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Update Report December 4, 2020

Source: Company Reports, S&P Capital IQ, Yahoo!Finance, eResearch Corp.

Chris Thompson, CFA, MBA, P.Eng. Director of Equity Research

Peak Fintech Group Inc. (CSE: PKK; OTCQX: PKKFF)

Quarterly Revenue Doubles Again as Fintech Platform Gains Traction

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Peak Fintech Group Inc. (“Peak” or “the Company”) is the parent company of

a group of financial technology (“FinTech”) subsidiaries operating in China’s

commercial lending industry. Peak thereby provides an investment vehicle for North American investors looking to participate in China’s FinTech industry. In China,

Peak’s subsidiaries use technology, analytics, and artificial intelligence (“AI”) to

provide loans, help small and medium enterprises (“SMEs”) obtain loans, help

lenders find clients, and also minimize lending risk. Peak accomplishes this through an ecosystem of lenders, borrowers, loan brokers, and other participants that have

come together around its Cubeler Lending Hub platform.

INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS:

Peak’s revenue in Q3/2020 doubles to $15.1 million compared to $7.3 million

in Q2/2020. Revenue for the quarter was 35% higher than our estimate of $11.2 million and illustrates the adoption of Peak’s solutions in the marketplace. The

Company continued to benefit from its lending platforms being used to help

distribute government relief funds in China to SMEs that were affected by the

coronavirus.

In Q3/2020, 94% of revenue was generated by Peak’s Fintech Platform. The Company’s FinTech platform’s revenue was $14.2 million compared with $0.9

million from Financial Services.

Large increase in Outsourcing Services expense hampers positive EBITDA. Currently representing almost 89% of sales in Q3/2020, up from 75% in

Q2/2020, Peak believes that some of the Outsourcing Services will be brought in-house and Outsourcing Services should reduce to 40-50% of the Sales by the

end of 2021.

Model Impacts: Due to higher revenue in Q3/2020 than we modeled, we have

increased our Q4/2020 and 2021 revenue estimates. In addition, we have

increased revenue estimates in 2021 and beyond to reflect the new client

announcements.

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS & VALUATION:

We modelled Peak’s revenue for 2020-2022 as a sum of the revenue from

the six operating subsidiaries and estimated:

o 2020: Revenue $42.8 million; EBITDA $0.9 million;

o 2021: Revenue $86.1 million; EBITDA $21.2 million;

o 2022: Revenue $103.6 million; EBITDA $40.3 million.

Using a revenue multiple of 4x Revenue, an EBITDA multiple of 10x

EBITDA, and a DCF at 10%, we estimate an equal-weighted price per

share target of $2.38.

We are increasing our one-year target price to $2.40 from $1.80 and

changing the rating to Speculative Buy from Buy.

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Rating Buy

Target Price (C$) $1.80

Revenue 2020E (M) $35.3

Adj. EBITDA 2020E (M) $2.9

Adj. EPS 2020 (M) $0.00

MARKET DATA

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Website: peakfintechgroup.com

FINANCIALS

2019A 2020E 2021E

Revenue ($M) $11.7 $42.8 $86.1

Adj. EBITDA ($M) $0.0 $0.9 $21.2

EPS (S) $0.00 -$0.01 $0.12

Cash ($M) $1.7 $4.8 $14.0

Current Assets ($M) $18.0 $26.7 $43.8

Net Cash ($M) -$16.1 -$17.7 -$18.4

Total Assets ($M) $29.4 $33.6 $50.2

Debt ($M) $3.4 $3.7 $3.4

Total Liabilities ($M) $9.2 $12.2 $23.9

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COMPANY SUMMARY AND UPDATE

Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Peak Fintech Group Inc. (“Peak”) is the parent company of a group of FinTech subsidiaries operating in China’s commercial lending industry.

In November 2020, Peak changed its name from Peak Positioning Technologies Inc. to Peak Fintech Group Inc. as

part of a plan to rebrand the Company to better reflect the collective business operations of its subsidiaries.

OLD LOGO NEW LOGO

Over the past three years, Peak has created six operating subsidiaries in China focusing on FinTech solutions,

primarily in the commercial credit industry:

1. Asia Synergy Information Technology (“AST”); 2. Asia Synergy Data Solutions (“ASDS”);

3. Asia Synergy Financial Capital (“ASFC”) – joint venture, 49% ownership;

4. Asia Synergy Credit Solutions (“ASCS”); 5. Asia Synergy Supply Chain Technology (“ASSC”) – joint venture, 49% ownership;

6. Jinxiaoer Technology Ltd. (“Jinxiaoer”).

According to Peak’s financial information, revenue from Q3/2020 was divided as such (Figure 2):

ASDS, ASSC and Jinxiaoer: 94%;

ASCS and ASFC: 6%;

AST: negligible.

For detailed information on Peak’s corporate structure, see “APPENDIX A: PEAK’S CORPORATE

STRUCTURE”.

For North American investors looking to participate in the digitization of China’s financial services industry, Peak

provides an investment vehicle to enter this market. Peak’s subsidiaries have created a technology-based ecosystem of lenders, borrowers, and other participants in China’s commercial lending and supply chain industries, targeting

SMEs.

During this year, Peak is providing technology and loan-facilitation services to help support the Chinese economy after the COVID-19 health crisis. The market opportunity in China for Peak’s solutions is large as the number of

SMEs was estimated to be over 80 million. Peak’s loan-matching solutions automate various aspects of lending

transactions, including financial due diligence and qualification for borrowers, making it faster and easier for a

Chinese SME to obtain credit and reduces the risk for corporate lenders.

Peak is tailoring financial lending and credit solutions that target the complete business ecosystem - Raw Material

Providers, Manufacturers, Distributors and Retailers. Deals signed by Peak since eResearch’s last report include:

Peak reported that its Lending Hub platform is powering a commercial lending financial centre launched by the Jiangyin municipal government to help the city's businesses gain greater access to loans and credit.

Peak announced that ASFC signed an agreement with Beijing Beijia Trading Company Ltd. ("BBTC"), to finance BBTC's Baidu smart speaker orders.




Peak reported that it signed an agreement with the parent company of national consumer electronics

distributor Beijing Dianjing Company Ltd. ("BDC") to bring financing solutions to BDC's 60,000 online

retail clients.

Peak announced that it has won a bid from the city of Nanjing to provide the software platform that will

power the city's planned commercial lending financial centre.

Peak stated that it has signed an agreement with Beijing Jingying Corporate Management Ltd. ("BJM"), a

packaged foods wholesale distributor, to bring Peak's Cubeler Lending Hub financing solution to BJM and

its more than 250,000 retail clients.

Peak announced that it has signed an agreement with high-end Italian retailer Gruppo Coin ("Coin") to

provide short-term loans to Coin's social-media-influencer online sales partners.

REVIEW OF PEAK’S Q3/2020 FINANCIALS

For the 3 months ended September 30, 2020, Peak reported revenue of $15.1 million, more than double the revenue

of $7.3 million in Q2/2020 and more than triple the review of $4.5 million in Q3/2019. Revenue for the quarter was

35% higher than our estimate of $11.2 million and illustrates the adoption of Peak’s solutions in the marketplace.

In Q3/2020, as revenue doubled quarter-over-quarter, Operating Expenses also doubled, increasing to $15.1 million from $7.6 million in Q2/2020. The increase was primarily due to Outsourcing Services expense of $13.4 million in

Q3/2020 versus $5.4 million Q2/2020.

As mentioned in our last research report, Outsourcing Services was introduced as part of the new ASSC business subsidiary that was started in 2019. The Outsourcing Services include logistical services related to material

purchased by ASSC clients on credit and where credit was extended because of ASSC’s credit analysis services

utilizing Peak’s Lending Hub platform. Currently representing almost 89% of sales in Q3/2020, up from 75% in Q2/2020, Peak believes that some of the Outsourcing Services will be brought in-house and Outsourcing Services

should reduce to 40-50% of the Sales by the end of 2021.

We modeled Outsourcing Services at 80% of Sales in Q1/2021, reduced down to 50% of sales by Q4/2021

and 50% of Sales in the subsequent years.

In the third quarter, Peak incurred a net loss of $0.51 million compared to a net loss of $0.53 million in the previous

quarter, and much worse than our estimate of a gain of $0.52 million due to higher Outsourcing Expense costs than

we estimated. Cash Flow from Operations in Q3/2020 was negative at $0.02 million compared to only positive $0.14 million in the previous quarter. Adjusted EBITDA was positive $0.13 million, much worse than our estimate

of positive $1.5 million, primarily caused by much higher Outsourcing Expenses and slightly higher Consulting &

Professional Fees. Consulting & Professional Fees were higher in the quarter as Peak on-boarded new clients and opened operations in new cities.

Figure 1: Financial Summary

Source: Company Report and eResearch Corp.

Model Data Q319A 2019A Q120A Q220A Q320A Q320E Change Q420E 2020E

Revenue ($M) $4.5 $11.7 $3.9 $7.3 $15.1 $11.2 35% $16.5 $42.8

Adj. EBITDA ($M) $0.2 $1.5 $0.2 $0.2 $0.1 $1.5 ($1.40) $1.3 $1.8

EPS (Basic) ($0.00) ($0.00) ($0.00) ($0.00) ($0.01) $0.01 ($0.01) $0.01 ($0.01)

CFPS $0.00 ($0.00) $0.00 $0.00 ($0.00) $0.07 ($0.07) $0.05 $0.08




Revenue Segmentation

In Q3/2020, revenue was divided into: (1) Fintech Platform: $14.2 million, 94% of annual revenue.

(2) Financial Services: $0.9 million, 6% of annual revenue.

Figure 2: Revenue Segmentation

Source: Company Report and eResearch Corp.

ASDS, ASSC and Jinxiaoer operate primarily as part of Peak’s Fintech Platform, which includes credit analysis

services, and various financial and logistical services specifically catered to supply-chain participants. ASCS and

ASFC operate as part of Peak’s Financial Services group and offer loans and loan management services.

ASDS and ASCS accounted for $8.3 million (70.6%) of revenue in 2019, and Jinxiaoer is a recent acquisition. These subsidiaries did not exist or generate revenue in 2018 and, in effect, are still in a start-up mode.

Figure 3: Revenue and EBITDA Margins

Source: Company Reports and eResearch Corp.

Q1/2020A Q2/2020A Q3/2020A

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Cash

Currently the revenue generated by Peak does not meet its working capital requirements and investing activities. As of November 26, 2020, the cash available to operate the Company, including cash at ASFC for loan purposes,

amounted to approximately $4.97 million.

We estimate that Peak’s cash flow from operations should be positive starting Q4/2020 and into 2021. In addition, the new revenue streams should help increase the cash balance.

Given the current stock price is above the strike prices on the options, warrants and convertible debentures, we

expect that the holders will be encouraged to convert the debentures or exercise their securities. Currently this

represents over $21 million that should eventually allow the Company to meet its working capital needs.

Events in the Quarter

Major company news events that occurred during Q3/2020 included:

On July 15, Peak announced that the common shares would begin trading on the OTCQB market in the

U.S., under the symbol "PKKFF" and continue to trade under the symbol "PKK" on the Canadian Securities

Exchange (“CSE”).

On July 27, Peak announced a share consolidation on the basis of one (1) post-consolidation share for each

ten (10) pre-consolidation share, reducing the number of shares issued and outstanding from 804.9 million to 80.49 million.

On August 24, Peak closed the second tranche of a private placement consisting in the sale of 17.8 million

units at a price of $0.20 per unit for gross proceeds of $3.6 million. Each unit consisted of one common

share and one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling the holder to acquire one

common share at a price of $0.25 for a period of 24 months following the closing date of the offering.

On September 21, Peak announced that it has qualified to trade on the OTCQX Best Market, upgrading

from the OTCQB Venture Market. Peak's symbol on the OTCQX remains "PKKFF."

On September 28, Peak reported that its Lending Hub platform is powering a commercial lending financial

centre launched by the Jiangyin municipal government to help the city's businesses gain greater access to

loans and credit. Any of the city's more than 200,000 micro, small, and medium-sized businesses can apply to receive loan and credit offers from 30 banks, based on data analysis performed by Peak's Lending Hub.

Peak receives a service fee ranging from 1% to 2.5% of all loans granted through the Financial Centre,

while most of the loans are guaranteed by a municipal government fund in partnership with 8 insurance companies and 3 investment funds.

Subsequent Events to the Quarter End

Subsequent company news events that occurred after September 30, 2020, included:

On October 1, Peak announced that its Asia Synergy Financial Capital ("ASFC") subsidiary signed an agreement with Beijing Beijia Trading Company Ltd. ("BBTC"), to finance BBTC's Baidu smart speaker

orders. Under the agreement, Wuxi Industry Development Group will provide logistics and warehousing

and will finance up to 90% of BBTC's smart speaker orders while ASFC will finance up to 10% of the

value of the orders.

On October 5, Peak closed a $500,000 financing to help fund a likely upcoming joint venture between the Company and Beijing Youxiangtong Group ("BYG"), whose subsidiaries include national consumer

electronics distributor Beijing Dianjing Company Ltd. ("BDC"). Peak sold a total of 1,250,000 units for

$500,000 with each unit priced at $0.40 and composed of one common share and one warrant with an

exercise price of $0.40 for a period of 24 months following the closing date of the offering.




On October 20, Peak reported that it signed an agreement with the parent company of national consumer

electronics distributor Beijing Dianjing Company Ltd. ("BDC") to bring financing solutions to BDC's

60,000 online retail clients. BDC is a wholesale distributor of consumer electronics whose online retail clients sell laptops, smartphones and other consumer electronic products on China's top three e-commerce

websites. BDC's clients, who collectively sell about $50 billion worth of consumer electronics per year,

will be able to have up to 90% of the price of the products they purchase from BDC financed. Peak typically earns service fees ranging from 1% to 3% of the value of the credit amounts it helps facilitate.

On October 23, Peak announced that it has won a bid from the city of Nanjing to provide the software

platform that will power the city's planned commercial lending financial centre. The Nanjing Financial

Centre's objective will be to make loans and credit more accessible to the city's more than 620,000 small

and medium sized businesses, particularly those involved in the supply chain.

On November 19, Peak stated that it has signed an agreement with Beijing Jingying Corporate

Management Ltd. ("BJM"), a packaged foods wholesale distributor, to bring Peak's Cubeler Lending Hub

financing solution to BJM and its more than 250,000 retail clients. The program allows for retailers to have

up to 90% of the price of the products they purchase from participating distributors financed by the Lending Hub's banks and lending institutions.

On November 26, Peak reported that its name change to Peak Fintech Group Inc. will be effective as of

December 1, 2020 and its securities will begin trading under that name as of that date. The Company's

ticker symbol will remain "PKK" on the Canadian Securities Exchange and "PKKFF" on the OTCQX.

On December 1, Peak announced that it has signed an agreement with high-end Italian retailer Gruppo

Coin ("Coin") to provide short-term loans to Coin's social-media-influencer online sales partners. Chinese

influencers are using popular social media platforms to create entertaining shows during which they

promote and sell products. Coin's influencer partners will be eligible to have the production and other costs

associated with their shows financed through the Peak’s Lending Hub. Peak will earn its customary approximately 2% fee of the value of the loans provided for facilitating the transactions.

VALUATION

Peak’s Previous Guidance

On February 18, 2020, Peak released its three-year Revenue and EBITDA forecast. (Figure 4). We expect Peak to

release an updated Revenue and EBITDA forecast before the end of the year with significant upside changes.

Figure 4: Peak’s Revenue and EBITDA Forecast

2020 2021 2022

Revenue $40 million $55 million $80 million

EBITDA $4 million $22 million $55 million

eResearch’s Model - Revenue and Expenses Updates

We modelled Peak’s revenue for 2020-2021 as a sum of the revenue from the six operating subsidiaries (Figure 7).

Due to the better than expected Revenue results in Q3/2020, we increased our revenue estimate for Q4/2020 to

$16.5 from $12.9 million and increased our revenue estimate for 2020 to $42.8 million from $35.3 million.

With revenue in Q3/2020 reaching $15.1 million, we expect revenue in Q4/2020 to be slightly higher and increasing

further into 2021 as Peak signs new deals and rolls out services. However, we tampered the increase due to the

uncertainty of the continued accelerated growth due to COVID-19 related loans now that the pandemic is easing in

China.




Figure 5: Model Revisions

Source: eResearch Corp.

In addition, the potential increase in revenue from the BDC and BJM deals could be significant. If BDC has $50

billion in revenue and has even 30% of revenue requiring financing that results in financing revenue of $15 billion

dollars. If we estimate that Peak can sign-up 5% of BDC’s 60,000 clients, then financing revenue to Peak would amount to $750 million. Peak typically receives 2-4% of fees from financing. This would result in net revenue to

Peak of $22.5 million. We also assume that BJM could have a similar impact. Since both of these clients are new,

we also assume that the revenue impact will grow quarter-over-quarter as clients are signed-up. For 2021, we added $15 million of incremental revenue for BDC and BJM but will revisit each quarter.

Due to the increase in Outsourcing Services as Peak ramps up cities and services, we modeled Outsourcing Services

at 80% of Sales in Q1/2021, reduced down to 50% of sales by Q4/2021 and 50% of Sales in the subsequent years.

In our model, we estimate that Revenue and EBITDA will be:

2020: Revenue $42.8 million; EBITDA $1.8 million;

2021: Revenue $86.1 million; EBITDA $21.2 million;

2022: Revenue $103.6 million; EBITDA $40.3 million.

Our DCF model with a 10% WACC and a six-year terminal multiple of 10.0x EBITDA yields a one-year target share value of $3.59 (Figure 14). Using a revenue multiple of 4x and a one-year ahead Revenue of $79 million, the

one-year target share price is $2.43. Using an EBITDA multiple of 10x and a one-year ahead EBITDA of $13

million, the one-year target share price is $1.12.

The equal-weighted price per share is $2.38. We are increasing our one-year price target to $2.40 from $1.80

and maintaining a Speculative Buy rating.

Figure 6: Target Price (1 year) Calculation for Peak


Model Data 2020E 2020E 2021E 2021E

Revenue ($M) $42.80 $35.30 $86.1 $53.1

Adj. EBITDA ($M) $1.76 $2.89 $21.2 $10.8

EPS (Basic) ($0.01) ($0.00) $0.12 $0.07

CFPS $0.08 $0.10 $0.08 $0.08

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TARGET PRICE CALCULATIONEqual Weight - DCF + Revenue Multiple + EBITDA Multiple $2.38

Target Price (1-year): $2.40

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Figure 7: eResearch’s Peak Revenue Model


AST

Ownership 100% 100%

Transactional Volume $50,000,000 $55,000,000

Average Transaction Fee 3.50% 3.50%

Gross Revenue $1,750,000 $1,925,000

Revenue to Peak $1,750,000 $1,925,000

ASDS

Ownership 100% 100%

Loan Pool $100,000,000 $400,000,000


Loan Revenue $2,500,000 $10,000,000

Data Revenue $250,000 $1,000,000

Gross Revenue $2,750,000 $11,000,000

Revenue to Peak $2,750,000 $11,000,000

ASFC

Ownership 51% 51%

Loan Pool $30,000,000 $45,000,000

Average Interest Rate 14.50% 14.50%

Gross Revenue $4,350,000 $6,525,000

Revenue to Peak $2,218,500 $3,327,750

ASCS

Ownership 100% 100%


Loan Pool $1,000,000,000 $1,000,000,000

Utilization 3% 4%

Gross Revenue $1,950,000 $2,600,000

Revenue to Peak $1,950,000 $2,600,000

ASSC

Ownership 51% 51%

Transactional Volume $900,000,000 $1,800,000,000


Gross Revenue $27,000,000 $54,000,000

Revenue to Peak $13,770,000 $27,540,000

Jinxiaoer

Ownership 70% 70%

Transactional Volume $1,000,000,000 $2,000,000,000


Gross Revenue $5,000,000 $10,000,000

Revenue to Peak $3,500,000 $7,000,000

GROSS REVENUE $42,800,000 $86,050,000

NET REVENUE TO PEAK $25,938,500 $53,392,750

2020 2021




APPENDIX A: PEAK’S CORPORATE STRUCTURE

Over the past three years, Peak has created six operating subsidiaries in China focusing on FinTech

solutions, primarily in the commercial credit industry.

1. 2016: Asia Synergy Information Technology (“AST”)

2. 2017: Asia Synergy Data Solutions (“ASDS”) 3. 2018: Asia Synergy Financial Capital (“ASFC”) – Joint Venture with Jiu Dong Limited (49% ownership)

4. 2018: Asia Synergy Credit Solutions (“ASCS”) – Acquisition of Wenyi Financial Services Co. Ltd.

5. 2019: Asia Synergy Supply Chain Technology (“ASSC”) – Joint Venture with ZFOS (49% ownership) 6. 2019: Jinxiaoer Technology Ltd. (“Jinxiaoer”) – Acquisition of Jinxiaoer loan brokerage platform

Figure 8: Peak's Operating Subsidiaries

Subsidiary Platform Service

Offering Revenue Model Ownership

1. AST Gold River Supply-chain-related products broker

Markup fee representing a small percentage of value of products sold on Gold River platform.

100%

Cubeler Refer purchase order financing requests to Cubeler platform.

Up to 0.5% of the value of

financing transactions referred

to Cubeler platform.

2. ASDS Cubeler/

Jinxiaoer

Provides lending risk analysis and matches borrowers and lenders by using analytics and artificial intelligence.

Service fees charged for credit analysis reports and transaction fees of up to 2.5% to facilitate credit transactions between lenders and borrowers.

100%

3. ASFC Cubeler/

Jinxiaoer

Loans to SMEs, usually guaranteed by vehicles.

15%-17% annual interest

earned on loans extended.

51%

4. ASCS Cubeler/

Jinxiaoer

Turn-key credit outsourcing services to banks and other lending institutions.

Monthly service fees on the loans serviced; range of 6%-8% annually.

100%

5. ASSC Cubeler Provides supply-chain-related services and financing services to the businesses, lenders, and suppliers of China’s supply-chain industry.

Percentage of the transaction value from the lenders and from credit report fees.

51%

6. Jinxiaoer Jinxiaoer Loan brokerage platform allows sales reps and brokers to submit leads, get them matched and earn commissions, and provides qualified leads to lenders.

Membership and service fees charged to loan sales reps, Service Center fees charged to loan brokers, and service fees charged to lenders.

70%

Source: Company Reports; eResearch Corp.




APPENDIX B: PEAK’S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Figure 9: PKK Income Statement


Peak Positioning

Income Statement (As Dec 31, C$) 2019A Q120A Q220A Q320A Q420E 2020E 2021E 2022E

Revenue

Sales 11,708,653 3,949,395 7,263,504 15,116,369 16,470,732 42,800,000 86,050,000 103,565,000

Total Revenue 11,708,653 3,949,395 7,263,504 15,116,369 16,470,732 42,800,000 86,050,000 103,565,000

Expenses

General and Administrative 4,847,709 1,846,368 1,201,911 1,283,145 1,317,659 5,649,083 6,884,000 8,285,200

Consulting & Professional Fees 659,336 382,118 657,418 663,247 658,829 2,361,612 3,442,000 4,142,600

Management Fees to Officers & Directors 138,585 21,545 30,761 15,729 27,900 95,935 110,900 129,100

Travel and Entertainment 393,715 46,832 35,424 55,943 70,700 208,899 255,300 301,500

Outsourcing Services 5,319,307 2,104,150 5,422,993 13,385,347 13,200,000 34,112,490 55,300,000 51,600,000

Depreciation of Property & Equipment 455,159 128,123 148,030 21,495 113,900 411,548 392,900 421,600

Amortization 1,274,191 82,153 82,823 78,057 227,900 470,933 572,700 638,200

Total Operating Expenses 13,088,002 4,611,289 7,579,360 15,502,963 15,616,888 43,310,500 66,957,800 65,518,200

Operating Income (1,379,349) (661,894) (315,856) (386,594) 853,844 (510,500) 19,092,200 38,046,800

Total Other Income 72,824 10,336 716 (2,776) (934) 7,342 (2,937) (1,980)

EBT (1,306,525) (651,558) (315,140) (389,370) 852,910 (503,158) 19,089,263 38,044,820

Income Taxes (523,837) (154,137) (223,763) (123,504) (341,164) (842,568) (7,635,705) (15,217,928)

Net Income (Loss) (1,830,362) (805,695) (538,903) (512,874) 511,746 (1,345,726) 11,453,558 22,826,892

EPS

Basic EPS (0.003) (0.00) (0.00) (0.01) 0.01 (0.01) 0.12 0.24

Diluted EPS (0.003) (0.00) (0.00) (0.01) 0.00 (0.01) 0.08 0.15

EBITDA 48,980 172,045 176,113 127,976 1,284,656 858,615 21,185,913 40,277,689

Shares Outstanding

Shares Outstanding, Basic 720,592,135 737,830,598 742,913,017 86,648,682 96,995,026 96,995,026 96,995,026 96,995,026

Shares Outstanding, Diluted 720,592,135 737,830,598 742,913,017 86,648,682 148,419,802 96,995,026 148,419,802 148,419,802




Figure 10: PKK Balance Sheet


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Balance Sheet (As at Dec 31, C$) 2019A Q120A Q220A Q320A Q420E 2020E 2021E 2022E

Current Assets

Cash 1,717,509 5,095,395 4,798,040 7,392,570 14,010,994 14,010,995 23,905,914 46,872,426

Debtors, Loans & Other Receivables 15,125,068 15,795,722 21,275,130 34,436,678 25,252,868 25,252,868 19,848,186 21,833,005

Prepaid Expenses & Other Assets 1,184,039 2,364,047 595,556 499,556 4,493,356 4,493,356 4,350,883 4,743,960

Total Current Assets 18,026,616 23,255,164 26,668,726 42,328,804 43,757,218 43,757,219 48,104,983 73,449,391

Non-Current Assets

Property and Equipment 734,443 712,669 546,227 609,713 688,592 688,592 399,750 224,922

Intangible Assets 2,399,410 2,627,081 2,752,319 3,030,444 3,000,140 3,000,140 2,881,922 2,768,363

Loans Receivable 8,196,549 6,241,789 3,644,284 2,718,580 2,718,580 2,718,580 2,718,580 2,718,580

Total Assets 29,357,018 32,836,703 33,611,556 48,687,541 50,164,529 50,164,530 54,105,235 79,161,256

Current Liabilities

Trade & Other Payables 5,549,832 7,024,853 8,308,365 19,190,591 20,210,656 20,210,656 12,252,412 13,359,349

Debentures 3,221,281 3,148,595 3,341,211 3,271,888 2,940,498 2,940,498 1,898,597 1,197,041

Contingent Compensation Payable 254,586 254,586 254,586 254,586 254,586 254,586 254,586 254,586

Total Current Liabilities 9,050,122 10,452,457 11,928,585 22,741,488 23,430,162 23,430,162 14,430,018 14,835,398

Non-Current Liabilities

Notes Payable + Other L-T Liabilities 187,212 24,188 95,437 199,052 179,147 179,147 117,538 77,117

Total Liabilities 9,237,334 10,620,018 12,247,283 23,181,606 23,850,376 23,850,376 14,788,623 15,153,582

Shareholders Equity

Share Capital 24,775,928 25,892,852 26,451,238 28,384,821 28,384,821 28,384,821 28,384,821 28,384,821

Contributed Surplus 9,580,333 9,736,016 9,870,672 12,022,687 12,319,160 12,319,160 13,868,060 15,732,230

Retained Earnings (23,623,950) -24,516,726 -25,233,611 -26,096,500 -25,584,754 (25,584,754) -14,131,196 8,695,695

Accumulated OCI (1,054,211) 210,010 (599,760) (127,478) (127,479) (127,478) (127,478) (127,478)

Total Shareholders Equity 20,119,684 22,216,685 21,364,273 25,505,935 26,314,153 26,314,154 39,316,612 64,007,674

Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity 29,357,018 32,836,703 33,611,556 48,687,541 50,164,529 50,164,530 54,105,235 79,161,256




Figure 11: PKK Cash Flow Statement


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Cash Flow Statement (As at Dec, C$) 2019A Q120A Q220A Q320A Q420E 2020E 2021E 2022E

Cash Provided By Operating Activities

Net Income (Loss) (1,830,362) (805,695) (538,903) (512,874) 511,746 (1,345,726) 11,453,558 22,826,892

Amortization of Intangibles 595,079 82,154 82,823 78,057 30,304 273,338 118,217 113,559

Depreciation of Property & Equipment 455,159 128,123 148,030 158,704 104,035 538,892 426,595 253,160

Stock Based Compensation Expense 378,091 69,202 78,290 112,920 296,473 556,885 1,548,900 1,864,170

Impairment 584,189 - - 451 - 451 - -

Other 3,819,153 3,100,769 3,112,335 1,775,977 - 7,989,081 - -

Changes in Non-Cash Working Capital

Trade & Other Receivables (4,496,784) (1,260,188) (5,892,592) (12,601,890) 9,183,810 (10,570,860) 5,404,682 (1,984,819)

Prepaid Expenses & Other Assets (447,027) (1,080,436) 1,768,492 95,999 (3,993,800) (3,209,745) 142,473 (393,078)

Trade & Other Payables 1,567,441 93,183 1,379,903 10,868,294 1,020,065 13,361,445 (7,958,244) 1,106,937

Total Cash Provided By Operating Activities (272,840) 29,911 138,378 (24,362) 7,152,633 7,296,560 11,136,182 23,786,821

Investing Activities

Purchase of Property & Equipment (192,738) (26,993) 9,070 (3,630) (182,914) (204,467) (137,753) (78,331)

Purchase of Intangibles (697,070) (346,503) (207,713) (345,740) - (899,956) - -

Business Acquisition - - - - - - - -

Redemption of Short-Term Investments &

Restricted Cash - - - - - - - -

Total Cash From Investing Activities (1,679,947) (162,666) (20,917) (692,232) (182,914) (1,058,729) (137,753) (78,331)




APPENDIX C: FINTECH COMPARABLES

Figure 12: Canadian FinTech Comparables

Source: S&P Capital IQ; eResearch Corp.

CloseMkt CapMkt Cap Cash EV

Name Ticker Dec 03Local (M)C$ (M) (M) (M) 2018A 2019E LTM 2018A 2019E LTM 2018A 2019E LTM 2018A 2019E LTM

Large CapShopify Inc. NYSE:SHOP $1,062.68 $166,877.6 $6,121.2 $124,368.3 $1,073.2 $1,555.0 $2,456.9 -$68.7 $66.6 $59.2 115.9x 80.0x 50.6x n/a 1868.1x 2099.8x

Thomson Reuters TSX:TRI $103.48 $51,401.4 $1,702.0 $53,738.4 $5,501.0 $5,916.7 $5,951.0 $1,078.0 $1,500.5 $1,443.0 9.8x 9.1x 9.0x 49.9x 35.8x 37.2x

TMX Group TSX:X $128.19 $7,261.6 $323.5 $7,972.7 $820.7 $800.6 $1,106.0 $647.8 $459.5 $747.7 9.7x 10.0x 7.2x 12.3x 17.4x 10.7x

Mean (excludes Rev. Multiple >10; EBITDA Multiple >50) 9.7x 9.5x 8.1x 31.1x 26.6x 24.0x

Median 9.8x 10.0x 9.0x 31.1x 35.8x 37.2x

Mid Cap goeasy Ltd. TSX:GSY $88.03 $1,302.9 $82.9 $2,092.6 $250.2 $608.9 $443.9 NA $195.1 NA 8.4x 3.4x 4.7x n/a 10.7x n/a

Kinaxis Inc. TSX:KXS $189.86 $5,118.1 $210.0 $4,925.3 $150.7 $190.0 $225.6 $27.2 $54.5 $44.2 32.7x 25.9x 21.8x 181.2x 90.4x 111.5x

Lightspeed POS TSX:LSPD $78.14 $8,744.8 $513.1 $8,277.6 $71.9 $105.4 $150.3 -$17.8 -$19.6 -$50.0 115.2x 78.5x 55.1x n/a n/a n/a

Real Matters TSX:REAL $18.60 $1,588.1 $129.2 $1,470.0 $268.1 $359.2 $455.9 $3.0 $39.0 $68.4 5.5x 4.1x 3.2x 484.2x 37.7x 21.5x

Mean (excludes Rev. Multiple >10; EBITDA Multiple >50) 6.9x 3.8x 4.0x n/a 24.2x 21.5x

Median 20.5x 15.0x 13.3x 332.7x 37.7x 66.5x

Small CapAnalytixInsight TSXV:ALY $0.77 $62.5 $0.6 $62.3 $4.8 $0.0 $3.1 -$2.1 $0.0 -$2.7 12.9x n/a 20.0x n/a n/a n/a

Perk Labs CNSX:PERK $0.06 $8.9 $1.4 $7.7 $2.0 $0.0 $0.0 -$12.3 $0.0 -$3.2 3.8x n/a 303.9x n/a n/a n/a

Goldmoney TSX:XAU $2.39 $180.0 $29.9 $151.8 $318.2 $322.8 $697.0 -$15.2 -$3.1 $10.8 0.5x 0.5x 0.2x n/a n/a 14.1x

IOU Financial TSXV:IOU $0.15 $12.5 $5.3 $22.9 $5.7 $0.0 $6.4 NA $0.0 NA 4.0x n/a 3.6x n/a n/a n/a

Katipult Tech TSXV:FUND $0.22 $15.2 $1.2 $17.2 $1.2 $0.0 $1.4 -$1.9 $0.0 -$1.7 14.1x n/a 12.6x n/a n/a n/a

Marble CNSX:MRBL $0.19 $11.3 $0.3 $17.3 $0.2 $0.8 $0.4 NA $0.0 NA 90.8x 21.5x 39.5x n/a n/a n/a

Mobi724 TSXV:MOS $0.03 $5.5 $0.7 $6.9 $0.6 $0.0 $1.3 -$5.6 $0.0 -$2.2 11.0x n/a 5.4x n/a n/a n/a

Mogo Inc. TSX:MOGO $4.17 $124.7 $9.9 $209.8 $8.1 $66.2 $21.3 NA $6.3 NA 25.9x 3.2x 9.8x n/a 33.2x n/a

NamSys Inc. TSXV:CTZ $0.93 $25.4 $6.2 $19.3 $3.4 $0.0 $4.6 $1.5 $0.0 $1.4 5.7x n/a 4.2x 12.5x n/a 13.8x

NetCent CNSX:NC $1.01 $92.1 $2.4 $91.6 $0.1 $0.0 $0.2 -$8.5 $0.0 -$15.9 1141.5x n/a 525.7x n/a n/a n/a

Peak Fintech CNSX:PKK $1.60 $163.6 $7.4 $173.4 $1.7 $11.7 $30.7 -$2.2 $1.5 $0.0 103.1x 14.8x 5.6x n/a 115.6x n/a

Points Int'l. TSX:PTS $15.82 $201.5 $64.0 $170.0 $351.7 $399.0 $268.0 $13.3 $21.2 $3.6 0.5x 0.4x 0.6x 12.8x 8.0x 47.5x

Prodigy Ventures TSXV:PGV $0.09 $10.5 $1.5 $9.1 $16.9 $0.0 $17.4 $0.3 $0.0 $0.2 0.5x n/a 0.5x 30.6x n/a 43.2x

Solution Financial TSXV:SFI $0.49 $40.0 $0.9 $51.6 $6.7 $0.0 $12.2 -$0.2 $0.0 $1.2 7.7x n/a 4.2x n/a n/a 42.9x


Median 9.3x 3.2x 5.5x 12.8x 33.2x 42.9x

EV/Revenue EV/EBITDARevenue EBITDA




Figure 13: U.S.-Listed Chinese Companies that Focus on FinTech and Lending Solutions in China

Source: S&P Capital IQ; eResearch Corp.

Close Mkt Cap Cash EV

Name Ticker Dec 03 US$ (M) (US$M) (US$M) 2018A 2019E LTM 2018A 2019E LTM 2018A 2019E LTM 2018A 2019E LTM

U.S. Listed Chinese CompaniesFinVolution NYSE:FINV $2.29 $697.8 $498.6 $241.8 $3,842.0 $5,629.8 $7,178.5 $1,948.8 $2,376.3 $4,151.3 0.1x 0.0x $0.0 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x

Hexindai Inc. NasdaqGM:HX $2.42 $41.4 $10.9 $51.2 -$1.0 $0.0 $11.4 $27.0 $0.0 -$36.2 n/a n/a 4.5x 1.9x n/a n/a

Jianpu Tech NYSE:JT $2.70 $57.1 $99.8 -$17.0 $2,011.8 $2,232.6 $1,630.3 -$154.2 $65.2 -$181.0 0.0x 0.0x $0.0 0.1x -0.3x 0.1x

LexinFintech NasdaqGM:LX $7.08 $1,272.3 $234.6 $2,337.2 $2,600.6 $10,625.4 $11,760.2 $1,852.3 $2,955.4 $3,909.3 0.9x 0.2x 0.2x 1.3x 0.8x 0.6x

Qudian Inc. NYSE:QD $1.35 $342.5 $474.8 $134.0 $4,129.1 $8,640.6 $6,590.9 $2,818.0 $4,015.1 $2,334.4 0.0x 0.0x $0.0 0.0x 0.0x 0.1x

Senmiao Tech NasdaqCM:AIHS $1.28 $55.9 $4.4 $58.9 $0.3 $0.0 $7.3 -$1.3 $0.0 -$9.5 211.6x n/a 8.1x n/a n/a n/a

X Financial NYSE:XYF $2.30 $123.1 $47.7 $127.6 $3,317.1 $3,302.2 $2,141.8 $1,500.8 $0.0 -$442.5 0.0x 0.0x $0.1 0.1x n/a n/a

Yiren Digital NYSE:YRD $3.68 $341.5 $417.7 -$56.2 $11,244.1 $1,183.0 $5,164.7 $1,343.7 $155.7 $480.5 0.0x 0.0x 0.0x n/a n/a n/a


Median 0.1x 0.0x 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x 0.1x

EV/Revenue EV/EBITDARevenue US$ (M) EBITDA US$ (M)




APPENDIX D: DCF ANALYSIS

Figure 14: PKK DCF Analysis


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DCF Analysis (C$) ('000) 2018 2019E 2020E 2021E 2022E 2023E 2024E 2025E

Revenue ($M) 1.7 11.7 42.8 86.1 103.6 113.9 125.3 137.8

Revenue Growth -77.5% 596.3% 265.5% 101.1% 20.4% 10.0% 10.0% 10.0%

EBITDA ($M) -2.5 0.0 0.9 21.2 40.3 44.1 48.1 53.1

EBITDA Growth -9.0% 102.0% 1653.0% 2367.5% 90.1% 9.5% 9.0% 10.4%

EBITDA Margin -148.8% 0.4% 2.0% 24.6% 38.9% 38.7% 38.4% 38.5%

Depreciation and Amort. ($M) 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1

EBIT ($M) -3.1 -1.0 0.0 20.6 39.9 43.8 47.9 52.9

NOPAT ($M) -3.8 -2.3 0.8 13.6 27.2 29.9 32.6 36.0

Plus Amortization ($M) 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1

Less Capital Expenditures ($M) (0.2) (0.9) (1.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0)

Capital Intensity 11.3% 7.6% 2.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Net Working Capital Changes ($M) -9.2 -3.3 -0.7 -2.4 -1.3 -1.3 -1.4 -1.6

EPS (Continuing) -0.01 0.00 -0.01 0.08 0.15 0.17 0.18 0.20

Unlevered Free Cash Flow ($M) -12.6 -5.5 -0.3 11.6 26.2 28.7 31.3 34.5

PV of Unlevered FCFs ($) -15.2 -6.0 -0.2 10.5 21.5 21.4 21.2 21.3

Valuation Assumptions:

Discount Rate 10%

Terminal Multiple 10.0x

Valuation Analysis: Current 1-Yr Target 2-Yr Target

Total PV of FCFs ($M) 95.7 105.5 103.4

Terminal Value ($M) 530.9 530.9 530.9

PV of Terminal Value ($M) 327.2 359.9 395.9

Net (debt) cash position 15.6 32.0 56.5

Total Value ($M) 438.5 497.4 555.8

DCF Value/Share 3.16 3.59 4.01

FD Shares O/S (M) 138.7 138.7 138.7

Terminal EV/EBITDA Multiplier

3.59 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 13.00

6% 3.17 3.47 3.78 4.08 4.38 4.68 4.98

Discount 8% 2.98 3.26 3.54 3.82 4.10 4.38 4.66

Rate 10% 2.81 3.07 3.33 3.59 3.84 4.10 4.36

12% 2.65 2.89 3.13 3.37 3.61 3.85 4.09

14% 2.50 2.73 2.95 3.17 3.40 3.62 3.85

16% 2.37 2.58 2.79 2.99 3.20 3.41 3.62




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