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Poste Italiane

Investor Presentation Nov 12, 2020

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POSTE ITALIANE Q3 & 9M 2020 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Rome, November 12, 2020

ROBUST Q3 RESULTS UNDERPINNED BY TANGIBLE PICK UP OF KEY TRENDS ACROSS ALL SEGMENTS

MAIL, PARCEL AND DISTRIBUTION OPERATING PROFIT IMPROVING IN Q3, WITH PARCEL AND DISTRIBUTION REVENUES OFFSETTING MAIL DECLINE

REVAMPED COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES; PAYMENTS AND MOBILE GROWTH CONTINUED

EMERGING KEY TRENDS CONFIRM STRATEGIC VISION, IN LIGHT OF UPCOMING DELIVER 2022 UPDATE

CONFIRMED DISTRIBUTION OF 0.162 EURO INTERIM DIVIDEND (+5% Y/Y)1 ON FY-20 RESULTS

PROVEN RESILIENCE TO FACE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES

WE ARE MORE PREPARED THIS TIME AROUND

EMERGING NEEDS KEY
FIGURES
EMPLOYEES
Highest health & safety standards: protection &
sanitization and remote working

Welfare initiatives to support employees

Digital training and enhanced communication

85% eligible staff in smartworking

€81m costs to face emergency in 9M

Over 3m hours of online training

Daily
news broadcast
CUSTOMERS
&
COMMUNITIES

Business continuity guaranteed

Enhanced digital capabilities

Remote advisory to a wider products offer

Early pension payment extended into 2021

New services allowing customers to exploit
110% tax credit for eco-friendly building
refurbishing

Support to Protezione
Civile, leveraging on
warehousing and integrated logistic services

Enhanced communication strategy
open1

92% of postal
offices

Over 2.0m operations in postal offices with
1.1m daily visits2

Third party networks transaction
value:
+28%1
Digital channel transactions: +49%3


5.2m pension payments managed monthly
award for communication leadership4

.trust

ONGOING STRATEGIC RESPONSE TO MACRO TRENDS

TARGETED INDUSTRIAL INITIATIVES IN PLACE ANTICIPATING EVOLVING BUSINESS SCENARIOS

STRENGTHENING DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM IN CHALLENGING TIMES

NEW ONGOING COMMERCIAL INITIATIVES TO SUSTAIN LONG TERM PROFITABILITY

MAIL, PARCEL & DISTRIBUTION

  • Logistic and (new) warehousing services for a comprehensive parcel commercial proposition
  • Record volume growth from China (also thanks to E2E products)
  • Positive contribution from digital logistic chain:
  • savings on long-haul transport (sennder)
  • scheduled delivery in 12 cities (MLK)

PAYMENTS & MOBILE

  • Fully virtual Postepay card
  • Postepay Connect on-line offer
  • PosteMobile Casa Web (data only offer)
  • QR code rolled-out in post office network
  • Vodafone chosen as the mobile connectivity provider for PosteMobile

  • Upcoming new partnership on loan and mortgage distribution

  • New Postal bonds campaign products
  • New service in place enabling customers to benefit the "110% superbonus" tax credit related to building refurbishing

INSURANCE SERVICES

  • Launch of capital light life insurance policies
  • P&C modular offer fully operational
  • 2 in P&C non-motor bancassurance market

  • Digital P&C claim management for appraisal and settlement

STRONG Q3 PERFORMANCE, UNDERPINNED BY IMPROVING OPERATIONAL TRENDS

€ m unless otherwise stated

Q3-19 Q3-20 Var. Var.
(%)
9M-19 9M-20 Var. Var.
(%)
TOTAL REVENUES 2,568 2,589 +22 +0.8% 8,089 7,672 (417) (5.2%)
ONE-OFF EMERGENCY
RELATED COSTS: 28
ONE-OFF EMERGENCY
RELATED COSTS: 81
TOTAL
COSTS
2,108 2,111 +2 +0.1% 6,549 6,428 (121) (1.8%)
EBIT 459 479 +19 +4.2% 1,540 1,244 (296) (19.2%)
NET PROFIT 320 353 +33 +10.3% 1,083 898 (185) (17.1%)

EBIT AT 507M IN Q3-20 (+10% Y/Y) AND 1,325M IN 9M-20 (-14% Y/Y) NET OF ONE-OFF COSTS TO FACE THE EMERGENCY

SEGMENT REVENUES EVOLUTION

TANGIBLE PICKUP IN Q3 ACROSS OUR PLATFORM

PAYMENTS & MOBILE INSURANCE SERVICES

€ m unless otherwise stated

BUSINESS TRENDS IN 9M-20: MAIL, PARCEL AND DISTRIBUTION

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES RECOVERING – PARCEL BOOST CONTINUES WHILE MAIL DECLINE SLOWING DOWN

(31%)

(8%) (49%) (49%) (26%)

Registered Δ Y/Y

  1. Includes recorded mail and integrated services (value added); 2. Includes unrecorded mail, direct marketing and editorial; 3. Includes multichannel service, basic services, Postel, other integrated services; 4. Includes C2X, International, other

B2C Δ Y/Y +17% +64% +83% +54%

+69%

BUSINESS TRENDS: PAYMENTS & MOBILE, FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES CONTINUE TO SHOW TANGIBLE SIGNS OF RECOVERY

INVESTMENT GROSS INFLOWS (DAILY AVG, €/M)

POSTEPAY DAILY AVG E-COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS (K/#)

P&C NEW BUSINESS RETAIL (DAILY AVG, K/€)

TELCO: CUSTOMER BASE (M/#)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

BUSINESS REVIEW

APPENDIX

MAIL, PARCEL & DISTRIBUTION

Q3 OPERATING PROFIT IMPROVING, PARCEL AND DISTRIBUTION REVENUES OFFSETTING MAIL DECLINE

MAIL, PARCEL & DISTRIBUTION: VOLUMES AND PRICING

MAIL VOLUMES DECLINING AT A LOWER PACE, CONTINUED PARCEL GROWTH BOOSTED BY B2C

  • Mail volumes recovering vs. Q2, mainly thanks to the resumption of recorded mail and direct marketing
  • Parcel volumes up across all products with continued surge in B2C
  • Average mail tariff down due to product-mix effect, while recovering vs. Q2
  • Average parcel tariff up in Q3, with B2C +4pp y/y and additional logistic services creating value

  • Includes International parcels and partnership with other logistic operators 3. Including any product mix effect

MAIL VOLUMES EVOLUTION AVERAGE DAILY MAIL VOLUMES STABILIZING TO C. -20% Y/Y SINCE JUNE

PARCEL VOLUMES EVOLUTION

RECORD B2C – INTERNATIONAL INBOUND VOLUMES FROM CHINA CONTRIBUTING TO DIVERSIFY CUSTOMER BASE

DAILY AVERAGE PARCEL VOLUMES EVOLUTION (K/PC)

PAYMENTS AND MOBILE

CARD PAYMENTS UP WITH ENLARGED SCOPE OF USAGE; TELCO REVENUES UP IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT

€ m unless otherwise stated

FINANCIAL SERVICES

UPSWING IN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, WITH RECORD HIGH POSTAL SAVING DISTRIBUTION FEES

€ m unless otherwise stated

(item by item)

  • Interest income down on lower yields mitigated by higher volumes
  • Additional 0.1bn net capital gains to be booked in Q4
  • Postal saving distribution revenues up supported by new successful products
  • Resilient asset management revenues thanks to recurring fees
  • Loan and mortgage distribution fees accelerated recovery thanks to sustained new volumes
  • Insurance product fees up thanks to higher gross and net inflows

  • Figures presented include gross revenues and net capital gains whereas figures on slide 8 include gross capital gains only 2. Includes revenues from payment slips (bollettino), banking accounts related revenues, fees from INPS and money transfers, Postamat 3. Includes reported revenues from custody accounts, credit cards, other revenues from third party products distribution. 4 Gross capital gains in Q3-19 and Q3-20 amounted to 0m and 1m respectively

GROUP TOTAL FINANCIAL ASSETS

CONTINUED POSITIVE NET INFLOWS AND MARKET EFFECT RESULTING IN +€20BN TFAs YTD

TFA EVOLUTION1

  • TFAs up on both positive net inflows and performance effect
  • Strong postal bonds new production offsetting redemptions
  • Deposits increasing with continued preference for liquidity products
  • Net technical provisions up, thanks to positive net inflows and market effect

INSURANCE SERVICES

9M-20 REVENUES AND EBIT IN LINE WITH 2019, FULLY ABSORBING LOCKDOWN IMPACT

€ m unless otherwise stated

  1. Includes Poste Welfare Servizi (PWS) 2. Includes Private Pension Plan (PPP)

SOLVENCY II RATIO EVOLUTION

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Solvency II ratio up to 250%:
  • Positive impact from spreads narrowing across all asset classes (BTP, Corporates and High Yield)
  • Negative impact from lower riskfree rates and reduced volatility adjustment
  • Solvency II ratio at 244% excluding dividend restrictions
  • Transitional measures provide additional 36p.p. buffer to address market volatility

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SOLVENCY II RATIO KEY SENSITIVITIES

RESILIENT UNDER ALL ASSUMED SCENARIOS

SOLVENCY II RATIO SENSITIVITIES HIGHLIGHTS

Solvency II ratio in line with risk tolerance under all assumed scenarios

1

  • Transitional measures provide additional 36p.p. to address potential market headwinds
  • Reduced volatility expected going forward supported by:
  • portfolio diversification
  • ongoing process to develop internal model
  • new capital light products

AVERAGE HEADCOUNT ('000/FTE)

QUARTERLY GROUP HR COSTS FTE REDUCTION DRIVING LOWER HR COSTS

€ m unless otherwise stated

Ordinary HR costs1

incentives

  • FTEs down 4.4k y/y delivering € 44m savings in HR costs
  • Total compensation broadly stable with an increased in fixed component and a decrease in the variable one

QUARTERLY GROUP NON-HR COSTS

FOCUS ON COST DISCIPLINE WHILE PRESERVING BUSINESS GROWTH

€ m unless otherwise stated

NON-HR COSTS EVOLUTION Q3 HIGHLIGHTS

  • Underlying Non HR costs excluding one-offs to face emergency and business driven costs down y/y
  • Emergency related one-off expenses to provide PPEs and sanitization ensuring high safety standards for workplaces and employees
  • Cost of goods sold increase mainly related to parcel delivery transport (+34m y/y) and Telco traffic (+9m y/y)
  • D&A down on the reassessment of residual life and residual value of real assets (-30m y/y) partly offset by increased capex (mainly in IT developments)

25

COST REDUCTION LEVERS

ONGOING INITIATIVES TO REDUCE COSTS IN THE MEDIUM LONG TERM, WHILE PRESERVING GROWTH INITIATIVES

SEGMENT EBIT EVOLUTION OPERATING PROFIT IMPROVEMENT SUPPORTED BY ALL SEGMENTS

VERY RESILIENT BUSINESS MODEL ACROSS ALL SEGMENTS

TFA UP 20BN YTD, DRIVEN BY STRONG RETAIL NET INFLOWS AND POSITIVE MARKET EFFECT

CONFIRMED DISTRIBUTION OF 0.162 EURO INTERIM DIVIDEND (+5% Y/Y)1 ON FY-20 RESULTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

BUSINESS REVIEW

POSTE ITALIANE TOP RANKING WITHIN MAJOR SUSTAINABILITY INDICES

POSTE GROUP: Q3-20 & 9M-20 ADJUSTMENTS

EXPLANATORY NOTES TO ADJUSTED FIGURES

Q3-19 Q3-20 € m % 9M-19 9M-20 € m %
REPORTED REVENUES 2,568 2,589 22 +1% 8,089 7,672 (417) (5%)
GROSS CAPITAL GAINS ON INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO 0 1 261 292
VISA - FAIR VALUE VALUATION/ FAIR VALUE HEDGE 3 7 19 7
VISA - CAPITAL GAIN ON SHARE DISPOSAL 0 0 1 0
ADJUSTED REVENUES 2,565 2,582 17 +1% 7,807 7,374 (433) (6%)
REPORTED COSTS 2,108 2,111 2 +0% 6,549 6,428 (121) (2%)
CAPITAL LOSSES ON INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO 0 1 6 58
EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVES 5 8 13 12
VISA - FAIR VALUE VALUATION/ FAIR VALUE HEDGE 2 0 11 10
REAL ESTATE FUNDS PROVISIONS 0 0 0 (15)
ADJUSTED COSTS 2,101 2,103 1 +0% 6,519 6,364 (155) (2%)
REPORTED EBIT 459 479 19 +4% 1,540 1,244 (296) (19%)
ADJUSTED EBIT 463 479 16 +3% 1,288 1,010 (278) (22%)
IMPAIRMENTS 0 0 0 19
REPORTED NET PROFIT 320 353 33 +10% 1,083 898 (185) (17%)
ADJUSTED NET PROFIT 323 352 29 +9% 901 751 (150) (17%)

STRONG CASH GENERATION, LIMITED AND BALANCED DEBT PROFILE

GROUP FUNDS FROM OPERATIONS (FFO) – 9M-20 (€ m)

…SIGNIFICANT LIQUIDITY RESOURCES1(€ bn)

BALANCED MATURITY PROFILE (€ bn)

  1. As of Sep-20

  2. Debt capacity consistent with current rating (based on the Moody's "Key Indicator Report" May-20 and available for future potential financing operations)

9M GROUP COSTS

€ m unless otherwise stated

  1. Excluding legal disputes with employees

  2. Excluding other Non-HR operating costs amounting to 217m in 9M-19 and 262m in 9M-20

MAIL, PARCEL & DISTRIBUTION NET CASH POSITION

€ m unless otherwise stated

NET CASH POSITION (+ CASH – DEBT)

CARD STOCK1

TOTAL PAYMENT CARD TRANSACTIONS (# BN)

MOBILE & LAND LINE, STOCK (# M) POSTE ITALIANE DIGITAL E-WALLET (# M)2

PAYMENTS AND MOBILE: POSTEPAY TRANSACTION VALUE

POSTEPAY DAILY AVERAGE TRANSACTION VALUE (BASE 100)

Δ Y/Y

Δ Y/Y

Δ Y/Y

KEY METRICS CONSTANTLY IMPROVING

CUMULATED APP DOWNLOADS1

REGISTERED ONLINE USERS (# M)

ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION2 STOCK (# M)

(# M) DAILY ONLINE USERS (# M)

CONSUMER FIN. TRANSACTIONS (# M)

PRIVATE DIGITAL IDs (# M)

FINANCIAL SERVICES: Q3-20 & 9M-20 ADJUSTMENTS EXPLANATORY NOTES TO ADJUSTED FIGURES

Q3-19 Q3-20 € m % 9M-19 9M-20 € m %
SEGMENT REPORTED REVENUES 1,173 1,172 (1) (0%) 3,838 3,707 (131) (3%)
GROSS CAPITAL GAINS ON INV. PORTFOLIO 0 1 261 292
VISA - FAIR VALUE VALUATION/ FAIR VALUE HEDGE 3 7 19 7
VISA - CAPITAL GAIN ON SHARES DISPOSAL 0 0 1 0
SEGMENT ADJUSTED REVENUES 1,170 1,165 (5) (0%) 3,556 3,409 (147) (4%)
INTERSEGMENT REVENUES 163 191 28 +17% 535 500 (35) (7%)
ADJUSTED TOTAL REVENUES 1,333 1,356 23 +2% 4,091 3,909 (182) (4%)
REPORTED COSTS 1,144 1,182 38 +3% 3,746 3,628 (118) (3%)
EARLY RETIREMENT INCENTIVES 0 0 1 1
CAPITAL LOSSES ON INV. PORTFOLIO 0 1 6 58
CAPITAL GAINS COMMISSIONING 0 0 199 185
REAL ESTATE FUNDS PROVISIONS 0 0 0 (15)
VISA - FAIR VALUE VALUATION/ FAIR VALUE HEDGE 2 0 11 10
ADJUSTED COSTS 1,141 1,182 40 +4% 3,529 3,390 (139) (4%)
REPORTED EBIT 192 181 (11) (6%) 627 579 (48) (8%)
ADJUSTED EBIT 192 174 (17) (9%) 562 519 (43) (8%)
IMPAIRMENTS 0 0 0 19
REPORTED NET PROFIT 135 134 (1) (1%) 440 407 (33) (8%)
ADJUSTED NET PROFIT 135 128 (7) (5%) 391 384 (8) (2%)

BANCOPOSTA ASSETS AND LIABILITIES STRUCTURE

PRUDENT ALM STRATEGY TO MATCH ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

€ bn unless otherwise stated

AVERAGE CURRENT ACCOUNT DEPOSITS AVERAGE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

  1. Entirely invested in floating rate deposits c/o MEF 2. Includes business current accounts, PostePay business and other customers debt 3. Including liquidity Buffer and excluding Poste Italiane liquidity 4. Average yield calculated as interest income on average current account deposits

BANCOPOSTA ASSETS AND LIABILITIES STRUCTURE

NET UNREALIZED GAINS AT € 2.1BN

€ m unless otherwise stated

POSTAL SAVINGS STRONG IMPROVEMENT OF NET INFLOWS, ALSO SUPPORTED BY PREFERENCE FOR LIQUIDITY PRODUCTS

€ m unless otherwise stated

ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRESSING

POSITIVE NET INFLOWS IN A VOLATILE MARKET ENVIRONMENT

€ m unless otherwise stated

AVERAGE ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT EVOLUTION – EoP

ASSET MANAGEMENT NET INFLOWS INCREASING IN Q3-20

POSITIVE NET INFLOWS THANKS TO MULTICLASS CLASS III COMPONENT OF INSURANCE PRODUCTS

€ m unless otherwise stated

AN ASSET GATHERER WITH A CAPITAL LIGHT BALANCE SHEET

INSURANCE SERVICES SOLVENCY II EVOLUTION

SOLVENCY II CAPITAL AND SOLVENCY II CAPITAL REQUIREMENT EVOLUTION (€ M)

CHANGE VS. JUNE 2020 (€ M)

INSURANCE SERVICES: SOLVENCY II RATIO COMPOSITION

CORE SOLVENCY II RATIO UP TO 154%

INSURANCE SERVICES CONTINUED DIVERSIFICATION TOWARDS MORE CAPITAL EFFICIENT PRODUCTS

€ m unless otherwise stated

INSURANCE SERVICES

GROSS WRITTEN PREMIUM MIX IN Q3-20

  1. Includes Life Protection and PPP

INSURANCE SERVICES POSITIVE NET INFLOWS THANKS TO MULTICLASS INSURANCE PRODUCTS

€ m unless otherwise stated

INSURANCE SERVICES

LOW RISK INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

Global govies Italian Govies Corporate bonds High yield Emerging markets Equity Private markets Minimum guaranteed Inflation linked Fixed income Floating 62% 59% 61% 9% 9% 7% 18% 18% 19% 3% 4% 5% 4% 4% 4% 1% 2% 1% 3% 3% 3% Q3-19 FY-19 Q3-20

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO BREAKDOWN FIXED INCOME BREAKDOWN BY RATE TYPE

OPERATIONAL KPI's Q3-19 Q3-20 Δ% YoY 9M-19 9M-20 Δ% YoY
MAIL PARCEL &
DISTRIBUTION
Mail Volumes (#m)
Parcels delivered by mailmen (#m)
Parcel volumes (#m)
B2C Revenues (€m)
634
14
36
91
540
20
50
145
(15%)
+41%
+40%
+58%
2,041
37
104
258
1,677
53
140
398
(18%)
+42%
+34%
+54%
PAYMENTS
&
MOBILE
PostePay cards (#m)
of which PostePay Evolution cards (#m)
Total payment cards transactions (#bn)
of which eCommerce transactions (#m)
Mobile & land-line (#m)
Poste Italiane Digital e-Wallets (#m)
22.4
7.2
1.0
171.0
4.5
4.8
21.6
7.4
1.1
274.7
4.6
6.7
(3%)
+3%
+7%
+61%
+2%
+42%
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
Total Financial Assets - TFAs (€/bn)
Product Sales (#m)
Unrealized gains (€m)
540
6.0
2,721
556
5.8
2,067
+3%
(3%)
(24%)
INSURANCE
GWP – Life (€m)
SERVICES
GWP – P&C (€m)
Gross Written Premiums (€m)
GWP – Private Pension Plan (€m)
3,735
3,445
238
53
4,678
4,372
250
56
+25%
+27%
+5%
+7%
13,908
12,985
737
186
12,424
11,522
717
185
(11%)
(11%)
(3%)
(1%)

INTERSEGMENT COSTS AS OF Q3-20

INTERSEGMENT COST FLOWS INDICATIVE MAIN
MAIN RATIONALE
REMUNERATION SCHEME

m
Δ
Y/Y
Mail, Parcel
& Distribution

Payments and Mobile remunerates:
a)
Mail, Parcel and Distribution for providing IT,
a)
Number of payment transactions
delivery volume and other corporates services1
;
flat fee (depending on the product)
b)
Financial Services for promoting and selling card
b)
Fixed % of revenues
payments and other payments (e.g. tax payments)
a) 52
b) 48
+9%
+9%
throughout the network;

Insurance Services remunerates:
Total: 100
Payments &
a)
d)
Mobile
g)
e)
Insurance
h)
Services
c)
Financial Services for promoting and selling
insurance products2
and for investment management
c)
Fixed % of upfront fees
services3
;
d)
Depending on service/product
d)
Mail, Parcel and Distribution
for providing corporate
services1
;
c) 122
d) 13
Total: 135
+12%
n.m.

Financial Services remunerates:
f)
c)
b)
e)
Mail, Parcel and Distribution
for promoting and
e)
Fixed % (depending on the
selling Financial, Insurance and PMD products
throughout the network and for proving corporate
product) of revenues
e) 1,057 +6%
Financial services4
;
f)
Depending on service/product
f)
Payments & Mobile for providing certain payment
services5
f) 79
Total: 1,138
(5%).
Services
Mail, Parcel
and Distribution remunerates:
g)
Payments & Mobile for acquiring services and
g)
Annual
fee
postman electronic devices
g) 10 +36%
h)
Financial Services
as
distribution
fees
related
to
h)
Flat
fee
for each
«Bollettino»
"Bollettino DTT"
h) 10
Total: 20
+15%
1. Corporate Services such as communication, anti money laundering, IT, back office and call centers 2. Which, in turn, remunerates Mail, Parcel and Distribution 3. Investment management

services provided by BancoPosta Fondi SGR. 4. E.g. Corporate services are remunerated according to number of allocated FTEs, volumes of sent letters and communication costs 5. E.g. 'Bollettino'

54

€m Q3-19 Q3-20 Var. Var. % 9M-19 9M-20 Var. Var. %
Total revenues 2,568 2,589 22 +1% 8,089 7,672 (417) (5%)
of which:
Mail, Parcel and Distribution 800 779 (22) (3%) 2,555 2,251 (305) (12%)
Payments and Mobile 171 185 14 +8% 477 522 45 +10%
Financial Services 1,173 1,172 (1) (0%) 3,838 3,707 (131) (3%)
Insurance Services 423 454 30 +7% 1,219 1,192 (27) (2%)
Total costs 2,108 2,111 2 +0% 6,549 6,428 (121) (2%)
of which:
Total personnel expenses 1,288 1,245 (43) (3%) 4,121 3,878 (243) (6%)
of which personnel expenses 1,285 1,238 (48) (4%) 4,109 3,863 (245) (6%)
of which early retirement incentives 5 8 3 +59% 13 12 (2) (13%)
of which legal disputes with employees (2) (0) 2 +79% (1) 3 4 n.m.
Other operating costs 626 688 62 +10% 1,853 2,034 181 +10%
Depreciation, amortisation and impairments 194 178 (16) (8%) 575 517 (58) (10%)
EBIT 459 479 19 +4% 1,540 1,244 (296) (19%)
EBIT Margin +18% +18% +19% +16%
Finance income/(costs) and profit/(loss) on investments accounted for using the
equity method
4 19 15 n.m. 23 27 4 +19%
Profit before tax 464 498 34 +7% 1,563 1,271 (291) (19%)
Income tax expense 144 145 1 +1% 480 373 (107) (22%)
Profit for the period 320 353 33 +10% 1,083 898 (185) (17%)
E-MARKET
SDIR
CERTIFIED
€m Q3-19 Q3-20 Var. Var. % 9M-19 9M-20 Var. Var. %
Segment revenues 800 779 (22) (3%) 2,555 2,251 (305) (12%)
Intersegment revenue 1,051 1,123 73 +7% 3,504 3,379 (124) (4%)
Total revenues 1,851 1,902 51 +3% 6,059 5,630 (429) (7%)
Personnel expenses 1,261 1,222 (38) (3%) 4,036 3,804 (232) (6%)
of which personnel expenses 1,256 1,215 (41) (3%) 4,023 3,794 (230) (6%)
of which early retirement incentives 4 7 3 +69% 12 10 (2) (19%)
Other operating costs 470 541 71 +15% 1,428 1,528 100 +7%
Intersegment costs 17 20 3 +20% 54 54 (0) (0%)
Total costs 1,747 1,783 36 +2% 5,517 5,385 (132) (2%)
EBITDA 104 119 15 +14% 542 245 (297) (55%)
Depreciation, amortisation and impairments 181 170 (12) (7%) 538 489 (49) (9%)
EBIT (77) (50) 27 +35% 4 (244) (248) n.m.
EBIT MARGIN n.m. n.m. n.m. n.m.
Finance income/(costs) 2 (1) (3) n.m. 6 5 (1) (13%)
Profit/(Loss) before tax (75) (51) 24 +32% 10 (238) (249) n.m.
Income tax expense (15) (9) 6 +39% 20 (62) (82) n.m.
Profit for the period (60) (42) 18 +30% (10) (177) (167) n.m.
€m Q3-19 Q3-20 Var. Var. % 9M-19 9M-20 Var. Var. %
Segment revenue 171 185 14 +8% 477 522 45 +10%
Intersegment revenue 92 89 (3) (3%) 282 260 (21) (8%)
Total revenues 262 274 11 +4% 759 783 24 +3%
Personnel expenses 9 6 (2) (26%) 24 19 (5) (19%)
of which personnel expenses 9 6 (2) (26%) 24 19 (5) (19%)
of which early retirement incentives 0 0 0 n.m. 0 0 0 n.m.
Other operating costs 86 91 5 +5% 221 269 48 +22%
Intersegment costs 92 100 9 +9% 314 278 (37) (12%)
Total costs 186 197 11 +6% 559 566 7 +1%
EBITDA 76 76 0 +0% 200 217 17 +9%
Depreciation, amortisation and impairments 7 7 0 +3% 20 21 1 +7%
EBIT 69 69 (0) (0%) 180 196 16 +9%
EBIT MARGIN 26% 25% 24% 25%
Finance income/(costs) 2 6 4 n.m. 6 6 (0) n.m.
Profit/(Loss) before tax 71 75 4 +5% 186 201 15 +8%
Income tax expense 20 20 0 +0% 51 56 4 +8%
Profit for the period 51 55 4 +7% 134 145 11 +8%
€m Q3-19 Q3-20 Var. Var. % 9M-19 9M-20 Var. Var. %
Segment revenue 1,173 1,172 (1) (0%) 3,838 3,707 (131) (3%)
Intersegment revenue 163 191 28 +17% 535 500 (35) (7%)
Total revenues 1,336 1,364 27 +2% 4,373 4,208 (165) (4%)
Personnel expenses 10 9 (1) (12%) 32 29 (3) (9%)
of which personnel expenses 10 9 (1) (10%) 31 29 (2) (8%)
of which early retirement incentives 0 0 (0) (46%) 1 1 (0) (36%)
Other operating costs 51 36 (15) (30%) 142 170 28 +20%
Depreciation, amortisation and impairments 0 0 0 n.m. 0 0 (0) (0%)
Intersegment costs 1,083 1,138 55 +5% 3,571 3,429 (143) (4%)
Total costs 1,144 1,182 38 +3% 3,746 3,628 (118) (3%)
EBIT 192 181 (11) (6%) 627 579 (48) (8%)
EBIT MARGIN 14% 13% (0) (8%) 14% 14%
Finance income/(costs) (2) 2 4 n.m. (4) (11) (7) n.m.
Profit/(Loss) before tax 190 183 (7) (4%) 623 568 (55) (9%)
Income tax expense 55 49 (6) (11%) 183 161 (22) (12%)
Profit for the period 135 134 (1) (1%) 440 407 (33) (8%)
€m Q3-19 Q3-20 Var. Var. % 9M-19 9M-20 Var. Var. %
Segment revenue 423 454 30 +7% 1,219 1,192 (27) (2%)
Intersegment revenue 0 0 0 +69% 0 0 (0) (44%)
Total revenues 423 454 30 +7% 1,219 1,192 (27) (2%)
Personnel expenses 9 7 (1) (17%) 29 25 (4) (13%)
of which personnel expenses 9 7 (2) (18%) 29 24 (5) (16%)
of which early retirement incentives 0 0 0 n.m. 0 1 1 n.m.
Other operating costs 20 21 1 +7% 63 67 4 +7%
Depreciation, amortisation and impairments 6 1 (5) (78%) 17 7 (10) (60%)
Intersegment costs 114 145 32 +28% 381 380 (1) (0%)
Total costs 148 175 27 +18% 490 479 (11) (2%)
EBIT 275 279 3 +1% 730 714 (16) (2%)
EBIT MARGIN 65% 61% 60% 60%
Finance income/(costs) 3 12 10 +359% 15 27 12 +84%
Profit/(Loss) before tax 278 291 13 +5% 744 741 (4) (0%)
Income tax expense 84 85 1 +1% 225 218 (7) (3%)
Profit for the period 194 206 12 +6% 519 523 3 +1%

DISCLAIMER

This document contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect Poste Italiane's management's current views with respect to future events and financial and operational performance of the Company and of the Company's Group.

These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this document and are based on current expectations, reasonable assumptions and projections about future events and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual future results and performance may indeed differ materially from what is expressed or implied in this presentation, due to any number of different factors, many of which are beyond the ability of Poste Italiane to foresee, control or estimate precisely, including, but not limited to, changes in the legislative and regulatory framework, market developments, price fluctuations and other risks and uncertainties, such as, for instance, risks deriving from the recent Covid-19 pandemic and from the restrictive measures taken by each Country to face it.

Forward-looking statements contained herein are not a guarantee of future performance and you are therefore cautioned not to place undue reliance thereon.

This document does not constitute a recommendation regarding the securities of the Company; it does not contain an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy any securities issued by Poste Italiane or any of its Group companies or other forms of financial assets, products or services.

Except as may be required by applicable law, Poste Italiane denies any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this presentation.

Pursuant to art. 154- BIS, par.2,of the Consolidated Financial Bill of February 24, 1998, the executive (Dirigente Preposto) in charge of preparing the corporate accounting documents at Poste Italiane, Alessandro Del Gobbo, declares that the accounting information contained herein corresponds to document results and accounting books and records.

This presentation includes summary financial information and should not be considered a substitute for Poste Italiane's full financial statements.

Numbers in the document may not add up only due to roundings.

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