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PNE AG Investor Presentation 2022

Mar 30, 2022

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INVESTOR RELATIONS PRESENTATION

FY | 2021

| Investor Relations Presentation | March 2022

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DYNAMIC OPERATING PERFORMANCE LEADS TO RECORD OUTPUT OF >1GW IN 2021

  • » Record level of >1,070 MW/MWp of renewable energy projects sold, put into operation or under construction in 2021
  • » Significant project sales of >770 MW/MWp
  • » First PV projects sold in Romania and USA
  • » Increase of pipeline by 963 MW/MWp yoy despite extraordinary high project realisation
  • » Expansion of own generation portfolio makes progress 364.9 MW in operation, under construction or through tender
  • » Scale Up Implementation fully on track
  • » O&M: MW under management increased to >2,000
  • » PPA: contracts for >1 TWh negotiated

FY 2021 RESULTS SURPASS TARGETS

  • » EBITDA increases to € 32.7m, up 24% yoy slightly exceeds upper end of guidance (€ 24-32m)
  • » Total output at high level of € 252.0m, up 66% yoy
  • » Investments in own generation portfolio impact group result reflected by non-realised earnings ("hidden reserves") of € 53.0m (vs. € 50.0m in FY 2020)
  • » EBITDA adj. (= EBITDA incl. hidden reserves) increases to € 85.7m (vs. 76.3m in FY 2020)
  • » Growth across all segments
  • » Power generation benefitted from high power prices in Q4
  • » Cash position (+€38m) and equity (+€21m) increased due to high project sales and despite significant investments in project development and own generation portfolio
  • » High cash inflow in Q4 related to project sale in Poland and € 15m milestone payment from Ørsted

FULLY ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE OR EXCEED SCALE UP TARGETS IN 2023

2018 2019 2020 2021 construction (MW/MWp)

Output: Projects sold, commissioned, under

EBITDA adj.

MW in own generation portfolio (in operation)

MW in O&M management

EXPANSION OF OWN GENERATION PORTFOLIO CONTINUES

  • » Target to increase own generation to up to 500 MW by the end of 2023
  • » 233.2 MW of onshore wind projects currently in operation, further 103.1 MW intended for portfolio under construction and 28.5 MW through tender*
  • » 295 GWh of green electricity produced in 2021, ~200,000 tonnes of CO2 saved

Development of portfolio (in MW)*

Hidden reserves accumulated in portfolio of > € 130m in total:

* as of December 31, 2021

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WELL-FILLED PROJECT PIPELINE WIND ONSHORE

Country I –
II
III IV Total MW Sold/
Services
Germany 1,271 505 131 1,907 0
France 284 246 0 530 13
United Kingdom 43 0 0 43 0
Italy 40 0 0 40 0
Canada 505 0 0 505 0
Panama 224 60 0 284 0
Poland 404 0 0 404 59
Romania 0 0 0 0 221
South Africa 630 30 0 660 140
Sweden 200 0 0 200 60
Turkey 629 71 0 700 0
USA 266 167 0 433 0
Total 4,496 1,079 131 5,706 493

Phase I – II = Exploration & Development

as of December 31, 2021

Phase III = Planning

Phase IV = Implementation till handover

Sold/Services = sold, but construction management services by PNE

  • » Total pipeline grows to 5,706 MW (FY 2020: 5,405 MW)
  • » Very high level of projects in permitting phase in Germany and France with 751 MW

Germany

  • » Increase of German pipeline to 1,907 MW (2020: 1,754 MW)
  • » Projects completed: Erfurt Ost (5.5 MW), Projects Langstedt (12.6 MW / 4.2 MW for third party), Lentföhrden (8.4 MW), Boitzenhagen (25.1 MW), Holstentor (13.5 MW) and Zahrenholz (21.6 MW)

France

» Nanteuil (13.2 MW) sold to CEE Group in Q2 2021, under construction

Poland

» Projects Krzecin (19 MW) and Kuslin (40 MW) under construction; projects were sold at beginning of Q4 2021 to Octopus Renewables

Romania

» 220.6 MW were sold in Q2 2021

South Africa

» 140 MW were sold in Q3 2021

Sweden

» Hultema (59.4 MW) under construction

PV PIPELINE MORE THAN DOUBLED TO 1,210 MWp

Country I –
II
III IV Total MWp
Germany 412 0 0 412
France 55 0 0 55
Italy 117 0 0 117
Canada 10 0 0 10
Poland 98 0 0 98
Romania 112 0 0 112
South Africa 105 0 0 105
USA 301 0 0 301
Total 1,210 0 0 1,210

Phase I – II = Exploration & Development

as of December 31, 2021

Phase III = Planning

Phase IV = Implementation till handover

» Total PV pipeline grows to 1,210 MWp (FY 2020: 548 MWp)

  • » 4 new markets (France, Canada, Poland, South Africa) with 268 MWp added to PV pipeline in 2021
  • » Additional markets and projects are being evaluated
  • » Many synergies with wind development

First PV project sales in 2021:

Romania

» 81 MWp project developed ready to construct and sold to Econergy

USA

» Sale of 199 MWp in early development phase

FINANCIAL FIGURES STRONGLY IMPROVED YOY

  • » Strong increase in Total output of 66.1% yoy
  • » EBITDA up 23.9% yoy
  • » Operating performance and earnings mainly driven by:
  • » Various project sales
  • » Internal sales related to build-up of own generation portfolio
  • » Results from Power Generation and Services
  • » Financial result positively impacted by valuation of interest rate swaps (+€ 3.5m)
  • » Tax income of € 21.8m, which is mainly attributable to the formation of deferred taxes on tax loss carry-forwards, leads to strong increase of net result
In € m FY 2021 FY 2020
Sales 117.7 109.7
Work
in progress
129.8 38.2
Other income 4.5 3.8
Total output 252.0 151.7
Cost of materials -161.6 -72.7
Personnel -38.5 -35.1
Others -19.3 -17.6
EBITDA 32.7 26.4
Depreciation -23.4 -18.2
EBIT 9.3 8.2
Financial result -6.2 -10.9
EBT 3.0 -2.7
Taxes 21.6 3.6
Non-controlling interests 0.5 0.7
Net income 25.1 1.6
EPS (in €) 0.33 0.02
EPS (in €) Diluted 0.33 0.02

GROWTH ACROSS ALL BUSINESS SEGMENTS

» Project development

  • » Project development output* increases to €267.5m (+43.6%)
  • » EBITDA* increases to €62.7m (+10.9%)

» Services

  • » Services output* grows to €21.9m (+3.6%), driven by new service offerings and growth of O&M business
  • » EBITDA* decreases slightly to €5.1m (-2.2%), due to negative one-off effects amounting to €0.65m

» Electricity generation

» Power generation output* increases to €33.0m (+35.6%), due to strong Q4 driven by high power prices, compensating for the weak wind yields and maintenance downtime of Silbitz

» EBITDA* increases to €23.1m (+25.8%)

* Before consolidation

BALANCE SHEET REMAINS ROCK SOLID

Property, Plant and Equipment

» Transformer stations €18.6m
» Land and building €13.0m
» Own wind farms €234.9m

Inventories

  • » Onshore Germany €100.4m » Onshore International €22.1m
  • » Advance payments €40.9m

Liquidity

» Cash position increased to €149.6m due to high cash inflow from project sales and offshore milestone payment, and despite significant investments in project development and own generation portfolio

Equity

  • » Equity ratio at 26.8%
  • » Equity ratio "bond" at 32.7%

Non-current debt

  • » Corporate bond 2018/23 (€50m, 4%)
  • » Liabilities to banks €330.4m, mainly project financing (non recourse)
  • » Liabilities from leasing contracts (rights of use) €103.7m

Current liabilities

  • » Liabilities to banks €21.3m, mainly project financing (non recourse)
  • » Liabilities from leasing contracts (rights of use) €6.9m

POSITIVE OUTLOOK IN DYNAMIC MARKET ENVIRONMENT

  • » Guidance for FY 2022: EBITDA of € 20-30m
  • » Dynamic market environment provides opportunities, e.g. power prices, hydrogen
  • » Portfolio build up continues: 103 MW under construction in Germany for own generation portfolio, more to follow
  • » Well-filled and growing project pipeline (5,706 MW wind onshore, 1,210 MWp PV)
  • » High volume in permitting phase in core markets Germany and France with 751 MW (wind onshore) offers great potential and good visibility going forward
  • » Ongoing investment in own generation portfolio and Scale-Up

INVESTOR RELATIONS PRESENTATION

FY | 2021

| Investor Relations Presentation | March 2022