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RECKON LIMITED Investor Presentation 2015

Feb 9, 2015

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Business Software for Accountants and Accounting Software for Businesses

Results presentation Year ended 31 December 2014.

To be read in conjunction with the Appendix 4E and the Accounts

Reckon group

• The Business Group

Develops and distributes accounting software solutions on either desktop, hosted or cloud platforms to small and medium sized businesses. It has over 300,000 active customers, and supports over 6,000 partners.

• The Accountant Group

The supplier of choice in practice management software to accounting practices, with 4 out of the top 5 firms and over 1,000 larger practices using the comprehensive APS suite, comprising of 73,000 seats across multiple modules. This division also services circa 7,000 practices using our Elite smaller practice management and tax solution or Reckon Docs company secretarial solution.

• The International Group

Is an industry leader in enabling business efficiencies for accountants, lawyers and business in general, offering a range of document management, portal, scan and cost recovery solutions to circa 2,000 clients globally.

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SOFTWARE THAT CONNECTS

SMALL / MED BUSINESS

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RECKON ONE SAAS - ONE LEDGER

APS / SYNC DIRECT ONE PROCESS

VIRTUAL CABINET ONLINE COLLABORATION & DOCUMENTS

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ACCOUNTANT

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LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY

RECKON ONE

  • Most Affordable in market (unique pricing model).

  • New User Experience and new features (including payroll) launching soon.

  • Positive test-group feedback.

  • Launch imminent in UK.

RECKON ACCOUNTS HOSTED

  • Continual Growth.

APS

  • Sync Direct.

  • Private Cloud.

  • Continual roll-out of modules.

VIRTUAL CABINET

  • International expansion to US.

  • UK continual growth.

  • Australia continual growth through client base.

RECKON DOCS

  • Continual Growth.

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AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

CLOUD NOT CLOUD

No. of SME’s 2,000,000 1,000,000 500,000

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XERO MYOB INTUIT RECKON OPPORTUNITY

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INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE CLOUD

New Zealand 0.45m Australia 2m United Kingdom North America

4.3m

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29m

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2014 achievements

Strike a balance between profit growth and investment into the business

  • EBITDA +10% , whilst:

  • Increasing investment in cloud infrastructure, sales capability and product development.

  • Investing in the Reckon One launch in the UK and Virtual Cabinet into the USA.

  • EPS +11%

  • Operating cashflow +18%

Volume growth

  • 4% unit growth in core Business Group products (online now represents 41% of those units).

  • 9% Growth in Practice management seats in the Accountant Group.

  • 10% unit growth in the Reckon Docs business.

  • 25% growth in Virtual Cabinet seats in the International Group.

Grow the subscription component of the group revenue to enhance further long term sustainability

  • 86% of Practice management revenue in the Accountants Group in now subscription (from 79% in 2013).

  • 62% of core Business Group units are now subscription (from 53% in 2013).

  • 78% of International group revenue is now subscription (from 76% in 2013).

Expand cloud capability and reach

  • Next generation Hosted product launched Q3 2014.

  • Reckon One launched in Q1 2014, with the next generation Reckon One product on the track for a Q2 release.

  • Reckon One launched in NZ in Q4 2014.

  • Reckon One UK launch expected in 2015.

  • Good progress on moving practice management to the cloud.

  • Stellar growth in Virtual Cabinet in the UK, Australia and NZ. USA expansion commenced.

  • Sync Direct gaining momentum.

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Share buyback of Intuit shares - completed July 2014.

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Performance highlights

Year ended 31 December 2014

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% REVENUE UP 3% to $100.8m EBITDA UP 10% to $37.1m NPAT UP 5% to $17.6m EPS* UP 11% to 14.2 cents TOTAL DIVIDEND UP 3% to 9.0 cents

  • Growth percentages exclude the impact of the profit on sale of the investment in Connect2Field in 2013.

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Revenue growth Year ended 31 December 2014

Subscription product revenue
Other recurring revenue
Upfront and service revenue
2014
Growth
2013
52.1m
+11%
14.3m
-6%
13.9m
-19%
20.5m
+9%
100.8m
+3%
46.8m
15.2m
17.2m
Content revenue 18.9m
98.1m

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Reckon group Year ended 31 December 2014 (normalised)

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1ST HALF 2ND HALF FULL YEAR
$ Millions $ Millions $ Millions
2014 Operating Revenue 51.1m 49.7m 100.8m
2013 Operating Revenue 49.5m 48.6m 98.1m
2014 EBITDA 19.3m 17.8m 37.1m
2013 EBITDA 17.4m 16.5m 33.9m
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Business group results

Year ended 31 December 2014

REVENUE
Subscription product revenue
Other recurring revenue
Upfront and service revenue
EBITDA
2014
Growth
2013
16.3m
+12%
14.5m
14.3m
-6%
15.2m
6.2m
-19%
7.7m
36.8m
-1%
19.1m
+20%
37.4m
16.1m

Revenue

  • The business has been substantially de-risked.

  • Core product units now comprise:

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+41% Subscription Online (32% in 2013) +21% Subscription desktop +32% Other recurring +6% Perpetual licences, etc

Overheads

  • Saving of $5m in Intuit royalty, partly re-invested some of the royalty saving in online infrastructure, sales capability and product development.

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Accountant group results

Year ended 31 December 2014

REVENUE
Subscription product revenue
2014
Growth
2013
22.3m
+9%
3.4m
-34%
20.5m
+9%
46.2m
+4%
16.5m
+1%
20.4m
Upfront and service revenue 5.2m
Content revenue
EBITDA
18.9m
44.5m
16.3m

Revenue

  • 9% increase in number of practice management seats.

  • Aggressively moved the business to a subscription model in 2014.

  • Some level of upfront / service revenue will remain in future.

  • Content business has experienced a strong second half.

  • Volume growth of 10%.

Overheads

  • Cost base maintained despite additional volume.

  • Cost increase relates to COGS on content business (ASIC fees).

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International group results

Year ended 31 December 2014

REVENUE
Subscription product revenue
2014
Growth
2013
14.0m
+14%
3.8m
-6%
17.8m
+9%
6.1m
+19%
12.2m
Upfront and service revenue 4.0m
EBITDA
16.2m
5.1m

Revenue

  • Strong new customer acquisition in Virtual Cabinet.

  • 25% increase in the number of seats.

  • Mixed results in nQueue, with USA solid, but UK and Australia weaker.

Overheads

  • Investment in UK online sales capacity continues.

  • Investment in expansion into the USA with Virtual Cabinet.

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EBITDA margin

Year ended 31 December 2014 (normalised)

Business Group
Accountants Group
International Group
Group
2014
2013
2014
2013
52.1% 43.1%
35.6% 36.5%
34.5% 31.6%
36.8% 34.5%

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Cash flow highlights

Year ended 31 December 2014

Net debt
Operating cash fow
Capitalised development cost expenditure (net of grant)
Fixed asset acquisitions
Dividends paid
Share Buyback
Further 20% of Virtual Cabinet
2014
2013
$41.4m
$31.3m
$26.5m
($15.3)m
($13.1)m
($0.8)m
($1.5)m
($10.7)m
($11.3)m
($27.5)m
($5.5)m
($2.4)m
-
+18%
2014
2013
$41.4m
$31.3m
$26.5m
($15.3)m
($13.1)m
($0.8)m
($1.5)m
($10.7)m
($11.3)m
($27.5)m
($5.5)m
($2.4)m
-
+18%
$31.3m $26.5m
($15.3)m ($13.1)m
($0.8)m ($1.5)m
($10.7)m ($11.3)m
($27.5)m ($5.5)m
($2.4)m -

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Group Trends

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Half Year
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2nd Half
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OPERATING REVENUE

EBITDA

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$ MILLIONS $ MILLIONS
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
2006 22.9m 22.1m 2006 6.7m 6.3m
2007 28.0m 27.4m 2007 8.2m 8.3m
2008 31.2m 28.8m 2008 9.4m 9.6m
2009 43.3m 42.0m 2009 11.8m 13.3m
2010 46.5m 43.6m 2010 15.3m 14.9m
2011 46.7m 43.5m 2011 15.6m 15.7m
2012 48.1m 48.5m 2012 17.1m 16.9m
2013 49.5m 48.6m 2013 18.7m 16.6m
2014 51.1m 49.7m 2014 19.3m 17.8m
Includes profit on sale of investment of $1.4m
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Half Year
Group Trends
2nd Half
NPBT EPS
$ MILLIONS CENTS
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
2006 5.8m 5.2m 2006 3.3 2.9
2007 6.7m 6.6m 2007 3.8 3.7
2008 7.5m 7.6m 2008 4.2 4.3
2009 9.4m 9.6m 2009 4.6 5.3
2010 11.4m 11.0m 2010 6.3 6.1
2011 11.0m 11.2m 2011 6.1 6.0
2012 12.5m 11.4m 2012 7.1 6.3
2013 13.2m 11.4m 2013 7.9 6.0
2014 12.5m 10.2m 2014 7.3 6.9
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  • Includes profit on sale of investment of $1.4m

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Future opportunities

• Business Group

  • Reckon Accounts: organic growth generated by the Hosted product. Reckon One: launch of the next version of the product in Q2.

  • Reckon Pay: will be launched in collaboration with NAB in Q2.

• Accountant Group

  • Organic growth from building the subscription base particularly from Virtual Cabinet, Private Cloud, Workpaper Management and Sync Direct products.

  • Subscription pricing increases the addressable market.

  • Expand content reach into the accountants base.

• International Group

  • Team focused on meeting 2015 targets for Virtual Cabinet. USA launch of Virtual Cabinet in 2015.

  • Reckon One launch in UK in 2015.

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Questions

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