IFGL Refractories Limited An Indian Multi-national Disclaimer Certain statements in this presentation concerning our future growth prospects, are forward looking statements, which involves a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward looking statements. Risk and uncertainties relating to these statements include and are not limited to risk and uncertainties relating to fluctuations in sales, earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition, our ability to manage operations, fluctuations in demand, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, performance of our subsidiaries, political instability and changes in legal restrictions and general economic conditions affecting our industry. The Company may from time to time make additional written and or oral forward looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any forward looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company. Page 1 IFGL Refractories Highlights • One of the best known Special Refractory Manufacturer of India • Largest exporter of Refractories from India • Crossed Rs 1000 Million Export in 2007-08 • Recipient of CAPEXIL Special Export Award for Refractories for five successive years • Star Export House –recognised by Ministry of Commerce • Quality System certified- BS EN ISO 9001: 2000 • Reputed for introducing new technology products in India • Uninterrupted Dividend paying (since 2002-03) Page 2 Industry Scenario & Opportunities Page 3 Refractory Industry Overview Global Refractory Production 4% World Steel Crude Steel Production 5% 16% 37% 26% Rest of World China RestOfAsia Europe US India 12% End use- segments 7% 3% 4% Steel Cement Glass Non ferrous Others 12% 74% Page 4 2007 – 1,343 million tonnes growth of 7.5% 2006 – 1,244 million tonnes growth of 8.9% 2005 – 1,142 million tonnes World Steel – on growth path after consolidation World Crude Steel Production Million MT 1600 1400 1200 1000 970 848 850 904 799 789 777 755 1069 1142 1244 1344 800 600 400 200 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Page 5 Global Market Opportunities for Refractories Steel Scenario • BRIC led growth has revitalised Steel IndustryBRIC’s share in world production grown from 31% in 2001 to 48.2% in 2007 • Strong growth expected to continue as Steel consumption still very low in Developing regions • Increased demand for Special Refractories, being consumable to Steel Industry • Limited competition for Special Refractories • Buoyant outlook for Steel Industry, both in Indian and Overseas markets Page 6 Indian Steel Industry – a bright future •Resources •Abundant Iron Ore reserves •Strong Managerial skills in Iron and Steel making •Large pool of skilled Man-power •Established steel players with strong skills in steel making •Developments SAIL,TISCO, ESSAR,JSW have announced ambitious Capacity expansion plans Arcelor Mittal and POSCO major International players coming to India Year •Opportunities •High economic growth driven by industry •Faster Urbanisation •Increased Infrastructure Asset Building •Automobiles and component industry growth •Policy •Pro-active stance of Govt. •Encouragement for overseas investments Page 7 Steel production % Growth Mln tons 2002-03 34.7 2003-04 38.7 11.53% 2004-05 43.4 12.14% 2005-06 46.5 7.14% 2006-07 50.7 9.03% Steel production- Current production & Planned capacity 200 Current (2005- Planned 06) 200 Steel Production (Mn Tons) 180 160 140 120 100 80 70 51 60 39 43 46 FY 05 FY 06 56 62 40 20 SAIL 13.5 RINL (Vizag) 3.5 Tata Steel (Jamshedpur) 4.7 Tata Steel (Orissa) Tata Steel (Jharkhand) Tata Steel (Chattisgarh) Essar (Hazira) 2.5 Essar (Orissa) Essar (Jharkhand) Essar (Chattisgarh) JSW (Vijaynagar) 3.5 JSW (West Bengal) JSW(Salem) 0.3 Ispat 2.2 26.0 10.0 10.0 6.0 12.0 5.0 7.5 4.0 6.0 3.2 10.0 10.0 2.0 5.0 Current (2005- Planned 06) POSCO (Orissa) Arcelor Mittal (Orissa) Arcelor Mittal (Jharkhand) Mukund 0.8 Jindal Stainless ,JSL 0.6 Jindal Stainless ,JSL, Dubri Bhusan (Orissa) Bhusan (Jharkhand) JSPL (Chattisgarh) 1.2 JSPL (Orissa) JSPL (Jharkhand) Jayaswal NECO 0.6 EAF/IF/Others 13.0 Total Crude Steel 0 FY 04 FY 07E FY 08E FY 09E FY 10E FY 20E Page 8 46.4 12.0 12.0 12.0 2.8 1.2 1.6 2.8 3.0 2.4 6.0 5.0 2.0 20.5 200.0 Proposed state-wise New Capacity J’khand: 38 mtpa W Bengal: 14 mtpa Ch’garh: 9 mtpa Orissa : 50 mtpa AP: 3.3 mtpa Karnataka: 9.7 mtpa IFGL Plant Page 9 SAIL Tata Steel RINL Essar Bhushan JSPL JSW Ispat Mittal POSCO IFGL - Introduction Page 10 Brief history of IFGL Refractories 1979 Indo Flogates founded 1970s 1983 Collaboration with Flogates UK 1980s • Manufacture of Flocon Slide Gate Mechanism & refractories 1993 IFGL Refractories Founded Collaboration with Harima Corp., Japan 1999 Purchase of stake from Vesuvius Indo 2000 Flogates Awarded merger ISO 9001 with IFGL Refractorie s 1990s • Manufacture of Slide Gates for Furnace and convertors • Manufacture of Continuous Casting Refractories started • Manufacturing IPV Porous Plug started • Export Thrust Page 11 2005 Acquired Monocon Group 2006 Acquired Goricon Group 2000s • Lances • Darts • Monolithics • Castables Highly efficient international manufacturing operations . . . Monocon International Refractories Denaby, UK Tianjin Monocon Tianjin, China Mono Ceramics Inc Michigan, US Monotec Refratarios Fortaleza, Brazil Page 12 IFGL Refractories Products: •Continuous Casting refractories •Slide Gate system & refractories •Ladle bottom Porous Plugs •Tap Hole Sleeves •Furnace Gate & refractories •Cast Products •Monolithics/Castables •ZIRCON & Zirconia Nozzles Works: Corporate Office: Technical Collaborator: Sector ‘B’ Mcleod House Kalunga Industrial Estate Krosaki Harima Corporation, Japan 3, N S Road P.O. Kalunga – 770 031 Kolkata-700001 District – Sundargarh Orissa - India India Page 13 (A Subsidiary of Nippon steel) Production Facilities- UK & America Office & Works: Davy Road, Old Denaby, South Yorkshire, UK • ISO 9001 accreditation • Products – Lances – Tundish spray products – Slag control darts – Other Monolithics Engineering Products – Slag control Dart machines – Ladle & EF Monocators – Tundish spray machines – SPV • • Office and works: Pipestone Road Benton Harbor Michigan 49022 USA • ISO 9001 accreditation • Products – Lances – Precast & Castables – Purge Plugs Page 14 • Office in Sao Paulo • Works: Av. Jandira, 316Conj.4 Cep 04080-001 Sao Paolo Brazil • Products – Tundish spray – Precast – Castables Production Facilities- China New plant • •Office & Works: Tianjin Economic Development Area Tianjin 300457 P R China • Products - Slag Control Darts - Cast Products - Purge Plugs • Office & Works: Tianjin Economic Development Area Tianjin 300457 P R China • Products - Monolithics Page 15 Worldwide Marketing Network Ukraine Germany France Romania & Slovakia UK Italy Poland Sweden Russia USA, Canada, Mexico Turkey Egypt Iran Malayasia Aus, NZ Chile S.Africa Marketing offices/ Works Page 16 Agents Technical Know How • Current KROSAKI HARIMA CORP.,JAPAN New Generation Slide Gate Systems Continuous Casting Refractories ALCAR INTERNATIONAL, U.K Tube Changer device for Slab Caster Page 17 IFGL - Performance Page 19 Consolidated Operations Rs Million Financial Results for Year ended 31/3/08 Particulars 31-Mar-07 31-Mar-08 Change-% Net Sales 3226.95 3780.07 17.14% EBITDA 499.44 553.67 10.86% Profit ( + ) / Loss ( - ) before Tax 372.05 408.88 9.90% Net Profit ( + ) / Loss ( - ) after tax 262.37 284.88 8.58% 15.48% 11.53% 8.13% 14.65% 10.82% 7.54% 7.58 8.23 EBITDA Margin PBT Margin PAT Margin EPS Page 20 Standalone Operations Rs Million Financial Results for Year ended 31/3/08 Particulars 31-Mar-07 31-Mar-08 Change-% Net Sales 1508.19 1713.42 13.61% EBITDA 332.32 356.88 7.39% Profit ( + ) / Loss ( - ) before Tax 252.61 261.69 3.60% Net Profit ( + ) / Loss ( - ) after tax 163.91 168.51 2.81% 22.03% 16.75% 10.87% 20.83% 15.27% 9.83% 4.74 4.87 EBITDA Margin PBT Margin PAT Margin EPS Page 21 Overseas Operations Rs Million Financial Results for Year ended 31/3/08 Particulars 31-Mar-07 Net Sales EBITDA Profit ( + ) / Loss ( - ) before Tax Net Profit ( + ) / Loss ( - ) after tax EBITDA Margin PBT Margin PAT Margin EPS Page 22 31-Mar-08 Change-% 1718.76 167.12 119.44 98.46 2066.65 196.79 147.19 116.36 9.72% 6.95% 5.73% 9.52% 7.12% 5.63% 2.84 3.36 20.24% 17.75% 23.23% 18.18% IFGL Group - Strong financial performance Rs Million Rs Million Financial performance (year ended 31 March) 0 • • 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Turnover 741.4 930.3 1129.2 2307.2 3226.9 3780 EBITDA 121.6 178.9 225.5 363.1 499.4 553.6 EPS (Rs) 0.86 2.49 3.45 5.37 7.58 8.23 Strong growth in Sales Highly cash generative – EBITDA Rs 55 crores yearly and growing Page 23 0 IFGL Refractories, India EXPORTS & TOTAL TURNOVER 1800 VALUE(Rs Million) 1600 1400 1200 1000 EXPORT TURNOVER 800 600 400 200 0 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 FINANCIAL YEAR YEAR EXPORT TURNOVER 01-02 112 454 02-03 339 741 03-04 497 930 Page 24 04-05 688 1129 05-06 752 1303 06-07 870 1508 07-08 1011 1713 Global Market Opportunities for Refractories Geographical distribution - Steel Production & IFGL Group sales Sales Rs million 708 1363 422 761 525 3780 Steel production 13% 4% India 19% 14% Europe Asia (excl India) Americas Others India Europe Asia (excl India) Americas Others 50% Sales- Geographical India Europe Asia (excl India) Americas Others Steel Production Million MT 53 365 701 180 44 1343 13% 20% India Europe Asia (excl India) 23% Americas 32% 12% Page 25 Others Achievements 2007-08 • New Dart Plant started operating in China • New Product introductions: – Full range of Castables – Zirconia nozzles • Integration of Goricon Production facilities into Monocon to achieve Cost efficiencies • All overseas subsidiaries generating profits • Continued enhancement of Kalunga Plant capacity • Expansion of Marketing network Page 26 CAPEX Capital Expenditure 120.0 106.4 106.4 Rs Million 100.0 80.0 60.0 51.3 45.9 40.0 20.0 0.0 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Page 27 Capital Expenditure Capacity- India Capacity Shaped (Pcs) 800000 720900 700000 720900 30000 25000 624900 564900 600000 Capacity Unshaped (MT) 756000 24000 20000 15000 500000 10000 384900 400000 5000 300000 300 300 700 1000 1000 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 0 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 Page 28 06-07 07-08 Capacity- Global Product Location Company India IFGL Refractories Ltd. Units Carbon Bonded Refractories for Continuous Casting Slide Gate Refractories Purge Plugs Cast Products Unshaped/ Castables etc. UK USA Brazil China China Capacity per annum pcs pcs pcs pcs MT 360000 300000 24000 72000 24000 Monocon International Refractories Limited Lances Darts Unshaped pcs pcs MT 10800 240000 30000 Mono Ceramics Inc Lance pcs 12000 Monotec Refratarios Ltda Unshaped MT 6000 Tianjin Monocon Refractories Co Limited Unshaped MT 24000 Tianjin Monocon Aluminous Refractories Co Limited Darts pcs 180000 Page 29 Future Outlook Page 30 IFGL Refractories Shareholding Pattern & Dividend History Public 14.94% Dividend 25.0% 20.0% 20.0% 17.5% 17.5% 15.0% 15.0% Mutual Funds / institutions 13.76% 10.0% 10.0% Krosaki Harima 4.57% Sojitz Corp. 9.90% 12.5% 5.0% Promoters 56.83% 0.0% 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Listed on: •Bombay Stock exchange •National Stock Exchange Page 31 Action Plan 2008-09 LIKELY SCENE ACTION PLAN • •Full Utilisation of the new Dart Plant in China Likely scarcity of Refractories due to: – Pressure on supply of Raw Materials – New Capacity / increase in Steel Production •2nd shift operation of the Monolithic Plant in China •Develop market of Zirconia nozzles and Castables • Achieving full capacity utilisation in Kalunga(Rourkela) Plant •Debottlenecking to take care of next 1/2 years •New Plant for CC Refractories Planned in Kandla SEZ Page 32 New Project CC Refractories at Kandla SEZ • Existing plant running very close to full capacity • Huge increase in demand expected due to high growth in Steel Industry • Overseas Sales growing fast, driven by – Group’s acquisitions of refractory companies in UK, USA, Brazil and China – Resulting in logistical support and increased acceptance of IFGL products by overseas customers • Port based plant in Western India will reduce transit time and reduce delivery cost to customers in Middle East and Europe • Project to be implemented by IFGL Exports Ltd., a subsidiary of IFGL Refractories Ltd. • Capacity planned 300000 pcs per annum (existing • Project Cost Rs 500 Million 360000 pcs) of CC products Page 33 Kandla Existing plant at Rourkela SEZ Benefits •Duty Benefits: SEZ units may import or procure from the domestic sources all their requirements of capital goods, raw materials, consumables, spares, packing materials, office equipment, DG sets etc. duty free. •100% IT exemption (10A) for first 5 years and 50% for 5 years thereafter. Reinvestment allowance to the extend of 50% of ploughed back profits for further 5 years •External commercial borrowings by units up to $ 500 million a year allowed without any maturity restrictions. •Flexibility to keep 100% of export proceeds in EEFC account. . •Exemption from interest rate surcharge on import finance. •Exemption to sales made from Domestic Tariff Area to SEZ units from Central Sales Tax. •Exemption from Service Tax to SEZ units Page 34 Progress- Kandla CC Project • Land already acquired • Key Personnel appointed • Orders for Long delivery equipment placed • Contractors / equipment suppliers being identified Bhoomi puja being perfomed by company senior executives Page 35 Outlook for 2008-09 25% 20% Sales Profit Page 36 Thank You Page 37