sunliquid process cellulosic sugars and ethanol from agricultural residues Bio World Congress Montreal, Canada July 20,2015

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1 sunliquid process cellulosic sugars and ethanol from agricultural residues Bio World Congress Montreal, Canada July 20,2015

2 2 A globally leading company in specialty chemicals Sales 2014 (CHF m) from continuing operations Net result 2014 (CHF m) from continuing operations Business Areas % 110 in EBITDA 2014 (CHF m) before exceptionals EBITDA margin 2014 before exceptionals companies countries Employees 2014 A globally leading company in specialty chemicals

3 3 Confidential Clariant s Biotech & Renewables sites Munich & Straubing Munich Research & Development Center Since employees Lab and office space: 3,300 m² Pilot plant since 2009 Straubing sunliquid demonstration plant Since employees Area: 2,500 m²

4 4 Clariant s Biotechnology platform offers holistic solutions for bio-based products and processes Catalysts Process Technology System solutions out of one hand Biotechnology Chemistry & Materials

5 5 Clariant s Biotechnology platform offers holistic solutions for bio-based products and processes Competitor A Catalysts Strain collection Competitor C Process Technology System solutions out of one hand Biotechnology Competitor B Chemistry & Materials

6 6 sunliquid offers the competitive path to cellulosic ethanol NO CHEMICALS NO EXTERNAL ENZYMES CO-FERMENATION ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENT Steam only Produced on-site No purification Low sulphur lignin Low material needs No transport One-pot Works in boiler Simple & stable equipment Feedstock specific Quality vinasse Water recycling

7 7 sunliquid cellulosic ethanol undergoing commercialization 2009 Pilot plant operational Capacity 1 t/a Ethanol 2013 Validation with corn stover and sugarcane bagasse in demo plant ISCC certification 2014 Process Design Package for commercial-scale plant finalized Commercialization 2006 Start of the development (as Süd-Chemie) Setup of Biotech R&D Center in Munich 2012 Demo plant operational Capacity 1,000 t/a Ethanol Validation on wheat straw 2014 E20 fuel testing with Mercedes Benz & Haltermann

8 8 A US case study sunliquid technology is commercially best in class, competitive vs. 1G ethanol price without incentives Cost estimates for different technologies Detailed technology benchmarking study based on technology differentiators Cost for different technologies Total costs per gallon of EtOH with 10 year depreciation Major cost and performance benefits Top Competitor A Top Competitor B Top Competitor C Top Competitor D Top Competitor E Integrated enzyme production, no enzyme supply cost and exposure High sugar yield through feedstock and process specific enzymes High yield fermentation of C6 and C5 sugars into ethanol Energy saving integrated process design 1G ethanol price* * Use Ethanol spot price Chicago Prompt, averaged from to Data from F.O. Licht database.

9 9 Cellulosic feedstock are an underutilized resource Wheat straw Regional agricultural production of selected lignocellulosic feedstock Million tons 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1, ,743 Asia 574 North&Central America 494 Europe 422 South America 226 Africa Other cereal straw* Rice straw Bagasse Cane stems/leaves Corn Stover Wheat straw 61 Oceania Corn stover Bagasse Rice straw With conversion technologies like the sunliquid process, the theoretically usable lignocellulosic biomass from agricultural residues could produce up to 880 million tons of biofuels (293 billion gallons) ** * Including barley, buckwheat, canary seed, cereals nes, millet, fonio, oats, rye, sorghum, triticale, quinoa, popcorn, mixed grain ** Assuming conversion rate similar to sunliquid *** Grain-to-straw ratios assumed: wheat 1:0.9, maize 1:1.3, other cereal 1:1.18, rice straw 5t/ha, bagasse 12% of sugar cane, cane stems/leaves 17% of sugar cane Source: UN Food & Agriculture Organization, FAOstat

10 10 Technology is only commercially viable with a feedstock supply chain that can deliver

11 11 Overview of key facts of 110 kt/a Cellulosic Sugars plant Feedstock Products Yearly feedstock dry tons ~250,000 Feedstock 1 Corn Stover Feedstock 2 Wheat Straw Main product ~110,000 t Sugars Side product ~100,000 t Lignin (dry) Side product C02 Utilization

12 12 sunliquid is the ideal technology platform for highly sustainable bio-based products Biotechnology Catalytic conversion sunliquid Cellulosic Sugars sunliquid Cellulosic Ethanol Catalytic conversion sunliquid Sugar platform standalone Development opportunities for biobased products Extensive know-how in biocatalysis, strain optimization and heterogenous catalysis Biotechnology Catalytic conversion Bio-based chemicals

13 13 Clariant s sunliquid cellulosic ethanol links with JV partner Scientific Design s catalytic MEG technology Ethanol Ethylene Integration study has been completed between sunliquid technology & SD downstream conversion to bio-meg (including site retrofit and capital estimates) Key facts about Scientific Design 50:50 Joint Venture between Clariant and SABIC Licenser of Ethylene Oxide/Ethylene Glycol Technology (SD awarded ~80% of non-captive licenses since 1980 with 30 licenses since 1990) Licenser of alcohol dehydration technology (SD awarded two ethanol-to-ethylene and six ethanol to EO/EG licenses since 2006)

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15 15 For further information please contact: Martin A. Mitchell Global Business Development Manager Group Biotechnology, Biofuels & Derivatives Clariant Corporation 309 Court Avenue Des Moines, Iowa USA Phone: For more information on sunliquid technology visit