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Independent Auditor’s Report

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORTS

Independent Auditor’s Report

To the shareholders of IncentiaPay Limited

Report on the audit of the Financial Report

Opinion

We have audited the Financial Report of IncentiaPay Limited (the Company). In our opinion, the accompanying Financial Report of the Company is in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including: • giving a true and fair view of the

Group’s financial position as at 30

June 2021 and of its financial performance for the year ended on that date; and

• complying with Australian

Accounting Standards and the

Corporations Regulations 2001. The Financial Report comprises: • Consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 June 2021; • Consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, Consolidated statement of changes in equity, and Consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended; • Notes including a summary of significant accounting policies • Directors’ Declaration.

The Group consists of the Company and the entities it controlled at the year-end or from time to time during the financial year.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. 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 Corporations Act 2001 and the ethical requirements of the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board’s APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including Independence Standards) (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the Financial Report in Australia. We have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code.

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Material uncertainty related to going concern

We draw attention to Note 1, “Going Concern” in the Financial Report. The conditions disclosed in Note 1, indicate a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern and, therefore, whether it will realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business, and at the amounts stated in the financial report. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.

In concluding there is a material uncertainty related to going concern we evaluated the extent of uncertainty regarding events or conditions casting significant doubt in the Group’s assessment of going concern. This included:

• Analysing the cash flow forecasts by: o Evaluating the underlying data used to generate the forecasts for consistency with other information tested by us, and our understanding of the Group’s intentions, and past results and practices; o Assessing the planned levels of operating and capital expenditures for consistency of relationships and trends to the Group’s historical results, particularly in light of recent loss making operations, results since year end, and our understanding of the business, industry and economic conditions of the Group with consideration to Covid-19;

• Assessing significant non-routine forecast cash inflows and outflows for feasibility, quantum and timing. We used our knowledge of the client, its industry and financial position to assess the level of associated uncertainty;

• Reading correspondence with existing financiers (of whom are related parties) to assess the level of associated uncertainty with respect to the availability of new and existing facilities, and accommodative repayment terms including the extension of existing maturity dates and the conversion of outstanding facilities into equity; and

• Evaluating the Group’s going concern disclosures in the financial report by comparing them to our understanding of the matter, the events or conditions incorporated into the cash flow forecast assessment, the Group’s plans to address those events or conditions, and accounting standard requirements. We specifically focused on the principal matters giving rise to the material uncertainty.

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Key Audit Matters

In addition to the matter described in the Material uncertainty related to going concern section, we have determined the matters described below to be the Key Audit Matters:

• Recoverable amount of Goodwill and other intangible assets • Capitalised Development Costs Key Audit Matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the Financial Report of the current period. These matters were 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

Recoverable amount of Goodwill and other intangible assets ($15.813 million)

Refer to Note 13 to the Financial Report

The key audit matter How the matter was addressed in our audit

A key audit matter for us was the Group’s annual testing of goodwill and other intangible assets for impairment, given the size of the balance (being 67% of total assets).

We focused on the significant forward-looking assumptions the Group applied in their value-inuse model, including: • forecast cash flows – the Group incurred a loss during the year largely as a result of reductions in revenues (most notably in membership subscriptions this financial year). These conditions increase the possibility of goodwill and other intangible assets being impaired. The Group’s forecast cash flows include further transformation program repositioning costs as well as anticipated impacts from Covid-19 on the volatility of cash flows over the forecast period; • forecast growth rates and terminal growth rate – in addition to the uncertainties described above, the Group’s model is highly sensitive to small changes in these assumptions, indicating a high risk of impairment. This drives additional audit effort specific to their feasibility and consistency of application to the Group’s strategy; and • discount rate – this is complicated in nature and varies according to the conditions and environment the specific Cash Generating

Unit (CGU) is subject to from time to time, Working with our valuation specialists, our procedures included:

• We reassessed the Group’s determination of their CGUs in light of the impacts of capitalised development costs during the year against the requirements of the accounting standards; • We considered the appropriateness of the value-in-use method applied by the Group to perform the annual test of goodwill for impairment against the requirements of the accounting standards; • We assessed the integrity of the value-inuse model used, including the accuracy of the underlying calculation formulas; • We considered the sensitivity of the model by varying key assumptions, such as forecast growth rates, terminal growth rate and discount rate, within a reasonably possible range. We did this to identify those assumptions at higher risk of bias or inconsistency in application and to focus our further procedures; • We assessed the accuracy of previous

Group forecasts to inform our evaluation of forecasts incorporated in the model; • We challenged the Group’s significant forecast cash flow and growth assumptions in light of the recent downturn in

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and the model’s approach to incorporating risks into the cash flows or discount rate. The Group’s modelling is highly sensitive to small changes in the discount rate.

The Group’s model used to perform their annual testing of goodwill and other intangible assets for impairment uses adjusted historical performance, and a range of internal and external sources as inputs to the assumptions. The Group has not met prior forecasts, raising our concern for reliability of current forecasts. Complex modelling, using forward-looking assumptions tend to be prone to greater risk for potential bias, error and inconsistent application. These conditions necessitate additional scrutiny by us, in particular to address the objectivity of sources used for assumptions, and their consistent application. membership subscriptions in the short-term as a result of Covid-19, as well as the change in anticipated cash flow cycles following completion of the Group’s transformation program. We compared key events and new income streams to the

Board approved plan and strategy and obtained documentation underlying the validity of key changes in the operating model. We performed detail analytical procedures based on our knowledge of the business, industry and recent actual cash flows to test the accuracy of the forecasted cash flows. As part of these procedures, we applied increased scepticism to forecasts in the areas where previous forecasts were not achieved and considered the potential prolonged impacts that Covid-19 may have on cash inflows; • We compared forecast growth rate over the 5 year forecast period to the Group’s stated plan and strategy, past performance of the

Group, and our experience regarding the feasibility of these in the industry/economic environment in which they operate. We also compared the terminal growth rate to published studies of industry trends and expectations and considered differences for the Group’s operations. We used our knowledge of the Group, their past and current performance, business and customers, and industry experience to assist with this; • We analysed the Group’s discount rate against publicly available data of a group of comparable entities; • We assessed the difference between the

Group’s year-end market capitalisation and the carrying amount of the net assets, by comparing the year-end market capitalisation to the Group’s enterprise value;

• We recalculated the impairment charge against the recorded amount disclosed; and • We assessed the disclosures in the financial report using our understanding obtained from our testing and against the requirements of the accounting standards.

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Capitalised Development Costs ($2.854 million)

Refer to Note 13 to the Financial Report

The key audit matter How the matter was addressed in our audit

A key audit matter for us was the capitalisation of the Group’s development costs during the year, given the extent and nature of judgements and estimates involved in the identification and allocation of costs capitalised. These costs relate to the Group’s technology transformation project which have been capitalised under technology and software during the financial year.

We focused on the Group’s process for calculating the amount of internally generated costs to be capitalised under this project given their application of judgement against the requirements of the accounting standards. These assessments include: • Estimating time which staff spend developing technology and software, and determining the value attributable to that time; • Allocating costs eligible for capitalisation, including staff and external providers, into relevant and appropriate Technology

Transformation Projects; and • Determining when Technology

Transformation Projects become available for use in a manner in which management intended, and therefore the appropriate method of depreciation that should be applied using the criteria in the accounting standards.

These factors required significant audit effort and involvement of senior audit team members in assessing this key audit matter.

Given the rapid changes in technology and market innovations, there remains a risk that impairment indicators exist for capitalized development costs. We therefore focused on those particular for the Group due to expected changes in the manner in which the Group’s developments could be used. Our procedures included:

• Assessing the appropriateness of the

Group’s accounting policies for the recognition and measurement of

Capitalised Development Costs against the requirements of the accounting standards and our understanding of the business and industry practice;

• Assessing the nature of a sample of capitalised cost additions against the criteria of AASB 138 to be capitalised and meeting the definition of development assets; • Testing a sample of the staff costs capitalised. Using the monthly management reports containing their estimates of the value of time attributable to development tasks, we checked salaries and/or hourly rates against their underlying employment contracts for accuracy of rates, and interviewed a range of staff and developers to challenge the Group on their estimates of time allocated to development tasks as opposed to other operational tasks which would not meet the capitalisation criteria; and • Testing the allocation of capitalised costs into different Technology and

Transformation Projects by challenging the assumptions applied by the Group to underlying work programs. We also used our knowledge of the Group, the overall technology transformation project plan, agreements and invoicing patterns from key suppliers, and our industry experience. For the Technology and Transformation

Project‘s that became available for use during the year, we checked this against information evidencing the launch of these

Projects, the substance of costs incurred on these Projects after launch, and their AASB 138 eligibility for ongoing capitalisation. For a sample of Projects expected to be available for use in future periods, we challenged the Group’s assessment of

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when they are expected to be available for use, against our analysis of the nature of costs incurred to date, costs to complete, launch patterns and our experience of software launch phases.

Additionally, we assessed the factors considered by the Group regarding impairment of capitalised development costs and whether any indicators of impairment existed. This included having regard to: • Significant changes in the extent or manner in which the associated software is used; and • Potential or actual redundancy or disposal of developed software.

We assessed the disclosures for capitalised development costs and related impairment considerations in the financial report using our understanding obtained from our testing and against the requirements of the accounting standards.

Other Information

Other Information is financial and non-financial information in IncentiaPay Limited’s annual reporting which is provided in addition to the Financial Report and the Auditor’s Report. The Directors are responsible for the Other Information. Our opinion on the Financial Report does not cover the Other Information and, accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion or any form of assurance conclusion thereon, with the exception of the Remuneration Report and our related assurance opinion. In connection with our audit of the Financial Report, our responsibility is to read the Other Information. In doing so, we 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. We are required to report if we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this Other Information, and based on the work we have performed on the Other Information that we obtained prior to the date of this Auditor’s Report we have nothing to report.

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Responsibilities of the Directors for the Financial Report

The Directors are responsible for: • preparing the Financial Report that gives a true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 • implementing necessary internal control to enable the preparation of a Financial Report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error

• assessing the Group and Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and whether the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. This includes disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless they either intend to liquidate the Group and Company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the Financial Report

Our objective is: • 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 Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.

Misstatements can arise from fraud or error. They 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 the Financial Report. A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the Financial Report is located at the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board website at: http://www.auasb.gov.au/auditors_responsibilities/ar1.pdf This description forms part of our Auditor’s Report.

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Report on the Remuneration Report

Opinion

In our opinion, the Remuneration Report of IncentiaPay Limited for the year ended 30 June 2021, complies with Section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001.

Directors’ 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 responsibilities

We have audited the Remuneration Report included in pages 35 to 43 of the Directors’ report for the year ended 30 June 2021.

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Remuneration Report, based on our audit conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards.

KPMG John Wigglesworth

Partner

Sydney

30 September 2021

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