14th Annual Meeting of Unitholders Calgary, Alberta May 12, 2010
Freehold Royalty Trust 2 Forward-Looking Statements This presentation offers management?s assessment of Freehold?s future plans and operations as at May 12, 2010 and contains forward looking statements pertaining to estimated capital,…
Freehold Royalty Trust 3 Board of Directors Tullio Cedraschi Peter Harrison Manager Appointed Nolan Blades Harry Campbell Chair Bill Ingram Michael Maher David Sandmeyer Manager Appointed Rodger Tourigny
Freehold Royalty Trust 5 Freehold Profile TSX: FRU.UN ? 57.9 million Trust Units outstanding ? Enterprise value ~$1.1 billion Ownership: ? 85% Canadian ? 58% Institutions ? Mutual Funds, Pension Funds, Money Managers ? CN Pension…
Freehold Royalty Trust 6 Distinguishing Features Focused on oil and gas royalties 1 (mineral titles and GORRs) Low cost royalty advantage 2 = high payout versus peers Large, diversified land base 3 with upside development…
Freehold Royalty Trust 7 Benefits of Royalties ?No exploration or drilling costs ?No Crown or third party royalties ?No production or operating costs ?No abandonment or reclamation liabilities Development potential with low risk
Freehold Royalty Trust 8 2009 Operational Highlights Royalty Interest Working Interest Total Trust Percent Royalties Land holdings (000s gross acres) 2,174 212 2,386 91% Net reserves (Mboe) 18,557 5,497 24,054 77% Average…
Freehold Royalty Trust 12 Strategies for Value Creation ?Free Drilling? by >200 industry operators on our royalty lands Investing capital to develop our properties Pursuing acquisitions, with a focus on royalties 1 2 3
Freehold Royalty Trust 15 Top Royalty Payors/Operators SABRE ENERGY LTD.
Freehold Royalty Trust 16 Exposure to Resource Plays 2.4 million gross acres of land Alberta Sask. Calgary Saskatoon Regina Edmonton North Saskatchewan River Freehold?s land holdings
Freehold Royalty Trust 17 Southeast Saskatchewan Acquired in 2001 ? 95,000 gross acres mineral titles (held in perpetuity) Bakken exposure Freehold?s land holdings Bakken Fairway Regina Saskatoon
Freehold Royalty Trust 18 Bakken Mineral Title Lands 2009 ? 2 (2.0 net) wells on 100% title lands 2010 ? $14 million ? 15 (6.5 net) wells Freehold?s land holdings Most of Freehold?s Bakken-prone title lands are unleased
Freehold Royalty Trust 19 Cardium Resource Play Mineral title interests ? From 27% to 100% ? Leased out to third parties Freehold?s land holdings Edmonton Calgary ? ARC ? NAL ? Penn West ? Suncor ? Devon ? Bonterra ?…
Freehold Royalty Trust 20 Pembina Cardium Unit #9 ? 9.97% working interest and 0.6% royalty interest ? Operator is Penn West (90%) ? Active field redevelopment ? Horizontal drilling and multi-stage fracture technology ? 2010…
Freehold Royalty Trust 21 Major Acquisitions ? 90% Royalties Year Area Cost ($ millions) Initial Production Acquired (boe/d) 1997 PRL $ 22 700 2001 Southeast Saskatchewan 25 800 2005 Petrovera (CNRL) 352 3,750 2007…
Freehold Royalty Trust 22 Recent Royalty Acquisitions Bigstone/NW Alberta ? December 21, 2009 ? $10 million ? 43,214 gross acres ? Reserves: 0.3 MMboe ? RLI: 6 years ? 2010 production ~145 boe/d Alberta, Sask., B.C.* ? February…
Freehold Royalty Trust 23 Equity Financings Initial Public Offering ? 1996: 26.4 million units @ $10.00 = $264 million Three subsequent offerings ? 2001: 3.3 million units @ $9.65 = $32 million ? 2005: 13.5 million units @ $15.55 =…
Freehold Royalty Trust 27 2010 Guidance* As at May 12, 2010 Average daily production boe/d 7,600 Average WTI oil price US$/bbl 80.00 Average AECO natural gas price Cdn$/Mcf 4.20 Average exchange rate Cdn$/US$ 0.96 Average operating…
Freehold Royalty Trust 29 Corporate Conversion* SIFT Tax Strategy Committee Recommendation ? Moving forward to convert Freehold to a dividend paying corporation ? Special Meeting of Unitholders in late 2010 Freehold?s business model…
Freehold Royalty Trust 30 Corporate Conversion* Corporate income tax ? Expect to defer until at least 2012 Cash flow dependent on ? Commodity prices ? Production ? Capital expenditures ? Acquisitions ? Tax pools ($214.4 million…
Freehold Royalty Trust 31 Low Risk Profile Focused on oil and gas royalties 1 (low costs, high netbacks) Low risk marketing strategy 2 (no hedging) Conservative balance sheet 3 (low debt to cash flow ratio) 4 Experienced at…