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EUSP Eu Supply Plc

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EU Supply PLC

05 September 2017

5 September 2017

EU Supply Plc

("EU Supply", the "Company" or the "Group")

Interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2017

EU Supply, the e-procurement SaaS provider, is pleased to announce its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2017.

Financial Highlights:

-- Revenue grew by 40% to GBP2.17m (H1 2016: GBP1.55m) - up approximately 31% on a constant currency basis

   --      Maiden operating profit of GBP9k (H1 2016: loss of GBP673k) 

-- As a result of substantial one-off projects delivered in the period, at 30 June 2017 c.63% of revenue in H1 2017 was of recurring or repeated nature (H1 2016: c.74%), representing an absolute increase of c. 20%

-- Despite the weakening Pound, compared to the same period last year, operational costs were held at GBP2.2m (H1 2016: GBP2.1m excluding restructuring costs of GBP0.1m)

   --      Cash balance increased to GBP1.04m at 30 June 2017 (H1 2016: GBP0.91m, FY 2016: GBP0.97m) 

Operational highlights:

-- New framework agreement signed with existing customer for up to GBP3.1m allowing call-offs of support and maintenance renewals and customer-paid enhancements

   --      A number of significant paid-for enhancement contracts delivered partly or in full 

-- Several smaller contracts signed with new customers for the Group's CTM(TM) platform, notably in Denmark and Norway

   --      Selective recruitment of staff and consultants to satisfy continuing growth 

Post-period end:

-- Several new contracts signed, including a first end-customer contract in Germany through distributor

   --      Recruited Fredrik Wallmark as new CFO 

Commenting on the results, Thomas Beergrehn, CEO of EU Supply, said:

"I am happy to announce that EU Supply reported a maiden operating profit and was cash generative for the second consecutive six month period.

The Group achieved strong revenue growth, with contributions from both new customer contracts, expanding the Company's recurring revenue base, and from additional contracts with existing customers.

The Board continues to see increasing market activity in several of the Group's markets, including increasing number of tenders for e-procurement solutions and numerous enquiries and meeting requests from prospective customers. This is in part driven by the requirements for mandatory e-tendering provisions at milestones before November 2018 in the EU/EEC states. The Board also sees an increased demand for additional value added enhancements to existing contracts with the Group's current customer base.

The Board anticipates continued strong growth during the second half of 2017 compared to the same period last year. With a strong order book and a promising pipeline of opportunities, the Board expects the Group to achieve a first annual operating profit and to report results for the year ending 31 December 2017 in line with market expectations."

FURTHER ENQUIRIES

EU Supply PLC Tel: 020 7601 6100

Thomas Beergrehn, CEO

Fredrik Wallmark, CFO

Stockdale Securities Tel: 020 7601 6100

Tom Griffiths, David Coaten

A copy of this announcement is available at www.eu-supply.com.

Notes to Editors

EU Supply is the UK holding company of the EU Supply Group, a Sweden-based e-commerce business, which has an established, market-leading, multilingual e-procurement platform for e-sourcing, e-tendering and contract management, tailored for the highly regulated European public sector market.

Since 2006, the Group has invested heavily in employing specialist programmers to add functionality, legal compliance as required and security features to its Complete Tender Management(TM) ("CTM(TM)") platform to ensure that the Group is ideally placed to secure new contracts with EU Member States and their Contracting Authorities. The platform is available in 16 different languages.

The Directors believe that the Group's CTM(TM) platform is one of the easiest to use and most functionally advanced solutions available in the market. The CTM(TM) platform is used by over 8,000 European public sector bodies in 9 EU/EEC Member States and has National Procurement System status in four Member States (the UK, Ireland, Norway and Lithuania).

The Company's shares were admitted to trading on AIM in November 2013. In August and September 2015, the Company raised a total of GBP2.061m (before expenses) through a placing of new shares and the issue of first and second tranches of Convertible Loan Notes to institutional and other investors.

CEO Statement

I am pleased to report EU Supply's unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2017.

Strong growth in CTM(TM) and related services

EU Supply has achieved continued strong growth during the first six months of 2017 with revenues up by 40 per cent. to GBP2.17m (H1 2016: GBP1.55m), up approximately 31 per cent. on a constant currency basis. The revenue growth was generated mainly from the delivery of paid-for enhancement orders and new recurring CTM(TM) SaaS revenues from smaller contracts with new customers in several markets, notably in Denmark and Norway, which were signed either during the second half of 2016 or in the six months ended 30 June 2017.

At 30 June 2017, EU Supply's recurring revenue represented approximately 63 per cent. of the revenue for H1 2017 (H1 2016: approximately 74 per cent.) due to substantial one-off projects delivered. This provides a solid platform for further growth in future years.

The Group is still experiencing pricing pressure in most markets. Given the increased number of tenders and enquiries received for e-procurement solutions, the Group continues to be selective on competitive contracts only focusing on business where we can generate a positive contribution margin.

Break-even now achieved for the first six month period

The Company reported its maiden operating profit for the period, with revenue growth of 40 per cent. and operational costs increasing by less than 5 per cent., despite the weakening Sterling and selective recruitment of staff and consultants.

Improved cash position

For the second consecutive six month period, the Group was cash generative during the first half of 2017 with cash of GBP1,035k at 30 June 2017 (30 June 2016: GBP911k) compared to GBP965k as at 31 December 2016. The Board believes that the Group has sufficient cash for its short and long term needs.

Cash management

The Group's policy to keep the majority of its cash in the currencies where it foresees net cash outflows also partly hedges the potential currency exchange fluctuations. However, any further weakening of Sterling, mainly against the Swedish Krona, could have a negative effect on the Group's underlying profit for the year ending 31 December 2017. The sensitivity to such a scenario should be reduced over time as the Group's revenues continue to grow in non-Sterling currencies and since reaching break-even.

Selective recruitment

As previously announced, the Group has initiated selective recruitment in order to satisfy demand. In addition, it is hiring consultants as and when necessary to reinforce its operations where the Directors have identified a reasonable return on investment from such resources.

At 30 June 2017, the Group employed 47 (full-time equivalent) employees (30 June 2016: 46), including Directors.

Outlook

The Board continues to expect an accelerated adoption of e-procurement solutions through to the e-submission deadline before November 2018 with additional modules, functionalities, system integrations and services expected also to be demanded beyond the deadline. It also considers that revenues may be generated both short-term and longer-term through customers' additional service demands as a result of expected further mandatory functionality requirements in the EU public sector and by increasing focus on all aspects of procurement, including for example on micro-procurement and spend analytics.

As previously announced, discussions are continuing with an existing customer on further contracts for larger enhancements. A targeted increase of additional development capacity would be required to deliver any additional orders before end of the year or in early 2018, in addition to already contracted work.

The Company continues to focus on existing market segments where it has a unique or strong position and expects to win additional CTM(TM) business. The Group may also investigate and qualify, either directly or through distributors, opportunities in additional larger EU Member State markets where the Board perceives that the potential is still high and where customers can be supported with existing resources.

The Group's distributor in Germany, T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH, has since the period end signed its first contract for EU Supply's CTM(TM) platform. The Board does not anticipate any significant revenues in 2017 from Germany, but it is cautiously optimistic that it will see step-by-step conversion of an increasing share of the distributor's prospects into an order book for the CTM(TM) platform in 2018 with the potential of more significant recurring revenues therefore expected in 2019 in both the private and public sectors.

Already announced signed paid-for enhancement contracts during the second half of 2016 and in 2017, together with small and medium sized new customer opportunities for the Company's CTM(TM) platform expecting to add recurring SaaS revenues and additional prospective paid-for enhancement opportunities, are supporting a healthy order book and pipeline which are expected to lead to additional revenues by the end of 2017 compared to the same period last year as well to generate revenue growth in 2018.

EU Supply's partner in the oil and gas and energy industries is now in more detailed discussions to supply services for several oil and gas projects with an expected start date in 2018, where part of the services includes supplier sourcing, qualification and the licence to use the Company's CTM(TM) platform for tendering and contract management.

The Board expects the Group to achieve a first annual operating profit and to report results for the year ending 31 December 2017 in line with market expectations.

Thomas Beergrehn

Chief Executive Officer

Condensed Consolidated Statement of

Comprehensive Income for the six months

ended 30 June 2017

 
                                                        6 months       6 months         Year to 
                                                              to             to 
                                                         30 June        30 June     31 December 
                                                            2017           2016            2016 
                                                     (unaudited)    (unaudited)       (audited) 
                                                         GBP'000        GBP'000         GBP'000 
 
 Revenue - Continuing operations                           2,171          1,548           3,444 
 
                                                           2,171          1,548           3,444 
                                                   -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 
 Administrative expenses excluding restructuring 
  expenses                                               (2,162)        (2,107)         (4,163) 
 Restructuring expenses                                        -          (114)           (114) 
 
 Total administrative expenses                           (2,162)        (2,221)         (4,277) 
 
 
 Operating profit/(loss)                                       9          (673)           (833) 
 
 
 Finance costs                                             (129)          (121)           (247) 
 
 
 Loss before taxation                                      (120)          (794)         (1,080) 
 
 Taxation                                                   (13)            (2)             126 
                                                   -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 Loss for the period attributable to 
  owners of the parent                                     (133)          (796)           (954) 
 
   Other comprehensive income: 
 Exchange differences arising on the 
  translation of foreign subsidiaries                          4             20              23 
                                                   -------------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 Total comprehensive loss for the period 
  attributable to owners of the parent                     (129)          (776)           (931) 
                                                   =============  =============  ============== 
 
 
 Basic and diluted loss per share attributable 
  to owners of the parent                                (0.002)        (0.011)         (0.014) 
 
 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial

Position at 30 June 2017

 
                                                  As at               As at               As at 
                                                30 June             30 June         31 December 
                                                   2017                2016                2016 
                                            (unaudited)         (unaudited)           (audited) 
                                                GBP'000             GBP'000             GBP'000 
 
 ASSETS 
 Non-current assets 
 Property, plant and equipment                       44                  90                  50 
 Other long term receivables                          9                   9                   9 
                                                              ------------- 
 Total Non-current assets                            53                  99                  59 
                                          -------------       -------------       ------------- 
 
 Current assets 
 Trade and other receivables                      1,067               1,103                 576 
 Current tax assets                                   2                   -                 151 
 Cash and cash equivalents                        1,035                 911                 965 
                                          -------------       -------------       ------------- 
 Total Current Assets                             2,104               2,014               1,692 
                                          -------------       -------------       ------------- 
 
 Total assets                                     2,157               2,113               1,751 
                                          -------------       -------------       ------------- 
 
 EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 
 Equity 
 Share Capital                                       68                  68                  68 
 Share premium                                    6,497               6,497               6,497 
 Merger reserve                                   2,676               2,676               2,676 
 Other reserves                                     512                 493                 511 
 Foreign exchange reserve                          (20)                (27)                (24) 
 Retained earnings                             (10,663)            (10,371)            (10,530) 
                                          -------------       -------------       ------------- 
 Total equity                                     (930)               (664)               (802) 
                                          -------------       -------------       ------------- 
 
 Non-current liabilities 
 Deferred tax liability                              28                  22                  27 
 Loans and other borrowings                       1,219               1,129               1,172 
 Obligations under finance leases                     -                  20                   - 
                                                              ------------- 
 Total Non-current liabilities                    1,247               1,171               1,199 
 
 Current liabilities 
 Trade and other payables                         1,840               1,597               1,354 
 
 Obligations under finance leases                     -                   9                   - 
                                          -------------       -------------       ------------- 
 Total Current Liabilities                        1,840               1,606               1,354 
                                          -------------       -------------       ------------- 
 
 Total Liabilities                                3,087               2,777               2,553 
                                          -------------       -------------       ------------- 
 
 Total equity and liabilities                     2,157               2,113               1,751 
                                          -------------       -------------       ------------- 
 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

For the six months ended 30 June 2017

 
                                                     6 months       6 months        Year to 
                                                           to             to 
                                                      30 June        30 June    31 December 
                                                         2017           2016           2016 
                                                  (unaudited)    (unaudited)      (audited) 
 
                                                      GBP'000        GBP'000        GBP'000 
 
 Cash inflow from operating activities 
 Loss after taxation                                    (129)          (776)          (932) 
 
 Adjustments for: 
 Interest expense (net)                                   129            121            247 
 Income tax                                               146             49           (60) 
 Depreciation and amortisation                             13             16             29 
 Share option charge                                        -              3              3 
 Net foreign exchange gain/(loss)                         (7)           (12)           (32) 
 
 Operating cash flows before movements 
  in working capital                                      152          (599)          (745) 
 
 Decrease/(increase) in trade and other 
  receivables                                           (491)          (234)            294 
 Increase/(decrease) in trade and other 
  payables                                                486            363            120 
 
 Cash used in operations                                  147          (470)          (331) 
 
 
 
 Interest paid                                           (83)           (83)          (177) 
 
 Net cash used in operating activities                     64          (553)          (508) 
                                                -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 Cash flows from investing activities 
 
 Purchases of property, plant and equipment               (6)            (6)            (8) 
 Decrease in long term receivables                          0              -            (1) 
 
 
 Net cash used in investing activities                    (6)            (6)            (9) 
                                                -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 Financing activities 
 
 Proceeds from issue of share capital                       -              -              - 
 Costs relating to share issues                             -              -              - 
 Increase in borrowings                                     -              -              - 
 Repayments of obligations under finance                    -            (4)              - 
  leases 
 
 Net cash generated from financing activities               -            (4)              - 
                                                -------------  -------------  ------------- 
 
 Net increase/(decrease) in cash and 
  cash equivalents                                         58          (563)          (517) 
 
 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning 
  of period                                               965          1,431          1,431 
 Effect of foreign exchange translation 
  on cash equivalents                                      12             43             51 
 
 
 Cash and cash equivalents at end of 
  period                                                1,035            911            965 
                                                =============  =============  ============= 
 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of changes in equity

For the six months ended 30 June 2017

 
 
 
                                       Share       Share    Retained      Merger     Foreign       Other 
                                     capital     premium    earnings     reserve    exchange    reserves       Total 
                                                                                     reserve 
                                     GBP'000     GBP'000     GBP'000     GBP'000     GBP'000     GBP'000   GBP'000 
 
 6 months ended 30 June 
  2016 
 
 As at 1 January 2016 
  (audited)                               68       6,497     (9,714)       2,676        (47)         625       105 
 Loss for the period                       -           -       (796)           -           -           -     (796) 
 Other Comprehensive 
  losses: 
  Exchange differences 
   arising on translation 
   of foreign subsidiaries                 -           -           -           -          20           -        20 
 Untaxed reserves reclassified 
  to equity                                -           -           -           -           -           4         4 
 Share based payment                       -           -         139           -           -       (136)         3 
 As at 30 June 2016 (unaudited)           68       6,497    (10,371)       2,676        (27)         493     (664) 
                                  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -------- 
 
 
 6 months ended 30 June 
  2017 
 
 As at 1 January 2017 
  (audited)                               68       6,497    (10,530)       2,676        (24)         511     (802) 
 Loss for the period                       -           -       (133)           -           -           -     (133) 
 Other Comprehensive 
  losses: 
  Exchange differences 
   arising on translation 
   of foreign subsidiaries                 -           -           -           -           4           -         4 
 Untaxed reserves reclassified 
  to equity                                -           -           -           -           -           1         1 
 Share based payment                       -           -           -           -           -           -         - 
 As at 30 June 2017 (unaudited)           68       6,497    (10,663)       2,676        (20)         512     (930) 
                                  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -------- 
 
 

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Basis of preparation

The condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2017 have been prepared and presented in accordance with IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting'. They have been prepared on a going concern basis consistent with the accounting policies and methods of computation and presentation set out in the Group's consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016. The half yearly financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Group's audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016, which have been prepared in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the European Union.

The information in this announcement does not comprise statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. The Group's accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016 have been reported on by the Group's auditors and delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The report of the auditors was unqualified and did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis. It contained no statement under section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial information for the six months ended 30 June 2017 is unaudited.

2. Segmental information

The Group currently has two reportable segments, Business Alert services and services relating to the Group's CTM(TM) platform. The Group categorises all revenue from operations to these two segments. The Group currently does not allocate costs on a segment basis and is therefore unable to report segment profit and loss. Further, the Group does not allocate assets on a segment basis and is therefore unable to report total assets per segment.

 
                                                 6 months   6 months        Year to 
                                                       to         to    31 December 
                                                  30 June    30 June           2016 
                                                     2017       2016 
                                                  GBP'000    GBP'000        GBP'000 
 
 Revenue - Continuing operations arises 
  from: 
    Business Alert services                           297        274            490 
    Services relating to the CTM(TM) platform       1,757      1,274          2,941 
 Total provision of services                        2,054      1,548          3,431 
 Other income                                         117          -             13 
 Administrative expenses                          (2,162)    (2,107)        (4,163) 
 Exceptional expenses - Restructuring 
  costs                                                 -      (114)          (114) 
 Operating profit/(loss)                                9      (673)          (833) 
 Finance charges (Net)                              (129)      (121)          (247) 
                                                ---------  ---------  ------------- 
 Loss before taxation                               (120)      (794)        (1,080) 
                                                ---------  ---------  ------------- 
 
 

Other income for the 6 months to 30 June 2017 consists of two separate grants received from the EUREKA programme as well as from a project under the European Commission agency INEA's Connecting Europe Facility through a consortia lead by a third party for further development of modules integrated with the Group's Complete Tender Management System.

The Group operates in three main geographic areas: UK, European Union and Rest of the World. Revenue and non-current assets by origin of geographical segment for all entities in the Group is as follows:

 
                        Revenue          Non- current assets 
                 --------------------  ----------------------- 
                  6 months   6 months   6 months      Year 
                    ended      ended      ended       ended 
                  30 June    30 June    30 June    31 December 
                    2017       2016       2017         2016 
                  GBP'000    GBP'000    GBP'000      GBP'000 
---------------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ------------ 
 
   UK                  469        405          -             - 
 European 
  Union               1121        615         53            59 
 Rest of World         581        528          -             - 
                 --------- 
 Total               2,171      1,548         53            59 
                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ------------ 
 

3. Loss per share

The loss per ordinary share is based on the net loss for the period attributable to ordinary equity holders divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.

The basic loss per share has been calculated by dividing the retained loss for the period of GBP0.129m by the weighted average number of ordinary shares of 67,716,406 (2016 H1: 67,716,406) in issue during the period.

The potential ordinary shares associated with share options and convertible loan notes are anti-dilutive and are therefore excluded from the weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purpose of diluted earnings per share.

4. Dividends

No dividend is proposed to be declared for the six months ended 30 June 2017 (2016: nil).

5. Copies of Interim Results

Copies of the Interim Results announcement are available on the Investor Relations section of the EU Supply website, www.eu-supply.com.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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