Pampa Energia Announces Six-Month Period and Second Quarter 2023 Results

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BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA / ACCESSWIRE / August 9, 2023 / Pampa Energía S.A. (NYSE:PAM; Buenos Aires Stock Exchange:PAMP), an independent company with active participation in Argentina's electricity and gas value chain, announces the results for the six-month period and quarter ended on June 30, 2023.

Pampa's financial information adopts US$ as functional currency, which is then translated into AR$ at transactional nominal exchange rate (‘FX'). However, for our affiliates, Transener and TGS, their figures are adjusted for inflation as of June 30, 2023, and then translated into US$ at the period's closing FX. The reported figures in US$ from previous periods remain unchanged.

Second quarter 2023 (‘Q2 23') main results[1]

Sales amounted to US $464 million[2], similar to the second quarter 2022 (‘Q2 22'), explained by improved natural gas prices and sold volumes, the incorporation of Engineer Mario Cebreiro Wind Farm (‘PEMC') and Arauco Wind Farm[3] (‘PEA') and higher sales of reforming volumes, offset by lower petrochemical and crude oil prices and lesser legacy energy income.

Operating performance highlighted by reforming and Ensenada Barragán Thermal Power Plant (‘CTEB')'s Combined Cycle (‘CCGT'):

Pampa's main operational KPIs

Q2 23

Q2 22

Variation

Power

Generation (GWh)

5,218

4,477

+17%

Gross margin (US$/MWh)

22.6

22.1

+2%


Oil and gas

Production (k boe/day)

67.3

64.6

+4%

Gas over total production

92%

92%

+0%

Average gas price (US$/MBTU)

4.7

4.4

+7%

Average oil price (US$/bbl)

65.1

72.6

-10%


Petrochemicals

Volume sold (k ton)

106

91

+17%

Average price (US$/ton)

1,240

1,738

-29%

Adjusted EBITDA[4] reached US $222 million, 13% lower than Q2 22, explained by reductions of 53% in holding and others, 48% in petrochemicals, 4% in oil and gas, and 1% in power generation.

The profit attributable to the Company's shareholders rose 156%, reaching US$166 million, mainly due to gains from holding financial securities and, to a lesser extent, depreciation over the monetary liability net position in AR$, partially offset by increased financial interests due to higher stock of AR$-debt and higher income tax charges.

Net debt continued decreasing, reaching US $787 million, resulting in a net leverage ratio of 1.1x.

[1] The information is based on financial statements (‘FS') prepared according to International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRS') in force in Argentina. Only continuing operations are considered.

[2] It does not include sales from the affiliates CTBSA, Transener and TGS, which at our ownership account for US$97 million. Under IFRS affiliates are not consolidated in Pampa, thus shown as ‘Results for participation in joint businesses and associates'.

[3] PEMC is consolidated since Pampa holds full ownership on August 2022; in process of divestment. PEA was acquired on December 2022.

[4] Consolidated adjusted EBITDA represents the results before financial results, income tax, depreciations and amortizations, extraordinary and non-cash income and expense, equity income and other adjustments from the IFRS implementation, and includes affiliates' EBITDA at our ownership. For further information, see section 3.1 of the Earnings Release.

Consolidated balance sheet

(As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, in millions)

Figures in million

As of 06.30.2023

As of 12.31.2022

AR$

US$ FX 256.7

AR$

US$ FX 177.16

ASSETS

Property, plant and equipment

585,004

2,279

383,464

2,165

Intangible assets

25,252

98

24,364

138

Right-of-use assets

1,982

8

1,521

9

Deferred tax asset

8,491

33

6,326

36

Investments in joint ventures and associates

240,004

935

159,833

902

Financial assets at amortized cost

25,853

101

18,000

102

Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss

7,053

27

4,867

27

Other assets

121

0

91

1

Trade and other receivables

6,660

26

3,415

19

Total non-current assets

900,420

3,508

601,881

3,397


Inventories

47,714

186

30,724

173

Financial assets at amortized cost

3,006

12

1,357

8

Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss

169,968

662

103,856

586

Derivative financial instruments

146

1

161

1

Trade and other receivables

116,646

454

83,328

470

Cash and cash equivalents

50,749

198

18,757

106

Total current assets

388,229

1,512

238,183

1,344


Assets classified as held for sale

46,631

182

-

-


Total assets

1,335,280

5,202

840,064

4,742

EQUITY

Equity attributable to owners of the company

669,365

2,608

403,463

2,277


Non-controlling interest

1,684

7

1,157

7


Total equity

671,049

2,614

404,620

2,284


LIABILITIES

Provisions

38,250

149

26,062

147

Income tax and presumed minimum income tax liabilities

37,356

146

31,728

179

Deferred tax liabilities

17,596

69

19,854

112

Defined benefit plans

8,362

33

4,908

28

Borrowings

333,830

1,300

237,437

1,340

Trade and other payables

8,485

33

3,757

21

Total non-current liabilities

443,879

1,729

323,746

1,827


Provisions

1,003

4

779

4

Income tax liabilities

4,493

18

927

5

Taxes payables

7,398

29

4,966

28

Defined benefit plans

928

4

1,021

6

Salaries and social security payable

5,404

21

5,627

32

Derivative financial instruments

133

1

318

2

Borrowings

91,688

357

48,329

273

Trade and other payables

74,368

290

49,731

281

Total current liabilities

185,415

722

111,698

630


Liabilities associated to assets classified as held for sale

34,937

136

-

-


Total liabilities

664,231

2,588

435,444

2,458


Total liabilities and equity

1,335,280

5,202

840,064

4,742


Consolidated income statement

(For the six-month periods and quarters ended on June 30, 2023 and 2022, in millions)

First half

Second quarter

Figures in million

2023

2022

2023

2022

AR$

US$

AR$

US$

AR$

US$

AR$

US$

Sales revenue

194,256

895

99,523

874

110,341

464

55,512

462

Local market sales

154,309

708

78,708

688

86,900

363

44,999

372

Foreign market sales

39,947

187

20,815

186

23,441

101

10,513

90

Cost of sales

(117,939)

(555)

(60,896)

(540)

(67,401)

(290)

(34,652)

(294)


Gross profit

76,317

340

38,627

334

42,940

174

20,860

168


Selling expenses

(7,723)

(34)

(3,721)

(33)

(4,530)

(18)

(1,658)

(12)

Administrative expenses

(19,564)

(89)

(7,326)

(63)

(11,254)

(48)

(3,797)

(31)

Exploration expenses

(1,750)

(7)

(15)

-

(1,702)

(7)

(7)

-

Other operating income

14,289

61

4,357

36

9,430

45

3,057

25

Other operating expenses

(7,375)

(35)

(2,632)

(23)

(3,530)

(22)

(964)

(8)

Impairment of financial assets

(937)

(3)

(519)

(4)

(646)

(3)

(392)

(3)

Rec. of imp. (impairm.) of int. assets & inventories

(323)

(1)

(4,384)

(35)

(734)

(3)

(4,375)

(35)

Results for part. in joint businesses & associates

8,570

34

6,861

57

5,370

19

4,179

32


Operating income

61,504

266

31,248

269

35,344

137

16,903

136


Financial income

428

2

450

5

235

2

204

2

Financial costs

(41,078)

(188)

(8,794)

(78)

(26,367)

(112)

(4,599)

(39)

Other financial results

55,461

254

(4,170)

(35)

40,818

170

(3,881)

(33)

Financial results, net

14,811

68

(12,514)

(108)

14,686

60

(8,276)

(70)


Profit before tax

76,315

334

18,734

161

50,030

197

8,627

66


Income tax

(7,087)

(29)

(29)

6

(7,730)

(33)

(376)

1


Net income for the period

69,228

305

18,705

167

42,300

164

8,251

67

Attributable to the owners of the Company

69,097

305

18,469

165

42,179

164

8,165

66

Attributable to the non-controlling interests

131

-

236

2

121

0.1

86

1


Net income per share to shareholders

50.36

0.22

13.37

0.12

31.01

0.12

5.92

0.05

Net income per ADR to shareholders

1,259.06

5.56

334.34

2.99

775.35

3.01

147.92

1.20


Average outstanding common shares1

1,372

1,372

1,381

1,381

1,360

1,360

1,380

1,380.0

Outstanding shares by the end of period1

1,360

1,360

1,380

1,380

1,360

1,360

1,380

1,380.0

Note: 1 It considers the shares from the Employee stock-based compensation plan, which as of June 30, 2022 and 2023 amounted to 3.9 million common shares.

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

Information about the videoconference

There will be a video conference to discuss Pampa's Q2 23 results on Thursday, August 10, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time/11:00 a.m. Buenos Aires Time. The hosts will be Gustavo Mariani, CEO, Nicolás Mindlin, CFO, and Lida Wang, investor relations and sustainability officer at Pampa.

For those interested in participating, please register at bit.ly/Pampa2Q2023VC. The video conference call will also be simultaneously webcasted at Pampa's website ri.pampaenergia.com/en.

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SOURCE: 1/3 Pampa Energía S.A.



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