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SKS TECHNOLOGIES GROUP LIMITED AGM Information 2023

Nov 22, 2023

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Annual General Meeting

23 November 2023

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ASX: SKS

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Five-year P&L reflects rate of growth
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Annual revenue has grown over the last five years by an average of 34.8%

Earnings results for FY23 reflect the deliberate decision to invest heavily for rapid expansion The strategy’s success is now evident in the quality of work being won with new customers in new markets

Medium-term growth can now largely be achieved with the current cost base

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Sales Revenue ($M)
83.3
67.3
35.6
25.2 26.6
FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23
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EBITDA ($M)
3.5
2.7
2.0
1.1
0.4
FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23
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Net Profit Before Tax ($M) Net Profit After Tax ($M)
3.0
2.0
1.2 1.7
0.6 0.5
0.6 0.6
-1.2 -1.2
FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23
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ASX : SKS 2
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Investment benefits begin to flow through in early FY24
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  • Approximately $3 million was invested in initiatives to underpin growth, including hiring industry specialists, opening new offices to complete the national footprint, and strengthening systems and processes

  • Medium-term growth can now largely be achieved with the current cost base

Jan 22 Inducted newly recruited client services team and
replaced management & expanded WA office and offering
Feb 22 Recruited and onboarding specialist data centre team
Mar 22 Established a new branch in NT YTD FY24 Revenue $34.5M
Apr 22
May 22
Recruited HSEQ management
Recruited new management and expanded offering in
QLD
Financial
performance
EBITDA $1.8M
Jun 22 Recruited specialist defence (Jul – Oct) PBT $1.04M
Aug 22 Established SKS Indigenous Technologies and began
trading
Ongoing Expanding systems and processes top support significant
growth
ASX : SKS 3

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Increased cash flows from operations and zero long-term debt
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The turnaround in cash flows from operations between FY22 and FY23 enabled full retirement of the R&D liability as well as a net reduction in short-term borrowings Thus, the business now has no long-term debt Short-term debt fluctuates according to sales and working capital required to fund projects Increased CBA financing facilities from $8 million to $12 million in Nov 23.

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Cash flows from operations ($M) Debt profile ($M)
2.9
6.7
Short-term debt
Long-term debt
1.4
3.4
3.3 3.5
-0.1
3.3
-0.9
2.3
3.2 1.8
1.3
0.5 1.8
1.0
-2.8 0.8
0.2
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 0.0
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ASX : SKS 4
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Strategy drives exponential growth
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  • Focus on organic growth

Guided the growth of the business

Identified the sectors of smart buildings, data centres and defence as attractive targets for expansion

Identified the value of targeting end user customers for higher margins and the further work that comes with direct relationships.

$100+ million revenue target in FY24

  • Maintain opportunistic approach to acquisitions – as assessed against specific criteria that drive capability, capacity and scale

  • Leverage new networks

  • Build higher revenue spread across existing cost base

  • Build work on hand in newer markets in WA, NT and QLD

• Build work for SKS Indigenous Technologies • Secure projects directly with the end-user client for repeat work and higher margins • Continue to strengthen the balance sheet • Pursue recurring revenue opportunities • Continue to focus on cost efficiencies

  • Capture a share of the lucrative and rapidly evolving data warehousing market

  • • Continue to focus on technology conversion

  • Pursue converged IT networks projects in intelligent buildings

  • • Pursue defence opportunities

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ASX : SKS 5
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Work on hand profile transitioning to targeted sectors and customers
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Solid progress on securing work on hand in new sectors

New data centre project in excess of $30million boosts work on hand to: $80.6 million

Increase in work on hand in targeted market sectors (%)

November 2023 (%)

August 2023 (%)

August 2022 (%)

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Data centres
Smart building & technology
networks 14.9%
0.2%
Defence
11.5%
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Smart building Data centres &
networks technology 11.8%
0.7%
Not including
Defence $30M data
10.5%
centre project
Traditional market sectors 77.0%
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Traditional market sectors 100%

Traditional market sectors, 73.4%

Over the last three months, end-user work on hand has increased by approximately 50%

Increase in work on hand by customer type (%)

August 2023 (%) November 2023 (%)

August 2022 (%)

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End user
10.4%
Traditional customer type 89.6%
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End user
1.0%
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End user
15.9%
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Traditional customer type 99.0%

Traditional customer type 84.1%

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ASX : SKS 6
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National branch network services high value clients
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Services include AV, communications, electrical, building and energy management solutions, and maintenance.

Client base includes household brand names across all market sectors in Australia.

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Darwin,
NT, 2022
Brisbane,
Perth, QLD,2019
WA, 2015
Adelaide, Sydney, NSW
SA, 2018 2015
Canberra,
Melbourne, ACT, 2022
VIC & TAS
2014
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Projects are delivered to customers across the entire economy, including:

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  • hospitals and aged care facilities

  • • manufacturing and distribution facilities

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  • commercial buildings

  • • correctional facilities

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  • hotels

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  • defence buildings

  • • airports • data centres

  • • retail centres

  • • smart buildings

  • • sporting complexes

  • • universities • government/defence

  • • mining and resources businesses

  • • utilities

  • • banks and financial institutions

  • • public sector buildings.

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ASX : SKS 7
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SKS Technology’s systems and services are relevant across all sectors
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A concerted drive to win projects in the targeted sectors of Defence, Data Centres and Technology, and Mining and Resources has resulted in almost 53% of total work on hand in those three sectors

New $30+ million data centre project comprises a large portion of the Data Centre and Technology work on hand

Broad stable of Federal and state government customers provides a solid base of projects

Total work on hand ($M)

Work on hand by sector

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Utilities & Smart
Retail 2.2% Airports 1.7% Buildings 0.6%
81+
Manufacturing 0.1%
Logisitics &
Warehousing 1.2%
Healthcare &
Aged Care
12.0%
Mining &
Resources
0.9%
47
39
Data Centres Corporate
& Technology 8.0%
45.3%
26
Defence 6.6%
Sports, Entertainment &
Hospitality 1.0%
7
Education 3.9%
Government 12.3%
Banking &
Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Nov 23 Finance 4.4%
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ASX : SKS 8
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Our valuable and growing pipeline of opportunities is unremitting
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Pipeline shows no sign of abatement

Significant amount of work under tender in targeted sectors of defence and data centres

Newly enhanced tendering database will enable greater transparency and analysis of pipeline in future years

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($M) Data Centres & Technology 55.9
Corporate 51.2
Sports, Entertainment & Hospitality 24.8
Defence 24.2
Retail 21.5
Government 17.9
Aged Care & Healthcare 11.0
Education 6.4
Banking & Finance 6.2
Airports 4.5
Rail, Transport, Logistics & Warehousing 4.2
Mining & Resources 3.4
Utilities & Smart Buildings 2.6 TOTAL OPEN TENDERS
Manufacturing 2.2 Quantity: 1,122
Other 0.5 Value: $236.5 million
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ASX : SKS 9
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A successful first year for SKS Indigenous Technologies
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51% owned by Indigenous identity, Chris Johnson

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Achieved the initial target of 3% Indigenous employment in the business, to match the national target. The new target is 4% - 5%, depending on the future rate of growth

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Achieved order intake of Increasing pipeline of >$10 million, all of which opportunities across all will be delivered in FY24. market sectors Work won is for Government, defence and corporates

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Onboarded with many Achieved Supply Nation government panels as certification , which enables approved service providers inclusion in the indigenous approximately 10 Business Direct database government and corporate and confirms that a business panels around Australia is Indigenous owned and audited annually

49% owned by SKS Technologies Group

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ASX : SKS 10
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Safety culture delivers long-term flawless performance
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Zero LTIs in five years despite significant growth in workforce and hours worked Strong safety culture developed and promoted throughout the organisation over many years

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0 LTIs during rapid growth
325
200
100
92
69
0 0 0 0 0
CY18 CY19 CY20 CY21 CY22
Employees LTIs
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ASX : SKS 11
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Environmental, social and corporate governance commitment
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Mission:

To preserve and improve the physical, social, environmental cultural and economic health and wellbeing of its neighbourhoods, while ensuring quality of life for current and future generations

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E S G
Environmental Social Governance
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  • Waste is recycled

    • Ethical approach to transacting business
  • Safe and healthy management

  • • Tolerant, fair and ESG

  • empathetic workforce

  • Energy/water efficiency

  • Management of key business risks

  • Sustainable

procurement

  - Responsible reporting and disclosure
  • Diversity in age and Responsible reporting ethnicity apparent, while and disclosure •

  • seeking greater gender Stakeholder engagement balance

  • Materials and supplies reused including refillable options

  • No single use plastics/virgin materials

  • Source materials responsibly

  • Support local communities in which the business operates

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ASX : SKS 12
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Strong operating platform with high demand and capital to fund it
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Initiatives
to support
growth
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Benefits of Target those revenue initiatives performance Based on the high level of work won and performed in FY23, as well as the investment in the people, processes and systems to our growth, the revenue target for FY24 is in the range of: $100+ million

Changing profile of work on hand evident. Large new contracts in the data centre and smart buildings sectors, and a solid orderbook proportion in defence work

Recruited specialist market sector teams to develop new capability and pursue work in the data centre, smart buildings and defence sectors

Commensurate growth in pipeline with $336.5 million currently out for tender

Built and recruited relationships with end user clients to gain higher margins and repeat work

Continued improvement in working capital, augmented by increased CBA financing facilities

Undertook significant and continuous financial analysis to understand funding commitments and risks, and secured finance Established SKS Indigenous Technologies

Work secured on the basis of specific government/corporate accreditations, certifications and other processes undertaken by the new specialist teams

Completed the national footprint of branches to target state-specific market sectors

Additional work generated by SKS Indigenous Technologies – $10 million of work on hand as at 31 August 2023

Upgraded systems, processes, accreditations and certifications to pursue work in new sectors and support overall growth

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ASX : SKS 13
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Investor Inquiries:

Matthew Jinks, CEO Gary Beaton, CFO (03) 9289 5000

[email protected]