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2018 Final Results

March 2019

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Who we are A SaaS business focused on the provision of cybersecurity anddigitalprivacyproducts Our focus Kape

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develops and acquires software solutions for consumers and SMEs in the cybersecurity space, targeting users globally Digital marketing expertise Our proprietary technology enables Kape to leverage its digital distribution and online marketing expertise to maximise ‘own’ product sales

Our business

Our vision To provide online autonomy for a secure and accessible digital life

1.1 million 830K $ 52.1 million

Customers Subscribers Revenue

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Global Hubs

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Kape in numbers

* Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure and a company specific measure which excludes other operating income and expenses which are considered to be one off and non-recurring in nature.

2,8 6,0 10,4

2016 2017 2018

Underlying Adjusted EBITDA* ($ million) 271% Growth

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Highlights

* The Adjusted EBITDA attributable to the Web apps and licence division for 2018 is nil, (2017: $2.2 million); this division has been discontinued as of September 2017. Underlying Adjusted EBITDA from core activities for 2018 is $4.3 million (2017: $6.0 million) **Calculated as expected revenues from first renewal of the existing user base in addition to the deferred revenue balance

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Financial highlights

  • Revenue from continued operations increased to $52.1

million (2017: $50.6 million) increase of 8% in core app distribution segment

  • Adjusted

EBITDA* from continued

  • perations

slightly ahead of market expectations at $10.4 million (2017: $8.1 million), representing growth of 28.3%

  • 73% increase in underlying Adjusted EBITDA continued
  • perations excluding Web Apps and Licences segment
  • Increase of 37% in adjusted EPS to 5.2 cents (2017:3.8

cents)

  • Expect to deliver $30 million revenue from existing users

in future periods (Dec 2017: $8 million)**

Operational highlights

  • Strong SaaS revenue progress:
  • Subscription retention rate c. 74% (2017:69%)
  • Premium Subscription users increased by 219%
  • Launched CyberGhost 7.0 app and developed add-ons for

Chrome and Firefox browsers

  • 830,000 subscribers in over 160 countries (Dec 2017:

260,000)

  • Acquisition of Intego in July 2018, a leading Mac and iOS

cybersecurity and malware protection SaaS business, for $16.0 million

  • Acquisition of ZenMate in October 2018, a digital privacy

company, for €4.8 million

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Strong market fundamentals

  • High internet penetration has increased the number of

cyber attacks, resulting in heightened concerns around data privacy

  • VPN market is already worth $24 billion and is expected

to grow by 50% by 2022

  • The Data Protection and Privacy subsector was the

fastest growing, in light of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and countless large data breaches that have occurred over the last few years

The cybersecurity market was worth $153 billion in 2018 and is expected to grow by 52% by 2022

Global VPN Market Global Cybersecurity Market

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Source: Cybersecurity Market by Solution, Markets & Markets, September 2018, Start-Up Nation Central: Finder Insights Series The State of the Israeli Ecosystem in 2018, March 2019

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Usage of VPN is growing

How Popular Are VPNs? 25% of internet users have used a VPN in the past month on computers, mobile phones and tablets Regional VPN Usage (Of All Internet Users)

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Source: Global Web Index - VPN around the World 2018

  • Frequency of usage of VPN growing in tier 1 markets.
  • Value of personal data is underpinning the growing

trend of cyber crime targeting consumers’ data

  • 75% of VPN users use VPN on a weekly basis.
  • VPN use is moving from a niche tech product to a

widely used consumer application

Digital privacy awareness is growing supported by new regulations and a more educated market

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Performance

  • Consists of Restoro & Reimage, our PC and Mac

repair product, and Driverfix, our driver repair solution

  • Restoro is a patented repair solution to fix PCs

and Macs remotely; removes malware and repairs computer software

  • Proprietary Driverfix solution scans computers

for

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drivers across all Windows

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systems

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desktop computers, tablets and mobile devices

  • Developed subscription brands
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two complementary digital privacy solutions: CyberGhost and recently acquired ZenMate

  • Safeguards personal information when browsing

the internet through unsecured networks

  • Blocks malicious content and provides a fully

encrypted internet

  • CyberGhost is consistently rated a Top 3 VPN

SaaS provider in Europe and the USA

Core software products

Digital marketing platform: driving users to Kape’s products

  • Consists of Intego, our leading Mac and iOS

cybersecurity and malware protection SaaS provider

  • Focused on the provision of malware protection,

firewall, anti-spam, backup, data protection

  • Provide parental controls software for Mac, a

tool for keeping children safe online

  • NetBarrier provides a two-way firewall to protect

consumers from malicious apps

Privacy Malware Protection

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Users wishing to protect their digital privacy Mac and iOS users those with children Users aiming to maximise the performance of their Macs and PCs

Target customers

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User acquisition expertise 01 Target market

User acquisition

  • Advanced user acquisition technology and

leveraging of digital marketing platform

  • Utilise extensive network to drive users to
  • ur products
  • Leverage wide user base for indirect user

acquisition

  • Highly efficient method to drive traffic

Organic

  • High brand awareness drives users to

products

  • Referrals from existing customers
  • Consumers go directly to product

websites or search for product as a result

  • f growing media presence

02 Prospective customers

Funnel expertise

  • Proprietary data driven automatic funnel
  • Ongoing customisation of product
  • Automatic personalisation of user journey
  • Proprietary targeting of purchase process

03 Existing customers

Retention / up-sell

  • Once acquired, provide a subscription model

to grow customer’s LTV

  • Provide servicing such as remote technician

and 24/7 support to increase customer retention

  • Convert users to additional Kape products by

channelling customers to further owned software solutions

  • Increase the value of the user
  • 200 support personnel in Manilla, supporting

main languages

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TARGETMARKET

User acquisition

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PROSPECTIVE CUSTOMERS

Funnel expertise

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EXISTING CUSTOMERS

Rent on/Up-sell

Performance Privacy Malware Protection

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Financial highlights

¹ EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted cash flow from operations are non GAAP measures. Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted cash flow from operations are company specific measures which exclude certain expenses which are considered to be one off and non-recurring in nature.

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Adjusted EBITDA* from continued operations up 28.3% to $10.4 million (2017: $8.1 million) Strong underlying growth in Adjusted EBITDA from core activities of 73% Revenue of $52.1 million (2017: $50.6 million) Revenue from App Distribution segment up by 8% Strong balance sheet with $40.4 million cash (2017: $69.5 million) and no debt after cash outflow of $32.0 million from investing and financing activities driven mainly from Intego and Zenmate acquisitions and distribution of special dividend Increase of 49.3% in app distribution segment results to $25.7 million (2017: $17.2 million) Significant Improvement in margins as segment results margin increased to 49.3% (2017: 38.7%) and EBITDA margin to 19.9% (2017: 16%) $M 2017 2018 Chg

App Distribution 48.2 52.1 8.0% Web Apps and Licence 2.4

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Revenue 50.6 52.1 2.9% Direct costs (31.0) (26.5) (150%) Segment results 19.6 25.7 31.2% Segment margin % 38.7% 49.3% +10.6% Opex (11.5) (15.3) 32.2% Adjusted EBITDA 8.1 10.4 28.3% EBITDA % 16.0% 19.9% +3.9%

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Revenue by geography

39% United States 14% Germany 8% United Kingdom 7% France 5% Australia 5% Japan 4% Canada 2% Italy 2% Switzerland 1% Netherlands 1% Spain 1% Austria 1% Sweden 11% Others

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Revenue analysis

Increase of recurring revenue as subscription sales reache 53% of revenues

Recurring revenue

53% Subscriptions (2017: 19%) 47% Software licences and Services (2017: 81%)

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Creating a strong SaaS revenue base

High lifetime ROI on user acquisition

*Note: Numbers include Zenmate, Intego and CyberGhost. 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Units sold by initial purchase year (000’s)

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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122.3 170.0 275.4 491.3 611.7 745.4 832.3

  • Increase in yearly new users
  • Recurring revenue base accelerated through user acquisition
  • Growth in retention rate as the cohorts mature
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Cash flow analysis

$M 2017 2018 Chg Adjusted operating cash flow: Attributable to current year Cash conversion from EBITDA 9.5 117% 15.9 153% 6.4 +36% Movement in capitalised CAC (1.3) (10.2) (9.9) Total Adjusted operating cash flow Cash conversion from EBITDA 8.1 101% 5.7 55% (2.4)

  • 56%

Cash flow from investing activities: CAPEX (2.1) (2.5) (0.4) Business combinations (5.3) (21.1) (15.8) Net cash used in Investing activities (7.4) (23.6) (16.2) Cash flow from financing activities: Net cash used in financing activities (1.4) (8.4) (7.3)

LTV CAC

CyberGhost Lifetime Value to Customer Acquisition Cost in 2018

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

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2.72 1.92 2.34 1.47 0.84 3.06

Year 6

75%

LTV/CAC

15 months break even point

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Dec 2018

Key performance indicators

Growth of 219% in Premium subscription

Growth in subscription base

Deferred income Increase of x3.3 Adjusted operating cash flow* attributable to current year Retention rate** Up from 69% Paying users

Dec 2017 Dec 2018 Dec 2017 $2.2m 260K 830K $8.1m 734K $9.5m $15.9m 1.101K Dec 2017 Dec 2018

74%

Dec 2017 Dec 2018

Subscription base Churn Subscription base

219%

529K

* From continued activities excluding capitalised CAC ** Retention rates are calculated on a six monthly basis, June 18 to Dec 18

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197K

Acquired through acquisitions New users

(156K)

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Ongoing growth strategy

Broadening our product portfolio and accelerating our market penetration

Leverage existing expertise to accelerate growth

  • Leverage

technology expertise to accelerate user acquisition across existing products

  • Broaden

customer cross and up-sell

  • pportunities to increase ARPU
  • Enhance inter-company synergies
  • Develop

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platform dashboard allowing consumers to purchase Kape’s products from one place Accelerate SaaS adoption

  • Continue to transition all products to

licence/subscription based models

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SaaS-based acquisitions such as Intego

  • Increase recurring revenues to achieve

heightened visibility over earnings Ongoing R&D supported by complementary acquisitions

  • Expand and develop core products
  • Add complementary products and user base

through acquisition

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cybersecurity products to provide consumers with all their digital protection needs

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Kape’s M&A integration process and implementation

Business acquired Future growth with the Kape Group

Operational leverage Growth acceleration Cross promotion

  • Integrate Kape’s in-house support

systems

  • Align G&A to wider Kape group
  • Provide support to existing

management

  • Maximise operational leverage and

realisation of cost synergies

  • Implement Kape’s marketing

platform and expertise for user acquisition, the benefits of which expect to see in 2019

  • Integrate R&D teams and practices

to further develop products

  • Implemented initial cross promotion

campaigns between Kape’s product suite, already experiencing traction

15 K 10K 20K 30K 40K 50K 60K 70K

Q3-17 Q4-17 Q1-18 Q2-18 Q3-18 Q4-18

Monthly new users through Kape's marketing platform

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R&D is central to our progress

New products under development Proprietary cross product business intelligence and marketing tools Investment in next generation infrastructure

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R&D capabilities :

  • Added capabilities through acquisitions
  • 77% increase in investment in R&D

R&D achievements 2018:

  • Launched our most comprehensive update to-date for CyberGhost
  • Added Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox plug-in based on distributed

computing platform and operating system

  • Developed fire stick app and android TV app
  • Developed recurring revenue product Restoro and upgraded Driver fix

R&D plans for 2019:

  • Release new products within malware protection space
  • Release cross company dashboard
  • Release new Linux app and smart DNS for CyberGhost
  • Release Privacy Guard
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Summary

ir@kape.com

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Profit momentum

Growth of 73% in underlying Adjusted EBITDA from core activities

Quality of earnings

53% of revenues are recurring , giving greater earnings visibility SaaS. Model transition on track

M&A expertise

Proven M&A capabilities executed and integrated successfully, four acquisitions in the last couple of years. Acquired and integrated Intego and ZenMate second half of 2018

Proven execution

Focused strategy to grow both organically and by acquisition as demonstrated in 2018

Strong sector growth

Operating in the rapidly developing digital privacy market

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Contact

For further information please contact ir@kape.com +44 (0) 203 355 7926 Kape Technologies plc LABS Atrium, Stables Market, Chalk Farm Rd, London NW1 8AH

www.kape.com

Awards

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Premium brand reputation and go to market capabilities

“I really admire CyberGhost…. not only has the technology and a robust network, it has several unique features …..” “Intego's Mac Internet Security X9 is one of our favourite security packages for Mac….” “CyberGhost VPN is a capable service with an exceptionally powerful Windows client, packed with features yet still easy to use.” Techradar - Mike Williams from January 2019 ”Tons of Features, Loads of Servers” “CyberGhost VPN is practically a one-click solution. It makes the privacy and security of VPNs available to a much wider audience.” “CyberGhost is offering an easy-to-use, fast, and reliable

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such as anonymous surfing, unblocked streaming, and anonymous torrenting.” “It's rare that a piece of "miracle" software actually lives up to its developers' claims. Reimage--which claims to provide hassle-free relief for damaged Windows installs--delivers on its promise.” “After testing this interesting VPN in-depth, we highly recommend giving CyberGhost a try. This is an all-in-one tool that helps you wander the Web with a virtual identity - like a true ghost!” 19

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Thank You!