Fourth Quarter &

Full Year 2022

Earnings Call

March 1, 2023

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Operating Overview

2022 Highlights

Full Year 2022

  • Solid full year 2022 results primarily driven by strengthening client demand and broad-based organic growth
  • Record customer revenue retention(1) increased to approximately 96% and cross-selling(1) revenues nearly doubled to 35% of total revenues
  • Record organic revenue growth of 26% (excluding CTEH) helped mitigate the expected decline in CTEH COVID-19 revenues; Total organic revenue growth including the expected decline in CTEH COVID-19 revenues was (7)% YoY
  • Most service lines grew organically with notable strength within PFAS water treatment, greenhouse gas measurement, and renewable energy solutions
  • Acquisitions and investments funded with strong Adjusted Operating Cash Flow(2); Balance sheet remains strong
  • 2023E outlook reflects strong momentum in core business and continued, elevated organic growth across most service lines

(1)

Customer revenue retention defined as the percentage of revenue excluding CTEH from customers in 2021 that recurred in

2022. CTEH revenue is excluded from the calculation in light of episodic nature of emergency response work. Cross selling

activity defined as the percentage of total revenue from customers purchasing two or more Montrose services within the same

fiscal year.

(2)

Adjusted Operating Cash Flow is a non-GAAP measure and excludes the payment of acquisition-related contingent

consideration of $19.5 million in 2022 and $15.6 million in 2021. Reported cash from operating activities was $20.6 million in

2022 and $37.6 million in 2021. See the appendix to this presentation for a discussion of Adjusted Operating Cash Flow.

(3)

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income (Loss) and Adjusted Net Income (Loss) Per Share are non-GAAP measures.

See the appendix to this presentation for a discussion of these measures, including how they are calculated and the reasons

why we believe they provide useful information to investors, and a reconciliation for historical periods to the most directly

comparable GAAP measures.

Revenue

$544.4M

Organic Growth in Nearly

All Service Lines

Consolidated Adjusted

EBITDA(3)

$66.2M

12.2% of Revenue

Adj. Operating Cash Flow(2)

Full Year 2022

$40.1M

Operating Cash Flow Full Year 2022 of $20.6 Million

Adj. EPS(3)

$0.24

Adj. Net Income(3)

of $25.1 Million

Total Operating Segments

Adjusted EBITDA

$99.7M

18.3% of Revenue

Net Leverage(4)

1.3x

Low Leverage

Profile

(4) The Company's leverage ratio under its credit facility includes the impact of acquisition-related contingent earnout payments

that may become payable in cash.

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Strong Record of Long-Term Growth

  • Continued market share gains through (i) technology innovation & patent development and (ii) sales & marketing with a focus on integrated environmental solutions
  • Consistent growth of cross-selling(1) activity to ~35% of revenue in 2022 and customer revenue retention(1) to 96% in 2022 are primary drivers of strong organic growth
  • Continued strong momentum with 2020-2022 organic growth CAGR(2,3) of ~18%, excluding CTEH, compared to ~8% pre-IPO
  • 2023E outlook at midpoint assumes double-digit organic growth (excluding CTEH)
  • 2023E outlook at midpoint, including CTEH, assumes mid- single digit growth, despite decline in COVID-19 services
  • 2023E outlook does not include future acquisitions; cadence of acquisitions is expected to increase in 2023 compared to 2022

Revenue

2020-2023E CAGR(2,3) (excluding CTEH): 29%

($ in Millions, Dec FYE)

$546

$544

$550-600(4)

$114

$75-95

$232

$328

$475-

$82

$431

505

$315

$246

2020

2021

2022

2023E

MEG Excluding CTEH

CTEH

  1. Customer revenue retention defined as the percentage of revenue excluding CTEH from customers in 2021 that recurred in 2022. CTEH revenue is excluded from the calculation in light of episodic nature of emergency response work. Cross selling activity defined as the percentage of total revenue from customers purchasing two or more Montrose services within the same fiscal year.
  2. CTEH excluded from CAGR calculations given that it was not owned for full year 2020.
  3. Excludes discontinued service lines, which generated revenues of $17.1 million in 2020, $12.1 million in 2021, and $3.6 million in 2022.
  4. Does not include any benefit from future acquisitions that have not yet been completed. In historical periods, revenues generated by businesses acquired during the year are included in revenue.

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