Investor Presentation

February 2024

Richardson Wealth - a leading independent wealth management firm

$35.2B

AUA1,2

157

Number of

advisory teams

$224MM

Average AUA1,2

per team

89%

Recurring fee- based revenue2

22

Offices across

Canada

Vision

To be the brand of choice for Canada's top advisors and their high net-worth clients

Share Ownership

Richardson family

44%

Richardson Wealth advisors

30%

Public shareholders

26%

  1. Assets under administration (AUA) is a measure of client assets and is common to the wealth management business. AUA represents the market value of client assets managed and administered by us from which we earn commissions and fees.
  2. Considered to be non-GAAP or supplemental financial measures. Such measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP under IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. For further information please refer to our MD&A for the period ended December 31, 2023, which can be found under our profile at www.sedarplus.caand is incorporated by reference.

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2

The James Richardson & Sons, Limited group of companies

Richardson

Richardson Financial

International Limited

Richardson Centre

Group Limited

Limited

Tundra Oil &

Gas Limited

Distinguished

Long-term

Financial

brand

orientation

backing

James A. Richardson & Winston Churchill

(circa 1926)

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The opportunity we are pursuing is significant

Our industry is large1 and poised

Face to face advisory will remain

for continued growth

critical as HNW client assets grow

2021

2030

Financial advisory to

remain

$5.6 T

+73% $9.7 T

~40%

of Canadian

financial assets

1 Source: Investor economics

There is meaningful

opportunity for us to capture

~800K

HHs with >$1MM

AUA in Canada

~90,000

IIROC & MFDA

advisors

Well positioned to capture a greater share of fast expanding industry

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4

Independents are small share of the overall IIROC channel

Banks1,2Independents2

~90%

12K

~10%

Advisors

AUA

in

AUA

Canada

  1. Includes banks' IIROC channel only
  2. Estimate only; no single, reliable source of AUA data exists Source: company-specific disclosures & IIROC publications

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Our value proposition

Advisors

are our

Clients

We are focused on their success and are

committed to creating a best-in-classexperience

for them

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Our three-pillar strategy to achieve our goals

Three-pillar

Double-down on

Supercharge advisor

Acquire or partner

strategy

support for advisors

recruitment

with like-minded firms

Anticipated contribution to

20%

20%

60%

Adjusted EBITDA growth

Carefully curated, ambitious but achievable growth strategy

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Our transformation created fundamental value

October 2020

December 2023

AUA

$28B

AUA

$35B

Revenue

$267MM

Revenue

$351MM

Adjusted

$35MM

Adjusted

$59MM

EBITDA1

EBITDA1

Share price

$24.202

Share price

$7.52

EV/EBITDA1

13.0x

EV/EBITDA1

4.3x

EV/AUA1

1.63%

EV/AUA1

0.73%

+25%

+31%

+69%

-69%

-67%

-55%

  1. Considered to be non-GAAP or supplemental financial measures. Such measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP under IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. For further information please refer to our MD&A for the period ended December 31, 2023, which can be found under our profile at www.sedarplus.caand is incorporated by reference
  2. Value ascribed to shares by RBC at the date of our reorganization in October 2020 .

Recent transactions in wealth management support a valuation of 13x-20x EBITDA

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We have been running a profitable business

2023 Adjusted EBITDA1 and Net Income Bridge ($MM)

$27.1MM of limited life expenses

related to our transformation

Amortization

Adjusted

Normal

Acquired

Advisor

2020 recognition

Interest

Transformation

EBITDA

course

intangibles

loans

loans

expense

and other costs Income tax

Net loss

1. Considered to be non-GAAP or supplemental financial measures. Such measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP under IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. For further information please refer to our MD&A for the period ended December 31, 2023, which can be found under our profile at www.sedarplus.caand is incorporated by reference

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Q4 and FY 2023: stable financial performance given transformation

Revenue

Adjusted EBITDA1

($MM)

($MM)

354.0

351.1

61.7

59.5

17.0

88.5

86.8

14.5

Q4'22

Q4'23

2022

2023

Q4'22

Q4'23

2002

2023

Ending AUA1 increased to $35.2 billion in 2023

Interest revenue reached $48.8 million in 2023

Gross margin increased to $206 million in 2023

Free cash flow1 for growth of $35.4 million

1. Considered to be non-GAAP or supplemental financial measures. Such measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP under IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. For further information please refer to our MD&A for the period ended December 31, 2023, which can be found under our profile at www.sedarplus.caand is incorporated by reference

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