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Kontron AG (formerly S&T AG)

Investor Presentation Nov 6, 2023

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Explore the Kontron Group

We are a fast-moving multinational technology leader.

Investor Presentation

November 2023

Who we are Pure-Play Leader of Smart Industrial IoT Solutions

4,740 Employees 1.2bn

Revenue (EUR)*

72m Net Result (EUR)* >10% Organic growth p.a.*

Member of SDAX® Member of TecDAX®

HQ in Austria; listed in Germany

*Management estimates for 2023 and organic growth mid-term guidance.

  • Focused on the large, diverse and growing Industrial IoT market (IIoT)
  • Fully integrated technology platform Integrated (SW+HW) solutions for smart factories, transportation, data connectivity, medical and smart energy

Driven by customers success, blue-chip customers

Highly diversified customer base, top 10 customers account for approx. 12% of revenues, >3,000 customers in total

Leading provider of disruptive IoT connectivity technology

Real time 5G/6G connectivity, susietec® toolset, over 3,200 engineers

The IoT Market

64 billion

connected IoT devices by 2025 worldwide (from 29 billion in 2022)

31% growth

machines connected to the Internet by 2025

4bn 20bn

2016 2020 2025

\$ 148.6 billion

Industrial IoT revenue with a 11.4% CAGR from 2022

21% adoption

of 5G across mobile internet

connections by 2025

Key Metrics Focus Industries

High entry barriers: single source customization – real time software – expensive customer products with low volume

Sources: Mgmt. estimates, Techjury, Ericsson, Enterra Solutions, Markets and Markets, Market Data Forecast, McKinsey Global Institute, Statista

75bn

3

The New Kontron

7 divisions in 3 segments in 2023

Europe Global Software & Solutions
Industrial Telecom OT Services North America Asia Software Transport
Industrial,
Medical and
Defense
Adding 5G
connectivity to
IoT products
IT converted to
Service contracts
for IoT
Sales channel for
Europe products;
Avionics
Sales channel for
Europe products
susietec® &
customized IoT
software
Data for high
speed trains in
Europe & China
Revenue* FC 2023
€ 810m
Revenue* FC 2023
€ 260m
Revenue* FC 2023
€ 230m
Targets
EBITDA**
12%
GM
40%
Growth p.a.: 10%
Targets
EBITDA**
8%
GM
30%
Growth p.a.: 12%
Targets
EBITDA**
15%
GM
60%
Growth p.a.: 16%

Kontron: Results & Company Highlights

Results Highlights

  • Strong improvement in profitability YTD 2023 vs 2022 EBITDA +40%; Net Income* +118%
  • Solid revenue growth of 14% Organic growth of 12.4% YTD
  • Strong order intake in Q3 Stable book-to-bill ratio of 1.19 Backlog of EUR 1.7bn
  • EUR 292m of liquidity +EUR 59m payable by Vinci

Company Highlights

Net income guidance raised to EUR >72m (Jan: EUR >60m)

5 M&A acquisitions YTD

Recently Hartmann + Altimate + Bsquare to strengthen "Software + Solutions" segment (closing expected for all acquisitions by YE)

80m EUR Share Buyback programs in 2023

SBB 1 done: EUR 10m (540 k shares) SBB 2 ongoing: EUR 70m (4m shares) EUR 10.5m (550k shares done)

KPIs 1-9M 2023

Kontron Group Balance Sheet

Equity and liquidity very strong

in m EUR 9/30/2023 12/31/2022
NON-CURRENT ASSETS 447.5 412.1
Fixed Assets 415.9 379.0
as of Property, plant and equipment 104.0 95.5
as of Goodwill 199.8 189.4
Other Assets 31.5 33.1
CURRENT ASSETS 3:39.2 1,028.8
Inventories 250.0 192.6
Trade receivables 167.3 148.1
Contract Assets from Customers 57.7 54.2
Cash and cash equivalents 292.3 437.8
Other receivables and prepayments 121.7 189.7
assets classified as held for sales 0.0 6.3
Total Assets 1,336.6 1,440.9
in
EUR
m
9/30/2023 12/31/2022 in
EUR
m
9/30/2023 12/31/2022
NON-CURRENT
ASSETS
447
5
412
1
EQUITY 617
6
635
7
Fixed
Assets
415
9
379
0
accumulated
results
439
7
449
6
of
, plant
and
Property
equipment
as
104
0
95
5
of
shares
Treasury
as
-9
6
0
0
of
Goodwill
as
199
8
189
4
NON-CURRENT
LIABILITIES
138
6
252
6
Other
Assets
31
5
33
1
loans
borrowings
and
Long-term
64
1
193
8
CURRENT
ASSETS
889
2
1
028
8
,
Other
Liabilities
Non-Current
74
5
58
9
Inventories 250
0
192
6
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
580
4
552
6
Trade
receivables
167
3
148
1
Trade
payables
228
2
226
3
from
Contract
Assets
Customers
57
7
54
2
from
Liabilities
Contract
Customers
73
9
78
5
Cash
and
cash
equivalents
292
3
437
8
Short-term
loans
and
borrowings
155
6
125
7
Other
receivables
and
prepayments
121
7
189
7
Other
Liabilities
Current
122
7
117
3
classified
held
for
sales
assets
as
0
0
6
3
liabilities
classified
held
for
sale
as
0
0
4
8
Total
Assets
336
6
1
,
440
9
1
,
Total
Liabilities
&
Equity
336
6
1
,
440
9
1
,
Equity
Ratio
46
2%
1%
44
Cash/(Net
Debt)*
Total
Net
72
7
118
3
Working
Capital
excluding
15**
IFRS
189
1
114
4
Working Capital excluding
IFRS 15** (31.9.2022):
211.0

Strong cash position: EUR 292m cash + EUR 59m open payment from Vinci (despite EUR 73m dividend + SBB and EUR 108m debt paid)

* Definition Net Cash: Cash and cash equivalents less non-current and current financing liabilities (excl. liabilities from leasing according to IFRS 16) ** Definition Working Capital: Inventories plus trade receivables less trade payables (excl. IFRS 15 contract assets and liabilities) 7

Europe: Biggest segment

Target is to increase EBITDA margin in 2025 to 12%

  • * EBITDA before Intercompany HQ fees (part of Europe Segment)
  • ** EBITDA before HQ fee in % of external revenue

Global: Back to normal profitability

Today 20% of revenues in North America + Asia; target 30% midterm driven by superior technology

  • * EBITDA before Intercompany HQ fees (part of Europe Segment)
  • ** EBITDA before HQ fee in % of external revenue

Software & Solutions: Fast growing

Will be the biggest segment by 2025

  • * EBITDA before Intercompany HQ fees (part of Europe Segment)
  • ** EBITDA before HQ fee in % of external revenue

Macro trends driving IoT business in the mid-term

5G
Lower investment & lifecycle costs

Intelligent modules offer security

Shift from GSM-R/4G/Wi-Fi to 5G

5G private networks for factories

Nearshoring/factories coming back
Smart

Robots increase automation budget
Factories

Connected IoT production machines
Auto
nomous
Driving

Unmanned trains, construction machines,
harvesters save cost

Increase security of traffic

Recovery of travel
Aerospace

Technological shift to orbit
and

NATO goal: 2% GDP defense budget
defense

Perception shift in Europe
Medical
Aging population

Pressure on healthcare systems

Ambitious projects (e.g., US "Moonshot"
for curing cancer)

EU "Green deal": expand high-speed
High
tracks from 11,000 to 33,000km
speed

Technological shift from GSM-R to FRMC
trains
and from FRMC to 5G
Global
ization

China and USA show higher growth than
Europe but compete with each other

Kontron may serve both markets with
leading technology

High computational requirements of
running complex AI models
Artificial

Taking over human tasks like defect
Intelligence
detection

Strongest brainpower in the industry

susietec® IoT software framework

  • › Extending susietec® portfolio by Bsquare SquareOne
  • › Release of KontronOS (highest security standard)
  • › EUR 100m pure software revenues

Mission-critical control systems for high-speed trains

  • › European Train Control System Level 3 Approval
  • › New standard FRMCS will accelerate migration and requires 5G

Artificial Intelligence

  • › HAILO chips for customized scalable applications
  • › NVIDIA full stack standard solutions
  • › Full stack industrial applications: video surveillance, defect detection, response time edge cloud, robotics
  • › EUR 29m in design wins

Margin improvement strategy (MIS): Focus on "Software + Solutions" segment

Most M&A activities in "Software + Solutions", up the value chain for existing markets

Europe Global Software + Solutions

Our competition

Our distinctive competitive advantages

Selected competitors in
Industrial IoT
Revenue
(in USD m)
Region
Curtiss Wright* 2,600 North America
Advantech 2,200 Asia
Beckhoff 1,600 Europe
Kontron 1,200 Europe
ABB B&R 1,100 Europe
Mercury* 1,000 North America
Adlink 380 Asia
Seco 215 Europe
Eurotech 100 Europe
% as of total market (USD 148bn) 7%

* Also not Industrial IoT revenues

› Unmatched R&D scale

› 3,200 FTEs, annual budget of EUR 170m

Cost efficient solutions

› (EUR 45k p.a.) in-house engineering resources in CEE

Differentiated technology platform

› Purpose-built solutions for high-value low-volume use cases

› Deep and established relationships in the ecosystem

› Intel, ARM, FoxConn, Microsoft, Siemens, GE

M&A strategy

Replace sold IT segment by strategic IoT acquisitions

M&A is a core competence of Kontron M&A activities

  • › Replace EUR 387m of sold IT business with IoT acquisitions
  • › Target: High synergies with Kontron → 12% EBITDA within 2 years
  • › Complementary IoT technologies to improve portfolio
  • › Finance by existing cash and cash flow not shares

5 relevant IoT technology acquisitions signed in 2023

  • › Carve out Telit (DE): 5G modules for data connection of IOT
  • › Comlab (CH): Data repeaters and communication for trains
  • › Hartmann (CH): VPX systems for the Defense market
  • › Altimate (RO): Public transport solutions
  • › Bsquare (USA): Software for IOT connections

Kontron M&A pipeline for 2024

› Currently 3 acquisition projects

We will replace our sold IT services by high growth IoT technology

The New Kontron

Backlog and Design wins

(in EUR bn) Backlog Design wins

1.16

0.80

2.35 2.97 3.41 3.61 Top Design Wins in 9M 2023 Country Volume EUR

1.46

2020 2021 2022 Q3 2023

1.66

Avionics US 90m
Medical DE 60m
Railway/Security FR 60m
Telecommunication AT 50m
Medical DE 50m
Defense US 42m
Railway SK 40m
Industrial US 35m
Defense US 34m

Railway FR 150m

The New Kontron

Net profit guidance increased to EUR >72m (before: EUR >66m)

Vision 2030: Transformation to IoTaaS / SLAs will boost Net Earnings close to 10%

Why invest in Kontron?

Profitable long-term growth

  • › Excellent position to profit from the megatrends digitalization, AI and sustainability via IoT products
  • › Expand high-margin high-growth software business
  • › Utilize European technology worldwide
  • › Highly diversified, global and long-term customer base in a niche market with high entry barriers
  • › Track record of value-accretive M&A

Strong financial position

  • › Cash conversion rate target of 75%
  • › Solid tax shield in Austria for the next 2 years
  • › Favorable low debt profile in high interest environment
  • › High cash position after sale of majority of IT Services business for EUR 392m in December 2023
  • › Active partner and minority shareholder Ennoconn

Engineering excellence

› Unmatched R&D power of 3,200 engineers and annual investment of approx. 14% of revenues

  • › Cost efficient in-house engineering resources in CEE (average salary: 45k p.a.) as an attractive Western employer
  • › Increasing share of software in portfolio: proprietary IoT toolset susietec®
  • › Customized IoT solutions for Industrial, Medical, Defense, 5G Connectivity, Avionics, Transportation, Electricity sectors

Attractive shareholder return

  • › Strong cash generating business
  • › 50% of net income distributed as a dividend and/or to use for share buybacks
  • › Record dividend of EUR 1 per share paid out in 2023

Disclaimer

This document includes 'forward-looking statements'. Forward-looking statements are all statements, which do not describe facts of the past, but containing the words "believe", "estimate", "expect", "anticipate", "assume", "plan", "intend", "could", and words of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties since they relate to future events and are based on current assumptions and estimates of Kontron AG, which might not occur at all or occur not as assumed. They therefore do not constitute a guarantee for the occurrence of future results or performances of Kontron AG. The actual financial position and the actual results of Kontron AG, as well as the overall economic development and the regulatory environment may differ materially from the expectations, which are assumed explicitly or implicitly in the forward-looking statements and do not comply to them. Analysts and investors, and any other person or entity that may need to take decisions or prepare or release opinions about the shares / securities issued by Kontron AG are cautioned not to place undue reliance on those forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this document. Past performance cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance.

Except as required by applicable law, Kontron AG undertakes no obligation to revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events and circumstances after the date of this presentation, including, without limitation, changes in Kontron's business or strategy or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. The financial information and opinions contained in this document are unaudited and are subject to change without notice. This document contains summarized information or information that has not been audited. In this sense, this information is subject to, and must be read in conjunction with, all other publicly available information, including if it is necessary, any fuller disclosure document published by Kontron AG. None of the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates or by any of its officers, directors, employees, advisors, representatives or agents shall be liable whatsoever for any loss however arising, directly or indirectly, from any use of this document its content or otherwise arising in connection with this document.

This document or any of the information contained herein do not constitute, form part of or shall be construed as an offer or invitation to purchase, subscribe, sale or exchange, nor a request for an offer of purchase, subscription, sale or exchange of shares / securities of Kontron AG, or any advice or recommendation with respect to such shares / securities. This document or a part of it shall not form the basis of or relied upon in connection with any contract or commitment whatsoever.

This document does not constitute an offer to purchase securities in the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa and Japan. Securities, including the bond of Kontron AG may not be sold or offered for sale within the United States or to or for the account of / in favor of US citizens (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 in the current version (the "Securities Act") unless they are registered under the regulations of the Securities Act or unless they are subject to an exemption from registration. Neither Kontron AG nor any other person intend to register the offer or a part thereof in the United States or to make a public offer of the securities in the United States.

Explore the Kontron Group

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SDAX® & TecDAX® member

Alster
Research
Buy: EUR 32.00
Erste
Group
Buy: EUR 25.00
Hauck & Aufhäuser Buy: EUR 30.00
Jefferies Buy: EUR 29.00
Kepler Cheuvreux Buy: EUR 25.00
Pareto Securities Buy: EUR 28.00
Stifel Buy: EUR 27.00
Warburg Research Buy: EUR 26.00
Median Target Share Price EUR 27.50

Target: Increase strategic shareholder base

1 additional analyst will take on coverage of Kontron

Update on ESG

Achievements

  • › MSCI: BBB (stable since 2021)
  • › EcoVadis: rated above industry average
  • › Sustainalytics: 20.2 (medium* risk)
  • › UN Global Compact joined and 9 SDGs identified we support

› Education

Kontron Leadership Academy (focus on female employees) Data Security Training Focus

› Employee Survey – conducted among approx. 5,000 employees

Outlook & Targets

  • › Increasing interest of sustainable investors to be met
  • › Customers and Investors CO2 disclosure requests more often

Making our data easily accessible and transparent to our diverse stakeholder groupswill become increasingly important

  • › Carbon Disclosure Project experience ✓
  • › EU Taxonomy requirements expected to be extended
  • › Implementation of scope I and II to be achieved until 2023
  • › Kontron's Green Products communicating our products better
Preparation scope I and II
Reporting expansion (incl. EU Taxonomy) ✓
ESG-Goal extension ✓
ESG-Risk assessment ✓
Update material analysis ✓
Evaluation ESG-Goals
Implementation stage launched
Enhanced reporting
according to EU Taxonomy
and ESG standards
Implementation finalized
Continuous improvement process
2021 Continuous stakeholder dialogue ✓
2022
2023

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