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Corporate Governance Roadshow

10 May 2021

Transportation technology services company EROAD (NZX/ASX: ERD) attaches a copy of the

Corporate Governance roadshow that Chairman Graham Stuart and General Counsel Mark Heine will

be presenting to a number of investors over the following days.



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This announcement has been authorised by the General Counsel, Mark Heine.

Contact:

Mark Heine

General Counsel

mark.heine@eroad.com



About EROAD

EROAD Limited (ASX: ERD; NZX: ERD) (“EROAD”) purpose is safer, more productive roads. EROAD

develops and markets technology solutions to manage vehicle fleets, support regulatory compliance,

improve driver safety and reduce the costs associated with operating a fleet of vehicles and

inventory of assets. EROAD has a proven SaaS business model and is experiencing continuing growth

in installed units and revenue. EROAD has operations in New Zealand, North America and Australia

with customers ranging in size from small fleets through to large enterprise customers. For more

information visit https://www.eroad.com/global/investors

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EROAD
GOVERNANCE

ROADSHOW

MAY 2021

Graham Stuart, EROAD Chair • Mark Heine, EVP General Counsel and Company Secretary

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The information in this presentation is of a general nature and

does not constitute financial product advice, investment advice

or any recommendation. Nothing in this presentation constitutes

legal, financial, tax or other advice.

This presentation may contain projections or forward-looking

statements regarding a variety of items. Such projections or

forward-looking statements are based on current expectations,

estimates and assumptions and are subject to a number of risks,

uncertainties and assumptions.

There is no assurance that results contemplated in any

projections or forward-looking statements in this presentation

will be realised. Actual results may differ materially from those

projected in this presentation. No person is under any obligation

to update this presentation at any time after its release to you or

to provide you with further information about EROAD.

While reasonable care has been taken in compiling this

presentation, none of EROAD nor its subsidiaries, directors,

employees, agents or advisers (to the maximum extent

permitted by law) gives any warranty or representation (express

or implied) as to the accuracy, completeness or reliability of the

information contained in it nor takes any responsibility for it. The

information in this presentation has not been and will not be

independently verified or audited.

NON-GAAP MEASURES

EROAD has used non-GAAP measures when discussing financial

performance in this document. The directors and management

believe that these measures provide useful information as

they are used internally to evaluate performance of business

units, to establish operational goals and to allocate Non-GAAP

measures are not prepared in accordance with NZ IFRS (New

Zealand International Financial Reporting Standards) and are not

uniformly defined, therefore the non-GAAP measures reported

in this document may not be comparable with those that other

companies report and should not be viewed in isolation or

considered as a substitute for measures reported by EROAD

in accordance with NZ IFRS. The non-GAAP measures are

not subject to audit or review. Definitions can be found in the

Glossary at page 135 of EROAD’s 2020 Annual Report.

CONTINUE
TO GROW

AND DELIVER

ON STRATEGY

DESPITE

DIFFICULT

MACRO-

ECONOMIC

CONDITIONS

CAPITAL RAISE SIGNED

VENTIAASX

largest Australian

enterprise customer

to accelerate

growth strategies

CONTRACTED

UNITS

despite COVID-19

(FY21: 126,203 FY20: 116,488)

8

%

EROAD

CLARITY DASHCAMS

%95.4

ASSET RETENTION

RAT E

Reflecting quality of service

and product offering

sold in March

to increase liquidity and

broaden investor base

LISTED

53

$

m

1,054

GRAHAM
STUART

2,3

BARRY

EINSIG

3

TONY

GIBSON

2,3

SUSAN

PATERSON

2,3

STEVEN

NEWMAN

Chairman

Appointed January 2018

Independent Director

Appointed January 2020

Independent

Director, Chairman of

Remuneration, Talent and

Nomination Committee

Appointed October 2009

Independent Director,

Chair of the Finance, Risk

and Audit Committee

Appointed March 2019

Executive Director / CEO

Appointed October 2007

1Chapman Tripp Corporate Governance – trends & insights publication November 2020, AICD Study, February 2018.

2Member of Finance, Risk and Audit Committee.

3

Member of Remuneration, Talent and Nomination Committee.

OUR BOARD

• Average tenure of director on

EROAD Board:

6.25 years

• Average tenure of directors on 

largest 75 companies on NZX:

5.8 years and on the ASX 100:

5.9 years

1

 

WHAT'S ON THE
BOARD'S AGENDA?

PERFORMANCECOMPLIANCE

FOCUSED ON THE

BIG PICTURE

Measuring the right things,

not just fi nancial metrics

Driven by purpose and setting

the tone from the top

Staying ahead of the business

and anticipating pinch points

• Delivery against plan

• Lead indicators on customer

satisfaction and retention

• Quality of revenue and ARPU

• Investment in R&D

• Staff engagement and

retention

• Recruitment of key roles and

organisational design

• Promoting an open and

engaged culture, acting

ethically and responsibly

• Sound risk taking culture and

eff ective risk management

• Conscious of cyber security

threats and protecting our

customers' privacy

• Ensuring a healthy and safe

work environment, including

monitoring COVID and

other risks

• Maintaining an up to date

industry awareness

• Making the business model

scalable

• Investing wisely in R&D

• Ensuring access to capital at

the right cost

• Board renewal and

management succession

planning

STRUCTURE
OF BOARD/

SUBCOMMITTEES

INVESTOR

RELATIONS

EROAD BOARD

• STRATEGIC DIRECTION • HEALTH & SAFETY

• GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK/PRACTICES • CYBER SECURITY

• ESG • REPORTING OVERSIGHT

SHAREHOLDERS

CEO

LEADERSHIP TEAM

FINANCE, RISK AND

AUDIT COMMITTEE

• RISK MANAGEMENT

• INTERNAL CONTROLS

• EXTERNAL FINANCIAL

REPORTING

• AUDIT FUNCTION

REMUNERATION, TALENT

AND NOMINATIONS

COMMITTEE

• REMUNERATION

• PERFORMANCE MONITORING

• SUCCESSION PLANNING

• GENERAL PEOPLE MATTERS

ENSURING
WE HAVE THE

RIGHT SKILLS

AROUND THE

BOARD TABLE 

CEO/EXECUTIVE

LEADERSHIP

FINANCE/

RISK

TECHNOLOGY

(SAAS/SOFTWARE)

CUSTOMER/

MARKETING

M&A

INTERNATIONALINDUSTRYLISTED

INNOVATION/

GROWTH

BEEN ON THE

JOURNEY

• Board currently reviewing

Board skills, diversity and

succession planning

 

DIRECTOR
FEES

• When determining director fees, 

EROAD considers the median 

director fee levels for comparable 

listed companies in New Zealand

• To attract appropriately qualified 

overseas candidates, EROAD is

shifting to paying based on director

fees for comparable companies in the

market that the director is based in

COMPARABLE COMPANIES

Median NZ FeesMedian AU feesMedian US feesEROAD fees

Chair fees

NZ$ 128,000

AU$ 170,000US$ 118,500NZ$ 110,000

Non-executive director fees

NZ$ 70,000

AU$ 86,300US$ 90,250NZ$ 55,0005

4Barry Einsig’s fees have been included and are represented in NZD with exchange rates calculated as at 31/3/2020 and 31/3/2021

5Barry Einsig’s director fees were USD$96,000. This is consistent with director fee levels for comparable listed companies in the United States

$600,000

$500,000

$400,000

$300,000

$200,000

$100,000

Year 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

fee pooltotal fees paid

EROAD DIRECTOR FEES

4

EXECUTIVE
REMUNERATION

FIXED

REMUNERATION

EROAD’s policy is to set fixed remuneration in line with

external market trends, the intrinsic value of a job and

internal relativities.

SHORT-TERM

INCENTIVES

Based on group performance against shared team goals.

• 40% = performance against financial metrics;

• 60% = achievement of strategic program targets from

the annual plan

LONG-TERM

INCENTIVES

FY20-22 LTI plan: performance share rights have been issued 

(for nil consideration) to participants which convert to shares

(for nil consideration) if targets are met. The award is linked

to  growth in EROAD’s Total Contracted Units between 1 April

2019  and 31 March 2022.

• CEO remuneration earned for

FY20 was a total of $686,288,

comprising of a salary of

$590,000 and STI of $96,288. No

LTI was vested in FY20

• For FY21 the CEO remuneration

totaled $736,945.37 comprising of

a salary of $603,043.77 and STI of

$133,901.60

• After our recent dual listing,

EROAD will continue to

increase disclosure on executive

remuneration, including disclosure

on CFO remuneration in the FY21

Annual Report

EXECUTIVE
TEAM

STEVEN

NEWMAN

Executive Director/CEO

ALEX

BALL

Chief Financial Offi cer

MATT

DALTON

Chief Operating Offi cer

CASEY

ELLIS

President –

North America

NORM

ELLIS

Executive General

Manager, Enterprise

MARK

HEINE

EVP General Counsel

and Company

Secretary

MIKE

SWEET

Chief People Offi cer

SARAH

THOMPSON

Chief Product Offi cer

• Increase investment and

focus on key roles and

organizational design

• Appointment of new North

American President Casey Ellis

and creation of new Enterprise

Sales role which Norm Ellis has

transitioned to

• Tim Hogan appointed as

CTO from North America,

Billy Miller appointed to GM,

Insights & Innovation

TONY

WARWOOD

General Manager

ANZ Business

TIM

HOGAN

Chief Technology

Offi cer

BILLY

MILLER

General Manager,

Insights & Innovation

MATERIALITY MATRIX
6

6

7

7

8

8

9

9

10

10

Responsible use of

materials

Environmental impact/

Natural resources

Carbon emissions

Contribution to public

policy

Safer communities

Customer Safety

Outcomes

Occupational H&S

Diversity & equality

Talent acquisition &

retention

Ethical business practices

Sustainable financial

returns

Data privacy &

security

Customer relationships

Data integrity/reliability

Training &

development

OUR

ENVIRONMENT

OUR

COMMUNITIES

OUR

PEOPLE

OUR

COMMERCIAL

APPROACH

FOCUSING ON

WHAT MATTERS

TO OUR

STAKEHOLDERS  

• Recognise our role in providing

positive outcomes for the

communities we operate in and the

environment we share

• Last year committed moving towards

reporting against a recognised

sustainability reporting framework

• Made good progress, including

completing a materiality assessment

which will provide the foundation for

driving future improvements in our

sustainability efforts 

RISK
APPETITE

LEVEL

GROWTH

AND

STRATEGY

FINANCIAL

CUSTOMER

EXPECTATIONS

PEOPLE

REGULATORY

AND

GOVERNANCE

Very high

High

• Strategic risk

• Partnerships

and acquisitions

• Growth

constraints

• Innovation

• Capability

• Learning /

knowledge

Medium

• Regulatory

environment

Low

• Strategic

execution

• Working capital

• Cost of Capital

• Shareholder

liquidity

• Supply chain

and inventory

• Customer

interactions

• Product delivery

• Key roles,

single point

of failure

Very low

• IT and cyber

security

• Quality and

resilience

• Privacy

• Governance risk

No appetite

• Banking

covenants

• Product

compliance

• Health and

Safety

• Purpose and

values

• Illegal & Unethical

Behaviour

RISK APPETITE

• EROAD seeks to be a strategically

focused, risk aware but not risk

adverse organisation

• Appointed Risk & Compliance

Manager in FY21 to lead

implementation of risk appetite

and enterprise risk management

framework across the organization

• Increased focus on key risk areas,

including increased investment in

cybersecurity, privacy, scalability

of systems, key roles and retention

of talent

BOARD GENDER
DIVERSITY

PEOPLE LEADERS

DIVERSITY

FEMALE

20%

FEMALE

35%

AGE SPLIT

25-34

33%

35-44

32%

45-54

20%

55-64

11%

18-24

4%

65+

0%

OUR PEOPLE

AND DIVERSITY

• EROAD encourages and values the

unique experiences, skills and

background of its people

• It continually strives to create an

inclusive, collaborative and open

space where people feel safe and

empowered to think diff erently to

create new ideas

• Helping bravely solve customers’

complex problems  

GLOBAL HEAD OFFICE
AND ANZ HEADQUARTERS

260 Oteha Valley Road, Albany

Auckland, New Zealand

www.eroad.co.nz

NORTH AMERICAN

HEAD OFFICE

7618 SW Mohawk Street

Tualatin, OR 97062, USA

www.eroad.com

AUSTRALIA

Level 36, Tower 2, Collins Square

727 Collins Street, Docklands

VIC 3008, Australia

www.eroad.com.au

NZX: ERD • investors@eroad.com • eroadglobal.com/investors

For further information please contact:

Mark Heine, EVP General Counsel and Company Secretary

mark.heine@eroad.com • 027 973 2106

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