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FY20 Results | Twelve months ended 30 June 2020 | 8 October 2020 Disclaimer This presentation (the “Presentation”) has been prepared by The Very Group Limited (“The Very Group” and, together with its subsidiaries, “we,” “us” or the “Group”) solely for informational purposes and has not been independently verified, and no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made or given by or on behalf of the Group. The Very Group reserves the right to amend or replace this Presentation at any time. This Presentation is valid only as of its date, and The Very Group undertakes no obligation to update the information in this Presentation to reflect subsequent events or conditions. This Presentation may not be redistributed or reproduced in whole or in part without the consent of The Very Group. Any copyrights that may derive from this Presentation shall remain the sole property of The Very Group. 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Due to rounding, numbers presented throughout this and other documents may not add up precisely to the totals provided and percentages may not precisely reflect the absolute figures. 2 Full year highlights Online, multi-category model has proven flexible and resilient in face of rapidly changing customer behaviour • Annual Group revenue exceeding £2bn for the first time with Very.co.uk retail sales growth of +10.5% • Underlying EBITDA of £264.4m (FY19: £272.4m) including additional £12m bad debt provision relating to Covid-19 – without this the underlying EBITDA would have been approximately £277m • A return to profit with profit before tax of £48.4m (FY19: £(185.5)m) • Financial services business remained robust with improving payment rates and default rates in line with historic trends • Year-end cash headroom of over £200m; Government Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) has not been utilised and Government loan schemes not accessed • Opened Skygate, a new state of the art fulfilment centre on time and on budget • Despite experiencing peak trading levels in quarter 4, the business has proven resilient and flexible, maintaining full operational capacity throughout the Covid-19 crisis with home working introduced for 2,000+ employees • Net debt excluding securitisation reduced by £144.2m to £496.7m (FY19 net debt excluding securitisation: £640.9m) 3 Strategic progress Continued progression against our strategic objectives with the launch of Skygate • Opened our new state-of-the-art automated fulfilment centre, Skygate, on time and on budget, the culmination of a four-year project • One-millionth outbound customer order processed in July 2020 • Preparing for its first peak trading • Significant efficiencies, customer service and environmental benefits • Will help increase next-day delivery order cut-off time to midnight, and give future option to offer our customers same day delivery Accelerating our digital agenda • Decision in early April to close existing contact centre and set up our 800 contact centre colleagues to work from home for first time • New working models for contact centre and head office will harness benefits of remote and on-premise work including productivity and well-being Pensions • The Littlewoods Pensions Scheme, which is sponsored by The Very Group, completed a buy-in deal with Rothesay Life for just under £930m in July 2020 • This is the second buy-in for the scheme with substantially all member liabilities for The Very Group now insured 4 Quarter 4 +36% +1%pt +103% Q4 Very.co.uk Q4 Very.co.uk Q4 new retail sales UK non-food customers market share FY20 £2bn +2.9% +10.5% Annual Group revenue Very.co.uk retail revenue passed sales Q4 and FY20 for first time financial highlights FY20 £48.4m £264.4m1 £241.5m PBT Underlying Underlying free (FY19: £(185.5)m) EBITDA cash flow (FY19: £272.4m) (FY19: £135.2m) Note: 1. Underlying EBITDA adversely impacted by £12.4m due to Covid-19 – excluding these impacts, underlying EBITDA would have been approximately £277m 5 5 Economic model - consistent focus on profit and free cash drivers FY20 v FY19 performance a a a a Revenue Gross margin Return on assets Costs Debtor book +10.5% growth in Stable (2.2)%pts Lower +1.1% growth in Very.co.uk retail underlying retail reduction in costs as underlying bad debt average Very