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| Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| System1 Group Plc | LSE:SYS1 | London | Ordinary Share | GB00B1GVQH21 | ORD 1P |
| Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.00 | 0.00% | 485.00 | 480.00 | 490.00 | 0.00 | 01:00:00 |
| Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coml Econ, Sociolog, Ed Resh | 23.41M | 404k | 0.0319 | 152.04 | 61.49M |
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System1 Group PLC
27 October 2017
Press Release 27 October 2017
System1 Group PLC (AIM: SYS1)
formerly BrainJuicer Group PLC
("System1" or "the Group" or "the Company")
Unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2017
System1, the pioneering marketing services group, today announces its results for the six month period ended 30 September 2017 ("H1").
Highlights
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o 10% revenue decline to GBP13.82m (2016/2017: GBP15.28m),
12% in constant currency
o 9% gross profit decline to GBP11.39m (2016/2017: GBP12.54m),
12% in constant currency
o 70% profit before tax decline to GBP0.85m (2016/2017: GBP2.79m)
o 70% profit after tax decline to GBP0.54m (2016/2017: GBP1.79m)
o 69% fully diluted earnings per share decline to 4.2p (2016/2017:
13.7p)
o GBP3.50m cash at 30 September 2017 and no debt (31 March
2017: GBP8.27m and no debt), after paying dividends of
GBP4.05m during the period
o Maintaining interim dividend at 1.1p
Commenting on the Company's results, John Kearon, CEO of System1, said:
"Life as System1 Group has not started as hoped. However the decline in revenue has been a catalyst in accelerating the re-engineering of our product portfolio. We are in a period of change, and with our normal limited revenue visibility we are more cautious than usual on our short-term outlook. The encouraging signs referred to previously continue, but trading in Q3 to date has not yet resulted in a pick-up in our order book. Were the gross profit decline seen in H1 to be repeated in H2, then our profit before tax for the full year would decline by 50% to 60% (2016/17: GBP6.3m).
Change is never easy but in a rapidly transforming market, it's the only way to get out in front and establish a new industry standard that uses our pioneering System 1, decision-science products to ensure marketing that delivers profitable growth without unnecessary waste. Over our first 16 years, as BrainJuicer, we established a reputation as an industry innovator and built a global footprint and a hugely talented international team of nearly 200. Over the next 16 years, System1 aims to provide the world's most progressive companies with the means of producing marketing that consistently makes a difference. We believe this will have been a pivotal year of change and investment in building a major new marketing services group of the future."
The Company can be found at www.system1group.com.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
For further information, please contact:
System1 Group PLC +44 20 7043 1000 John Kearon, Chief Executive Officer James Geddes, Chief Financial Officer investorrelations@system1group.com Canaccord Genuity Limited +44 20 7523 8000 Simon Bridges Emma Gabriel
INTERIM STATEMENT
After 27% revenue growth last year (year to 31 March 2017), the Company has had a very disappointing six months in financial terms. Revenue declined by 10% (12% in constant currency), and gross profit, our main top line indicator, by 9% (12% in constant currency). With a largely fixed operating cost base, this had a heavy impact on profit before tax, which declined to GBP0.85m from GBP2.79m in 2016/17.
These results were as unexpected as they were disappointing.
At the beginning of this financial year, we began a new era as System1 (following our rebranding from BrainJuicer) with enthusiasm: our three main product areas, Innovation, Advertising and Brand Tracking were all growing well; our business in the US (our biggest market) had just finished an uninterrupted 4 year period of annual double digit gross profit growth; we had won the "most innovative agency" award in the annual market research GRIT awards for the 6th year in a row; we had recently launched our new Advertising Agency.
So what happened? At a revenue level, three related things. First, several significant FMCG clients have cut or deferred market research budgets, which impacted our Innovation business in particular. Second, underlying and ongoing shifts within the industry backdrop are resulting in clients moving research spend towards automated lower cost research data. Whilst we have seen this trend over a number of years, it has gathered pace more recently. Third, our rebranding, coupled with some team reorganisation in pursuit of our longer-term positioning, has meant that we spent more time addressing internal issues and less time on clients, compared to normal.
Another over-riding comment about our business. As we have frequently emphasised, we have little revenue visibility and significant variability in revenues from month-to-month and client-to-client. Whilst this variability in individual clients or markets can be marked, the positives and negatives have historically tended broadly to offset each other, and our results in aggregate in any 6 month reporting period have appeared more predictable and stable than in fact they are. Our order book and pipeline can change quickly, both for better or for worse.
Our gross profit comes from four main revenue streams: Innovation Testing, Ad Testing, Brand Tracking, and other ad hoc Research. Gross profit from our Innovation services (Predictive Markets and Concept Testing) comprising 44% of our business (in the last financial year) declined 27%, and it's this that dragged our results down. Ad Testing and Brand Tracking, collectively comprising 43% of our business last year, grew by 17% and 53% respectively, which whilst less than the growth achieved last year, was still strong. Other ad hoc Research services declined significantly but this is now only around 10% of the business, and not of particular ongoing consequence.
In addition to these revenue streams, our new Advertising Agency generated a small amount of gross profit: GBP0.16m (up from a negligible amount last year). Of more significance, it is building a portfolio of 4 and 5 Star Ads (the highest of our Ad Test scores), including its first Ad broadcast on TV, and is demonstrating the Group's capability to create marketing which generates profitable returns.
In geographic terms, gross profit was down in most of our markets, and the underlying causes were similar. We had some bright spots: gross profit grew well in France, Singapore, China and Australia, but these are currently comparatively small businesses in the context of the Group.
At a profit level, the impact of these declines has been exacerbated by an increase in costs following investment in our US business and new Advertising Agency. The Group invested in its US business on the back of its consistently strong performance, and this in part drove underlying overheads up by 23%.
6 months 6 months Growth
to to
Sep 2017 Sep 2016
================================= =========== =========== =======
Research overheads GBP9.40m GBP7.81m 20%
--------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -------
Advertising Agency overheads GBP0.37m GBP0.15m 147%
--------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -------
Underlying overheads GBP9.77m GBP7.96m 23%
--------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -------
Bonus ("Profit Share") - GBP1.43m -100%
--------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -------
Severance costs GBP0.38m GBP0.13m 192%
--------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -------
One-off rebranding costs GBP0.14m -
--------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -------
Overheads excluding share based
payments GBP10.29m GBP9.52m 8%
--------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -------
Share based payments GBP0.26m GBP0.21m 24%
--------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -------
Total overheads GBP10.55m GBP9.73m 8%
--------------------------------- ----------- ----------- -------
Our effective tax rate was similar to the prior year, as was our share base, and so profit after tax and earnings per share fell in line with the fall in profit before tax.
We have responded promptly to the poor results and shifting industry backdrop, with fast-tracked product development. We launched two new product iterations in September (a Next Generation Predictive Markets product and a new Digital (Advertising) Content Tracker), and are due to launch our Next Generation Ad Testing product in January 2018.
With each of these, there is a common aim: to automate and separate out provision of our predictive research data (what we call "Core Prediction"), which we can deliver at scale for very much lower cost per unit than historically; and to focus our less scalable account management teams more on improving the marketing content clients are asking us to test ("Marketing Consultancy"). Core Prediction enables clients to predict which ads, concepts or other marketing creative will make a difference in-market and which won't. Marketing Consultancy helps clients improve the marketing outputs that they decide to move ahead with. Core Prediction is low price, but relatively high margin, due to standardisation and automation. Marketing Consultancy is high price, but lower margin, due to the bespoke nature of the work and internal time requirements. Both feed off each other to deliver our value proposition to clients (in simple terms: help them deliver marketing which makes a difference, and reduce wasted costs - which are widely acknowledged to be significant).
The aim is to better position us to win more large-scale work programmes, and to turn occasional ad hoc business with our large clients into regular repeat business. However, the sales cycle with these on-going contracts is long, and it is therefore difficult to predict the extent to which they will make an impact on our financial results this year.
As well as reconfiguring our products, we are also looking carefully at our cost base, and reducing recruitment that we had otherwise planned. Underlying overhead increases in H2 are anticipated to be around 16% increase on the prior year (compared to 23% in H1).
Our cash position remains solid. The business had a relatively small operating cash outflow of GBP0.61m over H1 and paid dividends of GBP4.05m during the period, yet had cash of GBP3.50m at 30 September (31 March 2017: GBP8.27m), and no debt.
The Company will be maintaining its interim dividend at the 1.1 pence per share level paid last year. The dividend will be paid on 8 December 2017, to shareholders on the register as at 10 November 2017 and the shares will become ex dividend on 9 November 2017. The total cash outflow will be GBP0.14m.
Outlook
The new Chapter in the life of the Company following its rebranding to System1 has not started as hoped. However the decline in revenue has been a catalyst in accelerating the re-engineering of our product portfolio. Whilst the downturn has taken us by surprise, we remain confident in the value of our proposition for clients, and continue to believe that if we offer high value, distinctive services, revenue will follow. With our new product launches providing a more scalable configuration, we are also optimistic about the potential for profit margin uplift.
Having said that, we are in a period of change, and with our normal limited revenue visibility, we are more cautious than usual on our short-term outlook. The encouraging signs we referred to previously continue, but trading in Q3 to date has not yet resulted in a pick-up in our order book. Were the gross profit decline seen in H1 to be repeated in H2, then notwithstanding the lower rate of underlying overhead increase, our profit before tax (reported) for the full year would decline by 50% to 60% (2016/17: GBP6.3m). Normalised profit before tax (i.e. profit before tax excluding share based payments) would decline by a similar percentage.
John Kearon James Geddes Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer
5 YEAR SUMMARY - HALF YEAR
(GBP000s unless specified otherwise)
6 months 6 months
to 30 Sep to 30 Jun
------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------------------
2017/18 2016/17 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Revenue 13,822 15,281 13,043 11,610 11,197 10,765 10,379
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth -10% 12% 4% 4% 4% 14%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Gross profit 11,394 12,541 10,685 9,254 8,719 8,455 7,998
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth -9% 15% 6% 3% 6% 12%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Administrative costs 10,554 9,734 9,018 8,080 7,183 7,157 7,282
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 8% 12% 12% -% -2% 12%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Bonus - 1,431 796 - 184 559 127
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Administrative costs
(ex-bonus) 10,554 8,303 8,222 8,080 6,999 6,598 7,155
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 27% 2% 15% 6% -8% 11%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Operating profit 840 2,807 1,667 1,174 1,536 1,298 716
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth -70% 42% -24% 18% 81% 14%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Pre-tax profit 846 2,790 1,650 1,139 1,520 1,298 717
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth -70% 45% -25% 17% 81% 14%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Post-tax profit 542 1,786 1,054 763 1,018 870 481
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth -70% 38% -25% 17% 81% 16%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
EPS - diluted 4.2p 13.7p 7.9p 5.6p 7.5p 6.7p 3.7p
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth -69% 41% -25% 12% 81% 16%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Cash flow pre-financing (604) 3,468 810 565 (147) 1,948 (714)
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Cash balance (no
debt) 3,495 7,250 5,183 5,286 2,528 5,460 2,411
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Dividend (interim) 1.1p 1.1p 1.0p 1.0p 0.9p 0.85p
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 10% - 11% 6% 13%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Special dividend 26.1p - - 12.0p - -
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Share buy-backs* - 2,586 1,768 - 1,531 29 276
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Number of clients 229 231 232 244 225 212 204
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth -1% -5% 8% 6% 4% 8%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Average headcount 172 153 155 160 145 137 134
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 12% -3% 10% 6% 2% 21%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
*Share buy-backs are net of stock option proceeds. In 2014, the amount includes GBP980,000 for the cash-settling of part of the Company's long-term incentive plan.
5 YEAR SUMMARY - ANNUAL
GBP000s unless specified otherwise
12 months 12 months
to 31 Mar to 31 Dec
------------------------- ------------------ -------------------------------------------
2016/17 2015/16 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Unaudited Audited
------------------------- --------------------------- ----------------------------------
Revenue 32,801 25,917 31,236 25,184 24,645 24,457 20,822
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 27% 24% 2% 1% 17% -
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Gross profit 26,984 20,989 25,643 20,250 19,410 19,087 16,068
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 29% 27% 4% 2% 19% -
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Administrative costs 20,676 15,937 19,414 15,704 15,109 15,537 14,555
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 30% 24% 4% -3% 7% 9%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Bonus 2,294 88 2,396 63 1,077 1,941 63
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Administrative costs
(ex-bonus) 18,382 15,849 17,018 15,641 14,032 13,596 14,492
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 16% 9% 11% 3% -6% 13%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Operating profit 6,308 5,052 6,229 4,546 4,301 3,550 1,513
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 25% 37% 6% 21% 135% -45%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Pre-tax profit 6,279 5,031 6,200 4,501 4,286 3,556 1,515
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 25% 38% 5% 21% 135% -45%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Post-tax profit 4,029 3,400 3,968 3,032 2,897 2,435 1,038
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 19% 31% 5% 19% 135% -44%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
EPS - diluted 31.1p 25.4p 30.3p 22.7p 21.3p 18.7p 7.9p
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 22% 33% 7% 14% 137% -44%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Cash flow pre-financing 6,603 2,608 6,337 2,696 3,157 4,466 866
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Cash balance (no
debt) 8,266 6,555 7,754 6,365 5,347 6,188 3,755
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Dividend (interim
& final) 7.5p 4.5p 7.5p 4.5p 4.3p 3.9p 3.1p
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 67% 67% 5% 10% 26% 3%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Special dividend 12.0p - 12.0p - 12.0p 12.0p -
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Share buy-backs* 3,141 948 3,195 948 1,938 71 408
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Number of clients 224 233 223 243 235 224 217
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth -4% -8% 3% 5% 3% 9%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
Average headcount 161 157 157 158 152 138 148
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
growth 3% -1% 4% 10% -7% 19%
------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
*Share buy-backs are net of stock option proceeds. In 2014, the amount includes GBP1,239,000 for the cash-settling of part of the Company's long-term incentive plan.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT
for the 6 months ended 30 September 2017
Note 6 months 6 months 15 months
to to to
30 Sep 2017 30 Sep 2016 31 Mar 2017
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
-------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
-------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Revenue 4 13,822 15,281 39,002
-------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Cost of sales (2,428) (2,740) (6,939)
-------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Gross profit 11,394 12,541 32,063
-------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Administrative expenses (10,554) (9,734) (24,803)
-------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Operating profit 840 2,807 7,260
-------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Finance income/(costs) 6 (17) (35)
-------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Profit before taxation 846 2,790 7,225
-------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Income tax expense (304) (1,004) (2,538)
-------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Profit for the financial period 542 1,786 4,687
-------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Attributable to equity holders
of the Company 542 1,786 4,687
-------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Earnings per share attributable to equity
holders of the Company
Basic earnings per share 54.4p 14.4p 37.8p --------------------------- ---- ----- ----- Diluted earnings per share 54.2p 13.7p 35.9p --------------------------- ---- ----- -----
All of the activities of the Group are classed as continuing.
CONDENSED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
for the 6 months ended 30 September 2017
6 months 6 months 15 months
to to to
30 Sep 2017 30 Sep 2016 31 Mar 2017
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
-------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
-------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Profit for the financial period 542 1,786 4,687
-------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Other comprehensive income:
-------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Items that may be subsequently reclassified
to profit or loss
-------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Exchange differences on translating
foreign operations (89) 331 563
-------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Other comprehensive income for the
period, net of tax (89) 331 563
-------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
Total comprehensive income attributable
to equity holders 453 2,117 5,250 -------------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ ------------
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
as at 30 September 2017
Note 30 Sep 2017 30 Sep 2016 31 Mar 2017
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
ASSETS
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Non-current assets
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Property, plant and equipment 327 306 360
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Intangible assets 78 305 207
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Deferred tax asset 546 776 984
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
951 1,387 1,551
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Current assets
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Inventories 147 248 95
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Trade and other receivables 6,955 7,365 6,439
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Income tax recoverable 420 - -
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Cash and cash equivalents 3,495 7,250 8,266
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
11,017 14,863 14,800
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total assets 11,968 16,250 16,351
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
EQUITY
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Capital and reserves attributable
to equity holders of the Company
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Share capital 8 132 132 132
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Share premium account 1,601 1,601 1,601
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Merger reserve 477 477 477
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Foreign currency translation
reserve 322 326 411
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Retained earnings 4,322 7,062 7,728
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total equity 6,854 9,598 10,349
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
LIABILITIES
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Non-current liabilities
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Provisions 544 566 505
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
544 566 505
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Current liabilities
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Provisions 308 329 288
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Trade and other payables 4,262 5,639 4,715
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Current income tax liabilities - 118 494
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
4,570 6,086 5,497
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total liabilities 5,114 6,652 6,002
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
Total equity and liabilities 11,968 16,250 16,351
---------------------------------- ---- ----------- ----------- -----------
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
for the six months ended 30 September 2017
Note 6 months 6 months 15 months
to to to
30 Sep 2017 30 Sep 2016 31 Mar 2017
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash generated from operations 7 365 3,997 9,093
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Tax paid (907) (479) (2,055)
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash (used by)/generated
from operating activities (542) 3,518 7,038
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Cash flows from investing activities
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Purchase of property, plant
and equipment (62) (50) (258)
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Purchase of intangible assets - - (32)
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash used by investing activities (62) (50) (290)
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash flow before financing
activities (604) 3,468 6,748
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Cash flows from financing activities
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Interest 6 (17) (35)
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Proceeds from issue of new shares - 2 2
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Proceeds from sale of treasury
shares - 241 395
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Purchase of own shares - (2,827) (3,536)
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Dividends paid to owners (4,051) (445) (2,052)
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net cash used by financing activities (4,045) (3,046) (5,226)
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Net (decrease)/increase in cash
and cash equivalents (4,649) 422 1,522
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period 8,266 6,555 6,365
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Exchange (losses)/gains on cash
and cash equivalents (122) 273 379
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
Cash and cash equivalents at
end of period 3,495 7,250 8,266
-------------------------------------- ---- ------------ ------------ ------------
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
for the 6 months ended 30 September 2017
Share Share premium account Merger Foreign currency Retained earnings Total
capital reserve translation reserve
---------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
---------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
At 1 April 2017 132 1,601 477 411 7,728 10,349
----------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
Profit for the
financial period - - - - 542 542
----------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
Other comprehensive
income:
---------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
- currency translation
differences - - - (89) - (89)
----------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
Total comprehensive
income - - - (89) 542 453
----------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
Transactions with
owners:
---------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
Employee share options
scheme:
---------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
- value of employee
services - - - - 229 229
----------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
- current tax credited
to equity - - - - 309 309
----------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
- deferred tax debited
to equity - - - - (435) (435)
----------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
Dividends paid to
owners - - - - (4,051) (4,051)
----------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
- - - - (3,948) (3,948)
---------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
At 30 September 2017 132 1,601 477 322 4,322 6,854
----------------------- -------- --------------------- -------- -------------------- ----------------- -------
At 1 April 2016 132 1,599 477 (5) 7,810 10,013
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
Profit for the financial period - - - - 1,786 1,786
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
Other comprehensive income:
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
- currency translation differences - - - 331 - 331
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
Total comprehensive income - - - 331 1,786 2,117
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
Transactions with owners:
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
Employee share options scheme:
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
- new shares issued on exercise - 2 - - - 2
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
- value of employee services - - - - 32 32
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
- current tax credited to equity - - - - 166 166
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
- deferred tax credited to equity - - - - 299 299
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
Dividends paid to owners - - - - (445) (445)
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
Sale of treasury shares - - - - 241 241
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
Purchase of treasury shares - - - - (2,827) (2,827)
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
- 2 - - (2,534) (2,532)
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
At 30 September 2016 132 1,601 477 326 7,062 9,598
----------------------------------- --- ----- --- --- ------- -------
NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the 6 months ended 30 September 2017
1. General information
System1 Group PLC ("the Company") is United Kingdom resident, and its subsidiaries (together "the Group") provide marketing and market research services. The Company's shares are listed on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange ("AIM"). The address of the Company's registered office is Russell Square House, 10-12 Russell Square, London WC1B 5EH.
The Board of Directors approved this condensed consolidated interim financial information for issue on 27 October 2017.
The financial information set out in this interim report does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006 and is unaudited. The Group's latest statutory financial statements were for the 15 month period ended 31 March 2017 and these have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The auditor's report on those financial statements was unqualified and did not contain any statement under Section 498 of the Companies Act 2006.
2. Basis of preparation
This condensed consolidated interim financial information has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, 'Interim financial reporting' as adopted by the European Union. This financial information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements for the 15 month period ended 31 March 2017, which have been prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union.
This is the first set of interim financial information to be published since the Company's change of year-end from 31 December to 31 March. These include financial information for the 6 months to 30 September 2016 that has not previously been published.
3. Principal accounting policies
The principal accounting policies adopted are consistent with those of the financial statements for the 15 month period ended 31 March 2017, as described in those annual financial statements.
Taxes on income in the interim periods are accrued using the tax rate that would be applicable to expected total annual earnings.
4. Segment information
The financial performance of the Group's geographic operating units ("Reportable Segments") is set out below.
6 months to 30 Sep 2017 6 months to 30 Sep 2016
------------------- -------------------------------- --------------------------------
Revenue Gross Operating Revenue Gross Operating
profit profit/(loss) Profit Profit/(loss)
------------------- ------- ------- -------------- ------- ------- --------------
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
------------------- ------- ------- -------------- ------- ------- --------------
Research
------------------- ------- ------- -------------- ------- ------- --------------
US 5,868 5,202 2,592 6,708 5,843 3,453
------------------- ------- ------- -------------- ------- ------- --------------
United Kingdom 2,886 2,404 911 3,654 2,943 1,422
------------------- ------- ------- -------------- ------- ------- --------------
Continental Europe 2,789 2,235 1,106 3,018 2,301 1,190
------------------- ------- ------- -------------- ------- ------- --------------
Asia 729 617 142 677 482 66
------------------- ------- ------- -------------- ------- ------- --------------
Brazil 324 289 (130) 777 660 328
------------------- ------- ------- -------------- ------- ------- --------------
Australia 568 486 401 319 274 168
------------------- ------- ------- -------------- ------- ------- --------------
13,164 11,233 5,022 15,153 12,503 6,627
------------------- ------- ------- -------------- ------- ------- --------------
Advertising Agency 658 161 (213) 128 38 (166)
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United Kingdom
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13,822 11,394 4,809 15,281 12,541 6,461
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Segmental revenue is revenue generated from external customers and so excludes intercompany revenue and is attributable to geographical areas based upon the location in which the service is delivered. Segmental operating profit excludes allocation of central overheads relating to the Group's Operations, IT, Marketing, HR, Legal and Finance teams and Board of Directors.
The split of business by research solution is set out below.
6 months to 30 Sep 2017 6 months to 30 Sep 2016
-------------------- ------------------------- -------------------------
Revenue Gross Profit Revenue Gross Profit
-------------------- --------- -------------- --------- --------------
GBP000 GBP000 GBP000 GBP000
-------------------- --------- -------------- --------- --------------
Research
-------------------- --------- -------------- --------- --------------
Ad Testing 3,960 3,582 3,465 3,056
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Brand Tracking 2,598 2,102 1,822 1,373
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Communications and
brand 6,558 5,684 5,287 4,429
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Predictive Markets 3,436 3,061 4,944 4,353
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Concept Testing 1,635 1,320 1,971 1,633
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Innovation 5,071 4,381 6,915 5,986
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Total core products 11,629 10,065 12,202 10,415
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Other services 1,535 1,168 2,951 2,088
-------------------- --------- -------------- --------- --------------
13,164 11,233 15,153 12,503
-------------------- --------- -------------- --------- --------------
Advertising Agency 658 161 128 38
-------------------- --------- -------------- --------- --------------
13,822 11,394 15,281 12,541
-------------------- --------- -------------- --------- --------------
A reconciliation of total operating profit for Reportable Segments to total profit before income tax is set out below.
6 months 6 months
to to
30 Sep 2017 30 Sep 2016
----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------
GBP000 GBP000
----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------
Operating profit for Reportable Segments 4,809 6,461
----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------
Central overheads (3,969) (3,654)
----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------
Operating profit 840 2,807
----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------
Finance income/(costs) 6 (17)
----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------
Profit before income tax 846 2,790
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5. Earnings per share
(a) Basic earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing profit attributable to equity holders of the Company by the weighted average number of Ordinary Shares in issue during the period:
Six months ended 30
Sep
------------------------------------------- ----------------------
2017 2016
------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------
Profit attributable to equity holders of
the Company (GBP000) 542 1,786
------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------
Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares
in issue 12,414,650 12,382,415
------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------
Basic earnings per share 4.4p 14.4p
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(b) Diluted earnings per share
Diluted earnings per share is calculated by adjusting the weighted average number of shares outstanding assuming conversion of all dilutive share options to Ordinary Shares:
Six months ended 30
Sep
------------------------------------------- ----------------------
2017 2016
------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------
Profit attributable to equity holders of
the Company and profit used to determine
diluted earnings per share (GBP000) 542 1,786
------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------
Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares
in issue 12,414,650 12,382,415
------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------
Share options 465,980 696,625
------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------
Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares
for diluted earnings per share 12,880,630 13,079,040
------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------
Diluted earnings per share 4.2p 13.7p
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6. Dividends
On 23(rd) August 2017 the Company paid a final dividend of 6.4 pence per share, amounting to GBP0.80m in respect of the 15 month period ended 31 March 2017 and a special dividend of 26.1 pence per share amounting to GBP3.25m. In December 2017, the Company will pay an interim dividend of 1.1 pence per share, amounting to GBP0.14m, in respect of the year ending 31 March 2018. This interim dividend is not recorded in these interim accounts.
The interim dividend of 1.1 pence per share will be paid on 8 December 2017, to shareholders on the register as at 10 November 2017 and the shares will become ex dividend on 9 November 2017.
7. Net cash generated from operations
Six months ended 30
Sep
---------------------------------------- ---------------------
2017 2016
---------------------------------------- --------- ----------
GBP000 GBP000
---------------------------------------- --------- ----------
Profit before taxation 846 2,790
---------------------------------------- --------- ----------
Depreciation 89 81
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Amortisation 129 142
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Interest (received)/paid (6) 17
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Share-based payment expense 229 32
---------------------------------------- --------- ----------
(Increase)/decrease in inventory (52) 62
---------------------------------------- --------- ----------
Increase in receivables (516) (1,021)
---------------------------------------- --------- ----------
(Decrease)/increase in payables (395) 1,844
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Exchange differences on operating items 41 50
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Net cash generated from operations 365 3,997
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8. Share capital
During the reporting period the Company transferred 199,641 Ordinary Shares ("shares") out of treasury to satisfy the exercise of employee share options at a weighted average exercise price of Nil pence per share for cash consideration of GBPNil. The weighted average share price at exercise date was 776.7 pence per share.
Following these transactions, at 30 September 2017, the Company had 13,226,773 shares in issue (31 March 2017: 13,226,773) of which 762,348 were held in treasury (31 March 2017: 961,989), and the Company had 925,868 stock options outstanding of which 478,613 are fully vested.
9. Related party transactions
During the period the Company paid the following dividends to directors:
Six months ended 30
Sep
---------------- ---------------------
2017 2016
---------------- ----------- --------
GBP GBP
---------------- ----------- --------
John Kearon 1,079,068 135,100
---------------- ----------- --------
James Geddes 62,506 5,541
---------------- ----------- --------
Alex Batchelor 43,761 3,565
---------------- ----------- --------
Ken Ford 6,500 700
---------------- ----------- --------
Robert Brand 9,750 1,050
---------------- ----------- --------
Graham Blashill 1,625 175
---------------- ----------- --------
1,203,210 146,131
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This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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