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ZMNO Zamano

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Zamano PLC Interim Results ending 30 June 2017 (8835R)

27/09/2017 7:00am

UK Regulatory


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Zamano PLC

27 September 2017

zamano plc

Interim Results for the six month period ended 30 June 2017

On 11 August 2017, the Group entered into a conditional Sale and Purchase Agreement to sell all of the group's operating business and assets to to Kilavan Holdings Limited. This transaction was concluded on 8 September 2017 following approval by the company's shareholders at the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) which took place on 30 August 2017.

As outlined in the circular to shareholders dated 14 August 2017, the board's decision to sell all of the group's operating business and assets arose from changes introduced by the MNOs during the last quarter of 2016 which significantly impacted the Group and its Business to Business ("B2B") customers' ability to acquire new subscribers on the Payforit platform. In the light of these changes in its principal market, the Board of zamano plc took the decision in February 2017 to formally wind down all existing Premium Rate SMS business lines over the course of 2017 and during the period to 30 June 2017, the Board concluded that the wind down of the Premium Rate SMS business would most effectively be completed by a sale of the Group's remaining operating business and assets..

As anticipated, the impact of the changes to Payforit resulted in a significant fall off in the Company's revenue and operating outcomes in the period ended 30 June 2017. A sales process was instigated during this period, during the course of which, Group management agreed to purchase all of the group's operating business and assets. As the Board had committed to a sale or wind down of the entire Premium Rate SMS business prior to 30 June 2017, all related assets and liabilities are presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements for the half year ended 30 June 2017 as part of a disposal group held for sale.

At 30 June 2017, the disposal group was stated at a fair value of a negative EUR1,232,000, comprising trade and other receivables of EUR1,206,000 and trade and other payables of EUR2,438,000, including estimated transaction costs of EUR250,000.

The entire business operations of the Group represent a discontinued operation and all results have been displayed as such in the income statement, statement of other comprehensive income and in the cash flow statement for the six months ended 30 June 2017, except any administration costs incurred in respect of the Group's listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London and the Enterprise Securities Market (ESM) in Dublin and any costs specifically precluded from the plan to sell the Premium Rate SMS business. The comparative consolidated income statement has been re-presented to show the discontinued operation separately from continuing operations.

In addition to the transfer of liabilities of EUR982,000, the Group transferred cash and cash equivalents of EUR1,537,000 and a loss on disposal of EUR554,999 arose.

In our circular to shareholders dated 13 August 2017 it was stated that zamano's net cash position after disposing of the Premium Rate SMS business would be approximately EUR5,582,000 which would be used in part to discharge the Company's existing Plc liabilities and transaction costs related to the Disposal of approximately EUR282,000. Following the discharge of such liabilities and transaction expenses related to the Disposal, it was expected that zamano would retain approximately EUR5,300,000 of cash, and would have no other significant assets or liabilities. The Board is pleased to confirm that the estimated financial outcome described above is likely to be achieved.

Since the completion of the Disposal, the Board has commenced the process required for the Company to be in a position to make a return of cash to shareholders. Such process is expected to take up to six months. In the meantime, the Board considers it is in Shareholders' interests to continue to examine possible investment opportunities. The Board confirms that any material or significant investment opportunity will be conditional on Shareholder approval in due course.

Since the Disposal, which concluded on 8 September 2017, the Company is classified as an AIM Rule 15 cash shell company under the AIM Rules and an investing company under the ESM Rules.

The Company's investing policy was approved by the shareholders at its EGM on 30 August 2017. The Company's investing policy will be to seek to invest in and or acquire companies with either strong existing profitability or significant growth potential, in, inter alia, manufacturing, service activities, or extractive industries/exploration. The Directors intend to focus primarily on the UK and Ireland where the Directors believe that there are suitable opportunities, although other countries may also be considered to the extent that the Board considers that value opportunities exist and attractive returns can be achieved.

In selecting investment opportunities, the Board will focus on businesses that are available at attractive valuations and hold opportunities to unlock embedded value over the medium term. The Board will seek to invest in business where it can influence the business at a board level. The ability to work alongside a strong management team to maximise returns through revenue growth will be something the Board will focus upon.

Since the completion of the Disposal, the board has been engaged in a process to return cash to shareholders and / or explore and examine suitable investment opportunities. We will, of course, continue to keep shareholders fully appraised on all progress made in relation to either a cash distribution to shareholders or any investment opportunities that may crystallise at the appropriate time.

- Ends -

For further information, please contact:

 
 zamano plc 
 Colin Tucker, Interim       Tel: + 353 1 488 5820 
  Chairman 
 Investec Corporate Finance 
 Shane Lawlor                Tel: + 353 1 421 0000 
 Cenkos Securities 
 Derrick Lee/Neil McDonald   Tel: + 44 (0) 131 220 
                              6939 
 
 
 MCOMM Communications Consultants 
 Richard Moore   Tel: +353 1 661 3788 
                  Mob: +353 87 241 4751 
 

zamano plc and subsidiaries

Unaudited condensed consolidated income statement

for the half year ended 30 June 2017

 
                           Discontinued               Continuing              Discontinued               Continuing 
                             operations               operations      Total     operations               operations      Total 
                                30 June                  30 June    30 June        30 June                  30 June    30 June 
                                   2017                     2017       2017           2016                     2016       2016 
                   Notes        EUR'000                  EUR'000    EUR'000        EUR'000                  EUR'000    EUR'000 
 
 Revenue               8          4,338                        -      4,338         18,748                        -     18,748 
 Cost of sales                  (3,410)                        -    (3,410)       (16,417)                        -   (16,417) 
 
 
 Gross profit                       928                        -        928          2,331                        -      2,331 
 
 Administrative 
  expenses                      (1,179)                     (55)    (1,234)        (1,255)                     (55)    (1,310) 
 Amortisation         13            (-)                      (-)        (-)          (183)                      (-)      (183) 
 Depreciation                      (36)                      (-)       (36)           (42)                      (-)       (42) 
  Impairment of 
   fixed assets                    (69)                      (-)       (69)              -                      (-)          - 
 
 
 Total 
  administrative 
  expenses                      (1,284)                     (55)    (1,339)        (1,480)                     (55)    (1,535) 
 
 Operating 
  (loss)/profit        8          (356)                     (55)      (411)            851                     (55)        796 
 
 Finance income                       2                      (-)          2              6                      (-)          6 
 Finance expense                    (7)                      (-)        (7)            (8)                      (-)        (8) 
 
 
 (Loss)/Profit 
  before tax                      (361)                     (55)      (416)            849                     (55)        794 
 Income tax 
  expense              9            (-)                      (-)        (-)          (119)                      (-)      (119) 
 
 
   (Loss)/Profit for the period 
 all 
  attributable 
  to owners the 
  company                         (361)                     (55)      (416)            730                     (55)        675 
 
 
 

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Unaudited condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income

for the half year ended 30 June 2017

 
                                       Discontinued   Continuing              Discontinued   Continuing 
                                         operations   operations      Total     operations   operations      Total 
                                            30 June      30 June    30 June        30 June      30 June    30 June 
                                               2017         2017       2017           2016         2016       2016 
                                            EUR'000      EUR'000    EUR'000        EUR'000      EUR'000    EUR'000 
 
 (Loss)/Profit for the 
  period                                      (361)          (-)      (416)            775          (-)        675 
 Foreign exchange translation 
  adjustment                                    (1)          (-)        (1)           (49)          (-)       (49) 
 
 
 Total comprehensive (loss)/profit 
  for the period                              (362)         (55)      (416)            680         (55)        625 
 
 

zamano plc and subsidiaries

Unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet

as at 30 June 2017

 
                                           30 June   31 December   30 June 
                                              2017       2016[1]      2016 
                                  Notes    EUR'000       EUR'000   EUR'000 
 Assets 
 Non-current assets 
 Property, plant and equipment       14          -           105       113 
 Intangible assets                   13          -             -     6,394 
 Deferred tax asset                              -             -        93 
 
 
                                                 -           105     6,600 
 
 Current assets 
 Assets held for sale                        1,206             -         - 
  Trade and other receivables         4          -         2,936     4,793 
 Cash and cash equivalents                   7,120         7,157     7,430 
 
 
                                             8,326        10,093    12,223 
                                                          ______ 
 
 Total assets                                8,326        10,198    18,823 
 
 
 Equity 
 Share capital                                  99            99        99 
 Share premium                              13,538        13,538    13,538 
 Capital conversion reserve                      1             1         1 
 Foreign currency translation 
  reserve                                     (78)          (77)     (109) 
 Share-based payment reserve                   205           205       400 
 Retained earnings                         (8,018)       (7,602)   (1,769) 
 
 
 Total equity                                5,747         6,164    12,160 
 
 
 
   Current liabilities 
   Liabilities associated 
   with assets held for sale          4      2,438             -         - 
 Trade and other payables                      141         4,034     6,388 
 Current tax liabilities                         -             -       275 
 
 
                                             2,579         4,034     6,663 
 
 
 Total liabilities                           2,581         4,034     6,663 
 
 
 Total equity and liabilities                8,326        10,198    18,823 
 
 

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Unaudited condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity

for the half year ended 30 June 2017

 
                                                         Capital              Foreign currency   Share-based 
                                    Share     Share   Conversion   Retained        translation       payment     Total 
                                  capital   premium      Reserve   earnings            reserve       reserve    equity 
                                  EUR'000   EUR'000      EUR'000    EUR'000            EUR'000       EUR'000   EUR'000 
 
 At 1 January 2017                     99    13,538            1    (7,602)               (77)           205     6,164 
 
 Total comprehensive income for 
  the period 
 Loss for the half year period          -         -            -      (416)                  -             -     (416) 
 Currency translation 
  adjustment                            -         -            -          -                (1)             -       (1) 
 
 Transactions with owners of 
 the 
 company 
 Share based payments expense           -         -            -          -                  -             -         - 
 Settlement of share options            -         -            -          -                  -             -         - 
 
 
 At 30 June 2017                       99    13,538            1    (8,018)               (78)           205     5,747 
 
 

for the half year ended 30 June 2016

 
                                                         Capital              Foreign currency   Share-based 
                                    Share     Share   Conversion   Retained        translation       payment     Total 
                                  capital   premium      Reserve   earnings            reserve       reserve    equity 
                                  EUR'000   EUR'000      EUR'000    EUR'000            EUR'000       EUR'000   EUR'000 
 
 At 1 January 2016                     99    13,538            1    (2,413)               (60)           438    11,603 
 
 Total comprehensive profit for 
  the period 
 Profit for the half year 
  period                                -         -            -        675                  -             -       675 
 
   Currency translation 
   adjustment                           -         -            -          -               (49)             -      (49) 
 
 Transactions with owners of 
 the 
 company 
 Share based payments expense           -         -            -          -                  -            16        18 
 Settlement of share options            -         -            -       (31)                  -          (54)      (85) 
 
 
 At 30 June 2016                       99    13,538            1    (1,769)              (109)           400    12,160 
 
 

zamano plc and subsidiaries

Unaudited condensed consolidated cash flow statement

for the half year ended 30 June 2017

 
                                                     Half year         Half year 
                                                         ended             ended 
                                                      30 June           30 June 
                                                          2017              2016 
                                                       EUR'000           EUR'000 
 Cash flows from operating activities 
 (Loss)/Profit after tax                                 (416)               675 
 
 Adjustments to reconcile profit before 
  tax for the period 
 to net cash inflow from operating activities 
 Income tax expense                                          -               119 
 Depreciation                                               36                42 
 Amortisation of intangible assets                           -               183 
  Impairment of fixed assets                                69                 - 
 Share-based payments expense                                -                16 
 Foreign exchange movements                                (1)              (47) 
 Decrease/(increase) in trade and other 
  receivables                                            1,730             (351) 
 (Decrease)/increase in trade and other 
  payables                                             (1,455)               826 
 Finance income                                            (2)               (6) 
 Finance expense                                             7                 8 
 
 Cash generated from/(used in) operations                 (32)             1,465 
 Finance expense                                           (7)               (8) 
 Income tax                                                (-)              (35) 
 
 Net cash (outflow)/inflow from operating 
  activities                                              (39)             1,422 
 
 Cash flows from investing activities 
  Purchase of property, plant and equipment                (-)              (14) 
 Capitalisation of internally generated 
  intangible assets                                        (-)             (150) 
 Interest received                                           2                 6 
 
 Net cash inflow/(outflow) from investing 
  activities                                                 2             (158) 
 
 Cash flows from financing activities 
 Repayment of loan                                         (-)              (71) 
  Settlement of share options                              (-)              (85) 
 
 Net cash outflow from financing activities                (-)             (156) 
 
 
 Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash 
  equivalents                                             (37)             1,108 
 Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January                  7,157             6,322 
 
 
 Cash and cash equivalents at 30 June*                   7,120             7,430 
 
 
 * All cash flows relate to discontinued operations with the 
  exception of cash outflows of EUR55,000 and EUR55,000 
  incurred in respect of the operations of the holding company 
  of the Group in the 6 month periods to 30 June 2017 
  and 30June 2016 respectively. 
 

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Notes to the half-yearly condensed consolidated financial statements (unaudited)

   1     Reporting entity 

zamano plc is a limited company incorporated and domiciled in Ireland with shares publicly traded on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London and the Enterprise Securities Market (ESM) in Dublin.

The half-yearly condensed consolidated financial statements of zamano plc as at and for the six months ended 30 June 2017 consist of the results and financial position of the company and its subsidiaries together referred to as "the Group." The principal activities of the Group are the provision of mobile data services and technology.

   2     Statement of compliance 

These unaudited half-yearly condensed consolidated financial statements (the "half-yearly financial statements") have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting", as adopted by the EU. They do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the most recent published financial statements of the Group. The comparative figures included for the year ended 31 December 2016 do not constitute statutory financial statements of the Group. The consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 are available at www.zamano.com. The auditor's report on those financial statements was unqualified.

These half-yearly financial statements were approved by the Board on 25 September 2017 and are available at the Group's website as noted above.

   3     Significant accounting policies 

The accounting policies and methods of computation and presentation adopted in the preparation of the interim financial statements are consistent with those applied in the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016 and are described in those financial statements on pages 16 to 20, except for the following policies described below which have been applied for the first time.

   a)   Discontinued operation 

A discontinued operation is a component of the Group's business, the operations and cash flows of which can be clearly distinguished from the rest of the Group and which:

   --      represents a separate major line of business or geographic area of operations; 

-- is a part of a single co-ordinated plan to dispose of a separate major line of business or geographic; or

   --      is a subsidiary acquired exclusively with a view to re-sale. 

Classification as a discontinued operation occurs at the earlier of disposal or when the operation meets the criteria to be classified as held-for-sale. When an operation is classified as a discontinued operation, the comparative statement of profit or loss and statement of other comprehensive income is re-presented as if operation had been discontinued from the start of the comparative year.

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Notes (continued)

b) Assets held for sale

Non-current assets, or disposal groups, are generally measured at the lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell. Any impairment loss on a disposal group is allocated first to goodwill, and then to the remaining assets and liabilities on a pro rata basis. Impairment losses on initial classification as held-for-sale and subsequent gains and losses on re-measurement are recognised in the income statement.

   4     Discontinued operations and disposal group held for sale 

The mobile network operators ("MNOs") who process the Group's revenues in the United Kingdom have updated their existing "Payforit" mandates. As a result, the Group was no longer able to avail of previous exemptions with regard to its UK revenues with effect for the Group on 1 November 2016. "Payforit" is a joint initiative of MNOs in the UK to further regulate mobile payments and represents a significant regulatory change in the operating environment in the UK.

These changes introduced by MNOs significantly impacted the Group and its Business to Business ("B2B") customers' ability to acquire new subscribers on the Payforit platform and had a material adverse impact on the group's revenues following its introduction. In light of these changes, in February 2017, the Board of zamano plc took the decision to formally wind down existing Premium SMS business lines over the course of 2017.

During the period, the directors concluded that the wind down of the Premium SMS business would most effectively be completed by a sale of the Group's remaining operating business and assets. As the directors committed to a plan to sell the entire Premium SMS business and accordingly all related assets and liabilities are presented as part of a disposal group held for sale in the half - yearly condensed consolidated financial statements.

Impairment losses of EUR69,000 for write-downs of the disposal group to the lower of its carrying amount and its fair value less costs to sell have been expensed during the period to 30 June 2017 and have been applied to reduce the carrying amount of property, plant and equipment.

At 30 June 2017 the disposal group was stated at a fair value of a negative EUR1,232,000, comprising trade and other receivables of EUR1,206,000 and trade and other payables of EUR2,438,000, including estimated selling costs of EUR250,000. All amounts relate to working capital balances of the group therefore management are of the opinion that the fair value of assets and liabilities approximates their book value at 30 June 2017.

The entire business operations of the Group represent a discontinued operation and all results have been displayed as such in the income statement, statement of other comprehensive income and in the cash flow statement, except any administration costs incurred in respect of the Group's listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in London and the Enterprise Securities Market (ESM) in Dublin and any costs specifically precluded from the plan to sell the Premium SMS business. The comparative consolidated income statement has been re-presented to show the discontinued operation separately from continuing operations.

Sale of the business concluded in the post balance sheet period (see note 16).

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Notes (continued)

   5     New standards and interpretations not yet adopted 

A number of new IFRS standards (including IFRS 15: Revenue from contracts with customers and IFRS 9: Financial instruments), amendments to standards and interpretations are effective for future annual reporting periods of the Group, and have not been applied in preparing these interim financial statements and the Group is currently assessing their potential impact. The Group does not plan to early-adopt these standards.

   6     Estimates 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expense. Actual results may differ from these estimates. In preparing these half-yearly condensed consolidated financial statements, the significant judgements made by management and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were measurement of revenue and the fair value less costs to sell of the held for sale disposal group.

   7     Segment information 

The Group was managed based on two reportable segments which were defined based on geographical markets as follows: Republic of Ireland (ROI) and United Kingdom (UK). It also has sales in other jurisdictions but these are not deemed to be stand-alone reportable segments under the requirements of IFRS 8 and are classified as "other locations" in the table below.

Information regarding the results of each reportable segment is included below. Performance is measured based on segment results as included in the reports that are reviewed by the Group's Chief Operating Decision Maker (or "CODM")

The Group's operations are not significantly impacted by seasonal fluctuations.

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Notes (continued)

   8     Segment information (continued) 

Half year ended 30 June 2017

 
                                                   Other 
                             ROI        UK   territories     Total 
                         EUR'000   EUR'000       EUR'000   EUR'000 
 
 Revenue                   1,878     2,181           329     4,338 
 
 
 Gross profit                410       448            70       928 
 
 
 Unallocated expenses 
  (1)                                                      (1,339) 
 
 
 Operating loss                                              (411) 
 
 Net finance expense                                           (5) 
 
 
 Loss before tax                                             (416) 
 Income tax                                                      - 
 
 
 Loss for the half 
  year period                                                (416) 
 
 
 Half year ended 30                                Other 
  June 2016 
                             ROI        UK   territories     Total 
                         EUR'000   EUR'000       EUR'000   EUR'000 
 
 Revenue                   1,178    16,987           583    18,748 
 
 
 Gross profit                320     1,985            26     2,331 
 
 
 Unallocated expenses 
  (1)                                                      (1,535) 
 
 
 Operating profit                                              796 
 Net finance                                                   (2) 
 
 
 Profit before tax                                             794 
 Income tax expense                                          (119) 
 
 
 Profit for the half 
  year period                                                  675 
 
 
 
               (1)   Unallocated expenses relate to central overhead costs such as rent, administration, salaries and office overhead costs which are not allocated to individual reportable segments. 

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Notes (continued)

   9     Income tax 

The major components of the income tax expense in the half-yearly condensed consolidated income statement are:

 
                                  Half year             Half year 
                                      ended                 ended 
                                   30 June               30 June 
                                       2017                  2016 
                                    EUR'000               EUR'000 
 
 Irish corporation tax                    -                   119 
 
 
   10   Loss per share 

Basic loss per share ("EPS") amounts are calculated by dividing net profit/(loss) for the half year attributable to ordinary equity holders of the company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.

Diluted loss per share amounts are calculated by dividing the net profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity holders of the company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period plus the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on the conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares.

The following reflects the income and share data used in the basic and diluted earnings per share computations:

 
                    Half year           Half year 
                        ended               ended 
                      30 June          30 June 
                         2017                2016 
 
 Basic EPS       (EUR0.004)              EUR0.007 
 Diluted EPS     (EUR0.004)              EUR0.007 
 
 
 
                                               Half year          Half year 
                                                   ended              ended 
                                               30 June            30 June 
                                                    2017               2016 
                                                 EUR'000            EUR'000 
 
 (Loss)/Profit attributable to equity 
  holders of the company                           (416)                675 
 
 
 
                                            Half year        Half year 
                                                ended            ended 
                                              30 June          30 June 
                                                 2017             2016 
                                                000's            000's 
 
 Basic weighted average number of 
  shares                                       99,451           99,451 
 
 Dilutive potential ordinary shares: 
 Effects of employee share options                  -            2,330 
 
 
 Diluted weighted average number of 
  shares                                       99,451          101,781 
 
 

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Notes (continued)

   11   Adjusted loss per share 

The following reflects loss per share ("EPS") based on adjusted net income, which is a non-GAAP measure, is as follows:

 
                             Half year             Half year 
                                 ended                 ended 
                               30 June          30 June 
                                  2017                  2016 
 
 Adjusted basic EPS       (EUR0.003)               EUR0.009 
  Adjusted diluted EPS     (EUR0.003)               EUR0.009 
 
 

Adjusted net (loss)/income is calculated as:

 
                                            Half year         Half year 
                                                ended             Ended 
                                            30 June            30 June 
                                                 2017              2016 
                                              EUR'000           EUR'000 
 
 (Loss)/profit after tax                        (416)               675 
 Share-based payments expense                       -                15 
 Amortisation of intangible assets                  -               183 
  Impairment of fixed assets                       69                 - 
 
 
                                                (347)               873 
 
 

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Notes (continued)

   12   Share-based payments 

The Board may offer to grant share options to any director, employee or consultant of the Group and these are usually granted at an exercise price equal to the market price of the company's shares at the date of grant. The rules relating to the granting of share options are disclosed in the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016. All of the options granted are deemed to be equity-settled. 4,518,972 share options were outstanding at 30 June 2017 (4,518,972 - 30 June 2016) and all had vested. There were no new options granted during the period (30 June 2016: Nil). The share-based payments expense for the period was EURNil (2016 - EUR15,866).

   13   Intangible assets 

During the six months ended 31 December 2016, the directors determined that an impairment charge of EUR6.35 million was required against the carrying value of goodwill and intangible assets at that date. The net book value of goodwill and intangibles at 30 June 2017 was EURNil (30 June 2016: EUR6,457,000; 31 December 2016: EUR Nil).

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Notes (continued)

   14    Property, plant and equipment 

During the six months ended 30 June 2017, the Group acquired property, plant and equipment assets with a cost of EURnil (2016 - EUR41,571). No assets were disposed of by the Group during the six months ended 30 June 2016 (2015 - EURNil). An impairment charge of EUR69,000 was made in the period against property, plant and equipment and included administrative expenses.

   15   Related party transactions 

On 11 August 2017, the Group entered into a conditional Sale and Purchase Agreement to sell the entire issued share capital of the company to Kilavan Holdings Limited, a company wholly owned by Michael Connolly and Brian Gilsenan. Michael Connolly and Brian Gilsenan are directors of Zamano Solutions Limited. Additionally Michael Connolly is a director of Zamano Limited and secretary of zamano plc. Both Michael Connolly and Brian Gilsenan were considered to be key personnel to the Group during the period to 30 June 2017, as defined by IAS 24 Related Party Transactions.

Key management personnel receive compensation in the form of short - term employee benefits, post - employment benefits and equity compensation benefits. Key management personnel received total compensation of EUR139,000 for the half year ended 30 June 2017 (2016: EUR348,000).

   16   Post balance sheet events 

On 11 August 2017, the Group entered into a conditional Sale and Purchase Agreement to sell the entire issued share capital of the company to Kilavan Holdings Limited. This transaction concluded on 8 September 2017 with the directors of the Group having received approval from members to effect the sale at an extraordinary general meeting which took place on 30 August 2017.

In addition to the transfer of liabilities of EUR982,000 from the disposal group as disclosed in note 4, the Group transferred cash and cash equivalents of EUR1,537,000 in exchange for EUR1 such that a loss on disposal of EUR554,999 was recorded in the income statement on completion.

Since the completion of the Disposal, the Board has commenced the process required for the Company to be in a position to make a return of cash to shareholders. Such process is expected to take up to six months. In the meantime, the Board considers it is in Shareholders' interests to continue to examine possible investment opportunities. The Board confirms that any material or significant investment opportunity will be conditional on Shareholder approval in due course.

[1] Amounts at 31 December 2016 are derived from the 31 December 2016 audited financial statements.

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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