Kore Group Holdings, Inc. · NYSE:KORE

Kore — Debt Investor Presentation (January 2022)

32 slides from Kore's debt investor presentation, Jan 19, 2022

  1. Slide 1: Business Update January 2022

    Business Update January 2022

  2. Slide 2: Today's presenters

    Today’s presenters Romil Bahl Chief Executive Officer Paul Holtz Interim Chief Financial Officer 2

  3. Slide 3: Agenda

    Agenda 1. Business overview 2. Key credit highlights 3. Financial update 3

  4. Slide 4: Business Overview

    KORE Business Overview

  5. Slide 5: KORE at a glance

    KORE at a glance Leading global, independent provider of mission critical IoT solutions • Market leader in enabling end-to-end IoT solutions for enterprises • Trusted advisor, enabling our customers to Deploy, Manage and Scale their IoT solutions Who We Are • Blue chip customer base including market

  6. Slide 6: KORE business model: offering high demand IoT services

    KORE business model: offering high demand IoT services Product line Products Product description Primary pricing method IoT IoT • IoT connectivity services offered through market leading IoT platform ‘KORE One’ Connectivity • Our IoT connectivity solutions allow devices to seamlessly and securely co

  7. Slide 7: KORE is well positioned in the early innings of an exciting growth opportunity in IoT

    KORE is well positioned in the early innings of an exciting growth opportunity in IoT 2020 2025 2030 $906B bn) $382B ( $ $78B $250B $608B $269B ~$7 Trillion TAM $35B $48B Applications & Platforms Managed Services Connectivity 5% 3% 2% 7% 12% 10% 5% 12% 12% (bn) 40% 10% 21% 57% 78% 26% Devices Connec

  8. Slide 8: IoT use cases are everywhere… deployments are complex

    IoT use cases are everywhere… deployments are complex • Sample IoT use cases • Top challenges in IoT deployments Connected Fleet Mgmt. Blood Sugar Lack of in-Monitors house IoT expertise and resources Connected Inability to Challenges in Home contextualize interoperability Gas Tank Security and and

  9. Slide 9: KORE's IoT managed services portfolio

    KORE’s IoT managed services portfolio KORE provides a one-stop-shop for IoT deployment IoT Strategy Technology IoT Deployment Operations Sustainment Analysis & 1 & End-to-end 2 Evaluation, 3 Connectivity , 4 (forward 5 Management & 6 (reverse 7 Optimization Security Selection, Dev Device & Data logi

  10. Slide 10: KORE is the Only Pure Play IoT Enabler

    KORE is the Only Pure Play IoT Enabler IoT Applications Analytics Visualization Enterprises KORE’s customers deliver end-to-end industry solutions. Unencumbered by solution management and deployment complexities, these customers can focus on IoT & Enablement their end customer experience Onboard Con

  11. Slide 11: KORE's five focus industry sectors are growing fast

    KORE’s five focus industry sectors, representing 80%+ of the IoT market, are growing fast 5G will drive significant new use cases in mission critical applications across KORE’s target industries Industry Vertical 2020P-2025P Market CAGR Internet of Things Use Cases Assets 34.2% Home / Business Offen

  12. Slide 12: Customer case study: Customer #1

    Customer case study: Customer #1 Customer #1 is a multinational medical devices company. KORE works with the cardiac monitoring (pacemakers and related devices) division, which is a market leader in this line of products. It has been KORE’s customer for >10 years. Cardiac Device Bedside Monitor KORE

  13. Slide 13: Customer use case: Cardiac rhythm monitoring

    Customer use case: Cardiac rhythm monitoring KORE’s solution enables global deployment and management of regulated medical equipment Network Design Demand Forecast Technical Support Advanced Manage Roaming Footprint Supply Chain Tier 2 Services Updates Tier 3 – Connectivity / Network Order Managemen

  14. Slide 14: Phased transformation to KORE 3.0

    Phased transformation to KORE 3.0 Our 5-year direction is clear Five Year Plan 2021 Five Year Plan 2026 • Strategy for “KORE 3.0” • Begin transformation • Acquisition/integration • eSIM industry • Broadened industry • Portfolio mix from 100% finalized of connectivity of Integron; launch of leadershi

  15. Slide 15: New leadership has repositioned KORE

    New leadership has repositioned KORE Pre-Romil Bahl (2017A) Today (YTD 2021) Market positioning Global IoT Connectivity Deploy, Manage & Scale IoT solutions Core capabilities IoT Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) IoT Connectivity, Solutions & Analytics TAM ~$10 Billion ~$60 Billion (2030 estimate is

  16. Slide 16: Key Credit Highlights

    KORE Key Credit Highlights

  17. Slide 17: Key Credit Highlights

    Key Credit Highlights 1 IoT market is accelerating, driven by significant tailwinds for the next decade 2 Leading IoT offering, backed by extensive IP, creates sustainable competitive moat 3 Well-diversified customer base 4 Highly recurring revenue with long term visibility 5 Long track record of cu

  18. Slide 18: IoT market is accelerating, driven by significant tailwinds for the next decade

    1 IoT market is accelerating, driven by significant tailwinds for the next decade IoT connections by technology 80,000 of total mobile 45% data over 5G (1) • CaaS networks - 70,000 Licensed Broadband & Critical IoT Unlicensed - Low-Power Wide- (4G/5G) - Satellite 60,000 2.7B Area Connections • CEaaS

  19. Slide 19: Leading offering, backed by extensive IP, creates sustainable competitive moat

    2 Leading offering, backed by extensive IP, creates sustainable competitive moat • Comprehensive mission-critical IoT solution set • KORE’s IoT in a Box creates high switching costs 1 2 3 4 44 7 engine carrier integrations KORE One platform Technology Connectivity, IoT Strategy & Deployment Evaluati

  20. Slide 20: Well-diversified customer base

    3 Well-diversified customer base • Outside of Customer 1, which has been a KORE customer for 10+ years, no customer contributes more than 3% of total revenue • Despite Customer 1 comprising 19.4% of LTM 09/30/21 revenue, its gross profit contribution is significantly lower at 10.8% • Customer 1’s re

  21. Slide 21: Highly recurring revenue with long term visibility

    4 Highly recurring revenue with long term visibility ~90% annual recurring revenue and 99% installed base as of 2021 IoT Connectivity IoT Solutions Non-Core Customers1 ($mm) Reported Revenue $206 $214 $184 $32 $21 $156 $12 Revenue excl. non- $193 $16 $174 $172 core customers $55 $140 $47 $58 $41 $12

  22. Slide 22: Long track record of customer retention

    5 Long track record of customer retention LTM dollar-based net retention rate (“DBNER”)1 • Strong growth and stickiness among existing customer base demonstrated by growing DBNER – DBNER is calculated by dividing current year by prior year revenue for the customer cohort that existed in the prior ye

  23. Slide 23: Financial update

    KORE. Financial update

  24. Slide 24: Q3 financial performance

    Q3 financial performance Three Months Ended September 30, ($000s) 2021 2020 IoT Connectivity $41,542 61% $39,604 72% IoT Solutions 26,336 39% 15,653 28% Total Revenue $67,878 100% $55,257 100% Gross Margin 32,914 29,729 Gross Margin % 48% 54% SG&A 26,001 17,792 Adj. EBITDA $15,896 $15,369 Top Custom

  25. Slide 25: Historical financial performance

    Historical financial performance FY LTM YTD $mm Dec-19 Dec-20 Sep-20 Sep-21 Sep-20 Sep-21 A • Special project revenue in 2021 related to large LTE transition project Revenue IoT Connectivity $125.9 $137.6 $131.5 $152.2 $98.8 $113.4 • B Reflects customer churn from the integration of old acquisitions

  26. Slide 26: Financial policy overview

    Financial policy overview Leverage • Expect to delever to a target total net leverage of ~4-4.5x within ~24 months • Near-term emphasis on tuck-in opportunities to expand geographically, build out capabilities and use cases in industry verticals, enhance technical and analytical know-how, as well as

  27. Slide 27: Appendix

    KORE. Appendix

  28. Slide 28: Net Loss, EBITDA & Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation

    Net Loss, EBITDA & Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation ($000s) 2019 2020 YTD 9/30/2020 YTD 9/30/2021 LTM 9/30/21 1 • Transformation expenses are related to the implementation of our strategic Net loss ($23,443) ($35,201) ($19,474) ($12,474) ($28,201) transformation plan, which includes Income tax expense

  29. Slide 29: Quarterly historical financial performance

    Quarterly historical financial performance $mm Q1 20 Q2 20 Q3 20 Q4 20 2020 Q1 21 Q2 21 Q3 21 YTD 2021 Revenue IoT Connectivity $32.3 $32.0 $34.5 $38.8 $137.6 $36.5 $39.3 $37.6 $113.4 IoT Solutions 11.6 13.9 15.6 13.9 55.0 14.6 17.4 26.4 58.4 Total Adj. Revenue $43.9 $45.9 $50.1 $52.7 $192.6 $51.1 $

  30. Slide 30: Current Capitalization

    Current Capitalization Current Capitalization as of 9/30/2021 Current KORE as of 9/30/2021 ($mm) Ratings Maturity Amount xEBITDA LTV Cash & cash equivalents Corp: B3 / B- $73 (Stable / Stable) $30mm Revolver B2 / B Dec-23 -Senior Secured TLB B2 / B Dec-24 307 Total First Lien Debt $307 5.1x 33% Tota

  31. Slide 31: Summary of terms: Convertible notes

    Summary of terms: Convertible notes Structure Exchangeable Notes Size $120 million Issuer KORE Wireless Group, Inc. Underlying KORE Group Holdings, Inc. Purchaser Fortress Credit Corp. Maturity 7 years (2028) Coupon 5.50% (paid quarterly) Conversion price $12.50 Issue price Par Ranking Senior unsecu

  32. Slide 32: Disclaimers

    Disclaimers Forward-Looking Statements This presentation includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. KORE’s actual results may differ from their expectations, estimates and projections and consequen

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