AGM addresses and presentation
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19 August 2025
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2025 Annual General Meeting - addresses and
presentation
Plenti Group Limited (ASX:PLT) is pleased to provide a copy of the attached addresses and
presentation, which will be delivered by Plenti’s Chairman and CEO at its Annual General
Meeting today.
Authorised for release by the Board of Plenti Group Limited.
For more information please contact:
Adam Bennett
Chief Executive Officer
shareholders@plenti.com.au
About Plenti
Plenti is a fintech lender. We provide faster, fairer loans by leveraging our smart technology.
We offer award-winning automotive, renewable energy and personal loans, delivered by our proprietary
technology, to help creditworthy borrowers bring their big ideas to life.
Since our establishment in 2014, our loan originations have grown consistently, supported by diversified loan
products, distribution channels and funding, and underpinned by our exceptional credit performance and
continual innovation.
For more information visit plenti.com.au/shareholders.
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Chairman’s address
On behalf of the Board, I’m delighted to welcome you, our shareholders, to Plenti’s fifth AGM
since listing on the ASX in September 2020.
Plenti’s mission is to build Australia’s best lender. Once again, great strides were made towards
the accomplishment of this mission over the last year, in terms of how we serve our customers,
and how we deliver for all our stakeholders.
Throughout the financial year, and despite some recent uncertainty in international markets
and a changing geo-political landscape, Australian macro conditions remained relatively stable,
with consistent interest rate settings by the Reserve Bank of Australia, stable and low
unemployment levels, strong ongoing consumer demand for credit, and funding markets
remaining open and effective at allocating capital. The landscape for personal lenders remained
highly competitive, with the big banks, non-bank financial institutions and fin-tech lenders all
vying for customer consideration.
It has also been a year of change for Plenti, as co-founder Dan Foggo decided to move from
CEO to NED and Adam Bennett was appointed as CEO. Transition can be distracting, with
potential to slow momentum and cloud performance. I’m delighted to report to shareholders
that Plenti has avoided these potential pitfalls.
It is against this backdrop that I’m especially pleased with Plenti successfully growing its loan
portfolio and increasing its Cash NPAT, by 18% and 126% respectively. This is a significant
achievement and when coupled with delivering solid outcomes with our strategic partners,
such as NAB, is testament to our focus on delivering in both the short and medium term for our
shareholders.
CEO transition creates a strong catalyst for strategic refresh, and the Board worked closely and
collaboratively with management during the year to refresh Plenti’s corporate strategy and
agree a clear agenda for the company’s trajectory over the next 3-5 years. This refreshed strategy
has three clear horizons focused on rapidly and profitably growing our loan book and
continuing to invest appropriately in our proprietary technology and straight through
processing capabilities. It also sees us continuing to focus on differentiating our credit
capabilities and nurturing the development of our highly capable team.
I believe Plenti remains differentiated relative to its broader competitor set in those things that
matter most. In particular, Plenti’s ownership of its own technology platform and its constant
pushing against boundaries to provide even better customer and partner experiences has been
fundamental to Plenti’s differentiated performances. It’s been pleasing to see large
organisations such as NAB, WA Government, Tesla and Cadillac select Plenti to integrate closely
into their digital journeys to improve the overall customer experience.
In the last year, the depth of Plenti’s funding sources continued to strengthen, as evidenced by
the successful completion of three asset-backed securities (ABS) transactions, which
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introduced an ever-broader set of domestic and international investors. During FY25, Plenti
issued two Auto ABS transactions for $458m and $509m and a third for Personal & Green for
$330m. This brings our total ABS issuance to over $3.8 billion.
Another highlight of the year was successfully launching the “NAB powered by Plenti”
automotive loan into the market. This represents a significant milestone for Plenti, as we
commenced building the loan book with NAB customers, and delivering more meaningful
lending volumes.
I would like to acknowledge the great work that Plenti’s renewable energy and automotive
teams continue to undertake in supporting the transition of Australian households to a lower
carbon world, most notably through their work in helping to simplify the purchase of solar
battery systems and electric vehicles, whilst also making clean energy options more affordable.
As recently reported in a closely contested public tender, Plenti won the right to manage the
West Australian Government’s new battery rebate scheme, as their primary finance partner. I
remain proud to chair a business that genuinely wants to make a difference for consumers, our
community, and our shared environment.
I thank Adam, his leadership team and the entire Plenti team for their success in executing on
Plenti’s strategic goals over the last year, and express my, and the Board’s, confidence in their
capabilities, and their dedication to building Plenti into Australia’s best lender.
I would like to also thank my fellow Directors for the support and energy they devoted to Plenti
over the last year. In particular, I thank our Directors for their commitment to the smooth
transition of Adam into the business as successor to Daniel as CEO of Plenti.
I would also like to thank Susan Forrester as she steps off the board of Plenti. Susan has made a
significant contribution to board governance and the strategic human resources agenda, and
we wish her every success in her ongoing endeavours.
Finally, I would like to thank you, our shareholders, for your ongoing investment and support as
we’ve continued to grow the company and create additional shareholder value.
I’m delighted to now introduce Adam to deliver his CEO address to shareholders and provide
you with more strategic and operational detail of the year we’ve just completed.
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CEO address
Having just passed my first full year with Plenti, I’m pleased to be addressing shareholders to
present a summary of our company’s performance for the 2025 Financial Year.
And let me thank Mary Ploughman, Dan Foggo and all of the directors for their support,
guidance and constructive challenge as I’ve settled into the CEO role.
Financial Highlights
Plenti has had an outstanding FY25 on all of the metrics that matter, successfully delivering
against our FY25 market guidance for growth, efficiency and profitability. I’m delighted with
how the entire team has worked collaboratively and effectively to deliver for our customers,
brokers and strategic partners, and remain focused on the delivery of profitable growth.
Let me call out some of the financial highlights as Plenti continued on its strong growth
trajectory, and with performance accelerating in Q3 and Q4.
Plenti continued to achieve strong loan portfolio growth whilst preserving net interest margins
and borrower credit quality. The business delivered loan originations of $1.4b, up 18% on PCP,
which drove a closing loan portfolio of $2.5b, up 19% on PCP. This represents a 25% 3-year CAGR
for loan portfolio growth, and we saw this momentum build further in Q3 (up 32% against PCP)
and Q4 (up 42% on PCP). Plenti has now delivered over $6b in cumulative lending since
formation.
Strong loan originations drove meaningful revenue growth to $259m, up 23% on PCP, and
representing a 43% 3-year CAGR.
Our focus on prime credit borrowers continues to differentiate our credit performance and loss
rates, as evidenced by our closing 90+ arrears of 43bps (down 15bps year on year), and 1.10% net
loss rate.
When loan book growth, strong credit, stable margins and disciplined cost management come
together this drives Cash NPAT growth. Our closing Cash NPAT was $13.8m, a 126% increase on
PCP, demonstrating the leverage available in Plenti’s technology-led business model as the
business continues to scale.
Operational Highlights
Let me now share some more detailed operational results.
It’s extremely pleasing to see that all three product verticals delivered out-performance across
FY25:
•
Our Automotive business – encompassing both consumer and commercial – grew
organically and benefited from the quality of our relationships with brokers, Tesla and
NAB. It delivered 14% originations growth which resulted in an increase in the portfolio of
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•
17% on PCP, closing the year with a loan book of $1.43b. Plenti has now funded over 70,000
vehicles to date, and we expanded our OEM program with a successful Tesla subvention
offer, and launched a partnership with Cadillac.
Our Renewables business – financing solar panels and batteries – grew significantly,
driven by strong relationships, our unique GreenConnect technology platform, and
higher battery uptake to deliver a loan portfolio of $341m, up 18% on PCP. We also won
several new large national installers.
Our Personal Loan business – financing a broad range of consumer needs and life events
– delivered significant growth driven by operational excellence and technology
enhancements, grew 24% against PCP to achieve a closing loan book of $764m. We
invested significantly in underwriting capacity and technology, increasing our credit
decision consistency and speed, and increasing our straight through processing rates to
more meaningful volumes.
Of note, the “NAB powered by Plenti” car loan set up is now complete and origination
momentum is accelerating. The product is now fully implemented across NAB and Plenti, visible
on all of NAB’s retail digital platforms, and marketing investment commenced. Continued NAB
and Plenti optimisation is well underway, and product momentum and volumes are now
building.
Throughout the year, Plenti maintained disciplined management of costs, which materially
reduced our cost-to-income ratio from 26.5% to 23.9%, demonstrating the operating leverage
inherent in our technology-led model.
Strategy Refresh
Picking up Mary’s earlier commentary, the board and management worked collaboratively over
the summer to refresh Plenti’s corporate strategy.
Our starting point was the acknowledgement of some strong and differentiating strategic
foundations. Investment in our proprietary technology has underpinned our partner
relationships, credit decisioning, loan originations growth and overall efficiency.
Our proprietary technology gives Plenti total control over the continuous improvement and
pace of change and enables tight integration with our customer and broker journeys. It also
provides a foundation for rapid change and AI adoption to deliver strong operational efficiency
and improved products. These capabilities deliver real world commercial outcomes, with award
winning, highly automated and rapid customer experiences, combined with differentiated
technology including our unique GreenConnect and Plenti Lending Platform marketplaces.
Our technology, when combined with our partnership capabilities and commercially
collaborative culture, has enabled us to work with far larger organisations such as NAB, Tesla,
Cadillac and AGL and embed deeply within their digital customer acquisition journeys.
Lastly, our credit and pricing expertise, driven by our proprietary credit engine, has delivered
disciplined acquisition of prime borrowers and an enviable track record of low losses.
We also recognised that – despite our rapid growth – Plenti (currently) has small shares of very
large markets, creating significant runway and growth potential.
Our refreshed strategy is therefore simple: we are pursuing a breakout growth ambition across
three clear horizons over the next five years
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•
•
Horizon 1 (this year) is to GROW by doing what we do but better
Horizon 2 (years 2 & 3) is to GROW by also doing new things
Horizon 3 (years 4 & 5) is to GROW by scaling boldly into new opportunities
Our success will be underpinned by extending and improving three distinctive strategic
capabilities:
1.
Deeper relationships with target customers and partners supporting diverse and
complementary distribution channels
2. Data and artificial intelligence to drive fast and reliable credit decisions, reduce operating
costs, optimise pricing and uplift customer cross-sell capabilities
3. Proprietary technology stack to provide customers and partners with fast, simple and
consistent digital journeys, with a low cost of manufacture
The Plenti team and partners
The outstanding advances Plenti has made over the last year have only been achieved due to
the capabilities and dedication of our incredible team of Plentineers. It’s clear that each team
within the business is committed to delivering our mission, which is to build Australia’s best
lender.
I’d therefore like to thank each member of the Plenti team for their dedication, commitment
and hard work throughout the year. Your work has made a positive difference for our customers,
your colleagues, and our shareholders.
Additionally, I’d like to thank Plenti’s business partners, from its funders to referral partners and
brokers, who continued to support our growth and success, and you, our shareholders, for your
continued faith in our ability to deliver positive outcomes.
Looking forward
I finish my first year extremely excited by Plenti’s customer offerings, its market positioning, its
technology capabilities, and so much more. We closed FY25 with a refreshed corporate strategy,
an aligned board, executive and employee team, and real momentum to deliver our growth
agenda. We have a solid set of foundations in place, and I believe we can continue to set new
standards in personal lending in Australia, deliver profitable growth and increased shareholder
value.
Thank you, and let me now pass back to our Chair, Mary Ploughman.
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Plenti Group Limited (ASX:PLT)
Authorised for release by the Board of Plenti Group Limited
For more information please contact:
Adam Bennett, CEO, shareholders@plenti.com.au
Miles Drury, CFO, shareholders@plenti.com.au
Annual General
Meeting
19 August 2025
Board of Directors
Mary Ploughman
Daniel Foggo
Peter Behrens
Stephen Benton
Chairman and Independent
Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director
Independent Non-Executive
Director
Independent Non-Executive
Director
2
Executive Committee
Adam Bennett
Miles Drury
Georgina Koch
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
General Counsel
and Company Secretary
Ben Milsom
Glenn Riddell
Simon Cordell
Tom Wright
Chief Commercial Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Risk Officer
General Manager,
Strategy Execution
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Chairman
Address
CEO Address
Plenti continued its strong growth trajectory in FY25 with performance
accelerating in Q3 and Q4
… which drove meaningful revenue
growth to >$250m
Loan portfolio grew to >$2.5bn, with
>$6bn cumulative lending to date
… with growing momentum in
quarterly originations on PCP
2,537
43% loan revenue
3-year CAGR
25% loan portfolio
3-year CAGR
2,138
1,766
764
641
341
1,300
413
568
259
272
1,431
1,226
381
86
243
264
FY20
FY21
Automotive
70%1
Auto/G
reen
42
FY22
FY23
Renewable energy
4Q25
1Q26
11%
89
745
2
32%
143
998
264
83
55
44%
211
201
142
615
42%
FY24
FY25
FY20
53
FY21
Personal
1. Lower credit risk secured automotive and unsecured renewable energy loans represented 70% of the loan portfolio at the end of FY25
2. Automotive portfolio figures include NAB powered by Plenti (NPBP) portfolio
3. 1Q25 originations fell on PCP with the removal of instant asset write off tax concessions that drove strong origination volumes in 1Q24
(9)%
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
1Q25 3
2Q25
3Q25
8
Cash NPAT growth was driven by loan book growth, stable margins and
disciplined cost management, delivering positive jaws
Cash NPAT ($m)
Operating costs vs net margin ($)
Strong
leverage as
loan book
scales
15
+126%
on pcp
10
60
50
40
5
30
0
Net interest dollars have grown at 2.4x the
rate of costs over the past four years
20
(5)
10
(10)
0
1H21
2H21
1H22
2H22
1H23
2H23
1H24
2H24
1H25
2H25
(15)
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
Note: Cash NPAT represents statutory NPAT adjusted for expected credit loss expense, share-based payment expense,
depreciation and amortisation, and non-cash income tax items
Net margin
Operating costs
Note: Net margin calculated as net income less loan funding costs
9
Our proven competitive strengths work together to deliver our
performance and growth momentum
Our partnership
capabilities
Our proprietary
technology
• Commercially collaborative culture
• Proven technology integration
capabilities
• End-to-end cloud native stack
• Enables fast, simple and easy customer
journeys
• Automated and instant “Application to
approval” (selected loans)
• Deeply embedded in third party customer
journeys
The Plenti
differentiators
Our credit and pricing
• Proprietary credit engine
• Price for risk
• Prime lender focus and discipline
• Historically low losses
10
Our strategy is simple: we are pursuing a breakout growth ambition
across three clear horizons over the next five years
🡪
🡪
MARCH 2026
MARCH 2028
🡪
MARCH 2030
Horizon 1
Horizon 2
Horizon 3
Grow by doing what we do –
but better
Grow by also doing new
things
Grow by scaling boldly into
new opportunities
Disciplined focus
Disciplined expansion
Expand our thinking
Grow by extracting additional value
from existing automotive, renewables
and personal lending verticals
Maintain and grow our existing
verticals whilst simultaneously
looking outwards to potentially:
Leverage the growing scale of the
business
… and by growing NAB Powered by
Plenti volumes steadily
• Expand into adjacent products
• Create new verticals
• Engage new strategic partners
Explore a greater range of potential
options available to a profitably scaling
business:
• Additional products
• Potential acquisitions
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We’ll continue to drive loan origination momentum to deliver a $3bn
loan book by March 2026
5-year strategic horizon
FY26
Q1
Status quo run-rate
•
Assuming loan book
amortisation of 3.7% per
month – consistent with FY25
actual
Breakout growth strategy
launched
•
•
•
Deeper relationships
Better use of data & AI
Proprietary technology stack
Q2
Q3
FY27
Q4
Q1
Q2
FY28
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
FY29
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
FY30
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
$3bn loan book
(Sept-30)
Q2 run-rate
$323m originations
$3bn loan book
(Oct-26)
Q3 run-rate
$383m originations
Q4 run-rate
$3bn loan book
(Jun-26)
$407m originations
FY26 objective
$3bn loan book
(Mar-26)
Significant acceleration
achieved
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Plenti team and partners
Bringing our customers’ big ideas to life
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Items of business
Item 1
• Financial statements and reports
Item 2 – Resolution 2
• Adoption of Remuneration Report
Item 3 – Resolution 3
• Re-election of Stephen Benton as Director
Item 4 – Resolution 4
• ASX Listing Rule 7.1A Approval of Future Issue of Securities
Item 5 – Resolution 5
• Increase in the maximum aggregate annual remuneration of Non-Executive Directors
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Item 1
Item 1 – Financial statements and reports
• To receive and to consider the Annual Financial Report of the Company for the financial year ended 31 March 2025 together with the declaration of the
Directors, the Directors’ Report, the Remuneration Report and the Auditor’s Report for that financial year.
Note: This item is for discussion only
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Item 2
Resolution 2 – Adoption of Remuneration Report
• To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
“That, the Remuneration Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2025, be adopted.”
Note: the vote on this Resolution is advisory only and does not bind the Directors or the Company
Proxy Votes
For
42,916,694
99.72%
Against
55,801
0.13%
Discretion
64,455
0.15%
Exclusions
4,078,000
Abstain
24,507
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Item 3
Resolution 3 – Re-election of Stephen Benton as Director
• To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
“To re-elect Stephen Benton as a Director of the Company.”
Proxy Votes
For
47,019,778
99.80%
Against
28,910
0.06%
Discretion
66,262
0.14%
Exclusions
0
Abstain
24,507
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Item 4
Resolution 4 – ASX Listing Rule 7.1A Approval of Future Issue of Securities
• To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as a Special Resolution:
“That, for the purposes of ASX Listing Rule 7.1A and for all other purposes, the issue of equity securities up to 10% of the issued capital of the
Company (at the time of issue) calculated in accordance with the formula prescribed in ASX Listing Rule 7.1A.2 and otherwise on the terms and
conditions set out in the Explanatory Statement be approved.”
Proxy Votes
For
46,338,651
98.32%
Against
727,049
1.54%
Discretion
63,250
0.13%
Exclusions
0
Abstain
10,507
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Item 5
Resolution 5 – Increase in the maximum aggregate annual remuneration of Non-Executive Directors
• To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolution as an Ordinary Resolution:
“That, for the purpose of ASX Listing Rule 10.17, clause 22.1(a) of the Company’s Constitution and all other purposes, the maximum aggregate
annual remuneration that may be paid by the Company for the services of the Company’s Non-Executive Directors be increased by $200,000
from $800,000 per annum to $1,000,000 per annum.”
Proxy Votes
For
46,709,967
99.10%
Against
357,823
0.76%
Discretion
64,455
0.14%
Exclusions
0
Abstain
7,212
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