Technip: First Quarter 2015 Financial Report

Regulatory News:

On October 27, 2015, Technip’s (Paris:TEC) (ISIN:FR0000131708) (ADR:TKPPY) Board of Directors approved the third quarter adjusted consolidated financial statements.

Note: The third quarter 2015 result presented in this press release was prepared on the adjusted basis described in Technip’s fourth quarter and full year 2014 results press release. These results reflect the financial reporting framework used for management purposes.

¹ Adjusted operating income from recurring activities after Income/(loss) of equity affiliates excluding exceptional items, depreciation and amortization. No exceptional items in 3Q15.
² Adjusted operating income from recurring activities after Income/(loss) of equity affiliates excluding exceptional items. No exceptional items in 3Q15.
³ Adjusted operating income from recurring activities after Income/(loss) of equity affiliates excluding exceptional items, divided by adjusted revenue. No exceptional items in 3Q15.
⁴ Net income of the parent company excluding exceptional items. See annex V.
⁵ Adjusted operating income from recurring activities after Income/(loss) of equity affiliates.

Thierry Pilenko, Chairman and CEO, commented: "Technip’s focus in the third quarter was first and foremost on execution: of the projects in our backlog and of our restructuring plan. The results of the quarter demonstrate progress on both fronts. Our revenues and profits grew and we are accordingly on track to deliver our full year objectives.

Performance in the quarter
In Subsea, execution ramped up on our major West African projects, which will occupy a large part of our fleet for the coming quarters. Adjusted revenues were up roughly 15% with adjusted operating income from recurring activities at €232 million. In a slow market, order intake was at a low level and we also continued to seek to balance business opportunities and risks. Flexible pipe demand in Brazil remains robust and we have just announced the first order for the Libra field, to execute the extended well test program, reflecting the investments we have made in R&D towards this significant pre-salt opportunity.

Onshore/Offshore delivered €76 million of adjusted operating income from recurring activities on revenues up 6%, with project performance in line with our assumptions at the end of the second quarter. We successfully delivered all modules scheduled for shipment in 2015 for Yamal. Key milestones were achieved at MMHE’s yard for the SK316 and Malikai projects. Order intake was better than one year ago in the segment at €1.2 billion with a number of significant new awards for downstream facilities as well as the contribution of PMC and other reimbursable projects in our portfolio.

We pursued our restructuring plan in the quarter delivering results which underpin our savings objectives.

Overall, therefore, we reiterate our profit objectives for the full year 2015 and expect higher revenues than before in both segments.

Market environment and strategy
The expectation of a low oil price for longer means our clients continue to reduce their new capex. Price deflation in all parts of oil services, as well as in our supply chain and in raw materials, will help bring down costs on new projects. While there are pockets of resilience in offshore and subsea markets, we see more opportunities at the moment in onshore - in North America as well as in Eastern Europe and in Africa / Middle East. Overall, we reiterate our expectations for a prolonged and harsh downturn.

Equally, our clients are closely focused on how to make new projects viable in this low oil price environment. For Technip, this is reflected in the strong client response to our initiatives to introduce value-added technologies and to drive optimization and standardization into project designs. Clients have also reacted very positively to our alliance with FMC Technologies: the Forsys Subsea joint venture has been awarded two integrated front-end studies, thus exceeding our objectives for 2015 and preparing the ground for an EPCI award in 2016.

Looking forward, we will remain relentlessly focused on our projects, on reducing our costs and on our core principles around quality and safety. The coming period will continue to be tough for oil services; however we remain confident that our strategy will enable us to resist its worst effects, add value to clients with a broader portfolio of solutions and so reinforce Technip’s leadership position in the industry.”

I. ORDER INTAKE AND BACKLOG

1. Third Quarter 2015 Order Intake

During third quarter 2015, Technip’s order intake was €1.7 billion. The breakdown by business segment was as follows:

¹ Order intake includes all projects whose revenues are consolidated in our adjusted financial statements.

Subsea order intake included new orders for highly technological flexible pipes and associated equipment, which will be produced in our Vitoria and Açu manufacturing plants.

In the US Gulf of Mexico, a contract was awarded for the development of the subsea infrastructure for the Stones project, covering two production tie-backs, for which flowlines will be welded at our spoolbase in Mobile, Alabama and installed by the Deep Blue vessel.

Onshore/Offshore order intake included early works related to an EPC contract in Egypt to modernize and expand the MIDOR refinery, aiming at improving the production quality of the plant, considered the most advanced on the continent.

In the Czech Republic, Technip was also awarded an important EPC contract for a new polyethylene plant, based on INEOS technology, which will have a capacity of 270,000 tons per year of high density polyethylene.

This quarter’s order intake included a significant amount of work orders received from clients on various contracts such as PMC and other service contracts.

Listed in annex IV (b) are the main contracts announced since July 2015 and their approximate value if publicly disclosed.

2. Backlog by Geographic Area

At the end of third quarter 2015, Technip’s backlog was €17.5 billion, compared with €18.8 billion at the end of second quarter 2015 and €19.3 billion at the end of third quarter 2014.

The geographic split of the backlog is set out in the table below:

3. Backlog Scheduling

II. THIRD QUARTER 2015 OPERATIONAL & FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS – ADJUSTED BASIS

On July 6^th, the Group announced the launch of a restructuring plan addressing the downturn in the oil and gas market. Further details of the charge taken in the third quarter are given in note II.4, with additional comments where appropriate in the segment highlights.

¹ Backlog includes all projects whose revenues are consolidated in our adjusted financial statements.

1. Subsea

Subsea main operations for the quarter were as follows:

• In the Americas:
  • In the US Gulf of Mexico, the Deep Blue successfully completed the third installation trip for the Julia project and the tieback to the Pompano fixed platform in the Amethyst field; meanwhile welding activities continued on the Kodiak project.
  • In Brazil, flexible pipe production continued for the pre-salt fields of Lula Alto, Iracema Norte, Iracema Sul, Sapinhoá & Lula Nordeste and Sapinhoá Norte at our manufacturing plants in Vitoria and Açu.

• In the North Sea, the North Sea Atlantic completed the pre-installation of new risers for the Quad 204 project, before it arrived in Australia, where it will work on the Wheatstone project. Very good progress was also observed on Kraken with umbilicals delivered on time. In Norway, the North Sea Giant completed installation of Åsgard Subsea Compression modules.
• In Asia Pacific, the G1201 progressed on the Malikai project in Malaysia, while the Deep Energy successfully completed its offshore campaign on the Prelude project in Australia and transited to West Africa. Engineering and procurement phases continued on the Jangkrik and Bangka projects in Indonesia, for which manufacturing of flexible pipes is progressing at Asiaflex.
• In West Africa, the Deep Energy started working on the Block 15/06 development in Angola, installing rigid pipes welded at our spoolbase in Dande, while the Deep Pioneer and the Deep Orient completed their offshore campaigns, moving respectively to Moho Nord and Wheatstone. In Congo, the G1200 was mobilized on Moho Nord, while engineering and procurement continued on T.E.N. in Ghana and Kaombo in Angola.

Overall, the Group vessel utilization rate for the third quarter of 2015 was 89%, compared with 86% for the third quarter of 2014, and in line with the 89% seen in the second quarter of 2015.

Subsea financial performance is set out in the following table:

* No one-off charge accounted in Subsea adjusted operating income from recurring activities.

2. Onshore/Offshore

Onshore/Offshore main operations for the quarter were as follows:

• In the Middle East, construction for the Halobutyl elastomer facility in Saudi Arabia neared completion; fabrication of the FMB platforms for Qatar continued and activity ramped up on the Umm Lulu complex in Abu Dhabi. Additionally, PMC activity progressed, notably for Nasr Phase II Full Field Development in Abu Dhabi and for upgrading the Basra refinery in Iraq.
• In Asia Pacific, the topsides of the central processing platform sailed away for Block SK316, while Malikai tension leg platform (TLP) topsides were successfully mated onto the hull at the MMHE yard in Malaysia. On the RAPID project, also in Malaysia, our PMC team was fully mobilized to support the construction of the project installations. In Korea, the turret-mooring system was successfully installed onto the Prelude FLNG hull. Meanwhile, in India, construction continued on the Mangalore purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant and we neared completion of the Heera Redevelopment (HRD) process platform.
• In Europe and Russia, the first pipe rack module for the initial LNG train was successfully shipped and installed onto its foundations for the Yamal LNG project, while electrical substations safely navigated to Sabetta after transit through the Bering Strait – an industry first. They are now on their foundations. Process modules are under construction in Chinese yards. Overall, we successfully delivered all modules scheduled for shipment in 2015. Elsewhere, engineering continued on the Duslo ammonia plant in Slovakia, while in Bulgaria, the Burgas H-Oil project was handed over to the client.
• In the Americas, engineering and procurement activities progressed for Sasol’s world-scale ethane cracker and derivative complex near Lake Charles, Louisiana, while construction continued for the CPChem polyethylene plant in Texas and neared completion for the Ethylene XXI petrochemical complex in Mexico. At the same time, the construction of topsides ramped up on the Juniper project in Trinidad and Tobago.

This quarter, no one-off charge linked to the restructuring plan was taken in Onshore/Offshore operating income from recurring activities. All restructuring costs were booked in non-current operating result (see note II.4).

Onshore/Offshore financial performance is set out in the following table:

* No one-off charge accounted in Onshore/Offshore adjusted operating income from recurring activities in 3Q 2015.

3. Group

The Group’s adjusted operating income from recurring activities after income/(loss) of equity affiliates, including Corporate charges of €16 million, is set out in the following table:

* No one-off charge accounted in adjusted operating income from recurring activities in 3Q 2015.

In the third quarter of 2015, compared to a year ago, the estimated translation impact from foreign exchange was a positive €183 million on adjusted revenue and a positive €25 million on adjusted operating income from recurring activities after income/(loss) of equity affiliates.

4. Adjusted Non-Current Items and Group Net Income

Adjusted non-current operating items of €(14) million were booked in the quarter, reflecting the restructuring plan announced on July 6^th, taking total one-off charges booked in respect to the plan to €585 million out of the total estimated charge of €650 million.

Adjusted financial result in the third quarter of 2015 included mainly €26 million of interest expense on long and short-term debt and a non-current charge of €11 million taken against our investment in MHB¹.

* No one-off charge accounted in adjusted operating income from recurring activities in 3Q 2015.

5. Adjusted Cash Flow and Statement of Consolidated Financial Position

As of September 30, 2015, the adjusted net cash position was €1,301 million, compared with €1,415 million as of June 30, 2015.

Adjusted capital expenditures for the third quarter of 2015 were €74 million, compared with €77 million one year ago.

The Group’s balance sheet remains robust and liquid. Adjusted shareholders’ equity of the parent company as of September 30, 2015, was €4,387 million, compared with €4,363 million as of December 31, 2014.

¹ MHB: Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad listed in Malaysia on Bursa Malaysia, of which Technip holds 8.5%.
² Adjusted cash and cash equivalents, including bank overdrafts.

III. 2015 OBJECTIVES: OPERATING PROFIT CONFIRMED, REVENUE INCREASED

• Adjusted Subsea revenue over €5.5 billion, adjusted operating income from recurring activities¹ at around €840 million
• Adjusted Onshore/Offshore revenue over €6 billion, adjusted underlying operating income from recurring activities² between €210 and €230 million

¹ Adjusted operating income from recurring activities after Income/(Loss) of Equity Affiliates.
² Adjusted operating income from recurring activities after Income/(Loss) of Equity Affiliates excluding exceptional items.

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The information package on Third Quarter 2015 results includes this press release and the annexes which follow, as well as the presentation published on Technip’s website: www.technip.com

NOTICE

Today, Thursday, October 29, 2015, Chairman and CEO Thierry Pilenko, along with Group CFO Julian Waldron, will comment on Technip’s results and answer questions from the financial community during a conference call in English starting at 10:00 a.m. Paris time.

To participate in the conference call, you may call any of the following telephone numbers approximately 5 - 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time:

The conference call will also be available via a simultaneous, listen-only audio-cast on Technip’s website.

A replay of this conference call will be available approximately two hours following the conference call for three months on Technip’s website and at the following telephone numbers:

Cautionary note regarding forward-looking statements

This press release contains both historical and forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts, but rather reflect our current expectations concerning future results and events, and generally may be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "believe”, "aim”, "expect”, "anticipate”, "intend”, "foresee”, "likely”, "should”, "planned”, "may”, "estimates”, "potential” or other similar words. Similarly, statements that describe our objectives, plans or goals are or may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated in the forward-looking statements include, among other things: our ability to successfully continue to originate and execute large services contracts, and construction and project risks generally; the level of production-related capital expenditure in the oil and gas industry as well as other industries; currency fluctuations; interest rate fluctuations; raw material (especially steel) as well as maritime freight price fluctuations; the timing of development of energy resources; armed conflict or political instability in the Arabian-Persian Gulf, Africa or other regions; the strength of competition; control of costs and expenses; the reduced availability of government-sponsored export financing; losses in one or more of our large contracts; U.S. legislation relating to investments in Iran or elsewhere where we seek to do business; changes in tax legislation, rules, regulation or enforcement; intensified price pressure by our competitors; severe weather conditions; our ability to successfully keep pace with technology changes; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; the evolution, interpretation and uniform application and enforcement of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), according to which we prepare our financial statements as of January 1, 2005; political and social stability in developing countries; competition; supply chain bottlenecks; the ability of our subcontractors to attract skilled labor; the fact that our operations may cause the discharge of hazardous substances, leading to significant environmental remediation costs; our ability to manage and mitigate logistical challenges due to underdeveloped infrastructure in some countries where we are performing projects.
Some of these risk factors are set forth and discussed in more detail in our Annual Report. Should one of these known or unknown risks materialize, or should our underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our future results could be adversely affected, causing these results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on our future results. The forward-looking statements included in this release are made only as of the date of this release. We cannot assure you that projected results or events will be achieved. We do not intend, and do not assume any obligation to update any industry information or forward-looking information set forth in this release to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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Technip is a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry.

From the deepest Subsea oil & gas developments to the largest and most complex Offshore and Onshore infrastructures, our 36,000 people are constantly offering the best solutions and most innovative technologies to meet the world’s energy challenges.

Present in 48 countries, Technip has state-of-the-art industrial assets on all continents and operates a fleet of specialized vessels for pipeline installation and subsea construction.

Technip shares are listed on the Euronext Paris exchange, and its ADR is traded in the US on the OTCQX marketplace as an American Depositary Receipt (OTCQX: TKPPY).

ANNEX I (a) ¹

ADJUSTED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME

¹ Note that statements disclosed in annex I(a) and I(c) do not report underlying OIFRA. Please refer to annex V, page 18, for the underlying net income reconciliation.
² As per IFRS, diluted earnings per share are calculated by dividing profit or loss attributable to the Parent Company’s Shareholders, restated for financial interest related to dilutive potential ordinary shares, by the weighted average number of outstanding shares during the period, plus the effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares related to the convertible bonds, dilutive stock options and performance shares calculated according to the "Share Purchase Method” (IFRS 2), less treasury shares. In conformity with this method, anti-dilutive stock options are ignored in calculating EPS. Dilutive options are taken into account if the subscription price of the stock options plus the future IFRS 2 charge (i.e. the sum of annual charge to be recorded until the end of the stock option plan) is lower than the average market share price during the period. As the Group net income is a loss at 9 months, share subscription options, performance shares and convertible bonds have an anti-dilutive effect.

CONSOLIDATED REVENUE AND NET INCOME

ANNEX I (b)
FOREIGN CURRENCY CONVERSION RATES

ANNEX I (c) ¹
ADJUSTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY BUSINESS SEGMENT

¹ Note that statements disclosed in annex I(a) and I(c) do not report underlying OIFRA. Please refer to annex V, page 18, for the underlying net income reconciliation.

ANNEX I (d)
ADJUSTED REVENUE BY GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

ANNEX II
ADJUSTED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

ANNEX III (a)

ADJUSTED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

ANNEX III (b)
ADJUSTED CASH & FINANCIAL DEBTS

ANNEX IV (a)
BACKLOG BY BUSINESS SEGMENT

ANNEX IV (b)
CONTRACT AWARDS
Not audited

The main contracts we announced during third quarter 2015 were the following:

Subsea Segment:

• Engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning contract for the tie-in of PETRONAS first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (PFLNG1) facility to KAKG-A platform, covering the procurement and installation of a 3.2-kilometer flexible flowline from the existing KAKG-A central processing platform in Kanowit field to the PFLNG1 riser: PETRONAS Carigali, Kanowit field, 200 kilometers offshore Bintulu, East Malaysia,
• Engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contract for D18 Project, part of the five-year Framework Agreement signed with PETRONAS in late 2014. The project covers the procurement and installation of two 8’’ water injection flexible pipes totaling 9.5 kilometers: PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB), East Malaysia.

Onshore/Offshore Segment:

• Browse floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project, which covers the realization and installation of three FLNG units. The contract awarded covers the front-end engineering design (FEED) elements of the Browse FLNG project. A second contract covering the engineering, procurement, construction and installation, awarded to Technip Samsung Consortium, is subject to a final investment decision by the client: Shell Gas & Power Developments BV & Woodside Energy Limited, Brecknock, Calliance and Torosa fields in the Browse Basin, 425 kilometers North of Broome, Western Australia,
• Project Management Consultancy (PMC) contract for a project designed to transport gas from the Shah Deniz field to the European market. The services will include the overall project and site management, procurement and subcontracting for all the EPC packages throughout the engineering, procurement and construction phases, as well as warranty management and project close-out: Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) AG, Italy, Albania and Greece,
• Contract for a project to modernize and expand the MIDOR refinery, aiming at improving the production quality of the plant, considered the most advanced on the African continent: Midor (Middle East Oil Refinery), near Alexandria, Egypt,
• Contract for the modernization project of the Assiut refinery, designed to refine the "bottom of the barrel” and aiming at maximizing diesel production: Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and Assiut Oil Refining Company (ASORC), Upper Egypt,
• Important contract covering the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new Polyethylene Plant (PE3). Based on INEOS technology, the new unit will have a capacity of 270,000 t/y of high density polyethylene: Unipetrol, Czech Republic.

Since September 30, 2015, Technip has also announced the award of the following contracts, which were included in the backlog as of September 30, 2015:

Subsea Segment:

• Supply contract to the Block 15/06 East Hub Development at a water depth of 450-600 meters, covering 15 kilometers of dynamic and static steel tube umbilicals: ENI S.p.A., 350 kilometers north of Luanda, Angola,
• Contract for the development of subsea infrastructure for the Stones project, including two subsea production tie-backs to the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel: Shell Offshore Inc., Walker Ridge area, US Gulf of Mexico,
• Important contract covering the engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning of three flexible pipes totaling 9.9 kilometers. The flexible pipes consist of two production risers and flowlines and one gas export riser and flowline, connecting shallow water platforms to a new FPSO in the Layang Field: JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration Ltd, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia.

Onshore/Offshore Segment:

• Contract to supply three hydrogen reformers as part of the hydrogen production facility at PETRONAS’ Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project: PETRONAS, state of Johor, Malaysia,
• Contract to supply proprietary ethylene technology and Process Design Package (PDP) for a 1,000 KTA grassroots ethane cracker for which a final investment decision by client expected in 2016 or 2017: PTTGC America LLC (PTTGCA), a subsidiary of PTT Global Chemical Thailand’s largest integrated petrochemical and refining company, the cracker will be located in Belmont County, Ohio, USA.

Since September 30, 2015, Technip has also announced the award of the following contract, which was not included in the backlog as of September 30, 2015:

Subsea Segment:

• Substantial contract covering the supply of high-end flexible pipes for the Libra Extended Well Test field including: 8" oil production, 6" service and 6" gas injection flexible pipes. This project is one of the first steps of the Libra giant field development. The highly technological flexible pipes will be produced at Technip's manufacturing sites in Vitoria and Açu, Brazil: Libra Oil & Gas BV, a consortium led by Petrobras Netherland BV (PNBV, 40%) and partners: Shell (20%), Total (20%), CNOOC (10%) and CNPC (10%), located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil.

ANNEX V
UNDERLYING NET INCOME RECONCILIATION
Not audited

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