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Endace Limited

06 November 2012

 
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   6 November 2012 
 

ENDACE LIMITED

HALF YEARLY RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTH

PERIOD ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2012

Endace Limited (LSE/AIM: EDA, "Endace" or "the Company"), a world leader in network monitoring solutions, announces interim results for the half year ended 30 September 2012.

Highlights

   --      Continued and successful growth in areas of strategic product focus 
   --      Sales increased 3.4% against strong first half last year to US$19.2 million 

-- Gross margins improved to 75.0% (2011: 72.6%), reflecting success in building incremental value into our systems

   --      Pre-tax break-even position, after adjusting for share options (2011: Profit of $0.2m) 
   --      Cash at period end was US$4.3 million (2011: US$2.6 million) 

-- Systems sales grew 8% to be 44% of total revenues (2011: 42% of revenues); annuity income grew 16% to represent 19% of total revenues (2011: 17% of revenues)

   --      Strong sales to government sector in UK and North America 
   --      Revenue generated by channel partners increased to 40.9% of sales 

-- Continued investment in building out sales and marketing team, including appointments to Product and Channel Marketing

-- Since the end of the first half, commercial release of EndaceAccess 100Gbps monitoring platform

   --      Strong pipeline and confident of meeting full year expectations 

Endace Chief Executive, Mike Riley, commented:

"The first half of FY 2013 was a period of pleasing progress for Endace. The growth in systems business and recurring income continued, demonstrating increasing demand for our network visibility solutions from both new and existing customers. During the period we made further investments in our marketing and sales teams, which we view as essential to take advantage of the growing market for high speed network visibility infrastructure solutions.

Our pipeline is strong and we remain confident of meeting expectations for the full year."

Ends

CONTACTS:

 
 Endace Limited 
 Mike Riley, CEO                       +44 20 7067 0700 
 Kate Parsons, CFO                     +44 20 7067 0700 
 
 Panmure Gordon 
 Hugh Morgan / Giles Stewart           +44 20 7886 2500 
 
 Weber Shandwick Financial 
 Nick Oborne / Stephanie Badjonat / 
  Robert Cook                          +44 20 7067 0700 
 
 

About Endace

Endace provides world-leading network visibility infrastructure, which is trusted by some of the world's largest organizations to accelerate their response to network and security problems.

Endace Intelligent Network Recorders guarantee to capture, index and record 100-percent of network traffic while scaling from 1 Gbps to 100 Gbps. EndaceVision is Endace's proprietary web-based application that enables engineers to visualize, search and retrieve network traffic from any Endace Recorder anywhere across the network.

Endace's marketing headquarters are in Sunnyvale, California. R&D is in Auckland, New Zealand. Sales offices across the US, in Reading, UK and Sydney, Australia provide support for customers.

Quoted on London's AIM, the stock code is LSE: EDA.L.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REVIEW

Introduction

The first half of FY 2013 was a period of pleasing progress for Endace. The growth in systems business and recurring income continued, demonstrating increasing demand for our network visibility solutions from both new and existing customers. During the period we made further investments in our marketing and sales teams to take advantage of the growing market for high speed network visibility infrastructure solutions.

Markets

Given the continuing difficult macro-economic environment in many regions around the world, we are encouraged that we maintained our historical geographic mix of revenues. In addition, our unique offerings in the government intelligence sector delivered strong systems sales in the period.

Our go-to-market strategy of selling systems to Enterprise customers through key channel partners was a major focus during the first half. These activities are still in the investment stage of their lifecycle but we are already seeing the percentage of business achieved in conjunction with channel partners on the rise, a trend we expect to continue in the second half and beyond.

Product portfolio

EndaceVision has been well received by customers and prospects since its launch in March 2012, and the building out of functionality based on market feedback has been a key activity in the first half. As has so often been the case at Endace, in breaking new ground we continue to enjoy positive market feedback and customer interest in having input to future roadmap direction. This allows us to be more market-focused in our product direction and to continue to make our offerings more compelling, protect our product margins, and attract an increasing proportion of recurring revenues.

We were particularly pleased with the further and continuing improvement in the quality of revenues this half year. Among our key strategic goals is the increase in standard system sales and recurring revenue. The corollary to this has been a reduced focus on bespoke, one-off customer projects. While such projects have been profitable and typically provided additional engineering insight to Endace, they have had little general market appeal. We are therefore very excited to report that the first half revenues were all based on our standard DAG card and Systems product portfolio as well as the associated annuity income. There were no customer special project revenues in this half-year, and the sales of lower margin third-party accessories and other ancillary items was also significantly down on the prior year. These changes to our product portfolio and revenue mix make our solutions more attractive to our channel partners, and provide the basis for scalable and profitable future growth.

We are also pleased to have finalised the commercial release of the EndaceAccess 100Gbps monitoring platform, an industry first. This important breakthrough demonstrates the technological leadership for which Endace is renowned, and is an important addition to the product portfolio, assuring customers a seamless solution as networks migrate from 10Gbps to 100Gbps.

Contract wins

Due to the nature of our customers and the network challenges being solved with our systems, we are generally discouraged from announcing customer wins by specific name. Nonetheless, we achieved a good blend of new and follow-on business during the half year across all our three key geographical segments. It was particularly pleasing to win new Government contracts in the UK following the budget challenges late in the previous fiscal year. The competitive landscape remains broadly unchanged, and the improvement in gross margins over the prior periods is indicative of our success to date in building incremental value into our systems.

Investment in sales and marketing

The new Sunnyvale Silicon Valley office opened during the half. Since joining as our marketing and product management lead, Spencer Greene has built an impressive team of seasoned professionals based in that office. Rob Atherton joined us from Fortinet to head up Corporate Development, Sri Sundaralingam joined us from Juniper to head up Product Management, and Jeff Paine joined us after consulting for many top tier clients to head up Product Marketing.

The sales organisation has been expanded during the period, and augmented with inside sales resources skilled at lead development and qualification. A major new lead generation campaign, "Max", was initiated in late August, and was followed by the launch of the EndaceEdge channel program, aimed at building sustainable relationships with key channel partners around the globe through whom Endace can expand its market access.

Partnerships and collaborative agreements

During the first half we continued our channel investments in key relationships with Axial in the UK, World Wide Technologies, Accuvant and FishNet Security in the USA, and O2 in Australia. Our strategy is to focus on building deep relationships with a small number of key partners who have strong end-customer relationships in their chosen markets. Through this focus we will ensure that we share good business alignment with all of our partners, and can allocate our resources to optimise our return from the channel.

Outlook

We remain confident that our strategy of transitioning to become a systems business will continue to deliver the results we are expecting. Our focus on business efficiencies, cash and profitability continues. Despite the difficult macro economic environment, we continue to invest in our marketing activities and sales teams in order to take advantage of the enormous potential market the Endace product portfolio can address.

Our pipeline is strong and we remain confident of meeting expectations for the full year.

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER'S REVIEW

Group revenue for the six months to 30 September 2012 was $19.2m (2011: $18.6m) and we have reported a loss before tax of $0.1m (2011: break-even). Adjusted for share option costs, we have a break-even position before tax (2011: profit before tax of $0.2m).

Revenue in the Americas accounted for 59.7% (2011: 61.8%) of total Group revenue. Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) accounted for 29.9% (2011: 30.2%), and revenue in Asia Pacific 10.4% (2011: 8.0%).

 
 Vertical                6 months        6 months 
                           ended           ended 
                        30 September    30 September 
                            2012            2011 
 Government                    41.8%           20.5% 
====================  ==============  ============== 
 Enterprise                    31.0%           44.1% 
 Telecommunications            24.6%           29.1% 
====================  ==============  ============== 
 Uncategorised                  2.6%            6.3% 
 Total                        100.0%          100.0% 
====================  ==============  ============== 
 

Categorisation of total Group revenue by industry sector for the six months ended 30 September 2012 differs slightly from prior years in that we now classify based on end user, with an overlay distinction of direct versus indirect sale. Historically, we categorised direct sales into Enterprise (including Financial Services), Telecommunications and Government and considered all other sales to be Reseller/OEM and by default indirect. The September 2011 comparative numbers quoted here have been calculated using the revised approach and may therefore differ from previous reports. Significant sales into the Government sector in both the Americas and EMEA during the first half of the year have resulted in increased contribution to total invoiced sales of 41.8%, up from 20.5% in the comparative period in 2011. Sales into the Enterprise sector represented 31.0% (2011: 44.1%) of Group invoiced sales, and Telco 24.6% (2011: 29.1%). The reduction in Enterprise revenue as a percentage of total revenue is mostly attributable to Financial Services and in particular High Frequency Trading ("HFT"). The reduction in Telco revenue is due to non-repeat, project related sales which contributed significantly to the first half of last year. A small portion of sales generated via resellers/OEM partners do not provide us with visibility of the end user category. Revenue that could not be categorized into Enterprise, Telecommunications or Government amounted to 2.6% of Group revenue (2011: 6.3%).

Reflecting the investment in developing valuable partnerships and a scalable indirect channel model to serve all of our targeted end user industry sectors, revenues generated via our channel partners in the 6 months to 30 September 2012 increased to 40.9% of Group invoiced sales, up from 27.0% for the same period last year.

In line with the Company's strategic focus, revenue generated by System sales, combined with recognised Support income for the six months to 30 September 2012 increased to 63.2% of total revenue (2011: 59.1%). Within this, Systems revenue increased 8.4% over last year, to contribute 43.9% of total revenue (2011: 42.2%), and recurring support revenue grew by 15.6%, representing 19.3% of total revenue (2011: 17.3%). The increase in support revenue reflects the successful growth in the Systems business and the ability to secure renewals of existing support contracts. Support revenue is recognised over the life of the support contract and as at 30 September 2012 $4.0m (2011: $3.7m) has been carried forward to future accounting periods, including $2.9m (2011: $2.4m) which will be recognised as revenue in the second half of this financial year.

DAG card sales were unchanged year on year, constituting 31.8% (2011: 32.8%) of Group revenue.

Revenue in non-strategic areas such as accessories and non-core special projects and services declined 35.5% to account for 5.0% of Group revenue (2011: 8.1%).

As noted last year, in the period ended 30 September 2011 there were some changes made to the accounting treatment of selling commissions, support cost of sales and inventory provisioning which contributed to a portion of the reported gross margin improvement from 2010 to 2011. Gross margins for the current period are reported using the same accounting treatment and are therefore directly comparable. The gross profit percentage for the six months ended 30 September 2012 has strengthened further to 75.0% (2011: 72.6%, 31 March 2012: 73.1%). This improvement in gross profit percentage is the result of increased margin on core products through sustained value positioning and cost management, combined with reduced inventory obsolescence expense.

Continued investment in people and the development of centres of excellence within the organisation are areas of focus for FY 2013. Fifteen new employees have been brought on board in the first six months, across a variety of cost centres, bringing total headcount as at 30 September 2012 to 185. Significant hires for the period include the fulfilment of newly established Product Marketing and Channel Marketing roles and a Global HR Manager. The second half of this year will see continued recruitment activity, in line with the drive for accelerated revenue growth.

We are continuing to invest in R&D, to support both our sustaining engineering and the new product development projects we have in progress. Normalised R&D expenditure as a percentage of sales for the six months ended 30 September 2012 was 24.6% (2011: 27.3%).

Endace continues to benefit from the Research & Development funding it obtains through New Zealand Government grant initiatives. The two current grants provide for the reimbursement of up to NZ$10.6m of eligible R&D expenditure over a three-year period ending September 2013. The first grant reimburses 50% of the business costs associated with a series of major product developments and has enabled Endace to accelerate a number of significant projects. The second grant funds 20% of eligible R&D expenses incurred, not covered by the first grant. The two grants combined have contributed US$1.0m of Other Income and US$1.5m of cash benefit in the 6 months to September 2012.

Also included in Other Income for the 6 months to 30 September 2012, is US$0.4m relating to R&D tax credits received from the Inland Revenue Department. This refund was due under the R&D tax credit regime in place in New Zealand for the 2008/2009 income tax year. The actual amount paid out under the claim was NZ$0.8m (US$0.6m), US$180,000 of which was accrued for in the FY10 accounts.

The average USD exchange rate strengthened only slightly against the NZD when compared with the same period last year, resulting in a small decrease in the USD equivalent of NZD costs. The positive impact that currency fluctuations had on NZD denominated expenditure and therefore Group profit was further increased by realised gains arising from foreign exchange hedge contracts. The combined FX benefit equated to US$0.1m.

Receivables and cash management continue to be an area of improvement focus which has resulted in the reduction in the level of receivables aged beyond our standard payment term, as well as a decrease in the doubtful debt provision.

The value of inventory is $1.0m less than the same period last year. This is primarily due to a reduction in third party software holding following the removal of CACE licenses from Endace Appliances and a $0.4m reduction in Systems inventory on hand, approximately half of which is permanent.

At 30 September 2012, cash balances were $4.3m (2011: $2.6m). Net cash inflows from operating activities were $0.9m (2011: outflow of $0.5m) and net cash outflows from investing activities were $2.0m (2011: $3.7m). The decrease in net outflow year on year reflects the level of Other Income received this year as well as the reduced amount of capital expenditure and lower inventory holdings.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2012

 
                                           6 Months       6 Months   12 Months 
                                              Ended          Ended       Ended 
                                       30 September   30 September    31 March 
                                               2012           2011        2012 
                                        (unaudited)    (unaudited)   (audited) 
                               Notes        US$'000        US$'000     US$'000 
                                      -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
 Revenue                         3           19,223         18,599      41,150 
 Cost of sales                              (4,801)        (5,096)    (11,078) 
 Gross profit                                14,422         13,503      30,072 
 
 Other income                    4            1,413            809       1,638 
 Selling and administrative 
  expenses                                 (11,009)       (10,279)    (20,548) 
 Research and development 
  expenses                                  (4,905)        (4,026)     (8,995) 
 Finance cost                                  (34)           (14)        (19) 
 Finance income                                  42             24          43 
 
 (Loss) / profit before 
  taxation                       5             (71)             17       2,191 
 Income tax expense              6              (4)          (124)       (418) 
 (Loss) / profit for 
  the period                                   (75)          (107)       1,773 
                                      -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
 Earnings per share              7         US cents       US cents    US cents 
                                      -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 - basic                                     (0.49)         (0.71)       11.70 
 - diluted                                   (0.49)         (0.71)       10.50 
 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2012

 
                                                      6 Months       6 Months              12 Months 
                                                         Ended          Ended                  Ended 
                                                  30 September   30 September               31 March 
                                                          2012           2011                   2012 
                                                   (unaudited)    (unaudited)              (audited) 
                                                       US$'000        US$'000                US$'000 
                                       -----------------------  -------------  --------------------- 
 
 (Loss) / profit after tax                                (75)          (107)                  1,773 
 
 Other comprehensive income 
 Cash flow hedges                                           73          (456)                  (166) 
 
 
 Total comprehensive (loss) / income 
  for the period                                           (2)          (563)                  1,607 
                                       -----------------------  -------------  --------------------- 
 

The notes which follow are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2012

 
                                                As at         As at       As at 
                                               30-Sep        30-Sep      31-Mar 
                                                 2012          2011        2012 
                                          (unaudited)   (unaudited)   (audited) 
                                  Notes       US$'000       US$'000     US$'000 
                                         ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 Current assets 
 Cash and cash equivalents                      4,339         2,591       5,441 
 Trade and other receivables        8          12,989        11,987      11,869 
 Current income tax receivable                     78             -         187 
 Derivative financial 
  instruments                                     149             -          75 
 Inventories                                    3,019         4,027       3,831 
 Total current assets                          20,574        18,605      21,403 
                                         ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 
 Non-current assets 
 Property, plant and equipment                  5,856         6,150       6,105 
 Intangible assets                  9          13,633        13,788      13,878 
 Deferred tax asset                             1,777         1,772       1,551 
 Total non-current assets                      21,266        21,710      21,534 
                                         ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 
 Total assets                                  41,840        40,315      42,937 
                                         ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 
 Current liabilities 
 Trade and other payables                       6,261         7,111       6,393 
 Financial derivatives                              -           326           - 
 Current income tax payable                         -           258         106 
 Deferred income                                3,621         3,388       4,577 
 Total current liabilities                      9,882        11,083      11,076 
                                         ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 
 Non-current liabilities 
 Deferred tax liabilities                         260            23         260 
 Deferred income                                  338           335         302 
 Total non-current liabilities                    598           358         562 
                                         ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 
 Total liabilities                             10,480        11,441      11,638 
                                         ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 
 Equity 
 Share capital                                 16,125        15,925      16,108 
 Foreign currency translation 
  reserve                                       (147)         (147)       (147) 
 Cash flow hedge reserve                          128         (235)          55 
 Share option reserve                           1,812         1,726       1,792 
 Retained earnings                             13,442        11,605      13,491 
                                                                     ---------- 
 Total equity                                  31,360        28,874      31,299 
                                         ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 
 Total equity and liabilities                  41,840        40,315      42,937 
                                         ------------  ------------  ---------- 
 

The notes which follow are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENTS

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2012

 
                                                          6 Months       6 Months   12 Months 
                                                             Ended          Ended       Ended 
                                                      30 September   30 September    31 March 
                                                              2012           2011        2012 
                                                       (unaudited)    (unaudited)   (audited) 
                                              Notes        US$'000        US$'000     US$'000 
                                                     -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
 Cash flows from operating activities 
 Cash receipts from customers                               17,192         18,696      43,349 
 Cash paid to suppliers and employees                     (17,557)       (19,794)    (38,673) 
                                                     -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Cash generated from operations                              (365)        (1,098)       4,676 
 Interest paid                                                (34)           (14)        (19) 
 Proceeds from government grants                             1,057            766       1,838 
 Income tax (payment) / refund                                 229          (199)       (401) 
 Net cash flows from operating activities      10              887          (545)       6,094 
                                                     -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
 Cash flows from investing activities 
 Purchases of property, plant and 
  equipment                                                  (707)        (1,343)     (3,543) 
 Purchases of intangible assets                 9             (67)          (117)       (427) 
 Investment in product development              9          (1,776)        (2,434)     (4,155) 
 Proceeds from Government Grants 
  - development assets                                         481            208         599 
 Interest received                                              42             24          43 
 Net cash flows from investing activities                  (2,027)        (3,662)     (7,483) 
                                                     -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
 Cash flows from financing activities 
 Proceeds from exercise of share 
  options                                                       12            448         596 
 Net cash flows from financing activities                       12            448         596 
                                                     -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
 Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents                 (1,128)        (3,759)       (793) 
 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning 
  of period                                                  5,441          6,388       6,388 
 Exchange gains / (losses) on cash 
  and cash equivalents                                          26           (38)       (154) 
                                                                    -------------  ---------- 
 Cash and cash equivalents at end 
  of period                                                  4,339          2,591       5,441 
                                                     -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 

The notes which follow are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2012

 
                                               Foreign 
                                              currency   Cash flow      Share 
                                  Share    translation       hedge     option    Retained 
                                capital        reserve     reserve    reserve    earnings   Total equity 
                                US$'000        US$'000     US$'000    US$'000     US$'000        US$'000 
 
   Balance as at 31 March 
   2011 (audited)                15,414          (147)         221      1,711      11,627         28,826 
                              ---------  -------------  ----------  ---------  ----------  ------------- 
 Comprehensive income 
 Loss for the period                  -              -           -          -       (107)          (107) 
 Other comprehensive income           -              -       (456)          -           -          (456) 
 Tax credit on cash flow 
  hedge                               -              -           -          -           -              - 
                              ---------  -------------  ----------  ---------  ----------  ------------- 
 Total comprehensive income           -              -       (456)          -       (107)          (563) 
 Transactions with owners 
 Capital raised on employee 
  options                           448              -           -          -           -            448 
 Share options exercised             63              -           -       (63)           -              - 
 Share options forfeited              -              -           -       (85)          85              - 
 Share option compensation 
  expense                             -              -           -        163           -            163 
                              ---------  -------------  ----------  ---------  ----------  ------------- 
 Total transactions with 
  owners                            511              -           -         15          85            611 
 Balance as at 30 September 
  2011 (unaudited)               15,925          (147)       (235)      1,726      11,605         28,874 
                              ---------  -------------  ----------  ---------  ----------  ------------- 
 Comprehensive income 
 Profit for the period                -              -           -          -       1,880          1,880 
 Other comprehensive income           -              -         355          -           -            355 
 Tax credit on cash flow 
  hedge                               -              -        (65)          -           -           (65) 
                              ---------  -------------  ----------  ---------  ----------  ------------- 
 Total comprehensive income           -              -         290          -       1,880          2,170 
 Transactions with owners 
 Capital raised on employee 
  options                           148              -           -          -           -            148 
 Share options exercised             35              -           -       (35)           -              - 
 Share options forfeited              -              -           -       (70)           6           (64) 
 Share option compensation 
  expense                             -              -           -        171           -            171 
                              ---------  -------------  ----------  ---------  ----------  ------------- 
 Total transactions with 
  owners                            183              -           -         66           6            255 
 Balance as at 31 March 
  2012 (audited)                 16,108          (147)          55      1,792      13,491         31,299 
                              ---------  -------------  ----------  ---------  ----------  ------------- 
 Comprehensive income 
 Profit / (loss) for the 
  period                              -              -           -          -        (75)           (75) 
 Other comprehensive income           -              -           -          -           -              - 
 Tax credit on cash flow 
  hedge                               -              -          73          -           -             73 
                              ---------  -------------  ----------  ---------  ----------  ------------- 
 Total comprehensive income           -              -          73          -        (75)            (2) 
 Transactions with owners 
 Capital raised on employee 
  options                            12              -           -          -           -             12 
 Share options exercised              5              -           -        (5)           -              - 
 Share options forfeited              -              -           -       (81)          26           (55) 
 Share option compensation 
  expense                             -              -           -        106           -            106 
                              ---------  -------------  ----------  ---------  ----------  ------------- 
 Total transactions with 
  owners                             17              -           -         20          26             63 
 Balance as at 30 September 
  2012 (unaudited)               16,125          (147)         128      1,812      13,442         31,360 
                              ---------  -------------  ----------  ---------  ----------  ------------- 
 

The notes which follow are an integral part of these interim financial statements.

NOTES TO THE HALF YEAR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

   1.   General information 

The Group operates in the network security and monitoring market sectors.

The Group has operations in New Zealand, the US, the UK and Australia. Endace Limited (referred to as the "Company") is a limited liability company incorporated and domiciled in New Zealand with its registered office at Level 2, Building A, The Millennium Building Phase 2, 600 Great South Road, Ellerslie, Auckland 1051, New Zealand. The Company has its primary listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. These consolidated interim financial statements have been approved for issue by the Board of Directors on 6 November 2012.

   2.   Significant accounting policies 
   a)   Basis of preparation 

These consolidated interim financial statements for the six months ended 30 September 2012 have been prepared in accordance with New Zealand Generally Accepted Accounting Practice ('NZ GAAP'). They comply with the New Zealand equivalent to International Accounting Standard 34 ('NZ IAS 34 Interim Financial Statements') as well as the International Accounting Standard 34 ('IAS 34 Interim Financial Statements'). These consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2012 which have been prepared in accordance with the New Zealand equivalents to International Financial Reporting Standards ('NZ IFRS'). They also comply with International Reporting Standards ('IFRS').

The accounting policies applied in these consolidated interim financial statements are the same as those used and described in the annual financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2012.

   3.     Segment reporting 

The chief operating decision-maker has been identified as the team comprising the Chief Executive Officer ('CEO') and the management team (collectively 'The Leadership team'). This team reviews the Group's internal reporting in order to assess performance and allocate resources. The team has determined the operating segments based on these reports.

The Leadership team considers the business from both a geographic and product perspective. The reportable segments presented reflect the Group's management and reporting structure as viewed by the Leadership team. Geographically, the Leadership team considers the Group's performance in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa and Asia Pacific, based on the location of customers. From a product perspective management separately considers revenue from systems, DAG cards, support activities and other grant income in these geographies.

The Leadership team assesses the performance of the operating segments based on a measure of operating profit. Finance costs are not allocated to segments as this type of function is managed on a net basis, centrally.

The Group also manages assets and liabilities on a central basis and therefore does not provide any segment information of this nature to the Leadership team.

Revenue from external parties reported to the Leadership team is measured in a manner consistent with that in the Income Statement.

   a)       Description of segments 

The Group is organised into three main geographical segments.

North America

Comprises sales and distribution of systems and DAG cards and, support operations in Chantilly, Virginia, USA; servicing customers throughout the Americas.

The Group marketing function is also based in North America.

Europe, Middle East, Africa

Comprises sales and distribution of systems and DAG cards and support operations in Reading, UK; servicing customers throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Asia Pacific

Comprises sales and distribution of systems and DAG cards and support operations in New Zealand and Singapore; servicing customers throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Group product development and engineering operations are also based in New Zealand as is the corporate head office.

Unallocated

These items are unable to be allocated to a specific segment within the Group.

   b)       Segment results 
 
                                            Europe, 
                                             Middle 
 6 Months ended 30 September        North     East,       Asia 
  2012 (unaudited)                America    Africa    Pacific   Unallocated   Consolidated 
 
                                  US$'000   US$'000    US$'000       US$'000        US$'000 
                                ---------  --------  ---------  ------------  ------------- 
 Revenue 
 Segment sales                     11,467     5,756     31,405             -         48,628 
 Inter-segment sales                    -         -   (29,405)             -       (29,405) 
 Total revenue                     11,467     5,756      2,000             -         19,223 
                                ---------  --------  ---------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 Results 
 Operating profit/(loss)              619       216      (914)             -           (79) 
 Finance (expense) / income 
  - net                              (15)        27        (4)             -              8 
 Profit/(loss) before 
  taxation                            604       243      (918)             -           (71) 
                                =========  ========  =========  ============  ============= 
 
 Profit for the year includes 
  the following amounts: 
 
 Depreciation                         278        59        920             -          1,257 
 Amortisation                           -         1      1,535             -          1,536 
                                =========  ========  =========  ============  ============= 
 
 Reportable non-current 
  asset information: 
 
 Total non-current assets 
  (excluding goodwill)              1,293       185     10,247         2,524         14,249 
 Goodwill                           3,859     2,105      1,053             -          7,017 
 Capital expenditure                  554        33      1,755             -          2,342 
                                =========  ========  =========  ============  ============= 
 
                                            Europe, 
                                             Middle 
 6 Months ended 30 September        North     East,       Asia 
  2011 (unaudited)                America    Africa    Pacific   Unallocated   Consolidated 
 
                                  US$'000   US$'000    US$'000       US$'000        US$'000 
                                ---------  --------  ---------  ------------  ------------- 
 Revenue 
 Segment sales                     11,505     5,610     42,459             -         59,574 
 Inter-segment sales                    -         -   (40,975)             -       (40,975) 
 Total revenue                     11,505     5,610      1,484             -         18,599 
                                ---------  --------  ---------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 Results 
 Operating profit/(loss)              460       224      (677)             -              7 
 Finance income - net                   -         -          -            10             10 
 Profit/(loss) before 
  taxation                            460       224      (677)            10             17 
                                =========  ========  =========  ============  ============= 
 
 Profit for the year includes 
  the following amounts: 
 
 Depreciation                         226        59        874             -          1,159 
 Amortisation                           -         1      1,264             -          1,265 
                                =========  ========  =========  ============  ============= 
 
 Reportable non-current 
  asset information: 
 
 Total non-current assets 
  (excluding goodwill)              1,583     5,557      7,453           100         14,693 
 Goodwill                           3,859     2,105      1,053             -          7,017 
 Capital expenditure                  385        50      4,279             -          4,714 
                                =========  ========  =========  ============  ============= 
 
 
                                             Europe, 
                                              Middle 
 12 Months ended 31 March            North     East,       Asia 
  2012                             America    Africa    Pacific   Unallocated   Consolidated 
 
                                   US$'000   US$'000    US$'000       US$'000        US$'000 
                                 ---------  --------  ---------  ------------  ------------- 
 Revenue 
 Segment sales                      25,527    11,888     29,701             -         67,116 
 Inter-segment sales                     -         -   (25,966)             -       (25,966) 
 Total revenue                      25,527    11,888      3,735             -         41,150 
                                 ---------  --------  ---------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 Results 
 Operating profit/(loss)             2,237       502      (572)             -          2,167 
 Finance income - net                    -         -          -            24             24 
 Profit/(loss) before taxation       2,237       502      (572)            24          2,191 
                                 =========  ========  =========  ============  ============= 
 
 Profit for the year includes 
  the following amounts: 
 
 Depreciation                          478       121      1,841             -          2,440 
 Amortisation                            1         2      2,790             -          2,793 
                                 =========  ========  =========  ============  ============= 
 
 Reportable non-current 
  asset information: 
 
 Total non-current assets 
  (excluding goodwill)               1,018       217     10,758         2,524         14,517 
 Goodwill                            3,859     2,105      1,053             -          7,017 
 Capital expenditure                   745        70      6,900             -          7,715 
                                 =========  ========  =========  ============  ============= 
 

Breakdown of the revenue is as follows:

 
                                 6 Months       6 Months     12 Months 
                                    Ended          Ended         Ended 
                             30 September   30 September      31 March 
                                     2012           2011          2012 
                              (unaudited)    (unaudited)   (unaudited) 
                                  US$'000        US$'000       US$'000 
                            -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 
 Systems                            8,432          7,777        19,170 
 DAG Cards                          6,107          6,106        11,545 
 Accessories, software & 
  other                               875          1,214         2,973 
 Total sale of goods               15,414         15,097        33,688 
 Revenue from services              3,809          3,502         7,462 
 Total revenue by product 
  category                         19,223         18,599        41,150 
                            -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 
   4.     Other Income 
 
                     6 Months       6 Months   12 Months 
                        Ended          Ended       Ended 
                 30 September   30 September    31 March 
                         2012           2011        2012 
                  (unaudited)    (unaudited)   (audited) 
                      US$'000        US$'000     US$'000 
 
 Grant Income           1,007            809       1,633 
 Other                    406              -           5 
                        1,413            809       1,638 
                -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 

Grant income represents two grants received during the period from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) (formerly the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MSI)). The Technology Development Grant aims to assist businesses undertaking research and development with an objective of improving New Zealand's economic performance. The Technology for Business Growth grant aids specific new product development projects.

Both of these grant contracts contain recovery of funds clauses which refer to MBIE's ability to request the repayment of some or all of the funding should the company enter into any arrangement which "materially reduces the benefit to New Zealand anticipated by the original proposals". There has been no request to date from the MBIE to repay any of the funds granted.

   5.     Expenses 
 
                                                        6 Months       6 Months   12 Months 
                                                           Ended          Ended       Ended 
                                                    30 September   30 September    31 March 
                                                            2012           2011        2012 
                                                     (unaudited)    (unaudited)   (audited) 
 (Loss) / profit before taxation 
  is stated after charging / (crediting):    Note        US$'000        US$'000     US$'000 
                                                   -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Wages and salaries expense                                8,297          6,776      15,371 
 Depreciation of property, plant 
  and equipment                                            1,256          1,159       2,440 
 Amortisation of intangible assets            9            1,537          1,265       2,793 
 Bad debt expense                                           (60)          (129)         368 
 Doubtful debts provision                                      -              1     (1,550) 
 Inventory obsolescence provision                            113            127          78 
 Operating lease rentals                                     719            555       1,206 
 Directors fees                                              168            145         293 
 Net share option compensation charge                         51            163         270 
 Net foreign exchange (gains)                              (104)          (686)       (590) 
 Donations                                                     2              1          10 
 
   6.     Income tax expense 
 
                                           6 Months       6 Months   12 Months 
                                              Ended          Ended       Ended 
                                       30 September   30 September    31 March 
                                               2012           2011        2012 
                                        (unaudited)    (unaudited)   (audited) 
                                            US$'000        US$'000     US$'000 
 
 Profit / (loss) before taxation               (71)             17       2,191 
                                      -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Profit / (loss) before taxation 
  multiplied by standard rate 
  of corporation tax in New 
  Zealand 28% (September 2011: 
  28%) (March 2012:28%)                        (20)              5         613 
 Effects of: 
 Foreign tax differences                         25             30         214 
 Adjustment to tax in respect 
  of the prior year                             (1)             78       (194) 
 Assessable income / (deductible 
  expenditure)                                    -             11       (215) 
 Changes in NZ tax rate to deferred 
  tax balances                                    -              -           - 
 Income tax expense / (credit)                    4            124         418 
                                      -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
   7.     Earnings per share 

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.

 
                       As at 30 September               As at 30 September 
                              2012                             2011                        As at 31 March 2012 
                          (unaudited)                      (unaudited)                          (audited) 
                             Number                           Number                                               Per 
                                 of   Per share                   of   Per share                     Number      share 
                 Earnings    shares      amount   Earnings    shares      amount   Earnings       of shares     amount 
                 US$'000     '000     US cents    US$'000     '000      US cents   US$'000        '000        US cents 
 (Loss) / 
  Profit 
  attributable 
  to 
  shareholders       (75)                            (107)                            1,773 
                ---------  --------  ----------  ---------  --------  ----------  ---------  --------------  --------- 
 Basic EPS 
 Earnings 
  attributable 
  to ordinary 
  shareholders       (75)    15,215      (0.49)      (107)    15,111      (0.71)      1,773          15,151      11.70 
 Effect of 
 dilutive 
 securities 
 Options                -         -           -          -         -           -          -           1,739          - 
 Diluted EPS 
  adjusted 
  earnings           (75)    15,215      (0.49)      (107)    15,111      (0.71)      1,773          16,890      10.50 
                ---------  --------  ----------  ---------  --------  ----------  ---------  --------------  --------- 
 

As at 30 September 2012, there were 1.8 million (31 March 2012:1.8 million) share options outstanding that could potentially have a dilutive impact in the future but were anti-dilutive at 30 September 2012 and 2011.

   8.     Trade and other receivables 
 
                                          As at          As at       As at 
                                   30 September   30 September    31 March 
                                           2012           2011        2012 
                                    (unaudited)    (unaudited)   (audited) 
                                        US$'000        US$'000     US$'000 
                                  -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Trade receivables                       11,133         11,161       9,595 
 Less: provision for impairment 
  of receivables                           (68)        (1,548)        (34) 
                                         11,065          9,613       9,561 
 Other receivables                          699          1,158         727 
 Less: provision for impairment 
  of other receivables                        -              -        (94) 
                                  -------------  -------------  ---------- 
                                            699          1,158         633 
 Prepayments                              1,225          1,216       1,675 
                                         12,989         11,987      11,869 
                                  -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
   9.     Intangible assets 
 
                                                          Development   Intellectual 
                                    Goodwill   Software         costs       property     Total 
                                     US$'000    US$'000       US$'000        US$'000   US$'000 
 At 1 April 2011 (audited)             7,057      1,566         9,515          1,442    19,580 
 Additions                                 -        104         2,292             13     2,409 
 Disposal                                  -          -         (139)              -     (139) 
 At 30 September 2011 
  (unaudited)                          7,057      1,670        11,668          1,455    21,850 
                                   ---------  ---------  ------------  -------------  -------- 
 Additions                                 -        307         1,453              3     1,763 
 Disposal                                  -          -         (145)              -     (145) 
 At 31 March 2012 (audited)            7,057      1,977        12,976          1,458    23,468 
 Additions                                 -         65         1,225              2     1,292 
 Disposal                                  -          -             -              -         - 
 At 30 September 2012 
  (unaudited)                          7,057      2,042        14,201          1,460    24,760 
                                   ---------  ---------  ------------  -------------  -------- 
 
 
 Amortisation 
 At 1 April 2011 (audited)                40      1,319         4,281          1,157     6,797 
 Charge for the period                     -        102         1,108             55     1,265 
 At 30 September 2011 
  (unaudited)                             40      1,421         5,389          1,212     8,062 
                                   ---------  ---------  ------------  -------------  -------- 
 Charge for the period                     -        114         1,365             49     1,528 
 At 31 March 2012 (audited)               40      1,535         6,754          1,261     9,590 
 Charge for the period                     -        123         1,401             13     1,537 
 At 30 September 2012 
  (unaudited)                             40      1,658         8,155          1,274    11,127 
                                   ---------  ---------  ------------  -------------  -------- 
 
 
 Net book amount 
 At 30 September 2012 
  (unaudited)                          7,017        384         6,046            186    13,633 
                                   ---------  ---------  ------------  -------------  -------- 
 At 31 March 2012 (audited)            7,017        442         6,222            197    13,878 
                                   ---------  ---------  ------------  -------------  -------- 
 At 30 September 2011(unaudited)       7,017        249         6,279            243    13,788 
                                   ---------  ---------  ------------  -------------  -------- 
 

In the six months ended 30 September 2012 grant income of $551,386 was netted against development cost additions (March 2012: $694,633).

10. Net cash flows from operating activities

 
                                                 6 Months       6 Months   12 Months 
                                                    Ended          Ended       Ended 
                                             30 September   30 September    31 March 
                                                     2012           2011        2012 
                                              (unaudited)    (unaudited)   (audited) 
                                                  US$'000        US$'000     US$'000 
                                            -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 
 
 (Loss) / profit for the year                        (75)          (107)       1,773 
 Adjustments for 
  Depreciation and amortisation                     2,794          2,424       5,233 
  Net share option compensation charge                 51            163         270 
  Interest income                                    (42)           (24)        (43) 
  Foreign exchange (gain) / loss                     (26)             38         154 
  Movement in deferred tax assets 
   and liabilities                                  (226)          (426)       (392) 
  Non-cash movement in working capital              1,034          (474)        (35) 
 
 Changes in working capital 
  Inventories                                         812          (593)       (397) 
  Trade and other receivables                     (1,011)           (25)          93 
  Financial derivatives                              (74)            628         227 
  Trade and other payables                        (2,350)        (2,149)       (789) 
                                            -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 Net cash flows from operating activities             887          (545)       6,094 
                                            -------------  -------------  ---------- 
 

11. Contingent liabilities and contingent assets

The Group had no contingent liabilities or contingent assets as at 30 September 2012 (March 2012: Nil).

12. Capital commitments

The Group had no capital commitments as at 30 September 2012 (March 2012: Nil).

13. Related party transactions

There have been no material changes in the nature of related party transactions since 31 March 2012, see note 26 in the Group's 31 March 2012 Annual Report and Accounts.

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