Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
9 Sept 2024other▲ Good
Yancoal will join the S&P/ASX 200 and 300 indices from 23 September 2024, 12 years after its ASX listing. Management expects a wider investor base and better share liquidity (its view). Next report is the third quarter on 17 October.
S&P Dow Jones index notice listing Yancoal among additions to the S&P/ASX 200 and 300 from 23 September 2024. Third-party announcement; the company's own release follows.
Board vested 87.33% of 2021 long-term incentive rights (2,390,183), settled in existing shares. 1,402,627 vested rights remain unexercised; 346,780 were cancelled. Small numbers of other rights lapsed after staff left. No new shares issued.
1H24 profit fell 57% to A$420m as realised price dropped 37% to A$176/t, despite attributable sales up 17%. Operating EBITDA A$990m; cash A$1.55bn, no debt. No interim dividend; cash kept for possible corporate initiatives. Guidance unchanged.
Half-year accounts: revenue A$3,138m (down 21%), net profit A$420m (down 57% from A$973m), EPS 31.9c. No interim dividend declared. Repeats the headline results released the same day; profit fell mainly with lower coal prices (inference).
Half-year results will be released 19 August 2024 after 6:30pm Sydney time, with an investor webcast on 20 August at 10am Sydney. Scheduling notice only; no financial information.
Board meeting set for 19 August 2024 to approve the half-year results to 30 June and consider an interim dividend, if any, at the Board's discretion. Notice only; no results yet.
June quarter: attributable saleable output 8.2Mt (March quarter 8.8Mt), realised price steady at A$181/t. Cash rose A$318m to A$1.55bn after the A$429m dividend, no loans. 2024 guidance unchanged, tracking the low end of output range, with second-half output expected higher.
Notice that the June quarter report will be released 18 July 2024, with an investor webcast on 19 July at 11am Sydney. Administrative; no financial information.
12 June 2024security holder rights change● Neutral
1,533,906 performance share rights issued to senior executives under the 2024 long-term plan, about 0.12% of shares. Vesting depends on relative earnings per share and cost targets over the period to 31 December 2026; settled in existing shares or cash.
16,541 deferred short-term incentive rights issued to Co-Vice Chairman Ning Yue, approved at the 30 May AGM. They vest 8,270 on 1 March 2025 and 8,271 on 1 March 2026, and can be settled in existing shares or cash, so no new shares are needed.
Cover release and slides for the 30 May 2024 AGM, to be delivered by Co-Vice Chairman Gregory Fletcher and CEO David Moult. Readable text is only the cover and disclaimer; no new figures can be stated.
Share registry Computershare's Sydney office moves to 6 Hope St, Ermington from 23 May 2024. Phone numbers and postal address are unchanged. Administrative.
Appendix 4G corporate governance checklist filed with the annual report, pointing to the governance statement on pages 125-150 and confirming it is current at 23 February 2024. Administrative; no new financial information.
2023 Sustainability Report covering environmental, social and governance performance, with early alignment to draft Australian climate reporting standards. Text read is largely the introduction and scope; no new financial figures.
2023 Annual Report released, marking 20 years in Australia. Chairman says 2023 followed difficult years, with production improving each quarter and cash operating costs down 21% from first to second half. Yancoal is considering diversifying beyond coal. Repeats results already announced on 23 February.
Voting entitlement record time for the 30 May 2024 AGM is 6.30pm Sydney on 24 May 2024, earlier than Australian holders may expect because of the dual ASX and Hong Kong listing. Administrative.
1,141,369 deferred short-term incentive rights issued to senior staff, about 0.086% of shares. They vest in halves on 1 March 2025 and 2026, and can be settled in cash or existing shares, so no new shares are required.
March quarter: attributable saleable output 8.8Mt, down 9% on December but up 49% on a year earlier; realised price A$180/t (down 8%). Cash rose A$260m to A$1.66bn, no loans. 2024 guidance unchanged, tracking at the low end of output range. Warkworth stake raised, lifting effective interest to 83.6%.
Notice that the March quarter report will be released 18 April 2024, with an investor webcast on 19 April at 11am Sydney. Administrative; no financial information.
1,116,524 vested 2021 short-term incentive rights are settled half in existing shares and half in cash; 551,997 vested 2022 rights likewise. No new shares are issued, so no dilution. 552,004 2022 rights remain, vesting 1 March 2025.
Small forfeits of employee performance share rights after resignations: 65,671 and 59,900 long-term rights, and 121,740 and 65,833 short-term rights. Minor housekeeping with no effect on issued shares.