Product Strategy & Technology Vision

Seminar for Investors and Analysts

30 September 2020

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© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 2 Agenda

Welcome & Introduction , Chief Executive Officer

Technology Roadmap and Vision Aaron Harris, Chief Technology Officer

Product Strategy Update Lee Perkins, Chief Operating Officer

Wrap-up Steve Hare, Chief Executive Officer

Q&A

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. Today’s presenters

Aaron Harris Lee Perkins Chief Technology Officer Chief Operating Officer

Responsible for Sage’s technology strategy and Responsible for leading Sage’s product strategy and innovation agenda operations globally Previously CTO at Sage Intacct, establishing it as the Previous roles include leading Sage’s UK business, as innovation leader in cloud financial management well as Sage’s commercial and product organisations solutions Joined Sage in 2011 Joined Sage in 2017 20 years’ commercial and general management 25 years of high-tech engineering leadership experience in public and private equity backed companies

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 4 Sage’s Purpose, Vision and Strategy

Purpose To transform the way people think and work so their organisations can thrive

Vision To become a great SaaS company for customers and colleagues alike

Strategy

Customer success Colleague success Innovation

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 5 Our focus

Focus

Strategic decisions

Customer Software Portfolio segments categories management

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 6 Growing

Sage Business Cloud penetration since H1 18

60% Cloud connected 42% 56% Cloud native 14%

50%

40%

30%

20% H1 FY H1 FY H1

FY18 FY19 FY20

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 7 Sage Business Cloud A digital environment

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 8 Agenda

Welcome & Introduction Steve Hare, Chief Executive Officer

Technology Roadmap and Vision Aaron Harris, Chief Technology Officer

Product Strategy Update Lee Perkins, Chief Operating Officer

Wrap-up Steve Hare, Chief Executive Officer

Q&A

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. Technology change is accelerating

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 10 What does this mean for financial management software?

Enough scalability to capture every transaction in real-time, with enough detail to look at all business dimensions

Effortless, economical elasticity for uneven processing requirements

Zero latency analytics

Massive datasets and unconstrained machine learning

Enough computing power to audit every transaction, not just samples

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 11 The perfect storm

Cloud Computing Digital

Covid-19 Transformation

AI

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 12 At Sage our technology vision is to…

1. Enable our customers on their Digital Transformation journey

2. Elevate the work of humans

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 13 Sage Business Cloud

Digital Environment for Finance and People professionals, composed of platforms, applications and services where it is easy to connect, collaborate and do business.

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 14 Meet Annie Owner, Webalicious Get paid on time Raise invoices Annie is a 28-year old owner of a small website design agency.

Connect with prospects, Track cash flow customers and suppliers Create Sage ID

Setup your business

Connect to Sage Business Cloud Network

Choose our messaging service

Join Sage Business Cloud Network on selected messaging service Create Sage ID

Setup your business

Connect to Sage Business Cloud Network

Choose our messaging service

Join Sage Business Cloud Network on selected messaging service Create Sage ID

Setup your business

Connect to Sage Business Cloud Network

Choose our messaging service

Join Sage Business Cloud Network on selected messaging service Create Sage ID

Setup your business

Connect to Sage Business Cloud Network

Choose our messaging service

Join Sage Business Cloud Network on selected messaging service Create Sage ID

Setup your business

Connect to Sage Business Cloud Network

Choose our messaging service

Join Sage Business Cloud Network on selected messaging service Create Sage ID

Setup your business

Connect to Sage Business Cloud Network

Choose our messaging service

Join Sage Business Cloud Network on selected messaging service Meet Bob Accounts Payable, Inst-a-eat

Pay vendors on time Bob is an Accounts Clerk in the Automated bill Accounts Payable department of a process mid-sized company.

Support on-boarding Accurate up-to-date of new vendors information Add We

Webalicious 7595 Irvine Center Dr, Suite 100, Irvine, CA, 92618 Weber Inc. 10701 N Ambassador Dr, Kansas City, MO, 64153 Weimann Llc. 705 Tri State Pkwy, Gurnee, IL, 60031 Western Plumbing 3045 Santa Carlotta St, La Crescenta-Montrose, CA, 91214 Weston Wall Inc. 2120 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90027 Web

Webalicious 7595 Irvine Center Dr, Suite 100, Irvine, CA, 92618 Weber Inc. 10701 N Ambassador Dr, Kansas City, MO, 64153 Weimann Llc. 705 Tri State Pkwy, Gurnee, IL, 60031 Western Plumbing 3045 Santa Carlotta St, La Crescenta-Montrose, CA, 91214 Weston Wall Inc. 2120 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90027 Save & Connect

Webalicious Active

This company is a part of Sage Business Cloud Network. [email protected] Annie Walker

941-299-9999

7595 Irvine Center Dr, Suite 100 Irvine CA

92618 United States 9:01

This customer is a Connected Customer of Sage Business Cloud Network. The invoice will be delivered directly as a vendor bill, not via email. The customer will be notified.

100.00 $1,200.00 $25,200.00 90.00 $1,080.00 $22,680.00

9:01 Everything starts with building a Digital Relationship ACCOUNTANT

CUSTOMERS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES

SUPPLIERS ORGANISATIONS

Sage ID Unique Digital Identity for FINANCIAL EMPLOYEES INSTITUTIONS INDIVIDUALS ORGANISATIONS Enabling seamless, tailored Creating global understanding experience of business relationships

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 43 Sage Business Cloud creates a Digital Network FINANCIAL CUSTOMERS INSTITUTIONS

SUPPLIERS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES

EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTANT

Digitising relationships Transactions, communications, and processes Sage Customer workflow, and mutual trust

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 44 Sage Business Cloud leverages AI for Everyone

CUSTOMERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

SUPPLIERS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES

Document Capture Forecasts Fraud Prevention

EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTANT Benchmarks Categorisation Recommendations

Sage Customer

Learning from combined activity of millions

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 45 Sage Business Cloud delivers a consistent Digital Experience FINANCIAL CUSTOMERS INSTITUTIONS

SUPPLIERS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES

EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTANT

Sage People Sage Intacct

Consistent across Modern and mobile platforms, apps, and services Sage Customer ways of working

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 46 Sage’s Business Cloud is Here today CUSTOMERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

SUPPLIERS REGULATORY AUTHORITIES 2M+ Invoices 220K+ Bank Feed Delivered Connections

EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTANT 100K+ Auto-entry 1.5M VAT returns Connections 25% of the UK’s total

2.5M Payroll/HR 200K+ Tax Payment Connections Connections

Sage Customer

6.7M+ logins last month

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 47 Adding value to our Cloud Connected customers

Cloud functionality Connected solution

Smart Invoices Employee self-service Payroll

Automated receipt Bank capture feeds & rules Financial statements

Digital Assistant Approvals

Office Online 365 payments Single Sign-On Tax Automated calculations bank reconciliation Reporting & Filing

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 48 Making our portfolio greater than the sum of its parts

While we serve customers through Sage products, Sage Business Cloud digital environment will provide automation, connections, insights, a seamless experience and ultimately, customer success in an era of digital transformation.

SAGE ID & NETWORK SAGE DESIGN SYSTEM

Common tools for Network of people & Cross-channel Cross-device experience common tasks organisations experience

MARKETPLACE

APPLICATIONS SERVICE FABRIC

SAGE FINANCE & PEOPLE PLATFORMS

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 49 Customer benefits

Products and services that help customers digitise their businesses

Digital Environment Modern ways of interaction that reflect humans doing for Finance and People new, more valuable work professionals, where it is easy to connect, collaborate and do business. Consistent design and experience that creates comfort and confidence

A network that enables customers to work digitally across their ecosystems

An environment that learns from all to deliver powerful AI capabilities

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 50 Key takeaways – Technology Vision

SBC defines our technology strategy and brings together our products and services

Enables digital business models and elevates the work of humans

SBC services and capabilities are already operating at scale today

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 51 Agenda

Welcome & Introduction Steve Hare, Chief Executive Officer

Technology Roadmap and Vision Aaron Harris, Chief Technology Officer

Product Strategy Update Lee Perkins, Chief Operating Officer

Wrap-up Steve Hare, Chief Executive Officer

Q&A

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. Key messages – Product Strategy update

Focus the portfolio

Taking customers with us

Cloud unlocks everything

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 53 Focus the portfolio

2018 2019 Today

Acquisition

End of Life

Sage Business Cloud

Disposal

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 54 Taking customers with us

Sage Sage

Technology Connected Cloud Service Fabric Native Cloud

H1 18 Subscription H1 20 Subscription 44% penetration 62% penetration

Subscription Revenue Growth

62% (H1 18 - H1 20) Subscription

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 55 Sage Business Cloud portfolio

Cloud Connected Cloud Native Accounting & Financials People & Payroll

Sage X3 Sage Intacct Sage People Sage 200 Cloud ‘SEOS’ MEDIUM

Sage 50 Cloud CakeHR Sage Accounting Sage 50 Payroll Sage Payroll SMALL

Sage Service Fabric

*SEOS - Sage ERP Online Services

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 56 Winning in Small Focus: UK

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. Meeting customer needs in Small

1 2 3 4 5 6 Get customers, Get payroll Engage my Get organised Get tax right Get visibility get paid right team

I need to get It’s hard to stay Tax and I struggle Running payroll My team has paid fast with organised and compliance to understand is a hassle and grown so it’s confidence, on top of my is confusing my finances and I’m unsure if I’m become much however and receipts, and always determine what paying workers harder to share wherever my paperwork, stock changing so I decisions I can or calculating and collaborate customers want and finances fear surprises make to achieve payroll taxes on tasks and to pay more generally and fines my business correctly keep them objectives engaged

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 58 Taking customers with us

Accounting

NCA

Payroll

Small Sage Business Cloud

Cake HR

Migration Sage 50 Connected Cloud

AutoEntry

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 59 Case Study: SBC Accounting plus AutoEntry

Sage Business AutoEntry Cloud Accounting AutoEntry sales to 5x accountants Cross sell growth Cloud accounting doubled putting Small AI / ML H1 to H2 20 Business back in unlocking H1 to H2 20 control of Finance automation and People “I have been using AutoEntry since April 2016 and it has changed the way I work. It has helped streamline my business and improve my profitability. My clients love the ease of using the app or emailing the Native cloud growth documents direct to AutoEntry. I love that it can deal with sales purchase invoices and the statement • Build accountant • Drive customer migration scanning function saves hours of data input.” advocacy to drive NCA and NCA opportunity -Alison Edward, Simply Balances

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 60 Progress and momentum

Awards and recognition

AutoEntry Internationalisation to date

Sage Accounting ‘Sage outflanks rivals…’ named ‘Leader’ May 2020

‘Sage Business Cloud Accounting is bang up to date – a cloud-based accounting solution that covers all the key bases’ August 2020

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 61 Winning in Small – demo

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. Winning in Medium Focus: US

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. Meeting customer needs in Medium

FINANCE What happened? 1.0 Finance People

FINANCE The Intelligent Organisation Why did it happen? 2.0 Powered by Intelligent GL™ Analytics

Budgeting FINANCE What will happen & Planning and what should 3.0 we do?

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 64 Taking customers with us

Migrations Sage BMS SEOS Connected Cloud Native Cloud Sage Intacct Native Cloud

Vertical NCA $

$6.6bn US TAM $3.9bn US TAM Sage People Accounting & People & Payroll Native Cloud Financials 2020 2020

BMS: Business Management Solutions comprise Sage 100, 200 and 300 franchises Source for TAM: FY20 IDC Market model (100 – 1,999 employees, Cloud + OnPrem)

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 65 Taking customers with us

Services-centric Industries Product-centric Industries

SaaS & Nonprofits Professional Healthcare Financial Construction Wholesale Complex Process Discrete Software Services Services & Real Estate Distribution Distribution Manufacturing Manufacturing $

• Security • Human services • HR – Staffing • Multi-location • Single Family • Residential • Wholesale • Electronics and • Food & • Industrial • Artificial • Community dev services assisted living Office construction high tech Beverage machinery Intelligence & capacity • IT consulting – • Skilled nursing • Multi-Family • Commercial • Medical devices • Chemicals • Industrial • Healthcare IT building managed • Multi-office Office construction • Retail trade • Growers supplies services • Marketing IT • Education doctor’s • Asset • Real Estate • Wholesale • Nutraceuticals • Electrical • Int’l relief • Marketing & practices Management equipment Advertising – • HVAC • Cosmeceuticals • Nonprofit • Multi-office • REIT • Electronic parts Digital dental practices • Non durable • Paints & healthcare marketing • Private Equity goods coatings • Membership / agency Mutual benefit • Faith-based

Sage Intacct Sage Intacct Construction WSD Sage Intacct Sage BMS

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 66 Case Study: Sage CRE plus Sage Intacct

Sage CRE Sage Intacct 23 of 25 Launched in March 2020. No.1 provider of Sage CRE partners 24 deals have signed up to be Sage with gross bookings of accounting and Cloud native Intacct resellers, driving over $1M estimating solutions accounting 99% of our business to the US expertise of Sage construction Intacct industry “I've been in this industry a really long time and I've been waiting for a product like this where you have the best financial reporting with construction project management. You're going Construction to dominate the marketplace.”

Launched March 2020 -Terry Gibson, Corporate Controller, Discovery Land Company

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 67 Progress and momentum

Awards and recognition Sage Intacct has achieved +29% #1 recurring revenue CAGR (FY17 to FY19) Visionary Customer Cloud Financial Satisfaction Management Sage Intacct Internationalisation to date

Leader Preferred Cloud SaaS ERP Provider AR and AP

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 68 Winning in Medium – demo

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. Key takeaways – Product Strategy update

Focus the portfolio

Taking customers with us

Cloud unlocks everything

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. 70 Agenda

Welcome & Introduction Steve Hare, Chief Executive Officer

Product Strategy Update Lee Perkins, Chief Operating Officer

Technology Roadmap and Vision Aaron Harris, Chief Technology Officer

Wrap-up Steve Hare, Chief Executive Officer

Q&A

© 2020 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. Q&A

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