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Hexagon Composites Investor Presentation 2021

Feb 17, 2021

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Q4 2020

Jon Erik Engeset, CEO David Bandele, CFO

17 February 2021

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Agenda

  • Q4 highlights and key developments
  • Key market developments
  • Summary Group highlights and financials
  • Outlook
  • Q & A
  • Appendix: Segment financials & other material

Key developments in the quarter

  • All time high EBITDA performance in Agility
  • Leading US brands set ambitious eco-targets by means of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)
  • Successful listing of Hexagon Purus (HPUR.OL) on the Euronext Growth exchange, raised NOK 750 million in new capital
  • Unveiled LPG smart cylinder 4

Hexagon's g-mobility solutions had a positive CO2 impact in 2020

726,000*

Metric tons of GHG avoided

Petroleum cars

957,000 Acres of forest

Q4 2020 – strong quarter driven by Agility

Revenues NOK 803 million (NOK 770 million Q3)

EBITDA NOK 69 million (NOK 65 million Q3)

ex Purus Revenues NOK 770 million EBITDA NOK 121 million

COVID- 19 Impact

  • 100 cases to-date, including one fatality
  • Supply chain disruptions causing challenges
  • All production facilities have remained open during the quarter and no COVID-19 transmissions have taken place on-site
  • Underlying market demand is strong

Semiconductor shortage

• Volkswagen down 100,000 cars in the first quarter of 2021 - Golf platform including Volkswagen, ŠKODA, SEAT and Audi affected

• Impacting Hexagon CNG-LDV volumes in Q1'2021

…"We are now feeling the effects of the global semiconductor bottleneck. We are doing everything in our power to minimize lost production and to ensure that normal deliveries to customers can be resumed as rapidly as possible."

- Murat Aksel, Group Board of Management Member responsible for purchasing, Volkswagen Group

Hexagon Group

9 Note: data as of LTM Q'4'20 revenue 1) Hexagon Agility represents the combination of Mobile Pipeline and Agility Fuel Solutions. Combination and name is effective 01.01.2021

Hexagon Group

Revenue by geography

The US is Hexagon's largest market

Climate climbing the priority list in the US

  • Rejoining the Paris Climate Accord
  • Targeting zero emissions by 2050
  • Proposing USD 2 trillion climate plan over 4 years

RNG (Renewable Natural Gas – biomethane) at the core of the US response

170 48 -83 -100 -50 0 50 100 150 200 2 Diesel Truck Electric truck* RNG Truck ** Ordered ~1000 CNG/RNG trucks Converting entire long-haul fleet to RNG powered trucks by 2022 Purchase >6,000 natural gas vehicles between 2020 – 2022 Cutting fleet emissions by 45% by 2038

Metric tons C02 equivalents / year

USD per diesel gallon equivalent

Diesel RNG
USD 2.65-3.20 USD 1.20-1.85

Note: *Electric uses today's US electric grid, **RNG includes fuel produced from landfill and dairy sources Source : TruStar Energy

Rebound in US oil and gas rig count

Europe is Hexagon's second largest market

EU Green Deal; EUR 1 trillion by 2030

  • 13 million zero- and low-emission vehicles expected on European roads 2025
  • Digital technologies to increase efficiency, make transport cleaner, and boost circular economy
  • From 1 to 40 gigawatt of green hydrogen by 2030

EU Policy quantifying 50% Clean Target by 2025

From waste to renewable LPG

The European LPG industry addressing CO2 reductions

  • EU targeting 32% renewables in the energy mix by 2030
  • Bio-LPG reduces CO2 emissions by up to 80% versus conventional LPG
  • Primary raw material is organic waste

Establishing footprint in Asia

Gravity point shifting towards Asia

  • China pledging carbon neutral by 2060
  • Expected to be the largest market for fuel cell electric vehicles
  • South Korea targeting carbon neutrality by 2050
  • Southeast Asia to achieve 23% renewable energy in total primary energy supply in 2025.
  • Hexagon will take leading positions with strong partners in the region

Financial update

2021 Reporting Structure

Current reporting structure as at Q4 2020

1) Carve out from Hexagon Purus upon spin-off and effective 01.01.2021

Reporting structure from 1 January 2021

Summary of reporting changes for Hexagon Group (HEX.OL)

  • Hexagon Purus (HPUR.OL) quarterly earnings report and presentation published prior to Hexagon Group (HEX.OL)
  • Hexagon Group presentation will focus primarily on the collective of "Hexagon" or "Hexagon proforma" segments, i.e.:
  • g-mobility
  • Digital Wave
  • Ragasco
  • Hexagon Group financials will include Hexagon Purus as 100% consolidated and include a Minority Interest related to the non-controlled interest in Hexagon Purus (25%)
  • Hexagon Proforma numbers for 2020 will be issued in line with Q1 2021 reporting

Q4 2020 Financials

Group highlights from Q4 2020

  • Record EBITDA in Agility
  • Further deliveries to major logistics customers
  • Very strong Medium & Heavy-Duty CNG Truck sales
  • Mobile Pipeline still impacted by COVID-19
  • Strong sales in seasonal virtual interconnect projects

Modest CNG Light-Duty Vehicle volumes

  • Slower ramp-up after production relocation of major customer
  • Good profitability after receipt of annual volume rebate

Seasonal LPG performance

  • Good European sales volumes
  • Smaller volumes to wide spread of markets
  • Successful Hexagon Purus spin-off
  • Very high interest in private placement attracting NOK 750m in additional capital
  • Hexagon Group retains 75% ownership

Financial highlights Q4 2020

Hexagon Composites Group

  • Strong Agility revenues
  • Otherwise, volumes lower than Q4 '19 but overall higher than Q3 '20

11 -102 (-927%) NOKm

  • Record Agility EBITDA offset by lower volumes elsewhere
  • Strategic/transaction related costs NOK -20m

  • Y-o-Y effects of interest & charges NOK +13m; FX NOK -30m

  • Tax NOK -56m due to provisions on tax assets (Purus)

Hexagon (ex Purus) Proforma* | Q4 2020

Quarterly Hexagon Proforma* EBITDA > NOK 100m at 16% margin

Group Revenue by segment Q4 2020 | Before Group eliminations*

Revenue Q4'19 (Proforma after internal reorganizations**)

NOKm, before group eliminations

Revenue Q4'20

NOKm, before group eliminations

Hexagon Ragasco LPG

Hexagon Group Balance sheet | Q4 2020 vs Q3 2020

Stronger balance sheet after listing and private placement of Hexagon Purus

*The bond was issued in NOK and the company entered into a currency swap hedging arrangement converting the instrument to USD and is therefore accounted for as USD and subject to noncash FX translation movements; Interest bearing debt is stated excluding NOK 79m of related mark to market positions classified as non-current assets at the end of Q4 and not netted in liabilities

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Hexagon proforma leverage | Q4 2020

As of Q4 2020, Hexagon has a total NIBD of NOK 0.8 bn

  • Total IBD of 1.2 bn and cash of NOK 0.4 bn
  • Unsecured Bond NOK 1.1 bn. Maturing March 2023
  • Secured Bank facility of NOK 0.6 bn, currently NOK 0.5 bn undrawn. Maturing September 2021

Hexagon Purus currently debt free and holds cash of NOK 1.25 bn

  • NOK 0.75 bn private placement and capital injection from Hexagon Composites ASA
  • Ring-fenced Hexagon Purus from financial covenants in loan Agreements

Preliminary and unaudited Full Year 2020 Financials

Financial highlights Preliminary and Unaudited Full Year 2020

Hexagon Composites Group

  • COVID-19 impacts felt especially in Mobile pipeline and US transit bus
  • Major customer assembly facility relocation in CNG LDV
  • Otherwise robust performance driven by Agility and LPG (Ragasco)

  • Y-o-Y EBITDA impact on CNG LDV (- 90m) & Mobile Pipeline (-70m)

  • Strategic/transaction related costs NOK -29m
  • Total e-mobility ramp-up effect NOK -132m (-108m)

107 -153 -260 (-243%)

  • Y-o-Y effects of tax NOK -96m due mainly to provisions on tax assets (Purus)
  • All other below the line effects are net NOK +6m

Hexagon (ex Purus) Proforma* | Full Year 2020

Hexagon YTD Q4 2020 Proforma EBITDA of NOK 322m at 11% margin

* Unaudited and preliminary proforma aggregation, where CNG LDV business reported in Hexagon Purus is included, post eliminations 31

Group Revenue by segment Full Year 2020 | Before Group eliminations*

Revenue 2019 (Proforma after internal reorganizations**)

NOKm, before group eliminations

  • Agility Fuel Solutions (Heavy and Medium-Duty)
  • Hexagon Purus (e-mobility & CNG Light-Duty Vehicles)
  • Hexagon Mobile Pipeline & Other
  • Hexagon Ragasco LPG

Revenue 2020

NOKm, before group eliminations

  • Agility Fuel Solutions (Heavy and Medium-Duty)
  • Hexagon Purus (e-mobility & CNG Light-Duty Vehicles)
  • Hexagon Mobile Pipeline® & Other
  • Hexagon Ragasco LPG

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Hexagon Group 2020* Financial Scorecard

Navigated COVID-19 & well positioned for profitable growth in 2021

  • Double-digit EBITDA margin for Hexagon ex-Purus
  • EBITDA ramp up impact of NOK -132 million related to Hydrogen business units
  • NOK 272 million EBITDA in Agility Fuel Solutions
  • Cash of NOK 1.6bn and additional undrawn liquidity of NOK 0.5bn
  • Hexagon cash NOK 0.4bn and undrawn liquidity of NOK 0.5 bn
  • Purus cash NOK 1.2bn
  • 58% Equity Ratio
  • Spun off Hexagon Purus with current valuation of NOK ~14bn**, retaining 75% ownership

Outlook & 2021 Full year guidance

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Hexagon Agility Medium & Heavy-Duty Vehicles

Green focus driving g-mobility demand

  • Strong orderbook for 2021 to deliver growth targets
  • Modest first quarter after record H2 2020
  • Sustainability targets drive fleet demand for Heavy-Duty Truck business
  • Continued deliveries to major logistics suppliers
  • Improved adoption among small fleet owners
  • Positive demand for European bus
  • COVID-19 continues to be disruptive and planned OEM shutdowns may delay some orders
  • Refuse segment expected to pick up in 2021

Hexagon Agility Mobile Pipeline

Diversifying the customer portfolio

  • Expect pick up in mobile refueling, flare gas capture, and energy intensive applications in 2021
  • Customer synergies with Agility's automotive business
  • Awarded USD 5.7 million (NOK 48.5 million) industrial gas company order (delivery in Q2'2021)
  • Positive outlook for oil & gas segment
  • Increasing rig count
  • ESG drives conversion to CNG and RNG

Hexagon CNG-LDV

CNG Light-Duty Vehicles

  • Semiconductor shortage affecting our volumes in Q1
  • Call-offs expected to resume in Q2

Hexagon Digital Wave

Building our IoT opportunity and improving the circular economy

  • Profitable existing product offerings
  • Developing a new business model in 2021 incorporating
  • IoT of tank systems & real-time health monitoring
  • Life extension & improving circular economy of our industry
  • Service & leasing models
  • Some Opex investment to realize opportunities

Hexagon Ragasco

Strong demand for LPG leisure use

  • Expect seasonally strong first half of 2021
  • Supported by continued strong leisure market in Europe
  • Onboarding of smart tank pilot programs with key European customers through 2021

Hexagon (ex Purus) 2021 targets*

Substantial and profitable growth

Hexagon (ex Purus) 2021 Guidance | as at Q4 2020

Hexagon (ex Purus): Q1 relatively weak while Q2 – Q4 expected to be strong

Hexagon Purus

Strong and growing pipeline of hydrogen activities

  • Focus on operational execution of well-diversified order backlog, including:
  • Hydrogen distribution, transit bus, rail and aerospace business
  • Highly active and dynamic pipeline for new business across Purus' application and product footprint

Several recent contract announcements

Multi-year frame agreement with worth €14m to deliver multiple units of hydrogen distribution systems through to 2025

Leading global industrial gas company

Substantial order from leading global gas company to provide type 4 hydrogen cylinders for transportation of hydrogen to industrial customers

Appendix

Segment financial highlights Q4 2020 | (1/3)

• Record quarter for EBITDA driven by volume and product mix

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• Volumes driven by Medium and Heavy-Duty Truck and European Transit bus as tough EU clean air directives in cities requiring compliance within 2025, driving increasing CNG/RNG adoption in European cities

Hexagon Purus* (e-mobility, incl. MW & CNG LDV)

NOKm

  • VW Group relocation of CNG vehicle assembly line completed however ramp-up not yet in full
  • Please see separate CNG and e-mobility figures and comments on next slide

Segment financial highlights Q4 2020 | (2/3)

  • 2020 revenues for CNG LDV was adversely impacted by lower callsoff from VW Group due to relocation of its CNG vehicle assembly line, in addition to effects from COVID-19
  • Production at VW's relocated facilities restarted towards the mid to end of Q3'20; call-offs recommenced
  • Volume based price rebate received in Q4 (NOK 9m)

Hexagon Purus e-mobility*

• Continued Opex investment ahead of revenues driving negative results

Segment financial highlights Q4 2020 | (3/3)

  • Macro impacts from COVID-19 led to some delays in customer taking delivery of new modules in Q4'20
  • Strong deliveries to virtual-interconnect opportunities in North America and Indonesia

Hexagon Ragasco (LPG)

NOKm

  • Seasonally typical volume
  • Shortfall versus Q4 2019 due to no sales to Bangladesh during this period

Group cash Q4 2020*

Hexagon Purus private placement net receipts at end of quarter

* Preliminary unaudited pro-forma figures which may be subject to reclassification changes upon final year-end audit; Full and final FX translations pending have been included in Agility segment reporting in 2020

Consolidated financial statements | P&L Hexagon Composites ASA

Income Statement (NOK 1 000) Q4 2020 Q4 2019 31.12.2020 31.12.2019
Revenue from contracts with customers 802 560 938 695 3 070 865 3 404 209
Other operating income 242 3 229 9 511 11 915
Total revenue 802 802 941 923 3 080 375 3 416 124
Cost of materials 270 015 460 402 1 500 976 1 673 120
Payroll and social security expenses 244 418 243 771 941 425 853 706
Other operating expenses 219 283 139 625 448 348 599 209
Gain / Fair value adjustment earn-out -69 625
Total operating expenses before depreciation 733 716 843 798 2 890 750 3 056 409
Operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) 69 086 98 126 189 626 359 715
Depreciation and impairment 62 071 62 618 248 340 239 606
Operating profit (EBIT) 7 015 35 508 -58 714 120 109
Profit/loss from investments in associates and joint ventures -1 107 90 -1 885 -749
Net financial items -47 810 -31 292 7 757 -8 114
Profit/loss before tax -41 902 4 306 -52 841 111 246
Tax 49 332 -6 539 99 740 3 755
Profit/loss after tax -91 234 10 846 -152 582 107 491

Consolidated financial statements | Balance sheet & cash flow Hexagon Composites ASA

BALANCE SHEET (NOK 1 000) 31.12.2020 31.12.2019
ASSETS
Property, plant and equipment 747 266 804 099
Right-of-use assets 257 337 283 817
Intangible assets 2 105 569 2 204 253
Investment in associates and joint ventures 2 142 651
Non-current current assets 79 848 48 992
Total non-current assets 3 192 161 3 341 811
Inventories 740 639 783 669
Trade receivables 624 978 520 426
Contract assets (incl. prepayments) 814 3 962
Cash and short-term
deposits
1 649 882 177 651
Total current assets continuing operation 3 016 313 1 485 708
Total assets 6 208 474 4 827 519

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

Paid-in capital 2 165 590 1 270 018
Other equity 1 014 975 882 975
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent 3 180 565 2 152 993
Non controlling interests 411 221 0
Total equity 3 591 786 2 152 993
Interest-bearing long-term liabilities 1 206 127 1 298 058
Lease liabilities 237 266 246 929
Other non-current liabilities 261 999 285 512
Total non-current liabilities 1 705 392 1 830 499
Interest-bearing current liabilities 0 2 857
Lease liabilities short-term 25 198 47 703
Contract liabilities (incl. prepayments from customers) 53 371 94 540
Other current liabilities 832 726 698 927
Total current liabilities 911 296 844 027
Total liabilities 2 616 688 2 674 526
Total equity and liabilities 6 208 474 4 827 519
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 1 649 882
Cash and cash equivalents at start of period 0
Discontinued operations 177 651
Net currency exchange differences 112
Net change in cash and cash equivalents 1 472 119
Net cash flow from financing activities 1 434 228
Net cash flow from investment activities -138 868
Net cash flow from operations 176 759
Change in net working capital and other -18 739
Depreciation and write-downs 248 340
Profit before tax from continuing operations -52 841
CONDENSED CASH FLOW (NOK 1 000) 31.12.2020

Financial statements | P&L Hexagon Purus e-mobility (excl. CNG LDV)

Income Statement (NOK 1 000) Q4 2020 Q4 2019 31.12.2020 31.12.2019
Revenue from contracts with customers 32 455 69 072 178 121 207 154
Other operating income 293 3 529 1 693 4 140
Total revenue 32 749 72 601 179
814
211 294
Cost of materials 10 340 45 589 86 717 128 232
Payroll and social security expenses 40
719
42 354 123 497 143 157
Other operating expenses 34 093 22 724 110 322 83 167
Total operating expenses before depreciation 85 153 110 668 320 536 354 556
Operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) -
52 404
-
38 067
-
140
722
-143 261
Depreciation and impairment 7 247 5 286 26 906 25 508
Operating profit (EBIT) -
59
652
-
43
353
-
167
628
-168
769
Profit/loss from investments in associates and joint
ventures
-
1 107
90 -
1 885
-749
Finance income 1 207 - 10
110
3 243
Finance costs -
66
230
-
8
596
-
113
969
-27 397
Profit/loss before tax -
125
782
-
51
859
-
273
373
-193
672
Tax -
20 253
-
11 316
35 579 -25
777
Profit/loss after tax before discontinued operations -
146
035
-
40
544
-
308
952
-167
895
Profit/loss after tax for the period from discontinued
operations
11 537 17
479
-
34 602
69
279
Profit/loss after tax -
134
498
-
23 065
-
343
554
-98 616

Financial statements | Balance sheet & cash flow Hexagon Purus e-mobility (excl. CNG LDV)

BALANCE SHEET (NOK 1 000) 31.12.2020 31.12.2019
ASSETS
Property, plant and equipment 76 634 103 359
Right-of-use assets 30 457 53 577
Intangible assets 413 324 475 378
Investment in associates and joint ventures 2 066 651
Non-current financial assets 751 3 226
Deferred tax assets - 41 213
Total non-current assets 523
232
677 404
Inventories 61 586 100 678
Trade receivables 26 657 125 015
Contract assets (incl. prepayments) 814 3 100
Other current financial assets 12 842 5 941
Cash and short-term
deposits
1 246 351 65 093
Total current assets continuing operation 1 348
251
299 827
Assets held for sale 219 771 -
Total assets 2 091 254 977 231
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Issued capital 22 909 330
Other paid-in capital 372 -
Share premium 2 055 282 14 443
Other equity -
452
223
-119 590
Total equity 1 626 341 -104 816
Interest-bearing loans and borrowings, related party 161 016 729 428
Lease liabilities 21 795 47 828
Provisions 689 1 613
Net employee defined benefit liabilities 2 635 2 076
Deferred tax liabilities 11
930
22 325
Total non-current liabilities 198 065 803 269
Trade and other payables 83 988 139 207
Contract liabilities 32 068 33 276
Lease liabilities, short term 9 244 12 810
Income tax payable - 20
Other current liabilities 64 390 93 465
Total current liabilities continuing operation 189
690
278 778
Liabilities directly associated with the assets held for sale 77
158
-
Total liabilities 464 913 1 082 047
Total equity and liabilities 2 091
254
977 231

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CONDENSED CASH FLOW (NOK 1 000) 31.12.2020
Profit before tax from continuing operations -
273
373
Depreciation and write-downs 26 906
Change in net working capital and other 123 643
Net cash flow from operations -122 823
Net cash flow from investment activities -36
288
Net cash flow from financing activities 1 387 081
Net change in cash and cash equivalents 1 227 969
Net currency exchange differences -5 395
Discontinued operations -41 316
Cash and cash equivalents at start of period 65 093
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 1 246
351

Note: Balance sheet as of 31 December 2020 is that of Purus' e-mobility business with the CNG LDV business treated as a discontined operation; balance sheet as of 31 December 2019 inlcudes the CNG LDV business

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