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Quantafuel — Investor Presentation 2022
Feb 28, 2022
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Q4 2021 presentation
QUANTAFUEL ASA
28 February 2022
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PLANT UPDATE
STRATEGY AND GROWTH
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FINANCIALS
Building foundation for 2022 operations
- Skive successfully completed turnaround and transitioning into production
- Raised NOK 400 million in additional growth capital
- Secured Esbjerg sorting line manufacturing slot and closing in on financial partner
- Progressing on international PtL projects


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STRATEGY AND GROWTH
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FINANCIALS
SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS REACHED AT SKIVE

PRODUCTION STATUS
- Two lines in operation
- Converted 200 MT plastic waste into valuable products last two weeks of January
- Achieved uptime of 69% at an average load of 79%
- Five product shipments delivered to BASF in January 2022
- Ongoing burner chamber repair
Ramp up & CAPEX status
- Starting additional production line and ramping up volumes in Q2
- Skive project completed: CAPEX NOK 620 million
- 2022 production (guiding): 12,000 tonnes
- 2023 production (guiding): 20,000 tonnes
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The management and board are confident in continuing the planned international PtL projects
SKIVE STATUS TODAY

KRISTIANSUND – RAMP-UP ON TRACK
- High demand for sorted hard plastics
- New line in operation for processing of industrial plastics
- Expanding unique sorting capability
- Producing high-quality pellets
- Testing of pilot reactor for chemical line continues


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STRATEGY AND GROWTH
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FINANCIALS
QUANTAFUEL ENABLES A CIRCULAR PLASTIC ECONOMY
Chemical recycling complements traditional mechanical recycling

INTERNATIONAL ROLL-OUT STRATEGY

Secure enough upstream integration to understand waste flow, pricing and commercial market opportunities
Scalability and driving economy of scale through optimised, standardised and modulized processing plants
Deliver traceability through credible end-to-end certificates of source and product
PIPELINE PROJECTS
Significant upside from acting now – clear first mover advantage for Quantafuel
| '22 | Kristiansund | 20-30,000 tonnes per year | Sorting, Mechanical & establishing Chemical1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| '23 | Esbjerg | 160,000 tonnes sorting per year 80,000 tonnes per year (phase 2) |
Sorting & Chemical | ||
| est.) n ( o |
'23/ '24 |
Dubai | 80-120,000 tonnes per year | Chemical | |
| cti u d o pr |
'24- | Sunderland | 80-120,000 tonnes per year | ||
| First | '25/ 26 |
Amsterdam (ARA) | 80-120,000 tonnes per year | Chemical | |
| BASF & BASF & Remondis Remondis BASF & Remondis |
Corepla & Corepla & Saipem Saipem& Saipem Corepla |
Other European projects |
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| 40 - | 120,000 tonnes per year per plant |
ESBJERG (DK)
Becoming a market leader in an attractive part of the value chain
- Sorting plant progressing as planned State-of-the art sorting plant and PtL plant
- Manufacturing contract signed with Eggersmann
- Construction start up first half 2022
- A game-changer for the post-consumer plastic waste market in Denmark
- Capacity to sort more than 160,000 tonnes of plastic waste into clean mono-fractions
- Operational from second half of 2023
- First step towards developing an integrated recycling site
- Phase two will include a large-scale plastic-to-liquid (chemical recycling) plant

SIGNIFICANT STEPS IN UK

- Quantafuel's first UK plant is planned for Sunderland, in Northeast England
- A prime 50,000 m2 site in the Port of Sunderland
- Around 100,000 tonnes of plastic waste to be processed
- Full planning application and permitting application will be finalised and submitted in March
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• Site layout and design completed


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A PIONEER WITHIN CHEMICAL RECYCLING
Integrating upstream – chemical recycling remains main focus
| Differentiators | Plant economics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPEX | Average Plastic in | Products | ||
| 1 Production |
USD 100-150 million |
100,000 MT | 80,000 MT | |
| Continuous process 2 (energy efficient) |
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| Upstream 3 integration |
Offtake price per ton | OPEX per ton | EBITDA per annum | |
| Build, Own, Operate 4 |
USD 1,000 | < USD 350 | USD 50 million | |

FINANCIAL OUTLOOK
- NOK 284.9 million in cash per 31 December 2021
- SG&A monthly run rate of NOK 10 million
- High focus on lean and cost-efficient day-to-day operations
- Targeting positive operational cash flow from the plants within second half of 2022
- Raised NOK 400 million for additional growth in January 2022, primarily related to Esbjerg sorting plant and initial investments in the early phase of the plastic-to-liquid plants in Dubai and UK

Per 31.12.21, NOK million Remaining capex includes Skive, Kristiansund and Aalborg

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FINANCIALS
SUMMARY
- Quantafuel's focus on reaching full production capability at Skive continues
- We are ready to continue our announced projects
- Targeting positive operational cash flow from the plants within second half of 2022
- There is a global interest in our plants and products

THIS WILL BECOME A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY
Quantafuel aims to become the market leader
Quantafuel ASA
20 Ticker: QFUEL Euronext Growth Oslo
www.quantafuel.com [email protected]