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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.

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.


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• 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

TLens® customer-wins


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4 design-win, 6 ongoing PoCs1 and 12 planning PoCs
6 PoC: 2 AR, 3 smartphone, 1 iris
1 Proof of Concept (PoC)


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| annon more and more and the manufacturers |

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





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TLens® Add-On camera

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






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



| (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 |
| (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 |

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.




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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.

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.

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.

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.


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.

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.

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.

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 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.

| 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 |

| 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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| 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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