Investor Presentation • Jun 1, 2023
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1 June 2023
Empowering our clients by delivering "Investment as a Service"
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Information about past performance given in this presentation is given for illustrative purposes only and should not be relied upon as, and is not, an indication of future performance.
Neither the Huddlestock not any of its affiliates has verified the achievability of any estimate or forecast of future financial performance contained herein (including, without limitation, any estimate of potential cost savings and synergies, nor of any of the methods underlying the preparation of any such estimate of forecast).
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Huddlestock Fintech Empowering our clients by delivering "Investment as a Service"



Øyvind Hovland Chairman
John E. Skajem Group CEO
Leif Arnold Thomas CCD & IR

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• Capturing synergy effects – delivering on previously stated targets


Deliver innovative technology solutions for the Trade and WealthTech industries.
Year over year growth of 183%

Consolidated revenues and EBITDA does not include Trac Services, Trac Technology, Dtech nor Bricknode
Year over year growth of 278%
Scaling up for future growth and profitability with transformational investments.

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*Proforma revenues include Trac Services, Tracs Technology, Dtech and Bricknode from 1st January 2023.


TIME TO MARKET
Creating shareholder value
| • | From two to one office in Stockholm | (Q3) | MNOK 0,9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| • | Termination of external development consultants | (Q3) | MNOK 4,6 |
| • | Simplified legal structure (accounting, auditing, licences, etc) | (Q4) | MNOK 1,0 |
| • | Delisting from Nasdaq with associated effects | (Q4) | MNOK 0,5 |
| • | Debt free company - interest cost saving |
(Q4) | MNOK 1,8 |
| • | Other (reduced # of CRM-, 365 Office-, marketing licences, etc) (Q4) | MNOK 0,5 | |
| • | SUM | MNOK 9,3 |
| • | New signed clients utilising several parts of the new company | (Q3) | MNOK 1,5 |
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| • | Weighted value of new prospects | (Q4) | To be reported |
Cost synergy is the savings in operating costs expected after the merger of two companies. Cost synergies are cost reductions due to the increased efficiencies in the combined company. Cost synergy is one of three major synergy types, with the other two being revenue and financial synergies.


| Head of Legal and Compliance Role/Responsibility Legal, Compliance, Regulatory Reporting, Data Protection, Risk Management, Ethics, Corporate Governance |
Board of | Directors Group CEO |
Head of HR & Administration Role/Responsibility Administration HR strategy and policy (Training and development, Career planning and knowledge management, Wage and salary issues, Recruitment) |
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| Country specific decision making | Functional decision making | Chief Commercial Officer |
Chief Investor Services |
Chief Technical Officer |
Chief Financial Officer |
Chief Consulting Officer |
Chief Strategy Officer |
Chief Product Officer |
Chief Corporate Development |
| Head of Norway | Assures that all country |
Role/Responsibility Sales Financial Service Software Sales Investor Services |
Role/Responsibility Back-Office Operations |
Role/Responsibility Development, Design & |
Role/Responsibility Controlling and |
Role/Responsibility Consulting |
Role/Responsibility Group Strategy M&A |
Role/Responsibility Owner IT Product & Services |
Role/Responsibility Group alignment Synergies |
| Head of Germany | specific laws and regulations are observed. |
Sales Software Solutions Client Services Desk / 1 line support |
Monitoring of the Daily Business |
Architecture of IT Platforms, Apps and IT Services Ensuring scalable and |
Accounting Financial Risk Management |
Product Owner Product Management Sales Business Development |
Strategic Alliances / Partnerships Market monitoring and reporting |
Product Strategy, Product Innovation Product Management |
Change Management Corporate Culture Internal Processes |
| Head of Sweden | Initiates country specific sales and marketing |
Customer Success Complaint Management |
End 2 End Process Optimisation Quality Assurance |
reliable IT Solutions and IT Operations Management of IT |
Financial Planning Budget Management |
Vision & Strategy Consulting Operations |
ESG Expansion/Growth Projects |
Product Innovation | Investor Relations Internal and external |
| Head of Denmark | activities. In addition to the actual manager, |
Key Account Management Marketing Social Media |
Regulatory Compliance Reporting Client Onboarding Back Office Services / 2- line support |
third-party providers (cloud providers etc.) IT Helpdesk / 2-line support Second Level Client |
Financial Reporting Point of Contact for Financial Institutions, Lenders, Auditors, Tax |
Supporting CCO in sales & sales strategy Supporting CEO in different projects |
Lead Product Committee Technical Sale |
communications Supporting CCO in sales & sales strategy Cross selling |
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| Head of Romania | contact person for all employees in the country. |
Event Management Part of Product Committee |
Second Level Client Support |
Support Part of Product Committee |
Advisors and Stakeholders Secretary to the BOD |
Part of Product Committee |
Management of third party providers (custodian Banks etc.) |
Part of Product Committee |
| Rank | Investor | Holding no. of shares |
Stake, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nordnet Bank AB | 20,879,268 | 12.3% |
| 2 | NJORD GROUP AS | 12,429,113 | 7.3% |
| 3 | VISION INVEST STAVANGER AS | 8,286,715 | 4.9% |
| 4 | SAA INVEST AS | 8,000,000 | 4.7% |
| 5 | Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG | 7,485,000 | 4.4% |
| 6 | HUDDLESTOCK FINTECH AS | 4,426,603 | 2.6% |
| 7 | GENTLE INVEST AS | 4,300,000 | 2.5% |
| 8 | SAAMAND AS | 4,126,934 | 2.4% |
| 9 | GRUNNFJELLET AS | 3,995,000 | 2.4% |
| 10 | HEDEN HOLDING AS | 3,487,013 | 2.1% |
| 11 | GJEDREM AS | 3,462,618 | 2.0% |
| 12 | NORDNET LIVSFORSIKRING AS | 3,374,913 | 2.0% |
| 13 | STEIN HEGRE HOLDING AS | 3,300,000 | 1.9% |
| 14 | Myrlid AS | 2,552,089 | 1.5% |
| 15 | BERKER GROUP AS | 2,500,000 | 1.5% |
| 16 | HOGNAN INVEST AS | 2,494,512 | 1.5% |
| 17 | BILL INVEST AS | 2,456,847 | 1.4% |
| 18 | KJELL'S OCTOPUS INVEST AS | 2,411,640 | 1.4% |
| 19 | HMK KAPITAL AS | 2,319,368 | 1.4% |
| 20 | JR AUSTAD HOLD | 2,319,368 | 1.4% |
| 21 | NORDSTAD | 2,000,000 | 1.2% |
| 22 | VALINOR AS | 1,563,852 | 0.9% |
| 23 | UBS Switzerland AG | 1,540,523 | 0.9% |
| 24 | VEITEBERG | 1,392,418 | 0.8% |
| 25 | Saxo Bank A/S | 1,287,220 | 0.8% |
| Total Top 25 | 112,391,014 | 66% | |
| Total | 169,894,216 | 100% |

Empowering our clients to deliver access to global capital markets through simple, accessible, and personalized trading and investing solutions.
Huddlestock solutions Innovative – Modular - Collaborative
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Reshaping financial markets through digital transformation and innovation.

Mission is to provide products that can be licensed to many customers globally as a SaaS model with no bespoke solutions that could hurt scalability and margins.

Mission is to deliver efficient and profitable technology projects for the industries of focus to external customers as well as internally in the Huddlestock group.

Mission is to sell professional services to financial institutions to generate cash flow and work with bespoke solutions on top of the Huddlestock products.


Mission is to act as regulatory umbrella and to provide back-office administration to enable the sales of B2B Brokerage services using the group products at scale.

Mission is to sell pension solutions as a service to customers by leveraging the financial systems that are available in the group to positively impact margins and growth.

In 4 years time we want to be a world class technology provider delivering innovative and sustainable technology and compliant solutions to the capital markets, treasury and wealth management industries.

Huddlestock Fintech is an innovative technology software provider with a leading expert professional services business
Powering financial services through Banking-as-a-Service.


customer activities, typically on non-financial digital platforms.

Brokerage- and Investment-as-a-Service: Our unique API solution connects future clients to securities brokerage and custody services with our banking-as-a-service partners.
Improving onboarding process, reporting and back office



| Bricknode Broker | Bricknode Broker is a complete Portfolio Management system and Back Office solution |
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| Huddlestock Trader | Huddlestock Trader is a White Label Trading API. A flexible, modular trading solution, easily integrated alongside already-existing client services via APIs. |
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| Huddlestock Wealth & Investment Manager |
A fully integrated white label Wealth & investment Manager solution for front office, built on top of our White Label Trading API Huddlestock Core/Broker/Trader. |
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| Huddlestock Investor Services | Outsourced back office, Compliance, KYC, Custody | |||
| Huddlestock Technologies | Outsourced technology solutions | |||
| Professional Services | Expert financial consultancy for strategic technology planning, pre- and post-implementation support services. |
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Delivering in Consulting. Investing in client deliveries and recurring revenue streams in Technology.

Year over year growth of 183%
Delivering and investing in strategic technology solutions

Tighter labour markets, inflation and investing in technology.

Optimizing internal resources. Containing costs while growing revenues.

*Proforma numbers includes Tracs, Dtech, Bricknode from January 2023. Reported numbers consolidates F5 IT from May 2022.
A story of two halves. Continued focus on client deliveries and growing recurring revenue streams.

Strong delivery from expert advisors in Sweden and Denmark despite tight labour markets.


| Consolidated Income Statement (in NOK) | 1Q2023 | 1Q23 Pro-forma | 1Q2022 | 2022 | 2022 Pro-forma | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating income | ||||||
| Other operating income | 16 600 346 | 25 326 276 | 9 054 914 | 46 708 344 | 62 437 172 | 23 363 188 |
| Total operating income | 16 600 346 | 25 326 276 | 9 054 914 | 46 708 344 | 62 437 172 | 23 363 188 |
| Operating expenses | ||||||
| Cost of materials/subcontractors | 5 209 862 | 1 133 077 | 12 817 116 | 2 931 122 | ||
| Personnel costs | 14 360 800 | 6 104 550 | 43 555 250 | 17 406 300 | ||
| Depreciation and amortisation | 6 558 546 | 8 366 624 | 3 221 364 | 18 408 001 | 19 875 932 | 10 594 597 |
| Other operating expenses | -600 765 | 2 578 169 | 5 033 377 | 10 626 087 | ||
| Total operating expenses | 25 528 443 | 39 661 524 | 13 037 160 | 79 813 744 | 99 105 029 | 41 558 106 |
| EBITDA | -2 369 551 | -5 968 623 | -760 882 | -14 697 399 | -16 791 925 | -7 600 321 |
| EBIT | -8 928 097 | -14 335 248 | -3 982 246 | -33 105 400 | -36 667 857 | -18 194 918 |
| Financial income | ||||||
| Interest income | 0 | 0 | 428 807 | 0 | ||
| Other financial income | 36 214 | 85 709 | 237 890 | 221 357 | ||
| Total financial income | 36 214 | 85 709 | 666 697 | 221 357 | ||
| Financial expenses | ||||||
| Interest expenses | 231 950 | 180 505 | 847 197 | 2 022 537 | ||
| Other financial expenses | 182 064 | 92 979 | 268 275 | 201 370 | ||
| Total financial expenses | 414 014 | 273 484 | 1 115 472 | 2 223 907 | ||
| Net financial items | -377 799 | -187 775 | -448 775 | -2 002 550 | ||
| Net profit (loss) from discontinued operations | 0 | 0 | 0 | -84 778 | ||
| Profit (loss) before tax | -9 305 897 | -4 170 021 | -33 554 175 | -20 282 246 | ||
| Income tax | 284 312 | 54 200 | 1 816 780 | 656 653 | ||
| Net profit (loss) | -9 021 584 | -4 115 821 | -31 737 395 | -19 625 593 |
*Proforma numbers includes F5 IT and Tracs from January 2022. Reported numbers consolidates F5 IT from May 2022.
| Consolidated Financial Position (in NOK) | 31.03.2023 | 31.12.2022 |
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| ASSETS | ||
| Intangible assets | ||
| Research and development | 40 389 755 | 35 770 453 |
| Goodwill | 51 428 422 | 52 957 680 |
| Technology | 5 983 333 | 6 383 333 |
| Customer contracts and relationships | 16 322 325 | 17 214 654 |
| Licenses | 28 963 984 | 30 573 094 |
| Total intangible assets | 143 087 819 | 142 899 214 |
| Fixed assets | ||
| Investment in equities | 199 980 | 199 980 |
| Property, plant & equipment | 276 136 | 285 599 |
| Total fixed assets | 476 116 | 485 579 |
| Total non-current assets | 143 563 934 | 143 384 794 |
| Receivables | ||
| Trade receivables | 14 521 537 | 10 819 805 |
| Other short-term receivables | 6 176 182 | 11 077 250 |
| Total receivables | 20 697 719 | 21 897 055 |
| Bank deposits, cash and cash equivalents | 1 700 637 | 2 903 838 |
| Total current assets | 22 398 356 | 24 800 892 |
| Total assets | 165 962 291 | 168 185 686 |
| Consolidated Financial Position (in NOK) | 31.03.2023 | 31.12.2022 |
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| EQUITY | ||
| Paid-in capital | ||
| Share capital | 257 278 | 257 278 |
| Share capital - not registered | 5 000 000 | 0 |
| Own shares | -9 695 | -9 811 |
| Share premium | 106 056 431 | 115 150 424 |
| Total paid-in capital | 111 304 015 | 115 397 892 |
| Total equity | 111 304 015 | 115 398 092 |
| LIABILITIES | ||
| Long-term liabilities | ||
| Other long-term liabilities | 5 768 013 | 7 245 904 |
| Deferred tax | 6 307 861 | 5 191 557 |
| Total long-term liabilities | 12 075 873 | 12 437 461 |
| Short-term liabilities | ||
| Accounts payable | 8 541 575 | 9 531 322 |
| Payroll taxes, VAT etc. | 9 200 089 | 4 275 717 |
| Loans and borrowings | 5 750 675 | 6 346 864 |
| Other short-term liabilities | 19 090 063 | 20 196 229 |
| Total short-term liabilities | 42 582 402 | 40 350 132 |
| Total liabilities | 54 658 275 | 52 787 594 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 165 962 290 | 168 185 685 |
John E. Skajem Chief Executive Officer [email protected] +47 418 87 412
Leif Arnold Thomas Chief Corporate Development & IR [email protected] +47 982 15 520




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