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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 million • 49 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 |
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| Third party biotechnology | pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries |
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| 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
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Extract from abundant biomass after olive oil pressing
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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
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