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MAY 21st 2024

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Executive Directors

Investor Relations

PARTICIPATION

António Redondo

Fernando Araújo

Nuno Santos

João Lé

Dorival Almeida

António Quirino Soares

Ana Canha

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Q1 2024 RESULTS

PRESENTATION

01-Main Highlights

02-Market & Group Performance

03-New Business Opportunities

04-Outlook

Q1 2024 | RESULTS

Strategic Growth and Market Leadership

Forest

Bioenergy

Pulp

Eucalyptus

Globulus

Packaging

Paper

Tissue

Q1 2024 with a strong start to the year, as pulp and paper demand continues to improve, a trend already seen in H2 2023

Pulp and paper prices increased, driven by dynamic demand and supply constraints (e.g.: strikes in Finland and logistical restrictions in the Red Sea)

Navigator Sales up by 9% QoQ and 7% YoY to €536 million

EBITDA stood at €133 million, up 7% QoQ and 2% YoY, 25% EBITDA margin

Navigator's UWF paper sales price increase implemented (November-April):

  • up by 3% in Europe, 9% in Overseas, and 5% in the total sales mix

Sharp drop in cash costs:

  • YoY: Pulp, UWF and Tissue cash costs drop by 9% to 16%

Delivering on our diversification plan:

  • Tissue - Offer to acquire Accrol, a leading independent converter in the UK's Consumer Tissue market, effective on May 24th.
  • Packaging - Moulded Pulp project proceeds as planned - start up 2H 2024

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Q1 2024 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

  • Sales up by 9% QoQ and 7% YoY to €536 million - Highest ever first quarter results
  • Value-addedcapex of €41 million
    • 32% ESG investments
  • Solid financial position
    • Net Debt/EBITDA ratio at 0.88x

In millions €

Q1 2024

Q1 2023

YoY

Q4 2023

QoQ

Turnover

536.4

501.2

7%

492.7

9%

EBITDA

133.3

130.7

2%

125

7%

Net Profit

64.1

71.7

-11%

74.2

-14%

EBITDA /Sales

24.9%

26.1%

-1.2 pp

25.4%

-0.5 pp

CAPEX

40.7

41.7

-1.0

44.4

-3.7

Free Cash Flow

46.3

30.8

15.4

59.9

-13.6

Net Debt

443.6

351.4

92.2

489.9

-46.3

Net Debt1/EBITDA

0.88

0.47

0.41

0.98

-0.09

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1 Without IFRS 16

  • Paper sales up by 10% QoQ and 29% YoY
  • Pulp sales up by 20% QoQ and YoY
  • Tissue sales (finished products and reels) down 6% YoY, due to lower production availability, which affected sales of reels, and increased 59% YoY, driven by the integration of Navigator Tissue Ejea.

1 Q2, Q3, Q4 2023 and Q1 2024 sales includes Tissue Ejea

QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

Stable quarterly results

Turnover (M €)

EBITDA (M €)

Operational Cash

Flow (M €)

492

650 680 642

501 478 481

493 536

223 207

184

151 151

171

122

131 122 124

125

133

103 100

97

110 100

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Paper sales (k t)

Pulp sales (k t)

Tissue sales 1 (k t)

407 400

17%

12%

15%

20%

366

5%

154

7%

41

40

322 354

1%

10%

37

38

327

92

124

-1%

92

110

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10%

273

277

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78

-10%

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18%

72

53

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27

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-2%

-10%

2%

53 -22%

26

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-3%

10%

0%

-8%

-7%

-10%-2%

2%

-32%

-

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Average Price Evolution (Quarter) (influenced by pure price, exchange rates and mixes)

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EBITDA Q1 24 vs. Q1 23 Analysis

Falling prices influenced by pulp market dynamics were more than offset by an

increase in volumes and a reduction in cash costs

+3

M €

(+2%)

51

133

131

0

-8

42

-91

9

1Q23

A Price B Volume

Logistics C

Variable

FX

Other

1Q24

And Fixed

COST

A

Market prices

below 2023 levels

B

Increase in sales volumes across

all business

segments driven

by

across all business segments (UWF

growth in

client orders

and

-16%, Pulp -18%, Tissue -11%)

expanded production capacity

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Sharp cost reduction in raw materials, C in particular, wood and chemicals.

Energy and freight costs also tending to move downwards

EBITDA Q1 24 vs. Q4 23 Analysis

Higher sales volumes and market prices, driven by a stronger order book

and upward trend in PIX BHKP

+8

M €

(+7%)

14

12

4

133

125

-2

-1

-19

R23 Q4

A

Price

B

Volume

Logistics

C

Variable

FX

Other

R24 Q1

and fixed

COST

Upward trend in market prices

  1. across all segments (UWF +2%, Pulp +7%, Tissue +2%), led by PIX BHKP increase

B

Rise in sales volume in both UWF

C

Increase in cost of wood and external

(+10%) and market pulp (+20%)

fibers, partially offset by a decline in

due to stronger order books

electricity and natural gas market

prices

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Q1 2024 RESULTS

PRESENTATION

01-Main Highlights

02-Market & Group Performance

03-New Business Opportunities

04-Outlook

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