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Applegreen plc H1 2016 Interim Results Presentation 6 th September 2016 Private and Confidential Disclaimer This document, which is personal to the recipient and has been issued by Applegreen plc (the Company), comprises written


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Private and Confidential

Applegreen plc

H1 2016 Interim Results Presentation

6th September 2016

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Introduction & Highlights Development Review Financial Review Outlook Q&A

Agenda 1 2 3 4 5

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Introduction & Highlights

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5 €7.5m €11.3m €13.0m €0.0 €2.0 €4.0 €6.0 €8.0 €10.0 €12.0 €14.0 H1 2014 H1 2015 H1 2016 Millions

20% increase in gross profit on H1 2015 (22% in constant currency)

Adjusted EBITDA1 increased 15% from €11.3m in H1 2015 to €13.0m in H1 2016, adjusting for FX gains and losses growth was 24%

Key factors:

  • Continued expansion of the estate
  • Strong LFL performance in Ireland
  • Softer consumer demand in UK in H1

Further expansion in estate which has grown from 200 sites at 31 Dec 2015 to 220 at 30 Jun 2016

Continued investment in the development of the network with net capex of €31.4m in H1 2016 (H1 2015 €27.8m)

New franchise relationships developed with Freshii and 7-Eleven and 17 new food outlets opened

Net debt position at 30 Jun 2016 of €24m

Highlights

(1) EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and impairment charges. Adjusted EBITDA refers to normalised trading EBITDA, being EBITDA adjusted for share based payments & non-recurring items

  • Adj. EBITDA Growth

Site Growth

70 77 78 54 60 65 18 25 29 8 33 42 2 5 6 50 100 150 200 250 Dec-14 Dec-15 Jun-16 Republic of Ireland PFS UK PFS Service Areas Dealer USA 152 200 220

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Applegreen

Distinctive convenience retail offering in the forecourt sector

“Low Fuel Prices Always” price promise “Low Fuel Prices Always” price promise “Better Value Always” tailored retail offer “Better Value Always” tailored retail offer Food and beverage focus

  • mix of own and

international brands

  • tailored to suit location,

time of day and customer types

Food and beverage focus

  • mix of own and

international brands

  • tailored to suit location,

time of day and customer types

49 16 10 6 9 3

Number of Food Offers at 30 June 2016

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Developments Review

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Service Areas

Service Area Sites fulfil at least 2 of the following 3 criteria:

Located on a motorway or trunk road

A seating area of at least 400 sq. ft.

More than one food offering

Service Area Sites

Overview

Birdhill, M7 Paulstown Motorway Service Area/M9

Other Service Areas Motorway service Areas (MSA’s)

High end stores with attractive ambiance

Café environment with 1-3 food and beverage offerings – Subway, Burger King, Chopstix

Typically brown / green field developments

On motorway with large facilities and extensive parking

At least 3 food and beverage offerings – Own brand (Bakewell & aCafé), Costa Coffee, Burger King, Subway, Greggs, Chopstix and Lavazza.

Freshii added in 2016

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Service Area Developments

Four service areas in UK including two MSAs both in Northern Ireland

Award winning Lisburn site opened in March on M1 heading south of Belfast

Ballymena service area opened in January

Currently on site on MSA on M1 heading North towards Belfast, scheduled to open Q1 2017

Satisfactory development of pipeline in mainland GB of both MSAs and Other Service Areas

25 service areas in ROI including 9 MSA’s, 6 under 25 year licence from Republic of Ireland government

Opened Wicklow Service Area (M11) and Birdhill (M7) in 2014 as first company owned MSAs

Latest MSA opened at Paulstown (M9) in December 2015

Two new service areas opened in ROI during H1 2016,

  • ne additional service area opened since

Good pipeline of service areas in planning process Republic of Ireland UK

€5.2m €5.1m €7.0m €5.8m €0.0 €1.0 €2.0 €3.0 €4.0 €5.0 €6.0 €7.0 €8.0 H1 2015 H1 2016 Millions

Cap Ex - Service Areas

ROI UK 10 11 15 18 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Dec-15 Jun-16

Site Numbers - Service Areas

Motorway Service Areas Other Service Areas 29 25

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M1 Lisburn – NACS Convenience Retailer of the Year Award

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Traditional forecourt and store offer

Food to go either own brand / Subway

Relevant retail proposition built to reflect local demographic

Value offer in store built on own brand and promotion

Further rebrand / facility development opportunities

Petrol Filling Stations

Republic of Ireland

Ballinteer (ROI)

Tight retail proposition with focus on relevant product offer

  • Limited grocery
  • Alcohol a significant feature

Continuing rollout of food offer (mainly Subway / Greggs) delivering strong incremental contribution

Ongoing rebrand / facility development opportunities UK

Plainview (US) Ipswich (UK)

U.S.

6 forecourts in Long Island including 1 added in H1 2016

Contract signed with Cross America Partners to lease 9 sites in Massachusetts

Four of these have been taken over since 30 June

Franchise relationship signed with 7-Eleven, development underway on one Long Island site, due to open in October

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Three new PFS sites in ROI in H1 2016, one existing PFS converted to Service Area

Healthy pipeline for the remainder of 2016

69% of estate in ROI now branded Applegreen

Five rebrands completed during H1

Petrol Filling Station Developments and rebrands

Republic of Ireland

Five new PFS sites in UK in H1 2016

Seven new sites since 30 June 2016, strong pipeline

34% of the UK estate now branded Applegreen

Four rebrands completed during H1 UK

17 22 43 43 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Dec-15 Jun-16

Site Brands - UK PFS

Other Applegreen

65 60

€0.7m €6.4m €0.7m €2.6m €0.0 €1.0 €2.0 €3.0 €4.0 €5.0 €6.0 €7.0 H1 2015 H1 2016

Millions

Cap Ex - ROI PFS

New Sites Rebrands €3.2m €4.2m €0.9m €1.4m €0.0 €1.0 €2.0 €3.0 €4.0 €5.0 H1 2015 H1 2016

Millions

Cap Ex - UK PFS

New Sites Rebrands 50 54 27 24 20 40 60 80 100 Dec-15 Jun-16

Site Brands - ROI PFS

Other Applegreen

78 77

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Typically 5 year fuel supply agreements

Fixed margin per litre to dealer

Applegreen sets pump price

Increases the Applegreen footprint nationwide

Now accounts for 15% of ROI fuel volumes

3 new sites opened since 30 June

Dealer & Fuelcard

Dealer Fuelcard

Targeting commercial customers using greater than 500 litres per month

Most competitive fuel card on the market – no card fees / hidden charges

Online account management tool / Support team

Now accounts for 6% of ROI fuel volumes

Positive and growing earnings. Card extended to UK

33 42 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Dec-15 Jun-16

Number of Dealers - ROI

Dealers

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Financial Performance

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Profit and Loss Account

20% growth in gross profit leading to 15% growth in adjusted EBITDA (24% before FX gains and losses)

Growth in S&D reflects growth in scale of business plus minimum / living wage rate increases

Finance costs a positive number due to FX gain on Sterling loan

Increase in admin reflects €900k variance yoy on FX gains and losses and also increase in development costs (on potential future developments)

Tax increase driven by increased deferred tax charge

H1 2016 H1 2015 €m €m % Var Revenue 556.0 517.5 7.4% Gross Profit 68.5 56.9 20.4% Selling & Distribution Costs (45.5) (37.7) Administrative Expenses (10.5) (8.3) Other income 0.5 0.4 Adjusted EBITDA 13.0 11.3 15.0% Depreciation & Amortisation (5.7) (3.6) Impairment (0.1) 0.0 Finance Costs, net 0.9 (1.9) Adjusted PBT 8.1 5.8 39.7% Tax (1.0) (0.3) Adjusted PAT 7.1 5.5 29.1% Adjusted EBITDA 13.0 11.3 15.0% Share Based Payments (0.5) (2.2) Non-recurring charges 0.0 (0.6) Reported EBITDA 12.5 8.5 47.1% H1 2016 Results

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Revenue and Gross Profit Analysis

Total gross profit of €68.5m reflecting growth of 20.4% from prior year

LFL gross profit growth at constant currency of 5.5%

Strong growth in food gross profit at 31.0% and continued strong LFL performance

Food GP % impacted by scheduled increase in % charged by Irish Transport authority

  • n revenues in their six MSA sites.

Excluding that, LFL constant currency increase in food GP was 14.3%

Store revenue growth reflects strong LFL growth in ROI

Fuel gross profit increased by 3.5% on a LFL constant currency basis

L4L Growth Jun-16 Jun-15 @ const curr. €m €m Growth % % Fuel Revenue 442.2 423.5 4.4% (10.5%) Food Revenue 40.1 30.2 32.6% 13.4% Store Revenue 73.7 63.8 15.5% 2.6% Total Revenue 556.0 517.5 7.4% (7.5%) Fuel Gross Profit 24.5 21.1 16.1% 3.5% Food Gross Profit 22.0 16.8 31.0% 10.8% Store Gross Profit 22.0 19.0 15.8% 3.2% Total Gross Profit 68.5 56.9 20.4% 5.5%

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31% 31% 36% 37% 33% 32% 10 20 30 40 50 60 H1 2015 H1 2016 Store Food Fuel €40.8m €49.1m

Geographical Revenue and Gross profit mix

UK as a region accounts for 27% of total gross margin for the period

Continued evolution of mix of gross profit

Food accounts for 32% of gross profit

  • 37% in ROI up from 36% in H1 2015
  • 22% in the UK compared to 13% in H1

2015

Gross Profit Mix - ROI Gross Profit Mix - UK H1 2016 Revenue and Gross Profit by geography

60% 72% 39% 27% 1% 1% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Revenue Gross Profit US UK Ireland 53% 47% 13% 22% 34% 31% 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 H1 2015 H1 2016 Store Food Fuel €15.6m €18.4m

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Gross profit- Fuel

Continued volatility in oil prices creates challenges but net impact on margins is limited

Oil price changes passed through to consumer

Relative UK and ROI LFL gross profit performance explained by:

  • Weak 2015 comparison in ROI
  • Pricing position of UK supermarkets in Q1 2016

No major changes in competitive fuel environment in UK or Ireland Ireland 20.6% 6.9% UK 4.9% (1.1%) Total 16.1% 3.5% Gross Profit Growth % Gross Profit L4L Growth @ const.

  • curr. %

€12.6m €8.2m €15.2m €8.6m €0.0 €2.0 €4.0 €6.0 €8.0 €10.0 €12.0 €14.0 €16.0 IRL UK Millions

Fuel Margin

H1 2015 H1 2016

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19 H1 2016 H1 2015 €m €m Profit Before Tax 7.5 3.0 Non - cash Adjustments 5.7 7.6 Working Capital Movement 3.7 14.6 Taxes Paid (0.7) (1.4) Cash flows from Operating Activities 16.2 23.8 Capital Expenditure (34.0) (29.6) Proceeds from the issue of Shares 0.6 69.3 Capital Contributions / Option Proceeds Long-Term Borrowings (1.6) 9.6 Net Finance Leasing (0.6) (0.5) Net Interest Paid (1.0) (1.6) Redemption of Share Capital 0.0 (1.9) Cash Flows from Financing Activities (2.6) 74.9 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents (20.3) 69.1 Opening Cash & Cash Equivalents 47.2 12.3 Exchange Gains/(losses) (2.2) 0.2 Closing Cash & Cash Equivalents 24.7 81.6 Cash Conversion 129% 229%

Cashflow Summary

Continued strong cash conversion

  • f 129%, lower than comparative

period due to impact of fuel price rise in H1 2015

Growth in negative working capital reflects volume growth driven by expansion

(1)

(1) Cash Conversion is calculated using Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA refers to normalised trading EBITDA, being EBITDA adjusted for share based payments & non-recurring items

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Balance Sheet Summary

Capital Expenditure Analysis

Net debt position of €24.0m at 30 Jun 2016

30-Jun-16 31-Dec-15 €m €m Non-Current Assets 205.8 187.1 Current Assets 45.7 39.5 Current Liabilities 114.5 113.3 Working Capital (68.8) (73.8) Cash and Cash Equivalents 25.6 49.3 Total Debt 49.6 54.0 Non Current Liabilities 10.2 10.3 Net Assets 102.8 98.3 Share Capital & Share Premium 144.3 143.3 Capital Reserves (65.4) (65.4) Retained Earnings 23.9 20.4 Equity 102.8 98.3 H1 2016 H1 2015 €m €m Service Areas 10.9 12.2 PFS 10.6 3.9 Rebrands 4.1 1.7 Dealer 0.9 0.7 USA 0.3 1.8 Development sites 0.0 5.7 Other 4.6 1.8 Total 31.4 27.8

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Outlook

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Outlook

Upgrades / Rebrands

9 rebrands/upgrades completed in H1 2016 and a further 6 completed since 30 June

Programme ongoing PFS Network expansion

8 sites added across ROI and UK in H1 2016

7 further sites opened in the UK since 30 June, good pipeline for the rest of 2016 in both regions

US estate expanded by 1 during H1 2016 with four additional sites since period end Service Area development

4 additional service areas in H1 2016 (2 UK, 2 ROI)

1 additional Service Area in ROI trading since 30 June, further sites being developed

A number of UK Service Areas in the planning process Trading has been strong in July and August particularly in the Irish Service Areas and volumes in the UK were positive in the aftermath of the Brexit vote. Apart from the impact of the sterling weakness on our UK earnings we expect our 2016 financial performance to be in line with expectations.

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Appendices

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Key elements of customer proposition

Applegreen Customer Proposition

“Low Fuel Prices Always” price promise “Low Fuel Prices Always” price promise “Better Value Always” in store “Better Value Always” in store Food and beverage offering is high quality Food and beverage offering is high quality Entrepreneurial culture Entrepreneurial culture ‘Giving back’ embedded in company culture Charitable fund – circa €1m in 5 years ‘Giving back’ embedded in company culture Charitable fund – circa €1m in 5 years

Branding strategy

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International brands complement Applegreen’s own offer

Food & Beverage

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Warehouse near Dublin: 60,000 sq ft with 10,000 sq ft Chilled/Frozen Area

Fully integrated IT systems with voice picking & automatic order generation by sites

Tri temperature trucks – Ambient, Chilled and Frozen combined

Single delivery for sites for majority of product in Republic of Ireland

Facilitates own brand products – 136 stock keeping units

  • Ambient - water; motor accessories
  • Chilled milk; chilled foods
  • Sandwiches; Food to go

Enables delivery of value to consumer and enhanced margin for company

Greater control and flexibility for retail proposition

Irish Retail Supply chain

Distribution Centre

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Ireland locations – Company Owned Sites

Applegreen estate

Site Numbers at 30th June 2016

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GB locations

Applegreen estate

Site Numbers at 30th June 2016

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Howard Millar Independent Non-Executive Director Martin Southgate Independent Non-Executive Director Danny Kitchen Independent Non-Executive Chairman Eugene Moore Developments Director Michael O’Loughlin Managing Director UK Paul Lynch Chief Financial Officer Bob Etchingham Chief Executive Officer

Management Board Members

Chairman of Hibernia REIT plc

Non-Executive Chairman of Workspace Group plc and Non-Executive Director of LXB Retail Properties plc

Previously Finance Director of Green Property plc and Government appointed chairman of Irish Nationwide Building Society

Founded the business in 1992

30+ years in fuel industry

Strategic vision on Applegreen’s position in the forecourt sector

Led aggressive growth in footprint capitalising

  • n opportunities presented by the downturn

Joined the business in its 2nd year of

  • peration

Co-owner with Bob Etchingham

Background in retail and fmcg

Key responsibility for management and development of retail proposition

Delivered strong partnerships with international food brands

A chartered accountant with extensive corporate finance and management experience across a number of sectors

Served as a Director of an Irish plc for 5 years

Worked with Applegreen on the delivery of their refinance in 2013 and joined as Finance Director in July 2014

Having led the Irish operations moved to the UK in 2008 to lead the development in that market

Opened 64th site in June 2016

Highly regarded in UK forecourt sector

Former Managing Director of JTI UK & Ireland (Global tobacco company – B&H, Silk Cut, Camel etc.)

Director of Gallaher Pensions Ltd

London Philharmonic Concert Orchestra – Advisory Council Member

Wide ranging general management experience

Deputy Chief Executive and CFO of Ryanair until he stepped down from that post in December 2014

Non executive director of Ryanair as well as Irelandia (Ryan family investment company)

Senior partner in Phelan Prescott & Company, a long established Dublin accounting firm

Director of Get Cover & Company and QYouTV International

Founding Director of The Little Museum of Dublin

Chartered Accountant (Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland)

Joined Applegreen in 2011 having previously served as a Director of Bennett Construction.

Also served as a non executive director of the National Roads Authority

Leads development activity for Applegreen with responsibility for the in-house construction team responsible for recently

  • pened MSAs and TRSAs

Key management and board members

Joe Barrett Chief Operating Officer Brian Geraghty Independent Non-Executive Director

Proven management team supported by a highly experienced board