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2019 Annual Report

BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  
(ASX:BTI)

Table of Contents

03  Corporate Summary

04  Board of Directors

06  Letter from the Founders

08  Operating and Financial Review

17  Corporate Governance Statement

20  Directors’ Report

24  Auditor’s Independence Declaration

25  Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income 

26  Statement of Financial Position 

27  Statement of Changes in Equity 

28  Statement of Cash Flows 

29  Notes to the Financial Statements 

45  Directors’ Declaration

46  Independent Auditor’s Report

51  Shareholder Information

53  Corporate Information

Bailador provides investors with exposure to 
expanision-stage technology companies with  
global addressable markets and a  
high growth trajectory.

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Corporate Summary

The Company

Risk

Bailador Technology Investments Limited (ACN 601 048 275) 
is a listed investment company and its shares are listed on the 
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:BTI).

The company invests in expansion stage internet-related 
businesses. The value of the shares and the income derived may 
fall or rise depending on a range of factors. Refer to Note 17 of the 
Financial Report for further information. 

Objective

Bailador invests in internet-related businesses in Australia and 
New Zealand that require growth capital. In particular, Bailador 
focuses on software, internet, mobile data and online market-places 
with proven revenue generation and management capability, 
demonstrated business models and expansion opportunities.

Capital Structure

The Company’s capital structure comprises 120,247,831 
Ordinary Shares which trade on the Australian Securities 
Exchange (ASX:BTI).

Financial KPIs

Share Price

Earnings per share (cents)

Total Assets ($000)

NAV $ per share (pre-tax)

NAV $ per share (post-tax)

30-Jun-19

30-Jun-18

1.05

14.18

178,370

1.313

1.207

0.74

3.04

147,963

1.110

1.065

Investment Manager

Management Agreement

The Company has outsourced its investment management 
function to Bailador Investment Management Pty Ltd (A.C.N. 143 
060 511)(AFSL 400811). The Manager is a Sydney based privately 
owned investment manager which commenced trading in 2010.

The Company has an agreement with Bailador Investment 
Management Pty Ltd for the provision of management 
services, the details of which are contained in Note 5 of the 
Financial Report.

BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  ANNUAL REPORT 2019

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Board of Directors

David Kirk
Chairman and Executive Director 

Paul Wilson
Executive Director 

•  David (appointed 2014) has been Chief Executive of two ASX-

•  Paul (appointed 2014) has had extensive private equity investment 

listed companies, including diversified media company, Fairfax 
Media Limited, where he led a number of successful internet 
sector investments. David is currently Chairman of ASX-listed 
company Kathmandu Holdings Limited and is Chairman of 
Forsyth Barr Limited, a privately owned investment firm and the 
Sydney Festival. David holds several BTI portfolio directorships 
as Chairman of Rezdy and SMI and a director each of Instaclustr, 
DocsCorp and Viostream.

•  David is a Rhodes Scholar with degrees in Medicine from Otago 
University and Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford 
University. David enjoyed a highly successful rugby career, 
captaining the All Blacks to win the World Cup in 1987. He was 
awarded an MBE in 1987.

•  David holds 8,387,841 ordinary shares in BTI and an indirect 

interest in a further 773,887 ordinary shares.

•  David is a Director and shareholder of Bailador Investment 
Management Pty Ltd which holds a contract with Bailador 
Technology Investments Limited to act as Manager. Further  
details pertaining to this agreement can be found in Note 5  
of the Financial Report.

experience as a previous director of CHAMP Private Equity in 
Sydney and New York and with MetLife in London. Paul was also 
previously Executive Director at media focused investment group, 
Illyria Pty Ltd. Paul is a Director of Bailador investee companies 
SiteMinder, Straker Translations and Stackla. Paul is also a director 
of ASX-listed Vita Group Limited and the Rajasthan Royals IPL 
cricket franchise.

•  Paul holds a Bachelor of Business, Banking and Finance from 
QUT and is a Fellow of FINSIA. He is a member of the Institute 
of Chartered Accountants and of the Australian Institute 
of Company Directors.

•  Paul holds 3,461,802 ordinary shares in BTI and has an indirect 

interest in a further 410,423 ordinary shares.

•  Paul is a Director and shareholder of Bailador Investment 
Management Pty Ltd which holds a contract with Bailador 
Technology Investments Limited to act as Manager. Further  
details pertaining to this agreement can be found in Note 5  
of the Financial Report.

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BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Board of Directors (continued)

Andrew Bullock
Independent Non-Executive Director

•  Andrew (appointed 2014) is a Managing Director at Adamantem Capital, 

a private equity firm based in Sydney. Prior to joining Adamantem, Andrew 
was for many years the head of the corporate advisory and private equity 
practice of Gilbert + Tobin, one of Australia’s leading law firms. He was also 
previously a partner of Minter Ellison and spent three years in the London 
office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

•  Andrew has a Bachelor of Arts from Sydney University and a Bachelor of 

Laws from the University of New South Wales.

•  Andrew is the Chair of Bailador’s Audit and Risk Committee.

•  Andrew holds interest in 410,422 ordinary shares in BTI.

Sankar Narayan 
Independent Non-Executive Director

•  Sankar (appointed 2014) commenced as CEO and Executive Director at 

SiteMinder in early 2019. He was previously the Chief Financial Officer and Chief 
Operating Officer of Xero, and Chief Financial Officer of Virgin Australia Holdings 
Limited, Fairfax Media and Foxtel.

•  Sankar has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business 

and is an FCPA (Australia). He also holds a masters degree in electrical 
engineering from the State University of New York.

•  Sankar holds 200,000 ordinary shares in BTI.

Jolanta Masojada
Independent Non-executive Director

•  Jolanta (appointed 5 September 2018) is Principal of MasMedia Advisers, 

providing strategic investor relations and communications advice to listed 
companies. She has more than 25 years’ experience in financial markets and 
equity research in the media and technology sectors in Australia and the US.  
Jolanta was formerly Director Equity Research at Credit Suisse and Deutsche 
Bank, with previous roles at Macquarie Bank and Pierson Sal. Oppenheim in 
New York.

•  Jolanta is a graduate of the University of Natal and Cambridge University. She 

is a fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a graduate of the 
Australian Institute of Company Directors.

•  Jolanta is the Chair of Bailador’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

•  Jolanta holds interest in 60,000 ordinary shares in BTI.

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2019 was a good year for BTI. The increase in NTA per share, net of all 
fees, was 18.2%. 

Straker Translations IPO

The gain in the value of the investments in the BTI portfolio was led 
by SiteMinder but was broad based. Seven of the 10 companies in 
the portfolio were revalued upwards during the year. There were no 
downward revaluations.  

We said in our Letter to Shareholders last year that we believed we 
were at the end of the Establishment Phase of a successful publicly 
listed expansion-stage information technology fund. Last year we 
said growth in funds under management from $62m to $134m, 
growth in the portfolio from 3 investments to 10 and growth in the 
investment team from 2 to 6 constituted important milestones in the 
establishment of the Bailador Technology Investments fund. 

We said further that we expected 2019 and the years to come  
to be characterised by “consistent investment value growth, 
increasing numbers of partial and full sales of investee companies, 
and management of some public company positions resulting from 
partial sales when we list companies.” These expectations have all 
come to pass in 2019. 

Realisations

Since listing in November 2014, there have been 4 realisations from the 
BTI portfolio, as set out in Figure 1. 

Figure 1

$ Realised

IRR

$ Realised

IRR

$5.0m in Dec-15

78.9%

$0.4m in Dec-18

35.4%

$ Realised

IRR

$ Realised

IRR

$1.2m in Oct-18

21.5%

$1.95m in Jul-19

25.0%

Three of the 4 realisations have been in the last 9 months and we 
expect to continue to realise further investments in the months 
ahead. All 4 realisations so far have been partial, and these types of 
realisation will continue, but we also expect increasingly to realise 
our full investment in some portfolio companies. 

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BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Straker Translations (ASX:STG) was successfully listed on the ASX 
in October 2018 and became BTI’s first IPO. Straker has performed 
very well since listing, reporting 44% revenue growth in the year to 
31 March 2019, comfortably beating the prospectus forecast of 38% 
revenue growth. The share price has traded up from $1.51 to $1.93  
at the time of writing. 

We expect to hold companies we publicly list for extended periods of 
time if we have confidence the business will continue growing strongly 
after listing.  We expect that in some cases, there may be a valuation 
uplift as the company establishes a track record as a public company, 
and any private company valuation discount is reduced or eliminated.    

SiteMinder

The largest investment in the BTI portfolio is SiteMinder which now 
makes up 46% of the value of the BTI portfolio. SiteMinder continues 
to grow strongly and strengthen its world leading position in the 
online distribution of hotel room inventory. SiteMinder has at least 3 
times as many hotel connections, 3 times the number of connections 
to online travel agents and 3 times the number of connections to 
hotel property management systems as any competitor. 

Founder Mike Ford stepped up to the role of Executive Chairman 
during the year and the former COO and CFO of Xero, Sankar 
Narayan, was appointed CEO. Sankar has made good progress 
since joining. SiteMinder is a software-as-a-service business with a 
subscription-based revenue model. Businesses such as SiteMinder 
with proven premium unit economics are widely valued on a 
multiple of recurring revenue. During the year SiteMinder passed 
$100 million in Annual Recurring Revenue. If we were to apply the 
valuation multiples at which comparable companies listed on the 
ASX currently trade, SiteMinder would be valued at more than A$1 
billion. We hold our position in SiteMinder at a significantly lower 
valuation than this, but the upside potential is clear.

Portfolio performance 

With the exception of Straker Translations, all the companies we are 
invested in are private companies. We are a party to Shareholders 
Agreements in each company and in all cases these agreements 
preclude us from disclosing detailed financial information about the 
performance of the companies. There are good reasons for this, and 
we accept these limitations willingly. They do however prevent us 
from sharing information we think would be helpful to shareholders 
in understanding the performance and prospects of individual 
companies in the BTI portfolio.

What we are able to do is share the consolidated performance of 
the whole Bailador portfolio. Figure 2 opposite sets this out. As 
readers can see, as at 30 June 2019 the portfolio of 10 companies 
had revenue of $232 million. Revenue weighted by the carrying 
value of the companies grew at 30% in the year. 83% of the revenue 

Letter from the Founders  
 
 
 
is recurring, which is a consequence of our focus on software-as-a-
service and marketplace business models, and more than 65% of 
revenue is generated in markets outside Australia. 

This last statistic is important for a number of reasons. The internet 
and cloud computing allow every business and consumer on the 
planet access to global best-in-class technology simply by logging 
on. Accordingly, all software providers, including our portfolio 
companies, have to be as good or better than competitors in Europe, 
the United States and everywhere else in the world. At the end of the 
2019 financial year the revenue derived from international markets 
grew to more than 65%. Our portfolio companies are winning in 
international markets. They are world class companies. A second 
important consequence of rapid international growth is the proving-
out of large addressable markets. Premium valuations in the global 
information technology business accrue to companies with large 
addressable markets, market leading competitive positions, high 
gross margins, profitable growth economics and of course great 
founders and management. The BTI portfolio’s growth in revenue 
from international markets rising to more than 65% is a strong 
indicator of attractive valuation potential.

Figure 2

$232m
portfolio company 
revenue1

30%
portfolio company 
revenue growth2

>65%
international  
revenue2

>70%
gross  
margin2

83%
recurring  
revenue2

98%
organic  
revenue

1Revenuefortheyearended30June2019fortheunderlyingcompaniesinthe
BTIportfolio

2Basedonrevenuefortheyearended30Juneandweightedbasedoncarrying
valueintheportfolio

Valuation 

We have always maintained that we value our investee companies 
conservatively and in previous Letters we have explained why we 
have every incentive to do so. Figure 3 below sets out the third-party 
investments into the BTI portfolio companies.

There have been 18 third party investments into the various BTI 
portfolio companies since we listed and every single one has been at 
or above the holding value at the time. The average valuation gain of 
the eighteen third-party investments has been 88%.  

Figure 3: Our NTA growth is validated by third party transactions

88% uplift 
over cost

Cost1

Third party 
transaction value

1Costisthetotaloriginalcashcostofinvestment

Team Changes

In 2019, 2 members of our investment team moved on. Andrea 
Kowalski, who joined us soon after listing and who had a hand in a 
number of investments for us, moved to New York 18 months ago 
and has decided to set up her own investment fund. Georgina Turner 
had a hankering to move back into an operating role at a fast-growing 
technology company and then into investing at an earlier stage. We 
wish both Andrea and Georgina well in their next endeavours.

During the year, Bevin Shields joined us from listed tech company 
Catapult. Bevin has a successful background in investment banking, 
corporate development, fund raising and investor relations and is a 
perfect fit for our stage and priorities. Bevin has already added great 
value. We are delighted to have him.

Shareholder register

One of our aims in founding the first publicly listed expansion-stage 
information technology fund was to give retail investors an opportunity 
to invest in what has always been the domain of big cheque writing 
institutional investors and wealthy individuals. We were very pleased 
to see that the number of smaller investors in BTI has grown strongly 
in 2019. The total number of investors in the fund has grown by about 
15% in the year to over 1,500. Growth in the number of shareholders is 
good for liquidity, which helps all shareholders.

Annual Meeting

We look forward to seeing those that are able to make it at our AGM at 
11am on Tuesday 22 October 2019 at Level 40, 2 Park Street, Sydney.

David Kirk 
Chairman and Executive Director

Paul Wilson 
Executive Director

BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  ANNUAL REPORT 2019

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Letter from the Founders (continued)Principal Activities

Operating Results

Bailador Technology Investments Limited (BTI) invests in information 
technology businesses in Australia and New Zealand that are seeking 
growth capital. The target businesses typically have an enterprise 
valuation between $10 million and $200 million. In particular, the 
Company focuses on software, internet, mobile, data and online 
market-place businesses with proven revenue generation and 
management capability, demonstrated successful business models 
and expansion opportunities.

There have been no significant changes in the nature of the 
Company’s principal activities during the financial year.

Our Business Model and Objectives

Providing satisfactory returns to shareholders is our primary 
objective. Our success in achieving this objective is determined 
by total shareholder return (TSR) over time. The TSR we deliver 
will, over time, be directly related to the return on invested capital 
we achieve.

Our business model is to identify, buy and hold investments 
in a number of private internet-related businesses with strong 
growth prospects. Returns to shareholders will be delivered 
by growth in the value of investments held and through potential 
distributions to shareholders following the sale of investments. 
Following sales, we will continue to make new investments 
to maintain a portfolio of investments.

Investments made by BTI are typically structured to provide a level 
of contractual protection superior to that available to investors 
in ordinary shares, thereby reducing risk. Thorough due diligence 
is carried out before investments are made and BTI representation 
on most portfolio company boards ensures BTI’s close involvement 
with operational decisions.

BTI continues to assess a strong pipeline of potential investments, and 
will continue to make investments as attractive opportunities arise.

The Company has been classified under AASB 2013-5 as an 
Investment Entity whose business purpose is to invest funds solely 
for returns via capital appreciation and/or investment returns. 
As the Company has been classified as an Investment Entity, the 
portfolio investments have been accounted for at fair value through 
the profit or loss and shown as Financial Assets in the Statement 
of Financial Position.

The profit of the Company for the financial year ended 30 June 2019 
was $17,053,000 (2018 $3,654,000), after providing for income tax.

Combined revenue growth of the underlying portfolio companies 
(portfolio weighted) for the financial year ended 30 June 2019 was 
30%. Further information on individual investee company growth 
can be found in the portfolio operating reports.

The underlying investment performance of the Bailador portfolio, 
measured as the change in the Net Tangible Assets (NTA) per share 
between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019 (pre-tax, after all fees), was 
an increase of 18.2% pa over the year. Seven of the companies 
in the portfolio have had positive revaluations in the year, with three 
investments held constant. No new shares were issued in the period.

Review of Operations

FY19 was a year of consolidation and focus on portfolio company 
growth for Bailador with a number of investments moving closer 
to maturity. There were no new investments throughout the year 
and only one small follow-on investment of $450,000 into Viostream 
to fund the completion of a new product. There were two partial 
realisations of Straker Translations and Lendi (see below for details) 
with Straker Translations notably completing its listing on the ASX.

There were gains across the portfolio with seven of the ten 
investments increasing in value throughout the year. Three 
investments were held constant and there were no impairments 
during the year.

Realisations

Straker Translations

Straker Translations listed on the ASX in October 2018. As part of the 
IPO, BTI sold 10% of its holding at a price 11.4% above the previous 
carrying value and at 1.9x original cost. Cash proceeds on realisation 
were $1.2m.

At 30 June 2019, BTI held marketable securities in Straker as follows:

Current marketable securities: 
Ordinary shares

Financial assets: Ordinary shares 
held in escrow until after the 
release of Straker’s FY20 half 
year results in October 2019.

Total

No. of 

$ at $1.705 

Shares

30 June 2019

1,645,378

$2,805,369

5,758,823

$9,818,793

7,404,201

$12,624,163

Since 30 June 2019, BTI has sold a further 1,000,000 shares in Straker 
Translations at a price of $1.95, which is 29.1% above the IPO price.

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BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Operating and Financial ReviewValuation of Investments

The Board has reviewed the value of the investment portfolio and 
the Net Tangible Assets of BTI as at 30 June 2019. In conducting their 
valuation review, the Board has had regard to the BTI investment 
portfolio Valuation Review Report prepared by BDO Corporate 
Finance (Qld) Ltd.

Information regarding the valuation of the investment portfolio is set 
out in Note 18 of the financial statements and in the section below 
“Operating Reports on Portfolio Companies”.

Investments are currently held at a mark to market, the valuation 
implied by the latest third-party investment or at a price determined 
by globally benchmarked revenue multiples and trading performance.

Review of Operations (continued)

Lendi

BTI sold a small portion ($0.4m) of its investment in Lendi 
in December 2018 at a price 18% above its previous carrying 
value and 2.2x BTI’s original investment cost. The sale was part 
of a broader transaction which saw ANZ bank invest $40m in Lendi.

“Our portfolio companies 
are winning in international 
markets. They are world 
class companies.”

Revaluations

The following investments were re-valued upwards during the year 
to a new market value set by third party investment:

•  Straker Translations: Increased in value 26% during FY19. BTI 
increased its valuation of Straker Translations by 11% to IPO 
price upon issue of Straker’s prospectus in September 2018. 
The Straker Translations investment was marked to market 
after listing on the ASX and closed FY19 a further 13% higher 
than its IPO price.

•  Instaclustr: Was revalued upwards by 58% in August 2018 
following a USD$15m investment in Instaclustr led by US 
private equity firm Level Equity.

•  Lendi: Was revalued upwards by 18% in November 2018 

following a $40m investment in Lendi by ANZ Bank.

The following investments were revalued under BTI’s revaluation 
policy, including independent review, by reference to comparable 
trading and transaction multiples, following strong performance 
and twelve months since a third party transaction.

•  SiteMinder: increased by 30% ($17.0m) in June 2019

•  DocsCorp: increased by 19% ($1.8m) in June 2019

•  SMI: increased by 30% ($2.2m) in March 2019

•  Rezdy: increased by 29% ($1.3m) in February 2019

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Operating and Financial Review (continued)In the year to 30 June 2019, SiteMinder continued to deliver strong 
top line revenue growth passing $100m in Annual Recurring 
Revenue at very attractive gross margins. The company employs 
approximately 650 people across its six offices in Sydney (global 
headquarters), Dallas, Galway, London, Bangkok and Cape Town.

Valuation 30 June 2019:

Valuation at 30 June 2018:

Investment since 30 June 2018:

$72.9m

$55.9m

$0m

Basis for valuation:

Securities held:

Revenue multiples

Convertible preference shares

Review of Operations (continued)

Operating Reports on Portfolio Companies

SiteMinder

SiteMinder is the world leader in hotel channel management 
and distribution solutions for online accommodation bookings, 
seamlessly connecting to hundreds of distribution partners, 
including leading Online Travel Agents (OTAs) such as Booking.
com, Expedia, TripAdvisor, Google, and CTrip. Established in 
2006, SiteMinder has developed a suite of products used by 
accommodation providers in over 160 countries to help increase 
online revenue, streamline business processes and drive down the 
cost of acquisition of bookings. SiteMinder facilitates transactions 
in the fast-growing market of online accommodation booking.

SiteMinder is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, licencing 
all products on its software platform on a monthly basis to over 
35,000 customers worldwide, making it the largest hotel channel 
management and distribution solution in the world. It operates 
a subscription business model with greater than 90% of revenue 
being recurring in nature.

The company’s flagship product is The Channel Manager, an online 
distribution platform. The SiteMinder Platform also includes The 
Booking Button (a booking engine enabling direct hotel bookings via 
the web), Canvas (an intelligent website creator for hoteliers), Insights 
(a real-time rate intelligence tool) and GDS by SiteMinder (a single 
point of entry to a network of travel agents and the world’s leading 
global distribution systems). SiteMinder’s Little Hotelier product also 
offers a Property Management System (PMS) for boutique hotels.

SiteMinder’s market leading position has allowed it to more recently 
launch SMX Marketplace (a marketplace enabling data exchange 
between PMS’s and other hotel applications). SiteMinder Pay 
(a payments solution that enables monetisation of transaction value 
processed by the Little Hotelier product) is a product launched 
last year which allows SiteMinder to further monetise some of the 
$38 billion in hotel reservations it processed last year.

During the year, co-founder Mike Ford moved to the position 
of Executive Chairman, which allowed the recruitment of Sankar 
Narayan as Chief Executive Officer. Sankar brings tremendous 
relevant experience, most recently as COO/CFO of ASX listed Xero. 
The team was also bolstered by the recruitment of Jonathan Kenny 
as CFO, Inga Latham as Chief Product Officer, Jonathan Bedford 
as Chief Sales Officer, and Mark Renshaw as Chief Marketing Officer.

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BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  ANNUAL REPORT 2019 

Operating and Financial Review (continued)Review of Operations (continued)

Instaclustr

Instaclustr is a global platform that manages the most powerful 
open source technologies empowering customers to deliver big 
data applications at scale. The company addresses a multi-billion 
dollar fast growing industry underpinned by the growing adoption 
of open source technologies and strong growth in Big Data 
Analytics investment.

Instaclustr enables companies to focus their in-house  
development resources on building proprietary software 
applications, whilst it manages complex database, analytics,  
search and messaging applications that are critical to success. 
Instaclustr also enables companies to de-risk their investment in 
open-source based technology, knowing that the back-end of their 
application infrastructure meets stringent SLAs and is secure,  
scalable and reliable.

“Instaclustr addresses  
a multi-billion dollar  
fast growing industry.”

Established in 2013, Instaclustr is trusted by global industry leaders 
and counts Atlassian, Sonos and Blackberry, amongst its customers. 
The revenue model is highly recurring, with customers on either 
annual contracts (very similar to a Software-as-a-Service business 
model) or paying monthly amounts that vary slightly with usage. 
Revenue is sticky with 80%+ of total revenue classified as recurring. 
Instaclustr has demonstrated excellent operational performance over 
the twelve months ending 30 June 2019, with revenue growth in excess 
of 200% over the past two years and significant improvement in core 
margins as the business scales.

In FY19, Instaclustr evolved from being a ‘Database-as-a-Service’ 
provider to an ‘Open-Source-as-a-Service’ provider that offers support 
for multiple Open Source big data technologies. Instaclustr recently 
launched its expanded Open-Source-as-a-Service platform covering 
additional technologies such as Apache Kafka, and we anticipate this 
evolution will generate significant growth for the company.

The dedicated Apache Kafka offering, the second major technology 
after Apache Cassandra, launched in September 2018 and has already 
gained meaningful traction with customers. Some of the recent deals 
that were won with large customers were driven by Instaclustr’s ability 
to manage multiple technologies.

The company employs 80+ full-time staff across its three major offices: 
its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, its founding office in Canberra, 
Australia and its new office in Boston, Massachusetts.

BTI increased the valuation of its investment in Instaclustr by 58% 
in August 2018 following a $15m USD funding round led by NYC-based 
growth equity fund, Level Equity. Instaclustr has utilised the funding 
to invest in sales and marketing, build out support for additional 
technologies and make key hires. The company has recently hired a VP 
of North American Sales from VMWare to help build out the sales team 
and go after the large market opportunity.

Valuation 30 June 2019:

Valuation 30 June 2018:

Investment since 30 June 2018:

$14.6m

$9.3m

$0m

Basis for valuation:

Securities held:

Third-party transaction

Convertible preference shares

BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  ANNUAL REPORT 2019

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Operating and Financial Review (continued)Review of Operations (continued)

Straker Translations

Stackla

Straker Translations (Straker) is a world-leading AI data-driven language 
translation platform powering the global growth of businesses. Straker 
has developed a hybrid translation platform that utilises a combination 
of AI and machine-learning through its proprietary ‘RAY Translation 
Platform’, together with a crowd-sourced pool of over 13,000 crowd-
sourced freelance translators. This AI-driven technology platform allows 
Straker to achieve high volume translations at 95% accuracy and deliver 
industry leading gross margins.

In October 2018 Straker completed a $20m raising and IPO on the ASX at 
$1.51 per share. The funds from IPO were to further Straker’s acquisition 
plans and since listing, Straker has executed on these plans purchasing 
two Spain-based companies, ‘Com Translations Online S.L.’ and ‘On-
Global’. Straker has a strong integration process following business 
acquisition and has proven out the compelling economics of this strategy.

In April 2019, Straker released its first full year financial results 
for FY2019, beating its prospectus forecasts and delivering 44% 
revenue growth in the financial year (vs forecast 38% growth). 
This outperformance was driven by significant organic growth  
from enterprise customers with repeat revenue reaching 83% for  
the financial year. Straker’s RAY Translation Platform is highly scalable, 
accounting for over 71% of all FY19 translations and collecting over  
100 billion new AI data points as part of its continued development.

The prospects for Straker are increasingly strong as they continue to 
scale-up their translation platform in the growing US$43.0bn language 
services market. Straker entered the FY20 financial year with its largest 
ever pipeline of corporate sales and a growing M&A pipeline with 
a number of advanced conversations already underway. 

As a publicly listed company, BTI’s investment in Straker is determined 
by the change in closing share price for the period. As at 30 June 2019 
the value of BTI’s investment in Straker has increased by 26% over the 
prior year to $12.6m.

Valuation 30 June 2019:

Valuation 30 June 2018:

Realisation since 30 June 2018:

Basis for valuation:

Securities held:

$12.6m

$11.2m

$1.2m

Mark to market

ASX:STG
1,645,378 ordinary shares
5,758,823 ordinary shares held 
in escrow until after the release 
of Straker’s FY20 half year results 
in October 2019

Stackla is a content discovery platform that is focused on User 
Generated Content (UGC) and Digital Asset Management (DAM) 
enabling brands to feature UGC throughout their marketing stack 
and content strategy. UGC is aggregated from over 30 data sources 
such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Wordpress and 
Twitch. Stackla leverages predictive intelligence and automation 
to identify authentic and compelling content for each of a brand’s 
consumer segments, delivering personalised experiences at scale.

The use of UGC in a brand’s marketing strategy has two core benefits: 
(1) it provides a source of trusted third-party validation, increasing 
customer conversion to sale through greater authenticity, and 
(2) it reduces the cost to the company of content creation.

Stackla offers customisable displays, plugins for a brand’s marketing 
tech stack, and a suite of APIs for developing deep integrations 
and custom activations. The platform also offers brands the tools 
required to obtain ‘rights for use’ from the content creator.

Established in 2012, Stackla is trusted by more than 350 brands 
across travel & hospitality, consumer goods, retail, sport and 
not-for-profit sectors. Stackla is designed to meet the needs 
of enterprise-level organisations including Ford, Sony, Disney and 
McDonalds. Stackla employs ~65 FTEs across its offices in Sydney, 
San Francisco (headquarters), New York, Austin and London. 

The business model is software-as-a-service (SaaS), licensing its 
platform to customers on an annual basis. Over 90% of Stackla’s 
revenue is recurring in nature and 60% of the company’s revenue 
is generated outside of APAC.

Following the launch of Co-Pilot and the Digital Asset Manager (DAM), 
Stackla is now positioned as an AI-powered visual content engine that 
combines the power of UGC with DAM for the enterprise marketer.

The launch of the Stackla DAM product has also allowed the 
company to move further up the marketing stack, which will make 
the company an integral part of the marketing tech stack and further 
differentiate Stackla from its competitors.

In FY19 Stackla launched a number of new product features that 
marketing professionals use as part of their daily workflow. This has 
helped to improve the experience for customers and will increase the 
stickiness of the Stackla product over time.

Valuation 30 June 2019:

Valuation 30 June 2018:

Investment since 30 June 2018:

$12.6m

$12.6m

$0m

Basis for valuation:

Securities held:

Third-party transaction

Convertible preference shares

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Operating and Financial Review (continued)Review of Operations (continued)

DocsCorp

Lendi

DocsCorp provides on-premise and cloud-based document productivity 
software for law firms, accounting firms and document management 
professionals. The company operates within the Enterprise Content 
Management (ECM) market. BTI invested in DocsCorp in July 2016.

Lendi is a disruptive Fintech business that is addressing the $1.7 trillion 
and highly profitable mortgage market in Australia. The company has 
developed an end-to-end online mortgage platform that fundamentally 
improves and simplifies the process of obtaining a home loan.

Having invested in both new product development and a series of new 
senior sales hires in FY2018 the business spent FY2019 executing its 
growth plans. This focus delivered pleasing results for the company with 
booked revenue growing 21% and the business increasing its recurring 
revenue mix to 70% of total revenue.

The company continued to invest in new hires and added two senior 
hires to its North American sales team including a new head of North 
American sales. The business recently appointed its first Global Partner 
Manager to drive further revenue growth from its reseller channel 
in North America and Europe.

FY2019 saw the successful launch of DocsCorp’s Content Crawler 
Cloud partnership with Netdocuments which in a short period of time 
is making a meaningful contribution to the business’ revenue. This 
marks an exciting development for DocsCorp as enterprise content 
management platforms leverage its technology via cloud integrations.

The company’s Worldox partnership will launch soon with the company 
also pursuing other interesting integration opportunities.

DocsCorp has more than 3,750 customers in 32 countries deploying 
over 575,000 licences. The company has market leading customer 
churn and net revenue churn metrics highlighting the sticky nature 
of its customer base and the successful execution of its land and expand 
sales strategy. The company is cash generative and is well positioned 
to capitalise on its evolving competitive landscape.

BTI revalued its investment in DocsCorp up by 19% to $10.9m in June 
2019 based on the business’ revenue growth and improved recurring 
revenue mix.

Valuation 30 June 2019:

Valuation 30 June 2018:

Investment since 30 June 2018:

$10.9m

$9.2m

$0m

Basis for valuation:

Securities held:

Revenue multiples

Convertible preference shares

Lendi’s online platform searches through 1,600 different home loans 
from 35 lenders to match prospective borrowers with the right home 
loan. Lendi’s platform utilises technology to radically simplify the home 
loan search and application process.

The completion of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the 
Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (Banking 
Royal Commission) in 2019 had important ramifications for Lendi and 
the mortgage industry and resulted in a general contraction in home 
loan lending. Despite the contraction in home loan lending, the business 
performed well which is a testament to both Lendi’s market leading 
consumer proposition and its investment in technology. The company 
is well positioned to capitalise on the post Banking Royal Commission 
home loan environment.

During FY2019 the company continued to scale-up its operations and 
the business now has over 400 team members operating from offices in 
Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. A substantial component of the team’s 
growth has been front line sales staff.

The company’s joint venture with Domain, Domain Loan Finder, 
continues to perform well with both Domain and Lendi continuing to 
launch new product integrations across the Domain platform. There is 
strong potential for Lendi’s Domain home loan JV to grow considerably.

BTI is pleased with the progress that the Lendi team continue to make 
and the team’s continued ability to deliver market leading revenue 
growth rates in FY2019.

BTI increased the valuation of its investment in Lendi by 18% to $10.7m 
in November 2018 based on a third-party investment round. At this 
time the company also conducted a share buyback through which BTI 
realised $440,000 in cash proceeds. This represented a 2.2x return on 
BTI’s original investment.

$10.7m  

Valuation 30 June 2019:

($11.2m pre-realisation)

Valuation 30 June 2018:

Realisation since 30 June 2018:

$9.5m

$0.4m

Basis for valuation:

Securities held:

Recent third-party investment

Ordinary shares

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Operating and Financial Review (continued)Review of Operations (continued)

Standard Media Index

Viostream

SMI is a market leading data and analytics platform specialising 
in the management and distribution of media and advertising data. 
SMI is the only company in the world that aggregates actual ad 
spend data which is used by leading media companies, brands and 
financial institutions to understand advertising performance and 
make fundamental strategic decisions. SMI sources its advertising 
spend data through exclusive arrangements with buying agencies 
who are represented in more than 32 countries.

FY19 was another period of strong growth for SMI, with continued 
growth in sales of its full market TV product AccuTV, launched 
in FY18. AccuTV provides a comprehensive analytical view of the 
US TV market for clients such as ABC/Disney, MGM, Fox, Turner 
and Discovery Channel. The success of AccuTV has established SMI 
as the gold standard for understanding and analysing television 
media spend in the US. SMI plans to enter new markets with AccuTV 
in the coming year.

SMI’s growth prospects remain promising, underpinned by three 
continuing initiatives: (1) continuing to grow the revenue of AccuTV 
in the US market and in new markets including Canada and the 
UK, (2) launching a beta-version of a digital video advertising spend 
product in the US and (3) continuing to grow sales to the financial 
services market, which has been a stand-out success in 2019.

Revenue growth has been strong for SMI in 2018 and 2019 and 
resulted in BTI increasing its carrying value by 30% in March 2019. 
With the majority of the company’s financial year budget already 
achieved (SMI has a December financial year end) and a strong 
pipeline of clients and planned product developments, SMI is well 
positioned to continue its growth in the coming year.

Valuation 30 June 2019:

Valuation at 30 June 2018:

Investment since 30 June 2018:

Basis for valuation:

Securities held:

$9.6m

$7.4m

$0m

Revenue multiples

Convertible notes and ordinary 
shares

Viostream is a cloud-based video platform for the creation, 
management and distribution of live and on-demand video. 
Viostream’s platform is used by corporate and government enterprises 
to manage digital video for business communications such 
as marketing, internal employee engagement and corporate relations.

Viostream’s revenue was flat in FY2019 as a result of new business 
being secured later than forecast. Customer renewals for FY2019 
remained solid.

During FY2019 Viostream’s Managing Director and management 
team were focussed on cost management, growth through product 
development and a focussed government sales push. Progress was 
made in all three areas setting up Viostream well for FY2020.

Management was able to continue to reduce the operating cost base 
of the business. Costs were reduced by approximately 10% in FY2019. 
This continued cost reduction puts the business in the position 
to be operating cash flow positive in FY20.

The business is now able to launch to market a beta version of its 
new live streaming product when the time is right. The product 
is currently being tested by select Viostream customers.

Viostream was successful in securing a number of key government 
and commercial customers in the latter part of FY2019 through 
a deliberate strategy of focussing on the company’s experience 
in the government sector.

During the course of FY2019 BTI invested $450,000 into Viostream 
to fund the finalisation of the company’s new product development 
and transition costs to operating cash flow profitability.

In June 2019 BTI, along with all other convertible note and 
preference shareholders converted their securities to ordinary shares. 
This was completed to simplify Viostream’s balance sheet and 
capital structure. This process has positive implications for BTI and 
simplifies the structure of Viostream for prospective due diligence.

Valuation 30 June 2019:

Valuation at 30 June 2018:

Investment since 30 June 2018:

Basis for valuation:

Securities held:

$7.8m

$7.4m

$0.45m

Revenue multiples

Ordinary shares

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Operating and Financial Review (continued)Review of Operations (continued)

Rezdy

Brosa

Rezdy is one of the few global independent technology providers 
of connectivity and tools to a broad cross-section of the estimated 
US$150bn tours and activities industry. Rezdy’s B2B marketplace 
strategy combines leading booking software, channel management 
and in-destination agent tools to enable online and mobile sales of 
tours and activities and facilitate greater reach for tours and activities 
providers by connecting them to leading global distribution partners 
such as Booking.com, Viator, GetYourGuide, C-Trip and Expedia.

Rezdy currently connects over 3,200 tour and activity operators 
to online distribution channels and connects to over 3,800 
independent agents in 92 countries. Rezdy’s booking software 
platform enables tours and activities providers to sell directly 
to consumers online, simplifying back-end operations for 
customers with inventory, scheduling and reservation engines.

Rezdy experienced strong growth in FY19, processing more than 
$1.4bn in bookings through its platform. Over half of Rezdy’s revenue 
was generated outside of Australia with the US being Rezdy’s 
second largest market. During the year, Rezdy aligned its revenue 
model more closely with its global marketplace strategy, resulting 
in significant growth in ARPU (Average Revenue Per Customer) 
by adding transaction and commission fees to its established 
software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscription revenue model, in which 
subscription fees are paid on a monthly or annual basis.

As a result of the continued strong growth in FY19, our investment 
in Rezdy was revalued upwards by 29% in February 2019. We believe 
Rezdy is very well positioned for continued growth and will 
become an increasingly leading technology provider to the global 
experience industry.

Valuation 30 June 2019:

Valuation 30 June 2018:

Investment since 30 June 2018:

$5.9m

$4.5m

$0m

Basis for valuation:

Securities held:

Revenue multiples

Convertible preference shares

Brosa is a technology-led, vertically integrated furniture brand and 
online retailer. Digitally-native brands like Brosa have an advantage 
over typical retailers, with access to data across the consumer 
purchasing lifecycle that can inform and optimise future investment 
in inventory and pricing. 

The management of Brosa believes there is an opportunity for 
digitally native retailers to utilise technology to optimise all parts 
of the furniture purchase and delivery supply chain, from design 
to delivery. Brosa is a next generation retailer with a digitally-native 
mindset and full vertical integration across the supply chain, 
enabling superior control of the customer experience.

Established in 2014, Brosa is based in Melbourne. The business 
operates an online/offline retail model, which includes 
predominantly online sales supported by two appointment-only 
physical showrooms in Melbourne and Sydney. 

In the time since BTI’s investment in October 2017, Brosa has built its 
management team in product range development, merchandising 
strategy and marketing. Brosa has not grown its revenue materially 
in the past year and has focussed on achieving growing profitability.

BTI has kept the valuation of Brosa flat over FY19 in line with the 
price of a small funding round Brosa completed in October 2018. 
This valuation also recognises BTI’s position in the capital structure 
of the company.

Valuation 30 June 2019:

Investment October 2018:

Basis for valuation:

Securities held:

$3.0m

$3.0m

Third-party transaction

Convertible preference shares

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Operating and Financial Review (continued)Significant Changes in State of Affairs

Liquidity Risk

There was no significant change in the Company’s state of affairs 
during the year.

There is a risk that the investment portfolio’s underlying investments 
or securities may not be easily converted to cash. Even when the 
Company does have a significant cash holding, that cash will not 
necessarily be available to Shareholders.

Events after the Reporting Period

General Investee Company Risks

In July 2019, BTI sold 1,000,000 shares in Straker Translations at $1.95 
per share with the proceeds received in cash.

There are risks relating to the growth stage internet-related 
Businesses in which the Company invests including:

Other than the above, no matter or circumstance has arisen since 
the end of the year that has significantly affected or may significantly 
affect the operations of the Company, the results of those operations 
or the state of affairs of the Company in subsequent financial years.

Future Developments, Prospects and 
Business Strategies

The BTI portfolio is well positioned for continued growth. In addition, 
the pipeline of potential new investment opportunities remains strong.

Likely developments, future prospects and the business strategies 
and operations of the portfolio companies and the economic 
entity and the expected results of those operations have not been 
detailed in this report as the directors believe the inclusion of such 
information would be likely to result in unreasonable prejudice 
to the Company.

Business Risks

The following exposures to business risk may affect the Company’s 
ability to deliver expected returns:

Market Risk

Investment returns are influenced by market factors such as changes 
in economic conditions, the legislative and political environment, 
investor sentiment, natural disasters, war and acts of terrorism.

The investment portfolio is constructed so as to minimise market 
risks, but those risks cannot be entirely eliminated and the 
investment portfolio may underperform against the broader market.

•  The business model of a particular investee company may be 

rendered obsolete over time by competition or new technology;

•  Some investee companies may not perform to the level 

expected by the Manager and could fail to implement proposed 
business expansion and/or product development, reduce 
in size or be wound up;

•  Some investee companies may fail to acquire new funding, 

whether by way of debt funding or third-party equity funding;

•  There is no guarantee of appropriate or timely exit 

opportunities for the Company, and accordingly the timeframe 
for the realisation of returns on investments may be longer 
than expected. 

The Company uses a combination of strategies to minimise 
business risks, including structural and contractual protections, 
a clear investment strategy and representation on portfolio 
company boards.

Environmental Regulation

The operations of the Company are not subject to any particular 
or significant environmental regulations under a Commonwealth, 
State or Territory law.

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Operating and Financial Review (continued)A list of the Board’s directors for the year ended 30 June 2019, along 
with their biographical details, is provided in the Directors’ Report.

The Board considers the current board composition reflects an 
appropriate balance between executive and non-executive directors 
that promotes both the generation of shareholder value and 
effective governance.

The Board also considers that the current board composition 
reflects an appropriate balance of skills, expertise and experience 
to achieve its objective of creating and delivering long-term 
shareholder value. The diverse range of investments the company 
is involved in necessitates the Board having a correspondingly 
diverse range of skills, experience and expertise. As BTI invests in 
internet-related businesses, directors are required to have a strong 
working knowledge of this sector. In addition, directors need to have 
a strong understanding of a range of other business requirements, 
including finance and contract law. To this end, the Board considers 
its current composition to be appropriate and has in place an active 
program for assessing whether individual directors and the Board 
as a whole have the skills and knowledge necessary to discharge 
their responsibilities in accordance with the Board’s governance 
arrangements. Details of the skills, expertise and experience of each 
director are provided in the Directors’ Report.

Ethical Standards
The Board is committed to its core governance values of integrity, 
respect, trust and openness among and between Board members, 
management and portfolio companies. These values are enshrined 
in the Board’s Code of Conduct policy which is available at  
www.bailador.com.au.

The Code of Conduct policy requires all directors to at all times:

•  Act in good faith in the best interests of the Company and 

for a proper purpose;

•  Comply with the law and uphold values of good 

corporate citizenship;

•  Avoid any potential conflict of interest or duty;

•  Exercise a reasonable degree of care and diligence;

•  Not make improper use of information or position; and

•  Comply with the company’s Code of Conduct and 

Securities Trading Policy. 

Directors are required to be independent in judgment and ensure all 
reasonable steps are taken to ensure the Board’s core governance 
values are not compromised in any decisions the Board makes.

Bailador Technology Investments 
Limited’s Corporate Governance 
Arrangements
The objective of the Board of Bailador Technology Investments 
Limited is to create and deliver long-term shareholder value 
through a range of diversified investments.

The Board considers there to be an unambiguous and positive 
relationship between the creation and delivery of long-term 
shareholder value and high-quality corporate governance. 
Accordingly, in pursuing its objective, the Board has committed 
to corporate governance arrangements that strive to foster the 
values of integrity, respect, trust and openness among and 
between Board members, management and investee companies.

Bailador Technology Investments Limited and its subsidiaries 
operate as a single economic entity with a unified Board. As such, 
the Board’s corporate governance arrangements apply to all entities 
within the Company.

Bailador Technology Investments Limited is listed on the Australian 
Securities Exchange (ASX). Accordingly, unless stated otherwise in 
this document, the Board’s corporate governance arrangements 
comply with the recommendations of the ASX Corporate Governance 
Council (including the 2014 amendments) as well as current 
standards of best practice for the entire financial year ended 30 June 
2019 and have been approved by the Board.

Board Composition
The Board comprises five directors, three of whom are non-executive 
and meet the Board’s criteria, and ASX Guidelines, as to be considered 
independent. The names of the non-executive/independent 
directors are:

Andrew Bullock
Jolanta Masojada (appointed 5 September 2018)
Sankar Narayan
Heith Mackay-Cruise (retired 18 September 2018)

An independent director is a non-executive director who is not 
a member of management and who is free of any business or other 
relationship that could materially interfere with, or could reasonably 
be perceived to materially interfere with, the independent exercise 
of their judgement. For a director to be considered independent, 
they must meet all of the following materiality thresholds:

•  Not hold, either directly or indirectly through a related person 
or entity, more than 5% of the company’s outstanding shares;

•  Not benefit, either directly or through a related person or entity, 
from any sales to or purchases from the company or any of its 
related entities; and

•  Derive no income, either directly or indirectly through a related 
person or entity, from a contract with the company or any of its 
related entities. 

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Corporate Governance StatementNomination and Remuneration Committee

The role of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee is to assist 
the Board by making recommendations to it about the appointment 
of new directors of the company and advising on remuneration and 
issues relevant to remuneration policies and practices including 
for non-executive directors. Specifically, the Nomination and 
Remuneration Committee oversees:

•  Developing suitable criteria for Board candidates;

•  Identifying, vetting and recommending suitable candidates 

for the Board;

•  Overseeing Board and director performance reviews;

•  Developing remuneration policies for directors; and

•  Reviewing remuneration packages annually. 

The Nomination and Remuneration Committee comprises five 
directors (including the Chair of the Board), three of whom are 
non-executive/independent directors. Consistent with ASX’s 
Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations, the Chair 
of the Nomination and Risk Committee is independent and does not 
hold the position of Chair of the Board.

The names and qualifications of the Nomination and Remuneration 
Committee members and their attendance at meetings of the 
committee are included in the Directors’ Report.

There are no schemes for retirement benefits for directors.

Performance Evaluation
The Board assesses its performance, the performance of individual 
directors and the performance of its committees annually through 
internal peer review. The Board also formally reviews its governance 
arrangements on a similar basis annually. The Board, along with the 
Nomination and Remuneration Committee have met throughout 
the year and have found the current board performance and 
composition to be appropriate.

Further remuneration policy for non-executive/independent 
directors is provided at www.bailador.com.au.

Share Ownership and Share 
Trading Policy
Details of directors’ individual shareholdings in Bailador Technology 
Investments Limited are provided in the remuneration report.

The Bailador Technology Investments Limited Securities Trading 
Policy is set by the Board. The policy restricts directors from  
acting on material information until it has been released to the 
market and adequate time has been given for this to be reflected 
in the company’s share price. A detailed description of the 
Board’s policy regarding directors trading in Bailador Technology 
Investments Limited shares is available from the Board’s Code of 
Conduct and Securities Trading Policy, both of which are available 
at www.bailador.com.au.

Directors are prohibited from trading for short term speculative gain.

Board Committees
To facilitate achieving its objectives, the Board has established two 
sub-committees comprising Board members – the Audit and Risk 
Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. 
Each of these committees has formal terms of reference that outline 
the committee’s roles and responsibilities, and the authorities 
delegated to it by the Board. Copies of these terms of reference are 
available at www.bailador.com.au.

Audit and Risk Committee

The role of the Audit and Risk Committee is to assist the Board 
by advising on the establishment and maintenance of a framework 
of internal controls and to assist the Board with policy on the quality 
and reliability of financial information prepared for use by the Board. 
Specifically, the Audit and Risk Committee oversees:

•  The appointment, independence, performance and 

remuneration of the external auditor;

•  The integrity of the audit process;

•  The effectiveness of the internal controls; and

•  Compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.

Information on the Board’s procedures for the selection and 
appointment of the external auditor, and for the rotation of the 
external audit engagement partners, is available from the company’s 
website www.bailador.com.au.

The Audit and Risk Committee comprises five directors (including the 
Chair of the Board), three of whom are non-executive/independent 
directors. Consistent with ASX’s Corporate Governance Principles 
and Recommendations, the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee 
is independent and does not hold the position of Chair of the Board.

The names and qualifications of the Audit and Risk Committee 
members and their attendance at meetings of the Committee are 
included in the Directors’ Report.

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Corporate Governance Statement (continued)Board Roles and Responsibilities
The Board is accountable to the shareholders for creating and 
delivering shareholder value through governance of the Company’s 
business activities. The discharge of these responsibilities is 
facilitated by the Board delivering to shareholders timely and 
balanced disclosures about the Company’s performance.

As a part of its corporate governance arrangements, the Board 
has established a strategy for engaging and communicating with 
shareholders that includes:

•  Monthly updates to the ASX and the Company website with 

the Company’s net asset backing;

•  Presentations to investors and media briefings, which are 

also placed on the Company website; and

•  Actively encouraging shareholders to attend and participate 

in the Company’s Annual General Meeting.

A detailed description of the Board’s communication policy 
is provided at www.bailador.com.au. 

Shareholder Rights
Shareholders are entitled to vote on significant matters impacting 
on the business, which include the election and remuneration 
of directors, changes to the constitution and receipt of annual 
and interim financial statements. The Board actively encourages 
shareholders to attend and participate in the Annual General 
Meetings of Bailador Technology Investments Limited, to lodge 
questions to be responded to by the Board and/or the Manager, 
and to appoint proxies.

The Company ensures its statutory auditor attends the Annual 
General Meeting and is available to answer questions from 
shareholders relevant to the audit.

Risk Management
The Board considers identification and management of key risks 
associated with the business as vital to creating and delivering 
long-term shareholder value.

The Board is first and foremost accountable to provide value to its 
shareholders through delivery of timely and balanced disclosures.

The main risks that could negatively impact on the performance 
of the Company’s investments include:

The Board has delegated to the Manager, Bailador Investment 
Management, all authorities appropriate and necessary to achieve 
the Board’s objective to create and deliver long-term shareholder 
value. A complete description of the functions reserved for the Board 
and those it has delegated to the Manager along with guidance 
on the relationship between the Board and the Manager is available 
from the Board Charter available at www.bailador.com.au. 
Notwithstanding, the Manager remains accountable to the Board 
and the Board regularly monitors the decisions and actions 
of the Manager.

The Board Charter requires all directors to act with integrity 
and objectivity in taking an effective leadership role in relation 
to the Company.

The Chair is responsible for ensuring individual directors, the Board 
as a whole and the Manager comply with both the letter and spirit 
of the Board’s governance arrangements. The Chair discharges their 
responsibilities in a number of ways, primarily through:

•  Setting agendas in collaboration with other directors and 

the Manager;

•  Encouraging critical evaluation and debate among directors;

•  Managing board meetings to ensure all critical matters are 

given sufficient attention; and

•  Communicating with stakeholders as and when required.

The Board Charter provides independent directors the right to seek 
independent professional advice on any matter connected with the 
discharge of their responsibilities at the Company’s expense. Written 
approval must be obtained from the Chair prior to incurring any such 
expense on behalf of the Company.

•  General market risk, particularly in worldwide tech 

sector stocks;

•  General interruption to the Australian venture capital sector;

•  The ability of the Manager to continue to manage the 
portfolio, particularly retention of the Manager’s key 
management personnel;

•  Minority holdings risk where other larger investors in our 
portfolio companies may make decisions the Company 
disagrees with; and

•  Other operational disruptions within portfolio companies due 
to changes in competition or technology, key management 
personnel, cash-flow and other general operational matters.

There have been no changes to the risk profile of the Company.

The Manager has been delegated the task of implementing internal 
controls to identify and manage risks for which the Audit and Risk 
Committee and the Board provide oversight. The effectiveness 
of these controls is monitored and reviewed regularly.

A summary of the Board’s risk management policy is available 
at www.bailador.com.au. 

Other Information
Further information relating to the Company’s corporate governance 
practices and policies has been made publicly available on the 
company website www.bailador.com.au. 

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Corporate Governance Statement (continued)Your directors submit the financial report of the Company for the 
financial year ended 30 June 2019. The information in the preceding 
operating and financial review forms part of this Directors’ Report 
for the year ended 30 June 2019 and is to be read in conjunction with 
this report:

Directors
The names of directors who held office during or since the end 
of the year:

David Kirk (Chairman)
Paul Wilson
Andrew Bullock
Jolanta Masojada – appointed 5 September 2018
Sankar Narayan
Heith Mackay-Cruise – retired 18 September 2018

Non-audit Services
The Board of Directors, in accordance with advice from the Audit 
and Risk Committee, is satisfied that the provision of non-audit 
services during the period is compatible with the general standard 
of independence for auditors imposed by the Corporations Act 
2001. The directors are satisfied the services disclosed below did 
not compromise the external auditor’s independence as the nature 
of the services provided does not compromise the general principles 
relating to audit independence in accordance with APES 110: 
Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants set by the Accounting 
Professional and Ethical Standards Board. All non-audit services 
have been reviewed and approved to ensure they do not impact 
the integrity and objectivity of the auditor.

The following fees were paid or payable to Hall Chadwick for 
non-audit services provided during the year ended 30 June 2019:

Dividends
There have been no dividends paid or declared during the year.

Taxation Services

$

$32,095

$32,095

Indemnifying Officers or Auditor
During the year, Bailador Technology Investments Limited paid 
a premium to insure officers of the Company. The officers of the 
Company covered by the insurance policy include all Directors.

The liabilities insured are legal costs that may be incurred 
in defending civil or criminal proceedings that may be brought 
against the officers in their capacity as officers of the Company, 
and any other payments arising from liabilities incurred by the 
officers in connection with such proceedings, other than where 
such liabilities arise out of conduct involving a wilful breach of duty 
by the officers or the improper use by the officers of their position 
or of information to gain advantage for themselves or someone else 
to cause detriment to the Company.

Details of the amount of the premium paid in respect of insurance 
policies are not disclosed as such disclosure is prohibited under the 
terms of the contract.

The Company has not otherwise, during or since the end of the 
financial period, except to the extent permitted by law, indemnified 
or agreed to indemnify any current or former officer or auditor of the 
Company against a liability incurred as such by an officer or auditor.

Proceedings on Behalf of Company
No person has applied for leave of court to bring proceedings on 
behalf of the Company or intervene in any proceedings to which the 
Company is a party for the purpose of taking responsibility on behalf 
of the Company for all or any part of those proceedings.

The Company was not a party to any such proceedings during the year.

Auditor’s Independence Declaration

The auditor’s independence declaration for the year ended 
30 June 2019 has been received and can be found on page 24 of the 
Financial Report.

Rounding of Amounts

The Company has applied the relief available to it under ASIC 
Corporations (rounding in Financial/Directors’ Reports) Instrument 
2016/191 and accordingly certain amounts in the financial report and 
the Directors’ Report have been rounded off to the nearest $1,000.

New Accounting Standards 
Implemented

The Company has implemented two new accounting standards that 
have come into effect.

AASB 15: Revenue from Contracts with Customers effective 
1 July 2018. As the Company does not have any contracts with 
customers there have been no transitional adjustments or impact 
from the application of this standard.

AASB 9: Financial Instruments effective 1 July 2018. The adoption 
of this standard did not have an impact on the Company’s financial 
instruments and therefore there have been no transitional adjustments 
or impact from the application of this standard. The company 
has made amendments to its financial instruments accounting policies 
in Note 1 of the financial statements in line with the new standard.

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Directors’ ReportOptions

There are no unissued ordinary shares of the Company under options as at 30 June 2019.

No shares or options are issued to directors of Bailador Technology Investments Limited as remuneration.

Information Relating to Directors and Company Secretary

Information on directors is located on pages 4 and 5 of this report.

Heith Mackay-Cruise 
Independent Non-Executive Director

•  Heith (retired 18 September 2018) is the independent Chairman of UP Education in New Zealand 
and the Vision Australia Foundation. Heith is also a member of the Adara Partners Advisory Board. 
He is the immediate past Chairman of both hipages and Literacy Planet.

Helen Plesek 
Company Secretary

•  Heith has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of New England and is a Fellow of the 

Australian Institute of Company Directors.

•  Heith holds interest in 502,592 ordinary shares in BTI.

•  Helen has over 20 years of experience in finance, corporate development and governance holding 
senior roles at Inchcape Motors Australia, Tubemakers of Australia and BRW Fast 100 winner and 
technology company, LX Group. In addition, Helen has consulted on best practice finance systems 
across a range of companies and government bodies.

•  Helen holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and a Masters in Politics and Public Policy. 

She is a Certified Practicing Accountant.

Meetings of Directors

During the period, 8 meetings of directors and 4 committee meeting were held. Attendances by each director during the period were as follows:

Directors’ Meetings

Committee Meetings

Committee Meetings

Audit & Risk  

Nomination and Remuneration 

Number eligible 

Number 

Number eligible 

Number 

Number eligible 

Number 

to attend

attended

to attend

attended

to attend

attended

David Kirk

Paul Wilson

Andrew Bullock

Jolanta Masojada

Sankar Narayan

Heith Mackay-Cruise

8

8

8

6

8

3

8

8

8

6

7

2

Remuneration Report (Audited)

Remuneration Policy

3

3

3

2

3

1

3

3

3

2

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

1

0

Bailador Technology Investments Limited does not employee any personnel. The Board has delegated management of the investment portfolio to the 
Manager, Bailador Investment Management Pty Ltd.

David Kirk and Paul Wilson are directors of Bailador Technology Investments Limited and are also directors and owners of Bailador Investment 
Management Pty Ltd.

The Manager is responsible for managing the Investment Portfolio in accordance with the Company’s investment strategy. The Manager was appointed 
in 2014 for an initial term of 10 years and will automatically extend after that term until it is terminated in accordance with the agreement’s terms.

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Directors’ Report (continued)The Board has recognised the Manager as Key Management Personnel (KMP) given it has the authority and responsibility for planning, directing 
and controlling the activities of the Company. At least one of David Kirk or Paul Wilson are required to continue to be directors of the Manager 
and must continue to be actively involved in the management of the investment portfolio during the initial term of the agreement.

The Board has agreed that the independent Directors, Andrew Bullock, Sankar Narayan and Jolanta Masojada, are to receive $60,000 per annum. 
The Executive Directors do not receive any remuneration.

Bailador Technology Investments Limited pays a management fee of 1.75% per annum (plus GST) of the portfolio NAV. Fees are calculated and 
paid at the beginning of each quarter in advance. The management fee for a quarter is then adjusted and paid at the end of the quarter based 
on increases or decreases in the NAV. All the costs of the Manager, including staff, rent, training, and other costs are paid for from this fee.

In addition, the Manager is entitled to receive a performance fee equal to 17.5% per annum (plus GST) of the investment portfolio’s gain each 
year subject to outperforming a hurdle of 8.0% per annum (compounded). The performance fee is only payable from realised gains. The hurdle 
was reached in FY19 and a provision for performance fee payable of $4,035,242 has been taken to account in June 2019. This includes $98,421 
of non-recoverable GST payable to the ATO.

Amounts paid or payable to the Manager relating to the year ended 30 June 2019 are as follows:

Base management fee

Performance fee payable

Reimbursement of portfolio management expenses

$2,506,960

$4,035,242

$65,079

Key Management Personnel (KMP) Remuneration

Remuneration paid or payable to each KMP of the Company during the financial year is as follows:

Position

Directors’ Fees

David Kirk

Paul Wilson

Chairman and Executive Director

Executive Director

Andrew Bullock

Non-executive Director

Jolanta Masojada

Non-executive Director (appointed 5 September 2018)

Sankar Narayan

Non-executive Director

Heith Mackay-Cruise

Non-executive Director (retired 18 September 2018)

Non-recoverable GST incurred on director payments

–

–

60,000

48,333

60,000

15,000

12,333

195,666

KMP Shareholdings

The number of ordinary shares in Bailador Technology Investments Limited held by each KMP of the Company during the financial year is as follows:

David Kirk

Paul Wilson

Andrew Bullock

Sankar Narayan

Jolanta Masojada

Heith Mackay-Cruise

Net number 

Net number 

Balance at 

30 June 2018

of shares 

acquired

of shares 

Balance at 

disposed

30 June 2019

8,387,841

3,201,513

410,422

200,000

–

502,592

–

260,289

–

–

60,000

–

12,702,368

320,289

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

8,387,841

3,461,802

410,422

200,000

60,000

502,592

13,022,657

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Directors’ Report (continued)KMP Option Holdings

There were no options on issue to KMP at any point during the financial year.

Other Transactions with KMP and their Related Parties

David Kirk and Paul Wilson receive directors’ fees in relation to directorships of portfolio companies. For the year 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019, 
David Kirk earned $50,000 from DocsCorp and $5,000 from Instaclustr. Paul Wilson earned $50,000 from SiteMinder, $46,667 from Stackla and 
$48,233 from Straker Translations.

The Manager receives directors’ fees in relation to directorships of portfolio companies. For the year 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019, the Manager 
earned (net of GST) $50,000 from DocsCorp, $25,000 from Instaclustr, $33,333 from Stackla and $9,117 from Straker Translations.

Paul Wilson purchased $250,000 shares in Straker Translations at IPO. David Kirk purchased 100,000 shares in Straker Translations at IPO and 
Jolanta Masojada purchased 20,000 shares in Straker Translations at IPO. All purchases were on the same terms as those with unrelated persons.

Paul Wilson was issued 50,000 options in Straker Translations at IPO exercisable at $1.51. The terms of the issue were the same as those of other 
directors of the board of Straker Translations at IPO.

Sankar Narayan was appointed CEO of SiteMinder in January 2019. Sankar’s package was negotiated at arm’s length terms. In the period 
to 30 June 2019, Sankar received $195,901 from SiteMinder.

There were no other transactions conducted between the Company and related parties, (other than those disclosed above with the Manager), 
relating to equity, compensation and loans, that were conducted other than in accordance with normal supplier relationships on terms no more 
favourable than those reasonably expected under arm’s length dealings with unrelated persons.

This Directors’ Report, incorporating the remuneration report, is signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors.

David Kirk 
Director

Dated this 15th day of August 2019

Paul Wilson 
Director

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Directors’ Report (continued)BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED 
ABN 38 601 048 275 

AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION  
UNDER SECTION 307C OF THE CORPORATIONS ACT 2001  
TO THE DIRECTORS OF BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED 

In  accordance  with  Section  307C  of  the  Corporations  Act  2001,  I  am  pleased  to 
provide  the  following  declaration  of  independence  to  the  directors  of  Bailador 
Technology Investments Limited. As the lead audit partner for the audit of the financial 
report of Bailador Technology Investments Limited for the year ended 30 June 2019, I 
declare  that,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief,  there  have  been  no 
contraventions of: 

(i) 

the auditor independence requirements as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 
in relation to the audit; and 

(ii)  

any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit. 

Hall Chadwick 
Level 40, 2 Park Street 
Sydney, NSW 2000 

SANDEEP KUMAR 
Partner 
Dated: 15 August 2019 

SYDNEY   ·   PENRITH   ·   MELBOURNE   ·   BRISBANE   ·   PERTH   ·   DARWIN  
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation 
www.hallchadwick.com.au 

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Auditor’s Independence Declaration 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Increase/(Decrease) in value of financial assets

Interest income

Accounting fees

ASX fees

Audit fees

Costs of sell down of financial assets

Directors’ fees

Due diligence costs

Independent valuations

Insurance

Investor relations

Legal fees

Manager’s fees

Manager’s performance fees

Registry administration

Other expenses

Profit before income tax

Income tax expense

Profit for the year

Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive (loss)/income for the year

Earnings per share

 – basic earnings per share (cents)

 – diluted earnings per share (cents)

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

Note

2

6

5

2

3

7

7

30 June 2019 

30 June 2018

$000

32,038

44

(203)

(57)

(67)

(52)

(196)

(33)

(84)

(148)

(145)

(41)

(2,507)

(4,035)

(27)

(121)

24,366

(7,313)

17,053

–

17,053

14.18

14.18

 $000

8,384

115

(224)

(57)

(63)

–

(192)

(9)

(111)

(90)

(86)

(29)

(2,285)

–

(27)

(103)

5,223

(1,570)

3,654

–

3,654

3.04

3.04

BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  ANNUAL REPORT 2019

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Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Incomefor the Year Ended 30 June 2019ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents

Current marketable securities

Trade and other receivables

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS

NON-CURRENT ASSETS

Financial assets

Deferred tax assets

TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS

TOTAL ASSETS

LIABILITIES

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Trade and other payables

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES

NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

Deferred tax liabilities

TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

TOTAL LIABILITIES

NET ASSETS

EQUITY

Issued capital

Retained earnings

TOTAL EQUITY

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

As at 30 June 2019 

As at 30 June 2018 

Note

$000

$000

8

4

9

4

11

10

11

12

1,423

2,805

107

4,336

157,882

16,152

174,034

178,370

4,327

4,327

28,939

28,939

33,266

145,104

116,475

28,629

145,104

3,774

–

69

3,843

129,886

14,234

144,120

147,963

205

205

19,708

19,708

19,913

128,051

116,475

11,576

128,051

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Statement of Financial Positionas at 30 June 2019Balance at 1 July 2017

Comprehensive income

Profit for the year

Total comprehensive income for the period

Transactions with owners, in their capacity as owners, and other 
transfers

Total transactions with owners and other transfers

Balance at 30 June 2018

Balance at 1 July 2018

Comprehensive income

Profit for the year

Total comprehensive income for the period

Transactions with owners, in their capacity as owners, and other 
transfers

Total transactions with owners and other transfers

Balance at 30 June 2019

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

Note

Ordinary Share 

Capital 

$000

116,475

–

–

–

116,475

Retained 

Earnings 

$000

7,922

3,654

3,654

–

11,576

Total 

$000

124,397

3,654

3,654

–

128,051

116,475

11,576

128,051

–

–

–

116,475

17,053

17,053

–

28,629

17,053

17,053

–

145,104

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Statement of Changes in Equityfor the Year Ended 30 June 201930 June 2019 

30 June 2018 

Note

$000

$000

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Payments to suppliers and employees 

Interest received 

Net cash used in operating activities

14

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Purchase of financial assets at fair value through profit and loss 

Sale of financial assets at fair value through profit and loss

Proceeds from / (net cash used in) investing activities

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Proceeds from issue of shares, net of payouts

Payments relating to costs of capital raising

Net cash provided by financing activities

Net decrease in cash held

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

(3,632)

46

(3,586)

(450)

1,686

1,236

–

–

–

(2,350)

3,774

1,423

(3,284)

124

(3,160)

(5,583)

–

(5,583)

–

–

–

(8,743)

12,517

3,774

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BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Statement of Cash Flowsfor the Year Ended 30 June 2019Note 1:   Summary of Significant 

Accounting Policies

Basis of Preparation

These general purpose financial statements have been prepared 
in accordance with requirements of the Corporations Act 2001, 
Australian Accounting Standards and Interpretations of the Australian 
Accounting Standards Board and International Financial Reporting 
Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards 
Board. The Company is a for-profit entity for financial reporting 
purposes under Australian Accounting Standards. It is recommended 
that this financial report be read in conjunction with any public 
announcements made during the period. Material accounting policies 
adopted in the preparation of these financial statements are presented 
below and have been consistently applied unless stated otherwise.

These financial statements were authorised for issue on 
15th August 2019.

Accounting Policies

Except for cash flow information, the financial statements have been 
prepared on an accruals basis and are based on historical costs, 
modified, where applicable, by the measurement at fair value of 
selected non-current assets, financial assets and financial liabilities.

a.  Investments

The Company has been classified under AASB 2013-5 as an Investment 
Entity whose business purpose is to invest funds solely for returns via 
capital appreciation and/or investment returns. As the Company has 
been classified as an Investment Entity, the portfolio investments have 
been accounted for at fair value through the profit or loss and shown 
as Financial Assets in the Statement of Financial Position.

Investments held at fair value through profit or loss are initially 
recognised at fair value. Transaction costs related to acquisitions 
are expensed to profit and loss immediately. Subsequent to initial 
recognition, all financial instruments held at fair value are accounted for 
at fair value, with changes to such values recognised in the profit or loss.

In determining year-end valuations, the board considers the annual 
valuation review by an independent valuation expert and the 
valuation report prepared by the Manager along with other material 
deemed appropriate by the board in arriving at valuations.

In determining valuations, whilst considering individual portfolio 
company valuations, the board determines the overall value of 
the investment portfolio and determines company revenue as the 
change in the total value of financial assets held at fair value through 
profit or loss. The board will, if relevant, give consideration to any 
commercial negotiations underway at the time of valuation and may 
maintain the value of an investment if a change in valuation would 
prejudice the interests of the company.

Investments are recognised on a trade date basis.

The entity is exempt from consolidating underlying investees it controls 
in accordance with AASB 10 Consolidated Financial Statements.

b.  Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities

The Company measures some of its assets and liabilities at fair 
value on either a recurring or non-recurring basis, depending 
on the requirements of the applicable accounting standard.

Fair value is the price the Company would receive to sell an asset 
or would have to pay to transfer a liability in an orderly (ie unforced) 
transaction between independent, knowledgeable and willing 
market participants at the measurement date.

As fair value is a market-based measure, the closest equivalent 
observable market pricing information is used to determine fair 
value. Adjustments to market values may be made having regard 
to the characteristics of the specific asset or liability. The fair values 
of assets and liabilities that are not traded in an active market are 
determined using one or more valuation techniques. These valuation 
techniques maximise, to the extent possible, the use of observable 
market data.

To the extent possible, market information is extracted from either 
the principal market for the asset or liability (ie the market with the 
greatest volume and level of activity for the asset or liability) or in the 
absence of such a market, the most advantageous market available 
to the entity at the end of the reporting period (ie the market that 
maximises the receipts from the sale of the asset or minimises the 
payments made to transfer the liability, after taking into account 
transaction costs).

The fair value of liabilities and the entity’s own equity instruments 
(excluding those related to share-based payment arrangements) 
may be valued, where there is no observable market price in 
relation to the transfer of such financial instruments, by reference 
to observable market information where such instruments are held 
as assets. Where this information is not available, other valuation 
techniques are adopted and, where significant, are detailed 
in Note 18.

c.  Taxation

The income tax expense for the period comprises current income 
tax expense and deferred tax expense.

Current income tax expense charged to profit or loss is the tax 
payable on taxable income. Current tax liabilities/(assets) are 
measured at the amounts expected to be paid to/(recovered from) 
the relevant taxation authority.

Deferred income tax expense reflects movements in deferred tax 
asset and deferred tax liability balances during the period as well 
as unused tax losses.

No deferred income tax is recognised from the initial recognition 
of an asset or liability, where there is no effect on accounting 
or taxable profit or loss.

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Notes to the Financial Statementsfor the Year Ended 30 June 2019Note 1:  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are calculated at the tax rates that 
are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realised or the 
liability is settled and their measurement also reflects the manner 
in which management expects to recover or settle the carrying 
amount of the related asset or liability.

enable performance evaluation where a group of financial assets 
is managed on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented 
risk management or investment strategy. Such assets are 
subsequently measured at fair value with changes in carrying 
amount being included in profit or loss.

Deferred tax assets relating to temporary differences and unused tax 
losses are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future 
taxable profit will be available against which the benefits of the 
deferred tax asset can be utilised.

Current tax assets and liabilities are offset where a legally enforceable 
right of set-off exists and it is intended that net settlement or 
simultaneous settlement of the respective asset and liability will 
occur. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset where: (a) a legally 
enforceable right of set-off exists; and (b) the deferred tax assets and 
liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority 
on either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities where 
it is intended that net settlement or simultaneous realisation and 
settlement of the respective asset and liability will occur in future 
periods in which significant amounts of deferred tax assets 
or liabilities are expected to be recovered or settled.

d.  Financial Instruments

Initial Recognition and Measurement

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when 
the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions to the 
instrument. For financial assets, this is equivalent to the date that 
the Company commits itself to either the purchase or sale of the 
asset (ie trade date accounting is adopted).

Financial instruments are initially measured at fair value plus 
transaction costs, except where the instrument is classified “at fair 
value through profit or loss”, in which case transaction costs are 
expensed to profit or loss immediately. Where available, quoted 
prices in an active market are used to determine fair value. In other 
circumstances, valuation techniques are adopted. 

Classification and Subsequent Measurement

Financial instruments are subsequently measured at amortised 
cost or fair value through profit or loss.

A financial asset that is managed solely to collect contractual cash 
flows and the contractual terms within the financial asset give rise 
to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest 
is measured at amortised cost.

All financial assets that are not measured at amortised cost are 
measured at fair value through profit or loss.

(i)  Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

A financial asset is classified at “fair value through profit or loss” 
when it eliminates or reduces an accounting mismatch or to 

The initial designation of the financial instruments to measure at fair 
value through profit or loss is a one-time option on initial classification 
and is irrevocable until the financial asset is derecognised.

(ii)  Financial liabilities

Financial liabilities other than financial guarantees are subsequently 
measured at amortised cost. Gains or losses are recognised in profit 
or loss through the amortisation process and when the financial 
liability is derecognised.

Impairment

The Company recognises a loss allowance for expected credit losses 
on financial assets that are measured at amortised cost.

Impairment losses are recognised in the profit or loss immediately.

At the end of each reporting period, the Company assesses 
whether there is any indication that an asset may be impaired. 
The assessment will include the consideration of external and 
internal sources of information. If such an indication exists, 
an impairment test is carried out on the asset by comparing the 
recoverable amount of the asset, to the asset’s carrying amount. 
Any excess of the carrying amount over its recoverable amount 
is recognised immediately in the profit or loss.

Derecognition

Financial assets are derecognised when the contractual rights 
to receipt of cash flows expire or the asset is transferred to another 
party whereby the entity no longer has any significant continuing 
involvement in the risks and benefits associated with the asset and 
the Company no longer controls the asset.

On derecognition of a financial asset measured at amortised cost, 
the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the sum 
of consideration received and receivable is recognised in profit 
or loss.

An exchange of an existing financial liability for a new one with 
substantially modified terms, or a substantial modification to the 
terms of a financial liability is treated as an extinguishment of the 
existing liability and recognition of a new financial liability. Financial 
liabilities are derecognised when the related obligations are 
discharged, cancelled or have expired. The difference between the 
carrying amount of the financial liability extinguished or transferred 
to another party and the fair value of consideration paid, including 
the transfer of non-cash assets or liabilities assumed, is recognised 
in profit or loss.

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 1:  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

e.  Cash and Cash Equivalents

k.  Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgements

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits available 
on demand with banks, other short term highly liquid investments 
with original maturities of three months or less.

f.  Trade and Other Receivables

Trade and other receivables include amounts due from government 
authorities and prepayments for services performed in the ordinary 
course of business. Receivables expected to be collected (or utilised) 
within 12 months of the end of the reporting period are classified 
as current assets.

Trade and other receivables are initially recognised at fair value and 
subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest 
method, less any provision for impairment. Refer to Note 1(d) for 
further discussion on the determination of impairment losses.

g.  Trade and Other Payables

Trade and other payables represent the liabilities for goods and 
services received by the entity that remain unpaid at the end of the 
reporting period. The balance is recognised as a current liability 
with the amounts normally paid within 30 days of recognition 
of the liability.

h.  Goods and Services Tax

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount 
of GST, except where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable 
from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

Receivables and payables are stated inclusive of the amount of GST 
receivable or payable. The net amount of GST recoverable from, 
or payable to, the ATO is included with other receivables or payables 
in the statement of financial position.

Cash flows are presented on a gross basis. The GST components 
of cash flows arising from investing or financing activities which are 
recoverable from, or payable to, the ATO are presented as operating 
cash flows included in receipts from customers or payments 
to suppliers.

i.  Interest Income

Interest revenue is recognised using the effective interest method.

j.  Rounding of Amounts

The Company has applied the relief available to it under ASIC 
Corporations (rounding in Financial/Directors’ Reports) Instrument 
2016/191 and accordingly certain amounts in the financial report and 
the directors’ report have been rounded off to the nearest $1,000.

The directors evaluate estimates and judgements incorporated 
into the financial statements based on historical knowledge and 
best available current information. Estimates assume a reasonable 
expectation of future events and are based on current trends and 
economic data, obtained both externally and within the Company. 
Detailed information about each of these estimates and judgements 
is included in Note 18 in the financial statements.

l.  Comparative Figures

When required by accounting standards, comparative figures have 
been adjusted to conform to changes in presentation for the current 
financial year. The comparative period represents the period from 
1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

m.  New Accounting Standard for Application in Future Periods

Accounting standards and interpretations issued by the AASB that 
are not yet mandatorily applicable to the Company, together with 
an assessment of the potential impact of such pronouncements on 
the Company when adopted in future periods, are discussed below:

AASB 16: Leases (applicable to annual reporting periods beginning 
on or after 1 July 2019).

When effective, this Standard will replace the current accounting 
requirements applicable to leases in AASB 117: Leases and related 
Interpretations. AASB 16 introduces a single lessee accounting 
model that eliminates the requirement for leases to be classified 
as operating or finance leases.

The main changes introduced by the new Standard are as follows:

•  recognition of a right-of-use asset and lease liability for all 

leases (excluding short-term leases with a lease term 12 months 
or less of tenure and leases relating to low-value assets);

•  depreciation of right-of-use assets in line with AASB 116: 

Property, Plant and Equipment in profit or loss and unwinding 
of the liability in principal and interest components;

• 

inclusion of variable lease payments that depend on an index 
or a rate in the initial measurement of the lease liability using 
the index or rate at the commencement date;

•  application of a practical expedient to permit a lessee to elect 
not to separate non-lease components and instead account 
for all components as a lease; and

• 

inclusion of additional disclosure requirements.

The transitional provisions of AASB 16 allow a lessee to either 
retrospectively apply the Standard to comparatives in line with AASB 
108 or recognise the cumulative effect of retrospective application 
as an adjustment to opening equity on the date of initial application.

The company does not have any leases and the implementation 
of AASB16 will not impact the company.

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 2:  Profit For The Year

The following revenue and expense items are relevant in explaining the financial performance 
for the year:

Fair value gains on financial assets and marketable securities at fair value through profit or loss

32,038

8,384

There were strong gains in a number of portfolio companies, in particular (in ‘000s)

30 June 2019 

30 June 2018

$000

 $000

•  SiteMinder increased $16,972 (30%)

•  Instaclustr increased $5,365 (58%)

•  Straker Translations increased $2,711 (24%)

•  SMI increased $2,224 (30%)

•  DocsCorp increased $1,768 (19%)

•  Lendi increased $1,683 (18%)

•  Rezdy increased $1,314 (29%).

Note 3:  Tax Expense

a.  The components of tax expense comprise:

Current tax

Deferred tax

b.   The prima facie tax on profit from ordinary activities before income tax is reconciled 

to income tax payable as follows:

Profit for the period before income tax expense

Prima facie tax payable on profit from ordinary activities before income tax at 30%

Tax effect of:

 – Other deductions

Income tax attributable to entity

The weighted average effective tax rate is as follows:

30 June 2019 

30 June 2018

$000

 $000

9,482

(16,795)

7,313

24,366

7,310

3

7,313

30%

3,140

(1,570)

1,570

5,223

1,567

3

1,570

30%

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 4:  Marketable Securities Financial Assets

Current Marketable Securities

Straker Translations

Total Current Marketable Securities

Financial Assets

SiteMinder

Instaclustr

Stackla

Straker Translations

DocsCorp

Lendi

SMI

Viostream

Rezdy

Brosa

As at 

As at 

30 June 2019 

30 June 2018 

$000

$000

2,805

2,805

72,857

14,647

12,577

9,819

10,936

10,727

9,638

7,807

5,861

3,000

–

–

55,885

9,281

12,577

11,155

9,168

9,488

7,414

7,371

4,547

3,000

Total Financial Assets

Total Financial Assets & Marketable Securities

157,882

160,688

129,886

129,886

During the year Straker Translations was listed on the ASX. As Bailador’s shares are now marketable securities tradeable on the ASX, this holding 
has been reclassified as Marketable Securities (previously Financial Assets).

Note 5:  Management Fees

The Company has outsourced its investment management function to Bailador Investment Management Pty Ltd. Bailador Investment 
Management Pty Ltd is a privately owned investment management company and is a related party of Bailador Technology Investments Limited.

a.  Management fees

The Manager is entitled to be paid a management fee equal to 1.75% of the portfolio Net Asset Value (NAV) plus GST per annum. The management 
fee is calculated and paid quarterly in advance. Each quarter the average of the opening and closing NAV for the quarter is calculated and 
an adjustment to the pre-paid fee is made depending on whether NAV has increased or decreased during the quarter.

During the period, the Company incurred $2,506,960 of management fees payable to the Manager, of which $61,298 was unclaimable GST the 
manager remitted as GST to the ATO.

b.  Reimbursement of portfolio management expenses

Under the management agreement, the Manager is also entitled to be reimbursed for certain out of pocket expenses incurred in the acquisition 
and disposal of portfolio assets and in the management of portfolio assets.

During the period, the Company reimbursed the Manager $65,079 for travel and other expenses incurred in the management of the 
investment portfolio.

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)c.  Performance fees

At the end of each financial year, the Manager is entitled to receive a performance fee from the Company, the terms of which are outlined below:

The performance fee will be calculated as 17.5% of the NAV gain per annum plus GST, being the amount by which the portfolio NAV at the end 
of a financial year exceeds or is less than the portfolio NAV at the start of the financial year and where that gain exceeds a compound hurdle rate 
of 8%.

The performance fee will be accrued on an annual basis in arrears and will only be paid at times when proceeds received from realisation of 
investments is available to the Company and will be paid in respect of the whole amount of the gain (not just the amount over the 8% hurdle), 
subject to the following caveats:

•  If the performance fee for a financial year is a positive amount but the investment return for the financial year does not exceed the hurdle 
return for the financial year, no performance fee shall be payable to the manager in respect of that financial year, and the positive amount 
of the performance fee shall be carried forward to the following financial year;

•  If the performance fee for a financial year is a negative amount, no performance fee shall be payable to the manager in respect of that 

financial year, and the negative amount shall be carried forward to the following year; and

•  Any negative performance fee amounts from previous financial years that are not recouped in a financial year shall be carried forward 

to the following financial year.

The performance fee can be fully or partially paid by the issue of shares in Bailador Technology Investments Limited or in cash at the Manager’s 
election, the details of which are outlined below:

If the Manager elects at least five business days prior to the performance fee payment date that all or part of the performance fee is to be applied 
to the issue of shares in the company, the company must, if permitted by applicable laws (including the Listing Rules and the Corporations Act) 
without receiving any approvals from the shareholders of the Company, apply the cash payable in respect of the relevant amount to the issue 
of shares to the Manager or its nominee on the performance fee payment date where

 N = PF / Issue Price
Where
N is the number of shares issued
PF is the cash value of the performance fee to be paid in shares
Issue Price is the lesser of:

•  The volume weighted average price of shares traded on the ASX during the period of 30 calendar days up to but excluding the performance 

fee payment date; and

•  The last price on the last day on which the shares were traded on the ASX prior to the performance fee payment date.

During the period, the Company met the performance fee hurdle and accrued $4,035,242 in performance fees (of which $98,421 
is non-recoverable GST expense forwardable to the ATO). The performance fees will only be payable to the Manager out of proceeds 
on realisation of investments.

Note 6:  Auditor’s Remuneration

Remuneration of the auditor for:

Auditing or reviewing the financial statements

Taxation services

30 June 2019 

30 June 2018 

$000

$000

67

33

100

63

10

73

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 7:  Earnings per Share

Profit/(Loss) after income tax

30 June 2019 

30 June 2018 

$000

17,053

$000

3,654

Number

Number

Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in calculating basic and diluted earnings per share

120,247,831

120,247,831

Basic earnings per share

Diluted earnings per share

Cents

14.18

14.18

Cents

3.04

3.04

In the calculation of diluted earnings per share, options are not considered to have a dilutive effect, as the average market price of ordinary 
shares of the Company during the period did not exceed the exercise price of the options.

Note 8:  Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash at bank

Note 9:  Trade and Other Receivables

CURRENT

GST receivable

Interest receivable

Other prepayments

As at 

As at 

30 June 2019 

30 June 2018 

$000

1,423

1,423

$000

3,774

3,774

As at 

As at 

30 June 2019 

30 June 2018 

$000

$000

51

1

55

107

44

3

22

69

The Company does not have Trade Receivables. The Company uses the approaches in Note 1(d) in assessing credit losses on GST, interest 
receivable and other prepayments. At 30 June 2019 all receivables and prepayments were within expected terms.

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 10:  Trade and Other Payables

CURRENT

Trade creditors

Performance fee payable

Other payables

Note 11:  Income Tax

CURRENT

Income tax payable

NON-CURRENT

Deferred tax liability

Tax on unrealised gains

Tax on acquisition assets on opening

NON-CURRENT

Deferred tax liability

Tax on unrealised gains

Tax on acquisition assets on opening

As at 

As at 

30 June 2019 

30 June 2018 

$000

$000

180

4,035

112

4,327

118

–

87

205

As at 

As at 

30 June 2019 

30 June 2018 

$000

$000

–

–

Balance at 

Charged to 

Charged 

directly 

Balance at 

1 July 2017 

profit or loss 

to equity 

30 June 2018 

$000

$000

$000

$000

9,401

2,458

11,859

7,849

–

7,849

–

–

–

17,250

2,458

19,708

Balance at 

Charged to 

Charged 

directly 

Balance at 

1 July 2018

profit or loss

to equity

30 June 2019

$000

$000

$000

$000

17,250

2,458

19,708

9,231

–

9,231

–

–

–

26,481

2,458

28,939

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 11:  Income Tax (continued)

Deferred tax asset

Provisions

Transaction costs on acquisitions

Transaction costs on equity issue

Deferred losses on financial assets

Losses carried forward

Deferred tax asset

Provisions

Transaction costs on acquisitions

Transaction costs on equity issue

Deferred losses on financial assets

Losses carried forward

Balance at 

Charged to 

Charged 

directly 

Balance at 

1 July 2017

profit or loss

to equity

30 June 2018

$000

$000

$000

$000

27

83

470

3,729

3,646

7,955

(3)

3

(171)

6,954

(504)

6,279

–

–

–

–

–

–

24

86

299

10,683

3,142

14,234

Balance at 

Charged to 

Charged 

directly 

Balance at 

1 July 2018

profit or loss

to equity

30 June 2019

$000

$000

$000

$000

24

86

299

10,683

3,142

14,234

1,211

(6)

(170)

(8,600)

9,482

1,917

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,235

80

129

2,083

12,624

16,151

The benefits of the above temporary differences and unused tax losses will only be realised if the conditions for deductibility set out in Note 1(c) 
occur. These amounts have no expiry date.

The Board has considered the deferred tax balances and is confident there will be sufficient future profits to utilise the deferred tax asset.

Note 12:  Issued Capital

Movements in share capital are set out below:

Opening balance at 1 July 2017

Ordinary shares issued

Closing balance at 30 June 2018

Opening balance at 1 July 2018

Ordinary shares issued

Closing balance at 30 June 2019

No.

$

120,247,831

116,475,156

–

–

120,247,831

116,475,156

120,247,831

116,475,156

–

–

120,247,831

116,475,156

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 12:  Issued Capital (continued) 

Capital Management

The Company’s objectives for managing capital are as follows:

•  to invest the capital in investments meeting the description, risk exposure and expected return of the investment strategy of the Company;

•  to maximise the returns to shareholders while safe-guarding capital by investing in a portfolio in line with investment strategies of the 

Company; and

•  to maintain sufficient liquidity to meet the ongoing expenses of the Company.

Note 13:  Operating Segments

The Company has one operating segment: Internet-related Businesses in Australia. It earns revenue from gains on revaluation of financial 
assets held at fair value through profit or loss, interest income and other returns from investment. This operating segment is based on 
the internal reports that are reviewed and used by the directors in assessing performance and in determining the allocation of resources. 
There is no aggregation of operating segments.

The Company invests in securities recorded as financial assets held at fair value through profit or loss.

Note 14:  Cash Flow Information

Reconciliation of Cash Flow from Operation with Profit after Income Tax

Profit after income tax

Non-cash flows in profit:

Unrealised fair value gains on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

(Increase)/Decrease in trade and other receivables

Increase/(Decrease) in trade and other payables

Increase in deferred tax

Cash flow from operating activities

Note 15:  Contingent Liabilities

There were no contingent liabilities at 30 June 2018 and 30 June 2019.

30 June 2019 

30 June 2018 

$000

$000

17,053

(32,038)

(38)

4,123

7,311

(3,586)

3,654

(8,384)

36

(36)

1,569

(3,160)

Note 16:  Events After the Reporting Period

In July 2019, BTI sold 1,000,000 shares in Straker Translations at $1.95 per share with the proceeds received in cash.

Other than the above, no matter or circumstance has arisen since the end of the year that has significantly affected or may significantly affect the 
operations of the Company, the results of those operations or the state of affairs of the Company in subsequent financial years.

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 17:  Financial Risk Management

The Company’s financial instruments consist mainly of cash (cash at bank) and financial assets designated at fair value through profit or loss, 
accounts receivable and payable.

The total for each category of financial instrument, measured in accordance with AASB 9: Financial Instruments as detailed in the accounting 
policies to these financial statements are as follows:

Financial assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Current marketable securities

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

Trade and other receivables

Total financial assets

Financial liabilities

Financial liabilities at amortised cost

Total financial liabilities

Financial Risk Management Policies

30 June 2019 

30 June 2018 

Note

$000

$000

8

4

4

9

10

1,423

2,805

157,882

107

162,218

4,327

4,327

3,774

–

129,886

69

133,729

205

205

The Company is exposed to a variety of financial risks as a result of its activities. These risks include market risk (price risk), credit risk, and 
liquidity risk. The Company’s risk management investment policies, approved by the directors of the responsible entity, aim to assist the 
Company in meeting its financial targets while minimising the potential adverse effects of these risks on the Company’s financial performance.

Specific Financial Risk Exposures and Management

1.  Market Risk

Market risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. The 
Company is currently exposed to the following risks as it presently holds financial instruments measured at fair value and short-term deposits:

i.  Price Risk

The Company is exposed to equity securities price risk. This arises from investments held by the Company and classified in the statement 
of financial position as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss.

The Company seeks to manage and constrain market risk by diversification of the investment portfolio across multiple investments and through 
use of structural and contractual protections in its investments such as investing in preference shares or convertible notes, requiring minority 
protections in investment documentation and maintaining active directorships in its investment companies.

The portfolio is monitored and analysed by the Manager. 

The Company’s net equity exposure is set out in Note 4 of the financial statements.

Sensitivity Analysis

The following table illustrates sensitivities to the Company’s exposures to changes in equity prices. The table indicates the impact on how 
profit and equity values reported at the end of the reporting period would have been affected by changes in the relevant risk variable that 
management consider to be reasonably possible.

30 June 2019

Profit 

Equity 

$000

$000

+/- 5% in gain on equity investments

905

905

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 17:  Financial Risk Management (continued)

2.  Credit Risk

Exposure to credit risk relating to financial assets arise from the 
potential non-performance by counterparties that could lead 
to a financial loss to the Company. The Company’s objective 
in managing credit risk is to minimise the credit losses incurred 
mainly on trade and other receivables.

Credit risk is managed by the Company through maintaining 
procedures that ensure, to the extent possible, that counterparties 
to transactions are of sound credit worthiness. As the Company 
generally does not have trade receivables, receivables are usually 
in the order of prepayments for particular services. The Company 
ensures prepayments are only made where the counterparty 
is reputable and can be relied on to fulfil the service.

The Company’s maximum credit risk exposure at the end of the 
reporting period in relation to each class of recognised financial 
assets is the carrying amount of those assets as indicated in the 
statement of financial position. None of these assets are past due 
or considered to be impaired.

The cash and cash equivalents are all held with one of Australia’s 
reputable financial institutions.

3.  Liquidity Risk

Liquidity risk arises from the possibility that the Company might 
encounter difficulty in settling its debts or otherwise meeting its 
obligations related to financial liabilities. As the Company’s major 
cash outflows are the purchase of investments, the level of this 
is managed by the Manager. The Company also manages this risk 
through the following mechanisms:

•  preparing forward-looking cash flow analyses in relation 

to operating, investing and financing activities;

•  managing credit risk related to financial assets;

•  maintaining a clear exit strategy on financial assets; and

• 

investing surplus cash only with major financial institutions.

Note 18: Fair Value Measurement

a.  Fair Value Hierarchy

AASB 13: Fair Value Measurement requires the disclosure of fair value 
information by level of the fair value hierarchy, which categorises fair 
value measurements into one of three possible levels based on the 
lowest level that an input that is significant to the measure can 
be categorised into, as follows:

Level 1 

Level 2 

 Measurements based on quoted prices (unadjusted) 
in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that 
the entity can access at the measurement date.

 Measurements based on inputs other than quoted prices 
included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset 
or liability, either directly or indirectly.

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Level 3 

 Measurements based on unobservable inputs for the asset 
or liability.

The fair values of assets and liabilities that are not traded in an active 
market are determined using one or more valuation techniques. 
These valuation techniques maximise, to the extent possible, the 
use of observable market data. If all significant inputs required to 
measure fair value are observable, the asset or liability is included in 
Level 2. If one or more significant inputs are not based on observable 
market data, the asset or liability is included in Level 3.  

b.  Valuation Techniques

In the absence of an active market for an identical asset or liability, 
the Company selects and uses one or more valuation techniques 
to measure the fair value of the asset or liability. The Company 
selects a valuation technique that is appropriate in the circumstances 
and for which sufficient data is available to measure fair value. 
The availability of sufficient and relevant data primarily depends 
on the specific characteristics of the asset or liability being measured. 
The valuation techniques selected by the Company are consistent 
with one or more of the following valuation approaches:

•  Market approach: valuation techniques that use prices and 

other relevant information generated by market transactions 
for identical or similar assets or liabilities including ongoing 
discussions with potential purchasers.

•  Income approach: valuation techniques that convert estimated 

future cash flows or income and expenses into a single 
discounted present value.

•  Cost approach: valuation techniques that reflect the current 
replacement cost of an asset at its current service capacity.

Each valuation technique requires inputs that reflect the 
assumptions that buyers and sellers would use when pricing 
the asset or liability, including assumptions about risks. When 
selecting a valuation technique, the Company gives priority to 
those techniques that maximise the use of observable inputs and 
minimise the use of unobservable inputs. Inputs that are developed 
using market data (such as publicly available information on actual 
transactions) and reflect the assumptions that buyers and sellers 
would generally use when pricing the asset or liability are considered 
observable, whereas inputs for which market data is not available 
and therefore are developed using the best information available 
about such assumptions are considered unobservable.

The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) 
has prepared the International Private Equity and Venture Capital 
Guidelines (Valuation Guidelines). The Valuation Guidelines set out 
recommendations on the valuation of private equity investments 
which are intended to represent current best practice. The directors 
have referred to the Valuation Guidelines in order to determine the 
“fair value” of the Company’s financial assets.

Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 18:  Fair Value Measurement (continued) 

The “fair value” of financial assets is assumed to be the price that would be received for the financial asset in an orderly transaction between 
knowledgeable and willing but not anxious market participants acting at arm’s length given current market conditions at the relevant 
measurement date. Fair value for unquoted or illiquid investments is often estimated with reference to the potential realisation price for the 
investment or underlying business if it were to be realised or sold in an orderly transaction at the measurement date, regardless of whether 
an exit in the near future is anticipated and without reference to amounts received or paid in a distressed sale.

AVCAL suggests that one or more techniques should be adopted to calculate a private equity investment based on the valuer’s opinion of which 
method or methods are considered most appropriate given the nature, facts and circumstances of the particular investment. In considering the 
appropriateness of each technique, AVCAL suggests the economic substance of the investment should take priority over the strict legal form.

AVCAL provides guidance on a range of valuation methodologies that are commonly used to determine the value of private equity investments 
in the absence of an active market, including:

•  price of recent investments;

•  earnings multiples;

•  revenue multiples;

•  net asset values;

•  discounted cash flows of the underlying assets;

•  discounted cash flows of the investment; and

• 

industry valuation benchmarks.

The “price of recent investment” methodology refers to the price at which a significant amount of new investment into a company has been made 
which is used to estimate the value of other investments in the company, but only if the new investment is deemed to represent fair value and only 
for a limited period following the date of the investment. The methodology therefore requires an assessment at the measurement date of whether 
any changes or events during the limited period following the date of the recent investment have occurred that imply a change in the investment’s 
fair value.

A “revenue multiple” methodology is often used as the basis of valuation for early and development stage businesses. Under this method, the 
enterprise value is derived by multiplying the normalised historical or projected revenue of the business with a multiple or range of multiples. 
The multiple or range of multiples applied should be an appropriate and reasonable indication of the value of each company, given the 
company’s size, risk profile and growth prospects. The multiple or range of multiples is usually derived from market data observed for entities 
considered comparable to the companies being valued.

c.  Financial Instruments

The following table represents a comparison between the carrying amounts and fair values of financial assets and liabilities:

Financial assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

Current marketable securities

Financial assets

Trade and other receivables

Financial liabilities:

Trade and other payables

30 June 2019

Carrying Amount 

Fair Value 

$000

$000

1,423

2,805

157,882

107

162,218

4,327

4,327

1,423

2,805

157,882

107

162,218

4,327

4,327

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 18:  Fair Value Measurement (continued)

d.   Recurring and Non-recurring Fair Value Measurement Amounts and the Level of the Fair Value Hierarchy within which the Fair Value 

Measurements are Categorised

Description

Recurring fair value measurements

Current marketable securities

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

Description

Recurring fair value measurements

Marketable securities

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

Fair Value Measurements at 

30 June 2019 Using:

Significant 

Quoted Prices in 

Observable Inputs 

Significant 

Active Markets for 

Other than 

Unobservable 

Identical Assets 

Level 1 Inputs 

$000 

(Level 1)

$000  

(Level 2)

2,805

9,819

12,624

–

40,950

40,950

Fair Value Measurements at 

30 June 2018 Using:

Significant 

Inputs 

$000  

(Level 3)

–

107,114

107,114

Quoted Prices in 

Observable Inputs 

Significant 

Active Markets for 

Other than 

Unobservable 

Identical Assets 

Level 1 Inputs 

$000 

(Level 1)

$000 

 (Level 2)

–

–

–

–

28,190

28,190

Inputs 

$000 

(Level 3)

–

101,696

101,696

e.  Valuation Techniques and Inputs Used to Determine Level 2 Fair Values

Stackla

Instaclustr

Lendi

Brosa

Fair Value at 

30 June 2019 

$000

12,577

14,647

10,727

3,000

Valuation Techniques Range of Observable Inputs

Price of recent third party transaction

Price of recent third party transaction

Price of recent third party transaction

Price of recent third party transaction

Price of recent third party transaction

Price of recent third party transaction

Price of recent third party transaction

Price of recent third party transaction

Straker Translations (2018 $11,155) was transferred to L1 during the year following its IPO and listing on the ASX in October 2018. Straker 
Translations is now also split between current marketable securities and financial assets.

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 18:  Fair Value Measurement (continued)

f.  Valuation Techniques and Inputs Used to Determine Level 3 Fair Values

Fair Value at  

30 June 2019 

$000

Valuation Techniques

Significant Unobservable Inputs

SiteMinder

DocsCorp

SMI

Viocorp

Rezdy

72,857

10,936

9,639

7,821

5,861

Revenue multiple

Revenue multiple

Revenue multiple

Revenue multiple

Revenue multiple

Revenue multiple

Revenue multiple

Revenue multiple

Revenue multiple

Revenue multiple

Range of 

Unobservable 

Inputs

6.0x – 8.5x

2.5x – 4.0x

1.5x – 2.5x

2.0x – 3.0x

3.0x – 5.0x

There were no changes during the year in the valuation techniques used by the Company to determine Level 3 fair values.

g.  Sensitivity Information

The relationships between the significant unobservable inputs and the fair value are as follows:

Inputs

Revenue multiple

Impact on Fair Value from 

Impact on Fair Value from 

Increase in Input

Decrease in Input

Increase

Decrease

There were no significant interrelationships between unobservable inputs except as indicated above.

h.  Reconciliation of Recurring Fair Value Measurement Amounts (Level 3) 

Opening balance 30 June 2018

Transfers out to Level 2

Transfer in from Level 2

Additions/purchases made during the period

Gains and losses recognised in profit or loss

Closing balance 30 June 2019

Financial Assets

$000

101,696

(21,858)

4,547

450

22,279

107,114

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)Note 19:  Related Party Transactions

Remuneration paid or payable to key management personnel (KMP) of the Company during the period are:

•  Management Fees of $2,506,960 (including $61,298 unclaimable GST).

•  Directors fees of $195,666 (including $12,333 unclaimable GST).

•  Salary and directors fees paid to KMP by portfolio companies on arms length terms of $513,251.

•  Performance fee payable to the Manager, only payable out of realised gains on investments, of $4,035,242  

(including $98,421 unclaimable GST). 

•  Reimbursement of expenses to the Manager of $65,079.

Refer to the Remuneration Report contained in the Directors’ Report for details of the remuneration paid or payable to each member 
of the Company’s KMP for the year ended 30 June 2019.

Note 20:  Company Details

The principal place of business and registered office of the company is:

Suite 4, Level 11
6 O’Connell Street
Sydney  NSW  2000

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Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30 June 2019 (continued)In accordance with a resolution of the directors of Bailador Technology Investments Limited, the directors of the Company declare that:

1. 

The financial statements and notes, as set out on pages 25–44, are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, and:

a. 

comply with Australian Accounting Standards, which, as stated in accounting policy Note 1 to the financial statements, constitutes 
compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); and

b. 

give a true and fair view of the financial position as at 30 June 2019 and of the performance for the period ended on that date.

2. 

In the directors’ opinion there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they become 
due and payable.

3. 

The directors have been given the declarations required by s295A of the Corporations Act 2001.

David Kirk 
Director

Dated this 15th day of August 2019

Paul Wilson 
Director

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Directors’ Declaration                         BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  
                         BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  
                                                    ABN 38 601 048 275 
                                                    ABN 38 601 048 275 

                     INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF 
                     INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF 
                           BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  
                           BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  

Opinion 
Opinion 

We  have  audited  the  financial  report  of  Bailador  Technology  Investments  Limited,  which 
We  have  audited  the  financial  report  of  Bailador  Technology  Investments  Limited,  which 
comprises the statement of financial position as at 30 June 2019, the statement of profit or 
comprises the statement of financial position as at 30 June 2019, the statement of profit or 
loss and other comprehensive income, the statement of changes in equity, the statement of 
loss and other comprehensive income, the statement of changes in equity, the statement of 
cash  flows  for  the  year  then  ended  and  notes  comprising  a  summary  of  significant 
cash  flows  for  the  year  then  ended  and  notes  comprising  a  summary  of  significant 
accounting policies and other explanatory information, and the directors’ declaration. 
accounting policies and other explanatory information, and the directors’ declaration. 
In our opinion the  accompanying  financial report of the Bailador Technology Investments 
In our opinion the  accompanying  financial report of the Bailador Technology Investments 
Limited is in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including: 
Limited is in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including: 

i. 
i. 

ii. 
ii. 

giving a true and fair view of the Company’s financial position as at 30 June 
giving a true and fair view of the Company’s financial position as at 30 June 
2019 and of its performance for the year ended  on that date; and 
2019 and of its performance for the year ended  on that date; and 
complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations 
complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations 
Regulations 2001 
Regulations 2001 

Basis of Opinion 
Basis of Opinion 
We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Those Standards 
We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Those Standards 
require that we comply with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and 
require that we comply with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and 
plan  and  perform  the  audit  to  obtain  reasonable  assurance  about  whether  the  financial 
plan  and  perform  the  audit  to  obtain  reasonable  assurance  about  whether  the  financial 
report  is  free  from  material  misstatement.  Our  responsibilities  under  those  Standards  are 
report  is  free  from  material  misstatement.  Our  responsibilities  under  those  Standards  are 
further  described  in  the  Auditor’s  Responsibilities  for  the  Audit  of  the  Financial  Report 
further  described  in  the  Auditor’s  Responsibilities  for  the  Audit  of  the  Financial  Report 
section  of  our  report.  We  are  independent  of  the  Group  in  accordance  with  the  auditor 
section  of  our  report.  We  are  independent  of  the  Group  in  accordance  with  the  auditor 
independence  requirements  of  the  Corporations  Act  2001  and  the  ethical  requirements  of 
independence  requirements  of  the  Corporations  Act  2001  and  the  ethical  requirements  of 
the  Accounting  Professional  and  Ethical  Standards  Board’s  APES  110:  Code  of  Ethics  for 
the  Accounting  Professional  and  Ethical  Standards  Board’s  APES  110:  Code  of  Ethics  for 
Professional Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in 
Professional Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in 
Australia.  We  have  also  fulfilled  our  other  ethical  responsibilities  in  accordance  with  the 
Australia.  We  have  also  fulfilled  our  other  ethical  responsibilities  in  accordance  with  the 
Code. 
Code. 

We confirm that the independence declaration required by the Corporations Act 2001, which 
We confirm that the independence declaration required by the Corporations Act 2001, which 
has been given to the directors of the company, would be in the same terms if given to the 
has been given to the directors of the company, would be in the same terms if given to the 
directors as at the time of this auditor’s report. 
directors as at the time of this auditor’s report. 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide 
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide 
a basis for our opinion. 
a basis for our opinion. 

Key Audit Matters 
Key Audit Matters 
Key  audit  matters  are  those  matters  that,  in  our  professional  judgement,  were  of  most 
Key  audit  matters  are  those  matters  that,  in  our  professional  judgement,  were  of  most 
significance  in  our  audit  of  the  financial  report  of  the  current  period.  These  matters  were 
significance  in  our  audit  of  the  financial  report  of  the  current  period.  These  matters  were 
addressed in the context of our audit of the financial report as a whole, and in forming our 
addressed in the context of our audit of the financial report as a whole, and in forming our 
opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. 
opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. 

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Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation 
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www.hallchadwick.com.au 
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Independent Auditor's Report                         
 
                                       
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         
 
                                       
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED 
 ABN 38 601 048 275 
AND CONTROLLED ENTITIES 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF 
BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED AND CONTROLLED ENTITITES 

KEY AUDIT MATTER 

HOW  OUR  AUDIT  ADDRESSSED  THE  KEY 
AUDIT MATTER 

Valuation of  Investments $161 million 
Refer to:  
Note 4 - Financial Assets & Marketable Securities 
Accounting policy - Note 18 Fair Value Measurement 

The  Company  has  been  classified  under  AASB  2013-5  as  an 
Investment  Entity  whose  business  purpose  is  to  invest  funds 
solely  for  returns  via  capital  appreciation  and/or  investment 
returns.  

The  entity  is  exempt  from  consolidating  underlying  investees  it 
controls  in  accordance  with  AASB  10  Consolidated  Financial 
Statements.          

As  the  Company  has  been  classified  as  an  Investment  Entity, 
the portfolio investments have been accounted for at fair value 
through the profit or loss and shown as Financial Assets in the 
Statement of Financial Position.  

In  determining  year-end  valuations,  the  board  considers  the 
annual valuation review by an independent valuation expert and 
the valuation report prepared by the Manager. 

Of these financial assets, $13M were classified as ‘level 1’ and 
$41  million  were  classified  as  ‘level  2’  financial  instruments  in 
accordance with AASB 13 Fair Value Measurement. 

Our procedures included amongst others: 

•  Evaluating 

valuation 
the  manager’s 
approach  to  value  the  investments;  cross 
checking  with  growth  achieved  and  
comparable market data. 

•  Assessing 

the  valuation  range 

the 
manger’s  valuation  and  implied  revenue 
multiple.  

to 

•  Assessing  the  scope,  expertise  and  the  
independence  of  external  valuer  engaged 
by the Company. 

•  Evaluating 

the  appropriateness  of 

the 
valuation  methodologies  selected  by  the 
manager  and  separately  by  the  external 
valuer 
the 
investment  to  accepted  market  practices 
and our industry experience. 

fair  value  of 

to  determine 

The measurement of level 1 marketable securities are based on 
quoted prices in active markets.  

• 

The  measurement  of  level  2  financial  assets  are  based  on 
inputs  other  than  quoted  prices  that  are  observable  for  the 
asset,  either  directly  or  indirectly.  The  valuation  of  the  level  2 
financial  instruments  therefore  requires  a  higher  level  of 
judgement. 

The  remaining  financial  assets  of  $107  million  were  classified 
as  ‘level  3’    in  accordance  with    AASB  13  Fair  Value 
Measurement.    The  measurements  of  level  3  financial  assets 
are based on unobservable inputs for the asset. This requires a 
higher level of judgement.  

We have focussed on this area as a key audit matter due to the 
company  being  an  investment  entity;  amounts  involved  being 
material;  and  the  inherent  judgement  involved  in  determining 
the fair value of investments. 

Independently  assessing  and  comparing 
the  key  inputs  adopted  by  the  manager 
and the external valuer to available market 
information relating to similar transactions. 
We  involved  our  valuation  specialist  to 
assess 
the  market  data  used 
seperately  by  the  manager  and  the  valuer 
is  reasonable  in  comparison  to  a  credible 
external  source;  the  rationale  for  selected 
to  market  data; 
multiples; 
revenue  growth  rates  and  other  business 
characteristics that are reasonable. 

reference 

that 

•  Assessing  the  adequacy  of  disclosure  of 
level 1, level 2 and level 3 finacial assets in 
accordance  with  AASB  13  Fair  Value 
Measurement. 

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Independent Auditor's Report (continued) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED 
ABN 38 601 048 275 
AND CONTROLLED ENTITIES 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF 
BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED AND CONTROLLED ENTITITES 

Information Other than the Financial Report and Auditor’s Report Thereon 
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information 
included  in  the  Group’s  annual  report  for  the  year  ended  30  June  2019,  but  does  not  include  the 
financial report and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial report does not cover the 
other  information  and  accordingly  we  do  not  express  any  form  of  assurance  conclusion  thereon.  In 
connection with our audit of the financial report, our responsibility is to read the other information and, 
in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial report or 
our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the 
work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, 
we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. 

Responsibilities of the Directors for the Financial Report 

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and 
fair  view  in  accordance  with  Australia  Accounting  Standards  and  the  Corporations  Act  2001  and  for  such 
internal control as directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that gives 
a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the 
financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the Consolidated Entity’s ability to continue as a 
going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis 
of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Consolidated Entity or to cease operations, or 
have no realistic alternative but to do so. 

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report 
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free 
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes 
our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit 
conducted  in  accordance  with  the  Australian  Auditing  Standards  will  always  detect  a  material 
misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, 
individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions 
of users taken on the basis of this financial report. 

As  part  of  an  audit  in  accordance  with  the  Australian  Auditing  Standards,  we  exercise  professional 
judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:  

– 

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud 
or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence 
that  is  sufficient  and  appropriate  to  provide  a  basis  for  our  opinion.  The  risk  of  not  detecting  a 
material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may 
involve  collusion,  forgery,  intentional  omissions,  misrepresentations,  or  the  override  of  internal 
control. 

–  Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures 
that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the 
effectiveness of the Company’s internal control. 

–  Evaluate  the  appropriateness  of  accounting  policies  used  and  the  reasonableness  of  accounting 

estimates and related disclosures made by the directors. 

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Independent Auditor's Report (continued) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED 
ABN 38 601 048 275 
AND CONTROLLED ENTITIES 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF 
BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED AND CONTROLLED ENTITITES 

–  Conclude  on  the  appropriateness  of  the  directors’  use  of  the  going  concern  basis  of  accounting 
and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events 
or  conditions  that  may  cast  significant  doubt  on  the  Company’s  ability  to  continue  as  a  going 
concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our 
auditor’s  report  to  the  related  disclosures  in  the  financial  report  or,  if  such  disclosures  are 
inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to 
the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to 
cease to continue as a going concern. 

–  Evaluate  the  overall  presentation,  structure  and  content  of  the  financial  report,  including  the 
disclosures, and whether the financial report represents the underlying transactions and events in a 
manner that achieves fair presentation. 

–  Obtain  sufficient  appropriate  audit  evidence  regarding  the  financial  information  of  the  entities  or 
business  activities  within  the  Company  to  express  an  opinion  on  the  financial  report.  We  are 
responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the Company audit. We remain solely 
responsible for our audit opinion. 

We communicate with the directors regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of 
the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we 
identify during our audit. 

We  also  provide  the  directors  with  a  statement  that  we  have  complied  with  relevant  ethical 
requirements  regarding  independence,  and  to  communicate  with  them  all  relationships  and  other 
matters  that  may  reasonably  be  thought  to  bear  on  our  independence,  and  where  applicable,  related 
safeguards. 

From  the  matters  communicated  with  the  directors,  we  determine  those  matters  that  were  of  most 
significance  in  the  audit  of  the  financial  report  of  the  current  period  and  these  are  therefore  the  key 
audit  matters.  We  describe  these  matters  in  our  auditor’s  report  unless  law  or  regulation  precludes 
public  disclosure  about  the  matter  or  when,  in  extremely  rare  circumstances,  we  determine  that  a 
matter  should  not  be  communicated  in  our  report  because  the  adverse  consequences  of  doing  so 
would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication. 

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Independent Auditor's Report (continued) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED 
ABN 38 601 048 275 
AND CONTROLLED ENTITIES 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF 
BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED AND CONTROLLED ENTITITES 

Report on the Remuneration Report 

We  have  audited  the  remuneration  report  included  in  pages  21 to  23  of  the  directors’  report  for  the 
year ended 30 June 2019.  

In our opinion the remuneration report of Bailador Technology Investments Limited for the year ended 
30 June 2019 complies with s 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. 

Responsibilities 
The  directors  of  the  company  are  responsible  for  the  preparation  and  presentation  of  the 
remuneration report in accordance with s 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. Our responsibility is to 
express  an  opinion  on  the  remuneration  report,  based  on  our  audit  conducted  in  accordance  with 
Australian Auditing Standards. 

Hall Chadwick 
Level 40, 2 Park Street 
Sydney, Nsw 2000 

SANDEEP KUMAR 

Partner 

Dated: 15 August 2019 

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Independent Auditor's Report (continued) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional Information

The additional information required by the Australian Stock Exchange Limited Listing Rules is set out below.

20 Largest Shareholders

Details of the 20 largest ordinary shareholders and their respective holdings as at 30 June 2019.

Holder Name

Washington H Soul Pattinson and Company Limited

David Kirk

HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited

National Nominees Limited

Citicorp Nominees Pty Limited

Paul Wilson

Citicorp Nominiees Pty Limited 

Patagorang Pty Ltd

Pepstock II Pty Ltd

Paul Lewis

Ladybird Limited

Gwynville Trading Pty Ltd

Mr Paul Meehan

Mr Simon Fenwick

BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd

JP Morgan Nominees Australia Limited

Mrs Virginia Hancock

Mr Paul Anthony Kendrick

Macareus Pty Ltd

Mr Alan Draper and Mrs Evelyn Draper

Total

Substantial Shareholders

The names of the substantial shareholders in the Company’s register are:

Washington H Soul Pattinson and Company Limited

David Kirk

Ordinary 

% of 

Shares Held

Issued Shares

23,000,000

19.13%

8,387,841

5,660,047

5,394,445

4,823,801

3,461,802

2,587,500

1,908,810

1,435,274

1,428,312

1,253,088

1,113,782

1,101,545

1,100,000

1,050,263

1,019,779

1,000,000

999,978

802,114

800,000

6.98%

4.71%

4.49%

4.01%

2.88%

2.15%

1.59%

1.19%

1.19%

1.04%

0.93%

0.92%

0.91%

0.87%

0.85%

0.83%

0.83%

0.67%

0.67%

68,328,381

56.82%

Ordinary Shares

23,000,000

8,387,841

BAILADOR TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS LIMITED  ANNUAL REPORT 2019

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Shareholder InformationDistribution of Shares

Analysis of numbers of equity security holders, by size of holding as at 30 June 2018.

Holding

1 – 1,000

1,001 – 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 – 100,000

100,001 and over

Numbers of 

Ordinary 

% of  

Shareholders

Shares Held

Issued Shares

136

333

273

648

138

60,668

1,058,783

2,285,249

21,931,215

94,911,916

1,528

120,247,831

0.05%

0.88%

1.90%

18.24%

78.93%

100%

The number of holders possessing less than a marketable parcel of the Company’s ordinary shares, based on the closing market price 
as at 30 June 2019 is 59.

Other Stock Exchanges Listing

Quotation has been granted for all ordinary shares and options of the Company on all member exchanges of the ASX.

Restricted Securities

The Company has no restricted securities.

Unquoted Securities

There are no unquoted securities on issue by the Company.

Buy-Back

There is currently no on market buy-back.

Use of Funds

For the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 4.10.19, the Company confirms that it has used its cash and assets in a form readily convertible to cash, 
that it had at the time of admission, in a manner consistent with its business objectives, for the financial year.

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Shareholder Information (continued)Corporate Information

Registered Office
Bailador Technology Investments Limited

Suite 4, Level 11

6 O’Connell Street

Sydney  NSW  2000

www.bailador.com.au

Directors
David Kirk (Chairman)

Paul Wilson

Andrew Bullock

Sankar Narayan

Jolanta Masojada

Share Registry
Link Market Services Limited

Level 12

680 George Street

Sydney NSW 2000

www.linkmarketservices.com.au 

Auditor
Hall Chadwick

Level 40

2 Park Street

Sydney NSW 2000

www.hallchadwick.com.au 

Company Secretary
Helen Plesek

Australian Stock Exchange Code
Shares : BTI

Manager
Bailador Investment Management Pty Ltd

Suite 4, Level 11

6 O’Connell Street

Sydney  NSW  2000

(AFSL 400811) 

Bailador Technology Investments Limited

ABN 38 601 048 275

Suite 4, Level 11, 6 O’Connell St, Sydney NSW 2000

+61 2 9223 2344 | www.bailador.com.au