FLEX2017 June, Monterey, USA Dr Mike Cowin, CMO, SmartKem.

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1 FLEX2017 June, Monterey, USA Dr Mike Cowin, CMO, SmartKem.

2 FLEX2017 June, Monterey, USA Dr Mike Cowin, CMO, SmartKem.

3 EU H2020 FLEXTRANs Grant Objectives A 24 month project (started September 2016) (Grant approved 1 week before Brexit ) 2.6m Euro project 1.8m Euro Grant Support technology transfer of OTFT to Asia Specifics: Develop large area slit coat process of record Transfer OTFT POR on existing a-si Gen 2-4 production line Validate LCD and OLED demonstrator performance Generate LCD and OLED integrated pre-production demonstrators to brand owner specifications 3

Management and institutional investors An

Chief Executive Officer Dr Beverley Brown

OTFT science and technology Strong track

4 Management and institutional investors An experienced materials science and electronics team backed by Tier 1 investors Management Team Steve Kelly Chief Executive Officer Dr Beverley Brown Chief Technology Officer Steve Dunn-Massey Chief Finance Officer Steve Marsh Chief Business Officer Institutional Investors Dr Hugh Williamson Toll Manufacturing Dr Michael Cowin Head of Strategic Marketing Chris Nice Head of Engineering Leadership in OTFT science and technology Strong track record in business delivery 40 strong team (21 PhD s) Dedicated tech transfer team in Asia 4

5 Technology facilities SmartKem Technology Centre Manchester, UK 8,000 sq. ft. SmartKem OTFT Pre-production Line within CPI, Sedgefield, UK 10,000 sq. ft. 5 5 Private & Confidential

6 Unrivalled expertise in OSC and OTFT 6 6 Private & Confidential

7 truflex OTFT platform adoption USPs 7 Private & Confidential

8 Technology comparison vs. IGZO and LTPS LTPS IGZO OTFT Semiconductor Polycrystalline Amorphous IGZO Organic truflex Pixel TFT type C-MOS N-MOS P-MOS Process complexity/temp High/High High/High Low/Low Physical flexibility Poor Poor Good Mobility ~10-100cm2/Vs ~1-15cm2/Vs ~4-10cm2/Vs Stability under stress Poor Moderate Good TFT uniformity Poor Poor Good Photo Leakage Yes No No Mask steps 5~11 6~7 4~6 Good fit for rigid or flexible uplifted LCD or OLED 8

9 I d (A) 4x10-7 3x10-7 2x10-7 1x truflex Drivability High Electrical Stability t=0s t=0s t=80ks V gs (V) I d (A) 4x10-7 3x10-7 2x10-7 1x10-7 ks t=80 ks Vacuum V ds_meas =-1V RT L=100µm V gstress =-40V W=245µm V gs (V) V ds_meas =-1V There is no significant threshold shift either in vacuum or air at room temperature At 320K no significant shift is seen in vacuum and +0.5V is observed in air I d (A) I d (A) L=100µm W=245µm Air RT V gstress =-40V Vacuum T=320K V gstress =-40V V ds_meas =-1V t=0s t=0s t=80ks V gs (V) L=100µm W=245µm I d (A) I d (A) 9

10 truflex Drivability The lowest leakage current TFT platform LEAKAGE PATHS SOURCE GATE Insulator Channel Substrate +10 V DRAIN -10 V Private & Confidential

11 Electrical stability and low off currents.. Offers new proposition for AMOLED application Standard process (i.e. no LTPS crystallisation required) High yield offers lowering manufacturing cost Substrate agnostic (both rigid and flex) Low OFF current / low power (both static and dynamic) High mobility High tolerance of mobility and threshold voltage Less complex (pixel) driving Enables a simplified 2T1C pixel circuit Source T1 C ST OLED Common Gate T2 I OLED Vdd 11

12 OTFT value to AMOLED High TFT uniformity Low Vth shift (<0.5V/100khr) No thermal drift High ON/OFF ratio More efficient & stable light output Stable, robust & reliable SK-OTFT No photo leakage Less / no pixel TFT compensation Less complex pixel driving Less complex silicon Low design & BOM cost Enable 2T1C AMOLED pixel Low design cost Low cost Less complex pixel design Less design time / effort Less TFTs Faster TTM High Yield High aperture Low leakage Low parasitics No repair Less OSC SK-OTFT value driver Low mf cost Low BOM cost More efficient & stable light output Low (static) power Low (dynamic) power Key for AMOLED Interim value driver Low cost Product value driver 12

EU H2020 FLEXTRANs Grant Objectives Transfer our semiconductor platform to customer production line for the scaled production of LCD and OLED OTFT based product Slit coat truflex formulation over

13 EU H2020 FLEXTRANs Grant Objectives Transfer our semiconductor platform to customer production line for the scaled production of LCD and OLED OTFT based product Slit coat truflex formulation over large area at customer Finalise truflex TFT stack at customer site Achieve industry grade yield & uniformity at customer site Achieve TFT physical and electrical stability for industry grade QA Gen 2.5, 4 ramp-up of an display based product (wearable, auto) 13

14 EU H2020 Project Partners CPI Access to facility for location of SmartKems Gen 2.5 slit coat pre-production line BASF Scale up of material production Display Maker Access to Gen production line Route to market with existing customer base Brand and/or Application Integrator Existing relationship with SmartKem display partner Define display product, physical, electrical and optical targets Test display pre-production display to meet req. Integrate, package display with hardware and software 14

15 EU H2020 FLEXTRANs Partners Display Application Requirements Brand Wearable Mobile Automotive TFT Design Rules Process of Record Gen 2.5 Display Maker Material Scale Up 15

16 EU H2020 FLEXTRANs Pull Through Grant Objectives Display Maker 1 Display Maker 2 Display Maker 3 16

17 EU H2020 FLEXTRANs Grant Milestones 17

18 AMOLED specification preliminary Summary display specification Type AMOLED emissive mode Size 4.6 diagonal (117.55mm) Resolution WVGA portrait Pixels (H x V) 480RGB x 800 (ratio 5:3) Pixel size 126um x 126um Sub-pixel size 126um x 42um Resolution 200ppi (pixels per inch) Active Area 60.48mm (Horizontal) x 100.8mm (Vertical) Brightness 250cd/m 2 Contrast Ratio 200:1 Frame rate 60fps / 15fps (still image, low power refresh) Response time 16msec Colour gamut 85% Grey scales 6bit per primary R G B 265k colours PPI 200 Minimum line time 20.8usec Pixel circuit 2T1C 18

19 EU H2020 FLEXTRANs Initial Display Specs 19

20 truflex Drivability Fully developed TFT designs rules & POR OLED Electrode OLED Cathode OLED Gate Encapsulation Edge Cover Data Line Substrate Drain Source Encapsulation OLED Edge Cover Substrate truflex Passivation truflex Gate Insulator truflex Semiconductor truflex Planarisation 20 20

21 EU H2020 FLEXTRANs Grant Progress 21 Private & Confidential

22 EU H2020 FLEXTRANs Grant Progress 22 Private & Confidential

Conclusion EU H2020 Project Status Commercially driven grant All players in supply chain involved UK, EU, Asia. Gen 2.5 slit coat process of record defined Gen 2.

23 Conclusion EU H2020 Project Status Commercially driven grant All players in supply chain involved UK, EU, Asia. Gen 2.5 slit coat process of record defined Gen 2.5 slit coat OTFT stack defined proven OTFT design rules defined OTFT POR transfer almost complete to production partner in Asia First test of industry grade OTFT LCD on glass in September First test of industry grade OTFT OLED on glass year end Brand owners engaged by added value of low power and 2T1C 23

24 EU H2020 FLEXTRANs website 24

25 Thank you Mike Cowin, CMO SmartKem

1. Publishable summary

1. Publishable summary 1.1. Project objectives. The target of the project is to develop a highly reliable high brightness conformable low cost scalable display for demanding applications such as their