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2. Important notice
This presentation is given on behalf of Xero Limited (Company number NZ 1830488, AU ARBN
160661183).
Information in this presentation:
• is for general information purposes only, and is not an offer or invitation for subscription or
purchase of, or recommendation of, securities in Xero Limited;
• should be read in conjunction with, and is subject to, Xero’s Annual Report, market releases, and
information published on Xero’s website;
• includes forward-looking statements about Xero and the environment in which Xero operates,
which are subject to uncertainties and contingencies outside of Xero’s control – Xero’s actual
results or performance may differ materially from these statements;
• includes statements relating to past performance, which should not be regarded as a reliable
indicator of future performance; and
• may contain information from third parties believed to be reliable; however, no representations
or warranties are made as to the accuracy or completeness of such information.
All information in this presentation is current at the date of this presentation, unless otherwise
stated.
All currency amounts are in NZ dollars unless stated otherwise.
2
3. 1. Business overview
2. Full year results
3. Market observations
4. Growth strategy
5. Questions
Contents
3
5. Small business. Massive opportunity.
5
Cloud aggregates and disrupts a large fragmented market
• Multi-billion dollar market.
• Accounting is foundation application.
• Cloud changes the economics.
• Desktop incumbents are not internet companies.
Xero
• Beautiful cloud accounting making business enjoyable.
• Integrates small business with their customers, banks, payment services, tax authorities and accountants.
• Monthly subscription model.
• Powerful ecosystem of partners and add-on cloud solutions.
Competitive strengths
• Best team, best funding, best architecture and five year head start.
• Disrupted incumbents with integrated client and accountants platform.
• No compromise, no legacy and unencumbered internet approach.
• Proven vision, strategy, platform and execution.
6. Xero
Vision Mission Goal
6
Leading small business cloud platform
Millions of people all over the
world love doing business on Xero
Grow prosperity by connecting
people through beautifully
designed business software
Achieving scale and value by
winning one million+ customers
>500m
small businesses
Xero
+
Practice
Studio
Add-Ons
Modern
Practice
Financial Data & Documents
Xero
platform
9. Growth continues
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March year end 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Customers 204 950 6,000 17,000 36,000 78,000 157,000
Revenue ($000’s) 24 134 959 3,158 9,341 19,370 39,033
Regional growth to year ended 31 March 2013
+56% +219% +100% +100%
New Zealand Australia United Kingdom United States +
Rest of the World
2013
2012
2011
11. Performance highlights
12 months to
March 2013
12 months to
March 2012
Increase
Operating revenue 39,033 19,370 102%
Total revenue & grant income 39,969 19,771 102%
Operating expenses* (51,407) (26,491) 94%
EBITDA (11,438) (6,720) 70%
Net loss after tax (14,443) (7,904) 83%
Cash & cash equivalents 78,224 38,976 -
Paying business customers 157,000 78,000 101%
Annualized committed monthly revenue 51.5m 25.5m 102%
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* excluding depreciation and amortisation
12. Outlook for FY14
Xero is delivering on its plans and with substantial cash resources will continue its growth
agenda to create long term shareholder value by building a global Software as a Service (SaaS)
company.
The company’s focus this coming year is on scalability as we drive expansion in the United
States, the United Kingdom and Australia to take advantage of the leadership position we are
earning. Therefore losses can be expected to continue for the year ending March 31, 2014.
Xero anticipated the substantial opportunity as small businesses move to the cloud. We have
shown it takes a significant investment and many years to build a broad and global small
business financial platform.
Xero is a unique opportunity, addressing a vast market undergoing massive technological
disruption. We believe we’re well positioned at the beginning of a massive market shift.
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14. Technology shift to a new trillion dollar market
Source: Matrix Analysis, Bloomberg, CapitalIQ, Compustat
$0
$200
$400
$600
$800
$1,000
$1,200
1987 2004
$1,066
$39 $36
$146
MrktcapitalizationUS$B
Mainframe Client/Server
$0
$200
$400
$600
$800
$1,000
$1,200
2004 2012
$70
$3
$1,061$1,066
MarketcapitalizationUS$B
Client/Server SaaS
Mainframe was taken over by
client/server
And client/server will suffer as
a result of SaaS
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Historical Market Leaders mainframe: Apollo, Burroughs,
California, Computer Products, Computer Applications, Computer
Sciences, Control Data, Data General, Digital Equipment, IBM, Prime
computers, Sperry Rand, Wang. Analysis allocates IBM market cap by
relevant revenues, as the company was largely able to pivot out of the
mainframe industry.
Historical Market Leaders client server: Alcatel Lucent, Compaq
Computer, Cisco, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Intel,
Microsoft, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics
Repeating
tech cycle
SaaS predicted to
exceed US$ 1 trillion
16. Incumbents - MYOB, Sage, Intuit
Software companies, not internet companies,
struggling with cloud transition.
Legacy comprises cloud offerings.
Online revenue insignificant to date.
Traditional approach to partnering.
Start-ups
Start-ups don’t have resources to
compete long term.
Building features/applications not
platforms.
High barrier to entry as market requires
both client and accountant solutions.
Ecosystem participant.
Expected competitors have
not emerged, no one else significantly funded.
Innovation rapidly redefining the market.
Formidable combination of nimbleness,
capability and execution.
Open platform creator.
Market observations
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17. MYOB (Australasia)
On MYOB. “Well, I think it comes down to what the next
generation of customers want. I don’t think syncing
product will give it to them”.
— Brad Smith
Intuit CEO
“Calling this ‘2nd generation cloud’ is like calling
regular postage ‘2nd generation email’. Sure, today’s
mail systems are far more ‘electronic’ and take
advantage of the internet and other connectivity
advances to improve processes and add services. But
email it ain’t!”
— Dewings Adelaide
• NZ and AU markets only.
• Purchased by Bain fund for AU$1.3b (800 staff).
• Focus on returns to a few, not customers or
partners.
• AccountRight Live launched October 2012 with
many challenges:
• ‘Cloud wash’ - not a SaaS cloud solution
• Customer reception poor.
• Completed AU$150m of subordinate debt issue to
release capital to Bain and swap debt.
• Banklink acquisition in May 2013 (adding a further
AUD $60m of debt) possible justification to bolster
revenue and meet cash-flow covenants.
“...initial reaction to MYOB’s latest products (the pure
cloud LiveAccounts and the cloud/desktop hybrid
AccountRight Live) was disappointing..”
— James Scollay
GM MYOB April 2013
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Huge debt with revenue challenges
18. “Cloud is characterised by a land grab at present
and Sage is, in our view, ceding territory.
Fundamentally, if Sage cannot win in this market in
its strongest territory (the UK) we think it will
struggle even more elsewhere.”
— Numis Securities Ltd
19 April 2013
Sage (UK & global)
“Sage has over 3.7m customers off support and is
late to the cloud with a fragmented offering...”
— Numis Securities Ltd
5 November 2012
Encumbered by a legacy business model and fragmented desktop solutions
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• Thirty months since the launch of SageOne in the
UK.
• "Find a SageOne Accountant" online directory still
only reports a total of 75 practices having adopted
Sage's cloud accounting solution, out of a total of
more than 20,000 accounting practices in the UK.
• Only 11,500 customers worldwide have adopted the
solution
19. Intuit (US & global)
"I admire them. I think Rod Drury and the team
have built a really good company, they have built
a very easy and compelling product. We've
learned some things from Xero that are helping us
think differently, which is the highest compliment
you can pay to someone who competes in your
space"
— Brad Smith
Intuit CEO
December 2012
SMB market is big and growing
• 29m SMBs in US
• 7m targeted for quickbooks
• 15 million with no solution today
• 11 Million with a payroll need
• 500m SMBs globally
— Intuit investor day
September 2012
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Driving cloud adoption across their customer base
• Focussed growing addressable market for small
business accounting.
• Robust strategy.
• 10m+ customers leave Intuit annually (Quickbooks
and Turbo Tax).
• US market ready to adopt cloud now.
• Encouraging Quickbooks desktop users to migrate
to a cloud solution, increasing churn.
• Xero now recognized as #1 global cloud challenger
in US market and positioned to take market share.
21. SaaS growth
Courtesy
of
David
Skok,
Matrix
Partners*
The
growth
impera.ve:
• SaaS
revenue
comes
over
an
extended
period
of
.me.
• Low
churn
in
customers
=
long
term
revenue.
• SaaS
businesses
face
significant
losses
in
the
early
years.
• SaaS
requires
heavy
upfront
investment
to
acquire
customers.
• The
faster
the
business
decides
to
grow,
the
worse
the
losses
may
become.
• Many
investors
have
a
problem
understanding
this,
and
want
to
hit
the
brakes
at
precisely
the
moment
when
they
should
be
hiEng
the
accelerator.
*Matrix Partners is a different company to major Xero shareholder Matrix Capital
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23. Comparative revenue growth rates
sfdc
wday
Xero
ns
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
4
2
2
3
8
5
5
4
Years
Yrs to $20m Yrs to $100m Years to $1b
31% (US$6.5b)
102% (US$1.2b)
104% (US$10.5b)
35% (US$24.8b)
% current growth rate YoY (USD valuation May 2013)
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24. Product
Disrupt category with
innovation.
Additional services.
Xero growth drivers
Channel & Network
Building presence,
ecosystem & advocates in
chosen markets. GTM
model for scale.
Customer
Delight customers to
drive network
effects.
Business Model
High margin,
scalable SaaS
model.
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25. Online accounting journey
small business
platform
online
multi-user
anywhere
anytime
bank feeds
payments
mobile
Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI)
payment graph
connected
smart
benchmarking
leads and opportunities
group buying
business network
notifications
invoicing portal
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26. Xero
+
Practice
Studio
Add-Ons
Modern
Practice
Financial Data & Documents
Practice Studio
Integrated accounting
tools including:
Financial reporting,
Practice Management,
Workpapers and
Tax (*NZ, AU)
Modern Practice
Partnering with Integrated
tools for practices in the
cloud:
Document Management,
Office & Emails,
Content, and
Migration Services
Xero
Beautiful accounting for
small businesses,
anywhere, anytime
General Ledger, Banking,
Bills, Purchases,
Fixed Assets, Expense
Claims, Payroll (*AU)
Add-ons
Pre-integrated
applications to drive your
business forward
200+ pre-integrated
apps including, point of
sale, advanced inventory,
job management, CRM,
workforce automation
Xero platform
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27. 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Goal
0
157
78
36
176
1,000,000+
In the hands of a
million+ customers
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30. Channel and network effects
Banks &
Financial
Institutions
Add-ons
Accountants
& Advisors
Tax
Authorities
Large
Businesses
Small
Businesses
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31. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
428
228
113
45
1451
Add-on application growth
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200+ pre-integrated applications provide a comprehensive small business ecosystem
32. Delighted customers
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• Education approach proving successful with channel
and customers.
• Support centered in NZ with satellite offices now in UK
and soon in Denver for US payroll, tax and market
specialists.
• Low customer churn - mid to low teens per annum.
• CPA Practice Advisor award 5 out of 5 stars for
customer experience.
• Customers emotionally connected to Xero. Word of
mouth amplified by social media.
• Customer sentiment and completely open
communications is polar opposite to incumbents.
Xero%–%Accountant%version%
Help/support%system%
5%out%of%5%stars%%
Jan%2013%
33. The table above illustrates how, based on sample market share in New Zealand, Australia, UK , USA &
Rest of the World, how Xero could achieve the goal of one million+ customers.
Country
Current Xero
customers (Mar 13)
Small
businesses
Current market
share
Sample market
share
Implied market
share
New Zealand 73,000 455,000 16% 120,000 26%
Australia 51,000 2,000,000 3% 350,000 18%
United Kingdom 22,000 4,300,000 <1% 170,000 4%
United States/RoW 11,000 29,000,000 <1% 360,000 1%
Total customers 157,000 1,000,000
The road to a million+
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34. US execution
Xero platform
Product Channel
Accountants & online
Growth
Team & customers
• Localized product.
• Engaged Xero Advisor Panel driving
US features.
• US payroll this year.
• Expanding add-on pipeline.
• Major cloud alliances (e.g. Harvest,
Bill.com).
• Practice tools 4.75 stars. Quickbooks
Online score 4.5 stars.
• Building accountant channel in CA.
Presence in San Francisco and LA.
• 430+ active partners.
• 2,000+ accounting professionals
completed Xero training events.
• Leading PR mentions in target
channels.
• Strong progress in online search.
• Winning the thought leaders. e.g.
25,000+ member LinkedIn group
renamed “Quickbooks & Xero cloud
consultants”.
• Year one growth exceeds other
countries for customers and partners.
• Over 50% growth from accountant
channel.
• Largest private accounting firm in the
California (29th largest in the US) is
now a Gold partner.
• Over 10 of top 100 accounting firms in
process of moving clients to Xer0.
• Recruiting exceptional industry talent.
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ScheduledUSevents-May
Xero%–%Accountant%version%
4.75%stars%%
Jan%2013%
35. Accelerated investment for growth
Opportunity Investment focus
Product Grow development teams to
accelerate disruption with
innovation on multiple fronts
• Deliver full horizontal product
• Integrate accounting practice management tools
• AU Tax features and US Payroll
• Mobile & touch
• Driving network effects
• Financial documents
• Closer links to banks and payments
Channel & Network Further expansion of the sales
teams to expand coverage in all
markets
• Expand our global awareness and channel advocates
• Continue with existing channels in NZ
• Increase GTM resources in AU and UK
• Significant increase in US investment
• Continue to expand banking partnerships
Customer Enhance customer service to drive
delight and create an army of
referrers
• Deep focus on education
• Extend support options to drive delight
• Grow our customer add-ons partner network
• Unleash referral channel
Business Model Continued investment in business
systems for scale to manage
growth and build for higher margin
•Internal automation so the servers run the business to grow
efficiency and margin
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37. Incredibly well positioned
Massive opportunity Strategy Execution
“...it’s just the beginning”
>500m
small businesses
Product Channel &
Network
Customer Business
Model
Xero
Strategy
Grow business to
global scale
Wall of innovation
Focus on customer
acquisition & revenue
Engineer high margin
SaaS model
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40. • Approximately 4,700 shareholders (900 new shareholders since Mar 2013)
• 89% of investors hold less than 10,000 shares each
• 47% of shares held by Directors & staff
• 117m shares on issue, average daily trading volume of around 150,000 shares
• NZX50, Market cap as at 10 May 2013 $1.5 billion
• Secondary listing on ASX completed November 2o12
Public company
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41. Capital
Placement
($000’s)
Date
Pre IPO 2,000 -
IPO 15,000 Jul 2007
Craig Winkler (MYOB founder) 18,000 May 2009
Private placement 5,000 May 2009
SPP 6,000 May 2009
Valar Ventures (Peter Thiel) 4,000 Oct 2010
Valar Ventures, Sam Morgan, Sam
Knowles & Craig Winkler, Institutions
20,000 Feb 2012
SPP 15,600 Mar 2012
Matrix Capital and Valar Ventures 60,000 Nov 2012
Total* 145,600
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42. Graham Shaw
Non-Executive Director*
Chartered Accountant with 30 years experience
Xero Board
Rod Drury
CEO & Co-founder
One of NZ's leading technology entrepreneurs
Sam Morgan
Non-Executive Director*
Founder of Trade Me and member of Fairfax board
Craig Winkler
Non-Executive Director
Co-founder of MYOB
Sam Knowles
Non-Executive Chairman*
25 year career in Management & Financial Services
Craig Elliott
Non-Executive Director*
Co-founder and CEO of Pertino Networks
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* Independent Director