Tassal Group Limited FY2017 Results Mark Ryan, Managing Director & CEO Andrew Creswell, CFO 23 August 2017

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A record result underpinned by Tassal's focus on sustainability "The essence of sustainable development is that today's generations meet their needs without prejudicing future generations' ability to meet theirs."

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  • Favourable salmon pricing in wholesale and export markets

    • Local and global salmon stocks adversely affected by environmental factors in CY2016

      - leading to lower harvests, smaller fish and increased costs of growing

    • More than offset by significantly higher salmon prices - historical highs for the domestic wholesale market and are anticipated to continue in FY2018

  • Favourable growing conditions allowed a focus on optimising biomass and size

    • Salmon was kept in the water longer to optimise growth and deliver optimised margins

    • 'Step change' in underlying biomass achieved - 21,760 tonnes (30 June 2017) vs 15,164 tonnes (30 June 2016)

    • Increased fish size - fish size harvested by the end of FY2017 c4.8kg hog and forecast to improve in FY2018

  • Sales mix managed to optimise returns and deliver growing earnings

    • Lowered retail sales to around 52% of total sales (FY2016: 68%)

    • Total salmon revenue up 3.5%, while volume down (6.2%). Average selling ($/hog kg) price up 10.4%

    • Operational EBITDA up 8.3% to $89.0m (FY2016: $82.2 million)

  • De Costi Seafoods driving seafood sales and category growth

    • Successful integration now leading to increasing returns

    • EBITDA up 11.4% to $12.7 million (FY2016: $11.4 million). Acquired on a sustainable EBITDA of $10 million

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  • Increased scrutiny of Salmon farming in Tasmania

    • Tassal welcomes increased scrutiny and constructive dialogue

  • Maintained Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for all harvest fish

    • Also strengthened partnership with WWF-Australia

  • Macquarie Harbour is recovering

    • Since May 2017 all leases in Macquarie Harbour returned to compliance and in-fauna abundance is returning

  • Tassal continues to evolve practices

    • Lessons learned will improve future performance

  • Maintained commitment to sustainable reporting

    • Reporting to Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework

  • Successful capital raising

    • $82.3 million (net of fees) raised in March 2017

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