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HY20
Results

Presentation

For the sixmonthsending

30 September 2019

1••HY20 RESULTSPRESENTATION

Agenda
1.Results summary

2.Business update

3.Financial results

4.Segment results

5.Summary and Q&A

2• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

3• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION
Results

Summary

HY20 Results overview
4• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

•Focus on organic growth in underlying

earnings

•Underlying NPBT+11% to $14. 8m

•NPBT down 12% to $14.8m (HY19

NPBT of $16.8m includes gain on sale

of property of $3.5m)

•Revenue $171m +1%

•Earnings per share 12.4cps -18% (due

to gain on sale for property in HY19)

•Continued retail optimization of Auto

Retail footprint into new markets +

optimizing existing sites

•Strong system integration strategy

in finance and insurance

•Insurance distribution broadening

•Planned Carly NZ launch in Q1

CY20

•Continued investment in 3D’s of

digital, data and disruption

FinancialsOperationsGrowth

•Auto retail: Improving retail sales

leading to market share increase

partially offset market decline

•Finance: Successful de-risking of

Oxford

•Insurance:MBI Claims ratio

improved to 68%

•Credit: 22% increase in NZ

Corporate debt referred

HY19:HY20Revenuebridge
•Auto Retail increase from higher unit sales of

“owned” stock (up 6% YoY)

•Finance revenues have grown as a result of

directing Turners origination into Oxford

•Insurance reflects property gain in HY19 of $3.0m,

fewer policies sold as higher risk vehicles re-priced

and fewer used cars sold in the market

•EC Credit revenue increased off improved

commissions from higher corporate debt load in NZ

5• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

Revenue increased from $168m to $171m

HY19:HY20Net profit before tax(NPBT)bridge
6• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

•Auto Retail result affected by fewer consignment

vehicles sold in HY20, and drop in used import

margins.

•Finance driven by writing higher quality new

business and the resulting improved arrears

performance

•Insurance result from HY19 includes $3.0m one –off

gain from property sale. Good gains in claims ratios

have offset reduced policy sales

•EC Credit improvement driven by better cost control

and commissions from increased debt load from

corporate NZ clients

NPBT decreased from $16.8m to $14.8m

Reconciliation: NPBT to underlyingNPBT
•Plan for FY20 has been on growing earnings

organically

•Property gain on sale of $3.5m in FY19 relates

to the sale of 133 Roscommon Road ($3.0m

Insurance + $0.5m in Auto Retail)

•Legal and Advisor costs relate to strategic review

process for Oxford Finance

$MillionsHY20HY19Var

Profit before tax actual14.816.8(12%)

Oxford strategic review costs(0.2)-

IFRS 16 Lease Accounting

changes

0.2-

Sale of property -3.5

Underlying operating result14.813.311%

7• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

HY19:HY20Underlying NPBT bridge
Underlying Profit Before Tax

8• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

•Auto Retail reduction in import margins and lease

consignment units in context of a softer market

•Finance improvement in arrears from growth in

higher quality lending

•Insurance reduction in claims ratios

•EC Credit higher commissions from improved NZ

corporate debt load

Underlying PBT increased from $13.3m to $14.8m

9• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION
Business

Update

Key themes
#1 Continue to grow market share

Growth plans combined with used car market

consolidation will see continued market share growth

#2 Underlying used car market still

robust

Used car markets have shown resilience through down cycles

and long term low interest rate environments combined with old

cars needing to be replaced will underpin demand

#3 Oxford: successful de-risking

Focus on using new technology and credit data to

originate & approve better quality loans

#4 Investing in property

Delivered new North Shore site with 3 more branches in

development due for opening in CY20, and 5 more branches in

planning phase

#5 Investing in technology

We will continue to make material investment in

technology which gives us a market-leading advantage +

innovative auto adjacent opportunities (egCarly)

10• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

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#1-Continue to grow used car market share

11• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

•Continue to optimise existing branch network for

retail customers eg. Whangarei re-location,

Dunedin Mar-20

•Still significant opportunity for some large

consignment customers to direct more vehicles

into retail channels

•Footprint expansion gets us closer to customers and

delivers margin improvement

•Further market consolidation positive for Turners

(6% drop in dealer numbers Sept 19 v Sept 18)

•Improving customer experience helping drive up

market share -Average Net Promoter Score for HY20

at 68 (HY19 at 49)

North Shore

in wind

down mode

Whangarei,

New Plymouth,

Wellington

City, North

Shore on

stream

Turners Retail Market Share (3 Month Rolling Average)

#2 -Underlying used car market still robust
12• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

•Overall NZ used car market down 2.5% and sales

of used imports down 6% as at Sept 19

•ESC feature mandatory on all new and used

imported cars coming into NZ from Mar 2020

•Turners sales volumes are supported by consistent

supply from consignment vendors egLease

companies who have leased cars 3 years earlier

•Low interest rate environment combined with

replacement of older cars should see the used car

market remain resilient

•20+ year age cohort continues to grow...now 2.5x

level it was in 2008

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NZ Vehicle Fleet Statistics -2018

#3 -Oxford: successful de-risking
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Focus on better quality borrowers leading to improvement in arrears and performance

Improving Customer CreditScores

Comparison of new consumer lending HY19 v HY20

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Avergae customer VEDA

credit score

Average Equifax Credit Score for New Business by

Month

Oxford Finance

Consumer Lending ($ Millions)HY20HY19Var

New business49.546.23.3

Arrears1.22.2-1.0

31+ Arrears0.250.84-0.59

Arrears %2.4%4.8%-2.4%

31+ Arrears %0.5%1.8%-1.3%

#4 -Investing in property
Committed branches

North Shore -AKLOpened August 2019August 20198,524m2

DunedinRe-opening larger format of Turners’ Auto-Retail flagship store March 20209,025m2

Westgate -AKLPart of wider Auckland expansion June 20208,500m2

Mt Richmond -AKLPart of wider Auckland expansion August 202010,300m2

Other branches added as sites with acceptable profile and cost base are identified

Christchurch Turners Auto-Retail expansion 202010,000m2

PukekohePart of wider Auckland expansion 202110,000m2

NelsonPart of the regional expansion strategy 20218,000m2

RotoruaPart of the regional expansion strategy 20218,000m2

TimaruPart of the regional expansion strategy 20218,000m2

Focus on growing footprint into new markets and optimizing existing sites for better customer experience.

14• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

#5 -Investing in technology
15• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

•Committed to create competitive advantage from technology

investments

•Technology team 29 FTE (Applications 16, Infrastructure /

Operations 13)

•Early adopters of Agile, DevOps methodologies implemented FY19

(includes automated deployment of software releases)

•Key business areas with major gains include;

•Operational and management reporting through dashboards

and business intelligence

•Significant process automation via operational mobile apps

•Rapid delivery of systems to react to revenue opportunities,

competitor activity, regulation changes, innovation

•Development of APIs (computer interfaces for services and

products)to position for growth

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Group IT Spend ($Millions)

CapexOpex

Summary of ourstrategic plan(May 2019)
Our strategy isto...

•Simplify thebusiness

•Accelerate growthin a capital efficientway

•De-risk by focusing on our corebus iness and strengths

This will enable usto...

•Significantly increase market share in the core business of Auto retailand

•Participate in new and innovative auto adjacentopportunities

For our key stakeholders thismeans...

•Sharpen our focus on meeting customersneeds

•Improving the efficiency of ourbusiness

•Reducing cyclical swings in our business, especially aroundcredit

•Increasing the returns we deliver to ourshareholders

16• FY19 RESULTS & STRATEGY

PRESENTATION

Progress on Strategicplan
Autoretail

•North Shore

development

complete

•Digital marketing

spend increasing

•NPS tracking up

•Data project

initiated on vehicle

profitability

Insurance

•Build distribution

through

partnerships and

API development

•Prioritise auto

products

•Use technology to

automate claims

process

Finance

•Oxford strategic

review completed

•Continue to

develop

competitive

advantage with

AutoApp

•Focus on high

quality origination

Credit

•Integration to

SME accounting

platforms

•Build on debtor

scorecard

•Use technology to

drive efficiencies

in collections

process

•Launch plans under

development for

Carly NZ

•Continue to

investigate, assess

and investin other

opportunities

17• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

Adjacent opportunities

18• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION
Financial

Results

HY20 Results snapshot
Revenue

Net profit aftertax

Revenue

$170.7m+1%

Shareholders’Equity

$220m as atSept19

Underlying Net Profit BeforeTax

$14.8m+11%

Q2 Dividend 4.0cps

ProjectedFY Div17.0cps

Net Profit BeforeTax

$14.8m-12%

H1 Earnings PerShare

12.4cps

(FY1915.2cps,-18%)

Net Profit After Tax

$10.7m-17%

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Capital ManagementandDividends
Earnings and Dividend per Share (Cents)

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13.0

14.5

15.5

17.017.0

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Projected

•DividendPolicy Change in May 2019: Increase

in pay out ratio to 60% to 70% of NPAT

•4.0m shares purchased during Share Buy Back

programme (Dec 18 to Sept 19) reducing

issued shares by 4.5% at an average price of

$2.32

•Projected FY20 fully imputed quarterly dividends

Q1 @ 4.0c per share –paid Oct-19

Q2 @ 4.0c per share –payable Jan-20

Q3 @ 4.0c per share –payable Apr-20

Q4 @ 5.0c per share –payable Jul-20

•Gross dividend yield of 9.4% at indicative price

of $2.53 (includes imputation credits)

Dividends fully imputed from FY17 on

20 • HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

•Reduction in cash balances due to investment
of insurance reserves into longer dated term

deposits

•Inventory value managed down in Auto retail with

focus on faster turn

•Changein Finance Receivables reflects growth in

Oxford offset by rundown in MTF non-recourse

ledger

•Property, plant and equipmentincrease due to

development of new sites in Whangarei, North

Shore and Mt Richmond purchase.

•Right of Use Asset and associated Lease

Liabilities arise from adoption of IFRS-16

$MillionsHY20HY19

Cash and cash equivalents

14.624.1

Financial assets at fair value

63.455.3

Inventory

36.442.9

Finance receivables

285.7289.1

Property, plant and equipment

52.635.1

Other Assets

37.939.9

Right of use asset

26.8

Intangible assets

166.6170.8

Total Assets

684.0657.2

Borrowings

319.6330.3

Other payables

34.931.8

Deferred tax

11.117.3

Insurance contract liabilities

51.949.9

Lease liabilities

34.6

Other Liabilities

11.811.5

Total Liabilities

463.9440.8

Balancesheet

21• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

Fundingmix
$MillionsLimitDrawnUndrawn

Receivables –Securitisation(BNZ)

184 166 18

Receivables –Banking Syndicate

(ASB/BNZ)

60 3723

Receivables –MTF

23 23 -

Corporate & Property [inclBond]

95 83 12

Inventory(ASB)

30 11 19

Totals

392 320 72

Borrowings

Borrowings byUtilisation($Millions)

As at 30Sept2019

•Increase in Securitisation Warehouse reflects Turners Cars

origination directed into Oxford and away from MTF

•Securitisation funding facility limit at$200m (including capital

contribution from TRA), expect to extend this in Q1 CY20

Inventory

Securitisation

Banking

Syndication

MTF

22• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

166

37

23

83

11

Receivables - Securitisation $166Receivables - Banking Syndicate $37

Receivables - MTF $23Corporate & Property [incl Bond] $83

Inventory $11

23• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION
Segment

Results

HY20 by segment
24• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

$MillionsAutomotive RetailFinanceInsuranceCredit

Revenue115.94%22.86%22.2(13%)9.97%

Profit7.3(8%)6.520%2.6(51%)3.617%

Underlying profit7.1(5%)6.419%2.614%3.617%

25• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION
HY20 by segment

AutoRetail

•Growing retail market share

•Business becoming more inventory efficient

•Continued optimisation for retail

Finance

•Finance continued focus on targeting high quality borrowers

•Continue to make investments in digital and system integration

CreditManagement

•Significant share increase in NZ Corporate debt collection

•SME focus: integrated with key systems (eg.Xero / MYOB)

Insurance

•Good progress in building out distribution

•Keep improving underwriting standards to reduce risk

Automotiveretail
Revenue 115.9m +4%, SegmentProfit $7.3m-8%

Underlying Segment Profit $7.1m -5%

26• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

•BuyNow(retail sales) up 1% YoY from new branches (New Plymouth and

Whangarei offset by temporary closure of North Shore)

•Inventory value reduced by 15% to $36.5m (Sept 18 -$42.9)

•Unit sales of owned stock up 6%, however margin per unit down 11%,

locally sourced margins are up but import margins continue to track down

due to supply chain costs and adverse currency movements.

•Less consignment stock from lease vendors as we cycled off a strong

return period in HY19 (1,000 units less in HY20).

•$500k of cost reduction initiatives implemented in Turners Certified in H1

FY20

•Damaged vehicle units up 3% in FY20

•Average Net Promoter Score (customer experience measure) for HY20 at

68 (HY19 at 49)

•Gold Winner of NZ Quality Service Awards Used Car Dealership category

2019 and 2020

Auto Retail Breakdown HY19to HY20($Millions)

Finance
•Improvement in quality of new business written

continues

•3 –tier risk pricing model working well with 25% of new

business at premium tier, better risk for reward model.

•Turners Cars lending starting to ramp up well $24m in

new business H1YTD

•No. of intermediaries giving 5+ deals per month has

increased by 100% YoY, and have deactivated 17 dealers

originating lower quality loans

•Consumer arrears percentage improved from 9% (HY19)

to 8.2% (HY20)

•Consumer loans originated in HY20 has a total arrears

percentage of 2.4%, which is a 50% improvement

compared to HY19

Revenue $22.8m +6%, Segment Profit $6.5m +20%

Underlying Segment Profit $6.4m +19%

HY19 to HY20 Receivables Bridge

MTF –Motor Trade Finance

OFL –Oxford Finance Limited

TF –Turners Finance

27• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

Insurance
•Combined loss ratio 60% (H1 FY19: 63%), MBI loss ratio at

68% (H1 FY19at72%).

•All dealers transitioned to new retail policy generation system

which has provided further opportunity to manage portfolio

risk.

•Continued review of dealers portfolio performance for risk

pricing and review of incentives andrebates.

•Culture and conduct review completed

•General Gross Written Premium down 6% to $17.5m as a result

of market conditions and focusing on lower risk portfolios and

vehicles.

•MARAC distribution agreement signed resulting in 20% increase

to dealer network and $2m additional annual GWP from Q4 FY20

•Prior year includes gain on sale from investment property of

$3.0m

CCI Product hasdiscontinued

Revenue $22.2m -13%, Segment Profit $2.6m -51%

Underlying Segment Profit $2.6m +14%

28• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

Creditmanagement
•Total debt load up 17% to $133m, NZ corporate debt

load up 22% to $105m

•Commission earned from debt collected up 21% to

$4.5m.

•Xero and MYOB integration completed, 150+

customer connections expected to grow

significantly

•Contact centre retention improved significantly

Revenue $9.9m +7% Segment Profit $3.6m +17%

Underlying Segment Profit $3.6m +17%

Debt Collected HY19to HY20($Millions)

29• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

30• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION
Key focus for2H20

AutoRetail

Continue to optimise footprint for retail, deliver better digital and

mobile customer experience, building data tools to understand

demand, develop new sourcingopportunities.

Finance

Continue pricing for risk, extend distribution through use of APIs and

partnerships,automate more of the credit decision process

Insurance

Increase distributionthrough APIs, launch new products through

delivery ofretail system development, optimise repairnetwork.

CreditManagement

Australian corporate customer acquisition, MYOB / XERO

integration, further enhance collectionsscorecard.

31• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION
Summary

& Q&A

HY20 Results overview
32• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

•Focus on organic growth in underlying

earnings

•Underlying NPBT+11% to $14. 8m

•Revenue $171m up +1%

•Earnings per share 12.4cps -18% (due to

gain on sale for property in FY19)

•Continued retail optimization of Auto

Retail footprint into new markets +

optimizing existing sites

•Strong system integration strategy

in finance and insurance

•Insurance distribution broadening

•Planned Carly NZ launch in Q1

CY20

•Continued investment in 3D’s of

digital, data and disruption

FinancialsOperationsGrowth

•Auto retail: Improving retail sales

leading to market share increase

partially offset market decline

•Finance: Successful de-risking of

Oxford

•Insurance:MBI Claims ratio

improved to 68%

•Credit: 22% increase in NZ

Corporate debt referred

Outlook
33• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

•Continued focus on organic growth and growing auto retail market share

•Expecting used car industry to consolidate further over 2019/2020

•Impact of Electronic Stability Control as a mandatory feature for all imported vehicles from March 2020 will

impact smaller dealers and very low priced vehicles

•Retail optimisation to continue

•Focus on quality and distribution in finance and insurance

•The Board is not expecting any significant one-off gains or losses in H2

FY20 net profit before tax guidance of $28.0m to $30.0m

34• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION
Question

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34• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

Disclaimer
35• HY20 RESULTS PRESENTATION

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