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Lifelong Learning.  
Endless Possibilities.

OpenLearning Limited (ASX:OLL) 
Annual Report 2019

For personal use onlyContents

Performance Highlights 
The OpenLearning solution 
Network Effect 
Managing Director’s Report 
Chairman’s Report 
Directors’ Report 
Auditor’s Independence Declaration 
Financial Report 
Consolidated statement of profit or loss 

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Consolidated statement of comprehensive income  33
Consolidated statement of financial position 
Consolidated statement of changes in equity 
Consolidated statement of cash flows 
Notes to the financial statements 
Directors’ declaration 
Independent auditor’s report 
Shareholder information 

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For personal use onlyA life  
long plan

Powering the future  
of online education

OpenLearning Limited is a Sydney-based, software-as-a-
service company that provides a scalable online learning 
platform and learning design services to education providers; 
and a global marketplace of world-class micro-credentials  
and online degrees for learners. 

Built on proven learning sciences research and a social 
constructivist learning philosophy, OpenLearning goes  
beyond traditional instructivist approaches and static  
learning management systems to deliver authentic,  
active and connected learning experiences. 

Founded in 2012 in Sydney, OpenLearning’s vision is to 
improve access to quality education, promote lifelong  
learning, and future-proof the workforce by enabling  
education providers to design, deliver and sell transformative 
courses and degrees worldwide. 

OpenLearning expanded to Southeast Asia in 2015 by 
establishing an office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and is now the 
leading platform for online higher education in Southeast Asia. 

Today, OpenLearning employs over 45 people globally  
across its offices in Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, with remote 
team members spread across the world to serve its global 
client-base. 

OpenLearning is uniquely placed to be an education provider’s 
partner of choice thanks to its innovative proprietary online 
learning platform, depth of expertise in education, established 
partnerships with leading universities and organisations,  
and a large and growing user-base of lifelong learners. 

With more than 1.74 million learners worldwide, 7,900  
courses and partnerships with over 62 education providers, 
OpenLearning is at the forefront of a new wave of  
education delivery.

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Discover your 
passion, learn  
a new skill and 
change careers, 
online.

Delivering transformative learning 
experiences online, worldwide.

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For personal use onlyPerformance  
Highlights

Financial Highlights

(all financial amounts are in AUD unless otherwise stated)

77% 

YoY increase in  
annualised recurring 
revenue (ARR) to $944k  
at the end of FY19

2.8% 

YoY increase in gross  
sales to $1.94m, while 
successfully transitioning  
to SaaS model

20.30% 

YoY increase in cash 
receipts to $2.24m

1  Annualised recurring SaaS revenue, calculated by utilising the generally accepted industry standard, which involves 

multiplying the monthly accrued SaaS revenue in the month at the end of the quarter by 12 (months). The ARR calculation 
does not take into account the future expiry of the term of any contract under which SaaS revenue is generated or any 
customer lost during the relevant month.

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highlights

170%YoY increase in B2B  

SaaS clients to 62 at  
the end of FY19

29.4%YoY increase in unique 

registered learners to 
1.74m at the end of FY19

39.8%YoY increase in  

enrolments to 2.54m  
at the end of FY19

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Strong cash position at  
end of FY19 of 

$7.74m

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The
OpenLearning
Solution

The OpenLearning platform has been built 
from the ground up on solid educational 
foundations since its inception.

OpenLearning handles all aspects of delivering an online 
learning experience through its unique operating model 
that includes everything an education provider would  
need to launch an online education business: 

The goal is to provide a social learning environment in 
which students feel empowered, deep learning experiences 
are fostered, students are intrinsically motivated, and 
passionate communities of practice flourish through 
well-designed constructive experiences. This has been 
realised with the latest social technology, and is designed 
for a global, connected society.

OpenLearning is an innovator  
in its field, providing a launch  
pad for new academic research 
and extending existing 
educational theory through 
advanced platform mechanics.  
We work with both educators  
and technologists in continual 
experiments to develop a next 
generation learning environment.

1.  Scalable online learning platform hosted in Australia 
and accessible worldwide, which enables end-to-end 
online education delivery for university degrees, 
micro-credentials and vocational education and 
professional development to bridge skills gaps; 

2.  Learning services division comprised of learning 

designers (online learning specialists) who collaborate 
with subject matter experts to redesign their courses 
and upskill staff at education providers to create high 
quality online courses; and 

3.  Global marketplace for education where universities 
and education providers are able to promote their 
online courses or degrees to millions of learners 
worldwide. 

This approach enables OpenLearning to generate 
significant value for its partners across a range of  
use-cases and markets – solving some of the greatest 
challenges facing education providers:

•  Deliver their accredited and non-accredited courses 

online via its scalable cloud learning platform to 
domestic and international students, either fully online 
or blended;

•  Diversify their revenue streams through the delivery  

of university or higher education provider branded short 
courses and micro-credentials to bridge the skills gap 
for working professionals; 

•  Diversify their sources of international students by 
raising their brand awareness in Southeast Asia by 
leveraging OpenLearning’s database of 1.74m learners; 

•  Build a sustainable pipeline of international students 
by offering university foundation year programs online, 
offshore and in-country through partners; and,

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Increase engagement of international students by 
offering large-scale language and enrichment courses  
to support students at both regional and urban higher 
education campuses.

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learners

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Network  
Effect

The OpenLearning platform primarily operates  
on a B2B2C model, whereby education providers are 
utilising the platform to deliver courses to learners. 
Depending on the goals of the education provider and the 
type of courses they offer, the Company may be able to 
promote the education providers courses to other learners 
on the OpenLearning platform. This produces a network 
effect, which is enabled by a number of key design 
decisions, including: 

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Single global cloud platform whereby 
all education providers and learners 
use the same instance of the platform. 

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Learners are able to browse the 
marketplace and opt-in to receive 
information about new courses.

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Strong relationship with the  
end-consumer by ensuring that  
the Company’s logo is visible  
on every page.

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Profile for every user that 
automatically aggregates all  
of their evidence of learning into  
an online portfolio, as well as  
their badges, certificates and  
Course progress. 

Every user has an OpenLearning  
user account, regardless of whether 
they arrive at the OpenLearning 
platform through the marketplace  
or via an institution portal.

In short, an increase in the number of education  
providers on the OpenLearning platform has the potential 
to lead to an increase in the number of Courses being 
delivered via the platform to both new and existing 
learners. This increase in Courses and learners attracts  
new education providers to deliver their Courses on the 
platform so that they can benefit from exposing their  
brand and Courses to the OpenLearning userbase. 

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Student 
Acquisition

Direct to Student
(Customers promote courses  
to their learners)

OpenLearning Marketplace
(Courses promoted to  
existing user-base)

B2B SaaS 
Model

Corporate/Government
(annual fees based on # of learners)

Education Providers
(annual fees based on # of learners)

Industry-leading learning and capability

Education 
Expertise

200+ courses

CPD, Humanities & STEM

Multi-language

Universities & TVET

Courses & Degrees

Scalable education technology and online learning platform

DIY course creation

Collaboration

Course delivery

Learning analytics

Technology 
Platform

Certification

Portfolios

Badges

Gamification

Multi-currency

Constructivist pedagogy

Project-based learning

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Managing Director’s Report

Dear fellow shareholders,

2019 was a year of transition for OpenLearning with 
fundamental changes to our business model, team, and 
corporate structure, which have laid the foundations for 
further growth in 2020 and beyond. 

Over the course of the past 12 months, the Company 
completed its transition to a SaaS business model, 
successfully restructured its operations to invest in sales 
and marketing, complete its listing on the ASX, grew SaaS 
revenue into the Company’s largest revenue stream and 
raised enough capital to fully fund the Company’s growth 
strategy as outlined in its prospectus. 

As of the end of FY19, OpenLearning has had over 2.54 million 
enrolments from 1.74 million registered learners across 
7,900 courses provided by 62 education providers, making 
it one of the world’s largest online education platforms.

As a result of a restructure carried in Q3 19, the Company 
was able to reduce operational cash burn and operating 
costs in Q4 19. This provided a strong tailwind to the 
Company’s FY19 results.

In FY19, the Company’s gross sales increased by 2.8% YoY 
to $1.94m with operating cash receipts increasing 20.30% to 

$2.24m. A strong result considering the Company’s change 
in business model to focus on SaaS and its restructure.

The Company achieved a 91% YoY increase in high  
margin SaaS fees, which accounted for 37% of gross  
sales. The Company’s net cash flows used in operating 
activities improved to $3.87m in FY19 from $4.54m in the 
prior year. OpenLearning had cash at bank of $7.74m at 
31 December 2019, ensuring that we are able to fully 
execute our growth strategy in FY20 and take advantage  
of the opportunities that present themselves as the world 
looks towards online education in the years to come.

Solid growth in annualised recurring revenue  
and customer acquisition
OpenLearning ended the year strongly, with ARR  
increasing by 77% YoY to $944k as a result of new B2B SaaS 
clients being onboarded in the quarter and an increase in 
usage (learners taking courses on the platform) amongst 
existing clients.

The following charts show the growth in B2B SaaS 
Customers, SaaS annualised recurring revenue (ARR), 
cumulative unique users, and cumulative enrolments over 
the past seven quarters.

B2B SaaS Customers

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SEP
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DEC
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MAR
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JUN
2019

SEP
2019

DEC
2019

SaaS ARR (AUD, ’000s)
$1,000

$800

$600

$400

$200

$0

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790

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534

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JUN
2018

SEP
2018

DEC
2018

MAR
2019

JUN
2019

SEP
2019

DEC
2019

Cumulative Unique Users (’000s)
2,000

Cumulative Enrolments (’000s)
3,000

1,735

1,652

1,423

1,341

1,535

1,500

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1,023

1,000

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2018

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2019

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2,540

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1,817

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SEP
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DEC
2019

Images 1 – 4: B2B SaaS Customers, SaaS ARR, Cumulative Unique Users, and Cumulative Enrolments Growth, June 2018 – December 2019

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pipeline of potential clients in Australia and Malaysia, and with 
a number of addition al clients already secured and expected 
to commence utilising the Company’s platform in FY20. 

online learning as a means of delivering both accredited 
and non-accredited courses in Australia, Malaysia and 
around the world.

Successful listing on the ASX 
In a significant milestone for our team and shareholders, 
OpenLearning commenced trading on the Australian Securities 
Exchange (ASX) under the ticker code ‘OLL’ on December 
12 following an oversubscribed Initial Public Offering (IPO).

The IPO attracted significant interest, opening on 
November 13 and closing five days later after receiving 
applications from investors well in excess of the maximum 
raise of $8 million, including a strategic investment of 
$1 million from the Australian Catholic University – the  
first of its kind for an Australian university.

The funds raised from the IPO are being utilised to 
accelerate sales and marketing activities to universities and 
other higher education providers in Australia and Malaysia. 
In addition, the Company is investing in initiatives to 
increase brand awareness, ensuring that the OpenLearning 
platform remains cutting edge and is able to attract 
education providers from outside its target markets.

The IPO marks the next phase of OpenLearning’s journey 
and provides us with a platform to accelerate our growth.  
It will enable the Company to raise its profile, attract the 
best talent and ensure that it has the right corporate 
governance framework in place with the appropriate level 
of transparency. 

The support of our team, shareholders, customers and 
stakeholders throughout the process is a testament to the 
quality of the OpenLearning platform, the services that we 
provide and the critical importance of the problem that 
we’re solving.

Strong sector tailwinds
The Company is seeing increased demand from higher 
education providers to design and deliver both non-
accredited and accredited courses online as a result of recent 
disruptions in the higher education sector due to COVID-19. 

Additionally, the potential impact on higher education 
providers’ revenue from a decline in international students 
and widespread campus closures has led to renewed 
interest from education providers in delivering their courses 
and degrees online, as well as diversifying their sources 
revenue by offering short courses and micro-credentials  
to working professionals. 

To capitalise on the opportunity, the Company has moved 
quickly to establish a partnership with Alibaba Cloud to 
ensure high speed access the OpenLearning platform in 
mainland China, where the majority of the international 
students who are unable to make it to Australia are located. 
The Company recently signed a SaaS and partnership 
agreement with High Resolves, a global not-for-profit to 
deliver their programs into hundreds of schools globally.

While it is too early to determine the overall impact of the 
new dynamics we’re seeing in the market, the Company is 
well placed to support education providers as they explore 

Critical importance of higher  
education to the Australian economy
Few industries are as critically important to Australia’s 
economy and our society as higher education. While 
technology is already transforming vast sections of our 
country, education providers have been slow to adapt 
– opting for incremental improvements as opposed to 
ground-breaking transformation.

This dynamic is beginning to change. Students and working 
professionals require news skills to adapt to new ways of 
working, they’re demanding short courses rather than 
multi-year degrees. It is becoming increasing clear that 
higher education is moving and must move from a once-in-
a-lifetime product to lifelong learning experience.

The opportunity ahead of the Company is significant –  
in Australia, Malaysia, Southeast Asia and around the  
world as millions of people look to further their education 
online. Globally, there are only a handful of companies  
that are well placed to benefit from this once in a 
generation change and OpenLearning is leading the  
way. While significant change always takes time, the  
pace is definitely accelerating.

To get us there, we have assembled a dedicated, innovative 
and passionate team, and an experienced and dynamic 
board with the right mix of skills to grow OpenLearning into 
Australia’s next great education technology company. 

Stellar team and board of directors
I would like to thank my fellow directors, chairman  
Kevin Barry, Professor Beverley Oliver, Spiro Pappas,  
David Buckingham and Maya Hari for their support and 
expertise, and our previous directors who retired prior to 
the listing in December 2019, especially the Company’s 
former chairman and angel investor, Clive Mayhew.

I’m proud to work alongside our diverse and highly 
regarded leadership team, including founder and  
CTO David Collien, Managing Director for Australia  
Cherie Diaz, Managing Director for Malaysia Sarveen 
Kandiah and CFO Huat Koh. 

Thank you for your support of OpenLearning. Together,  
I’m confident that the Company will continue to grow  
and generate significant returns for all our shareholders  
in the years to come.

Kind regards

Adam Brimo
Managing Director and Group CEO

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Chairman’s Report

Dear fellow Shareholders

I am delighted to present OpenLearning Limited’s  
(“OL”) Annual Report for the financial year ended 
31 December 2019.

The Company develops and operates an online education 
platform (OL Platform) on a software-as-a-service  
(SaaS) business model whose primary customers are 
education providers based in Australia and the  
South-East Asian markets. 

The Company successfully listed on the ASX in December 
2019 raising $8 million to fund growth opportunities, reward 
and incentivise senior management to drive the underlying 
growth of the business and to further develop the 
OpenLearning Platform.

FY19 Year Results
During FY19 year, the Group restructured its operations in 
Australia and Malaysia to focus on growing Platform SaaS 
revenue by expanding its sales, marketing and customer 
success teams, and significantly reducing the headcount  
of its Services division. This change in strategy resulted  
in a decline in Services revenue in FY2019 as compared  
to FY2018 but led to strong growth in Platform SaaS and 
Marketplace gross sales, which grew by 91% and 108% 
respectively y-o-y.

Gross sales for FY2019 increased by 2.8% y-o-y, despite  
the reduction in Services sales, due to strong growth  
in Platform SaaS and Marketplace sales.

Statutory net loss for FY2019 increased 75.8% y-o-y  
to $(7,719,951) due to incurring of the following major  
cost elements:

•  operating costs to increase market share in the online 

education space;

•  costs related to rationalisation exercise; and

•  costs related to pre-IPO and IPO expenses

There was no significant change y-o-y in the normalised 
loss after tax for FY2019 at $(4,398,704).

Net cash flows used in operating activities improved to 
$(3,874,122) in FY2019 from $(4,544,548) in the prior year.

Strategy
The Company’s strategy is to increase high margin  
platform SaaS revenue by expanding its sales and 
marketing resources to acquire more clients from the  
higher education sector and increase usage of the  
platform by its existing clients.

Historically, the majority of the Company’s revenue was 
derived from professional services and course sales 
through its marketplace, while these two divisions will 
continue to contribute to the Group’s revenue, the Group 
expects platform SaaS revenue to grow significantly faster 
and become the majority of the Group’s revenue over time.

The Company is investing in its online sales channel and 
website to acquire and onboard Platform SaaS clients 
online and through inside sales, which will enable it to  
serve clients beyond its existing markets.

People
Our team is truly committed to bringing our business 
strategy to fruition. On behalf of the Board, I would like to 
thank each and every one of our dedicated team members 
for their hard work throughout the year culminating with  
the listing of the Company on the ASX in December 2019.

Looking Ahead
The world is currently facing a number of challenges due to 
COVID-19 and while the potential impact on the Company 
is not yet clear, a number of education providers have 
expressed an intention to expand their online education 
offerings and the Company is actively working with its 
clients to support their urgent needs.

Through the work that has been performed in FY19, the 
Board believes the Company is well-positioned to grow  
and build up its position as one of the leading online 
education platforms in the market.

Kevin Barry
Chairman

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Directors’ Report

Your directors present their report on the Consolidated Entity (referred to herein as the Group) consisting  
of OpenLearning Limited and its controlled entities for the financial year ended 31 December 2019.

Directors
The following persons were directors of OpenLearning Limited during or since the end of the financial year up  
to the date of this report:

Kevin Barry
Non-Executive Chairman (appointed 30 August 2019)

Adam Brimo
Managing Director and Group CEO (appointed 30 August 2019)

Spiro Pappas
Non-Executive Director (appointed 30 August 2019)

David Buckingham
Non-Executive Director (appointed 9 December 2019)

Professor Beverley Oliver
Non-Executive Director (appointed 9 December 2019)

Maya Hari
Non-Executive Director (appointed 9 December 2019)

Particulars of each director’s experience and qualifications are set out later in this report.

Principal Activities
The principal activities of the Group during the financial year were:

•  providing a cloud-hosted social learning platform for delivering short courses, blended learning and online degrees;

•  providing learning design services; and

•  promotion and sale of educational courses through a global marketplace.

Review of operations and financial position
Results for financial year 2019 (“FY2019”):

•  gross sales of $1,940,762, an increase of 2.8% year-on-year (“y-o-y”);

•  revenue of $1,602,613, a decline of (9.2)% y-o-y;

•  normalised loss after tax of $(4,398,704), no significant change y-o-y;

•  statutory loss after tax of $(7,719,951), an increase in losses of 75.8% y-o-y.

Revenue from ordinary activities

Revenue comprises of the following:

  Platform SaaS fees

  Marketplace sales

  Services sales

  Gross sales

2019 
$

2018 
$

INC/(DEC) 
%

1,602,613

1,765,095

(9.2)

379,259

90.5

282,139

>100.0

722,525

585,928

632,309

1,227,101

1,940,762

1,888,499

(48.5)

2.8

  Less: Sharing of revenue with course creators

(338,149)

(123,404)

>100.0

  Revenue

1,602,613

1,765,095

(9.2)

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For personal use onlyRevenue for FY2019 declined by (9.2)% compared to the comparative FY2018 to $1,602,613 due to the decline in Services 
sales. In July 2019, the Company restructured its operations in Australia and Malaysia to focus on growing Platform SaaS 
revenue by expanding its sales, marketing and customer success teams, and significantly reducing the headcount of its 
Services division by no longer offering learning design services in Malaysia and reducing the scope of its Services division 
in Australia. This change in strategy resulted in a decline in Services revenue in FY2019 as compared to FY2018 but led to 
strong growth in Platform SaaS and Marketplace sales, which grew by 91% and 108% respectively y-o-y.

Gross sales for FY2019 increased by 2.8% y-o-y, despite the reduction in Services sales, due to strong growth in Platform 
SaaS and Marketplace sales.

Statutory net loss for FY2019 increased 75.8% y-o-y to $(7,719,951) due to incurring of the following major cost elements:

•  operating costs to increase market share in the online education space;

•  costs related to rationalisation exercise;

•  costs related to pre-IPO and IPO expenses.

There was no significant change y-o-y in the normalised loss after tax for FY2019 at $(4,398,704). A reconciliation of 
statutory loss to normalised loss is appended below.

Normalised loss after tax

  Costs incurred on rationalisation exercise

  Pre-IPO and related expenses

IPO and related expenses 

Statutory loss after tax

2019 
$

2018 
$

(4,398,704)

(4,313,610)

(250,537)

(180,829)

(2,889,881)

(78,017)

–

–

(7,719,951)

(4,391,627)

Cash and cash equivalents increased to $7,740,768 as at financial year-end due to the proceeds from the successful listing 
of the Company on the ASX in December 2019.

Significant changes in the state of affairs
The Group undertook the transactions described below during the financial year as part of a corporate reorganisation  
to facilitate the listing of the Company on the ASX.

The Company acquired the entire issued and paid-up share capital of OLG Australia Investors Pte Ltd (“OLGAI”) from all 
its shareholders (“OLGAI Shareholders”) via the entry and execution of a share exchange agreement made between the 
OLGAI Shareholders and the Company (“OLGAI Share Exchange Agreement”).

OLGAI together with a group of minority shareholders (“OLGSG Minority Shareholders”) own the entire issued and 
paid-up share capital of OpenLearning Global Pte Ltd (“OLGSG”). OLGSG in turn owns the entire issued and paid-up  
share capital in Open Learning Global Pty Ltd (“OLGAU”) and OpenLearning Global (M) Sdn Bhd (“OLGMY”). OLGAU  
and OLGMY are the operating subsidiaries of the Group providing a cloud-based social learning platform, learning design 
services and sale of education course through a global marketplace.

The Company, together with the execution of the OLGAI Share Exchange Agreement, also acquired the entire issued and 
paid-up share capital of OLGSG via the entry and execution of a share exchange agreement made between the OLGSG 
Minority Shareholders and the Company (“OLGSG Share Exchange Agreement”).

Pursuant to the OLGAI Share Exchange Agreement and the OLGSG Share Exchange Agreement (collectively, the “Group 
Share Exchange Agreements”), both the OLGAI Shareholders and the OLGSG Minority Shareholders sold and transferred 
all their respective shares in OLGAI and OLGSG to the Company in exchange for the Company allotting to each of the 
OLGAI Shareholders and OLGSG Minority Shareholders new shares in the Company representing all the issued and 
paid-up shares of the Company.

Following the completion of the Group Share Exchange Agreements, the Company further issued shares (i) pursuant to 
conversion of convertible notes, (ii) to advisors and a director for services rendered and (iii) for the initial public offering  
of shares on the ASX.

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Directors’ Report

Continued

Following the completion of the Group Share Exchange Agreements, the Company held the following subsidiaries  
as at 31 December 2019:

Held by the Company

OLG Australia Investors Pte Ltd

OpenLearning Global Pte Ltd

Held by OpenLearning Global Pte Ltd

Open Learning Global Pty Ltd

OpenLearning Global (M) Sdn Bhd

* 63.89% held via OLG Australia Investors Pte Ltd.

2019 
%

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100

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Events after the reporting period
The Company is currently reviewing and closely monitoring the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) situation as it  
unfolds, ensuring compliance and cooperation with protocols and advice as and when issued by the Government.  
The Directors are reviewing business operations and strategies and assessing the impact on the Group. The Group is 
unable to determine at this time the potential impact COVID-19 will have, noting that a number of education providers 
have expressed an intention to expand their on-line education offerings and the Group is actively working to support  
their urgent needs.

Future development, prospects and business strategies
Notwithstanding the potential impact that COVID-19 may have on the Group’s operations, the Group will continue its 
strategy to increase high margin platform SaaS revenue by expanding its sales and marketing resources to acquire more 
clients from the higher education sector and increase usage of the platform by its existing clients.

Historically, the majority of the Group’s revenue was derived from professional services and course sales through its 
marketplace, while these two divisions will continue to contribute to the Group’s revenue, the Group expects platform 
SaaS revenue to grow significantly faster and become the majority of the Group’s revenue over time.

The Group is investing in its online sales channel and website to acquire and onboard Platform SaaS clients online and 
through inside sales, which will enable it to serve clients beyond its existing markets.

Environmental issues
The Group’s operations are not regulated by any significant environmental regulations under the laws of the countries 
where the Group operates in.

Dividends
No dividends were paid or declared during or since the end of the financial year and there were no declared dividends 
unpaid at the date of this report.

Indemnification and insurance of directors and officers
During the year, the Group has paid a premium in respect of an insurance contract insuring all directors and officers  
of the Group against liabilities incurred in the capacity as a director or officer of the Group.

Indemnification and insurance of auditor
During the year, the Group has not indemnified or agreed to indemnify the auditor of the Company.

Proceedings on behalf of the 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.

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The Board of Directors is satisfied that the provision of non-audit services during the year is compatible with the general 
standard of independence for auditors imposed by the Corporations Act 2001. The directors are satisfied that 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 auditor independence in accordance with APES 110: Code of Ethics for 
Professional Accountants set by the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board.

During FY2019, the Company incurred investigating accountant’s fees payable to Hall Chadwick Corporate (NSW) Limited 
of $20,000 pertaining to the preparation of the prospectus for the Company’s listing on the ASX.

Auditor’s Independence Declaration
The lead auditor’s independence declaration for the year ended 31 December 2019 has been received and can be found 
on page 30 of the financial report.

Options
At the date of this report, the unissued ordinary shares of OpenLearning Limited under option are as follows:

GRANT DATE

DATE OF EXPIRY

EXERCISE PRICE

NUMBER UNDER OPTION

9 December 2019

9 December 2021

9 December 2019

9 December 2022

9 December 2019

9 December 2022

$0.20

$0.20

$0.30

30,833,307

2,793,333

5,000,000

Option holders do not have any rights to participate in any issues of shares or other interests of the Company or any  
other entity.

For details of options issued to directors and executives as remuneration, refer to the remuneration report.

During FY2019, a subsidiary of the Company, OLG Australia Investors Pte Ltd, issued a total of 89,589 ordinary shares 
arising from the exercise of employee share option plan. These shares were issued at the exercise prices per share of  
$0.10, $1.77 and $2.35.

Other than the above, there have been no options granted over unissued shares or interests of any controlled entity within 
the Group during or since the end of the reporting period.

Performance rights
As at the date of this report there were 2,750,000 performance rights convertible to shares on 1:1 basis on issue (2018: Nil).

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Information Relating to Directors and  
Company Secretary
Kevin Barry
Non-Executive Chairman

Qualifications
B.Comm, LLB

Experience
Kevin Barry is a director of TCAP Australia and Thakral 
Capital Holdings. His responsibilities include execution of 
investment opportunities, oversight and management of 
development projects, origination of senior construction 
and investment finance. Kevin is also the TCAP group 
representative director for the GemLife retirement business.

Kevin has over 24 years’ experience in law, property  
finance and funds management. Initially he started as a 
structured finance lawyer in Sydney with KPMG & Blake 
Dawson, and then London with Norton Rose. In 2001, he 
moved to investment banking at Zurich Capital Markets 
Asia where he was Senior Vice President responsible for  
the structuring and execution of their principal finance 
business. He subsequently managed CHOPIN structured 
finance business whose primary activities included 
originating fixed income products across various asset 
classes. Prior to joining the TCAP group, Kevin was  
involved in setting up the credit strategies funds 
management business at Pengana Capital. Since 2010, 
Kevin has been on the Board as Chairman of the ASX  
listed ICS Global Limited (ASX: ICS).

Interest in Shares and Options
1,839,788 fully paid ordinary shares

Options to acquire a further 1,534,225 ordinary shares

Special Responsibilities
Member of Audit Committee

Adam Brimo
Managing Director and Group CEO

Qualifications
B.Eng (Software), B.Arts (Politics)

Experience
Adam Brimo is listed in the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 
for Consumer Technology and in The Pearcey Foundation 
2018 NSW Tech Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.

Adam previously worked at Macquarie Bank as a Software 
Engineer in the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities 
Group and at Westpac Institutional Bank as a Senior 
Software Engineer.

In 2010-2011, Adam led the successful Vodafail consumer 
activist campaign, which resulted in nationwide media 
coverage, an ACMA inquiry and a $1bn network upgrade 
for Vodafone’s Australian business. Adam was named the 
Consumer Activist of the Year in 2011 by Choice Magazine 
for his transformative impact on the telecommunications 
sector in Australia.

In 2012, Adam joined UNSW Professor Richard Buckland 
and David Collien to found OpenLearning.com, a social 
learning platform. Since that time, over 1.65 million 
students have joined courses, including the first massive 
open online courses (MOOCs) from Australia and Malaysia.

Interest in Shares and Options
6,532,475 fully paid ordinary shares

Options to acquire a further 126,358 ordinary shares

Performance rights to allow conversion to 2,000,000 
ordinary shares

Special Responsibilities
Group CEO

Directorships held in other listed entities during the 
three years prior to the current year
Current director of ICS Global Limited (since 23 July 2010)

Directorships held in other listed entities during the 
three years prior to the current year
None

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Non-Executive Director

David Buckingham
Non-Executive Director

Qualifications
BA( (Hons), M.Phil PhD W.Aust, GradDipEd Murdoch, 
GAICD PFHEA

Experience
Emeritus Professor Beverley Oliver is an education change 
leader, a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 
and an Australian National Teaching Fellow. She works  
as a higher education consultant and researcher in areas 
such as digital education, micro-credentials, curriculum 
transformation, quality assurance and graduate employability. 
She is the founder and editor of the Journal of Teaching 
and Learning for Graduate Employability.

Beverley was Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education at  
Deakin University (2013-2018), Deputy Chair of Universities 
Australia’s Deputy Vice-Chancellors (Academic) (2018) and 
Deputy Chair of the Board of EduGrowth, a not-for-profit 
entity and Australia’s acceleration network for high-growth, 
scalable, borderless education (2016-18).

Beverley’s leadership has been recognised through two 
national Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student 
Learning and several nationally funded grants and two 
fellowships. In 2017, she was awarded Deakin University’s 
highest honour, the title of Alfred Deakin Professor, for her 
outstanding and sustained contribution to conceptualising 
the strategic enhancement of courses in the digital 
economy and furthering Deakin University’s research  
and scholarship in the field of higher education.

Interest in Shares and Options
Options to acquire 1,000,000 ordinary shares

Special Responsibilities
Member of Remuneration Committee

Directorships held in other listed entities during  
the three years prior to the current year
None

Qualifications
Engineering Science B.Tech (Hons), ACA ICAEW, GAICD

Experience
David Buckingham was most recently the Group CEO  
and Managing Director of Navitas (ASX: NVT) from 
2018-2019 and the CFO from 2016-2018.

David has a diverse educational background and  
impressive career which he began in the United Kingdom 
with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He later moved into the 
telecommunications industry to which he devoted much  
of his career. He has worked for Telewest Global as the 
Group Treasurer and Director of Financial Planning, 
Virginmedia, as Finance Director Business Division and 
iiNet where he held the roles of Chief Financial Officer  
and Chief Executive Officer between 2008 and 2015.

Interest in Shares and Options
416,666 fully paid ordinary shares

Options to acquire a further 1,416,666 ordinary shares

Performance rights to allow conversion to 750,000  
ordinary shares

Special Responsibilities
Member of Audit Committee

Directorships held in other listed entities during the 
three years prior to the current year
Navitas Limited (Appointed 1 July 2018; Resigned 
5 July 2019)

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Spiro Pappas
Non-Executive Director

Qualifications
B.Comm (Merit), AICD

Maya Hari
Non-Executive Director

Qualifications
MBA, MS Engineering

Experience
Spiro Pappas is a former senior executive of NAB.  
In his almost 10 years at NAB, Spiro performed several 
leadership roles including Executive General Manager of 
Global Institutional Banking, CEO of Asia and Executive 
General Manager of International and Innovation.

Prior to NAB, Spiro spent over 2 years in London and  
New York with Deutsche Bank and then 11 years in London 
with ABN AMRO/RBS where he managed a number of 
global businesses including Debt Capital Markets, Client 
Coverage for Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance 
and Advisory.

Spiro has also served on the Advisory Board of both  
the Australia China Business Council and the Australia 
Japan Business Cooperation Council and is a Board 
Member of the European Australian Business Council.  
He is currently the Chairman of Atlas Iron, ASX-listed  
Splitit (a global payments Fintech) and Cognian 
Technologies (an innovative Australian wireless lighting 
technology company).

Spiro was also recently a member of a taskforce advising 
the Federal Government on how to enable the SME sector 
for the digital age.

Experience
Maya Hari is the VP & Managing Director, Asia Pacific  
at Twitter. Asia Pacific has been the growth engine for 
Twitter in recent years. Maya’s focus has been to fuel  
Twitter strategy and rapid growth in key markets such  
as China, India, Australia and Indonesia. Maya brings 
diverse business experience having led functions in  
Sales, Marketing & Product Management. She serves  
as Chairperson of TIE in Singapore (Non-Profit focused  
on fuelling the entrepreneurial ecosystem).

Prior to Twitter, Maya spent 16+ years in the digital  
media, mobile and eCommerce in the US and in Asia  
Pacific region for brands such as Google, Samsung, 
Microsoft & Cisco. She was also responsible for the digital 
transformation & re-engineering of media powerhouse 
Conde Nast in Asia – launching and bringing internet  
and mobile offerings for top tier publication titles such  
as Vogue, GQ and Condé Nast Traveller.

Interest in Shares and Options
Options to acquire 1,000,000 ordinary shares

Special Responsibilities
Member of Remuneration Committee

Interest in Shares and Options
3,679,091 fully paid ordinary shares

Options to acquire a further 1,547,508 ordinary shares

Directorships held in other listed entities during  
the three years prior to the current year
None

Special Responsibilities
Member of Audit Committee

Justyn Stedwell
Company Secretary

Directorships held in other listed entities during the 
three years prior to the current year
Current director of Splitit Payments Ltd (since 
20 January 2019)

Qualifications
Bachelor of Business and Commerce (Management and 
Economics) – Monash University, Graduate Diploma of 
Accounting – Deakin University, Graduate Diploma of 
Applied Corporate Governance – Governance Institute  
of Australia , Graduate Certificate of Applied Finance 
– Kaplan Professional

Experience
Company Secretary with over 13 years’ experience as a 
Company Secretary of ASX listed companies in various 
industries including IT and telecommunications, mining  
and exploration, biotechnology and agriculture.

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There were no meetings of directors held during the financial year as the full board was only constituted upon the 
Company being admitted to the official list of the ASX on 10 December 2019. The Company’s shares commenced  
trading on the ASX on 12 December 2019.

Remuneration Report
The Remuneration Report for Non-Executive Directors, Executive Director and other Key Management Personnel  
have been prepared under the following main headings:

(i)  Remuneration policy

(ii)  Details of remuneration

(iii)  Service agreements

(iv)  Share-based remuneration

(v)  Other information

(i)  Remuneration Policy
The remuneration policy of the Group has been designed:

•  to align rewards to business outcomes that deliver value to shareholders

•  to create a high performance culture by setting challenging objectives and rewarding individuals based on 

performance targets met

•  to ensure remuneration is competitive in line with market to motivate and retain executive talent

The Board has established a Remuneration Committee which is responsible for determining and reviewing remuneration 
arrangements for the Directors and the executive team.

The remuneration structure adopted by the Group consists of the following components:

•  fixed remuneration being annual salary; and

•  short term incentives, being employee share schemes and bonuses for selected executives.

The payment of bonuses, share options, performance rights and other incentive payments are reviewed by the 
Remuneration Committee annually and a recommendation is put to the Board for approval. All bonuses, options, 
performance rights and incentives are linked to pre-determined performance criteria.

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(ii)  Details of remuneration
The remuneration for key management personnel (KMP) of the Group during the year was as follows:

SHORT-TERM BENEFITS

Salary  
and  
Fees

$

Profit  
Share and  
Bonuses

$

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018(1)

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

166,461

178,219

3,442

–

2,692

–

2,459

–

2,459

–

19,658

10,834

224,231

88,846

74,019

54,561

142,703

125,001

133,884

130,000

772,008

587,461

50,000

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

50,000

–

Non- 
monetary

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Leave  
and  
Other

$

28,600

20,870

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

15,911

7,723

4,902

3,322

11,589

39,196

11,598

9,013

72,600

80,124

POST-EMPLOYMENT 

BENEFITS

LONG-TERM  

BENEFITS

EQUITY-SETTLED  

SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS

Pension  

and Super- 

annuation

Other

Incentive 

Plans

LSL

Shares/ 

Units

Options/

Rights

CASH-

SETTLED 

SHARE-

BASED 

PAYMENTS

TERMIN-

ATION 

BENEFITS

23,281

16,931

327

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

234

234

22,813

8,440

10,221

7,521

14,658

11,875

13,821

12,350

85,589

57,117

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

191,667

31,632

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

31,632

31,632

31,632

31,632

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

191,667

158,160

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

TOTAL

$

268,342

216,020

35,401

225,991

–

–

–

–

34,325

34,325

51,290

10,834

262,955

105,009

89,142

65,404

168,950

176,072

159,303

151,363

1,330,024

724,702

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Executive Director 

Adam Brimo

Non-Executive Directors 

Kevin Barry

Spiro Pappas

David Buckingham

Professor Beverley Oliver

Maya Hari

Other KMP 

Cherie Diaz

Sarveen Kandiah

David Collien

Huat Koh

Total KMP 

(1) Cherie Diaz – joined 30 July 2018.

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The remuneration for key management personnel (KMP) of the Group during the year was as follows:

SHORT-TERM BENEFITS

Profit  

Share and  

Bonuses

Non- 

monetary

Salary  

and  

Fees

$

166,461

178,219

50,000

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018(1)

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

2019

2018

3,442

2,692

2,459

2,459

–

–

–

–

19,658

10,834

224,231

88,846

74,019

54,561

142,703

125,001

133,884

130,000

772,008

587,461

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

50,000

Leave  

and  

Other

$

28,600

20,870

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

15,911

7,723

4,902

3,322

11,589

39,196

11,598

9,013

72,600

80,124

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

POST-EMPLOYMENT 
BENEFITS

LONG-TERM  
BENEFITS

EQUITY-SETTLED  
SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS

Pension  
and Super- 
annuation

$

23,281

16,931

327

–

–

–

234

–

234

–

–

–

22,813

8,440

10,221

7,521

14,658

11,875

13,821

12,350

85,589

57,117

Other

Incentive 
Plans

LSL

Shares/ 
Units

Options/
Rights

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

$

–

–

–

–

$

–

–

31,632

–

191,667

31,632

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

31,632

–

31,632

–

31,632

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

191,667

158,160

–

–

CASH-
SETTLED 
SHARE-
BASED 
PAYMENTS

TERMIN-
ATION 
BENEFITS

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

TOTAL

$

268,342

216,020

35,401

–

225,991

–

34,325

–

34,325

–

51,290

10,834

262,955

105,009

89,142

65,404

168,950

176,072

159,303

151,363

1,330,024

724,702

Executive Director 

Adam Brimo

Non-Executive Directors 

Kevin Barry

Spiro Pappas

David Buckingham

Professor Beverley Oliver

Maya Hari

Other KMP 

Cherie Diaz

Sarveen Kandiah

David Collien

Huat Koh

Total KMP 

(1) Cherie Diaz – joined 30 July 2018.

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(iii)  Service agreements
Remuneration and other terms of employment for the 
Executive Director and other key management personnel 
are formalised in a Service Agreement. The major 
provisions of the agreements relating to remuneration  
are set out below:

(a)  Adam Brimo (Managing Director and Group CEO)
Adam is paid a base salary of $200,000 per annum  
(plus superannuation). In addition to the base salary,  
Adam was paid a $50,000 cash bonus when the Company 
was admitted to the official list of ASX. He is also entitled  
to an incentive bonus of up to $75,000 payable based  
on achieving selected and verified performance criteria  
and 2,000,000 performance rights.

(b)  Cherie Diaz (Managing Director, Australia)
Cherie is paid a base salary of $220,000 per annum  
(plus superannuation). In addition to the base salary,  
Cherie is entitled to an incentive bonus of up to $80,000 
payable based on achieving selected and verified 
performance criteria.

(c)  Sarveen Kandiah (Managing Director, Malaysia)
Sarveen is paid a base salary of MYR300,000 per annum.  
In addition to the base salary, Sarveen is entitled to an 
incentive bonus of up to MYR100,000 payable based on 
achieving selected and verified performance criteria.

(iv)  Share-based remuneration
All options refer to options over ordinary shares of the 
Company, which are exercisable on a one-for-one basis 
under the terms of the agreements.

Options were granted to the Directors during the year  
with the following key conditions:

•  amount payable upon exercise of each option is $0.30

•  option will expire three (3) years following their date  

of issue

•  an option not exercised before the expiry date will 

automatically lapse on the expiry date.

Performance rights were issued to 2 directors,  
Adam Brimo and David Buckingham, during the year.  
These performance rights shall vest (following which the 
holder of the performance rights may elect to convert  
the performance rights into ordinary shares of the 
Company) upon satisfaction of the following milestones:

•  50% of the performance rights held by each holder  

will vest in the event that the annual recurring revenue  
of the Group is equal to or greater than $4,000,000  
as at 31 December 2020; and

•  50% of the performance rights held by each holder  

will vest in the event that the annual recurring revenue  
of the Group is equal to or greater than $8,000,000  
as at 31 December 2021,

(d)  David Collien
David is paid a base salary of $150,000 per annum 
(including superannuation). There is no incentive bonus 
element in David’s service agreement.

and the relevant annual recurring revenue being  
confirmed by the signed attestation of a registered 
company auditor or is properly included in the  
Company’s audited financial statements.

(e)  Huat Koh
Huat is paid a base salary of $160,000 per annum (including 
superannuation). There is no incentive bonus element in 
Huat’s service agreement.

All the above service agreements otherwise contain 
customary terms for an agreement of such nature, including 
in relation to intellectual property being the property of the 
Group, restraint of trade and confidentially. The service 
agreements stipulate a range of two to three-month 
resignation periods.

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GRANT DETAILS

EXERCISED

LAPSED

Balance at 
Beginning 
of Year

Issue Date

No.

Value 
$ 
(Note 1)

No.

Value 
$

Balance at 
End of Year 
No.

No.

Options

Kevin Barry

Spiro Pappas

David 
Buckingham

Professor 
Beverley Oliver

Maya Hari

Performance rights

Adam Brimo

David 
Buckingham

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

9/12/2019

1,000,000

31,632

9/12/2019

1,000,000

31,632

9/12/2109

1,000,000

31,632

9/12/2019

1,000,000

31,632

9/12/2019

1,000,000

31,632

5,000,000

158,160

9/12/2019

2,000,000

9/12/2019

750,000

2,750,000

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

5,000,000

2,000,000

750,000

2,750,000

Note 1 
The fair value of options granted as remuneration as shown in the above table has been determined in accordance  
with Australian Accounting Standards and will be recognised as an expense over the relevant vesting period to the extent that 
conditions necessary for vesting are satisfied.

The performance rights are subject to non-market vesting conditions, accordingly no value has been recognised as the Company 
have not assessed that the condition is likely to be met at this point and will be reassessed at future reporting dates.

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Directors’ Report

Continued

Group KMP

Options

Kevin Barry

Spiro Pappas

David Buckingham

Professor Beverley Oliver

Maya Hari

Performance rights

Adam Brimo

David Buckingham

Balance at 
End of Year 
No.

Exercisable 
No.

VESTED

UNVESTED

Unexer- 
cisable 
No. 
(Note 2)

Total at  
End of Year 
No.

Total at  
End of Year 
No.

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

5,000,000

2,000,000

750,000

2,750,000

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

5,000,000

5,000,000

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2,000,000

750,000

2,750,000

Note 2 

The exercise period for the vested options is subject to escrow period imposed by the ASX.

Description of Options/Rights Issued as Remuneration
Details of the options and performance rights granted as remuneration to those KMP listed in the previous table are as follows:

GRANT DATE

ISSUER

ENTITLEMENT 
ON EXERCISE

DATES EXERCISABLE

VALUE  
PER OPTION 
AT GRANT 
DATE 
$

AMOUNT 
PAID/ 
PAYABLE BY 
RECIPIENT 
$

EXERCISE 
PRICE 
$

9 December 2019

Company

5,000,000 
ordinary shares

Within 3 years following 
grant date

0.30

0.032

1,500,000

9 December 2019

Company

2,750,000 
ordinary shares

Following satisfaction 
of revenue milestones 
and within 5 years 
following grant date

–

–

–

Option values at grant date were determined using the Black-Scholes method.

No value has been recognised for the performance rights. An assessment of the performance criteria was carried out  
and the criteria were not met.

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For personal use only(v)  Other information
The number of ordinary shares in the Company during the year held by each of the Group’s key management personnel, 
including their related parties, is set out below:

Adam Brimo

Kevin Barry

Spiro Pappas

David Buckingham

Professor Beverley Oliver

Maya Hari

Cherie Diaz

Sarveen Kandiah

David Collien

Huat Koh

Total

BALANCE AT 
BEGINNING 
OF YEAR

GRANTED AS 
REMUNERATION 
DURING THE 
YEAR

ISSUED ON 
EXERCISE OF 
OPTIONS 
DURING THE 
YEAR

OTHER 
CHANGES 
DURING THE 
YEAR(1)

BALANCE AT 
END OF YEAR

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

958,333

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

958,333

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

6,532,475

6,532,475

1,839,788

1,839,788

2,720,758

3,679,091

416,666

416,666

–

–

–

–

504,209

504,209

177,945

177,945

3,556,743

3,556,743

152,523

152,523

15,901,107

16,859,440

(1)  Pursuant to a corporate reorganisation as disclosed under the caption ‘Significant changes in the state of affairs’ in this 

directors’ report.

There were no other transactions conducted between the Group and KMP or their related parties, apart from those 
disclosed above relating to equity and compensation, that were conducted other than in accordance with normal 
employee, customer or 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.

Adam Brimo 
Managing Director

Dated: 27 March 2020 

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For personal use onlySecuring our 
future with 21st 
century skills.

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Auditor’s Independence Declaration

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For personal use onlyFinancial  
Report

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Consolidated statement of profit or loss
For the financial year ended 31 December 2019

Revenue

Other income

Items of expense

  Web-hosting and other direct costs

  Employee benefits expense 

  Depreciation

  Promotional and advertising

  Professional services

  General and administrative costs

  Pre-IPO and IPO-related costs

Finance income

Finance expenses

Loss before tax

Income tax benefit

Loss for the year

Loss for the year attributable to:

Owners of the Company

Earnings/(losses) per share attributable to owners of the Company

Basic earnings/(losses) per share (cents)

Diluted earnings/(losses) per share (cents)

NOTE

3

4

5

6

9

9

2019

$

2018

$

1,602,613

1,765,095

18,638

65,560

(394,814)

(495,647)

(4,602,273)

(4,260,979)

(62,859)

(121,114)

(242,663)

(822,856)

(3,070,710)

(7,696,038)

7,131

(31,044)

(23,962)

(236,744)

(338,100)

(1,041,390)

–

(4,566,167)

29,963

(11,686)

(7,719,951)

(4,547,890)

–

156,263

(7,719,951)

(4,391,627)

(7,719,951)

(4,391,627)

(5.53)

(5.53) 

(13.83)

 (13.83) 

This statement should be read in conjunction with the notes to the financial statements.

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For personal use onlyConsolidated statement of comprehensive 
income
For the financial year ended 31 December 2019

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income:

Item that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: 

Exchange differences on translating foreign operations

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Attributable to:

Owners of the Company

This statement should be read in conjunction with the notes to the financial statements.

2019

$

2018

$

(7,719,951)

(4,391,627)

(4,122)

17,727

(7,724,073)

(4,373,900)

(7,724,073)

(4,373,900)

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Consolidated statement of financial position
As at 31 December 2019

ASSETS

Current assets

Trade and other receivables

Prepayments

Cash and cash equivalents

Non-current assets

Furniture, fittings and equipment

Intangible assets

Right-of-use asset

Total assets

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

Provisions

Lease liability

Borrowing

Deferred revenue

Net current assets

Non-current liability

Lease liability

Other payables

Convertible preference shares

Total liabilities

Net assets

NOTE

2019

$

2018

$

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

18

15

17

551,580

226,576

7,740,768

8,518,924

62,392

453,341

349,405

865,138

9,384,062

793,582

143,650

132,191

17,727

572,737

1,659,887

6,859,037

250,884

199,927

–

450,811

2,110,698

7,273,364

566,698

130,708

1,076,732

1,774,138

107,660

301,412

–

409,072

2,183,210

308,872

193,468

–

–

421,271

923,611

850,527

–

–

9

9

923,620

1,259,590

Equity attributable to the owners of the Company

Share capital

Accumulated losses

Reserves

Total equity

19

23,233,194

12,937,238

(19,413,440)

(11,693,489)

 20

3,453,610

7,273,364

15,841

1,259,590

This statement should be read in conjunction with the notes to the financial statements.

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For personal use onlyConsolidated statement of changes in equity
For the financial year ended 31 December 2019

Opening balance at 1 January 2019

12,937,238

15,841

(11,693,489)

1,259,590

SHARE  
CAPITAL 
(NOTE 19)

OTHER 
RESERVES 
(NOTE 20)

ACCUMULATED 
LOSSES

$

$

$

TOTAL

$

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation, representing total 
other comprehensive income/(loss) for the year

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Conversion of convertible preference shares

Valuation of employee share plan

Exercise of employee share plan

Issuance of ordinary shares :

– pursuant to conversion of convertible notes

– issuance to advisors and a director

– pursuant to initial public offering of shares

Equity issuance costs

–

–

–

9

824,606

96,863

3,700,000

766,667

8,000,000

(1,441,712)

–

(7,719,951)

(7,719,951)

(4,122)

–

(4,122)

(4,122)

(7,719,951)

(7,724,073)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

9

824,606

96,863

3,700,000

766,667

8,000,000

(1,441,712)

–

1,791,414

Fair value adjustment on shares issued

(1,650,477)

1,650,477

Valuation of options issued

–

1,791,414

Closing balance at 31 December 2019

23,233,194

3,453,610

(19,413,440)

7,273,364

This statement should be read in conjunction with the notes to the financial statements.

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Consolidated statement of changes in equity
For the financial year ended 31 December 2019

SHARE  
CAPITAL 
(NOTE 19)

OTHER 
RESERVES 
(NOTE 20)

ACCUMULATED 
LOSSES

$

$

$

TOTAL

$

Opening balance at 1 January 2018

8,189,487

(1,886)

(7,301,862)

885,739

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income

Foreign currency translation, representing total 
other comprehensive income/(loss) for the year

Total comprehensive loss for the year

–

–

–

–

(4,391,627)

(4,391,627)

17,727

–

17,727

17,727

(4,391,627)

(4,373,900)

Issuance of shares

Equity issuance costs

5,550,000

(802,249)

–

–

–

–

5,550,000

(802,249)

Closing balance at 31 December 2018

12,937,238

15,841

(11,693,489)

1,259,590

This statement should be read in conjunction with the notes to the financial statements.

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For personal use onlyConsolidated statement of cash flows
For the financial year ended 31 December 2019

Operating activities

Receipts from customers

Payments to suppliers and employees

Proceeds from other income

Net cash flows used in operating activities

Investing activities

Purchase of furniture, fittings and equipment, net of disposal

Purchase of intangible assets

Net cash flows used in investing activities

Financing activities

Proceeds from issuance of equity shares

Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes

Proceeds from exercise of employee share options

Proceeds from issuance of convertible preference shares

Proceeds from borrowing, net of repayment

Payments for pre-IPO and IPO costs

Share issue expenses

Net cash flows generated from financing activities

Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year 

NOTE

2019

$

2018

$

2,242,609

(6,135,369)

18,638

1,864,139

(6,474,247)

65,560

24

(3,874,122)

(4,544,548)

(45,589)

(101,691)

(147,280)

(74,201)

(240,006)

(314,207)

8,000,000

3,700,000

96,863

–

17,727

(618,334)

(511,401)

10,684,855

6,663,453

583

1,076,732

7,740,768

5,550,000

–

–

8

–

–

(802,249)

4,747,759

(110,996)

5,234

1,182,494

1,076,732

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For personal use onlyEducating  
the world,  
one course  
at a time. 

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Notes to the financial statements
31 December 2019

The consolidated financial statements and notes represent 
those of OpenLearning Limited and its Controlled Entities 
(the Group).

The separate financial statements of the Parent Entity, 
OpenLearning Limited, have not been presented within this 
financial report as permitted by the Corporations Act 2001.

The financial statements were authorised for issue on 
27 March 2020 by the directors of the Company.

1.3  Principles of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements incorporate all of the 
assets, liabilities and results of the Parent (OpenLearning 
Limited) and all of the subsidiaries (including any structured 
entities). Subsidiaries are entities the Parent controls. The 
Parent controls an entity when it is exposed to, or has rights 
to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and 
has the ability to affect those returns through its power over 
the entity. A list of the subsidiaries is provided in Note 22.

1.  Summary of significant accounting policies
1.1  Basis of preparation
These general purpose consolidated financial statements 
have been prepared in accordance with the Corporations 
Act 2001, Australian Accounting Standards and 
Interpretations of the Australian Accounting Standards 
Board and in compliance with International Financial 
Reporting Standards as issued by the International 
Accounting Standards Board. The Group is a for-profit 
entity for financial reporting purposes under Australian 
Accounting Standards. Material accounting policies 
adopted in the preparation of these financial statements 
are presented below and have been consistently applied 
unless stated otherwise.

Except for cash flow information, the financial statements 
have been prepared on an accrual 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.

1.2  Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on the going 
concern basis which assumes the Company and the Group 
will have sufficient cash to pay its debts, as and when they 
become payable, for a period of at least 12 months from the 
date the financial report was authorised for issue.

The Group has incurred a net loss after tax of $7,719,951 
(2018: $4,391,627) for the financial year ended 
31 December 2019. During the financial year the Group  
also had net cash outflows from operating activities of 
$3,874,122 (2018: $4,544,548).

The admission of the Company to the official list of  
the ASX on 10 December 2019 raised total proceeds  
of $8.0 million for the Group. The Company believes  
that the proceeds raised from the IPO, together with the 
on-going sales collection, will enable the continuation  
of its business. Therefore, the financial statements do not 
include adjustments relating to the recoverability and 
classification of recorded asset amounts, nor to the 
amounts and classification of liabilities that might be 
necessary should the Company and the Group not  
continue as going concerns.

Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealised gains 
or losses on transactions between Group entities are fully 
eliminated on consolidation. Accounting policies of 
subsidiaries have been changed and adjustments made 
where necessary to ensure uniformity of the accounting 
policies adopted by the Group.

Where applicable, equity interests in a subsidiary not 
attributable, directly or indirectly, to the Group are 
presented as “non-controlling interests”. The Group  
initially recognises non-controlling interests that are 
present ownership interests in subsidiaries and are entitled 
to a proportionate share of the subsidiary’s net assets on 
liquidation at either fair value or at the non-controlling 
interests’ proportionate share of the subsidiary’s net  
assets. Subsequent to initial recognition, non-controlling 
interests are attributed their share of profit or loss  
and each component of other comprehensive income. 
Non-controlling interests are shown separately within  
the equity section of the statement of financial position  
and statement of comprehensive income.

The consolidated financial statements of the Group  
have been prepared in accordance with the pooling of 
interest method as the Group is a continuation of the 
existing business of OpenLearning Global Pte Ltd and its 
subsidiaries. The assets and liabilities of the combining 
entities are reflected at their carrying amounts as reported 
in the consolidated financial statements. Any difference 
between the consideration paid/transferred and the  
equity acquired is reflected within equity as a common 
control reserve. The consolidated income statements and 
consolidated statements of comprehensive income reflect 
the results of the combining entities for the entire periods 
under review, irrespective of when the combination took 
place. Apart from the above, subsidiaries are consolidated 
from the date of acquisition, being the date on which the 
Group obtains control, and continue to be consolidated 
until the date that such control ceases.

1.4  Functional and presentation currency
The functional currency of each of the Group’s entities  
is the currency of the primary economic environment in 
which that entity operates. The consolidated financial 
statements are presented in Australian dollars, which  
is the Parent Entity’s functional currency.

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(cont’d)
1.4  Functional and presentation currency (cont’d)
Transactions and balances
Foreign currency transactions are translated into the 
functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing  
at the date of the transaction. Foreign currency monetary 
items are translated at the year-end exchange rate. 
Non-monetary items measured at historical cost continue 
to be carried at the exchange rate at the date of the 
transaction. Non-monetary items measured at fair value  
are reported at the exchange rate at the date when fair 
values were determined.

Exchange differences arising on the translation of monetary 
items are recognised in profit or loss, except exchange 
differences that arise from net investment hedges.

Exchange differences arising on the translation of  
non-monetary items are recognised directly in other 
comprehensive income to the extent that the underlying 
gain or loss is recognised in other comprehensive income; 
otherwise the exchange difference is recognised in profit  
or loss.

Group companies
The financial results and position of foreign operations, 
whose functional currency is different from the Group’s 
presentation currency, are translated as follows:

•  assets and liabilities are translated at exchange rates 

prevailing at the end of the reporting period;

• 

income and expenses are translated at exchange  
rates on the date of transaction; and

•  all resulting exchange differences are recognised  

in other comprehensive income.

Exchange differences arising on translation of foreign 
operations with functional currencies other than Australian 
dollars are recognised in other comprehensive income  
and included in the foreign currency translation reserve  
in the statement of financial position and allocated to 
non-controlling interest where relevant. The cumulative 
amount of these differences is reclassified into profit or  
loss in the period in which the operation is disposed of.

1.5  Furniture, fittings and equipment
All items of furniture, fittings and equipment are initially 
recorded at cost. Subsequent to recognition, furniture, 
fittings and equipment are measured at cost less 
accumulated depreciation and any accumulated 
impairment losses.

Depreciation is computed on a straight-line basis over the 
estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Computer

Office equipment

Leasehold improvement

60 months

60 months

60 months

The carrying values of furniture, fittings and equipment  
are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in 
circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not  
be recoverable.

The residual value, useful life and depreciation method  
are reviewed at each financial year-end, and adjusted 
prospectively, if appropriate.

An item of furniture, fittings and equipment is 
derecognised upon disposal or when no future economic 
benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any gain  
or loss on de-recognition of the asset is included in  
profit or loss in the year the asset is derecognised.

1.6  Intangible assets
Intangible assets acquired separately are measured  
initially at cost. Following initial acquisition, intangible 
assets are carried at cost and where applicable, less  
any accumulated amortisation and/or any accumulated 
impairment losses. Internally generated intangible  
assets, excluding capitalised development costs, are  
not capitalised and expenditure is reflected in profit  
or loss in the year in which the expenditure is incurred.

The useful lives of intangible assets are assessed as either 
finite or indefinite.

Intangible assets with finite useful lives are amortised over 
the estimated useful lives and assessed for impairment 
whenever there is an indication that the intangible asset may 
be impaired. The amortisation period and the amortisation 
method are reviewed at least at each financial year-end. 
Changes in the expected useful life or the expected pattern 
of consumption of future economic benefits embodied in 
the asset is accounted for by changing the amortisation 
period or method, as appropriate, and are treated as 
changes in accounting estimates.

Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives or not yet 
available for use are tested for impairment annually, or 
more frequently if the events and circumstances indicate 
that the carrying value may be impaired either individually 
or at the cash-generating unit level. Such intangible assets 
are not amortised. The useful life of an intangible asset  
with an indefinite useful life is reviewed annually to 
determine whether the useful life assessment continues  
to be supportable. If not, the change in useful life from 
indefinite to finite is made on a prospective basis.

Gains or losses arising from de-recognition of an intangible 
asset are measured as the difference between the net disposal 
proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and are 
recognised in profit or loss when the asset is derecognised.

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Notes to the financial statements

Continued

1.  Summary of significant accounting policies 
(cont’d)
1.6  Intangible assets (cont’d)
(i)  Domain names and trademarks
Domain names and trademarks are recognised at cost  
of acquisition. They are considered to have an infinite  
life and are carried at cost less any impairment losses.

(ii)  Computer software
Computer software is recorded at cost. Where software  
is acquired at no cost, or for a nominal cost, the cost is its 
fair value as at the date of acquisition. It has a finite life and 
is carried at cost less accumulated amortisation and any 
impairment losses. Software has an estimated useful life  
of ten years. Any costs incurred to improve the software 
after acquisition is expensed to the profit or loss. It is 
assessed annually for impairment.

1.7  Impairment of non-financial assets
The Group assesses at each reporting date whether there is 
an indication that an asset may be impaired. If any indication 
exists, or when an annual impairment testing for an asset is 
required, the Group makes an estimate of the asset’s 
recoverable amount.

An asset’s recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s  
or cash-generating unit’s fair value less costs of disposal 
and its value in use and is determined for an individual 
asset, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows  
that are largely independent of those from other assets or 
groups of assets. Where the carrying amount of an asset  
or cash-generating unit exceeds its recoverable amount, 
the asset is considered impaired and is written down to  
its recoverable amount.

Impairment losses of continuing operations are recognised 
in profit or loss, except for assets that are previously 
revalued where the revaluation was taken to other 
comprehensive income. In this case, the impairment is also 
recognised in other comprehensive income up to the 
amount of any previous revaluation.

A previously recognised impairment loss is reversed  
only if there has been a change in the estimates used to 
determine the asset’s recoverable amount since the last 
impairment loss was recognised. If that is the case, the 
carrying amount of the asset is increased to its recoverable 
amount. That increase cannot exceed the carrying amount 
that would have been determined, net of depreciation,  
had no impairment loss been recognised previously.  
Such reversal is recognised in profit or loss unless the  
asset is measured at revalued amount, in which case the 
reversal is treated as a revaluation increase.

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

Financial instruments (except for trade receivables) 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.

Trade receivables are initially measured at the transaction 
price if the trade receivables do not contain a significant 
financing component or if the practical expedient was 
applied as specified in paragraph 63 of AASB 15: Revenue 
from Contracts with Customers.

Classification and subsequent measurement
Financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised 
cost using the effective interest method. The effective 
interest method is a method of calculating the amortised 
cost of a debt instrument and of allocating interest expense 
to profit or loss over the relevant period. The effective 
interest rate is the internal rate of return of the financial 
asset or liability. That is, it is the rate that exactly discounts 
the estimated future cash flows through the expected life 
of the instrument to the net carrying amount at initial 
recognition.

Financial assets
Financial assets are subsequently measured at:

•  amortised cost;

•  fair value through other comprehensive income; or

•  fair value through profit or loss.

Measurement is on the basis of two primary criteria:

•  the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial 

asset; and

•  the business model for managing the financial assets.

A financial asset that meets the following conditions is 
subsequently measured at amortised cost:

•  the financial asset 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 on the principal amount outstanding on 
specified dates.

A financial asset that meets the following conditions is 
subsequently measured at fair value through other 
comprehensive income:

•  the contractual terms within the financial asset give rise 
to cash flows that are solely payments of principal and 
interest on the principal amount outstanding on 
specified dates; and

•  the business model for managing the financial asset 

comprises both contractual cash flows collection and  
the selling of the financial asset.

By default, all other financial assets that do not meet the 
measurement conditions of amortised cost and fair value 
through other comprehensive income are subsequently 
measured at fair value through profit or loss.

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1.8  Financial instruments (cont’d)
Derecognition
Derecognition refers to the removal of a previously 
recognised financial asset or financial liability from the 
statement of financial position.

Derecognition of financial liabilities
A liability is derecognised when it is extinguished (ie when 
the obligation in the contract is discharged, cancelled or 
expires). 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.

The difference between the carrying amount of the 
financial liability derecognised and the consideration paid 
and payable, including any non-cash assets transferred or 
liabilities assumed, is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets
A financial asset is derecognised when the holder’s 
contractual rights to its cash flows expires, or the asset  
is transferred in such a way that all the risks and rewards  
of ownership are substantially transferred.

All the following criteria need to be satisfied for the 
derecognition of a financial asset:

•  the right to receive cash flows from the asset has  

expired or been transferred;

•  all risk and rewards of ownership of the asset have  

been substantially transferred; and

•  the Group no longer controls the asset (ie it has no 
practical ability to make unilateral decisions to sell  
the asset to a third party).

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

1.9  Impairment
The Group recognises a loss allowance for expected credit 
losses on financial assets that are measured at amortised 
cost or fair value through other comprehensive income.

Loss allowance is not recognised for:

•  financial assets measured at fair value through profit  

or loss; or

•  equity instruments measured at fair value through  

other comprehensive income.

Expected credit losses are the probability-weighted 
estimate of credit losses over the expected life of a financial 
instrument. A credit loss is the difference between all 
contractual cash flows that are due and all cash flows 
expected to be received, all discounted at the original 
effective interest rate of the financial instrument.

The Group uses the following approaches to impairment,  
as applicable under AASB 9: Financial Instruments:

•  the general approach; and

•  the simplified approach.

General approach
Under the general approach, at each reporting period,  
the Group assesses whether the financial instruments are 
credit-impaired, and:

• 

• 

if the credit risk of the financial instrument has increased 
significantly since initial recognition, the Group 
measures the loss allowance of the financial instruments 
at an amount equal to the lifetime expected credit 
losses; and

if there has been no significant increase in credit risk 
since initial recognition, the Group measures the loss 
allowance for that financial instrument at an amount 
equal to 12-month expected credit losses.

Simplified approach
The simplified approach does not require tracking  
of changes in credit risk at every reporting period,  
but instead requires the recognition of lifetime  
expected credit loss at all times.

This approach is applicable to:

•  trade receivables or contract assets that result from 
transactions that are within the scope of AASB 15: 
Revenue from Contracts with Customers, and which  
do not contain a significant financing component; and

• 

lease receivables.

• 

In measuring the expected credit loss, a provision  
matrix for trade receivables is used, taking into 
consideration various data to get to an expected credit 
loss (ie diversity of its customer base, appropriate 
groupings of its historical loss experience, etc).

Recognition of expected credit losses in financial 
statements
At each reporting date, the Group recognises the 
movement in the loss allowance as an impairment  
gain or loss in the statement of profit or loss and other 
comprehensive income.

The carrying amount of financial assets measured at 
amortised cost includes the loss allowance relating to  
that asset.

Assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive 
income are recognised at fair value with changes in  
fair value recognised in other comprehensive income.  
The amount in relation to change in credit risk is transferred 
from other comprehensive income to profit or loss at every 
reporting period.

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1.  Summary of significant accounting policies 
(cont’d)
1.10  Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and with 
online payment providers, cash on hand and short-term 
deposits that are readily convertible to known amount  
of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of 
changes in value.

1.11  Convertible preference shares
Convertible preference shares (“CPS”) are classified as 
liabilities until conversion or maturity of the CPS. When the 
conversion option is exercised, the carrying amount of the 
conversion option will be taken to share capital. When the 
conversion option is allowed to lapse, the carrying amount 
of the conversion option will be taken to retained earnings.

1.12  Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the Group has a legal  
or constructive obligation, as a result of past events, for 
which it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits 
will result and that outflow can be reliably measured.

Provisions are measured using the best estimate of the 
amounts required to settle the obligation at the end of  
the reporting period.

1.13  Employee benefits
Short-term employee benefits
Provision is made for the Group’s obligation for short-term 
employee benefits. Short-term employee benefits are 
benefits (other than termination benefits) that are expected 
to be settled wholly before 12 months after the end of the 
annual reporting period in which the employees render  
the related service, including wages, salaries and sick  
leave. Short-term employee benefits are measured at the 
(undiscounted) amounts expected to be paid when the 
obligation is settled.

The Group’s obligations for short-term employee benefits 
such as wages, salaries and sick leave are recognised as 
part of current trade and other payables in the statement of 
financial position. The Group’s obligations for employees’ 
annual leave entitlements are recognised as provisions in 
the statement of financial position.

Defined contribution benefits
All employees of the Group receive defined contribution 
entitlements, for which the Group pays fixed contribution 
to the employee’s superannuation fund of choice for the 
employees in Australia and to a state pension fund for  
the employees in Malaysia. All contributions in respect  
of employees’ defined contribution entitlements are 
recognised as an expense when they become payable.  
The Group’s obligation with respect to employees’ defined 
contribution entitlements is limited to its obligation for any 
unpaid contributions at the end of the reporting period.  
All obligations for unpaid contributions are measured at  
the (undiscounted) amounts expected to be paid when  
the obligation is settled and are presented as current 
liabilities in the Group’s statement of financial position.

Termination benefits
When applicable, the Group recognises a liability and 
expense for termination benefits at the earlier of:

•  the date when the Group can no longer withdraw the 

offer for termination benefits; and

•  when the Group recognises costs for restructuring 

pursuant to AASB 137: Provisions, Contingent Liabilities 
and Contingent Assets and the costs include  
termination benefits.

In either case, unless the number of employees affected is 
known, the obligation for termination benefits is measured 
on the basis of the number of employees expected to be 
affected. Termination benefits that are expected to be 
settled wholly before 12 months after the annual reporting 
period in which the benefits are recognised are measured 
at the (undiscounted) amounts expected to be paid.

Equity-settled compensation
The Group operates an employee share and option plan. 
Share-based payments to employees are measured at the 
fair value of the instruments at grant date and amortised 
over the vesting periods. The fair value of options is 
determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model.  
The number of shares and options expected to vest is 
reviewed and adjusted at the end of each reporting period 
such that the amount recognised for services received as 
consideration for the equity instruments granted is based 
on the number of equity instruments that eventually vest.

1.14  Revenue
Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable  
that the economic benefits will flow to the Group and the 
revenue can be reliably measured, regardless of when the 
payment is made. Revenue is measured at the fair value of 
consideration received or receivable, taking into account 
contractually defined terms of payment and excluding 
taxes or duty. The following specific recognition criteria 
must also be met before revenue is recognised:

(a)  Platform SaaS fees
Revenue from platform SaaS fees is recognised over  
the period during which customers are granted access  
to the platform.

(b)  Marketplace sales
Revenue from marketplace sales is recognised when 
customers subscribe for the courses and the course is 
delivered. For courses sold on behalf of third parties, 
revenue is recognised based on revenue sharing 
arrangements.

(c)  Services sales
Revenue from the provision of services is recognised  
by reference to the stage of completion of the transaction 
at the end of the reporting period and where outcome  
of the contract can be estimated reliably. Stage of 
completion is determined with reference to the services 
performed to date as a percentage of total anticipated 
services to be performed. Where the outcome cannot  
be estimated reliably, revenue is recognised only to the 
extent that related expenditure is recoverable.

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1.14  Revenue (cont’d)
Platform SaaS fees and Services sold to customers in 
advance, which are yet to be utilised, are recognised 
initially in the balance sheet as deferred income  
and released to revenue in line with the above  
recognition criteria.

1.15  Taxes
(a)  Current income tax
Current income tax assets and liabilities for the current  
and prior periods are measured at the amount expected  
to be recovered from or paid to the taxation authorities. 
The tax rates and tax laws used to compute the amount  
are those that are enacted or substantively enacted at the 
end of the reporting period, in the countries where the 
Group operates and generates taxable income.

Current income taxes are recognised in profit or loss except 
to the extent that the tax relates to items recognised outside 
profit or loss, either in other comprehensive income or directly 
in equity. Management periodically evaluates positions 
taken in the tax returns with respect to situations in which 
applicable tax regulations are subject to interpretation  
and establishes provisions where appropriate.

(b) Deferred tax
Deferred tax is provided using the liability method on 
temporary differences at the end of the reporting period 
between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their 
carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes.

Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for all temporary 
differences, except:

• 

In respect of deductible temporary differences 
associated with investments in subsidiaries and 
associate, deferred tax assets are recognised only  
to the extent that it is probable that the temporary 
differences will reverse in the foreseeable future and 
taxable profit will be available against which the 
temporary differences can be utilised.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed  
at the end of each reporting period and reduced to the 
extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable 
profit will be available to allow all or part of the deferred tax 
asset to be utilised. Unrecognised deferred tax assets are 
reassessed at the end of each reporting period and are 
recognised to the extent that it has become probable  
that future taxable profit will allow the deferred tax asset  
to be recovered.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the  
tax rates that are expected to apply in the year when the 
asset is realised or the liability is settled, based on tax rates 
(and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively 
enacted at the end of each reporting period.

Deferred tax relating to items recognised outside profit or 
loss is recognised outside profit or loss. Deferred tax items 
are recognised in correlation to the underlying transaction 
either in other comprehensive income or directly in equity 
and deferred tax arising from a business combination is 
adjusted against goodwill on acquisition.

(c)  Sales tax
The applicable sales taxes are the Goods and Services Tax 
(GST) and the Sales and Service Tax (SST), depending on 
the tax jurisdiction where the Group operates. Revenues, 
expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of 
sales tax except:

•  Where the deferred income tax liability arises from the 

initial recognition of goodwill or of an asset or liability in 
a transaction that is not a business combination and, at 
the time of the transaction, affects neither accounting 
profit nor taxable profit or loss; and

•  Where the sales tax incurred on a purchase of assets or 

services is not recoverable from the taxation authority, in 
which case the sales tax is recognised as part of the cost 
of acquisition of the asset or as part of the expense item 
as applicable; and

• 

In respect of taxable temporary differences associated 
with investments in subsidiaries and associate, where the 
timing of the reversal of the temporary differences can 
be controlled and it is probable that the temporary 
differences will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

Deferred income tax assets are recognised for all 
deductible temporary differences, carry forward of  
unused tax credits and unused tax losses, to the extent  
that it is probable that taxable profit will be available 
against which the deductible temporary differences, and 
the carry forward of unused tax credits and unused tax 
losses can be utilised except:

•  Where the deferred tax asset relating to the deductible 
temporary difference arises from the initial recognition 
of an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a 
business combination and, at the time of the transaction, 
affects neither accounting profit nor taxable profit or 
loss; and

•  Receivables and payables are stated with the amount  

of sales tax included.

1.16  Borrowing Costs
Borrowing costs are recognised in profit or loss in the 
period in which they are incurred.

1.17  Share capital and share issue expenses
Proceeds from issuance of equity shares are recognised  
as share capital in equity. Incremental costs directly 
attributable to the issuance of ordinary shares are 
deducted against share capital.

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1.  Summary of significant accounting policies 
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1.18  Leases
The Group as lessee
At inception of a contract, the Group assesses if the 
contract contains or is a lease. If there is a lease present,  
a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability  
is recognised by the Group where the Group is a lessee. 
However, all contracts that are classified as short-term 
leases (i.e. a lease with a remaining lease term of 12 months 
or less) and leases of low-value assets are recognised  
as an operating expense on a straight-line basis over  
the term of the lease.

Initially, the lease liability is measured at the present value of 
the lease payments still to be paid at commencement date. 
The lease payments are discounted at the interest rate 
implicit in the lease. If this rate cannot be readily determined, 
the Group uses the incremental borrowing rate.

Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease 
liability are as follows:

•  fixed lease payments less any lease incentives;

•  variable lease payments that depend on an index or  
rate, initially measured using the index or rate at the 
commencement date;

•  the amount expected to be payable by the lessee  

under residual value guarantees;

•  the exercise price of purchase options, if the lessee  

is reasonably certain to exercise the options;

• 

lease payments under extension options, if lessee  
is reasonably certain to exercise the options; and

•  payments of penalties for terminating the lease,  

if the lease term reflects the exercise of an option  
to terminate the lease.

The right-of-use assets comprise the initial measurement  
of the corresponding lease liability as mentioned above, 
any lease payments made at or before the commencement 
date, as well as any initial direct costs. The subsequent 
measurement of the right-of-use assets is at cost less 
accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

Right-of-use assets are depreciated over the lease term or 
useful life of the underlying asset, whichever is the shortest. 
Where a lease transfers ownership of the underlying asset, 
or the cost of the right-of-use asset reflects that the Group 
anticipates to exercise a purchase option, the specific asset 
is depreciated over the useful life of the underlying asset.

1.19  New and Amended Accounting Policies Adopted 
by the Group
Initial application of AASB 16
The Group has adopted AASB 16: Leases retrospectively 
with the cumulative effect of initially applying AASB 16 
recognised at 1 January 2019. In accordance with AASB 16, 
the comparatives for the 2018 reporting period have not 
been restated.

The Group has recognised a lease liability and right-of-use 
asset for all leases (with the exception of short-term and 
low-value leases) recognised as operating leases under 
AASB 117: Leases where the Group is the lessee. There has 
been no significant change from prior year treatment for 
leases where the Group is a lessor.

The lease liabilities are measured at the present value  
of the remaining lease payments. The Group adopted a 
discount rate of 2.0% p.a. to discount the lease payments.

The right-of-use assets for the Group’s leases were 
measured and recognised in the statement of financial 
position as at 1 January 2019. There is no impact to the 
Group’s financial position as at 1 January 2019 as the lease 
liability was only contracted at the end of the financial  
year 2019.

The following practical expedients have been used by  
the Group in applying AASB 16 for the first time:

•  for a portfolio of leases that have reasonably similar 

characteristics, a single discount rate has been applied;

• 

leases that have a remaining lease term of less than  
12 months as at 1 January 2019 have been accounted  
for in the same way as short-term leases;

•  the use of hindsight to determine lease terms on 

contracts that have options to extend or terminate;

•  applying AASB 16 to leases previously identified as leases 
under AASB 117 and Interpretation 4: Determining whether 
an arrangement contains a lease without reassessing 
whether they are, or contain, a lease at the date of initial 
application; and

•  not applying AASB 16 to leases previously not identified as 
containing a lease under AASB 117 and Interpretation 4.

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The preparation of the Group’s consolidated financial 
statements requires management to make judgements, 
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported 
amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities. 
Actual results may differ from these estimates. Estimates 
and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing 
basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised  
in the period in which the estimate is revised and in any 
future periods affected.

2.1  Judgements made in applying accounting policies
In the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies, 
management has made the following judgements which 
have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised 
in the consolidated financial statements:

(a)  Recognition of Services revenue
The amounts of revenue recognised in the reporting  
period depends on the extent to which the performance 
obligations have been satisfied. Recognising Services 
revenue requires significant judgement in determining 
milestones, actual work performed and the estimated  
costs to complete the work.

(b)  Share-based payment transactions
The Company measures the cost of equity-settled 
transactions by reference to the fair value of the equity 
instruments at the date at which they are granted.  
The fair value is determined by an internal valuation  
using a Black-Scholes option pricing model.

(c)  Capitalisation of computer software
Distinguishing the phases of a new customised software 
project and determining whether the recognition 
requirements for the capitalisation of development  
costs are met requires judgement. Post-capitalisation, 
management monitors whether the recognition 
requirements continue to be met and whether there  
are any indicators that capitalised costs may be impaired.

2.2  Key sources of estimation uncertainty
The key assumptions concerning the future and other  
key sources of estimation uncertainty at the end of each 
reporting period, that have a significant risk of causing a 
material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and 
liabilities within the next financial year are discussed below. 
The Group based its assumptions and estimates on 
parameters available when the financial statements were 
prepared. Existing circumstances and assumptions about 
future developments, however, may change due to market 
changes or circumstances arising beyond the control  
of the Group. Such changes are reflected in assumptions 
when they occur.

(a)  Impairment of non-financial assets
Impairment exists when the carrying value of an asset  
or cash generating unit exceeds its recoverable amount, 
which is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its 
value in use. The fair value less costs to sell calculation is 
based on available data from binding sales transactions in 
an arm’s length transaction of similar assets or observable 
market prices less incremental costs for disposing the 
asset. The value in use calculation is based on a discounted 
cash flow model.

(b)  Impairment of receivables
The Group assesses at the end of each reporting period 
whether there is any objective evidence that a financial 
asset is impaired. Factors such as the probability of 
insolvency or significant financial difficulties of the debtor 
and default or significant delay in payments are objective 
evidence of impairment. In determining whether there is 
objective evidence of impairment, the Group considers 
whether there is observable data indicating that there have 
been significant changes in the debtor’s payment ability or 
whether there have been significant changes with adverse 
effect in the technological, market, economic or legal 
environment in which the debtor operates in.

Where there is objective evidence of impairment, the 
amount and timing of future cash flows are estimated 
based on historical loss experience for assets with similar 
credit risk characteristics.

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3.  Revenue

Revenue from contracts with customers

  Platform SaaS fees

  Marketplace sales

  Services sales

GROUP

2019 
$

2018 
$

722,525

247,779

632,309

1,602,613

379,259

158,735

1,227,101

1,765,095

3.1  The Group has disaggregated revenue into various categories in the following table. The revenue is disaggregated  

by geographical market, product/service lines and timing of revenue recognition.

YEAR TO 31 DECEMBER 2019

Platform SaaS

Services

Marketplace

2019 
$

2018 
$

2019 
$

2018 
$

2019 
$

2018 
$

2019 
$

Total

2018 
$

499,726

320,361

375,475

696,300

207,234

93,649 1,082,435

1,110,310

211,579

58,089

256,834

530,801

40,545

65,086

508,958

653,976

11,220

809

–

–

–

–

11,220

809

722,525

379,259

632,309

1,227,101

247,779

158,735 1,602,613

1,765,095

–

–

–

–

247,779

158,735

247,779

158,735

722,525

379,259

632,309

1,227,101

–

– 1,354,834 1,606,360

722,525

379,259

632,309

1,227,101

247,779

158,735 1,602,613

1,765,095

GROUP

2019 
$

13,632

5,006

18,638

2018 
$

–

65,560

65,560

Geographical markets

Australia

Malaysia

Singapore

Timing of revenue 
recognition

Products and services 
transferred to customers:

At a point in time

Over time

4.  Other income

Government grant

Others

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Loss before income tax from continuing operations includes the following specific expenses:

Employee benefits expense

– severance costs 

Depreciation

– depreciation on furniture, fittings and equipment

– depreciation on right-of-use asset

Professional services

– contractors

General and administrative costs

– write-off / loss on disposal of furniture, fittings and equipment

– surrender of lease costs

– foreign currency translation gains / (losses)

– impairment of trade receivables

– travelling costs

Pre-IPO and IPO-related costs

– share-based payments

GROUP

2019 
$

2018 
$

183,019

78,017

31,095

31,764

23,962

–

104,437

108,338

61,017

67,518

13,538

15,354

101,131

14,775

–

26,857

180,826

150,300

2,452,376

–

6.  Income tax
6.1  Income tax benefit
There is no income tax expense for the current financial year as the Group does not have chargeable income. The Group 
recorded an income tax benefit of $156,263 for the comparative FY2018 arising from approved research and development 
tax incentives.

At the end of the reporting period, the Group has tax losses of approximately $15,014,000 (2018: $9,302,000) that are 
available for offset against future taxable profits of the companies in which the losses arose, for which no deferred tax 
asset is recognised due to uncertainty of their recoverability. The use of these tax losses is subject to the agreement of  
the tax authorities and compliance with certain provisions of the tax legislation of the respective countries in which the 
companies operate.

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6.  Income tax (cont’d)
6.2  The prima facie tax on losses from ordinary activities before income tax is reconciled to the income tax as follows:

Loss before tax from continuing operations

GROUP

2019 
$

2018 
$

(7,719,951)

(4,547,890)

Prima facie tax benefit on loss from ordinary activities before tax at the domestic tax 
rates where the Group operates

(2,041,189)

(1,192,640)

Add/(subtract): 

Tax effect of: 

– non-allowable items 

– effect of tax losses not recognised

– tax benefit of deductible equity raising costs

– under-provision for income tax in prior year

– movement in unrecognised temporary difference

Income tax attributable to entity

842,192

1,325,226

(117,456)

30,689

(39,462)

–

52,402

1,189,842

–

–

(49,604)

–

The above reconciliation is prepared by aggregating separate reconciliations for each tax jurisdiction where the Group 
operates. A summary of the domestic tax rates by country where the Group operates is as follows:

Australia

Singapore

Malaysia

2019

%

27.5

17.0

24.0

2018

%

27.5

17.0

24.0

7.  Key Management Personnel
Refer to the remuneration report contained in the directors’ report for details of the remuneration paid or payable to each 
member of the Group’s key management personnel (KMP) for the year ended 31 December 2019.

The totals of remuneration paid to KMP of the Group during the year are as follows:

Short-term employee benefits

Post-employment benefits

Share-based payments

Total KMP compensation

50

2019

$

894,608

85,589

349,827

1,330,024

2018

$

667,585

57,117

–

724,702

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Short-term employee benefits
These amounts include fees paid to the non-executive Chairman and non-executive directors as well as all salary,  
paid leave benefits and any cash bonuses awarded to an executive director and other KMP.

Post-employment benefits
These amounts are the current-year’s estimated costs of providing for the Group’s superannuation contributions made 
during the year.

Share-based payments
These amounts represent the expense related to the participation of KMP in equity-settled benefit schemes as measured 
by the fair value of the options, rights and shares granted on grant date.

Further information in relation to KMP remuneration can be found in the directors’ report.

8.  Auditors’ remuneration

Remuneration of the auditor for:

– auditing or reviewing the financial statements

– preparation of investigating accountants report

GROUP

2019 
$

37,940

20,000

57,940

2018 
$

22,664

–

22,664

9.  Earnings/(losses) per share
Basic earnings/(losses) per share is calculated by dividing the profit/(loss) for the year attributable to owners of the 
Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the financial year.

The following table reflects the loss and share data used in the computation of basic earnings/(losses) per share for  
the years ended 31 December:

Loss for the year attributable to owners of the Company ($)

GROUP

2019

2018

(7,719,951)

(4,391,627)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares for basic earnings per share computation

139,666,641

31,749,315

The effects from the potential ordinary shares of the Company arising from the conversion of share-based payments  
are deemed anti-dilutive. Accordingly, the basic and diluted earnings per share for the financial years 2019 and 2018  
are the same.

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10.  Trade and other receivables

CURRENT

Trade receivables

Provision for impairment

Other receivables

Provision for impairment

Total current trade and other receivables

Note

10a(i)

GROUP

2019 
$

651,287

(187,094)

464,193

87,387

–

87,387

551,580

2018 
$

700,234

(183,908)

516,326

50,372

–

50,372

566,698

All amounts are short-term. The net carrying value of trade receivables is considered a reasonable approximation of fair value.

The following table shows the movement in lifetime expected credit loss that has been recognised for trade and other 
receivables in accordance with the simplified approach set out in AASB 9: Financial Instruments.

GROUP

Net 
measurement 
of loss 
allowance

$

Opening 
balance

1 January  
2018 
$

a.  Lifetime Expected Credit Loss: Credit Impaired

(i)  Current trade receivables

3,082

180,826

Amounts 
written off

Closing  
balance

31 December 
2018 
$

183,908

$

–

GROUP

Net 
measurement 
of loss 
allowance

Amounts 
written off

Closing  
balance

$

$

31 December 
2019 
$

Opening 
balance

1 January  
2019 
$

a.  Lifetime Expected Credit Loss: Credit Impaired

(i)  Current trade receivables

183,908

15,354

(12,168)

187,094

The Group applies the simplified approach to providing for expected credit losses prescribed by AASB 9, which  
permits the use of the lifetime expected loss provision for all trade receivables. To measure the expected credit losses, 
trade receivables have been grouped based on shared credit risk characteristics and the days past due. The loss  
allowance provision as at 31 December 2019 is determined as follows; the expected credit losses also incorporate  
forward-looking information.

The “amounts written off”, if any, are all due to customers declaring bankruptcy, or term receivables that have now 
become unrecoverable.

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2019

Expected loss rate

Gross carrying amount

Loss allowing provision

2018

Expected loss rate

Gross carrying amount

Loss allowing provision

CURRENT

>30 DAYS 
PAST DUE

>60 DAYS 
PAST DUE

>90 DAYS 
PAST DUE

$

0%

$

0%

$

0%

421,584

26,629

66,903

–

–

–

$

83.7%

223,558

187,094

CURRENT

>30 DAYS 
PAST DUE

>60 DAYS 
PAST DUE

>90 DAYS 
PAST DUE

$

0%

380,941

–

$

0%

26,193

–

$

0%

548

–

$

53.6%

342,924

183,908

TOTAL

$

25.3%

738,674

187,094

TOTAL

$

24.5%

750,606

183,908

Credit risk
The Group has no significant concentration of credit risk with respect to any single counterparty or group of 
counterparties other than those receivables specifically provided for and mentioned within this note. In FY2017, there  
was a significant contract signed with a private education institution in Malaysia that subsequently encountered financial 
difficulty. The Group made an impairment of $178,481 for this receivable in FY2018 representing 50% of the total receivable 
from this debtor. This debtor has since settled the balance of the 50% owing that has not been impaired. The Group  
has determined that the amount impaired is uncollectible and has written off this amount as at the date of this report. 
The class of assets described as “trade and other receivables” is considered to be the main source of credit risk related  
to the Group.

The Group writes off a trade receivable when there is information indicating that the debtor is in severe financial difficulty 
and there is no realistic prospect of recovery; for example, when the debtor has been placed under liquidation or has 
entered into bankruptcy proceedings, or when the trade receivables are over two years past due, whichever occurs earlier.

Collateral Pledged
A charge over trade receivables transacted through the Paypal platform has been provided for a borrowing. Refer to  
Note 18 for further details.

11.  Cash and cash equivalents

Cash at bank and on hand

Cash with online payment providers

Short-terms deposits placed with banks

GROUP

2019 
$

1,641,000

1,618

6,098,150

7,740,768

2018 
$

828,173

1,105

247,454

1,076,732

Included in short-term deposits of the Group as at 31 December 2019 is an amount of $98,150 (2018: $142,952) that is 
pledged to a bank as collateral for the issuance of a bank guarantee in respect of an office tenancy. The restriction on 
these bank deposits were removed prior to the date of this report.

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12.  Furniture, fittings and equipment

2019

Cost

At 1 January 2019

Additions

Disposals

Exchange difference

At 31 December 2019

Accumulated depreciation

At 1 January 2019

Depreciation for the year

Disposals

Exchange difference

At 31 December 2019

Net carrying amount

2018

Cost

At 1 January 2018

Additions

Disposals

Reclassified to Intangible assets

Written off

Exchange difference

At 31 December 2018

Accumulated depreciation

At 1 January 2018

Depreciation for the year

Disposals

Written off

Exchange difference

At 31 December 2018

Net carrying amount

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Computer 
$

Office 
equipment 
$

Leasehold 
Improvement 
$

Total 
$

54,649

6,207

57,865

5,490

42,402

33,892

154,916

45,589

(38,600)

(44,027)

(45,941)

(128,568)

728

22,984

10,864

9,330

754

20,082

22,031

12,227

646

30,999

14,361

9,538

2,128

74,065

47,256

31,095

(14,184)

(30,092)

(23,274)

(67,550)

192

6,202

16,782

403

4,569

15,513

277

902

30,097

872

11,673

62,392

GROUP

Computer 
$

Office 
equipment 
$

Leasehold 
Improvement 
$

Total 
$

 21.898

47,584

 (16,657)

–

–

1,824

54,649

10,058

9,237

(9,510)

–

1,079

10,864

43,785

101,238

21,537

–

(28,556)

(39,147)

2,793

57,865

50,654

9,308

–

(39,147)

1,216

22,031

35,834

44,455

5,080

(9,362)

–

(640)

2,869

42,402

10,395

5,417

(1,734)

(640)

923

14,361

28,041

167,591

74,201

(26,019)

(28,556)

(39,787)

7,486

154,916

71,107

23,962

(11,244)

(39,787)

3,218

47,256

107,660

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2019

Cost

At 1 January 2019

Additions

Exchange difference

At 31 December 2019

Net carrying amount

2018

Cost

At 1 January 2018

Additions

Reclassified from Furniture, fittings and equipment

At 31 December 2018

Net carrying amount

Domain names 
and trademarks 
$

GROUP

Computer 
software work-
in-progress 
$

Goodwill 
$

37,096

24,500

–

–

37,096

37,096

–

–

24,500

24,500

239,816

147,776

4,153

391,745

391,745

Domain names 
and trademarks 
$

GROUP

Computer 
software work-
in-progress 
$

Goodwill 
$

8,350

190

28,556

37,096

37,096

24,500

–

–

24,500

24,500

–

239,816

–

239,816

239,816

Total 
$

301,412

147,776

4,153

453,341

453,341

Total 
$

32,850

240,006

28,556

301,412

301,412

Domain names and trademarks are recognised at cost of acquisition. Goodwill represents premium paid for business 
assets. These are considered to have an infinite life and are carried at cost less any impairment losses.

Computer software is recorded at cost. It has a finite life and is carried at cost less accumulated amortisation and any 
impairment losses. Software has an estimated useful life of ten years. Amortisation commences when the software is ready 
for commercial use.

Domain names and trademarks and Goodwill are allocated to the cash-generating unit which is based on the Group’s 
reporting geographical segment in Australia.

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14. Right-of-use asset
The Group’s lease comprises a lease of office premises. This lease has a lease term of 3 years.

i)  AASB 16 related amounts recognised in the balance sheet

Right of use assets

Leased office premises

Accumulated depreciation

Total right-of-use asset

Movement in carrying amounts:

Leased office premises:

At 1 January 2019

Additions

Depreciation expense

Net carrying amount

ii)  AASB 16 related amounts recognised in the statement of profit or loss

Depreciation charge related to right-of-use assets

Interest expense on lease liabilities

Short-term leases expense

Low-value asset leases expense

Total cash outflows for leases

2019

$

381,169

(31,764)

349,405

–

381,169

(31,764)

349,405

2019

$

31,764

1,906

277,288

27,572

304,860

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CURRENT

Trade payables

Other payables and accrued expenses

NON-CURRENT

Other payables

a.  Financial liabilities at amortised cost classified as trade and other payables 

Trade and other payables:

– total current

– total non-current

Financial liabilities as trade and other payables

GROUP

2019 
$

452,514

341,068

793,582

199,927

993,509

2018 
$

179,448

129,424

308,872

–

308,872

793,582

199,927

993,509

308,872

–

308,872

Included in other payables for 2019 is an amount of $389,516 of which $199,927 is disclosed as non-current (2018: Nil) owing 
to the Australian Tax Office being an instalment plan payable over 23 monthly instalments arising from PAYG withheld for 
which interest is charged at average rate of 7.98% p.a. Trade and other payables are otherwise non-interest bearing.

16.  Provisions

Current:

Provision for annual leave

GROUP

2019 
$

2018 
$

143,650

193,468

17.  Convertible preference shares
A subsidiary of the Company, OpenLearning Global Pte Ltd, issued a total of 5,580,982 convertible preference shares 
(“CPS”) in the comparative FY2018 at an aggregate issue price of $9.00 as part of a funds raising exercise completed in 
FY2018. These CPS were converted to equity shares in the subsidiary in FY2019 as part of a corporate restructuring in 
preparation for the Company’s listing on the ASX.

18.  Borrowing
The borrowing balance represents a working capital loan provided by Paypal which is secured over the funds transacted 
through the Paypal payment gateway. This borrowing attracts an upfront loan fee of 18.5% with the borrowing repaid  
from 30% deduction of the receivables collected through the payment gateway until the borrowing is fully settled.

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19.  Share capital

Issued and fully paid ordinary shares:

At 1 January

Issuance of shares during the period :

– pursuant to OLGAI Share Exchange Agreement

– pursuant to OLGSG Share Exchange Agreement

– pursuant to conversion of convertible notes

– issuance to advisors and a director

– pursuant to initial public offering of shares

Fair value adjustment on shares issued

GROUP

2019

2018

No. of shares

$

No. of shares

$

25,000,000

5,189,487

25,000,000

5,189,487

16,527,200

96,863

23,472,801

8,550,009

30,833,307

3,700,000

3,833,333

766,667

40,000,000

8,000,000

–

(825,871)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

At 31 December

139,666,641

25,477,155

25,000,000

5,189,487

Issued and fully paid “A” shares:

At 1 January

Issuance of shares during the period

Shares issued on conversion of convertible  
preference shares

Transfer pursuant to OLGSG Share Exchange 
Agreement

7,500,000

7,500,000

3,000,000

3,000,000

–

4,895,597

–

3

(12,395,597)

(7,500,003)

4,500,000

4,500,000

–

–

–

–

At 31 December

–

–

7,500,000

7,500,000

Issued and fully paid “B” shares:

At 1 January

Issuance of shares during the period

Shares issued on conversion of convertible  
preference shares

Transfer pursuant to OLGSG Share Exchange 
Agreement

At 31 December

Equity issuance costs

1,050,000

1,050,000

–

–

–

685,384

–

6

(1,735,384)

(1,050,006)

1,050,000

1,050,000

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,050,000

1,050,000

(2,243,961)

–

(802,249)

Total ordinary, “A” and “B” shares at 31 December

139,666,641

23,233,194

33,550,000

12,937,238

Corporate reorganisation 
The Group undertook the transactions described below in FY2019 as part of a corporate reorganisation to facilitate the 
listing of the Company on the ASX.

The Company acquired the entire issued and paid-up share capital of OLG Australia Investors Pte Ltd (“OLGAI”) from all 
its shareholders (“OLGAI Shareholders”) via the entry and execution of a share exchange agreement made between the 
OLGAI Shareholders and the Company (“OLGAI Share Exchange Agreement”).

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OLGAI together with a group of minority shareholders (“OLGSG Minority Shareholders”) owns the entire issued and 
paid-up share capital of OpenLearning Global Pte Ltd (“OLGSG”). OLGSG in turn owns the entire issued and paid-up share 
capital in Open Learning Global Pty Ltd (“OLGAU”) and OpenLearning Global (M) Sdn Bhd (“OLGMY”). OLGAU and 
OLGMY are the operating subsidiaries of the Group providing a cloud-based social learning platform, learning design 
services and sale of education courses through a global marketplace.

The Company, together with the execution of the OLGAI Share Exchange Agreement, also acquired the entire issued and 
paid-up share capital of OLGSG via the entry and execution of a share exchange agreement made between the OLGSG 
Minority Shareholders and the Company (“OLGSG Share Exchange Agreement”).

Pursuant to the OLGAI Share Exchange Agreement and the OLGSG Share Exchange Agreement (collectively, the “Group 
Share Exchange Agreements”), both the OLGAI Shareholders and the OLGSG Minority Shareholders sold and transferred 
all their respective shares in OLGAI and OLGSG to the Company in exchange for the Company allotting to each of the 
OLGAI Shareholders and OLGSG Minority Shareholders new shares in the Company representing all the issued and 
paid-up shares of the Company.

Following the completion of the Group Share Exchange Agreements, the Company further issued shares (i) pursuant to 
conversion of convertible notes, (ii) to advisors and a director for services rendered and (iii) for the initial public offering  
of shares on the ASX.

20.  Reserves

Foreign currency translation reserve

Common control reserve

Share option reserve

GROUP

2019 
$

11,719

1,650,477

1,791,414

 3,453,610

2018 
$

15,841

–

–

 15,841

(i)  Foreign currency translation reserve
Foreign currency translation reserve represents exchange differences arising from the translation of the financial 
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries whose functional currencies are different from that of the Group’s 
presentation currency.

(ii)  Common control reserve
Common control reserve records difference between the fair value of net assets acquired and consideration paid.

(iii)  Share option reserve
Share option reserve records items recognised as expenses on valuation of share options.

21.  Financial risk management
The Group’s principal financial instruments comprise of receivables, payables, cash at bank and short-term deposits.

The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the oversight and management of the Group’s exposure to a variety  
of financial risks (including credit risk, foreign currency risk, liquidity risk and interest rate risk).

The overall risk management strategy seeks to assist the Group in meeting its financial targets, while minimising potential 
adverse effects on the financial performance including the review of future cash flow requirements.

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21.  Financial risk management (cont’d)
(a)  Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group will encounter difficulty in meeting financial obligations due to shortage of funds. 
The Group’s exposure to liquidity risk arises primarily from cash outflows from current operating losses. The Group’s 
objective is to focus on maintaining an appropriate level of overheads in line with the Group’s business plan and available 
cash resources, with the objective of achieving a cashflow positive business within the budgeted timeline.

The table below summarise the maturity profile of the Group’s financial assets and liabilities at the end of the reporting 
period based on contractual undiscounted repayment obligations.

WITHIN 1 YEAR

1 TO 5 YEARS

OVER 5 YEARS

TOTAL

2019 
$

2018 
$

2019 
$

2018 
$

2019 
$

2018 
$

2019 
$

2018 
$

Group

Financial assets –  
cash flows realisable

Trade and other 
receivables

Cash and short-term 
deposits

551,580

566,698

7,740,768

1,076,732

–

–

–

Total anticipated inflows

8,292,348 1,643,430

Financial liabilities due 
for payment

Trade and other payables

793,582

308,872

199,927

Lease liability

Borrowing

132,191

17,727

–

–

250,884

–

Total expected outflows 

943,500

308,872

450,811

Net inflow/(outflow) on 
financial instruments

7,348,848 1,334,558

(450,811)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

551,580

566,698

– 7,740,768

1,076,732

– 8,292,348 1,643,430

–

–

–

993,509

308,872

383,075

17,727

–

–

– 1,394,311

308,872

– 6,898,037 1,334,558

(b)  Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of loss that may arise on outstanding financial instruments should a counterparty default on its 
obligations. The Group’s exposure to credit risk arises primarily from trade and other receivables. For other financial assets 
(including cash and short-term deposits), the Group minimise credit risk by dealing with high credit rating counterparties.

The Group’s objective is to seek continual revenue growth while minimising losses incurred due to increased credit risk 
exposure. The Group trades with third parties that are considered creditworthy. In addition, receivable balances are 
monitored on an ongoing basis.

Exposure to credit risk
At the end of the reporting period, the Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the carrying amount  
of each class of financial assets recognised on the balance sheets.

Credit risk concentration profile
Except as disclosed in Note 10 above, the Group does not have any significant exposure to any individual customer  
or counterparty nor does it have any major concentration of credit risk related to any financial instruments.

Financial assets that are neither past due nor impaired
Trade and other receivables that are neither past due nor impaired are with creditworthy debtors with good payment 
records with the Group. Cash and short-term deposits and investment securities that are neither past due nor impaired  
are placed with or entered into with reputable financial institutions.

Financial assets that are either past due or impaired
Information regarding financial assets that are either past due or impaired is disclosed in Note 10.

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(c)  Foreign currency risk
Exposure to foreign currency risk may result in the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument fluctuating  
due to movement in foreign exchange rates of currencies in which the Group holds financial instruments which are other 
than the AUD functional currency of the Group.

With instruments being held by overseas operations, fluctuations in the SGD Singapore dollar and USD United States 
dollar may impact on the Group’s financial results.

The following table shows the foreign currency risk on the financial assets and liabilities of the Group’s operations 
denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the operations.

2019

Group

Functional currency of entity:

Australian dollar

Statement of financial position exposure

2018

Group

Functional currency of entity:

Australian dollar

Statement of financial position exposure

NET FINANCIAL ASSETS/(LIABILITIES) IN AUD

USD

SGD

Other

Total AUD

19,873

19,873

15,040

15,040

–

–

34,913

34,913

NET FINANCIAL ASSETS/(LIABILITIES) IN AUD

USD

SGD

Other

Total AUD

(2,774)

(2,774)

2,989

2,989

–

–

215

215

Foreign currency risk concentration profile
The Group does not have any significant exposure to any specific foreign currency grouping nor does it have any major 
concentration of foreign currency risk related to any financial instruments.

(d)  Interest rate risk
The Group’s exposure to market interest rates relate to cash deposits held at variable rates. The management monitors  
its interest rate exposure and consideration is given to potential renewals of existing positions.

Sensitivity analysis for interest rate risk
The following table demonstrate the sensitivity of profit/(loss) and equity to a reasonably possible change in interest rates 
of +/ – 50 basis points, will all other variables held constant.

Year ended 31 December 2019

+0.5% in interest rates

-0.5% in interest rates

Year ended 31 December 2018

+0.5% in interest rates

-0.5% in interest rates

GROUP

Profit 
$

Equity 
$

38,704

38,704

(38,704)

(38,704)

5,384

(5,384)

5,384

(5,384)

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22.  Interests in subsidiaries

NAME

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES 

COUNTRY OF 
INCORPORATION 

PROPORTION (%)  
OF OWNERSHIP INTEREST

Held by the Company

OLG Australia Investors Pte Ltd

Investment holding

OpenLearning Global Pte Ltd

Investment holding and 
provision of online education 
platform and services

Held by OpenLearning  
Global Pte Ltd

Open Learning Global Pty Ltd

Provision of online education 
platform and services.

OpenLearning Global (M)  
Sdn Bhd

Provision of online education 
platform and services.

Singapore

Singapore

Australia

Malaysia

*   63.89% held via OLG Australia Investors Pte Ltd.

**  74.52% held via OLG Australia Investors Pte Ltd.

2019 
%

100

100*

100

100

2018 
%

100

100**

100

100

23.  Operating segments
The Group has identified its operating segments based on the internal reports that are reviewed and used by 
management in assessing performance and determining the allocation of resources.

The Group’s sales, marketing and professional services operations are managed on the basis of geographical location.  
The Group’s shared services, which includes software engineering, product management and finance, are primarily 
located in Australia and expenses are primarily booked within the Australian entity, with the addition of a separate 
corporate overheads segment. Operating segments are therefore determined on the same basis and the Group has  
four reportable segments as follows:

(a)  Australia

(b)  Malaysia

(c)  Singapore

(d)  Corporate (based in Australia)

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AUSTRALIA

MALAYSIA

SINGAPORE

CORPORATE 
(AUSTRALIA)

2019

Revenue:

External sales

Segment results:

$

$

$

1,082,435

508,958

11,220

Web-hosting and other direct costs

(200,007)

(194,424)

(383)

$

–

–

TOTAL

$

1,602,613

(394,814)

Employees benefit expenses

(3,272,534)

(1,133,985)

(114,673)

(81,081)

(4,602,273)

Depreciation

Promotional and advertising

Professional services

General and administration

Pre-IPO and IPO-related costs

Segment loss

Segment assets

Segment liabilities

(39,828)

(93,721)

(152,272)

(22,734)

(9,593)

(13,184)

(587,426)

(207,977)

(297)

(1,366)

(57,327)

(15,604)

–

(62,859)

(16,434)

(121,114)

(19,880)

(242,663)

(11,849)

(822,856)

–

–

(245,548)

(2,825,162)

(3,070,710)

(3,277,271)

(1,068,187)

(422,964)

(2,951,529)

(7,719,951)

1,247,588

1,559,841

881,067

470,000

129,894

7,125,513

9,384,062

94,650

(13,793)

2,110,698

AUSTRALIA

MALAYSIA

SINGAPORE

CORPORATE 
(AUSTRALIA)

$

$

$

2018

Revenue:

External sales

Segment results:

1,110,310

653,976

Web-hosting and other direct costs

(392,830)

(102,817)

809

–

Employees benefit expenses

(3,017,260)

(1,182,466)

(61,253)

Depreciation

Promotional and advertising

Professional services

(3,785)

(170,144)

(209,169)

(20,036)

(60,199)

(35,902)

General and administration

(604,579)

(401,359)

(141)

(6,401)

(93,029)

(35,452)

Segment loss

Segment assets

Segment liabilities

(3,265,068)

(1,095,237)

(187,585)

1,068,921

756,368

851,352

143,710

262,937

23,542

$

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

TOTAL

$

1,765,095

(495,647)

(4,260,979)

(23,962)

(236,744)

(338,100)

(1,041,390)

(4,547,890)

2,183,210

923,620

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24.  Cash flow information
Reconciliation of cash flows from operating activities with loss after income tax:

Loss after tax

Non-cash flows in loss for the year:

Depreciation

Write-off / Loss on disposal of furniture, fittings and equipment

Unrealised exchange (gain) / loss

 Pre-IPO and IPO Costs

Changes in assets and liabilities:

Increase in trade and other receivables 

Increase in trade and other payables

Net cash flows used in operating activities

GROUP

2019 
$

2018 
$

(7,719,951)

(4,391,627)

62,859

61,017

(10,113)

3,070,710

23,962

14,775

7,705

–

(80,750)

742,106

(209,493)

10,130

(3,874,122)

(4,544,548)

25. Lease commitments
Non-cancellable operating leases contracted for but not recognised in the financial statements:

Payable – minimum lease payments:

Not later than one year

Later than one year and not later than five years

GROUP

2019 
$

2018 
$

–

–

–

270,729

809,450

1,080,179

The leases for the comparative FY2018 are in respect of commercial lease for the Group’s office premises that have been 
terminated in FY2019.

26.  Events after the reporting period
The Company is currently reviewing and closely monitoring the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) situation as it  
unfolds, ensuring compliance and cooperation with protocols and advice as and when issued by the Government.  
The Directors are reviewing business operations and strategies and assessing the impact on the Group. The Group is 
unable to determine at this time the potential impact COVID-19 will have, noting that a number of education providers 
have expressed an intention to expand their on-line education offerings and the Group is actively working to support  
their urgent needs.

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In accordance with a resolution of the directors of OpenLearning Limited, the directors of the Company declare that:

1. 

the financial statements and notes, as set out, 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; and

b.  give a true and fair view of the financial position as at 31 December 2019 and of the performance for the year 

ended on that date of the consolidated group;

2. 

3. 

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; and

the directors have been given the declarations required by section 295A of the Corporations Act 2001 from the  
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

Adam Brimo 
Managing Director

Dated: 27 March 2020

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the leaders  
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today. 

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OPENLEARNING LIMITED 
ABN 18 635 890 390 
AND CONTROLLED ENTITIES 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF 
OPENLEARNING LIMITED 

Report on the Financial Report 

Opinion 

We have audited the financial report of OpenLearning Limited (the company) and its controlled 
entities (the group), which comprises the consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 
December 2019, the consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, 
the consolidated statement of changes in equity and the consolidated statement of cash flows 
for  the  year  then  ended,  and  notes  to  the  consolidated  financial  statements,  including  a 
summary of significant accounting policies and the directors’ declaration. 

In  our  opinion  the  accompanying  financial  report  of  the  group  is  in  accordance  with  the 
Corporations Act 2001, including: 

a.  giving a true and fair view of the group’s financial position as at 31 December 2019 and 

of its financial performance for the year then ended; and 

b. 

complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001. 

Basis for Opinion 

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 
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  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  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  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 Code. 

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 
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 
a basis for our opinion. 

Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern 

We draw attention to Note 1 in the financial report, which indicates that the group incurred a 
net loss after tax of $7,719,951 and operating cash outflows of $3,874,122 for the year ended 
31 December 2019. As stated in Note 1, these events or conditions, along with other matters 
as set forth in Note 1, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt 
on the group’s ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of 
this matter. 

Key Audit Matters 

Key  audit  matters  are  those  matters  that,  in  our  professional  judgement,  were  of  most 
significance in our audit of the financial report for the year ended 31 December 2019. These 
matters were 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. 

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AND CONTROLLED ENTITIES 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF 
OPENLEARNING LIMITED 

Key Audit Matter 

How Our Audit Addressed  
the Key Audit Matter 

Accounting for Corporate Reorganisation 

Refer to Note 19 Share capital  

to 

Pursuant 
the  group  share  exchange 
agreement  as  disclosed  in  Note  19  to  the 
financial statements, OLG Australia Investors 
Pte  Ltd  shareholders  and  Openlearning 
Global Pte Ltd minority shareholders sold and 
transferred all their respective shares in OLG 
Australia Investors Pte Ltd and Openlearning 
Global  Pte  Ltd  to  the  company  in  exchange 
for the company allotting new shares to these 
shareholders. 

The accounting for the corporate restructure 
of  the  group  was  considered  a  key  audit 
matter given its material effect on the group 
and  the  complexity  of  the  transaction  which 
occurred to give effect to the restructure. 

Our procedures included, amongst others: 
  Obtaining  an  understanding  of  the 
substance  and 
the 
restructure  transaction  by  reviewing 
the underlying legal documents; 

form  of 

legal 

  Assessed 

evaluated 
and 
management’s  accounting  treatment 
the 
pertaining 
restructure 
accordance  with 
transaction 
applicable accounting standards; 
  Reviewed  the  appropriateness  of  the 
restructure  journals  recorded  at  the 
restructure date; and 

to 
in 

  Assessed the adequacy of the related 
disclosures in the financial report. 

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ABN 18 635 890 390 
AND CONTROLLED ENTITIES 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF 
OPENLEARNING LIMITED 

Share-based payment transactions 

Refer to Note 2 Critical accounting judgements and estimates, Note 19 Share capital and 
Note 20 Reserves 

During  the  year  ended  31  December  2019, 
the  group  undertook  various  share-based 
payment  arrangements  in  relation  to  the 
settlement  of  supplier  and  consultant 
expenses  through  the  issue  of  ordinary 
shares, options and performance rights. 

The  accounting  for  share-based  payments 
was a key audit matter because the expense 
incorporates  an  element  of  judgement  in 
relation  to  the  determination  of  fair  value, 
particularly  in  relation  to  the  options  and 
performance  rights.  The  group  valued  the 
options  and  performance  rights,  using  an 
option  pricing  model,  where  inputs  such  as 
volatility,  dividend  yield  and  risk-free  rate 
require judgement. 

Our procedures included, amongst others: 
  We  obtained  and  confirmed  a 
reconciliation of shares and options on 
issue  during  the  year,  and  assessed 
whether  new  shares,  options  and 
rights issued trigger the requirement of 
AASB 2: Share-based payment; 

  We 

the 

reviewed 

share-based 
payment  amount  recognised  during 
terms  and 
the  year  against 
underlying 
conditions 
arrangement; 

the 
the 

of 

  We  reviewed  the  estimated  fair  value 
of  options  and  performance  rights 
using  an  option  pricing  model, 
the 
including 
reasonableness  of  key  inputs  used  in 
the model; 

assessing 

  Where  applicable,  we  verified  the  fair 
value  of  the  services  received  to 
supplier invoices; and 

  We  assessed  the  adequacy  of  the 
group’s  disclosures  in  relation  to  the 
share-based payment transactions. 

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 31 December 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. 

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AND CONTROLLED ENTITIES 

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF 
OPENLEARNING LIMITED 

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  Australian  Accounting  Standards  and  the 
Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal control as the 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 ability of the 
group  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 group 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 group’s internal control. 

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

accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the directors. 

–  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 group’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 group 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. 

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF 
OPENLEARNING LIMITED 

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

Report on the Remuneration Report 

We have audited the Remuneration Report included in the directors’ report for the year ended 
31 December 2019.  

In  our  opinion,  the  Remuneration  Report  of  OpenLearning  Limited  for  the  year  ended  31 
December 2019 complies with section 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  section  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 

DREW TOWNSEND 
Partner 
Dated: 27 March 2020 

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The shareholder information set out below was applicable as at 23 March 2020.

A.  Distribution of Equity Securities – Ordinary Shares
Analysis of numbers of equity security holders by size of holding:

SPREAD OF HOLDINGS 

1 – 1,000

1,001 – 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 – 100,000

100,001 and over

TOTAL

NUMBER  
OF HOLDERS

NUMBER  
OF UNITS

% OF TOTAL 
ISSUED 
CAPITAL

13

189

212

593

150

1,165

647,545

1,854,354

22,596,949

114,566,628

0.00%

0.46%

1.33%

16.18%

82.03%

1,157

139,666,641

100.00%

Based on the price per security, number of holders with an unmarketable holding: 53, with total 78,207, amounting to 
0.06% of Issued Capital.

B.  Distribution of Equity Securities – Share Options
Analysis of numbers of option holders by size of holding:

SPREAD OF HOLDINGS 

1 – 1,000

1,001 – 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 – 100,000

100,001 and over

TOTAL

C.  Distribution of Equity Securities – Performance Rights
Analysis of numbers of Performance Rights holders by size of holding:

SPREAD OF HOLDINGS 

1 – 1,000

1,001 – 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 – 100,000

100,001 and over

TOTAL

NUMBER  
OF HOLDERS

NUMBER  
OF UNITS

% OF TOTAL 
ISSUED 
CAPITAL

–

–

–

25

49

74

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,718,374

36,908,266

38,626,640

4.45%

95.55%

100.00%

NUMBER  
OF HOLDERS

NUMBER  
OF UNITS

% OF TOTAL 
ISSUED 
CAPITAL

–

–

–

–

2

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2,750,000

2,750,000

100.00%

100.00%

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D.  Equity Security Holders – Ordinary Shares
Twenty largest quoted equity security holders. The names of the twenty largest holders of quoted equity securities are 
listed below:

NAME

MAGNA INTELLIGENT SDN BHD

PRESTARIANG CAPITAL SDN BHD

CLIVE MAYHEW

MR ADAM MAURICE BRIMO

RICHARD BUCKLAND

AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY LIMITED

NATIONAL NOMINEES LIMITED

NARRON PTY LTD 

MR DAVID ANDREW COLLIEN

NICOLETTE HARPER

FRANK NOEL BEAUMONT

SARGON CT PTY LTD 

AUTHENTICS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

MERRILL LYNCH (AUSTRALIA) NOMINEES PTY LTD 

CITICORP NOMINEES PTY LIMITED

SANDTON CAPITAL PTY LTD 

MR NICK THEODORAKOPOULOS

ORIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS PTY LTD 

PROVECHO PARTNERS PTY LTD

RODERICK DE ABOITIZ

BANNEN LIMITED

ORDINARY 
SHARES 
NUMBER 
HELD

10,580,058

9,608,749

8,288,754

6,406,117

5,094,288

5,000,000

4,457,581

3,981,809

3,556,743

2,720,758

2,367,021

2,167,865

1,666,666

1,666,666

1,616,394

1,483,333

1,250,000

1,250,000

1,183,509

1,170,336

1,156,940

% OF ISSUED 
SHARES

7.58%

6.88%

5.93%

4.59%

3.65%

3.58%

3.19%

2.85%

2.55%

1.95%

1.69%

1.55%

1.19%

1.19%

1.16%

1.06%

0.90%

0.90%

0.85%

0.84%

0.83%

As at 23 March 2020, the 20 largest shareholders held ordinary shares representing 55.72% of the issued share capital.

Substantial Shareholders
Substantial holders in the Company are set out below:

NAME

Magna Intelligent Sdn Bhd

Prestariang Capital Sdn Bhd

Clive Mayhew

Partly Paid Shares
The Company does not have any partly paid shares on issue.

Voting Rights
The voting rights attached to ordinary shares are set out below:

ORDINARY 
SHARES 
NUMBER 
HELD

11,030,058

9,608,749

8,288,754

% OF ISSUED 
SHARES

7.90%

6.88%

5.93%

On a show of hands every member present at a meeting in person or by proxy shall have one vote and upon a poll each 
share shall have one vote.

On-market buy-back
The Company is not currently conducting an on-market buy-back.

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Directors
Kevin Barry, Non-Executive Chairman

Adam Brimo, Managing Director and Group CEO

Spiro Pappas, Non-Executive Director

David Buckingham, Non-Executive Director

Professor Beverley Oliver, Non-Executive Director

Maya Hari, Non-Executive Director

Company Secretary
Justyn Stedwell

Registered Office
Level 2, 235 Commonwealth Street 
Surry Hills NSW 2010

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

Share Registrar
Automic Pty Ltd
Level 5, 126 Phillip Street 
Sydney NSW 2000

Stock Exchange Listing
Australian Securities Exchange
Code: OLL

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