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ACT Actual Experience Plc

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Actual Experience PLC Interim Results (0384G)

24/05/2017 7:01am

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Actual Experience PLC

24 May 2017

24 May 2017

Actual Experience plc

(the "Company" or "Actual Experience" or "Actual")

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM RESULTS

for the six months ended 31 March 2017

Actual Experience plc (AIM: ACT), the analytics-as-a-service company, is pleased to announce its unaudited consolidated interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2017.

Financial Highlights

-- Revenue of GBP192,882 (31 March 2016: GBP483,635) which reflects a continuing move away from legacy direct sales and also the non-recurrence of initial channel partner development work

-- Operating loss of GBP3,825,169 (31 March 2016: loss of GBP2,608,449) reflecting additional investment in product development and partner support

   --      Loss per share of 9.44p (31 March 2016: loss per share of 6.62p) 
   --      Placing with existing and new institutional holders raising GBP17.5 million before expenses 

-- Cash balance at 31 March 2017 (including cash on long term deposit) of GBP22,624,500 (30 September 2016: GBP9,415,886) including net proceeds of Placing received just prior to period end

Operational Highlights

-- Signing of fourth multi-year channel partner framework agreement, a three year agreement with Proquire, the procurement arm of Accenture plc

   --      First order from a channel to begin production roll-out of a major customer 

-- Net proceeds of Placing will be used primarily for technology development and support capabilities to maximise opportunities within existing channel partners

Dave Page, CEO of Actual Experience, commented: "The pipeline of opportunities within our existing channel partners confirms our belief that we are well on our way to building a business of scale. We were delighted with the response to our fund raising at the end of February from both existing and new shareholders which will enable us to maximise these opportunities."

Enquiries:

 
 Actual Experience plc                 via Alma PR 
  Dave Page, Chief Executive Officer 
  Steve Bennetts, Chief Financial 
  Officer 
 N+1 Singer Advisory LLP               Tel: +44 (0)207 
  Shaun Dobson                          496 3000 
  Lauren Kettle 
 Alma PR 
 Josh Royston                          Tel: +44 (0)7780 
                                        901979 
 Robyn Fisher                          Tel: +44 (0)7540 
                                        706191 
 

About Actual Experience

Actual Experience's analytics provide the digital Voice of the Customer. This is a real-time, data-driven view of what end users would say about the quality of a company's digital products and services, and why. Our customers can analyse everything that impacts the experience quality in their digital supply chains, for any service, type of user or the Internet of Things. It gives them complete transparency from the point of provision to the point of use and whether inside or outside their business's control. The insights can be used to make continuous improvements to their business performance.

Actual Experience is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (ACT). Our development headquarters are in Bath, UK, and we have sales staff based out of London, New York, Washington DC and Atlanta. Actual Experience's unique digital analytics as a service is founded on ten years of cutting-edge research at Queen Mary University of London.

www.actual-experience.com

BUSINESS REVIEW

The Company continues to make good progress against its strategic objectives. In November 2016 a three year framework agreement was signed with Proquire, the procurement arm of Accenture plc, bringing the number of multi-year channel partner agreements to four. These businesses are integrating the Company's analytics service into their offerings, either as a stand-alone service or as part of their own product. The ability of our analytics services to analyse an organisation's digital supply chain will ensure that the quality of digital products and services delivered to customers and staff is always transparent.

As previously stated, given the importance of these channel relationships, the progress made with them to date and the vast commercial opportunity they bring both individually and collectively, the Board took the decision to focus fully on this route to market and move away from direct sales. As such, with the majority of revenue to date having come from direct sales and initial channel partner development work, the financial results show a decrease in turnover to GBP192,882 (31 March 2016: GBP486,635). 72% of revenue was derived from sales to channel partners in the period (31 March 2016: 62%). Revenues to date bear no resemblance to the market opportunity or to the progress being made with channel partners.

Headcount increased to 69 at 31 March 2017 from 56 at 30 September 2016 to advance product development and partner support. This, together with further investment in technology, led to an increase in administrative expenses which totalled GBP3,391,260 in the period (31 March 2016: GBP2,710,089).

Placing raising GBP17.5 million before expenses

On 20 February 2017 the Company announced that it had conditionally raised GBP17.5 million before expenses, which was duly approved by shareholders at a General Meeting on 21 March.

The net proceeds of this Placing will enable the Company to put in place the resources to support its channel partners as they commence the deployment of Actual Experience's technology into their global enterprise customer base.

We appreciate the support from both existing and new institutional shareholders.

Channel Partners

Actual Experience's analytics service has far-reaching applicability, with the potential to benefit any organisation with a digital business or footprint. We intend to service the global business markets primarily through channel partners.

Actual Experience has now signed multi-year framework agreements with four global businesses and a significant white-labelling contract with a Fortune 100 global technology company.

Our Channel Partners incorporate the Company's capabilities in one or more of the following methods:

-- Analytics services sold through the channel to the channel's corporate customers as standalone product;

-- Analytics services incorporated in a technology product or portfolio and sold to the channel's customer as part of the product; or

-- Analytics services incorporated in large, complex customer agreements, all with the ultimate goal to better serve the Channel Partner's customers or to improve their customers' digital experience.

Typically, for all categories, the signing of the master services agreement is the start of a complex, multi-phase implementation process, prior to significant revenue generation. This can involve productisation, the development of marketing materials, sales team training and ultimately the building of a sales pipeline.

The Company has been pleased with the progress made in the period under review and on 15 February 2017, the Company was pleased to host a production validation conference call with a senior executive of a channel partner and certain investors, in which the executive provided insight into the channel's relationship with the Company and an update on how this relationship was progressing. The executive also discussed the benefits the channel gained from Actual Experience's technology and the executive's views on the potential of the Company's technology.

The needs of our channel partners continue to evolve as the opportunities and pipelines for deployment into their global customer bases increase. The nature of these deployments are inherently complex, particularly as the scale for some individual end user customers are substantial. As detailed at the time of the fund raising, the Company is investing significant resources to ensure that its product roadmap and business processes are aligned with the needs and scale of its channel partners. This will help to ensure that Actual Experience deployments undertaken by channel partners are right first time, every time, building trust and credibility and giving partners increasing confidence to deploy Actual Experience's analytics further and faster. It is expected that this approach will increasingly unlock the vast revenue potential from each channel partner over time.

The Company was also pleased to announce at the time of the Placing that it had received the first order from a channel to begin production roll-out of a major customer. This is being introduced manually in close consultation with both the channel and the customer so that we can all learn from the process and finesse both the product and its integration as we proceed, which will prove helpful both now and for future deployments.

Direct activities

Despite the move away from direct sales, we retain a number of direct enterprise customers for our enterprise product. The feedback that we continue to receive from our direct enterprise customers provides us with useful insights for how we can better support our channel partners with their customers as well as enabling ongoing product development.

Operational Development

Our existing channel partners have global customer bases and the opportunities within them for Actual Experience range from large, multi-national enterprises to a range of SME's and everything in between. As we gain a better understanding of how and where our partners want to scale out our technology, we are concentrating on further product enhancements, improving our deployment processes and increasing resources in the field to support our partners as deployment increases.

As such we have refined our product roadmap to ensure that our development priorities deliver the functionality demanded by our customers, both large and small. This includes product enhancements to facilitate more effective project design and configuration and also improvements to support the Company's Digital User on large scale deployments.

Our processes are being redefined to provide the smoothest transition for our customers from cradle to grave of the adoption cycle of our technology. As such, we are working to improve the alignment between the product development, training, marketing, business support and field functions to provide a seamless customer journey and we have created a deployment toolkit and trained our field sales staff to operate these new processes.

During the remainder of this financial year and beyond we will continue to focus resources on technology enhancements as we continue to learn more from our channel partners and their enterprise customers. In this way, we will ensure that we meet our end users' demands and that both the channel and their customers have the appropriate levels of support to achieve successful wide scale adoption.

Current Trading and Outlook

Current deployments by channel partners are manual. These initial deployments will last throughout the remainder of this financial year, with the benefits of these processes being seen next financial year with wider scale adoption through increased automation.

The opportunity that the Company has within its existing channel partners is significant and the pipeline within their customer bases continues to grow. Within our existing channel agreements alone we have the potential to build a business of scale. Importantly, as we gain further experience of channel partner deployments to their customers globally, we are focusing on improving functionality and processes to make our technology easy to deploy at scale. We are therefore focusing our immediate efforts on ensuring that deployments into these customers deliver exactly the ease of use, stability and security, together with the breadth and depth of analysis that they expect. It is this attention to performance, we believe, that will help us to accelerate scaled deployment.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Consolidated income statement

Revenue of GBP192,882 was recognised in the period ended 31 March 2017 (2016: GBP486,635). This partly reflects the Company's continued transition from direct sales activity to sales to channel partners, as well as one off partner development projects in 2016.

Additional investment made in the Company's customer support team and related channel partner support activities resulted in a gross loss for the period of GBP433,909, compared to a gross profit of GBP101,640 in the first half of 2016.

Administrative costs increased to GBP3,391,260, compared to GBP2,710,089 in the corresponding period in 2016, reflecting significant investment in technology development and operational support teams. Headcount increased from 56 at 30 September 2016 to 69 at 31 March 2017, to enable the Company to advance product development and manage the anticipated increase in activity with large channel partners. As a result of the move away from direct selling, our marketing activities are focused on targeted initiatives to enable and accelerate sales traction within specific prospective and existing channels. This has resulted in a decrease in sales and marketing costs in the period.

The functional cost breakdown is as follows:

 
                               Six months   Six months           Year 
                                    ended        ended          ended 
                                 31 March     31 March   30 September 
                                     2017         2016           2016 
                                      GBP          GBP            GBP 
----------------------------  -----------  -----------  ------------- 
 Research and development         922,468      525,825      1,215,950 
 Operational support              407,762      175,088        476,912 
 Sales and marketing            1,513,585    1,580,993      3,320,447 
 Finance and administration       547,445      428,183        792,990 
 Total                          3,391,260    2,710,089      5,806,299 
----------------------------  -----------  -----------  ------------- 
 

As a result of this investment the Group recorded an operating loss in the period of GBP3,825,169 (31 March 2016: loss of GBP2,608,449) and a loss per share of 9.44p (31 March 2016: loss per share of 6.62p).

A summary of the Group's results is set out below.

 
                              Six months    Six months           Year 
                                   ended         ended          ended 
                                31 March      31 March   30 September 
                                    2017          2016           2016 
                                     GBP           GBP            GBP 
--------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 Revenue                         192,882       483,635        716,346 
--------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 Gross (loss)/profit           (433,909)       101,640      (238,466) 
--------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 Operating loss              (3,825,169)   (2,608,449)    (6,044,765) 
 Loss for the period/year    (3,655,406)   (2,456,951)    (5,671,072) 
--------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 

Balance sheet

The Group has a debt free balance sheet, and cash and short-term deposits increased in the period to GBP22,624,500 at 31 March 2017, from GBP9,415,886 at 30 September 2016, as a result of the Company's recently completed Placing, which raised GBP17.5m before expenses.

The trade and other receivables figure of GBP552,000 at 31 March 2017 (31 March 2016: GBP967,879) comprises trade debtors of GBP60,850, prepayments of GBP365,434 and other debtors of GBP125,716.

Trade and other payables of GBP710,026 (31 March 2016: GBP632,859) includes deferred revenue of GBP227,061.

Cash flow statement

The movement in cash and cash equivalents during the period was:

 
                                Six months    Six months           Year 
                                     ended         ended          ended 
                                  31 March      31 March   30 September 
                                      2017          2016           2016 
                                       GBP           GBP            GBP 
----------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 Net cash used in operating 
  activities                   (3,302,903)   (2,827,594)    (5,210,287) 
 Net cash used in investing 
  activities                   (5,415,656)     (259,268)      (719,018) 
 Net cash from financing 
  activities                    16,923,736        59,746         61,885 
 Effect of exchange 
  rate fluctuations                  3,437         2,649          8,084 
 Movement during the 
  period/year                    8,208,614   (3,024,467)    (5,859,336) 
----------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 

Actual Experience plc

Consolidated income statement and statement of comprehensive income

For the six months ended 31 March 2017

 
                                     Unaudited     Unaudited        Audited 
                                    Six months    Six months           Year 
                                         ended         ended          ended 
                                      31 March      31 March   30 September 
                                          2017          2016           2016 
                                           GBP           GBP            GBP 
--------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 Revenue                               192,882       483,635        716,346 
 Cost of sales                       (626,791)     (381,995)      (954,812) 
--------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 Gross (loss)/profit                 (433,909)       101,640      (238,466) 
 Administrative expenses           (3,391,260)   (2,710,089)    (5,806,299) 
 Operating loss                    (3,825,169)   (2,608,449)    (6,044,765) 
 Finance income                         16,042        32,991         61,946 
 Loss before tax                   (3,809,127)   (2,575,458)    (5,982,819) 
 Tax                                   153,721       118,507        311,747 
--------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 Loss for the period/year          (3,655,406)   (2,456,951)    (5,671,072) 
--------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 Other comprehensive expense: 
 Items that may be reclassified 
  to profit or loss: 
 Foreign currency difference 
  on translation of overseas 
  operations                             9,978      (11,245)      (105,310) 
--------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 Total comprehensive loss 
  for the period/year              (3,645,428)   (2,468,196)    (5,776,382) 
--------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 Loss per ordinary share 
 Basic and diluted                     (9.44p)       (6.62p)       (15.21p) 
 

Actual Experience plc

Consolidated statement of financial position

As at 31 March 2017

 
                                    Unaudited     Unaudited           Audited 
                                  At 31 March   At 31 March   At 30 September 
                                         2017          2016              2016 
                                          GBP           GBP               GBP 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ---------------- 
 Non-current assets 
 Property, plant and equipment        277,108        98,197           281,476 
 Intangible assets                    668,292       437,460           516,041 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ---------------- 
 Total non-current assets             945,400       535,657           797,517 
 
 Current assets 
 Trade and other receivables          552,000       967,879           352,129 
 Income tax receivable                215,115       324,000           340,259 
 Investments - cash on 
  term deposits                     5,000,000             -                 - 
 Cash and cash equivalents         17,624,500    12,250,755         9,415,886 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ---------------- 
 Total current assets              23,391,615    13,542,634        10,108,274 
 
 Total assets                      24,337,015    14,078,291        10,905,791 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ---------------- 
 
 Non-current liabilities 
 Deferred tax                        (22,993)      (11,171)          (20,960) 
 Total non-current liabilities       (22,993)      (11,171)          (20,960) 
 
 Current liabilities 
 Trade and other payables           (710,026)     (632,859)         (642,931) 
 Total current liabilities          (710,026)     (632,859)         (642,931) 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ---------------- 
 
 Total liabilities                  (733,019)     (644,030)         (663,891) 
 
 Net assets                        23,603,996    13,434,261        10,241,900 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ---------------- 
 
 Equity 
 Share capital                         89,339        74,866            74,896 
 Share premium                     31,744,464    14,833,061        14,835,170 
 Accumulated losses               (8,229,807)   (1,473,666)       (4,668,166) 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ---------------- 
 Total equity                      23,603,996    13,434,261        10,241,900 
-------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ---------------- 
 

Actual Experience plc

Consolidated statement of changes in equity

For the six months ended 31 March 2017

 
                                                        Accumulated 
                                                            losses) 
                                                         / retained 
                                   Share        Share      earnings 
                                                                            Total 
                                 Capital      Premium                      Equity 
                                     GBP          GBP           GBP           GBP 
------------------------------  --------  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
 Unaudited 
 At 1 October 2015                74,027   14,774,154       874,855    15,723,036 
 Loss for the period                   -            -   (2,456,951)   (2,456,951) 
 Other comprehensive expense 
  for the period                       -            -      (11,245)      (11,245) 
  Total comprehensive loss 
   for the period                      -            -   (2,468,196)   (2,468,196) 
  Issue of shares                    839       58,907             -        59,746 
  Share based payment expense          -            -       119,675       119,675 
 -----------------------------  --------  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
  At 31 March 2016                74,866   14,833,061   (1,473,666)    13,434,261 
 -----------------------------  --------  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 Audited 
 At 1 October 2015                74,027   14,774,154       874,855    15,723,036 
 Loss for the year                     -            -   (5,671,072)   (5,671,072) 
 Other comprehensive expense 
  for the year                         -            -     (105,310)     (105,310) 
------------------------------  --------  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
 Total comprehensive loss 
  for the year                         -            -   (5,776,382)   (5,776,382) 
  Issue of shares                    869       61,016             -        61,885 
 Share based payment expense           -            -       233,361       233,361 
 At 30 September 2016             74,896   14,835,170   (4,668,166)    10,241,900 
------------------------------  --------  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 Unaudited 
 At 1 October 2016                74,896   14,835,170   (4,668,166)    10,241,900 
  Loss for the period                  -            -   (3,655,406)   (3,655,406) 
  Other comprehensive expense 
   for the period                      -            -         9,978         9,978 
 -----------------------------  --------  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
  Total comprehensive loss 
   for the period                      -            -   (3,645,428)   (3,645,428) 
  Issue of shares                 14,443   16,909,294             -    16,923,737 
  Share based payment expense          -            -        83,787        83,787 
 -----------------------------  --------  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
  At 31 March 2017                89,339   31,744,464   (8,229,807)    23,603,996 
 -----------------------------  --------  -----------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 

Actual Experience plc

Consolidated statement of cash flows

for the six months ended 31 March 2017

 
                                             Unaudited        Unaudited        Audited 
                                            Six months       Six months           Year 
                                                 ended            ended          ended 
                                              31 March         31 March   30 September 
                                                  2017             2016           2016 
                                                   GBP              GBP            GBP 
--------------------------------------  --------------  ---------------  ------------- 
 Cash flows from operating activities 
 Loss before tax                           (3,809,127)      (2,575,458)    (5,982,819) 
 Adjustment for non-cash items: 
 Depreciation of property, plant 
  and equipment                                 45,283           13,028         49,376 
 Amortisation of intangible 
  assets                                       238,673          154,653        345,129 
 Share based payment charge                     83,789          119,675        233,361 
 Finance income                               (16,042)         (32,991)       (61,946) 
 Operating cash outflow before 
  changes in working capital               (3,457,424)      (2,321,093)    (5,416,899) 
 Movement in trade and other 
  receivables                                (193,623)        (680,902)       (63,961) 
 Movement in trade and other 
  payables                                      67,246          185,581         94,983 
--------------------------------------  --------------  ---------------  ------------- 
 Cash flows used in operations             (3,583,801)      (2,816,414)    (5,385,877) 
 Tax received/(paid)                           280,898         (11,180)        175,590 
 Net cash flows used in operating 
  activities                               (3,302,903)      (2,827,594)    (5,210,287) 
 
 Cash flows from investing activities 
 Development of intangible assets            (390,924)        (225,727)      (494,784) 
 Purchase of property, plant 
  and equipment                               (40,774)         (66,532)      (286,180) 
 Cash transferred to term deposits 
  with more than 3 months maturity         (5,000,000)                -              - 
 Finance income                                 16,042           32,991         61,946 
 Net cash outflow from investing 
  activities                               (5,415,656)        (259,268)      (719,018) 
 
 Cash flow from financing activities 
 Proceeds from issue of share 
  capital, net of costs                     16,923,736           59,746         61,885 
--------------------------------------  --------------  ---------------  ------------- 
 Net cash inflow from financing 
  activities                                16,923,736           59,746         61,885 
 
 Increase/(decrease) in cash 
  and cash equivalents                       8,205,177      (3,027,116)    (5,867,420) 
 Cash and cash equivalents at 
  start of year / period                     9,415,886       15,275,222     15,275,222 
 Effect of exchange rate fluctuations 
  on cash held                                   3,437            2,649          8,084 
--------------------------------------  --------------  ---------------  ------------- 
 Cash and cash equivalents at 
  end of year / period                      17,624,500       12,250,755      9,415,886 
--------------------------------------  --------------  ---------------  ------------- 
 

Notes to the consolidated interim report

For the six months ended 31 March 2017

   1          General information 

Actual Experience plc (the "Company") is a public limited company domiciled in the UK and incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 06838738) and its registered office is Quay House, The Ambury, Bath, BA1 1UA.

The principal activity of Actual Experience plc ("the Company") and its subsidiary company Actual Experience Inc (together "Actual Experience" or "the Group") is the provision of digital experience quality analytics services and associated consultancy services.

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements were approved for issue on 23 May 2017.

   2          Basis of preparation 

This unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial information has been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with AIM Rules for Companies. The interim condensed consolidated financial information has been prepared on a going concern basis and is presented in Sterling to the nearest GBP1.

The accounting policies used in the preparation of the interim condensed consolidated financial information are consistent with those set out in the 2016 Annual Report and Accounts. Further IFRS standards or interpretations may be issued that could apply to the Group's financial statements for the year ending 30 September 2017. If any such amendments, new standards or interpretations are issued then these may require the financial information provided in this report to be changed. The Group will continue to review its accounting policies in the light of emerging industry consensus on the practical application of IFRS.

The preparation of financial information in conformity with IFRS requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial information and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although these estimates are based on management's best knowledge of the amount, event or actions, actual events ultimately may differ from those estimates. The interim information does not include all financial risk management information and disclosures required in annual financial statements; they should be read in conjunction with the financial information, as at 30 September 2016, summarised in the 2016 Annual Report and Accounts. There have been no significant changes in any risk management policies since 30 September 2016.

The interim condensed consolidated financial information for the six months ended 31 March 2017 and for the six months ended 31 March 2016 do not constitute statutory accounts as defined in Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006 and are unaudited. The financial information for the six months ended 31 March 2017 presents financial information for the consolidated group, including the financial results of the Company's wholly owned US subsidiary, Actual Experience Inc. Comparative figures in the Interim Report for the year ending 30 September 2016 have been taken from the Group's audited financial statements on which the Group's auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, expressed an unqualified opinion.

   3          Segmental reporting 

The Directors consider that there is one identifiable business segment that is engaged in providing individual products or services or a group of related products and services that comprise the core business.

The information reported to the Chief Executive Officer, who is considered to be the Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM"), for the purposes of resource allocation and assessment of performance is based wholly on the overall activities of the Group. Due to the current size and activities of the Group there is a high degree of centralisation of activities. The Directors therefore consider that there is one operating, and hence one reportable, segment for the purposes of presenting information under IFRS8; that of "Digital experience quality analytics services and associated consultancy services". There are no differences between the segment results and the condensed statement of comprehensive income. The assets and liabilities information presented to the CODM is consistent with the Income Statement and Statement of Financial Position. All of the Group's assets and operations are located in the UK and the USA.

   4          Tax 

Tax on loss on ordinary activities

 
                               Six months  Six months          Year 
                                    ended       ended         ended 
                                 31 March    31 March  30 September 
                                     2017        2016          2016 
Current tax: 
UK Corporation tax on losses 
 of the period/year             (215,115)   (132,000)     (340,264) 
Overseas taxes                     59,361      11,180        16,415 
 
Deferred tax: 
Origination and reversal 
 of timing differences              2,033       2,313        12,102 
Total tax credit                (153,721)   (118,507)     (311,747) 
-----------------------------  ----------  ----------  ------------ 
 
   5          Loss per share 

The calculation of basic and diluted loss per share for the 6 months to 31 March 2017 was based upon the loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of GBP3,655,406 (6 months to 31 March 2016: GBP2,456,951, year ended 30 September 2016: GBP5,671,072) and a weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue of 38,748,077 (6 months to 31 March 2016: 37,138,136, year ended 30 September 2016: 37,288,000), calculated as follows:

Weighted average number of ordinary shares

 
                                   Six months  Six months          Year 
                                        ended       ended         ended 
                                     31 March    31 March  30 September 
                                         2017        2016          2016 
Issued ordinary shares 
 at start of period/year           37,447,838  37,013,338    37,013,338 
Effect of shares issued             1,300,239     124,798       274,662 
Weighted average number 
 of shares at end of period/year   38,748,077  37,138,136    37,288,000 
---------------------------------  ----------  ----------  ------------ 
 

Due to the losses incurred there is no dilutive effect from the issue of share options. At 31 March 2017, there were 2,453,425 share options granted but not yet exercised (31 March 2016: 2,484,925; 30 September 2016: 2,483,675).

   6          Related party transactions 

During the period, the Group entered into transactions, in the ordinary course of business, with shareholders and other related parties.

Transactions entered into, along with trading balances outstanding, are as follows:

 
                             Amount     Amount     Amount     Amount     Amount     Amount 
                           invoiced   invoiced   invoiced   invoiced   invoiced   invoiced 
                                 to         by         to         by         to         by 
                            related    related    related    related    related    related 
                              party      party      party      party      party      party 
                            H1 2017    H1 2017    H1 2016    H1 2016    FY 2016    FY 2016 
                                GBP        GBP        GBP        GBP        GBP        GBP 
-----------------------  ----------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  --------- 
 Queen Mary University 
  of London                       -          -      9,000          -      9,000          - 
 IP Group plc                     -     12,500          -     22,500          -     35,000 
 Inmarsat plc                     -          -     10,000          -     10,000          - 
 CTGFT Limited                    -          -          -      7,500          -          - 
 

Queen Mary University of London and IP Group plc are both shareholders of the Company.

Two of the Company's directors, Sir Bryan Carsberg and Mr Stephen Davidson, were directors of Inmarsat plc during the period.

One of the Company's directors, Mr Robin Young, is a director and sole shareholder of CFGFT Limited.

No amounts were outstanding to or from related parties at 31 March 2017.

   7.   Availability of Interim Report 

Electronic copies of this Interim Report will be available on the Company's website at www.actual-experience.com.

Forward-looking statements

This announcement may include certain forward-looking statements, beliefs or opinions, including statements with respect to the Group's business, financial condition and results of operations. These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes", "estimates", "plans", "anticipates", "targets", "aims", "continues", "expects", "intends", "hopes", "may", "will", "would", "could" or "should" or, in each case, their negative or other various or comparable terminology. These statements are made by the Directors in good faith based on the information available to them at the date of this announcement and reflect the Directors' beliefs and expectations. By their nature these statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. A number of factors could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, developments in the global economy, changes in government policies, spending and procurement methodologies, and failure in health, safety or environmental policies. No representation or warranty is made that any of these statements or forecasts will come to pass or that any forecast results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements speak only as at the date of this announcement and the Company and its advisers expressly disclaim any obligations or undertaking to release any update of, or revisions to, any forward-looking statements in this announcement. No statement in the announcement is intended to be, or intended to be construed as, a profit forecast or to be interpreted to mean that earnings per share for the current or future financial years will necessarily match or exceed the historical earnings. As a result, you are cautioned not to place any undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The Directors confirm to the best of their knowledge that:

i) The condensed interim financial information has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 as adopted by the European Union; and

ii) The interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules (4.2.7 R and 4.2.8 R).

Financial statements are published on the Company's website in accordance with legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements, which may vary from legislation in other jurisdictions. The maintenance and integrity of the Company's website is the responsibility of the Directors. The Directors' responsibility also extends to the ongoing integrity of the financial statements contained therein.

The Directors of Actual Experience plc and their functions are listed below.

Further information for Shareholders

 
 Company number:       06838738 
 
 Registered office:    Quay House 
                       The Ambury 
                       Bath 
                       BA1 1UA 
 
 Directors:            Stephen Davidson (Chairman) 
                       Dave Page (Chief Executive 
                        Officer) 
                       Steve Bennetts (Chief Financial 
                        Officer) 
                       Robin Young (Chief Operating 
                        Officer) 
                       Sir Bryan Carsberg (Non-Executive 
                        Director) 
                       Dr Mark Reilly (Non-Executive 
                        Director) 
                       Paul Spence (Non-Executive 
                        Director) 
 
 Company Secretary:    Steve Bennetts 
 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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