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Grafenia plc
08 November 2016
7.00 AM
8 NOVEMBER 2016
Grafenia plc
("Grafenia" or the "the Company" )
Unaudited Interim Results for the six months ended 30 September
2016
Six months Six months
Financial Highlights to to
30 September 30 September
2016 2015
Turnover GBP5.14m GBP5.28m
EBITDA* GBP0.46m GBP0.59m
Operating Loss GBP(0.38)m GBP(0.10)m
before restructuring
costs
Loss before tax GBP(0.41)m GBP(0.20)m
EPS (0.56)p (0.02)p
Dividend - 0.25p
Capital Expenditure GBP0.44m GBP1.09m
Cash GBP0.50m GBP0.34m
Net Cash** GBP0.20m -
* EBITDA is profit for the period plus interest, tax,
depreciation and amortisation.
** Net Cash is the net of cash and cash equivalents less other
interest bearing loans and borrowings
-- Nettl grows to over 80 locations
-- First pilot Nettl Business Store opens
-- printing.com adds over 20 new partners
-- Further Brand Partners added since period end
-- Strong pipeline of new Partners
-- Commenced search for strategic acquisitions
For further information:
Grafenia plc
Peter Gunning (Chief Executive) 07973 191 632
Alan Roberts (Finance
Director) 0161 848 5713
N+1 Singer (Nominated
Adviser)
Richard Lindley / James
White 0207 496 3000
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of EU Regulation 596/2014.
Chief Executive's Statement
This has been an important and busy six months as we continue to
transition the Company's business model. We have taken key and
necessary steps to reposition our Channels for growth.
Trading Results and Cash
Turnover during the six month period was GBP5.14m (2015:
GBP5.28m), a decline of 2.65% compared to the corresponding period
last year. Although the volume of orders we produced in the UK and
Ireland was higher than the same period last year, lower pricing
impacted print sales. Gross margin contracted from 66.8% to
63.0%.
EBITDA* was GBP0.46m (2015: GBP0.59m), a decline of 22.03%
compared to the corresponding period last year. There was an
operating loss of GBP0.42m (2015: operating loss GBP0.18m).
Restructuring costs of GBP0.04m (2015: GBP0.08m) have been incurred
in the period.
At 30 September 2016, the Company had cash of GBP0.50m (2015:
GBP0.34m). Operating activities generated GBP0.30m of cash (2015:
GBP0.37m). During the period working capital increased by GBP0.15m
(2015: GBP0.43m).
Capital expenditure was GBP0.44m (2015: GBP1.09m) with the total
including GBP0.36m invested in the ongoing development of our
software which underpins our operations and is licenced to our
Partners.
Trading Review
We generate revenue from two main sources: licence fees and the
sale of printing.
During the last six months, we have continued to simplify our
business model and refine our Partner acquisition funnel.
Our objective is to attract graphic professionals to our
Marqetspace trade channel. Once we have established a trading
relationship with them, our aim is to expand the share of printing
and display products they buy from us, to resell to their
clients.
We build trust with Marqetspace clients by being a reliable
trade production partner. Once we have earned their trust, our
field-based account managers learn about their plans for growth. We
use that knowledge to identify ways to help, whether that's with
software, systems or marketing support. Our aim is to convert
clients into Brand Partners, to build deeper relationships and to
licence our Nettl and printing.com subscription models.
We call this our Partner acquisition funnel and the results of
this approach are looking promising. In the first half of the year
we attracted over 300 new Marqetspace buyers. In the same period,
we have grown our Nettl network to 80 locations and added over 20
new printing.com Partners, many being Marqetspace clients. When we
convert a Marqetspace client to a Brand Partner, we typically see a
higher level of print sales. As well as licence fee revenue, we
expect these higher print sales to show benefit in the second half
of the year. We have added further Brand Partners since the end of
the interim period.
The trade print market remains fiercely competitive and we do
not expect print margins to improve. It is likely we will see
further margin pressure in the second half. Our focus is to
mitigate this by accelerating the growth of our networks of Brand
Partners, by delivering value which our Partners believe is worth
paying licence fees for. This value includes software to automate
their studio and make interaction with clients more efficient. We
provide an extensive catalogue of regularly updated marketing
collateral, which Partners can use to sell print, display and web
locally. This is coupled with automated digital marketing, which we
undertake on their behalf.
Sale of Printing
During the first half, we completed a major exercise to simplify
our pricing proposition.
Historically, our printing.com channel focused on discounted
monthly promotions, whilst Nettl sold the same products at constant
pricing. The majority of Nettl Partners also have printing.com
Brand licences and the previous dual pricing for the same printed
product was confusing for both clients and Partners, which we
believe adversely impacted sales.
Through "Project OnePrice", we have re-aligned the pricing of
our printing.com and Nettl Channels and positioned them
competitively in an increasingly aggressive marketplace.
In the first half we manufactured 14% more orders in the UK and
Ireland than the same period last year, however overall print
revenues decreased from GBP4.56m to GBP4.34m due to lower
pricing.
Our UK and Irish Brand Partners operating under the Nettl and
printing.com brands generated print revenues of GBP2.27m (2015:
GBP2.84m). These sales are combined since Nettl web studios
continue to sell the printing.com product range and indeed receive
local online orders via the printing.com website.
Sale of print through our Trade Channels, Marqetspace and W3P,
generated print revenues of GBP1.81m (2015: GBP1.44m).
In the previous year, we invested in equipment to enter the
digital textiles market often referred to as "ink-on-fabric". Sales
of ink-on-fabric displays and furniture are included in the
printing totals and we are pleased to help the majority of our
Brand Partners make sales in this emerging market. At the close of
the interim period we achieved an annualised monthly run rate
("AMRR") of GBP0.55m across all Channels. We expect this product
line to continue to grow in the second half of the year.
There are typically two parts to each display: a fabric printed
graphic, which we manufacture and finish in our Production Hub; and
a frame, which we buy in bulk. These frames have an extended lead
time and our expanding product range is represented by an increase
in inventories to GBP0.33m (2015: GBP0.22m).
Brand Partner Channels
We launched Nettl in September 2014 after identifying that SME
clients were prioritising their budget on web and digital
marketing, ahead of print. We believe we need to first win their
web design, so that we can secure their print and display
spend.
SME clients increasingly want sophisticated online solutions.
They want to take payments from their own customers, accept online
bookings, sell products online and take advantage of the relentless
growth of ecommerce. Nettl Partners design, build and deploy sites
and systems for local businesses, helping clients to navigate the
myriad of choices.
Nettl is a bolt-on model for graphics businesses. It allows a
graphic designer, print shop or agency to get started with web and
deliver higher value projects including websites. It's a suite of
training, software and marketing which all work together to enable
our Partners do more, with their existing people.
Partners pay an initial licence fee, which covers their
classroom training and starter marketing pack. Then they typically
pay a monthly subscription of GBP399 plus fees for deployments and
hosting.
During the interim period, the Nettl network grew to 80
locations in the UK and Ireland. We believe the UK could ultimately
support 200 or more Nettl locations and we expect to continue
growing the network in the second half of the year.
In October 2016 we launched a new pilot "Business Store" format
in Birmingham, combining the sale of ecommerce, websites and print
and displays, together with meeting space for local businesses. Our
vision is to build a 'department store' for SMEs, where they can
touch promotional products and talk to us about growing their
businesses. Initial feedback from clients and Nettl partners has
been positive and we will test and refine this format with the
objective of assisting partners to open further Business Store
locations.
In February 2016, we relaunched printing.com as a subscription
model. The subscription model allows a copyshop, print store, print
broker or design agency to bolt-on printing.com to their business.
For GBP299 a month, they receive W3P, a suite of software tools and
access to an extensive marketing library for them to use locally.
Two thirds of existing printing.com Partners have now converted to
the new subscription model and in the first half we added over 20
new printing.com locations. We expect to add further new Partners
in the second half.
As part of our transition, we no longer refer to printing.com or
Nettl Studios as franchisees. They are called Partners, to reflect
our strategy of aligning what we do, with what they value. In
September 2016 we held a series of local 'town hall' events to get
together and share best practice. Over 150 Brand Partners and their
team members attended these seven "Pow Wows". We believe events
like these are important in building trust and developing
relationships.
Trade Partner Channels
Around 2,300 graphic professionals have ordered from
Marqetspace.com to date and we continue to attract new clients. As
well as guiding clients through our print range, our field-based
account managers demonstrate our growing ink-on-fabric displays and
talk about our software and subscription models.
During the interim period, we upgraded the Marqetspace website
and refreshed the branding to make it more appealling to our
clients. Marqetspace.com is our largest w3shop and development is
centred around reducing or eliminating manual processing time in
order to compress job lifecycles and extend client cut-offs.
Marqetspace remains an important part of our Partner acquisition
funnel and is a source of future Nettl and printing.com Brand
Partners.
Other channels
Flyerzone.co.uk and Flyerzone.ie are online print channels with
an offering focused to micro businesses. We operate these Channels
with low overhead to provide contribution to print volumes. During
the first half Flyerzone generated revenues of GBP0.22m (2015:
GBP0.27m).
Our operations in France, which include Flyerzone.fr remained at
GBP0.15m (2015: GBP0.15m), although more orders were transacted
online.
Licence Fees
Our strategy is to grow recurring subscription revenue from our
Brand Partner models. Overall revenue from Licence Fees increased
to GBP0.79m (2015: GBP0.72m). This includes fees our Partners pay
for using W3P, our systems and brands.
International Platforms
Our international Partners master licence our brands and/or
systems in their countries. We have existing Partners in the US,
New Zealand, Australia, France and Poland. Each use our platform in
different ways, however we are typically paid a share of licence
fees generated and/or transaction fees.
We have continuing discussions with potential Partners in other
territories and our intention is to exploit our intellectual
property via licencing arrangements.
Dividend
The Directors are not declaring an Interim Dividend (2015: 0.25p
per share).
Previously announced Board Changes
During the first half of the year, Les Wheatley stepped down as
Non Executive Chairman. The Board wishes to thank Les for his years
of service. A temporary Chairman is appointed at Board Meetings,
with the current Directors performing the role on a rotational
basis.
Acquisitions
Whilst we continue to seek organic growth with our Nettl,
printing.com and Marqetspace formulas we are also pursuing
acquisitions, complementary to our core operations. Early
opportunities identified are relatively small businesses, however
we have identified potentially value-creating areas which we
believe could allow us to scale our business more quickly.
We will update the market with further details as
appropriate.
Outlook
In our last update to the market on 14(th) October, we stated
that trading had been challenging. After a good start to the month,
trading in October ended below our internal budgets and did not
reflect usual seasonality patterns.
In a typical year, our results are usually weighted in favour of
the second half and we expect this to continue in the current
financial year. Given the sporadic trading pattern of the first
half, coupled with early trading in the second half and future
economic uncertainty, we cannot forecast transactional print
volumes with a high degree of certainty. As we expand our Brand
partner base, our aim is to grow more predictable revenues.
Whilst we are allocating more resources to our Partner
acquisition strategy and anticipate growing both our Nettl and
printing.com Brand Partner networks, we must remain cautious on the
outlook for the second half of the year. If transactional print
revenues continue to perform below our internal budgets, it is
likely that our full year results will be significantly below
market expectations.
Peter Gunning
Chief Executive Officer
8 November 2016
Unaudited Interim Results for the period ended 30 September
2016
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the six months ended 30 September 2016
Unaudited Unaudited
Period ended Period Year
30September ended 30 ended
2016 September 31 March
Continuing Operations Note 2015 2016
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
Revenue 3 5,136 5,279 10,766
Raw materials and
consumables used (1,900) (1,750) (3,631)
Gross profit 3,236 3,529 7,135
Staff costs (1,825) (1,911) (3,776)
Other operating charges (921) (941) (1,838)
Depreciation and
amortisation (867) (781) (1,462)
Restructuring costs (41) (78) (308)
Operating loss (418) (182) (249)
Financial income 24 1 5
Financial expenses (11) (13) (16)
Net financing (expense)/income 13 (12) (11)
Loss before tax (405) (194) (260)
Taxation 4 150 41 270
(Loss)/ Profit for
the period (255) (153) 10
Profit from discontinued
operations after
tax 6 - 142 54
Total comprehensive
(expense)/income
for the period (255) (11) 64
EPS - Continuing
Operations 5 (0.56)p (0.32)p 0.02p
EPS - Discontinued
Operations 5 - 0.30p 0.12p
EPS - Total (1) 5 (0.56)p (0.02)p 0.14p
(1) Earnings per share suffers no dilution
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
at 30 September 2016
Unaudited Unaudited
30 September 30 September 31 March
2016 2015 2016
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment 1,411 1,386 1,513
Intangible assets 2,568 2,981 2,893
Other receivables 78 13 27
Total non-current assets 4,057 4,380 4,433
Current assets
Inventories 339 233 316
Trade and other receivables 2,695 2,419 2,608
Cash and cash equivalents 495 121 686
Assets held for sale (Note
6) - 1,671 -
Total current assets 3,529 4,444 3,841
Total assets 7,586 8,824 8,274
Current liabilities
Other interest-bearing
loans and borrowings (68) (46) (66)
Trade and other payables (1,277) (1,534) (1,363)
Current tax payable - (150) -
Accruals and deferred
income (491) (448) (699)
Other liabilities (100) (116) (108)
Liabilities held for sale
(Note 6) - (493) -
Total current liabilities (1,936) (2,787) (2,236)
Non-current liabilities
Other interest-bearing
loans and borrowings (230) (203) (264)
Deferred tax liabilities (437) (364) (512)
Total non-current liabilities (667) (567) (776)
Total liabilities (2,603) (3,354) (3,012)
Net assets 4,983 5,470 5,262
Equity
Share capital 475 475 475
Merger reserve 838 838 838
Retained earnings 3,931 4,226 4,186
Treasury Shares (261) (69) (237)
Total equity 4,983 5,470 5,262
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders Equity
for the six months ended 30 September 2016 (unaudited)
Share Share Merger Treasury Retained
Capital Prem. Reserve Shares earnings Total
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
Opening shareholders'
funds at 1 April 2015 475 - 838 (69) 4,708 5,952
Loss for the period - - - - (153) (153)
Profit from discontinued
activity after tax (Note
6) - - - - 142 142
Dividends paid - - - - (471) (471)
Closing shareholders'
funds at 30 September
2015 475 - 838 (69) 4,226 5,470
Opening shareholders'
funds at 1 October 2015 475 - 838 (69) 4,226 5,470
Profit for the period - - - - 163 163
Loss from discontinued
activity after tax (Note
6) - - - - (88) (88)
Own shares acquired - - - (168) - (168)
Dividends paid - - - - (115) (115)
Closing shareholders'
funds at 31 March 2016 475 - 838 (237) 4,186 5,262
Opening shareholders'
funds at 1 April 2016 475 - 838 (237) 4,186 5,262
Loss for the period - - - - (255) (255)
Own shares acquired (24) - (24)
Dividends paid - - - - - -
Closing shareholders'
funds at 30 September
2016 475 - 838 (261) 3,931 4,983
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
for the six months ended 30 September 2016
Unaudited Unaudited
Six months Six months Year ended
to 30 September to 30 September 31 March
2016 2015 2016
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
Cash flows from operating
activities
(Loss)/Profit for the
period (255) (11) 64
Adjustments for:
Depreciation, amortisation
and impairment 867 814 1,462
(Surplus)/Loss on sale
of subsidiary - - (279)
Net finance expense/(income) (13) 4 11
Exchange (loss)/gain 22 - -
Taxation (150) 6 (223)
Operating cash flow before
changes in working capital
and provisions 471 813 1,035
Change in trade and other
receivables 174 (159) (322)
Change in inventories (23) (31) (114)
Change in trade and other
payables (302) (240) (632)
Cash generated/(used)
from the operations 320 383 (33)
Interest paid (11) (6) (16)
Tax paid (6) (9) (20)
Net cash inflow/(outflow)
from operating activities 303 368 (69)
Cash flows from investing
activities
Proceeds from sale of
subsidiary - - 1,728
Interest received 2 2 5
Proceeds from sale of
plant and equipment - 1 -
Acquisition of plant
and equipment (83) (538) (438)
Capitalised development
expenditure (186) (287) (513)
Acquisition of other
intangible assets (169) (264) (500)
Net cash (used)/generated
in investing activities (436) (1,086) 282
Cash flows from financing
activities
Proceeds from supplier
finance - 266 -
Payment of supplier finance (32) (17) (40)
Payment of equity dividend - (471) (586)
Own shares acquired (24) - (168)
Net cash outflow from
financing activities (56) (222) (794)
Net decrease in cash
and cash equivalents (189) (940) (581)
Exchange diff on cash
and cash equivalents (2) - (10)
Cash and cash equivalents
at start of period 686 1,277 1,277
Cash and cash equivalents
at end of period 495 337 686
The split of cash between
continuing operations
and assets held for sale
is as follows:-
Attributable to continuing
operations 495 337 686
Classified as held for - - -
sale
Included in the prior period are cashflows from
discontinued operations, note 6.
Notes
(forming part of the interim financial statements)
1 Basis of preparation
Grafenia plc (the "Company") is a company incorporated and
domiciled in the UK.
These financial statements do not include all information
required for full annual financial statements, and should be read
in conjunction with the financial statements of the Company as at
and for the year ended 31 March 2016.
The comparative figures for the year ended 31 March 2016 are not
the Company's statutory accounts for that financial year. Those
accounts have been reported on by the Company's auditors and
delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The report of the auditors
was (i) unqualified, (ii) did not include a reference to any
matters to which the auditors drew attention by way of emphasis
without qualifying their report, and (iii) did not contain a
statement under section 498 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act
2006.
The Directors review a two year forecast when approving the
interim financial statements to ensure that adequate cash resources
are in operational existence to support trading for the foreseeable
future.
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements were
approved by the Board of Directors on 8 November 2016.
2 Significant accounting policies
The accounting policies applied by the Company in these
condensed consolidated interim financial statements are the same as
those applied by the Company in its consolidated financial
statements as at and for the year ended 31 March 2016.
3 Segmental information
The Company's primary operating segments are geographic being UK
& Ireland, Europe and others. The secondary segmental analysis
is by nature of sales Channel and service.
This disclosure correlates with the information which is
presented to the Chief Operating Decision Maker, the Chief
Executive (CEO), who reviews revenue (which is considered to be the
primary growth indicator) by segment. The Company's costs, finance
income, tax charges, non-current liabilities, net assets and
capital expenditure are only reviewed by the CEO at a consolidated
level and therefore have not been allocated between segments in the
analysis below.
Analysis by location of sales
Period ended 30 September UK & Europe Other Total
2016 Ireland
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
Segment Revenues 4,752 207 177 5,136
Operating Expenses (5,513)
Results from operating
activities (377)
Exceptional costs (41)
Net finance income 13
Loss before tax (405)
Tax 150
Loss for the period (255)
Assets
Unallocated net assets 4,983
Analysis by location of sales
Period ended 30 September UK & Europe Other Total
2015 Ireland
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
Segment Revenues 4,908 193 178 5,279
Operating Expenses (5,383)
Results from operating
activities (104)
Restructuring costs (78)
Net finance expense (12)
Loss before tax (194)
Tax 41
Profit from discontinued
activity 142
Loss for the period (11)
Assets
Unallocated net assets 5,470
Analysis by type
Period ended 30 September Brand Trade Other Total
2016 Partners Partners
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
Print Revenues 2,268 1,811 264 4,343
Licence Fees 364 173 256 793
Segment Revenues 2,632 1,984 623 5,136
Operating Expenses (5,513)
Results from operating
activities (377)
Exceptional costs (41)
Net finance income 13
Loss before tax (405)
Tax 150
Loss for the period (255)
Assets
Unallocated net assets 4,983
Period ended 30 September Brand Trade Other Total
2015 Partners Partners
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
Print Revenues 2,736 1,444 381 4,561
Licence Fees 277 196 245 718
Segment Revenues 3,013 1,640 626 5,279
Operating Expenses (5,383)
Results from operating
activities (104)
Net finance expense (12)
Loss before tax (194)
Tax 41
Profit from discontinued
activity 142
Loss for the period (11)
Assets
Unallocated net assets 5,470
The comparator segment revenue categories have been restated to
the format of the current year presentation.
4 Taxation
The tax charge is based on the base tax rate of 18% (six month
period ended 30 September 2015: 20%, year to 31 March 2016 18%)
adjusted for UK R&D Tax claims for the 2016 year.
5 Earnings per share
The calculation of the basic earnings per share is based on the
loss after taxation divided by the weighted average number of
shares in issue, being 45,593,934 (period ended 30 September 2015
47,071,835; year ended 31 March 2016: 46,639,156).
Share options had no dilutive effect on the weighted average
number of shares and therefore no diluted earnings per share have
been stated.
6 Discontinued operations
The disposal of Grafenia BV was treated as a post balance sheet
subsequent event at 30 September 2015 and the Company subsequently
applied IFRS 5. The disposal completed on 6 October 2015 and the
business was classified as an asset held for sale and treated as a
discontinued operation in the prior period.
The results for the prior period exclude those of Grafenia BV as
it was classified as a discontinued activity.
The Company's half yearly report will shortly be sent to
shareholders and will be available on the Company's website
www.grafenia.com.
Independent Review Report to Grafenia plc
Introduction
We have been engaged by the Company to review the condensed set
of financial statements in the half-yearly report for the six
months ended 30 September 2016 which comprises the Consolidated
Statement of Financial Position, Consolidated Statement of
Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Statement of Changes in
Shareholders' equity, the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and
the related explanatory notes. We have read the other information
contained in the half-yearly report and considered whether it
contains any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies
with the information in the condensed set of financial
statements.
This report is made solely to the Company in accordance with the
terms of our engagement. Our review has been undertaken so that we
might state to the Company those matters we are required to state
to it in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility
to anyone other than the Company for our review work, for this
report, or for the conclusions we have reached.
Directors' responsibilities
The half-yearly report is the responsibility of, and has been
approved by, the directors. The directors are responsible for
preparing the half-yearly report in accordance with the AIM
Rules.
The annual financial statements of the Group are prepared in
accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU. The condensed set of
financial statements included in this half-yearly report has been
prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement
requirements of IFRSs as adopted by the EU.
Our responsibility
Our responsibility is to express to the Company a conclusion on
the condensed set of financial statements in the half-yearly report
based on our review.
Scope of review
We conducted our review in accordance with International
Standard on Review Engagements (UK and Ireland) 2410 Review of
Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor
of the Entity issued by the Auditing Practices Board for use in the
UK. A review of interim financial information consists of making
enquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and
accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review
procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit
conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing
(UK and Ireland) and consequently does not enable us to obtain
assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters
that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not
express an audit opinion.
Conclusion
Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that
causes us to believe that the condensed set of financial statements
in the half-yearly report for the six months ended 30 September
2016 is not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with
the recognition and measurement requirements of IFRSs as adopted by
the EU and the AIM Rules.
Will Baker
for and on behalf of KPMG LLP
Chartered Accountants
1 St Peters' Square
Manchester, M2 3AE
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