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PRELIMINARY RESULTS Year ended 31 March 2013

4th June 2013

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Background

Introduction Richard Moon

Overview of results & outlook Nick Jefferies

Financial review Simon Gibbins

Operating review Nick Jefferies

Agenda

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Background Introduction

Good progress in challenging markets

Strategy working well

Full year dividend increased by 6%

Acquisitions adding value

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Background

Introduction Richard Moon

Overview of results & outlook Nick Jefferies

Financial review Simon Gibbins

Operating review Nick Jefferies

Agenda

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Background Overview of annual results

1. Underlying profits exclude exceptional costs, amortisation of acquired intangible assets and IAS 19 charge on legacy pension fund

2. Growth at constant exchange rates (CER)

3. Ongoing sales are at constant exchange rates (CER) excluding UK Parts disposal and discontinued non specialist products announced last year

4. Excludes impact of disposals - loss on disposal of UK Parts business of £5.1m (EPS impact -11.4p)

Ongoing sales down 5%(3) to £203m

Gross margin increased by 0.8ppts to 31.0%

Underlying PBT down 6% to £6.3m

Working capital improved to 11.6% of sales

Free cash flow 112% of operating profit

ROTCE 24%, up 2.3ppts

FY 12/13 FY 11/12CER

growth(2)

Ongoing

growth(3)

Revenue £219m £258m -12% -5%

Gross Profit £67.9m £77.9m -10% -4%

Underlying Operating Profit(1) £6.9m £8.1m -9%

Underlying PBT(1) £6.3m £7.2m -6%

Underlying Diluted EPS(1) 17.5p 19.9p -6%

Fully Diluted EPS pre-disposal(4) 5.1p 7.1p

Dividend per Share 8.5p 8.0p +6%

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Background Operating highlights

Second half pick up

Orders returned to growth in H2

Second half sales higher than first

Market share gains in Electronics division

Gross margins increase – 4th consecutive year

Operating expense flexibility

New web platform live across Europe

Acquisition of Myrra Group with successful placing & new debt

Disposal of UK Supply Chain business

Figures quoted like for like at constant exchange rates

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Background Outlook

Good start to the new year Orders up 19%, or 7% excluding Myrra

Book to Bill ratio of 1.09:1

Growth initiatives delivering results Cross sell - bookings uplift

Web – new customer enquiries

Further acquisition opportunities

Stabilising economic conditions

Electronics Division orders growth

Book : Bill 0.98 1.03 1.09

Figures quoted like for like at constant exchange rates

-5%

5%7%

Electronics Myrra

H1

12%

H2 Apr/May

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Background

Introduction Richard Moon

Overview of results & outlook Nick Jefferies

Financial review Simon Gibbins

Operating review Nick Jefferies

Agenda

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Background

28.4%

30.2%

31.0%

FY 11 FY 12 FY 13

GM rise partially offsets tough sales environment

Ongoing sales(2) down 5% to £203m

European slowdown -4%

(v overall market decline of -11%(3))

Spain -1%

H2 up 3% on H1

Further increase in gross margin

Up 0.8ppts y-o-y to 31.0%

1. Sales at constant exchange rates (CER)

2. Ongoing sales are at CER excluding UK Parts disposal and discontinued non specialist products announced last year

3. External data for European electronics distribution excluding Spain produced by IDEA

CER sales(1) (£m)

Gross margin

215 214203

FY11 FY12 FY13

Discontinued sales Ongoing sales

44 35

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Background Gross profit remains resilient

Ongoing gross profit(1) down 4% y-o-y

Up 4% (v 2 yrs ago)

CER gross profit (£m)

£4.6m

1. Ongoing gross profit is at CER excluding UK Parts disposal and discontinued non specialist products announced last year

61.265.7 63.4

FY11 FY12 FY13

Discontinued GP Ongoing GP

4.5

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Background Operating expense flexibility protects earnings

Profit down £0.7m on revenues down £29.7m(1)

Only 2% drop through rate

10% opex savings driven by cost reduction

programme last year

(2%)

(1) Approximately 2/3 relates to discontinued products, 1/3 to ongoing sales

(2) Figures quoted at constant exchange rates

Underlying Drop through

operating % of reduced

profit sales

FY 2012 8.1

FX (0.5) -1%

FY 2012 (CER) 7.6 -1%

Acqn / Disposal 0.3 1%

Volume (6.6) -22%

GM 1.6 5%

Opex 4.0 14%

FY 2013 6.9 -3%

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Background Operating margins maintained

Operating profit(1) at £6.9m down £0.7m y-o-y

H2 up £0.5m on H1

Operating margin maintained at 3.1%

H2 up 0.5ppts on H1 to 3.4%

1. Underlying operating profit excludes exceptional items and amortisation of acquired intangible assets

2. Figures quoted at constant exchange rates

H1 10

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Profit £m

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of Sales

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Underlying operating profit (CER) % of sales (CER)

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Background Divisional margins increased

Electronics

Operating margin improves to 5.4%

Supply Chain

Profitability improvement following sale of loss-making UK Parts

Ongoing sales down 2%

Operating profit up £0.2m and operating margin up 0.9ppts to 3.3%

1. Sales and operating profit comparatives at constant exchange rates (CER)

2. Ongoing sales are at CER excluding UK Parts disposal and discontinued non specialist products announced last year

£m

Sales Operating % Sales Operating % CER Ongoing

profit profit sales(2)

Electronics 177.4 9.5 5.4% 199.4 10.4 5.2% -11% -6%

Supply Chain 41.8 1.4 3.3% 49.5 1.2 2.4% -16% -2%

Unallocated (4.0) (4.0)

Total 219.2 6.9 3.1% 248.9 7.6 3.1% -12% -5%

FY 13 FY 12 (CER)(1)

Sales Growth

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Background Earnings

Interest

Lower average monthly gross debt

Tax

Underlying effective tax rate of 17%

Tax loss utilisation (~£16m remaining)

Underlying diluted EPS down 1.1p to 17.5p

H2 up 13% on H1 and in line with last year

1. Underlying operating profit excludes exceptional items of £3.1m and amortisation on acquired intangible assets of £0.8m (see appendix)

2. Underlying finance costs excludes IAS 19 legacy pension finance cost of £0.4m

3. Stated at constant exchange rates

4. Excludes loss on disposal of UK Parts business of £5.1m; including disposals, the IFRS EPS was – 6.3p

FY 13

£m IFRS CER(3)

Operating profit(1)

6.9 8.1 7.6

Finance costs(2)

(0.6) (0.9) (0.9)

PBT 6.3 7.2 6.7

Effective tax rate 17% 18%

PAT 5.2 5.9

Underlying EPS (p) 17.5p 19.9p 18.6p

IFRS adj to PBT(1,2)

(4.3) (4.5)

IFRS PBT (pre disposal)(4)

2.0 2.7

IFRS EPS (p) 5.1p 7.1p

Loss on disposal (5.1)

IFRS PBT (3.1)

FY 12

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Background Further working capital improvements

Working capital at 11.6% of sales

Improvement of 0.4ppts

ROTCE up 2.3ppts to 24.0%

Working Capital as % of Sales

11%

12%

13%

14%

15%

16%

FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13

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Background Strong generation of free cash

Free cash flow at 112% of operating profit

Acq/disp – Earnouts £2.0m

– UK Parts £1.5m

Myrra cash cost on 3 April 2013 - £8.1m

Average Q4 13 net cash of £1m

£22m of committed facilities including new £8m

acquisition facility (1)

1. The Group also has £13m of uncommitted facilities.

FY 13 FY 12

Underlying Operating Profit 6.9 8.1

D&A + LTIPs 1.8 2.1

EBITDA 8.7 10.2

Working capital 2.3 3.6

Capex (1.3) (1.3)

Interest (0.6) (0.9)

Tax (1.4) (1.1)

Free cash 7.7 10.5

Exceptionals (3.6) (3.9)

Legacy pension (1.5) (0.7)

Free cash (after excep) 2.6 5.9

Dividends (2.3) (2.2)

Acquisitions & Disposals (0.5) (4.0)

Cash flow (pre equity) (0.2) (0.3)

FY 13

Net cash b/f 6.3

Cash flow (0.2)

Equity 5.7

FX 0.0

Net cash c/f 11.8

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Background Summary financial highlights

Operating margin maintained

Cyclicality impact on earnings minimised

Tight control of costs and capital

Generating cash

Increasing returns to shareholders

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Background

Introduction Richard Moon

Overview of results & outlook Nick Jefferies

Financial review Simon Gibbins

Operating review Nick Jefferies

Agenda

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Background Second half pick up

Order growth in all regions 9% higher than first half

5% higher than prior year

Ongoing sales growth 3% higher than first half

3% lower than prior year

Improving trends continue into new year (April & May)

Electronics growth rates YoY – Orders (£m)

Electronics growth rates YoY –Sales (1) (£m)

(1) Ongoing sales are at CER excluding discontinued non specialist products announced last year

87.3

90.1

H1 H2

85.4

92.7

H1 H2

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Background Rising book to bill ratio

Book-to-bill ratio positive in H2 on rising

sales

Indicator of future sales growth

UK & Germany account for 51% of

revenues

Excludes Myrra which gives additional

presence in Nordic & France

Electronics Division FY13 Book-to-Bill ratio

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H2 12 H1 13 H2 13

Electronics Division Revenue by Country FY13

UK 27%

Germany 24% France

14%

Benelux 11%

Nordic 12%

Italy 6%

Spain 3%

South Africa

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Background Order pick up driven by major markets

* Nordic full year orders +16% YoY

9%

16%

25%

3%

-4%

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UK Germany France Benelux Nordic Italy Spain Total

Electronics Div H2 v H1 Orders Growth by Country

67% of total Orders

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Background New web platform launched across Europe

Website live in all European markets

Data structure optimised for search engines

Objectives

Clearer communication of products & services

Providing a multi channel customer experience

New customer acquisition

Encouraging early results

Growing customer traffic

New customers & enquiries

Further enhancements planned

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Background New marketing activities to drive awareness

Re-branded to Acal BFi across Europe

Awareness & brand building underway

Increased digital marketing activities

Customer acquisition and development

programmes

£750k marketing campaign plan for the

coming year Increase of £175k (30%) on prior year

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Background Update on Myrra acquisition

Acquisition completed on 4th April 2013

€9.5m consideration with up to €1.8m earn out

(3yr)

Designer & manufacturer of magnetic

electronic products

70% customer specific

Similar customer base to Acal

Good start with trading in-line

Integration programme underway

Cross-selling in Germany

Manufacturing efficiencies

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Background The acquisition of Myrra brings distinct

benefits

Reminder of benefits

Further strengthens Electronics business

Develops customisation capabilities

Develops geographic profile

Potential operational benefits

Enhancing financial performance

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Background

Growth Strategy

Sales growth Cross-selling

Product range expansion

Custom Service revenues

New customer acquisition

Create a multi channel environment with

the web

Efficiency improvements

Value enhancing acquisitions Distribution & Supply with manufacturing

Expand into new territories

High Volume,

Low Gross Margin

Global High Service

distributors

Global High Volume

distributors

Low Volume,

High Gross Margin

Competitive landscape

European Specialist Acal / BFi Optilas

Standard

components

Specialist components &

systems

Acal is building Europe’s leading specialist

electronics business

Distribution Value Add Manufacture Design

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Background A unique value proposition

Only company operating on a broad scale in specialist technologies

Multiple technologies, industrial sectors & geographies

Market leader in Europe

Selling solutions rather than components

Design capabilities

Cross-selling technologies

Attractive proposition to customers & suppliers

Customers - technical expertise & product knowledge

Suppliers - access to 25k+ potential customers

Unique products

Around 75% of all products sold are unique (sourced / customised / designed)

Building market position and value for shareholders

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Background Customer case study – Transportation Communication

Broadband Internet router for transportation

Railway / Automotive applications

Acal’s role

Design support for wireless and power solutions

Prototyping and certification

Supply of modules

Acal supplies

High performance, rugged Power module

Wireless M2M module

Cross-selling between Acal BFi technology units

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Background Customer case study – Wireless Audio

Wireless audio PA system

Acal’s role

Design support & recommendation for wireless interface

Custom design of Electromagnetic shielding product

Acal supplies

Wireless module

Custom electromagnetic shielding

Cross-selling between Acal companies

Acal BFi & MTC

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Background Customer case study – Gas pressure measurement

Gas chromatography system

Gas pressure measurement

Critical medical application

Acal’s role

Design of custom sensor specification

Acal supplies custom sensor

Existing customer for opto-mechanical products

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Background Summary

Good performance in challenging markets

Growing market share and gross margins

Strong cash flow

Operating cost flexibility

Trading pick up in second half

Growth trends continue into new year

Myrra acquisition progressing well

Niche strategy building a differentiated industrial electronics business

Further acquisitions on the radar

Cautious but optimistic for the year ahead

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Background Key Performance Indicators

1) 3 yrs CAGR of ongoing sales

2) Annual cash flow as a % of underlying operating profit

Strategic Objectives Target

FY13 FY 12

Sales growth ahead of the market Sales growth (CAGR) ahead 21% 27%1

of GDP over the cycle

Develop & maintain attractive margins Underlying operating margin at

5% over the cycle

3.1% 3.1%

Deliver strong cash flow Free cash flow > 60% of

underlying operating profit over

the cycle

112% 130% 2

Attractive return on capital employed ROTCE > 25% 24% 22%

Enhance growth through acquisitions ROI > 15% 24% 26%

Generate long term value for shareholders 3yr small cap TSR in upper

quartile27th % 27th %

Status

Appendix I

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Background Balance Sheet

Balance sheet comparatives at CER, excluding

UK Parts assets/liabilities at last year end.

Reduction in intangibles – amortisation

Working capital reduction (see slide 15)

Provisions – settlement of FY 11/12

restructuring

Tax reduction – resolution of open tax yrs

Movement in Net Assets

Working Capital

FY 13

FY 12

(CER excl

UK Parts)

PPE 3.1 2.9

Intangibles 3.2 4.2

6.3 7.0

Trading capital employed

Inventories 19.3 22.5

Receivables 44.7 45.2

Payables (42.5) (42.6)

21.5 25.1

Total capital employed 27.8 32.2

Goodwill 21.0 20.7

Provisions (3.1) (7.7)

Tax assets / liabilities 0.5 (2.2)

Pension (6.5) (6.5)

Total capital employed 39.7 36.5

Net cash 11.8 6.8

UK Parts - 5.8

Total net assets 51.5 49.1

Net Assets

Balance at 31 March 2012 49.1

Profit after tax (1.8)

Dividend paid (2.3)

Pension - Actuarial losses (0.9)

Equity placing 5.7

Share based payment(1)

0.9

FX on net currency assets 0.8

Balance at 31 March 2013 51.5

1. Includes £0.3m of tax benefit.

Appendix II

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Background Underlying to IFRS reconciliation

Management believe that

Underlying profitability is a useful

measure of the performance of the

business.

Excluded from IFRS results are:-

exceptional costs (restructuring

and integration)

IAS 19 pension finance charge

related to legacy scheme

Amortisation on acquired

intangibles

Profit/(loss) on disposal of

businesses

Y/e 31 March 2013 (£m)

Underlying Excep. Amort IAS19 IFRS Other IFRS

Gross profit 67.9 67.9 67.9

S&D costs (37.7) (37.7) (37.7)

Admin expenses (23.3) (3.1) (0.8) (27.2) (27.2)

Operating Profit 6.9 (3.1) (0.8) 3.0 3.0

Net finance costs (0.6) (0.4) (1.0) (1.0)

Loss on disposal (5.1) (5.1)

Profit before tax 6.3 (3.1) (0.8) (0.4) 2.0 (5.1) (3.1)

Taxation (1.1) 0.3 0.2 0.1 (0.5) 1.8 1.3

Profit after tax 5.2 (2.8) (0.6) (0.3) 1.5 (3.3) (1.8)

Effective tax rate 17% 25% 42%

Fully diluted EPS (p) 17.5 5.1 (6.3)

Y/e 31 March 2012 (£m)

Underlying Excep. Amort IAS19 IFRS

Gross profit 77.9 77.9

S&D costs (41.1) (41.1)

Admin expenses (28.7) (3.4) (0.8) (32.9)

Operating Profit 8.1 (3.4) (0.8) 3.9

Net finance costs (0.9) (0.3) (1.2)

Profit before tax 7.2 (3.4) (0.8) (0.3) 2.7

Taxation (1.3) 0.4 0.2 0.1 (0.6)

Profit after tax 5.9 (3.0) (0.6) (0.2) 2.1

Effective tax rate 18% 22%

Fully diluted EPS (p) 19.9 7.1

Appendix III

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Background Exceptional items and IFRS adjustments

FY 13 FY 12

Electronics restructuring costs 1.0 1.8

Supply chain & other restructuring 0.4

Acquisiton/integration costs 0.9 0.7

Disposal costs 0.2

Web set up costs 1.2 0.3

Total Exceptionals 3.1 3.4

Amortisation of acquired intangibles 0.8 0.8

Legacy pension - IAS19 0.4 0.3

Underlying Adjustments 4.3 4.5

Tax impact of adjustments (0.6) (0.7)

After-tax adjustments 3.7 3.8

Appendix IV