Silex Systems Limited 2014 Annual General Meeting

Silex Systems Limited

2014 Annual General Meeting (ASX: SLX) (OTCQX: SILXY)

Dr Michael Goldsworthy, CEO / Managing Director

18th November 2014

© Silex Systems Limited 2014

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Forward Looking Statements

Silex Systems is a research and development Company whose assets are its proprietary rights in various technologies, including, but

not limited to, the SILEX technology, Solar Systems technology and Translucent technology. Several of the Company’s technologies

are in the development stage and have not been commercially deployed, and therefore are high-risk. Accordingly, the statements in

this presentation regarding the future of the Company’s technologies and commercial prospects are forward looking and actual results

could be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements as a result of various risk factors.

Some risk factors that could affect future results and commercial prospects include, but are not limited to: results from the SILEX

uranium enrichment commercialisation program; the demand for enriched uranium; the risks associated with the development of

Solar Systems technology and related marketing activities; the outcomes of the Company’s interests in the development of various

semiconductor, photonics and alternative energy technologies; the time taken to develop various technologies; the development of

competing technologies; the potential for third party claims against the Company’s ownership of Intellectual Property associated with

its numerous technologies; the potential impact of government regulations or policies; and the outcomes of various commercialisation

strategies undertaken by the Company. Accordingly, the inclusion of forward looking information in this presentation should not be

regarded as a representation or warranty with respect to its accuracy or the accuracy of the underlying estimates or assumptions or

that Silex will achieve or is likely to achieve any particular results.

The forward looking statements included in this presentation involve subjective judgment and analysis and are subject to significant

business, economic and competitive uncertainties, risks and contingencies, many of which are outside the control of, and are

unknown to Silex. Given these uncertainties, you are cautioned to not place undue reliance on such forward looking statements.

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Disclaimer

Silex Systems Ltd (Silex) has prepared this presentation based on information available to it. The information in this presentation

does not purport to be a complete description of Silex and/or its various business activities. Except as required by law, no

representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by Silex as to the fairness, accuracy, completeness or correctness of the

information, opinions and conclusions contained in this document and discussed in the presentation, or as to the reasonableness of

any assumption contained in this presentation. By receiving or viewing this presentation and to the extent permitted by law, you

release Silex and its directors, officers, employees, agents and affiliates from any liability (including, without limitation, in respect of

direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or loss or damage arising by negligence) arising as a result of the reliance by you or

any other person on anything contained in or omitted from this presentation.

This presentation should be read in conjunction with other disclosures that have been lodged by the company with the Australian

Stock Exchange.

No responsibility is accepted by Silex or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates, nor any other person, for any of

the information contained in this document and discussed in the presentation or for any action taken by you on the basis of the

information or opinions expressed in the course of this presentation. This presentation does not constitute investment, legal, taxation

or other advice and the presentation does not take into account your investment objectives, financial situation nor particular needs.

You are responsible for forming your own opinions and conclusions on such matters and should make your own independent

assessment of the information contained in this document and discussed in the presentation and seek independent professional

advice in relation to such information and any action taken on the basis of the information.

This document is not a product disclosure statement or prospectus for the purposes of the Australian Corporations Act 2001 and does

not constitute an offer, invitation, solicitation or recommendation in relation to the subscription, purchase or sale of shares or other

securities in any jurisdiction, including in the United States or to any U.S. person, and neither this document nor anything in it shall

form the basis of any contract or commitment. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States, or to or for the account of

any U.S. person, unless the securities have been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 or an exemption from registration is

available.

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The Company

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Silex Systems is a clean energy technology

company, primarily focused on the development

and commercialisation of its innovative and

potentially disruptive laser-based

SILEX uranium enrichment technology


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Our past, present and future focus … It’s all about energy …

• Energy is core to the modern industrial economy and vital to economic growth

• The global energy industry is undergoing disruptive change, driven by two key

convergent factors:

1) The transition to clean energy dictated by climate change and urban

pollution

2) The need for sustainable energy independence to address national

security issues in a world with an insatiable energy appetite

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The Energy Dilemma:

• Exploding energy demand with increasing global population and urbanisation

75% increase in electricity demand over the next 25 years (IEA 2014)

Accelerating demand in developing economies (e.g. China, India)

• Increasing costs of conventional energy resources

Era of cheap fossil fuels ending – finite oil and gas resources, coal unpopular

Increasing demand for oil and gas will push prices higher over time

• Increasing concerns over environmental impacts

• Urbanisation and development creating unprecedented pollution issues

• Climate change is now inevitable – but emissions are still rising

The world needs a greater reliance on clean, affordable energy

Nuclear power and renewables are integral to a sustainable energy future

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How Silex is Contributing …

• Nuclear Power – the SILEX Laser Enrichment Technology

A potential game-changer for the US$5bn uranium enrichment industry

Development continues despite slowing of project due to adverse market

Market will recover as Japan restarts its fleet and the global build continues

• Solar Power – Solar Systems CPV Dish Technology

Evolving as a key contender for low cost utility scale solar power

Key markets emerging in the Middle East, US and Asia

• Energy Efficiency – Translucent advanced REO substrates

US$20bn power device industry shifting to higher efficiency materials

Translucent’s cREOTM substrates enable low cost GaN-on-silicon solution

(Advanced semiconductor materials: REO – Rare Earth Oxide, GaN – Gallium Nitride)

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Silex Systems Strategic Review

• Strategic review of business undertaken by Silex Board in June 2014, resulting in company restructure

• Key decision – to return the primary focus of the company to the development and commercialisation of

our foundation technology – the SILEX laser uranium enrichment technology

• SILEX Licensee GLE followed with its own restructure in July 2014, slowing the commercialisation

project down in response to adverse conditions in nuclear fuel markets (impact of Fukushima)

• Medium to long term outlook for the global nuclear industry suggests a return to strong growth

• Silex strategy also includes accelerating the transition to market for subsidiaries Solar Systems and

Translucent, with a focus on securing value-creating transactions with strategic partners or investors

• Chronologic operations ceased 30 June 2014, with a transaction for the IP still being pursued

• Our restructure will deliver a significant reduction in cash burn beyond FY 2015

• Returning to a singular focus on the SILEX technology is deemed to be the best path forward to return

value to shareholders in the medium term

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Strategic Review - Summary

SILEX laser enrichment technology

• Foundation technology and core asset of the company – invented and

demonstrated in Sydney

• Being commercialised by Silex and GLE in Australia and USA respectively

• Project slowed in response to market downturn – expected to ramp up again

as the market recovers over the next few years

Solar Systems

• Accelerated business development efforts to secure strategic partner

or equity investor during FY 2015

• Aim to minimise need for further parent company investment

• Product development focus on reducing levelised cost of energy (LCOE)

Translucent

• Priority is to pursue an accelerated path to commercialisation

• Focus on value creating transaction – strategic partnership or investor

• Aim to minimise parent company investment in FY 2015 and beyond


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SILEX Laser Uranium Enrichment Technology


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Advantages of the SILEX Technology

Mine uranium

Convert to UF6

Enrich uranium

Fabricate fuel

Use in reactor

Produce electricity

• Enrichment is the most difficult and costly step in making nuclear fuel for power reactors (~35% to 40%

of total cost based on current market prices)

• All enrichment today performed by gas centrifuge technology developed initially in the 1940’s

• Current market ~ 50 million Separative Work Units (SWU’s – the unit of enrichment)

• A SWU currently trades at ~US$90 (pre-Fukushima market ~ 60MSWU @ ~US$160/SWU)

• SILEX is a breakthrough in efficiency – most cost effective enrichment method

• Anticipated to have the lowest capital costs of all enrichment technologies

• The only 3rd generation laser-based enrichment technology in the world

• Classified technology - protected by the strictest security measures

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Nuclear Fuel Production © Silex Systems Limited 2014

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Commercialisation and License Agreement

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Perpetual Royalty Agreement with Global Laser Enrichment (GLE)

51% 25% 24%

Worldwide License Royalties

• Exclusive worldwide commercialisation and license agreement for

the SILEX Technology – signed in 2006

• GLE funding most of the commercialisation program - based in

Wilmington, North Carolina

• Phase I milestone completed in May 2013 – triggered US$15

million payment to Silex

• Next milestone payment triggered by start of construction of initial

commercial plant: US$5 million

• Final milestone payment – US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

(NRC) verification of construction compliance of initial commercial

plant: US$15 million

• Perpetual royalty range of 7 - 12% of future GLE

revenues from commercial operations (based on calculation of cost per unit production installed)


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SILEX Technology Royalty Business Model

Our business model for uranium enrichment:

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Zero capital cost to Silex

• No further capital investment

High value perpetual royalty

• Contracted range of royalty rates set into perpetuity

Gen III technology advantage

• The only 3rd generation enrichment technology in the world

Long term growth story

• Nuclear power capacity set to double over the next two decades


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GLE’s Phased Approach to Commercialisation

Commercial Plant Options

• GLE plans include possible enrichment plant up to 6MSWU in Wilmington,

NC (US NRC construction & operating License received in 2012)

• Additional opportunity for a commercial plant in Paducah, Kentucky –

subject to negotiations with US DoE (refer slide 15)

• Commercial plant decisions by GLE dependent on market conditions

• Focus for the next few years on advancing the Phase II project

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Phase Objectives Status

Phase I: Test Loop technology demonstration and NRC commercial plant license approval Completed

Phase II: Economic and engineering validation for the initial commercial production module Commenced in 2012

Phase III: Construction of the first full-scale commercial production facility To be confirmed

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Paducah Enrichment Plant Opportunity Update

Negotiations between GLE and the DOE continue

Paducah Enrichment Plant Site

• Closure of existing 1st generation gaseous diffusion

plant in May 2013 – led to Department of Energy

(DOE) bid process for future operations.

• GLE submitted a proposal to the DOE in August 2013

involving construction of a SILEX-based laser

enrichment plant at the Paducah site.

• DOE selected the GLE proposal exclusively in

November 2013 for possible future commercial

operations at Paducah.

• Enrichment of DOE tails stockpiles potentially

equivalent to one of the largest uranium mines in the

world operating for around 40 years.

• Plans will ultimately depend on a recovery in uranium

market pricing from currently depressed levels

• Negotiations between the GLE and DOE continue


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Nuclear Energy Market Outlook P16

Source: World Nuclear Association (WNA) – October 2014

Global Nuclear Capacity to Increase Significantly

• Likely potential for doubling in nuclear capacity from 436 plants today to ~ 900 plants in 2030

(allowing for some closures of older plants, and several Japanese plants likely to be permanently shut down).

11 percent of global electricity

436 operable reactors currently

71 new plants under construction

174 plants planned

301 plants proposed

Key Statistics Key Nuclear Markets – power plants

Country 2014 2030

TOTAL – all Countries 436 ~900**

US 100 ~120

China 21 228

India 21 84

Saudi Arabia / UAE 0 30

Japan 48* ~50

* All 48 operable reactors currently offline

** Assumes around 80 existing plants are retired by 2030


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Uranium Enrichment Market Outlook

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Short Term Market Outlook – ‘Negative’

• Short term market likely to remain depressed due to impact of Japanese industry shutdown

• Japanese reactors - likely to see first restarts in 2015 – much slower than anticipated

• Uranium and Enrichment prices down, but turning – Uranium is up 50% since August

Medium Term Market Outlook – ‘Recovery’

• Medium term highly dependent on several macro factors

o Pace of Japanese reactors restarts

o Potential trade sanctions against Russia (Tenex - world’s largest enrichment player)

o Pace of global nuclear build and influence of environmental drivers

• Potential supply pressures in medium term timeframe – possible opportunity for introduction of SILEX capacity

Long Term Market Outlook – ‘Bullish’

• Potential for nuclear capacity growth of 2x by 2030 (from 435 currently to ~900 plants over next 2 decades)

• Long term – potential for significant increase in uranium enrichment demand within ‘accessible’ market


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Why Nuclear Power is Essential to Sustainable Growth

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*Sources: Various third party documents and websites. All figures are approximate for purposes of comparison.


Nuclear Coal Gas

Fuel / yr* ~20 tons ~4,000,000 tons ~1,000,000 tons

CO2 Emissions* 0 tons ~6,000,000 tons ~3,000,000 tons

Cost*(LCOE) / MWh

$65 ~ $100 $65 ~ $100 $55 ~ $100

Equivalent 1GWe Power Generation Plants

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Solar Systems

CPV Dish Technology and Utility Scale Projects F

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Solar Systems CPV Dish Technology

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1. Mildura, Australia (~1.5MW, 40 dishes)

• Opened July 2013 – demonstration now completed

• Plans for large 100MW facility suspended after funding

deeds for possible contributions by ARENA and Victorian

Government terminated in August 2014

2. Nofa Resort, Saudi Arabia (~1MW, 28 dishes)

• Completed April 2014 – plant performance being optimised

• Saudi Arabia is a key emerging market with plans to invest

heavily in solar energy - US$109 billion program to help

replace domestic oil consumption


Two Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) Dish Solar Power Stations built and operated:

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Solar Systems – Update P21


• Strategy execution well advanced with several parties (Middle Eastern and US based)

having expressed interest

• Corporate Advisor recently appointed to assist with securing a strategic partner and/or

investor

• In parallel, Solar Systems continues to prepare its unique ‘Dense Array’ CPV dish

product for market

• A new medium sized low-cost dish product has recently been demonstrated, with three

units installed and under test at Bridgewater

The new low cost 7m Quasi-Parabolic Dish product

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Translucent

Advanced Semiconductor Materials Technology


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Translucent – Advanced Semiconductor Substrates

First Product: REO Substrates

Electric vehicle power

converters

Lighting power converters

(eg: street lights)

DC/AC conversion

(e.g. solar inverters)

Motor controllers for

electrical appliances

Ultra-high efficiency multi-

junction Solar Cells

• GaN/ REO/ Si for power conversion and RF

• Next-gen high efficiency power electronics Pow

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• GeSn/Si materials

• Multi-junction solar cell materials

• Photonics, IR detectors & lasers

Value Proposition: • Replace high cost substrates with low cost silicon wafers

• Bring scalability into production lines (200mm substrates)

• Potential to enable performance/efficiency improvements

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Other Materials and products

REO = rare earth oxide buffer layer

GaN = gallium nitride

GeSn = germanium tin

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Translucent - Update

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• Translucent is currently engaging with potential customers and/or strategic partners

to accelerate the path to market

• We are working towards securing a value-creating transaction with a strategic partner

and/or investor

• A Silicon Valley based Consultant was recently engaged to assist with Business

Development activities

• In parallel, product development activities are progressing with positive industry

validation by third parties continuing to generate commercial interest

• Equity investment, divestment and licensing options are all being considered with the

aim of minimising parent funding in FY 2015 and beyond

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The Silex Core Investment Case

The Company is well advanced in executing a major strategic review including a

significant reduction in cash burn beyond FY 2015 (current cash reserves ~$66m)

Strategy includes accelerating the transition to market for subsidiaries Solar Systems

and Translucent via value creating transactions – securing partners and/or investors

Primary asset: the ‘SILEX’ uranium enrichment technology - the only third generation

laser-based enrichment technology in the world

SILEX technology is under licence to Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) - a business

venture of GE (51%), Hitachi (25%) and Cameco (24%)

GLE continues to fund the uranium enrichment commercialisation program – albeit at

a reduced pace in line with adverse short term market factors

Silex will potentially be entitled to a perpetual royalty of 7 to 12% (depending on plant

capex) - on GLE’s uranium enrichment revenues

Potential for capital growth as the global nuclear fuel markets recover and grow again

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