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| Quixant Plc | LSE:QXT | London | Ordinary Share | GB00B99PCP71 | ORD 0.1P |
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Quixant PLC
30 September 2020
30 September 2020
Quixant plc
("Quixant" or the "Group")
Interim Results
Quixant (AIM: QXT), a leading provider of innovative, highly engineered technology products principally for the global gaming and broadcast industries, announces its Unaudited Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2020.
While the Group's revenue and profits in the first half of 2020 were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, resilient trading from Densitron, careful management of our gaming customers and prompt management of overheads have enabled the business to end the half with a healthy net cash position. As previously communicated, trading over the period was better than the severe downside modelling case outlined in the March 2020 trading update.
Financial highlights:
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-- Group revenue of $27.9m (H1 2019: $41.9m)
o Quixant Gaming division revenue of $11.9m (H1 2019: $23.6m)
- Gaming platforms revenue of $10.6m (H1 2019: $19.6m)
- Gaming monitors revenue of $1.3m (H1 2019: $4.0m)
o Densitron division revenue of $16.0m (H1 2019: $18.4m)
-- Gross margins remain robust at 36% (H1 2019: 36%)
-- Group adjusted pre-tax loss(1) of $1.2m (H1 2019: $3.4m profit)
-- Group reported pre-tax loss of $3.0m (H1 2019: $3.0m profit) after
a $1.3m write off of capitalised R&D
-- Adjusted fully diluted EPS of ($0.0184)/share (H1 2019: $0.0506/share)
-- Fully diluted EPS of ($0.0453)/share (H1 2019: $0.0346/share)
-- Net cash from operating activities of ($0.3m) (H1 2019: $6.7m)
-- Net cash at 30 June 2020 of $14.2m (30 June 2019: $12.4m), improving
to $17.4m at 28 September 2020
1. Adjusted by adding back items included in the adjusted PBT reconciliation in note 1 totaling $1.8m (H1 2019: $0.4m).
Operational highlights:
-- Initiatives deployed rapidly to mitigate the COVID-19 impact, protecting
the wellbeing of staff, supporting customers through challenges in
supply chain and working capital, safeguarding our balance sheet and
positioning Quixant well for recovery.
-- Organisational enhancements include the formation of an Executive
Committee, the streamlining of our cost base and improvements in forecasting
and reporting facilitated by new SAP system.
-- Continued strong customer retention through the crisis
-- Post-period appointment of Andrew Jarvis as interim Chief Financial
Officer
Current trading and outlook:
-- Gradual improvement in Gaming division revenues since venues began
to re-open in May, with early signs of recommencement in orders and
deliveries and new business wins early in the second half
-- Leveraging our strong customer relationships to seek new opportunities
which will drive the recovery of Gaming division revenues
-- Densitron remains resilient despite COVID-19 and we expect to post
growth in the broadcast and medical markets in 2020
-- Expect a return to profitable trading in the second half, offsetting
some of the reported loss experienced in the first half, with this
recovery continuing into 2021, excepting the impact of any further
widespread global lockdowns as a result of COVID-19
-- Well positioned to return to growth in the medium to long term
Jon Jayal, CEO of Quixant, commented:
"I am delighted with the way our team has risen to the unprecedented challenges of the last six months and delivered results significantly better than in the pessimistic scenarios considered as part of our 2019 year end audit and presented in March 2020. We moved quickly to adjust to different working conditions alongside the rapid and significant changes in demand from customers. Thanks to strict financial discipline and close collaboration with our customers we have maintained a healthy net cash balance and have strengthened many of our customer relationships further. This puts Quixant in a strong position to benefit from the recovery in our global end markets.
Alongside this we see a clear opportunity to draw on our history of innovation, stepping up to deliver what customers are looking for from us now. We are working on introducing new business models with the aim of unlocking more repeatable revenue streams and grant us access to new market opportunities.
Quixant is a strong business with excellent customer relationships and innovation at our core which, combined with our strong financial position, we believe will drive excellent stakeholder value over the long term."
For further information please contact:
Quixant plc Tel: +44 (0)1223
892 696
Jon Jayal, Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Jarvis, Interim Chief Financial
Officer
Nominated Adviser and Broker:
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About Quixant
Quixant, founded in 2005, designs and manufactures highly optimised computing solutions and monitors principally for the global gaming and broadcast industries. The Company is headquartered in Cambridge in the UK where the global sales function is based. North America sales and sales support is run from their subsidiary in Las Vegas. Quixant has its own manufacturing and engineering operation based in Taiwan and software engineering and customer support team based in Italy. All the specialised products software and manufacturing are produced in-house and Quixant owns all its own IP some of which is protected by patents and design rights.
In November 2015 Quixant acquired Densitron Technologies plc. Densitron has a strong heritage in the sale of electronic display solutions to global industrial markets. Through Densitron's experienced sales team, Quixant has a robust platform to build its business into wider industrial markets. In-depth information on the Company's products, markets, activities and history can be found on the corporate website at www.quixant.com.
The information communicated in this announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT
While the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the period presented us with unexpected and significant challenges, the business has navigated them well, retaining a healthy balance sheet and laying the foundations that will enable it to grow strongly as our global end markets normalise. With a strong platform and having identified several new commercial opportunities while working through this unusual period, we believe we are well-positioned to capture market share in gaming, broadcast and medical markets.
We have taken the opportunity during the quieter trading period to introduce and accelerate enhancements to the operational side of the business. We recently formed an Executive Committee comprising leaders from the Gaming and Densitron divisions and led by the Chief Executive. This drives collaboration between the two business units, promoting better sharing of information and resources and enabling them to contribute more impactfully to the success of the group. We are pleased with the performance of the new gaming and Densitron senior executives introduced to the business over the last two years.
Post-period we welcomed Andrew Jarvis as interim Chief Financial Officer following the departure of Guy Milward. Andrew brings with him experience in leading high-performing finance teams and an understanding of international business. He has quickly been able to pick up the reins, helped by a short handover period with Guy. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Guy for his contribution to the business since he joined in October 2018 and wish him well in his future endeavours.
We continue the process of appointing a senior independent non-executive director to the Board and will update the market on the matter in due course.
OPERATING REVIEW
In response to the particularly challenging trading conditions of the first half of the year, we outlined a plan with five key objectives: to prioritise the safety of our colleagues, to preserve the strength of the Group's balance sheet, to support our customers and suppliers, to optimise our operations and to identify new opportunities to capitalise on as global economies reopen. While it has been a difficult period, we have made good progress against all these objectives, and trading has been better than the severe downside modelling case outlined as part of the audit process for the 2019 financial year and announced in March 2020.
Gaming Division
The gaming and slot machine industry, a core end market for the Group's computer and monitor products, underwent an unprecedented global shutdown as governments sought to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially in Asia and then later in Europe, the Americas and Australasia; casinos, bingo halls, bars, clubs and pubs were closed for several months with Q2 commercial casino revenues down 79% year on year, improving to 46% down year to date. Consequentially we saw a rapid decline in demand for our gaming computer platform and monitor products from March onwards, and weak trading for a large proportion of the second quarter. However, in May we started to see the gradual reopening of venues across North America, with 85% of US casinos now open. This has driven a slow improvement in gaming revenues which, in the absence of a further widespread lockdown, we expect to continue to improve. In the period since opening, player attendance and spend in most venues (outside of the tourist resorts such as
Las Vegas) has been healthy.
During this period, many of the gaming machine manufacturers have been forced to take extraordinary actions to survive the period which have included deep staff furloughing/redundancies, working capital control schemes and refinancing of debt. As venues reopened and players returned, our customers faced difficult decisions around the pace with which to reinstate staff. The majority of our Gaming customers are currently operating at significantly reduced staff levels compared to pre-outbreak. Allied with significant working capital pressures, these resource constraints represent an opportunity for Quixant, as an outsource provider of gaming market-focused technology solutions, to support customers' recovery with new technology and novel business models. As we emerge from the impact of COVID 19, we believe there is an opportunity for customers to outsource more of their hardware and software to Quixant as they face difficult decisions over utilisation of resources in their business. We are therefore investigating hardware full-service offerings and deepening our "middleware" software stack to enable customers to divert resources solely on content creation. We believe these augmentations of our value proposition can also unlock repeatable revenue business models.
Given the cancellation or postponement of many sporting events in 2020, the global sports betting market has been severely impacted by the pandemic. We have therefore decided to pause further work on developing and marketing products specifically for this market for the time being.
Densitron Division
The Densitron business has proven relatively resilient amid the challenging circumstances. While we have seen delays in orders and new business in certain segments including broadcast, we are expecting to see full year growth in these sectors against prior.
Broadcast sector revenues have been somewhat delayed by the slowdown in the installation of new hardware into broadcast studios through the lockdown. We expect to see some of this recovered during the second half of the year, alongside growing revenues and an increased focus on the Healthcare sector. Overall Broadcast and Healthcare revenues are expected to grow year on year, and currently represent approximately 15% and 20% of Densitron's revenues.
Our Densitron business strategy is to move further up the value chain from display-only technology towards complete control solutions with focus on specific verticals. We were therefore delighted to be selected in May 2020 as a Panasonic KAIROS Alliance Partner, a next generation live production platform that enables incredible productivity, recognising the innovation we are bringing in Human-Machine Interaction to the broadcast sector. Panasonic will be using products from Densitron's UReady(R) tactile touch screen product range which also integrate our embedded computing solutions. This provides Panasonic with cutting-edge control surfaces for their new KAIROS IT/IP live video production solutions.
Financial review
First half revenues were $27.9m (2019 H1: $41.9m), with the Gaming Division contributing $11.9m (2019 H1: $41.9m) and Densitron $16.0m (2019 H1: $18.4m). Despite the COVID-19 pandemic's stark impact on revenue, prompt action to contain costs resulted in an adjusted pre-tax loss of $1.2m (2019 H1: Profit of $3.4m).prior to a $1.3m write off of capitalised R&D brought about by the need to end-of-life certain product lines early due to changing market demands and supply chain issues brought about by the pandemic, a$0.4m amortisation charge relating to customer relationships and order backlog, and a $0.1m share based payments expense - resulting in a reported pre tax loss of $3.0m (2019 H1: Profit of $3.0m).
Continued healthy Densitron trading in most sectors and stronger than anticipated cash collection from Gaming division customers meant we have retained a strong net cash position of $14.2m at 30 June 2020 (31 December 2019: $16.1m) and unutilised credit lines of $12.4m available. Since June we have seen an increase in net cash to $17.4m at 28 September 2020.
The Group continues to maintain a strong balance sheet. Net assets at 30 June 2020 were $62.3m compared with $65.3m at 31 December 2019 and $59.0m at 30 June 2019, with long term debt of $0.7m.
The global COVID-19 pandemic in H1 2020 resulted in a slowdown of product movement in the Group, which has seen inventory levels increase from $20.2m at 31(st) December 2019, to $22.9m at 30(th) June 2020. We expect this to unwind over the coming months as deliveries resume. The global pandemic has caused significant disruption in electronic component production such that we are experiencing volatile pricing, unpredictable lead times and unexpected end-of-life notices served on us by our suppliers. The Group has been carefully monitoring the situation and where necessary taking action to make strategic purchasing decisions to protect customers and reviewing the viability of its future product roadmap. Cash generation in the period was slow due to the effects of the global pandemic, and mitigation measures were put in place to protect the business.
In 2019, a dividend payment of 3.1p per share, totalling $2.8m was made in May 2019. This was in respect of the full year 2018 and represented the sixth dividend payment made by the Group. Due to the ongoing effects of the pandemic and to maintain a robust balance sheet, the Board has decided not to pay a dividend in 2020. We currently expect to return to paying dividends in 2021.
Business Optimisation
We took prompt action to manage cost in the early part of the second quarter and as a result, overall, we expect 2020 overheads to be over 15% lower than in our original budget. These cost savings have been possible through bringing Gaming and Densitron teams closer together in several areas such as operations, finance and product development, and through a process of streamlining our Gaming product range. The Gaming market requirement to buy products with a long supply lifetime has led to a long tail of older products which are expensive to support. We have seen several of our suppliers issuing an "end-of-life notice" on components citing reduced market demand from their end customers' products. As a result we have had to follow suit and manage customers onto newer products. We have therefore written off $1.3m of capitalised R&D expenses.
Outlook
Since the end of the second quarter, we have seen a gradual improvement in Gaming revenues, including a number of new business wins and the continuation of resilient Densitron revenues. Excepting any further widespread global lockdowns, we expect a return to profitable trading in the second half, offsetting some of the reported loss experienced in the first half, with this recovery continuing into 2021.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PROFIT AND LOSS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 JUNE 2020, 30 JUNE 2019 AND YEARED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Unaudited 30 June 2020 Unaudited 30 June 2019 31 December 2019
Note
$000 $000 $000
---------------------------------- ------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Revenue 27,901 41,943 92,320
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Cost of sales (17,938) (26,672) (58,033)
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Gross profit 9,963 15,271 34,287
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Operating expenses (12,971) (12,268) (24,733)
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Operating (loss) / profit (3,008) 3,002 9,554
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Financial expenses (40) (42) (136)
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
(Loss) / Profit before tax 1 (3,048) 2,961 9,418
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Taxation 20 (653) (1,102)
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
(Loss) / Profit for the period (3,028) 2,307 8,316
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Other comprehensive expense
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Foreign currency translation
differences (59) (143) (144)
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Total comprehensive income for the
period (3,087) 2,164 8,172
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Basic earnings per share 2 ($0.0456) $0.0348 $0.1252
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Fully diluted earnings per share 2 ($0.0453) $0.0346 $0.1243
------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
The above condensed consolidated statement of profit and loss and other comprehensive income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 30 JUNE 2020, 30 JUNE 2019 AND AT 31 DECEMBER 2019
Unaudited 30 June 2020 Unaudited 30 June 2019 31 December 2019
Note
$000 $000 $000
------------------------------------------ ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Non-current assets
-------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Property, plant and equipment 5,757 5,947 5,926
-------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Right-of-use asset 251 1,223 894
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Intangible assets 17,078 15,473 18,449
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Investment property - 633 -
-------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Deferred tax assets 426 157 340
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Total non-current assets 23,512 23,433 25,609
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Current assets
-------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Inventories 22,857 22,852 20,180
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Trade and other receivables 17,571 27,092 23,902
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Cash and cash equivalents 15,842 13,245 16,954
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Total current assets 56,270 63,189 61,036
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Total assets 79,782 86,622 86,645
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Current liabilities
-------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Other interest-bearing loans and
borrowings (953) (85) (82)
-------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Trade and other payables (13,783) (24,028) (17,756)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
IFRS 16 lease liability (279) (466) (406)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Total current liabilities (15,015) (24,580) (18,244)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Non-current liabilities
-------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Other interest-bearing loans and
borrowings (724) (775) (738)
-------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Provisions (314) (338) (343)
Deferred tax liabilities (1,469) (1,081) (1,469)
IFRS 16 lease liability - (810) (564)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Total non-current liabilities (2,507) (3,004) (3,114)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Total liabilities (17,522) (27,584) (21,358)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Net assets 62,260 59,038 65,287
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Equity attributable to equity
holders of the parent
-------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Share capital 106 106 106
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Share premium 6,698 6,658 6,698
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Share based payments reserve 1,405 1,191 1,345
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Retained earnings 54,016 50,988 57,044
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Translation reserve 35 95 94
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Total equity 62,260 59,038 65,287
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
The above condensed consolidated balance sheet should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 JUNE 2020, 31 DECEMBER 2019 AND 30 JUNE 2019
Share capital Share premium Translation Share based Retained Total equity
reserve payments earnings
$000 $000 $000 $000 $000 $000
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Balance at 1
January 2019 106 6,499 238 1,102 51,488 59,433
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Total
comprehensive
income for the
period
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
IFRS 16
restatement of
opening
retained
earnings - - - - (50) (50)
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Profit - - - - 2,307 2,307
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Other
comprehensive
expense - - (143) - - (143)
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Total
comprehensive
income for the
period - - (143) - 2,258 2,115
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Transactions
with owners,
recorded
directly in
equity
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Share based
payments - - - 89 - 89
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Dividend paid - - - - (2,760) (2,760)
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Exercise of
options - 159 - - - 159
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Total
contributions
by and
distributions
to owners - 159 - 89 (2,760) (2,511)
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Unaudited
balance at 30
June 2019 106 6,658 95 1,191 50,988 59,038
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Unaudited
balance at 1
July 2019 106 6,658 95 1,191 50,988 59,038
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Total
comprehensive
income for the
period
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Profit - - - - 6,059 6,059
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Other
comprehensive
expense - - (1) - - (1)
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Total
comprehensive
income for the
period - - (1) - 6,059 6,058
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Transactions
with owners,
recorded
directly in
equity
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Share based
payments - - - 154 - 154
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Dividend paid - - - - - -
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Exercise of
options - 40 - - - 40
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Total
contributions
by and
distributions
to owners - 40 - 154 - 194
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Balance at 31
December 2019 106 6,698 94 1,345 57,044 65,287
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Balance at 1
January 2020 106 6,698 94 1,345 57,044 65,287
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Total
comprehensive
income for the
period
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Loss - - - - (3,028) (3,028)
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Other
comprehensive
expense - - (59) - - (59)
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Total
comprehensive
income for the
period - - (59) - (3,028) (3,087)
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Transactions
with owners,
recorded
directly in
equity
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Share based
payments - - - 60 - 60
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Dividend paid - - - - - -
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Exercise of - - - - - -
options
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Total
contributions
by and
distributions
to owners - - - 60 - 60
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
Unaudited
balance at 30
June 2020 106 6,698 35 1,405 54,016 62,260
-------------- -------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 JUNE 2020, 30 JUNE 2019 AND YEARED 31 DECEMBER 2019
Unaudited 30 June 2020 Unaudited 30 June 2019 31 December 2019
$000 $000 $000
---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Cash flows from operating activities
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
(Loss) / profit for the period (3,028) 2,307 8,316
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Adjustments for:
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment 2,869 1,617 2,853
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Depreciation of leased assets 229 - 680
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Change in fair value of investment
property - - 631
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Movement in provisions (25) - 36
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Taxation (income) / expense (20) 653 1,102
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Lease liability interest expense 32 - 120
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Financial expense 8 42 16
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Equity settled share based payments 60 89 243
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
125 4,708 13,997
---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Decrease in trade and other receivables 6,294 3,995 7,491
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
(Increase) in inventories (2,489) (3,414) (488)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Increase / (decrease) in trade and other
payables (4,180) 2,893 (3,636)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
(250) 8,182 17,364
---------------------------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Interest paid (8) (42) (16)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Lease liability interest expense (32) - (120)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Tax received / (paid) 37 (1,467) (2,282)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Net cash from operating activities (253) 6,673 14,946
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Cash flows from investing activities
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Acquisition of subsidiary, net of cash
acquired - - (2,392)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Acquisition of property, plant and
equipment (41) (145) (316)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Acquisition of intangible assets (1,359) (1,012) (2,598)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Net cash used in investing activities (1,400) (1,157) (5,306)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Cash flows from financing activities
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Proceeds from new loan 862 - -
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Repayment of borrowings (44) (492) (534)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Lease liability paid (277) (260) (674)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Dividends paid - (2,760) (2,760)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Exercise of options - 159 200
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Net cash used in financing activities 541 (3,353) (3,768)
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Net (decrease) / increase in cash and
cash equivalents (1,112) 2,163 5,872
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 16,954 11,082 11,082
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
Cash and cash equivalents at period end 15,842 13,245 16,954
----------------------- ----------------------- -----------------
The above condensed consolidated cash flow statement should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
1. Basis of preparation and accounting policies
As is permitted by the AIM rules, the directors have not adopted the requirements of IAS34 'Interim Financial Reporting' in preparing the interim financial statements. Accordingly, the interim financial statements are not in full compliance with IFRS. The reporting currency adopted by the Quixant Group is US dollar as this is the trading currency of the Group. The financial information shown for the year ended 31 December 2019 in the interim financial information does not constitute full statutory financial statements as defined in Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006 and has been extracted from the Company's annual report and accounts. The Auditor's Report on the annual report and accounts was unqualified. The condensed consolidated interim financial information is neither audited nor reviewed and the results of operations for the six months ended 30 June 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for future operating periods. The condensed consolidated interim financial information has not been reviewed under IRSE 2410. This condensed consolidated interim financial report was approved by the Board of Directors on 29 September 2020.
The accounting policies applied by the Group in this condensed consolidated interim financial report are the same as those applied by the Group in its consolidated financial statements as at and for the year ended 31 December 2019.
Reconciliation of profit before tax (PBT)
PBT and adjusted PBT for the current and prior periods has been derived as follows:
PBT
Six months ended 30 June 2020 Six months ended Year
30 June ended
2019 31 December 2019
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
$000 $000 $000
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
(Loss) / profit for the period (3,028) 2,307 8,316
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
Adding back:
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
Taxation (income) / expense (20) 653 1,102
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
PBT (3,048) 2,961 9,418
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
Research & development write-off(1) 1,307 - -
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
Amortisation of customer relationships and
order backlog(2) 449 203 663
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
Share based payments(3) 60 89 243
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
Loss on disposal of subsidiary(4) - 124 124
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
Restructuring costs(4) - - 169
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
IDS acquisition costs(4) - - 63
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
Adjusted PBT (1,232) 3,377 10,680
------------------------------ ----------------- ------------------
1. To write-off capitalised research & development due to extraordinary notifications by key suppliers to end-of-life key components utilised in our gaming products; citing changing market demands and supply chain issues brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic.
2. The amortisation of customer relationships and order backlog has been excluded as it is not a cash expense of the Group.
3. Share based payments expense has been excluded as they are not a cash expense of the Group.
4. Other items of income and expense - where other items of income and expense occur in a particular period and their inclusion in PBT meant that a period on period comparison of operational results is not a consistent basis the directors will exclude them from the adjusted numbers. During the periods under review the directors have excluded the costs arising from the disposal of Densitron Nordic, restructuring costs and the costs arising from the acquisition of IDS due to their exceptional size and incomparability with comparative periods.
2. Earnings per share
Six months ended Six months ended Year
30 June 2020 30 June 2019 ended
31 December 2019
$000 $000 $000
--------------------------------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------------
Earnings
----------------- ----------------- ------------------
Earnings for the purposes of basic and diluted EPS
being net profit attributable to equity
shareholders (3,028) 2,307 8,316
----------------- ----------------- ------------------
Number of shares
----------------- ----------------- ------------------
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the
purposes of basic EPS 66,435,060 66,379,052 66,404,468
----------------- ----------------- ------------------
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares:
----------------- ----------------- ------------------
Share options 460,290 385,798 499,053
----------------- ----------------- ------------------
Weighted number of ordinary shares for the purposes
of diluted EPS 66,895,350 66,764,850 66,903,521
----------------- ----------------- ------------------
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders
by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period.
3. Related party transactions
During the period the Group paid EUR15,600 (2019: EUR15,600) for administrative services to Francesca Marzilli, the wife of Nicholas Jarmany, and NTD 294,000 (2019: NTD 326,510) for HR services to Jenny Lin, the daughter of C-T Lin. There were no other related party transactions, other than transactions with key management personnel, who are the Directors of the Company.
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