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2019 FINAL RESULTS rpsgroup.com rpsgroup.com Investing in a sustainable future 19 FEBRUARY 2020 Agenda People changes Overview Group financial results Segmental overview A sustainable business with significant upside


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rpsgroup.com

2019 FINAL RESULTS

rpsgroup.com

Investing in a sustainable future

19 FEBRUARY 2020

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Agenda

  • People changes
  • Overview
  • Group financial results
  • Segmental overview
  • A sustainable business with significant upside
  • Progress against objectives
  • Group outlook

Agenda

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Group Finance Director succession

  • Not standing for

re-election at AGM

  • n 30 April 2020
  • Will remain available

to the business to support the transition

  • 20 years as Group

Finance Director

  • Part of building RPS from a business of

400 to a Group of 5,000

  • Thank you for support and counsel over

the last 2.5 years

  • Signalled Judith Cottrell as a potential

successor Five years at RPS

  • CFO Europe
  • Acting CEO Europe
  • CEO, Consulting UK &

Ireland

  • Group Strategy Director
  • Held senior finance roles at AEA Plc and

Ricardo Plc

  • Qualified as an accountant with KPMG
  • Joining the Board on 30 April 2020

People changes

Gary Young Judith Cottrell

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Strong Group Leadership Team – with ongoing renewal

People changes

Halvard Kilde CEO Norway

Ross Thompson

CEO Australia Asia Pacific John Chubb

CEO Consulting UK & IRE

Paul Aitken CEO Services UK & NL *Doug Matthys CEO North America Chantalle Meijer Group Marketing Director Kelly Olsen Chief Information Officer John Tompson CEO Energy Gary Young Group Finance Director

John Douglas

Liza Kane Group People Director

CEO

*Peter Fearn retired January 2020

Judith Cottrell Group Strategy Director

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Agenda

  • People changes
  • Overview
  • Group financial results
  • Segmental overview
  • A sustainable business with significant upside
  • Progress against objectives
  • Group outlook

Agenda

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Positive outlook in unsettled times A sustainable business with significant upside Ongoing progress against strategic priorities

Investing in a sustainable future

  • Fee income £556.5m
  • Adjusted PBTA £37.3m
  • Strong cash conversion at 90%
  • Exceptional items - £23.4m including Australia Asia

Pacific goodwill impairment - £19.8m

  • People
  • Brand
  • Connectivity
  • Energy
  • Organic growth and selective acquisition
  • Strong competitive positions
  • A well managed business
  • A rapidly changing world

Overview

  • Tighter, better integrated group with acquisition risk

dealt with

  • Investment made – yielding results with more

benefit to come

  • Well balanced, well diversified
  • Great thematics – sustainability, urbanisation,

natural resources

Financials in line with expectations

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Agenda

  • People changes
  • Overview
  • Group financial results
  • Segmental overview
  • A sustainable business with significant upside
  • Progress against objectives
  • Group outlook

Agenda

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In line with expectations

FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2018 cc1 cc growth Organic growth

Revenue (£m) 612.6 637.4 634.3 (3%) (5%) Fees (£m) 556.5 574.2 571.4 (3%) (4%) Operating profit2 (£m) 43.4 54.0 53.8 (19%) (21%) Operating profit margin2 7.8% 9.4% 9.4% PBTA3 (£m) 37.3 50.2 49.9 (25%) (27%) Tax rate on PBTA 25.4% 26.8% 26.8% Diluted eps3 (p) 12.31 16.34 16.24 (24%) Dividend per share4 (p) 4.42 9.88 9.88

1 2018 results at 2019 currency rates 2 pre amortisation of acquired intangibles, transaction related costs and exceptional items 3 pre amortisation of acquired intangibles, transaction related costs and exceptional items and tax thereon 4 In the Half Year Results, the Group announced the rebase of the dividend to 40% of adjusted earnings (being profit after tax and before amortisation of intangibles

and transaction-related costs and tax thereon

Group financial results

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Exceptional items

Group financial results

Rebranding costs £1.0m

New brand delivered – no further cost

ERP implementation £1.2m

Data migration and change management costs association with implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365 in the Netherlands and part of AAP. Further costs will be incurred in FY2020

Legal fees £1.4m

Investigation of potential issues regarding administration of government contracts in USA. Contingent liability originally disclosed HY 2019. Further legal costs will be incurred in FY2020 A legacy issue – business de-risked through greater operational control

Goodwill impairment £19.8m

Non-cash charge in respect of Australia Asia Pacific

Total £23.4m

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Strong cash conversion – ERP impacted year-end collections

£m FY 2019 FY 2018 Operating profit1 43.4 54.0 Exceptional items (3.6)

  • Depreciation and amortisation

19.3 8.3 Share scheme costs 2.7 2.3 Other (0.5) (0.5) EBITDAS 61.3 64.2 Working capital (6.4) (3.8) Cash from operations 54.9 60.4 Conversion of profit into cash 90% 94% Interest (5.7) (3.5) Tax (11.6) (12.3) Net cash from operating activities 37.6 44.5

1 before amortisation and impairment of acquired intangibles, transaction-related costs and

exceptional items

Depreciation in 2019 includes IFRS16 adjustment £10.0m

Group financial results

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Improved cash cycle Average lock up days down by two days despite ERP pilot impact

58 60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 December January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical lock up trends

2018 2019

Jun 18 73 days Dec 18 65 days Jun 19 67 days 1 Jan 18 70 days 1 Jan 19 65 days

Lock up days 80 78 76 74 72 70 68 66 64 62 60 58 31/12/19

Dec 19 69 days Average: 2018 – 71 2019 - 69 Group financial results

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Cash outflow as we invest

£m FY 2019 FY 2018

Net cash from operating activities 37.6 44.5 Capex (20.7) (11.7) Lease funding (9.2)

  • Free cash flow

7.7 32.8 Acquisitions (10.1)

  • Deferred consideration

(0.1) (1.6) Dividends (16.9) (22.1) Other

  • (0.2)

Cash flow (19.4) 8.9

IFRS16 accounting change Group financial results ERP 2019 - £7.6m 2018 - £2.1m

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Borrowings up following investment

£m FY 2019 FY 2018 Opening net bank borrowings (73.9) (80.6) Cash flow (19.4) 8.9 FX and other (0.8) (2.2) Closing net bank borrowings (94.1) (73.9) Opening deferred consideration (0.3) (1.8) Consideration payment 0.1 1.6 FX and other 0.3 (0.1) Acquisitions (8.8)

  • Closing deferred consideration

(8.7) (0.3) Total closing borrowings (102.8) (74.2)

Group financial results

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0.0x 0.5x 1.0x 1.5x 2.0x 2.5x 3.0x

Well inside leverage limit

Bank leverage limit

Dec 17 1.3x Jun 18 1.4x Dec 18 1.3x Jun 19 2.0x Dec 19 2.0x

Bank definition used that excludes the impact of IFRS16

Group financial results

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Revolving credit facility refinanced with extended maturity

£ 50m £ 100m £ 150m £ 200m

Jan 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Sept 2021 Jul 2022 2025 Jul 2024

£ 220m

UNCOMMITTED £60M ACCORDION FACILITY

Group financial results

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Agenda

  • People changes
  • Overview
  • Group financial results
  • Segmental overview
  • A sustainable business with significant upside
  • Progress against objectives
  • Group outlook

Agenda

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Segmental performance

Segment Headline Energy

Strong growth - reflecting expansion in renewables and ongoing recovery in gas and oil markets

Consulting (UK & Ireland)

4/6 divisions grew fees with particularly strong growth in Ireland

Services (UK & Netherlands)

Netherlands grew. Water down, as anticipated, with the AMP regulatory cycle

Norway

H1 growth following integration. Competitive pressures impacted margins in H2

North America

A difficult year in a good market. Strong Oceans and Coastal

  • business. New leadership reviewing the business

Australia Asia Pacific

Very challenging market in 2019 but improving trajectory for 2020

Segmental

  • verview
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£m H1 2019 H2 2019 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2018 cc1 cc growth Energy 50.5 60.1 110.6 101.1 102.1 8% Consulting (UK & Ireland) 63.4 64.2 127.6 122.1 121.8 5% Services (UK & Netherlands) 53.3 48.1 101.4 110.6 110.2 (8%) Norway 36.2 28.6 64.7 69.0 66.4 (2%) North America 29.8 28.5 58.3 58.7 61.3 (5%) Australia Asia Pacific (AAP) 49.3 49.0 98.3 116.8 113.8 (14%) Segment fees 282.5 278.4 560.9 578.2 575.3 (3%) Eliminations (2.2) (2.2) (4.4) (4.1) (4.0) 11% Group fees 280.3 276.3 556.5 574.2 571.4 (3%)

1 2018 results at 2019 currency rates

Fee income – small overall reduction driven by Australia, AMP cycle and North America

Segmental

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£m H1 2019 H2 2019 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2018 cc1 cc growth Energy 4.5 6.6 11.1 8.9 9.1 22% Consulting (UK & Ireland) 7.1 8.0 15.1 15.4 15.4 (2%) Services (UK & Netherlands) 6.1 4.7 10.8 13.5 13.5 (20%) Norway 3.7 2.3 6.0 6.2 5.9 1% North America 2.0 1.4 3.4 5.1 5.4 (38%) Australia Asia Pacific (AAP) 2.6 3.8 6.4 13.3 12.9 (51%) Segment profit 25.9 26.7 52.7 62.4 62.2 (15%) Unallocated expenses (3.9) (5.4) (9.3) (8.4) (8.4) 11% Operating profit2 22.0 21.3 43.4 54.0 53.8 (19%) Interest (2.9) (3.1) (6.1) (3.9) (3.9) (54%) PBTA 19.1 18.2 37.3 50.2 49.9 (25%)

1 2018 results at 2019 currency rates 2 pre amortisation of acquired intangibles, transaction related costs and exceptional items

Profit - Energy performs in an otherwise tough year

Segmental

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People - capacity matched to markets while retaining capability

Segment H1 2019 FY 2019 FY 2018 Energy 390 400 350 Consulting (UK & Ireland) 1,660 1,600 1,650 Services (UK & Netherlands) 1,470 1,450 1,850 Norway 250 230 240 North America 350 340 420 Australia Asia Pacific (AAP) 910 930 1,000 Central services (inc. Group Technology) 95 100 90 Group 5,125 5,050 5,600

Segmental

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Agenda

  • People changes
  • Overview
  • Group financial results
  • Segmental overview
  • A sustainable business with significant upside
  • Progress against objectives
  • Group outlook

Agenda

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42 40.8 17.8 7.4 8 8.9 11.1

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Group PBTA

Reduced dependence on oil Energy business reshaped

A sustainable business

Other businesses Reshaped Energy

£M

Oil and Gas

  • Excl. £40m Energy impairment
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63.0 21.9 3.0 34.0 53.9 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2013 PBTA Energy decline Acquisitions Other 2017 PBTA

2013-2017 – rapid acquisitions replaced Energy profits

Group PBTA £M

A sustainable business

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53.9 c.3.7 c.9.5 c.11.7 0.9 37.3 10 20 30 40 50 60 2017 PBTA End of acquisition lock in periods Investment Energy recovery Other 2019 PBTA

2017-2019 – end of acquisitions lock-in period, investment, Energy recovery

£M Group PBTA

A sustainable business Investment in People, Brand and Connectivity

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End of acquisition lock-in impact

Acquisition company Acquisition Date Profit at acquisition £m Lock in expiry Whelans Corporation Pty Ltd Feb-14 Feb-16 Clear Environmental Consultants Limited Apr-14 1.8 May-17 GaiaTech Holdings Inc USA May-14 2.9 Nov-15 CgMs Holdings Limited Aug-14 2.1 Aug-16 Delphi AS Aug-14 Aug-16 Point Project Management Pty Ltd 1 Sep-14 3.5 Sep-16 Klotz Feb-15 2.4 Feb-17 Metier Apr-15 3.0 Apr-17 Iris Oct-15 1.5 Oct-17 Everything Infrastructure Group Oct-15 2.7 Oct-17 DBK Apr-16 2.0 Apr-18 Total 21.9 Corview Feb-19 2.8 Feb-22 Reservoir Imaging Limited (RIL) Sep-19 0.6 Sep-21

A sustainable business

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2019 acquisition performance - rapid integration of Corview Senior staff locked in, strong order book in 2020

Corview Feb 2019 RIL Sep 2019 Annualised profit at acquisition (£m) 2.8 0.6 Number of months of ownership 11 3 Pro rata profit for 2019 (£m) 2.6 0.1 Integration costs (£m) (1.0)

  • Expected operating profit 2019

1.6 0.1 Actual profit 20191 0.8 0.1

1 Corview integrated into the business hence 2019 actual profit is estimated

A sustainable business

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Functional investments at industry norms – significant upside still to come

Spend as % of fee 2017 2019 2020 budget Industry ‘norms’

People 0.6% 0.9% 1.1% 0.8 - 1% Finance 2.3% 2.5% 2.5% 1.5 – 2.0% Marketing and sales 3.5% 4.2% 4.2% 4.0 – 4.5% Technology 2.5% 3.8% 4.1% 3.2 - 3.7% Total 8.9% 11.4% 11.9% 9.5 - 11. 2%

A sustainable business

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Proportion of fees generated by segment

FY 2019 fee income £556.5m

Consulting - UK & Ireland Australia Asia Pacific Services - UK & Netherlands Energy North America Norway

SEGMENTS

Public / private sector exposure

FY 2019 fee income £556.5m

SECTORS

Private Public

Well balanced

A sustainable business

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Well diversified – plays to our key thematics: sustainability, urbanisation and natural resources

Proportion of fee income generated by sector and service

SECTORS FY 2019 fee income £556.5m

Resources Transport Energy Property Water Defence and government services Planning and approvals Oceans and coastal Design and development Environment Advisory and management consulting Project and program management Training Laboratories Exploration and development Water services Health, safety and risk

SERVICES

Communications, creative and digital A sustainable business

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A sustainable business with significant upside

1

Tighter, better integrated group with acquisition risk dealt with

2

Investment made – yielding results with more benefit to come

3

Well balanced, well diversified

4

Great thematics – sustainability, urbanisation and natural resources

A sustainable business

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Agenda

  • People changes
  • Overview
  • Group financial results
  • Segmental overview
  • A sustainable business with significant upside
  • Progress against objectives
  • Group outlook

Agenda

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Ongoing progress against five strategic priorities

Progress against

  • bjectives

1

People

2

Brand

3

Connectivity

4

Energy

5

Organic growth and selective acquisition

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People – a deliberate plan

Progress against

  • bjectives

HR leadership

  • Global HR leadership team – the

right mix of internal promotion and external hires

Listen to our people

  • Global and local employee survey

actions implemented (sabbatical / family friendly / global mobility policies)

Performance

  • Implemented Progress@ RPS – a

new performance and development framework

  • Launched global behaviours aligned

to the new framework

Clarity around reward

  • Total Reward Statements delivered to employees

globally

  • New discretionary bonus plans targeted with clear

line of sight to performance

Learning & Development

  • Work on global online framework commenced

Talent

  • Attraction strategy upgraded to leverage social

media and professionalise onboarding

  • New Senior Leadership Group talent and

succession planning framework

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People - showing results

2017 50% 2018 80% 2019 >95%

% global workforce receiving a quality performance and development conversation with their manager

Quality conversations Managing under-performance

20% exited through performance management

Solid, improving trend – voluntary turnover

Excludes Services Water Operations leavers driven by the AMP regulatory cycle

15% 12% 2019 Industry Progress against

  • bjectives
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A bold, client driven brand, delivered effectively

Progress against

  • bjectives
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Progress against

  • bjectives

A new website

Since 14 January 2019

70 new features:

  • 2-3 clicks to reach an expert
  • Fully responsive
  • Designed for mobile-first
  • Targeted geolocation functionality
  • Scalable

53%

2 million 3000

increase in sites visits compared to H1 18 page views web service enquiries

Measurable impact

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37 North America and Consulting UK & Ireland

Connectivity – selling digital capability across segments Expansion of Houston’s I- 10 Highway

The solution – make complex easy Use virtual reality to allow stakeholders to fully understand how the proposed infrastructure will be developed within the existing landscape and address concerns Team from Consulting Ireland provided sophisticated 3D visualisation expertise to create an immersive virtual reality experience, allowing the North America client team to provide comprehensive planning, design and environmental permitting services RPS source of expertise – Consulting, UK & Ireland RPS leveraging expertise – North America Value – US$12.6m The complexity Houston’s major interstate highway is one of the most congested in the

  • US. To provide greater connectivity

to high-speed rail, light rail transit, rapid bus transit and improve freight mobility, I- 10 needs to be expanded Progress against

  • bjectives

Goal

  • Better connect key areas of Houston
  • Provide multi-modal solutions to improve mobility
  • Develop sustainable solutions to address the need

for additional capacity The requirement Engage stakeholders on the key elements of the project and options available to get buy-in

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Connectivity – selling within segments Transforming Haulbowline Island’s East Tip, Ireland

Client: Cork County Council Original RPS appointment: Outline remediation design, environmental impact assessment, landscape design, waste licence and planning Progress against

  • bjectives

Creating shared value: Local community benefits - environmental/health risk removed, increased house prices, connectivity and safer spaces for island residents Steelworks waste transformed into 22 hectare recreational park with landscaping, sports pitches, paths for cycling and walking and electric vehicle parking points Template model for efficient delivery of public infrastructure spend for Cork County Council and public sector clients Delivered comfortably under budget – construction out turn cost for project 50%

  • f original estimate

Expanded to: detailed design, procurement and construction supervision services for the East Tip and other related projects Efficiencies: Solution delivered for 50% of the

  • riginal client estimate

Recognition: Won Engineers Ireland Engineering Project of the Year and Local Authority Engineering Initiative Award – November 2019

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39 Objective Single, modernised, robust in-country platforms Transferred North America - Deltek Norway - Agresso A single common platform £14m investment to connect our global segments and business systems with a new ERP Phase 1 – live with lumps Global design delivered on budget Global construction completed Pilots in parts of Australia and the Netherlands Invoices out but too slowly Suppliers paid Books closed Employee experience sub-

  • ptimal

Phase 2 – planning Improved employee experience Drive greater efficiencies Australia stage 2 scheduled for H2 Assess timeline for UK and Ireland migration

UK and Ireland go live All UK, Australia, Ireland and the Netherlands on one common system, North America on modern platform Norway on modern platform

ERP – a pragmatic plan to modernise while controlling risk

Connectivity – linking people through improved systems

>20 systems

2016

Progress against

  • bjectives
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Energy sector is growing

£0 £20,000,000 £40,000,000 £60,000,000 £80,000,000 £100,000,000 £120,000,000 £140,000,000 £160,000,000 2016 2017 2018 2019

Fee revenue Renewables Gas Oil Oil + gas Other (mainly Nuclear)

Progress against

  • bjectives

Fee revenue – generated across all six RPS segments

Gas + Oil

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Establishing a presence in Asia

Offshore wind – seizing the opportunity

Overlap between gas and oil and

  • ffshore wind technical capability

gives us competitive advantage

c£10bn

Asia Pacific annual investment

(Source: IEA)

  • Ongoing work with

TenneT in both Netherlands and Germany with Master Service Agreements signed for UXO services related to offshore renewable projects (five years)

  • Leveraging existing service capabilities
  • Experience in Europe and North America

globally applicable especially in new, emerging markets

  • Following our clients to emerging markets
  • Want to grow our presence in emerging

markets in Asia

  • Connecting services across segments to win

work

Deep expertise in offshore wind and marine environments Following existing clients into new and emerging markets

  • Taken traditional LiDAR technology and

integrated it into a buoy with power, data, storage and satellite communication

  • capabilities. Deployed by Equinor in
  • ffshore New York as part of a renewable

wind energy project

Progress against

  • bjectives
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£m FY 2019 Fees FY 2019 Profit

Consulting (ROI) 19% 26% Energy* 8% 21% Services (Netherlands) 5% 13% Consulting (UK) 0% (8%) Norway (2%) 1% Services (UK) (14%) (31%) North America (5%) (38%) Australia Asia Pacific* (19%) (57%) Group (4%) (21%)

Improving organic growth remains a key focus

*Organic growth excludes the impact of Corview and Reservoir Imaging Ltd. Including Corview and Reservoir Imaging Ltd, constant currency fee decline for the Group is 3%

Progress against

  • bjectives
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Acquisitions will remain VERY selective as we invest and manage the balance sheet

Value creating Congruent with our brand and culture Add data and expertise Add density, not greater diversity

Progress against

  • bjectives
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2019 five strategic Priorities

CONNECTIVITY

Exploit revenue synergies where they exist but not where they don’t

BRAND

Tell our story better

PEOPLE

Invest in people and reduce staff turnover

ENERGY

Revitalise the Energy business

ORGANIC GROWTH AND SELECTIVE ACQUISITION

Density not diversity

2020 three strategic priorities

Evolving priorities for 2020 – growing Energy and a focus on organic growth a given

PEOPLE CLIENTS CONNECTIVITY

Make RPS a great place to do great work Grow our business by delivering great work for our clients Make it easy to work together

Safety and well-being Performance and development conversations Fair reward Learning and development Build on existing competitive advantage Invest in sales and project management capability Cross-sell services Continue roll-out of ERP Leverage power of our data

Progress against

  • bjectives
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Agenda

  • People changes
  • Overview
  • Group financial results
  • Segmental overview
  • A sustainable business with significant upside
  • Progress against objectives
  • Group outlook

Agenda

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Strong competitive positions

Segment Competitive position Outlook

Energy Strong Continue push into renewables. Some global energy price

  • uncertainty. Expect overall growth

Consulting (UK & Ireland) Strong Consulting well placed to take advantage of political certainty in 2020 Services (UK & Netherlands) Strong Opportunities with AMP7 in 2020 Continued organic growth expected in the Netherlands Improvement in Laboratories anticipated Norway Strong Will continue to defend our leading position North America Underweight Robust market fundamentals and strong demand for services Improved order book expected to strengthen margin performance Strategy review underway Australia Asia Pacific Strong - improving State government committed to ongoing infrastructure spend Defence procurement expected to continue to pick up Property sector uncertain but some signs of recovery

Group outlook

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Managing volatility

We stay close to our clients to understand our future work We match capacity to markets while holding capability We manage cash tightly – with a clear focus on reducing lock-up days We maintain a disciplined balance sheet – with target leverage of 1.0 to 2.0 We talk to markets at least four times a year – because things change in three months

Many of our specialist businesses have a three-month order book - provides opportunities as well as challenges

Group outlook

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A rapidly changing world

Group outlook

FX £ $US $AUD NOK

The Board remains confident in the medium term outlook for the Group and anticipates that the year ahead will be broadly in line with 2019 with growth accelerating in 2021.

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Positive outlook in unsettled times A sustainable business with significant upside Ongoing progress against strategic priorities

Investing in a sustainable future

  • Fee income £556.5m
  • Adjusted PBTA £37.3m
  • Strong cash conversion at 90%
  • Exceptional items - £23.4m including Australia Asia

Pacific goodwill impairment - £19.8m

  • People
  • Brand
  • Connectivity
  • Energy
  • Organic growth and selective acquisition
  • Strong competitive positions
  • A well managed business
  • A rapidly changing world

Overview

  • Tighter, better integrated group with acquisition risk

dealt with

  • Investment made – yielding results with more

benefit to come

  • Well balanced, well diversified
  • Great thematics – sustainability, urbanisation,

natural resources

Financials in line with expectations

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Appendix

Safety Detailed segmental performance IFRS16 impact Board

Appendix

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Safe

* RIDDOR – reporting of Injuries Diseases and Dangerous Occurrence Regulations

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5

RIDDOR* Reportable Injury Frequency Rate (IFR )

(Injuries per 1,000,000 work-hours)

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 RPS Construction Manufacturing Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities

RIDDOR Reportable Injury Frequency Rate (IFR) Appendix

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Energy

Proportion of fees by sector and service

FY 2019 fee income £110.6m

Energy Resources

SECTOR

Private Public

SECTOR

Exploration and development Advisory and management consulting Laboratories Training Environment Oceans and coastal Health, safety and risk

SERVICES

Appendix

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Energy

FY 2019

  • Strong demand for Marine Exploration and Development, Oceans Coastal and Training Services
  • Relative underperformance in Consultancy business
  • Continued expansion of renewables service offerings
  • Acquisition of Reservoir Imaging Ltd, providing new technology in the changing seismic acquisition market

Outlook

  • Oil price subject of several geopolitical effects which may introduce some instability
  • Pursuing various SE Asia renewables opportunities
  • Expectation is that sector should achieve moderate growth in 2019

Strong growth - reflecting expansion in renewables and ongoing recovery in gas and oil markets

£m H1 2019 H2 2019 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2018 cc cc growth Organic growth

Fee income 50.5 60.1 110.6 101.1 102.1 8% 8% Segment profit 4.5 6.6 11.1 8.9 9.1 22% 21% Margin 8.9% 10.9% 10.0% 8.8% 8.9% Adjusted for bad debt provision reversals Segment profit 10.7 7.6 7.8 37% 35% Margin 9.7% 7.6% 7.6%

Appendix

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Consulting – UK & Ireland

Water services Design and development Project and program management Oceans and coastal Health, safety and risk Environment Planning and approvals Advisory and management consulting

SERVICES

FY 2019 fee income £127.6m

Proportion of fees by sector and service

Defence and government services Property Energy

SECTORS

Resources Transport Water Private Public

SECTORS

Communication and creative services Appendix

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Consulting - UK & Ireland

FY 2019

  • Excellent 5% organic growth in a tough market affected by political uncertainty
  • Demand for services in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland strong
  • Traction on staff engagement initiatives led to improved retention

Outlook

  • Well placed to take advantage of greater political certainty in 2020
  • Capable of fee growth - growth investment may temper profit performance in FY20

£m H1 2019 H2 2019 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2018 cc cc growth Fee income 63.4 64.2 127.6 122.1 121.8 5% Segment profit 7.1 8.0 15.1 15.4 15.4 (2%) Margin 11.2% 12.4% 11.8% 12.6% 12.7% 4/6 divisions grew fees with particularly strong growth in Ireland

Appendix

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Services – UK & Netherlands

Water services Health, safety & risk Project and program management Design and development Laboratories Environment

SERVICES FY 2019 fee income £101.4m

Proportion of fees by sector and service

Property Resources Water Transport

SECTORS

Energy Defence and government services Private Public

SECTORS

Appendix

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FY 2019

  • Anticipated H2 decline in demand as industry prepares for new AMP regulatory cycle in 2020
  • Netherlands saw a return on the organic investment made in 2018
  • Disappointing year for our smallest business - Health & Safety

Outlook

  • Prospects are encouraging
  • Well positioned to take advantage of anticipated cyclical upturn in UK water sector
  • Diversified business in the Netherlands and operating in satisfactory markets
  • Expect improvement in our Health & Safety business

Services - UK & Netherlands

Netherlands grew. Water down, as anticipated, with the AMP regulatory cycle £m H1 2019 H2 2019 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2018 cc cc growth Fee income 53.3 48.1 101.4 110.6 110.2 (8%) Segment profit 6.1 4.7 10.8 13.5 13.5 (20%) Margin 11.4% 9.8% 10.6% 12.2% 12.2%

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Norway

FY 2019 fee income £64.7m

Proportion of fees by sector and service

Project and program management Training Advisory and management consulting

SERVICES

Transport Defence and government services

SECTORS

Property Energy Public Private

SECTORS

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Norway

FY 2019

  • Remain a leading project and program management services provider
  • Integration complete – teams benefitting from working collaboratively
  • Loss of senior staff following sustained competitive pressure

Outlook

  • Attractive and stable economy – market conditions to remain stable
  • Strong market position
  • Fighting back hard to competitive pressure

£m H1 2019 H2 2019 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2018 cc cc growth Fee income 36.2 28.6 64.7 69.0 66.4 (2%) Segment profit 3.7 2.3 6.0 6.2 5.9 1% Margin 10.2% 8.0% 9.2% 9.0% 8.9% H1 growth following integration. Competitive pressures impacted margins in H2

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North America

FY 2019 fee income £58.3m

Proportion of fees by sector and service

Energy Property Transport Water Defence and government services

SECTORS

Design and development Oceans and coastal Advisory and management consulting Environment

SERVICES

Private Public

SECTORS

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North America

FY 2019

  • Oceans and coastal business had a consistently good year
  • Recruitment / retention challenges made it difficult to capitalise on strong markets
  • H2 felt impact of loss of small environmental risk team
  • Management changes – Peter Fearn, former CEO, retirement

Outlook

  • Major strategy review / new leadership with Doug Matthys appointed CEO
  • Improved order book – especially in Oceans and coastal business

A difficult year in a good market. Strong Oceans and coastal business. New leadership reviewing the business. £m H1 2019 H2 2019 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2018 cc cc growth Fee income 29.8 28.5 58.3 58.7 61.3 (5%) Segment profit 2.0 1.4 3.4 5.1 5.4 (38%) Margin 6.6% 5.0% 5.8% 8.7% 8.9%

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Transport Defence and government services

SECTORS

Water Resources Environment Water services Project and program management Communications, creative and digital Design and development Advisory and management consulting Planning and approvals

SERVICES

Australia Asia Pacific

FY 2019 fee income £98.3m

Proportion of fees by sector and service

Energy Private Public

SECTORS

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Australia Asia Pacific

FY 2019

  • Government transport spend constrained by state elections
  • Project management business impact by delays in major defence contracts due to Federal election –

started to pick up in H2

  • Residential property sector decline substantially impacting property planning and development
  • perations

Outlook

  • Federal defence coming back - recent wins signal an improved overall performance in 2020
  • Transport and infrastructure markets more active post state elections
  • Property sector remain subdued
  • Uncertain of impact of bushfires and coronavirus (COVID19)

£m H1 2019 H2 2019 FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2018 cc cc growth Organic growth

Fee income 49.3 49.0 98.3 116.8 113.8 (14%) (19%) Segment profit 2.6 3.8 6.4 13.3 12.9 (51%) (57%) Margin 5.3% 7.7% 6.5% 11.4% 11.3% Very challenging market in 2019 but improving trajectory for 2020

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Cash flow impact in FY 2019 Cash from operations 11.1 Interest paid (1.9) Lease funding (9.2)

IFRS16 changes have no impact on leverage calculations

Balance sheet effect at 31 December 2019 Right of use asset 44.8 Lease liability (49.8) Other net assets 3.2 Reserves (1.8) Income statement impact in FY 2019 Depreciation (10.0) Operating lease expense 11.3 Operating profit 1.3 Interest (1.9) PBTA (0.6)

Bank leverage calculations based on pre IFRS16 lease accounting

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Renewed Board – good mix of background, skill, geography and gender

Allison Bainbridge

Audit Chair Appointed 2017

Michael McKelvy

Independent Non-Executive Appointed 2018

Catherine Glickman

Remuneration Chair Appointed 2018

David Gormley

Company Secretary Appointed 2018

John Douglas

Chief Executive Appointed 2017

Ken Lever

Non-Executive Chairman Appointed 2016

Gary Young

Finance Director

Appointed 2000

Liz Peace

Senior Independent Non-Executive Appointed 2017

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Judith Cottrell

Finance Director succession -

Appointment April 2020