Intrafish Seafood Investor ForumNew York, May 23rd, 2018

Trends and Developments in the Chilean Salmon Industry

Francisco Lepeley, CFO

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The Salmon industry in Chile is arguably a success story …

▪ High growth

▪ Between the mid 1990s and the mids2000s, salmon production grew 6 times to become the second largest exporting sector in Chile after copper mining

▪ Value creation

▪ As companies grew profitably, the sector attracted capital from investors and loans from banks, which itself fueled further growth

▪ Job creation and regional development

▪ Southern regions X and XI, which have concentrated most of salmon production, grew significantly in income and employment. Both regions maintain the lowest unemployment rates in the country

Salmon and trout production in Chile 1985-2010 (kTons WFE)

Source: Alvial et al., “The Recovery of the Chilean Salmon Industry”, 2012

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… with some bumps down the road

▪ Unrestricted growth would seldom generate oversupply into the markets with the corresponding impact on prices

▪ With limited (or lack of) regulation, Chile was not prepared for the ISAv crisis that affected the industry starting in 2007. Between 2008 and 2010, harvests of salar were reduced by over 70%

▪ As problems arose, most local banks retreated from the industry, constraining capital for production recovery after ISAv crisis. Large players had to raise capital through equity offerings in a wave of IPOs between 2005 and 2011

▪ Regulation was developed first in 2010 to curb growth on a site by site basis, while also establishing the neighborhood system, which would concentrate production in different sanitary areas during a period of 21-24 months followed by a fallow period of three months

▪ A regulation upgrade in 2016, incorporated more strict parameters that now makes it more difficult for producers to grow and even maintain the production levels at the different licenses

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Atlantic salmon production 2007-2017 (metric tons WFE)

Rest of World

▪ CAGR: 5%

▪ s: 4%

Chile

▪ CAGR: 5%

▪ s: 34%

▪ Current consensus projects an average growth rate of 3%-6% per annum for Chile in the next 3 years

Source: AquaChile analysis

ISA virus outbreak

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Challenges ahead (key topics)

▪ Moderate growth

▪ Improved regulation

▪ Better marketing

▪ Access to capital

▪ Consolidation

▪ How to best take advantage of the current tailwind?

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Very unlikely that Chile will grow again at two-digit rates

▪ Current regulation prevents growth beyond 3% per site for every new production cycle (2 years)

▪ Density rule tends to reduce density for all producers in a given sanitary area from a maximum legal of 17 (kg/m3) to as low as 8 (kg/m3), depending on previous sanitary performance, stocking declarations from producers, and environmental status of the area. Limitations are also set on the number of fish per each individual license, based on individual performance

▪ Alternatively, PRS (stocking reduction plan) rule sets limits for the number of smolts per site, with a likely potential for reduction from previous cycle if mortality was at normal levels

▪ All new licenses or those that were not utilized in the previous cycle must operate under density rule

▪ As of today, 49% of active licenses in regions X and XI are operating under density rule, while 51% are under stocking reduction plan (“PRS”) rule

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What avenues for growth are left?

▪ If using density rule, by increasing the number and size of cages - when possible - to accommodate the same number of fish in a license at a lower density. This is partially working, as the industry average number of smolts being stocked per license has moved since 2016 from 1 million to 850k

▪ Using more licenses. Normally, salmon producers have an excess of licenses, as those are specific to certain location and the regulation promotes the rotation of licenses with fallow periods between production cycles. For instance, AquaChile uses in any calendar year approximately 1/4 of its licenses and roughly 50% in 5 years time

▪ Expansion to Region XII (Magallanes) with more strict rules and limitations for the granting of new licenses. Area with high potential for sustainable production. Magallanes region is already concentrating 11% of Chilean production (up from 3% four years ago)

▪ Improved sanitary and productive performance should lead to more and bigger fish

Salmon and trout production breakdown across regions in Chile (2010 – 2017)

Source: AquaChile

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Regulation has room for improvement

▪ New set of regulation has proven successful in moderating growth. Annual growth projections between 3% and 6% for 2018-2020

▪ Sanitary improvements believed to be related to lower densities and also to the use of new vaccines, which, in addition to direct economic benefits, current regulation promotes by punishing mortality

▪ Despite improvements, current regulation introduces two main challenges to industry players:

▪ Low predictability, especially under density rule, as stocking intention of neighbors are unknown though a key factor in determining the maximum density for a sanitary area

▪ Less economies of scale: less fish per site and at a lower density

▪ Additionally, current system does not prevent too much proximity between neighboring farms

▪ Improvements in regulation could strengthen further the sustainability and competitiveness of the Chilean salmon industry

▪ Relocation and merging of licenses: less (more isolated) and larger sites

▪ Definition of maximum aggregate biological capacity for macrozones and the overall system

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Better marketing

▪ Positioning of Chilean salmon in the US market through Chilean Salmon Marketing Council

▪ Continue promoting salmon consumption in Brazil

▪ Prepare for China

▪ De-commoditize

▪ New formats – new segments

▪ New packaging

▪ New farming: Verlasso

▪ Frozen vs. fresh

▪ Educate consumers

▪ Proximity to final clients

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Access to capital

▪ Stronger balance sheets

▪ Despite some deterioration in results during 2014-2015, Chilean producers have reduced leverage by more than half in the last 5 years

▪ Banks are back

▪ Specialized European banks have been active in restructuring corporate loans under competitive terms during the last 2 years

▪ Oslo IPOs

▪ The combination of a depressed local stock market, and the strong appetite and sentiment abroad around the sector, and particularly the Chilean salmon industry, have motivated some players to consider such markets to gain access to a wider and deeper investor base, with a potential also to close the valuation gap with Norwegian players

Net Financial Debt per Kg WFE of selected Chilean salmon listed companies 2012 - 2017 (US$/kg)

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Santiago Oslo

EV / EBITDA 6.5x 9.3x

EV / kg US$ 12.3 US$ 27

Daily liquidity (% MktCap) 0.05% 0.28%

Analysts covering sector 0 13

Seafood sector weight in Exchange 1% 8.4%

Key metrics for salmon companies in Chile and Norway

Source: AquaChile analysis

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Consolidation

▪ There are 20+ salmon producing companies in Chile with more than 5,000 tons per year each

▪ Based on its Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI)*, the Chilean salmon industry is highly competitive, and even more if Coho and Trout are considered

▪ Three largest Chilean producers concentrate 30% of harvests (vs. 44% for top 3 producers in Norway)

▪ In comparison to other major Chilean exporting industries (mining, pulp), salmon farming is by far the least concentrated

▪ Beyond pure growth, consolidation will produce economies of scale, more room to maneuver in the use of licenses, and more bargaining power in front of suppliers, who across several categories concentrate among the top 3 firms between 70% and 80% of the market

No. ofCompanies

HH indexTop 3

Mkt ShareChilean Atl. Salmon 20+ 823 30%

Norwegian Atl. Salmon 23 839 44%Chilean Copper 20+ 1,638 60%Chilean Banking 10+ 1,324 49%

Source: AquaChile analysis

Concentration of Chilean Salmon sector versus comparables (2017)

Cummulative concentration of suppliers

Source: AQmarket

(*): HHI index: ∑ (market share)^2. 10,000 (max): monopoly. <1,500: unconcentrated / highly competitive

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In summary

▪ The Chilean salmon industry developed fast and without much control

▪ As it moves into adulthood, there are positive signs of more stability and experience

▪ Regulation seems to be finally working with significant room for improvement

▪ The combination of sound operational and sanitary management, a more effective approach to the market together with the strong demand fundamentals, and the continuous strengthening of companies through a better access to capital and industry consolidation, will provide solid ground for a sustainable growth of the industry

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A few words on AquaChile

▪ AquaChile is a vertically integrated company that is present across the whole value chain, from breeding and genetics to the processing and final marketing of our products

▪ With over 20 hatcheries and 154 sea water licenses in regions X, XI and XII of Chile, AquaChile is one of the leading salmon producing companies in Chile and worldwide

▪ In 2018, AquaChile is set to produce up to 110,000 tons WFE of Atlantic and Pacific Salmon, Steelhead Trout and Tilapia, under several value-added formats

▪ Its mixed portfolio allows AquaChile to maintain a diversified client base, with 350 direct clients in over 30 markets, being the US, Japan, Brazil and Russia the main ones

▪ Financial highlights FY 2017:

▪ Sales: US$ 633 million

▪ EBITDA: US$ 142 million

▪ Net Income: US$ 59 million

▪ EBIT / Kg (salmon): 1.36

▪ Market Cap: US$ 745 million (as of 17 May 2018)

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