission about 2 gigawatt for the current year and all of that is embedded in our guidance for the full year.

Speaker 6

And the second question was about kind of do you work on any of the gas fired turbine projects That could be needed in the future, yes, when all of this reliable capacity is decommissioned in Germany. And if So how many of the kind of gigawatt or project number of projects you're working on at the moment?

Speaker 9

Well, I

Speaker 2

mean, first of all, you know that We just successfully started construction in Beeblitz for a gas fired unit to provide ancillary services to the grid operator. So that's currently under construction. We are also Developing options on other sites, but it's too early to yet talk about Concrete numbers and also potential investments. Because as I said, these are only discussions that are just kicking off with the German government. And I don't expect I mean, election is in September before the coalition has formed.

That's probably discussions we'll have beginning of next year. So as you can imagine, we are obviously preparing internally and also thinking about option sites, these kind of things. But it's too early It's all already about concrete projects.

Speaker 1

Okay. Thank you very much.

Speaker 3

Thank you. Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Elkin Amamedov from Bloomberg Intelligence. Please go ahead.

Speaker 9

Thanks for taking my questions. I have 2, please. The first one, going back to your equipment cost, given the rising commodity prices, Is it plausible to think that even if commodity prices keep rising, you could pressure the supply for non FID projects to Find some efficiencies and whatnot and not have the increased cost of equipment? Or is the market for turbines And solar panels is tight now and you have less room for negotiation. So this is the first question.

The second question is again going back to margin. The Sprout Spreads have significantly declined this year, I mean, partly due to the high carbon costs. How do you think they're going to develop In the next year or 2, in your opinion? Thank you.

Speaker 2

So I didn't get the second question. Which commodity you were talking about?

Speaker 9

The spark spreads, so for your gas fired power fleet, yes, yes. So they have significantly deteriorated this year. So I was wondering What your outlook for next year or 2? Thank you.

Speaker 2

Yes. Okay. 1st on the equipment, I mean, bear in mind when we take an investment decision, Obviously, there are multiple components that need to be considered. I mean, you talk about what are the feed in tariffs, what are price expectations Beyond that period, what are O and M contracts, what are availability, so technical aspects. So equipment costs obviously are a driver, But there are also other ones.

And as I said, we don't see yet a big impact yet. So yes, I think for the time being that's nothing which concerns us with respect to taking future FIDs. With the Spark Spreads, you are indeed right. They have come down lately. I mean, with respect to our Fleet, we are hedged for 2021, also almost hedged for 2022 and for 2023 Spark spreads are down, but I mean they're also pretty volatile.

And in the end, as I said, Some assets need to operate, so therefore, let's see in which direction they are developing.

Speaker 9

Thank

Speaker 3

you. Thank you. We have a follow-up question now coming from the line of Rob We'll end from Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead.

Speaker 4

Hi, thank you. I thought I'd rejoin the queue just for one more. It would be great Just to hear your perspectives, given it's the first time we get to ask you these questions and given your former role, what your view is on long term Power prices, particularly, for example, in the UK, given you've got Trion Knoll, Sofia and the seabed acreage near the Dogger Bank, What sort of price system or price do you expect once the CFTs end As you look ahead on this UK portfolio of yours. Thank you.

Speaker 2

Rob, Obviously, we don't comment kind of on our long term price forecast. But I mean, what I can share obviously is more general what are kind of the main value drivers you are talking about. I mean, clearly, it depends on the renewables build out. So what are your expectations on the build out? It's the question then around capacity.

So how much I mean in U. K. It's clear you have a capacity market, but if you for example talk about Germany, the question is when these capacity markets Kick in because they significantly impact volatility and therefore also those earnings. You're talking about gas prices Going forward, CO2 prices, so it's a whole bunch of drivers that we are looking into. And as I said, a concrete number and outlook, fortunately, I can't share in that conference here.

Speaker 4

Okay. Thank you.

Speaker 1

Thank you, Ralf. Do we have further questions?

Speaker 3

We do have another follow-up question, And that comes from the line of Oli Jeffrey from Deutsche Bank. Please go

Speaker 1

ahead. Thanks.

Speaker 9

Just Two of the questions will be up to you. The one is very simple. One is, can you confirm the adjusted net income figure for the full year will include the book gain? Or will it yes, will it include the book gain? So you're targeting adjusted net income for the full year?

Question 1. And the second one is just going back to the Taxon 3. Can you say, yes, from the review that you've been done, just given that, that was quite a significant negative result within the U. S. What practical lessons have been learned from that that have been rolled out around the rest the world in terms of how you hedge and manage that exposure.

Have you managed to kind of practically apply anything yet to ensure that, that Type of thing won't happen again in the future or are you still going through a review process? Thank you. Just those 2.

Speaker 2

Yes, Ali. So the first one is on the Book gain, I can confirm that's included in the guidance. And around taxes, we're still in the process of assessing that. So I can't share any insight yet.

Speaker 9

Okay.

Speaker 1

Thanks, Ali.

Speaker 3

Thank you. There are no further questions in the queue. So I'll hand the call back To our speakers for concluding remarks. Thank you.

Speaker 1

Great. Thanks, Ralf, and thank you all for dialing in. If you have any further questions

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