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Digitalbox Plc | LSE:DBOX | London | Ordinary Share | GB00BJK9H642 | ORD 1P |
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TIDMDBOX
RNS Number : 5880N
Digitalbox PLC
26 September 2023
26 September 2023
Digitalbox plc
("Digitalbox", the "Group" or the "Company")
Unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2023
Digitalbox plc, the mobile-first digital media business, which owns leading websites Entertainment Daily, The Daily Mash, The Tab and The Poke, today publishes its unaudited interim results for six months to 30 June 2023 (the "First Half", the "Period", or "H1 2023").
Financial Highlights
H1 2023 H1 2022 Var GBPm GBPm Group revenues 1.2 1.9 -34.0% Gross profit 1.0 1.6 -41.8% Adjusted EBITDA* -0.1 0.7 -121.0% Cash generated from operations -0.1 0.7 -111.4% Gross cash balance 2.6 2.8 -8.1% Net cash balance 2.3 2.4 -4.7% Gross margin % 77% 87% -10 ppts Adjusted EBITDA* margin % -11% 35% -46 ppts
"Adjusted EBITDA" being operating profit/loss before exceptional charges, share based payment charge, amortisation and depreciation
Operational Highlights
-- H1 2023 performance ahead of the Board's expectations -- Graphene Ad Stack driving Digitalbox session values ahead of the market -- The Tab session values up 5% year on year -- The Daily Mash Premium content continues to grow direct consumer revenue -- The Poke delivered operating profit during the period, repaying 25% of its acquisition cost -- Traffic sourcing challenges experienced across the market impacted total sessions by 36m -- Entertainment Daily session values returned to year-on-year growth at the end of H1 -- Tests of AI assisted content creation for on-platform distribution showed strong potential -- Net cash at 30 June 2023 of GBP2.3m
Post-period Highlights:
-- Daily Mash metered paywall grows subscriber base by 100%
-- Acquisition of assets from Social Chain, doubling Digitalbox's social media audience to over 20m
Outlook:
-- Global advertising revenues expected to improve as confidence in macro-economic conditions returns towards 2024.
-- The Board is confident that despite the headwinds many digital media businesses have faced in the first half of the year, particularly around traffic sourcing, Digitalbox expects to trade positively in the all-important Q4 2023.
-- The Company expects to achieve full year 2023 revenue of approximately GBP2.8m and remain EBITDA (adjusted) positive.
James Carter, CEO, Digitalbox plc, said: "We continue to see gains being delivered by Digitalbox's highly-optimised Graphene Ad Stack. The technology has enabled us to outperform the digital programmatic ad market. Despite the first half seeing an advertising downturn across the UK, our brands delivered session value trends ahead of these conditions. Pleasingly, we have seen The Poke evolve to a position where it is making a strong financial contribution each month. While we have been impacted by a Google algorithm change blocking Entertainment Daily from the Discover feed we have performed increasingly well in our social channels. This powerful engagement is what stimulated the Social Chain transaction which we expect will bring wider distribution benefits to both Entertainment Daily and The Tab as industry-wide traffic sourcing remains a challenge. Looking ahead, while we remain vigilant of the disruptive forces that AI-assisted content might create, we are confident our agile approach positions us well to capitalise on the opportunities it also presents."
Commenting on the Group's performance and prospects for the year, Chairman Marcus Rich said: "It is well known that there are significant audience challenges across the industry with other companies in the sector reporting traffic reductions from Facebook, and Digitalbox has not been immune to this. We envisage that publisher operating models will change significantly as we move to a future where AI technology increasingly impacts the media space. The team have already started harnessing the power of these tools to deliver greater efficiency in production and greater reach through on-platform distribution. Through our existing social follower bases and those made available through other deals like our acquisition of assets from Social Chain, we remain confident we have a route to a significant on-platform existence."
Certain information contained in this announcement would have constituted inside information (as defined by Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014) ("MAR") prior to its release as part of this announcement and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR. The person responsible for arranging for the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company is James Carter, CEO.
Enquiries:
Digitalbox c/o SEC Newgate James Carter, CEO Panmure Gordon Tel: 020 7886 2500 (Nominated Adviser, Financial Adviser & Joint Broker ) James Sinclair-Ford / Ivo Macdonald (Corporate Advisory) Rupert Dearden (Corporate Broking) Leander Capital Partners (Joint Broker) Tel: 020 7195 1400 Alex Davies / Hugh Kingsmill Moore SEC Newgate (Financial Communications) Tel: 07970 664807 Robin Tozer / Moly Gretton digitalbox@secnewgate.co.uk
About Digitalbox plc
Based in the UK, Digitalbox is a 'pure-play' digital media business with the aim of profitable publishing at scale on mobile platforms.
Digitalbox operates the trading brands of "Entertainment Daily", "The Daily Mash", "The Tab", and "The Poke".
Entertainment Daily produces and publishes online UK entertainment news covering TV, showbiz and celebrity news. The Daily Mash produces and publishes satirical news content. The Tab is the UK's biggest youth culture site fuelled by students. The Poke expertly curates and editorialises the funniest content from around the web and social media.
Digitalbox primarily generates revenue from the sale of advertising in and around the content it publishes. The Company's optimisation for mobile enables it to achieve revenues per session significantly ahead of market norms for publishers on mobile.
InteriM Statement
Overview
The performance of the Group in the first six months has been marginally ahead of the Board's expectations with revenue of GBP1.2m which is down 34% on H1 2022. This was largely the result of better than anticipated advertising performance within a tough market.
Importantly, Digitalbox had net cash of GBP2.3 million at 30 June 2023 which is enabling the business to secure future growth opportunities through deals like that announced in August to acquire the digital assets of 99 Problems, Student Problems and The Life Network Shopping from Media Chain Group Limited.
Operating Review
The delivery of the Group's strategy has progressed well as we continued to be acquisitive and focused on successfully integrating The Poke.
Traffic
The well-documented issues relating to publishers sourcing traffic from the major platforms continued during the period. As global economic pressures impacted the big players - notably Meta and Alphabet - the audience volumes sent to publisher websites have been reduced.
The number of visits to the Group's websites were down year on year, mainly due to having Digitalbox's leading brand's presence blocked by Google's Discover feed. Fortunately, we had identified this issue at the back end of 2022, and were able to adjust our operating model to suit. While we anticipated advertiser demand softening because of the cost-of-living crisis, competition for high-quality mobile inventory in H1 2023 continued to deliver Digitalbox session values across the period that were ahead of the market and a testimony to the power of the Graphene Ad Stack.
We are well positioned to complete more cash acquisitions that can help de-risk the business. For example, to reduce reliance on the Google Discover feed, the acquisition of the digital assets of 99 Problems, 90's Life and The Life Network Shopping provides Digitalbox with the opportunity to extend its audience reach. 99 Problems has 10m Facebook followers and 1.4m Instagram followers, 90's Life has 200k Facebook followers and The Life Shopping Network has 1m Facebook followers. The combined follower bases will more than double the number currently owned by Digitalbox at approximately 8m Facebook followers.
Furthermore, the economic conditions have pushed potential acquisition targets into the zone of being considered 'distressed', creating more opportunities. The Digitalbox executive team has remained considered in their approach to M&A. Acquisitions will only be done if there is plausible turnaround opportunity to put an asset on the path to profitability. This remains a key acquisition criterion.
With the challenge of publishers, like Digitalbox, sourcing traffic from the major platforms to become long-term, we are looking to a future where our brands will increasingly exist within the platform walled gardens alongside our websites. We have begun planning for this pivot with the assistance of AI tools to help generate content.
Entertainment Daily
Entertainment Daily - which is focused on TV and showbiz news - had a challenging six months as Google blocked its presence within their Discover feed cutting around 28m sessions from the same period in 2022, however, it showed resilience through its social media engagement. We have invested considerable resources following Google's guidelines and ensuring our Core Web Vitals performance across the portfolio is as strong as it can be to increase the prospects of being featured within their results.
The Daily Mash
The Daily Mash strengthened its content offering through the 'Mash Premium' channel. It has diversified its revenue composition with a new metered paywall that has doubled its subscriber base year-on-year. As the platforms have tightened up on the amount of traffic they are prepared to send to satire sites like The Daily Mash, the site has been trialling a pivot to an on-platform existence through an AI-generated video article format that is now delivering over 20k 1-minute video views per day that we believe will provide a platform for further video content expansion.
The Tab
The Tab has contributed a profit every month since it was acquired in October 2020 and is beginning to see its session values mature. The site benefited from the fact it has a strong youth following in the US where advertising markets have been much more buoyant than the UK, resulting in year-on-year growth of 5%. In addition, The Tab strengthened its position within Google's Discover feed as it grew to 5m sessions for the period while Facebook assigned a red flag to its Holy Church of Netflix page. This flag was imposed for reporting on Netflix's Jeffrey Dahmer series and resulted in page reach being reduced by 95% with the same knock-on effect on traffic being generated from this source. This flag was raised in September 2022 and is expected to be removed after 12 months. The Tab has continued to benefit from the Graphene Ad Stack boosting monetisation and has provided a strong model for the Company's approach to acquisition identification and integration. This approach as was deployed on The Poke.
The Poke
The Poke.co.uk was acquired out of cash in December 2022. The site has established itself as a strong companion to The Daily Mash in the humour space and repaid 25% of its acquisition costs in H1. Digitalbox acquired the dotcom domain on acquisition and has now switched it to this domain. This helps provide a clearer opportunity to explore expansion into territories beyond the UK.
TV Guide.co.uk
Completing the acquisition of the web and mobile platform assets of TVGuide.co.uk remains a desired objective with the tech re-platforming having taken longer than anticipated. To ensure the site's stability and performance, Digitalbox assumed responsibility to rebuild the site that is currently live and in the final testing phase.
Social Chain
In August, the Company completed the acquisition of three of Social Chain AG assets, 99Problems, 90's Life and The Life Network Shopping on better terms than originally announced. Digitalbox's management is convinced that having a greater audience scale opportunity to operate within the walled gardens of the major platforms will bring future dividends. These assets provide access to an additional 12 million followers on social media, which more than doubles Digitalbox's follower base.
The future
Digitalbox has historically pursued a strategy of maximising profitability by driving audiences off the major platforms to its websites. As the platforms adjust their approach, Digitalbox will invest in a pivot to a much greater presence through video within the walled gardens that are offering preferential treatment to this type of content. As with The Daily Mash, assisted by AI tools we expect to make this transition in our business over the next six to twelve months.
Financial review
The Directors are pleased to report revenues ahead of the Board's expectations for the period of GBP1.2m in H1. The team had a clear understanding of the pressures that the tough economic conditions would place on the platforms - most notably Google and Meta - and budgeted accordingly whilst they explore a pivot to a greater on platform presence fuelled by AI.
The anticipated period on period significant traffic reduction impacted on the gross profit %, taking it from 87% last year to 77% this year. Whilst this gross profit % is still exceptionally high, this presents as a significant reduction leading to a gross profit of GBP1.0m in H1 2023, down from GBP1.6m in H1 2022.
Despite these challenges, cash performance has been solid with net cash (gross cash at the bank less government back loans) being GBP2.3m at 30 June 2023, down from GBP2.5m as at 31 December 2022, after corporation tax payments of GBP96k and loan repayments of GBP60k in H1.
The business continues to be highly liquid with total net current assets of GBP3.1m at 30 June 2023 (GBP3.4m at 30 June 2022) driven by gross cash of GBP2.6m at the bank.
DIGITALBOX PLC
INTERIM CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
for the six months ended 30 June 2023
Unaudited Unaudited Audited Notes Six months Six months 12 months to to to 30 June 23 30 June 22 31 December 22 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Continuing Operations 3 Revenue 1,238 1,877 3,578 Cost of sales (282) (235) (534) __________ __________ __________ Gross profit 956 1,642 3,044 Administrative expenses (1,245) (1,858) (2,999) Other operating income - - - __________ __________ __________ Operating (loss)/profit (289) (216) 45 "Adjusted EBITDA" being operating profit/loss before exceptional charges, share based payment charge, amortisation and depreciation (139) 663 1,081 Depreciation (7) (3) (7) Amortisation (105) (121) (191) Impairment on goodwill and intangible assets - (716) (716) Share based payment charge (38) (39) (62) Direct cost of business combinations and capital restructure - - (60) __________ __________ __________ Operating (loss)/profit (289) (216) 45 -------------------------------------- ------ -------------- -------------- -------------- Finance income 14 1 8 Finance costs (4) (5) (8) _________ __________ __________ (Loss)/profit before taxation (279) (220) 45 Tax charge 100 6 759 __________ __________ __________ (Loss)/profit for the period from continuing operations (179) (214) 804 TOTAL INCOME FOR THE PERIOD (179) (214) 804 ============= ============= ============= OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - - - FOR THE PERIOD TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD (179) (214) 804 ============= ============= ============= Earnings p er share 4 Pence Pence Pence Basic EPS from continuing operations (0.15) (0.18) 0.68 __________ __________ __________ Diluted EPS from continuing operations (0.15) (0.18) 0.67 __________ __________ __________
DIGITALBOX PLC
INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
for the six months ended 30 June 2023
Share Share Premium Share based Retained Total Capital reserve payment earnings reserve GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Balance at 1 January 2022 1,163 11,149 464 297 13,073 Total comprehensive income for the period - - - (214) (214) Issue of new shares 16 20 - - 36 Share based payment charge - - 39 - 39 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Balance at 30 June 2022 1,179 11,169 503 83 12,934 Total comprehensive expense for the period - - - 1,018 1,018 Share based payment charge - - 23 - 23 Reserve transfer for lapsed options - - (330) 330 - _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Balance at 31 December 2022 1,179 11,169 196 1,431 13,975 Total comprehensive income for the period - - - (179) (179) Reserve transfer for lapsed options - - (135) 135 - Share based payment charge - - 38 - 38 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Balance at 30 June 2023 1,179 11,169 99 1,387 13,834 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
DIGITALBOX PLC
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
as at 30 June 2023
Unaudited Unaudited Audited Notes 30 June 23 30 June 22 31 December 22 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 ASSETS NON-CURRENT ASSETS Property, plant and equipment 5 51 18 52 Intangible assets 6 10,105 9,960 10,194 Deferred tax asset 19 712 - 617 ______ ______ _______ TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 10,868 9,978 10,863 ______ ______ _______ CURRENT ASSETS Trade and other receivables 15 713 1,046 952 Corporation tax recoverable 40 - - Cash and cash equivalents 16 2,579 2,805 2,827 ______ ______ _______ TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 3,332 3,851 3,779 ______ ______ _______ TOTAL ASSETS 14,200 13,829 14,642 ______ ______ _______ LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Trade and other payables 104 95 288 Bank loans 112 94 112 Corporation tax payable - 288 61 _______ _______ ________ TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 216 477 461 _______ _______ ________ NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Bank loans 150 281 206 Deferred tax - 138 - _______ _______ ________ TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 150 419 206 _______ _______ ________ TOTAL LIABILITIES 366 896 667 TOTAL NET CURRENT ASSETS 3,116 3,374 3,318 _______ _______ ________ TOTAL NET ASSETS 13,834 12,933 13,975 _______ _______ ________ CAPITAL AND RESERVES ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY SHAREHOLDERS Issued share capital 7 1,179 1,179 1,179 Share premium account 11,169 11,168 11,169 Share based payment reserve 99 503 196 Retained earnings 1,387 83 1,431 _______ _______ ________ 13,834 12,933 13,975 _______ _______ ________
DIGITALBOX PLC
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
for the six months ended 30 June 2023
Unaudited Unaudited Audited Six months Six months Period to to to 30 June 23 30 June 22 31 December 22 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 OPERATING ACTIVITIES (Loss)/profit from ordinary activities (179) (214) 804 Adjustments for: Income tax expense (100) (6) (759) Share based payment charge 38 39 62 Amortisation of intangibles 105 121 191 Impairment on goodwill and intangible assets - 716 716 Depreciation on property plant and equipment 7 3 7 Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment - - 30 Finance costs 4 5 8 Finance income (14) (1) (8) _____ _____ _____ Cash flows from operating activities before changes in working capital (139) 663 1,051 Decrease in trade and other receivables 239 718 818 Decrease in trade and other payables (184) (644) (451) _____ _____ _____ Cash generated by operations (84) 737 1418 Income tax paid (96) - (235) _____ _____ _____ Cash generated by operating activities (180) 737 1,183 _____ _____ _____ INVESTING ACTIVITIES Purchase of property, plant and equipment (6) (6) (43) Purchase of intangible assets (16) (87) (391) Proceeds on the sale of property, plant - 31 - and equipment Finance income 14 1 - Interested Received - - 8 _____ _____ _____ Cash used in investing activities (8) (61) (426) _____ _____ _____
FINANCING ACTIVITIES Issue of new share capital - 35 36 Finance costs - - (8) Loan and lease repayments (60) (92) (144) _____ _____ _____ Cash used in financing activities (60) (57) (116) --------------- --------------- --------------- INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (248) 619 641 Cash and cash equivalents brought forward 2,827 2,186 2,186 _____ _____ _____ CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS CARRIED FORWARD 2,579 2,805 2,827 _____ _____ _____ Represented by: Cash at bank and in hand 2,579 2,805 2,827 ======== ======== ========
DIGITALBOX PLC
NOTES TO THE INTERIM REPORT
for the six months ended 30 June 2023
1. Corporate information
The interim consolidated financial statements of the group for the period ended 30 June 2023 were authorised for issue in accordance with a resolution of the directors on 25 September 2023. Digitalbox plc ("the company") is a Public Limited Company listed on AIM, incorporated in England and Wales. The interim consolidated financial statements do not comprise statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434 of the Companies Act 2006.
2. Statement of Accounting policies
2.1 Basis of Preparation
The entities consolidated in the half year financial statements of the company for the six months to 30 June 2023 comprise the company and its subsidiaries (together referred to as "the group").
The interim consolidated financial statements do not include all the information and disclosures required in the annual financial statements.
The directors are satisfied that, at the time of approving the consolidated interim financial statements, it is appropriate to adopt a going concern basis of accounting and in accordance with the recognition and measurement principles of International Financial Reporting Standards adopted for use in the United Kingdom ("IFRS"). In reaching this conclusion the directors have considered the financial position of the Group, its cash, liquidity position and borrowing facilities together with its forecasts and projections for a period in excess of 12 months from the date of approval. At the reporting date the Group had GBP2,579k of cash at bank and in hand providing a strong position to support the continued and future success of the Group.
2.2 Accounting Policies
The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out in the consolidated financial statements of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2022. The policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated. The Group's accounting policies have been consistently applied in accordance with IFRS continued into the six months ended 30 June 2023.
This Interim Statement is prepared in accordance with IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting". Accordingly, whilst
the Interim Statement has been prepared in accordance with IFRS, and the primary statements follow the format of the annual financial statements, only selected notes are included - those that provide an explanation of events and transactions that are significant to an understanding of the changes in financial position and performance of the Group since the last annual reporting date. IAS 34 states a presumption that anyone who reads the Group's Interim Statement will also have access to its most recent annual report. Accordingly, annual disclosures are not repeated in this Interim Statement.
The preparation of these consolidated half year financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expense. Actual results may differ from these estimates in preparing these consolidated half year financial statements.
3. Segment Information
The Group's primary reporting format for segment information is business segments which reflect the management reporting structure in the Group and of its four media assets.
Unaudited six months to 30 June 2023
Entertainment The The The Poke Head Total Daily Daily Tab Office Six months Mash to 30 June 2023 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Revenue 656 58 422 102 - 1,238 Cost of sales (137) (87) (43) (15) - (282) Admin expenses* (286) (48) (243) (41) (477) (1,095) Other operating income ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------------- Adjusted EBITDA 233 (77) 136 46 (477) (139) Amortisation and depreciation - - (44) - (68) (112) Share based payment charge - - - - (38) (38) Finance income - - - - 14 14 Finance costs - - - - (4) (4) Tax - - - - 100 100 ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------------- Profit/(loss) for the period 233 (77) 92 46 (473) (179) ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- --------------------
Unaudited six months to 30 June 2022
Entertainment The The The Poke Head Total Daily Daily Tab Office Six months Mash to 30 June 2022 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Revenue 1,282 82 513 - - 1,877 Cost of sales (106) (88) (41) - - (235) Admin expenses* (261) (43) (187) - (488) (979) Other - - - - - - operating income ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------------- Adjusted EBITDA 915 (49) 285 - (488) 663 Amortisation, depreciation and impairment - (777) (44) - (19) (840) Share based payment charge - - - - (39) (39) Finance income - - - - 1 1 Finance costs - - - - (5) (5) Tax - - - - 6 6 ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------------- Profit/(loss) for the period 915 (826) 241 - (544) 214
---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------------- 3. Segment Information (continued)
12 months to 31 December 2022
Entertainment The The The Poke Head Total Daily Daily Tab Office Year to Mash 31 December 2022 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Revenue 2,261 243 1,059 15 - 3,578 Cost of sales (224) (190) (118) (2) - (534) Admin expenses* (529) (111) (398) (6) (919) (1,963) Other - - - - - - operating income ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------- ---------------- -------------------- Adjusted EBITDA 1,508 (58) 543 7 (919) 1,081 Amortisation, depreciation and impairment - - -- - (914) (914) Acquisition and listing costs - - - - (57) (57) Capital restructure costs - - - - (3) (3) Share based payment charge - - - - (62) (62) Finance income 8 8 Finance costs - - - - (8) (8) Tax - - - - 759 759 ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------- ---------------- -------------------- Profit/(loss) for the period 1,508 (58) 543 7 (1,196) 804 ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------- ---------------- --------------------
* Admin expenses exclude share based payment charges, amortisation, depreciation, impairment charges and acquisition and listing costs.
External revenue by location of customer
Six months Six months Year to 31 to 30 June to 30 June December 2023 2022 2022 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 United Kingdom 607 310 759 Europe 506 810 1,381 Rest of World 125 757 1,438 ________ ________ ________ Total 1,238 1,877 3,578 ________ ________ ________ 4. Earnings per share
The calculation of the group basic and diluted loss per ordinary share is based on the following data:
Unaudited Unaudited Audited Six months Six months 12 months to to to 30 June 23 30 June 31 December 22 22 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 The earnings per share is based on the following: Continuing earnings post tax (loss)/profit attributable to shareholders (179) (214) 804 ========== ========== ========== Basic Weighted average number of shares 117,718,533 117,516,820 117,718,533 Diluted Weighted average number of shares 119,103,181 120,525,628 120,002,622 ========== ========== ========== pence pence pence Basic earnings per share (0.15) (0.18) 0.68 Diluted earnings per share (0.15) (0.18) 0.67 ========== ========== ==========
Earnings per ordinary share has been calculated using the weighted average number of shares in issue during the relevant financial periods. IAS 33 requires presentation of diluted EPS when a company could be called upon to issue shares that would decrease earnings per share or increase the loss per share.
5. Tangible Assets 5. Office equipment GBP'000 Cost At 1 January 2023 58 Additions 6 Disposals - _____ At 30 June 2023 64 Depreciation At 1 January 2023 6 Charge for the period 7 Depreciation on disposal - _____ At 30 June 2023 13 _____ Net book value 30 June 2023 51 _____ 31 December 2022 52 _____ 6. Intangible Assets 7. Goodwill Other Intangible Development arising on Assets costs consolidation Total GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 GBP'000 Cost At 1 January 2023 9,610 1,696 292 11,598 Additions - - 16 16 _____ _____ _____ _____ At 30 June 2023 9,610 1,696 308 11,614 Amortisation & impairment At 1 January 2023 321 1,012 71 1,404 Charge for the period - 67 38 105 _____ _____ _____ _____ At 30 June 2023 321 1,079 109 1,509 _____ _____ _____ _____ Net book value 30 June 2023 9,289 617 199 10,105 _____ _____ _____ _____ 31 December 2022 9,289 684 221 10,194 _____ _____ _____ _____
The other intangible assets are being amortised over a period of 7 years and development costs are being amortised over 3 years on completion of the project.
Amortisation is charged to administrative costs in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.
7. Share capital Allotted, issued and No. Value fully paid GBP'000 Ordinary shares of 0.01p each 117,923,393 1,179 --------------------------- ------------------------- Total 117,923,393 1,179 ============= ============
There were no shares issued in the 6 months to 30 June 2023 (6 months to 30 June 2022: 1,590,936).
8. Related party transactions
During the period, Integral 2 Limited charged GBP36k (6 months to 30 June 2022: GBP37k, 12 months to 31 December 2022: GBP65k) to the Group, a company related by virtue of David Joseph, a member of key management personnel, having control over the entity. As at 30 June 2023, GBP6k (30 June 2022: GBP5k, 31 December 2022: GBP6k) was owed to Integral 2 Limited. On 13 January 2023 David Joseph acquired 550,000 shares in Digitalbox plc at 8 pence per share through Integral 2 Limited taking his total holding to 1,150,000 shares.
During the period, M Capital Investment Partners (Holdings) Limited billed GBP6k (6 months to 30 June 2022: GBP12.5k, 12 months to 31 December 2022: GBP25k) to the Group, a company related by virtue of Martin Higginson, a member of key management personnel during the period, and having control over the entity. As at 30 June 2023, GBPnil (30 June 2022: GBPnil, 31 December 2022: GBP2.5k) was owed to M Capital Investment Partners (Holdings) Limited. Martin Higginson resigned as a director of Digitalbox plc on 30 April 2023.
The key management personnel are considered to be the Board of Directors. Key management were remunerated GBP211k in the six months to 30 June 2023 (6 months to 30 June 2022: GBP192k, 12 months to 31 December 2022: GBP406k).
The key management personnel have been provided with a total of 3,008,882 effective share options resulting in a charge of GBP14k in the period (6 months to June 2022: GBP17k, 12 months to 31 December 2022: GBP17k).
9. Events after the interim period
On 31 August 2023, Digitalbox plc acquired the digital assets of 99 Problems, Student Problems and The Life Network Shopping from Media Chain Group Limited (part of "Social Chain AG") for a total cash consideration of $600,000.
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