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Final Results - Replacement

18 Sep 2012 11:52

RNS Number : 5282M
K3 Business Technology Group PLC
18 September 2012
 



The following amendments have been made to the 'Final Results' announcement released on 18 September 2012 at 7.00am under RNS No 4749M.

 

The Consolidated Statement of Cashflows now refers to "Profit for the period" not "Profit before tax". In Note 6, Trade and Other Payables - Current, Other payables has been amended to "£1,213,000" from £1,214,000, Accruals to "£5,127,000" from £5,128,000 and Total financial liabilities, excluding loan and borrowings, classified as financial liabilities measured at amortised cost to "£11,563,000" from £11,565,000.

 

All other details remain unchanged.

 

The full amended text is shown below.

 

 

 

 

 

KBT

 

 

 

 K3 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC

("K3" or "the Group")

IT solutions supplier to the supply chain industry

 

Final results for the 12 months to 30 June 2012

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

Financial Key Points

 

·; Good performance in challenging market conditions

 

·; Revenues of £67.96m (2011: £52.80m) - incl. £11.82m from acquisitions

- recurring revenue up by 40% to £33.74m, accounting for 50% of the total (2011: £24.18m)

 

·; Adjusted profit from operations*1 of £11.33m (2011: £9.58m) - incl. £2.18m from acquisitions*2

Profit from operations of £7.35m (2011: £5.81m)

 

·; Adjusted profit before tax*3 of £10.02m (2011: £8.68m)

Profit before tax of £6.04m (2011: £4.91m)

 

·; Adjusted basic earnings per share*4 of 30.2p (2011: 27.5p)

Basic earnings per share of 20.3p (2011: 17.5p)

 

·; Net debt at 30 June 2012 of £15.68m (2011: £15.49m), having repaid £3.64m in the year

- banking facilities extended to Dec 2013

 

·; Proposed final dividend of 1.0p (2011: 0.75p), an increase of 33%

 

·; Formal sale process now ended (as announced separately today)

 

 

Operational Key Points

 

·; Five significant acquisitions completed - now integrated and performing in line with expectations

 

·; Revenues up in all four Divisions (SYSPRO and Sage, International, Microsoft UK & Managed Services) but difficult conditions in the UK

- SYSPRO and Sage Division, generated high levels of recurring income

- International Division, especially strong performance

- Microsoft UK Division, profitability impacted by investment in Microsoft AX and UK trading conditions

- Managed Services, significant investment and encouraging progress

 

·; Major new contract wins totalled £13.3m (2011: £11.1m)

 

·; Board sees new financial year as one of investment - in Microsoft Dynamics AX and Managed Services - to drive recurring revenues

- financial benefits to come through in 2013 and beyond

 

Tom Milne, Chairman, said,

 

"In tough trading conditions, K3 delivered good results for the year to 30 June 2012. One of the strengths of the business is that a considerable portion of Group income is recurring, with existing customers accounting for recurring revenues of £33.74m, up 40% on last year. Revenues also benefited from the five significant acquisitions completed in the year.

 

All four of our Divisions recorded increases in revenue year-on-year although the Microsoft UK Division was affected both by market conditions and our investment programme, and saw profitability decrease. Against that, the International Division delivered an especially good performance and the Managed Services Division continues to show significant growth potential. We signed £13.3m of major new contract wins across the Group, up 20% on last year, with many of the benefits still to come. Deal slippage continues to be a feature of the trading environment.

 

With the end of the formal sale process, we are now re-focusing on our strategy for growth. We have a number of medium term growth opportunities to leverage our large customer base and build on our key customer and supplier relationships, especially in Managed Services and our International operations.

 

We see the new financial year as a year of investment, with two areas of specific focus being our Microsoft Dynamics AX product and Managed Services. We anticipate that the benefits of our investment programme should come through during the course of 2013."

 

 

Enquiries:

 

K3 Business Technology Group plc

Andy Makeham, Chief Executive

T: 0161 876 4498

David Bolton, Chief Finance Officer

finnCap Limited (NOMAD)

Marc Young / Henrik Persson

(corporate finance)

T: 020 7220 0500

Simon Starr (corporate broking)

Biddicks

Katie Tzouliadis / Sophie McNulty

T: 020 3178 6378

 

 

 

Notes:

Note 1

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £3.59m (2011: £2.83m), acquisition costs of £0.59m (2011: £0.49m), exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.56m (2011: £0.45m) and exceptional income of £0.76m (2011: £nil).

 

Note 2

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £0.55m, acquisition costs of £0.52m, exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.02m and exceptional income of £nil.

 

Note 3

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £3.59m (2011: £2.83m), acquisition costs of £0.59m (2011: £0.49m), exceptional reorganisation costs of ££0.56m (2011: £0.45m) and exceptional income of £0.76m (2011: £nil).

 

Note 4

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles (net of tax) of £2.35m (2011: £1.76m), acquisition and reorganisation costs (net of tax) of £1.01m (2011: £0.82m) and exceptional income (net of tax) of £0.56m (2011: £nil).

 

 

K3 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC

 

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

 

Overview

 

In tough market conditions, the business delivered a good performance. For the year to 30 June 2012, the Group increased revenues to £67.96m (2011: £52.80m) and adjusted profit before tax*1 rose to £10.02m (2011: £8.68m). Existing customers delivered contracted recurring revenue of £33.74m (2011: £24.18m), accounting for 50% of total income and up 40% on last year. This revenue continues to provide a good underpinning to K3's earnings. A further 39% of income came from existing customers through the sale of additional services or products, demonstrating the value of the customer base we have built over the past several years. The five significant acquisitions we made in the year also appreciably benefited K3's results, contributing a combined £11.82m to revenues and £2.18m to adjusted operating profit*2. Our acquisitions have now all been integrated into our operations and are performing in line with our expectations. They broaden our technical skills and add new Intellectual Property ("IP") as well as increase our base of long term contracted customers.

 

Given market conditions, the level of major contract wins which the Group secured over the year was encouraging although deal slippage continued to be a feature of the trading environment. We closed a total of £13.3m of major contracts during the year (2011: £11.10m), the full benefits of which are still to come. Notable new customer deals included Easons, Oxfam, Phoenix, Grafton, Scotiabank (Canada) and Wynsors.

 

Across the Group, the performance of our four trading Divisions, Microsoft UK, SYSPRO and Sage, International and Managed Services, has been varied. Revenue contribution from all four Divisions is up but difficult conditions in the UK combined with our investment programme in our Microsoft AX product suite impacted the adjusted profit contribution from our Microsoft UK Division. Against this, the performance of the International Division was especially strong, helped by increased activity with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. (the owner and franchisor of the IKEA concept and the largest customer in the Group). The SYSPRO and Sage Division performed robustly and continued to generate high levels of recurring income. Managed Services' performance has continued to improve with encouraging new business wins in the final quarter. Managed Services Division is still at an early stage of development but has significant growth potential. In the first half of the year, we invested in enhancing the Division's platform and delivery capability and consequently slowed our intake of hosting business. However, with this phase of the investment now completed, the level of new deployments in the final quarter has been encouraging, including Scotiabank, a major new SYSPRO contract in Canada and the first agreement to result from our global collaboration with SYSPRO.

 

The Group's profitability continues to benefit from our strategy of developing our own library of IP and this year we invested £1.91m in IP development. By enhancing the core business software products (Microsoft, SYSPRO and Sage) we offer with our own IP, we enrich and tailor these solutions to the specific markets we serve. This improves both our competitive positioning and our operating profit.

 

On 1 March 2012, following the approach from K3's largest shareholder, Mr P J Claesson, regarding a possible offer for the Company, we announced that the Company had received a number of indicative proposals and had commenced a formal sale process. On 31 July, we confirmed that discussions with interested parties were ongoing, however, in a separate statement issued today, we have announced that the formal sale process has now come to an end. This is because the Board does not believe the proposals received are at a level that would be acceptable to shareholders and the proposals are therefore not recommendable by the Board.

 

FINANCIAL RESULTS

 

Revenues over the year ended 30 June 2012 rose by 29% to £67.96m (2011: £52.80m), with the five significant acquisitions completed in the year contributing combined sales of £11.82m. (The acquisitions were Azurri Retail (July 2011), Fifth Dimension Systems (July 2011), Unisoft (December 2011), Retail Systems Group (December 2011) and IBS (December 2011)). Adjusted profit from operations*3 over the year rose by 18% to £11.33m (2011: £9.58m) with acquisitions contributing £2.18m*2. After taking into account amortisation of intangibles, acquisition costs and exceptional reorganisation costs and exceptional income, the profit from operations for the year increased by 26% to £7.35m (2011: £5.81m). Amortisation of acquired intangible assets was £3.59m (2011: £2.83m). Acquisition costs were £0.59m (2011: £0.49m), exceptional reorganisation costs were £0.56m (2011: £0.45m) and exceptional income, relating to the sale of IP, was £0.76m (2011: £nil). The final six months of the financial year saw revenues up 23% to £34.61m (2011 H2: £28.13m) and adjusted operating profit*4 up 32% to £4.42m (2011 H2: £3.34m).

 

Adjusted profit before tax*1 for the year ended 30 June 2012 increased by 15% to £10.02m (2011: £8.68m). After taking into account amortisation of acquired intangibles, acquisition costs and exceptional items listed above, profit before taxation rose by 23% over the year to £6.04m (2011: £4.91m). This is after the finance expense of £1.32m (2011: £0.94m) which included exchange differences of £0.26m (2011: £nil) and discount interest on deferred consideration for acquisitions of £0.09m (2011: £0.03m).

 

The tax charge for the year ended 30 June 2012 was £0.32m (2011: £0.43m). The lower charge for 2012 against 2011 reflected the credits arising from finalisation of tax returns in respect of prior years and the impact of the reduction of the underlying UK tax rate on deferred tax.

 

Adjusted earnings per share*5 increased by 10% over the year to 30.2p (2011: 27.5p) and basic earnings per share increased by 16% to 20.3p over the year (2011: 17.5p).

 

Cash flows and banking

 

K3 generates good cash flows, with a seasonal weighting in October-December. Cash generated from operations was £7.28m (2011: £5.64m). Operating cash flows in the year included £1.24m in respect of regularising liabilities that were significantly outside normal statutory due dates and commercial terms at the date of acquiring companies and trades, £0.59m of acquisition costs, £0.32m of exceptional reorganisation costs and £0.76m of exceptional income relating to the sale of IP. The underlying adjusted cash flow from operations*6 therefore was £8.77m (2011: £8.28m), representing 77% of adjusted profit from operations*3 (2011: 86%). The reduction in adjusted operating cash*6 reflects tough trading conditions and major investment in our managed services hosting capabilities and our AX product offering.

 

During the year the Group made debt repayments of £3.64m, paid £0.85m of interest, paid tax of £1.31m and received proceeds from a placing of 2,564,408 new ordinary shares of £5.01m (net) and additional loans of £4.05m. Approximately £7.82m was paid to the vendors of the acquisitions we made in the year, together with outstanding earn out payments of £0.77m from earlier acquisitions. Net bank debt at 30 June 2012 was in line with the prior year at £15.68m (30 June 2011: £15.49m).

 

In September 2012 we agreed the extension of existing facilities through to December 2013 on the same terms with further facilities of up to £2.0m committed and a further £3.0m over the course of the facility period available to fund acquisitions.

DIVIDEND

 

The Board is pleased to propose a final (and total) dividend for the financial year of 1.0p per share (2011: 0.75p). Subject to shareholder approval at K3's General Meeting, this dividend will be become payable on 18 January 2013 to shareholders on the register at 14 December 2012.

K3's Annual General Meeting will be held on 5 December 2012 at 10.30 a.m., at the Group's head office at Baltimore House, 50 Kansas Avenue, Manchester M50 2GL.

 

Outlook

 

K3's underlying robustness is encouraging and the acquisitions we have made have strengthened the Group. With the end of the formal sale process, we are now re-focusing on our strategy for growth. We have a number of medium term growth opportunities to leverage our large customer base and build on our key customer and supplier relationships, especially in Managed Services and our International operations.

 

We see the new financial year as a year of investment and will continue to invest in new product offerings across the Group, with two areas of specific focus being our Microsoft Dynamics AX product and Managed Services. We anticipate that the benefits of our investment programme should come through during the course of 2013.

 

Financially, the Group remains robust, with good cash generation and banking facilities extended for a further year.

 

Tom Milne

Chairman

 

 

*1

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £3.59m (2011: £2.83m), acquisition costs of £0.59m (2011: £0.49m), exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.56m (2011: £0.45m) and exceptional income of £0.76m (2011: £nil)

*2

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £0.55m, acquisition costs of £0.52m and exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.03m.

*3

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £3.59m (2011: £2.83m), acquisition costs of £0.59m (2011: £0.49m), exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.56m (2011: £0.45m) and exceptional income of £0.76m (2011: £nil).

*4

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £1.83m (2011: £1.39m), acquisition costs of £0.24m (2011: £0.34m), exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.42m (2011: £0.45m) and exceptional income of £0.76m (2011: £nil).

*5

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles (net of tax) of £2.35m (2011: £1.76m), acquisition costs (net of tax) of £0.59m (2011: £0.49m), exceptional reorganisation costs (net of tax) of £0.42m (2011: £0.33m) and exceptional income of £0.56m (2011: £nil).

*6

Calculated before cashflows in respect of regularising liabilities of £1.24m (2011: £1.69m), acquisition costs of £0.59m (2011: £0.49m), exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.41m (2011: £0.45m) and exceptional income of £0.76m (2011; £nil).

CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S STATEMENT

 

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

 

The Board considers the key performance indicators by which it measures the performance of the Group to be revenue, recurring revenue (both the level and the percentage of total revenue), gross margin, profit from operations and earnings per share, both adjusted for amortisation of acquired intangibles, acquisition costs, exceptional reorganisation costs and exceptional income. The performance indicators used by the Group are summarised below and the table sets out K3's performance for the year under review.

 

2012

2011

Revenue (£000)

67,961

52,800

Recurring revenue (£000)

33,740

24,180

Percentage of recurring revenue

50%

46%

Gross margin percentage

58%

56%

Adjusted profit from operations*7 (£000)

11,333

9,581

Adjusted operating cash percentage*8

77%

86%

Adjusted EPS (pence)*9

30.2p

27.5p

 

OPERATIONAL REVIEW

 

K3 comprises four trading divisions, Microsoft UK, International, SYSPRO and Sage, and Managed Services, and the financial results by operating division together with central costs are summarised in the table below. A fuller review of each division is also provided below.

 

Revenue

Revenue

Adjusted profit*7

Adjusted profit*7

to 30 June

to 30 June

to 30 June

to 30 June

2012

2011

2012

2011

£000

£000

£000

£000

SYSPRO and Sage

24,963

16,166

5,856

4,171

International

12,647

9,054

3,668

2,338

Microsoft UK

24,919

22,880

2,217

2,781

Managed Services

5,432

4,700

-

540

Central costs

-

-

(408)

(249)

67,961

52,800

11,333

9,581

 

 

SYSPRO and Sage Division

 

2012

2011

Revenue (£000)

24,963

16,166

Recurring revenue (£000)

14,765

10,120

Percentage of recurring revenue

59%

63%

Gross margin percentage

61%

63%

Adjusted profit from operations*10(£000)

5,856

4,171

 

Revenues at the SYSPRO and Sage Division (which comprises four business units) increased by 54% to £24.96m (2011: £16.17m), with the majority of the increase reflecting our acquisitions. These contributed £7.55m of revenue. Adjusted profit from operations*10 rose by 40% to £5.86m (2011: £4.17m), with acquisitions contributing £1.15m of adjusted operating profit*11. It should be noted that our Sage activity typically delivers lower operating margins compared to our SYSPRO activities.

 

Our SYSPRO business secured nine order wins in total worth £0.9m compared with nine worth £0.5m last year, a marked improvement. Lead intake is holding up well (235 leads compared with 201 last year) and the pipeline value is currently 76% higher than last year, at £4.4m. Of this, approximately £1.8m is new customer business and £2.6m is potential new orders from the existing user base. This compares to a pipeline worth £2.5m last year, where potential new customers represented £1.6m of the value.

 

Our SYSPRO customers continue to generate high levels of recurring revenues through annual software licence renewals. These are collected between October and December, and licence renewals in the year were in excess of 98%, in line with historic levels. The SYSPRO maintenance licence and support income is worth approximately £6.48m per annum (2011: £6.25m per annum) and 85% of the income is recognised in the first half of our financial year, giving the first half a significant weighting against the second half.

 

We entered the Sage marketplace in November 2010, with the acquisition of Panacea and through a number of subsequent acquisitions have now established a leading position as a Sage supplier, providing the full range of Sage products, from Sage 50 to enterprise level Sage X3. Our Sage customer base now stands at 922 customers and generates recurring annual income of around £6.20m (2011: £2.19m). In July 2011, we acquired Fifth Dimension Systems Ltd and, in October 2011, the business secured the Sage Enterprise Partner of the Year award, which entitles it to higher margins in the next year. We are in the process of merging our Sage operations under one Managing Director.

 

Our Sage operations secured 58 deals worth £2.20m (2011: 16 deals worth £0.30m). While the Sage support market is highly price competitive, we continue to attract customers from other Sage partners. Mirroring the model we are deploying for our Microsoft and SYSPRO customers, we will be cross-selling our Cloud Computing solutions to our new Sage customer base and have a deployment model already operational for the Sage 200 product.

 

Our other two business units in the Division have customers who can be offered upgrade opportunities to our SYSPRO or AX solutions and hosting. These businesses contributed £2.08m (2011: £2.20m) of sales in the year, of which £2.08m is recurring (2011: £1.68m).

 

International Division

 

2012

2011

Revenue (£000)

12,647

9,054

Recurring revenue (£000)

5,210

4,060

Percentage of recurring revenue

41%

45%

Gross margin percentage

63%

41%

Adjusted profit from operations*12 (£000)

3,668

2,338

 

Results from the International Division, based in The Netherlands, were exceptionally good this year. Revenues increased by 40% year-on-year to £12.65m (2011: £9.05m) and adjusted profit from operations*12 rose by 57% to £3.67m (2011: £2.34m) excluding exceptional income from the sale of IP of £0.76 (2011: £nil), with our acquisition contributing £2.40m to revenues and £0.66m to adjusted profit from operations*13. These results are in part due to the strengthening of our relationship with Inter IKEA Systems B.V. (the owner and franchisor of The IKEA Concept and worldwide IKEA franchisor), the largest customer in the Division. At the end of the financial year, we signed an exclusive minimum five year agreement with the company to support and develop the IKEA Master Version software ("IMV") used by franchisees outside the IKEA group. The growth with this customer has offset some weakening in the Dutch fashion market in the second half.

 

Also contributing to the Division's excellent results was the performance of our international partner channel for K3's IP. Sales into this reseller channel have increased by 56% to £1.19m as a result of investment in the Pebblestone solution that was made over the last 18 months and a rationalisation of the reseller base.

 

In December 2011, we acquired certain assets of Unisoft BV, a leading provider of retail point of sale solutions in Holland and Scandinavia. The solutions complement our existing offering and create cross-selling opportunities. The maintenance base for this business is weighted toward the second half of the K3 financial year producing post acquisition revenue of £2.40m and adjusted profit from operations*13 of £0.66m.

 

The Division also generated excellent levels of services income and we recruited additional resource in the second half year in Holland and in our Far East office in Singapore which services our customers in that region.

 

We signed 61 new contracts in the period, worth a total of £3.3m (2011: 14 contracts, £2.7m). The increase in deal numbers reflects the smaller deals prevalent in Unisoft and the reseller channel. Looking ahead, the prospects pipeline currently amounts to approximately £3.7m. This excludes potential business anticipated in the long term plan with Inter IKEA Systems B.V.

 

Microsoft UK Division

 

2012

2011

Revenue (£000)

24,919

22,880

Recurring revenue (£000)

10,186

7,360

Percentage of recurring revenue

41%

32%

Gross margin percentage

53%

53%

Adjusted profit from operations*14 (£000)

2,217

2,781

 

Our Microsoft UK Division experienced a challenging year. Revenues increased to £24.92m, up 9% over the year (2011: £22.88m), including a combined contribution of £1.87m from the Azurri and Retail Systems Group Limited ("RSG") acquisitions made in the first half of the financial year. However adjusted profit from operations*14 was down 20% year-on-year to £2.22m (2011: £2.78m), notwithstanding the inclusion of an adjusted £0.38m contribution*15 from the acquisitions.

 

The decrease in operating profit (pre acquisitions) reflected both the tough trading conditions and major investment we are making in our retail software offering, in particular bringing the Microsoft AX product in line with our Microsoft Dynamics NAV portfolio. We also invested in our sales and delivery resource in advance of sales of this product offering. The cost of our investment was £0.70m with a further £0.22m capitalised as development costs.

 

Our acquisitions of Azurri and RSG have brought some notable benefits to the Division. RSG, one of the leading providers of Microsoft Dynamics 'RMS' to retailers in the UK and Ireland, brings us a software suite suitable for smaller retailers and therefore widens our marketplace. It also has a managed service offering which further expands K3's own growing Managed Services Division. RSG has closed 21 new business deals since acquisition, worth a total of £0.76m. Azurri, which supports the retail solutions used by several major high street retailers, brings us additional recurring income and potential customers for our Microsoft Dynamics products.

 

The Microsoft UK retail business secured £5.9m of new business wins compared to £5.6m last year after a slow start, closing seven major new deals, including our first major order for Microsoft's new AX for Retail solution in a contract we won with Eason. The agreement has been structured so that Microsoft is the prime delivery contractor, with K3 providing the specialist retail modules required. Other significant AX deals include Grafton, Wynsors and Weird Fish, with the remaining deals being NAV multi-channel offerings. The deals were closed late in each half year and therefore have resulted in low services income to date with the focus to date being on scoping and system discovery rather than on high levels of implementation. Our multi-channel offering, incorporating our own IP, continues to support our performance on NAV. The prospects pipeline for the UK retail business stands at approximately £21.0m (2011: £19.0m), with over 50% focused on our Microsoft AX Multi Channel retail solution. We are hopeful that a number of these deals will close in the first half of the new financial year.

 

In the course of our Group reorganisation to create the Microsoft UK Division, we integrated our other smaller Microsoft-based software units under a single management team to achieve cost savings and efficiencies. This business unit closed 12 deals worth £0.9m in the year, including wins with Prices Candles, Refrigeration Vehicles, Sportsman Guns and High Mark. During the year we also established a lower-cost implementation process, adapting our model for current conditions.

 

In the light of the weak trading performance of our process manufacturing AX business, we took the decision to restructure it, reducing the cost base by £0.75m per annum. The cost of this restructuring is included in exceptional costs.

 

Managed Services Division

 

2012

2011

Revenue (£000)

5,432

4,700

Recurring revenue (£000)

3,582

2,638

Percentage of recurring revenue

66%

56%

Gross margin percentage

55%

42%

Adjusted profit from operations*16 (£000)

-

540

 

The Managed Services Division offers a range of application solutions both on-premises, hosted and via Software as a Service using hosting centres in New York, London, Edinburgh and Toronto.

 

Revenue rose by 16% to £5.43m (2011: £4.70m) but more noteworthy is the 36% increase in the year end run rate of recurring income to £3.58m (2011: £2.64m) of which around £195,000 per month (2011: £115,000 per month) or £2.34m annualised is hosting revenue. As expected, profits lagged revenue growth as we added £1.16m of additional resource. Divisional overheads have increased to £2.99m (2011: £1.41m), capitalised development was £0.38m and capital expenditure was £0.84m. Adjusted result from operations*16 was £nil (2011: profit of £0.54m). We now have platforms in place for the hosting of SYSPRO, Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Sage 200 software and are seeing a good demand for these and the other complementary services we can offer from "the Cloud". Our deployment now ranges from on-site managed services to fully hosted services provided on a multi-tenanted solution in the Cloud. The final quarter of the year saw an acceleration of new deployments and included a substantial new SYSPRO order in Canada. We are also launching hosting with SYSPRO Australia and have launched 'mini-SYSPRO' hosting with a low cost option for up to 10 users.

 

Currently, the prospects pipeline stands at £2.65m of potential income (2011: £1.30m).

 

Central Division

 

Central costs for the year amounted to £0.41m (2011: £0.25m). These costs included Directors' costs, group human resources, accounting and legal personnel, and costs associated with the Plc including financing. The costs are stated net of recovery of elements recharged to the operating units and are higher year on year due to additional costs arising from the acquired companies and foreign exchange costs.

 

Exceptional costs and Income

 

We made a total of five significant acquisitions in the year and these have been reorganised to fit into our divisional structure at a cost of £0.56m (2011: £0.45m invested to create our new Group structure, following four significant acquisitions). In addition we rationalised the structure of our Sage and non-retail AX operations at a cost of £0.26m and incurred costs of £0.14m in relation to the strategic review and sale process.

 

OUTLOOK

 

While the economic climate remains challenging, and we have to remain responsive to market changes, we view K3's growth prospects positively. The acquisitions we have made in the financial year under review, as well as in the prior year, have strengthened the Group and added to our stream of annually recurring income. We also see substantial growth opportunities, especially in Managed Services and our International operations, which will drive recurring income, profit and cash generation in the medium term. We are continuing with our investment programme to develop our product offerings, especially Microsoft Dynamics AX and Managed Services, and see the new financial year as one of investment, with the benefits to come over the course of 2013 and beyond.

 

Andy Makeham

Chief Executive

 

 

*7

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £3.59m (2011: £2.83m), acquisition costs of £0.59m (2011: £0.49m), exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.56m (2011: £0.45m) and exceptional income of £0.76m (2011: £nil).

*8

Calculated before cashflows in respect of regularising liabilities of £1.24m (2011: £1.69m), acquisition costs of £0.59m (2011: £0.49m), exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.41m (2011: £0.45m) and exceptional income of £0.76m (2011; £nil).

*9

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles (net of tax) of £2.35m (2011: £1.76m), acquisition costs (net of tax) of £0.59m (2011: £0.49m), exceptional reorganisation costs (net of tax) of £0.42m (2011: £0.33m) and exceptional income of £0.56m (2011: £nil).

*10

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £1.64m (2011: £1.07m), acquisition costs of £0.16m (2011: £0.14m) and exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.27m (2011: £0.24m).

*11

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £0.32m, acquisition costs of £0.16m and exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.02m.

*12

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £1.25m (2011: £1.19m), acquisition costs of £0.22m (2011: £0.01m), exceptional reorganisation costs of £nil (2011: £nil) and exceptional income of £0.76m (2011: £nil).

*13

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £0.08m, acquisition costs of £0.22m, and exceptional reorganisation costs of £nil).

*14

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £0.53m (2011: £0.31m), acquisition costs of £0.22m (2011: £0.20m) and exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.03m (2011: £0.08m).

*15

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £0.16m, acquisition costs of £0.14m and exceptional reorganisation costs of £0.01m.

*16

Calculated before amortisation of acquired intangibles of £0.17m (2011 £0.26m), acquisition costs of £nil (2011: £0.01m) and exceptional reorganisation costs of £nil (2011: £0.01m).

 

 

Definitions:

Revenue is the gross revenue as reported in the financial statements, comprising software, hardware, consultancy, and support and managed services. This is a key measure of activity within each business segment and for the Group as a whole.

Gross margin percentage is calculated as gross profit as a percentage of revenue. This measure identifies the level of contribution derived from each sale or component thereof.

Adjusted profit from operations is calculated as profit from operations per the financial statements, adjusted for the impact of amortisation of acquired intangibles, acquisition costs, exceptional reorganisation costs and exceptional income. This is a key performance indicator for quoted companies.

*Adjusted operating cash percentage is the operating cash generated after adding back cash flows in respect of regularising liabilities that were significantly outside normal statutory due dates and commercial terms at the date of acquiring companies and trades, acquisition costs and exceptional reorganisation costs, divided by the adjusted operating profit. This is a key indicator in measuring the Group's ability to convert operating profit into cash.

Adjusted EPS is calculated as profit for the period, adjusted for the tax affected impact of acquired intangibles amortisation, exceptional reorganisation costs and acquisition costs, divided by the weighted average number of shares during the period. This is a key performance indicator for quoted companies.

Recurring revenue is the income provided for annual licence renewals and support for software used by our customers. This is a key indicator in measuring the underlying resilience and growth of the business.

Percentage of recurring revenue measures the growth of income providing core stability to the business.

 

 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT

For the year ended 30 June 2012

 

Notes

2012

2011

£'000

£'000

Revenue

67,961

52,800

Cost of sales

(28,491)

(23,486)

Gross profit

 

39,470

29,314

Administrative expenses

(32,118)

(23,501)

Profit from operations before amortisation of acquired intangibles, acquisition costs and exceptional items

 

11,333

 

9,581

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

(3,586)

(2,826)

Acquisition costs

1

(593)

(489)

Exceptional reorganisation costs

1

(557)

(453)

Exceptional income

1

755

-

Profit from operations

7,352

5,813

Finance income

7

35

Finance expense

(1,316)

(940)

Profit before taxation

6,043

4,908

Tax expense

2

(319)

(428)

Profit for the period

5,724

4,480

 

 

All of the profit for the period is attributable to equity shareholders of the parent.

 

Earnings per share

 

Basic

3

20.3p

17.5p

Diluted

3

19.8p

17.0p

 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For the year ended 30 June 2012

 

 

2012

2011

£'000

£'000

Profit for the period

5,724

4,480

Other comprehensive (expense) income

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations

(1,392)

1,511

Net investment hedge

415

(504)

Cash flow hedges:

Losses recognised on hedging instruments

36

(22)

Transferred to income statement

49

113

Other comprehensive (expense) income, net of tax

(892)

1,098

Total comprehensive income for the period

4,832

5,578

 

All of the total comprehensive income is attributable to equity holders of the parent.

 

 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

As at 30 June 2012

 

 

Notes

2012

2011

 

 

£'000

£'000

ASSETS

 

 

 

Non-current assets

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

2,722

1,993

Goodwill

 

43,540

39,082

Other intangible assets

 

21,255

17,635

Deferred tax assets

 

710

551

Available-for-sale investments

 

98

196

Total non-current assets

 

68,325

59,457

Current assets

 

 

 

Trade and other receivables

 

30,322

22,642

Cash and cash equivalents

 

2,096

814

Total current assets

 

32,418

23,456

Total assets

 

100,743

82,913

 

LIABILITIES

 

Non-current liabilities

Long-term borrowings

4

-

11,502

Other non-current liabilities

5

892

442

Deferred tax liabilities

 

4,905

4,427

Total non-current liabilities

 

5,797

16,371

Current liabilities

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

6

29,594

24,074

Current tax liabilities

 

669

428

Short-term borrowings

4

17,778

4,798

Total current liabilities

 

48,041

29,300

Total liabilities

 

53,838

45,671

 

EQUITY

Share capital

 

7,120

6,477

Share premium account

 

7,239

2,863

Other reserves

 

10,448

10,448

Cash flow hedging reserve

 

-

(85)

Translation reserve

 

753

1,730

Retained earnings

 

21,345

15,809

Total equity attributable to equity holders of the parent

 

46,905

37,242

Total equity and liabilities

 

100,743

82,913

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASHFLOWS

For the year ended 30 June 2012

 

 

 

Notes

2012

2011

£'000

£'000

Cash flows from operating activities

Profit for the period

5,724

4,480

Adjustments for:

Share-based payments charge (credit)

72

52

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

729

462

Amortisation of intangible assets and development expenditure

4,394

3,305

Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment

1

7

Impairment loss on available-for-sale investment

98

-

Finance income

(7)

(35)

Finance expense

1,316

940

Tax expense

319

428

Increase in trade and other receivables

(5,498)

(4,909)

Increase in trade and other payables

136

910

Cash generated from operations

7

7,284

5,640

Finance expense paid

(846)

(982)

Income taxes paid

(1,312)

(1,368)

Net cash generated from operating activities

5,126

3,290

Cash flows from investing activities

Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired

(3,960)

(4,197)

Acquisition of other business units

(3,173)

(1,210)

Development expenditure capitalised

(1,880)

(1,374)

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

(1,280)

(681)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

1

-

Finance income received

7

35

Net cash absorbed by investing activities

(10,285)

(7,427)

Cash flows from financing activities

Net proceeds from issue of share capital

5,026

174

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

4,050

7,500

Payment of long-term borrowings

(3,638)

(2,768)

Payment of finance lease liabilities

(51)

(106)

Dividends paid

(214)

(64)

Net cash generated from financing activities

5,173

4,736

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

14

599

Cash and cash equivalents at start of period

113

(571)

Exchange gains on cash and cash equivalents

(106)

85

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

21

113

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the year ended 30 June 2012

 

Share capital

Share premium

Other reserve

Cashflow hedging reserve

Translation reserve

Retained earnings

Total equity

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

At 30 June 2010

6,411

2,711

10,448

(176)

723

11,326

31,443

Changes in equity for year ended 30 June 2011

Share-based payment credit

-

-

-

-

-

111

111

Options exercised

66

152

-

-

-

-

218

Own shares acquired

-

-

-

-

-

(44)

(44)

Dividends to equity holders

-

-

-

-

-

(64)

(64)

Total comprehensive income for the period

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

91

 

1,007

 

4,480

 

5,578

At 30 June 2011

6,477

2,863

10,448

(85)

1,730

15,809

37,242

Changes in equity for year ended 30 June 2012

Share-based payment credit

-

-

-

-

-

19

19

Issue of shares for cash

641

4,371

-

-

-

-

5,012

Options exercised

2

5

-

-

-

-

7

Movement in own shares held

-

-

-

-

-

7

7

Dividends to equity holders

-

-

-

-

-

(214)

(214)

Total comprehensive income for the period

-

-

-

85

(977)

5,724

4,832

At 30 June 2012

7,120

7,239

10,448

-

753

21,345

46,905

 

The amount included in retained earnings of £5.72m (2011: £4.48m) represents profit attributable to owners of the parent company. The amount included in the cash flow hedging reserve and the translation reserve represents other comprehensive income for each component, net of tax of £nil (2011: £nil).

NOTES

 

1. Profit from operations

 

During the year, the Group incurred costs in relation to acquiring new businesses of £0.59m (2011: £0.49m). In 2011, the Group completed a reorganisation which enabled the full integration of the acquired businesses to create a platform for future growth, at a cost of £0.45m, which is accounted for an exceptional cost. This relates mainly to redundancy costs. During 2012, further reorganisation costs have been incurred to integrate the businesses acquired during the year, at a cost of £0.56m. The exceptional income during the year related to the sale of IP.

 

2. Tax expense

2012

2011

£'000

£'000

Current tax expense

UK corporation tax and income tax of overseas operations on profits for the period

 

1,471

 

1,474

Adjustment in respect of prior periods

(72)

(53)

Total current tax expense

1,399

1,421

Deferred tax expense

Origination and reversal of temporary differences

(769)

(690)

Effect of change in rate of deferred tax

(311)

(303)

Total deferred tax expense

(1,080)

(993)

Total tax expense

319

428

 

3. Earnings per share

 

The calculations of earnings per share are based on the profit for the period and the following numbers of shares:

2012

2011

Number of shares

Number of shares

Denominator

Weighted average number of shares used in basic EPS

28,242,505

25,650,457

Effects of:

Employee share options and warrants

678,177

631,663

Weighted average number of shares used in diluted EPS

28,920,682

26,282,120

 

 

Certain employee options and warrants have not been included in the calculation of diluted EPS because their exercise is contingent on the satisfaction of certain criteria that had not been met at the end of the period.

 

The alternative earnings per share calculations have been computed because the directors consider that they are useful to shareholders and investors. These are based on the following profits and the above number of shares.

 

 

3. Earnings per share (continued)

 

2012

2011

Earnings

Per share amount

Basic

Per share amount

Diluted

Earnings

Per share amount

Basic

Per share amount

Diluted

£000

p

p

£000

p

p

Numerator

Earnings per share

5,724

20.3

19.8

4,480

17.5

17.0

Add back:

Amortisation of acquired intangibles (net of tax)

2,349

8.3

8.1

1,759

6.8

6.7

Acquisition costs (net of tax)

593

2.1

2.1

489

1.9

1.9

Exceptional reorganisation costs (net of tax)

415

1.5

1.4

328

1.3

1.2

Exceptional income (net of tax)

(562)

(2.0)

(1.9)

-

-

-

Adjusted EPS

8,519

30.2

29.5

7,056

27.5

26.8

 

 

4. Loans and borrowings

2012

2011

£'000

£'000

Non-current

Bank loans (secured)

-

11,489

Finance lease creditors

-

13

-

11,502

Current

Bank overdrafts

2,075

701

Bank loans (secured)

15,052

3,420

Finance lease creditors

11

37

Loans from related parties

640

640

17,778

4,798

Total borrowings

17,778

16,300

 

The above split between non-current and current loans and borrowings reflects the situation as at 30 June 2012.

 

In September 2012 the Group agreed the extension of existing facilities through to December 2013 on the same terms with further facilities of up to £2.0m committed and a further £3.0m over the course of the facility period available to fund acquisitions.

 

5. Other non-current liabilities

2012

2011

£'000

£'000

Contingent consideration

342

-

Deferred consideration

184

304

Accruals

366

138

892

442

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Trade and other payables - current

2012

2011

£'000

£'000

Trade payables

4,943

4,717

Other payables

1,213

746

Deferred consideration

280

207

Accruals

5,127

6,437

Total financial liabilities, excluding loan and borrowings, classified as financial liabilities measured at amortised cost

 

11,563

 

12,107

Contingent consideration

1,687

1,347

Derivative financial instruments

1

72

Other tax and social security taxes

3,185

2,729

Deferred revenue

13,158

7,819

29,594

24,074

 

7. Notes to the cashflow statement

 

Cash generated from operations is stated after payments made to regularise liabilities that were significantly outside normal statutory due dates and commercial terms at the date of acquiring companies, that the directors consider to be a cost of the acquisition. In addition, cash flows from operations include acquisition costs and exceptional reorganisation costs arising as a result of acquisitions during the year. The adjusted cash generated from operations has been computed because the directors consider it more useful to shareholders and investors in assessing the underlying operating cash flow of the Group. The adjusted cash generated from operations is calculated as follows:

2012

2011

£'000

£'000

Cash generated from operating activities

7,284

5,640

Add:

Regularising liabilities

1,236

1,693

Acquisition costs

593

489

Exceptional reorganisation costs

409

453

Exceptional income

(755)

-

Adjusted cash generated from operations

8,767

8,275

 

8. The Board recommends the payment of a dividend of per share 1.0p (2011: 0.75p) to be payable to shareholders on the register on 14 December 2012.

 

9. The financial information set out above does not comprise the Company's statutory accounts. The Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2011 have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The Independent Auditors' Report on the Annual Report and Financial Statement for the year ended 30 June 2011 was unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis, and did not contain a statement under 498(2) or 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006. 

 

The Independent Auditors' Report on the Annual Report and Financial Statement for the year ended 30 June 2012 was unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis, and did not contain a statement under 498(2) or 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006. These will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies following the annual general meeting.

 

10. The Group's full statutory financial statements for 30 June 2012 have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs and IFRIC interpretations) as endorsed by the European Union ("endorsed IFRS") and with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies preparing their accounts under endorsed IFRS.

 

11. This preliminary announcement was approved by the Board of directors on 17 September 2012.

 

12. The full financial statements will be posted to shareholders on or around 24 October 2012. Further copies will also be available on its website (www.k3btg.com) and from the Company's registered office at Baltimore House, 50 Kansas Avenue, Manchester, M50 2GL from that date.

 

 

 

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