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1 10. Small & Mid Cap Conference, Frankfurt, Germany ODDO SEYDLER BANK AG SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES

2 Agenda Financials 2 Overview 3 Business

3 Overview Restructuring Concept Step Shareholder Structure Equity/ Total Value in Number of Share Nominal Value Bond Before restructuring AA 100% After capital reduction by withdrawal of shares AA 100% After a simplified capital reduction AA 100% : After capital increase against contributions AA 5% AG 95% Bond:96 New Shares Exchange decision After cash capital increase AA 5% AG 95% Target structure capital Bonds AG 100% Target for new bond AG 100% AA = Old Shareholder, AG = Bondholder, SV= Bond 3 (old):1 (new) deleted 1 Bond: 2 New Bond à 100

4 Preliminary Financial Key Figures in million Revenues Order Intake Order Backlog (31.12.) EBIT to -19 EBIT Adjusted to -35 EBITDA to -28 The write-offs and other restructuring charges, which were incurred in the business year 2015 due to the difficult situation of the company, have adversely impacted the earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in 2015.

5 Reasons for the Crisis History Future Situation of SINGULUS today

6 Forecast 2016/ Year Umsatz Million moderate increase in revenues EBITDA balanced to slightly negative better result before depreciation EBIT Million -2 to - 6 Slightly positive

7 Agenda Financials 2 Overview 3 Business

8 1851 History SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Ernst Leybold started his business in Cologne Company building 1860 LEYBOLD HERAEUS Vacuum Technology, Metallurgy and Coating Foundation SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Merger LEYBOLD / BALZERS Unicorn Pharmacy was founded 1600 in Hanau W.C. Heraeus took over business in 1851 and started with platinum

9 SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Sales & Service Network World Wide World Wide Service Rest Asia 510 Research & Development Consulting Engineering Design Project Management Production Installation Commissioning Service/Maintenance Hotline24/7 Training SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Installed Equipment Base Optical Disc Installed Systems: over 8550* *incl. Metallizer Semiconductor Installed Systems: over 30 Photovoltaic Installed MW: over 3.000

10 Agenda Financials 2 Overview 3 Business

11 SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Innovative Technologies THIN FILM DEPOSITION SURFACE ENGINEERING THERMAL PROCESSING WET CHEMICAL

12 New Product Development During the Last Years Optical Disc (OD) Skyline Spaceline Bluline I Bluline II Bluline III c-si Linea I Singular Solare Solar Thin-film CIGS Pilot Line Vistaris 900 Cisaris Tenuis II Vitrum II Helioscoater Selenius Vistaris1600 Semiconductor New Business (NB) Timaris I Timaris II Rotaris Decoline II

13 Solar Market Figures IHS has come out with the most positive installation figures for 2015 The table below outlines other analysts expectations for this year: MWdc Analyst IHS Mercom Capital Bloomberg New Energy Finance GTM Research 2015 Solar PV Installation Prediction 59.0 GW 57.4 GW 58.3 GW 55.0 GW Source: IHS Technology, 2015

14 Complete Turnkey Line for the Production of Crystalline Solar Cells

15 c-si Heterojunction Solar Cells (HJT) Production Flow Intrinsic, p- and n-doped a-si stack (front and rear) > PECVD SST Product Portfolio 1 SILEX II CLEANTEX 2 2 SINGULAR HJT 3 HISTARIS HJT Saw Damage Removal/ Texture/ Cleaning > Wet Chemical 3 TCO Contact (front and rear) > PVD sputter 4 HISTARIS HJT Wafer Inspection > Metrology 1 HJT Wafer Stack Splitting > Automation 4 Metallization (rear)* > PVD sputter Testing/Sorting > Metrology > Automation Metallization >Screen Print Singulus / Stangl (SST) Not at SST Portfolio * In case of monofacial cell-architecture

16 SILEX II Wet Processing System for Heterojunction Solar Cells

17 Crystalline Solar vs. CIGS Thin Film Crystalline Solar CIGS Thin Film Higher cell & module efficiency Easier process Low production costs Lower cost per watt Excellent stability Good low light performance Light soaking effect Reduced sensitivity to overheating Tolerance to shading & low intensity

18 Product Portfolio for a Typical CIGS Fab Automation Glass Washing > Wet cleaning Substrate Inspection Si barrier layer & Mo Back Contact > Sputtering 2 Interconnect and Encapsulation >Lamination Scribing P1 > Laser Scribing P3 >Mechanical > Laser Precursor > Sputtering CIS/CIGS 7 3 Front Contact > Sputtering 4 Selen Evaporation > thermal evaporation 6 5 Scribing P2 >Mechanical >Laser 6 Selenezation/ Sulphurization > CISARIS Oven InS & izno > Evaporation& sputtering CdS or. alt. buffer Deposition > Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD) > or ILGAR (In2S3)

19 VISTARIS Inline Sputtering System for CIGS Modules

20 Evaporation System for CIGS

21 Selenization - Innovative Production Equipment for CIGS Manufacturing (CISARIS/ILSE)

22 Deposition of Buffer Layer for CIGS Modules

23 Smart Solutions for Wet Chemical

24 BLULINE for Dual & Triple Layer Blu-ray Disc BLULINE III Ready for the Market

25 DECOLINE II SINGULUS Coating Solution

26 Coating Solution SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES

27 TIMARIS Nano Deposition System Ultra high vacuum: Thinnest Layer: Uniformity: 5*10-9 mbar < 3 Å 0.5 % 1

28 Innovative Technology in Nano Coating Applications: MRAM semiconductor Read/Write elements for hard disc drives Sensor applications for automotive Sensor applications for medical Phase change material deposition Inductors on chip

29 Contact Hanauer Landstrasse 103 D Kahl/Main Dr.-Ing. Stefan Rinck, President and CEO Tel: Stefan.Rinck@singulus.de Markus Ehret, CFO Tel: Markus.Ehret@singulus.de Maren Schuster, Head of Investor Relations Tel: Maren.Schuster@singulus.de Forward-Looking Statements This presentation contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations, assumptions and forecasts of the executive board and on currently available information. Various known and unknown risks, unpredictable developments, changes in the economic and political environment and other presently not yet identifiable effects could result in the fact that the actual future results, financial situation or the outlook for the company differ from the estimates given here. We are not obligated to update the forward-looking statements made in this presentation unless there is a legal obligation. Bernhard Krause, Communications Worldwide Tel: Bernhard.Krause@singulus.de

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