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NOVAMETRIX MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC.
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[Slides to be used at meetings with stockholders
beginning November 12, 1996]
NOVAMETRIX
MEDICAL SYSTEMS
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NOVAMETRIX MEDICAL SYSTEMS
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PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF ANDROS INC.
OVERVIEW
* BENEFITS OF ACQUISITION * PURCHASE PRICE
* ANDROS BUSINESS * ANDROS BOOK NET WORTH
* ANDROS FINANCIAL HISTORY * DILUTION
* ANDROS FINANCIAL REVIEW * GENSTAR
* QUARTER ENDING 7/31/96 * BOARD REPRESENTATION
* BASE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS * SUMMARY
* DEBT
[Stockholders are to be referred to the statements in the Proxy Statement dated
October 23, 1996 regarding risks associated with forward-looking information.]
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BENEFITS OF ACQUISITION
* REVENUE SHOULD TRIPLE
* EPS SHOULD MORE THAN DOUBLE
* CASH FLOW SHOULD MORE THAN QUADRUPLE
* CRITICAL SIZE PROVIDES:
* MARKET LEVERAGE
* FINANCIAL COMMUNITY VISIBILITY
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BENEFITS OF ACQUISITION (CONT.)
* GENSTAR WANTS TO DRIVE SHAREHOLDER VALUE
* TECHNOLOGY BASE IS STRENGTHENED
* MARKET OPPORTUNITIES ARE BROADENED
* ANDROS HAS STRONG GROWTH PROSPECTS
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BACKGROUND OF ANDROS INC.
* FORMED IN 1968 TO DEVELOP SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS UNDER CONTRACT TO
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
* LEADING MANUFACTURER OF NON-DISPERSIVE INFRARED (NDIR) GAS
INSTRUMENTATION
* NDIR TECHNOLOGY SERVES MEDICAL, AUTOMOTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS
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BACKGROUND OF ANDROS INC. (CONT.)
* LARGEST PROVIDER OF AUTOMOTIVE GAS ANALYZERS IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE
WITH 70% MARKET SHARE
* LARGEST PROVIDER OF ANESTHETIC AGENT MONITORS IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE
WITH 45% MARKET SHARE
* STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH PRIMARY OEM MANUFACTURERS
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ANDROS MEDICAL MARKETS
* TRADITIONAL 45% PLUS WORLDWIDE MARKET SHARE
* NDIR MULTIGAS ANESTHETIC AGENT BENCHES MEASURE:
* NITROUS OXIDE
* CARBON DIOXIDE
* 5 HALOGENATED ANESTHETIC AGENTS
* OXYGEN
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ANDROS MEDICAL MARKETS (CONT.)
* A STANDARD OF CARE IN U.S., WESTERN EUROPE AND JAPANESE OPERATING ROOMS
* MAJOR OEM PARTNERS INCLUDE:
* HEWLETT PACKARD
* SIEMENS SME
* DRAEGERWERK
* DATASCOPE
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NOVAMETRIX MEDICAL SYSTEMS
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ANDROS MEDICAL MARKETS (CONT.)
* DEVELOPING MICROBENCH
* REDUCED SIZE
* REDUCED COST
* REDUCED POWER
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OTHER ANDROS MEDICAL PRODUCTS
* SIDESTREAM CO2 BENCH
* MAINSTREAM CO2 BENCH
* O2 SENSORS
* PULMONARY FUNCTION BENCHES
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ANDROS AUTOMOTIVE MARKET
* TRADITIONAL 70% PLUS WORLDWIDE MARKET SHARE
* NDIR MULTIGAS BENCHES MEASURE
* HYDROCARBONS
* CARBON MONOXIDE
* CARBON DIOXIDE
* OXYGEN
* DIGITAL OPACIMETER
* MEASURES THE DENSITY OF EXHAUST SMOKE
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ANDROS AUTOMOTIVE MARKET (CONT.)
* ANNUAL REVENUE IMPACTED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION
* 1977 AMENDMENTS OF 1970 CAA STIMULATED U.S. BUSINESS
* MAJOR AUTOMOTIVE OEM PARTNERS INCLUDE:
* SUN ELECTRIC
* TECNOTEST S.R.L.
* SNAP-ON TOOLS
* AUTOMOTIVE DIAGNOSTICS
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ANDROS AUTOMOTIVE MARKET (CONT.)
* INTRODUCING NEW MICROBENCH
* REDUCED COST
* REDUCED SIZE
* ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS (NOX)
* EXPAND MARKET
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ANDROS ENVIRONMENTAL MARKET
LEAD BASED PAINT
* 25% - 30% MARKET SHARE LEAD BASED PAINT (LBP) MARKET
* LBP MARKET DRIVEN BY "RESIDENTIAL LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION
ACT OF 1992"
* TITLE X DISCLOSURE RULE
* REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF KNOWN LEAD BASED PAINT HAZARDS ON
PRE-1978 DWELLINGS (DEC. 96)
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ANDROS ENVIRONMENTAL MARKET
LEAD BASED PAINT (CONT.)
* 50 MILLION PRE-1978 DWELLINGS
* SCITEC MAP-4, "XRF" TECHNOLOGY IS A HAND-HELD, MOBILE, LEAD BASED
PAINT ANALYZER IDEAL FOR ON-SITE LEAD BASED PAINT DETECTION:
* LOW COST OF OPERATION
* COMPLETE SPECTRUM ANALYSIS
* MEETS EPA CRITERIA
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ANDROS ENVIRONMENTAL MARKET
AMBIENT AIR MONITORING
* FREON, A CFC HAS BECOME SCARCE AND EXPENSIVE DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL
CONCERNS
* IF FREON IS LOST IN A SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, THE COST TO
RECHARGE THE SYSTEM CAN EXCEED $50,000
* CPC, A LEADING MANUFACTURER OF REFRIGERATION CONTROL EQUIPMENT HAS
SIGNED AN INITIAL $2 MILLION, 2 YEAR CONTRACT FOR THE ANDROS NDIR
FREON ANALYZER WHICH BEGAN IN 1996
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ANDROS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
* DEVELOPMENT OF MICROBENCH TECHNOLOGY
* SIGNIFICANT NEW CUSTOMERS FOR MEDICAL PRODUCTS
* NEW FEDERAL REGULATION REGARDING LEAD TESTING
* STREAMLINING OF OPERATING EXPENSES
* RESTRUCTURING OF EUROPEAN OPERATIONS
* FOCUS ON QUALITY ISSUES
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SYNERGIES FROM THE COMBINATION
* COMMON TECHNOLOGIES IN NDIR
* SHARE TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
* ENHANCED R&D EFFORTS
* POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT
* ANDROS FILLS THE GAS ANALYZER GAP IN NOVAMETRIX PRODUCT OFFERING
* BROADENED PROFILE AS AN OEM SUPPLIER THROUGH ANDROS RELATIONSHIPS
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SYNERGIES FROM THE COMBINATION (CONT.)
* DIRECT SELLING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH NOVAMETRIX MARKETING
* MANUFACTURING AND PURCHASING ECONOMIES OF SCALE
* STRENGTH OF NOVAMETRIX MANAGEMENT APPLIED TO ANDROS
* MARKET DIVERSIFICATION WITH THE ADDITION OF AUTOMOTIVE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL LINES
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ANDROS CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
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1992 1993 1994 1995
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Net Sales 35,001 39,723 57,742 42,753
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Gross Profit 17,569 19,993 26,954 19,502
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Gross Margin 50.2% 50.3% 46.7% 45.6%
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Overhead 8,694 9,110 13,063 15,303
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Unadjusted EBITDA 8,875 10,883 13,891 4,199
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Scitec Restructuring - - - 2,728
Salaries & Benefits - - - 2,123
Consultants Elim. - - - 193
Investment Banking - - - 240
European Restructuring - - - 1,091
Management Adds - - - (525)
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Other Changes - - - 862
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Adjusted EBITDA 8,875 10,883 13,891 10,911
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25.4% 27.4% 24.1% 25.5%
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NOVAMETRIX MEDICAL SYSTEMS
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ANDROS Q1 '97 (ENDED 7/31/96)
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Actual Adjustments Projected
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Revenue $9,608 $1,250 $10,858
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Gross Profit 3,859 832 4,691
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% 40.2% 43.2%
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R&D/SG&A 2,302 2,302
Amort. Goodwill 255 255
Amort. Loan Orig. Fees 294 (294) -
Interest 1,056 1,056
Other (326) 326 -
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Pre-tax Income $278 $800 $1,078
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% of Revenue 2.9% 9.9%
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BASE PROJECTIONS OF COMBINED COMPANY
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NOVA ANDROS TOTAL
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Revenue $31.6 $43.4 $75.0
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Gross Profit 18.0 18.7 36.8
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% 57.0% 43.2% 49.0%
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R&D Expense 3.6 3.3 6.9
S, G, & A 9.9 5.6 15.5
Other 0.2 0.2
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Operating Income 4.3 9.8 14.2
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% 13.6% 20.5% 18.9%
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Goodwill 1.5
Interest 3.6
Pre-tax Income 9.1
Income Taxes 3.5
Net Income $5.6
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Shares Outstanding (mils) 14.3
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EPS fully taxed $0.39
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BASE CASH FLOW OF COMBINED BUSINESS
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NOVA ANDROS TOTAL
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Revenue $31.6 $43.4 $75.0
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Gross Profit 18.0 18.7 36.8
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% 57.0% 43.2% 49.0%
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R&D Expense 3.6 3.3 6.9
S, G, & A 9.9 5.6 15.5
Other 0.2 0.0 0.2
Operating Income 4.3 9.8 14.2
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Depreciation & Amortization 2.8
EBITDA 17.0
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% 22.7%
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Debt interest payments (3.6)
Taxes paid (est.) (2.8)
Capital expenditures (1.0)
Cash available for debt reduction $9.6
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COMPONENTS OF DEBT OF COMBINED COMPANY
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Existing Andros Debt 42.0
Existing Nova Debt 2.4
Andros Revolver 1.0
Transact Costs 2.6
Combined Total Debt $48.0
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Estimated Interest Rates:
Revolver Libor* +3**
Term "A" Libor +3**
Term "B" Libor +3.25
* London Interbank Offered Rate
** decrease based upon leverage ratio
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ACQUISITION IS NON-DILUTIVE
[Bar Graphs depicting earnings (after 36% tax rate), number of shares and
earnings per share of Stand Alone Novametrix FY '96 and Combined Company
FY '98.]
[For Stand Alone Novametrix FY '96 the graph depicts earnings of $1.3 million,
8.1 million shares and earnings per share of $.17/sh.]
[For the Combined Company FY '98 the graph depicts earnings of $5.6 million,
14.3 million shares and earnings per share of $.39/sh.]
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AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE OF COMBINED COMPANY
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Term Term Total
"A" "B"
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FY '97 $1.3 - $1.3
FY '98 4.0 - 4.0
FY '99 5.5 - 5.5
FY '00 7.0 .5 7.5
FY '01 8.0 .5 8.5
FY '02 - .5 .5
FY '03 - 5.5 5.5
FY '04 - 8.0 8.0
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$25.8 $15.0 $40.8
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ANDROS BOOK NET WORTH
POST GENSTAR ACQUISITION
($ 3.6M) NEGATIVE NET WORTH 7/31/96
22.7 IN-PROCESS R&D*
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$19.1 NET WORTH WITHOUT ONE-TIME BOOK ADJUSTMENT
*ONE-TIME ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT AT THE TIME OF ACQUISITION OF ANDROS BY
GENSTAR, REDUCED THE GOODWILL OF ANDROS
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ANDROS PURCHASE PRICE
Ratio of FY'96
sales ($43m) to
purchase price
4.4 MILLION* SHARES $5.75 $25M
DEBT 42M
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ENTERPRISE VALUE 67M 1.55X
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*38% OF SHARES OUTSTANDING POST MERGER, CAN INCREASE TO 43% AS ANDROS REVENUE
GROWS BETWEEN $48.9 AND $57.6M.
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INDUSTRY PURCHASE PRICE RATIOS
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<CAPTION>
DATE ANNOUNCED TARGET NAME ACQUIROR NAME ENT. VAL/SALES
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
2/12/92 Spacelabs Inc. Shareholders 1.3x
7/1/92 Micron Products Inc. Arrhythmia Research Technology 2.8
5/19/93 Physical Health Devices Inc. Empi Inc. 2.3
6/11/93 Andover Medical Inc. CONMED Corp. 0.9
10/7/93 Advanced Interventional Systems Spectranetics Corp. 1.0
12/21/93 Diagnostic Medical Instruments Burdick Inc. (Siemens Corp.) 0.4
4/8/94 Corometrics Medical Systems Marquette Electronics Inc. USA 0.8
7/12/94 Diasonics Ultrasound Inc. Elbit Ltd. (Elron Electronic) 0.4
5/22/95 Puritan-Bennett Nellcor Inc. 1.4
7/17/95 Visiplex Instruments-Multiform AFP Imaging Corp. 0.6
11/6/95 E for M Corp. Marquette Electronics Inc. 0.5
1/30/96 Daig Corporation St. Jude Medical Inc. 10.7
5/14/96 Medical Data Electronics Thermo Electron Corp. 1.1
9/10/96 Aequitron Medical, Inc. Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Inc. 1.6
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BACKGROUND OF GENSTAR CAPITAL
* PRIVATELY HELD INVESTMENT FIRM BASED IN FOSTER CITY, CA
* PURCHASES CONTROLLING EQUITY POSITIONS IN UNDERVALUED MANUFACTURING AND
SERVICE BUSINESSES IN NORTH AMERICA
* SINCE 1991, GENSTAR HAS INVESTED IN 6 LEVERAGED EQUITY TRANSACTIONS WITH
AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $290 MILLION
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BACKGROUND OF GENSTAR CAPITAL
* IRR ON FIRST FUND WAS 44%
* SKILLED IN MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS TO BENEFIT NOVAMETRIX CORPORATE
DEVELOPMENT
* PRIMARY GOAL = SHAREHOLDER RETURN
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
* 12 MEMBER BOARD
* 50% GENSTAR
* 50% NOVAMETRIX
* DICK PATERSON OF GENSTAR WILL BE CHAIRMAN
* BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL PRESENT NOMINEES ANNUALLY FOR SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL
* BOARD OF DIRECTORS DOES NOT ELECT DIRECTORS
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SUMMARY
* REVENUE SHOULD TRIPLE, EARNINGS PER SHARE SHOULD MORE THAN DOUBLE AND
CASH FLOW SHOULD QUADRUPLE
* REVENUE PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON ACTUAL HISTORICAL RESULTS
* PLUS SIEMENS BACKLOG
* PLUS NEW SCITEC RUN RATE
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SUMMARY (CONT.)
* GOING FORWARD EBITDA/CASH FLOW ESTIMATES ARE BASED ON ACTUAL HISTORICAL
RESULTS
* CASH FLOW SHOULD AMORTIZE MOST OF THE DEBT WITHIN 5 YEARS
* DEBT AMORTIZATION ACCELERATES EARNINGS GROWTH
* BOTH ANDROS AND NOVAMETRIX HAVE SIGNIFICANT GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
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