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ikeGPS 1H FY20 performance update

Full Year Results5 September 2019IKEMaterials

ikeGPS Group Limited
350 Interlocken Blvd, Suite 390, Broomfield CO 80021, USA

Office: +1 303 222 3218

www.ikegps.com




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

6 September 2019


Q2 EBITDA breakeven. Revenue model extended.

1H FY20 performance update.


Together with the 2019 AGM presentation released later today ikeGPS (IKE) advises the

following relating to projected performance for the six-month period to 30 September 2019

(all figures NZD):

+ Projected record revenue of approximately $5.0m.

+ Success and growth of IKE Analyze has resulted in improvement in the quality, predictability,

and sustainability of earnings with approximately 70% of revenue now from IKE Analyze

transactions or recurring software subscriptions.

+ Projected approximately EBITDA breakeven Q2 FY20, continuing the positive performance

trend with both May and June also being EBITDA positive.

+ Total cash and receivables at 30 September 2019 are expected to be approximately equal to 31

March 2019, at between $4.5m to $4.8m.

+ Projected record gross margin of approximately $3.6m and with gross margin percentage of

greater than 70%.

+ Continued progress with the targeted customer base, with eight of the largest 15

Communication and Cable companies in North America in deployments or pilots.

+ The emergence of a substantial new market opportunity for IKE Analyze around 5G mobile

network developments, with important lead customers contracted.

+ Market timing, forward contracts, and ongoing transactional revenue provides confidence in

outlook in 2H FY20 and beyond.


The charts below further set out momentum;



Takeaways;

❏ IKE’s revenue mix has shifted materially the past 12

months.

❏ Greater than 70% of revenue is expected from

transaction & recurring sources in FY20 (blue bar).

❏ This is an important transition in terms of increasing

revenue quality and predictability to underpin growth.

❏ Noting that 2H FY19 represented the launch of IKE

Analyze, which delivers a lower upfront revenue

component but a higher long term revenue profile per

customer.




ikeGPS Group Limited

350 Interlocken Blvd, Suite 390, Broomfield CO 80021, USA

Office: +1 303 222 3218

www.ikegps.com




Takeaways;

❏ The expansion of the IKE Analyze product is driving

revenue and gross margin growth.

❏ Forecast for record revenue 1H FY20 from the

Communications & Utility segment of approximately

$4.5m, continuing the positive performance trend of

the past 24+ months.

❏ High customer retention rates exceeding 90% have

supported subscription revenue growth.

❏ The above factors have translated to gross margin

percentage growth from 51% in FY18 to forecast for

greater than 70% 1H FY20F.




Takeaways;

❏ IKE is accessing increasingly large and long-term

account opportunities via IKE Analyze.

❏ A typical IKE Analyze account delivers transaction &

subscription revenue on an ongoing basis.

❏ IKE’s sales run rate has been adding approximately

five Engineering Service Providers and approximately

one Communications Infrastructure Owner per

quarter.



Takeaways;

❏ The positive momentum of the past 24 months has

continued through 1H FY20 with respect to revenue,

gross profit, and EBITDA growth.

❏ Forecast for record total revenue of approximately

$5m in 1H FY20.

❏ Forecast for approximately EBITDA breakeven Q2

FY20 for the period ending September 2019, noting

that both May and June 2019 were also EBITDA

positive.

❏ Forecast for Total Cash & Receivables to be

approximately equal to the level 31 March 2019.









ikeGPS Group Limited

350 Interlocken Blvd, Suite 390, Broomfield CO 80021, USA

Office: +1 303 222 3218

www.ikegps.com





IKE CEO Glenn Milnes commented;

+ “1H FY20 will be our strongest period yet with the continued growth of revenue and

gross margin from our core Communications and Utility segment.

+ We expect approximately EBITDA breakeven performance in Q2 FY20, noting that both

the months of May and June were also EBITDA positive.

+ We are pleased that greater than 70% of FY20 revenue is now expected to be

generated from IKE Analyze transactions - a “transaction” represents the analysis &

processing of an asset within the IKE cloud pole platform - or recurring software

subscriptions. This is a positive development in terms of revenue quality and has

resulted from the extension of our market offering with IKE Analyze.

+ Eight of the 15 largest communications and cable companies in the U.S. market are

IKE customers or are in pilots. We are focusing on revenue expansion opportunities

within these accounts and developing new pipeline sales opportunities.

+ An additional market opportunity for IKE Analyze was validated in the period, specific

to 5G mobile network development and we are contracted into one of the largest

businesses building 5G infrastructure across the U.S. The 5G market opportunity in

the U.S. is large and is expected to grow over the coming five or so years. This is an

additive market to the large fiber market opportunity where IKE Analyze has

established a clear value proposition and customer proof points.

+ More generally, we are winning customers and driving transactions across the IKE

platform because our solution enables networks to be deployed faster, more cost-

effectively, and with a higher quality data standard.“


ENDS


IKE seeks to be the standard for collecting, analysing and managing 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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