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Investor Presentation9 February 2022RAKInformation Technology

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Enabling the connected future

Investor presentation

9 February 2022 © Rakon Limited

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Agenda

Introduction & company overview

Financial trends

Forward focus

Q+A & close

Dr Sinan Altug (CEO designate)

Anand Rambhai (CFO)

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Introduction & company overview

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Our global operation

Manufacturing sites

R&D centres

Customer support

locations

Quality assurance

Key manufacturing

partners

EUROPE

ASIA

OCEANIA

NORTHAMERICA

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60+

countries have Rakon

customers

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company and partner

manufacturing sites

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R&D centres of

excellence

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customer support

locations

1000+

FTE employees

worldwide

40+

nationalities in the

Rakon family

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Our purpose

is to enable the connected future and change the way we work, live and play

We develop solutions that are changing the way we live, work

and play –right now and into the future

Our mission is to be a world leader in the development of timing

and frequency control solutions for the most challenging

specifications and environments

By working closely with our customers and industry partners, we

solve difficult problems and enable next generation technology to

become a reality

We are enabling infrastructure, networks and applications to

perform at ever-greater levels of speed, reliability and capacity,

making things that were only ever dreamed of possible

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How we create value

We drive the advancement of precision timing and frequency control solutions in our core markets,

and ensure long product lifecycles through operational excellence and enduring customer relationships

Hi-Reliability
Industrial

Consumer

FY2021

USD $650M

Price / Performance Level

Quantity / Volume

Rakon share

Consumer

Industrial

Hi-Reliability

FY2026

USD $1,150M

Our opportunity

Growing our share in high-growth markets

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Positioning

Telecommunications

Space & Defence

“We play in the parts of the market where

solutions are needed for the most challenging

specifications and environments”

Serviceable Addressable Market

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Telecommunications

Growth momentum in 5G infrastructure and cloud computing

Overview

•Key components at the heart of telecommunications and cloud computing networks

•Telecommunications generates 60% of Rakon’s revenue, 3-year CAGR 24%

•Our high-performance products and technologies (Mercury, Pluto) are market leading and we are

already developing the next generation of products in partnership with our customers

Product leadership

Design-in wins for new products enabling 5G millimetre wave capability

Industry leading ultra low noise product portfolio

-price, performance and size

Precise timing requirements for many applications driving strong growth

Major cloud computing equipment suppliers secured as customers

Operators deploying new networks and enhancing existing infrastructure

Strong contribution from new products (Mercury™)

5G demand increasing/6G on the horizon

Value drivers

Cloud computing emerging

$38m

$42m

$40m

$54m

$65m

$77m

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

Revenue

1H2H

$16m

$18m

$14m

$20m

$26m

$31m

34%

38%

40%

40%

42%

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

Gross margin

1H2HGM%

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Space & Defence

Emerging NewSpace opportunity

Overview

•Products used in aircraft, satellites and launch vehicles; and defence communications,

radar and positioning systems, meeting extreme environmental challenges and

demanding performance expectations

•Space & Defence generates 23% of Rakon’s revenue, 3 year CAGR growth rate 2.6%

Future value drivers

NewSpace

Emerging NewSpace segment creates a large medium term growth

opportunity, driven by increasing demands in satellite

internet/communications, earth observation and deep space

exploration

Continued innovation leadership

Space and defence is a key source of innovation which is then applied to

other market segments

Partnerships with government agencies and commercial programmes

worldwide to develop new technologies

$11m

$12m

$28m

$32m

$28m

$30m

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

Revenue

1H2H

$7.7m

$8.0m

$19m

$22m

$19m

$20m

68%

69%

69%

68%

67%

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

Gross margin

1H2HGM%

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The supply chain
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200

400

600

800

1000

1200

FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26FY27

Components FCP SAMAssemblies SAMSub-systems SAM

NZ $M

CAGR 32%

Rakon Serviceable Available Market

Tier 1:

Systems

Tier 2:

Subsystems

Tier 3: Assemblies

Tier 4: Components and

parts

Tier 5: Hardware and materials

Volumes

Value

Rakon NewSpace strategy

3 –5 year growth plan

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Positioning

Growing demand for high precision and high reliability

Overview

•Products used in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to enable determination of

position, velocity and time for applications such as personal navigation devices, emergency

beacons and automated vehicles

•11% of Rakon’s revenue, 3 year CAGR -19%

•Over recent years the movement away from commoditised consumer products into higher

margin/higher growth industrial markets has reduced revenue but improved gross margin %

•High share of emergency beacon market due to unmatched product specifications

Future value drivers

Autonomous vehicles

Autonomous vehicle industry driving need for higher performance and higher

reliability products

High precision industrial machines

Growth in higher-margin precision industrial applications including growing

share of agricultural/mining segments as automation becomes standard

$3m

$11m

$8m

$7m

$7m

$7m

42%

40%

36%

48%

55%

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

Gross margin

1H2HGM%

$6m

$13m

$26m

$20m

$19m

$14m

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

Revenue

1H2H

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Customer partnerships
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Long term relationships with industry leaders

Core market players

Overview

•Approved supplier to majority of Tier 1 companies in all core markets

•10–30 year relationships with major customers, international agencies and

industry standards organisations key to development of industry-leading

technologies

•Top 10 customers contribute 55% of total revenue

Key strategies

•Manage long-term supply/R&D partnerships to achieve ‘preferred’ status

oDevelop deep understanding of customer needs and work with them to

identify what’s possible

oEstablish new technology R&D partnerships

•Securing new partners in emerging segments

•Inclusion of Rakon’s products in customer reference designs

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Overview

•Strong pioneering culture and history of innovation ‘firsts’

•Some key innovations have helped us become a leader in our industry

•We are consistently first-to-market in next-generation designs for core markets

•Portfolio of patented products and technologies provides a competitive moat that

protects against commoditisation

•Superior product performance which is difficult to replicate ensures long lifecycles and

revenue streams

Key strategies

•10–12% of revenue invested in R&D annually

•R&D framework supporting innovation and commercialisation provides a strong pipeline

of next-generation products and technologies

•Tight research and innovation partnerships with customers and research organisations

•In-house development of unique, proprietary test equipment enabling higher

specification levels

•XMEMS

®

–release of disruptive XMEMS

®

based products that can be manufactured at

scale

Technology innovation

Continuing to raise the bar with ever-smaller form factors

$6.6m

$9.7m

$11.0m

$12.8m

$13.6m

$6.5m

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

Research & Development

expenditure

H1H2

XMEMS

®

–using NanoQuartz™ photolithography based technology

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Overview
•Global manufacturing facilities and partnerships deliver scale, support long product lifecycles,

and mitigate supply chain risk

•Industry requires stringent quality certifications

•Proven ability to scale quickly to meet customer demand

Key strategies

•Explore-Exploit strategy provides focussed R&D with scalable manufacturing capability using

multiple sites

•Continue to increase capacity in India and NZ to meet growing demand

oNew high-tech Indian facility expands existing capacity and allows product life cycles to

be extended as products are migrated from France and NZ

•Strong strategic manufacturing partners (Siward, Hana) provides access to specialist cost

effective manufacturing capability at scale

•Dual source supply & manufacturing at each global site to mitigate supply chain risk for

customers

•Minimise Covid-19 related risks at all manufacturing sites

Flexible scalable operations

Robust performance delivering scale, mitigating risk and improving resilience

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New Rakon India facility
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Financial trends

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$43m
$52m

$52m

$59m

$43m

43%

45%

44%

46%

51%

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

Gross margin

core businessTCXO chip shortageGM%

Revenue and earnings trends

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$10.0m

$3.4m

$4.0m

$9.6m

$18.9m

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

NPAT

$101m

$114m

$119m

$128m

$85m

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

Revenue

core businessTCXO chip shortage

$12m

$11m

$15m

$23m

$26m

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

EBITDA

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Strong balance sheet for future growth
$7.4m

($7.7m)

($7.9m)

$5.0m

$3.6m

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

Net cash/(debt)

$87m

$90m

$92m

$104m

$121m

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

Shareholders funds

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$7.9m

($1.8m)

$9.4m

$20.1m

$4.5m

FY18FY19FY20FY211H22

Operating cash flow

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1H22 –key highlights & achievements

Forward focus

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Continue to win in core market growth opportunities
•5G networks, Cloud Computing, LEO/NewSpace, Autonomous ​

Cutting edge new products and platforms

•Multiple XMEMS® based product families​

•Latest proprietary chip ‘Niku’ for next generation products​

Relentless pursuit of continuous innovative improvement

•Increase R&D spending target from 10% to 10–12% of sales, focus on speed of execution

•Reward innovation and reinforce the culture of innovation

New Indian facility

•Allow global manufacturing flexibility and plant redundancy across a wide whole spectrum of

products

•Continue to increase manufacturing capacity and capability in NZ to support increased demand

Continue active risk management of supply chain, Covid-19, and cost

inflation

Continue to retain a conservative balance sheet

Forward focus

Allocate resources in line with strategy and be bold in areas that matter most

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Q+A

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Outlook

Appendices

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Appendix 1: Sustainable operation
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ESG framework development under way:

•Review ofmaterial ESG issues

•Prioritisation of response and actions

•Alignment of climate change reporting to TCFD

•Focus on governance, strategy, risk management, metrics and targets

•Roadmap

What we’re already doing:

•Environmental

oEMS ISO14001 certification at manufacturingsites; energy, carbon dioxide and refrigerantuse

measured and reported via CDP; waste minimisation; developing products which improve

environmental footprint (smaller, higher-performing, less power)

•Social

oDiverse workforce –commitment to internal development and upskilling; emphasis on health,

safety and wellness

oLocal community initiatives aimed at improving quality of life for next generations

•Governance

oGlobal compliance with all export controls and international trade laws and treaties.

Customer due diligence and internal policy and processes

oCorporate governance framework; policies and codes of conduct; risk framework; legal and

regulatory compliance

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Looking after each other, our planet and future generations

Appendix 2: Technology pioneer
Since 1967 we have enabled the next wave of technology

1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s

HC-48C crystalUM-1 crystalTXO4080VTXO500 / USOCDXO/ RXT / ASICTCXO / OCXOSpace subsystems

/ XMEMS®

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SSB radio

Pagers

Cellular phones

GPS navigation

Precision satellite

positioning

Smartphones

Internet boom

3G, 4G, 5G networks

Internet of Things

Cloud computing

infrastructure

NewSpace

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Cloud computing: Allows users to have on-demand availability of a remote
computer system’s resources for improved computing power or data

storage (usually located quite far from the user, such as in another country)

Datacentres: Usually a building that is used to hold a computer system and

other components to backup data

Design-in: An opportunity that allows Rakon’s product to be used as the

reference component for certain customer reference designs (a technical

blueprint of a system intended to be used by customers)

Edge computing: Allows users to have on-demand availability of a remote

computer system’s resources for improved computing power or data

storage (usually located close to the user, such as within the same city).

5G: 5th generation of the telecommunications standard, providing 10 to

1000 times better performance in many different applications

5G millimetre wave technology: The equipment that enables higher

frequency data transmission in 5G

New space/ New space LEOs: Refers to space sector commercialisation,

that are mainly low earth orbit (LEO) satellites

Mercury™ / Mercury+™: Rakon’s proprietary integrated circuit used in

OCXOs to achieve clock variations to less than 1 billionth of a second, these

enable precision timing in 5G applications

OCXO: Oven Controlled Crystal Oscillator. A crystal oscillator that uses a

miniaturised oven to keep its internal temperature constant

O-RAN: Mobile networks that are more intelligent, open, virtualised and fully

interoperable

Pluto®: Rakon’s proprietary integrated circuit used in TCXOs to achieve clock

variations to less than 100 millionth of a second; these enable higher data rates

in 5G applications

System solutions:Refers to Rakon’s solutions that include high performance

products, equipment and consulting services for Space & Defence

TCXO: Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator. A crystal oscillator with

additional circuitry to remove frequency variations due to temperature change

Tier 1customers: recognised key players within their respective industries, that

make up a significant market share

VCXO: Voltage Controlled Crystal Oscillator (VCXO). A crystal oscillator with an

adjustable output frequency

XMEMS®: Crystal Micro-Electro-Mechanical System. Rakon’s advanced quartz-

based resonator technology. It is made with Rakon’s NanoQuartz™

microfabrication process, delivering unprecedented resonator and oscillator

performances

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Glossary

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