Investor Presentation • Jul 23, 2024
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July 2024
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NLB The Company is regulated by The Bank of Slovenia i.e. "Banka Slovenije, Slovenska 35, 1505 Ljubljana, Slovenia" and by The Securities Market Agency i.e. "Agencija za trg vrednostnih papirjev, Poljanski nasip 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
This presentation also included certain information regarding the voluntary public takeover offer aimed to acquire control over Addiko Bank AG ("Addiko") announced by the Company on 15 May 2024 (the "Offer"). The final terms and conditions of the Offer are published in the offer document in accordance with the Austrian Takeover Act ("ATA"). The offer document and all other documents in connection with the Offer contain important information, investors and holders of shares in Addiko Bank AG are strongly advised to review them.
The Offer is made exclusively on the basis of the applicable provisions of Austrian and EU law and in accordance with certain provisions of the securities laws of the United States of America applicable to cross-border tender offers. Subject to the exceptions described in the offer document and any exceptions granted by competent regulatory authorities, the Offer will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Africa or any other jurisdiction where local laws or regulations may result in a significant risk of civil, regulatory or criminal exposure if information concerning the Offer is sent or made available to holders of shares of Addiko Bank AG in that jurisdiction (together, the "Restricted Jurisdictions") by use of mail or any other communication means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telex, telephone and the internet) of interstate or foreign commerce, or of any facility of national securities exchange or other trading venue, of a Restricted Jurisdiction, and the Offer cannot be accepted by any such use or by such means, instrumentality or facility of, in or from, a Restricted Jurisdiction.
Accordingly, this presentation or any documentation relating to the Offer are not being and should not be, directly or indirectly, sent, mailed or otherwise distributed or forwarded in, into or from a Restricted Jurisdiction where to do so would violate the laws in that jurisdiction. Persons receiving this presentation, the offer document, any related documentation including but not limited to forms of acceptance must not mail or otherwise distribute or send them in, into or from such jurisdictions as doing so may invalidate any purported acceptance of the Offer. Accordingly, no announcements, approvals or authorizations for the Offer have been made, arranged for or granted outside Austria.
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To the extent permissible under applicable law or regulation, the Company and persons acting on its behalf may purchase, or conclude agreements to purchase, shares in Addiko Bank AG, directly or indirectly, or enter into derivative transactions with respect to the shares in Addiko Bank AG, outside of the Offer, before, during or after the period in which the Offer remains open for acceptance. This also applies to other securities which are directly convertible into, exchangeable for, or exercisable for shares in Addiko Bank AG. These purchases may be completed via the stock exchange at market prices or outside the stock exchange in negotiated transactions. Any information about such purchases will be disclosed as required by law or regulation in Austria or any other relevant jurisdiction.
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| Revised offer price | • Attractive 10 % improvement of the offer price from €20 to €22 per share (cum dividend, but no adjustment for dividend paid on 7 May 2024) • The Offer relates to 19,287,142 no-par value ordinary bearer shares, (for the avoidance of doubt, the 212,858 treasury shares held by Addiko are excluded from the Offer) |
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| Acceptance | • Offer is subject to minimum 75% acceptance threshold based on 19,500,000 issued shares |
| Other conditions(1) | • No change in Addiko's registered share capital. No loss of licence, no insolvency. No sale of all of its current banking business or any of its subsidiaries with a banking license. No breach in regulatory capital requirements for a period longer than one month without implementing of any recovery measures to meet the regulatory requirements again within a period of 3 months. No significant compliance breach • No significant decrease in Euro Stoxx Banks Index (c. 30% reduction for 6 consecutive trading days between the offer date and expiry of the acceptance period) • Regulatory and merger control approvals |
| Timeline | • 10-week acceptance period until 1700 CET on 16 August 2024 • 3-month additional acceptance period (in case 75% acceptance threshold is achieved and all other conditions precedents – except regulatory and merger control clearances – are fulfilled) • All regulatory and merger control clearances conditions precedent to be fulfilled by 30 June 2025 the latest • Closing will only occur if all closing conditions have been fulfilled |
| Other | • Paying Agent: Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Am Stadtpark 9, 1030 Wien, FN 12219 m. • Competing offer to the partial tender offer launched by Agri Europe Cyprus Limited. Shareholders that have already accepted that offer can revoke their declaration of acceptance |

1 Attractive and rare exit opportunity for all current Addiko shareholders in a fair and transparent manner. The revised offer represents a 60.0% premium to 6-month VWAP(1). Significant liquidity event given low Addiko ADTV (only €100k over last 12 months(1))

2 NLB is a strategic investor seeking to gain full control thus, representing full exit opportunity for all Addiko shareholders and providing clarity for the long term to all Addiko stakeholders – depositors, borrowers, management and employees

3 NLB is an experienced and credible counterparty, providing high degree of certainty over transaction completion

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4 Cementing NLB's leading position in former Yugoslavia, our home region, supporting capital generating capacity. Growing already leading market shares in Slovenia, Serbia, Republika Srpska and Montenegro


6 NLB's robust levels of capital and liquidity will allow the transaction to be financed from existing resources. Transaction expected to be earnings accretive from 2027 onwards
7 Addiko's specialisation in consumer and SME finance provides complementary digital capabilities and access to attractive Addiko's talent pool strengthening NLB's existing capabilities
8 NLB's M&A track record provides comfort over execution risk and ability to integrate

Fully licensed bank with HQ in Austria, focused 100% on Central and South-Eastern Europe

Listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange on 12 July 2019, admitted to ATX Prime on 15 July 2019 (19.5m shares (including treasury shares))

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Pan-regional platform focused on growth in Consumer and SME lending with an emphasis on digital delivery models


Source: Addiko public disclosure
Note: All data as at 31-Mar-24 (1) Includes total assets from Holding (€1,148m) and consolidation/recon. effects of (-€891m) (2) As at 31-Dec-23
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Q1 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 183 | 175 | 170 | 176 | 228 | 60 |
| 67 | 60 | 67 | 73 | 67 | 17 |
| (26) | (2) | (17) | (7) | (13) | (2) |
| 244 | 232 | 226 | 242 | 282 | 75 |
| (189) | (170) | (171) | (168) | (179) | (47) |
| 3 | (48) | (13) | (15) | (12) | (7) |
| 35 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 41 | 16 |
| 3,872 | 3,585 | 3,279 | 3,293 | 3,489 | 3,523 |
| 6,084 | 5,915 | 5,842 | 5,996 | 6,151 | 6,197 |
| 4,831 | 4,728 | 4,708 | 4,960 | 5,033 | 5,072 |
| 861 | 852 | 805 | 746 | 801 | 819 |
| 4,572 | 4,053 | 3,625 | 3,487 | 3,653 | 3,694 |
| 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 3.9% |
| 74.8% | 72.4% | 72.4% | 67.5% | 60.5% | 60.7% |
| (0.2%) | 1.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| 4.9% | 0.2% | 1.5% | 3.4% | 5.5% | 8.0% |
| 17.7% | 20.3% | 22.2% | 20.0% | 20.4% | 20.3% |
Gross performing loans by sector (€m)


Slovenia Croatia Serbia Banja Luka Sarajevo Montenegro
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(1) Active payroll = clients with current accounts with sum of two largest incoming payments > minimum wage in respective country (2) Active other = clients having at least 1 client-initiated incoming or outgoing transaction in 3 months. (3) Passive = clients having at least 1 client-initiated incoming or outgoing transaction in 24 months. (4) Active = customers with at least 6 payment transactions during the last 3 months or having term depositor loan or trade finance product (apart from clients on rehabilitations). (5) Passive = customers with no term deposit, trade finance or loan product and less than 6 payment transactions during the last 3 months but at least 1 payment transaction during last 12 months (apart from clients on rehabilitations) (6) Digital Lending System loan origination

Pro-forma NLB market share (by total assets)
Pro-forma NLB market position (by total assets)

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Addiko share price evolution (€)
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Source: Factset (1) VWAP relative to latest undisturbed share price, i.e. pre Agri Europe announcement
Addiko ADTV (€000s)

Source: Factset (1) Treasury shares are excluded from the offer
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| Announced | Closed | Country | Industry | Deal value (€m) | Commentary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov-2023 | Pending | Leasing | NA | • Acquisition of the largest player in leasing space in Slovenia, with a high-growth subsidiary in Croatia • Funding and cost synergies ensure that the transaction is earnings accretive from the first full year of acquisition |
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| Nov-2023 | May-2024 | Asset management |
NA | • Enables to offer NLB clients access to investment products in the extensive network of NLB branches |
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| Mar-2022 | Mar-2022 | Banking | 5.1 | • €173m of negative goodwill included in CET1 capital • Full legal and operational merger was completed within 1.5 years of acquisition • c. €15m of cost synergies to be realised by 2025 |
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| Feb-2020 | Dec-2020(1) | Banking | 464(2) | • Achieving a critical mass in Serbia with an established and well-recognised brand • €138m of negative goodwill included in CET1 capital • Subsequent disposal of KB Banja Luka in 2020 as non core to the acquisition case • KB Serbia and Montenegro fully integrated in 2022, realising c. €26m of cost synergies by 2023 |
Source: NLB disclosure, S&P Capital IQ
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(1) Date of completion of acquisition of the majority stake (2) Total value, including two subsequent acquisitions of the minority stakes

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Source: NLB estimates
Note: Numbers on fully loaded basis.
(1) NLB Group organic growth also reflects effects from the implementation of Basel III requirements of €3.0bn, Summit Leasing Slovenia of €0.9bn, Addiko of €4.3bn. Includes 170 bps contribution from profit retention 2024 (50% retention), 2025 (40% retention) (approximately €400m)

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(1) Full terms of the offer can we found in the offer memorandum, which is available on http://www.nlb.si (2) Competition authorities in Austria, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina as well as Kosovo and North Macedonia by virtue by the Bidder having subsidiaries in those jurisdictions, respectively. Competent financial market regulators in Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina

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