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NORMA Group SE Investor Presentation 2012

May 15, 2012

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Highlights Q1 2012

Sales Sales increased by 6.3% to EUR 159.7 million (Q1 2011: EUR 150.3 million)
EBITA EBITA of EUR 29.2 million up from EUR 28.4 million y-o-y
Equity Equity ratio further improved to 40.6%
Net Debt Net debt decreased to EUR 167 million (net of derivative liabilities of EUR 20 million) from EUR 177
million at year end
Visibility Order book increased to EUR 227 million vs. EUR 219 million at year end
Guidance Guidance 2012 fully confirmed (plus EUR 10 million from acquisition)
M&A Connectors VerbindungstechnikAG, Switzerland acquired in April 2012

Good Start into 2012 Confirms Full Year Guidance

Sales Development in EUR million Growth Development
Sales 2011 2012 Change Change
in %
Organic
Growth
Acquisitive
Growth
Currency
Effects
Q1 150.4 159.7 +9.3 +6.3% +5.1% +0% +
1.2%
  • EUR 9.3 million on top of strong previous year quarter sales including good organic growth of 5.1%
  • Overall growth of 6.3% helped by favourable currency effects mainly from US-Dollar
  • No acquisitive growth in first quarter. Acquisition of Connectors VerbindungstechnikAG will be consolidated from April 2012 onwards

Sales by Regions, by Way-to-Market and by Industries

  • Strong organic growth in America leads to 32% of total sales
  • EJT way-to-market increased by 3% to 72% of total sales
  • Majority of sales goes to non-automotive industrials, distributors as well as general tiers
  • Sales to industrial suppliers include various industries , e.g. water, plumbing, irrigation, agriculture, construction equipment

Sustainable Margin Level Continues into 2012 as Planned

2010 2011 2012 in EUR million H1 H2 FY H1 H2 FY Q1 Sales 230.5 259.9 490.4 295.9 285.5 581.4 159.7 Adjusted EBITA 42.1 43.3 85.4 53.9 48.8 102.7 29.2 Adjusted EBITA Margin 18.3% 16.7% 17.4% 18.2% 17.1% 17.7% 18.3%

Material Consumption improved

  • Material consumption improved to 44.6%
  • Personnel costs affected especially by focussing on APAC region

No Operational Adjustments in Q1 2012

in EUR million Reported PPA adjustments adjusted
Sales 159.7 0 159.7
EBITDA 32.7 0 32.7
EBITDA
margin
20.5% 20.5%
EBITA 29.1 0.1 29.2
EBITA margin 18.2% 18.3%
EBIT 27.2 1.4 28.6
EBIT margin 17.0% 17.9%
Net Profit 16.3 1.0 17.3
Net Profit margin 10.2% 10.8%
EPS (in
EUR)
0.51 0.03 0.54

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Very Strong Operating Net Cash Flow in Q1 2012

Operating net cash flow
in EUR million Q1 2011 Q 1 2012 Variance
EBITDA* 32.0 32.7 2.2%
Δ ±
Working capital
-16.8 -10.5 -37.5%
Operating net cash flow before investments
from operating
business
15.2 22.2 46.1%
Δ ±
Investments from operating
business
-8.8 -6.1 -30.7%
Operating net
cash flow
6.4 16.1 151.6%

Operating net cash flow before investments significantly increased by EUR 9.7 million to a total of EUR 16.1 million in 2012 due to higher EBITDA and less working capital consumption

Capex spending on a normal level of approx. 4% of sales leads in total to high cash flow of EUR 16.1 million

* previous year adjustments mostly related to IPO costs and other non-recurring / nonperiod related items

Net Debt, Financing and Equity Ratios

Acquisition of Connectors Verbindungstechnik AG

M&A Acquisiton
of Connectors VerbindungstechnikAG, Switzerland, in April 2012
Business
Model
Connectors specialises in connecting systems for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.
History For more than 25 years the company has been manufacturing and distributing connecting elements
that meet the highest purity standards for medical sterile technology.
Sales Approx. EUR 14 million sales in last business year
Consoli
dation
First time consolidation into NORMA Group starting Q2 2012
Adjustments No operational adjustments planned from acquisition
Margin Excellent margin of Connectors in the range of NORMA Group's margin;
Earnings accretive in 2012 already

Outlook 2012 – Company Guidance Confirmed

Sales growth between
3% and 6% (plus EUR 10 million from acquisition)
EBITA margin at least on the level of the two previous years
(17.4% and 17.7% respectively)
Investments in R&D approx. 4% of EJT-sales
Material
ratio
approx. 45% of sales
Financial result approx. EUR -15m
Tax rate approx. 30%
to 32%
Investment rate up to 4.5% of sales
Dividend approx. 30% to max.
35% of Group year end result

Highlights 2011 - Strategy

Acquisitions Integration of the US acquisitions R.G. Ray and Craig Assembly successfully concluded in Q1/2011
APAC Establishing Singapore headquarters increases focus in region
Greenfield
APAC
Plant opening in Thailand in early 2011
Greenfield
EMEA
Start of production in Serbia to increase capacity in EMEA
White Spots Opening of sales office in Brazil as first step into new market
Joint Venture Take over of minority shares from JV partners in India and Spain
Listing IPO including capital increase and refinancing in April, subsequent SDAX listing in June

Outlook 2012 - Strategy

1 Continue international expansion of sales network and production footprint
2 Continue to explore business opportunities in APAC
3 Increase China capacity to enable expansion
4 Expand and explore opportunities in Brazil
5 Consolidate Maintal
activity by returning 2 leased buildings into one newly acquired logistic and business
development building
6 Continue dialogue with potential M&A targets

NORMA Group – Key Investment Highlights

1 Market leader in attractive engineering niche markets with strong growth prospects
2 Premium pricing through technology and innovation leadership in mission-critical components
3 Enhanced stability through broad diversification across products, end-markets and regions
4 Two distinct ways-to-market providing unique customer access and market intelligence
5 Significant growth and value creation opportunity through synergistic acquisitions
6 Proven track record of operational excellence

Proven Business Model Addressing Key Megatrends

Convincing Growth Prospects

(2010-15
CAGR)
End-market
production unit
growth
Joining
technology
market growth
Passenger vehicles +6% 9%
Commercial vehicles +6% 10%
Agricultural
equipment
+1% 3%
Construction equipment +13% 15%
Engines +5% 9%
White goods +5% 5%
Drainage
systems
+6% 6%

NORMA Group expects to grow even faster than its end-markets

DE CH DE US FR US CN CH ES

Significant Growth and Value Creation Opportunity through Synergistic Acquisitions

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Premium Pricing through Technology and Innovation Leadership in Mission-Critical Components

Mission-criticality: Small relative cost – high impact Ability to achieve premium pricing
Approx. value of
joining technology
Basis for premium pricing:
Market leadership
c. €
21-26
Technology
Quality
Innovation
c. €
49-60
Tailor-made solutions
High switching costs for customers
Savings potential for customer
c. €
36-44
mismatches risk of switching
supplier
c. €
188-256
(< 0.1%)
harvester:

350,000
content
c. €
20-25
c. €
62-101
Total
Price of
  • Basis for premium pricing:
  • Market leadership
  • Technology
  • Quality
  • Innovation
  • Tailor-made solutions
  • High switching costs for customers
  • Savings potential for customer mismatches risk of switching supplier

Tighter Emission Regulations Drive Increased Joining Technology Content

  • Environmental awareness continues to drive tightening emission regulations globally
  • Increasingly tighter emission regulations, including in emerging markets
  • Low-emission alternatives require significantly higher joining technology content at a substantially increased complexity compared to existing/past technologies

Note: Chart shows emission regulation roadmap for passenger vehicles Source: DieselNet, NORMA Group

Enhanced Stability through Broad Diversification Across Products, End-Markets and Regions

More than 35,000 products, manufactured in 17 locations and sold to more than 10,000 customers in 90+ countries Presence in China, India, Russia, Brazil and South Korea already established Top 5 customers account for only ~19% of 2011 sales

Note: Split based on third party gross revenue as per management accounts

Unique business model with two distinct ways-to-market Innovation and product solution partner for customers, focused on engineering expertise with high value-add Engineered Joining Technology (EJT) ~71% of 2011 sales Distribution Services (DS) ~29% of 2011 sales High quality, branded and standardised joining products provided at competitive prices to broad range of customers High quality, standardised joining technology products B2C Customised, engineered solutions 23 new patent families declared in 2011 (>60 since 2007) B2B Significant economies of scale in production Close contact to international EJT customers Knowledge transfer from EJT to DS

NORMA Group Management Team

Werner Deggim Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Othmar Belker Chief Financial Officer

Bernd Kleinhens Business Development

John Stephenson Chief Operating Officer

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Highlights 2011 – Financials (I)

Record sales of EUR 581.4 million (2010: EUR 490.4 million)
Sales growth of 18.5% including organic growth of 13.4%
Record adjusted EBITA of EUR 102.7 million
Adjusted EBITA first time in company history > EUR 100 million (2010: EUR 85.4 million)
Margin Further margin expansion: 17.7% record margin achieved (2010: 17.4%)
Record adjusted EPS of EUR 1.92
EPS Pro forma adjusted EPS with current number of shares at EUR 1.81 (2010: EUR 1.51)
Equity Strong balance sheet with an equity ratio of 39.5% (2010: 13.5%)

Highlights 2011 – Financials (II)

Net Debt Net debt down to EUR 176.7 million from EUR 338.6 million in 2010*
Cash Flow Excellent adjusted net operating cash flow of EUR 66.8 million (2010: EUR 51.7 million)
Visibility Order book at year end at EUR 218.6 million (2010: EUR 188.0 million)
Guidance Sales growth of 3% to 6%; EBITA margin at least on the level of 2010/2011 (17.4% / 17.7%)
Dividend proposal to the AGM of EUR 0.60 per share
Dividend 33.2% or EUR 19.1 million of adjusted net income of EUR 57.6 million
* excluding non-cash / non-P&L derivative financial
liabilities
of
EUR 21.8 million
(2010: EUR 5.5 million)

Sales by regional reporting segments

  • Reporting segment Asia-Pacific recorded direct sales of 6.1% in 2011. The de-facto share including all NORMA exports into the Asia-Pacific region is estimated at around 10% of our total sales (sales by destination)
  • Increase of Americas region driven by US acquisitions R.G. Ray and Craig Assembly

Historic Growth Track Record

Historic revenue development (1997 – 2011)

Former Rasmussen has shown a solid historical organic growth of 9.0% between 1997 and 2005. With the formation of the new group, NORMA Group switched gears into acquisition mode.

Overview on Adjustments

  • Adjustments in 2011 and 2010 mainly from IPO costs (major part concluded in Q1 2011)
  • Only minor PPA adjustments in 2012 on EBITA level expected (< EUR 0.5 million p.a.)
in EUR million FY 2010 FY
2011
Q1
2012
Reported EBITA 64.9 84.7 29.1
+
Restructuring Costs
1.3 1.8 0
+
Non-recurring/non-period-related items*
15.5 14.8 0
+ Other group and normalized
items
0.7 0.2 0
+ PPA depreciation 3.0 1.2 0.1
Adjusted
EBITA
85.4 102.7 29.2
+ Depreciation
(excluding PPA depreciation*)
13.8 14.3 3.5
Adjusted
EBITDA
99.2 117.0 32.7

* mostly IPO related costs in 2010/2011

Adjustments on EBIT level (PPA amortisation) at approx. EUR 5 million for 2012 going forward expected (adjustment on net income level approx. EUR 3.5 million) (2010: EUR 5.1 million PPA amortisation)

Profit & Loss (adjusted & reported)

in EUR million 2011 2010
reported adjusted reported adjusted
Sales 581.4 581.4 490.4 490.4
Gross Profit 322.6 322.6 274.7 274.7
EBITDA 100.2 117.0 81.7 99.2
EBITA 84.7 102.7 64.9 85.4
in % 14.6% 17.7% 13.2% 17.4%
EBIT 76.6 99.7 56.3 80.9
in % 13.2% 17.1% 11.5% 16.5%
Financial Result -29.6 -17.4 -14.9 -14.9
Profit before Tax 47.0 82.3 41.4 66.0
Taxes -11.3 -24.7 -11.2 -17.8
Net Profit 35.7 57.6 30.2 48.2

Continuation of Growth Track and Sustainable Margin

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Positive Effects of the IPO Visible on Balance Sheet

(all amounts in EUR million) 31 Dec 2010 31 Dec 2011 (all amounts in EUR million) 31 Dec 2010 31 Dec 2011
Assets Equity and liabilities
Non-current assets Equity
Goodwill / Other intangible
assets /
Property, plant & equipment
390.4 401.0 Total equity 78.4 256.0
Other and derivative
financial assets /
Non-current
and current Liabilities
Income tax
assets / Deferred income
tax assets
8.8 9.2 Retirement benefit obligations /
Provisions
16.9 19.4
Total non-current assets 399.2 410.2
Current assets Borrowings and other financial liabilities 369.0 244.5
Inventories 64.7 66.8 Other non-financial
liabilities
21.8 23.2
Other non-financial assets / Income tax
assets
14.2 22.9 Tax
liabilities and derivative financial
liabilities
44.4 64.1
Trade and other receivables 70.3 80.8 48.3 41.4
Cash and cash equivalents 30.4 67.9 Trade
payables
Total current assets 179.6 238.4 Total liabilities 500.4 392.6
Total assets 578.8 648.6 Total
equity and liabilities
578.8 648.6

Pro-active FCF Management to be Continued

Contact
Andreas Troesch
Vice President Investor Relations
Phone:
+49 6181 6102
-741
Fax:
+49 6181 6102
-7641
Mobile:
+49 1520 910 3619
Email:
[email protected]

Disclaimer

This presentation contains certain future-oriented statements. Future-oriented statements include all statements which do not relate to historical facts and events and contain future-oriented expressions such as "believe", "estimate", "assume", "expect", "forecast", "intend", "could" or "should" or expressions of a similar kind. Such future-oriented statements are subject to risks and uncertainties since they relate to future events and are based on the Company's current assumptions, which may not in the future take place or be fulfilled as expected.

The Company points out that such future-oriented statements provide no guarantee for the future and that actual events including the financial position and profitability of the NORMA Group AG and developments in the economic and regulatory fundamentals may vary substantially (particularly on the down side) from those explicitly or implicitly assumed or described in these statements.

Even if the actual results for the NORMA Group AG, including its financial position and profitability and the economic and regulatory fundamentals, are in accordance with such future-oriented statements in this presentation, no guarantee can be given that this will continue to be the case in the future.