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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

QUESTIONS