Title: Your Gateway to Bandwidth
1Investor Presentation May 2009
Your Gateway to Bandwidth
2Forward-looking statements
- Certain statements in this presentation may
constitute forward-looking statements which
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of the
Company, or industry results, to be materially
different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. When used in this
presentation, such statements are generally
identified by the use of such words as "may",
"will", "expect", "believe", "plan", "intend" and
other similar terminology. These statements
reflect Vecima's current expectations regarding
future events and operating performance and speak
only as of the date of this presentation.
Forward-looking statements involve significant
risks and uncertainties, should not be read as
guarantees of future performance or results, and
will not necessarily be accurate indications of
whether or not such results will be achieved. A
number of factors including, but not limited to,
the factors discussed under "Risk Factors" in the
Company's Annual Information Form dated September
25, 2007 available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com),
could cause actual results to differ materially
from the results discussed in the forward-looking
statements. Although the forward-looking
statements contained in this presentation are
based upon what management of the Company
believes are reasonable assumptions, the Company
cannot assure investors that actual results will
be consistent with these forward-looking
statements.These forward-looking statements are
made as of the date of this presentation, and the
Company assumes no obligation to update or revise
them to reflect new events or circumstances.
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3What is bandwidth?
1bit
0/1
a rate of transfer measured in bits per second
4The rise of bandwidth
Facebook
File Sharing
You Tube
VOIP
VOD
Skype
Gaming
PVR
Data over Cable
HDTV
Digital TV
Analog TV
Analog
Digital
Interactive
Personalized Content
5Its all about bandwidth
Finite capacity
Legacy equipment and infrastructure limit access
to greater bandwidth
Users want more services, more choice and more
speed.
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6Meeting the demand
- Long-term solution
- Install Fiber Optic Networks
Short-term solution Maximize Existing Network
Prohibitively expensive Infrastructure
disruption Offers substantial bandwidth expansion
Cost effective Utilizes in place
infrastructure Requires bandwidth maximization
through equipment upgrades
Verizon alone to pump 20 billion in to FiOS by
2010
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7Gateway to bandwidth
8What we do
- Vecima productizes superior technology enabling
access to more bandwidth by maximizing the
capacity potential of current network
infrastructure
9What we do
Radio Frequency
Embedded Software
Digital Signal Processing
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10Accessing bandwidth
- Vecima improves access to bandwidth by
- Replacing analog signals with digital in portions
of the network - Efficiently managing digital signals before they
reach the end user - Using wireless technology where there is no
network infrastructure
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11Replacing analog with digital
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0
0
digital signals can fit into the bandwidth taken
up by 80 analog channels
12Replacing analog with digital
800
analog digital
digital
cable capacity
80
throughput
throughput
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13Replacing analog with digital
Mix of analog digital signal network capacity
digital signal network capacity
cable cross sectionanalog and digital signal
cable cross sectionanalog and digital signal
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14Efficiently managing digital signals
Non-switched video, all houses receive call
channels
Switched digital video only delivers the signals
being watched freeing up bandwidth for other uses
15Extending the network with wireless
Head end
wireless
node
curb
core network
premises
distributed network
Wire/fiber
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16Gateway to success
17Proven and competent
- Superior, long-standing RF DSP expertise
- Leading edge proprietary technology
- Unmatched order-to-market development speed
- Proven growth management
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18Fully integrated design-production-marketing
Design
Develop
Manufacture
Sell
- 167 engineers on staff (90 hardware, 77
software. 23 of total staff focused on RD)
Specific expertise and flexible approach yields
short development timelines
Multi line, MSO-approved facility in Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan
Direct sales OEM relationships Distribution
channels Business development
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19Customer-focused innovation
- Long-term relationships with key customers are
generating a steady stream of new opportunities
- Focus on products, not technology
- One stop shop for customers
- Collaborative approach to solving customer
challenges - Full integration permits rapid order-to-market
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20Gateway to growth
216
0
- of data over cable globally flows through our
products
OEM
MSO
Cisco Motorola Big Band Huawei
Time Warner Comcast Cox Charter Cablevision
22Growth strategy
- Expand number and size of OEM and MSO
relationships - Leverage bandwidth reclamation and emerging
digital technologies (DOCSIS 3.0) opportunities - Target wireless opportunities associated with
broader fixed WiMAX adoption - Selectively acquire complementary
products/expertise - Maximize value of and monetize non-core assets
- Commercial applications for software defined radio
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23Multiple growth opportunities
Wireless
- Analog reclamation
- Digital simulcast
- Deep digital (multi-unit buildings)
- Next generation digital
- DOCSIS 3.0 and beyond (own products and OEM
modules) - Video on demand / switched digital video / HDTV
- WiMAX
- Spectrum Signal Processing Commercial SDR
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24Analog Reclamation
approximately
Size of market
1.5B globally
Business segment
Converged wired
Key products
CableVista, MDU-DTA
Current penetration
Vecima products widely deployed
- MSOs need to reclaim bandwidth and operate
digitally in core network - Analog conversion for multiple dwelling units
- Digital conversion February 2009
Drivers/milestones for growth
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25Next generation digital
2008
2011
Size of market
860M
.4B
1
Business segment
Converged wired
Key products
HyperQAM, EdgeQAM, OEM Modules
Current penetration
Early-stage sales coming online
- Increased implementation by leading MSOs
- Rollout in other countries
- Growing demand for HDTV and interactive services
Drivers/milestones for growth
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26Wireless
2007
2011
Size of market
800M
.7B
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Business segment
Wireless
Key products
VistaMAX, commercial SDR
Current penetration
Pilot scale
- Growing demand for services, even on remote
/emerging areas - WiMAX Forum Wave 2 Certification
- Results of pilot testing
- Conclude first full-scale deployment
Drivers/milestones for growth
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27Recent Highlights Progress Against Strategy
- SSP partners with Live TV LLC for next generation
radios to support in-flight e-mail (Q1 09) - Signed agreement with Cisco to supply a next
generation upconverter module for use in CMTS
products (Q4 08) - Launched 3.65 GHz WiMAX solution for US (Q4 08)
- Signed supply agreement with U.S. Cable MSO to
support conversion to all digital network (Q4 08) - Entered into co-branding agreement with Motorola
on CableVista Edge Decoder product (Q3 08)
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28Gateway to value
29Strategic assets
Commercial spectrum
Your Link
Real estate
- 855 licenses
- Avg. cost 1,500
- B.C., AB, Ottawa, rural Ont.
- More than 4B in licenses recently auctioned by
Cdn. government
Wholly-owned sub 7 cable TV service providers in
BC, and ISP in Sask. Recurring revenue Test bed
for new products
Approximately 35 million
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30Reported business segments
Converged wired
Wireless
Your Link
- Products for digital video and data over cable
- A range of services includingbroadcast digital
video - Switched digital video
- HDTV broadcast
- Video on demand
- DOCSIS data services
Broadband wireless products WiMAX Spectrum signal
processing software defined radios
Wholly-owned sub 7 cable TV service providers in
BC Broadband video and ISP in Saskatchewan Recurri
ng revenue Test Bed for new products
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31Strong track record
Net Income
- Fiscal years ended June 30
- C millions
- Fiscal years ended June 30
- C millions
CAGR 30 (41 on a US basis)
120.6
15.5
93.7
80.0
11.9
63.0
10.3
10.6
9.5
2.1
44.3
6.6
32.1
2.8
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Extraordinary Earnings
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32Financial review business segments
2008
- Vecima has transitioned to report revenues broken
down into three overall market segments
Your Link
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Broadband Wireless
- Converged Wired Solution
- Broadband Wireless
- YourLink (service provision)
Converged wired
79
2007
Your Link
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Broadband Wireless
In fiscal 2008, the Company focused on near-term
opportunities in its converged wired business and
reduced production of wireless products.
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Converged wired
65
Fiscal years ended June 30
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33Two-year financial summary
Selected Quarterly Consolidated Financial
Information and Other Data (in thousands of
dollars except for net income per share data)
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34Solid balance sheet
1 Based on share outstanding at end of period
2Some numbers have been restated
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35Management team
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36Board of directors
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37Investment highlights
- Industry-leading technological expertise
- Fully integrated, customer-focused operations
- Growing, diverse blue-chip customer base
- Multiple significant growth opportunities
- Powerful operational and financial discipline
- 30 CAGR in revenue over the last five years
- 20 consecutive years of profitability
- Focused growth strategy
- Strong management team
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38Market data
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39Investor Presentation May 2009
Your Gateway to Bandwidth