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EML PAYMENTS LIMITED — AGM Information 2012
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13 November 2012
ASX Market Announcements Australian Securities Exchange Limited 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000
CHAIRMAN’S PRESENTATION & MANAGING DIRECTOR’S PRESENTATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 13 NOVEMBER 2012
Attached is the Chairman’s presentation and the Managing Director’s presentation which are being made at the Annual General Meeting of the Company on Tuesday, 13 November, 2012 at 9.30am (Sydney time) at The Star, 80 Pyrmont St, Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW.
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For further information, please contact:
Yasmin Broughton
General Counsel & Company Secretary Adept Solutions Limited Ph: +61 (0)8 6143 2050 [email protected]
Adept Solutions Ltd ABN 93 104 757 904
Suite A11, First Floor, 435 Roberts Road, Subiaco WA 6008 Ph: +61 8 6143 2050 | Fx: +61 8 9381 5536
www.adeptsolutions.com.au | [email protected]
CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS TO SHAREHOLDERS
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
13 NOVEMBER 2012
Welcome to Adept Solutions’ Annual General Meeting of shareholders. My name is Bob Browning and I am Adept’s Chairman of the Board. Joining me today are Adept’s Board of Directors including Mr Tom Cregan, Adept’s Managing Director, Mr John Toms, Mr Peter Martin, Mr David Liddy and Mr Tony Adcock.
We also have Adept’s Chief Financial Officer, Mr Bruce Stewart, our General Counsel and Company Secretary, Ms Yasmin Broughton, our Chief Information Officer, Mr James Ingham, and our Chief Commercial Officer, Mr Richard Anderson, with us today.
Before kicking of the formal proceedings of the meeting, I thought I would speak to you briefly about Adept Solutions and its subsidiary, Emerchants, to provide a brief summary of our key activities over the past year.
As you know, Adept completed the acquisition of Emerchants Ltd in July of 2011. Emerchants is a leading distributor and processor of pre-paid debit cards in Australia and you’ll hear more about this company’s capabilities and accomplishments later in this meeting. Adept’s Board and management team were quite attracted to Emerchants following our due diligence. The pre-paid card industry has grown quite strongly over the past several years and continues to expand at a rate faster than that of credit cards. Equally, Emerchants’ growth metrics have been strong and forecasted to continue to do so into the foreseeable future.
Emerchants was quite a young and small company of only about 30 employees at the time of acquisition. As a result of suddenly becoming part of a public-listed organization, there was a lot of work to do to ensure Emerchants was able to function effectively in this environment.
Over the past year, a significant effort was put toward strengthening the management team in order to position the company to better compete. To provide experienced leadership in the pre-paid card industry at the highest levels of the organization, I recruited Tom Cregan to replace me as Adept’s new Managing Director. We also added a new Chief Information Officer, a new Chief Commercial Officer and top quality sales representatives in each of the key markets throughout Australia.
Likewise, our staff skills and experience has been augmented specifically in the areas of information technology and accounting.
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Over the past year, the newly configured team has set about executing a plan to troubleshoot certain elements of the existing systems and improve functionality and reliability as well as development certain enhancements to the systems based on customer feedback.
The Board of Adept has also been reconfigured, reducing its size from 7 to 6, while adding new skills and experience in the areas of financial services, banking, risk management and M&A.
As you may recall, Adept completed a change of business through the auspices of the Australian Stock Exchange from mining to financial services. Adept set about a program of rationalizing the mining tenements from the original listed shell, Australasia Consolidated, and this process has almost been completed.
Finally, in August 2012, Adept completed a small capital raising of approximately $2.7M, thereby strengthening its balance sheet and cash position for the foreseeable future.
Many of the resolutions which we will seek shareholder approval for today are an outworking of the activities I’ve described to you thus far. Recruiting the high caliber team we have today has required Adept to redesign our remuneration plans and to provide inducements to both attract the kind of experienced new talent we have today as well as tie the success of Adept to that of shareholder returns. These inducements were specifically used in recruiting our new managing director and one of our directors who I should note has invested heavily in Adept with his own funds, as well. Your support of these initiatives is very important to future success.
Today, I am convinced Adept is in far better shape to grow on a sustainable basis throughout the coming years. We have expanded our product offering by adding Visa to our existing portfolio of MasterCard and EFTPOS. You may have seen our recent new contract announcements including ePay, Cabcharge and Nimble, all of which will underpin significant increases in revenue. The Company expects further announcements to follow and will keep you informed as these new contracts are acquired.
I’d like to thank those of you who have been with the Company since the beginning for sticking with us during a very challenging first year and welcome any new shareholders who may be attending today.
At this point, I would like to bring the formal portion of the meeting to order.
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Adept Solutions
Annual General Meeting November 2012
Important Notice
“Adept" refers to the Adept Solutions Group, which comprises Adept Solutions Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary, Emerchants Limited.
This document is confidential and is intended only for the use of the person(s) to whom it is presented. It may not be reproduced (in whole or in part) nor may its contents be divulged to any other person without the prior written consent of Adept. This document does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities. It is an outline of matters for discussion only. Any person receiving this document and wishing to effect a transaction discussed herein, must do so in accordance with applicable law. Any transaction implementing any proposal discussed in this document shall be exclusively upon the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the definitive
transaction agreements.
You may not rely upon this document in evaluating the merits of participating in any transaction referred to herein. This document contains selected information and does not purport to be all-inclusive or to contain all of the information that may be relevant to your participation in any such transaction. This document does not constitute and should not be interpreted as either a recommendation or advice, including investment, financial, legal, tax or accounting advice. Any decision with respect to participation in any transaction described herein should be made based solely upon appropriate due diligence of each party.
We believe the information provided herein is reliable, as of the date hereof, but do not warrant its accuracy or completeness. In preparing these materials, we have relied upon and assumed, without independent verification, the accuracy and completeness of all information available from public sources. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no audit or review has been undertaken by an independent third party of the financial assumptions, data, results, calculations and forecasts contained, presented or referred to in this document. You should conduct your own independent investigation and assessment as to the validity of the information contained in this document and the economic, financial, regulatory, legal, taxation, stamp duty and accounting implications of that information. Except as required by law, Adept and its respective directors, officers, employees, agents and consultants make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this document, and take no responsibility under any circumstances for any loss or damage suffered as a result of any omission, inadequacy, or inaccuracy in this document.
Nothing in this document contains a commitment from Adept to issue securities, to provide debt, to arrange any facility, to invest in any way in any transaction described herein or is otherwise imposing any obligation on Adept . Adept does not guarantee the performance or return of capital from investments.
None of the entities noted in this document are authorized deposit-taking institutions for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia).
2012 Adept Solutions Limited.
What we do | Issue prepaid products
Adept offers clients payment solutions across all 4 segments of financial card industry
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Non-reloadable
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1. Staff incentives + Staff 2. Loyalty rewards + rewards + Marketing Insurance payouts + Fuel campaigns + Taxi vouchers cards + Disaster relief
+ Disaster relief Only work where you want Only work where you want them to work. Funds can be them to work. Funds cannot re-loaded and cards re-used. be re-loaded.
4. Corporate expense + Payroll + Transaction account + Short term loans Works anywhere MasterCard /Visa /Eftpos is accepted. Funds can be re-loaded and cards re-used.
3. Travel/ Holiday FX cards + Online purchases + Disaster relief + Welfare payments+
Remittances…
Works anywhere MasterCard / Visa / Eftpos are accepted. Funds cannot be re-loaded.
Process Transactions What we do |
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What we do
Prepaid payment solutions across many industries, including programs such as:
Gift and Loyalty
Staff incentives and Rewards
Prepaid MasterCard / Visa
Corporate Expense and Travel
Direct Entry Settlement /Identification
How we do it
Direct connectivity to the payments network in Australia (Cheque, Savings, Credit)
Only non-bank processor of MasterCard® in Australia
Protected, proprietary software capable of configuring cards to meet a large variety of client needs – Highly scalable
Innovative solutions delivered to customers with speed
Payment certified Industry accreditation over payments processing Transaction are authorised, processed and settled real time
Non-Reloadable Account How we make money |
We target the Non-Reloadable opportunity through our 3 year, exclusive relationship with Edge Loyalty
NON- RELOADABLE ACCOUNTS
- Life span generally 1 year,
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accounts generally transact 1 – 2 times in total
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Average load < $100 and average unspent funds ~ 20% loads with residual <10%
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Annuity streams (Interest / Transactions) ~ < 50% of revenue
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including programs such as:
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Reloadable Account How we make money |
We target the Reloadable opportunity through our direct sales force and potential third party agents.
RELOADABLE ACCOUNTS
- Life span 3 - 5years,
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accounts generally transact 5- 10 times pm
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Average load > $100 and average unspent funds > 20% loads
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Annuity streams (Interest / Transactions) > 80% of revenue
Key Achievements
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Strategy
Mission and People
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Locked in our revenues by • Obtained PCI certification • Significantly improved SAM tested • Launched Virtual MasterCard • Fully subscribed capital raise
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••• entering into a Long term exclusivity agreement with Edge Loyalty Implemented a re-loadable strate ~~NFP segments~~ Retained key dissatisfied customers Rebuilt relationships with gy for the Commercial and ••••• Obtained AFSL for EML Dual third party data center's Completed long term settlement ~~contracts with 2 ADI’s~~ Relocate operational premises Improved web services ••••• with key customers Visa EMV Products VISA Gift Issuance (Physical, Virtual and Private Label) Virtual MasterCard issuance B-PAY and Direct Entry Foreign exchange pricing ••• programs with Edge Loyalty Launch of Visa Private Label with Edge Loyalty in December 2012 Completed Long term agreement with Nimble, a leading Australian fringe lender Expansion of our partnership with ECHO Entertainment •••• Q1 FY13 providing long term liquidity Cash flow and Expense management focus >20% of Company owned by employees and directors Grow revenue 80% FY12 v FY11 Strong Pipeline > 2x FY12 suppliers revenues
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Strong Pipeline > 2x FY12 revenues
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• Structured Investor relations strategy and frequent roadshows
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Completed Long term distribution agreements with e- pay Australia
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Re-structured the Board of Directors
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Re-structured the senior leadership team
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Distribution of CabCharge Gift cards into epay Australia retail stores
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Replaced the IT development team and Infrastructure teams
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Completed long term distribution agreement with a leading Investment agreement with a leading Australian charity
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Completed long term distribution agreement with a leading investment bank
Key Work in Progress
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Our strategy is clear and our people are in place. It is now about Execution against our strategy
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We will continue to focus on platform up-time, stability, redundancy, transaction speed and security
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Enhancement to our SAM corporate expense solution will continue
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Multi-currency solutions
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We will continue to en ~~closely with all of the regulatory~~ gage ~~•~~ ~~Data and~~ Analytics stakeholders in the payments market • Mobile payments platform
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Working towards multiple new Cost reduction strategies to E-rewards partners launching align fixed costs to revenue by mid 2013
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Focus on long dated
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Working to close and launch predictable annuity income upwards of 50 programs opportunities supported by currently in the sales pipeline technology focus across a range of industry sectors
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International card issuance • Further analysis of the benefits of a Reseller sales model and a “White Label” sales model
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We have responded to a select number of government RFP’s and will continue to do so going forward
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2012 Financials
Income Statement for twelve months ended 30 June 2012
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| Establishment and termination fees | 1,710 |
| Transaction fees | 1,262 |
| Interest income | 799 |
| Total Revenue | 3,771 |
| Total Direct Costs | 372 |
| Total Gross Profit | 3,399 |
| Gross Margin % | 90% |
| Employment related expenses | 4,661 |
| Other expenses | 2,033 |
| Total Overhead | 6,694 |
| Normalised/Adjusted EBITDA | (3,295) |
| Mining tenements impairments | 1,630 |
| Transition/Transaction related expenses1 | 1,340 |
| EBITDA | (6,265) |
| Depreciation / amortisation | 2,032 |
| Interest expense | 4 |
| Share based payments | 1,329 |
| Tax expense /(income) | 397 |
| Net income after tax | (10,027) |
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Strong margins
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High revenue growth
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Fixed cost base highly leveragable to revenue increased volumes
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Highly incentivised employee base
2012 Financials
Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2012
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| Cash | 2,289* | *In August 2012 |
| Accounts receivable | 133 | Adept successfully |
| R&D receivable & mining tenement receivable Other current assets (includes breakage accrual) |
547 536 |
completed a rights issue and placement raising $2.6m |
| Total Current Assets | 3,505 | |
| Goodwill and Intangibles assets - net | 12,154 | |
| Property, plant and equipment – net | 774 | |
| Other | 422 | |
| Total Assets | 16,855 | |
| Trade and other payables | 721 | |
| Employee benefits | 344 | |
| Provisions | 109 | |
| Non interest bearingloan | 398 | |
| Total Current liabilities | 1,572 | |
| Other | 320 | |
| Total Liabilities | 1,892 | |
| Net Assets | 14,963 | |
| Share Capital | 34,811* | |
| Reserves | 1,605 | |
| Retained earnings | (21,453) | |
| Total stockholder's equity | 14,963 |
LIQUIDITY & SOLVENCY
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Post capital raise proceeds provide sufficient
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cash for growth and product development
NO WORKING CAPITAL DRAG
- Real time settlement, no credit provided
MINIMAL CAPEX INVESTMENTS
- Minimal long term fixed assets or Capex investment required
LARGE INTANGIBLES REFLECT HISTORICAL IP INVESTMENT
SIGNIFICANT OFF BALANCE SHEET ASSETS
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Deferred tax (historical tax losses > $10m)
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Mining tenements written off in FY12 > $1m
NO INTEREST BEARING DEBT /COVENANTS
Growth Drivers
- Growth in future earnings will be driven by a combination of factors: Expansion of new distribution partnerships, organic growth in existing partnerships, expansion in our product portfolio and longer term, an expansion in geographic scope
• New Distribution Partnerships:
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We have a 9-12 month sales cycle and have been able to recently announce some key new partnerships
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Nimble : Consumer focused prepaid debit card
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Large National Charity: Broad program encompassing welfare payments, emergency funds disbursement, corporate expense and petty cash
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Macquarie Bank : Prepaid debit card targeted towards small business clients of the bank
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E-pay : Visa physical and Virtual gift card program distributed in several thousand retail stores
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Of the 50+ opportunities in our sales pipeline, more than 40 are reloadable programs and 10 are E-rewards programs, reflecting our current sales focus. We are also examining a selective reseller model to increase our sales coverage
Growth Drivers
• Organic Growth From Existing Partnerships:
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A number of our partners start with one particular type of program and we then have the opportunity to identify and implement other programs
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ECHO Entertainment is a perfect example: Expansion is under way from the Star Casino to include other casino properties in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Townsville
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Cabcharge : Expansion in the distribution of their gift card program into the e-pay retail distribution footprint
• Expansion In Our Product Portfolio:
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Recently launched features such as B-Pay and Foreign Exchange pricing are revenue generating product features on our reloadable programs
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In the Non-reloadable market, our launch of Virtual gift cards and Private label programs positions us to partner with Edge Loyalty and participate in the expected migration of closed loop gift cards- a $2bn per annum market opportunity - from physical plastic cards to online digital e-vouchers
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We have a robust product development roadmap and undertake an evaluation process prior to launching new features, based on customer utility
Summary
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The re-structure of Adept Solutions is complete and the company has a focused strategy and talented team
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In the past 6 weeks we have announced a number of materially significant partnerships, whether that be financially material or material from a brand and strategic perspective, and we are well positioned to add many more in the remainder of the financial year
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The strategic focus on re-loadable programs will provide Adept with a predictable recurring revenue stream (from 9% of revenues in FY12 to a projected 21% of revenues in FY13)
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We have a robust sales pipeline, covering all of our products (Reloadable and Non-reloadable) and we are focused on increasing our close rate, compressing the time between the initial meeting and implementation, and continuing to expand the sales pipeline in the identified key market segments