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ArcticZymes Technologies — Investor Presentation 2019
Dec 10, 2019
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Investors Update
10th December 2019

- Group's Strategic Goals & Objectives
- ArcticZymes Strategy
- BBG Strategy
- Outlook and Summary

Group's Strategic Goals & Objectives
ArcticZymes Strategy
BBG Strategy

No. 1 Strategic Goal: All About Profitability



Main Strategic Focus – ArcticZymes
How?
Why?
Financial Strategic Objectives

Short-term
Optimise Group to achieve profitability in 2020
Long-term
Cash position is self sustainable
Group's Strategic Goals & Objectives
ArcticZymes Strategy
BBG Strategy

ArcticZymes: Business Today

Presented at previous Capital Markets day's (Feb 2016 & Aug 2017)
What we promised & delivered
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- EBITDA positive since 2015
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- Achieved annual sales growth 19% CAGR
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- Grown business away from 1 main product & customer
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- Launched new innovation (doubled product portfolio)
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- Future innovations expanded beyond Tromsø borders
What we missed
- Did not achieve 50MNOK revenues in 2018. Why?
- Unable to invest as planned due to Groups
Strategic Goal: One-Stop-Shop
European's leading one-stop-shop enzyme supplier
Achievable by


Drivers Behind Organic Growth
Sales
- More value to be extracted from existing products
- Drive sales growth through newly launched products

Accelerate Innovations
- Customer driven innovation
- Commercial new innovations from vast prototype library (Norway/EU)
- Fuel with more resources

Scaling Operations
- Scale to grow with customers
- Implemented 2 production lines
- Fuel with more resources and use of CMO's as needed

Inorganic Growth Strategy
Short term (2020-2022)
- Strengthens brand position as one-stopshop via deeper and broader offering
- Accelerate opportunities to grow sales
- Enhance operational and innovation capacity
- Achieve a central EU base
Status
- Expect 1st transaction in first half 2020
- Goal to complete 2-3 transactions
Long term (2023-2026)
- Our commercial customers want more than just enzymes
- Consider further transactions > companies with novel non-enzyme components

Group's Strategic Goals & Objectives
ArcticZymes Strategy
BBG Strategy

BBG Business Today & Future Directions

Woulgan
| Why divest? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What next? | ||||
| Lack marketing power needed to make Woulgan economically viable Continues to burn cash |
Sell off to new owner with the operational and marketing capabilities to make Woulgan a success |
How? | ||
| Hire an external business developer |
Effect on Company? | |||
| Timeframes: 6-9 months to identify a new owner and initiate negotiations |
Woulgan R&D on hold Continue to support existing customers Structural reorganisation |
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Group's Strategic Goals & Objectives
ArcticZymes Strategy
BBG Strategy

Financial Outlook


No. 1 goal > drive whole business into profitability in 2020
AZ represents main strategic and high growth business
Remaining BBG business serves as source of cash while business remains profitable
Loss making Woulgan business will be divested
New strategic direction offers best possible situation for generating long-term shareholder value
