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EPH SpA

Earnings Release Nov 8, 2017

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9M 17 RESULTS MILAN, 8TH NOVEMBER 2017

DISCLAIMER

This presentation has been prepared by ePRICE S.p.A. for information purposes only and for use in presentations of the Group's results and strategies.

For further details on the ePRICE Group, reference should be made to publicly available information.

Statements contained in this presentation, particularly regarding any possible or assumed future performance of the Group, are or may be forward-looking statements based on ePRICE S.p.A.'s current expectations and projections about future events, and in this respect may involve some risks and uncertainties.

Actual future results for any quarter or annual period may therefore differ materially from those expressed in or implied by these statements due to a number of different factors, many of which are beyond the ability of ePRICE S.p.A. to control or estimate precisely, including, but not limited to, the Group's ability to manage the effects of the uncertain current local and global economic conditions on our business and to predict future economic conditions, the Group's ability to achieve and manage growth, the degree to which ePRICE S.p.A. enters into, maintains and develops commercial and partnership agreements, the Group's ability to successfully identify, develop and retain key employees, manage and maintain key customer relationships and maintain key supply sources, unfavourable development affecting consumer spending, the rate of growth of the Internet and online commerce, Italian advertising market, competition, fluctuations in exchange rates, any failure of information technology, inventory and other asset risk, credit risk on our accounts, regulatory developments and changes in tax laws.

ePRICE S.p.A. does not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this presentation.

Any reference to past performance of the ePRICE Group shall not be taken as an indication of future performance.

This document does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe to any shares and no part of it shall form the basis of or be relied upon in connection with any contract or commitment whatsoever.

By attending the presentation you agree to be bound by the foregoing terms.

ePRICE: THE NATIONAL E-COMMERCE LEADER

9M 17 TTM GMV (1) Eu 270mn

134 Pick&Pay 290 Lockers 1 brand new

1 LOCAL E-COMMERCE CHAMPION FOCUSED ON CAPTURING A HIGH-POTENTIAL, FAST-GROWING MARKET

2 A UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION TAILORED TO THE ITALIAN MARKET, SUPPORTED BY A FLEXIBLE AND SCALABLE PLATFORM

3

SIGNIFICANT TRACK RECORD AND GMV/REVENUE GROWTH TO GENERATE VALUE THROUGH SCALE & RELEVANCE, IN ORDER TO REACH PROFITABILITY

(1) TTM Gross Merchandise Volume: includes revenues from products, shipping and 3P marketplace sales, net of returns and VAT included. Revenue from services includes transports, warranties, B2B and other revenues. GMV from services does not include B2B, ADV&Infocommerce.

ePRICE SpA – November 2017 2 (2) Customers who bought at least once on ePRICE or on the marketplace.

(3) ePRICE Home Service

fulfilment center 9M 17 TTM REVENUES Eu 204mn

~1.6mn customers (2) ~500 technicians(3) >1,400 merchants

ePRICE: FROM e-COMMERCE TO e-SERVICE

OUR NEW, SERVICE-DRIVEN MISSION

"To serve the technological evolution of Italian households"

ePRICE: HIGHLIGHTS OF 9M 17

Overperformed market slowdown: 9M 17 online Tech&Appliances market growth +8.5% YoY ( c. -15 pct.pt. vs 9M 16 growth) and vs. +16- 18% estimate at beginning of 2017(1).

Consolidating GMV Market Share in MDA: >30% of online market. +165% YoY # Deliveries "Home Service" based on MDAs.

3 Relevant market share growth makes ePRICE key player on online TV sales, with double digit growth, outperforming negative reference market

Initial positive indications from new approach (accelerating shift to marketplace of Mass Market Products (IT, Mobile, SDA etc))

(1) Gross Merchandise Volume: includes revenues from products, shipping and 3P marketplace sales, net of returns and VAT included. Revenue from services includes transports, warranties, B2B and other revenues. GMV from services does not include B2B, ADV&Infocommerce. 5 3P Marketplace and Warranties Sales Boost: Marketplace GMV up 54% YoY in 9M 17; warranties up +41% YoY.

(1) Internal estimates based on GFK+Forrester forecast data.

14 €BN PER YEAR OF TECH PRODUCTS. TODAY 1.8 €BN ARE ONLINE, ALMOST DOUBLING IN 4 YEARS.

HUGE OPPORTUNITY SHIFTING ONLINE

Tech & Appliances Retail in Italy B2C Sales (market Eu BN)

offline online

  • (1) €3.4BN Market size for current Technology & Appliances perimeter. Smart Home additional market estimate (€0.5BN) included. Source: ePRICE reelaboration on Forrester Research, GFK, other public sources and internal estimates, 2017.
  • (2) ePRICE Internal estimates and re-elaboration, based on GFK data

ePRICE SpA – November 2017 5

APPLIANCES GROWING FASTER

2017 9M Market TECH&APPLIANCE in Italy (% growth)

Traditional
Tech&Appliances
9M17
Online
Tech&Appliances
9M17
(2)
Tech&Appliances
ePRICE
GMV 9M 17
-1.6% 8.5% +9.3%

YoY

In 9M16 offline market was up 2.3 % YoY

CURRENT ONLINE MARKET IS SHAPING COMPETITION IN TWO BLOCKS 1/2

  • Block 1: High Ticket, Family Capex, Low Frequency
  • Block 2: Low Ticket, Mass Market Tech Goods, High Frequency

ePRICE Internal estimates and re-elaboration, based on GFK data

CURRENT ONLINE MARKET IS SHAPING COMPETITION IN TWO BLOCKS 2/2

ePRICE STRATEGY ON ACCELERATING SHIFT TO MARKETPLACE FOR MASS MARKET & LONG TAIL PRODUCTS

9M 17 GMV & REVENUES (1) (2)

  • Marketplace: up 54% YoY in 9M, now at 14% weight on GMV
  • Services & Other: good performance in ADV&Infocommerce and B2B revenues
  • Promotions: increased weight of freeshipping campaigns affected Q2

  • (1) Gross Merchandise Volume includes revenues from products, shipping and 3P marketplace sales, net of returns and VAT included. Revenue from services includes deliveries, warranties, B2B, ADV&Infocommerce and other revenues. GMV from services does not include B2B, ADV&Infocommerce.

  • (2) Services&other have been restated and now include warranties.

Q3 17 GMV & REVENUES (1) (2)

  • (1) Gross Merchandise Volume includes revenues from products, shipping and 3P marketplace sales, net of returns and VAT included. Revenue from services includes deliveries, warranties, B2B, ADV&Infocommerce and other revenues. GMV from services does not include B2B, ADV&Infocommerce.
  • (2) Services&other have been restated and now include warranties.

9M 17: CUSTOMER KPIS

(2) Spending per Buyer is calculated on revenue from products, deliveries and revenue from 3P marketplace, net of returns and VAT included

(3) Only items & orders from B2C GMV goods

ePRICE SpA – November 2017 11

Q3 17: MARKETING EFFICIENCY FOR BOOSTING Q4 BLACK FRIDAY OPENS THE ALL-IN CHALLENGE

EVOLUTION OF EPRICE ADV CONCEPT & POSITIONING GOALS ACHIEVED IN Q3 17

A new TV concept
developed
to increase
sales
and improve
brand
awareness
+12%
YoY traffic 9M,
+29% YoY Mobile
-13%
reduced
mktg
costs
as
% of sales vs. H1
Use of Radio to improve
coverage and frequency on
target audience
+13%
Unique Visitors YoY
+23%
Paid Visits YoY

Q4 ALL-IN BLACK FRIDAY Run up CHRISTMAS SEASON

More than 1k products at Eu 0.99 across 18 days of November thru to Black Friday From Black Friday to Cyber Monday hundreds of highly discounted products

Reach: up to 96.3%, +31% vs TV only GRPS: up to 1,650, + 168% vs TV only

ADV focused on selling in stock MDAs&TV, aggressive pricing and «xmas gifts» of value-added services provided by ePRICE in local areas

ePRICE SpA – November 2017 12

LOGISTICS & SERVICES: BRAND NEW FF CENTER NOW OPERATING, HOME SERVICE PLATFORM GROWING UP

NEW LOGISTIC CENTER READY TO HOST HIGHER VOLUMES (30K SQUARE METERS) BUILT FOR EPRICE AS WELL AS 3RD PARTY NEEDS

A PROFESSIONAL NETWORK OF HOME SERVICE DESIGNED FOR SCALE & DIFFERENTIATION

(1) WEEE: Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Directive (2012/19/EU). (2) Based on about 2.218 feedbacks

ePRICE: MARKETPLACE UPDATE

UNIQUE FEATURES OFFERED TO MERCHANTS

#1,465 Sellers (+86% vs. Q3 16) #3.7M Offers (+50% vs. Q3 16) 2.1 offers per product

IMPRESSIVE 3P MARKETPLACE PATTERN GROWTH IN 9M 17

>15% weight on GMV (c. + 6 p.p. vs. Q3 16)

+54% GMV YoY growth and 9M

  • Seller Growth >+86% YoY and +100 international sellers
  • Unique Offer Growth: +200% Unique Offers YoY
  • Smartphone, PC and Consumables: >

marketplace at 20% GMV

CONSOLIDATED P&L 9M 17

Profit & Loss w/o VC 9M 2017 9M 2016 9M YOY
GMV 178.3 163.2 9.3%
Total Revenues 133.2 127.2 4.7%
Cost of Revenues -113.6 -107.7 5.5%
Gross Profit 19.6 19.5 0.4%
Gross Margin % 14.7% 15.3%
Sales & Marketing -8.7 -7.1 22.8%
Fullfilment -13.5 -12.3 9.7%
IT -1.4 -1.0 37.1%
G&A -6.0 -6.0 0.1%
EBITDA ADJUSTED -10.0 -6.9 45.0%
Ebitda Adjusted % -7.5% -5.4%
Non recurring costs -1.0 -0.7 58.0%
EBITDA -11.1 -7.6 46.1%
Ebitda % -8.3% -6.0%
EBIT -16.2 -10.5 54.2%
Ebit % -12.1% -8.2%
-
EBT from continuing operations -16.5 -11.0 50.5%
Ebt % -12.4% -8.6%
EBT from discontinued activies 0.7 13.9
Net result -15.8 3.0
-11.9% 2.3%

Comments

Gross Margin

GM down by 60 bps vs. 9M 16 mainly due H1 competitive pressure and promotions, partially compensated by the positive contribution of marketplace and infocommerce. GM slightly improved in Q3 17, net of one off infocommerce contract registered in Q3 16.

S&M

S&M up 23% in 9M (including TV in H1), but down 6.4% YoY in Q3, benefitting also from lower costs of one off infocommerce contract and TV campaign (started September 2016). ADV+FS+GM at 7.1% of revenues in 9M 17 vs. 6.7% in 9M 16

IT & GA

IT costs increased due to SAP&IT platforms set up & maintenance costs G&A flat in 9M and down by 8.2% in Q3 17 vs Q3 16

Non recurring

Non recurring items includes one off costs Eu 0.7 mn related to SAP and logistics for the new Fulfilment Center, the remaining related to SOP

Net result

Please note that 2016 was positively impacted from the Eu 13.9 mn capital gain of Saldiprivati and Banzai Media disposal

9M 17 CASH FLOW

Eu mn

Cash flow 9M 2017 9M 2016 Var %
Net result -16.5 -11.0 51%
D&A 4.7 2.9 64%
Other non cash items 1.1 1.3 -12%
Change in WC -13.7 -8.2 67%
Cash flow from operations -24.3 -15.0 62%
Cash flow operting from discontinued activities 0.0 -4.8
Net capex -10.5 -5.9 77%
Acquisition -2.3 -0.9 152%
Cash flow from investing activities -12.7 -6.8 87%
Cash flow investing from discontinued activities 1.2 30.4
Change in net equity 1.0 0.0
Dividend paid -5.2
Treasury stock -0.4 -1.1
Change in financial credit (credit card) 0.3 -0.2
Change in bank debt 3.5 -8.5 -59%
Cash flow from financing activities -0.7 -9.8 -93%
CASH FLOW -36.5 -6.0
Cash position at the beginning of semester 54.7 33.5
Cash position at the end of semester 18.2 27.6

Comments

  • Negative impact on WC mainly due to seasonality on supplier payments in Q3 and to the reversal of positive effect seen in Q4 16, i.e. December purchases paid in January 17. Similarly at end of 2017 calendar will impact positively NFP.
  • Capex increased YoY mainly due to new Fulfilment Center (c. Eu 5 mn) and SAP
  • c. Eu 2.3 mn cash-out related to M&A and Eu 5.6 mn related to dividend paid and treasury shares
  • c. Eu 1.0 mn cash-in thanks to Warrant conversion
  • Eu 4 mn M/T loan financing for new Fulfilment Center (Eu 1.0 mn reimbursed in 9M 2017)

9M 17 BALANCE SHEET

Eu mn

Balance Sheet FY 2016 H1 2017 9M 2017
Property, plant and equipment 3.0 6.7 8.1
Goodwill 14.3 14.3 14.3
Intangible assets 12.6 14.0 14.0
Financial assets 4.0 5.0 5.7
TOTAL ASSETS 33.9 40.0 42.1
NWC (4.4) 2.3 7.5
Deferred tax assets 9.7 9.7 9.7
Provisions (2.1) (2.1) (2.0)
Other non current debts (0.4) (0.4) (0.4)
Net Invested Capital 36.7 49.5 56.9
Net Equity 92.9 78.4 72.7
Net Financial Position (56.2) (28.9) (15.7)
Total Sources 36.7 49.5 56.9

9M / Q3 17 TAKEAWAYS

Slower than expected 9M also due to market performance, but solid growth on Core Categories Revenues and 1P sales related to "Family Capex" (MDA, A/C, TV)

Accelerating shift to Marketplace on other categories to effectively cover demand for lower ticket categories and long tail products (>15% of GMV q3 and YoY)

Consolidated leading position of TV category

Last mile Services & Warranties growing with increasing attach rate

New fulfilment center in Truccazzano now serves 1P and 3P sales, including Showroomprive

Marketing push focused on Q4 campaign to address Black Friday and Christmas opportunity

Focus of first party offer on «core» categories, and accelerated marketplace shift on mass market products

OUTLOOK

ePRICE highlights that, also due to the negative trend registered by the reference market, the first nine months of 2017 results showed a slowdown in growth trends with respect to initial expectations. Historically, the last quarter of the year impacts significantly the results of the full year, and as a reference, in 2016 the last quarter represented around 36% of the overall GMV and revenues of the year.

Therefore, the likelihood of ePRICE reaching its target of profitability improvement, as set out in the guidance disclosed last September, is strictly linked to the trend in the reference market and to the results that will be achieved in this last quarter of the year; as already stated, a marketing push through a TV and radio campaign has been also planned for the last quarter of the year.

ePRICE further highlights that the Net Financial Position historically improves in the last quarter of the year, thanks to business seasonality. We therefore expect the Net Financial Position at the end of the year to improve with respect to 9M17.

STRATEGIC GUIDELINES RECAP: OUR BUSINESS GOALS, LOOKING FORWARD

STRATEGIC GUIDELINE

TARGET 2021 METRICS

MAIN SHAREHOLDERS

The share capital of ePRICE S.p.A. is equal to Euro 826,297 composed by n. 41,314,850 ordinary shares without par-value.

RELEVANT SHAREHOLDERS NUMBER OF SHARES % SHARE CAPITAL
Paolo Ainio1 9,447,615 22.87%
Arepo
BZ S.a.r.l.
8,613,850 20.85%
Pietro Boroli 2,138,997 5.18%
Treasury
Shares
1,023,202 2.48%

(1) of which 221.750 (0,54%) held trough PUPS S.r.l., 80% controlled by Paolo Ainio

There are no other shareholders, outside of those listed above, with a shareholding of more than 5% that have notified Consob and ePRICE S.p.A. according to art. 117 of Consob Regulation no. 11971/99 on notification requirements of major holdings.

FINANCIAL CALENDAR 2017

Feb 8, 2018 Preliminary FY 17 Sales

Mar 8, 2018 Full FY 17 results

CONTACTS

ePRICE S.p.A.

Via San Marco 29

20121 Milan, Italy

corporate.eprice.it

IR

Micaela Ferruta

Head of Investor Relations and Strategic Planning

+39 0230315400

investors.eprice.it

[email protected]

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