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HUMM GROUP LIMITED — Annual Report 2007
Aug 28, 2007
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Annual report – 30 June 2007 ACN 122 574 583
Contents
Page Directors’ report Corporate Governance Statement 27 Financial Report 32 Directors’ declaration 70 Independent audit report to the members 71 Shareholder Information 73 Corporate directory 75
FlexiGroup Limited was incorporated on 14 November 2006 and acquired 100% of the share capital of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited on 12 December 2006. Consolidated information presented in this report is for the financial year ended 30 June 2007 for the consolidated Group. Parent entity information for FlexiGroup Limited is for the period 14 November 2006 to 30 June 2007 unless otherwise stated.
FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Directors’ report 30 June 2007
Your directors present their report on the consolidated entity (referred to hereafter as the Group) consisting of FlexiGroup Limited and the entities it controlled at the end of, or during, the year ended 30 June 2007.
Directors
The following persons were directors of FlexiGroup Limited from the date of incorporation and up to the date of this report:
Margaret Jackson (appointed 20 November 2006) John DeLano (appointed 14 November 2006) Andrew Abercrombie (appointed 14 November 2006) Rajeev Dhawan (appointed 14 November 2006) R John Skippen (appointed 20 November 2006)
Company Secretary
Paul McMahon was appointed to the position of Company Secretary on 14 November 2006.
Principal activity
The principal activities during the year continued to be the provision of:
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lease and rental financing services for office, personal technology and related equipment
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• personal and business loans
No significant change in the nature of these activities occurred during the year.
Dividends
Dividends paid or declared for payment are as follows:
Since the end of the financial year, the Directors have recommended the payment of a fully franked final ordinary dividend of $11,961,510 (5.5 cents per fully paid share) to be paid on 24 October 2007 out of retained profits at 30 June 2007.
Review of operations
The consolidated net profit after tax for the financial year increased by 6.1% from $22.1million to $23.4million. Revenue from operations increased by 17.6% to $141.9million (2006: $120.6 million). Profit before tax increased by 19.3% over 2006.
FlexiGroup’s core rental products continue to underpin performance and the IT channel performed above expectations. The increasing popularity of gaming along with increased demand for high tech products such as satellite navigation systems and hand held PCs helped to drive growth in the IT leasing segment.
While the overall retail performance of the electrical appliance market has been strong over the last 12 months, the Ezyway product continues to outperform the underlying category growth. The electrical leasing segment remains under penetrated and provides significant opportunity for future growth.
In February 2007 FlexiGroup launched a personal loan product to existing customers. The launch proved successful and the product is currently tracking to forecasts. FlexiGroup has recruited an experienced management team to grow the loans business and will continue to promote the product to existing customers who have already demonstrated their credit quality to FlexiGroup.
At 30 June 2007 FlexiGroup had $796 million of committed funding facilities including undrawn committed limits of $272 million.
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Significant changes in state of affairs
Significant changes in the state of affairs of the Group during the financial year were as follows:
On 12 December 2006, FlexiGroup Limited acquired 100% of the shares in Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited through its wholly owed subsidiary FlexiGroup Subco Pty Limited for a value of $435m.
The acquisition of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited by FlexiGroup Limited was identified as a reverse acquisition and the consolidated financial statements have therefore been prepared as a continuation of the financial statements of the accounting acquirer, Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited. Accordingly, consolidated comparative information is provided for the balance sheet and related information as at 30 June 2006 and the income statement, cash flow statement, statement of changes in equity and related information for the year to 30 June 2006. Only current year figures covering the period from incorporation are shown for the parent entity, FlexiGroup Limited.
Matters subsequent to end of the financial year
There were no subsequent events that impacted the 30 June 2007 financial statements.
Likely developments and expected results of operation
The outlook for FY2008 is positive and solid earnings growth is anticipated. The rental finance products will continue to underpin performance and strong growth is expected in both the electrical channel and loan products.
Over the course of FY2008, FlexiGroup will continue to invest in process improvement opportunities in order to improve operational efficiency, facilitate effective scalability and enhance the customer experience whilst continuing to improve penetration of FlexiGroup products within existing retail distribution partners and to expand distribution with new retail partners.
Information on likely developments in the operations of the consolidated entity and the expected results of operations have not been included in this report because the Directors believe it would be likely to result in unreasonable prejudice to the consolidated entity.
Environmental regulation
The Group’s operations are not regulated by any significant environmental regulation under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.
Information on Directors
MARGARET JACKSON, AC (Age 54)
Chairman, Independent, Non-Executive BEc, MBA, Hon LLD (Monash), FCA, FAICD
Experience
Margaret was appointed a Director of the Company in November 2006. Margaret is also Chairman of Qantas Airways Limited, a role she has held since 2000, and is a Director of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited and Billabong International Limited.
Margaret is also Chairman of the Asia Pacific Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, President of Australian Volunteers International, a member of the Foreign Affairs Council, a director of the Florey Neuroscience Institutes and a member of the Melbourne University Business School Association.
Before beginning her career as a full time company director in 1992, Margaret was a Partner of KPMG Peat Marwick's Management Consulting Division.
Other current directorships
Qantas Airways Limited Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Billabong International Limited
Former directorships in last 3 years
John Fairfax Holdings Ltd 4 February 2003 – 31 December 2004 Southcorp Limited 23 August 2004 – 26 May 2005
Special responsibilities
Member of Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Audit and Risk Committee.
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Interests in shares and options
1,961,382 ordinary shares in FlexiGroup Limited
JOHN DE LANO (Age 47)
Non-Independent, Executive, Chief Executive Officer BA
Experience
John has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since December 2006, and was appointed a director of the Company in November 2006. John was Chief Executive Officer of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited since September 2003. John started his career with Avis Inc. in the United States before progressing to the position of Managing Director of Avis Australia. John was subsequently involved as Senior Vice President of operations with Travel Services International, a NASDAQ listed Company which successfully completed a roll-up of 23 leisure travel companies.
Other current directorships
None
Former directorships in last 3 years
None
Special responsibilities
Chief Executive Officer.
Interests in shares and options
1,860,810 ordinary shares in FlexiGroup Limited held by John and Kylie DeLano as Trustees of the DeLano Family Investment Trust 340,000 ordinary shares in FlexiGroup Limited held by John DeLano as Trustee of the DeLano Superannuation Fund
680,000 shares held by Afianzar Pty Ltd as Trustee of the KPP Superannuation Fund
5,437,500 options issued under the FlexiGroup Long Term Incentive Plan held by Lakeview 1 Pty Ltd as Trustee of the DeLano Family Settlement
7,612,500 options over shares owned by Eighth SRJ Pty Limited and Viewlove Pty Limited held by Lakeview 1 Pty Ltd as Trustee of the DeLano Family Settlement
ANDREW ABERCROMBIE ( Age 51)
Non-Independent, Non-Executive BEc, LLB, MBA
Experience
Andrew became a director of the original Flexirent business in 1991. He was appointed a director of the Company in November 2006. Andrew is an experienced commercial and tax lawyer and was a founding partner in a legal firm operating in both Sydney and Melbourne. Following several years in property investment and tax consulting, he became involved in the Flexirent business in 1991 and until 2003 was Chief Executive Officer.
Other current directorships
None
Former directorships in last 3 years
None
Special responsibilities
Chair of Nomination Committee and Member of Remuneration Committee
Interests in shares and options
65,228,250 ordinary shares in FlexiGroup Limited
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RAJEEV DHAWAN (Age 41)
Independent, Non-Executive BCom, ACA, MBA
Experience
Rajeev represented Colonial First State Private Equity managed funds (“CFSPE”) on the board of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited from February 2003 to December 2004. Upon CFSPE’s exit from Flexirent Holdings in December 2004, Rajeev continued in an advisory capacity to the Flexirent business. Currently a partner of Equity Partners, Rajeev has 14 years venture capital and private equity experience and has been a director of a number of listed and unlisted portfolio companies.
Other current directorships
Snowball Group Limited
Former directorships in last 3 years
Traffic Technologies Limited
Special responsibilities
Chair of Remuneration Committee, Member of Audit and Risk Committee and Nomination Committee.
Interests in shares and options
732,564 ordinary shares in FlexiGroup Limited
R JOHN SKIPPEN (Age 59)
Independent, Non-Executive ACA
Experience
John was appointed a Director of the Company in November 2006. John was the Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer of Harvey Norman Holdings Limited for 12 years. John was involved in the establishment of the original agreement between Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited and Harvey Norman in 1995. John has over 30 years’ experience as a chartered accountant.
Other current directorships
Briscoe Group Limited (NZ)
Former directorships in last 3 years
Harvey Norman Holdings Limited Rebel Sport Limited Pertama Holding Limited (Singapore)
Special responsibilities
Chair of Audit and Risk Committee, Member of Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee
Interests in shares and options
147,104 ordinary shares in FlexiGroup Limited
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Meetings of Directors
| FlexiGroup Limited | FlexiGroup Limited | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Board | Unscheduled | Audit & Risk | Nomination | Remuneration | |||||||
| Meetings | Board Meetings | Committee | Committee | Committee | |||||||
| Held | Attended | Held | Attended |
Held | Attended | Held | Attended | Held | Attended | ||
| M Jackson | 8 | 8 | - | - |
3 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| J DeLano | # * |
10 | 10 | - | - |
+ | + | + | + | + | + |
| A Abercrombie | # * |
10 | 10 | - | - |
+ | + | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| R Dhawan# | 9 | 9 | - | - |
3 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| R J Skippen | 8 | 8 | - | - |
3 | 3 | - | - | 5 | 5 |
- A subcommittee of the Board was appointed at the Board meeting on 13 December 2006 to deal with matters relating to the IPO.
A subcommittee of the Board was appointed on 11 December 2006 to deal with matters relating to the IPO. + Not a member of the relevant committee.
Company Secretary
The Company Secretary is Paul McMahon. Paul was appointed to the position of Company Secretary in November 2006. Paul has over 25 years experience in the financial services industry.
Remuneration Report
The Group Remuneration Report for 2007, as presented below, has been prepared for consideration by shareholders.
The remuneration report is set out under the following main headings:
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A Principles used to determine the nature and amount of remuneration
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B Details of remuneration
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C Service agreements
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D Share-based compensation – FlexiGroup Limited arrangements
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E Share based compensation – pre IPO arrangements of Flexirent Holdings Group
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F Interest in shares
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G Additional Information
The information provided under headings A-E includes remuneration disclosures that are required under Accounting Standard AASB 124 Related Party Disclosures . The disclosures have been transferred from the financial report and have been audited. The disclosures in Section G are additional disclosures required by the Corporations Act 2001 and the Corporations Regulations 2001 and have not been audited.
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A Principles used to determine the nature and amount of remuneration (audited) The objective of the Group’s executive reward framework is to ensure reward for performance are competitive and appropriate for the results delivered. The framework aligns executive rewards with achievement of strategic objectives and the creation of value for shareholders and conforms with market best practice for delivery of reward. The Board ensures that executive remuneration satisfies the following key criteria for good reward governance practices:
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competitiveness and reasonableness
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acceptability to shareholders
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performance linkage / alignment of executive compensation
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transparency
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capital management
In consultation with external remuneration consultants, the Group has structured an executive remuneration framework that is market competitive and complementary to the reward strategy of the organisation.
Alignment to shareholders’ interests:
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has economic profit as a core component of plan design
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focuses on sustained growth in shareholder wealth as measured by growth in earnings per share and other financial and non-financial performance indicators
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attracts and retains high calibre executives
Alignment to program participants’ interests:
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rewards capability and experience
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reflects competitive reward for contribution to growth in shareholder wealth
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provides a clear structure for earning rewards
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provides recognition for contribution
The framework provides a mix of fixed and variable pay, and a blend of short and long-term incentives. As executives gain seniority with the group, the balance of this mix shifts to a higher proportion of “at risk” rewards.
Non-Executive Directors
Fees and payments to Non-Executive Directors reflect the demands which are made on and the responsibilities of the Non-Executive Directors. Non-Executive Directors’ fees and payments are reviewed annually by the Board. Non-Executive Directors do not receive share options. Non-Executive Directors may opt each year to receive a percentage of their remuneration in FlexiGroup Limited shares which would be acquired on-market. Shareholders approved this arrangement on 20 November 2006 but no Directors have as yet elected to participate in the arrangement.
Non-Executive Directors’ fees
The current base remuneration was set when the Company listed on 12 December 2006. Non-Executive Directors’ fees are determined within an aggregate directors’ fee pool limit of $1.2m.
The following fee structure applied from 12 December 2006 (date of listing):
| Base fees (per annum) | |
|---|---|
| M Jackson (Chairman) | $150,000 |
| A Abercrombie | $120,000 |
| Other Non-Executive Directors | $80,000 |
| Additional fees (per annum) | |
| Audit and Risk Committee – Chairman | $10,000 |
| Nomination Committee – Chairman | $10,000 |
| Remuneration Committee – Chairman | $10,000 |
In addition to the above fees, Directors also receive superannuation contributions required under Government Legislation.
A Director is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travelling, accommodation and other expenses in attending meetings and carrying out their duties.
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Under Clause 10.11 of the Company’s constitution, subject to the Listing Rules and Corporations Act, the Company may pay a former Director, or the personal representatives of a Director who dies in office, a retirement benefit in recognition of past services of an amount determined by the Directors. The Company may also enter into a contract with a Director providing for payment of the retiring benefit. No such contracts have been entered into to date. Despite having this clause in the Company’s constitution, the Company does not intend to pay such benefits to Directors.
Executive pay
The executive pay and reward framework has four components:
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base pay and benefits
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short-term performance incentives
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long-term incentives through participation in the FlexiGroup Long Term Incentive Plan, and
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other remuneration such as superannuation
The combination of these comprises the executive’s total remuneration.
Base pay
Executives are offered a competitive salary that comprises the components of base pay and benefits. Base pay for senior executives is reviewed annually by the Remuneration Committee to ensure the executive’s pay is competitive with the market. An executive’s pay is also reviewed on promotion.
Short-term performance incentives
Short-term performance incentives (STIs) vary according to individual contracts, however for senior executives they are broadly based as follows:
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A component of the STI is linked to the individual performance of the executive (this is based on a number of factors, including performance against budgets, achievement of key performance indicators (KPIs) and other personal objectives);
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A component of the STI is linked to the financial performance of the business or measured against budgets determined at the beginning of each financial year.
All STI payments to senior executives are approved by the Remuneration Committee and are usually paid in late August or early September of the following financial year.
Using various profit performance targets and personal performance objectives assessed against KPIs, the Company ensures variable reward is only paid when value has been created for shareholders.
For middle and lower level management, total STIs are linked to individual performance measures and also to the financial performance of the business.
The short-term bonus payments may be adjusted up or down in line with under or over achievement against the target performance levels. This is at the discretion of the Remuneration Committee.
The STI target annual payment is reviewed annually.
Long-term incentives
Long term incentives to the Chief Executive Officer and certain senior employees are provided via the FlexiGroup Long Term Incentive Plan. Information on the plan is detailed on pages 12 to 16.
B Details of remuneration (audited)
Amounts of remuneration
Details of the remuneration of the Directors and the key management personnel (as defined in AASB 124 Related Party Disclosures ) of FlexiGroup Limited and its subsidiaries are set out in the following tables. The cash bonuses are dependent on the satisfaction of performance conditions as set out in the section headed Short-term performance incentives above .
The key management personnel of FlexiGroup Limited are the Directors and certain executives that report directly to the Chief Executive Officer. This includes the five Group executives who received the highest remuneration for the year ended 30 June 2007.
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Key Management Personnel and other Executives of the Group
The following amounts were paid to the key management Personnel during the year as part of their on-going remuneration
| 2007 Name Non-Executive Directors of FlexiGroup Limited M. Jackson (Chairman) 5 A. Abercrombie 1 R. Dhawan 6 R.J. Skippen 7 Executives of FlexiGroup J. DeLano Director and Chief Executive Officer P. McMahon 8,9 Chief Financial Officer N. Roberts 2,9 Head of Consumer Direct P. Laughton 3,9 Chief Information Officer B. Taylor 9 Chief Marketing Officer D. Berkman 4 |
Short-term employee benefits Post-employment benefits Long Term Benefits Share-based payments Cash salary and fees $ Cash bonus $ Superannuation $ Long Service Leave $ Options $ Total $ 91,644 - 8,248 - - 99,892 160,083 - 17,598 - - 177,681 54,986 - 4,949 - - 59,935 54,986 - 4,949 - - 59,935 504,153 687,500 34,691 3,266 212,310 1,441,920 328,501 281,250 46,079 863 69,734 726,427 261,800 179,000 17,636 - 64,581 523,017 283,520 89,584 17,902 - 21,475 412,481 223,486 63,036 20,114 519 8,414 315,569 131,923 - 11,873 - - 143,796 |
|---|---|
| 2,095,082 1,300,370 184,039 4,648 376,514 3,960,653 |
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Included in A Abercrombie’s remuneration is $98,096 which represents salary and superannuation paid to him whilst he was an employee of Flexirent Capital Pty Limited from 1 July 2006 to 8 December 2006. 2. N Roberts commenced employment on 15 August 2006.
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P Laughton commenced employment on 1 August 2006.
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D Berkman was a Director of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited from 1 July 2006 to 8 December 2006. He did not receive any director fees. The payment detailed above related to salary entitlements.
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One-off remuneration amounts for Directors and Key Management Personnel either at the time of the IPO or were incurred prior to the IPO were as follows
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At the time of the IPO, the former shareholders of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited agreed to procure that the Company issue 1,961,382 shares at the issue price to M Jackson. This is a one off charge to Share Based Payments Expense totalling $3,922,764.
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Included in R Dhawan’s remuneration are:
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Fees totalling $929,203 paid to a Company related to R Dhawan representing fees for advice to Flexirent Holdings during the IPO and associated trade sale process.
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At the time of the IPO, the former shareholders of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited agreed to procure that the Company issue 353,049 shares at the issue price to R Dhawan. This is a one off charge to Share Based Payments Expense totalling $706,098.
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Dhawan Trust (an entity associated with R Dhawan) had an equity participation entitlement in Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited. The share based payment expense in relation to the entitlement was $35,661.
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At the time of the IPO, the former shareholders of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited agreed to procure that the Company issue 147,104 shares at the issue price to R J Skippen. This is a one off charge to Share Based Payments Expense totalling $294,208.
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P McMahon received an incentive fee of $100,000 relating to the IPO process.
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P McMahon, N Roberts, P Laughton and B Taylor each received 500 shares with a value of $1,000 for nil consideration under the employee gift offer made in December 2006.
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Remuneration expense arising from options issued to J DeLano and P McMahon by the former shareholders of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited was $297,234 and $42,462 respectively (refer to page 14 for further details of this arrangement).
As a result, the total Director and key management personnel compensation is as follows:
| Cash salary and fees Cash Bonus Post Employment Benefits -Superannuation Long Service Leave Options Share based payments expense |
$ 3,024,285 1,400,370 184,039 4,648 751,871 4,927,070 |
|---|---|
| 10,292,283 |
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| 2006 Name Directors of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited A. Abercrombie 1 D. Berkman 2 Executives of Flexirent Holdings Group J. DeLano Chief Executive Officer P. McMahon Chief Financial Officer B. Taylor Chief Marketing Officer |
Short-term employee benefits Post-employment benefits Long Term Benefits Share-based payments Cash salary and fees $ Cash bonus $ Superannuation $ Long Service Leave $ Options $ Total $ 198,000 - 100,587 - - 298,587 300,000 - 40,560 - - 340,560 - 451,659 656,250 33,782 1,034 - 1,142,725 304,129 183,486 27,062 496 5,973 521,146 203,364 96,000 18,303 299 605 318,571 |
|---|---|
| 1,457,152 935,736 220,294 1,829 6,578 2,621,589 |
1 A Abercrombie was a Director and employee of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited during 2006. He received no director fees. 2 D Berkman was a Director and employee of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited during 2006. He received no director fees.
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The relative proportions of ongoing remuneration that are linked to performance and those that are fixed are as follows:
| Fixed Remuneration | Fixed Remuneration | At Risk - STI | At Risk - STI | At Risk – LTI | At Risk – LTI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 |
| Executives of FlexiGroup | ||||||
| A Abercrombie | 100% | 100% | - | - | - | - |
| J. DeLano | 38% | 43% | 48% | 57% | 14% | - |
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||
| P. McMahon | 52% | 64% | 39% | 35% | 9% | 1% |
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||
| N. Roberts | 53% | - | 34% | - | 13% | - |
| Head of Consumer Direct | ||||||
| P. Laughton | 73% | - | 22% | - | 5% | - |
| Chief Information Officer | ||||||
| B. Taylor | 77% | 70% | 20% | 30% | 3% | - |
| Chief Marketing Officer | ||||||
| D. Berkman | 100% | 100% | - | - | - | - |
C Service agreements (audited)
Remuneration and other terms of employment for the Chief Executive Officer and the other key management personnel are formalised in service agreements. Each of these agreements can provide for the provision of short term performance incentives, eligibility for the FlexiGroup Long Term Incentive Plan, other benefits including the use of a Company motor vehicle, tax advisory fees, payment of benefits forgone at a previous employer, relocation, living, tax equalisation, travel and accommodation expenses whilst an executive is required to live away from their normal place of residence.
All employment agreements are unlimited in term but capable of termination on up to three months notice by either the Company or the executive. The Company can make a payment in lieu of notice.
In the event of retrenchment, the executives listed in the table on page 9 are entitled to the payment provided for in the service agreement. The employment of the executives may be terminated by the Company without notice by payment in lieu of notice.
The service agreements also contain confidentiality and restraint of trade clauses.
D Share-based compensation - FlexiGroup Limited arrangements (audited)
The FlexiGroup Long Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) is part of FlexiGroup’s remuneration strategy and is designed to align the interests of FlexiGroup management and shareholders and assist FlexiGroup in the attraction, motivation and retention of executives. In particular, the LTIP is designed to provide relevant executives with an incentive for future performance, with conditions for the vesting and exercise of options and performance rights under the LTIP encouraging those executives to remain with FlexiGroup and contribute to the future performance of the Company. The Company’s founding shareholders approved the terms, the implementation and the operation of the LTIP on 20 November 2006.
Under the LTIP, eligible persons participating in the LTIP may be granted Options and/or Performance Rights on terms and conditions determined by the Board from time to time. An option and a performance right are both rights to acquire a Share, subject to the satisfaction of applicable vesting and/or exercise conditions. The main difference between an option and a performance right is that an exercise price as determined by the Board is required to be paid to exercise a vested option, whereas a performance right has a nil exercise price unless otherwise determined by the Board. Options and performance rights granted under the plan carry no dividend or voting rights.
The Board is responsible for administering the LTIP in accordance with the LTIP Rules and the terms and
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conditions of specific grants of options and/or performance rights to participants in the LTIP.
The Board may determine which persons will be eligible to participate in the LTIP from time to time. Eligible persons may be invited to apply to participate in the LTIP. The Board may in its discretion accept such applications.
The terms and conditions of the options and the performance rights are summarised below.
Details of the Options
| Instrument | Each Option represents an entitlement to one ordinary share. |
|---|---|
| Exercise price | Determined at the time of invitation and payable by the Optionholder at the |
| time of exercise. | |
| Vesting conditions | Vesting to occur upon the satisfaction of the EPS and KPI performance |
| conditions as summarised in this table and on page 14. | |
| Following the satisfaction of the performance hurdles described below, the | |
| Options comprising each tranche will vest on, and become exercisable on or | |
| after the relevant Vesting Date. | |
| EPS Performance Target | The basic EPS (“Basic EPS”) for the purposes of the options is equal to 13.0 |
| cents per share, being the pro forma forecast earnings per share of | |
| FlexiGroup for FY2007 as calculated under Australian Accounting Standards | |
| Board (“AASB”) 133, less the Share-based payment expense (as determined | |
| under AASB 2) relating to the grants of options over shares from Eighth SRJ | |
| Pty Limited and Viewlove Pty Limited (former shareholders of Flexirent | |
| Holdings Pty Limited) to certain senior executives of the Group and adjusted | |
| for extraordinary items as determined by the Board. | |
| Performance testing (“Testing Date”) against the EPS hurdle will take place | |
| on the date of announcement of the relevant annual financial results of | |
| FlexiGroup. For some but not all tranches, retesting will occur at the retesting | |
| date in respect of the next financial year end date immediately following the | |
| relevant initial testing date. Options that do not vest on retesting will be taken | |
| to have lapsed. | |
| The applicable EPS hurdle for each test period is measured on an annual | |
| compounding basis to the relevant performance test date, using the Basic | |
| EPS as the base line number. The Board has the discretion to vary at any | |
| time the EPS hurdle applicable to all or part of the Options. | |
| Why the EPS Performance Target was | EPS was chosen as a performance condition as it is aligned to earnings |
| chosen | growth and the generation of value to shareholders. |
| KPI Performance Target | The KPI hurdles may include any combination of operational, volume and |
| product mix, cultural, financial and other measures as determined and | |
| modified by the Board from time to time. | |
| In the case of FY2007, the relevant KPI hurdles were determined by the | |
| Board. The KPI hurdles will be performance tested against these measures | |
| over each relevant financial year unless otherwise determined by the Board. | |
| In determining whether the KPI performance hurdles have been satisfied, a | |
| report is prepared for the Remuneration Committee detailing each KPI | |
| performance hurdle and the performance of the executive against that hurdle. | |
| The Remuneration Committee approves the rating for all KPI performance | |
| hurdles. |
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Why the KPI Performance Target was chosen
KPI hurdles were included in the determination of awarding options to ensure that financial and non financial measures are aligned and drive shareholder value.
Vesting Date Following the satisfaction of the performance hurdles applying to an Option, the Option vests on, and becomes exercisable on or after, a date predetermined by the Board (“Vesting Date”).
The Vesting Date is effectively the tenure condition. It means that an Optionholder may only exercise Options that vest following the satisfaction of the applicable performance hurdles on or after the Vesting Date provided that they remain employed by FlexiGroup as at the date.
If an Optionholder ceases to be employed by FlexiGroup or any of its subsidiaries for any reason on or prior to the Vesting Date relating to a tranche of Options, all Options in the tranche will lapse immediately unless the Board makes a determination that those Options have vested. Following the Vesting Date or the accelerated vesting of an Option, the vested Option may be exercised by the Executive subject to any exercise conditions and the payment of the exercise price (if any), and the Executive will then be allocated or issued Shares on a one-for-one basis. Exercise period Vesting date to expiry date. Expiry date 31 December 2011 or 31 December 2012 depending upon the tranche.
Summary of Performance Targets for Options
| % of tranche | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS hurdle - % of tranche options vesting | tied to KPI | ||||||
| (applicable to 80% of each tranche) | hurdle | ||||||
| 5% or more | Equal to or | ||||||
| Equal to | than | Equal to | Equal to |
Equal to | more than | ||
| prospectus | prospectus | 5% EPS | 10% EPS |
15% EPS | 20% EPS | ||
| Tranche | forecast EPS | forecast EPS | Growth | Growth |
Growth | Growth | |
| 1 | 60% | 100% | - | - |
- | - | 20% |
| 2 | - | - | 10% | 33% |
75% | 100% | 20% |
| 3 | - | - | 10% | 33% |
75% | 100% | 20% |
| 4 | - | - | 15% | 50% |
100% | - | 20% |
Not all Options have a tranche 1. Where performance falls between target EPS thresholds (e.g. more than 5% EPS but less than 10% EPS) then pro-rata vesting will apply.
Options Granted by Former Shareholders of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited to certain Executives Eighth SRJ Pty Limited as trustee of the Philadelphia Trust and Viewlove Pty Limited as trustee of David Berkman Family Trust, both former shareholders of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited, agreed at the time of the IPO to grant options over shares owned by them. The options are over 6,995,034 shares and 1,704,966 shares respectively and are in favour of certain executives of the Company. These options are subject to the same terms and conditions including achievement of performance hurdles and rights to exercise as the options issued on 8 December 2006 to the Directors of the Company and key management personnel.
A share based payment expense relating to the options granted by the former shareholders is included in the statement of profit and loss and also in the remuneration tables on pages 9 and 11 for those executives who received the grant.
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Details of the Performance Rights
This table sets out the details of the performance rights.
| Instrument | Each Performance Right represents an entitlement to one ordinary share. |
|---|---|
| Exercise price | Nil |
| Vesting Conditions | Vesting to occur on the achievement of one of the following conditions by |
| June 2010: | |
| • EPS of the Company for a financial year ending on or before 30 June |
|
| 2010 is at least 24.6 cents per share. The EPS target number may be | |
| adjusted as the Board reasonably determines. The actual EPS for a | |
| financial year will be that set out in the Company’s annual audited | |
| accounts for the relevant financial year. | |
| • The Company’s market capitalisation is at least $1.2 billion for a |
|
| continuous period of six months based on the existing capital structure. | |
| • A change of control of the Company occurring under a transaction that |
|
| implies a market capitalisation value for the Company greater than $1.2 | |
| billion based on the existing capital structure. | |
| The Board will confirm in writing to the performance rights holders when any | |
| of the above conditions have been satisfied (“Confirmation Notice”). | |
| Why Vesting Conditions were chosen | The vesting conditions were chosen as performance conditions as they |
| reflect, at the date they were granted, the generation of significant | |
| shareholder value. | |
| Vesting Date | Date the Company gives a Confirmation Notice. |
| If one of the Vesting Conditions is met, the Performance Rights will vest. | |
| Should the performance rights holders cease to be employed on or prior to | |
| the Performance Rights vesting, all of the Performance Rights will lapse | |
| immediately unless the Board makes a determination that those Performance | |
| Rights have vested. | |
| Any Performance Rights that do not vest following the measurements of | |
| performance against the hurdles described above will lapse on the expiry date | |
| if not earlier. | |
| Exercise Period | Vesting date to expiry date. |
| Expiry Date | 31 December 2011 |
| Disposal Restriction | • 220,000 Performance Rights - six months from Vesting Date |
| • 220,000 Performance Rights – twelve months from Vesting Date |
|
| • 110,000 Performance Rights – eighteen months from Vesting Date |
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The terms and conditions of each grant of options to the Directors of the Company and key management personnel of the Group that will affect remuneration in this or future reporting periods are as follows:
Options Granted Table
| Options Granted | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| by former | Number of | ||||||||||
| Directors of | shareholders of | Options | options | Number of | Fair value Per | ||||||
| FlexiGroup Limited |
Grant date | Flexirent Holdings |
Granted under LTIP |
awarded (aggregate) |
Tranche Number |
options in each tranche |
Date Vested | Date Exercisable |
Expiry Date |
Exercise Price 1 |
Option At Grant Date |
| M. Jackson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| J. DeLano | 8 Dec 2006 | 7,612,500 | 5,437,500 | 13,050,000 | 1 | 1,957,500 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents |
| 2 | 3,719,250 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents | |||||
| 3 | 3,719,250 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents | |||||
| 4 | 3,654,000 | 1 Jun 2011 | 1 Jun 2011 | 31 Dec 2012 | $2.00 | 41 cents | |||||
| A. Abercrombie | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R. Dhawan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R. J. Skippen | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Executives of | |||||||||||
| FlexiGroup | |||||||||||
| P. McMahon | 8 Dec 2006 | 1,087,500 | 1,633,000 | 2,720,500 | 1 | 408,075 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents |
| 2 | 775,343 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents | |||||
| 3 | 775,343 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents | |||||
| 4 | 761,739 | 1 Jun 2011 | 1 Jun 2011 | 31 Dec 2012 | $2.00 | 41 cents | |||||
| N. Roberts | 8 Dec 2006 | - | 1,654,000 | 1,654,000 | 1 | 248,100 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents |
| 2 | 471,390 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents | |||||
| 3 | 471,390 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents | |||||
| 4 | 463,120 | 1 Jun 2011 | 1 Jun 2011 | 31 Dec 2012 | $2.00 | 41 cents | |||||
| P. Laughton | 8 Dec 2006 | - | 550,000 | 550,000 | 1 | 82,500 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents |
| 2 | 156,750 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents | |||||
| 3 | 156,750 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents | |||||
| 4 | 154,000 | 1 Jun 2011 | 1 Jun 2011 | 31 Dec 2012 | $2.00 | 41 cents | |||||
| B. Taylor | 8 Dec 2006 | - | 200,000 | 200,000 | 1 | 30,000 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents |
| 2 | 57,000 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents | |||||
| 3 | 57,000 | 1 Sep 2010 | 1 Sep 2010 | 31 Dec 2011 | $2.00 | 40 cents | |||||
| 4 | 56,000 | 1 Jun 2011 | 1 Jun 2011 | 31 Dec 2012 | $2.00 | 41 cents |
1 The exercise price must be paid by the Option holder to exercise the option when the Option vests.
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The Directors of the Company and key management personnel of the consolidated entity were granted the following Options during the reporting period. No performance rights were issued to the Directors of the Company or Key Management Personnel of the consolidated entity during the reporting period.
| Number of Options awarded during the year 1 |
Number of Options awarded during the year 1 |
Number of Options vested the year |
during | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |
| Directors of FlexiGroup Limited | |||||
| M. Jackson | - | - | - | - | |
| J. DeLano | 13,050,000 | - | - | - | |
| A. Abercrombie | - | - | - | - | |
| R. Dhawan | - | - | - | - | |
| R.J. Skippen | - | - | - | - | |
| Executives of FlexiGroup | |||||
| P. McMahon | 2,720,500 | - | - | - | |
| N. Roberts | 1,654,000 | - | - | - | |
| P. Laughton | 550,000 | - | - | - | |
| B. Taylor | 200,000 | - | - | - |
- 1 Included in the Options detailed in the table are the options granted over 8,700,000 shares owned by former shareholders of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited (refer to page 14 for further details).
The assessed fair value at grant date of options granted to the individuals is allocated equally over the period from grant date to vesting date, and the amount is included in the remuneration table on page 9. Fair values at grant date are independently determined using a binomial tree option pricing methodology that takes into account the exercise price, the term of the options, the impact of dilution, the share price at grant date and expected price volatility of the underlying share, the expected dividend yield and the risk-free interest rate for the term of the options.
The model inputs for options granted during the year ended 30 June 2007 included:
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a) exercise price: various per options and performance rights granted
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b) grant date: various per options and performance rights granted
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c) expiry date: various per options and performance rights granted
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d) share price at grant date: various per options and performance rights granted
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e) expected price volatility of the Company’s shares: 26% - 28% (2006 not applicable)
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f) expected dividend yield: 5%
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g) risk-free interest rate: various ranging from 5.73% to 6.14% (2006 not applicable)
Shares provided on exercise of remuneration options
No ordinary shares in the Company were issued as a result of the exercise of any remuneration options.
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Summary of performance criteria that must be met before options vest
The Options issued on 8 Dec 2006 to the Directors of the Company and Key Management Personnel of the consolidated entity will be performance tested as follows:
Performance Targets
| EPS hurdle - % of tranche options vesting | EPS hurdle - % of tranche options vesting | EPS hurdle - % of tranche options vesting | % of tranche | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (applicable to | 80 % of each tranche) | tied to KPI | |||||||||
| hurdle | |||||||||||
| Equal to | 5% or more | Equal to or | |||||||||
| Size (% of | EPS hurdle test | prospectus | than | Equal to | Equal to | Equal to | more than | ||||
| initial | period from | forecast | prospectus | 5% EPS | 10% EPS | 15% EPS | 20% EPS | ||||
| Tranche | grant) | Testing date | Vesting date | date of Grant to | EPS | forecast EPS | Growth | Growth | Growth | Growth | |
| 1 | 15.0% | 30 Jun 2007 | 1 Sep 2010 | 30 Jun 2007 | 60% | 100% | - | - | - | - | 20% |
| 2 | 28.5% | 30 Jun 2008 | 1 Sep 2010 | 30 Jun 2008 | - | - | 10% | 33% | 75% | 100% | 20% |
| 3 | 28.5% | 30 Jun 2009 | 1 Sep 2010 | 30 Jun 2009 | - | - | 10% | 33% | 75% | 100% | 20% |
| 4 | 28.0% | 30 Jun 2010 | 1 Jun 2011 | 30 Jun 2010 | - | - | 15% | 50% | 100% | - | 20% |
EPS is measured on an annual compounding basis to the relevant performance Testing Date using the Basic EPS of 13.0 cents per share detailed above as the base line number. Where performance falls between target EPS thresholds (e.g. more than 5% EPS but less than 10% EPS) then pro-rata vesting will apply.
Retesting of the EPS hurdle for any unvested Tranche 1 Options will not be permitted. Tranche 1 Options that do not vest on the measurement of the EPS hurdle will be taken to have lapsed under the LTIP rules.
Retesting of the EPS hurdle for any unvested Tranche 2, 3 and 4 Options will occur at the testing date in respect of the next financial year end date immediately following the relevant initial testing date, with the measurement period taken from the date of grant of the options to the relevant retesting date. Performance will be measured on a compounding basis. The options that do not vest on retesting will be taken to have lapsed under the LTIP rules.
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E Share-based compensation – pre IPO arrangements of Flexirent Holdings Group (audited)
At the time of the Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) of the Company, the previous Flexirent Holdings Group had entered into various share-based compensation arrangements with some of directors, executives and an adviser. These arrangements were dealt with at the time of the IPO as follows.
Cancellation of equity participation entitlement
Dhawan Trust (an entity associated with Rajeev Dhawan) had an equity participation entitlement in Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited (“Flexirent Holdings”). Dhawan Trust agreed with the Company, Flexirent Holdings and the previous shareholders to cancel this equity participation entitlement in return for a cash payment by the previous shareholders. Dhawan Trust reinvested some of those proceeds and applied for 379,515 shares at the offer price.
Cancellation of existing performance options
Dhawan Trust and certain senior executives (“Flexirent option holders”) held performance options in Flexirent Holdings and Flexirent Capital Pty Limited (“Flexirent Capital”).
As part of the arrangement for the acquisition of Flexirent Holdings, the Company, Flexirent Holdings and Flexirent Capital (and in respect of certain Flexirent option holders, also the previous shareholders) entered into arrangements with the Flexirent option holders for the cancellation of their options in return for cash payments of $27.5m in aggregate, some of which was funded by Flexirent Capital from existing cash reserves and the balance by the previous shareholders. Four of the Flexirent option holders elected to reinvest all or part of the cash proceeds payable to them on cancellation of their options and applied for shares in the Company at the offer price. In total, 1,933,376 shares were issued to the relevant Flexirent option holders in connection with these arrangements.
Certain existing long term incentive plan entitlements
Key senior executives and sales executives of the Flexirent Holdings Group were participants in long term incentive plans (“participants”) established by Flexirent Capital. Under the terms of these long term incentive plans, the IPO triggered certain incentive entitlements becoming payable to the participants in three separate instalments, conditional broadly on the participants remaining employees of the Company at the time each instalment is payable.
The Company and Flexirent Capital entered into arrangements with the participants for the payment of their incentive entitlements as follows:
-
The first instalment of their incentive payment (34% of the total amount) was payable on completion of the IPO and was satisfied by Flexirent Capital in the form of cash;
-
The obligations of Flexirent Capital in relation to the second and third instalments of their incentive payment (each 33% of the total amount) have been assumed by the Company and are included in the options disclosed in this section;
-
Shares issued to participants are subject to escrow arrangements and are liable to be released or forfeited if the participant ceases to be an eligible employee of FlexiGroup (for the purpose of the terms of the long term incentive plans) within two years after the shares are issued. If the participant ceases to be an eligible employee due to redundancy, the participant will become immediately entitled to all the shares. If the participant ceases to be an eligible employee during a tranche period due to a reason other than redundancy, summary dismissal or resignation, the participant will become immediately entitled to a proportion of the relevant tranche of shares relating to the tranche period, pro rata to length of time since the issue of the shares or the prior anniversary date of the issue of the shares (whichever is most recent). If the participant ceases to be an eligible employee for any other reason, the participant will forfeit all the shares which have not been released from the escrow arrangements. If shares are forfeited, the participant must procure, or permit the Company to procure, the on-market sale of the relevant number of shares in the ordinary course of trading on ASX and pay the net proceeds of sale to the Company.
-
Under the arrangements, a total of 2,416,942 shares were issued to participants.
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F Interest in shares (audited)
As previous shareholders, entities connected with A Abercrombie and J DeLano were issued 65,228,250 and 2,880,810 shares respectively in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Flexirent Holdings.
The previous shareholders and Dhawan Trust agreed to procure that the Company issue 1,961,382 shares to Margaret Jackson and 147,104 shares to R. John Skippen (or their associates) and 353,049 shares to Dhawan Trust at the offer price, as part of the completion of the offer. Dhawan Trust was issued 379,515 shares at the offer price through the reinvestment of part of the cash consideration payable on the cancellation of its equity participation entitlement described above.
The numbers of shares in the Company held during the financial year by each Director of the Company and other Key Management Personnel of the Group, including their personally related parties, are set out below.
| Received from | Received from pre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance at | sale of shares in | IPO share based | Other changes | ||||||
| 2007 | the start of the year |
Flexirent Holdings at IPO |
compensation arrangements 5,6 |
during the year |
Received at time of IPO |
Balance at the end of the year |
|||
| Directors of | |||||||||
| FlexiGroup Limited | |||||||||
| Ordinary shares | |||||||||
| Margaret Jackson | 1 |
- | - | - | - | 1,961,382 | 1,961,382 | ||
| John DeLano 2 |
- | 2,880,810 | - | - | - | 2,880,810 | |||
| Andrew Abercrombie | 3 |
- | 65,228,250 | - | - | - | 65,228,250 | ||
| R Dhawan 4 |
- | - | 379,515 | - | 353,049 | 732,564 | |||
| R John Skippen | 1 |
- | - | - | - | 147,104 | 147,104 | ||
| Executives of | |||||||||
| FlexiGroup | |||||||||
| Ordinary shares | |||||||||
| P McMahon 7 |
- | - | 440,044 | - | 500 | 440,544 | |||
| N Roberts 8 |
- | - | - | - | 500 | 500 | |||
| P Laughton 9 |
- | - | 297,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 298,500 | |||
| B Taylor 10 |
- | - | 395,999 | 25,000 | 500 | 421,499 |
1 Shares issued at the direction of the previous shareholders and Dhawan Trust as part of the acquisition of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited. 2 1,860,810 Shares held by John and Kylie DeLano as trustees of the DeLano Family Investment Trust, 680,000 shares held by Afianzar Pty Ltd as Trustee of the KPP Superannuation Fund, 340,000 shares held by John DeLano as Trustee of the DeLano Family Superannuation Fund and issued as consideration for the sale of shares in Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited.
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3 Shares held by Eighth SRJ Pty Limited as trustee of the Philadelphia Trust and issued as consideration for the sale of shares in Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited.
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4 Shares held by B R Dhawan Trust comprising 732,564 shares issued on the reinvestment of part of the cash proceeds from the cancellation of Dhawan Trust’s equity participation entitlements and/or from the reinvestment of part of the cash consideration payable to Dhawan Trust on cancellation of its performance option and/or at the direction of Existing Shareholders and Dhawan Trust.
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5 In respect of the part cancellation of their long term incentive plan entitlement, cash payments were made to P Laughton of $287,311 and B Taylor of $383,081.
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6 In respect of equity participation entitlements, cash payments were made to Dhawan Trust of $5,305,405, DeLano Trust of $14,396,235 and P McMahon of $3,136,985.
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7 Shares held by P McMahon. 440,044 shares issued as part consideration on cancellation of his performance option and 500 shares issued as part of the employee gift offer at the time of the IPO.
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8 Shares held by N Roberts. 500 Shares issued as part of the employee gift offer at the time of the IPO.
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9 Shares held by P Laughton. 297,000 shares issued as part consideration on cancellation of her long term incentive plan entitlement, 500 shares issued as part of the employee gift offer at the time of the IPO and 1,000 shares purchased at time of IPO.
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10 Shares held by B Taylor. 395,999 shares issued as part consideration on cancellation of his long term incentive plan entitlement. In addition, to the above shares held by B Taylor, entities associated with B Taylor received 500 shares as part of the employee gift offer at the time of the IPO and 25,000 shares were purchased at the time of the IPO.
All the shareholdings detailed above are subject to escrow arrangements as set out in the prospectus issued at the time of the IPO.
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G Additional information - unaudited
Details of remuneration: cash bonuses and options
For each cash bonus and grant of options included in the tables on pages 9 and 11, the percentage of the available bonus or grant that was paid, or that vested, in the financial year, and the percentage that was forfeited because the person did not meet the service and performance criteria is set out below. The options vest in accordance with the vesting schedules detailed on pages 18. No options will vest if the conditions are not satisfied, hence the minimum value of the rights yet to vest is nil. The maximum value of the rights yet to vest has been determined as the amount of the fair value at grant date of the rights that are yet to be expensed.
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| 2007 | Cash | Bonus | Options | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial | Minimum | Maximum | ||||||
| years in | total value | total value | ||||||
| which | of grant yet | of grant | ||||||
| Paid | Forfeited | Year | Vested | Forfeited | options | to vest | yet to vest | |
| Name | % | % | granted | % | % | may vest | $ | $ |
| Executive directors of | ||||||||
| FlexiGroup Limited | ||||||||
| J. DeLano (Chief Executive Officer) |
100% | Nil | 2007 | - | - | 30 Jun 2011 | NIL | 3,064,903 |
| Executives of FlexiGroup | ||||||||
| P. McMahon | 100% | Nil | 2007 | - | - | 30 Jun 2011 | NIL | 638,933 |
| N. Roberts | 100% | Nil | 2007 | - | - | 30 Jun 2011 | NIL | 388,456 |
| P. Laughton | 100% | Nil | 2007 | - | - | 30 Jun 2011 | NIL | 129,172 |
| B. Taylor | 85% | 15% | 2007 | - | - | 30 Jun 2011 | NIL | 46,972 |
Share-based compensation: options
Further details relating to options are set out below.
| 2007 | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On going | |||||
| Remuneration | Value at grant | Value at | Value at lapse | Total of | |
| consisting of | date | exercise date | date | columns B-D | |
| Name | options | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Executive directors of FlexiGroup | |||||
| Limited | |||||
| J. DeLano (Chief Executive Officer) | 14% | 3,574,447 | - | - | 3,574,447 |
| Executives of FlexiGroup | |||||
| P. McMahon | 9% | 745,156 | - | - | 745,156 |
| N. Roberts | 13% | 453,037 | - | - | 453,037 |
| P. Laughton | 5% | 150,647 | - | - | 150,647 |
| B. Taylor | 3% | 54,781 | - | - | 54,781 |
A = The percentage of the value of remuneration consisting of options, based on the value of options expensed during the current year.
B = The value at grant date calculated in accordance with AASB 2 Shared-based Payment of options granted during the year as part of remuneration.
C = The value at exercise date of options that were granted as part of remuneration and were exercised during the year, being the intrinsic value of the options at that date.
D = The value at lapse date of options that were granted as part of remuneration and that lapsed during the year. Lapsed options refer to options that vested but expired unexercised.
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Shares under options or performance rights
As at the date of this report, there were 16,829,500 unissued ordinary shares of FlexiGroup Limited subject to options or performance rights. Of those unissued ordinary shares, 16,279,500 are subject to Options with possible exercise dates of 31 Dec 2011 or 31 Dec 2012 and exercise prices between $2.00 - $2.93 with a weighted average exercise price of $2.17. The remaining 550,000 unissued ordinary shares are the subject of performance rights with a possible exercise date of Dec 2011.
Options granted over 8,700,000 shares by former shareholders of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited in favour of certain executives of the Company are not included in this calculation as the shares have already been issued.
No option holder has any right under the Options to participate in any other share issues of the Company or any other entity.
Directors’ indemnification
During the year ended 30 June 2007, the Company paid insurance premiums in respect of a Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance contract. Disclosure of the total amount of the premium and the nature of the liabilities in respect of such insurance is prohibited by the policy.
Proceedings on behalf of the Company
No person has applied for leave of Court to bring proceedings on behalf of the Company or intervene in any proceedings to which the Company is a party for the purpose of taking responsibility on behalf of the Company for all or any part of those proceedings. The Company was not a party to any such proceedings during the year.
No proceedings have been brought or intervened in or on behalf of the Company with leave of the Court under section 237 of the Corporations Act 2001 .
Non-audit services
The Company may decide to employ the auditor on assignments additional to their statutory audit duties where the auditor’s expertise and experience with the Company and/or the Group are important.
Details of the amounts paid or payable to the auditor (PricewaterhouseCoopers) for audit and non-audit services provided during the year are set out below.
The board of directors has considered the position and, in accordance with advice received from the audit committee, is satisfied that the provision of the non-audit services is compatible with the general standard of independence for auditors imposed by the Corporation Act 2001. The directors are satisfied that the provisions of non-audit services by the auditor, as set out below, did not compromise the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 for the following reasons:
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all non-audit services have been reviewed by the audit committee to ensure they do not impact the impartiality and objectivity of the auditor
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none of the services undermine the general principle relating to auditor independence as set out in APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants
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During the year the following fees were paid or payable for services provided by the auditor of the parent entity and its related parties:
| (a) Assurance services Audit services PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian firm Audit and review of financial reports and other audit work under the_Corporations Act 2001_ Total remuneration for audit services Other assurance services PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian firm: Agreed upon procedures Controls assurance services AIFRS services Related practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian Firm Due Diligence and Other Services related to the IPO Total remuneration for other assurance services Total remuneration for assurance services (b) Taxation services PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian firm Tax compliance services, including review of Company income tax returns Tax advice on transactions Total remuneration for taxation services |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 $ 2006 $ 2007 $ 2006 $ 491,110 255,000 - - |
|---|---|
| 491,110 255,000 - - |
|
| 44,777 13,500 - - 15,000 - - - - 20,000 - - 1,894,974 530,000 - - |
|
| 1,954,751 563,500 - - |
|
| 2,445,861 818,500 - - |
|
| 66,965 503,000 - - 215,940 - - - |
|
| 282,905 503,000 - - |
It is the Group’s policy to employ PricewaterhouseCoopers on assignments additional to their statutory audit duties where PricewaterhouseCoopers’ expertise and experience with the Group are important. These assignments are principally tax advice and transaction advisory services, or where PricewaterhouseCoopers is awarded assignments on a competitive basis.
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Declaration of interests
Other than as disclosed in the financial report, no director of the Company has received or become entitled to receive a benefit other than remuneration by reason of a contract made by the Company or a related corporation with a director or with a firm of which he is a member, or with a Company in which he has a substantial financial interest except that Flexirent Capital Pty Ltd has rented premises in Melbourne and Sydney owned by a Company associated with A Abercrombie. The lease is on standard market terms.
Rounding of amounts
The Company is of a kind referred to in Class Order 98/100, issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, relating to the “rounding off” of amounts in the Directors’ Report. Amounts in the Directors’ Report have been rounded off in accordance with that Class Order to the nearest thousand dollars, or in certain cases, to the nearest dollar.
Auditor's Independence Declaration
A copy of the auditor's independence declaration as required under section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 is set out on page 26 and forms part of this report.
Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers continues in office in accordance with section 327 of the Corporations Act 2001 .
This Directors’ Report is made in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.
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Chairman
Sydney 28 August 2007
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(a) no contraventions of the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit, and
(b) no contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.
This declaration is in respect of FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities during the period.
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Victor Clarke Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers
Sydney 28 August 2007
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Composition of the Board
At the date of this statement, the Board comprises four non-Executive Directors, three of whom are independent and one Executive Director (Chief Executive Officer). The names of the directors, including details of their qualifications and experience, are set out in the directors’ profile section of the 2007 FlexiGroup Limited Annual Report.
Role of the Board
The role of the Board is to provide overall strategic guidance for the Company and effective oversight of management.
The primary responsibilities of the Board include:
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Overseeing the development of the Company’s corporate strategy including reviewing and approving strategic plans and performance objectives of the Company;
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The appointment of the Chief Executive Officer and Senior Executives, monitoring senior management’s performance and approving senior management remuneration policies and practices;
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Effective communication with shareholders including reporting to shareholders and ensuring that all regulatory requirements are met.
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Establishing and monitoring policies governing the Company’s relationship with other stakeholders and the broader community, including establishing and maintaining environmental, employment, occupational, health and safety policies.
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Actively promoting ethical and responsible decision-making;
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Reviewing and approving annual and half yearly financial reports, monitoring financial results on an ongoing basis, overseeing the Company’s accounting and financial management systems, approving and monitoring major capital expenditure, capital management, major acquisitions, divestitures, restructures and determining dividend policy.
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Establishing and overseeing the Company’s controls and systems for identifying, assessing, monitoring and reviewing material risks.
Independent Professional Advice
Following consultation with the chairperson, directors may seek independent professional advice at the Company’s expense. Generally, this advice will be available to all directors.
Performance Assessment
The Board undertakes an annual self assessment of its collective performance, the performance of the Chairman and of its Committees. The Chairman meets privately with each Director to discuss individual and collective performance of Directors.
Re-Election of Directors
At each annual general meeting of the Company there must be an election of Directors. The Directors who must retire from office (but are eligible to stand for re-election) at the annual general meeting are as follows:
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(a) each Director who has held office without re-election:
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I. beyond the third annual general meeting following the director’s appointment or last election; or
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II. for at least three years,
- which ever is the longer period;
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(b) each Director who was appointed by the Directors under article 10.7 of the constitution;
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(c) if none of (a) or (b) is applicable, the Director who has served office longest without re-election. If there are two or more such Directors who have been in office an equal length of time, then in default of agreement, the director to retire will be determined by lot.
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Conflicts of Interest
Directors are required to keep the Board advised, on an ongoing basis, of any interest that could potentially conflict with those of the Company. Where the Board believes that a significant conflict may exist, the Director concerned does not receive the relevant Board papers and is not present at the meeting while the item is considered. Additionally, Directors are required to advise the Board of any Board or executive appointments to other companies and any related party transactions including financial transactions with the Group.
Financial Reporting
The CEO and CFO have certified to the Board that the Company’s financial reports are complete and present a true and fair view, in all material respects, of the financial condition and operational results of the Company and are in accordance with relevant accounting standards. The Board receives monthly reports from management on the financial and operational performance of the Group.
Board Committees
The Board may delegate responsibility to committees to consider certain issues in further detail and then report back to and advise the Board.
Committees established by the Board have adopted charters setting out the authority, responsibilities, membership and operation of the committee.
There are currently three committees:
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Audit and Risk Committee;
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Nomination Committee; and
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Remuneration Committee.
The Board Charter is available on the FlexiGroup website.
Audit and Risk Committee
The role of the Committee is to assist the Board in carrying out its accounting, auditing and financial reporting responsibilities, including oversight of:
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(a) the integrity of the Company’s external financial reporting and financial statements;
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(b) the appointment, remuneration, independence and competence of the Company’s external auditors;
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(c) the performance of the external audit function and review of its audits;
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(d) the effectiveness the Company’s system of risk management and internal controls; and
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(e) the Company’s systems and procedures for compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
The Audit and Risk Committee provides advice to the Board and reports on the status and management of the risks to the Company. The purpose of the committee’s risk management process is to ensure that risks are identified, assessed and appropriately managed.
The Board has adopted a policy regarding the services that the Company may obtain from its external auditor. It is the policy of the Company that its:
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external auditing firm must be independent of the Company, the Directors and senior executives. To ensure this, the Group will require a formal confirmation of independence from its external auditor on an annual basis; and
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external auditor may not provide services to the Company that are perceived to be materially in conflict with the role of the external auditor. Services which involve the external auditor acting in a managerial or decisionmaking capacity, or processing or originating transactions, are not appropriate. However, the external auditor may be permitted to provide additional services, which are not perceived to be materially in conflict with the role of the external auditor if the Board or Audit and Risk Committee has approved those additional services or they fall within the terms of any approved policy. Such additional services may include financial audits, audits or reviews undertaken for regulatory purposes, completion audits, tax compliance, advice on accounting standards, and due diligence on certain acquisition or sale transactions.
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The committee must comprise at least three Directors, all of whom must be non-Executive Directors and a majority of whom must be independent. The Chairman of the committee must be an independent non-Executive Director who is not the Chairman of the Board.
The committee will meet as often as is required to undertake its role effectively. The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are expected to attend each scheduled meeting of the Committee and a standing invitation will be issued to the external auditors. The Committee chairperson may also invite directors who are not members of the Committee, other senior managers and external advisors to attend meetings of the Committee. The Committee may request management and/or others to provide such input and advice as is required. The committee will regularly report to the Board about committee activities, issues and related recommendations.
The Audit and Risk Committee charter is available on the FlexiGroup website.
The committee comprises R John Skippen (chair), Margaret Jackson and Rajeev Dhawan.
Remuneration Committee
The role of the Remuneration Committee is to review and make recommendations to the Board on remuneration packages and policies related to the Directors, the Chief Executive Officer and senior executives and to ensure that the remuneration policies and practices are consistent with the Company’s strategic goals, human resource objectives and comply with relevant legal requirements.
The Committee will consist of at least three members. The Company will endeavour to ensure that a majority of the members are independent, non-Executive Directors.
The committee will meet as often as is required to perform its functions.
The Remuneration Committee charter is available on the FlexiGroup website.
The committee comprises Rajeev Dhawan (chair), Margaret Jackson, R John Skippen and Andrew Abercrombie.
Nomination Committee
The Committee assists and advises the Board on:
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(a) director selection and appointment practices;
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(b) director performance evaluation processes and criteria;
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(c) Board composition; and
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(d) succession planning for the Board and senior management,
The Committee also ensures that the Board is of a size and composition conducive to making decisions expediently, with the benefit of a variety of perspectives and skills, and in the best interests of the Company as a whole.
The Committee will consist of at least three members. The Company will endeavour to ensure that a majority of the Committee members are independent, non-Executive Directors.
The Nomination Committee charter is available on the FlexiGroup website.
The committee comprises Andrew Abercrombie (chair), Margaret Jackson, R John Skippen and Rajeev Dhawan.
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Code of Conduct
The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct (“Code”) sets out the ethical standards and rules of the Company and provides a framework for how the Company will operate its business in a manner that will protect its stakeholders.
The Code applies to all directors, officers, employees, contractors, consultants and associates of the Company.
The code specifically covers:
conflicts of interest, corporate opportunities and other benefits, confidentiality, privacy, fair dealing, discrimination, protection of and use of the Company’s assets and property, compliance with laws and regulations, approach to disclosure and financial reporting, Insider trading, whistleblower protection.
The Code of Conduct is available on the FlexiGroup website.
Communications with Shareholders
The Company communicates to shareholders through the Company’s annual reports, Annual General Meeting, half-year and full-year results and Company website. All announcements are made available on the website.
During periods of particular sensitivity, the Company’s policy is to avoid any discussion with shareholders, media, analysts or other market operators for thirty days prior to the close of the half and full-year accounting periods to the time of the half and full-year profit announcements. This policy is subordinate to the ASX requirements of continuous disclosure.
Continuous Disclosure
The Company Secretary has been nominated as the person responsible for communication with the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). This role includes responsibility for ensuring compliance with the continuous disclosure requirements in the ASX Listing Rules and overseeing and co-ordinating information disclosure to the ASX, analysts, brokers, shareholders, the media and the public. All information disclosed to the ASX is posted on the Company’s website as soon as it is disclosed to the ASX. When analysts are briefed following half-year and fullyear results announcements, the material used in the presentations is released to the ASX prior to the commencement of the briefing. This information is also posted on the Company’s website. The Company ensures that if any price sensitive information is inadvertently disclosed, this information is also immediately released to the market. The Company is committed to ensuring that all stakeholders and the market are provided with relevant and accurate information regarding its activities in a timely manner.
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Directors and Senior Management Dealings in Company Securities
The Company’s Constitution permits Directors to acquire securities in the Company. However, the Board has adopted a Trading Policy that prohibits Directors, senior management and staff from dealing in the Company’s securities at any time whilst in possession of price sensitive information which is not generally available to the marketplace.
The following approvals must also be obtained before a Director or designated person can deal in the Company’s securities:
Person Approval Required From Chairman Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee and Chief Executive Officer Managing Director or Chief Executive Officer Chairman Directors (except Chairman) Chairman Chief Financial Officer or Company Secretary Chief Executive Officer Direct Reports to Chief Executive Officer and other Chief Financial Officer designated persons nominated by the Board
The share dealing policy also extends to dealing in a financial product which operates to limit the economic risk of a holding in the Company’s securities. Dealing in those types of products is not permitted.
The granting of approval to deal in the Company’s securities is co-ordinated by the Company Secretary who is also responsible for reporting all transactions by Directors, Senior Managers and designated persons to the Board.
In accordance with the provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 and the Listing Rules of the Australian Stock Exchange (‘ASX’), the Company advises the ASX of any transaction conducted by directors in securities in the Company.
The share dealing policy is made available to employees through the Company’s internal compliance and governance intranet sites and is also included in the Offer of Employment to new employees.
The trading policy is on the FlexiGroup website.
External Auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers were appointed as the external auditors in 2005. It is PricewaterhouseCoopers policy to rotate audit engagement partners on listed companies at least every five years. The performance of the external auditors is reviewed annually. An analysis of fees paid to the external auditors, including a break-down of fees for non-audit services, is provided in the Directors’ report and in the notes to the Full Financial Report. It is the policy of the external auditors to provide an annual declaration of their independence to the Audit and Risk Committee. The external auditors are required to attend the Annual General Meeting and be available to answer shareholder questions about the conduct of the audit and the preparation and content of the Audit Report.
Loans to Director and Executives
Directors of FlexiGroup Limited or the specified executives of the consolidated entity, including their personally related entities, who had loans with the Company during the year are detailed in note 29 of the financial statements.
Indemnification
The Constitution of the Company provides an indemnity (to the maximum extent permitted by law) in favour of current and past directors, Company secretaries, and all other past and present executive officers when acting in these capacities in respect of:
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a) all liabilities to another person (other than the Company or related entities) if the relevant officers have acted in good faith; and
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b) the costs and expenses of successfully defending legal proceedings.
Under Deeds of Access and Indemnity, the Company has agreed to indemnify each current director and each Company secretary for all liabilities that may arise as a result of the director or Company secretary acting in that capacity to the full extent permitted by law. The deed stipulates that the Company will meet the full amount of any such liabilities, including legal costs
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Financial report 30 June 2007
FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Annual financial report – 30 June 2007 ACN 122 574 583
Contents
Page Financial report Income statements 33 Balance sheets 34 Statement of changes in equity 35 Cash flow statement s 36 Notes to the financial statements 37 Directors’ declaration 70 Independent audit report to the members 71
FlexiGroup Limited was incorporated on 14 November 2006 and acquired 100% of the share capital of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited on 12 December 2006. Consolidated information presented in this report is for the financial year ended 30 June 2007 for the consolidated Group. Parent entity information for FlexiGroup Limited is for the period 14 November 2006 to 30 June 2007 unless otherwise stated.
This financial report covers both FlexiGroup Limited as an individual and the consolidated entity consisting of FlexiGroup Limited and its subsidiaries. The financial report is presented in the Australian currency.
FlexiGroup Limited is a Company limited by shares, incorporated and domiciled in Australia. Its registered office and principal place of business is:
Level 8, The Forum 201 Pacific Highway St Leonards NSW 2065
A description of the nature of the entity’s operations and its principal activities is included in the review of operations and activities in the directors’ report on page 2, both of which are not part of this financial report.
The financial report was authorised for issue by the directors on 28 August 2007. The Company has the power to amend and reissue the financial report.
Through the use of the internet, we have ensured that our corporate reporting is timely, complete, and available globally at minimum cost to the Company. All press releases, financial reports and other information are available at Investor Information on our website: www.flexigroup.com.au
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Income statements For the period ended 30 June 2007
| Notes Revenue from continuing operations 5 Borrowing costs Employee benefits expense Impairment losses on loans and receivables 6 Administration expenses Share based payments expense Depreciation & amortisation expenses 6 Communications & MIS expenses Marketing expenses Travel expenses Profit before income tax Income tax expense 7 Profit for the period 27(b) Earnings per share for profit from continuing operations attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company: Basic earnings per share 37 Diluted earnings per share 37 |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $’000 141,869 120,588 31 - - - - - (38,459) (34,419) - - (27,311) (25,060) - - (14,528) (10,573) - - (8,972) (9,426) - - (6,226) (50) (4,923) - (3,285) (3,475) - - (2,218) (1,672) - - (2,956) (4,233) - - (1,012) (738) - - |
|---|---|
| 36,902 30,942 (4,892) - (13,473) (8,863) (9) - |
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| 23,429 22,079 (4,901) - |
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| Cents Cents 17.4 67.9 16.4 67.9 |
The above income statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Balance sheets As at 30 June 2007
| Notes ASSETS Current assets Cash and cash equivalents 8 Receivables 9 Loans 10 Rental equipment 11 Total current assets Non-current assets Receivables 12 Loans 13 Plant and equipment 14 Deferred tax assets 15 Goodwill 16 Other intangible assets 17 Other financial assets 18 Total non-current assets Total assets LIABILITIES Current liabilities Payables 19 Borrowings 20 Current tax liability 21 Provisions 22 Total current liabilities Non-current liabilities Borrowings 23 Deferred tax liabilities 24 Provisions 25 Total non-current liabilities Total liabilities Net assets EQUITY Contributed equity 26 Reserves 27(a) Retained profits 27(b) Total equity |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 56,677 36,880 - - 228,632 209,704 - - 6,424 1,729 8,677 - 2,966 2,659 - - |
|---|---|
| 294,699 250,972 8,677 - |
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| 234,210 214,548 - - 31,586 5,871 - - 3,325 3,599 - - 6,100 3,930 2,028 - 50,159 50,159 - - 5,446 4,084 - - - - 429,198 - |
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| 330,826 282,191 431,226 - |
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| 625,525 533,163 439,903 - |
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| 19,498 17,240 - - 218,498 195,975 - - 9,325 9,083 8,179 - 554 490 - - |
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| 247,875 222,788 8,179 - |
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| 269,173 230,657 - - 24,335 21,730 - - 269 348 - - |
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| 293,777 252,735 - - |
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| 541,652 475,523 8,179 - |
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| 83,873 57,640 431,724 - |
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| 29,422 20,965 435,322 - (5,212) 441 1,303 - 59,663 36,234 (4,901) - |
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| 83,873 57,640 431,724 - |
The above balance sheets should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Statement of changes in equity For the period ended 30 June 2007
| Notes Total equity at the beginning of the financial period Exchange differences on translation of foreign operation Net income/(loss) recognised directly in equity 27(a) Profit for the period Total recognised income and expense for the period Transactions with equity holders in their capacity as equity holders: Contributions of equity, net of transaction costs Movement in share based payments reserve 27(a) Total equity at the end of the financial period |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 57,640 35,850 - - |
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| 544 (339) - - |
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| 544 (339) - - 23,429 22,079 (4,901) - |
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| 23,973 21,740 (4,901) - |
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| 8,457 - 435,322 - (6,197) 50 1,303 |
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| 2,260 50 436,625 - |
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| 83,873 57,640 431,724 - |
The above statements of changes in equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Cash flow statements For the period ended 30 June 2007
| Consolidated | Consolidated | Parent entity | Parent entity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |||
| Notes | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | ||
| Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||
| Lease rentals received | 389,666 | 347,453 | - | - | ||
| Loan repayments received | 5,610 | 1,351 | - | - | ||
| Bank interest received | 4,348 | 2,785 | - | - | ||
| Other portfolio income and rental asset disposal | ||||||
| proceeds | 46,934 | 27,965 | - | - | ||
| Payment to suppliers and employees | (392,472) | (332,188) | - | - | ||
| Loans advanced | (36,503) | (9,088) | 8,744 | - | ||
| Borrowing costs | (38,459) | (34,419) | - | - | ||
| Net increase in borrowings | 72,558 | 24,044 | - | |||
| Loss reserve payments | (11,519) | (10,993) | - | - | ||
| Taxation paid | (10,265) | (606) | (2,571) | - | ||
| Net cash inflow provided from operating activities | 31 | 29,898 | 16,304 | 6,173 | - | |
| Cash flows from investing activities | - | - | ||||
| Payments for purchase of plant and equipment | 14 | (857) | (362) | - | - | |
| Payments for purchase of software | 17 | (2,666) | (2,269) | - | - | |
| Proceeds from disposals of plant and equipment | 123 | 2 | - | - | ||
| Repayment of loans by related parties | 500 | - | - | - | ||
| Loans to shareholder related entities | - | (7) | (266,287) | - | ||
| Net cash (outflow)/inflow from investing activities | (2,900) | (2,636) | (266,287) | - | ||
| Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||
| Share capital raised | - | - | 260,114 | - | ||
| Share based payments paid | 27(a) | (7,500) | - | - | - | |
| Net cash (outflow)/inflow from financing activities | (7,500) | - | 260,114 | - | ||
| Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 19,498 | 13,668 | - | - | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the | ||||||
| financial period | 36,880 | 23,212 | - | - | ||
| Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash | ||||||
| equivalents | 299 | - | - | - | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 8 | 56,677 | 36,880 | - | - | |
| Financing arrangements | 23 |
The above cash flow statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Notes to the financial statements 30 June 2007
Contents of the notes to the financial statements
| Page | ||
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| 1 | Summary of significant accounting policies | 38 |
| 2. | Financial risk management | 47 |
| 3. | Critical accounting estimates | 47 |
| 4. | Segment information | 48 |
| 5. | Revenue | 48 |
| 6. | Expenses | 48 |
| 7. | Income tax expense | 49 |
| 8. | Cash and cash equivalents | 50 |
| 9. | Current assets – Receivables | 50 |
| 10. | Current assets – Loans | 50 |
| 11. | Current assets – Rental equipment | 51 |
| 12. | Non-current assets – Receivables | 51 |
| 13. | Non-current assets – Loans | 51 |
| 14. | Non-current assets – Plant and equipment | 52 |
| 15. | Non-current assets - Deferred tax assets | 53 |
| 16. | Non-current assets - Goodwill | 53 |
| 17. | Non-current assets - Intangible assets | 53 |
| 18. | Non-current assets - Other financial assets | 54 |
| 19. | Current liabilities – Payables | 54 |
| 20. | Current liabilities – Borrowings | 54 |
| 21. | Current liabilities – Current tax liabilities | 54 |
| 22. | Current liabilities – Provisions | 55 |
| 23. | Non-current liabilities – Borrowings | 55 |
| 24. | Non-current liabilities – Deferred tax liabilities | 56 |
| 25. | Non-current liabilities - Provisions | 56 |
| 26. | Contributed equity | 57 |
| 27. | Reserves and retained profits | 58 |
| 28. | Franking Account / Dividends | 59 |
| 29. | Key management personnel disclosures | 59 |
| 30. | Capital and leasing commitments | 62 |
| 31. | Reconciliation of profit after income tax to net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities | 63 |
| 32. | Events occurring after balance date | 63 |
| 33. | Subsidiaries | 64 |
| 34. | Related party transactions | 64 |
| 35. | Remuneration of auditors | 65 |
| 36. | Contingencies | 65 |
| 37. | Earnings per share | 66 |
| 38. | Share-based payments | 67 |
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1 Summary of significant accounting policies
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial report are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated. The financial report includes separate financial statements for FlexiGroup Limited as an individual entity and the consolidated entity consisting of FlexiGroup Limited and its subsidiaries.
The following is a summary of the material accounting policies adopted by the consolidated entity in the preparation of the financial report. The accounting policies have been consistently applied, unless otherwise stated.
a. Basis of preparation
This general purpose financial report has been prepared in accordance with Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (AIFRSs), other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board, Urgent Issues Group Interpretations and the Corporations Act 2001 .
Compliance with IFRS
Australian Accounting Standards include Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards (AIFRS). Compliance with AIFRSs ensures that the consolidated financial statements and notes of FlexiGroup Limited comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs). The parent entity financial statements and notes also comply with IFRSs except that it has elected to apply the relief provided to parent entities in respect of certain disclosure requirements contained in AASB 132 Financial Instruments: Presentation and Disclosure.
Historical cost convention
These financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of available-for-sale financial assets, financial assets and liabilities (including derivative instruments) at fair value through profit or loss, certain classes of property, plant and equipment and investment property.
Critical accounting estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with AIFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the financial statements, are disclosed in note 3.
b. Principles of consolidation
Subsidiaries
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the assets and liabilities of all subsidiaries of FlexiGroup Limited (''Company'' or ''parent entity'') as at 30 June 2007 and the results of all subsidiaries for the year then ended. FlexiGroup Limited and its subsidiaries together are referred to in this financial report as the Group or the consolidated entity.
Subsidiaries are all those entities (including special purpose entities) over which the Group has the power to govern the financial and operating policies, generally accompanying a shareholding of more than one-half of the voting rights. The existence and effect of potential voting rights that are currently exercisable or convertible are considered when assessing whether the Group controls another entity.
Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the Group. They are de-consolidated from the date that control ceases.
The acquisition of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited by FlexiGroup Limited was identified as a reverse acquisition and the consolidated financial statements have therefore been prepared as a continuation of the financial statements of the accounting acquirer, Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited. Accordingly, consolidated comparative information is provided for the balance sheet and related information as at 30 June 2006 and the income statement, cash flow statement, statement of changes in equity and related information for the year to 30 June 2006. Only current year figures covering the period from incorporation are shown for the parent entity, FlexiGroup Limited.
As a result:
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the retained earnings of the group represent the retained earnings of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited from the date of its incorporation, plus the results of other combining entities from the date of acquisition.
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the consolidated balance sheet comprises the existing consolidated net assets of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited and its controlled entities measured at their historical cost, plus the fair value of the net assets of the other combining entities.
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the financial report includes comparatives for the Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited Group.
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1 Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)
The purchase method of accounting is used to account for the acquisition of subsidiaries by the Group.
Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between Group companies are eliminated. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transactions provides evidence of the impairment of the asset transferred. Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group.
Investments in subsidiaries are accounted for at cost in the individual financial statements of FlexiGroup Limited.
c. Segment reporting
The group operates predominately in one business segment (financial services) and one geographical segment (Australasia).
d. Foreign currency translation
i. Functional and presentation currency
Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group’s entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (‘the functional currency’). The consolidated financial statements are presented in Australian dollars, which is FlexiGroup Limited’s functional and presentation currency.
ii. Transactions and balances
Foreign currency transactions are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation at year end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in the income statement, except when they are deferred in equity as qualifying cash flow hedges and qualifying net investment hedges or are attributable to part of the net investments in foreign operations.
Translation differences on non-monetary financial assets and liabilities are reported as part of the fair value gain or loss. Translation differences on non-monetary financial assets and liabilities such as equities held at fair value through profit or loss are recognised in profit or loss as part of the fair value gain or loss. Translation differences on non-monetary financial assets such as equities classified as available-for-sale financial assets are included in the fair value reserve in equity.
iii. Group companies
The results and financial position of all the Group entities (none of which has the currency of a hyperinflationary economy) that have a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:
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assets and liabilities for each balance sheet presented are translated at the closing rate at the date of that balance sheet;
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income and expenses for each income statement are translated at average exchange rates (unless this is not a reasonable approximation of the cumulative effect of the rates prevailing on the transaction dates, in which case income and expenses are translated at the dates of the transactions); and
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all resulting exchange differences are recognised as a separate component of equity.
On consolidation, exchange differences arising from the translation of any net investment in foreign entities, and of borrowings and other financial instruments designated as hedges of such investments, are taken to shareholders’ equity. When a foreign operation is sold or any borrowings forming part of the net investment are repaid, a proportionate share of such exchange differences are recognised in the income statement, as part of the gain or loss on sale where applicable.
Goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on the acquisition of a foreign entity are treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign entities and translated at the closing rate.
e. Revenue recognition
Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. Amounts disclosed as revenue are net of returns, trade allowances and amounts collected on behalf of third parties. Revenue is recognised for the major business activities as follows.
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1 Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)
i. Lease finance interest revenue
Lease finance interest revenue is recognised by applying discount rates implicit in the leases to lease balances receivable at the beginning of each payment period.
Secondary lease income, including rental income on extended rental assets is recognised when it is due on an accrual basis. Proceeds from the sale of rental assets are recognised upon disposal of the relevant assets.
ii. Interest income and expense
Interest income on loans and cash balances is recognised in the income statement using the effective interest method.
The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a financial asset and of allocating the interest income over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments or receipts through the expected life of the financial instrument or, when appropriate, a shorter period to the net carrying amount of the financial asset or financial liability. When calculating the effective interest rate, the Group estimates cash flows considering all contractual terms of the financial instrument (for example, prepayment options) but does not consider future credit losses.
iii. Other revenue
The Company operates an equipment protection and debt waiver plan entitled Protect. Protect Plan revenue is recognised in the month it is due on an accruals basis. A provision for outstanding expected claims is recognised in the statement of financial position for the cost of Protect Plan claims which have been incurred at year end, but have not yet been notified to the Company, or which have been notified to the Company but not yet paid.
f. Income tax
The income tax expense or revenue for the period is the tax payable on the current period’s taxable income based on the national income tax rate for each jurisdiction adjusted by changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities attributable to temporary differences and to unused tax losses.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognised for temporary differences at the tax rates expected to apply when the assets are recovered or liabilities are settled, based on those tax rates which are enacted or substantively enacted for each jurisdiction. The relevant tax rates are applied to the cumulative amounts of deductible and taxable temporary differences to measure the deferred tax asset or liability. An exception is made for certain temporary differences arising from the initial recognition of an asset or a liability. No deferred tax asset or liability is recognised in relation to these temporary differences if they arose in a transaction, other than a business combination, that at the time of the transaction did not affect either accounting or taxable profit or loss.
Deferred tax assets are recognised for deductible temporary differences and unused tax losses only if it is probable that future taxable amounts will be available to utilise those temporary differences and losses.
Deferred tax liabilities and assets are not recognised for temporary differences between the carrying amount and tax bases of investments in controlled entities where the parent entity is able to control the timing of the reversal of the temporary differences and it is probable that the differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and when the deferred tax balances relate to the same taxation authority. Current tax assets and tax liabilities are offset where the entity has a legally enforceable right to offset and intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Current and deferred tax balances attributable to amounts recognised directly in equity are also recognised directly in equity.
Tax consolidation legislation
FlexiGroup Limited and its wholly-owned Australian controlled entities have implemented the tax consolidation legislation.
The head entity, FlexiGroup Limited, and the controlled entities in the tax consolidated group account for their own current and deferred tax accounts. These tax amounts are measured as if each entity in the tax consolidation was a stand alone taxpayer in its own right.
In addition to its own current and deferred tax amounts, FlexiGroup Limited also recognises the current tax liabilities (assets) and the deferred tax assets arising from unused tax losses and unused tax credits assumed from controlled entities in the tax consolidation group.
Assets or liabilities arising under tax funding agreements with the tax consolidated entities are recognised as amounts receivable from or payable to other entities in the Group. Details about the tax funding agreement are disclosed in note 7. Any difference between the amounts assumed and amounts receivable or payable under the tax funding agreement are recognised as a contribution to (or distribution from) wholly-owned tax consolidation entities.
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g. Lease receivables
The Group has classified its leases as finance leases for accounting purposes. Under a finance lease, substantially all the risks and benefits incidental to the ownership of the leased asset are transferred by the lessor to the lessee. The Group recognises at the beginning of the lease term an asset at an amount equal to the aggregate of the present value (discounted at the interest rate implicit in the lease) of the minimum lease payments and an estimate of the value of any unguaranteed residual value expected to accrue to the benefit of the group at the end of the lease term.
i. Unearned Interest
Unearned interest on leases and other receivables is brought to account over the life of the lease contract based on the interest rate implicit in the lease.
ii. Initial direct transaction costs
Initial direct costs (leases) or transaction costs (loans) incurred in origination of leases and loans are included as part of receivables in the statement of financial position and are amortised in the calculation of lease income and interest income.
h. Loan receivables
Loan receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. They arise when the Group provides loans to customers via products such as a Personal or Business Loan.
i. Allowance for losses
The collectability of lease and loan receivables is assessed on an ongoing basis. A provision is made for losses based on historical roll rates of arrears and the current delinquency position of the portfolio.
j. Leases – used by the group
Leases of property, plant and equipment where the Group has substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as finance leases. Finance leases are capitalised at the lease’s inception at the lower of the fair value of the leased property and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding rental obligations, net of finance charges, are included in other long-term payables. Each lease payment is allocated between the liability and finance cost. The finance cost is charged to the income statement over the lease period so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each period. The property, plant and equipment acquired under finance leases is depreciated over the shorter of the asset’s useful life and the lease term.
Leases in which a significant portion of the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases note 30. Payments made under operating leases (net of any incentives received from the lessor) are charged to the income statement on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
k. Cash and cash equivalents
For cash flow statement presentation purposes, cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand, deposits held at call with financial institutions, other short term, highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities on the balance sheet.
l. Investments
The Group classifies its investments in the following categories: financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, loans and receivables, held-to-maturity investments, and available-for-sale financial assets. The classification depends on the purpose for which the investments were acquired. Management determines the classification of its investments at initial recognition and, in the case of assets classified as held-to-maturity, re-evaluates this designation at each reporting date.
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(l) Investments (continued)
i. Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are financial assets held for trading which are acquired principally for the purpose of selling in the short term with the intention of making a profit. Derivatives are also categorised as held for trading unless they are designated as hedges.
The Group had no assets in this category at 30 June 2007.
ii. Loans and receivables
Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. They arise when the Group provides money, goods or services directly to a debtor with no intention of selling the receivable. They are included in current assets, except for those with maturities greater than 12 months after the balance sheet date which are classified as non-current assets. Loans and receivables are included in receivables in the balance sheet (notes 9, 10, 12 and 13)
iii. Held-to-maturity investments
Held-to-maturity investments are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturities that the Group’s management has the positive intention and ability to hold to maturity.
The Group had no assets in this category at 30 June 2007.
iv. Available-for-sale financial assets
Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories. They are included in non-current assets unless management intends to dispose of the investment within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
The Group had no assets in this category at 30 June 2007.
Regular purchases and sales of investments are recognised on trade-date (the date on which the Group commits to purchase or sell the asset). Investments are initially recognised at fair value plus transaction costs for all financial assets not carried at fair value through profit or loss. Financial assets carried at fair value through profit or loss are initially recognised at fair value and transaction costs are expensed in the income statement. Financial assets are derecognised when the rights to receive cash flows from the financial assets have expired or have been transferred and the Group has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership.
Available-for-sale financial assets and financial assets at fair value through profit and loss are subsequently carried at fair value. Loans and receivables and held-to-maturity investments are carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Gains or losses arising from changes in the fair value of the 'financial assets at fair value through profit or loss' category, including interest and dividend income, are presented in the income statement within other income or other expenses in the period in which they arise.
Changes in the fair value of monetary securities denominated in a foreign currency and classified as available-for-sale are analysed between translation differences resulting from changes in amortised cost of the security and other changes in the carrying amount of the security. The translation differences are recognised in profit or loss and other changes in carrying amount are recognised in equity. Changes in the fair value of other monetary and non-monetary securities classified as available-for-sale are recognised in equity. When securities classified as available-for-sale are sold or impaired, the accumulated fair value adjustments recognised in equity are included in the income statement as gains and losses from investment securities.
The fair values of quoted investments are based on current bid prices. If the market for a financial asset is not active (and for unlisted securities), the Group establishes fair value by using valuation techniques. These include the use of recent arm’s length transactions, reference to other instruments that are substantially the same, discounted cash flow analysis, and option pricing models making maximum use of market inputs and relying as little as possible on entity-specific inputs.
The Group assesses at each balance date whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset or group of financial assets is impaired. In the case of equity securities classified as available-for-sale, a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of a security below its cost is considered in determining whether the security is impaired. If any such evidence exists for available-for-sale financial assets, the cumulative loss (measured as the difference between the acquisition cost and the current fair value, less any impairment loss on that financial asset previously recognised in profit and loss) is removed from equity and recognised in the income statement. Impairment losses recognised in the income statement on equity instruments classified as available-for-sale are not reversed through the income statement.
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m. Rental equipment
Rental equipment is carried at the lower of cost and net realisable value and comprises returned rental equipment and items remaining on rental after the end of the contractual rental period.
n. Plant and equipment
Plant and equipment is stated at historical cost less depreciation. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to the acquisition of the items. Cost may also include transfers from equity of any gains/losses on qualifying cash flow hedges of foreign currency purchases of plant and equipment.
Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Group and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. All repairs and maintenance are charged to the income statement during the reporting period in which they are incurred.
Depreciation is calculated using the diminishing value method to allocate their cost or revalued amounts, net of their residual values, over their estimated useful lives, as follows:
Depreciable asset Depreciation rate Plant and equipment 20 – 40%
The assets’ residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each balance sheet date.
An asset’s carrying amount is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset’s carrying amount is greater than its estimated recoverable amount.
Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds with the carrying amount of the asset disposed. These are included in the income statement.
o. Intangibles
i. Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an acquisition over the fair value of the Group’s share of the net identifiable assets of the acquired subsidiary at the date of acquisition. Goodwill on acquisitions of subsidiaries is included in intangible assets. Goodwill is not amortised. Instead, goodwill is tested for impairment annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that it might be impaired, and is carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses. Gains and losses on the disposal of an entity include the carrying amount of goodwill relating to the entity sold.
ii. Software development
Costs incurred on software development projects (relating to the design and testing of new or improved software products) are recognised as intangible assets when it is probable that the project will be a success considering its commercial and technical feasibility and its costs can be measured reliably. The expenditure capitalised comprises all directly attributable costs, including direct labour. Other development expenditures that do not meet these criteria are recognised as an expense as incurred. Capitalised development costs are recorded as an intangible asset and amortised from the point at which the asset is ready for use on a diminishing value basis over its useful life, which is assessed at 2.5 years.
iii. Contractual payments for access rights
Payments to dealers or dealer groups that result in the group acquiring a preference to supply services are capitalised as intangible assets, and amortisation commences from the start of the supply service period. The carrying value is tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate it might be impaired.
p. Impairment of assets
Goodwill and intangible assets that have an indefinite useful life are not subject to amortisation and are tested annually for impairment, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that they might be impaired. Other assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use. For the purposes of assessing impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are separately identifiable cash inflows which are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets (cash generating units). Non financial assets other than goodwill that suffered an impairment are reviewed for possible reversal of the impairment at each reporting date.
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q. Trade and other payables
These amounts represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Group prior to the end of the financial year which are unpaid. The amounts are unsecured and are usually paid within 30 days of recognition.
r. Borrowings
Borrowings are initially recognised at fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently measured at amortised cost. Any difference between the proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the redemption amount is recognised in the income statement over the period of the borrowings using the effective interest method. Fees paid on the establishment of loan facilities, which are not an incremental cost relating to the actual draw-down of the facility, are recognised as prepayments and amortised on a straight-line basis over the term of the facility.
Borrowings are removed from the balance sheet when the obligation specified in the contract is discharged, cancelled or expired. The difference between the carrying amount of a financial liability that has been extinguished or transferred to another party and the consideration paid, including any non-cash assets transferred or liabilities assumed, is recognised in other income or other expenses.
Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the Group has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least 12 months after the balance sheet date.
s. Borrowing costs
Borrowing costs are expensed.
t. Provisions
Provisions for legal claims are recognised when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of past events if it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation, and the amount has been reliably estimated. Provisions are not recognised for future operating losses.
Where there are a number of similar obligations, the likelihood that an outflow will be required in settlement is determined by considering the class of obligations as a whole. A provision is recognised even if the likelihood of an outflow with respect to any one item included in the same class of obligations may be small.
Provisions are measured at the present value of management’s best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the present obligation at the balance sheet date. The discount rate used to determine the present value reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability. The increase in the provision due to the passage of time is recognised as interest expense.
u. Employee benefits
i. Wages and salaries, annual leave and sick leave
Liabilities for wages and salaries, including non-monetary benefits, annual leave and accumulating vesting sick leave expected to be settled within 12 months of the reporting date are recognised in other payables in respect of employees' services up to the reporting date and are measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled.
ii. Long service leave
The liability for long service leave is recognised in the provision for employee benefits and measured as the present value of expected future payments to be made in respect of services provided by employees up to the reporting date using the projected unit credit method. Consideration is given to expected future wage and salary levels, experience of employee departures and periods of service. Expected future payments are discounted using market yields at the reporting date on national government bonds with terms to maturity and currency that match, as closely as possible, the estimated future cash outflows.
iii. Profit-sharing and bonus plans
The Group recognises a provision where contractually obliged or where there is a past practice that has created a constructive obligation.
iv. Share-based payments
Share-based compensation benefits are provided to certain employees. Information relating to these schemes is set out in note 38.
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(u) Employee Benefits (Continued)
The fair value of such instruments is recognised as an expense with a corresponding increase in equity. The fair value is measured at grant date and recognised over the period during which the relevant party becomes unconditionally entitled to the instruments.
Fair values at grant date are independently determined using a binomial tree option pricing methodology that takes into account the exercise price, the term of the Options, the impact of dilution, the share price at grant date and expected price volatility of the underlying share, the expected dividend yield and the risk-free interest rate for the term of the Options.
The fair value of the instruments granted is adjusted to reflect market vesting conditions, but excludes the impact of any non-market vesting conditions (for example, profitability and sales growth targets). Non-market vesting conditions are included in assumptions about the number and value of instruments that are expected to become exercisable. At each balance sheet date, the entity revises its estimate of the number of instruments that are expected to become exercisable. The share based payment expense recognised each period takes into account the most recent estimate.
Upon the exercise of instruments, the balance of the share-based payments reserve relating to those instruments is transferred to share capital and the proceeds received (if any), net of any directly attributable transaction costs, are credited to share capital.
v. Contributed equity
Ordinary shares are classified as equity.
Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options are shown in equity as a deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds.
If the entity reacquires its own equity instruments, eg as the result of a share buy-back, those instruments are deducted from equity and the associated shares are cancelled. No gain or loss is recognised in the profit or loss and the consideration paid including any directly attributable incremental costs (net of income taxes) is recognised directly in equity.
w. Dividends
Provision is made for the amount of any dividend declared, being appropriately authorised and no longer at the discretion of the entity, on or before the end of the financial year but not distributed at balance date.
x. Earnings per share
i. Basic earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit attributable to equity holders of the Company, excluding any costs of servicing equity other than ordinary shares, by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the financial year, adjusted for bonus elements in ordinary shares issued during the year.
ii. Diluted earnings per share
Diluted earnings per share adjusts the figures used in the determination of basic earnings per share to take into account the after income tax effect of interest and other financing costs associated with dilutive potential ordinary shares and the weighted average number of shares assumed to have been issued for no consideration in relation to dilutive potential ordinary shares.
y. Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of associated GST, unless the GST incurred is not recoverable from taxation authorities. In this case it is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of the expense.
In the balance sheets receivables and payables are stated inclusive of the amount of GST receivable or payable, with the exception of lease receivables, which are shown net of GST on the rentals not yet due. The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority is included with other receivables or payables in the balance sheet.
Cash flows are presented on a gross basis. The GST components of cash flows arising from investing or financing activities which are recoverable from, or payable to the taxation authority, are presented as operating cash flows.
z. Rounding of amounts
The Company is of a kind referred to in Class order 98/0100, issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, relating to the ''rounding off'' of amounts in the financial report. Amounts in the financial report have been rounded off in accordance with that Class Order to the nearest thousand dollars, or in certain cases, the nearest dollar.
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aa. Fair value estimation
The fair value of financial assets and financial liabilities must be estimated for recognition and measurement or for disclosure purposes.
The fair value of financial instruments traded in active markets (such as publicly traded derivatives, and trading and available-for-sale securities) is based on quoted market prices at the balance sheet date. The quoted market price used for financial assets held by the Group is the current bid price; the appropriate quoted market price for financial liabilities is the current ask price.
The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market is determined using valuation techniques. The Group uses a variety of methods and makes assumptions that are based on market conditions existing at each balance date. Quoted market prices or dealer quotes for similar instruments are used for long-term debt instruments held. Other techniques, such as estimated discounted cash flows, are used to determine fair value for the remaining financial instruments. The fair value of interest-rate swaps is calculated as the present value of the estimated future cash flows. The fair value of forward exchange contracts is determined using forward exchange market rates at the balance sheet date.
The nominal value less estimated credit adjustments of trade receivables and payables are assumed to approximate their fair values. The fair value of financial liabilities for disclosure purposes is estimated by discounting the future contractual cash flows at the current market interest rate that is available to the Group for similar financial instruments.
ab. New accounting standards and UIG interpretations
Certain new accounting standards and UIG interpretations have been published that are not mandatory for 30 June 2007 reporting periods. The Group’s assessment of the impact of these new standards and interpretations is set out below.
(i) AASB 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures and AASB 2005-10 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards [AASB 132, ASSB 101, AASB 114, AASB 117, AASB 133, AASB 139, AASB 1, AASB 4, AASB 1023, & AASB 1038] AASB 7 and AASB 2005-10 are applicable to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2007. The Group has not adopted the standards early. Application of the standards will not affect any of the amounts recognised in the financial statements, but will impact the type of information disclosed in relation to the Group’s and the parent entity’s financial instruments.
(ii) AASB-I 10 Interim Financial Reporting and Impairment AASB-I 10 is applicable to annual reporting commencing on or after 1 November 2006. The Group has not recognised an impairment loss in relation to goodwill, investments in equity instruments or financial assets carried at cost in an interim reporting period but subsequently reversed the impairment loss in the annual report. Application of the interpretation will therefore have no impact on the Group’s or the parent entity’s financial statements.
(iii) Revised AASB 101 Presentation of Financial Statements
A revised AASB 101 was issued in October 2006 and is applicable to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2007. The Group has not adopted the standard early. Application of the revised standard will not have any impact on the Group's financial statements.
(iv) AASB-I 11 AASB 2 - Group and Treasury Share Transactions and AASB 2007-1 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from AASB Interpretation 11 AASB-I 11 and AASB 2007-1 are effective for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 March 2007. AASB-I 11 addresses whether certain types of share-based payment transactions should be accounted for as equity-settled or as cash settled transactions and specifies the accounting in a subsidiary’s financial statements for share-based payment arrangements involving equity instruments of the parent. The Group will apply AASB-I 11 from 1 July 2007, but it is not expected to have any impact on the Group's financial statements.
(v) Revised AASB 123 Borrowing Costs and AASB 2007-6 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards arising from AASB 123 [AASB 1, AASB 101, AASB 107, AASB 111, AASB 116 & AASB 138 and Interpretations 1 & 12] The revised AASB 123 is applicable to annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2009. As the Group already capitalises its borrowing costs relating to qualifying assets, there will be no impact on the financial report when adopted.
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2. Financial risk management
The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk (currency risk), credit risk, liquidity risk and interest rate risk.
The Group’s overall risk management framework seeks to minimise potential adverse effects on the financial performance of the Group.
Risk management is primarily carried out by the treasury department and the credit and risk department.
a. Market risk
Foreign exchange risk
The Group is exposed to foreign exchange risk through its operations in New Zealand.
This risk is not considered material as loans extended by the Australian operations to its New Zealand subsidiary have been repaid (2006: A$2.2million).
b. Credit risk
As the principal activities of the Group continue to be the provision of lease, loan and rental financing, the Group is exposed to credit risk.
This credit risk is mitigated through:
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Formally documented credit policies and processes.
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Use of statistical based credit scorecards.
The Group has no significant concentrations of credit risk.
c. Liquidity risk
Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and marketable securities and the availability of funding through an adequate amount of committed credit facilities. Due to the dynamic nature of the underlying businesses, Group Treasury aims at maintaining flexibility in funding by keeping committed credit lines available from a number of financial institutions and investing in highly liquid and rated money market investments.
d. Interest Rate Risk
The Group’s potential interest rate risk arises from the spread between borrowings and interest earned from the receivable portfolio. The Group’s receivable portfolio is comprised entirely of fixed rate loans. The Group manages its interest rate risk by funding its loan portfolio through predominately borrowing from funders at a fixed rate of interest.
The Group has no interest rate hedging or derivative contracts outstanding.
3. Critical accounting estimates
Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that may have a financial impact on the entity and that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
Critical accounting estimates and assumptions
The Group makes estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal the related actual results. The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are discussed below.
i. Estimation of Unguaranteed residuals on leases
The Group estimates the value of unguaranteed lease residuals based on its prior experience for similar contracts.
ii. Allowance for losses
The Group estimates losses incurred on its loans and lease receivables in accordance with the policy set out in Note 1(i).
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3. Critical accounting estimates (continued)
iii. Resetting of the Group’s tax cost base
As a result of the creation of a new tax consolidation group on 11 December 2006 following the acquisition of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited by FlexiGroup SubCo Pty Limited, the group is required to reset for taxation purposes the tax cost base of each of its assets. In order to complete this task, the group is in the process of obtaining formal valuations of each asset, as well as tax advice on the process for resetting the tax cost base. It is possible that the group will also seek a private ruling from the Australian Taxation Office before resetting its tax cost base.
At this time it is not possible to quantify the impact of resetting the tax base, however based on information currently available to the Directors, it is unlikely that a loss will arise, and it is possible that a one-off gain will arise for the group. Any adjustment arising from the impact of resetting the tax cost base will be recognised when the Directors are satisfied that the adjustment is probable.
4. Segment information
The group operates predominately in one business segment (financial services) and one geographical segment (Australasia).
5. Revenue
| . Revenue | ||
|---|---|---|
| From continuing operations Gross interest and finance lease income Amortisation of initial direct transaction costs (note 1(g)) Interest on leases and loan receivables Other portfolio income Other revenue Interest income – Banks Sundry income |
Consolidated 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 126,207 112,687 (26,505) (23,248) |
Parent entity 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 - - - - |
| 99,702 89,439 37,252 28,196 |
- - - - |
|
| 4,348 2,785 567 168 |
31 - - - |
|
| 141,869 120,588 |
31 - |
6. Expenses
| Profit before income tax includes the following specific expenses: Depreciation - Plant and Equipment Amortisation - Software Total depreciation and amortisation expenses Bad debts written off Movement in allowance for losses Losses on loans and receivables |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 1,007 1,191 - - 2,278 2,284 - - |
|---|---|
| 3,285 3,475 - - |
|
| 13,635 10,890 - - 893 (317) - - |
|
| 14,528 10,573 - - |
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7. Income tax expense
| (a) Income tax expense Current tax Deferred tax Under (over) provided in prior years Income tax expense is attributable to: Profit from continuing operations Aggregate income tax expense Deferred income tax (revenue) expense included in income tax expense comprises: Decrease (increase) in deferred tax assets (note 15) (Decrease) increase in deferred tax liabilities (note 24) (b) Numerical reconciliation of income tax expense to prima facie tax payable Profit from continuing operations before income tax Tax at the Australian tax rate of 30% (2006: 30%) Tax effect of amounts which are not deductible (taxable) in calculating taxable income: Share based payments Sundry items Under (over) provision in prior years |
Consolidated 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 10,505 8,994 2,968 419 - (550) |
Parent entity 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 (496) - 505 - - - |
|---|---|---|
| 13,473 8,863 |
9 - |
|
| 13,473 8,863 |
9 - |
|
| 13,473 8,863 |
9 - |
|
| 363 (746) 2,605 1,165 |
505 - - - |
|
| 2,968 419 |
505 - |
|
| 36,902 30,942 |
(4,892) - |
|
| 11,071 9,283 1,868 - 534 130 |
(1,468) - 1,477 - - - |
|
| 13,473 9,413 - (550) |
9 - - |
|
| 13,473 8,863 |
9 - |
(c) Tax consolidation legislation
FlexiGroup Limited and its wholly owned Australian controlled entities implemented the tax consolidation legislation from December 2006. Previously Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited was the head entity of the tax consolidated group. The accounting policy on implementation of the legislation is set out in note 1(f).
On adoption of the tax consolidation legislation, the entities in the tax consolidated group entered into a tax sharing agreement which, in the opinion of the directors, limits the joint and several liability of the wholly-owned entities in the case of a default by the head entity, FlexiGroup Limited.
The entities have also entered into a tax funding agreement under which the wholly-owned entities fully compensate FlexiGroup Limited for any current tax payable assumed and are compensated by FlexiGroup Limited for any current tax receivable and deferred tax assets relating to the unused tax losses or unused tax credits that are transferred to FlexiGroup Limited under the tax consolidation legislation. The funding amounts are determined by reference to the amounts recognised in the wholly-owned entities’ financial statements.
The amounts receivable/payable under the tax funding agreement are due upon receipt of the funding advice from the head entity which is issued as soon as practicable after the end of the financial year. The head entity may also require payment of interim funding amounts to assist with its obligations to pay tax instalments. The funding amounts are recognised as current inter-company receivables (note 10).
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8. Cash and cash equivalents
| . Cash and cash equivalents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated | Parent entity | |||
| 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |
| $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |
| Cash at bank and on hand | 56,677 | 36,880 | - | - |
| Reconciliation to cash at the end of the period | ||||
| The above figures reconcile to cash at the end of the | ||||
| financial period, as shown in the statement of cash | ||||
| flows, as follows: | ||||
| Balances as above | 56,677 | 36,880 | - | - |
| Balances per statement of cash flows | 56,677 | 36,880 | - | - |
| The weighted average interest rate on this balance is 6.06%. |
9. Current assets – Receivables
| . Current assets – Receivables | |
|---|---|
| Lease receivables Gross rental receivables Guaranteed residuals Unguaranteed residuals Unearned income Unamortised initial direct transaction costs Net Lease receivables Allowances for losses Other receivables Other debtors Amounts receivable –director related entities |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 308,392 280,289 - - 614 753 - - 8,946 8,439 - - (111,767) (101,056) - - 20,761 18,326 - - |
| 226,946 206,751 (3,680) (3,521) - - |
|
| 223,266 203,230 - - 5,366 5,974 - - - 500 - - |
|
| 5,366 6,474 - - |
|
| 228,632 209,704 - - |
10. Current assets – Loans
| Loan receivables Allowance for losses Inter-company loans |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 6,529 1,762 - - (105) (33) - - |
|---|---|
| 6,424 1,729 - - 8,677 - |
|
| 6,424 1,729 8,677 - |
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11. Current assets – Rental equipment
| 1. Current assets – Rental equipment | |
|---|---|
| Returned rental equipment Extended rental assets |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 80 89 - - 2,886 2,570 - - |
| 2,966 2,659 - - |
12. Non-current assets – Receivables
| 12. Non-current assets – Receivables | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lease receivables Gross rental receivables Guaranteed residuals Unguaranteed residuals Unearned income Unamortised initial direct transaction costs Allowance for losses |
Consolidated 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 277,871 248,730 1,672 1,540 17,912 18,449 (70,449) (61,352) 11,087 10,813 |
Parent entity 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 - - - - - - - - - - |
| 238,093 218,180 (3,883) (3,632) |
- - |
|
| 234,210 214,548 |
- - |
13. Non-current assets – Loans
| Loan receivables Allowance for losses |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 32,101 5,975 - - (515) (104) - - |
|---|---|
| 31,586 5,871 - - |
(a) Fair Values
The fair values and carrying values of non-current receivables and loans of the Group approximate the carrying amount stated above based on the implicit rates of the underlying contracts.
(b) Rental & loan receivables (current and non current) analysis and interest rate risk
| 2007 1 year or less Over 1 to 2 years Over 2 to 3 years Over 3 to 4 years Over 4 to 5 years Over 5 years Total Add unamortised initial direct transaction costs Deduct allowance for losses Total |
Fixed interest rate Rental receivables Loan receivables Loans to key management personnel Other receivables Total Weighted average interest rate % $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 206,185 6,529 - 5,366 218,080 30.6 146,073 6,646 - - 152,719 30.2 63,187 6,878 - - 70,065 27.4 13,994 6,758 - - 20,752 24.0 3,752 5,071 - - 8,823 20.1 - 6,748 - - 6,748 17.8 |
|---|---|
| 433,191 38,630 - 5,366 477,187 - 31,848 - - - 31,848 - (7,563) (620) - - (8,183) - |
|
| 457,476 38,010 - 5,366 500,852 - |
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| 2006 1 year or less Over 1 to 2 years Over 2 to 3 years Over 3 to 4 years Over 4 to 5 years Total Add unamortised initial direct transaction costs Deduct allowance for losses Total |
Fixed interest rate Rental receivables Loan receivables Loans to key management personnel Other receivables Total Weighted average interest rate % $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 188,425 1,762 500 5,974 196,661 30.5 137,421 1,680 - - 139,101 30.8 57,896 1,538 - - 59,434 29.5 9,411 1,510 - - 10,921 22.8 2,639 1,247 - - 3,886 22.8 |
|---|---|
| 395,792 7,737 500 5,974 410,003 - 29,139 - - - 29,139 - (7,153) (137) - - (7,290) - |
|
| 417,778 7,600 500 5,974 431,852 - |
(c) Credit risk
The Group’s exposure to credit risk is set out in Note 2.
14. Non-current assets – Plant and equipment
| Plant and equipment Year ended 30 June 2006 Opening net book amount Additions Disposals Depreciation charge Closing book amount At 30 June 2006 Cost Accumulated depreciation Net book amount Year ended 30 June 2007 Opening net book amount Exchange differences Additions Disposals Depreciation charge Closing net book amount At 30 June 2007 Cost Accumulated depreciation Net book amount |
Consolidated Parent Entity $’000 $’000 4,435 - 362 - (7) - (1,191) - |
|---|---|
| 3,599 - |
|
| 6,533 - (2,934) - |
|
| 3,599 - |
|
| 3,599 - (16) - 857 - (108) - (1,007) - |
|
| 3,325 - |
|
| 7,233 - (3,908) - |
|
| 3,325 - |
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15. Non-current assets - Deferred tax assets
| The balance comprises temporary differences attributable to: Amounts recognised in profit or loss Doubtful debts Employee Entitlements Provisions IPO expenses Total deferred tax assets Movements: Opening balance at 1 July Credited/(charged) to the income statement IPO expenses credited directly to equity Closing balance at 30 June Deferred tax assets to be recovered within 12 months Deferred tax assets to be recovered after more than 12 months |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 2,133 2,025 - - 1,332 1,365 - - 607 540 - - 2,028 - 2,028 - |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 2,133 2,025 - - 1,332 1,365 - - 607 540 - - 2,028 - 2,028 - |
|---|---|---|
| 6,100 3,930 |
2,028 - |
|
| 3,930 3,184 (363) 746 2,533 - |
- - (505) - 2,533 - |
|
| 6,100 3,930 |
2,028 - |
|
| 2,996 2,561 3,104 1,369 |
507 - 1,521 - |
|
| 6,100 3,930 |
2,028 - |
16. Non-current assets - Goodwill
| Intangibles Goodwill at 1 July Balance at 30 June |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 50,159 50,159 - - |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 50,159 50,159 - - |
|---|---|---|
| 50,159 50,159 |
- - |
17. Non-current assets - Intangible assets
| Software Balance at 1 July Additions Exchange differences Amortisation charge Balance at 30 June Access Rights Balance at 1 July Additions Amortisation charge Balance at 30 June |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 4,084 4,067 - - 2,666 2,269 - - (26) - - - (2,278) (2,252) - - |
|---|---|
| 4,446 4,084 - - |
|
| - - - - 1,000 - - - - - - - |
|
| 1,000 - - - |
|
| 5,446 4,084 - - |
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18. Non-current assets - Other financial assets
| Shares in subsidiary (note 33) These financial assets are carried at cost. |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 - - 429,198 - |
|---|---|
19. Current liabilities – Payables
| 9. Current liabilities – Payables | |
|---|---|
| Trade payables Other payables |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 2,962 1,313 - - 16,536 15,927 - - |
| 19,498 17,240 - - |
20. Current liabilities – Borrowings
| 0. Current liabilities – Borrowings | |
|---|---|
| Secured Loan Advances - Secured Total secured current borrowings Loss Reserve Total current borrowings |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 238,382 209,399 - - |
| 238,382 209,399 - - (19,884) (13,424) - - |
|
| 218,498 195,975 - - |
Assets pledged as security
The loans are secured by the respective funders by rentals and payments receivable in respect of the underlying lease and loan receivable contracts.
Under the terms of the funding arrangements, some of the funders retain a part of the gross amount funded as security against credit losses on the underlying leases. This amount is referred to as a loss reserve and represents a reduction in the amount borrowed.
21. Current liabilities – Current tax liabilities
| Income tax | Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 9,325 9,083 8,179 - |
|---|---|
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22. Current liabilities – Provisions
| Protect plan provision Carrying amount at beginning of period Provisions made during the period Carrying amount at end of period |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 490 409 - - 64 81 - - 554 490 - - |
|---|---|
For a description of the nature of the provision refer to note 1(e(iii)).
23. Non-current liabilities – Borrowings
| 23. Non-current liabilities – Borrowings | |
|---|---|
| Secured Loan Advances – secured Total secured non current borrowings Loss Reserve Total non-current borrowings |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 285,449 241,874 - - |
| 285,449 241,874 - - (16,276) (11,217) - - |
|
| 269,173 230,657 - - |
Refer to note 20 for detail on assets pledged as security.
Financing arrangements
Unrestricted access was available at balance date to the following lines of credit
| Total loan facilities available Loan facilities used at balance date Loan facilities unused at balance date 2007 Loan advances $'000 Floating rate 33,712 Fixed rate 1 year or less 216,810 Over 1 to 2 years 170,585 Over 2 to 3 years 95,724 Over 3 to 4 years 6,189 Over 4 to 5 years 811 Total 523,831 |
Total loan facilities available Loan facilities used at balance date Loan facilities unused at balance date 2007 Loan advances $'000 Floating rate 33,712 Fixed rate 1 year or less 216,810 Over 1 to 2 years 170,585 Over 2 to 3 years 95,724 Over 3 to 4 years 6,189 Over 4 to 5 years 811 Total 523,831 |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 795,476 690,000 - - 523,831 451,273 - - |
|---|---|---|
| 271,645 238,727 - - |
||
| Loss reserve Net Borrowings Weighted average interest rate $'000 $'000 - 33,712 8.0% (19,884) 196,926 7.8% (10,159) 160,426 7.8% (5,700) 90,024 8.2% (369) 5,820 8.1% (48) 763 8.8% |
||
| 523,831 | (36,160) 487,671 - |
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| 2006 Floating rate Fixed rate 1 year or less Over 1 to 2 years Over 2 to 3 years Over 3 to 4 years Over 4 to 5 years Total |
Loan advances Loss reserve Net borrowings Weighted average interest rate $'000 $'000 $'000 - - - N/A 209,399 (13,424) 195,975 7.5% 155,863 (8,241) 147,622 7.6% 82,107 (2,704) 79,403 7.5% 3,456 (241) 3,215 7.7% 448 (31) 417 7.7% |
|---|---|
| 451,273 (24,641) 426,632 - |
24. Non-current liabilities – Deferred tax liabilities
| The balance comprises temporary differences attributable to: Amounts recognised in profit or loss Difference between lease principal to be returned as assessable income and depreciation on leased assets to be claimed as a tax deduction Initial direct transaction costs Movements: Opening balance at 1 July Credited/(charged) to the income statement Closing balance 30 June Deferred tax liabilities Deferred tax liabilities to be settled after more than 12 months Deferred tax liabilities to be settled within 12 months |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 15,771 13,615 - - 8,564 8,115 - - |
|---|---|
| 24,335 21,730 - - |
|
| 21,730 20,565 - - 2,605 1,165 - - |
|
| 24,335 21,730 - - |
|
| 24,335 21,730 - - |
|
| 9,640 8,705 - - 14,695 13,025 - - |
|
| 24,335 21,730 - - |
25. Non-current liabilities - Provisions
| Employee benefits – long service leave | Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 269 348 - - |
|---|---|
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26. Contributed equity
| (a) Share capital Ordinary shares – fully paid Ordinary shares – fully paid (b) Movement in ordinary share capital 1 July 2005 30 June 2006 1 July 2006 14 November 2006 – Issues of shares in FlexiGroup Limited at $1 per share 12 December 2006 – Issues of shares in FlexiGroup Limited at $2 per share Less: Transaction costs arising on share issue Deferred tax credit recognised directly in equity Other equity contributions 12 December 2006 – other equity contributed by previous shareholders Total contributed equity at 30 June 2007 |
Parent entity 2007 2006 Shares Shares 217,482,000 - |
Parent entity 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 435,322 - |
|---|---|---|
| Number of shares – parent entity ‘000 - - - - 217,482* |
Consolidated entity 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 29,422 20,965 |
|
| Consolidated entity Parent entity $'000 $'000 20,965 - |
||
| 20,965 - |
||
| 20,965 - - - 8,100 434,964* |
||
| 29,065 434,964 (8,449) (8,449) 2,534 2,534 |
||
| 23,150 429,050 6,272 6,272 |
||
| 29,422 435,322 |
- Amount less than 1,000
(c) Ordinary shares
Ordinary shares entitle the holder to participate in dividends and the proceeds on winding up of the Company in proportion to the number of and amounts paid on the shares held.
On a show of hands every holder of ordinary shares present at a meeting in person or by proxy, is entitled to one vote, and upon a poll each share is entitled to one vote.
(d) Options
Information relating to the FlexiGroup Employee Option Plan, including details of options issued, exercised and lapsed during the financial year and options outstanding at the end of the financial year is set out in note 38.
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27. Reserves and retained profits
| (a) Reserves Share based payment reserve (Note 1 u(iv)) Foreign currency translation reserve (Note 1 d(ii)) Movements: Share based payments reserve Balance 1 July Incentive plan and pre IPO options paid during the year Share based payments expense for the period Movement for the year Balance 30 June Movements: Foreign currency translation reserve Balance 1 July Currency translation differences arising during the period Balance 30 June (b) Retained profits Movements in retained profits were as follows: Balance 1 July Net profit/(loss) for the year Balance 30 June |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 (5,397) 800 1,303 - 185 (359) - - |
|---|---|
| (5,212) 441 1,303 - |
|
| Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 800 750 - - (7,500) - - 1,303 50 1,303 - |
|
| (6,197) 50 1,303 |
|
| (5,397) 800 1,303 - |
|
| (359) (20) - - 544 (339) - - |
|
| 185 (359) - - |
|
| Consolidated Parent Entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 36,234 14,155 - - 23,429 22,079 (4,901) - |
|
| 59,663 36,234 (4,901) - |
(c) Nature and purpose of reserves
(i) Foreign currency translation reserve
Exchange differences arising on translation of the foreign controlled entity are taken to the foreign currency translation reserve, as described in note 1(d). The reserve is recognised in profit and loss when the net investment is disposed of.
(ii) Share based payment reserve
The Share Based Payment Reserve is used to recognise:
-
the fair value of options and rights issued to directors and employees but not exercised
-
the fair value of shares issued to directors and employees
-
other share based payment transactions
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28. Franking Account / Dividends
| Franking credits available for subsequent financial years based on a tax rate of 30% (2006 – 30%) |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 18,295 8,094 - - |
|---|---|
The above amounts represent the balance of the franking account as at the end of the financial year, adjusted for:
(a) franking credits that will arise from the payment of the amount of the provision for income tax.
(b) franking debits that will arise from the payment of dividends recognised as liability at the reporting date; and
(c) franking credits that will arise from the receipt of dividends recognised as receivables at the reporting date.
The consolidated amounts include franking credits that would be available to the parent entity if distributable profits of subsidiaries were paid as dividends.
29. Key management personnel disclosures
a. Directors
The following persons were directors of FlexiGroup Limited during the financial year:
Chairman – non-executive M Jackson
Executive director
J DeLano
Non-executive directors
A Abercrombie R J Skippen R Dhawan
b. Other key management personnel
The following persons also had authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Group during the financial year.
J. DeLano Chief Executive Officer Flexirent Capital Pty Ltd P. McMahon Chief Financial Officer Flexirent Capital Pty Ltd N. Roberts Head of Consumer Direct Flexirent Capital Pty Ltd P. Laughton Chief Information Officer Flexirent Capital Pty Ltd B. Taylor Chief Marketing Officer Flexirent Capital Pty Ltd
c. Key management personnel compensation
| Short-term employee benefits Post-employment benefits Long-term benefits Share-based payments |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $ $ $ $ 4,424,655 2,392,888 - - 184,039 220,294 - - 4,648 1,829 - - 5,678,941 6,578 - - |
|---|---|
| 10,292,283 2,621,589 - - |
The Company has taken advantage of the relief provided by Corporations Regulation 2M.6.04 and has transferred the detailed remuneration disclosure to the Directors’ Report. The relevant information can be found in sections A-F of the remuneration report on pages 7 to 20.
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d. Equity instrument disclosures relating to directors and key management personnel
i. Options holdings
2007
| Balance at | Granted as | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| start of year | compen- | Other | Balance at | Vested and | |||||
| Name | sation | Exercised | changes | end of year | exercisable | Unvested | |||
| J. DeLano (Chief Executive Officer) |
- | 13,050,000 | - | - | 13,050,000 | - | 13,050,000 | ||
| Other Key Management | |||||||||
| Personnel | |||||||||
| P. McMahon | - | 2,720,500 | - | - | 2,720,500 | - | 2,720,500 | ||
| N. Roberts | - | 1,654,000 | - | - | 1,654,000 | - | 1,654,000 | ||
| P. Laughton | - | 550,000 | - | - | 550,000 | - | 550,000 | ||
| B. Taylor | - | 200,000 | - | - | 200,000 | - | 200,000 |
No options were issued or outstanding in 2006.
Share holdings
| 2007 Name |
Balance at start of year |
Received during the year on the exercise of options |
Received from sale of shares in Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited at IPO |
Received from pre IPO share based compensation arrangements |
Other changes during the year |
Received at of IPO |
time | Balance at end of year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Executive | ||||||||
| Directors | ||||||||
| M. Jackson (Chairman) |
- | - | - | - | - | 1,961,382 | 1,961,382 | |
| A. Abercrombie | - | - | 65,228,250 | - | - | - | 65,228,250 | |
| R. Dhawan | - | - | - | 379,515 | - | 353,049 | 732,564 | |
| R.J. Skippen | - | - | - | - | - | 147,104 | 147,104 | |
| Executive Director | ||||||||
| J. DeLano (Chief Executive Officer) |
- | - | 2,880,810 | - | - | - | 2,880,810 | |
| Other Key | ||||||||
| Management | ||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||
| P. McMahon | - | - | - | 440,044 | - | 500 | 440,544 | |
| N. Roberts | - | - | - | - | - | 500 | 500 | |
| P. Laughton | - | - | - | 297,000 | 1,000 | 500 | 298,500 | |
| B. Taylor | - | - | - | 395,999 | 25,000 | 500 | 421,499 |
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2006
| 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shares held in | |||||
| Flexirent Holdings | Received during the | ||||
| Pty Limited at start | year on the exercise | Shares in Flexirent Holdings Pty | Balance at end of year | ||
| Name | of year | of options | Limited disposed at time of IPO | ||
| Non-Executive Directors | |||||
| A. Abercrombie | 25,790,170 | - | 25,790,170 | - | |
| D. Berkman | 6,286,084 | - | 6,286,084 | - | |
| Other Key Management | |||||
| Personnel | |||||
| J. DeLano | 430,556 | - | 430,556 | - |
e. Loans to key management personnel
Details of loans made to directors of FlexiGroup Limited and other key management personnel of the Group, including their personally related parties, are set out below:
i. Aggregates for key management personnel
| Interest paid and | Number in Group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance at the | payable for the | Interest not | Balance at the end | at the end of the | ||
| start of the period | year | charged | of the period | period | ||
| Group | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||
| 2007 | 500,000 | 32,219 | - | - | - | |
| 2006 | 500,000 | - | - | 500,000 | 1 |
ii. Individuals with loans above $100,000 during the financial period
| Interest paid and | Highest | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance at the | payable for the | Interest not | Balance at the end | indebtedness | ||
| start of the period | period | charged | of the period | during the period | ||
| Name | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||
| J DeLano | 500,000 | 32,219 | - | - | 500,000 | |
| A. Abercrombie* | - | - | - | - | 500,000 |
*Prior to the IPO of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited, an interest free loan was advanced to Mr A. Abercrombie. The loan was advanced on 7 November 2006 and repaid on 11 December 2006.
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f. Other transactions with related parties
As part of the arrangements for the acquisition of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited by FlexiGroup Limited, the company, Flexirent Holdings and Flexirent Capital (and in respect of certain Flexirent Optionholders, also the previous shareholders of Flexirent Holdings) entered into arrangements with the participants in the pre IPO director and executive share based payment arrangements (see note 38 (c)) for the cancellation of their options in return for cash payments of $26.5m, some of which was funded by Flexirent Capital from existing cash reserves and the balance by the previous shareholders. Four of the participants elected to reinvest all or part of the cash proceeds payable to them on cancellation of their options and apply for shares at the offer price.
Amounts payable to the participants were calculated in accordance with the terms of the pre IPO arrangements.
Key management personnel who participated in these arrangements were R Dhawan (Dhawan Trust), J Delano (DeLano Trust), P McMahon, P Laughton and B Taylor. The total amount payable to these key management personnel was $26.5m.
Flexirent Capital Pty Limited has rented premises in Melbourne and Sydney owned by entities associated with Mr A Abercrombie. The rental arrangements for the Melbourne premises are based on market terms and conditions and is renewable on the expiry of the lease in 2008. The agreement for the Sydney premises is on market terms.
| Rental of Sydney and Melbourne premises | Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $ $ $ $ 202,227 166,483 - - |
|---|---|
30. Capital and leasing commitments
| 0. Capital and leasing commitments | |
|---|---|
| Operating lease commitments Non cancellable operating leases contracted for but not capitalised in the financial statements due: - within one year - later than one year but not later than five years |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 1,592 1,326 - - 622 1,276 - - |
| 2,214 2,602 - - |
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31. Reconciliation of profit after income tax to net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities
| Profit/(loss) for the period Share based payments Depreciation and amortisation Other non-cash movements Net cash inflow from operating activities before change in assets and liabilities Change in operating assets and liabilities: Decrease/(Increase) in other receivables (Increase)/Decrease in lease and loan receivables (Increase)/Decrease in loans Decrease/(Increase) in residuals (Decrease)/Increase in funder loans Decrease/(Increase) in loss reserve (Decrease)/Increase in trade and other creditors (Increase)/Decrease in rental equipment Increase/(Decrease) in protect plan provision (Increase) in capitalised direct sales costs (Decrease)/Increase in current tax (Decrease)/Increase in deferred tax liabilities Decrease/(Increase) in deferred tax assets that impact profit Net cash inflow from operating activities |
Consolidated 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 23,429 22,079 6,226 50 3,285 3,475 584 (299) |
Parent entity 2007 2006 $'000 $'000 (4,901) - 4,923 - - - - - |
|---|---|---|
| 33,524 25,305 1,108 2,129 (37,436) (26,120) (30,893) (7,737) 37 771 72,558 24,044 (11,519) (10,993) 2,258 4,244 (305) 260 64 81 (2,709) (3,581) 242 7,482 2,605 1,165 364 (746) |
22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8,179 - - - (2,028) - |
|
| 29,898 16,304 |
6,173 - |
32. Events occurring after balance date
No significant events have occurred since the balance sheet date.
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33. Subsidiaries
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the assets, liabilities and results of the following subsidiaries in accordance with the accounting policy described in note 1(b):
| Country of Incorporation | Percentage of Shares Held | Percentage of Shares Held | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2006 | ||
| FlexiGroup SubCo Pty Limited | Australia | 100% | - |
| Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited | Australia | 100% | - |
| Flexirent Capital Pty Limited | Australia | 100% | 100% |
| Flexirent SPV No 1 Pty Limited | Australia | 100% | 100% |
| Flexirent SPV No 2 Pty Limited | Australia | 100% | 100% |
| Flexirent SPV No 3 Pty Limited | Australia | 100% | 100% |
| Flexirent SPV No 4 Pty Limited | Australia | 100% | 100% |
| Flexicare Claims Management Pty Limited (formerly | Australia | 100% | 100% |
| Flexirent SPV No 5 Pty Limited) | |||
| Flexirent SPV No 6 Pty Limited | Australia | 100% | 100% |
| Flexirent Capital (New Zealand) Limited | New Zealand | 100% | 100% |
| Flexecom Pty Limited | Australia | - | 100% |
| Flexirent Private Pty Ltd | Australia | - | 100% |
| A C N 103 556 510 Pty Limited | Australia | - | 100% |
| Deltaland Limited | United Kingdom | - | 100% |
34. Related party transactions
a. Parent entity
The parent entity of the Group is FlexiGroup Limited.
b. Subsidiaries
Interests in subsidiaries are set out in note 33.
c. Key management personnel compensation
Disclosures relating to key management personnel are set out in note 29.
d. Transactions with related parties
The following transactions occurred with related parties:
| Consolidated | Consolidated | Parent | entity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | |||
| Tax Consolidation Legalisation | ||||||
| Current tax payable assumed from wholly-owned | ||||||
| tax consolidated entities | - | - | 8,676,658 | - |
e. Outstanding balances arising from provision of services
The following balances are outstanding at the reporting date in relation to transactions with related parties.
| Consolidated | Consolidated | Parent | entity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2006 | 2007 | 2006 | |||
| $ | $ | $ | $ | |||
| Current receivables | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | - | - | 8,676,658 | - |
Related party loans are unsecured, interest free and have no agreed repayment schedules.
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Notes to the financial statements 30 June 2007 (continued)
35. Remuneration of auditors
During the year the following fees were paid or payable for services provided by the auditor of the parent entity and its related parties:
| a. Assurance services Audit services PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian firm Audit and review of financial reports and other audit work under the_Corporations Act 2001_ Total remuneration for audit services Other assurance services PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian firm: Agreed upon procedures Controls assurance services AIFRS services Related practices of PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian firm Due diligence and other services related to the IPO Total remuneration for other assurance services Total remuneration for assurance services b. Taxation services PricewaterhouseCoopers Australian firm Tax compliance services, including review of Company income tax returns Tax advice on transactions Total remuneration for taxation services |
Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 $ $ $ $ 491,110 255,000 - - |
|---|---|
| 491,110 255,000 - - |
|
| 44,777 13,500 - - 15,000 - - - - 20,000 - - 1,894,974 530,000 - - |
|
| 1,954,751 563,500 - - |
|
| 2,445,861 818,500 - - |
|
| 66,965 503,000 - - 215,940 - - - |
|
| 282,905 503,000 - - |
It is the Group’s policy to employ PricewaterhouseCoopers on assignments additional to their statutory audit duties where PricewaterhouseCoopers’ expertise and experience with the Group are important. These assignments are principally tax advice and transaction advisory services, or where PricewaterhouseCoopers is awarded assignments on a competitive basis.
36. Contingencies
Contingent liabilities
There are no material contingent liabilities at the date of this report.
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Notes to the financial statements 30 June 2007 (continued)
37. Earnings per share
| Consolidated | |
|---|---|
| 2007 2006 |
|
| Cents Cents |
|
| a. | Basic earnings per share |
| Profit from continuing operations attributable to the ordinary equity | |
| holders of the Company 17.4 67.9 |
|
| Profit attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company 17.4 67.9 |
|
| b. | Diluted earnings per share |
| Profit from continuing operations attributable to the ordinary equity | |
| holders of the Company 16.4 67.9 |
|
| Profit attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company 16.4 67.9 |
|
| The earnings per share has been calculated as the weighted average of the number of ordinary shares | |
| of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited on issue for the period 1 July 2006 to 11 December 2006 and the | |
| number of ordinary shares of FlexiGroup Limited for the period 12 December 2006 to 30 June 2007. | |
| The comparative earnings per share has been calculated as the weighted average number of ordinary | |
| shares of Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited on issue for the year ended 30 June 2006. | |
| As such the earnings per share as disclosed does not reflect the interest of the current shareholders in | |
| the earnings of FlexiGroup and the 2007 earnings per share is not readily comparable to the 2006 | |
| earnings per share. This calculation of earnings per share results from the fact that the acquisition of | |
| Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited by FlexiGroup Limited has been accounted for as a reverse acquisition | |
| (see note 1(b)). |
| c. Reconciliations of earnings used in calculating earnings per share Basic earnings per share Profit from continuing operations Profit from continuing operations attributable to minority interests Profit from continuing operations attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company used in calculating basic earnings per share Profit attributable to the ordinary equity share holders of the Company used in calculating basic earnings per share Diluted earnings per share Profit attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company used in calculating basic earnings per share Profit attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the Company used in calculating diluted earnings per share Weighted average number of ordinary shares used as the denominator in calculating basic earnings per share Adjustments for calculation of diluted earnings per share: Options Weighted average number of ordinary shares and potential ordinary shares used as the denominator in calculating diluted earnings per share |
Consolidated 2007 $ 2006 $ 23,429 22,079 - - 23,429 22,079 23,429 22,079 |
|---|---|
| 23,429 22,079 23,429 22,079 |
|
| Consolidated 2007 2006 Number Number 134,369,860 32,506,810 8,170,492 - |
|
142,540,352 32,506,810 |
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Notes to the financial statements 30 June 2007 (continued)
38. Share-based payments
a. Long term incentive plan
The establishment of the FlexiGroup Long Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) was approved by the founding shareholders on 20 November 2006. The LTIP is designed to provide relevant employees with an incentive for future performance, with conditions for the vesting and exercise of Options and Performance Rights under the LTIP encouraging those executives to remain with FlexiGroup and contribute to the future performance of the Company. Under the plan, participants are granted either an option or a right which only vests if certain performance standards are met.
The Board may determine which persons will be eligible to participate in the LTIP from time to time. Eligible persons may be invited to apply to participate in the LTIP. The Board may in its discretion accept such applications.
Summaries of options and performance rights granted under the plan
| Balance | Vested and | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| at start | Granted | Exercised | Forfeited | Balance at | exercisable | ||||
| Grant | Expiry | Exercise | of the |
during the | during the | during the | end of the | at end of | |
| Date | date | price | period | period | period | period | period | the period | |
| Number | Number | Number | Number | Number | Number | ||||
| Consolidated and parent entity – | 2007 | ||||||||
| 8/12/06 | 31/12/11 31/12/12 |
$2.00 | - |
21,579,500 | - | - | 21,579,500 | - | |
| 26/2/07 | 31/12/11 31/12/12 |
$2.70 | - |
2,000,000 | - | - | 2,000,000 | - | |
| 17/4/07 | 31/12/11 | - | - |
550,000 | - | - | 550,000 | - | |
| 19/4/07 | 31/12/11 31/12/12 |
$2.93 | - |
1,400,000 | - | - | 1,400,000 | - | |
| Total | - | 25,529,500 | - | - | 25,529,500 | - | |||
| Weighted | average exercise price | - |
$2.06 | - | - | $2.06 |
No options were granted in 2006
No options have expired.
The weighted average share price at the date of exercise of options exercised during the year ended 30 June 2007 was nil as no options were exercised during the year (2006 – not applicable).
The weighted average remaining contractual life of share options outstanding at the end of the period was 4.8 years (2006 – not applicable).
Fair value of options granted
Fair values at grant date are independently determined using a binomial tree option pricing methodology that takes into account the exercise price, the term of the options, the impact of dilution, the share price at grant date and expected price volatility of the underlying share, the expected dividend yield and the risk-free interest rate for the term of the options.
The model inputs for options granted during the year ended 30 June 2007 included:
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a) exercise price: various per options and performance rights granted
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b) grant date: various per options and performance rights granted
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c) expiry date: various per options and performance rights granted
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d) share price at grant date: various per options and performance rights granted
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e) expected price volatility of the Company’s shares: 26% - 28% (2006 not applicable)
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f) expected dividend yield: 5%
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g) risk-free interest rate: various ranging from 5.73% to 6.14% (2006 not applicable)
Shares provided on exercise of remuneration options
No ordinary shares in the Company were issued as a result of the exercise of any remuneration options.
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Notes to the financial statements 30 June 2007 (continued)
b. Employee share plan
The employee Share Acquisition (Tax Exempt) Plan (“ESAP”) is a general employee share plan pursuant to which grants of shares may be offered to employees of FlexiGroup on terms and conditions as determined by the Board from time to time.
The Board is responsible for administering the ESAP in accordance with the ESAP Rules and the terms and conditions of specific grants of Shares to participants in the ESAP. The ESAP Rules include the following provisions:
Eligibility
The Board may determine which persons will be eligible to be offered the opportunity to participate in the ESAP from time to time. The Board may make offers to eligible persons for participation in the ESAP.
Terms of Offer
The Board has the discretion to determine the specific terms and conditions applying to each offer, provided that:
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The terms of the offer do not vary the disposal restrictions imposed on Shares under the ESAP Rules under which Shares acquired under the ESAP cannot be transferred, sold or otherwise disposed of until the earlier of:
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The time when the participant is no longer employed by FlexiGroup or by the Company that was the employer of the participant as at the time the shares were acquired; or
-
The third anniversary of the date on which the shares were acquired; and
-
The offer does not include any provisions for forfeiture of shares acquired under the ESAP in any circumstances.
It is intended that the ESAP will satisfy the requirements of Division 13A of the relevant Australian Tax Legislation.
Consideration for Grant
The Board may determine the price at which the shares will be offered to an employee. Shares may be granted at no cost to the employee or the Board may determine that market value or some other price is appropriate.
Allocation of Shares
Shares allocated under the ESAP may be existing shares or newly issued shares. Allocated shares must be held in the name of the employee. Any Shares that are issued under the ESAP will rank equally with those traded on ASX at the time of issue.
A participant under the ESAP is entitled to receive distributions/dividends made in respect of, and exercise voting rights attaching to, shares held under the ESAP (whether or not the shares are subject to disposal restrictions).
Restrictions on Shares
Shares acquired under the ESAP will be subject to the disposal restrictions described above. FlexiGroup will implement such arrangements (including a holding lock) as it determines are necessary to enforce this restriction.
Once the restriction is removed, and subject to FlexiGroup’s Trading Policy, shares acquired under the ESAP may be dealt with freely. Details of FlexiGroup’s Share Trading Policy is on page 31 of the Corporate Governance Statement.
Employee Gift Offer
In December 2006, at the time of listing, all Eligible Employees of FlexiGroup were offered 500 shares totalling $1,000 based on the list price of $2. In total 254 Eligible Employees took up this offer, resulting in an allocation of 127,000 shares.
| Shares issued under the plan to eligible employees | Consolidated Parent entity 2007 2006 2007 2006 127,000 - 127,000 - |
|---|---|
| 127,000 - 127,000 - |
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Notes to the financial statements 30 June 2007 (continued)
c. Pre IPO Flexirent Holdings Group arrangements
At the time of the IPO of the Company, the previous Flexirent Holdings Group had entered into various share-based payment arrangements with some of its directors and executives as well as a partner.
Details of the arrangements with the directors and executives are included in the Directors’ Report.
Full details of the arrangements with the partner were set out in the prospectus issued at the time of the IPO. Under the arrangements, the partner received a payment of $40 million from the two previous majority shareholders in Flexirent Holdings. The Company has no on-going obligations under those arrangements.
The majority of these arrangements were granted prior to 7 November 2002 and/or vested prior to 1 January 2005. As a result, for such arrangements, no expense was recognised in respect of such instruments. To the extent that these arrangements were entered into post those dates, they have been accounted for in accordance with the accounting policy set out in note 1(u)(iv) and are included in note (d) below.
In addition, a further payment of additional commission of $1 million was made by the two previous majority shareholders to the partner and has been accounted for as a share-based payment as it related to an amendment to the term of the partner agreement that was entered into post 1 January 2005 (see note 17).
d. Expenses arising from share-based payment transactions
Total expenses arising from share-based payment transactions recognised during the period as part of employee benefit expense were as follows:
| Options and/or Performance Rights issued under LTIP excluding options granted in favour of certain executives over shares owned by the former shareholders of Flexirent Holdings Options over shares owned by the former shareholders of Flexirent Holdings Shares issued under employee share scheme Expenses under previous Flexirent Holdings Long Term Incentive Plans Shares issued to Directors at time of IPO (refer page 20) of Directors’ Report |
Consolidated 2007 2006 $ $ 659,204 - 339,696 |
Parent entity 2007 2006 $ $ - - |
|---|---|---|
| 998,900 254,000 50,000 50,000 |
- - |
|
| 1,302,900 50,000 4,923,070 - |
- - 4,923,070 - |
|
| 6,225,970 50,000 |
4,923,070 - |
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Directors’ declaration 30 June 2007
In the Directors’ opinion:
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(a) the financial statements and notes set out on pages 32 to 69 are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 , including:
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(i) complying with Accounting Standards, the Corporations Regulations 2001 and other mandatory professional reporting requirements, and
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(ii) giving a true and fair view of the Company’s and consolidated entity’s financial position as at 30 June 2007 and of their performance for the financial year ended on that date;
and
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(b) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they become due and payable, and
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(c) The audited remuneration disclosures set out on pages 7 to 20 of the director’s report comply with Accounting Standards AASB 124 Related Party Disclosures and Corporations Regulations 2001 .
The directors have been given the declarations by the chief executive officer and chief financial officer required by section 295A of the Corporations Act 2001 .
This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the directors.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers ABN 52 780 433 757
Independent auditor’s report
to the members of FlexiGroup Limited
Report on the financial report and the AASB 124 Remuneration disclosures contained in the directors’ report
Darling Park Tower 2 201 Sussex Street GPO BOX 2650 SYDNEY NSW 1171 DX 77 Sydney Australia www.pwc.com/au Telephone +61 2 8266 0000 Facsimile +61 2 8266 9999
We have audited the accompanying financial report of FlexiGroup Limited (the company), which comprises the balance sheet as at 30 June 2007, and the income statement, statement of changes in equity and cash flow statement for the period ended on that date, a summary of significant accounting policies, other explanatory notes and the directors’ declaration for both FlexiGroup Limited and the FlexiGroup Limited Group (the consolidated entity). The consolidated entity comprises the company and the entities it controlled at the period’s end or from time to time during the financial period.
We have also audited the remuneration disclosures contained in the directors’ report. As permitted by the Corporations Regulations 2001 , the company has disclosed information about the remuneration of directors and executives (“remuneration disclosures”), required by Accounting Standard AASB 124 Related Party Disclosures , under the heading “remuneration report” in pages 7 to 20 of the directors’ report and not in the financial report.
Directors’ responsibility for the financial report and the AASB 124 Remunerations disclosures contained in the directors' report
The directors of the company are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial report in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards (including the Australian Accounting Interpretations) and the Corporations Act 2001 . This responsibility includes establishing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the financial report that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances. In Note 1(a), the directors also state, in accordance with Accounting Standard AASB 101 Presentation of Financial Statements , that compliance with the Australian equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards ensures that the financial report, comprising the financial statements and notes, complies with International Financial Reporting Standards.
The directors of the company are also responsible for the remuneration disclosures contained in the directors’ report.
Auditor’s responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. These Auditing Standards require that we comply with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial report is free from material misstatement. Our responsibility is to also express an opinion on the remuneration disclosures contained in the directors’ report based on our audit.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial report and the remuneration disclosures contained in the directors’ report. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial report and the remuneration disclosures contained in the directors’ report, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial report and the remuneration disclosures contained in the directors’ report in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness
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of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial report and the remuneration disclosures contained in the directors’ report.
Our procedures include reading the other information in the Annual Report to determine whether it contains any material inconsistencies with the financial report.
For further explanation of an audit, visit our website http://www.pwc.com/au/financialstatementaudit.
Our audit did not involve an analysis of the prudence of business decisions made by directors or management.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinions.
Independence
In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 .
Auditor’s opinion on the financial report
In our opinion:
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(a) the financial report of FlexiGroup Limited is in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 , including:
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(i) giving a true and fair view of the company’s and consolidated entity’s financial position as at 30 June 2007 and of their performance for the period ended on that date; and
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(ii) complying with Australian Accounting Standards (including the Australian Accounting Interpretations) and the Corporations Regulations 2001 ; and
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(b) the consolidated financial statements and notes also comply with International Financial Reporting Standards as disclosed in Note 1(a).
Auditor’s opinion on the AASB 124 Remuneration disclosures contained in the directors’ report
In our opinion, the remuneration disclosures that are contained in pages 7 to 20 of the directors’ report comply with Accounting Standard AASB 124.
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Flexirent Holdings Pty Limited and its controlled entities Shareholder Information 30 June 2007
The shareholder information set out below was applicable as at 31 July 2007.
A. Distribution of equity securities
| Class of | equity security | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary | Shares | Options | ||||
| No of | No of Shares | No of holders | No of Options | |||
| holders | ||||||
| 1 | - | 1,000 | 371 | 213,667 | - | - |
| 1,001 | - | 5,000 | 515 | 1,706,325 | - | - |
| 5,001 | - | 10,000 | 410 | 3,540,537 | 3 | 30,000 |
| 10,001 | - | 100,000 | 338 | 9,632,340 | 21 | 800,000 |
| 100,001 | and over | 67 | 202,389,131 | 16 | 24,699,500 | |
| Total | 1,701 | 217,482,000 | 40 | 25,529,500 |
There were 8 holders of less than a marketable parcel of ordinary shares.
B. Equity security holders
Twenty largest quoted equity security holders.
The names of the twenty largest holders of quoted equity securities are listed below:
| Name | Ordinary Shares | |
|---|---|---|
| Number held | Percentage of issued shares | |
| Eighth SRJ Pty Limited (Philadelphia Trust A/C) | 65,228,250 | 29.99% |
| J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited | 24,512,568 | 11.27% |
| National Nominees Limited | 16,992,752 | 7.81% |
| Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited (CFSIL CFS WS Small Comp A/C) | 12,771,748 | 5.87% |
| HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited | 12,466,190 | 5.73% |
| UBS Wealth Management Australia Nominees Pty Ltd | 12,099,260 | 5.56% |
| ANZ Nominees Limited (Cash Income A/C) | 9,060,514 | 4.17% |
| Queensland Investment Corporation C/- National Nominees Limited | 8,467,789 | 3.89% |
| UBS Nominees Pty Ltd | 7,459,227 | 3.43% |
| Suncorp Custodian Services Pty Limited (AET) | 5,512,824 | 2.53% |
| John DeLano & Kylie DeLano (DeLano Trust A/C) | 2,880,810 | 1.32% |
| Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited | 2,656,991 | 1.22% |
| M F Custodians Ltd | 2,127,000 | 0.98% |
| Margaret Jackson | 1,961,382 | 0.90% |
| Bond Street Custodians Limited (Macquarie Smaller Co’s A/C) | 1,200,000 | 0.55% |
| Cogent Nominees Pty Limited | 860,751 | 0.40% |
| Suncorp General Insurance Limited | 847,500 | 0.39% |
| Suncorp Custodian Services (IPT) | 810,200 | 0.37% |
| Suncorp Custodian Services Pty Limited (Aria) | 714,300 | 0.34% |
| B R Dhawan Pty Ltd (B R Dhawan Trust A/C) | 732,564 | 0.34% |
| Total | 189,362,620 | 87.06% |
Unquoted equity securities
| Number on | Number of holders | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| issue | |||
| Options issued under the FlexiGroup Limited Long Term Incentive Plan to take up ordinary shares |
16,829,500 | 38 | |
| The Company has no other unquoted equity securities | - | - |
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C. Substantial holders
Substantial holders in the Company are set out below:
| Number held | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Eighth SRJ Pty Limited (Philadelphia Trust A/C) | 65,228,250 | 29.99% | |
| J P Morgan Nominees Australia Limited | 24,512,568 | 11.27% | |
| National Nominees Limited | 16,992,752 | 7.81% | |
| Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited (CFSIL CFWS WS Small Comp A/C) | 12,771,748 | 5.87% | |
| HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited | 12,466,190 | 5.73% | |
| UBSWealth Management (AustraliaNomineesPtyLtd) | 12,099,260 | 5.56% | |
| Total | 144,070,768 | 66.23% |
D. Voting rights
The voting rights attaching to equity securities are set out below:
a) Ordinary shares
On a show of hands every member present at a meeting in person or by proxy shall have one vote and upon a poll each share shall have one vote.
- b) Options
No voting rights.
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FlexiGroup Limited and its controlled entities Corporate directory 30 June 2007
| Directors | Margaret Jackson_(Chairman)_ |
|---|---|
| Andrew Abercrombie | |
| John DeLano (Chief Executive Officer) | |
| Rajeev Dhawan | |
| R John Skippen | |
| Secretary | Paul McMahon |
| Notice of annual general meeting | The annual general meeting of FlexiGroup Limited |
| will be held at Sofitel Wentworth Sydney, | |
| 61 Phillip Street, Sydney | |
| at 3.30pm | |
| on 22 November 2007 | |
| Principal registered office in Australia | Level 8, The Forum |
| 201 Pacific Highway | |
| St Leonards NSW 2065 | |
| Australia | |
| Share register | Link Market Services Limited |
| Level 12 | |
| 680 George Street | |
| Sydney NSW 2000 | |
| Australia | |
| Auditor | PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| Darling Park Tower 2 | |
| 201 Sussex Street | |
| Sydney NSW 1171 | |
| Australia | |
| Solicitors | Mallesons Stephen Jaques |
| Level 60, Governor Phillip Tower | |
| 1 Farrer Place | |
| Sydney NSW 2000 | |
| Australia | |
| Bankers | Commonwealth Banking Corporation |
| Stock exchange listing | FlexiGroup Limited shares are listed on |
| the Australian Stock Exchange | |
| Website address | www.flexigroup.com.au |
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