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Polight ASA

Investor Presentation Feb 28, 2023

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Fourth quarter 2022

1 Fourth quarter 2022 - Earnings presentation Earnings presentation 28 February 2023

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Today's agenda

Presenting

  • Key events
  • Introduction to poLight
  • Operations and markets review
  • Financial review
  • Outlook
  • Q&A

Dr. Øyvind Isaksen

Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Isaksen has been CEO of poLight since August 2014. He has previously held several CEO positions, most recently in the publicly listed company Q-Free ASA, which he left in January 2014, after 7 years as CEO. Øyvind Isaksen holds a PhD in Applied Physics.

Alf Henning Bekkevik

Chief Financial Officer

Bekkevik is a senior executive with a background from Arthur Andersen (E&Y), Wallendahl, Fjord Line, Grenland Group and lately from Wood Group Mustang as VP Finance. He holds a Master in Business & Economics (Siviløkonom) degree from NHH and is a state certified public accountant.

Key events in the quarter

  • Another busy quarter for poLight
  • Teledyne e2v launched "2MP Multi-Focus MIPI Module"
  • High level of smartphone-related activity led to a design-win and first mass production purchase order after the close of Q4
  • AR cases continued to mature. Magic Leap 21, Vuzix, Xvisio and LLVision all use TLens® for their latest AR enterprise glasses
  • Magic Leap 2 launch date was end of September 2022, and poLight have received purchase orders worth approximately NOK 2.1 million at the end of February 2023
  • Vuzix AR glasses are available for developers, with the main release expected in mid-2023
  • XVisio and LLVision AR glasses is expected to be launched around mid 2023
  • Sharp demonstrated a new camera module using TLens®, as well as a use case in a VR headset, at CES in Las Vegas

1/ https://www.yolegroup.com/technology-insights/the-polight-tlens-piezoelectric-mems-autofocus-module-is-in-the-magic-leap-2/

4 Fourth quarter 2022 - Earnings presentation

poLight® at a glance

Background & description Geographical footprint

  • Global player in tunable optics with applications in mobile, web cam, industrial, augmented reality, medical and others
  • Founded in 2005 and has since developed state-ofthe-art expertise in tunable optics, polymers, MEMS technology and image applications and processing
  • Holds 17 worldwide patent families, 9 pending applications and 3 registered trademarks
  • 38 employees including long-term consultants
  • Headquartered in Horten, Norway, with employees in Finland, France, UK, US, China, Taiwan and Philippines.
  • Listed in Oslo Stock Exchange (PLT) in 2018

poLight enables unique use cases

poLight products & technology well-suited for several applications

Smartphones, wearables, accessories

  • Smartphone represent a large addressable market for which billions of cameras are produced each year
  • 1,5 billion phones per year with 1 front camera and an average of 3 back cameras
  • Camera function key
  • Potential addressable market for TLens®/poLight technology estimated at 3 billion units per year

6 Fourth quarter 2022 - Earnings presentation

Barcode/Industrial

  • Evolving from 1D laser to 2D imaging barcode readers
  • Lasers replaced by camera systems, where autofocus will improve efficiency in scanning and portfolio
  • Barcode technology is spreading to new industries
  • OEM scan engine vendors today are increasingly looking to enable machine vision capabilities on their current offerings

Augmented Reality (AR)

• AR is expected to to grow significantly as the technology is rapidly expanding beyond entertainment and gaming to an increasing number of industrial, commercial, educational applications and later become a consumer device

Other

  • New opportunities are emerging that could represent significant potential
  • Endoscopy and automobile are just two examples of new opportunities for poLight technology

TLens® customer-wins

Operations and market review

8 Fourth quarter 2022 - Earnings presentation

Consumer/smartphone: Add-in TLens® design opens opportunities

  • Add-in TLens® design is attracting good interest
  • Several reference designs have been developed to position TLens® for various use cases
  • During the quarter, the focus has been on smartphone and augmented reality applications
  • Other applications, such as webcams, drones, accessories etc. also being explored
  • The company continued to use a lot of resources during the quarter to position itself for the smartphone market

4 design-win, 6 ongoing PoCs1 and 12 planning PoCs

6 PoC: 2 AR, 3 smartphone, 1 iris

1 Proof of Concept (PoC)

First smartphone design-win secured

  • TLens® used in a Selfie Camera for flagship smartphone
  • Flagship release implies low volume
  • Achieve the most compact selfie camera, instant and smooth autofocus user experience
  • TLens® Camera module (CM) specification
    • 32MP
    • Bare TLens® Silver Premium added inside fixed focus lens stack
    • Smallest camera module & pupil size with AF on the market
  • Status
    • First mass production (MP) deliveries shipped, weekly shipment in the coming weeks/months
    • Planned market launch Q2-23
    • Discussing next projects
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annon more and more and the manufacturers

AR: continuing good activity

  • Why TLens® Key selling points;
    • Enables ultra-compact size camera modules
    • Ultra-low power consumption
    • Fast focusing speed
    • Constant field of view (FOV) and high optical stability
    • No gravity impact even when head is moving
    • Athermalisation robust focusing over temperature range near high heat components (fixed focus camera goes out of focus)
  • TLens® camera AR use cases
    • Fast sharp focusing of object/text regardless of distance
    • Fast QR / barcode scanning regardless of distance
    • Hand gesture recognition
    • All-in-Focus still images regardless of where the objects or texts are in the scene
    • Continuous video focus when recording moving objects

1 design-win, 6 design-in´s (2 consumer), 4 ongoing PoCs (2 consumer) and 11 planning PoC

Magic Leap 2 use TLens®,

  • confirmed by Yole report

12 Fourth quarter 2022 - Earnings presentation

Enterprise AR Customer Cases: Design Win & In´s

TLens® Add-On camera

Enterprise AR Customer Cases: Design Win & Ins

Customer
Company profile
Private, founded in 2015

About 60 employees

HQ in Wuxi, China (formerly Milpitas, CA)

Private, founded in 2014

About 100 employees

HQ in Beijing, China
Market positioning Advanced AR smart glasses with SLAM
tracking, focused on the enterprise. 1st
target
markets are China and N.A.
Committed to providing AR + AI industry solutions for enterprise
customers, focused on the enterprise. Serve a wide range of leading
enterprises in smart manufacturing, aviation, healthcare, education,
financial service, public security and entertainment, etc.
TLens® project status
World-facing AF camera

Designed In (at PVT stage)

MP start expected in mid-2023

World-facing AF camera

Designed In (Completed PVT, giving enterprise customers for trial
use)

MP start expected in mid-2023
Customer AR product
with TLens® camera
Xvisio
SeerLens™
One Pro
TLens® Add-On camera
LLVISION LEION Pro
G40A
TLens® Add-On camera

Barcode / Industrial

  • Teledyne e2v launched "2MP Multi-Focus MIPI Module", - their 2nd generation camera powered by TLensÒ
  • The opportunity pipeline for this market segment is promising
  • It will, however, take time to develop this market and will require entry into some broader application areas
  • Over and above barcode applications, the company is involved in various other industrial applications

5 design-wins, 15 PoCs (13 barcode/machine vision), and 11 planning (6 barcode)

Healthcare

  • Xenocore has confirmed use of TLensÒ in their next generation disposable laparoscope (Saberscope), - undergoing qualification (https://xenocor.com)
    • Related to the announcements made 20 August 2021 and 21 September 2021
    • The development is now at an advanced stage
    • Human trials are expected to be carried out in Q2 and market release mid 2023
  • The Kavli activity has generated a lot of activity and the company are serving several new similar cases – representing several of the ongoing PoC
  • The other ongoing PoC are more related to commercial companies having the potential to use TLens Ò in commercial products
  • Over time this market sector can potentially become an important part of poLight

1 design-win (Kavli), 1 design-in (surgical device, Xenocore), 15 PoCs ongoing and 8 planning PoC

Good progress in most customer cases

Design-win Project Completed PoC Ongoing PoC Planning PoC
Consumer 4 (3) 1 (0) 32 (30) 4 (5) 12 (6)
Augmented Reality 1 (1) 6 (5) 12 (11) 4 (4) 11 (9)
Industrial 5 (4) 0 (1) 18 (17) 15 (12) 11 (12)
Other (medical,
automotive)
1 (1) 1 (1) 3 (3) 15 (12) 13 (9)
Number in ( ) represents last quarter 11 (9) 8 (7) 65 (61) 38 (33) 47 (36)

Key financials

(in NOK million) Q4 2022 Q4 2021 FY 2022 FY 2021
Revenue 4.1 3.9 13.4 10.0
Cost of sales -1.3 -1.3 -4.8 -3.9
Research and development expenses -6.1 -6.6 -32.9 -25.4
Sales and marketing expenses -3.7 -3.3 -13.1 -7.2
Operational / supply chain expenses -2.9 -2.7 -9.2 -9.1
Administrative expenses -5.0 4.3 -12.1 -6.9
EBITDA -15.0 -5.7 -58.7 -42.4
  • Revenue reflects sales of TLens® and ASICs of NOK 3.5 million and NOK 0.6 million in revenue from NRE "non-recurring engineering" relating to customer development projects
  • EBITDA loss of NOK 15.0 million vs. loss of NOK 5.7 million in Q4 2021
    • Q4 last year, Accrued employer's national insurance contributions (NICs) relating to the share option plan of NOK 4.7 million was recognised, offset by NOK 12 million recognised as a cost reduction as a result of the positive outcome of the VAT appeal case

Income statement Balance sheet summary

(in NOK million) 2022 2021
Intangible assets 24.9 33.4
Inventories 45.6 16.8
Cash and cash equivalents 84.2 157.8
Total equity 150.7 213.4
Total current liabilities 24.6 21.3
Total equity and liabilities 178.2 238.7
  • Cash position of NOK 84.2 million, compared with NOK 157.8 million at year end 2021
  • Inventory of NOK 45.6 million compared with NOK 16.8 million at 31.12.2021.
    • The inventory has increased by NOK 28.8 during the year
    • The increase in inventories mainly relates to wafers from ST Microelectronics (long lead-time components)
    • Improves the readiness for potential volume customers

Cash Flow

  • Q4 cash used in operating activities was NOK 15.2 million, compared with NOK 16.6 million in Q4 2021
    • Increased inventory by NOK 9.6 million in the quarter
  • Q4 cash used in investing activities was NOK 4.4 million
    • Final test equipment in the Philippines
  • Q4 net decrease in cash was NOK 19.9 million

According to current plans, the Group's cash deposits will fund activities through the second quarter 2023. Thereafter, additional capital will be required to continue poLight's planned commercialisation of its TLensÒ technology.

Q4 2022 cash flow development

Outlook

  • Growing pipeline in several market areas
  • Recently announced a design-win and first mass production purchase order for smartphone case
  • Important milestone for the company, and key reference for the company, for all market segments
  • AR opportunities are developing positively, now confirmed through a tear down analysis published by Yole1 that poLight is used in the Magic Leap 2
  • Further at CES 2023, two other product using TLensÒ was demonstrated, AR enterprise glasses from Vuzix and XVisio, as well as prototype VR display from Sharp
  • These cases forms an excellent platform to further strengthen poLight position in this market segment
  • Additional capital will be required to continue poLight's planned commercialisation of its TLensÒ technology, and hence the Company plan accordingly

1/ https://www.yolegroup.com/technology-insights/the-polight-tlens-piezoelectric-mems-autofocus-module-is-in-the-magic-leap-2/

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Management Team

Dr. Øyvind Isaksen Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Isaksen has been CEO of poLight since August 2014. He has previously held several CEO positions, most recently in the publicly listed company Q-Free ASA, which he left in January 2014, after 7 years as CEO. Øyvind Isaksen holds a PhD in Applied Physics.

Alf Henning Bekkevik

Chief Financial Officer

Bekkevik is a senior executive with a background from Arthur Andersen (E&Y), Wallendahl, Fjord Line, Grenland Group, and, most recently, as VP Finance for Wood Group Norway AS. He holds a master's degree in business & economics (Siviløkonom) from NHH, and is a certified public accountant.

Pierre Craen

Chief Technology Officer

Craen is a senior executive with more than 20 years' experience in opto-mechanical systems engineering. Prior to joining poLight, he managed product development teams at Varioptic, Barco and Motorola/Symbol. Mr Craen holds an MSc in Optical Engineering from Sup-Optic, as well as an MSc in Applied Physics.

Marianne Sandal

Chief Operating Officer

Sandal is a senior executive with background from Tele-communications (Nera) and Road User Charging (Q-Free). She holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering in addition to courses from Norwegian School of Management (BI). She has been responsible for world wide operations for more than 15 years.

Board of Directors

Grethe Viksaas Board Chair, independent

Grethe Viksaas has a long career from the Northern European managed service provider Basefarm AS. First as founder and CEO, and later as executive chair and member of the board of directors. Prior to Basefarm, Ms Viksaas served as CEO for SOL System AS and in several management positions in IT companies. She has experience from numerous board positions, including Telenor ASA. She is currently a non-executive director on the boards of Link Mobility Group Holding ASA and Crayon Group Holding ASA. She also serves as Chair of the Board in No Isolation AS and Farmforce AS. Ms Viksaas has a master's degree in computer science from the University of Oslo.

Ann-Tove Kongsnes - Board member

Ms. Kongsnes is an Investment Director at Investinor AS. Kongsnes has over her career gained extensive experience from investments, development, M&A, IPO's and exits of technology companies. Prior to this, she worked 7 years with international marketing, and was formerly a Director of Marketing and Operations. Kongsnes has extensive board experience, and currently serves on the boards of 6 of Investinor's portfolio companies in addition to 4 Chair/member seats in Nomination Committees. She holds an MSc in Economics and Business Administration from HIB and took the Advanced Program in Corporate Finance at NHH.

Dr. Juha Alakarhu - Board member, independent

Juha Alakarhu is the VP of Imaging at Axon in Tampere, Finland. He runs the Axon R&D office in Finland and is responsible forthe imaging system for Axon camera products. Dr Alakarhu's entire career has been devoted to developing cameras. Before joining Axon in 2018, he worked for Nokia and Microsoft, where he developed several pioneering camera solutions, such as oversampling (the 41-megapixel camera), optical image stabiliser, and virtual reality technology. Juha Alakarhu holds a PhD from Tampere University of Technology.

Svenn-Tore Larsen - Board member, independent

Mr. Larsen is an Electronic Engineer from the University of Strathclyde, UK. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Nordic Semiconductor in February 2002. Mr. Larsen has broad international experience in the semiconductor business, previously as Director for the Nordic region for Xilinx Inc. He has also been working at Philips Semiconductor.

Thomas Görling - Board member

Thomas Görling is a Senior Investment Director at Stiftelsen Industrifonden (Sweden) with a comprehensive involvement in building successful technology companies. Representing Industrifonden, he has been engaged in a number of portfolio company boards, at present Medtentia International Ltd Oy (Finland) and eBuilder AB (Sweden). Before joining Industrifonden in 1998, Mr. Görling held management positions within the European optical instrument and systems industry. Thomas holds a Master of Science from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and studied business economics at Stockholm University.

Statement of income

NOK 000 Note Q4 2022 Q4 2021 FY 2022 FY 2021
Sale of goods 3 536 3 906 10 034 8 683
Rendering of services 557 0 3328 1 350
Revenue 4 093 3 906 13 363 10 032
Cost of sales -1 309 -1311 -4 826 -3 851
Gross profit 2 784 2 595 8 536 6 182
Research and development expenses net of governmental grants 6,9 -6 129 -6 552 -32 909 -25 360
Sales and marketing expenses -3 750 -3 291 -13 122 -7 224
Operational / supply chain expenses -2 907 -2 742 -9 179 -9 139
Administrative expenses -5 046 4 311 -12 068 -6 868
Operating result before depreciation and amortisation
(EBITDA) -15 048 -5 679 -58 742 -42 409
Depreciation and amortisation 8 -2 387 -2 949 -10 400 -11 923
Operating result (EBIT) -17 435 -8 629 -69 141 -54 332
Net financial items 6 831 760 1 496 944
Loss before tax -16 604 -7 869 -67 646 -53 388
Income tax expense -189 13 -242 -03
Loss for the period -16 791 -7 856 -67 887 -53 481

Balance sheet

NOK 000 Note FY 2022 FY 2021
ASSETS
Property, plant and equipment 10 /48 2356
Intangible assets 8 24 855 33 377
Right-of-use assets 3 871 4 778
Total non-current assets 39 474 40 511
Inventories 45 577 16 836
Trade and other receivables 9 8 386 22 078
Prepayments 557 1 456
Cash and cash equivalents 84 249 157 810
Total current assets 138 769 198 180
Total assets 178 242 238 691
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Share capital 2 078 2077
Share premium 145 785 209 320
Reserves 1 130 1 035
Retained earnings 1 699 977
Total equity 150 692 213 409
Lease liabilities 2 970 3 934
Total non-current liabilities 2 970 3 934
Trade and other payables 10 22 480 19 906
Current lease liabilities 1 100 942
Provisions 1 000 500
Total current liabilities 24 581 21 349
Total liabilities 27 550 25 282
Total equity and liabilities 178 242 238 691
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Cash flow

NOK 000 Note Q4 2022 Q4 2021 FY 2022 FY 2021
Operating activities
Profit / loss (-) for the period -16 604 -7 869 -67 646 -53 388
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment and right-
of-use assets 568 382 1 878 1654
Amortisation of intangible assets 9 1 819 2 567 8 522 10 269
Net finance income -831 -760 -1 496 -044
Equity-settled share-based payments 1 267 1600 4 821 4 385
Other non-cash items 1 588 -430 937
Changes in unrealised net foreign exchange rate
differences/fluctuations 216 16 143 21
Changes in working capital:
Decrease (+) in trade and other receivables and prepayments 1 541 -11 965 11 925 -11 332
Increase (-) in inventories -9551 -4 587 -28 741 -7 669
Increase (+) in trade and other payables 10 8 237 5 246 2 574 9 223
Changes in provisions and government grants -2 547 -2 242 3 166 -2 954
Interest received б 911 558 2 255 585
nterest paid б -77 -03 -330 -203
Income tax paid -189 -23 -242 -129
Net cash flows used in operating activities -15 239 -16 582 -63 601 -49 546
Investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment -4 438 -1 242 -9 202 -2 142
Net cash flows used in investing activities -4 438 -1 242 -9 202 -2 142
Financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares 0 12 804 0 137 803
Proceeds from exercise of share options 0 193 254 3 397
Transaction costs on issue of shares 0 -1 093 0 -7 530
Payment of lease liabilities -264 -318 -964 -1 355
Net cash flows from//used in) financing activities -264 11 586 -710 132 315
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents -19 942 -6 238 -73 513 80 627
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents -222 -18 -49 -26
Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the period 104 413 164 066 157 810 77 209
Cash and cash equivalents at the close of the period 84 249 157 810 84 249 157 810

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