Step Changing The Growth Opportunity

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1 Step Changing The Growth Opportunity US acquisition, proposed equity placing and trading update -2 October 2017

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4 Headlines Acquisition of Dominion Products and Services (DPS) Acquisition of certain of the trade and assets of the home assistance cover business of Dominion Products and Services, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion Energy, Inc. for an enterprise value of $143m Acquisition of policy books is a proven method of supplementing organic growth in North America Largest acquisition to date, of USP in July 2016, already fully integrated Transaction brings forward our growth targets by at least 12 months Placing Intention to finance the acquisition with an equity placing of up to 125m Retain balance sheet strength and provide flexibility for further inorganic investment opportunities across a number of countries Good HY18 Performance Excellent progress in the first six months of the financial year Remain confident that we will deliver further strong growth for the full year 3

5 DPS acquisition of a key, long-term target Excellent Strategic Fit Accelerates ambitious growth plan in North America Excellent track record of acquiring and integrating 13 previous policy books over our 15 years in North America Highly complementary business, well known to HomeServe Enhances geographic penetration in the North America Strong financial rationale Enterprise value of $143m represents a last twelve months EV / EBITDA multiple of 7.2x ROIC¹ exceeds WACC in first year of ownership Margin enhancing Adds at least $10m PBTA in FY18 and at least $17m PBTA in FY19 following completion of Tranche 2 Immediately accretive to adjusted earnings per share Creates ongoing value both for HomeServe through forward marketing and renewal rights and also for Dominion Energy, Inc. and its partners through standard ongoing commission arrangements ¹ ROIC is defined as post tax EBIT adjusted for acquisition amortisation and divided by the enterprise value 4

6 Dominion Products and Services, Inc an attractive home assistance business Provides a suite of home protection programs to 0.5m customers with 1.1m policies 7.1m households 4.3m under Dominion utility brand 2.8m under Dominion s other partnership brands Lean operations A growing book $17.8m EBITDA¹ for year ended 31 December 2016 $20.0m EBITDA¹ for last twelve months to 31 August 2017 ¹HomeServe estimates 5

7 Transaction details Total transaction enterprise value of $143m, consisting of Tranche 1: $68m for c. 0.3m customers holding c. 0.6m policies & 4.3m households Tranche 2: $55m for c. 0.2m customers holding c. 0.5m policies & 2.8m households $20m deferred consideration paid evenly over 10 years starting in FY19 Tranches split between Dominion Energy utility brands and Dominion partner brands which will aid efficient integration Conditions to completion and timing: Competition clearance (Hart-Scott Rodino) expected calendar Q Tranche 1: transfer of policies expected in calendar Q Tranche 2: transfer of policies expected in calendar Q In line with other partnerships, ongoing commissions to be paid on new and renewing sales, creating further value for HomeServe and Dominion 6

8 North America further positive momentum Outstanding first half performance Customer numbers organically up 12% to 3.1m Improved strong retention at 82%, up from 81% in HY17 Step change increase in operating profit - up to 11m from a 1m loss in HY17 Successful integration of USP Top Place to Work ¹ Total Customers (m) Affinity Partner Households (m) Adjusted Operating Profit / (Loss)( m) (1.4) (1.0) HY16 HY17 HY18 HY16 HY17 HY18 HY16 HY17 HY18 ¹2017 survey, Connecticut Best Places to Work 7

9 An ambitious, well-grounded US growth plan FY16 FY17 HY18 Future Households (m) Penetration (%) 7% 6% 6% 10% Customers (m) Net income per customer ($) * 100 Adjusted operating margin % 8% 9% * 20 Adjusted Operating Profit ($m) * 160 Acquisition further accelerates the journey towards future targets Pro forma households at 60m Pro forma customers at 3.6m * Local currency and margin % to be disclosed in interim results on 21 November 8

10 Equity Placing retaining balance sheet strength for an exciting pipeline of opportunities Rationale Strong pipeline of further acquisition opportunities Home assistance policy books central to core home assistance model Smaller size but higher volume heating policy book and installation businesses Home Experts investments Strong track record of successful acquisition and integration in the last 2 years Utility Service Partners Inc. (USP) in North America ( 61m) Home Energy Services Limited (HES) ( 14m) and npower service contracts ( 5.3m) in the UK Help-Link ( 22.3m) Investments in Checkatrade ( 24m) and Habitissimo ( 13m) Key terms Equity issuance structured as a cash placing (accelerated bookbuild) Up to 125m, representing approximately 5% of issued share capital Announcement date 19 October 2017 Pricing and allocation expected 19 October 2017 New shares rank pari passu with existing shares Progressive dividend policy remains unchanged Settlement: T+2, 23 October 2017 J.P. Morgan Cazenove and UBS acting as joint bookrunners 9

11 Summary H1 results a good six months Positive start to the year with increasing momentum in North America Total customers up 5% to 7.8m Group retention remains strong at 82% Group adjusted operating profit¹ up 13% at 35m, 8% at constant currency² Beneficial FX movements contribute around 2m Net Debt to last twelve months EBITDA ratio of 1.9x at HY18 Customers (m) HY16 HY17 HY18 UK US Other International ¹The Group uses adjusted operating profit, EBITDA, adjusted profit before tax and adjusted earnings per share as its primary performance measures. These are non-ifrs measures which exclude the impact of the amortisation of acquisition intangible assets (HY18: 8m, HY17: 7m). ²Constant currency: $1.37 and

12 Divisional Financial Performance Revenue Adjusted operating profit / (loss) HY18 HY17 Δ % Δ % CC¹ HY18 HY17 Δ % Δ % CC¹ UK % 6% 9 21 (57)% (57)% North America % 30% 11 (1) - - France % 5% % 10% Spain % 9% % 54% International % 18% % 131% New Markets 5 6 (17)% (24)% (2) (2) 0% 50% Inter-segment (3) (2) 50% 18% Group % 12% % 8% As expected, UK profits reduced due to policy book acquisitions converted to insurance contracts and investment for growth; confident of a solid full year result Strong profit progression in North America Continued growth in Continental Europe with profits up in France & Spain ¹constant currency $1.37 and

13 Summary a key acquisition, continued momentum and positioning for further growth Acquisition A target known to HomeServe for many years Accelerates HomeServe s ambitious North America growth plans by at least 12 months Complementary business model in key geographies Strong financial case Placing Retains balance sheet flexibility for future inorganic growth Trading Good first half Confident of full year growth for FY18 12