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GALACTIC AT A GLANCE

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OVERVIEW

GALACTIC

NATURAL SOLUTIONS PROVIDER

For more than 20 years, Galactic is regarded as being one of the world’s leaders in biotechnology serving the food, feed, personal & health care, and industrial markets.

Based on its valuable experience in lactic acid fermentation and the development of many other derivatives, the company continuously creates sustainable, innovative and health-friendly solutions.

Galactic’s tight links with its distributors and customers helps to pursue an innovative and solution-oriented approach.

Galactic is the result of teamwork between financial partners having a strong belief in the applications, successful researchers and visionary people striving for excellence.

OUR MISSION At Galactic, we are already imagining the world of tomorrow.

A world in which choices are based on what’s best for nature and mankind, and that opens up countless possibilities.

Galactic develops natural solutions for applications in the food, feed, personal & health care, and industrial markets.

Specialised in food safety, nutrition and green chemistry, Galactic offers health and environmentally-friendly alternatives including lactic acid, lactates and many other innovative product-based solutions.

HUMAN FOOD

PET NUTRITION & FEED

PERSONAL, HEALTH & HOME CARE

INDUSTRY

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OUR VALUES

Innovation is at the heart of Galactic’s activities.

Based on our valuable experience in lactic acid fermentation and the development of many other derivatives, we continuously work to achieve scientific breakthroughs in the field of food safety, nutrition and green chemistry.

Building tight links with scientific organisations, our distributors and customers in particular, helps us to pursue an innovative and solution-oriented approach.

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Over the past 20 years, Galactic has become a major player on the international market. With headquarters in Belgium and production facilities in Europe, Asia and America, we progressively develop our portfolio of natural solutions in order to meet our customers’ needs wherever they are located in the world.

Part of our main priorities lie in addressing some of the world’s great challenges by developing the most innovative and health-friendly solutions at the highest standards.This is made possible by the commitment of our dedicated team who actively contribute to Galactic’s success.

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SHAREHOLDERS

GALACTIC Group

100%

100%

Inc

5

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Bioquimicos

CEO & Founder

SERENDIP

S.A.

100%

100%

49% 60%

HK

Import & Export

100%

100% Note: Percentages denote the controlling share when different from ownership

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Japan

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HISTORY FROM LACTIC ACID PRODUCER Implementation of production capacities, set up of sales network & development of expertise

In partnership with Finasucre, Bioprocess Technology is established with a 1,500 tonnes lactic acid capacity

1992

1997

The company changes its name to Galactic as the production capacity scales up to 15,000 tonnes

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Galactic enters the Chinese market through the B&G joint-venture with BBCA Biochemical, for a 50,000 tonnes, production capacity

Galactic becomes the world’s 2nd largest producer of lactic acid, all production is exported to 40+ countries

1998

1999

Capacity doubles to reach 30,000 tonnes as Galactic opens its capital to Compagnie du Bois Sauvage

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2002

Futerro is founded to produce poly-lactic acid (PLA)

2005

Galactic expands to the USA, with the creation of a local subsidiary

2007

TO NATURAL SOLUTIONS PROVIDER Valorisation of production capacities, sales network & expertise

The company goes into the production of esters

2008

Galactic expands its production of calcium lactates

2009

The Galactic Innovation campus, a new R&D centre, opens in Anderlecht, near Brussels

The US plant increases its capacity to 15,000 tonnes

2010

B&G opens a sales office in Japan

2011

2012

2013

A subsidiary is established in Curitiba, Brazil

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Investment in new production lines in Belgium to expand the the production of high value derivatives.

2014

2017

Launch of the “Clean Label” range, expanding the non-lactic acid portfolio and reinforcing Galactic’s positioning as a “natural solution provider”

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SECTORS WE COVER A VAST RANGE OF APPLICATIONS ACROSS VARIOUS SECTORS

FOOD HUMAN FOOD

Beef, poultry & seafood Beverages Bakeries & pastries Dairy & Cheese Confectionery Fruits & Vegetables

PET NUTRITION / FEED Animal feed Pet food

Highly effective solutions combining clean-label, food safety, shelf-life extension, flavour enhancement, texture improvement, colour stability.

Sustainable and cost-effective solutions to ensure preservation, safety, mineral fortification, pH regulation, shelf-life extension.

INDUSTRY & CARE INDUSTRY

PERSONAL, HEALTH & HOME CARE

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Bio-solvents Agro-chemistry Bio-plastics Depollution Paper, textile & leather

Personal care & cosmetics Home care Pharmaceuticals

Bio-sourced solutions with a wide range of functions including descaling, cleaning, pH regulation, degreasing, neutralisation, bio-solvents for mechanical cleaning, polymers and resins removers, additives for paints, inks, or chemical product formulations.

Natural solutions for moisturising, whitening & cleansing, anti-ageing, surfactant, antimicrobial, descaling.

Intravenous, parenteral and dialysis solutions.

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KEY APPLICATIONS MOST SOLUTIONS HAVING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS

Galacid™ Galaflow™ Galaxium™ Galanium™ Galimax™ Galicare™

Lactic acid

Sodium/ Potassium lactates

Calcium lactate

Mineral lactates

Sodium lactate/ Sodium Acetate / Diacetate Potassium lactate

Galirem™ Galaster™

Potassium/ Lauryl/ Myristyl/ Menthyl lactate PLA

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Galasolv™ Galacin™

Lactate esters

Galazym™

Bacteriocins

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OUR PEOPLE

AT GALACTIC

WE THRIVE ON DIVERSITY

380

> 2000

COMMITTED EMPLOYEES

CUSTOMERS

PRODUCT REFERENCES

~ 100.000 TONS OF PRODUCTS EACH YEAR

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> 500

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WHY GALACTIC

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STRONG INVESTMENTS IN R&D 10% of total staff 5% of sales turnover >20 patent families

GALACTIC INNOVATION CAMPUS As a Business Incubator, Galactic offers long-term renting solutions to small biotech companies.

A lab cell of 65 m² with all bio-tech facilities (purified water, air, etc.) is the standard state-of-the-art available renting unit.

GALACTIC FOOD DOCTOR

TM

Metagenomic is an innovative technology that identifies the DNA of all microorganisms in one single analysis. Galactic identifies the microorganisms responsible for the alteration of a product and develops the exact solution to prolong the product’s shelf-life.

Predictive modelling tools to accurately predict Listeria monocytogenes growth. This assists customers in facing the challenges of meeting higher quality and safety standards.

TAILOR-MADE SOLUTIONS Most of our customers have requirements that are specific to their applications and processes.

A dedicated team of experts with strong experience and knowledge in formulation chemistry is available to help designing new solutions together with customers.

Our formulations include blends of lactic acid with other organic acids, special buffer solutions, blends of lactate salts, natural label-friendly spice extracts, blends of lactate esters, etc.

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WORLDWIDE SALES Sales breakdown by entity (2016) B&G 38%

Sales breakdown by geography (2016) Latin America 8%

Galactic SA 42%

Rest of Asia 9%

EMEA 31%

Japan 10%

Galactic Inc 20%

China 21%

Cosmetics & Pharma 3% Feed 6%

North America 21%

Industrial 17%

Sales breakdown by application (2016) Food 74%

BELGIUM UNITED STATES

(Brussels)

JAPAN

(Milwaukee)

(Tokyo)

CHINA

(Bengbu)

BRAZIL

(Curitiba)

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT

ACTIVE IN 65 COUNTRIES

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EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE

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NORTH AMERICA Galactic Inc. 2700 W. Silver Spring Drive Milwaukee - WI 53209 USA Tel : +1 414 462 1990 galactic-us@lactic.com http://www.lactic-us.com

ASIA & OCEANIA Anhui COFCO Biochemical & GALACTIC Lactic Acid Co., Ltd. COFCO Avenue, 1 Bengbu 233010Anhui Province - China Tel : +86 552 2081 288 information@bglactic.com http://www.bglactic.com

LATIN AMERICA Galactic Bioquímicos Ltda.

Batel Business Center Av. Batel, nº 1230 Cj. 405 - Torre BBC Curitiba - PR – Brazil Tel : + 55 41 3042-7113 galactic-latam@lactic.com http://www.lactic-us.com

JAPAN B&G Japan Co., Ltd. AIOS Meguroekimae, 15-19 Kami-osaki 2-chome, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 141-0021 Japan Tel : +81 3 6459 3646 japan@bglactic.com

EUROPE & AFRICA

HEADQUARTERS & PRODUCTION PLANT GALACTIC S.A. Place d’Escanaffles 23, 7760 Escanaffles - Belgium

Galactic Innovation Campus Allée de la Recherche, 41070 Brussels - Belgium Tel : +32 2 332 14 00 Fax : +32 2 332 16 11 sales@lactic.com http://www.lactic.com

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