TIDMWAND
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WANdisco Plc
25 September 2019
25 September 2019
WANdisco plc
("WANdisco", the "Company" or the "Group")
Preliminary unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June
2019
Breakthrough strategic agreement with major enterprise cloud
partner
Launch of LiveMigrator enables seamless migration to cloud
services
WANdisco (LSE: WAND), the LiveData company announces interim
unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2019.
Operational and strategic highlights
During and immediately post period end:
-- Embed and enable WANdisco technology into cloud fabric to
become de-facto standard for data migration
o Breakthrough strategic agreement with major enterprise cloud
partner
-- General availability of embedded product expected later in
H219
-- Expect to see early revenue in FY19
o First multi-cloud contract win - an expanding use case for
WANdisco Fusion
o Granted highest tier Advanced Technology Partner status with
Amazon Web Services
o Two China contracts totalling $2.9 million reflects growing
opportunity in that region
-- A follow-on $470k Fusion contract with one of the world's
leading mobile phone manufacturers in China. Total contract value
over last 12 months now totals $1.2 million
-- Create solutions and partnerships that facilitates the use of data for cloud analytics
o Launch of significant products: LiveMigrator enabling seamless
migration to cloud services and recently announced,
LiveAnalytics
o Joint Databricks solution to provide rapid migration of
analytical data to Azure Databricks at scale
o Neudesic partnership to meet demand for migrating Hadoop
workloads to Microsoft Azure and Databricks
o $540k Fusion contract with a leading global financial services
institution
Financial highlights
-- Revenue for the period $6.0 million (H1 2018: $5.7 million)
-- Cash overheads(2) of $15.5 million (H1 2018: $14.6 million)
-- Adjusted EBITDA(3) loss of $7.6 million (H1 2018: $6.8 million)
-- Operating loss $16.5 million (H1 2018: $12.2 million)
-- Cash at 30 June 2019 of $17.9 million (31 December 2018: $10.8 million)
-- Debt of $5.1 million (31 December 2018: $5.0 million)
-- Raised $17.5 million in share placing at 9.2% premium to provide growth capital
Outlook
-- With current visibility and a significant and growing
pipeline, the Company issues FY19 revenue guidance of $24m
o This comprises renewals, late-stage deals as well as a
pipeline of partner-driven sales and is underpinned by strategic
partnerships that were initiated during H219
o Significant traction with new products, LiveMigrator and
LiveAnalytics
David Richards, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of
WANdisco, commented:
"The core focus of management in H1 was securing the
breakthrough deal with a major enterprise cloud partner announced
on 15 July. The deal, one of the most important developments in our
journey to date, is a significant co-development project which sees
our technology deeply embedded into the vendor's cloud offerings.
The deal combines our Fusion technology with the scale, reach and
enterprise capabilities of the Partner's platform, with the sales
and billing process fully independent from WANdisco.
"Our LiveMigrator solution, launched in H1, enabling the
seamless migration of petabyte-scale live data to the cloud for the
first time. With WANdisco LiveAnalytics, launched in Q3, we added
the capability to provide continuous and immediate availability of
analytics during and after migration.
"Our technology and go-to-market platform is building critical
mass, with our breakthrough co-development deal a flagship example
of the operational leverage developing within our business. This
strong platform for growth and evolving pipeline of late stage
deals in the early months of H2 leaves us in a strong position,
underpinning the Board's confidence in H2 and beyond."
A webcast of WANdisco's results presentation will be available
on the Company's website later this morning:
https://www.wandisco.com/investors
(1) Effective 1 January 2019, the company adopted a new accounting
standard ("IFRS 16 - Leases"), which impacted the company's treatment
of operating leases. The company adopted IFRS 16 using the cumulative
effect method (without practical expedients), with the effect
of initially applying this standard recognised at the date of
initial application (i.e. 1 January 2019). Accordingly, the information
presented for 2018 has not been restated - i.e. it is presented,
as previously reported, under IAS 17 and related interpretations.
In the interest of comparability during the transition year to
IFRS 16, the company has provided adjusted EBITDA and operating
loss information in accordance with both IFRS 16 and under the
previous lease accounting standard in effect prior to the adoption
of IFRS 16 ("IAS 17 - Leases"). See Note 3 to the condensed consolidated
interim financial statements for a reconciliation.
(2) Operating expenses adjusted for: depreciation, amortisation, capitalisation
of development expenditure and equity-settled share-based payment.
See Note 6 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements
for a reconciliation.
(3) Operating loss adjusted for: depreciation, amortisation, capitalisation
of development expenditure and equity-settled share-based payment.
See Note 6 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements
for a reconciliation.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse
Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 ("MAR"). Upon the publication of this
announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in
the public domain.
For further information, please contact:
WANdisco plc via FTI Consulting
David Richards, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Erik Miller, Chief Financial Officer
FTI Consulting +44 (0)20 3727 1137
Matt Dixon / Chris Birt / Kwaku Aning
Stifel (Nomad and Joint Broker) +44 (0)20 7710 7600
Fred Walsh / Neil Shah
Peel Hunt (Joint Broker)
Edward Knight / Nick Prowting +44 (0)20 7418 8900
WH Ireland Limited (Joint Broker)
Adam Pollock +44 (0)20 7220 1666
About WANdisco
WANdisco is the LiveData company that empowers enterprises to
revolutionise their IT infrastructure with its ground-breaking
DConE technology that powers the WANdisco Fusion platform, enabling
companies to generate hyperscale economics with the same IT budget
- across multiple development environments, data centres, and cloud
providers.
WANdisco Fusion powers hundreds of the Global 2000, including
Cisco Systems, Allianz, AMD, Juniper, Morgan Stanley and more. With
significant OEM relationships with IBM and Alibaba and go-to-market
partnerships with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google
Cloud, Oracle and other industry titans, WANdisco is igniting a
LiveData movement worldwide.
For more information on WANdisco, visit
http://www.wandisco.com.
BUSINESS REVIEW
In the first half of 2019, the focus of the Group was directed
toward signing a joint development agreement with a major
enterprise cloud vendor. We have also focused on products and
partnerships that provide customers with simple, robust transition
paths as more and more companies are looking for solutions to move
their on-premises Hadoop data to the cloud. Our LiveMigrator
product will allow customers to make the transition from
on-premises to cloud computing as easy and as seamless as possible.
To support these efforts, we successfully completed a share placing
in the period, raising $17.5 million from new and existing
investors at a 9.2% premium.
The main strategic push for the Company in 2019 was to secure
deep integration with one of the main cloud vendors. To that end,
we were pleased to sign one such partnership post period-end. This
partnership requires significant integration and engineering by
both parties, and we anticipate the general availability of the
embedded product later in H219. We expect to see early revenue from
this partnership in FY19 based on current pipeline activity. This
partnership is a breakthrough for WANdisco, as it moves the company
from a small direct salesforce with long selling cycles to one that
leverages the large direct sales force of this particular cloud
partner and an offering that is deeply integrated with push-button
installation.
H1 contract review
A significant highlight in H1 was our success in the typically
challenging Chinese market, with contract wins totalling $2.9
million with major blue-chips. China remains a significant market
opportunity, with enterprises recognising the unique opportunity
our IP provides for the massive scale data achievable in a market
of over a billion people. We continue to view China as an untapped
market and look for further opportunities to expand our footprint
directly and through our partners.
The other major highlight was our inaugural multi-cloud win. We
view multi-cloud as the long-term solution of choice for most
blue-chip companies looking to rely on cloud as a primary location
for analytics, disaster recovery and multi-region processing.
Furthermore, the goal of true multi-vendor cloud solutions will
allow enterprises to avoid the pitfalls of vendor lock-in. With our
launch of LiveMigrator we now cater for all stages of an
enterprise's data journey to the cloud; from migrating to the
cloud, or moving to a sophisticated hybrid cloud solution, or full
adoption of cloud and multi-cloud solutions.
In the first half of 2019, we maintained our sales focus for our
LiveCode products and we continue to see an opportunity in the
segment of the LiveCode market that we focus on. This is evident as
customers continue to move from legacy proprietary platforms to
modern, agile, open source platforms. Software development
continues to become more geographically and organisationally
distributed, bringing greater challenges in control and efficiency,
both amongst software publishers and in industry more generally,
which drives the greater need for our products.
Outlook
We are increasingly seeing companies take advantage of data
analytics in the cloud, leveraging the elasticity of cloud
economics instead of inefficient and expensive on-premise Hadoop
installations. LiveMigrator and our recently launched LiveAnalytics
solution, combined with our Fusion product, uniquely addresses this
growing market: a market we estimate to be in the region of four to
six exabytes of data, amounting to between $1.0 billion and $1.5
billion in potential revenue. Enterprises that wish to modernise
their analytics platform by leveraging the cloud can now migrate
on-premises Hadoop analytics without interrupting their analytics
processing, creating a seamless transition from Hadoop to the
cloud. In collaboration with our enterprise cloud partners such as
Microsoft, Alibaba and Amazon, and our technology partners
Databricks and Neudesic, we continue to see strong demand for our
products. We have a strong H2 pipeline of deals from both our
partners and direct sales.
The Company is confident in FY19 revenue guidance of $24M. This
guidance comprises renewals, late-stage deals as well as a pipeline
of partner-driven sales and is underpinned by strategic
partnerships that were initiated during H219.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
As required by the International Accounting Standards Board
"IASB" the Group has initially adopted IFRS 16, "Leases" effective
1 January 2019. The effect of initially applying IFRS 16 is mainly
attributed to the following:
-- Recognition of an asset and related lease liability for
certain of the Group's operating leases (mainly office
premises).
-- Removal of rent costs on these operating leases and
replacement with depreciation charge on the asset and interest on
the lease liability.
The Group has adopted IFRS 16 using the cumulative effect method
(without practical expedients), with the effect of initially
applying this standard recognised at the date of initial
application (i.e. 1 January 2019). Accordingly, the information
presented for 2018 has not been restated - i.e. it is presented, as
previously reported, under IAS 17 and related interpretations.
Revenue for the period ended 30 June 2019 was $6.0 million (H1
2018: $5.7 million).
Deferred revenue from sales booked during the first half of 2019
and in previous years, and not yet recognised as revenue, is $4.7
million at 30 June 2019 (H1 2018: $4.6 million). Our deferred
revenue represents future revenue from new and renewed contracts,
many of them spanning multiple years.
Adjusted EBITDA loss(3) was $7.6 million (H1 2018: $6.8
million), due primarily to investments in the business.
Revenue
Revenue was $6.0 million (H1 2018: $5.7 million), supported by
our success in China, with contract wins totalling $2.9 million.
The business continues to achieve a significant proportion of
contracted revenue through direct sales, in most cases these direct
sales are only achievable through the close partnerships held with
major cloud vendors. The group expects over time to increase the
contribution of partner channel sales to direct sales, with the
Group's co-development contract announced 15 July for example
enabling direct billing through the cloud partner.
As we continue transition to a recurring revenue model, the
variability in revenue increases as the one-off perpetual licenses
decrease in volume and size, being replaced by smaller but more
repeatable revenue streams.
Operating costs
Cash overheads(2) increased in the period as we made modest
investments in Sales and Engineering, rising to $15.5 million from
$14.6 million in the first half of 2018.
Product development expenditure capitalised in the period was
$2.3 million in the period (H1 2018: $2.4 million). All of this
expenditure was associated with new product features and was
capitalised.
Our headcount was 152 as at 30 June 2019 (December 2018: 148,
June 2018: 138). Headcount increases in the period were principally
in Sales and Marketing and Engineering as we added capacity to
develop new products and service our partner channel.
Profit and loss
Adjusted EBITDA(3) loss for the period was $7.6 million (H1
2018: $6.8 million).
The loss after tax for the period increased to $16.7 million (H1
2018: $11.3 million), as a result of the increased overheads and
increased share-based payment charge. The exceptional finance loss
of $0.1 million (H1 2018: $1.2 million gain) arose from the
retranslation of intercompany balances at 30 June 2019, reflecting
the increase in Sterling against the US dollar. The impact of FX
rates changes on the financial statements should be restricted to
the retranslation of US dollar denominated intercompany loans, as
opposed to the operating activities of the business. An equal and
opposite translation gain on the net assets of overseas net assets
in reserves result in no impact on the Group net assets.
Balance sheet and cash flow
Trade and other receivables at 30 June 2019 were $6.1 million
(31 December 2018: $7.4 million). This includes $1.1 million of
trade receivables (31 December 2018: $1.8 million) and $5.0 million
related to non-trade receivables (31 December 2018: $5.6
million).
Net consumption of cash was $9.5 million before financing (H1
2018: $10.5 million), resulting in a closing cash balance of $17.9
million at 30 June 2019. The consumption of cash was due primarily
to an increase in cash overheads. For the full year cash
consumption will be a function of the level of revenues achieved
and collection of customer receivables in the period. At 30 June
2019 we had drawings under our revolving credit facility with
Silicon Valley Bank of $3.1 million (31 December 2018: $3.9
million).
Consolidated statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive
income
For the six months ended 30 June 2019
Six months ended Six months ended Year ended
30 June 2019 30 June 2018 31 December 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
Exceptional Exceptional Exceptional
items items items
Pre- (Note Pre- (Note Pre- (Note
exceptional 5) Total exceptional 5) Total Exceptional 5) Total
Continuing
operations Note $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
----------- ---- ----------- ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------
Revenue 4 5,966 - 5,966 5,728 - 5,728 17,019 - 17,019
Cost of
sales (376) - (376) (370) - (370) (1,544) - (1,544)
----------- ---- ----------- ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------
Gross
profit 5,590 - 5,590 5,358 - 5,358 15,475 - 15,475
Operating
expenses 6 (22,127) - (22,127) (17,593) - (17,593) (37,592) - (37,592)
----------- ---- ----------- ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------
Operating
loss 6 (16,537) - (16,537) (12,235) - (12,235) (22,117) - (22,117)
----------- ---- ----------- ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------
Finance
income 240 - 240 122 1,206 1,328 443 2,793 3,236
Finance
costs (278) (78) (356) (330) - (330) (514) - (514)
----------- ---- ----------- ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------
Net finance
(costs)/income (38) (78) (116) (208) 1,206 998 (71) 2,793 2,722
----------------- ----------- ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------
(Loss)/profit
before
tax (16,575) (78) (16,653) (12,443) 1,206 (11,237) (22,188) 2,793 (19,395)
Income tax (8) - (8) (39) - (39) 802 - 802
----------- ---- ----------- ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------
(Loss)/profit for
the period (16,583) (78) (16,661) (12,482) 1,206 (11,276) (21,386) 2,793 (18,593)
----------------- ----------- ----------- -------- =========== =========== ======== ============ =========== ========
Other comprehensive income
Items that are or may be reclassified to profit or loss:
Foreign
operations
- foreign
currency
translation
differences (201) 78 (123) (4) (1,206) (1,210) (81) (2,793) (2,874)
----------------- ----------- ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------
Other
comprehensive
income for the
period, net of
tax (201) 78 (123) (4) (1,206) (1,210) (81) (2,793) (2,874)
----------------- ----------- ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- -------- ------------ ----------- --------
Total
comprehensive
income for the
period (16,784) - (16,784) (12,486) - (12,486) (21,467) - (21,467)
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Loss per
share
Basic and
diluted
loss per
share 7 ($0.38) ($0.27) ($0.45)
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The notes form an integral part of these condensed consolidated
interim financial statements.
Consolidated statement of financial position
At 30 June 2019
30 June 30 June 31 December
2019 2018 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
Note $'000 $'000 $'000
------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ -----------
Assets
Property, plant and equipment 2,718 809 828
Intangible assets 4,870 6,223 5,516
Other non-current assets 8 2,401 1,642 2,580
------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ -----------
Non-current assets 9,989 8,674 8,924
------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ -----------
Trade and other receivables 9 6,087 5,381 7,399
Cash and cash equivalents 17,868 18,029 10,757
------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ -----------
Current assets 23,955 23,410 18,156
------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ -----------
Total assets 33,944 32,084 27,080
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Equity
Share capital 6,696 6,274 6,361
Share premium 133,288 115,800 115,909
Translation reserve (7,471) (5,684) (7,348)
Merger reserve 1,247 1,247 1,247
Retained earnings (113,587) (99,131) (102,365)
------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ -----------
Total equity 20,173 18,506 13,804
------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ -----------
Liabilities
Loans and borrowings 10 2,850 3.233 98
Deferred income 11 2,016 1,315 1,277
Deferred tax liabilities 3 4 3
------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ -----------
Non-current liabilities 4,869 4,552 1,378
------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ -----------
Current tax liabilities 7 10 7
Loans and borrowings 10 2,195 1,765 3,990
Trade and other payables 3,997 3,936 4,860
Deferred income 11 2,703 3,315 3,041
Current liabilities 8,902 9,026 11,898
------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ -----------
Total liabilities 13,771 13,578 13,276
------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ -----------
Total equity and liabilities 33,944 32,084 27,080
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The notes form an integral part of these condensed consolidated
interim financial statements.
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
For the six months ended 30 June 2019
Attributable to owners of the Company
--------------------------------------------------------------
Share Share Translation Merger Retained Total
capital premium reserve reserve earnings equity
Six months ended 30 June
2019 (Unaudited) $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
-------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Balance at 1 January 2019 6,361 115,909 (7,348) 1,247 (102,365) 13,804
Total comprehensive income
for the period
Loss for the period - - - - (16,661) (16,661)
Other comprehensive income
for the period - - (123) - - (123)
-------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Total comprehensive income
for the period - - (123) - (16,661) (16,784)
-------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Transactions with owners
of the Company
Contributions and distributions
Equity-settled share-based
payment - - - - 5,439 5,439
Proceeds from share placing 321 17,127 - - - 17,448
Share options exercised 14 252 - - - 266
Total transactions with owners
of the Company 335 17,379 - - 5,439 23,153
-------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Balance at 30 June 2019 6,696 133,288 (7,471) 1,247 (113,587) 20,173
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Six months ended 30 June
2018 (Unaudited) $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
-------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Balance at 1 January 2018 6,156 115,196 (4,474) 1,247 (100,658) 17,467
Adjustment on application
of IFRS 15 - - - - 10,896 10,896
-------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Adjusted balance at 1 January
2018 6,156 115,196 (4,474) 1,247 (89,762) 28,363
Total comprehensive income
for the period
Loss for the period - - - - (11,276) (11,276)
Other comprehensive income
for the period - - (1,210) - - (1,210)
-------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Total comprehensive income
for the period - - (1,210) - (11,276) (12,486)
-------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Transactions with owners
of the Company
Contributions and distributions
Equity-settled share-based
payment - - - - 1,907 1,907
Share options exercised 118 604 - - - 722
Total transactions with owners
of the Company 118 604 - - 1,907 2,629
-------------------------------- -------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- --------
Balance at 30 June 2018 6,274 115,800 (5,684) 1,247 (99,131) 18,506
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The notes form an integral part of these condensed consolidated
interim financial statements.
Consolidated statement of cash flows
For the six months ended 30 June 2019
Six months Six months
ended ended
30 June 30 June Year ended
31 December
2019 2018 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
Note $'000 $'000 $'000
----------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ -------------
Cash flows from operating activities
Loss for the period (16,661) (11,276) (18,593)
Adjustments for:
* Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 507 185 388
* Amortisation of intangible assets 2,953 3,300 6,475
* Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment - - 3
* Net finance costs 38 208 71
* Income tax 8 39 (802)
* Foreign exchange (205) (1,052) (2,517)
* Equity-settled share-based payment 12 5,439 1,907 5,857
----------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ -------------
(7,921) (6,689) (9,118)
----------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ -------------
Changes in:
* Trade and other receivables 613 2,136 281
* Trade and other payables (851) (1,963) (925)
* Deferred income 401 (918) (1,230)
* Deferred government grant - (2) (2)
Net working capital change 163 (747) (1,876)
----------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ -------------
Cash used in operating activities (7,758) (7,436) (10,994)
Interest paid (232) (278) (399)
Income tax received/(paid) 910 (27) 51
----------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ -------------
Net cash used in operating activities (7,080) (7,741) (11,342)
----------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ -------------
Cash flows from investing activities
Interest received 240 96 213
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and
equipment - - 5
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment (367) (438) (677)
Development expenditure (2,307) (2,442) (4,910)
Net cash used in investing activities (2,434) (2,784) (5,369)
----------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ -------------
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issue of share capital 17,714 722 918
Net (repayment)/proceeds from bank loan (833) 751 (111)
Payment of finance lease liabilities (257) (47) (95)
----------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ -------------
Net cash from financing activities 16,624 1,426 712
----------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ -------------
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents 7,110 (9,099) (15,999)
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 10,757 27,396 27,396
Effect of movements in exchange rates on
cash and cash equivalents 1 (268) (640)
----------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ -------------
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of
the period 17,868 18,029 10,757
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The notes form an integral part of these condensed consolidated
interim financial statements.
Notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial
statements
For the six months ended 30 June 2019
1. Reporting entity
WANdisco plc (the "Company") is a public limited company
incorporated and domiciled in Jersey. The Company's ordinary shares
are traded on AIM. These condensed consolidated interim financial
statements ("Interim financial statements") as at and for the six
months ended 30 June 2019 comprise the Company and its subsidiaries
(together referred to as the "Group"). The Group is primarily
involved in the development and provision of global collaboration
software.
2. Basis of preparation
a Basis of accounting
These interim financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting" and should be
read in conjunction with the Group's last annual consolidated
financial statements as at and for the year ended 31 December 2018
("last annual financial statements"). They do not include all of
the information required for a complete set of IFRS financial
statements. However, selected explanatory notes are included to
explain events and transactions that are significant to an
understanding of the changes in the Group's financial position and
performance since the last annual financial statements.
This is the first set of the Group's financial statements where
IFRS 16 "Leases" has been applied. Changes to significant
accounting policies are described in Note 3.
These interim financial statements were authorised for issue by
the Company's board of directors on 25 September 2019.
b Going concern
These interim financial statements have been prepared on a going
concern basis, which assumes that the Group will be able to meet
the mandatory repayment terms of the banking facilities.
As at 30 June 2019 the Group had net assets of $20.2m (31
December 2018: $13.8m), including cash of $17.9m (31 December 2018:
$10.8m) as set out in the interim consolidated statement of
financial position, with a debt facility drawn of $3.1m (31
December 2018: $3.9m). In the six months ended 30 June 2019, the
Group incurred a loss before tax of $16.7m (H1 2018: $11.2m) and
net cash outflows before financing of $9.5m (H1 2018: $10.5m).
During 2019, the revenue performance of the Group improved with
revenue increasing 4% to $6.0m (H1 2018: $5.7m). Operating loss
increased to $16.5m (H1 2018: $12.2m), mainly due to increased
share-based payment charge and investment in operating
expenses.
The Directors have prepared a detailed budget and forecasts of
the Group's expected performance over a period covering at least
the next twelve months from the date of the approval of these
unaudited interim financial statements. As well as modelling the
realisation of the sales pipeline, these forecasts also cover a
number of scenarios and sensitivities in order for the Board to
satisfy itself that the Group remains within its current cash
facilities.
Whilst the Directors are confident in the Group's ability to
grow revenues, the Board's sensitivity modelling (which considered
the impact of Brexit) shows that the Group can remain within its
facilities in the event that revenue growth is delayed (i.e.
revenues do not increase from the level reported in 2018) for a
period in excess of twelve months. The Directors' financial
forecasts and operational planning and modelling also include the
actions, under the control of the Group, that they could take to
further significantly reduce the cost base during the coming year
in the event that longer-term revenues were set to remain
consistent with the level reported in 2018. On the basis of this
financial and operational modelling, the Directors believe that the
Group has the capability and the operational agility to react
quickly, cut further costs from the business and ensure that the
cost base of the business is aligned with its sales revenues, cash
revenue and funding scale.
As a consequence, the Directors have a reasonable expectation
that the Group can continue to operate within its existing
facilities and be able to meet its commitments and discharge its
liabilities in the normal course of business for a period not less
than twelve months from the date of approval of these interim
financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going
concern basis in preparing the Group financial statements.
c Functional and presentational currency
The interim consolidated financial statements are presented in
US dollars, which is also the presentational currency of the Group,
as the revenue for the Group is predominately derived in this
currency. Billings to the Group's customers during the year by
WANdisco, Inc. were all in US dollars with certain costs being
incurred by WANdisco International Limited in sterling and
WANdisco, Pty Ltd in Australian dollars. All financial information
has been rounded to the nearest thousand US dollars unless
otherwise stated.
d Alternative performance measures
The Group uses a number of key performance measures ("APMs")
which are non-IFRS measures to monitor the performance of its
operations. The Group believes these APMs provide useful historical
financial information to help investors and other stakeholders
evaluate the performance of the business and are measures commonly
used by certain investors for evaluating the performance of the
Group. In particular, the Group uses APMs which reflect the
underlying performance on the basis that this provides a more
relevant focus on the core business performance of the Group. The
Group has been using the following APMs on a consistent basis and
they are defined and reconciled as follows:
2. Basis of preparation (continued)
d Alternative performance measures (continued)
- Cash overheads: Operating expenses adjusted for: depreciation,
amortisation, capitalisation of development expenditure and
equity--settled share-based payment. See Note 6 for a
reconciliation.
- Adjusted EBITDA: Operating loss adjusted for: depreciation,
amortisation, capitalisation of development expenditure and
equity--settled share-based payment. See Note 6 for a
reconciliation.
e Use of judgements and estimates
In preparing these interim financial statements, management has
made judgements and estimates that affect the application of
accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities, income and expense. Actual results may differ from
these estimates.
The significant judgements made by management in applying the
Group's accounting policies and the key sources of estimation
uncertainty were the same as those described in the last annual
financial statements, except for new significant judgements and key
sources of estimation uncertainty related to the application of
IFRS 16 which is described in Note 3.
3. Changes in significant accounting policies - IFRS 16
Except as described below, the accounting policies applied in
these interim financial statements are the same as those applied in
the Group's consolidated financial statements as at and for the
year ended 31 December 2018.
The changes in accounting policies are also expected to be
reflected in the Group's consolidated financial statements as at
and for the year ending 31 December 2019.
The Group has initially adopted IFRS 16 "Leases". Several other
new standards are also effective from 1 January 2019 but they do
not have a material effect on the Group's financial statements.
The effect of initially applying IFRS 16 is as follows:
- Recognition of an asset and also related lease liability for
certain of the Group's operating leases (mainly office
premises).
- Removal of rent costs on these operating leases and
replacement with depreciation charge on the asset and interest on
the lease liability.
IFRS 16 replaces IAS 17 "Leases" and related
interpretations.
The Group has adopted IFRS 16 using the cumulative effect method
(without practical expedients), with the effect of initially
applying this standard recognised at the date of initial
application (i.e. 1 January 2019). Accordingly, the information
presented for 2018 has not been restated - i.e. it is presented, as
previously reported, under IAS 17 and related interpretations.
a Impact of conversion
The following table summarises the impact of transition to IFRS
16 on retained earnings at 1 January 2019.
Impact
of adopting
IFRS 16
at 1 January
2019
Retained earnings $'000
--------------------------------------------------------- -------------
a Property, plant and equipment: Recognition of
property, plant and equipment 1,891
b Trade and other receivables: Rent prepayment
adjustment (41)
b Trade and other payables: Rent accrual adjustment 58
c Loan and borrowings non-current: Recognition
of long-term lease liability (1,513)
c Loan and borrowings current: Recognition of short-term
lease liability (395)
----------------------------------------------------------- -------------
Impact at 1 January 2019 -
=========================================================== =============
3. Changes in significant accounting policies - Adoption of IFRS 16 (continued)
The following tables summarise the impacts of adopting IFRS 16
on the Group's interim statement of profit or loss and other
comprehensive income for the six months ended 30 June 2018 and the
Group's interim statement of financial position for each of the
line items affected. There was no material impact on the Group's
interim statement of cash flows for the six month period ended 30
June 2018.
Six months ended 30 June
2019
Six months
b Impact on the consolidated statement ended 30
of profit or loss and other comprehensive June 2018
income (Unaudited) (Unaudited)
-----------------------------------
Amounts Amounts
without without
adoption adoption
As reported of IFRS of
(IFRS 16) Adjustments 16 IFRS 16
Continuing operations $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
------------------------------------------- --- ----------- ----------- --------- ------------
Revenue 5,966 - 5,966 5,728
Cost of sales (376) - (376) (370)
------------------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --------- ------------
Gross profit 5,590 - 5,590 5,358
Cash overheads (15,535) (289) (15,824) (14,643)
------------------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --------- ------------
Adjusted EBITDA including development
expenditure (9,945) (289) (10,234) (9,285)
Development expenditure capitalised 2,307 - 2,307 2,442
------------------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --------- ------------
Adjusted EBITDA (7,638) (289) (7,927) (6,843)
Amortisation and depreciation (3,460) 263 (3,197) (3,485)
Equity-settled share-based payment (5,439) - (5,439) (1,907)
Operating loss (16,537) (26) (16,563) (12,235)
Net finance (costs)/income (116) 90 (26) 998
------------------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --------- ------------
(Loss)/profit before tax (16,653) 64 (16,589) (11,237)
Income tax (8) - (8) (39)
------------------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --------- ------------
(Loss)/profit for the period (16,661) 64 (16,597) (11,276)
Other comprehensive income for
the period, net of tax (123) - (123) (1,210)
------------------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --------- ------------
Total comprehensive income for
the period (16,784) 64 (16,720) (12,486)
================================================ =========== =========== ========= ============
31 December
30 June 2019 30 June 2018
c Impact on the consolidated (Audited)
statement of financial
position (Unaudited) 2018 (Unaudited)
-----------------------------------
Amounts Amounts Amounts
without without without
As reported adoption adoption adoption
(IFRS of IFRS of IFRS of IFRS
16) Adjustments 16 16 16
Note $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
----------------------------- ----- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------------- -----------
Non-current assets a 9,989 (1,768) 8,221 8,674 8,924
Current assets b 23,955 (7) 23,948 23,410 18,156
----------------------------- ----- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------------- -----------
Total assets 33,944 (1,775) 32,169 32,084 27,080
==================================== =========== =========== ========= ================= ===========
Total equity 20,173 64 20,237 18,506 13,804
------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --------- ----------------- -----------
Non-current liabilities c 4,869 (1,416) 3,453 4,552 1,378
Current liabilities b, c 8,902 (423) 8,479 9,026 11,898
Total liabilities 13,771 (1,839) 11,932 13,578 13,276
------------------------------------ ----------- ----------- --------- ----------------- -----------
Total equity and liabilities 33,944 (1,775) 32,169 32,084 27,080
==================================== =========== =========== ========= ================= ===========
4. Revenue and segmental analysis
a Operating segments
The Directors consider there to be one operating segment, being
that of development and sale of licences for software and related
maintenance.
b Geographical segments
The Group recognises revenue in three geographical regions based
on the location of customers, as set out in the following
table:
Six months Six months
ended ended Year ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2019 2018 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
Revenue $'000 $'000 $'000
North America 3,062 4,575 14,100
Europe 792 978 1,785
Rest of the world 2,112 175 1,134
------------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
5,966 5,728 17,019
================== ============ ============ ============
Management makes no allocation of costs, assets or liabilities
between these segments since all trading activities are operated as
a single business unit.
c Major customers
Included in total revenue are revenues of $1,599,000 (27% of
revenue) (Six months to 30 June 2018: $nil), which arose from sales
to one of the Group's largest customers and revenue of $667,000
(11% of revenue) (Six months to 30 June 2018: $1,450,000), which
arose from sales to another of the Group's largest customers.
No other single customers contributed 10% or more to the Group's
revenue (2018: $nil).
d Split of revenue by timing of revenue recognition
Six months Six months
ended ended Year ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2019 2018 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
Revenue $'000 $'000 $'000
Products transferred at a point in time 4,329 4,242 13,472
Products and services transferred over time 1,637 1,486 3,547
-------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
5,966 5,728 17,019
============================================ ============ ============ ============
e Contract balances
The following table provides information about receivables,
contract assets and liabilities from contracts with customers
Six months Six months
ended ended Year ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2019 2018 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
$'000 $'000 $'000
Receivables, which are included in "Other non-current
assets - Accrued income" 2,173 1,401 2,340
Contract assets, which are included in "Other non-current
assets - Other receivables" 228 241 240
Receivables, which are included in "Trade and other
receivables - Accrued income" 2,863 2,110 2,654
Contract assets, which are included in "Trade and
other receivables - Other receivables" 284 304 337
Contract liabilities, which are included in "Deferred
income" - non-current (2,016) (1,315) (1,277)
Contract liabilities, which are included in "Deferred
income" - current (2,703) (3,315) (3,041)
========================================================== ============ ============ ============
5. Exceptional item
Six months Six months
ended ended Year ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2019 2018 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
$'000 $'000 $'000
---------------------------------------------- --- ------------ ------------ ------------
Exchange (loss)/gain on intercompany balances (78) 1,206 2,793
=================================================== ============ ============ ============
The exceptional (loss)/gain arose on Sterling denominated
intercompany balances. These balances were retranslated at the
closing exchange rate at 30 June 2019 which was 1.27 (compared with
1.27 at the end of 31 December 2018). In the prior half year, rates
increased to 1.32, a 2% reduction compared with the rate of 1.35 at
31 December 2017. Due to the size and nature of the exchange loss
in 2019 and gains in 2018, they have been included as exceptional
items.
The exceptional (loss)/gain on intercompany balances in the
Consolidated statement of profit or loss, is offset by an
equivalent exceptional exchange gain/(loss) on the retranslation of
the intercompany balances, which is included in the retranslation
of net assets of foreign operations, included in the other
comprehensive income.
6. Non-GAAP profit measures - Cash overheads and Adjusted EBITDA
Management has presented the performance measures adjusted
EBITDA and cash overheads because it monitors these performance
measures at a consolidated level and it believes that these
measures are relevant to an understanding of the Group's financial
performance.
Adjusted EBITDA and cash overheads are not defined performance
measures in IFRS. The Group's definition of adjusted EBITDA and
cash overheads may not be comparable with similarly titled
performance measures and disclosures by other entities.
Six months Six months
ended ended Year ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2019 2018 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
a Reconciliation of operating expenses to "Cash Note
overheads": $'000 $'000 $'000
------------------------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Operating expenses (22,127) (17,593) (37,592)
Adjusted for:
Amortisation and depreciation 3,460 3,485 6,863
Equity-settled share-based payment 12 5,439 1,907 5,857
Development expenditure capitalised (2,307) (2,442) (4,910)
------------------------------------------------ ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Cash overheads (15,535) (14,643) (29,782)
================================================ ==== ============ ============ ============
Six months Six months
ended ended Year ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2019 2018 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
b Reconciliation of Operating loss to "Adjusted Note
EBITDA": $'000 $'000 $'000
-------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Operating loss (16,537) (12,235) (22,117)
Adjusted for:
Amortisation and depreciation 3,460 3,485 6,863
Equity-settled share-based payment 12 5,439 1,907 5,857
-------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Adjusted EBITDA (7,638) (6,843) (9,397)
Development expenditure capitalised (2,307) (2,442) (4,910)
-------------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Adjusted EBITDA including development expenditure (9,945) (9,285) (14,307)
================================================== ==== ============ ============ ============
7. Loss per share
a Basic loss per share
Basic loss per share is calculated based on the loss
attributable to ordinary shareholders and the weighted average
number of ordinary shares outstanding:
Six months Six months
ended ended Year ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2019 2018 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
$'000 $'000 $'000
---------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Loss for the period attributable to ordinary shareholders 16,661 11,276 18,593
========================================================== ============ ============ ============
Number Number Number
of shares of shares of shares
Weighted average number of ordinary shares '000s '000s '000s
---------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Issued ordinary shares at 1 January 2019 42,523 40,904 40,904
Effect of shares issued in the period 1,903 477 828
---------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Weighted average number of ordinary shares during
the period 44,426 41,381 41,732
========================================================== ============ ============ ============
Basic loss per share $0.38 $0.27 $0.45
===================== ===== ===== =====
b Adjusted loss per share
Adjusted loss per share is calculated based on the loss
attributable to ordinary shareholders before exceptional items,
acquisition-related items and the cost of equity-settled
share-based payment, and the weighted average number of ordinary
shares outstanding:
Six months Six months
ended ended Year ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2019 2018 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
Adjusted loss for the period: Note $'000 $'000 $'000
--------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Loss for the period attributable to ordinary
shareholders 16,661 11,276 18,593
Adjusted for:
Exceptional items (78) 1,206 2,793
Equity-settled share-based payment 12 (5,439) (1,907) (5,857)
--------------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Adjusted basic loss for the period 11,144 10,575 15,529
============================================= ==== ============ ============ ============
Adjusted loss per share $0.25 $0.26 $0.37
======================== ===== ===== =====
c Diluted loss per share
Due to the Group having losses in all periods presented, the
fully diluted loss per share for disclosure purposes, as shown in
the Condensed consolidated statement of profit or loss and other
comprehensive income, is the same as for the basic loss per
share.
8. Other non-current assets
30 June 30 June
2019 2018
31 December
2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
Due in more than a year: $'000 $'000 $'000
------------------------------- --- ------------ ------------ -----------
Other receivables 228 241 240
Accrued income 2,173 1,401 2,340
------------------------------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
Total other non-current assets 2,401 1,642 2,580
==================================== ============ ============ ===========
9. Trade and other receivables
30 June 30 June
2019 2018
31 December
2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
Due within a year: $'000 $'000 $'000
---------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ -----------
Trade receivables 1,092 1,231 1,810
Other receivables 716 684 1,059
Accrued income 2,863 2,110 2,654
Corporation tax 468 527 1,304
Prepayments 948 829 572
---------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
Total trade and other receivables 6,087 5,381 7,399
======================================== ============ ============ ===========
10. Loans and borrowings
30 June 30 June
2019 2018
31 December
2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
$'000 $'000 $'000
--------------------------------------------- --- ------------ ------------ -----------
Non-current liabilities
Unsecured bank loan 1,389 3,084 -
Finance lease liabilities 1,461 149 98
-------------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
2,850 3,233 98
------------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
Current liabilities
Current portion of unsecured bank loan 1,667 1,667 3,889
Current portion of finance lease liabilities 528 98 101
-------------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
2,195 1,765 3,990
------------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ -----------
Total loans and borrowings 5,045 4,998 4,088
================================================== ============ ============ ===========
At 30 June 2018, the $3.1m of bank loan (31 December 2018:
$3.9m) represents term debt drawn down with Silicon Valley Bank.
The facility comprised $5.0m term debt, with an interest-only
period to 31 May 2018, followed by a three-year maturity at a
floating interest rate charged at 1.5% above the US prime rate.
11. Deferred income
Deferred income represents contracted sales for which services
to customers will be provided in future periods.
30 June 30 June
2019 2018
31 December
2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
Deferred income which falls due: $'000 $'000 $'000
--------------------------------- --- ------------ ------------ -----------
Within a year 2,703 3,315 3,041
In more than a year 2,016 1,315 1,277
Total deferred income 4,719 4,630 4,318
====================================== ============ ============ ===========
12. Share-based payment
WANdisco plc operates share option plans for qualifying
employees of the Group. Options in the plans are settled in equity
in the Company and are normally subject to a vesting schedule but
not conditional on any performance criteria being achieved.
The terms and conditions of the share option grants are detailed
in the Group annual financial statements for the year ended 31
December 2018.
Six months Six months Year
ended ended ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2019 2018 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
$'000 $'000 $'000
------------------------------------------------ --- ------------ ------------ ------------
Total equity-settled share-based payment charge 5,439 1,907 5,857
===================================================== ============ ============ ============
Summary of share options outstanding
Six months Six months
ended ended Year ended
30 June 30 June 31 December
2019 2018 2018
(Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited)
Number of share options outstanding: Number Number Number
------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Balance at the start of the period 4,662,070 4,901,699 4,901,699
Granted 834,216 220,000 1,649,257
Forfeited (91,779) (187,841) (269,824)
Exercised (112,187) (898,982) (1,619,062)
------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Balance at the end of the period 5,292,320 4,034,876 4,662,070
------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Exercisable at the end of the period 2,531,533 1,877,947 1,823,334
------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Vested at the end of the period 2,531,533 1,877,947 1,823,334
===================================== ============ ============ ============
13. Contingent liabilities
The Group had no contingent liabilities at 30 June 2019 (30 June
2018: None, 31 December 2018: None).
14. Post-balance sheet events
There are no significant or disclosable post-balance sheet
events.
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