MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PayGroup Limited (PayGroup, the Group), a trusted provider of Multi-Country Payroll and Human Resource Outsourcing Solutions, is pleased to announce the opening of its Initial Public Offering (IPO) to raise between $5.5 million and $8.5 million.
PayGroup is the holding company for PayAsia, providing world class Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Cloud based Human Capital Management (HCM) software for medium to large multinational companies with employees spread across multiple countries.
Through the IPO, PayGroup will issue between 11 million and 15 million shares at $0.50 per share, with an expected market capitalisation of ~$22.8-25.8 million upon listing.
PayGroup is headquartered in Singapore. Its long list of prestigious clients include Appen (ASX:APX), Bossard (SWX: BOSN), Lexmark, Meindhardt, Shire (LON:SHP), Etika and World Vision. PayGroup is also a referral partner for US-listed global human capital management players, Cornerstone On-Demand (NASDAQ:CSOD) and Ultimate Software (NASDAQ:ULTI).
The company is forecasting revenue of $7.6m, an increase of 15% YOY, on a pro-forma basis, for FY18 and intends to pay a dividend. Most of its customers are on three-year contracts, with automated 12-month renewals, providing a verifiable indication of future revenue flow. PayGroup has also indicated pro-forma EBITDA for FY18 of $2.8m and NPAT of $2.6m.
The company was founded by current Managing Director, Mark Samlal who was raised and educated in Melbourne, and has more than 22 years industry experience, including Director of Automatic Data Processing (ADP) in Australia, one of the leading global players in outsourced payroll processing. In addition to Mr Samlal, the experienced board will also consist of Non-Executive Chairman, Ian Basser, who has over 28 years of global business experience. David Fagan, currently Non-Executive Director of Medibank Private, will join the board as Non-Executive Director, alongside Executive Director Franck Neron-Bancel who has over 21 years industry experience in global HCM and payroll services with global leader Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADP).
PayGroup Managing Director, Mark Samlal said, “PayGroup is an established, proven and profitable business which provides investors with the opportunity to benefit from continued growth of multi-nationals entering Asia while leveraging the growing demand for human capital business processing outsourcing, both in the traditional service setting and the low-touch / self-service model for software-based solutions.
“Many companies and service providers under-estimate the complexity, time and cost of performing these crucial business functions across multiple countries in Asia. PayGroup’s brings the in-market knowledge – we’ve grown up in Asia – and that makes a big difference, it’s why we have succeeded.”
The Company is raising the funds with the assistance of lead manager, Lodge Corporate Pty Ltd, and has received strong support from institutional investors in Australia and Singapore. The offer is being conducted to allow PayGroup to target accelerated business growth through increased sales and marketing activities, including adding and establishing resources in the key selling markets of Melbourne, Sydney, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The Group will also establish a Sales Enablement division to manage strategic relationships with HCM and BPO leaders in the US and Europe. Funds raised will also be directed towards the Group’s technology platforms to increase efficiency and grow its capacity to service clients.
PayGroup has several channels for revenue growth, including marketing additional products to current clients, expanding the client base, partnership and alliance expansion, conversion of third party technologies to the Group’s cloud based platforms, treasury functions and near-term potential corporate payroll debit cards.
The offer is expected to close 10 May 2018, and PayGroup’s anticipated listing will occur on 28 May 2018, under the ticker code “PYG”. The prospectus is available via the IPO microsite at www.paygroupoffer.com.au.
About PayGroup
Headquartered in Melbourne Australia, PayGroup is the holding company of Pay Asia Pte Limited. Pay Asia, headquartered in Singapore, is a trusted provider Multi-Country Payroll and cloud based Software as a Service (SaaS) Human Resource Outsourcing Solutions. Asia-Pacific is one of the most complex markets in the world for multinational companies to operate in. PayGroup simplifies this by providing clients with a consolidated view of their workforce whether utilizing Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) or cloud-based services, reducing their operational and compliance risk by bringing regulatory expertise and world-class service to areas in which clients operate.
