Microvast Reports First Quarter 2023 Financial Results

• Revenue increased 28.1% year over year to $47.0 million, exceeding original guidance
• Adjusted gross margin increased to 13.5%
• Achieved record backlog of $486.7 million

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 first quarter ended March 31, 2023 (“Q1 2023”).

“In the first quarter, we delivered stronger than anticipated year-over-year revenue growth, led by the initial production ramp up of several of our commercial vehicle customers in Europe” said Yang Wu, Microvast’s Founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are very pleased to have completed our expansion and have begun trial production in Huzhou, China which adds 2GWh of production capacity for our new 53.5Ah cell. In addition, our Clarksville, Tennessee facility remains on track for start of production in the fourth quarter, bringing our total 53.5Ah capacity additions this year to 4GWh. Customer adoption of our new cell is very strong and over 50% of our new capacity in Huzhou is already under contract.”

"We are pleased to report another quarter of solid growth with improving gross margins and another record backlog of $486.7 million, which really underpins our revenue plan for this year, and gives us the conviction to raise our guidance,” said Craig Webster, Microvast’s Chief Financial Officer. “We are very encouraged by the level of customer engagement and interest in our Clarksville plant, which along with anticipated IRA credits, is providing multiple project finance opportunities.”

Results for Q1 2023

• Revenue of $47.0 million, compared to $36.7 million in Q1 2022, an increase of 28.1%
• Gross margin increased to 10.3% from gross margin of 0% in Q1 2022; Non-GAAP adjusted gross margin increased to 13.5%, up from 5.2% in Q1 2022
• Operating expenses of $36.2 million, compared to $43.4 million in Q1 2022; Adjusted operating expenses of $19.8 million, compared to $31.1 million in Q1 2022
• Net loss of $29.6 million, compared to net loss of $43.8 million in Q1 2022; Non-GAAP adjusted net loss of $11.7 million, compared to non-GAAP adjusted net loss of $29.1 million in Q1 2022
• Net loss per share of $0.10 compared to net loss per share of $0.15 in Q1 2022; Non-GAAP adjusted net loss per share of $0.04, compared to non-GAAP adjusted net loss per share of $0.10 in Q1 2022
• Adjusted EBITDA of $(7.5) million in Q1 2023, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $(23.1) million in Q1 2022
• Backlog as of March 31, 2023 was $486.7 million, representing growth of 302.9% compared to $120.8 million in backlog as of March 31, 2022 and sequential growth of 18.6% compared to $410.5 million in backlog at December 31, 2022.
• Capital expenditures of $35.9 million, compared to $41.1 million in Q1 2022, and were driven by investments in manufacturing capacity expansions in Huzhou, China and Clarksville, Tennessee
• Cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments equalled $285.8 million as of March 31, 2023, compared to $327.7 million as of December 31, 2022 and $470.7 million as of March 31, 2022

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

• Due to a stronger than expected Q1 2023 performance and underpinned by a record backlog of $486.7 million, the company is raising its full year 2023 revenue guidance to a range of $348 million and $368 million, reflecting year over year growth of 70% to 80%, up from 65% to 75% previously.
• For Q2 2023, the company expects revenue to be in the range of $63 million to $67 million.
• Deliveries of new 53.5Ah cell starting in second quarter from new cell, module and pack line in Huzhou, China and in fourth quarter from Clarksville, Tennessee
• Capital expenditures for the full year are anticipated to be in the range of $180.0 million to $210.0 million

Webcast Information

Company management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the Company’s financial results on May 9, 2023, at 5:00 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 (631) 891-4304.

About Microvast

Founded in 2006 as a research and technology driven company, Microvast has evolved into a global technology leader in the design, development and manufacture of battery solutions for mobile and stationary applications.

Since placing its first battery systems into operation in electric buses more than a decade ago, Microvast has expanded its business to serve a broad range of commercial, passenger and specialty vehicles, including mining, material handling, and power vehicles and equipment, as well as grid-scale energy storage applications.

Microvast is renowned for its cutting-edge cell technology and its vertical integration capabilities which extend from core battery chemistry (cathode, anode, electrolyte, and separator) to modules and packs. By integrating the process from raw material to system assembly, Microvast has developed a family of products covering a breadth of market applications, including electric vehicles, energy storage and battery components. Microvast 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.

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