Steadfast Group

2022

1H22 Results

Investor Presentation

22 February

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Table of Contents

1H22 Results Investor Presentation

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1H22 Highlights

1H22 Financial Summary

Appendices

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1H22 Highlights

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Steadfast Group

Increase in underlying NPAT of 26.4%

Underlying earnings 1

  • EBITA +22.7% to $153.9m
  • NPAT +26.4% to $76.3m
  • NPATA2 +25.4% to $93.6m
  • Diluted EPS (NPAT) +20.5% to 8.41 cps
  • Interim dividend +18.2% to 5.2 cps fully franked

1H22 EBITA Mix

3%

45%52%

Steadfast Brokers

UW Agencies

Other

Statutory earnings1

  • NPAT of $104.9m v $73.4m in 1H21

Broker and underwriting agency growth

  • Equity brokers (including network) underlying EBITA +16.0% (refer slide 15)
  • Underwriting agencies' aggregate underlying EBITA +21.5% (refer slide 16)
  • The majority of Australian and New Zealand brokers are now using SCTP

Acquisition growth

  • Completed EPS accretive acquisitions for a net cost of $507m (refer slide 5)

Future growth

Unutilised debt facility of $315m available as at today (plus free cash flow)

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  1. For reconciliation of statutory to underlying earnings, refer to slides 12 and 41. Underlying earnings shown above excludes mark-to-market adjustment for the Johns Lyng Group investment.
  2. Calculated on a consistent basis since the IPO.

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Steadfast Group

1H22 operating update

Acquisitions

  • Completed EPS accretive acquisitions (including Coverforce) for a cost of $507m net of step downs
  • Coverforce, completed in late August, is performing in line with expectations
  • Continue to deliver on our Trapped Capital Project1, with:

18 completed acquisitions representing $10.6m EBITA

30 further indicative valuations provided representing $16.4m EBITA

5 signed term sheets and due diligence commenced representing $1.7m EBITA

27 further expressions of interest

8 further term sheets issued representing $18.7m EBITA

57 further discussions required to establish interest

Steadfast Risk Group product expansion

  • Continued to rollout our comprehensive suite of enhanced risk management solutions and systems to our broker network
  • Steadfast Risk Group aims to classify risk into components and create platforms that effectively enable a broker to either scale up or dial down risk according to complexity of their client's business and the risks associated with that industry
  • Established Captives and Mutuals for hard to place products

SCTP enhancement

  • Continued to rollout more product and insurer offerings, whilst improving policy wording and the integration capacity to onboard insurers more efficiently

International expansion strategy

  • unisonSteadfast - the integration of Steadfast management will commence in 2H22 subject to Covid restrictions
  • Analysis of the potential for international expansion of SCTP continues
  • London office reopens at the end of February 2022

Environmental, Social and Governance

  • Steadfast is establishing a Carbon Neutral Transition Plan that is expected to be published in 2022. ESG strategy initiatives to be rolled out to our broker network services
  • Steadfast's second level Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) has been approved by Reconciliation Australia

Steadfast Claims Solutions

  • Commenced operations to deliver improved claims solutions for Steadfast brokers and Steadfast Underwriting Agencies and their clients

1 Trapped Capital Project status figures as at 22 February 2022.

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