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Airthings — Interim / Quarterly Report 2024
Aug 21, 2024
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Interim / Quarterly Report
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August 21st, 2024 Emma Tryti, CEO Magnus Bekkelund, Interim CFO


Q2 highlights Q2 revenues of
Consumer segment: Revenues of USD 6.8m, up 37% y-o-y driven by strong underlying demand across all channels. Particularly strong growth in North America.
89% YoY growth in airthings.com, with direct sales channel accounting for nearly 20% of consumer revenues in the quarter.
Gross margin stable at 62% despite significantly higher share of revenues from the Consumer segment.

USD 8.7M
up 17 percent YoY, driven by strong underlying consumer demand. Continued challenging market conditions in the Business segment.
Q2 gross profit of USD 5.4M
up 18 percent from USD 4.6 million in Q2 23, with stable gross margin despite changes in segment mix.
GROUP REVENUES (USD M)


ANNUAL RECURRING REVENUE (USD M)

Q2 total ARR of USD 4.3M
up 7 percent YoY supported by increased software sales and low churn in the Business segment.
Progressing on our path to profitability

LTM development since Q2 23 EBITDA margin +14%-points Revenue growth +8% Gross margin expansion +3%-points OPEX to revenues –10%-points

Consumer revenues +37% y-o-y
Consumer segment Q2 update
Consumer Sales Revenues (USD M)

Positive developments in seasonally slow quarter
- 89% growth in the direct sales channel Airthings.com, accounting for nearly 20% of Consumer sales in the quarter.
- Continued solid partnerships with Amazon, Home Depot and other retailers.
- Strong growth in North America; Canada up 40%.

Consumer device registrations +12% y-o-y
Consumer segment Q2 update Consumer device registrations
(Indexed – Q1 20 = 100)

Strengthened customer loyalty
- New device registrations for connected products rose 12% y-o-y, up from a high level in Q2 23 following extensive promotional activities last year.
- Repeat sales accounted for 26% of total sales, indicating customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- View Plus continued to be the most popular second purchase.

Business segment revenues down 30% y-o-y in slow quarter


No major shipments
- Growing pipeline of large projects, although revenues significantly hampered by longer sales cycles in a challenging commercial real estate market.
- Promising outlook in US school market:
- Secured an order for IAQ sensors in 1,500 classrooms across 5+ schools districts including Beverly Hills USD and Huntington Beach USD.
- Finalist in tender process ended with no bid awarded.
- Solid new references in EMEA including Radisson Blu, Telenor and a major Norwegian financial institution via our partners Energy Control and Sony Network Communications.

Considerable growth in Device deployment
Business segment Q2 update

Number of Devices in the field: +31%
- Good progress installing inventory sold to multiple partners in 2023 (indicating a lag between sell in and sell through).
- Reaching >23,000 monitors deployed at our largest client (Fortune 100) over the last nine months across their offices globally.

Steady sales at modest levels in Pro
Pro Segment Q2 update

Sales +3% at USD 0.5m
• Mainly sales to radon professionals in the US market.

ARR +7% y-o-y, driven by the Business segment
Annual Recurring Revenue Q2 update
Annual Recurring Revenue (USD M)

ARR +7% y-o-y
- ARR from the Business segment +11% to USD 3.2 million.
- Driven by large installations at major enterprise customer.
- Negligible churn.

Financials Magnus Bekkelund, interim CFO
17% revenue increase with stable gross margin
Income statement
- Revenues of USD 8.7M in Q2 24, up 17% y-o-y.
- Gross margin of 62%, stable despite larger share of revenues from the Consumer segment .
- EBITDA-loss of USD 1.7M at -19% EBITDA-margin, compared to -37% in Q2 24
- OPEX/Sales 81% vs 99% in Q2 23 .
- EBIT-loss of USD 2.2M
- Reduced by USD 0.9M.
| (USD 1 000) | Q2 24 | Q2 23 | H1 24 | H1 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | 8 733 | 7 457 | 18 244 | 16 208 |
| Cost of goods sold | 3 287 | 2 830 | 7 042 | 6 716 |
| Gross profit | 5 445 | 4 627 | 11 202 | 9 492 |
| Sales Gross Margin | 62% | 62% | 61% | 59% |
| Employee benefit expenses | 3 823 | 4 261 | 7 466 |
8 433 |
| Other operating expenses | 3 285 | 3 100 | 7 241 | 6 999 |
| EBITDA | -1 663 | -2 734 | -3 506 | -5 940 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 577 | 375 | 954 | 762 |
| Impairment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Operating profit / EBIT | -2 241 | -3 109 | -4 460 | -6 703 |
| Financial income / (expenses) | -280 | 285 | 919 | 1 273 |
| Profit (loss) before tax | -2 521 | -2 825 | -3 541 | -5 429 |
| Income tax | -461 | -612 | -683 | -1 136 |
| Net profit (loss) | -2 060 |
-2 212 | -2 858 | -4 293 |
| Earnings per share (USD) | ||||
| Basic earnings per share | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.02 |
| Diluted earnings per share | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.01 | -0.02 |

Stable gross margin despite changes in segment mix
Income statement

| Consolidated income statement (USD 1,000) | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer | ||||||
| Total revenues | 4,971 | 6,399 | 7,004 | 7,786 | 6,808 | |
| Cost of goods sold | 2,102 | 2,616 | 2,749 | 3,383 | 2,857 | |
| Gross profit | 2,868 | 3,783 | 4,255 | 4,403 | 3,951 | |
| Sales Gross Margin | 58 % | 59 % | 61 % | 57 % | 58 % | |
| Business | ||||||
| Total revenues | 1,955 | 3,117 | 2,866 | 1,151 | 1,378 | |
| Cost of goods sold | 655 | 1,086 | 962 | 301 | 369 | |
| Gross profit | 1,300 | 2,031 | 1,904 | 850 | 1,010 | |
| Sales Gross Margin | 66 % | 65 % | 66 % | 74 % | 73 % | |
| Professionals | ||||||
| Total revenues | 532 | 566 | 432 | 574 | 546 | |
| Professionals | Cost of goods sold | 72 | 122 | 50 | 71 | 62 |
| Business | Gross profit | 460 | 444 | 382 | 503 | 484 |
| Total | Sales Gross Margin | 86 % | 79 % | 88 % | 88 % | 89 % |
| Consumer | Total revenues | 7,458 | 10,082 | 10,302 | 9,511 | 8,733 |
| Gross profit | 4,628 | 6,258 | 6,540 | 5,756 | 5,445 | |
| 0 | Sales Gross Margin | 62 % | 62 % | 63 % | 61 % | 62 % |

Continuing work to reduce inventories

Average days of inventory down 13% from Q2 23
- Total inventories reduced to USD 14M, down USD 2.1M from Q2 23
- Ramped-up production in Q2 for deliveries in Q3
- Decline in average days of inventory from 399 to 346.
- Aim to reduce inventory to 250 days at year end
- Assuming no major currency effects to boost value of inventory

Limited changes to balance sheet year over year
| (USD 1 000) | 30.06.2024 | 30.06.2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • Change in assets |
Goodwill | 2 659 | 2 628 |
| Intangible assets | 3 739 | 2 840 | |
| • Deferred tax asset |
Deferred tax assets | 9 233 | 7 665 |
| • Inventories |
Property, plant and equipment | 511 | 729 |
| • Trade receivables |
Right-of-use assets | 2 022 | 2 740 |
| Other non-current assets | 95 | 82 | |
| • Cash |
Total non-current assets | 18 259 | 16 684 |
| Inventories | 14 048 | 16 168 |
|
| • Change in liabilities |
Trade receivables | 9 015 | 8 152 |
| • Limited changes |
Other receivables | 5 763 |
4 662 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 11 212 | 17 380 | |
| Total current assets | 40 039 |
46 363 |
|
| • Equity ratio |
Total assets | 58 297 |
63 047 |
| Total equity | 45 245 | 49 326 |
|
| Non-current interest-bearing liabilities | 1 315 | 1 300 | |
| Non-current lease liabilities | 1 437 | 2 156 | |
| Other non-current liabilities | 99 | 72 | |
| Total non-current liabilities | 2 851 | 3 529 | |
| Current lease liabilities | 821 | 837 | |
| Trade and other payables | 5 946 | 5 611 | |
| Contract liabilities | 1 731 | 1 196 | |
| Income tax payable | 6 | 32 | |
| Other current liabilities | 1 698 | 2 416 | |
| Total current liabilities | 10 201 | 10 192 | |
| Total equity and liabilities | 58 297 | 63 047 |

Moderate cash burn in Q2 and 1H 24


(USD 1,000

- Negative cash flow from operating activities of USD 1.5M
- Loss offset by financial items and depreciation and amortization.
• Cash flow from investment activities of USD -0.3M
- Development expenditures, PPE and interest received .
- Cash flow from financing activities of USD -0.2M
• Lease liabilities
• Cash balance of USD 11.2M and total available liquidity of USD 17.2M including the revolving credit facility of USD 6.0M with Danske Bank.

Strategy review 1
Findings from strategy review 2
Market insight 3



Opposite development in our two main segments

- Demand from the Consumer segment stronger than expected
- Growth across all sales channels and regions
- Increasing levels of repeat purchases
Consumer segment stronger than expected ... while development in Business segment is still volatile

High revenue volatility due to the following reasons:
- Difficult market conditions in the Commercial Real Estate sector
- Depletion of inventory purchased in 2023 by key partners
- Challenges in replicating the growth achieved with a major client in 2022 and 2023

Market development and new insights triggered strategy review


H1 2024 New management and strategy review
Need to accelerate path to profitability
Focus on core activities to capitalize on higher-thanexpected consumer demand
H2 2024 Strategic initiatives identified
New strategic initiatives identified – execution to begin Q3 24


Findings from strategy review

Insight #1: Best market fit with health driven Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
Airthings for people: value proposition relevant for both the Consumer and Business segments


Insight #2: Accelerating consumer demand, driven by health awareness


Insight #3: In the Business segment, schools and large enterprises represent the highest ROI
Business Segments
| Schools and public buildings | Large enterprises | Other | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Examples of current end customers |
Ivy league universities California schools Municipalities in Norway |
Multiple Fortune 500 companies in the US Several European based global enterprise customers |
Hotels Retail Senior living |
Prisons Museums Warehouses |
Hospitals Gyms Restaurants |
| Device density |
Higher | Lower | |||
| Win rate | Higher | Lower | |||
| Avg. deal size | Higher | Lower | |||
| LTV/CAC | Higher | Lower |

Airthings empowers people to breathe better
People are increasingly aware of their personal health, and IAQ is an important part of it. They take their care for their health and are aware of IAQ wherever they go.
As a part of people's lives, we provide you Airthings


Market insight: Indoor Air Quality, a growing part of the health tech market

Fast-growing market for health tech products and solutions


Our three main entry points to Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)


Well-positioned to capture significant share of the IAQ market


From "nice to have" to "must have"

Significant growth potential due to changing perceptions and increasing demand for better indoor air quality
Capitalizing on safety product-market fit (radon and particulate monitors) to increase demand among wellness and performance enthusiasts

We expect indoor air quality to be seen as a basic need
In the future…


New strategic initiatives

Strategic initiatives to capitalize on IAQ awareness and reduce complexity

Value proposition 3
Invest in one, united value proposition: Indoor air quality solutions to people at home, school and work
Sell direct and through strategic partners enhancing our distribution power

Enable trusted partners to sell and grow building control to businesses
Sell exclusively through value added partners

Reduce complexity through a leaner operating model and organization


Investing in one, united value proposition


Focus on IAQ monitoring in the Business segment; building control to be provided by partners


Reduce complexity through leaner operating model and organization


1 2 3
Path to profitability

Revenue growth: Capitalize on accelerating demand for Health IAQ
Reduced costs: 20% workforce reduction in the second half of 2024
Profitability: Positive EBITDA for the second half of 2025 and full year 2026


Airthings empowers people to breathe better
People are increasingly aware of their personal health, and IAQ is an important part of it. They take their care for their health and are aware of IAQ wherever they go.
As a part of people's lives, we provide you Airthings

Expecting positive EBITDA for 2H 2025 and for full year 2026
Strategic initiatives will shorten path to probability Q3 is characterized by major high velocity events
- Solid quarter, two-folded outcome on segment level
- 37% growth in the Consumer segment, driven by strong growth across all channels
- Continued challenging market conditions in the business segment
- Strategic initiatives to capitalize on underlying demand and reduce complexity are identified and will be implemented:
- One, united value proposition
- Partnerships
- Leaner and more focused organization
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Expecting positive EBITDA for 2H 2025 and for full year 2026
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Q3 is characterized by major high velocity events such as Prime Day and Fire Safety Event in collaboration with Amazon and Home Depot in the United States. Additionally, the need for air quality control typically increases with the forecasted surge of wildfires in the quarter
- We will launch Wave Enhance, a monitor perfect for bedrooms and home offices where restful sleep and the ability to focus are essential
| Guidance (USD M) | Q3 2024 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | 9.5 – 11.5 |
| Annual Recurring Revenue | 4.3 – 4.5 |
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