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MACQUARIE TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED AGM Information 2004

Nov 28, 2004

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Annual General Meeting 29 November 2004

Chairman's Address

Financial Highlights

2004 Financial Highlights

  • EBITDA profit of \$7.9 million, up \$5.1 million on $[OO]$
  • Net loss after tax \$787,000, improvement of FY03 loss of \$4.7 million
  • Total service revenue of \$226.9 million, down $3.2\%$

Macquarie Télécom's EBITDA continued to exew

An evolving revenue base from voice to data

• Voice revenue erodes, but earnings grow

  • Data revenue grows 25.3% to \$51.1 million
  • Early investment in Intellicentre delivering positive growth
  • Mobile business competitive necessity for bundled solutions
  • Singapore holds ground in local currency despite aggressive price reductions

Macquarie Télecom is in a strong position

  • Strong cash position of \$31.8 million at 30 June 2004
  • Operating cash flow of \$14.0 million
  • $\bullet$ No debt
  • Increased investment in technology and customer services in 2005

Well established fundamentals

EBITDA Growth

Capital investments

• Lay the foundations for the future

  • Metro Access Network
  • position Macquarie Telecom as a full service carrier
  • leverage the increasing convergence of voice and data communications
  • Further invest in security
  • Building the Macquarie Telecom brand
  • Extension of new IP based data and voice capabilities to support MNC (Multi National Clients) in Asia

The road-map for long-term growt

. Investments will impact short-term EBITDA profitability

  • 1st Half EBITDA = around breakeven and not exceeding a \$1 million loss
  • $2^{nd}$ Half EBITDA = back on growth path

Investing for the future

Board changes

• Robert Kaye appointed Chairman · Stephen Butler joined as Non-Exec Director · John Palfreyman joined as Non-Exec Director

. Focus on newly defined strategies

  • Build customer base and become integral part of customer's businesses
  • Improve efficiency, competitiveness and performance
  • Enhance our depth and breadth of expertise
  • Position Macquarie Telecom strongly in evolving and converging telecommunications market

Goals and strategies

Australian Data Business

  • Strong revenue growth up 25.3% on FY03 to \$51.1 million
  • All growth is organic
  • Data 24.5% of total revenue in second half of year

  • Leverage competitive strengths in data services • "Gateway" certification and increasing security
  • awareness drives momentum in Data hosting revenue growth
  • Well placed to benefit from convergence in telecommunications and its inherent security requirements
  • EBITDA profit of \$4.2 million (\$3.3 million loss FY03)

Intellicentre is now showing positive growth

  • An IP based Metro Access Network
  • The next stage of Macquarie Telecom's evolution
  • Leverage the increasing convergence of data and voice
  • Enhance capacity for product development
  • . Improve service delivery, security and end to end customer management

Competitive advantage

Security investment

  • Inherently complex electronic security requirements emerging
  • · Invest in necessary equipment and expertise
  • Achieve high levels of security accreditation
  • Intellicentre hosting business is now delivering positive growth
  • a dedicated world-class complex hosting facility
  • staffed by highly skilled specialists
  • available 24 hours a day

The high value of security

macquarie

New Brand, New Name

  • New logo four overlapping circles
  • · New name Macquarie Telecom
  • a change from Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications
  • Entirely reflects the company's positioning
  • Part of our evolution to a provider of converged communications and data solutions

To better reflectific company states than inc.

Competitive Carriers Coalition

• An industry grouping together on common policy and requlatory issues

  • Macquarie Telecom a co-founder
  • Aims to improve the structure of the industry and enhance competition

Influencing regulatory outcomes

Annual General Meeting 29 November 2004