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Q3 2019 Earnings Presentation 11.6.19 1 Safe HarborStatement Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Certain statements in this presentation are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can


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Q3 2019 Earnings Presentation

11.6.19

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Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Certain statements in this presentation are forward-looking

  • statements. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “expects,”

“intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue,” the negative of these terms and other comparable

  • terminology. These forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about Livent, may include projections
  • f Livent’s future financial performance, Livent’s anticipated growth strategies and anticipated trends in Livent’s business. These statements are
  • nly predictions based on Livent’s current expectations and projections about future events. There are important factors that could cause Livent’s

actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including a decline in the growth in demand for electric vehicles; adverse global economic conditions; the success of Livent’s research and development efforts; volatility in the price for performance lithium compounds; risks relating to Livent’s planned production expansion and related capital expenditures; reduced customer demand, or delays in growth of customer demand, for higher performance lithium compounds, the potential development and adoption of battery technologies that do not rely on performance lithium compounds as an input; risks inherent in international operations and sales, including political, financial and operational risks specific to Argentina, China and other countries where Livent has active operations; customer concentration and the possible loss of, or significant reduction in orders from, large customers; failure to satisfy customer quality standards; fluctuations in the price of energy and certain raw materials; failure to achieve the expected benefits of Livent’s separation from FMC as well as the other factors described under the caption entitled “Risk Factors” in Livent’s 2018 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2019, the first quarter 2019 Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2019, and the second quarter 2019 Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2019. Although Livent believes the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, Livent cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any of these forward-looking

  • statements. We are under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this presentation to conform our prior

statements to actual results or revisedexpectations.

Non-GAAP FinancialTerms

These slides contain certain non-GAAP financial terms. We have provided on our website at www.livent.com reconciliations of non-GAAP terms to the most directly comparable GAAP term, including adjusted earnings per share, Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted cash from operations. Although we provide forecasts for adjusted earnings per share, Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted cash from operations, we are not able to forecast the most directly comparable measures calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Certain elements of the composition of the GAAP amounts are not predictable, making it impractical for us to forecast such GAAP measures or to reconcile corresponding non-GAAP financial measures to such GAAP measures without unreasonable efforts. For the same reason, we are unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information. Such elements include, but are not limited to restructuring, transaction related charges and related cash activity. As a result, no GAAP outlook is provided.

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  • Meets Third Quarter Adjusted EPS (1) and Adjusted EBITDA (1)

Guidance

  • Announces MoU for Multi-year Supply of Lithium Hydroxide to LG
  • Provides First Look at Expected 2020 Volumes
  • Reinforces Commitment to Existing Expansion Plans

Highlights

(1) Denotes non-GAAP financial term.

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  • Pricing pressure
  • Continued oversupply
  • Spodumene miners reducing

production

  • Cancelled and delayed capacity

expansions

  • Rising hydroxide demand;

slowing carbonate growth

  • New EV launches continue to be

announced

  • Supportive government policies

reaffirmed (China, EU)

  • High nickel cathode shift

accelerating

  • Supply chain becoming clearer

Current Market Conditions

Lithium EVs

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Reported Financial Results

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Q3’19 vs. Q3’18 Revenue Bridge: Volume: (4%) F/X: (1%) Price/Mix: (8%)

Note: Amounts in millions of USD. (1) Denotes non-GAAP financial term.

Q3 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2018 Q3'19 vs. Q3'18

Revenue $98 $114 $112 (13%) Adjusted EBITDA (1) $28 $28 $42 (33%) GAAP Net Income $18 $16 $30 (40%)

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Q3 Adj. EBITDA (1) Bridge

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Note: Amounts in millions of USD. (1) Denotes non-GAAP financial term.

Year over Year Quarter over Quarter

(1) (1) (1) (1)

$28.0 $28.2 ($6.9) $0.0 $7.5 ($0.4)

  • Adj. EBITDA

Q2 2019 Volume Price / Mix Cost & Other F/X

  • Adj. EBITDA

Q3 2019 $41.8 $28.2 ($0.4) ($9.4) ($3.2) ($0.6)

  • Adj. EBITDA

Q3 2018 Volume Price / Mix Cost & Other F/X

  • Adj. EBITDA

Q3 2019

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Q4 and Full Year 2019 Outlook

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Note: Amounts in millions of USD. (1) Denotes non-GAAP financial term. (2) Adjusted EPS calculated using approximately 146.5 million shares outstanding.

YTD (Sept 30) Q4 2019E Full Year 2019E Revenue $310 $90 - $100 $400 - $410

  • Adj. EBITDA (1)

$84 $21 - $26 $105 - $110

  • Adj. EPS (1)(2)

36¢ 8¢ - 11¢ 44¢ - 47¢

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Q4 2019 Compared to Q3 2019

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  • Carrying up to 4,000 metric tons of hydroxide

inventory into 2020 to meet customer commitments, resulting in lower Q4 sales versus Q3

  • Improved customer / product mix
  • Decline in carbonate sales price
  • FX headwinds

Driver EBITDA Impact Commentary / Expectations Volume Decrease Price / Mix, Cost & Other Flat

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Cash Flow and Capital Spending

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Note: Amounts in millions of USD. (1) Denotes non-GAAP financial term. (2) Includes capital expenditures and other investing activities.

YTD (Sept 30) Full Year 2019 2018 '19 vs. '18 2019 Outlook Cash From Operations (GAAP) $65 $63 $2 Adjusted Cash from Operations (1) $93 $68 $25 $80 - $90 Capital Spending (1)(2) ($125) ($47) ($78) ($210) - ($240) Of which: Argentina ($84) ($25) ($59) (~$165) Hydroxide expansion & other ($41) ($22) ($19) (~$60)

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2020 Volume Outlook (Hydroxide & Carbonate Only)

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Production Sales

Note: 1 product ton of hydroxide is equivalent to c.0.9 product tons of carbonate.

(000 product tons)

2019E 2020E Carbonate (Argentina) ~17 ~18.5 Hydroxide (US / China) ~21 ~22

(000 product tons)

2019E 2020E Carbonate ~2 < 1 Hydroxide ~17 25 - 26

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