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Full Year Results

For the year ended 31 December 2018

28 February 2019

Cautionary statement

This Review is intended to focus on matters which are relevant to the interests of shareholders in the Company. The purpose of the Review is to assist shareholders in assessing the strategies adopted and performance delivered by the Company and the potential for those strategies to succeed. It should not be relied upon by any other party or for any other purpose. Forward looking statements are made in good faith, based on a number of assumptions concerning future events and information available to Directors at the time of their approval of this report. These forward looking statements should be treated with caution due to the inherent uncertainties underlying any such forward looking information. The user of these accounts should not rely unduly on these forward looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and which are subject to a number of uncertainties and other facts, many of which are outside of the Company’s control and could cause actual events to differ materially from those in these statements. No guarantee can be given of future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements

2 Normalised operating profit, margin and EPS data, as referenced in this report, can be found on the face of the Group Income Statement in the first column. Normalised profit is defined as being statutory profit before intangible amortisation for acquired businesses, result for the year from discontinued operations and in the prior year, UK restructuring and US tax reform. The Board believes that this gives a more comparable year-on-year indication of the operating performance of the Group and allows the users of the financial statements to understand management’s key performance measures. Unless otherwise noted, all references to profit measures throughout this review are for continuing operations for both the current and prior reporting period. Further details of discontinued

• perations can be found in note 6 to the financial statements.

Underlying revenue compares the current year with the prior year on a consistent basis, after adjusting for the impact of currency. Constant currency basis compares current year's results with the prior year's results translated at the current year's exchange rates. The Board believes that this gives a better comparison of the underlying performance of the Group. Full year dividend comprises interim dividend of 4.69 pence per share and proposed final dividend of 10.17 pence per share.

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Financial highlights

Chris Davies Group Finance Director

2018 Key highlights Improved margin and record profits

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Record profits

Converted to

cash Reinvested and returned Strong revenue growth

• Revenue up 6.9% at

constant FX

• Robust organic

growth boosted by bolt-on acquisitions

• Growth in all core

divisions

• Normalised PBT up

11.3% at constant FX

• Record statutory PBT
• f £177.7m, up 13.6%
• Operating margin up

10 bps to 10.5%

• Normalised EPS up

13.1%

• Generated £199m of

free cash flow

• Gearing stable at 2.3x
• Invested in 11

acquisitions

• Acquisitions delivering

returns of at least 15%

• ROCE increased to

12.4%, up 50 bps

• 10% increase in full

year dividend

Continuing operations £m 2018 2017 Change Change in Constant FX Revenue 2,450.7 2,321.2 +5.6% +6.9% Group normalised operating profit 257.7 241.5 +6.7% +7.7% Group normalised PBT 220.0 200.0 +10.0% +11.3% Normalised EPS 32.9p 29.1p +13.1% Statutory £m 2018 2017 Change Group statutory operating profit 215.4 197.9 +8.8% Group statutory PBT 177.7 156.4 +13.6% Group PAT from continuing operations 138.7 128.4 +8.0% Statutory EPS 26.6p 25.7p +3.5%

2018 Financial highlights Strong performance for the year

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Free cash flow £198.6m £146.4m +£52.2m Net debt £951.5m £887.9m +£63.6m Full year dividend 14.86p 13.51p +10.0%

Revenue Growth driven from both organic & recent acquisitions

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• Strong revenue increase, up 6.9% in constant currency
• Organic growth of 3.6% boosted by acquisitions in North America & Spain
• Adverse impact from currency, with £ stronger versus the US $

2,321 2,293 (28) 84 74 2,451

2017 Revenue FX Underlying Growth in continuing business 2018 acquisitions 2018 Revenue

£m

242 239 258 (3) 29 17 19 (16) (12) (24) 6

Operating profit Balanced growth

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• Operating profit up 7.7% on a constant currency basis
• Solid organic growth, boosted by acquisitions, with strong growth across all divisions
• Lower fuel costs offset by driver wage inflation in North America & Spain
• Increased investment in maintenance & safety – benefits to come in medium term
• Other includes profit on disposal of UK properties
• Operating margin increased to 10.5%, up 10 bps

£m

2017 FX Underlying Growth in continuing business 2018 acquisitions Maintenance & safety investment 2018 Other Fuel Driver wages in NA & Spain General cost inflation

Revenue (YOY change*) Operating profit

£745m £1,061m £577m £68m

ALSA +11.2% North America +8.0% UK +2.8% German Rail (15.1)%

Divisional summary Strong growth across all core businesses

FY 2018 Change Margin ALSA €119.1m €10.8m 14.1% North America $129.4m $7.8m 9.1% UK £79.9m £9.0m 13.8% Other £(24.4)m £(5.8)m Group £257.7m £16.2m 10.5%

*Underlying year-on-year change shown in constant currency

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Income statement Record profits

£m

FY 2018 FY 2017 Change Operating profit 257.7 241.5 +6.7% Share of results of associates & JVs 0.9 (3.5) £4.4m Net finance costs (38.6) (38.0) (£0.6m) Profit before tax 220.0 200.0 +10.0% Tax (ETR 22%) (49.0) (48.0) Profit after tax 171.0 152.0 +12.5% EPS 32.9p 29.1p +13.1%

• PBT up 11.3% in constant currency, up 10.0% on a reported basis (statutory profit up 13.6%)
• Finance costs stable
• Effective tax rate has fallen to 22.3%, in line with previous guidance
• 13.1% EPS growth

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Operating cash flow conversion %

Superior cash and returns Strong free cash flow of £199m

ALSA 104% North America 83% UK 101% Group 98%

£m

FY 2018 FY 2017 EBITDA 402.1 377.0 Working capital (17.5) 4.8 Net maintenance capex (123.9) (165.2) Pension deficit (7.4) (5.0) Operating cashflow 253.3 211.6 Tax/interest/other (54.7) (65.2) Free cash flow 198.6 146.4

• Working capital normalised following prior year German rail catch-up
• Maintenance capital cash outflow lower driven by asset disposals
• Interest costs lower reflecting prior year double coupon payments with expiry of bond in 2017
• FCF of £199m, up £52m, partly reflects lower maintenance capex, which will return to normal levels in 2019

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Superior cash and returns Investing for future growth & returning to shareholders

£m

FY 2018 FY 2017 Cash flow available for growth & dividends 198.6 146.4 Net growth capital expenditure (5.8) (13.2) Net inflow from discontinued operations 0.4 27.5 Acquisitions (154.5) (101.5) Dividends (70.8) (64.7) Other, including forex (31.5) (4.4) Net funds flow (63.6) (9.9) Net debt (951.5) (887.9)

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• 36% of free cash returned as dividend
• £160m reinvested for organic & inorganic growth
• £22m outflow from retranslation of foreign currency debt balances
• Gearing stable at 2.3x

Capital allocation Sustainable compounding growth

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5 year average £152m free cash flow

Tax & Interest

Capex @ 1.1x depreciation

£400m+ EBITDA Manage gearing (2.5x  2.0x) Return to shareholders at 2.0x cover Invest in the business at 15% ROIC 2018: 2.3x 2018: 10% growth 2018: £143m on 11 acquisitions

EBITDA 5 year CAGR of 6%

Balance sheet Gearing maintained at 2.3x, interest cover increased

• Gearing stable at 2.3x on net debt of £951m
• Remain committed to a robust financial strategy:
• Strong commitment to Investment Grade debt rating
• Gearing & interest cover remain well within covenant levels
• Moodys upgrade to Baa2 in 2018
• Prudent risk planning – fuel mostly hedged to 2020 & pension deficit plans in place

Gearing Ratios

2018 2017 Covenant

Net debt/EBITDA

2.3x 2.3x <3.5x

Interest cover

10.5x 10.2x >3.5x

Ratings

Grade Outlook

Moodys

Baa2 Stable

Fitch

BBB- Stable

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Strong debt maturity profile

Liquidity Well funded through to 2023

• £644m cash & committed headroom*
• Bank facilities extended to 2023 with

two additional one year extension

• ptions
• New 3 year £500m bridge-to-bond

facility post the year end to refinance FRN and bond due in 2020

*Available cash and undrawn committed facilities at 31 Dec 2018

14 48 35 98 22 15 7 527 228 400 224

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Drawn RCF Bond FRN

IFRS 16

15

• Effective from 1 January 2019
• Will primarily effect the accounting of the Group’s operating leases – increase in the number
• f leases being recognised on the balance sheet
• Rail leases will not come on to the balance sheet – not a right-of-use asset
• Expect to recognise right-of-use assets & lease liabilities of c. £200m

Impact on: EBITDA – an increase of c. £60m Gearing – an increase of less than 0.2x

• No change to our gearing policy of 2-2.5x
• No impact on our investment plans going forward

No impact on our economics, how we run the business or the cash we generate

Guidance

• Net maintenance capital expenditure of 1.1x to 1.2x depreciation – 2019 target c.£190m
• Effective normalised tax rate in the low 20s %, normalised cash tax rate <15%
• Fuel costs £6m higher (reverse in 2020)
• Free cash flow normalises to c.£150m - £160m
• Dividend cover of at least 2.0x Group normalised earnings
• IFRS 16: EBITDA c.£60m; Net debt c.£200m; therefore gearing increase less than +0.2x

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2019

Strategic review

Dean Finch Group Chief Executive

Introduction Record year for the Group

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• Record performance with improving trajectory through the year
• Based around success through focus on our 3 pillars:
• Operational excellence
• Deployment of technology
• Acquisition & market diversification
• Balanced portfolio, strong businesses in multiple geographies – expertise

being transferred across geographies

• Building up multi-modal hubs in Europe & US: use of technology, strong

local partnerships & our expertise - leading to continued development & success for the Group

• Continuing positive trajectory into 2019, giving confidence for the year

ahead

% Revenue growth % Profit growth

Consistent delivery 5 years of reliable growth across all financial KPIs

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Highlights

• Statutory PBT CAGR of

21.9%

• EBITDA now over £400m
• £450m dividend payments

paid to shareholders since payments resumed

Continuing operations 2018 2013 restated CAGR Revenue £m 2,450.7 1,739.9 7.1% EBITDA £m 402.1 301.0 6.0% Normalised operating profit £m 257.7 173.8 8.2% Statutory PBT £m 177.7 66.0 21.9% Basic normalised EPS p 32.9 19.2 11.4% DPS p 14.86 10.0 8.2% 2018 2013 Change ROCE 12.4% 10.8% +160bps Gearing 2.3x 2.5x (0.2x) Group operating margin 10.5% 10.0% +50bps

Operational excellence with technology

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• Digital technology improvements:
• Real-time management of on-time performance
• Driver behaviour tracking
• Vehicle diagnostic alerting
• Vehicle utilisation
• Delivering significant improvements in key areas:
• UK bus journey times improved by 0.9%
• Driving out Harm - 73% reduction in harm since 2010
• Maintenance performance in North America - 10x

better than industry average

• Improves safety
• Lowering costs
• Improving revenue per mile
• Increasing average load

factors

• Better customer retention
• Growing passenger numbers
• Improving margin

Excellent safety culture driving lower insurance costs

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• Accident prevention and claims cost £90m p.a.
• Lytx DriveCam now installed in nearly 19,000 vehicles across the Group:
• Monitoring & coaching better driving performance, lowering speed & reducing collisions
• We are just at the beginning of turning these benefits into cost savings:
• Average cost of injury claims from collisions down 22% versus 2017
• No claims in 2018 over $500k for the first time in 10 years; 10 year average is $6.5m

ALSA has always been a benchmark in road safety “It is not a pirate company, local or small, but one of the most important in passenger transport. It has always been a benchmark in road safety.” Pere Navarro, Director General of Traffic in the Spanish Transport Ministry

Excellence & technology securing commercial growth

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Modernising ticketing, booking & payment

• Website and/or app improvements in every division
• 10% growth in Group digital sales
• Third party channels saw 63% growth (UK Coach and ALSA)
• Our channels becoming a platform for other modes and sales

Modernising pricing through further RMS sophistication

• UK Coach and ALSA learning from each other
• Increased sophistication of pricing along demand curves
• Driving passenger & yield growth
• Increasing load factors: ALSA +1.5% to 50.9%; UK coach +7% to nearly 60%
• Strong organic growth

Helping drive Group commercial passenger growth of 2.7%

Transforming our UK Bus business

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• Transforming pricing with granular and targeted fares:
• Fare-paying pax 1.1% better
• Commercial rev per mile up 4% (highest since 2012)
• Transforming payment:
• 60% of pax on digital tickets: speed, data, marketing
• First city outside London with contactless & capping
• Transforming bus service:
• After a decade of decline, buses got faster in 2018
• More priority, express routes, faster ticketing, Platinum
• Transforming the politics:
• Bus Alliance delivering benefits without re-regulation
• Preparing for 2020 CAZ & 2022 Comm. Games

Very positive momentum in 2018:

• 50% say digital means they travel more
• Customer sat 88% (the best ever)
• Bus speeds 0.9% better
• Mileage reduction through

redesigned and faster routes

• Safety 13% better

Modern, clean fleet. By the end of 2019:

• 80% at Euro 6 standard
• 350 Platinums
• First EVs planned for winter

• Transforming into a digital retailer:
• 70% sold on digital channels, 85%+ for InterCity routes
• 10 clicks to purchase (was 26 in 2014)
• App at 4.5 stars and delivering 8% of revenue
• Transforming sales channels:
• APIs to leading multi-modal retailers
• Contactless payment on every vehicle
• Transforming pricing:
• RMS enabling sophisticated flight by flight pricing
• New ancillary products including seat reservation
• Transforming network:
• Invested in new routes and removed lightly used miles
• Revenue per mile up 11.5% on core Coach

Transforming our UK Coach business

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Very positive momentum in 2018:

• Core Coach revenue growth 7%
• Core Coach passenger growth 5%
• Ancillary revenue growth 12%
• Utilisation increase 7%

Industry leading fleet:

• Network fully Euro 6 within 15 months
• New Levante 3 rolling out with latest

safety systems

• Fatigue monitoring system will roll out

in 2019

• Transforming safety performance:
• DriveCam, speed monitoring and communications
• Service and insurance benefits
• Transforming driver hour monitoring and customer billing:
• Jan 2019 150 bps improvement over Q4 2018
• Granular link to pricing
• Transforming asset utilisation and on-time performance:
• Identifying surplus and re-deploy
• Location-by-location oversight of key performance timings
• Significant efficiency opportunity:
• Re-invest in improved customer services
• Ultimately, sustainable margin improvement

Transforming our North American business

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Extra $16m invested in safety & maintenance in 2018 for sustained benefits

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North American customer service premium

Margins are higher in regions where the majority of our customers are Highly Satisfied Customer satisfaction and likelihood not to seek renewal for School Bus services The lower margin regions cover ¾ of our US School Bus business, demonstrating the scale of the opportunity Comprehensive 2018 customer survey in US School Bus showed 46% of our School Bus customers are Highly Satisfied

Note: Survey responses came from contracts covering over half of US School Bus revenue

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Acquisitions in 2018

• Returns continue to exceed 15% in first year of acquisition
• More even distribution of spending on acquisitions in 2018: 56% (NA); 34% (ALSA); 10% (UK)
• 99% of business acquired in North America still retained
• Early acquisitions now paying back, e.g. Petermann: made in 2012 for $245m will pay back this year
• Acquisitions providing:
• Good financial returns
• Strategic diversification, e.g. Transit now over $350m annual revenue, offering excellent return

characteristics

• Access to good management teams
• Springboards in to new products and cities

Urban & inter urban services ALSA cab & mini cabs Airport transfers & airline crew shuttle services Tourist & sightseeing services And 5 other types of services School transfers Urban bus Additional discretionary services Ski transfers Sightseeing excursions & tours

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Consistent execution Building multi-modal hubs - ALSA

Geneva Madrid €0 to €15m rev in 3 years €108m to €152m rev in 4 years

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Consistent execution Building multi-modal hubs – North America

New York Chicago

School bus Coach Shuttle Charter & field trips Paratransit School bus expansion Coach, shuttle & charter Paratransit & school bus Emergency replacement work Further shuttle work

$0 to $51m rev in 2 years $0 to $96m rev in 4 years

Urban Urban, long haul & regional ALSA cab & mini cabs Airport transfers & airline crew shuttle services Tourist & sightseeing services And 5 other types of services Driver training services Commuter services BRT and inter-city Tourist, employee shuttle and discretionary

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ALSA’s record year

• Record revenue, profit and passengers
• Concession renewal not resumed
• Organic growth across all parts
• Best ever customer satisfaction (76%)
• Load factors up 2% to nearly 51%
• Strong growth in Morocco, with passengers up 2.1%
• Ancillaries up 15.1%
• Mini-cab launched in Madrid
• Strong growth in digital to 42% of revenue, boosted by new app
• App score of 4.4 (vs less than 3, 2 years ago)

Marrakech: €0 to €24m rev in 20 years

Outlook

• Spanish concession renewals may be further delayed by General Election
• Rabat & RRX will launch over the summer – both €1bn revenue contracts
• Good pipeline of M&A opportunities
• Continue to deploy technology to drive operational improvements, driving faster customer

growth & better margins, providing underlying momentum to the business

• Building multi-modal hubs in key cities - enhancing & making easier to use with technology -

becoming the Go To provider

• Continued strong cash generation
• Good pipeline of M&A: discipline in capital allocation
• Dividend up 10%

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Appendix

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2018 (£m) ALSA N America UK German Rail Revenue 745.1 1,060.8 577.0 67.8 Depreciation 44 69 20 1 Capex 46 72 5 5 Vehicle age (years) 7.7 8.2 8.9* n/a Normalised op. profit 105.3 96.9 79.9 3.0 Driver wages(1) 28% 51% 24% 6% Fuel(1) 11% 4% 6%† 8%

Full year

Summary divisional figures

1 As a percentage of revenue * Bus operations only † Excludes Third Party operators

North America Record year with robust organic growth boosted by acquisitions

Delivering operational excellence Creating new business

• pportunities

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2018 2017

Revenue $1,416.1m $1,311.1m Op profit $129.4m $121.6m Margin 9.1% 9.3%

• Disciplined bid season for 2018/19
• Average price increase of 3.7% across portfolio, up 6.5% on our

contracts up for bid & renewal

• Prioritising protecting returns - contract retention rate of 90% on

contracts up for renewal

• Strong growth in Transit – annualised revenue of over $350m: won 20

tuck-in contracts in the year & renewed 2 largest contracts

• Entry into the Charter School market, a fast growing market segment
• 7 acquisitions in 2018, growing
• ur position in school bus &

charter, and entering the Charter Schools market

• Strong pipeline

Revenue: +8.0% in constant currency - organic growth augmented with select acquisitions Profit: +6.4% in constant currency – growth from acquisitions & the continuing business more than

• ffsetting cost pressures from driver wages,

higher maintenance costs & investment in safety

• Driver wage inflation of 3.5% in

2018

• Targeting modest decrease in

inflation in 2019

Risk Generating superior cash & returns

ALSA Record revenue, profit & passengers

Delivering operational excellence Creating new business

• pportunities

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2018 2017

Revenue €842.3m €757.4m Op profit €119.1m €108.3m Margin 14.1% 14.3%

• Increasingly sophisticated RMS driving revenue, volume & yield
• Record passengers, up 3.9% to 326m
• Growth across all areas: long haul, regional & urban
• Accelerating growth in H2, with strong summer sales on long haul
• Rabat urban bus award – largest contract in Morocco – starts mid 2019
• Last mile services through ALSACab & Uber/Cabify
• Concession renewal process delayed again
• 3 acquisitions: 1 business

providing entry into the cruise services market, 1 regional & urban business in Galicia & 1 urban bus business in Madrid Revenue: +11.2% at constant currency with strong organic growth of 6.1%: benefitting from RMS & acquisitions in Spain; new routes & services in Morocco & Switzerland Profit: +9.9% at constant currency - strong

• rganic growth, together with lower fuel costs,

cost efficiencies and acquisitions made in 2018 more than offsetting cost inflation.

• Further competition from rail
• Intercity concession renewal

(no impact in 2019)

• Driver wage pressure

Risk Generating superior cash & returns

UK Record passengers in core coach driving strong growth

Delivering operational excellence Creating new business

• pportunities

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2018 2017

Revenue £577.0m £561.5m Op profit £79.9m £70.9m Margin 13.8% 12.6%

• Record performance in Coach for revenue & passengers - core revenue

up 7.4%, passengers up 5.2%, with improving second half trajectory

• RMS & targeted marketing campaigns driving record Christmas, Easter

& bank holidays, with summer 2018 carrying 10% more passengers

• Bus bucking national trend – commercial passenger up 1.1%
• Contactless & m-ticketing in Bus - now 60% of journeys - driving

passenger & revenue growth, & speeding up boarding times

• Acquisition of Stewarts
• New airport routes & express

services

• Birmingham Clean Air Zone 2020

Revenue: Revenue up 2.8% - particularly strong growth in core coach revenues, up 7.4% & commercial bus revenues up 0.8% Profit: Profit up 12.6%, margin up 120 bps, reflecting revenue growth, continuing cost efficiencies & lower fuel costs & profit on property disposals

• Advanced fare discounting in rail
• Concession income

Risk Generating superior cash & returns

*Operating profit excluding property profits & one-off items, up 5.4,%, operating margin up 40 bps to 13.0%

German Rail Positive underlying performance

Delivering operational excellence Creating new business

• pportunities

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2018 2017

Revenue €76.6m 90.3m Op profit €3.4m €5.9m Margin 4.4% 6.5%

• Underlying revenue growth of 5.4%, after adjusting for changes in

contract revenue recognition & catch-up revenues in 2017

• Change in accounting treatment has no impact on profit
• Stabilised profit stream
• Progressing with RRX mobilisation with first RRX contract to start in

June 2019

• Pipeline of German rail
• pportunities
• Looking to submit further bids
• ver next 12 months
• Looking at other international rail
• pportunities

Revenue: Down 15.1% reflecting catch up revenues in 2017 and adjustments on accounting changes: underlying revenue up 5.4% Profit: Down €2.5m with 2017 profit boosted by revenue sharing clarification and catch-up from

• 2016. Margin now stabilised.
• Failure to win bids in Germany at

acceptable rates

• Mobilisation on new contracts

Risk Generating superior cash & returns

North America

North America – operating profit bridge

Revenue 2018

$14m $13m $9m ($15m) ($16m) $2m $122m $129m 2018 acquisitions Driver wages Maintenance costs

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2017 2018 Growth in continuing business 91% 8% 1% Contract Private Hire Other Other Fuel

€12m €7m (€9m) €1m €108m €119m

ALSA

ALSA – operating profit bridge

Revenue 2018

2017 2018 acquisitions 2018

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Growth in continuing business Net cost inflation 58% 25% 1% 9% 7% Passenger Contract Grants/subsidies Private hire Other Other *Other includes one-off benefit from sale of taxi licences, broadly offset by one-off adjustment on timing of revenue recognition relating to IFRS 15

UK

UK – operating profit bridge

Revenue 2018

2017 Net cost inflation Growth/ new routes

£71m £80m £8m (£3m) £4m

2018

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Other* 5% 79% 10% 2% 4%

Contract Passenger Concession Private hire Other

*Other includes property disposal profit and a number of one-off items

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More detail on acquisitions in 2018

11 acquisitions in the year generating good returns

• Combined net consideration of £143m: £116m paid in 2018, £27m deferred consideration
• Targeting businesses that complement &/or have the ability to expand/grow our position in new markets
• 7 in North America:
• 2 businesses in Florida providing entry into the Charter schools market
• 4 businesses in school bus & charter services
• 1 paratransit business
• 3 in Spain:
• 1 business that provides services to the growing cruise market
• 1 urban & regional transport company in Madrid
• 1 regular & urban bus business providing entry into Galicia
• 1 in the UK – a premium B2B & in-bound tourist coach operator
• Continuing to evaluate a strong pipeline of further opportunities, applying our disciplined approach

IFRS 16 – lease liability at 1 Jan 2019

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690 282 154 35 15 204

Lease commitments 31 Dec 2018 RRX RME IBR discount Exempt leases IFRS 16 liability 1 Jan 2019

• German Rail leases will not come on to the balance sheet – not a right-of use asset

Risk management

Fuel risk largely fixed until 2020

• Fuel headwinds of around £6m in 2019

2018 2019 2020 2021 % hedged* 100% 100% 71% 29% Price per litre 34.9p 37.4p 35.7p 37.6p

Fuel hedging

43 * Of addressable volume (c.230 million litres)

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Foreign currency effects

Effect of fluctuations on profit and debt

Effect of a 1% weakening of £

USD EUR Operating profit (£m) 1.0 1.1 EBITDA (£m) 1.7 1.6 Debt (4.3) (3.9)

Average rates versus £

2018 2017 USD 1.34 1.29 EUR 1.13 1.14

• Translational impact from movements in USD,

EUR, CAD

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Risk management

Pension deficit plan in place through to 2020

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Pensions £m (IAS19) £m Surplus /(Deficit) 31 Dec 2018 Surplus /(Deficit) 31 Dec 2017 Profit /(charge) 2018 Profit /(charge) 2017 UK Bus (127.3) (133.8) (4.2) (4.5) UK Group 14.9 43.2 (1.1)* (0.2)

2015 2016 2017 2018

679 679 623 554 677 754 718 671 (13) (13) (88) (95) (117) Assets Liabilities Asset Ceiling Surplus/Deficit

(15)

*Includes a £0.9m one-off charge relating to Guaranteed Minimum Pension equalisation

• Derisking of balance sheet with the insurance buy-in of the funds of the UK Group Scheme

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