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LowerHutt,NewZealand-22November2023

EmploymentfintechPaySauce(NZX:PYS)advisesthatithasmadeacorrectionto

theCompany’sInvestorPresentation,releasedearliertoday.

Thecorrectionistothe“TotalRecurringRevenue”onslide13ofthepresentation.

Thefigurehasbeenupdatedto$3,551,000.

Acopyoftheupdatedpresentationisattachedandcanbefoundonthe

Company’swebsite:https://www.paysauce.com/investor/#/news.

ReleasedforandonbehalfofPaySaucebyJaimeMonaghan,ChiefFinancial

Officer.

ENDS

ABOUTPAYSAUCE

PaySauceisaSaaSfintechplatformprovidingsolutionsforpeopleatworkin14

jurisdictionsacrosstheAsia-Pacificregion.Thetechnologyenablessmall

employerstodigitallyonboard,payandmanageemployeesfromanydevice.The

platformincludesrosters,mobiletimesheets,payrollcalculations,banking

integration,automatedpayments,PAYEfiling,labourcosting,automatedgeneral

ledgerentriesanddigitalemploymentcontracts.ThePayNowfeatureenables

customers’employeestoaccessthepaythey’veearnedbeforepayday,providinga

freealternativetopaydaylenders.

www.paysauce.com

CONTACT

AsanthaWijeyeratne

CEOPaySauce

+6421554600

Pleasedirectanyinvestmentqueriestoinvestor@paysauce.com.

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2024
2023

Results presentation

SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023

The information in this presentation is of a general nature and does not
constitute financial product advice, investment advice or any other

recommendation. Nothing in this presentation constitutes legal,

financial, tax or other advice.

This presentation should be read in conjunction with, and is subject

to PaySauce’s Interim Report, market releases and information

published on PaySauce’s website - www.paysauce.com

This presentation may contain forward looking statements about

PaySauce and the environment in which PaySauce operates, which

are subject to uncertainties and elements outside of PaySauce’s

control - PaySauce’s actual results or performance may differ

materially from these statements. PaySauce gives no warranty or

representation as to its future financial performance or any future

matter.

This presentation may include statements relating to past

performance, which should not be regarded as a reliable indicator for

future performance.

This presentation may include information from third parties believed

to be reliable; however, no representations or warranties are made as

to the accuracy or completeness of such information.

While reasonable care has been taken in compiling this presentation,

none of PaySauce nor its subsidiaries, directors, employees, agents

or advisors (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.

No person is under any obligation to update this presentation at any

time after its release to you or provide you with further information

about PaySauce.

Disclaimer

Please refer to the Glossary for definitions of key metrics used in this presentation.

All currency amounts are in New Zealand Dollars unless stated otherwise.

2

PaySauce

Jaime
Monaghan

Chief Financial Officer

Asantha

Wijeyeratne

CEO, Co-founder

Agenda

1. Intro & Strategy

2. Financial Results

3. Q & A

3

PaySauce

Intro & Strategy
Asantha Wijeyeratne

4

PaySauce

Maiden positive earnings
in year of transition

Annualised Recurring

Revenue (ARR)

Up 32% on Sept 2022

EBTDA

2

Up $455k YoY reversing the

Sept 2022 loss of $200k

$

255

k

$

7.4

m

Cashflow

Generating cash flow

f rom operations

1

$

464

k

48

Rule of 40

Above industry

benchmark

1 before funds due to customers and IRD. 2 Earnings before Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

• Gen 2.0 Payroll Engine

• Agreement to deliver a proof of concept for embedded

payroll

• First period of positive EBTDA

2

• Generating cash from operating activities to reinvest for

long term growth

• Surpassing the Rule of 40 benchmark

5

PaySauce

FY24 - a year of transition
• Strong ARR growth continued - up 32% YoY

to $7.4m

• Interest income up 105% YoY

• Processing Fees growth lower at 15% YoY as

the business transitions

• Growth in processing fees came from

8% increase in new customers, and a 7%

increase in average processing fees per

customer

• Reached market penetration in dairy and

entry into new verticals is still in its infancy

32

%

$

7.4

m

Annualised

Recurring

Revenue (ARR)

$8m

$4m

$6m

$2m

MAR 23SEP 23SEP 22MAR 22SEP 21MAR 21SEP 20

InterestProcessing fees

6

PaySauce

We are in transition to our
platform for the future

Gen 1.0 goPayroll +

SmoothPay (acquisition)

Serving 1500 customers in

NZ, AU and PI

Gen 1.0

Existing code base serving

5600 customers In NZ

Gen 2.0

Embedded payroll opportunity

Rapid global

scalability by

embedding into

existing providers with

large customer base

End customer

relationship and

support is owned

by the 3rd party

provider

Fixed term, multi

year contract,

invoiced annual in

advance

CUSTOMER

ACQUISITION

CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

REVENUE

RECOGNITION

Tax and

compliance

filing

integration

Payment

solution

integration

Embedded

Payroll

Gen 2.0 Payroll

Engine Rev

Micro-business

App

Configure

jurisdiction

rules

PaySauce

Gen 2.0

Engine

Very large

under-served market

of micro-businesses

with 1−5 employees

acquired directly and

through accountants

PaySauce owns

the customer

relationship and

provides direct

support

Monthly

subscription on a

pay as you go basis

CUSTOMER

ACQUISITION

CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

REVENUE

RECOGNITION

Micro-business App opportunity

C

O

N

N

E

C

T

S


T

H

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U

G

H


A

P

I

C

O

N

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A

P

I

Embedded

Payroll

Micro-business

App

A

P

I

PaySauce

Gen 2.0

Engine

A

P

I

Embedded payroll opportunity

Rapid global

scalability by

embedding into

existing providers with

large customer base

End customer

relationship and

support is owned

by the 3rd party

provider

Fixed term, multi

year contract,

invoiced annual in

advance

CUSTOMER

ACQUISITION

CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

REVENUE

RECOGNITION

Tax and

compliance

filing

integration

Payment

solution

integration

Embedded

Payroll

Micro-business

App

Configure

jurisdiction

rules

PaySauce

Gen 2.0

Engine

Very large

under-served market

of micro-businesses

with 1−5 employees

acquired directly and

through accountants

PaySauce owns

the customer

relationship and

provides direct

support

Monthly

subscription on a

pay as you go basis

CUSTOMER

ACQUISITION

CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

REVENUE

RECOGNITION

4−6 months

sales and

implementation

TIME TO

SALE

Download the app

and pay staff the

same day

TIME TO

SALE

Serve new

customer base

following

implementation

SALES

CYCLE

Support

Accounting and

Direct marketing

channels

SALES

CYCLE

Micro-business App opportunity

C

O

N

N

E

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T

S


T

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PaySauce

7

Gen 2.0 Payroll Engine affords us
commercial optionality

Embedded payroll opportunity

Rapid global

scalability by

embedding into

existing providers with

large customer base

End customer

relationship and

support is owned

by the 3rd party

provider

Fixed term, multi

year contract,

invoiced annual in

advance

CUSTOMER

ACQUISITION

CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

REVENUE

RECOGNITION

Tax and

compliance

filing

integration

Payment

solution

integration

Embedded

Payroll

Gen 2.0 Payroll

Engine Rev

Micro-business

App

Configure

jurisdiction

rules

PaySauce

Gen 2.0

Engine

Very large

under-served market

of micro-businesses

with 1−5 employees

acquired directly and

through accountants

PaySauce owns

the customer

relationship and

provides direct

support

Monthly

subscription on a

pay as you go basis

CUSTOMER

ACQUISITION

CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

REVENUE

RECOGNITION

Micro-business App opportunity

C

O

N

N

E

C

T

S


T

H

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H


A

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T

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H


A

P

I

Embedded

Payroll

Micro-business

App

A

P

I

PaySauce

Gen 2.0

Engine

A

P

I

Embedded payroll opportunity

Rapid global

scalability by

embedding into

existing providers with

large customer base

End customer

relationship and

support is owned

by the 3rd party

provider

Fixed term, multi

year contract,

invoiced annual in

advance

CUSTOMER

ACQUISITION

CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

REVENUE

RECOGNITION

Tax and

compliance

filing

integration

Payment

solution

integration

Embedded

Payroll

Micro-business

App

Configure

jurisdiction

rules

PaySauce

Gen 2.0

Engine

Very large

under-served market

of micro-businesses

with 1−5 employees

acquired directly and

through accountants

PaySauce owns

the customer

relationship and

provides direct

support

Monthly

subscription on a

pay as you go basis

CUSTOMER

ACQUISITION

CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

REVENUE

RECOGNITION

4−6 months

sales and

implementation

TIME TO

SALE

Download the app

and pay staff the

same day

TIME TO

SALE

Serve new

customer base

following

implementation

SALES

CYCLE

Support

Accounting and

Direct marketing

channels

SALES

CYCLE

Micro-business App opportunity

C

O

N

N

E

C

T

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T

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8

PaySauce

Strategic priorities
Re-invest for

long term

growth

Obsess over

customers

STRATEGIC PRIORITY #2STRATEGIC PRIORITY #1

Win-win-win

partnerships

Awesome

people

STRATEGIC PRIORITY #3STRATEGIC PRIORITY #4

Highlights

Embedded payroll

opportunity

Micro business payroll

opportunity

Enhanced infrastructure

and security

Highlights

Accelerated

development of Gen 2.0

payroll engine

Product improvements

reduced customer

support calls

PayNow saved customers

an estimated $1.1m in

interest and fees

Highlights

Strengthened banking

connections through API

and Akahu

Increasing our reach into

local accounting firms

National brand

exposure through rugby

sponsorships

Highlights

4 new senior roles in Sales

and Product teams

New employee share

scheme for FY24

Winner of the 2degrees

Wellington Regional

Business Excellence Awards

9

PaySauce

Financial Results
Jaime Monaghan

10

PaySauce

Customer value growth
SEP

CAC

$

508

ARPU

$

85

At 30 September 2023

Total Customer

Lifetime Value

$

50.9m

19

% YOY

New customer joins

PaySauce

Customer Acquisition

(CAC)

$508 per customer

Customer pays a

monthly subscription

Recurring Revenue

(Monthly): $85per

customer

Customer Lifetime

Value (CLTV)

$7,070 per customer

Customer receives

support

Cost to Serve (CTS)

(Monthly): $21 per

customer

+37%


YOY

+ 22%


YOY

CTS

$

21

Customer

Lifetime

9.2

yrs

CLTV

$

7,070

CLTV : CAC

14:1

0%


YOY

-20%


YOY

10%


YOY

-17%


YOY

Customer stays with

PaySauce

Customer Lifetime

Average monthly churn

of 0.91%

“PaySauce is easy to

use, saves me time...

oh, and the customer

support is amazing”

Craig Turner

Espresso Repair

Specialists

Macro-economic conditions and cost

discipline support value accretio

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PaySauce

• CAC: Fewer customers acquired,
and cost to acquire increased

• Cost to serve each customer

held at $21 per month as

inflationary pressures were offset

by efficiency improvements in

operations

• Revenue growth supported by

increased ARPU, new customers

and increased interest revenue

• Revenue per FTE increased to

$84k

• Customer churn increased to

0.91% per month, reducing the

implied customer lifetime to just

over 9 years

Customer

Acquisition

(CAC)


SEP 2023SEP 2022YOY Change

Customer acquisition costs ($000s)41834820%

New customers (organic)

822939

(12%)

CAC per addition

508371

37%

Recurring

Revenue


SEP 2023SEP 2022YOY Change

ARR at end of period ($000s)7,3785.57632%

Recurring revenue for the period - Total ($000s)

3,5512,525

41%

ARPU (monthly) at end of period ($)

8570

22%

FTEs

4338

13%

Revenue per FTE ($000s)

8468

24%

SEP

Cost to Serve

(CTS)


SEP 2023SEP 2022YOY Change

Recurring revenue ($000s)3,5512,52541%

Less cost to serve ($000s)

(873)(759)

15%

Gross margin ($000s)2,6781,76652%

Gross margin %

75%70%

5pp

CTS per customer (monthly) at end of period ($)

2121

-

Customer

Lifetime


SEP 2023SEP 2022YOY Change

Customers at end of period7,2026,6588%

Average monthly churn rate for the period (%)

0.910.76

20%

LTV per customer at end of period ($)

7,0706,424

10%

Total customer LTV at end of period ($000s)

50,91842,770

19%

LTV:CAC ratio at end of period

14 : 117 : 1

(20%)

12

PaySauce

Delivering maiden positive earnings
• Maiden positive EBTDA result

of $255k

• Positive net operating

cashflow of $464k*

• PaySauce grew total

recurring revenue 41%

YoY due to increased

interest income, additional

customers and additional

ARPU

• Gross margin grew 52% YoY

from higher revenue and

greater efficiency

SEP 23 ($000s)SEP 22 ($000s)Change 

Earnings / (Loss) before tax, impairment,

depreciation & amortisation

255(200)(227%)

Net operating cashflow*464(88)$552k

Cash and Cash equivalents*356609$253k

Total recurring revenue3,5512,525 41%

Gross margin2,6771,76652%

Gross margin %75%70%5pp

Net loss(267)(425)(37%)

*excludes funds due to customers and the IRD, collected in performing our role as a PAYE intermediary,

13

PaySauce

Sustainable growth & the rule of 40
The rule of 40 provides a measure of two

key metrics for SaaS businesses: growth

and earnings.

PaySauce uses the combination of recurring

revenue growth, and EBTDA* to assess

against this measure.

In a year of transition, PaySauce has

continued to increase profitability while the

rate of growth has slowed. A score of 40

is widely seen as the benchmark for SaaS

companies. At 48 - PaySauce has surpassed

this benchmark with annual recurring

revenue growing +41% and an improved

EBTDA margin of 7%.

*Earnings before Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation.

Recurring revenue growthEBTDA Margin (%)

SEP 23MAR 22SEP 22MAR 23SEP 21MAR 21

-100%

-50%

0%

50%

100%

BenchmarkPYS Rule of 40

100

-25

0

25

50

75

SEP 23MAR 23SEP 22MAR 22SEP 21MAR 21

-23836716748

14

PaySauce

Positioned for an acceleration in growth
Large opportunity by

leveraging the Gen 2.0

Payroll engine

• Enterprise sized, global

employment providers seeking

embedded payroll solution.

• The product is scalable. Embedded

payroll provides high volume

payroll in a very cost effective,

efficient and scalable way.

Challenging macro-

environment


It is supportive of interest revenue

but challenging for customers.

Growth advances

We are advancing our plans to grow

into new verticals and deliver our

micro-business app.

Our goals are in sight

The Gen 2.0 Payroll engine enables

a faster path to $10 million ARR and

beyond.

Embedded payroll opportunity

Rapid global

scalability by

embedding into

existing providers with

large customer base

End customer

relationship and

support is owned

by the 3rd party

provider

Fixed term, multi

year contract,

invoiced annual in

advance

CUSTOMER

ACQUISITION

CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

REVENUE

RECOGNITION

Tax and

compliance

filing

integration

Payment

solution

integration

Embedded

Payroll

Gen 2.0 Payroll

Engine Rev

Micro-business

App

Configure

jurisdiction

rules

PaySauce

Gen 2.0

Engine

Very large

under-served market

of micro-businesses

with 1−5 employees

acquired directly and

through accountants

PaySauce owns

the customer

relationship and

provides direct

support

Monthly

subscription on a

pay as you go basis

CUSTOMER

ACQUISITION

CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

REVENUE

RECOGNITION

Micro-business App opportunity

C

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N

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A

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Embedded

Payroll

Micro-business

App

A

P

I

PaySauce

Gen 2.0

Engine

A

P

I

Embedded payroll opportunity

Rapid global

scalability by

embedding into

existing providers with

large customer base

End customer

relationship and

support is owned

by the 3rd party

provider

Fixed term, multi

year contract,

invoiced annual in

advance

CUSTOMER

ACQUISITION

CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

REVENUE

RECOGNITION

Tax and

compliance

filing

integration

Payment

solution

integration

Embedded

Payroll

Micro-business

App

Configure

jurisdiction

rules

PaySauce

Gen 2.0

Engine

Very large

under-served market

of micro-businesses

with 1−5 employees

acquired directly and

through accountants

PaySauce owns

the customer

relationship and

provides direct

support

Monthly

subscription on a

pay as you go basis

CUSTOMER

ACQUISITION

CUSTOMER

SUPPORT

REVENUE

RECOGNITION

4−6 months

sales and

implementation

TIME TO

SALE

Download the app

and pay staff the

same day

TIME TO

SALE

Serve new

customer base

following

implementation

SALES

CYCLE

Support

Accounting and

Direct marketing

channels

SALES

CYCLE

Micro-business App opportunity

C

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PaySauce

Questions
PaySauce

16

Glossary
Recurring Revenue: Recurring revenue

is revenue that is expected to repeat

each period into the future. For

PaySauce, this is directly linked to the

number of customers, their size, and

the number of pays they run using the

PaySauce payroll products. There are

currently two sources of recurring

revenue - processing fees and interest

income.

ARR: The total recurring revenue for the

last calendar month of the reporting

period, multiplied by 12.

ARPU (monthly): Average revenue per

user (monthly) is the total recurring

revenue for the month, divided by the

total customers processing payroll that

month.

Gross margin: When discussed as a

SaaS term, is the recurring revenue of

the business, less the cost to serve

customers. This is often then expressed

as a percentage, where the gross

margin is divided by the recurring

revenue.

Churn (monthly): Churn is expressed

as a percentage calculated as the net

reduction of customers in a calendar

month divided by the total customers at

the start of that month.

LT V: Lifetime value is the estimated

value of a customer over its lifetime with

PaySauce. This is calculated by taking

the monthly ARPU multiplied by the

gross margin percentage, then divided

by the monthly churn percentage.

Total Customer LTV: Total customer

lifetime value is the lifetime value

multiplied by the total customers.

LTV : CAC: This ratio reflects the return

on investment for customer acquisition.

It is calculated by dividing the lifetime

value of a customer by the customer

acquisition cost (per addition).

PayNow: A unique feature in the

PaySauce mobile application, which lets

employee’s access the money they’ve

already earned, effectively letting them

choose their own payday on demand.

Refer to paysauce.com/paynow for

further details.

Rule of 40: The rule of 40 provides

a balanced measure of two key

metrics for SaaS businesses: growth

and profitability. PaySauce uses the

combination of recurring revenue

growth, and EBTDA to assess against

this measure.

EBTDA: Earnings Before Tax,

Depreciation and Amortisation

is calculated by adding back

depreciation, amortisation and

income tax expense to the amounts

reported in the NZ IFRS-based financial

statements. PaySauce believes that

this measure provides useful insights to

measure the performance of PaySauce

as a SaaS business.

Note - the terms and metrics above are

Non-Generally Accepted Accounting

Principles (non-GAAP) measures and

should not be viewed in isolation, not

considered substitutes for measures

reported in accordance with New

Zealand Equivalents to International

Financial Reporting Standards (NZ IFRS).

Refer to the PaySauce Annual Report for

further information.

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