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Tinexta — Investor Presentation 2021
May 18, 2021
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1 st TECH SECTOR DAY Company Presentation

19 May 2021
Agenda

Company Overview
2020 Results + 1Q'21Results
2021 – 2023 Plan
Appendix

1 Tinexta's Top Management


PIER ANDREA CHEVALLARD General Manager & Chief Executive Officer
- CEO of Tecno Holding
- General Secretary of the Milan Chamber of Commerce
- Director of Promos (Specialized structure of the Milan Chamber of Commerce to promote international commerce), Managing Director of Parcam
- Member of the Board of Directors of Fiera Milano
- Degree in Political Science from the University of Turin

ODDONE POZZI Group Chief Financial Officer
- Group Chief Financial Officer and Board Member Mondadori Group
- Co-CEO Giochi Preziosi
- Chief Financial Officer Ventaglio Group
- Chief of Administration, Control & Services Enel Business Area Gas
- Degree in Economics & Commerce from Bocconi University

JOSEF MASTRAGOSTINO Chief Investor Relations Officer
- Head of Investor Relations Gamenet
- IGT (Director Investor Relations)
- TREVI Group (Investor Relations Manager)
- Lottomatica (Investor Relations)
- BBA from City University of New York, MS from LUISS University, MBA from Cornell University, and Value Investing Columbia Business School, Columbia University in New York

Tinexta's History & Evolution
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Tinexta has successfully grown into one of the largest qualified operators in the Financial Services sector in Italy


Tinexta's Business

| Key metrics (FY'20) – 2021 Guidance |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues €269.1M €370M |
EBITDA €77.9M €96M |
Net Profit FCF €37.9M €66.7M |
NFP/EBITDA 1.2x c.2x |
Dividend €0.26 per share or 31.8% of Net Profit |
Employees 2,153 |
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| Digital Trust | Cyber Security | Credit Information & Management | Innovation & | Marketing Services | |||||||
| Refers to IT solutions for digital identity and the ▪ dematerialization of processes according to the applicable legislation Products and services such as certified ▪ electronic mail, electronic archiving, digital signature, electronic invoicing, and solutions for the secure and simplified transmission of legal and financial documents. |
▪ To ▪ digital and |
Strategic infrastructure and a key asset for the protection of citizens and their "social economy" create the national cybersecurity hub, with custom and proprietary solutions for the mitigation and governance of risks related to the sector, pursuing the evolution of platforms offer controls, as well as innovation profiles. |
Provides services and products to assess the ▪ credit of businesses and individuals, analyze and package information on creditworthiness and collection management, offer tools for data collection, analysis and evaluation, as well as undertake real estate valuation. |
Through Co.Mark and Warrant Group, offers a ▪ consultancy platform to SMEs to support them in phases of manufacturing growth and expansion of commercial activities, including abroad. |
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| €124M Revenues |
27% €34M EBITDA EBITDA Margin |
€76M Revenues |
13% EBITDA Margin |
€10M EBITDA |
€82M Revenues |
29% EBITDA Margin |
€24M EBITDA |
44% €90M EBITDA Revenues Margin |
€40M EBITDA |




Business at a glance

Digital Trust
▪ Enables companies to innovate customer interactions and business processes with Trust solutions.
Product/Services types:
- 1. Off-the-Shelf (OTS): primarily a domestic business
- 2. Enterprise Solutions: a rapidly expanding global marketplace

Products & Services
- Certified electronic mail, Electronic archiving, ature, Electronic invoicing
- TOP (Trusted Onboarding Platform), GoSign (Digitization of procedures that require a qualified signature)
- Solution for the secure and simplified transmission of legal and financial documents



Business at a glance

- Created a unique player in the sector, being the National Hub of Cyber Security
- Offers Cyber Security services, beyond the digital identity's traditional offering
- 3 business acquired:
- 1. Yoroi
- 2. Swascan
- 3. Corvallis
▪ Strategic infrastructure and a key asset for the protection of citizens and their "social economy"

Key differentiating factors:
- Cyber Security Focus
- ▪To become the Italian Champion
- Proven Proprietary Asset-Based Services, widely recognized by the market
- Noticeable incident response (Can rely on significant Pen tester resources/environment)

▪ Industry Focus : Financial Services, Telcos, SMEs, Private & Public Sectors (potential expansion provided PNRR's implementation)

Credit Information & Management – Snapshot 1
Business at a glance
Offers: ▪ Business Information ▪ Credit Management ▪ Real Estate ▪ BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Credit Information & Management Main Brands ▪ Assess the credit of businesses and individuals ▪ Information on creditworthiness and collection management ▪ Data collection & analysis Services and products: ▪ Increased demand for data in Business Info given higher predictive value ▪ The Banking sector is dealing with possible new NPE management needs due to the defaults related to the pandemic ▪ Pick up in the demand for new mortgages is driving increased Real Estate services ▪ Extension of gov interventions on the guarantee of loans to businesses fosters business growth Market & Growth trends REVENUES 20-23 CAGR +6% EBITDA 20-23 CAGR +7%
▪ Real Estate valuations
Innovation & Marketing Services – Snapshot
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Business at a glance
Offers Consultancy Services to SMEs to support them in phases of: ▪ Manufacturing growth ▪ Expansion of commercial activities ▪ Government funds ▪ Internationalization Innovation & Marketing Services Main Brands ▪ Subsidized financing (regional, national and European) ▪ Business Finance, Internationalization ▪ Energy subsidies ▪ Temporary Export Specialists "TES®" Consultancy and Services: ▪ The Budget Law 2021 in Italy introduced important corrections both in the area of R&D, Innovation, Design Tax Credit (from 2022) and in the area of Investment Credit 4.0 (from 2021) through an increase in the rates ▪ Positive impacts on the business may also derive from the measures to support the economy already approved at European level (NGEU - Recovery Plan) ▪ Sustained demand to enter foreign markets given stagnant local demand ▪ Digital Marketing Services becoming of increased interest REVENUES 20-23 CAGR +13%* EBITDA 20-23 CAGR +14%* Market & Growth trends
▪ Digital marketing
* Includes the recent acquisitions, on an organic base 20-23 CAGRs of Revenues and EBITDA are equal to 9% and 10%, respectively.


Revenues of Tinexta Group grew with a CAGR of 23.3% from 2014 to 2020, EBITDA grew with a CAGR of 38.4%


% of Net Income

12.0

A history of track records set for continuous delivery
Stock Performance, Dividends Pay Out, and Stock Liquidity
- Stock Performance since 2016: +477%
- Pay Out Ratio* (Div./Net income): 32%
- Share Buy-Back Plan (2020): €10M
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• Increasing Average Daily traded volumes and value:
| • | 2016: | 33k shares |
€0.13M | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • | 2017: | 43k shares |
€0.23M | |
| • | 2018: | 62k shares |
€0.40M | 25.5x |
| • | 2019: | 96k shares |
€1.07M | |
| • | 2020: | 152k shares |
€2.28M | |
| • | 2021**: | 152k shares |
€3.32M | |
| 2021 Plan | ||
|---|---|---|
| • | Revenues | CAGR 14-21E +25.2% |
| €370M | Y/Y21E +37.5% |
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| • | EBITDA | CAGR 14-21E +36.1% |
| €96M | Y/Y21E +23.2% |
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| • | NFP | c. 2x |




Agenda

Company Overview
2020 Results + 1Q'21Results
2021 – 2023 Plan
Appendix


The Group's 2020 performance reflects some distinctive elements
The resilience of all business areas, in a complex macroeconomic context
The ability to identify business opportunities and quickly obtain solutions for customers
The continuous growth of revenues and EBITDA combined with an acceleration of the generation of operating cash
Maintaining leading positions in the "Digital Trust" and "Innovation Consulting" areas, as well as growth in the "Credit Information" area



The Results at YE 2020 show revenues of 269.1 million euros and an EBITDA of 77.9 million euros

- The Final Results 2020 are in line with the Guidance communicated to the market after the approval of the quarterly results for September
- EBITDA before stock options amounted to 78.8 million, up from 74.9 in 2019
- Adjusted EBITDA is equal to 81.2 million
- The EBITDA Margin is equal to 28.9%, up compared to 27.6% in 2019
- The adjusted net profit amounted to 40.6 million, an increase compared to 38.3 in 2019
Results 2020 - BU - Not Adjusted Results 2




2020: • - 14.7 M for the acquisition of Swascan (of which PUT 10.4 M) • - 3.4 M for the participation in Euroquality / Europroject • - 5.2 M for the acquisition of Authada and FBS Next investments • + 12 M for the divestment of the LuxTrust shareholding • - 10 million purchase of treasury shares to service the stock option plan NFP FREE CASH FLOW 129.1 91.9 2019 2020 41.7 66.7 2019 2020
€ M



1Q'21 strong and robust start of the year
- Strong resiliency of the business coupled with a sturdy start in Q1 lead to enhanced financial performance:
- Revenues at €82.7 M in 1Q'21 (+50.5% vs PY, +17.6% on a 2020 base);
- EBITDA1 at €16.4 M in 1Q'21 (+49.8% vs PY, +30.3% on a 2020 base) mainly driven by the CIM and the IMS Sectors as well as the other BUs;
- EBITDA margin 19.8% (22.0% on a 2020 base);
- EBIT at €9.5 M (+ > 100% vs PY, +74.7% on a 2020 base) EBIT Margin: 11.5% (12.6% on a 2020 base);
- Net Income €6.8 M (+ > 100%, €5.9 M on a 2020 base);
- Solid Cash Flow: €24.8 M in 1Q'21; growing on a LTM base to €71.3M (or c.74% of 2021 expected EBITDA);
- NFP of €187 M & Leverage2 (NFP/EBITDA) of 2.2x entirely reflect recent acquisitions.
• Material expansion of all our business lines, with all units contributing to growth vs PY:
- Digital Trust, grows 19.4% in Revenues with EBITDA3 growing more than 21%. Margin reaches c.23%
- Credit Information and Management, increases 10.7% in Revenues with EBITDA3 surging more than 47%. Healthy c.28% EBITDA margin
- Innovation and Marketing Services, posted a +34.6% in Revenues with EBITDA3 rising above 47%. c.31% the EBITDA margin
- Cyber Security, started strongly with revenues hitting €16.8 M and EBITDA margin above 11%
• Human Resources: as of March 31, 2021 the Group employed 2.153 employees reflecting the recently announced acquisitions
Memo: In order to allow as complete an analysis as possible, 1Q'21 results are compared both at constant 2020 perimeter, as well as on a 2021 perimeter (which includes all of TINEXTA's companies with the addition of the newly acquired ones).
- (1) EBITDA reported after Stock Options
- (2) Calculated as NFP/LTM EBITDA
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(3) EBITDA Adjusted (Excludes Stock Options & Other non-recurring items)

2 1Q'21 Revenues, EBITDA and Net Profit Evolution

The First Quarter 2021 shows revenues of 82.7 million euros, EBITDA of 16.4 million euros and Net Profit of 6.8 million euros

- 1Q'21 results show a growth both in Revenues (c. +50%) and EBITDA (c. +50%). These results are mainly driven by the growth in all the business lines;
- EBITDA before stock options amounted to 16.8 million, up from 10.9 in 1Q 2020;
- EBITDA is equal to 16.4 million;
- The EBITDA Margin is equal to 19.8% mostly in line with PY, 22% on a 2020 base;
- Net Income margin grows to 8.3% from 5.3% in PY.
2 Business Units Deep Dive – Overview



| CYBER SECURITY | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.8 | Margin 11.5% 1.9 |
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| 1Q 2020 | 1Q 2021 | 1Q 2020 | 1Q 2021 | ||||||
| REVENUES | EBITDA |

CREDIT INFORMATION & MGMT


Perimeter 2020 Δ Perimeter
2 1Q'21 Financial Results – NFP & FCF


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Agenda

Company Overview
2020 Results + 1Q'21Results
2021 – 2023 Plan
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2021 – 2023 Plan
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2021 – 2023 Plan + M&A
Appendix


2021 – 2023 Plan: Organic Growth 3
The Three-Year Plan, on an organic basis, forecasts revenue growth of around 6% and EBITDA growth of around 10%.

* The 2021 - 2023 Plan is based on various assumptions, expectations, projections and forward-looking data of Management relating to future events and are subject to multiple uncertainties and other factors beyond the control of Tinexta Group. There are a number of factors that may cause results and trends to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking information and, accordingly, such information is not a reliable guarantee of future performance.


2021 – 2023 BU Plan: Organic Growth 3





2021 – 2023 BU Plan: Organic Growth 3



Organic 2020 Acquisitions 2021


DIGITAL TRUST: The Three-Year Plan on an organic basis provides for revenue growth of around 7% and EBITDA growth of around 12%
CYBER SECURITY: The Three-Year Plan provides for revenue growth of approximately 17% and EBITDA growth of approximately 41%
CREDIT INNOVATION & MANAGEMENT: The Three-Year Plan on an organic basis provides for revenue growth of around 6% and EBITDA growth of around 7%
INNOVATION & MARKETING SERVICES: The Three-Year Plan on an organic base forecasts revenue growth of approximately 9% and EBITDA growth of c. 10%. Including recent acquisitions, revenues will grow by around 13% and EBITDA will grow by c. 14%

2021 – 2023 Plan: Organic growth + Acquisitions 3
Accelerated growth in Revenues and EBITDA with the contribution of recent acquisitions

* The 2021 - 2023 Plan is based on various assumptions, expectations, projections and forward-looking data of Management relating to future events and are subject to multiple uncertainties and other factors beyond the control of Tinexta Group. There are a number of factors that may cause results and trends to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking information and, accordingly, such information is not a reliable guarantee of future performance.


The Three-Year Plan based on the new perimeter provides for a significant reduction in net debt and a gradual reduction in the NFP/EBITDA ratio at the end of the plan, which is expected to be lower than 1x

* The 2021 - 2023 Plan is based on various assumptions, expectations, projections and forward-looking data of Management relating to future events and are subject to multiple uncertainties and other factors beyond the control of Tinexta Group. There are a number of factorsthat may cause results and trends to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking information and, accordingly, such information is not a reliable guarantee of future performance.

2021 – 2023 Plan: Strategic Guidelines 3

The Board of Directors of 23 February 2021 approved the strategic guidelines and objectives of the three-year Plan for the period 2021-2023
Continue the gradual expansion of the range of innovative products and services in all Business areas
Keep pursuing the improvement of operational efficiency, which together with the strengthening of higher value-added services, will allow to increase the Group's EBITDA Margin
Maintaining a strong focus on the generation of operating cash aimed at deleverage by enabling further investments to enlarge the perimeter. The M&A strategy will continue to have two lines of growth: internationalization and expansion of the offer with new services/products


Agenda

2021 – 2023 Plan
- 2021 – 2023 Plan
- 2021 – 2023 Plan + M&A



2021 – 2023 Plan: M&A Guidelines 3
Tinexta Group intends to allocate a significant part of the cash generated during the period of the Business Plan to new acquisitions, maintaining a conservative policy of financial leverage and supporting medium-long term development.
Primary objectives:
- Growth abroad with the aim of expanding the international revenue component in the long term
- Extension of the range of products and services in highly innovative areas
- Completion of the products and services range on the reference markets in Italy
Successful track record:
Approximately 25 M&A transactions since 2013, with a total expenditure of c. € 300 m



In the last months of 2020 and early 2021, the group completed some M&A deals creating the "Cybersecurity" BU and to enrich and expand the "IMS" BU offering.
| 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company | BU | % | September | 2020 October |
Nov | Dec | January |
| Authada | DT | 16.7% | |||||
| FBS Next | CIM | 30% | |||||
| Swascan | CS | 51% | |||||
| Euroquality | IMS | 100% | |||||
| Europroject | IMS | 100% | |||||
| Yoroi | CS | 60% | |||||
| Corvallis | CS | 70% | |||||
| Queryo | IMS | 60% |

2021 – 2023 Plan: Growth with potential M&A 3
The significant deleveraging envisaged over the period of the business plan, combined with leverage between 2.5x and 2.0x, provides investment opportunities for changes in the perimeter of around 200 million euros.

* The 2021 - 2023 Plan is based on various assumptions, expectations, projections and forward-looking data of Management relating to future events and are subject to multiple uncertainties and other factors beyond the control of Tinexta Group. There are a number of factorsthat may cause results and trends to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking information and, accordingly, such information is not a reliable guarantee of future performance.


Agenda

Company Overview
2020 + 1Q'21Results
2021 – 2023 Plan
Appendix


4 1Q'21 Financial Results – Income Statement
| Perimeter 2021 | Perimeter 2020 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Q 2021 | % | 1Q 2020 | % | 1Q 2021 on 2020 |
% | Δ | Δ% | Δ | Δ% | |
| Revenues | 82.7 | 100.0% | 54.9 | 100.0% | 64.6 | 100.0% | 27.8 | 50.5% | 9.6 | 17.6% |
| Total Operating Costs | 65.9 | 79.7% | 44.0 | 80.1% | 49.9 | 77.3% | 21.9 | 49.8% | 5.9 | 13.4% |
| Service & Other Costs | 32.0 | 38.7% | 23.8 | 43.3% | 27.3 | 42.3% | 8.3 | 34.8% | 3.6 | 15.0% |
| Personnel Costs | 33.9 | 41.0% | 20.2 | 36.8% | 22.6 | 35.0% | 13.6 | 67.3% | 2.4 | 11.6% |
| EBITDA before Stock Options |
16.8 | 20.3% | 10.9 | 19.9% | 14.7 | 22.7% | 5.9 | 53.7% | 3.7 | 34.2% |
| Stock Option Costs | 0.4 | 0.5% | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.4 | 0.7% | 0.4 | - | 0.4 | - |
| EBITDA | 19.8% | 10.9 | 19.9% | 14.2 | 22.0% | 5.4 | 49.8% | 3.3 | 30.3% | |
| Depreciation, amortization, provisions and impairment | 6.8 | 8.3% | 6.3 | 11.4% | 6.1 | 9.5% | 0.6 | 8.8% | -0.2 | -2.5% |
| Operating Profit | 9.5 | 11.5% | 4.6 | 8.5% | 8.1 | 12.6% | 4.9 | 105.2% | 3.5 | 74.7% |
| Financial Income | 0.1 | 0.1% | 0.2 | 0.4% | 0.1 | 0.1% | -0.1 | -72.8% | -0.1 | -72.6% |
| Financial Charges | 0.9 | 1.1% | 0.7 | 1.3% | 0.9 | 1.3% | 0.2 | 33.7% | 0.2 | 24.5% |
| Net financial Charges | 0.9 | 1.0% | 0.5 | 0.9% | 0.8 | 1.2% | 0.4 | 78.6% | 0.3 | 65.5% |
| Profit of equity-accounted investments | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0% | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | - |
| Profit Before Taxes | 8.7 | 10.5% | 4.2 | 7.6% | 7.3 | 11.3% | 4.5 | 107.6% | 3.1 | 75.2% |
| Income Taxes | 1.8 | 2.2% | 1.3 | 2.3% | 1.4 | 2.1% | 0.6 | 43.6% | 0.1 | 7.8% |
| Net Profit | 6.8 | 8.3% | 2.9 | 5.3% | 5.9 | 9.2% | 3.9 | 136.0% | 3.0 | 105.1% |

4 1Q'21 Financial Results – Balance Sheet



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