Earnings Conference Call 1Q24
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HIGHLIGHTS More favorable market scenareriod Sales Volume Pulp: 2.4 million tons (vs. 2.5 million tons 1Q23 and 2.8 million tons 4Q23) Paper and packaging1: 256 thousand tons (vs. 249 thousand tons 1Q23 and 320 thousand tons 4Q23) Pulp Inventory: Partial replenishment to normalize service levels Operating Performance Adjusted EBITDA: R$4.6 bn (vs. R$6.2 billion 1Q23 and R$4.5 billion 4Q23) Operating Cash Generation2: R$2.5 bn (vs. R$4.7 billion 1Q23 and R$2.8 billion 4Q23) Cash cost ex-downtimes: R$812/ton (vs. R$937/ton 1Q23 and R$816/ton 4Q23) Financial Management Liquidity3 : US$6.3 bn (vs. US$6.1 billion 1Q23 and US$6.8 billion 4Q23) Net debt: US$11.9 bn (vs. US$10.9 billion 1Q23 and US$11.5 billion 4Q23) Leverage4 : 3.5x in US$ (vs. 1.9x in 1Q23 and 3.1x in 4Q23) 1 Excluding Consumer Goods. | 2 Operating Cash Generation = Adjusted EBITDA less Sustaining Capex. | 3 Considers Finnvera and IFC credit line. | 4 Net Debt / Adjusted EBITDA in the last twelve months. SUZANO


PAPER AND PACKAGING BUSINESS End of destocking, leading to a more balanced market moving forward
1 Excluding Consumer Goods.| ² Excluding impact of Management LTI; 1Q20: - R$30/ton; 1Q21: - R$57/ton ; 1Q22: R$20/ton; 1Q23: - R$10/ton; 4Q23: - R$16/ton; 1Q24: - R$49/ton; LTM 1Q24: - R$36/ton.
Paper Sales¹ ('000 tons) Average Net Price (R$/ton) Paper Adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA Margin²
R$ MM R$/ton Margin %
LTM 1Q24 LTM 1Q24 1Q20 1Q21 1Q22 1Q23 4Q23 1Q24 Exports Domestic. SUZANO
249 70 179 320 117 202 256 103 152 1,110 401 709 7,056 5,793 5,715 6,073
1,212 1,412 1,873 2,842 1,806 1,832 2,098 2,328 290 373 525 708 577 468 32% 34% 35% 40% 31% 32% 35%



PULP BUSINESS 1Q23 4Q23 1Q24 LTM 1Q24 1Q23 4Q23 1Q24 LTM 1Q24 Average FX R$ 5.20 R$ 4.96 R$ 4.95 R$ 4.93 Supply disruptions and demand pick up drive positive price dynamic R$ MM R$/ton Margin % 1Q23 4Q23 1Q24 US$ BRL LTM 1Q24 Sales Volume ('000 tons) Average Net Price -Export Market ($/tons) Adjusted EBITDA and EBITDA Margin (%) SUZANO 2,455 2,761 2,401 10,161 3,737 2,835 3,092 2,174 1,360 1,625 1,354 719 572 624 576 5,336 3,756 3,902 13,761 58% 48% 53% 48%


PULP BUSINESS Stable cash cost ex-downtimes, delivering performance as planned Pulp Cash Cost - 1Q24 vs. 4Q23 (ex-downtimes -R$/ton) Commodity price effect: -R$5/ton 816 337 339 176 (36) (19) 3 10 2 0 812 318 342 186 (34) 4Q23 Wood Input Fixed Cost Energy FX 1Q24 Pulp Cash Cost - 1Q24 vs. 1Q23 (ex-downtimes -R$/ton) Commodity price effect: -R$53/ton 937 363 430 182 (38) (45) (81) 4 4 (7) 812 318 342 186 (34) 1Q23 1Q24 SUZANO


CERRADO PROJECT Countdown for startup 95% Physical Progress (inside-the-fence¹) 87% Financial Progress (insidece¹) Total capex timeline (R$ billion) 0.1 0.7 7.4 8.5 4.6 0.9 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Actual Expected 1 Insidethe fence includes investments in industrial and infrastructure. Physicaland financial progress and capex up to April 2024. Click here to access the video SUZANO


CERRADO PROJECT Countdown for startup Learning curve ~9 months Sales volume 2024 700 k tons Production volume 2024 900 k tons Monthly production rate (t/month) Scheduled downtime Learning curve conclusion Accumulated Monthly 2Mt Monthly 1 Monthly 2 Monthly 3 Monthly 4 Monthly 5 Monthly 6 Monthly 7 Monthly 8 Monthly 9 Monthly 10 Monthly 11 Monthly 12 250 200 150 100 50 SUZANO


FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT End of investment cycle and new mill start-up pave the way for deleveraging Net Debt (US$ billion) 10.9 Net Debt Mar. 2023 1.6 Capital for Allocation 2.8 Modernization and Growth Inverter bridge Dividends/ Interest on own capital Share Buyback (0.8) Derivative cash adjustments 0.1 Others 11.9 Net Debt Mar. 2024 Leverage (Net debt/EBITDA LTM) In R$ In US$ Mar/23 Dec/23 Mar/24 1.9 3.1 3.6 3.0 3.5 Amortization Schedule² (US$ billion) Average Cost (in US$): 5.0% p.a. Average Term: 74 months Finnvera and IFC3 Stand-by facilities Cash on hand (33% in US$) Liquidity 9M24 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 onwards 6,3 1,1 1.3 3.9 0.4 1.8 2.0 1.6 1.5 8.5 % of debt in fixed rate (US$)4 57% 85% 87% 97% 93% 90% 1 Adjusted EBITDA (-) maintenance capex, (+/-) working capital, (-) accrued net interest, (-) income taxes, among others. | 2 Considers capex ex-maintenance and KC deal.. | 3 Finnvera and IFC credit line. | 4 Considers the portion of debt with currency swaps for foreign currencANO


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