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Digitouch Investor Presentation 2021

Sep 20, 2021

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CLOUD IS THE NEW DIGITAL

Company Overview

FIRST HALF RESULTS AS AT 30 JUNE, 2021

DISCLAIMER

This document has been prepared by Gruppo DigiTouch (the "Company") for use during meetings with investors and financial analysts and solely for information purposes.

The information set out herein has not been verified by an independent audit company, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, branches, representative offices as well as any of their directors, officers, employees, advisers or agents accepts any responsibility for/or makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy, timeliness or completeness of the information set out herein or any other related information regarding the Company, whether written, oral or in visual or electronic form, transmitted or made available.

This document may contain forward looking statements about the Company based on current expectations and opinions developed by the Company. These forward looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties (many of which are outside the control of the Company) which could cause a material difference between forward looking information and actual future results. The Company assumes no obligation to provide updates of any of the aforesaid forward looking statements.

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CLOUD IS THE NEW DIGITAL

OUR

VISION DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION ARE THE KEYS FOR GROWTH AND NEW BUSINESS - CLOUD MARKETING IS THE DIGITOUCH VALUE OFFERING TO ADDRESS COMPANIES NEEDS FOR A FULL INTEGRATED AND SCALABLE SERVICE

OUR

MISSION TO SUPPORT OUR CLIENTS AND PA IN THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PATH, THROUGH AN INTEGRATED OFFER OF DIGITAL MARKETING, TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE SERVICES, WITH A MARKET CENTRIC APPROACH

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CREATING VALUE BY LEVERAGING ON AN INTEGRATED APPROACH AND CROSS FERTILIZATION

TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

  • Data analysis & insights
  • Business analytics & predictive models
  • Data science & machine learning
  • Mar-Tech system integration
  • Marketing Automation
  • Business Process Automation

E-COMMERCE SERVICES

  • •E-commerce solutions
  • •Interface development
  • •Experience Design •Cloud Solutions

MARKETING SERVICES

  • Omnichannel marketing
  • Content & Creativity
  • Tracking
  • SEO & CRO
  • Special projects
  • Digital event platform

We are a Cloud Marketing Company with focus on integrating Technology, Marketing, Resources and Skills.

Confidential and proprietary information of Gruppo DigiTouch. All rights reserved.Flexibility, market centricity, consultancy and assets integration are our keys

VALUE FOR CLIENTS

Plan, implement and manage clients' digital offers

Display and sell clients' goods and services digitally Promote market and services and recruit clients online

SCALABILITY & PERFORMANCES

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WELL POSITIONED TO CAPTURE OPPORTUNITIES COMING FROM ITALIAN DIGITAL GAP

Digital enablers: innovative technologies (cloud computing, cyber security, artificial intelligence, IoT and big data) among the main growth drivers of the digital sector

  • Organic trends: i) "New digital habits of Italians" ii) "Growing digital adoption by Italian SMEs" iii) "Digital enablers
  • Main goals for NRRP: i) "Government service digitalisation" with investments to accelerate the digital transformation of PAs, also including (amongst others) the justice and healthcare systems; ii) "Transition 4.0 and direct investments"; and iii) "Infrastructure", i.e. investments in the UBB and 5G networks as well as datacentres and cloud infrastructure.

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ROBUST SET OF RESULTS IN 1H 2021

ORGANIC GROWTH COMBINED WITH STRONG MARGINS

Recovery of major clients along with new customers acquisition

  • Strong organic growth by 15% compared to 1H 2020
  • Solid contribution of the new segments: Technology and Ecommerce
  • Operating profitability improved and overall profitability preserved
    • EBITDA Adj up 12% with healthy margins on Revenues at 17%
    • EBIT growing by 17% with 5%margins
  • Net income as adjusted for goodwill amortization at €1,2m
  • Positive Cash flow generation with FCF at €0,9m vs €0,6m at the end of FY 2020
  • Net financial debt at €2,1m, in line with FY 2020 after paying dividends and purchase of own shares - Significantly low Net Debt/EBITDA LTM (0,3x in FY 2020), offering room for additional leverage and investments

DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO

EXPERTISE IN DIFFERENT SEGMENTS – CORE CUSTOMERS

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WELL BALANCED CLIENTS' PORTFOLIO

STRONG EXPERTISE IN TELCO, UTILITIES, FINANCE AND INSURANCE

  • Strong presence in key areas (i.e. telco, utilities, finance and insurance)
  • Solid presence also in Retail & commerce, and Luxury
  • Increasing market shares in PA and Pharma
  • Around #20 new clients acquired in the last 6-8 months only – including top tier such as TIM, Bip, and Candy

COMPETITIVE ARENA

Overall market convergence in the area of "Integrated Offer", generating additional market consolidation

  • Gruppo DigiTouch competes with big consultancy groups through a mix of consulting, marketing and tech
  • Compared to them, DigiTouch can be more flexible in delivering some customized projects at more scalable

FOCUSING ON SHORT & MID TERMS TECHNOLOGY WAVES ABLE TO INCREASE DIGITOUCH POSITIONING & MARKET SHARE

INSURTECH

Digitalization of Insurance Industry is just starting. Digitouch has skills, case histories, technology and a primary role in Italian Insurtech Association (IIA)

Ecommerce customer experience will evolve and ecommerce streaming not only will be a main trend, but will aggregate media, marketing, transaction and social skills.

E-COMMRCE STREAMING

MACHINE

LEARNING

CLOUD COMPUTING

Cloud is not only the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the internet but also leverage on marketing, ecommerce & data services remotely

Data management and Forecasting models are always more central to manage mid & large companies processes. Digitouch group is a pioneer in this domain since the 1° wave of fraud management services

FRONT ENDS

Evolutions of customer journeys is moving fast and Voice, Mobile & web interfaces are always more integrated and performing, User experience is a key DigiTouch domain.

Marketing Services Technology Services E-Commerce Services

+12%

2,9

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Note: EBITDA as adj. for non recurring items of €36k - Net Income as adj. for goodwill amortization Data in euro million; data accounted in IT GAAP

5,3

10,7

31% 63%

1H 2021 INCOME STATEMENT

INCOME STATEMENT (€M)

(Euro
M)
Statement
Income
1H'20 '21
1H
%
YoY
Revenues 95
14
,
16
17
,
8%
14
,
adj
EBITDA
2
61
,
2
91
,
6%
11
,
margin
EBITDA
5%
17
,
0%
17
,
EBIT 0
74
,
0
87
,
16
9%
,
EBIT
margin
5
0%
,
5
0%
,
before
Earnings
tax
0
57
,
0
73
,
26
7%
,
Net
Income
0
39
,
0
35
,
7%
-11
,
adj
for
goodwill
Income
amortization
Net
1
17
,
1
19
,
2
3%
,
adj
Net
Income
. margin
7
8%
,
6
9%
,
  • Top line organic growth of 14,8% thanks to: favorable market conditions for existing clients (despite the ongoing pandemic and uncertainties); entrance of new customers
  • EBITDA adj. at €2,9m, up 11,6% vs 1H 2020 thanks to lower operating costs whose incidence on Revenues was down from 53,4% to 51,6% YoY. A better mix, and the new go-to-market approach (with focus on more profitable projects) were also the keys
  • Capitalized cost of €0,3m, down by 12% vs 1H 2020. Depreciations and amortization increased due to change in perimeter, nevertheless EBIT was up 16,9% vs 1H 2020
  • Significant growth in pre-tax earnings, while Net income was slightly impacted by higher taxation
  • Adjusted Net Result: heavily impacted by the effect of goodwill amortization accounted in accordance with OIC rules

1H 2021 GROWTH AT BOTTOM LINE LEVEL

NET INCOME ADJ. (€M)

of
Analysis
adj
Net
Income
FY'17 FY'18 FY'19 '20
FY
'20
1H
'21
1H
Revenues 28
89
,
30
60
,
38
95
,
33
52
,
14
95
,
17
16
,
residual
Goodwill
11
36
,
10
01
,
8
59
,
8
35
,
7
86
,
7
52
,
Net
Equity
14
08
,
14
07
,
14
50
,
14
77
,
14
65
,
14
66
,
Equity
after
goodwill
Net
coverage
2
72
,
4
05
,
92
5
,
6
42
,
6
79
,
14
7
,
Goodwill
amortization
25
1
,
35
1
,
49
1
,
60
1
,
0
78
,
0
85
,
Net
Income
0
42
,
0
27
,
0
77
,
0
07
,
0
39
,
0
35
,
adj
for
goodwill
Net
Income
amort
1
66
,
1
62
,
2
26
,
1
67
,
1
17
,
1
19
,
adj
margin
Net
Income
7%
5
,
3%
5
,
8%
5
,
0%
5
,
8%
7
,
9%
6
,
  • Starting from FY 2022, DigiTouch will report its financials in IFRS GAAP
  • DigiTouch still reports its Financials in IT GAAP
  • Adjusted Net income: heavily impacted by the effect of goodwill amortization accounted in accordance with OIC rules. This metric better shows the profitability of the company
  • Net Equity after goodwill coverage: highlights the ability to cover the residual value of goodwill

1H 2021 FCF GENERATION AND NFP DYNAMICS

CASH FLOW (€M)

(Euro
M)
Detailed
FCF
FY'20 '21
1H
EBITDA 2
61
,
2
91
,
Other 1
10
,
-1
33
,
Change
in
WC
-0
60
,
0
41
,
Cash
Flow
Operating
3
11
,
1
99
,
Capital
expenditures
-3
19
,
-0
09
,
(investments)/divestments
Other
0
68
,
-1
05
,
FCF 0
60
,
0
85
,

NFP (€M)

  • Positive cash generation with FCF up from €0,6 in FY 2020 to €0,9m at the end of semester. Positive change in at Operating cash flow level due a lower absorption of Working capital. NWC negatively impacted by approx. €1,4m in payables not cashed in from a key customer
  • Other Investments including shares in Ondeal that will be accounted for as intangible asset from 2H 2021 onwards. Significantly low Net Debt/EBITDA at 0,3x - still room for additional leverage and investments

BALANCE SHEET (€M)

Balance
Sheet
(Euro
M)
FY'20 '21
1H
Goodwill 8
35
,
48
7
,
Other
Assets
67
7
,
8
22
,
Working
Capital
Net
2
40
,
2
62
,
Liabilities
Long
-term
1
14
-
,
1
51
-
,
Capital
Employed
Net
16
78
,
16
81
,
Net
Equity
14
77
,
14
67
,
Financial
Debt
Net
2
01
,
2
14
,
Equity
and
Funds
Net
16
78
,
16
81
,
  • Stable Net capital employed, influenced by €1,1m investment in the controlled company Digital Market Solutions, and by €0,6m used to buy 7,1% shares of the innovative start-up Arena, active in the insurance market place field
  • NFP of €2,1m vs €2,0 in FY 2020, impacted by dividends distribution and ongoing share buy-back program for €0,4m.
  • Net debt including €8,5m in cash and cash equivalents vs €7,8m in FY 2020

STRATEGIC ROADMAP 2021 – GUIDANCE 2021 CONFIRMED

Revenues >= €40m

EBITDA adj. €6,2-6,5m

DigiTouch will continue to focus on the new integrated offer through the go-to-market approach while maintaining attention on both top line growth – also through M&As – and profitability progress

The digital shift is one of the most profound changes brought about by the pandemic, and DigiTouch is taking all the available opportunities with a clear strategy aimed at:

  • 1. Focus on the sector of public tenders
  • 2. Accelerate e-commerce / development of digital enabler e-commerce positioning
  • 3. Speed up innovation in the fast growing areas of insurtech, e-commerce streaming, cloud computing, machine learning, front ends
  • 4. Offer integrated projects combining its platforms with customers' technologies

.O4

Solid top management with length experience in the industry and trustable credibility

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THANKS

[email protected]

Gruppo DigiTouch - Via Zarotto 2 - 20124 Milan - ITALY T 02 89295100 W GRUPPODIGITOUCH.IT S