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T +64 9 573 5554, F +64 9 573 5559

8 Sylvia Park Road, Mt Wellington, Auckland 1060, New Zealand

Private Bag 99943, Newmarket, Auckland 1149, New Zealand

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11 August 2022


Rakon (RAK) Annual Meeting Chair’s Address and Presentation


The Annual Meeting of Rakon Limited will be held today 11 August 2022 at Guineas 1 Room, Ellerslie

Event Centre, 80 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand and online via

www.meetnow.global/nz at 11.00 am.


Attached is a copy of:


Chair’s Address


Rakon 2022 Annual Meeting Presentation


This material will also be available on Rakon’s website www.rakon.com


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About Rakon

Rakon is a global high technology company and a world leader in its field. The company designs and manufactures advanced

frequency control and timing solutions. Its three core markets are Telecommunications, Positioning and Space and Defence.

Rakon’s products are found at the forefront of communications where speed and reliability are paramount. Its products

create extremely accurate electric signals which are used to generate radio waves and synchronise time in the most

demanding communication applications. Rakon has three manufacturing plants, six research and development centres, and

sixteen customer support offices worldwide. Founded in Auckland in 1967, Rakon is proud of its New Zealand heritage. It is

a public company listed on the New Zealand stock exchange, NZX, ticker code RAK.

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T +64 9 573 5554, F +64 9 573 5559

8 Sylvia Park Road, Mt Wellington, Auckland 1060, New Zealand

Private Bag 99943, Newmarket, Auckland 1149, New Zealand

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11 August 2022



Rakon (RAK) Annual Meeting Chair’s Address.


Welcome to the Rakon Annual Shareholders Meeting for 2022. I am Lorraine Witten the

Chair of your Board of Directors and I will chair today’s meeting.


We are conducting our meeting this year both here in person at the Ellerslie Event Centre in

Auckland, and online, through the Computershare Online Meetings platform, meetnow.


I am joined today by most of our Board members, and senior management team.

I would like to introduce you to our Board members. We were very pleased to welcome two

new independent directors to the Board this year; Sinead Horgan and Steve Tucker who

were appointed through the year and are standing for election later in the meeting. I am

also joined by Independent Director Keith Watson, and Executive Director Brent Robinson.


Unable to join us today is Independent Director Keith Oliver who is unwell, and Tony Tseng

from Siward who is in Taiwan and for whom travel remains restricted by Covid. They both

send their best regards and will be observing the meeting online.


Also on the podium is our Chief Executive Sinan Altug, and our Chief Financial Officer, Anand

Rambhai.


Finally, I would like to welcome our auditor Indy Sena from PwC, and representatives from

our solicitors Bell Gully, and our bankers ASB.


I am very pleased to be leading us through the presentation of our performance for the

2022 financial year, the plans for our future business and the resolutions for shareholders. It

has been our best year ever! Rakon is stronger than ever and has again driven shareholder

value and growth in returns.


Rakon Today


Rakon is today a global innovator and market leader in technology. Our frequency control

products and timing solutions are critical to enabling connectivity between people,

networks and machines and are at the heart of hundreds of applications around the world.

To understand what this means think making sure a satellite arrives at its exact location in

space; that it communicates information to exactly where it needs to be sent; continues to

work in extreme heat or cold; under extreme pressure; with critical accuracy and stability of

performance in those environments. So crucial that NASA used two of our frequency control

products on their Perseverance robot on Mars. I realise you probably know that, but I’m just

so proud of that achievement I can’t help but repeat it.





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Our Journey


We have been on a journey to get here. I would like to acknowledge both our people

globally, and you our shareholders for supporting us to become the company we are today.


There have been a number of deliberate changes that Rakon has made over recent years, in

our Strategy and market focus, and in our people, both the Board and Management. Part of

our journey has been changing our strategy away from the focus of supplying components

for consumer applications, where the specifications are simple, market power is low and it is

difficult to maintain margin, to realising our strength is to be a global technology leader, in

demanding industrial applications that require precision, under difficult environmental

conditions. We have now completed that pivot in strategy.


This year we completed our Board and Management succession plans. A few years ago,

there was a call for more independence on the Board, this year we appointed Sinead and

Steve as independent directors, and I stepped into the Chair role. I would like to take this

opportunity to thank and acknowledge our prior Chairman Bruce Irvine. Bruce served on the

Board for almost 17 years and since 2018 led the Board through the change in direction, and

recent succession. His calm and experienced leadership was important to achieving the

results we have before us. I believe we now have a wide range of relevant skills and

experience on the Board, diversity of thought, and five independent Board members.


We were very pleased to appoint Dr Sinan Altug as Chief Executive Officer in April this year,

completing an 18-month transition with former CEO Brent Robinson. Sinan has been with

Rakon for over 20 years and has successfully undertaken senior leadership roles for us

internationally, covering all aspects of the business. Most recently, he was the head of our

European business, then our Chief Operating Officer here in New Zealand. He has a PhD in

Electrical Engineering as well as an MBA. His deep understanding of our business and his

scientific expertise combined with business acumen made him the best choice for the role.


We are also very happy that Brent Robinson has continued in the Chief Technology Officer

role, where he is now able to focus all his attention on maintaining global leadership in

product development, and our future growth opportunities. I would like to acknowledge the

considerable contribution Brent has made so far over his 42 years’ service with Rakon,

including 36 years as Managing Director. Brent is a global expert in our Industry and

continues to add significant value to the company.


Alongside these changes, we surveyed our shareholders and heard your request for the

company to provide more information and insights into the business. We have been

working to improve the clarity and frequency of our communication with you and the wider

investment community. We reached out into the investor community and met with many

institutional investors and commentators to grow their understanding of Rakon, and listen

to market feedback on our business.


We continue to develop our communications programme, so you can expect to see more

openness, insights and information about how the business is being run and performance.





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We are paying Forsyth Barr for research analysis as part of our ongoing programme to build

investor understanding.


Last year was another difficult operating environment because of the continued disruptions

to global supply chains, the threat of illness to our people from the global Covid pandemic,

and the lack of freedom for people to move between countries for work. It was very

challenging to ensure we could continue to operate our factories at capacity, whether we

would have the raw materials on time to make our products, and whether we would have

the skilled people to run our business. It is due to careful and thoughtful management by all

our team that we overcame these risks and have delivered the exceptional result for 2022. I

acknowledge and thank all our people.


Building a sustainable organisation


We recognise the importance to all Rakon stakeholders, of sustainability and resilience. In

our Annual Report this year we introduced you to the steps we are taking towards the

adoption of our framework for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting. We

engaged with a range of internal and external stakeholders including investors and their

representatives, to identify the ESG topics most important to them, and to inform our

assessment of the key topics we will focus on to improve our sustainability and risk

management.


We will build on existing work in key areas of the business with a view to reducing waste

and greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening our supply chain management and visibility,

protecting the health, safety and well-being of our people and encouraging high levels of

employee engagement.


We have also undertaken a maturity assessment to support our readiness for climate

related disclosures in line with the Taskforce for Climate related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

and identified a roadmap for the next three years. These things are all detailed in our

Annual Report.


FY22 Business highlights


Now to the past financial year, FY22. Sinan will speak in more detail about the performance,

but some points of note are that:


FY22 is the 5

th

year in a row that we have grown revenue and net profit from core business.

We have developed a very solid core business in Telecommunications. Revenue growth was

driven by strong demand in 5G telecommunications networks, and we see the runway for

5G continuing for the rest of the decade. Our core Telecommunications business delivered a

pleasing 21% Compound Annual Growth Rate over the last 4 years.


Through our agility to quickly expand our production here in NZ, we were able to take

advantage of the global chip shortage. This was created by greater demand, and a shortage





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of supply as result of a fire in a key Japanese manufacturer’s factory. Our response boosted

our revenue and gross margin results for the year.


Overall, gross margin grew from 46% to 52%. Sinan will show you how both our core

business has continued to grow, and the impact of the one-off business that we captured.


We achieved a strong operating cashflow of $30.2 million, a $10 million increase on prior

year. The chip shortages and global supply chain disruptions meant we needed to

proactively mitigate our risks by holding higher stocks of raw materials inventory. Our

inventory investment increased by $20 million over the year.


Our manufacturing capabilities are nearing their capacity. In FY22 we increased the

manufacturing volume in New Zealand by 60%. By the end of financial year 2023, we will

complete the expansion of our manufacturing footprint in Bengaluru, India, effectively

doubling our capacity, when we complete building our new factory. During the last financial

year, we purchased the land, which is in a High Tech Aerospace park in Bengaluru, the

foundations are complete, and we are on track. The new factory will deliver an immediate

capacity increase and an improvement in overall gross margin when, in line with our

strategic plan, we are able to transfer the manufacture of some products from New Zealand

and France.


The start-up and transfer of the factory is also one of the business risks of this coming year

with the increase in the cost of building materials and equipment, the usual construction

risks and the risks involved in transitioning production to new premises.


Our new factory in India will be good for our business and our people. It will ensure we

provide modern, high quality working conditions, which align with our fair and just

employment policies.


Finally, our $13.1 million investment in R&D, including in the development of our XMEMS

nanotechnology and ASICS, has progressed well this year, and investment will continue.


Growing our value


Looking forward to the end of FY23, and as announced earlier today, we expect to maintain

the growth in Rakon’s core business and to achieve Underlying EBITDA

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in the range of $36

million to $44 million. The wide guidance range reflects the ongoing risks of shortages of

raw materials and market disruption, that we will need to overcome through the year. As

signalled EBITDA will be below FY22 due to the one-off nature of the chip shortage business

we captured last year, but core business will continue to grow.


We continue to take a prudent approach to debt. In FY23, we will pay back the debt we

arranged to build the facility, with the additional profit and cash we generated in the last

financial year. This will utilise $10 million of our cash balance. To be prudent we will arrange

a new, undrawn debt facility with our banker ASB. We have a strong balance sheet and are

comfortable with this position given the significant changes in interest rates and inflation

globally, and the challenges in the equity markets.





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This time last year, our Chairman stated that Rakon would most likely pay a dividend in the

coming year, if the forecast results were achieved and there is no significant capital

requirement. I appreciate that this created an expectation that we would pay a dividend.

Also, we have been operating under a Dividend policy that said we would pay out up to 50%

of our profit, and Rakon has never paid a dividend. These are confusing signals to

shareholders.


In May, we announced that the Board had decided not to pay a dividend in relation to FY22.

The reason for doing this is because we believe that we have excellent growth and

investment opportunities within the business that will provide good return on investment to

shareholders. In addition, there have been significant changes in the global economy where

prudence is the best course. The Board carefully weighed the options, and we appreciate

that we need to fully explain our rationale. Sinan will detail our investment plans in his

discussion.


Acknowledging that our Dividend policy was not clear, the Board has reviewed and reissued

the policy. We do not want to give the wrong signal to investors who are looking for a

regular annual dividend. With the speed of growth in our opportunities in

Telecommunications, NewSpace and autonomous vehicles, we do not see a runway for

consistently paying dividends in the near term, rather we propose to invest in growth to

capture these market opportunities while they are here.


Clear Growth Strategy


Looking ahead, we have a very solid Telecommunications business, which we will continue

to grow as we develop our technology for 5G and 6G. However, our view is that we also

need to strengthen our long-term business by developing other key markets. Our goal is to

have, over time, two other strong markets that are as significant and robust as our

Telecommunications business.


We are now ready for a new phase of development and growth. We are going to share with

you today our plan for the next three years. We have four key strategic objectives of:

Growing our core business; Maintaining product and technology leadership; Expanding into

new markets and World class manufacturing. These objectives inform the areas where we

will be investing, our market focus and our expansion targets. Sinan will walk us through

each of these strategies during his presentation.


During our strategy development, we have broken down the elements of the strategic

objectives and the skills and resources that we require to execute effectively. There are of

course some gaps and, over the next few years, we will have to invest to develop

capabilities and acquire market access, specifically into North America, and to continue to

develop new technologies, products and manufacturing skills.


Needless to say, the investments will be disciplined and targeted. Both Board and

Management believe that Rakon has significant growth prospects before us, and that the





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timing is right to pursue these long-term opportunities, in industries that will develop over

the decade. We have a strong company, we are in an industry that is expanding, globally we

have great people, and we lead the world in our technology field. There is every reason to

have confidence in our future.


I will now pass the meeting over to our CEO to expand on our financial performance and our

business strategies. Later, after a time for questions I will address the formal resolutions for

the meeting. Thank you Sinan.



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Refer to Note 5 of the FY2022 audited consolidated financial statements for an explanation of how ‘Non-GAAP Financial Information’ is used, including a

definition of ‘Underlying EBITDA’ and reconciliation to net profit after tax

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Rakon Limited

2022 annual meeting of shareholders

11 August 2022© Rakon Limited

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Agenda

Welcome & introduction

Chair’s address

Chief executive’s review

Shareholders’ questions

Resolutions

General business

Meeting close / light refreshments

Sinan Altug

Chief Executive Officer

Lorraine Witten

Chair

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Chair’s address

Lorraine Witten

Lorraine Witten

CEO

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Our Board of Directors

A strong mix of global experience and technology expertise

BRENT ROBINSON

Executive director

Hon FIPENZ

Appointed 1991

(standing for re-election)

LORRAINE WITTEN

Chair and Independent director

BMS (Hons); CFInstD; FCA

Appointed 2017

KEITH OLIVER

Independent director

BE (Hons)

Appointed 2017

KEITH WATSON

Independent director

NZCE (Telecom); CMInstD

Appointed 2018

(standing for re-election)

YIN TANG (TONY) TSENG

Non-independent director

Hon Master NTUST

Appointed 2017

STEVE TUCKER

Independent director

BMS; FCA; CMInstD

Appointed October 2021

(standing for election)

SINEAD HORGAN

Independent director

BComm; MAcc; CMInstD; FCA

Appointed January 2022

(standing for election)

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Rakontoday

A global innovator and market leader in tech

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Our journey

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Strategic pivot now

complete

From consumer to higher

margin, high performance

applications

Succession plans

complete

Increased investor

engagement

Resilient and highly

capable organisation

Market feedback sought; improved

communications programme

New Board members

New CEO transition and

appointment

Delivered exceptional result

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Building a sustainable organisation

ESG framework announced in the FY22 Annual Report

•Materiality assessment

•Sustainability roadmap, strategy, targets, actions, reporting

•Alignment of reporting to TCFD by 2023

Builds on existing work in key areas

•Reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions

•Supply chain management and visibility

•Low rates of workplace injury

•High levels of employee engagement

Solid progress on ESG framework

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Growth opportunities

captured

Strong core market growth and

global chip shortage

opportunities captured

FY22 business highlights

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Record financial

performance

Continued growth in revenue

and earnings

Strong core 5G growth

Telecommunications established

as a solid core business

Supply chain risks

managed

Active management of inventory

and pricing to address supply

chain disruptions

New Zealand output

up 60%

To support increased demand

India expansion

commenced

Construction commenced on new

facility which will significantly

increase capacity

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$12m

$11m

$15m

$23m

$54m

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23F

Underlying EBITDA

1

core businessTCXO chip shortageforecast

•FY23 Underlying EBITDA guidance:

$36m –$44m

•Core business continues to grow

•Strong balance sheet with intention to

repay debt facility

•Investment in market growth opportunities

•Updated dividend policy

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Growing our value

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Refer to note 5 of the Annual Report 2022 for an explanation of how ‘Non-GAAP Financial Information’ is used,

including a definition of ‘Underlying EBITDA’ and reconciliation to NPAT

Well positioned to drive growth

$36m

$44m

Guidance

range

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Clear growth strategy

GROW OUR

CORE BUSINESS

MAINTAIN PRODUCT

& TECHNOLOGY

LEADERSHIP

EXPAND INTO

NEW MARKETS

DELIVER

WORLD CLASS

MANUFACTURING

S t r a t e g i c a c q u i s i t i o n s s u p p o r t i n g g r o w t h s t r a t e g y

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Chief executive's address

Sinan Altug

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Our senior managershere today

Adam Robinson

Global Sales Manager

Anand Rambhai

Chief Financial Officer

Brent Robinson

Chief Technology Officer

Margo Thomas

General Manager,Global People

& Capability

Darren Robinson

Chief Marketing Officer

Maureen Shaddick

Company Secretary

Avilash Singh

Engineering Manager

Product Research & Development, NZ

Vijay Chandra

Production Manager, NZ

Mark Burgess

Manufacturing Manager, NZ

Prasad Talathi

Global Sales

Administration Manager

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$12.1m

$11.3m

$14.8m

$23.5m

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

Underlying EBITDA

1

core businessTCXO chip shortage

Financial performance

$43m

$52m

$52m

$59m

$90m

43%

45%

44%

46%

52%

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

Gross margin

core businessTCXO chip shortage

$19.9m

$54.4m

$36.0m

$141m

$72m

Revenue

Net profit

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Referto Note5oftheFY22auditedconsolidatedfinancialstatementsforanexplanationofhow‘Non-GAAP

Financial Information’isused,includinga definitionof‘Underlying EBITDA’and reconciliationtonetprofitaftertax

$101m

$114m

$119m

$128m

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

Revenuecore business

$172m

FY18 one-offs include sale of French property; gains on

Thinxtrashares; and technology license revenue from Siward

Net profit

($1m)

$3m

$4m

$10m

$11m

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

core businessTCXO chip shortageOne-offs

$33.1m

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Key market update

Telecommunications

Space & Defence

PositioningEmerging &Other

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Telecommunications

21% CAGR over 4-years

Improved gross margins

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$40m

$54m

$65m

$77m

$86m

34%

38%

40%

40%

44%

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

Revenue & GM%

Next-generation product leadership

•Superior synchronisationenables higher

data speeds and more bandwidth

•Customer partnerships to develop next-

generation 6G products

•Expected to continue for 5+ years

•New entrants as open networks grow

Strong 5G network growth globally

•Now converging with 5G

•Strong and growing demand for synchronisation

Cloud computing & data centres

50% of total revenue

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Space & Defence

Stable and higher margin

Most demanding market

NewSpace transition

NewSpace

•Substantial opportunity in Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

constellations

•Unique space/telco knowhow to move up the

value chain from components into subsystems

Continued innovation leadership

•Sector technology innovation is subsequently

applied to other markets

•Space semiconductor chip development

progressing well

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$28m

$32m

$28m

$30m

$26m

68.2%

68.8%

68.7%

67.7%

69.4%

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

Revenue & GM%

Core markets

•Highest levels of performance in extreme

environments

•Critical timing products in aircraft,

satellites,defence communications, radar

and positioning systems

15% of total revenue

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$26m

$20m

$19m

$14m

42%

40%

36%

48%

56%

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

Revenue& GM%

Strategic pivot to

industrial markets

complete

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Positioning

Autonomous vehicles

•Need for precision positioning and higher

performance products continues to evolve

High precision industrial machines

•Growing share of high-growth agricultural/mining

segments, as automation becomes standard

•Repositioned fromcommoditised consumer

markets into growing, highermargin industrial

markets

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Emergency locator beacons

•80%+ market share

•Market leader in compliance with COSPAS

SARSAT/ EPIRB international standard

$19m

$27m

16% of total revenue

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Our competitive strengths

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Customer relationships, investment in R&D, increased manufacturing output

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Customer partnerships

$10.1m

$11.8m

$13.3m

$13.3m

$13.1m

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

R&D investment

(including capitalised R&D)

•FY22 revenue: 2/3 from customers with

10+ years

•New strategic relationships developed as

new markets evolve

•Targeting R&D investment of 10-12% of

revenue

•Semiconductor chip design team established

in New Zealand

•New generation products on track for release

in FY23

Investment in technology innovationWorld class operations

•Proactive supply chain risk management

•NZoperation: 60% higher output;

record grossmargins

•New India facility: increased capacity

and cost efficiencies

Key participants in Rakon’s core markets

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Strategy update

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Our strategic pillars

Enabling the connected future

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Growth strategy: 4 key objectives

GROW OUR

CORE BUSINESS

MAINTAIN PRODUCT

& TECHNOLOGY

LEADERSHIP

EXPAND INTO

NEW MARKETS

DELIVER

WORLD CLASS

MANUFACTURING

S t r a t e g i c a c q u i s i t i o n s s u p p o r t i n g g r o w t h s t r a t e g y

Telco market leadership –

products using proprietary

technologies

Space & Defence –market

access in North America

Precision industrial positioning

applications

New technology design-in

Rakon semiconductor chips –

accelerate time-to-market

XMEMS

®

–deliver next

generation products and

performance

Space & Defence –move

upward into equipment and

subsystems

NewSpace

Cloud computing

Autonomous vehicles

Targeting key customer

partnerships in new markets

Global Manufacturing

Roadmap

Manufacturing capacity and

capability expansion

Advanced supply chain

management

XMEMS

®

nanotechnology

volume manufacturing

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Key investment areas

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New facility in India

Semiconductor chip

R&D

XMEMS

®

Quartz

nanotechnology

NewSpace

portfolio

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New facility Bengaluru, India

Increasing capacity, extending product lifecycles

The opportunity

•Expanded capacity to support growth opportunities

•Consolidate two existing sites and drive manufacturing efficiencies

•Products transferred from NZ and France

•Extended product life cycles from low cost manufacturing base

•Valuable real estate asset created

Investment and timeline

•Land and buildings cost $12 –14m

•Market value estimated $14m

•Facility complete FY23, production commences early FY24

•Additional revenue generation & cost savings from FY24

•Cumulatively cash positive 2027

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Construction making good progress

•Land allotted

June 2021

•Land surveyed

July 2021

•Ground breaking

ceremony

Dec 2021

•First excavation work

earlyFeb 2022

•Foundation work prep.

mid Feb 2022

•Concrete pour

lateFeb 2022

•Ground floor roof slab

June 2022

•First floor roof slab

July 2022

•Second floor roof slab

Aug 2022

February 2022

April 2022

May 2022June 2022

July 2022August 2022

Above: Artist’s impression of the new facility

Above: Construction as at August 2022

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Rakon semiconductor chips

Driving product performance and revenue growth

The opportunity

•Products using Rakon’sown chips make up 50% of core revenue in

FY22 and have ~15%+pp higher margins

•Competitive advantage from superior product performance and

long lifecycles

•Enhance chip development capability and reduce time to market

•Build IP –push technological and performance barriers by

integrating chip and product design

Investment and timeline

•Total ongoing investment $7.5m pa, 50% higher than FY22

•4 new chips planned for release FY23 –FY25

•Proven ROI: Mercury Plus

®

case study

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

Revenue

NZ$m

Products with 4 key Rakonchips

FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

Mercury+ product lifecycle

(ROI >100%)

outflowsinflowsCumulative cash flow

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XMEMS

®

nanotechnology

Delivering next generation products and performance

The opportunity

•Rakon’sXMEMS

®

resonator technology made with

itsphotolithographic microfabrication process on quartz wafers

•Miniaturisedproducts with levels of performance not possible

using existing manufacturing methods

•Proprietarynanotechnology processes and equipment

developed in-house

•Technology leadership in core markets, particularly in high

performance products

•Higher volumes and yields for tighter specifications

Investment and timeline

•$6.9m invested over FY22 –FY25

•Expected ROI >130% over 6 year period

•Cumulative cash positive FY26

FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26FY27

XMEMS® nanotechnology

(ROI>130%)

Total outflowsTotal inflowsCumulative cash

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$4.6b

$5.5b

$6.9b

$8.1b

$8.6b

$9.0b

$9.1b

2020202120222023202420252026

LEO satellite hardware forecast

(<500kg)

Low Earth Orbit satellites

NewSpaceSubsystems –combining space expertise and telco experience

The opportunity

•Telecommunications and earth monitoring driving rapid growth

•Leveraging Rakon’slong space heritage, advanced R&D and efficient

manufacturing at scale, to capture new opportunities

•Moving from a component supplier to supplying higher value satellite

assemblies and subsystems

Investment and timeline

•Investment of $6.2m over FY22 –FY24

•Incremental revenue from subsystems commences FY24

•Cumulative cash positive FY26

FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26FY27

NewSpacesubsystems

(ROI >100%)

InflowsOutflowsCumulative cash flow

Source:Euroconsult, Prospects for the Small Satellite Market, 2022

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FY23FY24FY25

•Construction completed

•Fitout / capacity

expansion

•Existing manufacturing

transferred

•Select NZ products

transferred

•Select NewSpace

products transferred

•Select French

NewSpacesubsystem

modules transferred

•Substantial increase in

R&D and chip design

capability inNZ & UK

•Releaseof Niku next

generation chip

•Release of Vulcan next

generationchip

•Chip based

productrevenue growing

to over 60%

•Chip based product

revenue growing

•Release of Caduceus &

Keplerchips

•Continued investment in

XMEMS

®

capability

•Release of initial XMEMS

®

based products

•Volume production of

XMEMS

®

based products

•Leadership in targeted

market segments

•Expansion into other

product categories

•R&D and supply chain

investment

•Strategic relationships

established

•Recognised player in the

ecosystem

•Significant orders secured

•Become a top 3 player

in subsystems

•Delivery of orders

3 year growth roadmap

Rigorous project governance

New

manufacturing

facility in India

New Rakon

designed

semiconductor

chips

Commercialisation

ofXMEMS

®

nanotechnology

manufacturing

capability

NewSpacebusiness

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Building global leadership through value-accretive investments

2010

France (Space & Defence)

acquired

Entry into Space programmes

Now 11% of total revenue

Platform for NewSpace/LEO

initiatives

Products on Mars Perseverance

Rover

2007

UK and France (Telecom)

acquired

Entry into Telecommunications

(now 50% of total revenue)

We supply all major global

telco infrastructure customers

In house semi-conductor chip

development capability

2018

Control of Rakon India JV

High-quality, low-cost

manufacturing capability

Control over products

manufactured

Platform for further expansion

2022+

Synergistic value creation

Accelerate access to targeted

markets

Leverage Rakon’s competitive

advantages (customers,

technology, products)

Strategic acquisitions have enabled Rakon to build technology

leadership and expand into new markets

These have played an important role in Rakon’srepositioning,

to become the company it is today

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$12m

$11m

$15m

$23m

$54m

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23F

Underlying EBITDA

1

core businessTCXO chip shortageforecast

$36m

$44m

Q1 update and guidance

Strong start to year, FY23 EBITDA guidance of $36 –$44 million

•Strong Q1 performance

Manufacturing at capacity, additionalconstraints remain due to labour and

component shortages

•Significant core business revenue & gross margin growth

Order intake remains very highfor FY23 delivery

•Investing into our future moderates EBITDA

Investment in growth strategy; transition to new India facility;cost inflation

•Ongoing risks

Globaleconomic outlookand its impact onglobal demand,

supplychainchallengesand the execution of thetransition to the new

facility in India

1

Referto Note5oftheFY22auditedconsolidatedfinancialstatementsforanexplanationofhow‘Non-GAAP

Financial Information’isused,includinga definitionof‘Underlying EBITDA’and reconciliationtonetprofitaftertax

Guidance

range

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•Well positioned to drive growth in core markets

•Clear three year growth plan

•Investment in key projects

•Exploring acquisition opportunities

•Strong start to FY23

Summary

Record FY22 performance, well positioned for FY23

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Shareholder questions

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Resolutions

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35

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Ordinary resolution

Resolution 1:

That Brent Robinson be re-elected as a director of Rakon

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Ordinary resolution

Resolution 2:

That Keith Watson be re-elected as a director of Rakon

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37

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Ordinary resolution

Resolution 3:

That Steven Tucker be elected as a director of Rakon

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38

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Ordinary resolution

Resolution 4:

That Sinead Horgan be elected as a director of Rakon

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39

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Ordinary resolution

Resolution 5:

That the directors be authorised to fix the remuneration of

Rakon’sauditor PricewaterhouseCoopers, for the following year

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Proxy votes lodged prior to meeting

Proxy votes lodgedFor%Against%Discretionary%

12,664,4888,713,03468.80315,8092.493,635,60528.71

Resolution 1: That Brent Robinson be re-elected as a director of Rakon

Resolution 2: That Keith Watson be re-elected as a director of Rakon

Resolution 3: That Steven Tucker be elected as a director of Rakon

Resolution 4: That Sinead Horgan be elected as a director of Rakon

Resolution 5: That the directors be authorised to fix the remuneration of Rakon’sauditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers, for the following year

Proxy votes lodgedFor%Against%Discretionary%

12,665,6468,726,63768.904,1980.033,934,81131.07

Proxy votes lodgedFor%Against%Discretionary%

12,635,646

8,614,03468.1744,1730.353,977,43931.48

Proxy votes lodgedFor%Against%Discretionary%

12,671,7508,653,67668.2945,6750.363,972,39931.35

Proxy votes lodgedFor%Against%Discretionary%

12,671,750

8,005,30963.17737,7005.823,928,74131.00

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General business & shareholder questions

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Meeting closure

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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’sproduct 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

NewSpace/ NewSpaceLEOs: Refers to space sector commercialisation,

that are mainly low earth orbit (LEO) satellites

Mercury™ / Mercury+™: Rakon’sproprietary 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’sproprietary 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’ssolutions 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 that

allows the user to manually adjust a control voltage; it helps to compensate for

instabilities in the output frequency

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

based resonator technology. It is made with Rakon’snanotechnology

microfabrication process, delivering unprecedented resonator and oscillator

performances

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statements about Rakon Limited and the environment in which the company operates. Because

these statements areforward looking, Rakon Limited's actual results could differ materially

Although management and directors may indicate and believe that the assumptions underlying

theforward looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could prove inaccurate

or incorrectand, therefore, there can be no assurance that the results contemplated in the

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