Investor Presentation
March 2024
Forward-Looking Statements
Disclaimer: Our commentary and responses to your questions may contain forward-looking statements, including our financial projections, within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Centrus undertakes no obligation to update any such statement to reflect later developments. Factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from those discussed today include risks related to the war in Ukraine and geopolitical conflicts and the imposition of sanctions or other measures that could impact our ability to obtain or sell low-enriched uranium (LEU) under our existing supply contract with the Russian government-owned entity TENEX, Joint-Stock Company ("TENEX"); changes in the nuclear energy industry, pricing trends and demand in the uranium and enrichment markets and their impact on our profitability, timing of physical delivery to customers, the competitive environment for our products and services, the impact and potential extended duration of the current supply/demand imbalance in the market for LEU, risks related to trade barriers and contract terms that limit our ability to deliver LEU to customers, risks related to actions that may be taken by the U.S. government or other governments that could affect our ability or the ability of our sources of supply to perform under contract obligations, including the imposition of sanctions, restrictions or other requirements, as well as those provided in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports as filed with the SEC.
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Proven Leadership
Amir Vexler | Kevin Harrill, CPA | Larry Cutlip | John M.A. Donelson, PE | |||||
President, | SVP, | SVP, | SVP, | |||||
Chief Executive Officer | CFO and Treasurer | Field Operations | Chief Marketing Officer | |||||
Education: | Education: | Education: | Education: | |||||
M.Eng. - University of Toronto | B.S. - Georgetown University | B.S. - Muskingum | M. Eng. - University of Virginia | |||||
M.B.A - Wilfred Laurier | M.A. - Georgetown | University | M.B.A. - Queens University of | |||||
University | University | Charlotte | ||||||
Prior Experience: | Prior Experience: | Prior Experience: | Prior Experience: | |||||
Orano USA | Blackboard Inc. | American Centrifuge | Duke Energy Corporation | |||||
CEO, President | VP, Chief Accounting Officer | Manufacturing | Engineer | |||||
Global Nuclear Fuels | DXC Technology | President | Newport News Shipbuilding | |||||
CEO, Chairman of the Board | ||||||||
Senior Principal | Engineer | |||||||
Harris Corporation |
Assistant Controller
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Unique Opportunity to Invest in Nuclear Power Growth
Stable Cashflows with High- Growth Opportunity
Significant Existing Opportunity/ Energy Transition
Advantaged Position in LEU
Massive Future Opportunity / Energy Transition
First-mover Advantage in
HALEU
Growing Global Public Policy Support
Strong Financial Profile with Established Base for Growth
World-class Capabilities and Established Relationships
- De-riskedLEU Distribution Business with complementary High-Growth Technical Solutions Business
- Significant barriers-to-entry to both businesses
- Large existing addressable market for LEU with existing 438 global nuclear reactors
- Only Publicly Traded Company addressing fuel production in the world
- Favorable cost position with long-term order book of ~$1B through 2030
- One of two LEU-licensed companies in the U.S. that can produce commercial LEU
- Only company that could be able to supply U.S. government LEU for national security purposes
- Large future addressable market for HALEU with next generation nuclear reactors
- Only company with NRC license for HALEU production to supply commercial and national security needs
- Delivered 20 kilograms of HALEU to Department of Energy ahead of schedule and under budget
- Strong bipartisan support in both executive and legislative branches of U.S. federal government
- Established global support for nuclear power
- LEU Distribution Business produces strong cashflow
- Well-capitalized,de-risked Balance Sheet
- LEU supplier to blue-chip utilities in North America, Asia, and Europe
- World-classtechnical, engineering, and manufacturing capabilities
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Centrus Overview
Key Facts
Ticker and Exchange: LEU (NYSE American)
Headquarters: Bethesda, MD Number of Employees: 292 Market Capitalization1: $814 million
2023 Revenue: $320 million
2023 Net Income: $84.4 million
Diverse Service Offering
Technical
Solutions 16%
Segment
$320M
2023 Revenue
84% LEU
Segment
- As of December 31, 2023
Compelling Investment Opportunity
#1 American Uranium Enrichment Company
Facilitating the energy transition for a greener future
Leading Nuclear and Clean Technology Company
Forging the path towards U.S. energy independence
National Security and Commercial Nuclear Supply Chain Partner
Uniquely positioned to serve national security needs
Enriched Uranium Fuel (LEU) | High-AssayLow-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) | |
- LEU Customer
National Security | Technical Solutions |
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Financial Snapshot
Financial strength and flexibility, coupled with favorable industry tailwinds, positions Centrus for growth
$189M
38%
$7.5M
New 2023 LEU Sales
Contracts & Commitments
Annual Net Income Growth
2017-2023 CAGR
Reduction in Annual SG&A
Cost 2017-2023
$1B
$201M
$28.5M
Order Book
as of 12/31/2023
Cash
as of 12/31/2023
Deferred tax asset,
net of valuation allowance
as of 12/31/2023
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The World Embracing Nuclear Energy
Achieving Global Targets Requires Nuclear
40% | Expected growth in nuclear over next three |
decades without new climate policies | |
x3 | Achieving net zero emissions by 2050 would |
mean tripling U.S. nuclear generation1 | |
Nuclear energy would have to more than | |
100% doubleto meet global climate targets2 | |
9/10 | 9 out of the 10 reactors selected by the |
Department of Energy's Advanced Reactor | |
Demonstration Program operate on HALEU |
3/3/24 | 1/22/24 | |||||||||
1/6/24 | ||||||||||
"We are re-establishing our leadership in the | "Nuclear is now, still, the largest single source of |
zero-carbon-emitting technology. We want to | |
peaceful use of nuclear energy" | |
make sure we keep that on" | |
"[We] have identified potential areas of collaboration on nuclear fuels to support the stable supply of fuels for the operating reactor fleets of today, enable the development and deployment of fuels for the advanced reactors of tomorrow, and achieve reduced dependence on Russian supply chains"
1Pathways to Commercial Liftoff, U.S. Department of Energy (March 2023) | 7 |
2Median scenario of International Panel on Climate Change study that evaluated 85 possible pathways to meeting global climate targets | |
Centrus Go-to-Market
Unique and diversified business model with both stable and high-growth opportunities
Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Segment
- Stable cashflow generation with market-leading cost position
- Distribution business with leading position connected to the full value chain and years of experience developing relationships
- Well-entrenched player across the entire global nuclear supply chain from beginning through to customer delivery
- Conversion
- Enrichment
- Fabrication
- Deconversion
- De-risked technology and capabilities
Technical Solutions Segment
- High-growth segment with tremendous opportunity across commercial and government customers
- National security
- Advanced nuclear reactor market
- Existing nuclear reactor fleet
- Only deployment-ready U.S. technology capable of meeting national security requirements
- Demonstrated success in producing high-assay, low enriched uranium (HALEU) and exclusive holder of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) license
- Strong asset base with proven ability to produce LEU to support existing global commercial nuclear fleet of ~400 reactors
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Central to the Nuclear Value Chain
An integral element of the nuclear supply chain, servicing both government and commercial customers
Commercial Strategy | National Security | ||||||||||
Global | $1B Order | MISSIONS | Nuclear Forces | ||||||||
Military Microreactors | |||||||||||
Tritium Production (LEU) | |||||||||||
Network | Book Through | DEFENSE | (HALEU) | ||||||||
2030 | |||||||||||
Enriched | Naval Reactors | ||||||||||
of | Utility | ||||||||||
Uranium | Customers: | (HEU) | |||||||||
U.S., Asia, | |||||||||||
Suppliers | Europe | ||||||||||
MISSIONS | Nonproliferation | ||||||||||
Space Missions | |||||||||||
Research Reactor Conversion (HALEU) | |||||||||||
• Centrus' diverse base of enrichment supply includes inventory, medium- and | OTHER | (HALEU) | |||||||||
long-term supply contracts, and spot purchases. | |||||||||||
• Long-term supply contracts for SWU with Russian (TENEX) and French | Reactor Demonstrations | ||||||||||
(Orano) enrichment companies | (HALEU) | ||||||||||
• U.S. utilities purchased ~3.4 million Russian-origin SWU in 2022 | • Centrus' AC100M centrifuge is the only deployment-ready U.S. technology | ||||||||||
capable of meeting national security requirements. | |||||||||||
• 24% of U.S. demand in 2022 | |||||||||||
Centrus has successfully demonstrated | LEU and HALEU production capabilities | 9 | |||||||||
Centrus Solving for the Supply Gap in LEU and HALEU
Meeting LEU Shortfall
Estimated Restricted Region LEU Demand Shortage1
Million SWU |
30 |
HALEU Anticipated Demand
2021 NEI Survey of HALEU Requirements
(MTU/Year HALEU)
614
7.2 | 5.1 | ||
20 | 2.1 | ||
21.7 | 23.9 | ||
10 | |||
0
2025 | 2030 | |||
LEU Supply | LEU Shortfall | Potential Centrus LEU Production | ||
| One of two LEU-licensed companies in the U.S. supplying commercial LEU |
Competitor is foreign owned | |
| Only Centrus would be able to supply U.S. government LEU for national security |
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72 79
26
527
454
375
252
215
152
purposes |
Nonproliferation agreements prohibit the use of foreign enrichment technology |
for national security. A domestic technology is required |
1World Nuclear Association, The Nuclear Fuel Report, Global Scenarios for Demand and Supply 2023-2024. Restricted Region is the U.S., Western and Central Europe, and Ukraine adjusted for underfeeding by Enrichers.
2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035
- Only company with NRC license for HALEU production to supply commercial and national security needs.
- This estimate suggests a total market value of $2.2B/year by 2030 and $6.2B/year by 2035.
- Successfully delivered 20 kilograms of HALEU to Department of Energy ahead
of schedule and under budget | 10 |
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