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Quantafuel — Investor Presentation 2020
Mar 30, 2020
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Transforming plastic waste into valuable low-carbon products
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This presentation (the "Presentation") has been prepared by Quantafuel AS (the "Company") and is made solely for information purposes. The Presentation does not constitute any recommendation to buy, sell or otherwise transact with any securities issued by the Company.
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Impact of corona
- All employees in Norway working from home
- No lay-offs planned
- Progress in Denmark, but with reduced manning on site, app 50%
- Challenges with suppliers not able to travel
- China
- Switzerland
- Some challenges with supplies of parts
- Sufficient financing to stand through completion and through the year.
- Working on support packages both in Norway and Denmark
T E C H N O L O G Y R E F I N E M E N T S
Feedstock handling system 1
3
T E C H N O L O G Y R E F I N E M E N T S
Unique catalyst solution
T E C H N O L O G Y R E F I N E M E N T S
Distillation column and storage
Partners supporting our strategy
Started preparation for two large scale projects – goal of 5
- Aligned to start preparation for two large sites
- Antwerp and Amsterdam
- 100.000 ton + capacity per location
- Pre-engineering, site allocation, permitting, feed-stock supply, location, budgets
- 50/50 JV structure Vitol QF
- 2 X 100 MUSD investment
- 150 MUSD revenue 100 MUSD EBITDA potential
- FID right after Skive
- Pre-project financed by Vitol
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Strategic partnership with BASF
Largest chemical company in the world with 65 BEUR turnover and 115.000 employees.
- 20 MEUR investment 10 MEUR equity, 10 MEUR convertible bond
- Access to process and operation capacity for the start-up of Skive
- Engineering resources to reach industrial scale roll-out
- Off-take in Denmark to build the market
- Development of a naphtha solution
- Intention to replace part of the 20 MTON use of naphtha with recycled material
- None-exclusive agreement
- Collaboration agreement signed
M A R K E T
Market Price Structure
Biodiesel/ HVO with doble counted feedstock = ULSD+(RME-ULSD)X2
HVO: Price observations show approx. 20% premium of RME
RME: Price for RME in NWE @ 914 USD/mt (17/3-20)
ULSD: Price for diesel in NWE @ 350 USD/mt (17/3-20)
- EU's RED II inclusion of Recycled Carbon Fuels (RCFs), makes Quantafuel's products equivalent to biofuels
- Quantafuel's diesel specifications, cold properties and GHG savings are closer to HVO than RME
- Quantafuel feedstock is based on waste plastic, but not yet listed amongst EU's double counted feedstock
Price Volatility and Market Drivers
Drivers
- Global market sentiment
- OPEC
- Geopolitics
- Etc.
Diesel
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EU and US (California) political policies
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Harvests yields
Chemical recycling opens naphtha as high potential
S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y The sustainability case for chemical recycling
- Reduces demand for virgin oil and gas
- Increases resource efficiency by "rescuing" waste from incineration or landfill
- Upcycling: mixed plastic waste can be upgraded to food-grade packaging
- Complements mechanical recycling by treating plastic waste unfit for existing recycling methods
Huge demand for recycled content
| PACKAGING DESIGN | RECYCLED CONTENT | |
|---|---|---|
| %, by weight, of plastic packaging reusable, recyclable, or compostable 2025 Target 2018 |
%, by weight, of post- consumer recycled content in plastic packaging 2018 2025 Target |
|
| 1. Nestlé | 65% | 15% 2% |
| 2. Procter & Gamble | NOT A GLOBAL COMMITMEN | |
| 3. PepsiCo | 77% | 3% 25% |
| 4. AB InBev | NOT A GLOBAL COMMITMEN | |
| 5. Unilever | $-50\%$ * | <1% 25% |
| 6. JBS | NOT A GLOBAL COMMITMEN | |
| 7. Tyson Foods | NOT A GLOBAL COMMITMEN | |
| 8. Mars, Incorporated | 19% | L 0% 30% |
| 9. The Coca-Cola Company | 99%** | N/A*** 9% |
| 10. L'Oréal | $N/A$ **** | 5% 40% |
Companies from across the plastics value chain have committed to quadruple postconsumer recycled content by 2025
P O L I C Y A N D R E G U L A T I O N EU targets and actions drive the market
50% recycling of plastic packaging by 2025
Pledge to use more than 10 million tonnes of recycled plastic in 2025
Strengthened Waste Framework Directive
Strategy for Plastics in the Circular Economy calls for innovation in chemical recycling
Circular Economy Action Plan published March 2020
"The Commission will propose mandatory requirements for recycled content" EU Circular Economy Action Plan
P O L I C Y A N D R E G U L A T I O N Tighter regulation expected
Circular economy will become the norm for policy-making
Higher recycling targets
Polluter pays-principle strengthened: Higher CO2 tax on incineration
Requirements for recycled content in products
Forthcoming EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability to develop regulation further
QF Project portfolio 2020
- All QF projects to follow a standard execution template
- DG process for qualification and evaluation
- Current capacity 2 plants(FEEDs)/year
Portfolio:
- Skive 1 20000 T/y, in comissioning/start-up
- QF MK 2 40000 T/y, in FEED, scalable through duplication
- QF MK 2 light 10000 T/y, focus on durability/flexibility
- QF MK 3 new reactor, catalyst etc. capacity > 100000T/y
- QF MK2 Skive 2 40000 T/y
QF MK2 FEED plan
QF MK 2 – 40000T/y typical layout
QF MK 2 – 80000T/y typical layout
To the beginning of a partnership