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Full Year Progress - Revenue, EBITDA & Cash Generation *

Group Revenue £'m

44.0

32.8

26.7

18.8 20.2

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Revenue Mix %

64.7%

66.9%

57.7%

45.2%

47.4%

42.6%

35.3% 33.1% 42.3% 54.8% 52.6% 57.4%

VLG Brands Customer Brands

* Figures exclude one-off HSG impact in 2020

Gross Profit £'m / %

20.0

17.7

40.5%

15.0

13.0

40.0%

10.7

39.5%

10.0

8.0

7.3

39.0%

5.0

38.5%

-

38.0%

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Gross Profit

Gross Margin %

Operating Profit £'m

(before exceptional items)

3.5

2.7

1.2 1.5 1.6

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

1 Before exceptional items and share based payments

Adj. EBITDA1 £'m / %

10.0

25.0%

8.0

20.0%

6.0

15.0%

4.0

9.0

10.0%

6.6

2.0

2.7

3.0

4.0

5.0%

0.0

0.0%

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Adj.EBITDA

%

Net Cash Generation £'m

(from operating activities2)

7.0

6.1

6.0

5.0

4.0

3.02.6

2.0

1.9

1.0

0.4

0.8

0.0

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2 Excluding cash exceptional items

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Key themes 2022

  • Positive impact of 2021 acquisitions, gross margin improvement driven by accretive M&A
  • Delivering increased levels of EBITDA margin and cash generation
  • Strong order book, comfortably ahead of the same time previous year (like for like)
  • Multiple organic revenue growth opportunities in the portfolio, for future growth in UK and overseas
  • Another earnings enhancing acquisition HL Healthcare Ltd (incl. Earol), 30th November 2022
  • Significant spare operating capacity remains, and scalable further
  • Pipeline of potential M&A opportunities with significant resource (RCF) available to utilise

Supply chain pressures reducing by year end, with strategies in place to continue to protect gross + margin and fulfil demand through difficult trading conditions

  • New Board appointments, Paul McGreevy as Non-Executive Chairman and Mark Adams as Non- Executive Director

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