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NZX — Zintel Communications — Shareholder Meeting (August 2006)

31 slides from NZX's shareholder meeting presentation, Aug 29, 2006

  1. Slide 1: Annual General Meeting Tuesday 29th August 2006

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Tuesday 29th August 2006

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Agenda Nick Gordon ƒ Welcome & Introductions ƒ Chairman’s Address ƒ CEO Briefing ƒ Resolutions ƒ General Business ƒ Q & As

  3. Slide 3: Introductions

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Introductions Nick Gordon ƒ Paul Connell, Director ƒ Gavin Walker, Director ƒ Peter Halkett, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Group ƒ Alf Wallis, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Group ƒ Simon Casey, Chief Information Officer (CIO), Group ƒ Ellie Hayward, General Manager Human Res

  4. Slide 4: Chairman's Address

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Chairman’s Address Nick Gordon

  5. Slide 5: CEO Briefing

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Peter Halkett

  6. Slide 6: CEO Briefing Agenda

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Agenda ƒ Business overview ƒ Year in review ƒ Strategic review ƒ Actions to date ƒ Trading update ƒ Q & As

  7. Slide 7: Business Overview Australia and New Zealand

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Business Overview Australia and New Zealand Zintel Communications ƒ Tolls and toll free services to business customers Zintel Enterprise ƒ PBXs, phone systems; sales, service and maintenance of Ericsson Enterprise systems to large and corporate customers

  8. Slide 8: Business Overview (cont.)

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Business Overview (cont.) ZINTEL CEO Peter Halkett GM GM Australia GM Enterprise NZ CFO CIO GM - HR Communications Johan Scholtz Grant McGough Alf Wallis Simon Casey Ellie Hayward NZ Lindsay Cowley Business Units Group Shared Services

  9. Slide 9: Business Overview (cont. 2)

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Business Overview (cont. 2) TOTAL STAFF IN GROUP 121 Zintel Group (3) Zintel Communications (60) ƒ Australia team 24 ƒ New Zealand team 36 Zintel Enterprise (58) ƒ Australia team 4 ƒ New Zealand team 54 Locations ƒ Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and S

  10. Slide 10: Group Financial Overview

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Group Financial Overview 4 Year Trend – Group REVENUE 4 Year Trend – Group NPBT $45 $7 $40 $6 $35 $5 $30 $ Millions $ Millions $25 $4 $20 $3 $15 $2 $10 $1 $5 $0 $0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2003 2004 2005 2006 Year Year ƒ Revenue grew year on year ƒ But costs grew faste

  11. Slide 11: Financial Overview Aus & NZ

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Financial Overview Aus & NZ 2006 NPBT ($M) 2006 Revenue ($M) Australia $0.8 Australia $10.4 New Zealand New Zealand $3.9 $30.3 ƒ Australia 25% revenue – 20% of NPBT ƒ Australia – profitable base established

  12. Slide 12: Year in Review (cont.) Achievements

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Year in Review (cont.) Achievements ƒ Recruited key executives ƒ Major contract wins ƒ Resolved disputes with key Enterprise supplier ƒ TelstraClear competing for our wholesale supply ƒ 1st phase Strategic review complete ƒ Restructure process begun

  13. Slide 13: Strategic Review

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Strategic Review ƒ Regulatory changes ƒ Technology trends ƒ Competition ƒ Internal assessment ƒ Key strategies

  14. Slide 14: Strategic Review – Regulatory Changes

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Strategic Review – Regulatory Changes The Cabinet Policy Paper announced 4 key changes for customers: ƒ Local Loop Unbundling ƒ ‘Naked’ DSL Broadband ƒ Removal of constraints on Wholesale DSL Broadband ƒ Limits on Telecom’s ability to compete on price within a sma

  15. Slide 15: Strategic Review – Technology Trends

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Strategic Review – Technology Trends Fixed Wireless Narrowband Broadband Disparate IP Convergence Systems In-house Outsource

  16. Slide 16: Strategic Review – Competitive Issues

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Strategic Review – Competitive Issues New NZ Competitors ƒ M2 ƒ People Telecom Competitive Issues ƒ Increased Broadband and ISP activity ƒ VoIP and triple play offers emerging ƒ Increasing priced based competition

  17. Slide 17: Strategic Review – Internal Assessment

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Strategic Review – Internal Assessment ƒ Profit growth stalled ƒ Scope for operational improvement – structure, systems and processes ƒ Costly and inefficient operating four small business units ƒ Continued Enterprise Australia losses ƒ Low brand awareness and lim

  18. Slide 18: Strategic Review – Summary

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Strategic Review – Summary Changes required that recognise; ƒ Zintel business weaknesses ƒ The changing market ƒ Future opportunities

  19. Slide 19: Strategic Review – Short Term

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Strategic Review – Short Term Zintel Enterprise ƒ Continued investment in people, systems and new capabilities ƒ Transition from PBX to IT and IP world (applications) ƒ Eliminate Australia losses Zintel Communications ƒ Understand our customers better – segmentati

  20. Slide 20: Strategic Review – Longer Term

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Strategic Review – Longer Term Growth from ƒ Opportunities emerging from regulatory changes ƒ Opportunities from new technology – mobile and call centre related ƒ Significant scope for growth Australian toll free business ƒ Acquisition

  21. Slide 21: Actions to Date

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Actions to Date ƒ New Senior Management team in place ƒ Created stand alone business units ƒ Greater focus and clarity around priorities ƒ Investment in systems and processes ƒ Investment in Sales and Marketing ƒ Exit Enterprise Australia ƒ Stage one of strategy c

  22. Slide 22: Trading Update

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Trading Update Six months to 30 September 2006 ƒ Increased investment in people and marketing ƒ One-off restructure costs will be incurred ƒ Enterprise – timing of major projects different ƒ 1st half operating profit down approx 45% YOY Second Half and Full Year e

  23. Slide 23: Questions

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING CEO Briefing Questions

  24. Slide 24: Resolutions

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Resolutions Nick Gordon

  25. Slide 25: Re-election of Director – Ordinary Resolution

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Resolution 1 Nick Gordon ƒRe-election of Director – Ordinary Resolution To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution: "That Paul Connell be re-appointed as a director of the Company with effect from the date of the Annual Meeting."

  26. Slide 26: Reappointment and remuneration of auditors – Ordinary Resolution

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Resolution 2 Nick Gordon ■Reappointment and remuneration of auditors – Ordinary Resolution To record the reappointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as Auditors of the Company under section 200(1) of the Companies Act 1993, and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration

  27. Slide 27: Increase in Director's Fees – Ordinary Resolution

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Resolution 3 Nick Gordon ■Increase in Director’s Fees– Ordinary Resolution To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolution as an ordinary resolution: "That the aggregate maximum amount of fees which can be paid to the directors be set at NZ$180,000 in respect of

  28. Slide 28: CEO Share purchase approval – Ordinary Resolution

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Resolution 4 Nick Gordon ■CEO Share purchase approval – Ordinary Resolution Approval of the purchase of shares by Peter Thomas Halkett (“Halkett”) from Nicholas Peter Gordon and Richard Anthony Johnston (as trustees of the Gordon Family Trust) (“GFT”)

  29. Slide 29: General Business

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING General Business Nick Gordon

  30. Slide 30: Questions

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Questions Nick Gordon

  31. Slide 31: Thank you

    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Close of Annual Meeting Nick Gordon Thank you

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