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Hexagon Composites Investor Presentation 2019

Feb 13, 2019

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Agenda

  • •Group highlights
  • •Agility transaction update
  • •Summary Group financials
  • •Outlook
  • •Q & A
  • •Appendix: Segment & proforma financials

Highlights from Q4 2018

  • • Signed agreement and subsequently completed NOK 1 billion acquisition of Agility Fuel Solutions
  • • Strongest quarterly revenue of 2018 driven by Mobile Pipeline
  • Second highest quarterly revenue of all time primarily from North America
  • Received NOK 65 million order for UK market for delivery in 2019
  • • Strong Agility Fuel Solutions profitability
  • Heavy-Duty Truck sales continues an upwards cycle
  • Extended long-term agreement with New Flyer with total value of NOK 640 million primarily for CNG bus systems
  • • Very active Hydrogen market
  • Increased deliveries to Heavy-Duty applications
  • Received U.S. Department of Transportation permits for hydrogen transportation systems

Agility Update Impact of 2019 transaction

Full year pro-forma* 2018

*Preliminary unaudited estimates

Agility acquisition has effect of ~ doubling Group revenues with double-digit EBITDA margin

Expected accounting impacts in 2019*

  • •Move away from equity accounting to consolidation of Agility's results from 2019 onwards
  • •Gain on transaction, net of fees, estimated to be NOK 72 million*
  • •Deferred tax accrual on gain = NOK 17 million*
  • • Purchase price allocation exercise ongoing:
  • This will determine the split between goodwill and depreciable intangibles

* Preliminary, unaudited estimates before final PPA

4thQUARTER 2018 FINANCIALS

Note: Agility Fuel Solutions only consolidated from Q1 2019

Financial highlights Q4 2018

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Other Hexagon businesses vs Hydrogen results | Q4 2018

13% EBITDA margin from normalized non-H2 business

Agility Fuel Solutions: Q4 2018

Business Operating results

  • • Continued increase in revenues and margin Driven by strong rebound in Heavy-Duty Truck sales
  • • Continued strong year over year growth in Transit bus volumes in quarter
  • • Strong Refuse Truck sales Continued upward trend in 2018 over 2017
  • • Good Liquidity
  • Fully-funded

Revenues and adjusted EBITDA

Balance sheet | Q3 2018 vs Q4 2018

NOK 383m Net Interest Bearing Debt & 59% Equity Ratio

NIBD increase driven by Digital Wave acquisition

Group cash movements Q4 2018

Working capital management balances capex and leasing pool requirements; Digital Wave acquisition part funded by loan drawings

Preliminary & unaudited Full Year 2018

Note: Agility Fuel Solutions only consolidated from Q1 2019

Full-year 20181 vs. 2017

Agility Fuel Solutions Full Year 2018

  • • Continued increase in revenues and margin
  • Year over Year growth in Refuse, Bus and Powertrain (Propane) systems
  • Strong rebound in Heavy-Duty Truck sales in second half of year with good momentum into 2019
  • • Transit Bus systems revenue continues to be largest segment and delivered 20% growth Good performances in both North America and Europe
  • •Refuse Truck systems growth of 21%
  • • Powertrain (Propane) systems growth of 84% and still in start-up mode

Revenues and adjusted EBITDA*

Agility impact to Group P&L*

*Preliminary and unaudited

2018 Financial Scorecard*

  • Double-digit EBITDA margins for non Hydrogen segments
  • EBITDA dilution of NOK 55 million related to Hydrogen business units
  • 40% revenue growth in Mobile Pipeline
  • 36% adjusted EBITDA growth in Agility Accretive investment doubling revenues on proforma basis
  • Record production volumes and 21% EBITDA margin in LPG
  • More than doubled net profit From NOK 70 to 146 million
  • Maintained a strong balance sheet

In 2018 we sharpened our focus on the significant opportunities within hydrogen resulting in our largest ever OEM contracts; in 2019, the Agility acquisition will drive value from increasing our portfolio of solutions for cleaner air

*2018 = Preliminary and unaudited

Driving energy transformation #1 clean fuel solutions provider

Ideal timing Secured 100% ownership in Agility

  • •Global zero emission transportation trend
  • • US production of natural gas up 40%* the last decade
  • –and the growth will continue
  • •Readily available technology and infrastructure
  • • Adoption rate stimulated by availability, economics and environmental agenda

Waste Management Refuse Trucks Photo: Waste Management

Re-enforced global leadership position in clean fuel solutions

Source: *IHS Markit

Over 60,000 vehicles on the road with Agility's fuel systems….

…across all main alternative fuel technology platforms

  • CNG cylinders •
  • CNG fuel systems

Hydrogen fuel systems

Battery packs

  • •Electric drivetrain integration
  • Propane fuel systems and engines

Environmental agenda drives demand

  • • Continued very strong growth in the European Transit Bus segment in Q1
  • •Strong, stable US Transit Bus and Refuse Truck demand
  • • Long-term agreement with New Flyer extended ‒Total estimated value MUSD 75 (approx. MNOK 640)
  • • Heavy-Duty Truck continues its positive trend from second half of 2018

13,000+ New Flyer CNG buses equipped with Agility fuel systems - reduced CO2 emissions by approx. 4.4 million tons compared to diesel Photo: New Flyer

Riding the e-mobility megatrend

There will not just be the one and only powertrain technology (…) execs globally believe in a fairly even split of BEVs (30%), Hybrids (25%), FCEV (23%) and ICEs (23%) by 2040.

KPMG Global Automotive Executive Survey 2019

South Korea's shift to hydrogen economy

  • • Ambitious plans by the South Korean government
  • 81,000 Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles in 2022 1.8 million by 2030
  • 2,000 hydrogen buses by 2022
    • 820 police buses beginning in 2021
  • 310 hydrogen fueling stations by 2022 up from 86 in 2019
  • • Hyundai Motor Group 'FCEV Vision 2030'
  • Produce 700,000 fuel-cell systems annually
  • Invest around USD 6.8 billion creating 51,000 jobs

South Korean President Moon declares move toward hydrogen economy

Maritime hydrogen wave building up

  • • Four Norwegian publicly funded hydrogen projects
  • Samskip: Short sea ships
  • Havyard: Coastal cruise
  • ZEFF/SelfaArtic: Fast ferry
  • Flying Foil: Fast ferry
  • • HYON engaged in two of the projects
  • Samskip: Short sea ships
  • ZEFF/SelfaArtic: Fast ferry

ZEFF/SelfaArtic fast ferry

Samskip short sea shipping

CNG Light-Duty Vehicles

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WLTP* challenges resolved – high growth expected

  • • Strongly positive market sentiment
  • WLTP* bottleneck easing out
  • Golf, Seat Leon and Skoda Octavia CNG models WLTP approved and available
  • • Q1'19 expected to be on par with Q4'18
  • Steep ramp-up from Q2

"Driving on natural gas is not only good for your wallet, it is also good for the environment. Compared to petrol or diesel, natural gas contains a significantly higher amount of energy and a lower carbon fraction. This means that driving in CNG mode produces around 25% fewer CO2 emissions than with petrol." Source: Volkswagen Group

*Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP) 29

Good start to the year

  • • Q1 volumes similar to Q1'18
  • Challenging product mix affecting margins
  • • NOK 75 million capex program complete, on time and on budget
  • Expecting fully ramped up run rate from Q2'19
  • Unique LPG liner technology
  • Permeation approaching zero

New building extension at Hexagon Ragasco

Mobile Pipeline® finding its way to new customers and applications

  • •Strong fundamentals
  • •Solid backlog for Q1'19
  • • Order from Certarus of ~ NOK 70 million to supply CNG to constrained or under-served areas
  • • Rest of the world project pipeline continues to increase

Certarus Mobile Pipeline® modules

Group Outlook Q1 2019

APPENDIX

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Segment financial highlights Q4 2018

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Strong sales volumes, particularly in North America

Segment financial highlights Q4 2018

  • Revenues primarily from Asian and core European markets
  • Product mix effects drives EBITDA lower year-overyear

Good quarter in revenue terms with +19% growth vs. Q4 last year, and the strongest quarter reported in 2018

After all eliminations

Agility Fuel Solutions: Q4 2018

Result to Hexagon Group per equity accounting method

Q4 2018 AFS EBITDA to profit before tax

Agility impact to Q4 Group P&L

Proforma P&L for Agility Fuel Solutions acquisition

Preliminary estimates subject to final review, audit and PPA adjustment for end Q1 2019

Notes: 1: P&L converted quarterly at average USD:NOK for the relevant quarter; Balance Sheet converted at quarter end rate