2024 AGM Presentation
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Spirit
Technology
Solutions Ltd
(ASX.ST1)
Annual General Meeting
Managing Director and CEO
Presentation
29 November 2024
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Disclaimer
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Board of
Directors
James Joughin
Russell Baskerville
Chairman
Deputy Chair, NonExecutive Director
Our Board has extensive
Julian
Challingsworth
Managing Director &
Shan Kanji
Non-Executive Director
CEO
experience leading some of the
most successful companies in
Australia.
Lynn Warneke
Dane Meah
Simon McKay
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Executive Director &
CEO Cyber Security
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Executive
Team
Our executive team has extensive
Julian
Challingsworth
Paul Miller
Zoe Rosenwax
Managing Director &
Chief Financial Officer
Head of People
Nathan Knox
James Harb
Elie Ayoub
Simon McKay
Chief Operating Officer
Co-CEO Nexgen
Co-CEO Nexgen
Executive Director &
CEO
experience across Cyber Security,
Managed Services and
Communication & Collaboration.
CEO Cyber Security
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Overview
Spirit provides services and solutions that enable organisations to be:
Secure
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Strengthen their security posture to match the constantly changing cyber
threat landscape and respond to a privacy or cyber breach. Provide
organisations with the confidence to execute their business plans knowing they
are secured.
Sustainable
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Provide companies with smart networks, IoT devices, and reporting and
management models to measure and reduce their carbon footprint, achieve
net-zero targets and identify potential cost savings.
Scalable
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Remain ahead of the curve and accelerate their secure digital transformation by
adopting modern, agile technology solutions that can easily adapt to changing
business needs and achieve their technology investment goals.
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Spirit Group FY24 Overview
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Spirit Group remains focused on becoming one of Australia’s leading providers of secure digital workplaces,
with cyber security at the core of everything we do
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Infotrust acquisition (April 2024) propelled Spirit’s Cyber Security division to the forefront, making it the
strategically most important contributor in FY24 for the Group
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$14M
$10M
$8M
$6M
FY24 performance adversely impacted by headwinds in the Communication and Collaboration segment and
$4M
delays in Managed Services restructuring program
$2M
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Revenue of $126 million
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uEBITDA1 of $1.7 million
$11M - $12M
$12M
$0M
$1.7M
FY24
FY25 Guidance
uEBITDA
Well positioned for growth in FY25 and beyond following a strong finish to the year across all business units:
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$42 million in contract wins and renewals signed over Q4 FY24
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Integration of teams, processes and systems of the existing Spirit cyber security business and Infotrust
$180M
is well progressed
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$140M
$120M
Positive momentum in Communication and Collaboration with record June sales of $5.4 million in TCV
$100M
after a challenging FY24 with higher interest rates impacting SMB confidence
$80M
Managed Services achieved underlying EBITDA breakeven exit point by June 2024 (while noting the
impact of the delayed timeframe on the full year segment result)
$154M - $164M
$160M
$126M
$60M
$40M
$20M
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Total recurring revenue now in excess of $70m per annum
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Current market guidance is for uEBITDA of $11m- $12m and revenue of $154m - $164m in FY25
$0M
(revenue includes acquisitions).
FY24
FY25 Guidance
Revenue
1EBITDA is a financial measure which is not prescribed by Australian Accounting Standards (‘AAS’) and represents the profit/(loss) under AAS adjusted for depreciation, amortisation, interest and
tax. Underlying EBITDA (or uEBITDA) is EBITDA adjusted to exclude share-based payments, loss/(profit) on divestment of non-core assets, acquisition and divestment costs, transformation and
restructuring costs, other normalisation items, net fair value loss on remeasurement of contingent consideration on business combinations and impairment of non-current assets.
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Infotrust Acquisition (April 24): Strategic Rationale
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Highly complementary to
Spirit’s cyber offering
Revenue and margin
accretion opportunities
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Strengthened Board and
management team
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Spirit to become a cyber
security business of scale
Expands Spirit’s geographic presence with a deeper footprint in Sydney and Melbourne
complementing Spirit’s well-established presence in Brisbane
Strengthens relationships with key cyber security vendor partners
Minimal customer overlap with Spirit’s existing Cyber Security business
Synergies of $1.4M expected to be achieved in FY25
Ability to serve Infotrust’s customers through Spirit’s state-of-the-art Security Operations Centre (SOC).
Opportunity to increase margins of Spirit’s existing Cyber Security division by implementing Infotrust’s
delivery approach
Cross-sell opportunities from Spirit's other segments to Infotrust’s customer base
Infotrust’s co-founder and CEO (Simon McKay) joined Spirit’s Board as an Executive Director and CEO of
the combined cyber security division
Dane Meah, Infotrust co-founder and CEO of key vendor partner, MyCISO, joined Spirit’s Board
Scales Spirit’s Cyber Security division to become the largest revenue contributor in the Company (and
one of the larger cyber businesses in Australia), providing a foundation to make security services the
core of the Company's products and solutions
Combined Cyber Security group revenue of $65M at acquisition completion date, making Spirit a major
player in the cyber security market
Supported by strong structural tailwinds with rapidly growing demand as the cyber security needs of
Australian businesses continue to evolve and become increasingly complex
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Forensic IT Acquisition (Sept 24): Strategic Rationale
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Highly complementary to
Infotrust’s cyber offerings
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Revenue and margin
accretion opportunities
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Key team members to join
the leadership team
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Spirit to become a cyber
security business of scale
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Scale and execution of
growth strategy
Expands Spirit's cyber capability to enable rapid response to cyber incidents: Forensic IT responded to more than
180 incidents in FY24, further growth expected through cross-sell into Spirit's customer base.
Expands our relationships with key cyber security partners, including police agencies, law firms and insurance
companies.
Limited customer overlap with Infotrust’s existing customer base providing significant cross/up sell opportunities.
Ability to expand the cyber security customer offering to include DFIR and sell these services into Spirit's 7,000
customer base.
Ability to service customers via insurance and law firm panels previously not available to Spirit / Infotrust
Opportunity to significantly increase revenue of Spirit’s existing cyber division by implementing post breach
remediation services and product sales, to assist customers to prevent the next breach.
Brendan McCreesh, Director of Forensics, joins the team bringing 12 years' experience as a forensics practitioner,
specialising in forensic acquisition and analysis, electronic discovery and expert witness engagements
Jordan Hunt, Director of Cyber & Incident response, joins the team bringing 15 years’ experience specialising in
complex matters ranging from cyber incident response through to various forensic engagements
Scales Spirit’s Cyber Security division to become the largest revenue contributor, and cements Spirit’s position as
one of Australia’s leading cyber security companies.
Enhances Spirit’s strategy to put security at the core of the Company's products and solutions.
Supported by strong structural tailwinds with rapidly growing demand as Australian businesses' cyber security
needs continue to evolve and become increasingly complex.
Adds growth and scale, with Forensic IT recording LTM June 24 revenue of $3.5 million and uEBITDA of $1.45
million, plus cost out synergies of $300,000
Delivers on Spirit’s strategy of enhancing its organic growth with strategic acquisition opportunities.
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Cyber Security becomes strategically most important
division
uEBITDA contribution by division
FY23
FY25 Pro Forma
Managed
Services,
(26%)
Managed
Services, 2%
Cyber
Security,
12%
Communication
& Collaboration,
44%
Cyber
Security,
54%
Communication
& Collaboration,
114%
Excludes Corporate costs
Cyber Security to become Spirit’s largest division, growing from 12% in FY23 of the segment performance to
54% of the segment performance in FY25 further leveraging the company to the industry’s strong structural
tailwinds
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Growth Pillars
Both the Infotrust and Forensic IT Acquisitions demonstrate execution of Spirit's refreshed go-to-market
strategy, which provides a platform for the Company to become one of Australia’s leading providers of cyber
security, secure digital workplaces and communication solutions
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Customer Growth
Cross-selling and up-selling
offerings to existing
customers of Spirit and
Infotrust.
Cyber Security margin
improvement from
implementing Infotrust’s
delivery approach, sales
execution and pipeline build.
C&C team to expand sales
office, opening in WA, SA and
Northern QLD
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Partnerships
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Further agreements and
partnerships with our leading
global technology partners.
Expanded Offerings
Development of intellectual
property to accelerate
project delivery timeframes
and build capabilities.
Targeting 4,000 new
customers and 100+ dealers
over the next 12 months
through the new Cisco
agreement and Spirit’s
Business Centre’s dealer
program.
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Inorganic Growth
Further strategic acquisitions
to grow in the
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Several recently launched
offerings to ramp up,
including Spirit’s cyber
managed security solution
from our new SOC.
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FY25 Outlook – Underlying EBITDA
All segments expected to exit FY24 in a positive run rate position, with growing momentum in Spirit’s
streamlined and refocused offerings
Illustrative Incremental Change in Underlying EBITDA Contribution
$11M - $12M
$4.5M - $4.9M
$0.3M - $0.6M
$(0.5)M - $(0.7)M
Communication &
Collaboration
Corporate Costs
$5.0M - $5.5M
$1.7M
FY24
uEBITDA
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Cyber Security
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Managed Services
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Corporate costs expected to marginally increase as the Company returns to a growth focus
October 2024, alongside assumed synergies (see 5 ). Increased sales pipeline from
market demand, continued growth in the sale of security operations from the
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Acquisition synergies: Infotrust integration synergies of $1.4M & Forensic IT cost synergies of
$0.3M.
improved margins
Following completion of the restructuring, segment is expected to return to a positive
earnings momentum with rebound expected in H1 FY25 and accelerating in H2 FY25 as
the Group continues to secure more contract wins with its combined cyber and managed
services offering
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Growth driven by Infotrust acquisition in April 2024 & Forensic IT from control date of 1
Company’s SOC into new customers and Infotrust's existing customer base, and
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FY25 Guidance range
Conservatively expecting a rebound in growth noting continued potential softness given
uncertainty over interest rate movements and SMB confidence. New initiatives underway to
accelerate growth beyond these expectations
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Infotrust:
• Ability to serve Infotrust’s customers through Spirit’s state-of-the-art Security Operations
Centre.
• Opportunity to increase margins of Spirit’s existing Cyber Security division by
implementing Infotrust’s delivery approach.
• Cross-sell opportunities from Spirit's other segments to Infotrust's customer base.
Forensic IT:
• Opportunity to leverage cross-sell opportunities beyond the forecast through sale of
incident response retainers into Spirit’s existing customer base.
• Planned synergies from the post incident review process.
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Outlook
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Following a strong finish to FY24 and with a growing pipeline of business opportunities, Spirit expects to deliver strong growth in
FY25 and beyond:
o Total recurring revenue now in excess of $70m per annum
o Revenue guidance of $154m - $164m in FY25, representing more than 20% growth on pcp (including acquisitions)
Cyber Security to be the largest revenue contributor
Significant opportunity to cross-sell to Infotrust’s customer base
Communication & Collaboration target revenue growth of 10%
o Improved profitability with expected uEBITDA of $11m- $12m in FY25
Margin accretion opportunities from Infotrust’s additional offerings and scale
Positive earnings contributions expected from all segments, including a modest profit by Managed Services
Synergies of $1.4m from the Infotrust acquisition expected to be progressively realised
The Group’s strategy of selling combined Cyber Security and Managed Services to enable strong organic growth over a threeyear strategic horizon, with the pipeline of opportunities expected to grow through FY25
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