Spectra Systems Corporation · LSE:SPSC

Spectra Systems — FY2024 Earnings Presentation

19 slides from Spectra Systems's earnings presentation, Mar 31, 2025

  1. Slide 1: Full Year 2024 Results

    Full Year 2024 Results March 31, 2025

  2. Slide 2: Disclaimer

    DISCLAIMER The information contained in this document (the “Presentation”) has been prepared by Spectra Systems Corporation (the “Company”) solely for informational purposes. All statements of opinion and/or belief contained in this Presentation and all views expressed represent the directors’ own c

  3. Slide 3: Financial highlights

    Financial highlights • Revenue of $49,191k (2023: $20,288k) up 142.5% • Adjusted EBITDA up 77.9% at $14,929k (2023: $8,394k) • Adjusted PBTA up 46.6% to $12,064k (2023: $8,231k) • Adjusted earnings per share up 36% to US 18.9 cents (2023: US 13.9 cents) • Cash generated from operations of $9,899k (2

  4. Slide 4: Revenue and PBTA adjustments

    Revenue and PBTA adjustments • Revenue expected in 2025 came earlier in 2024 so the increase in 2024 reduced 2025 • This revenue has a small margin associated with it so $400k came off 2025 reducing the previous target by 1.6% • 2026 revenue was reduced because we are restructuring Cartor, as promis

  5. Slide 5: Dividend Explanation

    Dividend Explanation • Dividend was held constant and not increased • lots of cash coming in • In 2025, we will have $2MM of restricted cash released and expect ~$10M of sensor cash Dividend was held constant to more rapidly build up the company’s cash position in anticipation of a small yet strateg

  6. Slide 6: Business Update

    Business Update 5

  7. Slide 7: How Cartor acquisition changed our rate of product commercialization

    How Cartor acquisition changed our rate of product commercialization • Before Cartor : [11months to 24months] • Nabil and R&D boffins develop a new technology • Test it in-house • Make laboratory samples • Wait, wait, wait… wait ( 2-3 months) open a dialogue with a target customer or partner Wait, w

  8. Slide 8: How Cartor acquisition changed our rate of product commercialization

    How Cartor acquisition changed our rate of product commercialization • Since the acquisition of Cartor : [3 weeks to 12 weeks] • Nabil and R&D boffins develop a new technology • Test it in-house • Make laboratory samples • ( 1-3 weeks) open a dialogue with a target customer or partner that is a cust

  9. Slide 9: Covert material sales

    Covert material sales • Completed central bank order placed in October 2023 • Received 2024-2025 central bank order at the higher end of pre-Covid-19 average volumes • Ordering from licensee continued through 2024 (~$375K) • Same level expected in 2025 8

  10. Slide 10: Covert material sales pipeline

    Covert material sales pipeline • Completed R&D on two new Level III security features • can be used in paper and polymer substrates • machine readability at high speed demonstrated • portable units developed and being shown • Began qualification trials for use in passports • EU country passport • In

  11. Slide 11: Authentication hardware and systems

    Authentication hardware and systems • Sensors successfully passed “pre-factory acceptance” testing stage with customer • Factory acceptance in Q2 • Product acceptance in May-June of 2025 • Production expected to deliver systems beginning June with 60-80 units in 2025 • Replenishment of cash ~$10M •

  12. Slide 12: Optical materials authentication update

    Optical materials authentication update • 2024 highest K-Cup optical materials revenue to date • New version of smartphone technology developed in 2024 • broader device compatibility, faster, and easier to use • previous version of the technology was bottlenecked at $150k • cigarettes and stationery

  13. Slide 13: Fusion substrates: closing in on the prize

    Fusion substrates: closing in on the prize TM • Highly successful presentation and presence at Banknote 2024 • Central Bank traction: • Qualification testing with printers: • Brazil • PWPW-completion in Q2 2025 • Philippines • Oberthur Technologies -Completed 13

  14. Slide 14: Brazil house note

    Brazil house note • In 2024 we provided our covert machine-readable substrate made with sustainability conscious circular certified polymer to the Central Bank of Brazil to target the first commemorative note in Brazil • Goal is to convince the government to change to polymer • This will be showcase

  15. Slide 15: Oberthur house note

    Oberthur house note • In 2024 we provided our covert machine-readable substrate made with sustainability conscious circular certified polymer to Oberthur Technologies for their 2025 house note that they will use as part of their sales efforts 15

  16. Slide 16: Middle-eastern central bank partner and potential customer qualification

    Middle-eastern central bank partner and potential customer qualification • We have successfully passed all print and substrate trials: • Offset Foils have adhesives are taylor made • Intaglio for the specific polymer surface • Window design • CCL • DLR • Abrasion • Spectra • Crumpling • Mechanical t

  17. Slide 17: Central bank partner and potential customer: next steps

    Central bank partner and potential customer: next steps • Final test integrating of all security features and requirements in full manufacturing line in • 500,000 notes worth of sheets (10,000) arrived this week • Testing delayed by Ramadan to Q2 of 2025 • We are optimistic that this will be followe

  18. Slide 18: Potential news float

    Potential news float • Adoption and sale of ink and software support for Tax stamps: • EU country (~500,000,000 tax stamps per annum) • Large middle eastern country ( ~5,000,000,000 tax stamps/annum for 3 years) • Adoption of our newest covert feature for EU passport • Qualification of new covert pa

  19. Slide 19: Thank you!

    Done SO THANK YOU!

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