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Revenue of $940,849, Gross Margin 40%, negative EBITDA of $796,293

November 18, 2020, TORONTO, ON -- Clear Blue Technologies International Inc. (“Clear Blue”) (TSXV: CBLU) (FRANKFURT: OYA), the Smart Off-Grid™ company, today announces its 2020 third quarter and trailing four quarter (“TFQ”) period results, with the following highlights:

 

Key Financial Results (all figures in Canadian dollars)

• TFQ Revenue was $3,912,204, a 45% increase over the previous TFQ period;
• Beginning Q2, 2020, the Company began reporting Bookings (see more info below). For the period ending September 30, 2020, the Bookings were $1,378,722;
• Gross profit for TFQ was $992,485 or 25.4%, down slightly from the previous period ($704,548 or 26.1%). This was largely the result of a reallocation from operating expenses to COGS beginning in Q4 2019. Without this, Gross Profit or the previous TFQ would have increased to $1,122,616 or 29%;
• Operating expenses for the TFQ ended September 30, 2020 were $4,781,601, a decrease of $527,185 or 10% compared to the same period in 2019;
• Non-IFRS Adjusted EBITDA for the TFQ was $(3,811,233) as compared to $(4,148,486) for the previous TFQ—an 8% improvement resulting from various cost reduction plans undertaken by the Company as well as government Covid-19 funding support;

For the quarterly Q3 2020 results:

• Q3 quarterly revenues were $940,849, a 40% increase over Q3 2019 ($670,159);
• Gross profit for Q3 was $375,595 or 40% Gross Margin;
• Quarterly, operating expenses increased by $584,067 for the three-month period ended September 30, 2020 versus 2019. This was due to one-time credit of $609,675 for bad debt recovery and government tax credit items in the 2019 operating expenses. Without this, 2020 operating expenses decreased by $25,608 over Q3 2019;
• Quarterly Adjusted EBITDA was ($796,293) versus $172,120 for Q3 2019 due to the one-time transaction mentioned above in Q3 2019.

Outlook

Clear Blue’s investment in the telecom vertical and Africa is now yielding great results. Subsequent to the quarter end, Clear Blue announced its first roll-out for Orange in Cameroon, in partnership with NuRAN. NuRAN and Clear Blue will provide Rural Telecommunications systems and ongoing operational services in Cameroon to Orange S.A. (NYSE: ORAN), one of the world’s largest mobile network operators.

Additionally, yesterday, the Company was very pleased to announce the award of its third Large Roll-out project. With a major infrastructure operator in Africa, this project is forecast to generate sales of $5 million for 400 telecommunications sites, with 30% delivered in Q4 2020 and the remainder in Q1 2021. These and other activities bode well for Clear Blue’s growth trajectory for the remainder of 2020 and into 2021.

“While Covid impacted our Q2 and Q3 2020, the projects are now moving forward,” said Miriam Tuerk, Co-Founder & CEO. “We are thrilled and excited to begin implementing these large projects, and others, after having worked hard to deliver the required technology and service solutions to make this a reality. The entire team at Clear Blue has worked very hard to achieve this milestone and I am thrilled and honoured to represent Clear Blue’s co-founders, management and entire team to the market.”

While there continues to be significant uncertainty over the forward outlook, as with the world economy and budgets in general, Clear Blue continues to see strong and strategic interest in its offerings in both of its key markets—North American Streetlights as well as Telecom in Emerging markets.  Telecom, connectivity, and cleantech are key growth sectors in the world’s economy and Clear Blue continues to be positioned as a key and strategic leader in innovating technologies that make it possible to reliably and cost effectively provide clean off-grid energy to mission critical customers around the world.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call to discuss its latest financial results at 1:30 PM Eastern Time (Canada/U.S.) on Wednesday, November 18, 2020.

Those interested can register at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_40QuWVqfRsetC6-8HHTLKQ

 

Media Contact:
Becky Nye
Director
Montieth & Company
155 E 44th St., New York, NY 10017
bnye@montiethco.com
+1 646.864.3517

Investor Relations:

Miriam Tuerk
Co-Founder and CEO
+1 416 433 3952
investors@clearbluetechnologies.com
http://www.clearbluetechnologies.com/en/investors

About Clear Blue Technologies International

Clear Blue Technologies International, the Smart Off-Grid™ company, was founded on a vision of delivering clean, managed, “wireless power” to meet the global need for reliable, low-cost, solar and hybrid power for lighting, telecom, security, Internet of Things devices, and other mission-critical systems. Today, Clear Blue has thousands of systems under management across 37 countries, including the U.S. and Canada. (TSXV: CBLU) (FRANKFURT: OYA)

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