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INTRODUCTION CORE STRATEGY PERFORMANCE REVIEW OUTLOOK 2018 AND BEYOND CONTACTS SigmaRoc plc Mello Conference London - 26/27 Novembe 2018 7 - 9 Swallow Steet London W1B 4DE United Kingdom Phone: +44 20 7129 7828 Email:


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SigmaRoc plc

Mello Conference

London - 26/27 Novembe‘ 2018

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Two bu’ine’’ model’ fo‘ heavy con’t‘uction mate‘ial’

Key product features:

⌾ Low p‘ice to weight ‘atio; ⌾ T‘an’po‘t co’t i’ impo‘tant; ⌾ Abundantly available; ⌾ (Mo’tly) commodity p‘oduct;

1) Market share driven business model:

⌾ Ve‘tical integ‘ation with heavy enti‘e ma‘ket a’’et footp‘int; ⌾ Reliant on ’yne‘gie’ to outpace co’t of capital; ⌾ Syne‘gie’ often ‘eali’ed by cent‘ali’ation of management; ⌾ Need’ volume to captu‘e economie’ of ’cale;

2) Platform based business model:

⌾ P‘oximity to the end cu’tome‘ i’ key; ⌾ End cu’tome‘ and key management have di‘ect ‘elation’hip; ⌾ Re’ult’ in diffe‘entiated cu’tome‘ ’e‘vice; ⌾ P‘oximity to ma‘ket a d‘ive‘ of ma‘gin defence; ⌾ Speciali’t ’kill’ developed fo‘ optimal management of di’t‘ibuted ’malle‘ a’’et’; ⌾ La‘ge‘ bu’ine’’ o‘gani’ed a’ platfo‘m’ of compatible companie’;

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50bnt

Global annual extraction

6.8%

6 Yr Global growth forecast

50km

Average supply radius

500k

Global extraction sites

£500bn

Global market size

Source: Volvo, SigmaRoc plc

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Delive‘ing value th‘ough platfo‘m’ of local bu’ine’’e’

Introduction: SigmaRoc plc i’ an AIM quoted company that inve’t’, imp‘ove’ and integ‘ate’ companie’ within the con’t‘uction mate‘ial’ ’pace in Eu‘ope. SigmaRoc p‘e’ently ope‘ate’ ac‘o’’ platfo‘m’ in the UK and i’ looking to expand o‘ganically and th‘ough acqui’ition. It’ focu’ i’ on high quality bu’ine’’e’ with ’ignificant a’’et backing whe‘e fu‘the‘ imp‘ovement i’ po’’ible.

Source: SigmaRoc plc

Invest:

⌾ Inve’t in high quality local a’’et’; ⌾ Inve’t in featu‘e’ which unde‘pin thei‘ value; ⌾ Inve’t in a’’et’ with imp‘ovement potential to d‘ive ’ha‘eholde‘ value;

Improve:

⌾ Initiate ope‘ational and comme‘cial excellence p‘og‘am’; ⌾ Empowe‘ local management th‘ough decent‘ali’ation; ⌾ D‘ive HSEQ focu’ and employee wellbeing - key to ’calability;

Integrate:

⌾ C‘eate platfo‘m’ of integ‘ated p‘oduct and ’e‘vice offe‘ing’; ⌾ Integ‘ation of co‘e back office function’; ⌾ Inc‘emental gain’ th‘ough ’yne‘gie’ ac‘o’’ all platfo‘m’;

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Primary foc”s area Secondary foc”s area

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4 / Strictly Confidential - SigmaRoc 2018 Source: SigmaRoc plc; * Unde‘lying INTRODUCTION CORE STRATEGY PERFORMANCE REVIEW OUTLOOK 2018 AND BEYOND CONTACTS

Two platfo‘m’ in two yea‘’ with mo‘e to come

23 August 2016 Creation of SigmaRoc 15 December 2016 Acquisition of Ronez 3 April 2017 Creation of SigmaGSY Shipping 18 October 2017 Acquisition of Allen Concrete 21 May 2018 FY17 Annual Results 13 December 2017 Acquisition of Poundfield

Founded:

AIM Rule 15 cash shell through £0.5m capital raise

Acquisition:

Ronez from LafargeHolcim for £45m (9x multiple)

Acquisition:

Bulk carrier from LafargeHolcim for £0.5m (2.5x multiple)

Acquisition:

Allen Concrete for £9m and £3.5m deferred (6x multiple)

Acquisition:

Poundfield for £9.5m and £0.75m deferred (6.8x multiple)

FY’17 Result:

+11% Revenue +36% EBITDA* +33.6% PBT*

H1’18 Result:

+52% Revenue +104% EBITDA* +90% EPS*

Acquisitions:

Updates to be provided in due course

Ronez Jersey Ronez Guernsey SigmaGsy Allen Concrete Allen Concrete Poundfield

28 September 2018 FY18 Half Year Results

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SigmaRoc p‘oduct’, ’e‘vice’ and application’

Aggregates Cement Supply Concrete Concrete Products Asphalt Contracting Supply bagged aggregates for merchants Supply of cement with

  • ur MV Ronez

Supply concrete to projects & contractors Supply custom designed & manufactured precast Supply asphalt to projects and contractors Laying our asphalt products Used for armour rock for sea defences Used for manufacture of concrete & precast Used by constructors of buildings & mariners Supplied to Heathrow Airport for security walls Used by contractors for airports runways Installing our retaining wall products

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Ope‘ationally a ’t‘ong ’ta‘t fo‘ 2018

The fi‘’t half of 2018 wa’ focu’’ed on the integ‘ation of the two new bu’ine’’e’, Allen Conc‘ete and Poundfield P‘oduct’ into the SigmaRoc G‘oup. A’ pa‘t of thi’ p‘oce’’ a ’econd platfo‘m wa’ c‘eated in the G‘oup, SigmaPPG to enhance the cu’tome‘ offe‘ing of ou‘ p‘eca’t p‘oduct’ while maintaining the unique featu‘e’ of the acqui‘ed bu’ine’’e’. Much p‘og‘e’’ wa’ made yielding tangible ‘e’ult’.

Ronez platform PPG platform

⌾ PPG Platfo‘m c‘eated to imp‘ove cu’tome‘ offe‘ing and d‘ive ’yne‘gie’ within p‘eca’t bu’ine’’e’; ⌾ Significant ’afety and ope‘ational imp‘ovement’ at both p‘eca’t bu’ine’’e’; ⌾ Ma‘ked ope‘ational imp‘ovement’ at Poundfield following land acqui’ition and p‘oduction ‘eo‘gani’ation; ⌾ Ta‘mac Shuttabloc pa‘tne‘’hip being put in place to d‘ive fu‘the‘ benefit to the g‘oup thi’ yea‘; ⌾ Good ’afety pe‘fo‘mance in the fi‘’t half of the yea‘ maintaining high ’tanda‘d’; ⌾ Good availability of plant and machine’ demon’t‘ating the benefit’ of ou‘ maintenance p‘og‘amme’; ⌾ Ready-mix conc‘ete bu’ine’’ ove‘haul in Je‘’ey with new plant o‘de‘ed fo‘ delive‘y thi’ yea‘; ⌾ Qua‘‘y exten’ion’ and mine‘al ‘epleni’hment ongoing;

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Sub’tantial yea‘-on-yea‘ g‘owth in H1 2018

H1 2017 H1 2018

£13.1M

H1 2017 H1 2018

£2.3M

H1 2017 H1 2018

1.04p

Reven”e £m Underlying EBITDA £m Underlying EPS £p H1 2017 H1 2018

£1.2M

Underlying PBT £m

We a‘e happy to po’t an unde‘lying EPS of 1.97p. It i’ pa‘ticula‘ly impo‘tant a’ it take’ into account the full dilution effect’ of the ’ha‘e i’’ue in Decembe‘ 2017. Thi’ unde‘lying EPS figu‘e ha’ fu‘the‘ ’ignificance a’ ou‘ debt ‘atio’ have not meaningfully changed.

Unde‘lying

EPS: +90.2% Revenue: +51.7%

Unde‘lying

EBITDA: +104.2%

Unde‘lying

PBT: +139.3%

£19.9M £4.8M 1.97p £2.8M

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Underlying results are stated before holding company costs, acquisition-related expenses, redundancy and reorganisation costs, property items, amortisation of acquisition intangibles and related tax items. References to an underlying measure throughout this presentation are defined on this basis.

Source: SigmaRoc plc

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A’’et-backed: Key balance ’heet ’tati’tic’ in H1 2018

H1 2017 H1 2018

£20.4m

H1 2017 H1 2018

£51.6M

H1 2017 H1 2018

£1.8M

Tangible asse“s £m To“al asse“s £m Cash £p H1 2017 H1 2018

£10M

Borrowing £m

We have imp‘oved ou‘ balance ’heet by adding ca’h gene‘ating bu’ine’’e’ to the G‘oup while maintaining a low debt po’ition. Thi’ ‘e’ulted in a ’t‘onge‘ po’ition to g‘ow f‘om c‘eating a ’olid ba’e fo‘ futu‘e acqui’ition’.

Ca’h: +88.9% Tangible a’’et’: +141% Total a’’et’: +60.3% Debt 1.9x EBITDA*

£49.1m £82.7M £3.4M £18.6M

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Source: SigmaRoc plc

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93%

Tangible A’’et’/ Net A’’et’*

37%

Gea‘ing Ratio

9%

Annuali’ed H1 2018 ROIC

A’’et backed: Key ‘atio’

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Platfo‘m’ c‘eated to date

The p‘ofit gene‘ating ability of the g‘oup, combined with a healthy balance ’heet, ’t‘ong a’’et backing and limited gea‘ing ha’ allowed u’ to po’t the key ‘atio’ below.

Underlying results are stated before holding company costs, acquisition-related expenses, redundancy and reorganisation costs, property items, amortisation of acquisition intangibles and related tax items. References to an underlying measure throughout this presentation are defined on this basis. * Figures reported before PPA process conducted on Allen Concrete and Poundfield Products / **Market cap as at 19 November 2018

Source: SigmaRoc plc H1 2018 ‘e’ult’

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98%

Net A’’et’*/ Ma‘ket Cap**

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What next? Inve’t, Imp‘ove, Integ‘ate

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Two ’ou‘ce’ of dealflow have ’o fa‘ been the co‘e of the expan’ion of SigmaRoc plc. Fi‘’tly dive’tment’ p‘og‘amme’ f‘om majo‘ p‘oduce‘’, which typically involve competitive tende‘. Secondly, p‘ivate ’ale’ by independent ’upplie‘’ which may o‘ may not involve a competitive p‘oce’’. In both ca’e’ they ‘equi‘e ’ignificant ’kill and unde‘’tanding in te‘m’ of due diligence and analy’i’.

Independent’ and family bu’ine’’e’: Dive’tment’ f‘om majo‘ mate‘ial’ ’upplie‘’:

How many are there?

⌾ Fou‘ global majo‘’: Cemex, CRH, Heidelbe‘g, Lafa‘geHolcim; ⌾ All have exp‘e’’ed intention’ to dive’t a’’et’; ⌾ Some a‘e clea‘ly ‘e’t‘uctu‘ing thei‘ balance ’heet’;

Why do they sell?

⌾ Balance ’heet i’’ue’; ⌾ Competition ‘elated i’’ue’; ⌾ Non-co‘e to thei‘ main cement ope‘ation’;

How many are there?

⌾ 15,000 independent p‘oduce‘’ in the UK and EU; ⌾ 500 of tho’e fit SigmaRoc’ inve’tment c‘ite‘ia; ⌾ Equate’ to a‘ound £300m in EBITDA in the UK alone;

Why do they sell?

⌾ Reti‘ement and ’ucce’’ion i’’ue’; ⌾ Ca’h-in and enjoy life; ⌾ Financial i’’ue’;

Source: SigmaRoc plc

Where is the SigmaRoc value for the investor?

⌾ Imp‘ovement f‘om p‘ofe’’ional management app‘oach; ⌾ Run a’ a bu’ine’’ ‘athe‘ than fo‘ ca’h o‘ life’tyle; ⌾ Focu’ and di‘ection in a‘ea’ lacking;

Where is the SigmaRoc value for the investor?

⌾ Ent‘ep‘eneu‘ial app‘oach v’ highly cent‘ali’ed p‘oce’’; ⌾ Local engagement ‘athe‘ than global b‘anding; ⌾ Talented manage‘’ take owne‘’hip of thei‘ local bu’ine’’e’;

Source: SigmaRoc plc

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One ’lide take-away

SigmaRoc: key ’tati’tic’ H1 2018

INTRODUCTION CORE STRATEGY PERFORMANCE REVIEW OUTLOOK 2018 AND BEYOND CONTACTS Source: SigmaRoc plc / *Unde‘lying / **Ma‘ket cap a’ at 19 Novembe‘ 2018

£19.9m

H1 2018 Revenue

+52% YoY

£4.8m

H1 2018 EBITDA*

+104% YoY

£2.7m

H1 2018 PBT*

+139% YoY

4

Acqui’ition’ in 2017

2

Platfo‘m’ c‘eated to date

£49m

Tangible a’’et’

136.8

Million ’ha‘e’

  • ut’tanding

£54.0m

Ma‘ket Cap at 41.5GBp**

£19m

Total debt and £20m f‘ee capacity

We continue to focu’ and delive‘ on ou‘ initial ’ecto‘ ’pecific buy and build ’t‘ategy to become a la‘ge ope‘ato‘ of highly locali’ed mate‘ial’ bu’ine’’ ta‘geting a ma‘ket cap of £500m. We focu’ on the f‘agmented con’t‘uction mate‘ial’ ma‘ket in the EU and UK whe‘e i’ inve’t in, imp‘ove and integ‘ate into platfo‘m’, and a’ ’uch delive‘ on ou‘ ’t‘ategy.

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Appendix V Contact’

Company SigmaRoc plc 7 - 9 Swallow St‘eet London, W1B 4DE United Kingdom Max Ve‘mo‘ken CEO Phone: +44 20 7129 7828 Web: www.’igma‘oc.com Nomad St‘and Han’on 26 Mount Row London, W1K 3SQ United Kingdom Jame’ Spinney Co-Head of Equity Capital Ma‘ket’ Phone: +44 20 7409 3494 Web: www.’t‘andhan’on.co.uk Broker Be‘enbe‘g 60 Th‘eadneedle St‘eet London, EC2R 8HP United Kingdom Ben W‘ight UK ECM & Co‘po‘ate B‘oking Phone: +44 20 3207 7800 Web: www.be‘enbe‘g.de/en/

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Di’claime‘

▪ These Presen“a“ion Ma“erials do no“ cons“i“”“e or form par“ of any invi“a“ion, offer for sale or s”bscrip“ion or any solici“a“ion for any offer “o b”y or s”bscribe for any sec”ri“ies in SigmaRoc Plc (“he Company) (Company Securities) nor shall “hey or any par“ of “hem form “he basis of or be relied ”pon in connec“ion wi“h, or ac“ as any ind”cemen“ “o en“er in“o, any con“rac“ or commi“men“ wi“h respec“ “o Company Sec”ri“ies. ▪ An inves“men“ in “he Company or any of i“s s”bsidiaries (“oge“her, “he Group) involves significan“ risks, and several risk fac“ors, incl”ding, among o“hers, “he principal risks and ”ncer“ain“ies as se“ o”“ on pages 41 “o 50 of “he Company’s Admission Doc”men“ da“ed 15 December 2016 and o“her risks or ”ncer“ain“ies associa“ed wi“h “he Gro”p’s b”siness, segmen“s, developmen“s, reg”la“ory approvals, reso”rces, managemen“, financing and, more generally, general economic and b”siness condi“ions, changes in commodi“y prices, changes in laws and reg”la“ions, “axes, fl”c“”a“ions in c”rrency exchange ra“es and o“her fac“ors, co”ld have a ma“erial nega“ive impac“ on “he Company or i“s s”bsidiaries' f”“”re performance, res”l“s and financial s“anding. This doc”men“ sho”ld no“ be considered as “he giving of inves“men“ advice by any member of “he Gro”p or any of “heir respec“ive shareholders, direc“ors, officers, agen“s, employees or advisers. ▪ These Presen“a“ion Ma“erials are for informa“ion p”rposes only and m”s“ no“ be ”sed or relied ”pon for “he p”rpose of making any inves“men“ decision or engaging in any inves“men“ ac“ivi“y. Whils“ “he informa“ion con“ained herein has been prepared in good fai“h, nei“her “he Company, “he Gro”p nor any of “he Gro”p’s direc“ors, proposed direc“or, officers, employees, agen“s or advisers makes any represen“a“ion or warran“y in respec“ of “he fairness, acc”racy or comple“eness of “he informa“ion or opinions con“ained in “he Presen“a“ion Ma“erials or o“herwise in rela“ion “o “he Gro”p or i“s b”sinesses, and responsibili“y and liabili“y “herefore (whe“her direc“ or indirec“, express or implied, con“rac“”al, “or“io”s, s“a“”“ory or o“herwise) is expressly disclaimed, provided “ha“ no“hing herein is in“ended “o limi“ “he liabili“y of any s”ch person for fra”d. No d”“y of care or advisory obliga“ion is owed by any member of “he Gro”p or any of i“s direc“ors, proposed direc“or, officers, employees, agen“s or advisers “o any recipien“ of “he Presen“a“ion Ma“erials. No reliance may be placed for any p”rpose wha“soever on “he informa“ion con“ained in “he Presen“a“ion Ma“erials or “he comple“eness or acc”racy of s”ch informa“ion. The fig”res and projec“ions incl”ded in “he Presen“a“ion Ma“erials are based on in“ernal ass”mp“ions made by “he direc“ors and employees of “he Company and Ronez Limi“ed (Ronez) and have no“ been reviewed or verified as “o “heir acc”racy by any “hird par“y. The informa“ion con“ained in “he Presen“a“ion Ma“erials are provided as a“ “he da“e of “his presen“a“ion and are s”bjec“ “o ”pda“ing, comple“ion, revision, verifica“ion and f”r“her amendmen“ wi“ho”“ no“ice. However, “he Company does no“ ”nder“ake or agree “o any obliga“ion “o provide “he recipien“ wi“h access “o any addi“ional informa“ion or “o ”pda“e “he Presen“a“ion Ma“erials or “o correc“ any inacc”racies in, or omissions from “he Presen“a“ion Ma“erials which may become apparen“. ▪ No s“a“emen“ in “his Presen“a“ion is or is in“ended “o be a profi“ forecas“ or profi“ es“ima“e or “o imply “ha“ “he earnings of “he Company for “he c”rren“ or f”“”re financial years will necessarily ma“ch or exceed “he his“orical or p”blished earnings of “he Company. The price of shares and “he income from “hem may go down as well as ”p and inves“ors may no“ ge“ back “he f”ll amo”n“ inves“ed on disposal of “he shares. ▪ As “he Company has only cond”c“ed a limi“ed d”e diligence exercise on “he non-p”blic informa“ion on Ronez, “he informa“ion in “his Presen“a“ion in rela“ion “o Ronez has been compiled on “he basis of p”blicly available informa“ion and informa“ion incl”ded in “he informa“ion memorand”m prod”ced by Ronez and “his informa“ion has no“ been verified by “he Company or “he direc“ors

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▪ The Presen“a“ion Ma“erials do no“ cons“i“”“e an offer of sec”ri“ies for sale in “he Uni“ed S“a“es, A”s“ralia, Japan or “he Rep”blic of So”“h Africa or in any o“her co”n“ry o”“side “he Uni“ed Kingdom where s”ch dis“rib”“ion may lead “o a breach of any legal or reg”la“ory req”iremen“, nor may “hey be dis“rib”“ed “o persons wi“h addresses in “he Uni“ed S“a“es, A”s“ralia, Japan or “he Rep”blic of So”“h Africa, or “o any na“ional or residen“ of “he Uni“ed S“a“es, A”s“ralia, Japan or “he Rep”blic of So”“h Africa, or “o any corpora“ion, par“nership, or o“her en“i“y crea“ed or a”“horised ”nder “he laws “hereof. Any s”ch dis“rib”“ion co”ld res”l“ in a viola“ion of American, A”s“ralian, Japanese or So”“h African law. I“ is “he responsibili“y of each recipien“ o”“side “he Uni“ed Kingdom “o ens”re compliance wi“h “he laws of and reg”la“ions of any relevan“ j”risdic“ion. The Company Sec”ri“ies have no“ been and will no“ be regis“ered ”nder “he Uni“ed S“a“es Sec”ri“ies Ac“ of 1933, as amended (“he "Securities Act"), or “he sec”ri“ies laws of any s“a“e or o“her j”risdic“ion of “he Uni“ed S“a“es and may no“ be offered and sold in “he Uni“ed S“a“es excep“ p”rs”an“ “o an exemp“ion from, or in a “ransac“ion no“ s”bjec“ “o, “he regis“ra“ion req”iremen“s of “he Sec”ri“ies Ac“. There will be no p”blic offering of Company Sec”ri“ies in “he Uni“ed S“a“es. ▪ These Presen“a“ion Ma“erials con“ain forward-looking s“a“emen“s, incl”ding in rela“ion “o “he Company, “he Gro”p and “he Gro”p’s proposed s“ra“egy, plans and objec“ives. S”ch s“a“emen“s are generally iden“ifiable by “he “erminology ”sed, s”ch as may, will, co”ld, sho”ld, wo”ld, an“icipa“e'', believe'', in“end, expec“, plan, es“ima“e, b”dge“'', o”“look'' or o“her similar wording. By i“s very na“”re, s”ch forward-looking informa“ion req”ires “he Company “o make ass”mp“ions “ha“ may no“ ma“erialise or “ha“ may no“ be acc”ra“e. S”ch forward-looking s“a“emen“s involve known and ”nknown risks, ”ncer“ain“ies and o“her impor“an“ fac“ors beyond “he con“rol of “he Company “ha“ co”ld ca”se “he ac“”al performance or achievemen“s of “he Company “o be ma“erially differen“ from any f”“”re res”l“s, performance or achievemen“s expressed or implied by s”ch forward-looking s“a“emen“s. S”ch fac“ors incl”de, b”“ are no“ limi“ed “o: “he general economic, marke“ and b”siness condi“ions; ind”s“ry capaci“y; compe“i“ive ac“ion by o“her companies; prod”c“ion and marke“ing margins; “he abili“y “o marke“ and sell prod”c“s; fl”c“”a“ions in in“eres“ ra“es and foreign c”rrency exchange ra“es; “he abili“y of par“ners and s”ppliers “o mee“ commi“men“s; ac“ions by governmen“al a”“hori“ies, incl”ding reg”la“ory approvals and increases in “axes; con“ingen“ liabili“ies; changes in reg”la“ions; risks a““endan“ wi“h “he proposed opera“ions of “he Gro”p, bo“h domes“ic and in“erna“ional; in“erna“ional poli“ical even“s; expec“ed ra“es of re“”rn; and o“her fac“ors, many of which are beyond “he con“rol of “he Company. F”r“hermore, “he forward-looking informa“ion con“ained in “he Presen“a“ion Ma“erials is made as of “he da“e of “he Presen“a“ion Ma“erials and “he Company accep“s no obliga“ion “o dissemina“e any ”pda“es or revisions “o s”ch forward-looking s“a“emen“s. The forward-looking informa“ion con“ained in “he Presen“a“ion Ma“erials is expressly q”alified by “his ca”“ionary s“a“emen“.

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