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Ariston Holding N.V.

Investor Presentation Jul 31, 2025

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SECOND QUARTER AND FIRST HALF 2025 RESULTS

31ST JULY 2025

Highlights Financials Outlook Appendix

SOLID Q2 ORGANIC GROWTH, MARGIN IMPROVING YOY

Net 644 €M Heating improving, led by heat pump
revenues +3.6% YoY organic1 Water heating stable
Adj. 31 €M Improved YoY margin, thanks to efficiencies and operating leverage, partly
EBIT 4.8% margin offset by go-to-market, digital, and R&D investments
Free Cash 3 €M Strong NWC management, Q2 stable at constant perimeter;
Flow vs. 27 €M in Q2 2024 H1 Free Cash Flow improved YoY
Highlights Lennox JV: distribution partner to accelerate water heating USA & Canada market penetration
Bolt-on acquisition: Z.R.E. for Components division in June
Guidance 2025 guidance confirmed, with narrowed range on net revenues; mid-term outlook unchanged

ARISTON-LENNOX JV TO ACCELERATE IN USA & CANADA WATER HEATING MARKET

Leading NAM HVAC OEM with reputation for innovation, quality, and reliability

Top 3 HVACR distributor with over 300 locations in North America

Omni channel footprint with over 10k direct dealers and ~1k independent distributors

World-class technology integration to deliver innovative and leading products

Establishes strategic partner for water heating technology & manufacturing beginning in early 2026

Active globally in sustainable climate and water comfort solutions

Tank-type water heater leader, top 3 in over 40 countries, and top 5 in the USA

29 manufacturing locations globally underpinned by 29 R&D centers

North America tank-type market served from Saltillo (MX)

Establishes large distribution partner to accelerate the USA & Canada penetration

Strengthening customer relationships through optimal product management, shared market insights and effective technical assistance to promote growth in the water heater sector in the USA and Canada.

DDR HEATING: FIRST STEP IN THE US COMPONENTS MARKET

  • Rationale: entry point into the North America components market
  • Business: US-based player specializing in tubular electric heaters for professional and industrial applications
  • Revenues: 6 \$M, 2024
  • Transaction structure: 100% stake acquisition; signing on 12th March 2025

Z.R.E.: ENTRANCE IN NEW MARKET VERTICALS

  • Rationale: new band heaters technology for applications in plastics, packaging and medical sectors
  • Business: Italy-based player specializing in the design and production of industrial electric heaters
  • Revenues: 7 €M, 2024
  • Transaction structure: 80% stake acquisition; signing on 12th June 2025

BALANCED EXPOSURE TO BOTH CLIMATE COMFORT AND WATER HEATING MARKETS

FY 2024

GERMAN MARKET UPDATE

'000 PCS

Germany1 example: heating generators market (volume)

1.Germany represented circa 20% of 2024 Group revenues.

2.New governmental portal to process the incentive requests active since February 2024; incentives paid from October 2024 onwards. 3. Source: BEG website (German Government, Federal Ministry for Economics and Climate Protection). Figures include air-to-air. Source: BDH and Company estimates.

Comments

  • Historically (2013-22): +4% volume growth, replacement market, shift to higher efficiency and renewable solutions
  • 2023: exceptional peak driven by incentives and fear of gas boiler ban in 2024 (not materialized); followed by demand normalization coupled with destocking and regulatory uncertainties2
  • 2025: market stabilizing but still negative in H1 YoY. HHP growing (c. 20k incentives per month); boiler demand weak

Quarterly avg. of heating heat pumps incentive approvals3 - '000

Highlights Financials Outlook Appendix

SOLID Q2 ORGANIC GROWTH, PARTIALLY OFFSET BY FX

NET REVENUES1 , €M

Q2 comments

  • Heating: continued recovery
    • − Europe: back to growth
    • − Americas: continuing positive trend, FX headwind
  • Water heating: organically positive, FX headwind
    • − Europe: positive growth
    • − Asia Pacific & MEA, Americas: organically positive, FX headwind
  • Services and Parts: continued to grow
  • FX: headwinds mainly in Mexico, US and Asia Pacific countries
  • Perimeter variation: Russia reconsolidated since end-March (18.6 €M net revenues) and DDR acquisition on March 12th, 2025

EUROPE GROWTH ACCELERATING QOQ, ROW NEGATIVELY AFFECTED BY FX

Share of net revenues,

%, H1 2025

Q2 comments:

Markets in top 3 countries (Germany, Italy, France) stabilizing but still down, while other markets have positive trend

Ariston overperforming the market trends

Positive Heating Heat pumps demand

Mid-single digit organic growth, offset by FX headwinds Mid-single digit organic growth, more than offset by

strong FX headwinds in Mexico and USA

2025 figures include DDR Heating contribution

ACCELERATION OF INVESTMENTS WEIGHS ON MARGIN IMPROVEMENT

€M, % OF NET REVENUES

Adj. EBIT1

Q2 comments

  • Margin improved by 50bps YoY, driven by efficiency initiatives and moderate operating leverage offset by acceleration of investment in go-to-market, digital and R&D
  • Trajectory as per historical H1-H2 seasonality
  • Reported EBIT at 61 €M; main adjustments:
    • − Russian subsidiary reconsolidation: -40 €M
    • − PPA amortization: +5 €M

Adj. EBIT historical distribution

FCF PERFORMANCE IMPROVING IN H1

€M

Free Cash Flow

Q2 comments

  • Strong NWC discipline: -3.0 p.p. YoY at constant perimeter; Q2 stable vs. Q1 despite seasonality
    • − Perimeter variation drives the quarterly NWC increase
  • CapEx increased YoY as planned

Net Working Capital, % of rolling net revenues

NET DEBT INCREASE DUE TO SEASONALITY AND DISTRIBUTION TO SHAREHOLDERS

€M

Leverage1 2.1x 2.3x

  1. Includes NFP impact from Ariston Thermo Rus LLC reconsolidation.

SOLID NET FINANCIAL POSITION

€M

Q2 comments

  • Non-current bank debt duration at 3.2 years:
    • ‒ c.90% of maturities in 2027-2031
  • Low sensitivity to inflation: ~70% of long-term debt at fixed-rate or hedged
  • Additional 0.9 €BN committed unused credit lines to fuel organic & inorganic growth

Highlights
Financials
Outlook
Appendix

2025 AND MID-TERM GUIDANCE

2025: reversing the trend, drive internal efficiencies

2025 guidance

Top line

• Organic revenues between +1% and +3% YoY like-for-like1(previously between 0% and +3%)

Profitability

• Adj. EBIT 7+%, thanks to cost efficiencies (Fit-2-Win program and direct cost savings) and operating leverage

Cash Flow

  • Generation concentrated in Q4
  • Investing more for future development: CapEx 5-6% on revenues

M&A

• Continuous assessment of bolt-on options and strategic M&A

The guidance does not incorporate the potential demand-side implications of ongoing tariff discussions or prospective adjustments across our key markets

Mid-term guidance

  • Mid-single-digit organic growth (assuming neutral FX)
  • Adj. EBIT margin > 10%

Plus M&A

Company Profile

Deep Dive into Q2/H1 2025 Financials

Champion of Thermal Comfort, with solid growth

  • ➢ Balanced presence in Water Heating and Climate Comfort1
  • ➢ Leading market position in 40+ countries worldwide
  • ➢ Focused on residential market demand driven by replacement in Europe/Americas and penetration in Asia Pacific & MEA
  • ➢ Key strengths to win competition: 95 years of heritage, high quality, innovation and strong relationship with installers
  • Historical annual growth rate of 8% recorded from 2001 to 2024

Driving profitability and cash flow

  • ➢ Solid profitability levels average of ~9% adj. EBIT margin2 , with peaks up to 10+%
  • ➢ Reliable cash conversion average of ~80% FCF/Adjusted Net Profit ratio2

Well-balanced capital allocation

  • CapEx: significant investment on development to drive future growth
  • ➢ Key player in M&A
  • Dividend policy designed to fairly distribute returns to shareholders

OUR GLOBAL PRESENCE

STORY OF SOLID AND CONTINUOUS GROWTH, ORGANIC AND INORGANIC

Net revenues

€M

Note: figures adjusted for non-recurring events or transactions, restructuring or employment termination agreements, other events not representative of normal business operations. financial figures from 2001 to 2017 are reported according to Italian GAAP and therefore not fully comparable with figures since 2018. Figures are accounted under the IFRS9, IFRS5 and IFRS16. 2020 adj. EBITDA net of €5M Covid-19 cost, that are recasted to recurring operations. EBITDA 2001 not adjusted.

STEPPING UP EFFORTS ON EFFICIENCY INITIATIVES

70-80 €M efficiency initiatives in FY 2024 2025-2027
"Fit-2-Win" program
OpEx Immediate impact:

Labor costs: org. optimization, hiring freeze

Indirect costs: travel, rental, services

Technology: developments re-prioritization
without affecting future growth
Goal Simplify operating model to drive cost efficiency, lean and effective processes
CapEx
Optimized timing
Organization Future proof operating model, developing COEs1
,
optimizing legal entities setup

Synergies leveraging global footprint
Executed
G&A Reduce internal demand and simplify processes, upgrade
systems & tools and enhance capabilities
Key Sales & Service Increase frontline productivity leveraging data analytics
and efficient back-office functions
areas &
actions
R&D Platform and modularity initiatives, synergies between
70-80 €M impact in 2024
Ariston and Wolf portfolios
As announced
in H1 2024
results
presentation
Procurement Boost data-driven practices such as Should Cost and
review policies for non-business critical expenses
IT Act as a backbone of the Fit-2-Win transformation,
upgrade critical systems, digital transformation, AI

3 years savings target: ~50 €M

STRATEGIC GLOBAL BRANDS

The global expert in heating and water heating, offering a wide range of renewable and high efficiency solutions to provide easy and sustainable comfort to every home

The European high end heating solutions provider that covers the most advanced consumer needs and offers first class service throughout the entire products and systems life cycle

The German indoor climate expert which offers high quality heating, residential ventilationand air handling solutions in close partnership with our professionals.

DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS: MAINLY B2B2C

OUR RELENTLESS COMMITTMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY

ENCRYPTED IN OUR DNA…

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Releases Road to 100, its ESG roadmap to 2030;

5 ENGAGEMENTS: Solutions, Operations, People & Communities, Customers, Governance;

…SHAPING OUR FUTURE

9 material topics & 10 Clear-cut ESG objectives.

KEY DECARBONIZATION TARGETS TO 2030

Ultimate objective of 100 million tons of CO2 emissions avoided by

2030 thanks to the renewable and high efficiency products we sell in the regions we operate in.

SCOPE 4, WRI

42% Reduction by 2030 in emissions generated by the way we operate vs. 2021. SCOPE 1 AND SCOPE 2, GHG PROTOCOL

>50% Reduction by 2030 in GHG emissions from sold products per €mln value added vs. 2021.

SCOPE 3, GHG PROTOCOL

ESG ACHIEVEMENTS

2023 2024 2025
Medal1
Bronze
Score: 57/100
Silver Medal1
Score: 68/100
Ratings Global CSA Score2
27/100
Household Durable
CSA Score avg.: 19/100
Global CSA Score2 39/100
Building Products
CSA Score avg.: 30/100
improvement 3
B
(Household Durable sector)
BBB3
(Building Products sector)
3.66 (Above median)
(Electrical equipment peer group)
4.17
(Leading)
(Electrical equipment peer group)
4.63
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(Electrical equipment peer group)
Emission
targets
approval
Science Based Targets initiative
validated the "Road to 100"
decarbonization 2030 targets
(Scope 1, Scope 2, Scope 3 emission
reduction targets)

1.The EcoVadis assessment evaluates a company on 21 sustainability criteria in four core areas: Environment, Labor & Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Procurement.

2.The S&P Global ESG Score measures a company's performance on and management of material ESG risks, opportunities, and impacts informed by a combination of company disclosures, media and stakeholder analysis, modeling approaches, and in-depth company engagement via the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). The Corporate Sustainability Assessment includes 62 industry-specific questionaries.

3.As of 2024, Ariston Group received an MSCI ESG Rating of BBB. MSCI ESG Research provides MSCI ESG Ratings on global public and a few private companies on a scale of AAA (leader) to CCC (laggard), according to exposure to industryspecific ESG risks and the ability to manage those risks relative to peers.

SHAREHOLDERS AND VOTING RIGHTS

AS OF 17 JUNE 20251

* Including 535,268 ordinary shares held directly by Mr. Paolo Merloni.

  1. Between June and September 2024 Merloni Holding acquired c.1.6m of ordinary listed shares.

Company Profile

Deep Dive into Q2/H1 2025 Financials

NET REVENUES BY DIVISION

Q2 comments:

Improving demand, especially in Europe FX headwinds in Mexico, USA and Australia Good recovery of professional and industrial segments

DDR Heating included in 2025 fugures

Positive growth in most of our markets offset by headwinds in large industrial projects in Europe and some Asian countries

HISTORICAL QUARTERLY GROWTH BY REGION

NET REVENUES, YOY

2021 2022 20232 20241 2025
Q4 FY Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FY Q1 Q2
Europe +6.6% +18.1% +17.5% +18.2% +15.3% +14.1% +16.2% +59.6% +50.8% +46.7% +38.5% +48.5% -18.2% -20.3% -17.1% -10.1% -16.4% +2.1% +3.2%
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MEA
+5.6% +20.3% +54.0% +52.3% +48.5% +18.0% +40.6% -1.4% +3.6% -1.7% -4.4% -1.1% -4.5% -11.8% -7.4% 3.9% -4.9% +3.4% +0.0%
Americas +16.1% +24.9% +15.5% +17.7% -5.1% +5.1% +7.4% -4.9% -22.2% -4.5% -3.9% -8.6% +4.1% +5.0% -7.6% -6.3% -1.8% +0.2% -0.6%
Total Group +7.6% +19.4% +23.8% +24.3% +18.7% +13.6% +19.7% +37.6% +31.5% +28.9% +23.1% +30.0% -14.0% -17.0% -14.4% -7.3% -13.1% +2.1% +2.2%
o/w organic +5.9% +19.9% +14.5% +13.0% +6.4% +4.2% +9.1% +7.0% +3.5% -1.4% -3.2% +2.5% -13.6% -16.9% -13.7% -6.8% -12.7% +2.4% +3.6%
  1. Like-for-Like: Ariston Thermo Rus LLC deconsolidated from end-April in 2024 and 2023 (unaudited) figures. Reconsolidated since end-March 2025.

€M

Q2 2025 Q2 2024 % change
Net revenue 623.6 611.5 2.0%
EBITDA 94.4 6.6 n.m.
% margin 15.1% 1.1%
Adjusted EBITDA 59.2 53.9 n.m.
% margin 9.5% 8.8%
EBIT 59.9 (27.1) n.m.
% margin 9.6% (4.4%)
Adjusted EBIT 29.8 26.1 14.2%
% margin 4.8% 4.3%

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H1 INCOME STATEMENT – REPORTED

€M

H1 2025 H1 2024 % change
Net revenue 1,291.8 1,274.4 1.4%
EBITDA 158.1 64.4 n.m.
% margin 12.2% 5.1%
Adjusted EBITDA 124.5 113.2 10.0%
% margin 9.6% 8.9%
EBIT 89.2 (3.6) n.m.
% margin 6.9% (0.3%)
Adjusted EBIT 65.9 57.0 15.5%
% margin 5.1% 4.5%
Net financial charges (17.9) (25.4)
Income/(losses) from associates (3.6) (0.0)
Profit before tax 67.7 (29.0)
Taxes (8.6) (3.0)
Reported net profit 58.7 (31.9)
Adjusted net profit 38.6 29.2

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Comments

  • Reported figures: Ariston Thermo Rus LLC deconsolidated from end-April in 2024 and reconsolidated from end-March in 2025
  • Main adjustments on EBIT:
    • ‒ Reconso of Ariston Thermo Rus LLC: -40€M
    • ‒ PPA amortization: 10 €M

RECLASSIFIED H1 CASH FLOW STATEMENT

€M

H1 2025 H1 2024 Change
EBITDA 158.1 64.4 93.7
Tax paid (21.7) (19.2) (2.5)
Provisions and other changes from operating activities (51.1) 34.3 (85.4)
Change in working capital1 (43.5) (51.0) 7.6
Operating Cash Flow 41.8 28.5 13.3
CapEx (38.1) (29.8) (8.3)
IFRS16 lease
payments
(18.7) (17.2) (1.5)
Other changes2 0.9 (5.4) 6.3
Free Cash
Flow
(14.1) (23.9) 9.8

Comments

  • Cash absorption from Net Working Capital improved vs H1 2024
  • EBITDA improvement
  • Higher CapEx vs H1 2024, in line with our 2025 guidance

1.Change in working capital does not include FX and acquisition perimeter variation effects.

2.Excludes MtM derivatives impact.

€M

30/06/2025 31/12/2024 30/06/2024
Liquidity 221.4 357.1 254.4
minus: Current
financial
indebtedness
(153.1) (148.2) (69.1)
minus:
Non-current
financial
indebtedness
(748.1) (811.7) (906.2)
Financial Indebtedness1
Net
(ESMA guidelines)
(679.8) (602.7) (721.0)
Adjustments: Put & call options, escrow accounts and
positive MtM
26.0 23.6 33.4
Adjusted Net Financial Indebtedness1
(previous calculation method)
(653.7) (579.1) (687.5)

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Comments

  • Non-current bank debt duration at 3.2 years:
    • ‒ c.90% of maturities in 2027-2031
  • Low sensitivity to inflation: ~70% of longterm debt at fixed-rate or hedged
  • Additional 0.9 €BN committed unused credit lines to fuel organic & inorganic growth

DISCLAIMER

This document contains forward-looking statements that relate to future events and future operating, economic and financial results of Ariston Group. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they depend on the occurrence of future events and circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from those reflected in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, most of which are outside of the Group's control, including the direct and indirect consequences resulting from the ongoing developments in Ukraine and Russia.

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