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Booking.com Agreement and Investment, and Capital Raise

Capital Raise23 October 2019SKOIndustrials

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Serko Limited, Saatchi Building, Unit 14D 125 The Strand, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

PO Box 47-638, Ponsonby, T: +64 9 309 4754, F: +64 9 377 0545, company.secretary@serko.com

Incorporated in New Zealand ARBN 611 613 980

Market Release

24 October 2019


Booking.com Agreement and Investment, and Capital Raise

Serko announces an expanded agreement with Booking.com

Serko announces a capital raising to accelerate its global expansion, in which Booking Holdings will be

a cornerstone investor



Serko Limited (NZX/ASX:SKO) (“Serko”), a leader in online travel booking and expense management for

business, today announced:

● It is raising up to NZ$45 million of new capital to accelerate the global rollout of Serko Zeno and

expand marketplace content;

● Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG) ("Holdings") will cornerstone the capital raising (via a

wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings), resulting in an approximately 4.7% shareholding in Serko;

and

● Booking.com B.V. (“Booking.com”) and Serko have signed commitments to expand their

existing agreement so that Booking.com can offer and promote Serko Zeno to its business

traveller customers and to enable the integration of new Booking.com content onto Serko

Zeno.


Capital Raising

Serko is undertaking an underwritten NZ$56 million placement, comprised of:

● A primary placement of NZ$40 million newly issued ordinary shares, of which Holdings will be a

cornerstone investor with a NZ$17.5 million investment; and

● A secondary sale of existing shares by a limited number of Serko employees and two directors

(Darrin Grafton and Simon Botherway) of NZ$16 million.

Holdings' allocation will not be underwritten.


In addition, Serko will offer up to NZ$5 million of newly issued ordinary shares to Serko’s eligible existing

shareholders resident in New Zealand and Australia under a non-underwritten Share Purchase Plan.



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Serko Limited, Saatchi Building, Unit 14D 125 The Strand, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

PO Box 47-638, Ponsonby, T: +64 9 309 4754, F: +64 9 377 0545, company.secretary@serko.com

Incorporated in New Zealand ARBN 611 613 980

The funds raised in the capital raising will be used to:

● Accelerate the provisioning of Serko Zeno into North America and continental Europe;

● Deliver expanded content channels across the global travel management company (“TMC”)

reseller community; and

● Increase the scale of the company to deliver and support its growing customer base and future

opportunities, as a result of increased demand and to support projected expansion arising from

the Booking.com agreement.

Placement

The placement will be underwritten by Deutsche Craigs Limited

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and will be conducted today through a

bookbuild in which institutional and other select investors in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, United

Kingdom and Singapore will be invited to participate by Deutsche Craigs Limited.

The secondary sale of existing shares by a limited number of Serko employees and two Serko directors,

Simon Botherway (Chair, Independent Director) and Darrin Grafton (CEO and Executive Director),

creates an opportunity to further increase the liquidity in Serko’s shares and provides some Serko team

members with the opportunity (for the first time since the IPO in June 2014) to realise some value to

meet personal commitments. Mr Botherway’s sell-down represents less than 50% of his current holding.

Mr Grafton’s sell-down represents approximately 13% of his current holding. Both Mr Botherway and

Mr Grafton remain fully committed to Serko.

Mr Botherway and Mr Grafton (and interests associated with them) have entered into an escrow deed

with Serko, under which they are restricted from selling or otherwise disposing of their remaining

holding for a 12-month period from the date of the settlement of the secondary sale, unless the Board

of Serko approves such action or certain exceptions apply.

The placement has been underwritten at NZ$4.04 per share.

Share Purchase Plan

Serko intends to offer the SPP to eligible existing Serko shareholders resident in New Zealand and

Australia, enabling them to subscribe for up to NZ$15,000 of new Serko shares at the lower of the

placement price or the five-day VWAP during the last five days of the SPP offer period. The SPP will be

capped at NZ$5 million. Serko assesses that the SPP will cater for a high majority of Serko’s non

institutional shareholders, enabling them to participate and potentially increase their relative

percentage holdings in Serko.

The final terms of the SPP are expected to be announced in more detail on 31 October 2019.


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Deutsche Craigs Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Craigs Investment Partners Limited. The role of the

underwriter may be performed by Deutsche Craigs Limited or Craigs Investment Partners Limited (as the NZX

Participant firm) and those entities shall have the rights and benefits of the underwriter.



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Serko Limited, Saatchi Building, Unit 14D 125 The Strand, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

PO Box 47-638, Ponsonby, T: +64 9 309 4754, F: +64 9 377 0545, company.secretary@serko.com

Incorporated in New Zealand ARBN 611 613 980

The new shares to be issued under both the placement and Share Purchase Plan will rank equally in all

respects with Serko’s existing ordinary shares from allotment.

Key dates relating to the placement and Share Purchase Plan are set out in the Appendix to this

announcement.

A copy of the notice of offer of same class financial products and investor presentation accompany this

announcement.

Serko is being advised by Deutsche Craigs Limited and Cameron Partners Limited (New Zealand global

alliance partner of Rothschild & Co.).



Agreement with Booking.com

Concurrent with Holdings’ cornerstone investment in Serko, Booking.com has signed commitments to

expand its existing agreement with Serko so that Booking.com can offer and promote Serko Zeno to its

business traveller customers.

Serko expects the expanded agreement with Booking.com to result in significant benefits for Serko’s

customers and TMC partners by broadening and improving ‘whole of journey’ content, accelerating the

global rollout of Serko Zeno, and increasing commissions to the travel management company reseller

community.

Darrin Grafton (CEO of Serko) welcomed Booking.com's expanded agreement to further empower the

Travel Management community and drive the adoption of Serko’s market-leading technology with end-

to-end journey content. Mr Grafton said: “Partnering with Booking.com introduces additional content to

advance our aspiration of achieving the ‘Unified Traveller Experience’ which will assist corporate

travellers with simplicity and compliance while making our resellers more profitable. It is fantastic to

partner with Booking.com, the world leader in online travel and related services. The Serko and

Booking.com agreement will accelerate our journey toward our vision of seamless corporate travel and

expanding our growth outside of Australasia.”

Ripsy Bandourian, VP of Partnerships at Booking.com said: “We are excited to be expanding our

agreement with Serko, as our vision about making Business Travel frictionless for both travellers and

travel managers alike is very much aligned with Serko’s, and we’re looking forward to working together

in bringing this solution to customers and partners outside of Australasia”.

The expanded agreement is not expected to have a material impact on Serko's revenues in the current

financial year to 31 March 2020, due to the phased development work required and a performance-

based rollout plan for Booking.com’s global business traveller customers. If achieved, as anticipated,

during the 2020 calendar year, the expanded agreement is expected to result in a material uplift in

Serko's revenue (via increased Average Revenue Per Booking (“ARPB”) and transaction booking revenue)



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Serko Limited, Saatchi Building, Unit 14D 125 The Strand, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

PO Box 47-638, Ponsonby, T: +64 9 309 4754, F: +64 9 377 0545, company.secretary@serko.com

Incorporated in New Zealand ARBN 611 613 980

in the 2021 financial year and beyond; and is expected to assist Serko in achieving its medium-term

aspirational target of NZ$100 million of annualised run-rate revenue.

Additional investor rights have been agreed with Holdings in connection with Booking.com’s entry into

the enhanced agreement. Further details of these rights and the terms of the agreement with Holdings

are included in the investor presentation filed concurrently with this announcement.

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Serko Limited, Saatchi Building, Unit 14D 125 The Strand, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

PO Box 47-638, Ponsonby, T: +64 9 309 4754, F: +64 9 377 0545, company.secretary@serko.com

Incorporated in New Zealand ARBN 611 613 980

Investor Relations Enquiries:

Susan Putt, Chief Financial Officer

Phone: +64 21 388 009

Email: investor.relations@serko.com


Media Enquiries:

Nick Whitehead, Head of Marketing

Phone: +64 21 892 996

Email: nick.whitehead@serko.com


About Booking Holdings

Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world leader in online travel and related services, provided to

customers and partners in over 230 countries and territories through six primary

brands Booking.com, KAYAK, priceline.com, agoda.com, Rentalcars.com and OpenTable. The mission

of Booking Holdings is to help people experience the world. For more information,

visit www.bookingholdings.com.

Booking Holdings’ current market capitalisation is US$83 billion.




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Serko Limited, Saatchi Building, Unit 14D 125 The Strand, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

PO Box 47-638, Ponsonby, T: +64 9 309 4754, F: +64 9 377 0545, company.secretary@serko.com

Incorporated in New Zealand ARBN 611 613 980

Appendix – Key Dates for Capital Raising


Placement

Conduct underwritten placement Thursday, 24 October 2019

Trading halt on NZX and ASX Thursday, 24 October 2019

Announce completion and resume trading Friday, 25 October 2019

Settlement on the ASX Tuesday, 29 October 2019

Settlement on the NZX Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Allotment and trading of shares on NZX and ASX Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Share Purchase Plan

Share Purchase Plan Record Date Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Share Purchase Plan Offer Opens Thursday, 31 October 2019

Share Purchase Plan Offer Closes Friday, 15 November 2019

Settlement on the ASX Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Settlement on the NZX Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Allotment and trading of shares on NZX and ASX Wednesday, 20 November 2019

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DISCLAIMER

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CONTENTS
Booking.com

Agreement

Half Year

Update

Appendix:

Supporting

Information

Capital Raising

Overview

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Serko’s partner network is integral to its strategy of rolling out its leading-edge technology globally and increasing Average Revenue
Per Booking (“ARPB”) by increasing the content available to its travel management resellers and delivering a best-in-class customer

experience

In execution of this strategy, Serko is pleased to announce:

•It is raising up to NZ$45million of new capital to accelerate the global rollout of Serko Zeno and expand marketplace content

(refer to further details on Slide 10);

•Booking Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG) (“Holdings") will cornerstone the capital raise, resulting in an approximately 4.7%

shareholding in Serko; and

•Booking.comB.V. (“Booking.com”) and Serko have signed commitments to expand their existing agreement so that Booking.com

can offer and promote Serko Zeno to its business traveller customers and to enable the integration of new Booking.com content

onto Serko Zeno (refer further details on Slide 7).

BOOKING.COM AGREEMENT & INVESTMENT, CAPITAL RAISE

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Today
$100million

SERKO STRATEGIC GOAL

$100 MILLION PER ANNUM

Booking.com agreement is expected to assist Serko in

achieving it’s medium-term aspirational target

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of

NZ$100 million annualised run-rate revenue

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Announced at its recent 2019 Annual Meeting

Booking.com agreement is expected to assist Serko in

achieving its medium-term aspirational target

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of

NZ$100 million annualised run-rate revenue

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Agreement with Booking.com

•Concurrent with Holdings’ cornerstone investment in Serko, Booking.com has signed commitments to expand its existing agreement with Serko
Zeno, so that Booking.com can offer and promote Serko Zeno to its business traveller customers.

•The expanded agreement is expected to help advance each of our strategic objectives:

•Offer premium, integrated global solutions

•Expand into new territories through strategic alliances and reach the unserved SME market

•Grow ARPB by offering increased content and moving customers to Serko Zeno

•Serko expects the expanded agreement with Booking.com to result in significant benefits for Serko’s customers and TMC partners by broadening

and improving ‘whole of journey’ content, accelerating the global rollout of Serko Zeno, and increasing commissions to the TMC community.

•Together with the expanded agreement with Booking.com and the Holdings’ investment, Serko has agreed that for an agreed period of time

and subject to certain conditions being met:

•Serko will notify Holdings if it receives a written proposal to acquire at least fifty percent of the outstanding equity interests in the

Company or substantially all or all of the Company’s assets; and

•Serko will not issue shares to certain specified parties, none of whom is a current Serko shareholder.

•The expanded agreement is not expected to have a material impact on Serko's revenues in the current financial year to 31 March 2020, due to

the phased development work required and a performance-based rollout plan for Booking.com’sglobal business traveller customers. If

achieved, as anticipated, during the 2020 calendar year, the expanded agreement is expected to result in a material uplift inSerko's revenue (via

increased Average Revenue Per Booking and transaction booking revenue) in the 2021 financial year and beyond; and is expectedtoassist

Serko in achieving its medium-term aspirational target of NZ$100 million of annualised run-rate revenue.

AGREEMENT WITH BOOKING.COM

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•Booking Holdings (“Holdings”) (NASDAQ: BKNG) is the world leader in online travel and related services, provided to customers
and partners in over 230 countries and territories

•Holdings employs more than 26,500 people across more than 300 offices in over 75 countries and territories worldwide, and

operates through six primary brands:

•Booking.com–world’s leading brand for booking accommodations

•KAYAK –leading travel meta-search brand

•Priceline.com–North America’s leading discount online travel brand

•Agoda.com–leading brand for online Asian market accommodations

•Rentalcars.com–leading brand for booking rental cars

•OpenTable –leading brand for dining reservations

•Holdings has revenues and EBITDA of US$14.5bn and US$5.8bn, respectively

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and a current market capitalisation of US$83bn

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•Holdings has gross bookings and room nights booked of US$92.7bn and 760mn, respectively

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•The mission of Booking Holdings is to help people experience the world

•For more information, visit www.bookingholdings.com

ABOUT BOOKING HOLDINGS

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FY2018 financial results; Source: Factset

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As at 3 October 2019; Source: Factset

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Capital Raising Overview

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The equity raising will be an offer of financial products that are the same class as SKO’s ordinary shares. SKO will make the offer to investors in reliance on the exclusion in clause 19 of

schedule 1 to the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.

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Deutsche Craigs Limited (‘Deutsche Craigs’) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Craigs Investment Partners. The role of the underwriter may be performed by Deutsche Craigs or Craigs

Investment Partners (as the NZX Participant firm) and those entities shall have the rights and benefits of the underwriter.

CAPITAL RAISING OVERVIEW

•Serko is undertaking a NZ$56 million Placement, together with a Share Purchase Plan of up to NZ$5 million

•The underwritten Placement at NZ$4.04 per share comprises:

•A primary placement of NZ$40million newly issued ordinary shares

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equating to approximately 9.9million shares (12.2% of currently issued capital)

•Booking Holdings will be a cornerstone investor in the primary placement (via a whollyowned subsidiary of Booking Holdings)and will be

allocated 4.3 million shares (NZ$17.5 million). Booking Holdings’ allocation will not be underwritten.

•A secondary sale of NZ$16million existing ordinary shares by fivesellers

•The secondary sale of existing shares by a limited number of Serko employees and two Serko directors, Simon Botherway (Chair,Independent

Director) and Darrin Grafton (CEO and Executive Director), creates an opportunity to further increase the liquidity in Serko’s shares and provides

some Serko team members with the opportunity (for the first time since the IPO in June 2014) to realise some value to meet personal

commitments. Mr Botherway’ssell-down represents less than 50% of his current holding. Mr Grafton’s sell-down represents approximately 13%

of his current holding. Both Mr Botherway and Mr Grafton remain fully committed to Serko.

•Mr Botherway and Mr Grafton (and interests associated with them) have entered into an escrow deed with Serko, under which they are restricted

from selling or otherwise disposing of their remaining holding for a 12-month period from the date of the settlement of the secondary sale,

unless the Board of Serko approves such action or certain exceptions apply.

•In addition to the Placement, Serko isoffering up to NZ$5 million of newly issued ordinary shares to Serko’s eligible existing shareholders resident in Australia

and New Zealand (up to a maximum of NZ$15,000 per shareholder) under a Share Purchase Plan

•The Share Purchase Plan will be priced at the lower of Placement Price or five day VWAP during the last five days of the SPP offer period

•The Share Purchase Plan is not underwritten

•The new shares to be issued under both the Placement and Share Purchase Plan will rank equally in all respects with Serko’s existing ordinary shares from

allotment

•Deutsche Craigs

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is acting as the underwriter for the Placement, and Deutsche Craigs and Cameron Partners are acting as joint lead advisors

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USE OF PROCEEDS
•The funds from the Capital Raising will be used to:

•Accelerate the provisioning of Serko Zeno into North America and continental Europe

•Deliver expanded content channels across the global travel management company (“TMC”) reseller community

•Increase the scale of the company to deliver and support its growing customer base and future opportunities arising from increased

demand experienced since its previous capital raise in August 2018 and to support the projected expansion from the Booking.com

agreement. As a result, Serko expects to increase personnel significantly from its current level of employees and to invest in

operations, systems and management capabilities commensurate with its expanded opportunities.

•Areas of investment will include:

•Expanding sales and support functions in international markets to support signed travel management reseller agreements and

execute on pipeline opportunities

•Accelerating product development and integration of local content and functionality in NORAM and Europe

•Scaling processes and systems that provide support to our 24/7 globally provided products

•Expanding the depth and breadth of the company’s global leadership team

•Exploring and capturing revenue opportunities provided by the new Booking.com agreement

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TIMELINE
Key dates

Offer announcement

Placement

Conduct underwritten placement

Trading halt on NZX and ASX

Announce completion and resume trading

Settlement on the ASX

Settlement on the NZX

Allotment and trading of shares on NZX and ASX

Share Purchase Plan

Share Purchase Plan Record Date

Share Purchase Plan Offer Opens

Share Purchase Plan Offer Closes

Settlement on the ASX

Settlement on the NZX

Allotment and trading of shares on NZX and ASX

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Thursday, 24 October 2019

Friday, 25 October 2019

Tuesday, 29 October 2019

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Thursday, 31 October 2019

Friday, 15 November 2019

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

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Half Year Update
The FY20 Half Year Results to 30 September 2019 are unaudited, and have been prepared on the basis of Serko’s management

accounts. This FY20 half year results update is not a ‘Results Announcement’ for the purposes of the NZX Listing Rules and is

provided for information purposes only. Final FY20 Half Year results are expected to be released to market on 20 November 2019

in accordance with the NZX Listing Rules. The preliminary half year results have been prepared in accordance with New Zealand

equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards including the adoption of IFRS 16 (Leases) from 1 April 2019. All

accounting policies have been applied on basis consistent with those used in previous years.

PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD –Half Year FY20*
PROFIT (LOSS)REVENUEACTIVITYCOSTS

FY20 (H1) VS FY19 (H1) -Unaudited*

NET LOSS AFTER

TAX

($0.8m)

EBITDAF

1

positive

inline with prior

corresponding period

$1.4m

OPERATING

REVENUE

29%

Operating revenue

from core products

plus services revenue

$14.7m

RECURRING

REVENUE

2

38%

Recurring revenue

(core product

revenue only)

91% of total

operating revenue

$13.3m

TOTAL

INCOME

29%

Total income from all

sources including

grants

$15.2m

PEAK ATMR

3

35%

Indicator of future

growth potential

based on current

trading

$26.2m

TRAVEL

BOOKINGS

4.5%

Travel platform

bookings for the

period

2.2m

R&D COSTS

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132%

61% of Revenue

Opex $2.5m

Capex $6.4m

$8.9m

OPERATING

EXPENSES

46%

Net FTE

5

increase in

the period of 35 to

208 employees

$15.6m

Notes 1 –5: Refer to Appendix for definitions.

* Note: The FY20 Half Year Results to 30 September 2019 are unaudited and have been prepared on the basis of Serko’s management accounts. The FY20 Half Year Results

Dashboard is not a Results Announcement for the purposes of the NZX Listing Rules and is provided for information purposes only.In addition to the general disclaimer at

slide 2 no reliance may be placed on this financial information. Final results are expected to be released to market on 20 November 2019 in accordance with the NZX Listing

Rules.

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NET PROFIT SUMMARY/ EBITDAF RECONCILATION
•Operating Revenue of $14.7m

up 29%

•EBITDAF positive of $1.4m in line

with prior year

•Net loss for the period of $0.9m

includes fair value adjustment

relating to contingent

consideration of $0.6m

H1 FY20

$000

14,671

541

15,212

(15,649)

-107%

(809)

-6%

(372)

(52)

(861)

52

372

1,256

585

1,404

10%

Net Profit Summary

EBITDAF Reconciliation

Operating Revenue

Other income (including Grants)

H1 FY19

$000

11,350

465

Total income

Operating expenses

11,815

(10,686)

Percentage of operating revenue-94%

Net profit before tax952

Percentage of operating revenue8%

Net finance income (losses)(177)

Income tax expense(32)

Net profit (loss) 920

Add back: income tax expense

Add back (Deduct): net finance (income)/expenses

Add back: depreciation and amortisation

1

Add back: fair value measurement

2

32

177

361

-

EBITDAF 1,490

EBITDAF margin13%

change

$000

3,321

76

3,397

(4,963)

(1,761)

(195)

(20)

(1,781)

20

195

895

585

(86)

%

29%

16%

29%

-46%

-185%

-110%

-63%

-194%

63%

110%

248%

n/a

-6%

FY2019

$000

23,361

1,215

24,576

(23,320)

-100%

1,546

7%

290

87

1,633

(87)

(290)

1,048

287

2,591

11%

6 months

6 months

12 months

1

Depreciation includes rental costs of $0.5 million which have been reclassified under IFRS16 (Leases) adoption

2

Fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration on deferred consideration for InterplXacquisition added to EBITDA as non-cash expense

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change

REVENUE ANALYSIS
•Recurring revenue up 38%

•Travel platform revenue up 20%

primarily related to conversion to

new Serko Zeno contracts as

transactions for Australasia up

4.5%

•Expense platform revenue includes

contribution from InterplX

acquisition of $1.9m for the period

•Expense revenue related to Serko

Expense up 22%

•Content commission steady

against prior year

•Services revenue down on prior

year as development resources

focused on NORAM activation as

planned

Revenue and Other Income

by Type

Travel platform revenue

Expense platform revenue

Content commissions

Other revenue

Recurring revenue

Recurring revenue % operating revenue

Services revenue

Total operating revenue

Total revenue and other income

Australia

New Zealand

North America

Other

Operating Revenue by Geography

H1 FY20

$000

9,243

2,990

837

243

13,313

91%

1,358

14,671

15,212

6 months

10,366

1,376

2,712

217

14,671

Total operating revenue

H1 FY19

$000

7,721

884

834

189

9,628

85%

1,722

11,350

11,815

6 months

9,399

998

815

138

11,350

change

$000

1,522

2,106

3

54

3,685

(364)

3,321

3,397

967

378

1,897

79

3,321

%

20%

238%

0%

29%

38%

-21%

29%

29%

10%

38%

233%

57%

29%

FY2019

$000

15,948

2,710

1,538

467

20,663

89%

2,698

23,361

24,576

12 months

18,238

3,440

1,471

212

23,361

change

Total other income

Government grants

Sundry income

541

-

461

4

80

(4)

17%

-100%

1,208

7

5414657616%1,215

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OPERATING EXPENSES
•Operating Costs increased as a

result of increased head count and

costs associated with expansion

into NORAM markets and include

InterplXoperating costs in the

period whereas these are not

included in the same period last

year.

H1 FY20

$000

15,649

1,224

7,709

4,882

1,834

107%

Operating Expenses

Total Operating Expense

H1 FY19

$000

10,686

Selling and marketing

Remuneration and benefits

Administration expenses

Other expenses

959

6,179

2,769

779

94%

change

$000

4,963

265

1,530

2,113

1,055

%

46%

28%

25%

76%

135%

FY2019

$000

23,320

1,691

13,135

6,563

1,931

100%

6 months

6 months

12 months

change

Percentage of Operating Revenue

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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
•Total R&D costs increased by

$5.1m over prior year due to

investment into market

requirements for new Northern

Hemisphere territories

H1 FY20

$000

2,545

8,921

61%

(408)

632

(6,376)

2,769

19%

R&D Costs –Expensed

Research costs (excluding amortisation of

amounts previously capitalised)

H1 FY19

$000

1,940

Total R&D costs (including amounts capitalised)

3,843

Percentage of operating revenue34%

Less: Government grants relating to research

Add: Amortisation of capitalised development costs

(461)

240

Less: capitalised product development costs(1,903)

Net product development costs expensed1,719

Percentage of operating revenue15%

change

$000

605

5,078

53

392

(4,473)

1,050

%

31%

132%

11%

163%

-235%

61%

FY2019

$000

2,425

9,165

39%

(876)

754

(6,740)

2,303

10%

6 months

6 months

12 months

change

71%Percentage of R&D costs50%74%

17%Percentage of operating revenue17%10%

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NDC(New Distribution Capability) is a travel industry-supported program launched by IATA for the development and market adoption ofa new, XML-based

data transmission standard that enhances the capability of communications between airlines, travel agents and aggregators.

OTHER STRATEGIC UPDATES

•Serko is currently in advanced commercial discussions with a global payments provider to provide a white label version of Serko Zeno to its SME

customers, initially in Australasia, with the potential to offer in additional geographies in the future. Commercial arrangements are currently under

negotiation and have not yet been entered into. Serko will make an announcement to the market in relation to this white-label opportunity if and

when discussions result in an executed commercial contract.

•We have invested heavily in the Serko Zeno platform for expansion into the North American markets during the period. Serko now has live

bookings in North America following beta release last month. We expect transactions to grow in the second half of the financial year with the

continued onboarding of new corporates, as signed Travel Management Companies complete their user acceptance testing and progress to pilot

customers.

•UK markets, while not material to the period, continue to grow. Investment continues in Europe, however, at a slower rate than anticipated due to

prioritisation of the NORAM market roll-out. It is intended that a portion of the proceeds of the capital raising announced today will be used to

accelerate development of the European market.

•Over 1,300 corporate customers transacted on Serko Zeno during the six month period to 30 September 2019, which is over 1,000higher than the

same period last year. Serko Zeno transactions increased by 200% over the same period last year and in September represented13% of Online

bookings.

•Serko also continues to invest in NDC

1

. The expansion of content and ancillary offerings through NDC offers new revenue stream opportunities

through Serko Zeno.Serko has committed to support NDC via both direct connection and GDS, and has announced NDC partnerships with

Qantas, Air Canada, Southwest Airlines and ATPCO’s NDC Exchangein the past 12 months.Serko Zeno is now live with end-to-end NDC booking

capability through the Qantas Distribution Platform (QDP), following a successful pilot with launch partner CT Connections.

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•Total Operating Revenue Growth for the full year is expected to be in the range of 20%-40%. However, currency fluctuations and the timing of
customer onboarding will be key factors in determining the final result, as previously advised to the market.

•In Australasia, growth in ‘same corporate’ bookings has softened over the past few months, which we attribute to a general slowdown in the

Australian and New Zealand economies and declining business confidence. Despite this, Serko has grown corporate customers by 327over

the half and this user growth has offset the impact on Serko’s total revenue growth. We continue to focus on global expansionand this will

assist Serko to mitigate any local market slow down. The impact of these trends continues to be monitored.

•The cash balance at 30 September 2019 was $10.3 million, which represented cash burn for the period of $5.5 million. Cash burn is expected

to continue for the second half as development continues for new market expansion.

•Serko now has live bookings in North America following beta release last month. We expect transactions to grow in the second half of the

financial year with continued onboarding of new corporates as signed Travel Management Companies complete user acceptance testing and

progress to pilot customers. The timing of the uptake is unknown and subject to variables. Continued development of additional local content

is expected to further increase bookings and support the migration of additional corporates.

•European markets are not expected to contribute materially in FY20 (due to the prioritisation of the NORAM market roll-out). However, a

portion of the proceeds of the capital raising detailed in this Investor Presentation will be used to accelerate development of the European

market, resulting in FY21 revenue gains.

FY20 OUTLOOK

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Appendix:
-Supporting Information

Company Snapshot

ABOUT SERKO
FOUNDED IN 2007

Innovative Solutions

Serko is a technology company focused on

innovative solutions that address the

challenges of corporate travel and expense

management. The majority of Serko’s

revenue comes from Travel Management

Companies (TMCs) (“Resellers”), who

provide our online travel booking (OBT)

solution to their corporate customers.

Serko also sells Expense management

solutions to corporate customers directly.

Market Leader

Serko is a leading supplier of travel

technology solutions for TMCs in Australasia

and is now expanding into Northern

Hemisphere markets with multiple signed

reseller agreements in North America and a

global agreement with ATPI.

NZX/ASX Listed

Serko listed on the New Zealand stock

exchange in June 2014. In June 2018, Serko

listed as a foreign exempt listing on the

Australian Securities Exchange. Serko

trades under the ticker ‘SKO’ on both

exchanges.

Serko employs around 200 people

worldwide with its HQ in New Zealand, and

offices across Australia, the U.S. and China

For further information refer to Serko’s website www.serko.comand its 2019 Annual Report which can be found under Investor Centre.

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Zeno TravelZeno Expense
Zeno Travel is an Online

Booking Tool (OBT) that

corporate travellers use to

book flights, trains, hotels,

rental cars and airport

transfers in line with their

corporate travel policies.

Zeno Expenseautomates

the process of corporate

card and out-of-pocket

expense submission,

reconciliation and

reimbursement

SERKO PRODUCTS

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Grow ARPB by offering
increased content and moving

customers to Zeno

Offer premium, integrated

global solutions

Expand into new territories

through strategic alliances and

reach the unserved SME market

ARPB : Average Revenue Per Booking is a non-GAAP measure.

SERKO STRATEGY

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$
Corporate travellermakes a

booking via Serko

Online/Zeno

Booking and other fees

Serko charges the TMCs a fee per booking

(which varies based on volume).

Year Ended 31 March2019

Travel platform booking revenue

Expense platform revenue

Supplier commissions revenue

Other revenue

$000

15,948

2,710

1,538

467

Recurring Product Revenue20,663

Services revenue2,698

Total Revenue23,361

Percentage of total revenue89%

$

Travellerbooks hotel or taxi

via Serko Online/Zeno

Supplier commission

Serko also generates revenue through

commissions on hotels, rental cars, airport

transfers and other travel providers that are

booked through its platform.

$

Travellerdownloads and

uses Serko Mobile

Mobile subscription

$

Travellersubmits receipts

using Serko Expense/Zeno

Monthly user fee

Serko Expense customers pay a fee based on

the number of active users each month

directly to Serko.

Additional Services

Serko earns other miscellaneous revenue

such as mobile licenses

Services Revenue

$

Paid customisation, marketplace integration

or implementation assistance

COMMERCIAL MODEL

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PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD –Full Year FY19
PROFIT (LOSS)REVENUEACTIVITYCOSTS

FY19 VS FY18

NET PROFIT

AFTER TAX

EBITDAF

1

up 19% over prior

year

$2.6m

OPERATING

REVENUE

28%

Operating revenue

from core products

plus services revenue

$23.4m

RECURRING

REVENUE

2

26%

Recurring revenue

(core product

revenue only)

89% of total

operating revenue

$20.7m

TOTAL

INCOME

28%

Total income from all

sources including

grants

$24.6m

PEAK ATMR

3

41%

Indicator of future

growth potential

based on current

trading

$26m

ONLINE

BOOKINGS

17%

Travel platform

bookings

4.14m

R&D COSTS

4

87%

39% of Revenue

Opex$2.4m

Capex $6.7m

$9.2m

OPERATING

EXPENSES

32%

Net FTE

5

increase in

the year of 67

$23.3m

Notes 1 –5: Refer to Appendix for definitions and for reconciliation of Net Profit to EBITDAF. Refer to Annual Report for further information

$1.6m

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Selected Operational MetricsFY13FY14FY15FY16FY17FY18FY19
1

–Online bookings exclude Offline and Custom bookings (system generated bookings) which are included in Online booking pricing or at a reduced rate

2

–Operating costs are Operating Expenses excluding depreciation and amortisation and fair value remeasurements of contingent consideration

* –indicates not previous measured or reported

# –FY17 revenue was affected by adverse foreign exchange rates

HISTORIC MEASURES for financial years (31 March)

Total revenue growth (%)

Revenue growth –Travel Platforms (%)

Total travel booking transactions (000s)

Online booking transactions

1

(000s)

Online transaction growth (%)

Recurring product revenue as % total revenue

Operating costs

2

(% change)

Employees (number at end of year -FTE)

Average revenue per FTE (NZD$000)

Research & development costs -expense and capex (NZD$000)

Annualisedtransactional monthly revenue (ATMR) (NZD$m)

27%

41%

987

821

35%

84%

35%

47

119

2,340

*

39%

12%

1,107

1,011

23%

71%

62%

87

100

3,387

*

55%

62%

1,588

1,468

45%

80%

105%

133

94

5,762

*

27%

49%

2,407

2,262

54%

93%

13%

127

101

6,268

11.2

9%#

8%

2,913

2,673

18%

91%

(10%)

108

122

5,836

15.3

28%

23%

3,526

3,207

20%

90%

(5%)

106

170

4,906

18.4

28%

20%

4,138

3,743

17%

89%

29%

173

167

9,165

26.0

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•Peak ATMR (AnnualisedTransactional Monthly Revenue) is a non-GAAP measure. Serko uses this as a useful indicator of recurring revenues
from Serko products. It is calculated by annualisingthe combination travel and expense platform monthly revenues for the most recent non-

seasonal month. The travel platform revenue is annualisedby taking the monthly online booking transactions divided by the number of

weekdays for that month multiplied by the average ARPB and multiplied by 260 days. The expense platform revenue is based on themonthly

revenue from active users multiplied by 12 months.

•ARPB (Average Revenue Per Booking) is a non-GAAP measure.Serko uses this as a useful indicator of the combined value from transactional

booking fees and the supplier commissions earned from the travel platform. It is calculated by taking total travel platform booking revenue

and supplier commission revenue divided by the total number of bookings.

•Recurring product revenue (a non-GAAP measure) is the recurring revenue derived from transactions and usage of Serko products by

contracted customers. It excludes revenues from customisedsoftware development (services revenue).

•R&D (Research & Development) costs is a non-GAAP measure representing the internal and external costs related to R&D both expensed and

capitalised.

•Operating Costs is a non-GAAP measure which excludes costs relating to taxation, interest, depreciation, and amortisation charges.

•EBITDAF is a non-GAAP measure representing Earnings Before the deduction of costs relating to Interest, Taxation, Depreciation and

Amortisation and Fair value remeasurement of contingent consideration.

•FTE = Full time equivalent employee.

DEFINITIONS

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Thank you

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Serko Limited, Saatchi Building, Unit 14D 125 The Strand, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

PO Box 47-638, Ponsonby, T: +64 9 309 4754, F: +64 9 377 0545, company.secretary@serko.com

Incorporated in New Zealand ARBN 611 613 980


Market Release

24 October 2019


Notice Pursuant To Clause 20(1)(A) Of Schedule 8 To The Financial Markets

Conduct Regulation 2014

Serko releases Cleansing Notice in relation to Offer of Shares



1. Serko Limited (NZX/ASX:SKO), a leader in online travel booking and expense management for

business, today announced that it intends to undertake a capital raising, comprising of an offer of:

(a) approximately NZ$40 million of newly issued ordinary shares and an offer of

approximately NZ$16 million of existing shares by certain shareholders to selected

institutional and retail investors (the "Placement"), which is underwritten; and

(b) a share purchase plan to Serko's eligible existing shareholders with an address in New

Zealand or Australia to raise up to $5 million, which is not underwritten (the "SPP"),

(together, the "Offer").

2. The Placement opens today, 24 October 2019. The SPP will open on 31 October 2019.

3. The Offer is being made in reliance upon the exclusion in clause 19 of schedule 1 to the Financial

Markets Conduct Act 2013 ("Act").

4. This notice is provided under subclause 20(1)(a) of schedule 8 to the Financial Markets Conduct

Regulations 2014 ("Regulations") and under paragraph 708A(12G) of the Corporations Act 2001

(Cth) (“Corporations Act”) as notionally inserted by ASIC Instrument 18-0299.

5. Serko will issue the relevant securities under the Offer without disclosure to investors under Part

6D.2 of the Corporations Act.

6. As at the date of this notice:

(a) Serko is in compliance with the continuous disclosure obligations that apply to it in

relation to ordinary shares in Serko;

(b) Serko is in compliance with its financial reporting obligations (as defined in subclause

20(5) of schedule 8 to the Regulations);

(c) Serko has complied with its obligations under Rule 1.15.2 of the ASX Listing Rules; and

(d) there is no information that is "excluded information" (as defined in subclause 20(5) of

schedule 8 to the Regulations) in respect of Serko.


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Serko Limited, Saatchi Building, Unit 14D 125 The Strand, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

PO Box 47-638, Ponsonby, T: +64 9 309 4754, F: +64 9 377 0545, company.secretary@serko.com

Incorporated in New Zealand ARBN 611 613 980


7. The potential effects that the Offer of new shares is expected to have on the "control" (within the

meaning of clause 48 of schedule 1 to the Act) of Serko and the consequences of those effects

are as follows:

(a) As at the date of this notice, based on filings made by the relevant parties, the

substantial product holders in Serko are Darrin Grafton, Robert Shaw, Geoffrey Hosking,

Milford Asset Management Limited, First NZ Capital Group Limited and Harbour Asset

Management Limited. None of the substantial product holders control Serko.

(b) Serko has not sought a waiver from NZX Main Board Listing Rule 7.5 (regulating issues

of shares which could affect the effective control of Serko), and the Takeovers Code will

also prevent any person and that person's associates from holding or controlling, or

increasing an existing holding of, 20% or more of the voting securities in Serko as a

result of the Offer.

(c) Accordingly, the Offer is not expected to have any material effect or consequence on

the control of Serko within the meaning set out in clause 48 of Schedule 1 of the Act.


On behalf of:

Susan Putt

Chief Financial Officer, Serko

Phone: +64 (09) 309 4754

investor.relations@serko.com


Ends


For investor relations queries please contact:

Susan Putt

Chief Financial Officer

Serko +64 9 309 4754 or +64 21 388 009

investor.relations@serko.com


For media relations queries please contact:

Nick Whitehead

Head of Marketing

Serko +64 21 892 996

nick.whitehead@serko.com

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