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Count — FY2012 Earnings Presentation

18 slides from Count's earnings presentation, Aug 23, 2012

  1. Slide 1: Full Year Results

    For personal use only Full Year Results 23 August 2012 Barry Lambert - Chairman Michael Spurr - Managing Director & CEO

  2. Slide 2: Full Year Result Highlights

    Full Year Result Highlights For personal use only Financials Net Profit after Tax: $11.31 million (up 19%*) 2 3 Net Profit after Tax attributable to shareholders: $11.21 million Operating Result (EBITA): $19.22 million (up 7%) *Normalised for non-cash fair value adjustments CUP Dividends 12 cents de

  3. Slide 3: The Countplus Network

    The Countplus Network For personal use only 3

  4. Slide 4: Group Performance – Member Firms

    Group Performance – Member Firms 2012 2012 % Change For personal use only $ ‘000 % of Total Revenue made up of Revenue primarily of accounting services, Total Net Member Revenue 90,242 100% 11.28% financial planning services is 19% of Expenses: total net revenue. Salaries and Employment (51,698) (57

  5. Slide 5: Group Performance – Member Firms

    Group Performance – Member Firms 2012 2012 % 2012 2012 % For personal use only $ ‘000 % of Total Change $ ‘000 % of Total Revenue Change Head office Revenue contribution largely Net Income Member Firms 19,514 21.6% 6.9% neutral Net Income Member Firms 19,514 21.62% 21.6% 6.87% 6.9% Head Office Contr

  6. Slide 6: Balance Sheet

    Balance Sheet For personal use only 2012 % $ ‘000 Change Balance sheet in strong position Current Assets 30,244 (0.5%) with net debt low and current ratio Non-Current Assets 64,777 11.3% healthy Total Assets 95,021 7.3% Current Liabilities 22,429 (22.4%) Debt has increased due to new Non-Current Lia

  7. Slide 7: Results – Key Takeouts

    Results – Key Takeouts  Acquisitions have contributed to revenue and expense For personal use only growth  Organic growth in both Accounting and Financial planning  New debtor provisioning policy (additional $0.9m expensed as additional provision)  New long service leave provisioning calculation

  8. Slide 8: Results – Key Takeouts (continued)

    Results – Key Takeouts (continued) For personal use only  Tax consolidation has had positive impact on tax expense for this year only  Amortisation expense (non-cash) relates to acquired client relationships and adviser network (intangible asset) arising on acquisition  Large positive non-cash fa

  9. Slide 9: Dividends

    Dividends Dividends Paid Cents Per Share Paid For personal use only First Post Listing Dividend 4 cents 01/07/2011 2011 Final Dividend 2 cents 15/08/2011 1st Interim Dividend 3 cents 15/11/2011 2nd Interim Dividend 3 cents 15/02/2012 3rd Interim Dividend 3 cents 15/05/2012 2012 Final Dividend 3 cent

  10. Slide 10: Fully Franked Dividend Declared

    Fully Franked Dividend Declared Dividend Declared Cents Per Ex-Dividend Record Payment For personal use only Share Date Date Date 2013 3 cents 22/10/2012 26/10/12 15/11/12 1st Interim Dividend HMATP (Regional NSW) 10

  11. Slide 11: Benefits of Joining Countplus

    Benefits of Joining Countplus For personal use only What are the benefits to accountants and other financial services businesses of being part of Countplus?  Diversify assets and grow at a listed multiple  Provide financial support for business growth  Long-term succession  Enhance services rang

  12. Slide 12: Recent Acquisitions

    Recent Acquisitions For personal use only Date Acquirer “Tuck-In” Jul 2011 Countplus MBT Parramatta (Sydney, NSW) based (Sydney, NSW) chartered accounting & financial planning practice Loughhead Roberts Feb 2012 Kidmans Victorian based property & accounting (Melbourne, VIC) group Pacific East Coast

  13. Slide 13: Growth Acquisition Strategy

    Growth Acquisition Strategy  Organic growth is priority For personal use only  Funding of acquisitions will predominately be funded from profits  “Tuck-ins” by subsidiaries preferred  Have begun marketing outside the Count group Evolution Advisers (NSW) 13

  14. Slide 14: Expanded Acquisition Policy

    Expanded Acquisition Policy  Acquire minority stakes (30%+) in accounting/financial For personal use only services businesses:  Retiring partner  Fund acquisition of fees  Means of getting to know non-Count affiliated firms  Performance benchmarks for Countplus to increase interest 14

  15. Slide 15: Future Growth

    Future Growth For personal use only Group Efficiency - Member Firms learn from each other Acquisition and develop best practice - Carefully targeted - Cost synergies (limited) - Must be EPS accretive - Accounting franchise - May take form of “tuck-ins” by existing Members or minority stakes by group

  16. Slide 16: Accountants: High ratings for Ethics and Honesty

    Accountants: High ratings for Ethics and Honesty For personal use only Roy Morgan Research 2011 survey 16

  17. Slide 17: Outlook

    Outlook  First guidance to be reported at Annual General Meeting For personal use only in November  Preliminary estimates indicate good earnings per share growth for 2013  First minority interest acquisition expected shortly 17

  18. Slide 18: Full Year Results

    For personal use only Full Year Results 23 August 2012 Barry Lambert - Chairman Michael Spurr - Managing Director & CEO

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