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Disclaimer: Non-GAAP Measures This presentation includes the use of both U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") and non-GAAP financial measures. The Company believes certain financial measures, such as EBITDA from continuing operations and Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations, which are non-GAAP measures, provide users of our financial statements with supplemental information that may be useful in evaluating our operating performance. The Company believes that such non-GAAP measures, when read in conjunction with our operating results presented under GAAP, can be used to better assess our performance from period to period and relative to performance of other companies in our industry, without regard to financing methods, historical cost basis or capital structure. These measures are not measures of financial performance or liquidity under GAAP and should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, analysis of our results under GAAP. These non-GAAP measures have been reconciled to the nearest GAAP measure in the tables below entitled Reconciliation of Selected GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Measures. EBITDA from continuing operations and Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations: We define EBITDA from continuing operations as net income from continuing operations plus interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. We define Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations as EBITDA from continuing operations plus stock- based compensation, plus restructuring and severance expenses, plus losses on extinguishment of debt, and plus or minus gains or losses on acquisitions. 3


 
Trecora Overview High Purity Light Specialty Synthetic Custom Processing Hydrocarbon Wax Manufacturing Services Manufacturing (SHR) (TC) Prime Products include • Specialty waxes including • Custom manufacturing services isopentane, normal pentane, specialty polyethylene and poly provide a range of specialized isohexane and hexane alpha olefin waxes used in paints, capabilities to chemical and • Market leader (one of two inks, adhesives, coatings, and PVC industrial customers including producers in the U.S.) lubricants and are used in synthesis, hydrogenation, • Used in the production of applications such as toner in distillation, forming and polyethylene, packaging, printers and hot melt adhesives propoxylation in addition to a polypropylene, expandable • Growth driven by our number of other chemical processes polystyrene, poly- development of higher value • Growth driven by our investment in iso/urethane foams, crude waxes new capabilities and U.S. chemical oil from the Canadian tar industry investment sands, and in the catalyst support industry • Growth driven by chemical Product, manufacturing and processing ecosystem industry investment and U.S. GDP 5.7% 9.3% Byproducts Custom Processing • Aromatic compounds widely used to make other chemicals including dyes and Specialty Synthetic Waxes plastic products • Results from production of 85.0% prime products High Purity Light Hydrocarbons • Growth driven by higher reliability of new Advanced Reformer (Chart represents Q3 percentages of total Q3 revenue) (LTM Revenue = $271.9 MM) 4


 
Key Developments AMAK Sale Update  Announced definitive agreement to sell entire stake for $70 million, $60 million net  Transaction led by one of the leading metals and mining investment banks in the world  More than 50 potential buyers contacted  Ultimately chose to sell to the existing shareholders at a significantly greater valuation and at a lower risk than other alternatives  The sale, which has no financing conditions, is delayed due to government approvals; expect approvals in Q1’20 Severe Weather Event at the Silsbee Plant on October 29th  Resulted in plant shutdown and significant damage to one of our two feedstock tanks  Plant was down for about one week  Less than $2.0 million EBITDA impact to Q4’19  Potential insurance recovery greater than $1.0 million in 2020 Canadian Oil Sands (COS)  Major customer anticipates some solvent substitution in 2020  Solvent growth potential as producers forecasting relief from curtailments in 2020, facilitated by pipeline off-take  Successfully broaden customer base away from COS; in 2015 COS constituted 15% of prime product sales volume compared to 10% in 2019 5


 
2019: Delivering on Key Drivers of Execution (in millions) ($4) to $2 $1 to $2 $1 to $2 $3 to $4 $2.5 $20.3 ($1) ~40% Adj. EBITDA Growth from 2018  YTD Sept ’19 Gross Margin of 15.3% compared to YTD Sept ’18 of 11.8%  Cash Flow from Operations of $20.2 million for YTD Sept ’19, 83% improvement from YTD Sept ’18  Debt of $84.3 million as of the end of October, an $18 million reduction from year-end 2018 6


 
Why Invest in Trecora? Continuity of Successful Strategy in 2020 that Drives Shareholder Value Our Strategy Focuses on:  Safe and Reliable Operations: sustains our company and lays foundation for execution  Culture of Productivity: enhances our competitiveness and opens paths to growth  Commercial Excellence: maximizes market value capture and opens paths to growth Driving Shareholder Value:  YTD ’19 Cash Flow from Operations of $20.2 million compared to $11.1 million for YTD ’18  Debt of approx. $84.3 million as of end of October, an $18.2 million reduction since end of 2018  Disciplined capital allocation: 2019 capital expenditures of approx. $10 million ($25.3 million in 2018 and $51.6 million in 2017)  AMAK proceeds achieve debt reduction targets  Exploring options to use remaining proceeds to potentially fund share repurchases  Financial flexibility enables growth options 7 7


 
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