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Eni Announce full year 2020 and fourth quarter results

February 19, 2021

Eni’s Board of Directors, chaired by Lucia Calvosa, yesterday approved the unaudited consolidated results for the full year and the fourth quarter of 2020

Highlights for the fourth quarter and the full year 2020

Implementation Eni’s strategy to become a leader in the supply of decarbonized products by 2050 combining value creation, sustainability and financial resilience, and to achieve a better-balanced portfolio, reducing the exposure to the volatility of hydrocarbons prices. For these purposesEni created a new organizational setup in line with the transformative strategy by establishing two business groups: the Natural Resources business which has the task of valorizing the oil&gas portfolio in a sustainable way and of managing the projects of forestry conservation (REDD+) and CO₂ capture; and the Energy Evolution business which has the task of growing the businesses of power generation, products manufacturing and retail marketing, progressing the portfolio evolution by expanding the generation of green power and developing sustainable products from decarbonized processes (blue) and from bio masses (bio).

The trading environment in 2020saw the largest drop in oil demand in history (down by an estimated 9% y-o-y) driven by the lockdown measures implemented globally to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic causing a material hit to economic activity, international commerce and travel.
The pandemic-induced demand shock led to a collapse in the prices and margins of commodities: the Brent crude oil benchmark was down by 35% y-o-y, the benchmark price of natural gas at the Italian spot market was down by 35% and the Eni benchmark refining margin “SERM” was down by 60%, which materially and adversely affected the Group results of operations and cash flow.
To cope with the fallouts of the crisis, management took decisive actions to preserve the Company’s liquidity and to strengthen the balance sheet, while aiming to increase the profitability of operations and the financial resiliency. The Company is set to resume growing once the macro backdrop normalizes.
Revised the Company’s strategy and plans for the short-to-medium term leveraging on a reduction of €8 billion in the outlays for expenses and capital expenditures in the two-year period 2020-2021, more exposed to the downturn. Additional financial resources of approximately €0.8 billion are expected to be allocated in the post-crisis years to the expansion of the green businesses, including the installed capacity of renewable power, bio-refineries and growth in the retail market.

Capex optimizations achieved mainlyin the E&P business by means of re-phasing development projects, which could be resumed once the scenario normalizes. Reshaped the growth profile of production.
Assumed a more conservative oil price scenario with a long-term deck of 60 $/barrel for the Brent crude oil benchmark in real terms 2023, down from the previous assumptions of 70 $/barrel, to factor in risks of a delayed macroeconomic recovery, with the potential for weaker energy demands for a sustained period and growing expectations that the aftermath of the pandemic will accelerate the pace of the energy transition considering the fiscal measures being enacted by governments to rebuild the economy on more sustainable grounds. Recognized impairment losses at non-current assets of approximately €3.2 billion, driven by the revised long-term oil and gas price outlook and lower refining margins. In addition €1.3 billion of impairment losses were accounted by Eni’s investees.
Issued hybrid bonds for a total amount of €3 billion.
The segment information of the Group statutory financial reporting has been upgraded by disclosing the results of the new operating segment “Eni gas e luce, Power & Renewables”.

Hydrocarbon production for the FY 2020: 1.73 mmboe/d, in line with the Company’s guidance updated following the pandemic.
Added 400 million boe of new equity exploration resources at a competitive unit cost of 1.6 $/boe.
Proved hydrocarbon reserves at year end: 6.9 billion boe, all sources replacement ratio: 43%; (96% on a three-year average).
Adjusted EBIT: €1.9 billion in the full year (€0.5 billion in the fourth quarter) decreased by approximately €6.7 billion, €6.8 billion of which was due to the decline in prices and margins of hydrocarbons and €1 billion due to the effects of COVID-19, partially offset by a better performance for €1.1 billion.
Adjusted EBIT Exploration & Production segment: €1.5 billion in the year (€0.8 billion in the fourth quarter), lower y-o-y due to a depressed scenario in hydrocarbon prices and lower production.
Adjusted EBIT in the mid-downstream businesses: totaling €0.63 billion; GGP reported €0.33 billion came in higher than the guidance. R&M (including the pro-forma ADNOC Refining result), the Chemicals business, EGL and Power reported results of €0.3 billion in line with guidance, supported by the growth of biofuels and a better performance in the retail gas&power business.
Adjusted net profit: €66 million in the quarter. For the full year the adjusted net result was a loss of €0.74 billion.
In 2020, net organic capital expenditures were lowered to €5 billion(down by €2.6 billion or 35% vs. the original budget at constant exchange rates) due to the optimizations implemented. Opex were reduced by €1.9 billion compared to the pre-COVID level, of which about 30% is structural.
FY cash flow adjusted before working capital at €6.73 billion was enough to fund the net capex, with a surplus of €1.7 billion.
Compared to the initial guidance for the cash flow adjusted of €11.5 billion at a Brent price of 60 $/barrel, the shortfall is due to lower hydrocarbon prices (for a total effect of approximately -€4.5 billion) and COVID-19 impact (approximately -€1.7 billion), partly offset by opex savings and a better performance.

Year-end leverage: 0.31.
Liquidity: Eni is well equipped to withstand an uncertain trading environment in 2021. As at December 31, 2020, the Company can count on a liquidity reserve of approximately €20.4 billion, consisting of €9.4 billion of cash and cash equivalents, €5.5 billion of readily disposable securities, €0.2 billion of short-term financing receivables and €5.3 billion of committed undrawn credit facilities.
Confirmed 2020 dividend proposal^[1]equal to the floor dividend of €0.36 per share(of which, €0.12 paid as interim dividend in September 2020).

Outlook 2021

The Group financial outlook, its business prospects and the key industrial and profitability targets in the short, medium and long term will be disclosed during the Strategy Presentation .

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