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Axactor SE

Investor Presentation May 25, 2016

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Investor presentation May, 2016

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Introduction Market overview Axactor operations and strategy Appendix

Introduction

This is Axactor

  • Established in 2015 as an ambitious debt collection and debt purchase company1)
  • Main focus on collection and acquisition of non-performing loans ("NPL") from financial institutions
  • Led by a management team with strong track record from the purchased debt and debt collection industry
  • En route to execute on clearly defined entry strategy and build an efficient and high-quality company without any legacy burdens
  • Headquartered in Oslo, Norway
  • ~550 employees in Norway and Spain2)
  • Listed on the Oslo Stock exchange (ticker: AXA)

Axactor in brief Pan-European growth strategy

Axactor milestones to date

Since February 2016, Axactor has employed ~NOK500m in equity (cash) in portfolio acquisitions and IKAS

Axactor financial targets

Axactor key investment attractions

Attractive fundamentals within
1
NPL purchase market

Large European NPL stocks on banks' balance sheets

Double-digit growth in NPL sales volume in Europe driven by regulatory changes (Basel III, etc.)

Strong growth trend in second-hand portfolio sales
Experienced management team
2
with demonstrated track record

Unparalleled industry track record, in particular within the target geographical regions

Long-lasting relationships with Financial Institutions across Europe

Unique debt portfolio pricing and collection competencies
Established as a leading player in
Spain through high-quality
3
platforms

Attractive customer base –
unique competence within legal and amicable collection and recovery processes

Access to large amount of collection data a clear advantage for portfolio pricing

Execution capabilities proven through three portfolio purchases during the first quarter of 2016
Entry in the Norwegian "growth"
market with the "best platform"
4
available

Attractive opportunities identified in Norway as a result of significant growth in debt collection cases and pipeline of
NPL portfolios for sale

Business with strong cash generation stand-alone 
further growth through inclusion in Axactor's strategy
Clearly defined roadmap for
growth proven through
5
execution to date

Italy and Germany defined as two attractive geographies where the Company can leverage its capabilities and
relationships to access attractive growth opportunities

Strategic entries will follow Axactor's roadmap to ensure high quality and operational excellence
Solid and flexible financing
6
structure

Total debt financing of EUR 50m with two Nordic high-quality institutions (whereof a new EUR 25m facility recently
committed by a large Nordic commercial bank), with a remaining EUR 50m accordion on same documentation set
Will gradually go from 35% gearing up to target 75%1)

as the company diversifies

Listed on Oslo Stock Exchange with large shareholder base

Introduction Market overview Axactor operations and strategy Appendix

Market overview

> € 1trillion Non-Performing Loan (NPL) FI market in Europe

Key trends in the debt purchase/debt collection industry

1
Strong growth of NPL
portfolios coming to market

Strong growth in second-hand portfolio transactions

Regulatory changes driving debt sales

Strengthened FI balance sheets enable portfolio sales

Approaching "price equilibrium" between sellers and buyers
Unsecured B2C NPL transactions (face value)
EURbn
30
20
10
0
2010A
2011A
2012A
2013A
2014A
2
Outsourcing trend
(carve-outs of
collection units)

Several major carve-outs from European banks

FI regards debt collection as non-core operations

Debt collection agencies achieve higher solution rates
3
Industry consolidation

Market maturity and professionalization

Technology enables increased scale advantages

Capital constraints –
access to capital key success criteria

Influx of private equity players / IPO activity
Industrial acquisitions
PE acquisitions / IPOs
IPO

European NPL market overview

  • The NPL market has counter-cyclical qualities:
  • − When the economy grows, outstanding loans increase
  • − When the economy shrinks, the NPL ratio increases
  • The banks' NPL balance has been stable around EUR 1.0 trillion since 2012 (Not including secondary market)

  • The market for portfolio transactions has grown considerably in recent years, with the trend continuing strong going forward

  • United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Germany and Italy make up majority of the volume
Introduction
Market overview
Axactor operations and strategy
Appendix

Axactor operations and strategy

Axactor entry strategy

Axactor will cover all major parts of the value chain

Axactor focus on established markets with strong growth

The development curve of debt collection/debt purchase markets

  • Axactor's initial focus is Spain, Germany and Italy
  • Developed markets with strong growth
  • Strong relationships with financial institutions
  • Access to high-quality platforms
  • Opportunistic approach towards Nordic markets, exemplified by Axactor's entry in Norway, and Rest of Europe

Axactor value drivers: debt purchase and debt collection

  • Portfolios acquired with a target collection amount
  • FI portfolios typically generate stable and long-term cash flows
  • FI portfolios normally have low decay rates, and are hence long-tailed
  • Cash flow visibility allows the best players to impact return and optimize value through pricing and pre-determined targets
  • Axactor's management has a track record of strong pricing discipline and extending portfolio cash flows beyond the initial forecast period resulting in above estimated returns

rd party debt collection

  • Strong value proposition in Europe many customers require cross-border 3rd party collection
  • Axactor has strong execution capabilities and provides reliability to its counterparts
  • 3 rd party collection often translates into portfolio acquisitions through due to existing track-record and relationships
  • Collection insight offers pricing advantage
  • The 3rd party collection business generates attractive margins in an efficient setup benefiting from scale advantages
  • Stable and diversified businesses serving multiple customers
  • Good cash flow supporting portfolio acquisitions
  • Axactor has through its new setup a highly competitive cost structure with streamlined group functions and no legacy business
  • 3 rd party collection is a valuation driver

Shorter time to market for successful acquisitions of portfolios in the respective market

Leading legal and amicable collection platform in Spain

  • Axactor's Spanish platform is built up of:
  • I. The acquisition of ALD Abogados (Madrid) a leading Spanish legal debt collection agency established in 2010
  • II. Build-up of amicable call center in Valladolid efficient platform tailored to Axactor's needs
  • III. The acquisition of Geslico (May 2016) a leader in the integral management of recovery processes
  • Management with long industry experience
  • Strong customer base, with compliance, authorizations, technology and IT platform in place
  • Provides valuable access to collection data for deal sourcing and pricing
  • Several new 3PC deals signed lately, including announced strategic contract with Santander Consumer Finance in Spain
  • Will start to serve on the three debt portfolios recently acquired in Spain
  • ALD Abogados had revenue of EUR 10.0m and EBITDA of 3.7m in 2015

Key highlights Spanish locations Madrid • ALD Abogados legal debt collection agency • Axactor's country HQ • ~120 employees Valladolid • Amicable call center • ~80 employees • Established using Axactor expertise and relationships = Geslico locations Bilbao ~15 employees Barcelona ~33 employees Zaragoza ~26 employees Valencia ~39 employees Alicante ~112 employees Córdoba ~9 employees Sevilla ~9 employees Madrid ~40 employees

Position in Spain further strengthen through the Geslico acquisition

Key highlights Key rationale

  • Incorporated in 1985,Geslico is one of the main players in the Spanish debt collection sector
  • Geslico offers a fully integrated debt collection service for both secured and unsecured non-performing loans
  • A leader in the integral management of recovery processes, covering the recovery chain from friendly, pre-litigation to judicial collection
  • 8 offices spread across Spain, with ~300 employees in total including*:
  • ~40 litigation agents
  • ~180 collectors agents
  • ~50 judicial preparation agents
  • 2015 revenue of EUR 13.6m and 2015 adjusted EBITDA of EUR 0.9m
  • In 2015, Geslico had one off costs related to the restructuring process. Actual 2016 EBITDA was EUR -4.6million

  • Solid standalone business case additional potential to be unlocked as part of Axactor

  • Streamlined platform after organizational restructuring rigged to benefit from operational leverage by adding additional business
  • Geslico's client portfolio includes the majority of Spanish financial institutions, utility companies and debt funds, hence expanding Axactor's client base with attractive customers and strengthening the company's market access

*remaining employees providing administrative support

Acquisition of Norwegian collection platform

  • Established in 1988
  • Purchase price NOK 291m
  • 70% of the purchase price settled in cash
  • Part of the cash settlement is financed with NOK 135m from the DNB facility at 400 bps + NIBOR
  • One of Norway's most reputable suppliers of invoice administration and debt collection
  • Delivers market leading and modern payment solutions for selected small to medium sized businesses across all sectors through two business segments:
  • I. IKAS Collection
  • II. IKAS Payments
  • Headquartered in Hokksund
  • 80 employees located throughout Norway in 5 offices:
  • Hamar
  • Harstad
  • Hokksund
  • Molde
  • Stavanger

Ikas in brief Ikas revenue and EBIT margin 2011 – 2015 (NOKm) • Total revenues in 2015 of ~NOK 91m and EBIT of ~NOK 26m 91 81 73 63 52 CAGR: 15% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 EBIT margin (%) Revenue 31% 29% 29% 30% 28%

Strategic rationale for the Ikas acquisition

Norwegian market growth
Significant increase in collection volume

Increase in number of non-performing loan portfolios available for sale

Ikas positions Axactor to reap the benefits from exciting Norwegian market opportunities
+15% Strong business case
standalone

Significant and increasing cash generation from day one

IKAS has operational improvement potential that Axactor can realise with limited
investments (e.g. IT systems, collection strategy)
Entering a new geography
with the "best platform"
available

IKAS considered to be the "best platform" available in the Norwegian market

One of Norway's fastest growing companies in the Norwegian debt collection industry

Entering the Norwegian market a way of diversifying Axactor's operations geographically
Increased ability to
secure financing

Nordic presence increases Axactor's ability to secure attractive financing with Nordic
banks

Introduction Market overview Axactor operations and strategy Appendix

Appendix

Spanish NPL market overview

  • NPL ratio trending down from 2013 peak
  • Demonstrates strong environment for collecting on NPLs
  • The Spanish credit market is returning to growth

2012A 2013A 2014A 2015A SME/Corporate Unsecured retail Secured retail CRE .

• The Spanish debt portfolio transaction market is large and growing

  • Major commercial banks leading the trend smaller commercial banks and savings banks (cajas) now following
  • Lower competition for the small-medium portfolios
  • Unsecured B2C making up 40-60% of the transaction volume (Axactor primary focus)

Norwegian NPL market overview

Total loans and NPL ratio of the Norwegian banking market Debt collection volume and debt collection cases in Norway

104 117 128 127 129 135 138 4.4 5.2 5.5 5.7 5.9 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 2008A 2009A 2010A 2011A 2012A 2013A 2014A Debt collection volume Debt collection cases

NOKbn Millions

  • NPL ratio significantly lower compared to other European countries
  • Fragmented banking sector with a total of 124, including 13 branches
  • DNB has close to a 30% market share in both the household and corporate market
  • The recent oil price plunge is affecting the Norwegian economy. However, a relatively small portion of Norwegian banks' total lending is exposed to oil-related industries

  • The Norwegian market has historically seen few NPL portfolio transactions

  • In 2015, Lindorff acquired three NPL portfolios from DNB. The largest had a face value of EUR 263m, making it one of the largest NPL acquisitions in Norway
  • Securitization is uncommon in Norway and the few NPL transactions that have occurred have mainly been consumer credit portfolios

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Italian NPL market overview

  • The overall asset quality of Italian banks is still suffering following several years of economic crisis
  • The Italian government is debating a set of bank reforms to help cleanse the sector of its burden of bad debts
  • It is expected that the reforms could promote consolidation in the banking sector, and support profitability as well as the ongoing deleveraging

  • The Italian unsecured debt market (with a specific focus on consumer NPL portfolios) has been quite active, whereas the market for corporate NPLs has been struggling to take off

  • Increasing number of transactions, but smaller in size compared to other European countries

German NPL market overview

  • Low NPL ratio trending further downward
  • The German banking sector is one of the strongest in Europe and has a better lending quality and lower NPL ration than elsewhere in the Eurozone, but is also very fragmented due to the three pillars model
  • External factors, such as regulatory pressure or a sharp rise in funding costs will further trigger banks to dispose non-core assets (especially NPLs)

  • The unsecured consumer NPL market is characterized by smaller and continued transactions rather than occasional large transactions

  • Recent successful transactions have shown that the gap between sellers' price expectations and investors' bid prices has narrowed, with the market revealing strategic prices being paid
  • Preference for debt which hasn't been placed with a debt collector prior to sale

Axactor company structure

Company Description
Axactor AB Incorporated
in Sweden. Listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. No employees.
Axactor AS Incorporated in Norway. All staff in Norway is employed in this entity. Will function as a
cost center
and will charge corporate cost out to the operating entities.
Axactor Portfolio
Holding AB
Incorporated
in Sweden. All
debt portfolios are owned by this entity. Has SLAs
established with legal entities owned by Platform Holding for servicing the debt portfolios.
No employees.
Axactor Platform
Holding AB
Incorporated
in Sweden. Holding company for all platform
companies in all countries. No
employees. Will provide equity and debt to the platform companies.
Axactor Incentives AB Incorporated
in Sweden. No employees. Established in order to be the owner of
employee stock options as per Swedish law. No other activities. No employees.
IKAS Holding
(considered to be
established)
A holding company will be established in Norway for the purpose
of owning all shares in
all the 6 IKAS entities which were acquired on March 16th 2016. The acquired
companies are IKAS Norge AS, IKAS AS, IKAS Øst
AS, IKAS Nord AS, IKAS Nordvest
AS, IKAS Vest AS,
Aguamenti
Investment
S.L.
Holding company
for Spanish platform companies. No employees.
ALD Abogados S.L. Platform company acquired in December 2015. Will service
the debt portfolios acquired
in Spain. Has SLA with Portfolio Holding. Operates call centers and collection activity in
Spain. Will have employees.
Supan
(to be reneamed)
Established in February
2016. The
entity will be focusing on tax collection on behalf of
municipalities in Spain. Will have employees
Geslico
Group (Spain)
Geslico
Group company
to included in the Axactor
Group

Income Statement

Income statement (reported)
SEK thousand Jan-Mar
2016
Full year 2015
Gross revenue 29 404 4 437
Amortization of debt portfolios -1 492 -
Net revenue 27 912 4 437
Other external expenses -18 152 -29 940
Personnel expenses -20 258 -5 089
Operating result before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) -10 498 -30 592
Depreciation and amortization, excluding portfolio amortization -2 464 -837
Operating result after depreciation and amortization -12 962 -31 429
Financial revenue 4 253 329
Financial expenses -6 960 -30 218
Total financial items -2 707 -29 889
Result before tax -15 669 -61 318
Income tax 773 -
Result for the period from continued operations -14 896 -61 318
Result for the period attributable to:
Equity holders of the Parent Company -14 896 -166 606
Result for the period -14 896 -166 606

Preliminary proforma Q1 2016 (not reported) including IKAS from 1 January 2016

Gross revenues: SEK 53m
EBITDA: SEK -2m
Cash: SEK 208m
Debt: SEK 4m

Balance sheet

Assets Liabilities and equity
SEK thousand 31.03.2016 31.12.2015 SEK thousand 31.03.2016 31.12.2015
ASSETS EQUITY
Fixed Assets Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company
Intangible fixed assets Share capital 328 107 298 307
Customer relationships 36 006 37 125 Other paid-in capital 1 541 773 1 468 788
Database 7 276 7 530 Reserves -1 917 -96
Other intangible assets 436 448 Retained earnings and profit for the period -1 304 902 -1 290 007
Goodwill 124 467 124 467 Total equity 563 060 476 992
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and machinery 1 669 549 Long-term liabilities
Long-term financial fixed assets Convertible loan - 5 000
Purchased debt 250 722 - Deferred tax liabilities 10 820 11 357
Other long-term receivables - - Other long-term liabilities 2 912 500
Other long-term investments 667 267 Total long-term liabilities 13 732 16 857
Total fixed assets 421 243 170 386
Current liabilities
Current Assets Accounts payable 13 559 12 420
Other receivables 63 579 58 284 Tax liabilities - 9 963
Prepaid expenses 6 462 3 760 Short-term
liabilities
65 597 64 088
Cash and cash equivalents 185 793 372 375 Accrued expenses and prepaid income 21 129 24 485
Total current assets 255 834 434 419 Total current liabilities 100 285 110 956
TOTAL ASSETS 677 077 604 805 TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 677 077 604 805

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