Acquisition Update

M&A

May 2021

Page 1 | May 18, 2021

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LINK signs exclusive term sheet to acquire a leading global CPaaS player

• Signed a non-binding term sheet to acquire Soprano Design Ltd ("Soprano") for a total consideration of NOK 3,590m and at an estimated enterprise value of below 3,500 at an accretive purchase multiple, of 19,7x based on cash EBITDA

Key facts

• Soprano is a leading global CPaaS player with over 4,000

customers, NOK ~717m in revenue (18% growth) and NOK ~174m

in cash EBITDA (24% margin) FY21E1

• The founder and majority shareholder is highly committed to

become a long-term investor and will continue to run the Soprano

footprint

LINK Mobility Group signs non-binding term sheet to acquire 100% of Soprano Design Ltd.

Purchase Price: 3,590 NOKm

Deal structure: 5% cash | 95% shares

SPA signing: Expected mid July 2021

Financing and

timeline

  • The purchase consideration will be settled with 95% shares and 5% cash
    • Share issuance of 88.7 million new shares at issue price of NOK 38.65
    • Cash consideration of AUD 25 million (approx. NOK 160m) settled by cash on balance sheet
  • LINK expects to sign a definitive transaction agreement by mid July 20212

Notes: (1) Fiscal year ending June 2021. April - June are management estimates (2) Transaction pending a satisfactory due diligence

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Strategic rationale for the transaction

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Immediately expands LINK to a global CPaaS company

  • Beachhead in the US, LATAM, Asia-Pacific, and Australia - four previously untapped markets
  • Large market opportunities due to low penetration rates and high growth market
  • Increased footprint will expand our relationships with existing multi-national customers

Soprano is a high growth, high margin CPaaS player with a similar philosophy to LINK

  • Provides mission-critical communication solutions for large enterprises, partners, and governments in multiple industries
  • 18% revenue growth, 18% gross profit growth and 24% EBITDA margin for FY21E1
  • Complementary customer base and geographical footprint, with strong net retention of +113%2

Multiple areas of high value revenue and cost synergies - scale is everything

  • Cost synergies include COGS on existing volumes and potential from increased negotiating power towards MNOs
  • Combined entities will ramp up product innovation and GTM which will drive future growth
  • Cross-sellSoprano's white label SaaS solution to MNOs across the LINK footprint
  • Leverage Soprano's relations to strong cloud providers like Microsoft Azure

Experienced and motivated Soprano management team backed by a solid organisation

  • Founder will become a large shareholder in LINK and continue to run Soprano
  • Complementary management team with exceptional industry experience
  • Adding 200+ employees across complementary growth markets

Important lever for our continued M&A journey

  • Accretive purchase multiple
  • De-leveragingeffect from the accretive financing structure will enhance M&A capacity
  • Soprano team experienced consolidators - opens up for further in-market consolidation
  • Enhanced attractiveness towards future targets in our robust pipeline

Notes: (1) Fiscal year ending June 2021. April - June are management estimates (2) YoY Q4 2020

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Soprano is operating a highly profitable business with an impressive growth profile that complements LINK's business well

Founded in 1994, Soprano is global leading CPaaS capabilities for large enterprises, partners, and governments in multiple industries

Highly experienced and heavily invested management team ready to join forces with LINK

Headquartered in Sydney Australia, with stronghold in APAC region. Regional offices in Europe, North America, South America and Southeast Asia

Unique white label SaaS solution with 13 global carrier/MNOs as strategic partners

More than 4,000 enterprise clients. Enterprise grade delivery and support with 97% satisfaction rate

Facts and figures1

~717 NOKm

18%

FY21E revenue

YoY revenue growth

~382 NOKm

~174 NOKm

53% gross margin

24% margin

FY21E gross profit

FY21E cash EBITDA

Approx. 408 bps PF increase in

Approx. 187 bps PF increase in

Link margin

Link margin

113%14

Countries

Net retention rate2

~200~10bn

Employees

2021E messages

Notes: (1) Fiscal year ending June 2021. April - June are management estimates - FX AUD/NOK 6.55, (2) YoY Q4 2020

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