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Aqua Bio Technology Interim / Quarterly Report 2016

Aug 17, 2016

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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Results Presentation Second Quarter and First Half 2016

17 August 2016

Second quarter highlights

• Revenue development in line with expectations and agreements • Record levels in first and second quarter

• Financial results adversely affected by U.S. lawsuit • High non-recurring costsLawsuit against ABT stayed by federal court

• New technology development progressing as planned

  • Safety tests for three new substances concluded, efficacy tests ongoing
  • Market launch of three new products scheduled for Q4

Income statement

NOK million Q2 2016 Q2 2015 YTD 2016 YTD 2015
Income 12.5 9.0 25.1 18.1
Operating costs -11.9 -4.3 -18.4 -8.1
EBITDA 0.6 4.7 6.7 10.0
EBIT -0.9 3.1 3.8 6.7
EBT -0.9 3.2 3.7 7.3
Net result -0.7 3.2 2.8 7.3
EBITDA margin 4.6% 52.2% 26.7% 55.0%

Revenue and profitability development

Revenues EBITDA

Cash development

  • NOK 45.1 million cash holding per 30 June 2016
  • Cash holding increased by 42 per cent from Q2 2015
  • Q2 2016: Dividend payment of NOK 10.3

Balance sheet

NOK million 30
June 2016
31 Dec
2015
30
June 2015
Fixed assets 7.2 11.1 10.3
Current assets 78.5 75.0 65.7
-
of which is cash
45.1 42.0 31.8
Total equity 69.4 76.7 66.6
Long term debt 5.3 5.0 5.3
Short term debt 11.1 4.3 4.0
Total balance 85.7 86.1 76.0
Equity ratio 80.9% 89.1% 87.8%

Cash flow

NOK million (year
to date
)
2016 2015
Cash at beginning of period 42.0 29.2
From operations 12.2 10.0
From investments 0.0 -1.1
From financing -8.9 -7.0
Currency effects -0.2 0.
7
Cash at end of period 45.1 31.8
Cash change in period 3.3 2.6

A strategy for growth

New technologies progressing as planned

Spirulsat®
Green algae
technology
Contracted
Q1
Safety
study
completed
Efficacy
study
in Q3
Market
launch
in Q4
Red algae
technology
Contracted
Q1
Safety
study
completed
Efficacy
study
in Q3
Market
launch
in
2017
Olive
mass
technology
Contracted
Q1
Safety
study
completed
Efficacy
study
in Q3
Market
launch
in Q4
  • No initial payments, development costs carried by ABT, royalty payments based on sales
  • Additional 1-2 technology partners will be added in 2016
  • Focus on commercialization and building revenue in 2017

U.S. lawsuit stayed

  • Legal complaint by Access Business Group International rejected by federal court
  • Case referred to arbitration in London, as stipulated in original contract
  • The contract between ABT and Access expired on 1 January, 2016 and has not been renewed
  • ABT's and its legal counsel maintains its position that the company has a strong case in these legal proceedings
  • ABT and its legal counsel believe there may be reason to believe that there has been a breach of contract by Access during the term of the above mentioned agreement, and options are under consideration.
  • The lawsuit caused ABT non-recurring costs of NOK 10 million in first half of 2016

Outlook

  • Revenue stream from Aquabeautine XL will remain steady in 2016
  • Limited license and royalty payments for Aquabeautine XL in 2017
  • Near term opex will return to normal levels
  • Full arbitration process will put cost level up also in 3rd quarter
  • Testing and documentation of new products expected to be completed in Q3, market launch in Q4
  • 1-2 additional in-licensing agreements to be expected in second half of 2016
  • Focus on commercialization of new products going forward
  • Revenues from new products expected in 2017

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