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ECIT AS — Investor Presentation 2024
May 8, 2024
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2024 highlights
- Division performance
- Acquisitions
- Financial review

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Peter Lauring CEO

Mads Skovgaard CFO
Highlights
- 15.8% revenue growth / 3.8% organic
- Macroeconomic and political conditions - affect the IT-Division – the F&A Division is doing well
- Easter timing
- Cost savings program – progress according to plan
- EBITDA 112m – Easter effect +15m – normalised in H1 2024
Q1 2024 results
Revenue: 999m (15,8%)
Organic growth: 3.8%
EBITDA: 112m (11.2%)
EBIT: 49m (4.9%)
EPS: 0.05 NOK (0.07)
Free cash flow: 70m (111)
10 largest companies: ~60% (% Total Group)
Mcap: 3.3bn
shares: 465m

Divisions

F&A division
| Financial overview – Q1 2024 |
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|---|---|---|
| (NOKm) | Q1 2024 |
Q1 2023 |
| Revenue EBITDA |
573 90 |
509 86 |
| Total growth revenue EBITDA-margin |
12 5% 15 7% |
30 8% 16 9% |

EBITDA and margin development


• Nearshoring – focus area.

IT division
| Financial overview – Q1 2024 |
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|---|---|---|
| (NOKm) | Q1 2024 |
Q1 2023 |
| Revenue EBITDA |
404 30 |
355 42 |
| Total growth revenue EBITDA-margin |
13 7% 5% 7 |
18 7% 11 8% |
Revenue development Comments 15.0% 18.7%

EBITDA and margin development

• Macroeconomic and political conditions.
- Easter effect.
- Consolidation and mergers
Tech division
| Financial overview – Q1 2024 |
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|---|---|---|
| (NOKm) | Q1 2024 |
Q1 2023 |
| Revenue EBITDA |
54 -1 |
35 2 |
| Total growth revenue EBITDA-margin |
55 9% -1 7% |
23 6% 5 7% |
Annual recurring revenue (core software) Comments

• Reasonable growth.
• Core software revenue – growth driven by Intect and ECIT Digital.
Revenue development

Acquisitions in 2024


Notes:

All figures presented are according to the latest published annual report EBITDA, including IFRS16 lease accounting impact *Associated company – ownership share ~25% **Including acquired customer portfolios
Financial review

Financial review
Profit & loss summarized Comments
| Q1 | Q1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (NOKm) | 2024 | 2023 | Growth |
| Revenue | 999 | 862 | 15.8% |
| EBITDA | 112 | 115 | -2.9% |
| EBITA | 77 | 86 | -9.9% |
| EBIT | 49 | 65 | -24.1% |
| Profit for the period |
28 | 49 | -42.4% |
| Adj . profit for the period |
33 | 50 | -33.6% |
| P&L items: |
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| Retructuring & transaction costs |
-5 | -1 | 397.2% |
| Financial income |
8 | 8 | -1.3% |
| Financial expenses |
-16 | -10 | 63.7% |
| KPIs | |||
| Total growth revenue |
15 8% |
25 9% |
-10.1 p.p. |
| Organic growth revenue |
3 8% |
10 8% |
-7 p.p. |
| M&A growth revenue |
10 5% |
12 1% |
-1.6 p.p. |
| Currency impact |
1 5% |
2 9% |
-1.4 p.p. |
| EBITDA-margin | 11 2% |
13 4% |
-2.2 p.p. |
| EBIT-margin | 4 9% |
7 5% |
-2.6 p.p. |
| Adj diluted EPS |
0 05 |
0 07 |
-32.3% |
- Total revenue 15.8% (25.9%) organic revenue growth of 3.8% (10.8%)
- Easter timing fewer working days were impacting the result for Q1 2024 on most metrics.
- Cost-saving program limited impact on the Q1 result.
- Increased financial expenses increased debt and higher interest rates (comparable period).
Cash Flow & financial position
| Q1 | Q1 | |
|---|---|---|
| (NOKm) | 2024 | 2023 |
| EBITDA | 112 | 115 |
| Restructuring & transaction costs | -5 | -1 |
| Corporation tax, paid | -25 | -22 |
| Change in NWC | 20 | 48 |
| Cash flow from operations | 102 | 140 |
| Cash flow from investing | -72 | -36 |
| Cash flow from financing | -65 | -70 |
| Cash flow for the period | -35 | 34 |
| Cash flow from operations | 102 | 140 |
| Restructuring & transaction costs | 5 | 1 |
| Net investments in tangible assets | -9 | -6 |
| Repayment of lease liabilities | -28 | -24 |
| Free cash flow | 70 | 111 |
Cash Flow Statement Free cash flow (NOK million) Comments

Financial position (NOK million)
| (NOKm) | Q1 2024 |
Q1 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| NIBD debt |
396 | 42 |
| leasing ex. Leverage ratio |
1 3x |
0 6x |
| NIBD | 658 | 260 |
| Undrawn revolving facility |
138 | 448 |
- Easter timing impact and change in NWC (timing LY) - explaining the lower cash flow from operation compared to last year.
- NIBD ex. Leasing debt of NOK 396 million (42).
- Increase in debt completed acquisitions in the last 12 months and strategic decision to increase ownership share in subsidiaries.
- Increase of credit facility in April NOK 250 million (in total NOK 1 billion.)


Overall evaluation

