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HARVEST TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD AGM Information 2023

Nov 27, 2023

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AGM Presentation I ASX:HTG November 28, 2023

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Welcome

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Introduction

Board of Directors Jeff Sengelman Chairman Non-Executive Director

Company Secretary

Jack Rosagro

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Marcus Machin Non-Executive Director

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Ross McKinnon Non-Executive Director

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Annual Financial Report

Shareholders are invited to ask questions and make comment on the annual financial statements.

HLB Mann Judd auditor, Danny Buckley, is available to answer questions relevant to the financial audit for FY2023.

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Resolutions

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Resolution 1: Remuneration Report

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, as a non-binding ordinary resolution the following:

'That the Remuneration Report be adopted by Shareholders.'

Results Results
For 110,978,474
Against 36,977,022
Abstain 83,389
Chairman's Discretion (in favour) 0
Total 148,038,885

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Resolution 2: Election of Director – Mr. Ross McKinnon To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, as an ordinary resolution the following:

‘That, for the purpose of Listing Rule 14.4, Article 7.6(c) of the Constitution and for all other purposes, Mr Ross McKinnon, a Director who was appointed as a Director in accordance with Article 7.6(a) of the Constitution on 1 April 2023, retires and, being eligible, is elected as a Director of the Company, on the terms and conditions in the Explanatory Memorandum.'

Results Results
For 123,613,779
Against 77,022,410
Abstain 2,783,389
Chairman's Discretion (in favour) 3,266,178
Total 206,685,756

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Resolution 3: Re-election of Director – Mr. Jeffery Sengelman To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, as an ordinary resolution the following:

‘That, Mr Jeffery Sengelman, in accordance with Article 7.2(a) of the Constitution, Listing Rule 14.4 and for all other purposes, retires and, being eligible and offering himself for re-election, is reelected as a Director, on the terms and conditions in the Explanatory Memorandum.'

Results Results
For 166,850,465
Against 36,685,724
Abstain 83,389
Chairman's Discretion (in favour) 3,066,178
Total 206,685,756

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Resolution 4: Approval of 10% Placement Facility To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, as a special resolution the following:

‘That, pursuant to and in accordance with Listing Rule 7.1A and for all other purposes, Shareholders approve the issue of Equity Securities totalling up to 10% of the issued capital of the Company at the time of issue, calculated in accordance with the formula prescribed in Listing Rule 7.1A.2 and on the terms and conditions in the Explanatory Memorandum.'

Results Results
For 183,709,108
Against 19,825,753
Abstain 84,717
Chairman's Discretion (in favour) 3,066,178
Total 206,685,756

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Resolution 5: Reinsertion of Proportional Takeover Bid Approval Provisions

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass with or without amendment, as a special resolution the following:

‘That the modification of the Company's Constitution to re-insert the proportional takeover bid approval provisions contained in schedule 5 of the Constitution for a period of three years from the date of approval of this Resolution is approved under and for the purposes of sections 648G(4) and 136(2) of the Corporations Act and for all other purposes .'

Results Results
For 203,410,757
Against 124,104
Abstain 84,717
Chairman's Discretion (in favour) 3,066,178
Total 206,685,756

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Final Poll

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Chairman Address

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CEO Address

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Financial Summary

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FY23 results

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Sales revenue R&D investment Net operating Cash balance 3.04m 3.96m cash outflow 3.29m[] ▲42% ▼15% (4.59m) ▼26.8% FY2022 2.14m FY2022 4.65m ▼49% FY2022 4.49m _ FY2022 (9.00m) _including 2.3m cap raise realised in early FY2024 Total revenue R&D rebate Net Loss EBITDA 5.65m 2.56m (10.00m) (4.78m) ▲161% ▼31% ▼57% FY2022 2.16m FY2024 ~1.6m FY2022 (14.50m) FY2022 (11.13m)

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FY23 revenue diversification

  • The Group continues to expand and diversify revenue streams by sector and region

  • Key markets in FY23 remained Offshore Services, Energy and Maritime (collectively 83% of total revenue)

  • Regional sales expansion saw the contribution from nonAPAC regions grow by over 100% to c.30% of revenue in FY23

Revenue by Sector FY23 Revenue by Region FY23

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Utilities Other
Diversified Sat Comms 1.0% 1.1%
1.6%
Industrials
4.9%
Defence
8.1%
Maritime
8.8%
Offshore
Services
43.9%
Energy
30.6%
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UK
11.2
%
Europe
8.7%
Americas
9.2%
APAC
70.9%
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Q1 FY24 revenue

  • Continued business development and marketing efforts has yielded noticeable benefits in Q1 FY24

  • Continued organic growth of Defence as a large and important market has been emphasised in Q1 FY24 – contributing 1/3 of total revenue, significantly growing European region sales

  • Opportunity pipeline continues to grow across regions and sectors benefiting from targeted sales approach

Revenue by Sector Q1 FY24

Revenue by Region Q1 FY24

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Sat
Comms Other
0.3% 5.0%
Diversified
Industrials
2.3%
UK Middle East
2.6% 19.9% APAC
32.8%
Defence
33.1%
Offshore Services
51.9%
Americas
Europe 8.8%
35.9%
Maritime
3.5%
Energy
4.0%
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Operations

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FY23 in review

KEY PRIORITIES

  • ü Execute customer and income diversification strategy

  • ü Execute delivery of innovative technology solutions

  • ü Maintain cost-discipline

  • ü Adapt operational structure to meet external challenges

  • ü Balance growth and future development with available resources

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CUSTOMERS

ü New :

  • 3-year contract DOF Subsea

  • 2-year contract Vallianz

  • Multi-year projects (to 2027) with European Defence Force and FVEY Defence Force

  • US Defence and Government contractor

  • Multiple projects with Tier 1 & 2 contractors in North Sea and Gulf of Mexico

ü : Existing

  • Esso, TechnipFMC, Inpex, Ocean Infinity and Fugro annual renewals and expansion

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FY23 achievements

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TECHNOLOGY

ü Released :

  • Nodestream™ V2 protocol update

  • Combined Nodestream™ / RiS™ tech stacks

  • Nodestream™ Enterprise server (NSE™)

  • Nodestream™ integrated – embedded module (NSI™)

  • ü : Bespoke Development

  • Smart buoy subsea monitoring solution

ü : Testing

  • “NS2” cloud platform

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PARTNER ECOSYSTEM

ü New :

  • Global agreement with The AST Group

  • Tripartite solution partner agreement with The AST Group and Guerrilla Technologies for FVEY defence customer solutions

  • Digital Edge Subsea reseller agreement - global

  • Shamal Technology reseller agreement – Middle East

  • ü : Existing

  • Multi-year project with EUDF through Marlink

  • Upcoming ME projects with Speedcast

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Strategic plan update 1 Speed & Scalability 2 ü Delivery of Wearwolf™ and Nodestream™ downloadable decoder software applications ü Building of scalable production and management systems ü Advancing development of existing Infinity product suite ü Ramping resources to support innovation, sales, marketing, BD, and regional expansion ü Establishing relationships with global industry Income Diversity

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1 3
Speed & Scalability 2 Expansion & Growth
ü Delivery of Wearwolf™ and Nodestream™ • Delivery of cloud-based platform
downloadable decoder software applications • Become a trusted provider within the
ü Building of scalable production and Defence, Space and National Security
management systems communities
ü Advancing development of existing Infinity • Explore and develop third-party alliances
product suite and opportunities in the consumer
ü Ramping resources to support innovation, market
sales, marketing, BD, and regional expansion • Commence initial exploration and
ü Establishing relationships with global industry Income Diversity development of business opportunities in
partners, resellers and solutions providers Asia
Generate new Continue
Targeted Release
customer technology Release new Expand Increase Development
marketing to Diversify Expand into enhanced V2
growth and development RiS™ system partner and global user of “NS2”
specific revenue U.K., EMEA Nodestream™
increase sales to enhance with V2 reseller support cloud
industry streams and Americas software
to existing core software ecosystem services platform
verticals application
customers functionality
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The journey

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Discovery Attention to Detail Race Is On Second Act Future State
Discover market opportunity where sales Transition Drive demand New products Grow the potential
and use is repeatable and predictable. business to build and sales to and routes to with M&A
Develop concept and commercialise. scalable grow fast market activities
infrastructure
Problem Solution Product Market Readiness to Growth
Fit Fit scale acceleration Expansion Transformation
Current
status
Expected
status
~5 years +1 year ~2 years ~2 years ~2 years
Phase of Strategic Plan: Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Inception: 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 ~2027 ~2029 ~2031
Relative Durations
Relative Growth Momentum
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  • At least 1 year ahead in growth momentum and duration compared to average tech start-up journey

  • Harvest at inflection point to support scalable opportunities and revenue growth

  • Concurrent with Phase 3 Expansion & Growth commencing CY2023/2024

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Source: Gartner, Inc. 2022 – 785805_C

FY24 priorities

  • Continue to execute customer and income diversification strategy

  • Deliver “NS2” to market = condition satisfied to transition to Phase 3 of strategic plan = expansion and revenue growth

  • Maintain cost-discipline and manage resources

  • Grow partner ecosystem and increase on-ground capacity to support regional expansion including business development and sales and customer and partner support

  • Seek opportunities for embedment and integration into 3[rd] party products and solutions

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Cloud platform

AVRLIVE™ CLOUD (“NS2” v.1)

Our platform is ready for deployment with pilot trials set to commence with specific customers this week. We are looking forward to their feedback on the new platform.

It’s been built from the ground up using our core technology and learnings from more than 300,000 operational hours in field.

It will provide our customers with unrivalled operational awareness and asset aggregation on one platform is as easy as using Netflix.

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Cloud platform

EXPECTATIONS

  • Customer own deployment with minimal contact with Harvest – improves conversion rates and reduces impact to sales resources

  • Passively provides the company with a scalable recurring SaaS revenue source

  • consumption-based electronic model

  • retention – once onboarded remain subscribed

  • improved long-term forecasting capability

  • Transition and scaling up of existing customers

  • Enables embedment into third party products

  • Increased access to wider customer base especially businesses with a large number of users and assets

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Thank you

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Harvest Technology Group Limited (ASX:HTG)

Investor Enquiries:

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Appendices

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FY23 results

  • 42% in sales driven by growth in new regions and sectors

  • $4.0m invested in R&D and product enhancements to drive future growth opportunities and help scale revenue

  • $2.6m R&D incentive rebates received, increasing reported revenue by 161%

  • 19% personnel expenses due to cost-discipline despite investment in added capabilities needed to grow sales and product delivery

  • Growth in revenue + continued focus on cost control + resource realignment = Net Loss reduced by 31% for the year (included $0.3m loss from discontinued vessel activities and $4.8m non-cash expenses)

  • Net operational cash outflows 49%, due to improved trading performance and $2.6m R&D incentive rebates

  • EOFY cash balance c.$1.0m + additional $2.3m realised post year-end from capital raising activities

KEY FINANCIAL DATA
(in AUD millions)
Up/
Down
% FY2023 FY2022
Sales - Technology 42 3,042,307 2,145,455
Total Revenue 161 5,655,537 2,161,410
Net Loss for the year from
continuing operations
29 (9,684,421) (13,710,336)
Net Loss for the year
attributable to members
31 (10,002,733) (14,500,660)
Net Cash used in
operating activities
49 (4,586,206) (9,004,539)
Cash Balance 78 992,018 4,497,315

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Disclaimer

This presentation is made available by Harvest Technology Group Limited (“HTG”, “Company”, “Group”, “Harvest” or “we”).

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To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither HTG nor, any affiliates, related bodies corporate and their respective officers, directors, employees, advisors and agents, nor any other person, accepts any liability as to or in relation to the accuracy or completeness of the information, statements, opinions or matters (express or implied) arising out of, contained in or derived from this presentation or any omission from this presentation or of any other written or oral information or opinions provided now or in the future to any person.

This presentation does not purport to contain all the information that a prospective investor may require in evaluating a possible investment in HTG nor does it contain all the information which would be required in a disclosure document prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Corporations Act and should not be used in isolation as a basis to invest in HTG. Recipients of this presentation must make their own independent investigations, consideration and evaluation of HTG.

HTG recommends that potential investors consult their professional advisor/s as an investment in HTG is considered to be speculative in nature.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, HTG disclaims any responsibility to inform any recipient of this presentation on any matter that subsequently comes to its notice which may affect any of the information contained in this document and presentation and undertakes no obligation to provide any additional or updated information whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither HTG nor, any affiliates, related bodies corporate and their respective officers, directors, employees, advisors and agents, nor any other person, accepts any liability as to or in relation to the accuracy or completeness of the information, statements, opinions or matters (express or implied) arising out of, contained in or derived from this presentation or any omission from this presentation or of any other written or oral information or opinions provided now or in the future to any person.

Unless otherwise specified, all references to $ amounts are in Australian dollars.

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