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Matrix IT Ltd. Investor Presentation 2024

May 22, 2024

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Investor Meeting Financial Statements as at 31.03.24

Sgt. Major (res) Elias Moshayoff, 33, Pardes Hannah-Karkur, 261st Division Soldier in Battalion 6261, fell in battle in Gaza, 22.1.2024

Remembering the murdered and the fallen. Praying for the return of the hostages from captivity, the return of IDF soldiers from the front and the recovery of the physically and emotionally injured.

After the horrific events of 7.10.23, all members of the Kutz family was found in the home they had so loved in Kfar Aza, all on one bed, the father on top of them all, his arms embracing his loved ones.

  • The presentation contains the Company's forecasts, estimates and plans regarding its operations and other information about future events and matters, which constitute forward-looking information, as defined in the Securities Law, 1968, and realization thereof is uncertain and may be affected by factors that are unforeseeable or beyond the Company's control. Therefore, the Company is uncertain whether its forecasts and/or estimates and/or plans will be realized, in whole or in part, or whether they will be realized differently than expected, among other things, due to factors beyond the its control, changes in market conditions and the business and competition environment, as well as materialization of any of the Company's risk factors.
  • The presentation includes, among other things, information from various publications as well as data received from external sources (noted in the presentation), and macroeconomic facts and figures, the contents of which have not been reviewed by the Company independently, including slides relating to analyst ratings, all as known by the Company at the time of preparation of the presentation.
  • For the avoidance of doubt, we note that the Company does not undertake to update and/or change the information included in this presentation.
  • This presentation was prepared as a summary and for convenience only, and is not intended to be in lieu of a review of the reports publicized by the Company, including its financial statements.
  • The information contained in this presentation is subject to that stated in the relevant Company's reports.
  • This presentation should not be viewed an offer or invitation to acquire the Company's securities. The information included in the presentation is not a recommendation or opinion to invest in the Company and is not in lieu a potential investor's judgment

For 18 consecutive years, we have been leading the information technology market and performing the most advanced IT projects in Israel using the most up-to-date technology for the leading customers in the economy.

51%

11,200 Professionals Leadership & Growth Characteristics

  • The largest and leading IT company in Israel in the last decade with a double-digit growth rate in revenues and profit
  • The Company has the widest range of solutions
  • For the past 18 years, the Company has been rated by STKI as the IT market leader in Israel and ranks #1 in most innovative technologies.
  • Broad sectoral distribution and thousands of customers from all industries with a range of services and solutions
  • Extensive and successful operations in the US
  • Consistent organic growth together with expansion of supplementary areas of operation through dozens of successful acquisitions

Operating Segments

Israel Operations:

  • Software solutions and services, consulting and management
  • Sales, marketing, and support for software products
  • Cloud infrastructure and computing
  • Training and implementation

US and Canada Operations:

  • Software solutions and services, and consulting on cybercrime prevention, regulation, and risk management for the banking sector - GRC
  • Software development and support services
  • Software marketing and support

For 18 consecutive years, we have been leading the information technology market and carrying out innovative IT projects in Israel using the most current technologies for the leading customers in the economy

Record growth in sales, gross profit, operating profit and net profit

Sales - 12.6% growth to NIS 1.45 billion

Gross profit - 9.8% growth to NIS 207 million

Operating profit - 9.1% growth to NIS 110.7 million

Net profit - 9.3% growth to NIS 71.4 million

Net profit attributed to shareholders - 13% growth to NIS 68.6 million

The War's Impact

As of the financial statements and the reporting date, 165 and 175 of the Company's employees (respectively) are on active reserve duty. The impact of the expected partial government reimbursement for them during the year's first quarter is insignificant.

The activity of the training and implementation segment (which constitutes 4% of the Company's volume of operations) has presented recovery and it is profitable again after presenting a loss in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Geographic information Q1.24 Q1.23 Change in %
Revenues
Revenues from customers in Israel 1,355,242 1,205,301 12.4%
Revenues from customers in the United States 118,690 107,870 10.0%
Revenues from customers in Europe 21,250 19,483 9.1%
Inter-segmental adjustments (41,469) (41,501)
Total revenues 1,453,713 1,291,153 12.6%
Operating profit
Operating profit from customers in Israel 96,507 87,605 10.2%
Operating profit from customers in the United
States
16,969 14,705 15.4%
Operating profit from customers in Europe 1,809 1,735 4.3%
Inter-segmental adjustments (4,607) (2,580)
Total operating profit 110,678 101,465 9.1%
Geographic information Q1.24 Q1.23 Change in %
Revenues
Revenues from customers in Israel 1,355,242 1,205,301 12.4%
Revenues from customers in the United States 118,690 107,870 10.0%
Revenues from customers in Europe 21,250 19,483 9.1%
Inter-segmental adjustments (41,469) (41,501)
Total revenues 1,453,713 1,291,153 12.6%
Operating profit
Operating profit from customers in Israel 96,507 87,605 10.2%
Operating profit from customers in the United
States
16,969 14,705 15.4%
Operating profit from customers in Europe 1,809 1,735 4.3%
Inter-segmental adjustments (4,607) (2,580)
Total operating profit 110,678 101,465 9.1%
Geographic information Q1.24 Q1.23 Change in %
Revenues
Revenues from customers in Israel 1,355,242 1,205,301 12.4%
Revenues from customers in the United States 118,690 107,870 10.0%
Revenues from customers in Europe 21,250 19,483 9.1%
Inter-segmental adjustments (41,469) (41,501)
Total revenues 1,453,713 1,291,153 12.6%
Operating profit
Operating profit from customers in Israel 96,507 87,605 10.2%
Operating profit from customers in the United
States
16,969 14,705 15.4%
Operating profit from customers in Europe 1,809 1,735 4.3%
Inter-segmental adjustments (4,607) (2,580)
Total operating profit 110,678 101,465 9.1%
Geographic information Q1.24 Q1.23 Change in %
Revenues
Revenues from customers in Israel 1,355,242 1,205,301 12.40%
Revenues from customers in the United States 118,690 107,870 10.0%
Revenues from customers in Europe 21,250 19,483 9.1%
Inter-segmental adjustments (41,469) (41,501)
Total revenues 1,453,713 1,291,153 12.6%
Operating profit
Operating profit from customers in Israel 96,507 87,605 10.2%
Operating profit from customers in the United
States
16,969 14,705 15.4%
Operating profit from customers in Europe 1,809 1,735 4.3%
Inter-segmental adjustments (4,607) (2,580)
Total operating profit 110,678 101,465 9.1%
Geographic information Q1.24 Q1.23 Change in %
Revenues
Revenues from customers in Israel 1,355,242 1,205,301 12.4%
Revenues from customers in the United States 118,690 107,870 10.0%
Revenues from customers in Europe 21,250 19,483 9.1%
Inter-segmental adjustments (41,469) (41,501)
Total revenues 1,453,713 1,291,153 12.6%
Operating profit
Operating profit from customers in Israel 96,507 87,605 10.2%
Operating profit from customers in the United
States
16,969 14,705 15.4%
Operating profit from customers in Europe 1,809 1,735 4.3%
Inter-segmental adjustments (4,607) (2,580)
Total operating profit 110,678 101,465 9.1%

9.3% of revenues and 16.3% of operating profit are from customers abroad

Revenues Presented Geographically Q1.24 Q1.23
Revenues from customers in Israel 90.7% 90.4%
Revenues from customers in the United States 7.9% 8.1%
Revenues from customers in Europe 1.4% 1.5%
Total revenues 100% 100%
Geographical contribution to operating profit Q1/24 Q1/23
Operating profit in Israel 83.7% 84.2%
Operating profit in United States 14.7% 14.1%
Operating profit in Europe 1.6% 1.7%
100% 100%

Advantage of diversification – a wide range of products/services, sectoral, technological, and geographic distribution

  • Consistent growth of revenues and profit in the US
  • Strong growth in the financial sector, government sector, security establishment, health system, and national infrastructure
  • Strong demand for services and products in which Matrix is the market leader – in the digital, data, cyber, and cloud
  • Substantial investments of cosumers in tangible infrastructure to improve resilience and business continuity against the background of the war
  • The continued growth of the engineering activities with emphasis on the Metro project
  • Continued growth trend in the backlog of multiannual mega projects and CRM, ERP, and core systems projects
  • Continued growth trend in carrying out multiannual transactions for software products in a subscription model (ARR)

Breakdown of revenues* by areas of operations of customers

  • Government and Defense
  • Financial
  • High-Tech
  • Industry, Communications, and Retail
  • Health and Transportation
  • Other

* According to 2023 revenues

Q1/2024 Financial Statements

Summary of Q1/2024 – Record quarter in all parameters Main results (in millions of NIS)

133.2

11.7% 4YR CAGR

12.6% growth in revenues to NIS 1.45 billion

9.8% growth in gross profit to NIS 207.1 million

Q1 2020 Q1 2021 Q1 2022 Q1 2023 Q1 2024

153.6 167.8

13.7% 13.9% 14.5% 14.6%

Gross profit

188.6

+9.8%

207.1

14.2%

9.1% growth in operating profit to NIS 110.7 million

* In 2022 - excluding profit from the realization of an investment in a subsidiary, (about NIS 150 million)

Summary of Q1/2024 – Record quarter in all parameters Main results (in millions of NIS)

7.7% growth in adjusted EBITDA to a record of NIS 124.8 million

9.3% growth in net profit to a record of NIS 71.4 million

13% growth in net earnings to shareholders to NIS 68.6 million

* Earnings before financing, taxes, depreciation and amortization, net of the effect of IFRS 16 - Leases ** In 2022 - excluding profit from the realization of an investment in a subsidiary, net of tax (about NIS 121 million)

Israel Operations

Operations in Israel* - Q1/2024 (in NIS millions)

Revenues Operating profit
Q1/2024 Q1/2023 % Q1/2024 Q1/2023 %
Information technology solutions and
services, consulting, and management
in Israel
794,264 736,005 7.9% 61,589 54,230 13.6%
Profit margin (%) 7.8% 7.4%
  • Organic growth in volumes despite the decrease in workdays in the quarter (1.6%) compared to the corresponding quarter (due to the municipal election day) and against the background of the effect of the war
  • Growth in the core systems, digital, cyber, cloud, and data operations in which Matrix is the market leader
  • Mega projects provide high visibility over time
  • Extensive growing operations with the security and defence establishment

Operating segments in Israel - Q1/2024 (in NIS thousands)

Revenues Operating profit
Q1/2024 Q1/2023 % Q1/2024 Q1/2023 %
Information technology solutions and
services, consulting, and management in 794,264 736,005 7.9% 61,589 54,230 13.6%
Israel
Profit margin (%) 7.8% 7.4%
Cloud and computing infrastructures 437,782 375,184 16.7% 27,630 23,169 19.3%
Profit margin (%) 6.3% 6.2%

Growth in volumes, with emphasis on sales, marketing and integration of IT systems for business continuity and cloud

Operating segments in Israel - Q1/2024

(in NIS thousands)

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Revenues Operating profit
Q1/2024 Q1/2023 % Q1/2024 Q1/2023 %
Information technology solutions and
services, consulting, and management in
Israel
794,264 736,005 7.9% 61,589 54,230 13.6%
Profit margin (%) 7.8% 7.4%
Cloud and computing infrastructures 437,782 375,184 16.7% 27,630 23,169 19.3%
Profit margin (%) 6.3% 6.2%
Software marketing and support 97,351 62,480 55.8% 7,359 5,237 40.5%
Profit margin (%) 7.6% 8.4%

Significant organic growth in volums. The decrease in profit margin is attributed to changes in the blend of transactions

Operating segments in Israel - Q1/2024

(in NIS thousands)

Revenues Operating profit
Q1/2024 Q1/2023 % Q1/2024 Q1/2023 %
Information technology solutions and
services, consulting, and management in
Israel
Profit margin (%)
794,264 736,005 7.9% 61,589
7.8%
54,230
7.4%
13.6%
Cloud and computing infrastructures 437,782 375,184 16.7% 27,630 23,169 19.3%
Profit margin (%) 6.3% 6.2%
Software marketing and support 97,351 62,480 55.8% 7,359 5,237 40.5%
Profit margin (%) 7.6% 8.4%
Training and implementation 47,095 51,115 (7.9%) 1,738 6,704 (74.1%)
Profit margin (%) 3.7% 13.1%
  • Continued slowdown in demand in the training operations (which constitute less than 4% of the Company's operations), due to the slowdown in demand for juniors in the technology sector
  • The training segment is characterized by a high rate of fixed expenses the effect of the war on the profit of the training segment is material

However, a certain recovery is evident in the training segment, which showed a profit after a loss in the fourth quarter of 2023

US Operations

Created in Midjourney AI platform

Operating segments - Q1/2024 (NIS thousands)

Revenues Operating profit
Q1/2024 Q1/2023 % Q1/2024 Q1/2023 %
Information technology solutions and
services, consulting, and management in
Israel
794,264 61,589
Information technology solutions and
services, consulting, and management in
the US
118,690 107,870 10% 16,969 14,705 15.4%
Profit margin (%) 14.3% 13.6%

Continued USD and NIS growth in volums, while improving utilization

Operations in the US - Q1/2024 (in NIS millions)

1-3.2021 1-3.2022 1-3.2023 1-3.2024

1-3.2021 1-3.2022 1-3.2023 1-3.2024

Operations in the US - Q1/2024

(in USD millions)

1-3.2021 1-3.2022 1-3.2023 1-3.2024

Operating profit - 10.3% growth to USD 4.6 million and increase in profit margin to 14.3%

1-3.2021 1-3.2022 1-3.2023 1-3.2024

Breakdown of revenues and profit by operating segment in Q1/2024

Software Services

Cloud and Infrastructures US Operations

Software

Training and implementation

Financial Indexes

Financial indexes (NIS millions)

31.03.24 31.03.2023
Cash and cash equivalents 561 640
Unused credit facilities* 1,377 1,448
Total liquid assets 1,938 2,088

* Of which NIS 500 million comitted credit facilities

Cash flows from current operations

  • Cash flow in Q1 of NIS 1.8 million negative cash flow, compared to negative cash flows of NIS 49.5 million in the corresponding quarter
  • Cash flow from operating activity LTM as at March 31, 2024 - NIS 540.4 million compared to LTM as at March 31, 2023 - NIS 365.6 million

Aa3 credit rating from Midroog (rating confirmed in March 2024)

Cash flows from current operations - LTM

Financial indexes (NIS millions)

31.03.24 31.12.23
Shareholders' equity 1,083 1,107
% of total balance sheet 26.5% 27.1%
Financial debt, gross 913.7 956.4
Financial debt, net 352.9 316.2
Current ratio 1.1 1.2
Net debt to balance
sheet ratio
8.6% 7.7%
Net debt to adjusted
EBITDA LTM* ratio
0.75 0.69

* Earnings before financing, taxes, depreciation and amortization, net of the effect of IFRS 16 - Leases

Decrease in cash interest expenses for fifth consecutive quarter

Dividends of NIS 51.5 million. (NIS 0.81 per share)

Technology services, software marketing and distribution, training, hardware and infrastructure, cloud computing, management consulting, civil engineering, call centers, printing outsourcing, smart campuses and multimedia, export of security systems, extensive operations in the US, AI/ML, cyber, digital, data, outsourcing, offshore, nearshore, education and training

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Quarter summary and forecasting ahead

  • Record results!
  • Significant growth of operations, entirely organic
  • The largest IT company in Israel, and market leader in the cyber, cloud, digital, and data sectors
  • Significant, stable, and growing activity in the US
  • Acceleration of future growth rates through M&A in Israel and worldwide

Thank you! Results,

strength, potential