25 slides from Data Communications Management's earnings presentation, Aug 11, 2026
Slide 1: Q2 2026 Report to Shareholders
Q2 2026 Report to Shareholders DATA Communications Management Corp. DCM – TSX | DCMDF – OTCQX August 11, 2026
Slide 2: Forward-looking Statements Disclosure
Forward-looking Statements Disclosure Forward-looking Statements This presentation contains statements which constitute “forward-looking statements” and “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable securities laws (collectively, “forward-looking statements”), including statements r
Slide 3: Agenda
Q2 2026 Highlights and Results IDP Market & Octacom Acquisition Overview Agenda 2026 Outlook & Priorities Questions And Answers
Slide 4: Q2 2026 Results were generally in line with our expectations
Q2 2026 Results were generally in line with our expectations 1. Revenue: -2.5% vs. YA; declines decelerating as market continues to stabilize 2. New business development: Revenue from new logo wins accelerated 3. Tech-enabled services & hardware: +10.4% ($8.1M), 7.3% of total revenue 4. Gross Profit
Slide 5: IDP Market & Octacom Acquisition Overview
IDP Market & Octacom Acquisition Overview
Slide 6: Octacom at a Glance
Octacom at a Glance Operating at scale Deeply embedded Highly recurring Differentiated Industry leadership Strong free cash flow with strong growth offering revenue technology Leading Canadian End-to-end tech- Blue-chip customer Proprietary Odiss Decades of document- Optimized infrastructure indepen
Slide 7: How Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) Works
How Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) Works 1 2 3 4 5 6 → → → → → CAPTURE CLASSIFICATION DATA EXTRACTION VALIDATION WORKFLOW INTEGRATION AUTOMATION Ingest documents Identify document Pull out key metadata Check against rules; Route for approval Sync data with ERP, from any channel: type and cont
Slide 8: The IDP Market is Compounding Above 30% a Year
The IDP Market is Compounding Above 30% a Year Global CAGR 34.5% North America CAGR 33.9% Canadian CAGR of 34.6% outpacing US CAGR of 33.6% driven by: US$30.7B US$9.7B • Federal AI legislation – June 2026 launch of “AI for ALL”, with a goal of increasing AI adoption to 60% by 2034 • High rates of di
Slide 9: Market Drivers and the Why
Market Drivers and the Why 01 02 03 Explosion of unstructured AI / LLM breakthroughs Labour cost pressures data 80% of enterprise data is unstructured. Large language models made context-aware Manual data entry costs $5–$25 per Organizations are drowning in documents — extraction far more accurate,
Slide 10: Where IDP is Relevant
Where IDP is Relevant Government Healthcare BFSI Transport PUBLIC SECTOR CLINICAL RECORDS BANKING · FINANCE · LOGISTICS & TRADE INSURANCE Federal digitization mandates Parse clinical notes, lab KYC onboarding, loan Customs forms, bills of lading, turn decades of paper records results, and insurance
Slide 11: Why Choose DCM as a Strategic Partner
Why Choose DCM as a Strategic Partner Accelerating leadership in IDP A brighter future. Together. A Defensible Moat • DCM’s commercial strength — a large • Octacom brings a deeply integrated, full- • Enterprise-grade assurance — SOC 2 enterprise client base and established service platform with high
Slide 12: Off to a Running Start: First Octacom-DCM IDP Win
Off to a Running Start: First Octacom-DCM IDP Win The win — Schedule I Canadian bank The pipeline — building IDP momentum • First client win since closing the Octacom acquisition • Banking, insurance, healthcare and government on July 8, 2026 are the priority verticals • Digital mailroom mandate pow
Slide 13: A Stronger DCM, From Day One
A Stronger DCM, From Day One ✓ Accelerates our leadership in IDP: a market compounding 30%+ a year ✓ Built-in operating leverage: scales into DCM's existing facilities with very low capex ✓ Accretive on a fully funded basis: ~$23M revenue1, profitable ✓ A new complementary business: serving large re
Slide 14: 2026 Priorities & Outlook
2026 Priorities & Outlook
Slide 15: 2026 Priorities
2026 Priorities Fuel Octacom’s growth by Maintain high revenue leveraging DCM’s retention and drive new commercial reach and secure business development footprint Improve gross margins Generate robust cash flow to through a stronger business support debt reduction and mix and operational shareholder
Slide 16: 2026 Outlook
2026 Outlook Building momentum into the second half ▪ New logos won over the past year and a healthy pipeline ▪ Core market stabilization continues ▪ Octacom contribution beginning in third quarter ▪ Strong cash flow and liquidity to fund growth Positioned to deliver ▪ Leverage expanded tech-enabled
Slide 17: Questions and Answers
Questions and Answers
Slide 18: Contact Information
For more information, please visit www.datacm.com or for investor, media and corporate development inquiries reach out to: Contact Contact Richard Kellam James For more information, please visit Lorimer Information www.datacm.com or for investor, media and Information corporate development inquiries
Slide 19: Q2 2026 Summary P&L's
Q2 2026 Summary P&L’s
Slide 20: Q2 2026 Summary Financial Results
Q2 2026 Summary Financial Results Selected financial information Q2 2026 Q2 2025 Revenue $110.9 $113.8 Gross profit $28.2 $30.5 Gross margin (%) 25.4% 26.8% SG&A (incl. R&D expenses) $19.7 $19.9 Acquisition & restructuring expenses $2.2 $0.1 Quarter 2 NFV (gains)/losses on financial liabilities $1.1
Slide 21: Non-IFRS Accounting Standards Measures
Non-IFRS Accounting Standards Measures
Slide 22: EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation The following table provides reconciliations of net (loss) income to EBITDA and of net (loss) income to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods noted, following adoption of “net fair value (gains) losses on financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss”
Slide 23: Adjusted Net Income Reconciliation
Adjusted Net Income Reconciliation The following table provides reconciliations of net income to Adjusted net income and a presentation of Adjusted net income per share for the periods noted. See “Non-IFRS Accounting Standards measures” section in our most recent interim and annual filings on SEDAR+
Slide 24: Thank you
Thank you
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