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Rm — FY2018 Earnings Presentation

36 slides from Rm's earnings presentation, February 2019

  1. Slide 1: Technology and Resources for Education

    TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION © 2019, RM plc – February 2019

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    >AGENDA RM plc Highlights David Brooks Financial Review Neil Martin 2018 Divisional Review Neil Martin 2019 Focus & Outlook David Brooks Q&A

  3. Slide 3: National curriculum resources

    National Regional High visibility Cloud based National Full suite Using AI in revenue curriculum education supplies digital digital presence and resources provider platforms scale generalist assessment #1 #1 c.13m #1 50,000 Exam scripts 50% of customers Safeguarding Products processed p.a. internati

  4. Slide 4: Highlights of 2018

    HIGHLIGHTS OF 2018 PLATFORM FOR • LONG TERM GROWTH • •

  5. Slide 5: Financial Summary

    RM plc FIN@NCIAL SUMMARY

  6. Slide 6: Financial Overview

    FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Adjusted* Adjusted* Revenue Operating Profit Net Debt Diluted EPS £221m £27.5m £13.4m 25.8 £186m £5.8m 21.2 £21.3m Up 29% Reduced £7.6m Up 22%

  7. Slide 7: Revenue & Profit Development

    REVENUE & PROFIT DEVELOPMENT Revenue up 19% International Revenue up 30% 230.0 30.0 220.0 210.0 25.0 200.0 190.0 20.0 180.0 170.0 15.0 160.0 150.0 10.0 2017 RM RM RM Legacy Acquisition 2018 2017 Europe North Asia Middle Rest of 2018 Resources Results Education America East World Adjusted operating p

  8. Slide 8: Income Statement

    INCOME STATEMENT £m 2018 2017 Variance

  9. Slide 9: Cash Flow and Pension

    CASH FLOW AND PENSION £m 2018 2017 Change 5% 40 35 4% 30 IAS19 Deficit level (£m) 25 3% 20 15 2% 10 5 1% 0 • 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Pension deficit Discount rate RPI inflation

  10. Slide 10: Divisional Review

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  11. Slide 11: Divisional Summary

    DIVISIONAL SUMMARY Revenue £M Adjusted Operating Margin FY18 FY17 Variance FY18 FY17 Variance RM Resources 121.6 83.6 +45% RM Resources 13.7% 13.9% -0.2pp RM Results 31.8 31.6 +1% RM Results 25.6% 24.5% +1.1pp RM Education 67.6 70.6 -4% RM Education 11.6% 9.3% +2.3pp Group 221.0 185.9 +19% Group 12.

  12. Slide 12: RM Resources

    RM RESOURCES Revenue Adjusted Operating Profit 16.6 59.7 £m 11.6 27.8 £m 10.2 58.8 55.9 61.9 2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018 TTS Consortium Revenues breakdown Adjusted Operating Margin 17.3% 13.9% 13.7% UK Education International Legacy 2016 2017 2018

  13. Slide 13: RM Results

    RM RESULTS Revenue Adjusted Operating Profit 8.2 31.6 31.6 31.8 7.8 6.8 £m £m 2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018 Revenues breakdown Adjusted Operating Margin 25.6% 24.5% 21.5% UK Education International Data 2016 2017 2018

  14. Slide 14: RM Education

    RM EDUCATION Revenue Adjusted Operating Profit 77.0 7.8 70.6 67.6 6.6 £m £m 5.8 2016 2017 2018 2016 2017 2018 Revenues breakdown Adjusted Operating Margin 11.6% 9.3% 7.6% Services Connectivity Digital Platforms Legacy 2016 2017 2018

  15. Slide 15: IFRS15 Impacts

    IFRS15 IMPACTS Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Profit Revenue Cash Profit Revenue Cash • • •

  16. Slide 16: Focus & Outlook

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  17. Slide 17: Where We Are Today

    Six years of EPS growth Six years of dividend growth Major acquisition successfully integrated International revenues doubled in last four years Robust balance sheet with good free cash flow All three divisions well placed in their markets 7

  18. Slide 18: Potential to accelerate strategy through M&A where appropriate

    Potential to accelerate strategy through M&A where appropriate

  19. Slide 19: Strategic Focus: IP and technology development

    ~*~ STRATEGIC FOCUS @ IP and technology development * Increase investment in own designed new product and software development capability * Further develop technology depth and breadth including artificial intelligence capability, e- assessment and data analytics - Exploit current intellectual prope

  20. Slide 20: Strategic Focus

    RM Resources TTS own developed products Background Customers are looking for curriculum relevant products to drive improved learning outcomes Solution Increased investment in own developed TTS products across all subject areas and to be sold only through our channels Result Own developed products re

  21. Slide 21: Strategic Focus: International growth

    * STRATEGIC FOCUS © International growth * Increase investment in our international sales and marketing capability * Take existing IP into international markets - Sales to International markets now almost £30m RM plc 21

  22. Slide 22: Strategic Focus

    RM Results E-marking to the world Background Examination bodies across the globe are looking to digitise a largely paper-based system to improve quality and efficiency Solution RM have developed an award winning e-marking solution, RM Assessor, that is proven to improve marking quality for high-stak

  23. Slide 23: Strategic Focus: Innovate with our customers

    * STRATEGIC FOCUS \ : 4 ~ of © Innovate with our - - customers — ; * Provide our customers further insight into their = business through the use of data analytics * Challenge our customers on their own business processes and how we might help improve them * Look for technology solutions to make it a

  24. Slide 24: Strategic Focus

    RM Results Analysing the exam cycle Background Exams in schools often happen in a summer peak, with millions of papers to be marked in short timescales and with increasing challenges to find enough markers. Our customers are looking at ways of de-risking the process Solution Bringing together knowle

  25. Slide 25: Strategic Focus: Efficiency and simplicity

    ~*~ STRATEGIC FOCUS © Efficiency and simplicity * Invest to simplify business processes and improve efficiencies - Application of automation where appropriate - Continue to offshore where possible RM plc at 25

  26. Slide 26: Strategic Focus

    Education Remote Network Management Background Many of our customers need cost savings in order to consider moving from an in-house IT team to an outsourced service. The reliance on a few on-site staff to manage the ICT makes these savings difficult Solution Provide a fully remote Network Manager se

  27. Slide 27: Distribution centre consolidation

    Distribution centre consolidation 2019 2020 2021 Operations Property

  28. Slide 28: Outlook

    RM plc OUTLOOK

  29. Slide 29: Outlook

    OUTLOOK GROUP ENTERS 2019 IN A GOOD POSITION

  30. Slide 30: Q&A

    Q&A

  31. Slide 31: Appendix

    APPENDIX

  32. Slide 32: Income Statement

    > INCOME STATEMENT £M ADJUSTED Revenue 221.0 Cost of sales (129.7) Gross profit 91.3 Gross profit % 41.3% Operating expenses (63.8) Amortisation of acquisition related intangibles Restructuring provision Pension GMP charge Acquisition costs Increase of property related provisions Operating profit Op

  33. Slide 33: Cash Flow

    > CASH FLOW OPERATING CASH FLOWS - £M Profit from operations Amortisation & impairment of intangibles Depreciation & impairment of PPE Share-based payments Provisions Other adjustments Operating cash flows before movements in working capital (Increase)/decrease in inventories (Increase)/decrease in

  34. Slide 34: Balance Sheet

    > BALANCE SHEET £M Goodwill Intangible assets Property, plant & equipment Defined benefit pension surplus Other receivables Deferred tax assets Total non-current assets Inventories Trade & other receivables Tax assets Cash & short-term deposits Total current assets Total assets Current liabilities,

  35. Slide 35: Pupil Projections

    PUPIL PROJECTIONS 5,500 Full-time equivalent pupils (000s) 4,800 4,677 4,504 4,004 Predicted increase (2016-25) of 173,000 FTE pupils 4,100 Equivalent to c.650 averaged sized primary schools PRIMARY SCHOOLS 3,400 3,325 2,955 2,758 Predicted increase (2016-25) of 567,000 FTE pupils 2,700 SECONDARY SC

  36. Slide 36: RM Historical Performance

    RM HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE Revenue Adjusted Operating Profit £m 300 £m 30.0 250 25.0 200 20.0 150 15.0 100 10.0 50 5.0 0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 0.0 RM Results RM Resources RM Education 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Adjusted Operating Margin Ordinary Dividends 8.0 £m 14.0% 12.4% 11.4% 7.0 7.6 12.0% 10.8%

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