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Vive Crop Protection Inc.Overview
April 2016
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Making a new possible in crop protection
• Privately held agtech company that renovates existing pesticides
• Uses Allosperse delivery system that is covered by 44 patents and 46 patents pending in 10 families
• 36 employees, 20 scientists and engineers
• EPA registration received
• Production facility scaled and running
Vive Crop Protection
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Strong Management Team
Keith Thomas, BASc, MA, MBA - Chief Executive Officer➢ Over 24 years of financing, restructuring and management experience, sold Vector
Innovations for 5x return
Ken Yoon, BSc, LLB, MBA, CA, CPA - Chief Financial Officer➢ Over 18 years in the finance, accounting and consulting fields, Ernst & Young, Vengrowth
Darren Anderson, PhD – Chief Communications Officer and VP, Regulatory➢ Founding president of Vive, author of 13 issued patents and 35 pending applications
Paul Thomson – VP, Product Development➢ Senior Product Development with 30+ years industry experience
Tony Zatylny, BSc (Ag) – VP, Business Development – NAFTA➢ 32 years of crop protection sales experience at Amvac, Arysta and Dow
Skip Campbell, MBA – Chief Commercial Officer and VP, M&A➢ M&A and financing investment banking, high tech experience, venture capital and
consulting background
Flavio Campagnaro, BASc, P.Eng. - Chief Manufacturing Officer➢ Over 20 years of process design, manufacturing and project management experience
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Strong Corporate Governance
Charles FischerFormer CEO of Dow AgroSciences
William LambertFormer Partner at Birch Hill Equity Partners
Warren LibbyFormer President of Syngenta Crop Protection Canada
Mark MacDonald, ICD.D.Former Vice President at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board
Neil Reid, Ph.D., ChairCo-Founder of MDS Sciex and MDS Proteomics
Amy YoderFormer President of Arysta LifeScience North America and Australia
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Founded from University of Toronto, prototype formulations
Pilot production, greenhouse trial successes
2006-2009 2009-2011 2012-2013 2014-2016
Preliminary EPA registration, field trial successes, partnerships with manufacturers and distributors
Full scale manufacturing, first product EPA registered and launching to select US growers
History – Strong Track Record of Success
Core Capabilities:• Complete delivery system: Allosperse technology, recipe development, know how• In-house performance screening and field trial administration• Consistent EPA registration process• Commercial scale Allosperse manufacturing at Vive• Extensive and growing IP suite• Asset-light infrastructure in place
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Products and Technology
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What is Allosperse?
• Nanoscale polymer particles
used as a shuttle to deliver
active ingredients to desired
target
• Made from polymers commonly
used as inerts in agriculture
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What is Allosperse?
• Hydrophobic interior holds onto AIs – hydrophilic exterior
easily disperses in aqueous media
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What is Allosperse?
• Precise control over chemistry – controls how active
ingredient inside Allosperse interacts with soil / foliage /
fertilizer carriers
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Two Main Routes for Application
Soil-Applied Foliar
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Two Main Routes for Application
Soil-Applied:
• Excellent compatibility with fertilizer carriers• Control over mobility in soil• Seed treatments• In-furrow dust-free alternates to seed treatments
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Two Main Routes for Application
Foliar:
• Excellent compatibility with foliar fertilizers, micronutrients
• Fungicides with better curative performance
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AZteroid – Azoxystrobin with Vive Delivery System
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• EPA Registration Number
89118-3, issued May 15, 2015
• 18.4% loading SC formulation –
1.65 pounds per gallon
• Label includes all established
in-furrow & foliar uses for
azoxystrobin
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Target Crops
Potato Corn Soybean
• Black dot
• Black scurf
• Silver scurf
• Rhizoctonia root and stalk rot
• Rhizoctoniadisease
• Southern Blight
Cotton Peanut
• Pythium seedling blight
• Rhizoctonia seedling blight
• Aspergillus crown rot
• Pythium damping off
• Stem rot/white mold suppression
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Corn Yield Response Starter fertilizer and AZteroid, in-furrow at planting
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AZteroid™With Allosperse
Yield increase can be achieved when combining starter fertilizer and AZteroid
Untreated Starter Fertilizer
Starter Fertilizer
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Broad Fertilizer Compatibility
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Fertilizers shown, left to right:Alpine Mn Alpine 10-34-0Alpine Zn OMEX 28% UANAlpine Fe OMEX 10-34-0 Alpine G24 OMEX Starter PAlpine fortified foliar Conditions: after mild agitation
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• Mixes with a wide variety of undiluted liquid fertilizers (including high P)*
• Tank mixes well with other products used at-plant
• Water based formulation for lower toxicity and safer handling
• Will not clog filters and screens
• Performs well under freeze-thaw conditions
• Will not settle out of solution and requires only minimal agitation
*Jar test should be performed prior to use with fertilizer to confirm compatibility
Advantages
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• EPA Registration Number 89118-2
• 19.3% loading SC formulation –1.75 pounds per gallon
• Label includes all established in-furrow & foliar uses for bifenthrin
Bifender – Bifenthrin with Vive Delivery System
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Target Crops
Potato Corn Soybean
• Grape Colapsis
• Rootworm
• Sweet Potato Flea Beetle
• Wireworm
• White Grub
• Corn Rootworm
• Grubs
• Root Aphids
• Seedcorn Maggot
• Wireworm
• Army Cutworm
• Armyworm spp.
• Cutworm spp.
• Stalkborer
• True Armyworm
• Rootworm
• Grape colapsis
• Grubs
• Root Maggot
• Seedcorn Maggot
• Wireworm
• Army Cutworm
• Armyworm spp.
• Cutworm spp.
• True Armyworm
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Broad Fertilizer Compatibility
Capture LFR
Vive Formulation Bifender with Allosperse Delivery Technology
Fertilizers shown, left to right:Alpine Mn Alpine 10-34-0Alpine Zn OMEX 28% UANAlpine Fe OMEX 10-34-0 Alpine G24 OMEX Starter PAlpine fortified foliar Conditions: after mild agitation
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Broad Fertilizer Compatibility Fertilizers
Capture LFR
Vive Formulation Bifender with Allosperse Delivery Technology
Fertilizers shown, left to right:Alpine Mn Alpine 10-34-0Alpine Zn OMEX 28% UANAlpine Fe OMEX 10-34-0 Alpine G24 OMEX Starter PAlpine fortified foliar Conditions: after mild agitation
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FilteringAlpine G24 (6-24-8)
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60 Mesh
100 Mesh
Capture LFRVive Formulation
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Advantages
• Mixes with a wide variety of undiluted liquid fertilizers (incl. high P)*
• Tank mixes well with other products used at-plant
• Water based formulation for lower toxicity and safer handling
• Will not clog filters and screens
• Performs well under freeze-thaw conditions
• Will not settle out of solution and requires only minimal agitation
*Jar test should be performed prior to use with fertilizer to confirm compatibility
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• EPA Registration Number 89118-4
• SC formulation contains 1.0 pounds of azoxystrobin per gallon and 0.5 pounds of bifenthrin per gallon
• Broad label for foliar uses
Fenstro – Azoxystrobin & Bifenthrin Pre-mix with Vive Delivery System
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Product Development Pipeline
Launching 2016 Proven and in productization
Early results positive, in
development
1st Generation
• Liquid fertilizer compatibility
• Strobilurins, pyrethroids, triazoles, neonics, etc.
• Multiple component premixes
2nd Generation
• Soil and thatch mobility
• Foliar coverage and rainfastness
3rd Generation
• Seed treatment
• Extended control