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Quixant PLC
14 September 2016
14 September 2016
Quixant plc
("Quixant", "Group" or the "Company")
Interim Results
Quixant (AIM: QXT), a leading provider of innovative, highly
engineered technology products principally to the global gaming
industry, is pleased to announce its interim financial results for
the six months ended 30 June 2016. The results include a full six
month contribution by Densitron Technologies Ltd, acquired in
November 2015.
H1 2016 Financial Highlights
-- Group Revenue of $41.3m
-- Quixant core gaming division revenue up 56% to $21.2m (1H 2015 $13.6m)
-- Densitron division revenue of $20.1m
-- Group Gross Margin 35%
-- Quixant core gaming division gross margin 42% (1H 2015: 44%)
-- Densitron division gross margin 28%
-- Group Adjusted EBITDA1 of $6.0m (1H 2015: $3.1m)
-- Quixant core Gaming division up 52% to $4.7m (1H 2015:$3.1m)
-- Densitron division $1.3m
-- Group Pre-tax profit of $4.4m (1H: $2.6m)
-- Group Adjusted pre-tax profit1 of $4.5m (1H 2015: $2.7m)
-- Quixant core Gaming division up 27% to $3.4m (1H 2015: $2.7m)
-- Densitron division $1.1m
-- Fully diluted EPS of $0.052/share (1H 2015 $0.031/share)
-- Adjusted fully diluted EPS2 of $0.052/share (1H 2015: $0.032/share)
-- Net cash from operating activities of $6.1m (1H 2015: $5.1m)
-- Net debt at 30 June 2016 of $3.3m (31 December 2015: $7.9m)
1. Adjusted by adding back $0.150m in respect of share based payments (1H 2015: $0.097m)
2. Adjusted by adding back $0.150m in respect of share based
payments and subtracting the associated tax effect of $0.030m (1H
2015: $0.097m adjustment less tax effect of $0.019m).
Operational Highlights
-- Commenced volume shipments of gaming platforms to a Tier 1 side project won in 2015
-- Secured side project business with another new Tier 1 for gaming platforms
-- Strong growth in gaming monitor business with several customers now in mass production, including a Tier 1
customer
-- Delivered strong performance from Densitron division and made strategic enhancements to the business to improve
long term revenue growth and profitability.
Nick Jarmany, CEO of Quixant commented: "I am delighted with the
performance of the Group over the first six months of the year. Our
core gaming business is going from strength to strength and has
continued its track record of revenue and profit growth. I am
particularly pleased to see our progress in the largest gaming
machine manufacturers and our increasingly diversified customer
base. As we continue to diversify our customer base and revenue
streams our historic second half weighting will reduce.
The Densitron division since acquisition in November 2015 has
performed well. We have worked hard to leverage the benefits of the
combined business and introduced new strategic initiatives which we
believe will enhance performance. We are also being introduced to
the wider industrial marketplace and seeing opportunities to
leverage Quixant's capabilities and infrastructure in a number of
sectors.
Quixant is in an excellent position to continue its track record
of profitable growth. Our share of the gaming market is growing
fast, although in percentage terms is still relatively modest. We
have an excellent reputation and are a highly trusted partner of
many major gaming machine manufacturers. Densitron has grown
strongly and we believe that the enhancements we have introduced
will lead to continued growth in both revenue and profits.
We remain on track to achieve full year market expectations and
are well placed to continue our record of strong growth."
The information communicated in this announcement is inside
information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation
596/2014.
For further information please contact:
Quixant plc Tel: +44 (0)1223 892696
Nick Jarmany, Chief Executive
Jon Jayal, Chief Operating
Officer
Nominated Adviser and Broker: Tel: +44(0)20 7220
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Matt Goode / Grant Bergman
(Corporate Finance)
Simon Johnson / Alice Lane
(Corporate Broking)
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John Coles Tel: +44 (0)7836 273660
Hilary Buchanan Tel: +44 (0)7515 805218
About Quixant
Quixant, founded in 2005, designs and manufactures highly
optimised computing solutions and monitors principally to the
global gaming industry. The Company is headquartered in Cambridge
in the UK where the global sales function is based. North America
sales and sales support is run from their subsidiary in Las Vegas.
Quixant has its own manufacturing and engineering operation based
in Taiwan and software engineering and customer support team based
in Italy. All the specialised products software and manufacturing
are produced in-house and Quixant owns all its own IP much of which
is copyright protected.
In November 2015 Quixant acquired Densitron Technologies plc.
Densitron has a strong heritage in the sale of electronic display
solutions to global industrial markets. Through Densitron's
experienced sales team, Quixant has a robust platform to build its
business into wider industrial markets.
In-depth information on the Company's products, markets,
activities and history can be found on the corporate website at
www.quixant.com.
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT
I am pleased to report on a strong first half performance by the
Group, with both the core Gaming division and recently acquired
Densitron division performing well. We have delivered growth in
both turnover and profits over the first six months of the year,
with total turnover of $41.33m, adjusted EBITDA of $5.96m and
pre-tax profit of $4.40m. The first full six month contribution
from Densitron has made a significant contribution to the results.
Quixant's core Gaming division continues to grow strongly both in
turnover and profit as we successfully execute our strategy of
converting major gaming machine manufacturers to outsourcing the
supply and development of their gaming computer platforms to
Quixant.
Pleasingly, we have also seen significant interest in Quixant's
gaming monitor product range from both new and existing customers.
Quixant made a strategic investment in 2015 in the monitor
business, bringing on board a specialist team dedicated to business
development and product innovation. We have already seen this
translate into sales revenue in the first half of the year and a
healthy pipeline of new business.
We have initiated several strategies since the acquisition of
Densitron which we believe will enhance the division's growth,
improve operational efficiency and profitability. Densitron's
business has delivered strong performance for the first six months
of the year and is well positioned entering the second half.
Quixant is a global business with a diverse international
customer base and principally US dollar denominated sales and
purchasing. As we also report in US dollars the Group is therefore
largely unaffected by the turbulence in currency markets and the
long term changes of the UK leaving the European Union.
We have continued to strengthen our balance sheet in the first
half of the year and our strong cash generation has enabled us to
reduce our net borrowings to $3.3m.
We enter the second half of the year on track to meet market
expectations for the full year and with a wealth of opportunities
for growth in 2017 and beyond in both gaming and Densitron
divisions.
Michael Peagram
Chairman
CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S STATEMENT
The first half of 2016 has seen the Group continue to make
excellent progress, achieving strong financial growth, creating
increasing opportunities in the gaming market and making strategic
enhancements in the Densitron division which we believe will
deliver considerable benefits in the future.
Our turnover for the half was $41.33m (2015 1H: $13.59m),
comprising Gaming division revenue of $21.20m, an increase of 56%,
and Densitron division revenue of $20.13m. Adjusted pre-tax profit
of $4.55m (Gaming division $3.43m, an increase of 27%, and
Densitron division $1.12m) compares to adjusted pre-tax profit to
June 2015 of $2.70m.
The Gaming division gross margin was 42% and Densitron division
was 28%. Gaming division gross margin in percentage terms was
slightly lower than the comparable period due to the significant
increase in sales of monitor products which operate on a
structurally lower margin.
Gaming Division
Sales in Quixant's Gaming division have been strong in the first
half as we continue to grow our market share in both gaming
platforms and gaming monitors. In May 2016 we announced the signing
of a new contract with Ainsworth Game Technology, confirming
Quixant as the exclusive supplier of the gaming platforms which
power their machines until 2021, consolidating our position with a
key customer. Although Ainsworth remains our largest customer, we
have continued to diversify our customer base and revenues.
Our progress with Tier 1 customers continues, demonstrated by
our success in winning a side project with a new customer during
the first half of the year. We expect this project to generate
volume sales in the first half of 2017. We also made volume
shipments of gaming platforms to another Tier 1 customer for a
project related to betting shops.
Following the commencement of volume production of gaming
monitor products in the first half of 2015, we have seen continued
growth in this business line, mainly from customers who were
introduced in the second half of 2015. Going into 2016, we shipped
significant volumes to two major customers. The gaming monitor
business has a shorter gestation period than we typically see for
gaming platform customers. Our belief that gaming customers would
see benefit in being able to select a single trusted supplier for
both monitor and computer platform solutions has been
confirmed.
Densitron division
In November 2015, Quixant achieved a significant milestone in
our first acquisition of Densitron Technologies. This business has
progressed in 2016 contributing significant turnover and profit to
our results. Several projects that commenced mass production during
2015 have continued during 2016 and significant re-orders have been
received from existing customers. We have seen benefits in the
first half of the year and expect them to continue into the
future.
Since their acquisition, we have focused on strengthening
Densitron operations through integration with Quixant personnel in
Taiwan and the implementation of Quixant standards across the
Group. We continue to refine the Densitron products and sales
strategy into the future. It is pleasing to see the Densitron
division performing well since the acquisition and we are confident
that the improvements we have introduced will lead to further
growth and profitability.
Infrastructure for growth
We have taken steps at a group level to create a scalable
infrastructure which can support our long term growth objectives.
These include establishing a central shared services team which
will have responsibility for functions such as IT, HR and legal
services.
We have also invested in the team in Taiwan, particularly in the
area of gaming monitor and Densitron display solutions, and brought
on board several experienced senior hires.
In July 2016 we made our first employee appointment in
Australia. Traditionally this market has been serviced out of the
UK and US, but given the importance of this market for Quixant's
business and the major opportunities presented to us, we believe it
is appropriate to have local presence. We identified a candidate
who had previously worked as a hardware engineering manager at one
of our customers and was responsible for the selection and
integration of Quixant's platforms into their machines. This
experience and ability makes him a valuable asset to develop our
continued growth with our customers in this important region.
Financial review
Revenue for the six months ended 30 June 2016 was $41.33m (1H
2015: $13.59m), comprising Gaming division revenue of $21.20m and
Densitron division revenue of $20.13m. Adjusted profit before tax
of $4.55m (Gaming division $3.43m and Densitron division $1.12m)
compares to first half 2015 adjusted pre-tax profits of $2.70m.
Adjusted EBITDA increased 95% to $5.96m (1H 2015: $3.05m). Profit
before tax and EBITDA are adjusted to add back share based payments
of $0.150m (1H 2015: $0.097m).
Adjusted fully diluted earnings per share (EPS) for the period
were $0.052 (1H 2015: $0.032). The adjustment for fully diluted EPS
incorporates the tax effect $0.030m of adding back share based
payments of $0.150m (1H 2015: $0.097m adjustment for share based
payments less tax effect of $0.019m).
The Group continues to maintain a strong balance sheet with net
assets at 30 June 2016 of $28.78m (31 December 2015: $25.65m).
Intangible assets of $14.79m represent our investment in internally
generated R&D together with the goodwill in respect of the
acquisitions in 2H 2015. Full details of these acquisitions are
provided in our published accounts as at 31 December 2015. Driven
by net cash from operating activities of $6.07m (1H 2015: $5.12m)
the Group has a cash balance of $8.51m, which compares to $3.86m at
the end of December 2015. As a consequence, net debt has fallen to
$3.36m, from its year-end level of $7.88m. We have reduced our
debtors to $12.58m (31 December 2015: $19.48m), which is in part a
reflection of the weighting of our sales in 2015.
The Group maintained a progressive dividend policy in making a
payment at 1.5p per share, totaling $1.40m, in May 2016. This was
in respect of full year 2015 and represents the third dividend
payment made by the Group.
Outlook
Quixant's business is in excellent shape. Within the Gaming
division, we have several opportunities to win major business with
the largest gaming machine manufacturers and we have continued to
invest in the business for many years to ensure we maximise our
chances of success. Our decision to aggressively market our gaming
monitor line has also yielded success in addressing our customers'
desire to have a smaller number of trusted suppliers for the
components in their machine. Consequentially, the impact is an
increased spend with Quixant.
The Densitron division has also demonstrated growth. We believe
that the benefit of the enhancements will lead to improvements in
profitability and growth over time in the division.
Following a strong first half, we enter the second half of the
year with confidence in achieving market expectations for the full
year. Our positioning in several major opportunities also gives us
strong confidence for continued growth in 2017 and beyond.
Nick Jarmany
Chief Executive
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 JUNE 2016 AND 2015 AND YEARED 31
DECEMBER 2015
Note 30 June 2016 30 June 2015 31 December
2015
$000 $000 $000
Revenue 41,330 13,587 41,829
Cost of sales (26,971) (7,579) (24,503)
Gross profit 14,359 6,008 17,326
Operating expenses (9,747) (3,395) (9,464)
Operating profit 4,612 2,613 7,862
Financial expenses (217) (11) (74)
Profit before tax 4,395 2,602 7,788
Taxation 3 (929) (549) (1,368)
Profit for the period 3,466 2,053 6,420
Minority interest (3) (-) (-)
------- ---------- ----------
Net profit attributable
to equity shareholders 3,463 2,053 6,420
Basic earnings per
share 5 $0.0535 $0.0318 $0.0993
Fully diluted earnings
per share 5 $0.0520 $0.0309 $0.0967
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 JUNE 2016 AND 2015 AND YEARED 31
DECEMBER 2015
$000 $000 $000
Profit attributable
to equity shareholders 3,463 2,053 6,420
Foreign currency translation
differences 473 (24) (268)
Total comprehensive
income for the period 3,936 2,029 6,152
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 30 JUNE 2016 AND 2015 AND AT 31 DECEMBER 2015
Note 30 June 2016 30 June 2015 31 December
2015
$000 $000 $000
Non-current assets
Property, plant and
equipment 5,939 5,220 5,996
Intangible assets 14,791 2,451 15,395
Investment property 676 - 740
Deferred tax assets 593 63 620
Total non-current assets 21,999 7,734 22,751
Current assets
Inventories 10,535 5,215 9,285
Trade and other receivables 12,584 6,579 19,484
Cash and cash equivalents 8,512 8,029 3,861
Total current assets 31,631 19,823 32,630
Total assets 53,630 27,557 55,381
Current liabilities
Other interest-bearing
loans and borrowings (3,686) (94) (2,994)
Trade and other payables (10,019) (4,323) (15,274)
Tax payable (597) (83) (301)
Total current liabilities (14,302) (4,500) (18,569)
Non-current liabilities
Other interest-bearing
loans and borrowings (8,183) (1,171) (8,744)
Provisions (750) - (750)
Deferred tax liabilities (1,615) (463) (1,667)
Total non-current liabilities (10,548) (1,634) (11,161)
Total liabilities (24,850) (6,134) (29,730)
Net assets 28,780 21,423 25,651
Equity attributable
to equity holders of
the parent
Share capital 4 105 104 104
Share premium 5,623 5,181 5,181
Share based payments
reserve 620 370 470
Retained earnings 22,365 15,932 20,299
Translation reserve 65 (164) (408)
28,778 21,423 25,646
Non-controlling interest 2 - 5
Total equity 28,780 21,423 25,651
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS'
EQUITY
FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 JUNE 2016, 31 DECEMBER 2015 AND 30 JUNE
2015
Share Share Translation Share Retained Total Non- Total
capital premium reserve based earnings parent controlling equity
payments equity interest
$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000
At 1 January
2015 104 5,181 (140) 273 15,061 20,479 - 20,479
Profit for
the six months - - - - 2,053 2,053 - 2,053
Other
comprehensive
loss - - (24) - - (24) - (24)
Total
comprehensive
income for
the period - - (24) - 2,053 2,029 - 2,029
Transactions
with owners,
recorded
directly
in equity
Dividends
paid - - - - (1,182) (1,182) - (1,182)
Share based
payments - - - 97 - 97 - 97
Total
contributions
by and
distributions
to owners - - - 97 (1,182) (1,085) - (1,085)
At 30 June
2015 104 5,181 (164) 370 15,932 21,423 - 21,423
Profit for
the six months - - - - 4,367 4,367 - 4,367
Other
comprehensive
loss - - (244) - - (244) - (244)
Total
comprehensive
income for
the period - - (244) - 4,367 4,123 - 4,123
Transactions
with owners,
recorded
directly
in equity
Dividends - - - - - - - -
paid
Share based
payments - - - 100 - 100 - 100
Total
contributions
by and
distributions
to owners - - - 100 - 100 - 100
Transactions
with owners
Acquisition
of subsidiary
with a
non-controlling
interest - - - - - - 5 5
Total
transactions
with owners - - - - - - 5 5
At 31 December
2015 104 5,181 (408) 470 20,299 25,646 5 25,651
Profit for
the six months - - - - 3,466 3,466 (3) 3,463
Other
comprehensive
surplus - - 473 - - 473 - 473
Total
comprehensive
income for
the period - - 473 - 3,466 3,939 (3) 3,936
Transactions
with owners,
recorded
directly
in equity
Dividends
paid - - - - (1,400) (1,400) - (1,400)
Issue of shares 1 442 - - - 443 - 443
Share based
payments - - - 150 - 150 - 150
Total
contributions
by and
distributions
to owners 1 442 - 150 (1,400) (807) - (807)
At 30 June
2016 105 5,623 65 620 22,365 28,778 2 28,780
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 JUNE 2016 AND 2015 AND YEARED 31
DECEMBER 2015
30 June 2016 30 June 2015 31 December
2015
$000 $000 $000
Cash flows from operating
activities
Profit for the period 3,466 2,053 6,420
Adjustments for:
Depreciation, amortisation
and impairment 1,197 343 871
Taxation expense 929 549 1,368
Financial expense 217 11 74
Equity settled share based
payment expenses 150 97 197
5,959 3,053 8,930
Decrease/(increase) in trade
and other receivables 6,900 3,470 (2,140)
(Increase)/decrease in inventories (1,250) 290 (1,490)
(Decrease)/increase in trade
and other payables (4,665) (1,085) 2,166
6,944 5,728 7,466
Interest paid (217) (11) (74)
Tax paid (658) (602) (1,112)
Net cash from operating
activities 6,069 5,115 6,280
Cash flows from investing
activities
Acquisition of subsidiary,
net of cash acquired - - (10,593)
Acquisition of property,
plant and equipment (128) (164) (1,101)
Acquisition of intangible
assets (464) (428) (1,151)
Net cash used in investing
activities (592) (592) (12,845)
Cash flows from financing
activities
Proceeds from new loan 539 - 7,754
Proceeds from issue of shares 443 - -
Dividends paid (1,400) (1,182) (1,182)
Repayment of borrowings (408) (34) (868)
Net cash (used in)/from
financing activities (826) (1,216) 5,704
Net increase/(decrease)
in cash and cash equivalents 4,651 3,307 (861)
Cash and cash equivalents
at 1 January 3,861 4,722 4,722
Cash and cash equivalents
at period end 8,512 8,029 3,861
General information and reporting entity
Quixant Plc ("Quixant") is a Public Limited Company incorporated
and domiciled in England and Wales, whose shares are publically
traded on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London
Stock Exchange. The address of the Company's registered office is
Aisle Barn, 100 High Street, Balsham, Cambridge, CB21 4EP. Quixant
is a leading provider of innovative, highly engineered technology
products principally for the global gaming industry. The Group
designs and manufactures highly optimised computing solutions and
monitors. In November 2015 Quixant acquired Densitron Technologies,
which has a strong heritage in the sale of electronic display
solutions to global industrial markets. This condensed consolidated
interim financial information for the Quixant Group comprises the
Company, its branch in Taiwan and its subsidiaries (the
"Group").
The condensed consolidated interim financial information is
neither audited nor reviewed and the results of operations for the
six months ended 30 June 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the
operating results for future operating periods. The condensed
consolidated interim financial information has not been reviewed
under IRSE 2410.
The financial information shown for the year ended 31 December
2015 in the interim financial information does not constitute full
statutory financial statements as defined in Section 434 of the
Companies Act 2006 and has been extracted from the Company's annual
report and accounts. The Auditor's Report on the annual report and
accounts was unqualified.
The value of intangible assets has increased significantly
following the acquisitions made in 2015. Full details of these
acquisitions were included in notes 2 and 12 to the Company's
annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015.
1. Principal accounting policies
Statement of compliance
This condensed consolidated interim financial report has been
prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting.
Selected explanatory notes are included to explain events and
transactions that are significant to an understanding of the
changes in financial position and performance of the Group since
the last annual consolidated financial statements as at and for the
year ended 31 December 2015. This condensed consolidated interim
financial report does not include all the information required for
full annual financial statements prepared in accordance with
International Financial Reporting Standards. The reporting currency
adopted by the Quixant Group is the US dollar as this is the
trading currency of the Group.
This condensed consolidated interim financial report was
approved by the Board of Directors on 13 September 2016.
Judgements and estimates
Preparing the interim financial report requires management to
make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the
application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may
differ from these estimates.
The preparation of financial information requires the use of
certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management
to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the Quixant
Group accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of
judgement and estimation continue to relate to determining the
point at which the criteria for development cost capitalisation
have been met and inventory and bad debt provisions respectively.
In addition, management considers the recoverable amount of
goodwill and the assessment of the contingent consideration payable
to be judgemental areas. Goodwill is reviewed for impairment at
each reporting date or when indicators of impairment arise.
The Group is in the process of evaluating the goodwill on the
acquisition of Quixant Deutschland GmbH which was estimated at 31
December 2015. The results of the evaluation will be incorporated
into the Group accounts at 31 December 2016.
Segmental analysis
The Quixant Group determines and presents operating segments
based on the information that internally is provided to the
executive management team, the body which is considered to be the
Quixant Group's Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM"). An
operating segment is a component of the Quixant Group that engages
in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur
expenses, including revenues and expenses that relate to
transactions with any of the Quixant Group's other components. The
operating segments' operating results are reviewed regularly by the
CODM to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the
segment, to assess its performance and for which discrete financial
information is available. The financial information of the
operating segments is set out in Note 2.
Significant accounting policies
The accounting policies applied by the Group in this condensed
consolidated interim financial report are the same as those applied
by the Group in its consolidated financial statements as at and for
the year ended 31 December 2015.
EBITDA reconciliation
EBITDA for the current and prior periods has been derived as
follows:
6 months 6 months 12 months
ended ended ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2016 2015 2015
$000 $000 $000
Profit for the period 3,466 2,053 6,420
Adding back:
Taxation expense 929 549 1,368
Financial expenses 217 11 74
Depreciation and amortisation 583 343 871
Amortisation of customer
related goodwill 614 - -
EBITDA 5,809 2,956 8,733
Share based payments
expense 150 97 197
Costs arising on the
acquisition of subsidiaries - - 1,168
Adjusted EBITDA 5,959 3,053 10,098
2. Business and geographical segments
The Chief Operating Decision Maker in the organisation is an
executive management committee comprising the Board of Directors.
They have determined the operating segments detailed within this
report on which the business is managed. The Group assesses the
performance of the segments based on a measure of revenue and
EBITDA. The principal divisions are the Quixant Gaming division,
which is the core gaming business, and the Densitron division,
which comprises the Densitron operating segments in Europe,
America, France and Japan. No single customer accounted for more
than 20% of total revenue for the six months to 30 June 2016. The
operating segments applicable to the Group are as follows:
-- Quixant Gaming division.
-- Densitron Europe
-- Densitron America
-- Densitron France
-- Densitron Japan
Quixant Densitron Densitron Densitron Densitron Total
Gaming division Europe America France Japan
$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000
Six months to 30 June
2016
Revenue 21,203 6,373 8,330 2,483 2,941 41,330
Profit/(loss) before
tax 3,273 (125) 709 270 268 4,395
As at 30 June 2016
Assets 39,870 5,807 3,760 2,094 2,099 53,630
Liabilities (14,417) (6,612) (2,015) (1,268) (538) (24,850)
Net
assets/(liabilities) 25,453 (805) 1,745 826 1,561 28,780
Twelve months to 31
December
2015
Revenue 36,650 1,977 2,106 411 685 41,829
Profit/(loss) before
tax 7,607 104 189 (87) (25) 7,788
As at 31 December
2015
Assets 42,215 5,265 4,572 1,676 1,653 55,381
Liabilities (18,642) (6,835) (2,629) (1,154) (470) (29,730)
Net
assets/(liabilities) 23,573 (1,570) 1,943 522 1,183 25,651
The Densitron results are included for the period since
acquisition on 10 November 2015 to 31 December 2015.
For periods up to 10 November 2015, the Group had determined
that it had only one operating and reportable segment. All
significant assets and liabilities were located within the UK,
Taiwan and USA.
3. Taxation
6 months 6 months 12 months
ended ended ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2016 2015 2015
$000 $000 $000
Analysis of charge in
periods
Current tax
UK corporation tax 557 413 764
Foreign tax 398 61 550
Deferred tax (26) 75 175
Prior periods
UK corporation tax - - (121)
Tax expense 929 549 1,368
4. Share capital
6 months 6 months 12 months
ended ended ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2016 2015 2015
Number $000 $000 $000
Allocated, called up
and fully paid
At beginning of period 64,634,782 104 104 104
Issue of new shares as
a result of exercise
of employee share options 640,400 1 - -
At end of period 65,275,182 105 104 104
The Company paid a full year dividend of 1.5p per share for the
year ended 31 December 2015 on 19 May 2016.
5. Earnings per ordinary share (EPS)
6 months 6 months 12 months
ended 30 ended 30 ended
June 2016 June 2015 31 December
2015
$000 $000 $000
Earnings
Earnings for the purposes
of basic and diluted
EPS being net profit
attributable to equity
shareholders 3,463 2,053 6,420
Number of shares
Weighted average number
of ordinary shares for
the purpose of basic
EPS 64,691,392 64,634,782 64,634,782
Effect of dilutive potential
ordinary shares:
* Share options 1,852,249 1,770,000 1,810,578
Weighted number of ordinary
shares for the purpose
of diluted EPS 66,543,641 66,404,782 66,445,360
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the earnings
attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average
number of shares outstanding during the period.
6. Related party transactions
In June 2016 two Directors entered into a related party
transaction. The wife of G P Mullins rented a house to a subsidiary
company. The rent payable is determined on an arm's length basis.
This subsidiary company provides the house rent free to J F
Jayal.
There were no other related party transactions, other than the
operation of standard service agreements with key management
personnel.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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