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SAFEROADS HOLDINGS LIMITED — AGM Information 2017
Oct 18, 2017
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SAFEROADS HOLDINGS LIMITED
2017 Annual General Meeting
19 October 2017
Contents
- Chairman's Welcome and Address
- CEO's Address on Product and Market Developments
- Questions to Board and Management
- Formal Resolutions
- Questions and Close
- Refreshments

Chairman's Address – Mr. David Ashmore
Innovative Road Safety Solutions IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
Continuation of sustainable business transformation
Operating Performance for FY2017
- Ongoing Revenue from product sales and rentals up 18% on FY16, with greater market penetration in our core market segments, with a particular focus on highlighting our service offering differentiators
- This was despite the loss of the Omni EA bollard license at the start of the financial year. The YoY revenue increase as reported is still 6.3%
- Continued growth in our Public Lighting solutions portfolio (up 10%), further enhanced by our new solar lighting offering
- Our IronmanTM Hybrid rental barrier offering had strong utilisation levels - we have commenced hiring out our proprietary VMS trailer offering
- International sales of $467k from USA, NZ, Malaysia and Belgium; with a further $325k order for USA delivered first quarter FY18

* Excludes Omni EA bollards and royalty income

Innovative Road Safety Solutions IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
Continuation of sustainable business transformation
Operating Performance for FY2017
- Generated profit before tax of $154k
- EBITDA of $800k, up 58% on prior FY
- Margins down slightly due to very competitive markets
- Continued cost rationalization, including focus on supply chain sourcing (domestic and overseas)


* Excluding relocation costs (FY16)

IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
Continuation of sustainable business transformation
Maintained adequate working capital
Generated over $1.0 million in operating cashflows during the year, maintaining adequate cash reserves to support current working capital needs
Continued investment in new product development
- Invested $0.4 million in R&D activities during the year
- This included the new HV2 temporary barrier system, next generation High security Omni-stopTM bollard, and portable solar pole solution
- Received FY16 R&D tax cash rebate of $237k during the year


IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
Continuation of sustainable business transformation
Financing
- Further reduction in core bank debt by $0.5 million, or 20%, during the year
- Gearing ratio reduced to 20%
- Post financial year end we have secured revised banking facility with CBA
- Main benefits include:
- Extension of 3 years (to Sep 2020)
- Significantly reduced principal repayments
- Better interest rates
- Overdraft line to manage expanding working capital needs as business grows


IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
FY2018 Outlook
- We have budgeted continued growth in revenue and PBT for FY18
- We have generated a profit in the first quarter of FY18
- This includes our second major overseas order to USA and we anticipate further orders
- We currently have $2.7 million of secured work in hand, up 16% for the same time last year
- Full year forecasting remains difficult however if we continue to deliver on our targets, then we anticipate a positive PBT for the full year.
- Growth is top-line driven – operating expenses are projected to be relatively stable
- This is supported by the funds committed to major Australian transport infrastructure projects over the next 5 years

IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
"Australia is on the cusp of the biggest wave of public infrastructure spending in
at least three decades" - Australian Financial Review (23-24 Sep 2017)

Four Key Strategies
- 1. Continued domestic growth
- 2. Rental fleet expansion
- 3. International growth
- 4. Continued product innovation



CEO's Address – Mr Darren Hotchkin
IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
1. Continued Domestic Growth
- Maintain domestic sales focus through a management structure dedicated to our various customer bases (local government, civil construction companies, equipment hire companies, electrical contractors)
- Enhanced distribution channels into new and existing markets
- Increase cross-selling opportunities where possible
- Improve marketing and business development activities and better utilise industry association alliances
- Maintain and identify further supply chain and other operational efficiencies


IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
2. Rental fleet expansion
- With the anticipated increase on road infrastructure, we will look to expand our workzone rental fleet
- We commenced hiring out our proprietary VMS to enhance our temporary barrier solution
- We are looking at other workzone product rental opportunities, to enhance our overall workzone rental offering



CEO's Address – Mr Darren Hotchkin
IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
3. International Growth
- What we have achieved to date
- Generated $467k in sales from offshore customers in FY17
- This included our first major overseas order of IronmanTM barriers to USA ($325k)
- A second order ($325k) shipped in July 2017
- Regular orders from Belgium for flexible signage
- Commenced export of portable solar light poles to NZ



3. International Growth
Plans for FY2018 and beyond
- Increase sales from existing distributors – NZ, USA, Europe
- Expand the number of distributors worldwide
- Plan to conduct MASH crash testing in the USA of our new HV2 barrier in the first half of CY2018
- Partner with major barrier providers to provide distribution channels for new product launch into the USA following successful testing and submissions for regulatory approval – estimated lead-time to market is 2 years
- Timing is right as USA temporary barrier standards changing from December 2020, requiring all barriers to be tested to new MASH standards
- Concurrently look to launch product in Australia and NZ with regulatory approval following successful crash testing in the USA (Australia and NZ relies on US safety standards - MASH)


IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
4. Continued product innovation
- Ensure we remain at the forefront of public safety product development through R&D, creating our own patented products for domestic and international markets.
- Initial success in proof of concept for HV2
- Have recently commercialised our portable solar pole
- Currently working on a new bollard range


IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Safety Initiatives
- Solar Lighting – permanent solutions
- Communities increasingly calling for improved lighting in areas not well suited to gridded lighting solutions
- Cheaper installation than gridded alternative with no need for trenching or cabling; powered naturally by the sun and cleverly stored by the inbuilt Tesla battery kit
- Installations to date have included foreshore areas, parks and gardens, urban laneways and carparks



IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Safety Initiatives
- Solar Lighting – portable solutions
- We have developed a more flexible Portable range of solar lighting solutions
- Easily repositioned wherever there is a need for lighting
- Uses to date have included workzones, public events, and portable security for storage yards
- Currently trialling CCTV capabilities to create a more comprehensive public safety and security solution



IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Safety Initiatives
Bollards
- Increased public concerns with errant vehicles accidentally or sometimes deliberately entering pedestrian zones
- Few products on the market that will comply with new impact standards
- We have developed a variety of Omni-stopTM bollards to meet these standards



IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Safety Initiatives
Omni-StopTM Bollards
- There is an increasing trend in the proportion of larger passenger and commercial vehicles compared to smaller vehicles on the roads today *
- This means that some crash-tested bollard products available in the market now will only stop around half of new passenger vehicles on the road today
- Our newly developed Omni-stopTM Super-Duty bollard will stop a vehicle up to 2.3 tonne, which includes the majority of Australia's SUV's, 4WD's and other light commercial vehicles
* Source: ABS – Sales of New Motor Vehicles (Aug 17)



IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Safety Initiatives
Portable Bollards
- Recent global concerns for public safety in highvolume pedestrian corridors
- Authorities have responded with basic (untested) temporary solutions which are unsightly and not designed to blend into the urban environment
- We are looking at alternate solutions that will be crash tested in accordance with relevant new standards in this area
- Our Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software tool assists us in modelling solutions for optimal outcomes (example below)



IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY
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