WABERER'S GROUP

Q1 2024 results

Budapest, 15 May 2024

BUILDING THE NUMBER ONE COMPLEX LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDER IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE.

COMPLEXITY I EXPANSION I SUSTAINABILITY I STABILITY I PEOPLE-FOCUSED

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statement. Such factors are described in, among other things the 2023 Annual Report, dated 12 April 2024, and available

on our website at https://www.waberers.com.

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AGENDA

  • Status of strategic projects & outlook for 2024
  • Main resolutions of the Annual General Meeting & new shareholder structure
  • Group and segment level results
  • Reporting of jointly controlled entities

Key messages

  1. Record consolidated revenue (EUR 196.7 m) - revenue increase driven segments with higher profitability margin (RCL and insurance segment)
  1. EUR 8.5 m quarterly Group level EBIT (in line with the average of the previous quarters; EUR 2.8 m decrease vs. Q1 2023) - further expansion of the Contract Logistics (RCL) and Insurance segments, decrease due to weak demand in Europe and a significant increase in tolls in the Transportation and Freight Forwarding segment (ITS)
  1. Milestones of strategic development objectives in Q1 2024 - Waberer's Group has successfully completed the acquisition of 51% of the shares of PSP Group (leading player in rail logistics), and 55% of the shares of MD International (Serbian FMCG distributor company) and the development of the Ecser logistics center development is in the final phase

IV. Unchanged annual EBIT forecast - EUR 40+ m, similar to last year's record result

Delivering Results with Strategy 2027

Contract Logistics (RCL)

International

Transportation &

Freight Forwarding

(ITS)

2023

Focus warehouse logistics

in Hungary

Value added services 38% of revenues

Freight forwarding 26% of revenues

Focus on Road Transportation

2027

Focus: CEE region

Significant in-house and

e-commerceimprovement and powerful

own warehouse capacity

Value added services 60% of revenues

Freight forwarding 35% of revenues

Focus on Multimodal Transportation

Insurance

Generally MTPL and casco

insurance service portfolio

Expanded non-life insurance service

portfolio

with potentially involving a partner

Strategic milestones of 2024 and outlook

Annual EBIT expectations of more than EUR 40 million, with strong Q3 and Q4 results expected; strategic projects already closed with an expected annualised EBIT potential of EUR 4 - 5 million

Status of Strategic projects

Contract Logistics (RCL)

Transportation & Freight Forwarding (ITS)

Insurance

  • MDI (Serbia) acquisition
    • Closing: March 2024
    • P&L impact from Q2 2024
  • Ecser warehouse development
    • Launch of operations: Summer 2024
    • P&L impact: from Q3 2024
  • PSP (rail logistics) acquisitions
    • Closing: February 2024
    • P&L impact from Q1 2024
  • Expected results announcement of the sale of Posta Insurance companies during the summer of 2024
  • Debrecen warehouse development
    • Planning phase
    • Completion in 2025

Consolidated EBIT expectations

Actuals 2023

Budget 2024

Q1 results were affected by a sharp increase in transit

costs in the ITS segment, which will be reflected in

service prices from the upcoming quarters

European industrial production and Hungarian

consumption data may stabilise in the second half of

the year

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Combined annualized EBIT generation capability of

MDI, PSP and the Ecser warehouse is EUR 4-5

2024 annual EBIT expectation: similar to 2023, EUR 40+ m

million

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Main resolutions of the AGM and new shareholder structure

Increasing dividend payments, new governing body members, MOL Group's purchase of a 15% stake

Election of new members of the governing bodies

New shareholder structure

Board of Directors:

Supervisory Board:

3%

Zsolt Barna - chairman

Éva Hegedűs - chairman

Barna Erdélyi

Krisztián Hall

30%

BDPST Group

Szabolcs Tóth - new member

David Thompson

52%

MOL Group

Barlai Róbert

Botond Rencz - new member

Other insitutional and retail investors

György Dr. Bacsa - new, non-

Sándor Székely

Treasury shares and shares owned by the

15%

ESOP organization

executive member

AttilaVerestóy

Decision on the 2024 dividend

Dividend amount: HUF 120 per share, 20% annual increase

Dividend payment start date: 3. July 2024

MOL Group's acquisition of a 15% stake has been closed

Based on the strategic agreement signed at the time of the acquisition, the range of logistics services provided to MOL Group has been further expanded

Trend of financial performance on quarterly basis

Quarterly EBIT performance in line with the average of the last 3 years, increase in indebtedness due to acquisitions and logistics centre development

Group EBIT (EUR mn)

12.1

14.3

-24%

10.3

9.7

11.2

9.3

8.3

8.0

8.5

7.7

6.6

3.5

4.5

4.6

1.2

0.1

-2.7

Q1 20

Q2 20

Q3 20

Q4 20

Q1 21

Q2 21

Q3 21

Q4 21

Q1 22

Q2 22

Q3 22

Q4 22

Q1 23

Q2 23

Q3 23

Q4 23

Q1 24

Group net indebtedness and leverage (EUR mn)

187

176

164

182

203

214

237

161

149

145

150

123

120

122

127

115

112

3.2

3.1

2.9

2.2

2.1

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.7

2.0

1.8

1.9

1.9

2.0

2.2

2.2

2.5

Q1 20

Q2 20

Q3 20

Q4 20

Q1 21

Q2 21

Q3 21

Q4 21

Q1 22

Q2 22

Q3 22

Q4 22

Q1 23

Q2 23

Q3 23

Q4 23

Q1 24

Consolidated quarterly results

Record quarterly revenue, consolidated EBIT in line with the average of previous years

Group revenue (EUR mn)

+11%

177

197

Q1 23

Q1 24

  • Group revenue
    • 11% increase resulted in revenue of EUR 197 m, a record quarterly figure for the Group.
  • Group EBIT
    • Similar to the previous quarters' average EBIT, resulting in EUR 8.5 m performance.
    • Further improvement in the contract logistics and the insurance segment's performance, with weak demand in Europe leading to a decrease in the transportation and freight forwarding segment.
  • Group Net Income
    • Lower net income due to negative (non-cash,non-realised) FX effects, lower interest income and higher leasing related interest costs.

Group EBIT (EUR mn)

-24%

11.2

8.5

Q1 23

Q1 24

Group net income (EUR mn)

Main drivers:

-89%

• Change in EBIT: - 2.7 m EUR

FX impact: -3.9 m EUR

10.4

Deferred taxes: - 0.9 m EUR

• Decreasing interest income &

increasing lease related

interest costs: - 1.8 m EUR

1.1

Q1 23

Q1 24

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Quarterly segment results

RCL and insurance (segments with major strategic focus in the Group) have further improved their results, partly offsetting the weaker quarterly performance of the international transportation business that faced market challenges

ITS (EUR mn)

+6%

-211%

111

118

1.8

23 Q1

24 Q1

-2.0

Revenue

23 Q1

24 Q1

EBIT

RCL (EUR mn)

ITS

  • Increasing revenue despite the weak European demand
  • Sharp increase in toll fees and transit costs resulted in decreasing EBIT performance

RCL

  • 2nd highest EBIT performance in the past three years
  • Expanding in the in-house logistics business and acquiring new domestic transportation customers

Insurance

  • 15% increase in the contract portfolio
  • Record quarterly segment EBIT due to high investment result

Insurance (EUR mn)

+17%

50

59

23 Q1

24 Q1

Revenue

+15%

4.0

4.6

23 Q1

24 Q1

EBIT

+22%

19

23

23 Q1

24 Q1

Revenue

+9%

5.4

5.9

23 Q1

24 Q1

EBIT

Note: ITS: International Transportation and Freight Forwarding segment; RCL: Regional Contract Logistics

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