MLG Oz Limited (MLG) Earnings Call Transcript
November 26, 2025
Earnings Call Speaker Segments
Good afternoon, everybody. As it is now 1:00 p.m., and I'm advised that a quorum is present, I now declare the meeting open. My name is Anna Neuling. I'm the Non-Exec Chair of the company and will Chair this meeting. On behalf of the Board, it is my pleasure to welcome shareholders attending online to the Annual General Meeting of MLG Oz Limited. I would like to introduce my fellow directors, Murray Leahy and Simon Price, who are both joining us online; and Garret Dixon, who is with me in the room. Also with me in the room today is our acting CEO, Mark Hatfield; and CFO and Company Secretary, Phil Mirams. I'd also like to welcome Brad McVeigh from HLB Mann Judd, the company's auditor, who is available to answer questions on the conduct of the FY '25 audit. Today's meeting is being held online via the Computershare meeting platform. This allows shareholders, proxies and guests to attend the meeting virtually. All attendees can watch a live webcast of the meeting. And in addition, shareholders and proxies have the ability to ask questions and submit votes. Online attendees can submit questions at any time. [Operator Instructions] Please note that you can submit questions from now on, but I will not address them until the relevant time in the meeting. Please also note that your questions may be moderated or if we receive multiple questions on one topic, they may be amalgamated together. To ask a verbal question, please follow the instructions written below in the broadcast. Voting today will be conducted by way of a poll on all items of business. I will shortly be opening voting for all resolutions. If you are eligible to vote, once voting opens, press the vote icon and all resolutions will be activated with voting options. To cast your vote, simply select one of these options. There is no need to hit a submit or enter button as the vote is automatically recorded. You will receive a vote confirmation notification on your screen. You can change your vote up until the time that I declare voting closed. I now declare voting open on all items of business. I will firstly deal with the formal part of today's meeting by attending to all items outlined in the Notice of Meeting dated the 27th of October 2025, made available electronically on our website and the ASX announcements platform. If there is no objections, I will take the notice of meeting as read. I will conduct the formal part of the meeting by tabling each resolution and addressing any questions that are relevant to the resolution. Our guests are very welcome to witness the proceedings of this meeting, but I'm sure you will understand that participation in the business of the meeting is confined to shareholders. Following the close of the formal part of the meeting, acting CEO, Mark Hatfield, will provide a presentation on the current and future activities of the company, and there will be an opportunity to ask more general questions. We have received a number of valid proxies for the resolutions to be considered today. A summary of the results will be displayed on the screen. I confirm that a total of 103,858,099 proxies were received, representing 67.03% of the voting capital of the company. As Chair, I will be calling for a poll on each of these resolutions, which will be conducted virtually throughout the meeting. At the conclusion of the formal part of the meeting, you will have a couple of minutes to finalize your votes. I inform the meeting that as Chair, I intend to vote any open available proxies I hold in favor of all resolutions. We will now proceed. I table the annual financial statements for the year ended 30 June, together with the directors' report and auditor's report in respect of those financial statements. Does anyone have any questions or comments on the annual financial statements or questions to our auditor on the conduct of the audit in their audit report. I remind you that to ask a question, please follow the prompts on your screen.
So there is one question online, Chair. Could your -- sorry, there's another one just come through. Could your founder, Murray Leahy, please confirm that his controlling 47% stake in the company is never lent to short sellers and hasn't been pledged to any financiers. As a relatively new shareholder, could Murray summarize his share trading history since he took his business public and also indicate if the size of the shareholding is likely to remain unchanged over the next 12 months, what are his long-term plans in terms of remaining the controlling founder, CEO of MLG Oz?
From a perspective of this is share trading, that will be all available from any -- since we're a public company, that will be from announcements on the ASX platform. Murray, would you like to respond to the remainder of those questions or...
[indiscernible] point of listing, I've never bought additional shares. I've never sold any shares down. And my current holding sits just somewhere above 50% when I'm combined across my various entities. At this stage, there is no plans to adjust that in any way, shape or form and no plans for any material sale of shares. I'm very committed to the business and are very much looking forward to returning to the business after this period of leave that I'm currently on and have no plans to materially change my focus into the future. So MLG has me whether they like me or not.
Thanks, Murray. Were there any other questions?
Not about that resolution.
Sorry, there was one other question. Had there been any of my shares pledged to any financial institution? No. I have no -- no lean nor use of any of my stock in MLG against any borrowings in any way, shape or form.
Clarifying that. So as there are no more questions, we will move on to Resolution 1. I refer you to resolution 1. This is an advisory only resolution in relation to the adoption of the remuneration report. Resolution and proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
No.
There are no questions on this resolution. So would those shareholders who wish to cast a vote, please do so by submitting your vote online. Resolution 2. I refer you to Resolution 2 in relation to the election of Mr. Simon Price. The resolution and proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
There is one question. What is Simon Price's history with the founder? Is he independent and capable of disagreeing with him on issues and rolling him in the Board room?
To find Simon Price, we went through a long and extended process of externally-led recruitment. Our aim has always been to appoint an independent Non-Exec Director. Simon Price is an independent Non-Exec Director and to my belief, has minimal history with the founder of our business. Simon, I don't know if you want to add any context to that.
Yes, I'm happy to. You can hear me?
Yes.
Yes. No, the first time I met Murray was through the application or the decision-making process of the company. So yes, there's no prior history. And I'm completely independent of MLG and Murray.
Are there any further questions? So as there are no further questions, would those shareholders who wish to cast a vote, please do so by submitting your vote online. May I refer to Resolution 3 in relation to the approval of the additional 10% placement facility. The resolution of proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
Yes, there is a question. Why do you keep asking for an extra 10% placement capacity? And are you aware that resolutions like this have been defeated at many AGMs this season? Shareholders generally don't like this. Next time you raise capital, will you consider doing a pro rata issue, which treats all shareholders equally rather than issuing as much as 25% of the company's shares to whoever you like, potentially diluting existing shareholders without compensation. Please don't put this up again next year.
So we haven't -- MLG as a company hasn't issued any shares for capital raising purposes since listing. The reason we have this resolution in there is that it gives us additional headroom in our placement facility, which is to support commercial flexibility. So it ensures that we can access equity should an opportunity present itself. And we would obviously only progress with an opportunity like that if it would provide significant value to shareholders. There's no immediate plan to raise capital at this time, but we are always investigating and tendering on material opportunities, which, if successful, would bring the possibility of a capital raise into consideration. And we would take the review as a Board. We would, as a Board each year, review what resolutions would come up to the AGM. So it will depend on the circumstances at the time next year. Are there any further questions?
No.
As there are no further questions, would those shareholders who wish to cast a vote, please do so by submitting your vote online. I refer to Resolution 4, seeking approval for the company's securities incentive plan. The resolution and proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution?
No.
There are no questions on this resolution. Would those shareholders who wish to cast a vote, please do so by submitting your vote online. I refer to Resolution 5, which seeks shareholder approval for the potential termination benefits under the employee securities incentive plan. The resolution and proxy votes are displayed on the screen. And I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
No.
There are no questions on this resolution. Would those shareholders who wish to cast a vote, please do so by submitting your vote online. I refer you to Resolution 6 regarding the performance -- granted performance rights to the company's Managing Director, Murray Leahy. The resolution and proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
No.
As there are no questions, would those shareholders who wish to cast a vote, please do so by submitting your vote online. The next 3 resolutions relate to the issue of unquoted options to non-exec directors. And as I'm the subject of the next item of business, I hand the Chair over to Garret.
Thanks, Anna. I refer you to Resolution 7a regarding the approval to issue options to Anna. Resolution and proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
There is a general question. What's with the 70% of votes being open on most resolutions, has Murray given the Chair an undirected proxy?
So because of Murray attending online, he has provided a proxy to the Chair of the meeting for this meeting, so which would be to follow the same procedure as any proxy received by the Chair from any other shareholder.
Are there any other questions?
No.
As there are no further questions, would those shareholders who wish to cast a vote, please do so by submitting your vote online. I'll now hand back to Anna.
Thanks, Garret. I refer you to Resolution 7b regarding the approval to issue options to Garret. The resolution and proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
No.
As there are no questions, would those shareholders who wish to cast a vote online, please do so by submitting your vote online. I refer you to Resolution 7c regarding the approval to issue options to Simon. The resolution and proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
No.
As there are no questions, would those shareholders who wish to cast a vote, please do so by submitting your vote online. The next 4 resolutions relate to the approval of termination benefits to directors. I refer you to Resolution 8A regarding the approval of potential benefits to Murray. The resolution and proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
No.
As there are no questions, would those shareholders who wish to cast a vote, please do so by submitting your vote online. Again, as I'm subject of the next item of business, I will hand the Chair over to Garret.
Thanks, Anna. I refer you to Resolution 8b regarding the approval of potential benefits to Anna. The resolution and proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
No.
As there are no questions, for those shareholders who wish to cast a vote, please do so by submitting your vote online. I'll now hand the Chair back to Anna.
Thanks, Garret. I refer you to Resolution 8c regarding the approval of potential benefits to Garret. The resolution and proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
No.
As there are no questions, would those shareholders who wish to cast a vote, please do so by submitting their vote online. I refer you to Resolution 8D regarding the approval of potential benefits to Simon. The resolution and proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
No.
As there are no questions, would those shareholders who wish to cast a vote, please do so by submitting your vote online. To the final item of business. I refer you to Resolution 9 regarding the reinsertion of proportional takeover provisions of the company's constitution. The resolution and proxy votes received are as displayed on the screen. I will now ask our Company Secretary if there are any questions on this resolution.
Yes, there is one. Many thanks for offering shareholders a best practice hybrid AGM today and for following the agenda calling for questions on all items of business. The final cherry on top for a best practice AGM would be disclosing the headcount data with the poll results revealing how many shareholders voted for and against. Our own share register providers, Computershare does this at its AGM. How about it? I voted against this proportional takeover resolution.
So the question is regarding whether we should disclose after the meeting, individual shareholders voted on the poll.
Yes.
Do we receive that information from Computershare when they send it afterwards?
I think we can consider it for the next meeting, and we will take that on notice. But obviously, we haven't done at this meeting. So I think we'll just consider it.
Yes, I think that's worth it. So I will consider that for next time. But I think for this meeting, yes, we'll take that on notice. Are there any other questions?
No.
So that concludes the resolutions to be considered at today's meeting. If there's any further questions on the resolutions themselves, please follow the prompt on the online platform. No further ones. As there's no further questions, I would like to advise that voting on the resolutions will close shortly. I'll provide you all with a few moments now to allow you to finish voting. Please complete your voting now. [Voting]
Any additional questions that have come in during that time?
Just a general question. How many employees do we have and what proportion of them are members of a relevant trade union? Do we have any certified enterprise agreements across our business? And if so, which unions have they been negotiated with? Are any due to expire in the coming 12 months?
I might hand that question to Mark.
Look, a portion of our workforce is associated with the trade union, but we don't keep a record of the quantities and specific details. We do have EA that is up for renewal in the next 12 months, and we'll follow the normal process of renewal. There is a number of trade unions that are involved with that, and that information is publicly available online.
No other questions.
So I now declare the poll closed with the results to be announced to the ASX later today. That concludes the formal business of the meeting. So I now declare the meeting closed at [ 19 ] minutes past 1:00 p.m. And I will now ask Mark to present the company update.
Thank you. I'm delighted to have the opportunity today to present to you, our shareholders, and to reflect on what has been a year of strong execution, disciplined growth and continued evolution for MLG. FY 2025 delivered another step change in our financial and operational performance. And importantly, it has positioned the business exceptionally well as we move into FY 2026. Can we have the slides?
Would you move the slide, Neuling, sorry. Thank you.
Once again, MLG has experienced strong revenue growth for now the seventh successive year, bringing our compound annual growth over these years to 32.4%. This performance was underpinned by an integrated service model, the resilience of our operating platform and the hard work of our more than 1,500 strong workforce, including 1,141 MLG employees. I want to acknowledge and thank our people across our sites in Western Australia and Northern Territory, our teams have demonstrated commitment, capability and professionalism throughout a year that demanded flexibility and readiness. Their efforts underpin every part of our success, and I'm incredibly proud of what they continue to deliver for our clients and our shareholders. Mine site services and bulk haulage continue to represent around 80% of the revenue, driven by strong activity across our core gold customer base. Revised haulage routes, expanded site services scopes and increased satellite mining activity all supported higher volumes. Crushing and screening rebounded strongly in the second half, supported by sustained campaigns for Northern Star and Gold Fields and the award of a 2-year stemming contract with Fortescue, covering 4 major Pilbara operations. Our civil and site services teams continue to support the hub-and-spoke processing model widely adopted across the gold sector, delivering road maintenance, [indiscernible] and rehabilitation works across multiple regions. Fleet utilization rose materially across the second half as idle capacity was progressively brought online. While there have been many highlights operationally throughout the year, the financial performance of the business is an important measure of success. As I mentioned, revenue continued to rise strongly, but pleasingly, we also managed to achieve stronger margins and in turn, a much improved profit outcome. The business remains focused on margin overall profitability and in doing so, generate strong operating cash flows to support our capital needs. This year has seen a further strengthening of our balance sheet and an overall reduction in our debt gearing ratios, which now sit well below 1x EBITDA. We continue to invest in new capital and to replace aging fleet with a further $56.9 million invested in new fleet during the year, further increasing our net tangible assets now sit above $1 per share. At year-end, our modern fleet comprised 167 prime movers, 687 trailers, 111 loaders and 20 crushers with an average fleet age of under 7 years. We achieved measurable improvements in all our key financial metrics with overall profit margins materially improving, particularly in the second half as we deployed fleet and responded to our clients' demands for greater volume. As mentioned, we continue to manage our balance sheet closely with gearing levels trending down as we grow our business and ensure capital is allocated to the highest performing opportunities. FY 2025 was also defined by important new contract wins and expansions. We secured our inaugural contract with Rio Tinto, marking our entry into Tier 1 iron ore haulage in the Pilbara. This is a strategically significant milestone for the company and a strong endorsement of our capability and service offering. We renewed and expanded our relationship with Fortescue through the stemming contract, added new haulage work with Northern Star and Westgold and commenced work with New Murchison Gold. MLG's position remains firmly anchored to the gold sector, which continues to represent the majority of our revenue. Record gold prices, sustained processing investment and increased reliance on hub-and-spoke haulage models continue to underpin strong demand for our services. At the same time, our early traction in iron ore demonstrates our ability to diversify sustainably into adjacent opportunities that align with our strengths in off-road haulage, crushing, civil and site services. Safety remains the foundation of everything we do. FY 2025 saw continued improvement in both our total recordable injury frequency rates and our lost time injury frequency rate, supported by investment in leadership, behavioral programs and technology. Our operating platforms continue to expand in capability, providing near real-time visibility across projects, people and fleet. Daily project level financials, utilization reporting, workforce planning tools and seeing machine driver fatigue systems are now embedded across the business and are providing insights that strengthens both safety and profitability. This technology-enabled visibility is becoming as material -- sorry, competitive advantage for MLG. The overall business has matured significantly across all areas with a large fleet, a quality client base, modern technologies and a strong and experienced leadership team. With a high proportion of recurring revenue and strong growth ahead, the business is well placed to extend its size and scale beyond the $500 million in revenue we achieved in FY 2025. As we enter FY 2026, MLG is in a position of strength. Key drivers of our outlook include a full year contribution from new contracts secured during FY 2025, continued growth in haulage volumes as clients expand satellite mining to feed centralized processing hubs, improved crushing and screening utilization, supported by a strong order book and ongoing demand for civil works aligned to long-term processing infrastructure. We continue to investigate early-stage opportunities to provide mine-to-mill solutions for smaller gold operators, including potential profit share models where risk reward is appropriate. We are also preparing for future climate-related disclosure requirements with Scope 1 and 2 emissions reporting to commence in FY 2026. Across the business, our focus remains clear, disciplined execution, sustainable margin improvement, efficient fleet deployment and meeting the needs of our clients who are expanding processing capacity and relying heavily on haulage to deliver into their hubs. In closing, I want to again acknowledge our people, our clients and our shareholders for their continued support.
There are no questions online. So it's just whether anyone has a question on the call. Neuling, are you there? I'm assuming there's no questions online.
Okay. So there's no further questions to come through. And just a final confirmation, there's no additional questions online?
There's none online.
Well, thanks, everyone, for attending. If you do have any questions that you couldn't raise through our online systems, please feel free to e-mail them through to the company. Thanks very much for your time.
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