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HANSEN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED AGM Information 2008

Nov 18, 2008

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AGM Information

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Hansen Technologies Ltd Annual General Meeting

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19 November 2008
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Highlights

  • Record profitability

  • Strength in cash reserves

  • Payment of dividends, 5 cents per share

  • Including final dividend of 1 cent per share fully franked

  • Capital Return of 2 cents per share

  • The Net Tangible Assets per share has risen 63% to 14.7 cents per share

  • Acquisition of Peace Utility CIS business from First Data Corporation (Oct 08)

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Financial Results

Fiscal year 2007/8

  • Total revenue of $52.2 million

  • EBITDA of $20.1 million

  • $11.3 million from operations, a 26% increase on the previous year

  • $8.8 million profit on sale of the NSW outsourcing business

  • After tax profit of $15.4 million or 10.1 cents per share

  • Increase in performance from ongoing operations

  • Revenue $39.1 million UP 22%

  • EBITDA $11.3 million UP 26%

  • After tax profit $6.5 million UP 189%

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Results from Ongoing Operations

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Our Direction

  • Growth via acquisition

  • Peace International

  • Concentrating on our core competency

  • Focusing on core industry markets (Energy and Telecommunications)

  • Organic operational growth

  • Geographically focused

  • Deregulation and technology advances are mandating change to billing solutions world wide

  • Profitability across 3 geographic areas of focus (Australia, UK & Japan)

  • Maintain ownership of IP in our proprietary software solutions

  • Annuity revenues strong & growing

  • Insulation against turbulence in market/industry conditions and currency fluctuations

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Acquisition of Peace

  • Impressed by complementary fit of the Peace product

  • Strength of the user base in USA and Australia

  • Strength of brand and reputation

  • Leverage of ‘like for like’ business

  • Increase Hansen’s revenues by approximately 50%

  • Offering an extended product development capability in NZ

  • Creating largest independent industry CIS vendor – 350+ employees

  • Purchase – comfortably funded from existing cash resources

  • • Anticipating profitable and cash flow positive operations this fiscal year

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Initiatives for coming year

  • Integrating Peace International into Hansen

  • Restructure of Peace business

  • Commercialising our investment in HUB

  • Growth in interval meters in the electricity and gas industries

  • New functionality for mobile telecommunications billing

  • Developing an indirect distributor model

  • Expand into geographic markets

  • Demand driven by technology change or deregulation

  • Peace purchase

  • Identify, acquire and integrate appropriate acquisitions which are compatible with our existing core business

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Challenges

  • World financial market decline may lead to delays

  • In discretionary spending

  • In new project commencement

  • Our entry into USA market and enhanced presence in our industry will generate interest from our larger competitors

  • Integration of the Peace business

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Outlook

  • First half fiscal 2008/9 is tracking ahead of last year’s record performance excluding any contribution from Peace

  • Peace is expected to be accretive in fiscal 2008/9

  • The future for Hansen is bright & promising

  • Positioned in industries undergoing considerable change which we are well situated to support

  • Leverage market strength of product and reputation of Peace

  • Outstanding team of professionals working for us

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