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Aqua Bio Technology — Investor Presentation 2014
May 21, 2014
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First Quarter 2014 Results Presentation
21 May 2014
A unique technology. In the fastest growing segment of a rapidly growing industry.
Welcome to Aqua Bio Technology.
Q1 2014 Highlights
- Exclusivity and royalty payments received according to contracts
- Product sales income slightly improving from two previous quarters
- Dermaclarine™ being rolled out globally
- New distributors provide extended market reach
- Profits down from record quarter Q1 13, yet improved from previous quarter
- Strong financial position maintained
- MNOK 26.6 cash reserve
- Equity ratio further improved
1st Quarter 2014 Results
| NOK million | Q1 2014 | Q1 2013 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income | 5.4 | 7.2 | 22.8 |
| Operating costs | -4.2 | -3.3 | -15.0 |
| EBITDA | 1.2 | 3.9 | 7.8 |
| EBIT | -0.4 | 2.6 | 1.8 |
| EBT | -0.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Net result | -0.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| EBITDA margin | 21.6% | 54.1% | 34.2% |
Revenues will fluctuate from quarter to quarter, due to ABT's early phase position and customer structure
Income development last six quarters
Balance Sheet
| NOK million | 31 Mar 2014 | 31 Dec 2013 |
31 Mar 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | 16.4 | 16.6 | 20.7 |
| Current assets | 60.5 | 61.7 | 56.3 |
| - of which is cash |
26.6 | 27.0 | 17.6 |
| Total equity | 65.6 | 65.9 | 64.8 |
| Long term debt | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.6 |
| Short term debt | 2.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 |
| Total balance | 76.9 | 78.3 | 77.1 |
| Equity ratio |
85.3% | 84.2% | 84.0% |
|---|---|---|---|
| ----------------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Cash flow
| NOK million (Year to date) |
2014 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash at beginning of period |
27.0 | 21.0 |
| From operations | 1.5 | -3.1 |
| From investments | -1.4 | -0.2 |
| From financing | -0.6 | -0.1 |
| Cash at end of period |
26.6 | 17.6 |
| Cash change in period |
-0.4 | -3.4 |
Strategy: Rejuvenating the skin care industry
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- Further develop unique position in marine, sustainable ingredients
- Maintain strong IP protection of proprietary technology
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- Multiple approach to marketing and distribution
- Visibility in industry meeting places
- Direct dialogue with industry majors
- Distributor network covering more than 80% of relevant world market
- Partial or full exclusivity for selected ingredients in return for large, secure volumes
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- Enhance industry reach by expanding product portfolio
- Three products from proprietary technology currently in the market, in various stages of commercialization
- New products to be expected
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- Become a competence centre for commercialization of new bio technology for the cosmetics industry through partnerships (in-licensing)
- Discussions with potential technology partners ongoing
ABT well adapted to industry growth trends
- Skin care is the largest and fastest growing product class globally
- Due to an increased demand for activity and efficacy, the specialty actives market is expected to grow faster than the rest of the overall personal care industry
- Specialty actives in personal care target a wide variety of performance benefits – although anti-aging functionality dominates and accounts for around 60% of specialty actives targeted functionality in Europe and the USA *
- The majority of focus in the skin care product class is directed towards maintaining a youthful appearance
- Anti-aging and acne treatment products continue to be in vogue
- Industry trend towards substituting petroleum based ingredients
- Sustainability issues
- Health and safety/ side effect issues
Q1 2014 operational update
Restorsea lawsuit update
- Restorsea filed complaint with New York court on 7 February 2014
- Alleged breach of contract, more than USD 5.9 million damage claim
- ABT finds lawsuit substantively and procedurally deficient
- Court dismissal requested by ABT
- Dialogue with Restorsea is established
- Additional technical documentation provided by ABT
- A court-supervised mediation initiated; effort to avoid full legal process
- Legal process on hold, pending outcome of court-supervised mediation
Outlook
- Attractive market outlook
- A unique technology, in the fastest growing segment of a rapidly growing industry
- ABT well adapted to industry's sustainability trend
- Growing revenues expected
- 2014-2017 contracted income stream substantial
- Increasing product sales and new products represent additional revenues over time
- Q on Q top line development still expected to fluctuate for some time
- Restorsea complaint causes uncertainty
- Process requires resources and management attention
- Solid financial position
- Equity ratio well above 80 pst; strong cash position
2nd Quarter 2014 Results 20 August 2014
Investor contact
Arvid Lindberg, CEO +47 9824 5410 [email protected]
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