Alimak Group

25 April 2024

Ole Kristian Jødahl, CEO

Sylvain Grange, CFO

Alimak Group - a diversified global industrial company

Highlights

  • Leading provider of sustainable vertical access and working at height solutions
  • 3,000 employees, sales in +120 countries, presence in 28 countries
  • Decentralised organisation with 5 customer-centric divisions

Alimak Group entities

Drivers for success

Supported by global trends

Leading market position in

focused niches

Global footprint with a large

installed base

Spare parts and service

Strong balance sheet and cash conversion

2

New Heights programme - our strategic roadmap

1

2

3

Establish the base

Secure margin improvements

Profitable growth

2020

2021

2022-2025

3

Financial targets and dividend policy

Investment in sales & marketing, product &

service development and M&A

Operational efficiency, synergies, and Facade

Access improvement

Strong focus on working capital improvements

and limited capex need

Dividend pay-out ratio of 40-60%

Revenue growth

6-10%

EBITA margin

>18%

Leverage ratio

<2.5x

4

Sustainability targets

CO2 reduction

Employee

LTIFR

ESG assessment of

to 2025 *

NPS

Injury rate per mn

direct material

working hours

suppliers**

30%

>40

<2

>80%

As of April 2024, we are in

"commitment" status for

Science Based Targets

  • Scope 1,2 3, normalized based on turn-over, reduction compared to 2019
  • Corresponding to 80% of direct material spend

5

Business update - Q1

FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY

A mixed start to the year

Q1

  • Still facing a challenging market impacted by the persistently high interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty
  • Variations between the divisions in the quarter
  • Group order intake was on par with our revenue, meaning that our order book remains on a high level
  • Our diversification, global footprint and customer focus bring resilience, and adjusted EBITA margin ended on a solid 16.4% in the quarter
  • Strong cashflow, with an increase of 99% year-over-year

6

Group quarterly summary

Q1

Order intake was MSEK 1,729, -8%(-7% organically)

Order intake & revenue

Lower order intake in the Facade Access, Industrial

MSEK

2 400

8 000

and Wind divisions

2 100

7 000

1 800

6 000

Good order intake in the Construction division

1 500

5 000

1 200

4 000

900

3 000

Revenue was MSEK 1,736, -1% (0% organically)

600

2 000

300

1 000

Low revenue in the Construction division due to the

0

0

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

soft order intake in Q4 2023

2022

2023

2024

Order intake

Revenue

Order intake R-12

Revenue R-12

Strong revenue in the Industrial division

EBITA adj & EBITA adj %

  • EBITA adj. was MSEK 285 (289), margin at 16.4% (16.6)
    • Continued margin improvement in the Facade Access division
    • Significantly lower margin in the Construction division
    • Strong result in the Industrial and Wind divisions

%

360

22

20

300

18

240

16

14

180

12

10

120

8

6

60

4

2

0

0

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

2022

2023

2024

EBITA adj.

EBITA adj. %

EBITA adj. R-12 %

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Service order intake and revenue

Q1

  • Service is a key component of the New Heights value creation programme
    • Creates resilience
    • Significant part of all divisions
    • We continue to actively drive growth initiatives

Share of order intake

Q1

Share of revenue

56

62

%

%

44

38

%

%

Equipment

Service

Equipment

Service

Service order intake & revenue

MSEK

Service order intake & revenue

MSEK

1 000

3 000

900

2 500

800

700

2 000

600

500

1 500

400

1 000

300

200

500

100

0

0

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

2022

2023

2024

Order intake

Revenue

Order intake, R12

Revenue, R12

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Facade Access

Q1

Order intake was MSEK 423, -14%(-14% organically)

Order intake & revenue

Order intake was MSEK 512, +41 % (+24% from

The market for high complexity solutions (BMUs) is

MSEK

acquisitions. +18% organically)

600

2 500

still challenging, while the market for medium and

‒ An all-time high for the division

500

2 000

low complexity solutions continued to develop well

400

1 500

‒ Good growth in both new equipment and

300

Growth in the service and retrofit segments in all

200

1 000

service

100

500

geographies

0

0

‒ All new orders in line with our stricter tender

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

proces es and higher margin requirements

2022

2023

2024

Revenue was MSEK 485, 0% (0% organically)

Order intake

Revenue

Order intake R-12

Revenue R-12

Revenue was MSEK 505, +14% (25% from

Service revenue continued to grow in all

acquisitions. -12% organically)

geographies

EBITA & EBITA %

‒ We continued to see some project delays,

EBITA at MSEK 46 (29), margin 9.6% (6.0)

especially in North America

MSEK

EBITA at MSEK 30 (34), margin 5.9% (7.6)

50

12%

New projects signed at better margins and including

‒ Costs relating to old projects continue to have

40

9

contingencies; improved project execution

dampening effect

30

Service margins improved through pricing and

6

‒ Continue to execute on our transformation

20

retrofit/refurbishment/replacement focus

10

3

programme

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

Factory underutilisation still too high, German

0

0

assembly site closure under way

2022

2023

2024

EBITA

EBITA %

EBITA adj. R-12 %

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Facade Access - business update

Q1

  • Mammendorf assembly site closure project ahead of schedule
    • Signed agreement with the German works council
    • Supply chain and competency transfers to Madrid site ongoing
    • Assembly activity at the Mammendorf facility will conclude at the end of summer (with the Sydney Harbour Bridge project being the only exception)
  • Acquisition of One Legacy, Malaysia
    • Specialist BMU service provider based in Kuala Lumpur
    • Approximately MSEK 6.7 turnover
    • Strengthening our position as a service provider in APAC
    • Supporting our refurbishment/retrofit/replacement strategy

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