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Fluence Corporation (ASX: FLC) Market Eye Investment Conference
7 May 2019
Targeting Global Leadership in Decentralized Water & Wastewater Treatment Solutions
www.fluencecorp.com
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Disclaimer
This presentation has been prepared by Fluence Corporation Limited (ASX: FLC). All currencies quoted as “$” are US$ unless otherwise specified.
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conditions, and on a number of assumptions regarding future events and actions that, as at the date of this presentation, are expected to take place. Such
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important
factors many of which are beyond the control of the Company, its Directors and management. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in
and the assumptions underlying the forward looking statements included in this presentation are reasonable, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on them, as the Company cannot give any assurance that the results, performance or achievements covered by the forward-looking statements will actually
occur.
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2018 consolidated financial figures presented on IFRS basis are audited, and after reclassifications for non-cash foreign currency adjustment relating to
hyperinflation accounting in Argentina (IAS29).
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Executive Summary
• Global water scarcity and contamination is real and growing, with large centralized solutions not always viable
• Decentralized solutions are CapEx efficient and deploy rapidly –US$22B market by 2021(1) (one of the fastest growing segments)
• Fluence is focused on the decentralized market with a full suite of solutions
• 2018 Revenue of US$101.1M (+74% vs. 2017(2)) and Gross Profit US$34.5M(3)
• Backlog at the end of March 2019 of approximately US$267M
• Targeting sustainably positive EBITDA by Q4 2019
• Proven management team and Board of Directors
• Over 7,000 references with installations in more than 70 countries
• Geographically, market segment, and product diversified
(1) Source: Global Water Intelligence, Global Water Market 2017 Volume 1(2) 2017 pro-forma (consolidation of 12 months of RWL water)(3) Q4 and Full Year Audited Gross Profit include a $7.1M benefit of reversal of an onerous contract provision from prior years
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Complete Suite of Water Solutions
WASTEWATER
TREATMENT
DESALINATION WASTE-TO-ENERGYREUSEWATER TREATMENT
An integrated range of solutions across the complete water cycle
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Fluence Growth Areas:Focus on Decentralized Systems
Centralized Decentralized
vs.
2/3 of CAPEX before the plant (piping, pumping)
Expensive to maintain and upgrade
No flexibility and scalability
Mainly for well developed urban areas
✓ 1/3 of time-to-complete and lower, just-in-time CAPEX
✓ Capturing more value
✓ Scalable and customized to fit current needs
✓ Easy to upgrade and relocate
The
Rationale
Why
Fluence
Wins
Pre-engineered plug and play
solutions
• High margins
• Fast delivery and installation
• Scalability
Proprietary smart technologies
and modular approach
• High quality effluents
• Lower energy and OPEX
• Low maintenance needs
Urgent Need For Affordable, Fast-to-Deploy Solutions
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Fluence Growth Areas
Water and wastewater treatment solutions for customers across the
industrial, commercial and municipal sectors
Smart Products Solutions
Recurring Revenue and
Aftermarket Services
Custom-Engineered Solutions
Aspiral, SUBRE, NIROBOX
BOOT
Complete range of O&M and
Aftermarket offerings
Waste-to-Energy, Large projects, EPC
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Smart Products Solutions
Packaged MABR wastewater treatment solutions
Packaged potable water treatment solutions
MABR wastewater treatment solutions for existing or new plants
Market Drivers:
Stricter regulationsDecentralization, Energy efficiencyIncreased urbanization, New-build
infrastructure
Water shortagesDecentralization, Energy-efficiencyIncreased urbanization, New-build
infrastructure
Stricter regulationsProcess intensification
Outdated infrastructureEnergy efficiency
5,000-200,000 GPD raw municipal sewage
130,000-400,000 GPD Seawater, Fresh water, Brackish water
0.15-25 MGD raw municipal sewage
Market Adoption:
Plants USVI, Stanford (Title 22 validated), Oregon, Texas, Argentina,
Ecuador, China, Philippines, Israel
Plants globally including Egypt, South Africa, Philippines, Caribbean,
Mexico, South America
Ma’ayan Zvi, IsraelSignificant and growing pipeline
Commercial launch Q1 2019
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Additional Aspiral™ plants
in Hebei and Zhejiang
Provinces
Sept 2017
Nov 2017
March 2018
May 2018
June 2018
July 2018
Oct 2018
Nov 2018
Dec 2018
Feb 2019
Established local manufacturing
Reference sites in multiple provinces
Experienced local sales teams
Network of strategic partners
Smart Products Solutions: Accelerating Activity in China
26 Partnerships covering 16 Provinces and 26 Installations
First Aspiral™ plant in Henan
Province via partner QSY
Repeat order through Jinzi for the Local Government
of Zhenfeng County
First Aspiral™ Plant in Hunan
Provincevia partner Hunan
Kaitian
Jinzi secures third contract
in Guizhou Province
Exclusive partnership
agreement with ITEST in Hubei
Province
Bulk order of 35 Aspiral™ units under exclusive partnership agreement with ITEST
in Hubei Province
First production of Aspiral™ modules in
China
Framework agreement for 6
Aspiral™ units via partner Jinzi
First Aspiral™ Plant in Beijing
area via partner Glory Land
Tripartite framework
agreement for Aspiral™ in 3
districts in Yiyang City
First sale via partner Hubei
ITEST. Shipped, delivered and installed in 6
weeks
Sale of 6 Aspiral™ units
via partner Zhongzi Huazein Jilin Province
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Recurring Revenue: Build Own Operate and Transfer (BOOT)
Wastewater TreatmentWater Treatment
Complete Water and Wastewater Solutions Recurring High Margin Revenue
Capex
Multi-year
Recurring Revenue
• Fluence’s Aspiral™ and NIROBOX™ products are
ideal for BOOT projects
→ Footprint, energy efficiency, reliability, low
maintenance and quality output
→ Using in-house proprietary technologies
enhances margin
• Uses Fluence’s equity to inject its own equipment
• Ability to offer complete water/wastewater reuse
solutions
• BOOT agreements offer lucrative, recurring
revenue for many years with higher valuations
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Recurring Revenue: BOOT Financing Facility in Place
• Combination of equity and debt:
– 70% non-recourse financing
– 30% equity, and optional minority
partners
– Fluence as EPC and O&M Contractor
• Secured a US$50M non-recourse debt
facility from Generate Capital in 2018
– First drawdown of $2m in March 2019
• Secured backlog of US$14.7 million of run-
rate annual billings after construction of 3
projects is completed
Project Company
(SPV)
Equity Partner
(Fluence)
Client
Operation and
Maintenance
(Fluence)
EPC
(Fluence + contractors)
Lender
(finance partner + Fluence)
EquityDividend
Payments
Water
Principal & interest
Loan
Payments
ServicesPayments
Construction
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Custom-Engineered Solutions: Landmark Project Win in Ivory Coast• €165M commercial agreement with Federal
Government of Ivory Coast, signed on February 26th, 2019
• Turnkey supply of custom-engineered solution for 150,000 m3/day surface-water treatment plant
• The plant will treat freshwater from the naturally contaminated Lagune Aghien and provide potable water to the city of Abidjan (4.7M population)
• Fluence’s scope: water intake and treatment, bulk water piping, water towers and infrastructure
• Project finance guaranteed through Export Credit Agency (ASHRA, Israel) and financed through Israel Discount Bank
• Financial Close and project commencement expected later 2019
• Contract revenue expectations: US$20M in 2019, US$80M in 2020, remainder in 2021; all subject to achievement of Financial Close by Q3 2019.
Water from Lagune Aghien will be treated to supply potable water for Abidjan
CAD depiction of plant location and layout
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Fluence Growth Areas: Targeted Revenue Growth
Custom-Engineered SolutionsLarge projectsWastewater-to-energyWater purification
Smart Products Solutions Aspiral, NIROBOX, SUBRE2018: $22M2019 target: $44M
Recurring Revenue BOOT projects, Aftermarket
2018 Future Target
Revenue Mix
2017
Shift towards higher margin proprietary solutions and recurring revenues
…
$58M
$101M
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Fluence Growth Areas: Target Growing Gross Margin
IncreasingGross Margin
LargeProject
SmartPackaged
Plant
ProprietarySmart Packaged
Plant
ProprietaryProduct
>EUR165M (Ivory Coast
project)
NIROBOX™ Aspiral™ SUBREExample:
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Sustained Year Over Year Growth of Key Metrics
($ millions) 2017(1) 2018(2)
Revenue 58.0 101.1
Gross Profit Margin 13.0 34.5
Gross Profit Margin 22% 34%
EBITDA -35.7 -8.1
(1) 2017 pro-forma (consolidation of 12 months of RWL water)(2) Q4 and Full Year Audited Gross Profit include a $7.1M benefit of reversal of an onerous contract provision from prior years
• Revenue growth 74%, all organic
• >200% increase in Gross Profit
• Reduced G&A by 30%
• Virtually zero debt on the balance sheet
• Cash Balance end of Q1 2019: $23.4M
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Key Priorities 2019
• 100% Year over year growth of
Smart Products from $22M to $44M
• Increase backlog of projects with
Recurring Revenue
• Achieve sustainable positive
EBITDA by Q4 2019SUBRE installation, Ma’ayan Zvi, Israel
Fluence MABR manufacturing plant, Changzhou, China
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Corporate Overview
Capital Structure as at 15 April 2019 ASX: FLC
Ordinary Shares on Issue 537.4M
Options on issue 41.6M
Share Price A$0.54
Undiluted Market Capitalization A$290.2M
Cash at 31 December 2018 $38.7M
External debt (except non-recourse project debt)
$0.8M
Liquidity (average shares traded per day for the 3 months to 15 April 2019)
707,057
Top Holders ASX: FLC 3 April 2019 Shares (M) % of FLC
RSL Investments Corporation and RSL Capital, LLC
157.2 29.3
Watermark Services, LLC 47.8 8.9
Pond Ventures Nominees and Richard Irving
37.3 7.1
ESOP Management Trust 11.7 2.2
Other top 20 131.9 24.2
Top 20 total 385.9 71.7
Notes:• Over 58% of Fluence shares held by US entities• Generate Capital $50M non-recourse debt facility
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KEY CONTACTSKey Contacts
Gary DvorchakThe Blueshirt Group
+1 323 240 5796+86 138 1079 1480
Ronn BechlerMarket Eye
+61 400 009 [email protected]
Adam HinckleyVP Investor Relations
+1 914 998 [email protected]