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Company presentation 16 - 18 November 2020 - GESCO AG
Intro

GESCO

                                                           Hidden Champions
                                                           from the technology-driven German „Mittelstand“

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                                                                         … in one share
Company presentation 16 - 18 November 2020 - GESCO AG
Overview

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Business model                                            Strategy NEXT LEVEL   Excellence Programmes

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M&A                                                       Financial year 2020   GESCO on the
                                                                                stock market

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Appendix

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01                                     Business model

GESCO AG – Company Presentation 21 December 2020
Company presentation 16 - 18 November 2020 - GESCO AG
01 Business model

GESCO – The Industrial Group
                       Industrial SMEs including market and technology leaders

        GESCO                                      ▌Operating subsidiaries, growing internationallly,
                                                     under the roof of GESCO AG
      Group                                        ▌ Flexible, operationally independent companies that benefit
                                                      from being part of a strong group
                                                   ▌ Innovative technology „Made in Germany“ for global markets

                       Long-term investor and safe haven for succession solutions

        GESCO                                      ▌ Acquisition and development of industrial SMEs on

          AG                                         a long-term basis,
                                                   ▌ Majority acquisitions, generally 100 %, mostly as succession arrangements
                                                   ▌ Managers can acquire stake of up to 20 % in their company

                                                                                                 Hidden Champions des technologie-
                                                                                                  getriebenen deutschen Mittelstands in
                                                                                                  einer Aktie
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                                                                            Hidden Champions from the „Mittelstand“ in one share
Company presentation 16 - 18 November 2020 - GESCO AG
01  Business model
01 Geschäftsmodell

GESCO – The Industrial Group
                                                                                          Ressource
                                                                                           Consolidating markets, focus on
                                                                                           niches and customer service
                                                                                           Customised preparation of primary
              Production process                                                           materials, loading equipment for
                       Dynamically markets,                                                gases and liquids
                  high degree of innovation,
     Robotics and automation solutions in
         machine and plant construction

                                                           Technologies
                                                                             Mobility           Segment closed
                                                                                                asshifts,
                                                                              Currently strategic   at 21.12.2020,
                                                                                                          market
    Health & Infrastructure                                                   development unclear   and challenging
                                                                                                GESCO       divests
    Stable markets, relatively resilient                                                         all 4 companies
                                                                              Tools and moulds, components,
                   to economic cycle                                          parts etc. for vehicle industry
                 Modules, components
                 and perishable goods

                                                                                         Hidden Champions des technologie-
                                                                                          getriebenen deutschen Mittelstands in
                                                                                          einer Aktie
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                                                                    end-market oriented segments
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02                                     Strategy
                                       NEXT LEVEL

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02 Strategy NEXT LEVEL

GESCO – the Vision

                                                          ▌ All companies are Hidden Champions
                                                            or well on track to becoming Hidden Champions

                                                          ▌ Well-balanced, robust and resilient portfolio
                                                            with three core holdings and basic holdings
                                                            of substantial size

                                                          ▌ Well established Excellence Programmes

                                                          ▌ Strong corporate culture, attracting employees,
                                                            offering them room for development, resulting in
                                                            High Performance teams

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                                                             an attractive goal
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02 Strategy NEXT LEVEL

The strategy

           PORTFOLIO                                                                                HIDDEN

                                                          N               E
                                                              HOLDING
           ARCHITECTURE                                                                    CHAMPIONS

                                                                               Strengthen corporate culture
                      Analyse the portfolio
                                                                                            and team spirit

                      Encourage visions
                                                                                      Add skills in terms of
                      to achieve next levels
                                                                                    methods and know-how

                                                          X               T
           M&A                                                                                   PROGRAMMES
           | Buy bigger companies                                                          CANVAS - Business Model |
           | Stronger focus on add - ons                                                                       MAPEX |
           | Optimise processes                                                                                 OPEX |
           | Intensify direct approach                                                                     LEADEX |

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                                                                    a holistic concept
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03                                     Excellence
                                       Programmes

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03 Excellence Programmes

The elements

     CANVAS            Business model analysis                      Market and Product Excellence      MAPEX

     Upstream workshops for a holistic analysis               Analysis of customer segments, product offerings,
     of the respective business model                           customer channels and relationships. New ideas
                                                                        for product portfolio and market position
     Create a common understanding in the
     management team, identify development                               Expand market shares, tackle new market
     potentials                                                            segments, develop product innovations

     OPEX        Operational Excellence                                     Leadership Excellence     LEADEX

     Analysis of the value added processes, in particular       Sharpen leadership skills in a dynamic environment,
     the parameters quality, lead time and delivery                             support attractivity as employer
     performance as well as cost structures
                                                                                  Promote and develop executives,
     Increase efficiency and margins
                                                                                      strengthen corporate culture

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                                                            systematic and adjusted process
03 Excellence Programmes

The targets

                          Operational                     9 – 12 months lead time        Sales per employee      3%
                          Excellence                      before effectiveness                      grows by    p. a.

                          Market and
                          Product
                                                          12 – 24 months lead time             Sales grows       3%
                                                          before effectiveness             above market by
                          Excellence                                                                            p. a.

                                                                                                               8 – 10 %
     EBIT                 Target margin                   Throughout the economic cyle
                                                                                                                 p. a.

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                                                                          clearly measurable
03 Excellence Programmes

Our schedule - where do we stand?
                                   2019                                                                            2020
                                   MAY      JUN         JUL           AUG          SEP         OCT   NOV   DEC      JAN            FEB       MAR         APR          MAY   JUN   JUL   AUG   SEP   OCT   NOV   DEC
HUBL                                              OPEX analysis       OPEX implementation

Sommer & Strassburger                                                     OPEX analysis                      OPEX implementation

DÖMER                                                                                                             OPEX analysis          OPEX implementation

MAE Group                                                                    MAPEX analysis                      MAPEX implementation

                                                                                  MAPEX analysis                            MAPEX implementation
FRANK Group

                                                                                  MAPEX analysis                              MAPEX implementation
Pickhardt & Gerlach Group

Dörrenberg Group

C.F.K.

Paul Beier

                                                                                                                                                     MAPEX analysis
Modell Technik

AstroPlast

Georg Kesel Group

                                                     MAPEX analysis
SVT

Franz Funke

VWH

Haseke                                                                                                                                                                   GESCO auf die nächste Ebene
Setter Group                                                                                                                                                              entwickeln

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                                                                                                                       … Hidden Champions are being created
04                                     M&A

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04 M & A

Readjusted

         GESCO                                                 Target profile                                       Network
     Always looking for                                              Sales of                                   still generates
     Hidden Champions                                        € 20 mn € to € 100 mn                              good dealflow
                                                             for direct investments

                                Add - ons                                               Direct approach
                      with strategic added value                                       selected targets based
                       for existing companies                                          on own market analysis
                          from € 5 mn sales

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                                                                                directed towards target portfolio
04 M & A

Portfolio Architecture
Target
IST

                       3 core holding
                       with different end markets

                                                                             several basic holdings
                                                                     with substantial sales and earnings contribution

          Produktionsprozess                                Ressourcen     Gesundheit und Infrastruktur                 Mobilität

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                                                                                balanced and resilient
05                                     Financial year 2020

GESCO AG – Company Presentation 21 December 2020
05 Financial year 2020

2020: the „Big Picture“

Operational business: getting                                 NEXT LEVEL: driving forward the            NEXT LEVEL: making the portfolio
through the crisis safely and solidly.                        Excellence programmes                      more robust and successful

declining sales and earnings                                  despite Corona-related limitations:        we have strengthened the M&A team in
                                                              we have developed all the companies,       recent months
non-cash impairment write-downs of
                                                              carried out a number of programmes and
€13.5m in Q2 lead to negative Group
                                                              launched several concrete projects which   we improved the financial conditions for
income in full year
                                                              are now being implemented                  transactions
but operationally (before impairment
                                                                                                         we currently have some projects in the
write-downs) at least break even
                                                                                                         pipeline

 GESCO copes with the crisis                                  We strengthen the companies
                                                                sustainably                               We are making the portfolio
                                                                                                           more robust

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                                                                            GESCO copes with the crisis and strengthens the Group
05 Financial year 2020

Status after first nine months (as at 16.11.2020)

German economy                                                Investment goods industry                   Automotive
German government`s GDP forecast for                          VDMA expects 17 % decline of                situation already difficult due to shifts in
2020 as a whole: -5.5 %                                       production in 2020                          technology, exacerbated by pandemic
change in GDP to previous quarter:                                                                        sales recover in Q3, mainly due to high
Q2: -9.8 %                                                                                                demand from China
Q3: +8.2 %

GESCO Group: mainly Corona-related                            GESCO Group: partly structural problems      GESCO Group: particularly good
weak phase                                                                                                 development
                                                              triggered by the upheaval in automotive
Companies in all segments recorded                            industry, intensified by Corona              Setter (world market leader paper sticks)
temporary/punctual restrictions due to
                                                              relates to the entire Mobility Technology    Sommer & Strassburger (process
Corona (plant closures at customers,
                                                              segment                                      technology for pharmaceuticals, water,
travel restrictions, etc.)
                                                              in Production Process Technology             chemicals, etc.)
                                                              machinery and plant manufacturers with       SVT (loading arms for gases and liquids,
                                                              high automotive exposure affected            including LNG)

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                                                                                      Corona impact
05 Financial year 2020 – first nine months (01.01.-30.09.2020)

Nine month period: key figures
                                                        Q1-Q3 2019
                                     Q1-Q3 2020           adjusted      change
                                                                                  Significant decline in demand from automotive and
Order intake / € million                 354.2                 437.2   -19.0%     investment goods sectors

                                                                                  Particularly strong decline in Production Process Technology
Group sales / € million                  363.0                 438.6   -17.2%     and Mobility Technology

EBITDA / € million                         27.1                 43.3   -37.4%
                                                                                  Corona as triggering event for impairment tests during the year;
Impairment losses / € million             -13.5                   0        ---    losses refer to companies from Mobility Technology segment

EBIT / € million                           -5.8                 23.6       ---
earnings before tax /
€ million                                  -7.8                 21.2       ---
Group result after minority
interest / € million                      -12.2                 12.5       ---
Earnings per share
acc to IFRS / €                           -1.12                 1.15       ---
Employees /                                                                       Staff decrease mainly in Production Process Technology
No. at reporting date                    2,611                 2,734    -4.5%     and Mobility Technology, slight increase at Setter

Cash flow from ongoing
business activity                          37.5                 21.2   +77,0%
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                                                                                 Key figures influenced by the effects of the pandemic
05 Financial year 2020 – first nine months (01.01.-30.09.2020)

Nine month period: segment development
                                                                  Q1-Q3 2020    Q1-Q3 2019
     (€ million)                                                                  adjusted

                      Production                       Order intake     41.0        66.0     Significant reluctance to invest in automotive sector;
                      process                          Sales            46.5        65.4
                                                                                             EBIT positive in Q3, negative in full nine month period
                      Technology                       EBIT              -2.4        4.6

                      Resource                         Order intake    168.1       217.7     Demand for tool steal suffers from weakness in
                      Technology                       Sales           167.6       210.2     investment goods industry; strip steel business stable;
                                                                                             loading technology with strong increase in sales
                                                       EBIT              8.1        17.3

                      Health &                         Order intake    120.3       119.4     Stable development despite Corona impact;
                      Infrastructure                   Sales           117.4       118.4     ongoing positive trend for paper sticks
                      Technology                       EBIT             10.8        10.5

                      Mobility                         Order intake     24.9        34.1     Corona burdens already weak development;
                      Technology                       Sales            32.0        44.9     production of big tools especially effected;
                                                       EBIT              -2.8        0,7     the situation remains tense

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                                                                                        Corona burdens already weak demand
05 Financial year 2020

 21 December 2020: largest portfolio
 adjustment in company history
                                                                   Economic consequences                    GESCO remains long-term investor
GESCO closes down segment
mobility technology, sells six                                     Based on FY 2020 GESCO sells:
companies all in all                                               Approx. € 90 mn sales                    GESCO always acquires companies with
                                                                                                            the intention of holding them long-term
These companies were sold:                                         Approx. € -15 mn EBIT (of which
                                                                                                            and developing them further
                                                                   -1.5 mn operational losses and
• All 4 companies from mobility
                                                                   -13.5 mn impairment losses from August
  technology segment 1)
                                                                   2020)                                    As an exception, disposals due to
• Frank Walz- und Schmiedetechnik                                                                           strategic reasons are possible, as in the
• C.F.K. CNC-Fertigungstechnik Kriftel                                                                      past

Buyer: Evoco, Zurich/Switzerland
Purchase price : € 27 mn
Net cash inflow: € 15 mn
                                                                                                             After this complex transaction
                                                                    Profitability improved, streamlined
 Transaction within the                                                                                    focus is on expanding the Group with
                                                                   balance sheet, reduced debt, higher
scope of NEXT LEVEL                                                                                         further attractive SMEs
                                                                   equity ratio

1)For one company closing is subject to granting
of regulatory approval.

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                                                                                Milestone in implementation of NEXT LEVEL
05 Financial year 2020

Group outlook
                                                   FY 2020                  FY 2020      abbrev.
                                               (12 months)              (12 months)      FY 2019
                                         as at 03.08.2020,         as at 21.12.2020   (9 months)
                                             confirmed on
                                                16.11.2020

Group sales                                      > € 450 mn        approx. € 400 mn        439,6
                                              (including the        from continuing                 Effects of the transaction
                                            companies that               operations                 and better-than-expected
                                            have been sold)                                         operating business lead to
                                                                                                        renewal of outlook
Group net income                                              ≥0                            12,4
                                                                                                    after portfolio adjustment
after minority interest
                                                                                                      on 21 December 2020
before impairment losses
Group net income                                 ≥ € -13,5 mn                               12,4
after minority interest
including impairment losses

Group net income                                                     approx. € 5 mn
afterminority interest                                              from continuing
                                                                         operations

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                                                                                 positive earnings from continuing operations
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                                       on the stock market

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GESCO share

GESCO AG (incl. dividend) vs. SDAX

100%
                                                                SDAX

                                                                       GESCO AG

01.01.2020                                                                                            15.12.2020

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                                                                                  SDAX as benchmark
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Dividend

 Dividend policy OLD                                          Dividend policy NEW                               Dividend for 2019

 Distribution ratio approx. 40 % of Group                     • 20 % to 60 % of Group net income                • Due to the Corona crisis, application
 net income after minority interest                             after minority interest                           of the new policy was brought forward

                                                              • Higher flexibility, especially with regard      • Dividend of € 0.23 / share corresponds
                                                                to the implementation of the M&A                  to lower end of range
                                                                strategy of NEXT LEVEL                          • AGM took place on 18.06.2020
                                                              • In phases of strong earnings and cash             as virtual AGM as scheduled
                                                                flows distributions significantly above         • AGM approved the proposed dividend
                                                                recent level

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                                                                                           Higher flexibility
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Shareholder structure
                                                                                    14.8 %
                                        14.2 %                                      Investmentaktiengesellschaft für
                                        Stefan Heimöller                            langfristige Investoren TGV

                                                                                                   3.3 %
                                                                                                   Baden-Württembergische
                                                                                                   Versorgungsanstalt für Ärzte,
                                                                                                   Zahnärzte und Tierärzte

                                                                                                       3.0 %
                                                                                                       LGT Capital
                                                                                                       Partners Ltd.

                                                           71,0 %
                                                           Freefloat
                                                           (acc. to definition of
                                                           Deutsche Börse)

                        approx. 32.35 %
                        other private
                        investors
                                                                                               approx. 32.35 %
                                                                                               other institutional
                                                                                               investors

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                                                                                    Stable shareholder structure
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07 Appendix

GESCO – group overview

                                       Company                                                                        Sales 2019                   Staff     GESCO AG
                                                                                                                           €‘000       as at 31.12.2019    Shareholding

                                       MAE Group                                                                         37,875                    218          100%
             Production                Sommer & Strassburger GmbH & Co. KG                                               20,753                    144          100%
             Process
                                       VWH GmbH                                                                          16,977                    129           80%
             Technology
                                       Georg Kesel Group                                                                 12,596                      60          90%

                                       C.F.K. CNC-Fertigungstechnik Kriftel GmbH          divested as at 21.12.2020       7,177                      60          80%

                                       Dörrenberg Group                                                                 204,862                    527           90%

             Resource                  SVT GmbH                                                                          44,768                    177          100%
             Technology                Pickhardt & Gerlach Group                                                         31,268                      45         100%

                                       Setter Group                                                                      50,435                    180           100%

                                       Frank Group                                        divested as at 21.12.2020      37,434                    336            90%

                                       Franz Funke Zerspanungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG                                      20,285                     95           100%
             Health &
             Infrastructure            Hubl GmbH                                                                         16,356                    118            80%

             Technology                Haseke GmbH & Co. KG                                                              14,404                     81            80%

                                       AstroPlast Kunststofftechnik GmbH & Co. KG                                        13,550                     90           100%

                                       Werkzeugbau Laichingen Group                                                      21,469                    173           100%
                                                                                               Segment closed
                                       Dömer GmbH & Co. KG Stanz- und Umformtechnologie        as at 21.12.2020,         17,286                     96           100%
             Mobility
                                       Modell Technik Formenbau GmbH                            GESCO divests            10,356                    107           100%
             Technology
                                       Paul Beier GmbH & Co. KG                                 all companies             8,548                     63           100%

                                                                                                                              Hidden Champions des technologie-
                                                                                                                               getriebenen deutschen Mittelstands in
                                                                                                                               einer Aktie
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07 Appendix

Facts and Figures
                        Founded

                    1989
                      Share capital                                                   Xetra; Frankfurt (regulated market);
                                                                                      Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg/Hannover,

      10,839,499 €                                       Stock markets

                                                         Sec. identification number
                                                                                      München, Stuttgart (open market)

                                                                                      A1K020

                                                         ISIN                         DE000A1K0201

                                                         IPO                          24.03.1998
                         Shares
                                                         End of financial year        31 December

         10,839,499                                      Designated sponsors
                                                                                      M.M. Warburg & CO,
                                                                                      Pareto Securities AS

                        Freefloat

                 71.0 %
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Financial Calender

                                                          May 2021          August 2021
                                                          Q1 figures        H1 figures

              2021

                                      27 April 2021                    30 June 2021             November 2021
                                      Annual Accounts Press            Annual General Meeting   Q3 figures
                                      Conference / Analysts‘ Meeting

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07 Appendix

Shareholder contact

GESCO AG
Investor Relations
Johannisberg 7
42103 Wuppertal
Germany

Phone       +49 202 24820-18
Fax         +49 202 24820-49

info@gesco.de
www.gesco.de

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