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CNIC Centralnic Group Plc

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CentralNic Group PLC Interim Results to 30 June 2019 (8004K)

02/09/2019 7:00am

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CentralNic Group PLC

02 September 2019

2 September 2019

CENTRALNIC GROUP PLC

("CentralNic" or "the Company" or "the Group")

HALF YEAR RESULTS 2019

Trading at the top end of market expectations for 2019:

Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA triple Year-on-Year

CentralNic Group Plc (AIM: CNIC), the global internet platform that derives revenue from the subscription sales of domain names and web services, is pleased to announce its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2019. Both revenues and Adjusted EBITDA have tripled year-on-year, driven by a combination of growth through acquisition and underlying organic growth of c.6%. As indicated in the 2018 year end results, the Directors were considering amending the Group's presentational currency to US Dollars and in H1 2019 concluded to revise the Group's presentational currency for all periods ending after 1 January 2019, bringing it in line with its principal trading currency and industry peers.

Financial Summary:

-- Revenue increased by 225% to $49.7m (H1 2018: $15.3m), which was virtually all subscription based

   --       Gross profit increased by 127% to $19.7m (H1 2018: $8.7m) 
   --       Adjusted EBITDA* increased by 203% to $9.2m (H1 2018: $3.1m) 
   --       Operating profit increased by 266% to $2.4m (H1 2018: operating loss of $1.4m) 
   --       Cash balance increased 73% to $17.9m (H1 2018: $10.4m) 
   --       Net debt** was reduced by 47% to $6.0m (H1 2018: $11.3m) 

*Excludes impact of share-based payments expense for options, premium domain sales, foreign exchange, and non-core operating costs

** Includes gross cash, debt and prepaid costs; please see section "Post half year end highlights"

Operational Highlights:

   --      Numerous notable client wins, including: 

o Automattic, the parent company of WordPress and of the .blog TLD

o The Alpnames portfolio of c. 680,000 domain names assigned by ICANN

o The Kingdom of Bahrain, for registry services

o A major contract from a global luxury car manufacturer

o A significant registry project from a South East Asian government

-- On track to make more than $1.0m of cost savings in the full year ending December 2019, from the integration of the KeyDrive acquisition, as demonstrated by strong H1 2019 performance

-- Completion of first stage of earn-out for the KeyDrive acquisition, which exceeded financial targets

-- Successful placing of the debut offering of a EUR50.0m oversubscribed senior secured bond, used to repay debt and to fund acquisitions

Post half year end highlights:

   --      TPP Wholesale acquisition completed 1 August 2019 for a gross consideration of c. $16.6m 

-- Hexonet acquisition completed 7 August 2019 after CentralNic paid an initial cash consideration of c.$7.8m for all Hexonet shares

   --      Ideegeo acquisition completed 7 August 2019 for a total consideration of c.$3.4m 

-- Settlement of the EUR50.0m senior secured bond issue on 3 July 2019 and repayment of the prior acquisition facility provided by Silicon Valley Bank on 30 July 2019

-- The debt markets have demonstrated confidence in our recurring business model and acquisition strategy by over subscribing to our debut bond offering

-- The cumulative annual adjusted EBITDA (including ongoing cost reductions of Hexonet) from the three newly acquired businesses, as per their latest completed financial years is $4.6m

-- Net Debt restated for the bond issuance and the three new acquisitions would be approximately $35m, assuming the simultaneous completion of all the transactions on 30 June 2019

Outlook

-- Strong growth in the first half and three successful acquisitions, taking the Company to c. $130m revenues on a proforma annualised basis, demonstrate the successful execution of our buy and build strategy

-- Performance of last year's key acquisition, KeyDrive, demonstrates CentralNic's ability to generate network effect and economies of scale beyond initial hard cost synergies, thereby improving gross margin and adjusted EBITDA margin

-- This gives us confidence to continue with this consolidation strategy and we continue to assess a number of opportunities in what is a huge, fragmented and growing market

-- Having achieved strong results in the first half of 2019, management is confident that the full year result should be around the top end of the current range of analyst forecasts

Ben Crawford, CEO of CentralNic, commented: "In the first half of 2019 CentralNic's adjusted EBITDA exceeded our full year performance in 2018. These outstanding results not only demonstrate that CentralNic can source and complete transformative acquisitions, but that it can also integrate them successfully while continuing to deliver organic growth. Moreover, as we scale up rapidly, the underlying qualities of high recurring revenues and excellent cash conversion become increasingly meaningful.

"Our pipeline of future deals remains strong, while our net debt level remains comfortable particularly given the profitability of the existing CentralNic Group and the expected contribution from recent acquisitions. We are confident in continuing our trajectory towards joining the ranks of the global leaders in our industry."

For further information:

 
           CentralNic Group Plc 
           Ben Crawford, Chief Executive Officer                              +44 (0) 203 388 0600 
           Don Baladasan, Group Managing Director 
           Michael Riedl, Chief Financial Officer 
 
           Zeus Capital - NOMAD and Joint Broker 
           Nick Cowles / Jamie Peel (Corporate 
            Finance)                                                          +44 (0) 161 831 1512 
           John Goold / Rupert Woolfenden (Institutional 
            Sales)                                                            +44 (0) 203 829 5000 
           Stifel - Joint Broker 
           Fred Walsh / Neil Shah / Alex Price                                +44 (0) 20 7710 7600 
           Newgate Communications (for Media) 
           Bob Huxford                                                        +44 (0) 203 757 6880 
            Tom Carnegie                                               centralnic@newgatecomms.com 
            Robin Tozer 
 

Forward-Looking Statements

This document includes forward-looking statements. Whilst these forward-looking statements are made in good faith, they are based upon the information available to CentralNic at the date of this document and upon current expectations, projections, market conditions and assumptions about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Group and should be treated with an appropriate degree of caution.

About CentralNic Group Plc

CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) is a London-based AIM-listed company which drives the growth of the global digital economy by developing and managing software platforms allowing businesses globally to buy subscriptions to domain names, used for their own websites and email, as well as for protecting their brands online. Its core growth strategy is identifying and acquiring cash-generative businesses in its industry with annuity revenue streams and exposure to growth markets and migrating them onto the CentralNic software and operating platforms.

CentralNic operates globally with customers in almost every country in the world. It earns recurring revenues from the worldwide sales of internet domain names and other services on an annual subscription basis.

For more information please visit: www.centralnicgroup.com

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S STATEMENT

Introduction

CentralNic's acquisition of KeyDrive in August 2018 substantially increased the scale and capabilities of the Company. The effect of this is fully demonstrated in our H1 2019 results which show a transformational increase in revenues and adjusted EBITDA, both of which have more than tripled against the comparative period for 2018. Contributing to this strong performance in H1 2019, the Company is on track to make more than $1.0m of cost savings in 2019 from the integration of KeyDrive.

Our strategy to rapidly consolidate the recurring revenue domain name industry has continued apace with a further four acquisitions since KeyDrive. The three acquisitions post 30 June 2019 were funded through an oversubscribed EUR50.0m senior secured bond issue. Together, these acquisitions further increase our scale and global presence, improve our product set and competitive positioning, and are earnings enhancing. We are therefore confident of further strong growth with the support of both our investors and new bond lenders providing considerable financial flexibility over the medium term to continue to pursue accretive acquisitions.

Performance Overview

The Company has performed strongly during the period with the key financial metrics listed below:

 
                              30 June   30 June 
                                 2019      2018     Change 
                                $'000     $'000          % 
                             --------  --------  --------- 
 Revenue                       49,693    15,304       225% 
                             --------  --------  --------- 
 Gross profit                  19,731     8,703       127% 
                             --------  --------  --------- 
 Adjusted EBITDA(1)             9,230     3,051       203% 
                             --------  --------  --------- 
 Operating profit / (loss)      2,400   (1,442)       266% 
                             --------  --------  --------- 
 Loss after tax               (2,995)   (1,499)     (100%) 
                             --------  --------  --------- 
 EPS - Basic (cents)           (1.75)    (1.55)      (13%) 
                             --------  --------  --------- 
 EPS - Adjusted earnings 
  - Basic (cents) (2)            4.25      3.19        34% 
                             --------  --------  --------- 
 

(1) Excludes impact of share-based payments expense for options, premium domain sales, foreign exchange, and non-core operating costs

(2) Please refer to note 11

The KeyDrive acquisition represented a significant proportion of the strong performance in the period, with the acquisition exceeding the first stage of its earn-out targets. As a result of this, the Company released additional consideration in cash and shares in respect of KeyDrive's FY2018 earn-out target on 14 June 2019. The Company grew by c.6% organically in H1 2019, as compared to H1 2018 performance on a proforma basis.

Soon after, on 24 June 2019, the Company announced the successful completion of its first senior secured bond issue of EUR50.0m, which was oversubscribed. The bond, which matures in July 2023, has a coupon of 7% above EURIBOR p.a., with quarterly interest payments. The bond settled on 3 July 2019 with the proceeds released on 30 July 2019 and used to repay incumbent debt and fund the acquisitions of TPP Wholesale, Hexonet and Ideegeo. Therefore, the bond debt was reflected in the financial statements post half year end.

The acquired businesses have similar patterns of recurring revenue and cash conversion as CentralNic's prior business, and hence recurring revenue and cash conversion are expected to remain in line with the long-term trend. This underpins the Company's financial stability and visibility of earnings. The decrease in average gross margin from 57% to 40% reflects the change in the business blend as a result of the KeyDrive acquisition, with the current rate, being the minimum expected rate, maintained throughout the first half.

Segmental Analysis

Reseller customers

We achieved significant scale in our reseller customer segment, with revenues increasing by $19.4m or 317%, from $6.1m to $25.5m, chiefly driven by the KeyDrive acquisition.

During the period, the Company successfully completed a number of key integration projects within its reseller segment, including the migration of KS Registry customers to CentralNic Registry and the migration of CentralNic EPP Gateway customers to the Key-Systems reseller platform.

At the same time, CentralNic continued to secure new reseller clients. Notable wins in the period include Automattic, the parent company of WordPress, for the provision of their domain names and the exclusive distribution of .blog, one of the top 25 new gTLD registries; exclusive registry back-end provision for the Kingdom of Bahrain; and major projects for middle Eastern and South East Asian ccTLDs.

These wins helped the Company to successfully maintain its position as the leading distributor of new Top-Level Domains to retailers, as well as supplier of the long tail of country code domain names to many of the world's leading domain resellers.

Small business customers

Revenue from our small business customers grew by $11.1m or 127%, from $8.7m to $19.8m, which was mainly driven due to the KeyDrive acquisition.

In addition, the Company was assigned the business of defunct domain registrar Alpnames at no consideration, resulting in the bulk transfer of 679,840 domain names onto the CentralNic platform. This followed a competitive application process with ICANN (the gTLD governance body), the winning of which was a clear endorsement of CentralNic's industry reputation and the quality of the Company's platform. Revenues from these are received when individual domain names are renewed.

Progress was also made within the small business customer segment in migrating the Instra websites to the Key-Systems retail platform.

Corporate customers

The fastest growing segment of CentralNic's business was from corporate customers where total revenues grew by $3.9m or 826%, from $0.5m to $4.4m through the KeyDrive acquisition.

Key wins in the corporate segment include exclusive domain name registration projects from a luxury car manufacturer; a major fashion retailer and one of the world's largest online gaming organisations. CentralNic continues to expand its service offering in intellectual property management and protection for the biggest global brands.

Post half year end acquisitions

Acquisition of TPP Wholesale:

On 1 August 2019, CentralNic completed the acquisition of TPP Wholesale in an asset deal for a headline consideration of $24m AUD. TPP Wholesale is the leading platform for resellers of domain names and hosting in Australasia, with around 14,000 reseller customers and 840,000 domains under management. The acquisition highlights CentralNic's strategy as a rapidly growing global consolidator in the domain name industry. Further, it introduces new subscription revenue streams to CentralNic - selling Microsoft Office 365 and Amazon's AWS hosting, as well as increasing the Group's exposure to the soon-to-be-launched new .au country code domain for Australia.

TPP Wholesale's stand-alone revenues and Adjusted EBITDA for the financial year ended 31 December 2018 were determined to be $17.0m AUD ($11.7m) and $3.9m AUD ($2.7m) respectively on an unaudited basis.

Acquisition of Hexonet:

CentralNic completed the acquisition of Hexonet, with operations in Canada and Germany, on 7 August 2019. Hexonet sells domain name subscriptions directly and via more than a thousand resellers in over 110 countries, managing over 3.8 million domains on its proprietary software platforms. The acquisition increases CentralNic's domains under management by c.28%.

CentralNic paid EUR7.0m ($7.8m) on a net cash/debt free basis for all shares in Hexonet and will make a deferred payment of up to EUR3.0m ($3.3m) on the first anniversary of completion, payable in cash or CentralNic shares at prevailing market price, at the Company's discretion. In 2018 Hexonet's revenues were c.EUR16.5m (c.$19.4m), representing a CAGR of 8% on a US Dollar basis for the two preceding years, with an EBITDA of c.EUR0.8m (c.$0.9m). Hexonet was delivered by the seller with over EUR0.3m (c.$0.4m) of ongoing cost reductions compared to the 2018 cost base, which is materially completed, and CentralNic is filling staff vacancies budgeted at EUR0.3m (c.$0.4m) with staff from Hexonet.

Acquisition of Ideegeo:

The acquisition of Ideegeo on 7 August 2019 was the Company's fifth in 12 months. CentralNic acquired Ideegeo, a privately owned domain name retailer registered in New Zealand serving an international customer base, for a purchase price on a net cash/debt free basis of $5.2m NZD (c.$3.4m), of which $520,000 NZD (c.$0.3m) constitutes a deferred payment, held in escrow until May 2021.

For the financial year ended 31 March 2019, Ideegeo's revenues were c. $6.2m NZD (c.$4.2m), with an EBITDA (adjusted for the emoluments of the shareholders leaving the business) of $0.9m NZD (c.$0.6m). The consideration represents a multiple of 5.8 times trailing adjusted EBITDA and is paid in cash.

The cumulative annual adjusted EBITDA (including ongoing cost reductions of Hexonet) from the three newly acquired businesses, as per their latest completed financial years is $4.6m.

Outlook

In the first half of 2019 CentralNic's adjusted EBITDA exceeded our full year performance in 2018. Having achieved strong results in the first half of 2019, management is confident that the full year result should be around the top end of the current range of analyst forecasts.

These outstanding results not only demonstrate that CentralNic can source and complete transformative acquisitions, but that it can also integrate them successfully while continuing to deliver organic growth. Moreover, as we scale up rapidly, the underlying qualities of high recurring revenues and excellent cash conversion become increasingly meaningful.

Our pipeline of future deals remains strong, while our net debt level remains comfortable particularly given the profitability of the existing CentralNic Group and the expected contribution from recent acquisitions. We are confident in continuing our trajectory towards joining the ranks of the global leaders in our industry.

Ben Crawford

Chief Executive

 
 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF                                                               Restated(c) 
 COMPREHENSIVE                                                                             Unaudited                       Restated(c) 
 INCOME                                                                Unaudited          Six months                           Audited 
                                                                      Six months            ended 30                              Year 
                                                                    ended 30 Jun                 Jun                          ended 31 
                                                                            2019             2018(b)                          Dec 2018 
                                Note                                       $'000               $'000                             $'000 
                               -----       -------------------------------------       -------------       --------------------------- 
 
 Revenue                         8                                        49,693              15,304                            55,991 
 Cost of sales                                                          (29,962)             (6,601)                          (30,080) 
 
 Gross profit                                                             19,731               8,703                            25,911 
 
 Administrative expenses                                                (17,303)             (9,867)                          (29,053) 
 Share based payments expense                                               (28)               (278)                             (469) 
 
 Operating profit / (loss)                                                 2,400             (1,442)                           (3,611) 
 
 Adjusted EBITDA(a)                                                        9,230               3,051                             9,115 
 Depreciation                                                              (576)                (48)                             (326) 
 Amortisation of intangible 
  assets                                                                 (3,598)             (2,210)                           (5,600) 
 Fair value movement of 
  investment                                                                   -                   -                           (1,265) 
 Non-core operating 
  expenses(d)                                                            (2,154)             (1,708)                           (5,840) 
 Foreign exchange                                                          (485)               (280)                               788 
 Premium domain sales                                                         11                  31                                31 
 Share of associate income                                                     -                   -                              (45) 
 Share based payment expense                                                (28)               (278)                             (469) 
                                           -------------------------------------       -------------       --------------------------- 
 Operating profit /(loss)                                                  2,400             (1,442)                           (3,611) 
-----------------------------  -----  ---  -------------------------------------  ---  -------------  ---  --------------------------- 
 
 Finance income                                                                5                  18                                 3 
 Finance costs                   9                                       (4,031)               (489)                           (1,433) 
 
 Net finance costs                                                       (4,026)               (471)                           (1,430) 
 Share of associate income                                                     -                   -                                45 
 
 
 Loss before taxation                                                    (1,626)             (1,913)                           (4,996) 
 Taxation                        10                                      (1,369)                 414                           (1,428) 
                                           -------------------------------------       -------------       --------------------------- 
 Loss after taxation                                                     (2,995)             (1,499)                           (6,424) 
 
 Items that may be 
 reclassified 
 subsequently to profit and 
 loss 
 Exchange difference on 
  translation 
  of foreign operation                                                     (271)             (1,499)                             (648) 
 
 
 Total comprehensive loss for 
  the financial year                                                     (3,266)             (2,998)                           (7,072) 
 
 
 Loss is attributable to: 
  Owners of CentralNic Plc                                               (2,995)             (1,499)                           (6,424) 
  Non-controlling interest                                                    43                   -                                 5 
                                           -------------------------------------       -------------       --------------------------- 
                                                                         (2,952)             (1,499)                           (6,419) 
 Total comprehensive loss is 
  attributable to: 
  Owners of CentralNic Plc                                               (3,266)             (2,998)                           (7,072) 
  Non-controlling interest                                                    43                   -                                 5 
                                           -------------------------------------       -------------       --------------------------- 
 
                                                                         (3,223)             (2,998)                           (7,067) 
                                           -------------------------------------       -------------       --------------------------- 
 
 
 Earnings per share (note 11): 
 Basic (cents)                     (1.75)   (1.55)   (5.04) 
 Diluted (cents)                   (1.75)   (1.55)   (5.04) 
 
 Adjusted earnings - Basic 
  (cents)                            4.25     3.19     5.00 
 Adjusted earnings - Diluted 
  (cents)                            4.10     2.99     4.76 
 

All amounts relate to continuing activities.

(a) Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, acquisition costs and non-cash charges

(b) H1 2018 numbers have been restated to reclassify salaries of $2.5m from cost of sales into administrative expenses, in line with the 2018 presentational change

(c) The comparative figures have been restated in respect of changes to the presentational currency as described in note 6 (b)

(d) Non-core operating expenses include items related to acquisition and integration costs, which are not incurred as part of the underlying trading performance of the Business, and therefore adjusted for, in line with Group policy

 
      CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION                               Restated (c)     Restated(c) 
                                                                   Unaudited       Unaudited         Audited 
                                                                   30 Jun 2019    30 Jun 2018      31 Dec 2018 
                                                           Note      $'000          $'000            $'000 
                                                          -----  -------------  -------------  ----------------- 
 
 ASSETS 
 
 NON-CURRENT ASSETS 
 Property, plant and equipment                              12           1,082            306                931 
 Right-of-use assets                                        12           3,875              -                  - 
 Intangible assets                                          13         123,220         67,898            127,267 
 Deferred receivables                                       14           1,514            764              1,106 
 Investments fair value through other comprehensive                          -          1,312                  - 
 income 
 Investments                                                             1,431              -              1,392 
 Deferred tax assets                                                     1,705          2,020              1,625 
 
 
                                                                       132,827         72,300            132,321 
 CURRENT ASSETS 
 Trade and other receivables                                15          24,872         18,484             24,382 
 Taxation receivable                                                         -          1,068                  - 
 Inventory                                                               3,876          3,814              3,906 
 Cash and bank balances                                                 17,885         10,362             23,090 
 
 
                                                                        46,633         33,728             51,378 
 
 
 TOTAL ASSETS                                                          179,460        106,028            183,699 
 
 
 
 EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 
 
 EQUITY 
 Share capital                                              18             227            120                216 
 Share premium                                                          74,835         20,624             69,238 
 Merger relief reserve                                                   2,314          2,314              2,314 
 Share based payments reserve                                            3,359          3,181              3,330 
 Foreign exchange translation reserve                                    3,880          3,300              4,151 
 Retained earnings                                                     (4,073)          3,734            (1,186) 
 
 
 CAPITAL AND RESERVES ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE 
  GROUP                                                                 80,542         33,273             78,063 
 
 Non-controlling interests                                                (49)              -                  5 
 
 TOTAL EQUITY                                                           80,493         33,273             78,068 
 
 
   NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 
 Other payables                                                          5,736          5,663              7,660 
 Lease liabilities                                          6            3,482              -                  - 
 Deferred tax liabilities                                               12,138          6,814             12,595 
 Borrowings                                                 19               -         19,310             22,933 
 
                                                                        21,356         31,787             43,188 
                                                                 -------------  -------------  ----------------- 
 CURRENT LIABILITIES 
                   Trade and other payables and accruals    16          52,486         38,644             59,719 
 Taxation payable                                                          825              -                452 
 Lease liabilities                                          6              462              -                  - 
 Borrowings(e)                                              19          23,838          2,324              2,272 
 
 
                                                                        77,611         40,968             62,443 
 
 
 TOTAL LIABILITIES                                                      98,967         72,755            105,631 
 
 
 TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES                                          179,460        106,028            183,699 
                                                                 -------------  -------------  ----------------- 
 

(e) As at 30 June 2019, the SVB term loan has been reflected in short term due to its repayment in July 2019 from the Bond proceeds. In July 2019, this will be replaced with the EUR50.0m bond proceeds under long term borrowings category

 
 CENTRALNIC GROUP                                                                                  Equity 
 PLC                                                                                         attributable 
 CONSOLIDATED                                             Share        Foreign                  to owners 
 STATEMENTS                                  Merger       based       exchange                     of the 
 OF CHANGES IN          Share      Share     relief    payments    translation    Retained         Parent   Non-Controlling 
 EQUITY               capital    premium    reserve     reserve        reserve    earnings        Company          Interest     Total 
                      $'000      $'000      $'000       $'000        $'000         $'000        $'000            $'000         $'000 
                    ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  -------------  ----------  -------------  ----------------  -------- 
 
 Balance as at 1 
  January 2018            119     20,369      2,314       3,133          4,799       5,026         35,760                 -    35,760 
 
 
 Profit/(loss) for 
  the period                -          -          -           -              -     (1,499)        (1,499)                 -   (1,499) 
 other 
 comprehensive 
 income/(expense) 
 - translation of 
  foreign 
  operation                 -          -          -           -        (1,499)           -        (1,499)                 -   (1,499) 
 Total 
  comprehensive 
  income for the 
  period                    -          -          -           -        (1,499)     (1,499)        (2,998)                 -   (2,998) 
 Transactions with 
  owners 
 Issue of new 
  shares                    1        255          -           -              -           -            256                 -       256 
 Share based 
  payments                  -          -          -         278              -           -            278                 -       278 
 Share based 
  payments 
  - deferred tax 
  asset                     -          -          -        (23)              -           -           (23)                 -      (23) 
 Share based 
  payments 
  - exercised and 
  lapsed                    -          -          -       (207)              -         207              -                 -         - 
 
 Balance as at 30 
  June 2018               120     20,624      2,314       3,181          3,300       3,734         33,273                 -    33,273 
                    ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  -------------  ----------  -------------  ----------------  -------- 
 
 Loss for the 
  period                    -          -          -           -              -     (4,925)        (4,925)                 5   (4,920) 
 other                      -          -          -           -              -           -              -                 -         - 
 comprehensive 
 income/(expense) 
 - translation of 
  foreign 
  operation                 -          -          -           -            851           -            851                 -       851 
 Total 
  comprehensive 
  income for the 
  period                    -          -          -           -            851     (4,925)        (4,074)                 5   (4,069) 
 Transactions with 
  owners 
 Shares issued             96     49,971          -           -              -           -         50,067                 -    50,067 
 Share issue costs          -    (1,357)          -           -              -           -        (1,357)                 -   (1,357) 
 Share based 
  payments                  -          -          -         191              -           -            191                 -       191 
 Share based 
  payments 
  - deferred tax 
  asset                     -          -          -        (37)              -           -           (37)                 -      (37) 
 Share based 
  payments 
  - exercised and 
  lapsed                                                    (5)                          5              -                 -         - 
 
 Balance as at 31 
  December 2018           216     69,238      2,314       3,330          4,151     (1,186)         78,063                 5    78,068 
                    ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  -------------  ----------  -------------  ----------------  -------- 
 
 Impact of IFRS             -          -          -           -              -           -              -                 -         - 
  16 
 Loss for the 
  period                    -          -          -           -              -     (2,952)        (2,952)              (43)   (2,995) 
 Adjustment to 
  non-controlling 
  Interest                  -          -          -           -              -          11             11              (11)         - 
 - translation of 
  foreign 
  operation                 -          -          -           -          (271)           -          (271)                 -     (271) 
 Total 
  comprehensive 
  income for the 
  period                    -          -          -           -          (271)     (2,941)        (3,212)              (54)   (3,266) 
 Transactions with 
  owners 
 Issue of new 
  shares                   11      5,597          -           -              -           -          5,608                 -     5,608 
 Share based 
  payments                  -          -          -          25              -           -             25                 -        25 
 Share based 
  payments 
  - deferred tax 
  asset                     -          -          -          58              -           -             58                 -        58 
 Share based 
  payments 
  - reclassify 
  lapsed 
  options                   -          -          -        (54)              -          54              -                 -      - 
 Balance as at 30 
  June 2019               227     74,835      2,314       3,359          3,880     (4,073)         80,542              (49)    80,493 
                    ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  -------------  ----------  -------------  ----------------  -------- 
 

-- Share capital represents the nominal value of the company's cumulative issued share capital.

-- Share premium represents the cumulative excess of the fair value of consideration received for the issue of shares in excess of their nominal value less attributable share issue costs and other permitted reductions.

-- Merger relief reserve represents the cumulative excess of the fair value of consideration received for the issue of shares in excess of their nominal value less attributable shares issue costs and other permitted reductions.

-- Retained earnings represent the cumulative value of the profits not distributed to shareholders but retained to finance the future capital requirements of the CentralNic Group.

-- Share based payments reserve represents the cumulative value of share-based payments recognised through equity.

-- Foreign exchange translation reserve represents the cumulative exchange differences arising on Group consolidation.

-- Foreign currency hedging reserve represents the effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives.

 
                                                            Restated(c) 
                                                Unaudited     Unaudited   Restated(c) 
                                               Six months    Six months       Audited 
                                                    ended         ended          Year 
 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH                    30 Jun        30 Jun      ended 31 
  FLOWS                                              2019          2018      Dec 2018 
                                                    $'000         $'000         $'000 
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Cash flow from operating activities 
 
 Loss before taxation                             (1,626)       (1,913)       (4,996) 
 
 Adjustments for: 
 
 Depreciation of property, plant 
  and equipment                                       576            48           326 
 Amortisation of intangible assets                  3,598         2,210         5,600 
 Fair value movement of investment                      -             -         1,265 
 Profit on investment in associate                      -             -          (45) 
 Finance income/(cost) - net                        4,026           471         1,430 
 Share based payments                                  28           278           469 
 (Increase)/Decrease in trade and 
  other receivables                                 (685)           606         2,524 
 Increase/(Decrease) in trade and 
  other payables (f)                              (5,885)         1,522         8,894 
 (Increase)/Decrease in inventories                    62       (3,539)       (3,635) 
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Cash flow from operations                             94         (317)        11,832 
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 Income tax paid                                  (1,479)       (1,529)       (3,015) 
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 Net cash flow from operating activities          (1,385)       (1,846)         8,817 
 
 Cash flow used in investing activities 
 Purchase of property, plant and 
  equipment                                         (449)          (96)         (399) 
 Purchase of intangible assets, 
  net of cash acquired                                  -          (12)       (4,521) 
 Payment of deferred consideration                (1,024)             -         (680) 
 Acquisition of a subsidiary, net 
  of cash acquired                                      -             -      (11,965) 
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 Net cash flow used in investing 
  activities                                      (1,473)         (108)      (17,565) 
 
 Cash flow used in financing activities 
 (Repayments) / Proceeds from borrowings 
  (net)                                           (1,156)       (1,375)         3,124 
 Proceeds from issuance of ordinary 
  shares (net)                                         43            14        32,263 
 Costs from share issue                                 -             -       (1,394) 
 Payment of liabilities arising 
  from KeyDrive acquisition                             -             -      (14,923) 
 Lease rentals                                      (180)             -             - 
 Lease interest                                      (50)             -             - 
 Interest paid                                      (311)             -         (682) 
 Net cash flow generated from / 
  (used in) financing activities                  (1,654)       (1,361)        18,388 
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 Net (decrease)/increase in cash 
  and cash equivalents                            (4,512)       (3,315)         9,640 
 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning 
  of the period/year                               23,090        14,675        14,675 
 Exchange differences on cash and 
  cash equivalents                                  (693)         (998)       (1,225) 
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 Cash and cash equivalents at end 
  of the period/year                               17,885        10,362        23,090 
 Bank borrowings (excluding prepaid 
  costs)                                         (23,838)      (21,634)      (25,205) 
                                             ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Net (debt)/cash excluding issue 
  costs of debts                                  (5,953)      (11,272)       (2,115) 
 
 

(f) One off unwinding negative effect from delayed revenue share payment of $5.3m (full year 2018: positive impact)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION

   1.   General information 

CentralNic Group Plc is the UK holding company of a group of companies which are engaged in the provision of global domain name services. The company is registered in England and Wales. Its registered office and principal place of business is 4th Floor, Saddlers House, 44 Gutter Lane, London, England, EC2V 6BR.

The CentralNic Group provides Wholesale ("registry"), Retail ("registrar") and Enterprise services and strategic consultancy for new Top Level Domains ("TLDs"), Country Code TLD's ("ccTLDs") and Second-Level Domains ("SLDs") and it is the owner and registrant for a portfolio of domain names, which it uses as SLD domain extensions and for resale on the domain aftermarket.

   2.   Basis of preparation 

The condensed interim financial information is unaudited and has been prepared on the basis of the accounting policies set out in the Group's 2018 statutory accounts in accordance with Accounting Standard IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting.

The condensed interim consolidated financial statements do not represent statutory accounts within the meaning of section 435 of the Companies Act 2016. The financial information for the year ended 31 December 2018 is based on the statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2018. Those accounts, upon which the auditors issued an unqualified opinion, have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies and did not contain statements under section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.

The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the previous financial year and corresponding interim reporting period, except for the estimation of income tax, and the adoption of new and amended standards and accounting policies as set out below.

As reflected in these financial statements, the Group has generated more than half of its adjusted EBITDA in the first half of the year, against the full year market consensus due to seasonality.

   3.   New and amended standards adopted by the Group 

As described in the 2018 Annual Report, the Accounting Standard IFRS 16 has been adopted as of 1 January 2019. Directors have completed their detailed review of IFRS 16 and further guidance on this change in accounting policy is given in note 6 below.

A number of other new or amended standards became applicable for the current reporting period but did not have any impact on the Group's accounting policies and did not require retrospective adjustments.

   4.   Critical accounting judgments and key sources of estimating uncertainty 

In the application of the CentralNic Group's accounting policies, the Directors are required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not apparent from other sources. The estimates and assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods.

The following are the key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the statement of financial position date that have a significant risk of causing a significant adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements:

Impairment Testing

The recoverable amounts of individual non-financial assets are determined based on the higher of the value-in-use calculations and the recoverable amount, or fair value less costs to sell. These calculations will require the use of estimates and assumptions. It is reasonably possible that assumptions may change, which may impact the Directors' estimates and may then require a material adjustment to the carrying value of tangible and intangible assets.

The Directors review and test the carrying value of tangible and intangible assets when events or changes in circumstances suggest that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. For the purposes of performing impairment tests, assets are grouped at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely dependent on cash flows of other assets or liabilities. If there are indications that impairment may have occurred, estimates of expected future cashflows will be prepared for each group of assets.

Expected future cash flows used to determine the value in use of tangible and intangible assets will be inherently uncertain and could materially change over time.

Estimation of useful life

The charge in respect of periodic amortisation and depreciation is derived after determining an estimate of an asset's expected useful life. The useful lives of the assets are determined by management at the time the asset is acquired and are reviewed continually for appropriateness.

Deferred Consideration

The fair value of the contingent deferred consideration arising on the business combination/acquisition is a key area of accounting estimate. Judgement was exercised in determining the fair value of the deferred consideration in the KeyDrive acquisition, as described in note 16.

   5.   Significant accounting policy 
   a)      Revenue recognition 

Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents amounts receivable for services provided in the course of ordinary activities, net of discounts and sales related taxes.

Revenue from the sale of services is recognised when the performance obligations are met under the customer contract. In particular:

   (i)            Sale of Reseller services for domain names to registrars 

Reseller revenues are derived from their customer base, registrars, via the following three channels:

(a) Registry channel - These revenues are being generated from the provision of services through the registry service provider mechanism. CentralNic operates as a back-end service provider for third party Top Level Domains on an exclusive basis, enabling the registrars to sell domain names to registrants.

(b) Reseller channel - Revenues are derived by facilitating the sale of domain names to registrars by acting as a reseller platform provider.

(c) Registry Operator channel - CentralNic is an asset holder for Country Code TLD .SK, and therefore generates revenues through sale of domain names of .SK extension to registrars.

In accordance with IFRS 15, each segment evaluates the representation of the underlying customer contracts with the registrars and identifies the performance obligation that are required to be met under the customer contract. Determining the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to the performance obligation is done is also considered, followed by the fulfilment of the performance obligation, therefore leading to the revenue recognition of the sale.

For the Registry revenues and Registry operator channels, upon evaluation of the customer contract, the registry channel has several performance obligations that need to be met over the term of the domain name sale. An invoice under these divisions could cover the sale of a domain name for a fixed term period which could vary between one and ten years, and the performance obligations are expected to be fulfilled over the course of this term on a straight-line basis. Revenues that relate to the period in which the services are performed are recognised in the income statement of that period, with the amounts relating to future periods being deferred into 'Deferred revenues'.

For the Reseller channel, upon evaluation of the customer contract, the registry channel has performance obligations that are met at point of sale of the domain name. An invoice under this division could cover the license to utilise the domain name for a fixed term period which could vary between one and ten years, however, all performance obligations are met at the point of sale, and therefore no revenue is deferred.

   (ii)           Sale of Small business services for domain names to domain registrants 

Small business revenues are generated from the provision of retail and similar services to domain registrants. The sub revenue streams would be those of new registrations and renewals. Revenue originates when a transaction is generated on the service registry platform by the customer.

For the small business division, upon evaluation of the customer contract, the registry channel has performance obligations that are met at point of sale of the domain name. An invoice under this division could cover the license to utilise the domain name for a fixed term period which could vary between one and ten years, however, all performance obligations are met at the point of sale, and therefore no revenue is deferred.

   (iii)          Sale of Corporate services 

Revenue from the provision of computer software to a customer is recognised when the Group has delivered the related software and completed all of the adaptions required by the customer for either the whole contract or for a specific milestone deliverable within the contract. The revenue is recognised at the point of fulfilment of the performance obligation, in line with the customer contract.

Revenue from strategic consultancy and similar services is recognised in profit and loss in proportion to the stage of completion of the performance obligation at the reporting date. The stage of performance obligation fulfilment is determined based on completion of work performed to date as a percentage of total services to be performed.

   (iv)          Changes in previous year 

By exception, due to the refund policy which has been amended on 1 November 2018 as part of the integration, revenues of Instra (Small business and Reseller segments) and UK (small business segments) billed before the 1 November 2018 have been recognised over the course fixed term period of domain name sale, with the amounts relating to future periods being deferred into 'Deferred revenues' which are effectively customer payments on account in advance of satisfaction of the performance obligations.

   6.   Changes in accounting policy 
   a)     Adjustments recognised on adoption of IFRS 16 

CentralNic has adopted the IFRS 16 modified retrospective approach from 1 January 2019 but has not restated comparatives for the 2018 reporting period, as permitted under the specific transitional provisions in the standard. The reclassifications and the adjustments arising from the new leasing rules are therefore recognised in the opening statement of financial position on 1 January 2019.

CentralNic previously classified leases as operating or finance lease based on its assessment of whether the lease transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership. Under IFRS 16, CentralNic recognises right-of-use assets and the corresponding lease liabilities for most leases by recording them on the balance sheet.

In applying IFRS 16 on transition, the Group has used the following practical expedients permitted by the standard:

-- The Group has elected not to reassess whether a contract is or contains a lease as defined in IFRS 16 at the date of initial application. For contracts entered into before the transition date, the Group relied on its assessment made when applying IAS 17 and IFRIC 4.

-- For the majority of leases, reliance has been placed on previous assessments of whether leases are onerous under IAS 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets. For leases where the right-of-use asset has been determined as if IFRS 16 had been applied since the lease commencement date, this expedient has not been taken.

-- Accounting for operating leases with a remaining lease term of less than 12 months as at 1 January 2019 as short-term leases.

The Group has elected not to recognise the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases that have a term of 12 months or less or leases that are of low value ($5,000). Lease payments associated with these leases are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

At inception or on assessment of a contract that contains a lease component, CentralNic allocates the consideration in the contract to each lease and non-lease component based on their relative stand-alone prices. However, for leases of properties, CentralNic elected not to separate non-lease components and will instead account for the lease and non-lease component as a single lease component.

The Group's leases primarily relate to properties and motor vehicles. Lease terms are negotiated on an individual basis and contain a wide range of different terms and conditions. Property leases will often include extension and termination options, open market rent reviews, and uplifts.

The lease liability is initially measured at the present value of the lease payments that are not paid at the commencement date, discounted using the individual lessee company's incremental borrowing rate taking into account the duration of the lease.

The lease liability is subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, with the finance cost charged to profit or loss over the lease period so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. It is remeasured when there is a change in future lease payments arising from a change in index or rate, or if the Group changes its assessment of whether it will exercise an extension or termination option. The lease liability is recalculated using a revised discount rate if the lease term changes as a result of a modification or re-assessment of an extension or termination option.

The right-of-use asset is initially measured at cost, which comprises the initial amount of the lease liability adjusted for any lease payments made at or before the commencement date, plus any initial direct costs incurred, less any lease incentives received. The right-of-use asset is typically depreciated on a straight-line basis over the lease terms. In addition, the right-of-use asset may be adjusted for certain remeasurements of the lease liability, such as indexation and market rent review uplifts.

The table below summarises the IFRS 16 impact on transition for lease liabilities and the corresponding right-of-use assets along with the movement from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2019:

 
 Lease liabilities                                            $'000 
 Operating lease commitment disclosed as at 31 December 
  2018                                                        1,317 
 Less short-term and low value lease                          (309) 
 Exchange difference                                            (5) 
                                                             ------ 
 Operating lease commitment at 31 December 2018 falls 
  under IFRS 16                                               1,003 
 Discounted using borrowing incremental rate at initial 
  application                                                 (224) 
                                                             ------ 
 
 Lease liabilities recognised at 1 January 2019                 779 
                                                             ------ 
 
 Current lease liabilities                                      779 
 Non-current lease liabilities                                    - 
                                                             ------ 
 
 
 Lease liabilities movement from 1           $'000 
  Jan 2019 to 30 June 2019 
 At 1 January 2019                             779 
 New leases in period                        3,361 
 Prepaid and accrued lease payments          (231) 
 Interest charge                                50 
 Exchange difference                          (15) 
                                            ------ 
 Total lease liabilities at 30 June 2019     3,944 
 Current lease liabilities                     462 
                                            ------ 
 
 Non-current lease liabilities               3,482 
                                            ------ 
 
 
 Right-of-use assets                 $,000       $'000 
                              30 June 2019   1 January 
                                                  2019 
 Properties                          3,792         683 
 Motor vehicles                         75          96 
 Equipment                               8           - 
                             ------------- 
 Total right-of-use assets           3,875         779 
                             -------------  ---------- 
 
 
   b)      Change of presentation currency - basis of presentation 

In the 2018 Annual Report, CentralNic indicated that the Directors were considering amending the currency in which it presents its financial results from UK pounds sterling ('GBP') to US Dollars ('USD') for all financial years beginning after 1 January 2019. In 2019 the Directors concluded to change the presentational currency to US Dollars as the board believes that US Dollar financial reporting provides more relevant presentation of the Group's financial affairs given more than half its trade is in US Dollar and the industry in which it operates is predominantly trading in US Dollars.

To assist shareholders during this change, comparative financial information for the financial year ended 31 December 2018, interim financial report ended 30 June 2018 and financial year ended 31 December 2017 have been restated in US Dollars. For comparative purposes, only financial year ended 31 December 2018 and interim financial report ended 30 June 2018 have been presented in this report.

The change in presentation currency represents a change in accounting policy in terms of IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors requiring the restatement of comparative information. In accordance with IAS 21 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates, the following methodology was followed in restating historical financial information from Sterling into US Dollars:

-- Assets and liabilities were translated into US Dollars at closing rates of exchange at the end of the reporting period. Trading results were translated into US Dollars at average rates of exchange for the period. Differences resulting from the re-translation on the opening net assets and the results for the year have been taken to the foreign currency translation reserve;

-- The equity section of the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, including share capital and premium, foreign currency translation reserve and other reserves, as appropriate, were translated at the historic rates prevailing at the dates of underlying transactions;

-- The effects of translating the Group's financial results and financial position into US Dollars were recognised in the foreign currency translation reserve; and

   --      All exchange rates used were extracted from the Group's underlying financial records. 

The exchange rates used were as follows:

 
 GBP/US$ exchange     30 June   31 December   30 June   31 December 
  rate                   2019          2018      2018          2017 
 Closing rate          1.2693        1.2800    1.3129        1.3587 
 Average rate          1.2673        1.2681    1.3288             - 
 
   7.   Segment analysis 

CentralNic is an independent global domain name service provider. It provides Reseller, Small business and Corporate services and is the owner and registrant of a portfolio of domain names. Operating segments are prepared in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the management as its chief operating decision maker in order to allocate resources to segments and to assess their performance.

The Directors do not rely on segmental cash flows or analysis of segment assets and liabilities arising from the operating, investing and financing activities for each reportable segment for their decision making and have therefore not included them. There was a change in the composition in the segmental analysis and the comparatives have been updated. The segmental analysis is organised around the products and services of the business.

The Reseller division is a global distributor of domain names and provides consultancy services to retailers. The Small business division provides domain names and ancillary services to end users, also on a global basis. The Corporate division represents revenue generated by providing technical and consultancy services to corporate clients, licencing of the Group's in house developed registry management platform, and selling premium domain names.

Management reviews the activities of the CentralNic Group in the segments disclosed below:

 
                                                    Period to 30 June 2019 
                                      ------------------------------------------------- 
                                       Reseller   Small business   Corporate      Total 
                                           $000             $000        $000       $000 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Revenue                                 25,509           19,768       4,416     49,693 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Gross profit                             8,229            8,218       3,284     19,731 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Total administrative expenses                                                 (17,303) 
  Share based payments expense                                                     (28) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Operating profit                                                                 2,400 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 
 Adjusted EBITDA                                                                  9,230 
  Depreciation                                                                    (576) 
  Amortisation of intangibles 
   assets                                                                       (3,598) 
  Fair value movement of investment                                                   - 
  Non-core operating expenses                                                   (2,154) 
  Foreign exchange                                                                (485) 
  Premium domain sales                                                               11 
  Share of associate income                                                           - 
  Share based payment expense                                                      (28) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Operating profit                                                                 2,400 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Finance cost (net)                                                             (4,026) 
 Share of associate income                                                            - 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Loss before taxation                                                           (1,626) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Income tax expense                                                             (1,369) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Loss after taxation                                                            (2,995) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 
 
                                                    Period to 30 June 2018 
                                      ------------------------------------------------- 
                                       Reseller   Small business   Corporate      Total 
                                           $000             $000        $000       $000 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Revenue                                  6,120            8,707         477     15,304 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Gross profit                             4,616            3,606         481      8,703 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Total administrative expenses                                                  (9,867) 
  Share based payments expense                                                    (278) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Operating loss                                                                 (1,442) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 
 Adjusted EBITDA                                                                  3,051 
  Depreciation                                                                     (48) 
  Amortisation of intangibles 
   assets                                                                       (2,210) 
  Fair value movement of investment                                                   - 
  Non-core operating expenses                                                   (1,708) 
  Foreign exchange                                                                (280) 
  Premium domain sales                                                               31 
  Share of associate income                                                           - 
  Share based payment expense                                                     (278) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Operating loss                                                                 (1,442) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Finance cost (net)                                                               (471) 
 Share of associate income                                                            - 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Loss before taxation                                                           (1,913) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Income tax expense                                                                 414 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Loss after taxation                                                            (1,499) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 
 
                                                   Year to 31 December 2018 
                                      ------------------------------------------------- 
                                       Reseller   Small business   Corporate      Total 
                                           $000             $000        $000       $000 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Revenue                                 27,288           24,223       4,480     55,991 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Gross profit                            12,853            9,858       3,200     25,911 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Total administrative expenses                                                 (29,053) 
  Share based payments expense                                                    (469) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Operating loss                                                                 (3,611) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 
 Adjusted EBITDA 
  Depreciation                                                                    9,115 
  Amortisation of intangibles                                                     (326) 
  assets                                                                        (5,600) 
  Fair value movement of investment                                             (1,265) 
  Non-core operating expenses                                                   (5,840) 
  Foreign exchange                                                                  788 
  Premium domain sales                                                               31 
  Share of associate income                                                        (45) 
  Share based payment expense                                                     (469) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Operating loss                                                                 (3,611) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Finance cost (net)                                                             (1,430) 
 Share of associate income                                                           45 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Loss before taxation                                                           (4,996) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Income tax expense                                                             (1,428) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 Loss after taxation                                                            (6,424) 
------------------------------------  ---------  ---------------  ----------  --------- 
 
   8.   Revenue 

The CentralNic Group's revenue is generated from the following geographical areas:

 
                                                     Unaudited             Unaudited             Audited 
                                                        30 Jun                30 Jun              31 Dec 
                                                          2019                  2018                2018 
                                                         $'000                 $'000               $'000 
                                          --------------------      ----------------  ------------------ 
 
    Reseller domain sales 
    UK                                                     305                   315                 660 
    North America                                        5,570                   881               5,297 
    Europe                                              17,416                 3,167              17,689 
       ROW                                               2,218                 1,757               3,642 
                                      ------------------------  --------------------      -------------- 
                                                        25,509                 6,120              27,288 
                                      ------------------------  --------------------      -------------- 
       Small business domain sales 
    UK                                                   1,233                   782               1,919 
    North America                                        5,368                 1,792               6,045 
    Europe                                               6,850                 2,669               5,805 
    ROW                                                  6,317                 3,464              10,454 
                                                        19,768                 8,707              24,223 
                                      ------------------------  --------------------      -------------- 
       Corporate sales 
    UK                                                     198                     -                 680 
    North America                                        1,409                    34               1,431 
    Europe                                               2,066                   300               2,265 
    ROW                                                    743                   143                 104 
                                                             -                   618               4,523 
                                      ------------------------  --------------------      -------------- 
 
                                                         4,416                   477               4,480 
                                      ------------------------  --------------------      -------------- 
 Total revenue                                          49,693                15,304              55,991 
 
 
 
 

Corporate sales including premium domain name sales by nature are subject to annual variation depending on customer demand.

No customer contributes greater than 10% or more of the Small business sales division.

The following table shows customers that represented 10% or more of the reseller domain division:

 
 
                       Unaudited     Unaudited 
                        6 months      6 months        Audited 
                           ended         ended     Year ended 
                          30 Jun        30 Jun         31 Dec 
                            2019          2018           2018 
                           $'000         $'000          $'000 
                    ------------  ------------  ------------- 
 
 Customer A                2,777         1,137              - 
 Customer B                    -           585              - 
 Customer C                    -             -              - 
 Other customers          22,732         4,398         27,288 
 
                                            3. 
                          25,509         6,120         27,288 
 
 
 

In the six months ended 30 June 2019, in the corporate sales division, one customer represented over 10% of the sector revenues totaling $710k. In the six months ended 30 June 2018, corporate sales revenues were principally driven by $140k of Dotbrand registry support, software licensing and consulting of $448k, and premium domain name sales of $30k. There were four customers representing over 10% of the revenues totaling $46k, $99k, $103k, and $186k.

   9.   Finance costs 
 
                                                 Unaudited   Unaudited 
                                                  6 months    6 months        Audited 
                                                     ended    ended 30     year ended 
                                                    30 Jun    Jun 2018         31 Dec 
                                                      2019                       2018 
                                                     $'000       $'000          $'000 
                                                ----------  ----------  ------------- 
 
 
 Impact of unwinding of discount 
  on Net Present Value of deferred 
  consideration                                      (273)        (80)          (117) 
 Reappraisal of deferred consideration             (3,173)           -              - 
 Arrangement fees on borrowings                      (157)       (115)          (185) 
 Interest expense on loans from 
  Shareholders                                           -         (3)            (6) 
 Interest expense on short-term 
  borrowings                                          (38)        (44)           (84) 
 Interest expense on long-term 
  borrowings                                         (340)       (247)        (1,041) 
 Interest expense on 
 leases                                               (50)           -              - 
                                                   (4,031)       (489)        (1,433) 
                                                ----------  ----------  ------------- 
 

Details on the impact of deferred consideration on the Finance costs is discussed in detail in note 16.

   10.   Income tax expense 
 
 
                                        Unaudited               Unaudited 
                                         6 months                6 months        Audited 
                                            ended                   ended     Year ended 
                                           30 Jun                  30 Jun         31 Dec 
                                             2019                    2018           2018 
                                            $'000                   $'000          $'000 
                                       ----------  ----------------------  ------------- 
 
 Current tax on profits for the 
  period- UK and foreign                  (1,886)                      34        (1,641) 
 Adjustments in respect of previous 
  periods                                    (20)                    (78)          (500) 
                                       ----------  ----------------------  ------------- 
 Current income tax                       (1,906)                    (44)        (2,141) 
 
 Deferred income tax                          537                     458            713 
 
                                          (1,369)                     414        (1,428) 
 
 

A reconciliation of the current income tax expense applicable to the profit before taxation at the statutory tax rate to the

current income tax expense at the effective tax rate of the CentralNic Group are as follows:

 
                                                 Unaudited        Unaudited 
                                                  6 months         6 months              Audited 
                                                       end            ended           Year ended 
                                                    30 Jun           30 Jun          31 Dec 2018 
                                                      2019             2018 
                                                     $'000            $'000                $'000 
                                                ----------       ----------       -------------- 
 
 (Loss)/profit before taxation                     (1,626)          (1,913)              (4,996) 
 
 Tax calculated at domestic tax rates 
  applicable to profits in the respective 
  countries                                            441              576                  830 
 
 Tax effects of: 
 Expenses not deductible for tax purposes              105            (475)              (1,721) 
 Profit set off against goodwill amortisation        (245)                -                    - 
  - SK-NIC 
 Adjustments in respect of previous 
  periods                                               20            (145)                (325) 
 Effects of different jurisdictional 
  tax rates                                          (226) 
 Tax loss movement                                   (978)                -                (518) 
 Deferred consideration amounts capitalised 
  in local entity                                  (1,016) 
 Deferred tax                                          537              458                  713 
  Withholding tax                                      (7)                -                (356) 
  Other adjustments                                      -                -                 (51) 
 
 Current tax credit/(expense) for 
  the period/year                                  (1,369)              414              (1,428) 
                                                ----------       ----------       -------------- 
 
 

The Company estimates for income taxes in the condensed financial statements on the basis of its income for financial reporting purposes, adjusted for items that are not assessable or deductible for income tax purposes, in accordance with the regulations of domestic tax authorities.

The effective rate of tax for the period was 84% (Six months ended 2018: 21.6%), mainly driven by the different jurisdictions tax rate, local tax treatment of deferred consideration amounts, tax losses carried forward and the impact of SK-NIC's profits set off against amortisation of goodwill. As illustrated above the business incurs a high level of non-cash charges which are mainly not deductible for income taxes in the relevant jurisdictions and largely represent permanent differences between accounting and taxable profits. As a percentage of the adjusted EBITDA less non-core operating expenses, the tax charge was 19.4% for the six months ended 30 June 2019, which in the opinion of the Directors is a more appropriate measure of the tax cost to the business.

In the UK, the applicable statutory tax rate for 2019/20 is 19% (2018/19: 19%).

In the USA, federal taxes are due at 21% on taxable income. Under California tax legislation a statutory minimum of $800 of state tax is due.

In Germany, federal taxes are due at 15% on taxable income. With an additional 5.5% solidarity surcharge due on the income tax. A community business tax of 14%-c.17% is also levied with rates determined by the municipality taking the total effective tax charge to circa 30%-34%.

In Australia and New Zealand, income taxes are due at 30% and 28% respectively on taxable income.

In Slovakia, income tax is due at 21% of taxable income.

   11.   Earnings per share 

Earnings per share has been calculated by dividing the consolidated profit/(loss) after taxation attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period.

Diluted earnings per share has been calculated on the same basis as above, except that the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on the conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares (arising from the Group's share option scheme and warrants) into ordinary shares has been added to the denominator. There are no changes to the profit (numerator) as a result of the dilutive calculation.

 
                                            Unaudited     Unaudited       Audited 
                                                As at         As at         As at 
                                               30 Jun        30 Jun        31 Dec 
                                                 2019          2018          2018 
                                                $'000         $'000         $'000 
                                         ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 Loss after tax attributable 
  to owners                                   (2,995)       (1,499)       (6,424) 
                                         ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 Operating profit /(loss)                       2,400       (1,442)       (3,611) 
 Depreciation                                     576            48           326 
 Amortisation of intangible assets              3,598         2,210         5,600 
 Fair value movement of investment                  -             -         1,265 
 Non-core operating expenses                    2,154         1,708         5,840 
 Foreign exchange                                 485           280         (788) 
 Premium domain sales                            (11)          (31)          (31) 
 Share of associate income                          -             -            45 
 Share based payment expense                       28           278           469 
                                         ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Adjusted EBITDA                                9,230         3,051         9,115 
 
 Finance costs (excluding deferred 
  consideration related amounts 
  - note 9)                                     (585)         (409)       (1,316) 
 Finance income                                     5            18             3 
 Taxation                                     (1,369)           414       (1,428) 
                                         ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Adjusted Earnings                              7,281         3,074         6,374 
                                         ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 
   Weighted average number of shares: 
 Basic                                    171,396,695    96,492,348   127,515,308 
 Effect of dilutive potential 
  ordinary shares                           6,224,426     6,450,928     6,371,914 
                                         ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Diluted                                  177,621,121   102,943,276   133,887,222 
                                         ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 Earnings per share: 
 Basic (cents)                                 (1.75)        (1.55)        (5.04) 
 Diluted (cents)                               (1.75)        (1.55)        (5.04) 
 
 Adjusted earnings - Basic (cents)               4.25          3.19          5.00 
 Adjusted earnings - Diluted 
  (cents)                                        4.10          2.99          4.76 
 
 

At 30 June 2018, 31 December 2018 and 30 June 2019, for the purposes of the unadjusted Earnings Per share calculation, the contingently issuable potential ordinary shares included within the share options are anti-dilutive and are not included in the calculation.

12. Property, plant and equipment

 
                                 Right of                 Motor                  Computer                 Furniture 
                               use assets              vehicles                 equipment              and fittings    Total 
                                    $'000                 $'000                     $'000                     $'000    $'000 
 Cost 
 At 1 January 
  2018                                  -                     -                       961                       130    1,091 
 Additions                              -                     -                        75                         -       75 
 Exchange 
  differences                           -                     -                      (29)                       (6)     (35) 
               --------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------  ------- 
 At 30 June 
  2018                                  -                     -                     1,007                       124    1,131 
               --------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------  ------- 
 Additions                              -                     -                       302                         8      310 
 Acquisition 
  of 
  subsidiary                            -                    29                       468                       140      637 
 Exchange 
  differences                           -                     1                      (55)                      (15)     (69) 
 At 31 
  December 
  2018                                  -                    30                     1,722                       257    2,009 
               --------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------  ------- 
 IFRS 16 
  adjustment 
  on 1 
  January 
  2019                                779                     -                         -                         -      779 
 Additions                          3,406                     -                       273                       176    3,855 
 Exchange 
  differences                        (15)                     -                       (4)                       (1)     (20) 
 At 30 June 
  2019                              4,170                    30                     1,991                       432    6,623 
               --------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------  ------- 
 
 
 
   Accumulated depreciation 
 At 1 January 
  2018                                  -                     -                       720                        88      808 
 Charge for 
  the period                            -                     -                        46                         2       48 
 Exchange 
  differences                           -                     -                      (27)                       (4)     (31) 
 At 30 June 
  2018                                  -                     -                       739                        86      825 
               --------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------  ------- 
 Charge for 
  the period                            -                    10                       242                        26      278 
 Exchange 
  differences                           -                     1                      (23)                       (3)     (25) 
 At 31 
  December 
  2018                                  -                    11                       958                       109    1,078 
               --------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------  ------- 
 Charge for 
  the period                          295                     3                       239                        39      576 
 Exchange 
  differences                           -                   (1)                        13                         -       12 
 At 30 June 
  2019                                295                    13                     1,210                       148    1,666 
               --------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------  ------- 
 
 Property, 
 plant and 
 equipment- 
 carrying 
 value 
 At 30 June 
  2018                                  -                                             268                        38      306 
               --------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------  ------- 
 At 31 
  December 
  2018                                  -                    19                       764                       148      931 
               --------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------  ------- 
 At 1 January 
  2019 
  restated 
  NBV                                 779                    19                       764                       148    1,710 
               --------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------  ------- 
 At 30 June 
  2019                              3,875                    17                       781                       284    4,957 
               --------------------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------------------  ------- 
 

The carrying value of property, plant and equipment excluding right of use assets recognised under IFRS 16 at 30 June 2019 was $1,082k.

13. Intangible assets

 
                              Domain         Patents                Customer 
                               Names    & Trademarks     Software       List     Goodwill     Total 
                                $000           $'000        $'000      $'000        $'000     $'000 
 Cost or deemed cost 
 At 1 January 2018             1,550               -        5,170     33,069       39,413    79,202 
 Additions                         -               -           12          -            -        12 
 Exchange Differences           (49)               -        (229)    (1,387)      (1,191)   (2,856) 
 At 30 June 2018               1,501               -        4,953     31,682       38,222    76,358 
                             -------  --------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
 Additions                         -             319          471      1,472        2,065     4,327 
 Acquisition of subsidiary        12           2,794        8,982      8,978       37,192    57,958 
 Exchange Differences           (41)              97          233      (186)          121       224 
                             -------  --------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
 At 31 December 2018           1,472           3,210       14,639     41,946       77,600   138,867 
                             -------  --------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
 Additions                         -               -            -          -            -         - 
 Exchange Differences           (13)             (2)         (39)      (255)        (256)     (566) 
                             -------  --------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
 At 30 June 2019               1,459           3,208       14,600     41,691       77,344   138,301 
 
 Amortisation 
 At 1 January 2018               299               -        2,284      3,982            -     6,565 
 Charge for the period            63               -          566      1,581            -     2,210 
 Exchange differences           (12)               -        (110)      (193)            -     (315) 
                             -------  --------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
 At 30 June 2018                 350               -        2,741      5,369            -     8,460 
                             -------  --------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
 Charge for the period            59              89        1,050      2,192            -     3,390 
 Exchange Differences           (10)             (1)         (72)      (167)            -     (250) 
                             -------  --------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
 At 31 December 2018             399              88        3,719      7,394            -    11,600 
                             -------  --------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
 Charge for the period            54             111        1,135      2,298            -     3,598 
 Exchange Differences            (4)               -         (27)       (85)            -     (116) 
                             -------  --------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
 At 30 June 2019                 449             199        4,827      9,607            -    15,081 
 
 Carrying value 
 At 30 June 2018               1,151               -        2,212     26,313       38,222    67,898 
                             -------  --------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
 At 31 December 2018           1,073           3,122       10,920     34,553       77,600   127,267 
                             -------  --------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
 At 30 June 2019               1,010           3,009        9,773     32,084       77,344   123,220 
                             -------  --------------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -------- 
 

Amortisation of intangible assets is included in administrative expenses in the combined and consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

14. Deferred receivables

 
                              Unaudited   Unaudited   Audited 
                                  As at       As at     As at 
                                 30 Jun      30 Jun    31 Dec 
                                   2019        2018      2018 
                                  $'000       $'000     $'000 
                             ----------  ----------  -------- 
 
 
 Deferred costs                   1,414         664     1,006 
 Loans to related parties           100         100       100 
 
 
                                  1,514         764     1,106 
 
 

15. Trade and other receivables

 
                                       Unaudited   Unaudited                Audited 
                                           As at       As at                  As at 
                                          30 Jun      30 Jun                 31 Dec 
                                            2019        2018                   2018 
                                           $'000       $'000                  $'000 
                                      ----------  ----------  --------------------- 
 
 Trade receivables                        10,124       4,489                 12,393 
 Accrued revenue                           7,840       6,046                  5,141 
 Deferred costs                            1,112       5,017                  3,556 
 Prepayments and other receivables         2,803       1,338                  1,742 
 Supplier payments on account              2,993         576                  1,550 
 Amounts due from shareholders                 -       1,018                      - 
 
 
                                          24,872      18,484                 24,382 
                                      ----------  ----------  --------------------- 
 
 
 

16. Trade and other payables and accruals

 
                                        Unaudited   Unaudited   Audited 
                                            As at       As at     As at 
                                      30 Jun 2019      30 Jun    31 Dec 
                                                         2018      2018 
                                            $'000       $'000     $'000 
                                    -------------  ----------  -------- 
 
 Accounts payable                           5,447       4,888     9,248 
 Accrued expenses                          15,054       7,360    12,144 
 Other taxes and social security              262         228       327 
 Deferred consideration                     5,838           -     7,581 
 Deferred revenue                           6,852      13,766     9,992 
 Customer payments on account              18,393      11,935    19,693 
 Accrued interest                             245         183       230 
 Other liabilities                            395         284       504 
 
                                           52,486      38,644    59,719 
                                    -------------  ----------  -------- 
 

On 2 August 2018 CentralNic Group completed the acquisition of the entire share capital of KeyDrive S.A. for an initial consideration of US$35.8m plus a performance based deferred consideration of US$10.5m (discounted at US$6.5m). It was agreed that if certain financial performance tests were met, CentralNic would pay inter.services a performance-based earn-out of up to US$10.5m, a minimum of 15% of which shall be settled in cash and up to 85% of which may be settled by the issue of additional consideration shares. As at 31 December 2018, the deferred consideration of US$10.5m was discounted to US$6.5m. The KeyDrive acquisition delivered a strong performance exceeding the first stage of its earn-out targets. As a result of this, the Company settled additional consideration in cash of $1,025k and in shares of $5,809k on 14 June 2019. The second stage of its earn-out is dependent on KeyDrive's 2019 financial performance, and payable in 2020. Due to the continual strong performance of the KeyDrive, in 2019, there was an upward reappraisal of the deferred consideration amounts for KeyDrive. These costs were recorded in the finance cost in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income as described in note 9. The deferred consideration and the finance costs also reflected the unwinding of the discount factor resulting from the passage of time.

17. Financial instruments

The CentralNic Group is exposed to market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk arising from financial instruments. The CentralNic Group's overall financial risk management policy focusses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimise potential adverse effects on the CentralNic Group's financial performance. The Group does not trade in financial instruments.

The principal financial instruments used by the CentralNic Group, from which financial instrument risk arises, are as follows:

 
                                   Unaudited   Unaudited 
                                       As at       As at     Audited 
                                      30 Jun      30 Jun       As at 
                                        2019        2018      31 Dec 
                                                                2018 
                                       $'000       $'000       $'000 
                                  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 Financial assets 
 Loan and receivables 
 Trade and other receivables          23,292      12,472      18,954 
 Cash and cash equivalents            17,885      10,362      23,090 
 
 
                                      41,177      22,834      42,044 
 
 
 Financial liabilities measure 
  at amortised costs 
 Trade and other payables             25,351      12,941      22,378 
 Loan and borrowings (short 
  and long term)                      23,838      21,634      25,205 
 
 
                                      49,189      34,575      47,583 
                                  ----------  ----------  ---------- 
 
 
 

18. Share capital

 
                                                           Number  Share Capital  Share Premium  Merger Relief 
                                                                           $'000          $'000          $'000 
 
At 1 January 2018                                      95,894,348            119         20,369          2,314 
Options exercised on 1 February 2018                      598,000              1            255              - 
At 30 June 2018                                        96,492,348            120         20,624          2,314 
Shares issued in respect of KeyDrive acquisition       74,160,454             96         49,971              - 
Transactions costs                                              -              -        (1,357) 
At 31 December 2018                                   170,652,802            216         69,238          2,314 
Foreign exchange movement                                       -              -              -              - 
Proceeds from shares issued in connection with the 
 employee share option schemes                            100,000              1             44              - 
Shares issued to settle the deferred consideration 
 in respect of KeyDrive acquisition                     7,384,978             10          5,553 
At 30 June 2019                                       178,137,780            227         74,835          2,314 
                                                      -----------  -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 

On 1 April 2019, share options of 100,000 exercised at 35p each, resulted in additional share premium of $44k being recognised in the period.

On 14 June 2019, 7,384,798 shares were issued to settle the deferred consideration in respect of the Keydrive acquisition.

19. Borrowings

At 30 June 2019, the contractual maturities of the Group's non-derivative financial liabilities were as follows:

 
 
                                         Less 
                               Less      than    Between      Between                    Total               Carrying 
                               than      6-12      1 and        2 and       Over   contractual                 amount 
                           6 months    months    2 years      5 years    5 years    cash flows   (assets)/liabilities 
                         ----------  --------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ------------  --------------------- 
                              $ 000     $ 000      $ 000        $ 000      $ 000         $ 000                  $ 000 
                         ----------  --------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ------------  --------------------- 
 
 Trade and 
  other payables 
  and accruals               25,351         -          -            -          -        25,351                 25,351 
 Borrowings 
  (include 
  prepaid costs)             23,838         -          -            -          -        23,838                 23,838 
 Lease liabilities              271       290        720        2,279      1,101         4,661                  4,661 
                         ----------  --------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ------------  --------------------- 
 Total non-derivatives       49,460       290        720        2,279      1,101        53,850                 53,850 
                         ----------  --------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ------------  --------------------- 
 
 
 As at 30 June 2019, the SVB term loan has been reflected in short 
  term due to its repayment in July 2019 from the Bond proceeds. In 
  July 2019, this will be replaced with the EUR50.0m bond proceeds 
  under long term borrowings category. 
 
  At 31 December 2018, the contractual maturities of the Group's non-derivative 
  financial liabilities were as follows: 
 
                                         Less 
                               Less      than    Between      Between                    Total               Carrying 
                               than      6-12      1 and        2 and       Over   contractual                 amount 
                           6 months    months    2 years      5 years    5 years    cash flows   (assets)/liabilities 
                         ----------  --------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ------------  --------------------- 
                              $ 000     $ 000      $ 000        $ 000      $ 000         $ 000                  $ 000 
                         ----------  --------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ------------  --------------------- 
 
 Trade and 
  other payables 
  and accruals               22,378         -          -                       -        22,378                 22,378 
 Borrowings 
  (include 
  prepaid costs)              1,137     1,137      2,274       20,657          -        25,205                 25,205 
 Lease liabilities                -         -          -            -          -             -                      - 
                         ----------  --------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ------------  --------------------- 
 Total non-derivatives       23,515     1,137      2,274       20,657          -        47,583                 47,583 
                         ----------  --------  ---------  -----------  ---------  ------------  --------------------- 
 
 

20. Events occurring after the reporting period

The below transactions are completed since 30 June 2019. The financial effects of the transactions below have not been brought into account at 30 June 2019. The operating results together with the assets and liabilities of the companies will be brought into the Group financial statements from the respective dates of acquisition.

Senior Secured bond

On 23 May 2019, CentralNic mandated Pareto Securities to arrange a series of fixed income investor meetings to potentially issue a senior secured non-convertible bond of approximately EUR50.0m which was successfully completed on 24 June 2019 for c.$56.8m. The bond has a maturity of 4 years and a coupon rate of three-month EURIBOR plus 7% per annum with a quarterly interest payment.

On 30 July 2019, CentralNic received the disbursement of the Bond issue amounting to EUR50.0m less associated costs of EUR1.125m. Following the disbursement, the proceeds were used to repay the existing SVP interest bearing loan for an amount of EUR25.2m and fund the following acquisitions:

- The Sydney-based business, TPP Wholesale for a total cash consideration amount of $21.3m AUD (Headline consideration of $24.0m AUD);

- The Hexonet group of companies for an amount of EUR7.9m, including a purchase price adjustment and;

   -       The Ideegeo transaction amounting to EUR3.4m. 

The senior secured bond has been listed on the Open Market of Frankfurt Stock Exchange and an application made to list the bond on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Share Awards and exercise of Options

On 1 August 2019, CentralNic awarded ordinary shares of GBP0.001 each ("Ordinary Shares") under the CentralNic Group Plc Long Term Incentive Plan and Share Option Plan (the "LTIP" and "SOP" and together, the "Plans") to Group employees including persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMRs"). These awards were granted to regularise the position in relation to Awards previously agreed in principle by the Remuneration Committee and the options granted were as follows;

Awards granted

 
 
         PDMR              Type of Award         No of Ordinary Shares subject to award           Exercise price 
 Ben Crawford                 LTIP Award                                      2,500,000                      Nil 
                 -----------------------  ---------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 Don Baladasan                LTIP Award                                      2,000,000                      Nil 
                 -----------------------  ---------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 Stuart Fuller                LTIP Award                                        500,000                      47p 
                 -----------------------  ---------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 Michael Riedl                LTIP Award                                        145,833                      Nil 
                 -----------------------  ---------------------------------------------  ----------------------- 
 

Conditions attached to the Awards Granted:

1. The LTIP awards granted to Ben Crawford and Don Baladasan are subject to stretching performance targets for the share price and only on achievement of these targets and them remaining in employment with CentralNic, the LTIP will vest three years from the acquisition of KeyDrive S.A, i.e 16 July 2021.

2. The LTIP Award granted to Stuart Fuller will vest on 27 February 2020, three years from the date of his recruitment as Group Commercial Director and subject to his continued employment with CentralNic.

3. The LTIP Award granted to Michael Riedl will vest three years from the date issue subject to his continued employment with CentralNic.

The awards granted to the remaining PDMRs in the table above and to certain other employees were granted as nil-cost options under the terms of the LTIP and/or the SOP (as relevant) over a total of 1,893,276 Ordinary Shares. The Awards under the LTIP and SOP vest subject to the continued employment of the Award holder.

Issue of Ordinary Shares

On 1 August 2019, CentralNic issued and allotted 3,655,698 Ordinary Shares to satisfy:

1. The exercise by certain employees of share options previously granted by the Company ("Options"), including to the following PDMRs:

 
                       No of Ordinary Shares acquired on exercise of options         Date of grant options 
         PDMR 
 Don Baladasan                                                        52,083                   1 June 2013 
                ------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 Don Baladasan                                                       384,615                 1 August 2019 
                ------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 

2. The awards previously granted, will be held jointly by the participant and RBC Cees Trustee Limited ("RBC"), the trustee of CentralNic Employee Benefit Trust ("EBT"). These Ordinary shares have no voting and dividend rights whilst unvested and the table below summarises the issue:

 
                   Granted date of original option   No of Ordinary Shares subject to options 
   PDMR 
 Don Baladasan                       1 August 2019                                  1,600,000 
                 ---------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 Tom Pridmore                      14 October 2019                                     88,000 
                 ---------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 Tom Pridmore                      5 February 2016                                    350,000 
                 ---------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 Iain McDonald                     5 February 2016                                    350,000 
                 ---------------------------------  ----------------------------------------- 
 

Please note that the resulting Ordinary Shares have been purchased by the EBT at a price of GBP0.59 per Ordinary Share from the Option holders and an application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for the admission of the Ordinary Shares which are expected to be admitted to trading on 8 August 2019.

Further on 1 August 2019, CentralNic has agreed to allow Ben Crawford to retain the 850,000 options which were previously announced to be cancelled in partial recognition of his performance in leading the Company over the 12 months since the acquisition of KeyDrive S.A.

A total number of 11,869,412 Ordinary Shares are held under options granted to all employees and Directors of the CentralNic Group.

Acquisitions

TPP Wholesale

On 1 August 2019, the Group completed the acquisition of TPP Wholesale, a carve out of certain trade and assets from ARQ Group Limited (ASX: ARQ) ("ARQ"), a company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. TPP Wholesale is Australasia's leading domain name and hosting reseller platform business with around 14,000 reseller customers and 840,000 domains under management, including 19% of all.com.au registrations. The total cash consideration for the acquisition comprises an initial purchase price of $22m AUD less the Purchase Price Adjustment of $0.7m AUD which is an estimated Working Capital Adjustment restated at the completion date representing a total gross consideration/headline consideration of $24.0m AUD including taxes. The initial purchase price of TPP Wholesale amounting to $22m AUD represent 4.5 x EBITDA, less $0.7m AUD of adjustment. Given the nature of the acquisition, the transition period is expected to stipulate a 2 years transition in order to migrate the customer base giving rise to a number of one-off costs of approximately $1.8m AUD, of which $0.7m AUD are expected to be incurred in CentralNic's financial year ending 31 December 2019.

The table below summarises the cash consideration paid and the total acquisition costs of the trade and business assets:

 
 Cash consideration                                      $'000   AUD$'000 
                                                       -------  --------- 
 Purchase price                                         15,156     22,000 
 Purchase price adjustment                               (504)      (732) 
 Total Cash Consideration                               14,651     21,268 
                                                       -------  --------- 
 
 Acquisition costs                                       $'000   AUD$'000 
                                                       -------  --------- 
 Total cash consideration                               14,651     21,268 
 Stamp Duty @ 5.5%                                         806      1,170 
 Customer's deposits                                       254        369 
 Deferred Revenue                                          855      1,241 
 Employee Liabilities                                       23         33 
 Total Gross Consideration/Headline Consideration       16,589     24,081 
                                                       -------  --------- 
 
 Fair value recognised on acquisition                    $'000   AUD$'000 
 Trademarks                                              1,070      1,553 
 Intellectual property                                   1,558      2,262 
 Customer relationship                                   6,425      9,327 
 Goodwill purchased                                      5,598      8,126 
                                                       -------  --------- 
 Total identifiable intangible assets at fair value     14,651     21,268 
                                                       -------  --------- 
 

Hexonet

On 7 August 2019, CentralNic Group completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Mediasiren Advertising Inc. and Hexonet GmbH for EUR5.0m and EUR5.9m respectively, a privately-owned Group of companies with operations in Canada and Germany. The companies sell domain name subscriptions directly and via more than a thousand resellers in over 110 countries, managing over 3.8 million domains on its proprietary software platforms. The acquisition increases the number of domains under management on CentralNic's reseller platforms by c.28%. The total consideration comprises a $7.8m (EUR7m) cash payment plus a purchase price adjustment of $0.9m at the completion date and a deferred consideration payment EUR3.0m on the first anniversary of the completion, either payable in cash or CentralNic shares at prevailing market price, at the Company's discretion.

The following table summarises the consideration paid for the share capital of Mediasiren Advertising Inc. and Hexonet GmbH and the provisional fair value of the assets and liabilities at the acquisition date on a combined basis:

 
 Consideration                                              $'000   EUR'000 
                                                          -------  -------- 
 Initial Cash consideration                                 7,834     7,029 
 Purchase price adjustment                                  1,038       931 
 Deferred consideration (in cash or shares)                 3,310     2,970 
 Total consideration                                       12,182    10,930 
                                                          -------  -------- 
 
 Fair value recognised on acquisition                       $'000   EUR'000 
                                                          -------  -------- 
 Assets 
 Intangible assets                                             40        36 
 Property, plant & equipment                                   80        72 
 Other investments                                            201       181 
 Trade receivables                                            762       683 
 Other receivables                                          1,322     1,186 
 Cash                                                       1,196     1,073 
                                                          -------  -------- 
                                                            3,601     3,231 
                                                          -------  -------- 
 Liabilities 
 Trade payables                                               343       308 
 Other payables and accruals                                1,403     1,259 
 Corporation and deferred tax liabilities                      44        40 
                                                          ------- 
                                                            1,790     1,607 
                                                          -------  -------- 
 
 Total identifiable estimated net assets at fair value      1,811     1,624 
                                                          -------  -------- 
 
 Initial estimated goodwill arising on acquisition(+)      10,371     9,306 
 
 Purchase consideration                                    12,182    10,930 
                                                          -------  -------- 
 

Ideegeo

On 7 August 2019, the Company completed the acquisition of Ideegeo Group Limited, a privately-owned domain name retailer serving an international customer base from New Zealand for a total consideration of $5.2m NZD (c.$3.4m), of which $0.5m NZD (c.$0.3m) constitutes a deferred payment which will be held in an escrow account until May 2021. The total consideration represents a multiple of 5.8 times trailing adjusted EBITDA. Ideegeo Group Limited, sells domain name subscriptions directly to small business customers, with a high level of recurring revenues and excellent customer retention. Further, CentralNic strongly believes that there would be cross selling opportunities by providing Ideegeo's existing 80,000 customers with CentralNic's extended product offering such as hosting, SSL certificates and other additional subscription products and services.

The following table summarises the consideration paid for the share capital of Ideegeo and the provisional fair value of the assets and liabilities at the acquisition date in line with Group accounting policies.

 
 Consideration                                                             $'000       NZD$'000 
                                                                          ------      --------- 
 Cash                                                                      3,090          4,680 
 Deferred consideration (in cash or shares)                                  343            520 
 Total consideration                                                       3,433          5,200 
                                                                          ------      --------- 
 
 Fair value recognised on acquisition                                      $'000        EUR'000 
                                                                          ------      --------- 
 
 Assets 
 Intangible assets                                                             -              - 
 Property, plant & equipment                                                  11             17 
 Other investments                                                            33             50 
 Trade receivables                                                             4              6 
 Other receivables                                                             7             10 
 Cash                                                                        349            528 
                                                                          ------      --------- 
                                                                             404            611 
                                                                          ------      --------- 
 Liabilities 
 Trade payables                                                               10             16 
 Other payables and accruals                                                  11             17 
 Deferred revenue                                                              -              - 
 Corporation and deferred tax liabilities                                     56             85 
                                                                          ------ 
                                                                              77            118 
                                                                          ------      --------- 
 
 Total identifiable estimated net assets and liabilities at fair value       327            493 
                                                                          ------      --------- 
 
 Initial estimated goodwill arising on acquisition(+)                      3,106          4,707 
 
 Purchase consideration                                                    3,433          5,200 
                                                                          ------      --------- 
 
 
 

(+) The Company will be reviewing further the fair value of assets and liabilities acquired and to determine the Purchase Price Allocation for the acquisition of Hexonet and Ideegeo.

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