1H FY23 Results Presentation
24 February 2023
This release has been authorised by the Link Group Board
Vivek Bhatia
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Andrew MacLachlan | TODAY'S PRESENTATION |
Chief Financial Officer | |
Agenda | |
Overview | Financial summary | Summary & Outlook | Q&A |
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EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM
GLOBAL BUSINESS UNITS
Dee McGrath | Paul Gardiner | Karl Midl | Antoinette Dunne |
CEO, Retirement & | CEO, Corporate Markets | CEO, Fund Solutions | CEO, Banking & Credit |
Superannuation Solutions | Management |
GLOBAL FUNCTIONS
Vivek Bhatia
Chief Executive Officer and
Managing Director
Andrew MacLachlan | Sarah Turner | Michael Rosmarin | Nicole Pelchen |
Chief Financial Officer | General Counsel & | Chief People & Group | Chief Technology Officer |
Company Secretary | Services Officer |
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1H FY23: DOING WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO
Simplify
- Global operating model fully implemented with four global businesses now operating with end-to-end accountability
- PEXA in-specie distribution implemented on 10 January 2023, delivering an implied $0.27 per share in value creation for shareholders1
- Link Group is in exclusive negotiations with the Waystone Group in respect of the sale of the whole of its FS business, excluding Woodford related liabilities
- Link Group and LFSL are in advanced confidential discussions with the FCA to settle the FCA investigation against LFSL
Deliver
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Delivered on 1H FY23 Operating EBIT guidance provided at the FY22 AGM.
1H FY23 Operating EBIT up 14.1% - 1H FY23 Operating NPATA ex-PEXA up
4.9% on 1H FY22 - RSS contract renewals and extensions - Rest (in principle agreement for 5 year extension), AMIST (renewed for 4 years), AustralianSuper (extended for 2 years), HESTA (extended for 1 year), Prime Super (extended for 2 years), RBF (extended for 5 years)
- Link Group Board has declared an interim dividend of 4.5 cents, 80% franked
Grow
- Connecting over 110 million people globally with their assets
- Link Group 1H FY23 revenues were up 1.9% on 1H FY22 on constant currency
- Corporate Markets 1H FY23 revenues up 2.5% on 1H FY22 on constant currency. Corporate Markets in India 1H FY23 revenues up 35% on 1H FY22
- RSS has entered Hong Kong and will provide digital pension administration and value-added services to HSBC's Occupational Retirement Scheme Ordinance (ORSO) clients for a 10 year term
1. Reflects the difference between (a) the Link Group share price on 29 December 2022 (the day immediately prior to the ex-date for the distribution) of $3.29 and
- the sum of the Link Group share price on 30 December 2022 (the ex-date for the distribution) of $1.98 and the distributed PEXA share value attributable per Link Group share of $1.59 (being the PEXA share price on 30 December 2022 of $11.95 divided by the distribution exchange ratio of 7.52).
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1H FY23 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
REVENUE | OPERATING EBITDA1 | OPERATING EBIT1 | OPERATING NPATA ex-PEXA1 | ||||
$592m | $128.3m | $80.2m | $38.2m | ||||
1H FY22 | $594m | 1H FY22 | $119.0m | 1H FY22 | $70.2m | 1H FY22 | $36.4m |
Change | -0.2% | Change | +7.8% | Change | +14.1% | Change | +4.9% |
STATUTORY NPAT3 | NET DEBT | GROUP OPERATING EBIT | DIVIDEND PER SHARE | ||||
$(410)m | $617m | MARGIN | 4.5 cents | ||||
13.5 % | |||||||
1H FY22 | $(82)M | PRO-FORMA LEVERAGE2 2.5x | 1H FY22 | 11.8% | 1H FY22 | 3.0 cents | |
Change | nmf | Guidance 2.0x - 3.0x | Change | +170bps | Change | +50.0% |
- Operating EBITDA, Operating EBIT, Operating NPATA, and Net Operating Cash Flow exclude Significant Items. See Appendix 1 for a reconciliation of Non-IFRS measures and definitions for non-IFRS measures. Non-IFRS measures have not been audited or reviewed in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards.
- Calculated in accordance with Link Group's debt agreement adjusted for PEXA in-specie distribution.
- 1H FY23 statutory loss includes $448.9 million non-cash impairment related to the FS assets, $15.4 million non-cash impairment related to BCM goodwill and a one-off gain of $47.9 million related to the sell-down of 10% of Link Group's PEXA shareholding on 21 November 2022.
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