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365 Agile Group PLC
27 September 2016
365 Agile Group plc
("365 Agile" or the "Company")
Interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2016
365 Agile Group plc (AIM:365), announces its unaudited results
for the six months ended 30 June 2016.
Background
On 21 August 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of 365
Agile Limited, a reverse takeover under the AIM Rules and changed
its name to 365 Agile Group plc. At that time the Company's focus
was on the sale of software to provide field based workers access
to traditional back office systems on smart phones or tablets.
Additionally, through its Wireless Things Limited subsidiary, the
Group intended to exploit opportunities more widely in the Internet
of Things ("IoT") sector, and to that end in November 2015, the
Company acquired Easytherm Limited, a smart internet based heating
and hot water controller which was complementary to 365 Agile's
range of solutions.
In April 2016, the Company announced the departure of the Chief
Executive Officer and a new licence agreement with Castleton
Technology plc ("Castleton") for the provision of 365 Agile's
software solutions to the social housing sector on an exclusive
basis (the "Licence Agreement"). The Licence Agreement guarantees
365 Agile minimum payments totalling at least GBP1.8 million over a
3-year period. In addition, certain staff transferred from 365
Agile to Castleton.
On 22 August 2016, the Company announced that, following a
reassessment of its strategy to develop a meaningful business in
the IoT space, the board did not believe the continued investment
of the income from the Licence Agreement into the Group's
Nottingham based operations, trading under the Wireless Things
name, would result in Wireless Things becoming core to the Group's
future plans. This was formally confirmed on 26 August 2016 and
accordingly this business has been closed and all staff were made
redundant. In addition, the Board took the strategic decision that
it would not invest further in the technology acquired from
Easytherm Limited.
Current position
Following the closure of Wireless Things, the Company is now
deemed to be an "AIM Rule 15 cash shell" and has six months to make
an acquisition or acquisitions which constitute a reverse takeover
under Rule 14 of the AIM Rules or otherwise seek readmission as an
investing company with the attendant requirement to raise at least
GBP6 million on or immediately before such readmission.
The Company continues to own the intellectual property to the
365 Agile suite of software solutions. The income from the Licence
Agreement covers the Company's day-to-day costs but is unlikely to
be sufficient to fund any material acquisitions.
Financial Results
Predominantly as a result of the licence agreement with
Castleton, revenue for the six months to 30 June 2016 was GBP2.0
million (2015: GBP0.9 million). This licence is a perpetual
licence, meaning the discounted net present value of the full
minimum payment is recognised up front. Accordingly, GBP1.7 million
is included in income in the period in respect of this
agreement.
As detailed above, following the granting of the Licence
Agreement and the subsequent strategic review, the decision was
taken to close the Group's Nottingham operations and to cease
further investment in the Easytherm technology. Consequently, the
Board considers the assets held by the company to be impaired as at
30 June 2016 and the assets have therefore been stated at their
estimated recoverable amounts at the end of the period, with the
result that an impairment charge of GBP4.3 million (2015: GBPnil)
has been recognised within administrative expenses in profit or
loss. Further details are given in Note 3 to the interim financial
statements. The resultant loss before taxation for the period was
GBP3.2 million (2015: profit of GBP0.1 million). Before impairment
charges, the adjusted EBITDA* for the period was GBP1.2 million
(2015: GBP0.4 million).
Funding
The Company has GBP335,000 5% loan notes outstanding which were
issued at the time of the Easytherm acquisition and which are due
for repayment on 23 November 2016. The cash receipts from the
Licence Agreement are spread over 3 years and will not provide
sufficient funds to repay these loan notes in full on their due
date. The board anticipates raising additional funding to redeem
the outstanding loan notes at the same time as completing a
qualifying acquisition under AIM Rule 14. Should a qualifying
acquisition not complete before the loan notes become due, the
board has made appropriate short term arrangements to fund their
repayment.
Outlook
We are continuing to evaluate potential acquisition targets in
the technology sector, and look forward to updating shareholders in
due course.
* Total result for the year from continuing operations before
net finance costs, tax, depreciation, amortisation, exceptional
costs and share-based payment charges
The information communicated in this announcement contains
inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market
Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.
Contacts:
365 Agile Group plc +44 (0) 345 504 0365
Clive Carver, Non-executive Chairman
finnCap Limited +44 (0)20 7220 0500
Geoff Nash/Scott Mathieson
MXC Capital Markets LLP +44 (0)20 7965 8149
Charlotte Stranner/ Marc Young
Unaudited interim consolidated statement of comprehensive
income
for the six months ended 30 June 2016
Unaudited Unaudited
6 months 6 months Audited
to to Year to
30 June 30 June 31 December
2016 2015 2015
Note GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
Continuing operations
Revenue 2,012 947 1,591
Cost of sales (58) (5) (197)
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Gross profit 1,954 942 1,394
Administrative expenses (5,176) (884) (3,561)
Other operating income - 25 31
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Adjusted EBITDA(1) 1,201 407 135
Exceptional costs 2 (4,315) (86) (1,800)
Depreciation (21) (11) (39)
Amortisation (110) (227) (367)
Credit/(charges) for
share-based payments 23 - (65)
----------------------------- ---- --------- --------- -----------
Operating (loss)/profit (3,222) 83 (2,136)
Net finance costs (8) (7) (19)
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(Loss)/profit on ordinary
activities before taxation (3,230) 76 (2,155)
Income tax (48) (21) 130
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(Loss)/profit and total
comprehensive income
for the period attributable
to owners of the parent
company (3,278) 55 (2,025)
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(Loss)/profit per share
Basic (loss)/profit per
share from continuing
activities 4 (17.33p) 5.47p (29.32p)
Diluted (loss)/profit
per share from continuing
activities 4 (17.33p) 5.47p (29.32p)
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(1) Total result for the year from continuing operations before
net finance costs, tax, depreciation, amortisation, exceptional
costs and share-based payment charges
Unaudited interim consolidated balance sheet
as at 30 June 2016
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
30 June 30 June 31 December
2016 2015 2015
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
Non-current assets
Intangible assets - 1,480 3,962
Property, plant and
equipment 5 122 129
Trade and other receivables 1,123 64 64
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1,128 1,666 4,155
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Current assets
Inventories 20 90 106
Trade and other receivables 1,002 702 515
Cash and cash equivalents 207 370 856
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
1,229 1,162 1,477
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Total assets 2,357 2,828 5,632
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Equity and liabilities
Equity attributable
to owners of the parent
Share capital 5,674 3,734 5,674
Share premium 14,036 7,441 14,036
Capital redemption
reserve 4,426 994 4,426
Reverse acquisition
reserve (19,932) (12,613) (19,932)
Merger relief reserve 2,310 1,150 2,310
Equity reserve 42 - 65
Accumulated (loss)/profit (5,354) 4 (2,076)
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total equity attributable
to the owners of the
parent 1,202 710 4,503
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Liabilities
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables 800 979 746
Borrowings 337 8 329
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
1,137 987 1,075
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings 18 985 23
Deferred taxation
liabilities - 146 31
-------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
18 1,131 54
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Total liabilities 1,155 2,118 1,129
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Total equity and liabilities 2,357 2,828 5,632
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Unaudited interim consolidated statement of changes in
equity
for the six months ended 30 June 2016
Capital Reverse
Called up Share redemp- acquisi- Merger Accumu-
share premium tion tion relief Equity lated Total
capital account reserve reserve reserve reserve (loss)/profit equity
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
At 1 January
2015 3,734 7,441 994 (13,069) 1,150 - (51) 199
Profit for the
period and
total
comprehensive
income - - - - - - 55 55
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Transactions
with
owners:
Reverse
acquisition
adjustment - - - 456 - - - 456
At 30 June
2015 3,734 7,441 994 (12,613) 1,150 - 4 710
--------------- ------ --------- --------- ----------- --------- --------- --------------- ---------
At 1 January 2016 5,674 14,036 4,426 (19,932) 2,310 65 (2,076) 4,503
Loss for the period
and total comprehensive
income - - - - - - (3,278) (3,278)
-------------------------- ------ --------- -------- ----------- ------ ----- -------- --------
Transactions with
owners:
Share-based payments
- staff share scheme - - - - - (47) - (47)
Share-based payments
- warrants issued - - - - - 24 - 24
- - - - - (23) - (23)
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At 30 June 2016 5,674 14,036 4,426 (19,932) 2,310 42 (5,354) 1,202
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Called up share capital
Called up share capital represents the nominal value of ordinary
shares in issue.
Share premium account
The share premium account represents the excess over nominal
value of the fair value of consideration for equity shares, net of
expenses of the share issue.
Capital redemption reserve
The capital redemption reserve includes amounts transferred to
this reserve when shares are purchased and cancelled
immediately.
Reverse acquisition reserve
The reverse acquisition reserve represents the difference
between the parent's capital and the acquired Group's capital.
Merger relief reserve
Merger relief reserve represents the premium arising on shares
issued as part or full consideration for acquisitions, where
advantage has been taken of the provisions of section 612 of the
Companies Act 2006.
Equity reserve
The equity reserve is a reserve to recognise those amounts in
equity in respect of share-based payments as follows:
Firstly, on 31 July 2015, in acknowledgement of professional
services provided as the Group's corporate finance adviser,
warrants over 5% of the Company's current and future issued share
capital were issued to MXC Capital Guernsey Limited ('MXC'). At 30
June 2016, MXC held 945,703 share warrants in the Company. The fair
value of the warrants is calculated using a two-tiered
Black-Scholes option pricing model together with an empirical
model, adjusted by a probability weighting to take the likely
achievement of performance criteria into account.
Secondly, in September 2015, an employee share scheme was
implemented for certain members of staff. The fair value of awards
under the scheme have been calculated using a two-tiered
Black-Scholes option pricing model together with an empirical
model, adjusted by a probability weighting to take the likely
achievement of performance criteria into account. The staff who
received awards under this scheme are no longer employed within the
Group and therefore the charge recognised in the year to 31
December 2015 has been reversed in the current period.
Accumulated (loss)/profit
Accumulated (loss)/profit represents (losses) and profits
incurred.
Unaudited interim consolidated statement of cash flows
for the six months ended 30 June 2016
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
6 months 6 months Year to
to 30 June to 30 June 31 December
2016 2015 2015
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
Cash flows from operating
activities
(Loss)/profit before
taxation (3,230) 76 (2,155)
Adjustments for:
Net finance costs 8 7 19
Depreciation of property,
plant & equipment 21 11 39
Amortisation of intangible
assets 110 227 367
Equity-settled share-based
payment charge (23) - 65
Impairment of assets 4,264 - -
Deemed cost of listing
on reverse acquisition - - 940
Increase in inventory (7 ) (50) (42)
Increase in trade and
other receivables (1,709) (275) (83)
Decrease in trade and
other payables (16) (45) (31)
Net finance charges
paid (3) (1) (17)
Income taxes paid - (36) (36)
Net cash flows used
in operating activities (585) (86) (934)
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Cash flows from investing
activities
Acquisition of subsidiaries,
net of cash acquired - (570) (782)
Purchases of property,
plant and equipment (7) (34) (71)
Capitalisation of development
costs (53) (69) (218)
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Net cash flows used
in investing activities (60) (673) (1,071)
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Cash flows from financing
activities
Net proceeds from issuance
of shares - - 2,300
Costs of share issue - - (460)
Borrowings received - 950 950
Repayment of borrowings (4) (28) (136)
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Net cash flows generated
from financing activities (4) 922 2,654
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Net (decrease)/increase
in cash and cash equivalents
in the period (649) 163 649
Cash and cash equivalents
at beginning of period 856 207 207
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Cash and cash equivalents
at end of period 207 370 856
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Notes to the consolidated unaudited interim financial
statements
1. Basis of preparation
These interim financial statements, which are unaudited,
consolidate the results of 365 Agile Group plc ("365 Agile", the
"Company" or the "Parent") and its subsidiary undertakings (the
"Group") up to 30 June 2016.
The Company is a public limited liability company incorporated
and domiciled in England. The address of its registered office is
365 Agile Group plc, 100 Fetter Lane, London, EC1A 4BN. The Company
is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
365 Agile and its subsidiaries have not applied IAS 34, Interim
Financial Reporting, which is not mandatory for UK AIM listed
companies, in the preparation of this half-yearly financial report.
This condensed, consolidated interim financial information for the
six months ended 30 June 2016 does not comply, therefore with all
the requirements of IAS 34, 'Interim financial reporting' as
adopted by the European Union. The consolidated interim financial
information should be read in conjunction with the annual financial
statements of 365 Agile for the year ended 31 December 2015, which
have been prepared in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the
European Union.
This condensed consolidated interim financial information does
not comprise statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434
of the Companies Act 2006. Statutory accounts for the year ended 31
December 2015 were approved by the Board of directors on 5 June
2016 and delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The report of the
auditors on those accounts was unqualified, did not contain an
emphasis of matter paragraph and did not contain any statement
under sections 498 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.
Accounting policies
The accounting policies used in the preparation of the financial
information for the six months ended 30 June 2016 are in accordance
with the recognition and measurement criteria of International
Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as adopted by the European
Union and are consistent with those which will be adopted in the
annual statutory financial statements for the year ended 31
December 2016.
While the financial information included has been prepared in
accordance with the recognition and measurement criteria of IFRS,
as adopted by the European Union (EU), these financial statements
do not contain sufficient information to comply with IFRSs.
Going concern
These interim financial statements are prepared on a going
concern basis as the directors have satisfied themselves that, at
the time of approving these interim financial statements, the Group
has access to adequate resources to continue in operational
existence for at least the next twelve months.
Basis of consolidation
Subsidiaries are all entities over which the Group has control.
The Group controls an entity when the Group is exposed to, or has
rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity
and has the ability to reflect those returns through its power over
the entity. Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on
which control is transferred to the Group.
The Group applies the acquisition method to account for business
combinations where the transaction meets the criteria specified
within IFRS 3. The consideration transferred for the acquisition of
a subsidiary is the total of the fair values of the assets
transferred, the liabilities incurred to the former owners of the
acquiree and the equity interests issued by the Group. The
consideration transferred includes the fair value of any asset or
liability resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement.
Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and contingent
liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured
initially at their fair values at the acquisition date.
Acquisition-related costs are expensed as incurred.
Any contingent consideration to be transferred by the Group is
recognised at fair value at the acquisition date. Subsequent
changes to the fair value of the contingent consideration that is
deemed to be an asset or liability is recognised in accordance with
IAS 39 either in profit or loss or as a change to other
comprehensive income. Contingent consideration that is classified
as equity is not re-measured, and its subsequent settlement is
accounted for within equity.
Inter-company transactions, balances and unrealised gains or
losses on transactions between Group companies are eliminated.
Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been changed where
necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the
Group.
In August 2015, 365 Agile Group plc acquired, via a share for
share exchange, the entire share capital of 365 Agile Limited. The
exchange did not meet the definition of a business combination
under IFRS 3. Although not a business combination, IFRS 3 requires
the preparation of consolidated financial statements using reverse
acquisition methodology.
Although the consolidated financial information has been issued
in the name of the legal parent, 365 Agile Group plc, it represents
in substance the continuation of the financial information of the
legal subsidiary, 365 Agile Limited.
The assets and liabilities of the legal subsidiary, 365 Agile
Limited, are recognised and measured in the Group financial
statements at the pre-transaction carrying amounts, without
restatement of fair value. The retained earnings and other equity
balances of 365 Agile Group plc immediately before the transaction
and the results of the period from 1 January 2015 to the date of
the transaction are those of 365 Agile Limited. However, the equity
structure appearing in the Group financial statements reflects the
equity structure of the legal parent, 365 Agile Group plc,
including equity instruments issued in order to effect the
transaction. Comparative numbers presented in the financial
statements are the accounts of 365 Agile Limited for the period
ended 30 June 2015.
Impairment of assets
Goodwill is not subject to amortisation and is reviewed for
impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying value may be impaired. As
at the acquisition date any goodwill acquired is allocated to each
of the cash generating units expected to benefit from the business
combination's synergies. Impairment is determined by assessing the
recoverable amount of the cash generating unit to which the
goodwill relates. When the recoverable amount of the cash
generating unit is less than the carrying amount, including
goodwill, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
Other intangible assets and property, plant and equipment are
subject to amortisation and depreciation and are reviewed for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the
carrying values may not be recoverable. In addition, the carrying
value of capitalised development expenditure is reviewed for
impairment annually. If any such indication exists and where the
carrying values exceed the estimated recoverable amount, the assets
or cash generating units are written down to their recoverable
amount.
The recoverable amount of intangible assets and property, plant
and equipment is the greater of fair value less costs to sell and
value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash
flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax
discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time
value of money and the risks specific to the asset. For an asset
that does not generate largely independent cash inflows, the
recoverable amount is determined by the cash generating unit to
which the asset belongs. Fair value less costs to sell is, where
known, based on actual sales price net of costs incurred in
completing the disposal.
Non-financial assets (other than goodwill) that were impaired in
previous periods are reviewed annually to assess whether the
impairment is still relevant.
As detailed earlier, the Board has carried out a strategic
review of the business following the departure of the Chief
Executive and the entry into the licence agreement with Castleton
Technology plc. That review, which concluded post-period end,
determined that rest of the technology within the business was not
core to its operations and a decision was taken to close the
Nottingham operations and cease investment in the technology
acquired from Easytherm Limited last year. Consequently, the Board
considers the assets held by the company to be impaired as at 30
June 2016 and the assets have therefore been stated at their
estimated recoverable amounts at the end of the period. These
impairment charges, which are detailed in note 3, are included
within administrative expenses in the profit or loss.
Exceptional items
Items which are material either because of their size or their
nature, and which are non-recurring, are highlighted separately on
the face of the income statement. The separate reporting of
exceptional items helps provide a better picture of the Company's
underlying performance. Items which may be included within the
exceptional category include:
-- the actual and deemed costs of listing arising from the
reverse acquisition;
-- spend on the integration of significant acquisitions and
other major restructuring programmes;
-- significant goodwill or other asset impairments; and
-- other particularly significant or unusual items.
Spend on integration is incurred by the Group when integrating
one trading business into another. The types of costs include
employment related costs of staff made redundant as a consequence
of integration, due diligence costs, legal and third party advisor
fees and rebranding costs.
Exceptional items are excluded from the headline profit measures
used by the Group and are highlighted separately in the income
statement as management believe that they need to be considered
separately to gain an understanding of the underlying profitability
of the trading businesses. For further detail refer to note 2.
2. Exceptional costs
In accordance with the Group's policy in respect of exceptional
costs the following charges were incurred for the period:
6 months 6 months Year
to to to
30 June 30 June 31 December
2016 2015 2015
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
---------------------------------- ---------- -------- ------------
Impairment of assets (see notes
1 and 3) 4,264 - -
Deemed cost of listing on reverse - - 940
Reverse acquisition costs - - 406
Other acquisition costs - 86 249
Integration and reorganisation
costs 51 - 205
4,315 86 1,800
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3. Impairment of assets
As detailed in note 1, the Group has incurred the following
impairment charges:
6 months 6 months Year
to to to
30 June 30 June 31 December
2016 2015 2015
Impairment of: GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
------------------------------ ---------- -------- ------------
Goodwill 3,139 - -
Software 497 - -
Development costs 269 - -
Property, plant and equipment 109 - -
Inventories 93 - -
Trade and other receivables 157 - -
4,264 - -
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4. Earnings per share
Basic loss per share and diluted loss per share are detailed
below. Adjusted EBITDA* has been shown on the grounds that it is a
common metric used by the market in monitoring similar
businesses.
6 months 6 months
to to Year to
30 June 30 June 31 December
2016 2015 2015
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
(Loss)/profit for the period from
continuing operations before tax (3,230) 76 (2,155)
Net finance expense 8 7 19
Depreciation 21 11 39
Amortisation 110 227 367
Share-based payment credit/(charges) (23) - 65
Exceptional items included in
administrative expenses 4,315 86 1,800
-------------------------------------- -------------- -------- --------------
Adjusted EBITDA* 1,201 407 135
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Basic adjusted EBITDA* per share 6.35p 40.47p 1.95p
Statutory EPS:
Basic (loss)/profit per share
from continuing activities (17.33)p 5.47p (29.32)p
Diluted (loss)/profit per
share from continuing activities (17.33)p 5.47p (29.32)p
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The weighted number of shares and the loss for the period for
the purposes of calculating the fully diluted earnings per share
are the same as the basic loss per share calculation. This is
because the outstanding share options and warrants would have the
effect of reducing the loss per ordinary share and would,
therefore, not be dilutive under the terms of IAS 33.
* Total result for the year from continuing operations before
net finance costs, tax, depreciation, amortisation, exceptional
costs and share-based payment charges.
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