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ECIT AS

Investor Presentation Aug 24, 2023

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Division performance

Acquisitions

Financial review

5 Overall

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Peter Lauring CEO

Mads Skovgaard CFO

2023 Highlights

25% revenue growth

Improved margin

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Q2 Q2 H1 H1
(NOKm) 2023 2022 Growth 2023 2022 Growth
Revenue 877 704 24.5% 1,739 1,390 25.2%
EBITDA 122 97 26.1% 237 184 29.0%
EBIT 60 44 36.5% 123 82 50.6%
Profit for the period 41 33 25.5% 90 64 41.9%
Free cash flow 54 38 41.6% 176 96 82.6%
Adjusted diluted EPS 0.06 0.06 -2.5% 0.12 0.09 35.7%
KPIs
Total revenue growth 24.5% 16.1% 8.4 p.p. 25.2% 21.1% 4.1 p.p.
Organic revenue growth 6.0% 7.4% -1.4 p.p. 8.4% 6.1% 2.3 p.p.
M&A revenue growth 14.3% 9.5% 4.8 p.p. 13.2% 16.4% -3.2 p.p.
EBITDA-margin 13.9% 13.7% 0.2 p.p. 13.6% 13.2% 0.4 p.p.
EBIT-margin 6.8% 6.2% 0.7 p.p. 7.1% 5.9% 1.2 p.p.

Divisions

F&A division

Financial overview –
H1 2023
(NOKm) H1
2023
H1
2022
Revenue 1,033 793
EBITDA 179 132
Total revenue growth 30.3% 18.5%
EBITDA-margin 17.4% 16.6%

• M&A + Organic growth.

• Margin improvement – underlying business – consolidation effects.

• 5 companies ~ 50% of revenue

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Financial overview – Q2 2023

Notes:

(NOKm) Q2
2023
Q2
2022
Revenue 523 403
EBITDA 93 71
Total revenue growth 29.8% 9.2%
EBITDA-margin 17.8% 17.6%

EBITDA = EBITDA before transactions- and restructuring costs

EBITDA and margin development

IT division

Financial overview –
H1 2023
(NOKm) H1
2023
H1
2022
Revenue 705 593
EBITDA 78 62
Total revenue growth 18.7% 15.1%
EBITDA-margin 11.1% 10.4%

• Consultants for hire – Norwegian regulation change – organic growth impact.

  • Margin consolidation effects.
  • 5 companies ~ 75% of revenue

Financial overview – Q2 2023

(NOKm) Q2
2023
Q2
2022
Revenue 350 295
EBITDA 37 30
Total revenue growth 18.8% 14.9%
EBITDA-margin 10.5% 10.1%

EBITDA and margin development

Tech division

Financial summery –
H1 2023
(NOKm) H1
2023
H1
2022
Revenue 73 59
EBITDA 0 0
Total revenue growth 22.9% 108.0%
EBITDA-margin -0.2% 0.6%

Annual recurring revenue (own software) Comments

Change: H1 2023 NOK 15 million revenue been moved to the IT division.

  • ECIT Software revenue + directly related consulting revenue.
  • ARR change ECIT Software revenue only.

Financial summery – Q2 2023

(NOKm) Q2
2023
Q2
2022
Revenue 38 31
EBITDA -1 2
Total revenue growth 22.3% 123.1%
EBITDA-margin -4.0% 5.9%

Revenue development

Acquisitions in 2023

M&A – Acquisitions in 2023

Valuation

ECIT valuation

ECIT strategy

  • Building a group not a group of companies
  • Options the bridge between acquisition and consolidation
  • To be exercised gradually no later than 2030
  • EV/EBITDA multiple +4x

Adjusted EPS – Last twelve months

ECIT view

(NOKm) 30 June
2023
24 March
2022
Growth
Share price 8.38 6.42 30.5%
Number of shares 453 446 1.5%
Equity Value 3,795 2,860 32.7%
+/- Net interest bearing debt 470 137 243.1%
- Option obligation 582 458 27.1%
Enterprise value 4,847 3,455 40.3%
EBITDA LTM 501 339 47.8%
EV/EBITDA multiple 9.7 10.2 -5.1%

Financial review

Financial review

Profit & loss summarized Comments

(NOKm) Q2
2023
Q2
2022
Growth H1
2023
H1
2022
Growth
Revenue
EBITDA
EBIT
Profit for the year
Adj. profit for the year
877
122
60
41
45
704
97
44
33
38
24.5%
26.1%
36.5%
25.5%
18.1%
1,739
237
123
90
95
1,390
184
82
64
64
25.2%
29.0%
50.6%
41.9%
49.1%
P&L items:
Retructuring & transaction costs
Financial income
Financial expenses
-4
6
-12
-5
6
-7
-24.6%
9.3%
73.3%
-5
14
-22
-9
16
-17
-46.2%
-13.2%
28.9%
KPIs
Total revenue growth
Organic revenue growth
M&A revenue growth
Currency impact
24.5%
6.0%
14.3%
4.1%
16.1%
7.4%
9.5%
-0.9%
8.4 p.p.
-1.4 p.p.
4.8 p.p.
5 p.p.
25.2%
8.4%
13.2%
3.6%
21.1%
6.1%
16.4%
-1.4%
4.1 p.p.
2.3 p.p.
-3.2 p.p.
5 p.p.
EBITDA-margin
EBIT-margin
Adj. diluted EPS
13.9%
6.8%
0.06
13.7%
6.2%
0.06
0.2 p.p.
0.7 p.p.
-2.5%
13.6%
7.1%
0.12
13.2%
5.9%
0.09
0.4 p.p.
1.2 p.p.
35.7%

• Total revenue growth exceeding the financial target.

• Currency tailwind of ~4%.

• Positive effects from the ongoing consolidation and integration,

Cash Flow & financial position

(NOKm) H1
2023
H1
2022
EBITDA 237 184
Transaction and restructuring costs -5 -9
Corporation tax, paid -37 -38
Change in NWC 39 3
Cash flow from operations 235 140
Cash flow from investing -152 -135
Cash flow from financing -85 -38
Cash flow for the period -2 -33
Free cash flow 176 96

Cash Flow Statement Free cash flow (NOK million) Comments

Financial position (NOK million)

(NOKm) H1
2023
H1
2022
NIBD ex. leasing debt 210 16
Leverage ratio 0.9x 0.6x
NIBD 470 215
Undrawn revolving facility 345 463
  • Solid cash flow from operations increased EBITDA and positive change in net working capital.
  • Positive development in free cash flow as a consequence of strong cash flow from operations.
  • NIBD at NOK 470 million (215) incl. IFRS16.
  • Leverage ratio increased compared to last year.
  • NOK ~345 million in financial headroom.

Share buyback & Dividend

Management comments

  • A new share buyback program has been announced starting 24 August 2023 amounting to NOK 12.5 million. The program is planned to end the 7 November 2023.
  • As of 30 June 2023, ECIT AS holds 573 thousand treasury shares.
Announced allocations to shareholders (NOKm) Total 2022
announced
Q1
2023
Q2
2023
Q3
2023
Total 2023
announced
Dividend (NOK 0.04 per share) 17.9 0.0 18.1 0.0 18.1
Share buyback 1 - NOK 8 million 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Share buyback 2 - NOK 4 million 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Share buyback 3 - NOK 3 million 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
Share buyback 4 - NOK 12.5 million 0.0 0.0 12.5 0.0 12.5
Share buyback 5 - NOK 12.5 million 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.5 12.5
Total announced allocations 29.9 3.0 30.6 12.5 46.1

Key financial target change (mid-to-long term)

Overall evaluation

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