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Grace Breeding Ltd. — Investor Presentation 2023
May 8, 2023
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CORPORATE Value Proposition PRESENTATION Q2 2023

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GRACE BREEDING
Is an AgClimateTech company providing sustainable agricultural solutions for sustainable food supply
Replace climate-harmful, synthetic products while protecting the environment
Protect crops from the effects of climate change stressors while supporting profitable crop production for
farmers

See our lab., greenhouse and field-level scientific and GTM trials
Investment Highlights
- Emerging leader in agricultural technology providing solutions to protect crops from ongoing effects of climate change
- Operating in large and growing addressable end markets
- Biofertilizers represent a global TAM of \$45 billion with a CAGR of 10.9%
- Leading programs are two novel, patent-pending, biological environmental Biofertilizers & stress tolerance technologies (NFT & WDS)
- Reduce carbon emission, reduce reliance on synthetic fertilizers by 50% & increase yield in 20-30%
- NFT (Bio-Fertilizer) = proprietary • Powerful unit economics and economies of scale through availability to procure raw materials efficiently
- non-disruptive biofertilizer derived from • Simplified regulatory pathway, enabling the company, according to the company estimation, to launch commercially in Brazil mid-2024
- natural bacteria and biological • Strong IP protection with four separate utility patent applications
- activators • Validating strategic partnerships and close industry relationships support R&D and pre-commercial efforts
- Seasoned management team with decades of combined cumulative experience in fertilizers, plant protection, and food supply
Upstream and Downstream Solutions to Support a Crop's Sustainable Growth Lifecycle
Upstream: "NFT" (Bio-Fertilizer) Replaces climate-harmful, synthetic urea
Downstream: "WDS" (Climate Stress Solution) Improves the crop tolerance to withstand abiotic climate stress
Company At-a-Glance
| Established | 2015 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | R&D center located in Israel's Rehovot's science park |
| Employees | 12 |
| Experience | Management with years of accumulated experience in the areas of Agtech, fertilizers, plant protection and food. |
| IPO | Feb 2022 (TASE: GRAC) with a market CAP ~ 100 Million ILS |


Management

Morris Zelkha, Chairman of the Board of Directors Founder and former CEO of LycoRed for 24 years head of new product development Negev Phosphate ICL

Moti Mordehai, CCO
Global Senior Manager at ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd.; GTM expert with launch-to-commercial life cycle management experience & a deep understanding of the relationships between producers, distributors and product end-users

Assaf Dotan, CEO
Senior Manager at ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd.; entrepreneur in the ag-innovative world; former CEO of Casterra Ag. Former Ag Investment Advisor for Fortissimo Capital and RDC

Amit Avidov, CTO
Innovative agronomist and senior plant breeder with more than 30 years of experience and over 600 registered plant varieties attributed to his work

Ricki Lahav, COO
governmental entities
Orly Shuster, CFO
Formerly head of budgeting and strategy at Evogene, with over 20 years of experience in sales, travel and administration at high-tech and agricultural companies
Graduate of the CPA firm EY Israel with 20 years of experience in accounting and economic services for a variety of private, public and

Professor Yoram Kapulnik,
Scientific Advisory Board - brings over 40 years experience in Life Science Innovations Industry and is a global expert in nitrogen fixation.

Valdemar Fischer,
Advisory Board – brings decades of experience in agriculture and leadership as Non-Executive Chairman at Syngenta Latin America

Shaul Friedland,
Director, Business Consultant - brings over 40 years of commercial expertise in the agriculture industry. ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Ltd. and ADAMA Americas

Our Technology: How We Are Differentiated Within the AgTech Industry
Disrupting a multi-billion-dollar industry* with solutions to fertilize sustainably and enable crop tolerance and vigor

Proprietary IP solutions that result from years of research evaluating a thousand biological molecules and their combinations with non-pathogenic bacteria
NFT (Proprietary Bio-Fertilizer) value Proposition
Bio-Fertilizer: NFT business model
NFT Benefits:

Reduce reliance on synthetic nitrogen by 50% (Corn/Maize)

Reduce carbon emissions to earn carbon credits (Corn/Maize) 2 3

Increase nutrient availability (Soybean)
Business models:
1. Direct
Product benefits Flexibility to deal directly to farmer or through a dealer
2. In-direct
Earn Carbon Credits Farmland owners potentially move to farming carbon credits



NFT: Bio-Fertilizer
Value Proposition


WDS (Proprietary Stress Tolerance Enhancer) Value Proposition
• .
Stress tolerance enhancer - WDS
WDS Benefits:

Abiotic stress tolerance (Industrial F&V)

Create market access*** by IPM** (Investment intensive F&V)

Improve plant efficiency 2 3 (Soybean & Cereals)
Business Model:
1. Direct Product benefits Flexibility to deal directly to farmer or through a dealer



* F&V – Fruits & Vegetables
** IPM - Integrated Pest Management
*** Under Development

WDS: Stress tolerance enhancer
Value Proposition

Bio-stimulant (WDS+), Under Development
Value Proposition

Target Market & Strategic Collaborators
Global Footprints
The company intends to start conducting field experiments and observations for marketing and sales around the world.


Brazil: Our First Strategic Market is An Agricultural Market Leader


- With 42 million Ha. of soybean and 22 million Ha. of maize (corn), Brazil is one of the largest agricultural markets in the world.
- Brazil is the largest agricultural chemical market in the world, with a turnover of 13 billion USD.
- Brazil is a major importer of fertilizers: 95% of the urea used in corn and 75% of the phosphorus used in corn and soybeans is imported.
- 23% of Brazil's annual imported fertilizers are from Russia.
- Russia is planning to impose an export tax of 23.5% on all fertilizers.
- The market of biological products grew 40% this last year in Brazil.
- Grace Breeding announced a strategic R&D collaboration with the University of Londrina (UEL), based in Paraná State, Brazil (11/2022).
Geopolitical changes - Brazil is Forecasted to Surpass the U.S. in Corn Exportation
First shipment of Brazilian corn to China occurred in November 2022, after Phytosanitary agreement signed between the countries

In the 2021-2022 marketing year, the primary destinations of Brazilian corn were Iran, Spain, Japan, Egypt & Colombia
Brazil is #1 in Biological Control Products Adoption and Bio-fertilizers Adoption




Political, Economic, Social, and Technological (PEST) analysis Brazil/NFT • There are programs that promote the substitution of imported fertilizers. • For organo-mineral fertilizers and biofertilizers there are • Agricultural GDP is 25% of total GDP. It is a strategic sector of the Brazilian economy. • The sale of fertilizers is • In the interior of the country the farmer is an important figure in society. • There is a high demand for professionals in the • Today an estimated 40% of farmers use seeding machines with in-furrow inoculation systems; • Continued growth is projected as biologicals POLITICAL ECONOMIC SOCIAL TECHNOLOGICAL
agricultural segment,
qualified in the biological
mainly for people
sector.
• A new government was elected, there could be changes in the regulatory area.
reduced taxes
- seasonal.
- The input market, mainly specialty products, is traded in local currency.
- The inflation target for 2023 is 5.8% per year.
• 95% of the machines are farmer-owned.
continue to show positive
results and regulatory
support.
Grace Breeding Products - Strengths and Weaknesses

Brazil/NFT

- Reduces the use of nitrogen fertilizer in crops
- Offers potential carbon credit business model
- Brings profitability to the input supply-chain, while the profitability of urea is very low.
- Naturally-derived, safe, low environmental impact
- Easy to apply
- Grace's management and advisors bring extensive market expertise
- Promotes plant interaction with non-pathogenic microorganisms

- Technology mode of action is still not known; this makes the sales pitch difficult
- Application volume needs to be reduced for efficient infurrow application (spray volume)
- Product shelf life is 1 year
- The technology behavior needs to be quantified in the different Brazilian soils and climates
- Lack of local validation related to the % of fertilizer that can be substituted
- On-farm production of micro-organisms


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NFT WDS

GTM
Implementing a Hybrid GTM Strategy


Market trends and benchmark M&A activities
Over the Last 20 Years the Investment in R&D Expenditure of the Conventional Crop Protection Market has Shifted

Bio-Fertilizer Approaches: Market Landscape


BioStimulants Recent global M&A Activity


Brazil – Market consolidation and M&A map



THANK YOU!
