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Itera

Investor Presentation Feb 16, 2023

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    1. Highlights of the quarter
    1. Business Review
    1. Financial Review
    1. Outlook
    1. Q&A

Arne Mjøs CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Bent Hammer CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Q4 in brief

Key figures

02 Business review

We are specialists in sustainable digital transformation

The Nordics is often positioned as digital and sustainable front-runner that show the way globally

We are growing together with international customers and partners based on our ONE Itera model across borders.

Our Digital Factory at Scale with cross-functional teams across border was recognised as best in the world by Global Sourcing Association in 2018.

Since the invasion, we have invested in three new offices to balance the new situation in Ukraine.

Our steady growth organic model

We continue our strong profitable growth trajectory while investing in our business and our people to increase our scalability as a strong international company.

We have built a strong ONE Itera foundation based on steady organic growth.

According to McKinsey, companies with more organic growth generate higher shareholder returns than those whose growth rely more heavily on acquisitions

Our culture is grounded in the growth mindset: Grow people, grow customers, grow company. This means everyone is on a continuous journey to learn and grow.

Our long-term ambition: annual net growth of 200-350 FTEs

Indeed, our long-term ambition is an annual organic net growth of 200-350 FTEs.

We are ramping up three new offices to accommodate new demand and to mitigate slower growth in Ukraine during the invasion.

Once the new offices are running at full speed, our growth capacity will be even larger than before the invasion and less vulnerable to any situation in Ukraine.

A new growth engine with increasing recurring revenue

Cloud Application Services is our economic investment the next 3-12 months, but showing promising progress, fueling our growth rate in the quarter. The cost of having excess capacity in order to be ready for large and multiple migration projects and operations will gradually diminish as business volume grows.

New growth engine Core business
Lite
Discovery &
Assessment
Digital
Strategy
Cloud journey execution
Migration and Modernisation
Cloud native applications

DIGITAL FACTORY AT SCALE Increasing managed services and subscription revenue

Building the digital core for innovation and growth for TESS

TESS is embarking on a significant digital and cloud transformation with the ambitious goal of doubling its revenue and earnings within three years.

Itera Cloud and Application Services has assisted TESS in migrating to the cloud and taking over management operations.

The short-term goal is to reduce costs, and the investment in migrating to the cloud is estimated to be paid back after approximately a year. In the long term, the goal is to build the digital core of TESS for innovation, digitisation and growth, with all capabilities inherent in the cloud.

By the end of Q1 2023, the migration will be successfully completed – at record speed.

TESS, with annual revenue of NOK 4.7 billion and 1,200 employees, as well as several domestic and international subsidiaries, is a leading supplier of operation and maintenance products in Norway for the Construction, Public Sector, and Oil & Gas industries.

Itera has entered into an agreement with TESS worth approximately NOK 10 million yearly over a threeyear period.

During autumn of 2022, Itera conducted a Lite Discovery and Assessment for TESS, which gave TESS an overview of the current situation and what should be done for a safe journey into the cloud.

Digital technology is the key driver for business growth

CEOs expect that digital technology will accelerate growth beyond what was previously possible with people and machines.

However, most digital initiatives are delivered late and therefore have substantial negative impact on business growth

Share of digital initiatives

59% Speed to complete initiatives is behind expectations

52% Speed to realise value is behind expectations

Share of digital initiatives

Ensuring Digital Dividends From Your Technology Investments (gartner.com)

Digital Factory at Scale: Doing more for less

20-30% Typically, the speed and throughput are increased by 20-30% or more

  • Innovation Faster business innovation through autonomous teams and adoption of cloud services
  • Speed Business agility and reduced time-to-market through efficient DevSecOps teams
  • Scale Efficient use of distributed delivery across borders and public cloud scale
  • Quality Secure, predictable and flexible service delivery and operations capability end to end

CUSTOMER BUSINESS & DIGITAL STRATEGY

For instance, for an international customer in the energy sector, we managed to increase the speed of the digital transformation of a core product by 40%.

According to McKinsey, companies using a Digital Factory model have been able to:

  • bring products to market faster (in six months versus two years)
  • do more with existing resources (eight product launches per year versus one or two)
  • create dramatically reimagined experiences (opening an account in five minutes versus ten days)
  • reduce tech development costs by a third (fewer managers per engineer)
  • attract the great talent required to compete in a digital world

50% reduction in management overhead for technology teams 70% reduction in the number of business analysts needed to write technology requirements 90% reduction in number of testers due to test automation 8X higher performance of the top engineering talents than the level of their peers, as measured with metrics such as code commits.

How to scale your digital transformation | McKinsey

Itera in Energy – Powering a sustainable future

2022 has truly been the year in which Itera has made a mark in the energy sector, with both several new customers, such as Å Energi, its subsidiary Entelios, Hafslund ECO and Laki Power, and strong growth at existing customers, such as Eviny, BKK and DNV.

Itera has published several new editions of our energy report, "Strømrapporten". The reports are made in collaboration with THEMA Consulting, a supplier of energy sector forecasts and models. In the latest edition published in November, we discussed how the electricity crisis in Europe creates new opportunities for electricity companies.

Itera also participates actively in many energy-related networks such as the Smart Energy Network and Teknologioptimistene. The networks offer good opportunities to exchange ideas and co-operate closely with other participants in the energy industry.

Åsne Taksrud (right), CDO in Entelios and Niko Nyström (left), Head of Energy at Itera. Together, Entelios and Itera will develop a new customer web that will help reduce customers' energy consumption.

Arne Mjøs on stage at "Teknologioptimistene" in November.

A cloud-based call centre for Opplysningen 1881

Itera was engaged by Opplysningen 1881 to provide functionality for a new, cloud-based call centre.

A team from Itera has delivered new functionality for searches (widgets) for the call centre system used by customer service agents, as well as design, development and operations services for the solution.

The solution is successfully operating in the cloud, and Itera is still developing new and strategic functionality in the solution.

Norway is handing over ten temporary bridges to Ukraine

As a company, we are deeply engaged in supporting Ukraine from all locations. Ukraine defends not only its own territory. They are defending Europe.

What started with a panel discussion arranged by the Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce (NUCC) in May, has resulted in the deliveries of ten bridges from The Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens Vegvesen) in Norway to Ukraine.

The structures will not only connect settlements but will also ensure the delivery of humanitarian cargo, the passage of ambulances, repair teams, and the evacuation of the population.

Itera by Group COO Jon Erik Høgberg has been instrumental together with NUCC, the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and the Norwegian and Ukrainian Governments.

  • Meeting between Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Itera, NUCC and the Norwegian Embassy in Kyiv on 30th June 2022
  • In total, Norway is shipping 32 trucks with temporary bridges structures to Ukraine.

New director for Itera Central and Eastern Europe

As part of Itera's ambitious growth journey, we have hired Taras Tovstiak as our new Director of Central and Eastern Europe.

He will lead Itera's operations in Ukraine, Slovakia, The Czech Republic, and Poland, and continue our fast growth, build and strengthen our customercentric organisation, ensure high employee engagement and competence development, and also support the growth of One Itera.

He is currently located in Krakow, Poland.

Taras Tovstiak has more than 20 years of professional experience, and prior to joining Itera, he worked for 20 years for ELEKS, a global IT services company with more than 2,000 employees.

Taras Tovstiak, Director of Central Europe

Top 6% most sustainable in our industry

Itera scored in the top 6% in its industry in the sustainability ranking by Ecovadis, the world's largest and most trusted rating company within sustainability.

In Q4 2022, we went up 10% from 60 to 66/100 points, which gives us a new silver medal in sustainability. We are only 2 points from moving up to gold medal, which will be very realistic next year.

Ecovadis is the world's largest and most trusted rating company for sustainability.

BITS – a new YouTube series from Itera

This fall, we launched our very own series, "BITS from Itera", which you can watch exclusively on our YouTube channel.

In this series, you meet the people who are digitising Norway and get an insight into the technology industry, how we work, and how we make a difference every day.

The series is a part of our employer branding, in order to attract the best talents, and we have had a total of almost 1 million impressions since launch.

To see all episodes, go to youtube.com/@ITERAmakeadifference

People behind the scenes that are digitising Gjensidige

Order intake

Order intake from selected new and existing customers

Book-to-bill ratio*) of 1.5 in Q4 and 1.2 for the last 12 months

*) The book-to-bill ratio is the ratio of orders received to the amount of revenue for a specific period for Itera units

Customer development

New business

  • Existing customers accounted for 88.2% (85.9%) of revenues in Q4 2022
  • New customers won over the past year generated revenues of NOK 24.3 (22.5) million in Q4 2022 (11.8% share)

Good visibility

  • Share of revenue from top 30 customers 82% (76%)
  • High customer concentration signifies
    • Strategic relationships
    • Full range of services
    • Distributed delivery across borders

Largest customers' share of revenue

Top 30 Top 10

** New customers defined as customers won since end of corresponding quarter last year

ITERA | 23

* Existing customers defined as customers that were invoiced in the corresponding quarter last year

Skilled and innovative employees

698 employees at the end of the quarter

  • Up by 81 (113) last twelve months, temporarily impacted by the invasion in Ukraine
  • More than 50% of the FTE growth in the Nordics

Nearshore ratio of 52% (53%)

▪ Our distributed delivery model of onshore and nearshore consultants are increasing our price competitiveness as well as providing high scalability through access to a very large talent pool

Rolling 12 months net FTE growth

03 Financial review

Key financials

2022 2021 Change 2022 2021 Change
Million
NOK
10-12 10-12 % 1-12 1-12 %
Operating
revenue
205
5
158
7
29% 735
8
593
0
24%
profit
Gross
191
9
3
147
30% 684
2
3
547
25%
Personnel
expenses
145
5
110
1
32% 515
1
403
7
28%
Other
opex
18
2
12
8
42% 60
1
9
41
43%
EBITDA 28
2
24
4
16% 109
0
101
6
7%
margin
EBITDA
13
7%
4%
15
-1
6pts
8%
14
1%
17
-2
3pts
Depreciation 8
8
6
3
40% 31
8
24
6
29%
EBIT 19
4
18
1
7% 2
77
0
77
0%
margin
EBIT
9
5%
11
4%
-2pts 10
5%
13
0%
-2
5pts
cash
flow
from
operations
Net
Cash
and
cash
equivalents
41
4
41
9
32
6
37
5
27%
12%
76
0
41
9
69
5
37
5
9%
12%
Employees
end
of
period
at
698 617 13% 698 617 13%
Employees
in
average
700 603 16% 677 556 22%
  • Growth of 29% with strong traction from new customers and cloud services
  • Personnel expenses driven by FTE growth, FX depreciation and salary growth
  • Opex increase from new offices and higher spending on recruitment and travelling + social
  • MNOK 3.3 extra costs from invasion (support, equipment, write downs). Full year MNOK 7.7
  • EBIT up 7% to MNOK 19.4
  • EBIT margin of 9.5% (11.4%)
  • No. of FTEs 698 (+81)

Revenue and earnings development

  • Strong sales growth year over year with 2-year CAGR of 21.6% and an average of 11.6% EBIT margin
  • Quarterly figures are impacted by number of working days net of vacations. Q4 2022 had 64 (64) working days but includes Christmas with vacations and time off

EBIT margin development

EBIT margin development:

  • Margin expansion existing business: +1.6%
  • Direct costs from the invasion: -1.0%
  • Investment in new offices in Central Europe: -0.6%
  • Investment in capacity readiness for cloud expansion: -2.5%

Statement of cash flow

2022 2021 2022 2021
Million
NOK
10-12 10-12 1-12 1-12
EBITDA 28
2
24
4
109
0
101
6
Change
in
balance
sheet
items
13
2
8
5
(32
9)
(31
9)
cash
flow
from
operating
activities
Net
41
4
32
8
76
0
69
7
investment
activities
cash
flow
from
Net
(3
6)
(7
8)
(15
2)
(32
8)
Purchase
of
shares
own
(8
5)
- (9
1)
(23
5)
Sale
of
shares
own
- - 6
6
8
4
Cash
settlement
of
options
contract
- - - (1
0)
Equity
settlement
of
options
contract
- - - 4
0
Principal
elements
of
lease
payments
(3
9)
(3
1)
(15
5)
(17
5)
Instalment
of
sublease
receivable
- 0
9
1
8
3
6
External
dividend
paid
(24
4)
(8
1)
(40
5)
(27
9)
cash
flow
from
financing
activities
Net
(36
7)
(10
2)
(56
8)
(53
9)
change
in
bank
deposits
and
cash
Net
0
9
14
9
4
5
(16
9)
deposits
period
Bank
the
end
of
the
at
9
41
37
5
9
41
37
5

12 month rolling cash flow from operations (NOK Million)

  • Cash flow from operations NOK 41.4 (32.6) million in Q4
  • 12 month rolling cash flow from operations was NOK 76.0 (69.5) million
    • Approx. NOK -14 mill (-17 mill) from discontinued operations

Dividend and own shares

  • The board has resolved to propose and ordinary dividend of NOK 0.30 per share for 2022
  • Share price was NOK 13.45 at the end of December 2022, a change of -8% incl. dividends from NOK 15.20 at the end of December 2021
  • Current holding of own shares is 1,611,602 shares after a buy-back program in Q4 (+600k shares). Value at 31 December 2022 was MNOK 21.7
  • Consistent high distribution of earnings.

EBIT in 2021 and 2022 is excluding discontinued operations of -0.23 and -0.17 per share

Statement of financial position

MNOK

  • Equity ratio of 21% (18%) per 31 December 2022
    • 24% (21%) excl. IFRS 16 Leasing
  • Cash balance of MNOK 42 (MNOK 37)
  • Total balance increased by MNOK 13 to MNOK 234

04 Outlook

Q4 REPORT 2022

Outlook

Regional expansion continues in the Nordics and Central Europe for access to more customers and talents.

Continued high growth through existing and new customers

Readiness to migrate and operate larger scale cloud transformations.

Connecting Ukraine and Norway to enable the green energy shift

Profitable growth and cash flow are key focus areas.

33

ITERA | 33

Itera does not provide guidance to the market on future prospects.

Top 20 shareholders

No Name % Nat Shareholding
1 MJØS
ARNE
INVEST
AS
31
35
NOR 25
763
031
,
,
2 OP
CAPITAL
AS
5
60
NOR 4
605
242
,
,
3 GIP
AS
5
12
NOR 4
210
000
,
,
4 SEPTIM
CONSULTING
AS
3
89
NOR 3
200
000
,
,
5 EIKESTAD
AS
3
65
NOR 3
000
000
,
,
6 BOINVESTERING
AS
3
47
NOR 2
849
362
,
,
7 GAMST
INVEST
AS
3
13
NOR 2
572
570
,
,
8 JØSYRA
INVEST
AS
2
68
NOR 2
200
000
,
,
9 Privatbank
DZ
S
A
2
24
NOR 1
840
000
,
,
1
0
ITERA
ASA
1
96
LUX 1
611
602
,
,
1
1
DNB
BANK
ASA
1
93
NOR 1
588
017
,
,
1
2
HØGBERG
JON
ERIK
,
1
39
NOR 1
144
356
,
,
1
3
AANESTAD
PANAGRI
AS
1
16
NOR 950
000
,
1
4
FRAMAR
INVEST
AS
1
10
NOR 900
000
,
1
5
ALTEA
AS
0
85
NOR 700
000
,
1
6
NYVANG
JETMUND
GUNNAR
,
0
81
NOR 665
000
,
1
7
GRØSLAND
KIM-KJETIL
,
0
77
NOR 632
678
,
1
8
JENSEN
LARS
PETER
,
0
77
NOR 631
702
,
1
9
MORTEN
JOHNSEN
HOLDING
AS
0
73
NOR 600
000
,
2
0
SOBER
KAPITAL
AS
0
66
NOR 540
786
,
TOP
20
73
25
60
204
346
,
,

*Arne Mjøs Invest AS holds a future contract on 1,600,000 shares. The total controlling interest of Arne Mjøs is thus 27,363,031 shares (33.3%).

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