Title: Executive Summary
1Annual General Meeting May 23, 2007
2Disclaimer
- Except for historical financial information
contained herein, the matters discussed in this
presentation may be considered forward-looking
statements. Such statements include declarations
regarding management's intent, belief or current
expectations. Prospective investors are cautioned
that any such forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve a
number of risks and uncertainties actual results
could differ materially from those indicated by
such forward-looking statements. Among the
important factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those indicated by such
forward-looking statements are (i) that the
information is of a preliminary nature and may be
subject to further adjustment, (ii) the possible
unavailability of financing, (iii) risks related
to the exploration and development of oil and gas
properties, (iv) the impact of price fluctuations
and the demand and pricing for oil and natural
gas, (v) the seasonal nature of the business,
(vi) start-up risks, (vii) general operating
risks, (viii) dependence on third parties, (ix)
changes in government regulation, (x) the effects
of competition, (xi) dependence on senior
management, (xii) financial condition of real
estate tenants and financial services
counterparts, (xiii) impact of the Canadian
economic conditions or the demand for real estate
leasing opportunities, and (xiv) fluctuations in
currency exchange rates and interest rates. - Funds from operations, funds from operations per
unit, net back and working capital (net debt) are
not recognized measures under Canadian generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Funds
from operations is calculated by taking cash
provided by operating activities on the statement
of cash flows adjusted for the effect of changes
in non-cash working capital and asset retirement
costs incurred. See page 8 for the quantitative
reconciliation of funds from operations. Working
capital (net debt) is calculated by taking
current assets less current liabilities including
mortgages. Operating netbacks per BOE equal
total petroleum and natural gas revenue net of
transportation expenses and realized gains on
commodity contracts per BOE less royalties per
BOE and operating expenses per BOE. Operating
netbacks as used in the MDA do not have any
standardized meaning under GAAP and therefore may
not be comparable with the calculation of similar
measures of other entities. Operating netbacks
are a useful measure to compare the Trusts
operations with those of its peers). Management
believes that these measures are useful
supplemental measures to analyze operating
performance as they demonstrate the Trusts
ability to generate the funds from operations
necessary to fund future distributions and
capital investments. The Trusts method of
calculating these measures may differ from other
issuers, and accordingly, they may not be
comparable to measures used by other issuers.
Investors should be cautioned that Funds from
operations and Funds from operations per unit
should not be construed as an alternative to net
income, cash flow from operating activities or
other measures of financial performance
calculated in accordance with GAAP. Distribution
Payout Ratio is calculated by dividing the
Distributions by the Funds from operations.
3Avenir Trust Structure
Public Trust AVF.UN
Operating Trust
50
50
Target Allocation
Avenir Energy
Avenir Non- Energy
Oil and Gas
Financial Services
Real Estate
37
Cashflow
57
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4Avenir Quick Facts
- TSX Exchange
AVF.UN - Current Trust Units Outstanding
41.8 mm - Management, Directors Officers ownership
3 - Target Payout Ratio
75 to 80 - Annual 2006 Payout Ratio
75 - Q1 2007 Payout Ratio
59 - Target Yield
10 11.5 - Current trading price per unit
8.65 - Current Yield
11.5 - Distribution increases to date
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5Strategy
- Prudent cash flow payout strategy allows for the
management of sustainable distributions - Through diversification, AVF.UN is able to
allocate resources and take advantage of
opportunities in each segment - Target quality trustable assets for acquisition
(too small to become trusts independently) - Accretively grow each segment to generate steady
income and capital appreciation - Build each business unit to a size of
independence for possible divestment - Each business unit operates independently like a
trust on their own with significant input at the
Trust level
6Team
- Corporate
- William Gallacher, P. Eng., President CEO
- Gary Dundas, CMA, MBA, VP Finance CFO
- Jill Koskimaki, BBA, Manager of Bus. Dev.
- Michelle OGrady, CA, Controller
- Directors
- William Gallacher (Avenir)
- Gary Dundas (Avenir)
- David Butler (Outside)
- Stuart Chow, Chair. Reserves (Outside)
- Jeff Kohn (Outside)
- Alan Moon, Chair. Corp. Gov. (Outside)
- William Patterson, Chair. Audit (Outside)
- Financial Services Business Unit
- Elbow River Marketing Limited Partnership
- Ed Malcolm, President
- EnerVest Limited Partnership
- Kevin Wolfe, President
- Energy Business Unit
- Grant Leslie, P. Eng., COO, Energy
- Bob Guy, VP Production
- Debbie Carter, Controller, Energy
- Real Estate Business Unit
- Advisors MDC Property Services Ltd.
7Financial Services
- EnerVest Limited Partnership
- President of Partnership - Kevin Wolfe
- The sole Manager of the EnerVest Group of Funds
(approx. 2.1 billion in assets) - Revenues are directly correlated to assets under
management - 2006 annual cash flow of approximately 17.6
million - In 2006 EnerVest Group increased assets under
management by over 350 million despite the trust
sector correction - Organic growth potential in both existing and new
funds by increasing assets under management - Cypress Capital Management Ltd. is the investment
manager for the EnerVest Group of Funds
8Financial Services
- Elbow River Marketing Limited Partnership
- President of Partnership - Ed Malcolm
- A wholesale marketer, transporter and supplier of
butane to major refineries and propane to major
retailers in the US, Canada and Mexico - markets
ethanol, natural gas and bio-diesel - Trades approximately 16,500 bbls of liquids per
day - Leases up to 550 rail cars at any one time
- 2006 annual cash flow of approximately 14.6
million - Exceptional Q1 2007 with cash flow of
approximately 7.1 million - Maintain core natural gas liquids business and
look to expand oil sands and bio-fuels markets
9Energy
- Oil Gas Grant Leslie, COO
- Average 2006 production rate of 3,346 boe/d up
5 from 2005 - Q1 2007 average production rate of 3,329 boe/d
with 147 boe/d restricted - Balanced sales volume ratio of 48 oil / 52
natural gas - RLI approx. 6.9 years
- 2006 focus on capital programs resulted in FD
costs of 16.29/boe including future capital - Development and acquisition activity in 2006
resulted in 109 reserve replacement at total
combined cost of 17.54/boe - 2007 continued focus on internally generated
development programs - Q2 2007 estimated production exit rate of 3,575
boe/d
10Oil and Gas Properties
11Real Estate
Property Manager MDC Property Services
Ltd. Property Leasable SF Estimate
NOI Western Spirit Portfolio 422,694
Station Crossing 16,210 KFC Portfolio
32,251 Landmark Portfolio
154,489 Landmark Red Deer Dev.
40,000 665,644
5,800,000
- Investment Criteria
- Single purpose commercial real estate
- Alberta/British Columbia focus
- Financing 60 to 65 mortgage to asset value
Completion Nov 2007
122006 Highlights
132007 First Quarter Highlights
14Outlook
- Financial Services
- EnerVest
- Add to current funds through new offerings
- Clarify investment mandate for income trust funds
post 2011 - Elbow River
- Continue to focus on base natural gas liquids
product lines while adding resources for growth
potential in specialty products such as ethanol,
bio-diesel, bitumen etc. - Oil Gas
- Maintain base production at 3,400 to 3,500 boe/d
through development - 40 million development portfolio with additions
at 20,000/boe/d - Farm-out a portion of undeveloped land
- Real Estate
- Single purpose commercial real estate
- Alberta/British Columbia focus
- Financing 60 to 65 mortgage to asset
- Additional development of three projects in
Alberta
15Merchant Banking Trust Model
RETURNING VALUE TO UNITHOLDERS
16Why Avenir?
- History of value add acquisitions
- Historic Strong Returns to Unitholders
- Attractive Cash-on-Cash Yield Based on Current
Distributions - Stability of Distributions Due To Unique
Diversification Strategy - Increased Distributions 7 times in the past 4
years - Strong, Multi-Disciplinary Management Team
- No Management Fees
- Management Interests Aligned with Unitholders
- RETURNING VALUE TO
UNITHOLDERS