FY 2019 Investor Presentation | February 2020

Our sustainable growth model

Key elements defining our model

1Trusted and reliable partner with a clear value proposition

2Leading positions in attractive channels and specialised markets

3Entrepreneurial segments powered by our centralised Group platform

4Track record of strong and consistent profitable growth

5Focused on organic growth complemented with strategic M&A

3

Value proposition

Differentiated

sourcing

Supply chain

excellence

Linking suppliers

Delivering FMCG to the

and customers that are

right place,

difficult to connect

at the right time

Fully bonded

Regulatory

supply chain

expertise

Highly efficient

logistical platform

4

Three business segments with diversified activities

Distribution of bonded liquors

Specialty distribution of

Specialty retail at high traffic

and health & beauty products

FMCG products to maritime

airports and remote locations

to specialty retailers and

and remote markets

online end-customers

TURNOVER 2019

TURNOVER 2019

TURNOVER 2019

€ 1,408.2 m

€ 497.8 m

€ 140.0 m

69%

24%

7%

of Group turnover

of Group turnover

of Group turnover

Health & Beauty

Liquors

46%

42%

12%

69%

31%

65%

35%

of Segment turnover

of Segment turnover

of Segment turnover

of Segment turnover

5

Serving four fragmented key markets worldwide

Retail B2B

Remote

Maritime

Retail B2C

Empowering

Partner in remote

Serving complex

Experienced

wholesalers and

distribution

end-markets

in specialty retail

retailers

Value for money

Caterers at remote

Ship suppliers and

End-customers

retailers, secondary

industrial sites,

cruise lines

in (travel) retail outlets

channels and

peacekeeping missions,

and on e-commerce

e-commerce platforms,

government and

platforms

underserved and

defence operations

duty-free markets

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All powered by a centralised backbone

IT

Distribution

Legal &

HR

Finance &

Safety &

Compliance

Control

Security

7

Selected niches exposed to attractive long term trends

Our markets & channels

Channel trends

E-commerce

Value retail

Travel

Market trends

Globalisation

Digitisation

Selected distribution

Market disruption

Increasing compliance standards

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Resulting in organic turnover growth complemented with selective M&A

(in million €)

acquisitive

organic

Discontinuation of non-premium-brand perfumes

Topbrands

103

65

Capi

Rdam /

Weeze

Lagaay

FragranceNet.com

Alcodis148

114

UCVF

38

9

58

1,152

1,338 1,274 1,404

1,831

1,632

573

816845

677

964

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Dutch GAAP

IFRS

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Selective M&A to expand our role in the value chain

markets

geographies

products

Travel

Value

retail

Retail

B2C

B2B

EU

Middle

East

expansion

Personal

care

E-

commerce

B2C

USA

Pharma ceuticals

2012

2015

2017

2018

2019

10

Disciplined execution of our M&A strategy

2018

2019

2020 & beyond

FragrancetNet.com

Expanding our footprint to the US, our role in the value chain and further growth in Health & Beauty

Lagaay Group

Adding to our single source supply offering to maritime and remote operations

Airport shops Weeze & Rotterdam

Adding to our position in regional airport retail within the EU

  • Further build our position in the value chain
  • Targeted companies that match our business model and entrepreneurial culture
  • With potential for further organic growth

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FY 2019 Results

Performance highlights FY 2019

Unfavourable developments Asian markets

  • Trade war and Hong Kong protests had an effect on demand for luxury products in Asia in 2019
  • Effect of these market circumstances became evident for the Group from Q3 onwards
  • Advancing beyond the level we anticipated in the latter part of Q4
  • Gross profit for the year in both our Liquor category in Asia and our fast-moving consumer goods activities in the B&S Segment were impacted

Growth in Health & Beauty

Strong

category

cash flow

Identified business opportunities in

As a result of focus on maintaining

B2B distribution to value retail and

volumes in Asia and continuous

e-commerce

focus on working capital

Reorganisation and expansion

robotised infrastructure and

automated processes for organic

growth & roll out B2C model to EU

Steps taken in roll out B2B model

to US

Resulting in 28.2% growth (11.3%

organic) in this category

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FY 2019 - Highlights

Overall turnover growth

Overall: 13.3% to € 1,978.8 M

Organic: 4.9%

EBITDA

EBITDA of € 114.6 M

Pre IFRS 16 EBITDA came in at € 104.6 M (2018: € 109.0 M)

Business segment

All business segments contributed to turnover growth individually

contribution

HTG +17.7% | B&S +11.7% | Retail +2.5%

Net cash from operations of € 114.7 M (2018: € 3.5 M)

Cash flow

Inventory in days: 80 (2018: 92)

Debtors in days: 37 (2018: 43)

FragranceNet contributed to HTG segment (9 months)

M&A

Lagaay contributed to B&S segment (5 months)

Airport shops Rotterdam & Weeze contributed to Retail segment (7 months)

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Business segment performance FY 2019

  • Good performance in Health & Beauty from value retail and e-commerce markets in EU and USA
  • Performance in Liquor Asia affected by ongoing margin pressure; partly offset by performance of Liquor Europe that was in line with expectations
  • Performance improvements after Q2 did not advance due to developments in Asian markets; anticipated growth did not materialise
  • Staff costs in this segment reflect the anticipated further volume growth, resulting in material EBITDA decline
  • Performance Airport Electronics as expected
  • Contribution of Rotterdam & Weeze airport

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Key figures FY 2019

€ million (unless stated otherwise)

FY 2019

FY 2019 Pre

FY 2018

(%)

reported

IFRS 16

reported

reported

Profit or loss account

Turnover

1,978.8

1,978.8

1,746.5

13.3%

Gross profit (margin)

271.9

13.7%

271.9

242.3

13.9%

12.2%

EBITDA (margin)

114.6

5.8%

104.6

109.0

6.2%

5.1%

Depreciation & amortisation

26.6

16.9

10.7

148.6%

Profit before tax

77.5

78.2

90.8

(14.7%)

Net profit

60.3

60.8

71.4

(15.5%)

EPS (in euro)

0.56

0.72

(22.2%)

  • Turnover grew 13.3%
  • Gross profit grew 12.2%, margin slightly decreased to 13.7%
  • Acquisitions contributed positively to gross profit margin, offset by developments in Asian markets
  • Increase in personnel costs primarily related to the full year consolidation of FragranceNet.com and the increase in staff costs in the B&S Segment

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HTG Key figures - category breakdown

Liquors

€ million

FY 2019

FY 2018

Turnover

497.3

483.5

Gross profit

30.1

6.1%

42.1

8.7%

EBITDA

12.6

24.7

EBITDA Margin

2.5%

5.1%

Health &

Beauty

€ million

FY 2019

FY 2018

Turnover

914.2

713.1

Gross profit

143.3

15.7%

104.7

14.7%

EBITDA

76.5

56.4

EBITDA Margin

8.4%

7.9%

Change

2.9%

-28.5%

-48.9%

-2.6%

Change

28.2%

36.9%

35.6%

0.5%

Liquors

  • Impact of the USA - China trade war and turmoil in Hong Kong on our Liquor category became evident in Q3 and amplified in Q4.
  • Our Liquor category in Europe realised growth in line with expectations.

Health & Beauty

  • Increased focus and demand from the value retail in Europe and Health & Beauty markets in Europe, Asia and USA.

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B&S key figures - FY 2019

FY

€ million

FY 2019

FY 2018

Change

Turnover

497.8

445.6

11.7%

Gross profit

60.5

12.2%

59.3

13.3%

1.9%

EBITDA

19.3

21.4

-9.8%

EBITDA margin

3.9%

4.8%

-0.9%

EBITDA pre IFRS

13.9

21.4

-35.0%

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EBITDA margin pre

2.8%

4.8%

-2.0%

IFRS 16

  • 11.7% turnover growth for FY
    2019
  • Focus on serving volume contracts resulted turnover growth for the B&S Segment;
  • Gross profit margin amounted to 12.1% (FY 2018: 13.3%)
  • EBITDA margin decreased to 3.9%. Mainly as the result of declining gross margin and increased staff cost.

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Retail key figures - FY 2019

FY

€ million

FY 2019

FY 2018

Change

Turnover

140.0

136.6

2.5%

Gross profit

35.9 25.6%

34.7

25.4%

3.7%

EBITDA

9.5

10.6

-10.1%

EBITDA margin

6.8%

7.8%

-1.0%

  • Turnover increase of 2.5% to €
    140 M with an increased gross profit to € 35.9 M following acquired Airport shops and new shop openings
  • EBITDA and EBITDA margin were impacted by staff costs and operating expenses related to the new shop openings.

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Overall turnover growth analysis FY 2019

  • The HTG and B&S segment are the main contributor to organic turnover growth;
  • The inclusion of the acquisitions of FragranceNet.com, Lagaay Medical Group and airport retail Rotterdam and Weeze contributed € 148.4 M
  • The development of the EUR/USD exchange rate had an effect of € 27.1 M on turnover

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Financial position

€ million (unless stated otherwise)

FY 2019

FY 2018

Financial position

Solvency ratio*

34.6%

34.3%

Net debt *

296.0

312.7

Net debt / EBITDA *

2.8

2.9

Inventory in days

80

92

Working capital in days

95

113

  • Net debt stood at € 296.0 M (FY 2018: € 312.7). Net debt post IFRS 16 stood at € 367.4
    M.
  • Net debt / EBITDA stood at 2.8 (FY 2018: 2.9). Post IFRS 16, net debt / EBITDA stood at 3.2

Notes

* Excluding IFRS 16 lease liability.

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Net debt development FY 2019

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Working capital development

  • million (unless stated otherwise)

Inventory

(days)

Trade receivables

(days)

Trade payables

Working capital

(days)

20192018

375.6377.9

(80)(92)

201.3205.7

(37)(43)

104.690.8

472.2

492.8

(95)

(113)

  • Working capital reduction program initiated in the second part of 2019 resulted in decline of working capital and improvements of working capital in days to 95 from 113
  • Net cash from operations increased from € 3.5 M in
    2018 to € 114.7 M in 2019

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Outlook

Outlook for 2020

Growth in Health & Beauty

  • Positive on overall growth opportunities specifically in EU and
    USA
  • Performance levels in this category expected to increase
  • Growth foreseen from geographical expansion in B2B and B2C

Developments in Asian markets

  • Optimistic that the circumstances in Asian markets will not last throughout 2020
  • Corona virus will have impact on demand for luxury brands in Asia in H1 2020; impact on our performance to be determined

Focus for coming quarters

  • Invest in key growth markets that benefit from digitisation, retail re- design and supply chain simplification
  • Solidify financial position by operational effectiveness and cost reductions through our investments in digitisation and automation
  • Growing our business profitably by executing our 2020-2022 strategic initiatives

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Strategic focus

2020 - 2022

We see ample opportunities and challenges in our markets

Geopolitical tension

Trade war &

and turmoil

recession threat

Digital

Retail value chain

disruption

redesign

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We have a defensive profile towards macro economic developments

Robust and global

Bonded supplier

Diversified supplier

product categories

status

and customer basis

with mainly A-

limiting the impact

with limited

branded products that

of geopolitical

dependency on a

outperform in

developments

single market

economic hardship

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Our value proposistion is adaptive to market trends and developments

Digital

disruption

Disinterme-

diation

Consumer shift to

online channel

Differentiated

sourcing

Supply chain

excellence

Rise of value

channels

Fully bonded

Regulatory

supply chain

expertise

Highly efficient

logistical platform

Price

transparancy

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Key focus areas that support our 2020 - 2022 growth strategy

1

2

Centralisation

Digital

of operations

Transformation

Focus on

4

Organic

growth markets

expansion

3

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Long term value creation - strategic initiatives 2020 - 2022

1

2

3

4

Digital tranformation

Focus on growth

  • With close commercial involvement further centralise IT and Logistics towards creating a more lean and focused organisation
  • Cluster overlapping segmental business activities to simplify the supply chain and optimise inventory management
  • Intensify segmental collaboration by optimising internal processes
  • Use data driven insights to optimise internal processes and identify commercial opportunities
    Digitise the supply chain with commercial tools that support centralised operations Continued innovation by embedding digital capabilities in our organisation
  • Focus on niche markets driven by mega trends (digitisation, globalisation, market disruption)
  • Invest in unique positions with compelling advantage
  • Complemented by selective M&A to strenghten niche positions
  • Capture opportunities for geographical expansion in all business segments
  • Explore new PMCs in adjacent channels or product / category per segment
  • Drive organic growth through data driven customer services

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