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7 Sep 2007 07:01

K3 Business Technology Group PLC07 September 2007 KBT.L K3 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC ("K3" or "the Group") IT solutions supplier to the supply chain industry Announces Half Year Results for the Six Months to 30 June 2007 KEY POINTS Results are shown under IFRS for the first time, with prior year comparatives restated. * Encouraging progress by the Group * Revenue increased by 7% to £13.6m (2006: £12.7m) * Adjusted profit from operations (*1) rose by 9% to £1.27m (2006: £1.16m). Profit from operations was £1.05m (2006: £1.13m) after deducting £0.17m amortisation of intangible assets relating to the acquisition of McGuffie Brunton completed in April 2007 and £0.06m of costs of share-based payments (2006: £0.04m). * Profit before tax was £0.81m (2006: £0.99m) * Adjusted earnings per share (*2) rose by 21% to 4.6p (2006: 3.8p). Earnings per share rose by 6% to 3.8p (2006: 3.6p) * Acquisition of manufacturing software provider McGuffie Brunton Ltd completed in April for £13.8m - establishes K3 as sole UK distributor of SYSPRO software in UK - significant synergies with existing manufacturing software business - benefits to flow through in 2008 * Disposal of Elucid in February generated £1.08m cash * Post half year end acquisition of Landsteinar Netherlands announced on 3 September * Prospects for second half are encouraging with strong new business pipeline opportunities in both Retail Software and Manufacturing Software Divisions - £5m of Manufacturing Software licence renewals help underpin second half Commenting on the results, Tom Milne, Chairman of K3 said, 'I am delighted with the Group's progress during the first half. In our RetailSoftware Division our policy of creating niche business units to focus on keyvertical markets is starting to pay dividends and the increased investment inmarketing is creating many more opportunities. Within the Manufacturing SoftwareDivision the acquisition in April of McGuffie Brunton, the only other SYSPROdistributor in the UK, has brought with it great benefits, particularly apowerful telesales marketing model that is driving more sales prospects. We have started the second half of the year with strong sales pipelines in bothDivisions and a number of opportunities are at an advanced stage of negotiation. The announcement on Monday of the acquisition of Landsteinar Netherlands isexciting. The business is highly complementary to our Retail Software Divisionand provides an excellent opportunity for us to extend our European base in theretail market. I am very encouraged by the prospects for the full year". (*1 ) Calculated before amortisation of intangibles of £0.17m (2006: £nil) andcost of share-based payments £0.06m (2006: £0.04m). (*2) Calculated before amortisation of intangibles (net of tax) of £0.12m (2006:£nil) and cost of share-based payments (net of tax) £0.04m (2006: £0.03m). Enquiries: K3 Andy Makeham, Chief Executive T: 020 7448 1000 (today) David Bolton, Chief Finance Officer Thereafter: 01282 864 111 Biddicks Katie Tzouliadis T: 020 7448 1000 Daniel Stewart Paul Shackleton T: 020 7776 6550(NOMAD) K3 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT OVERVIEW The Group performed well over the six months to 30 June 2007, with both theRetail Software and Manufacturing Software Divisions continuing to makeencouraging progress. The most significant event in the period was our acquisition in April 2007 of McGuffie Brunton Ltd ("MBL"), the manufacturing software solutions provider, fora total consideration of £13.8m. Long-established and with a successful track record, MBL is the Group's fourth acquisition and is highly complementary to ourexisting manufacturing software business, IEG. Both businesses distribute the SYSPRO range of Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP") software for manufacturing and distribution companies. We believe that the logic of combining both distributors is compelling and establishes K3 as the sole distributor of SYSPROin the UK. The combined businesses have pro forma revenue of around £12.0m, with a total customer base of approximately 450 companies. Around half this revenue relates to recurring annual licence fees which is invoiced in October each year. This means that K3's results going forward will be weighted heavily towards the second half. The integration of these businesses commenced in the second half of this year, and the benefits of the integration will be seen in 2008. In the Retail Software Division, the niche vertical business units have now beenestablished and we are now starting to reap the benefits of this investment. Wewill continue to invest in this, our major growth division. Following thedisposal of our small multi-channel retail solutions business software, Elucid,in February, we are developing the functionality of the Retail SoftwareDivision's Microsoft Dynamics solution so that it encompasses a multi-channelsolution. Our policy of focusing on Microsoft-based business solutions continues to serveus well. K3 is a member of Microsoft's Inner Circle, which is reserved for itstop 60 partners worldwide, and, as one of the larger Microsoft business partnersin the UK, we remain well placed to benefit from Microsoft's ongoing investmentin business solutions. Financial Results These results are reported under International Financial Reporting Standards("IFRS") for the first time. For the six month period, Group turnover rose by 7% to £13.6m (2006: £12.7m),with the Retail Software Division contributing £8.74m (2006: £7.78m) and theManufacturing Software Division, including three months of the newly acquiredMBL, contributing £4.72m (2006: £3.95m), with Elucid contributed the balance of£0.18m (2006: £1.00m) before its disposal in February. Adjusted profit from operations (*1) rose by 9% to £1.27m (2006: £1.16m) afterabsorbing the costs of investment in the Retail Software Division, £0.07m ofreorganisation costs relating to the Walton business, part of the ManufacturingSoftware Division, and £0.07m of costs associated with the aborted acquisitionof SiRViS IT, which we decided not to proceed with during the first half. Italso includes the pre-tax profit on disposal of Elucid of £0.06m. Profit from operations was £1.05m (2006: £1.13m) and profit before tax was£0.81m (2006: £0.99m). Adjusted earnings per share (*2) were 4.6p (2006: 3.8p)and, after amortisation of intangibles (net of tax) of £0.12m (2006: £nil) andcost of share-based payments (net of tax) of £0.04m (2006: £0.03m), earnings pershare were 3.8p (2006: 3.6p). The sale of Elucid generated a pre-tax profit on disposal of £0.06m and £1.08min cash. The tax charge benefited from the release of provisions no longer required of£0.10m and movements in deferred tax balances of £0.23m resulting in a taxcharge of only £0.04m in the first half. At 30 June 2007, the Group held cash balances of £1.12m (2006: £0.06m) and netdebt stood at £9.28m (2006: £2.97m). We expect strong cash flow in the secondhalf year since the Manufacturing Software Division invoices its annual licenceand support fees to customers in the final quarter of the year. (*1) Calculated before amortisation of intangibles of £0.17m (2006: £nil) andcost of share-based payments £0.06m (2006: £0.04m). (*2) Calculated before amortisation of intangibles (net of tax) of £nil (2006:(£nil) and cost of share-based payments (net of tax) £0.04m (2006: £0.03m). Dividends The Directors do not propose to pay an interim dividend but, dependent on theGroup's full year trading performance, will consider the recommendation of afinal dividend when preliminary results are issued in 2008. IFRS Comparative results for the six months ended 30 June 2006 and the year ended 31December 2006 have been restated in accordance with International FinancingReporting Standards. The impact on the reporting of our results is notsignificant and the underlying performance of the business and its cash flowsremain unaffected. The change to IFRS has resulted in a reduction in theamortisation of goodwill. It has also had a small impact on EBITA, owing to thetiming of our holiday year and the need to recognise holiday pay accruals ofaround £0.07m in the first half years of both 2007 and 2006. The accounting policies adopted are set out in the Restatement of FinancialInformation under International Financial Reporting Standards (the "RestatementReport") issued on 6 September 2007. The comparative figures for the six monthsended 30 June 2006 and the year ended 31 December 2006 have also been adjustedand are presented under IFRS. The details of the adjustments are set out in theRestatement Report which is available on the Group's website, www.k3btg.com. OPERATIONAL REVIEW Retail Software Division The Retail Software Division won eight new contracts during the first half. Wesecured notable wins in Fashion, Fast Moving Consumer Goods and Home Retail, aswell as a further win in the Brewery and Drinks sector. These orders helped tosupport sales growth of 12% to £8.74m in the first half (2006: £7.78m). Our investment in the Division and the creation of the vertical business units,which we began last year, is now starting to reap rewards. In the first half wetook on an additional 35 new systems implementers increasing the headcount to167 (2006: 108). Many of our new recruits are chargeable and we expect them tostart contributing from the second half. This investment has affected profitability in the first half, with adjustedprofit from operations (*3) for the period decreasing to £0.82m (2006: £0.98m -included large one-off benefit of £0.48m of software licences from majorcontract with Carpetright plc). However, we have seen lead intake increase andwe enter the second half with an encouraging number of prospects in ourpipeline. A number of significant deals are advancing well and, if theseconclude successfully, they should support the Division's performance in thesecond half. The Gamestop contract, won in November 2006, has now gone 'live' in Germany,Austria and Switzerland, and its implementation will continue across Europe,Australia and Canada into next year. Since Gamestop is one of Microsoft'slargest customers and the implementation is complex, the project is very highprofile. It will therefore act as an especially valuable reference site for us. The Carpetright contract is also progressing well. By the end of the first half,the Microsoft Dynamics software had been installed across 167 stores in the UKand the new system is being cited by Carpetright as an important factor behindthe business's improved trading performance. Retailing is a global affair and, as a consequence, K3 currently supportscustomers in some 18 countries. With the acquisition of Landsteinar Netherlandsannounced on Monday, 3 September, the number of countries supported willincrease to 30. In February, we sold Elucid to Sanderson Group plc as it had become a non-corepart of the group. Elucid's solution is an attractive solution for smallercatalogue and mail order companies however, since in recent years our focus hasmoved to larger orders, we decided to deliver our multi-channel offering as partof our overall Microsoft Dynamics based retail solution. We are thereforedeveloping the software accordingly. (*3) Calculated before cost of share-based payments of £0.03m (2006: £0.01m). Manufacturing Software Division Revenue at the Manufacturing Software Division rose by 19% to £4.72m (2006:£3.95m), including MBL's strong three month contribution of £1.27m. Adjustedprofit from operations (*4) rose by 76% to £0.35m from £0.20m last year. The acquisition of SYSPRO provider, MBL, in April is significant. With acustomer base of over 300 companies and four offices in the UK, not only does itbring critical mass to the Division but it also means that K3 now controls bothUK distributors of the SYSPRO software. Additionally, McGuffie Brunton has aparticularly strong telesales and marketing team with a comprehensive salesprospect database. The integration of MBL and our existing IEG Syspro manufacturing softwarebusiness offers considerable synergies and integration will take place duringthe second half of the year, with the targeted financial benefits beingforecasted for 2008. In purchasing MBL, we also acquired an 11,000 sq ft officebuilding in Salford Quays which will become our Northern Headquarters. New business wins at IEG, our existing Syspro business, were lower than expectedin the first six months as some larger prospects deferred decision making untilthe second half. However, since the beginning of June, our combined Syspro teamhas won a major new contract worth £0.65m with a distribution company based inIreland. We won this business by integrating SYSPRO with MBL's warehousemanagement system (for which we own the intellectual property rights) and aninnovative vehicle scheduling and route planning software package. This projectis of particular note as it potentially opens up a new marketplace to us. Overall we are seeing a steady increase in new business average order values inthis division as the size and credibility of K3 allow the business units to bidfor larger contracts that, as smaller companies, MBL and IEG would notpreviously have won on an individual basis. Our contract with Doncaster Group, which we secured in 2005, has progressedwell. Our software is running live on the initial 13 sites sold in 2005.Doncaster Group is steadily investing in new projects with us and we hope tosign significant new contracts with the Group during the second half and into2008. In January this year we undertook a cost reduction programme at ourWalton-on-Thames based manufacturing systems centre, including the transfer ofnew sales activity to Manchester. Whilst the costs of this exercise were writtenoff during the first half, it has delivered an increase in profitability at theWalton unit of 57% to £0.49m (2006: £0.31m). Boosted by the acquisition of MBL, lead intake across the division has increasedsignificantly during the first half, and pipelines are encouraging as we enter the second, with a number of large contracts being negotiated. (*4) Calculated before amortisation of intangibles of £0.17m (2006: £nil) andcost of share-based payments of £0.03m (2006: £0.02m) OUTLOOK In a statement issued on 3 September, K3 was pleased to announce the acquisitionof Landsteinar Netherland BV ("Landsteinar"), a European retail software housebased in Holland. The initial consideration is €14.5m with potential furtherconsideration of €5.5m payable over the next two years dependent on theperformance of the business. The initial consideration includes €3.625m payableby way of allotment of ordinary shares in K3. We expect the acquisition to beimmediately earnings enhancing. Landsteinar distributes the same Microsoft Dynamics NAV Retail product as ourown Retail Software Division, and therefore is entirely complementary to ourexisting operations. Landsteinar is enjoying strong growth and has an impressivecustomer base of some 40 customers. One of its major customers is IKEA, theinternational furniture company. Importantly, its prospect pipeline stronglycomplements the vertically focused structure of our Retail Software Division.While Landsteinar has a strong domestic business, over half of its customers areoutside Holland. K3's existing Retail Software Division supports many panEuropean and global implementations and we can see many benefits of extendingour footprint into mainland Europe with the acquisition. We enter the second half with strong pipelines across both the Retail Softwareand Manufacturing Software Divisions and a number of deals are at an advancedstage of negotiation. While maintenance and support revenues have increased as aresult of customer growth to date, our ability to secure major deals willcontinue to be a key factor in driving business growth and securing our year endtargets. Nevertheless, given current new business pipelines, we remainoptimistic of a good second half performance. Tom MilneChairman 7 September 2007 K3 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT For the six months ended 30 June 2007 Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited Six months Six months Year to 31 to 30 June to 30 June December 2007 2006 2006 Notes £'000 £'000 £'000 Revenue 13,632 12,733 27,346 Profit from operations before 1,274 1,164 2,918amortisation of intangibles andcost of share-based paymentsAmortisation of acquired (167) - -intangiblesCost of share-based payments (61) (39) (85) Profit from operations 2 1,046 1,125 2,833 Finance income 18 2 21Finance costs (255) (142) (283) Profit before taxation 809 985 2,571Tax expense 3 (35) (342) (846) Profit for the period 774 643 1,725 All of the profit for the period is attributable to equity holders of theparent. Earnings per share 4 Basic 3.8 3.6 9.5 Diluted 3.7 3.6 9.5 K3 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF RECOGNISED INCOME AND EXPENSE For the six months ended 30 June 2007 Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited Six months Six months Six months to to to 31 30 June 30 June December 2007 2006 2006 Notes £'000 £'000 £'000 Exchange differences on - - (15)translation of foreignoperationsTax on items taken directly to 41 18 46equity Net profit recognised directly 41 18 31in equityProfit for the period 774 643 1,725 Total recognised income and 815 661 1,756expense in the period All of the above recognised income and expense is attributable to equity holdersof the parent. K3 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET As at 30 June 2007 Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited As at As at As at 31 30 June 30 June December Notes 2007 2006 2006 £'000 £'000 £'000 ASSETSNon Current AssetsProperty, plant and equipment 1,221 484 416Goodwill 21,770 15,696 15,684Other intangible assets 7,882 239 273Deferred tax assets 255 267 191Available-for-sale investments - - 1,398 Total Non Current Assets 31,128 16,686 17,962 Current AssetsTrade receivables 6,232 5,934 7,129Other current assets 2,418 1,579 1,493Cash and cash equivalents 1,198 64 2,267Assets held for resale 183 - - Total Current Assets 10,031 7,577 10,889 Total Assets 41,159 24,263 28,851 EQUITYShare capital 5,437 4,435 4,872Share premium account 3,289 7,813 1,388Other reserves 6,315 6,070 6,070Retained earnings 2,959 (6,842) 2,113Translation reserve (15) - (15) Total equity attributable to 6 17,985 11,476 14,428equity holders of the parent LIABILITIESNon Current LiabilitiesLong-term borrowings 7 7,347 2,186 711Deferred tax liabilities 2,105 - - Total Non Current Liabilities 9,452 2,186 711 Current LiabilitiesTrade and other payables 8 10,267 9,197 11,848Current tax liabilities 1,524 622 1,003Short-term borrowings 9 1,931 782 861 Total Current Liabilities 13,722 10,601 13,712 Total Liabilities 23,174 12,787 14,423 Total Equity and Liabilities 41,159 24,263 28,851 K3 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT For the six months ended 30 June 2007 Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited Six months Six months Year to 31 to 30 June to 30 June December 2007 2006 2006 £'000 £'000 £'000 Cash flows from operating activitiesProfit before tax 809 985 2,571Adjustments for:Share based payments charge 61 39 85Depreciation of property, plant and 151 187 329equipmentAmortisation of intangible assets and 263 66 118development expenditureWrite down of investments 25 - -Loss (profit) on sale of property, plant 10 (25) (27)and equipmentProfit on sale of disposal group (64) - -Interest received (18) (2) (21)Interest expense 255 142 283(Increase) decrease in trade and other 916 (1,129) (2,276)receivablesDecrease in trade and other payables (3,659) (422) 1,146 Cash (absorbed by) generated from (1,251) (159) 2,208operationsInterest paid (246) (120) (256)Income taxes (paid) received (202) 45 21 Net cash (absorbed by) generated from (1,699) (234) 1,973operating activities Cash flows from investing activitiesAcquisition of subsidiaries, inclusive (14,063) (74) (18)of costsCash acquired with subsidiary 2,640 - -Deferred consideration paid (47) (20) (40)Acquisition of trade investments - - (1,398)Development expenditure capitalised (144) (83) (229)Proceeds from sale of trade investments 1,190 - -Proceeds from sale of disposal group 1,081 - -Purchase of property, plant and (105) (57) (146)equipment (PPE)Proceeds from sale of PPE - 21 40Interest received - 2 21 Net cash absorbed by investing (9,448) (211) (1,770)activities Cash flows from financing activitiesProceeds from issue of share capital 2,374 - 1,825Proceeds from long-term borrowings 8,600 - -Payment of long-term borrowings (834) (325) (379)Payment of finance lease liabilities (62) (40) (256) Net cash generated from (absorbed by) 10,078 (365) 1,190financing activities Net change in cash and cash equivalents (1,069) (810) 1,393Cash and cash equivalents at start of 2,267 874 874period Cash and cash equivalents at end of 1,198 64 2,267period K3 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC NOTES TO THE HALF-YEAR STATEMENT 1. Basis of preparation The AIM Rules for Companies require that the annual consolidated financialstatements of the company for the year ending 31 December 2007 be prepared inaccordance with International Financial Reporting Standards adopted for use inthe EU ("IFRS"). Consequently this half year financial statement has been prepared on the basisof the recognition and measurement requirements of IFRS in issue that are eitherendorsed by the EU and effective (or available for early adoption) at 31December 2007, the group's first annual reporting date at which it is requiredto use IFRS. Based on these IFRS, the directors have made assumptions about theaccounting policies expected to be applied when the first annual IFRS financialstatements are prepared for the year ending 31 December 2007. The IFRS that will be effective in the annual financial statements for the yearending 31 December 2007 are still subject to change and to additionalinterpretations and therefore cannot be determined with complete certainty.Accordingly, the accounting policies for that annual period will be determinedfinally only when the annual financial statements are prepared for the yearending 31 December 2007. An explanation of how the transition to IFRS has affected the reported financialposition and financial performance of the group together with a summary ofsignificant accounting policies was provided to shareholders in the Restatementof Financial Information under International Financial Reporting Standardsissued on 6 2007 ("the Restatement Report"). This includes reconciliations ofequity and profit or loss for the comparative periods under UK GenerallyAccepted Accounting Practice ("UK GAAP") to those reported for those periodsunder IFRS. The preparation of the half year financial statements requires management tomake judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application ofpolicies and reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses.Actual results may differ from these estimates. These half year financial statements have been prepared under the historicalcost convention except for derivative financial instruments carried at fairvalue. This half year statement is unaudited. The comparatives for the full year ended31 December 2006 are not the Group's statutory accounts for that year as theyare restated under IFRS. A copy of the statutory accounts for that year, whichwere prepared under UK GAAP, have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.The auditors' report on those accounts was unqualified, did not includereferences to any matters to which the auditors drew attention by way ofemphasis without qualifying their report and did not contain a statement underSection 237(2)-(3) of the Companies Act 1985. 2. Profit from operations The profit from operations for the six months ended 30 June 2007 is stated afterthe profit on sale of multi-channel retail solutions business software, Elucid,of £0.06m. 3. Tax expense The tax expense of £0.04m includes a current tax charge of £0.37m and anadjustment of current tax in respect of prior years of £0.10m. A deferred taxcredit of £0.23m has been recognised which includes £0.20m for the amortisationof deferred tax on the intangible assets acquired with McGuffie Brunton Limited,of which £0.15m relates to the reduction in future rates of corporation tax from30% to 28%. 4. Earnings per share The calculations of earnings per share are based on the profit for the financialperiod and the following numbers of shares: Unaudited six Unaudited six Unaudited year months to 30 months to 30 to 31 December June 2007 June 2006 2006 Number of shares Number of shares Number of shares Weighted averagenumber of shares:For basic earnings per 20,513,650 17,715,039 18,075,153shareExercise of 519,905 17,569 87,053share-based payments For diluted earnings 21,033,555 17,732,608 18,162,206per share Adjusted earnings per share calculations have been computed because thedirectors consider that they are useful to shareholders and investors. These arebased on the following profits and the above number of shares: Unaudited six months Unaudited six months to Unaudited year to 30 June 2007 30 June 2006 to 31 December 2006 Earnings Per Per Earnings Per Per Earnings Per Per share share share share share share amount amount amount amount amount amount Basic Diluted Basic Diluted Basic Diluted £'000 p p £'000 p p £'000 p P Earnings per share 774 3.8 3.7 643 3.6 3.6 1,725 9.5 9.5(eps)Amortisation of 117 0.5 0.5 - - - - - -intangibles (net oftax)Share-based 43 0.3 0.2 27 0.2 0.2 59 0.4 0.3payments (net oftax)Profit on sale of - - - - - - 106 0.6 0.6disposal group (netof tax) Adjusted eps 934 4.6 4.4 670 3.8 3.8 1,890 10.5 10.4 The profit on sale of a disposal group (net of tax) in 2007 relates to Elucid onwhich the pre-tax profit was £0.06m and the tax charge was £0.06m, and that in2006 relates to the income tax expense arising from the profit on the saleduring 2004 of the operations based at Crewe. 5. Acquisition of subsidiary undertaking On 2 April 2007 the company acquired the entire issued share capital of McGuffieBrunton Limited, now called K3 Supply Chain Solutions Limited. The considerationwas £13.8m satisfied on completion by £13.5m in cash and £0.3m in shares. The following table sets out the book values of the identifiable assets andliabilities acquired and their values to the group: Book Fair value Provisional value adjustments fair value to the group £'000 £'000 £'000AssetsProperty, plant and equipment 1,020 (137) 883Other intangible assets - 7,684 7,684Deferred tax assets - 18 18Trade receivables 726 - 726Other current assets 383 - 383Cash and cash equivalents 2,640 - 2,640Liabilities -Trade and other payables (2,493) - (2,493)Current tax liabilities (453) - (453)Deferred tax liabilities - (2,335) (2,335) Net Assets 1,823 5,230 7,053 Goodwill 7,317Costs of acquisition (562) Consideration 13,808 Satisfied byCash consideration 13,500Shares issued 308 13,808 The intangible assets recognised in the fair value adjustments relate to thedistribution agreement for the SYSPRO software and to customer relationships.£2,305,000 of the deferred tax liability recognised relates to these intangibleassets. The goodwill is attributable to the significant synergies which areexpected to arise from the integration of this business with that of K3'sexisting SYSPRO provider, K3 Information Engineering Limited, and thoseintangibles such as the workforce which are not recognised separately. 6. Consolidated reconciliation of changes in equity Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited As at As at As at 31 30 June 30 June December 2007 2006 2006 £'000 £'000 £'000 Opening equity 14,428 10,777 10,777Total recognised income and expense 815 661 1,756Issue of ordinary shares, net of costs 2,711 - 1,825Investment in own shares (30) (1) (15)Other movements 61 39 85 17,985 11,476 14,428 7. Non Current Liabilities: Long-term borrowings Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited As at As at As at 31 30 June 30 June December 2007 2006 2006 £'000 £'000 £'000 Bank loans 7,150 526 356Obligations under finance leases and hire 69 162 98purchase contractsOther loans - 10 -Other loans due to related parties 128 385 257Deferred consideration - 1,103 - 7,347 2,186 711 8. Current liabilities: Trade and other payables Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited As at As at As at 31 30 June 30 June December 2007 2006 2006 £'000 £'000 £'000Trade creditors 2,808 2,184 1,676Taxation and social security 1,302 1,380 1,626Other creditors 175 170 80Deferred consideration 248 70 960Accruals 1,414 1,791 2,965Deferred income 4,320 3,602 4,541 10,267 9,197 11,848 9. Current Liabilities: Short-term borrowings Unaudited Unaudited Unaudited As at As at As at 31 30 June 30 June December 2007 2006 2006 £'000 £'000 £'000 Bank loans 1,307 322 335Obligations under finance leases and hire 96 177 129purchase contractsOther loans due to related parties 528 283 397 1,931 782 861 10. Post balance sheet event On 3 September 2007, K3 announced the acquisition of a 100% holding inLandsteiner Nederland BV for an initial consideration of €14.5m with potentialfurther consideration of €5.5m payable over the next two years dependent on theperformance of the business. The initial consideration includes €3.625m payableby way of allotment of ordinary shares in K3. 11. The above information is being sent to the shareholders and is available from the Company's website, www.k3btg.com, and from its registered office: Linden Business Centre, Linden Road, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 9BA. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange