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Tallink Grupp

Earnings Release Feb 22, 2023

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Q4 2022

AS TALLINK GRUPP RESULTS WEBINAR

PRESENTERS

HARRI HANSCHMIDT MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD

MARGUS SCHULTS MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD

TALLINK GRUPP

The leading European provider of leisure and business travel and sea transportation services in the Baltic Sea region.

OPERATIONS

  • Fleet of 15 vessels
  • Six ferry routes (1 suspended)
  • Operating four hotels (1 closed)

KEY FACTS

  • Revenue of EUR 771.4 million in 2022
  • Served 5.5 million passengers in 2022
  • Transported 410 thousand cargo units
  • Operating EUR 1.7 billion asset base
  • 4,904 employees at the end 2022
  • 3.0 million loyalty program members
  • 39,985 shareholders and FDR-holders of which 30,808 on Tallinn Stock Exchange and 9,177 on Helsinki Stock Exchange

STRONG BRANDS

Q4 2022 DEVELOPMENTS AND KEY FACTS

OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

  • Geopolitical situation and war in Ukraine since February
  • High inflation of global fuel and energy prices as well as prices of food products and materials
  • Increasing interest rates
  • Consumer and business confidence in home markets improve compared to all time low in September 2022

ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS

  • Amendment and restatement of EUR 280 million loan from December 2016
  • Extension of two short-term charter agreements one with the Estonian Social Insurance Board and the other with Scottish Government
  • Delivery of MyStar in December 2022 Victoria I arriving in Leith locks

Q4 2022 OVERVIEW

TALLINK GRUPP

Q4
Selected Key Figures
(financials in million euros)
Q4 2021 Q4 2022 Change
Number of passengers 1,122,892 1,296,047 15.4%
Number of cargo units 101,486 96,052 -5.4%
Number of passenger cars 171,037 175,539 2.6%
Revenue
Gross profit
166.6
20.0
203.7
41.8
22.2%
108.9%
EBITDA 25.1 50.4 100.7%
EBIT 0.9 23.5 2,565.5%
Net result for the period -3.3 16.7 600.9%
Capital expenditures 9.2 179.7 1,855.1%
As at: 30.09.22 31.12.22 Change
Total assets 1,535.3 1,691.6 10.2%
Total equity 690.2 706.9 2.4%
Interest-bearing liabilities 711.5 853.5 20.0%
Net debt 608.7 738.6 21.3%
2022
unaudited

• Revenue EUR 203.7m (EUR +37.0m or 22.2% vs LY)

  • Recovery in passenger numbers from COVID-19 related travel restrictions
  • 156.3% increase in chartering revenues
  • Strong recovery in hotel, shops & shore restaurant segment

• Costs & support

  • Cost of sales increased by 10.4% or EUR 15.2m
  • Fuel cost increased by 13.0% or by EUR 3.4m
  • EBITDA of EUR 50.4m (EUR +25.3m or 100.7% vs LY)
  • Net profit of EUR 16.7m (EUR +20.1m or 600.9% vs LY)
  • CAPEX of EUR 179.7m (EUR +170.5m vs LY)
  • Delivery of the new EUR 252m shuttle vessel MyStar in December 2022 including EUR 176.7m CAPEX in FY2022

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Q4 2022 REVENUE DEVELOPMENT BY OPERATING SEGMENTS (EUR MILLION)

Restaurant and shop sales on-board and onshore increased mainly due to higher number of passengers

Increase in ticket sales attributable to increased demand and increased supply of overnight services

High competition in cargo transportation market

Total of 6 vessels chartered out in Q4 2022

Q4 2022 REVENUE DEVELOPMENT BY GEOGRAPHICAL SEGMENTS (EUR MILLION)

Overall increase in demand and increased supply of overnight services

Estonia-Finland Segment reflects operations of two shuttle vessels

Estonia-Sweden

Results reflect operations of two cargo vessels (Paldiski-Kapellskär) and one cruise ferry on the Tallinn-Stockholm route

Finland-Sweden

Results reflect the operations of one cruise ferries on the Turku-Stockholm and two cruise ferries on the Helsinki-Stockholm route

Other

Increase was mainly driven by chartering of vessels and accommodation sales, to a lesser extent by various retail activities

RESULTS QUARTERLY SEASONALITY BREAKDOWN

1.9 1.6 0.7 2.7 1.6 3.0 1.3 1.1 1.9 2.3 1.1 1.3 02468 10 2019 2020 2021 2022 9.8 3.7 3.0 (1) 5.5

(MILLIONS)

PASSENGERS

REVENUE (EUR MILLION )

EBITDA (EUR MILLION )

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

THE DYNAMICS OF HIGH SEASONALITY ON THE PROFIT LEVEL

NET PROFIT BY QUARTERS (EUR MILLION)

MOST OF THE PROFITS ARE TYPICALLY EARNED IN SUMMER, THE HIGH SEASON

2022 OVERVIEW

Selected Key Figures
(financials in million euros)
2021 2022 Change
Number of passengers 2,961,975 5,462,085 84.4%
Number of cargo units 369,170 409,769 11.0%
Number of passenger cars 602,033 819,229 36.1%
Revenue
Gross profit
EBITDA
EBIT
Net result for the period
476.9
21.7
58.3
-37.0
-56.6
771.4
113.5
135.8
37.7
13.9
61.7%
423.9%
133.0%
201.7%
124.6%
Capital expenditures 20.2 203.3 905.7%
As at: 31.12.21 31.12.22 Change
Total assets 1,585.9 1,691.6 6.7%
Total equity 692.5 706.9 2.1%
Interest-bearing liabilities 779.9 853.5 9.4%
Net debt 652.4 738.6 13.2%
2022
unaudited

• Revenue EUR 771.4m (EUR +294.5m or 61.7% vs LY)

  • Recovery in passenger numbers from COVID-19 related travel restrictions
  • 117.3% increase in chartering revenues
  • Strong recovery in hotel, shops & shore restaurant segment

• Costs & support

  • Cost of sales increased by 44.5% or EUR 202.6m
  • Fuel cost increased by 99.5% or by EUR 71.9m
  • EBITDA of EUR 135.8m (EUR +77.5m or 133.0% vs LY)
  • Net profit of EUR 13.9m (EUR +70.5m or 124.6% vs LY)
  • CAPEX of EUR 203.3m (EUR +183.1m vs LY)
  • Delivery of the new EUR 252m shuttle vessel MyStar in December 2022 including EUR 176.7m CAPEX in FY2022

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

(EUR million) 2021 (2)
2022
Q4
2021
(2)
Q4
2022
Sales 477 771 167 204
Cost of sales (1) -455 -658 -147 -162
Marketing & administrative cost (1) -75 -87 -22 -24
Other operating items, net 16 11 3 6
EBITDA 58 136 25 50
Margin (%) 12.2% 17.6% 15.1% 24.8%
Net Result -57 14 -3 17
EPS -0.081 0.019 -0.004 0.022

(1) Includes depreciation and amortization

GRUPP (2) 2022 unaudited

TALLINK

Totals may not sum due to rounding

FULL YEAR COSTS BREAKDOWN

(EUR thousands) 2021 (5)
2022
Change
Cost of goods 110,451 160,556 45.4%
Staff costs 86,101 120,018 39.4%
Marketing & Administration (1)(2) 62,075 74,262 19.6%
Port & Stevedoring 62,998 77,198 22.5%
Fuel cost 72,234 144,141 99.5%
Ship operating expenses 34,363 51,607 50.2%
Other costs (3) 6,768 18,667 175.8%
Total costs from operations 434,991 646,449 48.6%
Depreciation & amortisation 95,313 98,136 3.0%
Net finance cost (4) 21,967 24,746 12.7%
Total costs 552,271 769,331 39.3%

Notes:

TALLINK GRUPP

  • (1) Depreciation and amortisation excluded
  • (2) Includes marketing and administration staff costs

(3) Includes package costs

(4) Includes share of profit/loss of equity-accounted investees

(5) Unaudited

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

(EUR
million)
2021 2022(1) Q4 2021 (1)
Q4 2022
Operating cash flow 59 144 28 57
Capital expenditure -20 -203 -9 -180
Asset disposal 1 3 0 0
Free cash flow 40 -56 18 -122
Debt financing (net effect) 45 69 -30 141
Interests & other financial items -20 -25 -4 -7
Increase of share capital 35 0 0 0
Change in cash 100 -13 -16 12

Totals may not sum due to rounding (1) 2022 unaudited

TALLINK GRUPP

CASH FLOW GENERATION SUPPORTED BY MARKET RECOVERY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

(EUR
million)
31.12.2020 31.12.2021 (2)
30.09.2022
(2)
31.12.2022
2000
Total assets 1,516 1,586 1,535 1,692
Non-current assets 1,427 1,383 1,338 1,496 Cash Other
Current assets 89 203 197 196 1500 Intangibles
Other
liabilities
-
of which cash
28 128 103 115 assets
Total liabilities 802 893 845 985 Share
Interest bearing liabilities 705 780 711 854 1000 holders'
equity
Other liabilities 97 113 134 131
Shareholders' equity 714 693 690 707 Ships
500
Net debt/EBITDA 84.2x 11.2x 5.5x 5.4x Loans
Net debt 677 652 609 739
Equity/assets ratio 47% 44% 45% 42%
(1)
BVPS
(in EUR)
1.07 0.93 0.93 0.95 0 Assets Liabilities
Totals may not sum due to rounding & Equity

(1) Shareholders' equity / number of shares outstanding

(2) 2022 unaudited

TALLINK GRUPP

TOTAL LIQUIDITY (CASH + UNUSED OVERDRAFT) OF EUR 249.9 MILLION

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DEBT STRUCTURE

LONG TERM BANK LOANS

  • EUR 746 million as at 31.12.2022
  • 7 loan agreements outstanding: syndicated loans, amortizing project and working capital loans
  • Maturities 0.8–12 years
  • EUR denominated, fixed and EURIBOR floating

OVERDRAFTS (as at 31.12.2022)

— EUR 135.0 million unused

Total EUR 746 million long-term bank loans and used overdrafts as at 31.12.2022

2022 unaudited

PAYMENT OF PREVIOUSLY POSTPONED PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS UNDER EXISTING LOAN AGREEMENTS RESTARTED IN Q2 2022 AND AMOUNTED TO EUR 110 MILLION IN 2022

EUR million

EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD & OUTLOOK

Victoria I in Scotland, July 2022

  • Continuously exploring options for chartering out vessels
  • New 4-year collective agreement signed with the Estonian Seamen's Independent Union on 6 February 2023
  • Extension of short-term charter agreement for Silja Europa until 19 June 2023
  • In January 2023, shuttle-vessel Star started operating on the Tallinn-Helsinki route under the new light-class concept

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

HARRI HANSCHMIDT MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD

MARGUS SCHULTS MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT BOARD

THANK YOU

AS Tallink Grupp Sadama 5, 10111, Tallinn, Estonia www.tallink.com/investors [email protected]

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