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Monday, 27 August, 2012

FBMKLCI: 1,648.22 MENARA TA ONE, 22 JALAN P. RAMLEE, 50250 KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA TEL: +603-20721277 / FAX: +603-20325048 Sector: Manufacturingl

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IRIS Corporation Berhad

TP: RM0.31(+77.1%) Rimbunan Kaseh to come in next quarter Last traded: RM0.175

THIS REPORT IS STRICTLY FOR INTERNAL CIRCULATION ONLY* BUY

Tan Kam Meng, CFA

+603-2072-1277 ext:1614

kmtan@ta.com.my www.taonline.com.my

Review

� 1Q13 net profit of RM8.3mn accounted for 18.3% of our full-year

forecast. However, we consider this within our expectation as we have

assumed contributions from two key projects, i.e.: Rimbunan Kaseh and

the waste-to-energy incineration plant in Phuket, to begin from 2Q13

onwards.

� 1Q13 net profit surged 42% largely due to lower effective tax rate as

compared with the same period of last year. At the pre-tax level,

earnings dropped 14% despite a 7.5% growth in revenue due to

increased contribution from low-margin contracts.

� Sequentially, 1Q13 revenue surged 32.5% and this has filtered down to

bottom line with a 32.8% increase in net profit. For this quarter, the

group derived significant revenue from existing projects namely,

Malaysian e-Passport Inlays and Tanzania e-ID cards, and new project,

i.e.: the implementation of Malaysian e-Passport ICAO compliance

project.

Impact

� No change to our FY13-15 earnings projections.

Outlook

� Iris procured a Rimbunan Kaseh project from Pahang State Government

worth RM23mn in end-June/12. Given the short construction duration

of 60 days, we expect the project to contribute RM6.4mn profit before

tax in 2Q-3Q, assuming a margin of 28%. This represents 61% of PBT

achieved in 1Q13.

� Note that Iris’ 51%-owned PJT technology has completed the

construction of a waste-to-energy incineration plant in Phuket, which is

expected to commence operations soon. Based on an average offtake

rate of THB6.42/kWh, the plant could potentially generate

approximately RM42mn in revenue per annum.

� We believe Iris’ involvement in the ticketing solution system for Kelana

Jaya Line and Ampang Line would provide the company an opportunity

to secure the MRT ticketing solution system, when the tender is called.

Valuation

� We maintain our target price at RM0.31/share, based on unchanged 10x

CY13 earnings. Maintain BUY.

Share Information

Bloomberg Code ICB MK

Stock Code 0010

Listing ACE Market

Share Cap (mn) 1575.0

Market Cap (RMmn) 275.6

Par Value 0.15

52-wk Hi/Lo (RM) 0.205/0.13

12-mth Avg Daily Vol ('000 shrs) 6147.0

Estimated Free Float (%) 83.6

Beta 0.93

Major Shareholders (%)

Perbadanan Nasional Bhd - 8.4

Versatile Paper Boxes S/B - 8.03

Forecast Revision

FY13 FY14

Forecast Revision (%) - -

Net profit (RMm) 45.6 48.9

Consensus - -

TA's / Consensus (%) - -

Previous Rating

Financial Indicators

FY13 FY14

Net Debt/Equity (%) 23.5 13.8

CFPS (sen) (1.1) 2.8

Price/CFPS (x) na 5.8

ROE (%) 10.5 10.3

NTA/Share (RM) 0.2 0.2

Price/NTA (x) 0.9 0.8

% of FY

vs TA 18.3 Within

vs Consensus -

Share Performance (%)

Price Change IRIS FBM KLCI

1 mth 9.4 1.4

3 mth 6.1 6.3

6 mth (2.8) 5.7

12 mth 25.0 14.1

Buy (Maintained)

SCORECARD

(12-Mth) Share Price relative to the FBM KLCI

Source: Bloomberg

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Earnings Summary (RM’mn)

FYE March 31 (RMmn) FY10# FY12* FY13F FY14F FY15F

Revenue 366.1 509.0 534.8 552.3 578.7

EBITDA 71.5 95.5 99.1 103.5 103.8

EBITDA margin (%) 19.5 18.8 18.5 18.7 17.9

Pretax profit 41.6 66.3 70.2 75.3 75.8

Net profit 27.3 45.2 45.6 48.9 49.3

Core net profit 27.3 45.2 45.6 48.9 49.3

EPS (sen) 1.7 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1

Diluted EPS (sen) 1.7 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.7

EPS growth (%) 75.1 42.2 1.0 7.2 0.6

PER (x) 10.1 7.1 7.0 6.6 6.5

GDPS (sen) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Div yield (%) 2.6 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.9

Core ROE (%) 7.9 11.4 10.5 10.3 9.5

* comprising 15-month earnings from Jan-11 to March-12

# ended December 2QFY12 Results Analysis (RMmn) YE Mar 2Q12* 5O12* 1Q13 QoQ (%) YoY (%)

Revenue 95.3 77.3 102.5 32.5 7.5

EBITDA 16.5 10.0 14.3 42.4 (13.2)

Depr & Amor. (1.2) (1.2) (1.2) (3.2) 4.9

Interest Expenses (2.8) (2.6) (2.5) (3.2) (10.0)

Associate (0.4) (0.8) (0.1) (82.9) (64.7)

Pre-tax Profit 12.1 5.4 10.4 93.0 (14.0)

Tax Expenses (6.3) (0.3) (3.2) >100 (49.9)

MI 0.0 1.1 1.0 (8.5) nm

Net Profit 5.8 6.3 8.3 32.8 42.5

EPS (sen) 0.41 0.42 0.5 26.2 29.3

DPS (sen) 0 0.45 0.0 nm nm

EBITDA Margin (%) 17.3 13.0 13.9 1.0 (3.3)

Pre-tax Margin (%) 12.7 7.0 10.2 3.2 (2.6)

Net-Margin (%) 6.1 8.1 8.1 0.0 2.0

Effective tax rate (%) 51.8 5.2 30.2 25.0 (21.6)

* Change of financial year to March from December

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