INTERIM PRESENTATION FIRST QUARTER 2022
Per Gunnar Tronsli, CEO Trude Hole, CFO

Highlights in the quarter
Revenue and EBIT
- Operating revenues increased by 17.3 percent to NOK 816.5 million (y-o-y)
- EBIT increased by 35.2 percent to NOK 122.8 million (y-o-y)
1 879 employees
- Up 38 from Q4'21
- An increase of 195 in the past 12 months


VI ER SAMFUNNSBYGGERE

OUR AMBITION
We will be the most credible consultancy with the most satisfied employees and clients
OPERATIONAL REVIEW

Public and private sector

Business sectors

Boliden Green Zinc Odda 4.0
- Aims to be the world's most environment-friendly and efficient zinc plant
- Boliden is one of the world´s largest mining and smelting companies, with operations all over Europe
- One of Norway´s biggest onshore industry 4.0 projects
- NOK 7 billion in investment to increase production by 75%
- Significant improvements in automation, robot technology and digitalisation will transform the way people work
- We have been chosen as a strategic partner for digitalsation and organisational readiness

Bane NOR
A strategic relationship spanning 2 decades
Our deliveries include:
- customer information systems
- traffic planning, short and long term
- train operating systems supporting all rail services in Norway
- predictive maintenance of rail infrastructure through IOT
- energy billing in the following countries: Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Luxembourg, Spain, Finland, Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands
Renewal of several agreements

City of Oslo
Low-code data platform made the Covid-19 pandemic easier for the City of Oslo to handle
- Pasinfo is the Oslo health agency's central platform and ecosystem for health data
- The platform delivers data as well as process and decision support to 3 000 users in the City of Oslo
- Adapted to handle data and digital needs related to the Covid-19 pandemic
- Built on Microsoft Azure and Power Platform
- Low-code technology and agile implementation

The four largest sectors
Oil & gas
- Increased by 45.4 percent (y-o-y)
- Represents 34.4 percent of total revenues in Q1'22
Public admin
- Decreased by 3.7 percent (y-o-y)
- Represents 20 percent of total revenues in Q1'22
Power supply
- Increased by 9 percent (y-o-y)
- Represents 16.1 percent of total revenues in Q1'22
Service industry
- Increased by 33.6 percent (y-o-y)
- Represents 5.6 percent of total revenues in Q1'22

Customer mix
Customer portfolio
- The 10 largest customers represent 55.2 percent of total revenues – up from 49.6 percent in Q1'21
- The 20 largest customers represent 63.5 percent of total revenues – up from 58.2 percent in Q1'21

10 largest customers share of revenues
Customer development
Existing customers*
• Accounted for 96.6 percent of revenues in Q1'22
New customers**
• Customers won over the past year generated revenues of NOK 27.8 million in Q1'22
* Existing customers defined as customers that were invoiced in the corresponding quarter last year ** New customers defined as customers won since end of corresponding quarter last year


BOUVET ONE

hours of sharing in one night
New office in Tromsø
- We have worked with clients in northern Norway for almost 20 years
- We want to get closer to these clients, important industries and the educational sector in this region
- Exciting mix of private and public businesses
- Tromsø is a centre for aquaculture and fishing, and a distinguished and innovative research and technology hub


Enthusiastic and competent employees
1 879 employees at the end of the quarter
- Up 38 from Q4'21
- 195 more employees in the past 12 months
- Average number of employees in the quarter up 11.6 percent from Q1'21


Annual growth in number of employees

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Key figures
| MNOK |
Three months ending |
|
|
Twelve months ending |
|
|
|
31.03.2022 |
31.03.2021 |
Change |
31.03.2022 |
31.03.2021 |
Change |
| Operating revenue |
816.5 |
695.9 |
17.3 % |
2 815.7 |
2 456.5 |
14.6 % |
| Operating profit (EBIT) |
122.8 |
90.8 |
35.2 % |
372.0 |
322.8 |
15.2 % |
| EBIT margin |
15.0 % |
13.1 % |
|
13.2 % |
13.1 % |
|
| Ordinary profit before tax |
121.9 |
89.2 |
36.6 % |
367.8 |
317.8 |
15.7 % |
| Profit for the period |
95.5 |
69.4 |
37.5 % |
291.9 |
246.0 |
18.7 % |
| EPS (fully diluted) |
0.91 |
0.67 |
36.4 % |
2.80 |
2.37 |
18.0 % |
| Net cash flow operations |
90.0 |
21.5 |
318.0 % |
352.1 |
425.3 |
-17.2 % |
| Equity ratio |
32.4 % |
34.0 % |
|
32.4 % |
34.0 % |
|
| Liquid assets |
568.8 |
579.3 |
-1.8 % |
568.8 |
579.3 |
-1.8 % |
| Number of employees (end of period) |
1 879 |
1 684 |
11.6 % |
1 879 |
1 684 |
11.6 % |
| Number of employees (average) |
1 871 |
1 676 |
11.6 % |
1 810 |
1 636 |
10.7 % |
Revenue
Revenues increased by 17.3 percent y-o-y
- Revenues from own consultants increased by 18.7 percent to NOK 698.5 million
- Revenues from sub-contracted consultants increased by 5.5 percent to NOK 91.3 million
- Other revenues increased by 27.4 percent to NOK 26.7 million
Revenue split (quarterly figures)

Revenue split (12 months rolling average)

Revenues from own consultants
Increased 18.7 percent y-o-y
- Positive impact from 11.6 percent increase in average number of employees
- Positive impact from 3.1 percent increase in price for group hourly services
- Positive impact from increase in billing ratio by 2.4 percentage points
- 64 workdays in Q1'22 one more than Q1'21

Revenue per employee (LTM)

Analysis of change in revenues y-o-y

Earnings
- Operating profit (EBIT) increased by 35.2 percent to NOK 122.8 million
- EBIT margin of 15 percent compared to 13.1 percent in Q1'21
- Operating expenses increased by 14.7 percent y-o-y
- General growth in pay rate 1.8 percent y-o-y
- Covid-19 effects reduced

EBIT and EBIT margin (LTM)
MNOK and Percent

Other operating expenses
Increased 29.7 percent y-o-y
- Travel, courses, recruitments and social events increased by 29.7 percent to NOK 14.5 million
- Other costs increased by 29.7 percent to NOK 29.7 million
Other OpEx split (quarterly figures)

Change in revenues – effect on EBIT

Cash flow
Cash flow from operations
• NOK 90 million in Q1'22 compared to NOK 21.5 million in Q1'21
Cash flow last 12 months
• Operational cash flow over the last 12 months was NOK 352.1 million
Cash flow from investing activities
• Negative NOK 49.5 million compared to negative NOK 11.5 million in Q1'21

Cash flow from operations (LTM)

OUTLOOK

Outlook summary
- Energy transformation drives digitalisation
- High demand for local deliveries
- High demand for crossfunctional teams
- Increased demand for services as:
- Advisory
- Design
- Low-code/no-code
- Security
- High competition for talents

APPENDIX

Interim presentation First quarter 2022
Shareholders as of 19.05.2022
| Shareholders |
Number of shares |
% of total |
| The Bank of New York Mellon (nominee acc.) |
7 801 702 |
7,52 % |
| FOLKETRYGDFONDET |
7 387 403 |
7,12 % |
| VARNER KAPITAL AS |
6 051 000 |
5,83 % |
| STENSHAGEN INVEST AS |
5 366 990 |
5,17 % |
| VERDIPAPIRFOND ODIN NORDEN |
4 686 496 |
4,51 % |
| SVERRE FINN HURUM |
3 579 060 |
3,45 % |
| MP PENSJON PK |
2 650 820 |
2,55 % |
| VERDIPAPIRFONDET NORDEA AVKASTNING |
2 461 393 |
2,37 % |
| ERIK STUBØ |
2 054 879 |
1,98 % |
| VERDIPAPIRFONDET NORDEA KAPITAL |
1 652 762 |
1,59 % |
| VEVLEN GÅRD AS |
1 628 020 |
1,57 % |
| UBS Switzerland AG (nominee acc.) |
1 361 723 |
1,31 % |
| VERDIPAPIRFOND ODIN NORGE |
1 270 570 |
1,22 % |
| VERDIPAPIRFONDET NORDEA NORGE PLUS |
1 216 383 |
1,17 % |
| State Street Bank and Trust Comp (nominee acc.) |
1 168 757 |
1,13 % |
| The Bank of New York Mellon (nominee acc.) |
1 108 995 |
1,07 % |
| MUSTAD INDUSTRIER AS |
1 046 568 |
1,01 % |
| ANDERS ERIKSEN-VOLLE |
1 000 060 |
0,96 % |
| VERDIPAPIRFONDET KLP AKSJENORGE IN |
911 362 |
0,88 % |
| VERDIPAPIRFONDET FIRST VERITAS |
909 649 |
0,88 % |
| Number of shares held by the 20 largest shareholders |
55 314 592 |
53,29 % |