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Nordic Unmanned ASA

Investor Presentation Feb 23, 2023

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Q4 2022 REPORT

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Q4'22 and FY'22 Highlights

EUR million

PRIVATE PLACEMENT

8
EUR million
PRIVATE PLACEMENT
December 2022 offering and
February 2023 subsequent offering
270 000
Kilometers
FLIGHT DISTANCE COVERED IN 2022
Almost seven times around the earth

Kilometers

NORDUN

Drone flight services. Delivers drone operations through pool of pilots, technicians, systems, certifications, sensors, control center, and more.

NUTECH

Manufacturer and developer of the Nordic Unmanned Groups' products. Including AirRobot and DroneMatrix.

NUMAR

Delivers the data analytics solutions of the Nordic Unmanned Group such as emission monitoring services. Includes Ecoxy and NUAer.

NUGLOBAL

Sales and distribution network of the products and solutions of the Nordic Unmanned Group.

NUTECH NORDUN

Flight services

Nordun delivers drone services the Maritime, Defense & Security, Offshore Energy market for both governmental and enterprise clients.

  • NUMar

Products

NUTech will provide products and solutions to Group customers through Nordic global distribution network.

  • NUGlobal

Focus on execution and profitability

MIKADO II

Delivery of AR100-H

To the Bundeswehr

Main revenue effect in Q2 and Q4.

TIQUILA

Delivery of Heimdal sensors

To Lockheed Martin UK Ltd

Main revenue effect Q1, Q3 and Q4

OP/5

Planning of operations

Textron Aerosonde VTOL fleet Minimal financial effect in 2023

OP/46

European deployments

3 simultaneous deployments Main revenue effect in Q2 and Q3

TWO BUSINESSES

Nordun and NUTECH

Flight services operations

Focused product portfolio of military drones, drone-in-a-box and sensors

ASSET ADJUSTMENTS

Sale of non-core assets

Assets unrelated to Nordun and NUTech core operations and budget

Opportunistic fleet review

PROFITABILITY

High invoicing levels in 2023

Delivery of high-value drone products

Improved terms and cost base for flight operations

Leaner organization

Financials On track to achieve profitability from operations and lower debt burden

• 48% growth from Q4'21

  • 79% growth from FY 2022
  • EBITDA loss of EUR 2.4m due to low season for flight services and ramp-up of manufacturing activities that will start invoicing in the coming months
  • Sale of drone products grew to 33%
  • Impairments of EUR 2.3m, and one off costs and inventory obsoleteness of EUR 0.7 million.
  • Decided to derecognize deferred tax asset of EUR 5.0m
Quarters FY
mEUR Q4'22 Q4'21 2022 2021
Operating revenue 3.7 2.5 16.5 9.2
EBITDA -2.4 -2.8 -8.6 -5.3
EBITDA margin % -65% -113% -52% -57%

Quarterly revenue and EBITDA margin

Liquidity and solidity

    1. • Group liquidity of EUR 6.7 million
  • Private placement of NOK 66 million net
  • 12.3 • Reduction of short-term debt, improving with EUR 4.4 million
  • Equity ratio of 49%
  • 9.6 6 • Sales of non-strategic assets, potential effect between EUR 3 10 million in Q2-Q4 2023
  • Investments for new contracts pushed to 2024

Subs credit lines EUR 2,9 mil

Nordun OP/5 contract signed – low quarter for operations

  • Revenue Q4 mEUR 1.5 (+20%)
  • EBITDA Q4 mEUR 1.0 (+23%)
  • Increased operational activity in an expected seasonal low -period
  • 437 flight hours in Q4, increase of 43% compared to Q4 2021
  • Doubled activity in full year 2022
  • ⚬ 2922 flight hours FY2022, an increase of 99% compared to FY2021
  • ⚬ Covered more than 260 000 km of flight distance with Aerosonde and Camcopter
  • ⚬ OP/5 contract with EMSA scales on OP/46
  • ⚬ First call-off received in Q1 2023 for data integration
  • ⚬ Same crew and fleet complementarity between OP/46 and OP/5 contract
  • ⚬ Accepted increased contract utilization on OP/46, with a third deployment, as a result of the OP/5 award

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Nordun 2022 seasonality Customer and operation

Equinor

• Offshore logistical operations with the Staaker®

EMSA

  • OP46 with the Textron Aerosonde
  • Estonia, Finland
  • OP10 with the CAMCOPTER S-100
  • France, Spain Germany
  • OP1 with the Lockheed Martin Indago
  • Offshore Europe
BVLOS operations

Nordun 2023 planned operations

NUMar Leading provider of accredited measurements and verifications

  • Revenue Q4 mEUR 0.4
  • EBITDA Q4 mEUR -0.2

NUAer (60% ownership)

• Performed operations for Port of Turku and major oil and gas company

Ecoxy (100% ownership)

  • Ecoxy maintained position as a leading provider of accredited NOx measurements and verification of GHG emissions.
  • 22 emission measurements in Q4
  • Full year turnover of MNOK 18, an increase of 34%. EBITDA margin of 28%

Emission monitoring

48 vessels overflown 124 measurements done 47 environmental flights

General maritime surveillance 64 maritime surveillance missions

175x

Less emission from our fleet compared to its manned alternatives

We continue to make significant ESG contributions

NUTech Flagship contracts secured

  • Revenue Q4 mEUR 1.5 (+89%)
  • Gross profit Q4 mEUR 1
  • EBITDA Q4 mEUR 0.3

AirRobot (100% ownership)

  • in significant backlog for 2023 for sensors for the Lockheed Martin Indago 4
  • First AR100-H sold to Police forces
  • Coax patent secures EUR 350k in license revenue

DroneMatrix (55% ownership)

  • Completed setup for efficient and scalable manufacturing of systems
  • Completed the installation of 4 of 6 systems for Port of Antwerp

TIQUILA contract 10-year contract

  • Award from Lockheed Martin UK Ltd
  • Orders could exceed EUR 5 mill in 2023
  • Duration: Up to 10+2 years

The Heimdal sensor is a dual Electro-Optical/Infra-Red (EO/IR) sensor, initially developed for AirRobot's AR100-H drone system sensor to be integrated on the Lockheed Martin Indago 4

Delivery model

  • Supply, maintenance and life cycle support
  • Full utilization of contract expected from 2024, contingent on call-offs

Opportunities

  • Enhanced scope of OEM services
  • Integration on the Lockheed Martin Indago 4 globally

The Heimdal sensor mounted on a Lockheed Martin Indago 4

MIKADO II Expectations in 2023

  • Award from Bundeswehr in 2022
  • Value potential: Up to EUR 12 million
  • Delivery: 145 AR100-H systems + support
  • Duration: 10+2 years

AR100-H is a system consisting of air vehicle sensors, power source, spare parts, ground control station and related software. Specially made for military and police applications

  • The first batch of drones will be delivered in Q2 2023
  • Second batch will be delivered in Q4 2023
  • Opportunities
  • Achievement of airworthiness certification is expected to trigger military demand
  • Police demand in Germany, following the award

The system being delivered to the Bundeswehr, AR100-H

NUGlobal Announcement of Tiquila contract

  • Revenue Q4 mEUR 0.3
  • Gross profit Q4 mEUR 0.1
  • EBITDA Q4 mEUR -0.3
  • Revenue related to sale of Lockheed Martin Indago, frame agreement with Swedish police, and various MRO activities in Norway
  • Nordic Unmanned UK Ltd. instrumental in securing the TIQUILA contract with Lockheed Martin UK
  • High activity and commercial traction in newly opened US entity related to drone-in-a-box and AirRobot AR100-H

Contract backlog *Contract backlog includes the maximum remaining estimated

value of signed and/or awarded contracts. Annual utilization is based on calloffs, contract estimates and client feedback

  • The TIQUILA and OP/5 contract contract now added to the contract backlog
  • The OP/5 contract has a rate increase which representant a significant increase in profitability for the backlog

TOTAL CONTRACT BACKLOG*

Potential awards

Total CRM Pipeline: EUR 1.2bn

Value-adjusted win rate of ≈50%*

Awaiting tender decisions next 6 months: EUR 67 million

Drone-as-a-service for governmental customer

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Summary Q4

Revenue target to exceed EUR 30 million

87% visibility based upon current contracts

Financial targets for 2023

Profitability

Target EBITDA margin of approx. 10% for the full year, accumulated breakeven from Q2

Target cash positive from operations for the full year, accumulated breakeven in Q2

2023 main risks

Nordun Drone-As-A-Service

  • Pure-play drone "airline"
  • State-of-the-art fleet of UAVs and systems
  • Pilots and technicians
  • Operations Control Center
  • Complex missions with advanced platforms and sensors
  • LUC permit

NUGlobal Sales and Distribution

  • Global sales and distribution network offering:
  • ⚬ Own products, solutions and services
  • ⚬ Strategic partners, products and solutions
  • ⚬ Global strategic distributors

NUTech Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) • Portfolio owner of Nordic Unmanned

  • Group's own
  • technology products
  • Product families: ⚬ Staaker
  • ⚬ AirRobot
  • ⚬ DroneMatrix

NUMar Data-As-A-Service

  • Serves maritime market
  • Emission monitoring services
  • Data analytics and platform
  • Subsidiaries
  • ⚬ Ecoxy
  • ⚬ NUAer

Our business units

Organised into fully-functional business units

EBITDA Profit/(loss) for the period before net financial items, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization
Contract backlog Contract backlog includes the maximum remaining estimated value of signed contracts
Historic win rate Value of opportunities above EUR 200k won divided by aggregate value of closed targeted opportunities
above EUR 200k
MRO Maintenance, repair & overhaul
Value adjusted win rate Based on 113 historical opportunities with value above EUR 200.000
Reduced CO² emissions Average CO² emission of Sikorsky S92 and Challenger CL604 per flight hour –
Average CO² emission of
CAMCOPTER S-100 per flight hour = Reduced CO² emission.
Our flight operations could be conducted by these comparable manned platforms; the helicopter
Sikorsky S92 and the maritime surveillance plane Challenger CL604. Therefore, the average of these two
platforms have been used when comparing CO² footprint with large drone flight operations.
Definitions in sales
pipeline
Prospect: Potential leads not formally confirmed
Qualified lead: Lead formally confirmed or received from client
RFI delivered: Response to request for information (RFI)
RFP / Proposal: Ongoing proposal response
Awaiting award: Tender or offer submitted
Projects with
ongoing negotiations or un-announced wins not included in CRM pipeline

Definitions

Quarters Full
year
in
Amounts
EUR
Notes Q4
2022
Q4
2021
2022 2021
Operating
revenue
3
,4
3
705
502
2
499
707
16
476
046
9
185
911
of
goods
sold
Cost
4 748
738
609
589
2
627
077
1
539
041
Personnel
expenses
4 3
588
516
2
538
414
12
994
797
6
440
359
and
Depreciation
amortisation
expenses
6
5
,
724
409
1
995
190
519
030
5
2
066
650
Impairments 5
6
,
2
323
487
0 2
323
487
0
Other
operating
expenses
4 2
357
881
2
310
464
10
039
178
6
460
748
Total
operating
expenses
10
743
031
6
329
782
33
503
568
16
506
798
profit
(loss)
Operating
-7
037
529
-3
830
075
-17
027
522
-7
320
887
/
financial
(expense)
income
Net
7 -195
814
-918 070
321
-1
149
899
(loss)
Profit
before
tax
-7
233
343
-3
830
992
-18
097
843
-7
170
988
expense (benefit)
Income
tax
089
782
5
054
347
-1
2
842
039
344
803
-1
(loss)
Profit
for
the
period
-12
323
125
-2
776
646
-20
939
882
826
185
-5
Allocation
of
profit
or loss:
Profit/loss
attributable
non-controlling
interests
to
-153
309
-42
572
-325
209
-42
572
Profit/loss
attributable
the
to
parent
-12
169
816
-2
734
073
-20
614
673
783
613
-5

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