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Softcat — FY2025 Earnings Presentation

28 slides from Softcat's earnings presentation, Oct 22, 2025

  1. Slide 1: Drive: Results for the year ended 31 July 2025

    Drive Results for the year ended 31 July 2025 Graham Charlton, CEO Katy Mecklenburgh, CFO 22 October 2025

  2. Slide 2: Softcat: the largest provider of technology solutions and services in the UK

    Softcat: the largest provider of technology solutions and services in the UK1, also operating across Ireland, the US and other international markets We support SMB to enterprise-scale organisations across the corporate and public sectors to modernise and optimise their technology infrastructure. Fro

  3. Slide 3: FY 2025 Financial Review

    FY 2025 Financial Review Katy Mecklenburgh, CFO 3 Softcat plc Results for the year ended 31 July 2025

  4. Slide 4: Consistent strategic execution driving further profitable growth

    Consistent strategic execution driving further profitable growth GII Gross profit Underlying Underlying cash £3.62bn £494.3m operating profit1 conversion2 FY24: £2.85bn FY24: £417.8m £180.1m 95.6% FY24: £154.1m FY24: 95.9% +26.8% +18.3% +16.9% £182.3m closing cash Ordinary dividend Special dividend

  5. Slide 5: Summary income statement

    Summary income statement • GII growth driven by 74.5% growth in hardware, supported by larger solutions projects in the second £m FY25 FY24 Change half, with services and software growing by 15.5% Gross invoiced income 3,617.0 2,852.2 26.8% and 14.8%, respectively Revenue 1,458.4 962.6 51.5% • Reven

  6. Slide 6: Summary income statement continued

    Summary income statement continued £m FY25 FY24 Change • Slight reduction in OP/GP ratio reflecting investment back into the business for future growth Underlying operating profit 180.1 154.1 16.9% and some one-off costs OP/GP %1 36.4% 36.9% (0.5%) pts • Non-underlying costs of £(7.2)m relating to n

  7. Slide 7: Well-diversified customer base and extensive customer offering

    Well-diversified customer base and extensive customer offering Our well-diversified customer base, together with the breadth and depth of our customer proposition, supports continued growth and drives significant competitive advantage Customer segment Product Technology Enterprise: 19% Software: 57%

  8. Slide 8: Growth driven by adding new customers and selling more to existing customers

    Growth driven by adding new customers and selling more to existing customers Customer count and GP per customer1 Customers delivering at least £1k GP in a single year1 11,000 £50k £70k 9,000 £60k £40k 10,000 8,000 £50k £30k £40k 7,000 9,000 £20k £30k 6,000 £20k 8,000 £10k 5,000 £10k 7,000 - 4,000 -

  9. Slide 9: Strong cash generation

    Strong cash generation £m FY25 FY24 • Strong underlying cash conversion of 95.6%, slightly Underlying operating profit 180.1 154.1 above the top end of our 85%-95% target range Non-underlying costs (7.2) - • Good management of receivables and payables over Operating profit 172.9 154.1 the period Dep

  10. Slide 10: Further ordinary dividend growth

    Further ordinary dividend growth £m FY25 FY24 • Total ordinary dividend for the year of 29.3p, up 10.2% Interim 8.9p 8.5p versus FY24 and in line with our normal policy of paying out between 40% and 50% of profit after tax as Final 20.4p 18.1p an ordinary dividend (FY25 basic EPS: 66.6p) Total ordin

  11. Slide 11: Disciplined approach to capital allocation

    Disciplined approach to capital allocation Investment Increasing headcount and investing in capabilities, systems in organic Investment in capabilities, and processes to enable growth through building market growth property and internal systems share. The main driver of long-term shareholder value P

  12. Slide 12: Outlook

    Outlook • Our FY26 outlook remains consistent with that provided in our FY25 trading update • Excluding the significant incremental contribution from large projects in FY25:  Low double-digit GP growth and high single-digit underlying OP growth in FY26 • Including the significant incremental contri

  13. Slide 13: Strategic update

    Strategic update Graham Charlton, CEO 13 Softcat plc Results for the year ended 31 July 2025

  14. Slide 14: Our track record of organic growth in the UK market

    Our track record of organic growth in the UK market £600m 3,000 £500m 2,500 £400m 2,000 £300m 20 Consecutive years of ~£87bn Listed on the LSE 1,500 Softcat addressable annual growth in GII, UK&I market¹ gross profit and operating profit £200m 1,000 £100m 500 - 0 FY93 FY95 FY97 FY99 FY01 FY03 FY05 F

  15. Slide 15: A proven strategy for sustainable growth

    A proven strategy for sustainable growth Market-leading customer service Highly engaged Reinvestment employees in people and Loyalty and trust proposition Best-in-class proposition Market-leading performance Special culture 15 Softcat plc Results for the year ended 31 July 2025

  16. Slide 16: Four engines to drive further scale and growth

    Four engines to drive further scale and growth A special place to work that will always put our A special culture people and culture first Sales and customer Shaping customer opportunity. Empowering our people excellence The most relevant and comprehensive product set, The broadest offering skills a

  17. Slide 17: A special culture: the essential elements

    A special culture: the essential elements Voice Leadership Recognition Welcoming The ‘S’ in ESG Empowerment Keeping it accessibility workplaces simple Our people can tell Our leaders are We recognise and Smart, professional, We excel at the We trust our Plain language us how they really approachable

  18. Slide 18: Sales and customer excellence: adding value through deeper relationships

    Sales and customer excellence: adding value through deeper relationships 1/3rd Number of deals with • Longer average enterprise; • Longer average GP >£0.5m in FY25 tenure £100k+ 2/3 mid- tenure • Higher average GP p.a. FY25: <1k market • Higher average 46 number of GP per AM +c.50% YoY customers ven

  19. Slide 19: Customer excellence: delivering exceptional customer service

    Customer excellence: delivering exceptional customer service FY25 Customer Experience Survey results* Overall customer satisfaction NPS 98% +64 Technical attributes satisfaction Technology priorities Strategic priorities (leadership contacts) Overall account management Data security 47% Leveraging t

  20. Slide 20: The broadest offering: dimensions of our portfolio and capability

    The broadest offering: dimensions of our portfolio and capability Technology Workspace Hybrid Cyber Data, AI and Networking and proposition platforms security automation connectivity Vendor 400+ management vendors Technical and Advise Architect Implement Support Manage services offering Customer Ent

  21. Slide 21: Oakland: Softcat's expansion into data and AI services

    Oakland: Softcat’s expansion into data and AI services Deeper Execution Disciplined capabilities Cultural Revenue Strategic objective and capital in data and affinity synergies integration allocation AI services Rapidly expanded our Common ethos and Structured and Clear ROI from Flow of opportunitie

  22. Slide 22: Operational excellence: Softcat's transformation

    Operational excellence: Softcat’s transformation Embedded agentic AI Near-term priorities AI-powered innovation Real-time insights • Foundational investments to create Better decision making unified modern systems and underpin ease of doing business Return on investment Reach into supply chain • CRM

  23. Slide 23: Softcat's operations in a global context

    Softcat’s operations in a global context UK Ireland Netherlands Canada Germany US Hong Kong Singapore Australia 23 Softcat plc Results for the year ended 31 July 2025

  24. Slide 24: Summary

    Summary Strong Culture and Further strategic Expanding the performance and people remain at progress and horizons for our forward the heart of investment future ambition momentum everything we do 24 Softcat plc Results for the year ended 31 July 2025

  25. Slide 25: Q&A

    Q&A 25 Softcat plc Results for the year ended 31 July 2025

  26. Slide 26: Appendix

    Appendix 26 Softcat plc Results for the year ended 31 July 2025

  27. Slide 27: Sustainability and ESG

    Sustainability and ESG Vision Sustainability We strive for a sustainable future and one where our people and our planet can prosper Environmental Social Governance Softcat operations People and community Risk Strategy Supply chain Education and economy Reporting Customer solutions Diversity and incl

  28. Slide 28: Awards from our vendors and channel partners during FY25

    Awards from our vendors and channel partners during FY25 EMEA Public Sector Partner of the Year Cisco Tech Champion of the Year Nutanix UK&I Sustainability Partner of the Year Cisco International Partner of the Year Nerdio UK&I Public Sector Partner of the Year Cisco New Logo Partner of the Year 202

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