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Veidekke

Earnings Release May 6, 2021

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  1. mai 2021

Q1 2021

Presentation

6 May 2021 CFO Jørgen Wiese Porsmyr

Occupational health and safety Our primary priority

12-month rolling, Veidekke employees, hired staff and sub-contractors 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14

Number of serious injuries

Sickness absence

Veidekke employees

Covid-19 had limited impact on production in Q1

  • More infection outbreaks in individual projects
  • Entry restrictions pose challenges to planned progress in individual projects in Norway
  • No significant impact on financial results for the quarter
  • Extraordinary infection-control measures may impact production capacity and supply of goods and services going forward

Facsimile from Veidekke's Q1 2020 presentation

Highlights Q1 2021

  • Revenues on a par with Q1 2020; low season in parts of the operations
  • Improved profits
  • Divestment of Rogaland asphalt and aggregates operations was completed and contributed to a profit for the quarter
  • Satisfactory quarterly order intake

Veidekke's subsidiary Arcona has been commissioned to construct two new school buildings and make moderations to Sundbyskolan's current facilities in Spånga outside Stockholm on behalf of SISAB. The execution contract has a value of approx. SEK 145 million.

Key financial figures Q1 revenues and profits

Q1 revenue Q1 pre-tax profit

NOK billion NOK million

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Revenue, profits and margins Group and segments

Q1 2021 Q1 20201
Amounts in NOK
million
Revenue Pre-tax profit Margin Revenue Pre-tax profit Margin
Construction in Norway 3 471 113 3.3% 3 580 119 3.3%
Infrastructure in Norway 1 463 -132 -9.1% 1 683 -207 -12.3%
Sweden 2 827 36 1.3% 2 596 28 1.1%
Denmark / Hoffmann 621 43 7.0% 653 33 5.0%
Other -72 -31 -69 -88
Group 8 311 28 0.3% 8 443 -116 -1.4%

1The item "Other" under Q1 2020 included an unrealised loss linked to a change in the value of a fund investment related to pension obligations, as well as costs related to the divestment of the property development operation which were at the time of divestment included in the gains from the sale. The unrealised loss and divestment costs amount to NOK 55 million in total.

Construction in Norway

Q1 2021

  • Revenue decreased by 3 %
    • Mainly limited to the Trondheim region
  • Profits and margin on a par with a year ago
    • The Oslo area has high profitability and constitutes the main engine
  • Order book
    • The order book decreased by 8% over past 12 months
    • Over the quarter: the public buildings segment increased, the residential buildings segment was stable, and the commercial buildings segment decreased

REVENUE AND MARGIN BY QUARTER

ORDER BOOK, ORDER INTAKE AND BOOK-TO-BILL (12M)

Infrastructure in Norway

  • Revenue dropped by 13%
    • Decrease in civil engineering revenue
    • Low season in Asphalt and Aggregates
  • Profits and profitability improved from last year
    • Civil engineering; profit margin at 1.0%.
      • Road maintenance margin improved, to 6,5%
    • Asphalt and Aggregates saw a NOK 39 million gain from sale of the Rogaland operation and lower costs in Asphalt (NOK 18 mill.)
  • Market
    • High civil engineering demand
    • In this year's tender for asphalt on national and county roads, Veidekke's volumes increased by 71% from last year (market share 43%)

ORDER BOOK, ORDER INTAKE AND BOOK-TO-BILL (12M)1

Sweden

  • Revenue increased by 5% (in local currency)
    • Revenue increase in Construction (15%); from residential and public sector segments
    • Revenue decrease in Infrastructure (-12%)
  • Profits and margin boosted
    • Construction; 2.5% profit margin, compared to 1.2% last year. Improvement in Stockholm
    • Infrastructure; -1.6% profit margin, compared to 0.8% last year. Lower activity and increased cost in industrials operation
  • Satisfactory order intake in Q1
    • Order book increased by nearly 30 % in local currency over past 12 months, and by 14% in Q1
    • All segments increased their order books in Q1

Q1 2021 REVENUE AND MARGIN BY QUARTER

ORDER BOOK, ORDER INTAKE AND BOOK-TO-BILL (12M)

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Denmark / Hoffmann

  • Revenue decreased by 4% (in local currency)
  • Strong Q1 profits
    • Consistently satisfactory project profitability
  • Order book
    • Good order intake in Q1, of which the Northern Als holiday resort contract comprised approx. NOK 1.1 billion
    • Order book (in local currency) increased by 25% over past year
    • Shift towards public sector customers; signed framework agreement with the Danish Building and Property Agency

Q1 2021 REVENUE AND MARGIN BY QUARTER

ORDER BOOK, ORDER INTAKE AND BOOK-TO-BILL (12M)

Financial position

Balance sheet

Amounts in NOK million 31 March 2021 31 March 2020
Fixed assets 6 262 6 500
Current assets (excluding
cash, cash equivalents and financial investments)
6 842 6 462
Cash, cash equivalents and financial investments 3 442 725
Assets, discontinued operations - 9 147
Assets 16 546 22 833
Equity 2 813 3 935
Long-term debt 2 957 5 554
Short-term debt 10 776 10 848
Liabilities, discontinued operations - 2 496
Equity and debt 16 546 22 833
Equity ratio 17.0% 17.2%
Return on equity (12mos) 58% 26%
Net interest-bearing assets 2 791 -2 605

Financial position

Change in net interest-bearing assets NOK million

Key points

• Weak cash flow due to low season in parts of the operation

• Net investments in fixed assets amounted to NOK 93 million

• Settlement for the sale of Rogaland operation amounted to NOK 135 million.

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Order book as at 31 March 2021

Amounts in NOK million Construction in Norway Infrastructure in Norway Sweden Denmark Total
Residential buildings 4 641 - 3 624 102 8 368
Commercial buildings 2 839 - 3 822 1 845 8 506
Public buildings 5 382 - 4 512 1 046 10 940
Transportation infrastructure

road
- 214 799 - 1 013
Transportation infrastructure –
rail
- 2 703 117 - 2 820
Industry and energy - 189 826 - 1 015
Other civil engineering 9 775 1 566 131 2 482
Road maintenance contracts* - 2 787 - - 2 787
Total Group 12 871 6 669 15 266 3 125 37 931

* Total order book for Veidekke's portfolio of road maintenance contracts in Norway

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