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READCLOUD LIMITED AGM Information 2025

Feb 11, 2025

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ReadCloud Limited CEO Presentation – 2025 Annual General Meeting

FY24 Financial Highlights

Executing with discipline into a deep pool of opportunity

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Up 15% Down 6% Up 132% Up 207% $1.43m
Sales & Fee Revenue Operating Costs Underlying EBITDA Operating Cashflow Cash
$11.9m Restructured workforce $0.36m $0.23m Continued Debt Free status
Organic growth in all The business is now closer Breakthrough +ve Breakthrough +ve Self-funded for working
businesses to its customers underlying earnings operating cashflow capital requirements
$1.1m underlying EBITDA $0.8m improvement
improvement
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*Underlying EBITDA = earnings adjusted for Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation, Share-based payments, transaction costs incurred on acquisitions and restructuring costs.

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Revenue Growth Trend

Organic Growth in all business lines

FY23 v FY24 Sales and Fee Revenue

$ 12 m $ 10 m $ 8 m $ 6 m $ 4 m $ 2 m $ 0 m FY23 FY24 eBooks VET-in-schools Industry Training

Drivers of Organic Growth

  • Strong retention rate of 93% across eBooks and VET-in-schools

  • Addition of new schools

  • Strengthening market positioning driving inbound inquiries

  • Heightened customer engagement driving referrals

  • Differentiated by market leadership in technology, breadth of course options, multi state funding arrangements and customer service

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Organic Growth Horizon

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Demonstration of sustained organic revenue
growth at 15%
$ 18 m
$ 16 m
$ 14 m
$ 12 m
$ 10 m
$ 8 m
$ 6 m
$ 4 m
$ 2 m
$ 0 m
FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26
eBooks VET-in-schools Industry Training
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Core Growth Levers

eBooks

  • Sales to schools

  • New Australian schools

  • New International schools

  • Increased adoption within existing school customers

  • • Entry into Booklist category

VET-in-schools

  • Courses delivered in Secondary Schools

  • More courses to existing school customers

  • New schools

  • Students enrolled in each Course

  • Adding growth Qualifications to Scope of Registration

Industry Training

  • Trainees/workers enrolling in courses, progressing to milestones and completing qualifications

  • Self-funded students enrolling in courses

  • Expansion in access to State based funding for Training (either in monetary value eg NSW or in enrolled places eg Victoria)

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FY24 Summary Profit and Loss

$’000 30-Sept-24 30-Sept-23 YOY
Sales and fee revenue 11,904 10,349 15%
Less publisher & bookseller fees (3,974) (3,619) 10%
Less trainer costs (1,236) (877) 41%
Less Cost of sales - Other (129) (52) 148%
Gross profit 6,564 5,800 13%
Add: Other revenue 365 356 2%
Less operating expenses:
Advertising and marketing (122) (99) 24%
Computer software (187) (154) 21%
Employment expenses (5,263) (5,678) -7%
Legal & compliance (100) (98) 2%
Office expenses (58) (80) -27%
Professional services expenses (425) (382) 11%
Telephone, internet & data hosting (103) (123) -16%
Travel expenses (86) (172) -50%
Other expenses (187) (139) 35%
Total operating expenses (6,533) (6,925) -6%
Less interest revenue (33) (17) 99%
Underlying EBITDA* 363 (786) 146%

Notes

  • Sales & Fee Revenue up 15%

  • Operating expenses down 6%

  • Employment expenses down 7%.

  • Lower headcount heading into FY25

  • Underlying EBITDA up 146%

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Strong track record of revenue growth

Sales and Fee Revenue by business

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$ 12 m
$ 10 m
$ 8 m
$ 6 m
$ 4 m
$ 2 m
$ 0 m
FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24
eBooks VET-in-schools Industry Training
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Operating Expenses actively managed

Executing with discipline into a deep pool of opportunity

30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
55%
60%
65%
70%
75%
80%
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
Operating expenses as % of Sales and Fee Revenue
Employment costs
Non-employment costs

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Key Services and What They Do

eBooks

Services & solutions Application Problem solved Benefits &
competitive advantage
Pricing & scalability Total Addressable
Market
Provisioning
Library Management
Timetable Integration
Student Tools
Teaching Tools
Australian book hire
schools
International book list
schools
Distance Education
No more multiple
logins for different
publishers
All students use the
same version of the
book
Simplified book storage
and transport
Reduces administrative
burden
Enhances student
engagement
Provides instant access
to resources
Fast and flexible
support
Retail margin on books
Software Fee
Australian schools k-12
International schools
that teach in English
(~14,000 schools)

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1Q25 Results

Strong start to FY25 for ReadCloud with record December Quarter

  • 26% increase in cash receipts

  • 17% increase in revenue (unaudited)

  • Operating expenses up 1% on pcp (unaudited) following a 6% reduction in FY24

  • 59 new school customers in 2025

  • eBooks retention rate strengthened further to 93%

  • Southern Solutions industry training consolidating its materially improved performance in FY24

VET-in-Schools division: ReadCloudVET growth accelerating

  • 25%+ Revenue growth forecast in FY25

  • Gross margins maintained >90%

  • Annual Recurring Revenue on track for 15%+ growth in FY25

  • 52 new schools commence in 2025

  • New schools are delivering 79 courses in 2025, up 55% on pcp

  • Pre-sales for 2026 indicate growth of new customers will accelerate

  • New products coming online in 2026 expand addressable market

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Outlook

  1. School customers are resilient

  2. Lead indicators are positive

  3. Organic growth anticipated to continue

  4. Retention rates are strengthening

  5. Operating leverage unlocked

  6. Self-funded growth

  7. Positioned to accelerate

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