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Stilo International PLC

12 September 2013

 

12th September 2013

 

STILO INTERNATIONAL PLC

 

UNAUDITED INTERIM RESULTS FOR SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2013

 

DECLARATION OF PAYMENT OF A MAIDEN DIVIDEND

 

Stilo International plc ("Stilo" or the "Company"), the AIM quoted provider of XML content processing technology and cloud content conversion services, today announces its unaudited Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2013, and the payment of a maiden dividend to shareholders.

 

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

 

- Sales revenues for six months to 30 June 2013 increased by 4.4% to £733,000(2012: £702,000)

- Increase in EBITDA* to £97,000(2012: £26,000)

- Operating costs reduced to £627,000(2012: £667,000)

- Cash position further strengthened to £1,035,000 as at 30 June 2013(2012: £973,000)

- Payment of a maiden dividend in the form of an Interim dividend of 0.02 pence per share and an additional Special dividend of 0.1 pence per share

 

 * EBITDA comprises profit before taxation, interest, depreciation and the amortisation of software development costs.

 

BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

 

- New customers for Migrate, the world's first cloud XML content conversion service, include ACI Worldwide, TIBCO Software, Varian Medical Systems and VCE

 

- Introduction of the Migrate Partner Programme

 

- Migrate functionality enhanced to include DocBook to DITA conversion capabilities

 

- Release of OmniMark version 10.1

 

- Major OmniMark order received from Japan Patent Office

 

 

David Ashman, Chairman, commenting on the Company's performance, stated:

 

"Following a steadily improving cash position over recent years, and an encouraging set of interim results which show continued profitability, I am pleased to announce the payment by Stilo of its first Interim dividend together with an additional Special dividend. This has been made possible by the completion of the Capital Reduction process, recently announced."

With leading technology and expertise in the XML/SGML content processing sector, the Company is well placed to make further progress."

 

 

 

 

ENQUIRIES

 

Stilo International plc Les Burnham, Chief Executive Richard Alsept, Chief Financial OfficerTelephone: +44 1793 441444

Charles Stanley Securities (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Russell Cook / Carl HolmesTelephone: +44 207 149 6000

 

 

 

BUSINESS REVIEW

 

Stilo specialises in helping organisations to automate the conversion of their content into different XML/SGML standards. Our solutions are used by commercial publishers, technology companies and government organisations that need to convert existing document formats into new digital standards for publishing content to the web, CD-Rom and an ever increasing range of mobile devices.

 

Stilo's core technology is OmniMark, a leading content processing platform used by customers over many years to develop high-performance, content processing solutions that support large scale publishing applications. Users include Boeing, Pratt and Whitney, EADS, Thomson Publishing, and Wolters Kluwer. OmniMark version 10.1 was released in February 2013, and sales for the period to 30 June 2013 were boosted by a significant upgrade order from the Japan Patent Office, which uses OmniMark to process thousands of patent applications on a daily basis.

 

Over recent years, the Company has made a significant investment in the development of Migrate, the world's first cloud XML content conversion service, based upon OmniMark technology. Through advanced levels of automation, it enables our customers to improve turnaround times, reduce operating costs and take direct control of their conversion processes, providing them with an attractive alternative to traditional in-house or outsourced conversion services. Migrate customers include IBM, Cisco Systems, Oracle and Micron Technology. New customers in 2013 include ACI Worldwide, TIBCO Software, Varian Medical Systems and VCE.

 

We continue to make good progress in the growing DITA XML publishing market, and have recently introduced a marketing partner programme targeting XML technology companies, solutions providers and publishing consultants. This will help us further establish our position in the XML DITA market, and potentially give rise to additional XML market sector opportunities.

 

Continued investments in Migrate have served to reinforce its market leading position. New DocBook to DITA conversion functionality was released in February 2013, to help users convert from older XML content management systems to content management systems supporting the new XML DITA standard. A major upgrade, Migrate version 3, has been recently announced, providing improved functionality and ease-of-use for non-technical users.

 

Our technical team includes leading experts in the development of content conversion tools, and by association, the solving of complex SGML/XML content processing problems. Services engagements previously undertaken on behalf of clients in the Aerospace sector have led to the development of JETView, a digital publishing solution for aircraft technical documentation. It is used by cargo airline ABX Air, Inc. to aggregate and update information periodically provided by aircraft OEMs, and publish that information digitally for use by maintenance engineers. In the coming months we will look to team with a strategic marketing partner to help exploit the market potential for JETView and associated XML/SGML content processing solutions.

 

OPERATIONS

 

At 30 June 2013, Stilo employed 13 permanent staff, based in the UK and in Canada. Additionally, use is made of contractors for the delivery of professional service engagements. Although we plan to make some additional investments in the recruitment of development and conversion services personnel, we do not plan currently to expand headcount significantly in the near future, but remain focused upon revenue growth predominantly through sales of technology and cloud based services.

 

 

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

 

The results for the period ended 30 June 2013 have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union.

 

There was an improvement in EBITDA over the first six months to £97,000 (2012: £26,000).

 

Total sales revenues for the period increased by 4.4% to £733,000 (2012: £702,000). Revenue generated from software maintenance contracts held broadly level at £371,000 (2012: £378,000).

 

The Board continues to maintain careful control over operating costs which decreased slightly by 6.0% to £627,000 (2012: £667,000). Development expenditure in the period was £216,000 (2012: £209,000).

 

The Company further strengthened its balance sheet, and remains entirely un-geared with a cash balance of £1,035,000 as at 30 June 2013 (31 December 2012: £976,000, 30 June 2012: £973,000).

 

DIVIDENDS

 

The Board is delighted to announce that the Company is now in a position to pay its first dividend to shareholders.

 

As set out in a circular to shareholders on 8 July 2013, the Company embarked upon a Capital Reduction exercise. The purpose of this was to enable the Company to consider the payment of dividends and otherwise return value to its shareholders. Through the Capital Reduction the Company has been able to eliminate the deficit on the Company's profit and loss account and to create distributable reserves by the cancellation of 452,056,230 1p deferred shares, and the cancellation of the share premium account which stood at £5,524,800.

 

The Capital Reduction was approved by the High Court at a hearing on 4 September 2013, and the High Court Order confirming the reduction has been filed with the Registrar of Companies, making the reduction effective, as announced on 6 September 2013.

 

As a result, the Company is very pleased to be able to declare the payment of its first ever Interim dividend to shareholders at the rate of 0.02pence per share.

 

In addition, and mindful that shareholders have witnessed over the last few years the Company's increasing level of cash reserves without the Company being in a position to return this cash to shareholders, the Board has declared an additional Special dividend paid of 0.1pence per share, making a total dividend payable of 0.12pence per share.

 

Both the Interim dividend and the Special dividend will be paid on 18 October 2013 to those shareholders on the register on 27 September 2013.

The Board's policy is to maintain payment of a steady and progressive dividend, well covered and paid subject to maintaining sufficient funds within the business with regard to prudent forecasts of future capital requirements, without the need for debt funding.

 

 

 

OUTLOOK

The global market for dynamically publishing digital content to desktop computers, laptops, tablets and mobile devices is rapidly expanding. We look forward to continuing to build upon our leading position in the DITA XML content conversion market, and to explore further opportunities for automated XML content processing solutions.

 

11th September 2013

Unaudited Group Income Statementfor the six months ended 30 June 2013

	Six monthsto 30 June2013Unaudited£'000	Six monthsto 30 June2012Unaudited£'000	Year to31 December2012Audited£'000
Revenue - Continuing Operations	733	702	1,409
Cost of sales	(14)	(14)	(35)
Gross profit	719	688	1,374
Operating costs	(627)	(667)	(1,270)
Other (losses) / gains	-	-	(2)
Amortisation of intangible assets	(24)	(22)	(48)
Operating (loss)/profit	68	(1)	54
Finance income	4	3	6
Profit before tax	72	2	60
Income tax	-	-	58
Profit for the period from continuing operations	72	2	118
Earnings per share from continuing operations - basic (note 4)	0.065p	0.0018p	0.11p
- diluted (note 4)	0.063p	0.0017p	0.10p

 

All profits are attributable to owners of the parent.

 

Unaudited Group Statement of Comprehensive Income

for the six months ended 30 June 2013

	Six monthsto 30 June2013Unaudited£'000	Six monthsto 30 June2012Unaudited£'000	Year to31 December2012Audited£'000
Profit for the period	72	2	118
Other comprehensive income
Foreign currency translation differences	11	(24)	(30)
Total other comprehensive income	11	(24)	(30)
Total comprehensive income relating to the period	83	(22)	88

 

 

All comprehensive income is attributable to owners of the parent.

 

Unaudited Group Statement of Financial Position

as at 30 June 2013

	As at30 June 2013Unaudited £'000	As at30 June2012Unaudited £'000	As at31 December2012 Audited £'000
Non-current assets
Goodwill	1,689	1,689	1,688
Other Intangible assets	36	86	60
Plant and equipment	14	16	16
Deferred tax assets	50	50	50
	1,789	1,841	1,814
Current assets
Trade and other receivables	509	296	212
Income tax asset	-	-	55
Other financial asset	-	2	-
Cash and cash equivalents	1,035	973	976
	1,544	1,271	1,243
Total Assets	3,333	3,112	3,057
Current liabilities: Trade and other payables	524	496	327
Non-current liabilities: Other payables	-	-	4
Total liabilities	524	496	331
Equity attributable to owners of the parent
Called up share capital	5,619	5,619	5,619
Share premium account	5,524	5,524	5,524
Merger reserve	658	658	658
Retained earnings	(8,992)	(9,185)	(9,075)
Total equity	2,809	2,616	2,726
Total Equity and Liabilities	3,333	3,112	3,057

 

Unaudited Group Statement of Changes in Equity

for the six months ended 30 June 2013

	Called up share capital £'000	Share premium account £'000	Merger reserve £'000	Retained Earnings £'000	Total £'000
Balance at 1 January 2012	5,619	5,524	658	(9,164)	2,637
Comprehensive income
Profit for the period	-	-	-	2	2
Other comprehensive income
Exchange adjustments	-	-	-	(24)	(24)
Total comprehensive income	-	-	-	(22)	(22)
Transactions with owners
Share based transactions	-	-	-	1	1
Total transactions with owners	-	-	-	1	1
Balance at 30 June 2012	5,619	5,524	658	(9,185)	2,616
Comprehensive income
Profit for the period	-	-	-	116	116
Other comprehensive income
Exchange adjustments	-	-	-	(6)	(6)
Total comprehensive income	-	-	-	110	110
Transactions with owners
Share based transactions	-	-	-	-	-
Total transactions with owners	-	-	-	-	-
Balance at 1 January 2013	5,619	5,524	658	(9,075)	2,726
Comprehensive income
Profit for the period	-	-	-	72	72
Other comprehensive income
Exchange adjustments	-	-	-	11	11
Total comprehensive income	-	-	-	83	83
Transactions with owners
Share based transactions	-	-	-	-	-
Total transactions with owners	-	-	-	-	-
Balance at 30 June 2013	5,619	5,524	658	(8,992)	2,809

 

 

 

Unaudited Group Cash Flow Statement

for the six months ended 30 June 2013

	Six monthsto 30 June2013Unaudited£'000	Six monthsto 30 June2012Unaudited£'000	Year to31 December2012Audited£'000
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit before taxation	72	2	60
Adjustment for depreciation and amortisation	29	27	58
Adjustment for investment income	(4)	(3)	(6)
Adjustment for gain on financial derivatives	-	-	2
Adjustment for foreign exchange differences	10	(25)	(28)
Adjustment for share-based payments	-	1	1
Operating cash flows before movements in working capital	107	2	87
(Increase) / decrease in trade and other receivables	(297)	(92)	(8)
Increase / (decrease) in trade and other payables	193	85	(80)
Cash generated from operations	3	(5)	(1)
Tax credit received	55	53	56
Net cash from operating activities	58	48	55
Cash flows from investing activities
Finance income	4	3	6
Sale of equipment	-	-	-
Development costs capitalised	(-)	(14)	(14)
Purchase of plant and equipment	(3)	(3)	(10)
Net cash used in investing activities	1	(14)	(18)
Share capital
Proceeds from new shares issued	-	-	-
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents	59	34	37
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	976	939	939
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	1,035	973	976

 

Notes to the Interim Results

for the six months ended 30 June 2013

 

 

1. The interim results (approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 11 September 2013) are neither audited nor reviewed and do not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. The financial information for the full preceding year is extracted from the statutory accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2012. Those accounts, upon which the auditors issued an unqualified opinion, and did not contain a statement under Section 498 (2) and (3) of the Companies Act 2006, have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. As permitted, this interim report has been prepared in accordance with UK AIM listing rules and not in accordance with IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting', therefore it is not fully in compliance with IFRS.

 

2. Stilo International plc is a public limited company incorporated in the United Kingdom. The Company is domiciled in the United Kingdom and its ordinary shares are traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange plc. Stilo provides specialist software and professional services.

 

The consolidated interim results have been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement principles of IFRS including standards and interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, as adopted by the European Union. They have been prepared using the historical cost convention.

 

The preparation of the interim results requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the reporting date. If in the future such estimates and assumptions, which are based on management's best judgement at the reporting date, deviate from the actual circumstances, the original estimates and assumptions will be modified as appropriate in the year in which the circumstances change. The interim results are presented in sterling and all values are rounded to the nearest thousand pounds (£'000) except where otherwise indicated.

 

The interim results of the Group for the period ended 30 June 2013 have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies expected to apply in respect of the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2013.

 

3. There is no tax charge for the period due to the availability of tax losses brought forward.

 

4. The basic earnings per share is calculated on the weighted average number of shares in issue during the period. The fully diluted earnings per share takes account of outstanding options. The weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue for the six months to 30 June 2013 was 109,808,470 shares (30 June 2012 and 31 December 2012: 109,808,470 shares). The weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue for the six months to 30 June 2013, for the fully diluted earnings per share, taking account of outstanding options was 114,363,623 (30 June 2012: 118,063,327, 31 December 2012: 117,949,316).

 

5. Post Balance Sheet Event - Capital Reduction.

At a Hearing of the High Court of Justice Chancery Division on 4 September 2013, agreement was given to a Capital Reduction. The purpose of the Capital Reduction was to eliminate a deficit on the profit and loss account of Stilo International plc, which at 31 December 2012 stood at £9,782,000. This was to be achieved by asking the Court to approve the cancellation of the Share Premium Account which stood at £5,524,800, and the cancellation of 452,056,230 deferred shares of 1p each nominal value. The cancellation of the deferred shares will reduce the called up share capital of the company from £5,618,647 to £1,098,085.

 

The Company sought authority for the Capital Reduction from shareholders, and this was given by the passing of two special resolutions at a General Meeting held on 31 July 2013.

   

 

6. Copies of this report will be sent to shareholders and will be available to the public from the Company's registered office, Regus House, Windmill Hill Business Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, SN5 6QR. The report is also available to download from the investor relations section of the Company's website www.stilo.com.

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