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EROAD’s Annual Shareholders Meeting Chair and CEO Address

AGM27 July 2022ERDIndustrials

EROAD
Annual Shareholders Meeting 

Safer and more sustainable roads

28 July 2022

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-

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and assumptions.

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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.

CORETEX

The Coretex merger completed on 30 November 2021. All finanicals

include 4 months of Coretex.

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 resources. 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 solation 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 FY22 Annual Report. 

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1.Chair’s Address 
2.

CEO Address 

3.

Financial Statements

and Auditor’s Report

4.Resolutions 

AGENDA

CHAIR’S
ADDRESS 

SAFER
AND MORE

SUSTAINABLE

ROADS 

KEEP THE

COMMUNITY SAFE

CONSERVE AND

IMPROVE THE

ENVIRONMENT

SUPPORT ECONOMIC

GROWTH 

FY22
AT A GLANCE 

FINANCIAL RESULTS REFLECT INVESTMENT

IN CAPABILITIES FOR FUTURE GROWTH 

SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TRANSITION

DESPITE CHALLENGING MACRO-ECONOMIC

CONDITIONS 

WELL POSITIONED TO BUILD GROWTH

MOMENTUM OVER FY23 AND BEYOND 

GRAHAM STUART
Chairman, Independent Director

Appointed January 2018

BARRY EINSIG

Independent Director

Appointed January 2020

TONY GIBSON

Independent Director

Appointed October 2009

SUSAN PATERSON

Independent Director

Appointed March 2019

SARA GIFFORD

Independent Director

Appointed April 2022

SELWYN PELLETT

Executive Director

Appointed December 2021

OUR

BOARD

CEO
SUCCESSION 

BOARD FOCUS
FOR FY23

COMPLETE THE

CORETEX INTEGRATION

ENGAGED CULTURE

ALIGNED TO VISION OF

MERGED COMPANY

KEEP BUILDING

MOMENTUM IN

NORTH AMERICA

STRATEGY REFRESH

HIGH RETENTION RATES

IN NEW ZEALAND AND

AUSTRALIA

IMPROVED OPERATING

LEVERAGE

Mark Heine
Chief Executive Officer

CEO ADDRESS

SAFER AND MORE
SUSTAINABLE

ROADS

REGULATORY

AND SPECIALISED

TELEMATIC

SOLUTIONS

OVER 200,000

CONNECTED

VEHICLES 

STABLE ASSET

RETENTION RATE

GROWING AMRRTARGETING

STRONG GROWTH

OF AT LEAST

$250M BY FY25 

WE ARE

EROAD

PRODUCTIVITYREGULATORY
COMPLIANCE 

ROAD SAFETY 

FOOD SAFETY PROOF OF

SERVICE  

CERTIFICATION

OF QUALITY   

SOLVING

CUSTOMER

PROBLEMS  

IN CAB PROFESSIONAL
TRANSPORT

REFRIGERATED

TRANSPORT

CONSTRUCTION WASTE AND

RECYCLING

SOLVING

CUSTOMER

PROBLEMS

ACROSS 4

INDUSTRIES 

AA ccoommpplleettee,, ccoonnnneecctteedd nneettwwoorrkk tthhaatt wwoorrkkss wwiitthh yyoouurr ssyysstteemmss
Hardware and software alike, design of products focused on ease of use, safety,

flexibility and quality - to deliver accurate insights for customers

OOuurr nneexxtt ggeenneerraattiioonn ooffffeerriinngg

All vehicles. All assets. One platform.

OUR NEXT

GENERATION OFFERING

ALL VEHICLES. ALL ASSETS. ONE PLATFORM

DRIVER DEVICE

ELD & DVIR

Hours of Service

Messaging

Navigation

Job Workfl ow

Supports 3rd Party Apps

(Routeforme)

COREHUB

Wi-Fi Hub

Idle Time

Accelerometer

Engine Fault Codes

MyEROAD / 360 ENTERPRISE

SOLUTION

Analytics

Dashboards

Reporting

Alerting

Mapping

Replay

Action Engine

IFTA

Full Suite of APIs

Qualifi ed Integration Team

Penske Integration

HOS APIs for JJ Keller

IoT TAGS & SENSORS

CAMERAS

HD Video streaming

Incident resolution

Driver Behavior

API

NEW ZEALAND

NORTH AMERICA

AUSTRALIA

FY21FY22
$

(18.6)m

$

(13.1)m

$

(12.8)m

$

(47.9)m

FY18FY19FY20FY21

-

30.0

40.0

20.0

10.0

-

40.0

20.0

80.0

100.0

60.0

120.0

FY18FY19FY20FY22

$

43.8m

$

10.5m

$

15.6m

$

27.1m

$

28.8m

$

21.0m

$

61.4m

$

81.2m

$

114.9m

FY21FY18FY19FY20FY22FY21FY21

-

30.0

40.0

20.0

10.0

$

10.5m

$

15.6m

$

27.1m

$

30.4m

$

27.3m

FY18FY19FY20FY22FY21

$

91.6m

-

25.0

(25.0)

(50.0)

$

5.3m

FY21FY22

$

(18.6)m

$

(13.1)m

$

(12.8)m

$

(47.9)m

FY18FY19FY20FY21

-

30.0

40.0

20.0

10.0

-

40.0

20.0

80.0

100.0

60.0

120.0

FY18FY19FY20FY22

$

43.8m

$

10.5m

$

15.6m

$

27.1m

$

28.8m

$

21.0m

$

61.4m

$

81.2m

$

114.9m

FY21FY18FY19FY20FY22FY21FY21

-

30.0

40.0

20.0

10.0

$

10.5m

$

15.6m

$

27.1m

$

30.4m

$

27.3m

FY18FY19FY20FY22FY21

$

91.6m

-

25.0

(25.0)

(50.0)

$

5.3m

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REFLECTS INVESTMENT

IN CAPABILITIES FOR FUTURE GROWTH

+25%-32%

-$53.2

REVENUE

EXCLUDING MERGER

EBITDA

ANNUALISED MONTHLY

RECURRING REVENUE ($M)

FREE CASH FLOWS

-

25.0

50.0

75.0

100.0

125.0

150.0

66.5

84.0

88.4

FY19FY20FY21

134.6

FY22

-

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

8.3

5.1

13.4

FY19

13.1

8.2

21.3

FY21

23.7

8.0

31.7

FY22

9.6

6.0

15.6

FY20

R&D ExpensedR&D Capitalised

50

100

150

200

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY21

100.5

117.4

134.4

141.9

 

190.2

-

CONTRACTED
UNITS

-

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

FY18FY19FY20FY21

$54.32

$55.08

$58.38 

$58.30

FY22

$55.57

-

20

40

60

80

100

FY18FY19FY20FY21

95.8%

94.4

%

95.2

%

94.9

%

FY22

93.4%

ARPU

EROAD STAND ALONE

ASSET RETENTION RATE

KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS

77,600

96,106

116,488

126,203

208,697

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

250000

200000

150000

100000

50000

-

Sales underway with
next generation

platform and hardware

solutions 

Engineering teams now

integrated with focus

on integration of key

platform and products

by end of 2022

Supply chain

integration complete 

Integrated Sales Teams

and aligned go-to-

market strategy

3G to 4G upgrade

programme in North

America largely

complete

Integration of EROAD

and Coretex teams

complete with on-

going change

management to build

an inclusive, diverse and

collaborative culture

CORETEX

INTEGRATION

ON TRACK WITH

SIGNIFICANT

PROGRESS

MADE TO DATE

FY23
PRIORITIES 

Revenue growth momentum in

New Zealand and North America

Maintain an engaged culture aligned to the

vision of the merged company

Deliver key product and platform integration

by the end of CY2022 to enable delivery of

enhanced SaaS products to build growth

momentum further and support retention

Growth momentum
expected to build with

successful conversion of

North American enterprise

pipeline opportunities 

Targeting Revenue of

at least $250 by FY25

Anticipate Revenue between

$150m - $170m in FY23

Expect improved

operating leverage

from FY24 

Targeting normalised

EBIT of between -$5m

to breakeven

FY23

OUTLOOK

QUESTIONS

25
RESOLUTIONS 

VOTES RECEIVED
(AS AT 27 JULY)

42.73% OF VALID

SECURITIES VOTED 

 

Votes

ForAgainstAbstainDiscretion

Resolution 1 

41,236,821562,8666,8572,103,088

Resolution 2 

41,666,7879,212130,5452,103,088

Resolution 3

41,703,49296,1956,8572,103,088

Resolution 4 

37,275,4974,527,0004,0472,103,088

Resolution 5 

37,035,5749 7,1 7 14,660,8992,115,988

RESOLUTION 1 
Election of

Selwyn Pellett

That Selwyn Pellett,

having been appointed

by the Board and only

holding office until the

Annual Shareholders’

Meeting, be elected as

an Executive Director

of EROAD.

RESOLUTION 2 
Election of

Sara Gifford

That Sara Gifford,

having been appointed

by the Board and only

holding office until the

Annual Shareholders’

Meeting, be elected as

a Director of EROAD.

RESOLUTION 3 
Re-election of

Susan Paterson

That Susan Paterson,

having retired in

accordance with NZX

Listing Rule 2.7.1, be

re-elected as a Director

of EROAD.

RESOLUTION 4 
Auditor’s

Remuneration

That the Directors be

authorised to fix the

fees and expenses of

KPMG as auditor

of EROAD.

RESOLUTIONS 5 
Nonbinding Say

on Pay vote 

That EROAD’s

Remuneration Report

for the year ended 31

March 2022, as set out

in the FY22 Annual

Report, be adopted. 

QUESTIONS

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EROAD Limited
Annual Shareholders Meeting

Chair and CEO Address


28 July 2022


Chair Address


It is a privilege for me to deliver this address as Chairman of your Board. Your Board and

management have worked diligently as your agents through this past year.


EROAD is a purpose led company that aspires to create safer and more sustainable roads.

Sustainability is core to our business; we are beginning on our journey towards our net zero

strategy. We are focusing our efforts not only on reducing our own emissions but also on

developing solutions that will support our customers in their efforts to reduce their

emissions. I encourage you to read our inaugural sustainability report that demonstrates the

work that we are doing in this space and shows our commitment to continued improvement

and advancement.


Over the past year the EROAD share price has fallen by 60% against the benchmark of

technology stocks in general experiencing a 30% drop. Notwithstanding the challenging

macro environment, it is clear that the company has also not met shareholder expectations.

Your board has a sharp focus on improving the company’s performance.


While our New Zealand and Australian businesses had a good year EROAD’s performance in

North America prior to the merger with Coretex fell well short of our expectations, as did

some aspects of our corporate operations. Your board has embarked on a course of positive

changes to ensure that EROAD will perform more consistently and deliver on its growth

strategies.


The appointment of Mark Heine as Chief Executive Officer, is a major step in this regard.

Mark has a deep understanding of the business, and the Board is confident that he has the

capabilities to lead EROAD through its next phase of growth. More on this shortly. The board

has also commenced a process to appoint a new Chief Financial Officer. The merger with

Coretex in the second half of the year provides our North American business with greater

critical mass and importantly fill critical technology gaps with the CoreHub hardware and the

Core360 SaaS platform as well as acquiring critical capabilities for winning and retaining large

enterprise customers.


Despite some challenges there were also some notable achievements in the past year. Our

New Zealand business delivered yet another year of solid growth, not only adding new
customers but also delivering greater value to our existing customers. We never take

customer retention for granted and it was pleasing that several key customers in New

Zealand renewed their relationships with EROAD. In April last year we announced that

essential services supplier Ventia had become a customer in both New Zealand and Australia.

During the year our Australian business passed through the important milestone of breaking

even at the EBITDA level. We also announced partnerships with Phillips Connect in June and

Seeing Machines in August last year. In October we launched EROAD Clarity Solo dash

camera. And in March this year we announced the refinancing of our debt facilities.


By far the most significant activity last year was the merger with Coretex. The merger was

announced in July and brought about a successful equity placement of $64.4 million to our

large and institutional shareholders and a $16.1 million Share Purchase Plan issue to our retail

shareholders. Although we got off to a late start, and the merger occurred at a time when

we experienced unprecedented supply chain and labour market disruptions, the integration

with Coretex is now progressing well. The Coretex merger is a game changer for EROAD. It

represents a doubling down on our North American growth strategy. And it is critical that we

follow this up by sharpening our focus on this market and capitalising on the value we

acquired.


The Board is coming to the end of a three-year phase of renewal. In December Selwyn Pellett

joined the Board as an Executive Director to support EROAD through the initial integration

period with Coretex. Selwyn makes a valuable contribution to the Board and with Steven

Newman’s resignation from the Board, and subject to Selwyn being elected by shareholders,

we will seek to extend this term. At the end of March this year the Board spent a week visiting

EROAD’s North American operations. During that visit we were able to welcome Sara Gifford

to the Board. Sara is our second North American resident director and is well versed in

logistics, transportation, product implementation and sales. The board is conscious of the

need to balance institutional knowledge and continuity with fresh ideas and new

perspectives and will continue to ensure that we have the right mix of skills and experience

around the board table to govern the business and to serve Shareholders’ interests well.


It is often said that the appointment of a CEO is the most consequential decision that Boards

make. As such this has been a key focus for the Board during the past year. The Board worked

hard to ensure the process was rigorous and robust. We commenced a formal search process

in late 2021, with the appointment of the international recruitment firm Caldwell and

Partners. The search was well progressed at the time of Steven Newman's earlier than

expected resignation in April.


When Steven announced his resignations, the Board had no hesitation in appointing Mark

Heine as Acting Chief Executive Officer. It is fair to say, with Steven resigning from both the

CEO and Board positions the Board felt the need to re-examined the skillset required. At the

same time the Board was seeing first-hand the impact Mark's leadership was having on the

business. We were impressed by Mark’s leadership and commercial skills, and he has

breathed fresh air into EROAD. In late May the Board made the decision to ask Mark to join

the process, Mark took time to consider this invitation and then after he had completed a

formal assessment and interview process, the Board selected Mark ahead of the other

candidates for the role.

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge Steven Newman’s very significant

contribution to EROAD.


Looking ahead to FY23, we expect growth momentum to build through the year with the

successful conversion of North American enterprise pipeline opportunities. The enterprise

pipeline remains robust with a total of eighteen enterprise customers at the pilot stage across

all the markets, representing some 30,700 in-cab and trailer units. The Board has provided

revenue guidance for FY23 in the range of $150 million to $170 million, the width of the range

reflecting the uncertain timing of achieving larger enterprise sales. We have forecast group

revenue of at least $250 million by the 2025 financial year and we believe we have the

expanded product range and capabilities to get us there.


Quite simply FY23 is a year of delivery. The goals for this year are straightforward. We have

six priorities:


First, we must complete integration with the Coretex business and maximize synergies from

this merger.


Second on the back of the integration we must build momentum in our North American

market, without taking a backward step in New Zealand or Australia.


The Board and management team are conscious that top-line growth without returning

improved operating leverage is not sustainable or conducive to building shareholder value.


In FY23 we will complete building the platform and the business model that will deliver

improved EBIT margins and we will sharpen our focus on the management of costs.


EROAD is undergoing significant change on a number of fronts, and it is vitally important

that we retain the engagement and passion of our talented staff through these changes.


EROAD 2.0 is an initiative that reviews every aspect of our Employee Value Proposition to

ensure that we capitalize on the best of our past as well as what Coretex has brought to the

table.


Chief Executive Officer Address


Hello everyone. I've meet many of you before at previous Annual Shareholders Meetings but

I'm honoured to be standing here today speaking to you as EROAD's Chief Executive Officer.

My three months as Acting Chief Executive Officer has reinforced my view that EROAD is

extremely well positioned with the merger of Coretex, providing an excellent platform for

future growth. I’m delighted to have accepted the role as Chief Executive Officer and to lead

EROAD at a pivotal point in its history.



Let me start by thanking both Steven Newman and the EROAD team for their support as I

transitioned into the Chief Executive role. I know the EROAD team and strategy well, which

has made my transition into this role a seamless one. Our people are crucial to EROAD’s
success so I’m excited to lead such a talented and motivated team. Together, I firmly believe

we can deliver on our strategy and drive this business forward.

Before I discuss the year that was, and the priorities for FY23, it is worth pausing for a

moment to reflect on why EROAD remains a compelling investment proposition.


We are passionate about, and dedicated to, creating safer and more sustainable roads.

We

provide regulatory and specialised telematics services together in a bundle typically with

hardware. We describe ourselves as a hardware enabled SaaS business. We have over 8,000

customers in New Zealand, Australia and North America who between them have over

200,000 connected vehicles. We have an attractive business model. We are growing

recurring revenue. We are growing from both new customers and, of course, an increase in

revenue as a result of products and solutions being sold to existing customers. We maintain

over 90 percent of our customers on contract renewals and with this model we expect to

grow to at least $250m by the end of March 2025.

EROAD employs talented and capable

teams in New Zealand, Australia and North America. Last year we invested significantly in

building capability through research and development and, in the case of inventory, to

ensure a continuity of service in light of global supply chain disruption. We also merged with

Coretex in FY22 and this leaves us well positioned to be a leading player in the Australian,

New Zealand and North American telematics markets.



With our hardware and software solutions EROAD has always, and continues to look to

solve, customer problems. Our customers have a range of problems that they seek to

solve. Productivity is getting more difficult to improve and our customers are struggling to

find more drivers and vehicles. This means that they need to utilise their assets more

effectively and efficiently and for a longer period of time. EROAD can provide customers with

deep insights on how to maximise the use of the assets.



We still have to help our customers meet their regulatory compliance requirements. As our

customers’ drivers are driving more, and need to use their assets further, it is really important

that they operate safely, within the work time rules and comply with their road user charging

obligations.



With more vehicles on the road, road safety gets greater attention. That has led us to develop

our camera solutions and other products which enable our customers to get insight on the

drivers’ activity. These insights help our customers monitor driving behaviour and can be

used to train drivers in order to improve safety outcomes on the road.



With the merger of Coretex, we’ve also unlocked the ability to solve customers’ problems

around food safety. Refrigerated products, as well as other products which need cooling,

such as vaccines, require constant temperature monitoring. Our products enable customers

to monitor and record how these products are being transported, and their core

temperatures, to ensure that there is assurance around the safety of those products when

they reach their destination.



Proof of service is becoming of utmost importance for our customers as well. Our customers

in the civil maintenance or construction, and their customers, want to have a verifiable record

of service, proving delivery of services and the timing of delivery. And our customers can

certify the quality of the products that they are delivering with our solutions.

Our technology is helping solve customer problems across the four verticals that we operate

in. We continue to invest in these verticals because we believe these are key areas of growth

going forward to enable us to reach our growth targets. So, as we continue to grow, we will

continue to invest in these verticals by providing solutions for them.


If we look a bit more deeply into our verticals, there are four main verticals which we are

targeting. EROAD has historically been in the in-cab professional transportation vertical.

EROAD’s regulatory technology complements the more advanced technology stack that

Coretex brings to the table. So, we’re quite excited about getting deeper and broader in

professional trucking.


In terms of refrigerator transportation, we see real opportunity for growth in the US and we

are investing more here. The CoreHub solution helps unlock and enable that market, as well

as the CoreTemp monitoring product that we have launched. EROAD has been historically

strong in construction, particularly in New Zealand. Teaming up with Coretex has helped us

get stronger in the North American market with the range of products we now offer up there,

including the introduction of the waste and recycling product suite.



With the merger of Coretex we obtained access to CoreHub being EROAD’s next generation

product. This is a graphic that shows how CoreHub interacts with the various solutions that

we have. It acts as the heart in the cab. The CoreHub is our next generation IOT device, with

edge-computing power, which enables more to be done in the vehicle and quicker

visualisation and realisation to the driver.


A driver uses the driver device screen to manage their regulatory obligations, whether that’s

around work time with our electronic logging solution, or by ensuring that that vehicle is fit

for purpose with our driver vehicle inspection report. The device also helps drivers

understand routing and navigation to ensure that they are efficient and effective during their

work day.



That IOT hub can then be connected with camera solutions, whether it’s an entry level Core

Vision or the more advanced Clarity Dashcam, which help our customers better understand

the risk to their drivers on the road.



We’ve also added IOT tags and sensors to our product set, and that enables us to reach into

different verticals through the CoreHub. For example, in the civil construction vertical we can

help customers with the quality of concrete that is being poured by helping them understand

the rotations that are happening in the vehicle.


In the refrigeration vertical, our sensors can monitor core temperatures in vehicles to ensure

maintenance of appropriate temperature for the goods. All of that can be visualised back at

the home base on the Core360 software platform.

The Coretex merger unlocks a huge range

of solutions for our customers which deal with the customer problems we’ve talked about

earlier.



Now let's look at the last financial year and the performance across the markets we operate

in. New Zealand had an exceptional year last year. Contracted units grew by 22%. EROAD
alone grew organically to be over 100,000 units. 70% of this growth was generated from our

current customer segments adding additional products and services, such as Clarity

Dashcam, Logbook and BookIt. 30% growth was as a result of new customers. This

demonstrated the continued opportunities we see in New Zealand as we evolve with our

customers.



When it comes to asset retention, we’re still maintaining strong asset retention rates.

Indeed we increased over the course of last year. That includes our continued partnership

with Downer in New Zealand, which we’re particularly happy about, as well as the other

enterprise opportunities that we realised during the year. And customers are also adding on

additional subscriptions, such as to our logbook and our inspect products.



Turning to North America. It’s fair to say North America was challenging and that was driven

by COVID and the uncertainty that it caused to our small and medium customers.


When it came to the renewals, some of our small and medium customers were reducing the

fleet sizes, which had a consequential impact on our churn. These renewal discussions were

driven by the 3G to 4G upgrade programme, which we are coming to the end of.


With Coretex as part of the team now, and their greater focus on enterprise accounts, we’re

actually seeing higher retention rates. That’s helped us regain momentum. Not only by the

fact that Coretex was more established in the enterprise space, but the products and market

fit has also helped us grow and execute on our sales strategy.


Going forward we are talking to customers around the next generation offering and that’s

opened up opportunities for us. We currently have eight Enterprise customer pipeline

opportunities at the pilot stage in North America relating to potential opportunities of

c26,000 units.


And finally Australia.

With Australia we’re satisfied with performance during the course of

last year. Signing up Ventia as a customer was a highlight. We have completed the roll out

with them now. Also, with the merger with Coretex, we brought on further enterprise fleets.

This has enabled us to start establishing credibility with customers in the enterprise side of

the business.



As we continue to develop and integrate our product solution between EROAD and Coretex

during the course of this year, we’ll start seeing those solutions flow down from North

America into Australia. This will further open up opportunities in the construction vertical in

particular. In the meantime, we are focused very much on continuing to talk to our customers

around our EROAD Clarity Dashcam products and the health and safety benefits that product

brings, as well as our asset tracking solutions, EROAD Where and EROAD micro tags.




Looking at our financial performance, revenue grew this year. It is in part to do with Coretex

being there for four months and EROAD for the 12, but it’s also underpinned by the strong

year that New Zealand has had. NZ has had a stellar year. The revenue for that segment grew

by $10 million.

Our reported EBITDA is down 32%. In part that’s to do with the one-off

transaction and integration costs, and some one-off acquisition revenue. When we normalise

for both those elements the drop is 5%. That’s due to the growth in our operating costs, some
of which is Coretex and some is increased spending in areas of investment. We’ve looked at

key teams and lifted our marketing in preparation for growth.

Our annualised monthly recurring revenue, or AMRR, casts forward a 12-month view of

where our recurring revenue sits. For the end of FY22 that metric was over $134m. This is a

significant step up and reflects Coretex’s and EROAD’s recurring customer base for a full

year.

Free cashflows in FY22 was impacted by a combination of the merger of Coretex, R&D

investment and growth in inventory as global supply chain pressures were addressed.


EROAD recently renegotiated a new syndicated debt facility of $90 million to provide future

capacity to grow. Our available liquidity of $72 million, which includes our bank facilities and

cash on hand, will support the R&D and integration investment planned for FY23 and fund

hardware to enable EROAD to pursue Enterprise opportunities

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As to our KPIs, we reached over 200,000 connected vehicles in FY22 as we focused on

building scale in our markets.

Our growth was made up by two components. The merger

with Coretex added over 66,000 units in growth, predominantly in North America, more than

doubling the size of our presence in that market.

When it comes to organic growth, that was,

in terms of composite growth, over 16,000 units, predominantly in New Zealand. We’re really

impressed by how New Zealand business continues to grow organically and how it grew by

over 11,000 units in the financial year.


ARPU has dropped slightly reflecting Coretex’s historical selling model of outright hardware

sales.

We’ve also seen the mix of in-cab and trailers change with the acquisition of Coretex.

Ultimately our underlying ARPU will grow with the introduction of our complementary

products, our Solo and Connect Clarity Dashcams, Phillips Connect trailer tracking product,

the other add-on products we’re selling. Our asset Retention Rate remained over 90%.


We are making significant progress on the Coretex integration. As mentioned before, a

critical area that we’ve been working on is our supply chain. As we’ve all seen globally, many

companies, including EROAD, are impacted by supply chain challenges. When it comes to

the increase in different types of product sets that we have, that does increase our exposure

and the supply chain risk. We have invested in the team to make sure we’re on top of the risks

in the area and we’re satisfied with the progress we’ve made.



Sales activities are well integrated across our markets as well. There’s been cross-training of

our sales teams and they are very much focussed on their various verticals they are working

on with that training. We are aiming to have our key product and platforms fully integrated

by the end of this year and we’re seeing good progress on that front. And our 3G to 4G

upgrade programme is almost complete. So, the underlying churn we’re seeing from this

should reduce as we finish that swap out programme.



In FY23 EROAD has three priorities. The first is to build growth momentum in both North

America and New Zealand. The merger with Coretex accelerated our growth strategy, and

particularly in North America. As mentioned earlier, the strategy in North America is based

around the four verticals that we operate in, being professional trucking, refrigeration,

construction and waste & recycling.

We have recently launched our Corehub Extreme product in North America which will
support customers in the refrigeration vertical. This product utilizes the edge computing 4G

technology I spoke about earlier and we’re confident it can take on the incumbent suppliers

in this space.


We are also investing in our marketing engine in North America to capitialise on the

opportunities here. Over the first quarter of FY23, EROAD’s share of voice for North

American telematics company was 24% - far larger than the market share of our competitors.

We are also leveraging the greater enterprise sales capability we have brought on through

the merger. This has strengthened our pipeline in North America and provided a greater

span of industries and customer size to serve as reference accounts in this market.


In New Zealand we continue to see opportunities to capitalize on and we target to continue

to grow by 10% year on year. Our market leading sales and customer support teams

consistently unlock sales opportunities as we go about growing our market share.


It was great seeing almost 600 current and potential customers last week at EROAD’s Fleet

Day in Hamilton – an event where we focus on helping our customers have safer and more

sustainable fleets. This event is now about the same size, if not larger, than the other

transport industry events that are held in New Zealand. This reflects the scale and support

EROAD has in New Zealand.


The second priority is to build and maintain an engaged culture that’s aligned to the vision of

the merged company. We refer to this company as ‘EROAD version 2.0.’ We’re doing this in

a time when the competition for talent is as competitive as it’s ever been. However, we

believe we largely have the team in place to deliver. This team is passionate about EROAD,

its purpose and our strategy.


As CEO I have been focused on empowering this team to ensure they can deliver for our

customers. This has been by removing silos in the business and re-aligning teams so

resources can be better targeted to get new product out the door or sales converted.


We found that the dynamic telematics market was moving quicker than EROAD. We have

therefore taken steps to speed up by devolving decision making and empowering our

product managers and engineers by introducing more scalable, customer facing agile

development teams and reshaping our hardware team to deliver product to market quicker.

We have also been focused on stopping things that do not directly deliver on our growth and

the business plan. We are being deliberately focused on our delivery and are reshaping

EROAD to this end.


The third priority is to deliver on the key product and platform integration by the end of this

calendar year. Capitalising on the merger with Coretex we expect to deliver key products and

platform integration that will enable further growth.


This is an important priority for the business. By having a web platform that can visualize

data and insights from both EROAD and Coretex hardware, as well as third parties, enables

a more seamless customer experience. It also allows cross selling and upselling opportunities

to customers including for SasS products.

Finally, our FY23 outlook. We expect that growth momentum will further build through the

year with the successful conversion of our North American and New Zealand pipeline

opportunities.


Underpinning this expectation, across all of our markets, we currently have 18 pilots with

enterprise customers that represent over 30,000 units and 10,000 micro tags. However, as

you would expect, revenue growth in FY23 will reflect the lumpy nature of enterprise sales

and the phasing of them in our hardware and software roll outs. In addition to growing

revenue, there are a number of enterprise customers that will renew their contracts during

the year.


As Graham mentioned earlier, we anticipate our revenue will be between $150 million and

$170 million. This reflects a full year of Coretex contribution, growth across all the markets,

and the realisation of the investments that we made last year and will continue to make this

year.


The last year has been a year of significant investment in capability. This is in preparation for

growth and this investment will continue into FY23. As a result, we’re targeting a normalised

EBIT of between a loss of $5m to break even in the coming year. We expect in the following

year we will start seeing the benefit of operating leverage and that the bottom-line result will

improve.


As mentioned earlier, in the longer term we’re targeting to deliver strong growth in revenue

to at least $250 million by March 2025. We have set these goals knowing that in FY23 we can

do better than we did in FY22. But also being aware that we are operating in more

challenging market conditions.


The competition for talented staff has never been fiercer, the tide has quickly turned in our

capital markets, inflation is at the highest levels this century and in each of our markets

COVID-19, and its aftereffects, continue to disrupt our supply chains and suppress economic

growth.


EROAD’s solutions deliver bankable returns on investment for our customers at a modest

level of capital expenditure for them. This factor alone should ensure that we can navigate

through an economic downturn without losing too much momentum. As fuel prices

increase, and the demand for data and managing assets becomes greater, the case of

installing EROAD becomes more compelling.


The sound investments made over the recent years, and those that will be completed during

FY23, will ensure that we have the people and the technologies to provide winning solutions

to our customers and to deliver on our purpose of providing safer and more sustainable

roads.


We have made significant investment in our capability and now is the time to deliver on that

investment. We will sharpen our focus to ensure delivery on our North American strategy

while retaining focus on our successful New Zealand business and the growth Australia
provides in the medium term.


We know we must execute on what is in front of us and rebuild the credibility with our

shareholders. We are confident we can deliver for you.

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