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Paypoint — H1 2004/05 Earnings Presentation

53 slides from Paypoint's earnings presentation, Dec 7, 2004

  1. Slide 1: Interim Results Presentation

    Strictly private and confidential Interim Results Presentation 7 December 2004

  2. Slide 2: Introduction

    Introduction David Newlands Chairman

  3. Slide 3: Agenda

    Agenda ! Introduction ! Highlights and Operations Review ! Financial Review ! Summary ! Q&A ! Closing 2

  4. Slide 4: Highlights & Operations Review

    Highlights & Operations Review Dominic Taylor Chief Executive

  5. Slide 5: PayPoint Overview

    PayPoint Overview ! Branded cash payment collection network ! Founded in 1996 by client investors; listed in September 2004 ! Strategy based on differentiation through: " the breadth of the consumer offer / brand " the quality and convenience of its retail network " technology & know how for an effi

  6. Slide 6: PayPoint Highlights

    PayPoint Highlights Net revenue Operating profit Margin 18,000 5,000 40% 16,000 4,000 30% 14,000 20% 12,000 3,000 10% £000's 10,000 2,000 £000's 8,000 0% 1,000 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 6,000 -10% 4,000 - -20% 2,000 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 -1,000 -30% - 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 -2,000 -40% For the six

  7. Slide 7: PayPoint Highlights

    PayPoint Highlights Transaction volume Transaction value PayPoint Outlets 120 1,400 16,000 100 1,200 14,000 1,000 12,000 80 10,000 Millions 800 £bn 60 8,000 600 6,000 40 400 4,000 20 200 2,000 - - - 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 For the six months ended 30th

  8. Slide 8: Operations Review

    Operations Review ! Strong set of results underpinned by successful implementation of our strategy – transaction volume growth – driving differentiation ! There has been strong growth in all sectors Transaction volumes by sector 120,000 100,000 ATM Mobile 80,000 General £000's 60,000 40,000 20,000 -

  9. Slide 9: Sector and Market Review

    Sector and Market Review Bill and General Payments ! General growth across all sectors; ! Growth in Quantum (gas prepayment) volumes ! In particular PowerGen, Eastern and Norweb electricity regions Powergen weekly volumes 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 - 01/09/2003 01/12

  10. Slide 10: Sector and Market Review

    Sector and Market Review Bill and General Payment Cont... ! Emerging transport sector ! Mail order payments launched 9

  11. Slide 11: Sector and Market Review: Mobile

    Sector and Market Review Mobile ! Strong continued growth - but will mature ! Slower than expected migration from the terminal to retailers own till systems gives one off benefit to mobile margins Pre-pay airtime by payment method Credit Card (source TNS) Paper Voucher 4,000 Electronic 3,500 3,000 £

  12. Slide 12: Sector and Market Review: ATMs

    Sector and Market Review ATMs ! Surcharge self replenishment model ! Achieved 50 new sites per month ! 764 ATM sites live at 6 December with an initial target of 2,000 ! Average transactions per ATM is 600 per month ! Total ATM outlay is c. £6 million – to be recovered from Agents ATM transactions 6

  13. Slide 13: Retail Review

    Retail Review ! 14,600 PayPoint outlets ! 3,000 new terminal sites by end 2005/6 ! Prospect list remains at 10,000 ! Churn 5% per annum 12

  14. Slide 14: New Terminal

    New Terminal ! New terminal (T2) is now being rolled out (1,733 T2s at 6 Dec 2004) – faster and better communication links – lower cost of operation – contactless smart card capability – touch screen – chip and pin compliant ! Total investment program of £6m 13

  15. Slide 15: Financial Review

    Financial Review George Earle Finance Director

  16. Slide 16: Strong volume driven top line growth and margin enhancement

    Strong volume driven top line growth and margin enhancement £000’s H1 04/05 H1 03/04 % increase Turnover 39,949 29,681 35% Cost of sales 27,862 21,790 28% Gross profit 12,087 7,891 53% Margin 30% 27% 14% 15

  17. Slide 17: Growth in agents' commissions and net revenue

    Growth in agents’ commissions and net revenue H1 04/05 H1 03/04 % increase £000’s Turnover 39,949 29,681 35% Cost of sales 27,862 21,790 28% Gross profit 12,087 7,891 53% Margin 30% 27% 14% Turnover ~ years ended 31 March Turnover £80m £70m £60m CAGR 49% £50m Net revenue £40m CAGR 31% £30m £20m £10m

  18. Slide 18: Volume and commission growth

    Volume and commission growth £000’s H1 04/05 H1 03/04 % increase Turnover 39,949 29,681 35% Cost of sales 27,862 21,790 28% Gross profit 12,087 7,891 53% Margin 30% 27% 14% Turnover £000’s H1 03/04 29,681 Volume 3,429 Mix/price 672 Other 146 Commissions 6,021 H1 04/05 39,949 17

  19. Slide 19: Margin improved through lower telecom costs

    Margin improved through lower telecom costs £000’s H1 04/05 H1 03/04 % increase Turnover 39,949 29,681 35% Cost of sales 27,862 21,790 28% Gross profit 12,087 7,891 53% Margin 30% 27% 14% Cost of sales H1 04/05 H1 03/04 £000’s £000’s Commissions paid 22,913 16,767 Depreciation 1,196 902 Other (inclu

  20. Slide 20: Operational gearing improves margins

    Operational gearing improves margins £000’s H1 04/05 H1 03/04 % increase Net revenue 16,530 12,458 33% Operating profit* 4,665 1,237 277% Interest 219 (97) Profit before tax 4,884 1,140 328% Tax (855) - Profit after tax 4,029 1,140 253% * Before exceptional items 19

  21. Slide 21: Operating costs under control

    Operating costs under control £000’s H1 04/05 H1 03/04 % increase Net Revenue 16,530 12,458 33% Operating profit 4,665 1,237 277% Interest 219 (97) Profit before tax 4,884 1,140 328% Tax (855) - Profit after tax 4,029 1,140 253% Operating profit £000’s H1 03/04 1,237 Increase in gross profit 4,196 D

  22. Slide 22: Strong cash flow

    Strong cash flow Six months to 30th September 2004 2003 £000’s £000’s EBITDA* 5,861 2,158 Change in working capital# 962 (284) Operating cash flow 6,823 1,874 Capital expenditure (1,179) (1,246) Interest received 219 (97) Cash flow before dividends 5,863 531 * Before exceptional items # Working capi

  23. Slide 23: Net cash increased to £15m

    Net cash increased to £15m Six months to 30th September 2004 £000’s Net cash at start (including client cash* £4.7 million) 12,625 Cash in flow 5,863 Reduction in client cash (2,303) Payment of exceptional items (300) Loan stock converted to equity 82 Dividends (778) Net cash at end (including clien

  24. Slide 24: Outlook & Summary

    Outlook & Summary ! Growth expected to continue in the second half…. – seasonal uplift in transaction volumes – T1 terminals written down ! But….. – reduction in rate of mobile growth – migration of mobile from terminals to retailers’ till systems – marketing spend to replace existing point of sale

  25. Slide 25: Q&A

    Q&A

  26. Slide 26: PayPoint plc Interim results announcement

    PayPoint plc Interim results announcement 7th December, 2004

  27. Slide 27: Appendices

    Appendices 1. PayPoint Management Team 2. Five year trading record 3. Background information on PayPoint 4. Materials to support the consumer transaction 5. PayPoint’s new Point of Sale An overall picture of sustained growth 26

  28. Slide 28: PayPoint Management Team

    Appendix 1 PayPoint Management Team

  29. Slide 29: Management Team

    Appendix I Management Team # David Newlands (Non Executive Chairman) ex GEC, current Chairman of Tomkins, KESA and Deputy Chairman of Standard Life # Dominic Taylor (Chief Executive) ex-Vodafone, Granada # George Earle (Finance Director) ex Centrica, GEC, Saatchi, Deloitte & Touche # Tim Watkins-Ree

  30. Slide 30: Five year trading record

    Appendix 2 Five year trading record

  31. Slide 31: Five year trading record

    Appendix 2 Five year trading record March year end 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 £'m Trans actions (m ) 71.1 89.5 106.3 154.3 204.4 (1) Turnover including agent com m is s ions 12.9 15.8 23.6 43.8 67.1 Net revenue (1,2) 9.6 11.2 13.8 20.9 28.6 Net revenue per trans action (2,3) 11.2p 11.5p 12.2p 12.7p 13

  32. Slide 32: Five year cash flow

    Appendix 2 Five year cash flow March year end 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 £'m EBIT (excluding ABTs deferred revenue release) (8.7) (4.4) (1.4) 2.7 6.1 ABTs deffered revenue releas e 0.7 0.7 2.5 6.5 0.1 EBIT (8.0) (3.7) 1.0 9.2 6.2 Depreciation charge 1.8 1.1 1.2 1.4 2.0 Working capital 2.9 3.3 (0.3) (6

  33. Slide 33: Balance sheet

    Appendix 2 Balance sheet March year end 2003 2004 £'m Fixed Assets Tangible assets 2.4 2.2 Current Assets Debtors - due within one year 9.2 10.3 Debtors - due after one year 2.2 0.4 Cash at bank and in hand(1) 4.4 13.8 15.8 24.5 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (11.7) (15.6) Net curren

  34. Slide 34: Background information on PayPoint

    Appendix 3 Background information on PayPoint

  35. Slide 35: Our Business and its Metrics

    Appendix 3 Our Business and its Metrics Our business objectives Our business metrics ! To provide clients with a cost ! 400+ clients effective retail network for their customers to make regular cash ! 204m annual transactions (2003/04) payments ! £2.3 billion payment throughout ! To provide consumer

  36. Slide 36: Highlights

    Appendix 3 Highlights # Recognised brand and high customer satisfaction Financial performance # Market leading position in energy CAGR prepayments and a market leader in retail bill March year end 1999(1) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 '99 - '04 payments1 Ave no of terminals 4,761 7,278 7,496 7,922 10,820

  37. Slide 37: Our Development

    Appendix 3 Our Development # 1996 - Founded by Client investors; British Gas; BT; BBC; London Electricity and 4 water companies Grow # 1998 - Refinanced and new management team appointed transaction volumes: # 1999 - National network completed More Clients # 2002 - Turned profitable and cash generat

  38. Slide 38: Business overview

    Appendix 3 Business overview CLIENT Issue customers with: -swipe or smart cards -barcoded bills -smart keys -details of local outlets Comprehensive scope PAYPOINT Poll information from terminal Send Client details Collect payments from Retail CONSUMER # Brand Agent Take payment and device Pay commis

  39. Slide 39: The PayPoint Network

    Appendix 3 The PayPoint Network # 12,017 Retail Agents and 3,000 EPoS connections (Sept 2004) # commission more than £2,800 per annum # footfall (c.340 transactions per week) # 50% multiple outlets, remainder independent # Network optimised for Client service and efficiency - extensive agent modelli

  40. Slide 40: Clients

    Appendix 3 Clients # Over 400 high quality clients, many long term contracts, generally 3 – 5 years # Largest client (Orange) 20% of gross revenue, top 10 deliver 83% Energy Telecoms/Media Water Transport Other British Gas BT O2 Anglian Water TfL (Capita) AON EdF (London, SWEB, Eircom Orange Bristol

  41. Slide 41: PayPoint's current markets

    Appendix 3 PayPoint’s current markets Market size Positioning # Market leader in energy prepayments # 5.7m energy prepayment meters Bill/General payments # Alphyra retain 2 regions v. PayPoint’s 8 # 1bn transactions p.a. (APACS) regions (137m txns in 2003/4) # 17m congestion charges p.a. (TfL) # Pos

  42. Slide 42: Financial performance

    Appendix 3 Financial performance Transaction volume (m) Turnover(1) Net revenue(1)(2)(3) 250 £80m £35m £70m £30m 200 £60m £25m £50m 150 £20m £40m £15m 100 £30m £10m £20m 50 £10m £5m 0 £0m £0m 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Bill Payments Top-ups ATM PayPoin

  43. Slide 43: Financial Performance

    Appendix 3 Financial Performance EBITDA* Earnings before Tax* Free cash flow £10m £8m £12m £8m £6m £10m £6m £4m £8m £4m £2m £6m £2m £0m £4m 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 £0m (£2m) £2m 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 (£2m) (£4m) £0m 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 (£4m) (£6m) (£2m) (£6m) (£8m) (£4m) (£8m) (£10m) (£6m)

  44. Slide 44: Strategy

    Appendix 3 Strategy # Grow transaction volumes # optimise retail agent coverage # grow client base # grow existing and develop new services # expand geographic coverage # Leverage the asset base # brand # service differentiation # technology/systems and development # retail network # blue chip clien

  45. Slide 45: Summary

    Appendix 3 Summary # Established business with a unique combination of assets # extensive UK national network # established brand # strong contract portfolio # robust and innovative technology # Strong competitive positioning # barriers to new entrants # Attractive financial model # rapidly growing

  46. Slide 46: Materials to support the consumer transaction

    Appendix 4 Materials to support the consumer transaction

  47. Slide 47: Client payment media

    Appendix 4 Client payment media

  48. Slide 48: Retailer external signage

    Appendix 4 Retailer external signage

  49. Slide 49: POS merchandising

    Appendix 4 POS merchandising

  50. Slide 50: Terminals and ATMs

    Appendix 4 Terminals and ATMs

  51. Slide 51: Terminal receipts

    Appendix 4 Terminal receipts E-TopUp Congestion Charging E Voucher Utility Payment Transport Ticketing

  52. Slide 52: PayPoint's new point of sale

    Appendix 5 PayPoint’s new point of sale

  53. Slide 53: Network re-branding

    Appendix 5 Network re-branding EXISTING BRANDING RE- BRANDING 2005 Wall sign Window sign Interior ceiling sign

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