Nido Education Limited ($NDO)

Earnings Call Transcript · June 1, 2026

ASX AU Consumer Discretionary Diversified Consumer Services Shareholder/Analyst Calls 11 min

Highlights from the call

During the Nido Education Limited (NDO:AU) Annual General Meeting on June 1, 2026, no specific financial results such as revenue or earnings were disclosed, leaving investors without updated performance metrics. The meeting focused on the re-election of board members and the approval of the company's equity incentive plan. Management did not provide any forward guidance or changes to existing forecasts, which may lead to uncertainty among investors regarding future performance.

Main topics

  • Board Member Elections: The re-election of Vanessa Porter and the election of Adam Lai as directors were confirmed with 'very healthy' votes in favor. This stability in leadership may positively influence investor confidence.
  • Equity Incentive Plan: Resolution 4 regarding the renewal of the company's Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) was presented, but no specific details or metrics were discussed. The approval of this plan is crucial for aligning management incentives with shareholder interests.
  • Lack of Financial Disclosure: The meeting did not include any discussion of recent financial performance or metrics, which may concern investors looking for updates on revenue and earnings. The absence of financial data could lead to speculation about the company's current state.
  • Absence of Q&A Engagement: There was a notable lack of questions from shareholders regarding the financial statements, indicating either satisfaction with the status quo or a lack of engagement. This could reflect on investor sentiment and interest in the company's direction.

Key metrics mentioned

  • Revenue:
  • Earnings:
  • Board Votes for Vanessa Porter: Healthy
  • Board Votes for Adam Lai: Healthy
  • Equity Incentive Plan Approval:

The lack of financial updates and forward guidance during the AGM raises concerns about Nido Education's transparency and future performance. Investors should monitor upcoming announcements for financial results and any strategic initiatives that could impact growth. The stability in board leadership is a positive signal, but without clear financial metrics, the investment thesis remains uncertain.

Earnings Call Speaker Segments

Trinh Bui

Executives
#1

Good morning. My name is Trinh Bui. And for those who don't know me, I'm the Company Secretary of Nido Education Limited. This meeting is the 2026 Nido Education Limited Annual General Meeting. The meeting is being held as a physical meeting at the company's registered office in Drummoyne, New South Wales. I take this opportunity to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land, waters and skies where we work and live across Australia. We pay our respect to elders, past and present. We celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders of all communities who work and live on this land. How to ask questions? As this is a physical meeting, only shareholders, validly appointed proxies and corporate representatives who were given a blue or yellow card upon entry are entitled to ask questions. When the Chairman calls for questions, please raise your hand, state your name or the organization you represent before asking your question. How to vote today? For shareholders, proxies and corporate representatives in person, you will be able to vote at any time during the AGM by completing the blue voting card that was provided to you upon admission. White cards are for visitors only and who cannot vote or ask questions today. Shareholders with the yellow card are not entitled to vote on the items of business. With the housekeeping matters now addressed, I will hand you over to Mr. Kerr, our Chair for today, to commence the meeting formalities. Thank you.

Mark Gregory Kerr

Executives
#2

Thanks very much, Trinh. Good morning, and welcome. My name is Mark Kerr, and I'm the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nido, and I'll chair today's meeting. As explained by Trinh, today's meeting is being held as a physical meeting at the company's registered office. Welcome you all to this Annual General Meeting, and I now declare that we have a quorum of members present. And I also now declare voting open on all items of business, and the vote today will be conducted by way of a poll. And this meeting has been convened in accordance with the company's constitution, the Corps Act and ASX Listing Rules. I'd just like to point out at this stage, we have no written questions to the auditors have been received. I'd now like to introduce my directors in attendance today. I'm not sure that are we able to see them or when no one can see them. But we've got Vanessa Porter, who's an Independent Director and Chair of the Noms and Rem Committee. We have Matthew Edwards, our Founder and Managing Director of Nido. We have Adam Lai, our Executive Director and CEO. And also, we've got Shara from our auditors; and Bart from MinterEllison, and we've got our Company Secretary. Thank you, everyone, for attending. We also have representatives from Computershare, our share registry, and we have Maria who's been appointed to conduct our poll for us. So thanks as our returning officer. We've got one apology from Joe Dicks, our Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk and Compliance Committees. He's not here in person, but he's on the line to hear the meeting. I'm pleased to advise that in addition to the members present, the company has received 30 valid proxy forms that equate to some 33,833,000 shares, which represents some 14.91% of the issued share capital. A replacement notice of meeting was issued on May 1. The annual report, which contains the annual financial statements, the reports of the directors and auditors were mailed to all shareholders or you received them electronically. For all other shareholders, the report was made available on the company's website on the ASX. Accordingly, I now declare the replacement Notice of Meeting be taken as read and that the text of each resolution may be taken as read when each resolution is being considered by the meeting. In terms of discussion of any of the items of business of discussion, we will have questions at the close of 4A at the end of Resolution 4A. Voting on all items of business will be conducted by a poll. And as set out in the replacement Notice of Meeting is to consider the ordinary business and the adoption of the Rem report, the reelection of Vanessa Porter, the election of Adam and to approve the issue of securities under the Nido Equity Incentive Plan Rules and to approve the grant of premium options to Adam. A profile and background information on Vanessa and Adam is contained in the directors' report, which is part of the annual report. When wishing to discuss matters on any of the resolutions, would you please advise of your name, if a proxy, the name of the shareholder that you are representing. Yes, we got Slide 1. I now table the financial statements of the company, the directors' report, the report of the auditor. There will be no vote on this item, and it will be a discussion item. They were released to the ASX on February 25 and also contained in the company's '25 annual report. As noted earlier, no written questions to the auditor have been received. The financial statements and reports are now open for discussion. Are there any questions for the company representatives or the auditor about these statements of general business of the company? I assume there are none online. No. All right. That's good. As there are no questions on the accounts and statements, I'll now move to the consideration of resolutions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4A, each of which will be proposed by an ordinary resolution requiring a simple majority of votes cast to be carried. Resolution 1, the adoption of the Rem report. The details of this resolution are displayed with the proxy votes received. Everyone's got time to read those. Are there any questions about this resolution? I assume there are no questions online.

Trinh Bui

Executives
#3

No.

Mark Gregory Kerr

Executives
#4

Right. There being no further questions or questions at all, please record your vote now if you not already voted. All right. That ceases the vote on that resolution. Let's go to Resolution 2, the election of Vanessa Porter as a director, standing for reelection. Congratulations, Vanessa, standing again. The votes there, very healthy vote in favor of Vanessa. Are there any questions about this resolution? As there are no questions, please record your vote now if you not have already voted. [Voting]

Mark Gregory Kerr

Executives
#5

I think I can safely say congratulations, Vanessa. Thank you. Resolution 3, the election of Adam as the Director. As noted in the replacement Notice of Meeting, Adam was appointed as a director on 1st of August '25, retires as a director and is standing for election as required under the listing rules. The proxy votes are on the screen. Very, very healthy, Adam. As there are no questions, could you please record your vote now if you have already voted? [Voting]

Mark Gregory Kerr

Executives
#6

Thanks very much. Adam, congratulations on your reappointment. Let's move to Resolution 4, which is the renewal of the company's ESOP. Details are displayed on the screen, and the votes are there for everyone to see. Are there any questions? There being no questions, could you please record your vote if you've not already voted? [Voting]

Mark Gregory Kerr

Executives
#7

Resolution 4 -- is this 4A? It is 4A, the approval of grant of premium options to Adam. The details are displayed on the screen. There are no questions from the floor. Please record your vote now if you not have already voted. [Voting]

Mark Gregory Kerr

Executives
#8

All right. Ceases voting. I'd like to advise that voting on all resolutions will close shortly. I'll provide you all with a few moments now to finish your voting. You're the only one voting. As all the shareholder votes have now been collected, I'll declare the poll closed, and the results will be announced later to the ASX today. This completes the formal business of the meeting. If there are any remaining questions, we will take these now. As there are no questions, I now declare the meeting closed. Thank you very much for your attendance, and thanks, Trinh, for organizing the meeting.

Trinh Bui

Executives
#9

Thank you.

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