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SAFEROADS HOLDINGS LIMITED AGM Information 2013

Nov 18, 2013

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Innovative Road Safety Solutions

SAFEROADS HOLDINGS LIMITED

2013 Annual General Meeting

Melbourne 19 November 2013

Contents

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  • Chairman's Welcome and Address
  • CEO's Address on Product Developments
  • Questions to Board and Management
  • Formal Resolutions
  • Questions and Close
  • Informal Refreshments

Innovative Road Safety Solutions Chairman's Address - Mr David Ashmore

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FY2013: Rebuilding and Restructuring the Company

  • 2012/13 Focus on core business to drive recovery
    • Identified our Core Products future demand and margin
    • Improved sales in SnaplocTM guide posts, Omni-stopTM bollards, Safepole
    • Sold Traffic Signals portfolio
    • Streamlined Civil Services offering

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FY2013: Rebuilding and Restructuring the Company

  • 2012/13 Focus on operational efficiency
    • Transitioned NZ operations to a distributor model
    • Rationalised production sites and exited leasehold offices in two States
    • Consolidated management structure a Northern and Southern regional model to better align with customers
    • Progressive cost reduction initiatives throughout the Company
    • Overall 29% overhead cost reduction

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FY2013: Rebuilding and Restructuring the Company

  • 2012/13 Reduce bank debt and associated costs
    • Sale and leaseback of head office
    • Proceeds of asset sales used to reduce bank debt by $2.6 million
    • Rationalised bank facilities and removed excess lines
    • Renegotiated our ongoing bank facility to better suit our recovery phase
    • Complied with new covenant requirements
    • Reduced finance costs by 18% (33% in full year)
    • A more stable relationship with our bankers

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FY2013: Rebuilding and Restructuring the Company

  • Operating Performance for FY2013
    • Operating loss of $1.56 million* compared to the operating loss in FY2012 of $4.25 million+
    • Full year impact of cessation of Energy Absorption Systems agreement
    • Constrained economic activity prior to Federal election
    • Operating environment was tough and the fight for sales is ongoing
    • Cash generated from operations in FY2013 was $2.38 million compared to $0.28 million in FY2012
    • Substantial improvements in working capital drove this cash generation
    • Improved gross margin from 28% in FY12 to 33% in FY13
    • Workzone Solutions was created to offer rent or buy options

* excl. once-off capital gains and restructuring costs + excl. goodwill impairment write-down

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Strategic Initiatives

  • Independent advisor engaged in February 2013 to identify strategic opportunities
  • Pleased with responses but nothing sufficiently attractive to pursue
  • Process confirmed core unrealised values and potential in our existing IP assets
  • Ongoing focus is to unlock that IP value and potential for our Shareholders

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Strategic Growth Opportunities

  • Returned to our initial strategic advantage - Innovative road safety solutions
  • Identified untapped opportunities with our existing Intellectual Property
    • Ironman Hybrid
    • Omni-stopTM bollards
    • Export opportunities

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FY2014 Outlook

  • Business Plan and specific actions agreed to improve sales effectiveness and ongoing growth of the Company
  • Trading conditions have not improved and securing sales remains a challenge
  • Order deferrals are common which highlights demand but funding constraints
  • First half trading result will not be a profit but projecting it to be an improvement on the first half operating loss last year (excluding asset sales)
  • Full year forecasting is difficult, due to abovementioned order deferrals
  • Working capital management remains satisfactory

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Focus for FY2014

  • Improve Sales
    • Current products to known markets
  • Maintain efficiencies
    • Ensure margins are maintained and/or improved and costs are managed tightly
  • Innovation
    • Commercialise existing IP to the extent possible

Innovative Road Safety Solutions CEO's Address – Mr Darren Hotchkin

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Product Innovation – Looking ahead

  • Ironman Hybrid
  • Omni-Stop TM Bollard
  • Export opportunities

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Benefits of the Ironman Hybrid can be summarised as follows :

Criteria Water-filled AnchoredSteel Precastconcrete IronmanHybrid
Low deflection X
Economical to transport X
Economical to deploy * X X X
No pavement damage X
Durable/long life span X X

* Note: Water-filled barriers require Water trucks to fill up and empty / Anchored steel barriers require large anchoring devices and road repair costs / Precast concrete barriers require large lifting equipment and greater transport costs

Actively seeking the best commercial rollout opportunity

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OMNI-STOPTM BOLLARDS

  • Diversity of applications
    • Street dining
    • Shopping centre car parks
    • Pedestrian crossings
    • Crane bay applications
  • True lifesaver product

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EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

  • Rollout existing IP
  • Intertraffic 2014 new ideas

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QUESTIONS