2018 Annual Shareholder Meeting

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1 2018 Annual Shareholder Meeting

2 In the course of today s meeting, officers of the Corporation may make, in their remarks or in response to questions, and the accompanying materials may include, statements containing forward-looking information. Certain statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements based on certain assumptions and reflect the Corporation s current expectations, or with respect to disclosure regarding the Corporation s public subsidiaries, reflect such subsidiaries disclosed current expectations. Forward-looking statements are provided for the purposes of assisting the listener/reader in understanding the Corporation s financial performance, financial position and cash flows as at and for the periods ended on certain dates and to present information about management s current expectations and plans relating to the future and the listener/ reader is cautioned that such statements may not be appropriate for other purposes. These statements may include, without limitation, statements regarding the operations, business, financial condition, expected financial results, performance, prospects, opportunities, priorities, targets, goals, ongoing objectives, strategies and outlook of the Corporation and its subsidiaries, as well as the outlook for North American and international economies for the current fiscal year and subsequent periods. Forward-looking statements include statements that are predictive in nature, depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or include words such as expects, anticipates, plans, believes, estimates, seeks, intends, targets, projects, forecasts or negative versions thereof and other similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as may, will, should, would and could. 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Please refer to the Corporation s annual and most recent interim Management s Discussion and Analysis for more information, including how such measures are defined, an explanation of their purpose and a reconciliation of these non-ifrs measures to results reported in accordance with IFRS, where comparable IFRS measures exist.

3 Learning 1 A long-term perspective is the cornerstone of our investment approach 2018 Annual Shareholder Meeting

4 Performance of family controlled public companies Value of $100 investment $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 CAGR 7.7% CAGR 6.1% $304 $243 } 25% Family controlled public companies $100 TSX index CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate Source: Clarkson Centre for Board Effectiveness, Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, June 2013

5 Family controlled public companies are different Canadian companies, Survival [%] CEO tenure [years] Average annualized stock price volatility [%] Family controlled public companies Widely held Source: Clarkson Centre for Board Effectiveness, Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, April 2018

6 Learning 2 Long-term owners and investors have the ability to adapt to, and make the best of, cycles 2018 Annual Shareholder Meeting

7 50 years of growth and cycles Early Days 1968 Paul G. Desmarais takes control of Power Corporation +19% CAGR 1981 Paul Desmarais, Jr. joins Power Corporation; becomes President and COO, Power Financial, in André Desmarais joins Power Corporation; becomes President and COO, Gesca, in Power Financial is created Adjusted Earnings Per Share CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate 1986

8 50 years of growth and cycles Early Days Consolidation +19% CAGR IPO Investors Group 1986 Share Offering Great-West Lifeco 1989 Montreal Trustco is sold 1989 Consolidated Bathurst is sold +3% CAGR Adjusted Earnings Per Share CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate

9 50 years of growth and cycles Early Days Consolidation +19% CAGR +3% CAGR Adjusted Earnings Per Share CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate

10 50 years of growth and cycles Insurance Demutualization 1996 Paul Desmarais, Jr. and André Desmarais become Co-CEOs 1997 Great-West acquires London Life +16% CAGR Investors Group acquires Mackenzie Financial 2003 Great-West Lifeco acquires Canada Life 2007 Great-West Lifeco acquires Putnam Adjusted Earnings Per Share CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate

11 50 years of growth and cycles Insurance Demutualization +16% CAGR 3.12 Aftermath of the Financial Crisis 2013 Great-West Lifeco acquires Irish Life +2% CAGR Adjusted Earnings Per Share CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate

12 50 years of growth and cycles Insurance Demutualization Aftermath of the Financial Crisis +16% CAGR +2% CAGR Adjusted Earnings Per Share CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate

13 50 years of growth and cycles Early Days Consolidation Insurance Demutualization Aftermath of the Financial Crisis +19% CAGR +3% CAGR +16% CAGR +2% CAGR Adjusted Earnings Per Share CAGR: Compound Annual Growth Rate

14 Consolidation since 2008 in a unique economic environment 2018 Annual Shareholder Meeting

15 Impact of persistently low interest rates in the banking, life insurance and asset management sectors Government of Canada benchmark bond yields long-term 10-year annualized TSR for Canadian Banks, Life Insurers and Asset Managers 11.1% 4.0% 3.5% 3.0% 2.5% 2.0% 1.5% 1.6% 3.4% 1.0% TSX Banks TSX Life TSX Asset Management TSR: Total Shareholder Return from 2008 Source: Bank of Canada Source: Bloomberg

16 The exceptional performance of Canadian banks 10-year annualized TSR for Canadian, American and European Banks 11.1% Earnings Canadian Banks (big 6) Canadian Life Insurers (big 3) % TSX Banks S&P Banks Euro-Stoxx Banks TSR: Total Shareholder Return -7.1% [$ billion] Canada Individual Other businesses Source: Bloomberg Source: Annual Reports

17 Great-West Lifeco s performance vs competitors TSR , cumulative [%] year annualized TSR Lifeco +4.5% Sun Life +3.9% Manulife -0.9% 10-year average volatility 22.4% 27.4% 31.5% TSR: Total Shareholder Return Source: Bloomberg

18 Our journey continues 2018 Annual Shareholder Meeting

19 Value creation strategies at Power Financial 1. Transform our advisor-based distribution businesses 2. Harness the full potential of our group customers 3. Reshape global asset management 4. Increase the competitiveness/profitability of core insurance businesses 5. Deploy and redeploy group capital 6. Develop a portfolio of positions in high-growth fintech

20 Focus on strategic investment platforms providing intelligent diversification and amplification Third party investment funds are gradually being disposed of Fair value of: $807 $661 $635 $666 $859 $494 $411 Third-party investment funds and other [1] $179 [$ million] [1] Includes investment in CITIC which was sold in April 2015

21 Focus on strategic investment platforms providing intelligent diversification and amplification $3,403 Fair value of: $2,360 $2,608 China AMC Power Energy [2] Sagard China $1,431 $1,610 Sagard Holdings Sagard Europe $632 $957 $1,139 Third-party investment funds and other [1] [$ million] [1] Includes investment in CITIC which was sold in April 2015 [2] Power Energy: capital invested

22 Strategic investment platforms generate good investment returns Combined 5-year gains for our strategic investment platforms Sagard China, Sagard Holdings, Sagard Europe, Power Energy [1] and China AMC + $1,062 Distributions $365 Additional Investments $1,567 IRR: 12% Fair Value $3,403 [$ million] [1] Power Energy: capital invested IRR: Internal Rate of Return Fair Value $1,139 December 31, 2012 December 31, 2017

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