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Investor PresentationJP Morgan European High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference
Sep 10, 2020
Today’s presenters
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Jonas DahlbergChief Executive Officer
Transcom since June 2019
Previous roles:CFO, Transcom (2019)
CFO, Sweco Group (2012-2019)President, Sweco Russia (2008-2012)
Associate Principal, McKinsey (1998-2008)
Snejana KolevaChief Financial Officer
Transcom since August 2020
Previous roles:Finance Director, Rock Tools Sandvik (2017-2020)
VP Strategy Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology (2013-2017)
McKinsey (2005-2013)
Highlights• Transcom provides world class customer services to leading
consumer brands predominately in Europe and North America
• Since the buy out by Altor in 2017, Transcom is on a transformation journey aiming at profitable growth and double-digit margins
• Strategy is focusing on client focus and operational excellence, driven by strong culture and leadership. Moreover, Transcom has a strong portfolio of digital services and is shifting the mix towards attractive client segments and delivery locations
• During 2018-2020H1 Transcom shows improvements on all key financials: EBITDA, margins, E/O-items, cash flow and leverage
• Transcom is resilient in Covid due to Work-At-Home (increased from 6% to >60% in the span of 8 weeks), Digital and a diverse footprint
• As consumers chose to interact with brands at distance, Transcomexperiences strong demand and inflow of new contracts, driving organic growth
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Agenda
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• Company overview and strategy
• Industry trends
• Financial development
Transcom overview
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Who we are: Transcom at a glance
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200+international clients
33Languages spoken
1.5m+Customerinteractions on a daily basis
26,000people, 50+ sites, 22 countries
40+sites in Europe
Global presence: Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, United Kingdom, USA
1,000+distributed workforce in North America (US & Canada)
11 sites in the Philippines serving the English speaking markets
532 €M2020 Q2 LTM sales
49 €M2020 Q2 LTM EBITDA (1)
(1) Adjusted EBITDA excl. IFRS 16
Utilities BFSI Gov &Health-
care
Media Travel
What we do: outsourced customer relationship managementWe are a global customer care provider
offering future proof customer facing concepts delivered by our global
team of local specialists…
…supporting our clients’ digital agenda by combining our core services with
leading digital capabilities and tools…
…delivering services in 33 languages to international brands in various
industries
Call Chat Email
26,000customer experience specialists
serving customers via
Services & utilities
Commerce & Logistics
Auto-motive
Logistics Retail/ e-commerce
IT/Tech White-goods
Telco & Cable
Social media MessagingTelco Cable
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Conversationalcommerce
Core services
Digital channels
Robotic process
automation
Interactionanalytics
Chatbots
Gamification
Transcom has an extensive portfolio of satisfied clients…
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Telco & cable
Commerce & logisticsServices & utilities
IPSY
NPS 49(2)
Selected clients by vertical (1)
• No single client >10% of revenue
• Top 10 clients <55% of revenue
• Top 10 client relations 13-year long on average
(1) (2)
As of H1 2020Net Promoter Score as of August, 2020, calculated in line with the industry
practice
0
25
50
75
100
Cumulative share of revenue by client (1)
% Revenue
+200 clients
… and is growing in attractive customer segments
Developments during Q2 2020
6.8%
6.5%
14.6%
EBITDA Q2 2020 LTMRevenue by industry segment, EUR Millions
169130
206
208
2018
155
208
179
2019
175
Q2 2020LTM
188
Telco & Cable
Service & Utilities
Commerce & Logistics
544 541 532
• Strong demand in commerce and logistics from existing clients
• Continued intake of new contracts, of which some COVID-driven
• COVID-driven delays of tenders and ramp-ups of new contracts
• Travel and hospitality subsegment at standstill (<1% of Transcom revenue)
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Notes:On July 27, 2018, the group acquired Awesome OS which has been consolidated from this date. 2019 includes Latin America until Feb 2019 (0.9M Sales and -0.1M EBITA). Adj. EBITDA% by industry segment includes allocation of unallocated/group-wide expenses, excludes IFRS16 adjustments
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Europe Global English
Markets• Delivery across
Europe• 33 languages
• US• UK• Philippines
Delivery model
• On-shore in 8 countries
• Near- /off-shore from 10 countries
• Off-shore from the Philippines
• Work-at-home in the US and Canada
Share of total revenueQ2 2020 LTM
EuropeGlobal English
Site locations Serviced geographies
67%
33%
Serving Global English and European market through global delivery
Continued shift towards more profitable delivery locations
Of which WAH ~60%<3%
74% 71% 65% 63%
18% 20% 25% 25%
8% 9% 10% 12%
Onshore
20192017 2018
541544
2020 Q2 LTM
Nearshore
Offshore
584 532
Share of revenue by delivery location% of Revenue
Current EBITDA levels
Low teens
High teens
Single digit
100%
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Notes: FY 2017 is consolidated at Issuer level, adjusted for EO items and full year adjusted for the acquisitions of TWW group and Xzakt group. On July 27, 2018, the group acquired Awesome OS which has been consolidated from this date. 2019 includes Latin America until Feb 2019 (0.9M Sales and -0.1M EBITA)
Highly competitive digital offering
• Chatbots: AI serving as customer service representative to both agent and end-consumer. Often embedded in chat or messaging channel
• Robotic process automation: automation of repetitive manual back-office process
• Robotics desktop automation: real time automation of front-end tasks on the screen of the agent
Digital Process Automation
• Gamification: application of game-design elements in a non-game context. Game types cover the full agent life-cycle needs:
- Leadership
- Employability
- Operational
- Commercial
Gamification
• Global Business Intelligence: data-driven analysis and reporting
• Interaction Analytics: insights from in-depth analysis of communications between end-customer and Transcom’s clients
• CX Advisory Services: advisory on designing, implementing and management of the best-in-class customer experience solutions
Customer Experience (CX) Management
• Digital channels
- Messaging (Conversational commerce)
- Webchat
- Social media
- Rating-apps
- Self-service
Digital Interactions
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Best Cloud Implementation Best Use of Customer Insights, Finalist
• Digital solutions implemented for 45% of top 20 clients
• Launch of T:Labs – Transcom’s hub for rapid digital innovation and experimentation with our clients
• Innovation & CX Awards
Acquisitions supporting growth and increasing its exposure to attractive segments and geographies
to strengthen European nearshore and multilingual
services with +500 employees
August 2018
Transcom Holding AB acquires a site in
Durrës
to strengthen digital capabilities and position on in the e-commerce industry
July 2018
Transcom Holding AB acquires Awesome OS
to create a center of excellence for utilities and
strengthen exposure to German market
March 2019
TopCo ABacquires TMS connected!(1)
to expand footprint on the German market and
strengthen capabilities in the media industry
April 2019
Transcom Rostock acquires ASA Informationsdienste
GmbH
to further strengthen its position in the Nordic within
the SME market
June 2017
Transcom Holding AB acquires Xzakt
Kundralatiom AB
M&A transactions since take-private in 2017
• Going forward, Transcom is looking for “polished pearls”, i.e. companies with double digits profitability, attractive growth potential and complementary assets
• ASA Informationsdienste was Transcom’s first carve-out transaction, transaction type growing in importance for the future
(1) Acquired outside bond group, intended to be incorporated at a later stage13
Overview of strategic roadmap
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Establish platform
• OH cost out 30 MEUR• Developing strong digital offering• Repositioning towards attractive
segments and locations
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Drive profitable organic growth
• Increased Client focus• Drive Operational Excellence• Strong Culture & Leadership
Accelerate development
• Invest in near- and offshore• Carve outs• M&A to support repositioning
Financial objectives
• Solid double digit EBITDA
• Organic growth above industry average
• Further inorganic value creation
Industry trends
Strong global industry growth is expected to continue
Source: Third party provider16
CAGR‘19-’24F
Global outsourced customer care services market, EUR Billions
CAGR‘19-’24F
Market size, 2019, EUR Billions
2015
12%2%10%
83
16%
31%
44%
12%3%
11%14%
30%
42%
2019
3%
28%
41%
2024
5868
+4%
+4%
19,0
12,7
7,1
5,9
5,4
2,8
15,1
IT and tech
Telecom
Retail
Financial services
Healthcare
Travel
Other
3.5% North America
2.6% Europe
6.4% APAC6.0% LatAm5.3% MEA
8.3%
6.3%
4.4%
2.6%
1.5%
5.6%
5.0%
Note: estimates pre-Covid – impact on e.g., Travel not reflected
Drivers of increased outsourcing:• More complex and multi-channeled interactions• Ongoing digitalization of customer service activities• Value-added and outbound services• Contact centers as sales engines
Drivers of sustained profitability levels:• High and increasing entry barriers• Increased lock-in effect for SMEs• Steady growth with only some volume variability
Stability of industry revenue and margins over cycles
(1) Includes Teleperformance, Convergys (acquired by Synnex Corp. in 2018), Sykes, TTEC and Transcom. FX rates based on constant currency as of year-end 2018Source: Capital IQ, AT Kearney, Company information17
5,96,5 6,5 6,2 6,2 6,4 6,7 7,0
8,18,8 9,2
9,9 10,1
2008
12.6% 13.2%
2006 2007
11.9%12.2% 12.6%10.9%
2009
10.7%11.9%
2010 2018
12.5%10.4%
20132011
10.7%
20162012
11.7%
2014 2015
13.4%
2017
EBITDA marginPercent
Peer group sales,EUR Billions
Historical sales and EBITDA margin for the largest players (1)
• Top-line growth with stable profitability for the 5 largest players over the last 10+ years, driven partly by market consolidation, a broadened service offering and geographic expansion
• Strong underlying growth, sector consolidation and increasing barriers to entry have strengthened the main players whilst protecting and enhancing their profitability
• Profitability of the largest companies in the sector underpins the non-cyclicality of the industry
Transcom is at the forefront of the key trends shaping the industry future
Source: Third party provider18
Market consolidation
New technologies and ongoing digitalization
Increasing outsourcing share
Service mix change towards higher-value interactions
• Market is consolidating through mega-deals and smaller roll-ups• Vendors pursue consolidation path acquiring other global and local players to
strengthen delivery footprint and industry exposure• Financial investors continue to remain interested in the segment (e.g. GBL’s
acquisition of Webhelp)
• New technologies, such as AI and analytics, will have a significant long-term impact and shape the future of the CRM/BPO industry
• However, the market will continue to be dominated by human interactions in the foreseeable future
• New technologies will automate some interactions but mainly augment agent capabilities
• Focus is moving from voice to text-based channels
• Additional volume from increasing outsourcing drives ~25% of the annual market growth
• The need to access capabilities remains a fundamental growth driver, especially given the increased digital interaction complexity
• Continued push for lower cost and improved customer experience
• The service mix changes towards value-added care, sales, and outbound provide significant upside
• New high-margin care models (in- and out-bound) are emerging and many companies are shifting volume to pro-active outbound care and sales
• Companies follow different archetypes in their customer experience models
~25%
Technological capabilities
Value per contract
Selected consolidators
of annual market growth
Additional volume from outsourcing drives
Maturity
Outsourced contract volume
High Low
Current contracted value Service expansion
Value-added sales
AnalyticsCognitive /
Artificial Intelligence
Robotic Process
Automation
Transcom in the COVID-19 pandemic
Our business model has proven more relevant than ever
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As consumers are socially distanced from physical retail…
Call Chat Email
Social media Messaging
… Transcom is available to service consumers
26,000customer experience specialists
serving customers via
Workforce capacity maximized through WAH and safe site delivery
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May
55%
6%
March June
60% 62%
April
Percentage of direct workforce working from home
Move back to site in certain geographies with strict preventive measures
• >1.5 meter distance between workstations
• High frequency of disinfections and cleaning
• Reinforcement of hygiene measures and disinfection stations
• Following local regulations and requirements regarding masks, gloves, temperature checks
• Cooperation with worker’s councils and unions
Transcom’s resilience is based on WAH, digital solutions and a diversified footprint
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Digital solutions• Increased productivity & business resilience• Improved customer experience• Increased sales conversion
Diversified footprint• Flexibility and scalability from more
sites• De-risked footprint - clients’ and
Transcom• Larger talent pool and sourcing
capabilities
Work at Home flexibility• Increased business resilience• Increased business agility &
flexibility• Larger talent pool and sourcing
capabilities
Transcom is highly competitive in the “new normal”
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• Continued social distancing drives consumers
from physical channels to distance channels
• Clients looking for improved efficiency and
improved customer experience
• Increased demand of resilient business
continuity options in case of coronavirus
resurgence
The new normal
Strong references in ecom, fin-tech and digitally
enabled businesses
Strong portfolio of digital services and CX
services
Leading WAH service and globally diversified
site operations
Transcom’s position
Financial highlights
Q2 2020 Highlights• Strong quarter in the midst of the pandemic – Revenue
from continuing business +11%, and improved EBITDA (1)
+19% and +1.5 pp vs last year (excl. NRI)
• Resilience based on WAH, digital solutions and diversified footprint – 60% of workforce WAH during Q2
• Production bottlenecks and COVID-related NRIs tampering off from June – Positive outlook for H2 2020, provided no major COVID resurgence
• NRI: EUR -7.2 million (-3.1) – EUR 3.6 million relating to COVID business continuity cost, and EUR 3.0 million relating to Transcom’s operational and commercial transformation
• Net debt/adj. EBITDA 4.3x (1) (4.5x bond leverage definition)25 (1) Adj. EBITDA excluding effects from IFRS 16
Strong EBITDA and organic top line growth, adjusting for last year divested and exited business
(1) 2016 figures represents consolidated TWW accounts, 2017-2018 is consolidated at Issuer level, and adjusted for the acquisitions of TWW and Xzaktgroup. On July 27, 2018, the group acquired Awesome OS which has been consolidated from this date. 2019 and onwards are fully including recording of IFRS 16 Leases, no retroactive calculation done for comparison periods(2) M&A amortization not included in D&A26
Sales and EBITDA development (1) Summary of historical P&L (1)
EUR Millions 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020LTM
2019 Q2YTD
2020 Q2YTD
2019Q2
2020Q2
Sales 586.1 584.0 543.6 541.5 532.3 269.1 260.0 134.0 132.2
Cost of sales -458.7 -456.3 -419.3 -399.3 -387.1 -202.0 -189.9 -101.5 -96.2
D&A(2) -8.0 -8.2 -7.7 -10.9 -12.1 -4.5 -5.7 -2.4 -2.8
D&A leasing -0.4 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 -0.0 -0.1
Gross profit 119.4 119.5 116.7 130.9 132.8 62.5 64.3 30.0 33.2
% margin 20.4% 20.5% 21.5% 24.2% 24.9% 23.2% 24.7% 22.4% 25.1%
SG&A -96.2 -89.5 -85.1 -79.3 -82.1 -38.8 -41.6 -20.2 -21.3
D&A leasing -12.5 -12.5 -6.0 -6.0 -2.1 -2.8
Adj. EBITA (1) 23.1 30.0 31.6 39.0 38.2 17.6 16.7 7.8 9.0
% margin 3.9% 5.1% 5.8% 7.2% 7.2% 6.6% 6.4% 5.8% 6.8%
Adj. EBITDA (1) 62.8 63.1 28.3 28.5 12.2 14.7
% margin 11.6% 11.9% 10.5% 11.0% 9.1% 11.1%
Adj. EBITDAexcl. IFRS 16 31.2 38.2 39.4 48.8 48.9 21.6 21.6 9.7 11.5
% margin 5.3% 6.5% 7.2% 9.0% 9.2% 8.0% 8.3% 7.2% 8.7%
586 584544 542 532
31 38 39 49 49
5.3
201920182016
6.5
2017
7.2
9.0 9.2
2020 LTM
Adj. EBITDA excl IFRS 16Sales Adj. EBITDA excl IFRS 16, Percent
EUR Millions
NRI increasing due to COVID and accelerated transformation efforts
Note: FY 2017 is consolidated at Issuer level and full year adjusted for the acquisitions of TWW group and Xzakt group27
Q2 NRI EUR -7.2 million
• Of which EUR -3.6 million relating to COVID business continuity cost
• Of which EUR -3.2 million relating to Transcom’s operational and commercial transformation
• Of which EUR -0.4 million transactional
NRI totaled EUR 10.1 million for 2020 LTM
Non-recurring items, EUR Millions
2,27,2
3,56,0
20,6
4,3 3,6 4,0 3,10,8 0,5 1,6
16,6
37,334,4 34,5
32,5
8,46,0
10,1
20.0
Q2 2019
Q4 2017
2.2
Q1 2017
9.5
Q3 2017
Q2 2017
Q3 2019
23.8
Q1 2018
Q2 2018
Q3 2018
Q4 2018
Q1 2019
Q4 2019
15.011.5
7.2
Q1 2020
7.0
Q2 2020
Quarter LTM
Solid operating cash flow in the quarter
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EUR Millions 2019FY
2019Q2 YTD
2020 Q2 YTD
2019 Q2
2020 Q2
Profit/loss before tax 2,143 -3,345 -7,855 -2,437 -6,932
Adjustments for non-cash items 33,429 19,220 16,887 12,009 8,817
Net financial items 17,565 8,429 10,373 4,388 6,081
Income taxes paid -7,456 -2,834 -642 -2,171 -516
Changes in working capital 5,684 -3,819 2,160 -7,216 6,157
Operating cash flow 51,366 17,651 20,924 4,573 13,606
Investments -16,522 -5,182 -6,950 -2,837 -3,807
Acquisitions/disposals of business,net of cash -1,101 5,936 -6,781 6,540 -6,781
Other -560 -84 -3 9 -29
Cash flow from investing activities -18,183 670 -13,733 3,712 -10,617
Cash flow from financing activities -32,055 -7,120 -12,123 -4,880 -10,881
Cash flow for the period 1,127 11,201 -4,933 3,405 -7,892
• Q2 operating cash flow amounted to EUR 13.6 million (4.6)
• Q2 working capital change amounted to EUR 6.2 million (-7.2)
• Working capital developing positively – partly swing of temporary nature, partly tax deferrals enabled by government support programs
Working capital is improving slightly in Q2 2020
Note: 2016 figures represents consolidated TWW accounts, 2017-2018 figures are consolidated at Issuer level Q2 2017 and onwards includes the acquisition of Xzakt groupQ3 2018 and onwards, includes the acquisition of Awesome group29
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4.9%
25
Q1 16
3.0%
Q2 16
29
5.3%
Q4 16
315.8%
Q1 18Q3 16
4.7%
5.4%
6.1%6.4%
Q1 17
31
4.0%
Q2 17
4.3%
22 6.3%
Q3 17 Q4 17 Q4 19
5.5% 5.3%
3.9%
30
Q3 19Q2 18
5.2%
Q3 18 Q4 18
32
Q1 19 Q1 20
5.5%
Q2 19
5.6%5.9%
34
Q2 20
3018
3036
23 283126 27
Oth recPrep exp accr
Trade pay
Trade recAccr exp prepOth liab
NWC%EUR Millions
Leverage ratios improving and long term financing is secured
Note: On July 27, 2018, the group acquired Awesome OS which has been consolidated from this date. Figures based on legal reporting of TranscomHolding(1) EBITDA levels are calculated excl. IFRS 16 for comparison(2) Excluding local facilities and subordinated loans (Q2’20: 6.7MEUR); Fixed rate secured notes mature in July 2021, SSRCF in September 2022, Secured term loan in March 2023, 5-year secured bond in March 202330
Net debt and leverage Debt structure and maturity profile (2)
EUR Millions EUR Millions
208 204 209
5,3
4,2 4,3
2018 2019 2020 Q2
Net debt / Adj EBITDA (1) Net debt
180 180 180 180
45 47 4720
20 20
2019 2020 2021 2022
235257 247
20010
10
Fixed rate secured notes5-year secured bondSSRCF
Secured term loan
Summary
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• We are more relevant than ever – And we have a resilient delivery model
• Transcom shows improvements on all key financials and resilience in the midst of the pandemic
• Our priorities remain – Profitable growth through client focus and operational excellence, driven by great culture and leadership
Thank you.