Cementos Argos SaBVC: CEMARGOS

Presentation 2Q24

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Juan Esteban Calle

Felipe Aristizabal

Maria Isabel Echeverri

CEO

CFO

VP of Legal Affairs

Gustavo Uribe

Carlos Yusty

Leader of Central America

VP of the Colombia Division

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This document contains forward-looking statements and information related to Cementos ArgosstyleS.A. and its subsidiaries (together referred to as "Argos") that are based on the knowledge of current facts, expectations and projections, circumstances and assumptions of future events.

Various factors may cause Argos' actual future results, performance or accomplishments

to differ from those expressed or assumed herein.

If an unexpected situation presents itself or if any of the premises or of the company's estimations turn out to be incorrect, future results may differ significantly from the ones that are mentioned herein.

The forward-looking statements are made to date and Argos does not assume any obligation to update said statements in the future because of new information, future events or any other factors.

All the discussions on the financial and operational results held during the call, will be based on the adjusted figures, excluding non-recurring and non-core operations. For a detail on the reconciliation and the adjustments please refer to the annexes of our quarterly report.

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in

dividends for 2024

Phase 2 of the share-buyback program totaling

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of the program has been

already executed

conversion rate into common shares, capital

structure of nearly

of common shares

to be eligible for indexes such as the MSCI Emerging's Markets and the FTSE Russell

9.500

9.000

35.200

8.500

30.200

Since SPRINT launched

8.000

25.200

7.500

20.200

7.000

15.200

6.500

10.200

6.000

5.200

5.500

200

Cemargos

Volume

MARKET CAP

FLOAT Adj. MARKET CAP

ADTV

1Q24 HIGHLIGHTS

COP 1.3

Tn

COP 279

Bn

REVENUE

EBITDA

-3.4% YoY

+10.7% YoY

2.5mm ton

686 k m3

CEMENT VOLUME

RMX VOLUME

Volumes - Adjusted

QUARTER

YTD

2023.Q2

2024.Q2

Var

2023.Q2

2024.Q2

Var

Cement

000 TM

2,438

2,490

2.1%

4,863

4,723

-2.9%

RMC

000 M

3

680

686

0.8%

1,372

1,334

-2.8%

Key Figures - Adjusted

QUARTER

YTD

2023.Q2

2024.Q2

Var

2023.Q2

2024.Q2

Var

Revenue

COP Bn

1,391

1,344

-3.4%

2,837

2,656

-6.4%

EBITDA

COP Bn

252

279

10.7%

539

570

5.9%

EBITDA Margin

%

18.1%

20.7%

264 pbs

19.0%

21.5%

249 pbs

Net Income

COP Bn

136

127

-6.5%

254

200

-21.5%

Net Margin

%

9.8%

9.5%

-32 pbs

9.0%

7.5%

-145 pbs

For a detailed reconciliation of the adjustments please refer to the appendix

+2.1% YoY

+0.8% YoY

Strong financial results despite

volume affectations

  • Volume affectations due to weather conditions, reduced import volume in the River Markets and moderating demand conditions. Strong backlog for 2H24
  • Positive pricing momentum across all lines of business offset volume affectations.
  • Adjusted EBITDA 2024 guidance was reaffirmed to range of ~ $970 to $1,010 million.
  • On track to generate at least $40 million dollars of Argos USA synergies

OUR NET PROFIT 1H24

SUM's Equity

Net income YTD

method YTD

Net profit affected by the higher seasonality of Summit's legacy

operations, that generate most of its net profit during the second and third quarter of the year.

QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

-5.2%

+12.9 %

TOTAL CEMENT VOLS YoY

EXPORTS VOLS YoY

Pricing dynamics in line with local

inflation and stable YTD

  • Increased reliability of the plants has released a capacity of +611,000 tons of cement and +170,000 tons of clinker
  • Captured savings during 2Q24 of COP 40 billion derived from our program From the
    Quarry to the Client
  • The unitary costs of energetics in the cement business decreased in line with the inflation softening
  • Stable prices, efficiencies, and energetics costs headwinds, were the main drivers for the margin expansion of 332 bps and the EBITDA increase of 13.9% YoY during 2Q24

Key Figures - Adjusted

QUARTER

YTD

2023.Q2

2024.Q2

Var

2023.Q2

2024.Q2

Var

Revenue

COP Bn

766

744

-2.9%

1,523

1,486

-2.4%

EBITDA

COP Bn

147

168

13.9%

328

365

11.1%

EBITDA Margin

%

19.2%

22.6%

332 pbs

21.6%

24.5%

299 pbs

Volumes

QUARTER

YTD

2023.Q2

2024.Q2

Var

2023.Q2

2024.Q2

Var

Cement

000 MT

1,413

1,339

-5.2%

2,814

2,658

-5.5%

Local Market

000 TM

1,106

992

-10.3%

2,161

1,956

-9.5%

Exports

000 TM

308

347

12.9%

652

702

7.6%

RMC

000 M3

613

634

3.5%

1,233

1,215

-1.5%

Aggregates

000 MT

305

154

-49.5%

618

304

-50.8%

For a detailed reconciliation of the adjustments please refer to the appendix

Housing market 1H24

Housing Sales (units)

YoY YTD

11.016

11.000

10.383

9.680

9.698

9.385

8.879

8.867

LTM Average

9.000

8.572

8.575

6.910

8.147

6.509

7.000

6.013

reduction

5.000

of annual budget from

Enero Febrero

Marzo

Abril

Mayo

Junio

Government Housing Subsidies

2023

2024

Average LTM

assigned

  • Investments of COP 22 trillionwithin the next 4 years in mobility and public infra (besides the Metro)
  • 70 works in total including:
    • 80 km of new roads
    • 46 road interchanges
    • 7 mid-size infra projects
    • 400.000 m2 public space
  • Some of these projects are already being awarded or executed:
    • Transmilenio's new lines
    • Calle 13
    • Green Corridor of the 7th
  • Additionally, Bogotá has several housing projects that will demand at leas 915.000 m3 of RMX during the following 4 years
  • The Metro will continue to be an important driver of demand
  • The program "Barrios a la Obra" will deploy investments for COP 600 billionwithin the next 4 years
  • COP 10 billionwill be executed in 2024 to build 20 km of roads
  • The cement dispatches to Hidroituangowill represent around 4% of the total local dispatchesin Colombia for the second half of the year
  • 5 different projectsto start in 2024, with an estimated consumption of around
    75,000 m3 of ready-mix concrete
  • Improvement of the quality of the roads of the city. During the second half of the year the city will deploy investments for COP 68 billionto improve the public infrastructure

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