Zalaris

Earnings Release • Oct 30, 2019

ZALARIS: 2019 Third Quarter: Zalaris with 19th year of uninterrupted growth within reach

ZALARIS: 2019 Third Quarter: Zalaris with 19th year of uninterrupted growth within reach

(Oslo, Norway, 30.10.2019) – Zalaris ASA, the provider of Payroll and HR Solutions that Value People, today posted third quarter revenues of NOK 190.7 million making 2019 the 19th year of uninterrupted growth within reach.

Zalaris’ Q3-19 revenues reached NOK 190.7 million (NOK 176.2 million), an 8.2% increase compared to the same quarter previous year. In terms of business segments, Managed Services grew revenues by 2.6% year-on-year, whilst revenues in the Professional Services segment increased by 24.3%.

Financial key figures for Q3 2019:

• Revenue of NOK 190,7 million Q3-19, up 8,2% from NOK 176.2 million Q3-18

• Adjusted EBITDA of NOK 29.7 million(15.6%) Q3-19 up from 10.2(5.8%) Q3-18

• Adjusted EBIT of NOK 5.8 million (3.0%) Q3-19 up from -5.5 million (-3.1%) Q3-18

• Profit for the period of NOK -6.6 million Q3-19 up from -7.3 million Q3-18

• Total comprehensive income of NOK 1.1 million Q3-19 up from -10.1 million Q3-18

Market wins reinforce strong position in attractive Payroll/HR Tech market

In Q3, Zalaris closed the first UK based Managed Services deals with Barden and ABB, representing another milestone for the company.

The Central European market continued its strong development. In Germany, Zalaris signed five customer contracts during the quarter with renowned companies such as Dräger and Eurowings. In Poland, the professional services business experienced strong demand resulting in 9.0% revenue growth year to date.

In Northern Europe, Zalaris secured agreements for expanding services with existing customers to cover mobile and new HR cloud functionality.

“The HR Tech market is currently experiencing high activity levels driven by companies moving their HR systems to the cloud and an abundance of new solutions addressing market niches. Supported by strong investor interest ensuring record amount of investments pouring into the sector. With our solid footprint we are well positioned to develop our own IP as well as integrate these new solutions into one seamless offering to our customers,” says Hans-Petter Mellerud, Zalaris CEO and founder.

Vision 2020 - margin improvement plan to deliver 4.7 million monthly EBIT improvement is on track

Key initiatives have been executed to strengthen market-facing capacity and reduce costs. This will materialize throughout the rest of 2019 in with about 6% net reduction of the Q1-19 workforce.

“Vision 2020 – has refocused #teamZalaris, and we are in the process of becoming stronger and more agile than ever. We are preparing to enter 2020 on a strengthened trajectory with renewed capacity, a more optimized cost structure and sharper overall focus on customer value, service and business growth” says Mellerud.

Contact

Hans-Petter Mellerud, CEO and founder

Mobile: +47 928 97 276

E-mail: hans-petter.mellerud@zalaris.com

Anders Sjåstad, CFO interim

Mobile: +47 4888 4206

E-mail: anders.sjastad@zalaris.com

About Zalaris

Zalaris (OSLO: ZAL) ranks among Europe’s top providers of payroll and human capital management (HCM) solutions – addressing the entire employee lifecycle, from recruiting and onboarding to compensation, time and attendance, travel expense and performance management. Our proven local and multi-country delivery models include on-premise implementations, software as a service (SaaS), integrated cloud and business process outsourcing (BPO). Zalaris’ experienced consultants and advisors cover all industries and IT environments. For more information, go to www.zalaris.com.