4Q23 & 2023

EARNINGS

CONFERENCE CALL

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4Q23 & 2023 Highlights

Mario Queirós

4Q23 Highlights

Good sales performance, with advances in Extrafarma integration and operating cash generation

MARKET SHARE

Above-market growth in North, Northeast and Midwest regions

DIGITAL CHANNELS

12.5% share of total sales

(+2.6 p.p. vs 4Q22)

CASH CYCLE

Reduction of 6 days vs. 4Q22 with partial recomposition of accounts receivable

EXTRAFARMA GROWTH

Same Store Sales of 6.8% in 4Q23 and 19.4% accumulated in 2 years

EXTRAFARMA SYNERGIES

R$ 130 million on an annualized basis (~57% of mapped potential)

ADJUSTED NET INCOME

R$ 62.8 million in 4Q23, with a progressive improvement in financial results

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2023 Highlights

Strategic Advances, Reduction of Financial Leverage and Extrafarma Integration in Progress

SALES GROWTH

+21.8% vs 2022

+15.2% 4 years CAGR

DIGITAL CHANNELS

BRL 1.4 billion in sales (+49.3% vs 2022)

INDEBTEDNESS

0.7x reduction in Net Debt / EBITDA vs peak leverage in 2Q23

EBITDA GROWTH

+7.0% vs 2022

+16.4% 4 years CAGR

CUSTOMER BASE

20.7 million active customers in the year (+6.3% vs 2022)

EXTRAFARMA INTEGRATION

Successful conclusion of logistics and technology integrations

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4Q23 & 2023 Results

Luiz Novais, CFO

Pague Menos Sales

Maintenance of strong growth throughout the year, with different behaviors by region

TOTAL GROWTH

(variation %)

New/Closed Stores Same Stores

EVOLUTION OF SSS BY REGION

(Quarterly SSS)

15%

11.4%

4.5%

6.8%

9.7%

5.4%

4.3%

11.6% 11.5%

5.7%

5.0%

5.9%

6.5%

8.6%

3.3%

5.3%

CO

10%

5% N/NE S/SE

4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 4Q23

0%

4Q22

1Q23

2Q23

3Q23

4Q23

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New Stores Performance

The 218 stores opened between 2021 and 2023 with a positive trend in profitability

MATURATION CURVE (% of potential sale)

Cohort 21 Cohort 22 Cohort 23

100%

4-WALL¹ MARGIN BY REVENUE BAND

(R$ thousand and % of gross revenue)

Mature Stores

New Stores

AVERAGE MONTHLY REVENUE

90%

80% 70% 60% 50% 40%

30%

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10

5.3%

8.3%

9.4%

11.2%

11.3%

400-500

500-600

600-700

700-800

800-900

8.0%

9.4%

10.3%

9.2%

14.2%

76% 86% 67%

located in the

positioned in the

in cities

N/NE regions

Classes B2/C/D

from the interior

¹ Considers only direct store expenses. Data refer to the month of December/2023.

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Extrafarma Sales

Acceleration in the pace of growth, with maturation of sales synergies

SAME-STORE GROWTH(SSS)

(% variation)

12.0%

6.8%

4.7% 4.5%

3.4%

4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 4Q23

¹ Considers the 355 stores opened at the end of 4Q23

SSS YTD 2 YEARS¹

(% variation)

19.2% 19.4%

13.5%

7.1%

1Q23 x 1Q21 2Q23 x 2Q21 3Q23 x 3Q21 4Q23 x 4Q21

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Market Share

Share increase in the main regions, with growth balanced between new and mature stores

Share by Region

Composition of Growth

(% of total market)

(var. % 2023 vs 2022 - R$ CPP)

4Q22

4Q23

New/Closed Stores

Same Stores

+0.2p.p.

9.5%

8.2%

+0,1p.p.

19.4

19.6

4.3%

15.3 15.4

3.9%

0.8%

=

+0.3p.p.

6.0

6.0

4.2 4.5

-0,1p.p.

4.3%

5.2%

4.8%

=

1.7

1.6

0.9

0.9

BR

NE

N

CO

SE

S

(4.0%)

Market

Pague Menos

Extrafarma

Source: IQVIA

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Note: IQVIA methodology normalizes sales prices among players, causing the growth in R$ CPP to diverge from what is actually

realized.

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