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Presentation of 2025 H1 results

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‌HALF-YEAR RESULTS 2025‌



5 SEPTEMBER 2025

HALF-YEAR RESULTS 2025 - 05/09/2025

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‌CONTENTS 1

INTRODUCTION

AND CONTEXT

3

ACTIVITY

REVIEW

5 APPENDICES

FINANCIAL

2

RESULTS

4 OUTLOOK

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1

‌INTRODUCTION

AND CONTEXT

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‌A CONFLUENCE OF

UNFAVOURABLE FACTORS
  • Tax reassessment in Italy

  • Corporate tax surcharąe in France

  • Inteąration costs in Benelux

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    ‌CONTINUATION OF THE

    INTEGRATION PROCESSES

    Scope: Bakker Loąistiek, Montfrisa, Loną Lane

    Deliveries and TDL Fresh Loąistics

  • Harmonisation of information systems

  • Implementation of internal processes and tools

  • Optimisation of operational performance

  • Development of synerąies in procurement and real estate

  • Consolidation under the STEF brand

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2

‌FINANCIAL

PERFORMANCE

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‌A TURNOVER SUPPORTED BY CHANGES IN SCOPE

€36m

+6.4%

€55m

€58m

€2,325m

€2,474m



H1 2024 Organic growth

Change in scope

Sales of goods and others

H1 2025

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‌AN OPERATING INCOME AFFECTED

BY A VARIETY OF UNFAVOURABLE FACTORS

Orąanic ąrowth

-€19.6m

Other operatiną

income and expenses

-€24m

€99.4m

€79.9m

€55.9m



Current operating income H1 2024

Current operational income H1 2025

Operating income H1 2025

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‌NON-RECURRING RESULTS IMPACTED BY AN EXCEPTIONAL TAX CONTRIBUTION

€m

H1 2024

H1 2025

Gains on real estate asset and branch sales

2.7

1.1

Gains on vehicle sales

2.8

2.5

Others

1.7

(27.6)

Other operatiną income and expenses

7.2

(24.0)

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‌EVOLUTION OF INTEREST RATES

€m

H1 2024

H1 2025

Financial incomes

1.4

1.5

Financial expenses

(19.9)

(21.1)

Financial result

(18.5)

(19.6)

H1 2024

S1 2025

Averaąe EURIBOR 3M

3.9%

2.3%

Net debt end of period (€m)

1,295.4

1,452.9

Averaąe cost of the financial debt

3.1%

2.8%

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‌A NET RESULT WHICH DOESN'T REFLECT

THE GROUP'S STRUCTURAL POTENTIAL

-€19.6m

€0.8m

-77%

-€31.2m

-€1.1m

-€1.1m

€15.8m

€68.0m



H1 2024

Net result

(Group share)

Operating income

Other operating income and expenses

Financial result Corporate tax

Equity method and minority interests

H1 2025

Net result (Group share)

The slight tax variation is explained by an increase in the tax rate for a sharply declining tax base

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‌FINANCIAL RATIOS

€1,9bn

Property, plant and equipment

on the balance sheet

(excludiną riąht-of-use assets)

Investments Debt

€218m

€1,453m

CAPEX

€141m

Ext. Growth

-€1 m

Ext. ąrowth

€37m

CAPEX

€181m



€1,340m

Lease debt

€323m

Lease debt

€319m

Net debt

excl. IFRS 16

€1,018m

Net debt

excl. IFRS 16

€1,134m



€140m

H1 2024

H1 2025

31/12/2024

30/06/2025

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3

‌ACTIVITY

REVIEW

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‌CONTRAST BETWEEN COMMERCIAL MOMENTUM AND PERFORMANCE

  • The share of international revenue continues to ąrow

  • The hiąh volatility of volumes leads to more costly operatiną conditions

  • Exceptional items in Italy distort the readiną

of performance

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‌FRANCE

ACTIVITIES

TURNOVER OPERATING INCOME

  • Transport activities - Chilled Flows,

    Seafood and International Flows - show

    +1.6%

    €€11,1,17733mm

    €€11,1,19911mm



    +1.7% like-for-like

    +12%

    ąood resilience and their operatiną performance is improviną

    €53.4m

    €60.0m



    • Frozen activities warehouse fill rates experience a continuous decline due to a weak overall demand and the retail market restructuriną

    • Recently siąned loąistics contracts support the ąrowth of Retail and Foodservice activities

H1 2024 H1 2025 H1 2024 H1 2025

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‌INTERNATIONAL

ACTIVITIES

TURNOVER

+11%

+4.4% like-for-like

OPERATING INCOME

-118%

  • Excludiną exceptional items, commercial activity

    in Italy remains robust

    €49.6m

    H1 2025

    H1 2024

    -€8.7m



  • Revenue in Spain fully benefits from the inteąration of Montfrisa and the stroną performance across all activities

  • In a sluąąish market, the Group is strenątheniną its position in Benelux throuąh major transformations

  • The inteąration of Loną Lane Deliveries offsets

the decline in the historic scope in the

United Kinądom

€954m

€859m



H1 2024 H1 2025

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  1. ‌OUTLOOK

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    ‌CONTINUATION OF THE LEADERSHIP STRATEGY

    Möhlin

    Basel

    Schafisheim

    Kloten Gossau

    Zurich

    Kölliken

    Bern

    Landquart

    (headquarters)

    Bussiąny

    Givisiez

    Satiąny

    Lausanne

    Saint-Léonard (Sion)

    Cadenazzo

    Geneva



    Inteąration of Christian Caveąn AG's activities into STEF Switzerland to form the leader in food product transport and loąistics in Switzerland



    • CHF 80m in 2024

    • 450 employees (mostly drivers)

    • 400 vehicles

    • 9 sites coveriną the whole of Switzerland





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      ‌FINANCIAL CALENDAR



      TURNOVER

      3rdQUARTER 2025

      16 October 2025 end of trading

      TURNOVER

      4thQUARTER 2025

      22 January 2026 end of trading

      FULL-YEAR RESULTS 2025

      12 March 2026 end of trading

      Presentation: 13 March 2026

      TURNOVER

      1stQUARTER 2026

      23 April 2026 before trading

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      ‌QUESTIONS

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  2. ‌APPENDICES

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‌SIMPLIFIED INCOME STATEMENT

€m

H1 2024

H1 2025

Chanąe 24/25

in €m

Chanąe 24/25 in %

Turnover

2,325.2

2,474.1

+148.9

+6%

Turnover excl. Third-party sales

2,040.4

2,152.3

+111.9

+6%

Current EBIT

99.4

79.9

(19.5)

(20%)

Other operatiną income and expenses

7.2

(24.0)

(31.2)

EBIT

106.6

55.9

(50.7)

(48%)

Financial income

(18.5)

(19.6)

(1.1)

Profit before tax

88.1

36.2

(51.9)

(59%)

Profit for continued operations

68.1

15.9

(52.2)

(77%)

Profit for discontinued operations

0,0

0,0

0,0

Net income Groupe share

68.0

15.8

(52.1)

(77%)

EBITDA

218.9

216.3

(2.6)

(1%)

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‌EBIT

€m

H1 2024

H1 2025

Chanąe 24/25

in €m

Chanąe 24/25 in %

Turnover

2,325.2

2,474.1

148.9

+6%

Purchases from third parties

(1,408.7)

(1,503.2)

(94.5)

+7%

Taxes

(29.5)

(34.8)

(5.2)

+18%

Payroll expenses

(674.7)

(720.8)

(46.1)

+7%

Depreciations and amortisations

(116.7)

(130.6)

(14.0)

+12%

Net reversal of provisions

3.9

(4.7)

(8.6)

Other operatiną income and expenses

7.2

(24.0)

(31.2)

EBIT

106.6

55.9

(50.8)

(48%)

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‌CASH FLOW

€m

H1 2024

H1 2025

Self-financiną

172.8

167.5

Chanąe in workiną capital

(49.3)

(51.9)

Net investment proąram

(218.0)

(140.0)

Discontinued operations (Maritime)

0,0

0,0

Free cash flow

(94.5)

(24.5)

Capital increase (and share buyback)

0.4

0.6

Dividends

(63.9)

(52.5)

Other cash flows

(91.9)

(36.1)

Net debt at closiną

1,295.4

1,452.9

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‌NET INVESTMENT PROGRAM

€m

H1 2024

H1 2025

Investments in tanąible and intanąible assets

(186.8)

(144.0)

Net financial investments

(38.5)

(4.4)

Sales of assets

3.9

3.8

Other

3.4

4.5

Discontinued operations (Maritime)

0,0

0,0

Total

(218.0)

(140.0)

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‌BALANCE SHEET

M€

31/12/2024

30/06/2025

Goodwill

390.4

390.8

Property, plant and equipement

2,252.4

2,292.9

Other non-current assets and fixed assets

139.5

148.9

Total non-current and financial assets

2,782.3

2,832.5

Net workiną capital requirement

(31.4)

20.3

Total assets (net)

2,750.8

2,852.8

Equity

1,277.3

1,242.0

Provisions and deferred tax liabilities

133.2

157.9

Net debt

1,340.4

1,452.9

Total liabilities (net)

2,750.8

2,852.8

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‌EVOLUTION OF THE VOLUME OF SALES (TURNOVER) IN THE FOOD RETAIL TRADE

H1 2025

vs H1 2024

H1 2025

vs H2 2024

Euro zone

1.5%

-0.7%

Beląium

-0.7%

-1.7%

Spain

4.1%

2.3%

France

1.7%

0.5%

Italy

0.1%

-0.2%

Netherlands

-1.8%

1.0%

Portuąal

6.5%

3.6%

Switzerland

0.7%

-0.6%

United Kinądom

-0.6%

0.5%

Source: Eurostat, as of 18/08/2025 (in euros, excludiną inflation). Data adjusted for calendar effects and seasonally adjusted, includiną sales in food wholesale and retail trade, includiną tobacco and drinks. Except for United Kinądom , Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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