Basware Oyj — Interim / Quarterly Report 2021

Apr 20, 2021

Basware Interim Report January-March 2021: Net sales in line with expectations, positive development in profitability and order intake impacted by continued uncertainty in the business environment

Basware Interim Report January-March 2021: Net sales in line with expectations, positive development in profitability and order intake impacted by continued uncertainty in the business environment

Basware Corporation, stock exchange release, April 20, 2021 at 8.45 a.m. EEST

January-March 2021

· Cloud ARR order intake amounted to EUR 2.9 million (EUR 3.6 million)
· Net sales decreased 1.3 percent to EUR 37,742 thousand (EUR 38,245
thousand), which amounted to 0.0 percent organic growth at constant currencies
· Cloud revenue increased 4.6 percent to EUR 29,043 thousand (EUR 27,774
thousand), which amounted to 6.0 percent organic growth at constant currencies
· EBIT amounted to EUR 1,380 thousand (EUR 100 thousand)
· Earnings per share (diluted) were EUR -0.10 (EUR -0.25)

Key figures

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EUR thousand 1-3/ 1-3/ Change, % 2020
2021 2020
Net sales 37,742 38,245 -1.3 151,579
Cloud revenue 29,043 27,774 4.6 110,312
Cloud ARR order intake 2,868 3,617 -20.7 19,250

EBIT 1,380 100 4,667
EBITDA 5,225 4,070 28.4 20,207

Gearing, %[1] 47.6 53.4 -10.7 53.0
Cash and cash equivalents[1] 43,080 32,558 32.3 40,461
Cash flows from operating activities 6,358 6,497 -2.1 25,252

Earnings per share, diluted, EUR -0.10 -0.25 58.8 -0.51

Personnel[1] 1,334 1,342 -0.6 1,336

[1 ]At the end of the period.
The interim report is unaudited.

Guidance for 2021

Basware expects uncertainty in the business environment to continue in the first
half of 2021 and keeps the guidance for the full year 2021 unchanged:

· Modest positive Net sales growth on an organic constant currency basis

· EBIT approximately at the same level or better than the previous year

CEO Klaus Andersen:

“Basware’s profitability and cash position continued to develop positively
during the first quarter of the year with net sales developing in line with
expectations. Total net sales were EUR 37.7 million, which amounted to flat
organic growth at constant currencies. The expected accelerated reduction in
maintenance revenues were compensated by the Cloud revenue growth of 6% and
Consulting revenue growth of 12% organic at constant currencies in Q1. EBIT
amounted to EUR 1.4 million for the quarter, a substantial improvement of EUR
1.3 million compared to the corresponding period last year, Cash from operating
activities delivered EUR 6.4 million.

Order intake continued to be impacted by uncertainty in the business environment
primarily caused by the pandemic. The cautiousness, especially among large
enterprises, seen during the crisis continued into the first quarter and
impacted sales activities. Cloud order intake amounted to EUR 2.9 million.

Nevertheless, we welcomed several, important new customers in Q1 and continued
to expand our business relationships with many of our existing customers. Among
others, Jeld-Wen Inc., a global manufacturing company based in North America,
joined as a new customer in Q1 and we increased our cloud business with existing
customers such as GKN Automotive and Valmet.

Our partner and co-exist strategy reached an important milestone as we signed a
contract with Harbour Energy Plc, a leading independent North Sea oil and gas
group, enabled by a partner led joint bid together with a global procurement
focused competitor of ours. In March, PwC Germany, a leading auditing and
consultancy firm, also became a member of our partner ecosystem, with Basware
cloud solutions now being used by PwC Germany to deliver finance transformations
to their customers.

We were pleased to receive a Leader category recognition from IDC MarketScape
2020-2021 report in February. We also continued to develop and expand our
solutions further with the new and fully integrated Shopping Experience in
Basware Purchase to Pay being completed. Global Statutory compliance remains a
key element within our network services and our journey continued by adding a
new E-Invoice Receiving Solution compliant with China Fapiao Regulations
allowing customers to quickly and easily detect non-compliant invoices.

In March, we announced that Chief Revenue Officer, Paul Taylor stepped down from
the Basware Executive Team to take on the role of Country Manager for United
Kingdom and Ireland leading one of Basware's key growth markets. The search for
a new Chief Revenue Officer has now commenced and, in the interim, I will act as
the Chief Revenue Officer.

Our full year guidance remains unchanged and we continue to expect a gradual
normalization of the business environment towards the second half of the year.“

Results conference call

Basware arranges a briefing for analysts and press, where CEO Klaus Andersen and
CFO Martti Nurminen will comment on the events and financial performance of the
past quarter. The results briefing can be followed via live webcast or
teleconference. A recording of the briefing will be available shortly after the
event.

Time: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 2 p.m. EEST / 12 p.m. GMT
Place: Basware HQ, Linnoitustie 2, Cello-building, Espoo, Finland
Video webcast and teleconference registration: https://basware.videosync.fi/2021
-q1-results

Teleconference numbers:

Finland: +358 981 710 310
Sweden: +46 856 642 651
United Kingdom: +44 3 333 000 804
United States: +1 6 319 131 422

PIN: 87272028#

To join in analysts and press briefing, please contact ir@basware.com.
Basware Corporation

Klaus Andersen
CEO

For more information, please contact:
Martti Nurminen, CFO, Basware Corporation
Tel. +358 (0)40 751 7194, martti.nurminen@basware.com
Distribution:
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About Basware:
Basware offers the largest open business network in the world and is the global
leader in providing networked purchase-to-pay solutions and e-invoicing
services. Our technology empowers organisations with 100% spend visibility by
enabling the capture of all financial data across procurement, finance, accounts
payable and accounts receivable functions. Basware is a global company doing
business in more than 100 countries and is traded on the Helsinki exchange
(BAS1V: HE). Find out more at https://investors.basware.com/en.

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