IDEX Biometrics ASA — Earnings Release 2020

Aug 13, 2020

Q2-2020 Presentation

August 13, 2020

Disclaimer

This presentation includes forward-looking information and statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ. Such forward-looking information and statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about global economic conditions, the economic conditions of the regions and industries that are major markets for IDEX Biometrics ASA (IDEX) and its subsidiaries. These expectations, estimates and projections are generally identifiable by statements containing words such as "expects", "believes", "estimates" or similar expressions. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expectations include, among others, economic and market conditions in the geographic areas and industries that are or will be major markets for the IDEX businesses, market acceptance of new products and services, changes in governmental regulations, interest rates, fluctuations in currency exchange rates and such other factors as may be discussed from time to time. Although IDEX believes that its expectations and the information in this presentation were based upon reasonable assumptions at the time when they were made, it can give no assurance that those expectations will be achieved or that the actual results will be as set out in this presentation. IDEX Biometrics ASA nor any other company within the IDEX Group is making any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of the information in the presentation, and neither IDEX Biometrics ASA, any other company within the IDEX Group nor any of their directors, officers or employees will have any liability to you or any other persons resulting from your use of the information in this presentation. IDEX Biometrics ASA undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information or statements in this presentation.

IDEX Strategy and Competitive Advantage

• Strategy: Focused on developing technology for biometric payment cards
• Problems to solve: Fraud prevention and product differentiation for issuers, "top of wallet" card
• Market Ready: Certification by the major global payment networks; pricing cards at mass volume prices
• Total System Solution: Low-cost sensor, biometric matching software and energy harvesting
• Patents: Approx. 200 granted or pending
• Current Certifications: China UnionPay and a leading global payment network; EMVCo® security certified
• Employees: ~100 total staff with deep semiconductor and biometric expertise

Company Overview Locations and Markets

• Locations: U.S., EU, APAC
• Markets: Payments, Access, Govt. and Healthcare, Transportation, Retail

Recent Developments

• Mobile payments providers (i.e. Apple, Google) leveraging smart cards to meet consumer demand and security thresholds; COVID-19 has accelerated demand for contactless or touch-free payment methods
• IDEX the only technical solution optimized for biometric payment cards, a USD 2B+ market opportunity by 20241
• Selected by IDEMIA, a leading global tier 1 smart card manufacturer, to supply its TrustedBio™ sensor for use in its next generation high volume biometric payment card platform

1 IDEX estimate

Investment Highlights

Massive Addressable Market	• 22B payment cards in circulation and growing (source: Nilson report) • Contactless cards have accelerated significantly • USD 2B+ biometric payment cards by 2024; 200% plus CAGR for biometric payment card shipments
Large-Scale Certification	• Only fingerprint company to achieve certification with China UnionPay and certification from another leading global payment network • Both platforms represent 70% of all global branded payment cards
Sales and Pipeline Momentum	• IDEMIA: pilot and early production orders; licensing agreements for remote enrollment technology • first volume production orders for USD 6M contract Leading financial markets data provider: delivered in 2020
Defensible IP / Technology	• TrustedBio: dual interface solution, industry's highest level of integration enables lower costs while improving performance, security and manufacturability • 200 plus patents granted or pending patents • EMVCo® certified
Highly Experienced Management	• Accomplished executive team with experience bringing new technologies to market • Management and board with significant experience managing U.S. public companies

Business Update and Recent highlights

• COVID-19 is accelerating a touch-free society; while COVID has caused short-term delays in pilots, IDEX sees this as a medium-term acceleration catalyst
• IDEX's technology was certified by two major global payment networks: China Union Pay and a large US based network that have a combined issuance of 70% of global branded payment cards. IDEX is the only fingerprint sensor company to have achieved certification for its system solution with two global payment networks
• IDEX has received greater than USD 1 million in product orders to date in 2020 as the company begins it commercial ramp
• IDEX TrustedBio technology was selected by IDEMIA, the global leader in augmented identity and a leading global payment card manufacturer, for their next generation biometric payment card
• IDEX's sensor was selected by Zwipe, a pioneer in the biometric payment card market, to be combined with the Zwipe Pay ONE platform, to enable a complete system solution for biometric payment cards
• IDEX has begun shipping TrustedBio based products; this marks a major milestone for IDEX, our customers and the biometric smart card market and the company has received its first orders for sensors based on TrustedBio technology
• IDEX successfully claimed additional research and development tax relief in the UK and the U.S and received a cash refunds of USD 0.6 million, has received USD 1.4 million in 2020 and expects additional funds from the U.S. for tax claims
• IDEX raised USD 10.3 million to fund product development, meet customer production requirements and fund working capital

Market Trends – Very Positive

COVID: Contactless limit increased in 31 countries. As of April 75% of all MastercardTransactions in EU were contactless (source: Mastercard)

Contactless mandate All EU payment terminal Contactless from 12/19

Strong Customer Authentication: Mandated in EU and taking effect starting in 2020/2021

CUP, Mastercard and VISA have specifications, process and multiple certified test labs ready for biometric card certification testing

Payment Card Market Update

IDEX positioned to take advantage of the market's evolution towards biometric payment cards, a \$2B+ market by 2024

The main hurdles for market activation solved (cost level down and production issues solved)

Partnerships established with leaders in the ecosystem

Initial certifications achieved

Units being shipped

IDEX's Optimized Biometric System-on-Chip Advantage

Vs.

• Large sensor area • Image capture

• MCU: image processing and feature extract

• Replaces ~\$11.00 of component in current

architecture

Features:

SENSING AREA ~90mm2 • PMU: Energy harvesting and power management Overall Cost: ~\$2.25 Overall Cost: ~\$3.50

IDEX off-chip BSoC

Competitor Silicon Sensor

Features:

• Limited sensor area
• Image capture only
• NO MCU
• NO PMU: No energy harvesting and power management
• Additional packaging (T-Shape) needed to support card embedding

Lowering Manufacturing Complexity and Card Cost

TrustedBio™ yields cost, performance, and reduced manufacturing complexity

FIRST GENERATION CARD

• Battery/supercapacitor
• Complex and expensive flexible PCB (MCU, companion chip, basic PMU)
• Complex embedding (12+ connections to sensor)

CURRENT GENERATION CARDS

• No battery or supercapacitor
• Simplified flexible PCB with discrete components (MCU, PMU)
• Improvement of manufacturing/ACF Compatible

IDEX TrustedBio™ CARDS

• Fully Integrated, Improved Performance
• Passive inlay, copper-wire compliant
• Stabilized manufacturing process (4 or 8 pads)

KEY FINANCIALS AND FINANCIAL MODEL

August 2020

Financial Update

P&L

• Second quarter revenue was USD 149 thousand compared to USD 43 thousand in the second quarter of 2019
• Gross margin during the quarter was 79% largely driven by high margin product sales
• Operating expenses were USD 5.8 million compared to USD 7 million in the second quarter of 2019 (operating expenses includes USD 0.4 million of non-cash stock based compensation)
• Operating expenses in the second quarter included USD 1 million to achieve the tape-out of silicon on the TrustedBio products
• Operating expenses are 27% below the fourth quarter of 2019, approaching the company's cost savings target of 30%
• IDEX successfully claimed additional research and development tax relief in the UK and received a cash refund of USD 550 thousand. This is in addition to USD 850 thousand received in the first quarter of 2020. The company expects additional research and development funds in the U.S. in 2020
• The company received payroll tax relief in the U.S. through the CARES ACT

Balance sheet

• The company had USD 11.4 million in cash as of June 30, 2020 and no debt
• The company completed a capital raise on 11 May, 2020 raising an additional USD 10.3 million to fund R&D, customer production requirements and working capital

Strong Operating Leverage in Financial Model

Fabless semiconductor model:

• 50% gross margins and stable opex at scale
• 30% operating margins at scale
• Break-even target of between USD 10- 12 million in quarterly revenue

Operating expenses down 27 % since Q4-19 Cost reduction implemented as planned

Cash Operating Expenses1 in USD (millions)

¹Cash Operating Expenses is operating expense excluding stock compensation and development inventory and intangibles reserve related to a discontinued product in Q4 of 2019

Summary and Outlook

• IDEX made substantial progress during the first half of 2020 with certifications by major global payment networks and the company's first production orders and shipments
• IDEX has begun commercial sales and started product shipments to major customers
• IDEX expects additional certifications to follow in different geographical regions and expects continued commercial order growth for biometric payment cards leading to a projected revenue acceleration in 2021