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Airthings — Investor Presentation 2024
Oct 24, 2024
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Q3 2024 results
October 24th, 2024 Emma Tryti, CEO Magnus Bekkelund, Interim CFO
Q3 highlights
Consumer segment with quarterly revenues of USD 7.7M, up 21% YoY in a quarter driven by large retail events and robust demand for products measuring radon.
Reorganization and restructuring completed, in line with updated strategy. One-off costs in Q3, but lower cost base going forward.
Launched Wave Enhance, received good feedback from both Amazon and leading Nordic retail accounts.

Q3 revenues of USD 10.0M
Q3 gross profit of
and channel mix.
Q3 total ARR of
USD 4.3M
segment.
down 7% from USD 6.3 million in Q3 23. Gross
margin impacted by segment
USD 5.8M
on par with Q3 last year despite a 42% decline in the Business segment.

GROSS PROFIT (USD M)

ANNUAL RECURRING REVENUE (USD M)

Note: numbers may not sum due to rounding
up 6% YoY, supported by
low churn in the Business
Investing in one, united value proposition


Executing on updated strategy

Completed:
- 20% work force reduction completed, reducing annual operating expenses by about USD 2.5 million in 2025
- Leaner organization and operating model established
- USD 0.9 million charged in restructuring cost in Q3 24
- Focus on progressing on our path to profitability through execution of the updated strategy
from Q2 presentation August 21st, 2024

Consumer revenues +21% YoY

Continued strong demand
- Growth mainly driven by increased demand for easy-to-use safety related products for radon monitoring in North America.
- The retail channel was the main revenue contributor, driven by high velocity events.
- Direct sales through Airthings.com continue to excel, up 42% YoY, despite generally lower digital sales during the summer.

Steady growth in new device registrations
Consumer segment Q3 update
New consumer device registrations
(Indexed – Q1 20 = 100)

Strengthened customer loyalty
- Amount of new device registrations for connected products slightly down from Q3 23 due to channel and product mix.
- Repeat sales accounted for 27% of total sales in Q3 24, on par with Q3 23, confirming customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- View Plus continued to be the most popular second purchase.

Strong customer satisfaction across software and hardware

Positive sales momentum in the Business segment


Growing pipeline, in line with strategy update
- YoY revenue comparison impacted by one, large customer deal in Q3 23.
- Proactive direct sales to non-scalable business customers halted, in line with strategy update
- Increasing sales momentum, with medium-sized orders from large existing customers. Revenues up 32% from Q2 24.
- Challenging real estate market and no new large projects in the third quarter. Our pipeline continued to grow; long-term outlook remains positive.

Focus on schools and large enterprises representing 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 |
Considerable growth in device deployment
Business segment Q3 update
Devices in the field (Business segment)


Number of devices in the field +25%
• Increasing demand from large enterprise clients that value employee wellness and performance.

Steady sales at modest levels in Pro
Pro Segment Q3 update

YoY sales slightly down
• Mainly sales to radon professionals in the US market.

ARR +6% YoY, driven by the Business segment
Annual Recurring Revenue Q3 update
Annual Recurring Revenue (USD M)

ARR +6% YoY
- ARR from the Business segment +9% to USD 3.2 million.
- Driven by large installations at major enterprise customer.

Financials Magnus Bekkelund, Interim CFO
Financials, Income Statement
Income Statement
Income statement
- Revenues of USD 10.0M
- Gross margin of 59%, decline driven by segment and channel mix
- EBITDA negative USD 1.3M at -13% EBITDA-margin, compared to 1% in Q3 24
- Includes restructuring cost of USD 0.9M.
- EBIT negative USD 1.9M
| (USD 1 000) | Q3 24 | Q3 23 | YTD 24 | YTD 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | 9 963 | 10 082 | 28 207 | 26 290 |
| Cost of goods sold | 4 124 | 3 824 | 11 166 | 10 541 |
| Gross profit | 5 839 | 6 258 | 17 041 | 15 750 |
| Sales Gross Margin | 59% | 62% | 60% | 60% |
| Employee benefit expenses | 3 560* | 2 745 | 11 026 |
11 178 |
| Other operating expenses | 3 613 | 3 440 | 10 854 | 10 439 |
| EBITDA | -1 334 | 73 | -4 840 | -5 868 |
| Depreciation and amortization | 525 | 390 | 1,479 | 1,153 |
| Impairment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Operating profit / EBIT | -1 859 | -318 | -6 319 | -7 020 |
| Financial income / (expenses) | -109 | -237 | 810 | 1 036 |
| Profit (loss) before tax | -1 968 | -555 | -5 509 | -5 984 |
| Income tax | -216 | -111 | -899 | -1 247 |
| Net profit (loss) | -1 752 |
-444 | -4 610 | -4 737 |
| Earnings per share (USD) | ||||
| Basic earnings per share | -0.01 | -0.00 | -0.02 | -0.02 |
| Diluted earnings per share | -0.01 | -0.00 | -0.02 | -0.02 |


Gross margin impacted by segment and channel mix
Income statement

| Consolidated income statement (USD 1,000) | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer | ||||||
| Total revenues | 6,399 | 7,004 | 7,786 | 6,808 | 7,715 | |
| Cost of goods sold | 2,616 | 2,749 | 3,383 | 2,857 | 3,539 | |
| Gross profit | 3,783 | 4,255 | 4,403 | 3,951 | 4,176 | |
| Sales Gross Margin | 59 % | 61 % | 57 % | 58 % | 54 % | |
| Business | ||||||
| Total revenues | 3,117 | 2,866 | 1,151 | 1,378 | 1,815 | |
| Cost of goods sold | 1,086 | 962 | 301 | 369 | 516 | |
| Gross profit | 2,031 | 1,904 | 850 | 1,010 | 1,299 | |
| Sales Gross Margin | 65 % | 66 % | 74 % | 73 % | 72 % | |
| Professionals | ||||||
| Total revenues | 566 | 432 | 574 | 546 | 432 | |
| Consumer | Cost of goods sold | 122 | 50 | 71 | 62 | 69 |
| Business | Gross profit | 444 | 382 | 503 | 484 | 363 |
| Sales Gross Margin | 79 % | 88 % | 88 % | 89 % | 84 % | |
| Professionals | ||||||
| Total | Total revenues | 10,082 | 10,302 | 9,511 | 8,733 | 9,963 |
| Gross profit | 6,258 | 6,540 | 5,756 | 5,445 | 5,839 | |
| 0 | Sales Gross Margin | 62 % | 63 % | 61 % | 62 % | 59 % |

Continuing work to reduce inventories

Average days of inventory down 15% from Q3 23
- Total inventories reduced to USD 13.8M, down USD 1.8M from Q3 23
- Ramped-up production of radon products in Q3 for deliveries in Q4
- Decline in average days of inventory from 392 to 333.
- Aim to reduce inventory to 250 days at year end
- Assuming no major currency effects to boost value of inventory

• Cash
Balance Sheet
(USD 1 000) 30.09.2024 30.09.2023 Goodwill 2 694 2 665 Intangible assets 3 822 3 290 Deferred tax assets 9 606 7 893 Property, plant and equipment 469 686 Right -of-use assets 1 872 2 600 Other non -current assets 80 115 Total non -current assets 18 543 17 249 Inventories 13 834 15 678 Trade receivables 9 153 9 095 Other receivables 5 263 4 433 Cash and cash equivalents 9 029 15 473 Total current assets 37 279 44 678 Total assets 55 822 61 927 Total equity 44 125 49 603 Non -current interest -bearing liabilities 1 332 1 318 Non -current lease liabilities 1 271 2 009 Other non -current liabilities 77 108 Total non -current liabilities 2 681 3 436 Current lease liabilities 831 848 Trade and other payables 4 997 5 242 Contract liabilities 1 487 1 292 Income tax payable 30 Other current liabilities 1 700 1 476 Total current liabilities 9 016 8 888 Total equity and liabilities 55 822 61 927 • Change in assets • Deferred tax asset • Inventories • Trade receivables • Change in liabilities • Limited changes • Equity ratio

Financials, Cash Flow
Cash flow statement
Cash flow statement
Q3 24 Cash bridge
(USD 1,000

• Negative cash flow from operating activities of USD 1.9M
• 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 9.0M and total available liquidity of USD 15.0M including the revolving credit facility of USD 6.0M with Danske Bank.

Expect continued growth
Strong growth rate in the Consumer segment expected Potential product liability could impact Q4 revenues
- Strong growth rate in the Consumer segment expected in the fourth quarter, which is peak season for air quality monitoring and strategic sales events.
- Underlying growth in the Business segment expected to be stable. However, we expect lower revenues in the Business segment in Q4 24 than in the same period last year, which was exceptionally strong due to one large transaction.
| Guidance (USD M) | Q4 2024 |
|---|---|
| Revenues | 9.5 – 12.0 |
| Annual Recurring Revenues | 4.3 – 4.5 |
- Total revenues in Q4 24 may be impacted by a possible buyback of inventory due to defective batteries in one product.
- Limited to one product/one batch of batteries delivered in 2022.
- Q4 24 total revenues may be reduced by up to USD 1.2 million.
- Assessments are ongoing.
Please see note 15 in the accounts for further details

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