SAI Global: Gateways to Worldwide Standards

1. Gateways to the world Ross Wraight Chief Executive Officer Sydney 10 April 2006

2. History - SAI Global & Standards Australia • In December 2003 Standards Australia sold all of its commercial undertakings into SAI Global • Simultaneously SAI Global listed on the ASX • SAI Global is now an independent company with a broad, mainly institutional shareholder base • Largest shareholder owns around 10%

3. Business Summary • SAI Global is an internationalprofessional services company operating in the standards, regulatory and compliance markets. • Listed on the ASX in the S&P/ASX 300 with a market cap of $350M • 2005/6 Est. revenues $150+ million • About $70M in Europe, North America and Asia • 2004/5 EBITDA of $19.4 million • 1st half 2005/6 revenue of $68.9M and EBITDA $12.8M • 740 staff with 260 offshore • Physical operations in more than 20 countries including Australia, NZ, Indonesia, Mexico, India, the UK, Europe, Thailand & US • Customers all over the world

4. Business Divisions Four synergistic businesses Business Publishing Publishes, distributes and provides added value services in standards, legal and property markets Compliance Services Delivers regulatory and compliance management, training, awareness and process solutions to global corporations and large government agencies Professional Services Provides training and consulting services related to standards and business improvement methodologies Assurance Services Provides conformity assessment services to management system and product standards.

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7. Business Model – SAI Global Sources of Intellectual Property Commercialisation of Intellectual Property Professional Services Compliance Services Assurance Services Business Publishing Provide assurance through conformity assessment & certification: (39% of revenue) Enhance through training & consulting services (15% of revenue) Deliver compliance, regulatory awareness solutions (11.0% of revenue) Develop and license Intellectual Property Publish and distribute (35% of revenue)

8. Value proposition for our services • Helping our customers improve their business • Taking the burden out of regulatory and internal compliance • Protecting brands and reputations • Pushing information and training where and when its needed • Simplifying cross border trade and language exchange • Providing supply chain confidence • Improving and sustaining business

9. Business Competitors • The first organization of our type to list on a stock exchange and there is no direct equivalent • In the international technical publishing space we compete with IHS, Reed Elsevier, Thomson and national standards bodies • In the regulatory compliance space there are numerous competitors but few who offer end-to-end solutions as we do • The training and consulting market is highly fragmented and we have numerous competitors • In the certification space we compete with organizations such as SGS, Lloyds Register, BSI & Bureau Veritas

10. Global Industry Demand Drivers Greater demand for standards,compliance, training and assurance services Increasing industry turnover Regulation Demand to manage risks and compliance Demand for supply chain confidence Demand for continuous business improvement

11. SAI Key Features • Leading Australian market position • Strong branding • Key intellectual property • Expanding offshore • Global capability • Strong cash flows and low capital expenditurerequirements

12. Business Publishing Division

13. Business Publishing Strategy Features • Mainly recurrent revenue • Little competitive pressure in Standards market • Efficient, transportable and scalable business model • Business model produces excellent financial outcomes • 2005 Anstat acquisition adds $20M revenue in full year Trends • Increasing use of electronic delivery services • Limited growth opportunity in traditional geographic and Standards product markets • Penetration of non-traditional markets from acquisitions such as the recent Anstat purchase • Platform services to others

14. Business Publishing Strategy Strategic Intent Build a $100+ million technical publishing, distribution and information business Key Enablers • Entrepreneurial approach to opportunity identification and closure • Aggressive targeting of new business opportunities • Maintenance of “state of the art” delivery platform • Maintenance of existing business

15. Compliance Services Features • Fragmented market • Blue chip client base • End-to-end solution capability • Growing recurring revenue base • Solutions underpinned by OCCAM and Lawlex technology Trends • Growing regulatory demand for compliance • Clients seeking cost effective solutions in multiple languages and countries. • Consolidation occurring at the technology end • OCCAM and Lawlex toolsets developing as products in their own right

16. Compliance Services Strategy Strategic Intent Establish SAI Global compliance services as the leading global scale business in the international compliance management, training, awareness and solutions market Key Enablers • Maintenance/improvement of core underlying business performance • People capable of delivering the vision • Presence in key geographic market • Content capability and range • Toolset development capability • Effective pricing and marketing models for solutions, retail and tools markets • Developing opportunities through SAI Global relationships

17. Professional Services Division

18. Professional Services Features • Business development component of our value chain • Few recurring revenue streams with services seen as discretionary expenditure by customers • Need to improve growth and profit trends • Consulting model still developing Trends • Traditional standards based product sales depend on new product releases • Significant growth in business improvement products • Electronic training or blended learning model starting to grow strongly – technology now available through compliance services

19. Professional Services Strategic Intent Diversify product range and develop sources of recurring revenue that drive growth and profitability improvement Key Enablers • Continue to develop non-standards based products • Exploiting electronic training through OCCAM platform • Development of information based products • Review opportunities for seminars business

20. Assurance Services Division

21. Assurance Services Features • Recurrent revenue streams • Strong Australian market share • Competitive advantage from “Five Ticks” StandardsMark • Solid growth and profit model Trends • Supplier driven industry consolidation • Customer driven industry consolidation • Consumer and customer confidence • Brand protection • Major product maturity in developed economies • Growth in new products

22. Assurance Services Strategic Intent Establish SAI Global as a leading international assurance business Key Enablers • Physical presence in key geographic markets • Integrated value added customer offering i.e. QMS, EMS, workplace safety, ISMS; • Grow sector schemes; Food safety; corporate governance and social responsibility • Consistent international delivery platform • People capable of delivering • International market intelligence • Brand/image development

23. Shareholder Structure • 112.9 million shares issued: • 94 million - Institutions • 19 million - Retail – including • 9.6 million – key Anstat staff (escrowed 12 mths) • 2.2 million - key Easy i staff (escrowed 12 mths) • Market capitalisation $350M April 2006

24. Strategic Intent • Build SAI Global into an international brand • Continue to leverage ITC, Easy i ,Anstat and web publishing capabilities. • Develop brand across Asia and the Northern hemisphere. • Continue to consolidate acquisitions. • Bulk up North America, Europe and Asia. • Improve margins and productivity.

25. Looking forward • Strong business model which is easily scalable • Improving organic growth • Continued industry rationalization in response to customer demand and globalization • Listed structure, balance sheet and cash generation capacity provides opportunity for continued growth through acquisitions • Positioned to continue to grow revenue and profits globally • More information? Visit www.saiglobal.com