Ann: CXL - LEILAC commissioning commences, page-2

Big milestone achieved;

CALIX COMMENCES COMMISSIONING OF LEILAC PROJECT ON TIME AND ON BUDGET
Highlights:• Calix’s world leading CO2 capture technology for lime and cement, Project LEILAC (Low Emissions Intensity Lime And Cement), has successfully begun commissioning on time and budget at Heidelberg Cement’s operations at Lixhe in Belgium.• The LEILAC Project is a European Union Horizon 2020 (H2020) research and innovation project which has been running since 2016.• Project LEILAC forms an integral part of the European Union’s target of reducing CO2 emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. To meet the target, the European cement industry will need to deploy carbon capture across 60 % of its cement plants.• Calix is the core technology provider for Project LEILAC with its patented Direct Separation technology aiming to enable the efficient capture of the unavoidable process emissions from lime and cement production.• Project LEILAC consortium consists of the largest lime and cement companies in the world, including HeidelbergCement, Lhoist, Cemex, and Tarmac (a CRH company). Calix is the core technology provider and project leader