Pampa Energía S.A. announces results for fiscal year and quarter ended on December 31, 2017

Pampa Energía S.A. announces results for fiscal year and quarter ended on December 31, 2017

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Pampa Energía S.A. (NYSE: PAM; Buenos Aires Stock Exchange: PAMP), the largest independent energy integrated company in Argentina, with participation in the electricity and oil and gas value chain, announces the results for the fiscal year and quarter ended on December 31, 2017. All figures are stated in Argentine Pesos and have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.

Main Results for the Fiscal Year 2017 ('FY 2017')(1)

Consolidated net revenues of AR$50,347 million(2), 100.5% higher than the AR$25,110 million for the same period of 2016 ('FY 2016'), explained by increases of AR$4,973 million in power generation, AR$11,260 million in electricity distribution, AR$5,062 million in oil and gas, AR$4,722 million in petrochemicals and AR$344 million in holding and others segment, partially offset by higher eliminations as a result of intersegment sales for AR$1,124 million.

    --  Power Generation of 14,186 GWh from 11 power plants
    --  Electricity sales of 21,503 GWh to 3 million end-users
    --  Production of 69.7 thousand barrels per day of hydrocarbons: 284 million
        cf/d of gas and 22.2 kboe/d of oil and LPG
    --  Sales of 1.8 million m(3) of refined products and 458 thousand tons of
        petrochemical products

Adjusted consolidated EBITDA(3) of AR$17,953 million, compared to AR$7,372 million for FY 2016, mainly due to increases of AR$2,990 million in power generation, AR$1,923 million in electricity distribution, AR$3,755 million in oil and gas, AR$1,036 million in refining and distribution, AR$90 million in petrochemicals and AR$795 million in holding and others segment, partially offset by lower intersegment eliminations for AR$8 million.

Consolidated gain of AR$5,670 million, of which AR$4,606 million is attributable to the owners of the Company, higher than the AR$11 million of loss attributable to the owners in FY 2016, explained by higher reported gains in power generation (AR$2,845 million), electricity distribution (AR$2,098 million) and oil and gas (AR$2,614 million), partially offset by losses in refining and distribution (AR$117 million), petrochemicals (AR$187 million), holding and others (AR$2,574 million) and intersegment eliminations (AR$62 million).

Main Results for the Fourth Quarter of 2017 ('Q4 17')(4)

Consolidated net revenues of AR$13,977 million, compared to AR$9,380 million recorded in the fourth quarter 2016 ('Q4 16'), mainly explained by increases of AR$1,160 million in power generation, AR$2,801 million in electricity distribution, AR$299 million in oil and gas, AR$263 million in petrochemicals and AR$90 million in holding and others, partially offset by higher eliminations from intersegment sales for AR$16 million.

    --  Power generation of 2,693 GWh from 11 power plants
    --  Electricity sales of 5,064 GWh to 3 million of end-users
    --  Production of 67.4 kboe/d of hydrocarbons: 284 million cf/d of gas and
        20 kboe/d of oil and LPG
    --  Sales of 443 thousand m(3) of refined products and 104 thousand tons of
        petrochemical products

Consolidated adjusted EBITDA of AR$5,180 million, compared to AR$4,101 million in Q4 16, due to increases of AR$845 million in power generation, AR$51 million in oil and gas, AR$484 million in refining and distribution, AR$469 million in holding and others and AR$9 million in intersegment eliminations, partially offset by decreases of AR$671 million in electricity distribution and AR$108 million in petrochemicals.

Consolidated gain of AR$1,700 million, of which AR$1,512 million is attributable to the owners of the Company, higher than the gain of AR$982 million attributable to the owners of the Company in the Q4 16, explained by reported higher earnings in our segments of power generation (AR$646 million), electricity distribution (AR$365 million) and oil and gas (AR$985 million), partially offset by losses in refining and distribution (AR$388 million), petrochemicals (AR$41 million), holding and others (AR$959 million) and intersegment eliminations (AR$78 million).

Consolidated Balance Sheet
(As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, in millions of Argentine Pesos)


                                    As of 12.31.17 As of 12.31.16

    ASSETS

    Participation in joint
     businesses                              4,930           3,699

    Participation in associates                824             787

    Property, plant and equipment           41,214          41,001

    Intangible assets                        1,586           2,103

    Other assets                                 2              13

    Financial assets with a results
     changing fair value                       150             742

    Investments at amortized cost                -             62

    Deferred tax assets                      1,306           1,232

    Trade receivable and other
     credits                                 5,042           4,469

    Total non-current assets                55,054          54,108
    ------------------------                ------          ------


    Other Assets                                 -              1

    Inventories                              2,326           3,360

    Financial assets with a results
     changing fair value                    14,613           4,188

    Investments at amortized cost               25              23

    Financial derivatives                        4              13

    Trade receivable and other
     credits                                19,145          14,144

    Cash and cash equivalents                  799           1,421

    Total current assets                    36,912          23,150
    --------------------                    ------          ------


    Assets classified as held for
     sale                                   12,501              19


    Total assets                           104,467          77,277
    ------------                           -------          ------


                                  As of 12.31.17      As of 12.31.16

    EQUITY

    Share capital                               2,080                1,938

    Share premium                               5,818                4,828

    Repurchased shares                              3                    -

    Cost of repurchased shares                   (72)                   -

    Statutory reserve                             300                  232

    Voluntary reserve                           5,146                3,862

    Other reserves                                140                  135

    Retained earnings                           3,243                 (11)

    Other comprehensive result                    252                   70

    Equity attributable to                     16,910               11,054
    owners of the parent
    --------------------


    Non-controlling interests                   3,202                3,020


    Total equity                               20,112               14,074
    ------------                               ------               ------


    LIABILITIES

    Accounts payable and other
     liabilities                                6,404                5,336

    Borrowings                                 37,126               15,286

    Deferred revenues                             195                  200

    Salaries and social security
     payable                                      120                   94

    Defined benefit plan
     obligations                                  992                  921

    Deferred tax liabilities                    1,526                3,796

    Income tax and minimum
     expected profit tax
     liability                                    863                  934

    Tax payable                                   366                  306

    Provisions                                  4,435                6,267

    Total non-current liabilities              52,027               33,140
    -----------------------------              ------               ------


    Accounts payable and other
     liabilities                               18,052               12,867

    Borrowings                                  5,840               10,686

    Deferred income                                 3                    1

    Salaries and social security
     payable                                    2,154                1,745

    Defined benefit plan
     obligations                                  121                  112

    Income tax and minimum
     expected profit tax
     liability                                    943                1,454

    Tax payable                                 1,965                2,392

    Financial derivatives                          82                    -

    Provisions                                    798                  806

    Total current liabilities                  29,958               30,063
    -------------------------                  ------               ------


    Liabilities associated to
     assets classified as held
     for sale                                   2,370                    -


    Total liabilities                          84,355               63,203
    -----------------                          ------               ------


    Total liabilities and equity              104,467               77,277
    ----------------------------              -------               ------

Consolidated Income Statement
(For the fiscal year and quarter ended on December 31, 2017 and 2016, in millions of Argentine Pesos)


                                                                                  Fiscal Year       4thQuarter


                                                                                               2017              2016      2017       2016

    Sales revenue                                                                            50,347            25,110    13,977      9,380

    Cost of sales                                                                          (34,427)         (20,153)  (9,618)   (6,702)


    Gross profit                                                                             15,920             4,957     4,359      2,678
    ------------                                                                             ------             -----     -----      -----


    Selling expenses                                                                        (2,904)          (2,132)    (841)     (762)

    Administrative expenses                                                                 (4,905)          (3,628)  (1,444)   (1,268)

    Exploration expenses                                                                       (44)             (94)      (7)      (21)

    Other operating income                                                                    3,388             4,164       787      1,824

    Other operating expenses                                                                (2,951)          (1,876)    (684)   (1,062)

    Reversal of property, plant and equipment impairment                                        461                 -      461          -

    Reversal of intangible assets impairment                                                     82                 -       82          -

    Results for participation in joint businesses                                             1,064               105       244        299

    Results for participation in associates                                                      44                 7       (1)         5

    Results from sale of equity share in companies                                                -              480         -         -


    Operating income                                                                         10,155             1,983     2,956      1,693
    ----------------                                                                         ------             -----     -----      -----


    Financial income                                                                          1,432               849       418        366

    Financial costs                                                                         (5,112)          (4,277)  (1,433)   (1,243)

    Other financial results                                                                 (2,266)             (80)  (1,079)     (253)

    Financial results, net                                                                  (5,946)          (3,508)  (2,094)   (1,130)


    Profit before tax                                                                         4,209           (1,525)      862        563
    -----------------                                                                         -----            ------       ---        ---


    Income tax and minimum expected profit tax                                                1,367             1,201     1,295        750


    Net income for continuing operations                                                      5,576             (324)    2,157      1,313
    ------------------------------------                                                      -----              ----     -----      -----


    Net income from discontinued operations                                                      94                72     (457)      (21)


    Net income for the period                                                                 5,670             (252)    1,700      1,292


    Attributable to:

    Owners of the Company                                                                     4,606              (11)    1,512        982

    Continuing operations                                                                     4,623              (93)    2,061        958

    Discontinued operations                                                                    (17)               82     (549)        24

    Non-controlling interests                                                                 1,064             (241)      188        310


    Net income per share for the period attributable to the owners of the Company            2.3369          (0.0063)   0.7801     0.5286

    Basic and diluted income per share of continued operations                               2.3455          (0.0478)   1.0633     0.5157

    Basic and diluted income per share of discontinued operations                          (0.0086)           0.0415  (0.2832)    0.0129

For the full version of the Earnings Report, please visit Pampa's Investor Relations website: www.pampaenergia.com/ir.

Information about the Conference Call

There will be a conference call to discuss Pampa and Edenor's fourth quarter 2017 results on Tuesday March 13, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. New York Time / 11:00 a.m. Buenos Aires Time.

The hosts will be Leandro Montero, CFO of Edenor and Lida Wang, Investor Relations Manager at Pampa. For those interested in participating, please dial 0-800-444-2930 in Argentina, +1 (844) 854-4411 in the United States or +1 (412) 317-5481 from any other country. Participants of the conference call should use the identification password Pampa Energía / Edenor and dial in five minutes before the scheduled time. Please download the Q4 17 Conference Call Presentation at our IR website.

There will also be a live audio webcast and presentation of the conference at www.pampaenergia.com/ir.

You may find additional information on the Company at:

www.pampaenergia.com/ri

www.cnv.gob.ar

www.sec.gov

For further information, contact:

Gustavo Mariani
Executive Vice-president

Ricardo Torres
Executive Vice-president

Mariano Batistella
Executive Director of Planning, Strategy & Affiliates

Lida Wang
Investor Relations Officer

The Pampa Energía Building, Maipú 1 (C1084ABA) Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: +54 (11) 4344-6000
investor@pampaenergia.com
www.pampaenergia.com/ir

(1) Under the International Financial Reporting Standards ('IFRS'), the income statement must only consolidate the continuing operations, being the assets agreed for sale reported as discontinued operations. For more information, see section 1.6 of this Earnings Release.
(2) Under the IFRS, Greenwind, OldelVal, Refinor, Transener and TGS are not consolidated in Pampa's financial statements, its equity income being shown only as 'Results for participation in associates/joint businesses'. For more information, see section 3 of this Earnings Release.
(3) Consolidated adjusted EBITDA represents the consolidated results before net financial results, income tax and minimum notional income tax, depreciations and amortizations, non-recurring incomes and expenses and non-controlling interests, and includes other incomes not accrued and other adjustments from the IFRS implementation. For more information, see section 3 of this Earnings Release.
((4)) The financial information presented in this document for the quarters ended on December 31, 2017 and of 2016 are based on unaudited financial statements prepared according to the IFRS accounting standards in force in Argentina corresponding to the fiscal year 2017 and 2016, and the results corresponding to the nine-month period ended on September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

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