WS Atkins plcGrowth through differentiation

Capital markets day

30 September 2016

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Uwe Krueger

Chief executive officer

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Agenda

• Welcome

• Digital and Intelligent Mobility

• Growth in nuclear

Coffee break

• Atkins Acuity – our new advisory business

• Our global design centres

• Conclusion

Lunch

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Strategic progress

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• Three pillar strategy is delivering: operational excellence, portfolio optimisation and

sector/regional focus

• Operational excellence focused on margin improvement and cash generation

• TSR of 132% over five year period.

Financial delivery

6.5 6.46.7

7.6

8.0

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.5

8.0

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Underlying operating margin (%)

30.532.0

33.75

36.539.5

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Consistent dividend growth

6.7%

Drive for value creation remains

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Strong market drivers for revenue growth

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Differentiated offering

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Invest to grow

organically and by acquisition

Shareholder value

Focus

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Three key markets

Outlook for our markets

• Technology and data bringing new market opportunities

• UK Government commitment to infrastructure spend continues, particularly in

transportation

• North American infrastructure spend underpinned by the FAST Act expected to pick up

post Presidential election

• Focus sectors and geographies and ongoing investment in strategically important

infrastructure in the Middle East. Howard Humphrey’s acquisition in Africa

• Medium term growth in Asia Pacific driven by increasing urbanisation. Good

opportunities for Acuity advisory work

• Resilience from a diversified energy portfolio. Global energy requirement is increasing

and will drive long term growth, particularly in nuclear.

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Summary – growth through differentiation

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Atkins is becoming a driver of digital innovation in the engineering industry

Atkins is increasingly well positioned in attractive growth markets across the

nuclear life cycle

Atkins Acuity offers a unique combination of consultancy and

engineering/technical expertise

India is a centre for technical and digital excellence.

Richard Cross

As Group Chief Digital Officer for Akins Richard has responsibility for all IT and driving

our adoption of digital technologies and approaches across the company. He is

passionate about promoting the use of technology to improve the way we work and as a

differentiator with our clients.

He joined Atkins in early 2014 from Arup, where we was Group CIO. Before this he spent

10 years at ITV Plc as CTO/CIO leading the digitisation of everything in the company.

Before this he led the creation of a digital TV start-up company providing technology

services to media businesses which included on-line betting and launching a Bingo TV

channel. He also spent over 10 years as a management consultant with Accenture and

Ernst and Young, developing systems and specialising in process re-engineering

in multinational organisations.

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Philip Hoare

Philip is managing director of Atkins’ Transportation division across the UK & Europe.

This brings together a team of over 3,300 professional people in the rail, road and

aviation sectors with the aim of shaping the future of Transportation.

Since joining the company in 1997, Philip has held a number of senior positions in Atkins’

Highways and Rail businesses focused on delivering value and innovation to clients

across a wide range of projects covering the full spectrum from strategic advice to

operational delivery.

Philip is a chartered civil engineer with over 20 years of experience and is a member of

the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Chartered Institution of Highways and

Transportation.

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Mark Morant

Mark Morant has 25 years of experience in the nuclear industry with expertise in

driving innovation and leading business growth. He has extensive experience leading

nuclear companies in a licensed environment and proactively improving safety in the workplace.

Mark was appointed President of EnergySolutions’ Global Projects and Technology Group in January,

2012. In addition, Mark serves as Chairman for the Canadian National Laboratory, (CH2M; ES; NYSE:

FLR; TO: SNC-L) the Management and Operating (M&O) company responsible for the Atomic Energy

of Canada’s $7.9B contract based at Chalk River in Ontario.

From 2007, when ES bought the Magnox business in the UK, Mark served as an Executive officer for

EnergySolutions in a variety of roles including President of Global Commercial operations and

President of International operations.

Mark worked for BNFL from 1995 to 2007 in various roles including Finance Director of Sellafield and

Director of Privatization working for Sir John Guinness. He was closely involved in the UK

Government’s restructuring of the UK nuclear industry, the creation of the NDA and the subsequent

break-up of BNFL.

Mark has held senior positions at Price Waterhouse and has owned a number of companies in the

textile and management consultancy sectors. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics

from the University of Nottingham and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. 11

Dominic Harvey

Dominic Harvey is the chief executive officer of Atkins Acuity

Dominic has 18 years of experience in leading international law firms, predominantly

in the infrastructure and energy sectors. He has led multidisciplinary advisory teams

specialising in all aspects of projects including project finance, asset acquisitions and

restructuring and is renowned for his knowledge and publications in the area of

specialised project finance and public-private partnerships (PPPs).

He is a graduate of the College of Law, London and King's College, London.

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Rajesh Kalra

Rajesh is a Structural Engineer from a premium Technology Institute in India. In a career spanning over 25

years in the engineering and IT sectors, he has held key roles with Risk Management Solutions Inc. (RMSI),

RITES, Consulting Engineering Services (I) Pvt. Ltd. and Larsen & Toubro in operations, business and strategy

development.

The key highlights of a well-crafted career includes RMSI getting recognised for its HR practices and gaining

No.1 position in the ‘great places to work’ study in India from 2007 to 2009; strengthening and expanding the

delivery capability resulting in growth for Rolta was largely due to his able leadership. He has also been an

entrepreneur co-founding the "Engineering Technology Business" in the field of natural catastrophe modelling.

The business which over time acquired a global leading position in re-insurance underwriting space. Strong

leadership skills coupled with hands-on work style helped transform a start-up operation to an organisation of

international repute.

Rajesh has been responsible in transforming our Global Design Centre to become the most innovative part of

our business drawing strength from start automation. In his tenure in the GDC his focus on automation and

innovation has brought a wave of change in terms of culture and thinking among staff across various levels.

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looking statements that are subject to risk factors associated with, among other things,

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forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or

otherwise. Nothing in this presentation should be construed as a profit forecast.

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