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Photon Energy N.V.

Regulatory Filings Mar 14, 2023

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Photon Energy N.V.

Monthly Report for February 2023

For the period from 1 to 28 February 2023

1. Information on the Occurrence of Trends and Events in the Market Environment of the Issuer, which in the Issuer's Opinion may have Important Consequences in the Future for the Financial Condition and Results of the Issuer

1.1 Production Results of Photon Energy's Power Plants in the Reporting Period

The Company reports 13.2 GWh of electricity produced YTD compared to 14.1 GWh one year ago (-6.3%). This represents an avoidance of 6,205 tonnes of CO2 emissions year-to-date.

In February, the electricity generated by our proprietary portfolio were short of estimates by -1.3%. For more information, please refer to chapter 2. Proprietary PV power plants.

1.2 Photon Energy Commissions Its First Romanian Utility-Scale PV Power Plant

During the reporting period, the Company has completed and gridconnected its first Romanian PV power plant in the municipality of Șiria. The plant has a capacity of 5.7 MWp.

High efficiency bifacial solar modules mounted on single-axis trackers will deliver around 8.7 GWh of renewable energy annually to the grid managed by Enel E-Distributie Banat. The electricity generated by the plant will be sold on the energy market on a merchant basis, without any support or power purchase agreement with an energy offtaker. The Company expects the plant to generate EUR 1.4 million in revenues based on the current forward prices for electricity base load in Romania in the next 12 months. The power plant marks another important step in our efforts to grow our IPP portfolio, while representing a true milestone for Photon Energy in the Romanian renewable energy market, where we plan to commission an additional capacity of around 25.8 MWp, expanding our IPP portfolio to over 120 MWp in the coming months.

Located near Șiria in Romania's Arad County, the power plant extends over 9.3 hectares of greenfield land and is equipped with some 10,600 solar panels. The power plant is owned and operated by Siria Solar S.R.L., a special purpose company fully-owned by Photon Energy Group.

The Company's IPP portfolio now includes 89 solar power plants, with a combined generation capacity of 97.6 MWp. Currently, a total capacity of over 80 MWp is selling clean electricity directly on the energy market.

The Company is currently developing utility-scale solar PV projects with a combined capacity of over 931 MWp in Australia and its key CEE markets, including over 235 MWp in Romania, of which a capacity of 25.8 MWp is set to be commissioned in the coming months. The remaining Romanian projects in the project development pipeline are expected to be built and commissioned in 2023 and 2024, making the Romanian market a significant contributor to the Company's goal of expanding the global electricity generation capacity of its IPP portfolio.

1.3 Photon Energy Group Announces the Resignation of Clemens Wohlmuth as CFO and Appoints Andrej Horansky as New CFO

The Management Board of Photon Energy Group announced the resignation of Clemens Wohlmuth as the Group's Chief Financial Officer. Following an extensive selection process for his successor, Clemens Wohlmuth will remain involved during the handover process until after the conclusion of the Group's financial audit for the financial year 2022.

Clemens Wohlmuth has been the Group's CFO since 2012 and has been responsible for the Group's finance functions and has been instrumental in the Group's often pioneering project financings and capital markets transactions. He has managed four bond issues, the last of which has been the issuance of the Company's first Green Bond in 2021, and he has been involved the Group's listing on NewConnect in 2013, the listing on the Prague Stock Exchange in 2016 as well as the migration to the regulated markets of the Warsaw and Prague Stock Exchanges as well as the listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2021.

The Management Board takes pleasure in welcoming Mr. Andrej Horansky as the Photon Energy Group's new Chief Financial Officer starting 8 March 2023. Andrej is a Slovak national and has gained extensive experience in senior finance roles including CFO in the financial services industry (Santander Consumer Finance, Simply Kilcullen Capital Partners, GE Money Bank (Moneta), Generali PPF Holding and Slavia Insurance, energy (Ezpada Group) and automotive retail (AURES Holding).

1.4 Reporting on Photon Energy's Project Pipeline

Photon Energy is currently developing PV projects in Australia (309.8 MWp), Hungary (78.1 MWp), Romania (235.3 MWp) and Poland (307.9 MWp) and is evaluating further markets for opportunities. For detailed information, please refer to chapter 3 "Reporting on Photon Energy's project pipeline".

2. Proprietary PV Power Plants

The table below represents power plants owned directly or indirectly by Photon Energy N.V. as of the date of the report.

Table 1. Production Results in February 2023

Project name Capacity Revenue1 Prod. 2023
February
Proj. 2023
February
Perf. YTD Prod. YTD Proj. Perf. YTD YoY
Unit kWp per MWh,
in February
kWh kWh % kWh kWh % %
Komorovice 2,354 680 EUR 109,899 128,534 -14.5% 162,936 179,930 -9.4% -9.8%
Zvíkov I 2,031 680 EUR 110,036 129,611 -15.1% 157,860 196,024 -19.5% -24.0%
Dolní Dvořiště 1,645 680 EUR 83,447 82,950 0.6% 114,251 125,397 -8.9% -13.0%
Svatoslav 1,231 680 EUR 52,772 56,888 -7.2% 79,716 85,686 -7.0% -15.8%
Slavkov 1,159 680 EUR 63,467 73,605 -13.8% 91,054 108,401 -16.0% -31.0%
Mostkovice SPV 1 210 635 EUR 10,544 11,292 -6.6% 16,023 17,121 -6.4% -27.7%
Mostkovice SPV 3 926 779 EUR 47,783 51,279 -6.8% 68,214 73,256 -6.9% -28.3%
Zdice I 1,499 680 EUR 79,707 91,479 -12.9% 121,321 136,836 -11.3% -13.5%
Zdice II 1,499 680 EUR 80,201 94,192 -14.9% 121,333 140,596 -13.7% -15.6%
Radvanice 2,305 680 EUR 103,966 123,066 -15.5% 157,379 180,479 -12.8% -30.4%
Břeclav rooftop 137 635 EUR 7,284 8,267 -11.9% 10,597 12,876 -17.7% -34.1%
Total Czech PP 14,996 749,106 851,163 -12.0% 1,100,684 1,256,602 -12.4% -20.8%
Babiná II 999 271 EUR 48,974 45,088 8.6% 71,426 70,104 1.9% -18.7%
Babina III 999 271 EUR 30,141 46,113 -34.6% 37,740 71,814 -47.4% -57.0%
Prša I. 999 270 EUR 51,616 49,417 4.4% 71,654 78,585 -8.8% -28.7%
Blatna 700 273 EUR 33,452 33,503 -0.2% 46,497 51,211 -9.2% -24.6%
Mokra Luka 1 963 258 EUR 74,329 69,837 6.4% 106,697 112,512 -5.2% -26.1%
Mokra Luka 2 963 257 EUR 77,745 72,708 6.9% 111,861 118,283 -5.4% -26.5%
Jovice 1 979 263 EUR 46,313 42,666 8.5% 64,040 65,101 -1.6% -22.9%
Jovice 2 979 263 EUR 45,879 42,296 8.5% 63,090 64,596 -2.3% -22.7%
Brestovec 850 257 EUR 47,074 56,958 -17.4% 70,156 82,051 -14.5% -29.0%
Polianka 999 261 EUR 41,247 42,891 -3.8% 60,146 62,877 -4.3% -26.6%
Myjava 999 259 EUR 52,392 56,404 -7.1% 77,187 82,992 -7.0% -29.8%
Total Slovak PP 10,429 549,163 557,881 -1.6% 780,494 860,125 -9.3% -28.4%
Tiszakécske 1 689 144 EUR 55,658 48,388 15.0% 81,743 77,881 5.0% -13.3%
Tiszakécske 2 689 144 EUR 56,456 48,388 16.7% 83,197 77,881 6.8% -13.5%
Tiszakécske 3 689 144 EUR 51,513 48,388 6.5% 74,207 77,881 -4.7% -12.5%
Tiszakécske 4 689 144 EUR 56,955 48,388 17.7% 84,119 77,881 8.0% -13.3%
Tiszakécske 5 689 144 EUR 55,956 48,388 15.6% 82,218 77,881 5.6% -13.1%
Tiszakécske 6 689 144 EUR 56,107 48,388 16.0% 82,556 77,881 6.0% -13.6%
Tiszakécske 7 689 144 EUR 56,304 48,388 16.4% 82,955 77,881 6.5% -13.7%
Tiszakécske 8 689 144 EUR 55,118 48,388 13.9% 80,807 77,881 3.8% -13.1%
Almásfüzitő 1 695 139 EUR 49,573 47,272 4.9% 69,236 76,084 -9.0% -17.0%
Almásfüzitő 2 695 139 EUR 47,752 45,916 4.0% 66,691 73,903 -9.8% -16.4%
Almásfüzitő 3 695 140 EUR 48,594 45,835 6.0% 69,338 73,771 -6.0% -18.3%
Almásfüzitő 4 695 139 EUR 49,598 47,329 4.8% 69,162 76,177 -9.2% -17.0%
Almásfüzitő 5 695 140 EUR 51,759 47,978 7.9% 73,825 77,220 -4.4% -18.4%
Almásfüzitő 6 660 140 EUR 50,959 47,708 6.8% 72,054 76,786 -6.2% -17.8%
Almásfüzitő 7 691 140 EUR 50,737 47,486 6.8% 71,278 76,430 -6.7% -17.3%
Almásfüzitő 8 668 139 EUR 49,862 46,718 6.7% 69,612 75,192 -7.4% -16.4%
Nagyecsed 1 689 147 EUR 51,244 43,690 17.3% 72,451 71,427 1.4% -3.7%
Nagyecsed 2 689 147 EUR 50,502 43,690 15.6% 72,294 71,427 1.2% 0.0%
Nagyecsed 3 689 146 EUR 49,488 43,695 13.3% 71,369 71,107 0.4% -4.1%
Fertod I 528 136 EUR 36,405 35,021 4.0% 53,282 56,366 -5.5% -24.0%
Fertod II No 2 699 138 EUR 47,339 46,951 0.8% 72,016 75,567 -4.7% -28.3%
Fertod II No 3 699 138 EUR 47,459 46,740 1.5% 72,133 75,229 -4.1% -28.1%
Fertod II No 4 699 138 EUR 47,319 46,372 2.0% 71,829 74,635 -3.8% -28.5%
Project name Capacity Revenue Prod. 2023
February
Proj. 2023
February
Perf. YTD Prod. YTD Proj. Perf. YTD YoY
Unit kWp per MWh,
in February
kWh kWh % kWh kWh % %
Fertod II No 5 691 137 EUR 46,834 45,902 2.0% 71,121 73,879 -3.7% -28.7%
Fertod II No 6 699 138 EUR 47,200 46,229 2.1% 71,619 74,406 -3.7% -28.5%
Kunszentmárton I No 1 697 146 EUR 58,785 50,186 17.1% 89,298 80,775 10.6% -11.6%
Kunszentmárton I No 2 697 146 EUR 57,753 50,186 15.1% 87,018 80,775 7.7% -10.1%
Kunszentmárton II No 1 693 154 EUR 35,648 48,377 -26.3% 65,985 77,864 -15.3% -34.3%
Kunszentmárton II No 2 693 147 EUR 58,542 48,377 21.0% 89,415 77,864 14.8% -10.3%
Taszár 1 701 146 EUR 51,014 43,717 16.7% 81,730 70,363 16.2% -25.0%
Taszár 2 701 146 EUR 50,880 44,381 14.6% 78,330 71,431 9.7% -28.4%
Taszár 3 701 146 EUR 51,085 44,501 14.8% 81,695 71,625 14.1% -25.0%
Monor 1 688 144 EUR 55,501 48,094 15.4% 79,457 77,407 2.6% -22.3%
Monor 2 696 144 EUR 54,388 47,569 14.3% 76,988 76,563 0.6% -21.2%
Monor 3 696 144 EUR 55,397 48,127 15.1% 78,999 77,461 2.0% -22.2%
Monor 4 696 144 EUR 55,175 48,085 14.7% 78,581 77,394 1.5% -22.2%
Monor 5 688 144 EUR 55,757 46,217 20.6% 79,665 74,386 7.1% -21.9%
Monor 6 696 144 EUR 55,503 48,031 15.6% 79,373 77,307 2.7% -22.4%
Monor 7 696 144 EUR 54,947 47,961 14.6% 78,578 77,194 1.8% -21.9%
Monor 8 696 144 EUR 55,508 48,332 14.8% 79,418 77,791 2.1% -22.6%
Tata 1 672 140 EUR 44,551 52,656 -15.4% 63,568 84,750 -25.0% -16.7%
Tata 2 676 139 EUR 49,896 52,849 -5.6% 70,459 85,061 -17.2% -15.4%
Tata 3 667 140 EUR 49,818 52,849 -5.7% 70,778 85,061 -16.8% -15.5%
Tata 4 672 140 EUR 45,889 53,578 -14.4% 65,471 86,235 -24.1% -16.2%
Tata 5 672 140 EUR 45,545 52,849 -13.8% 64,943 85,061 -23.7% -16.8%
Tata 6 672 140 EUR 44,653 51,516 -13.3% 63,767 82,915 -23.1% -16.7%
Tata 7 672 140 EUR 44,205 52,849 -16.4% 63,332 85,061 -25.5% -16.9%
Tata 8 672 140 EUR 45,640 53,646 -14.9% 65,356 86,344 -24.3% -16.9%
Malyi 1 695 145 EUR 51,551 42,544 21.2% 70,820 68,108 4.0% -19.2%
Malyi 2 695 145 EUR 51,842 42,620 21.6% 71,421 68,287 4.6% -19.8%
Malyi 3 695 145 EUR 52,141 42,620 22.3% 71,862 68,287 5.2% -19.6%
Puspokladány 1 1,406 105 EUR 83,224 113,666 -26.8% 119,231 182,946 -34.8% -24.9%
Puspokladány 2 1,420 149 EUR 99,993 117,573 -15.0% 147,119 189,234 -22.3% -13.1%
Puspokladány 3 1,420 148 EUR 99,790 115,480 -13.6% 146,605 185,866 -21.1% -10.5%
Puspokladány 4 1,406 146 EUR 89,066 112,531 -20.9% 128,107 181,119 -29.3% -22.7%
Puspokladány 5 1,420 149 EUR 103,430 115,667 -10.6% 152,065 186,167 -18.3% -10.0%
Puspokladány 6 1,394 105 EUR 96,712 111,915 -13.6% 141,733 180,127 -21.3% -12.3%
Puspokladány 7 1,406 105 EUR 98,444 114,955 -14.4% 145,140 185,021 -21.6% -12.4%
Puspokladány 8 1,420 149 EUR 99,596 115,787 -14.0% 146,332 186,360 -21.5% -10.2%
Puspokladány 9 1,406 105 EUR 98,719 115,125 -14.3% 145,700 185,294 -21.4% -11.8%
Puspokladány 10 1,420 148 EUR 99,563 115,618 -13.9% 146,372 186,087 -21.3% -10.2%
Tolna 1 1,358 147 EUR 104,614 118,130 -11.4% 156,091 190,131 -17.9% -13.2%
Tolna 2 1,358 148 EUR 108,069 120,121 -10.0% 159,230 193,335 -17.6% N/A
Total Hungarian PP 51,814 3,779,524 3,810,923 -0.8% 5,521,145 6,135,706 -10.0% -14.8%
Symonston 144 218 EUR 17,080 16,473 3.7% 35,580 34,559 3.0% 6.3%
Leeton 7,261 70 EUR 1,416,000 1,385,307 2.2% 3,036,000 2,933,533 3.5% 11.6%
Fivebough 7,261 62 EUR 1,378,000 1,372,314 0.4% 2,761,000 2,910,544 -5.1% 1.8%
Total Australian PP 14,744 2,811,080 2,774,093 1.3% 5,832,580 5,878,636 -0.8% 6.7%
Total 91,905 7,888,873 7,994,060 -1.3% 13,234,904 14,131,069 -6.3% -8.3%

Notes:

Capacity: installed capacity of the power plant

Prod.: production in the reporting month - Proj.: projection in the reporting month Perf.: performance of the power plant in reporting month i.e. (production in Month / pro-

jection for Month) - 1. YTD Prod.: accumulated production year-to-date i.e. from January until the end of the

reporting month.

YTD Proj.: accumulated projection year-to-date i.e. from January until the end of the reporting month.

Perf. YTD: performance of the power plant year-to-date i.e. (YTD prod. in 2023 / YTD proj. in 2023) – 1.

YTD YOY: (YTD Prod. in 2023 / YTD Prod. in 2022) – 1.

1 - Green Bonus + realized electricity price during the reporting period in the Czech Republic.

- Realized electricity price in Hungary.

- Realized electricity price + Australian Large-scale Generation Certificate spot closing price in Australia.

Chart 1.a Total Production of the Czech Portfolio Chart 1.b Total Production of the Slovak Portfolio

The Company reports 13.2 GWh of electricity produced YTD compared to 14.1 GWh one year ago (-6.3%). This represents an avoidance of 6,205 tonnes of CO2 emissions year-to-date.

In February, the electricity generated by our proprietary portfolio were short of estimates by -1.3%. Our Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian portfolios were short of estimates by -12.0%, -1.6% and -0.8% respectively, while our Australian portfolio exceeded energy forecasts by 1.3%.

Chart 1.c Total Production of Hungarian Portfolio Chart 1.d Total Production of Australian Portfolio

The specific performance ratio of the proprietary portfolio (SPR) reached 85.8 kWh/kWp compared to 89.3 kWh/kWp one year ago (-3.8% year-on year).

Production data for the newly connected power plant in Siria, Romania will be presented after first month of full production in the Monthly Report for March.

Table 2. Estimated Revenues from Electricity Generation in February 2023*

Portfolio Capacity Prod. February Avg. Revenue
February
Total Revenue
February
YTD Avg.
Revenue
YTD Revenue
Unit MWp MWh EUR/MWh In Euro thousand EUR/MWh, in 2023 In Euro thousand
Czech Republic 15.0 749 685 513 683 752
Slovakia** 10.4 549 263 108 263 151
Hungary 51.8 3,780 140 529 145 798
Australia 14.7 2,811 67 188 66 384
Total Portfolio 91.9 7,889 174 1,339 162 2,085

* Estimates for revenues are based on management reporting and may deviate from published financial statements due to exchange rates.

** Slovak joint-ventures SK SPV 1 s.r.o., Solarpark Polianka s.r.o., and Solarpark Myjava s.r.o. are consolidated at equity only and therefore not presented in the above table.

3. Reporting on Photon Energy's Project Pipeline

Project development is a crucial activity in Photon Energy's business model of covering the entire value chain of PV power plants. The main objective of project development activities is to expand the PV proprietary portfolio, which provides recurring revenues and free cash flows to the Group. For financial or strategic reasons Photon Energy may decide to cooperate with third-party investors either on a joint-venture basis or with the goal of exiting the projects to such investors entirely. Ownership of project rights provides Photon Energy with a high level of control and allows locking in EPC (one-off) and O&M (long-term) services. Hence, project development is a key driver for Photon Energy's future growth. The Group's experience in project development and financing in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Italy and Hungary is an important factor in selecting attractive markets and reducing the inherent risks related to project development.

Photon Energy is currently developing PV projects in Australia (309.8 MWp), Hungary (78.1 MWp), Romania (235.3 MWp) and Poland (307.9 MWp) and is evaluating further markets for opportunities.

Country 1. Feasibility* 2. Early
development
3. Advanced
development
4. Ready-to-build
technical
5. Under
construction
Total in MWp
Romania 17.2 80.9 79.8 31.6 25.8 235.3
Poland 269.9 34.1 3.9 - - 307.9
Hungary 60.5 13.6 - 4.1 - 78.1
Australia - 300.0 9.8 - - 309.8
Total in MWp 347.5 428.6 93.5 35.7 25.8 931.1

*Development phases are described in the glossary available at the end of this chapter.

PV projects have two definitions of capacity. The grid connection capacity is expressed as the maximum of kilowatts or megawatts which can be fed into the grid at any point in time. Electricity grids run on alternating current (AC). Solar modules produce direct current (DC), which is transformed into AC by inverters. Heat, cable lines, inverters and transformers lead to energy losses in the system between the solar modules and the grid connection point. Cumulatively system losses typically add up to 15-20%. Therefore,

Chart 2.a Romanian Project Pipeline in MWp Chart 2.b Polish Project Pipeline in MWp

Chart 2.c Australian Project Pipeline in MWp Chart 2.d Hungarian Project Pipeline in MWp

for a given grid connection capacity a larger module capacity (expressed in Watt peak – Wp) can be installed without exceeding the grid connection limit. At times of extremely high production, inverters can reduce the volume of electricity so that the plant stays within the grid connection limits. Photon Energy will refer to the installed DC capacity of projects expressed in Megawatt peak (MWp) in its reporting, which might fluctuate over the project development process.

Projects having reached an advanced development phase, as well as projects for which sufficient details can be disclosed are described in the table below:

Country Location Dvt
Phase
Project
function
Share MWp Commercial
Model
Land Grid con
nection
Construction
permit
Expected RTB
Romania Aiud 5 Own
portfolio
100% 4.7 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Secured Under
construction
Romania Calafat 5 Own
portfolio
100% 6.1 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Secured Under
construction
Romania Teius 5 Own
portfolio
100% 4.7 Merchant/PPA Secured Ongoing Secured Under
construction
Romania Sahateni 1 5 Own
portfolio
100% 7.1 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Secured Under
construction
Romania Faget 1 5 Own
portfolio
100% 3.2 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Secured Under
construction
Romania Faget 2 3 Own
portfolio
100% 3.8 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Secured Q1 2023
Romania Faget 3 3 Own
portfolio
100% 6.5 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Ongoing Q2 2023
Romania Sarulesti 3 Own
portfolio
100% 2.7 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Ongoing Q1 2023
Romania Tamadau
Mare
3 Own port
folio
100% 10.1 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Secured Q1 2023
Romania Magureni 3 Own
portfolio
100% 1.4 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Ongoing Q1 2023
Romania Sannicolau
Mare
3 Own
portfolio
100% 7.8 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Secured Q1 2023
Romania Bocsa 3 Own
portfolio
100% 3.9 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Secured Q1 2023
Hungary Tolna 3-4 4 Own
portfolio
100% 2.7 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Secured Q4 2022
Hungary Tolna 5 4 Own
portfolio
100% 1.3 Merchant/PPA Ongoing Secured Secured Q1 2023
Hungary Tolna 6-13 2 Own
portfolio
100% 21.8 Merchant/PPA Ongoing Secured Secured Q3 2023
Australia Boggabri 3 Own
portfolio
100% 9.8 Merchant/PPA Secured Secured Ongoing Q2 2023
Australia Yadnarie 2 All options
open
100% 300.0 All options open Secured Ongoing Ongoing Q4 2023

Australia

Below is a short summary of projects and progress achieved in the reporting period.

Raygen project (300 MWp): In November 2021, the Group secured 1,200 hectares of land in South Australia to develop a 300 MWp solar farm with a grid connection capacity of 150 MW suitable for RayGen's solar technology in combination with its energy storage solution. The target storage energy storage capacity is 3.6 GWh, equivalent to 24 hours of full load, to the grid, from storage. This will exceed the 3 GWh capacity of the Ouarzazate Solar Power Station in Morocco, which currently has the world's largest energy storage capacity of any type, excluding pumped hydro.

The project received Crown Sponsorship from the South Australian Government for development approval. Crown Sponsorship is a development process undertaken directly with, in this case, the Department of Energy and Mining, as a development of public infrastructure under section 49(2)(c) of the Development Act 1993 for the approval of the project with the South Australian Government. The proposed development complies with the requirements of the Technical Regulator in relation to the security and stability of the State's power system. In parallel, Photon Energy has applied for grid connection for the project to the Electranet transmission network and has engaged a grid connection consultant to manage the process and conduct Grid Performance Studies which will be submitted for approval.

In Q1 2022, Photon Energy conducted Community consultation sessions with very positive response from both the community and the local council. The local council is very supportive of the project and has expressed interest in working with Photon Energy on accommodation and local supply chain in any areas that will be mutually beneficial to both the local community and the project.

Boggabri project (9.8 MWp): In November 2022, the Company acquired the development rights and land for a 9.8 MWp/10 MWh solar and battery energy storage system facility in New South Wales. The project is located in the vicinity of the town of Boggabri, nearly 500km north-west of Sydney. It will extend over 22 hectares of greenfield land and will be equipped with over 16,500 high-efficiency bifacial solar modules mounted on single-axis trackers.

The facility will deliver around 16.4 GWh of renewable energy annually to the grid operated by Essential Energy. The electricity will be sold on the energy market on a merchant basis. Photon Energy Group expects to break ground on the project towards the end of the second quarter of 2023.

The project represents the Company's first utility-scale solarplus-storage installation and will serve as a prototype for a future roll-out across Photon Energy Group's European markets.

Hungary

Below is a short summary of projects and progress achieved in the reporting period.

Tolna 3-13 projects (25.8 MWp under development, 1.4 MWp commissioned on 9 December 2021 and 1.4 MWp commissioned on 5 May 2022): In total thirteen projects with a total planned installed DC capacity of 28.6 MWp located in the Tolna region in the south of Hungary. Two power plants have a grid connection capacity of 5.0 MW AC each, whereas 1 MW AC have been secured for each of the remaining eleven projects. The grid connection points have been secured and the negotiations for suitable land plots have been finalized for several projects. Grid connection plans have been initiated and partially approved, to allow us to conclude grid connection agreements with E.ON. with a validity of two years.

In December 2020, one of the 1MW AC (approx. 1.4 MWp DC) projects was granted a METAR premium of 24,470 HUF/MWh (approx. EUR 68 per MWh) with a maximum supported production of 21,585 MWh over a period of up to 15 years. This achievement results from the approval of the project application to the first pilot tender for the METAR system organized in September 2019.

Two power plants have been constructed and commissioned to date, with three more in advanced development after securing the binding extraction and construction permits. These three projects expect to initiate construction in late 2023 and look forward to commissioning in 2024 in support of the Distribution System Operators required timelines. While the additions of the commissioned plants expand the Company's portfolio in Hungary to a total of 63, with a combined capacity of 51.8 MWp. They are the first European utility-scale PV power plants in our IPP portfolio operated without a support scheme. The annual production of each power plant is expected to be around 2.1 GWh. Each of these power plants extends over 2.2 hectares, uses bi-facial PV modules mounted on single-axis trackers and is connected to the grid of E.ON Dél-dunántúli Áramhálózati Zrt.

The electricity is sold on the national electricity market on a merchant basis. Entering into a contract-for-difference based on a METÁR license (for the project that has proven successful through the auction process) or entering into PPAs in the future, remain possible options.

Romania

Below is a short summary of projects and progress achieved in the reporting period.

Aiud (4.7 MWp) project:

In July 2022, the Company announced that it started the construction of its second Romanian PV power plant in Aiud with a capacity of 4.7 MWp and an expected annual generation of 6.8 GWh that will be delivered to the grid of Distribuție Energie Electrică Romania. Located near Aiud in Romania's Alba County, the power plant will extend over 6.6 hectares of greenfield land and is equipped with around 8,700 solar panels. The low-voltage works of the power plant have been completed and awaits medium-voltage connection cable installation. The project's construction is complete and awaits finalization of the monitoring systems; energization and testing period is planned for March.

Calafat (6.1 MWp) project:

In July 2022, the Company announced that it started the construction of another three Romanian PV power plant with a combined capacity of 6.1 MWp and an expected annual generation of 9.6 GWh that will be delivered to the grid of Distribuție Energie Oltenia. Located near Calafat in Romania's Dolj County, the power plants will extend over 10.2 hectares of greenfield land and will be equipped with some 10,800 solar panels. Currently, the construction of the power plant has been completed including MV works. The installation of security and monitoring system is halfway complete and on-going. Energization and testing are planned for March/April 2023.

Teius (4.7 MWp) project:

In August 2022, the Company announced that it started the construction of another Romanian PV power plant with a capacity of 4.7 MWp and an expected annual generation of 7.1 GWh that will be delivered to the grid of Distribuție Energie Electrică Romania. Located near Teiuș in Romania's Alba County, the power plant will extend over 10 hectares of greenfield land and will be equipped with some 8,700 solar panels. The project's construction is complete and awaits finalization of the security and monitoring systems, energization and testing period is planned for early April following project Aiud.

Săhăteni (7.1 MWp) project:

In September 2022, the Company announced that it started the construction of another Romanian PV power plant with a generation capacity of 7.1 MWp and an expected annual generation of 11.4 GWh that will be delivered to the grid of SDEE Electrica Muntenia Nord. Located near Săhăteni in Romania's Buzău County, the power plant will extend over 10 hectares of greenfield land and will be equipped with some 12,700 solar panels using mounting structures of fixed modules and trackers. All low voltage works including Structure, tracking system, invertors and modules have been completed. The medium voltage connection works, and transformer station installation are being finalized in March at which point the monitoring systems will then be installed.

Faget (3.2MWp) project:

At the end of 2022, the Company started the construction of another Romanian PV power plant with a generation capacity of 3.2 MWp and an expected annual generation of 4.7 GWh that will be delivered to the grid of E- Distributie Dobrogea The main portion of the project's construction is complete (2.7 MWp) and awaits finalization of the security and monitoring systems. The project will see additional capacity added to the DC during Q2 2023.

Commission requests have started for these projects with the construction almost finalized. All projects to be built in Romania will be selling electricity after grid connection on a merchant basis into the grid.

Upon the commissioning of these plants, the Company will own and operate 96 solar power plants with a combined generation capacity of 122 MWp in its IPP portfolio. A combined 107 MWp will be selling subsidy-free clean electricity directly on the energy market.

Glossary of terms Definitions
Development phase 1:
"Feasibility"
LOI or MOU signed, location scouted and analyzed, working on land lease/purchase, environmental assessment and application
for grid connection.
Development phase 2:
"Early development"
Signing of land option, lease or purchase agreement, Environmental assessment (environmental impact studies "EIS" for Australia),
preliminary design.
Specific to Europe: Application for Grid capacity, start work on permitting aspects (construction, connection line, etc.).
Specific to Australia: community consultation, technical studies.
Development phase 3:
"Advanced
development"
In Europe: Finishing work on construction permitting, Receiving of MGT (HU)/ATR (ROM) Letter, Finishing work on permitting for
connection line, etc.
In Australia: Site footprint and layout finalised, Environmental Impact Statement and development application lodged. Grid connec
tion studies and design submitted.
Development phase 4:
"Ready-to-build tech
nical"
In Europe: Project is technical ready to build, we work on offtake model (if not FIT or auction), securing financing (internal/external).
In Australia: Development application approved, offer to connect to grid received and detailed design commenced. Financing and
off-take models/arrangements (internal/external) under negotiation.
Development phase 5:
"Under construction"
Procurement of components, site construction until the connection to the grid.
On top for Australian projects, signature of Financing and off-take agreements, reception of Construction certificate, conclusion of
connection agreement, EPC agreement, Grid connection works agreements.

4. Enterprise Value & Share Price Performance

4.1 Main Market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange

On 28 February 2023 the Company's shares (ISIN NL0010391108) closed at a price of PLN 13.28 (+0.6% MoM), corresponding to a price to book ratio of 2.67. The monthly trading volume amounted to 325,586 shares (vs. an average monthly volume of 431.163 over the past twelve months).

Trading of the Company's shares on the regulated market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) (Giełda Papierów Wartościowych w Warszawie) commenced on 5 January 2021. Prior to that date, data presented in this section have been extracted from the trading activity on NewConnect.

Chart 3. Enterprise Value vs. Trailing 12 Months (TTM) EBITDA

Notes:

EV – Enterprise value is calculated as the market capitalisation as of the end of the reporting month, plus debt, plus minority interest, minus cash. All the balance sheet data are taken from the last quarterly report.

Trailing 12 months EBITDA – defined as the sum of EBITDA reported in the last four quarterly reports; i.e. the sum of EBITDA reported in Q1 2022, Q2 2022, Q3 2022 and Q4 2022.

Chart 5. Total Monthly Volumes vs. Daily Closing Stock Prices

4.2 Main Market of the Prague Stock Exchange

On 28 February 2023 the share price (ISIN NL0010391108) closed at a level of CZK 65.60 (-1.2% MoM), corresponding to a price to book ratio of 2.76. The Company reports a monthly trading volume of 257,751 shares, compared to an average monthly trading volume of 373,369 over the past twelve months.

Trading of the Company's shares on the regulated market of the Prague Stock Exchange (PSE) (Burza cenných papírů Praha) commenced on 5 January 2021. Prior to that date, Data have been extracted from the trading activity on the Free Market of the Prague Stock Exchange.

Price/book ratio

Price/book ratio – is calculated by dividing the closing price of the stock as of the end of the reporting period by the book value per share reported in

EV/EBITDA Guidance 2022, Guidance 2023 from Jan 2023

EV/EBITDA ratio – is calculated by dividing the Enterprise Value by the Trailing 12 months (TTM) EBITDA.

the latest quarterly report.

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4.3 Quotation Board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

On 28 February 2023, the share price (FSX: A1T9KW) closed at a level of EUR 2.83 (+3.4% MoM), corresponding to a price to book ratio of 2.80.

The Company reports a monthly trading volume of 15,111 shares, compared to an average monthly trading volume of 36,253 over the past twelve months.

The Company's shares have been traded on the Quotation Board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 11 January 2021. Since 28 July 2020, the Company's shares have been traded on the Free

4.4 XETRA Trading Platform (German Stock Exchange)

On 28 February 2023, the share price (FSX: A1T9KW) closed at a level of EUR 2.80 (+1.3% MoM), corresponding to a price to book ratio of 2.77.

5. Bond Trading Performance

In December 2016 the Company issued a 7-year corporate bond with a 6% annual coupon and monthly payments in the Czech Republic. The corporate bond (ISIN CZ0000000815) with a nominal value of CZK 30,000 has been traded on the Free Market of the Prague Stock Exchange since 12 December 2016. The outstanding amount is CZK 75.9 million (EUR 3.1 million) and will be repaid on 13 December 2023.

On 17 November 2021, The Company successfully placed its 6.50% Green EUR Bond 2021/2027 (ISIN: DE000A3KWKY4) in the amount of EUR 50 million. The bond issuance was met with strong demand from the Company's existing bondholders, who subscribed to EUR 21.281 million in the exchange that was offered for the existing EUR Bond 2017/2022. The green bond – with an interest rate of 6.50% p.a., paid quarterly – was confirmed by imug | rating with regard to its sustainability in a Second Party Opinion, and can be traded on the Open Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

On 29 November 2021, the Group successfully increased the bond placement by EUR 5 million with all parameters unchanged, bringing the total outstanding bond volume to EUR 55 million.

In May 2022, the Company successfully tapped its 6.50% Green EUR Bond 2021/2027 (ISIN: DE000A3KWKY4) in the amount of EUR 10 million to a total outstanding amount of EUR 65 million.

Market (Freiverkehr) of the Munich Stock Exchange. In addition, the Company's shares have also been traded on the Free Market (Freiverkehr) of the Berlin Stock Exchange since 13 January 2021 and on the Free Market (Freiverkehr) of the Stuttgart Stock Exchange since 14 January 2021.

The Company's shares have been listed on the electronic trading platform XETRA (provided by the German Stock Exchange) since 7 December 2022.

The Company reports a monthly trading volume of 48,294 shares (+544.2% MoM).

In October 2022 and November 2022, the Company announced that it has tapped its 6.50% Green EUR Bond 2021/2027 (ISIN: DE000A3KWKY4) in the amount of another EUR 12.5 million to a total outstanding amount of EUR 77.5 million. In this round the bonds were again offered to bondholders of the older 2017/2022 corporate bonds in form of an exchange offer with a 1.5% loyalty premium plus the difference in net accrued interest on each exchanged bond. Existing investors registered around 6.0 million euros nominally for exchange, which corresponds to a ratio of 30% of the outstanding bond. Together with the initial exchange offer organized in November 2021, 60% of the outstanding volume of the Company's 2017/2022 bond got exchanged for the new Green EUR Bond.

This tap issuance of the 2021/2027 Green bonds was included into trading on the Quotation Board trading segment of the Open Market (Freiverkehr) on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) on 14 October 2022.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the green bond placement to finance or refinance, in part or in whole, new and/or existing eligible assets, as well as financial instruments that were used to finance such projects or assets, in accordance with the Company's Green Finance Framework, enabling Photon Energy Group to make a significant contribution to an environmentally friendly future.

5.1 Green EUR Bond 2021/27 Trading Performance in Frankfurt

Green EUR Bond 2021/27 trading performance to date

In the trading period from 17 November 2021 until 28 February 2023, the trading volume amounted to EUR 9.021 million with an opening price of 100.00 and a closing price of 99.75 in Frankfurt. During this period the average daily turnover amounted to EUR 26,300.

5.2 CZK Bond 2016/23 Trading Performance in Prague

In the trading period from 12 December 2016 until 28 February 2023, the trading volume amounted to CZK 40.500 million with a closing price of 98.00.

Green EUR Bond 2021/27 trading performance in February 2023

In February 2023 the trading volume amounted to EUR 242,000 in Frankfurt with an opening price of 100.00 and a closing price of 99.75. The average daily turnover amounted to EUR 12,100.

6. Investors' calendar

  • ► 13 April 2023: Monthly report for March 2023
  • ► 11 May 2023: Entity and consolidated quarterly reports for Q1 2023
  • ► 12 May 2023: Online presentation of Photon Energy Group's Q1 2023 results
  • ► 12 May 2023: Monthly report for April 2023
  • ► 15-17 May 2023: German Spring Conference, Frankfurt
  • ► 14 June 2023: Monthly report for May 2023
  • ► 14 July 2023: Monthly report for June 2023
  • ► 16 August 2023: Entity and consolidated reports for Q2 2023 / H1 2023
  • ► 17 August 2023: Online presentation of Photon Energy Group's Q2 2023/H1 2023 results
  • ► 17 August 2023: Monthly report for July 2023
  • ► 13 September 2023: Monthly report for August 2023
  • ► 12 October 2023: Monthly report for September 2023
  • ► 13 November 2023: Entity and consolidated quarterly reports for Q3 2023
  • ► 14 November 2023: Online presentation of Photon Energy Group's Q3 2023 results
  • ► 14 November 2023: Monthly report for October 2023
  • ► 13 December 2023: Monthly report for November 2023

7. Investor Relations Contact

Emeline Parry, Investor relations & Sustainability manager E-mail: [email protected]

Photon Energy N.V. Barbara Strozzilaan 201 1083 HN Amsterdam The Netherlands Web: www.photonenergy.com

Amsterdam, 14 March 2023

Georg Hotar, Member of the Board of Directors Michael Gartner, Member of the Board of Directors

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