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Hyve Group plc Preliminary Results Year ended 30 September 2019 3 December 2019 Agenda Highlights Mark Shashoua Preliminary results Andrew Beach Transformation delivered Mark Shashoua TAG financials Andrew Beach Mark


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Hyve Group plc

Preliminary Results

Year ended 30 September 2019

3 December 2019

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› Highlights Mark Shashoua › Preliminary results Andrew Beach › Transformation delivered Mark Shashoua › TAG financials Andrew Beach › Q&A Mark Shashoua & Andrew Beach

Agenda

Preliminary results: year ended 30 September 2019 / 2

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Highlights

FY19 › Another strong year driven by the TAG programme despite challenging macro-economic conditions

  • LFL revenue growth

7%

  • LFL profit growth

16% Transformation delivered › Portfolio transformed since launch of TAG - 15 acquired events fully integrated and 154 events closed or divested › Ahead of plan on all TAG investment targets › Built a centralised operating model and returned the business to sustainable growth

Preliminary results: year ended 30 September 2019 / 3

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Preliminary results

Andrew Beach, CFO

Preliminary results: year ended 30 September 2019 / 4

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FY19 highlights

Preliminary results

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FY19 FY18 Revenue £220.7m £175.7m LFL growth 7% Headline PBT £50.4m £35.4m LFL growth 16% Operating profit margin 25.3% 22.0% Increase of 3.3pp TAG costs

  • ne-off

£4.2m £7.0m Within guidance

  • ngoing

£8.0m £7.5m Net debt £111.7m £82.7m <2x EBITDA, within guidance Headline diluted EPS 4.9p 4.9p In line with expectations Dividend 2.5p 2.5p Maintained at 2x EPS cover

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Revenue bridge

(£6.0m) (£5.3m) (£2.3m) £47.9m £10.7m £175.7m £220.7m FY18 Net Biennial & Timing Acquisitions & Disposals Launches & Cancellations FX Impact Underlying Trading FY19

£m Ascential/ Mining Indaba 62.5 ITE Expo (Russia)/ Central Asia/Other (14.6) £m TRY (1.4) RUB (0.8) INR (0.5) Other 0.4 £m Russia 6.6 AOW 1.2 Breakbulk 0.6 Other 2.3

Preliminary results

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Top 10 TAG events drove higher revenue growth

25%

Top 10 TAG Rest of portfolio

LFL growth TOTAL 7% LFL growth Top 10 TAG 13% Average yield Top 10 TAG £309/sqm1 Average yield TOTAL £266/sqm1

1 Total group revenue / total group sqm (excluding AOW and Mining Indaba conferences)

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Headline PBT bridge

(£0.4m) (£0.5m) (£4.2m) £15.4m £4.7m £35.4m £50.4m FY18 Net Biennial & Timing Acquisitions & Disposals Launches & Cancellations FX Impact Underlying Trading FY19

£m Revenue Translational (2.3) Cost Translational 1.5 Translational (0.8) Transactional (B/S) (3.4) £m Ascential / Mining Indaba 17.6 ITE Expo (Russia) / Central Asia / Other (2.2)

Preliminary results

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Preliminary results

Strong revenue visibility for FY20

1 Booked at 29 November 2019 at actual event rates for past events and at FX rates at 28 November 2019 for future events

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£152m revenue booked for FY20

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Represents 66% of consensus LFL increase

  • f 4%
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Excellent FY20 revenue visibility

Financial summary

Preliminary results

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Strong LFL revenue growth; Top 10 TAG events double-digit growth Step change towards sustainable

  • perating margins

Profit growth significantly above revenue growth

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Mark Shashoua, CEO

Transformation delivered

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Historical context prior to TAG programme

› Exhibitors demand Return on Investment › Visitors demand Return on Time › Greater emphasis on learning and networking within a business community

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16

Headline operating profit Costs

Revenue decline and unsustainable margins

29% 36% 35% 31% £134m £136m £175m £192m

  • 11%
CAGR

Transformation delivered

Changing customer expectations

Preliminary results: year ended 30 September 2019

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Our vision

Transformation delivered

“To create the world’s leading portfolio of content-driven, must-attend events delivering an outstanding experience and ROI for our customers.”

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Transformation delivered

Transformation and Growth programme

Product-led Acquisitions Manage the Portfolio Create a Scalable Platform

Underpinned by a performance-led culture

TAG Programme

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Transformation delivered

Scalable operating model created

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Invested in show operations Built capability & talent Built fit-for-purpose IT infrastructure & systems Drove a performance culture Created best practice functions & teams

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Transformation delivered

Breakbulk Europe

TAG improvements since FY16 › 37% more space sold › Visitor NPS improved from +8 to +28 › Revenue per exhibitor up 55% › Overall revenue up 67%

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FY16 FY19

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Transformation delivered

Africa Oil Week

TAG improvements since FY17* › Delegate NPS (FY18-19)** improved from +18 to +32 › Paid delegates (FY17-19) up 33% › Overall revenue (FY17-19) up 40%

/ 17 Preliminary results: year ended 30 September 2019 *Hyve took full ownership of AOW in May 2017, i.e. FY17 **Delegate NPS figures first recorded in FY18

FY16* FY20

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Transformation delivered

Strengthened KPIs from our Top 10 TAG events

New customer service team helps exhibitors maximise success Systematic lead generation drives growth

New business (FY18-19) increased by >25% Exhibitor NPS (FY16-19) increased from +3 to +14; industry average is -17*

New high quality content attracts key visitors

Visitor NPS (FY16-19) increased from +14 to +28; industry average is +7**

* UFI & Explori, Global Exhibitor Insights, November 2017 Edition **UFI & Explori, Global Visitor Insights, 2018/19 Edition / 18 Preliminary results: year ended 30 September 2019

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May 2017 Sep 2019

  • No. of events

269 130 52% Revenue £134m2 £221m3 64% Revenue per event £0.5m £1.7m 240%

Quality of portfolio improved since launch of TAG

Transformation delivered

1 Launch of TAG, May 2017 2 FY16 reported revenue 3 FY19 reported revenue

269 events 130 events

May 2017 Closed Divested Acquired Sep 2019

89 65 15

Manage the portfolio Product-led acquisitions

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Transformation delivered

A more balanced geographical footprint

12% 16% 14% 11% 47%

FY17 Revenue

ESE Asia Global Brands Central Asia

23% 10% 9% 8% 28% 22%

FY19 Revenue

Russia ESE Asia Global Brands Central Asia UK Russia

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Transformation delivered

Integration of acquisitions is complete

Focus on customer proposition between events Operational integration with Africa Oil Week Sector expansion in Germany Grow international events to scale in China Launch hosted buyers programme Investigate new markets over the longer term Re-edit events and add new sectors Visitor acquisition teams to target online and major chains Re-edit events to improve customer experience Focus on key accounts Grow international events to scale Launch hosted buyers programme Investigate new markets over the longer term

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Reinvesting half of the synergies to drive future growth Integration Synergies

Investment plans

1 Moda was an existing Hyve event

1

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Division Acquired events FY19 FY20 FY21

UK Ascential events Inherited trajectory Stabilise Grow Global Brands Ascential events Inherited trajectory Grow Grow Global Brands Mining Indaba Inherited trajectory Grow Grow

Transformation delivered

Targeted trajectory for recent acquisitions

Investment plans

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Returned the business to sustainable growth

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19

Headline operating profit Costs

Revenue and headline operating profit

29% 36% 35% 31%

£134m £136m £175m £192m

  • 11%
CAGR

£153m £176m £221m

23% 22% 25% +18%

CAGR

Transformation delivered

TAG

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Andrew Beach

TAG financials

/ 24 Preliminary results: year ended 30 September 2019

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TAG financials

One-off TAG programme investment

£20m

One-off Costs Mix

Capex Opex - Exceptional Best Practice Infrastructure & Systems Invest in Show Operations Performance Culture Capability & Talent

Investment by Transformation Lever

FY17 £6-7m FY18 £8-10m FY19 £4-6m Plan FY18 £7.0m FY19 £4.2m FY20 forecast £3.8m FY17 £5.0m Actual

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TAG financials

Ahead of plan on all TAG investment targets

1 Original plan delivery expected H2 FY21; revised to H1 FY21

Target Original plan Revised Status Positive ROI FY20 FY19 Delivered early ROI > WACC FY21 FY20 Ahead Cash payback FY21 FY21 Ahead1

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Industry-leading growth after years of decline

£192m £175m £136m £134m £153m £176m £221m

£120m £140m £160m £180m £200m £220m £240m

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19

Revenue

LFL growth / (decline)

  • 10%
  • 12%
  • 8%

+5%

+11% +7%

TAG financials / 27 Preliminary results: year ended 30 September 2019

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Sustainable margins

31% 35% 36% 29% 23% 22% 25% 26% 27%

20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24

Operating profit margin

TAG investment period City consensus Reinvestment

TAG financials / 28 Preliminary results: year ended 30 September 2019

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Net debt within guidance

TAG financials

1.4 1.3 2.0 1.9 1.4 1.0

0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5

FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21

Net debt : EBITDA

City consensus TAG corridor 1.5x – 2.0x

Average cash conversion FY17-19 > 100%

/ 29 Preliminary results: year ended 30 September 2019

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Operational delivery of TAG

FY19 FY16 Variance Yield Average yield (per SQM)

1 – TAG

£252 £187 +35% Average yield (per SQM)

1 – Total

£225 £183 +23% Yield growth versus inflation +3%

  • 13%

+16pp Revenue visibility Onsite rebook 47% 0% >100% Forward bookings 62%

2

53%

3

+9pp Sales performance Revenue per employee £177k £95k +86% Revenue per exhibitor

4

£7.4k £6.0k +23%

TAG financials

1 LFL event revenue / LFL sqm (excluding AOW conference) 2 For FY20 at 1 Oct 2019 3 For FY17 at 1 Oct 2016 4 TAG events excluding AOW conference

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On track to deliver our 3-year guidance

FY18 FY19 FY20 Revenue growth Margin growth EPS growth

TAG financials / 31 Preliminary results: year ended 30 September 2019

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Mark Shashoua

Summary & Outlook

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Summary & Outlook

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£143m1

(of £158.6m2) = 90% of total revenue

£200m3

(of £213.6m) = 94% of consensus

£147m1

(of £220.7m2) = 67% of total revenue

£143m1

(of £230.7m) = 62% of consensus

Returned the business to sustainable growth TAG programme puts us in a strong position in current environment Expect margins to continue to grow Focus is on continuous improvement to drive sustainable

  • rganic growth

Will continue to look for product-led acquisitions and further optimise the portfolio Trading currently in line with expectations

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Q&A

Mark Shashoua & Andrew Beach

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Appendices

Preliminary Results

Year ended 30 September 2019

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“Create a scalable platform” targets ahead of plan

Positive ROI

Plan Within 3 years (FY20) Update Within 2 years (FY19)

FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22

TAG plan Update

In-year net operating profit after tax (“NOPAT”)

Positive ROI in FY 2019

1 ROI > WACC1

Plan Within 4 years (FY21) Update Within 3 years (FY20)

Cash Payback

Plan Within 4 years (FY21) Update Within 3.5 years (FY21)

2 3

1 Based on May 2017 WACC

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Consolidated income statement

Appendices

Headline Results FY19 FY18 £m £m

Revenue 220.7 175.7 Gross Profit 87.4 68.0 Gross Profit Margin 40% 39% Admin Expenses/Operating Income (38.8) (39.1) FX (1.1) 2.2 Profit from Associates 8.3 7.6 Operating Profit 55.8 38.7 Operating Profit Margin 25% 22% Net Finance Costs (5.4) (3.3) PBT 50.4 35.4 EPS 4.9p 4.9p

Statutory Reconciliation FY19 FY18 £m £m

Headline PBT 50.4 35.4 Adjusting Items (41.7) (39.1) Statutory PBT 8.7 (3.7)

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Divisional analysis

Appendices

FY19 FY18

Revenue £m HPBT £m Revenue £m HPBT £m Global Brands 49.7 20.3 11.5 2.1 › Ascential Events and Mining Indaba acquisitions Asia 23.2 9.4 25.7 10.2 › Impact of biennial › Profit supported by strong growth from Sinostar joint venture Central Asia 19.8 5.0 24.5 7.2 › Timing differences › Some recovery from oil prices E/S Europe 16.7 5.8 15.2 4.4 › Impact of biennial, offset by FX impact › LFL growth in revenue Russia 62.6 25.9 73.3 24.3 › Strong performance of core events, offset by currency impact and non-core disposals › Largest allocation of TAG investment UK 48.7 15.5 25.5 8.9 › Ascential Events acquisition Other Income 0.9 0.9 › Management fee income from associates Central Costs (25.9) (21.5) › Smaller proportion of enlarged Group’s cost base FX (loss)/gain (1.1) 2.2 › Balance sheet retranslation of monetary assets and liabilities Net Finance Costs (5.4) (3.3) › Increased interest cost from borrowings to fund Ascential Events and Mining Indaba acquisitions Total 220.7 50.4 175.7 35.4

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28% 16% 7% 9% 7% 3% 10% 8% 6% 6%

FY17

17% 15% 14% 8% 8% 7% 7% 6% 5% 5% 4% 4%

Build & Interiors Retail Food & Packaging Education Technology Fashion Manufacturing Industrial Technology Transport & Logistics Connect Energy Travel & Tourism Advanced Technologies Beauty & Healthcare

Revenue by sector

Appendices

FY19

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Appendices

Metres Revenue Headline Profit Before Tax 000s £m £m

FY18

Results from events 766 175.7 35.4 Biennial (26) (4.7) (1.7) Timing (12) (4.3) (1.1) Non-recurring (33) (5.3) (0.5) Disposals (64) (14.6) (2.2) Recurring events b 631 146.8 29.9

FY19

Acquisitions 139 62.5 17.6 Launches

  • FX translation
  • (2.3)

(4.2) LFL change a (1) 10.7 4.7

FY19

Recurring events 769 217.7 48.0 Timing 2 0.6 0.6 Biennial 12 2.4 1.8 Results from events 783 220.7 50.4 LFL growth (a/b) 0% 7% 16%

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Performance analysis

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Event name Region Spring Fair UK MosBuild Russia BETT (London) Global Brands WorldFood Moscow Russia Autumn Fair UK CWIEME Berlin Global Brands Mining Indaba Global Brands MITT Russia RosUpack Russia Aquatherm Moscow Russia Event name Region MosBuild Russia WorldFood Moscow Russia MITT Russia Aquatherm Moscow Russia TurkeyBuild E/S Europe Acetech Mumbai Asia MIOGE Russia RosUpack Russia YugAgro Russia Breakbulk Europe Global Brands

43% Top 10 Rest of portfolio

Top 10 events by revenue

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35% Top 10 Rest of portfolio

May 2017 (launch of TAG) September 2019

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Headline diluted EPS bridge

Appendices

(2.3p) 1.5p 0.7p 0.1p 4.9p 4.9p FY18 Increase in profits due to acquisitions Increase in underlying profits Decrease in NCI profits Change in no. of shares in issue FY19

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FY19 FY18 £m £m Operating items Amortisation of acquired intangible assets Non-cash (24.1) (13.6) Impairment of assets Non-cash

  • (7.5)

Derecognition of goodwill on cessation of trade Non-cash

  • (2.2)

(Loss)/Gain on disposal Non-cash (3.2) 2.9 Transaction costs Cash (1.4) (8.0) Integration costs and costs of realising synergies Cash (6.8) (2.7) Restructuring costs Cash (4.2) (7.6) Tax on income from associates and joint ventures Non-cash (1.9) (1.6) Financing items Revaluation of assets and liabilities on completed acquisitions and disposals Non-cash (0.1) 1.2 Total (41.7) (39.1)

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Adjusting items

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Appendices

FY19 FY18 £m £m Non-current assets Goodwill and intangible assets 480.6 469.1 Other non-current assets 52.8 50.5 533.4 519.6 Current assets Trade debtors 36.0 34.7 Prepayments 17.5 12.5 Other current assets 8.8 19.4 62.3 66.6 Creditors Net debt (111.7) (82.7) Deferred revenue (80.0) (77.6) Trade and other payables (34.4) (46.5) Deferred consideration and equity option liabilities (13.9) (15.2) Net deferred tax liabilities (32.1) (36.2) Provisions (1.8) (3.1) (273.9) (261.3) Net assets 321.8 324.9

(60.9) (76.9)

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Consolidated balance sheet

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Future consideration

Appendices

Deferred Consideration – Cash Settle £m Financial Year Payable ABEC 1.0 2020 1.0 Puts & Calls - Cash Settle £m Financial Years1 Fasteners

  • 2020

Indobuild 1.9 2020 Scoop

  • 2020

1.9 Puts & Calls - Equity Settle £m Financial Years1 ABEC 13.0 2020 13.0

1 Earliest financial year Puts & Calls are exercisable

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Banking facility

Appendices

£146m £14m

At 30 September 2019

Drawn Undrawn

Net debt - £111.7m

1.9x headline EBITDA

Available Facility – £160m (and £30m accordion)

Drawn Facility – £146m1

Term loan £65m amortising at £17.5m / £17.5m / £30m; balance RCF

Interest Rate – LIBOR + 2-2.75%

2.5x net debt:EBITDA covenant

Term – November 2021

1 Shown on Balance Sheet as £145m, net of capitalised refinance fees

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Net debt bridge

Appendices

(£82.7m) (£111.7m) £51.2m (£25.6m) (£12.1m) (£32.5m) (£0.2m) (£9.8m) September 2018 Cash Flow from Operations (excl. TAG) Dividends & Tax TAG Acquisitions & Disposals FX Net Other September 2019

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Venue relationships

Appendices

Venue Loans / Prepayments FY19 FY18 £m £m Russia

  • 4.7

Central Asia 0.2 0.2 Total 0.2 4.9

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Cash generated from operations

Appendices

FY19 FY18 £m £m Statutory operating profit 14.2 (1.6) Adjustments 29.4 22.1 Operating cash flows before movements in working capital 43.6 20.5 Working capital movements (3.2) 7.8 Cash generated from operations 40.4 28.3 FY19 FY18 £m £m Cash generated from operations 40.4 28.3 Interest received 1.0 0.6 Interest paid (6.4) (3.9) Tax paid (11.5) (9.6) Free cash flow from the business 23.5 15.4

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Consensus forecast1

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Consensus Minimum Maximum 2020 Turnover (£m) 230.7 227.0 237.2 Headline profit before tax (£m) 55.1 54.5 55.7 Headline diluted EPS (p) 5.3 5.1 5.4 Net debt (£m) 91.1 83.6 97.4 2021 Turnover (£m) 240.3 235.6 248.6 Headline profit before tax (£m) 59.5 58.6 60.8 Headline diluted EPS (p) 5.7 5.5 5.8 Net debt (£m) 68.5 49.2 82.6

1 Based on analyst forecasts to 29 October 2019

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Shareholder structure as at 31 October 2019

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Country of Shareholder % of Total Shares

  • No. of Shares (millions)

RWC Partners UK 15.3 113.5 Brandes Investment Partners USA 11.4 84.4 Fidelity Management & Research UK, USA 9.1 67.5 Bestinver Asset Management Spain 5.2 38.5 BlackRock UK 4.9 36.1 Invesco Canada 4.6 34.1 Legal & General Investment Management UK 4.5 33.2 Amiral Gestion France 4.1 30.7 JO Hambro Capital Management UK 4.0 29.3 Vanguard Group USA 3.2 23.9 Directors 0.3 2.0 Other institutions and individuals 33.4 248.4 Total Shares in Issue 100 741.6

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Managing the portfolio

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Event Quality & Potential Higher Lower Growth Market tailwind Mature Stable, mature market Challenged Facing market or competitive threat Large

>£1.0m revenue Medium £0.5m-£1.0m revenue

Small

<£0.5m revenue

Non-Core

Use full suite of transformational levers Enable sales & marketing to drive volume growth Invest in content and shows to drive great customer experience

Scale

Pricing, show value and content to drive yield and retention Manage pro- actively, solve issues across commercial, content and

  • perations

Top priority Medium priority Low priority

89 less profitable

shows discontinued since start of TAG Successful disposal

  • f TradeLink, ECMI

and ITE Expo (Russian non-core) Continue to review all options for less profitable shows

Onsite re-booking, sales commissions

Core

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Source of acquisitions

Appendices

Acquisitions likely to come from the following sources:

£143m1

(of £158.6m2) = 90% of total revenue

Non-core assets (e.g. Mining Indaba acquisition by Hyve) Bolt-on market- leading events which will accelerate our geo-clone strategy (e.g. Bett Brazil acquisition by Ascential Events1) Owner-operated founders looking for someone to take the business to the next level (e.g. Money 2020 acquisition by Ascential Events)

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1 Now owned by Hyve
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Product-led acquisitions

Appendices

Phase 1 Quick screening Phase 2 Thorough analysis Phase 3 Due diligence Phase 4 Transaction Objective “be effective” “identify pearls” “don’t miss risk” “fair deal”

Activity Screen maximum #

  • f shows...

... employing set of clear criteria Assessment of concrete potential for Hyve Strategic / market DD Financial DD Synergy estimate Integration planning Final price negotiation Deal structuring (e.g. earnout)

M&A funnel

Example Screening Criteria

Size Distinct Customer Value Proposition Structurally Attractive Market for Exhibitions High Growth Underlying Market Organic Revenue Growth and Profit Margin International Roll Out Potential ROIC EPS Accretion

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