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Gama Aviation PLC Interim Results (6289A)

30/09/2015 7:01am

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Gama Aviation PLC

30 September 2015

30 September 2015

Gama Aviation plc (AIM: GMAA)

("Gama Aviation", "the Company" or "the Group")

Interim results for the six months to 30 June 2015

Gama Aviation, one of the world's largest business aviation service providers, is pleased to announce its first interim results for the six months to 30 June 2015, following the completion of the reverse takeover of Hangar8 plc on 5 January 2015.

In order to aid understanding of the underlying growth of the business, the financial highlights below show the results of the Group against both Gama's actual comparatives for the six month period to 30 June 2014 together with an unaudited pro-forma comparative, calculated as if Gama's reverse takeover of Hangar 8 had been in place throughout the six month period to 30 June 2014.

Financial highlights:

 
                    June     June 2014         Change   June 2014   Change 
                     2015 
                              (Pro-forma)(1)             (Gama 
                                                          only) 
 Revenue(2)         $191m    $157m             22%      $130m       47% 
 Gross Profit(2)    $30.3m   $24.3m            24%      $15.1m      100% 
 Gross profit 
  Margin            15.9%    15.6%             0.3%     11.7%       4.2% 
 Underlying 
  EBITDA(3)         $8.2m    $4.7m             74%      $2.2m       269% 
 Underlying 
  PBT(4)            $4.9m    $2.9m             69%      $0.8m       513% 
 Underlying 
  EPS(5)            $12.5c   $5.8c             115%     $2.5c       400% 
 

1 - Calculated using the Hangar 8 figures for the six months ended 30 June 2014 and the Gama figures for the six months ended 30 June 2014, as set out in the Admission document dated 8 December 2014.

2 - Including the results of Gama Aviation's Associate in the US and Joint Venture in Hong Kong.

3 - Underlying EBITDA is arrived at by taking operating profit before depreciation, amortisation, and exceptional items as disclosed in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

4 - Underlying profit before tax is arrived at before exceptional items.

5 - Earnings used in the underlying EPS calculation are the profit attributable to ordinary shareholders adjusted for exceptional items and amortisation.

Operational highlights:

   --        Integration completed on schedule 
   --        Synergies flowing through into second half of 2015 in line with management expectations 
   --        Executed on Asia joint venture and growth in line with management expectations 
   --        Strong organic revenue and margin growth in the US, particularly in ground operations 

-- Strong, scalable, client experience centric and safety first operational delivery platform in place

   --        Focus on continued growth complemented by strategic acquisition opportunities 

Marwan Khalek, Chief Executive Officer commented:

"I am delighted with the performance of the business during the six month period to 30 June 2015, a period in which we have achieved and in some cases exceeded, the targets we set at the time of the reverse takeover of Hangar8 plc.

The Group's ability to deliver a strong first half performance, whilst also executing the required integration and re-organisation of the business following the merger, highlights the capabilities of the senior management team.

During the six month period we have acquired and completed the integration of Hangar 8, with anticipated synergies flowing through into the second half of the financial year as planned; increased the scale of our business delivering strong organic growth in line with our expectations; increased the breadth of our business with a new strategic joint venture in Asia with Hutchinson Whampoa; developed plans to further increase the depth and scale of our business through further acquisitions whilst at the same time the core business lines across our global business have delivered the strong growth in profitability that we targeted ourselves to achieve.

With the integration now successfully concluded, the management is now fully focussed on our strategy of organic growth and strategic acquisitions. We continue to trade with a high percentage of contracted revenue and our outlook remains very positive. As we expand the geographical breadth, depth and scale of our business, we will stay true to our vision of maintaining a sustainable business for our shareholders."

Sir Ralph Robins, Chairman, commented:

"We are very pleased that the first half results have been delivered in line with management's expectations and having handled the challenges that integrations often present, we now enter the second half of the year with full confidence in our ability to grow the business both organically and acquisitively.

We continue to look at the quality of our service offering whilst maintaining a strong safety culture within the business to ensure that our reputation and ability to leverage off our established expertise continue to deliver the financial results into the future."

For further information please visit www.gamaaviation.com or contact:

   Gama Aviation plc                                                           +44 (0) 1252 553000 

Marwan Khalek, Chief Executive Officer

Kevin Godley, Finance Director

   Citigate Dewe Rogerson                                               +44 (0) 20 7638 9571 
   Phil Anderson, Director                                                +44 (0) 20 7282 1031 
   Chris Jarvis, Associate Director                                  +44 (0) 20 7282 1088 
   Cantor Fitzgerald Europe                                             +44 (0) 20 7894 7000 

Marc Milmo (Corporate Finance)

Catherine Leftley (Corporate Finance)

David Banks (Corporate Broking)

Business Review

Completed Integration Update

The integration of Gama Aviation and Hangar 8 was completed as anticipated by 30 June 2015. During the period under review, the management team has worked on successfully concluding the integration of the two operations. This has resulted in one-off restructuring costs of approximately $2 million with the benefit of the synergies from the integration starting to be realised in the second half of this financial year. Management remains confident that these will be achieved in line with expectations. The Board is particularly pleased that management and staff at all levels fully embraced the integration process and adopted best practice from the original pre-merged groups to the benefit of our customer service offering going forwards. Crucially, the business retained the key management personnel within each of the two combined businesses to ensure a seamless transition for the customers.

Regional Review

US

The US has experienced significant organic growth in the first six months of the year underpinned by long term quality contracts within the Air and Ground operations and aided by a strong US economy. The US Air division has managed to grow at an exceptional rate whilst at the same time maintaining the service delivery the US customers have come to expect from the brand.

The Ground business and its line maintenance offering continues to grow with Texas and Dallas now fully operational and Chicago due to open soon. The US ground maintenance now provides East to West and North to South coverage, with almost thirty mobile maintenance vehicles. The mobile capability has proved particularly popular at recent major sporting events.

Europe

The EU Ground division has also experienced a strong first half year recording healthy EBITDA growth. The ability to enhance our service offering as a result of the reverse takeover through utilising the Oxford maintenance base owned by Hangar 8 to attract larger third party aircraft to the Gama Aviation service offering, has been particularly successful.

The EU Air division has, however, experienced a more challenging six months. The EU charter market remains flat and two important former contracts in this region have not been as lucrative as they have been historically. Whilst not delivering to their full potential under their current construct, management is in the process of renegotiating and transitioning these contracts to a more solid commercial footing going forward.

Notwithstanding the difficulties within EU Air, the EU division as a whole nevertheless reported a solid set of results and with the integration now complete and the renegotiating and transitioning of the underperforming contracts underway, the EU Air division's future outlook remains positive.

Asia

The Air division within the Asia region has only been trading for two of the six months of the half year but with three aircraft already under management and a promising pipeline, this region is well placed to scale and deliver the anticipated organic growth and platform for expansion into the wider Asia region in conjunction with our JV partners Hutchison Whampoa (China) Limited.

Middle East

The MENA Air division has recently gained a seventh aircraft and now has sufficient scale for the region to break even and progress onto delivering a positive EBITDA in future periods. Part of the long term growth for the group has been about identifying markets with a demand profile that make it attractive to Gama Aviation to enter and the MENA region fits that strategy. MENA Air is now progressing from its scaling phase towards maturity. There is still work to be done but management expects this division to be positively contributing shortly.

The MENA Ground business is still in its start-up phase but with a recently upgraded FBO facility in Sharjah (UAE) and funding agreed for hangar development to support a more concerted maintenance presence, this division is expected to deliver positive organic growth into 2016 and onwards. Local management has been successful in renegotiating some local contracts and as a result the division is expected to be generating a positive EBITDA by the final quarter of 2015.

The Fleet

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The aircraft fleet, which stood at 139 as at 30 June 2015, comprises aircraft types from all the major manufacturers with a bias toward larger, more capable aircraft. The scale of the global fleet size has a positive influence on contract value and ancillary service volumes such as fuel, training and insurance; allowing for increased leverage during negotiations with suppliers. Management is seeing our ability to reduce the cost base of our current and potential customers as a key differentiator when it comes to management aircraft tenders particularly as fuel and insurance represents a significant portion of owners' annual running costs.

We continue to review the managed aircraft contracts across the globe for contract quality within the group exiting those contracts that no longer represent the appropriate level of commercial value, replacing them with customers where we can deliver the margin as a result of enhanced service offerings. As a result the number of aircraft within the group has not grown significantly within the first six months of the year but we have been able to extract a higher level of Gross Profit from that customer base.

Financial Review

Total consolidated revenue for the period was $191m (2014: $130m) an increase of 47% and an increase of 22% on a pro-forma basis, yielding a gross profit of $30.3m (2014: $15.1m), an increase of 100% and an increase of 24% (2014: $24.3m) on a pro-forma basis. Underlying EBITDA generated was up 269% to $8.2m (2014: $2.2m) and up 74% (2014: $4.7m) on a pro-forma basis.

The revenue and gross profit figures set out above include those revenues and gross profits within the business that are, in accordance with accounting convention, removed for statutory purposes as they relate to an associate and a joint venture. We have chosen to set out the full, consolidated revenues and gross profits of the Group as the board believes that this sets out the true performance of the global Gama Aviation business. The majority of the revenues and gross profits generated in our US Air division are in respect of an associate and all the revenues and gross profits generated within our Hong Kong Air division are in respect of a joint venture. As a result, following recognised IFRS accounting practice, the statutory income statement of these divisions are netted into one line in the Company's consolidated income statement: share of the results of associates.

The underlying EBITDA is the same on a consolidated or statutory basis. For a breakdown of the performance by segment on both a consolidated and statutory basis please refer to note 5, segmental analysis.

The statutory primary financial statements shows revenues up 29% to $115m (2014: $89m) and level (2014 $116m) on a pro-forma basis. These revenues yield a gross profit up 79% to $25.5m (2014: $14.3) and up 9% (2014: $23.5m) on a pro-forma basis with the gross margin up 6% to 22% (2014: 16%) and up 2% (2014: 20%) on a pro-forma basis.

Underlying EBITDA is stated before exceptional costs of $5.5m, details of which are included in note 3, discontinued operations of $0.5m, which are the operating losses incurred on the group's owned aircraft that are deployed on ad-hoc charter only and also before depreciation and amortisation of approximately $1.99m (2014: $701k on a pro forma basis).

Overhead costs of $24.8m (2014: $19.6m on a pro-forma basis) have increased by $5.2m primarily as a result of the exceptional costs incurred in the six months of $5.5m. Please see note 3 for an explanation of exceptional items.

As part of the integration process, management has performed a further review of the recoverability of certain debts at 31 December 2014 and, based on a review of the payment history of certain contracts it has been determined appropriate to increase the provision for doubtful debts by a further $2.3m.

Cash increased to $12m, up $6.3m (2014: $5.7m) and down $2.2m (2014: $14.2m) on a pro forma basis.

Adjusted EPS is up 400% to $12.5c (2014: $2.5c).

Board Director

With the integration of Hangar 8 now complete and with the enlarged group on solid foundations, Dustin Dryden, the former Chief Executive of Hangar 8 has expressed his desire to the Board to resign his position to pursue his own personal non-competing business interests. Mr. Dryden is therefore leaving the board of the Company with immediate effect and the Board would like to thank Dustin for his significant contribution both in developing Hangar 8 and assisting with its integration into Gama.

Related Party transactions

The Company has entered into certain arm's length commercial contracts with customers who have other potential business interests with a separate non-competing business interest of Dustin Dryden. The performance of these contracts has been well below the Board's expectation and accordingly, as part of its review of the operations of the Group during the integration process, the Board has been considering whether to withdraw from these contracts whilst they are renegotiated. Following conversations with Dustin Dryden, who has a detailed understanding of the underlying customers in question, the Board has taken the decision to try and renegotiate the arrangements with the existing contracts still in place during these negotiations. In order to preserve the integrity of the Company's actions, Dustin Dryden has entered into an agreement with the Company pursuant to which he has agreed to underwrite their performance and any outstanding debts that may arise from these customers whilst the Company transitions them into a more commercially viable basis. Pursuant to this agreement, Dustin Dryden will underwrite up to $2m of potential performance and debt associated with these contracts should the quantum's due from these contracts not be paid by 30 November 2015. As part of the agreements, Dustin Dryden has agreed to provide security to the Company against his beneficial interest of 2,159,886 ordinary shares in the Company.

This agreement between the Company and Dustin Dryden is considered to be a related party transaction for the purposes of AIM Rule 13, and accordingly the Board having consulted with Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, the Company's nominated adviser, considers the terms of the transaction to be fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.

In addition, pursuant to the terms of the agreement entered into in the first quarter of 2012 relating to the acquisition of Ronaldson Airmotive Limited by a group company of Gama Aviation, the minority shareholders who currently own 6% of Gama Aviation (Engineering) Limited, have exercised their put option for that group company to purchase their remaining shareholding on the third anniversary of the acquisition. Such exercise of the put option triggered an independent valuation of the Gama Aviation (Engineering) Limited business.

That independent valuation attributed a value of GBP742,500 for the 6% minority shareholding on the business and therefore Gama Aviation will pay the selling shareholders GBP742,500 in cash to the minority shareholders. As a result, the relevant group company of Gama Aviation will own 100% of the shares in Gama Aviation (Engineering) Limited, which sits within the EU ground division.

One of the minority shareholders selling their interests remains a director of Ronaldson Airmotive Limited, a subsidiary of the Company and is therefore considered a related party pursuant to the AIM Rules. Therefore the acquisition of the outstanding shares in Gama Aviation (Engineering) Limited is considered to be a related party transaction for the purposes of AIM Rule 13, and accordingly the Board having consulted with Cantor Fitzgerald Europe, the Company's nominated adviser, considers the terms of this transaction to be fair and reasonable insofar as the Company's shareholders are concerned.

Dividend Policy

The group retains its desire to maintain a progressive dividend policy and is currently in discussions with its advisers with a view to a possible capital reduction exercise so as to enable the Group to be in a position to consider paying a dividend at the end of this current financial year.

Outlook - building on a strong platform

The Group enters the second half of 2015 in a strong position and the Board remains confident about the outcome for the full financial year.

The business is experiencing strong growth in many of its global divisions underpinned by its high quality revenue streams. Trading in the US region has continued its positive momentum since the period end and the Board is pleased with the trends being seen in the Group as a whole. With the integration now completed, synergies anticipated to be realised through the second half of the year and the business now being positioned to leverage off our increased scale, breadth and depth of service offering, Gama Aviation has a strong platform from which to deliver on-going organic growth whilst also looking to pursue its strategy of adding value enhancing acquisitions to the Group. The Board therefore looks to the future with confidence.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 
                                                           Six months    Six months 
                                                                ended         ended 
                                                              30 June       30 June 
                                                                 2015         2014* 
                                                          (unaudited)   (unaudited) 
                                                   Note         $'000         $'000 
 Continuing operations 
 Revenue                                                      115,129        89,385 
 Cost of sales                                               (89,566)      (75,070) 
 Gross Profit                                                  25,563        14,315 
                                                         ------------  ------------ 
 Gross profit percentage                                          22%           16% 
 
 Administrative expenses                                     (24,792)      (11,880) 
----------------------------------------------  -------  ------------  ------------ 
 Adjusted EBITDA                                                8,225         2,151 
 Exceptional items                                 3          (5,466)           604 
 Depreciation and amortisation                                (1,988)         (320) 
----------------------------------------------  -------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 Operating profit                                                 771         2,435 
 Finance costs                                                (1,053)       (1,154) 
 Share of results of associates                                 (283)            78 
                                                         ------------  ------------ 
 (Loss)/profit before tax from 
  continuing operations                                         (565)         1,359 
 Taxation                                          4                -          (16) 
                                                         ------------  ------------ 
 (Loss)/profit from continuing 
  operations                                                    (565)         1,343 
 
 Discontinued operations 
 Loss after tax for the period                                  (499)             - 
  from discontinued operations 
                                                         ------------  ------------ 
 (Loss)/profit for the period                                 (1,064)         1,343 
 
 Attributable to: 
  Owners of the company                                       (1,044)         1,282 
 Non-Controlling interest                                        (20)            61 
                                                              (1,064)         1,343 
                                                         ============  ============ 
 Items that may be reclassified 
  to profit and loss: 
 Exchange gains arising on 
  translation of foreign operations                               148           512 
                                                         ------------  ------------ 
                                                                (916)         1,855 
 Non-controlling interest                                          20          (61) 
                                                         ------------  ------------ 
 (Loss)/profit and total comprehensive 
  income for the period attributable 
  to the owners of the Company                                  (896)         1,794 
                                                         ============  ============ 
 Earnings per share attributable 
  to the equity holders of the 
  parent 
                  - basic (cents)                  6           (2.4c)          4.7c 
                  - diluted (cents)                            (2.4c)          4.7c 
 
                   - Adjusted basic (cents)                     12.5c          2.5c 
                   - Adjusted diluted (cents)                   12.5c          2.5c 
 

*The comparative figures for the six months ended 30 June 2014 set out above are for Gama Aviation Holdings (Jersey) Limited prior to the reverse takeover of Hangar8 plc that was concluded on 5 January 2015.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

 
                                                 30 June       30 June 
                                     Note           2015          2014 
                                             (unaudited)   (unaudited) 
                                                   $'000         $'000 
 Non-current assets 
 Goodwill                                         37,460         2,902 
 Intangible assets                                11,411         4,855 
                                            ------------  ------------ 
 Total Intangible assets                          48,871         7,757 
 Property, plant and equipment                    15,349        12,220 
 Investment in associate                               -           337 
 Deferred tax asset                                  460           459 
 
                                                  64,680        20,773 
                                            ------------  ------------ 
 
 Current assets 
 Assets held for resale                            3,599        12,999 
 Inventories                                       9,585         7,237 
 Trade and other receivables                      76,502        46,351 
 Cash and cash equivalents                        11,961         5,668 
 
                                                 101,647        72,255 
                                            ------------  ------------ 
 
 
 
 Current liabilities 
 Trade and other payables                       (79,322)      (48,108) 
 Obligations under finance 
  leases                                         (1,541)       (1,465) 
 Borrowings                                      (1,168)       (1,347) 
 Provisions                                      (2,781)             - 
 Deferred revenue                               (20,661)      (19,839) 
 Corporation tax liability                         (785)             - 
 
                                               (106,258)      (70,759) 
                                            ------------  ------------ 
 
 Net current (liabilities)/assets                (4,611)         1,496 
 
 Non-current liabilities 
 Obligations under finance 
  leases                                         (6,657)       (7,958) 
 Borrowings                                      (1,165)      (16,362) 
 Deferred tax liability                          (1,642)         (987) 
 
                                                 (9,464)      (25,307) 
                                            ------------  ------------ 
 
 Net assets/(liabilities)                         50,605       (3,038) 
                                            ------------  ------------ 
 
 Capital and reserves attributable 
  to equity holders of the company 
 
 Share capital                                       670           426 
 Share premium                                    35,458         8,846 
 Merger relief reserve                           132,847             - 
 Reverse acquisition reserve                    (95,828)       (9,272) 
 Other reserve                                    20,209        20,209 
 Foreign exchange reserve                          (912)         (512) 
 Retained earnings                              (41,918)      (23,718) 
 
                                                  50,526       (4,021) 
                                            ------------  ------------ 
 
 Non-controlling interest                             79           983 
 
 Total surplus/(deficit)                          50,605       (3,038) 
                                            ------------  ------------ 
 
 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF CASHFLOWS

 
                                                   Six months    Six months 
                                                        ended         ended 
                                                      30 June       30 June 
                                                         2015          2014 
                                          Note    (unaudited)   (unaudited) 
                                                        $'000         $'000 
 
 
 Cash flows from operating activities 
 (Loss)/profit before tax from 
  continuing operations                                 (565)         1,359 
 Loss before tax from discontinued                      (499)             - 
  operations 
                                                 ------------  ------------ 
 (Loss)/profit before tax                             (1,064)         1,359 
 Depreciation and amortisation                          1,988           320 
 Loss on disposal of property, 
  plant and equipment                                     371            11 
 Foreign exchange (gain)/loss                             (9)           223 
 Finance costs                                          1,053         1,154 
 Increase in inventories                              (4,648)       (2,167) 
 Decrease/(increase) in trade 
  and other receivables                                 7,171      (10,416) 
 (Decrease)/increase in trade 
  and other payables                                 (10,450)           550 
 Movement in provisions                                     -         (616) 
 Increase in deferred revenue                               -         7,456 
 
 Net cash flows from operating 
  activities                                          (5,588)       (2,126) 
                                                 ------------  ------------ 
 
 
 
 Cash flows from Investing activities 
 Purchases of property, plant 
  and equipment                                         (568)       (1,611) 
 Proceeds on disposal of property, 

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  plant and equipment                                       -           120 
 Sales of assets                                        1,564             - 
 Purchase of subsidiary: cash                           3,213             - 
 Interest paid                                        (1,052)             - 
 
 Net cash used in investing activities                  3,157       (1,491) 
                                                 ------------  ------------ 
 
 
 Income taxes paid                                      (902)             - 
                                                 ------------  ------------ 
 
 
 Financing activities 
 Repayment of obligations under 
  finance leases                                        (720)         (602) 
 Decrease in borrowings                              (15,679)         3,164 
 Issue of ordinary shares                              27,722             - 
 Share issue costs                                    (1,014)             - 
 
 Net cash from financing activities                    10,309         2,562 
                                                 ------------  ------------ 
 
 
 Net increase/(decrease) in cash 
  and cash equivalents                                  6,976       (1,055) 
 
 Cash and cash equivalents at 
  beginning of year                                     4,985         6,815 
 Effect of exchange rate fluctuations 
  on cash held                                              -          (92) 
 
 Cash and cash equivalents at 
  end of year                                          11,961         5,668 
                                                 ------------  ------------ 
 
 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (unaudited)

 
                                          Merger       Reverse                Foreign                       Non- 
                    Share      Share      relief   acquisition      Other    exchange     Retained   controlling 
                  capital    premium     reserve       reserve    reserve     reserve     earnings      interest        Total 
                    $'000      $'000       $'000         $'000      $'000       $'000        $'000         $'000        $'000 
 
 
 At 1 January 
  2015                426      8,846           -       (9,272)     20,209     (1,060)     (40,874)            99     (21,626) 
 
 Issue of 
  shares              244     26,612           -             -          -           -            -             -       26,856 
 Reverse 
  merger 
  transaction           -          -     132,847      (86,556)          -           -            -             -       46,291 
 
 Transactions 
  with owners         670     35,458     132,847      (95,828)     20,209     (1,060)     (40,874)            99       51,521 
---------------  --------  ---------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 Loss for 
  the period            -          -           -             -          -           -      (1,044)          (20)      (1,064) 
 Foreign 
  exchange              -          -           -             -          -         148            -             -          148 
 
 Total 
  comprehensive 
  income                -          -           -             -          -         148      (1,044)          (20)          916 
---------------  --------  ---------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 
 At 30 June 
  2015                670     35,458     132,847      (95,828)     20,209       (912)     (41,918)            79       50,605 
---------------  --------  ---------  ----------  ------------  ---------  ----------  -----------  ------------  ----------- 
 
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this interim financial information.

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS

   1.   Basis of preparation 

Gama Aviation plc, formerly Hangar8 plc, (the "Company") is a company domiciled in England. The basis of preparation of this financial information is consistent with the basis that will be adopted for the full year accounts which will be prepared in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the European Union.

While the financial figures included in this half-yearly report have been computed in accordance with IFRS applicable to interim periods, this half-yearly report does not contain sufficient information to constitute an interim financial report as that term is defined in IAS 34.

This interim financial information has neither been audited nor reviewed pursuant to guidance issued by the Auditing Practices Board and the financial information contained in this report does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. The 30 June 2014 figures have been extracted from the unaudited financial statements for that period from the admission document.

   2.   Accounting policies 

The condensed consolidated interim financial information has been prepared using accounting policies consistent with those set out in the historical financial document within the admission document except as set out below. These accounting policies have been applied consistently to all periods presented in this Financial Information.

Critical accounting estimates & judgements and principal risks & uncertainties

There have been no changes to any of the Group's critical accounting estimates and judgements of its principal financial risks with the exception of the accounting estimates and judgements on the fair value of intangibles under IFRS 3.

Going concern

The Directors are of the opinion that as at 30 June 2015, the Group and Company's liquidity and capital resources are adequate to deliver the current strategic objectives and business plan and that both the Group and the Company remain a going concern.

   3.   Exceptional Items 

Operating profit is stated after exceptional items and discontinued activities.

Exceptional items relate to the transaction costs incurred in the current period that are in respect of the commercial transaction with Hangar8 plc, $3.5m and the subsequent integration and business re-organisation costs, $2m.

Exceptional items in the prior period relate to owned aircraft plane impairment of $0.22m, litigation related costs of $1.04m that were settled in late March 2014 and a loan settlement discount credit of $1.87m received for early settlement of loan finance on owned aircraft.

The Discontinued activities relate to the losses generated by the owned aircraft within the group that are held for sale as part of the group strategy to exit the business model of owned aircraft that are deployed solely for the purposes of ad-hoc charter.

   4.   Taxation 

The tax charge for the half year is calculated on the basis of the estimated full year effective tax rate and therefore an estimated corporation tax charge for the period of GBPNil (2014: $16,000).

   5.   Segmental Analysis 
 
 Six months ended 30 June 2015 (unaudited) - consolidated 
 
                  US              Europe              MENA          Asia      Other     Totals 
             Air     Ground    Air     Ground    Air     Ground      Air 
 Revenue    78,156    9,681   70,118   18,867   10,473     1,390     1,426        737   190,848 
 Gross 
  Profit     6,642    2,626    7,519   11,474      957       543       152        341    30,254 
 Gross 
  Profit 
  %           8.5%    27.1%    10.7%    60.8%     9.1%     39.1%     10.7%      46.3%     15.9% 
 EBITDA      1,923    1,351    1,166    6,698    (229)     (313)     (171)    (2,200)     8,225 
 EBITDA 
  %           2.5%    14.0%     1.7%    35.5%   (2.2%)   (22.5%)   (12.0%)   (298.5%)      4.3% 
 
 
 
 Six months ended 30 June 2015 (unaudited) - statutory 
 
                  US              Europe              MENA         Asia     Other     Totals 
             Air     Ground    Air     Ground    Air     Ground     Air 
 Revenue     3,876    9,681   70,118   18,867   10,473     1,390       -        724   115,129 
 Gross 
  Profit     2,116    2,626    7,519   11,474      957       543       -        328    25,563 
 Gross 
  Profit 
  %          54.6%    27.1%    10.7%    60.8%     9.1%     39.1%       -      45.3%     22.2% 
 EBITDA      1,923    1,351    1,166    6,698    (229)     (313)   (171)    (2,200)     8,225 
 EBITDA 
  %          49.6%      14%     1.7%    35.5%   (2.2%)   (22.5%)       -   (303.9%)      7.1% 
 
 
 Six months ended 30 June 2014 (unaudited) - statutory 
 
                  US              Europe              MENA         Asia     Other     Totals 
             Air     Ground    Air     Ground    Air     Ground     Air 
 Revenue    20,084    6,381   32,625   18,808    8,702     1,570       -      1,215    89,385 
 Gross 
  Profit     1,195      664    3,690    8,249      784       536       -      (803)    14,315 
 Gross 
  Profit 
  %           6.0%    10.4%    11.3%    43.9%     9.0%     34.1%       -    (66.1%)     16.0% 
 EBITDA      (548)      313      731    3,578    (194)      (30)       -    (1,621)     2,229 
 EBITDA 
  %         (2.7%)     4.9%     2.2%    19.0%   (2.2%)    (1.9%)       -   (133.4%)      2.5% 
 
 
   6.   Earnings per share ("EPS") 

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