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Itera Interim / Quarterly Report 2010

Oct 19, 2010

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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Interim Report

Third Quarter 2010

CEO Arne Mjøs
CFO Frank Martinsen
Oslo, 19 October 2010

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→ Highlights in the third quarter

  • Seasonal variation in Q3 2010
  • Revenues down 5% and EBIT down 55% compared to Q3 2009
  • Divested business in Q3 2010
  • 2010 will be a transformation year

  • Towards a focused company

  • Positioning for larger long-term engagements
  • Transformation continues according to plan

  • Good long-term perspective

  • Good demand in Norway and Sweden
  • Improvements in Denmark

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Revenues
NOK million

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Business Review

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→ Market environment

  • Enterprises focus on new growth opportunities and increase spending plans on new technologies and solutions. The hot sales of devices as iPads trigger everyone's interests.
  • Less intense competition but a cautious mind-set continues as the norm among most buyers.
  • Fewer large IT outsourcing deals but selective multi-sourcing is increasing. Cloud services bring both uncertainty and possibilities.
  • Increasing demand for nearshore services to increase capacity driven by reduced time-to-market and revenue growth.
  • Strong demand for business intelligence, software-as-a-service (SaaS), web 2.0 and social media.

  • We see a strong demand for our services offerings

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→ Towards a focused Nordic company

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  • Positioning the ITERA brand in all countries we operate
  • Leverage seamless nearshoring for new opportunities of efficiency and growth
  • Take a leading position in superior user experience at any device
  • Create project deliverables and full life-cycle management with large customers

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→ Strategic change agenda

From To
Many accounts and short pipeline visibility Large accounts and long term book-to-bill
Technology features Business value
Individuals Project teams
Many local delivery models Unified delivery model
Fragmented Focused and aligned

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→ New group structure

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  • The transformation from nine units in four countries into a aligned focused Nordic company is very successful

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→ From CV’s to project delivery

  • Full management team in place from the 1st October in Itera Consulting.
  • A blended mix of top performers from our industry
  • Creating a strong consulting unit and life-cycle delivery chain
  • Strong sales pipeline based on new approach
  • Increasing long term relationships with existing customers

Today's business mix
| Projects | Consultants (CV’s) |
| --- | --- |
| 20 % | 80 % |

Tomorrow's business mix
| Project deliverables | CV’s |
| --- | --- |
| 80 % | 20 % |

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→ Towards full life-cycle delivery

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→ Taking leadership in User Experience (UX)

  • Acquisition of Visual Funk in Q3 to increase capacity in digital communication and mobile solutions
  • Hotspot in social media communication services
  • Financial self-service solutions on iPhone and iPad in banking

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  • Itera is defining new ways to integrate business, communication and technology

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→ Lotto is a typical case for integrated service offerings

  • Business
  • Strategy and concept development
  • Communication
  • Design and user experience
  • Digital campaigns
  • Technology
  • Development
  • Maintenance
  • Hosting

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  • Itera Gazette is providing life-cycle delivery to Lotto through seamless integrated service offerings in Itera

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→ Seamless Nearshoring is integrated into all service offerings

  • Key drivers from customers
  • Drive innovation: Value based sourcing
  • Price pressure: More value for less
  • Resource constraints: Access to global resource pool

  • Ukraine as the most attractive destination

  • Cultural similarities with the Nordics
  • Low IT salaries
  • High tech education
  • Available pool of IT resources
  • Only 2.5 hours flight away.
Country M/E environment Innovation Innovative business models IP Security SD Costs Availability of IT resources Average score
Ukraine 3 5 5 3 5 5 4,3
Belarus 3 3 3 3 3 4 3,1
Russia 4 4 3 3 3 5 3,6
Poland 5 4 4 4 4 3 4
Romania 4 4 4 4 3 4 3,8
Hungary 4 3 3 5 4 3 3,6

Source: European IT Outsourcing Intelligence Report 2010, IT Sourcing Europe Ltd

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→ A growing workforce

  • 365 employees after divested business
  • Nearshoring ratio at 11%

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  • Itera will continue to grow its workforce onshore and nearshore.

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→ A growing number of agreements and increasing customer wallet share

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DnB NOR
Nordea
SpareBank 1

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STATENS PENSJONSKASSE
Oslo kommune

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BOTKYRKA KOMMUN

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INNOVASJON NORGE

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FOA
iF...
AKADEMIBOKHANDELN

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ENIR

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SE
ENERGIMIDT

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SAXO BANK
Mekonomen

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Financial Review

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→ Key figures

Q3 2010 Q3 2009 Change % YTD 2010 YTD 2009 Change % FY 2009
Operating revenue 84.0 88.0 -5 284.3 311.6 -9 411.5
EBITDA 6.4 10.1 -37 23.0 31.1 -26 39.6
EBITDA margin 7.6 % 11.5 % -34 8.1 % 10.0 % -19 9.6 %
Operating profit (EBIT) 3.0 6.7 -55 13.2 21.0 -37 26.5
EBIT margin 3.6 % 7.6 % -53 4.6 % 6.7 % -31 6.4 %
Profit before taxes 3.2 6.7 -53 14.3 21.4 -33 29.3
Profit for the period 5.2 4.9 7 13.2 15.5 -14 20.6
Earnings per share (EPS) 0.06 0.06 8 0.16 0.19 -13 0.25
Net cash flow from operations -2.3 1.3 0.4 21.3 51.5
Cash and cash equivalents 45 53 45 53 72
Equity ratio 53 % 51 % 53 % 51 % 49 %
Number of employees at end of period 365 383 -5 365 383 -5 370
Number of employees in average 370 384 -4 372 387 -4 381

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→ Income statement

NOK Million Q3 2010 Q3 2009 Change % YTD 2010 YTD 2009 Change % FY 2009
Operating revenue 84.0 88.0 -5 284.3 311.6 -9 411.5
Cost of sales 13.0 13.4 -3 52.1 51.8 1 67.0
Personnel expenses 55.9 58.2 -4 184.4 203.8 -10 268.3
Depreciation 3.4 3.4 -3 9.8 10.2 -4 13.1
Other operating expenses 8.8 6.2 41 24.8 24.7 0 36.5
Total operating expenses 81.0 81.3 0 271.1 290.6 -7 385.0
Operating profit (EBIT) 3.0 6.7 -55 13.2 21.0 -37 26.5
Net financial income 0.2 0.1 165 1.1 0.5 139 2.8
Profit before taxes 3.2 6.7 -53 14.3 21.4 -33 29.3
Income taxes -2.1 1.9 -211 1.1 6.0 -82 8.7
Net profit for the period 5.2 4.9 7 13.2 15.5 -14 20.6

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→ One-offs transformation effects

| NOK Million | Q3
2010 |
| --- | --- |
| Net effect divestment | 8.4 |
| Organizational changes | -4.0 |
| New brand platform | -3.0 |
| Others | -0.6 |
| One-offs effect | 0.8 |

  • Profit from the divestment of Promis is balanced by one-offs expenses from the transformation program

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→ Cash flow statement

NOK Million Q3 2010 Q3 2009 YTD 2010 YTD 2009
Cash flow from operating activities
Cash flow from operations (EBITDA) 6.4 10.1 23.0 31.1
Change in balance sheet items -8.7 -8.8 -22.6 -9.8
Net cash flow from operating activities -2.3 1.3 0.4 21.3
Net cash flow from investment activities -2.7 -3.4 -9.0 -9.5
Cash flow from financing activities
Purchase of own shares -0.3 -2.3 -0.7 -2.4
Exercise of stock option programs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
External dividend paid 0.0 0.0 -16.5 -16.7
Net cash flow from financing activities -0.3 -2.3 -17.2 -19.2
Net change in bank deposits and cash -5.4 -4.4 -25.9 -7.3
Bank deposits at the end of the period 45.0 53.0 45.0 53.0

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→ Cash flow from operations

  • Reduced cash flow from operations in 2010
  • Rolling 12-month cash flow down from 2009 but flat to Q2 2010.
  • Good control and visibility of accounts receivable
  • No loss in 2010 YTD

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→ Quarterly development

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Operating revenue
NOK million

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Employees
End of period

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EBITDA and margin
NOK million

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EBIT and margin
NOK million

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→ Shares and options

  • 0.1 million own shares are purchased in Q3
  • 2.9 million (3.4 %) number of own shares at end of period
  • Average price of NOK 3.11 per share
  • Market value of MNOK 9,2
  • The stock option program are not in the money
End of period number of shares 85 340 346
End of period number of shares diluted 82 464 033
End of period number of own shares 2 876 313
End of period number of stock options 0
  • Itera holds 2.9 million own shares, corresponding to 3.4 %

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Outlook

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→ In summary, 2010 will be a transformation year towards long-term profitable growth

  • Creating a focused company with a common brand footprint in the Nordics
  • Transformation of business model from CV’s to projects and life-cycle delivery, including building a strong consulting discipline.
  • Creating leadership in user experience through organic growth and acquisitions
  • Implementation of nearshoring capability into all service offerings to ensure future competitiveness
  • Consolidation of datacenters in Norway and Sweden into one Nordic operation

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→ Outlook

  • 2010 will be a transition year to fulfil the transformation program towards a focused company
  • Recruitment continues in all countries, some business effects to be seen in Q4 but mostly in 2011
  • Strong position for great market opportunities in 2011
  • Itera does not give any forecasts

  • Itera will continue to prioritize quality, profit and growth, in that order

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→ Top 20 shareholders

Name: ITERA ASA
Security type: AK
Date: 17.10.2010

Holding → Percentage ‡ Name ‡ Account type ‡ Citizenship ‡
15,718,298 18.42 ARNE MJØS INVEST AS NOR
3,020,000 3.54 PEDERSEN OLAV WERNER NOR
3,003,000 3.52 DELPHI NORGE JPMORGAN EUROPE LTD, NOR
2,800,057 3.28 DNB NOR SMB VPF NOR
2,725,000 3.19 EIKESTAD A/S C/O PARTNER REVISJON NOR
2,400,000 2.81 RBC DEXIA INVESTOR S S/A LUX-NON-RESIDENT NOM LUX
2,379,436 2.79 STOREBRAND LIVSFORSI P980, AKSJEFONDET NOR
2,204,739 2.58 ITERA CONSULTING GRO NOR
2,200,000 2.58 JØSYRA INVEST AS NOR
2,031,588 2.38 MARXPIST INVEST AS NOR
1,632,000 1.91 BRØDRENE JOHANSSEN H NOR
1,420,000 1.66 BOINVESTERING AS NOR
1,373,332 1.61 STOREBRAND VEKST JPMORGAN EUROPE LTD, NOR
1,017,700 1.19 STOREBRAND NORGE I JPMORGAN EUROPE LTD, NOR
756,177 0.89 AANESTAD PANAGRI AS NOR
697,700 0.82 STOREBRAND NORGE H JPMORGAN EUROPE LTD, NOR
694,888 0.81 OBJECTWARE AS NOR
609,700 0.71 ULLALAND MALVIN NOR
608,100 0.71 AS NORSKE SHELLS PEN P857AK NOR
603,000 0.71 GAMST INVEST AS NOR

47,894,715 56.11

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