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Aqua Bio Technology Investor Presentation 2016

May 11, 2016

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Results Presentation First Quarter 2016

11 May 2016

Technology by nature

First quarter highlights

  • Continued strong financial performance • All time high quarterly revenues; NOK 12.5 million49 per cent EBITDA margin
  • Technology platform expanded • Two partnerships established in Q1
  • Legal complaint filed by Access Business Group (affiliated to Amway) in New York

Income statement

NOK million Q1 2016 Q1 2015 FY 2015
Income 12.5 9.1 38.9
Operating costs -6.4 -3.9 -17.7
EBITDA 6.1 5.2 21.2
EBIT 4.7 3.6 15.4
EBT 4.6 4.1 15.0
Net result 3.4 4.1 17.4
EBITDA margin 48.9% 57.7% 54.5%

Revenue and profitability development

Revenues EBITDA

Cash development

  • NOK 49.7 million cash holding per 31 March 2016
  • Cash holding nearly doubled over last two years
  • Q2 2015: Dividend payment of NOK 6.4 million
  • Q2 2016: Proposed dividend payment of NOK 10.3

Balance sheet

NOK million 31
Mar 2016
31 Dec
2015
31
Mar 2015
Fixed assets 8.4 11.1 11.3
Current assets 83.1 75.0 67.2
-
of which is cash
49.7 42.0 33.8
Total equity 80.1 76.7 70.4
Long term debt 4.9 5.0 5.6
Short term debt 6.4 4.3 2.5
Total balance 91.5 86.1 78.5
Equity ratio 87.6% 89.1% 89.7%

Cash flow

NOK million
(year
to date
)
2015 2014
Cash at beginning of period 42.0 29.2
From operations 7.8 4.7
From investments 0.1 -0.5
From financing -0.1 -0.1
Currency effects -0.1 0.
5
Cash at end of period 49.7 33.8
Cash change in period 7.8 4.1

A strategy for growth

ABT's
proprietary
enzyme
technology
Commercialized Two
american
partners
Significant
commercial
experience
from
Third party biotechnology pharmaceutical
and cosmetics
industries
Third party biotechnology Expertise
in relevant regulatory
affairs
and procedures
A high
growth,
global market
seeking
new
and
Third party biotechnology Global network
of
cosmetic
ingredients
distibutors
sustainable
solutions
Third party biotechnology Commercialization
of
new
bio
technology
is ABT's
core
business

Two additional technologies secured in Q1

• Partner: AlgoSource Group of France

• Spirulsat®; substance based on bluegreen algae spirulina

• Substance has strong antioxidant properties, already in use in food supplement

• Testing and documentation of efficacy and safety initiated

• Product launch expected in Q4 2016

  • No up front payment, ABT carries testing and commercialization costs, Algosource to receive royalty of future sales
  • Red algae technology included in agreement to be tested at a later stage
  • Partner: Zembra Ltd of UK
  • Extract from abundant biomass after olive oil pressing

  • Substance has exfoliating properties, already in use in several other applications

  • Testing and documentation of efficacy and safety initiated
  • Product launch expected in Q4 2016
  • No up front payment, ABT carries testing and commercialization costs, Zembra to receive royalty of future sales

U.S. lawsuit unresolved

  • Legal complaint filed by Access Business Group International (affiliated with Amway) in New York in March 2016
  • 2012 contract expired at year-end 2015
  • Disagreement on terms for any product after 1 January, 2016 • Access claims breach of contract, among other claims
  • Court denied motion for Temporary Restraining Order against ABT
  • Preliminary Injunction Hearing scheduled for 31 May and 1 June, 2016
  • Out of court dialogue between the parties initiated

Outlook

  • Revenue stream from Aquabeautine XL expected to remain steady in 2016
  • Testing and documentation of the first third party products to be completed in Q3 2016
  • New product launches expected in Q4 2016
  • Near term opex will be affected by legal costs
  • Additional in-licensing agreements to be expected throughout 2016

Welcome back

Results Presentation Second Quarter 2016

17 August 2016

Technology by nature