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Asetek A/S

Investor Presentation Apr 26, 2017

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First Quarter 2017

26 April 2017

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ASETEK in brief

Listed on Oslo Børs OSE4520 Technology Hardware & Equipment

Sales FY'16 USD 51 million / Q1'17 USD 11.5 million

  • Business Provider of liquid cooling solutions for PCs, servers and data centers
  • Operating profit Desktop PC segment FY'16 USD 14.3 million / Q1'17 USD 3.2 million Data center segment FY'16 USD (6.9) million / Q1'17 USD (2.1) million

Market cap USD ~220 million / NOK ~1.9* billion

* 1 USD = NOK 8.60 (25.04.17)

Asetek specializes in liquid cooling solutions for PCs, servers and data centers

What we do

Our integrated value chain and global reach

Aalborg (Denmark) R&D and Engineering

Q1'17 report highlights

  • New orders and development agreement with major player reflect increased end-user adoption in data center segment
  • New data center customer in South Korea
  • Surpassed >4m shipped sealed loop coolers since inception
  • Revenues of USD 11.5 million, up 10% vs. Q1'16
  • Driven by high-end gaming cooling demand
  • Dividend of NOK 1.00 per share for 2016 approved

Revenue per segment, USD thousands

Two business segments

Positive development despite challenged PC industry

DESKTOP SEGMENT

Do-It-Yourself
PC enthusiasts
81% sales*
Gaming and Performance
Desktop PCs
18% sales*
Enterprise
Workstations
1% sales*
  • Desktop segment driven by new, powerful technologies and high profile computer games
  • Strong demand within the DIY market
  • 4 new products began shipping
  • Increasing need for advanced cooling due to customer desire for a more immersive gaming experience
  • 3 new products began shipping

• Workstation category marginal part of segment today

Quarterly data center revenue 2013-Q1 2017

Continued data center expansion

• Two new HPC Installations deploy Asetek signature RackCDU D2C (Direct-to-Chip) liquid cooling solutions • Existing HPC installations expand through repeat orders for RackCDU placed by existing OEM partners

• Asetek technology offers both CPU cooling but also GPGPU (General Purpose Graphic Processor Unit) cooling • Power consumption of greater than 300 watts per GPU (or GPGPU co-processors) are becoming the norm

• Intech & Company distributes PC and server components, EMC storage products, and APC power supplies in South Korea • First orders: sealed loops and InRackCDU D2C (Direct-to-Chip) liquid cooling solutions

DATA CENTER SEGMENT

Global leadership in OEMs & installations

DATA CENTER SEGMENT

Revenue development

  • Q1'17 group revenue of \$11.5m driven by DIY desktop sales
  • Increase of 10% vs Q1'16
  • Q1'17 desktop revenue \$11.1m
  • Driven by demand in the do-it-yourself (DIY) market
  • Compares with \$9.4m in Q1'16 and \$16.3m in Q4'16
  • Q1'17 data center revenue of \$0.4m
  • Compares with \$1.0m in Q1'16 and \$1.6m in Q4'16
  • Reaffirming 2017 expectations

Group revenue, USD thousands

Gross margin and earnings development

Gross margin development Group EBITDA development, USD thousands

  • Group gross margin of 38.5% (39.0%)
  • Desktop gross margin at 38.6% (38.8%)
  • Data center gross margin at 36.7% (41.7%)

    • Fluctuates due to variability in the mix of deliverables on government contracts relative to the volume of product shipments to OEMs
    • Variability is expected to continue in 2017
  • Desktop EBITDA margin of 30.6% (29.8%)

  • Data center EBITDA of USD (1.8) million
  • EBITDA affected by investments in technology development, product marketing, and sales development with data center partners and OEM customers

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Income statement

• Increased costs related to headcount growth, investments in developing OEM partnerships and intellectual property defense

• Reduced depreciation on capitalized assets

USD (000's) Q1 2017 Q1 2016
Group Desktop Data center Group Desktop Data center
Revenue 11 471 11 054 417 10 404 9 414 990
Gross Margin 38.5 % 38.6% 36.7% 39.0 % 38.8% 41.7%
Other operating expenses 2 831 878 1 953 2 205 840 1 365
EBITDA adjusted 1 584 3 384 (1 800) 1 857 2 809 ( 952)
Depreciations 388 162 226 615 212 403
Share based compensation 48 16 32 ( 8) ( 3) ( 5)
E B I T 1 148 3 206 (2 058) 1 250 2 600 (1 350)
EBIT Margin 10.0 % 29.0% N/A 12.0 % 27.6% N/A
HQ, Litigation expenses 549 369
HQ, Share based compensation 24 13
HQ, Other 296 248
Headquarters costs 869 630
EBIT, total 279 620

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Cash flow statement

USD (000's) Q1 2017 Q4 2016 Q3 2016 Q2 2016 Q1 2016
Income (loss) for the period 151 7,578 2,055 (387) 391
Depreciation, amortization and impairment 388 563 598 702 615
Finance cost (income) and taxes 8 (4,707) 6 9 14
Share based compensation 72 88 115 120 5
Changes in current assets other than cash 4,353 (4,182) (3,142) (752) 4,181
Changes in payables and accrued liabilities (5,769) 1,342 3,670 2,088 (3,164)
Net cash provided (used) in operating activities ( 797) 682 3 302 1 780 2 042
Additions to intangible assets and other assets (391) (433) (398) (539) (465)
Purchase of property and equipment & other (225) (528) (169) (251) (129)
assets
Net cash used in investing activities
(616) (961) (567) (790) (594)
Proceeds from debt issuance, other LT liabilities
Cash flows on credit lines/debt/lease (213) 125 (44) (37) (2)
Proceeds from issuance of capital / conv debt 274 112 - 4 17
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities 61 237 (44) (33) 15
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash (74) (641) 25 (114) 211
Net changes in cash and cash equivalents (1 426) ( 683) 2 716 843 1 674
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 17 610 18 293 15 577 14 734 13 060
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 16 184 17 610 18 293 15 577 14 734

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Balance sheet

Balance sheet composition – Q1 2017

  • Proposed dividend of NOK 1.00 per share for 2016 (Not reflected in the balance sheet)
  • Limited investments in fixed asset
  • Strong cash position
  • Low interest bearing debt
  • Balance sheet enabling growth and financial flexibility

Desktop strategy and outlook

Outlook
Do-It-Yourself
PC enthusiasts
81% sales
Gaming and Performance
Desktop PCs
18% sales

Drive differentiation

Increase GPU attach
Reaffirming 2017
expectations
Enterprise
Workstations
1% sales

Recover market share

DESKTOP SEGMENT

Data center strategy and outlook

Exploit established leadership HPC Execute on the development agreement with the as yet to be disclosed major player in data center market

Goal Strategy
Exploit established leadership HPC
Increase end-user adoption with
existing OEMs
Add new OEMs
segment

Explore potential opportunities to grow beyond the HPC

Outlook

Reaffirming 2017 expectations

DATA CENTER SEGMENT

• New orders and development agreement with major player reflect increased end-user adoption in data center

  • segment
  • New data center customer in South Korea
  • Surpassed >4m shipped sealed loop coolers since inception
  • Revenues of USD 11.5 million, up 10% vs. Q1'16
  • Dividend of NOK 1.00 per share for 2016 approved
  • Reaffirming 2017 expectations

Summary

Largest shareholders as of 24 April 2017

Holding Percentage Country Account Type
3,186,341 12.5 %DNK ORDINARY
1,300,056 5.1 %USA NOMINEE
1,226,926 4.8 %DNK NOMINEE
1,177,792 4.6 %DNK ORDINARY
1,060,000 4.2 %USA NOMINEE
1,027,979 4.0 %LUX NOMINEE
998,668 4.0 %NOR ORDINARY
799,397 3.1 %CHE NOMINEE
698,327 2.7 %NOR ORDINARY
687,008 2.7 %DNK NOMINEE
668,532 2.6 %BEL NOMINEE
630,613 2.5 %NOR ORDINARY
568,013 2.2 %KWT NOMINEE
538,834 2.1 %SWE NOMINEE
530,163 2.1 %DNK NOMINEE
512,845 2.0 %FIN NOMINEE
471,717 2.0 %GBR NOMINEE
463,000 1.8 %DEU NOMINEE
394,007 1.5 %BEL NOMINEE
374,496 1.5 %NOR ORDINARY
17,314,714 68.0 %
7,640,614 30.0 %
502,424 2.0 %
25,457,752 100.0 %

Income statement

Figures in USD (000's) Q1 2017 Q1 2016 2016
Unaudited Unaudited
Revenue \$
11,471
\$
10,404
\$
50,921
Cost of sales 7,056 6,342 31,171
Gross profit 4,415 4,062 19,750
Research and development 883 707 3,428
Selling, general and administrative 3,253 2,735 11,653
Total operating expenses 4,136 3,442 15,081
Operating income 279 620 4,669
Foreign exchange (loss) gain (110) (202) 330
Finance (income) costs (9) (14) (8)
Total financial income (expenses) (119) (216) 322
Income before tax 160 404 4,991
Income tax (expense) benefit (9) (13) 4,646
Income for the period 151 391 9,637
Other comprehensive income items that may be reclassified
to profit or loss in subsequent periods:
Foreign currency translation adjustments (6) 249 (455)
Total comprehensive income \$
145
\$
640
\$
9,182
Income per share (in USD):
Basic \$
0.01
\$
0.02
\$
0.39
Diluted \$
0.01
\$
0.02
\$
0.38
Figures in USD (000's) Q1 2017 Q1 2016 2016
Unaudited Unaudited
Revenue \$
11,471
\$
10,404 \$ 50,921
Cost of sales 7,056 6,342 31,171
Gross profit 4,415 4,062 19,750
Research and development 883 707 3,428
Selling, general and administrative 3,253 2,735 11,653
Total operating expenses 4,136 3,442 15,081
Operating income 279 620 4,669
Foreign exchange (loss) gain (110) (202) 330
Finance (income) costs (9) (14) (8)
Total financial income (expenses) (119) (216) 322
Income before tax 160 404 4,991
Income tax (expense) benefit (9) (13) 4,646
Income for the period 151 391 9,637
Other comprehensive income items that may be reclassified
to profit or loss in subsequent periods:
Foreign currency translation adjustments (6) 249 (455)
Total comprehensive income \$
145
\$
640 \$ 9,182
Income per share (in USD):
Basic \$
0.01
\$
0.02 \$ 0.39
Diluted \$
0.01
\$
0.02 \$ 0.38

Balance sheet

31 Dec 2016
\$ 1,871
1,684
4,874
642
9,071
1,158
13,325
17,610
32,093
\$ 41,164
\$ 417
-
28,130
(257)
28,290
264
264
524
1,305
1,413
9,368
12,610
12,874
\$ 41,164
\$ 31 Mar 2017
Unaudited
2,043
1,924
4,765
675
9,407
1,111
9,272
16,184
26,567
35,974
417
274
28,353
(260)
28,784
361
361
387
1,245
1,153
4,044
6,829
7,190
35,974

Equity

Unaudited
Share Share Translation Other Retained
Figures in USD (000's) capital premium reserves reserves earnings Total
Equity at January 1, 2017 \$ 417 \$ - \$
(248)
\$
(9)
\$
28,130 \$
28,290
Total comprehensive income - quarter ended March 31, 2017
Income for the period - - - - 151 151
Foreign currency translation adjustments - - (6) - - (6)
Total comprehensive income - quarter ended March 31, 2017 - - (6) - 151 145
Transactions with owners - quarter ended March 31, 2017
Shares issued - 274 - 3 - 277
Share based payment expense - - - - 7
2
7
2
Transactions with owners - quarter ended March 31, 2017 - 274 - 3 7
2
349
Equity at March 31, 2017 \$ 417 \$ 274 \$
(254)
\$
(6)
\$
28,353 \$
28,784
Equity at January 1, 2016 \$ 416 \$ 76,665 \$
207
\$
(9)
\$
(58,633) \$
18,646
Total comprehensive income - quarter ended March 31, 2016
Loss for the period
- - - - 391 391
Foreign currency translation adjustments - - 249 - - 249
Total comprehensive income - quarter ended March 31, 2016 - - 249 - 391 640
Transactions with owners - quarter ended March 31, 2016
Shares issued - 1
5
- - - 1
5
Share based payment expense - - - - 5 5
Transactions with owners - quarter ended March 31, 2016 - 1
5
- - 5 2
0
Equity at March 31, 2016 \$ 416 \$ 76,680 \$
456
\$
(9)
\$
(58,237) \$
19,306
Share Share Translation Other Retained
Figures in USD (000's) capital premium reserves reserves earnings Total
Equity at January 1, 2017 \$
417
\$
-
\$
(248)
\$
(9)
\$
28,130
\$
28,290
Total comprehensive income - quarter ended March 31, 2017
Income for the period
Foreign currency translation adjustments
-
-
-
-
-
(6)
-
-
151
-
151
(6)
Total comprehensive income - quarter ended March 31, 2017 - - (6) - 151 145
Transactions with owners - quarter ended March 31, 2017
Shares issued
- 274 - 3 - 277
Share based payment expense - - - - 7
2
7
2
Transactions with owners - quarter ended March 31, 2017 - 274 - 3 7
2
349
Equity at March 31, 2017 \$
417
\$
274
\$
(254)
\$
(6)
\$
28,353
\$
28,784
Equity at January 1, 2016 \$
416
\$
76,665
\$
207
\$
(9)
\$
(58,633)
\$
18,646
Total comprehensive income - quarter ended March 31, 2016
Loss for the period
Foreign currency translation adjustments
-
-
-
-
-
249
-
-
391
-
391
249
Total comprehensive income - quarter ended March 31, 2016 - - 249 - 391 640
Transactions with owners - quarter ended March 31, 2016
Shares issued
Share based payment expense
Transactions with owners - quarter ended March 31, 2016
-
-
-
1
5
-
1
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5
5
1
5
5
2
0
Equity at March 31, 2016 \$
416
\$
76,680
\$
456
\$
(9)
\$
(58,237)
\$
19,306

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