I N T E R I MR E P O R TJanuary – September 2020

Q 3 / 2 0 2 0

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I M P O R T A N T N O T I C E

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K E Y T A K E A W A Y S

Operating cash flow significantly improved

Solid net sales and EBIT performance

Order intake in line with expectations

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C U S T O M E R S U C C E S S I N Q 3 / 2 0

Geographies where Basware supports customers

29%40%

24%

7%

Cloud order intake EUR 3.6 million

% Cloud order intake by region

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O P E N E C O S Y S T E M P R O G R E S S

Basware launched a new developer portal for open APIs.

Developer.Basware.com

Procurement analytics company offering additional insights and analysis into our customers spend.

Global source-to-pay consulting and implementation expert joins Basware’s advisory partner network.

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S T R E N G T H E N I N G T H E E X E C U T I V E T E A M

Mogens PedersenChief Technology Officer

Perttu NihtiChief Product Officer

Key professional experience

SimCorp:Head of Cloud Centre of Excellence, 2018–2020Head of Technology and Architecture, 2012–2018Head of System Environment, 2007–2012Head of Product Support, 2004–2007Head of Fund Accounting, 2001–2004

Key professional experience

Basware:SVP, Head of Products, 2019–2020VP, Product Management, 2014–2019VP, Strategy, 2012–2014

Manager, August Associates, 2011–2012Head of Strategy/Operations, Nokia MeeGoComputers, 2009–2011

MSc in Engineering MSc in Engineering

F I N A N C I A L R E V I E W

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F I N A N C I A L P E R F O R M A N C E O V E R V I E W

Order intake in line with expectations

Solid revenue performance

Sequential improvements in profitability

Strong operating cash flow performance

€36.8MNet sales

€2.1MOperating profit

€38.4MCash and cash equivalents

€3.6MOrder intake

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C L O U D O R D E R I N T A K E

EUR

mill

ion

Annual recurring revenue gross order intake is calculated by summing the total order intake in the period expressed as an annual contract value.

▪ Performance in line with our expectations for Q3/20 driven by expansion and transformation sales

▪ Comparison period impacted by a large North American deal

▪ New customer acquisition continues to be impacted by Covid-19 situation

4.7 6.4 4.5 5.9 4.9 6.4 5.5 6.9 3.6 6.1 3.60.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

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N E T S A L E S▪ SaaS growth resilient despite headwind

from churn

▪ Transaction services growth impacted by change in transaction volume mix

▪ Consulting revenue growth impacted by lower available capacity of consulting days

▪ Maintenance decline in line with expectations, also expected to continue throughout the year

EUR thousand 7-9/

20207-9/2019

Change, % Change, %1

SaaS 14,447 12,139 19.0 21.3

Transaction services 11,654 11,825 -1.4 -0.5

Other cloud revenue 935 1,053 -11.2 -10.8

Cloud Revenue total 27,037 25,018 8.1 9.7

Maintenance 3,601 4,869 -26.1 -25.4

License sales 73 364 -79.9 -79.5

Consulting services 6,180 6,491 -4.8 -3.7

Other non-cloud revenue -119 80

Non-Cloud Revenue total 9,735 11,805 -17.5 -16.6

Total 36,772 36,823 -0.1 1.2

1On an organic basis at constant currencies

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EUR thousand 7-9/

20207-9/2019

Change, %

Net sales 36,772 36,823 -0.1

Cost of sales -15,405 -16,550 -6.9

Gross profit 21,368 20,273 5.4

S&M -8,885 -9,809 -9.4

R&D -6,546 -5,906 10.8

G&A -3,702 -3,576 3.5

Total operating expenses -19,133 -19,292 -0.8

Other operating income and expenses

-165 -42

Operating profit (EBIT) 2,069 940

Adjustments 28 -211

Depreciation and amortization 3,867 3,973 -2.7

Adjusted EBITDA 5,963 4,702 26.8

P R O F I T A B I L I T Y▪ Improvements in profitability driven by

systematic strategy execution and the Covid-19 related cost actions initiated in March 2020

▪ Gross margin performance- Gross margin 58%, +3Pts YoY (+2Pts QtQ)- Cloud gross margin 68%, +4Pts YoY

▪ S&M spend decreased due to Covid-19 and 2019 productivity programme

▪ R&D costs increased due to higher amortizations of completed projects

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EUR thousand 7-9/

20207-9/2019

Cash flows from operating activities 7,525 1,474

Net change in cash and cash equivalents 3,742 -32,763

Cash and cash equivalents 38,427 30,640

Gross financial debt 66,311 58,556

Net financial debt 27,884 27,916

C A S H F L O W A N D B A L A N C E S H E E T▪ Improvement in operating cash flows

▪ Increase of EUR 6 million YoY

▪ Driven by higher profitability and

▪ EUR 1.3 million net negative impact from governmental Covid-19 related payment deferral options repaid in Q3/20

▪ Heightened efforts on receivables collection

▪ Remaining EUR 3.2 million payment deferrals mostly repayable in the fourth quarter

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O U T L O O K

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O U T L O O K F O R 2 0 2 0 U P D A T E D

Net Sales to grow around 3 percent on an organic constant currency basis

EBIT to be between EUR 3.5 and 4.5 million

For 2020, Basware expects:

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K E Y T A K E A W A Y S

Operating cash flow significantly improved

Solid net sales and EBIT performance

Order intake in line with expectations

Q & A

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A P P E N D I X

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F R E E C A S H F L O W M E T R I C

-7,816

-9,794

-1,445

-4,774

-3,579

-1,293 -214

EUR thousand 7-9/

20207-9/2019

EBITDA 5,936 4,913 Capitalizations -2,010 -2,072 Finance expenses -2,974 -2,933 Taxes, excl. deferred taxes -188 -152 Payment of lease liabilities -967 -1,093 Share based compensation, share part -11 -108 Free cash flow metric -214 -1,445