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Austofix Group Limited
Chairman’s Address to AGM – 18 November 2011
WELCOME
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2011 Austofix Annual General Meeting.
My name is Mark Balnaves and I am the chairman of Austofix. Together with Austofix CEO,
Mark Szolga, we will be updating you on the events of 2011 and the business challenges and
opportunities that lie ahead.
There is a quorum of shareholders present and I declare the meeting open.
At this point I would like to introduce the Board
Tony Ingman – Executive Director and Founder of Austofix;
Greg Bittar – Non-executive Director.
I would also like to introduce Alex Porter, our Company Secretary.
Our auditors, Grant Thornton, are represented here today by Simon Gray. Our lawyers,
Johnson Winter & Slattery, are represented here today by Kerry Morrow.
Shortly I will introduce Mark Szolga to present a review of the Group’s operations and future
outlook. Following on from Mark’s presentation we will deal with the formal resolutions and
any questions relating to those resolutions.
2011 IN REVIEW
Austofix has continued to invest in bringing products to market, with our key focus being to
build sales of our hip replacement products. Mark Szolga will provide further detail in his
presentation.
THE FUTURE
Our goal is to be the leading Australian manufacturer of major joint replacements, a provider
of safe and responsible orthopaedic products and a Company which has extensive engagement
with Australian surgeons.
In 2012 our focus will continue to be on selling our products into the Australian market.
CEO’S ADDRESS
I now hand over to Mark Szolga to provide further information for you.
CLOSING
In calendar 2011 Austofix hip replacements have been implanted in NSW, WA, Tasmania
and South Australia. We need to continue to build our sales capacity and we are focused on
significantly increasing our sales.
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I’d like to thank my fellow Board Members for their commitment and support and our
management team led by Mark for their dedication and hard work. Finally, I would like to
thank all of you, our shareholders, for your continued support. Thank you for your attendance
and I declare the meeting closed. I encourage you to stay and partake in refreshments.
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Orthopaedic solutions for an Ageing Population
CEO Presentation
November 2011
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Austofix – Foundations in place • Australian orthopaedic company – design and manufacture
implants to fix broken or degenerating bones and joints
• 3-Stage Growth Strategy to become a significant player in the Australian Orthopaedic Market
• Stage 1: Grow product range
• Stage 2: Gain approvals to sell hip replacement products
• Stage 3: Invest in stock, appoint sales resources and significantly grow sales.
• Stage 3: Expanding product portfolio in key segments: Knee & Spine - Currently reviewing potential Knee products for the Australian market
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Developments in 2010/2011 Business Development • Total hip replacement technology access, regulatory approvals and
PBL listing
• Purchase initial stocking order of total hip replacements
• Added distributors in UK, Spain, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Dubai, Brazil
• Appointed new sales agent in WA
• Implanted 50 Hemi/Total Hip replacements since launch hip product, comprising approximately 150 hip products.
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International Distributor Network
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China/Malaysia
Argentina
Spain Romania
South Africa
UK / Northern
Ireland
Turkey
Greece
Brazil
Czech Republic
Slovakia
U.A.E
Ecuador Bolivia
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Stage 2: Hip Market
• Stage 2 of our strategy will deliver a high quality Total Hip Replacement (THR) system to market
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$270
$285
$105
$140
$53$24 $36
Hips and Trauma account for over 41% of the Australian
Orthopaedic market
Source: PWC data, to end June 2009
* Spinal market size Company estimate
Spine *
Instrumentation
Bone Cements
and Substitutes Other
Hip
Knee
Trauma
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Why focus on Hip? • Product Strategy:
- Pre-IPO: Femoral Nail
- Post-IPO: Tectona plate and Partial Hip Replacement
- Now: Total Hip Replacement
• Commercial Strategy: able to sell effectively to hospitals when offering a Total Hip Replacement system
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TECTONA PARTIAL /
HEMI
THR
Trauma Total Hip Replacement
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Value in THR
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Trauma
PBL Rebate Code
Tectona Plate (1) 800$ AX056
Standard Lag Screw (1) 200$ AX054
Cortical Screw (1) 30$ AX051
Locking Plate Screw (2) 360$ AX053
1,390$
Total Hip Replacement
PBL Rebate Code
Hyperion Uncemented System 4,300$ AX044
Head 800$ AX047
Plasma Cup 2,700$ AX082
Poly liner 820$ AX072
8,620$
6x increase in revenue by selling Total Hip
Replacement versus Trauma for Hip fracture
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