Q4 & FY 2023 Financial Results

14 March 2024

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Highlights

Financial Performance

  • Record-highquarterly GGR in Q4'23 at €581m coupled with a sound 27% online GGR contribution
  • FY'23 recurring EBITDA at €745m exceeding our latest outlook for the year
  • Strong cash position & limited leverage with Net Debt/LTM EBITDA at 0.23x
  • Total 2023 Shareholders Remuneration €1.85 per share: Dividend: €1.60 (€1.00 interim already paid - €0.60 to be paid) & Capital
    Return: €0.25 (to be paid)

Operational Progress

  • Eurojackpot launch in March '24 aiming to boost our retail lottery proposition towards best international standards
  • Highly welcomed revamp of our draw-basedgames portfolio (Tzoker & Lotto) continues to improve engagement
  • TIPSTERS: the 1st innovative digital sports betting community introduced by a gaming company in Greece, with the ambition to upgrade the retail experience and strengthen the image of our stores as entertainment destination
  • Opaponline.gr (our iLottery platform) significantly up in FY'23 by 41% YoY, underlining successful digitalization steps

FY'24 outlook: GGR €2,150m - 2,200m & EBITDA €750m - 770m & bulk of net profit distributed as cash dividends

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Q4 & FY 2023 Financial Review

Pavel Mucha,

Chief Financial Officer

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Q4 2023 Overview

Retail recovery & robust online growth

Revenues (GGR)

+7,5%

581

Retail GGR grew by 2.2% y-o-y

541

positively affected by the

124

156

normalization in payout rates in

sports betting

417

426

Online recorded significant

increase (+25.2% y-o-y) aided by

Q4 2022

Δ

Q4 2023

product enhancements and

Retail

Online

commercial initiatives

Gross Profit (from gaming operations)1

EBITDA

+3,7%

-3.1% YoY on a comparable

basis excluding one-off items

203

210

• Q4'23 EBITDA margin at high

levels of 36% - Adjusted EBITDA

margin at a solid 34%

Q4 2022

Δ

Q4 2023

Net Profit

+5,5%

224236

Q4 2022

Δ

Q4 2023

  • Higher y-o-y on the back of higher activity, but outpaced by GGR
  • Healthy Gross profit margin at 41%

-67,2%

307

101

Q4 2022

Δ

Q4 2023

  • -13.9%YoY on a comparable basis excluding one-offitems
  • Solid Net profit margin at 17%

1 GGR-GGRcontribution-Agents'commission-other Direct Costs

Amounts in €m

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FY 2023 Overview

Strong revenue growth coupled with solid profitability margins

Revenues (GGR)

+7,7%

1.9392.088

450531

1.4891.557

FY 2022

Δ

FY 2023

Retail

Online

EBITDA

Retail GGR benefited from solid

-0,8%

• On a l-f-lbasis (excluding one-off

items) €745m in FY'23, broadly

fast games performance

stable YoY

Online aided by robust casino

Solid EBITDA Margin at 35%

performance

736

730

despite increased Opex to support

growth initiatives

2024e GGR Outlook2:

2024e Ebitda Outlook2:

€2,150m- €2,200m

FY 2022

Δ

FY 2023

€750m-€770m

Gross Profit (from gaming operations)1

Net Profit

+6,7%

Closely following revenues trend

799

852

Gross profit margin at 41%

FY 2022

Δ

FY 2023

-31,1%

592

408

FY 2022

Δ

FY 2023

€439m on a l-f-l basis excluding one-off items in FY'23

Net profit margin at c.20% - Adjusted Net Profit margin 21%

  1. GGR-GGRcontribution-Agents'commission-other Direct Costs
  2. Assuming no changes in regulatory regime or taxation and stable macro environment

Amounts in €m

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Key Quarterly Financials 2020-2023

Strong performance reflected across key metrics

Revenues (GGR)

EBITDA recurring

Net Profit recurring

581

499

541527498

499

470

457442

481

391

396

328

231

180

174

Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4

2 0 2 0

2 0 2 1

2 0 2 2

2 0 2 3

204

198

197

198

174173

175

178172

170

142

105

86

60

49

23

Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4

2 0 2 0

2 0 2 1

2 0 2 2

2 0 2 3

127

119

118

110

102

107104

94 96

86

69

53

36

18

-5

-3

Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4 Q 1 Q 2 Q 3 Q 4

2 0 2 0

2 0 2 1

2 0 2 2

2 0 2 3

Quarterly GGR

Last 4Qs rolling avg.

Quarterly EBITDA

Last 4Qs rolling avg.

Quarterly Net Profit

Last 4Qs rolling avg.

Amounts in €m, excluding one-off items in EBITDA and Net Profit

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Revenues (GGR)

FY - Q4 2023 GGR analysis

FYQ4

+7,7%

+7,5%

2.088

1.939

581

541

252

+26,2%

200

76

+25,7%

345

+8,2%

61

318

96

+3.0%

93

108

116

+7,4%

30

32

-5,2%

604

646

+6,9%

161

181

+12,4%

709

730

+2,9%

194

198

+1,9%

FY 2022

FY 2023

Q4 2022

Q4 2023

Online Casino

Online Casino

VLTs

VLTs

Instant & Passives

Instant & Passives

Betting

Betting

Numerical Lotteries

Numerical Lotteries

Amounts in €m

Last 4 quarters GGR breakdown per product & channel

Online Casino

Numerical Lotteries

Online

13%

34%

73%

VLTs

13%

27%

35%

27%

73%

12%

36%

24%

76%

10%

36%

Q1'23

24% 76%

17%

16%

17%

16%

Q2'23

32%

6%

Q3'23

6%

30%

5%

30%

5%

Q4'23

Betting

31%

Instant &

Passives

(lottery game)

  • Numerical lotteries: +1.9% on the back of solid Tzoker performance & strong early signs of revamped Lotto, while KINO continues trending upwards
  • Betting: +12.4% aided by PowerSpin and Virtuals strong growth and the normalization in sports

Q4

betting payout

  • VLTs: +3.0% boosted by promotional activities, increased walk-ins and spending
  • Instant & Passives: -5.2% with both Laiko & Scratch under pressure
  • Online Casino: +25.7% building on the success of previous quarters

Retail

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EBITDA bridge

Higher variable costs due to

Higher Opex to support increased

operations and new product

149

736

revenue increase

46 24 24

initiatives

5

2

7

15

7

12

30

2

24.6 refer to one-off HCC fine

730

EBITDA

GGR

GGR

Agents'

Other Direct

Other

Income

Other

Share of

Payroll

Marketing

Other

EBITDA

FY'22

contribution

Commissions

costs

Operating

related to the

Operating

profit of

expenses

expenses

operating

FY'23

Income

concession

Costs

associates

expenses

extension

Amounts in €m

Δ in

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Profitability (recurring figures)

FY - Q4 EBITDA*

FY - Q4 Net Profit**

-3.1%

-0.2%

38,5%

37,7%

35,7%

34,0%

746745

204

198

Q4 2022

Q4 2023

FY 2022

FY 2023

EBITDA

EBITDA Margin on GGR

*Excl. one-off expenses of €14.9m in FY'23 and expenses of €10.2m in FY'22 (income of €12.6m in Q4'23 and expenses of €1.3m in Q4'22)

Solid margins and operating profitability assisted by record top line growth

45,0%

40,0%

35,0%

30,0%

25,0%

20,0%

15,0%

10,0%

5,0%

0,0%

-13.9%

+0.7%

480

23,6%

22,5%

25,0%

430

21,0%

380

18,9%

20,0%

330

280

15,0%

230

436

439

180

10,0%

130

80

127

5,0%

110

30

-20

0,0%

Q4 2022

Q4 2023

FY 2022

FY 2023

Net Profit Net Profit Margin on GGR

**Excl. one-off expenses of €30.9m in FY'23 and income of €156.3m in FY'22 (expenses of €9.1m in Q4'23 and income of €179.1m in Q4'22)

Healthy margins and profitability despite increased costs

Amounts in €m

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