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RNS Number:1187M InTechnology PLC 10 June 2003 10th June 2003 InTechnology plc Results for the year ended 31 March 2003 InTechnology plc ("InTechnology" or "the Company"), the UK's leading provider of data storage solutions and services, announces preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2003. Financial highlights * Turnover marginally lower at #156.9m (2002: #158.1m) * Turnover from Storage Solutions and Services ("SSS") Division of #148.7m (2002: #154.0m) * Turnover from Managed Data Services ("MDS") Division increased to #8.2m (2002: #4.1m) * MDS cumulative contract wins of #40m (2002: #22m), which will generate #10.5m of recurring revenue per annum (2002: #6.9m) * Gross profit increased to #23.3m (2002: #22.3m) resulting in gross margin of 14.8% (2002: 14.1%) * Total operating loss of #6.6m (2002: #82.7m) * Operating loss before amortisation of goodwill and exceptional items of #0.9m (2002: #0.8m) * EBITDA pre-exceptional items increased to #3.9m (2002: #2.8m) * Balance sheet remains strong with cash reserves of #18.2m (2002: #23.3m) and net cash of #10.0m (2002: #13.7m) Operational highlights * Volume of data storage products sold has increased, although prices have continued to decline during the second half; increased market share * Successful ongoing cost control, including closure of loss-making German subsidiary * Experiencing higher levels of activity within the MDS Division compared to six months ago; significant new customer wins in the public and private sectors including Harvey Nichols, The Department for Transport, Scottish Enterprise and WS Atkins * Benefits of the UK-wide high bandwidth communications network are beginning to be felt * Pilot programme for a long-term data storage service progressing well * Proposed acquisition of Allasso adds European distribution and access to expanding security market Commenting on the results, Charles Cameron, CEO of InTechnology said: "These results are a reflection of InTechnology's ability to maximise its performance and increase profitability at a time of intense industry pricing pressure. We continue to generate cash from operating activities, our MDS Division is attracting an increasing volume of high quality customers and, with the pending acquisition of Allasso, we look forward to resuming top line growth." For further information: InTechnology plc 020 7786 3400 Charles Cameron / Andrew Kaberry Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113 James Melville-Ross / Juliet Clarke Note to editors: InTechnology plc are experts in data storage, data management and the protection of business critical information and are widely acknowledged by the UK IT community as being the market leader in this field. In close partnership with major storage suppliers such as HP, IBM, Sun, Veritas, Tivoli and CA, InTechnology's Storage Solutions and Services Division has delivered over #1 billion worth of data storage solutions to businesses in the UK and other European countries. InTechnology also offers its clients a unique range of Managed Data Services. Through this service, clients know that the security and integrity of their data is assured with daily backups and that their files can be retrieved at will. Using InTechnology's VBAK line of services, clients can send their data to a secure, offsite facility using InTechnology's own, purpose built, data centres. In February 2003, InTechnology added a new high-speed network infrastructure to its MDS offering, thereby enabling customers to benefit from access to a wider range of services, such as internet access and hosting. For more information, please visit: www.intechnology.co.uk Preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2003 Executive Chairman's Statement Overview I am pleased to present the results of InTechnology plc for the year ended 31 March 2003 which show a strong performance in a challenging market for IT expenditure. Our strategy this year has been twofold. First and foremost, our goal has been to align the business to manage the downturn across the IT industry by ensuring that we maintain our significant market share. We have continued to consolidate our position by aggressively driving volumes in our SSS Division and successfully offering managed infrastructure services to new customers. The result is a robust sales performance in SSS and continued growth in the value of contract wins in MDS, which now stands in excess of #40 million (2002: #22m) and will generate #10.5m of recurring revenue per annum (2002: #6.9m). A focus on costs has also been necessary during the year to protect margins. The closure of our German subsidiary and better expenditure control have enabled us to achieve a consistent cost level, despite our investment in new services. The second strand of our strategy has been to underpin the future success of the business through new developments and expansion. The first of these has been achieved through the continued progress with our MDS division, as well as exciting new developments such as our UK-wide high bandwidth network and our long-term data storage proposition. As far as expansion is concerned, the proposed acquisition of Allasso not only adds distribution capability across Europe, but also introduces a new and rapidly expanding service line to our offering. Trading and operating performance As noted in our interim financial statement, we have not experienced quite the same decline in revenues felt by much of the IT industry and believe that we have grown our market share. The volume of data storage products sold continues to increase but, on account of the significant price erosion, we have reported a marginal decline in overall revenues compared to the prior year. We continue to adopt a rigorous approach to cost control which has enabled us to maintain reasonable profit margins. Turnover for the year was #156.9m (2002: #158.1m) and despite the market environment, gross profit increased to #23.3m (2002: #22.3m). Net operating expenses before depreciation, amortisation of goodwill and exceptional items remained consistent at #19.3m (2002: #19.4m). Total net operating expenses were #29.8m (2002: #104.6m). Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation of goodwill and exceptional items improved to #3.9m (2002: #2.8m). Total operating loss before interest and tax was #6.6m (2002: #82.7m). The Group reported a loss for the financial year of #7.0m (2002: #83.2m) resulting in a loss per share of 5.10p (2002: 60.23p). InTechnology's balance sheet remains strong, with cash of #18.2m (2002: #23.3m) and net cash, after finance leases and term loans, of #10.0m (2002: #13.7m). SSS Division The mix of revenues within SSS has changed over the last year with growth in our HP, IBM and Software and Service activities offset by a decline in sales of Sun equipment. Software and Services revenues have continued to increase and we will continue to focus on growing these in the year ahead. In the year, SSS has achieved revenues of #148.7m (2002: #154.0m) but, with reduced costs, has reported a small decrease in operating margins before goodwill amortisation to 5.5% (2002: 5.7%). Operating margin after goodwill amortisation was 4.3% (2002: 4.6%). The Division returned an operating profit before goodwill amortisation of #8.1m (2002: #8.8m). Divisional operating profit before interest and tax was #6.4m (2002: #7.1m). Consultancy, maintenance and software revenues amounted to 16.6% (2002: 12.8%) of the Division's revenue. MDS Division MDS has achieved revenues of #8.2m (2002: #4.1m), with an operating loss before goodwill amortisation and exceptional items of #9.1m (2002: #9.7m), which reflects our ongoing investment in the division. Divisional operating loss before interest and tax was #13.0m (2002: #89.4m loss). The division secured a number of high profile customer wins, including Chrysalis, Harvey Nichols, Numis, Cheshire Police, The Department for Transport, Sitel, Scottish Enterprise and WS Atkins. Roll out and deployment of these managed services tends to commence some months after the contract is won so the financial impact of these recurring revenues tends not to be seen until up to six months later. New developments In February 2003, we introduced a high bandwidth communications network running through 19 of the UK's major cities to support MDS. This Wide Area LAN Extension Service provides powerful and secure connectivity for our enterprise clients, enabling them to backup large data volumes on a national basis rather than, as previously, in the London area alone. Although only recently commissioned, we are already seeing our clients benefit from its performance and the expanded range of services we can now offer them. Clients who have adopted our managed storage service are now also taking internet access, hosting and pure connectivity services from us. This spring we launched a pilot programme to test our managed long-term storage proposition to address clients' needs to securely archive data. There is a growing need to archive electronic records in industry and the public sector which is driven in part by regulatory pressure. We continue to anticipate that future data storage solutions will incorporate these features. Operational changes With all the indicators showing substantial potential for InTechnology's services, especially among blue-chip companies, we have undertaken two operational changes this year which we believe will position InTechnology more effectively to exploit the opportunities we see in the storage market. * We have grouped all of the development, support and sales of our Managed Services into a single operation, accountable for the entirety of its activities. While MDS was in its infancy, it was beneficial to separately manage the development, support and sales of these services. They are now sufficiently robust to be run as a single division, run by a newly appointed executive. * In the interests of rigorous cost control, we closed our loss-making subsidiary in Germany in October 2002. This subsidiary was engaged purely in the provision of managed services where we felt that greater critical mass and relationships were required to ensure success. The intended acquisition of Allasso is expected to provide a firmer platform for the launch of managed services again as well as for storage product sales. Allasso In April 2003, we announced that we had agreed to purchase the pan-European specialist security distributor Allasso from its parent, Articon-Integralis. Allasso will provide us with a platform of some 7,000 additional resellers across six European countries through which we can expand our storage sales. In the year ended 31 December 2002 Allasso reported proforma revenues of Euro152.0m (#104.8m)1 and EBITDA of Euro10.5m (#7.2m)1. EBIT was Euro8.3m (#5.7m)1. The network security market, where Allasso is strongest, is an attractive growing market and complementary to the storage market as almost all new data storage devices are linked into networks and are in need of security. The acquisition is conditional upon Articon-Integralis shareholder approval at a general meeting on 23 June 2003 with anticipated completion at the end of July 2003. Current trading The first two months of this fiscal year show no change in the data storage market conditions from the preceding half. The performance of our SSS Division in this period has started in the same vein as at the start of last year. Encouragingly, activity levels in our MDS Division remain high with a run rate of contract wins in line with our expectations. Outlook Data volumes continue to grow inexorably and organisations of all sizes are looking for solutions to the critical problems of data management and storage. At the same time, companies everywhere are looking for ways to contain or reduce IT spend. So, in close partnership with vendors and our customers, we will continue to explore ways to provide the value and services that clients need. We expect our portfolio of managed data services (which includes offsite backup, data replication, hosting, network connectivity and other infrastructure-related services), to become increasingly popular among our partners as a means to enable their clients' organisations to outsource the network computing elements of their IT which are capital intensive and time-consuming for enterprises to manage. Peter Wilkinson Executive Chairman 10 June 2003 1 An exchange rate of #1 to Euro1.45 is assumed Consolidated profit & loss account For the year ended 31 March 2003 2003 2002 Note #'000 #'000 Turnover 2 156,899 158,108 Cost of sales (133,642) (135,853) Gross profit 23,257 22,255 Net operating expenses before depreciation, amortisation of goodwill and exceptional items (19,314) (19,407) Depreciation (4,885) (3,679) Amortisation of goodwill (3,980) (7,995) Exceptional costs of German subsidiary 3 (1,645) - Exceptional goodwill impairment charge - (73,493) Net operating expenses (29,824) (104,574) Group operating loss (6,567) (82,319) Share of operating loss of associate - (353) Total operating loss (6,567) (82,672) Net interest (payable)/receivable (108) 178 Loss on ordinary activities before taxation 2 (6,675) (82,494) Tax on loss on ordinary activities 4 (367) (678) Loss sustained for the financial year (7,042) (83,172) EBITDA 3,943 2,848 Loss per share (pence) Basic and diluted 5 (5.10) (60.23) Adjusted loss per share (pence) Basic and diluted 5 (1.03) (0.96) EBITDA comprises earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation, amortisation of goodwill and exceptional items. All of the activities of the Group relate to continuing operations. There is no difference between the loss on ordinary activities before taxation and the loss sustained for the financial year and their historical cost equivalents. Consolidated balance sheet As at 31 March 2003 2003 2002 #'000 #'000 Fixed assets Intangible assets 68,964 72,944 Tangible assets 12,179 11,811 81,143 84,755 Current assets Stocks 9,225 11,448 Debtors 35,542 40,720 Cash at bank and in hand 18,155 23,319 62,922 75,487 Creditors - amounts falling due within one year (45,109) (48,584) Net current assets 17,813 26,903 Total assets less current liabilities 98,956 111,658 Creditors - amounts falling due after more than one year (1,300) (7,169) Provisions for liabilities and charges (209) - Net assets 97,447 104,489 Capital and reserves Called up share capital - equity 1,381 1,381 - non-equity 480 480 Share premium account 188,391 188,391 Profit and loss account (92,805) (85,763) Shareholders' funds (including non-equity interests) 97,447 104,489 Shareholders' funds comprise: Equity interests 95,207 102,249 Non-equity interests 2,240 2,240 97,447 104,489 Consolidated cash flow statement For the year ended 31 March 2003 2003 2002 Note #'000 #'000 Net cash inflow from operating activities 6 2,356 4,047 Returns on investments and servicing of finance Interest received 451 786 Interest element of finance lease payments (105) (3) Interest paid (454) (605) Net cash (outflow) / inflow from returns on investments and servicing of finance (108) 178 Taxation paid (676) (1,490) Capital expenditure and financial investment Purchase of tangible fixed assets (3,911) (5,308) Sale of tangible fixed assets 187 117 Net cash outflow from capital expenditure and financial investment (3,724) (5,191) Net cash outflow before use of liquid resources (2,152) (2,456) and financing Management of liquid resources Decrease in short term deposits with financial institutions 10,000 5,000 Financing Issue of ordinary share capital - 44 Repayment of secured loans (2,199) (1,021) Capital element of finance lease payments (813) (57) Net cash outflow from financing (3,012) (1,034) Increase in cash in the year 7 4,836 1,510 Notes to the Preliminary Announcement 1 Basis of preparation The financial information included in this Preliminary Announcement, which has been agreed for release by the Company's auditors, does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. The financial information has been prepared on the basis of accounting policies consistent with those set out in the statutory Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2002, which have been filed with the Registrar of Companies and on which the auditors gave an unqualified opinion. The Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2003, on which the auditors have given an unqualified opinion, will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies and will be posted to shareholders on 8 July 2003. Further copies are available on request from the registered office of the Company at Nidderdale House, Beckwith Knowle, Otley Road, Harrogate, HG3 1SA. 2 Segmental information Turnover by destination Turnover by source Loss before taxation by source 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 #'000 #'000 #'000 #'000 #'000 #'000 Geographical analysis United Kingdom 155,089 157,151 156,888 158,095 (4,922) (80,522) Continental Europe 1,313 941 11 13 (1,645) (1,797) North America 497 16 - - - - 156,899 158,108 156,899 158,108 (6,567) (82,319) Share of operating loss of associate - United Kingdom - (353) Net interest (payable) / receivable (108) 178 Total (6,675) (82,494) (Loss)/profit before taxation Before goodwill After goodwill amortisation amortisation and and Turnover exceptional exceptional items items 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 #'000 #'000 #'000 #'000 #'000 #'000 Business analysis SSS 148,681 154,013 8,148 8,823 6,449 7,123 MDS 8,218 4,095 (9,090) (9,654) (13,016) (89,442) 156,899 158,108 (942) (831) (6,567) (82,319) Share of operating loss of associate - (353) - (353) Net interest (payable)/ receivable (108) 178 (108) 178 Total (1,050) (1,006) (6,675) (82,494) Including Excluding goodwill goodwill 2003 2002 2003 2002 #'000 #'000 #'000 #'000 Net assets Geographical analysis United Kingdom 97,447 103,911 28,483 30,967 Continental Europe - 578 - 578 Group Total 97,447 104,489 28,483 31,545 Business analysis SSS 33,800 33,940 4,358 2,798 MDS 45,492 47,230 5,970 5,428 79,292 81,170 10,328 8,226 Cash 18,155 23,319 18,155 23,319 Total 97,447 104,489 28,483 31,545 3 Exceptional costs of German subsidiary The exceptional costs of the German subsidiary represent the loss before taxation incurred of #895,000, (2002: #1,797,000), and a provision for closure costs in InTechnology AG of #750,000, (2002: #nil). The Company was closed on 17 October 2002. 4 Tax on loss on ordinary activities 2003 2002 #'000 #'000 Tax charge comprises: United Kingdom corporation tax at 30% (2002: 30%) Current (187) (599) Under provision in respect of prior years (185) (70) Total current tax (372) (669) Deferred tax 5 (9) (367) (678) The tax charge on profits before goodwill charges is higher (2002 higher) than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The differences are explained below: 2003 2002 #'000 #'000 Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (6,675) (82,494) Amortisation of goodwill 3,980 7,995 Exceptional goodwill impairment charge - 73,493 (2,695) (1,006) At standard rate of corporation tax of 30% (2002: 30%) (809) (302) Effects of: Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 544 159 Adjustment to tax charge in respect of previous periods 185 70 Capital allowances for year (in excess of) / lower than (41) 55 depreciation Overseas tax rates/losses not used 493 539 Other - 148 372 669 At 31 March 2003, the Company had accumulated tax losses of approximately #2,973,000 which are available for offset against future trading profits of certain Group operations. 5 Loss per share Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of #7,042,000, (2002: #83,172,000), by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the year of 138,101,518, (2002: 138,089,272). The adjusted basic loss per share has been calculated to provide a better understanding of the underlying performance of the Group as follows: 2003 2002 (Loss)/ (Loss)/ (Loss) / (Loss)/ earnings earnings earnings earnings per share per share #'000 pence #'000 pence Loss attributable to ordinary shareholders (7,042) (5.10) (83,172) (60.23) Amortisation of goodwill 3,980 2.88 7,995 5.79 Exceptional costs of German subsidiary 1,645 1.19 - - Exceptional goodwill impairment charge - - 73,493 53.22 Share of operating loss of associate - - 353 0.26 Adjusted basic loss per share (1,417) (1.03) (1,331) (0.96) The loss attributable to ordinary shareholders and the weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purpose of calculating the diluted earnings per ordinary share are identical to those used for basic earnings per ordinary share. This is because the exercise of share options would have the effect of reducing the loss per ordinary share and is therefore not dilutive under the terms of FRS 14 "Earnings per share". 6 Reconciliation of operating loss to net cash inflow from operating activities 2003 2002 #'000 #'000 Group operating loss (6,567) (82,319) Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 4,885 3,679 Depreciation of tangible fixed assets - exceptional costs of German subsidiary (note 3) 89 - Goodwill amortisation 3,980 7,995 Exceptional goodwill impairment charge - 73,493 (Profit)/loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets (41) 31 Decrease/(increase) in stocks 2,223 (2,235) Decrease/(increase) in debtors 5,183 (2,017) (Decrease)/increase in creditors and provisions (7,396) 5,420 Net cash inflow from operating activities 2,356 4,047 7 Analysis of net funds At 1 April Cashflow Other non-cash At 31 March 2002 changes 2003 #'000 #'000 #'000 #'000 Cash at bank and in hand 13,319 4,836 - 18,155 Short term deposits 10,000 (10,000) - - Finance leases (1,692) 813 (1,577) (2,456) Debt due after more than one year (5,738) - 5,738 - Debt due within one year (2,199) 2,199 (5,738) (5,738) Net funds 13,690 (2,152) (1,577) 9,961 8 Post balance sheet event On 10 April 2003 InTechnology announced that it had reached agreement with Articon-Integralis AG to acquire share capital of its subsidiaries making up the specialist network and information security distributor business, Allasso, for an initial consideration of Euro25.0 million (#17.2m) 1, with potential deferred consideration of up to Euro3.8 million (#2.6m) 1. The consideration for the acquisition will be paid in cash and will be financed from InTechnology's internal cash resources and new borrowing facilities. Allasso is Europe's leading specialist distributor of IT security products, with over 220 staff and operations in six countries. In the year ended 31 December 2002 Allasso reported proforma revenues of Euro152.0m (#104.8m) 1 and EBITDA of Euro10.5m (#7.2m) 1. EBIT was Euro8.3m (#5.7m)1. Completion is expected on 31 July 2003, and will be subject to Articon-Integralis shareholder approval at a shareholder meeting on 23 June 2003. Note 1 An exchange rate of #1 to Euro1.45 is assumed This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange END FR EANKNELNDEFE
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