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READCLOUD LIMITED — AGM Information 2025
Feb 11, 2025
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AGM Information
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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
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Strong retention rate of 93% across eBooks and VET-in-schools
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Addition of new schools
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Strengthening market positioning driving inbound inquiries
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Heightened customer engagement driving referrals
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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
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Sales to schools
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New Australian schools
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New International schools
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Increased adoption within existing school customers
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• Entry into Booklist category
VET-in-schools
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Courses delivered in Secondary Schools
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More courses to existing school customers
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New schools
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Students enrolled in each Course
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Adding growth Qualifications to Scope of Registration
Industry Training
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Trainees/workers enrolling in courses, progressing to milestones and completing qualifications
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Self-funded students enrolling in courses
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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
| $’000 | 30-Sept-24 | 30-Sept-23 | YOY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and fee revenue | 11,904 | 10,349 | 15% |
| Less publisher & bookseller fees | (3,974) | (3,619) | 10% |
| Less trainer costs | (1,236) | (877) | 41% |
| Less Cost of sales - Other | (129) | (52) | 148% |
| Gross profit | 6,564 | 5,800 | 13% |
| Add: Other revenue | 365 | 356 | 2% |
| Less operating expenses: | |||
| Advertising and marketing | (122) | (99) | 24% |
| Computer software | (187) | (154) | 21% |
| Employment expenses | (5,263) | (5,678) | -7% |
| Legal & compliance | (100) | (98) | 2% |
| Office expenses | (58) | (80) | -27% |
| Professional services expenses | (425) | (382) | 11% |
| Telephone, internet & data hosting | (103) | (123) | -16% |
| Travel expenses | (86) | (172) | -50% |
| Other expenses | (187) | (139) | 35% |
| Total operating expenses | (6,533) | (6,925) | -6% |
| Less interest revenue | (33) | (17) | 99% |
| Underlying EBITDA* | 363 | (786) | 146% |
Notes
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Sales & Fee Revenue up 15%
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Operating expenses down 6%
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Employment expenses down 7%.
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Lower headcount heading into FY25
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Underlying EBITDA up 146%
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Strong track record of revenue growth
Sales and Fee Revenue by business
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$ 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 |
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| 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
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26% increase in cash receipts
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17% increase in revenue (unaudited)
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Operating expenses up 1% on pcp (unaudited) following a 6% reduction in FY24
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59 new school customers in 2025
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eBooks retention rate strengthened further to 93%
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Southern Solutions industry training consolidating its materially improved performance in FY24
VET-in-Schools division: ReadCloudVET growth accelerating
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25%+ Revenue growth forecast in FY25
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Gross margins maintained >90%
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Annual Recurring Revenue on track for 15%+ growth in FY25
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52 new schools commence in 2025
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New schools are delivering 79 courses in 2025, up 55% on pcp
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Pre-sales for 2026 indicate growth of new customers will accelerate
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New products coming online in 2026 expand addressable market
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Outlook
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School customers are resilient
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Lead indicators are positive
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Organic growth anticipated to continue
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Retention rates are strengthening
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Operating leverage unlocked
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Self-funded growth
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Positioned to accelerate
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