Microvast Reports Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results

• Revenue increased 107.5% year over year to $80.1 million
• Achieved record backlog of $678.7 million, up 382.7% year over year
• Gross margin increased from 5.2% to 22.3%, a 17.1 percentage point improvement year over year

Microvast Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVST) (“Microvast” or the “Company”), a technology innovator that designs, develops and manufactures lithium-ion battery solutions, today announced unaudited condensed consolidated financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023 (“Q3 2023”).

“In the third quarter, we achieved excellent year over year revenue growth, led by increased deliveries of our 53.5Ah cell from our new Huzhou 3.1 line to our OEM customers,” said Yang Wu, Microvast’s Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer. “Operations at our expanded facility in Huzhou, China have exceeded target yields on high levels of utilization, and our target is to have over 90% utilization by the end of the fourth quarter. Completion of the Phase 1A line in Clarksville, Tennessee is a key operational focus with an accelerated ramp up plan allowing for delivery of qualified products from early Q2 next year.”

“This was a really solid quarter. We delivered our revenues at an adjusted gross margin of 24.2%. These gross margin levels are in the territory of the scaled global battery manufacturers with whom we compete,” said Craig Webster, Microvast’s Chief Financial Officer. “The successful conclusion of the Phase 3.1 investment is an incredible milestone for the year, and positions us very nicely for Q4 and our plans of another high growth year in 2024.”

Results for Q3 2023

• Revenue of $80.1 million, compared to $38.6 million in Q3 2022, an increase of 107.5%
• Backlog as of September 30, 2023 was $678.7 million, representing a growth of 382.7% compared to $140.6 million in backlog as of September 30, 2022
• Gross margin increased to 22.3% from gross margin of 5.2% in Q3 2022; Non-GAAP adjusted gross margin increased to 24.2%, up from 10.2% in Q3 2022
• Operating expenses of $44.7 million, compared to $39.6 million in Q3 2022; Adjusted operating expenses of $30.3 million, compared to $22.3 million in Q3 2022
• Net loss of $26.2 million, compared to net loss of $36.5 million in Q3 2022; Non-GAAP adjusted net loss of $10.3 million, compared to non-GAAP adjusted net loss of $17.4 million in Q3 2022
• Net loss per share of $0.08 compared to net loss per share of $0.12 in Q3 2022; Non-GAAP adjusted net loss per share of $0.03, compared to non-GAAP adjusted net loss per share of $0.06 in Q3 2022
• Adjusted EBITDA of $(5.3) million in Q3 2023, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $(12.6) million in Q3 2022
• Capital expenditures of $59.9 million, compared to $16.8 million in Q3 2022, and primarily driven by capacity expansion at our Clarksville, Tennessee facility
• Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments of $114.7 million as of September 30, 2023, compared to $327.7 million as of December 31, 2022, and $415.7 million as of September 30, 2022; decrease largely due to significant capital expenditure towards PP&E in the U.S. and Huzhou, China

Results for Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 (“YTD 2023”)

• Revenue of $202.0 million, compared to $139.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 (“YTD 2022”), an increase of 44.6%
• Gross margin increased to 16.9% from gross margin of 4.9% in YTD 2022; Non-GAAP adjusted gross margin increased to 19.2%, up from 9.0% in YTD 2022
• Operating expenses of $119.9 million, compared to $133.4 million in YTD 2022; Adjusted operating expenses of $72.8 million, compared to $75.1 million in YTD 2022
• Net loss of $81.8 million, compared to net loss of $124.5 million in YTD 2022; Non-GAAP adjusted net loss of $30.2 million, compared to non-GAAP adjusted net loss of $61.4 million in YTD 2022
• Net loss per share of $0.26 compared to net loss per share of $0.41 in YTD 2022; Non-GAAP adjusted net loss per share of $0.09, compared to non-GAAP adjusted net loss per share of $0.20 in YTD 2022
• Adjusted EBITDA of $(17.0) million in YTD 2023, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $(44.9) million in YTD 2022
• Capital expenditures of $153.6 million, compared to $84.7 million in YTD 2022, and were driven by investments in manufacturing capacity expansions in Huzhou, China and Clarksville, Tennessee

Please refer to the tables at the end of this press release for reconciliations of gross profit to non-GAAP adjusted gross profit, and net loss to non-GAAP adjusted net loss and non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA.

2023 Outlook

• For the remainder of 2023, the Company anticipates adding major projects to its record backlog of $678.7 million, with continued growth in orders
• The Company expects revenue to be in the range of $90 million to $100 million in Q4 2023, and $292 million to $302 million for the full year 2023 compared to $204 million in revenue for full year 2022
• Continued ramp up of qualified product deliveries to customers of 53.5Ah cells from Huzhou, China to meet strong demand from our OEM customers
• Work towards completion of construction and equipment installation in Clarksville, Tennessee to begin ramp up in Q1 2024 and delivering qualified products into Q2 2024
• Begin incremental investment program for the Phase 3.2 additional capacity expansion with new flexible automated production line in Huzhou, China to meet growing demand

Webcast Information

Company management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the Company’s financial results on November 9, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. Central Time, to discuss the Company's financial results. The live webcast and accompanying slide presentation will be accessible from the Events & Presentations section of Microvast’s investor relations website (https://ir.microvast.com/events-presentations/events). A replay will be available following the conclusion of the event. Investment community professionals interested in participating in the Q&A session may join the call by dialing 1-855-327-6837.

About Microvast

Microvast is a global leader in providing battery technologies for electric vehicles and energy storage solutions. With a legacy of over 17 years, Microvast has consistently delivered cutting-edge battery systems that empower a cleaner and more sustainable future. The company's innovative approach and dedication to excellence have positioned it as a trusted partner for customers around the world. Microvast was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Stafford, Texas.

For more information, please visit www.microvast.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter (@microvast).

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To provide investors with additional information regarding our financial results, Microvast has disclosed in this earnings release non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP adjusted gross profit (loss), non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP adjusted net loss, which are non-GAAP financial measures as defined under the rules of the SEC. These are intended as supplemental measures of our financial performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

Reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP measures, gross profit and net income (loss), are contained in tabular form in the unaudited financial statements below. Non-GAAP adjusted gross profit is GAAP gross profit as adjusted for non-cash stock-based compensation expense included in cost of revenues. Non-GAAP adjusted net loss is GAAP net loss as adjusted for non-cash stock-based compensation expense and change in valuation of warrant liabilities. Non-GAAP adjusted net loss per common share is GAAP net loss per common share as adjusted for non-cash stock-based compensation expense and change in valuation of warrant liabilities per common share. Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA is defined as net loss excluding depreciation and amortization, non-cash settled share-based compensation expense, interest expense, interest income, changes in fair value of our warrant liability and income tax expense or benefit.

We use non-GAAP adjusted gross profit, non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP adjusted net loss for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. We consider them to be important measures because they help illustrate underlying trends in our business and our historical operating performance on a more consistent basis. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures, when taken together with their most directly comparable GAAP measures, gross profit and net income (loss), provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our recurring core business operating results.

We believe that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting, and analyzing future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management’s internal comparisons to our historical performance. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors both because (1) they allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making and (2) they are used by our institutional investors and the analyst community to help them analyze the health of our business. Accordingly, we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management team and board of directors.

Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. For example, our calculation of non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA may differ from similarly titled non-GAAP measures, if any, reported by our peer companies, or our peer companies may use other measures to calculate their financial performance, and therefore our use of non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA may not be directly comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. The principal limitation of non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA is that it excludes significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in our financial statements. In addition, it is subject to inherent limitations as it reflects the exercise of judgments by management about which expense and income are excluded or included in determining this non-GAAP financial measure. In order to compensate for these limitations, management presents non-GAAP financial measures in connection with GAAP results. In addition, such financial information is unaudited and does not conform to SEC Regulation S-X and as a result, such information may be presented differently in our future filings with the SEC. For example, with respect to the warrant liability resulting from the merger, we now exclude changes in fair value from net loss in our non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP adjusted net loss calculation, which had not been done in prior periods.

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