Company reports completion of highest priority components of its ‘Bridge to Profitability’ plan, including securing new term loan, recapitalization of debt, attraction of additional equity investment, and material cost reductions across the organization

Rubicon Technologies, Inc. (“Rubicon” or the “Company”) (NYSE: RBT), a leading digital marketplace for waste and recycling and provider of innovative software-based products for businesses and governments worldwide, recently announced the closing of significant new debt and equity financing and today provides an update on the progress of its strategic ‘Bridge to Profitability’ plan, as discussed in the Company’s recent earnings materials.

Rubicon’s focus since the fourth quarter of 2022 has been to improve its liquidity position and accelerate its progress to profitability through a number of key initiatives designed to improve margins, reduce operating costs, and increase the Company’s financial strength and flexibility. Rubicon has successfully completed all the highest priority tasks within its strategic plan and remains confident in its ability to achieve its goals of generating positive Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2023, as well as for the full year 2024. The Company is confident in its runway to achieve these targets and beyond based on the additional liquidity secured through the instruments further outlined below.

The Company has successfully:

• Closed a new $75 million term loan and extended debt maturities to June 2025;
• Expanded revolver capacity by $15 million with a new $90 million revolving credit line and extended the maturity to March 2025;
• Secured an additional $24 million of equity financing from new and existing investors;
• Reduced expenses by estimated $28 million on an annualized basis as of May 2023, through actions designed to help optimize supplier costs and general and administrative expenses, and previously announced workforce reductions;
• Expanded Adjusted Gross Profit Margin by 130 bps as compared to the third quarter of 2022, immediately prior to initiating the Bridge to Profitability Plan, resulting in an Adjusted Gross Profit Margin of 8.9% for the first quarter of 2023. This was achieved through growth in higher-margin SaaS business, high-grading the existing customer portfolio, and eliminating less profitable accounts;
• Completed high-priority expense reduction and profitability initiatives while driving 13% growth in revenue year over year in the first quarter of 2023, demonstrating strong unit economics as the Company continues to scale its category-defining sustainable products.

As a result of these actions, Rubicon is already benefitting from an increase in available working capital, which will enable continued investment in its market-leading digital platform, support the development of new product and service offerings, facilitate its next phase of growth, and increase shareholder value.

“We are thrilled to share this progress update on our key goals for 2023 and beyond. In less than a year, we have accomplished all of the highest priority tasks that we laid out in November last year,” said Phil Rodoni, CEO of Rubicon. “We had an extremely steep hill to climb, and there is more work yet to do, but I am so grateful to our customers, partners, and investors for their continued support. I would also like to say a special thank you to the entire Rubicon team for their tireless work in support of our Bridge to Profitability plan. I am excited for the future of Rubicon and cannot wait to see what we do next.”

For additional information please refer to Rubicon’s earnings materials and SEC filings, available on the IR section of the Company’s website.

About Rubicon

Rubicon Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: RBT) is a digital marketplace for waste and recycling, and provider of innovative software-based products for businesses and governments worldwide. Striving to create a new industry standard by using technology to drive environmental innovation, the Company helps turn businesses into more sustainable enterprises, and neighborhoods into greener and smarter places to live and work. Rubicon’s mission is to end waste. It helps its customers find economic value in their waste streams and confidently execute on their sustainability goals. To learn more, visit rubicon.com.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

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