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Half Yearly Report

26 Nov 2013 07:00

RNS Number : 8923T
Software Radio Technology PLC
26 November 2013
 



SOFTWARE RADIO TECHNOLOGY PLC

("SRT" or the "Group")

 

HALF YEARLY REPORT FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2013

 

SRT, the AIM-quoted developer and supplier of maritime identification and tracking technologies, announces its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2013.

 

Results

 

For the six months ended 30 September 2013, revenue and loss before tax were £3.2 million and £0.4 million respectively. As at 30 September 2013, the Group had cash of £2.2 million, no borrowings and subsequent to the period end received an offer of a banking facility of £1.0 million, which will be taken up if appropriate.

 

The gross profit margin for the period was 47%, reflecting the greater weighting of core business during the first half to the higher margin mandate and project driven business. We continue to expect our average gross profit margin to average at 50% over a 12 month period. Group cash overheads, inclusive of administration and research and development but excluding amortisation and depreciation, were approximately the same as the corresponding period last year at £2.0 million, of which £0.7 million was invested in new technology and product development and capitalised.

 

As we reported in the trading update on 14 October 2013, the primary driver of revenue for the first half was our core business, which saw year-on-year growth of approximately 40%. This is a long term trend which we expect to continue steadily in the future as more leisure and commercial vessel owners freely decide to install an AIS transceiver, coupled with our strategy of enabling established marine electronics brands to have their own range of competitive AIS devices. Unlike the first half in the prior year, there was no significant contribution to revenue from our project and mandate business.

 

During the second half we expect to see a healthy contribution from our core business, plus a significant contribution from various project and mandate driven business. SRT's partners are addressing a wide range of market opportunities which are in progress or pending. Our expectation is that those which are in progress, such as the EU Fisheries, will generate additional demand for our Class A products during the second half, whilst pending mandates such as the US Coast Guard rule extension could make a significant contribution as and when it is brought into law. Additionally there are several of the many project opportunities which appear likely to convert into material orders during the second half following an extended period of evaluations and trials.

 

The recent acquisition of GeoVS Limited, which was completed subsequent to the period end, is an important strategic move for the SRT group. GeoVS provides the core technology and development capability for SRT to generate a new source of recurring revenue through both the licensing of the software and the bundling of software, products and data as a complete system sale.

 

In a little over ten years, since its first mandate by the International Maritime Organisation on large vessels for anti-collision purposes, AIS has evolved to become the leading technology for next generation maritime domain awareness, encompassing a wide range of applications from vessel tracking and fisheries management to pollution control and marine security. Our investment over that period has enabled SRT to create a complete range of customisable AIS products which are now the established market leaders and a global network of over 140 customers targeting the various geographic and application maritime market segments.

 

The challenge for SRT and our customers remains one of anticipating precise market timing and the achievement of full year market forecasts remains dependent on the timing of the implementation of a number of substantial projects and mandates, for which the stock has been ordered, crystallising before the year end. Despite these difficulties of short term forecasting, we look forward with confidence to continuing our long term growth trajectory as the global vessel tracking market gathers pace.

 

Simon Rogers

Chairman

 

 

Contacts:

Software Radio Technology plc

Simon Tucker, Chief Executive Officer

+44 (0) 1761 409 500

simon.tucker@softwarerad.com

WH Ireland Limited

Tim Feather

+44 (0) 20 7220 1666

Allerton Communications Limited

Peter Curtain

+44 (0) 20 3137 2500

 

 

About SRT:

Software Radio Technology plc develops advanced radio communications based marine domain awareness technologies, products and systems. These are customised and provided to a global customer base to meet worldwide market demand to identify and track vessels of all sizes in leisure, commercial and homeland security applications.

 

 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2013

 

 

Six months ended

 

Six months ended

Year

ended

30 Sep 2013

 

30 Sep 2012

31 Mar

 2013

Unaudited

 

Unaudited

Audited

 

 

 

 

£

 

£

£

 

Revenue

3,164,711

3,476,488

10,011,185

Cost of sales

(1,666,429)

(2,002,431)

(5,454,532)

 

Gross profit

 

 

1,498,282

 

 

1,474,057

 

 

4,556,653

Administrative expenses

(1,935,916)

(1,651,594)

(3,378,669)

 

Operating (loss) / profit

 

(437,634)

 

(177,537)

 

1,177,984

Investment revenues

3,194

6,351

9,087

 

(Loss) / profit before income tax

 

 

(434,440)

 

 

(171,186)

 

 

1,187,071

Income tax credit

-

316,686

316,686

 

(Loss) / profit for the period

 

(434,440)

 

 

145,500

 

 

1,503,757

 

Total comprehensive (loss) / income for the period

 

(434,440)

 

 

145,500

 

 

1,503,757

 

Earnings per share:

Basic

Diluted

 

 

2

2

 

 

(0.37)p

(0.37)p

 

 

 

0.13p

0.12p

 

 

1.3p

1.3p

 

 

 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2013

 

 

As at

 

As at

 

As at

30 Sep

 

30 Sep

 

31 Mar

2013

 

2012

 

2013

Unaudited

 

Unaudited

 

Audited

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

£

 

£

 

£

 

Assets

Non-current assets

Intangible assets

4,523,541

4,024,381

4,381,504

Property, plant and equipment

146,618

155,593

130,630

 

Total non-current assets

 

 

4,670,159

 

 

4,179,974

 

 

4,512,134

Current assets

Inventories

3,275,295

3,585,617

3,419,521

Trade and other receivables

1,745,594

2,312,641

3,449,786

Cash and cash equivalents

2,184,997

1,554,209

1,535,376

 

Total current assets

 

 

7,205,886

 

 

7,452,467

 

 

8,404,683

Liabilities

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

(814,487)

(1,535,293)

(1,437,969)

Net current assets

6,391,399

 

5,917,174

 

6,966,714

 

Net assets

 

 

11,061,558

 

 

10,097,148

 

 

11,478,848

 

Shareholders' equity

 

Ordinary shares

3

115,920

115,750

115,920

Share premium

2,471,121

2,467,041

2,471,121

Other reserves

5

5,490,596

5,490,596

5,490,596

Retained earnings

2,983,921

2,023,761

3,401,211

 

Total shareholders' equity

 

 

11,061,558

 

 

10,097,148

 

 

11,478,848

 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2013

 

 

Six months ended

 

Six months ended

Year ended

30 Sep 2013

 

30 Sep

 2012

31 Mar 2013

Unaudited

 

Unaudited

Audited

 

 

 

Notes

£

 

£

£

 

Net cash generated from / (used in) operating activities

 

4

 

1,426,010

 

(1,001,135)

 

(157,447)

Corporation tax received

-

316,686

316,686

 

Net cash generated from / (used in) operating activities

 

 

 

 

1,426,010

 

 

 

(684,449)

 

 

 

159,239

Investing activities

Expenditure on product development

(705,661)

(830,966)

(1,680,532)

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

 

(73,922)

 

(51,045)

 

(70,987)

Interest received

3,194

6,351

9,087

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(776,389)

 

 

(875,660)

 

 

(1,742,432)

 

Cash inflow / (outflow) before financing

 

 

 

649,621

 

 

 

(1,560,109)

 

 

 

(1,583,193)

 

Financing activities

Net proceeds from issue of ordinary share capital

 

-

 

2,468,116

 

2,472,367

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

649,621

 

 

 

908,007

 

 

 

889,174

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

1,535,376

 

 

646,202

 

 

646,202

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

 

 

2,184,997

 

 

 

1,554,209

 

 

 

1,535,376

 

 

 

 

 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2013

 

 

 

 

Share

Capital

Share

Premium

Retained Earnings

Other Reserves

Total

 

 

 

 

£

£

£

£

£

Balance at 31 March 2012

106,190

8,484

1,851,068

5,490,596

7,456,338

 

Comprehensive income for the period

 

-

 

-

 

145,500

 

-

 

145,500

Issue of equity share capital

9,500

2,555,500

-

-

2,565,000

Cost of issue of equity share capital

-

(100,615)

-

-

(100,615)

Shares cancelled during the period

(93)

-

-

-

(93)

Share options exercised

153

3,672

-

-

3,825

Share based payment expense

-

-

27,193

-

27,193

Balance at 30 September 2012

115,750

2,467,041

2,023,761

5,490,596

10,097,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income for the period

 

-

 

-

 

1,358,257

 

-

 

1,358,257

Share options exercised

170

4,080

-

-

4,250

Share based payment expense

-

-

19,193

-

19,193

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at 31 March 2013

115,920

2,471,121

3,401,211

5,490,596

11,478,848

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss for the period

-

-

(434,440)

-

(434,440)

Share based payment expense

-

-

17,150

-

17,150

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at 30 September 2013

115,920

2,471,121

2,983,921

 

5,490,596

 

 11,061,558

 

 

NOTES TO THE INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1. Accounting Policies

Basis of preparation

 

The interim financial information in this report has been prepared using accounting policies consistent with IFRS as adopted by the European Union. IFRS is subject to amendment and interpretation by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the IFRS Interpretations Committee and there is an ongoing process of review and endorsement by the European Commission. The financial information has been prepared on the basis of IFRS that the Directors expect to be adopted by the European Union and applicable as at 31 March 2014.

 

Non-statutory accounts

 

Financial information contained in this document does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434 of the Companies Act 2006 ("the Act"). The statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2013 have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The report of the auditors on those statutory accounts was unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis and did not contain a statement under section 498(2) or (3) of the Act.

 

The financial information for the 6 months ended 30 September 2013 and 30 September 2012 is unaudited.

 

The interim financial statements will be available to download on the Company's website www.softwarerad.com.

 

Accounting policies

 

The accounting policies as applied by the group are the same as those applied by the Group in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2013 except that IFRS 13 'Fair Value Measurement' has been adopted from 1 January 2013 and IAS 1 (revised) 'Presentation of items of other comprehensive income' has been adopted from 1 July 2012. The adoption of these standards has had no material effect on the results of the Group.

 

 

2. Earnings per share

 

The basic earnings per share have been calculated using the loss for the period of £434,440 (six months ended 30 September, 2012 - profit of £145,500; year ended 31 March, 2013 profit of £1,503,757) divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue of 115,919,774 (six months ended 30 September, 2012, 115,041,340 and year ended 31 March, 2013 - 115,447,244). The group has incurred losses for the current period and therefore there is no impact of the share options granted on diluted earnings per share. During the six months ended September 2012 the diluted earnings per share for the period have been calculated using weighted diluted shares of 117,826,342.

 

 

 

3. Called up share capital

30 Sep 2013

 

30 Sep 2012

31 Mar 2013

Unaudited

 

Unaudited

Audited

£

 

£

£

 

Allotted: (Ordinary shares of 0.1p each):

 

115,920

 

115,750

 

115,920

 

 

 

 

Share capital reconciliation:

Number of shares

 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding at 31 March 2012

Placing April 2012

 

 

 

 

106,190,107

9,500,000

 

 

 

Exercise of options

153,000

 

 

 

Cancellation of shares

(93,333)

 

 

 

 

 Shares outstanding at 30 September 2012 115,749,774

 Exercise of options 170,000

 

Shares outstanding at 31 March 2013 and

30 September 2013 115,919,774

 

 

a) The placing in April 2012 took place at 27p per share raising gross proceeds of £2,565,000 before costs of £100,615.

b) The exercise of options was by employees of the Group at various dates. The exercise price was 2.5p.

c) The Company cancelled 93,333 shares that it had previously issued pursuant to an employee share option plan.

 

4. Cash from operations

Six months ended

 

Six months ended

Year ended

30 Sep 2013

 

30 Sep 2012

31 Mar 2013

Unaudited

 

Unaudited

Audited

 

 

 

£

 

£

£

 

 

 

 

Operating (loss) / profit

 

(437,634)

 

(177,537)

 

1,177,984

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

 

57,934

 

49,442

 

94,346

Amortisation of intangible fixed assets

563,624

375,544

867,987

Share-based payment charge

17,150

27,193

46,386

Decrease / (increase) in inventories

144,226

(89,967)

76,129

Decrease / (increase) in trade and other receivables

 

1,704,192

 

(775,940)

 

(1,913,085)

Decrease in trade and other liabilities

(623,482)

(409,870)

(507,194)

 

Net cash generated from / (used in) operations

 

 

 

1,426,010

 

 

 

(1,001,135)

 

 

 

(157,447)

 

 

5. Statement of movement in shareholders' equity

 

Other reserves consist of: Capital Redemption Reserve £2,857 (2012: £2,857), Warrants Reserve £62,400 (2012: £62,400) and Merger Reserve £5,425,339 (2012: £5,425,339). There were no movements during the period.

 

6. Subsequent event

 

On 11 October 2013, Software Radio Technology plc completed the acquisition of GeoVS Ltd. This entity then changed its name to SRT Marine System Solutions Ltd.

 

The consideration for this acquisition was the issue of 3,082,645 new ordinary shares in the company at an aggregate value of £932,500. The net assets acquired amounted to £3,948.

 

 

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