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Lea Bank ASA

Investor Presentation Apr 29, 2021

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BRAbank ASA

1 st quarter 2021 results presentation

29th April 2021

Disclaimer

This Presentation from BRAbank ASA ("BRAbank" or the "Company") includes among other things forward-looking statements. Certain such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believe", "may", "will", "should", "would be", "expect" or "anticipate" or similar expressions, or the negative thereof, or other variations thereof, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. The forward-looking statements contained in this Presentation, including assumptions, opinions and views of the Company or cited from third party sources, reflect the current views with respect to future events and are subject to material risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual events to differ materially from any anticipated development. Neither BRAbank nor any of its officers or employees provides any assurance as to the correctness of such forward-looking information and statements. The Company does not intend, and assumes no obligation, except as required by law, to update any forwardlooking statements or to conform these forward-looking statements to its actual results.

By attending or receiving this Presentation you acknowledge that you will be solely responsible for your own assessment of the market and the market position of BRAbank and that you will conduct your own analysis and be solely responsible for forming your own view of the potential future performance of BRAbank's business and the securities issued by BRAbank.

This Presentation speaks as of the date of the presentation. Neither the delivery of this Presentation nor any further discussions of BRAbank with any of the recipients shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of BRAbank since such date.

BRAbank ASA at a glance

Digital niche bank with a Nordic footprint

Consumer finance with a strong presence in the Nordic market…

  • Fully digital bank offering consumer loans, savings accounts, automated invoice purchase and SME financing
  • Proven value chain with inhouse credit analysis and operations, broad distribution network and forward flow agreement with Kredinor
  • Roots back to 2003. Rebranded to Easybank and strategically turned around in 2016, resulting in one of the most profitable start-up niche banks
  • HQ in Oslo and regional office in Bergen

…leveraged by a digital platform and strategic partnerships

  • Easybank and BRAbank joined forces in October 2020 with Easybank as surviving entity enabling a more competitive bank with substantial synergy upside, scaling opportunities and increased self-funding capabilities
  • Strategic partnerships with Convene, Conta, Horde, husleie.no, debet.no and more
  • Listed on Euronext Growth at Oslo Børs, ~1 600 shareholders. Braganza AB largest shareholder. Other large shareholders include Hjellegjerde Invest, 4finance Group, Skagerrak Sparebank, Alfred Berg Norge/Aktiv, Fondsavanse

Gross loans 5 699 MNOK – geographical mix Q1 2021

B2C

Product portfolio

Consumer loans Savings

accounts

accounts (Credit Cards)

B2B Savings

Automated invoice

purchase Factoring

Rental deposit accounts

Euro funding

Automated invoice purchase

Table of contents

Highlights and development Q1

2 Financial results Q1

1

3 Merger update and outlook

Q1 2021 highlights

Merger Financials Covid-19 impact Credit quality • No significant merger related one-off costs • Scalable business model starting to materialize • Streamlining of value chain and cost synergies on track • Profit before tax 36.8 MNOK (profit after tax 27.9 MNOK) • Total income 124.8 MNOK • CET1 Capital ratio of 21.9% • Lower demand for consumer financing • Covid-related regulations in Finland continues • The consumer finance market is expected to normalize in parallel with lifting lockdown restrictions • Sale of non-performing loans in Norway reduces downside risk • Improvement in credit quality • Still uncertain long-term impact of Covid-19

Key financial figures, MNOK

Q1-21 Q4-20-
adjusted1
2020-
adjusted1
Interest
income
139.8 158.6 381.0
PBT 36.8 23.5 72.0
ROE 9.4% 6.1% 7.8%
EPS 0.29 0.76 0.71
C / I 34.0% 32.0% 29.6%
Gross
loans
5 699 6 248 6 248
Equity2 # of shares BVPS
1 197 94 794 380 12.62 NOK

Note on key figures: PBT: Profit before tax, ROE: Annualized Return On Equity (excluding tier-1 capital), EPS: Annualized Earnings per share, C/I: Cost to income

Figures prior to merger October 1st 2020 are Easybank ASA

1) Adjusted: Badwill, write-down intangible assets, restructuring costs and other one-off costs and additional Covid-19 loan loss provision

2) Book value (excl. tier 1 capital) of equity per share

Table of contents

Highlights and development Q1

Merger update and outlook

Solid buffer to capital requirement

Provides operational flexibility and growth capacity

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Equity and CET1 ratio, MNOK Profit after tax and Return on Equity1 , MNOK

Note: All figures left of the dotted line are standalone Easybank throughout the presentation, if not stated otherwise 1) Equity used in the ROE calculation for Q4 2020 is the average of the opening balance as of 1 October and 31 December

Lower demand for unsecured loans

Gross lending reduction driven by portfolio sale and Covid-19 impact

Gross lending, MNOK

Comments

  • One-off sale of defaulted loans of 238 MNOK
  • Additional sale of defaulted loans of 65 MNOK under forward flow agreement with Kredinor
  • Lower demand for consumer financing
  • Decline in the Norwegian unsecured market

Decline in net interest margin, but attractive risk/reward

However, improved credit quality and declining funding cost

New cost base established with competitive C/I

  • Rightsizing of the organization completed, new organization was in place end of October
  • Competitive C/I ratio at 34.0 %
  • Ambition to further reduce other administrative expenses, primarily related to IT
  • Management has established a cost synergy plan to secure a leading C/I ratio

Improved credit quality

Forward flow agreement and sale of defaulted loans reduce downside risk

Improvement in loan loss ratio

Comments on credit quality development

  • Improvement in stage 3 driven by sale of defaulted loans with outstanding claims totaling approximately MNOK 238. These loans originated mainly from old BRAbank/Monobank acquired prior to the merger, and the sale yield a neutral earnings impact in Q1 2021
  • The forward flow agreement with Kredinor is still valid until year-end 2023 for all new cases sent to debt collection in Norway. Former BRAbank had a forward flow agreement with Axactor until May 2020 and has not sold new loans in Norway since May 2019
  • The bank has no forward flow agreement in Finland at the moment. This will be reconsidered depending on commercial terms. New management has after the merger strengthened provisions in both stage 2 and stage 3 for the Finnish portfolio
  • Provisions related to uncertainty around Covid-19 of 40 MNOK

Improvement in stage 3 ratio

Note: Coverage ratio = Expected credit loss / Gross loans

1) Note that stand alone Easybank figures are used for the period 19Q4 - 20Q3 and the combined bank for Q4 20

2) Total = Total provision / Gross loans

Loan losses and provisions overview

De-risked loan balance following the sale of old BRAbank/Monobank portfolio

Loan loss ratio1

Non-performing loans2 , MNOK

Total provision ratio3

1) Loan loss ratio = monthly loan losses p.a / monthly avg. gross loans 2) Non-performing loan ratio = stage 3 ratio 3) Total = Total provision / Gross loans

Income statement

NGAAP NGAAP NGAAP
Income Statement (Amounts in thousands) Q1-21 Q1-20 2020
Interest income 139 810 76 746 381 009
Interest expense -19 445 -14 347 -61 512
Net interest income 120 365 62 399 319 498
Commission and fee income 6 606 6 501 22 392
Commission and fee expenses -1 147 -
885
-5 620
Net change in value on securities and currency -1 104 -2 226 8 040
Other income 83 348
Net other income 4 439 3 389 25 160
Total income 124 803 65 788 344 658
Salary and other personnel expenses -15 246 -8 743 -48 729
Other administrative expenses -20 552 -6 863 -41 275
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of which marketing expenses
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570
-1 111 -2 427
Depreciation -3 234 -1 645 -17 411
Gain from bargain purchase 346 804
Other expenses -3 343 -2 782 -21 915
Total operating expenses -42 375 -20 033 217 474
Profit before loan losses 82 428 45 755 562 132
Loan losses -45 592 -40 819 -190 605
Profit before tax 36 836 4 936 371 527
Tax -8 966 -1 234 7 321
Profit after tax 27 870 3 702 378 847
  • Profit after tax for Q1 of 27.9 MNOK
  • Cost / income ratio of 34.0 % for Q1
  • Income statement includes former Easybank's results from 01.01.2020 to 30.09.2020 and results from the merged bank from 01.10.2020 to 31.12.2020

Balance sheet

NGAAP NGAAP NGAAP
Balance sheet (Amounts in thousands) 31.03.2021 31.03.2020 31.12.2020
Assets
Cash and deposits with the central bank 50 097 123 492 50 145
Loans and deposits with credit institutions 337 161 204 431 197 198
Gross loans to customers 5 698 991 2 735 395 6 247 811
Loan loss provisions -
539 415
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222 430
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690 530
Certificates, bonds and other securities 2 058 665 476 179 1 462 138
Deferred tax asset 170 602 33 454 179 568
Other intangible assets 14 030 21 442 13 502
Fixed assets 16 177 859 1 303
Other assets 29 456 12 980 35 888
Total assets 7 835 764 3 385 803 7 497 024
Equity and liabilities
Loan from central bank 95 000
Deposits from customers 6 359 583 2 708 272 6 061 318
Other liabilities 100 304 43 951 86 778
Tier 2 capital 104 513 40 000 104 456
Total liabilities 6 564 400 2 887 223 6 252 553
Share capital 189 589 331 799 189 589
Share premium reserve 659 989 127 111 659 989
Tier 1 capital 74 752 35 000 74 710
Other paid-in equity 8 048 7 177 7 669
Other equity 338 986 -
2 507
312 513
Total equity 1 271 364 498 580 1 244 470
Total equity and liabilities 7 835 764 3 385 803 7 497 024
Gross loans of 5 699 MNOK at 31.03.2021 compared to 6
248 MNOK at 31.12.2020
Loan losses provisions of 9.5 % at 31.03.2021
Strong liquidity balance of 2 445 MNOK at 31.03.2021
Deferred tax assets of 171 MNOK driven by tax losses carried
forward prior to the merger
Solid capital base -
CET1 of 21.9 %
Total equity of 1 271 MNOK

Table of contents

Highlights and development Q1

2 Financial results Q1

1

3 Merger update and outlook

Merger update First phase of synergy realization completed

Completed merger-related initiatives as of Q1 2021 Key initiatives to establish target cost base 2020 2021 2022 ✓ No significant merger costs in Q1 2021 80 45 Pre-merger Current FTEs -35 Organizational right-sizing Operations and IT • Moved operations for Norway to a single location in Oslo • Harmonized processes and routines across countries • Unified insurance and credit information vendor agreements • Transition to a common front-end solution for all countries • Terminated ~25 various vendor agreements • Migrated IT systems to reduce costs and complexity • Re-negotiated supplier agreements • Terminated Knowit Deploy (Easybank front-end solution) and certain SDC functionality (from old BRAbank) • Sent notice of termination of SDC core banking solution • Evaluation of product portfolio • Optimization of IT setup, including reduction of external resources • Further synergy realization across all areas • Phase-out and reduction of IT vendors • Termination of rental contract in Bergen related to excess offices • Evaluation of partnership agreements (Braathens Aviation AB agreement terminated with effect year-end 2021)

Outlook

Financial overview

Figures in MNOK

Gross lending

Profit after tax2 and ROE

Net income and margin of total margin

Loan losses

Opex and Cost / Income1

Equity and CET1 ratio

1) Q4-20 opex adjusted for merger related one-offs 2) Q4 profit after tax is adjusted for one-offs

Balance sheet structure

Strong funding and liquidity position

  • Deposit ratio: 123%
  • Liquidity coverage ratio: 1 379% total (197% EUR)
  • Net stable funding rate 197% total (180% EUR)

Total assets, MNOK Equity and liabilities, MNOK

Initiatives in first phase of merger plan

Year 1 Action Costs (MNOK) Status
Merger
Formally merged the entities
3.1 in Q3
0.5 in Q4
Listing
Listing cost Euronext Growth (former Merkur Market)
1.0 in Q3
Establish the new organization
New management team and organization in place
15.9 in Q3
1.6 in Q4
Manage IT migrations and phase-outs
IT migration and contract termination to reduce costs and simplify operations

Unified SDC platforms and sent notice of termination on the related contract
4.4 in Q4
Harmonize and utilize collection agreements
Reuse of Easybank's approach to collection and collection processes across the Nordics

Harmonized collection agreements and processes
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Create common value chain for consumer loans in the
Nordics

Established scalable platform for cross-Nordic distribution
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Simplify product portfolio to reduce complexity and cost
Notice of termination of cooperation agreement with Braathens Aviation AB, ending 31 December 2021

Started probing of potential disposal of credit card portfolio including IT-system

Simplify product offering going forward
2022 impact
Ongoing/TBD

Ongoing

BRAbank ASA shareholders

Top 20 shareholder list as of 28 April 2021 Comments

Investor Shares Ownership
1 Braganza AB 10 383 899 11.0 %
2 Hjellegjerde Invest AS 5 815 834 6.1 %
3 Skagerrak Sparebank 4 409 380 4.7 %
4 Banque Internationale a Luxembourg 3 483 313 3.7 %
5 Fondsavanse AS 3 072 986 3.2 %
6 Ladegaard AS 2 581 654 2.7 %
7 Farvatn Private Equity AS 2 540 163 2.7 %
8 Umico -
Gruppen AS
2 468 779 2.6 %
9 Verdipapirfondet Alfred Berg Norge 2 374 760 2.5 %
10 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 2 197 650 2.3 %
11 Shelter AS 1 945 486 2.1 %
12 Raiffeisen Bank International AG 1 879 972 2.0 %
13 Lindbank AS 1 838 007 1.9 %
14 Songa Capital AS 1 720 456 1.8 %
15 MP Pensjon PK 1 637 767 1.7 %
16 Verdipapirfondet Alfred Berg Aktiv 1 469 589 1.6 %
17 HSBC Bank Plc 1 367 606 1.4 %
18 Jenssen & Co AS 1 287 879 1.4 %
19 Krogsrud Invest AS 1 250 000 1.3 %
20 Jolly Roger AS 1 149 074 1.2 %
Sum 20 largest shareholders 55 001 603 58.0 %
Other shareholders 39 792 777 42.0 %
Total number of shares 94 794 380 100.0 %
  • 1 610 shareholders as of 28 April 2021
  • The BRAbank share (ticker BRA) was registered on Euronext Growth (former Merkur Market) on 2 October 2020
  • Management holds a total of 2 730 046 shares, corresponding to 2.9% of shares outstanding
  • Members of the board represents a total of 3 153 381 shares, corresponding to 3.3%
  • Current market capitalization of 976 MNOK

BRAbank ASA

BRAbank ASA

Holbergs gate 21

0166 Oslo

Norway

+47 22 99 14 00 [email protected] [email protected]

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