Edenred : Press release – 2021 Q1 revenue

Press release

April 22, 2021

First-quarter 2021 revenue

Edenred delivers organic growth across all business lines and all regions

Encouraging start to the year despite tighter lockdown measures in manycountries

• Operating revenue of €363 million, up 3.6% excluding the currency effect and changes in the scope of consolidation (like-for-like), and down 5.1% as reported
• Total revenue of €373 million (+3.7% like-for-like)

Back to organic growth across all business lines and all regions, driven byinnovation, agility and strong sales momentum

• Like-for-likeoperating revenue up 4.2% in Europe, 3.4% in Latin America and 0.8% in the Rest of the World
• Success of the digital Employee Benefits offering, which is particularly well adapted to the health situation and remote working (more than 100 partnerships with meal delivery platforms in 16 countries, including Uber Eats and Deliveroo since 2018)
• Continuation of the strong sales momentum and the development of the "Beyond Fuel" offer within Fleet & Mobility Solutions
• Restart and implementation of earmarked funds programs aimed at supporting sectors and individuals hard hit by the crisis
• Ability to forge partnerships in the North American corporate payments market, such as with Citi and Sage in 2021

Full-year growth prospects confirmed despite the uncertainties related to theongoing health crisis

• A still challenging health situation currently observed in several major countries such as France and Brazil
• A better environment expected for the second half of the year, but the timing of the exit from the health crisis remains uncertain
• Edenred nonetheless confirms its ability to generate like-for-like EBITDA growth in 2021 of minimum 6%

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Bertrand Dumazy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Edenred, said: "Edenred reported an encouraging start to the year, continuing the rebound that began last summer. Against a backdrop of heightened health restrictions in many countries in which we operate, the shift back to organic growth across all of our business lines and regions is a real source of satisfaction. We continue to demonstrate agility, dynamic sales performance and innovation in deploying solutions, but also in forging partnerships in response to the specific needs arising from the Covid crisis as well as more structural trends such as the development of remote working, digitalization, the emergence of more responsible behaviors and digitalized payment. Although the health situation remains uncertain, we are confident in our ability to increase full-yearEBITDA by aminimum of 6% on a like-for-likebasis."

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FIRST-QUARTER 2021 TOTAL REVENUE

First-quarter 2021 key financial metrics:

(in € millions)		First-quarter		First-quarter	% change	% change
	2021		2020	(like-for-like)	(reported)
Operating revenue		363		383	+3.6%	-5.1%
Other revenue		10		12	+6.0%	-12.8%
Total revenue		373		395	+3.7%	-5.3%

• Total revenue: €373 million

Total revenue for first-quarter 2021 was €373 million, up 3.7% like-for-like. On a reported basis, an unfavorable currency effect (-8.8%) and a slightly negative scope effect (-0.2%) resulted in a 5.3% decrease.

• Operating revenue: €363 million

Edenred entered the crisis in excellent health, demonstrating resilience at its peak.

The Group got back to growth as early as the third quarter of 2020.

Despite the widespread heightening of lockdown measures, the Group's strong momentum was confirmed in first- quarter 2021, with operating revenue growing 3.6% like-for-like (i.e., excluding the currency effect and changes in the scope of consolidation).

For the three months ended March 31, operating revenue came to €363 million, up 3.6% like- for-like and down 5.1% on a reported basis, taking into account a negative currency effect of 8.5%.

This performance reflects a shift back to organic growth in the operating revenue of all businesses and in each of the key geographies despite an environment that is still weakened by the health situation and the heightening of lockdown measures in many regions.

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Like-for-like performance and currency effects are temporarily calculated excluding Venezuela.

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• Operating revenue by business line

(in € millions)		First-quarter		First-quarter	% change	% change
	2021		2020	(like-for-like)	(reported)
Employee Benefits		223		238	+0.2%	-6.4%
Fleet & Mobility Solutions		90		99	+5.3%	-8.9%
Complementary Solutions		50		46	+17.8%	+10.2%
Total		363		383	+3.6%	-5.1%

Operating revenue for the Employee Benefits business line was €223 million, representing a like- for-like rise of 0.2% (-6.4% as reported) and 61% of total consolidated operating revenue. The digitalization of the offer offset the impact of lockdown measures in place in several major countries such as France, the United Kingdom and Brazil. Edenred recorded a good performance for its employee engagement platforms. Having been a pioneer in API-based payment and, in 2018, the first to forge partnerships with major meal delivery players such as Deliveroo and Uber Eats, the Group continued to extend access to these global platforms country by country, all while integrating new local players such as DejBox in France and Tazz in Romania. Available through more than 100 partners in 16 countries, this innovative offer promotes the adoption of Ticket Restaurant, a truly "virtual canteen", by new clients such as Roche in Spain and Bayer in Italy in the first quarter, by replacing or supplementing physical canteens at a time when remote working is taking hold.

In the Fleet & Mobility Solutions business line, which accounts for 25% of the Group's business, like-for-like operating revenue increased by 5.3% in the first quarter (-8.9% as reported) to €90 million. This rebound notably reflects the success of the "Beyond Fuel" strategy (maintenance, tolls, VAT recovery services) and the Group's strong sales momentum, particularly with managers of smaller fleets who are looking for more efficient ways of managing their vehicle-based expenses. Higher fuel prices also contributed to this business line's growth, particularly in Latin America.

The Complementary Solutions business line, which represents 14% of the Group's operating revenue, includes Corporate Payment Services, Incentive & Rewards Solutions and Public Social Programs. It generated operating revenue of €50 million in the first quarter, up 17.8% like- for-like (+10.2% as reported). This double-digit growth notably reflects the Group's ability to rapidly and efficiently implement earmarked funds programs aimed at supporting vulnerable individuals and sectors, such as in Romania, Brazil and the United Kingdom.

Edenred's Corporate Payment Services business showed the first signs of improvement, confirming the growing interest among North American companies in secure, innovative digital payment solutions. After having extended its partnership with Sage, CSI, Edenred's American subsidiary specialized in corporate payment solutions, signed an agreement with the Commercial Cards business of the international bank Citi to offer American corporations a joint solution combining CSI's expertise in the digitalization of accounts payable processes and Citi's financial resources. This collaboration enhances CSI's value proposition for key accounts, for whom the banking relationship is particularly valued.

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• Operating revenue by region

(in € millions)		First-quarter		First-quarter	% change	% change
	2021		2020	(like-for-like)	(reported)
Europe		237		228	+4.2%	+4.2%
Latin America		97		121	+3.4%	-20.1%
Rest of the World		29		34	+0.8%	-13.4%
Total		363		383	+3.6%	-5.1%

In Europe, operating revenue came to €237 million in the first quarter, up 4.2% on a like-for-like and reported basis, a comparable level to that of the fourth quarter of 2020, despite the implementation of tighter restrictions for longer periods in various countries in the region. Europe represented 65% of total consolidated operating revenue in first-quarter 2021.

In France, operating revenue came in at €69 million for the first quarter, down 1.4% like- for-like and as reported. The extension of the curfew, followed by the implementation of local lockdowns, weighed on user's spending, notably for meals, despite the shift to new consumption patterns such as ordering and paying through meal delivery platforms. In spite of the health restrictions, the Group delivered a solid sales performance with the signing of new clients in Employee Benefits and in Fleet & Mobility Solutions.

Operating revenue in Europe excluding France was up 6.6% like-for-like and 6.7% as reported to €168 million in the first three months of 2021 despite various health restrictions, which continued to impede mobility, business activity and the use of Group solutions. Against this backdrop, Edenred continued to develop its digital Employee Benefits offer, which is particularly well adapted to remote working, and Fleet & Mobility Solutions, including with SMEs. The Group also continued to implement earmarked funds programs, such as in the United Kingdom on behalf of the Department for Education, or in Romania, working together with the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD).

Operating revenue amounted to €97 million in Latin America, up 3.4% like-for-like(-20.1% as reported). The region represented 27% of total consolidated operating revenue in first-quarter 2021.

In Brazil, operating revenue returned to growth during the first three months of the year, rising 5.5% like-for-like while the country's health situation remained particularly challenging. The Group saw a gradual improvement in the Employee Benefits business over the quarter, despite the number of restaurants closed to the public, thanks to app- to-app payment solutions for meal delivery platforms launched in March 2020. The Fleet

• Mobility Solutions business line continued to benefit from the success of the "Beyond Fuel" offer, which notably includes maintenance and toll management solutions.

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