BRAIN is pleased with its results for the first nine months of the 2019/20 financial year

• Organic growth of Group revenues +12.2%
• BioScience segment continues dynamic growth
• Full-year forecast confirmed

Zwingenberg, Germany
31 August 2020

B.R.A.I.N. Biotechnology Research and Information Network AG (BRAIN AG, ISIN DE0005203947 / WKN 520394) today published its results for the first nine months of the 2019/20 financial year. Accordingly, the BRAIN Group reports revenues of € 29.6 million compared to € 27.9 million in the same period of the previous year. Taking into account the deconsolidation of Monteil Cosmetics GmbH, this corresponds to organic growth of 12.2%.

Third quarter revenues increased by 8.4% to € 9.6 million from € 8.9 million in the same period last year. This growth was purely organic, achieved in both the BioScience and BioIndustrial segments.

"Particularly considering the general economic situation, we have achieved very good growth," says Manfred Bender, CFO of BRAIN AG. "The fact that this growth is more pronounced in our research-driven segment is again due to the higher business volume with existing customers as well as new contracts for tailormade solutions projects."

Development by segments

The BioScience segment generated revenues of € 10.5 million in the reporting period, up 37.5% from the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA improved from € -4.4 million to € -3.1 million.

Revenues of the BioIndustrial segment, which is related to product sales, decreased by 5.9% from € 20.3 million to € 19.1 million in the reporting period. Organically, revenues here increased by € 0.4 million or 2.1% from € 18.7 million to € 19.1 million. The adjusted EBITDA of the segment developed positively and increased by 9.2% from € 2.3 million to € 2.6 million. This corresponds to an adjusted EBITDA margin of 13.3% compared to 11.5% in the previous year.

The reasons for the weaker revenue growth in the product business are, in addition to the start of new production facilities in Cardiff (UK) and Büttelborn, the globally reduced demand for bioethanol and alcoholic beverages due to the Corona pandemic. The BRAIN subsidiary WeissBioTech supplies, among others, powerful enzymes to bioethanol producers and the wine industry.

Despite the ongoing Corona virus pandemic and the associated economic uncertainty, BRAIN AG is still confident to make further progress in the projected direction, albeit possibly at a slightly slower pace.

Key financials (first nine months of fiscal year 2019/20)

More detailed information on the financial results are available at www.brain-biotech.com/investors/financial-publications as part of the quarterly statement for the period ended 30 June 2020.

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www.brain-biotech.com/investors/financial-calendar

About BRAIN

B.R.A.I.N. Biotechnology Research and Information Network AG (BRAIN AG; ISIN DE0005203947 / WKN 520394) is one of Europe's leading technology companies in the field of industrial biotechnology, the core discipline of the bioeconomy. As such, BRAIN identifies previously untapped efficient enzymes, microbial producer organisms or natural substances from complex biological systems that can be put to industrial use. The innovative solutions and products developed by means of "Nature's Toolbox" are successfully applied in the chemicals, cosmetics and food industries.

BRAIN's business model is based on two pillars. The BioScience segment mainly comprises research and development business with industrial partners ("Tailor-Made Solutions" cooperation business), and the company's own research and development. The BioIndustrial segment consists mainly of business with industrially scalable products.

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