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HYTERRA LTD AGM Information 2007

Aug 30, 2007

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AGM Information

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BrainZ Instruments Limited 2007 Annual Shareholders Meeting Chairman’s Address – Mike Smith

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BrainZ FY 2007 highlights

  • 163% Increase in Unit Sales over prior same time period

  • 42% Increase of Installed Base throughout 20 countries

  • GE Healthcare Distribution Contract extended through to October 2008 and expanded geographical coverage into Asia

  • Received CE Mark and CMDCAS certifications of seizuredetection product RecogniZe[™]

  • Became the exclusive monitoring partner for NEOBRAIN – a major E-U funded research project a brain injury of the pre-term

  • Awarded NZ$500,000 growth service grant

  • © 2007 BrainZ Instruments Limited

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BrainZ Instruments Limited 2007 Annual Shareholders Meeting CEO’s Address – Richard Smith

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Bedside Brain Monitoring – The Need

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Traditional
EEG
Using 16
Channels
thru 21
15-30 Seconds of Data
Electrodes
BRM2
aEEG
Using 3
Channels
thru 4 3.5 hours aEEG Pattern
Electrodes
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Bedside Brain Monitoring – The Market

  • Positive Market Drivers

― Clinical Research is establishing the efficacy of a EEG for neonatal use ― Therapeutic interventions are being developed for neonatal bran injury (eg cooling)

― Traditional EEG companies are now targeting the bedside

  • Market Challenges

― Lack of agreed therapeutic interventions clouds the clinical relevance debate

― US Specific

―Medico Legal – risks associated with enhanced insights ―FDA’s changing view on diagnostic tools at the bedside

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Bedside Brain Monitoring – BrainZ Position

  • Strengths

― The first company to focus at the bedside ― Global brand recognition with neonatal clinicians ― Relationships with Key Opinion Leaders ― Clinical Training program

― Core competence in algorithm knowledge and development

  • Challenges

― Anticipating the evolving role of Neurologist

― The potential for more advanced tools at the bedside

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BrainZ Distribution Model

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Bedside
Brain
Clinicians
Monitoring
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GE pushes BrainZ technology to clinicians
through…
BrainZ pulls clinicians to its technology through…
Exhibiting BrainZ technology at every congress /
convention
Support of research on clinical utility:

publications

speakers at conferences
Adding BrainZ to GE’s national account contracts Direct marketing:

direct mail

telemarketing efforts

direct support on key opportunities
Adding BrainZ to GE’s major deals Specialty conferences
Adding visibility on daily sales calls Education: workshops and training events
Providing quotes and closing orders Funnel management

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BrainZ Market Activities During 2007

  • BrainZ Direct Sponsorship of Major Congresses

― 10th International Child Neurology Congress ― The Newborn Brain from Foundations to New Frontiers ― Children's Neurology Society ― American Clinical Neurophysiology Society ― Hot Topics in Neonatology ― 2[nd] International Conference on Neonatal Brain Monitoring

  • Supported GE Healthcare’s Global Congresses

― North America

― Support four national conferences and several local

― Europe

― Supported two major conferences

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BrainZ Market Activities During 2007 (Con’t)

  • Direct Mailers

  • Conducted a direct mail campaign to all US Hospitals

  • Sent to Neurology, Neonatology, Neonatal Nursing and the Purchasing Departments

  • UK Office Opened

  • 2 Staff Hired

  • Support of GE Healthcare

  • Traveled to and supported all major territory launches

  • Made visits to key targets within these territories

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BrainZ FY2007 Financials (NZ$)

7 Months March 2007 12 months August 2006
Sales revenue 1,406 1,565
Total revenue 1,959 4,656
Earnings before tax* (3,504) (831)
Non- recurringitems - (5,249)
EBT (3,504) (6,080)
Net earnings (3,525) (4,962)
*excluding non-recurring items
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BrainZ FY2007 Financials (NZ$)

March 2007 August 2006
Cash 6,970 10,140
Total Current Assets 8,352 11,548
Non- Current Assets 5,079 5,440
Total Assets 13,431 16,988
Current Liabilities 584 616
Share Capital 25,623 25,623
Reserves (12,776) (9,251)
Equity and Liabilities 13,431 16,988

BrainZ FY2007 Financials (NZ$)

7 months March 2007 12 months August 2006
Operating cash in 1,735 2,626
Operating cash out (3,977) (4,489)
Net Operating Cash (2,242) (1,863)
Net Investing Cash (136) (2,097)
Net Financing Cash - 12,363
Net change in Cash (2,378) 8,403
Foreign Exchange (792) 1,559
Cash at End of Period 6,970 10,140

BrainZ FY2008 Q1 Achievements

  • New Market Launches

  • Italy; Spain; and the Middle East

  • Major Congresses

― Paediatric Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ) ―Key Opinion Leader conducted a major workshop an aEEG ― Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting ―16 abstracts on aEEG were presented ―BrainZ hosted a networking session for 40 Key Opinion Leader ― World Congress of Pediatric Intensive Care ―Brain Sponsored two major sessions on Neonatal and Pediatric Utility ―Two independent sessions were presented on Pediatric Utility

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BrainZ FY2008 Q1 Achievements

  • New Customer Acquisition

  • Customer Installs increased approximately 40% over prior year’s period ― Pipeline continues to grow globally

― Developing a “World Class CRM System” ― We have now begun to close orders without “evaluations.”

  • GE Healthcare Relationship

― New joint programs targeting market development & sales activity ― Standing meetings with Upstream (product) and Downstream (commercial) teams

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BrainZ FY2008 Current

  • New Platform BRM3

  • Enhanced printer options and mounting capability – addresses customers’ practical utility requirements

― Summary printouts for patient records – addresses the medico-legal requirements of some customers

― Improved computing performance

  • USB 2.0 compatibility – improves integration with customers’ management systems

― Redesigned Data Acquisition Unit

― Built-in future capabilities – anticipating additional data requirements

  • Launch

  • Europe & Middle East in September

― North America pending 510K clearance

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BRM3 Brain Monitor

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Monitor

  • New design – better usability

  • New Stand – Improved Quality

  • • Enhanced features

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Printer Capabilities

  • Provides one solution for patient record requirements

  • Compatible with multiple color printer models

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  • Data Acquisition Unit

  • New design – more compact

  • Strap with connected test plug – usability benefits

  • • Built-in future capabilities

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BrainZ FY2008 Future

  • Operational targets

  • Improve cash flow

― Transition from early development to commercially focused processes ― Optimize relationship with GE Healthcare

  • Product Development

  • Focus on product enhancements which

    • ―Improve application time ―Improve clinical utility
  • Clinical Support

  • Develop more efficient training programs

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BrainZ Instruments Limited 2007 Annual Shareholders Meeting Questions

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