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Q4 2021

Investor Presentation
17 February 2022
Webcast : 14:00 CET

Oscar Werner, CEO


Roshan Saldanha, CFO
Thomas Heath, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Investor Relations
SEK 16,2bn SEK 80bn SEK 1.3bn 4,090 62 countries with
net sales in the Market Cap Adj. EBITDA in the people local presence
past 12 months past 12 months

a global leader in cloud communications Over 150,000 Listed on NASDAQ


customers in Stockholm, Sweden
and mobile customer engagement

Scalable cloud communications platform More than 600 billion Serving 8 of the 10 largest
for messaging, email, voice and video engagements per year U.S. tech companies

Consumer
100%
penetration
Growing, global, multi-billion
USD market $ Profitable since our
foundation in 2008

* Consolidated figures as of Q4 2021. MessageMedia, Inteliquent, MessengerPeople,


Pathwire, SDI and Wavy consolidated less than 12 months.
Transforming into a a global leader

Rising gross profit and broadened product mix

7,743
11% SMB
11%
Email

3,933 32%
Voice

2,183 Messaging incl.


46% Applications

2020 2021 2021 proforma

Gross profit in SEKm.


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Fourth quarter highlights

01 02 03
Strengthened position as Factors affecting organic Focus areas for 2022
global leader in CPaaS earnings growth
• Net sales growing 74%, Gross • Strong comparison quarter • Capitalizing on strong market
profit 69% and Adj EBITDA 25% position to drive growth
• Minimum commitments to a
• Adjusted EBITDA of SEK 471m and multinational mobile operator, in • Cost control in Messaging and
operating cash flow of SEK 462m combination with low traffic volume, group functions to ensure that costs
had a 5% (SEK 34m) negative do not grow faster than Gross profit
• Transformative acquisitions
effect on Gross profit in Q4
positioning Sinch as the leading • New operating model with full P&L
profitable CPaaS company • Bad debt relating to one customer responsibility for Business Unit
added SEK 37m to Opex in Q4 Presidents
• Full year proforma Net sales at
SEK 23.1bn with GP at SEK 7.7bn • Continued effect of previously
communicated price adjustments
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Gross profit evolution

Gross profit, SEKm • Tough comparables in Q4 2021


• Minimum commitment to a
Organic Acquisitions FX
+63% +2%
multinational global mobile operator
SEKm +5%
15 1,348
causing a 5% negative impact on
1,400 155
GP in Q4 2021
64
1,200 142
• Unable to immediately pass on full
141
1,000 carrier price increases in Brazil and
796 36
India
800

600
• Price adjustments causing new
sales to contribute lower margins
400 than existing business
200 • 10% underlying GP growth in local
0 currency excluding impact of pre-
Q4 20 Organic Inteliquent Message Pathwire Other M&A FX Q4 21 commitments
Media

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Opex development
1,200

Adjusted Opex, SEKm • Slower opex growth in 2020 due to


1,000 Covid-19 outbreak
877

800
• Increased opex base during 2021
228
– Sales & product initiatives
586 597
600
524
551 – Preparations for upcoming,
large acquisitions
418
400 Includes 37m – Businesses acquired during
649 bad debt
524 532 547 556 2022 adding further Opex
200 418
• SEK 37m one-time impact on Opex
in Q4 21 due to bad debt from a
0
Q4 Q4 with 3 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
specific voice customer
as reported months of SDI
2020 2021
• 17% underlying opex growth in
Sinch+SDI excluding one-off
Sinch & SDI Other acquisitions

Adjusted Opex = Gross profit – Adjusted EBITDA


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Inteliquent
The largest independent voice communications provider in the United States.

• Transaction closed 9 December


Inteliquent proforma Net sales and Gross profit (SEKm)
• Adj EBITDA in Q421 of SEK 325m,
1,400 7,000
implying a 26% margin
1,263 1,262
1,200
1,209 1,222
6,000 • 7% organic net sales growth and
1,000 5,000
4,970 4,957 7% organic gross profit growth in
local currencies in FY 2021
800 4,000
593 596 594 595
(49%) (49%) (47%) (47%)
600 3,000 2381 2378
(48%) (48%)

400 2,000 • Healthy underlying growth driven


200 1,000
by enterprise demand for
programmable voice
0 0

• Growth in 2021 impacted by Covid-


Q121 Q221 Q321 Q421 2020 2021

Net sales Gross profit Net sales Gross margin


19, growth in 2022 affected by 8YY
regulation

All figures proforma.


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MessageMedia
Leading mobile messaging solutions for small and medium sized businesses (SMB)
in the United States and Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.

• Transaction closed 5 November


MessageMedia proforma Net sales and Gross profit (SEKm)
• Adj EBITDA in Q421 of SEK 100m,
implying a 26% margin
450 1,800

400 377 383 1,600


1,423
• 25% organic net sales growth and
350
350
313
1,400 28% organic gross profit growth in
300
232
1,200 1,137
local currencies in FY 2021
221 226 880
250 202 (63%) (61%) (59%) 1,000 (62%)
(64%) 691
200 800 (61%)
150 600
• 7,000 new customers started using
100 400
the web-based products in Q4
50 200

0 0 • Integration with Sinch Conversation


Q121 Q221 Q321 Q421 2020 2021
API has begun
Net sales Gross profit Net sales Gross profit

All figures proforma.


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Pathwire
The best-in-class email deliverability platform for transactional and marketing email.

• Transaction closed 7 December


Pathwire proforma Net sales and Gross profit (SEKm)
• Adj EBITDA in Q421 of SEK 113m,
implying a 37% margin
350 1,400

300 280
303
1,200
• 32% organic net sales growth and
1,078
238
257
228 30% organic gross profit growth in
250 215 (75%) 1,000 833
190
200
(78%)
(77%) 868
(77%) local currencies in FY 2021
200 (80%) 800 679
(78%)

150 600

100 400 • Strong early stage pipeline of cross


50 200
sales to existing Sinch customers

0 0 • High-velocity developer Go To
Q121 Q221 Q321 Q421 2020 2021
Market with over 100,000 paying
Net sales Gross profit Net sales Gross profit
customers

All figures proforma.


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New operating model

Enterprise & Developer &


Business Unit

Voice Applications SMB


Messaging Email

President President President President President


Anders Olin Ed O’Hara Will Conway Eduardo Henrique Paul Perrett

• • • •
Financials

46% of proforma GP* 32% of proforma GP 11% of proforma GP 11% of proforma GP


• Currently included in
• 23% gross margin* • 46% gross margin* • 77% gross margin* • 62% gross margin*
Messaging
• 17% GP growth in 2021** • 7% GP growth in 2021 • 30% GP growth in 2021 • 28% GP growth in 2021

• Gross profit growth • Sales efforts & product • Continued focus on • Separation of • Continued growth in the
recovery & attention to development to profitable growth Applications offering into United States through
gross margins accelerate voice sales to separate business unit new customer acquisition
• Cross sales of Email to
enterprise customers
• Ensuring opex grows in Sinch enterprise • Includes Chatlayer, • Integration of SMS
Focus 2022

line with gross profit • Cross sales of voice and customers MessengerPeople, backend to Sinch global
messaging Sinch4Marketing, platform
• Cross sales of other • Cross sales of SMS to
Contact Pro
products to large • International expansion Pathwire developer • Extension of
enterprise customers community • 2022 focus on product omnichannel capabilities
• 8YY reform
unification and leveraging Sinch
international expansion Conversation API

* Applications is currently included in Enterprise & Messaging ** Including Applications. Excluding ACL (India) and Wavy (Brazil) SMB = Small and Medium-sized Businesses 10
Financials
Income statement
Q4 Q4
SEKm 2021 2020 2021 2020
Net sales 5,207 2,999 16,177 8,023 • Adjusted EBITDA is different from
Cost of goods sold and services -3,860 -2,204 -12,244 -5,840 EBITDA primarily due to acquisition
Gross profit 1,348 796 3,933 2,183
costs, integration costs, and share-
Other operating income 89 34 192 198 based incentive plans
Work performed by the entity and capitalized 37 20 98 69
Other external costs -504 -293 -1,306 -683 • Adjusted EBITDA of SEK 471
Employee benefits expenses -559 -312 -1,837 -869 million (378) in Q4 21
Other operating expenses -80 -66 -249 -183
EBITDA 330 179 831 715 • Depreciation & amortization
Depreciation and amortization -342 -88 -673 -262 includes non-cash amortization
EBIT -12 91 158 453 related to acquired entities
Net finance income/expenses 615 -34 1,039 -74 • Adjusted EBIT of SEK 393 million
Profit before tax 603 57 1,197 379
(356) in Q4 21
Income tax -176 156 -315 67
Profit for the period 427 213 882 446 • Net financials affected by currency
gains ahead of upcoming
acquisitions

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Reconciling Cash flow with
Adjusted EBITDA
Q4 Q4 • High conversion of Adjusted
SEK million 2021 2020 2021 2020 EBITDA to cash flow
Adjusted EBITDA 471 234 1,322 989
Paid interest
Paid taxes
0
-126
-8
-28
-34
-253
-30
-101
• Other items positively impacted by
Other items 140 -43 142 -256 realized currency changes

Cash flow before changes in


working capital 485 155 1,177 602

Cash flow before changes in


working capital / Adjusted EBITDA 103% 66% 89% 61%

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Cash flow
Q4 Q4
SEKm 2021 2020 2021 2020
Cash flow before changes in working capital 486 155 1,177 602 • Positive net working capital
Change in working capital -24 -207 -859 -148 excluding acquisitions
Cash flow from operating activities 462 -52 318 454
• Acquisitions and financing related
Net investments in property, plant and
to acquisitions during Q4
equipment and intangible assets -174 -20 -277 -86
Change in financial receivables -2 -8 -4 -2
Acquisition of Group companies -28,216 -2,190 -28,877 -2,885
Cash flow from investing activities -28,392 -2,218 -29,158 -2,972

Changes in loans 10,662 -29 10,533 -267


Amortization lease liability -23 -8 -55 -30
New issue/warrants 6,505 3,318 15,976 5,529
Cash flow from financing activities 17,144 3,280 26,454 5,231
Cash flow for the period -10,786 1,011 -2,386 2,713

Opening cash and cash equivalents 11,934 2,113 3,123 466


Exchange rate differences 717 -1 1,128 -56
Closing cash and cash equivalents 1,865 3,123 1,865 3,123

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Cash flow reclassification
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
SEKm 2021 2021 2021 2021
Cash flow before changes in working capital 226 221 244 486 • Part of the financing for Wavy was
Change in working capital 361 -461 -735 -24 recognised as “New share issue” in
Cash flow from operating activities 587 -240 -491 462
Q1 2021
Net investments in property, plant and
equipment and intangible assets -39 -26 -38 -174
• Reassessment causing
Change in financial receivables 6 -9 1 -2 reclassification of select cash flow
Acquisition of Group companies -505 -178 22 -28,216 items in Q1 and Q2 2021
Cash flow from investing activities -538 -213 -14 -28,392
• Acquisitions affecting cash flow in
Changes in loans -21 -71 -37 10,662
Amortization lease liability -10 -16 -6 -23 Q4 2021
New issue/warrants 37 9,395 39 6,505
Cash flow from financing activities 6 9,308 -4 17,144
Cash flow for the period 54 8,855 -510 -10,786

Opening cash and cash equivalents 3,123 3,200 12,264 11,934


Exchange rate differences 22 209 179 717
Closing cash and cash equivalents 3,199 12,264 11,934 1,865

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Financial targets

Adjusted EBITDA per share, rolling 12 months Targets:

2.00
• Adjusted EBITDA per share to grow
20% per year
• Net debt < 3.5x adjusted EBITDA
1.50 over time

1.00
Performance:
• Adjusted EBITDA per share grew
0.50 12% in Q4 21, measured on a
rolling 12 month basis

0.00
• Net debt/EBITDA of 8.1x,
measured on a rolling 12 month
Jun

Jun

Jun

Jun

Jun
Mar

Dec
Mar

Dec
Mar

Dec
Mar

Dec
Mar

Dec
Sep

Sep

Sep

Sep

Sep
basis
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
• Proforma Net debt/EBITDA of 3.2x
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Financial leverage

Pro forma net debt/Adjusted EBITDA

• Pro forma calculation includes last


8.1 12 months of Adj EBITDA for
acquired entities
• Financial target is to maintain Net
debt < 3.5x adjusted EBITDA over
3.2 2.9 time
• Pro forma Net debt/Adj EBITDA of
3.2x, or 2.9x excluding IFRS 16-
Net debt/Adjusted Proforma Proforma related lease liabilities
EBITDA Net debt/Adjusted Net debt/Adjusted
EBITDA EBITDA excl. IFRS16
lease liabilities

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Transforming into a a global leader

Rising gross profit and broadened product mix

7,743
11% SMB
11%
Email

3,933 32%
Voice

2,183 Messaging incl.


46% Applications

2020 2021 2021 proforma

Gross profit in SEKm.


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Thank you!

To get in touch, contact:

Ola Elmeland, Investor Relations Director


Thomas Heath, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Investor Relations
investors@sinch.com

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