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Xero — FY2021 Earnings Presentation

31 slides from Xero's earnings presentation, May 13, 2021

  1. Slide 1: Market Release: Investor Presentation FY21 Annual Results (Updated)

    For personal use only MARKET RELEASE Investor Presentation - FY21 Annual Results (Updated) WELLINGTON, 13 May 2021 - Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) attaches an updated Investor Presentation - FY21 Annual Results. Currency references on slides 13 and 14 have been corrected. Authorised for release to ASX by

  2. Slide 2: Investor briefing: Full year results to 31 March 2021

    For personal use only Investor briefing Full year results to 31 March 2021 13 MAY 2021

  3. Slide 3: Important notice

    Important notice For personal use only This presentation is given on behalf of Xero Limited (Xero) (ASX:XRO) (Company number NZ 183 0488, AU ARBN 160 661 183) Information in this presentation: • is for general information purposes only, and is not an o er or • includes statements relating to past pe

  4. Slide 4: Agenda

    Agenda For personal use only Business Financial Outlook Q&A update results Steve Vamos Kirsty Godfrey-Billy CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 01 02 03 04 3

  5. Slide 5: Business update

    For personal use only Business update Steve Vamos CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 4

  6. Slide 6: Growing momentum through a challenging year

    Growing momentum through a challenging year For personal use only Financial and operating performance highlights for the full year ending 31 March 2021 SUBSCRIBERS ARPU AMRR TOTAL LIFETIME VALUE 2.741m $29.30 $963.6m $7.6b + 456,000 YOY -2% YOY (-1% in + 17% YOY (18% in + $2.1b YOY constant currency

  7. Slide 7: Lower churn and increasing customer activity

    Lower churn and increasing customer activity For personal use only Reduction in churn re ects a number of factors including the value of Xero to our customers in a di cult environment. Customer activity, illustrated below by employees paid and total invoice payments, shows recovery and continued mom

  8. Slide 8: Drive cloud accounting

    Drive cloud accounting For personal use only ANZ International Australia New Zealand United Kingdom North America Rest of World FY21 Δ YOY FY21 Δ YOY FY21 Δ YOY FY21 Δ YOY FY21 Δ YOY Subscribers 1.12m +22% 446k +14% 720k +17% 285k +18% 175k +40% Net additions 201k +7% 54k +32% 107k -29% 44k -4% 50k

  9. Slide 9: Australia and New Zealand highlights

    Australia and New Zealand highlights For personal use only Australia New Zealand • Record subscriber net additions in FY21 • Strongest subscriber net additions • Increased partner channel cloud in three years adoption • Partner cloud adoption remained • Launched Online Business Lending app elevated

  10. Slide 10: International highlights

    International highlights For personal use only United Kingdom North America Rest of World • Second best net additions ever in a half year • Record subscriber net additions2 in a half year • Bank feed coverage live across major period in H2 FY21 period in H2 FY21 banks in Singapore • Investment in re

  11. Slide 11: Grow the small business platform

    Grow the small business platform For personal use only FY21 revenue FY21 revenue growth YOY composition 21% 20% Group operating revenue $848.8m Core Platform2 Core accounting1 accounting1 Platform2 91% • Other revenues3 decreased 28% primarily due Other3 to cancellation of Xerocons and other in-pers

  12. Slide 12: Build for global scale and innovation

    Build for global scale and innovation For personal use only Talent acquisition continued Optimisation of operational Building stakeholder trust throughout the period in line and nancial structure to meet by embedding social and with strategic objectives strategic needs of the business environmental

  13. Slide 13: Financial results

    For personal use only Financial results Kirsty Godfrey-Billy CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 12

  14. Slide 14: Responsive spending and investment plan to support growth

    Responsive spending and investment plan to support growth under changing conditions For personal use only AMRR EBITDA Free cash ow $963.6m $191.2m $56.9m $1,000m $200m $60m $750m +17% $150m +39% +29.8m $820.6m $40m $137.7m $500m $638.2m $100m $20m $27.1m $250m $50m $ 73.2m $6.5m $0m $0m $0m FY19 FY2

  15. Slide 15: Value of a Xero subscriber

    Value of a Xero subscriber Unit economics AT 31 MARCH 2021 and track record For personal use only $2,500 $2,000 of value creation LTV/CAC $1,500 6.4 $1,000 LTV $2,789 $500 March 2021 Δ YOY CAC $0 $433 $-500 ARPU $29.3 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 MRR churn 1.01% $2.1b Gros

  16. Slide 16: Steady gross margin, dynamic CAC settings and product investment

    Steady gross margin, dynamic CAC settings and continued growth in product investment For personal use only Gross margin CAC as % of revenue Product costs including opex and capex, as % of revenue 1 100% 50% 44.9% 43.6% 50% 86.0% 36.3% 36.7% 90% 83.6% 85.2% 40% 40% 30.9% 31.4% 80% +0.8pp 30% -7.3pp 3

  17. Slide 17: Financial performance

    Financial performance FY20 ($000s) FY21 ($000s) Δ YOY (%) For personal use only Total operating revenue 718,231 848,782 18% Operating revenue growth of 18% YOY (18% constant currency), driven primarily by subscriber growth across Gross pro t 611,649 729,889 19% all markets Gross margin 85.2% 86.0% +

  18. Slide 18: Total liquid resources of $1.3 billion

    Total liquid resources of $1.3 billion For personal use only Net cash position more than doubled Movement in net cash position to $256.6m at 31 March 2021 Total available liquid resources at FY20 FY21 Δ YOY ($000s) ($000s) ($000s) 31 March 2021 of $1.3b, inclusive of $150m of undrawn committed debt

  19. Slide 19: Strategy update

    For personal use only Strategy update Steve Vamos CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 18

  20. Slide 20: Strategic priorities

    Strategic priorities For personal use only Drive cloud Grow small Build accounting business for global platform scale and innovation Ok 19

  21. Slide 21: Progress on acquisitions in FY21

    Progress on acquisitions in FY21 For personal use only ACQUISITION Invoice lending platform leveraging Workforce management platform E-invoicing technology providing connections customers’ accounting data for employers and employees to the Peppol global e-invoicing network Completed 1 October 2020 C

  22. Slide 22: Planday a key step into workforce management

    Planday a key step into workforce management For personal use only CUSTOMER NEEDS Makes running businesses easier Employee scheduling, time tracking and attendance, payroll compliance, reporting Global TAM 100m+ users1 Integrated employee communications Managers can contact employees quickly and sec

  23. Slide 23: Outlook

    Outlook For personal use only Xero will continue to focus on growing its global small business platform and maintain a preference for reinvesting cash generated, subject to investment criteria and market conditions, to drive long-term shareholder value. Total operating expenses (excluding acquisitio

  24. Slide 24: Q&A

    For personal use only Q&A Steve Vamos CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Kirsty Godfrey-Billy CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

  25. Slide 25: Appendix

    For personal use only Appendix 24

  26. Slide 26: Subscriber growth trend

    Subscriber growth trend For personal use only Closing subscribers from H1 FY19 to H2 FY21 +20% YOY Australia +19% YOY 2.74m +26% YOY New Zealand +30% YOY 2.45m 2.29m 175k United Kingdom +31% YOY 2.06m 136k 285k +32% YOY North America 1.82m 125k 251k 720k Rest of World 1.58m 99k 241k 638k 83k 215k 61

  27. Slide 27: Financial performance overview H1 FY19 to H2 FY21

    Financial H1 FY19 ($000s) H2 FY19 ($000s) H1 FY20 ($000s) H2 FY20 ($000s) H1 FY21 ($000s) H2 FY21 ($000s) For personal use only performance Total operating revenue Gross pro t 256,527 212,277 296,292 249,627 338,658 288,517 379,573 323,132 409,837 351,161 438,945 378,728 Gross margin 82.8% 84.3% 85.

  28. Slide 28: SaaS metrics summary

    SaaS metrics summary For personal use only ANZ International Group H1 FY20 FY20 H1 FY21 FY21 H1 FY20 FY20 H1 FY21 FY21 H1 FY20 FY20 H1 FY21 FY21 ARPU $31.64 $29.83 $30.79 $31.23 $29.98 $30.05 $28.44 $26.74 $30.96 $29.93 $29.81 $29.3 CAC months 8.6 9.7 9.1 8.9 16.0 18.1 22.0 22.4 12.3 14.0 14.9 14.8

  29. Slide 29: Glossary

    Glossary For personal use only Subscribers Constant currency Liquid resources Subscriber means each unique subscription to a Xero- Constant currency comparisons for revenue are based on Liquid resources comprises cash and cash equivalents, o ered product that is purchased by a user (eg a small avera

  30. Slide 30: Contact

    For personal use only Contact Toby Langley Kate McLaughlin INVESTOR RELATIONS COMMUNICATIONS toby.langley@xero.com kate.mclaughlin@xero.com +61 450 223 995 +64 27 533 4529 Mentorloop, Australia 29

  31. Slide 31: Beautiful business

    For personal use only Beautiful business xero.com/investors

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