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Corero Network Security PLC
06 April 2017
6 April 2017
Corero Network Security plc (AIM: CNS)
("Corero" or the "Company")
Full year results
Corero Network Security plc, the AIM listed network security
company, announces its audited results for the year ended 31
December 2016.
Highlights:
-- Strong performance of flagship SmartWall product
o Revenue up 62%
o Customer numbers up to 64 at 31 December 2016 (up from 29 at
31 December 2015)
o 100% support renewal rate
-- Total revenue up 5% to $8.8 million (2015: $8.3 million)
-- Reduced EBITDA loss* $5.1 million (2015: $6.4 million)
-- Loss per share 9.0 cents (2015: 8.5 cents)
-- Net cash $2.9 million at 31 December 2016 (2015: $2.7 million)
-- Launched SmartProtect DDoS protection as-a-service offering
-- "Recommended" rating from NSS Labs, the world's leading independent product test laboratory
* before depreciation, amortisation, impairment of goodwill and
financing
Post period highlights:
-- $1.0 million new contract
-- Strengthened management team
o Appointed Andrew Lloyd, President and Executive Vice President
Sales & Marketing
-- Juniper Networks technology alliance partnership (NASDAQ:JNPR)
Ashley Stephenson, CEO of Corero, commented:
"With the DDoS threat landscape continuing to move in our
favour, independent third party validation from one of the world's
leading product test laboratories, and a growing SmartWall install
base, the Board is increasingly confident in Corero's ability to
become the leading player in the real-time DDoS mitigation
market.
"Corero has continued to invest in its technology in the period,
and with the new as-a-service sales model and focus on go-to-market
partnerships such as the alliance with Juniper that expand our
addressable market, is now focused on delivering revenue
growth.
"We have started the new financial year well, having signed our
largest SmartWall deal to date, and look forward to reporting
further commercial progress in the coming months."
The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December
2016 are available on the Company's website
www.corero.com/investors.
Enquiries:
Corero Network Security plc
Andrew Miller, CFO Tel: 01895 876382
Cenkos Securities plc Tel: 020 73978900
Bobbie Hilliam - NOMAD
Alex Aylen - Corporate Broking
Redleaf Communications Tel: 020 7382 4747
Rebecca Sanders-Hewett/David Ison/Susie Hudson cns@redleafpr.com
About Corero Network Security
Corero Network Security is the leader in real-time,
high-performance DDoS defense solutions. Service providers, hosting
providers and online enterprises rely on Corero's award winning
technology to eliminate the DDoS threat to their environment
through automatic attack detection and mitigation, coupled with
complete network visibility, analytics and reporting. This
next-generation technology provides a First Line of Defense(R)
against DDoS attacks in the most complex environments while
enabling a more cost effective economic model than previously
available. For more information, visit www.corero.com
Review of business
Corero revenue for the year ended 31 December 2016 was $8.8
million (2015: $8.3 million) with SmartWall revenue up 62% over the
prior year whilst legacy product revenues declined as expected.
The 2016 revenue was lower than expected, impacted by extended
sales cycles for the large Tier 1 service provider customer segment
and the new as-a-service customers signed in the fourth quarter of
2016, where the revenue is recognised monthly over the term of the
contract.
Review of performance
For the year ended 31 December 2016, the Group reported an
EBITDA loss before depreciation, amortisation, impairment of
goodwill and financing of $5.1 million (2015: EBITDA loss $6.4
million).
The loss for the year after taxation amounted to $17.2 million
(2015: $11.2 million) and includes:
-- Unrealised exchange gain of $1.2 million (2015: gain $0.4
million) arising on an intercompany loan;
-- An impairment to goodwill acquired of $9.0 million (2015:
$nil) relating to the 2011 acquisition of Top Layer Networks,
Inc;
-- Finance costs of $0.006 million (2015: $0.02 million).
The loss per share was 9.0 cents (2015: loss per share 8.5
cents).
The Group's net assets at 31 December 2016 were $18.2 million
(2014: $26.3 million).
The key financial metrics for the business are as follows:
-- Order intake: $7.1 million for the year ended 31 December 2016 (2015: $7.9 million);
-- Gross margin: 76% for the year ended 31 December 2016 (2015: 75%);
-- Operating expenses (gross of research and development costs
capitalised and before depreciation and amortisation of
intangibles): $14.4 million for the year ended 31 December 2016
(2015: $15.0 million); and
-- Net cash: $2.9 million at 31 December 2016 (2015: $2.7 million)
The order intake in 2016 included $6.7 million of SmartWall
orders, an increase of 58% over the prior year (2015: $4.3
million), to 35 service providers, hosting providers and
enterprises, providing real-time DDoS and cyber threat protection.
As expected the order intake for the previous generation products
declined to $0.4 million (2015: $3.6 million) with Corero having
announced the end of life of the previous generation products in
2015.
In fourth quarter of 2016, Corero introduced an as-a-service
sales model , an offering introduced in response to increasing
customer interest in subscription-based contracts in contrast to
the purchase of equipment under a traditional perpetual license
model. The as-a-service offering is expected to expand Corero's
addressable market with fast-growing Cloud hosting providers and
regional service providers who can enter the market more rapidly by
offsetting the costs of operating a DDoS protection solution with
the monthly revenues derived from selling these high margin
security services to their customers. Under the as-a-service
offering, recognised revenue at the time of the initial customer
order is reduced but the contract value and recurring revenues
increase over the life of the customer relationship.
The average perpetual license order value in 2016 was in excess
of $200,000, in line with the prior year, and the average
as-a-service year one contract value was $40,000.
Operating expenses, gross of research and development costs
capitalised of $2.5 million (2015: $2.3 million), of $14.4 million
were below the prior year (2015: $15.0 million).
The 2016 operating loss of $17.3 million (2015: $11.6 million)
includes amortisation of capitalised development expenditure of
$2.3 million (2015: $2.4 million) and an impairment to goodwill of
$9.0 million (2015: $nil). The goodwill arose on the 2011
acquisition of Top Layer Networks, Inc. ("Top Layer"). Since the
acquisition of Top Layer, Corero has made significant investment in
its products with the launch of SmartWall in 2014 and the end of
life of the previous generation products acquired as part of the
Top Layer acquisition announced in 2015. The Corero go-to-market is
now exclusively focused on products and services developed by
Corero since the Top Layer acquisition. In addition, the ability to
accurately forecast revenue growth for the business has resulted in
prior year forecasts not being achieved by the Company. As a
result, a more conservative approach has been adopted in the
forecasts which underpin the intangible assets impairment review as
required by IFRS. The Board have therefore assessed that an
impairment of the goodwill of $7.1 million is appropriate.
Cash and treasury
The closing cash balance was $2.9 million (2015: $2.7 million).
Corero had no debt at 31 December 2016 (2015: $0).
The net reduction in cash from operating activities in the year
ended 31 December 2016 was $5.5 million (2015: $7.7 million). In
the year ending 31 December 2016, the Company raised $12.0 million
(before expenses), of which the Chairman contributed $1.2 million,
to fund the further development of the SmartWall product and sales
and marketing activities.
The Directors are satisfied, in view of the cash reserves of
$2.9 million (2015: $2.7 million) held on the balance sheet at 31
December 2016 and the cash of GBP5.6 million ($7.0 million) to be
raised by the proposed fund raise to be announced by the Company on
6 April 2017 ("Equity Fund Raise"), that the Company and the Group
have adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable
future.
Fund raise
The proposed equity fund raise to be announced on 6 April 2017
will provide Corero with the funding required to execute the
Company's strategy and get to the position of being cash
generating.
A circular containing a notice of General Meeting will be sent
to shareholders on 6 April 2017. In the notice of General Meeting
Independent Shareholders will be asked to consider and vote on the
Whitewash resolution for Jens Montanana's proposed participation in
the Equity Fund Raise, and the Shareholders as a whole will be
asked to approve the Placing. In the event that a Rule 9 Waiver is
not obtained or the authorities necessary to authorise the
Directors to complete the Placing are not approved by the requisite
majorities, the Placing will not proceed and the Company will be
required to seek further working capital funding in short
order.
Market dynamics
2016 marked a turning point for DDoS, as attacks reached new
heights in terms of both size and complexity. The Mirai botnet
showed us just how powerful an Internet of Things (IoT) powered
DDoS attack could really be, with the unprecedented onslaught
against DNS provider Dyn in September 2016. Overnight, the security
considerations around connected devices went from being something
that security consultants have long warned about, into a hot button
issue that could no longer be ignored. This will only increase with
the first Terabit-scale DDoS attack likely to occur in the year
ahead, with far-reaching implications and the potential to impact
the Internet backbone itself.
With DDoS attacks costing large enterprises an average of
US$500,000 per incident in lost business and IT spending, these
increased threats will mean that defending against DDoS attacks
will become a top security priority for any organisation that
relies on the Internet to conduct business. Our entire digital
economy depends upon access to the internet, and so organisations
will need to think carefully about business continuity in the wake
of such events.
In preparing a robust defence against botnets like Mirai, it is
important to consider how they work. Effectively acting like a
giant cloud computer, botnet-driven attacks are launched and then
disappear without leaving enough information for victims to trace
its origins. This leaves organisations really no choice but to
defend themselves at the edges of the network. Legacy out-of-band
scrubbing solutions, which require human intervention and reactive
countermeasures to remove the attack, will not be successful, and
using such systems will also allow hackers to experiment on
networks undetected, finding vulnerabilities and testing new
methods through smaller, hidden attacks that don't meet the
threshold for scrubbing.
The only proper defence is to use an automatic, always-on,
in-line DDoS mitigation system, which can monitor all traffic in
real-time, negate the flood of attack traffic at the internet edge,
eliminate service outages and allow security personnel to focus on
uncovering any subsequent malicious activity, such as data breaches
or malware deposits. This type of in-line, always-on protection can
come in various forms - either on-premises, or purchased as a
security service from an upstream provider. It is only through
deploying these real-time solutions that organisations will be able
to identify and mitigate the most serious botnet-driven DDoS
attacks on their networks in the years ahead.
Operating performance against strategy
Customer wins in the last year have validated the Corero target
market for real-time, automatic DDoS mitigation solutions - namely
service providers, hosting providers and on-line enterprises. We
have also expanded our addressable market with the as-a-service
pricing model targeting emerging companies in this target market
who wish to acquire our technology on the more modern
pay-as-you-grow model rather than larger up-front capital
expenditures.
Corero has an increasing number of satisfied customers who are
willing to be industry references for the breakthrough levels of
automation, security and service that Corero delivers.
The Company has delivered on its strategic goals of adding new
DDoS attack defences to the SmartWall product and additional
forensics and analytics capability. In addition, Corero announced
at the RSA security show in San Francisco in February 2017 the
availability of a 100G SmartWall product and has plans to launch a
Cloud enabled product in 2017.
Corero's strategy is to work with leading IT and network
technology vendors to make DDoS mitigation an integral component of
any well-engineered Internet facing network design thereby
increasing our go-to-market opportunities. The recently announced
technology alliance partnership with Juniper Networks, a US based
multinational corporation that develops and markets networking and
security products is the first of such partnerships, and will
enable Corero to expand its market reach by leveraging Juniper
Networks' global footprint.
Outlook
With the DDoS threat landscape continuing to move in Corero's
favour, independent third party validation from one of the world's
leading product test laboratories, and a growing SmartWall install
base, the Board is increasingly confident in Corero's ability to
become the leading player in the real-time DDoS mitigation
market.
Corero has continued to invest in its technology in the period,
and with the new as-a-service sales model and focus on go-to-market
partnerships such as the alliance with Juniper that expand Corero's
addressable market, is now focused on delivering revenue
growth.
The new financial year is off to a good start, having signed
Corero's largest SmartWall deal to date.
The Board has confidence Corero will deliver strong revenue
growth in 2017.
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the year ended 31 December 2016
Total Total
2016 2015
$'000 $'000
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Revenue 8,772 8,340
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Cost of sales (2,071) (2,073)
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Gross profit 6,701 6,267
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Operating expenses before highlighted items (11,847) (12,699)
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Depreciation and amortisation of intangible assets (3,128) (5,174)
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Impairment of goodwill (8,992) -
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Operating expenses (23,967) (17,873)
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Operating loss (17,266) (11,606)
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Finance income 9 11
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Finance costs (6) (20)
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Loss before taxation (17,263) (11,615)
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Taxation 85 382
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Loss for the year (17,178) (11,233)
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Other comprehensive expense
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Difference on translation of UK functional currency entities (2,355) (482)
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Total comprehensive expense for the year (19,533) (11,715)
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Total loss for the year attributable to:
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Equity holders of the parent (17,178) (11,233)
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Total (17,178) (11,233)
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Total comprehensive expense for the year attributable to:
------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Equity holders of the parent (19,533) (11,715)
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Total (19,533) (11,715)
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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
as at 31 December 2016
2016 2015
$'000 $'000
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Assets
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Non-current assets
------------------------------------------------------- ------------- -------------
Goodwill 8,991 17,983
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Acquired intangible assets 82 375
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Capitalised development expenditure 7,901 7,620
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Property, plant and equipment 970 893
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Trade and other receivables 80 228
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18,024 27,099
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Current assets
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Inventories 65 661
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Trade and other receivables 2,227 3,738
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Cash and cash equivalents 2,940 2,706
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5,232 7,105
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Liabilities
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Current Liabilities
------------------------------------------------------- ------------- -------------
Trade and other payables (1,728) (2,551)
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Deferred income (2,457) (3,791)
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(4,185) (6,342)
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Net current assets 1,047 763
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Non-current liabilities
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Deferred income (855) (1,439)
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Deferred taxation - (85)
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(855) (1,524)
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Net assets 18,216 26,338
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Total equity attributable to owners of the parent
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Ordinary share capital 3,119 2,573
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Capital redemption reserve 7,051 7,051
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Share premium 67,681 56,835
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Share options reserve 301 282
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Translation reserve (2,123) 232
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Retained earnings (57,813) (40,635)
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Total equity 18,216 26,338
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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow
for the year ended 31 December 2016
2016 2015
$'000 $'000
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Loss for the year (17,178) (11,233)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Adjustments for non-cash movements:
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Amortisation of acquired intangible assets 325 1,210
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Impairment loss on intangible assets 8,992 -
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Amortisation and impairment of capitalised development expenditure 2,252 3,289
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Depreciation 551 675
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment 9 -
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Finance income (9) (11)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Finance expense 6 20
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Taxation (85) (382)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Share-based payment charge/(credit) 19 (3)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Decrease in inventories 596 88
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Decrease/(increase) in trade and other receivables 1,605 (1,167)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Decrease in payables (2,623) (168)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Net cash used in operating activities (5,540) (7,682)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Cash flows from investing activities
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Purchase of intangible assets (32) (37)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Capitalised development expenditure (2,533) (2,285)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (644) (392)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Net cash used in investing activities (3,209) (2,714)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Cash flows from financing activities
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Net proceeds from issue of ordinary share capital 11,392 7,604
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Finance income 9 11
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Finance expense (6) (20)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Repayment of credit facility - (20)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Net cash from financing activities 11,395 7,575
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents (2,412) (509)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 234 (3,330)
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Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 2,706 6,036
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Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 2,940 2,706
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
for the year ended 31 December 2016
Total
attributable
Capital Share Share to equity
Share redemption premium options Translation Retained holders of
capital reserve account reserve reserve earnings the parent
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
1 January 2015 8,855 - 50,000 285 714 (29,402) 30,452
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Loss for the
year - - - - - (11,233) (11,233)
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Other
comprehensive
income - - - - (482) - (482)
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Total
comprehensive
expense for
the year - - - - (482) (11,233) (11,715)
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Contributions
by and
distributions
to owners
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Share-based
payments - - - (3) - - (3)
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Issue of share
capital 769 - 6,835 - - - 7,604
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Shares
purchased
for
cancellation (7,051) 7,051 - - - - -
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Total
contributions
by and
distributions
to owners (6,282) 7,051 6,835 (3) - - 7,601
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
31 December
2015 2,573 7,051 56,835 282 232 (40,635) 26,338
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Loss for the
year - - - - - (17,178) (17,178)
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Other
comprehensive
income - - - - (2,355) - (2,355)
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Total
comprehensive
expense for
the year - - - - (2,355) (17,178) (19,533)
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Contributions
by and
distributions
to owners
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Share-based
payments - - - 19 - - 19
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Issue of share
capital 546 - 10,846 - - - 11,392
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
Total
contributions
by and
distributions
to owners 546 - 10,846 19 - - 11,411
------------------- ------------ --------------- ------------ ------------ ---------------- ------------- -----------------
31 December
2016 3,119 7,051 67,681 301 (2,123) (57,813) 18,216
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1. General information
These consolidated financial statements are presented in US
Dollars ("$") which represents the presentation currency of the
Group. The average $-GBP sterling ("GBP") exchange rate, used for
the conversion of the statement of comprehensive income, for the 12
months ended 31 December 2016 was 1.36 (2015: 1.53). The closing
$-GBP exchange rate, used for the conversion of the Group's assets
and liabilities, at 31 December 2016 was 1.23 (2015: 1.48).
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of
the financial information in this preliminary announcement are
unchanged from those used in the company's financial statements for
the year ended 31 December 2015 and are consistent with those that
the company has applied in its financial statements for the year
ended 31 December 2016. The financial information set out above
does not constitute the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for
the year ended 31 December 2016. The Annual Report and Accounts for
2015 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies and those
for 2016 will be delivered shortly. The auditor's report for the
Company's 2016 Annual Report and Accounts was unqualified, did not
draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis without qualifying
their report and did not contain statements under s498(2) or (3) of
the Companies Act 2006. Whilst the financial information included
in this preliminary announcement has been computed in accordance
with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) this
announcement does not itself contain sufficient information to
comply with IFRSs.
The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December
2016 are available on the Company's website
www.corero.com/investors.
The information in this preliminary announcement was approved by
the board on 5 April 2017.
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