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First Quarter Earnings Call
March 7, 2019
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Today’s presenters:
Chip Bottone
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mike Bishop
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Tom Gelston
Vice President, Investor Relations
NASDAQ: FCEL www.fuelcellenergy.com
First Quarter 2019 Financial Update
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This presentation contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, statements with respect to the Company’s anticipated financial results and statements
regarding the Company's plans and expectations regarding the continuing development, commercialization and financing of its fuel cell
technology and business plans. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those projected. Factors that could cause such a difference include, without limitation, changes to projected deliveries and
order flow, changes to production rate and product costs, general risks associated with product development, manufacturing, changes in
the regulatory environment, customer strategies, unanticipated manufacturing issues that impact power plant performance, changes in
critical accounting policies, potential volatility of energy prices, rapid technological change, competition, and the Company’s ability to
achieve its sales plans and cost reduction targets, as well as other risks set forth in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC). The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this presentation. The Company
expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change
in the Company's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
The Company may refer to non-GAAP financial measures in this presentation. The Company believes that this information is useful to
understanding its operating results and assessing performance and highlighting trends on an overall basis. Please refer to the Company’s
earnings release for further disclosure and reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures. (As used herein, the term “GAAP” refers to
generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S.)
The information set forth in this presentation is qualified by reference to, and should be read in conjunction with, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended October 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on January 10, 2019 and our earnings release for the first quarter ended January 31, 2019, filed as an
exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 7, 2019.
Safe Harbor Statement
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Highlights
Financing-Based
Development
Long-Term Strategies
Continuing Execution
• Impact of the Series C and D preferred stock
• Predictability of ordering cycle
• Execute on the 83.1 MW of projects under
development
• Grow the generation portfolio of owned project
assets prudently with efficient project level debt
• Win new global business
• Deploy our Advanced Technology solutions
• Entered into a $100 million project construction
finance facility with Generate Lending
• Secured construction financing for the
7.4 MW fuel cell installation under construction
on the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, CT
• Received commitments for financing the long-term
project ownership of the Groton project
• Finalizing PPA’s for the remaining 32.4 MW Long
Island Power Authority (“LIPA”) project awards
• Accelerating timing for Derby, CT project
• Tulare BioMAT, Bolthouse Farm, and Groton all
under construction
• Completed construction of our high-efficiency
SureSource 4000 fuel cell located in Danbury, CT
Short-Term Challenges
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Q1 2019 | Revenue: $ 17.8 million | Total cash: $ 68.2 million (Unrestricted: $27.8 million)
Backlog & Awards
$2.0 BillionLong-term Cash Flows
Project Assets
$109.8 Million11.2 MW Operating
83.1 MW Under Development
Project Financing Activity
Generate CapitalNew $100+ Project Construction Facility($10mm initial funding on Bolthouse Project)
Financial Update
Project Name
Rated
Capacity
(MW)
Existing Portfolio 11.2
Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park 14.9
Under Construction 83.1
Triangle St 3.7
Tulare BioMAT 2.8
Bolthouse Farms 5.0
Groton Sub Base 7.4
LIPA #1 7.4
CT RFP Derby 14.8
LIPA #2 18.5
Toyota 2.2
CT RFP Hartford 7.4
LIPA #3 13.9
New Projects 40
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Note: Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park contingent on successfully closing on the acquisition; New Projects is illustrative, contingent on winning new awards
$’s in millions
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• Installed base for MCFC
technology exceeds 160 MW
• Government Renewable
Portfolio Standard continues
to accelerate fuel cell market
Market Update
South Korea Connecticut
• 73 MW of installed or
awarded fuel cell projects
• 15 project sites throughout
the state
New York
• Utility-scale solution
recognized by LIPA with 40
MW of project awards
• Prescriptive solution at the
substation level
• Utility avoids costly
investment in transmission
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DESIGN Gen-1 Carbon Capture Solution
• Coal/natural gas power plants
• 90% capture, 70% NOX reduction
• 1.2 MW, up to 60 tons/day CO2 capture
DEPLOY Gen-1 Projects
• Expand to Industrial applications
• 3-10 MW projects, feed studies
• Up to 400 tons/day CO2 capture
Large SCALE Systems
• Global applications for CO2 reduction
• >100 MW, >3,000 tons/day CO2 capture
• Strong value proposition
• Co-production of H2
$120 Billion equipment and services market for power generation and industrial CO2 capture
Near to
Mid-
Term
Long-Term
Carbon Capture Update
Note: Illustrative path of development based on product evolution and market demand
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Summary
• Project financing secured to enable generation portfolio
• Continued execution of project development and deployment
• Continued progress with Advanced Technologies platforms