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Investor Presentation26 November 2024IKEMaterials

IKE 1H FY25 Performance Update & Outlook
We’re IKE, the Pole OS Company

Glenn Milnes, CEO and Brian Musfeldt, CFO

glenn.milnes@ikegps.com, brian.musfeldt@ikegps.com

October 2024

CONFIDENTIAL

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Important Notice

•Is for general information purposes only, and is not an offer or invitation for subscription, purchase, or

recommendation of securities in ikeGPSGroup Limited (IKE);

•Should be read in conjunction with, and is subject to, IKE’s FY24 financial results (audited), recent market releases,

and information published on IKE’s website (www.ikegps.com);

•Includes forward-looking statements about IKE and the environment in which IKE operates, which are subject to

uncertainties and contingencies outside of IKE’s control – IKE'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.

Receipt of this Document and/or attendance at this presentation constitutes acceptance of the terms set out above in

this Important Notice.

Information in this Presentation:

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Agenda

1H Performance Headlines

Outlook

Addressable market and IKE’s value proposition

Q&A

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•Significant growth in underlying

subscription revenue.

•Three-year subscription revenue CAGR of

+38%.

•During FY25, this is expected to increase

materially by ~40% or greater vs pcp.

Subscription revenue growth has continued to be consistently strong

with a three-year CAGR of 38%

In 1H, a total of ~$33M of contracts closed

Takeaways:

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•+34% YoY growth in the exit run

rate (ERR) of annual platform

subscription revenue.

•As stated, during the FY25 period

this metric is expected to

continue to grow materially (by

~40% or greater vs pcp) driven by

continued growth of IKE Office

Pro subscription sales and the

successful sell-through of IKE’s

next-generation IKE

PoleForeman subscription

product, with TCV of ~NZ$12.5m

already closed.

Exit Run Rate (ERR) of annual platform subscription has grown to NZ$13.2m

as at 30 September 2024

Takeaways:

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•Subscription seat license

growth of +179% over the past

year.

•Seat count growth has

accelerated at a fast pace due

to customer additions and

upsells, as well as selling

customers onto a new per-seat

subscription model when

adopting the new IKE

PoleForman product (released

late FY 2024).

179% YoY increase in subscription seat licenses, evidencing the impact of

new product introductions with very sticky customers

Takeaways:

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•Three-year transaction revenue

CAGR of +20%.

•Noting gross margin increased

+107% vs pcp.

•Based on contracts signed in Q2

FY25, IKE expects transaction

volumes and associated

revenue to continue to build

into 2H FY25.

Three-year transaction revenue CAGR of 20%, and improved margin profile

Takeaways:

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•Total cash and receivables as at 30 September 2024 of

~NZ$11.1m, comprised of ~NZ$6.8m cash and

~NZ$4.3m receivables, with payables of NZ$1.0m and

no debt.

•As context, cash has reduced ~NZ$3m over the past 12

months during a period of substantial investment into

building five new products, three of which have now

been launched to market, and through a period of

substantial recurring revenue and customer growth.

• Investment into product development is paying back,

an example being IKE PoleForeman. This new product

has been in-market for ~nine months and to date the

product has generated ~$12.5m in Total Contract Value

and has increased IKE’s ARR by ~NZ$4.0m.

Key metrics table

Other Takeaways:

Customer Number Reconciliation:

Since 31 December 2023, IKE has changed its reporting of customer

numbers from ‘All Enterprise Customers’ to ‘Subscription

Customers’, reflecting only customers with recurring subscription

revenue. The reconciliation between these two metrics will be

reported until 31 December 2024. Reconciliation is as follows:

1H FY25

1H FY24

% Change

Total Revenue

$12.2m

$10.5m

+16%

Platform Subscriptions

Total # of Subscription Customers

413

368

+12%

Total Number of Seat Licenses

5,990

2,144

+179%

Platform Subscription Revenue

$6.5m

$5.1m

+28%

Gross Margin

$5.7m

$4.5m

+27%

Gross Margin %

87%

87%

Platform Transactions

# of Billable Transactions

160k

142k

+13%

Platform Transaction Revenue

$4.0m

$3.7m

+6%

Gross Margin

$1.5m

$0.7m

+107%

Gross Margin %

37%

19%

Hardware & Other

Hardware & Services Revenue

$1.7m

$1.7m

0%

Gross Margin

$1.0m

$1.0m

0%

Gross Margin %

58%

60%

Update & Outlook

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IKE PoleForeman as the Standard for Distribution Network Design.

New SaaS Product to Market https://ikegps.com/ike-poleforeman/

•The new IKE PoleForeman product has been in-market

for ~nine months and to date has generated ~$12.5m in

Total Contract Value and has increased IKE’s ARR by

~NZ$4.0m.

•In total, ~84 customers have initially subscribed to this

new platform, of which ~50 were existing customers

and ~34 are new customers. Far exceeding our

adoption rate expectations.

•This translates to several thousand new seat licenses,

each representing a distribution network design

engineer utilizing the software.

•We expect further major customers to close in the near

term and that IKE PoleForeman will ultimately be the

Standard for structural analysis in eight-of-the-ten

largest electric utilities in North America.

Takeaways:

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AI-based automation products in-market Q2. Further AI products coming 2H.

Built to drive dramatic productivity improvements into specific distribution-network engineering workflows.

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AI-based automation products in-market Q2.

Double-Wood Detective AI Product

Validate

Confirm instances of double wood from

existing records.

Change detection

Capture changes to double wood records,

such as pole removal status.

Detect

Locate undetected instances of

double wood

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AI-based automation products in-market Q2.

Joint-Use Ticket Automation AI Product

Make-ready construction

Prep poles for new attachments while

maintaining safety and compliance with

standards.

Pole transfers

Transfer attachments from an existing

pole to a newly installed one.

Violation reporting

Address common issues that arise during

inspections and audits, such as NESC

infractions and double wood.

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Appendices

Manaakitanga: We Rise By Lifting Others

What IKE does, and the large, long-term North American
market opportunity being addressed

Customer and Market re-cap

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IKE has developed Software Products to Engineer a Network through its Lifecycle

Digitizing network

Assessment

AI for whole-of-network

distribution Planning

Pole loading analysis and

structural Design,

Maintenance & Resilience

Technology & automation capability to

accelerate customers engineering processes

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Business model upshot

•A recurring Subscription to

access any IKE Solution

•Additive, reoccurring revenue

based on usage (license seats

or transactions)

•Optional value-added

products , such as IKE Analyze

(driving further transaction

revenue) and training &

education service via IKE

University

<Network Planning> <Assessment & Digitization> <Network Design> <Network Maintenance & Resilience>

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Communications Market Macro

More than 3,000 electric utilities and 200M distribution assets across the U.S.

Investing in decades-long grid resiliency and grid capacity programs

Facing common challenges

•Grid resiliency requirements

•Grid capacity requirements

•Significant legal liability risks

•Regulatory and Engineering code compliance

•An ageing workforce, requiring tech vs more people

IKE products dramatically improve the engineeringdesign & maintenance process

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25-year Macro-Market Tail Wind for Grid Resiliency & Expansion ($B’s)

An Electric Utility Industry, Spending 100’s of Billions, in Need for Productivity Solutions, such as IKE

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$NZD in B

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Where IKE sells: U.S. Market-Map of Investor-Owned Utilities (multi-$B companies)

A huge expansion opportunity......

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Plus >2,800 Municipalities and Co-Operatives

All of which represent sales opportunities for IKE products

Takeaways

•Market timing is everything

•IKE is in the right place, at the right

time, and with the right technology,

team and execution capability

•Today, IKE has a presence in

approximately 6% of addressable

customers, but is estimated to be

only 20% penetrated. So an

opportunity to:

•Develop an additional 80%

revenue per annum from the

existing customer footprint as

‘White Space’ via cross-sell and

up-sell, plus to

•Sell to the other 94% of the

market via ‘Green Field’ new logo

opportunities

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8 of the 10 largest Investor-Owned Utilities have standardized on IKE

IKE Lands-then-Expands

Takeaways

•8 of the 10 largest Investor-Owned

Utilities (“IOUs”) in North America, all

multi-billion dollar businesses

•>400 customers in North America,

with 59 new logos added in FY24 or

approx. 1 per week in FY24 YTD

•>5,000 enterprise target accounts

to pursue overall

Opportunities to:

•Grow, upsell and cross-sell IKE

products into existing customer

base

•Win new logos in the North

American market

•Expand into international markets

Communications

Electric Utilities

Engineering & Project Management

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IKE solutions make fiber and 5G network deployments faster

IKE dramatically speeds up the network deployment process.

•>$300B expected investment into fiber network development in the U.S over next 5+ years

•>$50B expected investment into 5G network development in the U.S. over the next 5+ years

•An additional >$60B expected investment into rural broadband development as part of the Biden administrations

new Infrastructure bill

•>200 Communications companiescompeting to build a networks and winunderlying customers

•>2,000 engineering serviceproviders supporting network development

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Fiber and 5G Investment Super-Cycle in North America Still In Its Early Stages

PROJECTED INVESTMENTS INTO 5G & FIBER OPTIC INFRASTRUCTURE

$39B

20102018

$43B

$72B

2025

$NZD

Source: Bell Potter Initiation of Coverage Report, GSMA, American Tower

Note: Labeled Capex Figures reflect Houlihan Lokey Estimates

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Some of the largest U.S. Communication groups have Standardized on IKE

And a growing footprint of tier-2 fiber businesses

Takeaways

•Several of the largest comms group

in North America: AT&T ($107B),

Crown Castle ($39B), Bell Canada

($47B)

•A growing footprint of the tier-2

fiber companies

Opportunities to:

•Grow, upsell and cross-sell IKE

products into existing customer

base

•Win new logos in the North

American market

•Expand into international markets

over time

Communications

Electric Utilities

Engineering & Project Management

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$5.4B

TAM

$550M Fiber / 5G

Market Opportunity

0.6M

Poles Needing

Small Cell

Deployments

Overall.. a Large Addressable Market Opportunity That is Expected to Grow

(1)Assumed 80% discount rate on range of fibre deployments

(2)Other services include design planning, grid hardening/resiliency programs, NESC violations, joint use attachment audit, billing audits , etc.

Source: Management Estimates, Bell Potter Initiation of Coverage Report, Houlihan Lokey Estimates

Note: Market analysis does not include opportunity that will arise from growth of pole infrastructure

$NZD

5G Small Cell

Antenna

Fibre Connections

5G and Fibre

4.2M

1

Poles

Requiring Fiber

Connections

$113 Cost of

Service

$4.8B Electric Utilities

Opportunity

40M Poles

Needed for

Audit per

annum

Estimated

$50 Cost of

Audit per

Pole

Estimated

$113 Cost of

New Build

per Pole

>200M Total No. of

Electrical Poles

25M Poles

Used for

Other

Services

2

Utilities

$NZD

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50%+

Of US energy consumption will be comprised of

electricity on the distribution grid by 2050 to attain

carbon net zero targets, and power the new EV market,

compared to current levels of just 20%, this equals an

engineering requirements to build capacity on the

network.

Market Tailwinds Over the Coming Decades

Source: Bell Potter Initiation of Coverage Report, GSMA, American Tower, Accenture, Grandview Research, Global Newswire, Ryse Energy, World Economic Forum

Small Cell Deployments across North

America, much of it engineered on

distribution power poles

800,000+

Small cell site expansions are expected by 2025 as

communications infrastructure providers look to speed up 5G

rollout while reducing cost and time of deployment

Requirement for harder and higher

capacity distribution power networks

across all of North America

>3,200

Electric Utilities in North America with long-term, recurring

distribution network hardening, joint use, and capacity needs for

electrical distribution

7+ year macro-market tailwind of fiber

deployment, much of it engineered on

distribution power poles

>$350B

Investment forecast in fiber in the US by 2025, representing >30M

attachments; communications infrastructure providers seeking

partners to manage new fiber attachments for every pole

Infrastructure development via

Engineering Service Providers

>1,000

Engineering Service Providers in the US subcontracted by

telecom and utilities providers to assist in infrastructure

development and deployment

Massive engineering requirements for an

evolving distribution network supporting

an increase in global consumption of

electricity

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A Map-View of Usage, and how IKE customers deploy our software

Crown Castle in Florida

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A map-view of Usage, and how IKE customers deploy our software

AT&T in 7 example States

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A strengthened team of North American industry experts

Key directors and senior leaders appointed through this past year

Ani Adzhemyan

Chief Marketing Officer

Ani brings 19 years of experience in marketing, focusing on the industrial and energy sectors. Prior to IKE, Ani held a

range of marketing roles with technology leaders like IBM, GE, ABB, and Hitachi Energy.

Roz Buick

Non-executive Director

Roz brings more than 25 years’ experience from executive leadership positions across global utility, engineering,

construction, real estate and agriculture markets with companies including Oracle Inc. and Trimble Inc. Roz is an

industry leader who has led businesses through new growth strategies that are market differentiating and innovative,

both with product and go to market strategies

Brett Willet

SVP Product

Brett has over 25 years in grid asset management. Before IKE, he served as a Senior Director at Bentley Systems Inc.,

following its acquisition of SPIDA Software in 2021, where he was President. Brett's utility industry experience

includes roles such as Product Engineering Manager at Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., and Joint Use Program

Manager at FirstEnergy Corp.

Brian Musfeldt

CFO

Brian brings over 25 years of experiences relevant to IKE’s industry and growth trajectory. Most recently he was CFO of

Also Energy Inc. Prior to this, Brian has held CFO roles with companies including Zayo Bandwidth Inc, MST Global Inc,

and Intermap Technologies Inc. Brian began his career as a Certified Public Accountant with six years at KPMG / Arthur

Anderson as an audit manager focused on the high-tech & manufacturing sectors.

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Multiple Avenues Supporting Future Growth Potential

Sales Team

Expansion / New

Customers

Inorganic

Growth

Cross Sell & Upsell into

Existing Customer Base

International

Expansion

$43mm

Revenue

“Today”

Revenue

“Future”

2

3

4

1

Sales Team

Expansion /

New Logos

1

Platform for

Inorganic Growth

3

Cross Sell &

Upsell

2

International

Expansion

4

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Thanks

Manaakitanga: We Rise By Lifting Others

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Q&A

We’re IKE, The PoleOS Company

IKE seeks to bethe standard for collecting, analyzing and managing pole

and outside plant (“OSP”) information for electric utilities,

communications companies, and their engineering service providers

The IKE platform allows its customers to increase speed, improve

quality, and deliver safety in the assessment, construction, and

maintenance of distribution poles and other OSP assets

IKE’s purpose is Manaakitanga, which means”to rise by lifting others”

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