Title: Sportech PLC
1Sportech PLC 2005 Preliminary Results Thursday 30
March 2006
2 Ian Penrose Chief Executive
Officer Gary Speakman Chief Operating
Officer Finance
Director
3Agenda
- Summary
- Transforming Activities, Strategy and Culture
- Financial Results
- Operational Developments
- Conclusion
- Q A
4Summary
- Results in line with expectations
- Changing focus, culture and potential of the
Group - Market leading position in Football Gaming to be
developed - Positive actions taken on loss making businesses
- Renewed enthusiasm for the Company
5Transforming Activities, Strategy and Culture
- New Board
- New Management Team
- New Advisors
- ITV exit
- Bet Direct detailed evaluation ongoing
- Focus on debt reduction
- Strong foundations for cash generation- Solid
cashflow from football pools- Profitable online
gaming business
6Clear Focus on the Football Gaming Market
- The oldest Football Gaming company in the world
- 550,000 weekly players
- Worlds largest pool on worlds most popular
game - Pari-mutuel gaming viewed positively (integrity)
- Unique position in UK / 85 market share
- International markets
- Attractive margins and cashflow
7Clear Focus on Developing Football Gaming
- Broaden product range
- - Suite of products
- - Wider customer base
- Broaden distribution network
- - Collectors
- - Retail
- - Internet
- - Mobile
- - International
8Clear Focus on Related Gaming Products
- Leveraging brand, customer base and distribution
- Developing strong on line businesses with market
leading partners
9Financial Highlights
¹Before restructuring
10Financial Highlights continued
¹Before restructuring
11Summary Cash Flow
12Football Pools Financials
13Football Pools Business Model
14Betting Profit Analysis
15Betting Gross Win Analysis
16Betting KPIs
17Operational Developments Football Pools and
Related Games
- Broadening distribution - Agreement with
Paypoint (14,000 outlets) implemented (March
2006)- Major re-launch of footballpools.com (May
2006)- Developing mobile football pools offer
(June 2006) - Broadening product range- Pipeline of new
products- Complementary products to be
introduced aimed at younger customers - Cross selling of other gaming products into
customer base- Littlewoodsbingo.com soft
launched (Feb 2006)
18Operational Developments Littlewoods Casino and
Poker
- Dedicated and strengthened team in place from Q1
2006 - Innovative promotion of on-line Poker at offline
tournaments and venues association with celebrity
players - Closer relationship established with technology
supplier Cryptologic
19Operational Developments Betting
- Improved telephone betting model
- Product- Continuously expanding sports betting
markets and betting in-running- New arcade
games across all interactive channels - Active sportsbook customers growing across all
channels - New risk systems introduced for internet
sportsbook - Plan to cross sell Bet Direct branded Casino and
Poker into established customer base
20Conclusion
- Restructuring and repositioning underway
- Positive actions to address critical issues
- Focus on the worlds number one sport, and
associated casino, poker and bingo products - Aim is to develop a more profitable focused
sport, leisure and gaming company
21Questions Answers