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ArcticZymes Technologies Earnings Release 2023

May 4, 2023

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ArcticZymes Technologies Q1 2023 results

ArcticZymes Technologies Q1 2023 results

Tromsø, Norway, 03[rd] May 2023 - ArcticZymes Technologies (OSE: AZT) reported

sales of NOK 31.2 million and an EBITDA of NOK 6.1 million for the first quarter

of 2023.

Highlights from Q1 2023

· ArcticZymes Technologies (AZT) had Q1 sales of NOK 31.2 million (Q1 2022:

NOK 49.2 million, NOK 35.2 million adjusted for Covid effects in Q1 2022)

· AZT had a positive EBITDA for Q1 of NOK 6.1 million, a reduction of NOK 21.8

million (Q1 2022: NOK 27.9 million, NOK 13.9 adjusted for Covid effects in Q1

2022)

· Operating expenses for Q1 were 25.1 million (Q1 2022: NOK 21.3 million).

· Cash flow for Q1 was negative NOK -11.7 million (Q1 2022: NOK 14.2 million),

impacted by reduction in payables, investments in intangibles, investment in

equipment and increase in inventory, giving a cash balance of NOK 232.5 million

(Q4 2022: NOK 244.2 million)

· Hired Coulter Partners to enable the search for new CEO

· Launched "ArcticZymes Proteinase HQ" and filed a patent application for a

novel nuclease enzyme for application in RNA therapeutics

· Significant progress on the Drug Master File (DMF) project. Successful in

-house GMP audit

· First large SAN HQ order from a leading, global CDMO

Chairman of the Board Marie Roskrow comments:

"Despite macro headwinds in the financial markets and orders being affected by

customer destocking, ArcticZymes has had a solid first quarter. As expected,

there were no covid-related sales but growth was seen (quarter-on-quarter) in

the molecular tools business with a flat performance in the biomanufacturing

space. We expect the effect of destocking to reduce in the second half of the

year and customer ordering patterns to normalize.

Significant progress has been made in the preparation of the Drug Master File

(DMF) for the SAN-HQ product and we are on track to file to the FDA at the end

of Q2."

-Ends-

Presentation and Webcast

The company will host a presentation for investors, analysts and media at 08:30

CET on Thursday, 4[th] May 2023 at Hotel Continental, Stortingsgata 24/26, Oslo.

The presentation will be given by Chairman of the Board, Marie Roskrow and CFO,

Børge Sørvoll

The presentation can also be followed as a live webcast from Hegnar TV on

www.arcticzymes.com or

https://channel.royalcast.com/landingpage/hegnarmedia/20230504_5//. webcast

console.

The results, report and presentation for the first quarter 2023 will be

available on www.newsweb.no (https://protect

-eu.mimecast.com/s/ax_EC4xJkS8gx1SMlEBY?domain=newsweb.no) and on the company's

homepage www.arcticzymes.com from 07:00 CET on 4[th] May 2023.

For more information, please contact:

ArcticZymes Technologies ASA

Chairman of the Board, Marie Roskrow Tel: +44 (0) 7496 959 743

CFO, Børge Sørvoll Tel: +47 95 29 01 87

[email protected]

About ArcticZymes Technologies ASA

ArcticZymes Technologies is a Norwegian life sciences company focused on the

development, manufacturing and commercialization of novel recombinant enzymes

for use in molecular research, In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) and biomanufacturing.

Listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange since 2005 originally under the [Biotec]

ticker, as Biotec Pharmacon. The company rebranded as ArcticZymes Technologies

in 2020 under the [AZT] ticker. Its headquarters are based in Tromsø, Norway, at

the SIVA Innovation Centre.

ArcticZymes Technologies' IP and capabilities are protected via a large

portfolio of patents.

For more information, please visit the website: www.arcticzymes.com