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Elliptic Laboratories ASA — Investor Presentation 2021
May 12, 2021
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Elliptic Labs Q1 Presentation
May 12, 2021
AI software empowering the next billion devices
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Agenda
Introduction and Q1 2021 highlights
Financials
Summary
Q1 HIGHLIGHTS
Building momentum along with enhanced operational performance
- Enhanced financial performance compared with Q1 2020:
- Operating revenues up from NOK 4.0m to NOK 4.5m
- EBITDA improved from NOK -11.1m to NOK -8.5m
- Cash flow from operations improved from NOK -6.0m to NOK 0.2m
- Recent announcements and progress in first half will contribute to a stronger second half of 2021
- Cash position NOK 95.4m down from NOK 99.7m in Q4
- Signed software license agreement with one new large smartphone customer
- Launched smartphones with current and new customers
- Progress on PoC's with PC manufacturers, office opened in Taiwan
- a positive outcome will change the financial performance significantly in 2021 and onwards
- Strengthened partnerships in Ecosystem

Elliptic Labs develops smart software-sensors that use AI and ultrasound to sense you and your surroundings
Sensors touch every aspect of life and drive the digital transformation Our vision is to build the leading software platform for all sensors, making every device smarter and more environmentally-friendly

Today we are the ultrasound leader for consumer market
Who Global AI software company with presence in Norway, Asia and USA AI Virtual software sensors for presence, 3D gestures and heartbeat detection for consumer and automotive markets What Well-invested and -developed technology proven at scale with multiple customers and cost-efficient machine learning software platform How Software-only business model with opportunity for >50% EBITDA margin, backed by a strong patent portfolio – 99 patents granted/pending Business model Deployed in 100M+ devices and growing software is deployed in over 150M devices and growing…
Revenue Target NOK 500m within the next three years

Our
We enable critical user experiences for the smartphone, laptop, IoT & automotive markets






Proximity Presence Gesture Positioning Connection Breathing Heartbeat



Strengthened market opportunities
Tight supply chain impacts hardware sensor availability and pricing, improving our competitive advantage

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Smartphone market
More smartphone launches – added new customer
1.6B smartphones have a proximity sensor turning screen off/on when users are making calls:
- Most smartphones are using hardware sensors for proximity, that we are replacing with our smart software sensors
- Customers partner with us to reduce supply chain, cost and to add new innovative features
Q1 Highlights:
- ➢ Signed agreement with a new large smartphone customer
- ➢ Announced four high-volume smartphone launches with Xiaomi, a world leading smartphone and IoT manufacturer, models:
- ➢ "Mi 11 Lite"
- ➢ "Mi 11 Lite 5G"
- ➢ "Redmi Note 10"
- ➢ "Redmi Note 10s"
- ➢ Announced two smartphone launches with a new customer, Blackshark, models:
- ➢ "Blackshark 4"
- ➢ "Blackshark 4 Pro"
| Target | All Smartphones |
|---|---|
| Competing hardware sensors cost per unit |
Infrared Sensor \$0.10-\$0.25 |
| Our Value proposition | No supply chain, lower cost & more features |
| Our Pricing model | Per unit or annual license agreement |
| Market opportunity | \$200-\$400M |


PC market opportunity
Positioned to be standard provider for presence detection
Laptop OEMs want presence detection on all their devices:
- Our software sensors meet both the price-point and performance needed to broadly deploy presence-sensing capabilities to all tiers of a laptop manufacturer's product lines.
- Competing hardware sensors used for presence detection for security, require a supply chain, have longer integration cycle, and are more costly
Q1 Status:
- ➢ Signed one more Proof-of-Concept agreement, and continued to work other the leading PC OEMs
- ➢ Strengthened our partner collaboration with all leading semiconductor vendors on their laptop, tablet and PC platforms
- ➢ Opened office in Taiwan, where most PC ODMs are based and major PC OEMs are present

Aligning roadmaps with current and new chipset partners for easier deployment of our solutions for joint customers

- Established partnership with Cadence, a leader in electronic design automation, optimized Elliptic machine learning algorithms on Cadence Tensilica HiFi DSPs. Jointly enabling richer user experience running on energy-efficient processors to drive next-generation devices
- Aligning short and mid-term roadmaps based on customer demand, ensuring easier deployment at scale
- Symbiotic relationship and continued traction with key partners to deliver our technology to joint customers
Years of dedication and networking enables Elliptic Labs to access new markets, new verticals and leverage opportunities
Go-to-market partners continue to progress
Continued joint promotion and marketing to new and current customers and markets:
- Smartphone
- PC
- SmartTV
- SmartAppliances

Agenda
Introduction and Q1 2021 highlights
Financials
Summary
Key Elliptic Labs KPIs per Q1 2021

Q1 2021 P/L
| Q1 2021 |
Q1 2020 |
2021 YTD |
2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1 719 380 |
2 256 |
1 719 380 |
30 215 044 |
| Other operating income |
2 813 100 |
4 011 494 |
2 813 100 |
14 517 048 |
| Total revenue |
4 532 480 |
4 013 750 |
4 532 480 |
732 092 44 |
| Personnel expenses |
10 333 444 |
12 302 755 |
10 333 444 |
35 866 003 |
| Other operating expenses |
2 696 829 |
2 780 543 |
2 696 829 |
13 529 370 |
| Depreciation , amortisation and impairment |
2 057 964 |
362 231 1 |
2 057 964 |
5 438 634 |
| Total operating costs |
15 088 236 |
16 445 528 |
15 088 236 |
54 834 006 |
| Operating profit |
-10 555 756 |
-12 431 778 |
-10 555 756 |
-10 101 914 |
| Financial income |
204 680 |
6 750 |
204 680 |
852 1 417 |
| Financial expenses |
-668 995 |
-1 460 872 |
-668 995 |
-7 307 470 |
| income/expenses financial Net |
-464 315 |
-1 454 122 |
-464 315 |
-5 455 053 |
| Profit before tax |
020 071 -11 |
-13 885 900 |
020 071 -11 |
-15 556 968 |
| Income tax |
2 466 851 |
3 054 898 |
2 466 851 |
3 046 958 |
| Profit/(loss) | -8 553 220 |
-10 831 002 |
-8 553 220 |
-12 510 010 |
Q1 comments:
- Customer revenue significantly up from Q1 2020
- Slim operating cost base implies improved EBITDA from NOK -11.1m Q1 2020 to NOK -8.5m Q1 2021 even with low recognized revenues for the quarter
2021 guidance unchanged:
- Significantly stronger top line
- Positive EBITDA for the year
- Seasonal effects still in 2021, however less than for 2020
Q1 2021 Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
| Amounts in NOK |
31.03.2021 | 31.12.2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Non -current assets |
||
| Deferred tax assets |
62 273 885 |
59 807 034 |
| Intangible assets |
29 587 687 |
28 240 698 |
| Right of use assets |
4 464 658 |
022 739 5 |
| Other non-current financial assets |
071 884 4 |
4 050 298 |
| Total non-current assets |
100 398 115 |
97 120 769 |
| Current assets |
||
| receivable Accounts |
- | 426 621 |
| Other current receivables |
13 626 280 |
21 450 508 |
| Cash and cash equivalents |
95 378 640 |
99 724 175 |
| Total current assets |
109 004 920 |
121 601 304 |
| Total assets |
209 403 035 |
218 722 073 |
| and liabilities Equity |
||
| Share capital |
958 459 |
958 459 |
| Other equity |
179 546 943 |
187 145 632 |
| Total equity |
180 505 402 |
188 104 091 |
| debt Finance |
2 489 503 |
3 001 929 |
| Bank borrowings, long-term |
13 000 000 |
14 000 000 |
| Total long-term liabilities |
15 489 503 |
17 001 929 |
| Bank borrowings, short-term |
4 000 000 |
4 000 000 |
| Trade and other payables |
1 302 886 |
988 804 |
| payable Tax |
197 889 |
204 893 |
| lease liabilities Current |
2 203 433 |
2 203 433 |
| Other short term liabilities |
5 703 922 |
6 218 922 |
| Total current liabilities |
13 408 129 |
13 616 052 |
| Total equity and liabilities |
209 403 035 |
218 722 073 |
Solid Balance Sheet after Q1 2021
- Despite low recognized revenues, cash position only reduced from NOK 99.7m Q4 2020 to NOK 95.4m Q1 2021
- NOK 1m reduction of interest bearing debt in the quarter
Satisfactory cash flow from operations
• Due to solid sales revenues in Q4 2020, cash flow from operations ended slightly positive with NOK 0,2m in Q1 2021 up from NOK -6.0m in Q1 2020
| Q1 | Q1 | YTD | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| 238 770 |
-6 036 572 |
238 770 |
-6 678 217 |
| -2 | -2 | -2 | 102 |
| 846 | 146 | 846 | 670 |
| 873 | 099 | 873 | -15 |
| -1 | -1 | -1 | 87 |
| 735 | 241 | 735 | 190 |
| 831 | 452 | 831 | 022 |
| -4 | -9 | -4 | 65 |
| 343 | 424 | 343 | 409 |
| 934 | 123 | 934 | 135 |
| 99 | 35 | 99 | 34 |
| 724 | 873 | 724 | 362 |
| 175 | 432 | 175 | 299 |
| -1 | 329 | -1 | -47 |
| 601 | 197 | 601 | 260 |
| 95 | 26 | 95 | 99 |
| 378 | 778 | 378 | 724 |
| 640 | 506 | 640 | 175 |
Clear path towards significant revenue uplift
- Revenue from smartphone to increase from new customers and new features to existing and new customers
- Larger fixed volume contracts on units/devices increases revenue certainty
- Laptops are the largest revenue driver the nearest future as:

Shareholder Structure as per May 6, 2021
| SHAREHOLDER NAME | #Shares | % |
|---|---|---|
| Passesta AS (Chairman, Tore Engebretsen) |
1,194,416 | 12.4% |
| MP Pensjon PK |
890,093 | 9.3% |
| Alden AS (Board Member, Edvin Austbø) |
740,333 | 7.7% |
| Laila Danielsen (CEO) | 529,680 | 5.5% |
| Robert Horne | 502,835 | 5.2% |
| JP Morgan Bank Luxembourg S.A. | 417,666 | 4.4% |
| Vinterstua AS |
368,439 | 3.8% |
| Larne Overseas Ltd. | 282,000 | 2.9% |
| Bryhni.Com AS |
276,965 | 2.9% |
| Nunatak AS | 272,845 | 2.8% |
| Nordnet Livsforsikring AS |
247,273 | 2.6% |
| Ghibli AS (CFO, Thor A. Talhaug) | 215,000 | 2.2% |
| Verdipapirfondet Pareto Investment |
164,000 | 1.7% |
| Marie Chantal Fabres Scaler |
160,000 | 1.7% |
| Cipriano AS (Board Member, Einar Greve) | 145,370 | 1.5% |
| Inven2 AS Danske Bank A/S | 144,167 | 1.5% |
| Danske Invest Norge Vekst | 133,333 | 1.4% |
| Aktia Nordic Small |
133,333 | 1.4% |
| Slåpekroken AS |
131,000 | 1.4% |
| Nordnet Bank AB |
130,123 | 1.4% |
| Other 1,534 Shareholders | 2,515,090 | 26.2% |
| TOTAL OUTSTANDING SHARES | 9,593,961 | 100.0% |
| SHAREHOLDER NAME | #Shares | % |
|---|---|---|
| Shares owned by Board of Directors | 2,087,849 | 21,8 % |
| Shares owned by Mgmt. and Employees | 814,868 | 8,5 % |
| Allocated Options to Employees per 31.3.21 | 348,955 | 3,6 % |
| Outstanding Shares incl. Options | 9,942,916 |
▪Enhanced liquidity in the stock
▪Significantly increased no. of shareholders in the last months
▪From 886 to 1554 shareholders since last quarterly update

Agenda
Introduction and Q1 2021 highlights
Financials
Summary
Elliptic Labs is well positioned for growth
- ✓ Solid foundation for growth with software deployed at large scale in the smartphone market
- ✓ Launched on more smartphone models and added one large customer
- ✓ Strengthened partner collaborations with leading semiconductors for PC and IoT
- ✓ New office in Taiwan to meet demand in the PC market
- ✓ Leader in ultrasound with AI software platform and established partnerships, lower the barriers into new verticals
- ✓ Re-confirming our target of NOK 500m revenue within three years
