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LINK Mobility Group Holding

Investor Presentation Nov 5, 2025

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Q3 2025

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LINK Mobility – Europe's leading provider of digital messaging

European market leader with global ambitions and a proven growth track record

LINK at a glance

  • 1 in Europe for A2P Messaging 1

  • European #1 Awardwinning RCS solution
  • ~ 60k customers with recurring usage
  • 23 billion messages sent LTM
  • ~ 700 employees across more than 30 offices
  • Presence in 18 European countries + 2 in LATAM
  • 35+ acquisitions since 2014

Broad and innovative product portfolio Proven M&A Track Record

Q3'25: Introducing shareholder return policy alongside robust M&A pipeline

LINK delivers steady robust growth with expanding margins and announces shareholder return policy

LINKs strategy supports both accretive M&A and shareholder distributions

  • Accretive M&A opportunities will have priority
  • Target distribution of ~NOK 300 million equivalent (NOK 1/share) for 2025
  • Shareholder distribution expected to grow annually subject to M&A activity

Proforma Gross profit growth of 6% you reflecting expected growth in SMSPortal

  • High margin conversational solutions continue to drive margin expansion and growth
  • Selected clients reducing messaging spend expected to dilute growth through 2H'25
  • Attractive OTT pricing and traction represents an opportunity for further growth

Proforma Adj. EBITDA growth of 9% reflecting the scalable business model

  • Adj. EBITDA margin expansion to 13% driven by positive traffic and product mix
  • Reported EBITDA of NOK 171m after non-recurring cost mainly M&A-related

Quality of revenue grows with conversational OTT solutions

  • · Gross profit growth outpace revenue growth from increasing share of high-margin products
  • Solid closed won contracts of NOK 43 million up 53% yoy in seasonally soft guarter
  • Strong backlog and pipeline on high margin conversational OTT supports future growth

Vast pipeline of actionable accretive M&A targets totalling cash EBITDA of EUR 50mill

  • Progressing with more mature targets within historical multiple range
  • Level-up targets addressed with combination of equity, cash and earn-outs
  • SMSPortal closing expected end of November

Proforma financials including SMSPortal*

NOKm Q3'24
Proforma
Growth
(stable FX)
Q3'25
Proforma
Q3'24 LTM
Proforma
Growth
(stable FX)
Q3'25 LTM
Proforma
Gross profit 456 25 482 1.854 148 2.002
Organic growth (%) 6% 8%
Gross margin % 21,9 % +2.3pp 24,3 % 21,5 % +2.6pp 24,1 %
Adj. EBITDA 245 22 268 988 125 1.113
Organic growth (%) 9% 13%
Adj. EBITDA margin % 11,8 % +1.7pp 13,5 % 11,5 % +2.0pp 13,4 %

Rapid organic growth in billable RCS and WhatsApp events (millions) and % share of SMS MT

Adjusted EBITDA growth of 9% and improved margins

Margin expansion driven by growth on high margin products and favorable traffic mix

Proforma Gross Profit development (NOKm)

Pro forma adjusted EBITDA development (NOKm)

Proforma gross profit growth of 6% in stable currency

Organic footprint delivered 5% gross profit growth in stable currency

  • Enterprise gross profit growth improved QoQ to 5%
  • Handful of enterprise clients adjusting communication spend impacted growth momentum with 2-3 percentage points similar to last guarter
  • Effect expected to diminish by end of the year
  • Higher margin conversational contracts supports growth and margin expansion

Growth momentum in SMSPortal at high single digit in line with expectations

Proforma adj.EBITDA growth of 9% in stable currency

Organic footprint delivered 9% adj.EBITDA growth in stable currency

  • Gross profit growth flow through to adj.EBITDA due to scalable business model
  • Limited organic opex growth of 2% yoy

Proforma adj.EBITDA growth including SMSPortal at 9%

Solid quarter with commercial results supporting future growth

Closed won contract value of NOK 43 million and in the high end of expectations for third quarter

Gross profit contribution from new contract wins1

Strong closed won contracts growth yoy driven largely by SMS

  • SMS A2P contract value growth from strong wins in Banking and SW platforms
  • Gross profit from new CPaaS contracts up 23% yoy driven by OTT
  • Share of new client contracts represents 30% of total closed value

Gross profit from new CPaaS contract wins & OTT split

OTT solutions accelerate CPaaS momentum

  • OTT solutions represent the majority of CPaaS contracts closed
  • OTT contract wins up NOK 2 million (+31% YoY)
  • Key drivers are contracts within supermarket, retail, and e-commerce

Continued increasing adoption rates and new more advanced solutions positions LINK for future growth with its local approach strategy

Increased adoption of digital messaging and changing market conditions to more advanced solutions set LINK for future growth

Adoption rates (A2P SMS per inhabitant) is increasing over time

  • Adoption rates have increased in all European countries LINK is exposed over time with a higher growth rate in Central & Western Europe
  • Nordic markets the most mature in the world
  • Significant potential for further increased adoption across Europe
  • Supportive for strong future growth momentum for LINK

A2P SMS1 per inhabitant in European regions

• Increased adoption of A2P messaging gives foundation for future CPaaS growth

Traction on new CPaaS products supports future growth

  • New channels and conversational solutions have increased demand in the market
  • Richer channels such as RCS have demonstrated enhanced value in use cases:
  • Increased ROI for clients in mobile market campaigns
  • Extracting increased value from notifications in security critical industries like banking
  • More efficient client interactions increasing customer loyalty and reduces cost

Conversational messaging on RCS and WhatsApp

Increasing WhatsApp demand within logistics

Transportation and logistics sector makes up approx. 10% of LINK's gross profit

Digital Assistant on WhatsApp has been in large demand

Reduced operational costs

-30% less calls to handle

Anti-fraud RCS use case for banking industry

Banking & Insurance make up approx a quarter of LINK's gross profit

Use case explanation

  • · Bank identifies a suspicious transaction, money transfer, online payment, etc
  • The transaction is automatically put on hold
  • Customer recieve RCS with transaction details where they need to choose: «Yes, it was me / No, it was not me»
  • The RCS message is integrated to the IT system of the bank

Benefits

  • Secure technology as the RCS agent is approved by the MNOs and Google before it goes live
  • · Quick response time from customer
  • Better user experience than SMS
  • More room to write texts versus SMS

Customer feedback has been highly positive, and adoption of the use case continues to grow

Android

Strong growth and cash flow generation enables both M&A and distributions

Unique shareholder offering combining shareholder distributions with compounding growth from organic and inorganic initiatives

Capital allocation principles aim to balance between:

  • Growth opportunities Maintain sufficient capacity for both organic investments and M&A
  • Shareholder distributions Provide an attractive and predictable shareholder distribution policy
  • Financial strength and resilience Ensure compliance with leverage policy to preserve balance sheet solidity

Strong cash flow generation before costs related to M&A

Normalized pro forma LTM cash generation NOKm
Adj. EBITDA 1.121
Restructuring costs¹ 12
Capex 189
Cash EBITDA 921
Lease and bond¹ 136
Pre tax cash generation 785
Tax 149
Cash flow generation 636

LINK has the capacity to fund both M&A and shareholder distributions going forward

  • Proforma free cash generation post SMSPortal acquisition of NOK 600 million supports excess cash flow after M&A need related to bolt-on acquisitions
  • Ability to fund acquisition of ~NOK 100m Cash EBITDA only with limited use of cash flow from operations while maintaining a constant leverage ratio, driven by:
  • ~NOK 100m incremental EBITDA contribution from acquisitions (at 6.5x multiple)
  • Assuming a ~10% organic growth in adj. EBITDA
  • 1/3 of the acquisition consideration settled in shares
  • Capacity to execute on accretive M&A and shareholder returns at stable leverage ratio

M&A of NOK 100 million cash EBITDA requires limited cash flow from operations2

Shareholder Return Policy - LINK Mobility

LINK Mobility aims to deliver long-term value to its shareholders by ensuring a competitive return on invested capital.

Target ordinary distribution of ~NOK 300 million (NOK 1 per share) for fiscal year 2025, with future distributions targeted to grow in nominal terms subject to M&A activity.

Ordinary shareholder distributions will be made either through dividends or share buybacks with subsequent share cancellation, based on the Board of Directors' assessment of the most value-accretive option for shareholders.

Accretive M&A transactions generating high shareholder value will be prioritized. M&A activity fluctuate on a yearly basis – years with substantial M&A activity may result in reductions of dividends or buybacks.

LINK Mobility is committed to maintaining financial discipline, with a target ceiling for NIBD/EBITDA adj. of 2.0x to 2.5x.

Planned shareholder distribution for fiscal year 2025

Cancellation of treasury shares as a lever to maintain financial flexibility for funding solid accretive M&A pipeline

For 2025, LINK targets to cancel treasury shares and potentially execute on additional share buybacks with subsequent cancellation, equivalent to a total ordinary shareholder distribution of NOK 300 million or NOK 1 per share1

This approach has been selected due to its lower liquidity requirements, ensuring that LINK maintains sufficient financial flexibility heading into 2026 to capitalize on an attractive M&A pipeline.

Increased market activity and engagement in larger M&A opportunities

LINK's M&A pipeline is accelerating with attractive larger targets in structured processes and active negotiations

Market and target update

  • 10 prioritized targets in pipeline including larger targets in structural processes
  • 6 targets in due diligence with larger targets than normal
  • Larger targets has higher uncertainty on signing
  • Total Cash EBITDA EUR >50 million for the 10 prioritized targets

Main focus next 3-6 month

  • Closing and integrating SMSPortal acquisition expected closing Nov'25
  • Extracting synergies and growth potential in SMSPortal
  • Progress acquisitions of bolt-on acquisitions in Europe in DD
  • Positioning LINK in structured processes for larger targets

Proven M&A Track Record

LINKs inorganic growth strategy is governed through the disciplined M&A playbook, historical track record for M&A and within the defined policy for leverage roof of 2.0 – 2.5x adjusted EBITDA

Value creation through organic growth and accretive M&A

Key objectives medium term

Growth

High-single digit GP growth

Profitability

Adj.EBITDA growth >

Gross Profit growth

Capital allocation

Accretive M&A first priority

Beyond M&A, LINK expects growing shareholder distributions

Leverage policy of max 2.0 – 2.5x adj. EBITDA

Financials

Q3 2025

Revenue mix effects increase profitability

Revenue growth impacted by shift from low margin traffic to higher margin traffic and products

Reported revenue (NOKm)

Organic revenue decline of 7% mainly from Global Messaging segment

  • 6pp of revenue decline explained by Global Messaging
  • Lower effect of terminated traffic QoQ
  • Competitive environment on global low-value use cases impact growth momentum
  • LINK well positioned to capture volumes going forward
  • Stable enterprise revenue development with positive traffic and product mix
  • Handful large enterprise clients reducing messaging spend diluting growth momentum
    • Headwind is expected to diminish by end of the year
  • New OTT contracts and positive traffic mix strengthens quality of revenue

Reported development yoy (NOKm)

Reported revenue growth of 2% as organic decline more than offset by M&A

  • Closed and consolidated acquisitions contributes NOK 132 million in Q3'25
  • M&A consolidation impact related to closed acquisitions in Spain and UK*

NRR improvement QoQ and consistently low churn

Q3'25 Net Retention Rate impact from Global Messaging and trending on handful large clients

Enterprise and Global Messaging churn (%)

Churn improved QoQ both within Enterprise and Global Messaging

New CPaaS solutions further support sticky integrations and high transition costs

Net retention rate (NRR) %

NRR improved QoQ while continued Gross profit growth > revenue growth

  • · Diminishing effect of termination of low-value traffic in Global Messaging
  • Competitive market across aggregator business impact NRR
  • Impact from high-volume, low-margin traffic to fade by year-end
  • Medium-term target for gross profit growth implies an NRR of ~105%

Reported gross profit growth of 12%

Mid-single digit organic gross profit growth and increased margin supported by phasing in OTT channel contracts

Gross profit NOKm

Organic gross profit growth of 5% in line with previous quarter

  • Enterprise gross profit growth improved 2pp QoQ to 5%
  • Handful enterprise clients adjusting non-critical communication spend
  • Impact group growth momentum with 2-3 percentage points
  • Headwind is expected to diminish by end of the year
  • Conversational solutions contracts supports margin expansion and growth
  • Global Messaging gross profit growth of 9% or NOK 3 million

Closed and consolidated acquisitions contributes NOK 25 million in Q3'25

Group gross margin (%)

Organic gross margin expansion of 2.7pp from traffic and product mix shift

  • Enterprise gross margin supported total margin expansion with 1.3pp
  • Traffic mix improvement towards higher value products and clients
  • OTT continue to contribute to improved margins by 0.9pp
  • Global Messaging improving total margin by 1.4pp from traffic mix
  • Slight negative margin effect from closed and consolidated acquisitions

Reported adjusted EBITDA growth of 17%

Organic adj.EBITDA growth of 9% and improved margin supported by scalable business model

Adj. EBITDA NOKm

Organic growth in adjusted EBITDA 9% in fixed currency

  • Organic Adj. EBITDA growth of NOK 14 million in fixed currency
  • NOK 18 million from organic gross profit growth
  • Organic opex growth of NOK 4 million or 2% yoy

Closed and consolidated acquisitions contributes NOK 14 million in Q3'25

Adj. EBITDA margin (%)

Adjusted EBITDA margin expanded YoY to 11.5%

  • Improved margin related to gross margin expansion
  • Improved traffic mix towards higher value traffic
  • Improved contribution from richer OTT channels
  • Opex to sales increased from topline decline while stable underlying
  • Acquired entities erode adj.EBITDA margin slightly by 0.2pp

Statement of Profit & Loss

NOK in millions Q3 2025 Q3 2024 YTD 2025 YTD 2024
Total operating revenues 1 694 1 658 5 103 5 145
Direct cost of services rendered (1 293) (1 301) (3 870) (4 054)
Gross profit 401 357 1 233 1 092
Operating expenses (206) (190) (627) (587)
Adjusted EBITDA 195 166 605 505
Non-recurring costs (24) (38) (82) (68)
EBITDA 171 129 523 436
Depreciation and amortization (95) (86) (284) (252)
Operating profit (loss) 76 43 239 185
Net financials (38) (21) (141) (17)
Profit (loss) before income tax 38 23 98 168
Income tax (21) (2) (42) (45)
Profit (loss) from continuing operations 17 21 56 123
Profit (loss) from discontinued operations - - (2) 213
Profit (loss) for the period 17 21 54 336

Non-recurring items of NOK 24 million

  • M&A cost of NOK 14 million
  • Restructuring NOK 7 million mainly M&A related
  • Option cost of NOK 3 million mainly from ordinary program cost

Depreciation and amortization NOK 95 million

  • Amortization of intangible assets from R&D NOK 27 million
  • Amortization of acquisitions (PPA's) NOK 63 million
  • No replacement capex expected
  • Cost related to PPA's does not affect dividend capacity
  • Depreciation of leasing and fixed assets NOK 5 million

Net financials negative NOK 38 million

  • Net currency loss of NOK 21 million mainly related to EUR
  • Net interest expense of NOK 22 million
  • Other financial item of NOK 6 million related to positive earn-out adjustment

Solid balance sheet with ample capacity for inorganic growth

Solid cash position and leverage of 1.0x adjusted EBITDA

NOK in millions Q3 2025 Q3 2024 Year 2024
Non-current assets 6.713 7.492 6.633
Trade and other receivables 1.250 1.699 1.610
Cash and cash equivalents 1.851 2.491 2.479
Total assets 9.814 11.682 10.722
Equity 5.488 5.518 5.378
Long-term borrowings 2.610 4.328 1.458
Deferred tax liabilities 222 244 256
Other long-term liabilities 36 30 30
Total non-current liabilities 2.868 4.602 1.744
Trade and other payables 1.314 1.411 1.475
Other short-term liabilities 130 108 106
Short-term borrowings 14 43 2.020
Total current liabilities 1.458 1.562 3.600
Total liabilities 4.326 6.163 5.344
Total liabilities and equity 9.814 11.682 10.722

Non-current assets lower YoY from currency effects and termination of own bonds

  • Investment in own LINK01 bonds of NOK 877 million cancelled in Q4'24
  • NOK 389 million from M&A add-on offset by bond cancellation and currency adjustment

Receivables positively impacted by settlement of US divestment receivables

  • Settlement of earn-out and partly seller's credit from US divestment of NOK 218 million
  • Underlying improvement in DSO impact receivables YoY

Cash balance of NOK 1.9 billion in Q3 25

  • YoY decreases due to debt repayment, M&A, and share-buy back
  • SMSPortal cash consideration of NOK 1 billion financed by cash from balance sheet

Long-term borrowings reflecting 2 outstanding bonds totalling EUR 225 million

  • Average rate of 3-month EURIBOR +2.53%
  • Undrawn working capital facility of EUR 65 million utilizable for M&A

Equity NOK 5 488 million and equity percentage of a solid 56%

Net interest-bearing debt* reported at NOK 809 million

• Leverage ratio declined QoQ to 1.0x adj.EBITDA

LTM cash generation of NOK 400 million ex. M&A costs

Lower run-rate of bond interest payments following EUR 145 million debt reduction

NOK in millions Q4'24 Q1'25 Q2'25 Q3'25 LTM Q3'25
Adj.EBITDA 213 198 212 195 819
Interest received 30 19 17 15 81
Other changes in working capital (3) (39) (46) 25 (63)
Taxes paid (16) (32) (21) (18) (87)
Non-recurring costs M&A (43) (12) (28) (21) (104)
Net cash flow from operating activities 181 133 136 196 646
Add back non-recurring costs M&A 43 12 28 21 104
Adj. cash flow from operations 225 145 164 217 750
Capex (41) (46) (55) (47) (189)
Lease and bond (55) (24) (57) (34) (170)
Cash flow after capex and interest 129 75 52 136 391

Cash flow from operations was 101% of Adj.EBITDA in Q3'25

• Working cap release driven by improved collections

LTM net cash flow from operations ex. M&A of NOK 750 million

  • Conversion rate of 92% from adj.EBITDA
  • Non-reccurring costs mainly M&A transaction costs

Q3'25 Capex up NOK 5 million yoy from inflation and market demand

  • Impact of fast-tracked development of CPaaS solutions from market demand
  • Expected full year 2025 capex level around NOK 190 million

Bond interest payments reflective of new LINK03 and LINK02 bonds

• Current quarter payments reflects run-rate following refinancing

Appendix

Q3 2025

Growth in fixed currency

Organic Margin

Growth in fixed currency

Organic Margin

Agreements signed & customer accounts

New agreements signed in quarter

Solid quarter in terms of agreements signed

  • 806 new agreements signed, corresponding to a growth rate of 21% yoy
  • The new agreements consisted of 674 signed direct customer contracts, 40 signed partner framework agreements and 92 new partner customers

Customer accounts ('000)

Growing base over time with close to 60,000 customer accounts

  • NRS, Reach, SMS Works and Firetext acquisitions added ~7 000 accounts
  • Significant upselling potential beyond initial use-case to existing customers
  • High commercial success rate in second sale (~70% win-rate)

Contribution from acquired entities in the quarter

NOKm Country Company Inorganic contribution Q325 Consolidated from
Revenue Spain NRS 28.1 Oct'24
UK Reach Data 20.5 Nov'24
UK SMS Works / Firetext 83.6 May'25
Total revenue 132.2
Gross profit Spain NRS 9.0 Oct'24
UK Reach Data 3.6 Nov'24
UK SMS Works / Firetext 12.1 May'25
Total gross profit 24.7
EBITDA adj. Spain NRS 3.7 Oct'24
UK Reach Data 1.2 Nov'24
UK SMS Works / Firetext 9.0 May'25
Total EBITDA adj. 13.9

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