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For Immediate Release September 4 2018


Chairman’s 2018 Annual General Meeting address


I don’t normally believe in an omen, but I attended a concert last week from our very own NZ String Quartet which was

titled “Turning Points”. IKE has made year-over-year progress towards our objective to disrupt the way Communications

companies and Electric Utilities analyze and manage their pole projects, but ‘Turning Point’ is how I would describe key

aspects of IKE’s Financial Year 2018 (FY18) year, where we made positive progress across all of our objectives, both

operational and financial.


And we can feel that momentum continuing into Financial Year 2019 (FY19), with trading for the first quarter of FY2019

showing revenue growth of 48% against the prior calendar period (PCP). The Board and management are optimistic about

the outlook for IKE as we take further steps in our pursuit to become the Pole Record Standard in the North American

market.


Looking back at FY2018 performance


As above, FY18 was a positive year for our business with growth and improvement across all key metrics. Importantly,

penetration in our core target markets continued to develop, these being tier-1 U.S. communications companies, electric

utilities and their respective engineering service providers. Success with these accounts is a long-term value driver for

our business.


In terms of financial performance, recognised revenue of $7.7m was approximately 37% higher against the Fiscal Year

2017 (FY17) PCP of $5.7m. In addition to this recognized revenue number, there was deferred IKE revenue of $1.2m,

relating to IKE 4 subscriptions paid in advance by customers.


As we have consistently communicated, a key value driver for IKE is the development of target accounts, which are

typically the largest communications companies and electric utilities operating in the North American market. Through

FY18 we were pleased to close record IKE 4 sales, with $5.0m revenue generated from a total of 476 systems sold

(including 46 rental contracts). This represented 110% system volume sales growth against PCP (FY2017 210 systems)

and included a record 243 IKE 4 systems shipped 2H FY18.


Most important however was the in-market progress with these target accounts. This included sales and deployment into

AT&T, the largest communications company in the U.S., Verizon Communications Inc., the second largest

communications company in the U.S., Cox Communications Inc., a national fibre operator, and some other key

communications businesses. The IKE 4 platform has now also been sold into all investor-owned utilities in the States of

California and Washington. These large infrastructure owners also typically use external engineering firms to manage

some of their networks, making this group the third target customer category for IKE.


Looking ahead to FY19


As we look ahead to FY19 and beyond, it is notable that market tailwinds have emerged in the communications market,

specific to the IKE solution. US$200B is forecast to be invested into competing fiber networks over the coming decade in

the U.S. Simplistically the IKE solution allows customers to assess network deployment faster through Aerial Make Ready

Engineering, and as such we are seeing heightened interest in the IKE offering as a result.









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Equally, the approximately 3,200 electric utilities in the US market remain the big prize for IKE in long term. While these

companies are slower to adopt new technology generally, the joint-use activity from the above fiber network

deployments is providing IKE with access into more electric utilities who share their poles and distribution assets with

fibre providers.


Our product development activity is tied closely to market requirements. This includes the important development, sales

and deployment of IKE Analyze – which is a sea change in terms of business model from the device sales which

characterized our historical business.


Recent placement and SPP to follow


As you are aware the recent successful Placement of $5m was oversubscribed and completed at a 4% price premium,

supporting the growth plans and potential for IKE. The equity raised under the Placement and SPP will bolster our working

capital position for a number of potentially significant ike Analyze contracts that the business is targeting and in the initial

stages of delivering. It will also support the lumpy sales cycles associated with our core business of selling IKE systems,

and enable investment into additional sales and support processes to execute on IKE Analyze opportunities.


As noted, the new IKE Analyze offering has a higher initial working capital requirement than the historical business model

but provides substantially higher potential revenue amounts (and absolute margin) per customer or project. A stronger

balance sheet is also important for some of the large infrastructure business that IKE is selling to or is targeting, given

that we host their critical infrastructure data and asset records.

The SPP to follow is part of this equity raising process - where we will raise up to $1.25 million through this SPP.


Outlook for growth


On the back of the progress above, and in particular the advancement with IKE target accounts operating in the U.S.

communications and electric utility market, we are cautiously optimistic that FY19 can be another strong year. Our

expectations are for greater than 30% revenue and gross margin growth against FY18. Within this IKE 4 revenue is

expected to be driven from the delivery of a fuller solution, including increasing sales of the new IKE Analyze product

platform.


Our Spike solution, if successful, provides for additional option value as we focus on continuing sales into the signage

market and the geospatial market via our partner ESRI, a globally dominant GIS software company. The IKE4 solution is

the key value driver however - the platform delivers a compelling ROI when deployed at volume across target enterprise

accounts, such as AT&T Inc. and this efficacy should enable us to more quickly win new contracts across several more of

the largest communications and electric utility businesses in the U.S. market.


The ultimate revenue opportunity within these target accounts is substantial and we believe that the market tailwinds

detailed earlier provides us with the opportunity to take a leading position in pole measurement & pole management.

We do continue to face the same market and execution risks as we’ve outlined previously – particularly that sales cycles

into these very large infrastructure owners can be lumpy and at times it can be difficult to accurately predict the timing

for deals and contracts to conclude.


Our vision is to put IKE solutions at the centre of every pole transaction. While we operate in defensive and slow-moving

industries, typified by very large infrastructure businesses, we have made progress through FY18 by embedding











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products into target accounts and in doing so developing a more diversified, recurring revenue stream.

Overall, and we remain focused on delivering value-added growth for our customers and shareholders.

In closing, I would like to thank shareholders for their support throughout the year, and for their enthusiastic acceptance

of our recent capital raising.



ENDS


IKE seeks to be the data standard for collecting, managing and analysing pole and overhead asset information for

electric utilities, communications companies and their engineering service providers.



Contact: Glenn Milnes, CEO, +1 720-418-1936, glenn.milnes@ikegps.com

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IKE Annual General Meeting.

CEO presentation, Glenn Milnes.

4 September 2018.

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Table of contents

1.FY18 performance

2.IKE update

3.The growth opportunity for IKE Analyze.

Appendix

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1.FY18 financial performance

FY18 delivered positive revenue & gross margin momentum.
And a significantly improved operating cash profile.

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37% growth against PCP

Gross Profit

improvement 51%

verses PCP40%;

increased IKE-branded

products and services

$2.4m improvement

against PCP

37% improvement

against PCP

Positive operating resultsin FY18

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Increased volume of

IKE-branded products

and services

OPEX reduction

combined with Supply

Chain efficiencies

Continuing to invest in

development

Focused Opexand Working Capital management

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2.IKE update

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IKE is a pole solutions company.

Analyzing assets & managing distribution pole projects so that its customers can deploy networks faster.

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Speeding up Customers Engineering Processes.

2x faster field engineering and 5x faster make-ready-engineering processes. .

Actual customer productivity data from IKE4 program at one of the

world’s largest communications companies.

Minutes/pole:

field engineering

(incumbent work

practice)

Minutes/pole:

field engineering

(IKE)

Minutes/pole:

Digital design and

MRE engineering

(incumbent work

practice)

Minutes/pole:

Digital design and

MRE engineering

(IKE)

Servingsome of the biggest communications and utility businesses

in the U.S. market, saving them money and improving network

engineering and deployment times at each and every distribution

asset.

Addressable Market in North America:

>3,200 electric utility and communications companies

>1,000 engineering service providers

>200 million distribution assets managed across networks

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Productivity gains by customers validate solution efficacy.

2x faster field engineering and 5x faster back office make-ready-engineering processes.

Actual customer productivity data from IKE4 program at one of the

world’s largest communications companies.

Minutes/pole:

field engineering

(incumbent work

practice)

Minutes/pole:

field engineering

(IKE)

Minutes/pole:

Digital design and

MRE engineering

(incumbent work

practice)

Minutes/pole:

Digital design and

MRE engineering

(IKE)

Back Office Engineering

Field Engineering

Continued progress towards the goal to be the pole record standard.
With AT&T now specifying the IKE standard for aerial Make-Ready-Engineering (MRE) work.

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Impacting:

➢Internal AT&T engineering

resources performing aerial MRE.

➢Future external aerial MRE

contracts that are awarded to

external engineering businesses.

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FY19 Guidance

▪>30% revenue growth on FY18.

▪FY19 operating cash flow breakeven.

▪EBITDA breakeven by Q4 FY19.

Progress YTD

✓Q1 revenue of approximately $1.9m

(48% growth against PCP).

✓AT&T specifies the use of IKE4 for

aerial Make-Ready-Engineering.

✓Operating costs continue to be tightly

managed.

✓Cash position 30 June 2018: $1.2m.

✓86% subscription renewal rate for IKE4

customers.

✓Spike sales efforts focused on the

development of enterprise geospatial

accounts alongside EsriInc.

New development via IKE Analyze opportunity

▪IKE can now lead with an end-to-end Solution

offering for targeted key accounts.

▪Called IKE Analyze; simplistically this means the

IKE solution extends to delivering data collection,

pole analysis and project management.

▪IKE Analyze pilot contracts have been won,

including with a tier-1 electric utility.

▪The revenue from pilot contracts is approximately

$600k, being delivered over approximately 6

weeks, with the potential to grow significantly.

On track with FY19 targets.

With significant potential upside now from the new IKE Analyze offering.

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3. The growth opportunity for IKE Analyze.

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Communications

A US$200b fibre investment super-cycle

in the U.S., expected to run for 10+ years.

Urgency to deploy networks and capture

customers.

Network deployment requires aerial make-

ready-engineering.

IKE dramatically speeds the assessment

and design process.

Utilities

Network hardening requirements, for

storm readiness on the east coast and fire

mitigation on the west coast.

A requirement to improve asset records via

digitization.

Improved asset management to underpin

continuity of power supply.

IKE dramatically speeds the assessment

and design process.

Regulatory

Joint-use mandate at federal level,

meaning pole owners are required to

provide access.

FCC mandate One-Touch-Make-Ready,

supporting faster deployment of fibre by

communications companies and a field

workflow that aligns to the IKE system.

Specific regulations in certain States, such

as GO-95 in California, placing stringent

pole record requirements on asset owners.

Several macro-market factors driving sales approach.

And providing a tailwind for demand for the end-to-end IKE Analyzeoffering.

Participation in the value chain.
And how the IKE Analyzesolution enables IKE to capture a far larger share of the value it creates.

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Field assessment of

poles and aerial assets.

Compilation of network

and project data.

Analysis of assets, networks

and project delivery .

Measurement

of assets.

Broader network

management

systems.

Old way

= customer resource

Make Ready

Engineering or Pole

Loading Analysis

report

Physical measurement of poles by Hasting’s stick

Written records of data manually inputted

External engineering company

resources analyze data

IKE4

(system

sale)

IKE Cloud

IKE Analyze Cloud

IKE Cloud

IKE

Analyze

end-to

end

IKE4 sale
IKE

Analyze

contract

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50,000x

10x

▪10x IKE4 systems are sold,

for ~$150k with cash received upfront.

▪Ongoing subscription revenue, or

~$30k per annum.

Purchaser of IKE undertakes the analysis

of the data.

10x IKE4 systems are provided to the asset owners

or external contractors to measure the poles.

IKE manages field planning & execution.

4x IKE analysts analyze the field data

collected.

IKE manages project delivery & success.

10x IKE4 systems sold

10x IKE4 Cloud subscriptions sold

▪Total revenue of 50k poles analyzed

generating ~$2m,

▪Receipt of revenue over ~12 months.

▪Initial cost of building and supplying

the IKE4 systems, and incremental

working capital requirement over the

initial 2-3 months. Then self funding.

An IKE Analyze example.

Assuming a hypothetical customer needs to perform pole loading analysis on 50k poles over 12 months.

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IKE Analyze, in pictures.

Route planning, project management and field data collection.

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IKE Analyze, in pictures.

Back office analysis and reporting.

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IKE4 & IKE Analyze;

Thanks

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Appendix.

A US$200B market tailwind for

IKE in the U.S Communications

industry.

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A US$200B market tailwind, being invested into fiber networks.

The majority of this deployment to be on overhead infrastructure.

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❏A common standard for how pole data is

captured and analyzed.

❏A central location for multiple parties to

store and access information about an

asset.

High value from standardisingpole data in the IKE4 cloud.

The ‘pole depot’ for an asset owner or any pole project .

And with up to 18,000 additional captures added into the system each day.
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A pole management system that’s growing fast.

Close to 5m pole captures have been processed to date in the IKE Cloud.....

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Positioned in front of the major players.

With line-of-sight to the growth of existing accounts and the path to winning new ones.....

IKE4 customer FY18

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